J
LIKE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE.
Deplorab'w Condition of the Hchrcvrn
In Kmimania.
Ilouiimn:1.impoverished ! by the ex
haustion of her natural wealth , the
failure of < rops an-1 the la inir of in-
KING C1IAU1- ,
dustries , cursed
: md disgraced by
heartless < n 1 e rs
whose laws h.'ive
made degenerates
of the peasants
and have forced
the Hebrews into
a .state worse tlui'i
that of brutes and
not unlike that of
iM-ael in Eiypt of
old t h i s shadow
of a nation is a
l lot on the civilization of Europe. At
tention has recently been directed to
the wretched condition of the Hebrews
by Secretary Hay's note to the signa
tory powers of the treaty of Berlin
"which guaranteed protection to the peo
ple of Romnaiiia. This action of the
chief adviser of our Pres'dent has
aroused much sympathy for the unfor
tunates , but only the most heroic meas
ures can rescue not only the Hebrews ,
but the Christians of this blighted
country from their awful wretched
ness. Ruin confronts Roumania. Her
government is as imbecile as it is cruel ,
and the penjile thenihclves are impo
tent. Their King is a man of broad
sympathies , but is powerless. Their
Queen Carmen Sylva is a woman of
extraordinary intelligence and mental
caliber who can write romances and
poems , but fiction will not appease
gnawing hunger and rhyme cannot
Clothe the naked. The Christian world
has stood aghast at the horrors of
Turkish rule in Armenia. No less
should it shudder because of the aw-
fulness of Roumanian destitution and
Israeli lie persecution.
Koumania is one of the Balkan states
a crescent-shaped territory of about
the same size as New York and with
almost an equal population , viz. , about
0,000000. Bucharest , with a popula
tion of 250,000 , has many of the archi
tectural features of Constantinople and
much of the poverty of that great city.
It is the residence place of King
Charles and his Queen. The former
conies of a branch of the llohenzollern
family and has reigned since 18.53. but
did not assume the title of King until
1SS1. Roumania claims to be complete
ly independent politically , yet she pays
annual tribute to Turkey. The const- !
itution Is liberal , guaranteeing to nil
citizens equality before the law. yet the
'Imposition ' upon the Jews shows that
Ithe constitution is a meaningless sham.
'The legislative power is exercised by
two elective bodies , the representatives
of the people. The laws which they
pass prove that our sympathy for the
supposed Christians of the east of Eu
rope has been misplaced. They are
in reality barbarians , for the laws
again > l the Jews made in the past few
years are amazing in their unfairness.
In the first place , all Jews were made
aliens. Later the police were given
rights of domiciliary visitation and ex
pulsion , so that in Roumania a Jew's
house was no longer his castle. Then
they were prohibited from street-
hawking , which ruined 5,000 families.
They were excluded from membership
In the Chamber of Commerce and
Trade. Law by law they were driven
out of the profes
sional classes nml
confined to the
artisan class
Then the artisan
employ ments
were slowly clos
ed to them , until
in March of this
year a law was
passed prohibit
ing the employ
ment of Jewish
work ingmen in
any trade or calling , and forbidding
their even takinsr part in the meeting
of the trade or artisan societies.
Although they had to pay school tax
es free education was limited to Rou
manians. , the Jews being compelled to
pa } ' , anil even then were admitted only
If there was room after all the others
-were accommodated. They were ex
cluded altogether from the higher
schools and from the technical schools.
They were not only driven out of the
public service and from public works ,
but fines were enacted for Roumanians
employing Jews in retail trade. It is
estimated that the artisans law of last
March will soon deprive 25. < XX ) Jewish
workmen of all means of livelihood and
reduce over 100.000 men. women and
children to beggary. Although taxed
for the support of local hospitals , they
, may not enter those institutions. Puu-
'ishments for offenses committed
asrainst them are made light or remit
ted altogether. They can be arrested
and beaten with impunity. Their sons
are recruited for the army without re-
card to any of the exemptions allowed
bv law to other Roumanians. The\
may not write letters to the newspa
pers. They may not hold public meet
ings and they have no right of petition
to the government.
But the injustice of the law is not all
the Hebrew in Roumania must contend
nvith. There are 210 000 of the race in
ithc country and not more than S'X ' )
'have wealth amounting to ? 5CO. al-
ithough a few years ago many were
'comparatively rich. The average earn-
'ings per fanrly before employment
was prohibited was $4 per week. Xo
.wonder that hundreds of Hebrews are
starving In the streets. Rev. Dr. Gas
ter , of London , chief rabbi of what
are known as the Sephanli communi
ties In England , has recently visited
.Roumania , to learn the condition of
'things , and. if possible , to move the
'King. He was given respectful hear
ing and King Charles made promises
which create the hope that the coun
try may be awakened to the frightful
hardships It Is imposing.
SEMINOLE WAR SURVIVOR.
Only One Man Left of tl c HOO Who
MarchiMl Under Col. Taylor.
Of the 500 soldiers and volunteers
who inarched under the command of
Colonel Zachary Taylor against the
Seminoles in Flori
da , but one now
lives , so far as is
known , to tell the
story of that cam
paign. The last
military operations
against the Semi
noles took place
the latter part of
1837. The sole pen
sioner of that war ,
\Miiu. and probably the
only survivor , is Claiborne Webb , who
lives near lilne Springs , Mo.
i Mr. V "ebb is now in his eighty-sev
enth year. He was but 22 years of
age when he and fifty other young men
of Jackson County , Missouri , enlisted
! in the Volunteer company of Captain
I James Childs of Independence. He
! was in service but six months , receiv
ing injuries in the last and most de
cisive battle near Lake Okeechobee , in
Southern Florida.
Of all Indian wars that in Southern
j Florida is described by the aged veter-
' an as being fraught with as hard , it'
not with greater , difficulties than any
other. Disease , swamps , venomous iu-
1 sects and dangerous reptiles were com-
I batted as well as red men. Long
j marches were undergone and often
I whole companies were for days with
out their rations.
The Seminole war was caused by an
endeavor upon the part of the United
States government to drive all Indians
westward across the Mississippi R.ver.
Tho Creek tribe as a whole were forced
to terms of submission by General An
drew Jackson in 1814 and were com
pelled to yield their lands. But the
Seminoles , who were members of this
tribe , escaped into Florida. There ,
under the leadership of Osceola , who
had become a trained soldier in the
government ranks , and Sam Jones , an
Americanized Indian , they committed
many depredations upon the popula
tion , destroying both lives and propeity
and devastating whole sections of the
country. Several campaigns against
Osceola and Jones , all of which proved
futile , were made by Generals Clinch ,
Call and Jessup. A detachment of 112
men under the command of Major
Da'le was surrounded Dec. 2S. 1S3G ,
and all but three privates were killed.
This wholesale slaughter aroused the
United States government to renewed
efforts to put an end to Indian warfare
in the South.
During the summer of 1837 a com
mand of oOO men was given to Colonel
Taylor and he was sent against the
Indians. Many doubted the wisdom of
the campaign , undertaken as it was
with a mere handful of men. outnum
bered by Sam Jones' braves three to
one. But it was successful. The Semi- '
noles were put to rout at a battle iu
one of the marshes of the Kissimuiee
lliver near Lake Okeechobee. A treaty
was made during the ensuing winter
which provided for the removal of the ,
Indians to a tract of land west of the j
Mississippi River.
In spite of years and au active life , j
Mr. Webb is still an energetic old man ,
one to whom time has been kind. lie
has living eight children , twenty-six
grandchildren , and eighty great-grand
children , lie has outlived three long-
lived wives , the last of whom died
last summer.
The Queen's llrbuke.
Some years ago , when the present
Queen of England was Princess of
Wales and her children were very
small , they were staying at a quiet
. The Montreal Star
watering-place. re
peats this little story of the royal fam
ily , which shows that Queen Alexandra
is much like all other good mothers ,
and that her children are like children
the world over :
Once ou returning from a short sail
one of the little princesses was walking
up the plank. An old sailor instinctive
ly said :
"Take care , little lady ! "
The child drew herself up haughtily
and said :
"I'm not a lady. I'm a princess ! "
The Princess of Wales , who over-
hoard the kindly injunction and the
rather Ill-bred reply , said quickly :
"Tell the good sailor you are not a lit
tle lady yet , but you hope to be some
day. "
LoiijT Views.
Persons who wish to put off the evil
day of spectacles should accustom '
themselves to long views. The eye is
always relieved , and sees better , if , j
after reading a while , we direct the J
sight to some far distant object , even |
for a minute. . Great travelers and
hunters are seldom near sighted. Sail
ors discern objects at a great distant-e
with considerable distinctness when a
common eye sees nothing at all. One
is reported to have such acute sight
that he could tell when he was going to
see an object. On one occasion when
the ship was in a sinking condition ,
and all were exceedingly anxious for a
siirht of land , he reported , from the
look-out that he could not exactly see
the shore , but could pretty nearly do
so.
j ) Tri"sportar"on
In the early morning Leeds workmeu
can travel live miles for a penny by
the municipal electric tramway cars.
The women think men have nothing
to do , find the men are dead certain
the women haven't.
There Is more work in the care of a
garden than in the care of twins.
New York City has 150,000 organized
wage workers.
The South Wales Miners' Federation
has a membership of 120,000.
It takes the constant labor of GO.OOO
people to make matches for the world.
It is estimated that there are over
22,000 union electrical workers in
North America.
Railroads in this country employ over
3,000.000 people at an annual cost for
wages and salaries of over $000,000,000.
New York bricklayers received 50
cents a day for fourteen hours' labor in
1770. They now receive $4.80 for eight
hours.
The employes of the various ceme
teries of San Francisco have formed
themselves into a union. It is their
purpose to organize the cemetery work
men of the United States.
It is estimated that there are 800,000
working people in the ciry of Chicago ,
and the 52. > different trades unions
claim about ' 10 per cent of that number
as members. About b > per cent of all
the various crafts in the city are organ
ize I , and during the last two years , the
most prosperous period Chicago has
ever seen , the labor organizations have
reached their greatest power and influ
ence. The increase in the number of
unions has been 200 per cent and the
membership per cent.
After working for thirty-two years
William S. Hughes , a New York ma
chinist , perfected a smoke-consuming
device for locomotive and other engine
boilers. Hughes had no capital to back
his invention , but succeeded in having
it brought to the notice of Cornelius
Vanclerbilt. The millionaire mechanic
had the device tested on an elevated
train locomotive uu er his personal in
spection , making a trip from the Bat
tery to Uurlem. Mr. Yanderbilt has
lecided to aid Hughes in the matter.
In its annual report on strikes and
lockouts in 1901 the British B-vird of
Trade notes a large decrease in the
number of labor disputes and in the
number of workers involved. There
were 012 disagreements that year , af
fecting 179,540 work people. This is
the smallest number both of disputes
and persons involve 1 reported since
1S97 and the improvement is attribut
ed to a growing tendency to sot tie la
bor troubles by arbitration. The report
says that 73 per cent of all c'inngeg '
in wages and hours werq put : n effect
after arbitration.
A machine which will drill square
holes has at last been made. An Eng
lishman named Edward Segitz is the
inventor , and his apparatus is siid : to
have solved a problem heretofore ro-
gaided as being about as unaccomplish-
able as the mathematical impoossibility
of "squaring" the circle. Segriu's ma
chine is a "three-winge 1" drill , semi-
round , which cuts four straight edges
in its rotary motion. That is , the mo
tion appears to the eye to be rotary ,
but there is. of course , a rnanemer in
the triple finned which produces the
square cut , triangular , or orhor angular
holes , with automatic regularity and
machine speed.
CURED BY MILK.
A Simple Treatment for All Kinds of
Nervom l'i ea es.
"Want to learn how to increase your
weight and gain strength and nerve
force in the easiest possible way ? "
asked the plump idle woman , as she
settled into a coruu of the divan for
a comfortable chat. Her listeners were
half a dozen women who go in for the
strenuous life to a greater or less de
gree , and consequently any one of
them could stand a few extra pounds
without Inconvenience. "Of course. "
was the reply in chorus. "Well , then ,
drink milk , nothing but milk for a few
months , " sni < l the plump one. "I've (
tried it and I think that I am a pretty '
good illustration of the effectiveness of
the milk diet. Four months ago I was
a nervous wreck. Couldn't stand any
thing ; wept if the least thing w .nt
wrong at home , jumped a foot every
time the door bell ruug , and was fast
becoming a nuisance to myself and all
the rest of the family. Fortunately , I
have a little common sense and my
doctor has more , so when I was or
dered to drop everything and just 'rust'
for a while I did it , with the result
that I have gained fifty-one pounds in
weight and my health is completely
restored. I lived on milk , as I told
you , and rested according to directions ,
spending my time in a lovely old rest
cure home up the State The diet and
the rest effected a cure without any
medicine whatever. I might add ,
though , that the milk was not the ordi
nary decoction served by the dealers
if the metropolis , but a rich , creamy
substance furnished by the finest breed
of Jersey cows. How hard it was for
nn active body like rne to 'rust' for
sixteen weeks , you strenuous folks can
appreciate , but if you wish to become
plump and contented with the world
in general try my remedy. Brooklyn
Eairle.
Ci Jt rs on ihe Rhine.
It is stated that from the mouth to
the source of the Rhine 725 castles ,
formerly the homes of war-like chiefs ,
ire to be found overliving its waters.
S irs < no.ti ih.it l''tons.
In considering boats the dory , a flat-
bottomed , lap streak boat , though but
twelve or thirteen feet long , is the
safest thafloats. .
Every one hates n coward , ajid every
one at heart is one.
DHOPS BELOW ZERO LIME
York State Shivers In Face of Wintry Blast
No Warning of Coll Wave
New York , Dec. 10. New York
and New England have experienced
during the past twenty-four h > urs
the coldest weathei for many years.
| In this city it was the coldest 9th of
December in twenty-six years , the
thermometer registering as iC did in
that year , eight above zero. Tl e
severity of the cold was intensified
bthe fact that the people were not
prepa-ed for it. the cold wave hav
ing descended upon the country sud
denly and without warning. Then ,
ton , the scarcity of roal caused much
suffering among the puorer class and
those wlin could not afford the luxury
of a ton of anthracite coal had to
use it sparingly for the culd snap
might last and they might not be
able tjzet a fresh supply. Every
effort is beinj ; put lorth to alleviate
1 the suffering , chariiabie ori ini/al
ions having taken steps to supply the
pour and the board of alderman hav
ing voted SIOO.OUO to help along the
giiod cause.
'
Du.ing the day the rivers were cov-
eied with a heavy mi- shwing the
great aiileience between the tem
perature of the air and the water
L'ht cold in the city was mild com
paied with that prevailing in the
northern s < ctiuns of the state and
in New England. At Albany the
mercury fell to ten below x-ro aid
in some nearby districts it went
down to twenty. ' 1 be river is t'ion
over at Albany , putting an end > o
navigation. l-iallstr rep rteo tbir-
tv-two heluw , the lowest registration
since J8i ( , and Saratoga felt the grasp
of weaiher thirty below.
In the A dip ndack r-'ion and along
the Champlain valley me thermomet
er registered between 17 and 20 \ e-
low. Navigit.on : on the upper Hud
son cl > seci earlin the day , steamers
wbidi had not reached winter quut >
ers I aving tn be towed out of trie ice
The cold wave struck New Ei.g- .
lind at the same time it arrived in
New York. Throughout Maine and
Connecticut the thermometer regis-
ten-d from eigbt to twenty below , a
fill in some places to forty degre-s -
in twelve hours. Norfolk , Uonn ,
reported a temperature of twenty-
three degrees below zero , the coldest
in years.
I Perhaps never in the history of the
1 relai1 coal trade in this city have
dealers Ivid to face such a situation
as confronted them today. In
! every otlii-e there were numbers of
anxious buyers , and at the same time
eager inquiries for : oal were constan
tly coming by telephone. To all but
a few lho dealer * were forced to turn
a deaf ear. "We can't promise you
more than one ton , ana we may rot
be able to dt liver that for a day or
two. ' ' was the stereotyped reply to
all demands for fuel. The situation
was admitted to be extremely bad
and according to one dealer there
appears to be no way of reliexir.g it.
A tour of the Eist hide tod.iy reveal
ed the fact that there is much suit- ,
erinn among the po.ir. The operat
ors have ceased to send coal to be
sold by the p.iil and the tenement
dwellers find it difficult to get fuel.
The Salvation Army also reports
widespread distress occasioned by ibe
coal laniine. |
With the thermometer marking
eignt above zero the coldest weather
o the winter thus far prevailed to
day. On Staten Mand the b dy of
John .S'-illen.verf , a blacks-nith , was ,
f iuml in the roadway. He had ap- '
pirently been frozen to death. !
There was nrich sutler ing c.-specially
arming the p > or. b ciuse of the scar
city and high price of coal.
Two Killed on the Santa Fe
Kan as City. Mo. , Dec. 10
eastbound California limit d passen
ger train on the Santa J < 'e wis
wrecked at Rothville. Mo. , shortly
after noun today , causing the diaib
of Engineer S.imuelise of Arg
entine , Kas . and his firernin , and
great dam < ge 1n ihe engine and
coaches. J ihn Mi-Kean of New Y > ? k
w ho received slight bruises , was the
only pas't'iiL'er injund. A col'-n d
waiter h..d bis arm br ken and two
otiier waiters wire injured. Ci-r-
jressman Loud of California an
Ribbi Ilirsch of Chicago weieani'uig
the pas-.cn jrs. and helped to care f"r
tne injured. The wreck was caused
by thii coarh'-s ' beinu detailed n
open switch which the entgoe had
parsed safelv when the train was
going at a high rate of speed.
A Yesr S
A dr.insjist in P.iiis bus been sen
tenced to aea.i - ' iuMiiii'mment tor
arbiltcratitrj .sulphate of quiiiine.
Sho ilrl ne resume i.ti mes on the e.v-
piiatiin 'f I is term < f imp ison-
met't. he v\ili Lave to di pli\ ; in bis
store a canl c > nf tiriiny a brief de-
scription "f hirnn.e. .
Su it Ting in D nrmrk
C > penba en Dec. 10 The wKe
spre.id suffering 1'ere resulting tro :
i'Kiu.s1 r iil ; stagnation and ' 'omni'i-
Cta ! d pre si'in h.is been i"te-isiied !
in t e u uual sevenu of the win
ter we.ither. winch et in a m nth
easier than nsi ai. Huilc'ing opera-
f ins has largely been at andun d ,
tins increasing the number of uti-
empi'-yed to an extent surpassing
m sr records and seriously taxing
the resources of the charity organi-
liUtona.
STARTED FOR BETTER LAND
Fremont Butcntr TrJ < s To Kill Himself
Because DespondentFarmer Loses
II,3 Lee
Fremont , Neb. , Dec. 13. Despond
ent o\er his failure to provide main
tenance for himself and family , Enos
Itnsh. a butcher of this city tried to
kill himself by taking a dose of wood
alcohol. His wife found him grow
ing on the floor in the contortions of
agony , and through the assistance of
the neighbors and the attendance of
a physician he was recalled to the
laud of the living.
At the time of taking the poison
Ifusn was nearly crazed from drink ,
. rid he claims to remember nothing
u. what lie did. He had been work-
ii g in a butcher shop until a few
week ago , when lie quit his job to
run a boarding shack at a hay camp.
He lost money there and threw up
the undertaking ten days ago. Since
that time he had been drinking
rather heavily. Un two previous oc-
casi ns he has tried to terminate his
earthly existence Hush's wife was
very much trlghtened to lind him in
the condition that she did , and hur
riedly caileci some neighbors. He
partially recoveied after a little ,
when he pulled a bottle of wood al-
ciiool out his pocket and tried to
dtin.v some more. The bottle was
t.iken from him and then he tried
to get a revolver and a shotgun in
turn , but was held back by those in
the room. A physician soon arrived ,
and relived him by aclminiuteriugan
opiate and causing him to vomit.
To the doctor Ruh stated that he
had been reading the Bible and had
come to the conclusion that there
was a better world than this to live
in. lie also said that he knew God
would take care of his tarnily. The
next day he p'ornised that he would
never touch liquor again.
Kusb i.3 a very competent workman
at his trade and is also a good carpen
ter and painter. He has a record of
dressing a beef in nine minutes Irom
the time of kuocKing the animal
down to having it ready to split.
He is thirty-live years old and has a
vil'e and two small children.
Volcanoes Still Smoking.
San Francisco , Dec. 13. Two new
jraters of Santa Maria volcano , which
burst from the side of the mountain
on the moaning ol October 24 last ,
and devastated a large section of
Guatemala , are still smoking. From
one of the craters , beneath the cloud
of white smoke , hot lava exudes in a
sluggish stream and from the other
C"ld mud is tnrown in spasmodic
fasnion. This information has been
brouhgt here DV people arriving on
the steamer Acapulco. On the trip
< wn the coast the Acapulce was at
Chernpericoa week alter the outbreak
ot Santa Maria , when the inhabi
tants of the town and had thsoe who
( led Irom the neighborhood of the
volcano were in a stale of terror ,
'ihe Acapulco carried ITU of them to
the port of Sanlose. . One of the re
fuges , Allred McKinnon , an Ameri
: an , died on the steamer.
Capture Last of the Lot.
Chicago , Dec. 13. "Toronto Jim
my , " said to be the leader of the
gang ot six men who ente-ed the Ex
change bank ai Gardner , 111. . Octo
ber 2j > . and robbed it of $4.UDO , has
been arre ted in Chicago. Ihe pris
oner is thought to be the last of the
gang. Eu.varU Houser , Hugh UJake ,
Charles Mitchell , Jonh Freeland and
Samuel Kitchie , the other members
having nceutly been arrested and
sent to Morris. The man is now
under indictment in various states.
Ivjobeiies of the bank ot Dover Minn ,
ami a bank and postollice at Neila-
villeVis. . , a bank at Milton Junc
tion and another at Deeriield , Wis.
are crimes in which he is said to have
had a hand.
Pilgrims Killed in Wreck.
Mexico Citv , Dec. 13. At i'epa , on
the Hidalgo railway today , a special
train bearng one thousand pilgrims ,
refjruing to Tulan--iug. ) from this
city , was injured , killing three pei- i
s uis aud inj.jring many muie. The
tram was backing trom a s.vitch to
ttie mam line when the rear car was
dernltd. It roiled d nvu an embank
ment. drawing rive other coaches
witti it. Six hundred persons. chieilv
women , occupied the couches , and .
the scene was sickening in its horror.
Ttie injured wvie taken to tn hos-
pita ! at Pachuca. i'weive thousand
pilgrims troiii all parts of the re-
p iblic have thus far visited this city
to worship at the shrine of Guada-
loupe.
A Vialiese Goat
The height ol a Maltese goat is
about two feet six inches , its weight j
n uily loo poundand the C"St i a' '
g-"id luileu animal is f\.m S50 tu
8125 _
Water F.imine At Detroit
Detroit. Mnh. , Dec 13 Anchor
icd elogid the intake pipes of the
1 cal water w rks system in Lake St.
Cla'r ' during the nignt and tlie city
sulk-red irom ; i waur sh rt'g' u itii
uetny m-on. It w ia so s rn > us dur
ing the early hours ol the morning
th.it a number of Iacioriuwere C"Ui-
pit'-d ' tu suspend J r tor dator tin.
1 : * of water. It is estimated that
3.o , > 0 or 4.iuu ; men were o-mpelled tu
being idle and lose one dai's pay on ,
account , of the water famine.
Nebraska News
Olaf Zimmerman fell from his wag-1
un his way home from Holdrcge and
was dragged to death.
John Pisar and Frank Docekal were
Qued S1UO for keeping their saloons
open on Sunday \\ymore. .
Howard , J. Chapman , a wealthy
young farmer of Table Hock bad his'
left foot amputated by the cars.
It is reported from Urt tilre thuti
William Hatteisohl has elWd with
Miss Bartels , aged It ; , of Plymouth.
Dan Swanson has been nominated
for pcst.Tjaster at Fremont ; Harvey
S. Mosely at South Omaha.
Fred L. Eames has been appointed
postmaster ot the village of Srnart-
ville , vice John R. Killle , resigned.
Howard II. Baldridge of Omaha
has been admitted to practice beloru
the supreme court.
At Lynch. Herman Hagerlia brake-
man on the easttjotiiid lucal freight.
slipped while s virching , was dragged
by the cars and killed.
The most ordinary gingham dress
takes on an altogether different
aspect when done up in one ot those.
pretty holiday gift boxes.
Time tlies but you can't make tho
man believe it who is compelled U )
wait live hours for a train at a coun
try station Chicago News.
The tonnage of merchant ships in
course of construction in Great Urit-
ain is less than "at any time since
Clifford Williams , one of the lead-
i ng merchants of Syricuse , dropped
dead as he entercrUiis home and start
ed to sit ou a chair.
The state board of charities and
conections recommend the passage
of law by the next legislatuie mak
ing wife desertion a crime.
Congressman Pnrkctt has recom
mended the aupi'iritment of A. A
Hyers to be postmaster at Havelock
to succeed G. S. Cupola ml , whose
resignation takes effect I'ebruary 1.
William H. Till , chaiged with ern-
bexxling $2iJ : ( trum the local lodge of
t.he Ancient Order of United Work
men of Humbolt , has made good tho
shortage and has been released Irom
custody.
According to the reoort of Land
Commissioner Folrner. the grand
total ot all transactions in stato
lands during the last two years is Sl-
5U4 , 9071.13 , considerably larger than
tue previous period.
The annual report of Mrs. Sarah H.
Solus , superintendent of the Homo
f-.r the i-riendless , sates that 123
children has been received into the
home during the pesent year The
cose per capita of maintaining the
borne was 8181.03 last year.
The. sugar beet season just closed
has been very satisfactory. Over COO
carloads have been shipped to Grand
Island from McCook alone. Tho
jield per acre under fair circ-urnstan-
tnat the tactory will soon be i tinning
with a full force of men. The fac
tory employs 250 men.
At a me.ting of the Commercial
club it was decided to send a tabulat-
el statement to the otlicers of tho
Great Uislern railway as to the
capabilities if Fremont and Dodge
C'-unty as shippers. There is a pos
sibility of having an extension built
to the e they believe.
The university regents will ask the
state legislature for about GUU,0Xi
this year , $200 OuO of whih will be
required for new "luildings and the
remainder for the maintennce of the
university. The general government
and the students furnish 8lG5u.OO ol
the above sum.
One of John Waltemath's children ,
the family residing southeast of Te
curnseh. got a grain of corn fast in
its nose. The services of a physician
were required to remove the obstruc
tion.hen take out th gram had
swollen to that exrent that it was re
moved with ditliculty.
Articles of incorporation for thi
Ktliinsman Cattle company have beea
n'Ld with the secretary of state
Capitalization is to be au.OuO and i
general buying , selling and trading
business will be engaged in. Real
estate will be nandlecl. The pnrcl-
pie place of doing business will be aJ
Sargent.
Mrs Al Sechrest. who participated
in a fake suicide recently in order
that she might not be dragged in
to testify against the man wlmm shi
feared , and who had killed her hus
band , has returned to Lincoln , aftei
visiting in Kansas and Omaha Sh (
sivs she will remove tu Omaha 01
Council Bluffs.
Some time ago a futile eff irt wai.
made to cnange the name of Smarb-
ville to Helena. Th vill.ige wai
named after its earliest settler ,
Robert Smart , for many years de-
ceised. The reason for wanting tc
chinge the name was that to sou- *
people's ears "smartville" ' did not
have a pretty ring The peti.ion ,
sanctiontd by the district court. fur 3
change did not have the desired effect
with higher authorities.