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EJECTED THE FRENCH
CREATE A DISTURBANCE IN A
HAVANA THEATRE
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Take Exception to a Play in Which
Dreyfus is Portrayed as an Inno
cent Victim Audiance Sides with
Dreyfus Other Items
Eject the Frenchmen
Havana At the Tacon Theater the
other night there was produced a play
based upou the Dreyfus trial in which
Dreyfus was portrayed throughout as an
innocent victim of conspiracy in the French
army From the start the sympathy of
the audience for Dreyfus was plainly
manifested Four Frenchmen one of
whom is supposed to have heen an officer
of the French gunboat Fulton now lying
in the harbor occupied a box in the first
tier All of them carried boatswains
whistles and at the first insinuation
against the honesty of the taial they began
to blow the whistles and to loudly hiss
the players A scene of indescribable
tumult followed the entire audience ris
ing in defense of Dreyfus
The Fienchmen were forcibly ejected
and the performance was continued with
out further interruption The French
men were locked up over night at the
station house
Gen Blanco has prohibited the future
productioii of the play in Havana
INVITED TO ARGENTINE
45outh American Country Seeks J
Sterling Mortons Advice
Washington J Sterling Morton of
Nebraska has received an invitation from
President Julio Roeaof the Argentine Re
public to spend the coming year in that
country as the adviser of the government
in matters that concern the development
of its agricultural resources He is asked
particularly to direct the organization of
the department of agriculture and in
dustry which was added to the executive
branch of the government by a constitu
tional convention that recently adjourned
The farmers of the Argentine Republic
are suffering as those of this country have
done from the unwise policy of placing
all their eggs in one basket They have
raised cattle sheep and wheat exclusively
and recently have gone into sugar and the
rise and fall in the value of the staples has
made them rich and poor alternately with
out bringing permanent prosperity In
the opinion of political economists diver
sified crops and varied industries are
necessary and the new department has
been authorized by the constitutional con
vention for the purpose of promoting a
change of policy President Roca being
familiar with Mr Mortons administration
of the agricultural department in Wash
ington believes that his knowledge and
oxperiance will be of great value to the
Argentine government and people
Women Want to Hang Him
Stukgis Mich Assignee Himebaugn
of the Parsons Bank in Burr Oak made a
statement that the creditors of the bank
would in all probability receive 10 cents
on the dollar A party of women went to
Parsons residence and said if they could
get hold of him they would hang him
Parsons is still in bed and they were kept
out of the house The cash in the vaults
was counted and it was found that there
was 250 on hand although from 12000 to
115000 had been deposited in the last few
days Parsons son kept the books of the
bank and was cashier but Parsons kept
his own private books himself These
private books have not been posted for six
months and it is impossible to tell auy
thing about them
Scottish Clans Get the Money
Cleveland The suit brought here
Some time since by the royal clan of the
Order of Scottish Clans of America against
Archibald McLaren the Commercial Na
tional Bank and the National Bank of
Commerce has been settled out of court
McLaren was formerly treasurer of the
order and was indicted on the charge of
Bmbezzling15000 Suit was brought to
enjoin tbe banks from paying McLaren
any money on deposit in his name By
the terms of the settlement the banks turn
over all money in their possession to Mc
Larens credit to the Order of Scottish
Clans
Two Prisoners Burn in Jail
Stafford Springs Conn Two
prisoners confined for the night in the
town lockup Ernest Branford aged 27
years and John Marsh aged 40 met their
death in a fire which originated in the cell
occupied by Marsh Branford evidently
died from suffocation probably while
asleep Marshs body was literally baked
They had been arrested for drunkenness
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Load ivas Too Heavy
ANN Arbor Mich A sensational sui
cide was that Monday of Prof W B
Stickney Eighteen years ago he built
6500 house giving a 1000 mortgage on
it A few days ago it was sold to satisfy
the same mortgage grown to 5000 Prof
Stickney was in ill health and gave up the
fight firing a revolver point blank into his
iead
Moravian Bishops Consecrated
Lititz Pa Rev Charles L Moench
of Lititz and Rev Edmund A Car
ter of Bethlehem who were last week
elected bishops of the Moravian Church by
the provincial synod in session at this place
were consecrated to the episcopate Sunday
morning in the presence of a large con
gregation with solemn ceremonial
Farmer Hangs Himself
Hudson Wis C E Wetherby a well-to-do
farmer of the town of Troy aged 59
years was found hanging from a beam in
Tiis barn by a rope He has been men
tally unbalanced for some weeks
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Many Favorable Trade Features
Are Noted
Bradstreets says Reports of still fur
ther enlarged distribution at most western
markets and of slight improvement at
eastern centers where demand has been
slower to materialize enlarged foreign
demand for bread stuffs increased railway
earnings not entirely due to the swelling
movement of grain to market whichf
indeed is still behind last years
records Crop impairment in August
not unusual nor unexpected proves
to have been less than feared and average
conditions of leading crops notably wheat
corncotton and potatoes are better than
one year ago Export trade as a whole
is very satisfactory The August total
swelled by larger shipments of cotton
provisions and manufactured goods gen
erally is larger than August one year ago
by 47 per cent notwithstanding a heavy
decrease in shipments of breadstuffs Im
port trade as yet shows no particular ex
pansion and for the eight months our ex
ports are 82 per cent in excess of imports
Wheat shipments for the week reflectan
enlargee foreign demand for American
wheat and flour aggregating 867529t
bushels as against 8100208 bushels last
week
Corn exports for the week are consider
ably smaller than last weeks heavy total
aggregating 2831000 bushels against
8868869 bushels I ast week
Business failures for the week number
173 against 142 last week Canadian fail
ures for the week number 23 against 17
last week
BIG COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE
Manufacturers of Silver Plate Ware
Form a Giant Corporation
The Meriden Britanna Company and the
Wilcox Siiver Plate Company have issued
circulars to their stockholders stating that
the International Silver Company has
been formed under the laws of New Jersey
with a capital stock of 15000000 prefer
red and 15000000 common stock Most
of the stockholders it is said have agreed
to accept 53 in cash 50 in preferred stock
and 25 in common stock of the consoli
dated company for each share of stock
The Wilcox Company directors have
voted to accept 3750 in cash 3550 in
preferred stock and 1875 in common stock
for each share of the companys stock It
is understood that most of the stock has
been offered on these terms The Britan
nia Company will receive 4400000 for its
plant and the Wilcox Company about 1
875000 n addition to these concerns C
Rogers Dro of Meriden will get 500000
ai the Meriden Silver Plate Company
and the Manning Bowman Company
will also be sold It is said that Samuel
Dodd secretary of the Wilcox Company
will be the president
WIPES OUT THREE LIVES
Domestic Kills Her Paramour and
His Child and Then Suicides
J F Villier niotorman his 2-year-old
child and a womannamed Lellie Magnum
were found dead in a room in a hotel at
Louisville Ky Friday morning From a
note left by the women it is learned that
she had first given her paramour and
child morphine in wine but fearing
this would not be effective shol
Villier through the head and then turned
the revolver on herself death being in
stantaneous in each case The child
already dead from the effects of the j
phine Villier was a widower and the
child was that of his dead wife The
woman was a domestic once employed by
Villier
PORTO RICOS EVACUATION
Formal Withdrawal of Spanish Will
Begin in a Few Days
At a meeting Friday the Spanish evac
uation commissioners agreed to begin the
formal withdrawal of their lines within
two days They will evacuate Lares San
Sebastian and Aguadilla in the north
western part of the island withdrawing
toward tho3capital Under the armistice
they could not withdraw the outposts
without permission A detachment of
the Eleventh infantry will occupy the
territory surrendered and raise the Ameri
can flag The abandonment of other out
posts will follow
In Hiding for Forty Years
The coming back of John Breckinridge
an old and broken down man of 80 tc
Shelbyville Ky this week was like
turn from the dead He had fled from t
country under a cloud exactly forty years
ago and nothing had been heard of him
during all that time In 1858 a wealthy
stock trader Jack Wellenwick was found
murdered aud Breckinridge was accused
of the crime He gave bond which he af
terward forfeited fleeing from the coun
try
To Represent the U S Navy
At the request of Commissioner General
Peck Past Assistant Engineer F N Ben
nett has been selected as a representative
of the United States navy on the Paris ex
position commission Mr Bennett has
just terminated forty two months service
on the flagship New York
Bee Keepers Convention Closes
The American Bee Keepers union com
pleted a three days convention at Omaha
Neb Thursday with the election of
officers as follows President E Whit
comb of Friend Neb vice president C
A Hatch of Ithaca Wis secretary Dr
A B Mason of Toledo Ohio
Pennsylvanians Going to Porto Hico
Five hundred soldiers of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania volunteers readied Jersey
City from Camp nade Friday They
are to sail on the Opc m Un Ponce Porto
Rico where they will do garrison duty
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300 PERSONS KILLED
AT ST VINCENT IN THE WEST
INDIA STORM
Details of Sundays Hurricane Show
Unparalleled Mortality and De
struction of Property 20000 Are
Homeless and Starving
West Indias Awful Cyclone
Details of the hurricane of Sunday re
ceived at Kingston from St Vincent show
an unparalleled destruction of life and
property there Out of a population ol
41000 300 were killed and 20000 injured
or rendered helpless Owing to the de
struction of provisions they are all starv
ing The island was absolutely butted by
the wind and floods from the mountains
in addition to waves along the coast
There was great loss of shipping along
the track of the cycloue
The dispatches received at the colonial
office at London from the British authori
ties in the West Indies indicate as a whole
that the earlier reports of the havoc
wrought by the hurricane were not ex
aggerated They show a widespread do
vastalion Owing to the breakdown ol
the telegraph and telephone wires the
real extent of the disaster is still unknown
but financial aid is required to meet ths
distress People are flocking into Kings
ton and St Vincent from all the country
round for shelter and food The ship Lo
ando and bark Grace Lyuwood were cast
ashore at St Vincent and wrecked
Sir Cornelius Moloney governor of the
Windward Islands cables that two ves
sels were sunk and that the fate of many
others is unknown
The governor of the Barbadoes Sir J S
Hay reports that the Hurricane was oi
ten hours duration Already he has been
officially notified of sixty one deaths and
of thirty one persons seriously wounded
NO BREAK IN THE CHAIN
Police Have a Perfect Case Against
Mrs Botkin
All skeptical speculations regarding the
identity of the woman who bought choco
late creams at the store of George Haas
Son San Francisco on July 31 seem to
have been set at rest The police officials
as a consequence assert that there is now
no break or flaw in the web of circum
stantial evidence they have woven around
the alleged poisoner of Mrs Dunning and
Mrs Deane Two employes of Haas
Son Sylvia Heney who sold the choco
lates and Kate Dettner the girl who
aided her in packing them into the box
are prepared to swear that the person who
purchased the confections sent to Mrs
Dunning and which killed her and Mrs
Deane was Mrs Cordelia Botkin
Mrs Price the landlady of the Victoria
Hotel has come forward prepared to tes
tify that Mrs Botkin was a lodger at her
house between July 31 and August 4 and
was not sick as Mrs Botkin asserts Mrs
Price says that on Sunday morning July
81 the day Mrs Botkin is said to have
purchased the candy Mrs Botkin sent
down word that she was ill and tier break
fast was served in her room by the Japa
nese waiter She is certain of the date
Mrs Botkins preliminary hearing has
been continued a week
CHINA OPENING HER DOORS
Concession to Foreigners Marks an
Important Epoch in History
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Tribune says Consul Ragsdale at
Tien Tsin China reports the first conces
sion ever granted by the emperor to for
eigners to open and work mines entirely
free from Chinese control and inconform
with the general laws of the empire as
applicable to foreigners On May 21 there
were signed in the presence of the minis
ters of the tsung li yamen articles of agree
ment which ceded to the Pekin syndicate
limited of London the sole right to open
aud work the coal and iron deposils of
central and southern Shanghai and the
petrolium deposits of the entire province
also the right to construct all necessary
railroads to maintain trunk lines and
navigable waters for exporting the mine
products
The agreement was signed by orders
issued in an imperial edict stamped with
the seal of the tsung li yamen as a visi
ble sign of imperial sanction and author
ity and the whole proceedings were veri
fied and ratified by the British and Ital
ian ministers to China
Arrested for Check Forging
By means of information received from
Maine a Boston police inspector has ar
rested a man giving the name of Henry
H Taylor of Chicago Taylor was ar
rested as a fugitive from justice being
wanted in Limington Me on the charge
of forging and uttering a check The po
lice accuse Taylor who is 29 years old and
married of forging the name of John D
Murray to a check for 125 drawn on the
Casco National Bank of Portland It is
claimed that Murray succeeded in per
suading C E Emery a hotel man at Lim
iugton to cash it
Assassin Courts Death
The assassin of the Empress of Austria
It is said has written to the president of
the Swiss confederation asking to be tried
at Lucerne where capital punishment is
in force He now admits that he attended
an anarchist- club at Luzanne where it
was decided to assassinate some great per
sonage Six members of the club have
been placed under arrest
Double New York Tragedy
Arthur Hoffman a Pine Hill New York
blacksmith murdered his wife and killed
himself Jealousy was the cause
RIOTING IN ST LOUIS
One Man Is Fatally Wounded and
Three Others Seriously Hurt
Striking plasterers precipitated a riot in
the western limits of St Louis William
Kane a non union worker was fatally
wounded and three others seriously hurt
Mounfed police summoned to the scene
were met by a fusillade of bullets from
the strikers The police returned the fire
and charged the crowd dispersing them
and arresting the ringleaders
It seems that the strikers gathered to
prevent non union men from going to
work on some buildings A wordy wai
led to tho throwing of missiles then one
striker fired a revolver into the non union
crowd followed by a volley from the
strikers and Kane fell mortally wounded
Reports from the scene are to the effect
that the affair developed into a run
ning fight between the police and some of
the strikers
WILL ADMIT THE SALOON MEN
Great Council of Red Men Decides
to Accept Their Membership
The Red Men in their great council at
Indianapolis settled the question of the
admission of saloon men so far as consti
tutional amendments are concerned But
eight of the 125 delegates voted for the
resolution to prohibit their membership
The new officers are as folows Great
incoitonee George EGreen of New York
great senior sagamore E D Wiley Iowa
great junior sagamore Thomas G Har
rison Indiana great prophet R T Dan
iel Georgia great chief of records Charles
C Couley Pennsylvania great keeper of
wampum William Provin Massachu
setts
MILES CONFINED TO HIS BED
Has a Touch of Fever as a Result oi
Exposure During Campaign
Gen Miles is confined to his bed with a
touch of fever the result of work and ex
posure in the compaign Ho has been ail
ing for several days but continued to
work Friday the fever symptoms were
more marked and his physician insisted
on the generals remaining in bed The
attack causes no apprehension It is ma
larial He may have to take a complete
rest for a short time
Believes Her Husband Murdered
Mrs William Beard of Philadelphia
widow of the geologist and mining expert
whose death was reported from southwest
ern Alaska last spring has arrived in San
Francisco She believes her husband in
stead of having been killed accidontly was
muid by his associates for the money
that he carried and she has set out to
make an investigation of tho case
Deserter Surrenders Himself
A San Francisco dispatch says Private
A Butler of the Second United States ar
tillery who deserted from that regiment
about four years ago at Newport R I
has voluntarily surrendered himself to the
military authorities at the Presidio His
desertion occurred soon after his enlist
ment and he has since been in Japan and
other foreign countries
Triple Virginia Drowning
Henry Lester proprietor of the Prin
cess Anne cottage at Virgina Beach Va
and two of his guests T S E Dixon ol
Chicago and Arthur McLaughlin ol
Newark N J were drowned while bath
ing at the beach It is supposed that Mc
Laughlin was carried out by a receding
wave and the others were drownod in theii
efforts to reach him
Steamer Aurania Disabled
A Queenstown dispatch says the Cunard
steamer Aurania from New York on Sep
tember 6 for Liverpool has been reported
off the south coast of Ireland disabled and
in tow There has been some anxietj
regarding the Aurania as she was forty
hours overdue
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
5300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to cSice 25G
to 475 wheat No 2 red G4c to 05c
corn No 2 20c to 30c oats No 2 20c
to 22c rye No 2 47c to 48c butter
choice creamery 19c to 20c eggs fresh
12c to 14c potatoes choice 40c to 50c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
550 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red G2c to G4cf corn No
2 white 29c to 31c oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 350 to 425
wheat No 2 CSc to G9c corn No 2
yellow 2Sc to LOc oais No 2 21c to 23c
rye No 2 44c to 40c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hojrs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 G5e to 67c corn No 2
mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed
21c to 23c rye No 2 45c to 47e
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
325 to 40Q sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 G4c to 65c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c rye 45e to 4Gc
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 6Ge to
67c corn No 2 mixed 30c to 31c oats
No 2 white 20c to 22c rye No 2 45c
to 47c clover seed 340 to 350
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 63c
to 65c corn No 3 31c to 32c oats No
2 white 23c to 25c rye No 1 47c to 49c
barley No 2 42c to 44c pork mess
825 to 875
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 550 hogs common to choice
350 to 450 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 Iambs common to
extra 500 to 075
New York Cattle 300 to 575 hop
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 50
wheat No 2 red 70c to 72e corn No
2 35c to 3Gc oats No 2 white 25c to
27c butter creamery 15c to 21c eggs
Western lGc to 17c
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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRAT
A isjears Farm ana stocR
VOLUME XIII
VALENTINE NEBRASKA SEPTEMBER 22 1898
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Postoffice Department Threatens to
Discontinue Daily Mail Service
Across the Missouri River at
Niobrara Other Items
May Lose Mail Service
A threat from the postoffice department
having come to the postmaster at Niobrara
that the mailroute connecting with the
Milwaukee Railroad across the Missouri
River would be discontinued if the ferry
management continued to annoy the con
tractor in crossing with the mails brought
out quite a few at a meeting held the other
day and a spirited controversy ensued
The contractor asks equal bus privileges
in crossing the river which the ferry man
agement refuses to grant and it is claimed
that the crossings have sometimes been
made to the contractors annoyance To
get what he claims as his rights the con
tractor appeals to the
and the department finding itself
balked in furnishing Niobrara this daily
service threatens to withdraw it if as the
department puts it the management of
the ferry proceeds to carry things with a
high hand A remonstrance against the
discontinuance of the service has been
forwarded to the department
Great Day at Wayne
From 8000 to 10000 people attended the
big barbecue aud peace judilee held at
Wayne in honor of the successful terminal
Hon of the war with Spain The streets
and business houses were one mass of red
white and blue and large streamers were
suspended across the streets on which
were painted the word Welcome in
the national colors At 1130 the barbe
cue dinner was served by the ladies of
Wayne and over 5000 people ate at the
roast steers Hot coffee and bread were
also served At 2 oclock Hon Frank
Fuller delivered the address of welcome
which was followed by other addresses
During the afternoon amusements of all
kinds followed in rapid succession in
cluding two wild west stage holdups by a
baud of Indians from the San tee reserva
tion which was one of the most attractive
as well as exciting features of the day
The illuminated street parade at night
was a grand finale to one of the greatest
events that ever occurred in that part of
the state
Fire Loss at Staplehurst
Fire in the village of Staplehurst a few
3ays ago consumed two buildings with
the most of their contents besides be
tween 1000 and 2000 bushels of corn One
of the buildings was occupied by J H T
Madden with a stock of drugs and was a
total loss with no insurance The other
building was occupied and owned by J
W Ocken as a shoe store who carried in
surance to the amount of 1100 The corn
belonged to Nelson Jacobs with no in
surance The Seward fire department was
telegraphed for but the fire was gotten
under control before they arrived
Lost Boy Returns
Eighteen years ago this mouth George
Cummins son of Mr and Mrs J C Cum
mins of Tecumseh left home very sud
denly giving his parents no warning of
his intended departure He was 15 years
old at the time His parents heard from
him indirectly two or three weeks after
he went away but before they could com
municate with him he disappeared com
pletely Last week who should walk into
the family home but the long lost son
George His parents scarcely knew him
or he them but it did not take long to es
tablish an acquaintance
Collision of Motor Cars
Two motor cars on the fair ground line
at Lincoln collided while both were run
ning at a high rate of speed and when
they struck the fenders of both cars were
smashed in All of the passengers were
severely jolted and Mrs Lyman Gould of
Machias N Y sustained a fracture of
the ankle that will permantly cripple her
She was hurt in jumping from one of the
cars just before they collided
George E Cheney Is Killed
George E Cheney a well known banker
of Creighton met with an accident
on the evening of the 15th which resulted
in death While talking with his wife in
the corridor of the Drexel Hotel at Omaha
he walked into an elevator shaft and fell
to the basement floor eight feet below
sustaining internal injuries and a fracture
of the knee from which he never regained
consciousness
Fatal Quarrel of Ranchmen
N L Sylvester was shot with a rifle and
instantly killed the other day by John
Krausa twenty milesnortheastof Alliance
A quarrel over the boundary line across a
meadow was the cause the Krauses as
serting that Sylvester was cutting hay on
their side of a well defined line The mur
dered man bears a bad reputation and is
said to have made threats against the life
of Krause
Goes Through a Bridge
As Farmer John Douglas drove a four
horse load of wheat on a bridge over the
Nemaha River northwest of Tecumseh the
other day the structure gave way and let
Mr Douglas his son and he load through
into the river some twenty five or thirty
feet below Mr Douglas sustained some
injuries but not serious One horse was
killed outright and another injured
Thief Steals a Watch
Friday evening a well dressed stranger
entered Neiwhoners jewelry store at
Columbus and asked to look at some
watches After pricing several and while
there were a number of them lying on the
showcase he suddenly grabbed one dashed
out of the door and ran down a darJi alley
and dfsappeared
Grafton Sugar Factory
Graftons beet sugar factory prospects
appear to be somewhat of the
order The beets will grow that is
beyond a doubt but the capitalists who
should be there looking after the matter
are conspicuously absent
NUMBER 85
NEBRASKA CROPS
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Ground in Good Condition for tho
Sowing of Small Grain r
The Nebraska weather and crop bureau
on the 14th inst issued the following bul
letin the last of the season
The last week has been cloudy and cool
with heavy general rains The averager
daily temperature deficiency has beeaf
about 10 degrees in the eastern counties
and 12 degrees in the western The daily
maximum temperatures were slightly
above 70 degrees the first part of the week
and were about 50 degrees on the last three
dajs of the week The minimum temper
atures were very low on the 6th and 7th
in the entire state In the western coun
ties they were about or below freezing
and heavy frosts resulted Light frosts
occurred on the same dates in the eastern
counties
The rainfall has been above normal in
all except the extreme northeastern coun
ties where it has been light from a quar
ter to half an inch In the southern halt
of the state it has exceeded an inch and
in most of the counties south of the Piatt
River it has ranged from 2 to 5 inches A
little suow fell in western countieson the
9th and 10th melting as fast as it reached
the ground
The heavy rains of the week have re
all work nevertheless haying and
threshing are about completed and fall
plowing ia generally well advanced Tho
rains place the ground in excellent condi
tion for sowing fall grain and a large
acreage of fall wheat will be sown in tho
southern counties during the next tea
days The ground had been plowed be-
fore the rain but little or none sown
The dry hot weather of the three weeks
preceding this one ripened and dried out
corn so fast that now nearly all the corn
in the eastern counties is hardened beyond
possible injury by frost The heavy frosts
in the extreme western counties on the 6th
and 7th killed late corn quite generally
Some damage to late corn is reported from
counties so far east as Dawson Pastures
have been materially improved by tho
rains of the week
PREHISTORIC CORN
Curious Crop Raised by Platte
County Man
George Barnum a prominent farmer
living in Butler Township Platte County
has a few acres this yearof what is known
as the prehistoric corn so called from
the peculiar manner in which the seed
was discovered About five years ago a
handful of this corn was found in one of
the old caves in Arkansas in a large clam
shell which time and the action of the
weather had hermetically sealed This
seed was taken and plantedespeciollyfJ2r
the seed and this is Mr BarnumsN
firsfc experience with it With only
ordinary attention and without any
irrigation this corn grows to
an average height of fifteen feet aud runs
from two to twelve ears on a stalk Geol
ogists agree that the original seed found
in the cave was from 9000 to 4003 years
old and was no doubt placed there by a
forgotten prehistoric race As a rule the
ears commence to appear on the stalk
about ten feet from the ground During
dry weather when other corn would curl
up and wither in the hot sun this would
maintain a bright gooseberry green Mr
Barnum believes it has no equal for with
standing a drouth
Suit for Damages
Xrll Mason of Falls City has brought
suit against the Missouri Pacific Railroad
for 20000 damages Mr Mason was for
many years the companys agent at Falls
City but was removed last February with
out cause as he alleges The petition
states that the company refused to give
him a clearance card as is the custom
showing his good record He also sets up
in his petition that he was discharged for
no other reason than that he affiliated with
the free silver party in the last presiden
tial election t
More Elevators for Omaha
It is reported that Frank II Peavey of
Minneapolis has decided to build a big
elevator at Council Blnffs on the Union
Pacific tracks John It Webster pres
ident of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal
Company says the erection of this eleva
tor has nothing to do with the plans of his
company for the building of an elevator at
East Omaha This will be built in due
time he says as originally agreed upon
and will equal any other structure of the
kind in the west
Trouhle Between Farmers
C C Upland and W F Wilson two
farmers northeast of Humboldt got into
an altercation over the traversing of a
road between the farms controlled by them
The trouble finally resulted in the arrestf
of Wilson charged with leaving cuttings
of hedge in the road over the statutory
limit of five days The case was heard byj
a jury Tendered a verdict oi no
guilty
and the prisoner was
discharged
Narrow Kscape
James Felia living near North Bend had
a narrow escape from being killed by the
discharge of his gun He bad his gun on
a load of hay and reaching across the
wagon to take it off the gun was
charged the charge striking him in the
hand and arm making a painful wound
Petition for a New Depot
A movement is now in progress at
Hastings to compel the Burlington Rail
road Company to erect a new depot The
business men of Hastings have gotten up
a petition and are having it signed by
every reliable business man in the city
Burglars Rifle a Saloon
The saloon of Henry Kuhlman of Ne
braska City was entered by burglars
They rifled the till and broke open tho
safe securing about 40
Twenty Years in Prison
Charles Olson who committed a criminal
assault on the 5-year-old daughter of C O
Larson of Alma was sentenced by Judge
Boall to twenty years at hard labor in the
state penitentiary
Breaks an Arm
While Mrs Dominfck Baazada sr ot
West Point was in her yard she slipped
and fell breaking her arm Fears r
serious results are entertained on account
of her advanced age
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