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THE TOD OYEB LATEST NEWS FROM EVER\ LAND. GIVE UP LIVES I * I ! RESUME OF CASUALTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES. Nebraskaus Lost More Men Killei in Action than any Other Organi zation , Except the Fourteenth In fan try Tlnplate Mills Resume. Heroes Who Have Fallen. f The prospective early return of some o : the regiments of volunteers that have beer (1 ( fighting in the Philippines gives additiona interest to a resume of the casualties inth ( insular campaigns. Full records of tht losses by death , wounds , sickness anc otherwise , since the beginning of opera tions there early in the summer of 1898 show that the Minnesota regiment was most susceptible to the baneful influence ol the tropical climate , thjrty-four of these volunteers having expired in the hospitals up to the Fourth of July. Oregon gen was next with twenty- four , and Nebraska third , losing twenty-one men from sickness. The Ne braska regiment lost more men killed ir action than any other organization en gaged except the Fourteenth Infantry , twenty-six members losing their lives al the front from that state , against twenty- eight of the regulars. Exclusive of the deaths on the transports , the total number of men to lose their lives in the Philippine war was 693. Of this number 650 were killed or succumbed to wounds or disease. The number wounded in action was 1,591. Five committed sui cide , one , the colonel of a Tennessee regi ment , died of apoplexy in an engagement , and nineteen were accidentally drowned , BROOKLYN STREETCAR STRIKE Men Demand Revision of the Time Table and Advance. Another trolley strike is on in Brooklyn , N. Y. So far it has not been as effective as the strike of 1895 , but there is no telling how long or how far reaching it may be come. For some weeks past the employes of the several lines controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company have been complaining that the management did not live up to the 10-hour law. They demand a revision of the time tables at the different barns , and also claim that they should be paid 20 cents an hour for over time , which is equivalent to $2 a day , the price which they set for a working day of ten hours. Very little violence is offered by the strikers. An army of policemen is on duty. IDLE MILLS START UP. Fifty Thousand Tiuplate Workers Resume Work. The tinplate workers throughout the country to the number of nearly 50,000 re sumed work Monday after an idleness of two weeks. The scale fixed on at Chicago is based on the price of bars. The minimum advance over last year's scale is placed at 15 per cent. , which will prevail until June 150 , 1900. In addition to the 15 per cent , advance the men will receive a further ad vance of 2 per cent. , because of the recent Nadvance of 50 cents per 100 pounds on the price of tinplate. PICKS UP CAPT. ANDREWS. "Lone Navigator" Found Exhausted Off Irish Coast. The British steamer Holbein. Capt. Sher lock , New York July 1 for Manchester , which arrived at Liverpool July 17 , picked up Capt. William A. Andrews , known as the "Lone Navigator , " who left Atlantic City on June 18 in a little craft named "The Doree , " barely twelve feet in length , to attempt to cross the Atlantic. Capt. Andrews was found exhausted on July 12 about 700 miles from the Irish coast. His boat was left adrift. \7 \ Triple Ohio Drowning. I. . Frank Ray , with his sweetheart , Catherine - , erine Wimsey , and Clifford and James I Shannon , started on an excursion up the Ohio River in a naptha launch from Cin cinnati , Ohio , Sunday. The launch had a small flat bottom , known as a "John boat , " in tow. Frank Hay playfully jumped into this boat and all the others , againsthis pro test , followed. The boat filled and sank and Ray alone was rescued. To Collect $1,812OOO Judgment. United States Consul Smith of Victoria , B. C. . is said to have forwarded to the American Government a memorial from R. E. L. Brown , an American mining engineer , requesting the Government's intervention to secure Brown's claim against the Transvaal Government for damages arising out of the well known Witfontein case , in which Brown secured a judgment for $1,812,000. Seven Klondikers Drowned. The schooner Genoal , sailing from Cook's Inlet , Alaska , brings news of the drown ing of seven men at Turnavan early in June. The names of only five of them are known. They were crossing the arm in a small boat , which was overturned by a big tidal wave. $ OOOOO Fire in Georgia. .Twenty-seven business houses , the pumping station of the waterworks , the fire engine house and the city jail at Bainbridge - bridge , Ga. , were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Loss$60,000 ; insurance , $25,000. One Killed and One Hurt. While a Monon excursion train , heavily loaded , was going round a curve near .Seventy-ninth Street , Chicago , two men * were thrown to the ground. One was t Tailed. The train was filled with passen- * j jgcrs on their way to a picnic. Excitement in Spain. Four bombs were exploded in different -parts of Barcelona , Spain , last Saturday 1morning. . No serious damage was doue , the excitement was intense. The author of i the outraged unknown. I ONE-FOURTH ON SICK LIST. Soldier Boys at Manila Suffer fron Work and Weather. .Advices received in San Francisco by th transport Newport , dated Manila , June 11 areas follows : Since the middle of Ma ; no volunteer regiment had a sick list o less than 20 per cent. Most of them at th present date have 25 per cent , ill , and ; few regiments have less than one-third o their number on duty. The Nebrask ; Regiment suffered worst. It came in fron San Fernando a few days ago with les than 200 men in the ranks. South Dakoti followed yesterday with 275 men on duty The Montana and Kansas regiments.at Sai Fernando have not more than 280 availabl < men each. The morning after the Wash ington troops took Morong a week ago only 263 men responded to roll call. Thesi regiments have borne the brunt of tin fighting. Their losses in killed am wounded range from 160 in the Montan ; regiment to 280 Nebraska men. The los : in the Kansas regiment is second to that o the Nebraska regiment , while the Wash ington and South Dakota regiments follov closely , each with lossesof about 200. Th < Oregon icgiment also suffered severely. A FATAL TEXAS FIGHT. - One Killed , Two Fatally and Foui Seriously Injured. One man was killed and two fatally ant four seriously wounded last Saturday in shooting affray at New Boston , Texas Dead : Ira Smith ; fatally wounded : \V D. Hays , S. J. Hays ; seriously injured : Hall Hays , J. B. Manning , W. II. Hart , unknown man. The trouble was caused by a quarrel over a fence separating the farms of Ira Smith and W. D. Hays. The two men met at church last Sunday and became in volved in a rough and tumble fight for which they were arrested and brought to trial Saturday. During an intermission the principals , together with several friends on each side , met in a saloon and the shooting began. Manning , who was form erly county attorney , was not a partici pant. Hart and the unknown man were also bystanders. Hall Hays , who was the least seriously injured , was arrested. AFFIXING OF CHECK STAMP Commissioner Wilson Rules that It Must Be Done by Drawers. Commissioner Wilson of the internal revenue , has issued a circular prohibiting banks from affixing stamps to checks un stamped when presented and requiring them to return the same to the drawers. In his circular to collectors the Commis sioner says : ' You are directed to notify the banks that are guilty of stamping unstamped checks that if the practice is not imme diately discontinued they will be reported to the United States district attorney for prosecution. " This action was taken upon information that certain banks adopted the practice of not requiring stamps , as an advertisement , to secure patronage against civil banks. TAYLOR IS THE MAN. fie Is Named for Governor by the Kentucky Republicans. The Republicans of the State of Ken tucky held their convention at Lexington July 12 and 13. The committee on plat form made a unanimous report , and it was adopted. Adhcrance to the principles and policfes proclaimed by the last national convention , except as to civil ; -erv ice were reaffirmed and the actions of the present national administration were approved. W. S. Taylor was named for Governor by acclamation. John Marshall of Louisville was nominated for Lieut. Governor. Caleb Powers of Knox County , was nominated for Secretary of State. Judge C. J. Pratt , who withdrew from the candidacy for Gov ernor , was nominated for Attorney Gen eral. Sailors Get Medals. Eleven sailors on board the revenue cutter Fessenden at Detroit , Mich. , on Thursday were presented with the bronze medals which Congress ordered given to every participant in the battle of Manila Bay. The men were sailors on the cutter McCulloch , which formed part of Admiral Dewey's squadron. Capt. Hodgson of the Fessenden , who commanded the McCulloch during the battle , also was presented with one. Miser Perishes in Burning House The residence of Thomas Graves , eight miles soutwest of Richmond , Mo. , was burned during Wednesday night , and Mr. Graves aud his sister , Miss Lucy , perished in the llames. Graves was considered a miser , and it was supposed that he had considerable gold hidden on his premises , and it is the general belief that the two were murdered and the bodies and build ing burned to hide the crime. Dynamite Guns lor Philippines. Dynamite guns are to be used by the American troops in the fall campaign against the Filipinos. Preparations are being made by the ordnance department in Washington to supply Genei'al Otis with six Suns-Dudley dynamite pneumatic weapons. The tests made at the Sandy Hook proving grounds of a gun of this type proved very satisfactory. Duke George a Bicycle Victim. A Bresiau , Russia Newspaper declares that the death of czarowitch Grand Duke George , who passed away July 10 , was due to a bicycle accident. While wheeling over a hilly country about Tuman , in the Caucasas , the paper adds , a mishap caused him such a loss of blood that he died on the spot of the occurrence. Noted Indian Fighter Dead. EL RENO , Oklahoma : John A. Fore man , founder of El Reno , and one of the pioneers of Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory , died here. He served in the civil war md in 1864-was commander of Fort Gib- ion , I. T. , where he gained quite a reputa- ; ion as an Indian fighter. China's Financial Difficulties. LONDON : ThePekin correspondent or he Times says : An imperial edict has ) een issued denouncing the universal [ peculation declaration of the Chinese evenue , and appealing for a cessation of > ractices which are increasing the county V inancial straits. OVER $100,000 SHOK1 ONE OF JERSEY'S LEADINC BANKS FORCED TO CLOSE. Cashier George 31. Valentine Em bezzled the Money Makes No El fort to Escape and Surrenders t the Police Officers. Cashier Embezzles. The Middlesex County Bank , at Pert Amboy , N. J. , has closed its doors. Th cashier , George M. Valentine , is reporter missing. A shortage of about § 100,000 i reported. President Watsol informed th police of Perth Amboy of the condition o affairs , and said Valentine had not beei seen since July 10. The details as to ho\ the money was converted or misappropri ated are not known. Expert accountant are at work on the books. Until they fin ish , the shortage will not be accurate ! ; known. The chief of police of Perti Amboy is responsible for the statemen that it amounts to $110,000. The police were asked to locate the miss ing cashier. Valentine , who had been ii New York city , returned to Perth Ambo ; from Woodbridge , accompanied by hi counsel , Edward Savage of Rah way am surrendered to the police. He declined ti go into details about the shortage of t\i \ bank , except to say that he was very sorr ; that he got his friends into trouble arid tha he felt very bad about his wife andchil dren. AGUINALDO'S PLOT. Had Planned t'o Enter Manila anc Slaughter the Americans. Officers of the Second Oregon now atSai Francisco while very guarded m thei : statements , admit the condition of tin American troops at Manila at the out break of hostilities between the Unitet States and the insurgents was very critical The capture of a letter which was sen from inside our lines in Manila by ar emissary'of Aguinaldo was probably al that saved our army from terrible disastei and annihilation. The letter containet details of a plot to open the gates of Ma- iila , sack the city , murder the guards , ant allow the insurgent army to pour into the American camps and surprise the men The troops were under arms all night t ( meet the expected attack , but the enemj learned of the capture of the letter , and the only part of the plot which was car ried out was the burning of a portion oJ the city of Manila. DEIGNAN REFUSES AN HONOR Iowa's Hero Declines Naval Acad emy Appointment. Secretary of the Navy Long has received a letter from Osborne F. Deignau of Iowa , 'leclining the appointment to the Naval Academy offered to him in accordance with an act of Congress. Young Deignan's de clination is due , it is said , to his belief that he would find it extremely difficult to pass the examination for admission. With a view to aiding him in every possible way , the secretary offered to permit him to enter the academy without the usual entrance examination ; but , while appreciating this concession , the young man deemed it ex pedient to give up altogether his dreams of : i career in the service. MERRIAM TO SUCCEED SHAFTER Latter Will Soon Have Reached the Age Limit Provided. Gen. Shafter will have reached the age limit in about three months , and it is said his friends are working quietly to secure his retention in the service a few years longer. The friends of Shafter argue that since the department of the Pacific at San Francisco has become so important by reason of the acquisition of the Philip pines that it is inadvisable to make a change in its commander just at this time. It is rumored that Gen. Merriam , at pres ent in command of the department of Columbia , is likely to succeed Shafter in Hie event of the latter's retirement. Robbers Arrive in Cheyenne. Deputy Marshal Meikeljohn of Montana reached Cheyenne , Wyo. , last Saturday with Dave Putty and Bud Nolan , arrested at Dillon , Mont. , June 20 , charged with several postoffice robberies in Wyoming and believed to be principals in the Union Pacific holdup on June 2. The men have been identified by Postmaster Budd of Big Piney , Wyo. , as the parties who robbed tiis office in August last. They have also been identified as the men known in AVyo- ming as the Roberts brothers. They will be held at Ctieyenne for trial in the United States Court. Fighting American Beef. The Reichsanzeiger ( German official irgan ) publishes a decree issued by Dr. Struckmann , president of the Rhine Prov- nce at Aix-la-Chapelle , prohibiting the mportation of fresh beef. The declara- .ion. which is similar to the regulation > rdered by the Oldenburg Government , is lue to the fact that Belgium , having again icrnutted the importation of live cattle 'rom the United States for slaughter , the neat iound its way across the Belgian 'rentier into German } ' in contravention of he existing law-against such importation. Astor Complains of a Hardship. William Waldorf Astor secured from the supreme Court of New York a writ of cer- iorari directing the commissioners of taxes md assessments to review their decision in issessing his personal property there at 12,000,000. The writ is returnable on the irst Monday in October. Mr. Astor claims hat he is a non-resident and that he does lot possess the personal property upon vhich he has been assessed by the com- nissioners. Government Sends Texans Relief .Representative Hawley of Texas has irranged with the Agricultural Depart- nent for a distribution of seed to the suf- erers in the Brazes Valley in Texas , lawley says the War Department has re- ponded generously with-tents and rations .nd has done all in its power to relieve the listress. Dewey Reaches Port Said. Admiral Dewey arrived at Port Said uly U on board the United States cruiser Myinpia. ' i WOODMEN'S GOAT BUCKED. Now Order Is Asked for $10OO < for a Mashed Hand. The mechanical goat used by the Maden Woodmen at Kansas City is accused o smashing one of Max Dorch's finger when he was being initiated into that or der , and he has sued the society for $10,00 damages. In his petition Dorch says thi goat is fastened to an axle between tw < wheels eight feet in diameter. Dorch as serts that he was strapped to this goat an < then the wheels were rolled over the lodgi floor and he spun around like a top. HI reached out "his hand to save himself am it was mashed between the wheel and floor Dorch is a tailor. John Sullivan , one of the Woodmen , say that the relief committee of the camp pro vided medical attendance for Dorch , pah him a two weeks' salary and took a receip from him in full payment for his injury. The filing of this lawsuit recalls the oni filed a year ago by Lenna Winslow agains the Maccabees. He was hurt while he wai being initiated. He sued and a jury in tin Circuit Court gave him a verdict for $12,000 SHOT AT A REVIVAL. High School Professor Dies from t Wound by J. T. Carlisle. Prof. Wm. Lipscorab of the Dallas Texas , high school , died Thursday , Julj 13 , from the effects of a wound receivec from John T. Carlisle , formerly janitor o : the school , who shot him during reviva services at the First Christian Church The Gcand Jury will consider the case Carlisle , who is a cousin of the formei Secretary of the Treasury , John G. Car lisle , professes not to remember anything about the shooting. He is in jail and his defense will be emotional insanity. Car lisle lost his position as janitor at the high school , it is said , and blamed Lipscomt for it. Hope to Get Into United States. Martin Reverts financial representative of the Government of Guatemala , is in New York city trying to sell a railroad that has been built in that little republic by American capital. He says that his republic and most of the other republics making up the Central American States look forward to the day when they will be a part of the United States. Find Murdered Man's Gold. Neighbors digging in the ruins of the house of Thomas Graves , near Richmond , Mo. , dug up several jars of money , gold and silver , amounting to $2,100. Graves and his aged sister , who lived with him , were murdered and the house burned to conceal the crime. The man was a reputed miser , and it is believed that the murderers hoped to secure his hoard. Date of Dreyfus Trial Not Fixed. Maitre de Mange , counsel for Captain Dreyfus , had a long conference in Rennes , France with the president of the court- martial regarding the procedure and the date of the trial , which is not yet fixed. The lawyer afterward had a two-hours' interview with Dreyfus. The Rough Riders' Regiments. Adjutant General Corbin says that no one had been authorized to enlist any of the three rough rider regiments provided for in the volunteer act. It would require the President's express direction before any step could be taken towards raising these regiments. Flood in Utah. A special from Manti , Utah , a town of 2,000 inhabitants , says that two city creeks overflowed their channels Wednesday night and flooded the greater portion of the town. No lives were lost , but there were many narrow escapes. The property loss is heavy. Kansas City Packers Close. Schwartchild & Sulzberger closed thei ! packing plant at Kansas City rather thau grant a second advance in wages to its 200 butchers and their helpers. A thousand men are out. Tramps Killed in a Wreck. Four tramps were killed and five others were seriously injured by the wrecking of a freight tram on the Chicago & Altbn road near Glendale , Mo. Samoan Commisson Starts Home The naval transport Badger , which car ried the Samoan Commission to Samoa , sailed for home July 15 , with the commis sion aboard. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago Cattle , common to prime , § 3.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , shipping grades , $3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.0U to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 72c to 74c ; corn , No. 2 , 34c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 23e to 25c ; rye , No. 2 , 58c to 59c ; butter , choice creamery , IGc to ISc ; eggs , fresh , 12c to 14c ; potatoes , choice new , 55c to 65c per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle , snipping , $3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.25 : sheep , common to choice. $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 72c to 73c ; corn , No. 2 white , 34c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 27c to 29c. St. Louis Cattle , $3.30 to $0.00 ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.75 ; wheat , No. 2. 74c ro 7Gc ; corn , No. 2 yellow , 34c to 36c ; oats. No. 2. 25c to 27c ; rye , No. 2 , GOc to G2c. Cincinnati Cattle. $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 ; wheat. No. 2. 72c to 73c ; corn. No. 2 mixed. 35c to 37c ; oats. No. 2 mixed , 27c to 20c ; rye , No. 2 , 64c to GGc. Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $ G.OO ; hogs , $3.00 to $4.25 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.25 ; \vheat. No. 2. 74c to 7Gc ; corn. No. 2 yellow , 35c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 28c to 30c ; rye. 59c to GOc. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 73c to 75c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 3Gc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 24c to 25c ; rye. No. 2 , 57c to 59c ; clover seed , new , $3.95 to $4.05. Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 73 to 74c : corn , No. 3 , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 white. 26c to 2Sc ; rye , No. 1 , 56c to 58ci barley , No. 2. 40c to 42c ; pork , mess , ? S.25 to $8.75. Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers , 53.00 to $ G.OO ; hogs , common to ctioice , 53.25 to $4.50 : sheep , fair to choice weth ers , $3.50 to $5.50 ; Iambs , common to ? xtr.i , $4.50 to $7.00. New York Cattle. $3.25 to $6.00 ; hogs , ? 3.00 to $4.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.25 ; ivheat , No. 2 red , SOc to Sic ; corn , No. 2 , J9c to 40c ; oats , No. 2 white , 31c to 32c ; 3utter , creamery , 15c to 19c ; eggs , West ern. 15e to IGc. STATE OF KEBKASE NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Legislative Investigation Committe Huns Up Against a Snag in Liin coin Meeting Room in Capitc Denied the Committee. Shut Out of the State House. The legislative investigation committe ( consisting of Senators Prout of Gage , Va Dusen of Douglas , and Rocke of Lancas ter , commenced work in Lincoln July 1 ( The first act was to visit the State Hous and request a room in which to conduct th investigation. In this the committee me with a refusal on the part of Secretary c State Porter. When the request was firs made in the forenoon Porter said that h would not assign a room to the committee and preferred not to give a final answe until he could have a final talk with th other members of the board , all of whoi were in Omaha. At 2 o'clock in the after ! noon the committee again called on Portei .but received no further satisfaction. II said he had talked with the Attorney Gen eral and the State Treasurer by telephone and did not feel justified in allowing ; .room . for the use of the committee. Th conversation in which the Secretary eState State declined to accommodate the com mittee with quarters in the State buildinj was all taken down by the official stenogra pher , and , it is understood , will be made : part of the record of the investigation. BESSEY SUCCEEDS MACLEAr Board of Regents Elects an Actin ; Chancellor of University.- The Board of Regents of the State Uni versity on July 13 elected as acting chan cellor to take the place of George E. Mac Lean , resigned , Charles E. Bessey , dean o the Industrial College of the University This place was first offered to the senio dean , Charles A. Sherman. A commute * consisting of Regents Kinnebever , Raw lings , Weston and Gould was appointed t < recommend to the Board a suitable persoi for chancellor. NEBRASKANS IN GOOD HEALTr Transport with First Regiment or Board Leaves Yokohama. Gov. Poynter has received a cablegran from Yokohama , Japan , announcing th < departure from there of tee transport Hancock - cock with the returning First Nebraskr ami Utah Battery on board. It is said th ( health of the troops was excellent and thai the Hancock would reach San Franciscc the 28th hist. Dies from Gunshot Wounds. Harry Anderson , the young man whc was accidentally shot at St. James on the Fourth of July while polishing the targei at a shooting gallery , died of his wound in Sioux City. After receiving the wound he walked to his home at Lime Grove , a distance of ten miles , and went to bed without dressing the wound or making known to his parents that lie was injured. During the night the hemorrhage was con stant. The morning following he was taken to Sioux City and lingered along un til last week. Leases 1O8OOO Acres of Land. The Union Pacific Land Department in Omaha has closed a deal with the Uintah Bounty Wool Growers' Association of Utah for the lease of 108,000 acres of rail road land to the sheep owners of that sec- lion. The lease is one of the outgrowths of the fight between the sheep and the cattle men for possession of that territory. Previous holdings , with this lease , gives [ he sheep owners a practical monopoly of the grazing in Uintah County , Utah. Return of the First. A largely attended mass meeting was icld in Lincoln a few evenings since to icrfect plans lor a state reception to the First Nebraska Regiment , which is ex pected to arrive at San Francisco within two weeks. It was announced at the meet ing that other towns and cities had aban doned their plans of holding regimental receptions , and would unite with Lincoln in a demonstration conducted on a mag nificent scale. The Reunion at Plainview. The Northeast Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic reunion at Plainview on July 13 witnessed an attendance of at least 4,000 people. The rain in the afternoon inter fered somewhat in the enjoyment , but the crowd was good natured and the big pavil ion and large number of tents afforded bhelter. It was voted to hold the reunion at Pierce next year. Movement for Better Roads. The County Board at its meeting in Grand Island inaugurated a movement for better roads , appropriating $1,400 for the improvement of one section line straight through the county east and west. It i expected by the inaugurators of the move ment that it will lead to a system of fine roads in a few years in all parts of the county. Dishonorably Discharged. On the recommendation of thethree com missioned officers of Troop K of the Second end Regiment , Private George H. Wood ward , stationed at Seward , was dishonora bly discharged from the service of the Ne- Uraska National Guard. No reason is jiven for the man's discharge other than it ivr.s for the good of the service. That Yellow Lodge Pow Wow. The pow wow at Yellow Smokes Lodge , iear Decatur , lasted six days. There was lot to exceed 300 Indians camped there at my one time. Their amusements con sisted of ( lancing , horse racing and foot acing , but above all eating. Fined for Beating His Wife. Edward Matthews , a young farmer living southeast of York , was arrested , charged jy his young wife with assault and bat- ery. Matthews was found guilty and issessed costs and fine amounting to $21.95. Postoffice Discontinued. The postoffice at Yeager , Furnas County , las been discontinued. Mail will "o to leaver City. Loses an Eye. Lee Young lost the sight of one eye ands ' s disfigured for life as the result of'a pre- uature explosion while blasting at Mc- ihane's grading camp , twenty-live miles rom Alliance. He was directly over it vhen the charge exploded. Dual Tragedy. Frank Tepley , a well-to-do Bohemian armer , ten miles from Stanton , killed his rife with a carpenter's hammer and then uicided by taking poison. He objected to is wife visiting a disinherited daughter nd son-in-law. RAISING FARM MORTGAGES. Nebraska Farmers Busy Themselves Getting Cut of Debt. The reports that come ui from the coun ties of the State , showing the mortgage business for the month of June , all indicate that the fanners are doing well. The fol - lowing reports have been noticed , giving the amounts of mortgages filed and those- released : Race $ 4J-.855 . Lincoln 8.315 25jtoO- 44,018- Seward 27.923 , pin tip S.lo'J 'JiMUl cuming : : : : : siig 47,69- 00,18- Adams - 41,182 , Totals $190,016 ? 821,853. This shows a net reduction of 3131,807 in mortgage indebtedness of the real estate these six counties , being conclusive proof " in Nebraska. " that "farming pays Senate Investigating Committee. The Senate Investigating Committee at Lincoln on July 12 issued a summons for Secretary of State Porter to appear and * ive testimony on the alleged fraudulent recount of ballots in 1S97. He failed to appear , and a summons for contempt may be issued. Mr. Porter questions the com mittee's jurisdiction. Edward Simons , the State House janitor , said one reason he- aided in the recount was that he had been , promised , if seated , they would decide in his favor a case in the Supreme Court in. which he was interested. P. O. Hedlund , former Deputy State Auditor , a member of the recount committee , said that as soon as- he had positive knowledge of fraud being committed in the recount he exposed the matter. He corroborated part of Simons' " testimony. Feeling Over the Ditch Question. The county board met in regular ses sion at Fremont the other day. Are- monstrance against the Ames drainage ditch , which was recently ordered dugr was filed. It was signed by all the prop erty owners along the line of the ditch and many others. The entire matter was laid on the table until the next meeting. One member of the board was absent , so that the ditch aud anti-ditch forces were a tie- There is considerable feeling over the ditch , question , large property interests being , involved on both sides and the case is likely to be eventually carried into the courts. Union 1'aciiic Jjands. The Secretary of the Interior has in structed the Commissioner of the General Land Office to hereafter issue patents for lands accruing to the Union Pacific Rail road Company to the new company that acquired the road after foreclosure pro ceedings were instituted by the Govern ment. It is merely a formal notification to the commissioners that the company is entitled to all the lands in Nebraska and. states further west to which the old com pany would have been entitled under its grant. Governor Sets Him Free- County Clerk Smith at Aiiibworth has received official notification of the commu tation of the sentence of Ole Anderson from imprisonment for life to fifteen years , , one month and eight days , which with good time released him from prison on the 4th of this month. Anderson brainedhis wife with a bucket in the southeast part of. what was Brown County in 1887 , after wards hiding the body in an old well where it was found. Dixon Will Celebrate. Dixon will hold her annual celebration Aug. 15. The requisite money has been subscribed. An effort will be made to get W. J. Bryan to make a speech. Dr.Rollam. has been appointed as committee on priv ileges. Many new and novel features will be added to the entertainment this year , and no pains will be spared to make it the most successful and entertaining celebra tion Dixon has ever held. Nellie Walbaum Still Missing. Nellie Walbaum , the 16-year-old girl who suddenly disappeared from her home in Wymore almost two weeks ago , is still absent from her home , and her parents claim to know nothing of her whereabouts. The girl had only been home from the Re form School a short time when she ran away , and should she be found she will be sent back. Omaha Smelter to Shut Down. The big trust smelter at Omaha is being shut down , the fires in several of the furnaces being out and others are to fol low. The shortage of coal is given as the reason. The miners in Iowa and other places which supply Omaha with the cheaper grades for manufacturers pur poses have been on a strike. Freight Train Jumps the Track. A Burlington and Missouri freight train jumped the track about four miles east of Ord and did considerable damage to several jf the cars and also the tender. The freiirht ivas but slightly damaged and no one was mrt. The cause of the accident was the- spreading of the rails. To Hold a Coursing Meeting. The coursing men of Friend and vicinity leld a meeting recently and decided to lold a coursing meeting early in October. Uhe following officers were elected : . Pres- dent , William Burke ; vice president ifrank Aldrett ; secretary , G. W. Gooden ; reasurer , E. J. Ferguson. Girl Killed by Lightning. . Nellie Huff , daughter of a prominent anchman of Wheeler County , was killed > y lightning near Bartlett. Several people n the wagon were all severely shocked md one horse killed. Nebraska Short A'otesv Bert Freeland of Ravenna had the end if his fingers blown off and the palm of his land badly lacerated by the explosion of a ; iant powder firecracker. During a recent electric storm a big barn , elonging to Fred DuammeL residing leven miles southwest of Bancroft , was- truck by lightning and burned. * Owing to the backward spring and wet reather some farmers in the south part of he State did not finish cultivating corn be- ore the wheat harvest commenced. The Sheridan County Agricultural ! Society held a meeting last week and de- ided to hold the next fair on Tuesday , . Wednesday and Thursday , Sept. 26,27 and 8. Isaac Newland , living ten miles north- rest of Norden , committed suicide by- hooting himself in the mouth with a shot- un. He has been subject to 'despondent- pells. Mack M. Fisher , serving a fifteen-day antence on bread and water in the county iil at North Platte for threatening to ex animate his divorced wife , committed aicide. * The Hamilton County committee an ointed to raise funds for a donation for lose who suffered from the recent cyclone i the northern part of the county raised a- ) tal of $2,219.19. V
