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OMEJS ULTIMATUM
TELLS PERU SHE HAS WAITED
LONG ENOUGH
Grows Out of the McCord Outrage
Eleven Years Ago Cuban General
Tells How Gen Maceos Body Was
Recovered Soapmaker Kirk Dead
Peru Must Pay Up
The administration has determined that
Peru shall pay a claim for 200000 growing
out of the outrage committed in 1885 upon
Y H McCord a consul of the United
States A cable dispatch has been sent to
Mr McKenzio United States minister
stationed at Lima directing him to inform
the Peruvian government that the case
must be settled without delay
The cruiser Philadelphia is now on its
way to Callao from Valparaiso The au
thorities say her presence in Peruvian
waters has nothing to do concerning the
MoCord claim but that her arrival at Cal
lao immediately after the presentation of a
strong note by McKenzie Is expected to
have a good moral effect
During the revolution in Peru In 1885
McCord who was a railroad agent was
ordered to place a train of cars at the dis
posal of the Peruvian officers The order
was complied with but the engineer gave
up the engine to the rebels MoCord was
arrested and sentenced to be shot This
sentence was commuted but McCord was
fined 10000 soles
RECOVERED MACEOS BODY
Col Hernandez Tells of the Fierce
Fight with the Spaniards
The question of Gen Maceos death now
seems fully decided J A Huau a Florida
Cuban agent has just received a letter
from Col Andres Hernandez who com
manded the Cuban detachment that went
to re enforce Gen Maceos forces In his
letter Col Hernandez says
December 7 was a day we will never
forget for it was then that we suffered
great misfortune in the tragic death by
ambush of our noble Maceo We were
encamped near the fight that day and heard
the firing Gen Maceo came across the
trocha unknown to us with but forty men
More than 1500 Spaniards who were in
formed of his trip ambushed him He rode
into it and was shot at the first ffre
We heard the firing and thinking some
of our friends had been attacked by Span
ish guerrillas we started off at once to
their aid though we had but 400 men
when we reached the field of battle it was
almost over and we were told Gen Maceo
was killed and bis tiody tied to a horses
tail and the Spanish were taking it off
Our men were perfectly frantic over the
report We dashed forward with drawn
machetets and what a fight that was The
Spaniards met us and the encounter was
terrible Our men fought to kill only
bent on avenging Gen Maceos death Our
sharp machetes fell with regularity and I
think we killed more than 200 of the enemy
and what is more we had the oonsolation
of recovering the body of our beloved
leader Gen Maceo We buried the body
In a secret and secure place Myself and a
tew selected men only know the location
In due time it will be made public
SOAP MAKER KIRK DEAD
Big Manufacturer Suddenly Sue
combs in an Omaha Hotel
Charles A Bark partner in the firm of
James S Kirk Co the big soap manu
facturers of Chicago died Sunday night at
the Paxton Hotel Omaha of heart failure
He had been in the- city since Friday but
bad made no complaint of ill health till
fcwuly afternoon and although no ser
kus results were anticipated yet his per
Mqal friends kept close watch as they
Sdnw that Mr Kirk had heart weakaees
Idejgito his rugged appearance At 6j
ottfck wien they entered his room they
IkWOa him unconscious having suffered
m attack during the hour previous
ptonej effort possible was made to re
Ittcitite the unconscious man by hia
ijdtytlclans and with such hopes of success
uat snoruy alter iu cciocx oneoztnem
Wtt to lunch when the other began pre
paring additional restoratives Just as
the patient seemed about to revive he sud
dcojy died at 1015 without having regained
ceBfcciousness
Will Name Tama Jim
A B Cummins a member of the Repub
lican national committee returned to Des
atolaes Monday from the east After a
cesrerence with men close to McKinley and
hating conferred with McKinley he says
he katf no doubt that Jaiaea Wilsbh will be
ajjwinted secretary of agriculture
New Kind of X Rays
A dispatoh from Vienna says that Prof
lfaederich of Elbing has notified the
Tfema Academy of his discovery of a new
Had of a Roentgen rays which will in
fallibly determine in a subject whether
dath or catalepsy has intervened
Took 4000 from Uncle Sam
Frank L McBride assistant postmaster
f Salt Lake City has been arrested
jra a charge of embezzlement He confesses
U having taken 1000 of the money real
jued from the sale of stamps since July
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Rescued from Ice Floe
The ice floe fishermen off Marinette
Wis were all saved Four of them arrived
there in a skiff from Green Island Satur
day and reported that the six others were
there The lighthouse keeper will bring
thm over
Murderer Roe is Hung
Eoe alias Moore the man who in com
pany with Carl Schmidt brutally and in
cold blood murdered Mrs JohnL Green
wood and nearly murdered her husband at
Napa Cal
dy
was hanged there the other
rtiiNtAMfi a
BUSINESS GROWING BETTER
Gradual and Steady Improvement
in General Trade
TGDun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says that it is not the largest and
most powerful vessel that can be started
most quickly and it takes time for new
confidence to reach through easier money
markets large orders resuming mills ex
panding employment and larger distribu
tion to the results which make still greater
and lasting gain possible Such gradual
and steady improvement has been in pro
gress for more than two months
Textile manufacturers are not encour
aged by the demand for goods which
scarcely increases though more print
cloths were sold than for many weeks
Though woolen -goods do not improve
there have been enormous purchases of
wool by large mills not in the records
The wheat market has varied but slightly
closing c lower Western receipts for
the week 1505032 bushels against 2916
274 bushels last year Corn took a rise of
c on a tradersestimate without change
in conditions Failures for the week have
been 455 in the United States against 395
last year and 71 in Canada against 81 last
year
May Be Hope For Mrs Maynrlck
It is reported that the English home office
has received instructions to prepare a list
of long term convicts to whom royal clem
ency may properly be extended on the oc
casion of the Queens diamond jubilee in
June next and tiiat each name is to be ac
companied by a statement of the circum
stances that go toward making the exten
sion of clemency justifiable This report
has revived the hopes of the friends of Mrs
Maybrick who believe that the strong ef
forts which have been made in her behalf
both in this country and the United States
may result in her name heading the list
Meanwhile it has been decided to revive
the agitation in her behalf and the active
co operation of her friends in the United
States in signing petitions and adopting
resolutions praying the British authorities
to give merciful consideration will be
sought
New Public Buildings
Secretary Carlisle has sent a letter to the
Dostmaster general informing him of the
probable time by which a number of the
public buildings now in course ol erection
will be completed and ready lot occu
pancy
Madison Ind August 31 1897
Sioux City Iowa February 28 1897
Omaha Neb December 31 1897
Saginaw Mich January 81 1898
South Bend lnd November 31 1897
Youngstown Ohio August 31 1897
Schweinfurth Oases Dropped
The prosecution of George Jacob
Schweinfurth and others who live at Rock
ford 111 has practically been given up by
the authorities The indictments against
them in the circuit court were stricken
from the docket by the states attorney
with leave to reinstate The marriage of
Mr Schweinfurth and Mrs Tuttle last
summer and the subsequent marriage of
otherswho were indicted proved an unexpected-obstacle
and it was decided best
to drop further proceedings
Fancy Hogs Bring Big Money
The biggest and most successful hog sale
ever attempted in the United States was
held oil the Illinois State Fair Grounds at
Springfield Fifty four head of Poland
China hogs brought the high average of
25150 each The highest price paid for a
single hog was for a sow bred in 1895
which brought 750
Bill to Control Prize Fights
Mr Morton has introduced in the New
York assembly an amendment to the anti
prize fighting bill compelling all persons
who take a part in sparring exhibitions to
have a physicians certificate of physical
fitness based on examinations made within
two hours of the fight
Loosens His Purse Strings
J Pierpont Morgan in a communication
to the board of governors has offered to
erect a 1000000 building for the New York
Lying in Hospital at Second Avenue and
Seventeenth street and the offer has been
accepted
Nova Scotia Bank Closed
The Dominion Savings bank at Yar
mouth N S has been closed by order
of the government The accounts will be
transferred to the Postal Savings Bank
The Weekly Bank Statement
The weekly bank statement shows a re
serve increase of 8108000 The banks
now hold 52100000 in excess of legal re
quirements
New York Clothiers Fail
Devlin Co of New York dealers in
clothing have failed Their capital stock
is 300000
Ohio Paper Plant Burns
The plant of the Fox Paper Company at
Crescentville Ohio burned The loss is
150000
Chosen President of Equador
A Lima Peru dispatch say Medarto
Alfaro has been elected president of Ec
quador
Seeks His Brothers Life
BtjffaloN Y Karl Kiew a young
German fresh from Berlin has reached this
city en route for St Louis on a strange
and unnatural mission the murder of his
brother Hans Karl is about 28 yeras of age
well educated and has a look of quiet de
termination His father was a wealthy
manufacturer and Karl was studying at
the University of Boon when he was sum
moned home to learn that his brother Hans
who was in misiness with his father had
converted all their property into cash and
fled to America His father died heart
broken
To Investigate the Strike
Leadville Hon Alva Adams thenew
governor who took his seat last Wednesday
has arrived in the city in company with
Maj Gen Brooks of the state militia The
governor comes to personally investigate
the strike situation in the hope some ar
rangement may be made for the arbitration
of the strike which for seven months has
practically paralyzed the great mining
camp and cost the state nearly 250000 for
the maintenance of- a military guard for
the miners
About ten millions of dollars in gold
lis now concealed in the teeth of people
lm the world
TALMAGESYIEWOFIT
REFERS TO THE TREATY IN HIS
SERMON
He Implores the Senators to Ratify
the Document Mill Cashier in To
ledo Ohio Held Up in His Office
by Robbers
Talmage on Arbitration
Dr DeWitt Talmage in his sermon on
the 17th referred to the arbitration treaty
in the following language
The mightiest grandest movement for
driving brutal war out of the earth dates
from January 11 1897 The men who on
either side of the sea did most to effect that
plan of arbitration have made themselves
immortal The evening of the present ad
ministration of the government has been
honored with the gladest event of eight
een centuries All civilized nations
should copy the sublime example I im
plore the illustrious senate of the United
States to allow nothing to interfere with a
vote of ratification that the bells of all
Christendom may ring out Peace on earth
good will to men Senators many of you
my personal friends let me say that this is
the opportunity of your lives Let the
aye aye of our American senate resound
through all the capirols of Europe and
make all the arsenals and armories of the
world hear that there shall be no more
murder among nations The worse thing
you can do for a man is to kill him the
best thing you can do tor a man is to save
him
BOLD TOLEDO ROBBERY
Oasbter wf a Mill Company Held Up
in His Office
boldest holdup in the history of
Toledo Ohio occurred Saturday noon
when a man dashed into the office of the
Northwestern Elevator and Mill Company
and pointing a revolver at the head of the
cashier said
Throw up your hands give me your
money and dont say a word or stir or Ill
blow your head off
The cashier who was alone in the office
made a rush for the telephone to inform
other employes in the mill but the robber
had taken the precaution to cut the wire
before entering the office This did not
daunt the robber in the least He walked
behind the counter still covering the cash
ier with the revolver gathered up 500 in
bills and gold placed them in a cotton bag
and coolly walked out entered a buggy
that was in waiting with a second man in
It and drove off at a lively rate
The police found the rig the men drove
off in in the outskirts of the city where the
robbers had abandoned it
TAXATION IN NEW ZEALAND
Exhaustive Report on the Economic
Condition There
The bureau of statistics of thejstate de
partment at Washington has just pub
lished a most exhaustive reportupon Land
Taxation and Labor Laws in New Zea
land prepared by United States Consul
Connelly at Aukland Thds report
was prepared as a supplement to
a former one on the same subject
which aroused so much interest among
economists owing to its succinct presenta
tion of the extraordinary advanced appli
cation of socialistic principles in New Zea
land that the state department was obliged
to follow up the subject So in response
to instructions Consul Connelly has greatly
elaborated his original report and has pref
aced it by a most interesting account of the
workings of the New Zealand system from
his own point of observation
M I N ISTER WILLIS DEAD
Dies at Honolulu from an Attack of
Pneumonia
The steamer Monowai which arrived
the 15th at San Francisco brought advices
from Honolulu to the effect that United
States Minister Albert S Willis died at
980 a m on January 8 after an iHness of
several months resulting from an attack of
pneumonia he suffered while on a vacation
to the United States
Senator Sherman Acceplfs
Ihave accepted the state portfolio
said Senator John Sherman to thte news
paper representative at the Fort Wayne
depot in Canton Ohio Friday aflternoon
The senator had but a few minutets before
left the presence of President elect Mc
Kinley Concerning other matters con
nected with the incoming adminiiStration
the senator was very reticent
Senator Sherman said in answer to a
question I think the United States gov
ernment should not interfere with the Cu
ban war either toaid in its settlement or
do anything which would make a peaceful
government of the island a charge on this
country I understand on high authority
that Prime Minister Canovas has outlined
a program of governmental reforms which
will be applied both in Spain and in
Cuba These reforms will give the Cubans
practical autonomy and wil I hope settle
the question
Masons Bar Liquor Men
The grand lodge of Masons of Minnesota
in session at St Paul adopted a resolution
barring all those who sell intoxicants from
becoming Masons in that
Another resolution was adopted providing
for the expulsion of all persons now Ma y
sons who shall hereafter sell liquors The
move means the expulsion of at leastilOO of
the most prominentimen in the propjrietors
of hotels in St Paul Minneapolis andelse
where
Meal Moth Pest
The German millers have offered a J prize
of 250 for a method of destroying meal
moth which has been ravaging the German
mills United States Consul General De
kay at Berlin offers to deliver to ihed
proper authorities any method forwarded
by Americans
Noted Newspaper Man Dea d
Kudd Smith one of the best know news
paper writers and editors in New Tork
was accidentally killed By gas es taping-
from a defective jet in a room in thijh Put
nam house He was a bnother of IjJallardi
Smith the London correspondent of the
World
FIVErOHILDREN PERISH
Burned to Death in an Orphans
I Home in Texas
The boys wing of Buckners orghan s
home five miles from Dallas Texas was
destroyed by fire Friday night Five boys
perished in the flames and several others
were badly burned Before Mrs Britton
the boys matron retired for the night she
had the boys clean out and prepare a stove
situated in a room just under her for the
morning fire She had been in bed but a
short time when she smelled smoke and
immediately jumped up to investigate She
was too late however The fire had
already entered her own room and after
a desperate fight with flame she was com
pelled to retreat with the affrightened
cries of her children ringing in her ears
knowing that they were doomed to a cer
tain death In the confusion which reign
ed while the children were being hurriedlj
assisted from the building five were
burnd to death and many were overlooked
and quite seriously burned The building
and its contents were entirely destroyed
i
ADRIFT ON AN ICE FLOE
Nine Fishermen Are Afloat in Iiako
Michigan
A dispatch from Menominee Mich ot
Jan 15 says that nine men are clinging to
a block of ice a few rods square that is
being driven out of Green Bay into Lake
Michigan by a fierce southerly gale The
wind is blowing thirty miles an hour with
a zero temperature and an occasional snow
squall The men are fishermen clad only
in the none too heavy clothing worn while
tending their nets and unless the ice floe
has blown against Chambers Island or
Green Island there is little possibility that
they will live through the night The
doomed men are residents of the little fish
ing village of Menekaunee and their wives
and children and neighbors are spending
the night on the mountains of ice that
fringe the beach weeping and moaning
BEHEADED HIS RIVAL
Brutal Murder of a Rival by an En
raged Hun
A horrible murder occurred at Port Grir
fith Pa Friday a Hungarian beheading
his rival after being overpowered in a
wrestling match The murderer was ar
rested and lodged in jail ne is John Cur
nott aged 19 a fine looking well built
youth His victim Joseph Kalata aged
22 was a splendid specimen of manhood
standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing
about 220 pounds He was handsome and
reputed to be the strongest man in the
county The men though friends have
been rivals for the hand of Anna Jopkopo
tah with whose father they boarded The
murdered man was beheaded with a largo
knife
LAND WORTH HALF A MILLION
Indian Tribe Seeks to Recover Val
uable New York Property
The Montauk tribe of Indians by their
chief and king Wyandank Pharaoh have
asked leave of County Judge Benjamin
Reeve to bring action against the Long
Island Railroad Company for the recovery
of Montauk Point N T The suit involves
the title to the peninsula of Montauk
which consists of 9000 acres of land worth
perhaps 500000 The plaintiffs are direct
descendants of the once famous and pow
erful tribe of Montauk Indians
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 Yera Cruz
Mexico to the port of Salina Cruz on the
Pacific coast and that if he 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
Feat of a Swiss Guide
A telegram has been received at Men-
doza Argentina from the Fitzgerald ex
pedition reporting that a Swiss cuide
named Zurbriggen has reached the summit
of Aconcagua in the Andes over 24000 feet
above the sea level after the third attempt
Refused to Accept Relief
The London Daily Mails Bombay corre
spondent says In the Banda district the
famine conditions are harrowing The
whole population is without food and the
people are dying in the road rather than
accept the government relief
MABKKT 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 77c to 78c
corn No 2 22c to 23c oats No 2 16c
to 17c rye No 2 37c to 39c butter
choice creamery 18c to 20c eggs fresh
14c to 16c 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 good to choice 200 to 375
wheat No 2 87c to 89c corn No 2
white 20c to 22c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 350 wheat No 2 86c to 87c
corn No 2 yellow 20c to 21c oats No
2 white 16jlo 17c rye No 2 31c to 33c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 400
wheat No 2 93c to 94c corn No 2
mixed 21c to 23c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 20c rye No 2 34c to 36c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 375
1 wheat No 2 red 89c to 90c corn No 2
yellow 21c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to Mc rye aac to avc
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 91c to 92c1
corn No 2 mixed 21c to 23c oats Noi
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 37c to 39c
clover seed 525 to 530
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 75c
to 77c corn No 8 19c to 21c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c barley No 2 25c to
35c rye No 1 38c to 40c pork mes
750 to 800
Buffalo Cattle S250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 425
wheat No 2 red B2c to U4c corn io
2 yellow 25c to 26c oats No 2 white
21c to 23c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 200 to 450
wheat No 2 red 88c to 90c corn No 2
28c to 30c oats No 2 white 22c to 23c
butter creamery 15c to 21c eggs Westr
era 14c to ISc
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Retiring State Treasurer Required
to Furnish all the State Funds in
Cash and Turn it Over to His Suc
cessor in Office
Nebraska Finances
The state treasurer of Nebraska is a very
busy man at present He is receiving the
33000000 from the retiring treasurer The
larger part of this is in cash in tiie city of
Lincoln but several hundred thousand
dollars is scattered aroundamong the state
banks according to the state depository
law The law of the state requires that
incoming treasurers shall receive the
money of the state from the retiring offi
cial In the past it has always been held
sufficient to turn over evidences of
cash such as certificates of deposit
This year it seems that the treas
ure thinks the letter of the law
calls for the actvfal cash and it will
be called in for settlement and then re
turned to the state banks This innova
tion is not due to any unusual condition
but merely a different interpretation of the
law All the bans are ready to respond
with the actual cash No trouble ever
grew out of the old rule except in the case
of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln
Treasurer Hill received certificates of de
posit from his predecessor amounting to
200000 This was in 1S91 The bank
failed When retiring from office he in
sisted on his successor receiving the depos
its and so much cash Suit followed and
neither Hill nor his bondsmen have ever
been forced to pay the tmoney though the
real issue was avoided by quibbling Ne
braska state finances are in excellent con
dition at present
Big Irrigation Project
TheLincoln and Dawsdn County Irriga
tion Company met at Gotlienburg Saturday
for the purpose of selling 275000 worth of
district bonds as advertised and to con
tract for the construction of the big ditch
A number of prominent contractors were
present to bid on the work The bonds
were sold to I Doty otf David City at
95 The work will begin as -soon as ar
rangements can be made to get the ma
chinery and material on the ground for its
construction and -will be pushed to com
pletion as soon as possible In sixty days
men will be workjing all along the line
The main canal in to be fifty six miles
long with about 115 miles of laterals and
its capacity is 450 cubic feet of water per
second whioh is calculated to irrigate
140000 acres of landT the amount of land i
ithe district
Corn Cribs Aire Overflowing
The awful condition of the weather was
not bad enough to stop corn from coming
to Exeter until the 16th wberi the rain was
too much for the farmers For ten days
the average numtier of loads of ear corn
marketed at this jplace ea h day exceeded
IlOO The Chicagb Packing company al
ready has five cribs that average 150 feet
long and ten feet wide and ten feet high
with the sixth in process of erection and
lumber on the track for the seventh an
other eastern firm his nearly the same
amount of crib room ifi the eastern part of
town The estimate bS the 1886 crop for
Exeter township alone is placed at around
500000 bushels
Killed by BurHington Flyer
W E Dougnerty 35 years old was cut
to pieces by the Omaha flyer in the B M
yards at Lincoln Mr Dougherty was
foreman of the Burlington freight depot
While engaged in marking some six or
eight cars on the foreign track he stepped
out from between them directly in the way
of No 4 then approaching on the main
track The engineer blew three short
warning whistles upon which Dougherty
stepped promptly into the conier of the
main track It is believed that this was an
absent minded act and that he thought he
was steppingjfon the sidetrack
Sells Spectacles to Farmers
An agent wlho has made his headquarters
at McCool Jui iction for a couple of months
has succeeded in selling large numbers of
pairs of spec tacles to the farmers their
wives and evien the children and the hired
men He haa taken in the nighborhood of
1000 Men and women who have never
thoughtof the necessity of wearing glasses
have paid 4llio12 for a pair and many of
them have inVested in as extra pair as well
Transfer His Stock and Is Sued
JosephF Welch of Nebraska City dis
posed of his lumber yard fixtures and ma
chinery to W P Montgomery On the
same day suit in attachment was com
menced against Mr Welch by the Nebraska
City National Bank to recover 1200 which
the bank claims is due on a note The
bank alleges that ihe transfer was made
with intent toi defraxud creditors
Cluirch Dedicated
Sundayioccutrred tSie dedicatory services
of the new German Lutheran church nine
miles southeast of Tecumseh Bev Mr
Atal of Sterling and Mr Beidheimer of
Palls 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
erection of this ntrw building
Express Companies Consolidate
The American and Adams Express com
panies at Hastings have consolidated with
Thomas A MdDonald as agent This
move was made dor the convenience of the
companies and also to save expense All
business will be transacted from the
Adams Express Companys office and two
large express wagons will be kept on the
go ri ght along
Colonel Perry at His New Post
Colonel David Perry Ninth cavalry re
cently promoted from lieutenant colonel
Tenth cavalry has arrived at Fort Eobin
son Accompanying him were Mrs Perry
and daughter and Captain M B Hughes
Ninth cavalry returning from a three
months leave of absence The colonel as
sumed command of the regiment and post
Wednesday
One Year for Beating His Wife
Last week Anton Bernasek of Wahoo
was tried for assault upon his wife with in
tent to do great bodily harm The jury
returned a verdict of guilty and Judge
Bates sentenced Bernasek to one year in
the penitentiary
Evangelist Makes Many Converts
Evangelist JEWolfe is creating a stir
in church and religious circles by his rer
vival services at York Large crowds
flock nightly to the Baptist Church to hear
him and a number of converts have been
made
State Historical Society
The Nebraska State Historical SocIot3
held its annual session in the chapel of the
university at Lincoln the fore part of the
week
The officers of the society were all re
elected They arc J Sterling Morton
president R W Furnas first vice presi
dent W S Summers second vice presi
dent C II Gere treasurer and W II
Caldwell secretary The report of treas
urer Gere showed a balance on hand Jan
14 1896 of 226366 warrants drawn 1
56772 balance in state treasury 69594
total balance 111614
Young Girl Missing in Lincoln
Ella Ross a young girl lately residing in
Firth about twenty miles from Lincoln
is mysteriously missing Two weeks since
she went to Lincoln and wrote to her
mother that she had secured a room at 229
North Eleventh street Letters from her
mother began to arrive at this address
but no Miss Ross has as yet been there
Mrs Ross went to Lincoln in search of her
laughter and made a pretty thorough ex
amination of the town but without success
Miss Ross is about 18 years of age Her
father is divorced from her mother and is
now living in Beatrice
Declares the Election Illegal
At the last regular meeting of tho Hast
ings city council the city attorney decided
that the last election held for the purpose
of voting 8000 bonds for waterworks im
provement was illegal His decision was
made on the grounds that the legal publi
cation notice had only been run ten days
when it should have run tlijrty days prior
to the election This being true every city
election ever held in Hastings has been il
legal and of course this knocks the water
works bonds out and also the bonds for
putting in an electric light plant
Will Levy Direct Taxation
Mayor Evans of Hastings says there will
not be another election for voting bonds
for waterworks improvements and an elec
tric light plant But as it is necessary for
improvements to be made on the water
works before long a direct taxation will be
made Under this the amount will all have
to be paid in about three years whereas
had the voting of the bonds been legal
they would have had ten years time vt
which to have paid the amout
Injured in a Runaway
H L Smith and wife of Tarkio Mo
met with a serious accident at Franklin
this state They were coming to town to
take the train for their home and in some
way the team became frightened and ran
away throwing both Mr Smith and his
wife out on the frozen ground injuring
them severely A ma wnPt 2oott7 who -
was uienrroHfown fell on his face
whioa was badly bruised and two of tho
lueels passed over him
Resolve for a Stricter Sabbath
At a mass meeting held at the York Bap
tist church 400 members of the various
young peoples societies in that city de
clared that the Sunday closing law must be
enforced Resolutions were passed re
questing the city authorities to see that all
places of business witti the exception of the
drug stores hotels meat markets and res
taurants be closed upon the Sabbath The
assemblage agreed to stand by the citjr in
enforcing the law
Passed Worthless Checks
A stranger has been passing worthless
checks on Falls City business men E P
Eversole cashed one for 6 and Paxton
Cain one for 9 They contained the forged
signature of Hank Shaw a prosperous
farmer living north of that town
Two Hundred Dollars for Slander
In the case of Case against- Case at Wa
hoo for slander the jury returned a verdict
for 200 damages This was an action
wherein Mrs Ida Case sued
Lucretia Case for damages in tho
sum of 10000 for slander
Nebraska News Notes
Madison is agitating the project of erect
ing a chicory factory
William Shuey of Albion has been bound
over on the charge of bootlegging
The railroad business out of Tecumseh
was greater in 1896 than in 1895
Rising City people are holding publio
meetings to agitate the beet sugar question
Some of the Chappell sportsmen have or
ganized a gun club and purchasedan outfit
of traps etc
I S Wayne is now assured of a beet sugar
factory Pending negotiations are rapidly
nearing completion
JG Moir of Wakefield had his foofe
crushed by the falltng of a scaffold on
which he was working
J A Harris of Ord proposes to start a
paper devoted exclusively to Nebraska
real estate interests
A company is being organized at DeWitt
to lease the creamery building and put tho
machinery in operation
Gothenburg farmers who turned their
horses into the stalk fields report numerous
deaths among the animals
Mrs S S Willis of Gothenburg has
turned her three children over to the
Orphan Home of Omaha being unable to
support them
The teachers in the Aurora schools have
consented to a cut in wages rather than
have the schools closed before he end of
the school year
Some parties without the fear of the
school board in their hearts entered the
Cortland school house and stole a quantity
of pencils and other little things
Some one went into the barn of George
Christianson of Kearney County and shot
one of his horses The animal was not
killed but was injured so the owner was
compelled to finish the job
Frank Edwards and Charles Burns two
McOook boys started to run away from
home and shift for themselves but were
captured and brought back before they had
proceeded further than the next station
Stromsberg merchants have agreed to -close
at 7 p m
The First National Bank of Pierce has
been changed to a state bank
Burglars entered the store of Chase Brps
at Mason City and after ruining the safe
gave up the attempt to open it
Saturday night J H Galliger of Wisner
defeated J T Stokes of Elmwood in a
wrestling match which took place at Elm
wood
Burglars visited the saloon of H C Arm
stong at Bertrand and secured 85 cents in
money and a small quantity of liquor
Wisner sportsmen made a raid on the
wolves in that vicinity Saturday but at
last1 reports all of the pests had not been
exterminated
While cutting wood near South Sioux
CityEdSchouton was struck by a falling
tree and seriously injured about the head
and shoulders
The city council of Chadron cut down
the amount paid per light from 10 to 7
per month and the electric light company
shut off the lights
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