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NEWS-DEMOCRAT. isreiars , i arm ana stocR Journal. VOLUME XIV. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , MAY 18 , 1899 , NUMBER 17. ELECTRIC FLASHES NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. DONALD M'LEAN DEAD MEETS A VIOLENT DEATH IN A CHICAGO HOTEL. One of the Original Promoters of the Pacific Short Line , which Extends from Sioux City to O'Neill Other Items of Interest. Passing of Promoter McLean. Donald McLean , the railway promoter , fell over the balustrade on the fourth floor of the Palmer ( House , Chicago" , Sunday afternoon , landing on the stone flagging two floors below. His thigh was badly injured and his skull fractured and late Sunday night he died of his injuries. Donald McLean has been engaged nearly all his business life in the promotion of railroad schemes. He was one of the original promoters of the Pacific Short Line , which extends from Sioux City to O'Ncil. Neb. , and the dream of his later years has been to complete the line to San Francisco and Los Angeles , through the Beckwith Pass of the Rocky Mountains. The first .Sioux City knew of Donald Mc Lean was when he landed in town with a retinue of clerks and stenographers at the height of the boom and started the con struction of the Pacific Short Line. In those days McLean was a sort of nine-days wonder. lie traveled in a private car and surrounded himself with every possible luxury. Many stories are told of his re markable prodigality. When the crash came and panic seized the money powers , the construction of the road , which May 26 will be sold at foreclosure sale , was stopped and Mr. McLean went away. He returned two year ago with the announce ment that he had secured the necessary millions to build the road on to the coast. He told the same story a few weeks ago Minneapolis. He is the possessor of sur vey to San Francisco and certain rights along the right of way , but many of the franchises he once held have expired and in the event of the road being financed would have to be renewed. DOWN WITH ALL ON BOARD. Schooner Nelson Founders in Lake Superior , Off Grand. Marais. A Sault Ste Marie , Mich. , dispatch says that the schooner Nelson , deeply laden with a cargo of coal , foundered in Lake Superior , off Grand Marais Saturday even ing and carried down all hands. So far as known only one man , Capt. Haghney , escaped from the first disaster of the season. The crew consisted of the following : Capt. Andrew Haghney of Toledo , Capt. Haghney "s wife , a 2-year-old child of Capt. Haghney. Fred Hans , sailor , residence un known ; six sailors , names unknown. The Nelson , which is owned by the Mitchell Transportation Company of Bay City , Mich. , was in tow of the steamer A. Folsom , which also had the schooner Mary Mitchell as consort. The Folsom and Mitchell turned back and arrived here Sun day afternoon without serious injury. Capt. A. E. White , master of the steamer , at once reported the disaster to the owners. At the time of the disaster the wind was blowing a gale of fifty miles an hour and freezing hard. Soon it became apparent that the Nelson was sinking. There was no chance of rendering any assistance , however. The crew of the Folsom had their hands full in taking care of their own craft and the Mitchell. In a few minutes the Nelson threw her stern into the air and dove straight for the bottom. Where she sank there is 300 feet of water. The sink ing ship disappeared so suddenly that her crew had no time to even lower their yawl boat , which hung on the davits at the stern. CROSBY CONVICTED. 14-Year-Old Chicago Lad Found Guilty of Murder. Fourteen-year-old Tommy Crosby has ( been convicted of Murder in Chicago. His foster mother , Margaret Crosby , as acces sory before the fact , has been found guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The boy , at the prompting of his mother , shot Deputy Sheriff Frank Rye while the latter was trying to serve a writ of ejection on Mrs. Crosby whose property was in litigation. Officer Kills a Robber. Three tramps at Bryan , Ohio , entered the living apartments in the rear of W. TI. Riley's harness shop while two others emptied the safe in the office of about $50. The authorities overtook them a short dis tance out of town and a fight ensued. Marshal Heidley shot one of the robbers , killing him instantly. The other robbers were captured. Three Persons Killed. A Wisconsin Central train ran down a wunon containing four persons at a crossing $ ing at Burlington , Wis. , Sunday night , kill ing Mrs. Charles Tintel of Milwaukee and August Kleinfeid , her brother of Norway , Wis. Joseph Huening of Waterford was fatally injured. Mrs. Henry Lenz of Bur lington , the other occupant , escaped injury. Escaped Convict Caught. Sheriff Woods arrested in Sprinfigeld , 111. , Monday , Henry T. Johnson , alias * Henry T. Jackson , a negro who escaped fIT - on April 9 , 1896 , from the Indiana State IT- Prison at Jeffersonville , where he was serving out a sentence for robbing a post- office. BECOMES CITY IN A DAY. Mountain View , Oklahoma , Springs Up Like a Mushroom. The greatest town building record in Oklahoma has been won by Mountain View , Washta County. Monday , May 8 , the townsite was a prairie. The same day it was surveyed and platted and a large part of it sold and settled upon. The Washta River was bridged and a vast amount of accumulated freight was moved and located. The town was organized and officered , and all lines of business and pro fessions started in lines of organized so ciety. A town in one day became a city of nearly 800 , with W. T. V. Yates as mayor , Senator G. W. Bellamy as treasurer and Col. John Kerfoot as police judge , with the full complement of councilmen and minor officers of an organized town. Some of the lots sold as high as $900 within thirty minutes from the time the surveyor drove his stakes. BRYAN'S REGIMENT FREE. Third Nebraska Is Mustered Out and Starts Homeward. Col. W. J. Bryan's Third Nebraska Regiment was mustered out at Augusta , Ga. , Thursday and started homeward. The health of the men is good , and just as they are about to return to the avocations of peace they are as soldierly and hand some lot of men as one would care to see. From Pablo beach to Havana they never complained , but quietly and faithfully per formed their duty , which ceased with honorable discharge from service Thurs day. SAILORS ARE LIONIZED. Thousands Visit the Cruiser Nash ville at St. Louis. Thousands visited the cruiser Nashville at St. Louis Thursday and other thousands were unable to get on board. At 10 , the officers and crew , with a military escort , paraded through the business section of Jhe city to the Merchants' Exchange , where a reception was held. Thousands lined the streets and enthusiastically ap plauded the sailors. BIG KANSAS CITY FIRE. Property Loss Over $1OOOOO , and n Fireman Was Killed. The big live-story warehouse of the Nowby Transfer and Storage Company at Kansas City was destroyed by fire Wednes day night. The loss is estimated at over $100,000. The warehouse contained goods from all parts of the country. James G. McNellis , a fireman , came in contact with a live'electric light wire and was instantly killed. BROOKINGS JAIL BREAK. Win. Carlton's Second Attempt to Escape Is Successful. A man giving the name of William Carlton - ton broke jail at Brookings. S. D. , Wednes day night and is still at large. Several months ago he made an attempt to escape , but was captured and given six months' additional. The man was confined for complicity in grand larceny. Carnegie Offers $25OOOO. Andrew Carnegie has written Joseph Chamberlain offering to contribute the last quarter of a million dollars which the lat- ter is trying to raise for the University of Birmingham , Eng. , provided a scientific school is made the principal department. He says he considers such a course a ne cessity if England is to remain one of the principal manufacturing nations of the world. Make Fort of Court House. Hearing a force of 500 citizens of El kins was on its way to Beverly , W. Ara. , to re move the county records , pending a settle ment of the question of the location of tiie county seat , citizens fortified county build ings and prepared to resist the Elkins pee ple. The latter turned back on hearing of these preparations. The county records are still under guard. Found Dead in Their Rooms. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tinclanil were found in their rooms at Albany , N. Y. , Thursday. The man was dead without a mark on him. The woman was unconscious , with the side of her head battered in and the brain protruding. It is supposed her husband tried to kill her with a hammer and then committed sui cide by poison. Woman Dashed to Pieces. An unknown woman fell or jumpo ; ' from a sixth-story window at the Sanitar ium at Battle Creek , Mich. , and was dashed to pieces on the pavement. Her fall was witnessed by a number of persons. The doctors would not tell her name , but it is rumored that she is a prominent woman from Chicago. Train Drops Seventy Feet. A construction train on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad went through a trestle near Newcastle , Pa. , Thursday morning , killing four men and injuring a number of others. The train went over a seventy-foot trestle into Spangler's run. Five of the injured may die. Last Payment to Spain. The payment of the last installment of $5,000,000 of $20,000,000 to Spain was made to the National City Bank Monday. The bank announced that all the exchange neccessary for the transfer of this money had already been provided. Big Price for Stock Exchange Seat A seat on the New York Stock exchange was sold Thursday for $40,000 , the highest sum ever paid. That sum is now bid for a seat Pope Announces a Jubilee. The Pope has promulgated a bull de claring a universal jubilee in the year 1900. A DISASTROUS WRECK SAD END OF A DAY OF PLEAS URE IN PENNSYLVANIA. Most of the Victims Were Excursionists - cursionists Returning from the Ceremonies in. Connection "With Unveiling of a Monument. Pennsylvania Wreck. A collision of passenger trains occurred on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Exeter , about six miles south of Reading - ing i , Pa. , on the evening of May 12 , and a great number of people were killed and injured. i The number killed is variously stated to be from fifteen to twenty-five. Fully fifty others are injured. The regu lar 1 express train from Pottsville for Philadelphia - adelphia 1i connected at the station in Read ing i with a tram from Harrisburg which was crowded with excursionists who had been to the State Capital to witness the ceremonies in connection with the unveil- fng of the Hartranft monument. Many of the Harrisburg passengers at Reading went aboard the Philadelphia ex press , but it being found that all could not be accommodated , it was decided to send an extra train to Philadelphia to run as the second section of the express. The extra train left twenty minutes later than the express. At Exeter the express stopped for orders , and while standing still the extra train crashed into it while moving at great speed. Three of the rear cars of the express were telescoped and the first car of the extra train was also wrecked. MECCA FOR GAMBLERS. Denver City Administration Decides to Permit Play. For the first time in ten years Denver is under the rule of a government which has officially declared that gambling will be allowed under certain restrictions. These compel the firms to incorporate as clubs and permit no workingmen to enter their doors under penalty of being closed. The announcement is received with a good deal of surprise by the church people , who > ted for the Democratic administration ith the understanding that the law was to [ . ' enforced. The gambling privileges have been virtually granted exclusively to Doll & Dale of Chicago. ROSEWELL P. FLOWER DEAD. Ex-Governor of New York Passes Away After Brief Illness. Former Gov. Roswell P. Flower of New York died May 12 at the Eastport Country Club at Eastport , L. I. Mr. Flower was taken ill early in the day with a severe at tack of acute indigestion. In the after noon : symptoms of heart failure super vened , and he grew steadily worse until the time of his death. The attack of heart failure was accompartied by a fainting spell , and Mr. Flower's family in New York City were quickly notified. REBEL CONGRESS DIVIDED. Twenty of the Fifty-Six Members Are in Favor of Peace. A Manila special says : The Filipino Congress is sitting at San Isidro. It is composed of fifty-six members. Twenty favor peace. The others , holding the bal ance of power , are ready to admit absolute independence is hopeless of attainment , but demand better terms from the United States. Prizes in Good Condition. Admiral Hichborn has received a report from Naval Constructor Capps at Hong Kong , regarding the three captured Span ish cruisers , Isla de Cuba , Isla de Luzon and Don Juan De Austra , in which Con structor Capps states that a careful examination - ination has shown that the vessels are in considerably better condition than was ex pected. The forecastle deck of the Cuba and Luzon are found to be in very fair condition. They are of teakwoodand will not have to be renewed , recalking being sufficicntto put them in first-class condition. Big School Warrant Forgery. The arrest of three men in St. Louis who admit they handled some alleged fraudulent paper , developes what appears to be a gigantic swindle in school warrants , in which the names of the president and clerk of school district No. 2 , St. Clair County , Illinois , were repeatedly forge' aggregate of alleged fraudulent trai actions is at least $30,000 and may reach $ 0,000. Cost of Keeping Indigents. State Examiner H. B. Henderson of Wy oming has prepared a very interesting statement which shows the cost of main taining the poor and pauper population of the State. According to these figures the cost of keeping the indigents has decreased more than $8,000 during the last five years. During 1898 $20,951.22 was expended for the poor and pauper. Four Instantly Killed. Four men were instantly killed by tne slide of a coal bank at Centralia , Pa. A few others are missing. The bodies recov ered were disfigured beyond identification. The dead and missing were members of a gang of Hungarians employed in screening ( coal at the foot of a big refuse pile , which 2 collapsed on them. Successor to Dingley. $ C. E. Littlefield of Rockland , Me. , was nominated by acclamation by the Republi cans of the Second Maine congressional district to succeed the late Nelson Dingley. Negro Murderer Hanged. Edward Smith , colored , was hanged in Washington May 12 for the murder of Ed- 2 monia Jackson , also colored , because she fused to forsake her husband for him. . MICHIGAN TRASEDV. Howard City 3Ian Shoots Five Per sons and Himself Joseph Harvey of Howard City , Mich. , Wednesday night killed his wife , Ms ancle , Robert Pierson , and his grandmother ; wounded his 3-months-old child and his father-in-law , John Logenslyer , and finally shot himself , inflicting a wound to his neck. Harvey's uncle and grandmother lived a mile north of town. The murderer went there Wednesday evening. He asserts . Pierson , his uncle , was quarreling with his grandmother ; that he interfered ; there upon Pierson stabbed and killed the old lady ' , aged 70 ; that he , Harvey , retaliated by shooting his uncle. After shooting Pierson , Harvey stabbed him three times. Harvey then returned home. Arriving there he shot his wife twice , killing her. He . then fired at his baby , the ball going into his arm. Next Harvey entered his father-in-law's room , shot him twice , in- flicting however , no fatal injury. He then turned the revolver on himself , shooting himself in the neck. Harvey's wife , when attacked , was sitting up with the remains " her mother , who died Wednesday. The Pierson home presented a horrible appearance. Pierson's body was found in a chair and that of the old lady on the floor clad in a night dress. There were signs of a desperate struggle between Harvey and j his grandmother , but no indications of a fight between the two men. Harvey himself informed the sheriff of the murders at Pierson's house. He was then arrested for murdering his wife. He ; has nothing to say about the tragedies at his own house. There are strong threats of lynching. HERO OF MANILA IS FREE. Admiral Dewey Can Return Homo as Soon as He Desires. "Send the Olympia's mail to B. H. Stev ens , No. 4 Trafalgar Square , London , Eng land , " was the notice given out at the Navy Department May 12. This is the first formal indication that the famous flagship is coming home immediately. Upon inquiry ijq quiry it was ascertained that Long cabled Dewey permission to return at once to the United States. He has been relieved of the obligation of remaining at Manila until tin- Philippine Commission completes its work. He will not even be required to await the cessation of hostilities , but may start home ward at once. The notice posted at the Navy Depart ment indicates the Olympia will not remain long enough to receive the next outward mail. The Stevens referred to is the Navy Department's agent at London to distrib ute all mail for United States warships in Olympia receives hers as soon as she passes the SueCanal. . It is estimated at the Navy Department that Dewey will reach the United States in time for the national demonstration of the Fourth of July next. The Olympia will not come under full steam , but nevertheless should make the run to New York in about fifty-five days from Manila. That she is to come to New York is nearly certain , as it is understood Dewey expressed preference for that route and the Navy Department will not attempt to inlluence his decision in the matter. Corset Steel Saved Her. George Hinklcman , a barber employed in the Plankinton House shop , Milwaukee , shot Miss Bertha Krueger and then com mitted suicide. The tragedy is the result of a love affair. A corset steel deflected the first bullet , and the girl escaped with nothing - ing more serious than a flesh wound. Raleigh Not Injured. A dispatch to the Navy Department from Captain Coghlau says that an examination of the Raleigh after it was floated shows tiiat it sustained practically no damage in grounding off Charleston. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , 3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , shipping grades , ? u.OO to $4.'J5 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to 71c ; corn , No. 2 , 32c to 33c ; oats , No. 2 , 2Gc to 27c ; rye , No. 2 , GOc to 02c ; butter , choice creamery , 10'c to 17c ; eggs , fresh , lie to 12c ; potatoes , choice , 40c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to S5.50 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.75 ; sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2 vliite , 35c to 3b'c ; oats , No. 2 white , 30c lo 32c. St. Louis Cattle. $3.50 to $5.75 ; hogs $3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2. 77c to 7Sc ; corn , No. 2 yellow , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 28c to 29c ; rye , No. 2 , 57c to 59c. Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.50 ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ; wheat. No. 2 , 71c to 73c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 3Gc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 29c to 30c ; rye , No. 2. G2c to G4c. Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs. ? 3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2. 74c to 76c : corn. No. 2 yellow , 35c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 32c to 34c ; rye , Glc to G3c. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. 74c to 7uc ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 'J white , 27c to. 29c ; rye , No. 2 , 57c to . > 9c ; clover seed , new , $3.65 to $3.75. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 71c o 73c : corn , No. 3 , 33c to 34c ; o.ats , No. white , 29c to 31c ; rye , No. 1 , GOc to Glc ; barley , No. 2 , 40c to 42c ; pork , mess , $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers , 3.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , common to choice , S3.25 to $4.25 ; sheep , fair to choice weth ers , $3.50 to $5.50 ; lambs , common to extra , $4.50 to $6.00. New York Cattle , $3.25 to $5.75 ; hogs , 3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , ? 3.00 to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 83c to S5c ; corn , No. , 40c to 41c ; oats , No. 2 white , 35c to 36c ; butter , creamery , 15c to 18c ; egg3 , West- .TIL ISc to 14c. STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Constitution of the A. O. U. IV. Is Amended So as to Allow $1OOO Policies toBe Written Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year. United Workmen Convention. The expected fight over the location of Ihe headquarters of the grand lodge of the A. 0. U. W. did not materialize at the re gent Lincoln convention. Delegations from Omahatmd Lincoln to the grand fodge meeting at first attempted to secure the headquarters , but when a vote was taken on the question'Grand Island was the only city spoken of for the head offices of the order. The next meeting of the grand Jodge j1 will be lield in Nebraska City. A committee ( was appointed to consider the advLsibility of constructing an A. O.U. W. building and to recommend a place for permanent headquarters of the order. A jnost important stepwas in the adoption of a constitutional : amendment to- allow life insurance certificates of $1,000 to be written. Two thousand dollars has here tofore been the minimum. This amend ment must be submitted to the subordinate lodges for ratification. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : ME. Shultz , Beatrice , grand master workman ; R. P. R. Miller , Lincoln , , giand foreman ; H. M. Stockwell , Clearwater , grand overseer ; G. H. Barber , Edgar , grand recorder ; Frank J. Morgan , Plattsmouth ) , grand receiver ; J. C. McEl- heinney , Lyons , grand watchman ; J. D. Brayton , Bassett , grand guide ; Jacob Johnson , Superior , member of board of trustees ; U. W. Cole of McCook , M. E. Shultz of Beatrice and J. H. Erford of Lincoln , representatives to the supreme lodge. VETERANS AT YORK. Annual Encampment of Grand Army ol * the Republic. * The annual encampment of the G. A. 11. md W. R. C. at York May 10 and 11 was a grand success. While the attendance far exceeded the expectations of the committees - mittees in charge , all the visitors were comfortably housed and cared for. The following ofiicers were elected by the veterans - erans : J. E. Evans of North Platte department - partment commander , John Reese of Broken Bow senior vice commander and J. Wilcox of Omaha junior vice commander. Senator Hay ward was chosen delegate-at- large to the national encampment , and Thomas Hibberd of Adams , J. 0. Moore of PalmjTf" William Phillips of Superior , J. B. Ferguson of Lincoln , Lew W. Raber Omaha , William Widaman of Norfolk , delegates. J. Davis of Wilbur , Smith Caldwell of Edgar , Will Giffertof Pawnee , Jack Horton of Stanton , Joseph Lafferty of Wisner , form the new state council of administration. Beatrice secured the next encampment. At the last business session of the G. A. R. patriotic resolutions were adopted en dorsing and commending the national ad ministration in the conduct of the war. Colonel Stotsenburg's death was deplored and the regiment at Manila praised for its tjallant service. The Women's Relief Corps elected the following officers : Mrs. Fedelia M. Ru- peper , Harvard , president ; Mrs. Mattie J. Pemberton , York , senior vice ; Mrs.Martha I. Bagley. Bloomfield , junior vice ; Mrs. Mary R. Morgan , Alma , treasurer : Anna Soyd , Hastings , chaplain. Delegates to .he national meeting are Mrs. Sarah Sweet ; it large , Mesdames. Brooks , Stover , Lamb , A.kers and Miss Gillespie. Executive aoard , Louise Deacon of Omaha , Mary Saxton of Edgar , Mary Huffman of New man Grove , Mary Smith of Lyons , N. Morey of Kearney. Three Hurt iu a Runaway. A runaway team at Beatrice attached to a lumber wagon ran over F. E. Morri son , his wife and child , who were riding in a carriage. The runaway team struck the carriage squarely at the side. Mr. Morri son received a bad cut on his head and se vere injuries to one arm and shoulder. Mrs. Morrison's left arm was broken and she was otherwise badly bruised. The child escaped practically unhurt. The carriage was literally demolished. Boy Gets His Leg in a Wheel. Claud Cliuger , a 10-year-old boy of Wilcox - cox , while attempting to climb on the back of a buggy , in some way got one leg in a wheel. The horse became frightened and the woman who was driving could not stop it. The boy's leg was badly lacerated and the bone broken in two places. A by stander caught the horse and removed the boy's leg from the wheel or it would have been torn from his body. Passenger's Strange Act. A. Rowle , wife and two children , were traveling east over the Union Pacific from California. While the train was at Chap- pell , this State , for some unaccountable reason , Mr. Rowle jumped through the window of his coach and the last seen of him he was running across the prairie. His family left the train there and will re main until he concludes to return , or until he is brought back. School Bonds Carry at Blair. ' At a special election held at Blair to vote ifH,000 : bonds for the purpose of erecting a new school building , the bonds were car ried , the vote standing 2-S for and 135 against. With a $40,000 public building and a $82,000 school house in course of erection business will be lively in Blair for next year. Funds 1'or the Episcopal Church. A paper is being circulated for subscrip tions for the purpose of erecting a new Episcopal Church at Falls City. Already several hundred dollars have been sub scribed and within a few months a new church is expected to be erected. Boy Loses a Foot. Frank , the 9-year-old son of John Ful ler , was run over by a freight car in the Missouri Pacific yards at Nebraska City and his left foot badly crushed. The com pany surgeon amputated the injured mem ber. BELTZER TO SUCCEED WILSON Osceola Man Named Commandant of Soldiers * Home , Gov. Pojuter bns announced the ap pointment of L A , BQ\tZGr \ oi Osceola ag coramandanCof theSoldiers * ' ami Sailors' Home at Grand Inland , succeed Col. Wilson , who tendered his resignation about , ; a month ago. Mr. Beltzer has been identified with She fusionists in1 Nebraska for several year and has served the' Sftato in several different capacities ; JTe'acted : as sergeant-at-arms'-m-the House of Repre sentative * during one session-of the'Legis- lature. The change in ths office oC commandant of the institution wi31 bring about several other changes. Mr. Lteltzer'.rterm of office- will commence June It At that time Dr- Swigart of Hastings will , it is said , become- phjrsician for the Home. "ITncle" John' ' Powers will be retained as * steward. Mr , Beltzer's compensatiomwill be $ L500' per year. The appointment of Dr. Swigart. and John Powers was mutually agreed up on by Gov. Poynter and' Mr. Beltzer. MURDES AT DECATURi Oscar Yeager Strikes John1 Eggle ton with a-Singletree. A quarrel which resulted in a murder took place near Decatur the other day , when Oscar Yeajrer struck John Eggleton' on the head with a .singletree. The mur der took place on the Ashley farm , half : i mile west of town , upon which Eggleton lived and which has been recently bought by Yeager. Eggleton'was plowing upon some church lots which adjoined the farm " * when Yeager ordered him to-stop , saying : hat he , Yeager , had bought the land ami Eggleton could not farm it. A dispute arose , but no blows were exchanged : Eggleton returned to his plowingand. ; Yeager went to a fence near by , where his- : eam was tied , and took a singletree from the wagon and smashed Eggleton over tha dead. One blow was enough and Eggleton. Tell to the ground , unconscious , in which- condition he remained for several hours , , when he died. Yeager was taken to-Te- kainah and held without bail. DeFrance's Sentef He Commuted. Friends of Ellsworth P. DeFrance , now an inmate of the United States penitentiary at Sioux Falls , S. D. , sent there in 1893 to serve a life term , will be interested in knowing that President McKinley has commuted his sentence to fifteen-years from date of imprisonment. DeFrance was sent to the penitentiary from this State in 1893. In company with a companion , William Huntington , he waylaid Charles Burwell , a mail carrier from one of the small towns on the Union Pacific in the western part of the State to Chadron on the Elkhorn road , threatened his- life , rifled the mail sacks , and secured one penn ; j He was artfl a few davs Jater , but his partner m&jv } his escape and. has- never been apprehended. At the. time of the commission of the crime DeFrance- was a young man , scarcely out of his teens. Nebraska Cattlemen Meet ; . The Western Nebraska Stock Growers' Association met at Alliance May 10. The large cattle owners from the sand , hills region were present in force. Officers are as follows : R. 31. Hampton , Alliance , president ; Heuben Lisco , Lodge Pole , vice president ; J. R. Van Bushkirk , Alliance , secretary and treasurer ; executive- committee - mittee , W. II. Corbin , A. S- Reed , Ed Coumbe , L. J. Schill , W. II. Swan , A. M. Modisett , W. G. Comstock. The- association - tion now represents 40,000 cattle , and will in the future have inspectors of its own at all principal markets. A. P. Delatour of ' Lewellen was recommended to > ! ov. Poynter for appointment on the- brand , committee. Range losses were reported , very light and cattle are rapidly gaining in condition. " \Vymore is Wide-Open. . The thriving little city of Wymoro is. once more wide open so far as-gambling houses , sporting houses and like enter prises are concerned. For a short time last winter all these vices were relegated to the rear , but with the advent of the new city administration there was a change. Every thing is supposed to pay license.but so- far all have been allowed to. run. unmo lested except the slot machine operators , who are required to pay a. license of $10- per month on each machine. Lunatic Commits. Suicide. Anton Krchnavy , a prisoner in the- county jail at David City OIL charge of in. sanity , committed suicide by saturating the bed clothes with kerosene wrapping ; himself up and setting fire to it. When the fire was discovered he-was dead. Lutherans' Church Aaniversaxy. The Swedish Lutherans at Qaklandcele brated their thirtieth anniversary a few days ago. They own an elegant property valued at $19,000. The membership , , in cluding communicants ami non-comriiun- icants. number upwards- 400. Another Clerk Alloxved. The United States land office located at Sidney was handsomely surprised a day or two ago , being informed by svire from. Wasninuton thatanotherjclerk was allowed , owing to the increasing business of the office. Secures Wolf Bounty. Charles Tolle of Charleston brought six young wolvps into York and secured a bounty of ? ( > . Tolle was compelled to scalp each wolf before getting his pay. These are the first brought in under the late law. Nebraska Short Notes. Heaver City is to have a creamery. McCook proposes to put tramps to work ; on the streets. Leigh is debating the advisability of put ting in system of waterworks. A new grain elevator is one of the im provements Tekamah is figuring on for this summer. The contract for building the new court house at Wayne has been let to Rowle & Moore of Omaha for $25,600. The St. Paul creamery has started up again. The old building was burned last summer , but the owners rebuilt. Grading on the Atkinson and Norton is now completed about ten miles out from Atkinson and it is expected that in a week the force will be within six miles of Perry ,