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BRIEF TELEGRAMS t
An official circular is out announc
ing tho appointment of F N Casanavo
as general superintendent of motive
power of the Baltimore Ohio rail
road
Marshal George C Welsh of St
Marys Kan was shot and dangerous
ly wounded by Edmond Williams
whom lie had arrested for a trivial
offense
Ihe grain carrying railroads have
decided on an increase of half a cent
a bushel on grain that is carried down
the lakes and sent east from Buffalo
by rail
George Kennedy a veteran of the
civil war dropepd dead on a public
road near his home near Terre
Haute Ind death being due to heart
disease
Z N Estes Go a well known
grocery and cotton firm of Memphis
assigned The liabilities are placed
at 116750 with assets estimated at
250000
The state department has concluded
from its last advices that there is rea
sonable doubt as to the nationality of
the brigands who kidnaped Miss El
len Stone
A sail boat cantaining seven per
sons capsized in West lake at Kala
mazoo Mich and Mrs Peter Krodyke
P Van Halst and Miss Edith Maud
were drowned
A dispatch from Christiania says
that the condition of Henrik Ibsen
the Norwegian dramatist and poet
has grown worse and that his death
is hourly expected
A spark from a locomotive started
a fire on the property of the Plymouth
Cordage company at Plymouth Mass
which caused a loss of 100000 Most
of the loss was on 4000 bales of Ma
nila hemp
The pork packing establishment of
Henry Muhs at Passaic N J was
destroyed by fire The loss is esti
mated at 17a000 Thomas Kelly a
fireman fell from the roof of the build
ing and was dangerously hurt
Henry E Copper secretary of Ha
waii has arrived at Washington and
denied the report that he was bear
ing the resignation of Governor Dole
to the president Mr Copper said
that the governor had never even in
timated that he had any such purpose
of resigning
Mrs Paula Ham living for years
tvith her daughter Mrs George God
dard a few miles east of Charles City
la is dead She was a few months
over 100 years of age She was born
in New York and came to Ohio some
fifty years ago and reared a large
family of children several of whom
survive her
The annual report of the Illinois
Central railroad for the fiscal year
ending June 30 shows gross receipts
from traffic of 36900460 The in
crease from traffic after deducting
the expenses of operation and taxes
was 11058668 Other items brought
up the increase of the road from all
sources to 13563850
James Boyd one of the two men
m
arrested at Hamilton O for an al
leged attempt to rob the county treas
urer admitted that he is John Ryan
of Chicago who is wanted for rob
bing the Bluffs 111 bank of 2100
last October He served six years in
the Nebraska penitentiary for shoot
ing an officer in 1892
According to negotiations now in
progress there is a probability that
Stanford university will enlarge its
sphere of intercollegiate debating by
meeting a team from the University
of Nebraska this fall Such a con
test would be the first on record be
tween colleges of the east and west
The British success at Fort Itala
is now known to be greater than at
first reported Two hundred Boers
were killed and more than 300 were
wounded or captured
Major Surgeon R S Griswold re
ported in Manila dispatches as killed
or missing was a son of R S Gris
wold of Lyme Conn The family is
one of the best known in Connecti
cut At the outbreak of the Spanish
war Dr Griswold enlisted in the
First Conecticut volunteers and was
appointed first assistant surgeon
At Little York Ohio Mrs Carrie
Curtis drown ed her two children and
herself in a well
The Penn American Plate Glass
works shut down at Alexandria Ind
throwing 800 men out of employ
ment No reason was assigned
It is reported here says a dispatch
from Shanghai to the London Stand
ard that on the arrival of the court
at Hai Fong Fu the empress dowa
ger will disinherit the heir apparent
Fu Chun on the pretext that he is
leading a life of dissipation
There was organized in Buffalo N
Ya company which will assume con
trol of the McKinley mines located
in White Pine county Nevada The
company is capitalized at 1000000
aid will be incorporated under the
laws of the state of New Jersey
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BY TRAITOROUS HANDS
Eotejsl of American Soldiers is Done
After Oath of Allegiance
MASSACRE NOT IN ORDINARY WAY
Many of the Murderers Are Officeholders
Under tho Government Xnclnde Pres
ident of BalanRlga Warning Given
and Macli Irecntion Taken
MANILA Oct 7 Major Morris C
Foote of the Ninth United States in
iantry who has returned here from
the island of Samar was in Balangiga
the day before the disaster to Com
pany C He says Captain Connell had
been fully warned and had taken
what he Major Tote considered ev
ecy necessary precaution
Information that a plot was brew
ing among the Filipinos came to Ma
jor Foote from a priest who said it
was in the plans of the populace at
both Balangiga and Basey to attack
the garrisons and that the Basey gar
rison was to be attacked from a cock
pit in the rear of the barracks Or
ders were immediately given to demol
ish the cockpit and extra guards were
stationed
There is intense feeling throughout
the army because of the massacre
which would not be the case to any
such extent had it been the work of
ordinary insurgents The latter might
have been expected to commit such
an outrage Feeling is paiitjlcularly
intense in military circles because the
authors of the massacre were pacificos
most of whom had taken the oath of
allegiance and many of whom in
cluding the president of Balangiga
were actually holding office
Some of the after effects are al
ready shown at many points partic
ularly at Baulan and Caloocan in
the province of Batangas and Manila
where disaffection is manifesting it
self although it is not likely to be
allowed to go far
On the other hand the officers and
troops at all the garrisons throughout
the archipelago feel that the disas
ter conveys a lesson that in- itself calls
for increased vigilance
Considerable interest attaches to the
case of Oakley Brooks a military
prisoner to be deported The supreme
court recently issued a writ of habeas
corpus directing the production of the
prisoner but the military authorities
refused to deliver him on the ground
that the only tribunal having juris
diction over a military prisoner was
the supreme court While the Philip
pine courts were established by the
war powers of the president the mili
tary authorities contend that they are
to be regarded as provost courts until
congress has acted
The members of the supreme court
and a majority of the members of
the Philippine commission hold oppo
site views but it is understood that
the attorney general believes the mil
itary contention to be correct
2seir Doctor In Theology
ZANESVILLB O Oct 7 There
was a notable gathering of Catholic
clergy and laity here today to witness
the conferring of fhe degree of doc
tor of sacred theoogy on Right Rev
Ij F Kearney provincial of the Do
minican order Dr A V Higgins of
New Haven Conn the venerable
prelate of the ordsr conferred the de
gree assisted by Bishop Moeller of
Columbus who celebrated high mass
Cardinal Martine i the papal dele
gate at Washington telegraphed his
congratulations Fifty prominent
clergymen were present from different
sections of the country
Strange Disease Among- Homes
ST JOSEPH Mo Oct 7 The vet
erinary surgeons of northern Mis
souri are kept running night and day
and at that are not able to meet all
the demands upon their professional
services Thousands of horses are af
flicted with an unknown disease hav
ing some symptoms of glanders
Deaths are numerous The disease
usually begins with a form of in
fluenza
llague in China Dying Ont
WASHINGTON Oct 7 United
States Consul McWade at Canton
China in a mail report dated August
5 last says that the plague then had i
almost entirely disappeared from
Canton and the hospital boats for the
treatment of plague patients had been
transferred from their moorings in
Pearl river opposite Canton to tem
porary stations below the leper vil
lage
Postoffice In Far -North
WASHINGTON Oct 7 Postoffice
Inspector Cluin has returned from a
trip of inspection through Alaska He
reports to the department that the
service is in excellent condition more
particularly in the Yukon valley
where towns have a mail service of
once a week in each direction He
established the northernmost post
office in the United States and what
is probably the northernmost post
office in the world
UPTON WAS ONE DAY Of REST
Owner of Ersiah Host Remains on Eric
Almost Alone
NEW YORK Oct 7 Sir Thomas
Lipton had the first day of absolute
rest yesterday he has had since he
arrived Erin was at anchor off West
Twenty sixth street but near the
Jersey shore and Its owner remained
on board all day There were very
few visitors Mr and Mrs Jameson
and Mr Watson had gone to Glen
Cove on a visit and the duke of Alba
was at his hotel in New York so Sir
Thomas had the ship to himself
When asked about his plans he
said After the dinner at the New
York Yacht club Tuesday night I have
a number of invitations to various
clubs but I have not decided which
I shall be able to accept as my time
is limited I shall go to Chicago as
the guest of the Chicago Athletic club
Tuesday of next week leaving here
Monday for that place It is not like
ly Shamrock will remain in commis
sion I am sorry it did not win at
least one race However I am going
to give Captain Seymour and the
crew of the Shamrock a banquet It
will probably be Thursday night I
feel that they have done their best
to make the boat win
PRAISES DEED Of CZ0LG0SZ
AnarchUt in Loudon Attack M cKlnleys
Career
LONDON Oct 7 A fairly well at
tended meeting of anarchists was held
in a hall in Tottenham Court Road
to hear a lecture on the assassination
of President McKinley by R E Kelly
of New York The audience largely
composed of foreigners applauded all
references to Saint Czolgosz and his
meritorious act The speakers includ
ed Emile Mastile the Italian anar
chist who described the assassination
as A deed of heroism Kellys lec
ture was a wild harrangue in de
nunciation of Mr McKinleys political
career He declared that they did not
try to justify the assassination but
rather to explain it as the outcome
of the oppression of workmen by cap
ital
If the killing of McKinley opens
the eyes of the capitalists and induces
them to treat the working people bet
ter cried the agitator then great
good will have been done
KRliGER IS BREAKING DOWN
Boer President Grudnatly Tnsiag His
Strength Mentally and Physically
THE HAGUE Oct 7 A D W
Wolmarans one of the Boer envoys
who has been visiting Mr Kruger at
Hilversum found the mental condi
tion of the former president of the
Transvaal to be by no means satis
factory Mr Kruger is slowly grow
ing weaker physically and mentally
His slowness in reaching a decision
on important questions is found to
be a serious hindrance to those work
ing in Europe in behalf of the Boer
cause At the slightest question re
garding his health Mr Kruger ex
hibits intense irritation and vehe
mently denies that anything is wrong
The approach of winter causes anx
iety as Mr Kruger refuses to leave
Holland
According to a remark made by a
prominent Boer the former presi
dents condition would long since have
been much worse if hatred of Great
Britain did not nerve him to con
tinue
3Iidniglit Thief Terrorizes
PUEBLO Colo Oct 7 This city
is in great excitement over a series
of murderous assaults upon women
and girls From what can be learned
they seem to have been committed by
the same person a negro or very
dark white man with his face blacked
Last night Mrs James P Henderson
was a victim being half killed with a
club while alone in her home Later
a girl in the family named Hamilton
was terribly choked by a man who
had forced his way in Mrs Hickey
who was struck down while riding a
bicycle two nights ago is still at the
point of death with a fractured skull
and can give no clear account of
what occurred Several other women
have recently been assaulted
South Dakota Alan Killed
CHICAGO Oct 7 J W Griffith a
horse dealer from Dakota City S D
was found with his skull fractured
on top of a stock car in the yards
at Fifty first street He died while
being taken to a hospital Griffith is
supposed to have been struck while
passing under the viaducts near the
yards
Preacher Shoots to Kill
CARBONDOLE 111 Oct 7 The
coroners jury summoned to inquire
into the killing of John C Brown on
the street of this city rendered a ver
dict exonerating Rev Joseph McCam
mish who shot him Brown jealous
of the preacher attacked him with a
knife on the public square but Mc
Cammish who had been told that
Brown threatened to kill him was
armed and shot his assailant through
the lung
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SYSTEM P0R GETTING STATISTICS
Deputy Assistant Watson Js Ready to lie
Shown
LINCOLN Oct 7 The officers of
the state bureau of labor and indus
trial statistics are endeavoring to
formulate a plan by which accurate
statistics may be gathered in Ne
braska With this purpose In view
Deputy Commissioned Watson has
been corresponding with statisticians
in various parts of the country and
the replies so far received indicate
that only a few of the states succeed
in obtaining a complete registration
The following discussion of the sub
ject was received from Chief Cressy
L Wilbur of the vital statistics divis
ion of Michigan
Many other states have endeavored
to collect mortality statistics but in
most cases with very poor success
Some of these are Pennsylvania
West Virginia Florida Alabama
Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Illinois
Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Califor
nia and Washington There are two
states which have adopted modern
systems of registration but so recent
ly that their results could not be pass
ed upon by the census so I am not
sure whether they can be Included in
the list of registration states or not
These are Colorado and Indiana Of
the latter I am quite sure that the
accuracy of the registration is very
good I may say also that the state
of Illinois has adopted a new law by
which certificates of death will be re
quired This law if effectually admin
istered may perhaps bring Illinois in
the list of registration states although
it has some very serious organic ef
fects
I hope that in the near future Ne
braska may adopt a satisfactory law
for the registration of votal statistics
Snould any such legislation be under
taken however it will be of great
importance to avoid the very serious
mistakes which are very frequently
made Thus Iowa only a few years
ago adopted new registration laws for
the collection of deaths which any
person at all informed in registration
methods could have said from the
start would be utterly worthless in
practice as they have since turned
out to be
A SENSATIONAL DIVORCE CASE
lulling of a Petition Sets Gossiping
Tongues Wagging
IOWA FALLS Oct 7 The filing of
a petition in the district court by
Mrs Fannie Wisner Crockett pray
ing for a divorce from her husband
Frank W Crockett has created a
sensation in this county where the
couple has lived for years and where
on account of their social position
they have been prominent In 1895
Mr Crockett married Mrs Fannie Wis
ner the widow of George H Wisner
a wealthy and prominent citizen of
this county One child was born to
the couple and the wife will ask cus
tody of the offspring The charge al
leged in the petition is incompatibil
ity of temper The case will prob
ably come up for trial at the next
term of court Mr Crockett was for
merly of Alden and later principal of
the schools at Williams For two
terms he was clerk of the district
court and is widely known in cen
tral Iowa The parties reside at El
dora
Tried to Kill Himself
FREMONT Neb Oct 7 An un
successful attempt to commit suicide
by hanging himself was made by Wil
liam Etherton a resident of Fremont
He became intoxicated and secured a
rope and went to the oarn He tied
one end to a rafter and put his neck
into a noose on the other end When
he swung himself off however the
rope broke
Captures t Horse lliief
WEST POINT Neb Oct 7 Sheriff
Philipps captured a horse thief from
South Dakota west of the city The
culprit is a large negro and had in
his possession two fine matched grays
He refused to give his name but stated
that he was bound for Kansas City
where he had intended to dispose of
the horses
General ami Mr Msnoergon Return
OIIAHA Oct 7 General SolicitOi
Manderson of the Burlington returned
home from a three weeks trip east
which included the late presidents
funeral at Canton the Buffalo expo
sition New York Philadelphia and
Washington He was accompanied by
Mrs Manderson
To Strengthen Institute
SPRINGVIEW Neb Oct 7 Dr A
T Peterson and Professor E A Bur
nett of the state university addressed
a farmers institute here and the farm
ers and stockmen weie delighted with
the manner in which those gentlemen
handled their subjects A county or
ganization was perfected which will
in the future assist in creating more
interest in the work of this organiza
tion J H Myers was selected for
president E H Williams secretary
WHEREABOUTS Of THE MONEY
State Treasurer Stuofer Tolls Where
Pnhlic Funds Are Deposited
LINCOLN Oct 5 State Treasurer
Stuefor makes the following statement
regarding disposition of public funds
The total amount in depository
banks is 39541813 As tho total
amount on hand is 6629 1213 the bal
ance on hand is 267524
The current fund bank account for
the month of September follows
Union National bank Omuhtt23lil90
United States National Omuha 2941541
National Bank of Commerce
Omaha iliU4Q
City National bank Lincoln 2S78754
Packers National South Omuhu 186S913
First National bank Lincoln 2129505
Saunders County National bank
Wahoo h 1003718
Adams County hank Huntings 979510
German Natlonol bank Hasting 8C3830
Bank of Commerce Louisville 3000000
Battle Creek Valley bank Battle
Creek 1000000
First National bank Alliance 412014
First National bank York 511803
First National Pawnee City S1403S
Broken Bow State Broken Bow 600000
Citizens bank McCook S9S05S
Union State bank Harvard G97347
City National bank York 385068
State bank at Curtis 423S49
Farmers and Merchants bank
Stromsburj 30S731
Bank of Cass County
mouth 1000000
Omaha National bank Omaha 4230309
Columbia National bank Lincoln 2904413
Merchants National Omaha 33538b7
Bank of Bazllo Mills Bazile Mills 150000
First National bank Holdrege 476881
First -State bank St Paul 450000
First National banlc Wavne 1i075vj
Pierce County bank Pierce 7000U
Bank of Orleans Orleans iOOOOO
Grand Island Banking company
Grand Island 1000003
First national bank of Loomis 500000
The above named banks have col
lectively given bonds to the amount
of 1913500 now on file in the audi
totrs office These bonds have been
examined and approved by a board
composed of the governor attorney
general and secretary of 3tate before
the deposit of any state funds None
of these banks have a deposit to ex
ceed one third of the amount of the
bond given by the bank The securi
ties on my bond for 1500000 are the
Fidelity and Deposit company and
the United States Fidelity and Guar
antee company both of Baltimore
Md
Favors Union Pacllir
OMAHA Oct 5 Judge Smith Mc
Pherson in the United States court
at Council Bluffs ruled that the east
half of the Union Pacific railway
bridge across the Missouri is not liable
for the payment of regular city taxes
The decision was handed down in the
suit brought by William Arnd treas
urer of Pottawattamie county to re
cover taxes from 1897 to 1900 inclusive
amounting to 14000
Charged with Kmbezlinj
HASTINGS Neb Oct 5 Sherift
Gustus of Phelps county arrested C A
Jarvis of Holdrege here on the charge
of embezzlement Jarvis had been
employed as agent for the McCormfck
Harvesting Machine company at Hold
rege and is accused of embezzling
800 belonging to the firm at Holdrege
Sheriff Gustus took his prisoner to
Holdrege
Itnral Mall Itnutr
MINDEN Neb Oct 5 The rural
free mail routes started from this
point last week The routes were sur
veyed last spring but delayed in
starting Four carriers leave daily
and their routes average about thirty
miles The carriers are Dr Ayres
H Slusser Stephens and Jones
Iail Shoots Off an Arm
SHELTOX Neb Oct 5 A son of
Lawrence Yehland a larmer living
five miles southwest of Shelton while
hunting accidentally shot himself in
the left arm shattering the member
so that amputation was necessary
Ends Troublf With a Bullet
OMAHA Oct 5 John Woodward
an officer of the Metropolitan Insur
ance company committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head
with a pistol He leaves a wife and
daughter the former living in Lin
coln
Kaiichmaii Knocked lincoiirrinus
LONG PINE Neb Oct o While
herding cattle S Runolfson a ranch
man north of town was thrown from
his horse by it stepping into a gopher
hole His head and chest were badly
injured and he is not expected to live
More HlortcaceB In Polk Countr
OSCEOLA Neb Oct 5 The mort
gage indebtedness of Polk county as
shown by the records in the clerks of
fice was increased for the month of
September 800280
T ectnren on Heantlful Nebraska
KEARNEY Oct 5 Mr Moses Sy
denham the pioneer editor of this
city has evolved a lecture on Our
Beautiful Nebraska which he pro
poses delivering at such times and
places as various committees may
elect Mr Sydenham has lived in the
state over forty years has made a
study of its resources past and pros
pective and will no doubt make in
teresting talks along lines that ought
to interest every citizen
Done Knovr Their Value
which seem
There are somo things
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Mrator and a thlrt Is tho WJJ
chair Americans mms
want these articles so badly tbattfcey
even send home for them but amonfc
the French there Is no demand ior
them whatever and American manu
facturers only waste energy in trymt
to create a market for them
This Bojr Has a Street Car PM
affable
In Detroit there is a remarkably
fable and intelligent Boston terrier
whose owner carries a photograph oi
the dog On the back of the photo
graph Is an order signed by the su
perintendent of the lines directing the
conductors of all street cars In tho city
to permit the dog Ben Bolt la ma
name to board their cars As aen
Is known to most of the conductors it
Is rarely necessary for his owner to
Bhow the order
In His Pnlplt
Rev Samuel Scoville Henry Ward
Beechers son-in-law has become asso
ciate pastor with Rev Dr Hillis over
Pljmouth church Brooklyn Mr Sco
ville has held several Congregational
pastorates in Connecticut and else
where and recently resigned as pastor
at Vineland N J to take thi3 place
Ibsen Getting Well
Ibsen has almost completely reeov
ered from his Illness but his
do not yet allow him to do any
brain work so that When the Dead
Awake remains his last effort Every
day he takes a ride in the park near
his home in Christiania as well as a
short walk though his gait is still
Infirm
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT
Bryant Mo Oct 7th The case of
Mrs M A Goss continues to bo the
chief topic of conversation In this
neighborhood Mrs Goss was a crip
ple for a long time with Sciatica she
was so bad she couldnt turn over In
bed and for four months she lay on
one side
She had tried everything without
getting any relief till at last she
heard of Dodds Kidney Pills She is
strong and well today and has not a
single ache or pain
Mrs Goss says I dont know If
Dodds Kidney Pills will cure any
thing else or not but i do know they
will cure iciatica for they cured me
and there couldnt be a worse case
than mine
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