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A GRAxD Altstr post will soon be or-
gttnized at Bayard.
LEFFLER STULL , the father of Judge
bttlll , of Auburn , died last week.
THE rainfall over Hall county
amounted to one and a half inches
GUS. B. SPEICE , the ma3or elect of
Columbus , "got there" by four ma-
jgrity.
STEPS are being taken to organize p
G. A. R. post at Harrison , Sioux
county.
REPUBLICASS of the Fifth district re-
nominated Congressman Andrews by
acclamation.
W. H. IIARmsox , a former resident
of Kearney , recently died at Longs-
mont , Colorado.
THE German Lutheran Teachers' Association -
sociation of Nebraska was in session in
Fremont last week with a good attend-
ance.
FnE3IoNT'S new city directory contains -
' tains 4,620 names of adults , doubling
which gives the city a population of
,24O.
CILIDRON people are determined on
. , having a sugar beet factory and are
encouraging farmers to cultivate the
z vegetable.
. . OLsoN , of Omaha , last week
took his life by hanging. Accounts go
_ 1 to show that he had been deranged for
t 3 some time.
- FARMERS of Cheyenne county not otherwise -
erwise engaged find plenty of work
fixing up the old irrigation ditches and
digging new ones.
y HoN. Lon.L CLAIM of Albion , who
- was thought to be fatally injured , is
now at the Battle Creek , Mich. , sanitarium -
tarium , and said to be slowly recov-
ering.
G J. BILLS , colonel of the Second
regiment , Nebraska National Guard ,
has been chosen brigadier general , sue-
, ceeding Gen. Colby , who refused re-
nomination.
THE shipment of packing house products -
ducts and. dressed beef from South
Omaha during March was 197 cars
more than during February and 168
more than during March , 1895.
COMPTROLLER ECKLES has been notified -
fied of the selection of Ed F. Gallagher
as cashier of the First National bank
of O'Neill , and Benjamin Lindsey as
president of the First National bank of
Pierce.
THE thirty-fourth anniversary of the
battle of Shiloh was celebrated at Milford -
, ford by the Shiloh veteran association
in its fourth annual reunion on April 6
and 7. The exercises included music
and recitations
CIIABLEY HALLEY of Lincoln covered
the distance , forty-three miles , between -
tween Lincoln and Beatrice on his
wheel in two hours and eight minutes.
He says he lost forty-five minutes repairing -
pairing a puncture.
THE Young Married People's club ,
, an organi2ation of the younger Bene-
diets of North Loup and their wives ,
for purposes of social enjoyment ,
has entered upon its fourth year of uninterrupted -
interrupted existence.
N. E. Borro i , of Ong , who was clandestinely -
destinely married to Alma V. Sandberg
the first part of last week , has left for
parts unknown. It is charged that he
made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot
his brother-in-law , Oscar Sandberg.
A YOUNG Son of Ed Ackerman , living
six 'miles northeast of Liberty , was
playing with matches about the stable
and set fire to it , burning stable and
contents Ackerman is a poor man
the loss falls very heavily upon him.
THE Commercial hotel in Ogalalla is
- a mass of rains Fire caught from a
defective flue and only by ( lard work
was .the Delmonte hotel , adjoining ,
saved. A small portion of household
goods were saved. The loss is $4,500
Insurance , $3,000.
THE'supreme court has made an order -
der 'suspending the sentence of John
and James Casey , who were convicted
in Richardson county of robbery and
sentenced to three years each in the
. penitentiary. The cases have been
brought up to the supreme court for review -
view and the-suspension is pending the
hearing.
ONE thing that has particularly
favored the Nebraska farmer this year
has been the exceptionally mild
' weather during the past winter. This
has 'enabled farmers to bring their
stock through in excellent condition
and at a minimum cost , which they
are now selling for very fair prices and
at a good profit.
JAMES L PAxT0x , Chief Government
Live Stock Inspector Ayers and L. C.
Reddington , a prominent live stock
commission man , were recently in Fremont -
mont The object of their trip was to
examine an improved apparatus for the
inspection of diseased sheep at the
South Omaha stock yards if any such
should be received there.
JOHN ANDERSON , a wealthy Swedish
farmer residing about five miles east
of Wilcox , committed suicide by hanging -
ing himself. The body was found in a
cow shed on the premises by members
of the family with the knees almost
touching the ground and life extinct.
No cause is assigned for the action.
He was an old settler in the corn-
. rnunity.
JOHN O'DoNNELL , who lives near
_ Goodwin , Dixon county , was badly in-
jrred by being attacked by a fierce
- bull The bull bunted him , : throwing
him about ten feet. The blow crushed
one of his shoulders , and he was other-
vise considerably braised. Assistance
came to him before the infuriated ani-
malhad time to repeat the attack and
trample upon him.
TWINS were lately born to and
: . - Dfrs. Everhart of Grand Island , but as
one was born before midnight and 2.he
other afterward , the same birthday
; can not be observed only , as Captain
; ' . Billingsley would say , by stipulation.
A FREMONT man was fined five dol.
Jars for allowing his hens to sport is a
, ' neighbor's onion patch.
, WHILE Mrs. Laslibrook of Fairmont
and her daughter Nellie were out taking -
ing a pleasure ride , a neighbor's dog' '
ti ran out - and frightened their horse so
i that he became unmanageable and ran
, ; away , upsetting the buggy and throwing - i
ing both ladies to the ground. lellte
& sustained a broken leg and NrS Lash-
gook a badly sprained ankle ,
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LAST weelc attorneys for George
Morgan filed with the clerk of the
supreme-court a petition in error sug-
gestlon of diminution or record and
transcript in the case of his application
for a new trial. Morgan was sentenced -
tenced in December last in the Douglas -
las county district court to be hanged
on April 17 for the murder of little Ida
GaskilL
GEN. I. W. COLBY will not be a candidate -
didate for re-election as brigadier general -
eral of the Nebraska National Guard.
Company G recently met and requested
him to become a candidate , and he replies -
plies in a card in which he says he has
decided to sever his connection with
the Nebraska militia at the expiration
of his term of office. The old guard
will miss him.
MRS. CHARr.ES CUTKOMP came to
Pierce the other day and proceeded to
County Attorney Quivey's office. She
was battered and bruised and stated
that she could not live with her husband -
band any longer and wanted a divorce.
Mr. Cutkomp , who also drove to town
and told his troubles to the county attorney -
torney , was hacked and cut. He also
wants a divorce.
TilE Great Eastern canal , which was
projected by H. E. Babcock , of Genoa ,
is already an assured success The
first section of twenty-five miles has
been surveyed , staked and located and
the right-of-way obtained for neatly
the entire distance. There appear to
be few kickers , principally those whose
land lays so high above the ditch that
no water but that which descends from
the clouds can ever reach them.
WASHINGTON dispatch : Acting Secretary -
retary of the Interior Reynolds today
affirmed the commissioner's decision
against Elijah P. Steen , applicant for a
tract of land in Valentine district , Ne-
braska. The decision is affirmed , on
the ground that F. M. Wolcott , Steenns
attorney , had not been admitted to
practice before the department and
could hot therefore be recognized.
THE Douglas Grove ( Custer county )
Farmers' club passed the following :
I That we ask the co-operation of the
press of the state , of the state agricul-
j tural society , of all farmers' clubs and
i of all societies in any branch or development -
opment of agrculture in obtaining an
appropriation from the next legislature
far the purpose of holding institutes
throughout the state on the plan so far
as practicable as followed in Wiscon-
sin.
OTTO WAGNER , a farmer living about
Fort Calhoun , has brought Assayer
Carraway of Omaha a specimen of gold
ore that assays $16 to the ton , proving
exceedingly valuable. Mr. Wagner
first stated that he dug the ore from
the bottom of a 160 foot well that he
was excavating. Later he hinted mysteriously -
teriously that he had dug it up in the
city , 'Wherever he found it , there is
evidently a small bonanza lying back
of the piece.
A QUESTION is being agitated in the
three counties of Kimball , Banner and
Scotts Bluff of segregating Banner
county and attaching a portion to each
of the other counties named. Kimball
county has a large amount of railroad
land and railroad bed available for
taxation , and Scotts Bluff county is developing -
veloping through irrigation a healthy
assessment roll. Banner county has
neither of these , although an excellent
stock region , and her county organization -
tion being a burden , the agitation is
quite strong there. The other counties
have made no serious objection to the
plan.WHILE
WHILE George .Bartholomew of Mc-
Cool Junction was assisting in unhitching -
ing a livery team at his barn. George
Wallin rushed at him with a revolver
in one hand and an oakclub in the other -
er , threatening to kill him. Bartholomew -
mew knocked the revolver out of his
assailant's hand , but received the full
force of the oak club on his head. Before -
fore any one could separate them Wal-
lin had struck Bartholomew three
times , laying his head open in three
places Bartholomew is a white-haired
old man , and , although his injuries are
severe , lie will recover.
No OTaER industry has yielded so
great a profit to all concerned in this
community , says a Lyons special , as
the Lyons creamery. The receipts and
output show there have been over
4,000,000 pounds of milk received and
$30,000 has been paid to the farmers
the past year. Many farmers say it
has been the means of carrying them
over these hard times Why more farmers -
ers do not keep more cows is bard to
understand. Over $2,000 is paid to
farmers each month. Many are beginning -
ning to realize that they receive more
profit from a few cows than from any
other source on the farm.
THE Veterans' Association of the Battle -
tle of Shiloh , at their gathering in Milford -
ford last week , passed the following :
Resolved , That the fraternal greetings
of the Shiloh veterans assembled at
Milford , Neb. , April 6 , 1896 , the thirty-
fourth anniversary of the battle of Shiloh -
loh , are hereby extended to our honored -
ored comrade , Gen. John M. Thayer ;
that we heartily unite with the na-
tion's representatives in recognition of
his honorable services to his country.
Further , that we are gratified to learn
of his improved health , and hope for a
speedy recovery andhis , presence with
us at the next anniversary.
PRELIMINARY arrangements for the
Arbor day celebration at the state fair
grounds were made at a meeting of the
executive committee of the hair and
Speed association in Omaha the other
day. Five hundred trees of all kinds ,
elm , birch , sycamore , catalpa , oak and
other varieties , have been purchased
from ex-Governor Furnas , and lie has
in addition donated 100 extra ones.
These are to be planted about the
courts , boulevards and walks. in a fashion -
ion still to be laid out by a landscape
artist , who will be employedfor the oc-
casion. The prowram further provides
for a series of addresses and music. Invitations -
vitations to speak have been extended
to Governor Holcomb , ex-Governor
Furnas , Dr. S. Wright Butler , 1V. J.
Bryan , Chancellor MacLean , Dr. Geo.
L. Miller , and others
A HOME talent minstrel show is being
organized in Aurora to give an entertainment -
tainment for the benefitof the poor.
Fort some weeks Miss Minnie Calfee
has been an inmate of St. Elizabeth's
hospital at Lincoln , suffering from aberration -
erration of the mind. The best medical -
cal treatment was given her without
avail The other day she escaped from
the hospital and was found southwest
of Lincoln , sitting on the banks of Salt
creek. She.was taken beforethe board
of insanity commissioners and adjudged -
ed insane and committed to the asylum ,
hopelessly wrecked in mind. The lady
was a very bright young woman and
for years a successful school teacher in
this state. _
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VItO BIG CUBIN rKESJ
CONSIII , G I ; NhR A1 , ILLiMII S NOT
KILLED AND NO NOTE SINTi ;
COUNTRY MUCH EXCITED.
Positive Proof That a Madrid Story of
Assa9siuatlon Was Unfounded-State
Department Orclals Deny. Zliat
the President Has Acted Yet
-Cleveland Consults Mr.
Whitney.
WASHINGTON , April 13-Consider-
able excitement was created here
early this morning by the publication
of a dispatch from New York that
the Herald had received a cablegram
from Madrid saying : "Rumor is current -
rent here in the cafes and streets that
Consul General Williams has been
murdered in Havana and his body
dragged through the streets. Excitement -
ment prevails throughout the city in
consequence of this report , but the
authorities have no knowledge of any
such event. " Inquiries from all parts
of the country showed that the story
had been generally circulated.
A visit was at once paid to the State
department to secure possible confir-
mation.or denial of the story. There
it was declared that a dispatch dated
to-day had been received this morning
from the consul general , thus effectually -
ually disposing of the rumor that he
had been assassinated yesterday.
The reportof a great battle in which
500 of Maceo's men felt is similarly
dismissed. No word of any such engagement -
gagement has been received at the
Spanish legation or elsewhere , although -
though circumstantial details of the
movements of the troops are constantly -
stantly forwarded.
Lastnight a report was sent out
from here , with considerable circumstantial -
stantial detail , that the president had
made to Spain a formal proposition
that the good offices of the United
States be accepted in mediation between -
tween that country and Cuba and
that this proposal was made in a
cablegram of instructions to United
States Minister Hanuis Taylor. This
morning it was declared at the State
department that the story that a note
had been sent to Minister Taylor suggesting -
gesting mediation was a pure fabrica-
tion.
It is not denied that the President ,
Secretary Olney and General Scho-
field have been considering the Cuban
matter , but it is declared that no doe-
utnent has been forwarded in any
way. Ex-Secretary Whitney was at
the White House yesterday , and it
was reported that he came to confer
with the President as to the Cuban
matter. He was in Europe when the
Allianca was fired upon by a Spanish
warship , and gave out an interview on
the outrage which attracted much attention -
tention by reason of the strong Americanism -
icanism in its tone. It is believed that
the President , desiring to get all sides
of this question , sent for Mr. Whitney
as a representative of the great commercial -
mercial interests of this country.
Dynamite tinder a Bed Room.
GLENw00D SmaNGs , Cal. , April i3.-
At t o'clock this morning giant powder -
der was exploded under the bedroom
of the house of James W. Ross. The
house was completely wrecked. Mr.
and Dlrs. Ross were both asleep , but
escaped death. Nothing is known as
to who perpetrated the deed , although
Agris Anderson was placed under ar-
rest. It is said that he was keeping
company with a young woman in the
house , and threatened to take her
life.
"Champ" Clark for Congress.
MESICO Mo. . " "
, , April 13.-"Champ"
Clark was renominated for Congress
without opposition in a general primary -
mary today. It is thought a light
vote was polled in some of the counties -
ties on account of Democratic dissension -
sion and because there was no opposi-
tion. Clark's Republican opponent is
the present member of Congress from
this district , William Treloar , who defeated -
feated Clark ink.894.
Embezzled Money Lost on wheat.
MACON , Mo. , April 13.-Vice President -
dent Hayner of the First National
bank has returned from Chicago without -
out recovering any of the money misused -
used by ex-Collector Harvey Gray in
options on wheat. Gray stated that
$3,000 was due to him , but the option
dealers said that lie had nothing to
his credit , as he had bought wheat
and lost. The dealers will be sued.
Against the Silk Hat.
LONDON , April -Lord Ronald
Gower has written letters to the
newspapers urging the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Yorh to discard -
card the silk hat as being "the ugliest
and most unhealthy headgear of the
century , " adding that if the princes
did so , our classes are intensely snobbish -
bish , and would follow the fashion
adopted liv a prince of the blood.
John I. .
Martin Sergeant-at-arms.
CmcAGo , April 13.-John I. Martin
of St. Louis will be sergeant-at-arms
at the Democratic National conven-
tion. His selection was made this
morning by Chairman Herrity and his
committee of the Democratic National -
tional committee. He isa well known
politician and very popular in St.
Louis Democratic circles.
Meade Must Serve His Term.
TO1'EKA , Kan. , April 13The Sn
preme court rendered a decision today -
day in the case of the State' against
P.icliard C. Meade , affirming the judgment -
ment of the District court of Atchison
county , which had sentenced him to a
term of five years at hard labor in the
penitentiary for embezzlement.
Big Leather Dealers Assign.
BosToa , April 1L iC E. Lane ,
Bather dealer , have assigned to Vice
President Stearns of the Shaw National -
tional bank and C. S. Cobb , the liabilities -
ities being estimated at $ L500,000.
SEEDMEN MAKE CHARGES.
Chicagoans Accuse Secretary Morton-
The Official Denies the Accusation.
WASHINGTON , April 13.-The recent
closing of the contract for furnishing
seeds for general distribution by the
government has resulted in the filing
of charges at the Department of Agriculture -
culture by Breslan , Goodwin & Co. , a
Chicago seed firm , against Secretary
Morton. The allegations are that
their bid , though the lowest was refused -
fused because the firm had urged the
passage of the resolution providing
for the revival of the distribution
of seeds , notwithstanding Secretary -
retary Morton's protests ; that reports
furnished by officers of the department -
ment to Secretary Morton , to Senator
Proctor of Vermont , chairman of the
Senate committee of Agriculture , and
to Mr. Wadsworth , chairman of the
House committee , had been manipulated -
lated in order to show that the firm's
seeds were below the standard , that
Assistant Secretary Dabney had insisted -
sisted on the company , in case it received -
ceived the award , using the machines
of the Brown Bag Filling Machine
Company , and that Mr. Dabney had
decided against the company because
of the refusal to do this ; that the secretary -
retary and his assistants had falsely
stated that the company refused to
use its name on the seed packets.
Secretary Morton and the other
officials of the agricultural department -
ment absolutely deny the truth of the
charges and say that the award of the
seed contract was based on a percentage -
centage of purity and germinative
power of the seeds tested by the department -
partment last year at a time when
there was no prospect of further dis-
tribution.
A Probable Burglar Killed.
HOLT , Mo. , April 13.-The stores of
B. L. McGee iC Son and Greason &
Riley were broken into last night and
merchandise valued at $75 carried
away. This morning the dead body
of a man was found a mile south of
town under the railroad bridge with
his brains oozing from a wound in the
head. He is supposed to have been
one of the burglars and from all indications -
cations was murdered by his companions -
ions , as fresh tracks were found near
by , Asmall memorandum book found
near the body with the name of Dick
Flood , Gainesville , Mo. , in it , is the
only clue to his identity.
Emperor and King Meet.
VENICE , April 13.-The imperial
yacht Hohenzolle , with Emperor Wil.
Liam of Germany and the Empress on
board , entered the St. Marie dock this
afternoon. The king and queen of
Italy , accompanied by Premier Rudi-
ni , all the cabinet ministers and General -
eral Count Lanza di llusca , the Italian
ambassador at Berlinboarded the imperial -
perial yacht as soon as she was
moored. The meeting between the
emperor and King Humbert and between -
tween the emperor and Queen Margaret -
ret was cordiaL
Seed Firm to Sue Morton.
WASHINGTON , April iJ.-A suit for
$ ,00,00 ( ) for malicious libel will be
brought against Secretary of Agriculture -
ture J. Sterling Morton , by the firm
of Northrup , Breslan , Goodwin & Co.
of Chicago and Minneapolis , dealers
in seeds. The basis of the charge is
that in rejecting the bid of this firm
for furnishing seeds under the resolution -
tion of Congress , the secretary made
statements about the firm which were
injurious to its reputation and stand-
ing.
a
Wife and Son Stabbed to Death.
DENVER , Cole „ April 13.-When
Manager Alexander C. Miller of the
Warner ranch , twelve miles east of
here , arrived home from the city this
morning , he found his stepson , aged
12 , dead , and his wife unconscious and
bleeding to death. The boy had been
stabbed through the heart and the
woman had numerous wounds. The
house had not been robbed and the
motive of the crime is a mystery.
Mrs. Miller was Miller's second wife.
Waller Arrives in New York.
NEW ' onK , April 13.-John L.
Waller , late United States consul at
Tamative , Madagascar , arrived to-nay
from Southampton. He stated to a
reporter at quarantine. that he was
released from prison in France February -
ary 20 , exactly eleven months from
the time he was sentenced at Mada-
gascar. He declined to discuss his
case at length , but said that he felt
confident of the ultimate justification
of his actions.
Kansas Cattlemen Win.
TOPEKA , Kan. , April : -The Supreme -
preme court this forenoon decided in
favor of the cattlemen in the Missouri ,
Kansas and Texas cattle case , which
involvesthe act of the Kansas legislature -
lature for the protection of cattle
against contagious diseases. The ease
has beeu stubbornly fought from its
inception by railroads and cattlemen.
Women Must Work on Roads.
FORT WORTII , Texas , April 13The
Dallas county road law , enacted at
the last session of the legislature , will
shortly go into effect. It provides for
the working of all convicts , female as
well as male , on the roads or on the
county farm. Heretofore women convicted -
victed in justices' courts have been
allowed to stay in the county jail.
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Great Damage by Fire Bugs.
HAVANA , April 13.-The insurgents
have burned the machinery houses of
the central plantations of Diana and
Barbon , near Moralito , the approximate -
mate loss being $1,200,000. The insurgents -
gents have also burned 90,000 tons of
cane on the plantation of Santa Gei'-
trades , belonging to Antonio Gonzales
Mendoza.
Rhode Island Is for Reed.
PROVIDENCE , R. I. , April 13.-The
Republican State convention was held
here yesterday for the election of i
delegates-at-large to the national convention -
vention at St. Louis. The delegates
are uninstructed. but are for Reed. A
sound money platform was adopted. i
Bermuda Filibusterers Acquitted.
NEW YoRr. , April 13.-After being
out eight minutes , the jury in the case
against the Cubans charged with being -
ing concerned in the Bermuda filibustering -
tering expedition , returned a verdict
of not guiity.
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DON'T WANT 'KI LE
THE AT'rITUDE OF THE A. P. A.
TOWARD HIM.
They Start a Boom for Linton of Mlch
lgan-Judge Stevens of the National
Advisory Board Declares that the
Order holds the Republican Balance of
Power and Wilt Use It Effectively.
Say He Mast Not Be Nominated.
ST Louis , Mo. , April 9.-A scheme
Was sprung in this city yesterday
which its promoters declare will defeat -
feat Major William McKinley for the
nomination for President of the United
States. It was the launching of the
boom of Congressman William S. Lin-
ton of Michigan for President by
Judge J. H. D. Stephens , chairman of
the National Advisory board of the
American Protective Association.
The A. P. A. has established headquarters -
quarters in St. Louis at 613 Pine
street , from whence Linton literature
will be sent broadcast throughout the
country. Linton himself is expected
in St. Louts in four days , when his
boom will formally be launched at a
demonstration to be held in the Exposition -
position building. He will also spealc
in Omaha , Kansas City , Louisville and
other places and Linton clubs will be
organized in every large city in the
union within the next ten days.
The national advisory board met in
Washington about two weeks ago and
sent a letter to the managers of McKinley -
Kinley , Reed , Morton and Allison ,
asking that they appear before the
board and state their positions in regard -
gard to the order. The managers of
all the candidates except McKinley
obeyed the summons and appeared
before the committee. They argued
for their candidates and made promises -
ises of all kinds. Mark Manna , Mc-
Kinley's manager , did not put in an
appearance. A second letter was sent
him , and it brought a response , not to
the liking of the board. It simply
said that Mr. McKinley declined to
treat with any faction , association or
society within the party.
This caused the board to place a ban
on McKinley's name and it was decided -
cided to use every means in the power
of the organization to encompass Mc-
Kinley's defeat. It is claimed that at
least 100 of the delegates already
chosen are A. P. A. men , and the order -
der figures on securing 50 more delegates -
egates by the time the convention
meets. With 150 votes they believe
they can defeat McKinley and practically -
tically dictate who shall be nomin-
ated.
In an interview Judge Stevens said :
"There are nearly 4,000,000 members
of the A. P. A. in this country , and 90
per cent of them will vote as one man.
We propose to beat McKinley for
President of the United States. We
already have 100 of the delegates
elected so far and we will have more
by the time the full number are elect-
ed. We can , and will , beat McKinley
for the nomination , and if by any
hook , crook orpolitical trick he should
succeed in being nominated we will
defeat him at the polls. "
STRICTLY NON SECRETERIAN
The House Cuts Off All Private Char-
ities.
WASHINGTON , April 9.- The Dis-
n et of Columbia appropriation
bill which was recommitted
to the committee by the
House because of the aid carried by it
to charitable institutions was to-day
considered by that committee and remodeled -
modeled so far as it applied to private
institutions , all of the items for private -
vate and semi-private institutions
which had heretofore depended largely -
ly upon the government for support
being stricken out and a lump sum of
$94,700 , equal to the total of the various -
rious items added for the relief and
care of the poor and such charitable
and reformatory work as have heretofore -
fore been provided for by direct appropriations -
propriations , to be expended by the
district commissioners , either under
contract or by employing the public
institutions of the district. Contracts
are limited to June 39 , 1897 , and the
commissioners are required to render
an account of their disbursements am
strict limitations are placed upon th .r
powers. The amendment ends with
this clause : "That no part of the
money here appropriated shall be paid
for the purpose of maintaining or
ading , by payment for services or expenses -
penses , or otherwise any church or
religious denomination , or any institution -
tution or society which is tinder sectarian -
tarian or ecclesiastic control. "
SOLID FOR FREE SILVER.
Every Missouri Convention Held So Far
Has Declared for Free Coinage.
LEBANON , Mo. , April 9.-Forty-six
counties have elected delegates to the
Democratic State convention to be
held at Sedalia April :5 , for the election -
tion of delegates to the national con-
vention. Every county , so far , has
elected solid silver delegations and
declared in positive terms for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1. More than two-thirds of the counties -
ties mentioned have instructed their
delegates for a solid delegation of
uncompromising silver men to the
Chicago convention , and instructed
for Bland , Stone , Vest and Cockrell
for delegates at large.
The Metric System for America.
WASIIINGToN , April 9.-By a vote of
119 to 117 the House to-day passed the
bill to adopt the metric system of
weights and measures in all departments -
ments of the government after July
1 , 1896 , and to make it the only legal
system after January 1 , 1001.
Connecticut Methodists Against Women'
NEW HAVES , .Conn. , April 9.-At
yesterday's session of the New York
Eastern conference the proposition
that delegates to the general conference -
ence may be men or women was lost
by a vote of 36 to 140. The resnlt was
greeted with applause.
A Negro Shoots His Wife Fatally.
LINNEUS , Mo. , April 9.-Luke Alexander -
ander , a negro of Milan , followed his
runaway wife to .Brookfield yesterday
and last night , after her refusal to return -
turn with him , shot her three times ,
fatally wounding her. He was put in .
jail here before daylight this morning.
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ARBOR DAY IN NEBRASKA. ,
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Gov. lttolcomb Enjoins Citizens to Caf L
tinue the Custom. d
LINCOLN , April 7.-Governor Hol- 11
comb has issued the following pro Ij
clamation for the usual observance of
Arbor day in Nebraska :
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BY legislative enactment , the 22nd'
day of April of each year is designated'
as aholiday to be known as Arbor day-
In conformity with this provision I ,
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would earnestly recommend to all cite- s +
tens of the state that Wednesday ,
April 22 , 1896 , be devoted to the plant-
inr of trees , shrubs and vines on the
highways , public grounds and private'
property , to the end that the landscape vi
may be rendered more attractive , the 4
climate ameliorated and the cultivation -
tion of timber for the beneficial use ,
comfort and convenience of thepresent 1
and future generations encouraged. (
No greater service to his state can be
at this time performed by a Nebraska
citizen than by devoting at least one
day of every year to the planting and
cultivation of trees upon the broad
prairies and fertile valley lands.
The observance of a day especially i ,
devoted to arboriculture which had its "
birth in Nebraska has now grown to 1
be national in its character and it is to
t'
be hoped that the commendable spirit '
which prompted Nebraska to take the
initiative in this salutar y movement twill !
ever continue to characterize the
observance of the day.
By common consent , the cultivation to
of a sentiment favorable to the planting -
ing in our state has , been entrusted to
the public schools , and noblyhave both ,
teachers and scholars performed this
important duty. In the early history
of our country , pioneers settled in the
forests and cleared away the timber in
order to make room for fields of grain.
The work of devastating the forests has
gone steadily on for years , until there
is now urgent need for united efforts
in all sections of the country for the
planting of trees Itis well and fitting
that this necessity for tree preservation -
tion to take place of tree destruction
be instilled in the minds of the youth ,
and to that end I would urge the importance -
portance of a continuation of the appropriate -
propriate exercises which have heretofore - i
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fore characterized this observance of
the day in the public schools of the
state. w
In testimony whereof I have hereunto -
to subscribed my name and caused to
be aflixed the great seal of the state of
Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln , the capital of the i
state. this eighth day of April , in the
year of our Lord , one thousand eight i
hundred and ninety-six , of the state r
the thirtieth and of the independence +
of the United States the one hundred i
and twentieth. , ,
SILAS HOLC03IB , Governor. b
By the governor : J. A. PtrEn , , .
Secretary of State. j
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CORBETT ARRESTED. j t ! ,
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The Charge Is Giving a Boxing Contest
Contrary to Law. f
ST. Louis , April 9.-James J. Corbett 1
and his sparring partner , Mike Con- C
nelly , were arrested at Havlin's theater -
ater and taken to the Four Courts ,
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yesterday , chargedwith holding a box- , ,
ing contest contrary to law. j t
Before the curtain went up on the 1 .
second act Captain O'Malley called on
the champion and informed him that
there must be no boxing. Jim said '
that he did not want to interfere with 1 '
the law , but that boxing was in the i P ,
show. It was decided to spar any-
way , and Captain O'Malley was spirited - , , i
ited away from the stage. Alderman , t '
Jim Cronin took him aside , and while's
he was talking there was a skillful l
exhibition of the manly art on the'l
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stage. 4
After the show they were arrested ,
but released on bonds of $200. Alder
man Cronin was surety. The proceedings -
ings were brought to make a test c ase 1
of the boxing ordinance.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS ;
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Quotations From New York , Chicago , St : . S
Loul + , Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA. -
Butter-Creamery separator. . 16 fdi 18
Butter-Fair to good country. 14 CI4 16 '
Eggs-Fresh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .844p 9
Poultry-Live hensper lb. . . . . . 0 4 7
Turkeys-I'erID . . . . . . . . . . . 10 C } 12 , -fin { 1
Lemons-Choice Messinas. . . . . 2 75 ® 325
Oranges-Per box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 60 rd 3 i5
honey-Fancy white , per lb. . . 18 is 15 : t
Apples-Per bbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 ® 400 '
Sweet potatoes-Good , per bbl 2 25 x,12 50
Potatoes-I'er bu . . 20 (1 25
Beans-Navy , hand-picledbu 140 x14150
Cranberries-Jerseys , prbbl. . . 4 51 c 5 00 w
flay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 4 : .0 Q 5 00
Onions-l'erbu. . . . . . . 3i ti0 . ,0
Broom Corn-Green , per ID. . . . . . . . 14j 2' ( . 1
hots-Mixed packing. . . . . . , . . , 3 55 Q4 3 Co
hogs-heavy Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 60 ( 3 65 1
Beeves-Stockers and feeders 2 90 Cit 3 75
Beef-Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 f 4 05 r'
Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 (14 : i 2 ,
Milkers and springers. . . . . . . . 2 0 ( 3 00
Stags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 , , C4 3 25
Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Oxen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.,0 c 3 5 '
Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 35o a
heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26a ® : i 60 ; 4'
Westerns. . . . . . 2 l5 3 fA
Sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 75 325
CHICAGO .
Wheat-No. 2 , s pring. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 q , 63SS I
Corn -Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 30 . '
Oats-l'er bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 0 20
Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 8 62li
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4J ( q 4 ro
Cattle-Feeding Steers. . ; . . . . . . 315 ( ( ri : i 75 J '
hogs-Averages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 ( t 3 b'5
Sheep-Lambs. . . . . 6 25 ( 4 75
hecp-Westerns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 G0 c 3 s5 ' - y.
NEW YORK.
Wheat-No. " , red winter. . . . . . . ; 9 Z 79 % .
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orn No. Y
oa.s-No. . 2 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SN 258 ; 84 , { ,
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fork- 750 , ' 8E,0
ST. LOUIS. i
Wheat-No. 2 red , cash.- 69 Q C9.
Corn-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f
Oats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19' I
hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 52 d 3 70
Cattle-N ativesteers.- . . . . 3 2 5 G4 4 I
Sheep-Westerns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 40 tJ 3 bit
Lam s- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 , , lt7 4 75 i J
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat-No. 2 hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 ;
Corn-No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4
Oats-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is 23S 16 ? + .
GattiStockers and feeders. . " 75 u 3 by
Ifog'-3bixed Packers. . . . . . . . . . . 3 40 ( 365
Sl + eep-Muttons.- - - 2 5) ( 3 fu
Big Moonshlne Distilleriea Destroyed , , ,
LITTLE ROCK , Ark , April 9.-Depnt -
Revenue Collector Flave Carpenter returned - t
turned yesterday from a raid on the , ' .
moonshine distilleries of Searcy ' 1 ,
county. His posse captured two of.
the largest wildcat concerns ever 41
found in this state. Both were in full '
running order , one of them having 600 :
gallons of liquor , with amplematerial
for several hundred gallons more. .
The operators of both escaped. One- I ' 4" ,
of the stills four
was miles from any' t
habitation and so situated that one-
man could have defended it against. ,
twenty-five men.
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