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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1897)
IJ 1 * | : M'COOK TK1BUNE. | . F. Al. KIMMKLL , Publisher. * " t 11 McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASR\ lb NEBRASKA. 14 ; ' . f • ? . / Ftvjj thousand people attended th I * annual picnic of the old settlers of N < i „ " * maha county. % - Thk 12-y car-old son of J. S. Nelso ' of Ucatrice was drowned in India , creek while bathing1 . J. W. GKim of Johnson county ha twelve acres of artichokes upon whic ! lie proposes to turn 300 hogs. Mil. and Mns. P. II. Donns of Gag county last week celebrated thei , golden wedding anniversary. The little child of Mr. andMrc. ( Cline of Sterling , died of lockjaw. Te days previous he ran a nail in his fool IIknky Cato of Madison fell on water hydrant , painfully injuring hi proboscis , which henceforth will b awry. A Bi'oox fish captured in the Piatt river when dead on the scales with hi own scales removed , weighed cleve pounds. Aj.von Merrick of Omaha shot a his wife xmd then turned the weapoi ! upon himself ; both shots failed o their purpose. A fink herd of sixty western horse were on sale at Ashland the other day sixteen of which sold at prices ranginj | ' from S14 to § 24. The B. & M. force at Nebraska Cit ; Ls working day and night to do th large amount of work necessary t < handle the increase of traffic. James P. Gordon , ex-county treas iircr of Howard county , died at Sai llarnardino , Cal. , and his remains wen brought to Nebraska for burial. A. C. Dove of Crawford , as he think : of the rich Nebraska harvest of 1897 will recall that year as the time hi ' lost one of his fingers in a self-binder | Joe Cross of Atkinson took his Lv < stock , wagon , harness , and decampei for parts unknown , leaving behind hiu his bride of a few weeks to shift fo : herself. The Turple brothers of the Birdwooc ranch , in Lincoln county , started : herd of 400 head of horses for Arkan sas , where they expect to find a gooc market. Thieves broke into and thoroughly i ransneked the residence of George Coddington of Fremont. Jewelry sil } verware and small articles , of value were taken. ( Bliss Miltimore , a boy 12 years old son of James Miltimore of Hastings was , drowned at Lake Hartwell in the Northern part of the city. The bodj was recovered. I While Fred Mindrup and wife , liv ing near Columbus , were doing the chores , their home caught fire and ' burned to the ground. Their twe { children narrowly escaped. ! The Grand Island Independent says that trains are becoming so thick on the road that a set of dispatchers will be sent up from Omaha to dispatch trains on the second distinct. John Jenkins , the newly appointed i consul of the United States at San Salvador vader , was tendered a very pleasant surprise at his home in Omaha previous to his departure for his post of duty. The Sioux county agricultural so ciety met and arranged for holding' a county fair this fall. The dates are I September 14 , 15 and 1G. Sioux county I will also send an exhibit to the state 1 fair. I IJv the resignation of President W. I S. Jteese , the board of directors of the 1 York college elected Ilev. W. E. Schell 1 ' of that city as president. President i J5ec.se has accepted the presidency of a I United Brethren college at Westtield , I ln- . Jim and Kid Gabriel pa 'ssed through Ainsworth headed for Chicago where j they are to finish a contract to ride 2.r > C"J miles with one horse each. The object is to test the western range : horses and to introduce them into the j Russian cavalry. They started a Sheridan - ' , idan . • , Wyo. Mrs. Boehxe. formerly matron of the Grand Island and Milford soldiers' homes and Geneva reform school , has been elected matron of the ladies' de partment of Doane college , to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of r Mrs. Mary Leavitt , who goes to Downer college at Milwaukee. War. Voi.k and Carl Sclimeideberg were caught under a falling- clay bank K -while at labor in the brick yard of Herman Gerckc at Norfolk. Sehmeide- l > erg , who was an old man , was burred beneath two feet of earth. Two ribs were broken and probably fatal inju ries internally received. Ar. Shustei : of Bloomfield has been arrested by government officials , charged with selling liquor to Indians. The particular Indian to which he is alleged to have sold the liquor is Joseph Taylor. While battling with the effects of the firewater Taylor laid down on the railroad track and was killed. The Epworth League session at Lincoln closed with the election of officers as follows : President , L. O. Jones , Lincoln ; vice president , C. E. I Sanderson Lincoln ; - sec retary , Elmer E. Lesh , York ; recording ingsecretary. . Charlotte Mcade , Sutton ; 'treasurer , Iva 51. Howard , Edgar ; Junior league superintendent. Mrs. G. \V. Ishaui , Hastings ; secretary chris tian citizenship league , 11. A. Barnes , Cedar Bluffs ; secretary mission work , Hattie Moulton , Weeping Water. Parties who were delinquent on school land contracts in Furnas county are rapidly paying up , and the pros pect now is that very few tracts will -be cancelled and released. Furnas county , being- part and parcel of Ne braska is , of course , all right. The 2-year old son of Fred Langcn- bcrg of Norfolk fell into a tub of water • while playing- around the house and was drowned before help could arrive. I John , the 14-year old son of County I ] Physician Blythin of Douglas county , I -while tryingto jump a Missouri I'a- cific switch engine , slipped and fell I under the wheels , suffering injuries -which proved fatal. irs . -tW , % - a- * * * . & J > g - • > - , . . } _ I RELIEF FUNDS SHORT GENERAL LEE REPORTS TC WASHINGTON. Oow the Money Wai U ed Fourteci Hundred Dentltute Americaus Ware Cared "For by Him One Hun dred Furnished With Trans portation to America. Gen. Lee's Report. Washington , Aug. 10. Consul Gen eral Lee , in a report to the state de ra-tment , says that the 810,000 placec to the credit of the relief fund May 2' was equivalent to 10,97. Spanish del lars. This fund , which was expendec with the greatest care and economy is nearly exhausted , about 1,400 desti tute Americans having been fed dailj and provided with necessary medi ciues. It cost L'J cents United States money for each persoc per day , or even less , for transporta tion is taken from the relief.fund. One hundred and eleven persons have been furnished with transportation tc various points in the United States. About 95 per cent of the l,40u desti tute persons are naturalized American citizens , who have lived in Cuba for a long time and whose business is there. Many- them do not speak English. A large number have never been in the United States , being- the wives and children of naturalized citizens. CONDITION OF TRADE. Bradbtroet'B Iteport a VThlofpread Re vival of Hmi nes * . New York , Aug. 10. Bradstreet's says : "Evidences of widespread revival in demand for merchandise and other products have become so numerous as to compel general recognition. The press has , therefore , ceased discussing whether trade has really improved or not. and has begun measuring the vol ume of business compared with pre ceding periods. "A buoyancy of feeling has ap peared among- buyers and sellers at New York , Baltimore , Chicago , St Louis and Kansas City , where'interior merchants have thronged this week , the like of wkich has not been seen for several years. . .Interior merchants are buying dry goods , clothing , shoes , groceries and fancy articles , far more freely than at any time since 1892. "Crop conditions have improved at the South and Southwest , and mer chants there are more encouraged. Southern lumber mills are not able to keep up with orders , and innumerable small consumers of iron and steel throughout Central Western states are buying raw material as they have not for years. "Wheat scored an advance of 7 cents on continued big exports and a tendency to decrease estimates of the size of the domestic crop. Wool is higher on speculative holding , and cotton yarns have advanced again. Hides and Southern lumber are up , as are wheat , flour , Indian corn and oats , and last , but not least , print cloths , the market for which has been so long depressed. Prices for sugar , coffee , tard and petroleum remain unchanged , ivhile pork is almost the only import ant product quoted lower than last iveek. " ' ADDRESS TO POPULISTS. RIIiIiIle-of-the-Koad Chairman Warm Agaiiiit Fusion. Dallas , Texas , Aug. 16. Milton Park , who , at the national conference of Populists at Nashville , Tenn. , July 1 , was appointed chairman of the na tional oiganization committee , created ; it the conference , lias issued a lengthy address to the I'opulists of the United Slates , in which lie reviews the origin and organization of the party , naming the abuses which led dissatisfied ele ments of the old parties to create a new one , and , coining to the present Jay , declares : "As chairman of your organization committee , 1 urge every Populist avery where to avoid , repudiate and re ject all fusion or alliance with the Democratic or Republican party. Re pel every overture of these enemies of the common people. 1 suggest that throughout the entire country , wher- aver there are two or more I'opulists in a ward , precinct or township , they ! jo to work at once , persistently , to perfect a local Populist organization in their midst. Press the work until $ rou shall have .secured a compact or ganization in every county in your state. " Senator Teller at Home. Denver , Colo. , Aug. 16. Senator Teller arrived here yesterday and in tends to remain in Colorado until fall. In an interview he expressed himself is strongly opposed to a combination ) f the silver Republicans with McKin- ey Republicans in this state this fall. } n the money question lie said : "It is he purpose , indoubtcdly , of this ad- ninistration to retire the greenbacks ind trcasur3' notes " and perfect a sys- em by which the national banks will ie authorized to" issue all paper noney. Their next move will be to etire silver , and then bank notes will lot be legal tender. What will be the esult ? The administration will have iiicceedcd in making gold the only noney by which debts can be paid. Vll debts will have to be paid in the 'cllow metal. " Crockery I'rlcoi Will ItUe. Chicago , Aug. 16. An Advance of rom 10 to lfl ner cent and more will ie made in the price of foreign eroek- : ry Monday. The move was decided in at a meeting of the national associ ation of jobbers in crockery and glass- vare just closed. Nicaragua Sore at Costa Rica. Managua , Nicaragua , AugJ 16. ! ome of the advisers of President Ze- aya are endeavoring to rally the peo- ile of Nicaragua to sustain him in & rar with Costa Rica , because of , ill eeling between the two government * . ' * ' . \ iiMMiwtmjiifaiiHsviMii ' * - J ' " ' iit' .HtiiwNsimisi nurt-fniiMs i in i 'iTti- mnnrn * > yiSr Mt1jWiiiir 'J > ii' * fti &n * * * + * * * k > ii i4irn * h ' iim'i i" iwiHniJi * i - * * 9- -p- * i • e * _ WOODMEN RIOT. Iland to Hand fight Between FoHn and Rock Island Citizens. Fulton. 111. , Aug. 10. The Ion standing fight between this town an Rock Island , 111. , for the location c the headquarters of the Modern Woot men of America culminated yesterda in a hand-to-hand fight betweeu score of partisans of the respective towns i which a number of persons were ser ously injured. A party was made up in Rock Islan and plans were made for a raid on th Fulton headquarters , with the objec of forcibly taking possession of th books , records , etc. , of the order an removing the office of Head Cler ! Hawes to Rock Island. A train wa chartered , consisting of three coaches a baggage car and two box cars , an the invaders were soon on their wa , to Fulton. The inhabitants of th latter town were forewarned , how ever. A fire alarm was sounded an > lines of hose were laid to the point where it was thought the Rock Island crs would be most likely to disembark The arrival of the special train wa the signal for hostilities to begin There was intense feeling on hot ) sides , and a great variety of weapons this combination resulting in the fol lowing casualties : Will Bennett , city marshal of Fu ton , head cut , balieved to be fatalh hurt ; W. H. Flannagan , head badh cut ; James Carrier , head cut : Ed Bare head and arms injured ; Chris Miller Lyons , la. , head cut ; P. J. Casey Moline , III. , head badly injured Cornelius O'Brien , Rock Island , injurec in arms ; Albert Spencer , Rock Island face cut ; Walter Fowler , Fulton , heat cut ; Charles Weinberger , Rock Island head cut ; T. Burns. Rock Island , heat cut ; R. Winter , Rock Island , cut ovei right eye ; G. W. Sample , Rock Island head and face cut ; James Mulcahy. Rock Island , head cut. considered serious ; Andrew Lunheini , Fulton , head injured , considered serious ; L. V. Eyckhart , Rock Island , head cut. A score of others were more or les : bruised and cut. The fight lasted foi in hour or more , rocks. club3 and mis siles of every description being ivielded industriously by the opposing forces. The Fultonites finally got the better of the fight and Deputy Sheriff Farley effected the arrest of Head At > torney Johnson of the Modern Wood- nen , one of the Roclc Island party , ind a number of his companions. ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS. The Santa Fo Freight llepartmcnt Itnsler Than Ever UoTore. Kansas City , Mo. , Aug. 16. The Santa Fe railway freight department is experiencing the greatest rush ol business in the history of the road. The movement of fruit from California and grain from Kansas has never been • > o great , and every available car fit for shipping is being pressed into ser vice. Last , week and a few weeks pre vious the company was doing a rushing ing- business in potatoes and livestock , but the big end of the potato rush is Dvcr now , while the stock business is igain normal. The fruit which the Santa Fe is muling comes from Northern Califor nia and consists principally of plums , grapes and peaches. The bulk of it joes to Chicago and other Eastern : ities. All of the cars are re-iced in \rgentine. and the company has a big x > ree of men engaged in this work. 3PEAKE R reed scored. Veterans of the I'lno Tree State Re monstrate to McKlnley. Portland , Me. , Aug. 10. Some or he war veterans of Maine are souring ui Speaker Reed , and their displcas- ire was evidenced 3esterday by the ending of a remonstrance to Presi- lent McKinley. The veterans of the First. Tenth ind Twenty-ninth regiments held a -eunion at Long Island and the pceches were a sharp arraignment of deed's political tactics. They were ] ascdon his sanctioninc the turning [ own of Pension Examiner J. F. Day if Saco , which was expected through he political work of Amos L. Allen , Jeed's private secretary. The remonstrance sent President ilcKinley calls-for Dr. Day ' s reinstate ment. To Tax Theater Pasies. Paris , Aug. Hi. ' A parliamentary omm 'ittee appointed to investigate the abject of theatrical passes IkiS ree- mmended to the Chamber of Deputies he adoption of a law to abolish sca- on tickets for all dramatic and musi- al entertainments and the imposing f a heavy stamp tax on all free parses nd a moderate tax on all tickets. Mie rate proposed for passes is'i \ ents each. On this basis the income s reckoned at § 2S' .l,000 on free passes n Paris alone and a total of ST05T50 n all classes of tickets. I * Ever for Silver. Washin ton , Aug. 10. Senator tewart of Nevada requests the publi- ation of a denial of recent interviews 'ith him on the subject of silver and nance. He says : "There appears to ave been a conspiracy to misrepre- ent me and 1113colleague. . Neither f us have given out "the interviews eportpd , nor any other interviews at ariance with our life long devotion o the free and unlimited coinage of tlver by the United States alone at he ratio of 16 to 1. " ' eptemher "Wheat in Chicago SelM at Sii Cent * . Chicago , Aug. 16. The biggest ad- ance of the season occurred in the hicago wheat market to-day. The eptember price went up 'Z4 cents uring tiic regular session and there is a further advance of a cent on ie "curb" ' right after the market loscd. carrying- September wheat up i 85 cents , the highest price vet cached. "Calls" for Monday sold at 5 cents and above , showing how very ullish is the sentiment among * • adem. | i i nin 1 1 n > " ml m Li j \ i iIjiipi.ii.iim1"'J" Oph'-i i-T i i ! , * .wm OUR NEXT ELECHOK IT WILL BE HELD UNDER TH NEW LAW. Officers to Ho Chosen In Aocordanc With the Provisions of the Legisla tive Act , House It oil No. 10 Old OfliclalH Out of OHIco Accord ing to Attorney General. Klectlons In Nebraska. The next general election in thi state must be held under the lat passed by the last session of the legif lature and the officers of election wil be those chosen in accordance wit ! house roll No. 10. The attorney gen eral lias given his opinion that the eli election officers will not hold over , bu that they were legislated out of offic by the new act and the county judge must appoint new precinct judges an < clerks who will conduct the election for the next year. The new law pro vide.s that the county judges of tlv several counties must , at least om week before the general election , ap point three judges aud two clerks o election in each precinct and these ante to serve as election officers at all gen eral and special elections to be heh during the next year. The act provides that these officer ; of election shall be "of good character well informed , who can read and writ * and speak the English language , am that they shall have resided in the election precinct for which they art appointed to servo for at least oncyeai next preceding- appointment and shal be entitled tp vote therein. " The man ner of selection of these election offi cers , which is a complete change fron the old system , is as follows : HULKS OF Sni.ECTION. "The county judge shall appoint su judges and clerks of election at leasl ten daj's before the election three judges and two clerks nominated foi such offices in precinct primaries , and the county judge shall select for each precinct one judge for the party poll ing the highest number of votes at the last general election in the precinct , and one judge from the party polling the next highest number of votes at the last general election and one judge from the party polling the next high est number of votes at the last general election. In case there is one or more parties to be represented on the ticket he shall appoint a clerk of election from each of the parties not repre sented on the election board polling the highest number of votes , and pro vided , where there are only two par ties with tickets on the official ballot , then the party polling- the highest vote shall have two judges and one clerk and the other party one judge and one clerk ; and in case of three parties on the official ballot he shall appoint a clerk from each of the par ties receiving the highest number of votes , and such judges and clerks .shall constitute a board of election. " ' mrrv of imuuaiuks. The duty of the precinctpriinaries to nominate the officers of the election is imperative and if neglected by these primaries the selection is left to the county judge without restriction. The old plan of having electors present at the polls name officers to fill vacancies is still operative where none of the regularly appointed officers show * up at the time for opening the polls. In ease there is some of tke regular board present tiie vacant place must be filled by the members of the same political party as the absentee. In this case the qualified members of the party who ire present can nominate a candidate for the vacancy and present the name to the board for ratification. Owing to the fact that many of the precinct primaries will be held before Lhe copies of the session laws are gen- jrally distributed the chairmen of the populist and democratic state central committees are calling the attention of Lhe voters to the provisions of this law md tt > the importance that it be com- ilied with in the .selection of the names 0 be certified to the county judge by : he precinct primary officers. Condition of Xehraiicu Hank" . Washington dispatch : The abstract if reports of the comptroller of the mrrency , made July -i' .i. showing- the • ondition of the ninety-four national junks in Nebraska , exclusive of Liu- : oln and Omaha , indicates a general improvement in the condition of bank- ng business throughout the state. Notwithstanding- that there is one Kink less : individual deposits have in creased since May 14 by nearly § 400 , - 100. the total amount being on the date f the abstract § 9 , * 264,7li' . There is a lecrea.se in the amount due to other > anks by almost S'OO.OOO. . The total esources amount to S19r s'S.ri ! ) . ' { , an in n-ease of 5(504.80S ( : due from other milks and reserve agents. S-J.tCl.37i. ( ncrease of § ( > 07r l. i : average reserve icl'd : * , . " > . : ! 4 per cent , as against § 3.G0 ast May. Nebraska at Washington. Washington special : Dr. L. G. iimins was today appointed a member if the board of examining surgeons at iidney. and Drs. E. L. Ralph and U. JJ. itrong at Pender , Neb. Senator Win. V. Allen arrived in the ity today from Nebraska. The sena- or will attend to some accumulated orrespondence and departmental busi- icss before returning home. Kx-Congressmn John A. McShane of hnaha and Col. Valentine of Chicago , n charge of the new Armour beef lant erecting at Omaha , are in the ity. • A Theft of Cattlo. Twenty-three head of heavy cattle Terc stolen from tiie stockyards at V'ausa last week. Commission men nd buyers have been notifiel to be on he lookout for them in case the tiicves should try to dispose of tbein 1 the markets. U. 1 * . Knters a Denial. The Union Pacific passenger depart- lent emphatically denies that it is re- ponsible for any demoralization in j ates to the Grand Army encampment t Buffalo , as anuouneed from Chicago , j 'he trouble has apparently been rought uboufby the use. of old and lferior standard coaches by lines perating either Pullman or Watrner ; us as tourist cars. The use ' of these Id coaches , wliich had been .standing- lie since the world's fair , was made t the time of the Christian Endeavor loveincnt , and there was no corn- lain . whatever at that time. * i / SHIPPING CATTLE. Threa Western Itoads Agrco to Do Awn IVlth Cnrloud Kates. Omaha dispatch : Messrs. Woo < Brock and Merchant , representing tli freight departments of the Union Pi cific , the Burlington and the Elkhor railroads respectively , this mornin succeeded in overcoming the objection of the freight officials of the tit. Lou & San Francisco , the Kansas Citj Pittsburg & Oulf , and the Kansas Citj Ft. Scott & Mumph > s railroads to th conversion of all live stock rates i the trans-Missouri tcrrito * from do lars per car load to cents per 1(1 ( pounds , with the important result thri all live stock rates on till railroads i trans-Missouri territory will now li based upon the actual weight of th shipincns. This is the import of th news received by freight men i Omaha this morning from the Kansa City meeting , where there has been wrangle on the proposition under cor sidcration for several days. The thre lines south of Kansas City that hay hitherto opposed the change fell i : line this morning , and rates will b based on weight on and after Tucsda next in the territory west of the Mis souri river. The minimum rates that will be al lowed for shipments of live stock ii various territories have also just beci determined upon. In Nebraska th minimum rates for such shipments ar as follows : Nineteen thousand pound pounds for thirty-foot cars , 130,50 pounds for thirty-three and a half fee cars , and U2.000 pounds for thirty-si : foot cars. For the territory west o Nebraska and Kansas a change in tin basis was necessary on account of tin difference in loading and in order t < protect such western lines on the rcve nue of stock at intermediate points ii Nebraska and Kansas to be fattenei for the market , for the territory wes of these states there will be a highei minimum of weights , as follows Twenty-one thousand five hundret pounds for thirty foot cars , 2:5.00 : ( pounds for thirty-three and a half-fool cars , and : . ' } ,000 pounds for thirty-si ? foot ca rs. Speaking- the new basis just fixet for live stock shipments by weight t prominent freight official said : "This basis lias been determined upon aftei several .years of careful figuring and calculation as to the comfortable carrying rying- weight of slock cars not over loaded. As the mode of fixing- live stock rates by so many cents per 10C pounds has been in vogue for several years from Nebraska and Kansas tc Chicago , and from all western freight territory from Texas and the whole southern territory to Kansas City , St. Louis and Chicago , to the .satisfaction of carriers and shippers , there is no successful argument why the same principle of determining livestock rev enue should not be carried into the trans-Missouri country generally. The present basis , we think , is fair and reasonable. " "If this new basis of determining live stock rates into South Omaha and other markets by weight , instead ot by ear loads is a good thingnow. . why was it not successful when tried last year ? " "This basis was used in Nebraska for about four months. The exact ilates between which the principle was in operation are , I believe. .Ian. 1 and April -20. ISjiO. The method was not a .uccess then because it was not. placed in operation by all railroads and was not given a fair trial. Now. however , ill lines have agreed to it. and we irmly believe that a fair trial by all ivill illMMT its Sll'ee--s. " Glamlcrod Hotm-s. Prof. A. T. Peters of Lincoln has received a number of letters from An- ielope and Holt counties in which the A'rilers state that horses in their vi cinity are affiicted with glanders. Ac- : ording to these letters several horses lave died during the past few months. ! ne man. Homer A. Brown , who lived lear Klgin. died witii what two phy- .icians pronounced glanders. Thelet- ers from several points ask Prof. Pe ers to assist the citizens with his iresence and advice in the matter of reatmentof the disease , which is af- lieting the horses and endangering- ives of human beings. Prof. Peters sailed upon the governor and consult- : d with him about the probable action he state would take. The last legis- ature made no provision for a veteri- uiry commission and there is no means vailable for carrying on an investi- ration. Prof. Peters , as the agent of he national government , it is said , nay investigate and report , but his lower to go * further than this is in oubt. Xfir ICailroad liienrpiiratpfl. The Sioux City & Omaha railroad has ecu incorporated at Tekamah. The ncorporators are J. P. Anderson and . F. Fuller. Hurt county capitalists , nd Mitchell Vincent , the well known ailrnad contractor of Onawu. Iowa. , ho has been prominently identified a • rising the Illinois Central to build bridge across the Missouri river at inawa and push on from there to a , 'cstward connection. The main plan f the incorporators is to build a road wliich will be valuable as a connecting ink between the north and south , 'rom Sioux City the road will follow lie Eastern Nebraska and Gulf .surve\ * lirongh the Winnebago and Omaha ridian reservations , taking in Decatur nd going on south to Tekamah. and lence to Omaha , where it is hoped to lake arrangements with the Port rtliur people. Meet ujjar Tactnry. . There was a lengthy meeting- held , lys an Omaha paper , of the directors f the company which is to build a eet sugar factory at South Omaha. Ir. Kelby. of Cleveland , a builder of a umber of sugar factories throughout ie country , waspresentand explained ) the Omahans his ideas about the instruction of a plant and progress in irection of the enterprise was made. The bureau of labor and industrial atistics of Nebraska has written to ie county clerk of Hall county for a ? port of the mortgage indebtedness > r the six months ended June : : o. J307. l these six months there were filed xty farm mortgages of the amount of il.l7. > : there were released 100 farm ortgages. amounting-to Si,104. The umber of town aud city niort"aes led was seventy-three , amounting to iS.OH : the number of the same mort- iges canceled was 111. amounting to P.M.17. Nebraska ' s yield , both cereals and sgetables , is wonderfully large. THE COLD SEEKERS. * M * ! " * * 2 ? Ill X lllockndo of Hunters Hundreds or g SCI Whom Are Unable to Move. , * fM fe'AN FltANCIsoo , Aug. M. The OreVm gen Hallway and Navigation coin- m pany's steamer Elder has arrived at" a | J * Astoria from Dyea nnd confirms pr < & n vious reports that both the White ami Chilcoot passes arc blockaded by caget t jrold seekers. Nearly all of the Bl- | 1 tier's passengers were landed at Dyca , | | j the vessel lying a mile and a. half out * i | in the bay nnd passengers and good * A being lightered ashore at a cost of ? 1C per ton for freight Officers of th * j Elder say that not onfl-half the people M will get over the mountains this win m tor. Many arc selling out their outfits - j fits and returniug. Letters from parties - * J ties who went up on the Elder advis m their friends not to go this fall as they i cannot get through. J The wreck of the Mexico on the J Alaskan coast will , it is generally believed - lieved , be followed by others , for the % rush to the gold fields has caused the 1 chartering of many unseaworthy vessels - < M sels and the engagement of incorn- / J potent mariners. If any otiier vessel 1 should go down it is almost- certain m that there will be great loss of life. Many of these vessels are wretched i T affairs without passenger accommodations - * J tions and all overloaded. < * • Two unseaworthy tugs have passed ' Union , Pritish Columbia , loW * J down J with 150 souls , and , in their top heavy , tjM condition , would tip over at the first Wi heavy wave. NjHr Forage along the trails has been al- fy * A ready exhausted , and pack horses will im * * soon be dyiug by dozens. There are J now ' - ' .OOO men between Skaguay and 1 Klondyke. The blockade of Klondyk- 1 crs at Dyca antl Skaguay will lead to 1 much suffering next winter. > During the past week Klondyke fever has abated somewhat in this citv j owing , probably to the discouraging reports received from Dyea. At the offices of the steamship companies it is reported that the inquiry for ticketK d is diminishintr. M Mall * r r thu Klondike. | Washington , Aug. 14. The post- * A office department has written to the m postal authorities of Canada concerning - I ing co-operation in carrying the mails j to the Klondike country. The proposition - A sition is that the two governments 1 should co-opcratc and arrange for an I interchange of mail at Circle City and I Dawson City , the Pnitetl States to w maintain a service once a month j and Canada the same. This would | give two mails everv month. J | Korea's I'ru icr Dyinjj. \ Washington. Aug. M. Pom Kwang [ I Sob , chief of the privy council of Korea - J rea , ex-minister to this country from m Korea , and the commissioner of that kingdom to the recent queen's jubilee , I is critically ill with consumption at his residence here A Million Watermelon * for Niw York. I New Yoisk , Aug. 14. A million wa- M tennelons arrived in New York yester- V [ lay. They came from the Middle- M Southern states , where the water- jfl : nelon season is now at its height and ' Y 9 ivherc luscious melons trrow. 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