Nebraska Newspapers

    H M'COOK TRIBUNE.
H * • JI. KIMMKLL , PublUher.
H McCOOK , NEBRASKA
H NEBRASKA.
H A prairik fire near Wallace destroyed
B considerable property.
H Tin : business men of Hartley liave
h organized a new banlc.
B A nkw paper called the Bimetallist
1 lias been started at Nebraska City.
H | Tiiikvks entered a Illair shoe store
H and carried away twenty-five pairs.
E Wav.vi : countyhas doubled the acre-
H age of wheat as compared with last
Hj Evkrv county in Nebraska starts
B spring- operations with plenty of
H moisture.
V Ar.ii tramps stopping off at Wymore
HH arc given a job on the street , where
B they can work out a ' fine for vagrancy.
H | Officers liave been running down a
H | gang of hog thieves in Nemaha county.
B A number of arrests have been made.
H Cuari.ks II. Brown ; a prominent
H lawyer of Omaha , died last week. He
m had served the public in many official
BB capacities.
H Kkv. Dit. Wright , pastor of the
H Presbyterian church at Wayne , has re-
HH ceived a call from Hastings , to which
HH lie will make a favorable response.
HH Vai.i.kv county farmers arc putting
HB in more grain this year than ever be-
H1 fore , and there has never been a
HyJ brighter prospect for a bounteous harI
HB
HM .loii.v Dennis of Sutton was attacked
H | i lay a Jersey bull and severely but notx
H dangerously gored before he could
HB break awaj\
HB A youno son of Arthur Connor , who
HB lives southwest of North Platte , got
HI tangled up in a harrow and had his j
Hfl left leg broken between the hip and
Hl I knee.
Hfl ' , The prospects for a large attendance | I
Hl i at the Fifth district Sunday school .
Hl ' convention to be held in Hickman May
HJ 20 and 21 are daily becoming more
mmm favorable.
i Captain John Oarmicuaei , , govern- 1
raent land office inspector , " while in- '
H specting the land office at O'Neill , rea
H I ceived a telegram requesting him to a
H send in his resignation to take effect
j j April 20.
H The plant , subscription list , good '
B will and advertising contracts of the
B Lincoln Evening News were sold un-
H | der mortgage and purchased by Hector
P H. Tyndale , 'the rei > resentative of the
; holder of the mortgage.
Word was brought to Schuyler from
j Shell Creek , that Herman Loseke I
had hanged himself. He was well
j known in Schuyler as one of the well-
I to-do Loseke family and is not known
K
to have had troubles of any sort.
I j A six-legged pig , which has been an
object of considerable curiosity at the
farm of V. J. Thomas , two miles north
of North Loup , and which grew-for *
some time after its birth , died and was
sent to the state university last week.
The elevator of James Bell of David
City burned. Loss , 53,000 , with 52,000
H I insurance. When discovered the flames
H were beyond control. The firemen
H saved the adjacent office and a large
H shed of lumber. Jiittle grain was in '
H the elevator.
H Farming will be carried on exten-
H sively on the Cody ranch , at North
H Platte , this year. Manager Goodman
H has in 300 acres of wheat , barley and
H oats , and will plant 800 acres of corn.
H There are over 1,000 acres of alfalfa
H growing on the ranch.
An order has been received by the
supreme court from the United States
supreme court demanding that the
records in the case of the Capital
National bank against the Coldwater
National bank of Coldwater , Mich. , * be
forwarded so that it may be ascer
tained whether or not the claims in
the above suit held by the Capital
National bank before its failure were
preferred claims.
J. N. Jenkins of Kearney has sent
more than fifty wild geese , brants.
I cranes and other fowls of this section
j I to Europe during the winter. They
j are sent to superintendents of museums
! j and parks , who are willing to pay a
I I good price for good specimens of such
birds as they want. The birds arc
shipped by express and so far Mr. Jen
kins has lost but two or three birds en
. route by death.
Will McDonald of North Platte un-
I
1 earthed on his premises an old car-
j j tridge shell , a relic of the explosion of
j I the government magazine which oc-
] cured nearly twenty-one years ago.
This magazine stood on the block now
" occupied by Messrs. McDonald and
Slack , and at the time of , the ex
plosion , which was caused by fire ,
there were stored in the building ' 150 , -
* 000 cartridges and 500 six-pound shells.
( The stalk cutter is becoming more
rioted for crippling and killing people ,
j says the Beaver Crossing lleview , than
any other machine ever invented for
, use on the farm. The old fashioned
reaper and mower occasionally clipped
off a finger , arm or leg for some care
less person , but they could not be
compared with the stalk cutter for the
number of Tictims nor for the horrible
v mangling-of them. The stalk cutter
should be remodeled.
A new apple pesfc seems to have
reached Pawnee , says the Republican.
Dr. Collins exhibited some bark taken
J from several of his best bearing apple
trees one day last week , which an-
! peared to have been attacked by
I j myriads of insects so small as not to be
j seen with the naked eye. They bury
; themselves in the bark and twigs/ and
j cannot be destroyed. The doctor is of
I the opinion that they are of the sa. ie
species prevalent on the Pacific coast ,
! The Richenback land and trust com-
jpany of Rising Citytias filed articles
of incorporation with the . secretary oC
-state. The eapital stoclTof the com-
• I pany is 850.000 , and the business is to
, j be the buying , selling and mortgaging
, ' 1 of real estate. The incorporation is
, i I to run thirty years.
i N. C. Bouk , popularly known as
, , < Jrandpa Bouk. was killed by the exlrat
t
' ' m flyer on the main crossing of the B. it
f M yi. in Elmwood. The man flagging at
s. 'm the crossing ran in front of the train
/ B to stop liiin. Bouk did. not-seem to
j notice that the train was so near. Ho
'
' K was thrown about sixty feet , being .
Jtilted instantly j I
5 SIX TEXAS NEGROES LYNCHED
ARE HANGED TO ONETREE
BY A MOB.
HAD MURDERED A FAMILY.
Lynchers Alan TToro Nesrroes Seventh
Man Alicslng and May Have Shared
the Fate of the Others Killed
u Old Man and Two Girls
and Burned the Ilodley
Criminal Xowb.
IIouston , Texas , May 2. For the
murder of an old man in his cottage ,
a child and a woman in the first flush
of young womanhood ; the assault of
two girls ; the burning of the home of
the victims , two of the bodies being
consumed in the flames , six young nq-
, groes were last night sent to their
doom by the hands of an infuriated
mob of negroes , the victims also being
negroes , at Sunnyside , Walter county.
j Last * fall from
a gentleman Bren-
I ham was robbed of SG5. Suspicion
pointed to the four Thomas boys , and
they confessed to having committed
I the theft , saying they had given S30 of
j the money to Henry Daniels. Daniels
spent the money and on Sunday even-
ing last the four Thomas boys , accord
ing to their confession , decided to
either collect their S30 or kill Daniels.
They carried out the latter part of the
programme.
Henry Daniels , an old negro , lived
in a little hut with his step-daughter ,
Marie , and a 7-year-old child.
Wednesday night the house was
broken open , Marie Daniels and the
7-year-old child were assaulted and
old man Daniels clubbed to death
white tryingto protect those in his
charge. Then old man Daniels and
his stepdaughter were thrown into
the house and the child was thrown
into the well. The house was set on
fire and the. devils capable of such a
.crime-left , thinking that they had cov
ered their inhuman deed from the
sight of the world.
The local officers went to work witlrj
(
a will and were ably assisted by the '
best citizens of the neighborhood.
Before night they went straight into
the place where the Thomas boys re
sided , and one by one they were se
cured. Fayette Rhone , 21 years old ;
Will Gates , 35 years old ; Louis Thomas ,
20 years old ; Aaron Thomas , 13 j-ears
old : .Hm Thomas , 14 years old ; and
Benny Thomas 1G years old , were
placed under arrest. The last four
are brothers. Later on Will Williams
was captured.
When taken they were smeared with
blood , and a bloody shirt was found
hidden in Richmond's house. After
the boys were confronted with the
evidence they acknowledged the crime ,
and laid the killing on Lewis , the old
est. All the seven prisoners were
under guard last night.
About 12 o'clock the guards were
ovcrnowered by a strong body of men
and the prisoners taken toward the
Brazes bottom north of here. A little
later forty or fifty shots were fired
and all was quiet.
TKis morning , dangling from the
limbs of a large oak tree , were found
the bodies of six negroes , limp and
lifeless.
Hundreds of people from all over the
country are surging back and forth ,
but always with them one tree is the
center of attraction. All of them are
there except Williams and he is not to
be found , but the shots probably ex
plained his absence.
At a late hour the bodies were still
hanging from the tree. As far as can
be learned , the mob was composed of
white and black men , with the colored
clement largel % ' predominating.
Business Is Disappointing.
New Yokk , May 2. R. G. Dunn &
Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade says :
"In spite "of the moderate improve
ment in most of the great industries ,
business' is disappointing. Expecta
tions of a speedy end of the war in
Europe through Turkish victory have
helped to depress grain. Demands of
Austria and China have caused exports
of S : ,509,000 gold , merchandise im
ports are greatly increased and final
action of' Congress on the revenue
question seems more remote. The cot
ton market has advanced a quarter of
a cent , owing mainly to a speculative
impulse from England "
A. I > . Ilnbbard in Jail.
TorKKA , Kan. , Ma } ' 2. A. D. Hub
bard of this city , president of the state
A. P. A : , was arrested last night on
the charge of embezzlement and
lodged in the county jail. He was re
ceiver in the Snow-Hamilton printing
litigation and as such got away with
about 310,000.
THE MARKETS.
Kannas City Grain and Llvo Stock.
Hard Wheat No. 2. 80S81c ; No. No. 3 ,
, 77c : No. 4. 70c ; rejected. Ola
i j ' Spring Wheat No 2. SOiic : No. 3. 75
© 77c ; rejected. 60 70a
j Soft Whc.it Ni . 2. 98c : No. 3 , 9D@05c :
. ! No. 4. 80 83c rejectee 7U < g575c
j j Corn No. 2. 23. : No. 3. 22Xc ; No. 4.
* ' 21Hc : no grade , 20a White corn No. 2 ,
24c : No. 3. 23c Nix 4. 22a
Oats No. 2. 19@20c : No. 3. 16 19 : No. 4.
17c : No. 2 white. 22&C. No. 3. 22c ; No.
4 , 19a
Kye No. 2 , 32c : No. 3. 30c : No. 4. 27a
Bran 54c per cwt sacked.
Hav Choice timothy , $9 30 ; No. 1. J8.5C ®
9 ; No. 2. * 7.00@B.OO ; clover , mixed. No. 2.
SG.0O&7.O ) ; Na3.aO0jfG.50 : choice prairie.
SG.50&7.00 : No. 1. 4G.00iCG.5l ) ; No. 2. tO.OOa
a 30 ; No. 3. W.004.50.
Cattle , receipt 132 ; calves. 5 : shipped.
1,998 cattle , 2 calves. The market was
nominally 8tead3\
Hogs-Receipts. 3.719 ; shipped. 1.524
The market opened strong and clewed weak.
The top sale was 13.80 and the hcik of .sales
from $3.70"to $3.75.
Sheep Receipts , S92 : shipped , ' . ' .one. The
market was nominally steady.
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GREEK VICTORY.
Ssnolonslcl's Hrlgade Repulses the Turks
at Valentino With Heavy Lom.
Athens , May 2. A battle has been
fought at Velestinobetwcen a Turkish
force of 8,000 and General Smolenski's
brigade. The dispatch states that the
Turks were repulsed with enormous
losses.
General Smolenski telegraphs that
the Turks will be unable to capture
Pharsalos because the Greek position
is strong and the morale of the Greek
troops completely restored.
At a cabinet council it was decided
that the minister of war , Colonel Tos-
amados , and the minister of the in
terior , M. Thcotokis , should proceed
to Pharsalos in order to ascertain the
condition of the Greek forces there.
Mr. Skouloudis , minister of foreign
affairs , says : "If Greek honor can be
retrieved by continuing the struggle ,
the government will prosecute the
campaign with unabated energy. If
the condition of the army , on the
other hand , would render further
fighting \madvisable , the cabinet will
undoubtedly refuse to bring fresh dis
asters upon the country by persisting
in a foolhardj' war. The new cabinet ,
like that of M. Delaynnis , is prepar
ing to demand a rectification of the
frontier in accordance with the terms
of the treaty of Berlin , and to recall
Colonel Vassos from Crete , the mo
ment the powers have guaranteed au
tonomy after the denarture of the
Turks. - '
New York , May 2. A special to the
World from Washington saj's : The
terms of peace which T.urkey has of
fered Greece have reached the Wash
ington legations. They are as follows :
The restoration of the boundary fixed
bv the treaty of 1831 , which gave to
Turkey all of Thessaly , including its
extensive sea coast ; the evacuation by
Greece of Prevesa and other points in
the province of Epirus ; the withdraw
al of the Greek troops from Crete and ;
the acceptance of the plan of autonomy j
offered the island by the porte and the
payment of a war indemnity large
enough to cover the expense of the
mobilizing of the Turkish troops.
London , May 2. It is semi
officially stated that there is rea
son to believe that European inter
vention between Turkey and Greece
in the present position of affairs is
regarded as wholly impracticable ,
both Greece and Turkey having resolved -
solved to continue the war. The pow
ers are thus obliged to stand aside
until one of the combatants is finally
defeated.
Lavlfirno is Still Champion.
New York , May 2. George Lavigne .
of Saginaw , Mich. , is still the lightweight - I
weight champion of the world. Last
night , in the Broadway Athletic club ,
before 3,000 people , he met and defeated - I
feated Ed Connelly of St. Johns , N. B. I
The battle was fast and furious , but
at the end of the eleventh round La
vigne had Connelly fought to a stand
still , after sending him down five
times in succession with right swings
on the head and jaw.
Mrs. I-case Calls It a Cnrse.
Topeka , Kan. , May 2. Mrs. M. E.
Lease , the Kansas oratress , visited
Topeka yesterday and talked in an in
terview about the awfulness of the
Oklahoma flood. It it Mrs. Lease sees
the hand of an angrv God , and de
clares that the curse of the Almighty
rests on that land.
Calhoun to Start For Cuba.
Danville , 111. , May 2. Colonel W.
J. Calhoun , who has accepted the mis
sion to Cuba to assist in the hearing of
the Ruiz case , will leave Danville , for
Cuba on next Sunday or Mondaj' . He
will go first to Washington to receive
his instructions.
O'Jtricn Mooru Buys a Paper.
Charleston , W. Va , May 2. The
Daily and Weekly Gazette was sold
to-day by M. W. Donnally to O'Brien
Moore , of Washington , D. C. Mr.
Moore has been for some time the
Washington correspondent for the St
Louis Republic.
Earthquake in the West Indies.
Washington- , May 2. The United
States consul at Guadeloupe , West
India islands , has telegraphed the
State department , under date of April
29 , from Point Apitre , as follows :
"Severe earthquake ; loss heavy ; many
injured. "
Binding : .Twine- From Marsh Grass.
Oshkosh , Wis. , May 2. In thirty
days Oshkosh will have in operation
the first grass twine faetory in the
world. It will employ 300 hands and
will make binding twine from marsh
grass , something never attempted be
fore.
To Bar Prize FIg-ht Pictures.
Lansing , Mich. , May 2. The House
of Representatives passed a bill to pro
hibit reproduction of prize fight pict
ures by vitascope , kinetoscope , etc.
The penalty is a fine of S500 to S1,000 ,
or two years' imprisonment , or both.
Smaller Tex on Whisky.
Washington , May 2. It is very
probable that the secretary of the
treasury will soon recommend to con
gress a material reduction of the in
ternal revenue tax on distilled snirits
and an increase on the tax on beer.
Howard C Haclcctt Deud.
Ni\v York , May -Howard C
Hackett , sporting editor of the World ,
died suddenly yesterday. He was ; s
years old and one of the best known
newspaper men in the United States.
St. tonirt Brewer Goes Insnno ,
Chicago , May 2. Frank Schmidt ,
the St Louis brewer , who disappeared j
in this city last Friday while on his
way to Cincinnati , has been heard
from at Rhinelander. Wis. He is be
lieved to be insane.
Woman Killed by a Train.
A 1'pleton CiTVf Mo. . May 2. Mrs.
Sylvester House , wife of a prominent
merchant of this city , was struck by a
freight train about 6 o'clock Inst even
ing and instantty killed.
THE MINISTRY FALLS
SUMMAHILY- DISMISSED BY THE
KING.
Premier Drlynnnls Replaced by M. Palll ,
the Gatnbptta of Greece Impd-Mlnn
Prevalent that Resolution lias
Only Been Delayed.
The Situation In Greec <
Athens , April 31. The ministry
headed by M. Delyannis , which is
blamed for the recent disasters to the
Greek army in Thessaly , has been dis
missed nummnrily by King Gcorjje ,
and M. RalJi , called the Gambctta of
Greece , has lieun summoned by the
King to form a new ministry.
This has to a degree quieted the
people and Athens to-day is far less
stor.ray than it has been since Monday ,
but it is the general belief that a fresh
defeat of the Greek army will inevi
tably result in a revolution. In this
cit3' and the Pireaus arc hundreds of
the lower classes and of the rabble
driven from all parts of the Turkish
empire and these are awaiting only
for suitable opportunity to repeat the
terrible days of Paris which followed
the defeat of the French troops by the
Germans in 1S71.
Yesterday volunteers , or would-be
volunteers , entered two shops and
took all the firearms and ammunition
under the pretext that the govern
ment refused them arms. This would
easily have degenerated into whole
sale plunder of shops if M. Ralli , ,
leader of the opposition , had not j
rushed to the shops and addressed the
crowd , saying : "You are mad ! Why , j I
when Greece is surrounded by difficulties - |
ties and the powers try to discredit (
the nation , who can think of creating
disturbances in the streets ? You say j
you want arms : let your conduct show
you arc worthy of becoming soldiers. " .
A crowd afterward went to the palace - I
ace , shouting and hissing. The gnard
had been doubled and the people col
lected before the palace and popular
orators addressed them. The noisy
demostrations of the day ended quite .
peacefully , however. |
THE BO CLE'S SESSION EXCITING.
!
Fully 10,000"people surrounded the *
parliament house when the deputies
assembled and many of the outsiders
swarmed up the steps and invaded the
vestibules. The throngs there and in
the streets eagerly discussed the situ
ation. M. Ralli , the former minister
and opposition leader , was among the
first of the deputies to ax-rive. He was *
cheered and accorded various other
raarks of sympathy , but the crowd
generally maintained the sullen demeanor
meaner engendered by the dishearten
ing news of the past few days.
The ministers arrived in closed car
riages. The crowd slowly opened a
way to allow them to pass and respect
fully saluted the occupants. The pub-
lie galleries of the house were
thronged , among those present being
many ladies and members of the diplo
matic corps.
When the president of the legisla
tive assembly , M. Zaimis , owing to
the absence of a quornm , only ninety-
five being present and 104 being neces
sary , declared the sitting closed , the
announcement was greeted with excla
mations of impatience from the mem
bers of the opposition and with cries '
of disapproval from the galleries. As
the cxc.teinent increased M. Ralli. ris
ing to his feet , motioned to his sup
porters to remain calm. His advice
was followed , and the deputies filed
out of the house. The opposition
deputies proceeded to a committee
room , where they consulted upon the
failure of the session.
The Ministerialists declare that an
extraordinary session of the legislative
assembly is impracticable at this time.
It is useless , they urge , to hope for a
quorum to-day , as many of the depuj j 1
ties who are with the army at the
front cannot possibly reach the capital
in time to attend. On the other hand
the members of the opposition give the
names of supporters of the govern
ment , who , although in Athens , did
not attend the assemblage of the dep
uties in Parliament house.
TURKEY'S SPIRITS HIGH.
The victories of the Turkish troops
have enormously raised the military
spirit of the Turks and the confidence
thus inspired in Turkey's vitality is
removing the dissatisfaction felt with
the present regime , while at the same
time it renders the powers' scheme of
reforms for the Ottoman empire harder
of realization.
The advantages which Turkey will
derive from the war arc already dis
cussed in high quarters , where it is
declared that Turkey should in any
case be released from the obligations
imposed upon her in regard to Crete
and the rectification of the frontier.
It is also suggested and urged that
Cape Punta , opposite Prevesa , at the
entrance of the gulf of Arta , should
to restored to Turkey , and that Greece
should be required to pay a big in
demnity.
Senator O. ir. Piatt Married.
Washington , April 30. Senator Orville -
ville II. Piatt of Connecticut was mar
ried to-day to Miss Jennie P. Hoyt of
Upper Montclair , N. J. The wedding-
was at .he home of the bride. The
announcement of the marriage was a
surprise.
Slexlran Towns Destroyed.
Mnxico Crrr , Mex. , April 30. The
towns of Santa Clara. Cuautitlan and
tian Pedro Jalostoc , about one mile
apart and situated five miles north of
the suburban town of Guadalupe , were
completely destroyed by a waterspout
at about 5 o'clock on Monday evening.
Three lives were lost so far as known.
Tax on Beer to Ho Bonliled.
Washington , April CO. The Repub
lican members of the Senate finance
committee have agreed to double th I
tsjr on beer and tobacco. '
THE GUTHRIE FLOOD.
Twenty at I-ea t Known to Have T o t
Their Lives.
GUI HIRE , Okla , April 30. It is now
a certainty that the loss of life in
yesterday's Hood , which swept through
West Guthrie , will not exceed and
probably not reach twenty.
During the greater part of yesterday
the roaring torrent of water cut off
communication with the submerged
distinct , and in the general excitement
the death list was swelled to hundreds.
The negroes who lived in the stricken
portion of the town had. in their ter
ror given up their missing friends as
lost , and it was the general belief that
scores had perished in their homes erin
in tornado cellars , but when daylight
came this morning.the Hood had sub
sided and examinations of the houses
and cellars failed to bring any bodiea
to light.
This morning there was a confused
mass of debris and overturned and de
molished houses scattered over the
valley of the Cottonwood river , where
last night was a sea of water. Nearly
all of these houses were small , one-
story structures , and the total loss by
the flood is now placed at not over
575,000.
Scores of families arc destitute and
homeless , but the Guthrie club , which
is directing tne relief work , has re
ceived hundreds of dollars and the
council has voted $1,000 for the suf
ferers.
There is little hope of finding the
dead , as their bodies were undoubtedly
carried into the Cimarron river , only
two miles away.
The Santa Fe bridge men say that
fully 100 houses passed out of the Cot-
ton wood into the Cimarron.
Excited negroes who had climbed to
the roof of a house held an all day
prayer meeting , and their shouting
could be plainly heard in Guthrie.
Had the flood come at night hun
dreds of persons would probably have
been drowned.
Many homes arc surrounded by
barbed wire fences. Horses could be
seen swimming bravely , when sud
denly they would beeoinc entangled in
the wires and be dragged under by the
current.
Railway connections are cut-off both
north and south of Guthrie on the
Santa Fc. The approaches to the new
bridge across the Cimarron river are
crumbling away. Passengers were
transferred about noon to-day. Be
tween Guthrie and Seward , seven and
one-half miles south , fully six miles of
track are gone. The Santa Fe will
hardly have its trains running on time
before Saturday or Sunday.
TURKEY MUST PAY.
American Board of Foreign Mliilom
Mas a BIc ; Claim Against the Sultan.
New York , April HThe Journal
says : "Turkey is to be called to ac
count for the persecution of mission
aries in Asia Minor , the burning of
the college at Ilarpoot , the death cf
Rev. Egbert S. Elis , of Rev. C. IL
Wheeler , the banishment of teachers
and other cruel acts. The appoint
ment of John B. Angell as minister to
the sublime porte has no other signifi
cance.
"He has the enthusiastic approval of
the American board of commissioners
for foreign missions , Rev. Charles C.
Creelan , secretary , said yesterday :
'President Angell will obtain redress
for the wrongs done to our mission
aries , teachers and agents to Armenia , |
not as missionaries , but as Americans.
He will not commit the diplomatic
error of claiming special riirhts for our
missionaries as religious men , but he
will claim the rights to protection of
life and property which every Ameri
can must have everywhere if our national -
tional dignity is to be maintained.
I " 'The board has no political ambition -
, tion , nor any desire to have political
influence , of course. It has no credit
J ' for the appointment of President An-
gell , but it indorses it cordially.
* ' 'Ho is expected to arrive here with
in ten days , and he will depart after
ward for his post at Constantinople.
• "What the damages which the
board expects from the porte are may
not be told easily. The college at
Harpoot has been one of the most effi
cient agencies of evangelistic work in
Asia. The institution was full of stu
dents and had reached the height of
its prosperity when the massacre oc
curred. I have read somewhere that
there is an estimate of $88,000 on the j
buildings alone , but this will not represent - '
resent the extent of the damage done.
There were books and implements ;
there is a cessation of work for a long
time ; there are personal damages ines
timable. ' "
FLOOD INQUIRY.
Senator Vest Wants the MisUfilppi Inun
dations Carefully reeked Into.
Washington , April 30. Senator Vest
of Missouri introJuced a resolution in t
the Senate to-day directing the
committee - I
mittee on commerce to report at
the beginning of the next session the
causes of the Mississippi floods
and means of preventing them ;
whether thev were due to the rircfnm.
tion of timber at the headwaters ;
whether a system of outlets was practicable -
ticable ; concerning the condition of
the levees ; whether the continuance
of the Mississippi commission was ad
visable ; whether the jetties should be
continued. anJ what the cost of com
prehensive works would l > e. ne gave
notice that he would cill it up at the
next session of the Senate.
Will Sail From Ncn- York May a
Washington , April 3 -The mem
bers of the proposed international bi
metallic conference recently appointed
by the President
on behalf of the
United States , expect to sail from New
\crk on May S.
They will
go direct
to London
and after
a brief stav will
probably proceed to Paris. "
To Ilant ; for Arnault.
Ai.KXANimiA. Va. , April 30. James
Lewis , colored , charged with assault
ing Mrs : Ida Rcidel , a white woman •
was found guilty and the death
pen
alty imposed. ,
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To Vrtro Out Cigarettes. /"fj l
Si'RInokikld , * Hm May L The . ' Ij H
antl-cigarctto bill introduced by Mr. \ | H
Hall of Cook waapa.sscd by tbohoufcu"t _ H
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to-day without debate , and without a j |
dissenting vote , and with 103 votes in ff H
its favor. The bill prohibits abso- i ' H
lutclv tlje manufoctnre , sale , giying \ M
away or advertising ' of cigarettes and , H
imposes a fine of not le than Sr > 0 nor , * H
more than 3100 , imprisonment in , ' H
the county jail less than 30 nor H
more than 0 days. M
An Arkansas school teacher has been H
sent to tlie penitentiary for trying to , H
talk French at a partv. / H
Craced by Spiritualism. 1
New York , May 1. An order han H
been signed in the supreme court directing - H
recting Mrs. Harriet B. Beach , or Rogers - H
ers , widow of Alford E Beach , editor H
of the Scientific American , to show M
cause why a commission should not be , H
appointed to take charge of her and H
her property and why a commission 'i H
should not pass upon her sanity. She H
is d0 years old and has a one-third interest - 1
terest in her late husband's estate of J H
S250.000. Her children allege that she H
has twice been confined in asylums because - H
cause of monomania on spiritualism , H
and that she is now the dupe of ilenrv . ( 1
R. Rogers , a medium , who has married H
her in order to obtain her money. H
No Summer l'luns or the I'rcaldcnt. | H
Washington , May J. The President - / ' M
dent is receiving almost daily invitations - ' H
tions from friends and admirers to- H
spend his summer outing at different 1
resorts and it was said some time ago H
that he had accepted an invitation to J
use Ambassador Hayes' hummer home l
in the Adirondacks Now it is stated < j v H
positively that he as yet has given no M
consideration to the question of where > H
he will spend the heated t * rm. / H
A Mission Goe8 ISoKglnc. B
Washington , May I. The Russian H
Liifcsion is at the disposal of the President - H
ident , but so far as can be ascertained H
there arc no very strong claimants for H
it , though it is a first class mission , j M
with a salary equal to that of London , /i H
Paris and Berlin. St. Petersburg is , / B
however , an expensive capital and its |
climate is undesirable to one who has j |
spent his life in the temperate zone. J |
Window Glass Vrlctm Advanced. H
Pittsburg , Pa. , May 1. A 5 per H
cent advance in the price of window |
glass in all sections of the country H
will go into effect to-morrow. The H
Pittsburg and the Western agencies , H
it is believed , are both in favor of the H
advance. The demand for window H
giass is becoming more active and the j H
production is temporarily decreased { H
by repairs being made In several fac- H
Sherman Gossip Denied. H
Washington , May 3. It is current H
gossip that the real purpose behind 1
the nomination of Judge W. R. Day < H
to be assistant secretary of btate is to- H
have him succeed Secretary Sherman , fl
whose advanced years and consequent H
physical decline render him incapable y |
of meeting the requirements of his |
office. This , however , i denied in |
positive terms. H
No Pardon fur Dunlop. H
Washington , May J The President - H
dent has decided not to interfere in H
the case of Joseph R. Dnnlop , proprie- tik L L Lm
tor of the Chicago Dispatch , who was nfl |
sentenced to two years' imprisonment f H
for sending improper matter throngb ' H
the mails. ' H
Iowa Patent Olln Report. f M
Seven patents were issued to Iowa fl H
inventors this week , five to Nebraska ; |
New York seventy-three. Paten ts H
were allowed to Iowa inventors but iHH
I not yet issued , as follows : M
j To S. L. Callanan of.Dos * Moines for ij H
a copy-holder ad apted to be attached H
to the frame of a type writer to hold 4 H
copy in any desired j > -5tion relative to l l
the operator and the light i-equired on H
the copy. |
To A. J. Haggin of Eagle Grove for _ H
a light boat composed of .separate sections - H
tions that can be readily put together H
and a canvas cover stretched thereon |
as required for use , and also readily H
taken apart and plaeed together com- H
paetly for storing or carrying about on H
To J. If. Peterson of Dck Moines for j M
an elastic wheel .specially adapted for i |
bicycles and designed to supercede the H
use of pneumatic tires. In the down- j H
ward stroke of pedaln power is stored H
in cushioned springs in the wheel to j M
be utilized in advancing the bicycle H
and diminishing the power required to H
propel. H
Valuable information abont obtain- jL i m m ming \
ing , valuing and selling patents sent |
free to any address. B
Printed copies of the drawings and ' H
specifications of any United States H
patent sent upon receipt of 25 cents. H
Tiiod. G. and J. Ralph Orwig , H
.Solicitors of Patents. H
Des Moines , April 24. M
UVE STOCK AND 1'ItODUCE '
MARKET. H
Quotations From New York , Chicago. St. H
I.onLs , Omaha and KhJtrwhcrc. H
OMAHA. H
Butter-Oreamcry separator . jo @ jg . * M
Butter Choice fancy country. , n & v ' M
* • • > Fresh h Ca'S. . j M
Uli tokens-Live , per lb 7 e % ? u H
Cranberrles-pcrbbl. 4 23 < a 4 .TO H
Lemons-Ohofce Messiuas 2 75 ft * 3 . ,0 ] H
Honey-Fancy white 33 $ ? u M
Onions.perbu 125 © 150 iHH
Reans-Qandpicked Navy 1 w i Uft M
Potatoes ' 05 c * 4Jv HHH
Sweet Potatoes , per bbl . . . j - ja j - M
Oranges , per box. . 2 Z , 0a3 7S LHH
Hay-Upland
per ton 4 25 @ 4 50- iH
Applet per bbl 1 :9 jS 3 $ H
' SOUTH OMAHA H
STOCK MAUKFT
Hogs-LiRht mixed 3 5 © j v M
Milkersand springers W g > f H
Calves " ig * 340 § M
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Wlo t-N-o. = Sprtn2ICAGO - . W
Corn norlm 71 Q 72 mm
oatSrSSbS : : : : : m § • *
Pork 37 h vu H
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