THE DAYS DOINGS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
TROUBLE FOR SPAIN
MANY DEMONSTRATIONS OO
CUR IN THE PROVINCES
Authorities are Unable to Check the
Internal Disorders Serious Riot
ing in the Province of Barcelona
Mobs Fire on the Gendarmes
Demonstrations in Spain
Private letters received in Paris from
Madrid say the internal disorders in tho
provinces continue Some demonstrations
have taken place at Granada supposed to
be due to the opposition manifested to
wards the octroi tax and local disputes
but in view of the rigorous censorship on
all questions of public order it is difficult
to ascertain facts
At Gargaiia province of Barcelona
mobs recently fired on gendarmes and an
armed band said to be composed of jail
birds appeared at Banoc and Valdorres
Thus far the efforts of the authorities to
capture them have been futile
Great precautions were taken at the
open air theater in Duett Re tiro Gardens
Madrid Friday evening owing to an ex
pected demonstration in favor of Weyler
who was present but nothing developed
RUMORS OF PEACE
Message to America xlsserted to
Have Been Drawn up
A Madrid special says Tho govern
ment has drawn up a message addressed
to the government at Washington propos
ing an armistice- for the purpose of dis
cussing terms upon which peace with the
United States can bo arranged
A person occupying a high position in
the queen regents household whose du
ties bring him dally into intimate rela
tions with her majesty said when ques
tioned Monday The present govern
ment will not Initiate peace but a modi
fied cabinet headed by Gamazo minister
ofjpublic instruction will conclude nego
tiations and then Desire and Gen Pola
vieja with a combination including Sil
vela and Gen Campos will reorganize the
country
FAILS TO BLOW UP THE SHIP
Attempt Made to Destroy a Supply
Steamer with Dynamite
A letter written to a prominent officer
in New York city by Capt Wm B Brack
ley of the refrigerating and supply ship
Port Victoria says an attempt was made
to blow up the ship when she was three
days out He said a box containing thirty
pounds of dynamite nnd guncotton was
found without any address on the main
deck of tho steamer A clock like mech
anism had been arranged by which the
explosives were to be set off The Port
Victoria left New York July 14
CRUSHED IN A SEWER
Trestle Gives Way and Dirt Gar
Falls Into the Trench
One man was killed and several injured
Monday whilo at work on a sewer at
Cleveland Ohio The men were down In
the trench when the trestle on which the
car that hauls away tho dirt is run fell
The car -was precipitated to a platform
covering the sewer Adam Hausman
aged 66 was crushed to death beneath the
timbers All but one of the wounded
were taken to hospitals Nobody has
been ablo to toll why the trestle fell It
came down without warning
MILES MEN LAND
Vanguard of Porto Rican Invaders
Debark at Ponce
St Thomas D V I July 25 The
United Stat03 troops are landing today on
the island of Porto Rico near Ponce on
the south coast
Madrid July 25 11 p m A private dis
patch from San Juan do Porto Rico says
a strong American squadron has appeared
before Bahia Honda but that the Ameri
can attempt to disembark was repulsed
with considerable loss
Closes Down the Mills
The American WireandSteel Company
whoso general offices are in Chicago has
submitted a new scale of wages to the em
ployes of its wire nail and galvanizing
mills at Andesson Ind and has closed
the mills down until the men accept The
new scale amounts practically to a reduc
tion though the officials claim new
machinery will keep wages at the same
lvel
Kills His Wife and Himself
News has reached Denver of a double
tragedy which occurred near Thurman
Henry Heine a farmer shot and stabbed
his wife inflicting wouuds from which she
died After fatally wounding his wife
Reino took his own life with his pistol
Reine had previously abused his wife
A Popular Loan
A treasury department statement shows
there are about 800000 persons to whom
bonds will be awarded under the pending
government loan All persons offering to
take 4500 or less will receive bonds The
first shipment of bonds was made Monday
Burning Ship Puts Into Port
Private advices say the ship Kenllworth
from Hawaii for New York with a cargo
of sugar put into Valparaiso on fire
Investigate La Bourgogne Affaii
The maritime authorities of Havre co
operating with the police propose to hold
an inquiry into the accusation that Aus
trian sailors forcibly seized one of tho
boats of the ill fated La Bourgogne and
irove off all others
Three Men Drowned
John F Taylort George Wilson and
JSd Strieker all well known citizens oi
Marshall 111 have been drowned in the
Wabash river eight miles southeast of thai
pjfte while seining All have families
COST OK WAR TO DATE
Ono Hundred and Twonty FIvo
Millions Expended to July 15
The following is the approximate state
ment of the war expenses to July 15 com
piled by the deputy auditor of the navy
department John M Ewing from official
sources The statement represents in
round figures the actual expenses and
does not include contingent disbursements
of money due on contracts not completed
Transportation mobilization of soldiers
and charter and puichase of troopships
17000000 subsistence Shafters army
twenty three days 500000 expedition
for relief of Cubans 1500000
addition to navy strength 20000
000 ammunition 7000000 ord
nance and arms 8000000
Commissary supplies for mobilization of
army 10000000 tents clothing and
camp equipment 9000000 coal for war
ships 4000000 horses and mules 4000
000 pay for officers and soldiers 17000
000 pay for officers and sailors 3000000
strengthening seacoastdefenses 8000000
laying harbor mines 1000000 increased
telegraph tolls 2500000 increased clerks
and special agents 1000000 increaM1
secret service and caring for Spanish pris
oners 500000 ammunition for bombard
ing Santiago fortifications 4000000 mis
cellaneous expenses for war 6500000
total actual expenses to July 15 125000
000 total appropriation for war to date
292000000
MISSION OF WATSON
Destruction of Camaras Fleet All
that Is Designed
A significant statement was made Sat
urday by a gentleman in a position to
speak with knowledge and authority as to
the plans of the administration with ref
erence to future war operations In sub
stance the statement was as follows
Commodore Watson in proceeding to
tho Spanish peninsula as soon as the Porto
Rican expedition is gotten under way is
not to bombard the cities of the Spanish
coast No such idea of bombardment ol
the coast is entertained While thero may
be other incidental purposes the main
mission of Watson is to take care of Cam
aras fleet The movements of this fleet
and the fears aud apprehensions caused
by reports concerning it are to be stopped
for all time The ships under Camara
will be located by Watson and finally met
and engaged The talk occasionally in
dulged in as to the Canary Islands ia
utterly without foundation This govern
ment has no plans to take those islands
and does not want them
SPANIARDS CHEER OLD GLORY
Inspiring Incident at the Union
Dock Brooklyn
Prisoners of war cheering the flag of
their captors was the unusual sight wit
nessed at the Union Dock Brooklyn N
Y The 254 prisoners captured on tho
four prize steamers wore about to sail
for home under the British flag They
were on board the Hesperia of the Anchor
Liue and just as she backed out of the
dock one of the patrol gunboats came by
With one accord the prisoners raised three
mighty cheers which startled the people
on the Brooklyn shore and could bo heard
on Governors Island It was the best
they could do in thanking Uncle Sam for
the kindness lavished on them while im
were prisoners The Hesperia will
the prisoners on shore at Gibraltar
TORNADO IN NORTH DAKOTA
Number of People Injured at Minot
Crop Damage Heavy
A tornado struck Miuot N D Friday
night and demolished seventeen buildings
and injured a number of people No ono
was killed The county hospital was de
stroyed and several inmates badly injured
Six loaded box cars were blown 100 feet
from the rails and demolished A heavy
hailstorm following seriously damaged
crops
At Casselton N D the same storm de
stroyed 20000 acres of wheat
Liciter Mortgages
Seven mortgages aggregating 2000000
were filed for record in Chicago Saturday
by Levi Z Loiter They run to the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Company
for ten years with 4 per cent interest
The properties mortgaged are in the heart
of the downtown district among them t
Grand Pacific Hotel Revenue stamps
the amount of 996 were on the papers
This is to secure the heavy loan just con
summated by Mr Leiter in order to carry
his son Joseph Leiter through his dis
astrous wheat speculations
The Irrigation Congress
Judge J M Carey president of the
National Irrigation congress is arranging
to hold the annual meeting of the congress
this year upon September 1 2 and 8 The
place as fixed at the last meeting of the
congress is in Cheyenne Wyo One of
the features of the congress will be an ex
cursion to the Wheatland colony
Drop Populist Convention
The national convention of the Peoples
party called to assemble in Cincinnati
September 5 1898 is off and the gathering
of middle-of-the-road and affiliated Popu
lists will not get beyond a call Maine
has chosen five leading populists as dele
gates Other states had responded to the
Omaha call
Bodies Afloat Off Newfoundland
The British tank steamer Oilfields from
Shields England reports having passed a
large number of bodies of persons while
off the Newfoundland banks a few days
ago Captain Shawyer stated that there
were fully 200 He supposes they were
some of tho victims of the La Bourgogn1
disaster
Nictheroy to Become a Cruiser
The Buffalo lato the Nicheroy pur
chased fiom the Brazilian government
has sailed from Newport News in com
pany with the Rainbow for New York
There the Buffalo is to be turned into an
efficient war cruiser while the Rainbow
will be made a refrigerating ship
Fatal Friendly Bout
Dusing a friendly bout with gloves at
Randolph Wis Paul Seigman struck his
brother Juius a blow iu the side The
latter fell d ins almost instantly
I - It
HE THANKS HIS ARMY
SHAFTER ISSUES AN ADDRESS
TO HIS MEN
The Victory Was Due to Their Valor
Faced Appalling Obstacles with
Wonderful Fortitude and Coolness
Absconding Hanker Captured
Shaffer Thanks His Army
Following is Maj Gen Shafters order
just published thanking the officers and
men for their efficiency
Headquarters United States Troops in
Cuba Santiago de Cuba The successful
accomplishment of the campaign against
Santiago resulting in its dowufall and the
surrender of the Spanish forces and the
capture of large amounts of military
stores together with the destruction of the
entire fleet in the harbor which upon the
Investment of the city was forced to leave
is one of which this army can well be
proud This has been accomplished
through the heroic deeds of the army ai
to its officers and men the major genei
commanding offers his sincere thanks foi
their endurance of hardships heretofore
unknown in the American acmy The
work you have accomplished may well
appeal to the pride of your countrymen
and has been rivalled upon few occasions
in the worlds history Landing upon an
unknown coast you faced dangers in dis
embarking and overcame obstacles that
even in looking back seem insurmount
able Despite the fierce
glare of southern sun and rain that fell in
torrents you valiantly withstood the
Spaniards attempt to drive you from the
position your valor had won Holding in
your vice like grip the army opposed to
you after seventeen days of battle and
siege you were lewarded by the sur
render of nearly 24000 prisoners
12000 being those In your immediate front
the others scattered in the various towns
of eastern Cuba freeing completely the
eastern part of tho island from Spanish
troops This was not done without great
sacrifice The death of 280 gallant sol
diers and the wounding of 1284 others
shows but too plainly tho fierce contest in
which you were engaged The few re
ported missing are undoubtedly among
the dead as no prisoners were lost
By command of Maj Gen Shatter
E J McClernand
Assistant Adjutant General
DISASTROUS CAVE IN
Assay Office and Foundry Destroyed
Near Prescott Arizona
A cave in occurred at the United Verde
Copper Mine Sunday morning near Pres
cott Arizona causing the destruction of
the assay office and part of the foundry on
the surface W J Johnson civil engineer
a nephew of W A Clark owner of the
mine C E Beveridge the assayer
and a laborer named Larson wero killed
A mining expert from New York whose
name is not known was seriously and
perhaps fatally injured Superintendent
Giroux whose office is in the assay build
ing had just loft when the building col
lapsed
ABSCONDING BANKER CAUGHi
Lewis Warner of Massachusetts
Captured in Louisville Ky
Lewis Warner the absconding president
of the Northampton Savings bank and
the Hampshire Savings bank of North
ampton Mass was captured by the
Louisville Ky police Sunday afternoon
He has confessed his guilt and is willing
to return to Massachusetts without requisi
tion papers When captured he had only
7 in his possession Ho has been living
in Louisville for several months The
telegraphic accounts sent out from North
ampton at the time of Warners expose
placed his shortage to the banks mentioned
at t540000
Big Transfer of Gold
Ono of the largest transfers of gold ever
made in New York City took place Satur
day in which 9000000 was transferred
from the clearing house to the subtreas
ury The amount represented the excess
of deposits in banks by the governmenton
account of the new war loan for which
the banks wero unable to deposit bonds
th the treasury as security It was
refore necessary to deposit the money
i ho treasury and in the absence of suffi
cient legal tender notes gold had to be
used
Chilian Earthquake
A violent shock of earthquake lasting a
minute was felt Sunday night at Concep
cion capital of tho Chilian province oi
that name and at Talcahuano on the Bay
of Concepcion Many houses were de
stroyed and the telegraph and electric
light wires were severed The inhabitants
were terrified and fled from their homes
Mob Attacks a Mission Home
A special dispatch from Shanghai an
nounces that the antt foreign riot has
broken out at Chang Su in the province
of Kiang See sixty miles south of Nan
Sung the capital of that province The
mob attacked and destroyed the premises
of the China Inland mission All foreign
missionaries escaped
Six Infants Murdered
The dead bodies of six infants each
wrapped in paper were foundin a va
cant lot in Boston Mass Sunday Medical
Examiner Draper after au autopsy said
tho youngest child was 1 month old and
the eldest 3 months Some were strangled
while others had been allowed to die of
neglect
Pleasure Resort Hotel Burned
lie Beach hotel located on the gull
n out at Galveston Texas and one of the
leading summer and winter resort houses
in the south burned Sunday entailing a
loss estimated at from 200000 to 250000
Insurance only partial The building and
contents are a total loss
Big Sale of Wool
The largest sale of wool ever made in
the west was made July 22 by a St Louis
firm The amount was 3250000 pounds of
territory wool which came from the west
ern and southwestern states and it will
require thirty five cars to transport it to
tba eastern consignee
ROBBERS GET NOTHING
Attempt Made to Hold Up a Santa
Fe Passenger
The south bound Santa Fe passenger
train was held up near Saginaw eight
piles north of Fort Worth Texas by
jnasked men The robbers ordered the
engineer to run to North Fort Worth
three miles from the city Six men did the
work Two hoarded the engine at Sagi
naw and covered the engineer They
made him stop in a deep cut one and a
half miles north of the stock yards
Superintendent Pcndell who was on the
trrin and the crew went forward to see
what was the matter As they advanced
toward the engine they were greeted with
a fusillade from the west bank The bul
lets went over their heads but perforated
the engine aud express car Engineer
Joe Williams is likely fatally wounded
The fireman cannot be found but he is
thought to be also wounded The robbers
all escaped Nothing was obtained and
nobody in the train was injured except
those on the engine
SMALLPOX IN KENTUCKY
oard of Health Places Jackson
County Under Quarantine
The state board of health of Kentucky
has issued a proclamation placing the
whole of Jackson County and each of its
inhabitants under rigid quarantine from
the outside world The board found that
there had been more than 100 cases of
smallpox in the county The facts were
laid before the county authorities and an
effort was made to have an appropriation
made by the county court as designated
by law The court declined although
thero is mouey in the treasury The state
now calls upon the adjoining counties to
enforce the quarantine against Jackson
County along its entire boundary Eva
sion of the quarantine insures heavy pen
alties
MAN KILLING ELEPHANT DEAD
Chaining of Prince Produces Blood
Poisoning and Lockjaw
Prince thellargest elephant of the Wal
lace shows died from lockjaw at Wa
basha Minn This Is the same monster
which recently went on a rampage at
Kacine Wis resulting in the death of his
keeper The animal had been kept heavily
chained since This it is supposed pro
duced blood poisoning resulting in lock
jaw The skeleton will bo sent to the na
tional museum at Washington and tho
hide preserved
SYNDICATE OF BREWERIES
Negotiations Pending for a Three
Million Dollar Beer Trust
Negotiations looking to the formation of
another large beer syndicate in Chicago
promise to be brought to a successful con
clusion within a few days Some twenty
seven breweries are said to be in the deal
including what are known as the inde
pendent breweries The purchase price
is said to be in the ncigborhood of 8000
000 which is to be furnished by New York
capitalists
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rye No 2 45c to 47c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
F300 to 425 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 red 75c to 77c corn No
2 mixed 34c to 36c oats No 2 mixed
5c to 27c rye No 2 40c to 42c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
F325 to 425 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 76c to 78c corn No 2
rellow 32c to 34c oats No 2 white 2Dc
to 30c rye 45c to 46c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 77c to
TSc corn No 2 mixed 32c to 35c oats
No 2 white 24c to 25c rye No 2 4Ut
io 48c clover seed 295 to 305
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring SSc
o S9c corn No 3 32c to 34c oats No
2 white 26c to 2Sc rye No 2 48c to 50c
aarley No 2 47c to 4Sc pork mess
975 to 1025
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 525 hos common to choice
350 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
ixtra 500 to 675
New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 475t
wheat No 2 red 87c to 89c corn No
B 38c to 40c oats No 2 white 29c te
He butter creamery 13c to 18cj eggB
Western 18c to 15c
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
School Property in McPherson nnd
Arthur Counties in Demand Many
Acres Leased at a Big Bonus to
Ranchers Other Items
Ranchers Rent the Land
Commissioner Wolfe has returned from
iiis trip into McPerson and Arthur coun
ties where he has been offering school
lands for lease This is the first time that
the lands in Arthur County have been put
upon the market He leased in McPher
son County 6120 acres and in Arthur
County 13760 acres receiving therefor a
bonus of 2295 in addition to the regular
rental This land will be largely used by
stockmen as a nucleus for their ranches
The commissioners expect that a gieat
deal more of the land will be leased in the
near future as many have signified their
intention of taking it as soon as they can
go upon the land
FALL SHORT ON STATISTICS
Efforts to Secure Information From
the Assessors Fail
The last legislature passed an act pro
viding for the gathering of industrial sta
tistics and directing the assessors to make
careful reports of the manufacturing es
tablishments money invested in the same
number of hands employed and wages
paid This was calculated to cover every
branh of business in which laborers are
employed and to show the actual amount
of capital invested in manufacturing con
cerns so that the statistical tables would
be of some value in showing the resources
and capabilities of the state The assess
ors were to make these reports to the
county clerks who would in turn use them
in making a full county report to the com
missioner of labor Some counties made no
reports while the figures sent from others
are far from complete In some instances
the assessors fell into the error of report
ing the amount of capital in manufactur
ing concerns at the assessed valuation
which is usually about one sixth the act
ual amount For instance in one county
where it is known that over 50000 is in
vested in brick factories the county cleik
reports to the labor bureau an investment
of only 8000 while the worth of the
manufactured material on hand is report
ed on the same reduced scale An effort
is being made to have these many errors
corrected but it is evident now the tables
to be issued by the bureau must neces
sarily be far from complete
Train Held Up by Tramps
Th6 freight on the St Paul road which
arrives In Blair at 10 a m was held up in
that city one day last week for four hours
by about 100 tramps The trainmen finally
had orders topull out with the tramps on
the train The passenger train pulled out
having on board two United States mar
shals When about three miles north of
town the freight train was stopped and
when the marshals showed up the tramps
abandoned the train and scattered into the
cornfields They claimed they wero going
to the harvest fields
Funds for a New Church
The Baptist society of Hastings is doing
joou worK in tne ways oi soliciting
ids for the building of the proposed
Iw Baptist Church Although the
Ittee has not been at work long it has
ready succeeded in raising subscriptions
the amount of 10000 Among many
I the largest uonors were prominent
liners who gave all the way from 530
Seriously Hurt
serious accident happened to Peter
lb who was hauling railroad ties to
t Point While descending a steep
de the ties rolled off the fore part of
wagon pinning Mr Kolb to the wagon
igue The horses became irignteneu
ran into a barb wire fence
g the unfortunate man in the wire and
erating his body very seriously
Attacked by a Thug
arshal McPherson of Scuyler had an
entful encounter with an apparently all-
nd thug who attacked him savagely
th a dirk striking at him viciously even
ter felled to earth by the marshals billy
e knife thrust passed through the mar-
als hat rim and struck to the bone in
forehead and his clothes were cut and
Found Dead
acob B Harris a well known and in-
strious farmer living near Gering was
covered lying dead upon the prairie
t for from his home The indications
w that he had been riding hard and his
rse ran into a hole throwing him off
d breaking his neck
Pardon for Young Pat Ford
istrict Clerk Frank of Omaha has re-
ved the pardon granted in May to Pat-
k Ford Ford is one of the survivors ol
Maine and was also on the Wilmington
Matanzas Governor Holcomb has par-
ned him on the ground of his service to
s country
Hand Mashed
George La Monte while superintending
me corn shelling on his farm near Hast-
gs had his right hand badly mashed
e attempted to fix something about the
rn sheller when it was in motion and his
nd got caught
Charged with Arson
Sheriff Laneford of Tekamah arrested
Georcre Kelly east of that citv and loriuoil
him in the county jail to await his heaiiug
on a charge of setting fire to a barn on the
Arizona bottoms east of Tekamah
Hurt in a Runaway
While returning to Papillion from the
Platte river John Jewetts team ran away
throwing him out and quite badly bruising
him No serious injuries were received
Boy Drowned
Leslie Mooney the 8-year-old son of
Frank D Mooney was drowned at Craw
ford while playing in the irrigation canal
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Hanks Still Missing
The mystery surrounding the where
abouts of Canoy Hanks the wealthy
farmer who disappeared from his home
near Minersville is still without solution
His family offers a reward of 200 for in
formation regarding him
Killed by lightning
Miss Anna Graft aged 20 years while
working in the harvest field near Bloom
ington was struck by lightning and killed
Instantly Her father being blind and un
able to get farm hands the family had to
Jaorvest the crop
Attempt to Kill lit Vlfa
rihnrlpq TnMivnr a well known char
acter of Nebraska City attempted to kill
his wife by shooting with a revolver no
had hpfn ririnkintr and nuarreled with her
and threatened her life Tho bullet took
effect in the fleshy part of her thigh
The lifeless body ot loiuver was iouna
the next morning hanging from tho limb
of a tree in a secluded spot about two
miles west of town Tolliver ran from
the house immediately after firing the shot
thinking doubtless that it had resulted
fatally He is believed to have hidden
himself in the dense undergrowth during
the day and securing a rope hanged him
self some time during the night His neck
was broken by the fall The bullet has
been extracted from the thigh of Mrs Tol
liver and her complete recovery is prob
able
Fatal Accident
On the 6th of July during tho reunion
week at St Paul a military drama entitled
The Union Spy was played in the
opera house in the performance of which
a number of young men and bosS were
engaged as Union and Confederate sol
diers and at times during battle scenes
were firing at each other It seems acci
dentally one of the boys had put an ex
traordinary big load of powder in his gun
and in firing aimed too low and the charge
burned the upper part of the head quite
badly ot a young man Wilber Ward 19
yoais old At first the wound was not
considered dangerous but during the hot
weather of the past week ho grew rapidly
worse lockjaw set in and he finally died
AVill Feed More Sheep
James Juckes superintendent for the A
J Knollin Live Stock Company at Kansas
City was at Columbus last week looking
over the companys grounds and directing
some changes and repairs He said the
company would feed and winter more
sheep this season than they did last They
have discontinued some of their feed yards
in southern Kansas They are already
commencing to contract for hay andthib
commodity promises to be rather scarce
during the coming winter and will no
doubt bring a good price They are also
buying up other feed They will com
mence to ship in sheep the latter part of
next month and will winter about 10000
head
Jail Breaking
A man about twenty five years of age
going through the country with a horse
and buggy was last week caught attempt
ing to break into the store of Willis O
Axtell of Loomis He had skeleton keys
and chisels lie was taken to Holdralge
and tried and was bound over to the dis
trict court In default of bonds he was
placed in the county jail During tho
night he picked the lock to his cell ami
wrenched a leg off his bunk and also the
hook which fastened the bunk up when
folded and proceeded to dig his way out
through the brick walls of the jail six
teen inches thick making good his
escape
Oats Burned
Sparks from a passing locomotive sjt fire
to an oat field near Chapman and destroyed
four acres of oats The Haines leaped to
the adjoining farm of Fritz Mueller Mrs
Mueller died on Saturday morning and the
funeral had been set for 2 oclock Suuda
afteruoon However just about this hour
it became necessary for the mourning rela
tives and friends to fight the fire in older
to save tho buildings on the farm quite a
lot of wheat belonging to Mr Mueller
and leading up to the building having
been destroyed bj the flames The fire
was quenched at 5 oclock The po
obsequies were then held
Looking for Dutcliy
General Barry of Lincoln has received a
letter of inquiry from It M Horton city
Marshal of Hawarden Iowa asking for
information concerning one Oscar IJodeu
better known as Dutchy Boden The
marshal states that Boden left there with
the intention of going to Lincoln and en
listing in the Nebraska National Guard
and that he is now wanted at Hawarden
to answer to a charge of horse stealing
May Start a College
Prof Harry Towder of St Louis has been
in conference the last week with those in
terested in educational work iu Dakota
County relative to starting a college at
South Sioux City in the building erected
there several years ago aud which at the
last session of the Nebraska state legisla
ture was offered to the state free for the
purpose of locating a normal school there
Dies of His Injuries
Charles Streit one of the men burned m
the powder explosion at Cozad during the
sham battle on the Fourth died of his in
juries Mr Streit was a prominent farmer
and moved to Cozad from Sardinia Ind in
1891 He was a member of the Knights of
Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of
America members of both of which par
ticipated in the funeral services
A New Rank
The State Banking board has issued a
charter to the Scroggin Co bank which
will do business at Oak Capital 510000
The stockholders are Benjamin F Scoggin
and Charles O Robinson
Nebraska Short Notes
The Chase county fair will beheld Octo
ber 5 6 and 7
Holt County claims to have the best crop
prospect in the history of the country
A large portion of the Omaha tribe of
Indians are off on a visit some have gone
south to the territory and some north to
visit with the Sioux
John Yont of Brock finished threshing
his wheat last week the yfehl being thrty
four bushels peracre and testing sixty two
pounds to the bushel
The hay crop the cutting of which is
now in progress will be the heaviest ever
known in Lincoln Count3 To find a mar
ket for the surplus is now Lathering the
producers
Nemaha County will vote again on the
question of issuing bonds to build a court
house The proposition which was voted
down was for 60000 and the present one
is for 40000
James Kay south of Burchard threshed
his wheat this week which made twenty
bushels per acre It was expected to make
thirtv five or forty Wheat is not making
the yield that was expected of it
The North Platte district camp meeting
will be held at Curtis Neb July 27 to
August 8
The shipment of wool from Kimball has
already amounted to 100000 pounds this
season and fully half as much more is yet
to be marketed The revenue from this
source will be no small thing tlii year
It is reported that there is some trouble
between the cattlemen and the Warren
Live Stock Companyssheep herders south
of the Kimball line A petition
has been sent to the Warren company ask
ing it to take its sheep out as it is said
they are causiug a scarcity of feed for th
cattle
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