AROUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
THE POWERS TO ACT
FOREIGN FLEETS HAVE
REINFORCED
BEEN
WW LUcly Prevent a Clasfc Be
the Greeks and Turks Ca
nadian Opinion of the Depression
in the United States
The Powers to Act
There was not much change in the situa
tion at Canea Crete Monday morning
The foreign consuls and the archives of the
consulates remained aboard the foreign
warships The Christian governor of Crete
Cteroviteh Pasha Is on board the Russian
Tnan of war and the Greek consul is on
koard a Greek warship Skirmishing be
tween the Mussulmans and Christians
around the town continued incessantly
with little advantage to either Skirmishes
were also in progress at Hulfa Messages
of importance have been exchanged be
tween the admirals and their home govern
ments All the foreign fleeta have been
reinforced
The Mussulmans are now practically
confined to Canea Retimo and Herakllon
Some Greek vessels are off the Island of
Milo It is understood the foreign admi
rals have received Instructions to prevent
-am open conflict between the Greeks and
Turks
The opinion in official circles in Con
stantinople is that a fleet of the powers
-will be instructed to occupy Crete very
shortly and that pressure will be brought
on Turkey and Greece to prevent an open
war The Turks fear Crete in any case is
practically lost Aleady there are indica
tions in the Boland Peninsula that a war
between Greece and Turkey would be fol
lowed by a serious conflict there and it is
believed the powers are not yet ready to
lace such conditions It is not believed
iowever that war will be declared It Is
-understood the sultan has received assur
ance from the powers that Greece will not
he allowed to disturb the peace of Europe
though certain irregularities of her recent
actions will have to be overlooked It is
pointed out to the sultan that Xing George
was compelled to make a naval demonstra
tion in Cretan waters in order to allay
popular clamor in Greece
A Vienna dispatch says The semi
official Fremdenblatt confirms the report
-that the powers had accepted the proposal
-of Great Britain for the occupation of
3anea Heraklion and Retimo by the
marines or the foreign fleets adds The
commander of the Australian ship has al
ready received instructions to co operate
with the fleets of Dther powers and if nec
essary forcibly prevent further hostilities
of Greece The powers are on
the point of arriving at an agreement in re
gard to steps to avoid furtherbloodshed at
Crete
BANKS ARE TO BLAME
CanadiamView of the Depression iu
the United States
Hon Ci1 C Colby ex Canadian cabinet
minister who has returned to Montreal
from an extensive trip through the United
States says that the defectiveness of the
United States national bank system is re
sponsible for much of the depression that
lias been- noticeable of late The system
does not meet the present requirements
the banks being precluded from giving
-necessary accommodations to move crops
etcf2ience the many failures that have
oeeK exploited The silver agitation was
thoutcome of a lack of banking facilities
dor the adequate needs of the country He
-says he has Information that McKinley
lias given carte blanche to a Chicago
bankerto prepare a scheme which if
will be worked oiuVby the secre
tary of the treasury and submitted to con
gress He believes the Canadian system of
ianks with large capital and branches in
the different centers of the country and
power to issue currency guaranteed by the
government will to a certain extent be
followed -
Place for the South
A Washington dispatch says that it is
now generally believed there that James
A Gary of Maryland will be postmaster
jgeneral under McKinley The opposition
which manifested itself in Garys own
state has all bejen removed and in a day or
-two at the utmost he will be further en
dorsed by a number of influential men
-throughout the south- as the most rep
resentative man for the southern member
of the cabinet
Reduced to Helplessness
The most populous quarter of the British
empire is devastated by plague and famine
and overwhelmed by disasters worse than
-war Large as the Mansion house charity
Jund is and extensive as the relief works
Already are with a capacity of employing
between 2000000 and 3000000 of natives
the magnitude of the calamities which
Jiave befallen India is so appalling that the
government seems reduced to helplessness
Bad Gang Is Run Down
The last member of the Stratton gang of
robbers the toughest and smoothest gang
of criminals known in the west for many
years now lies in the Denver city jail
to the officers by his brother This
remnant Harry Davis is wanted in North
Baltimore O for the murder of Night
-Watchman Joseph Baker on the2lstof last
June
Christie the 3Iinstrel Man Dead
Charles Christie an old time burnt cork
-minstrel who was one time well known
throughout the land died Saturday night
in Kansas City age 63 For several years
living on the
-be old man
tftrecof Kansas2 City cutting silhouettes
jfor chaace patrons
4Blow at the Trusts
The Missel senate has passed the anti-
billwkicn nullifies all contracts for
- and provides that persons
purchasing unde contract from trusts need
w rarrv out contracts thus made
KAINES MARRIAGE EDICT
St Iiouls Archbishop Forbids Marital
Alliances with Non Catholics
Archbishop Kain has enlarged upon an
Order promulgated some time ago that
has shocked and startled the upper circles
of Catholocism in St Louis to a degree
never before excited by any church order
for the reason that it touches so closely to
the domestic peace of communicants
The order seems to have been precipita
ted by the controversy that has arisen over
the approaching marriage of Miss Jose
phine Rowley to Dr W L Whipple
and of Miss Frances Holmes to
Charles Orthwein The brides-to-be
are devout Catholics and the grooms
are Protestants All of the parties are
leaders in swelldom The fiancees and
their influential friends have pleaded
with the archbishop in vain to relax his
rule and permit them to be married at home
by a priest but the archbishop is obdurate
and has sternly -told the young women that
both of them shall be instantly excom
municated if they marry non believers
Both young women will forsake the church
of their faith for the men they love But
the climax came when the archbishop an
nounced that all bridesmaids and grooms
men of the Catholic faith who officiate at
either of these swell weddings would also
be excommunicated Both weddings are
to be elaborate affairs with many attend
ants or at least that was the programme
Now all is chaos This has caused a num
ber of leading Catholic laymen to speak out
against the rigidity of the archbishop
WOMAN IN THE WORKSHOP
Proportion of Females to the Whole
Working Glass Increasing
The eleventh annual report of the de
partment of labor transmitted to congress
recently by Commissioner Wright relates
entirely to the work and wages of men
women and children It shows that the
proportion of women to the whole work
ing class is increasing while that
of children is decreasing The
figures obtained from selected establish
ments are numerous enough to
give a reliable index From these figures
it is seen that male employes 18 years of
age or over increased in the present period
over the former period 631 per cent while
female employes of the same age
increased 668 per cent Male employes
children under 18 years of age increased
806 per cent while female employes un
der 18 years of age increased 391 per cent
The report throws considerable additional
light upon the much discussed ques
tion as to married women in industrial
pursuits For the present period
out of an aggregate of 79987
women 70921 or 8S7 per cent were
single 6755 or 85 per cent married
2011 or 25 per cent divorced and 214 or
8 1 10 of 1 per cent unknown The last
census figures on this point are also ana
lyzed Of the 8914571 females over 18
years of age engaged in Industrial pursuits
in the United Stated in 1890 6984 per cent
were single or their conjugal condition
was -unknown 136 per cent were married
1610 per cent were widowed and 90 per
cent were divorced
CONFLICT SEEMS INEVITABLE
Greece Is Determined to Annex the
Island of Crete
The warlike excitement in Athens in
creased with the departure of troops for
the frontier and the equipping of additional
war vessels for service in Cretan waters
Nobody seems to doubt that a clash at
arras will occur between Greece and Tur
key unless the powers intervene but it is
believed that- Greece will be given a
free hand in Crete and that if she succeeds
in annexing that island her right to do so
will not be questioned by the rest of Europe
It is quite certain that King George has
not acted without consulting with his
friends in sending the torpedo fllotilla into
Cretan waters with instructions to prevent
at all hazards the landing of Turkish
troops in Crete
The porte is understood to have ap
pealed to the powers to restrain Greece in
this emergency but nothing further is
known of the policy Turkey is adopting
though it is reported that a large force of
Turkish troops is assembling at Salonica
for embarkation to Crete that there is
great activity in military circles on the
Turkish frontier and that a portion of the
Turkish fleet is being prepared for active
service
Modjeska Too 111 To Act
Mine Modjeska will cancel all her en
gagements for the season under her physi
cians advice Mine Modjeska is suffering
from an aggravated case of appendicitis but
her physicians have decided to avoid an
operation as long as possible They say
there is no immediate danger and that she
will probably recover
Pearl Bryans Murderers
The court of appeals at Frankford Ky
has overruled the petition for a rehearing
in the cases of Scott Jackson and Alonzo
Walling sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of Pearl Bryan
The Charleston Blockade
Chablestox S C The weather Fri
day was not propituous for the vessels of
the blockade fleet though it suited admir
ably the purpose of a blockade runner
None however attempted to run the
gauntlet of the fleet The arrival of the
other vessels which have been ordered to
join the fleet is being looked forward to
with eagerness particularly so the dyna
mite cruiser Vesuvius which is to run the
blockade The monitor Amphitrite came
up to the city and took a position off the
custom house
A Victory for Fitzsimmons
Buffalo Pugilist Bob Fitzsimmons
scored a victory in this city Justice Childs
having granted his petition that the money
paid into court about 250 during the
quarrel which resulted in the breaking up
of the partnership of the famous fighter
and his former manager Capt Glori be
returned to him
To Wage War on Sweat Shops
Sybacuse N Y The Ready Made
Tailors National Association was formed
by the convention which has been in session
this week in this city The organization is
to act independent of the Knights of La
bor War is to be waged on the sweatshop
system The officers elected are headed by
G C Bessler of Syracuse as president
NATIONAL DAIEYMEN
THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN
CHICAGO
Ex Gov W D Hoard Elected Pres
ident for the Ensuing Year Turk
ish Consul General at Boston in
Jail Charged with Embezzlement
National Dairy Union
The annual meeting of the National
Dairy Union was held in Chicago Reso
lution were adopted requesting the depart
ment of agriculture to co operate with the
various dairy interests to fight against the
introduction of dairy substitutes A reso
lution was also passed inviting the various
dairy interests to co operate with the Na
tional Dairy Union in this fight and one
asking the upper house to take action upon
the Grout bill regulating the sale of oleo
margarine
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year
President W D Hoard of Wisconsin
Vice President W K Boardman of
Iowa
Treasurer H B Garler DeKalb 111
Secretary Charles Y Knight Chicago
TRIES TO KILL FOUR
Insane Ex Treasurer of Lexington
Murders His Son and Suicides
John Marrs of Lexington Ky on
Sunday morning killed his son
wounded his daughter tried to kill his
wife and killed himself Marrs was
m
ex city treasurer He was once in an
insane asylum When the servantawoke
Marrs he rose with an insane light in his
eye and as the servant retreated fired two
shots at her Mrs Marrs and her sister-in-law
Miss Ida ran up to the room but
Mrs Marrs fainted on the steps as her
daughter Helen ran out of the room Miss
Ida entered the room and found Marrs
brandishing a pistol He struck her and
fired at her but missed Then he shut and
locked the door When neighbors as
sembled and forced an enterance he was
found with his throat cut from ear to ear
The little boy was shot through the head
and mutilated with the razor Helen was
wounded in the head but will recover
SIX MINERS ENTOMBED
Buried by a Cave In at the Talcville
Mine In New York
One of the worst accidents in many
years occurred Saturday evening at
the Talcville mine nine miles from
Governeur N Y A section of the
shaft in the Freemans talc mine
caved in and buried six men under a
vast amount of rock and earth Seven
men were at work in the mine when Wm
Horn noticed the mine caving in He
shouted to his companions and they at
tempted to escape Horn managed to
avoid the falling earth and rocks but the
others went down with the huge mass of
debris Horn hastened to the surface and
gave the alarm Rescurers after spme
diligent work uncovered the head and
shoulders of one of the entombed miners
named Dawlock The other unfortunate
miners are certainly dead Their names
are McCoy Mathews Tetherton Mc
Lochlin and Charles Larocc
TURKISH CONSUL IN JAIL
Mr lasigis Arrest Causes a
Big
Sensation in Boston
Joseph A Iasigi Turkish consul gen
eral at Boston who was arrested in New
York Saturday night at the request of Bos
ton officers was held in 10000 bail until
Capt Francis Peabody jr the complain
ant will reach that city from Boston The
consul general is charged with embezzling
8000 from Peter Charles Lesvieux and
250000 is said to be involved Iasigi is
trustee of the Lesvieux estate Mr Iasigi
was locked up he having failed to secure
bondsmen
The arrest of Joseph A Iasigi has
caused a tremendous sensation in Boston
especially in the society where he and
his wife were prominent
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 Crijz
Mexico to the port of Saliua 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 Ilana
ma route
Quays Son Is Arrested
Richard R Quay son of Senator Quay
was arrdsted at Pittsburg Pa on a charge
of criminal libel on complaint of State
Senators Magee and Flinn charged with
furnishing material for an article pub
lished in the Commercial Gazette stating
that they sold out to Hanna in the fight of
McKinley for the presidential nomination
Quay gave bond Other arrests are
promised
OMalley Not Guilty
Alderman Thomas J OMalley and John
Sentry who have been on trial for the
murder of Gus Colliander in Chicago were
acquitted on Saturday by the jury The
trial lasted a month and has been bitterly
contested Gus Colliander was a judge of
election who in a local election in 1891 was
shot by one of a gang of toughs which
raided the polling place over which he pre
sided
m
No Money Now Up
Warren Lewis of New York has taken
down the 2500 which he had in Al Smiths
hands as a forfeit in the match between
Corbett and Fitzsimmons because the lat
ter had not put up a like sum Now no
money is up on the match
Cut Wages 10 Per Cent
The Cambria Iron Company of Johns
town Pa has announced a reduction in
wages of 10 per cent to go into effect
March 1 because of the general depression
in the steel trade
Weekly Bank Statement
The weekly bank statement shows a re
serve decrease of 2902000 The banks
nnw hnir ssi fias nnn in pvness of the lecal
requirements j
CUBAN BONDS SOLD SECRETLY
Fifteen 3lillions Disposed of In the
United States and Elsewhere
Cuban bonds to the extent of over 15
000000 have been secretly issued and dis
posed of in the United States and else
where during the past twelve months The
greatest secrecy has been exercised by the
junta in the handling of these securities
for the reason that until quite recently it
has been a question whether issuingJaonds
of the republic of Cuba was a violation
of international law The conclusion
having however been arrived at that
the course which has been pursued is
lawful and cannot be interfered with
the fact of the bond issue is now made
public and the securities will be placed on
open sale in all of the principal cities of the
United States and Europe
Thes bonds are payable in gold ten years
after the evacuation of the island by the
Spanish forces The sale of bonds it is
claimed bears out the juntas constant as
sertion that no overtures looking toward
peace except on a basis of absolute inde
pendence of the island will be entertained
The bonds are in denominations of 1000
and 500 They bear 6 per cent interest
payable semi annually in New York or
Havana the revenues of the republic being
pledged to pay them New York and
Paris have been the best markets for the
bonds a single remittance from Paris be
ing 185000 London Berlin and other
places have taken a considerable amount
RAIL POOLS DISRUPTION
Combines Collapse the Event of the
Week in Trade
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says No event of the week ap
proaches in importance the disruption
of the steel rail pool In two days after
it a greater tonnage of rails was prob
ably purchased than the entire produc
tion last year reported as 800000 tons
and instead of 28 in December and 25 in
January 17 is now the price at which
works east and west are seeking orders
the Carnegie Company even selling at 17
Chicago delivery These sales will em
ploy many thousand hands with an im
portant decrease in the cost of track laying
or renewals to railroads Another event
of influence is the purchase of 750000
pieces of print cloths by M C
D Borden at 256 cents which has
already caused an advance to 269
cents with a stronger tone for prints and
other cotton goods The woolen industry
also meets an increased demand for low
and medium goods and a dozen more mills
have started against three stopping for
various reasons Clay mixtures are re
duced to 75 cents with other prices main
tained Failures for the past week have
been 267 in the United States against 321
last year and 61 in Canada against 67 last
year
KNEEBS WONT APPEAL
AVill Serve the Sentence for Ring
ing in Germany
Word from Berlin Germany says that
Robert Kneebs the American horse owner
has decided not to appeal against the sen
tence of nine months imprisonment and a
fine of 1000 marks for trotting his mare
Bethel on the German tracks under a false
name He has less than two months to
serve
Burglars Steal Evidence
Burglars entered the office of United
States Secret Service Agent Murphy in the
federal building at St Louis Mo and
captured all the counterfeit money in the
possession of the department Two gangs
of expert counterfeiters are in jail in that
city awaiting trial The capture of the
counterfeit money robs the government of
its chief evidence and practically prevents
the effective prosecution of the cases Po
lice believe friends of the men now in jail
committed the burglary
Has Fight With Cattle Thieves
A telegram received at San Antonia
Texas gives an account of a desperate
battle between Sheriff Jones and posse and
cattle thieves which took place in Kimball
County Texas The sheriffs posse had
been on the trail of cattle thieves several
days and finally came upom their camp
in the hills The thieves showed fight and
two of them J C Johnson and Jim Crain
were killed and Jack Underwood fatally
wounded None of the sheriffs posse was
injured
MABKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
3J50 to 550 hogs shipping grades
310 to 375 sheep fair to choice 1J200
to 425 wheat No 2 red 74c to 76c
corn No 2 21c to 22c oats No 2 14c
to 16c rye No 2 35c to 36c butter
choice creamery 20c to 21c eggs fresh
15c to 16c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common short to choice
dwarf 35 to 80 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep good to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 85c to 87c corn No 2
white 21c to 22c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 shepp 300 to 450
wheat No 2 SSc to4hc corn No 2 yel
low 19c to 20c oats No 2 white 15e to
17c rye No 2 32c to 34c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 S9c to 91c corn No 2
mixed 22c to 24c oats No 2 mixed 18c
to 20 rye No 2 SSc to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 425
wheat No 2 red 86c to 88c corn No 2
yellow 22c to 24c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye 36c to 38c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red S7c to S9c
corn No 2 mixed 21c to 23c oats No
2 white 16c to ISc rye No 2 35c to 37c
clover seed 485 to 495
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 73c
to 75c corn No 3 19c to 20c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c barley No 2 25c to
31c rye No 1 36c to 37c pork mess
725 to 775
Buffalo Cattle common to prime ship
ping 250 to 500 hogs medium to
best 300 to S400 sheep common to
prime natives 300 to 450 lambs fair
to extra 400 to 525
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 3G0 to 475
wheat No 2 red 82c to 83c corn No 2
2Sc to 30c oats No 2 white 21c to 22c
butter creamery 15c to 22c eggs West
ern 13c to 17c
STATE 01 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
The City Fathers and Electric Ught
Officials at Kearney Fail to Agree
on Rates and Consequently the
City Is in Darkness
May Leave Kearney in Darkness
Kearney is wrestling with the question
of street lighting The contract with the
Kearney Electric Light Company expired
on the first of this month and so far the
officials have been unable to agree npon
the terras of a new contract The price
paid prior to February 1 was 1 cents per
hour per light and there were twenty six
arc lights used at that price In addi
tion there were nine lights which
the city had the use of in consid
eration of having voted and donated to
the Kearney Canal and Water Supply Com
pany 60000 in bonds May 1 1894 The
contract for furnishing the free lights was
for a term of twenty years and the city
council is now inclined to get along with
as few lights as possible A meeting of the
citizens was held recently to discuss the
matter and it seemed to be the unanimous
opinion that the council should only take
lights that the city was entitled to free and
if the electric company failed or refused to
comply with this demand that steps should
be taken to force them to do so at once
Just what the outcome will be is hard to
predict but it is quite certain that the city
will be in darkness for a while at least
FINANCES OF THE STATE
Sum of 25700 Due from Ex State
Auditor for Insurance Fees
The books of the insurance department
of the state auditors office show that ex
Auditor Eugene Moore has standing
against him for insurance fees collected
and not turned in the amount of 25700
He says that the amount will all be paid
within a short time The state treasurer
when asked on February 13 for informa
tion concerning the condition of the state
treasury and incidentally how ex-Treasurer
Bartley was coming on in the way of
turning over the funds in his
possession said that the house and
senate had appointed a preliminary
investigating committee to inquire
into the condition of the funds and that
he was now preparing a statement to lay
ueiore mem Me said he did not desire to
anticipate that statement by publication of
the full facts just now but he added that
the statement would be ready this week
and would be submitted to the committee
This committee has also tended to retard
somewhat the quarterly report of the treas
urer due the first of the month and which
is usually transmitted to the state auditor
before the 8th This report will be sent in
soon after the preliminary examination by
the committee and thereafter it will be
transmitted once a month
Robbers Get Into Postoffice
Burglars again entered the postoffice at
Exeter and the safe was blown open but
the robbers were frightened away before
they could effect an entrance to the steel
chest where the cash stamps and money
orders were From appearances they used
nitroglycerine and were not at all sparing
of the article It blew the outer door off
and the front plate of the inside chest
hurling them through a window near Hie
safe knocking it out sash and all They
seemed to have been nearly ready for the
second charge but hearing some people
stirring they fled leaving everything
They had effected an entrance through an
east window with tools which they had
secured from the B M tool house
There was nearly 200 worth of plunder in
the safe but they got none of it There is
not the slightest clew
On Trial for Manslaughter
Keith County district court is in session
atOgalalla and Frank Tocum who shot
and killed James Evans on the evening of
December 23 was tried for manslaughter
The attorneys for the defense were Wilcox
Halligan of North Platte and the case
was prosecuted by County Attorney
Albert Muldoon assisted by James McSa
who is a resident of Ogalalla
The jury on Thursday brought in a
verdict of guilty of assault and batterv
Judge Grimes sentenced him to sixtv days
in jail
Farmers After Hog Thieves
Frank Tate and D Brown have been
accused of stealing hogs out in their neigh
borhood so the farmers around Pierce sav
and a committee of about -twenty-five pro
ceeded to the Tate residence to apply tar
and feathers to the offenders but both men
were gone The farmers say that stock of
various kinds have been missing of late and
now they have spotted the culprits
Steal Hides From a Car
Someone broke into a car at Fremont and
stole about 70 worth of hides belonging to
Eurnes Hoebner The hides were
shipped from Rushville and were -rough
skinned by Indians from cattle issued to
them as rations There were wagon tracks
near the car which were followed for quite
a distance
Brafceman Falls from a Train
Brakeman Charles Drummond a resi
dent of Beatrice fell from freight train No
55 going south on the Union Pacific road
at a point eighteen miles north of Manhat
tan and was instantly killed his head and
leg being severed from his body Drum
mond was 20 years old and single
Hand Caught in a Corn Sheller
A Neidermeir a farmer residing five
miles from Fontanelle had his hand badly
mashed by being caught in a corn sheller
His hand was so wedged into the bearings
of the machine that ten horses which were
hitched to the power were brought to a
standstill by it
Find the Kidnaped Child
Willie Booth the child kidnaped at Be
atrice has been located in Summerfield
Kan in charge of the man Brown who it
was believed had enticed him away The
boys uncle J S Atherton will institute
legal proceedings to regain possession of
him
Wealth of Corn In Harlan County
The corn in Harlan County is all of good
quality There are over 200000 bushels of
ear corn in the cribs at Republican City now
and in addition to this Harris Co are
erecting 300 feet of running crib room The
prospects for at least 300000 bushels seem
excellent It beats all records
They All Come Back
Thomas 0Day at one time the Demo
cratic candidate for supreme judge in this
state but for several years a resident of
Portland Oregon has decided to return to
jns former home at Neligh
FARMERS WIFES STRANGE ACT
Destroys Family Relics and Articles
She Formerly Prized
The wife of Peter Dall a farmer living
six miles northwestof Winside has become
demented over financial troubles and hard
work Her mania takes Ihe form of a
strong desire to destroy articles which she
has formerly prized highly fJhe has
burned clothing belonging to various mem
bers of her family attempted to burn and
finally consigned to the hog pen two
feather beds which had been brought from
Denmark and were family relics She
ruthlessly tears into pieces small keepsakes
likn nintiires anil alhnms At times she is-
sane and nothing has been done to restrain
her from bringing about lurtner ana morer
dire destruction Poverty and grief have
unbalanced her mind and made her dan
gerous She has a maniacs cunning in
formulating plans for getting the family
out of her way so that she may cany out
lier wild ideas of destruction
A Double Asphyxiation
Hugh Halpin and Charles Leaman or
Scotia were found dead at a hotel in Grand
Island on Feb 9 One of them gave a fic
titious name and said the other was his
brother giving their residence as Billings
Mont while later developments prove
their home to be in or near Scotia When
the servant girl was about to enter the
room she observed the bodies on the bed
and rapidly retreated A bell boy was
called and upon entering he found both
dead on the bed with the gas freely turned
on and the pipe dropping from the ceiling
twisted and broken in two Upon their
clothing was found 111 in cash and a sub
poena summoning certain persons to ap
pear before a justice in Scotia Whem
found both men were lying across the bed
their legs hanging down over the side The
bell boy upon showing them to their room
nau ruiiy explained to them the use of gas
It may be that notwithstanding they made
a mistake and in their excitement broke
the gas pipe above the jet
Board of Pharmacy Meets
The Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy
met in the Lindell Hotel at Lincoln and
examined quite a number of applicants lor
certificates The following members the
full board were present J C Clark
Friend A W Bucheit Grand Island H
R GeringPlattsmouth H H Barth Lin
coln and Griff J Evans Hastings Per
sons examined and granted certificatesas
registered pharmacists were John W
BobisUd Ho wells F Edward Bax
Plattsmouth Oscar P Baumann
Fremont Miss Emile H Crnnsberg
Hampton George N Douglas Hastings
George F Fowler Aurora Peter
sen cma J iiarry llylton Gresham
Homer A Hansen Platte Center George
D Knapp Verdon E H Lewis Fairfield
J L McDonald Atkinson Frank Nedela
jr Crete Carl Speelmann Sutton Cal
B Wilkins Syracuse SF Woodard
Hampton The next weeting will beheld
at Grand Island on the second Wednesday
in May
Boy Jumps from a Train
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Luke Dockhard a boy about 17 iunrbed
off a moving train at Fremont and sus
tained severe injuries He fell on his face
breaking his nose his right cheekbone
and probably destroying the sight of onev
eye Lockhard and a companion of about
the same age were beating their way west
on the freight They said they had recently
worked at Valley on a farm The injured
boy was taken to the hospital and his in
juries attended to He stated that his
parents resided in Newcastle Towa and a
telegram was sent them informing them o5j
the accident - -- ia
Horticuturists Meet
The annual meeting of the Northeast
Nebraska Horticultural Society occurred
at the court house in Stanton The attend
ance was rather light but those present
showed a good interest Several good
papers were read and discussed J H
Hadkin sr G O Marshall E D Ham
mond and others were present from abroad
The newly elected officers are John Tan
nehill president George L Allen secre
tary William Albertv treasurer Thn
summer meeting will occur at Arlingtou
in connection with the state society
Defeated the School Bonds
A special election was held at Nebraska
City to vote upon a proposition to issue
25000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a
new high school building The bonds were
defeated by 100 votes
Choose Dates for the Fair
The managers of the Jefferson County
Agricultural Society have selected Septem
ber 7 8 9 and 10 as the dates of holding the
twenty second annual fair of the society
Nebraska Short Notes
The B M is rebuilding its stockyards
at Riverton
The St Edward Creamerv will start up
again March 1
Arrangements have been made to start
up the Hampton Creamery
J H Pone of Merrick Countv bar fU A
fine horses burned in his stable recently
Peter Magnuson of Oakland 72 years of
age was killed by falling from a load of
hay
The machinery for a co operatice cream
ery has arrived at Seward and is being put
in place
The Knox County Fair Association an
nounces it is now ready to pay off the pre
miums awarded last fall
A foot race at North Bend between a
Schuyler and a Scribner man was the me
dium for skinning a large number of suck
ers
D TTheissen of Springfield was thrown
irom nis wagon oy a runaway team and
seriously injured being unconscious when
picked up
J H Todd who is being investigated by
the Washington legislatnre on the charge
of bribery was formerly a resident ol
Nuckolls County
Two young boys of South Auburn named
Cornnell and Matthirson took a notion to
go to Denver but a telegram from their
parents headed them off at Johnson
Min Gellespie of Parnell was recently
called upon to explain the mysterious
transfer of a fur overcoat from School
crafts livery to his home The jury to
whom the explanation was made decided
that the coat was worth 10 and that the
mysterious transfer was a misdemeanor in
the eyes of the law
Gretna s having a hard time keeping a
shoemaker four different ones bavin
skipped out without notifying friends or
creditors and now the fifth one Dennis
Cullen has suddenly and unceremoniously
departed
- George Perkins and Miss Neva Carmen
of Seward County stole away and were
married against the wishes of the girPs
parents When the couple returned to the
brides home to make it up with the old
folks the latter promptly locked the bride
in the house and chased her- husband At
last accounts the latter was still hnnofi f
J securing possession of his wife
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