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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
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