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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1897)
I / I M'COOK TRIBUNE. Hi F. M. IUMMKLL , Publisher. I . McCOOK , NEBRASKA I NEBRASKA NEWS. M Wayne county has over 3,000 chll * H dren of bcliool age. H There are three esses of typhoid m fever in one family near Eustis. m Several sad fatalitiesjfrom diphtheria M have lately occurred at Wisner. H The school professor at Wakefield H lectures on "Brains and Backbone. " H . Johnson county will donate a car of B I corn to the starving people of India. H Stock in the building and loan asso- H elation at Gcring sells at a premium. H A lady of Lexington furnishes a daily H record of mortgages filed and released. B Dr. Hildebrand of Clearwater was H successfully operated upon for appendl- H citis. H George .Bohmer , who moved from H Wayne county to Montana , is moving H ' back. H Nebraska City contemplates putting B up a new high school building to cost 1 925,000. , H The Union Pacific ice house at North | Platte is filled from the lake at Goth- enburg. Andrew Harper of Cedar county lost I considerable live stock in the recent blizzard. * * N. P. Ilult of Wausa lost 100 head of H hogs in the blizzard that blew in with H , the new year. Hj A sure enough centipede was captured - | * tured in the court house at Hastings H the other day. H Ernest Worden and Walter Bruner M of Sidney were bound over to district | court in the sum of $300 each for the H -wanton murder of a mule. H Judge Crawford of Scribner won a $50 suit of clothes from Hon. Nick Fritz on a wager that McKinley would I receive a majority of the popular vote. The school house at Bayard took fire _ from a defective flue , and the scholars M organized themselves into a bucket B brigade and saved the building from m total destruction. M A Boone county man smoked a cigai M -while milking the family cow , and ac- H cidently scorched her Hank. The kick | she gave him in the ribs was heard all m over the neighborhood. M An epidemic of blackleg is destroying H young stock in the neighborhood oi M Alliance. A local veterinary will try fl the vaccinating system recommended fl in the government reports. M The Curtis gun club has offered a reM - M ward of § 5 for the arrest and convic- M tion of any parties killing or b living in H their possession quail or prairie chick- H ens during the closed season. M Having failed to provide a sinking fl fund to meet the payment on school H bonds when due , Superior will btart H the " .aw year by robbing Peter to pay H Paul. It hopes to refund at a lower H | rate of interest. H Henry Brockman.who lived four miles M -west of West Point , dropped dead in H the kitchen at his home from heart H disease. He was seventy-three 3ears H old and emigrated from Germany to H Wisconsin in 1854. H TwentyJfive hundred acres of Ne- H braska land near Jackson may go to B South Dakota by changes in the Mis- M Bourl This land is what is known a3 H the Hedges track , now in the hands of B ' ' eastern trustees. H . David Hazels of-Pawnee County , who H recently passed away in his eightieth H year , had been a resident of that HBV county for twenty-six years. He came H directly from Scotland to the place B from which h ) took his departure. His H aged wife survives , also five children. | Robert Clifford of Emerson , a young H man of only twenty-six years , was H seized with a mania while at the home H of a neighbor , and attempted to .use BAV one of the small children to feed the H flames in the kitchen range. He was H restrained with difficulty and it re- h quired two men to bind and prevent H him from raising gell-henerally. H Catharine Roland , wife of John Roland - | land , of Saline county , was buried at H Crete on Wednesday. If she had lived H H I -until May 21 she would have been H eighty-two years old. Her husband H was buried dn the 22nd of March last | year. Theywere old settlers in Saline H county and well known. She was a H member of the Methodist church thir ty- HHH six years. l Henry W. Haigwho is administrator H of the ' estate of Robert F. JPawcus of B Gering , expects to secure the passage H of an appropriation through the pres- B entlegislature to provide for the payment - | ment for the real estate belonging to B the estate. It has been appraised ac- H cording to law at 56,300 , and the law , | which provides that alien heirs can not H Inherit realty in this state , also pro- VAyAV Tides that the state shall buy it at the | appraised valuation. The claim is recognized - | ognized as just , the estate having com- H plied with the statute , but there being | no funds "not otherwise appropriated" fl it becomes necessary to either secure fl an appropriation or sue and get judg- H ment against the state. PaVaVJ Membraneous croup caused the death H of the three-year-old son of John Coul- H ter of Randolph. H The Gothenburg Power company offered - | fered to furuish the city .an up-to-date H water system for $7,500. H Nine thousand sheep passed through H- 8uperior in the course of two days , on VAvAfl their way to the cornfields of Dodge H county. H , The county schools in valley county H hold old-fashioned spelling contests. | To be able to spell correctly is great B ( tccomDlishmeDt. bwbwbwbwbwbwbwaI . * BBBh .4 > - - HE WAS TIN UP BY KITES. FIRST SUCCESSFUL AS CENSION IN AMERICA. LIEUT. 'WISE MAKES IT. Hoisted Forty-Tiro Feet In the Air at Governor's Islund by the railing of Four Kites , Representing a Force Estimated at 400 I-.uk. Kites Demonstrated to Be Useful In u Gale. New York , Jan. 23. Lieutenant Hugh D. Wise of the Ninth infantry , U. S. A. , on Governor's Island , has for six months bee"n studying and experi menting with kites as a means of as sisting armies in warfare. His kites are cellular , with rectangular frames of spruce and cotton string and cotton cloth in strips stretched "around the ends of the frames , leaving both ends of the the rectangular framework open , and also an open strip in the center. Thus four lifting surfaces and four guiding surfaces are presented to the wind. Yesterdaj' , when the breeze freshened to a fifteen mile an hour gait , he was hoisted forty-two feet into the air by his kites .so 'that ' he could see over the eaves of the officers' quarters and down the bay. The force represented-bx the .pulling of the four kites is estinuitcd at 400 pounds. "I have studied the systems of Pro fessor Langley of the Smithsonian in stitution , Professor Marvin of the weather bureau and Civil Engineer Chanute of Chicago , who are making , special experiments in areial locomo . - .tion , with aeroplanes , * ' said Lieutenant Wise. "The success of my experiment , demonstrates that kites are-servicea ble in a gale which would tear a bal loon to pieces , where it is desired to observe the surrounding country and inspect the maneuvers of an enemy. I attribute my success to a close follow ing of the methods of those who have studied the subject rather than to my own efforts. " Captain T. H. Baden-Powell ascend ed nearly 100 feet in England , but he took a parachute with him. Lawrence Hargrave was hoisted by kites forty feet in Australia in 1885. These are the only instances of aeroplane ascen sions on record. NO CORPORATION POLITICS A Stringent Bill Certain to Tass the Missouri House. Jefeersox City , Mo. , Jan. 2:5 : , The special committee of the House ap pointed to investigate the efforts of the railroads and other corporations to influence elections has reported through Bohart of Clinton a substitute for the bills on that subject now pend ing before the House. The bill pro vides that all employes of corpora tions shall have four hours on election day Avithout loss of wages. No cor poration can , through its officers or employes , try to influence the votes of any person or distribute campaign lit erature of any kind. Cox'porations acting under charters of this state are to be punished by forfeit of their ' charter for any kind of coercion. For eign corporations are to be punished through their officers , who are to be subjected to a penitentiary sentence limited to five years for intimidation or bribery , threats of discharge or promises to employ. It is a misdemeanor meaner punishable- fine for them to ' ' 'distribute literature. Mr. Eckels Will Not Remain. Washington , Jan. 23. Although Mr. Eckels' term of office will not ex pire until after the change in admin istration , he will not remain comp troller of the currency. It is said to-day that Charles Gates Dawes will be the next comptroller of the .cur rency , which is entirely probable , if he wants that office , but his friends here understand that he prefers to be treas urer of the United States. Shutting Out the Women. Little Hock , Ark. , Jan. 23. The Arkansas state senate has passed a bill introduced by Senator Witt , pro viding that hereafter none but quali fied electors shall hold any position within the gift of the Arkansas legis lature. The army of women who be siege the members at every session to secure votes for clerkships is responsi ble for the action of the Senate. Senator Wolcolt Holds a Conference Lontjon , Jan. 23. The Daily News says this morning that Senator Wol- cott of Colorado had an interview yesterday with Sir William Henry Houldsworth , Conservative member of parliament for the northwestern division of Manchester , and whw was the British delegate at the Brussels monetary conference in 1892. The interview was private and informal. A Nebraska Mayor to Bo Impeached. Nebraska CityNeb. , Jan. 23. A pe tition from a number of taxpayers was presented to the council last night , accusing Mayor C. W. Stahlbut of corruption , general misconduct and obstructing the council , and asking that he be impeached. February 1 , was set apart for the mayor to answer the charges. _ - To Shut Off Pass Favors. , Topeka , Kan. , Jan. 23. D. N. Roth- weilcr of Rush county has a bill in the House to prohibit the use of passes by public officers. It provides a penalty for giving a pass or for accepting one and conductors who may honor a pass in the hands of a pablic officer are lia ble to punishment. A Young Kansas Educator Dead. Great Bend , , Kan. , Jan. 23. Jamis A. Brady , principal of the St. John schools , died at his home here this morning of quick consumption. Ho was considered one of the leading young educators in the western part of the state. CRACKSHOTSOFTHEARMY Keg tilts of the Last Ycar'fl Competition With Blue and Carbine. Washington , Jan. 23. The war de partment has just published the results of the rifle , carbine and revolver firing of all the troops of the army during the past year. The table shows that the leading departments at the various ranges were as follows : Two hun dred yards , with rifles , department of Missouri ; with carbines , department ' of the Platte ; 300 yards , rifles , department of Columbia ; carbines , de partment of the Platte ; 500 yards , viiles , department of Columbia ; car bines , department of Texas ; GOO yards , ' rifles , department of the Columbia ; carbines , department of the Columbia ; 800 yards , rifles , department of the Co lumbia ; carbines , department of the Platte ; 1,000 yards , rifles , department of the Platte ; carbines , department of- the Platte. As skirmishers with rifles , department of the Platte ; with car bines , department of the Platte. In volley practice at 800 and 1,000 yards , the department of Texas led with the highest percentage of hits with the rifle and the department of the Platte with the carbine. The latter's carbine score was higher than the formers rifle scorf at these long ranges. Of all the cavalry regiments , the Eighth stood first at every range from 200 to 1.000 j'ards , and as skirmishers. The infantry regiments divided honors. At 200 and 300 yards the Fourth stood first ; at o00 yards-the Fourteenth , at GOO yards the Sixteenth , at S00 yards the Seventeeth , at 1,000 yards the Seventh ; as skirmishers the Twenty- second infantry. In revolver shooting the Seventh cavalry took the palm. VENEZUELA'S CASE. Chief Justice Fuller "Will Act as the " Republic's Representative. Washington , Jan. 23 The only ob jection raised by the Venezuelan gov ernment to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the settlement of the Guiana boundary .vas that it would have no representa tion .upon the proposed arbitration tri bunal , while England , the other party to the controversy , would be repre- rented equally with the. United States. President Crespo declined to accept the treaty unless Venezuela was repre sented by at least one member of the tribunal. Great Britain ' objected , and insisted upon dealing entirely with the United States. By a little diplomacy Venezuela was pei'suaded to name Chief Justice Fuller as its representa tive , provided Great Britain would withdraw its opposition to her repre sentation on the tribuanal. The chief justice will accept , but will stand as the representative of Venezuela and not of the United States. BLINDED BY STUDENTS. Sophomores at Illinois University Dis figure Young Woman Freshman. Champaign , 111. , Jan. 23. Last even ing the freshmen of the university of Illinois were to have had their sociable in Busy's hall at Urbana. At 7 o'clock the sophomores began to gather in the street in front of the opera biiilding. They smashed all the windows in the dining hall , and drove out the fresh men by the use. of foul-smelling chem icals. Miss Delia Rodenbaugh of this city , in company with a freshman , was about to enter the hall when chemicals were thrown upon them and the young lady will lose her eyesight as a result The sophomores were finally dispersed by the fire department , which turned several streams of water upon them. OREGON IMITATES KANSAS. Two Houses of the I.ecislature Sitting ; To gether Mitchell Men Hopeful. Sai.eji , Ore. , Jan. With the assist ance of two Democrats , the Benson men , Supporters of Senator Mitchell , completed the organization of the house according to program , without a collision with the opposition. There were thirty-three members present , three more that a majority. H. L. Benson , the permanent speakerchosen by the Mitchell men , took his seat be side Tempcrary Speaker Davis , who was chosen a week ago Monday. Af ter the appointment of a committee to notify the governor that the house was ready for business , the house ad journed. To Welcome the Clevclands to Princeton. Princeton , N. J. , Jan. 23. It is understood that the Cleveland family will arrive here to live March G or 7. A reception has been planned by the university faculty at President Patton - ton ' s house , another to introduce the family to Princeton and Mercer county society and a third for Mr. Cleveland at the Democratic league club rooms , while Mr. Cleveland , soon after his ar rival , will give a general reception. Brcidenthal May Quit Politics. Topeka , Kan. , Jan. 23. It is underStood - Stood that Bank Commissioner John W. Breidenthal will soon resign as chairman of the Populist state central committee. His term as bank commis sioner will expire next month and he then will be reappointed for a term of four years. In case of his resignation as chairman of the committee , he prob ably will be succeeded by J. M. Allen of Neosho count3T . Failure at Kansas City. Kansas Citt , Mo. Jan. 23. The Campbell-Eaton Crockery company at 811 and S13 Main street-closed its doors this morning. The assets 61 the firm are a stock of goods valued "at $20,000 ; accounts receivable , S12.000 and furni ture and fixtures 83,000. The reason for the. failure is said to be dull busi ness caused by the general depression. Fulton , Kan. , Merchants Fall. Foivr Scott , Kan. , Jan. 23. Burn- ham , Hanna , Munger & Co. of Kansas City to-day under a chattel mortgage of S3,771 took charge of the general merchandise stock of M. A. Stapleton & Co. of Fulton. There are but few smaller creditors. It is elaimed the firm ' s assets are more than their lia bilities. Passed Over the President's "Veto. Washington , Jan. 23. In the House to-day. tvyo-thirds having voted in the affirmative , 144 to 58 , the Texas judi ciary district bill was passed over the veto-bf-thcPresident i STATE POULTRY SH0TV THIRTEENTH ANNUAL EX HIBITION. frond FottIs with Ancestry Over 1,000 JIandaoine llirds Exhibits From nil Parts of the Stnto ltegldent of Phelps County Charged with Crlrao Other News The thirteenth annual show of the Nebraska poultry association com menced Tuesday in the building on N street next to HerpolBheimer's , Lin coln. The large double room is filled with coops of chickens , over 1,500 hand some birds occupying places therein. The coops are arranged in classes , so that spectators may pass along the aisles formed and inspect them at their leisure. There are some of the hand somest birds ever seen at a chicken show and the exhibitors feel a just pride in showing them off. The exhibitors come from all parts of the state , Mis souri , Kansas and Iowa being also rep resented. All varieties of chickens from the pure White Plymouth Bocks in front to the jet Black Langshans midway and the pert little Bantams in the rear are to be seen. The constant crowing of the cocks makes music for the poultryinen , because they find more enjoyment in listening to the clarion tones of their pets than they would perhaps in a good baad. Tuesday evening the poultrymen held a meeting in the chemical build ing of the state universii3 % Interest ing papers were read pertaining to the poultry industry. Wednesday the poultrymen will visit the state farm and in the evening will listen to a lecture by Chancellor Mac- Lean , and a paper on "Parasites , " ' by Prof. II. B. Ward. STATE CONFERENCE OF CHAR ITIES. The first annual meeting of the Ne braska state conference of charities and correction will be held at Lincoln , Neb. , instate University chapel , Wed nesday , Feb. 10 , 1897 , beginning at 10:30 a. m. The evening session will be held in capitol building. Governor Silas A. Holcomb has con sented to deliver the address of wel come at 10:30 a. m. " Prof. Gillespie of Omaha will respond on behalf of the delegates. H. H. Hart , general sec retary of the national conference of charities and correction will deliver the principal address in the evening. Dr. P. W. Ayers oi Chicago , Chancellor McLean of the state university , and # other prominent speakers will deliver addresses and present papers during the day. Organized charities and child saving work will be made prominent in the afternoon sessions. object. The object of the conference is , by meansof addresses , discussions and reports , to obtain and diffuse informa tion respecting the benevolent , chari table , penal and reformatory work done by our state , municipal , county and private institutions , and to learn , if we may , how best to prosecute such work. MEMBERS. All members of boards of state , county , and city private benevolent and charitable , penal and reformatory institutions and societies , and all ofii- cials engaged in benevolent and re formatory work throughout the state , county sheriffs , county attorneys , county commissioners and county clerks , workers in W. C. T. U. . W. C. A. and officers of woman ' s clubs are members of this conference , rensoxs invited. All members of the conference as described above and any others not connected with any charitable organi zation or institution , who are enirafred or interested in charitable or reforma tory work are invited to attend the sessions and take part in the delibera tions. . A. W. Cl.AKK , State Secretary National Conference of Charities and Correction. STATE HOUSE NOTES. Ex-Governor Crounse , E. A. Benson and Attorney J. W. West appeared be fore the state banking board Monday on behalf of stockholders of the Ger man Savings bank of Omaha , who ask leave to give a bond and take charge of the assets of the bank , the bond con ditioned on the payment of all claims in full within four years. This privi lege was extended to the Omaha Sav ings bank. The state printing board attempted to get a quorum Monday. It is under stood that the board will award the con tract for printing sixteen state reports to the Woodruff-Dunlay Printing com- panp , which was the lowest bidder in the aggregate. llcuben Lipp of Pawnee and John F. Coad. jr. , of Omaha have filed their bonds as state bank examiners , each in the sum of 525,000. G. L. Laws , secretary of the board of transportation , has filed a S10.00G ' bond with W. E. Hardy and G. L. Meissner as sureties. Keturned to the Asylum. Officers from Hickman came -in to Lincoln Wednesday evening , having in charge W. Elliott , who had a few days previously strayed away from the hospital for the insane. He was picked j up near Hickman where he had started j after some boys. He was turned over | to Sheriff Trompen who notified the , authorities at the asylum and they came s d got him. The Postmaster Shy. Postoffice Inspector Swift has exam ined the postoffice at Columbus and found Postmaster D. F Davis short a ' little over SG00. nis bondsmen are in charge temporarily awaiting the action of the government official. The depositors of the Citizens' Na tional bank at Grand Island met and passed resolutions thanking Receiver Westervelt for his handling of the affairs of the defunct institution. Bonds to the amount of 5119,000 , is sued by Butler county to aid in the construction of the Union Pacific road , fall due next year and as yet there is only § 25,000 in sight with which tc pay them. A farm house near Seward , belong ing to E. A. Polley , was totally de stroyed" by tire. There was no one at home at the time , the tenant being over to a neighbor 's , and it is a mystery - , tery how the fire originated. • THE CZAR YIELDED. .Lord Salisbury Ilnd His AVay In ICcrard to KeforraH for Turkey. London , Jan. 22. Ofllcial corres pondence between Great Britain and Russia , published hera to-day , shows that the Marquis of Salisbury , October 20 , proposed that the ambassadors at Constantinople should formulate re forms to be enforced by the powers. M. Shiskine , then the acting Russian minister for foreign affairs , replied November IS , that the czar had decided that it was impossible to agree to coercive measures against the sultan. November 25 there was a further com munication that the czar had agreed to the Marquis of Salisbury's proposal and would not object to advise the Russian ambassador relative to coer cion should the sultan prove recalci trant and refuse to adopt the reforms unanimously recommended by the am bassadors. GAY DECEIVER FREED. ir. C. Vninmtli , Alias Howell , n Multl- lllsriiml.st , Pardoned by Gov. I.ccdy. Toi'EK.v , Kan. , Jan. 2L' . Governor Leedy issuqd a pardon , yesterday , to n. C. Wilmoth , alias * Howell , alias Howe , alias Hobart , and several other aliases which he used to suit the occa sion in his career as a gay deceiver of women and a breaker of female hearts. Wilmoth has been confined in the Kan sas penitentiary ten months on the charge of bigamy. He pleaded guilty to the charge , March 21 last , and , by previous agreement , was sentenced by Judge Alder of the District court to one year ' s imprisonment. This was only one case where he was caught , but the police records of a score of cities show installments of his opera tions with guileless women during the last eight years. NEW TERROR FOR BOMBAY Three Severe I .irthquako Shocks Tho- Destruction on Kishani IhIuihI. Loxdon , Jan. 22. A special dispatch received here from Bombay says that three severe earthquake shocks have occurred there. A special from Teheran , capital of Persia , says that 2,500 persons perished as a result ef the earthquake which oc curred on Kisham island , January il. Kisham island is the largest in the Persian gulf and is about fifteen miles from its entrance. Its population is estimated at 5,000 , mostly Arabs. NOVEL LAND FRAUDS. Iliroe Oklahomans Secure Divorces So Their Wives Could Get Claims. Perisv , Okla. . .Ian. 22. John Hulka , who owns 100 acres of land in old Ok lahoma , just before the Cherokee Strip was opened secured a divorce and his wife secured 100 acres on Red Rock creek. The two live together now , but are not remarried. Near Morri son , Joe Dunham was divorced from his Avife for the same purpose , and on Black Bear creek Joe Prucha defrauded the government in the same way. Chicago Uoys Go to Cuba. Chicago , Jan. 22. Henry II. Dom ing , son of Dr. II. Doming of Hyde Park , and Arthur Wallace , son of the Rev. Thomas D. Wallace , pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian church , are miss ing and are supposed to have gone to Cnba. Doming left home two weeks ago and was heard from shortly after at St. Louis , where he had enlisted in a company which was b ing formed fox- Cuban service. Young Wallace , who formerly attended a Wisconsin mili tary school , ha ' s been missing since Thanksgiving. Descriptions of the two boys have been sent all over the coun try and the government at Washing ton has been requested to have its Cuban agents search for them. To Tax All Franchises. Jeffehsox Citv , Mo. , Jan. 22. A bill taxing every kind of franchise , iailroad , street railwa3 * . gas , water , telephone , granted by state , county , city or other authorities has been re ported for passage in the lower House. It provides that the State board of equalization shall fix the value of all franchises and on the basis of such valuation a tax for state purposes of fifteen cents for every 5100 and ten cents on every 5100 for the city and county or school districts affected by the franchises shall be levied. "Willianjs Held for the Kudora Murder. Olatiie , Kan. . Jan. 22. The prelim inary examination of Albert B. Wil liams , charged with complicity in the murder of his 12-year-old child , Anna Belle Williams , whose body was found near Eudora. was concluded this morn ing , and while there was no evidence implicating him , lie was held in a 51,000 bond for his appearance at the May term of the district court of this county. A Uifc St. Louis Concern Involved. St. Louis. Mo. , Jan. 22. The Dod- son-IIils Manufacturing company lias filed a chattel mortgage for SS7.000 to secure creditors and the firm is in the hands of George W. Meyer , trustee. It > is not thought that a general assignment - J ment will be made. The assets of the : company are estimated at over 5100 , - 000 , consisting of plants in Iowa and Missouri and 550,000 in outstanding accounts. "An Oregon Kccordcr Short. PExnr.r.TOX , ' Ore. . Jan. 22. George R. Lash , city recorder for six terms , is short in his accounts S2o23 for JS9G and 1S97 alone , only part of his ac counts having been examined. Lash is sick at home , but has been placed und r arrest. J * or the Ex-Confcdcrato Home. Jeffeksox Citv. Mo. , Jan. 22. Col onel II. A. Newman , Major Banner- man , General Kas Ilonding and other ex-Confederate veterans met in the office of the railway and warehouse commissioners Tuesday afternoon to draft a bill to present to the Legisla ture to provide for finaccialjiid for the support of the Confederate Home at Higginsvillc. Xo Sunday Games In Texas. Austix. Texas , Jan. 22. The house of the legislature to-day practically settled Sunday baseball in Texas by passing a bill prohibiting it. An IritorcoSior for Duoitrotr. H St. Louis , Mo. , Jan. 22. Millionaire H Brewer Adolphus Busch has declared l l that he believes Murderer Due.strovv to > - siF H be insane , and to have been so at the - TV I time of the crime , and he ( Rusch ) will / J | intercede with Governor Stephens for fl H Duestrow's life. H A Farmer Dead In HH JWukoii. H Hays Crrr , Kan. , Jan. 22. George H King , a German farmer living ten. H miles southwest of here , was found' H dead in his wagon near his homo Iato j l 1 yesterday evening. Ho was out in all * H the snow storm of Tuesday night and M had been sick. . M Old Civil Knglnccr Dlo-J. H St. Louis , Mo. , Jan. 22. Colonel J. . H of the most prominent. H B. Moulton , one civil engineers in the West , died here H yesterday , aged 87 years. Tn 1330. M Colonel Moulton constructed the Lexington - H ington & Frankfort railroad , of which. H Ho- H the president nonry Clay was was afterwards chief engineer pf the H Iron Mountain railroad , now a part of H the Wabash system , besides a number H of other roads. H . H Electric Uprht Works Destroyed. ToitoNTO , Ontario , Jan. 22. Shortly | H before 5 o'clock thus morning a spark S | Electnb A H from a dynamo in the Toronto Light company 's building started a ' | lire which resulted in the total des- f l truction of the nlant. Business de- f M electric will be H pendent on power obliged to shut down until new dyna- fl H mos can be installed. The losi is S150- " H 000 fullv covered by insurence. H 1'cnslon for Mra. l'crJcIns. "Hu , Washington , Jan. 22. Senator Pcf- / | kj fer has made a favorable report from E J the Senate committee on pensions on Hfl a bill for the relief of Mrs. Louise E. j M Perkins , widow of the late Senator M Bishop W. Perkins of Kansas. The M report strongly recommends that the H relief be granted and that Mrs. Perkins - < H kins be paid S20 a month. j H The .success of Anton IVcnzl. H Anton Wenzl settled in Pawnee M county , Neb. , in 1807 , he was compelled - M polled to work out by the month to H support his family. Today he owns M 1(510 acres of the finest farm land , H valued at S30 per acre , together with H stock and other property valued at H S10.000. Every dollar of it was made H on the farm. Mr. Wenzl is one of H seven brothers whose aggregate land Hj holding amounts to over 5.000 acres. K In -'Nkkhaska Book" (40 ( pages H with maps and illustrations ) , are do/- H ens of statements like that of Mr. Thor- H rell. They are made by farmers who H have made a success of farming. They j H show that Nebraska is as good a state H as any in the Union. | The book in which they appear is as H different 10111 * the ordinary agricul- H turai pamphlet as day is from night. H It is interesting- , practical and truthful. | In a straightforward , simple fashion , H it tells you everything you need to H know about Nebraska its climate , H people , schools , churches , railroads , | markets , soil and crops. It ex plains 1 H why the Nebraska farmer makes mon- * * 4 H ey in spite of low prices and hard H times. Why land is cheap. And how J it is as easy for an intelligent and industrious - . r dustrious man to BUY a Nebraska . * • H farm as it is to rent one in any state | cast of the Missouri river. H Every farm renter who wants to be- J l come a farm owner ; every farm owner r - . . J H who is tired ot trying to make money i | off high-priced land ; every father who / \ H wants to give his sons a start on the H high road to independence , should write | for a copy. Free. H J. FRANCIS , M Geu'l Pass ' r Agt , Burlington Route. | Omaha. Neb. H PATENT LAW PRACTICE. H Dks Moines. Jan. 12. A corrcs- H pendent at Laurens , Iowa , asks , "What | liability attaches to an applicant for | a patent who proceeds to manufacture | the article for which the patent is applied - | plied before the patent is granted in | case the application should be refused - . H fused ? " Answer : As a rule when an , | inventor applies for a patent in good H faith and finds he has been an- 4 H ticipated and that his invention is subordinate - ! | ordinate to a prior patent and then . , | quits , that is the end of the matter. M ' M But at the same time he would be * \ H liable if prosecuted for infringement | | and the general rules concerning | damages will apply. But the fact that | the infringer supposed himself to bo | the first original inventor of the .sub- H ject matter covered by a prior patent • " * | cm be plead as a mitigating fact that j H the courts will recognize and be Jen- H ient as possible to the infringer. | Valuable information about obtaining , H valuing and selling patents sent free r. 1 to any address. H Thojias G. and J. RAi.ru Oktvig , * J l Solicitors of Patents. ' | | LIVE STOCK ANJU -KOUU ii MAHICIiTS | Quotations From 2s"evr Tor . Chicago , St. | Louis Omaha anil rUcuIicre. H OMAHA. ' l H Butter Creamery separator. . CO ( & 21 I JL I Butter Choice fancy country it < & * j3 _ ? i l Ejrjrs Fresh 12 < & 1Z' ' 2 ' - % \ M I rairie chickens , petdo / C 00 ( & G 2.5 ' M Spring Chickens dressed .V-4C 0 H Turkey : S & H Uccse and Iuc' . 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