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WOESE THAN PAINTED
ALASKAN AUTHORITIES
MUCH ALARMED
GERMANS CELEBRATE
ARE
Damp at Skaguay the Refuge of the
Worst Class of Criminals on the
Pacific Coast Gov Brady Will
Notify Authorities in Washington
Alaska Authorities Alarmed
The authorities of Alaska have awok
npd to the serious nature of the situation1
IttPhlto Pass They see in a contimancej
f the camp at Skaguay as now consti
lted possibilities of crime and various
ptber evils of great magnitude Steps will
fee taken to break up the camp by dispers
ing the lawless olement that has gathered
there
Col F S Chadbourne state harbor
smmfesioner of California says Collector
Ives and a forco of deputy United States
marshals have determined to raid the town
if Skaguay and clean out the whisky
smugglers and saloon men and rid the
wrap of the disorderly element It Is the
Jtfugo of the worst class of criminals con-
men and thugs on the coast
Serious as is the situation at Skaguay
tad White Pass as portrayed by letters
4nd men returning from Camp Desolation
tod appalling as is the condition of the
kail over the mountain barrier between
Jbe 0000 gold hunters and the paradise
n the other side the accounts published
Jrom time to time seem to have but faintly
portrayed the actual state of affairs
Made desperate by their failure to get
pver the trail and by the terrible hard
jhips they have been compelled to endure
la the hopeless struggle against the odds
C the past weeks the miners have become
pspicious of each other and quarrels are
-in hourly occurrence Every mans hand
JB raised against every other man
Gov Brady is quoted as saying the sit
uation is laden with trouble and he intends
to notify the department at Washington of
She condition of affairs
Anniversary of Their First Ameri
can Settlement Observed
The anniversary of the first settlement
f the Germans in America at German
pnrn Pa was celebrated at Cincinnati
jjf onday with- the largest demonstration of
jhe kind ever known in that city Over
wO German societies participated There
ttere parades in the morning and over 40000
people assembled in the zoological garden
fc the afternoon Carl Schurz was the ora
tor of the day with speeches by Mayor
Fafel ex Mayur Caldwell and others to
gether with exercises by the Turners and
tiusic bj a union chorus of the musical
jocieties Mr Schurz spoke on sovereign
Citizenship holding that citizenship was
Jtfher than partisanship He said bosses
were as dangerous as monarchs that
bosses were really the chiefs of brigands
hose only object was booty
WORLD WHEATSHORTAGE
Figures Point to a Deficiency of
Fourteen Million Quarters
The Mark Lane Express London re
newing the crop situation says The
rench wheat crop is estimated at 21000
100 quarters by the French press Cor
respondents of English business firms state
that the crop will amount to 83000000 to
15000000 quarters If this is true it adds
greatly to the gravity of the situation
the American crop estimated by careful
Judges will be 68500000 quarters or 11
160000 quarters improvement to offset a
lecline of 9000000 quarters in Russia and
1000000 to 10000000 quarters in France
itll figures therefore point to a deficiency
in the worlds supply of 14000000 quarters
WILD HORSES A NUISANCE
IjTorthern Arizona People Ask
If
They Cannot Be Slaughtered
t Wild horses have become so much of a
nuisance in northern Arizona that Attor
mey General Frazier has been asked if they
tagy not be legally slaughtered That
vicinity has been overrun by several bands
hundreds in number unbranded and un
tlaimed by anyone They are rapidly in
creasing in number and become wilder
ihan deer and vicious as well The matter
ias been referred to the live stock board
Small Pox Patient Slain
A negro woman named Ann Hughes
who has been under guard and isolated at
a
having contracted smallpox escaped and
-later attended a negro church and created
a panic among the congregation She was
run out of the church and nothing more
fcas heard of her until she was found dead
With her skull crushed in an open field
Train -Wrecked by a Bull
Train No 5 on the Wabash Railroad
est bound struck a bull a mile west of
Poristol Mo Monday night about mid
night Ten cars wore derailed The pas
tengers in the rear cars were thrown to the
floors by the shock but none of them were
burt
The New Mexico Train Robbery
The officers of the Pacific Express Com
pany estimate the amount of money stolen
from their safe by train robbers near Fol
som N M Friday night at not more than
2500
Yellow Fever Near Mobile
The Mobile Ala board of health has
tleolared a rigid quarantine against Ocean
Springs Miss where yellow fever exists
All persons coming from that place or
neighborhood are to be detained at a sta
tion established outsifia the city limits
Spanish Anarchists Active
The chief of police at Barcelona and his
assistant who directed the investigation
Into the Barcelona bomb outrages were
hot at and seriously wounded Monday
night by a supposed anarchist who was
later arrested
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THE WEEK IN TRADE
Seen bv R O Dun Cos Mer
cantile Agency
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says Failures in August were in
number about 17 per cent less than in
August 1896 but the amount of liabilities
1708 per cent smaller July and August
show a lower average of liabilities per
ifailure than has ever been known in any
jear or even in a quarter of the twenty
three years Dun Co have kept quarterly
records
The volume of business here has been
distinctly larger in speculative lines than
it was then and in textile goods phenome
nally larger though slackening this week
buyers having nearly completed their
initial purchases With an extraordinary
movement in grain heavy real estate and
business transactions and increased busi
ness in the iron products the month was
clearly the best August ever known
Wheat continued its reaction until it
had faHen 4 cents more but then rose 8
cents with the first revival of foreign buy
ing Continued large exports of corn and
buying for export show still more clearly
the extent of deficiencies abroad Cotton
miHs are now running and turning out
great quantities of goods in response to
heavy purchases recently made Woolen
mills have been buying more freely to re
place the wool rapidly consumed and the
goods market has been so large and strong
that they are encouraged to purchase even
after a rise of 50 per cent in a year
PATENT STATISTICS
New York Leads All Other States
in Inventive Genius
For the week endincr Tuesday there
were 448 patents and designs issued from
the patent office to residents of the United
States and 57 to citizens of foreign coun
tries New York headed the list with 70
patents granted to residents of that state
Connecticut followed with 54 Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania 83 each Ohio 39
Illinois 80 California 17 New Jersey
17 Missouri 14 Indiana and Michigan
13 each Kansas 12 Iowa Texas and
Wisconsin 11 each
England led as far as patents issued to
residents of foreign countries is concerned
with 19 Canada had 9 Germany 6 France
and New Zealand 4 each Scotland was
represented by 8 Belgium by the same
number while Denmark Hawaii and
India had 2 eaoh The Netherlands
Rrissiaand Sweden had one each
There are not so many patents issued in
the summer months as in the winter
months the falling off being most
marked Another notable feature in the
patent records is the great number of
patents issued to the northern and western
states according to population as com
pared with the southern
Preparing for IJeos Death
A Rome cable dispatch says The Vati
can has been informed of steps that have
been taken by Mgr OConnell ex rector
of the American college in Rome and a
friend of Archbishop Ireland among the
chief delegates attending the International
CathOlio Congress at Freybourg Mgr
OConnells chief aim Is to bring about an
conclave which will elect a successor to
Pope Leo at the latters death
Earnings of the Milwaukee
The thirty ninth report of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Kailway Com
pany for the year ending June 30 shows
that the results from operating the lines
compared with previous years were poor
The gross earnings decreased 2195060
and the net earnings 1095791 notwith
standing a reduction in operating expenses
of 1099268 Freight earnings decreased
1783127 and passenger earnings 430182
Firebugs Causo Terror
Firebugs have created a reign of
terror in Big Lick Township and
the neighboring village of Van Lue in
Hancock County Ohio The barns of Mrs
George Brake and Levi Bright with large
quantities of wheat were set on fire re
cently and burned down and Mr Brights
house in Van Lue and the wagon factory
of Wm Gemberling were also destroyed
There is no clue to the incendiaries
To Disarm the Turks
In consequence of the firing of several
volleys by Turkish irregulars at the Italian
man-of-war Sardegna off Candia on the
night of August 31 the admirals of the
foreign fleet propose to disarm the Turkish
irregulars If permission to carry out this
measure is refused by Djevad Pasha the
commander of the Turkish forces in Crete
the admirals will demand his recall
Mysterious Paris Suicide
The body of a beautiful woman naked
and frightfully mutilated with the skull
smashed was found in the River Seine at
Paris On the middle of the womans back
was xatooea tne words Loner Live
Dolumbus Miss 5 t6
being suspected of Pol nni rwh
remains are supposed to be those of a
nihilist who had incurred the suspicion of
fellow nihilists
To Prevent Evasion
The treasury department has decided
hat bolting cloths for milling purposes
which under the new tariff law are not
dutiable must be tagged bolting cloth
expressly for milling purposes The
purpose of the department is to pre
vent such cloth from beine used for dress
goods
Drowns in a Watr Bucket
The 12-months-old child of James Xor
ris of Virginia 111 fell head down in a
bucket partly filled with water and was
drowned before anyone could go to its
rescue
Three Children Burned to Death
A dispatch from Anaconda Mont says
three children of William Psaast at
Kleinschmidt Falls were burned to death
during the absence of their parents
Oldest Jew Dead
Lazerus Greengard the oldest Jew in
United States died in St Louis Sat
urday afternoon from old age at the res
idence of Ids son aged 105 years
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
Shows the surplus reserve has decreased
55400000 The banks hold 31111000 in
Excess of the legal requirements
GULP TRAIN HELD UP I charni ey still at large
OUTLAWS
SECURED
815000
5000 TO
Scene of the Robbery Was Near
Twin Mountain in Colorado Nat
ural Gas Explosion Kills Six Peo
ple in Indiana Other Items
Train Held Up in Colorado
Gulf passenger train No 1 was held up
and robbed at Twin Mountain Saturday
night by two masked men Two men got
on the blind baggage at Folsom Colo and
when nearing Twin Mountain they
climbed over the tender of the engine and
covering the engineer and fireman with
revolvers ordered them to stop when they
reached the road crossing At Twin
Mountain two men were stationed at the
road crossing with four horses and as soon
as the train stopped they began to shoot
their revolvers to intimidate the pas
sengers Two of the men entered the ex
press car and blew open the safe ItJis
not known how much they secured but it
is estimated from 5000 to 15000 Im
mediately on receiving the news a Folsom
posse was organized and started in pursuit
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
Six Persons Are Killed and Thirty
Hurt in Indiana
Broad Ripple a suburb of Indianapolis
ten miles from the city proper was the
scene of one of the worst disasters that has
ever visited the state Saturday Six per
sons were burned to death and thirty peo
ple were seriously injured
Four buildings occupying a block are in
ruins Of the six dead nothing but the
charred and blackened bones with hang
ing strips of foul smelling flesh remained
At 10 oclock a foul odor was noticed in
the drug store of J M Watts and a lamp
in a dark room used for amateur photo
graphy went out It was lighted and as
the burning match was thrown on the
floor the explosion came The walls were
hurled in every direction and the top of
the building fell with a crunching grind
ing sound covering all The ruins were
burning immediately and shrieks could be
heard from those buried beneath Of the
seven persons in the building three were
burned alive The rest are still alive and
may recover
A hundred persons were at work on the
Lruins and trying to save the Gresh grooery
adjoining pulling at the ruins to save
those burled underneath While thus en
gagod and twenty minutes after the first
explosion when the second came from
beneath the grocery it was with a mighty
roar and blew the building to atoms
Fo ty people were knocked senseless were
strewn in all directions with broken bones
and burning bodies while many more es
caped with small bruises This shock
made the whole town quiver Beneath
these ruins Pius Gresh the groceryman
was caught and crushed to death His
body was recovered before it was entirely
burned The explosion was caused by
natural gas leading into the cellars of the
understanding in view of the future papal building from a 8incn main in the 3treefcj
from which the houses were supplied
KANSAS CORN CROP
Total Yield Placed at 165677280
Bushels
An official estimate of the corn crop of
Kansas has been issued by the state board
of agriculture in the form of a compila
tion of estimates by farmers throughout
the state The average yield is placed at
20 bushels per acre and the total crop at
165677280 bushels as against 221000000
bushels last year and 201000000 in 1895
The dry hot winds of the past week have
caused serious damage to the crop the
average condition during the week falling
from 60 per cent to 55 per cent The re
ports as a whole indicate that the crop is
poor not only as to yield but as to weight
and quality Though the crop is disap
pointing it is a noteworthy fact that the
state has raised only seven bigger corn
crops This is accounted for in the fact
that the acreage which is 8283000 bushels
is the greatest in the history of the state
The Nitro Glycerine Exploded
By an explosion of nitroglycerine at
Monongahela Pa two men and a horse
were killed a buggy demolished and a
bridge across the Monongahela so badly
uamagea tnat it will have to be abandoned
until repaired Windows in the vicinity
were broken and residents for a mile
awakened by the concussion It is sup
posed the men had glycerine in the buggy
and that a sudden jolt caused the explo
sion
Big Filibustering Expedition
Reliable information has been received
to the effect that another big filibustering
expedition has landed near Mariel Pinar
del Rio about twenty five miles west of
Havana The ship bore arms ammuni
tion and stores for the rebels and it is be
lieved the munitions were safely trans
ported to the rebel camp in spite of the
vigilance of the Spanish troops
Game Warden killed
The body of W B Wilcox a deputy
game warden of Colorado has been found
in the vicinity of Steamboat Springs with
a bullet in his head He bad started out
for the purpose of arresting a party of
eleven men who had been illegally
slaughtering game for the hides
Illinois Modern Woodmen Row
An injunction issued by Judge Gest of
Rock Island 111 enjoining the people of
Fulton from interfering with the removal
of the office of the Modern AVoodmen of
America from Fulton to Rock Island has
been served
Russias Poor Wheat Crop
The United States consul at Odessa
Russia has reported to the state depart
ment that the wheat crop this year in
Russia is a poor one the yield in many
places being not more than four bushels to
the acre i
Blows His Own Head Off
Adam Nipshew an aged German miner
of Orville Cal committed suicide at his
claim near Yankee Hill He placed a
giant powder cartridge in his mouth and
fired it blowing the top of his head off
Shortage of the Presbyterian Treas
urer May Reach 100000
Charles M Charnley of Chicago who Is
alleged to have embezzled at least 50000
from the treasury of the Presbyterian
board for aid of colleges is still at large
but although the officials of the American
Surety Company will not admit the fact
they do net deny that he is where they can
find him at any time they want him
It is said that an understanding has beer
effected between Charnleys friends and
the surety company but the present indi
cations are that there is little hope of
Charnley being able to make things all
right Daniel T Hunt manager of the
American Surety Company admits Charn
ley is short probably 50000 and that the
company is on his bond to the extent of
25000 He could not be induced to say
what action the company would take in
the matter
Many Presbyterian colleges and acade
mies are partly dependent upon the board
for aid Fear is expressed that some of
them willbe seriously embarrassed It is
said that the defalcations may reach 100
000
DRIVEN OUT OF GUATEMALA
Ex President of Honduras Exiled
for Fomenting a Revolt
The steamer Acapulco from Panama
brought an inkling of another political
earthquake in Guatemala When the
vessel reached Acjutla she was met by a
telegram from President Barrios and held
until 11 oclock at night when a speciaL
train arrived with Gen Vasquez ex-president
of Honduras under guard It was
ascertained that Yasquez who had iaken
refuge in Sanjos de Guatemala after his
expulsion from Honduras had been
ordered deported by Barrios The refugee
was put on board the steamer and landed1
at Acapulco It is said he was detected in
fomenting a revolution againstfBarrios
ENGLAND AND BIMETALLISM
Gen Payne Saw No Indication that
She Desired to Join Us
Gen Payne a member of the monetary
commission has returned from England
on private business He declined tostate
what the commissioners accomplished but
said the other two members would stay
abroad until October
Have you seen any indication in Eng-
land that her people desire to join withusi
on a bimetallic basis was asked the
general
I cant say that I have We are wait
ing to see There seems to be a desire fori
rnational bimetallism
Wa dn Bachelors
The recent manifesto of Mrs Charlotte
Smith against the bachelor politician was
the subject of much attention from the
Womans Bescue League of Boston Satur
day As a result a set of resolutions was
passed setting forth that the American
bachelor politician shirks his duty to tlie
human family when he fails to provide a
home for some good woman before he en
gages in the profession of politics There
fore he is not to be trusted after he has
entered a political arena in which tempta
tions surround him on all sides Un
fortunately modern society has heretofore
given the political bachelor too much lati
tude by ignoring his private life
Reciprocity with France
The French ambassador Patenotre
called on Secretary Sherman Saturday-
relative to the TirnnnRfiri rflninrnc it ir froofxr
between the United States and France
The subject was discussed in a general
way but owing to the i importance of the
questions involved it is not expected that
final results will be reached until the re-
turn of the president
California Salvation Army Colony
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salva
tion Army will arrive in San Francisco on
September 16 for the purpose of viewing
tne lanci secured for colonization purposes
in Monterey County In the meantime the
citizens committee will endeavor to raise
the 10000 necessary to secure the success
of the project
New Mexico Gold Strike
From Cochiti N M comes news or an
important free gold strike in the Puzzle
mine JLnepay streak is twelve inches
wide and is full of free gold It is esti
mated to be valued at 1000 per ton
MAKK5SC QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to
300 to 575 hoes shiDDinz
primed
grades
300 to 475 sheep fair to choice 200
to iou wneat So 2 red 93c to 94c
corn No 2 30fe to 31c oats No 2 18c
to 20c rye No 2 50c to 51c butter
choice creamery 17c to 18c eggs fresh
12c to 14c new potatoes 55c to Goc per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 475
sheep common to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 90c to 92c corn No 2
white 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 18c
to iyc
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 400
wheat No 2 96c to 97c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 19c
to 20c rye No 2 49c to 51c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 95c to 96c corn No 2
mixed 31c to 83c oats No 2 mixed 20c
to 21c rye No 2 48c to 50c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 375
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c rye 49c to 51c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 91c to 96c
corn No 2 mixed 32c to 33c oats No
2 white 19c to 20c rye No 2 49c to 51c
clover seed 400 to 405
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 92c
to 93c corn No 3 30c to 31c oats No
2 wh 21c to 23c rye No 1 50c to 51c
barley No 2 42c to 45c pork mess
875 to 925
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 99c to 101 corn No
2 yellow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white
24c to 25c
N w York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 500 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red 100 to 102 corn
No 2 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 23c
9So hnttor pwnmflrv 12 tn 19e esss
J Western 15c to 17c
J
I STATE OE NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Fusion Forces in Convention at
Lincoln Nominate a Democrat for
Judge and a Populist and Silver
Republican for Regents
The Convention at Lincoln
Supreme Judge J OHN J SULLIVAN
Regents E VON FORELL
GEO F KENOWER
As predicted at the start by the party
leaders the three parties Democratic
Populist and silver Republican joined
hands in fusion and the ticket placed in
the field is
For Supreme Judge John J Sullivan
Democrat Columbus
For One State University Regent E
Von Forell of Kearney Populist for the
other regent George F Kenower of Wis
ner silver Republican
For awhile in the three conventions
Thursday morning it looked rather pre
carious for harmony as the silver Repub
licans had a very warm time a number of
the middle of the road delegates talking
in favor of the nomination of a straight
Republican ticket in order to preserve
their organization They were finally
cooled down and an agreement was effected
The Populists had some difficulty in com
ing to an agreement and it was not until
they received the announcement that the
Democrats had agreed with the silver Re
publicans to substitue John J Sullivan for
W H Thompson that signs of fusion be
gan to appear
At noon the agreement to fuse was
finally reached and the rest of the proceed
ings were of short duration
The three conventions of the fusion
forces of the state were called to order in
Lincoln at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon
the Populists meeting in the Lansing
Theater the Democrats in a public hall
and the Silver Republicans in the Y M C
A auditorium Ilad there been a hall in
tne city large enough to accommodate the
crowd the thiee conventions would have
been merged into one The Democrats
and Silver Republicans appointed tempo
rary chairmen as selected and the Popu
lists selected John H Powers of Lincoln
to preside over their meeting The speeches
of the temporary chairmen were well re
ceived by the delegates
iho following permanent chairmen
were elected Populist convention W A
Poynter of Boone County Democratic
covention Attorney General Smyth
Douglass County silver Republicans A
J Weaver Richardson County After the
appointment of committees the convention
took a recess till 730 in the evening
At 4 oclock the delegates gathered in
the state house grounds and listened to a
number of addresses by W J Bryan ex
Congressman Charles A Towne Gen
Weaver and others
The conventions met in the evening at
the appointed time and adopted their plat
forms While they were waiting for the
report of the conference committee which
was in session at the Lincoln Hotel the
delegates were entertained by a number of
addresses It soon became apparent that
the joint conference would not report for
some time and the convention took a re
cess
At 3 oclock Thursday morning the joint
committee reported the whole matter back
for the three conventions to settle but
made the recommendation that the con
ventions proceed to the nominations for
the various offices the person receiving
the indorsement of two of the bodies to
be accepted by the third and made the
ominee The recommendation received
the approval of the three factions
Hold a Beet Sugar Convention
The beet sugar convention held at Mil
ford was attended by representatives from
Crete Seward Beaver Crossing and other
localities Much interest was manifested
The convention was addressed bv Mr
Bennehoven of Seward who had been a
successful beet raiser in California and is
now cultivaiing them at Seward Attor
ney S B Laune had gathered some very
interesting statistics on the sugar products
of this and other countries and gave the
convention the result of his researches As
a result of the convention the farmers of
Milford and vicinity will probably culti
vate 580 acres of beets next season An
other convention will be held in October
Brakeman Thrown from a Train
James Cavanaugh a brakeman on the
B M freight was thrown between the
cars near Gretna and horribly mangled
An overhead bridge struck the mans
head and knocked him off the train which
passed over him and went on toward
Omaha without discovering his absence
The third section of the same train also
passed him and he was found by an extra
gang which was stationed in the yards
Both his legs were broken his right hand
wa souu m tne wrist and his right
shoulder was completely shattered His
iace was Dauiy torn and one
knocked out
eye was
Creamery Will Try Again
After being closed down a week or ten
dajs the creamery plant at Valley has re
sumed operations The plant was built
and operated on the co operative plan
During the last month or so the expendi
tures exceeded the receipts and the mem
bers of the association concluded to close
down for a while Four stockholders in
the enterprise have leased the plant for a
term of eight months and will continue
the business
Visits Sweden After 3Iany Years
O Johnson agent of the Pacific Express
Company at Columbus has returned after
a three months visit with friends and
relatives in Sweden He made this visit
unci au auseuce ui twenty seven years
and says that he found many tilings that
were new and strange to him He says he
believes there is no place like Nebraska
Trainload of Cattle for Feeding
J R Manning one of the most extensive
cattle feeders in Wayne County shipped
to that section a trainload of stock cattle
consisting of sixteen car or 401 head
Finger Cut Off with a Saw
William Partridge employed in the
Union Pacific shops at Grand island had
the little linger of his left hand sawed off
recently Fie was sawing a large plank
ami ins nana became caught in such a
manner as to draw the lingeronto the saw
Ship a Trainload of Fat Cattle
Kilpatrick Brothers shipped a trainload
of fat cattle off their ranch near Imperial
the other day This is the beginning of
their shipments and Chase County will
send out many more train loads before
January 1
FARM HAND MAKES A RAISE
Selld His Employers Stock
and
Skips the Country
Mrs Mary Kenneway a widow residing
near Waterloo is a victim of misplaced
confidence to the tune of about 700 Bert
Holtz turned the trick Mrs Kenneway is
well advanced in years and as she has no
children on whom to depend for counsel
and aid Holtz wormed himself into the
old womans good graces and last week
was delegated by her to round up the
stock in her pasture and select a carload
for disposal on the South Omaha market
He accompanied the stock to market and
later when he did not arrive home Mrs
Kenneway learned that ho had consigned
the cattle in his own name and received
pay for the stock A letter was received
from Holtz in which ho conveyed to hid
wife the cheerful intelligence that he
would depart for parts anew on the nexJ
train
Chancres at Doane College
Some important changes have recently
been made in the course of study jit Doane
College located at Crete The require
ments for admission to the college arenpw
just the same as the university require
ments which will simplify the work of
high schools and academies in fitting pu
pils for either institution The Doane
Academy will prepare students for the
college or university courses the work be
ing largely done by college professors o
long experience with the facilities of the
college libraries and laboratories In the
college a new literary course of four years
has been added in which the emphasis is
placed on English Latin French and Ger
man while more electives in all courses
will be offered
Think He Was Murdered
Joseph Mason a farmer living one milp
north of Burr was found dead a day or
two ago He was alone and it is supposed
he was murdered from the condition ha
was found in Neighbors found the body
near the house face downward and
bruised about 7 oclock in the morning
Mr Mason had no enemies and his deatii
is a mystery He was proprietor of Burr
nursery His wife and son were absent a
the time of his death
Beet Sugar Factory Starts Up
The Oxnard Beet Sucrar Comnanv aS
Grand Island has begun operations on the
yellows remaining over from last season
Next week every wheel in the big factory
will be in motion the work on this seasons
crop of beets being begun at once Some
beets have already tested 85 per cent
purity and 15 per cent sugar The re
quirements under the contract is 30 pel
cent purity and 12 per cent sugar
Wild Man of the Cornfields
Complaints come from the vicinity of
Schuyler of a man who makes his home ip
cornfields and along weedy lanes and
streams occasionally appearing much to
the discomfort and fear of lone travelersr
attacking isolated persons at every oppor
tunity The sheriff has been asked to find
and place him under restraint Tha
general supposition is that the man is in
sane
Is Sorry that He Deserted
A young fellow who says he is private
Ramsey of Fort Cook was arrested at
Kearney by Chief of Police Julian fot
desertion His story is that he deserted
because some companions dared him tc
desert and told him he was a coward if he
did not The result is that he changed
clothes and while intoxicated left He will
be glad to get back and serve his sentence
Burned Jail Property
Henry Koch who was arrested two
weeks ago for selling liquor at Holstein
without a license was up before Count
Judge Bailey at Hastings charged with
burning quilts pillows and books ali
property of Adams County while in jail
two weeks ago He was bound over to thtj
district court in the sum of 200
Girl Accidentally Shot
Miss Anna -Nelson a domestic m m
home of Arthur Brown of Osmond was
seriously shot by the accidental discharge
of a gun last week A young man bv the
name of Aug Dedlow was fooling with the
gun wnen it went off the charge Iod
in the girl s leg which was badly
ated
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Telephone Reaches Shelton
The Nebraska Telephone Company lias
made the connection which gives Shelton
communication with the outside worfd
The headquarters of the telephone cam-
pany have been located in the new buy
ing to be occupied by A H Morris as a
drug store
Attempted Safe Robbery
An attempt was made recently to rob
Gaily Neafus safe at Elgin Entrance
was effected through the back vindow
The safe was ruined but no money ob
tained It is supposed the robbers were
new at the business and were scared away
Injured in a Runaway
C Marshall of Arlington met with a bsul
runaway accident at Fremont His team
took fright and ran away throwing him
out of the wagon and cutting his face
badly No bones were broken
Seven Hundred in the Schools
The public schools at Ashland will ro
open September 6 with about 700 students
enrolled
Nebraska Short Notes
Miss Lrflian Gerecke has been tendered
ana uas accepted a position as instructoz
in music and elocution at the State Norma
School Spearfish S D and has resign eo
her position in the Stanton schools
John Dorram of Nemaha has discovered
he cannot stop a thrashing machine bv
sticking his fingers in the cogs but it cost
him two fingers
A horse stepped on the foot of Williani
Hayes little daughter of Red Cloud and
smashed the member so badly a3 to neces
sitate amputation
ine mill of the Crawford
3siem rails to supply water
the town
water works
enough for
State against Fjank Hepperly was tbr
title of a case tried in Judge Fosters coun
at 3radison recently Hepperly wat
charged with shooting nraine chickens in
defiance of the state law and by the evi
dence was adjudged guilty and fined 70
County Treasurer Crabb says that th
people of Cherry Countv are paying theii
taxes more freely and rapidly than Uict
have for some time past
j x uej unapman of Aurora lost 1 004
worth of horse one day last week Hi
famous stallion Logan got into the oats
ate a bushel or two and then fell oer dead
One man in North Platte boasts that sa
far this season he has killed 300 prairi
chickens As all of these have been killed
out of season it might
prove quite
En Jm snouIit haPPeu that someone
should file complaint
against
him and have
evidence to support the charge
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