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NEBRASKA
STORM IN THE SOUTH
GREAT DESTRUCTION FOLLOWS
IN ITS WAKE
Quite a Number df People Are
Known to Have Been Kilted Fili
busterer Commodore- Goes Dow
Off the Coust of Florida
iiad Storm in the South-
A special frohi Little Rock Ark says
Southern Arkansas northern Texas and
northwestern Louisiana were swept by a
terrible wind and rain storm Saturday
evening causing the loss of a number of
Jives and the destruction of property
Telegraphic communication is prostrated
to such an extent that details cannot be
had tonight Sunday but enough is
known to warrantthe statement that not
less than ten and probably a greater-number
of lives were lost So far as heard
from the greatest destruction occurred at
Mooringsport La about thirty miles from
Texarkana where the entire town was
blown away and seven or eight persons
killed outright and as many more
Injured some of them latally The
wires went down in the storm
and no details can be had from that place
The railroad has sent a train with a corps
of surgeons and other relief to the town
Rumors of great destruction at Benton
have reacedh here
The Iron Mountains south bound pas
senger train was caught in the storm at
that station and had to be held there until
the storm subsided It is reported that
twenty five houses were blown down at
Benton and a number of people injured
Benton is twenty five miles south of Little
Rock but the wires to that point are also
prostrated and no definite information con
cerning the cyclone there has been
received here What destruction has
been caused south of Benton to
Texarkana is mot known There are a
number of -good sized towns in that por
tion of the state communication with all
of them being interrupted A private tele
gram from Cameron states that the storm
struck that place with terrific fury de
molishing nearly the entire town One
man is known to have been killed The
storm was very severe at Little Hock the
rain falling in torrents for over an hour
and was accompanied by a magnificent
electrical display but the wind did na
damage so iar as known
The
OUNDERED OF FLORIDA
filibuster Commodore Goes
Down Near New Smyrna
The steamer Commodore which cleared
from Jacksonville for Cienfuegos
Cuba an Thursday with a cargo of arms
and ammunition fs reported foundered off
New Smyrna Twenty eight men were on
board the -steamer One Tjoat was washed
ashore empty and another one landed with
twelve men The Commodore carried two
other boats but these have not been heard
from The steamer ns reported to have
sunk twentymiles outto sea
A Monday morningdispatch says Sev
enteen men accounted ior out of the 28 on
the Cuban filibuster Commodore with a
slight chance -of seven more yet alive
Five men came ashore at Dayton CapL
Murphy -Stephen Crane the novelist the
cook and ttwo sailors One of the latter
Wm Higginsof Ifchode Island died soon
after reaching land irom the effects of the
high surf Oneof the survivors says the
tug sank at 7 Oclock Saturday morning
twenty miles off New Smyrna caused by
a leak which -was discovered at about 3
Ifct3Ssaid that a traitor in Spanish
pay was the cause of the leak He
will be lound and dealt with later
As the Commodore continued to sink two
boatloads of Cubans twelve men in all
were sent off One boat containing six
men was eansized and it Js feared the men
were lost One of the lifeboats containing
nine men srcas swamped and a hastily con
structed raft made up of materials thrown
to them and then they disappeared from
sight Capt Murphy Stephen Crane the
newspaper man Higgins and sailors took
to the ten foot boat at the last moment
An attempt was made to save the men in
the water around them but the heavy sea
and blinding wind made it impossible
BIG NASHVILLE BLAZE
Ten Business Houses Completely
Wiped Out
A fire which started in the dry goods
house of Lebeci Bros at Nashville Tenn
caused losses roughly estamatedat 400000
Ten buildings in the block bounded by the
public square and College Unionand Mar
ket Streets were destroyed The block is
in the center of the -dry goods and banking
districts The occupants iof the buildings
consumed are Lebeck Bros dry goods
Abernathy Landsbergero clothiers
Grimes Daly Robertson dry goods
Burns Co leather merchants These
losses are totaL Six other ibuildings and
contents are badly damaged The public
square the south end of the city market
house containing city offices caught frani
sparks and was consumed
Weekly Bank Statement
Thg weekly bank statement shows a re
serve decrease of 1022000 The banks
now hold 332S7000 in excess of the legal
requirements
Husbaral Is Responsible
The appellate term of the supreme oonrt
of New Trork has handed down a decision
to the general effect that a husband
although Jiving apart from ms wife is re
sponsible for debts contracted by her for
necessary articles in the absence of any
agreement to the contrary
To Mine Gold in Arizona
A company to be capitalized at 250000
fs forming at Dubuque Iowa to operate
gold mines recently discovered in Arizona
PresidenkRhonberg of the Dubuque Street
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BACKED BY MILLIONS
The Greatest Irrigation Scheme
Ever Attempted
Col W F Cody known the world over
as BafffttaBin is interested in one of the
most extensive irrigation- schemes ever at
tempted in the world The scene of opera
tion is in northwestern Wyoming where
for the pastthree months the promoters of
the project have had 400 men at work on
irrigation canals Besides Col Cod others
interested in the scheme are Nate Salsbury
his manager and partner George Bleistein
publisher of the Buffalo Courier Rumsey
Bros of Buffalo Proprietor Gearans of the
Iroquois Hotel of that city E V Foote a
New York millionaire and Edward Stokes
owner of the Hoffman House Chicago
These menlsecured a concession of 800
000 acres of lanH from the government on
condition that they would irrigate itwith
in the next five years To do this 2000000
capital was guaranteed and they are hav
ing a canal 150 miles in length dug from
the ShoshoneJUver about 100 miles back
of the river in Wyoming and on a lateral
line with it From the main canal a num
ber of small trenches are dug and water
flowing into these subirrigates the soil
Col Cody announces that he now has 25
000 acres ready for cultivation A town
has been laidoff in the center of the re
serve and when it is populated it will be
known as Cody
FOR REVOLT IN CHINA
Junta Will Establish Headquarters
in Chicago
According to Wong Chin Foo e xr of
the Chinese News Chicago is to Become
headquarters for the Chinese revolutionary
junta This body plans the overthrow of
the present Chinese dynasty by an armed
invasion from a convenient island in the
South Seas- Rooms forthejinta have been
already engaged in that city and the Mon
golians there now await the coming of
Sung Yan Sen to set the machinery in op
eration which is to open China to western
civilization That gentleman is the Celes
tial revolutionist who recently was kid
naped in the streets of London and whose
release was effected by Lord Salisbury
He is now collecting money and organiz
ing his followers in England He will sail
for America within two or three weeks
where he will confer with Wong Chin Foo
of Chicagoand other leaders of the Chinese
reform party in this country
ABANDONS ICE PALAC
St Paul Gives Up the Project on Ac
count of Warm Weather
V J Vothschild secretary of the St
Paul Winter Carnival Association has
been authorized by the executive commit
tee to announce that owing to the mild
weather the association has been forced to
abandon its plans for anice palacethis
season He stated that all necessary funds
had been raised and elaborate plans had
been made but it would takj thirty days
to complete the palace while today about
the site on the island there is not
enough sound ice to becin work and the
approaches to the islancf are covered with
water The weather generally has been
too warm for a palace and to hold a car
nival in February would be apt to catch
the same kind of werther then
Bryan Will Talk at a Banquet
Jacksons day anuary 8 will be made
memorable in Chicago by two banquets to
be given by the Bryan Legion and the
National Democrats Acceptances received
by the managers of the last named banquet
indicate that at least 1000 Democrats re
presenting eight states will be in attend
ance The banquet of the Bryan Legion
afcthe Tremont House will also be a big
affair Thespeecbmaking will not begin
until after midnight on the morning of the
8th when Mr Bryan will deliver his ad
dress and then board a train for Omaha
where he has an engagement to speak in
the evening
Pope Lieos Elixir of Life
According to a Rome dispatch the Voce
Delia Yerita the Vatican organ says the
pope in a recent speech explained his
longevity thus A nun who had always
enjoyed health visited him two months ago
saying that she had offered herself as a
sacrifice to God in order to prolong the
jponrurs me uoa naa sigmnea his ap
proval and the nun has died while he
himself still flourishes
Drove the John Bull Engine
James K Francisco one of the oldest
railway engineers in the country died at
Fremont Ohio Wednesday He operated
the John Bull engine which was brought
from England in 1838 and was placed on
the Camden and Amboy railroad to take
the place of horses that had formerly
hauled the cars The famous engine wasj
exhibited at the worldsiair
Never Reached Cuba
Private advices have been received which
confirm a previous report that forty one
filibusters from the steamer Three Friends
under Arano having in their possession
860 rifles and sailing in two boats were
capsized off Jaruco on the north coast of
Havana province Cuba by reason of the
rough seas It is said that all of them
were drowned
McKinley Has Many Callers
Many neighbors ahd friends called upon
Mr and Mrs McKinley Friday morning
and wished them A Happy New Tear
iDuring the forenoon Bellamy Storer and
wife and the Marquis and Marchiones de
Chambrun arrived and were the guests of
the president elect and wife till afternoon
Red Hat for Corrigan
Newspapers in Rome announce the im
pending elevation of the Archbishop of
New Tork Corrigan to the cardinalate
Hanging in Delaware
Edward Wright was hanged at Wiming
ton Del Friday for killing Ida Crummel
colored of whohi he was jealous
Naval Disaster
Plymouth Eng An explosion of dy
namite took place Thursday oa board the
British ship Delta in this harbor The ves
sel sank and forty men on boani her are
believecVto have perished
Gladstones Birthday
Loztdok William Ewart Gladstone
celebrated his 57th birthday Tuesday last
the third natal anniversary since his retire-
ilijyvaj Company heads the enterprise J mt from official JsUc life in March 1894 J
THE WEEK IN TRAD
BUSINESS WORLD AS
DUN CO
SEEN
Queniin Cal prisons who recently
BY-
There Were More Failures in 180n
Than in Any Year Except 189S
The White House Reception Nev
pnper Man Commits Suicide
Dnn Cos Review7
W r J Tt -
u JJun b uos w eeKiy Keviewy
Trade says There have been more cim
mercial failures in 1896 than in any jvre
vious year except 1893 about 1890
against 13197 last year Avith liabilities of
about 225000000 against 178196060 last
year an increase in number of about 12
per cent and in liabilities of 2fper cent
Holiday dullness has been intensified by
the failures and the efforts of great com
binations to make new aangements
With iron coke wool cotton and hides
all somewhat lower there is almost uni
versal confidence that brjness will soon
become larger and safes than before for a
long time
Wheat has risen to the highest point
since June 1892 because western receipts
in five weeks havfj been but 13280000
bushels against 22006367 last year
Atlantic exports flour included have
been in five weeks -3900000 bushels against
10413249 bushels last year The exports
from New York in December were 5 per
cent larger and imports 12 per cent
smaller than latjt year
white house reception
President and Mrs Cleveland Shake
Hand with 7000 People
Seven thousamd people shivered outside
the White nouse Friday for periods vary
ing from one to six hours But patience
had its reward in every case for the presi
dent and Mrs Cleveland shook hands with
everjrone of them
The closing New Tears reception of the
present administration was the most bril
liant of Mr Clevelands whole eight years
in office and old Arthur Simmons the
presidents famous colored messenger
vhose service in the White nouse dates
back thirty years shook his head sagely as
he viewedthe far reaching crowd frbm ah
upper window and declared it De greatest
inception sense de wab
The cold gray sky that threatened rain
which did not come served merely as a
foil to the brilliant pageant that moved for
hours through the forest of tropical plants
which filled the softly lighted parlors of the
executive mansion
DASHES HIS BRAINS OUT
A Noted St Louis Man Commits
Suicide
The body of Joseph B McCullagh chief
editor of the St Louis Globe Democrat
was found Thursday morning on the stone
pavement beneath the window of his rooni
in the residence of his sister-in-law Mrs
Kate Manion on Pine Street
sition is that he flung himself from the
window His skull was crushed and his
body otherwise injured The theory of
suicide however is not accepted by all of
McCullaghs friends It is believeA by
many that he had one of his attacks of
asthma during the night and in the smug
gle for breath threw up the window ob
tain air and in his weakenedcondition
tottered and fell out
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NATIONS OFFICIAL VOTE
The Total Is 13888762 and Mc
Kinleys Plurality Is 630745
The official canvass of the vote of Mary
land for president has been completed
this being the last state The total vote in
the different states is 18888762 McKin
ley Republican received 7101401 Bryan
Democratic 6470656 Palmer gold stand
ard 135956 Levering Prohibition 180560
Bentley National 14892 Matchette So
cialist 33538 McKinleys plurality is
and his majority over all 815399
Murdered by White Men
Eva Morrow a 12-year-old girl who
was terribly injured at the time her father
was murdered at Perkins Oklahoma two
weeks ago has recovered sufficiently to
speak and she said to the physicians that
two white men committed the crime hav
ing followed her father all day This
clears the negroes under arrest who were
so nearly lynched It is believed the men
were members of a gang of horse thieves
against whom Morrow testified
Inherits a Fortune
Fred L Wood a convict in
the
San
in
Rented a fortune of 30009 from the estate
of his father a Chicago v irailliora4re is
day night and had to be forcibly removed
to the hospital It is thought his recent
good fortune together with the constant
worry attendant upon his confinement in
the penitentiary is the cause of his in
sanity
45000 for a Shock
Raw Thnmjis flmvon Fvrmcfrmion
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j
sionary and financier has been condemned
to pay to Mrs Emman Braun of Chicago
15000 for injuries to her nervous system
which a jury decided were the sequence of
a shock sustained from violent acts com
mitted in her presence by the preacher
Dr Carrie Johnson Convicted
Dr Carrie Johnson the well known
female physicianformerly of Washington
D C was found guilty of murder in the
second degree at Pueblo Colo She was
charged with having oaused the death of
Mrs Ella A Kelley last September by
criminal practice
Yellow Fever Germ Found
A dispatch from Home that a young
Italian doctor named Caccarelli who has
himself recovered from the disease in Kio
Janerio has discovered the yellow fever
germ and has given the details of his dis
covery under seal to the Bome Academy
of Medicine
Assalted and 3Iurdered
The body of an unknown girl aged 12
was found in a ravine hear Eudora Kan
New Tears day She had been criminally
assaulted and then strangled There is no
clutfto her assailants
SPECIAL CUBAN MESSRGE
Home Rule to Be the Feature of the
Documents
A report is in circulation in Washington
that President Cleveland will send a spec
ial Cuban message to congress on the sit
uation soon after the holidays It is be
lieved that if the president contemplates
sending a special message to congress
shortly as reported it will have especial
reference to the question of securing home
rule for Cuba It is said onexcellent
authority that the state department has re
cently received a response from the Span
ish authorities to the overtures made some
time ago by this government looking to
Cuban autonomy Whether the response
was favorable to the proposition or other
wise cannot be definitely stated but there
is good reason to believe that it was quite
satisfactory to the president and Secretary
Olney
It is generally believed in diplomatic
circles that there will be some important
developments in regard to the Cuban sit
uation immediately after the re convening
of congress These developments it is
predicted will be of such a character as to
draw the attention of congress for a time
at least from the further consideration of
the Cameron resolution and the discussion
of the issue made by Secretary Olney when
he asserted that the power to recognize the
independence of a foreign government be
longed exclusively to the executive
fO ANGLICIZE CHINA
The Language to Be Taught in A1J
the Principal Cities
According to news received in Washing
ton from unofficial sources Li Hung
Changs visit to England and the United
States already has borne fruit in a decis
ion of the Chinese government gradually
to Anglicize the Chinese people at least as
far as their language is concerned The
Pekin government recently issued instruc
tions to the various viceroys and governors
of provinces of the empire to establish
schools for the teaching of the English
languages and the western sciences in all
the principal cities of the country Ac
cording to the wording of one clause in the
general instructions the reason for this is
that China in order to keep herself on
terms of equality and in touch with the
great powers of Europe must educate the
masses and encourage the inventive genius
and foreign learning among her people to
gether with that love of country and home
and that devoted patriotism so conspicuous
ly engrafted in all the hearts of those who
have studied such languages and sciences
CAN SAIL FOR CUBA
United States to Grant Clearance
Papers to a Filibuster
For the first time since the present strug
gle in Cuba began this government has in
structed a customs official at Jacksonville
Fla to allow the Dauntless to clear for
Cuba loaded with munitions of war pre
sumably for the insurgent army The ves
sel is a well known alleged filibuster
This concession however does not free
the vessel from the penalties for violation
of the law The statutes presribe that the
owners shippers and consignors of a cargo
bound for a foreign port shall in order to
secure a clearance state under oath the
port at which the cargo is to belanded and
severe penalties are prescribed for violation
of this requirement including confiscation
of the vessel
Colorado Utah War Off
A war between the Colorado cattle men
and the Utah sheep men in Colorado has
been averted It seems the sheep men in
Utah were under the impression that the
quarantine proclamation issued by Gov
Mclntyre would become void on his retire
ment from office January 12 Attorney
General Carr having given an opinion that
ihe proclamation remains in force until re
scinded by executive order the sheep men
have decided not to invade the state with
their herds
Mystery to the Doctors
Gertrude the 6-year-old daughter of
Albert Owen of Niles Mich is dead The
child at the time of her death weighed but
fourteen pounds She had never seen day
light had never spoken a word never
walked a step and never tasted anything
but milk Her malady was a mystery to
the doctors
MAEKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 400 wheat No 2 red to 79c
corn No 2 22c to 24c oats No 2 lGc
to 17c rye No 2 37c to 38c butter
choice creamery 20c to 22c eggs fresh
120c to 21c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common green to fine
i
insane He became violent in his cellMonv T 7
Yhrush 2c to 514c per pound
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
- r t h n rTm
poio nogs cnoice ngnt Jjduu to i6io
hhecp good to choice 200 to 350
svheat No 2 SSc to 90c corn No 2
vnite 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 21c
io 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 350 wheat No 2 91c to 94c
corn No 2 yellow 20c to 21c oats
No 2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 34c
to 36c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 375
wheat No 2 94c to 96c corn No 2
mixed 20c to 22c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 21c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 375
wheat No 2 red 92e to 94c corn No 2
yelldw 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 20c
to 21c rye 37c to 3Sc
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 95c to 97c
corn No 2 mixed 21c to 23c oats No
2 white 18c to 19c rye No 2 37c to 39c
clover seed 540 to 550
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 7Sc
to SOe corn No 3 20c to 21c oats No
2 white ISc to 20c barley No 2 30c to
35c rye No 1 39c to 40c pork mess
650 to 700
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 2 to 400
wheat No 2 red 94c to 9X5c corn No
2 yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white
22c to 24c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 425
wheat No 2 red 90c to 92c corn No 2
29c to 30c oats No 2 white 22c to 23c
butter creamery 15c to23c -eggs West-
em 16c to 23c
STATE 0E NEBEASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
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v
-Pries
xoung Girl at the Columbus
Hospital as the Result it is Said
of Inhuman Treatment by Her
Foster Parents
Charge of Cruelty to a Child
Frances Will a 10-year-old orphan girl
has lived with her foster parents near
Ocnee ten miles west of Columbus The
child though fair of face and form was
weak and delicate and her health was
never robust Because she could not do
the work of others older and stronger than
herself she was beaten and otherwise ill
treated Sickness ensued when she was
taken to Columhus and placed in St
Marys hospital her little body black with
bruises and sore with wounds and on
Chistmas morning when other children
were recounting what good Santa Claus
had placed in their stockings she unat
tended and alone save for a kind hearted
hospital nurse was dying Later in the
day she died
About one month before she died the
attention of County Attorney Gondring
was called to the matter He interviewed
the girl but said that he thought that no
conviction could be made and also thought
that her case had been exaggerated Some
two weeks before she died the physician
in attendance as he says for his own pro
tection took a stenographer with him and
got a statement from the child after it was
apparent that she could not live He asked
her if she knew what death was and if she
knew that she was very sick She replied
that she had seen her mother die and that
she knew that she herself could not live
The phjsician then admonished her to tell
the whole truth and to use the physicians
own words the little victim then told a
story of blood curdling cruelty and abuse
almost beyond belief and enough to make
a mans hair stand on end
State Treasurers Report
In the introduction to his biennial report
to the governor StateTreasurcrBartleysets
forth the following statement of receipts
and disbursements for the perid covered
from the close of business November 80
1891 to December 1 1896 From the de
tailed exhibits are found
Balance per last report 112138784
Received November 80 1S94 to
jecember 1 1895 366759 195
Total 478889229
Disbursed November 30 1894 to
December 1 1896 305985499
Balance November 30 1896 1729627 30
From this amount are to be deducted the
sums in suspended state depositories as
follows
Capital National Bank 23636183
Buffalo Couuty National Bank 449900
Globe Loan and Trust Com
pany Savings Bank 1289254
Bank of Wymore 1496557
First National Bank of Beatrice 280314
Total 27152208
Balance 145816522
York Banks Are Solid
An investigation was made of a rumor
that the York banks held state money
which if called for it would seriously em
barrass them to pay It was learned that
none of the banking institutions there held
money belonging to the state although
some had formerly held a deposit One
bank of that city which had been desig
nated as a state depository immediately
upon the election of Meserve sent in its
deposit of money belonging to the state
The conservative policy of local bankers
has materially strengthened the institutions
under their guidance despite the past few
years of financial difficulties
Some Requisitions Granted
On request of Gov Morrill of Kansas a
requisition was granted from the governors
office at Lincoln for Chubb Lamb who is
wanted at Eureka City Kan on a charge
of grand larceny Lamb having stolen a
horse and saddle October 28 and fled the
state He is now under arrest at Wilber
Saline County this state A requisition on
the governor of Iowa was also secured by
Thomas Brennan of Omaha for Alex
Sheely who is wanted in Omaha on the
charge of having burglarized the barber
shop of Jesse Reddick on the night of De
cember 20 Sheely is now under arrest at
Council BIuffs
Fatal Accident at a Charivari
James Evans the boy who was shot at a
charivari party at Ogalalla died of his in
juries Mr Evans the boys father is com
mander of the Grand Army of the Republic
post Mrs Evans is prostrated and it is
feared she may lose her mind Frank
Yocum the young man who did the shoot
ing is in jail on the charge of manslaugh
ter He is about 23 years old and is said to
have been in the habit of carrying a gun
Public sentiment is worked up against the
practice of carrying firearms in the com
munity and it may go hard with Yocum
Hicks Pall Proves Costly
A fine horse owned by John nicks of
Decatur was killed m a runaway and the
buggy badly smashed Hicks and his
chum had just crossed the pontoon and
both were drunk They refused to pay toll
It made the gatekeeper mad and he
knocked Hicks out of the buggy The
commotion frightened the horses and they
ran away the other fellow falling out of
the wagon The team turned a corner in
the business part of the town and bumped
against a tree it striking the near horse
full in the forehead
Marketing Much Corn
Corn is being marketed at a lively rate at
Central City T B Hord received 75000
bushels last week The price has been 12
cents until the present week when the
buyers dropped to 11 cents Eight thou
sand cattle 7000 hogs and 30000 sheep are
being fed there
Result of Financial Troubles
Joseph Krafka a young Bohemian farm
er residing six miles south of Weston at
tempted to commit suicide by shooting him
self in the abdomen with a shotgun It is
said to be the result of financial reverses
Holiday Trade Causes Trouble
H B Rollins proprietor of the Hasting
Fair has confessed judgment to claims ag
gregating nearly 17000 Fred P Olm
stead representing judgment creditors to
the amount of about 26000 has taken pos
session of the stock of goods which
amounts to nearly 35000
Death of a Nance County Pioneer
Dr E H Smith one of the pioneers of
Nance County died at Immanuel Hospital
Omaha from Brights disease from which
he had been suffering for more than a year
The body of ihe deceased was taken to
Fnllerton for bnriaj
Piper Signs the Commissi ens
Secretary of State Piper h n signed the
commissions of Messrs Neville and KJrk
patrick elected to the suprema bench in
November last contingent on the adoption
of the first amendment to the constitution
submitted to the people which increases
the number of supreme judges and which
the populists contend was carried by the
necessary constitutional majority Last
week the secretary of state refused to sign
his name to these two certificates after
having signed the others for the state offi
cers and regents elect
As the commissions are made contingent
upon the amendment being declared car-
ried the governor said that he should issue
them at once to Kirkpatrick and Neville
The matter will next come before the leg
islature for final action unless the
licans institute quo warranto proceedings
in the supreme court to test -the legality off
the alleged election
Agricultural Society in Session
The Clay County Agricultural Society
held its annual meeting in Clay Center
A good attendance was present The an-
nual reports of the various officers were
read which showed the society to have
done remarkably well the past few years
An old indebtedness for extensive improve
ments has been satisfied and all the operat
ing expenses of holding the fair have been
paid 0 C Williams was elected as dele
gate to represent the society at the annual
meeting of the state board of agriculture
The fair for 1807 will le held the wcelrfoW
lowing the state fair of the same vear
Bank Will Voluntarily liquidate
A dispatch from Crete says The Crete
National Bank will publish notice of going
into voluntary liquidation The bank haai
four times the amount of its deposits in5
cash on hand and on deposit with reserve
agents The deposits amount to 12000
arid cash and exchange to 75000 Thi
bank will liquidate by arrangement through
the First National Bank of this city The
reason for winding up business as given bvj
the bank officers is that there is no profit in
banking in this section of the state
Find Gotlof Buthners Body
Gotlof Buthner an old man 76 vears nf
age formerly residing at 1035 South Sixth
Street Lincoln was found dead in a creek
near the Lincoln Hospital for the Insane
He had evidently stepped from the bank
and when discovered was nearly buried in
quicksand Buthner was feeble-minded-On
last Christmas eve he wandered awajr
from home and was not seen again untaf
his body was found
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Narrow Escape of a Whole Family
The family of Mrs Anna Feltheiser nar r
rowly escaped poisoning at Nebraska City
A quantity of head
cheese had been pre
pared in a copper kettle Immediately
upon partaking of it several children were
taken violently ill A physician was called
and after difficulty their sufferings were
relieved without serious results The con
tact of the food with the copper kettle i
thought to have caused the trouble
Insurance Company Must Pay
The jury in the case of school distric
No 21 Dodge County against the Honraj
Fire Insurance Company of Omaha which
was on trial in the district court last week
brought in verdict for the plaintiff for th
full amountof its claim 71650 The suii
was brought to recover the insurance on
the school house situated about ten miles
north of Fremont which was burned last
April
Afraid Their Corn Will Spoil
Corn in Burt County is not keeping weli
and it is feared that a large quantity that
has been cribbed will spoil Many ears did
not ripen well and jnost every field has
somesoft corn in it Nohe of the com
dried out as it should have doneElevatoir -men
are paying under the market prices
and are very careful to get the best cornJ
refusing any that is wet
Church Dedicated
Sunday occurred the dedicatory services
of the new German Lutheran church ninS
miles southeast of Tecumseh Rev Mr
Atal of Sterling and Mr Reidheiraer ol
Falls City were the principal speakers
The new ehurch is a handsome structure
Fire destroyed a similar building for this
congregation last spring and hence tho
erection of this new building
Collecting Personal Taxes
The city treasurer of Nebraska City is
taking summary measures to collect delin
quent personal taxes by issuing distress
warrants against the property of those in
arrears There is a large amountof an-
paid personal taxes on the books of the
county and city treasurers and the above
method has been adopted as the best means
of collection
Williams Will Case
The Williams will case occupied the
time of the district court at David City aQ
of last week The brothers of Louis WiP
liams deceased of Bellwood are contest
mg his will on the grounds of undue influ
ence and that he was not of sound mind afc
the tune of his death The estate is valued
at over 100000
Two Boys Drown While Skating
While skating on Yan Syoc Lake Earl
Campbell and Jay Van Syoc aged 21 and
19 years sons of C E Campbell and S
Van Syoc farmers living three and a half
miles north of Valley were drowned the
ice ureuKing xne water is twelve feet
deep and the bodies have not been re
covered
Major Showaltcrs Ambition
Major John W Showalter of Fremont
is out as a candidate for the appointment
as United States marshal The m ajor is a
native of Virginia and commanded a
ment in the union army during the greater
part of the war He was deputy United
States marshal of Nebraska for six years
Prominent York Man Drops Dead
While waiting for a train in the depot at
York II C Shepardson dropped dead
Paralysis of the heart was the cause The
deceased was going to Eradshaw to meet
his daughter and some friends Shepard
son was an early settler was well known
and highly respected
Seven Years for Catron
The jury in the Catron cattle stealing
case at Rushville returned a verdict of
guilty A motion for a new trial was over
ruled and Catron was sentenced to the
penitentiary for seven years
Norfolk Motor Line Sold
The motor line extending between the
city and the sugar factory at Norfolk was
sold at private sale to E Bullock and HH
Patterson of that city It was sold by the
General Electric Company of Chicago
which put it in abont four years ago anf
which had been forced
to purchase it re
cently to protect their interests
Bloomington Merchants Fail
Cupemell and Harman merchants of
Bloomington made a voluntary assign
ment to Sheriff Benedict for the benefit 6j
aU creditors Slow collections were th3
tcause
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