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sx'rr-'ry !- -s '? . , . H, - ,,T-"V.'? - '. . Uouuty Clerk llmayoo tb 'ft! laurraL :' I 4 I 1 ' J Ctflumlms OLlMi: XXI- NUMBER 17. ECTOHSi im Cashier. T. ANDERSON. so. Hfc..MiI IkAViaiO, PGWJ.5rLLIVAN n. Pov- st National Back to or XJBIBUS. NEB. coi ia- fee tte. L: of Condition 3Iav 17, 1890. 1 or SE5C :bk:3. LriS,U:c-;'-!- $223,579.35 ". aii 11,935.33 Tre.-J CTj.OO l5i 13.tf8.15 33,923.07 27o.93J.40 nis:n Es. ll'Slf""-C! S.0.003.0J 10. 1M 1 13,503 01 M.SS1.21 155.161.05 27C.S30 40 ;7 i:-i- :t outstanding.... ('"t'SCS justness srds. 1&7CUF.U ADVOKAT, Ka enr C i:lus State Bank, Columbus lLIIA .V REEUER, ATTuh-yKYS AT LAW, jtr lev NiUioaal Bank, Columbus, tu-ti I L KtSiTi:R, arvrr srarrroj?. pftrJ' fl'inne fcrrcjlag dose can aa. ci u !ui)S-. Sea., or call nl my olncc lc.i..:v SmajSC-v I J CRATiriJ, '., V-'fT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. -.-'.i uirfi m uie court, iiouso. ine : i;ii i ic!i month for thi cxamina- Ji:: -v- '.r teachers' certificatcr. and J ,' :. -f other tcliool business. 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Columbus, Neb. STRAY LEAF! V DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE FOB CARDS. ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, OIRCULABS, DODGERS, ETC. SUBSCRIBE SR5W ro K COLUMNS JOURNAL. A-D . !p' AMERICAN MAGAZINE, 't Both far a Year, at UM. I' ii'f " &cknonlpdi5Pd ta be the bet -- -..:2" tSDr m PItto pnnntr nd Th T IOi.!ifizt' '' onl hich-clafes month- -,." ru "ntlielv to American Utera- I; -. i'ar .:.;"," .V"ri!,"..'' - 5.t, ' f--iaTifulb illustrated, and is I .-'- "' nueQ ana snort ttonee. .-; -i u- present can DC ii.'. r.ition to The Ameri -"" j br.Uiant duricg the year tKfit d iAM? -W' - Tk Ameri. MERIT COUNTS NOT. HOW BRITISH ARMY PROMO- TtrMo . - AKt MADE. ThWhoI. System of civil Military S?.0"0"10-1 """-Aristocrat --.,a uneu Affmi-.i ' Veterans General ForeiCn News. J2 ?m P"liament on the army wUmates has brought out some interest- BrinS' ,thUgl1 promotion " British army is no longer obtained br nnr. erase, it is still M-tain,! , .1,- t.-li . the aristocracy bv methods tbn -i.i . MU auua 01 give points to an American nn;tini.n vn. stance, durinR the past year some twenty Dromotinns n t, i. -2 m- . ,w lua iuz. oi commissioned bthcer was made from among the enlisted men. This seeinsd all very good and en coaraRing on the surface, but inquiry shows that all these twenty officers are young men of aristocratic families who enlisted with the understanding and sub stantially the promise that, efter a brief period in the racks, they would be pro moted. This is not rery stimulating to veterans who find themselves put under the orders of callow youths from the uni versities. The fact is that the whole sys tem of civil and military promotion in England is delusive. While competition is nominally open to every class, conditions are attached which practically confine ap pointments to the urmer orders. The condition of the British army and navy is of much importance just now when history is repeatiug itself in tha east. Armenia is another liu'eaiia. and a3 Turk ish atrocities in Bulgaria were the pretest for the llusso-Turkish war, so the out rages in Armenia may give another pre text to Russia for interference in the af fairs of the sultan's domain. The Turk seems to learn nothing by experience. All that the christain subjects of Tuikey ask is decent government. As it is they are victimized in such an inhuman manner that the better sentimont even of England is aroused in favor of the oppressed popu lations and tie czar is enabled to pose as the champion of humanity ia carrying out h'.B schemes of aggression. The story of the Armenian atrocities is only beginning to be told. The christian population of Erzeroum is wailing, not alone for fathers and brothers s!ain, but for wives and daughters zuissiug. Since the day of the terrible massacre scores of Armenian women have disappeared and tbera is no doubt that they are prisoners in Turkish harems. Among the llussian forces on the Asiatic frontier are several Armenian regiments, and it is reported that the men are wild with ardor to march against the Turks. Bulgaria has offered to sustain Turkey with 80,000 men in the event of war. A meeting of the members of parliament interested in the condition of Armenia was held in the conference rooms of the house of commons. From the information that reaches here from Constantinople it is learned that matters are fast assuming a critical complexion. War material is con btantly pouring into Batoum by night as well as by day, and Clifford Lloyd, British consul general at Erzeroum, has tele graphed to the British embassy at Con stantinople that tho Turksh garrisons in Armenia should be strengthened. Brig andage all over the Turkish empire has ex tended to au alarming extent. It arises from the visibly increasing povetty of the masses of the population. In the imme diate vicinity of Constantinople brigands havj made their appearanca in strong bands and carried off several captives. Mot distressing accounts come from Salonica, where, in three of the districts, the harvest is a total loss, no rain having fallen in fourteen mouths. The conse quence is general destitution and want. It is estimate I that nearly 100,003 persons will have to be furnished with the means of subsistence until next hanest and the necessary seed for their next sowing. Un loss immediate measures are taken to re lieve the people the country will be given over to anarchy and disease, which may be turned to political account. No More Indians lor Shows. Indian Commissioner Morgan says there will Le no more permits granted Indians to leave their reservation and go with travel ing shows. He has decided to make no exceptions to this and is led to its adop tion by the maltreatment of the Ogallala Sioux who went to Europe with Dr. Car ver's Wild West ami some of those who accompanied Buffalo Bill's company. The secretary of the treasury has received a letter saying that some of the Ogallala Sioux were in a very distressed physical condition, two "having pulmonary disease and one jaundice. The commissioner says that tho showmen who -have taken Indians from their reservation were compelled to give bond for their good treatment and care, and that he intends to enforce the bond and secure damages if possible. Tho acting superintendent of. immigration vrntes from New York of the condition of the Ogalallas who were taken abroad. They were fairly well dressed, but wore moccasins and ate hungrily from cans of pretened meat and some bread while com ing fiom the ship in the barge to this office. The ind ans told a lamentable story of maltreatment by the white men w ho" have engage 1 them. They have been treated barbarously and cruelly subjected to all temptations of immorality by being brought without proper restraint into con fjiLt with the criminal class with whom they were permitted to indulge their evil passions. Amlinlieil by Mexicans. Notwithstanding the fact that the insur rection here has terminated, great excite ment prevails throughout the city. It is rumored that a new issue of $50,000,000 in paper currency will be maie. A bill has been introduced in the chamber of depu iac nmriiiinn for forpiffn currency. Th) national bank has resumed payment. The bourse is still closed, and the panicky feel ing in commercial circles continues. The press in forbidden by the government to comment on the crisis. The premium on gold is 2(i9 per cent. Found and f.o.t a 'Ife In 'o Time. Patrick Purcell, of 709 Garfield avenue, Greenville, and Sarah Fullerton, of 43 Sussex street, New Jersey, were married by Justice of the Peace Weed, Saturday even ing, ic his office. Purcell was 45 years old and Miss Fullerton was 25. Purcell's sis ter was a witness. After the ceremony Justice Weed declared that they were the most !ovin couple he bad ever married. Eirlv Tuesday morning, bsfore the door of the court "rcom in Gregory street was opened, Parcel! called. He sat outside and waited for the justice t come. There was a wce-begone look on his face. When 5? "udge arrived Purcell told h m he wanted a divorce. He said his wife had deserted him on Saturday night, a few hours alter he had installed he: Jus borne as mistress. She gave him no reason for goirg, he said. H had looKed for her after she hadgone, but had found no trace of h r until Monday night, when he heard fche was in a saloon dou town. He went io the saloon and .earned that she had been there, but I ad gone away. The justice aa-vis-d bim to apply for a divorce in the court of chancery. Parcell cme around a! if .t0ld him h6 WOUld tak " Wo nT - diVKe' He W c i Home since her marriage. Excitement SliU Prevails. manofStSbeen brou8ht the fore-ES.- ,ne 8t sfter of the am bushing by Mexicans of a party of miners rangers and deputy sheriffs. . p. q JlVT? WM in"a tilled, and a deputy sheriff and deputy marshal were seriously wounded. Th fire was returned ouu it is oeuevea one Me rLanTaikiUed : (LIIIl RATAM .. J 1 m. u.v. luumica. ne miners and ubms nave about 100 Mexicans sur rounded and are guarding them until fur ther assistance can got to them, when they will pick out those cannected with the shooting and biin2 them to Mrfv f. R.ifn 1-h;k O'u- . . . . ... I viruiK. me irouDie is sam to come from the lynching of a Mexican som a' months ago. esican some . I Trouble Pending lii Samoa. ' A letter from Apia, Samoa, of July 15, preuicis troubles of which tho cable last week gave a brief account. A correspond ent says the islanders are on tbe verge of another civil war solely because of the delay of the powers in "pnttiug the pro visions of the treaty into force. The read, ing of the treaty and its soltmu ratifica tion had a good moral effect on the natives who had been recently fiphting each other, but when time went on and nothing was done to enforce the new laws both tho partisans of Mataafa and Tamesese became restive, and several incidents that have oc curred lately show it will take but little to cause a renewal of hostilities. The Mohi can is the only war vessel in harbor. Ugly stories are afloat of tho cruelty of German plantation managers toward'tho South Sea Island laborers. These managers are al lowed to flo;j boys whenever they think it necessary, and they have used this power so freely that a large numler of boys have fled to the bush, where they are living in a ' wild state As these fugitives are from islands where cannibalism is practiced, re ports come in of the killiug and eating of boys belonging to other stations. The murder of two boys recently gave color to these reports. Wisconsin's Ills Canal Finished. The Wind Lake canal, one of the most gigantic drainage enterprises ever under- tUe execution chamber waiting for the ap taken in the northwest and the largest ever ! pearance of the warden and charge. At attempted in Wisconsin, is now completed. ' 0:3() tue door at the ri,ht of the eiecution Less than two years have been necessary ' chair leading toward the execution room to do the work whereby fifteen miles of J opened and Warden Durston appeared, canal has been dug and a vast tract of ' Behind him walked a spruce looking, countiy drained. Over 13,000 acres has broad-shouldered little man, full bearded been assessed and tho cost is over $10,00.1. j nnd dressed in a suit of new clothing and Tno main canal to Muskego lake to Wind i white Bnirt whoso polished froLt was ex Jake and thence to Bochester is nearly ' Posed directly Lelow a little bow of lawn nine miles long, wjUe the east branch, I This Was William Kemmler, from Wind lake south through Goose lake, the man who was about to undergo the is six miles in length. Muskego lake is sentenco of death. Behind him walked drained almost dry. Wind lake greatly . Dr. Houghton and CLapla'n Yates, lowered, and Gcose lake is now only a Kemmler was by far the coolest man in tbe pond hole. The east branch is nearly dry, ' party. Ho did not look about the rom and in the main canal there is only about I with anv special degree of interest, lie two feet of water, the banks looming up from six to eight feet on each side. In marshes where hay could scarcely be mowed by hand machines are now use.l effectively. Tho land reclaimed which has hitherto Leen valueless is now worth in the neighborhood of $500,000. Foand tils Wife in an Opium lien. One of tfce worst results of the opium joints has been brought to light at Helena, Mout. About two weeks ago a man named Kaymond came to Helena, accompanied by bis wife. Yesterday he reported to the police that she had disappeared, aud the search which was instituted resulted in finding her in a private opium den kept by a variety actor named Williams. Two other women were in the room beside Mrs. Iiayinond, one a girl of 1G named Lillie Lawrence. It seems that Williams has for the last four weeks been enticing young girls into his place and then while they .nvn ...wl.-v ttA inHtiAniA nf ntiintn of opium be would accomplish their ruin. The Law- rence erirl when found was in convulsions, nuia uuut. ... .w..w w- ,.--. and it was only by heroic treatment that her life was saved. Affair!, in Vaiitoni-ilii. uen. xruuguary iu uu,u - Guatemalan revolution, has taken Chi - Gen. Truuguarv, at tho head of the quimaia, near tue capuai. iu io u. i.i 1 ni- - . r this place has obliged the Guatemalan gov eminent to concentrate its troops to ivard tbe capital. A Guatemalan dispatch 3ays it is untrue that an attempt was made to assassinate President Barilla', and denies that th'e revolution is of importance. The diplomatic corps has offc red to negotiate for peace and the offer has been accepted. It is expected a peaceful settlement will be arranged within a few days. President Barillas says he will not resicn, and that he prefers death to surrender. President Ezetas- only terms are recognition oi nis crovernment and the non intervention of other powers iu the interior government of San Salvador. German an Issue In Indiana. It is now evident that the question of teaching German in the public schools of the state of Indiai a is to become an im portant factor in the campaign for the leg islature. A committee of promiuent Ger man citizens has been appoiute 1 and thoy ...:ii n.-.rti-.;nt eii!i-.nmTTiittA3 in P!ich of the counties whose dutv it will be to ask pledges from the candidates for tbe legis- lature not to interfere with the present law which provides for the teaching of the Ian- guage. Where a candidate does not give i jo;m,i ..in,iofl v.w nimmiont trill h IUD UaillU l'l.jv -..- w.-i Kimnorted bv the German element regard- Iprs of nolitics. and when neither of the candidates will make pledges those sup- posed to be most favorably disposed to the language will be supported. ( Wheat Destroyed in Manitoba. Fuller accounts of the damage done in Manitoba by the storm Friday night have been received and show the loss to the wheat crop to be greater than at first re ported. At Delorain, 200 miles south of Wmnepeg, the hail belt is 6aid to have been fourtownships wide, narrowing down to a mile and a half as it proceeded east ward, leaving destruction iu its wake. One hundred thousand acres 'of wheat have been totally ruined. , Died From Their Injuries. Two of the men hurt by tbe explosion of , fire damp at St. Etienne have died from the effects of their injuries. SHORT BITS OF NEWS. The Hungarian town of Moor has been almost totally destroyed by fire. Ten per sons lost their live?. Prominent New York coffee dealers 6ay that the alleged scheme to colonize neerces in Mexico to raise coffee is- au nuncomoe. Bcbglaks entered the residence of E. F. Knowlton, at Newport, K. L, while tbe fa'milv were at dinner, and secured $8,000 worth of jewelry. A BOH.EB in John Jacobv's saw mill tt Mulberrv, Ind., exploded, killing Engineer Will Shoemaker, aadinjunng jonn jacooy, Allen Jacoby, Mont Knodes ana two cnu dren of Alfred Collins. The cabinet of Queenland, Australia, has resign. 3 owing to lack of support in parliament on its budget of proposals. Mr. Griffiths, the leader of the opposition, is forming oe ministry. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, KEHMLEK . EXECUTED. THE WORK DONE IN A MOST BUNGLING MANNER. The Current Thrown Oft Too Quickly and a Most Sickmlng Sight Follows-A Hlunder In Preparing the Death-tieal-Infe Apparatus-Scenes ami incidents. With a short, sharp shock, painless so far HR tbn wnrbl ill n.nm 1... l. --I of Wimam Kemmler separated from his body at 6:40 on th momino nf the Cth. The black can ft nilin.lnil I to the Lead of the man bound cap tive in a strango looking chair, the lever was quickly swung around the 're OI a Semi-Circle, a nnick onnvnlsinn. a tli i -. 5 , -, 7 '. Jr tlf , f muscuIar acl,on-anotLer , of tbe levej.f a & roo fiHed w'th sickening fumes of buruing flesh, and twenty-seven witnesses of tha first electri- C1!9.m history, knew that the death of uc .ciici imu ueen avenged in law, ana the criruo of William Kemmler expiated so far as human hands could force its expia tion. While Warden Durstou cou!d have found a hundred willing substitutes for any one of tho twenty-seven witnesses which the law haj compell d him to call in, it is safe to say that no one of the twenty-seven found any p'easure in the spectacle. The effort to surrouud tha af fair with A Huto of -Mystery, such as the law contemplated was not suc cessful. The outer world did not know the exact hour which bad been fixed for the event, but it knew the time approximated and a little assemblage of loiterers at the gate of the prison before davn this morn ing was good evidence that the interest in the event was keen and general. Besides these curiosity seekers an a tive corps of newspaper reporters gathered in the broad rnml IK frnnf nf Min t-tviarttt nrnnmlj nvi.1 waited for the signal that would tell them that the execution was over. At 5 o'clock this mornius there was a rapping at the room dcors, and a general awakening throughout the hotels in Auburn. Warden Dnrston had le!t a "quiet call" for h-.s wit nesses and they were oidcrcd to report at the prison at 0 o'clock. Bv 0:30 all were present and seated in a little circle around hesitated a3 the door was closed behind ! him and locked by the attendant on the other sklo as though he did not know ex actly what to do. The wooden chair was placed in front and a little to the right of tho eiecution chair, facing a little circle of men. Kemmler sat down composedly, looking about him and then up and down without any evidence offear or of espe cial interest in the event. He looked, if anything, as though he was rather pleased at being the center of interest. After he had beer seated the Wirdan said: "Now, gentlemen, this is William Kemmler. I have warned him that he has got to die, j ami jf be has anything to say he will say it." As the warden finished, Kemmler looked up and said in a high-keyed voice, without any hesitation aud as though he kad Prepared Hi mself With a Speech. "Well, I wish every one good luck In this world, and I think I am going to a pood place. Tho papers have been saying a lot 0f stuff that isn't so. Thats all I havo to ' sav." With the conclusion of the sprech ! he turned his back to the jury, took oft Lis ! coat and handed it to th& warden, lhis disclosed the fact that a hole had been cut from the band of his trousers dow n so as tL(j basQ of tbe me L -n the e,Mtrie Kemmler chair as v - -- , , . hft ag gilt- down (o - I ' . ' . . . .- :,. , dinner, ine warden stooa on nis ngut 1 and George Vierling. of Albany, on his left. I They immediately began to adjust the 1 straps around Kemmler's bo ly, tbe row- demned man holding up his arms so as to give them every assistance. When tho straps were adjusted about the body, his arms wero fagtened down and thcu the warden leaned over and parted Kemmler's I feet so as to bring bis legs near tho legs of 1 the chair. While tho strar-3 were being ' arranged, Kemmler said to the warden aud "istnnt T,ke VOnr time. Don't be . , in a liurrv. Be Sure That EverytlB Is All KiRht." Two or three times Le repeated tbesa phrases. Warden Durston reassured him that it would not hurt 1 im and that be (Durston) would be with him all the way through. But it was not fear that Kemmler felt. It was a rather certain pride in the exactness of the experiment. He seemed to have a greater interest ia its success that thoso who had made the preparations for it and who were watching , its progress to its final concision, ben the straps bad been all adjured to tho body the warden placed his hand on Kemmler's head and adjusted tue rubber ' can with a saturated sponge. The warden r .. . .-..-. , then took in his band the leather harness to adjust to the head of tbe condemned. It was a muzzle of broad leather 6traps which went across the forehead and chin of the man in the chair. The top strap pressed. down against the nose of Kemmler until it was flattened down slightly over bis face. Worden Durston turned to the assembled doctors when he had finished these things, and said: "Do the doctors 6ay it is all right?" At the warden's question Dr. Fell stepped for ward with a long syringe in his hand and quickly wetted the two sponges which were at the electrodes, one on top of the head, the other at the base of the spine. The water which ho put on them was im pregnated with salt. Dr. Spitzka answered the warden's question with a 6harp "All Right." which was re-echoed by the others about him. "Beady" said Dnrston again, and then "good bye." He stepped to the dcor and throning it open said to some one in the next room, but to whom will probably never be known with certainty. "Every thing is ready," was the almost immediate response, and as the stop watches in the hands of some of I t. witDesge8 registered 6:43J the electn- cnrreDt was turned on. There was a suJc den convulsion of the frame in the chair. A 6pasm went over it from head to foot, confined by straps and spring that beid it firmly so that no limb or other parts of the cody stirred more than the small friction of au ch from its resting place. The t( twitching mat me muacica i --- derwent cave it for a moment the expres sion of pain, but v. Crr Ecaped From Hl Up and no Sound Caine Forth n eupcest that conscicusnebs lasted more .,- ifi;f.,lir amall fraction of a sec ind. Tht body remained in tto rigid position for seventeen second". The jury and witnesses, who remained seated up to thi3moment, came hurriedly forward and surrounded the chair. There was no movement in the body beyond that of the first convulsion. As the tenth second expired, Dr. Spitz&a cried out' " Stop!" TLe warden stepped to the door and called out " Stop! " tb the man at the lever. As the electrh current was shut off there was a slight re laxation of the form in the chair, and the quiet little group surrounding it became business-like. Doctors Spitzka aud Mc Douald declared him dead, and the rest of the witnesses '- their acquiescence. There was hrt pwrttii tn the minds of any but that the unncbt object before them was dead. The body was just about to be taken out of the chair when Dr. Batch, who was examining it, exclaimed: "Dr. McDonald, gee that rupture." In a mo ment Spitzka and McDonald had bent over, an I looking where Dr. Batch was pointing to a little red spot on the Land that rested on the arm of the chair. Tbe index fiuger of the hand bad curved back ward us the ilex or muscles had contracted and had scraped a small bole in the skin of the base of the thumb. There was Lothiug strange iu this alone, but what was strange was that tho little rupture was bleeding. "Turn the Current on Instantly; This Man K Not Dduil," criul Dr. Spitzka. Faces grew white, and as the form fell back in the chair Warden Durstou sprang to tLe doorway and cried, " Turn on the current." But the current cculd not be turned on. When tho signal to stop had come tha operator pressed tho little button vhkh gave the 6igu to the engineer to stop the dynamo. A .Most Sickening Sight. The dynamo was almost at a standstill. The operator sprang to tho button and gave a quick signal. There was a rapid response, but quick as it was it was not quick enough to stop tho tigns of what may not have been reviving consciousness. As tho group of horror-stricken witnesses stood helplessly by, all eyes fixed on the cLair, Kemmler'a lips began to drip spittle, and in a moment more his chest began to heave and from his mouth came a heavy, stentorioits sound, quxkeuiug with every respiration. There was no voice, but that of the warden, crying to tho operator to turn on tho cur rent. The wheezing sound and half groans w hich were forced pust the tightly closed lips, sounded through the still chamber with ghastly distinctness. Some of the witatbes turned away from the sight. One of tuemlay down, faint and sick. It takes a long, long time, to tell tho story. It scenud a long tinio in reaching the ciimux. In reality thtr were but seventy-three stcoudsmthe interval which passed be tween the moment whon the first sound isMied from Kemmler's lips until the re sponse to the signal came from the dynamo. It came -frith a suddenness that had marked the first shock which passed through Kemmler'a body. The sound wh-ch had horrified the listeners about the chair was cut off sharply as the body bo cimo more rigid. Slimy ooze still dripped fiom tho mouth and ran down the leaid and onto his gray test. Twice there were twitching of tbe body as the electricians in the next room threw tbe current off and on. XhtTfwaS'llO mtstaxe this timo about killing. The autopsy was b?gun at 9 o'clock aud was iu charge of Dr. Jenkins, of New York. On examination of tbo body it wan found that Very severe rigor mortis had set its. There was little relaxation, and it was with difficulty that the corpse was straightened out. It was found that the second elec trode hid burned through the skin and into the flesh at the base of the spine, making a scar five inches in diameter. The lieavt, lungs and other orgnus were taken cut and were found to be in a good, healthy condition. They will be preserved for future examination. The brain was also taken out and it, too, will be fully examined. TO BEAR THE MARKET. Pnl.llli-d F.jtirontesoi'tiidwiiBat Crop In Alimiesuta and Dakota Exaggerated. Harvesting has just begun in the vicinity of Jamestown, N. D. Estimates based on reports from visitors to nearly every part of North Dakota show that ther will not be more tbau a third oi a crop of wheat. That already thrashed shows great shrink age in the berry, and one cannot tell unttl the wheat is thrashed pnd dmd c"t bow tho majority of the fields will yield. Hot winds havo affected tho heads moie than was supposed, and the estimate sent out by the Minneapolis chamber cf commerce that in0,(J0O,00O bushels would be the crop for Minnesota and '00,000,000 Of the tfa kotas is a gross exaggeration. North Da kota's lest year gave only 40,000,000 bush els, and tlis year this will is Iaig;ly de creased. U tho stale gives 20,000.000 oneh els it will surprise men who are close tig urers. In South Dakota much wh"at is tit oulv frr chicken feed nud many fields will not be cut, the straw being too short. Elevator men's estimate, above made, for the Dakotns is too high by 23,000,000 bushel--. I ho elevators having decided not to store grain as in tho past, owing to com plaint of conflicting elevator laws requir ing a licenso and regulating grades, farm ers are preparing to hold their wheat as far as possible, being confident that it will bring $1 this fall and ?1.50 before another crop is in the market. The plan of the elevator men to bear the market, refuse to store grain and force the mortgage farmers to sell at any price the comb. nation may offer, has greatly alarmed wheat growers, who fear the most disastrous results to farmers throughout this state will follow the putting of this policv into operation. A Moan From Mellen. GCberal Traffic, 3Ianagrr Mellen. of the Union Pacific road, is in Boston. He says that the prospects of the Pacific road in Texas, in connection with the Dtnver. Texas & Fort Wcitb, are very encourog irg. aud the Oregon Bailway & Navigation company's lines will have a large business, as tbe crops in Washington and Oregon, now being harvested, are abundant. He says tho prospects are poor for a good corn crop in Kansas and Nebraskn, and speaks in gloomy terms of tha immediate future of tbo new states, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The purchaso of the St. Louis ,fc San Francisco railroad by the Atchison, he considers a very wise move, and says the silver legislation will te very beneficial to the territory served by the Union Pacific. Thinks He Is Gen. Grant- Oliver Meller, of Huntincton. Ind., has been seized with a strange case of insanity. He imagines himself Gen. Grant, but every otter way is perfectly s nMhie. few days ago he went up. stairs to where his uncle had an old army unilform stored oway, dressed himself in thi suit, buckled on aa old sword and went ab.nt the neigh borhood giving commands. Fiaa.iy fccput ' awjy ine sword ana ttyoiflr. v. a.ne, appi-rently in his r gut unc t on v for rh, oue otlus.oj. ain'.o bi.csg.n tnm o i b&s Leen quiet, thou quiet, though it is thought ae 1 will havo to be placed in an asylum 1890. EXTREMELY HORRIBLE. SUCH THE OPINION OF A CHI CAGO PHYSICIAN Coiicerniui; the Kiecutlun uf Murderer Kemmliir-Ho Must Hae Suffered the Tot-lurr of the lamiied Tlie Affair a Slott Uarbarou'J Oilci "Horrible, horrible," was the exclama tion of City E"ectriciaa Barrett, of Chi cago, when he had finished reading the ac count of Kemmler's execution. "Do you think tho man was uncon scious '" was asked. "No. I do not." "Hd must have suffered, then! "SuiTercd? Wly, tlat man must have suffered the tortures of the damned. It was the mo?t barbarious thing I ever heard of." What reason have you for thinking he was conscious?" " The best reason in the world. I know bow it is from experience. If all the med ical ex e ts in the world were to tell me that thtt man did not suffer, I would not believe it. I had occasion at one time to close a line that was opened by lightning. In attempting to do so I received a severe sheck. In au instant all power of motion was taken awav from me. I was as help- tnrn - n - omiI rnmiinorl c" fnr nn I,,:,,- ...i i..i Un Vnw. l,i' I was un- ' abio to move a muscle, I was as conscious i as I am right now." "tin nn flilnt it nncsillA to mftltA Vfl cntion by electricity a success?" j "Certainly, so far as tho killin goes, i While I think it an outrage to use it for I that purpose, one of the greatest elements1 fo human good God has givep us, still it , is possible to make it successful. In this ! case those who had it in charge made a lmrrihlo botch of the whole "business. , MJJ 1UU .. .. w ij..w .y - - - - What they ought to have dono is this: Measured his residence, so they could hnvA told iust how much it would take to kill him. "Is it possible to do that with any degree of accuracy?" . "It is. and had they understood their ) business that is what would have been t done." I "Tho report says that the volt meter varied between 800 and 1,300 volts." "Don't you belUve it. That would have been sufficient to have killed 00 men and to have burned him to a crisp. There must have teen some disarrangement or the wire." "What effect do you think it will have on th9 adoption or rejection of this mode of execution?" "I think the law will ultimately be re nealcd. There is not an electrician in the Then country who is not opposed to it. there are too mary ways of taking life tb run the chances of causing such a horriblo and barbarous spectacle of butchery." Ilr. Soulhwirk's Opinion. Dr. Southwick, fathtr of the electrical execution law, said in an interview: "I feel inct fi; T hav nlwavs felt in this matter. m. ;.. .nti,in..'n.;.,.Ml,ucrctam nn.1 tbe fact is there has been a great deal of the flames were -discoverid. Hutto res 3enselH3 sensational talk about the execu-1 cued tho little one, but when Jie returned ;., t fnnt ,,-vrttr of liulien ronld sit in for the other child the flames drove him the room where an execution cf this kind was going oa and not see anything repot, sive whatever. If tho mistake of ordering off the current so quickly had not been made, thero would have beau none of this talk. I think Kemmler's nerve af fected those there about as much as any thing. It looked to me, though, as an evi dence of mental incapacity, lie seemed to be without fear and helped to adjust the straps in a way that was simply astonish ing. No, sir, I do not consider that this will be the last execution by electricity. There will be lots of them. It has proven that the idea is correct, and I think the law is a good one. Tbe execution was a ! good one. The execution was a success. Ivemmler never know wnat nap- pened to him and died absolutely without pain." Statement From Warden Durston. Wardn Dnrston stated this afternoon that the remains of Kemmler will lie in the room in the prison where tha autopsy Was held yesterday; He has not decided where the remains will be finally buried. The subject which continues to excite the greatest inteiest in oonection with the execution is tha record voltage of the shock which killed him. it is generally supposed that the first 6hock was 1,:J00 volts and the Second between I.oOi) and 2.000. Electrician Barnes, who was in the dynamo room, said to one of the physicians in attendance yes terday that at no time was the voltage more than 1,100, and that it frequently dropped to 8S0. CYCLONE NEAR MONTREAL. Much Property Wrecked by Wrecked by a Violent Storm. A cyclone of unparalleled violence in the' lcca!ity of Montreal, swept o.er Lake St. IjOuh anume i. i.arence, :a uio viciq- ity of Montreal, doing great damaga on land and water. At the moment the storm butst the principal event of the cno meet, at Isle Caoicux lake, the association trophy for first-class yachts, W3S being sailed. The eight competing yachts were a mile out on the lake when suddenly the sky grew lOak and the wind swept down the lake with terrirlc violence and instantly every yacht in the race was upset. It is not known how many, if any, were drowLed. Ai alios, xo.ni ai. 01. u. -uu Dorval, oreat damage was done to prop- .. 1- tr -n A. Oi 1 - -J etty. Houses wero unroofed, barns Were struck by lightuiLg. whilo many 6mall buildings were swept completely away. At Lachine the greatest damage was done. There the immense budding of the Domin ion Bridge company and the equally large structures of the Ca a"lia:i Scre.v and Bp.rbed Wire factories were unroofed and left in rums. AFFAIRS IN GUATEMALA The Leader or tho Keolt Routed An Op potition Government Established. The Gnatemalou consul general at San Francisco has received a dispatch from the Guatemalan minister at tbo City of Mexico stating that Gen. Grimzaray, the leader of the revolt against Barnlas, has been routed by the Guatemalan troops at Palo Gran Ezeta. Ihe vice-president of.San Salvador has organized a eovernment in San Salva- dorian territory in opposition to that or Ezeta and is being aided by Gen. Miranda, one of tbe most important men of the re public. The dispatch also stated that Ezeta had shot many people in connection with the Rivas movement, among them being many importaiit personages. Iowa or Jata, Which? A curious circumstance occurred at Nora Springs, Ia. Two men from Hamburg, Germany, arrived at the railway station. Thev bouaht their ticket of the agent at Hamburg, as thy fupposed for Nora Sprigs, Java, and as Java is pronounced by t them the same as Iowa, tha a?ent sect them to Nora Springs, Iowa, in America, ii.a v- C.-nc Tir-! i(ir tbftv " -"" XT1:"'' -.-"V; "T'iotot wanted to go. a at? " ! .- crowd, atd their, disappointment wa3 nlnnlv liarnmih:?. 'It Wa8 a I131CU10U3 1 piainiy aiscermi' " "" " i".:' blander, and no0a ery fanny one for tbe travelers. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Various Items or Interest. KePiUska has 510 state banks. Omaha saloons pay $277,000 into the school fund. The alliance eleva'or at Holdredge if about completed. The Omaha Indians are on their semi annual farewell begging tour. An anti-horse thief society has be?n or ganized at Grafton with twenty-six mem bers. A David City man came out f 10,000 ahead in a com deal oa the Chicago board t of trade. Geoiuie Wahd, a farmer living near Albion, died from the effects of a kick from a horse. The proposition to build a $7,000 city hall at West Point was defeated by a sma'l m ijority. The enterprising citizens of Lashton have arranged for a big horse fair and racing to take place Au. lt. The official census of Nebraska City and Otoe county gives the city 11,466 popula tion and the county 25,322. The North Nebraska Veterans' associa tion will hold its annual encampment at Crawford the tiwt three days of October. McCooK has given up the canal project for the present, aud the indications now are that further proceedings will be indefi- ntoly postponed, The six annual reunion of tho Old Set tlers' association of York, Polk, Butler and 1 Seward counties will ba held at Lord's ... grove, near uresnam, auK. o. Harmon Velke.v, a Nemaha county youth, while playing ball, was struck in the face by a hot liner and had one eye knocked completely out of his head, Bukklaks entertd the Washington county bank at Fort Calhoun the other niuht. but did not tackle tho safe. Thoy secured $40 and a check from the drawer. money v Fiif.mont man has becomo insane ' over the fancy that tho citizens do not keep tbe yards tidy enough. The fences do not have the proper angle, movo them to suit bis and be desires to idea of landscape gardening. At Grand Island workmen have com menced the large circular building in which the grand panorama of tbe battle of Gettvsburg will ba exhibited duriug the , q a,, h. reunion in September. i TlIE jow Btage 0f the Bepublican river renders the catfish and suckers easy vic tims of the sportsmen. where once rolled a majestic river may bo seen bojs and men gigging fish with pitchtorks. Wlt.nnit boasts that thero is but one prisoner in the county jail at that place. ' 'e others sawed through the bars and 'walked on. Abe solitary prwoner uue chores about the building and ia locked up at night in order to prevent bii being bitten by mad dogs and other wild beasts. j The 4-year-old daughter of Joseph Hutto, of Crawford township, Antelope countv. was burned to death recently. Tho -hilrt an in bed with a baby when back. The Louse was entirely consumed. Rev. Mb. Tbusian, who was conduct ing the 8tratton Iferuhf, accused a man named Houlihan of selling 1 qnor at a temperance billiard hall. Houlihan denied the charge, and to emphasize the matter struck Truman. The latt-r refused to re tract, and when Houlihan visited the Herald office to forco a denial tbe rev erend gentleman drew a revolver and made the billiard ball man retreat. As a conse quence Truman swore out a warrant for Uoul.han, and the latter has returned the compliment by making complaint against Truman. J Matekiat. for the railroad bridge has .rrivpd ftt Vallev aud as soon as the nece s- sary force is on hand work will be cora I inenced. ! An unknown man, suposed to be George Harris, an Omaha barber, committed sui- ) ' cide near Elkhorn, blowiug his brains out , with a revolver. , Coyotes are making mischief about ' i numerous hen roosts of Sidney. One man j ' reports the loss of nearly fifty fowls within the past few days. Wade Burrows, au heroic tramp, pulled a little girl from beneath a moving tram at Omaha, and narrowly escaped meeting his own death. While Ollio Cowing was making a coupling near Weston his hand caught be tween the cars, crushing it so badly that amputation was peceseary. ' Six saloonkeepers at Fairbury have been ' sued by Mrs. Lizzie Wyatt for S 1,000 dam I ,., t cnliiucr lipr husband linunr and (H1""" o - --; " j rendering him unibio to supporx am fam.ly. T, nf.r. Ik-tnt near Bassett. a ( cat;aate for the state legislature oa tb.3 inilepemlent ticket, was kicked by a young ,. brettk:D his nose, aud it is feared de stroying the right of his right eye. Two men giving their names as Milton Dawd and V. P. Wilson passed several forged checks on the First National bank of Fairbury at Reynolds Iset week. They boarded a train for the purpose of soing to Superior, but a committee of suspicious cltiens made an attempt to capture them. Dawd escaped, anil Wilson was bound over to the district court. While William Stoll was feeding a M macLiDe north of N-orth iend he """. "J . ,. . , . , had his index finger completely torn off, I and the hand badly lacerated. Gangrene has already set in, and he may lose his ' hand. Humboldt is probably the dryest town in the state. A vote was taken on tho proposition to issue bonds for water- worKS, wnicn was neienieu. j.ne iau a prohibition stronghold, and under pres ent conditions it is a long tune between drinks." t John Dsrics, residing four miles south of Broken Bow, was struck by Hyhtnir.g ' the other day, but st.ll lives. The bolt I struck tho back of his head and burned a furrow down the hair and crossed over the shoulder to tho right breast and down on t the right side, passing down tha rixht thigh and down to the foot, tearing the pants leg open in its course, and a part of ' the shoe from the right foot. I he nesb I was blistered all tho way down the courso of tbe current. I Owing to the dryness of the ground a 1 Phelps county man is planting turnip seed with a shotgun. The $5,000 court-house presente.1 by the people of Bassett to Rock county his been formally accepted, 'ihe structure consists of a two-story frame butldincr, oil feet front by 40 feet rear, with jui at- I ta?hed 15x23 feet, two stones hign. Tha . ! finish of the exterior and interior is vry attractive. Francis Chilton, ajent of the Bnr lington roid at Juniata, is under arrest charged with enticing a 15-yar-o'd gul e company's oae at tuat p'ace ana committing a criminal a-.u't upoa b r person. Threits o! 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