AROUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
TEEATY IS A FACT
JOHN BULL AND UNCLE SAM
HAVE AGREED
Arbitration Agreement Has Been
Signed by the British Ambassador
and Secretary Olncy House Kills
the Pacific Road Bill
Treaty Is a Fact
The last step aside from the ratification
of the tTeaty by the congress of Venezuela
necessary to give effect to the Venezuelan
arbitration agreement between the United
States and Great Britain has been com
pleted by the formal assent of King Oscar
of Sweden to the clause of the arbitration
convention which makes him final arbi
trator in case the other members of the tri
bunal are unable to agree The congress
of Venezuela meets in February It is
understood that they are not potent enough
to prevent the ratification of the agree
ment
The proposition for a general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain is now an accomplished fact
The treaty unlike the Venezuelan agree
ment must be submitted to the United
States senate for approval
While full details of the terms are not yet
obtainable it can be stated that ample pro
vision is made to guard against failure of
the arbitrators to agree through a tie vote
Proper provision has been made in such
case for reference to a deciding authority
Secretary Olney and the British ambassa
dor have both signed the general arbitra
tion treaty
Later Monday afternoon the president
sent a special message to the senate urging
the immedtate approval of the treaty
DEBS PLEADS FOR STRIKERS
Two Addresses in Denver in Aid of
the Lieadville Men
Eugene V Debs the -well known labor
leader made two addresses in Denver on
Sunday in aid of the Leadville striking
miners He spoke in the morning at
ithe Broadway Temple and in the after
noon before the trades assembly His ad
dress before the trades assembly was one
of a socialistic character He urged all
friends of union labor to support the Lead
ville strike He denied that union labor
was in favor of fighting for he said men
who will not vote right cannot be de
pepended upon to fight right He predicted
that in a war between capital and labor
plenty of laboring men could be hired for
75 cents a day to shoot their fellows
IN- HER LAST RESTING PLACE
Tho Ashes of the Late Kate Field
Buried at Cambridge
A copper box containing the ashes of
Kate Field the writer was buried at
Mount Auburn cemetery Cambridge
Mass on Sunday last The box was
placed in a grave beside the remains of the
mother of the deceased There was no
ceremony The only person present at
the interment was a relative Mr George
Eiddle of Cambridge The ashes came all
the way from California Miss Lillian
Whiting brought the remains from Chi
cago and arrived at the Hotel Brunswick
iSaturday afternoon The ashes which
were carried in a handbag were given in
jekarge of an undertaker
KILLS THE BILL
Pacific Railway Funding Bill De
feated by a Vote of 168 to 102
The Pacific railway funding bill was
jfcilled in the house of representatives Mon
day by a vote of 16S to 102 As a result of
the defeat of -this bill the government will
fekeossession of the road under its lien
bmd the property will be sold to satisfy its
andafctednesjs
Gov John R Tanner
Since the inauguration of Thomas Ford
b governor of Illinois in 1812 there have
jbeen few as imposing ceremonies in Spring
field as those attending the installation of
John E Tanner Monday As the city
clock tolled the hour of noon the oath of
office was administered to the governor
elect and other officers by Chief Justice Ma
gruder of the supreme court At the con
clusion of tho ceremonies Gov Tanner de
livered his inaugural address Immedi
fatejy after the inauguration ceremonies the
state officers held a public reception in the
governors room
Rich Woman Kidnaped
Mrs E W Wilson the aged sister of C
j PHolden a prominent and wealthy
Chicagoan was abducted nearly three
weeks agq and no trace of her where
abouts has been discovered Mrs Wilson
Jte a woman of wealth and is 79 years of
e She holds a great deal of property at
Fort Madison Iowa
Organized Socialist Club
The London Chronicles Brussels cor
respondent reports the discovery that there
are organized socialist clubs in the Bel
gian army and that 177 noncommissioned
officers have been suspended for belonging
to them
Pope Annuls the Veto
Advices from Rome state that the pope
bos decided to notify Austria France
iSpain and Portugal that the powers wiH
not be allowed to exercise a veto at the
next papal election
To Take Part in tho Inauguration
At the request of Senator Allen of Oma
ha Hon Edward Eosewater has named
Buffalo Bill Cody and Hon Frank
Mores of Omaha to participate as staff
officers at the inauguration of McKinley
Both have accepted
Betective Commits Suicide
Thomas G Conklin local superintendent
of the Pinkerton detective agency at Kan
sas City committed suicide by firing a bul 1
let through his brain No cause for the
deed is known
GOLD DEMOCRATS BANQUET
Large Gathering of the Old Line
Iicaders in Chicago
Representatives of the gold Democracy
of Illinois and other states of the middle
west northwest and south met in Chicago
Friday night for the purpose of celebrating
Jackson day Fully 500 men were present
but the banquet was in many respects a
notable affair of its kind Letters were
received from President Cleveland Secre
tary Morton and Senator John M Palmer
and a number of Democrats throughout
the country sent either through the mail
or over the wire messages expres
sive of regret at the inability of the
sender to be present in person
Francis Peabody of Chicago was at
the head of the reception committee and
for over an hour he was busily engaged in
presenting Henry Watterson Charles S
Hamlin Gen Buckner and John P Irish
to the great number of men who pressed
forward to greet them
- The reception lasted until the doors of
the banquet hall were thrown open and at
7 oclock the entire company was seated at
the long tables which stretched from end
to end of the room Behind the head of
the table at which sat Franklin Mac
Veagh the toastmaster for the evening
was arranged a beautiful effect wrought by
the skillful draping of a number of Ameri
can flags It was over two hours after the
banquet hall was opened before the menu
card had become merely a list of things
that once had been and the toastmaster
rose to address the assemblage As Mr
MacVeagh took his seat Mr Watterson
who was to address the company upon
The Future of Democracy arose The
ringing cheers that greeted him made it
impossible for several minutes for the
Kontuckian to proceed with his re
marks His address was received with en
thusiastic approval
FUN AHEAD FOR CHARLESTON
Blockade of the South Carolina Port
to Be Tried for Naval Practice
The people of Charleston S C and
vicinity are promised a novel winter enter
tainment Secretary Herbert after consul
tation with Admiral Bunce commanding
the north Atlantic squadron has decided
to allow the admiral to undertake the
blockade to Charleston
Heretofore the squadron maneuvers have
not gone beyond target practice Grad
ually the exercises have been enlarged in
scope as the officers and men gained in
proficiency and became better acquainted
with the qualities of their respective ships
and now Secretary Herbert has become
satisfied of the practicability of under
taking a regular blockade
Charleston was selected as the objective
point because of the fine winter climate
and the availability of Hampton Roads and
Port Royal S C as bases for the block
ading fleet The fun will begin early in
February the exact date depending upon
the ability of the navy yard people to get
ttie ships ready Everyone of the ships
that can be supplied with a crew will par
ticipate either as a blockader or a block
ade runner
CO OPERATIVE STEEL WORKS
Carnegie Employes Planning to
Build a 2000000 Plant
ABraddock Pa dispatch says Mill
Workers at the Carnegie plants here and at
Homestead Duquesne and Pittsburg and
employes of the Westinghouse works at
Tuttle Creek and Wilmerding are forming
a joint stock company to build a 2000000
iron and steel plant at Port Angels on
Puget Sound The company has been in
corporated under the Washington laws
The officers are George M Ninon of Brad
dock president Thomas Murphy of Pitts
burg vice president M E George Brad
dock secretary Wm J Weisser Alle
gheny City treasurer Twelve hundred
prominent mill workers of this section
have in the past fortnight subscribed for
about 1000000 worth of stock The plant
will employ 2000 men and will cover thirty
acres of ground Work on the buildings
will be started in April and the subscrip
tion books will remain open until that
time
Corbett Has a Fight
It has developed despite the most stren
uous endeavors of James J Corbetts
friends to keep the matter quiet that he
celebrated his Detroit opening Sunday
night by threshing his stage manager
Orlando Battaglia and was fined for it in
the police court
Wheat on the Boom
Wheat in the San Francisco market has
become a scarce article and is daily advanc
ing Shippers are willing to pay 160 per
cental for good No 1 shipping wheat It
is known among a few that they have paid
as high as 162 for something extra
choice within tho last few days
Depeivs Ward Weds a Turk
Edith Lyman Collins only daughter of
Clarence Lj man Collins of New Tork and
ward of Dr Chauncey M Depew was mar
ried at the Church of St
to Rechid Bey Count Czaykowski
councillor of the Turkish embassy at
Rome
A Fathers Love Token
The development of the back of the
head my friends indicates parental
affection explained the phrenologist
Now you will observe he went on
feeling the head of the boy on the plat
form that this bump is abnormal in
size thus indicating that this lad loves
and reveres his parents to an unusual
degree Is it not so my lad 7
JNaw
What You do not love your par
ents
I think well enough of mother the
boy replied but I aint very fond of
father That bump youre feelin of he
give me last night wid a base ball bat
Sir Edward Clarke the eminent Eng
lish barrister is said to have an in
come of 5100000 a year from his law
practice His fee for defending Mrs
Castle the wealthy California u who
was accused of shoplifting was 5000
When a man takes his sister out he
always acts as though he wanted every
body to know she wasnt his best jjlrl
AN APALLING RECOKD
MANY PEOPLE EVICTED IN NEW
YORK CITY
During Past Year Upwards of 200
OOO Persons Found Themselves
Without Food or Shelter Crusado
Against Coolies
Evicted 200000 People
During tho year recently ended 51724
families in New York were evicted from
their homes Times were never harder
and Judge Goldgogle who compiled the re
port says that upward of 200000 human
beings wilhing thpttwelve months lound
themselves without food or shelter
The hand of poverty said the judge
was laid most heavily on the poor
of my district It is made up of
the Seventh Eleventh and Thirteenth
wards and extends from Catherine
Street to Fourteenth Street and from Ave
nue B to the East River Within this dis
trict alone 8825 families were dispossessed
and they averaged at least four members
each making a total of 85800 homeless
ones
I have never in all my experience seen
so much sutfering among the lower classes
as within the year just ended In the
cases that have come before me I have en
deavored first of all to secure a stay of pro
ceedings for the tenant and to the credit
of the landlords be it said I havegener
ally been successful The statistics I have
compiled show that the greatest suffering
was in the east side districts
CRUSADE AGAINST COOLIES
Japanese Laborers Roughly Treated
in California
A crusade against Coolie labor has been
inaugurated at Orangevale California An
orchardist employed six Japanese on his
place and the same night fifteen citizens
with gunny sacks over their heads seized
the Japanese placed a rope around the
neck of each and took them to a big oak
tree There they were strung up and left
banging until life was almost extinct The
Japanese were then lowered and when
they revived the hanging process was re
peated several times The Japanese were
than forced to march out of the settlement
and warned never to return on penalty of
being hanged until dead
Roos the employer remonstrated at the
outrage and then a rope was thrown about
his neck with a threat to hang him if he
interfered or employed any but white
labor on his ranch hereafter
BUYS THE POSTAL COMPANY
Commercial Cable Company ol New
York tho Purchaser
A mortgage for 2000000 given by the
Commercial Cable Company of New York
to the Farmers Loan and Trust Company
of New York was filed with Receiving
Clerk Cochrane of the county recorders
office Saturday The company under the
mortgage issues coupon bonds payable in
gold and bearing 4 per cent interest Ac
cording to the terms of the instrument the
bonds may be converted into English ster
ling obligations to be known as debenture
stock The mortgage is a first lien on the
stock of the two companies The property
on which the mortgage is given consists of
two parts the right and franchises of the
Commercial Cabls Company and the rights
and franchises of the Postal Telegraph
Company
Powers Make Demands
Owing tothe refusal of the Turkish au
thorities in Constantinople to admit drago
mans of the embassies at the trial of
Mashar Bey the French and Italian am
bassadors recalled their dragomans and
protested strongly to the porte demanding
a change of venue Mashar Bey is accused
of complicity in the murder of an Italian
priest who was killed in a convent at Ma
rash in 1895 by Turkish troops commanded
by Mashar Bey The ambassadors insist
that the latter shall be tried by a compe
tent and impartial tribunal in Constanti
nople instead of Marash
New Scheme of Huntingtons
It is stated that Collis P Huntington has
a corps of engineers in the field making a
preliminary survey for a railway from the
port of Alvarado south of Vera Cruz
Mexico to the port of Salina Cruz on the
Pacific coast and that if ho can secure an
advantageous route he will ask the gov
ernment for a concession for operating the
line in connection with the Pacific Mail
steamers thus doing away with the Pana
ma route
Hansbrough Will Be Senator
National Committeeman Robinson of
North Dakota has given out a statement
that it is impossible to centralize the op-
position to Hansbrough and that he has
advised the caucus that he would abide by
the result Mr Robinson has been the
recognized anti Hansbrough leader and
this is a practical concession of Hans
broughs election to the United States sen
ate
Murdered and Robbed
The dead body of William Brice of
Peru Ind was found Sunday morning
lying by the side of tho Missouri Pacific
main line track at Sedalia Mo The evi
dence is almost conclusive that Brice was
murdered and robbed and his body placed
on the track with the expectation that it
would be mangled and the crime con
cealed
Fire in Minneapolis
Fire which broke outin the Anchor flour
mill Minneapolis Sunday morning threat
ened the entire milling district The entire
fire department was called to the scene and
succeeded in confining the flames to the
packing department of the Anchor mill
The total loss will reach 150000 fully in
sured
Two Railroads Sold
The sale of the Oregon Short Line aiKl
Utah Northern under a consolidated mort
gage wis made Saturday It was bought
by the reorgaization company for 5447500
The sane parties bought the Utah South
ern for 763000 and the Utah Southern ex
tension for 975000
AVENGING MACROS DEATH
Gen Gomez Begins Reprisals Against
Spaniards
Adipatchfrom Key West Fla says
Gen Gomez has at last begun the work of
reprisal against the Spaniards He has put
to death 114 prisoners and announced his
purpose to keep up that policy until the
Spaniards are brought to a sense of their
duty toward humanity For two years the
war has waged on the island During that
entire time not a life has been sacrificed by
the Cubans to the spirit of hate Not only
has Gen Gomez enforced the rriost humane
treatment of prisoners but he has fed them
when provisions fortius own men were
scant
The assassination of Gen Maceo affected
Gen Gomez deeply The death of his own
son at the same time added to the bitter
ness of his feelings but he did notactupon
impulse He sent trusted messengers to
ascertain the exact facts They reported
to him on the 28th of December showing
beyond doubt that Maceo and his son had
been basely led into ambush and assassin
ated His resolution was at once made to
make terms with the plateadors and to
show no quarter to Spaniards who did not
surrender peacefully
Putting his men in motion he made an
attack upon the central trocha crossing
the islandat Moron The Spanish garri
son at Iago de Avile resisted strongly but
was overwhelmed and 114 prisoners taken
The men were notified that according to
the precedent set by their own government
they should prepare to meet their fate
They were given an opportunity of writing
messages to their friends in Spain and
then in groups of twenty five they were
shot to death When the last volley told
that the work was completed Gen Gomez
made a speech to his men saying Now
the death of Maceo is partly avenged
POISON IN THE MEAT
Five Persons at the Point of Deatn
in Chicago
A Chicago dispatch of January 9 says
Two persons were at the point of death
from eating what they claim was poisoned
meat three more are in a dangerous con
dition one has fully recovered and four
children are still confined to the house
while their parents were able to get about
The twelve men women and children
were taken violently ill from eating fresh
pork and sausage Physicians have been
in constant attendance at the bedsides of
the stricken persons and have managed to
save the lives of at least half and they have
hopes of seeing all but two of their pa
tients recover The friends of the family
claim it was poisoned meat that caused
their illness while the butchers who sold
the meat say it must have been something
else
Five Children Drown
News has just reached Plato Mo of the
drowning of five children on Saturday as
the result of floods in Texas county
Thomas Wilson and family were crossing a
creek when the wagon weighted with its
human freight sank and the sideboards
floated away throwing the entire party
into the water Mr Wilson and Mrs Kin
nery succeeded insetting to shore but tho
children drowned
Helped Kill Arbuckle
Frederic Bauman a prisoner in the
county jail at Louisville Ky who claims
to be the son of a Chicago banker has con
fessed to participation in the mysterious
murder of Frank P Arbuckle in New
York on November 19 He claims to know
Davidson Stephensen and Menger who
are under arrest in New York charged
with the crime
Vest Renominated
The democratic caucus at Jefferson City
Mo has nominated Senator George G
Test as a candidate for United States
senator to succeed himself Gov Stones
name was placed before the caucus but
was withdrawn It is confidently ex
pected that Vest will be re elected on
January 19
Situation in the Philippines
Official advices from Manilla state that in
the Philippines the situation is greatly im
proved and that the rebels do not dare to1
approach the capital It is reported that1
6000 insurgents while trying to cross the
Isthmus of Noveleta were repulsed with
heavy losses
BlAKKEf QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
S350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 400 wheat No 2 red 77c to 7Jc
oorn No 2 22c to 23c oats No 2 lui
to 17c rye No 2 37e to 39c butter
choice creamery ISc to 20c eggs fresh
0c to 17c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common green to fine
brush 2c to Sc per pound
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 375
trheep good to choice 200 to 350
wheat No 2 87c to 89c corn No A
white 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 350 wheat No 2 90c to 92c
corn No 2 yellow 20c to 21c oats
No 2 white 16c to ISc rye No 2 34c
to 36c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2
mixed 22c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 20c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 350
wheat No 2 red 91c to 92c com No 2
yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye 37c to 39c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 92c to 04c
corn No 2 mixed 21c to 23c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 37c to 39c
clover seed 525 to 535
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 76c
to 78c cor No 3 19c to 21c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c barley No 2 25c to
3oc rye No 1 3Sc to 40c pork moss
750 to SS00
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 200 to 425
wheat No 2 red 92c to 94c corn No
2 yellow 24c to 20c oats No 2 white
21c to 23c
New York Cl le 300 to -525 hqs
300 to 450 sheep 200 to 450
wheat No 2 re 89c tr 90c corn No 2
i 29 lo U oats No 2 white 22c to 23c
j butter creamery HJ to 21c eggs West
J ao 10i to r c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
building Used as a Dormitory by
the State Normal School at Peru
Totally Destroyed by Fire During
the Recent Storm
Fire at the State Normal
Monday just before noon while the
storm was at its height a fire ahum was
sounded in the State Normal School build
ing at Peru The fire originated in the
dormitory and a stove is supposed to be re
sponsible for it It started in the upper
Story and spread rapidly defying all
efforts to suppress it The dormitory was
entirely consumed together with most of
the effects of the sixty students who occn
pied it Not many of these were there
however most all being home on their hol
iday vacation The citizens turned out and
assisted the few students who were present
and by hard work prevented the spread of
the flames to the other buildings During
the progress of the fire Rev B Bodell was
seriously injured by a falling brick lie
was rendered unconscious but soon re
covered
The building was the first one erected for
the use of the normal school It -was ol
frame and originally used for school rooms
but when the newer buildings were
erected it was converted into a dormitory
In addition to the building the effects of
most of the students were consuaned and
until they return it will be impossible to
form an accurate estimate of the loss The
building was old and of no great value
Falls from a Horse and Is Killed
Harry Rice the 13 year old son of C E
Rice a blacksmith of North Pl utte was
thrown from a horse and killed Young
Rice and his father were visiting at the
farm of J C Fogg about four miles north
of town While there Harry got upon his
fathers horse The horse ran away throw
ing the boy to the ground and entangling
his foot in the stirrup The boy was drag
ged quite a distance before the hprse was
caught and he died a few minutes after he
was carried into the house
Cashier Higgins Released on Bonds
Ezra D Higgins cashier of the -wrecked
First National Bank at Ponca who has
been in jail at Omaha since his rearrest in
Missouri several weeks ago has been re
leased on a bond for 1000 The bond is
signed by A C Jensen and Arthur Gibson
and is conditioned upon niggins reporting
on the third day of the January term of the
federal court to be held at Lincoln to an
swer to an indictment for making false
entries in the books of a national bank
t
Young Boy Accidentally Shot
Tom Herastedt of Papillion a lad of 14
years while out hunting with Ira Beadle
and Willie Genrincer bovs of about the
same age was accidentally shot Beadle
was in the act of raising his gun to shoot
at a mark when 3oung Hemstedt stepped
before him and received the chargeof shot
in the hip at close range He died iu a few
hours from the loss of blood Young Hem
stedt was a aoo of ex County Treasurer
Hemstedt
On the Complaint or His Daughter
Perry Coulton had a preliminary exam
ination before Police Magistrate I E Aus
tin at Holdredge charged with incest His
16-year-old daughter swore out the com
plaint against him some time ago but
Coulton got wind of it and left town He
was located by the sheriff in South Omaha
and taken back to Holdredge for trial He
waived examination and was bound over
to the district court
Farmers Pay Out Cash to Peddlers
A company of grocery peddlers has suc
ceeded in selling in the vicinity of Stroms
burg an entire carload of stuff to the farm
ers some buying as much as 50 worth and
paying cash The merchants who have
been selling goods to them on time for
several years and have to wait for their
pay are loudly complaining Several men
who speculate with these non residents had
Mible in getting their goods
Lake Qtiinnebangh Is No More
At last the final chunk which divided the
Missouri and famous fishing resort Lake
Quinnebaugh near Decatur has dropped
into the river and what was once a big
body of inland water next summer will be
nothing but a barren piece of land This
lake was notable for its abundance of fish
and its excellent fall game shooting Last
summer and autumn its shores were dotted
with Omaha pleasure seekers
Kicked to Death by a Horse
Thomas Cooley a hizhlv resneeted vmm
man 19 years of age and the only son of
n uooiey oi waverly was kicked in
the breast by a horse and killed instantly
The shock to the parents is extremely
great it being the death of tho second
grown son and one daughter within the
pas fifteen months
Nance Kxpects a Bigger Crop
The farmers of Nance County have near
ly all their corn husked and either in cribs
or iu large piles on the ground Nance
Countys crop was immense in 1S96 but
with a favorable season 1897 will discount
it as the ground is in much finer condition
than it was at this time last year
Insane Man Thinks Times Hard
Hurray Sigafoos a young man residing
in west Beatrice was adjudged insane
Although owning a good farm without in
cumbrance young Signfoos has allowed
the prevailing hard times to worry him to
such an extent that his mind has become
unbalanced
Nebraska Bank Closes
The First National Bank of Alma was
closed by Examiner Whitemore on the 9th
The liabilities are 131000 This includes
16000 deposits 40500 belonging to the
state and 11500 belonging to the county
The assets are alleged to be about the same
amount
Eplosion in a Sugar Factory
An explosion occurred at the sugar fac
tory at Norfolk which badly damaged two
of the large engines Tt was caused by
water accumulating in the cylinders
Church Dedicated
Sunday occurred the dedicatory services
Af the new German Lutheran church nine
miles southeast of Tecumseh Rev Mr
Atal of Sterling and Mr Reidheimer of
Falls City were the principal speakers
The new church is a handsome structure
Fire destroyed a similar building for this
congregation last spring and hence the
election of this new building
Falls City Creamery Burns
The Falls City creamery building was
totally destroyed by fire recently The
loss is partly covered by insurance
ENDS HIS LIFE WITH POISON
Typhoid Fever Leads to Drinking
and Suicide Follows
Gus Buns a clerk in Lees hardware
store at Fremont committed suicide by
taking strychnine About lour months
ago he bad a bad attack of typhoid fever
and at times since his recovery has ap
peared strange in his manner Saturday
afternoon his employers were muchsur
prised to notice that he had been drinking
lie was home during the day Sunday and
nothing wrong or unusual was noticed
about his appearance He was taken sick
about it oclock in the evening Dr Brown
was sumiiniieil and pronounced it a case
of poisoning Buns old the doctor that he
had taken strychnine and taking out of his
pocket a small packet of the drug showed
it to him lie said lie took half what he
bought lie was a member of Scribner
lodge of Ancient Order of United Work
men and the evening before his death
talked with his wife in regard to the lodge
and looked up his last receipt for dues and
assessments He was about 33 years old
and leaves a wife and one child a bright
boy of 7 years
Sell Canadian Peach Trees
Complaint comes to Tecumseh from tne
country that the county is now being can
vassed by an outfit of fruit tree agents who
are reported as selling peach stock
which they claim is budding on Canadian
root The advantage of this budding thoy
Qlnim i timt tne will not bein to
grow as early in the spring as nativestock
and thus the buds will escape early frosts
The fact of the matter is as is known to
every horticulturist of extended experience
instead of Canadian stock starting later in
tiie spring in this latitude it starts earlier
Being accustomed to making growth in a
colder climate the stock transplanted hero
will begin growing much earlier than na
tive stock and budding earlier will in all
probability be nipped by late frosts The
agents are reported as having sipde several
good sales to farmers
Preacher and Janitor Fight
Sunday morning while the custodian oi
the Elm wood Christian church Con
Critchfield was attending to his furnace
fires in the basement of the church Rev
Mr Pallister approached him and accused
him of going through his desk drawers in
his study and appropriating 15 which he
had left there Critchfield denied the
charges and after a wordy war the minis
ter struck him over the head with his cane
breaking it into three nieces During rin
encounter Critchfield seized the stove pokei
and endeavored to return blow for blow
Since then it is stated the two have met al
the ministers house and each has apolo
gized for his hasty actions and bad con
duct at the church
Buys the Saunders Couuty Bonds
The State Board of Educational Lands
and Funds held a meeting at the office ol
the state treasurer at Lincoln and after a
brief discussion the board voted to accept
the proposition made by the commissioners
of Saunders County to sell to tho state foi
its permanent school fund bonds to the
amount of 00000 to run for ten years
and to draw interest at the rate of 4J per
cent per annum The state gets the bonda
at par and a check for the full amount o
100000 was drawn for the amount
Lumber Industry at Dunbar
The farmers who planted cottonwood
trees in the vicinitv of Dunbar wars nnn
did not know what great benefits they
were preparing tor tnose who were to come
after them These vonnir trpps hvo
grown to be from sixty to 100 feet in height
aim uie uemg saweu as last as they can be
taken to the machine This will cutoff tho
snipping of lumber to Dunbar to a largo
extent as the cottonwood can be worked
into lumber at a cost of 750 per 1000
Train Huns Into a Snowdrift
The locomotive on the Ord branch pas
senger and freight train was ditched by
running into a snowdrift Wednesday
Fireman Perdue and Conductor Forsythe
were slightly injured and Engineer
OBrien had his face cut None of the pas
sengers were injured The engine was
thrown upon its side
Cattle and Sheepmen Have Trouble
Thomas Wilkinson a prominent sheep
raiser was arrested at Kimball for cutting
a neighbors wire fence and letting his
sheep into tho enclosure It is said that
a shotgun figured in tho deal There are
hard feelings between tho cattlemen and
some of the sheepmen as tbey both claim
range
Young Man Suicides
George Popp 23 years of age residing
ten miles east of Clay Center committed
suicide by taking a large dose of strych
nine
Nebraska News Notes
The Niobrara packing house is now run
ning full time
Crete has a thief who has a special mania
for stealing Bibles
Hog cholera is taking off many swine in
the vicinity of Aurora
Alma merchants have been troubled con
siderably of late bj shoplifters
A farmers institute will be held at Te
cumseh the last week in January
A movement is on foot to organize a
company of militia at Bloomfield
The people of Hildreth Franklin county
sent lor to the Armenian sufferers
Burwell people are agitating the question
of organizing a volunteer fire department
Ed Rohan of Newcastle was severely
injured by falling about ten feet onto the
ice in a gulch
A traveling grocery salesman is reported
to have done up a large number of farmers
in the vicinity of Ponca
P A Barrows of Boone County wishes
to get on a cornhuskintr match for Sinn
side open to all comers
Charles Trulinger of ONeill fell from a
windmill tower to the ground and broke
both legs just above the ankles
While out hunting recently E T Comer
of Elmwood accidentally shot Rev Mr
Turrill The injuries were not serious
Johnson County orchardists complain
that rabbits are doing a great deal of dam
age to young fruit trees by gnawing off he
bark near the ground
A large quantity of pipe has just been
received for use on the Crawford irrigating
ditch It is confidently expected the ditch
will be completed this year
Delevan Bates and wife of Aurora have
donated land to be used for a public park
The authorities of Schuyler are making
trouble for salopns that keep open on Sun
day
A woman who had escaped from the
Norfolk insane asylum wandered into tho
house of a Pierce County farmer one morn
ing recently She was returned to the
asylum
While running to a firq recently one of
the members of the North Platte fire com
pany fell and was run over by the hose
cart He was badly bruised but not dan
gerously Injured j
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