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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1896)
i I t 11 I I 5 VI i V t F t - vr pb almtine jfljenwcrat SUCCESSOK TO CHERRY COUSTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT B GOOD - JSditou Pjiop VALENTINE A - - t K 1 - NEBRASKA GOV BOIES ON CUBA EX GOVERNORS VIEWS ON CUBAN SITUATION Bralceman Badly Injured THE letter Addressed to Creelman the War Correspondent Recently Ex pelledfrom the Island Sympathizes With the Struggling Islanders The Ex Governor on Cuba Gov Horace Boies of Iowa has ad dressed the following letter to James A Creelman the war correspondent recently expelled from Cuba Waterloo Iowa July 2 To James Creelman Esq My Dear Sir On my return from the farm I find on my table yours of the 27th ult and the beautiful Cuban flag you were kind enough to send me I sincerely thank you for each The view you express of the brave peo ple who have battled so long and with such heroic courage for a place among the nations of the earth could not fail to touch a sympathetic chord in every American freemans breast That the day will soon come when the Spanish Government will realize what has long been apparent to the rest of the world that a brave people widely sepa rated from the seat of their parent Gov ernment thirsting for liberty determined to obtain it at any cost are and will always be a source of weakness instead of strength and expense instead of profit of grief instead of joy to the Government that holds them in subjection by force is I am sure the universal wish of every lover of freedom in all the nations of the globe and bjr none is that wish uttered with such excess of desire as by those of our own country who revere the flag our fathers defended in a struggle as deadly as that in which our Cuban neighbors are now engaged Sincerely yours Horace Boiks TRADE FOR THE PAST WEEK Midsummer Dullness Prevails in All Lines of Business R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of Trade says An extensive shut down of cotton mills is solely in the hope that half production in July and August may clear a largely overstocked market Wheat declined 1 cents and recovered 33 cents but western receipts continue remarkably large 2411719 bushels as against 811 S10 last year for the same week Atlantic exports show a similar increase and for live weeks flour in cluded have been 9847073 bush els against 5855427 last year The stocks in sight are greater than a year ago and though winter wheat yields less spring wheat seems likely with fair weather to yield more than last year Corn promises remarkably well and also oals Cotton greatly needs rain in parts of Texas but the best of reports come from most other sections and a large in crease in acreage is generally reported The closing of many mills both north and south causes another decline of a six teenth in the price and proves that past consumption has been to a considerable extent unreal Failures for the week have been 257 in the United States against 197 last year and 22 in Canada against 24 last year GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE in an Illinois Wreck An extra freight train on the Peoria Decatur and Evansville Railroad run ning down hill at a high rate of speed went through Brush Creek bridge one mile south of Newton 111 literally de molishing the structure reducing eight box cars loaded with ties and lumber to splinters and leaving the caboose hang ing to the piling C B McKnight a brakeman had both legs broken and re ceived internal injuries The damage will amount to many thousand dollars A broken pair of trucks threw a car from the track and caused the wreck Will Hurt Our Export Trade Reports from the United States consu lar officers in Germany indicate that the oleomargarine bill which passed the reichstag if it receives the approval of the bundesrath will have a serious effect up on certain American industries and prin cipally upon the cottonseed oil export trade The new law is most severe in its terms and is intended to prevent the com petition of artificial butter with the real article although its nominal purpose is to raise revenue Oldest Married Woman is Dead Mrs Mahala Starne who claimed to have lived a longer married life than any other woman in the United States died at Fort Scott Elan aged 93 She and her husband who still lives were married seventy two years ago in 2ew York They were the same age and were mar ried at IS She died of paralysis Wouldnt Allow Rough Work The fight between Billy Smith and Billy Gallagher at San Francisco was stopped by the police in the first round The men commenced slugging from the start and the police interfered on the ground that a license had been issued for a boxing match not a slugging contest Dayton to Have Elevated Tracks The board of city affairs of Dayton Ohio accepted the proposition of the rail road companies to construct elevated tracks through the city also to build a union railroad station at a cost of not less than 100000 Harriet Beecher Stoive Dead Harriet Beecher Stowe died at noon July 1 aged 54 The members of the family were at her bedside Her death was not unexpected as she had been gradually failing for a long time She was the author of Uncle Toms Cabin and a number of other books A Baraboo Elopement THlie Block 17 years old daughter of ex Policeman Block of Baraboo WisT went to call on friends and didnt come back Search revealed that she bad dipped and married Frank Cooper BICYCLISTS SCOFF AT THE LAW Grand Rapids Police Unable to Ar rest All Offenders The Grand Rapids Mich police court is not large enough to contain the bicyclists who were gathered in under the new and strict bicycle ordinance which was adopted lately The police took the name of every wheelman who was not rigidly obeying the clause requiring a bell to be rung within thirty feet of a street cross ing Arrests were made as rapidly as possible Several hundred wheelmen are under the ban including several promi inent merchants and lawyers The other afternoon the wheelmen went about the streets with gongs and cow bells attached to their wheels ringing thenjcontinuously making a terrible din They held a mass meeting to raise funds for a slaught on the ordinance legal on- NEW CUBAN BUDGET Heavy Increase in Taxes to Meet War Expenditures A new Cuban budget has been presented to the cortes at Madrid It gives the prob able expenditure of the fiscal year as 28 683132 pesos not including extraordinary war and navy items which are expected to exceed 74000000 pesos The internal revenues of the island are increased more than 11244500 pesos so as to offset the shrinkage of custom house receipts Land taxes are raised to 18 per cent License taxes are increased 15 per cent The in come tax is proportionately increased and the stamp taxes are increased 50 per cent Manufactured tobacco for home consump tion is to pay 2 per cent ad valorem as special tax Planted His Farm with Money Robert Harvey one of the oldest citi zens of Hendricks County Indiana died last Friday night Just before his death he muttered something about his buried money His sister began digging in the yard and found a tin box containing a large amount of monev Since that time almost 4000 have been found in various places often buried in loose earth His will gives this lot to his little grand daughter and her guardian is claiming the buried coin His other relatives also lay claim to the money and the legal fra ternity is trying to decide who really is the owner As Mr Harvey owned about 100 acres of land and said before he died that there is money on the farm too the search for his fortune will be a long one Cut Both Their Throats A brutal murder and a death by suicide occurred at Winnipeg Manitoba Wil liam Warren while intoxicated cut his wifes throat and gashed her head and face terribly with a razor and then drew the weapon across his own throat dying almost immediately A year ago he threatened to kill his wife and was sent to jail for a time Drink seems to have been the sole cause A respectable family and several grown up children are left All for a Wisdom Tooth A Grafton X D teacher sued a Graf ton dentist for 5100 alleged damages while extracting a wisdom tooth A largenumber of witnesses were examined including a number of expert witnesses and the expenses of the suit were very large The ladys bodily suffering during treatment was very great and the sym pathies of the public especially the fem inine portion were with the lady The jury awarded the girl 700 Peculiar Bicycle Accident A bicycle accident the like of which had never been heard of before by Blooni ington wheelmen and surgeons took place at Bloomington III Nicholas Din am a lad of 14 had the great toe of his left foot cut off by the sproket chain of a wheel as clean and smooth as if nipped off by a pair of shears Exactly how it was done the boy does not know Burglars Large Haul The large dry goods store owned by Charles Hutchinson at Fairbault Minn was entered by burglars who secured about 1500 worth of the finest silks gloves and other small and valuable goods Some money was also taken Burglars broke into the freight depot of the Milwaukee Rail way at the same place There is no clew Big Ore Shipments Iron ore shipments from Duluth and Two Harbors Minn for June broke all previous records reaching a total of 711 432 tons Duluth shipped 373494 tons and Two Harbors 837987 tons All shipments including grain flour lumber etc were far in excess of those in June 1895 Su perior shipped about 30000 tons of ore also Fruit Jars to Cost Double Advices from Pittsburg say because of he big fruit crops expected and the small stock of preserving jars on hand prices are expected to jump within the next few weeks vThe present cost of quart jars is 6 a gross The price by the endpf July is expected to be 12 Fight a Draw The ten round fight for points between Solly Smith of San Francisco and Johnny Lavack of Cleveland which lately occurred in the latter city was declared a draw The men were evenly matched and the contest was a spirited one Bermuda Case Jury Disagrees The jury in the case of John D Hart and other officers of the steamship Ber muda charged with carrying a military expedition to Cuba disagreed in the United States Court at New York and were discharged Bad Wrreck in Canada A west bound mail and express train on the Grand Trunk Railway was ditched near Cornwall by a broken rail The entire train went dowa an embank ment and many passengers were badly hurt Cleveland Leaves Washington President Cleveland has leftwashing ton for Buzzards Bay All executive business will be transacted at Gray Gables during the summer but official announce ments will be made from Washington People in Chicago According to the school census the pop ulation of Chicago is 1619226 a gain of 51499 oyer the school census of 1894 THOUSANDS ARE STARVING Fugitive Women and Greek Child ren in a Terrible Condition A New York Heralds Athens dispatch says Deputy Scouloudi a friend of the King and Minister of Marine under Tri eoupis has asked the Herald to express the wish of all Greeks that the United States Government should send a ship say the San Francisco to aid the starving fugitives women and children There are 5000 at Gonia and 7000 at Toint Platea The women are so weakened by exposure and lack of food that they can no longer suckle their children who are dying by hundreds Scouloudi says th Americans are the only people who can undertake this great humanitarian work without exciting jealousy and disagree ment It may be called to mind that in 1808 Admiral Farragut took off women and children under similar circumstances when Seward was Secretary of State When remonstrated with on that occasion by the Pasha Morris the United States Minister at Constantinople made this noble reply When we Americans un dertake humanity we dont ask the advice of anyone Deputy Scouloudi says these people are dying or are in immediate danger of death or massacre We are not asking money said he but humanitarian aid BATTLE WITH STRIKERS Several Men Wounded in a Fight with Deputy Sheriffs OverlOO shot were exchanged by deputy sheriffs and strikers on the morning of the 1st at Berestone Quarries near West View Ohio No one was killed but many have sore heads as the result of the hand to hand conflict The strikers ap proached the quarry with the intention ot driving out the non union men at work A sheriff with forty deputies ordered them to stop The strikers began firing and the light became general The striker were repulsed While the strikers were at West View the women in overwhelming numbers took the quarry at Berea by storm and drove out the workmen with clubs The sheriff was at West View with all but a handful of his deputies and in consequence the women had full sway When the news reached them that some of the strikers had been injured at West View the women were beside themselves with rage and were only kept in check by the large number of citizens that were hastily sum moned from the village Philadelphia Mint Shuts Down The United States mint at Philadelphia has shut down for two weeks during which much needed repairs will be made A statement showing the coinage for the year just closed follows Gold 2288185 pieces valuation 3aayy7 total silver coinage in pieces 13377626 valuation 703318970 five cent pieces 8153062 cents 46168422 pieces The excess of coinage for the year ending June 30 1896 over the previous fiscal year was 26020694 pieces valued at 1888307765 Romantic Outdoor Wedding Amid a wreath of flowers and under a large marquee erected on the most prom inent and beautiful elevation of land on the shore of Buttermilk Bay Mass Miss Josephine daughter of Charles B Jeffer son and granddaughter of Joseph Jeffer son the actor and Charles J Rolfe son of William Rolfe the Shakespearean scholar of Cambridge were married on the 30th Sixty guests were present among then Joseph Jefferson and Mrs Cleveland Indians Rob a Town A dispatch from Neoshomoko says four Indians rode into Neol a small town in Missouri and robbed the town It is im possible to ascertain the amount taken Nfo lives were lost The marauders started toward Sulphur Springs Ark and will probably be arrested So He Couldnt Preach Rev Ronard D Worth a New York Baptist preacher has been divorced from his wife Elvira M Worth in the courts at Perry Oklahoma He sworeshespoiled his Sunday coat to keep him from his preaching appointments and filled hi Sunday shoes with vater MARKETS i Signed the AmalgamatedScale The -Keystone Rolling Company of Pittsburg has signed the amalgamated scale It was the first firm in the country to sign Sioux City Hogs 2 822 92 Cattle Cows and Heifers 1 50 2 80 Stockers and Feeders 8 00 VealCalves S 50 Butchers Steers 3 30 Yearlings and Calves 8 00 Sheep 3 40 Wheat 45 Corn Oats Hay Butter Eggs 15 13 00 10 8 3 65 4 00 3 35 3 65 46 17 6 00 H 8 Chicago nogs 2 80 3 50 Cattle- Beeves 8 50 4 Stockers and Feeders 2 70 3 Wheat 55 Corn- 27 Oats ioi 50 75 Rye f 80 Timothy Seed 2 90 Flaxseed 7S South Omaha Hogs 2 90 3 10 Cattle- Steers 8 00 Cows 1 50 Feeders 2 90 Kansas City Hogs 2 50 Cattle- Beeves 3 Feeders 2 Sheep 2 4 10 3 35 3 65 3 80 00 4 80 60 4 00 50 5 10 4 2S 36 Minneapa lis Wheat June 0 54 July 52J Flax 73 Oats 16 OE A GEEAT STATE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS NEBRASKA OF Conductor on a Burlington Freight Has a Close Call from Death by a Bullet Fired at Him by a Tramp Other Items Assaulted by a Tramp An unknown tramp attempted to shoot Conductor Felker of a Burlington freight near Pacific Junction The tramp had boarded the train and when the conductor came forward he ordered him off The tramp replied with curses that he would not do it Felker got down to the tramp and in the fight that ensued the tramp was thrown off The train was not going fast and as soon as the tramp regained his feet he drew a revolver and fired three shots direct at the conductor The roll ing of the train probably saved the con ductors life One shot came dangerously close CROPS IN SPLENDID CONDITION Wheat and Rye Harvest Giving Sat- isfaction in All Sections Stromsburg July 2 The wheat and rye harvest is on in this section and is turning out good A large acreage of corn has been planted and several fields have already been laid by All kinds of crops never looked better at this time of the year Most of the corn is about ten days ahead of what it was last year at this me Osceola There was very heavy rain thunder and lightning around Osceola last night Lightning struck the resi dence of D C Burns tearing off some of the boards but the damage is slight Fremont This afternoon was one of the hottest of the season At 230 the mercury reached 94 degrees in the shade and the damp moist atmosphere made it very uncomfortable Wauneta There seems to be no end to the rain that almost daily deluges this county Last night rain fell in torrents for over an hour soaking the ground to a greater depth than for years past Corn is larger and stronger than ever before in the history of this country at this season A large portion of the small grain that was supposed to have been totally de stroyed by drouth will come out and make a good half crop Vegetation of all kinds is putting forth an abundant growth showing that the early prosper ous history of western Nebraska is to be repeated Odell One of the heaviest rains ever known in this section fell yesterday morn ing The lower part of Main Street was from three to six feet under water Houses and cellars were flooded Oats are down and badly damaged Several fields of wheat are washed away The railroad bridge west of town is out and one half mile of track is out on the branch and some four or five miles on the main line Farmers report considerable stock drowned Rabid Wolf Causes Trouble Three weeks ago a wolf ran into Will Welchs barnyard just outside of Nelson and began snapping at everything that came in its way A cow a calf and two hogs were bitten The hogs died several days ago Welch was not aware that the cow had been bitten until a few evenings ago she attacked him in the yard and he had a severe struggle to escape from the beast He secured her with a heavy chain to watch the progress of the case which developed into unmistakable hydrophobia and the cow and calf were killed In the melee with the cow a small portion of skin was knocked from Welchs finger and in catching the cow by the nose he got some of the saliva on the scratch A few days later the finger began to swell and to be somewhat painful He went to Shickley to have the madstone applied The stone adhered so tenaciously to the wound that it made him very sick It was applied a second and a third time the last time failing to adhere He does not anticipate any further trouble from the wound It is not known how much if any more stock was bitten by the rabbid wolf Supposed to Have Been Drowned The 19-year-old son of Asa Sleeth Methodist Episcopal presiding elder of the Beatrice district is missing and is sup posed to have been drowned in the Blue River He hired a boat the other night and rowed up the river His father be coming uneasy about him later in the evening instituted a search assisted by a number of men in boats one of whom about midnight found the boat used by the boy half a mile above the city floating bottom upward The rising river caused by the unprecedented rain prevented any satisfactory search for the body being made although large numbers of men dragged the river Jail Delivery at Parker Charley Hill and Swan Swensen broke Jail at Parker and escaped Hill was be ing held in default ot bail awaiting the action of the district court upon a charge of stealing horses there nearly three years ugo Swensen was being held in default of bail upon a charge of stealing lumber Swensen was caught Hill has not been heard from Polk County Mortgage Record The Polk County clerks office for the month of June shows that there were twenty two farm mortgages filed amount ing to 1756629 released twenty three 16882 city mortgages released four 51408 194 chattel mortgages filed 51S51 twenty five released 7050 County Fair Premium List The premium lists for the next county fair to be held at Fairbury September 15 to 18 are published The managers are offering better premiums than ever before and are making preparations for the best fair ever held there Clay County Man Adjudged Insane John Peterson a prosperous farmer liv ing a few miles east of Clay Center has bivn adjudged insane and will be taken to the asylum He Arose Early Frank Chase a stranger who has been employed for a few days by D S Roush a farmer near Grand Island arose early Sunday morning and appropriated two pair of trousers and a pocket bookcon taining but little money and fled He has a star an each arm in India ink and wears false teeth Quarreling Over Water Rates At a meeting of the city council of Ne braska City the other night an ordinance was introduced which provides for the erection of a water and lightnlant yss BIG LAWSUIT WILL FOLLOW Action of the Crawford School Board Creates Comment The annual meeting or the Crawfora school district held the other night pre sented an exceptional state of affairs Owing to deaths and resignations only one member of the old board retains his seat on the new board and five new members were elected During the past year the school has been under the charge of Prof Leetham as principal with Miss Buncher as assistant principal and four teachers under them The letiring board some tune ago appointed teachers for the ensu ing year giving Miss Buncher the princi palship and leaving Prof Leetham out Contracts were executed with the new teachers Prof Leetham remained there and was in evidence at the meeting where the main issue presented was his rein statement as principal His friends were out in force and as Miss Buncher is on a visit to the east her interests were not so well represented The attempted rein- statement of Leetham at this stage will no doubt bring on a keenly contested law suit The principal and in fact only objection urged against Miss Buncher was that she is a woman and the strangest part of the matter is that the majority of the electors present were women who went almost solid for the men who cried Down with the women Prof Leetham is an able and efficient teacher and did good work in the school labt year but his contract expired and Miss Buncher was simply promoted to the vacancy without having made application therefor FATAL QUARREL OF BROTHERS Charles Moore Shoots Frank in r Difficulty Near Benkelman A shooting affray which bids fair to re sult in a murder took place at Moores Ranch on Buffalo Creek four miles north east of Haigler Sunday morning and what makes il more sensational is the fact that the parties are brothers being Frank and Charles Moore in which the former made an assault upon the latter with a club whereupon Charles pulled his re volver and sent a 44 ca liber bullet clear through the body of his brother The bullet entered about the right nipple and went out through the back Sheriff Lat shaw Prosecuting Attorney James and a physician were summoned from Benkel man to go to Haigler where Charles went to give himself up to the authorities and was release on 300 bail The wounded man was found in a criti cal condition on his ranch and the physi cian leports only one chance in twelve for his recovery LIGHTNING LIGHTENS HIS LOAD Startling Experience of a Hall County Farmer in a Storm G C Riesland while on his way home with a load of hay was struck by light ning It appears the lightning struck the horses first killing them instantly run ning up the lines to Mr Riesland and burning and hacking him terribly He fell from the load of hay forward This frightened his two little girls who were covered up with a quilt sitting behind him and when he fell off of the wagon they uncovered and seeing the hay on fire jumped from the wagon unharmed and ran to the first house toward home This occurred two miles south of Wood River in front of where Mr May lives Mrs May seeing the fiie ran out and was just in time to pull Mr Riesland away from the hay or he would have been burned up Mr Riesland was brought home by Mr May - The doctors do not speak very favorably of his chanco for life Draper Fined for Assault The trial of Dan Draper charged with assaulting L C W Murray in the post office at Maynard on June 6 occurred at Plattsmouth According to the testimony of the eye witnesses Murray and Vet Draper were talking about the respective accounts each held against the other when Drapers son Dan remarked that Murray had been paid all that was due him In the argument the lie was passed and Dan Draper jumped onto Murray and struck him several severe blows one of which knocked his head through a glass door the broken glass cutting his lip nearly off gashing his nose cheek ears and neck He was then knocked down and kicked or struck in the ribs one of which was broken and another split The testimony was conclusive and Draper IVnc finat QOn nn1 nrnie III I Afraid of Unsafe Walls At the regular meeting of the Fremont city council the other night Martin Brooks who owns the block across the alley from the south wall of the building on Broad Street which was condemned by the chief of the fire department as un safe laid a communication before the council asking that some action be taken toward repairing it or tearing it down The city attoruey was instructed to pre sent an ordinance providing for the re pair of unsafe buildings Awarded Gold Medals At the St Catherines Academy com mencement exercises at Jackson the salu tatory was given by Miss Elizabeth Cain of ONeill who was awarded laurels for proficiency in studies and a gold medal for English composition Miss Gertrude Sawyers delivered the valedictory and was awarded the honor of being this young and exceedingly successful schools first graduate and also a gold medal Severe Storm at Cambridge A phenomenal storm of wind and rain with some hail passed over Cambridge on the 29th The rain came from all di rections in blinding sheets and has caused great damage Three miles of track west of Cambridge is badly washed away and a bridge is gone Shaw Bros general merchants suffered 500 damage on their store and stock Growing crops are badly damaged School Teacher Injured Miss McGawa young school teacher wno has been attending the teachers institute at Hastings was quite badly injured in a runaway She was driving to her home three miles northeast of that city when the horse became frightened and ran away Miss McGaw was thrown from the buggy in such a manner as to break the fibula of hsr left leg and dislocate the ankle Caught a Burglar Red Handed Officer Tehan caught Thomas Wilson coming out of Mintan Woodward Cos wholesale house at Grand Island with canned goods pickles rinmi i i mm aawfeeseEfai lrtorfal aucu tobacco attd cigarettes He was taken to the city jail aud searched and about 2 in nickels found on his person Burglars at Hastings Burglars entered the St Joseph and Grand Island depot at Hastings They drilled a hole in the safe but failed to blow it open It is thought to be the work of amatuers WTiCSCS56JC3SeCn A STATE CONTENTIONS REPUBLICANS NAME- NOMINEES FOR STATE OFFICES Jack MacColl for Governor on the Fifth Ballot Orlando Tafft for Lieutenant Governor The St Louis Platform Indorsed Republican State Convention Governor Jack MacCol J Lieutenant Governor Orlando Tafft Secretary of State J A Piper Auditor p O Hedlung Attorney General A S Churchill The Republican State Cenvention was called to order at 11 oclock a m at Lin coln on Wednesday Jnly 1 Dr G W Collins of Falls City was made temporary chairman H M Bushnell named H M Welts of Saline L D Richards proposed F A Hlckok of Dodge and J W ilc Farland did a like office for John Kuhn of Douglas for secretaries They were elected A delegate from Thayer coun ty proposed the appointment of a com mittee of five on credentials It was stated by the chairman there was a dispute over the delegation from Thurston county The state central committee recommended the seating of the Peebles delegation The list as pre sented by the state central committee except as to Thurston county wa22 adopted The temporary organization was maa permanent The chairman appointed as members of the credentials committee Nye of Pawnee C H Gere of Lancaster G W Covell of Douglas L D Richards ot Dodge and A R Kern of Pawnee Charles Miller of Fillmore proposed that a committee on resolutions be ap pointed to which all resolutions are to be referred without debating or read ing them Adopted without objection The chairman named as members oC the resolutions committee C H Gere of Lancaster John L Webster of Doug las Geo H Thummell of Hall Z W Colby of Gage Charles Miller of Fill more and E R Valentine of Cuming Gere was permitted to name B R Cowdry in his place on the credentials committee An attempt was made to take a recess until 2 oclock but thja was voted down A motion to take a recess until 130 was finally carried The convention was called to order at 145 p m by Chairman Collins G W Covell chairman of the com mittee on credentials reported in favor of seating the Peebles delegation from Thurston county and in favor of in creasing the representation of Chey enne county one vote This was adopt ed unanimously C A Atkinson of Lancaster moved that the convention proceed to the selection of nominees on call of counties without nominating speeches On the first call of counties the voto for governor was then announced C E Adams 154 MacColl 269 Eugene Moore 157 G H Melkeljohn 200 Hay ward 116 Elijah Filley 126 T J Majors 25 James Whitehead 1 C L Richards 2 The number of ballots necessary to nominate was 534 The call of counties on the second ballot was proceeded with ajid was announced by the secretary as follows MacColl 275 Melkeljohn 239 s ttayward 119 Adams 140 Filley 106 Moore 140 Majors 25 Richards 1 Whitehead 1 MacColl was nominated on the fifth ballot Other nominations were made as fol lows Lieutenant Governor Orlando Tafft Secretary of State J A Piper Auditor P O Hedlung Treasurer C E Casey Superintendent of Public Instruction H R Corbett ttorney General A S Churchill f The resolutions adopted declare for o protective tariff that cares for every American interest and secures the highest good for American labor a reci procity that while seeking out the worlds markets for our surrlus prod ucts will never yield up a single days wages that belong to the American workman a sound dollar -as sound as the government and as untarnlshPd as its flag a dollar that is good not only at home but good wherever the trade goes as good in the hands of a farmer or a workingman as in the hands of a capitalist a manufacturer of a corpora tion The platform concludes as follows The republicans ot Nebraska most heartily indorse the nomination of their first choice Wm McKlnley of Ohio for president and Garret A Hobart of New Jersey for vice president and pledge them their enthusiastic and un divided suoDort Blue Runners Have Good Sigh Talk about quickness of vision said the rounder the other day I doubt if there is anything alive which has such remarkable eyesight as an ordin ary blue runner snake You know that I am a pretty good shot with a rifle Well the other day I was roaming about the fields when I saw a blue run ner stretched out at the base of a small tree He saw me also but did not move although I saw his eyes glisten in the sunlight I raised the gun drew a deliberate bead on his head and fired He was still there when the smoke cleared away but I had not touched him I fired again and again and then grew tired I realized that he saw the bullets and simply dodged them and escaped Just then a man came across the field and I called him and asked him to attract the attention of the snake for a moment The moment I observed that the runner had taken in the situa tion and was not looking at me I fired and killed him Now to snow you that he had dodged the balls I found every bullet that had left my gun in a space the size of a button just behind the place his head had occupied Quick Why a blue runner can see a streak of lightning before it pierces the clouds New Orleans Times Democrat This Was a Knowing Mule A mule in Jersey City the other day slipped into an excavation and fell feet downward where it stood still for a while apparently in deep thought Then with its mouth it began to shove the dirt at the edge of the excavation into the hole and trample it down with its feet Two policemen and some workmen seized shovels and be gan to throw In the dirt The mule trampled it down and in that way the hole was gradually filled up and the mule released s ft sk - X