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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
CHAMPION BIGAMIST
CALLS
A CONVENTION
HIS SPOUSES
OF ALL
Two Militiamen Injured by the Pre-
mature Discharge of a Cannon at
Gump Wilkins Bishop Places a
San on an Irish Picnic
A Champion Bigamist
David E Bates who is under arrest in
Chicago for liaving five wives three of
whom he had established in separate
households in that city has called a con
vention of his various spouses whose num
ter it is thought may reach a dozen He
caused the following advertisement to be
Inserted irr a local paper
Hotick All wives or women who
Claim to be wives of David E Bates or
Gates are requested to meet at the stock
jrards police station South Halstead and
Blattson Streets Wednesday morning Au
gust 11 at 9 a m for the purpose of inter
viewing him in a body
Bates wants Marquette Kalamazoo and
JGalena papers to take notice of the re
quest
GUN GOES OFF TOO SOON
iCannon Prematurely Explodes While
Being Loaded
There was a shocking accident at Camp
Wilkins Fort Dodge Iowa Mondaj It
was arranged as usual to fire a governors
salute of seventeen guns as he approached
the camp At the third gun there was a
premature discharge just as Private James
pally of Company F Algona was about
to withdraw the rammer There was a
second of shock and confusion and then
the gun squad and spectators as the smoke
began to clear away saw Dally lyingt
prostrate on his face about ten feet in
front of the gun When taken to the hos
pital however the surgeons after a care
ful examination found that Dailys in
juries were not as bad as at first appeared
although they were very severe Frank
Foreman of Sioux City was thumbing the
vent at the time and the best evidence that
-he was doing his duty is that his thumb
svas wrenched out of joint
BAN ON AN IRISH PICNIC
Bishop Fink Forbids Catholics to
Attend a Gathering
Bishop Fink of the Cntholic diocese ot
Iieavenworth and Kansas City Kan had
lead in all the parishes in his diocese Sun
day a letter forbidding members of the
tJatholic church from attending the Irish
American picnic to be held in Kansas
City Kan next Sunday Bishop Fink
ave as his reasons for putting a ban on
the picnic that Sunday was a holy day on
nvhich all Catholics were obliged to do
duty toward the church and God and that
ia public picnic was not a fit observance of
Ithe day He said also that the holding of a
picnic on the Sabbath was in direct viola
Jaon of the laws of the Catholic church and
that anyone taking part in sucli a celebra
tion would be guilty of offense in the sight
of God
Edmond Lynch president of the United
Irish societies slates that the picnic will
5e held notwithstanding Bishop Finks
letter
DESPERADOES SHOT DOWN
Alabama Outlaws Have a Fight
with Five Officers
Two negro desperadoes Allen Lightfoot
knd son had a pistol fight with five officers
jel the law on the road that runs along Pea
River in Coffee County Alabama Mon
day The negroes had been wanted for
some time for various felonies and had de
fied the officer to arrest them Five deputy
-sheriffs encountered them in a narrow
-road and a cross fire was opened at once
and many shots exchanged The elder
dightfoot was shet through the heart and
Jellied and his son was shot in both legs
-and in the shoulder He will die None
of the officers were scarcely wounded
t Liottie Temple Not Slain
Definite trace has at last been secured of
ioltie Temple the Bapids City Mich
girl who mysteriously disappeared in Chi
cago a month ago and was supposed to
have been murdered She had come to
Chicago to earn a living and became ac
xraainted with a railroad brakeman named
William Garrison Detectives Corbus and
have learned of her movements
for several days after she had separated
from Garrison and now believe she has
gone to a western city with a former engi
neer of the Burlington road
Filled Full of Bullets
Nathaniel Mason a young negro
an assault Sunday night upon
2tfrs Powell of Glenwood Ga in her bed
-room and was captured after a fierce
struggle by her husband In a short time
nearly fifty of his neighbors armed with
-guns and pistols arrived at the scene oi
fae assault They took the negro from
Xr Powell and carried him some distance
tlown the road and shot him to death
Poisoned by a Mosquito Bite
A mosquito bite may cost pretty Dorothy
podworth of Greater New York her right
leg She is lying ill in the house of Mrs M
iff Lyon in ElmhurstL I her right leg be
ing swollen to three times its natural size
iShe is delirious and suffers excruciating
icon
Zimmerman Wins New Honors
A cablegram says Gus Zimmerman a
jiifle shot again distinguished himself in a
shooting match at Frankfort-on-Main
taking first prize Zimmerman has won
Jfirst prize in all the important shooting
matches in Europe since he has been there
American Tennis Team Wins
In a contest full of brilliant plays the
American team composed of R D Wrenn
snd C S Campbell defeated the English
f team H S Mahoney and TV V Eaves in
tfhc international tennis tournament at
iHohoken If J
CURT BUT CONCILIATORY
Secretary Shermans Reply to the
Latest Protest by Japan
It is understood that the reply of Secre
tary Sherman to the last Japanese protest
against the annexation of Hawaii will be
brief by comparison with the long letters
that have gone before but it will be con
ciliatory in tone The basic tone of the
note will be a declaration by Secre
tary Foster which lie submitted to
President Harrison with the original
treaty of annexation in 1893 which failed
owing to the immediate change of admin
istration
This statement was that according to a
recognized principle of international law
the obligations of the treaties even when
some of their stipulations are in terms
perpetual expire in case either of the con
tracting parties loses its existence as an
independent state The foreign treaties of
the Hawaiian islands therefore terminate
upon annexation with the competence of
the government thereof to hold diplomatic
relations This argument is to meet the
Japanese objections that they will by an
nexation lose certain privileges for Japan
ese subjects which they now enjoy under
the treaty with Hawaii
The second Japanese objection that an
nexation will disturb the balance of power
in the Pacific was met with an elaboration
of the argument that the Hawaiian Islands
have for so long a time been under the in
fluence of the United States and have by
tradition become so closely affiliated with
the republic that no sensible change in
policies or actualities of government may
be expected to result from a legal merging
of the islands into the United States
ROCKEFELLERS SACRIFICE
Magnate to Dispose of His Summer
Home on Account of Taxes
Wm Rockefeller the Standard Oil Com
pany magnate will sell 2500009 worth of
property at Tarrytown for 350000 be
cause he considers the assessment for tax
ation outrageously high
A great number of wealthy people have
summer homes at Tarrytown The Rock
efellers John D and William believe
they have been especially marked as vic
tims by the local assessors Last year
William Rockefellers place was taxed on
a valuation of 51100000 The purchase
price according to Mr Rockefellers
agent was 125000 and the improvements
cost about 330000 Of course last years
assessment was- considered excessive by
Mr Rockefeller considering the amount
the place cost him and he appealed to the
courts In spite of the fact that the 81100
000 assessment was being fought as too
high the village assessors calmly pro
ceeded to moire than double the valuation
this year fixing it at 2533S05
NOVEL SCHEME TO LAY DUST
New Jersey Railroad Sprinkles Its
Right of Way with Oil
The recent discovery of Chief Engineer
J H Nichols of the West Jersey and Sea
shore Railroad at Mays Landing N J
that crude oil applied to the ground along
the railroad track would effectually lay
dust proved to work far better
than expected Both lines of track
from Camden to Atlantic City are
being thoroughly saturated for
a distance of six feet on both sides of the
tracks The oil is applied on much the
Game plan as streets are sprinkled with
water and recently -an oil train with a
sprinkling apparatus sprinkled more than
twenty miles of track One sprinkling a
year at a cost of 80 per mile it is claimed
will lay the dust effectually The entire
Pennsylvania system it is said is to be
sprinkled with oil as speedily as possible
LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY
Mob
Hangs One White Outrager
and Menaces Another
A dispatch from Barboursville Ky
says Jack Williams was caught in the
mountains near Brush Creek and lynched
Friday night by a mob of enraged men
He and his brother Tom were accused of
raping a deaf mute girl named Viney
Bays TomWilliams was forced to marry
the girl He is now in jail and there are
threats of lynching him The crime was a
shocking one The girl was brought into
court scantily clothed and barefooted
She is in a serious mental condition and
there is much indignation
Shermans Vacation Over
Secretary Sherman returned to Wash
ington Friday afternoon from a brief rest
of two weeks at Amagansett L I He
appears refreshed and improved by his
brief respite at the ocean Secretary Sher
man denied recent statements from San
Francisco that Minister Sewall had in
structions to establish a protectorate over
Hawaii in the event the senate failed to
ratify the annexation treaty
Photographers Name Officers
The Northwestern Photographers con
vention in session at St Paul Minn
elected officers as follows President J
A Brush of Minneapolis first vice presi
dent M F Heinzeiman of Owatonna
secretary P J Nelson of Anoka treas
urer A H Opsall of Minneapolis vice
president for Iowa M W Starks of Sioux
City vice president for South Dakota L
Y Bean of Sioux Falls
Decides It Is Unconstitutional
What is known in Missouri as the Breed
ers Law under which pool selling and
bookmaking are prohibited except on race
tracks was prononnced unconstitutional
the other day by Judge David Murphy of
the court of criminal correction at St
Louis This will probably have the effect
of reopening the pool rooms
Treasury Ruling on Alaska
In response to a query from Seattle
Wash the following telegram was re
ceived from the treasury department
Miners can land their effects and go to
British Columbia territory from Dyea
ander customs supervision without pay
ment of duty and without giving bonds
Murders His Wife
Mrs Warren Windring of Springville
tf Y was shot and killed by her husband
Jn her home while talking to a visitor He
wounded Miss Ware the visitor The
husband and wife have not been on good
lerms
CANOYAS IS KILLED
SPAINS PRIME MINISTER VIC
TIM OF AN ASSASSIN
TJae Murderer Is Captured and Nar
rowly Escapes Lynching United
States Pension Roll Near the Mill
ion Mark Other Items
Spains Prime Minister Slain
Senor Canovas del Castillo the prime
minister of Spain was assassinated Sunday
at Santa Agueda Spain by an anarchist
The murderer fired three shots two of
which struck the premier in the head and
the other in the chest The wounded man
lingered unconscious for two hours and
died at 3 oclock in the afternoon
The assassin narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands of the waiters and attendants
who rushed forward Detectives and civil
guards immediatel secured him He was
very pale trembled violently and evidently
believed that he would be killed on the
spot The murderer is a Neapolitan and
gives the name of Rinaldi but it is believed
that this is an assumed name and that his
real name is Michello Angoni Ani He
declares that he killed Senor Canovas in
accomplishment of a just revenge and
that the deed is the outcome of a vast
anarchist conspiracy He is believed to
have arrived at Santa Angueda at the
same day as the premier and he was
frequently seen lurking in the passages of
the bathing establishment in a suspicious
manner
FLORIDAS ORANGE CROP
Seasons Yield Will Be Between
150000 and 200000 Boxes
Officers of the Florida Fruit Exchange
in Jacksonville who keep themselves
posted on the condition of the orange crop
throughout the state now estimate that
the crop this fall will amount to between
150000 and 200000 boxes The bulk of the
oranges will come from the counties of
Manatee and Lee Volusia County will
come next with from 15000 to 20000 boxes
The crop would probably have reached
250000 boxes had it not been for the drouth
in the spring and early summer This
caused quantities of small oranges to drop
from the trees especially in the middle
orange growing section of the state In
1898 the probabilities are freezes and
drouths barred the crop will reach as high
as 000000 boxes All of the orange growers
are sanguine of success They have now
tided over the worst period that following
the disaster of the freeze and have re
stored their groves to something like their
old time beauty
HOT WEATHER IN LONDON
Phenomenal Torrid Spell in Iiondon
Fatal to Hundreds
The thermometer registered 90 in Lon
don on Wednesday and at Cambridge the
heat was eighteen degrees above the
average and 4ms only twice been reached
during the last quarter of a century Over
200 prostrations from heat were treated in
six London hospitals Thursday One
third of an inch of rain fell in July and
crops were seriously threatened and the
experiences of the 1895 water famine in
the east end of London are already loom
ing up The heat which has been unusu
ally prolonged has affected the London
death rate There were 2023 deaths the
last week of which 1205 were children
bringing the death rate to 236 per 1000
Many sunstrokes and general discomfort
were experienced The judges and coun
sel in court discarded wigs and gowns
THE PENSION ROLL
The Million Mark Has Almost Been
Reached
The pension roll of the United States
has almost reached the million mark
Commissioner Evans has just issued a
statement showing that at the beginning
of this fiscal year the pensioners numbered
just 983268 an increase of 12850 for the
past year During that year 50101 new
pensions were granted and 3971 persons
were restored to the rolls Old age and
disease however is working great inroads
into the lists for there were 81960 deaths
during the year Other sources of loss
were 1701 from remarriage of widows 1
835 orphans attained majority 2683 fail
ures to claim pensions and 3560 losses
from unrecorded causes
Worlds Gold Production
Mr Preston the director of the mint
estimates the gold production of the world
for 1896 to have been 205000000 of which
the United Stales contributed over 58
000000 For 1S97 it is believed the worlds
gold product will reach at least 240009
OOC au increase of 35000000 over 1S96
Gould in No Mining Deal
In a dispatch received in New York
from George Gould who is in London Mr
Gould expresses surprise that his name
should in any manner have been connected
in the public prints with a mining de
veloping company the prospectus of which
has given rise to such statements
Eight Suits Against Texas Roads
The attorney general of Texas has
filed eight suits against the Hous
ton Texas Central Railroad
charging discrimination in freight
rates These cases are the first in several
hundred that are to be filed against
different roads
Lynching of a Negro
News has been received of the lynching
of Benjamin Mayfield a negro with a
hitherto good reputation at Edna a small
village about twelve miles south of Albany
Ga Mayfield committed an assault on the
wife of a railroad conductor
Quits Uncle Sams Employ
President N E Young of the National
Baseball League who has been employed
in the treasury department for thirty one
years tendered his resignation Saturday
and at his personal request it was accepted
at once by Secretary Gage
Maj Taylor Scott Dead
Maj Taylor Scott attorney general of
Virginia died at Warrentown Va Satur
day
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
General Trade Shows Gains in the
West and South
Bradstreets Weekly Review sajs Gen
eral trade shows most pronounced gains
this week at Chicago St Louis and Gal
veston The feeling of confidence that
general business is to improve in the early
autumn is marked at these cities and pur
chases of dry goods clothing shoes and
other staples have increased heavily and
are followed by a disposition to move
prices up Purchases were restricted at
Kansas City Omaha and some other
northwestern points early in the week
owing to heat and fears of damage to
the Indian corn crop but rains and cooler
weather have stimulated demand again
On the Pacific coast business is brisk the
feature in California being heavy wheat
shipments to San Francisco at Portland
large exports of lumber and at Seattle and
Tacoma active demand for supplies for
Alaska and the northwest territory and
for wheat fruit and hops
THE NATIONS POPULATION
Official Estimates of a Treasury
Official Is 77000068
The latest official estimates of the popu
lation of the United States is 77000068
This is made by the actuary of the treas
ury an officer whose duty it is at fixed in
tervals to report on the per capita circula
tion of money in the United States He
estimates that the present holdings of
money are 2258 for every man woman
and child in the United States His esti
mate of the population is made by the use
of the census reports for the preceding de
cade Certain fixed rules of increase by
birth and immigration and provisions for
deaths and other losses are made and the
resulting estimate is acceped as official
TURKEY BACKS DOWN
Abandons Proposal to Send a Fleet
of Warships to Crete
Dispatches from Athens and Constanti
nople show that there has been no notice
able change in the situations as to the
peace negotiations King George had a
long conference with M Onou the Rus
sian minister and It is understood that the
peace conference has arranged for the ap
pointment by the powers of three dele
gates to control the revenues assigned to
the service of the Greek department
Turkeys prompt abandonment of the
proposal to send the Turkish fieet to Crete
is significant of her attitude whenever the
powers take a bold and united stand
Ordered Out of Germany
As a result of the protest and interven
tion of Ambassador White young Alfred
Wessling son of Charles Wessling of New
York who while visiting Germany last
spring was drafted into the German army
enrolled in the Seventy fourth Regiment
stationed in Hanover and was recently
for the petty offense of chaffing struck a
violent blow by his sergeant which pro
voked him to retaliate thus laying himself
open to court martial has been liberated
by the authorities discharged from the
army and ordered to leave Germany with
in three davs
Defines an Original Package
Judge Simonton of the United States
court at Charleston S C has filed his de
cision defining an original package and
thereby settling a disputed feature in the
dispensary law The court holds that the
original package is the form in which the
liquor is delivered to the initial carrier at
the point of shipment If a box of liquor
is imported the whole box must be sold
and not a single bottleful out of the box
The decision will require all dealers to
import liquor in single packages
Fatal Arkansas Fence Feud
Near Fairview in Dallas Count Arkan
saSjFriday morning Paul Horton shot and
killed Wm McQuade and made his escape
Both men were prominent in the com
munity The killing resulted from an at
tempt of Horton to tear down McQuades
fences Friends of both families are tak
ing sides in the affair and another feud is
almost sure to result
Bicycle Tax Killed
Judge Tuley of Chicago has decided the
new city ordinance establishing a vehiclo
tax to be void The ordinance permitted
the city to collect 1 a year from each
bicycle owner and for other vehicles pro
portionately
DIAKKET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 350 hogs shipping grades
300 to -400 sheep fair to choice 200
to 425 wheat No 2 red 77c to 78c
corn No 2 26c to 27e oats No 2 10c
to 17c rye No 2 41o to 43c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
9c to lie new potatoes 40c to J0c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 375
wheat No 2 77c to 79c corn No 2
white 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 400
wheat No 2 81c to 83c corn No 2
yellow 25c to 26c oats No 2 white 16c
to 18c rye No 2 41c to 42c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 7Gc to 7Sc corn No 2
mixed 2Sc to 29c oats No 2 mixed 16c
to 18c rye No 2 37c to 39c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 81c to 83c corn No 2
yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c rye 42c to 44c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red Sic to 83c
corn No 2 mixed 27c to 2Sc oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 42c to 43c
clover seed 430 to 440
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 82c
to 84c corn No 3 27c to 2Sc oats No
2 white 20c to 21c rye No 1 40c to 42c
barley No 2 34c to 38c pork mess
750 to S25
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 523 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 xo 475
wheat No 2 red 83c to S4c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2oc
New York- Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red S9c to 90c corn No 2
32c to 34c oats No 2 white 22c to
23c butter creamery 12c to 16c eggs
Western 12c to 14c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Beatrices Tar and Feather Victim
Files a Complaint with the Mayor
Would Have the Police Force
Discharged and the Itfob Arrested
Winebrenner Has a Complaint
Albert M Winebrenner the victim of a
masked mob at Beatrice on July 10 has
filed with Mayor Bourne through his at
torney General Colby a lengthy commun
ication asking for the removal of the
entire police force and that steps be taken
to speedily apprehend the parties who
constituted the mob He asserts that he
was illegally arrested and confinedin jail
Ho mentions the names of two prominent
citizens as being the parties who used the
blacksnake on him whom he recognized at
the time He also mentions the names of
several citizens who called at the jail after
his rough experience and states one of
them was without a hat and looked much
ezcited Ho says he was illegally thrown
into jail the officers having no warrant at
the time of his arrest It will be remem
bered that he was arrested upon a message
sent by his wife and not upon a warrant
Winebrenner is the man who was tarred
and feathered by a mob indignant at his
cruel treatment of his stepdaughter who
finally ran away to Denver
Squatters Secure the L and
Notice ha3 been received in Dakota City
by the parties interested in the dismissal
in the court of appeals of the case insti
tuted about three years ago by J E
Moores against E J Easton C H Max
well J Pilgrim Emmet Ileteman and W
R Bra3field which involves the title to
about 1000 acres of land Moores claimed
this land as accretion while the defend
ants set up squatters rights asserting that
when the government survey was made in
1802 the land was cut off from the main
body by a slough All the defendants are
residents of Dakota City and are squat
ting by proxy They feel highly elated
over the outcome of the case
Korses Run Away with
While Henry Hartmans
standing in front of his meat
Syracuse it took fright
a lively rate having as
Children
team was
market at
and started out at
passengers the in
fantsonsof nenrv and Oliver llartman
One of the little children was thrown out
after the team had gone a few blocks and
the other little fellow was found hanging
onto the dashboard like grim death when
the team was caught after having made a
run of nearly a mile Horses wagon and
children came out unharmed
Factories Tor Dawson County
Hon J H MacColl of Lexington re
turned from Chicago the fore part of the
week with a party of capitalists who are
ready to build sugar factories at Lexing
ton and Gothenburg upon assurance that
the beet will be grown Their expert says
the section is better adapted to growing of
sugar beets than any other in the United
States The soil is perfect and the indica
tion facilities make the growth of the
largest quantity and best grade of beets a
certainty
Sigwart Resigns
Chief Sigwart of the Omaha police force
handed in his resignation ata special meet
of the police commissioners last week
The meeting was called to receive the
charges formulated against Sigwart by
the mayor and city attorney at the instance
of the board A resolution was adopted
calling for an investigation of the charges
mado in a local paper that certain alleged
gamblers hadjjffered a purse of
have one man chosen as chief
that are now ceing
cock
0OD to
Invited to the Exposition
Gov Holcomb on August 7 sent out to
governors of twenty seven states west of
the Mississippi invitations to attend the
Trans Mississippi exposition to be held at
Omaha next summer Gov Holcomb
urges co operation of the executives and
people of the 3tates that the exposition
may be made a fit representation of west
ern resources and development
Insects Eat Binding1 Twine
Much to the surprise of the farmers of
Dakota County when they went to stack
their small grain they found that crickets
and grasshoppers had played havoc with
the tvine around the bundles in many
fields npt missing one This necessitated
tue small grain being threshed at once
and all threshing machines have been
called into active use
Shoots Herself While Driving
While out riding at Harrisburg with a
young man by the name of Rulterge Etta
Draper picked up a gun which was in the
buggy and shot herself about three inches
uelow the heart She died shortly after
committing the rash act A lovers quarrel
was the probable cause of the deed
Will Hold a Beet Convention
The Business Mens Association has
called a sugar beet convention to meet at
Milford on the first day of September The
farmers are becoming interested and de
sire to know something about the method
of raising beets Eminent speakers will be
encaged
Juniata to Have a Band
Juniata is to have a fine band again
Nineteen pieces are already taken There
will be four clarionets three drums and
twelve or more brass horns Many of the
members including the leader are ex
perienced musicians
Went to Sleep on the Track
While lying on the track at Louisville
asleep waiting for the train Guy Adams of
Weeping Water was struck and his hand
mangled so that amputation just below the
elbow was necessary The boy rallied and
ia doing well
Gather an Exhibit of Grains
E D Johnson of Lexington under the
direction of the state commission is busy
gathering grains for the Trans Mississippi
exposition fcome splendid samples have
been secured
Leaves Wife and Child Behind
A week ago George Manson a farm
hand who has been working for Al Hea
cock of Gretna for some time past drew
55 had his mustache shaved off and
boarded a train for Omaha He has not
been seen since He left a wife and child
cared for by Mr
Boy Loses an Arm
Earl Epluct of Kennard fell from a lad
der and broke his arm at the elfiow last
week Monday last Dr Phmer assisted
by Drs Brown and Overguard amputated
the arm just above the elbow
NOT SUBJECT TO STATE LAWS
Novel Defense of the 17 P In the
Freight Ilatc Case
In its answer to the complaint of T R
Tibbies charging the road with exacting
extortionate local freight rates the Union
Pacific through its attorney W R Kelly
makes the novel defense claiming tha the
road is not subject to the jurisdiction of the
state board of transportation or the state
laws Mr Kelly gives a history of tho
Union Pacific and shows that it is now in
the hands of a receiver appointed by the
federal court He contends that the
Union Pacific is a corporation created
solely by virtue of the laws of the United
States and is under no other authority
whatever that for several years and up to
October 13 1893 the road was a common
earner but that as such common carrier it
was not at any time subject to the provis
ions of the act to regulate commerce
The other roads in Nebraska mentioned
in the complaint file general denials of ex
cessive charges and demand that tho com
plaints be made more specific
BANISHED TO A i MONASTERY
Father Fitzgerald 3Iu3t Do Penance
for One Year
The last chapter in the famous fight be
tween Bishop Bonacum and twenty five of
his priests who rebelled at his alleged tyr
aimy was closed August 4 when Father
Thomas Fitzgerald left Auburn for Con
ception Mo where he goes to execute the
sentence imposed upon him by Mgr Mar
tinelli for his share of the plots against his
superior He must remain in seclusion
one year but tho extent of his penance ia
not made public At the end of his im
prisonment he is to have a charge in Ne
braska equally as good as the one he ha
given up 7
Nuncupative Will Is Set Aside
The alleged nuncupative will of N P
Nelson who died about two months agor
came up for probate at Wahoo Wednesday
before County Judge Gruvcr It was averred
that Nelson had made a statement of how
he wished his property to go several days
before his death and that the same had
been written out by J P Soderholm Tho
property was given to strangers The
case was fully argued and after considera
ble deliberation the court decided that un
der the authorities cited by the contestants
the will could not stand as the deceased
had plenty of time and opportunity to
have made a written will and the alleged
will was set aside The property will go
to the relatives of Nelson including his
mother and a number of brothers and sis
ters It is not known whetlir the case
will be appealed
Fort Crook Village Organistvd
The people of the village of Fort Crogfe
arejubilantoverthesuccessthev had in tha
incorporation of the village The people
on August 2 went en masse before the
county commissioners and presented their
petition asking to be incorporated into the
village of Fort Crook At night tha
Twenty second Infantry Band serenaded
the town and renderpd a number of pooii
lar airs among thorn A Hot Time in the
Old Town To night Speeches wera
made by W E Patterson and others
Surveying for a New Railroad
Talk of the proposed new Sioux City
Omaha Railroad through Burt County haa
been revived by the sending to Surveyor
Pratt of the incomplete profile of the pro
posed route and his employment to com
plete tiie same The people of the county
are much interested in this line as it wifi
open up a good section of the county thai m
is now a long distance from railroad facil
ities It will reach the northeast part ot
the county where farmers are now com
pelled to take the largest part of their pro
duce across the river into Iowa
New Principal at Grand Island
At the meeting of the Grand Island
board of education John H Matthews was
elected principal of the high school to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Prof A H Waterhouse Resolutions
were adopted showing the appreciation of
the board of the excellent work done by
Mr Waterhouse in the local school Mr
Matthews being one of the present
teachers the vacancy caused by hispro
motion was filled by the election ofMiss
Houser
Factions Come Together
The members of both factions of St An
drews Catholic Church atTecumseh came
together for worship under one roof Aug
1 for the first time in many months Rev
Corcoran of Graf ton who i3 now in charge
of this mission Who took Rev Fathec
Murphys place who was removed tp
Seward held mass at the regular hour and
this was his first service There were no
personal grievances between the two fac
tions
Platte Countys Hmp Crop
Mr Jerome proprietor of the hemp mills
at Columbus is getting his machinery in
shape tocommence a harvest of 700 acres
The hemp crop this year is fair the yiejd
is not so great as was expected but the
quality is good The hemp fiolds andth
tow mills there give employment to a largo
number of men the year around
Boys Charged with Incendiarism
Walter Lucas and Date Chambers two
young boys of Stanton have been charged
with attempting to burn the residenceof
John Cookus at Creston They were takVo
to Creston for a hearing
Nebraska Short Notes
The Dixon County jail is now empty
Le3s than a month ago it had five occu
pants
David Baker of Ashland collided with a
door and ran a pencil which was in his
trousers pocket about three inches into
his thigh
The Methodist parsonage at Oak was
struck by lightning recently and pretty
badly damaged The occupants luckily
escapedany serious injury
Jewell County Kansas ha3 a jail with
out an occupant though the county has a
population of 17000 But then come to
think of it Nuckoll3 County Nebraska is
in the same fix
J V Wood of Olive Township Butler
County had a piece of his thumb sliced of
and the index finger pretty badly cut hy
getting his hand tangled up in the sickl
of a mower
The old settlers of Cass and adjoining
counties will have a reunion August 12 and
13 at Union
Christian Hippe who lived about eight
miles east of Seward was killed by light-
ning the other day He was cutting grain
and when the rain commenced unhitched
bis team and started for the barn whsn
the bolt struck and instanntly killed him
The Wayne County fair management has
decided to have a base ball tournament
the last two days of the fair September 3
and10 One hundred dollars will btfgiven
divided into three prizes 5S0 525 and 15
A number of clubs have alreadydecidcd
to come
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