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SUCCESSOR TO
CHERItY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
ROBERT B GOOD - JEditor PnoP
VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
FIGHT STAEDASD OIL
NEW DEAL OF ENORMOUS
PORTIONS
PRO-
Chicago t Have a New Industry
w Which Will Rival the Great Plant
of the Standard Oil Company
Long Labor Fight Over
To Fight Standard Oil
Chicago Michael and John Cudahy
have entered into an oil deal of enormous
proportions If their present plans ma
terialize Chicago is to have a new indus
try a rival of the great plant of the Stand
ard Oil Company at Whiting and the first
pipe line from the oil fields to enter its
limits The Cudahys have purchased in
Wells and Adams Counties Indiana the
entire plant and wells of the Northern
Indiana Coal Company What price was
paid is not known but the purchase was
made more than a year ago
Long Labor Fight Over
Pittsburg Notices have been posted
in I he South Side factories of the United
States Glass Company now operating
announcing an indefinite shut down In
dividual notices were given the non-union
workmen employed by the company
since it locked out the American Flint
Glass Workers union members three
years ago that their services would not
likely be needed again and in the
absence of definite assurance of future
employment the men were advised to
take work elsewhere if they could find it
This may mean the beginning of the end
ofoneo the greatest industrial conflicts
ever fought in this country and it is prob
able that the factories of the company
throughout the country will be open again
to union workmen and the long lockout
terminated This will be only possible
however in the event that the company
restore the wage scale and working con
ditions in force prior to July 1S93
The Paris Exposition
Wasiiixgtox The French Government
is rapidly perfecting the details for the
international exposition to be held in
Paris in 1900 commemorating the birth of
the century and in this connection has
asked the State Department for the name
of tho commissioner general who -will
represent the United States and for such
other information available as to the par
ticipation of this country To this Acting
Secretary Rockhill has replied that the
commissioner general has not been named
as the American Congress took no steps at
its recent session to provide for American
representation at the exposition lie ex
pressed the belief however that the ap
proaching session of Congress will bring
about an acceptance of the invitation of
the French Republic
Big Cotton Men Fail
St Louis A special to the Globe-Democrat
from San Antonio Texas says
glayden Jlarkson Robards the oldest
wand largest cotton merchants in southwest
Texas tiled a general deed of assignment
conveying property to M E Reynolds
assignee for the benefit of creditors
From reliable sources it is stated that the
assets of the firm amount to 500000 with
liabilities of 5100000 or more Failure to
realize on outstanding claims and the
slump in the cotton market some weeks
ago are given as the cause of the failure
Steps to Protect Candidates
St JosEni Mich The village of
New Troy like every other place in the
jcountry is overrun with aspirants for
county offices The council has passed an
brdinauce prohibiting shooting within the
jcorporate limits for fear of hitting a can
didate Is has also had signs painted and
nailed up which read Shooting game
within the corporate limits is prohibited
for fear of shooting a candidate for eounty
office1
Arrested in St Louis
bT Louis John R McMath of Ot
tumwa Iowa was arrested in the eorridor
of the postofiice by United States secret
service agents who had been waiting
there for him a week or more McMath
it is alleged is wanted in Ottumwa for
passing counterfeit silver coin McMath
will be held until the Ottumwa officers
are heard from and directions given as to
the disposal of he prisoner
Murdered by Boys
Houston Texas A A Rabnek a
ihoemaker was assassinated in his shop
last April by parties who ordered him to
hold up his hands Saturday two youths
Koebergrand August Otto were jailed
They made a lull confession The3r im
plicate a third boy who they assert did
the shooting He is the son of a well
known lawyer but has skipped out Offi
cers are on his track
Shot at a Negro Dance
Lebaxoj FJy At a negro dance
four miles from here George Mays shot
and killed Charley Warner and Charley
Pipes and fatally wounded Bud Hardin
Mays escaped and is still at large The
cause of the affray was the accidental
stepping on the dress of Mays partner by
Warner
Bronchos for Spanish Soldiers r
St Louis A special from Houston
Texas says A- E Lijaldi an agent of the
Spanish Government has come to Texas
to buy horses for the Spanish army in
Cuba He will purchase bronchos as
they are hardfer and can stand the tropi
cal sun He wants 2000 head
Whitehead is Released
London Albert George Whitehead
an Irish political prisoner senconced to
life imprisonment in 1883 was released
from prison Saturday He is an Ameri
can citizen and lived in New Jersey oHe
will probably sail for the United States
immediately
To Be Exiled by the Sultan
London A dispatch to the Chronicle
com Constantinople says that the Sultan
has decided to send Igmirliam the former
patriarch into exile Tripoli has been
designated as the place of exile and the
correspondent adds that the life of the ex
patriarch in that case will not be worth
a days purchases j
inlanders Among Horses
Mabshall Mo Stockmen of this
county are much disturbed over the ap
pearance of glanders among horses The
Sheriff has been ordered to kill affected
animals
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Brndstrccts Review
New Yokk Bradstreets says Gen
eral trad throughout the United States
fs generally confined to staple line The
volume ot business is no larger Where
orders have increased in numberthey are
smaller in size In almost all instances
they are based on nearby requirements
The feature of the week is the increased
difficulty in making collections and the
higher rate for mercantile discounts
Credits are being scanned more closely
than heretofore and are granted less
freely
More favorable trade advices are re
ceived from Baltimore where business is
satisfactory owing to better southern
purchases based oh the early cotton crop
At Chicago there is more hopeful feeling
among dealers in dry goods clothing and
shoes in wlrch sales have increased
Southern and southwestern buyers have
appeared in St Louis and are buying
with material freedom forfall wants
Wheat exports continue well main
tained total shipments from both coasts
of the United States and from Montreal
this week flour included as wheat
amounted to 2991693 bushels against
t835000 bushels last week
More Trouble for Spain
Madrid An official dispatch from
Manilla announces the discovery in the
Philippine Islands of a separatist con
spiracy the object being to secure inde
pendence from Spain According to the
official advices twenty one persons have
already been arrested several being Free
masons The news has caused great ex
citement in Madrid and the police in eon
sequence raided the llispano Philippine
Club and seized a large number of papers
Manilla papers received contained fre
quent expressions indicating that a revolt
in the Philippinelslamls might be expect
ed in the near future It was even sug
gested by some of the papers that Japan
was endeavoring to foment trouble in that
part of the Spanish possessions for the
purpose of extending the jurisdiction of
her island empire over the Philippine
islands
Break Up a Bad Band
Bristol Tenn A party of twenty
revenue officers representing all sections
of Virginia went to Frankliii to break up
the most noted baud of outlaws and illicit
distillers in the state By artifice they
succeeded in capturing twelve of the out
laws without bloodshed and destroyed
several stills Among the captured were
Calvin Moore the Martin brothers and
the Atkins brothers leading spirits of the
gang While coining out of the moun
tains the officers were fired on at different
points and in one instance waged a fierce
fight on the would be ambusbers driving
hem back
Kick a Negro to Death
Waco Texas A mob of twenty five
white men entered the hut of five negro
cotton pickers at Hillside this county
They shot Anderson Vaughn because he
was slow in responding to their com
mands of Hands up He and his com
panions were taken out and Vaughn
who fell on the ground was beaten and
kicked to death The other four negroes
were also beaten frightfully Officers
went to the scene of the outrage
Kates on Packing Products
Chicago A material reduction in the
rates on packing house products lrom
points in Iowa was agreed upon by the
managers of the Iowa lines The rate from
Des Moines to the Mississippi River on
packing house products when for export
will be 7 cents per 100 pounds from
Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa i cents and
from Marshalltown 5 cents This is a re
duction of about 2 cents per 100 pounds
Will Import Gold
New York A member of the bankers
exchange syndicate has been throwing
out suggestions of probable gold importa
tions the past few days It has crystal
ized into a prospective importation of
2000000 the latter part of the week It
is now stated effective measures will be
taken to secure the importation of 20
000000 to 25000000 in gold Conferences
have been held by bankers on the subject
Under One Roof
Washington The Populist and Sil
ver party national executive committees
have arranged to open their headquarters
in Wormley Hotel adjoining those of the
Democratic congressional committee and
the branch headquarters of the national
Democratic committee This will place
all the silver headquarters under one roof
and enable the respective managers to
work in harmony
Double Cincinnati Tragedy
Cincinnati Fred Graef a saloon
keeper shot his wife and then himself
Graef was preparing to attend the funeral
of a man who formerly owned his saloon
and a friend was working down stairs for
him Hearing shots ontjhe floor above
the friend hurried up and found Mrs
Grael shot in the abdomen and Graef un
conscious from a bullet wound in his
head
Factories Shut Down
Walthaji Mass The OHara Dial
factory emyloying over 100 hands has
closed for an indefinite period The Bos
ton Manufacturing Companys plant
employing 1000 hands has also closed for
five weeks and the American Watch
Company has decided to continue the
filmt down of its big factories Lack of
business is the cause assigned
Working Behind a Barricade
Leadwille Colo The Coronado
mine which was closed a month ago by
the strike has been enclosed by a high
board fence and provisions enough to
supply a working force for months were
taken in It is said that the mine is to be
started with non union miners though
the manager refuses to be interviewed
Serious trouble is expected
Topeka to Ring the Curfew
Topeka Kan The city council has
enacted a curfew law It provides that
all children under 16 years of age found
on the streets or Jn public places unac
companied by guardians after 9 p m in
summer and 8 in winter shall be arrested
and fined not less than 5 nor more than
25 The fire bell will ring every fifteen
minutes before the hour
Texas Fever Among Cattle
Nashville A destructive outbreak
of Texas fever developed at the county
hospital near this city fourteen cows
having died and eighteen others being af
fected The state veterinarian has estab
lished a strict quarantine and all efforts
will be made to present the fever spread
ing A searching investigation will be
instituted as to the causes
Congo Free State in Danger
Bbussels The Soir reports that Baron
Bhaais with a strong force had gone
against the Mahdists in the Upper Cotfgo
The graFest anxiety exists in regard to
the security of the Congo Free State
Battle With Burglars
Bedford Station N Y Walker
B Adams is lying at the point of death as
the resultof an encounter with four burg
lars Two of the burglars were captured
having first been wounded by Adams
son William who was himself struck by
a pistol ball which however glanced off
from a suspender buckle
Adams store is provided with burglar
alarms connected with his house Shortly
after midnight the alarm sounded and
Adams and his son arming themselves
went to the store There they were met
by four burglars who at once opened fire
The elder Adams was shot in the head
and fell to the ground The son was
commanded by the burglar to throw up
liis hands lie made a move as if lie-in-tended
to comply with the command
when he suddenly raised his Winchester
and fired in rapid succession wounding
two burglars who fell within a few feet
of where the elder Adams lay
Young Adams continued to tire and tho
two burglars emptied their revolvers at
him One of the bullets struck a buckle
of his suspender and glanced off Both
the wounded burglars were shot in the
abdomen and neither can recover They
refuse to say anything as to their identity
The elder Adams cannot survive Will
iam Adams says he is confident he
wounded the two burglars who escaped
Gets Quick Justice
Lewistox Idaho Frank Biles a half
breed Indian from the Nez Perces Reser
vation was taken from the Asotin jail
and hanged by a mob of indignaut citi
zens The crime was the criminal out
rage of Miss Mary Richardson 17 years
old Her home is in Enterprise Oregon
She is in delicate health and has been vis
iting friends in this vicinity She started
from Lewiston for Asotin on horseback
unattended On the road she was over
taken by Biles and two Indians from the
reservation and -assaulted Thirty citi
zens marched to the jail and demanded
the keys The sheriff refused to comply
and the keys were taken from him They
unlocked the door and took the prisoner
Across the corner of a fence a long pole
was laid a rope tied around his neck and
the other end thrown over the pole and
the Indian hanged
Strange St Louis Freak
St Louis Physicians of this city have
discovered a remarkable phenomenon
in the person of a child eight months old
which died of senile debility The body
had ceased to grow after birth but the
head was fully developed the face bear
ing all the marks of an old man The head
was covered with coarse hair and on the
face was a straggling beard Dr Randall
states that the babes head was perfectly
developed in every way even to the bones
which were hard and brittle as in the
case of people of advanced years All
medical works the doctors could find give
absolutely nothing of a similar nature
Engines for the Czar
Philadelphia The British steam
ship Laneham has been chartered to take
machinery for a complete locomotive
plant from this port to Nijni Novgorod
Russia The plant will be erected in con
nection with the Sarmova works and will
have a capacity of erecting 200 locomo
tives a year about one fifth the capacity
of the Baldwin works of this city Most
of the railroads in Russia are under Gov
ernment control and the Czar has
promised support to the new venture All
the foremen and engineers of the neV
works will be Americans About 1000
hands will be employed
Martinelli the Man
Chicago A Washington special says
Father Martinelli has been appointed to
succeed Cardinal Satolli as apostolic del
egate for the United Slates This seems
to be a settled fact from recent letters to
Cardinal Satolli
There will be no official notification of
the change said Dr Rooker Cardinal
Satollis secretary until the arrival of
Father Martinelli According to our ad
vices he will sail from Genoa about the
first week in September and he is installed
early iu October Satolli expects to leave
America early in October
Renounces
San Francisco
Her Claim
Mrs Hulda Snell
has renounced her claims to the millions
of the late Andrew J Davis of Butte
Mont Mrs Snell claimed to be the wife
of the millionaire and that he deserted
her years ago Detective Stillwell has
been working on the case three years in
Mrs Snells interest and his investigations
have proven that there were two men
named A J Davis both miners both
worked in California and strongly re
sembled each other He found however
that Davis Mrs Snells husband died
twenty one years ago
Noted Bad Man Shot
Laiiedo Tex A notorious desperado
A YAellee was killed a saloon by
City Marshal Bathelow Aellee had been
belore the criminal court for many years
He was charged with murdering three
men One of them was Editor Bowen on
a crowded coach on the International
Railroad near Here He began to show
dangerous traits in his character and in
attempting to arrest him the city marshal
had to defend himself as best he could re
sulting as stated
Good Cotton Weather
Dallas Texas Cotton picking has
been begun a month earlier than usual
All will be picked by the middle of Sep
tember It generally takes till February
1 Buyers who have ready money are
snapping up all that is offered at present
prices
Foul Play Is Suspected
Bloomington 111 Win Dixon a
prominent young Irish American was
found dead iu the street with a bullet hole
in his head and a revolver with three
chambers empty beside him It is be
lieved he was murdered
Prof Crouch No More
Portland Me Prof C Nicholas
Crouch the famed author of Kathleen
Mavourneen died in this city after a
long illness His age was 88 years and 18
days
Eighteen Men Held Up
Willhar Minn A gang of tramps
held up and robbed eighteen prominent
men and probably fatally shot J Tilden
a boy A large posse went in pursuit
Noted Contralto Found Dead
San Francisco Miss Flora Finlay
son the well known contralto formerly
with the Bostonians was found dead of
heart failure in her apartments
Collecting Data in Mexico
City of Mexico J W Hawthorne
an envoy of the silver party of the United
States is here collecting data for use in
the campaign
John Daly Is Released
London John Daly an Irish political
prisoner has ipeeu released from tho
Portland prison
OP A GREAT STATE
NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Farmer of Douglas County Take
Ac -foil Against the Proposed Com
bination County and City Govern
ment Amendment
Afraid of the Proposition
Delegates to the Douglas County farm
ers convention representing most of the
precincts met at Kelners Hall Elkhorn
to take action regarding the proposed con
stitutional amendment enabling cities of
the metropolitan class to merge in gov
ernment with the counties in which they
are located A number of delegates
spoke in rssponce to calls aiid all opposed
the amendment on the ground of in
creased taxation 8
A committee appointed by the chair
consisting of Wolcott Hibbard Watts
Kelsey and Brown returned a set of res
olutions opposing the amendment and
censuring the members of the Legislature
from Douglas County who supported it
which was unanimously adopted
A committee was appointed by the
chair to circulate these resolutions
throughout the state The chair then ap
pointed a committee of two from each
precinct to solicit funds and report to the
treasurer
A lesolution was passed unanimously
favoring the Trans Mississippi Exposi
tion and asking the next Legislature to
make an appropriation to assist it The
convention adjourned to the second Wed
nesday in September
OPENING SOME RICH LANDS
What the Norfolk and Yankton AVill
Do for Nebraska
C Surveyors are now in the lield making
a survey over part of the route taken by
the proposed Sioux City Northwestern to
Niobrara These surveyors are of the
Norfolk and Yankton Railway Company
and will verge south of the old Sioux
City survey in order to strike Bloomtield
Most of the summer has been used by the
company in reorganization resurvey and
voting bonds all along the route between
Yankton and Norfolk all of which have
thus far cirried in Pierce and Madi
son Counties Two of the townships
through which the road passes refuses to
erect a depot to accommodate people be
tween Croflon and Wausa It is probable
that the latest survey means a heading off
of some interest antagonistic to the
company
The country through which the proposed
railroad will pass is the best is the best
part of KnoxCounty It is held largely
by speculators having been opened for
settlement in 1872 and what was not
taken by them was selected by the state
as a part of its quota of school and agri
cultural college lands It lies very pret
tily hardly a quarter section but that is
available for cultivation with a soil of
fixcellent quality The indirect interest
to Omaha is plain as it will no doubt be
lhe means of pushing out the Bloomtield
line to the new fields toward South Da
kota and possibly move the Elkhorn
along the Ponca strip to Butte
AN OMAHA ELOPEMENT
John A Creightons
Niece the Woman in the Case
An elopement of a young couple prom
inent in high society at Omaha has caused
a veritable sensation 3Iiss Lulu Shenck
daughter of John A Shenck and heir to a
quarter of a million in her own right -was
secretly married to Albert Kinsler son of
a nrominent drugjrist 3Iiss Lulu is but
17 while the groom is scarcely 23 Kins
ier is a clerk in one of the large packing
nouses at South Omaha He in company
with 3Iiss Shenck attended mass at
Creighton College chapel and later in the
lay young EMnsler procured a marriage
license and according to prearrangement
met Miss Shenck down town where she
had been driven by the coachman They
then proceeded to St Peters cathedral in
the western part of the city where they
were married by the pastor Rev Father
Walsh The respective chums of the
bride and groom Francis Kennedy and
Marie Callahan had been let into the
secret and met them at the church where
they witnessed the ceremony Father
Walsh did not know the elopers and as
everything appeared regular he performed
the ceremony not inquriring after the
parents of the bride Hence it was that
the wedding was over and the couple
gone before the brides father learned of
the affair
Peculiar Accident to a Farmer
Jake Lane a farmer near Berlin met
with a curious yet serious accident a day
or two ago He picked up a stick to drive
a calf and throwing it struck a tightly
stretched wire fence It rebounded and
hit him in the face slashing his nose
open the entire length
Paying Ponca Indians
TheSantee and Ponca Indians near
Niobrara have been offered by the Gov
ernment 211 cash or its equivalent in a
wagon set of harness and a team in lieu
of the annuity in clothing Quite a num
ber will take advantage of the goods but
most will take part cash and part goods
Burglars Rob Tilden Stores
The general merchandise store of M L
Thomsen and the hardware store of W
W Weaver at Tilden was broken into
by burglars Thomsen suffered loss to
the extent of 50 consisting of jewelry
while Weaver lost revolvers and knives to
the amount of 25
Stolen Bicycle Recovered
A man giving the name of Boycherts
rented a bicycle of T F Marks of Fre
mont and skipped out with it The
wheel was recovered at Blair where the
thief had sold it He is thought to have
gone to Sioux City
Baptist Association Convention
The South Central Nebraska Baptist
Association assembled at Juniata in con
vention and was in session for three days
A large number of delegates and visitors
from all over the district were in attend
ance
Prostrated by Lightning
S G Brann principal of the Hoskins
schools and his little brother were
knocked down by a bolt of lightning near
Duncan during the recent electrical storm
Mr Brann was not injured but his brother
feels the effects of the shock and bears a
mark across the face
TVill Address the Encampment
Past Department Commander C E
Adams of Superior has been invitedto de
liver an address at the National Grand
Army of the Republic encampment at St
Paul-
Endeavor Convention Closed
The program prepared for the Christian
Endeavor Union of Sarpy County was
carried out in full at Bellevue Saturday
evening Rev W P Murray Ph D
spoke on The Sunday School in Poli
tics Rev E A Bell pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Bellevue
preached Sunday morning tracing the
course of church history At the after
noon session Rev J 31 Wilson of Omaha
discussed the Place of the Christian En
deavor in the Churchs Progress and S
A Morrison of Springfield spoke on
Christian Endeavor Influence on Goodx
Citizenship Except the State Repent
Not What was the theme of the even
ing address by Rev Robert Wheeler of
South Omaha A number of prayer and
song services interspersed these exercises
Nearly all the Christian Endeaver Socie
ties of the county were represented by
delegates
Talked Business and Disappeared
About ten days ago a smooth appearing
stranger went to Norfolk and made the
announcement that he would start a
wholesale grocery house there He stated
that he was backed heavily by Chicago
capital and would conduct the largest
grocery establishment in this state He
gave the name of C W Jennings rented
tour store rooms in thePaciiicHotel Block
and set a large force of workmen to work
cleaning the rooms Saturday on being
pressed by the Chicago Lumber Company
for payment of his account he hired a
livery team and drove to Hoskins caught
the Sioux City train and disappeared It
is not known what his purpose was be
cause aside from leaving his workmen un
paid and borrowing small sums of money
from one or two persons and taking away
a couple of sample typewriters it is not
known that lie derived any benefit
Illicit Still Is Raided
TBCarson of Minneapolis western
revenue agent T B Parker revenue
collector and Officer 3Iorrison of Beat
rice quietly descended on the home of
John Rowalski a Polander who lives at
the latter place and placed him under
arrest charged with operating a still In
lhe basement of a house lie formerly lived
in was found the remains of a still The
accused made no defense and admitted
having made fruit brandies but claims he
never sold any This is refuted by the
officers who claim to have evidence
showing liow and where he sold his prod
uct Rowalski has always been a puzzle
to the local police who observed that he
never toiled but apparently lived in good
circumstances In addition to the still
was found bottles labeled with the differ
ent names of the fruit
For the Armenians Cause
The Presbyterian Church at Lyons on
Sunday last presented the cause of the
Armenians Rev Hugh McNinch of the
Presbyterian Church of Red Oak Iowa
made an interesting address on tho his
torical phase of that much persecuted
nation Rev T V Findlay of the Pres
byterian Church of Lyons presented the
reasons why the Christain world should
come to the aid of the Armenians with
their means and prayers He read several
extracts from Miss Clara Barton who is
now in that country doing all she can to
help the needy and suffering 3Iiss Alma
Libbey read an address appealing to the
Christians of all denominations to come
at once to the rescue of the Armenians
Novel Wager of Horse Fanciers
A novel bet was made at Ashland by
two hqrso XanciQrs oacli o vliom ln a
speedy horse The bet was their votes
Bill Woods an old time Democrat one of
the General Jackson kind and 3Ir F
Lemon the jeweler who is an ardent 3rc
Kinley man 31 Lemon was to vote for
Bryan iu case his horse lost and Mr
Woods to vote for McKinleyin case he
lost A large crowd was at Hie race track
to see the fun h Lemons horse won
the race
Alfalfa as a Nebraska Crop
Alfalfa is the hay crop for Adams
County and does better on the high
divide than any other grass One farmer
south of Juniata has cut two large crops
this season from a field sown last year
and will get another crop yet Another
man has out three crops from a piece of
seven years standing and will also get
another crop Stock of all kinds like it
well and hogs will eat and fatten on it
almost like corn
Bad Carriage Accident
A team belonging to W G James of
Nebraska City ran away throwing the
occupants of the carriage 3lr James and
wife violently to the ground and severely
injuring them The buggy was demol
ished as was also another carriage with
which it collide
Paced His Beat on a Bicycle
Kearney boasted of a policeman who
paced his beat on a bicycle until some
festive kleptomaniac appropriated it to
his own use The policeman now stumps
along on his brogans
To Resume Operations
After a period of enforced idleness the
Bellwood flouring mills are to resume
operations The mills have been fitted up
with new machinery throughout
190 Converted
One hundred and ninety previously un
regenerate citizens of Fremont were con
verted at the series of revival meeting just
closed in that city
Nebraska News Notes
Fairburys ice factory was compelled to
shut down temporarily by a breakage in
the machinery
While cleaning a revolver John Jurgens
of Cedar Creek shot himself in the leg in
flicting a painful wound
Oxford is arranging for a baseball tour
nament Sept 10 11 and 12 at which 150
will be offered in prizes
A bug crawled into the ear of 3Iiss Lily
Green of Grafton and it required the ser
vices of a physician to remove it
Fifteen Humphrey citizens claim to
have caught 300 pounds of lish upon a re
cent excursion to the lake near Stanton
Dixon County people expect to make
something of their coal mines yet A vein
twenty four Inches thick is now being
worked
Clay Countys old soldiers will hold an
annnal reunion hereafter The first one
will be held at Sutton at a date to be fixed
for the near future
Herman Schanse a Saline County
farmer lost his barn and contents by a
fire superinduced by a bolt of lightning
Conductor Tom Harris of the Fairmont
and Chester branch of the B 31 had
one foot badly crushed by catching it in
a revolving turntable
Treasurer Talmage of Fillmore County
has just received a draft for 8000 in pay
ment of delinquent taxes owing by the
Kansas City and Omaha Railroad
Roy Johnson a 9-year-old boy living
near Neligh was instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning while hauling a load ot
ijrraiu from the field to the barn j
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MAKE WAH ON SHYER
GOLD ADVOCATES HOLD A
MEETING IN NEW YORK
Dense Crowd Fills the Great Madison
Eqnare Garden to Hear Speeches
Bonrke Cockran Gives Reply to Ke
cent Speech by Candidate Bryan
Madison Square Garden Meeting
The second notable demonstration of the
political campaign in New York City was
held Tuesday night under the auspices of
the Democratic Honest Money League
of America in Madison Square where W
tfourke Cockrau addressed an immense
audience with a speech entitled In Op
position to Repudiation Mr Cockran
had been selected to answer Candidate
Bryans speech because of his opposition
to the Chicago platform and because of
the reputation as an orator which he had
earned by his participation in the tariff
debates of two Congresses and by his
famous protest against the nomination of
Mr Cleveland delivered at daybreak in
the convention of four years ago
Eighteen thousand sejtts had been
placed in the garden and all of them were
tilled when Ivlr Cockran advanced to the
front of the platform and was greeted
by a tremendous cheer men climbing up
on their chairs and waving little American
flags which had been strewn through the
hall 3Iaj Jichn Bryne president of the
league called the meeting to order and -
presented Perry Belmont who made a
short speech by way of overture to Mr
Cockrans effort
YVhfii Mr Cockran was introduced by
3fr Belmont the first outburst of the
meeting came As Mr Cockran arose a
small group of men with a leader began to
ping 3Iy Country Then in obedience
to signals from various parts of the hall
men aroso and joined the chorus 31r
Cockran himself started to sing but paus
ed soon as if he were not familiar with
the words 3Ir Cockran began his speech
in a low voice but his tones became clear
er as he proceeded His sentiments were
liberally cheered after he had warmed to
his subject and his statement that the
volume of money does not denote pros
perity seemed to meet the approval of
his auditors for they clapped their hands
vigorously Frequent outbreaks of cheers
followed his periods throughout the ad
dress
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
Northern Asia Has Been the Center
of Astronomical Interest
An eclipse of the sun is caused by the
nioon passing between the sun and the
earth as shown in the accompanying dia
gram
During the recent eclipse the shadow of
the moon first touched this earth at an
unnamable town in Russia Throughout
the whole of Europe except France and
Spain in Asia above the 35th degree of
latitude in Alaska and most of Polynesia
DIAGIAM OF ECLIPSE
t
A represents the earth B represents earths
orbit C represents the moon and repre
sents the moons orbit G represents the
earths shadow that makes an eclipse for
some other planet
the eclipse was a partial obscuration Bu
there was a favored belt not more thin
120 miles wide at the most extending
from a point in the North Sea across Nor
way Sweden Lapland Nova ZembjA S1
leria Manchuria and Japan where the
obscuratiot was total
To understand the character of the
eclipse imagine a small circular non-luminous
body intervening between a larger
luminous globe and your eye and near
enough to the eye to obscure the larger
body as a penny held near enough to the
eye will hide a silver dollar or an orange
will shut off from the eye the big glass
globe around an arc light The shadow
of the orange will be cone shaped large
near the orange and narrowing down to
a point So with the sun and moon and
at the time of the August eclipse the shall
ow which began at the near side of the
moon with a diameter equal to the moons
Hvas truncated just before it was nar
rowed to d point by the earth and fell
ipon the earth with a breadth of about
100 miles It was as if the moon took a
monster paint brush molded it to a point
and applying a little pressure drew a
narrow black line around that part of the
earth which revolved within reach The
black line or band or shadow marked
the earth from a point west of Norway
n the ocean across Norway Sweden
Finland Northern Russia and Siberia
the Pacific Ocean and some of the north
ern islands of Japan Of these last it fell
upon Soya and the north end of Yezo
Mombetsu and Yubetsu From Yubetsu
it went on falling upon mountains GO0O
or 7000 feet high and continued over the
ocean some hundreds of miles and then
vanished Within this long hundred
mile wide belt of darkness the several ob
serving parties took stand at different
points The French German and Italian
astronomers made observations from Nor
way and Finland near Varanger Fjord
jxt Vadso and Yardo in Finland The
dipse there was shorter than at Yezo
William H Cornell nephew of ex Gov
Cornell of New York was ten years ago
a leader socially and financially He wa3
college bred spoke five languages and
counted his friends by scores He is now
homeless destitute and practically friend
less In the Center street court Nevr
York city he was committed to Bellevue
hospital to be examined as to his sanity
Allens
print
works
situated at th
north end of Providence R I started T
up after a three weeks shut down The
concern gives employment to 300 per
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