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STIES UP GERMANY
OPERATION OF THE NEW TARIFF
- MEASURE FEARED
Hopes to Make New Treaties with
this Country Consul Monoghan
Sees Little Market for American
Products in the Fatherland
The Germans Dont Like It
United States Consul Monoghan at
Chemnitz Saxony in a report to the state
department says Germany just now is very
much- excited about the proposed new
tarriff act for the United States Her hopes
to extend and increase her exports have
been built upon other rates than those re
ported Reciprocity is regarded as the only
way in which to keep her commerce within
safe and sure lines Hopes are expressed
that commercial treaties may be made be
tween the United States and Germany
The consul feels that there is little
market there for American manufactured
products and believes that were our man
ufacturers to make half the effort in Rus
sia South America and the east that will
be necessary in Germany the returns will
be five times as great Even the natural
products Germany would not buy from us
could she get them as cheap and good else
where says the consul who produces an
array of figures to show how our grain
tradeonce of large proportions has been
turned by Germany almost altogether over
to Russia i
In conclusion he earnestly enjofnes
American manufacturers to patent their
machines and processes in Germany where
our machines are now bought taken apart
and successfully imitated
HER FOURTH HUSBAND DEAD
Insurance Companies Suspect Mary
D Gurley of Foul Play
Judge Ball of Chicago issued an order to
exhume the body of Franklin D Gurley
who died suddenly a week ago and an ex
amination will be held to determine the
cause of his death Gurley carried 7000
life insurance his wife Mary D Gurley
to whom he was secretly married in May
1896 at Kenosha Wis being made the
beneficiary The insurance companies re
fuse to pay pending a thorough investiga
tion of the causes leading to Gurleys
death Mrs Gurley has been married four
times All of her former husbands are
dead She is said to be a student of medi
cine particularly of drugs
DIES UNDER THE KNIFE
Crum the Famous Sprinter
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the
Victim of Appendicitis
John Y Cruin aged 23 champion short
distance runner died as the result of an
operation for appendicitis at Mercy Hos
pital Des Uoines Iowa Monday morning
He ran and jumped a week ago without
previous training which caused his fatal
illness Crum was considered the fastest
man in the world and took part in 1895 in
the Mt Haven games Wefers was the
only man who ever defeated him The
body was taken to his home at Bedford for
interment by a delegation of fellow grad
uates of the state university
A GREEK JOAN OF ARC
Nineteen-Year-Old Girl to Lead
a
Band of Irregulars
A newspaper correspondent at Athens
had an interview with Helen Constanti
nides the 19-year-old girl who has started
for the front to head a large band of irreg
ulars She is an excellent shot Her
brother will accompany her Both of them
are bitterly anti dynastic She declares
that she will fight in the front ranks and
has no fear of death Her departure was
witnessed by thousands of enthusiastic
Athenians who hail her as the Greek Joan
of Arc-
Sues Fitzsimmons
Isaac Michel a millinery salesman of
New York has entered suit against Robert
Fitzsimmons the pugilist for 20000 dam
ages Michel claims that on April 7 the
pugilists dog Yarrum jumped out and
attacked him in the corridor of his hotel
He states that he was permanent injured
and his wounds have caused him great ex
pense He has been confined to his bed
for a number of days utterly prostrated
It is stated he will also sue the hotel man
agement
Colorado Labor Congress
A large number of delegates to the state
labor congress which was in session at
Victor Colo last week met Sunday night
jto consider the advisability of independent
political action by the members of unions
of the state After a warm discussion a
committee of two from each labor organ
ization in the state was appointed to form
ulate a plan of action and report at a meet
ing to be held in Denver on July 4
Maecos Alleged Betrayer
A dispatch from Havana says Dr Max
imo Zertucha Antonio Maceos physician
who is alleged to have betrayed the Cuban
general fo the Spaniards was arrested at
his home near Guinea Sunday and taken
to Havana under close guard
Ex Congressman Perry Dead
Ex Congressman John J Perry died
suddenly at liis home in Portland Me
Monday aged SB years
It Caused His Death
George Bull treasurer of the North Da
kota Milling Company at Grand Forks N
D which assigned recently died the other
day from heart disease arid worry superin
duced by the failure He was an old res
ident ad highly respected t
Anti Kinetoscope Bill Passed
The Michigan house of representatives
has passed aibiU Mjtf prpjiibit repToductioiij
of prize ngfifby Vitascope ftinetoscope
etc The penalty is a fine of 500 to l00tf
or two years imprisonment or both
TO REDUCE TAX ON SPIRITS
Secretary of the Treasury Will Rec
ommend a Reduction
It is very probable that the secretary of
the treasury will soon recommend to con
gress a material reduction of the internal
revenue tax on distilled spirits and an in
crease of the tax on beer The action will
be taken on the ground that the present
tax of 110 per gallon is above the revenue
producing point Some days ago Senator
Cullom introduced a resolution which was
adopted calling upon the secretary for his
views on the subject This report will
show that since the increase in the tax on
spirits from 90 cents to 110 per gallon
illicit distilling has increased to a point
almost if not quite beyond con
trol This is the case particularly in the
mountain districts in the south Recently
evidence has been obtained of its extension
into the north That it is rapidly increas
ing and extending in many directions in
ternal officers say is beyond doubt and
with only the 50000 appropriated by con
gress for the detection and suppression of
illicit distilling the internal revenue bureau
is almost helpless to stem the tide Under
a lower rate it is comenueu mat uie induce
ments for violating the law would be re
duced and at the same time the revenues
would not suffer
PORT BANES RECAPTURED
Spanish Forces Recover It from the
Insurgents
The port of Banes in Santiago de Cuba
held by Gen Calixto Garcia and 6000
Cubans ever since the Laurada landed
Roloffs expedition has been recovered by
the Spanish combined army and naval
forces under Gen Gomez Ruberte and Ad
miral Navarro The Spanish forces con
sisted of two columns including 700 ma
rines 400 navy and 1200 infantry Both
columns boarded the Spanish fleet under
command of Admiral Navarro The fleet
protected by artillery landed under a
heavy fire from the insurgent musketry at
Ramon Peninsula off Banes losing
during the removal of the troops one killed
md seventeen wounded
The Cubans in view of the combined
attack of the army and navy abandoned
their stronghold without much resistance
leaving a large quantity of ammunition
The government has strengthened the mil
itary forces in the province of Havana by
the addition of twenty one squadrons of
cavalry and fifteen battalions of infantry
STEAM SHEEP SHEARING
Plant Now
in Operation
River Wyo
in Green
The steam sheep shearing plant of Will
iam Cooper and nephew upon which work
has been in progress for the past month at
Green River Wyo was started up last
week Forty machines manufactured by
the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine
Company of London England compose
the plant which represents an investment
of upward of 5000 The shearers do not
take kindly to the machines at first They
ire paid the same price for shear
ing by the machines us by hand but
annot at the start make as large wages
It is claimed however that with several
weeks practice the men can do better
work and make more wages with the ma
chines than by hand The shearing is
much closer than by hand and an average
of one pound of wool is gained upon each
head in the shearing At the Green River
plant forty shearers are employed and it is
sxpected when the men become familiar
with the machines that from 3000 to 4000
sheep will be shorn a day
Comptrollers Monthly Statement
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that on April
SO the total circulation of national bank
notes was 2328022 14 a gain for the year
Df 8700899 and a loss for the month of
5906650 The circulation based upon
United States bonds was 208768459 a
gain for the year of 5365310 and a loss
for the month of 999153 The circulation
secured by lawful money was 24033695
an increase for the year of 3335589 and
an increase for the month of 92503 The
amount of United States registered bonds
on deposit to secure circulating notes was
232749800 and to secure public deposits
16318000
AVill Make Twine of Marsh Hay
In a short time Oshkosh Wis will have
In operation the first grass twine factory in
the world It will employ 800 hands and
will make binding twine from marsh grass
something never attempted before A deed
lias been executed conveying the North
western car shops to the Wisconsin Grass
Twine Company represented by J
OShaughnessy of Chicago and machinery
will be installed immediately
The Ex Minister Fatally 111
Ex Gov Albert G Porter of Indiana is
fatally ill at his residence in Indianapolis
Two years ago the venerable man sus
tained a severe fall and since then he has
been confined to -his room almost con
stantly Gov Porter was minister to Italy
under President Harrison and at the zenith
of his career was a big factor in Republic
an politics of Indiana
Irish Lassies Reach America
Eight hundered Irish girls landed at
Ellis Island off New York on April 30 in
the steerage of the trans Atlantic steam
ers They represent all of the thirty two
counties of Ireland Most of them were
from the provinces of Munster and Con
naught They are coming over in answer
to a general demand for white female do
mestics
Dunlop Must Go to Prison
President McKinley has decided not to
Interfere in the case of Joseph R Dunlop
publisher of the Chicago Dispatch sen
tenced to two years imprisonment for
sending obscene matter advertisements in
his paper through the mails
Wolcott to Soon Go Abroad
Senator Wolcott one of the commission
ers of the United States to promote inter J
national bimetallism is preparing to start
for Europe next Monday He expects the
tariff bill will be reported from the finance
committee before he starts
Window Glass Will Be Higher
Saturday last a 5 per cent advance -in
the price of window glass including all
sections of the country went into effect
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JBIPITTSBURG FIRE
PROPERTY nALUED AT 3000
OOO DESTROYED
The Conflagration Occurred in the
Wholesale District Young Farmer
in North Dakota Butchers Four of
a ivaimiy and Assaults a Woman
Great Fire in Pittsburg
The greatest fire that has visited Pitts
burg Pa since the memorable one of 1845
started shortly after midnight Sunday in
the immense wholesale grocery establish
ment of T C Jenkins on Penn Avenue
and Liberty Street and was not gotten
under control until late Monday morning
Three large blocks extending from Liberty
Street to Penn Avenue and from Fifth
Street to Sixth Street was reduced to
smouldering ruins The loss will exceed
3000000 and is well covered by insur
anc Among the buildings destroyed are
Jenkins wholesale grocery establishment
Homes six story dry goods estalishment
Homes office building the Duquesne
Theater and the Methodist Book Concern
A NORTH DAKOTA MONSTER
Young Farmer Butchers Four of a
Family and Assaults a Woman
August Norman a well known young
man went to the home of Knute Hillstead
a prominent farmer living near Larimore
N D at an early hour Saturday morning
during the absence of the latter and de
manded admission to Mrs Hillsteads
room Norman said he would kill all the
family if she refused Then he procured a
razor and went upstairs cut the throat of
Peter Hillstead aged 15 and carved Mrs
Hillsteads lo-month-old son after which
he cut the throats of Adolph and Oscar
aged 11 and 8 He then forced his way
into Mrs Hillsteads room and assaulted
her after promising not to kill- her and
her two little girls The two oldest sons
are still alive but little hopes are enter
tained for their recovery The murderer
is still at large
MONEY TO BE
DESTROYED
Design of New Silver Certificates to
Be Simplified
The Carlisle notes the new 1 2 and 5
silver certificates issued last year are to
be withdrawn from circulation as rapidly
as possible and destroyed So much com
plaint has been made against them by
bankers and others who are compelled to
count them rapidly and in large quantities
that Secretary Gage has ordered new de
signs made
New Steamer Line to Japan
A new steamship line is to be established
between San Francisco and Japan to be
known as the San Francisco and Yo
kohama Transportation Company A
monthly service is to be established be
tween these two points via Honolulu Five
first class steamers will be operated and
probably a branch line will be maintained
between Yokohama and Seattle and Port
land The first steamer of the new line
the Hakusan Maru left for Yokohama
April 3 and is nearly due at San Fran
cisco The new company will be operated
in opposition to the existing lines across
the Pacific
Fatal Detroit Fire
Two persons were burned to death and
two others very seriously burned in De
troit Mich Sunday night The burned
structure was a two story frame building
occupied by E H Heidels bakery In the
upper story lived the family of Nicholas
Sinig four members of which were quickly
surrounded by the flames Lizzie Sinig
aged 20 and her brother Anthony aged 5
were caught in a back room and before
help arrived they had been burned to
death
Anarchists Condemned to Death
Twenty six anarchists in addition to
those already sentenced in Barcelona have
been condemned to death for complicity in
the bomb outrage of June 7 last at the
feast of Corpus Christi when a bomb was
thrown into the midst of a procession
which was on its way to the church of
Santa Maria del Mar killing a dozen per
sons outright and wounding fifty others
some of whom have since died of their in
juries
Will Work Double Time
The iron workers and all other employes
of all the departments at the mills of An
drews Bros Co of Youngstown Ohio
received notices Saturday that hereafter
the entire plant will be in operation on
double time This is the first time for over
a year that these mills have been in full
operation
Mint Directors Report
The report of the director of the mint
shows that during the month of April the
total coinage at the United States mints
was 10410080 Of this amount 8800400
was in gold 1535000 in silver and 74680
in minor coins Of the silver coinage 1
400000 wa8 in standard silver dollars
Wed in the Penitentiary t
Erving Shaw and Gertie Fisher each
seiueuceu 10 a year m me umo peniten
tiarv fnr inint liorsp thflft were wpd in Hip
jail parlors by Mayor Grady of Wilming
ton Gerties mother gave her consent
Gertie is a beautiful little girl and her hus
band is a handsome beardless boy
AVill Prohibit Sunday Baseball
Mayor McKisson of Cleveland Ohio an
nounced that owing to the fact that he had
been called upon as an official by many
citizens to enforce the statute prohibiting
tiie playing of baseball on Sunday he will
not allow league games to be played there
on Sunday
Gets Mayflower Log Book
At the official residence of the Bishop of
London the lord chancellor formally pre
sented to Retiring Ambassador Bayardthe
original log of the Mayflower which it was
decided some weeks ago to transmit to the
keeping of the state of Massachusetts
Vice President Purdy Resigns
T C Purdy of St Louis vice president
and general manager of theMissouri Kan
sas and Texas has resigned because of jll
health A A Allen late assistant general
manager has been appointed to the posi
tion
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SIX NEGROES LYNCHED
Colored Mob Hangs a Half Dozen
Jtavishers and Murderers
For three murders ravishing two girls
and burning down the humble home oTf
their poor victims and incinerating the
bodies six perhaps seven negroes Friday
night suffered the death penalty at the
hands of a mob of their own race At 12
oclock a mob of negroes took from a room
at Sunn3side Texas where they were be
ing guarded Fayette Rhone Will Gates
Lewis Thomas Aaron Thomas Jim
Thomas and Benny Thomas the four
latter being brothers and Will Will
lams all negroes and hanged the first
six named to1 an oak tree The seventh is
supposed to have been hanged but his
body has disappeared Several shots were
heard shortly after the mob took the vic
tims from the room and he may have tried
to escape The negroes all confessed to
having murdered Henry Daniels an old
negro his stepdaughter Marie and a 7-
year old child burning the bodies of the
two oldest by setting fire to the cabin
where the crime occurred and throwing
the little ones body into a well Old man
Daniels had the proceeds of a robbery
which the Thomas boys had committed
and they demanded it of him under pain of
death They outraged the grown girl and
the 7-year-old girl and then killed both
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Reactions in Values anda Falling
Off in Volume
Bradstreets Weekly Review says The
more conspicious features of trade are less
satisfactory including moderate reactions
in prices of staples a falling off in the vol s
ume of transactions in various lines con
tinued slow collections and less favorable
conditions in the iron and steel cotton and
some other industries There is less de
mand for staple varieties of iron and steel
makers reporting trouble in securing speci
fications for contracts on hand The out
look is for the shutting down of some fur
naces in thePittsburg district Sales of wool
have declined sharply but receipts of for
eign have brought up the weeks move
ment to a fair total Nearly a years sup
ply has been imported during the first four
months of this year The prices movement
furnished little basis for special encour
agement the only advance on general rec
ognized conditions being those of pork and
cotton Higher prices for woolens is an
effort to anticipate the tariff
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat from both coasts of the United
States amounts to only 1158886 bushels
this week against 1260000 bushels in tho
week a year ago
Tortured by Robbers
Mrs Shook an aged lady living at
Adonis W Va was horribly tortured
and robbed by a negro and white man who
forced an entrance into her house The
robbers brutally beat her bare feet with
switches and burned them to a crisp with
candles The woman finally told where
her money was hidden and the robbers
secured 500 and escaped
Altgeld Denies Responsibility
Ex Gov Altgeld whose name from time
to time has been connected with the affairs
of the defunct Globe Savings Bank of Chi
cago gives out an interview in which he
denies that he was in any way responsible
for the irregularities of its management
He admits having been a borrower from
the bank but says it was simply a matter
of business
Big Montreal Failure
James ACantle Co wholesale woolen
and cotton agents of Montreal Can have
made a formal assignment Their liabili
ties are 219300 Many smaller woolen
houses and mills are involved and several
crashes will likely result
Dual Murder and Suicide
John L Lane wife and child were found
dead near Biddeford Me Friday morning
All had been shot It is supposedit was a
double murder and suicide
New Orleans Banker Convicted
William P Nichols president of the de
funct Bank of Commerce of New Orleans
has been convicted of the embezzlement of
20000
120000 Fire in Toronto
Afire in n P Eckhardts wholesale
grocery establishment at Toronto Ont
did 120000 worth of damage insurance
90000
MABKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 200
to 550 wheat No 2 red 70c to 72c
corn No 2 24c to 25c oats No 2 17c
to 18c rye No 2 33c to 35c butter
choice creamery 15c to 17c eggs fresh
8c to 9c potatoes per bushel 20c toj
30c broom corn common growth to choice
green hurl 2c to 5c per lb
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 88c to 90c corn No 21
white 24c to 26c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 96c to 98c corn No 2
yellow 21c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye No 2 34c to 35c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 250 to 525
wheat iSo 2 91c to 93c corn No 2
mixed 26c to 28c oats No2 mixed 20c
to 22c rye No 2 38c to 40c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
5300 to 425 sheep 200 to 525
wheat No 2 red 90c to 91c corn No 2
yellow 23c to 24c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c rye 35c to 37c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 92c to 93c
corn No 2 mixed 24c to 26c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 34c -to 36c
clover seed 430 to 435
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 72c
to 73c corn No 3 24c to 25c oats No
l white 21c to 23c barley No 2 28c to
34c rye No 2 to 37c pork mesa
S25 to 875
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 1 red 90c to 91c corn No 21
yellow 28c to 30c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c
New Yot Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 red 78c to 80c corn No 2
29c -to 30c oats No 2 white 22cto 24c
butter creamery 13c to ISc eggs West
ern 9 tc 11c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Nance County Man Makes a Great
Find on the Iioup Kiver Supposed
to Be the Remains of a Mastodon
Other Items of Interest
Mastodon on the Loup River
While A P Jarvis was boating on the
Loup River Sunday near Fullerton he
discovered the remains of a giant mastodon
under a bank twenty feet high and about
eight inches above the water line The
tusks were broken off and the ends of them
were nearly even with the bank protrud
ing but a very little The tusks lay side by
side and were about five feet and a half in
length and three inches in thickness at the
smaller end increasing to seven at the
larger The bones crumbled a great deal
in even the most careful handling and he
was only able to save a piece ten inches in
length and five in thickness He also
found the jaw bone and two of the teeth
The teeth are about three inches across
Further excavations will probably be made
MORE POWER TO MUTUALS
Auditor Cornell Extends the Priv
ileges of Co Operative Insurance
The state auditor has decided that under
the law governing farm mutual insurance
companies such companies may insure
county school houses churches par
sonages section 8 of the law being inter
preted to allow such action He also de
cides that under the provisions of section
11 of house roll 183 the town mutual law
passed by the last legislature town com
panies may insure mills creameries and
country stores The decision made
regarding the powers of farm mutual com
panies is directly contrary to the one made
by Auditor Eugene Moore and includes
the provisions of house roll No 259 the
uouiury cnurcn anci scnool house msur
amenaments The insurance
commissioner states that there has been a
great demand from the farmers and farm
mutual people of the state for a decision of
this kind and that since the adjournment
of the legislature a large number of letters
have been received bearing on the subject
Nebraskas Crop Conditions
The Nebraska weather and crop bureaus
weekly bulletin says The temperature
has averaged nearly two degrees above the
normal The rainfall has been below the
normal and generally less than one fourth
of an inch except in the eastern sections
1 A f -a -
wnere ic nas oeen excessive It exceeded 4
inches in small areas in a number of coun
tiesjn the southeastern section The week
has been a favorable one for the growth of
crops Farm work has made good pro
gress except in the region of excessive
rainfall where comparative little work has
been done Oat sowing is nearly com
pleted and plowing for corn has com
menced quite generally in the state Corn
planting has commenced quite generally
in the southern counties west of Gage
Early sown small grain is coming up in
good condition Peach apricot and cherry
trees are in blossom in southern counties
Corn Rots in Open Cribs
Farmers are beginning to find out that
cribbing corn in open cribs does not pay
Several near Exeter have begun shelling
and after shelling out two or three loads
have found the corn in such bad condition
that grain men could not use it In nearly
every case of an open crib it was found
that the middle was badly damaged in
ouuic uascs auuusc rotten The only way
to save any of it will be to immediately
sort out by hand all that is sound and dis
pose of it for by June 15 none of it can be
used It is believed by a good many that
the foreign buyers who cribbed some 150
000 bushels last fall will lose not less than
one tenth owing to the bad condition it
was in when put in the cribs Their cribs
however are well made and roofed which
may make a difference
Paid Their Money in Advance
March 25 a man giving his name as B
Ticknor and representing himself to be n
agent of the Colorado Midland road made
his appearance in Nebraska City soliciting
advertisements for a publication styled
Colorado Texas Louisiana and Mexico
which was to be
circulated with the com
pliments of the above named railroad
Several business concerns took
space pay
ing for it in advance for which they were
given receipts stamped with the Midlands
Indian trade mark Numerous contracts
for space with prominent St Louis and
Kansas City business houses were exhib
ited The officials of the railroad company
say it is a swindling scheme
Bank Makes a Test Case
District court was in session at Nelson
last week with Judge W C Hastings on
the bench Considerable interest was
manifested in the case of the Hanover Na
tional Bank against the receiver of the
defunct Bank of Superior This is a test
case in which a number of other banks
are interested which if decided in favor of
the plaintiff will increase the liabilities of
the defunct bank by about 35000 This
will greatly lessen the amount per cap
ita which the depositors will receive as
the liabilities outside of the above sum are
approximately 75000
Suicide in Thurston County
Frank B Phillips a young man about 26
years old committed suicide on one of the
farms of J H Burbank in the eastern part
of Thurston County where he was work
ing as a farm hand having been in thejem
ploy of Mr Burbank most of the time for
three years He used a 45 calibre revolver
which he deliberately held up to his fore
head and fired the fatal shot No cause for
his act is known He was unmarried and
twas not known to have had any difficulties
twith any one His parents reside near
Marshalltown Iowa
Drives Wife Away and Suicides
Jacob Muntz an aged German of Ulys
ses committed suicide under peculiar cir
cumstances He had a quarrel with his
wife and drove her from the house and
after she had gone presumably in a fit of
remorse took poison He was found dead
by his neighbors
Six Legged Pig Dies
A six legged pig which has been an ob
ject of considerable local quriosity at the
farm of V J Thomas two miles north of
North Loup and which grew finely for
some time after its birth died last week
and Was sent to the state university
Bartley Under Arrest
J S Bartley ex state treasurer was ar
rested the other day at Lincoln on the
charge of embezzlement Bartley is charged
with having converted to Jrisqn use the
proceeds of a state warrant to the Omaha
National Bank for collection
BLOODY AFFRAY
Dozen Men Wounded in a Saloon
Row at Crawford
A bloody battle occurred in Crawford as
a result of which Arthur Morrison once
sity marshal of Crawford and a dozen
others are seriously injured The trouble
began in a saloon A dispute arose be
tween Morrison and a man named Austin
Marshal Spearman attempted to arrest him
and Morrison struck him three times
Spearman tried to down Morrison when
the latter pulled a gun and attempted to
shoot A bystander caught his arm and
the shot went wide of its mark Spear
man knowing the dangerous char
acter of the man clinched with
him and using his revolver as a club
struck Morrison on the head cutting a
great gash and fracturing the skull Mor
rison still showed fight but was finally
subdued and taken to jail Morrison was
convicted about a year ago of the murder
of Avon Harris at Crawford in January
1805 but secured a new trial and was ac
quitted Spearman belonged to an opposite
faction and had sworn to kill Morrison if
he ever made a break at him
Settles on a One Third Basis
Fred Orchard state examiner of county
treasurers was in Hastings last week and
presented to the county board of supervis
ors a claim for 281862 as the states share
of the money which was collected some
years ago from the bondsmen of ex County
Treasurer Charles H Paul in settlement of
Pauls defalcation Mr Pauls shortage
was a little over 30000 and by agreement
between the bondsmen and board of super-
visors it was settled by the bondsmen for
S10000 The board decided to act upon the -advice
of County Attorney Dungan and
make a settlement with the state on the
terms asked which are that the state wilL
give Adams County on receipt of 281862 7
a receipt in full for an 845588 claim which
is now held against the county
Building and Loan League
The fifth annual meeting of the Ne
braska League of Local Building and Loan
I A ccnniofinno fio Knls C Anx 1 i
auu imiuuuueu u n uuv oi
who delivered an address Representatives
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of thirteen associations were present
G W Nattinger and T J Fitzmorris of
Omaha and C F Bentley of Grand Island
were elected delegates to the National
League at Detroit Papers upon the vari
ous features of the business were read by
J Arnold of Schuyler C W Grinnin
ger of Grand Island C M Nattinger and
E C Bryson and T J Fitzmorris of
Omaha which brought out much spirited
discussion
Lets the Guards Out
A new decision has been made by the
adjutant general -of the Nebraska National
Guard It is in the case of George B
Scrambling George M Winkleman and
Charles F Hackenberg of Company L
First Regiment N N G stationed at
Omaha who went into the company edrly
in 1891 but on account of a loose system of
reporting enlistments were not recorded
until March 1895 The rule has been to
date the enlistments from the time of re
cording but the ruling is made now that
in cases like the above credit may be given
for the time served previous to the formal
enlistment and the discharges are granted
Boy Killed by an Angry Cow
An infuriated cow drew the 12-year-old
son of Samuel Bowersock of Thayer be
neath a wagon and strangled the life out
him The boy had gone to get the Cow
from the pasture and as the beast -was iLJk
rather wild he tied the halter around his
in order to better hold her The cow
untune ingnienea ana started to run
dragging the boy off his feet and over the
rough ground In going around the
wagon the cow pulled him in between the
wheels and literally crushed him to death
Telephone Will Reach to McCool
Among the new enterprises that will be
located in McCool this spring is telephonio
connection with outside towns and cities
in the state The Nebraska Telephone
Company will build a line from there to
Fairmont and York This will be of great
convenience to business men of that place
and will be liberally patronized
Dr Talmage Talks at Lincoln
Kev TDeWitt Talmage Dr Clopsch
and Miss Leitch spoke at the opera house
in Lincoln on the 29th inst for the
pose of raising money for the India famine1
sufferers The house was crowded to the
doors and hundreds were turned away
Over 300 was taken in a basket collection
Twenty Seven Years in One Church
Kev J B Green has been pastor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Ne
braska City for the past twenty seven
years
Nebraska Short Notes
Fulerton is suffering from an epidemic
of petty thievery
rucicaianer or Emerson lost one of hi3
fingers in a feed grinder
Antelope County farmers report than
their alfalfa fields came through the winter
all right
Henry Seigert a young farmer living
near Wisner was killed one day last week
by a horse which he was riding falling
upuu mui
A young son of Arthur Connor who
lives southwest of North Platte got tangled
up in a harrow and had his left leg broken
between the hip and knee
Owen Bros of Stanton last Friday
shipped in 288 head of Texas hogs and
while they were in town a circus wouldnt
have been in it as a point of attraction
Two Weeping Water men were trying tc
kill a rat and one of them made a jab at
the varmint with a pitchfork The fork
struck Ed Norton on the foot and ran clear
through it
Harvey Kebuck and Sherman Reslerol
Auburn had a rich find in young wolves
one day last week The day being a little
too wet to cut stalks they went wolf hunt
ing and found a nest of nine young gray
wolves two weeks old
Farming will be carried on extensively
on the Cody ranch at North Platte this
year Manager Goodman has in 300 acres
of wheat barley and oat3 and will plant
800 acres of corn There -are over 1005
acres of alfalfa growing on the ranch
A prairie fire north and west of Pierce
last week did considerable damage
Judge Sedgwick was taken sickwhihi
holding court in Seward and was obliged
to adjourn court and go home He Waj
able to hold court in York last week
Ed Owens jr of Saunder3 County wai
knocked down and oint by a tramp 6n
evening last week whilewalking alongth
road All the tramp got was a pocket
knife
A N Reed shot a crane- at hisplace
three and a half miles northeast of Central
City Monday measuring even eight
from tip to tip of its wings
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