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CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
ROBERT B GOOD - Editor a Pkop
VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
BAEBERI GOES EEEE
FAMOUS NEW YORK MURDER
- -CASE COMES TO AN END
Thq Peculiar Grounds on Which
She was Acquitted St Louis Po
lice Unable to Cope with tho
Criminal Element in that City
Maria Barberi Goes Free
New Yoiirt The freeing of Maria Bar
bed the young Italian girl once under
sentence of death for the murder of her be
trayer Dominick Catsldo by a jury which
reversed her fate ends one of the most
interesting murder trials in Gothams his
tory
The grounds on which the jury freed
Maria Barberi is that she is an epileptic
and unconscious of her act- Her acquittal
is hardly a triumph for anybody though
the ingenious showing of the girls descent
from a race of epileptics and degenerates
furnished an excuse on which to hang an
acquittal The jury listened to the elo
quent plea of one lawyer for the defense
and the virile demand for justice of an
other for the prosecution heard the judge
charge what must have been conviction
had they heeded it and then went out and
returned in less than three quarters of an
hour with a verdict of acquittal
POLICE ARE HELPLESS
Reign of Crime in St Xiouis Politics
Said to Be the Cause
St Louis The helplessness of tlie po
lice to cope with the epidemic of crime
would be supremely ridiculous if it were
not serious Since Judge Murphys elec
tion he has been at swords points with the
police and they charge he has given pris
oners who have come before him the ben
efit of every doubt One of his early rul
Jings was to release a negro who had
jsnatched a purse from a womans hands
his reason being that the woman was to
blame for arousing the negros cupidity by
carrying the purset where it could be seen
Similar rulings made the police careless
about arrests and crooks began piling into
the city until now therseem to outnumber
the police ten to one All this has driven
the police to a desire for secrecy- Burgla
ries are committed and no one ever hears
jof them because the police suppress the
mews They made every effort to belittle
the importance of the South St Louis train
robbery and interfered with the efforts of
reporters who sought the facts
Politics has had considerable to do with
the inefficiency of the police At the last
election the police were used as an anti
election cog in a political machine
and the men were led to infer that
the suppression of crime was not nearly so
-important as the success of the machine
candidates In spite of the wealth of the
state and city only 685 officers axe provided
in this city of 700000 inhabitants Less
than 300 men all told are on duty at any
onetime
Weyler Expects Peace Soon
Madkib In an interview with a cor
respondent for a Madrid newspaper Capt
Gen Weyler states that he has returned to
Havana in order to disperse the rebels who
are flocking into the province of Havana
He says he Avill then return to Pinar del
liio where he hopes to effect a pacification
in three weeks
Capt Gen Weyler said that Maceos
death was a terrible -blow to the insur
gents that they had no other general
equal to him in prestige and that many
insurgents were likely to abandon their
arms in consequence of his death
Gompers Too Conservative
Cleveland The Cleveland delegates
to the annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor which will meet in
Cincinnati this week will use their in
fluence toward the defeat for re election of
the president Samuel Gompers The bi
cycle workers electrical workers and ship
builders helpers and brieklayers have also
instructed their delegates The cause
given is that Mr Gompers has so long been
at the head of the federation that he is too
conservative whereas occasions often
arise calling for aggressive action
Ztfay Let Venezuela Go It Alone
Loxdox The Chronicle publishes a dis
patch from its Washington correspondent
to the effect that Mr Storrow counsel in
the Venezuelan boundary dispute who is
now in Caraeas asked Secretary Olney
whether the protocol can be modified The
correspondent claims Secretary Olney will
not consent to any modification It is also
asserted that if Venezuela declines to aree
to the settlement the United States will
withdraw its support
To JviU m Elephant
Chicago Gypsy the big bloodthirsty
man killing elephant which has ended the
existence of four keepers will on New
Years day pay the penalty for her last
murder that of Frank Seott in Chicago
March 25 last if not in the electric chair
at least the electie
by current The execu
tion will take place at Tattersalls and
will be made the occasion of a public spec
tacle to which an admission fee will be
charged
Another Steel Pool
Pittsburg Pa The beam
ers of the country composed for the most
part of firms already in the Bessemer Steel
Association have formed a combination on
practically the same basis as that on which
thfe billet pool is working It was decided
to maintain prices the mhiimum to be L35
cents per pound
Ordered to Be Shot
SaltLake At Randolph Utah Judge
Hart sentenced Patrick noiiirhim t ia
shot December 15 for killing Officers I
uiu twin jirtyy iusl ar me execu
tion will take place in Rich Comity near
where the officers were killed
Gives Possession t Rockefellers
West Scteriob The decree of fore
closure in the case of the Central Trust
Company of New Tork against the yesi
Superior Steel ami Iron Company was
granted by Judge Vigne allowing the
Rockefellers to iake possession under their
trust deed of 100000 The Central Trust
Company holds a mortgage on the plant of
1800000
Ask Congress to Aid Cubans
Montgomery Ala The Alabama
house of representatives unanimously
adopted resolutions calling upon congress I
p Bid the cause of Cuban independence
TURNED ON THE GAS
Strange Dual Suicide in San Fran
cisco
San Fkancisco Mrs Sarah H Cooper
find daughter Harriett were found dead in
their home Saturday morning with the gas
turned on and every evidence of suicide
Mrs Cooper had lived here thirty years
and was widely known as an elocutionist
philanthropist and writer For many
years she taught the largest bible
class in the city numbering several
hundred adults in the First Con
gregational church She was also
assistant pastor under Rev Dr C O
Brown whose name was recently so ur
pleasantly connected with that of Mattie
Overman and other members of his flock
When the scandal concerning Pev Dr
Brown was first mooted Mrs Cooper stood
by him Later developments caused her
to change her mind and she and her
daughter became among his most prom
inent opponents and accusers
A BIG COAL COMBINE
Will Control the Entire Output of
Southern Kansas Mines
Kansas City According to informo
tion that comes so direct it can hardly
questioned a combination to control
thedutputof the coal mines of south
ern Kansas aggregating 500000 tons an
nually has been formed The members of
the combine which has already assumed
definite proportions are the Central Coal
and Coke Company the Kansas and Texas
Coal Company the fuel departments of the
Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways
and the Southern Kansas Coal Company
The combine is known as the Kansas Com
mercial Coal Company Capt S W Knif
fin formerly manager of the fuel proper
ties for Missouri Kansas and Texas has
been made general manager of the concern
which it is said has figured out its organ
ization to evade the anti trust law
Quarrel Ends Fatally
CnicAGo Louis W nerrman is dead
from the effects of injuries received in a
personal encounter with Dorsey OConnor
The men were representatives of rival pub
lishing houses and for some time there had
been open hostilities between them They
met by -accident in a room at the Clifton
House and there the fight took place
which had a fatal ending OConnor
struck Herrman over the eye and
although nobody thought Herrman was
badly injured the blow produced a hemor
rhage of the brain from which he died
Religious War in Brazil
Buenos Ayres A correspondent in Rio
Janeiro Brazil telegraphs that the upris
ing of religious fanatics in the state of
Bahia has assumed a grave character Pro
voked by enthusiasts bands of rebels in
vaded several villages and committed many
acts of oppression The chief leader of the
religious insurgents is Antonio Conselheiro
who calls himself Good Jesus When
his followers take possession of a village
the municipal head is always superseded
by one of the so called apostles of Consel
heiro
Big Monopoly on Thread Making
London The Coates Thread Company
which on June 24 after becoming amalga
mated with the Clark company also amal
gamated with Jonas Brooks Bros and
James Chadwick Bros aud announced
that the Coates would raise its total nom
inal capital from 5570000 to 7500000
has now absorbed the thread mills of Fin
layson Bousefield Co Scott Co and
is also negotiating with the Knoxes for
their factories in Scotland and America
Quick Georgia Justice
Albany Ga Sankey Cunningham
charged with assaulting Miss Camp on De
cember 3 vas brought from Macon under
escort of the Macon militia The four
court entrances were guarded by troops
Within twenty minutes a jury was impan
eled The evidence was closed in fifteen
minutes the jury returned a verdict of
guilty and Judge Spence sentenced Cun
ningham to hang January 1 The trial oc
cupied one hour Cunningham is a colored
man and Miss Camp is white
Dr Browns Widow Weds
San Francisco Mrs MAStockton
Rev Dr Browns one time gay widow and
later his indefatigable Nemesis need not
care any more about the hazy old dream of
wedded bliss as the wife of a minister
which she cherished for ever so long and
tried so hard to make come true for she is
now the blushing bride of Charles Palmer
a tea merchant of Oakland This delight
ful launching on a new sea of matrimony
paine to pass on Thanksgiving eve
Big Saving to Uncle Sam
Washington Attorney General Har
mon in his annual report indorses the new
salary system in his department as con
rasted with the former fee system lie
bays a large reduction is shown in all items
naturally affected by the fee system The
fees for United States marshals for the
year will show a saving of 100000 for
jurors 215000 witnesses S7000 bailiffs
95000 district attorneys 192000
Poison for Jackson and Walling
Cincinnati It has developed that a
bartender in Newport while under the in
fluence of liquor has predicted that Jack
son and Walling would never hang and
said they were already supplied with mor
phine to be used for suicide This state
ment has since been partly confirmed by
the jailer who says he has been laying
plans to get proof
Dies of Nose Bleed
Denver Colo George Thomas a mer
chant of Grand Junction Colo brought
on an attack of nose bleeding three weeks
ago by lifting a sack of flour The bleed
ing continued at intervals in spiteTof all the
physicians could do for him He has just
died in a hospital in this city His weight
was reduced from 180 to lOOpounds
Was Shot Full of Holes
Augusta Ga John Buzzard who was
shot and stabbed by Henderson and sons
at Salida November 26 and had thirty
seven bullet holes in his body received
eight knife stabs and had his skull frac
tured by rocks is reported dead There
-was great surprise when he showed signs
of life
Germaji Paper to Be Prosecuted
Berlin It is reported that prosecutions
will be beg un against the newspaper Rank
TJnd Haudels Zeitung for publishing the
statement that Prince Bismarck made his
disclosures in the Hamburger Nachriehten
because the Czar had been disuaded by
high personages from visiting the ex-chancellor
Falls Heir to a Million
Hannibal Mo lUuford Bethel of this
city has received notice from London Eng
land that he is heir to a large estate in
England his share of which is said to
amount to 1000000
ARRIVAL OF ULIUOKALANl
Hawaiis Dethroned Queen Comes to
the States Unexpectedly
San Francisco The unexpected arrival
of exQHcen LiliuokaUA from Honolulu
Thursday cauxJ muchBrerest and gave
rise to no little peciiiations to the object
of her visit Her only atfcadaniswere a
man and a woman ervanjt Liliuoknlani
declines to be interviewed anl will give no
information regarding thelngth of her
visit nor her future plans Hfc fellow pas
sengers on the steamer gatlred the idea
that she will go to Washington and call
upon President Cleveland hrtip hope that
the United States will take Ibine steps
looking to the restoration of thelnawaiian
monarchy It is intimated by Co McFar
lanethat the ex queen will represent to the
president that the Hawaiian republic has
been a failure and that the great raajority
of the Hawaiian people would wetome a
return to the former monarchial institution
Col McFarlane said
She has not yet made me heronfidam
but from her conversation I ghther that
she will certainly visit Washington and
possibly London It is ccrtUinthat her
trip is made in tlje interest ofiifer eIf and
people Inafoivlays the qeeq tells me
she will make a starcniexaof her plans to
Vhc public
Advices from Honolulu via the steam
ship China on which the queen came over
say Annexation Club No 2 of Honolulu
have adopted resolutions declaring it is
still the earnest desire of Hawaiian resi
dents to secure annexation to thA United
States aid urging the nawaiiair govern
ment to Kress the matter upon thconsider
ation of the American congres
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THETARIFF PRpGJJAM
Ways and Means Committee WilJ
Begin on a New Bill at Once
Washington The ways and means
committee of the house will begin work be
fore the holiday recess of congress upon
the tariff bill which is to be the chief
feature in the policy of the incoming ad
ministration and will endeavor to perfect
the bill so that it may be presented to the
house of the Fifty fifth congress early in
the special session which President Mc
Kinley will summon for revising the tariff
laws This program was formally decided
upon Thursday night by a conference of
Republican members of the committee
held in Gen Grosvenors rooms at the
Cochran Hotel It gives semi official con
firmation to the announcements made a
week ago thatthe president elect had con
cluded to have an extra session and that
the Republican leaders had abandoned the
Dingley bill the temporary measure which
was passed by the house in the last and
amended with a free silver substitute by
the senate
KILLED HIS DAUGHTER
Wealthy Kansas Farmer Bound Over
ior a Most Brutal Murder
Osage Kan After a long preliminary
examination Rudolph Brockman a wealthy
farmer living in Osage Township was held
in the sum of 10000 to answer for the
murder of his 17-year-old daughter Mary
Four weeks ago Brockman gave the girl a
terrible beating because she did not work
to suit him in the corn field He then tied
a rope around her ankle fastened the
other end of the rope to the rear end of his
wagon and drove to the barn a quarter of
a mile off dragging the girl behind Ar
riving there he locked her up in the barn
without sufficient clothing and without
food The girl was found by an uncle and
another neighbor who carried her away
but her injuries were so serious that she
died on November 22
Noted Indian Chief Dead
Seneca Mo Scarfaced Charley the
noted Modoc chief is dead of consumption
on the Modoc reservation in Indian Terri
tory four miles from here ne pas a mem
ber of the conference with ihe United
States committee Gen Canbyand others
on April 11 1878 near the lava beds of
Oregon at which time Gen Cajiby and Dr
Thomas were killed and Meacham and
other missionaries wounded It is said
Scarfaced Charley fired the sht that broke
up the conference The Mjdocs finally
surrendered to Gen J CLoQmis June 1
1873
Had Thousands of Acres
New Boston 111 William Drury the
largest land owner in the United States is
dead aged S8 years Mr Drury was a
multi millionaire his landed possessions
extending into thousands of acres in var
ious parti of the south and west princi
ually in Nebraska Colorado and Texas
lie leaves no heirs except his wife Re
cently Mr Drury became impressed with
the idea of irrigating his Colorado prop
erty with the view of enhancing its value
and spent 500000 on this project
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 600 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 375 wheat No 2 red 75c to 76c
corn No 2 22c to 24c oats No 2 17c
to 19c rye No 2 3Sc to 40c butter
choice creamery 22c to 24c eggs fresh
22c to 23c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common green to fine
brush 2c to 5c per pound
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to prime 200 to 350
wheat No 2 S9c to 91c corn No 2
white 20c to 21c oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 500 hogs
300 to 350 wheat No 2 91c to 93c
corn No 2 yellow 21c to 22c oats
No 2 white 19c to 21c rye No 2 35c
to 36c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 350
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2
mixed 22c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 21c rye No 2 40c to 42c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 90c to 91c corn No 2
yellow 21c to 22c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c rye 3Sc to 39c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 92c to 94c
corn No 2 mixed 22c to 24c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 3Sc to 39c
clover seed 525 to 535
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 77c
to 79c corn No 3 21c to 28c oats No
2 white 20c to 22c barley No 2 30c to
34c rye No 1 43c to 44c pork mess
650 to 700
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 375
wheat No 2 red 97c to 98c corn No
2 yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white
23c to 24c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 100
wheat No 2 red Sue to S7c corn 2
28c to 30c oats No 2 white 23c 4c
butter creamery 15c to 25c eggs ast
ern 20c to 22c
STATE 05 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
A Rejected Lover Kills His Sweet
hearts Brother and Seriously In
jures Three Other 3Iembers ol the
Family Near Schuyler
Rejected Lovers Crime
As the result of a rejected lovers insane
attempt to murder his sweetheart and ex
terminate her family Diedrick Glesing is
dead his mother father brother and sister
are almost crazed by being repeatedly fired
upon at close range anQ Claus Destefsef
the murderer is still at large The tragedy
occurred near Schuyler
The murderer was infatuated with Miss
Glesing nis advances were refused He
visited the Glesing house first filling a bot
tle with strychnine with which it is sup
posed he intended to commit suicide As
he walked into the room he fired at Chris
tiana Glesing The girl stooped quickly and
the ball passed over her Two more shots
were fired at her but without effect Died
rick Glesing the 21-year-old brother
sprang at the man and was instantly killed
Christianas cries to her father awak
ened him from his sleep but during
this short time Destefsef had attacked
Mrs Glesing and knocked her to the
floor having fired at her the remaining
shot in the revolver as she lay there but
without effect and striking her with the
butt of the revolver Mr Glesing as he
came from his bedroom was met at the
door by the murderer who struck him a
fearful blow over the left eye with the butt
of the revolver Glesing carried a shotgun
which he brought to bear upon Destefsef
but the cartridge failed to explode Glesing
then tried to brain him with the shotgun
Destefsef caught hold of the gun and in
the struggle the lever was unlocked and
the gun came apart Destefsef obtaining
the barrels with which he soon rendered
the father unconscious The murderer in
passing to the kitchen where Bernard the
younger brother and a younger sister were
hiding assaulted the girl and beat and
bruised her badly with the gun barrels and
then started for Bernard who rushed out
of the room and into the darkness of the
nighht closely pursued by Destefsef and
sought refuge in a cornfield near by Des
tefsef then escaped
Looks for Trouble and Finds It
James Hall a negro from Dunlap Iowa
whild drunk went into the Midway saloon
in Omaha and started to accumulate trouble
Arthur Woodsand two other companions
were playing pool at a table near by so
Hall amused himself for a time by picking
I he balls from the table while the game
was in progress At length he stepped on
Woods toe This was too much Woods
reached for his tormenter with his billiard
cue and shivered the heavy stick over his
head The blow was landed just over
nails left ear and he went to the floor
without further remarks It was at first
thought that he had been killed Halls
skull however proved too thick to be
phased by a cue and after regaining con
sciousness he was removed to the home of
some friends where a surgeon stitched up
a wound about three inches in length
Woods was later arrested and charged with
attempting to inflict great bodily injury
Swine Breeders Organize
About twenty five prominent swine
breeders met at the Capital Hotel in Lin
coln and organized the Lancaster Countv
Swine Breeders Association E F Fassett
presided at the meeting and W Cole offi
ciated as secretary A permanent organ
ization was effected by the election of the
following officers President Dr Peters
vice president I W Chappell secretary
L F Fassett treasurer William Foster
It was decided to tender the delegation to
the state swine breeders association con
vention a banquet when the convention
meets next month and the following com
mittee was appointed to make arrange
ments Dr Peters A L Sullivan L E
Mahan W W Cole E F Fassett
Shoots a Prisoner in His Cell
The two Erown boys confined in the
county jail at Falls City awaiting trial for
burglary refuse to obey the sheriff The
sheriff says they keep quiet through the
lay and when bedtime arrives they make
such a noise as to prevent anyone sleeping
The other night the sheriff went down and
ordered them to bed One went but the
other refused The sheriff took his revol
ver and shot through the cage and made a
plight wound on both legs just above the
tnee
Nebraska State Grange Session
The Nebraska State Grange was in ses
sion at Curtis last week with full delega
tions The annual address was made bv
O A Hall of Pawnee City The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year
John F Williams of Culbertson master
B nansen of Curtis overseer A M Bo
vee of Vacoma lecturer Travelpiece of
Kearney steward The sessions were well
attended and a great deal of interest man
ifested
Farmers Losing Cattle
Some of the farmers in the vicinity of
Greeley Center have been complaining of
the loss of cattle from smut It develops
however that in every instance the cattle
were turned into the fields and left a con
siderable length of time without being ac
customed to it Those with whom your
correspondent has talked who have been
careful when the stock was first turned in
to the fields have no reason for complaint
Complaint Charged No Crime
John Fell who was arrested at Talmage
A few days ago on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses was dis
charged by Judge Eamsey at Nebraska
City as the complaint charged no crime
Fell threatens to bring an action against
the complaining witness Mark Herstein a
jeweler of Talmage for 10000 damages
for false imprisonment
Saunders County Coroner Resigns
Dr Torgney Anderson coroner of Saun
ders County has resigned his reason being
that the office did not pay sufficiently for
the trouble and interfered with his prac
tice
Fatal Boyish Frolic
Vernon White a 13-year-old boy met
death at Omaha as the result of a boyish
prank His playmates were impersonating
the police and White who represented the
criminal was captured and condemned to
be hanged A pillow slip was tied around
his neck and he hung himself on a bedroom
door Before assistance arrived he was
dead
Child Kicked to Death
Tillie Daniels the 13-year-old daughter
of Frank Daniels who resides a short dis
tance from Beatrice was kicked by ahorse
and instantly killed the other day
MAKE A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Boys at the Kearney Industrial
School Stampede in a Body
Some of the older boys at the Kearney
industrial school have made up their
minds that they would leave the institution
and twenty eight of them made the at
tempt The bre ik was made from the sup
per table Sunday just as their meal was
finished and many of them took their
knives along with them The plan has
been brewing some fime and about 100 of
the boys were implicated in it The only
reason about fifty or sixty more did not
make the attempt was because Mr Snyder
one of the instructors pulled his revolver
and told them be would shoot the first boy
that started
As soon as possible the officers in town
were telephoned to and telegrams were
sent to neighboring towns and the majority
of them returned Kid Thrasher a boy
sent up from Plattsmouth was the leader
of the break Some of the boys were
armed with butcher knives and sugar beef
knives
Jury Failed to Agree
The jury in the case of the state against
Frank Hilton at Lincoln to recover 6250
fees alleged to have been retained unlaw
fully reported that it had been unable to
agree upon a verdict whereupon the jury
was discharged and the case will go to
trial again It is reported that the jury
stood eight to four in favor of giving the
state a verdict for the full amount asked
The only uuestion left for the jury to de
cide practically was whether or not gas
oline is an illuminating oil Under the
instructions of the court the jury must
have found for the defendant if it had
found that gasoline was not an illuminant
The case occupied an entire week of the
time of the district court and the expense
of retrial will be far from nominal
Old Horse Shows Signs of Life
George Sayler of Fairmont made a pur
chase of an old and crippled horse a day or
so ago and bethought himself to take a
ride But a short distance had been trav
eled when the horse began to kick and run
The dashboard went at the first shot Mr
Sayler was the next article aimed at He
was struck on both knees and kicked out
of theuuggy being injured so badly he
had to be carried home The buggy and
harness were badly demolished but the
horse still lives and Mr Sayler will recover
but is still unable to walk
Shoots Her Drunken Husband
Charles Scott 45 years old residing ar
Lincoln was shot in the head and danger
ously wounded by his wife The ball
from a 32 caliber revolver entered his head
to the right and a trifle below the right eye
The couple were quarreling Scott was
drunk and was coming toward his wife
with a large butcher knife when she fired
the shot Mrs Scott was arrested and re
leased on bail
Farmers BusyCribbing Corn
The farmers in the vicinity of Stronia
burg are again busy in the cornfields and
corn buskers are in big demand as high as
2i cents per bushel is being offered for
husking The weather is fine and three
weeks more nice weather will enable farm
ers to have their corn cribbed
Home Talent at Tecumsch
A very successful entertainment was
given by the Epworth League at Tecumseh
for benevolent purposes It was a Huskin
Bee of fifty years ago and the persons
portraying the various characters in the
play were very appropriately costumed
and acted tlioiuparttj
Opposed a Special Tax Levy
The county commissioners in session at
Stockville have a large quantity of busi
ness to transact The proposition submit
ted by them at the last election for author
ity to make an additional levj for a poor
farm was defeated not receiving the re
quired two thirds vote
Got Lost in Omaha
Excitement exists at Johnstown over tne
absence of C B Gusavson the town miller
He left for Omaha ostensibly for the pur
pose of drumming up trade with Ericson
Bros bakery at North Omaha Notning
has been heard from him since His friends
are anxious
Narrow Escape from Suffocation
Frank Gearheart chief clerk for John
Flymi Co at Columbus together with
his wife had a narrow escape from suffo
cation from hard coal gas the other night
He awoke just in time to discover the sit
uation and get some fresh air in the rooms
Poultry and Stock Show Closed
The sixth annual exhibition of the
Southern Nebraska Poultry and Pet Stock
Association which was held at Hastings
has come to an end There were over 310
birds on exhibition and the whole affair
was a grand success
s
Fremont ZVXan Injured
John Johnson met with a acci
dent at Fremont While at work on a col
lar and cuff machine his hand was drawn
into it and badly crushed The heat had
not been turned on or he would doubtless
have lost the member
Afraid of Diphtheria at Brock
The diphtheria has been prevalent at
Brock for a few days and Monday four
eases of scarlet fever were reported The
public schools have been closed but no
other precautions were taken to prevent
the spread
Where Is Bertie
The postoffice authorities at Omaha hae
a valuable letter addressed to Bertie Johns
in that city but up to the present time
have been unable to find the party ad
dressed
Burglars Are Disappointed
Burglars broke into the Union Pacific
station at St Paul and blew the outer door
of the safe open but did not succeed in
bursting the inner steel door and got noth
ing
One Half of Corn Ungathered
Nearly one half of the corn crop through
out the state is yet in the fields deep snow
and ice making it nearly impossible during
the last half of November to work in the
fields
Seven Inches of Ice at Milford
The ice on Lake Quenchaqua at Milford
is seven inches thick and clear as crvstal
Elliot Pleads Not Guilty
Charles H Elliott the man charged with
the murder of Guy Hutsonpiller at Omaha
when arraigned entered pleas of not guilty
to each of the four counts in the infonna
tion filed against him Elliott did not show
any sign of nervousness and replied to the
questions of the county attorney in a low
but clear voice
Schuyler Citizens Liberality
Something over 50 was raised for N B
Rathbone ol Schuyler whose barber outfit
was destroyed by fire and he has pur
chased a new outfit and is at work again
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD STEAM- 1
ER SALIERE GOES DOWN
Two Hundred and Seventy five Per
sons Pert8h Disaster Due to n Fosr
Ship Was on Her Way from Bre
men to Buenos Ayrea
Dashes on the Rocks of Spnin
Crashing through the mist into the
Corrnbedo rocks off the northwestera
coast of Spain the North German LloyI
steamship Saliere foundered in a few
minutes and all on board were lost Two
hundred and ten passengers were on
board and the crew consisted of sixty-five-men
There was no time to take to ihe
boats and all went down with the ship
News of the terrible disaster floated to
Villagnrcia with the tide An overturned
boat with the name of the vessel painted
on the stem spars and planks torn from
the ship as it crashed into the rocks ere
swept to shore as silent witnesses of the
fate of passengers aud crew Not one
human being on board was able to reach
safety though it may be possible some
were picked up by passing vessels The
sinking of the Saliere may be one of the
mysteries of the sea
The Saliere was bound from Bremen to-
Bnenos Ayres by way of Corunna and
Advices from Bremen and
Corunna state that the passengers were
mostly in the steerage and consisted of J
113 Russians thirty five Galicians six-
ty one Spaniards and one German The
vessel had put in at Corunna and was
heading eastward for Villagarcia when
it crashed into the jagged rocks whiehj
are always given a wide berth by maH
iners
The steamship rounded Cape Finisterre
and proceeded southward toward its lastj
stopping place before it reached Buenos
Ayres Villagarcia is a town of less thanf
2000 inhabitants situated betweenCaper
Finisterre and the City of Vigo The
Saliere expected to pick up more
gers at Villagarcia bound for Uruguay
A heavy mist hung over the sea and a
strong wind was blowing from the south
when the Saliere was about due to head
toward Villagarcia Thi vessel could s
ily have been seen from the shore but for
the mist as the channel between the rocks
and the coast of Spain is only about five
miles wide A misf alculation and the
Corrubedo rocks were responsible for the
greatest disaster which has ever occurred
in the Bay of Arosa
Nothing was known of the fate of the
vessel until the floating wreckage reached
Villagarcia The fact that the rocks aref
only about five miles from the mainland
and that none of the passengers or crewi
had been able to reach the shore led to the1
belief that the Saliere must have foun
dered within a few minutes after it had
struck on the reef
PLAIN TALK BY CULLOM
Illinois Senator Pleads for Interven
tion in Behalf of Cnbn
Senator Cullom Thursday raised hh
voice in the Senate in Cubas behalf He
not only made an eloquent speech but
preceded it with a resolution which if
adopted will pledge the United States
to the extinction of Spanish title and-
ieln nds at the gateway of the Gulf of
Mexico Mr Cullom is not an orator but
he is a very impulsive speaker His ex
haustive and at times eloquent review of
the history of Spains oppression in Cuba
was closely followed by Senators Sher
man Call Hoar Mills Palmer and oth
ers who have been particularly interested
in the Cuban question
All tne diplomacy of the ages never
found a prayer by which slavery could be
dethroned said Senator Cullom in open
ing It required the humanity of Lbs
coin and the progress of the republic to
open the prison walls to liberty and make
glad a waiting world If we wait for
precedent we shall wait forever de
clared the Illinois Senator a little latex
If a precedent is needed we shall make
one Cuba to day is lost to Spain The
public proclamation of Spanish defeat
may not have been officially and definite
ly announced but in truth and fact the
submission of Cuba will never again be
yielded as of eld Tribute of 25000000
to 40000000 annually so long exacted
will never again replenish the treasury
of Spain The struggles of 1S05 and 1S9
sadly crippled Cuba but they will ruiu
Spain The American people are com
ing to the consideration of the Cuban
situation as they already have in certain
other cases as a great political question
a continental question if you please And
being a political continental question it
will be decided ultimately by the conti
nent whose interests are most clearly
involved Geographically considered
Cuba cannot belong to Spain She is hx
American waters and politically is enti
tled to statehood in the continent of
American republics
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There will be no Michigan State base
ball league next season
During his baseball career Walter
Brodie has not missed a game through
sickLess or disability
The varsity crew of University of
Pennsylvania begins training under
Coach Ellis Ward about Jan 1
The Chicago ball club will play Sunday
games until the city of Chicago or the
State of Illinois decides such a practice
illegal
The District Attorney of Kings County
has decided that Corbett and Fitzsimmons
will not be allowed to bring off a fight
at Coney Island
Mp Lehmann the crack English rower
and trainer is much encouraged over the
work of the Yale crews and thinks that
the men have done some decidedly level
rowing
The reported intention of bicycle manu
facturers in this country to equip all of
their 97 wheels with brakes unless oth
erwise requested by individual buyers is
very gratifying
Barry the oarsman signed articles in
London on Wednesday for a match with
Jake Gaudaur for the sculling cham
pionship of the world and 250 a side to
take place on the Thames in April next
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