"Fuel shortage is stil
tlie one seriously disturbhij
element in the industria
situation. Transportation facilities hav
been diverted from other merchandise
to the disadvantage of shippers , yet iroi
.furnaces are unable to secure sutlicicn
bunplSeh of coke , and many other mauu
facturhij ; plants are closed because of in
adequate coal deliveries. Mines are iiior
i'ully operated , but there is no prospec
o normal conditions until spring. " Th
foregoing is from the Weekly Trade Re
view of It. G. Dun & Co. It continues
Extremely low temperature during thi
last week stimulated distribution o
heavy clothing and other seasonabli
goods. Ketail trade was accelerated b ;
the customary clearance sales , especiall ;
in dry goods and kindred branches. Trav
eling men are sending in large orders fo
spring goods , the volume of advance busi
ness surpassing the customary amoun
for this time of year. Quiet condition !
in the iron and steel markets do no
mean dullness or diminishing consump
tion , but merely the oversold conditioi
of furnaces and mills , together with grea
uncertainty about keeping plants activi
on a day to day supply of fuel. Inquiriei
are numerous , especially in structura
lines , but makers are not ready to accep
bids until the future appears more deti
uite.
uite.New
New plans constantly come fonvart
for large office buildings , notably at th <
West , which means vigorous consump
tion of structural steel , and the demand :
from car builders are phenomenal. Prac
tic-ally the entire capacity of the leadim
plants is already booked for six months
and at many concerns the last half oi
the year will bring no idleness unless or
dors are canceled.
Eastern manufacturers of footwear an
fully employed on spring shoes , but ne-n
orders are light for later delivery , al
though western jobbers purchase freelj
of fall samples. Quiet conditions ii
leather have been succeeded by an in
creased demand for hemlock sole aac
standard upper , shoe manufacturers plac
ing liberal orders. Last week's slighl
recovery in the hide market was not sus
taiued. Dry goods trading has increased
in volume , buyers arriving in great
numbers , and the prospect favors stil
more activity in the latter half of the
month. There is little disposition to an
ticipate wants in the cotton goods divis
ion , but immediate needs have evident ! ;
grown more pressing. In the wooler
goods division the opening of piece dye.
was made at an advance , but not as
much as some sellers anticipated.
Bradstreet's weekly report on grair
says :
Wheat exports since July aggregatt
140.G10.SOO bushels , against luS.UOi.lSS.
last season and 107,210,9U8 in 1000.
Corn exports aggregate 2,394,012 bush
els , against 2SoG,9SG last week , 298,09
a year ago and 5,184,550 in 1901. Foi
the fiscal year exports are 15,978,016
bushels , against 21,255,447 last'season
and 108,935,495 in 1901.
The wheat market show
ed great strength and made
a material advance during
the week. Conditions favored strength
and the advance appears warranted ,
There were reports of good business al
the seaboard and large sales of wheat
and Hour to go nut later to Europe. Here
in America , and more especially in the
Northwest , sentiment has favored highei
prices for some time. But the foreign
markets , Liverpool especially , would not
follow the advances on this side.Yitli
a good crop in sight in Argentina wheat
importers in Liverpool are slow to antici
pate their wants , and will naturally hold
off as long as possible. During thevo.M ;
there was evidence that there was whi-at
needed abroad for immediate use. At
present it looks as if there would be de
mand from Liverpool for good Ameri
can wheat in any event , while if it should
develop that the Argentina crop is not su
large or the quality not bo good as has
been figured upon , the demand for Amer
ican wheat would be great.
CD-
o Cattle , common to prime ,
$4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs , shipping grades ,
$4.25 to $7.00 ; sheep , fair to choice , $2.0G
to $4.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 7Gc to 77c ;
corn , No. 2 , 4Gc to 47c ; oats , No. 2 , 32c
to 34c ; rye. No. 2 , 49c to 50c ; hay , tim
othy , $8.50 to § 13.50 ; prairie , $ G.OO to
$12.50 ; butter , choice creamery , 21c tn
25c ; eggs , fresh , 22c to 23c ; potatoes ,
40c to 4Sc per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to
$5.25 ; hogs , choice light , $4.00 to G.J. : ;
sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to ? 3.oO ;
wheat. No. 2 , 75c to 7Gc ; corn , No. 2
white , 43c to 44c ; oats , No. 2 white , 34c
to 35c.
SL Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $5.40 : hogs ,
$3.50 to $0.00 ; sheep. $2.50 to $ L75 ;
wheat. No. 2 , 72c to 73c ; corn , No. 2.
41c to 42c ; oats , No. 2 , 34c to 35c ; rye ,
No. 2 , 49c to 50c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $4.50 to $4.75 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $ O.G5 ; sheep , $3.50 to
$4.20 ; wheat , No. 2 , 79c to SOc ; corn.
No. 2 mixed , 4Gc to 47c ; oats , No. 2
mixed , 37c to 3Sc ; rye , No. 2 , 5Gc to 57c.
Detroit Cattle , $3.50 to $ G.25 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $0.10 ; sheep , $2.50 to $3.70 ;
wheat. No. 2 , 79c to SOc ; corn , No. S
yellow , 47c to 4Sc ; oats. No. 3 white ,
3Gc to 37c ; rye , No. 2 , 50c to 51c.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
78c to SOc : corn , No. 3 , 44c to 45c : oats.
No. 2 white , 3oc to 3Gc ; rye , No. 1. r.Oc
to 51c ; barley , No. 2 , G4c to G5c ; pork ,
mess , $19.00.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. 77c to
79c ; corn. No. 2 mixed. 45c to 4Gc : oats ,
No. 2 mixed , 35c to 3Gc ; rye , No. 2 , 52o
to 53c ; clover seed , prime , $7.17.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.50 to $5.50 ; hogs , fair to prime1.00
to S0.80 ; sheep , fair to choice. $3.25 to
54.00 ; Iambs common to choice , $4.00 to
-G.05.
New York--Cattle , $4.00 to $5.50 :
hotfj , $8.00 to $0.35 ; sheep , $3.00 to
$4.00 ; wheat , No. 2 red , Sic to 82c ; com ,
No. 2 , 58c to 59c ; oats , No. 2 whim ,
" 42c to 44c ; butter , creamery , 24c to 2Gc ;
eggs , western , 21 c to 23c.
AGAIN BOMBARD FORT.
Three German Warships Shell Sai
Carlos Fortress in Venezuela.
Three German warships , supposed t
be the Panther , Vineta and Falke , be
gan shelling the fort of San Carlos , Ven
ezucla , Wednesday morning. The for
returned the frrThe engagement lastei
several hours. This is the same for
shelled a few days before by the Pan
ther. Fort San Carlos is at the eutranci
to Lake Maracaibo , in the .extreme west
em part of Venezuela. The fort i :
equivped with modern rapid-fire guns.
A correspondent of the Associatot
Press in a rowboat approached to with
in three miles of the fort. The roar o
the guns was terrific. The Panther ap
peared to be not more than 500 yard :
from the fort. Her guns were being liret
every minute. The fort could not be s-eei
for the clouds of smoke , but it was plan
that the Venezuelan gunners' were an
swering the German fire bravely juu
with great rapidity.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon ati ; xplo
sion occurred , apparently in the fort , am
a cloud of smoke covered part of the ram
ports. A number of Indian fishermer
were intercepted Hoeing from the direc
tion of the fort in their dugout canoes
They reported that the smoke seen was
from the burning village of San Car
los , which had boen shelled by the Ger
man ships and was in flames.
The shelling of San Carlos causes
much excitement among the German res
idents of Maracaibo , who have protest
ed against the action of the warships.
At the foreign oJIice in Berlin and al
the German navy department it was do
dared that no orders were given to bom
bard the fort. The navy oHicials admii
they knew the Vineta was proceeding
to Maracaibo. but they did not anticipnti
a bombardment. The officials admit thai
the incident is likr-ly to "renew anti-
German agitation in the United States'
and say they recognize the disadvantage
Germany is placed in through the impos
oibility of getting prompt reports from
Venezuela. The foreign office does not
even know what was the purpose of the
Panther in its first action against For )
San Carlos.
TWELVE SENATORS CHOSEN.
Five States in Which Elections Could
Not Be Obtained Immediately.
Twelve United States Senators were
chosen Tuesday , as follows :
Illinois A. J. Hopkins , R.
Indiana C. W. Fairbanks , 11.
Michigan R. A. Alger , R ,
New York T. C. Platt , R.
Utah Reed Smoot , R.
North Dakota H. C. Hansbrough , R.
"
South Dakota. . . . . .A. B. Kittredge , R.
Missouri W. J. Stone , D.
Pennsylvania Boise Penrosc , R.
Connecticut O. H. Platt , R.
New Hampshiret J. H. Gallingcr , R.
Arkansas J. P. Clarke , D.
Albert J. Hopkins will succeed William
E. Mason in the Senate : Russell A. Al
ger of Michigan fills the vacancy caused
by the death of James McMillan ; Charles
W. Fairbanks of Indiana is relelected for
his second term ; Orville II. Platt of Con
necticut will enter upon his fifth term
as the result of-the ballot ; James P.
Clarke's election closed a sensational con
test in Arkansas , with James K. Jones ,
the present member , and chairman of the
Democratic national committee during
the past two campaigns ; William J.
Stone of Missouri goes to Washington as
Senator for the first time in a long po
litical career ; Henry C. Hansbrough of
North Dakota has already served two
terms ; Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania
has occupied a seat in the Senate cham
ber for one term ; Thomas C. Platt. the
New York boss , has been honored three
times by being elected Senator ; Reed
Smoot of Utah is a lender in the Mormon
church , whose election has created muHi
discussion ; Jacob H. Gallinger of New
Hampshire is re-elected for his third
term ; Alfred B. Kittredge of South D.i-
kota is elected , after b-Mng appointed ia
1901 to succeed the late James II. Kyle.
In Delaware , Oregon , Washington ,
Kansas and North Carolina there were
two or more candidates for the senator-
ship with strength enough to delay the
election.
The second class railroad rates from
New England to the West , established
eighteen years ago , have been abolished.
Additional measures are being taken
by the Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway Company to facilitate rapid
handling of coal cars on its lines.
Official notification has been given at
Asher , Ok. , that work on the Rock Isl
and Choctaw extension , from Ashcr to
Dallas , Texas , will begin at once.
Traffic officials of railroads east of
Chicago have determined to make
changes in the commodity freight ruts
which will result in a 5 per cent advance.
The prospective movement of 7.UOO
soldiers to the Pacitic coastill give the
transcontinental lines much trouble if the
cheap colonist rates are to be kept in
effect at the same time.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road gave its 5,000 locomotive engineers
and firemen a Christmas present in the
form of a wage increase that will aggre
gate over ? GOO,000 a year.
A charter has beon granted at Gulh-
rie , Ok. , to the Wichita , Oklahoma and
Northwestern Railroad Company , capi-
Lal stock $2,000,000 , to build a road from
Wichita Falls , Texas , northwest through
the counties of Comanche. Kiowa and
Groer. Oklahoma , to Miami , T.xas , a
distance of 200 miles.
President Ramsey say the Wabash
has a contract with the 'Carnegie Steel
LJornpauy by which the road is to get one-
fourth of the freight business from the
steel company for a period of twenty-five
years after the line is opened and ready
For business.
Locomotive engineers on the Chicago ,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad have
K'en granted an aggregate wage increase
> f $250,000 a year. In addition to this
iany concessions were made on running
schedules and work classificatita , siring
: he men one of the best irorkiMg ajjree-
ueats in the country.
HANGED TO LIMB OF TREE.
Unknown Man Found Dead Near Norfolk , Mel
Wire Instead of a Rope.
Norfolk , ] STeb. . Jan. 27. The bod
of an unknown man , apparentl
about fifty years old , with gray hai
'
arid whiskers , was discovered Mon
( day morning hanging by a wire t
the limb of a tree at Spring branch
'about two miles north of the city
The man was comfnrtabl ? dressed
wearing a blue overcoat and abou
thirty dollars was found in one o
his pockets. The body was taken t
the rooms of Sessions & Bell , wher
it awaits identification. It is sup
'posed the man committed suicide
Mrs. L. W. Young a Suicide.
Wilsonvilie , Neb. , Jan. 27. Mrs
L. W. Young , wife of ex-Senato
jYoung , committed suicide Monda ;
"by takicg carbolic acid. The acii
'was taken in the forenoon , while al
members of the family were awa ;
'from ' home. She was found at abou
noon unconscious and death followet
at 3 o'clock. Deceased made an un
succcessful attempt to commit stii
; cide about two years ago by takinj
rough on rats.
Two Men Saw Out of Jail. '
Mitchell , S. D. , Jan. 27. A jai
delivery took place in this city Mon
day night and a very important prls
oner made bis escape. Jack Sully anc
Fred Raer , the two inmates , were re
leased from the prison and no trac <
, or them can be found. They wer <
'assisted ' by outside parties , who sawec
the lock from an outside door thai
; is rarely used , and then sawed theii
way into the jail.
At 4:30 : in the afternoon the deputj
sheriff saw Sully in the jail corndoi
and when the deputy returned at'
o'clock the jail was empty and an in
vcstigalion revealed that the pris
oners had gone. Telephone messages
were sent in all directions to inter
cept the fugitives.
Sully is the noted cattle rustlei
who has operated on the Sioux reser
vation , west of Chamberlain , for E
number of years and in that time
has made way with hundreds of cat
tle. He has always been able to es
cape the ollicers , or has stood in
wilh them to the extent of having
escaped arrest.
Last summer Sully was arrested at
Verdirgrie. Neb. , where he had driv
en a large number of cattle and had
sild them to Omaha dealers. He
was brought back to Lyman county
and later placed in the Mitchell jail
for safe keeping.
It is believed that the plan for the
delivery had been in operation for
several days ana the fact that Sherifl
Brooks died Saturday afternoon ga > e
Sully's friends a chance tn work all
the better. It was not a difficuh
matter to saw through the iron bars
that held them cantives.
Capture of a Coal Train.
Des Moines. la. Jan. 27. The town
of Stratfnrd , 100 miles north ( if here ,
having : i population of nearly 2,000.
is creathrought up as the result "of
the arrest of more than thirty per
sons who held up a train and seized
nearly twenty cars of coal. But lit
tle coal has been shipped to Stratford
for many weeks and a severe fuel
famine prevailed.
Yesterday a Northwestern freight
train of loaded coal cars passing
through thuvn stopped for water.
The train huo no sooner rame to a
stop than the news spread like wild
fire. Soon a mob of 500 people with
wagons , baskets and coal scuttles
were at the tracks , a car of coal was
broken open and people were help
ing themselves. Of the train ot
twenty f-ars but a few tons remained
when tl raid was over.
The rnl : nad company at once no
tified tho sheriff , who immediately
left Webster City for Stratford. He
made between thirty and forty ar
rests. A high state of excitement
prevails. The amount of coal taken
was not much per person , but as a
whole is suHcient' to last the town
for sometime.
Much t : ible is looked for when
bhe arrested persons ae brought tc
trial. All. however.have b-en grant-
26 bail pending tne time of trial ,
which is set for the next term of the
listrict court.
On Trail of Bank Robbers.
St. Louis , Jan. 27. Bill AndersoL
Df Rudolph , and Frank Lewjs , the
supposed Union , Mo. , bank robbers
and murderers of Detective Charles
D. Schumacher , are still at large A
reward of SI,800 has been offered for
their arrest.
Sheriff Bruch of Franklin county
bas been informed that two men an
swering the description of-the fugi-
bives , one of them wounded , were
seen at Beaufort.
Ryan is Asked to Fight.
Hot Springs , Ark. , Jan. 27. Tom
my Ryan , the champion middle
svpight today received a telegram
from Jack Herman , manager of the
Fort Erie athletic club at Buffalo
isking him if he would fi ht Fits-
Jimmons there for a purse of twenty-
live thousand dollars. !
Rjao replied chat he would il
Fitzsiutmons would train down tf
the middleweight limit.
FIGHT THE ROBBED
CITIZENS' STATE BAriK OF WATERLO
WRECKED TUESDAY. GOT 53,500
NOISE AROUSED THE TOWI
THE ROBBERS EXCHANGE SHOTS WIT
HATTH AMD TIMMERMAN.
NO TRACE OF IDENTIC
The Bank Building a Complete Wreck Th
Next Morninjr Pieces of the Safe Blown
Throughout Walls of the Building.
Waterloo , Neb. , Jan. 28.-The CIti
zens bank of Waterloo was wreckei
by a dynamite explosion and rorbei
of $3,500 between I and 2 o'clocl
Tuesday morning. The robbers es
caped without leaving any trace o
their identity or positive evidence o
their number. The building ii
which the bank was located is i
wreck. Many of the pieces of tin
safe were blown through the wall
and scattered about the street.
It was almost 2 o'clock wbcn J. IT
ilatth , who lives just across tbi
Street , was awakened by the noise o
the explosion , fie jumped out o
bed and started across the street ,
Almost before he had his bearing !
and could definitely locate the diiec
tion from which the sound came hi
was arrested by a growling voice :
"Throw up your hands. "
A large man whose face was cover
ed with a mask , appeared before hire
in the dark. Close to the bank buPd
ing and evidently busy with a mea
sack he saw two others. The large
man never took his eyes from rltttt
and kept the gun pointed at him.
' Ncm step back , out of the way , '
he said.
lie obeyed the order , bub had onij
taken a step or two when a shot
whistled through the air , coming
from behind the bank building. II
startled the. robber who had covered
him with the gun and as the othei
two called to him he turned and ran
toward them. The three disappear
ed in the darkness.
A. E Timmerman , another citi
zen , had been aroused by the sound
of the explosion and started for the
bank , surmising immpdiately that
the scene of the trouble was there.
He heard the robber talking to Ilatth
as he came up from behind the hank
building. As the robbers disappeared
in the darkness he tired three more
shuts at them.
The police at Lincoln were tele
phoned to and informed of the rob
bery. The bloodhounds ar/ived on
the morning train from Lincoln.
The bank will not sutler any los ,
as it is fully covered by burglar in
surance.
Fifty-two Were Burned to Death.
London , Jan 2S. Fifty two insane
patients were burned to death by fire
at fcliConley asylum annex this
morning. The outbreak occurred in
the Jewish wing of the institution.
The flames spread with great rapid
ity and before they could be got un
der control dve wnodeu buildings , in
cluding dormitories and the doctors'
apartments were burned. All the
efforts of the officials were directed
to removing insane inmates , but the
latter became wild with excitement
and so panic stricken that not only
were they unable to help themselves ,
but greatly impeded the operations
of those trying to save them.
There were nearly six hundred
women in the burned annex at the
time the lire was discovered and most
of them were s fely transferred to
the main building , which was unin
jured Some , however , fscaped and
are still at large , rendering it diffi
cult 11 ascertain the exact number of
thuse burned to death.
The work of searching the ruins
continues. The officials admit that
about riftv bodies have been recover
ed , but it is feared that the full ex
tent of the disaster s not yet known
All the victims were lunatics. Their
Charred remains presented a horrify
ing spectacle. The asylum was be
sieged oy anxious relatives anj
friends of the patients , who arrived
from all quarters. Pitiable scenes
were witnessed , as weeping men and
women left the premises after ascer
taining that relatives and friends
had perished in the llames.
The nurses had a terrible experi
ence in trying to assist the insane
people who were so panic stricken
that they had literally to be driven
to a place of safet > . The inflamma
ble premises almost immediately be
came a furnace. Nolhing was left
standing.
A Good Chance For Engineers
Washington , Jan. 28. Senator
Dietrich is anxious to recommend
semevell qualified civil enigneer of
ISebraska to take the examination
for appointment in the navy corps of
civil engineers. Appointees will en
ter the corps with the rank of junior
lieutenant and an anunai pay of
82,700. Ab the end of five years their
salary will be increased to 353,000 and
at the eod of ten years to $3,500.
UCKEY SPOKE AT OMAHA BANQUE
The Governors of Two States at the McKlx
ley Club Celebration.
Omaha , Neb. , Jan. 31. The sh
tieth anniversary of the birth o
William McKinley was celebrated b
the McKinley club of Nebraska wit )
a banquet Thursday night. Fou
hundred plates were laid , and th
honored guests included Governo
Mickey of Nebraska , Governor Gum
rains of Iowa , and W. E , Bainbridge
second secretary of the American le
gatiou at Pe'un.
The banquet baa was decoratei
with the national colors , and directl.
behind the speakers was hung an im
mcnse painting of the honored presi
dent.
Governor Mickey responded to tin
" ' Character " W
toast , "McKinley's ;
E. Balnbridge of Council Bluffsspoki
on McKinley's policy in the Orient
and a telegram of regret was .real
from President Roosevelt.
Governor Cummins of Iowa deliv
ered the principal address of th
evening on "McKinley and the Tar
iff. "
Without Water Twenty .four Days
Louisville , Neb. , Jan. 31. Twi
calvesone six the other seven month
old , were buried in a straw stack fo
twenty-four days and were taken ou
alive Thursday. It happened on th
farm of Frank Stander , who live
three miles from Louisville.
The experience" of the two calves
has placed them , above the freak at
tractions of the five and six leggei
varieties found at county fairs. Th
"buried alive" man who has trav
eled the country over , frightening
women into floods of resolutions , ha
been beaten at his own game.
"Dot ' and "Smudge" are th
names of thu cv.o calves They wet
to a great extent the pets of ever
one on the farm. Having been de
clared dead for twenty-four days
their active condition is somethinj
of an agreeable surprise.
The calves were in a lot with ;
number of other cattle. The strooj
winds of about three weeks ago wer
tearing things to pieces on the farm
Boards were flying and anything
loose was sure to be sent on an air
ship journey. The cattle were hud
died on the lee side of the large strav
slack that had been left in the lo
when the threshing was coroplebei
last fall. They had Beaten from botl
sides of it and the dozen or two dee ]
inroads the animals had made wen
used for shelter.
Into a hole of this sort the tw <
calves had sought refuge from the fly
ing "brlc a brae * ' of farm tools am
fence boards. The remainder of thi
cattle , as many as possible , were alsi
smuggled in similar places.
Mr. Stander had started out acros
the lot facing the wind. The lull fo
a few minutes just previous had en
ticed some of the cuttle away fron
the stack. The tii id calves , bow
ever , remained in i eir place of safe
ty.
There was a sudden squall , comin <
up in much the same manner as ;
dust whirlwind on a summer day
The revolving current Struck tin
straw stank and caught in the eater
places on the windward side. Thi
straw began to fly thick and fast
When the whirlwind had careenei
down the bill and disappeared , thi
straw stack had been moved threi
or four feet in a mass "and was re
piled , without holes.
The cattle had all stampeded dowi
to the other end of the lot. Mr. Stan
der supposed they were all safe. Hi
gave the matter no more thought fo
a day or twc. Then the calves wen
missed. The owner remembered hav
ing seen them close to the stack'am
their fate be surmised very quickly
It is a big job to move a stiaw stacl
as large as an ordinary five room cot
tae. Mr. Stander postponed digginj
out the bodies of the calves from daj
to day. Finally he concluded hi
must get them out. By this timi
the cattle had again eaten holes inti
the sides of the stack. It was thi
same huge affair as before the acci
dent.
Stander went to work resolutely
An inroad by the cattle had made ;
larger hole than usual in one place
The other n aces had not been eatei
away so much by the cattle. It wa :
singular , thought Mr. Stauder.
noise attracted bis attention and af
ter about five minutes' work hi
found the calves alive.
The hole eaten by the cattle hai
allowed them plenty of air. The ,
hid survived for twenty-four da >
without water and with only strav
for food.
President's Salary $100,000.
Washington , Jan. 31. Reprosenta
tive Bristow of New York has intrc
duced a bill increasing the salary o
the president of the United State
to $100,000 a year.
Think He Was flurdered.
Dearborn , Mich.Jan. hi. S'nbbei
to death ly an unknown assailau
and his body placed on the tracks J
an ehr.tiicroad to cover up thectirne
seems to have been the fa'e of a
middle aged German or P < l3 , wh
has not yet been identified. A ca
bound ft r Detroit rnn over the bod
last niyht , anil when the .remain
were examined at tne morgue here
two deep stab wounds were n u-id i
the breast , apparently inflicted b
a dagger.
Nebraska Notes'
Milan G. Cook , cf Fremont , was
assessed $25 for beating his wife.
The Citizens' National bank of Te-
cumseh has increased its capital stock
from $30,000 to $70.000.
The annual meeting of the Old Set
tlers' association of Uloe county
will be held in Neberaska City.
J. B. Roshong of McCook was run
over by the curs and had a leg taken
off.
Mrs. L. W. Young , wife of ex Sen
ator Young , committed suicide at *
Wilsonvilie by taking carbolic acid.
J. B. Roshong , an aged citizen of
McCook , was run over by the cars in
the yard losing a leg and receiving
severe injuries about the head. On
account of Ills advanced age and
feebleness , there is some doubt as to
his recovery. Reing ha'd of hear
ing , he did not hear the approach ot
the cars until too late
Thirteen cars of cattle have been
shipped from the Ernest farmer at
Tecumseh to the experimental farm
at Lincoln. Ten head of Shorthorns
are to be used in judging ano mark
ing points and three Hereford cowsj
with abnormal growths upon their
jnvvs will be experimented upon.
The Zeller Stock Food company has
been organised at Ilonperwith a cap- :
ital of $40,000 $4,000 paid in. Thd
company will continue the business ;
of Dr. M. T. Zellers , who has been
preparing this stock food for a year
oasr. The stock is held by citizens
of Hooper.
Colonel McDonnell of the Secondi
Nebraska infantry has announced a
number of aipointmeuts as followsr
Regimental adjutant , M jur Robert
A. Clapp of Fairbury ; regimental
surgeon , Dr. ClilTorri W.\Valden of
Beatrice ; regiment/il chaplain , Rev. :
Addison E. K. i k rjocker of Lin- ,
coin.
coin.A.
A. B. Chelf , a grocery salesman
who left Alliance very suddeenly fa
charged with bigamy. Un January 1 ;
Chelr was manied to a young wom
an at Wapella , 111. It is alleged that
on his way to Illinois Chelf stopped ,
off ; t Grand Island , where he married ;
another girl. Mrs. Clielf No. 1 ar-j
rived and Chelf left Alliance imme
diately.
D. J. Sinclair , postotlicee inspec-f
tator has succeeded in capturing :
Pearl S. Kaseer , the postmaster atj
Gosper , Neb. , who is charged with
absconding with $500 of the mnney
order funds of that office. Kaserleft
Gosper Jan. 13 with a companion ,
and presumably went to Denver. In
spector Sinclair visited the pnstotlice
and found that the money order fund )
was short the amount mentioned and *
immediately started to rind the miss
ing official. lie was captured at
Arapahoe.
The county clerk at Cbadron an- .
noanced that the last available pieca
of land in the county to file oil
claims on has been filed on. The
1 ist of the land , about i50 claim ? ,
was taken up by the Minnetonka Oil
Mining company. The oil belt ,
which embraces what was known as
the "bad lands , " is about eighteen
by thirty-s x rnik-s. For years the
professors and students of different ?
universities have excavated for pre
historic relics there , and word has
been brought by them of small veins
of coal of an inferior grade , but no
attention was ever paid to what they
said. Now that interest in the re
gion has been aroused there is a hope
that coal of better grades will be
found below the surface. Claims arc
helng suld to some extent now for
three and four times what it cost to
file on them. The largest transfer
of deeded land was the sale of Hud
Mead's ranch to Nelson Upton of
Omaha.
An unidentified man was found
hanging to a tree on the farm of A.
Hill , two miles north of Norfolk.
The body had evidently been hanging
there some time. Tte oositlon was
such as to appear like one standing.
Mr. Hill first saw the man there
the day before but thought- was
someone out hunting. Again seeing
him still in the same piace. Mr. Hill"
went near enough to ascertain that
the man was dead. A piece of wire ,
had been fastened around the neck :
and ovei a limb of a tree and thq
man had strangled himself by liftins *
bis feet from the ground. The body
was taKen to the undertaking rooms
to await identification. In one p ck >
et was found S29.35 in caso , and in
another some memorando , made on 3
piece of manila wrapping paper , evi
dently notations of farm produce ,
taken to some grocer , and of some
items bought. The man was between
fifty to sixty years of age , bad gray
hair and whiskers , wore a blue over *
coat and was comfortably dressed.
A runaway team of Paul Johnson
of Harvard , crashed into he rear ol
a carriage in which were Mrs. S. P ,
Hunt and her mother-in-law , Mrs.
M. J. Hunt , of Bushnell. III. Bntti
ladies were greatly frightened anr |
badly bruised. Mrs. M.J Hunt ,
is 73'years of age , had her
wrist and left shoulder broken and
is quite seriously huit. Her daugh
ter-in-law is not badly hurt , having
sustained no broken bones.
