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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1897)
1 1 I V A ELECTRIC FLASHES NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD DUE TO INTEKSE HEAT MANY DEATHS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Wavft of Torrid Weather Extends from Pittsburg to Kansas City and IVoni Chicago South Mercury Has Registered Close to 100 Decrees Many Heat Fatalities The wave of torrid weather under which the central states sweltered last week showed no abatement Sunday From Pittsburg to Kansis City and from Chicago south cloudless skies and a blaz ing sun left a record of prostrations and deaths which has seldom been equaled for the early clays of July Through out the entire district the mercury registered close to 100 de grees in the shade during the day and the number of prostrations ran into the hun dreds Cincinnati with a maximum tem perature of OS degrees showed the highest death rate fourteen deaths resulting out of a total of fifty prostrations but there were many fatal cases at other points In Chicago rhe mercury registered close to 90 for the greater part of the day and there wore over a score of prostrations Two men were killed by the heat and several other cases are critical At Cleveland live deaths have been re sorted GOMEZ IS ALL RIGHT Head of the Cuban Army Is Neither Dead Nor Wounded Private advices direct from Maximo Gomezs general headquarters in western Camagaey reaching Havana via Placetas and Saudi Spiritus flatly contradict re cent Spanish official reports alleging that the Cuban general in chief was either wounded or lulled It was Jose Maria Gomez the Cuban who commands the Saudi Spiritus division not Maximo whose horse was killed in an engagement near Placetas a fortnight ago Lac ret commanding patriot reinforcements from the east crossed Weylers central trocha on the night of June 28 and has since joined Maximo Gomez north of Arroyo Blanco en Carrilli recently attacked Mayajigua Spanish outpost near Remedios and rblev up he forts looted go eminent store and burned the town SpanTards are enraged because the American authorities released the Daunt less at ITorida Official newspapers in Havana demand that Madrid make a prompt protest and lake energetic steps to force the American government to punish violators ot anii filibustering laws make an apology pay reasonable indemnity and accept full responsibility for future Cuban expeditions allowed to leave American waters CHICAGO ROAD RACE Nearly Five Hundred Riders Con test for the Prizes The annual road race of the South Side Cycling Clubs Chicago was held Monday over the Pullman course the start being made from the corner of Jack son Street and Michigan Avenue out through Washington Park down the his toric Midway Plaisance through Wash ington Park thence south to the village of Pullman The field was the largest that ever started in a western race nearly all of the 517 entries starting Carl A Ander son seven minute man won time 4980 KWMerrill six minutes second Chas Terryberg six minutes third The time prize lies between Fred Xeison scratch and W J Bolstad two minutes Time 4030 CYCLONE AND CLOUDBURST Two People Hurt and Much Dam age Done at Barnuin Minn Dispatches state that a cyclone followed by a cloudburst passed south ofBarnum Minn Saturday The Moose River rose rapidly and inside of five hours the water was three feet deep in every house on level ground and Main Street was a raging tor rent Every bridge in town was washed away and streets ruined Three houses were blown away Mrs J Murphy was seriously and her husband fatally injured The village has asked the government for aid The St Paul and Duluth lost a num ber of bridges and several miles of track Great quantities of logs were washed away Play a Neat Trick on the Mob Has Brown the negro who it was an nounced was lynched near Yilla Ridge Mo Saturday night is alive After cap turing him the men took him into the woods supposedly to lynch him Instead they turned the negro over to the deputy sheriffs and returning to town gave out the lynching story This allayed the ex citement and prevented the formation of a mob In the meantime the negro was kept hidden At midnight he was taken quietly to Union the county seat and placed in jail to await trial Wealthy Man Suicides Hardin Parish 60 years old who arrived in Saratoga N Y from New York city last Thursday was found dead in his bed room Monday morning He had com mitted suicide with a revolver Mr Par ish ha- for many years lived in Indianap olis and is said to have been one of the wealthiest men of that city Stabhed for n Bunch of I5nmis In a quarrel over a bunch of banana John Shank a prominent resilient of South Bend hid was twice stabbed by Charies h i believed Lennox a well known citizen lieved the wounds will not prove laiai Lennox is in jail to awaii the result of Ihc wounds Explosion in Chicago Fireworks and gasoline were combinei in an explosion which blew out the frmt of -the building at otilS Jefferson Avenue Chicago Sunday night Four persons were badly injured k mioujmiw wr fc PARDON FOR THE YOUNGERS Efforts to Secure Freedom for the Famous Outlaws The effort to secure the pardon of the Younger boys for the part they took in the famous Northfield raid of a score of years ago made by the James gang has taken such shape that it is to be formally brought before the Minnesota state board of par dons at its meeting on July 12 Cole and Jim Younger have served twenty one years in the penitentiary at Stillwater a period as long as the average life sentence and powerful influence in their behalf is to be exerted Cole is T6 and Jim is 49 In anticipation of the effort for a pardon Cole lias decided to break his silence and re serve on the subject of the raid steadily maintained ever since his capture and will make a statement before the board He will disclose the part he and Jim played in the raid and atlempt to show that the blood of Cashier lleywood is not on his hands Their friends seem to be legion and very influential The petition is signed by nearly all the members of congress from Missouri senators and ex senators the legislature of that state almost to a man judges of the supreme court governor and ex governors and a host of prominent citizens throughout the state having no affiliation with politics More than that leading residents of Missouri have de clared their willingness to sign a bond to the amount of a million dollars if neces sary guaranteeing that the Youngers will conduct themselves as honest men and good citizens during the balance of their lives - SHERMAN TO SALISBURY Sharp Note Said to Have Been Sent on the Seal Question The Washington correspondent of a Chicago daily asserts that official corre spondence is about to be submitted to con gress which includes a dispatch sent by Secretary Sherman to Ambassador Hay dated May 10 for submission to Lord Salisbury insinuating that England has been guilty of bad faith in carrying ou the terms of the Paris seal award The correspondent says There is no doubt that the publication of this dispatch will cause resentment in England It was really the work of Mr Foster and Mr Hamlin jointly I learn that the administration -is very proud of the dispatch and believe that it will be re ceived in the United Slates with the same popular approval as greeted Mr Olneys Venezuela dispatch Lord Salisbury has not yet replied RENOUNCES THE WORLD Beautiful California Heiress to Be come i Sister of Mercy Miss Katherine Mosher of San Fran cisco has entered her novitiate as a mem ber of the Order of Sisters of Mercy of the Roman Catholic Church The young lady who thus renounces the world is but 26 years of age and is handsome accom plished travoloil and an heiress Her father is Leo Mosher owner of large property interests in St Louis and worth 1000000 Katherine is the only child Her father was strongly opposed to the action of his daughter She was formerly a society bell of St Louis and a graduate of Loretlo Academy She has devoted large sums to charity in the past Bishop Montgomery of Los Angeles performed the ceremony JUMPS TO DEATH A Young Englishman Leaps from Brooklyn Bridge Capl K C Keeble aged 52 an English man by birth and formerly a sergeant in Coxeys army eluded the vigilance of the police and jumped from the Brooklyn X Y bridge Sunday He leaped feet fore most his body making two complete revo lutions before it reached the water 140 feet below He struck with a splash dis appearing and was not seen afterward Keeble took the fatal leap in a sweater with the arms cut off drawers reaching only to the knees and a pair of high laced shoes He was the twenty third man to make the foolhardy experiment of jump ing from the bridge BREAKS PACKING RECORD Kansas City Has Killed Over 1500 OOO Hogs Since January 1 Kansas City packers have broken all Tecords in the first half of ISA This is the record for six months ending June SO nogs killed 1535000 cattle killed 412000 sheep killed 470000 These figures indicate an increased slaughter of 857000 hogs 43 000 cattle and 100000 sheep over the first half of lSOti This enlargement of the packing business is said by packers and live stock men to be the result of the in creased supply of live stock in Kansas City territory The extensions of trade receipts in stock at the Kansas City yards for the month of June were record break ers all around Monument to Brigham Young The corner stone of the proposed monu ment in honor of Brigham Young and the pioneers to be erected at the intersection of Main and South Temple streets Salt Lake City Utah was laid with appropri ate ceremonies The oration was by A D Richards with remarks by Gov Wells and Mayor Glendenning President Wood ruff deposited the leaden box with a copy of the oration and other souvenirs and the stone was laid by the Hon Brigham Young Suicide Is Kept Secret for a Time Alvin Dillaway son of President C O Dillaway of the Mechanics National Bank of Boston committed suicide Friday by poison The family kept the fact a secret all day In competitive examination young Dillaway secured an appointment to West Point but was expelled for a breach of rules before his course was completed Fatal Boiler Explosion Three boilers at the salt works of Beck Co at Allegheny Pa exploded Mon day morning Two were killed and one badly injured The dead are Andy Pien ger and George Krouse The plant was wrecked and set on fire Nothing will upbraid you like unused faculties MI NEKS STRIKE IS ON ITS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE PITTSBURG DISTRICT News of the Annexation Treaty Re ceived with Great Joy in Hawaii Prominent A P A Weds a Roman Catholic in Ohio Miners on a Strike A dispatch from Pittsburg Pa July 5 says The success of the struggle for higher wages in five states depends on the miners in the Pittsburg district If they fail to refrain from working the movement will be a failure Fully 100 mines were represented at the miners convention on Saturday by seventy live delegates This is a larger attendance than at any conven tion since the great strike of 1894 The resolution adopted was strong enough for emergency A resolution was also adopted requesting Gov Hastings to sign the weighing and coal commission bills which passed the legislature and are now before him 6ne of the significant points about the convention Saturday was the fact that no representatives were present from the mines where ironclad contracts and signed agreements exist A strong effort is being made to get the co operation of the river miners in the coming fight The operators are making no efforts to conciliate the miners Not an operator can be found who will not say that the miners are entitled to what they demand 09 cents a ton No effort will be made to operate the mines unless it should be the river mines hence no trouble is an ticipated The officials of the United Mine Work ers of the Pittsburg district held a meet ing Sunday and heard reports from various parts of the district Each of these indi cated that the men would quit work The question or securing sustenance for the vast army of idle men is the most serious question confronting the officials The organization has no money in its treasury The miners have been unable to save any thing and only those who have little gar den patches will be able to live independ ently during the cessation of work A P A WEDS A CATHOLIC Member of the Ohio Inner Circle Astonishes His Brethren Monday evening a wedding took place at Toledo Ohio that caused a genuine sensation in A P A circles The con tracting parties were Joseph D Batch charter member of Council No 2 A P A and of the order of Zondiacs commonly called the Inner Circle present state secretary of the A P A order and Miss j Tessa Cracknel a pronounced and devout Roman Catholic Rev Father Barry of the Church of the Good Shepard performed the ceremony The groom says he will resign his position as state secretary of the A P A and will withdraw from the local council REJOICING IN HAWAII News of the Annexation Treaty Re- ceived with Joy At the time the steamer Warrimoo left Honolulu the Hawaiian capital had only received news that the United States an nexation treaty had been sent to the sen ate The Honolulu Bulletin in comment ing editorially on the matter says that the republican senators have forced the an nexation issue as the only means to de feat the rapacious schemes of the sugar trust The very idea of annexation how ever caused a great celebration among the people a good many of whom summed up the situation as being one for America or Japan to grasp Girl Says She AVas Hypnotized Miss Katie Burridge whose sensational and clandestine marriage to Thomas R Milliken while both the young people were visiting at Crawfordsville Ind last Tuesday caused a great stir in Hamilton Ohio has made a most sensational and startling statement She says that young Milliken possesses strong hypnotic power over her and that she has no recollection of the marriage ceremony beyond a dim impression of ascending the court house steps at Crawfordsville and affixing her signature to some document She says she will never live with him and that she didnt want to marry him Has 242 Living Descendants Mary Baker the oldest person in Cass County Illinois- has celebrated her flTth birthday Her health is good and she en joys the use of her faculties to a remark able extent Her descendants number six children fifty nine grandchildren 160 great grandchildren and twenty seven great-great-grandchildren or a total of 242 living children She hopes to reach the hundredth milestone Mullan to Be Dismissed Dismissal from the naval service is the penalty imposed by the court which re cently tried Commander Dennis W Mul lan He was charged with neglect of duty while in command of the Pensacola navy yard He is best known in connection with the Samoan disaster at which time he was in command of the third rate United States steamship Nipsic Hard on Montanans The law prohibiting gambling in Mon tana which went into effect July 1 is being universally observed The law even prohibits the shaking of dice for drinks and according to the attorney generals construction match playing cards for prizes in social gatherings is un lawful Snow in Colorado The Fourth of July season was appro priately inaugurated in Leadville Colo Sunday morning by a severe snowstorm At 215 am heavy snow began falling and the ground was covered to the depth of an inch Snow also fell at Gunnison Teluride and Creede Weekly Bank Statement The New York weekly bank statement shows a reserve decrease of 7S54000 The banks now hold 41333000 in excess of the legal requirements f NEW EVIDENCE IN GOULD CASE Woman Will Testify that Jay Did Not Marry Sarah Ann Angell A new phase in the suit for dower against the Jay Gould estate entered by Sarah Ann Angell who claimed to be the millionaires widow was brought to light the other day in New York The suit hinges on proof of the marriage to Jay Gould which it is alleged took place in April 1853 Miss Angell says there was a son born of this union Joseph Wilcox a lawyer who has been retained by the Gould estate has discovered a woman who knows something of Jay Goulds early life She is expected to testify at the hearing set down for September that the alleged marriage to Miss Angell never took place This witness for the defense is Elizabeth Choate 7S years old now staying with James Pick a son by her former husband GHJ Newark Avenue Jersey City She is said to be the only witness so far secured who can testify in rebuttal She is the only former resident of Roxbury Delaware County who knows anything of Jay Goulds former life While in Roxbury Mrs Choate was a school teacher then unmarried ner name was Redwick Young Jay at that time lived with an uncle in Jtoxbury and at tended Mrs Clioates school She says she knew him well and saw him almost every day from his 5th to his 17th year Mrs Choate is confident that up to his 25th year Jay Gould was unmarried The marriage she says would hardly have been kept secret becaxise of lay Goulds well known trait of truthfulness GUNS MADE OF SOLID STEEL Test Soon to Be Made at Govern ment Expense A unique weapon of modern warfare is to be turned out in Cleveland Ohio It is the first solid steel breechloading gun ever made for the United States government and will be manufactured by the Otis Steel Company The gun will be of 8 inch bore 23 feet long and weighs 25 tons Guns have heretofore been made in sec tions This new process of manufacture in a single casting is the invention of the famous Dr Gatling He secured a govern ment appropriation of 40000 for the man ufacture of a test gun and awarded the contract to the Otis people The government is going to buy 1200 new mortars at a cost of S500000 and they may be built in Cleveland if the test is a success To Kidnap a Cattle King S W Widdle of Bakersfield Cal gen eral superintendent for Cattle King Henry Miller is authority for the state ment that three ranch hands conspired to kidnap Miller on one of his periodical visits to the ranch and after compelling him to sign a check for 23000 hold him while one of the trio cashed it They in tended to escape into Mexico with their plunder This plot was to have been car ried into effect last week when Miller visited the ranch but as Widdle accom panied him unexpectedly the kidnappers decided to wait for a more favorable op portunity Linton Defeats Stocks Twenty thousand spectators witnessed the splendid race between Tom Linton and J W Stocks the bicyclists at the Yelodromc de la Dere Paris Sunday The distance was fifty kilometres about thirty one miles Linton won by half a lap in 0124 3 5 New Orleans Bankers Sent Up Ex President Henry Gardes and ex Cashier Waller W Girault were each sentenced at New Orleans Saturday to eight years in the federal penitentiary They were recently convicted of wrecking the American National Bank Charles R Fleischman Pardoned President McKinley has pardoned Chas II Fleischman sentenced in Illinois to five years imprisonment in the Milwaukee House of Correction on DecS last for em bezzling the funds of the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago Ex Gov John Evans Dead John Evans one of the foremost citizens of Denver Colo since 1SB2 when he was appointed governor of the territory of Col orado by President Lincoln died at 430 Saturday afternoon He was S3 years old last March MARKET QUOTATIONS Chicajro Cattle common to prime 350 to 525 hogs shipping grades 3U0 to 375 sheep fair to choice 2UU to 400 wheat No 2 red 00c to 70c corn No 2 24c to 25c oats No 2 17c to ISc rye No 2 33c to 35c butter choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh 8c to Oc new potatoes feOc to 00c per bushel broom corn common growth to choice green hurl 25 to 70 per tou Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 500 hogs choice light 300 to 3 75 sheep common to choice 300 to 375 wheat No 2 74c to 70c corn No 2 white 26c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 20c to 22c St Louis Cattle 300 to 500 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 300 to 4 00 wheat No 2 75c to 70c corn No 2 yellow 22c to 23c oals No 2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 31c to 33c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 375 wheat No 2 78c to SOc corn No 2 mixed 2Gc to 27c oats No 2 mixed 21c to 22c rye No 2 33c to 35c Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 400 wheat No 2 70c to 78c corn No 2 yellow 2Gc to 2Sc oats No 2 white 22c to 23c rye 35c to 3Gc Toledo Wheat No 2 red 78c to 80c corn No 2 mixed 25c to 20c oats No 2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 34c to 35c clover seed 420 to 425 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 71c j to 72c corn 6 s c to ouuj jw 2 white 21c to 23c barley No 2 66c to 37c rw No 1 35c to 30c pork mess 750 to S00 Buffalo Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 300 to 4o0 wheat No 2 red 82c to 84c corn No j yellow 28c to 30c oats No 2 white 2 b to 26c New Yoik Cattle 300 to 550 hogs 330 to 450 shepp 300 to 475 wheat No 2 red 75c to 77c corn No 2 2Sc to 30c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c bner creameiy lie to 10c eggs West era 0c t l2v W0KK OF CONGRESS THE WEEKS DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro ceedings in the Legislative Cham bers at Washington Mattero tha Concern the People Lawmalcerh at Labor The Senate Friday completed the wool schedule the silk schedule and the tobacco schedule of the tariff bill and with this accomplished the tariff leaders had the satisfaction of knowing that all the sched ules of the bill and the free list had been gone over once There now remains only to go through the bill a second time pass ing on the items passed over These are very numerous and important including hides gloves coal tea and beer After that the internal revenue features of the bill will be all that remains Progress was rapid although every paragraph re lating to carpets was stubbornly con tested An abrupt and startling halt in the tar iff debate occurred in the Senate at 230 oclock Saturday when in the midst oZ a passionate speech Sen tor Pettigrew silver Republican of South Dikota was stricken with paralysis of the vocal cord which brought his vehement speech to a close with a sentence half uttered The Senator was not physically incapacitated except in the sudden loss of the power of speech On motion of Mr Piatt of Con necticut of the Finance Committee fuller earth wrought or manufactured was add ed to paragraph 38 at 3 a ton This pre cipitated a lively controversy between Mr Piatt and Mr Pettigrew silver Re publican of South Dakota which came to an impressive climax when Mr Petti grew was overcome in the midst of a vehement speech The debate proceed ed but no further progress on the tari1 bill was made and the awe like feeling occasioned by this incident led to an ad jourimient at 3 oclock The Senate made good progress on tin tariff bill Monday disposing of the para graphs relating to hides which have been the source of much controversy As final ly agreed on the duty on hides is placed at 20 per cent ad valorem in place of 1- cents per pound as originally reported bj the Finance Committee The discussion drifted into a general debate on trusts and from that back to the sugar trust Mr Smith of New Jersey spoke against the duty on hides while Mr Allen ol Nebraska supported the duty The new paragraph was agreed to 31 20 one Democrat Rawlins of Ltah and sovera Populists and silver Republicans voting with the Republicans in the ailirmative Among other paragraphs disposed of were all those lelating to gloves a substitute for the paragraph on live animals iron ore and stained glass windows The res olution authorizing the President to in vite foreign governments to participate in the trans Mississippi exposition at Om aha was agreed to soon after the Senate opened Several hundred pension bills were re ported to the Senate Tuesday as the re sult of the first meeting of the Pension Committee since the precnt Congress assembled Three general pension bill- were included two of them amending the law or JWJuT rr proof in pension cases The tariff bill was then taken up and the paragraph ISO relating to watch movements clocks etc perfected by striking our the clause on watches and on jewels for making watches and confining the paragraph to those articles not made of china or porr celains Pineapples were changed to 7 cents per cubic foot in barrels and pack ages and 7 per thousand in bulk The committee rates on lead ore 1 cents a pound were agreed to 30 to 23 Messrs Ileitfeld Mantle and Teller voted with the Republicans in the ailirmative and Mr Allen with the Democrats in the negative As a result of the rapid work on the tariff oill Wednesday the t Inxe of the long debate in the Senate and the final vote on the bill is felt to b very near at hand Two of the most important provision those relatinir to the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity and the duty on coal were perfected while another source of much conflict the reciprocity section was ma tured by the Finance Committee and pre sonted to the Senate Aside from tiles--larger items a great many minor one which have caused more or less conflict were disposed of The Hawaiian provis ion of the House bill was restored aftet brief debate and without the formality of a ite This has the effect of leav ing the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity in full force and effect During the day Mr Turpie of Indiana spoke in support of thf amendment for a 2 per cent tax on inher itaiice His speech was notable for thf picturesque metaphor and the virulence of his denunciation of the pending bill Decorticating Machine The principal obstacle to the success ful production of jute in the Southern States is the expanse of decortication but if the machine recently patentee by a French resident of Cuba shall ac complish what is claimed for it th problem is solved and this country ma profit by the introduction ot anothet great industry The fiber to be decorti cated is of course carried by an end less apron to the rolls which act as crushers and which may be adjnsteo at any desired distance apart by guide plates which also support the libez while it is being decorticated by a series of rotary brushes which are cleansed when necessary by combs cor nected Avith the machine Lamps A lamp said to be the largest in the tvoiid has been invented by a Belgian It is six feet in height and three fee ten inches in diameter Lard oil burnt in it and so strong- is its light that it is possible to read at a distance of G00 feet away from it This Great Eastern of lamps is composed of 300 pieces Strange Worship In Loudon is a sect which keeps up the worship of the Greek divinities keeping alive all the rituals with which the numerous Olympian hierarchy was of old wont to be invoked and propi tiated At the same time there is a small select order in Paris which wor ships the devil erecting shrines to the arcii enemy and altars lit with his own fire The balance sheets of both socie ties show that they are in a prosperous condition LEAGUE OF REPUBLICAN CLUES Tramps Leg Crushed A tramp giving his name a3 Ernest Robinson while attempting to cross be tween the cars at Chappell had his foot caught between the bumpers It was nec cessary to amputate the leg above the ankhe Heart Fails at Touch of the Knife A young man named Warner about 25 years old living between Curtio and May wood attempted to commit suicide He used a knife on his throat but his hearl and purpose failed him and he still lives- Woman Killed by Lightning During a thunderstorm a bolt of light ning entered by the window of the farm house of Henry Rohrs living near Hum boldt killing his wife instantly A child she held in her arms remained uninjured Nebraska Short Notes The Battle Greek creamery shipped 5000 j pounds of butter to New York last week There is a great demand for hands among the alfalfa grewers at present There will be no occasion for idle men in Logan County until the alfalfa is in the stack The hemp mill at North Bend is tempo rarily shut down owing to the burning c the boiler house and damage to the boiler A man named Lichtenberg near Cedar 31uffs had a small lake which he had well tocked with fish but some parties oame si the night time and seined about all the 3sh out h Annual Convention Held at Omaha June 29 The State League of Republican Clubs held its annual convention atEoyd3 Thea ter Omaha June 29 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year Pres ident Charles E Winter of Omaha vice president Brad Slaughter of Lincoln iecretary Ed J Mock of Alma treasurer P 1 Hall of Saunders County Phil E Winter read the report of the ommittee on resolutions It declared the letermination to keep up the light for sound money and a protective tariff until Nebraska was brought back into the Re publican column eulogized the adminis tration of President McKinloy compli mented Senator Thurston and Congress men Mercer and Strode declared for equal punishment of great and small offenders ind stringent accountability for every public trust It denounced the action of rhe fusion legislature in unseating the members from Douglas County and for mdeavoring to seat two judges by fraud ft closed with an instruction binding the delegates to the national convention to tse their best efforts to bring the lSfS con rentipn to Omaha The report was idopted The following persons were elected del egates at large to represent the state at the national convention in Detroit First dis rict E P Brown of Lincoln Second dis rict Chas J Greene of Omaha Third jistrict J M Shivaley of Fremont Fourth district W II Edgar of Beatrice Fifth district M A Ilartigan of Hastings 5ixth district L A Dorrington of Chad on The list of district delegates is as fo4 ows First District E- F Warren of Otoe Vuinty A J Cornish of Lancaster A J Wright of Johnson A C Wright of Cass Second District E J Cornish W F friirley and James Walsh of Douglas W J Cook of Washington Third District L II Reynolds of Mer rick D A Wiltse of Thurston Frank Nelson of Knox Fred Sonneschein of Cuming Fourth District Frank J Sadilek of Saline E II Ilenshaw of Jefferson L E Ost of Seward J B Conaway of York Fifth District S A Searle of Nuckolls F P Cowee of Hall M C King of Clay John J Lambertson of Bed Willow Sixth District R II Jenness of Holt Henry Gibbons of Buffalo C F Sche wause of Lincoln E B Penney of Daw son NORTH NEBRASKA VETERANS Soldiers and Sailors Reunion to Bo Held at Bordeaux in July The eleventh annual reunion of the soldiers and sailors of northwestern Ne braska will be held at Bordeaux a small station east of Chadron on the 11th 12th 18th and 11th of July The camping grounds are among the best in the state and S C Furgeson adju tant and W E Pease commander expect it to exceed in both attendance and gen eral enjoyment anyof the former very suc cessful reunions held by this association Department Commander John A Ehrardt and Adjutant General P H Barry will be in attendance as well as several state officers Tests His New Balloon Prof William Winteringer of IJarting ft7i ucpououm in a balloon constructed by himself last week There 4 was a nerfect calm and the hnlloon heitfP t v well filled when cut loose from its moor ings shot far into the heavens After sail ing for a quarter of a mile the professor cut loose his parachute making a beauti ful drop from the clouds Badly Hurt in xx Runaway Mrs T J Chopin living eight miles north of North Bend in company withbsr two sons was driving to a neighbors wfielr the horse took fright at some object throwing them out of the buggy Mrs Chopin had the scalp torn from herhead The oldest boy was so dazed that Bo wandered all night in a corn field befdre being found Paying Money to the Depositors Thomas Murtey receiver of the Com mercial Bank at Weepjng Water has ap plied for an order from the district judge to pay another dividend amounting to j6 per cent This will make a total of 70 per cent tho bank has paid The depositors believe they will receive nearly all of thelp money on tinal settlement High Water Takes Out a Mill Dam During a severe electrical storm a cloutl burst raised the South Loup River abouC five miles above Callaway washing awayj bridges tearing out banks and almost completely sweeping tiway the big mill dam at Callaway The rainfall is reported as high as five inches in some localities Hats arc Troublesome in Pender People of Pender are complaining of the destruction of their gardens even to the preying upon young pips and chickens by rats Those who are authority say that the specie is native of Europe called tfie wharf rat and not of the indigenous kind Volunteers Active at Columbus The American Volunteers and Salvation Army are holding meetings at Columbus nightly Capt and Mrs McDonald hay charge of the work of the Volunteers and their meetings are always crowded Many converts are being made J v