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VOLUME XIII. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , JANUARY 19. 1899. NUMBER 52.
THE BAY'S
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE.
SITUATION AT ILOILO
NATIVES MORE FRIENDLY WITH
OUR FORCES.
jAjiieriean Officers Are Permitted tc
Go Ashore and Secure Supplies
loAva Troops Are Anchored Off Is
land of Guimaras Other Items.
Favor a Protectorate.
\ Official dispatches received in Madrid
Sunday from Iloilo , Island , of Pauay , indi
cate that the natives are disposed to bt
friendly , although absolutely opposed tc
the landing of the United States forces
Without orders from Malolos , the seat ol
ih.e Filipino national government.
k Iconic of the officials at Iloilo are not in
-accord vvilh the revolutionarv government ,
but are willing to accept an American pro-
jteqtorate and to go to state the case cc
&guinaldo if furnished transportation by
'the Americans.
' The United Slates transport * Newport.
Arizona aud Pennsylvania , with tne Eigh
teenth Infantry , the Iowa Battalion , tht.
pixth Artillery and detachment of tho-Sig-
jial Corps , constituting Gen. Miller's expe-
jclition , arc anchored close to Guimaras Is-
taiid. between Panay and Negros. where an
Qxcelleni Avater supply is obtainable. The
joatives. though indisposed primarily to fur
nish the Americans -with fresh supplies ,
now permit the American officers to gc
ashore , and furnish them Avith an escort
ljuring the daytime.
I
NINETEEN ARE DROWNED.
British Ship Andclina Capsize * in a
' Gale on the Oregon Coast.
The British bark , Andelina. 2.895 ton * , of
BTova beotia , Capt. G. W. Sterling , sank in
tVeutv-tvvo fathoms of water in front < .l
Paul mill wharf at Tacoma , Wash. .
ijight , and the captain , mate and
3 < uuKla.o o * , _ . ,
h.U ,10(1 , No
v ( ( ) ( om
fifteen of h *
as it occurred dur-
" -"ufrnfglit. The vessel came in ballast
from Shanghai. The ballast had been dis
charged and the ship Avas Ij ing at anchor
Baiting to be towed into the deck.
-I A terrific gale raged on the bay , the wind
'foloAYing36miles an'hour. Two great boom
logs were placed besui ? th # Andelina. on *
on each side. During the gale one of the
tags Avent adrift , causing the .ship to careen
and to capsize at very little warning to tht
crew. The vessel Avas entire ! j Avithout bal
last and Hie hatches Avere open. All on
fooard Avore caught like rats in a trap , ami
tyad no chance to escape. Tin : ship simplj
careened over , the Avater llowuil m theopei
hatches and .she sank. A laitf- ; number o
the crew Avere disehaigcd recenlh ortlu
loss of life would have been far -"ore an-
MURDER AT PANA.
One Negro Miner Shoots aud Kills
His Partner.
Ihmdaj afternoon Ike Inglis fehot a'"l
; illO'.l Dave Evans at Pana. 111.
jTTb K negroes. Evans and Inglis
. - - oeif companions , rooming and work-
together at Springsido mine. The
ttouble" are > c over dividing their wages ,
fc and Inglis. Avithout a moment's warning ,
picked up a Springfield rifle and shot Evans
through the heart. Inglis was jailed. As
'a result of the operators' meeting held Sat-
nrday , a committee Avill be sent to Spring-
MeUUo prevail on Gov. Tanner to retain
jthe troops in Pana. Operator Ponwell has
Wie to Chicago , and it is reported he w ill
employ Pinkertons to guard the negroes
and the coal companies' propertj after the
troops leave. Frank Jones and James
Palmer , t\v o non-union white cmplov c ot
Springside mine. AVOIV assaulted by un
known men.earlj Sunday morning and
seriously injured. *
YACHT POSSIBLY IS LOST.
43reat 1'Vars for the Paul Jones , Last
Heard of in the Gulf.
Dispatches received in 1'eusacola. Via. .
Monday from' Chicago and Indianapolis in
dicate that 2 rout fear is felt for the safety :
of the pleasure launch Paul Jones. Avhich
left Louisville in December * for Pensacola
lad
'With a parly from those ciliej , on board.
The paity consisted of Col. Harry Vo-
flum and" daughter of St. Louis. Miss
.Woodland of Chicago. Mis.Taggart of IIid
uMauapolis. daughter of Major Taggart and
'a crew of four men. It was the intention of
'Col. Yocum to Aiit the various winter re
sort's along the gulf eoaM. 'J'hc vacht
, passed out of the Mi > iaMppi < n January
18 aud nothing has boon hoard from her
'siiiqe then. One of the fastest tugs , the E.tb
i 'Simpsoii. loft at once to make a search
# f the gulf.
from C'uslody.
/ ] Harrj' Ulair. alias Marvin and John
Sims , two noted safe blowers and bank
j-ohbers. escaped from the jail at Chilli-
icothe , Ohio. They sawed the bar > out of
Itheir cells aud hid. in the corridors. The
jailer carelessly loft the door open and. the
'men walked out.
! Killed His Son-in-Imu- .
, 'William J.KnsMill. a cooper , shot aud
'killed his-son-in-law , James Dinecn.-at
Chicago. Dineen , it is said , made dispar
aging remarks concerning the. liussells'
family relations. Ttussell'e.scaped after the
Shooting ajid l > as not yet been-captured.
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MR. DINGLEY IS DEAD.
Maine Statesman Passes Away in
Washington.
Hon. Nelson Dingley of Maine , leader of
the Republican side on the floor of the
house of representatives and representing
the Second congressional district of Maine
in that bodj * , died in Washington Friday
night at 10:30 o'clock of heart failure
resulting from weakness due to pneumo
nia. He was unconscious during most
of the day and death came quiely wliile
he slept. To within a few hours of his
death the family firmly believed , as it
has throughout his illness , that Mr. Ding-
lep would recover and it was only when it
became apparent that he was dying that
its members gathered at his bedside. While
the few daj-s preceding his death had
given great hope of recovery , the prog
ress of the disease had made the pa
tient dangerously weak and had seri
ously affected his heart. Late Thursday
night ami again Friday morning Mr. Ding-
lej had a bad sinking spell from whicii he
slightly rallied. There were further evi
dences of heart failure as the day pro
gressed and the strongest stimulants were
administered but without effect , lie failed
perceptiblj during the afternoon and as
night came hope was abandoned. There
were many heartfelt expressions of sym
pathy when it became known that the
Maine congressman was dead.
EAGAN CENSURED.
Investigation Coin mission Scores
Him Tor Attacking Miles.
The war investigating commission on
.Saturday passed a resolution of censure of
( . 'en. Eagan for the language ho used when
he appeared in answer to the charges
against the commissary branch of the army
by Gen. Miles , and returned to him the
typewritten statement he left with the com
mission after reading it to that body. With
it was sent a letter explaining the reasons
for this action ami a copy of the censure.
Following is the letter sent Eagan :
Brig. ( Jon. C. P. Eagan. Commissary
General of the "War Department : We re-
spoctfullj inform you that , regarding your
tcstemonj road jesterday , the following
resolution was uuanimotisij' passed :
"Moved that tfie commission receive
( Jon. Eagan's test imonj without comment :
that it be printed , but hold for the con
sideration of the commission. Carried. "
Having now considered the questions in
volved , wo are determined that iu many
instances the vituperative language used
bv v on is not such as ought to bo addressed
as a witness to this board.Vo think the
personal attacks and irrelevant statements
contained in the papers should be cutout.
and before receh ing it as testimony we res
quest you to revise its language , and..if
you choose , resubmif for our consideration.
We herewith return jour papers. Very
respectfully.
Cfiarles Donbj. Vice-President.
LIKE A NOVEL ROMANCE.
' \e\v Hampshire 3lan Finds His Fi-
aiicec Is His Sister.
A few days ago there was a family reUnion -
Union in Nashua , N. IL. such as is seldom
heard of outside the pages of a novel or on
the stage. The people interested are Mrs.
William E. Davis , Stephen A. White of.
Boston and Nashua , and Belle Lavero. In
1871 .Stephen A. \ VhitoofVevmouthpIaced
his daughter tto.se out for adoption. In
189G she and Stephen A. White , jr. , met t
and fell in love. He proposed and wa.s ac
cepted last Christmas day , and when her
parents consent was asked she was told
dr
she was an" adopted daughter , but her
foster parents did not know whose daughter
iis
ter she really was. An investigation Avas
made , and it was then found that she is the
ien
girl Hose. When this fact became knoAvn
the girl fainted. Further innuiries revealed
the fact that Mrs. Davis is an elder sister ,
who was adopted by an uncle , also in 1871.
The family reunion followed.
TAKEN OFF AN ICE FLOE.
former Omaha Society Belle Acts j 1
Very Strangely in Chicago. ,
Mrs. Louise Lander , wife of Dana S. .
Lander , the former Omaha law v or. and ' . [ | i i
society loader in that city , had a perilous
escape from death on an ice floe in Lake
v.
Michigan. She , was rescued bj two Chicago
cage policemen , but they had to build a
bridge to bring her ashore. MKS. Lander's
husband and friends donj thai she attempted -
tempted suicide by drowning. She climbed j
over the sea wall and over great cakes' of
ice and walked out until she reached the
water's edge. She suddenly fell in a faint
on the ice. Almost at the same instant the
ice upon which she fell separated from the
main bodj and was slowly floating out into
the lake with Mrs. Lander's insensible >
form as its burden , when she was rescued
by the policemen. It is said that domestic
troubles and over work have led to a nerv
ous derangement that is responsible for her
iction- : . _ _ _
Carnegie Will Build a Library.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$250.000 to erect a building for a public
library in Washington , provided congress
Avill furnish a site and provide suitable
maintenance , uol loss than $10,000 per an '
num. Steps will bo taken at once to secure ) 1
the needed legislation. 1
J3ven Chewing Gum Is Not Exempt ,
A combination of chewing gum manu
facturers of the United Stales Avas practi ,
cally consummated in Xew York last Sat j
urday. Avhon the last contracts necessary to
amalgamation wore executed. The cap i
ital involved in this combination amounts
to about $15.000.000.
Oregon at Callno , Peru.
Capt. Barker cabled the navy depart
ment from Callao , Peru , that lie Avas about
io sail with the Oregon , the Scandia and
the Iris , directly for Honolulu on the way
to Manila.
DAKOTA GIRL HIS BRIDE.
Ex-Senator Dubois Married to Edna
Maxfleld Whited in Chicago.
Former fniled Stales Senator F. T. Du
bois of Idaho and MiS3 Edna Maxfield
Whited of Dolan , S. D. , were united in
marriage in Chicago , Jan. 11. Miss Whited.
the bride , is Avell known in .South Dakota
as a kindergarten teacher and promoter
of mother's clubs. She was until a
short time ago president of the
Woman's League of .South Da-
kola , and i.s at present their delegate at
the Woman's League convention to be held
in Washington February 14-17. She was
born in Illinois and educated after she was
10 at the Cook Comity Normal School. She
studied kindergartening both there and iu
Detroit , and vvent out to Dolan , S. D. , to
take up the Avork in this line. It was Avhile
attending a Mothers' League convention in
Washington a j-ear ago that she met Sena
tor Dubois.
FOUR RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN
Pay No Attention to Alarm Sounded
by the Engineer.
Four persons wore run down and in
stantly killed by an express train near Lar
imer , Pa. , Thursday morning. The train
dashed into the group of unfortunates at
full speed and the bodies were terribly
mangled. After being gathered up the re
mains were taken in charge by friends.
The express was running at full speed and
the engineer blew the whistle , but the
alarm vvas unheeded as the victims evi
dently thought that the train would run on
the westbound track as usual. On account
of a freight Avreck near Larimer ilvAvas
necessarj to switch the westbound pas
senger trains to the oas'tbound track.
THOUSANDS ARE SLAIN.
Xews of a Battle Fought in Arabia
Between llebeis and Turks.
A great buttle has been fought in Yemen
divisio'u of Arabia. The Turkish troops
stormed and captured the insurgent posi
tion on November 80. About 4,000 insur-
j gents and -,000 Turks wore killed or
j wounded. _ _ _ _ _
ADVICES FROM MANILA.
Conditions Are Improving-Citizen *
Feel More Secure.
j The secretary of war received the follow
ing from Hen. Otis. Thursdaj :
Conditions are improving , apparently.
Citizens feel more secure. Many natives
are returning. The city is quiet and Imsi-
ness i.s active.
! To Manufacture Steel Cars.
| i A combinaton has been effected between
jihe Schoen Press Steel Company and the
j Fox Pressed Steel Equipment Company ,
both of Piltsbu.rg.Pa. , Avith a v iew to push
ing the manufacture of steel cars. Tt is
said the now com pan > will have a capital
of $10,000,000.
Two Killed in a Street Duel.
In a street duel near Cleveland. Mi&s.
two men. Dr. Harris and a Mr. Allen were
killed and Mr. Dougherty fatally injured
by John. Haceand Frank Williams. Al
len was a bystander. The trouble Avas the
j . result of an old feud.
j " Captured a Murderer.
I j Sam Under of Orescent City , Iroquoi >
! County , 111. , a butcher , was stabbed fatally
j
in the abdomen by Walter Tnessing , as a
result of a trivial quarrel. Tnessing was
captured near Watseka Saturday afternoon
by a posse.
Omaha Show Dividends.
The 75 per cent , dividend to paid-up
stockholders of the Trans-Mississippi Ex
position j has nearlj all boon paid out. with
the exception of $15.000 claimed by the
i Uock Island road.
Yorktown Sails lor 3Iaiiila.
The gunboat Yorktown sailed from San
Fiancisco Friday for Manila.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime
I > $3.00 to $0.25 ; hogs , shipping grades ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , fair to choice , $2.50
to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 rod , 67c to 68c ;
corn. No. .2 , 37c to 3Se ; onts , No. 2 , 27c
to 2Jc ; rye. No. 2 , 54c to 55e ; butter ,
choice creamery , 19 < - to 21c ; eggs , fresh ,
20c to 22c ; potatoes , choice , 30c to 40c
per bushel.
; Indianapolis Cuttle.shipping , $3.00 tc
$5.75 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.00 :
[ { sheep , common to choice. $2.50 to $4.25
; , wheat , No. 2 red , 68c to 70c ; corn. No. 2
white. 34c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 30c
to 31c.
St. Louis Cattle , $3.00 to $5.7 ; > ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.50 to $425 :
wheat , No : 2. 72c to 74c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 34c to 30c ; oats , No. 2 , 27c to 29c ;
rye , No. 2.-5nc to 57e.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.50 ; hogs.
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.25.
wheat. No. 2 , 70o to 72c ; corn. No. 2
mixed , 36c to 37e ; oats. No. 2 mixed. 2flc
to 30c ; rye. No. 2 , 50c to 080.
Detroit Cattle. $2.50 10 S5.50 ; hogs ,
§ 2.50 to $3.75 ; sheep. S3.00 to J4.25 :
wheat , No. 2 , 70 < - to 72icorn. ; . No. 2
yellow , 37c to 38c ; oats , No. 2 white , 31c
to 32c ; rye , 5Gc to 58e.
nToledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. 70c tc
72c : corn. No. 2 mixed. 3. > c to . " > 7c ; oats.
No. 2 white. 27o to 2yc : rye , No. 2. 54c
to 50c : clover seed , $4.50 to $4.55.
MnwiitikeeVheat. . No. 2 spring , 67c
to GSc : corn , No. 3. 33c to 34c ; oats , No.
2 white , 28c to 30c : rye , No. 1 , 54c to 5Gc :
barley , No. 2. 44c to 53c ; pork , mess ,
? 9.50'to $10.00.
Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers
P'l.SS.OO to $5.75 ; hogs , common to'choice.
$3.25 to $4.00 ; sheep , fair to choice weth-
ers , ? 3.50 to $4.50 ; lamb ? jcouimon tt
extra , ? 5.00 to $5.50. * J
New York Cattle , $3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs
$3.00 to $4.25 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.50
wheat , No. 2 red , SOc to Sic ; corn , No
2 , 43c to 45 oats , No. 2-whitc , 35c to 3Gc
butter , creamery , 15c to 22c ; eggs , West-
nv.i . 22c to'23c : *
JOSE-PH CHOATE NOMINATED.
President Names Him as Ambassador
to Great Britain.
The President on Wednesday sent to
the Senate the nomination of Joseph H.
Choate . to be ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
Joseph H. Choate stands at the head of
the legal profession in this country as a
practicing attorneys He has no peer as
an after-dinner talker. Mr. Choate is a
New Bnglander by birth and by reason
of a long line of ancestors. He was born
in 1832 and oarlj in life started out to
win a name independently of unj' virtue
or renown which his father , the learned
Dr. Choate , had won. Ho graduated at
JOSEl'lI JI. CHOATE.
Harvard with high honors and i :
ly began the practice of law. Senator Ev-
arls heard his first pleading and was so
amazed by it that he prevailed upon the
young barrister to form a partnership
wfth him. Not many years after this
partnership was formed Choate could sign
his check for $1,000,000 and still leave
enough in the bank to make the ordinary
lawyer rich the balance oC his life.
hig' Choale has appeared in many of the
greatest ' cases of the past twenty years.
g'T was instrumental in breaking up the
Tweed ring , made the argument for Fitx-
.Tohn Porter , defended ( -ion. Cesnola in
the ( famous criminal libel suit brought by
Gnston Feuerdeut , argued the Stokes will
case , wa.s a leading spirit in the Tilden
will case , and his opinion was sought ii ;
'lie 1 Kehring sea controversy.
BEVERIDGE FOR SENATOR.
Indiana Republican Solous Nominate
Him in Caucuj.
The Indiana Republican caucus nomi
nated Albert J. Beveridgo of Indianapolis
for United States Senator on the twelfth
ballot.
Albert J. Bevcridge was born on a farm
in Highland County , Ohio , in 18i3. ( .lie is
a seli'-madQ man , having worked his way
up. Great privations enabled him to at
tend Depamv University , from which he
ALBEKT J. JiEVKRIDGE.
was graduated Avith distinction. On lo
cating in Indianapolis Beveridge entered
the law office of Senator McDonald.
Beveridge's career as a political speak
er began during the Blaine campaign and
he has since then stumped several States
successful * . Since that time Bevcridge ; |
has won national distinction , beginning
with his address before the Union League
Club of Chicago in 1895. lie closed the
Republican national campaign in 1SUG in
Chicago at the Auditorium.
TURNS IN BRIBE MONEY.
Montana Senator Gives Iiivestijjatinji
Committee $30OOO.
The managers of United States Senator
Clark's campaign deny emphatically the
charges made that they attempted ieo [
bribe members of the Montana State Leg
islature in the interest of their senatorial l
candidate.
The Senate and House met in joint ses
sion in Helena to hear a report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate alleged attempts
tt
tempts at bribing members. The commit
tee produced and'exhibited $30,000 in t9"
, $1-
000 bills , which Senator Whiteside > 9"f
Flathead Comity claimed had been paid
idr.
him and three colleagues to vote for W.
r.a
A. Clark of Butte for United States Sen
ator. The money was ordered deposited
with the State treasurer , subject to the
order of the Legislature.
Whiteside testified that ho had induced i
Senator W. A. Clark of Madison County ,
Senator H. L. Myers of Naralti County
and Representative Garr of Flathead
County to see the Clark managers. f-
cording to the testimony , they had
so , and Glark received $10,000 , Myers '
$10,000 and Garr $5,000. They had given
the money to Whiteside and he had turn
ed the whole amount over to the investi
gating committee.
Miners' Cases Are Settled.
The seventy cases of Pana miners and
citizens charged with participating in the
riots of Sept. 1 and 28 last , were dispos
ed of iu the Circuit Court at Pana the
other morning. State's Attorney Humph j
reys nollod fifty-nine of the cases , while
eleven pleaded guilty and wore given son-
tenco" .
STATE OF NEBRASKA
MEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CONDENSED
DENSEDFORM. .
'fwo Fast Passenger Trains on the
Union Pacific Wrecked at Sniiol-
Four Persons Killed and Right
Injured--Wreck Catches Fire.
Wreck Near Sidney.
There w as a Avrock on the Union Pacilio
atSunol , fifteen miles east of Sidney , on the
morning of Jan. 9. Avluch resulted in four
deaths and eight people being injured. The
dead are :
Engineer Dell Bonner.
Fireman John C. Coleman. Cre ton ,
Iowa.
Young woman , supposed to beMiss Myr
tle Armstrong of Paxton. N'eh. '
Unknown old man.
The injured :
Engineer Fall.
fireman Uoe.se.
( ' hiiuunan.
Cook on dining car.
H.P. They , Chicago.
.1. C. Johnson , fireman. Council Bluffs.
Mrs. A. M. .Star/ell , Uawlins , Wyo. -
( ieo. J. Hunt of Omaha , superintendent
of the Uelmont Canal Company.
The cast bound train had stopped to take
the side track to allow the westbound
irain , a double-header , to pass , and had
not been able lo ge.l on the siding , when
the latter , running at the rate of forty-live
miles an hour , era'shed into it. The engines
Avere Rifled up iu a mas * of scrap iron and
the ea s. which wore badly broken up , im- j
mediar ? lj took firo. The passengers who ;
were not --'njured , at once set to work to ,
rescue those in the wreck , llelief trains
wore immediately sent to the scene of thet ( t
wreck and the injured taken foSidnej ,
where they could be cared for , and it is not
thought any of them arefatalljhurt. . Four
cars wore entirelj consumed by lire and
sovoial others wore so badlj broken up a j
to bo practical Ij valueless. i
Train men at the wreck did not attempt '
to account for the accident , and the officials
at headquarters profess to be equally igno
rant. Theonlj solution thej offer is that |
possibly the engineer of the west bound j
train nun ha\e fallen asleep at his post. ;
All the employes involved are among the .
nldcst and most trusted in' the operating ,
lopartment of the road.
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SMALLPOX BOBS UP AGAIN.
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Makes Its Appearance in an Omaha
(
Tenement House. '
Smallpox has made its appearance in a ;
new part of Omaha and under circumll
stances somewhat favorable for its spread. ,
So far a single cage is all that has been disJI1
covered. 11 'is a "iiTTIr oueafin stringent
measures were at once taken to prevent it
becoming an epidemic. Citj Physician
Ralph was notified telephone that a
man li\iug in aflat at 1251 South Thirteenth ,
Stree was ill and showed many of the !
symptoms of smallpox. Tie went at once i
to the address gi\en and after examining j
theick man pronounced the disease small- j
pox. The authorities were immediate ! j , '
notified and everj preca\ition was taken to j
check its spread. The fiat where LintouJj
li\e.s is a three-story brick building on the .
aparment house plan. There are eighteen
rooms on the three lloois and si\ families
make their homes there. '
Dr. Ealph immediately sent a j hjsician
\accinate the members of all families j
li\ing in the flat. i
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State Historical Society.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska |
stale Historical Society wa.s held in the '
State t'niversitj chapel at Lincoln. Mauj ,
members of the legislature attended. Ex
cellent papers were read by Hon. J. ster
ling Morton. C. S. Lobingier and A. K. '
Sheldon , which showed careful preparation |
and were listened to with marked interest. I
Hon. J. Sterling Morton's address was a
very entertain ing storj entitled. "My Last ,
Buffalo Hunt. " it was an interesting de
scription of a trip over the then featureless i
prairies of Nebraska. 1861. Tie told of the ! !
exciting experiences in hunting the game
and his reminiscences of life .on the plains
vere eloquent 1told. . 1
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Crooks Dynamite 3'heir Cell.
i
The four crooks confined in the count j '
jail at Columbus Martin. Waters. Hayes
aud Weast exploded a djnamite cartridge ,
in one of the cells in the hope that the cell ! !
might be ruined aud they could make their
escape in the confusion that would follow.
Martin and Waters wore badlj injured in ,
the face and eyes bj the explosion. Three . | 1 s
of these men are hold on the charge of i
shooting Officer Brock with iniont to kill. !
The other is hold for burglary. Thej are .
undoubtedly the toughest crook- * that ever ,
.struck the town and an e\tra guard has ,
been placed over them. j
Mills fiets Ninety-Day Parole.
B. D. Mills , the llarlan County banker
who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment i-
ment for borrowing money belonging to :
I larlan County and who had already served
one j ear. Avas released on a ninotj-daj
] ) arolebv order of Governor Pojntor. The
reason for granting the parole was the conj
dition of Mill.s" familj. His daughter died ,
and his wife is confined to her bed by sickness -
]
ness and the family i.s in deMitute circum- \ ,
stance. .
_
Wilber I'ostolfice Kobbetl.
The postoffice at Wilber was entered and ! '
the safe blown open by thieves , who secure -
cure i only a small amount in change and ;
> tamps , as the po > tmastor. Col. Early , is in 1
fHithabit of depositing his cash box in
bank every afternoon , i
j
State Banking Board. !
The state hanking board in session at
Lincoln reappointed the entire Avorkiug i '
force of the oftice. including sec-rotary Hall. \ ] |
Examiners Ueuben Lipp , J. F. Coad. E. II. [ ! j '
Luebhart. V. * E.Wilson and Clerk Henry '
Matthiesen. ! :
Death of Christian Scientist. [ '
Mrs. George Adams died at Weeping
Water of la grippe. Mrs. Adams Avas ; a
prominent Christian Scientist and ve
treatment to others. She refrained from > j !
calling medical aid. i
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WANT STOTSENBERG REMOVED
Senate Gets After Colonel ol * Pirot
Nebraska Regiment.
The alleged misconduct of Col. Stolseu-
berg of the First Nebraska toward his men
has at last been taken up by the legislature.
Semitor Crow of Douglas offered this rcso-
lutimt : < J
Whereas. It is common report coming
from the sons of Nebraska parents serving
their country in Manila , Philippines , of
unjust and unsoldierly treatment of the
men in the First Nebraska Kegiment by
Col. Stotsenberg , and
Whereas. These charge have been offi
cially tiled with the secretary of war , and
Whereas. The humblest private volun
teer soldier , whether at homeor 10,000milts ?
away , is entitled to the full protection cC
everj right , tlierefore.
Ilesolved. That our senators and repre
sentatives in congress be requested to urge
tin honorable secretary of war to detach
( 'ol.Stotsenberj : from the First Nebraska
Yolunteersv I" . S. A. , and return him to
duty in the regular army.
Kesolved J , That upon the return of the
First Nebraska Kegiment to America ,
where testimony can be heard , that these
charges . , so universally believed by the
friends of the men of this regiment , should
be ! fully investigated and such punishment
inflicted ! as the rase , if proven , descrvw.
"Resolved , , further. That the secretary ol'
Avar ; be also requested to hear and determine
all ] charges r.o\v on tile in the office of the
adjutant general of the army against offi
cers for violation of army regulations
toward \olunteer soldier. " from the state of
toN
Nebraska. (
llesolved. That a eopj of these resolu
tions shall he transmitted to the secretary
of war at once.
The resolution * will cause considerably
discussion in both branches of the legisla
ture. _
TRAILED BY BLOODHOUNDS.
Load , of Bin-kshot Fired at David
Taylor with Murderous Intent.
As David Ta > lor. a well known farmei
near Fillej. was sitting near a window in
his house reading on the evening of Jan. II ,
somebodj tired a- load of buc kshot through
the window at him. ' The charge was im
bedded MI fie baek of the chair in whicii lie.
wa .sitting. Tax lor miraculous. ! } escaped
being killed.
11 was too dark to enable the familj to
make ; a search on the premises for the.
would-be , ai-rfasMii. Early next morning
Fulton j ( * bloodhound.- * from Ueatrice wen *
put on the trail. The ) wentdireetlj to the
house ] of Robert Pod.son. a son-in-law cf
Taj ; lor in FillejHe declared that no
officer could take him and a posse of cili-
/ens watched Dncison while the sheriff uL
Beatrie" wa * . telegraphed to go out.
The l summons wa > answered by Dep-
nty ( Sheriff Ashenfelter. Dodson wa-i
een In a reporter after readi-
"
ing the "jail. He denies that he did
the shootingaml.say * that he jievcn threatened -
ened | Taj lor , but that if he had come. to
Fillej on .Ian. It he would have killed him.
About throe jears ago Taj lor was arrested
on " a charge of incest on the complaint of
Dodson. ' ' but the charge wa. > not prover ,
the child being declared in court to have
been ' that of a man named Deardorff. In
the conversation with Dodsun he made
some serious charges against Taylor.
Dodson's v , ife died about one year ago and
since then he has br-en living alone at
Fillej. _
Wittiim Has Flying Machine.
Ceorge Wit turn of Omaha who has been
an enthusiast on Ilj ing machines and who
has j ; invented an airship which he believes
will re\olutioni/.e the question of navigating -
ing the air , has. on the request of the war
department ' , .submitted plan * and specilica-
lions of his ah > > hip. with a view to its adoption -
option 1 > \ the department % should it be
found practicable.
Firemen's 'Fair a
The fair which was hold last week at
Wjmore In the volunteer tire department
was a grand Miccee * . The proceeds will by
used in bnvinit new uniforms.
Successor t i .Judge Marshall.
The commi."ion lias been Kxied for the
appointment of ( 'riinmifon of Schuyleras
judge of the Sixth di > ! riot to .succeed.
Judge ' .Marshall , deceased.
Nebraska Short Notes.
The opening AV inter term of the public
schools at Lyons was delayed for one week
at least owing to the measles epidemic.
Charles Urinoy. who lives near Ponca , is
short a thumb aiid a part of a couple of lingers -
gors as the result of contact with thelHisi- "
ness part of a corn shellor.
Corn shelter.- , started to shell out 90,000
bushels ! of the corn that has been stored in
cribs at Exeter since 189K. This Avill give
work to a numo' > r of men for the next forty
' . " .
The big tubular piers for the new $8.000
1 ridge across th Elkhorn Kiver at West
Point I are now in position and in spite of
the cold weather the work i.s progressing
rapidlj.
A farmerV eombmation sale-hasbeenar-
ranged i for at Schuyler to IK. ' conducted
monthlj In Oliver Van 11 onsen. Any
thing for .sale can be otfered and is sold on
commission.
While hunting southeast of York on the
IJluel'i- j Wilber Holmes' gun became en
tangled j in brush and Aas discharged and
the j charge entered the abdomen ami legs
of. In into Carver.
Two Kti."lis boj < have quit supplying the
Omaha < market with rabbits. The returns
on ' their first and last shipment stood about
like lhi > : J.'abbits $7 : freight and commis-
.sion. $7.7. > : balance due commission house.
The work of tilling the Union Pacific
Mco houses at North 1 Matte has been com-
pleted.
Stockmen near Crawford are greatly.
exercised at the pit-valence of disease which'
is taking off > ome of the best j-eariings and
2-year-old cattle. It is generally con-
sidered to be merely the black leg and
farmers are troatiiii : it with the govern-
ment vaccine.
Mel Kuwlingof Wyniore is having considerable -
siderablo trouble in keeping the boj-s from.
skating on Indian Crock at the point AvheTe
he is cutting ice. Last Aveek he had a.
couple of hoys arrested and he declares * $
Avill continue to have parties arrested who
persist in skating on his ice. '
I !
Table Rock propose ? to have u telephone
system. - - - . *