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CIVII SERVICE LAW
COMMISSION FILES ITS ANNUAL
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REPORT
iSoino Interesting Statements Con
tained in the Document Torpedo
Boat Gashing Sent to Havana to
Thwart the Spaniards
r Civil ServiceKeport
t The annual report of the civil service
commission for the year ended June 30 last
Jtasbeen presented to the president It
begins with a statement to show that after
an experience of nearly fifteen years the
Thopes of the advocates of the civil service
law have been largely realized Consider
ing the few changes in the service under
Hie merit system and the wholesale remov
als under the patronage system the econ
omy and efficiency on tiie one hand is in
striking contrast to the extravagance and
inefficiency of the other Since 18S8 when
lhe commission was organized unclassi
fied positions have increased 37 per cent
3n number and 43 per cent in cost while
classified positions have remained at a
standstill The commissions report says
at is constantly making the examinations
anore practical
ALASKAN STEAMER LOST
Forty Passengers Believed to Have
Liost Their liives
The steamer Islander brings news
that the steamer Clara Nevada of
Seattle was burned in Lynn
canal and forty men who were
von board are supposed to have
perished The Nevada left Skaguay for
Juneau on February 5 The day she
should have reached Juneau fire was
seen on the waters of the canal and the
opinion is general that the flames were
irom a burning steamer Whether the
2assengers and crew reached land or
whether they perished is not known It
is feared that they met with death as
there has been a terrible wind and a snow
storm in the north and small boats could
hardly live Capt Irving of the Islander
reports that the weather has been terrific
DRAPER WANTS A NEW TRIAL
Affidavits and Arguments by Both
Sides Submitted
The motion for a new trial in the case
of C L Draper for the murder of C L
Hastings has been argued Twenty three
affidavits were filed by the defense against
live jurors The prosecution filed twenty
eight counter affidavits explaining the
affidavits for the defense The tenor ol
their affidavits was that the former affida
vits were not given voluntarily as a con
stable called on them and they supposed
they were obliged to give them Hugh
Zirkle one of the jurors acknowledged
that he expressed an opinion but said it
in a crowd where all were smoking
and joking and that it was only done in a
joking way Judge Shirley will give his
opinion next Saturday
TAMPER WITH U S MAILS
Torpedo Boat Cnshing Sent to Ha
vana to Thwart the Spaniards
It is now known on the highest suthor
Jty that the real reason for the sending of
the United States torpedo boat Cushing to
Havana was that the Spanish authorities
have been tampering with the mail sent
the battleship Maine in Havana harbor
says the Washington correspondent of a
New York paper This has resulted in
Capt Sigsbee of the Maine sending a
protest to Washington with the suggestion
that a regular service be established be
tween Key West and Havana by torpedo
boat On the strength of this protest the
torpedo boat Cushing was dispatched to
Havana
Double Missouri Tragedy
Watson Denny a wealthy farmer latelv
from Ringgold County Iowa shot his
wife iu the head at St Joseph Mo and
tired a bullet through his own heart
Denny is dead The cause was the wifes
discovery that Denny had attempted to
transfer a lot of real estate in Iowa with
out his wifes knowledge forging her
name to the instruments
A New Heart Movement
By means of Roentgen rays Prof
Bouchard of Paris has just discovered a
new heart movement It consists of a
rhythmic dilation during respiration in
dependent of the ordinary movements of
he heart and appears to be the result of a
xuminution ol pressure in the interior of
the thoracic cage during inspiration
IJrealcs a Worlds Record
lUehanl Powers a member of the Trin
idad Colo Rifle Club at the regular
weekly shoot of the club broke the
Tvorlds record for target shooting off hand
at 203 yards distance Powers male a
scur of 96 out of a posable 100 the world
record being 95
A Large Movement of Graijr
Fifteen steamers have been loaded at
Philadelphia with grain from the west
Their aggregate capacity is oyer 3000000
fcusbels Thirteen others are under char
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Noted Irish Editor Dead
C Redmond founder of the Waterford
2iews is dead in Dublin
Cotton Spinners Trust
It is asserted that a great combination ol
the spinners of fine cottons belonging to
the Manchester Eng district has been
arranged with a capital of about 80000
OOO Sirv7 H
Houldisworth Bart con
servative member of parliament has been
invited to become its chairman
Sister of Hanna to Wed
The marriage of Miss Lillian Converse
Hanna sister of Senator Hanna and S P
Baldwin will occur this week at Thomas-
viiie ua iuiss nanna is about 40 j ears i
jold and Mr Baldwin 29
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NO EMBARGO ON HORSES
Secretary of State Informed that
Germany Has Not Barred Them
The following statement has been made
to the secretary of state by the German
ambassador
Certain declarations of the royal Prus
sian minister of agriculture have evidently
been distorted The minister answered to
an inquiry made to him in the Pnnsian
diet that we had to wait if any evidence
might be furnished of veterinary dangers
from the importation of American horses
Only then in case such dangers should
have been proved would there be reason
to take energetic measures or impose a
quarantine so far as we are entitled to do
so
This explanation was called forth by
the cabled statement that the Prussian
minister of agriculture had said that
American horses infected with influenza
were being imported and it might become
necessary to forbid the further importa
tion of horses
STARVED TO DEATH
Aged Chicago Couple without Food
for Days
Mrs Caroline Lang 85 years old died at
the County Hospital in Chicago Saturday
of starvation and her husband Cornelius
Lang 75 years old is in the same institu
tion dying slowly from the same cause
Lang was a tailor and when he lost his
job iome time ago he and his wife became
destitute For a time the neighbors sup
ported them but finely they were left
alone When the police found them they
had been three days without food and a
week without fire Lang was found on the
floor near the door JIc hart stm fori tn
crawl to door to bring aid for his wife
Neither of them was able to speak when
found Mrs Lang died within a few
hours after being taken to the hospital and
her husband cannot live
VICTORY FOR COLORED PEOPLE
Decision of Illinois Supreme Court
in Alton School Case
The Alton public schools case regarding
colored pupils having access to all schools
was up in the Illinois supreme court Sat
urday The court sustained the petitions
and arguments to the demurrer filed in
answer to the petition for mandamus The
mayor and other citizens of Alton filed the
answer stating that they had certain
rights and control over the schools of
Alton and it was to this the demurrer was
made The sustaining of the demurrer by
the court is a victory for the colored popu
lation of Alton
NEW PATRIOTIC SOCIETY
Amcrican Flag Association
Confessed Murderer Free
Frank C Crcsterwho while under arrest
In Vallejo Cal a few weeks ago for burg
lary confessed to killing Charles C
iu San Francisco nearly three vcars
ago has been discharged from custody The
only witness to the killing is dead and
there was no chance of securing convic
tion
Naval Ensign Drowned
Ensign Joseph C Brecken ridge an officer
of the torpedo boat Cushing was washed
overboard and drowned during the stormy
passage from Jvey West to Havana The
Cushing arrived at Havana Sunday with
the body Breckenridge is the son of an
inspector of the army at Washington
Double Seattle Tragedy
II C Bottany was shot and killed Sun
day at Seattle Wash by Andrew Annen
who afterwards killed himself The two
were partners in a livery stable and had
a disagreement over business matters
Both men formerly lived at Schuyler Xeb
Three Miners Killed
Peter Blazza Emanuel Xaimo and
Michael Sadia were killed at the Xewport
mine nearlroiiw0od Midi by an explo
sion of giant powder
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Organ-
ized in Sew York
Anew patriotic society was organized
in Xew York last week It will be known
as the American Flag Association and its
membership will be made up from com
mittees selected from the various patriotic
societies of the country Its object will be
to protect the national Hag from desecra
tion Among the societies represented
were Illinois Sons of the American Revo
lution and Illinois Michigan and Iowa
commanderies of the Loyal Legion
Oldest American Mason Dead
George Lord tho oldest Mason in the
United States and probably in the world
and also the oldest Odd Fellow iu this
country died at San Bernardino Cal Fri
day He was born in Xew York Cilv June
27 1800 and went to California in 1840
After mining for some time at Steep Hol
low he returned to his Iowa home and
married Miss Arabella Singleton He
went to California again in 1S52 and set
tled in San Bernardino which had ever
since been his home
Alabama Head End Wreck
A head end collision on the Louisville
and Xashville Railway near Kirkland
Ala Saturday killed Will User engi
neer E D Davis fireman and three
white tramps Henry Davidson engineer
and Will Lee fireman were seriously in
jured Charles Harrison a brakeman
had both legs cut off and Brakeman
Hughes was badly hurt Both will die
Engineer Davidson forgot to stop at Kirk
land and met Xo 11 Cars and engines
were demolished
Lieiter to Export Wheat
It was announced in Chicago Saturday
that contracts for moving 1500003 bush
els of Leiter wheat to the seaboard had
been made Of this the Grand Trunk is
reported to have secured 500000 bushels
the Xickel Plate 500000 and the Lehigh
Valley 500000 bushels The cereal will
be carried on a through rate from Chicago
to Liverpool so it cannot be ascertained
what proportion will accrue to the rail
roads for the haul to the seaboard
Demands 35000 for liihel
Rev W D Rockwell his brought an
action for libel against Chancellor James
R Day of Syracuse X Y University
and Dr James M Buckley editor of the
Christian Advocate of Xew York Ho
asks for a joint ju IgmenL of 35030 be
cause of tho publication of articles which
he claims defame him
WOULD STOP THE WAB
PEACE PROPOSALS BY CUBAN
AUTONOMIST CABINET
Colonial Government Will Conduct
tho Negotiations The Plan Agreed
Upon Passenger of Wrecked Ves
sel Snatched from Death
New Overtures to Insurgents
The radical wing of the autonomist
party of Cuba assembled in secret meeting
Saturday to discuss the situation which is
considered very serious owinc to the con
tinuance of the insurrection despite the
fact that autonomy has been granted to
Cuba It was resolved to open negotia
tions with the insurgents in the belief that
the revolution could not be suppressed by
force of arms Anticipating that the in
surgents would not accept the new terms
it was resolved that the colonial govern
ment would open negotiations thus saving
the Madrid government from the respon
sibilitv
The following propositions are among
those which will be formally tendered to
the insurgents The volunteers will be
dissolved and a Cuban militia formed
The Cuban colonels and generals will be
recognized Cuba will be called upon to
pay only 100000000 out of the 000000000
indebtedness due for both wars and will
pay 2000000 a year for the crown list
Death sentences for rebellion shall be
abolished Martial law cannot be ordeied
by the captain general without the assent
of both the house and senate if those
bodies are in session or without the
assent of a majority of the cabinet if they
are not in session The actual insurgent
party shall have three seats in the first
cabinet An armistice of fifteen days
shall be granted for the discussion of the
terms of peace
ON DEATHS BRINK
Passengers of a Wrecked Steamer
Snatched from the Sea
The American line steamer St Louis
arrived in Xew York Sunday morning
from Southampton having on board the
passengers and crew of 212 souls of Ihe
Holland American line steamer Veendani
from Rotterdam forNew York The story
told by Capt Stenger of the Yeendam is
to the effect that shortly after 5 oclock on
the evening of February 6 three days out
from Rotterdam the vessel struck a sub
merged wreck tearing a hole in the ships
bottom near the stern and breaking
the propeller shaft All the pumps
were at once set to work but
the water gained headway and the vessel
began gradually to sink by the stern The
uoats were lowered in leadiness to leave
the steamer when it should be necessarv
This continued until 130 a in when the
St Louis hove in sight and in response to
signals stood by lowered her boats and
with the assistance of the Yeendam boats
took off all on board the work ending
about 5 a m As the Yeendam was
doomed and would be a dangerous ob
struction to navigation she was set on fire
BIBLE BARRED FROM SCHOOLS
Missouri Official Declares Heading
It to Pupils Is Illegal
Attorney General Crow of Missouri on
Saturday rendeied an opinion in which he
holds that it is a violation of the state law
to have pupils recite the Lords prayer or
for the teacher to read the Bible as a part
of the opening exercises in the public
schools of the state He holds that these
exercises are forms of religious worship
and hence are forbidden to be done in a
public school house during school hours
PITTSBURG FIRE
Remains of Eighteen Persons Have
Been Recovered
The results of the terrible fire and sub
sequent explosions at Pittsburg Pa last
week continue to grow iu all their bar-
rowing details At
eighteen bodies had
jlO oclock Sunday
been removed from
the ruins The list of missinir 11VM
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Va
up 35 The impression is strong that many
of the missing have met their deatli under
the walls
Slattery Has More Trouble
Joseph Slattery and his wife the lectur
ing ex priest and former sister of charity
wimjwere mobbed at Savannah and other
American cities Avere charged at a police
court in Edinburgh Scotland Monday
with selling indecent books purporting lo
be an exposure of Catholicism The
court was crowded with Catholics and
Protestants Slattery promised to destroy
the books and the case was adjourned in
order to enable him to fulfill his promise
Damages for Mrs George
Mrs Annie C George widow of the late
Henry George was awarded a verdict of
500 in her suit against the Pennsylvania
Railway Company for 5000 damages for
injuries sustained by a fall in that com
panys station in Philadelphia Mrs
George slipped on a depression in the floor
and sprained her ankle
Chief of Police Commits Suicide
Henry Kline chief of police of
port Pa committed suicide Monday by
shooting Mayor Carothers appointed
him a few months ago but the council re
fused to confirm the appointment and re
jected his claim for 530 for his services
Canadian Klondike Order
The department of customs of the
dominion government has issued instruct
ions which provide that goods purchased
in Canada destined to the Klondike district
must be carried inBrilish bottoms other
wise full duty must be paid on them
To Secede from Brazil
There is reason to believe that the rep
resentatives of the states of Rio Grande de
SultParna Santa Catharina and Minas
Geratz will soon meet and proclaim their
separation from Brazil and establish an
independent republic
Crew and Passengers Saved
The passenger steamer Marbella was
sunk by a collision -with the British war
ship Galatee in Hull roads Friday evening
ah tne passengers and the
saved
crew weie
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NO NEWS TO MKINLEY
Letter Said to Have Been in
BIG BUILDING DESTROYED
Missouri Justice Dies
Justice George B Macfarlane of the
v miitmt tuiui men Minuay as
the result of an operation for appendicitis
at his home in St Louis
Chair Company Assigns
The Buckeye Chair Company of Ila
venna Ohio has made an assignment
Liabilities 15003 assets above that
figure
Novelist Fabre is Dead
A Paris dispatch says thatM Ferdinand
Fabre the novelist is dead
SIAKKET fJUOTATIONS
Chicago- Cattle common to
j00 to 575 hairs shinning
-prime
grades
olK to 425 sheep fair to choice 250
to 5U0 wheat No 2 red 90c to 11
corn No 2 2Sc to 20c oats No 2 23c
to Joe rye No 2 47c to 4c lmttpr
choice creamery 18c to 20c eggs fresh
12c to 14c potatoes common to choice
52c to joe per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
550 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 00 to 450
wheat No 2 94c to Side corn No 2
white 2Sc to 29c oats No 2 white 25c
to 27c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 97c to 99c corn No 2
yellow 2c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c rye No 2 47c to 49c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
tviUU to 42o sheep 250 to 475
wheat Xo 2 red 95c to 97c corn No 2
mixed 29c to 51c oats No 2 mixed 20c
to 2Sc rye No 2 50c to 52c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 95c to 90c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 2Sc
to 29c rye 50e to 51c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 95c to 97c
corn No 2 mixed 29c to 31c oats No
2 white 25c to 2c rye No 2 49eto 50c
clover seed 305 to 310
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 9Ge
to 9Sc corn No 3 28c to 29c oats No
2 white 25c to 20c rye No 2 48c to 50e
barley No 2 3Sc to 42e pork mess
yjio to 1025
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hojrs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 red 97c to 99c com No
2 yellow 33c to 34c oats No 2 white
30c to 31c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 104 to 105 corn No
2 37c to 3Sc oats No 2 white 30c to
31c butter creamery 15c to 21c ctxzs
i Western 13c to 15c
His
Possession a Month
The New York Daily News states on the
highest authority that the now famous De
Lome letter has been in the hands of Pres
ident McKinley for the last month The
story originates from the highest official of
the Cuban junta who presumably seeing
that the president had no intention of tak
ing up the insult to himself and his coun
try decided to make the letter public
through the press It appears that when
I the letter was stolen it was shown to
J end persons in Havana and then taken to
Consul General Lee Gen Lee at once
cabled in secret code a copy of the docu
ment which was received by the state de
partment in Washington over thirty days
ago The matter was discussed at several
cabinet meetings and it was decided to
keep the affair a strict secret Prouably
the dispatch never would have come to
light had not Horatio Rubens the counsel
to the Cuban junta in New York taken
steps to bring it about
Seven Story Office Structure of Levi
P Morton Burns
Levi P Mortons seven story office builu
ing in Xew York known as the Xassau
Chambers building was completely de
stroyed by fire Saturday morning The
Derby Desk Company occupied both Xas
sau and Ann Street stores and the base
ment of the building where the fire orig
inated was occupied by the Herald Cycle
Company From the Xassau Chambers
the fire spread to the four story building
adjoining and the clothing store of Maduro
Bros on the ground floor was quickly in
flames The loss at present is estimated at
half a million the larger share or which
will be born by the Morton interests al
though it was stated that they are well
insured The Derby Desk Company and
the Maduro Bros are mentioned as tho
next heaviest losers
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Renewed Activity in Iron and SteeJ
the Weeks Features
Bradstreefs weekly review for last week
says A number of favorable circum
stances and events present themselves this
week Perhaps the most notable of these
are the renewed activity and confidence in
the iron and steel market Less favorable
features of the week are the slowness of
hpung iratieiu dry goous lo develop at
Xew York and other eastern centers ex
cept Boston and the mild weather in the
northwest rendering it likely that retail
ers stocks carried over will be larger than
earlier expected The advance iii cotton
has undoubtedly imparted a much more
cheerful tone to the southern business
situation and with the advance in iron and
steel has done much to add to the confi
dence with which the trade outlook for
1S98 is regarded
Measure Carries Xinc Millions
The senate committee on appropriations
on Friday completed consideration of the
fortification appropriation bill The
amount carried by the bill as agreed upon
is a little over 0000000
Shannon Gets a Jleprieve
Edward Shannon was not hung at
Wheaton 111 Friday last Gov Tanner
recognized the powerful petition in Shan
nons behalf and granted a respite of sixty
days
Rockefellers Gift to Cleveland
doim v jLiocueieiier lias presented land
worth 25000 to the city of Cleveland for
park purposes This is the second gift of
the kind he has made to the city
Pianist Hoffman Coming
Josef Hoffman the young pianist sailed
from Bremen on February 11 and will
arrive in Xew York on the 24th He will
make a tour of the countrv
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
The Tax IiCvy for Nemaha County
L ast Year Exceeded the Limit JJ 4
of a Mill Means a Loss of 1700
to the County
Tax Ijevy Exceeds the Ijimit
The county commissioners of Xemaha
County have discovered that last year they
levied of a mill more than the statutes
would allow The levy amounted to 9
mills for ordinary county revenue includ
ing the support of the poor The statutes
are very plain that 9 mills is the limit and
as a consequence the Burlington and Mis
souri Roilroad througli its agent Mr
Thomas tendered County Treasurer
Engles 8S48G0 the amount of its taxes on
the basis of 9 mills for the general fund
Ilns amount Mr Engles could not accept
as his hooks called for more The Missouri
Pacific sent its draft for the amount of its
tax on the same basis When the com
missioners saw that they were confronted
with a lawsuit unless they revised their tax
levy they ordered the treasurer to reduce
all taxes of a mill The reduction means
about 1700 less for the countv
OLD SOLDIERS IN CONVENTION
Annual Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic
Although the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the state
conventions of the Womans Relief Corps
and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic were really to begin their two
days session at Xorfolk on Wednesdav a
large number of delegates arrived iu the
city Tuesday Extensive preparations had
been made by the Grand Army post in
that city and the citizens to give the visit
ors a fitting reception and entertainment
Business houses were almost without ex
ception beautifully decorated The en
campment meetings of thelGrand Armv of
the Republic were held in Cottons llall
having a seating capacity of 700 the
Womans Relief Corps at the Methodist
Qhurch while the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic met in Odd Fellows
hall
Wednesday was spent by the delegates
in visiting the schools sugar factory and
Jther points of interest In the evening
occurred the first real meeting at which
the address of welcome an address by De-
paiimenc commander Elirhardt and com
mittee reports were heard followed by a
campfire The election of officers rcculted
in the choice of T J Majors of Peru for
department commander and Captain Evans
of Xorth Platte senior vice commander
The Womans Relief Corps and Ladies of
the Grand Army of the Republic had a
large attendance present including every
one of the officers They put in the day
in committee reports and regular business
inursday mornings meeting numer
ous resolutions were introduced and dis
cussed A resolution asking the United
States senators of this state to vote in
favor of the immediate annexation of Ha
waii wascarried by 15S to 45 On tlmsivti
ballot II B Stafford of Plainview was
elected junior vice commander Dr Jag
gard of Lincoln was elected medical direc
tor and W P Pease of Hav Springs as
chaplain Hon Charles F Manderson
was elected delegate-at-large to the na
tional convention at Cincinnati The next
encampment it was decided should be heid
at York A resolution in favor of sub
stantial additions to the saldiers homes at
Grand Island and Milford was adopted
Delegates to the national encampment were
chosen as follows Porter Hedge post
Xo 214 W F McLaughlin Xo 11 S F
ames jo i c C Bonner Xo 202 B T
riHHj io j jj ivmg Xo 5 Alter
nates X T Dudley Rock Williamson J
M Mitchell William Cratty Wesley
Tucker George of Broken Bow and Mead
Delegates to the national encampment
were instructed to present the name of Dr
A S Pierce of
Hastings for
surgeon gen
eral and use all honorable means to secure
his election The question of recognizing
the women of the Grand Army of the
Republic as an auxiliary to the Grand
Army of the Republic was eloquently dis
cussed for and against but on a vote the
motion in favor of recognition
was over
whelmingly defeated Thursday night
occurred a public joint installation of the
officers of the Grand Army of the Republic
and Womans Relief Corns
In Favor of the Water Works
In the district court at Xorth Platte
uffev uma jjduuuu down an
in tne case of the
opinion
Waterworks Com-
piuy agaiisL me city in Avhich
the
luiuiui sueu to recover clue
money on hv
uidiic rental The judge decided that the
company was entited lo receive all monev
accruing from a 7 mill levy on the assess
ment valuation of the city from the time-
iiu iwiujr woncs were first put in
Jobbers Fail to Get Into the Safe
An attempt was made to rob the safe in
the post office at Cozad the other nitrht
Entrance to the office was effected throuh
a window opening into an adjoining ioom
E1 SS - An attempt had
luuiui uiu saie ioor and the
tools were left lying on the floor near the
safe lite robbers had been frightened
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Prisoner Gets Away
Richard Hilligas and Charles Gregory
were arrested at York
on the charge of
stealing calves from a farmer in Merrick
County While being taken to the jail
Gregory gave the officers the slip He has
not yet been caught
New Lodsc Formnrt
WIL Brown of Omaha
supreme sz
was eht fril iiricirlrtiit 01 ti
iu jr iu tne jiiuinusK Mens Fraternity has
organized a lolge of the order at Franklin
with twenty charter members a r
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v uiju ul Jw j ecc bee
tary
Stock Doinjj Well
i ne stockmen m the vicinity of Fuller
ton report that all kinds of stock are dointr
well ihs winter Many cattle are beimf
corn f jl this season and several thousand
head of sheep
Paper Changes Hands
The only populist paper published in
Franklin County the Sentinel a
V - x- of
Bloonungton havmg purchased the samP
and in the future will makait a democratic
paper The papcrjwill still be published
at x ranklin
Sheriff Will Use Ulood Hounds
Sheriff Meninke of Blair has received
two bloodhounds from Homesville Ohio
Hereafter he proposes to use them in
tracking thieves and criminals in Washing
ton and adjoining comities
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CONVICTS EARN A LIVING
Sequel to a Fatal Shooting at
V
Produce Now Enongh Revenue to
Pay for Their Keeping
The state panitentiary has now become
self sustaining the receipis being sufficient
to keep up the expenses of the institution
The reasons for this are that the new con
tracts made with the manufacturers for
the employment of the men are higher
than eer before and many men are being
employed in addition to the number stipu
lated in the contracts The number now
at work is 223 and the contracts run from
85 cents to 50 cents per day for each man
Warden Leidigh has expressed his great
satisfation at the good condition of affairs
at the penitentiary but says that the insti
tution could not be kept self sustaining
during the whole year as the contracts al
lowed the manufacturers to lay the men
off thirty days during tho year and this
would make it necessary to again draw
upon the state appropriation for expense
money
GILMORE HELD FOR MURDER
a
Western Nebraska Charivari
Irving Gilmoreof Glen Sioux County
arrested on the charge of killing a 15-year-old
boy at a charivari has been bound
over to the district court on the charge of
murder in the first degree Mr Gilmore
was visited on the second night of his mar
riage to Miss Edith Davenport postmis
tress at Glen by a charivari party which
had made dire threats against the young
couple and the members of the party
were all provided with firearms it is reli
ably stated which they fired at random on
the outside of Mr Gilmores home which
was in thepostofiice To scare awav the
marauders Mr Gilmore shot through the
windowand almostsiinultaneously voting
Frank Miller fell to the ground dead The
young mans attorneys are confident that
lie will be cleared
Bitten by a Mad Doc
A dog belonging to Clem Dollar of Fair
bury attacked Mrs Dollar and in defend
ing ins mother from the vicious animal
young Dollar was badly bitten in the
wrist The dog then ran down town
about half a mile biting several dogs on
the way and attacked a yonng daughter
of Edward Kerins biting her seriously in
the face A madstone was procured and
applied to Dollars wrist adhering tightly
for several hours and removing a large
amount of poison from the wound An
other stone applied to the girls wound
had no effect
Early Thunder Storm
Beatrice reports a very heavy rain ac
companied by a heavy hailstorm and
thunder and lightning The storm broke
over the city about 5 oclock in the evening
and frightened a few people by its severity
During the storm the residence of 11 M
Austin was struck by lightning and dam-
agged considerably Frank Austin who
was starting a lire at the time was severely
shocked by the bolt
Arrested for Criminal Libel
E L Simons of
Lincoln has been ar
rested on acomplaint sworn out by J II
Edmisten charging criminal libel Simons
gave away Ihe secrets of the recount
scheme Chairman Edmisten had the war
rant issued from Dawson Count v
Demand for Farms
There is a great demand for farms this
spring in the vicinity of Central City
many tenants being unable to find places
T B Hord is fattening 7000 cattle and 25
000 sheep near that city
A New Manufactory
A corporation is now being formed to
erect a factory at Meadow Grove to manu
facture the Nebraska Newspaper Folder
recently patented by C S Evans
Nebraska Short Notes
The Modern Woodmen of America camp
at euevu gave an entertainment and ban
qet recently in honor of the fact that the
number in the order had reached 150
II H Herman who was arrested at
Hastings on the charge of negotiating a
fictitious draft had his hearing and was
discharged for want of requisite proof to
bind him over
A Wail president of the Syracuse Sugar
Beet Growers Association has called a
oeet sugar convention to be held in Ne
braska City February 25 for the purpose of
establishing a county association to work
for the establishing of one or more suar
factories
Judge Letton of Beatrice has issued a
writ of habeas corpus on the application
of John M Wilson of Dead wood who
wants to get possession of his three child
ren who have been livihg with their
mother for several mouths Sheriff Xelson
went to the house and secured the child
ren after a lively tustle with their mother
The mother will fight the case in the
courts
A wholesale expulsion of studeuts oc
curred at the Hastings High school re
cently Twenty sixstudents were ushered
beiore Superintendent Brown and were
cApenuu irom scnool for truancy The
cause of the trouble was the springlike
weather Xbthing but a public apology
before the whole school and extra work
will put them back as students
Wakefield is agitating the question of
putting up a new school building
The contributions to the nnhnn
the Ord schools were in all 2282
U Bates was slugged at Bloomington
the other Highland robbd of 2
The Spencer bank reopened Tnesrtav
and pa its former deposho dollar for
While cleaning a revolver Odo Pae of
Decatur managed to shoot oiK i 7
fingers
Complaint comes frmi the vicinity cf
Lodge Pole that
vacant houses are beinir
SiOlen from cUhm in that vicinity
TB Horton of Creighton has been an
pomed aide on the national
gE fff of the Grand ArT
J W Tyler of Stanton County lost
head of cattle by the toppling over seven of
J raw stack The cattle had eaten
the base of the stack away
L ri0lweI1 ex postmaster of
worth who
embezzled
nearly 500 from
the
government and who fe still i
was seen at Merriman mafchS
February 2
liw way for the Black Hills makuS
Little Ruth aged 3
years and 6 months
daughter of Mr and Mrs I C GrabiU of
wifhF011 wa the latter of whom
J I810 cnilIren
visiting theT
family of Joseph Reed of Ponca fill J
boilerof hot suds last wSc ValT
wauiy uurneu that she died
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