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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1897)
m hi i I A -1 iJ tt 1 I s nr X d mi at MOUND THE EARTH OCCURRENCES THEREIN FOR A WEEK CLASH UNLOOKED FOR PAIN WILL ACCEPT UNCLE SAMS OFFER This Is the View Taken by the Authorities in Washington There Is Ijittle Chance for a Ruptwm Between the Two Ootintries No Trouble Looked For The possibility of a rupture between the United States and Spain growing out of representations recently made to the Spanish authorities by Minister Woodford f regarded as very remote by the state department officials At the time Wood fords instructions were written it was the pinion of the administration officials that the tender of the good offices of the United States would be rejected by Spain Their iews have changed on this point It is said the authorities are now confidently expecting Spain will accept the offer of Mediation in the same conciliatory spirit to which it is made and express a willing ness to consider any suggestion which this government may choose to make in the direction of the restoration of peace In the island of Cuba Should Spain reject the offer of the United States it then will be necessary for Ihe president to consider what will bo the further course of this government The statement from Madrid that he will make en ostentatious proclamation to the world of disapproval of the Cuban regime by suspending diplomatic relations with Spain and withdrawing the United States minister cannot be confirmed here and it Is believed to be premature at least A member of the cabinet said the president Tvould not act hastily in any event and that the president will be guided by the action I congress 3HE GREAT MALTSTERS TRUST Business of 25000000 Yearly Represented in the Combine The maltsters trust is now said to be permanently organized All the details sre declared to be completed and it is said full outline of the organization will be made public at a meeting in Milwaukee this week The combination is said to embrace every prominent malting house in the country and will represent an an nual product of 525000000 business in malt upon which there is a profit of 1 000000 Instead of operating all the small malting houses throughout the country the manufacture of malt is to be confined to Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Phila delphia and New York PEARL BRYANS SKULL Belief that It Has Been Found Near the Ohio River William Parson of Cincinnati Ohio a boatman while digging for coal in Medee sandbar on the Kentucky side of the Ohio Stiver found a skull the lower jaw of which was gone In the upper jaw were nine teeth Two front teeth were gold filled An expert dentist says it is the ekull of a woman between 18 and 23 years old It is supposed to be that of Pearl Bryan for whose murder Jackson and Walling were hanged Should that prove true it has been in the river over nineteen months Kesner Indicted for Bribery Jacob L Kesner of Chicago has been in clicted for attempted bribery as a result of Alderman Mangiers disclosures In the first count he is said to have offered to in fluence the alderman on certain ques tions then pending before the city coun cil Other counts charge that the money -was offered to influence the alderman on 2a certain matter a certain cause and a certain proceeding pending before the council The bail is fixed at 10000 Bchring Seal Conference An announcement was made Monday afternoon in London confirming dispatches of Saturday that Salisbury had not withdrawn from the Behring seal conference but simply objected to the presence of Russia and Japan Negotia tions on the subject are proceeding Great Britain is willing to take part in the con ference and is endeavoring to secure the acquiescence of Canada Noted Aeronaut Dead James Allen a noted aeronaut is dead t his home in Providence It I aged 75 years Mr Allen was employed by the inion army to make observations of the tenemys position in the war and is said to Jiave made over 1500 ascensions in the service In 1867 he went to Brazil where tie entered the service of Dom Pedro in the same capacity in the war against Para guay Ocean Record Broken The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse irom Bremen to Southampton passed Sandy Hook at 305 p m Sunday She has broken the westward record from Southampton made by the St Paul by twenty six minutes Great Battle in Brazil There has been an important battle fought between the fanatics and the Brazilian troops in Canudos district The lighting continued six hours Finally the rebels were repulsed after great loss on both sides Agreemnnt with Creeks The Dawes Commission and the com mission representing the Creek Indians who have been in conference at Muskogee I T have reached an agreement for an allotment of the reservation lands and an abandonment of the tribal relations Suicides When Taken Prisoner A Tegucigalpa Honduras dispatch says Xicaraguan troops have captured Gen IPaez military leader of the rebellion in Nicaragua and that he committed suicide alew hours later 4 ALL TEXAS IS THREATENED Suspicious Fever Cases in the Prin cipal Cities of the State The following dispatch was received in Philadelphia Saturday New Oklkaxs Sept 25 Use your in fluence with Mr Wanamaker and other prominent Philadelphians to appeal to Surgeon General Wyman to order Dr Gui teras to investigate immediately the very suspicious fever now prevailing in Galves ton Houston Dallas and San Antonio All Texas is threatened and should be guarded Hoktek Tebtkou Co This message was addressed to George Horter of Haddon field N J the father of the head of the New Orleans firm Di rectly upon its receipt consultations were had with Mr Wanamaker President Thompson of the Pennsylvania Railroad and others as to the best means of securing a response to this appeal A telegram was received in San Antonio Saturday from President Oliphant of the New Orleans board of health inquiring as to the health condition of San Antonio and stating that the city was strongly sus pected The matter wa3 taken up at a meeting of the board of health and the fol lowing statement was issued by the mayor and the board There is no case of yellow fever or smallpox in San Antonio and to our knowledge no case of yellow fever in western Texas PERISH IN CHILKOOT PASS Eighteen People are Thought to Have Iiost Their Liives The tug Pioneer Capt Xeilson arrived at Port Townsend Wash at 2 oclock Friday morning direct from Skaguay with news of a land or glacier slide on the Dyea trail Saturday accompanied by the loss of the lives of several people the exact number not being known Seventeen men and one woman are reported missing The accident is described as a snow slide by others a landslide and bT others as the tearing loose by the rain of a huge glacier that overhung Sheep Camp and the trail The news reached Skaguay Sunday evening and the tug Pioneer left there at 8 oclock Monday morning Valuable Liand for a Song Dr F Gregory and C A McGenley on Saturday filed a deed for 2720 acres of land in Luce County Michigan The land was on the delinquent taxlistand was formerly owned by the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Gregory and McGinley filed an action against the above mining com pany a few days ago to quiet the claim and secured a tax title The land is worth more than 75000 and McGinley and Gregory got it for a song It is estimated that over 1S000000 feet of pine stands on the land Another Postofiice Boycott The little town of Gibson near Atlanta Ga has a postoffice sensation of its own In May last A B Sams was appointed postmaster A few days thereafter he lost his 30b as railroad agent and the people boycotted him by placing their letters in the postal car He complained to Wash ington when orders came that the doors of the postal cars should be closed against such letters At present it is a mutual boy cott Seek a Venezuela Concession A dispatch to the New York World f rpm Curacoa West Indies says Gov Pingree of Michigan and Col Sutton of the gov ernors staff are seeking an important railway concession from the government of Venezuela The matter will be pre sented to President Crespo next week by Mr Loomis who is visiting President elect Andrade and investigating the gold districts of Guarico Seventeen Killed in a Cave In News reached El Paso Texas Sunday that San Pedro mine in the Corralitos group twelve miles from that city in Mex ico had caved in killing seventeen men who were at work in the mine at the time The unfortunates says the report were buried alive tinder thiry feet of rock and dirt The San Pedro is one of the oldest mines in the group and rich with silver Uneasy Feeling in Spain Spanish government organs roundly deny that Minister Woodford has men tioned an ultimatum but the public mind is not altogether relieved thereby The policy of the government in denying and suppressing the news and directly denying the truth of almost everything in any way unpalatable must always tend to increase public uneasiness Crazed Through Fear or Lyncing Ed Staffleback one of the notorious family of murderers in jail at Columbus Kan has gone stark mad through fear of lynching at the hands of a mob Staflie back is convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Frank Galbraith one of the several persons supposed to have been murdered in the den of the Staff ebacks Murdered His Sweetheart A Gas City Ind dispatch says that Koah Johnson aged 22 waylayed Miss Lucy Mang aged 16 on her way to school and slipping up behind her blew out her brains They were lovers and had had a quarrel Johnson fled with all speed to the city and surrendered to the authorities He was hurried to Marion to jail and a mob started in pursuit 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 laud 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 Norton Allowed to Go Free Xo effort is being made to apprehend Charles A Xorton the absconding cashier of the Bank of Durand 111 and it is prob able he will remain unmolested in Alaska The Bankers Association states that it is not trying to locate him Cosmopolitan University Head KevEliphaletXott Potter DD L L D formerly president of Union College in Schenectady X Y has accepted the presidency of the Cosmopolitan Educa tional University csrssrarassaisEKi A BRUTE IS LYNCHED NEGRO OUTRAGER HANGED AT HAWESVILLE KY Mob of 800 Without Any Attempt at Disguise Takes Raymond Bushrod from Jail in Broad Day light and Puts Him to Death A Lynching in Kentucky In the broad open glare of a Sunday sun in the midst of a protracted revival not a mask to be seen and in the presence of 800 infuriated people Raymond Bush rod a negro Sunday evening at 5 oclock in the town of Hawesville Ky was made to pay the penalty of an assault on the person of 14-year-old Maggie lioberts Saturday afternoon He was swung from a limb in the court house yard Bushrod was from Rockport Ind After the assault and attempted murder the brute escaped Searching parties were at once sent in every direction and shortly after midnight he was captured He was taken to Hawesville and turned over to the jailer The officers got wind of a mob and he was secretly guarded in a grave yard until morning when he was again locked up All day long people arrived in town from every direction on lynching bent An attempt was made to spirit Bushrod away but a guard that had been left at the jail secured the prisoner as he was being brought out Bushrod was given opportunity for confession and prayer His confession was complete He stated he was guilty and that this was his third offense one of his victims being his 60 years old aunt With pinioned arms behind and legs beneath he was soon dangling from a tree The applause as he went up was deafening In about four minutes he was pronounced dead After the lynching the mobs leader an lndianan made a little talk in which he pointed to the gruesome corpse saying Heres the protection we offer our wives and daugh ters UNCLE SAMS DUTY London Spectator Declares America Should Stop Cuban War The Spectator published in Loudon ac cepting as a fact the report that the United States has admonished Spain finds it diffi cult to think war can be averted adding Apart from that pride and ignorance of the consequences did Spain defy the United States war is probably considered to be the best way out of the difficulty Were the government to propose the abandonment of Cuba in cold blood it would simply mean handing over the country to Don Carlos so the government proposes to employ America to do the necessary am putation which alone will prevent the Cuban gangrene from spreading to the rest of the body politic To prolong the war would be a crime and if America chooses to stop these hideous cruelties all Englishmen should applaud and refuse to inquire to narrowly into the reason which influenced her statesmen in putting pressure upon Spain Americas duty is to stop the long agony in Cuba and if her constitution does not admit her doing so the sooner she amends her constitution so that she can hold her new acquisition on a different footing the better for her and for human ity MICHAEL IS A MARVEL Little Welshman Defeats Lies n a to Record Breaking Time Cycle racing in the vicinity of Xew York city was wound up for the season Saturday afternoon at Manhattan Beach with a rattling international match be tween Jimmy Michael the Welsh cham pion and Lucien Lesna the Swiss rider The attendance was 14000 At the crack of the pistol Michael jumped off in the lead and got the pole From start to finish the race was a pro cession as Michael led all the way At the end of the first mile the Welsh rare bit was twelve yards ahead and hestead ily increased his lead throughout the race At the end of the hour Mitchel had covered 81 miles and 11500 yards which is ahead of the worlds one hour competitive record The thirty third and last mile was traversed as quickly as the preceding ones and Michael flew across the tape a winner by almost five laps in the excellent time of 10217 4 5 CAUGHT IN A HURRICANE The Schooner Goodwin Stoddard Has a Severe Experience The four masted schooner Goodwin Stoddard arrived in Xew York Sunday from Fernandina Fla and reported a severe experience during a hurricane which prevailed off the southern coast during the past week On September 18 Nils Evansen one of the crew a Xor wegian fell from the spanker masthead to the deck and was instantly killed On the 22nd the schooner Katie J Ireland was sighted flying a distress signal She was sinking and had lost her boats The Stod dard took off the crew of the Ireland con sisting of Capt Crockett and seven men None of the rescued men saved any of their effects Stampede at a Toronto Fire Fire originating in a shed in the rear of the Musee Theatre in Yonge Street Toronto communicated to a large ware house adjoining and to the theater The actors in the theater were preparing at the time for a performance and there was a wild scramble to get out of the building The theater was badly damaged by lire and smoke Chasing a Michigan Tramp Edward Robinson of Coldwater Mich shot by the tramp who assaulted Mrs Yerne Smith is in a very precarious condition and he will probably die Mrs Smith is recovering from her injuries The villian has not yet been captured but un doubtedly will be as the sheriffs posse is in close pursuit Jealousy Causes a Murder George Gitteen shot and killed Andrew Rollo a blacksmith at Oglesbie 111 Mon day Jealousy was the cause of the trouble Gitteen is in jail THE WEEK IN TRADE The Business World as Seen by Dun Co R G Dun Cos Weekly Review says Produce markets have been uncertain closing a fraction higher for both wheat and corn while the decline in cotton con tinues with 8K cents paid for spot at the end of August Cotton has dropped IK cents or 18 per cent in less than four weeks in spite of a remarkable revival of manufcture The corn estimate most credited by the trade is only 1750000000 bushels but it is coupled with figures tending to show a surplus from the last crop of 400000000 bushels over ordinary consumption Were this quite believed the price would not be rising although exports continue heavy being in three weeks 9975000 bushels against 6150187 last year Wheat has gained a fraction for the week Atlantic exports flour included for three weeks have been 12498181 bushels against 6188748 last year West ern receipts are exceeding last years and foreign estimates now agree in making the probable requirement from this country over 100000000 bushels greater than last year The official ending of the western coal strike adds many thousand men to the working force in the mines and others in manufactures using bituminous coal MINE EXPLOSION One Man Killed and a Half Dozen Injured in Illinois One man was killed three were fatally injured and six were severely burned and bruised by an explosion of gas in the Will iamson County coal mines near Marion 111 Friday An unknown miner is still imprisoned in the shaft and was undoubt edly instantly killed The gas which caused the explosion ac cumulated during the night near the mouth of the main shaft A shift of forty live men went down in the cage at 7 oclock They had proceeded only a short distance up the main gang way when the lamp on the leaders cap ignited a large body of gas A terrible explosion resulted Those who were able to crawl back to the foot of the shaft signalled for the cage which had been blown to the surface by the force of the explosion Rescuers de scended and soon all the injured men were raised to the surface A fire damp followed the explosion and put a stop to the search for the body of the unknown miner who was no doubt instantly killed SEQUEL TO AROYO LYNCHING Ollicial Who Directed the Assassina tion Commits Suicide Ex Inspector of Police Equardo Velas quez of the City of Mexico committed sui cide in Belim prison at about 930 oclock Friday The inspector blew his brains out with a revolver He was a proud man exceedingly reserved rarely being known to smile and very ambitious ne was subjected Thursday to a long examination by Judge Flores and at the conclusion of that ordeal on his return to his room in the prison it was noted he showed great dejection and anguish of mind At 11 oclock Friday morning the warden of the prison went to Yalquezs cell and discovered that the latter had a bullet wound in the right temple The muzzle of the pistol had been placed so close to the temple and pressed into the skin that it practically made no noise on being discharged How the pistol reached the prisoner is under investigation Killed in a Runaway Monday morning Oscar Johnson a Xor wegian lad employed on a farm two miles two miles west of Adrian Minn was killed by being thrown under a runaway team The coroner made an investigation but decided to hold no inquest since it was evident the young mans death was acci dental Jersey Lily to Wed Again The counsel in San Francisco for Mrs Lily Langtry announces that he has re ceived word from the famous actress that she will come to California in Xovember accompanied by Prince Esterhazy and im mediately on their arrival they wiil bo married Wiped Out the Town Every business house in the town of Alton I T was destroyed by fire Satur day afternoon The loss is stated to bo over 50000 3IAKKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 5u0 hogs shipping grades 5300 to 450 sheep fair to cuoi je ijOO to 450 wheat No 2 red D ic Vi 94 corn No 2 2So to 30c oats No 2 lc to 20c rye No 2 4Sc to 49- bntier choice creamery 19c to 21c eggs fresh 13c to 15c new potatoes 50c to bOc per bushel Indianapolis Cattle shi ipuig 300 to 550 hogs choice light f3J to 2450 sheep common to choice SiO to l 0 wheat No 2 94c to 90c corn No 2 white 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c St Louis Ca tie 300 0 f50 bogs 300 to 450 sheep 300 to 425 wheat No 2 98c to 100 corn No 2 yellow 27c to 2Sc oats No 2 whhv 21c to 23c rye No 245c to 47c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 550 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 250 to 425 wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2 mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed 2tc to 22c rye No 2 40c to 4Sc Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 250 to 425 wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2 yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 23c to 24c rye 48c to 49c Toledo -Wheat No 2 red 05c to 9- corn No 2 mixed 30e to 32c oats No 2 white 10c to 21c rye No 2 48c to 49c clover seed 335 to 345 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 90c to 92c corn No 3 29c to 31c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c rye No 3 4Sc to 50c barley No 2 40c to 45c pork mess 800 to 850 Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hns 300 to 475 sheep 300 to 500 wheat No 2 winter 9Uc to 97c coin No 2 yellow 33c to 34c oats No 2 white 25 to 27c New York Cattle 300 to 550 ho- 350 to 500 sheep 300 to 450 wheat No 2 red 99c to 100 com No 2 33c to 35c oats No 2 white 24c to 20c butter creamery 15c to 21c eggs Western 18c to 19e STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM The Old Question of Party Name on the State Ballot Comes to the Front Again Matter Brought Up by Silver Republicans Right to the Party Name The certificate of nomination of the can didates selected by the silver Republicans was filed with the secretary of state Sep tember 24 and certifies that John J Sul livan of Columbus was nominated for one of the judges of the supreme court and George F Kenower of Wisuer and E Yon Forell of Kearney as regents of the State University It is believed by uromjnent Republicans thatlhe title Silver Repub lican over the fusion ticket is an en croachment on the real Republican title under the new ballot law The Re publican state committee has made arrangements to immediately file a protest against the using of the title on the official ballot The result of this protest is prob lematical as there is some divis ion of opinion among the state house people as to the intent and scope of the ballot law relating to titles of parties There is an expressed intention on the part of some of the fusionists to protest against the using of the title Na tional Democrat on the ballot and they concede that the Silver Republicans and the National Democrats are standing on the same ground as to encroachment on party names A E Sheldon clerk of the state printing board and who stands very close to the board in matters of this kind says there is much doubt as to how the board will construe the law NEBRASKA GOLD DEMOCRATS Full State Ticket Named by the State Convention The state convention of the National Democratic party was held at Omaha A full ticket was placed in the field The ticket is Supreme Judge Hon James Wool worth of Omaha Slate University Regents Hon J Ster ling Morton and Judge James C Crawford The convention proceedings were marked with frequent flights of oratory of a high order especially when Hon War ren Switzler of Omaha accepted the position of chairman Four hundred delegates were present representing the ninety counties of the state There was io division of sentiment as to Ihe utility of placing a ticket in the field The platform is brief It indorses the Indianapolis plat form Necessitated an Investigation James Patterson an old man aged about 0 years died at his home near Raymond and the circumstances were so suspicious Shat a coroners inquest was held It was found that the dead mans stomach con tained arsenic and that beyond a doubt he had died from poison Patterson had been in ill health for some time and suicide is suspected It is learned however that the wife of the deceased is subject to fits of in sanity and that the old couple had had a quarrel The coroners jury brought in a verdict of death by drastic poisoning but charged nobody with having administered the drug Blow Open the Depot Safe The safe in the freight depot of the Elk horn road at Seward was broken into re cently being completely blown to pieces The burglars got very little for their trouble the only thing missing being a pocketbook containing private papers be longing to II M Miller the agent A box containing a lot of pennies was untouched Xitro glycerine was probably used as the safe was not drilled Mr Miller warns all persons not to purchase any notes payabl to him Refuses to Resign from Ticket The finance committee of the Custer County board of supervisors brought in a report finding Shinn its Populist nom inee 56327 short in his accounts with the county and authorized the county attorney to proceed at once to collect the same The Populist central committee met in Broken Row to consider whether they would ask him to resign from the ticket IJe refused the request of the committee to resign and thus the matter ended New Depot ior Ijincolu A R Talbott attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Lincoln has received a letter from General Superintendent Dodd ridge of St Louis which announces that the contract has been let for the building of a new 30000 depot at that place The building is to be put up by the Missouri Pacific and Elkhorn systems jointly and will be built this fall Young School Teacher Deranged The sad news was received by Rev Ilenry Hess living west of Niobrara that his daughter Lydia who has been teach ing school near Wausa was found in a pasture deranged She left for school as usual but was discovered about 11 oclock aimlessly walking about the enclosure She had been acting strangely for a day or two before Hojd Express Company Liable The castbound passenger train was held up last week at ONeill by the sheriff of Holt County and a barrel of prairie chickens taken from the express car They were billed to Chicago and were shipped from Ainsworth It is the inten sion of the officials to prosecute the express company to the full extent of the law Woman Probably Fatally Burned Mrs- W J Persinger a feebleminded old woman was badly burned at Central City last week Her clothing caught fire in some manner while she was putting coal in the stove When she discovered it she was wrapped in flames There is little hope of her recovery Struck by a Passenger Train John Reichlinger a young farmer living west of West Point was seriously injured while attempting to cross the track in front of the Norfolk passenger train recently He will probably die Nebraska Banker Dead Edward McCormick president of the Citizens Bank of St Paul one of the wealthiest men in the state is dead He but recently returned from Europe where he went for his health He made a for tune as a railroad contractor and was well known in this and adjoining states Surplus from the County Fair The Dawson County fair was a grand success The directors report that all purses and premiums have been paid in full and a small surplus lef f ix the treas Tjy GRANP ARMY STATE REUNION Department of Nebraska Comrades Gather at Ijincolu The Grand Army veterans of tiC state of Nebraska held their reunion at Lincoln this year The opening address made by Gov Holcomb Monday Sept IS was list ened to by more than 3000 people Illi nois Iowa Indiana Wisconsin and Penn sylvania veterans each had headquarter tents decorated with flags and bunting where all old time comrades were made welcome Tuesday there were ad dresses by Jesse B Strode J Sterling Morton W J Bryan W L Stark and W L Greene The proceedings of Tuesday were marred somewhat by rain which left the camp grounds in a very muddy condi tion but this did not seem to tain pen the ardor of the old vets - Wednesday was Ladies Day and Circle No 26 Ladies of the Qrand Army of the Republic had charge of the program during the forenoon There were songs by the Circle the Cotner Quartet Farja gut Post Quartet Ladies Quartet vfiss Jennie Slade and Mrs Cotter Mrs Mow- bray delivered the address of Welcome and Department President Stull re sponded In the afternoon the program was handled by the Womans Relief Corps Mrs Helen Cook presided and tho exer cises were entertaining from start to finish The camp presented a most dreary scene Thursday morning The cold rain that fell during the night had kept most of the campers awake In many cases the tents leaked a little or the water ran in under the sides and the campers had to erawl in with their more comfortably fixed neigh bors to finish the night A few of the tents blew down Those who were thus rudely driven out were housed in other tents until morning In lieu of overcoats the campers arrayed themselves in blankets and paraded the grounds like untutored Indians and there were many vigorous imitations of war dances and warwhoops The crowd on the grounds during the day was about the same as on Wednesday and a safe estimate would place it at 10000 people The Indiana association met during the fore noon and elected the following officials for the coining year President Jesse happen of Lin coin secretary I II Odcil of Lincoln treas urer W J Blystone of Lincoln color sergeant John Ward of Pawnee City The officers elected by the Ohio association aro as follows President Joe Brooks University Place vice president Myron Richards Lincoln secretary W F McLaughlin Grand Island treasurer A L Warner St Paid marshal G V Kibler Leigh color hearer V V Graves Leigh chaplain S F Moore Omaha orator JI N Spencer Negunda New officers of the Michigan associations President A V Cole Juniata vice president A II Bowen Hastings secretary Ezra Brown Harvard treasurer A Traynor Omaha color bearer Walter Trumbull Lincoln Now officers of the Iowa association Presi dent J IL Dorrance Fairmont vice president W If Smith Sutton treasurer Jacob Hager Clay Center chaplain W Miller Tobias sec retary J P Beal Crete color bearer William Newell Lincoln The Pennsylvania soldiers elected the follow ing President J V Dienep Syracuse adju tant II S Shoemaker Lincoln imartermaster JW Minnick Lincoln The Illinois association elected tho following officers President Joseph Teeters of Lincoln vice president II W Chase second vice presi dent Ira Wambaugh of Kearney color bearer K J Hardy of Eagle banner bearer W IL Sanders of Seward There was no regular program ai tiie re union grounds Friday and a large number of the camperss pent the forenoon making preparations to leave for home xneio had been some talk of a sham battle but it was abandoned There were a large number of meetings of state associations during the forenoon In the afternoon the grounds were practically deserted the people having all gone into the city to wit ness the parade and celebration of Lincoln day The parade consisted of the statb and city officials cadets of the university Nebraska National Guard civic societies old soldiers police and fire departments several bands and a large number of floats and decorated turnouts fitted up by the business men It is generally conceded that the celebration of Lincoln day was a success and that it was about the only part of the program of reunion week that was strictlv carried out Accidentally Shot Sam W W Wilson of Columbus met with a very painful and probably fatal ac cident In handling a shotgun it was dis charged and the contents entered his left side tearing a gaping wound Mr Wilson has lived in Platte County for the pasi twenty live years is a machinist by occu pation and for the past several years hau been employed at the Union Pacific shops in Columbus Sheriff Sells the Kothweil Panch The Rothwell ranch comprising 120 acres of land near Niobrara was bought by N A Reinbolt of Norfolk for 35400 It was mortgaged for about SS000 The Rothwells owing to the alleged cattle stealing in 1893 spent much money in their defense and it was about this time thalr the mortgage was given to Reinbolt Selling Iiiquor to Indians Lon Eby a saloon keeper at Hubbard was arrested by a deputy United States marshal and taken before United States Commissioner Sloan at Pender to answer1 to the charge of selling liquorto Indians He was placed under 1000 bonds Resigns His Pastorate Rev P H Hines Populist nominee ror county superintendent has resigned his pastorate of the Congregational Church in Geneva in order that his whole time and attention may be given to the campaign Nebraska Short Notes The Plymouth creamery will be ready for business the latter part of his month Kimball County stockmen are shipping in cows from the east to be used for breed ing purposes The deposits of the Arapahoe Bank have more than doubled since the late report and the deposits are credited largely to the farmers There are only three criminal cases on the Nuckells County docket and they are old ones carried over from the last term and unimportant Wakefield people are discussing the ad visability of building a new schoolhouse The McCook band has decided to enter the band contest at the fall festival at Denver Pender hopes soon to have telephone connection with the outside world Special Agent Matthews of the general land office has up to date recommended the cancellation of nearly 100 homestead en tries in the North Platte land district which were abandoned by entrymen during the years of depression The receivers sale of the property of the Bloomfield State Bank was not very well attended Some of the property sold very low and some very high bringing in all about 511000 Receiver Reed says this will net the depositors about 65 or 75 cents on the dollar k f 1 -4 Ju y