Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, November 24, 1898, Image 1
ESTERN T VOLUME xiii. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , NOVEMBER 24 , 1898. ATDIBER 44. OCCURRENCES THEREIN FOR A WEEK , RUN DOWN IN A FOG ELEVEN LABORERS KILLED AND six INJURED. Accident Occurs on the Pennsylva nia Railroad Near Jersey City Uncle Sam's Santa Olaus Ship Sails for 3IaniIa Other Items. Workmen Killed. During a dense fog .Saturday morning a Pennsylvania train going at a high rate to Hiake up time ran into a gang of laborers on the Ilachensack meadows , near Jersey City , N. J. There were 'twenty men in the gang in charge of Foreman AVm. Cork. Eleven were killed and six injured. It appears that the first Engineer Yano- Btcand , in charge , knew his train had run r into the men was when his engine jarred. Then the cries of the men were heard , and be , as soon as possible , brought the train to a stop. He made the passengers get out and aid the trainmen in searching for the bodies of the victims. This was not an easy task in the thick fog. A train had passed on the westbound track a few minutes before the eastbound train ran the men down. Smoke from the engine of the westbound train went over the eastbound track , and the noise of the westbound train prevented the workmen on the eastbound track from hearing the approach of the eastbound train. FUTILE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY Two Convicts in Ohio Make Desper ate Attempt to Escape. A desperate attempt was made by two convicts to escape from the penitentiary at Columbus , Ohio , Saturday , as a result ol which Guard Charles D. Lauterbacn Was shot and killed and Convicts O'Neill and Atkinson seriously wounded. By some menus these convicts , who are serv ing fifteen years for robbery , secured a revolver. One covered his face with a t handkerchief and went into the broom shop , where he held up Guard Lime , took tyls revolvers , returned to the hoe shop , ' where the ether man joined him and they opened fire on Gaard Lauterbach , in charge of that department. He was shot three times and almost instantly killed. Other officials of tlia-prison came on the run to investigate. Guard Gump was the first on the scene and opened fire on the two prisoners. This was returned and a regular battle took place. Convict Atkin son was seriously wounded. As soon as his guns were emptied Guard Gump rushed in with a cane and almost beat O'Neill to death before he would sur render. BANQUET ON THE OREGON. Brazilian Naval Officers Friendly Toward Americans. The marked friendship between the American and Brazilian naval officers was shown Friday night when a banquet was given to the latter on the United States battleship Oregon at Rio Janeiro. The officers of the Oregon and Iowa were as sisted in entertaining by the American minister. Charles Page Bryan. Prominent members of the diplomatic corps were present. References to the American na- yal victories during the recent war brought forth much enthusiasm. The American officers have paid a formal visit to the new president. Senor Salles. BIG SANTA CJ.AUS SHIP. The , St. Pr.ul Sails with Christmas Presents for Soldiers. The transport St. Paul sailed from San Francisco Fiiday for Manila , carrying a cai o of Christmas presents for the sol- ' dicrs and sailors in the Philippines. Thou sands of packages of all sizes and descrip tions have reached the quartermaster's de partment in the last ten days from all parts of the country since it became known that Uncle Sam would act as Santa Glaus and convey Christmas gifts free of cost. A number of soldiers enlisted to recruit [ companies now at Manila and forty nurses sailed. Twenty of the nurses will remain at Honolulu. TWENTY-FOUR SAILORS DROWN British Ship Atalanta Wrecked on Pacific Coast. A special from Yaquima , Ore. , says : The British ship Atalanta , Capt. Charles ! McBrifle , from Ta'-oma to South Africa 1 with wheat , was wiecked off Alsea Bay. I She carried a crew of twenty-seven men 5 and all were drowned but three. The ship's masts have been blown away , the declcs swept clean and the vessel has broken in t\\o nimilships. Yale Graduate Dies in a Cell. J. A. Brandrethhoclaimed to ba a nephew of the millionaire pill maker ol that name , was found dead in his cell in the county jail at Fresno , Cal. , Saturday , i having been arrested the night before on ' the charge of vagrancy. Alcoholism is supposed to have caused his death. Ho was a graduate of Yale College and had I , traveled all over the world. Trainmen Killed in n. Wreck. i Conductor William Haifield and Brakeman - j man Harry C. Rogin wcie killed in the wreck of a caboose attached to a northbound - ! ' bound train thirty miles south of Ard- ! r ore , I. T. , Saturday. The caboose lefl ! l I -\hc track and was overturned. "DIPPED" CATTLE DIE OF FEVER Missouri Man .Losos 17 Out of 72 Head Bought at East St. Jjouis. J. W. Conway of Columbia University has made a post mortem examination of eight dead cattle on George Itichardson's farm , near Macon , Mo. Richardson pur chased seventytwo.ead at East St. Louis , where they were dipped in the vats Mon day. Seventeen head have died since then and a number of others are expected to die. Richardson thinks the result was caused by the dipping. Prof. Con way pronounces it Texas fever , and he thinks the dipping had no effect , except possibly to make the disease a little more acute. The cattle were imported from Victoria County Texas. Conway suggested that imported cattle , after going through the dipping process , should be well sheltered and given soft feed. He took some parts ol the dead animals with him for further ex- imination. JAPAN IS WITH US. Minister Komura Sa3's She Wants American Control in Philippines. J. Komura , the now Japanese minister to the United States , in an interview said : "Japan has always been the supporter of the United States in the war with Spain , and is now in thorough sympathy with the United States in their demand for the Philippines. From a commercial point of view Japan is vitally interested in the Philippine Islands. Every year its trade with these has increased until now it has become of very respectable proportions. Naturally my government is interested in seeing that this trade shall continue , and it thoroughly believes the ports of the islands will be opened to Japanese ships if the United States government controls the islands. It would rather see America gain control than any other nation. " KIDNAPED A CHILD. Another Chapter in the Barnes * Ma go wan Affair. Another chapter has been added to the celebrated Barnes-Magowan affair , at Cleveland , Ohio. The 7-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Barnes was kidnapped by a woman , supposed to be her mother , and immediately taken out of the city. The child has been living with her grandmother - mother , who was appointed guard- j ian. The abductors were intercepted j on a Lake Shore train at Erie , Pa. , and i placed under arrest. They were Mrs. ' Frank J. Magowan , Mrs. Dr. R. H. Winn ! and Frank D. Magowan. With them was ' the child Edith. When accosted by the detective , Magowan shoved a roll of bills it him and told him to go away , but the Dfficer was obdurate. GREAT WARSHIP LAUNCHED. . _ _ . British Ram Formidable Slides In to the \Vat r at Portsmouth. Thousands witnessed the launching ot the rain battleship Formidable at Ports mouth , Eng. , Thursday. She is said to be the largest warship in tha world , being of 15,000 tons displacement. She cost over 85,003,030. Her estimated speed is 18 knots an hour. A notable feature of the launch ing was the entwining of the British and Amerlcen flags on the official stand. War on Trnfllo Associations. Fifty members of the Guarantee Ticke ; Brokers' Association from New York , Illinois , Mississippi , Louisiana. California , Ohio , Tennessee , Colorado , Utah , Minnesota seta , Virginia. Nebraska and Kansas at tended a convention iu St. Louis. War on railroad traffic associations was dis cussed on ( he basis of the recent decision of the United States supreme court de claring the Joint Traffic. Association to be in violation of Iho anti-trust law. Private Postals in Foreign Mails Instructions to postmasters have been issued relative to the private mailing cards admitted to the international mails Beautiful cards , lithographed in colors , illustrating and advertising various objects , of interest and conforming in size and consistency of paper to the official postal I card , may now be sent to any foreign country by affixing a 2-cent stamp , and to Canada and Mexico by affixing a 1-cent siainp. Dartmouth to Play in the West. Negotiations have been concluded by Manager J. L. Fisher of the University of team of the Dartmouth College and Wi cousin university will meet in Milwaukeu on November 26 for a game. It will bo the first time in several years that an east ern football aggregation has visited the west. England Wants Cuban Trade. The Biitish foreign office , replying to a memorial from the Birmingham chamber of commerce asking if steps had been taken to indiu" * the United States not to impose protective duties in Cuba , prom- ised that every effort would be made to secure protection for Biitish trade. . Prominent niason Disappears. Wtlh.-iin H. Fra/ier , grand marshal of the Pennsylvania grand lodge of Masons , has disappeared from hit. home in Philadel phia , lie was one of the editors of the Keystone , a Masonic paper , and is past ma-tor of Mount Moriah lodge , No. 155. Blanco Still Has Regrets. Capt. Gen. Blanco , in a letter to Senor Tinado , says : "The keenest sorrow of my life is surrendering Cuba , with an array of J5 .0.)0 ) men and 20) ) guns , to an enemy * who claims to have conquered Cuba while we are possessed of such resources. " 'Teresa Cannot Be Rescued. Captain McCulIa , after examining the Teresa , wired the navy department that his opinion it will be impossible to reach BANK FAILURE AND TRAGEDY President ol' BursH-d Kansas Insti tution Shoots Himself. Wednesday afternoon the First National Bank of Emporsa , Kan. , was clowd by ilio order of the comptroller of the treasury. An hour later Charles S. Cross , the bank's president , and one of the best known breeders of Herefords in the west , shot and killed himself at "Sunny Slope , ' ' his famous stock farm near town. Speculation is said to'have led to Cross' downfall. His fortune has doubtless gone down with the bank. Among the heavy losers by the failure are Lyon County and the city of Emporia. Cross was custodian of his father's estate , which is also said to be in a wrecked condition. BOYCOTT DECREED UNLAWFUv. Supreme Court oi' Michigan Con demns Its Use. A decision has been rendered by the Michigan supreme court which , in effect declares a boycott unlawful , and an un- warrantable menace , intimidation and coercion. The case was appealed from the circuit court at Detroit by Beck & Son , millers , who had obtained an injunction restraining the Railway Teamsters' Union from interfering with the firm's employes or business , but sanctioning the distribu tion of boycott circulars or any form of boycott excepting in front of the com plainant's place of business. The supreme 3ourt mollifies the decree by enjoining al ! forms of boycotting. SINKS IN HAWAIIAN PORT. The Steamer Columbia Has a Thrill ing Experience. The steamer Centennial has arrived at Seattle , Wash. , from Ililo , Hawaii , briug- .ngan account of the wreck of the steamer 2Hy of Columbia , -which for two days and lights tossed on the ocean , gradually jreaking up , its machinery disabled and the water pouring into it. Through unex- elled seamanship it finally reached a dock n the harbor of Ililo , where it completely oroke down. A Boy Murderer. Two little boys , one 4 , and the other 7 years old , told the police at Muncie , Ind. , Thursday ' that Fred , the 10-year-old son jf Thomas Oleland , shot and killed Andy Bodemiller , aged 5 , whoso dead body was found in a gravel pit near Whitley , a suburb. To the police Fred Oleaud said ho first shot at a.rabbit and killed 'ittlo Bodemiller. Afterward he denied , his and told several contradictory stories. Thomas Oleand , Fred's father , is a saloon- teeper. Sam Jackson , Oleand's colored barkeeper , is suspected of being au ac- : omplico in the murder. There is danger f his being lynched should this suspicion prove well founded. Seeking to Raise Coal Rates. There was a meeting in the general > ffices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany in Philadelphia between freight representatives of the Pennsylvania Rail- ioiid , Philadelphia & Reading. Baltimore & Ohio , Beach Creek Railway , Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western in an affort for a readjustment of rates on nitumirious coal and au advance in price for 1899. Died at the Theater. Rlhel Marlowe died at the Knicker becker Theater , New York , Wednesday night , during a performance of "The Christian , " in which she played the part jf Tolly Love. She was 24 years old. . Physicians diagnosed the case as heart lisease. She was a cousin of Julia Mar . lowe. % Disaster in Russian Stream. The frozen surface of the river Suchona M Velictusting , Russia , broke Tuesday while a number of people and vehicles were , crossing the stream. Twenty per sons were drowned. MAKKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , 53.00 to $5.75 : hops , shipping grades , J3 00 to 53-75 ; sheep , fair to choice , § 2.50 to § 4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 red. GOc to 67c ; L-orn , No. 2 , 31c to 33c : oats , No. 2 , 23c to 25c ; rye. No. 2 , 50c to 52c ; butter , choice creamery , 21c to 22c ; eggs , fresh , 19c to 21c : potatoes , choice , 28c to 3oc per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to f..HO : hogs , choice light , ? 3.00 to 53.75 ; = licop and lambs , common to choice , § 3.50 55.50 : wheat , No. 2 red. 67c to 6Sc : jorn. No. 2 white , 32c to 34c ; oats , No. 2 white , 27c to 29c. St. Louis Cattle , 53.00 to 55.50 ; hogs , $3.50 to $3.75 : sheep. $3.50 to 54.50 : wheat , No. 2. 69c to 71c : corn , No. 2 yellow , 31c to 32c : oats. No. 2 , 2Gc to 27c ; rye , No. 2. 51c to 53c. Cincinnati Cattle , 52.50 to 55.25 ; hogs , 53.00 < to 53.75 ; sheep. 52.50 to $4.25 ; wheat , No. 2 , 6Sc to 70c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 3-ic to 36c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 26c to 28c ; rye. No. 2 , 55c to 57c. Detroit Cattle , 52.50 to $5.50 ; hogs , 325 to 53.75 ; sheep and lambs. 53.00 to ? 5.25 ; wheat , No. 2. G9c to 71c : corn , No. 2 ' yellow. 34c to 3Gc ; onts , No. 2 white. 27c to 29c ; rye , 54c to 55c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed , 71c to 73c : corn. No. 2 mixed , 33c to 34c ; oats , So. 2 white , 25c to 26c : rye. No. 2 , 52c : o 53c ; clover seed , new. 54-85 to 54.95. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 spring , 66c to GSc ; corn , No. 3 , 32c to 33c : oats , No. 2 white , 2Gc to 2Sc ; rye , No. 1 , 51c to 53c ; barley ' , No. 2. 40c to 49c ; pork , mess , 7.50 to 58.00. Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers , ? 3.00 to 55.75 : hogs , common to choice , $3.50 to 53.75 ; sheep , fair to choice weth ers , $3.50 to 54.75 : lambs , common to extra , 55.00 to $5.75. New York Cattle. 53.00 lo 55.75 ; hogs , 53.00 to 54.00 ; sheep. 53.00 to $4.75 ; wheat ] , No. 2 red. 77c to 7Sc : corn , No. 2 , 39c to 40c : oats. No. 2. 2Sc to 30c. 'ter , creamery , IGc to 24c ; e gs. Wr 22c to 24c. WANT TO AfiBITEATE. SPANIARDS REHEARSE THEJR OLD ARGUMENTS. Position , on the Philippine Islands Is Reaffirmed TJeply to the American Demands Is Presented to the Peace Commissioners in Paris. "W edneaday's meeting of the joint peace tomuiission in Paris lasted forty-five inm ates and was of high importance. The Spanish commissioners presented their re joinder to the American reply on the Phil ippine question , in which the contention was reiterated that Philippine sovereignty Iocs not come in for discussion under the lerms of the protocol and various reasons were given why the United States pro posal concerning the debt could not be ac cepted by Spain. But the surprise of the meeting was the request that the dispute should be referred to arbitration as to the scope of the protocol and as to the legality of the demand of the United States to consider the sovereignty question under it. This proposal was submitted with the protestation that it was made simply be cause of the great desire of Spain , to bring the negotiations to an amicable issue. It was also pointed out that the United States has always been the foremost champion of arbitration. The American commissioners asked for an adjournment until Saturday. Of course the United States cannot en ter into a long-drawn-out arbitration over phraseology. The fact that the United States reserved to itself in the protocol possession of Manila and rhe fact that "the control , disposition and government" of the Philippines were mentioned as the subject for future determination shows that the entire matter is within tlie juris diction of the Paris peace commission. Spain resorts again to its old hair-splitting tactics. If anything were to be arbitrated it would be the main proposition as to whether the United States should hold the Philippines , and not the quibble as to whether the terms of the protocol war ranted the consideration of that question at all. Spain's object is to irritate the United States as much as possible and to place itself before the world as the much- abused victim of overwhelming power. As a conqueror in war the United States has tiie right to dictate the terms of peace. If the United States chooses to demand the Philippines it is within the bounds of right , according to the usages of war , in so doing. As to whether or not the United States should take the Philippines is a matter to be settled by itself , on consid erations wholly apart from any rights of Spain in the premises. SPEAKS HIS LAST LINES. Jefferson's Retirement from the Stage Rcsrarded as Permanent. Joseph Jefferson's announcement of his. temporary retirement from the stage , which was made public in New York , is taken by most of the theatrical people to mean that he has been seen behind the footlights for the last time. Mr. Jefferson retires with a fortune that is conservatively placed at $2,000,000 , and he has the satisfaction of knowing that not only has he scored famous artistic JOE JEFITKIZSOX. successes , but that his business career has been the most successful in the history of the stage. 'Rip Van Winkle , * ' which he played first in 1S59 , alone made a fortune for him. Altogether he played "Rip Van Winkle" five thousand times , at gross receipts averaging - aging $1.000 a performance. During the seventeenth season that it was played in Chicago it drew 515,000 in a week. "The Rivals * ' was another great moneymaker , and "The Cricket on the Hearth , " "The Heir at Law" and "Lend Me Five Shil lings , " all yielded a considerable part ol his fortune. ANNUAL HOHSE SHOW OPENS. York Society Hobnobs -nritli the Dock-Tailed Naus. Swell New York society again set its seal of approval upon the annual horse show , which opened at iladison Square Garden Tuesday night in a blaze of light and a vision of beauty. All of the 400 were there , and the costumes and display of diamonds and jewels was gorgeous enough to satisfy the most devout wor- sniper at fashion's shrine. The horse was there , too. in about the usual number and with his tail banged. The first night of his exhibition was a great success. MAKES NEW CYCLE RECORD. San Francisco \ \ hex ' man Covers Fiftj "K. O. Kragiie. s. ' S.-m Francisco haa created three At. - . ; cycling records. He lowered the- ! ; ! - ' .i. . standard course from 2:22:30 n > : - ' ' : : . which figure also lowers the Aii-n ; : . . rr.sijrhtaway course mark of 2:15. The kt-t l-'ii miles he cov ered in 22:15. lowong the American standard course record of 24:14 , held by L. N. Walleston of Xcv.'buryport , Mass. , who held the fifty-mile mark. THIRTEEN MEN KILLED. Pennsylvania Train Runs Into Ganjz of Twenty Workmen. Thirteen Italian and Polish laborers were mowed down and killed on the Hackensack Meadows just west of Jersey City at S o'clock Friday morning by the Millstone mail train on the Pennsylvania Itailroad. Engineer John Van Nostrand was in charge of the train. Eleven of the laborers were killed outright. Two of tha injured died within an hour after the ac cident. The killed and wounded were laborers at work repairing the Pennsylvania Kail- road tracks. They were in charge of Section Foreman William Cork. The gang consisted of twenty men and nearly all were either killed or injured. The Millstone local train's engineer did not see the men on account of the fog and the smoke of a west-bound train which had just passed the gang in an opposite direcca tion. I As Engineer Van Nostrand's locomotive struck the men a fearful cry went up. It .startled the engineer and the passenger : ot" the train. Just then the- smoke lifted and the engineer saw a shocking sight All along the track for a distance of 2CKn feet lay bodies and fragments of bodies , ' some of the victims were breathing their last , while others had been cut into pieces , The cowcatcher was covered with blood , When the train stopped many of the pasre sengers fainted at the sight. The corpses and the wounded were placed in the freight car of the Millstone train and takF en to Jersey City. CONVICTS KILL PRISON GUARD. Attempt to Shoot Their Way Out of Ohio Penitentiary. Frank O'Neil and George Atkinson , two convicts from Cleveland , serving fifteen years each for highway robbery , attemptS ed to shoot their way out of the Ohio State prison Friday morning. C. B. LauA terbuch. a guard from Knox County , attempted - tempted to stop them and was shot dead instantly. } Guard Woods then presented himself In the path of the prisoners , and fifteen shots _ were fired by the guard and the prisoners , none of which took effect. Having emp tied his revolver Guard Woods attacked the man with a club , crushing the skull of one of them and breaking the shoulder , of the other. One will die. While the fight was going on several Dther prisoners were seen to have guns and a general alarm called the guards to the walls with their carbines. As soon as O'Neil and Atkinson Avere apprehend however , all signs of trouble ended. Warden Coffin has no idea how or where the guns were procured. PRIZE OF WAR LOST. Wrecked Maria Teresa Is Beyond All ! Hopes of Rescue. It will be impossible to save the Maria Teresa , which lies stranded on a coral reef off Cat Island. This unfortunate news was communicated to the Navy De-i partment in a lengthy cablegram from Captain McCalla , dated Nassau , N. P. Captain McCalla says the warship is stranded in from sixteen to twenty-one feet of water , with her head to the north ward. She rests on a rocky reef covered with coral sand , interspersed with boul- ders. The reef extends outside of the wreck both to northward and southward , and it would be impossible , he says , for anything but a light draft boat to approach - < preach her. Captain McCalla sums up his report by saying that the ship is telescoped and that us the rivets are sheared by the constant working of the ship the telescopic process must continue. In addition to turret guns , there are four G-inch guns on the Teresa ' taken from one of the wrecked ships and amounted in Guantanamo. MORE RIOTING AT PANA. Whites and Negroes at the Spring- side Shaft Fight Battle * . Union white miners and negroes employ ed at the Springside coal mines , Pana , 111. , fought two brisk battles Thursday , but nobody was seriously hurt. Troop B of Bloomington turned out immediately j Avith a Gatling gun , but firing had ceased , I % ills soldiers regained in waiting at the , ' barracks. The second battle broke out in j the same section of the city thirty minutes | after the first encounter between strikers and negroes. Fully 500 shots were ex changed. Shortly after the second battle a squad of troop B made double quick to 1 Springside , but it arrived too late to make ] any arrests of participants in the battle. ' The citizens and property owners of ' Pana have made a plea that Gov. Tan ner ' retain the troops of cavalrymen in I'aua indefinitely or send more to replace them. ' HURRYING ; TROOPS TO CUBA. United States Will Take Possession on New Year's. The War Department is rapidly perfect ing ' means of transporting the army of oc cupation < to Cuba. The transport vessels in ] the Government service will soon begin to ' assemble at Savannah. The War De partment ' is making preparations to push the 1 work of garrisoning the island rapid ly ' , and the United States will be ready to } declare its formal possession of the island ' on the first day of the new year. Great pains will be taken to transport the ' garrison troops safely and comforta ] bly. Three transports are well advanced in ' repairs at Philadelphia , and each will carry ' comfortably about 2.1500 men. LET LEPERS RUN AT LARGE. Criminal Negligence of Former Span ish Killers of Manila. The New York Journal's Manila cor respondent says that 200 lepers are at large on the island of Luzon , many in the city of Manila , and others iu the adjacent country. They have been roaming about unknown to the American ofiicials. which fact has aroused the greatest alarm , now that the discovery has been made. The American authorities are hastening to Make up for the criminal negligence of the laniards by ordering that all lepers shall ue arrested and sent to a small uninhabit ed island on the southeast of Luzon. ! ; STATE OF BEBBASKAf ! i . NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. I \ 1 > n Planning to Boom tlio Hastings Col lego Will JEnilow the Persident's Chair if Attendance Is Sufficiently Increased. j ! Boom i'or Hastings j ! The business men of JIastings held a meeting for the purpose of agreeing upon a plan to boom Hastings College. This institution already has a daily attendance oi nearly 200 students and an effort willj be made to endow the president's chair providing the daily attendance of students can be increased to 250 or 800. The bus iness men seem to realize the importance oi a big educational institution and there fore they are determined to make Hastings a college city. liawsnit for Funeral Charges. The time of the district court at Fre mont , was taken up for several days last week with the case of Ashley Parks against Lucina Mullison , which is an action to recover from defendant money which plaintiff alleges he advanced at her request to bring back to Fremont the re mains of her son , Emory A. Mulhson , a traveling man who lost his life in a fire at Fort Scott , Kan. The case has been tried once before and a judgment rendered for plaintiff. Owing to the circumstances of Mullison's death and defendant's financial ability the case has occasioned con siderable comment. Hawkins Murder Trial. Judge G. W. Norris adjourned court at Stockville last week until December 12 , at which time the case of the Slate against Andrew Hawkins for the- minder of Thomas Jan-sen will be tried. The prisoner has pleaded not guilty. All preliminary matters have been disposed of in this case , , so ' that both sides will be ready for trial by December 12. Ne\v Bridge Over the Platte. The county authorities have had the surveyor measure the distance across that Platte > immediate ! } south of Grand Island , , wiih the view of building a. bridge between. Hall and Hamilton counties at that point. As it is on one of the main section lines of the county a bridge has for many years been desired there. Former Nebraskaii Dead. Word has been received of the death of W. H. Orcutt at his homo in Marion , Kan. Mr. Orcutt was well known in northern Nebraska , having ie-ided : at Ainsworth for ten years ami later in Norfolk , where he lived iintil removing to Kansas. He was a thirty-second degree Mason * Want the Wheels lo Turn. The citizens of McCool and farmers of , south York County are making an effort to have the McCool water power mill op erated. An eastern company owns the , mill and does not care to start it up. 16 has j recently been fitted up with the latest 'mproved machinery. Nebraska National Guard. The first company to respond to the call for the organization of a new national guard regiment was Company K from Schuyler. It is expected there will be oaa or two vacancies on account of failure to organize companies where the old onea were located. Good Wheat Yield. Elopp Lindgreen , a farmer south oj , York , threshed his winter wheat crop ol 1898 and it yielded forty-four bushels to the t acre. His neighbor , William Gal lagher j , threshed wheat which yielded thirty-seven bushels to the acre. Blind Students Make Music. The first musicale of the season was given at the Institute for the Blind at Ne braska City last week. There was a largo attendance. The \ocal and instrumental efforts were artistically rendered and , greatly pleased the audience , Senatorial Candidate Announced Hon. George Murphy of Wymore is a canddate , before the next legislature for the \ office of United States senator to suc ceed William V. Allen and well-informed politicions ] assert that he will be a factor In this interesting race. AVheel Tears OfT Fingers. Nick Weinricli , an employe at tha Grand Lsland sugar factory , had three fingers of his left hand caught in tfa.9 engine of the centrifugal machines and amputation was necessary , as they were badly crushed. Drives Away 11 Doctor's Rig. A fine here and phaeton were stolen from Dr. P. L. Moore at G"and Island. The sheriff of the county offers a reward of $50 for the arrest of the thief and Dr.j Moore offers $25 for the return ef the property. , Abducts Her Child. The adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs , . Bert Curtis has been abducted by its mother , Mrs. F. G. Hall of Omaha. She. ' was enticed from the school house at Ne- ligh and so far no trace of the parties has been discovered. New Clerk of Court Appointed. The Nuckolls Countv commissioners have appointed Prof. George Ewlng , prin cipal of the Lawrence public schools , to be clerk of the district court , vice P. Fla herty , who recently died. Six Out of Twenty. Of the twenty applicants for registra tion as pharmacists examined at the re cent meeting of the board of examiners ol the state board of pharmacy , only six were granted certificates. HOJJS Take Heroic 3tedicine. J. R. Manning , living near Battle Creek , had ten hogs affected with cholera and tq each hog was fed a pint of kerosene in > \ bucket of milk Every hog recovered. Reap What They Sowed Not. Thieves visited the cribs of William Peterson , a tenant on the Mullis farm , sis miles from Nebraska City and took 200 bushels of ear corn.