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1ELLOW JACKS WOEK
DUMBER OF NEW CASES RE
PORTED MONDAY
Refugees from the Fever Stricken
Districts Pour Into St Ijouis Bay
onets Used on n Mob of Women at
Latimer Pa Other News Items
Yellow Fevers Work
Dr Joseph Holt ex president of the
lward of health of New Orleans reported
mine new cases of yellow fever in his prac
tice Monday Nine more are reported by
ther physicians
Fourteen new cases of yellow fever have
appeared at Edwards Miss since the last
report making the total number now reg
istered fifty four
Two special trains left Mobile Monday
for St Louis carrying clerks and other
emplojes in the general offices of the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad at Mobile The
mployes number about 200 and with their
-families will make a total of 1000 They
will remain in St Louis until the frost
kills the yellow fever germs in the south
Refugees continue to pour into St Louis
from the south
The Meridian Miss cotton exchange
lias adopted a resolution requesting the
4oard of health to open negotiations with
the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway for
putting on a daily train for mails and
freight only between Meridian and Forest
Meridian continues free from suspicious
cases Some refugees have gotten over
their fright and returned The Alabama
and Vicksburg Railway being unable to
run trains Monday laid off all employes at
Jackson Miss except the agent aud tele
graph operator
SILVER GOES UP AGAIN
Rise in Prices Attributed to Pur
chases for India Account
Silver scored a sharp recovery in Lon
don Monday of 5 pence to TiH pence
The price in New York rose 1 cents over
Saturdays quotation of 59J cents These
prices show gains over the low point of
September 1 of 3 pence and cents re
spectively The rise is attributed to pur
chases for India on account of rumors in
Xondon that the Indian council is buying
lor coinage The discussion of the propo
sition for the Bank of England to hold one
fif th of its reserve in silver also continues
influence the market favorably
SOLDIERS USE BAYONETS
Jiob of Armed Women Makes a
Raid on Latimer
The threatened raid at Latimer Pa oc
jcurred shortly after 10 oclock Monday
About 150 Italian women armed
Iwith clubs and stones divided into three
companies and marched on the mines
Signals were given the camp by sentries
nd three companies of militia were sent
-over The soldiers lined up shoulder to
shoulder and with guns presented pushed
the crowd back until it was dispersed An
-attack on the company stores was repelled
ia the same way
STOCK YARDS A TRUST
Kansas City Commission Men En
joined from Doing Business
t United States District Judge Foster of
Kansas City has declared the organization
Jaiown as the Kansas City Live Stock As
sociation illegal under the provisions of
jthe anti trust law It is an organization
rof commission men who control the sale of
jlive stock in Kansas City All stock which
enters the city must pass through the
iliands of this organization Judge Fester
enjoins the association from doing bus
Mness and declares it unlawful
On Field of Chickamauga
Gen Boynton president of the Chick
jamaugaand Chattanooga Park Commis
sion while at Chattanooga Tenn
announced that the state of
illlinois would begin at once the erection
t two more handsome monuments to cost
15000 each One of these will be on
Orchard Knob and the other will be just
north of Braggs headquarters on Mission
ary Ridge
Prima Donna Seeks Divorce
Elva Croix Seabrooke who is now sing
ing at the Tivoli Opera House San Fran
cisco has begun divorce proceedings
iagainst her husband Thomas Q Sea
Jbrooke and just as soon as her divorce is
granted she will be married to William
-West also of the Tivoli Opera Company
Tramps Hold Up a Cattle Train
Three tramps held up a Great Northern
cattle train Monday morning near Smith
Xake Minn and robbed three stockmen
siding in the caboose of small sums One
giving the name of Fisher was captured
Miners Entombed by Fire
A fire broke out in a mine at Belle Ellen
JLla Monday Fifty men were in the
nine at the time Most of them escaped
Several are still entombed and possibly
may lose their lives
Earth Shakes in Peru
Strong earthquake shocks were felt at
Xima Peru at 1180 Monday morning
causing great alarm A majority of the
inhabitants rushed into the streets
To Protect American Interests
The United States ship Alert has sailed
jfroru San Francisco under orders to pro
ceed to the town1 of Ocas on the west coast
of Guatemala to protect American in
terests during the revolution now ia pro
gress in that country
Movement of Specie
The exports of specie fiom the port o
5few York last week amounted to 745320
in silver and 7625 in gold The imports
Jor the week were Gold 5516 silver
JS8071 dry goods and general merchan
Mise 8727613
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SENb 4000 WORDS A MINUTE
Wonderful Results of Experiments
Made in England
Postmaster General Gary has received
from Lieut George Squire- and Prof
Albert C Orehore a report of their recent
experiments with their synchronomagraph
system of rapidly transmitting intelligence
by the alternating current upon the lines
of the British postal system for which
they recently went to England On
August 8 messages were sent over a copper
and iron wire from London via Leeds to
Glasgow and Edinburg and return via
Newcastle Tyne and York to London
The distance was 804 miles forty four of
which were under ground It was found
that slightly under 4000 words a minute
could be sent and the speed might have
been increased
The postmaster general replied to their
letter extending his congratulations on the
success which attended their experiments
and stating that he would be pleased to
hear further regarding them
At the last session of congress Senator
Pettigrew introduced a bill authorizing
the postmaster general to acquire pos
session of this system of telegraphing if it
should prove a success and to put up a
line between New York and Washington
on which to experiment The bill ap
propriates 1000000 for this purpose
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Business Generally Has Increased
Beyond Anticipations
Bradstreets Weekly Review says Not
withstanding unseasonably warm weather
and the appearance of yellow fever in
several gulf states checking locally the
distribution of merchandise business
throught the country has increased more
than anticipated The center of improve
ment is Chicago winch furnished the most
favorable trade report within five years
Advices from Kansas City St Paul
Omaha and St Ijouis also reflect activity
in demand among jobbers and wholesal
ers Most southern cities anticipate a
temporary falling off in business owing to
the interruption to traffic in the gulf states
and adjoining territory
v Wheat exports are very large and with
one exception that of the second week of
September 1891 are the heaviest on record
The total shipments this week Hour in
cluded as wheat aggregate 03791ms
bushels against 8550323 last year
Corn exports are 1000000 bushels
smallerthan last year aggregating 3901
000 bushels
BLUE BLOODS STIRRED UP
Heir to Austrian Throne Weds a
Housekeeper
A sensation has been caused in Berlin
by the statement that Archduke Franz
Ferdinand son of Archduke Karl Lud
wig and Princess Annunciata daughter of
the late King Ferandia II of Naples heir
presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary
was married in London last week to
a middle class lady from Kohlschiedt near
Aix la Chapelle
The Kolnische AroIks Reitung says the
ladys father was formally a mine man
ager and that one of her brothers is a
clergyman
The Lokai Anzeiger says She is a
former housekeeper of Ilerr Krupp the
great gun manufacturer of Esen where
she met Archduke Franz Ferdinand The
couple have gone to Algiers
Troops for Alaska
At the cabinet meeting Friday the situa
tion in Alaska was discussed The secre
tary of war had a report from Capt Ray
who has just arrived at St Michael Rays
report was in the nature of an appeal for
troops to preserve order the coming winter
There is a vast amount of supplies at St
Michael and there is not a United States
soldier in Alaska It was decided to send
a company of infantry to St Michael as
soon as possible
Noted War Nurse Dead
Mrs M M Brooks better known as
Auntie Brooks is dead at Pana 111 of
old age She was 88 years old Mrs
Brooks gained her prominence through
her connection with the civil war She was
an army nurse at all the principal battles
fought during the war including Gettys
burg Shiloh and Pittsburg landing She
was also at Fort Donelson and in Ander
sonville prison
Agrees to Maintain Rates
The board of control of the Joint Traffic
Association met in New York to consider
restoring rates in the southwest which have
been demoralized some time At the close
of the meeting it was announced that an
agreement had been entered into to main
tain west bound rates and it was said that
east bound rates were being maintained
Fatal Denver Runaway
While Robert Creek a ranchman living
hear Denver with his wife was out driv
ing on Broadway his team ran away dash
ing into a buggy driven by H W Ililde
brand a printer All three were thrown
out and suffered fractures of the skull
The two men will die and the woman has
very little chance of recovery
Three Sisters Burned to Death
Three daughters of Preston Howard
tvere burned to death Saturday morning
in their house at Port Alma Out The
girls were aged 16 10 and 6 years One
had escaped but met death in returning to
assist her sisters The mother and two
sons were seriously burned
Think It Was Andrees
A telegram from Krasnoyarsk Siberia
says that on September 14 at 11 oclock at
night the inhabitants of the village of Ant
zifirowskoje district of Yeniseisk Actic
Russia saw a balloon believed to be that
of Prof Andree It was in sight five
minutes
Place for McKinleys Cousin
In the list of nominations Friday is a
cousin of President McKinley aud one of
Vice President Hobart Frederick E Me
KinTty becoming receiver of public money
at Guthrie O T and Edward F Hobart
receiver of public moneys at Santa Fe
Fatal Explosion
The thrashing machine boiler of George
Orange of Spirit Wood N D exploded
and killed Engineer Robert Orange Fire
nwxt Fred Sisson and Daniel Orange
CONSUL GENERAL LEE
MAKES A VERBAL REPORT TO
MKINLEY ON CUBA
The Situation Deemed Too Critical
for a Change in the Office of Con
sul General nt Present Will Re
turn to the Island Next Month
liec Confers with McKinley
Gen Lee consul general to Cuba had a
long consultation with the president Sat
urday by special appointment All vis
itors were excluded except Secretary Al
ger Lee carefully reviewed the situation
in Cuba explained at length all the
points upon which either the president or
the secretary asked information Lee
gave his own views very freely to the
president but after the interview was very
reticent about the nature of the report
made
It is evident however that the president
is deeply impressed with the critical
character of the situation as described by
Gen Lee as it is understood he strongly
urged Lee to retain the office at least for
the present and return to Havana at his
earliest convenience As it has been
strongly intimated for several months that
Ex Congressman Aldrich would succeed
Lee and that the latter would probably
not return the presidents action is con
strued to mean that he thinks it inadvis
able to make a change at this juncture
Lee will return to Cuba as soon as he
has arranged his private affairs probably
about the middle of October
WAR DEPARTMENT SCANDAL
Alleged Misappropriation of River
and Harbor Funds
The war department has just started an
investigation of what promises to be the
biggest sensation that ever developed in
connection with that branch of the govern
ment service It involves the mis
appropriation according to the reports
of hundreds of thousands of dollars ap
propriated by congress for the improve
ment of the Savannah River in Georgia
and possibly the misappropriation of
funds for other large improvements in the
same district The officer in charge of
this work Capt Carter of the engineering
corps was recently appointed the army
member of the Nicaragua canal commis
sion and he was made the subject of
several pages of a laudatory notice in the
current number of the Review of Reviews
According to the charges against this
officer he has been guilty of misappropri
ating the money provided for the improve
ment of the Savannah Liver and a
thorough investigation is to be made The
facts in the case were brought out by his
successor in charge of the work who as
soon as he discovered how matters had
been proceeding demanded a prompt and
searching investigation
DIAZ IS IN EARNEST
Indications that Arroyos Lynchers
Will Be Severely Dealt With
Eduardo Velasquez chief- of police of
the City of Mexico Lieut Canerra super
intendent of detectives and Commandant
Mauro Sanchez were arrested Sunday
night taken to prison and placed in soli
tary confinement by order of the fifth
criminal judge to whom had also been
turned over twenty one prisoners arrested
for entering the municipal building on the
night of the recent lynching Public
opinion is behind the government and the
investigation will be pushed rapidly
If the police authorities are proved
criminally negligent in protecting the
prisoner they will undoubtedly be severe
ly punished and whoever took part in
killing the prisoner will be held for mur
der even if they were passively acting as
instigators of the crime There was gross
carelessness on the part of the officers
without doubt and the government is de
termined to show the world that lynching
has not been naturalized there
Echo of the Spalding Steal
The board of trustees of the University
of Illinois has begun suit against the es
tate of the late J W Lanehart to recover
591161 Lanehart was one of the bonds
men of Charles L Spalding ex treasurer
of the state university who has been
convicted of appropriating the funds in
trusted to him The total value of Lane
harts estate is but 55000
Forger Leaps from a Train
1 Oliver T Rankin wanted in Fond du
Lac Wis on a charge of forgery made a
desperate leap for life from a train near
Rugby Junction Sunday and succeeded in
escaping He was in charge of the sheriff
of Fond du Lac County at the time being
returned from Iowa where he fled after
passing an alleged forged check
Try to Die Together
George J Bunday a Chicago lawyer
and his wife formerly Blanche Warren
were married September 14 and went im
mediately to Milwaukee Because the
grooms parents refused to forgive the
couple they decided to die together and
took morphine Friday Bunday died but
his wife recovered
Two Months Overdue
Considerable anxiety is felt in San Fran
cisco for the safely of the British ship
Hahnemann from New Castle England
for that port which is now 208 days out
or about two months and a half overdue
She has only been spoken once since she
left England on June 25
Snowfall in Colorado
xicpuiis icccivcu ai uic treuiuci uuicaui
at Denver indicate a general snowfall in
the mountains Friday The snow was
several inches deep at Cripple Creek and
Central City
Balloon Story Confirmed
An official messenger confirms the an
nouncement that the inhabitants of the
village of Antzifirowskoge Arctic Russia
saw a balloon September 14 believed to be
Andrees
Take 80000000 Chinese Bonds
The Hooley Jameson syndicate has con
cluded negotiations by which it will take
up 80000000 of the 5 per cent bonds
whiirto tize Chinese government will issue
YELLOW JACK COMING NORTH
Two Mild Cases Arc Reported at
Caro HI
Dr Guiteras the yellow fever expert
is at Cairo 111 and has announced the two
suspicious cases at the marine hospital to
be yellow fever of a mild form Owing to
the prompt measures taken there is no
danger of its spreading The hospital
is thoroughly guarded There are several
cases of sickness on the government dredge
boat Philadelphia lying at East Cairo Ky
and Drs Guiteras and Eagan will investi
gate them One of the men in the hospital
came from this boat and the other from
Point Pleasant eighty five miles below
Cairo The board of health has instituted a
strict quarantine against East Cairo Mr
Egan secretary of the board issued an
order addressed to every railroad entering
the state from the south instituting quar
antine against the states of Alabama Mis
sissippi and Louisiana For that part of
the state south of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railroad Chicago excepted
will be required to show a clean bill of
health There is no excitement there the
people feeling confident the corps of the
board of health physicians are masters of
the situation
TRAINS MEET ON A CURVE
Five Known Deaths in a Head End
Collision in Wisconsin
Two freight trains collided head on on
the Wisconsin Central Friday nioning at
Howard Wis Both engineers Richard
Warren and Edward J Smith and Clyde
Miller brakeman and J S Miley fire
man and an unknown man were killed
The cause of the accident is unknown
Two passengers in the caboose were
slightly injured They were stockmen
from Minneapolis It is not known where
the blame lies but it is rumored both
trains were given the right of way Both
trains were going forty miles an hour and
met on a curve
TWO STEAMERS WRECKED
Crews Taketo Boats and Are Picked
Up by a Passing Steamer
During a dense fog Sunday two steamers
were lost between St Johns N F and
Cape Race The British steamer Rhodera
from Boston England for Philadelphia
and the Asper are at Renows total wrecks
The crews took to the boats and wer6
picked up by a coast steamer Another
steamer name unknown is ashore on the
island off Witloss Bay
Firebugs Cause 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 Yan Lue and the wagon factory
of Wm Gemberling were also destroyed
There is no clue to the incendiaries
Roswell Miller Re Elected
At the annual meeting of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company
held in Milwaukee outside the annual
election of directors and officers only rou
tine business was transacted Roswell
Miller was chosen president A J Ear
ling general manager W G Collins
general superintendent
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
the land 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
To Represent the Cabinet
In connection with the Omaha exposition
it has been suggested that a member of the
executive board be appointed to represent
the cabinet Friday President McKinley
appointed Col Brigham assistant secre
tary of agriculture as president of the ex
position board and the cabinet representa
tive
Consuclo a Mother
The Duchess of Marlborough formerly
Consuelo Vanderbilt gave birth to a son
Sunday morning in London
Peace Treaty Signed
The treaty of peace between Turkey and
Greece was signed at Constantinople Sun
day afternoon
5TIKKFT QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 450 sheep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red 92c to l3c
corn No 2 28c to 29c oats No 2 ISc
to 20c rye No 2 49c to 50c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
12c to 14c new poptatoes 45c to 00c pei
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 tc
550 hogs choice light 300 to 450
sheep common to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 to 94c corn No 2
white 31c to 33c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 400
wheat No 2 96c to 98c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c rye No 2 47c to 48c
Ciuchinati Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
mixed 31c to 32c oats No 2 mixed 20c
to 21c rye No 2 48c to 49c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 93c to 94c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 31c oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c rye 47c to 49c
Toledo -Wheat No 2 red 94c to V0c
corn No 2 mixed 30c to 31e oats No
2 white 19c to 20c rye No 2 52c to 54c
clover seed 355 to 360
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 90c
to 92e corn No 3 29c to 30c oats No
2 white 22c to 24c rye No 1 49c to 50c
barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess
800 to 850
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 winter 97c to 9Sc corn No
2 yellow 33c to 35c oats No 2 white
24c to 26c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 475 sheep 300 to -450
wheat No 2 red 99c to 101 corn
No 2 33c to 34c oats No 2 white 24c
io 26c butter creamery 13c to 19c eggs
Wtrn 16c to 17c
STATE 0E NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK INA CON
DENSED FORM
Crawfords City Marshal Has a Bat
tle with Two Notorious Robbers
One of the 3Ien Shot Before Re
was Captured Other State Items
Shot a Desperado
City Marshal C S Spearman of Craw
ford received word that Dan Lewis ami
Dick Austin two noted safe blowers and
postoffice robbers who have been carrying
on their work all over Northwestern
Nebraska had been located at a wood
camp twenty miles from that town Ac
companied by two deputies the marshal
started for the camp and met the despera
does coming to town The marshal
stopped them and demanded that -they
throw up their hands Lewis drew a
pistol but Marshal Spearman got in the
first shot which struck Lewis in the cheek
He returned the fire without effect and got
two more bullets pumped into him one in
the arm and one in the shoulder He then
made a break for the river but was over
hauled Austin threw up his hands at the
first volley Lewis says his mission at
Crawford was to kill Marshal Spearman
who has been on his trail for weeks
University of Nebraska Opens
The registration department of the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln pre
sented a busy scene last week The in
coming students were presenting their
credentials selecting their studies and
making other arrangements for the uni
versity term Of the new students it is
noted that there are a large number of
experienced teachers principals and
superintendents from the schools of the
state who are seeking the advantages of a
university education in graduate work or
special branches The number from this
class is larger than ever before In the
increased attendance of the university a
great gain in numbers will be observed in
the freshman class The law department
has advanced the standard of admission
so that the student must be a graduate of
a high school or have an equivalent educa
tion
During the opening week the Young
Mens Christian Association was engaged
finding boarding places and accommoda
tions for the students furnishing informa
tion and locating places of employment for
those who desire to work their way
through
A number of improvements in the build
ings and grounds are especially noted by
the visitor adding much to general ap
pearances The mechanic arts building
has been veneered with chip faced brick
and presents a much more handsome and
substantial look The main building has
been painted on the outside and the cam
pus has been thoroughly trimmed up
Prisoners Escape at Kearney
Sheriff Gormley placed Frank Hamilton
and Albert and Ed Smith charged with
burglary in jail at Kearney for safe keep
ing While the sheriff was away attending
the fair the prisoners cut out a part of the
rock wall with a piece of their iron bed
stead With this rock they broke off the
locks of the door and skipped out The
two Smith boys were captured but Ham
ilton is still at large He is a young Swede
and as near as can be learned the trio are
part of a gang which worked in Omaha a
short time ago An insane man in the jail
at the same time also escaped but was
soon captured
Elopes with a School Girl
Mildred Carnahan has disappeared
She is the 16-year-old daughter of M P
Carnahan of York On the morning of
Thursday Sept 9 she left home to go to
school and has not been seen since It is
believed she has eloped with a pho
tographer named Williams Walter Ward
a young man who worked for the pho
tographer admits that on the morning of
the girls disappearance he hired a livery
rig and drove Williams and the girl to
Waco where they took the train for the
east It is rumored that Williams who is
about 30 years old was already a married
man
Farmer Loses His Money
Ole Oleson a farmer living a few miles
west of Herman took two loads of wheat
to town and sold them to the Ele
vator Company receiving the sum of
8405 He rolled up 80 in a bunch and
put it as he thought in his pants pocket
Within half an hour he felt for his money
but it was gone A thorough search was
made immediately but no trace of the
money could be found Two tramps who
were loafing around the streets were ar
rested and searched but without result
Invited to Send Delegates
The governor has received a message in
viting the state of Nebraska to send repre
sentatives to the meeting of sanitary com
missioners which is to be held at Fort
Worth Texas on September 27 The
principal subject to be considered at the
meeting is the quarantine regulations af
fecting the shipment of cattle and sheep
All the western and southern states are
expected to take part in the meeting
Boy Turns States Evidence
Dan Lewis and Richard Austin had a
preliminary hearing on the charge of rob
bing the Belmont postoffice before United
States Commissioner T J OKeefe at
Crawford Fred Mason a mere child
turned states evidence and confessed to
driving Lewis and Austin to Belmont and
holding the horses while they committed
the burglary
Buy Cattle by Hundreds
A bunch of nearly 800 cattle attracted
some attention at the Union Pacific stock
yards in Columbus one day last week and
reminded some of the old days of the
round up They were feeeders shipped
in to be fed and were taken across the
river to where they will be kept this
winter
Large Acreage of Fall Wheat
A large amount of fall grain is being put
up at Stromsburg this fall Some farmers
have realized as much as 25 per acre on
their fall wheat this year and are en
couraged to try to do better still next year
Mike Yorty Pardoned
Sheriff Woolsey of Tecumseh has re
ceived word that M A Yorty has been
pardoned from the penitentiary by the
governor Yorty was sent up for firing the
Buffum mill last winter A petition from
the citizens of Burt County secured his
freedom
Hnnter Shoots His Arm Off
Carl Peters of Hastings while out hunt
ing accidentally shot off the fore part of
his right arm The full charge from a
shotgun entered near the elbow and it is
thought the entire limb will have to be
amputated
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS
Mandamus Case Is Finally Heart
Before Judge Holmes
The hearing of the mandamus case
against the Society of the Home for tho
Friendless was completed at Lincoln
15 Attorney General Smyth and
Deputy Smith reviewed the case on behalf
of the state and Judge Broady made the
argument for the society The contention
of the latter was that the state had made
an implied contract with the society in the
past in which the society was to be left in
charge of the home He also argued that
a writ of mandamus was not the proper
proceeding At the close of the argu
ments Judge Holmes rendered a decision
on one point in the case which was that
the home is a state institution He took
under advisement the points as to whether
there was an implied contract between the
state and the society and as to whether the
proper proceeding had been brought
Wasnt Onto His Job
In disposing of the school land leases by
auction the commissioner of public lauds
and buildings has found one singular case
which illustrates how unlucky some men
can be aud at the same time shows the
great value of farms in some parts of the
state A man down in Nemaha County
leased forty acres of school land in 1878
paying an annual rental of 18 He kept
up his payments until 1895 when he con
cluded that it would be cheaper for him to
allow the lease to become delinquent and
then when it was put up for a new tenant
take it again himself There was about
40 back on the land and a few day ago
the lease was put up at auction The man
got the land again but he was compelled to
pay a bonus of 500 so sharp was the bid
ding A month ago he could have held
the forty acres by paying up the 40
Tli re w Vitriol in His Face
Ed Sampson a well known speculator on
Try to Locate the Buller
President Clemmons and Prof Mohler
of the Fremont Normal School and Or
Naslani and A C Hull
undertook with the X
bullet which Policeman
all of Fremont
rays to locate a
Lydick fired into
Tom McGuigan last week McGuigan did
not keep still and it was therefore impossi
ble to find where the bullet was the plate
being badly blurred and the blur which
was evidently the outline of the bullet
covering considerable space Mr Hull
thinks if McGuigan had kept still the
bullet could have been located
A
the South Omaha live stock market was
seriously injured the other day by vitriol
thrown in his face by his wife From what
can be learned Sampson ami his wife had
quarreled and Mrs Sampson went into a
pantry picked up a bottle of vitriol poured
the contents into a cup and returning to
the dining room dashed it into the face of
her husband
The injured man will lose the sight of
one eye He requested that no informa
tion be filed against his wife stating that
he did not desire to prosecute the cise
Mr Sampson was blinded by the acid
but managed to see well enough to chase
his wife out of the house As for beating
his wife Sampson says that he does not re
member whether he struck or kicked her
or not as he was so angry by pain that he
might have done anything
Nebraska Mans Luck i
Fred Lewis a young farmer from near
Norfolk has clipped tiie claws of the Chi
cago tiger He stopped in that city on his
way east to be married While seeing thp
town he was robbed of 400 leaving him
just 5 to make the trip to his fiancees
home and claim her as his bride He made
a desperate resolution to lift himself out of
his difficulty With the remain tng 5 he
decided to go against the Chicago tiger
If he won he would proceed east and bo
married If he lost he would commit
suicide
After two nights and a day at George
Ilankins 6 Plymouth Place he quit ai t
winner by 1700 Then he got some
needed sleep and went on his way rejoic
ing
Dr Sprngue Succeeds Dr J all
The letter announcing he resignation of
Dr C P Fall superintendent of the In
stitute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice
was received by Gov Ilolcomb September
15 and the resignation was accepted to
take effect October I The governor has
announced the appointment of Dr Charles
G Sprague of Omaha as superintendent of
the institute to succeed Dr Fall
Beatrice to Search for Water
An appropriation of 500 has been made
by the city council of Beatrice to be used
in prospecting for water northwest of the
city and active operations have already
been begun Water Commissioner Grant
is confident water can be found m suf
ficient quantities to supply the city and if
his theory proves true the water plant will
be removed to a new location
Loses an Arm and a Leg
O N nepford of Fairbury brakeman
on the Rock Island caught his foot in the
guard rail at Phillipsburg and was thrown
under the train lie was badly injured
losing his right arm and leg A special
car was sent out to bring him home but
he was too badly injured to be removed
He cannot recover
Dose of Morphine Proves Fatal
John Hade is dead at Waterloo He took
a large dose of morphine with suicidal in
tent nade was tired of life because his
wife would not live with him Among his
effects a letter was found in which he
charged a cousin George Niel of foment
ing trouble between Mrs Hade and him
self
Nebraska Short Notes
William Pankonin of Louisville had
several head of cattle killed by lightning
last week
Some sixteen years atio George Booze
and his family of Springfield started i to-
save up all the pennies they got and they
are still at it- George would break a dol
lar for a postal card rather than use a
penny although once in a great while he
has to part with a copper coin This saving
seems to be a fad with George as he has
no object in view in saving the coin- He
has no idea how many of these pennies he
has at present but they must reach m
between 25 and 30 and maybe much
more
The woods along the Blue River near
Crete are filled with wild grapes Last
week Ernest FrancI gathered sixty bushels
He proposes to have some wild grape wine
and a barrel of choice vinegar
The Falls City Canning Factory is about
the busiest place in town these days A
large force of hands arc at work canning
tomatoes and although the crop is short
it is heavy enough to employ a large num
ber of people to take care of it
The West Nebraska Methodist confer
ence will be held this year at Lexington
beginning Wednesday Sept 22 Bishop
Ninde win preside
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