H SEWS BOILED DOWN.
H' WHISPERINGS OF THE WIRE IN
B FEW WORDS.
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B BH MlHcclInnroiiK Xcwx Notes Gathered From
H ThM itiul Other Countries Accidental ,
H Criminal , 1'olltlcul , Social nntl Othcr-
B wlbo rUp Condc-iHationn Froin AH
H Onartcra.
H Monday , • Tan. 10.
H The twenty-first victim of tbo Lon-
H don , Ont , city hall collapse died Sat-
H . ' Fred Shlcbcr and John Hollows were
H 'killed by a rock fall in Slatington , Pa. ,
H Saturday.
H Warrants for $244,449 were drawn
H Saturday by the United States for In-
H .dian treaty obligation.
H Jacob Rosenbcrger. a Soudorton , Pa. ,
H farmer , sheltered 1,148 tramps in his
| foam during the year 1897.
B The Standard Fibreware company
H assigned in Mankato Saturday. As-
M .sets $25,000 ; liabilities , * > -J,000.
H v The Spanish cabinet has decided to
B increase the number of consulates of
H Spain in China and in certain islands
H of the Pacific.
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H Tuesday , Jan. 11.
B Sidney Glendcnning , the twenty-
B first victim of the city hall disaster ,
H died in London , Ont.
H The Standard Fiber Works Com-
H pany , of Mankato , Minn. , have made
H an assignment. Assets , $25,000 ; liaM -
M bilitics. $10,000.
| The Steer mansion at Nyatt , one of
| the besi known residences along the
| nliores of Nara ansett Bay , was totally
B destroyed by fire.
B . The secretary of ( he interior ha ;
| approved for patent 1,920 acres of
| land in the Sundance district , Wyo-
H ming. for the use of the Agricultural
B college.
| Mr. Kleberg , of Texas , has Intro-
B duced a bill to further define the con-
H necting lines of common carriers ,
| their relationship to each other , and
| to those dealing with them.
H A careful poll of the republican
B members of the house of representa-
H lives is being made , with a view to
B learning exactly how many can be
1 depended upon to vote for a repeal or
B modificvation of the civil service laws.
B The advance figures from the NeB -
B vcmber report of the Bureau of StaB -
B tistics shows the exports from the
B United States during that morth ag
H gregated $114G39GG4 , a net gain of
H nearly $7,000,000 over November , 1896.
B Railroad Commissioner Reagan , of
| Austin , Tex. , who has been an avowed
B • candidate for senator against Gov.
B Charles A. Culberson , and Senator
H Roger . . Mills , issued a formal card
H to the public , withdrawing from the
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B B B Wednesday , .Tan. 12.
H Candles at Dawson City cost 60
B cents < each.
H Miners about Taylorsville , 111. , have
B decided to strike.
fl The governor of Iowa will be in-
B augurated tomorrow.
| The London Times predicts a silver
B majority in our next congress.
fl Secretary Alger is improving , and
H will shortly leave for the sea co. i.st.
| The Illilnois senate committee is
H examining the Chicago police depart-
B ment.
B Turkey as yet refuses to - ttle for
B mission property destroyed during the
H H Armenian outbreak.
B Some of the Massachusetts barbers
B want the five and ten cent shops legis-
B lated out of existence.
B The cold weather has done co sid-
B arable damage to the orange growers
B of southern California.
B Seth D. Tripp , whose inventions
B liave revolutionized shoe manufactur-
Hi ing , died in Lynn , Mass. , aged 72.
Bf There is reason to believe that
Bj Great Britain will again take the lead
H o fotlier nations in the negotiations ot
H reciprocity treaties under the Ding-
H ley tariff.
B Over one hundred young men , from
H nearly every state in the Union , are
H undergoing an examination at the
H navy yard in Washington , as a pre-
H liminary to their possible appointment
H as paymasters in the navy.
B The United States supreme court is
H - asked to pass upon the constitution
al's ality of the Illinois inheritance law
H of 1S95 , which places a heavy tax
Bj upon the estates of persons dying in
B that state , and upon the property of
Bj aliens dying elsewhere.
Hj Delegate Callahan , of Oklahoma ,
B has introduced a bill to attach the
B Indian territory to the territory of Ok-
B lahoma , and to erect the two territor-
Bj ies into one. The bill includes all the
B lands of the five tribes of Indians and
B the Quapaw Indian tribes.
B B K Thursday , Jan. 13.
B South Dakota commissioners of the
B _ . Transmississippi Exposition visited
B ' the ground and were much pleased
B 4 with the outlook. • > -
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B BH Justice Norman , of the Wisconsin
H supreme court , fell on the icy side-
B walk , receiving injuries that will
B likely prove fatal.
B Andrew H. Hunter , of the ninth dis-
B trict of Illinois , was elected Ilinois
fl member of the democratic congres-
H sional committee.
H Cashier M. T. Caverty , of the State
H 'Bank at Elmwood , 111. , shot himself , ,
B and .is not expected to live. He. has
B been * in poor health for some time.
H As the Arbuckle sugar refinery in
B Brooklyn approaches completion , the <
B war of the sv ir trust people upon the
B coffee trade or the Arbuckles grows.
| The customs receipts on the 13th
B were $899,024 , the heaviest since the <
B new tariff went into effect Treasury
H officials are gratified at the increase.
H Patrick A. Largey , president of the
H | State Savings Bank , and one of the '
H best known citizens of Buttte. Mont ,
H was shot and killed in the bank '
H uilding by Thomas J. Riley.
H At a meeting of the Kansas free sil- ,
H eer state republican committee resolu-
H lions were agreed upon condemning :
H Secretary Gage's financial policy and \
H praising the Leedy state adminlstra-
H The supreme ccurt in Wisconsin af-
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firmed the decision of the lower courr
and the costly French murder case
ended In conviction of murder in the
'second degree. French killed A. D
Stella
The bill appropriating $65,000 for
an Indian congress at Omaha during
the exposition came up in the house
committee on Indian affairs , and after
a short discussion it was referred tea
a sub-committee , of which Represent
ative Curtis , of Kansas. Is chairman.
Capt William C. Oldrleve , of Bos
ton , has planned to walk across the
Atlantic ocean next July. He\wlll be
gin his Journey July 4 , and will be ac
companied by Capt. William A. An
drews , famous by reason of his voyages
across the Atanticl in a small sailboat.
The Mexican government has can
celed the valuable concessions of the
Mexican Southeastern railway com
pany , on account of the failure of that
company to comply with the import
ant terms of the concession granted
by the government. The company
was composed of Cleveland , O , men.
Saturday , .Tan. 14.
The house has passed an urgent de
ficiency bill carrying $1,741,843.
Gen. Gouzales Munozans , the new
captain general of Porto Rico , died im
mediately after arrival there.
Thirty-five men direct from Dawson
City arrived in Seattle on the 12th on
the Alki. They brought down $100,000
in gold dust.
Latest advices from the Orient say
that the Japanese transport steamer
Nara was wrecked Dccenuer 24 and
eighty lives lost
An official dispatch from Batavia an
nounces that the capital of Amboyna ,
one of the Molucial islands , was com
pletely demolished by earthquake.
Fifty were killed and 200 injured.
All the local detachments of the Sal
vation Army in New York City are
waiting the word to turn out in honor
of Gen. William Booth , the world's
commander-in-chief , who is due in a
few days from London on a special
mission. • , ; ,
New castbound rates on grain and
grain products ( except corn ) , effective
January 25 have been recommended
by the managers of the joint traffic as
sociation on the basis of 20 cents per
hundred , Chicago to New York , with .
usual differences to other eastern
cities.
Crazed by the death of her children
and the suicide of her mother , Mrs.
Mary C. Campbell , wife of R. O. Camp
bell , a traveling man of Peoria , 111. .
committed suicide in Chicago by hurl
ing herself through a plate glass win
dow of the third story of the residence
of W. J. Birdsall.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Howell received a telegram from 'the
Canadian minister of the interior ,
stating that the Canadian council had
dopted a provision th" wearing apparel ,
personal effects and toilet articles
taken into Canada by miners going in
to the Klondike will be exempted from
duty.
Saturday. .Tan. 15.
The plague is getting many victims
in Bombay.
South Dakota reports increased in
quiry for land.
The story of an uprising of the Sem
inole Indians was a pure fabrication.
Leroy D. Brown , a prominent educator
cater , died at San Luis Obislo , Cal.
The death list in the Fort Smith
cyclone figures up thus far forty-three.
Life insurance policies have been de
cided as non-taxable by the supreme
court of Indiana.
Mrs. Mary Cowden Clark , author of
"The Complete Concordance to Shakes
peare , " died at Genoa.
One of the celebrated $100 counifeit
treasury notes turned up at the United
Sates sub-treasury in Cincinnati.
The body of Murderer W. H. T. Dur-
rant was incinerated at the crematory
\ of Reynolds & Van Nuys , at Altadena ,
Cal.
Cal.The
The steamer City of beattle , sailed
from Seattle for Alaska with 600 pas
sengers ; and the City of Topeka with
!
250 passengers.
The executive commiitee of the Lea
gue of American Municipalities has de
rided to hold the next convention in
Detroit on August 1 to i , inclusive.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says the treaty providing for a lease
of Kiao Chau to Germany is not yet
signed. Japan is opposing the final
signature.
The bill granting the right of way
to the Muscogee Coal & Railroad com
pany through the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma has been favorably reported
in the senate.
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At a session of the lower house of
the Prussian Diet Kerr Koeller was
re-elected president by acclamation.
He declined the honor , however , and
Heiv von Kroecher was thn elected
president.
A $25,000 damage suit has been filed
against the Pullman Palace Car com
pany by Dr. T. D. Morgn , who claims
that he was bitten by a centipede
while occupying a berth in one of the
company's sleepers.
3Ir. Bryan Points to Nehraska.
MINNEAPOLIS , Jan. 15 Fusion of
all silver elements in Minnesota is of
ficially indorsed by the state central
[ committee. Chairman Rossing made
the announcement emphatically at the
Jackson banquet in this city. William
J. , Bryan in his speech devoted con
siderable time to indorsing the fusion
idea : and illustrating its efficacy by the
results in Nebraska. This is regard
ed ' as a decisive blow to the adoption
of the Ohio plan in Minnesota.
No Dancer of an Uprising.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 15. Gen.
Brooke at Chicago has telegraphed the
war department that his inquiries di
rected to the commanding officer at
Fort Reno , I. T. , bring the response
that there is no danger of an Indian
rising. The railroad authorities , Gen.
Brooke says , made the same report , so
he has suspended the orders to the
cavalry to proceed to Wewoka.
Gov. Barnes , of Okalahoma , has re
ported to Secretary Bliss that the Ind
ian massacre story was wholly false.
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STATE INDEBTEDNESS
A REPORT SHOWING THAT IT IS
DECREASING.
Auditor Cornell 1'tits tlio Kcdurtlott tit
8500,000 for the Year Nearly Half ot
the Dccituho In In the IJondcd Debt
Which liecamo Due During the Year.
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Nebraska in All Right.
Auditor Cornell has issued a state-
'inent for the fiscal year ending Novem
ber 30 , 1897 , showing that the sato
debt has been reduced over $500,000
during the year. Nearly half of thi3
reduction was due to the fact that
state bonds became due and had to be
provided for. The statement of Audi
tor Cornell shows that during the year
ending November 30 , 11,917 claims
amounting to $1,791,636.63 , divided as
follows , were adjusted in the auditor's
office :
Claims. Amount.
State library fund. 82 $ 2,989.92
Nor. school library. 14 1,647.62
Nor. interest fund. 9 2,065.00
Hosp. insane fund. 34 3,750.00
Tem. school fund. . 180 594,184.33
Penit'n't'y spec , lab 30 10,879.01)
University funds. . 1,738 136,073.77
General fund 9,830 1,040,046.90
11,917 $1,791,136.63
Warrants have been paid during the
fiscal year ending November 30 , 1S97 ,
as follows :
Institute for feebleminded -
ed youth fund $ 15.086.9C
State library fund 2,884.23
Normal schooj library
fund 1,647.62 '
Normal interest fund 3.030..00 J
Hospital for insane fund. . 3,750.00
Temporary school fund. . . 595,772.76 :
Penitentiary special labor
fund 10,8 67.58 ]
University funds 151,248.66 '
General fund 1,350,725.00 '
Total $2,135,013.46 <
The present indebtedness of the l
state is as follows : ]
State funding bonds $ 261,267.35 !
General fund warrants 1,576,063.52
Temporary university fund
warrants 12,027.27 \
Institute for feeble minded - • ,
ed fund warrants 16,476.51 * *
State library fund war
rants 105.43
Penitentiary special labor
fund warrants 11.51 ,
College of agricultural and r.
mechanic arts fund war
rants 1S1.05
University cash fund war
rants 80.72
Total indebtedness Nov.
30 , 1S97 $1,866,194.01
Less available cash in state
treasury 87,943.00
Net outstanding $1,781,251.01
Reduction in state debt during the
fiscal year ending November 30 , 1897 :
debtednessETAOIN r\ . . . fundo
Reduction in outstanding
warrants $343,376.83
Reduction in bonded indebt
edness 207,000.00
Total $550,376.83
The treasurer's books show a re
duction in the amount of' warrants
registered and drawing interest of
$416,403.60 , showing that there was
afloat $73,026.77which had not been
registered and drawing interest.
Kffo ts to Keleaxc Embezzlora.
Friends of Whitney and Mills , the
two embezzlers from Harian county ,
• who are now in the penitentiary , are
making a move to secure their release.
William M. Ervin , a prominent politician - ,
tician from Harlan county , arrived in
Lincoln and went to the penitentiary
to see Mills. It is said that he was
empowered to conduct negotiations
so that in case Mills could be released
from the penitentiary for a short time
$3,000 would be raised to use in malej
ing a compromise settlement with the
board of supervisors of Harlan county.
The friends of Mills seem to have gained -
ed the impression that in case such a
settlement could be made the sentence
of Mills could be revoked. However ,
wlien Mr. Ervin arrived at the penitentiary -
tentiary the warden would not allow
him to see Mills , having made the rule
that the newly registered prisoners
could see no visitors except their regu
lar attorneys. Cobb & Harvey , attorneys -
neys of Lincoln , have been employed
by the friends of Mills and an attempt
will be made to secure the release of
the ex-banker on habeas corpus pro
ceedings. The grounds upon which the
application is to be filed will be that
the supreme court handed down its
decision in the case at an "adjourned
term" and a test case will be made on
this point.
Mercer Opposes Free Seeds.
Washington dispatch : Representa
tive Mercer today made an earnest
speech in the house against the pro
vision in the agricultural appropri
ation bill for the distribution of free
seeds. He urged that it was a needless
expenditure of money , because the ob
ject of the law as first passed , was to
benefit the farming community by
giving to farmere for experiment rare
and uncommon varieties of seed , instead - ,
stead of sending thousands of bushels
cf ordinary and common farm and
garden seeds for planting. Mr. Mer
cer advocates the sending to experi
mental stations by the .agricultural de
partment of rare varieties , there to be
tested , and if found suitable for cultivation -
vation to be afterward distributed from .
the experimental stations to farmers
who would make reports as to the re- . ]
suit of their cultivation. !
Distribution of Itoports.
The state horticultural society sent '
representatives to Secretary of State 1
Porter to ask for the privilege of dis '
tributing the printed reports of the so- I
ciety. There is no law governing the 1
distribution of these reports except
that the volumes shall be delivered to
the secretary of state. Secretary Porter
ter agreed to give 4.000 volumes to the 1
society and he will keep 1,000 volumes
for distribution. Vne society claimed '
it was in a position to distribute the \
books where they would do the most
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IS EBRIGHT SHORT ?
Tito Coinnilttco of Investigation Cou-
Concltidc * that JIo In.
The investigating committee is
about to submit a report in which a
shortage of about $2,000 will be
charged against Wiliam Ebright , a
former superintendent of the insti
tute for the bind at Nebraska City.
The report will show that after Mrs.
Ebright had been promoted from
matron to assistant superintendent ot
the institution a young woman who.
was an Inmate was carried on the
rolls as matron , and the vouchers at
the rate of $50 per month were drawn
in her favor for about eight months.
The committee has discovered that
the young woman did not receive the
money , athough the vouchers are In
dorsed by her.
Another Instance is that of a boy in
mate who was on the pay roll as a
teacher , and whose vouchers were at
the rate of $25 per month. The boy
testifies that he was not employed as
a teacher and did not receive this
money ; that he was during that time
employed as a bell boy and received
$5 per month.
Two girls reported as teachers , and
for whom warants were drawn at the
rate of $30 per month each for two or
three months , testify that they did
not receive the money.
These items foot up lo about $1,000.
According to the committee the
other i $1,000 shortage comes from tic
padded bills made out by a man
named : Shuman , who operated a drug
store : at Nebraska City at the time
and : who furnished the drugs for the
institution. Schuman made up his
bill at the end of each month , giving
the numbers of the prescriptions and
making a total charge without item
izing : each account. His bills were
audited and paid.
It has been ascertained from the
books turned over to the committee
by the successor of Schuman in * the
drug business that all the prescrip
tions made out for private individuals
during each month were again charged
against the state , the numbers of the
prescriptions in the bills rendered at
the end cf each month being in a ma
jority of cases , as those which had
been ordered and paid ? or by private
parties. The overcharge in the drug
item is found to amount to about
51,00. .
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ShcrlfiV I'ecs Keduccd.
Auditor Cornell has decided that
Lhere is no law for the payment of
75 cents a day for the board of con
victs who are kept by sheriffs after
sentence , so he will reduce the pay
ment to 50 cents a day except for the ,
first six days. It has been the cus
tom of sheriffs to keep convicts as
long as thirty days after sentence is
prononunced before taking them tp
the penitentiary and to draw 75 cents
a day from the state as pay for the
board of such convicts. Auditor Cor
nell consulted the attorney general ,
who gave it as his opinion that the
only law governing the matter was
section 5 , chapter 2S , laws of 1895 ,
which provide that 75 cents a day
may be drawn for a period of six
days , or if longer than' that period ,
then only 50 cents a day. The aud
itor will enforce this rule hereafter.
Under thi3 ruling if a sheriff keeps a
prisoner six days he may draw $4.50 ,
but if he keeps a prisoner eight days
he will get only $4.
The attorney general gave an opin
ion also in regard to mileage of sher
iffs. He had decided that the old
mieage act , under which sehriffs drew
10 cents a mile each way and $3 a
day , was repealed by the act of the
late legislature. A sheriff is now al
lowed actual expenses and $3 a day.
Packers are 1'Icasod.
Managers of the packing houses at
,
South Omaha are pleased to learn that
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the proposed tax of 5 cents per piece
for meat inspection has been aban
doned ( by Secretary Wilson of the de
partment of agriculture. According
to j the plan suggested this tax was to
be ; paid by packers whose meats were
inspected for export. It is claimed
that ; the promulgation of such an or
der , would have proved a serious
drawback i to the packers whose export
trade is extensive. This tax , it is
claimed i , was to have been used to de [
fray ; the expenses of a microscopical
examination. i I
LOST AN ARM IN A CUTTER
Wayne dispatch : Hon. J. R. Man
ning i of Carroll , one of the most prom
inent and well to do men in the
county ' , met with a ternbe accident.
His right arm was cut off inch by
inch to the shoulder in a cornstalk
cutter ' , the help starting up the ma
chine ' before he knew it All but one
artery ; was severed and the flesh torn
some ! down his side. He is in a crit
ical condition and it is not expected
that 1 he will live. Mrs. Manning was
a member of the Nebraska state legis
lature in the year 18S9 , and served
from the Eleventh senatorial district.
lias Hauled Many Cars.
Engineer Douglas , running between
Grand Island and North Plattte , on
the Union Pacific , has for the past
eleven months kept a record of the
number of cars hauled by him over
that section , and finds that the average
is about thirty a day , consisting of
7,240 leaded cars , 3,499 empties , one
dead engine , a steam derrick and three
consolidated locomotives. His engine
is no. 631 , one of the standard eignt-
wheelers.
At a recent meeting of the city
council of York it was decided to ex
tend an invitation to the Nebraska
Volunteer Fremen's association to
hold its annual state meeting at York
in January , 1899.
Mrs. Delilah V. Wakefield , aged 60
years , wife of Orson Wakefield , of Wa-
verly , was found dead in bed. She
had been ailing for several weeks , but
was up and around the house most of
the time. The cause seems to be
heart failure.
William Ayers , a prominent farmer
living ten miles southest of Humboldt ,
was brought into court and bound
over to the district court to answer
to a charge of bastardy , preferred by
Miss Lizzie Schaefer , the daughter of
a neighboring farmer.
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EELIEE MR CUBANS.
THE GOVERNOR NAMES MEN
WHO WILL ASSIST ,
XcbruMcanH Will Jo Their I'nrt Toward
Aiding the Starving 1'atrlotH Central
Committee Named by President Mo-
Klnley KuilHtH the Cooperation of Some
Kepresentatlvo Citizens.
Keller for the Starving.
Lincoln dispatch : Governor Hol-
• comb has appointed , the following per
sons us members of the Cuban relief
committee : Rev. H. C. Rowlands , Gen
eral P. H. Barry and M. D. Welch ,
Lincoln ; J. E. Utt , W. N. Nason ,
Omaha. The appointment of the com
mittee was prompted by the receipt ol
the following telegram from New
York : ;
Governor Silas A. Holcomb , Lincoln :
Central Cuban Relief Committee ap
pointed by President McKinley urges
upon your excellency the Immediate
• formation of efficient committees .for
the collection or funds , food , clothing
ind medicine in your state for Cuba's
starving people to be transmitted free
by this committee to Consul General
Lee , Havana. May we depend upon
your hearty co-operation ? Wire
inswer. STEPHEN E. BARTON ,
Chairman.
In reply to the telegram the gover
nor sent } this answer :
Stephen E. Barton , Chairman , New
York City : Nebraska will heartily co
operate in providing for the relief of
the suffering Cubans. Have just ap
pointed strong state relief committee
to take up the work. I feel , however ,
that I represent the unanimous senti
ment of Nebraska , people in express
ing the opinion that would our na
tional government extend to tue
struggling Cuban patriots the recog
nition to which they are entitled and
which humanity demands , these con
tributions fori the starving would bo
unnecessary.
unnecessary.SIALAS
SIALAS A. HOLCOMB ,
Governor.
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Dloodhonnds in Demand.
Beatrice dispatch : Dr. Fulton's
bloodhounds were' ' returned from Liberty - '
erty today , where they succeeded in lo
cating goods to the value of several
hundred dollars which were stolen \
Thursday night from the store of O.
C. Aspinwall by several young men of
the place. No arrests were made and
an effort was made to hush the matter ,
it being claimed the offense was the
first the young fellows had ever been
implicated in and being sons of prom
inent people. It is said that among
the stolen property were forty-two
watches. Soon after reaching homo
the dogs were taken on a trip to Lin
coln. During the past eight day3 these
dogs have detected eight persons , fug
itives from : justice. About ten days
ago a magnificent female English
bloodhound whom Mr. Fulton had pur
chased in Michigan escaped from the
office of the express company here and
was not captured , unal today , when
she was brought in by a man from
Holmesville , to whose place she had
wandered. Dr. Fu on values her at
$500. She is a handsome1 specimen
of the- breed and Is perfectly trained.
Train "Wreckers Acquitted.
St. Paul , dispatch : Ben Brown , a
farmer boy of about 17 years , was ac
quitted in the district court here of
the charge of attempted train-wreck
ing.
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A special state fair train on the
Burlington struck a tie that had been
placed on the track between St. Paul
and Palmer one morning before day
light , but was not derailed. The com
pany's detectives claimed that they
had sufficient evidence to convict two
boys living near the scene of the at
tempted crime. Een Brown and Syl
vester Lawson were placed under ar
rest. The acquittal of Prown will
nrobably result in the action against
Lawson being dropped , as the evidence
is said ta be identical in both cases.
A Peculiar Affection.
Pender dispatch : Ex-Sheriff John T.
Lenten of this place died this morn
ing of a peculiar affliction. About a
month ago he was doing his chores
one Sunday morning when he felt a
little soreness in the calf of .is left
leg , but thought nothing of it till a
little while after he felt it swelling.
On examination he found his leg to be
turning black and in a couple of hours
the member was swollen up badly
clear to his body. A physician was
called and bandaged his leg and trent-
ed ; him carefully. For a while he
seemed to grow slightly better , but
about a week ago began to get worse ,
until he died. He was a prominent
citizen. He leaves a wife and , three
daughters.
Nebraska Tension Dills.
Washington dispatch : Representative -
ative Strode has introduced pensions
as follows : Minerva C. Barnes , of
University place , at $20 ; Elizabeth M.
Ahle , of Brown ville , $12 ; Emma
Thurston , of Nebraska , at $30 ; Martin
V. Harbour , of Nebraska , at $72. Also
a bill to pay damages to Mrs. Marion
Lawson , of Lincoln , in the sum of
$10,000 , for the loss of an eye by the
state militia while under command of
a United States officer , in the course
of a drill. j
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Henry Haskell , wanted at Fort J
Madison , Iowa , for forgery , was arrested - J
rested in Beaver City , by Sheriff Mo- '
arrival of Iowa officials. Haskell was j
ai rival of Iowa officials. Haskill was 1
under an assumed name and in dis
guise.
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Prosperous Gates College. I
Neligh dispatch : The first day's j
enrollment of the winter term of ]
Gates College exceeded that of any $
farmer year. The faculty has been
strengthened materially in the college - J
lege course , and the conservatory of l
music has been fortunate in securing -
the service of Mr. Logan , the violin
ist of the Oberlin Glee Club of 1396.
Two members of the last oragnization
are now connected with the conservai i
tory. The percentage of male students - [
dents in the college is larger than I '
usual. Gaylord hall has not sif-
foient capacity to accommodate all
the young women with rooms.
Look out for colds 1
At this season. Keep I
Your blood pure and I
Rich and your system 1
Toned up by taking 1
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then 4 1
You will be able to
Resist exposure to which W
A debilitated system ' , / '
Would quickly yield.yy I
the " canXdian gold fields.
They Do Not All Llo In the Yukon. H
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citementof fl
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S Kfer 3 few months
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1 Can adlan H
Yukon in the search for gold , and has H
diverted the attention of many others. jH
But in order to get there it is necessary EVJ
that a man should be possessed of the H
best of health , strong powers of endu- H
ranee and considerable means. Ho H
leaves his wife and his family for a considerable - H
siderable period , and the hardships ha |
has to endure are nil unknown to him. H
Canada has other gold fields , though. H
They are the fields that produce her H
golden grain. This year the crop of ' M
Manitoba , lying directly north of North jH
Dakota , yielded 21,000,000 bushels of H
wheat alone. The current price averages - M
ages 76 cents , which , as a local paper |
puts it , "makes the product in gold this H
year , for wheat alone , equal to a value M
of $15,960,000. " Twenty thousand farmers -
ers did this , or an average to each producer - B
ducer of about $798. B
"But these same farmers are not living - B
ing by wheat alone. This is only ono B
source of revenue to them out of many. B
They have also beef , butter , potatoes , B
oats , barley and poultry to sell , and B
sometimes other things , so that It may VB
be fairly estimated that their incomes ' B
will average at least $1,000 per farmer. B
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this year fully $20,000,000 in gold , di- IB
vided among 20,000 actual producers , B
and a general population of about 200-
000. " H
After counting the co3t of stamp fVJ
mills , expenses of men. etc. , rich as Is , B
the Klondike , such vast wealth as in being - > B
ing taken out of the soil in raising KB
wheat In this one province , cannot nos- ' B
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agricultural development , and that is ilH
why the Government of Canada feels B
so much assurance in predicting prosperity - B
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ada. Western Canada today promises l
more than any other known field that ia l i H
open to immigration. Farms of 160 , H
acres , capable of producing the best javj
No. 1 hard wheat , yielding thirty to forty - ; H
ty bushels to the acre , are given away H
free. Railways , markets , schools , B
churches all are convenient. The AvJ
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