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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
President Gary of the Federal Steel
company , says that the closing of the
company's mills at Lorain , 0. , is for
the purpose of making much needed
repairs.
President Patton of Princeton an
nounces that the degree of doctor of
laws will be conferred on John Hay ,
secretary of state , at the commence
ment exercises.
Herr Heinrich Kusserow , who re
tired in 1890 from the post of Prussian
ministry to the Hanseatic cities and
to Mecklenburg , died at Koblentz ,
at Koblentz , aged 64.
The Hon. Arthur Russell , eldest son
of the late chief justice of England ,
Baron Russell of Killowen , has been
appointed a judge of the circuit court.
He was born In 1861.
The twenty-first annual session of
the supreme council , Knights of Fa
ther Mathew , with 300 delegates pres
ent from Illinois , Kansas and Mis
souri , convened at St. Louis.
President Cassatt , of the Pennsyl
vania Rauroad company , has awarded
contracts for 150,000 tons of steel rails
for which the company will pay $26
a ton or total of $3,900,000 for the en
tire order.
The 1,200 delegates to the railroad
department of the Young Men's Chris
tian association conference at Phila
delphia , whose sessions just closed ,
were the guests of the Pennsylvania
railroad on an excursion to Atlantic
City.
Announcement is made that the
Standard Flour Milling company of
New York is now in progress of or
ganization as the successor of the
United States Flour Milling company.
whch was recently put into the hands
of a reorganization committee.
The commissioner of internal reve
nue has decided that certificates of
nomination for public offices , such as
required by some states , and all papers
or instruments relating to the exer
cise of the elective franchise , are ex
empt from stamp tax.
W. W. Cooley , of San Bernardino ,
Cal. , says 12,000 car loads of oranges
will be snipped this year from the
orange district of southern California.
In each car load there are 334 cases of
the fruit and in each case there is an
average of 100 oranges. So that the
total shipment , according to Mr. Cool-
ey's figures , would be 400,800,000
oranges.
At Leavenworth , Kan. , the difficulty
between the miners and operators , ex
isting for six weeks , was settled by
the men accepting the decision of 0. B.
Taylor , who had been chosen as arbi
trator on both sides. The terms upon
which the men will go to work are
at 84c per ton , eight hours to con
stitute a day's work. This Is an ad
vance for the miners.
Don Luis F. Corea , the Nicaraguan
minister , has been accredited by his
government to Mexico also. He was
already minister to Chile , so that he
now holds three missions simultane
ously. It is understood that the pur
pose of his government in naming him
for the post was to have a suitable
representative in Mexico during the
approaching Pan-American confer
ence next October.
It is understood the president has
selected Judge George Gray , of Dela
ware , to represent the United States ,
with ex-President Benjamin Harrison ,
on The Hague permanent arbitration
trbiunal. Judge Gray is an ex-senator
from Delaware and a democrat. He
was a member of the Paris peace com
mission and is now a United States
judge for the third judicial circuit. His
selection will not involve the surren
der of that position.
A cablegram received from Commis
sioner General ePck at Paris , con
tains an announcement of the final re
sults obtained by the various coun
tries in the form of awards at the
Paris exposition. The United States
received 2,475 awards , Germany 1,826 ,
Great Britain , 1,727 , and Russia , 1,493.
The United States leads not only in
the grand total but also in all grades
of awards , from grand prizes to mere
ly honorable mention.
King Oscar is confined to his bed
with bronchial catarrh , complicated
by an accretion of phlegm in the right
lung.
To what extent England is becoming
Americanized can be judged from the
announcement that a pumpkin weigh
ing 108 pounds was grown at Dover.
Great floods are reported in the vi
cinity of St. Johns , New Brunswick.
Oscar Loew , for two years past con
nected with tne agricultural depart
ment as expert in physiological chem
istry , has resigned to accept a posi
tion as lecturer in the agricultural col
lege of the Imperial University at To-
kio , Japan.
At Excelsior Springs , Mo. , Rev.
Joshua Barbee , one of the most prom
inent Presbyterian ministers of the
state , died , aged 65.
Lieutenant Commander William H.
Bechler , naval atache of the United
States embassy at Berlin , is suffering
severely from pneumonia.
It is asserted that Archbishop Mar-
tielle will be raised to the cardinalate
at the next consistory.
The Duke of Marlborough is send
ing out a denial of the statement pub
lished by nearly every paper in Eng
land that W. K. Vanderbilt has given
100,000 to the duchess as a thank of
fering for the duke's safe return.
The Rev. Sam P. Jones , the evangel
ist , is broken down in health. He has
cancelled all his "dates for lectures.
The car sheds of the Cleveland &
Eastern Electric- Railway company at
Gates Mills , O. , together with a num
ber of cars and other property have
been destroyed by fire. Loss $100,000.
At Osceola , Ark. , Nelson Williams ,
( colored ) 19 years of age , has besn ar
rested for and confessed the murder
c ? his father arid sister.
Captain M. E. Jones died in Whra-
ton , 111. , aged 70 years. He was well
known in army circles and was said
to have fired the first shot at the bat-
'tle ' of Gettysburg.
Mitchell Holds Operators Besponsiblo for
for Continuance of Goal Strike ,
STRIKERS NOT TREATED FAIRLY
No Disposition to Sleet Miners In Their
Own Conciliatory Spirit Only Slxty-
Flvo For Cent of the Owners Have So
Fur Acceded , to Request of Miners.
HAZLETON , Pa. , Oct. 22. When
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers was asked today what he
had to say in regard to the settlement
of the miners' strike he said :
"As there appears to be some dis
position on the part of the public to
place the responsibility of the prolong
ation of the strike on the shoulders
of the Mine Workers , speaking for
them I want to say that when the
Scranton convention accepted the 10
per cent advance in wages , providing
the operators abolished the sliding
scale and guaranteed the payment of
the advance until April 1 , the miners
had met the operators more than half
way. They had shown a conciliatory
spirit and I know of no good , reason
why the proposition should not have
been accepted by the operators. As a
consequence , the responsibility for the
continuance of the strike rests on the
failure of the operators to treat the
proposition of their workers consider
ately.
"The public should understand that
unsatisfactory as is the proposition of
the operators who make the reduction
in the price of powder a part of the
advance of 10 per cent , that even this
proposition has not been offered by
a very large number of the coal-pro
ducing companies in the anthracite
region and until all companies guaran
tee the payment of 10 per cent advance
above the rate of wages paid in Sep
tember until April 1 , according to the
decision of the Scranton convention ,
the miners are powerless to act. I
want to .repeat again that there can be
no partial sectional settlement of the
strike. "
The large companies in the Lehigh
region that have refused to move at
all since the Scranton convention was
held are Coxe Bros. & Co. , the largest
coal producers in the Lehigh region ;
G. B. Markle & Co. , the Lehigh &
Wilkesbarea company , the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company and a large
number of smaller companies. TherG
is also a considerable number of coal
companies in the Lackawanna and
Wyoming regions that have not guar
anteed the payment of the 10 per cent
advance until April. The only dis-
trift that has accepted the terms of
the Scranton. convention in full is No.
9 , better known as the Schuylkill dis
trict.
Companies which produce 65 per
cent of a total production of the an
thracite coal fields have guaranteed
the payment of the 10 per cent ad
vance and have abolished the sliding
scale.
When Mr. Mitchell was asked -what
he would do if all the companies were
to post notices , he said :
"When all the companies have
posted notices then I will have some
thing to say. "
When it was suggested to him that
there might be a break in the ranks
of the strikers if the contest was to
continue longer , he said no men will
go back to the mines until they are
notified officially to return.
The strikers here believe that the
companies which have failed to com
ply with the agreement of Thursday's
conference to post an amendment to
the original offer continuing its ap
plication until April 1 are influenced
by a desire to hold up the settlement
and see if it is not possible to caus ?
a break in the Schuylkill region.
Coming to the United States.
PITTSBURG , Pa. , Oct. 22. The
Commercial Gazette tomorrow will
say : Seybold "and Dickstod cf Shef
field , England , the largest manufac
turers of crucible steel in Great Brit
ain , contemplate moving their plant
to the United States. A site providing
excellent water and rail shipping fa
cilities has been optioned near Wheel
ing , W. Va. , and it is proposed to erect
thereon a modern plant costing up
ward of $3,000,000 , which from the first
will employ about 3,500 men. The ob
ject of the movement is to get into
the American market. Constantly in
creasing cost cf coal in England is a
prominent factor acting as an impetus
to the movement.
Second Successful Test.
FREDERICSHAVEN , Germany , Oct.
22. Another trial of Count Zeppelin's
airship was made today , resulting in
a series of successful evolutions.
The airsnip , with Count Zeppelin
and Herr Eugen Wolff on board , as
cended at 5 p. m. to an altitude of
five-eighths of a mile , where various
maneuvers vere executed. It then descended - .
scended slowly to the water , which it
reached near the point of departure at
5:25. The king and queen of Wurtem-
burg witnessed the trial.
Indians May Cause Trouble.
DENISON , Oct. 22. The Creek full-
blood council has been joined by the
Choctaws , Chickasaws and . .eminoles.
They are armed with rifles. All de
clare they will stand by the treaty of
1866 and will not take allotment of
lands. Colonel Sheenefele , agent of
the Five Civilized tribes , is confident
that he can handle the situation
Immigrants 'Held Up. "
NEW YORK , Oct 22. The entire
list of steerage passengers of the La
Bretagne , 716 in number , were held up
on the registry floor of the barge of
fice today , because it was claimed that
a majority of the names were improp
erly manifested. No such hold-up of
immigrants as this tas occurred in
years , if ever before. The immigrants
would have Leen sent back to the ship
had not the agent of the French line
appeared in the afternoon and sup
plied a bond of $5,000 that the fines
for all immigrants improperly mani
fested would be paid.
BREAKOUT AT MATTEWAN.
Insane Frlsoncra Overpower Their Keep
ers ami AInko Dnoh for Liberty.
POUGHKEEPSIE , N. Y. , Oct. 22.
There was a revolt in the Mattewan
Hospital for the Criminal Insans to
night , when six or eight keepers were
assaulted and overpowered by about
twenty inmales. Some of the patients
escaped and seven are still at largo.
One or two of the keepers are badly
bruised.
After the patients had been given
their supper they were taken back to
their apartments with their keepers.
Among the number were fifteen or
twenty who slept in one of the large
corridors where there were six or
eight keepers. There were no suspi
cious movements until suddenly each
keeper was attacked simultaneously
by two or three patients and heavy
blows fell on the heads of the sur
prised attendants. The keys were soon
taken from them and a rush was made
for the doo.- .
Each of the patients as he passed
through the dining room picked up a
heavy plate or bowl. From the dining
room they went through the adjoining
rooms and then into the long hall lead
ing to the rear exit. Through the
yard they ran like deer and crowded
around the bg : gate in the wall , while
one of their number was turning the
key in the lock. When the gate was
thrown open they rushed out of the
yard , running fairly over each other
in their anxiety to be free again.
In the meantime the keepers had re
covered from the surprise given them
by their assailants and gave an alarm.
Chase was given across the hospital
farm and all but seven ol the patients
were captured. The keepers then took
the recaptured patients back to the in
stitution an-l had them securely lock
ed up in other parts of the building.
By this time the keepers had foir.me I
several searching parties and they all
started out to scour the woods in the
vicinity. The keepers who were as
saulted were given medical attention
and joined in the search for the fugi
tives. The revolt , it is thought , was
caused directly by the cramped quar
ters at the hospital.
PUT TRUST IN UNITED STATES.
Cubans Believe Their Government Will
Be Wisely Administered.
HAVANA , Oct. 22. Senor Salvador
Cisneros Betancourt in an innocent
letter to tne press of Puerto Principe
said : "If the government of inter
vention does not keep its promises I
have confidence that should the time
arrive when a display would be neces
sary the Cubans would show the same
honesty , energy and valor as the
Spaniards showed at the siege of Nu-
niancia and resist until the whole is
land was utterly ruined. "
El DIario de la Marina , comment
ing on this says :
"We do not think that many will
folllow the advice of Senor Cisnercs.
Naturally the inhabitants of Nufancia
fought to the death , as ' .hoy hal only
to choose between being killed while
fighting and being murdered. Fortr-
nately our conquerors are content to
govern and administer the country in
the interests of civilization. "
RETURN Of DE GIERS TO PcKIN.
Explains Change of Attitude by
Minister to China.
ST , PETERSBURG , Oct. 22. The
Official Messenger formally notices and
explains the return to Pekin of the
Russian minister in the following par
agraph :
"An edict of the Chinese emperor
having appointed Prince Ching and
Li Hung Chang to be plenipotentiar
ies , the czar has ordered M. de Giers
to return to Pekin and to enter upon
peace negotiations together with the
representatives of the other powers. "
Wilson's Contra tula t ions.
INDIANAPOLIS , Iml. , Oct. IS. W.
B. Wilson , secretary-treasurer of the
United Mine Workers cr America ,
sent out the following telegram to
President Mitchell at Hazteton : "Have
just heard from Philadelphia that the
operators have accepted the terms of
the Scranton convention. It is a
great victory and will irake our or
ganization a power in the anthracite
as well as in the bituminous field , if
our members will continue to pursue
the same peaceful , dignified and con
servative course
Gone to Washington.
FORT WORTH , Tex. , Oct. 22. Mar-
jo Fixico , leader of the discontented
Creek Indians who oppose the allot
ment of land , has gone to Washing
ton to consult with President Mc-
Kinley. Fixico has dispersed his fol
lowers. He states that he and his
party will never agree to the ratifica
tion of the treaty , but will stand by
the treaty of 1866. He will assemble
his council on his return from Wash
ington.
Waldersee Kxpects Recall.
PEKIN , Oct. 19. ( Via Shanghai ,
Oct. 22. ) Marshal Count Waldersec
said this morning tnat he regarded the
campaign as over and expected to be
recalled , personally , soon.
The ministers of the powers are not
ready to meet Prince Li Hung Chang
and Prince Ching Saturday , so the
meeting will probably be adjourned.
Oscar Wilde Near to Death.
PARIS , Oct. 22. Oscar Wilde was
taken to the hospital a few days ago.
Yesterday he underwent a surgical
operation and is now lying dangerous
ly near death at the Hospital la Sal- '
petriere.
Adopts 2feiv Election
FRANKFORT , Ky. , Oct. 22. The
two houses of the legislature passed
the non-partisan election law agreed
upon by the conference committee.
There is no doubt that Governor
Beckham will sign it. The democrats
of the house this morning held a cau
cus -and endorsed it as a party meas
ure. The vote in the caucus was
close , but when it was put on its pass
age in the house it received an unani
mous vote. In the senate four demo
crats voted against it.
PORTER'S NAME ENDORSED.
Supreme Court Upholds the Secretary of
State In Ills Decision.
LINCOLN , Oct. 22. The supreme
court reversed the order of Judge
Holmes of the district court directing
Secretary of State Porter to certify
to the county clerks the nominations
of the populist party. This decision
will permit the county clerks to use
the prefix , "mid-road , " put on the sam
ple ballots by Secretary Porter. The
populist candidates argued through
their attorneys that the court had no
jurisdiction to try the issues of the
case , but upon this case all three
judges agreed. Chief Justice Norval ,
however , dissented from the judgment
of reversal. No opinion was handed
down in the case , the decision being
simply entered oa the court record.
Guilty of Attempted Murder.
WEST POINT Neb. , Oct. 22. The
trial of William Hart in the district
court on a charge of attempted mur
der was concluded Saturday and the
ease given to the jury. After be
ing out a short time they returne-1
a verdict of guilty. An application for
a new trial on the grounds of newly
discovered evidence was filed this
morning and will be passed upon ,
most probably , this evening.
The crime for which the accused
was convicted of a most atrocious
one. The woman , Christina Johnson ,
had for some time been the paramour
of the prisoner , Hart , and on her re
fusal to continue the illicit relations
which had heretofore existed between
them he deliberately shot at her five
times with a revolver , missing her
every time. One bullet grazed her
neck , inflicting a slight flesh wound of
no importance , but otherwise she was
unscathed. The verdict gives general
satisfaction.
Cases to Ho Called.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Oct. 20. Below will
be found a list of cases that will be
called for hearing before the supreme
court on November 7 , 1900 :
Morris vs. Linton , Douglas ; Phila
delphia Mortgage & Trust Co. vs.
Buckstaff Bros. Mfg. Co. , Lancaster ;
Philadelphia Mortgage & Trust Co. vs.
Hutchins , Lancaster ; Buck vs. Stuben ,
Sarpy ; Bank of Stockham vs. Alter ,
Hamilton ; Adams vs. Osgood , Doug
las ; Brown vs. Sloan , Pawnee ; State ,
e xrel Wahoo Water Works vs. Wahoo
Saunders ; Hanscom vs. Meyer , Doug
las ; First National Bank , Plattsmouth ,
vs. Gibson , Cass ; State , ex rel Gordon
vs. Moores , Douglas ; Smith vs. State ,
Nemaha ; eRnard vs. Wyckoff , Wash
ington.
S11 ( rar Beet Culture.
SOUTH OMAHA , Oct. 22. President
Bui-ness of the local sugar beet fac
tory is busily engaged these days in
buying all of the sugar beets he can
find in this vicinity. It is the in
tention of Mr. Burness to make a
thorough canvass of the territory trib
utary to South Omaha with a view
of inducing farmers to plant sugar
beets next spring. He says that most
any farmer can put in an acre of beets
without any great trouble , as the seed
is not expensive. Down below Bellevue -
vue several farmers are preparing to
plant large crops of beets , as the ev-
periment made on the island this year
has proven entirely successful.
Buried by Falling Walls.
FREMONT , Neb. , Oct. 22. A couple
of men engaged in tearing down an
old building back of the city hall had
a narrow escape. Without any warn
ing the two side walls of the building
fell in , burying the men amid a mass
of debris. They were removed as
soon as possible to a boarding house
near by tand a physician summoned.
One of them , C. C. Clark , had his foot
and ankle badly bruised and the other ,
C. Jensen , sustained some internal in
juries. N. Rasmussen , the owner of
the building , who was working with
the men , fortunately escaped unin
jured.
Money Continues to Come.
OMAHA. Neb. , Oct. 22. Mayor
Moores is still receiving contributions
to the Galveston relief fund and esti
mates that the entire amount sent to
the sufferers by November 1 will be
$9,000. Most of the money has been
sent direct to Galveston. West Gal
veston , Alvin and several other small
towns were sent $100 each. An appeal
has come from Velasco and the sur
rounding country , in which not a sin
gle house escaped the floods. The
mayor will send ? 100. to E. B. Hoeble.
chairman of the Velasco relief commit
tee , and will also send $50 to Arcola.
I/very Barn IJurned.
TABLE ROCK , Neb. , Oct. 22. J. B.
Beck's livery barn burned here and
seven head of horses perished in the
flames , while several vehicles and a
quantity of hay and grain were de
stroyed. By heroic efforts the fire
men saved Mr. Beck's residence and
neighboring houses. The loss is
$3,000.
Gors After nail Insurers.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Oct. 22. Attorney
General Smyth has bean granted leave
to docket a petition to oust the Ne
braska Grain Growers Mutual Hail
association from doing business in Ne
braska because it has failed to secure
a permit from the state auditor.
Whi-els Cut Off a Hand.
AINSWORTH , Neb. , Oct. 22. As W.
S. Garcelon , an employe of the McCormick -
mick Harvester and Machine company
went to board the 5 o'clock freight
here this morning he slipped and fell
under the wheels and his left hand was
cut off.
Siicezinsr Causes Death.
CALLAWAY.Neb. . . , Oct. 22. While
churning for her mother the nine-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Ross , residing about ten miles we t
of this place , was seized with a fit of
sneezing. Her parents paid but Iittl3
attention to it until it became so seri
ous that she could hardly get her
breath between the attacks , when they
became alarmed and summoned a doc
tor. It was in vain that he tried to
check it , until just before she ex
pired , when she became unconscious ,
and passed away , just thirteen hours
after she was seized with it.
ALMA BANK CASE ON TRIAL.
Affairs Grcntly Simplified by J ml go Mun-
ger of tlio Ifcclerul Court.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Oct. 20. Affairs
have been greatly simplified by Judge
Hunger of the federal court in the suit
of the state against the First National
bank of Alma and its stockholders.
The attorneys were prepared to read
reams of papers and to talk endlessly
on the complicated question presentel ,
but the judge ordered a special finding
of the facts , and the first witness , Au
ditor Cornell , was called.
The case grows out of the failure of
the bank in 181)7 ) , which was a state de
pository at the time. Treasurer Bart-
ley had on deposit $40,624. Twenty-
five thousand of this sum the state
seeks to recover , that being the maxi
mum the treasurer was allowed to de
posit under the law. Suit was origin
ally brought in the district court of
Harlan county , but was dismissed and
transferred to the federal court.
This is set up by the defendants as
one of the grounds for dcnfense. They
also claim that the fact that the de
pository bond was not renewed at the
beginning of Bartlcy's second term
should excuse them from liability. It
has been proven that Hartley was bet
ting 6 per cent interest on his deposit ,
but allowing the state only 3 per cent ,
reserving half for himself. Judge Wil
liam Gaslin , one of the defendants ,
says this agreement vitiates the con
tract entered into by the bank's sure
ties since it was entered into by Presi
dent Burr and Cashier Sullivan with
out the knowledge or ratification of
the board of directors
Oiimlm Girl Wins the Medal.
AURORA , Neb. , Oct. 20. The state
Woman's Christian Temperance union
closed its annual convention Avith a
diamond medal and musical concert in
the opera hcuse. The contestants
were : Mayme Listen of Beatrice , Lil
lian J. Challis of Omaha. Ora E. Shin-
rock of Omaha , Albert \Volfe of Odell ,
Grace McDonald of Murray , Guy Mun-
sell of Omaha. Miss Ora E. Shinrock
of Omaha , was the successful contest
ant. The diamond medal was present
ed to her in an appropriate speech by
Hon. L. O. Jones of Lincoln. The
prize offered the musical contestants
was awarded the Wood-Burt quartet.
The convention pledged $1,000 to be
paid by January 1st to the temple.
Farmers Seek New Land.
OMAHA , Oct. 20. Homeseekers
made a crush all by themselves at the
Union and Burlington passenger sta
tions Friday.They were availing them
selves of the regular homeseekera
rates ; while those trom Illinois were
coming on the round trip rate of § 12
to any5 point in Nebraska. Every in
coming and outgoing road without ex
ception , had extra cars. Union Pacific
No. 5 went cut in two sections , am !
the Burlington for the west also went
out in two sections. It was a crowd of
as industrious and honest looking
people as ever boarded a train. Near
ly all carried immense valises and car
petbags and lunch baskets.
Good Tinier nt Fierce.
PIERCE , Neb. , Oct. 20. This year
has been one of unexpected prosperity
to the citizens of Pierce. The volume
of trade has been exceedingly large ,
and the merchants are more than sai-
isfied. The following gentlemen have
built fine residences : H. H. Mohr , house
and barn , $25,000 ; C. E. Huton , hou e
and barn , $3,000 ; A. L. Brandle , house- ,
$1,200 ; George E. Drebert , housi ,
$2,000 ; W. B. Chilves , house , $4,000 ;
C. Jewet , house , $1,000.
Judge Post Hack from Alaska.
CODUMBU3 , Neb. , Oct. 20.
A. M. Post returned from Alaska ,
where he went as one of three district
attorneys for the territory. He will
not return to Alaska until spring. Ho
left Eagle City September 26th , biit
stopped a few days at Dawson City , and
also a few days at Skaguay. While in
Alaska he traveled lSjOO miles on the
Yukon river. The judge is in the best
of health.
Struck by Lig
CRETE , Neb. , Oct. 20. A severe
thunder storm risited Crete and vicin
ity. The rain fell in torrents , the wea
ther guage showing .50 of an inch in
lees than half an hour. The storm was
accompanied by a heavy wind and hail.
Mrs. Beal of this city was struck dea-l
by lightning about 7 o'clock. She was
out on the front porch of her residence
when there cme a loud crash of thun
der , accompanied by a vivid flash of
lightning. She was instantly killed by
the shock.
Brutal Assault on a Girl.
FAIRBURY , Neb. , Oct. 20. John
Gerberding of Plymouth precinct. was
brought to Fairbury and jailed , charg
ed with assaulting Anna Mieroth , a 14-
year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mie
roth. He had overpowered the girl ,
but her screams were heard by her
brother , who grabbed a shotgun , and
when Gerbending started to run shot
him twice in the back. As the shot
was fine the wounds inflicted are not
fatal. Gerberding was bound over to
the district court.
Examine Rural Delivery Routes.
TABLE ROCK , Neb. , Oct. 20. C. E.
Llewellyn of Omaha , special agenc of
the postoffice free rural delivery , was
in' town a day or two ago looking
after the establishment of a route from
this place. As there have been two or
more proposed routes and there will
have to be more preliminary work
done he will return a little later to
determine the matter and establish tae
route selctd.
Burglars liald .icrorn.
AURORA , Neb. ' , Oct. 20. Burglars
entered the postoffice at this place , bat
failed to find anything except a few
pennies. They also visited the drug
store of G. B. Williamson and opened
the safe , securing therefrom about $15
in old coins which were kept as me
mentos , also a valuable gold ring set
with the monogram , "K. P. " Hart's
bloodhounds were put on the scent and
tracked the burglars to the depot at
Hampton , six miles east , where it is
supposed the burglars boarded a train.
Y V-
New York Ynlo Men' . Now Home.
' clubhouse
The New York Yale club's new
street ,
Forty-fourth
house , on West -
will bo eleven stories *
near Fifth avenue , f
will have a facade ot fe.
ies high , and and a e.
trimmings
brick , with limestone
granite base. The building has been
estimated to cost $250,000. The base-
used a bicycle room.
Went will be as
The first floor will bo used as a grill
room. The parlors will be on the second
end floor. The third to the eighth
floor will be used as apartments for
members , and the ninth floor as a pri
vate class and dining room. The meet
ing rooms will take up the tenth floor ,
and the kitchen and servants' rooms
the eleventh floor. A garden will > be
provided for on the roof.
WHEN YOUNG MEN GO CALLING
What to Wear , How to Act , When to
Arrive ami Depart.
In making an afternoon call a man
usually leaves his overcoat , umbrella
or stick , hat and gloves in the hall
before entering the drawing-room. Ho
may , if he choose , carry his hat and
stick into the room at a first or formal
call , if it is to be very brief , except
at a reception. He removes his right
glove before offering to shake hands.
He never offers his hand first , but waits
the invitatlo of his hostess. If she
Is behind her tea-table , she may not
rise to greet him , but gracefully In
cludes him in the conversation and
perhaps bows her adieus. It is an evi
dence of good breeding to enter and
leave a room unobtrusively. It Is not
usual to introduce a guest upon his
entrance to more than one other. He
never sl\.kes bands when presented tea
a woman , but always when Introduced
to a man. He may leave upon the ar
rival of other guests after fifteen min
utes , turning his back as little as pos
sible upon the company and bowing
comprehensively at the door. A woman
never accompanies a man to the vesti
bule , but takes leave of him in the
drawing-room. It is no longer cus
tomary to press one's guest to call
again. The lady always gives the in
vitation to call. A man must not go
beyond an evident pleasure in her so
ciety by way of suggestion. Sometimes
a woman friend will exert herself for
him. The sooner the call .follows the
invitation the grater the compliment.
A fortnight is the usual interval. Mrs.
Burton Kingsland. in the October
Ladies' Home Journal.
POLJCii L.AUOU. 66.
Attempt to Ircal ; Hoodoo Spell py TurnIng -
Ing : It Up side JJinvii.
Star GG of the Lo.- ? Angeles police
force' world seem to be a hoodoo. Tha
first officer who wore star 66 was a
man named M.\guire He had worn
it only a few months when a distress
ing combination of business and fam
ily troubles drove him to suicide. They
fouml him one morning lying on the
sward , with a bullet hole in his breast.
After Maguire's untimely end no one
appears to have worn it regularly for
several months. Then it came to be
the badge of John Craig. Craig was a
handsome man , tall and attractive. He
married a daughter of Hunter , a pi
oneer living out near Tropico. For a
time Craig was prosperous. Then al
cohol sent him to the dogs at a break
neck speed. Even his wife , after in
finite endurance , had to leave him and
seek refuge , with her children , in her
father's house. For a while Craig
amused himself with annoying her
pettily , until one day he borrowed
enough money to get drunk and buy
two revolvers. He drove out to Hunt
er's house , shot his wife dead as she
was approaching the screen door at
which he stood ; then turned another
revolver on her brother , inflicting
frightful wounds , from which he will
never recover. The madman then
jumped into his buggy and drove at.
top speed to the town house of the
Hunters on Bueua Vista street , found
the old man Hunter and his aged wife
sitting on the front porch , and shot
them both dead in their chairs. From
Craig , star GG ccems to have been
transferred to Sephenson , one of the
best-known and most popular of the
older officers. He wore it until a se
vere and seemingly incurable inflam
matory rheumatism carried him onto
the retired list long before his time
and left him a crippled pensioner.
After Stephenson was retired the star
of misfortune was given to Fowler.
What happened to Fowler is recent
history. After a multitude of troubles
with the police commission he still
clung to the unlucky star , and one
night three officers without right.
Fowler asserts by force took it away
from him and locked him up. Now
he is suing , them for heavy damages.
The officers up at the police station ar
now handing star 6G around , but no
one is willing to admit that he is afraid
to wear it.
Nevertheless they all seem
a bit squeamish about the thing ! The
other day an officer was wearing the-
star upside down " "
with
, the 66" re
versed. He appeared to be No. 99.
Will that charm away the hoodoo of
star 667 Los Angeles Times.
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gold medals have been awarded by the
International Jury of Awards at the
Paris Exposition , to Libby , McNeill
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excellence and superiority of their
canned foods. Here in America , the t
"Libby" Brand has always-been recog
nized ar typical of the highest stand
ard of excellence attained in the pres
ervation of meats , and it is a notice
able fact that the products of Libby
*
McNeill & Libby have received the
highest awards at every Exposition
held in the United States during the
past two decades. This firm issues a
book "How to Make Good Things to
Eat , " which will be mailed free oa
to V
