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INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL
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WEYLER IS SATISFIED
NOT SURPRISED AT THE ACTION
OF THE SENATE
He Says that It Might Aid the In
surgents but Would Help the
Spanish Cause More Poker Player
Kills a Bluffer Other News Items
Mr Weyler Talks
i In an interview Gen Weyler in refer
ence to Morgans Cuban resolution said
I am not surprised at the action thus far
taken nor shall I be if the house concurs
in the senate resolution and sends it to the
president Your jingoes are in the saddle
and are evidently bent upon forcing the
country into some foreign complications
in order to distract attention from the fast
approaching international crisis In brief
recognition may aid the Cuban junta in
placing a few bonds in the United States
but it will at the same time assure the suc
cessful issue of our proposed new Spanish
loan in Paris London and Vienna and
enable us to carry on the war with re
newed vigor Personally I would be glad
g if recognition comes our position will
then be more clearly denned
HOUSE SESSION SHORT
A Motion to Bring the Cuban Ques
tion Up Is Sidetracked
In the lower house of congress Monday
Mr McMillin of Tennessee introduced a
resolution for the consideration of the sen
ate resolution recognizing the belligerency
of the Cuban insurgents and asked for its
consideration from day to day till disposed
of It was referred to the committee on
rules but it is not likely the committee
will consider it A majority of the lead
ers will decide when it is proper to act on
it The house at 1225 p m adjourned on
account of the death of Senator Earle of
South Carolina
FIGHT OVER CARDS
Poker Player With Three Queens
Kills the 3Ian Who Bluffs Him
A fight over cards at Snowden a mining
town in Allegheny County Pennsjlvania
resulted in the murder of Albert Grier by
George Douglass A game of draw poker
was proceeding when Douglass was
bluffed by Albert Grier into laying down
three queens against a bobtail flush After
the shooting Douglass fled pursued by a
crowd who captured him in the woods
and were about to lynch him when officers
appeared and rescued him and took him to
the Pittsburg jail
GREECE ANSWERS TURKEY
Will Not Treat Directly with Sultan
as to Peace Terms
The Greek government in reply to the
notification by Edhem Pasha that he was
empowered to negotiate terms of peace
has informed the ministers of the powers
that as Greece has already confided her
interests to the powers there is no reason
why she should negotiate directly with
Turkey
Election Riot in Hungary
A dispatch from Agram Hungary says
The elections for the Croatian and
Slavonian Provincial Diet took place
Monday Serious disturbances occurred
in several towns At Bosnyaczi there was
la terrible riot The military were ordered
to fire upon the crowd with the result that
fourteen were killed and thirty wounded
No Report Is Expected Soon
To set at rest the common expectation
that a more or less sensational report upon
the situation In Cuba is looked for any day
by the president it may be stated that it is
not a part of the understanding under
which Mr Calhoun went to Havana that
he is to make a report by mail or indeed
at all until he returns to Washington
Heavy Gold Withdrawals
The treasury department received a tele
gram from New York Monday that 1500
000 in gold coin had been withdrawn from
the subtreasury for export also that 1
225000 had been obtained from the banks
making the total shipments Tuesday 2
400000
Uruguay Rebels Win
The federal troops of Uruguay were dis
astrously defeated by the rebels at Rivera
Sunday Lamo3 led the insurgents who
captured several guns Lamos was pro
claimed general by his men on the field of
battle after the victory
To Free Irish Prisoners
It is believed to be certain that many
perhaps all of the Irish political prisoners
including the invincibles Fitzsharron
Hanlon and Mullett will be pardoned
early in June in commemoration of the
queens jubilee
First Train Since the Overflow
The first train on the Yazoo Missis
sippi Valley Railway since the overflow
arrived at Greenfield Miss Sunday Reg
ular trains between Greenville and Carey
oommenced running Sunday The river is
falling
Bell Company Increases Stock
The capital stock of the Bell Telephone
Company in Missouri is to be increased
from 400000 to 2000000 A special meet
ing of the stockholders of the compariy has
been called for July 1 for this purpose
Kneebs Horse Sold
At the adjourned sale at auction in Ber
lin Germany of the trotting mare Bethel
formerly the property of Robert Kneebs
the American horseman themare was sold
at auction for 6000 marks 1190 to
Schmidt the mares trainer
Menelik to Fight the English
The Rome correspondent of the London
Times says he learns on the very best of
authority that Emperor Menelik of Abys
sinia is arranging to co operate with the
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edition in the Soudan
AN ARIZONA TALE OF BLOOD
Ahuvote the Piute Assassin Slain by
Member of His Own Tribe
A dispatch from Kingman Ariz says
Ahuvote the notorious Piute Indian who
has in the last three days murdered not
less than ten white men is dead He met
his fate at the hands of members of his
own tribe Who were compelled by miners
in Eldorado cannon to trail the murderer
to death the penalty for their failure to do
do so being fixed at the annihilation of
every Piute the miners could reach
The miners congregated in Eldorado
canon and told the Piutes that if they did
not bring or kill Ahuvote they would kill
every Piute they could reach The In
dians followed him down the river found
where he made his last landing and trailed
him ten miles up the canon into the moun
tains where they crept up and shot him as
he was going over the range
The board of supervisors of Mojave
County Arizona offered a reward of 250
for Ahuvote and Mouse who murdered
Davis and Sterns last February
Over 100 white men and Indians joined
in the chase for the murderer Telephone
advices from White Hills fifty miles north
state that fifteen armed Piute Indians came
into town and made threats that if the
whites molested them they would do more
killing A deputy sheriff attempted to dis
arm them but got only one gun
PETITION IS DENIED
Credits Commutation Company Beat
in the Union Pacific Case
Judge Dillon of New York finished his
argument in the Union Pacific intervention
proceedings Saturday morning at St Paul
and Mr Coombs for the petitioner began
the closing argument on behalf of the pe
titioner the Credits Commutation Com
pany Judge Sanborn disposed of the ap
plication late in the afternoon His decis
ion is thus stated
The prayer of the petition is denied
not as a matter of discretion but because
in our opinion they do not state sufficient
facts to show that the petitioners have a
legal right to intervene
An appeal was allowed to the United
States circuit court of appeals
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT
Japan Decides to Send Another
Warship to Honolulu
The steamship Empress of India from
China and Japan brings these advices
Word has been received in Hong Kong
from Kweishen Kwazagui that the French
mission at Lo Lix has been pillaged and a
young missionary named Rev Mr Mason
murdered The chapel at Sy Liu has also
been threatened and it is feared will meet
a similar fate
According to a Japanese native paper
the government has decided to send an
other warship to Honolulu It is stated
that Japan will enter a protest against
the engagement of Russian troops by
Corea
TO GET LOWER FREIGHTS
Convention Is Called for Omaha on
the Second of September
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas
transportation committees met in Guthrie
Oklahoma and issued a call for a conven
tion of Western people to discuss the
safest and quickest means of securing a
reduction in freight rates to the gulf and
asking all states west of the Mississippi
river to send delegates The convention
will be held at Omaha on September 2
FIVE BOYS DROWNED
XTouthful Rafters on the Chicago
River Lose Their Lives
Five small boys were drowned in that
portion of the south branch of the Chicago
River known as Mud Lake Saturday after
noon while trying to cross the stream on
an improvised raft There were six on
board but the lad who caused the disaster
by starting a panic among his companions
saved himself by jumping into the water
before the craft had drifted into the deep
water
120000 Louisville Fire
The old power house of the City Rail
way Company in Louisville Ky was
burned with its contents Monday morning
Half a dozen firemen were caught under a
falling wall while fightiug the fire and
two of them Capt Frank Raggin and
Jacob were seriously hurt The former
had both legs broken and the latter is in
ternally injured The loss is 120000 par
tially insured
Miles Visits the Sultan
United States Minister Terrell escorted
Gen Nelson A Miles of the United States
army who was accompanied by his aide
de camp Capt Ganns and two secretaries
of the Turkish embassjr to the ceremony
of the selamlik Saturday after which Gen
Miles was received by the sultan who gave
him a special audience
Fatal New York Fire
Two persons were killed and three
seriously injured in a fire which started
shortly after 4 oclock Sunday morning in
the four story and basement brown stone
building at 119 West Twenty third street
New Tork Several persons narrowly es
caped death
Shoots the Girl He Loves
Cable Daniels shot Blanche Sutherland
a handsome young woman and then blew
out his own brains in the Sisters hospital
at Rossland B C He left a letter for the
sisters saying he loved Blanche
Collision ou Lake Huron
During a dense fog the Lackawanna line
steamer Florida collided with the steamer
S W Roby off Middle Island in Lake
Huron Friday afternoon and sank Her
crew was saved
Wholesale Milliners Fail
H B Rose Co wholesale milliners of
Pittsburg Pa was closed Saturday by the
sheriff Executions amounting to 50000
have been issued against the firm
Great Telescope Is Ready
The objective lenses of the Yerkes tele
scope have been adjusted and the worlds
greatest telescope is now a reality
Some men believe that when they
give a note they pay the aebt
A HOSPITAL HORROR
INSURGENTS SLAUGHTERED BY
SPANISH IN CUBA
Sneak Up in the Night Set Fire to
the Building and Shoot Down the
Sick and Wounded as They Try to
Escape from the Flames
Cuban Hospital Fire
Another Cuban hospital horror is re
ported from the southern part of Santa
Clara province The hospital consisted df
three buildings near the town of Micacar
auga There were about thirty five
wounded insurgents in the buildings at
tended by four physicians and several
women nurses The Spanish guerrillas
came upon the place at the dead of night
and without warning set the buildings on
lire The physicians and convalescent
men about the place rushed to the doors
and windows to save the more severely
injured of the inmates The guerrillas
fired on them killing the insurgents and
as the wounded insurgents staggered and
crept to the doors and windows they were
ruthlessly shot down The women
nurses were all saved from instant death
but no trace has been found of them since
A courier brought the news to Santa
Clara from whence it reached the Ha
vana junta It is said that the scene was
one of the utmost horror
NERVY HIGHWAYMAN SHOT
Attempts to Hold Up a Motor Car
in Daylight
A single robber held up and attempted
to rob an incoming car on the Stellacoom
electric road at Tacoma Wash Sunday
About four miles out of the city a tall man
roughly dressed hailed the car which
stopped to let him aboard As he got on
the platform he pulled a blue dotted calico
mask having holes cut through for eyes
down over his face produced a revolver
and ordered Superintendent Dame of the
line and the motorman to the rear of the
car The robber evidently thought they
were safely disposed of for he paid no
more attention to them but commenced
relieving the passengers of their valuables
Superintendent Dame drew his gun and
fired at the robber who returned the fire
Dame fired two shots and the robber three
Two minutes later the robber was lying
beside the car dead while Dame had been
shot in the arm and Jewett Smith a pas
senger in the leg One of Dames bullets
passed through the right arm of the robber
and the other through the left arm both
entering his body striking the lungs or
heart
LONG STRIKE AT AN END
Flint Glass Workers Give in After
a Four Years Fight
The strike of the American Flint Glass
Workers Union which was inaugurated
four years ago has been declared oif The
dispute was over the working of an un
limited turn and of 7500 men connected
with the American Flint Glass Workers
Union 1900 struck The strike cost the
Glass Workers Union over a million dol
lars and during the four years 400 strikers
have died Now that the strike is over it
is said the United States Glass Company
will reinstate a large number of men
MILLIONS HAVE PERISHED
Judge Hawthorne Tells of Indias
Double Visitation
Julian Hawthorne who was sent to
India to describe the scenes of the famine
and of the bubonic plague returned to
New York Sunday He said
I spent only thirty days in India a
fortnight in Bombay and a fortnight in
the famine district among the native vil
lages Millions of nindoos and Bengalese
have died from starvation and the govern
ment figures represent only one sixth of
the actual deaths from the plague
Woman to Be Sentenced to Hang
For the first lime in the history of Mis
souri a woman has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree at St Louis and
wiil be sentenced to hang The woman is
Pearl Waters who deliberately killed
Lillian Waddell both colored When the
verdict was read Pearl Waters sat as if
dazed She shortly sprang up and
shrieked like a mad woman and was led
back to jail
Eustis Will Go Back to Law
James B Eustis ex ambassador to
France announces his intention of becom
ing head of the law firm of Jones
Govin of New York Mr Eustis who
will sail for this country June 6 will act
at times as counsel for both the French
and Austrian governments and will espec
ially look after the cis Atlantic legal mat
ters of the French Steamship Company
Reconvenes the Texas Legislature
The Texas legislature adjourned sine
die Saturday without pasting the appro
priation bills and the governor immed
iately issued a proclamation reconvening
it for the purpose of passing the appro
priation bills the fee bill and the fellow
servants bill the latter being a platform
demand that was practically killed by the
legislature some weeks ago
South African Troubles
It is understood that Dr Leyds jr who
has been in London for some time on a
confidential mission for the South African
republic will take back to Transvaal Mr
Chamberlains proposals for a settlement
of the existing difficulties and that there
is every prospect for a settlement that will
be approved both in England and at the
Cape
Big Boston Thief Caught
Albert M King the Boston bank mes
senger who disappeared Tuesday with
30000 of the banks money was arrested
at Farmington Me Sunday All the
money was recovered
Father Kncipp Is Dead
A dispatch from Paris says that Father
Sebastin Kneipp well known throughout
the world because of his water cure is
dead
Aeronaut Fatally Hurt
Mons Lee an aeronaut was fatally in
jured while making a balloon ascension at
McKeesport Pa Friday
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THE WEEK IN TRADIL
The Business World as Seen by
Dun j Co
R GDun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says Unmistakable evidence of im
provement comes in the general increase
of commercial loans mostly for eastern
merchants or companies though some well
known houses in the middle west appear
with considerable rediscounts from the
south Western wheat receipts exceed last
years for the week 2384189 bush
els against 1738983 and Atlantic ex
ports were 1670818 bushels flour included
against 1302491 last year Western re
ceipts of corn were 1655677 bushels
against 1495670 and Atlantic exports
218S825 against 1608784 last year
notwithstanding the enormous in
crease hitherto Wheat again cheated
hopeful buyers and fell nearly 4
cents closing 3 cents lower for the week
Corn was a shade weaker Cotton once
more hopefully v advanced to 1 cents but
fell qack to 1 cents with poor
support here or abroad The iron in
dustry has quite an increase in new busi
iness though not in all branches Sales of
wool decrease though still greater than
when all the mills were busy but manu
facturers are doing scarecely anything
most of their possible demand for months
ahead having been supplied
ASKS FOR RECIPROCITY
Winter AVheat Millers League Make
an Appeal to Congress
The Winter AVheat Millers League of
America concluded its two days convent
tion at St Louis Saturday M H Davis
was elected president Resolutions were
adopted reciting that the action of con
gress upon the reciprocity idea had been of
a negative character and absolutely fails
to recognize the pressing need of new and
wider markets The resolution then de
clares
That the Winter Wheat Millers
League representing the flour manufac
turers of the central wheat producing
states most earnestly reminds the party in
power of its failure to redeem the pledges
upon which so much political and material
prosperity depends We submit there is
nothing in the tariff measure to add one
dollar to the value of our exports
NEW SCHEME OF ARMOURS
Company Organized to Loan Money
to Farmers and Stockmen
The Armours of Kansas City and Chi
cago and several other large stockholders
of the Interstate National Bank have or
ganized a trust company to be known as
the Kansas City Cattle Loan Company
which will lend money to farmers and
stock raisers through live stock commis
sion merchants taking as security chat
tel mortgages on stock and corn The
company will deal in cattle paper buy-
ing from commission men and selling to
eastern stock brokers The new corpora-
tion will have a capital of 500000 The
organization will furnish money for which
the commission men and stockmen have
hitherto gone to St Louis or east
G A R Encampment Hates
The roads of the Central Passenger As
sociation committee have revised their ar
rangements for the encampment of the
Grand Army at Buffalo According to
their latest plans the round trip rate will
be 2 cents per mile for short line one day
distances or 1 cent per mile for the short
line distance traveled over the one day
distance The tickets at this rate will bo
sold August 21 22 23 They will be good
for return August 24 to 31 but may have
the return limits extended until September
the 9th
Votes for Impeachment
The Florida house of representatives on
Saturday by a vote of 50 to 5 adopted the
articles of impeachment against State
Treasurer C B Collins that were reported
by the special committee Friday
McKinley to Go to Nashville
President McKinley has finally decided
to go to the Nashville exposition next
month He has fixed upon the 12th as the
date and will doubtless be accompanied by
some member of his cabinet
Cambridge Bars Women
Cambridge Eng University on Friday
by a large vote rejected the proposal to
confer degrees upon women
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 400 sheep fair to chdice 200
to 500 wheat No 2 red 71c to 73c
corn No 2 24c to 25c oats No 2 17c
to 19c rye No 2 34c to 35c butter
choice creamery 13c to 15c eggs fresh
8c to 9c potatoes per bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common growth to choice
green hurl 25 to 70 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 88c to 90c corn No 2
white 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2
yellow 22c to 23c oats No 2 white 19c
to 21c rye No 2 32c to 34c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 89c to 90c corn No 2
mixed 26c to 27c oats No 2 mixed 21c
to 23c rye No 2 36c to 39c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 475
wheat No 2 red 86c to 88c corn No 2
yellow 26c to 28c oats No 2 wbite 23c
to 24c rye 35c to 37c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 87c to 88c
corn No 2 mixed 25c to 26c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 35c to 37c
clover seed 420 to 430
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 73c
to 74c corn No 3 24c to 25c oats No
2 white 22c to 23c barley No 2 25c tc
33c rye No 1 35c to 37c pork mess
800 to 850
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 88c to 91c corn No 3
yellow 28c to 30c oats No 2 white 25c
to 27c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 -hogs
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 4375
wheat No 2 red 78c to 80c corn No 2
2Dc to 31c oats No 2 white 22c to 23cj
butter creamery lie to 15c eggs Wet
ern 10c to 13c
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STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
John Hoffman of Falls City Saves a
Boy from Drowing in the Nemaha
but Loses His Own Life Other
Items of Interest
Saves the Boy and Drowns Himself
John Hoffman was drowned in the Ne
maha River at Falls City He had been
trying to clear the river of drifts etc
caused by the late high water He had
been down stream and was coming back
and came close to the dam When his boat
struck the dam it filled with water and
sunk Hoffman and a young son of G
Brannin who were in the boat were
thrown into the river Hoffman pushed
the boy so he could get hold of the boat
and was thus saved Hoffman had on
heavy rubber boots and could not handle
himself very well The river was dragged
and the body was found about twenty feet
from where it went under
Tramps Set the Air Brakes
Three tramps made it exceedingly inter
esting for the crew on the westbound
Union Pacific freight train the other day
two miles east of Elkhorn The tourists
were discovered in a box car by a brake
man and by dint of considerable strong
arm work he persuaded the stowaways
that walkingwas preferable to riding As
the train was ascending a heavy grade
and running very slowly the tramps
were able to get off without en
dangering their lives or limbs They
dropped off and waited until the rear end
of the train came up to them and then two
members of the party to attract the atten
tion of the conductor and rear brakeman
made a bluff at jumping on the front end
of the caboose while their partner ran to
the rear end of the way car and set the air
brakes on every car in the train The re
sult was disastrous Four or five draw
bars were pulled out causing a delay of
two hours As soon as the mischief was
accomplished the tramps started across the
country at a rapid gait
Intimidated a Witness
Charles M Chamberlain cashier of the
Chamberlain Banking Company was
arrested at Tecumseh the other day by
order of District Judge Stull of Lincoln on
the charge of intimidating a witness Mike
Yorty charged with burning a mill at Te
cumseh pleaded guilty having in a pre
vious confession implicated D R Osgood
a Lincoln attorney whom he said had
hired him to do the work Yorty in his
plea went farther and charged that Cham
berlain some time since visited him and
warned him not to testify against Osgood
saying if he did so he would never leave
the court house alive At the close of his
recital Judge Stull ordered Chamberlains
arrest
Tries to Burn the Jail
A tramp was locked up at Pierce by
Marshal Goff for being drunk He became
enraged at this and set fire to a quilt that
was on the bed in his cell The alarm was
given by the other occupants of the jail
and quite a crowd gathered The quilt
was thrown out into the road and did no
damage The cell was of iron and nothing
was in it that would burn but the bed
clothes and the tramp himself He was
searched and matches were found in his
pockets and his shoes were removed and
matches were found there also
Tramp Is Murdered by Tramps
The man found in a dying condition
near the tracks of the B M one mile
west of Hampton a few mornings since is
dead It was found at the inquest that he
was one of a party of five tramps who had
two kegs of beer in a vacant house near
where he was found and it was the opin
ion of the jury that he had been foully
dealt with by his companions and placed
near the track to create the impression
that he had been killed by the cars His
name was found to bo Frank Hayes and
his residence at Gridley Kan
Woman Sues a Saloonkeeper
Mrs Frank Broughman living- near Os
mond has brought suit against Suckslorf
Cizek saloonkeepers at Osmond for
seinng ner nusDana liquor when he was
drunk Last winter Broughman was in
the saloon and while under the influence
of liquor had a quarrel with a man and
went out and got his shotgun from the
wagon and fired through the window and
wounded several persons Mr Broughman
thinks 1450 will square things
Elopes with His Wifes Sister
There was considerable excitement at
Hampton over the elopement of Will
Woodward son of Dr Woodward with
May Hutsell the 14-year-old sister of his
wife daughter of J E Hutsell The pair
drove to Lincoln from Hampton and were
found there by the father of the girl who
returned to Aurora with his daughter
Leave a Happy Home
Much surprise was caused at West Point
by the announcement that Annie and Kate
Hunker had left for Lafayette Ind to
enter a convent there These two girls
have left a luxurious home wealthy
parents and all that goes to make life
pleasant for a career of self denial
Young Girl Under Kcstraint
Gertrude Feldt the girl who ran awav
from her home in Beatrice several days
ago was found by the police at Lincoln
Sheriff Nelson took her home and the
county judge sent her to the industrial
school at Geneva She was only 15 years
of age
Change in the Elkhorn Directorate
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri
Valley Railroad Company was held at
Omaha last week The only change in the
board of directors was the election of
Horace G Burt to succeed W H Newman
Accident Due to the Wind
During a wind storm the roof of the
corn crib of Mr Bumgartner who resides
six miles south of Ashland in Cass County
blew off striking young John Bumgartner
on the left leg breaking it in two places
Preparing for Pharmacists
Great preparations are being made in
Plattsmouth for the entertainment of del
egates to the sixteenth annual meeting of
the State Pharmaceutical Society which
will assemble there June 7 8 and 9 A
very large attendance is anticipated
Nineteen Years for Bolln
The supreme court of Nebraska has
affirmed the finding of the district court
which sentenced Defaulting City Treasurer
Bolln of Omaha to nineteen years in the
penitentiary He was convicted of em
bezzling 150000 of city funds
RAIN HELPS CROPS ALONG
Chaso
County Farmers Jubilant
Over the Outlook
Chase County was agstfn blessed with a
timely rain the other night The fall was
uniform and general all over the county
Everybody feels highly ejated at the splen
did prospects for a good crop this year
The grass on the prairies was never better
and stock of all kinds is growing fat on it
The splendid range and healthy climate
and pure water has so highly recom
mended itself in the past that there have
been shipped into the county this spring
for grazing and keeping purposes over 2000
head of cattle Kilpatrick Bros a few
days ago shipped a trainload from the
south The train consisted of nineteen
large palace stock cars averaging forty
three head to the car The farmers of the
county are largely turning their attention
to stock raising and are rapidly gathering
around them small herds There are some
thirty or forty fanners in Chase County
who have within the past few years ac
cumulated small droves from fifty to one
hundred head and thereby are growing
rich
Has Fish in His Reservoir
About two years ago W B Reynolds of
Arcadia constructed a large reservoir for
the purpose of windmill irrigation and the
results obtained have been perfectly satis
factory In November 1895 Mr Reynolds
stocked his reservoir with German carp
black bass and croppies which were fur
nished by the state fish commission The
reservoir now abounds with the above
kinds of fish many of which measure more
than a foot in length They are fed reg
ularly at 5 oclock in the afternoon their
food consisting of bread crumbs shorts and
soaked corn
Distributing Fish at Sidney
The Nebraska fish car arrived at Sidney
last week in charge of Superintendent
William OBrien and distributed 325000
carp pike and catfish Every applicant
was in town which shows the vast inter
est taken by the people in stocking the
streams of western Nebraska
sioner Oberfelder and Superintendent
OBrien left with the car for the Wyoming
hatchery for the purpose of procuring a
carload of rainbow trout which will be
distributed in the waters of Nebraska
Boy Digs Out a Den of Wolves
A young boy by the name of George
Lane who is herding cattle for Kiethery
Cline two miles south of Elsie had a
thrilling experience with a den of wolves
He drove a large wolf into its den and
then procured a long piece of barbed wire
which he twisted into the animals hide
He pulled it out of the den and killed it
with his pocket knife He then got a spade
and proceeded to dig into the den and in a
few minutes had captured seven vouncr
wolves
Mad Dog aj North Loup
A few days since a strange animal of the
bulldog variety came into North Loup
from the upriver country and was seen to
bite and snap at fences and was seen to
bite a number of dogs calves and perhaps
other animals An alarm was given and
a posse organized and they succeeded in
running him down and shooting him It
is certain that he visited almost every part
of town and no doubt bit a number of dogs
and other animals when unseen
Farmer Huns Away From Home
J L Smith who has been living on- a
farm one mile north of Surprise took two
car loads of cattle to Omaha last week and
returned with a nice little sum of money in
his pocket On the day after his return ho
took a team and started to town telling
his wife lie would be back by 1 oclock
and since that nothing has been heard of
him The team was found and returned
from Utica twenty miles distant
Omaha Men Shot by a Footpad
At 930 Saturday night Dr W B Wil
cox was shot while resisting a footpad at
the corner of Twenty first and St Marys
Avenue Omaha An hour later R Grier
a butcher was shot by a robber
in his shop at Thirty third and
Parker Streets three miles away The
same man did both jobs Neither of the
victims is dangerously hurt The robber
got nothing in either instance
Steals a Buggy and Two Horses
A team of horses one bay and one roan
together with a top buggy and harness
were stolen from Vincents livery barn in
Deweese the other night The thief made
the mistake of getting parts of two differ
ent sets of harness which should assist in
the identification of the rig It is thought
that they were driven north toward How
ard and Aurora
Ship Cattle to Chicago
A special train left Ulysses Monday lor
Chicago of twenty four cars of fat cattle
J C Schrader eight cars Martin
Withers six cars C B Wilson four cars
W H Lamey two cars Bryon Beaver
two cars J H Wynegar two cars These
are all well fed cattle and will pay their
owners a big profit
Burwell Butter a Good Seller
The Loup Valley creamery conducted
by Ira Wagner is doing a splendid busi
ness It is now getting cream enough to
make about 400 pounds of butter each
week The butter is shipped direct to Bos
ton and Jt has come within K cent of top
ping the market
Nebraska Short Notes
An unusually large percentage of corn is
being listed this year owing to the latenes
of the season
W It Cramb a Burwell stock dealer
was slugged and robbed in St Louis
recently The robbers secured a gold
Mrtuuu auu a smau amount of cash
It is reported that some squatters have
pitched their tents on the land known as
the island across the Missouri River
from Hooker Township Dixon County
and some interesting litigation promises to
follow The land is the old river bed and
the squatters claim that it belongs to the
government and that they have a right to
occupy and possess it Owners of adjacent
lands however claim that it is accretion
and propose that the squatters shall be
ejected Hence a lively time be
may ex
pected
Complaint is madp r j
Imperial frequently deface the tombstones
in the cemetery Cii
Bellwood furnished 900 bushels of
for the India famine fund corn
Rock County farmers offer a standingre
ward for
evidence leading to the conviction
of people who set prairie fires
The cattle ranges in the hills northed
of Bayard were never in better
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