ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
TMAL JUROR BIASED
4ATEST MOVE OF DURR ANTS
ATTORNEYS
Altered that Juror Smyth Caat Rtft
Tote Not on the Evidence Pre
sented bnt on Information Be
cetved Outside of the Trial
Durranis Latest Move
The attorneys of Theodore Durrant m
San Francisoo have taken their stand in
fehe last ditch and began a new and
fight for the life of the murderer
Sonal
ohn H Dickinson and W W Foote ap
peared before Superior Judge J M Sea-wall
and presented an affidavit signed by
jtee father William A Durrant to the
Effect that Horace Smyth one of
iloe trial jurors cast his vote not
jon the evidence as presented dur
ing the trial but upon informa
tion that ho received outside oi the trial
of the case Smyth is charged with declar
ing openly to four reputable citizens in San
Francisco that he based his verdict upon
jtbe information he received outside of the
trial The attorneys claim they can make
good their charges in court Smyth was
cited to appear before Judge Wallace audi
show cause why he should not be pun-
ilshed for contempt This action is to be
made the basis for an appeal for a new1
trlal
ENGLAND AFTER COREA
Objects to the Surrendering of the
Government to the Czar
It was reported in Shanghai Monday
that seventeen British war ships were off
Chemulpo Corea southwest of Seoul sup
porting the British consuls protest really
amounting to an ultimatum against the
Wrings practically yielding the government
of Corea into the hands of the Russian
minister The protest is specially di
rected against the dismissal of Mc
Xeavy Brown British adviser to the
Corean customs officials in favor of the
Russian nominee The news has pro
duced consternation at Seoul which is
heightened by the knowledge that Japan
has a fleet of thirty warships awaiting the
result of the British representation which
Japan fully supports Japan is irritated
iby the arrival of Russian troops in Corea
jmd it is believed that she will oppose
them
According to a dispatch to the London
Daily Mail from Shanghai it is reported
there from reliable sources that a British
force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday and
caused the reinstatement of McLeavy
Brown The same dispatch refers to a
native rumor that the Union Jack has
been hoisted on an island in the mouth of
the river Yang Tse Kiang
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CARTER SEEKS A PARDON
St JLonis Man First Sentenced to
Death Seeks His Freedom
Former Gov Charles P Johnson is to
apply to Gov Stephens of Missouri for a
pardon for Charles R Carter accused of
the murder of Robbert Crockett in March
1887 The conviction and imprisonment of
Carter are among the most noteworthy
incidents of the history of Missouri criminal
jurisprudence He will be remembered as
the man who escaped from the peniten
tiary while his case was pending in the
supreme court fled to Alaska returned to
Portland Ore under the name of R C
Rose and was recognized and delivered to
the state authorities He was brought
back to Jefferson City under a sentence of
capital punishment but through the inter
cession of influential friends was com
mitted for life by Gov Stone
HORACE BURT IS THE MAN
Announced that He Will Be Presi
dent of the Uuion Pacific
It was officially announced in Xew Yoric
Monday that Horace G Burt third vice
president of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad has been selected for the presi
dency of the Union Pacific
Motcd Criminal Caught
Win Schweizer a noted criminal asso
ciated with the notorious Blinky Mor
gan and others was arrested in Detroit
Mich Sunday In 1883 with Matthew
Kennedy he robbed a bank in Canada
They were arrested and confined in jail at
Randwich Ont In 1884 they killed Jailer
leach and escaped Schweizer will prob
ably now be sent back to Canada to
answer for his crime
Train Strikes a Christinas Party
A sleigh containing seven people return
ing from a Christmas entertainment was
struck by the Lake Shore limited at the
general crossing in St JamesYille N J
Nellie Place 9 years old was killed in
stantly and five others were seriously in
jured A Mrs Smith and her daughter
were wedged on the pilot of the engine
and carried 100 feet
As Successor to Morrison
Senators Cullom and Mason of Illinois
called on the president Monday morning
again to urge the appointment of State
Senator D T Littler of Illinois to succeed
Morrison on the interstate commerce com
mission The senators believe the presi
dent has not decided on Judge Paxson of
Pennsylvania for the place
Cotton Operatives May Strike
The cotton manufacturers of Fall River
Mass are confronted with a strike as
many operatives have determined to op
pose a reduction in wages A section of
the union officials and members favor a
strike at seven mills on January 3 The
mills employ 11000 operatives
Cortes to be Dissolved January 20
A Madrid dispatch says that the cham
ber will be dissolved January 20 next am
the elections for the new house will be
beld on February 20 The date for reas
iembling is April 10
CHURCH LEADER FALLS
Jlel iff ions Worker of Brooklyn
Charged with Forgery
William H Kent a well known lawyer
of Brooklyn N Y a prominent member
of Plymonth Church in the Sunday school
of which ho is a teacher and organizer of
the Penny Savings Bank connected with
the Bethel Mission Sunday School a
branch of the Plymouth Is in jail having
been arrested on a warrant charging him
with forgery Kent is accused by Mrs
Mary H McCord of Brooklyn of falsely
certifying and acknowledging a satisfac
tion of a mortgage
Assistant Dtatriot Attorney Caldwell
stated Kent had taken no less than 40000
from his clients
FOUMO GUILTY OF MURDER
Cook of the Schooner Olive Pecker
Will Hang for His Crime
John Anderson was convicted Friday at
foerfotfc tfa of the murder of William
Wallace Saunders mate of the schooner
Olive Pecker on the high seas on August
6 last and under the sentence of the court
must be hanged on the 18th day of March
next unless the supreme court of the
United States in the meantime interposes
A motion for a new trial was made but
the court overruled it Anderson hardly
moved a muscle when the sentence was
being pronounced but cried a little while
talking to his attorney afterward
PLOT TO KILL GOMEZ
Cuban Junta Declares It Knows All
About Blancos Plan
At the Cuban Junta in New York Fri
day official information was given to the
story that Gen Blanco has sent to this
country a man whose mission is to join one
of the filibustering expeditions to the east
coast of Cuba and secure the assassination
of Gen Gomes
Yes we kaow all about Blancos em
issary a representative of the junta said
We know the steamship he is on
and we know his name He is not likely
to Join any of our expeditions
GEN BOOTH COMING OVER
llead of Salvation Army to Arrive
in New Yorlc in January
Gen William -Booth commander in chief
of the Salvation Army is expected to ar
rive in New York January 8 His coming
will be of especial importance at this time
owing to the recent developments in the
affairs of the Volunteers of Ballington
Booth and the Salvation Army here Bal
lington Booth has expressed a willingness
to meet his father as a father but not to
discuss the present situation or to make
any arrangements to return to the Salva
tion Army
MORE TROUBLE IN CRETE
Renewal of Conflicts Between Mus
sulmans and Christians
There has been a renewal of conflict be
tween the Mussulmans and Christians
The former attacked a caravan taking
twelve of the Christians
Double Washington Lynching
A dispatch from Spokane Wash says
Several persons who have come from Col
fax declare that notwithstanding all de
nials a lynching occured there Sunday
bight or Monday morniug It is asserted
that Chadwick Marshall and John McDon
ald the alleged murderers of Orville Hay
den a prominent citizen of Farmington
were taken from the county jail by a mob
land hanged to trees near town
Orderod to Alaska
Ordera were received at Cheyenne Wyo
Thursday by the quartermaster of the
EIghth United States infantry to have the
army pack train department of the Plale
stationed there leave for Alaska at the
earliest possible moment The pack train
will be In charge of the chief packor T
W Money He will have the etire outfit
consisting of ten expert packersjand eighty
trained and drilled pack mules
Wfcil Advance Wages
The Cotsonna Coal Company and the
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company of
Birmingham Ala employing about 1200
coal miners in Walker County have an
nounced that January 1 they will advance
wages from 60 to TO cents per ton The
increased demand for ooal and need of
mere labor is the cause of the advance
Other operators are expected to follow
suit
miners Invasion a Fizzle
The expected invasion of Ohio raiuors
Into -West Virginia to stop the non union
miners from working at New Haven was
a failure The 100 men who did get there
ware served with injunctions by United
States marshals restraining them from go
ing onto the premises of the Consumers
and Coalmining Company
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Plate Glasa Strike is Over
TbBiplato glass strike in Indiana is over
the 1600 men in the Kokomo ami El wood
plants having accepted the companys
proposition for polishers to be paid for
piece work Both factories will resume
operations this week
Cattle Shipper Wins
Judge Dale of Wichita Kan in his de
cision against the anta Fe for refusing a
return pass to 1 P Campbell who had
shipped cattle gave the plaintiff judge
ment for faro costs and attorney fees
Lapt df the Liexow Cases
The last of the police cases which grew
out of the famous Lexow committee in
vestigations in New York has been dis
missed upon the recommendation of Dis
trict Attorney Olcott
Two Children Eaten by Hogs
Two little children of a farmer living
near Kifferty Mo climbed into a pigsty
to catch one of the pigs They were set
upon the hogs torn to pieces and de
voured
For a Gold -Standard
A Calcutta dispatch says that the Ben
gal Chamber of Commerce has sent an ad
dress to the government saying that the
time has arrived to adopt a gold standard
Prussian Mine Disaster
Sixteen were killed by an explosion of
fire damp in the Kaiserstuhl pit at Dort
mund Prussia Thursday
SC0YILIE IS ALIVE
REPORT OF HIS HANGING BY
CUBANS UNTRUE
Score of Persons Injured at Ashe
ville N C Christmas Day by Ex
plosion of Gunpowder Coliseum
In Chicago Wiped Out by Fire
Not Ranged by Cnbans
Knraor8 which have been circulated in
Havana that Sylvester Scoville a New
York newspaper correspondent had been
hanged by the insurgents are untrue It
-is reported that he and Senor Rafael Mad
rigal the American consul at Sancti Spiri
tus were the bearers of an important dis
patch from President McKinley to Presi
dent Masao and Gen Gomez
FORTY PERSONS INJURED
Powder Explosion in Aaheville N
C With Disastrous Results
A crowd of 100 or more men and boys
were firing a Christmas salute from an old
cannon on the outskirts of Asheville N
C Saturday morning when a can of thirty
pounds of powder exploded in the thick of
the crowd Thirty or forty persons were
injuredj but none it is believed fatally
The -cannon was fired several times and
then Joseph Finch picked up the powder
can and began to reload the piece The
gun had not been swabbed and the mo
ment the powder struck the heated metal
there was a flash and the powder exploded
with a terrific report In the smoke that
rose from the explosion the victims ran
blindly here and there falling over each
other only rising to fall again being
blinded and powder burned and madly
trying to extinguish their burning clothes
One man was blown down the high bluff
200 feet The people in the neighborhood
ran to the scene and the work of giving
assistance to the injured began
JAPANESE MINISTRY RESIGNS
Count Ito Likely to Become
Premier Again
Count Matsoukata the premier of
Japan and Marquis Saigo Tsumichi min
ister of marine have resigned It is prob
able that Count Ito will be the new
premier
A telegram was received at the Japanese
legation in Washington Sunday morning
announcing that the diet was formally
opened by the emperor on the 24th instant
A vote of no confidence was proposed in the
house of representatives and the diet was
dissolved on the 25th instant The result
is ascribed entirely to domestic causes
and is prelirainery to new elections
COLISEUM IN RUINS
Chicagos Vast Structure Quickly
Wiped Out by Fire
Fire on Friday evening destroyed the
Coliseum building in which the Demo
cratic national convention was held last
year The fire was one of the quickest
ever seen in Chicago Within twenty
minutes after its origin which was caused
by the crossing of two electric wires the
Coliseum was a pile of hot bricks and
twisted iron The building had been
rented fora manufacturers exposition and
was filled from end to end with booths all
of which were destroyed with their con
tents A score of persons were more or
less injured but no loss of life is reported
Bruin Keeps Christmas
A huge cinnamon bear which was shipped
by express from Leavenworth Kan to
Baraboo Wis escaped from its crate in
the express car at West Union Junction
on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul
Railroad Sunday while enroute to its des
tination The express messenger was
driven from the car the bear taking com
plete possession devouring packages of
apples and candies and destroying way
bills When the train arrived at Milwau
kee it took ten men to secure the vicious
animal
Buying Cattle for Cuba
RecentlySenor Manuel Pichardo came
to Fort Worth Texas from Cuba stating
that he was detailed by the Spanish gov
ernment to buy cattle for the Spanish army
in Cuba He is buying 500 or GOO head a
week He said that two of the largest cat
tle importing companies of Cuba have
agents on the way to north Texas to buy
cattle for Cuban shipment and they will
buy 850 to 406 head daily He claims that
ho Is hindered in his work by tiie discrim
ination of tho railways
Barry Will Fight No More
In a letter reotived in Chicago from
Jimmy Barry who reeeatly defeated Wal
lace Croot in England Croot dying a short
tlma after the fight Barry announces that
ho will fight no more The letter was
written before Barry was released from
custody and he says no matter what the
result of the court proceedings would bo
ho would never engage in another ring
contest
Bad Wreck in France
Two passenger trains oame into collision
at Lepease du RossWen department of
Isore France during the prevalence of a
dense fog Sunday Cant Blouet of the
cruiser BSxidred of the French Mediterra
nean squadron Capt Lota an instructor
at the military school of 3t Cyr and M
Matheu a naval engineer were killed and
fifteen other persons were injured
Lieut Peary Arrives
The American lino steamer St Paul ar
rived in New York Monday from South
ampton after a very stormy passage of 6
days 22 hours and 51 minutes Among
the passengers were Lieut R E Pcarv
and Mrs Peary
Off For Washington
Hon Clifford Sifton minister of the in
terior left Ottawa Can Sunday for
Washington He goes on invitation of
Secretary of War Alger to discuss the best
way of sending relief to the minersinthe
Yukon district
Jack Rabbits for the Poor
Parson Thomas Uzzel distributed 3000
jack rabbits among the poor of Denver
Christmas afternoon The rabbits were
shot in the annual hunt at Lamar Colo
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WILL OF MOTHER MKINLEY
JLeaves All Her Property to Her
Daughter Miss Helen
The will of Nancy Allison McKiniey
was filed with the probate eourt of Stark
County Ohio Friday for probate The
document was made May 20 1895
It bequeaths to Miss Helen McKinley
the daughter who remained with the testa
tor until the time of her death all the
property which was at the disposal of the
grantor President McKinley and his
brother Abner and his sister Mrs Duncan
are not provided for all being thought to
have enough for themselves
The property consists of three houses
and lots including the old homestead and
money in fund
L EOS ENCYCLICAL
Toronto Globes Comments on Man
itoba School Question
Referring editorially to the popes
encyclical on the Manitoba school question
made public in Rome December 24 the
Toronto Globe says
There is no room for the supposition
that the paper is Issued without full know
ledge of the facts So far as federal action
is concerned the matter is settled and can
not be unsettled by any ecclesiastical de
cree The situation is not in the slightest
degree altered by the encyclical and the
prospect of federal legislation is as remote
as ever
PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED
Missouri Pacific Out of Omaha Has
an Accident
The Missouri Pacific southbound limited
passenger train which left Omaha at 805
oclock Saturday was ditched between
Becker and Willis thirty mills north of
Atchison at 8 oclock in the evening The
tender the combination baggage and mail
car and the chair car left the track The
combination car turned completely over
J J Pike the baggage and express mes
senger was painfully bruised but no one
was seriously hurt The passengers were
transferred to a special train
QUIET AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Christinas Dinner of the MeKinleys
a Purely Family Affair
Christmas Day A D 1897 was the
quietest and most peaceful on record at
the White House Owing to the recent
bereavement of the president all official
functions were suspended and throughout
the day the front doors of the executive
mansion rarely swung on their hinges
The only guests in the house were Miss
Duncan and Miss Barber who remained
at home during the morning The Christ
mas dinner was purely a family affair
Pardons a Kansas 3Ian
As a Christmas gift Governor Pingree of
Michigan pardoned Henry Howard con
victed bf criminally assaulting Maggie
Leonard in Detroit and sentenced to Jack
son for life This action was recom
mended by the pardon board Howard
had all along stoutly maintained his in
nocence and the governor says he is him
self convinced of it The liberated man
was formerly a traveling man for James
H Walker of Chicago nis wife resides
in Topeka Kan
Tow Boat Goes Over a Dam
The tow boat Hotspur went over too
dam at Lock No 4 on the Monongahela
River at Pittsburg Pa Sunday and was
completely wrecked The crew of eleven
men including John Kley father of the
captain and owner were rescued with
difficulty It is feared Kley will die of the
exposure The cargo was valued at about
50000
Beached Steamboat Foated
The steamboat James A Caruey from
Mobile to New York which went ashore
on the beach opposite the marine hospital
at Deleware Breakwater Thursday night
floated Saturday morning apparently in
tact It proceeded to New York
Three Aldermen Indicted
The grand jury in Chicago Friday voted
thirty five indictments against the proprie
tors of alleged gambling resorts and
among those indicted are three aldermen o
the city
Silver for Europe
Tho steamship Lncania from New Yon
to Europe left Sunday with 665000 ounce
of silver and 25000 Mexican dollars The
Normandie took 160000 ounces of silver
3IAKKET QOOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 9200
to 475 wheat No 2 red OSc to 09c
corn No 2 26c to 27c oats No 2 21c
to 23c rye No 2 46c to 47c butter
choice creamery 20c to 22c eggs fresh
19c to 21c new potatoes 50c to 05c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 tc
325 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to choice 300 to 5450
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2
white 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2oc
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hojes
800 to 375 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 99c to 101 com No 2
yellow 26e to 27c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c rye No 2 45c to 47c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hog
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
mhced 2Se to 29c oats No 2 mixed 24c
to 25c rye No 2 46c to 47c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 023 bogn
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 92c to 93c corn No 1
yellow 30c to 31c oats No 2 white 25c
to 27c rye 46c to 48c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c
corn No 2 mixed 27c to 29c oats No
2 white 21c to 23c rye No 2 46c to 47c
clover seed 320 to 325
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 8
to S9c cor No 3 26c to 2Sc oats N
2 white 24c to 26c rye No 2 47c to 4Sc
barley No 2 38c to 41c pork mess
750 to S00
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 94c o 96c corn No
2 yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 100 to 102 corn No
2 34c to 36c oats No 2 white 27c U
2Sc butter creamery 15c to 23c eggs
Western 20c to 24c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF TJHE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Attorney General Smyth Has Com
menced Suit Against Ex Treasurer
Hartleys First Terra Bondsmen
in the Sum of 335000
Sues First Term Bondsmen
The attorney general has commenced
Buit in the district court of Lancaster
County against the signers of the first bond
of ex Treasurer Joseph J Bartley to re
cover the sum of 335000 alleged to have
been taken by Bartley on the 25th of May
1894 and converted to his own use The
petition after setting forth the embezzle
ment of the money on the date mentioned
iays expressly that Bartley failed to ac
conntfor the same to the State of Nebraska
in any manner whatever
The list of the bondsmen sued together
with the amount of their qualifications on
the bond is as follows Nathan S Har
wood 200000 J D McFarland 200000
F M Cook 100000 L M Keene 100
000 J T May 100000 E H Barnard
100000 G W Wattles 200000 C W
Mosher 500000 Isaac M Raymond
100000 A J Sawyer 100000 S H
Burnham 100000 C C Burr 35000
Nelson C Brock 50000 II H Schaberg
80000 II ODevries 25000 Cadet Tay
lor 25000 A R Graham 40000 C C
McNisb 100000 Two of the bondsmen
John Fitzgerald who qualified for 600000
and Sireno B Colson who qualified for
100000 are dead and are not included in
the suit
BARRETT SCOTT BOND CASE
Supreme Court Holds that the
Sureties Are Liable
The supreme conrt has reversed the
finding of the district court of Holt County
in the case brought against the bondsmen
of the late Barrett Scott treasurer of that
county The lower court held that the
bond was invalid on account of the chang
ing of the bond after it was presented
for approval The change consisted
in the addition of other sureties
the board of supervisors insisting
that the securities on the bond as origin
ally presented were insufficent The su
preme court reversed the decision holding
that the additional signatures which de
creased the liability of the original bonds
men did not absolve them from its obliga
tions Thefsame point is involved in
the Bradley bond The opinion is by
Judge Harrison the other two judges
Hurt While Coasting
What came near being a fatal accident
occurred at Flattsraouth one dav last week
While coasting on the long Main Street
hill a toboggan carrying four young boys
ran into a sleigh crossing the path and the
two front lads were thrown against the
iron braces with sufficient force to inflict
severe scalp wounds and render them un
conscious for some time The two boys
in the rear escaped with nothing worse
than a bad fright The two injured lads
were taken to a doctors office nearby
where their wounds were dressed and their
parents summoned to look after them
Max Chapman the larger of the two was
able to walk home with assistance but the
wounds sustained by the younger Tom
Swearengen necessitated taking several
stitches and left him in a critical condition
Prison Scandal
A report as to the penitentiary scandal
has been submitted to Gov Holcomb by
Expert Accountant Jewell It discloses
irregularities aggregating 53787187 Mr
Jewell says that only 552501 is recover
able by suit against bondsmen or the men
responsible The report scores the con
tract system formerly in vogue as against
the present state control saying that the
former resulted in a steal of over 500000
Under the contract system convicts cost
the state about 13 a month and under the
state control a fraction over 3 It adds
that the profit of the contractors from Oc
tober 1 1887 to August 1 1895 was some
what over 500000
State Board of Health
The state board of health has appointed
Dr O Grothan of St Paul to succeed F
D Halderman of Ord and IT B Cum
mings of Seward to succeed C F Stewart
of Auburn as secretaries of the board
The appointment of Cummings is on the
application of the State Electric Medical
Association and gives that school repre
sentation on the board
Narrow Escape
C H Calvin of Tilden narrowly escaped
burning out the other day He accidentally
dropped a lighted lantern in the hay in
his cow stable The burner came off and
the oil spread over the hay vrhlch caught
fire Fortunately some old horse blankets
were handy and Mr Calvin succeeded with
these in smothering the flames before any
damage was done
Thieves Loot an Engine House
While the members of No 12 engine
house in Omaha were absent from their
quarters in response to an alarm of fire the
other night the building was entered and
money and property oarried away The
sleeping rooms were searched and seveial
firemen report articles mining Driver
Taylor lost 16 which ne had deposited in
the washstand
Arrested for a Whipping
James Byrne and Fred Johnson were ar
rested at Herman as the result of a whip
ping they gave Charles Cameron a boy
early in October and tlien left town In a
hurry Cameron was flogged for a sup
posed insult o a sister of the Byrne boy
bat pubiie opinion is divided as to his
gollt Fred Johnson is a telegraph oper
ator at Omaha
Held for Steal in g Hogs
William Barnes of Blair has been lodged
in the corzaJty jail ebarged with stealing
hogs It is alleged that Barnes went to
Comae Bluffs the other day loaded a few
hogs into his wagon and then without
the knowledge or consent of the owner
drove to South Omaha where he converted
the swine into cash
Found Dead
Nothing was seen of John Richel jew
eler of Ord for a couple of days recently
and curiosity was aroused His bedroom
door was forced open and he was found
dead in bed He was a hard drinkerbut
whether this or poison was the cause of
his death is not known
Books Are All Right
The treasurers office of Hooker County
has lately been examined by State Ex
aminer J J Everingham and been pro
nounced in better condition than they have
oeen for ten years
MALLALIEUS STATEMENT
Gov
Holcomb in Possession of Data-
That Was Overlooked
John T Mallalieu ex 3upcrintendent of
the Industrial School for Boys at Kearney
has filed with the governor a report of the
condition of the books in reply to the re
port recently made by Secretary Sliver of
the investigating committee In this docu
ment Mr Mallalieu indicates that the
shortage is the other way and tho state
owes him 26510
In my efforts to make a correct report
says Mr Mallalieu I have not confined
myself to looking up credits only bnt it
will be seen by the general summary that
I have charged myself with items amount
ing to 60720 which the expert accountant
failed to find but which the missing books
would have shown I have been as zeal
ous in ascertaining these different debits as
I have been in finding credits It haa not
been a question of dollars and cents but of
sustaining a reputation for honor and In
tegrity
The accounts that should appear in the
missing cash book are given In detail
showing the amounts received for beets
and other items which the expert failed to
find on the booKS tho total of 145455
The other debits not found by the expert
brought this amount up to 50oL75 The
detailed credits given foot up to 532885
leaving a balance of 26510
Election Contest
The election contest cases were called
in Judge Klllians court at Columbus and
a recount of the ballots was commenced
the other day Three townships were
completed the first day Bender the Re
publican candidate for sheriff gained
sixty eight votes and E Pohl who con j
tested the office of county clerk gainett
forty seven votes over the figures returned
by the canvassing board Some startling
discoveries were made and many errors
and blunders made by the election boards
were found and corrected It will take a
week to complete the recount
Burglars Soared Away
Burglars attempted to effect an entrance
to the postoffice at Clarks but were fright
ened and driven away without accomplish
ing their work by a clerk who slept in an
adjoining building They had followed
the established custom of procuring their
tools from a neighboring blacksmith shop
and were attempting to pry up a rear
window when the noise awakened Willis
Knight who sleeps in an adjoining build
ing Mr Knight procured his revolver
and in attempting to get out at a rear door
alarmed the burglars who made their
escape
Bralceman Killed
Ira Brennstall a brakemau on No 48
an eastbound freight was run over at
Ansehno twenty miles west of Broken
Bow from the effects of which he died
The train was switching at the time of the
accident He had made a coupling and
was caught on moving out from between
the cars Both legs were run over one of
which was hadlv crushed and the right
arm nearly severed from the shoulder
His parents recently located at Alliance
Iowa He was single and about 21 years1
of age
3 Safeblowers at Huseland
Safeblowers visited Koselaud the other
night They blew open the safe at J H
Popes grain office but only succeeded in-
getting a few cents in stamps Duncan
Brothers office was also enteerd but noth
ing was taken as their safe is not closed
Hurt in a Runaway w
Fred Usher of Fairmont a boy about 15
years old hitched a young horse to a
sleigh to give some of his young friends a
ride The horse became frightened and
ran away throwing Usher out against a-
tree He was unconcious for some time
Lumber Yard Closed
The lumber yard of John Battou at Crete
has been closed under chattel mortgage
Liabilities are not figured up The clos
ing up has been done by the creditors
upon the personal request of Mr Batten
Telephones for Hebron
W A Cottrell of Le Mars Iowa repre
senting the Nebrsska Telephone Com
pany proposes to connect Hebron with
the outside world by a long distance r
metallic circuit
Adjudged Insane
Mrs Albert Hoebelheinrich the wife o
a young and wealthy German living north
of Hartington was adjudged insane by
the commissioners and was taken to the
insane asylum tamJ
Burned to Death
A telegram received at Shelton an
nounces the burning to death at Billings
Mont in his own store of John F Fines
He was long a prominent business man of
Shelton
Revival at 3Iead
Rev Howard P Young of the Wesleyan
University is holding a series of revivah
at Mead
Several Go Insane
Saunders County sent three unfortunates
to the insane asylum at Lincoln this week
Nebraska Short Notes
It has been suggested that the residents-
of Brook set apart a day some tims m the
near future for the extermination of rata
It ts believed that by united efforts a great
amount of good can he accoraplisbed7and
as the rats are about to take things lti
high time to devise some means of ndddxig
the town of them
Mr HeroutjrJiving about one mile fron
Yerdigre came home intoxicated and
taking the bntoher knife went ffer his
wife cutting her anas and face balfcraocL
chasing her out of the house over tfp a
neighbors She weat to Verdigfe aiwS
swore out a wauast for his arrest fcutJ
later repented nnd would not appear
against him
The Shelton Milling and Grain Company
has again this year secured the contract to
srppry the Union Paeific Railway Gn
pany with several hundred carloads ol ieer
which will be shipped to North Plato
The flange on the rear trucks of tiie
third ear from the eakoose on train 2Iq 19
brolie on a curve fBT miles east of Bfcady
Island the other day Jetting the trucks out
frnm under the ear 3fo one was hurt-
The old bachelors of Alliance gave av
banquet to their female friends
Warren Donrenee of Fairmont accident
ally jabbed a pitchfork fnto flie face of hi
brorher Walter One tine passed through
the cheek and punetnred the roof of the
month
The county treasurer of Thurston
County assisted by Sheriff Mullin is mak
jng things rather nacomfortable for all
persons who are delinquent in taxes for
the last few years
Many Nebraska town3 report that ele
vator men are unable to handle the corn
as fast as it comes in
Hans Zimmer who lives near Clear
water has lost over 203 hogs from cholera
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