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jrntiwl. ! WHOLE NUMBER 106 4. YOLUME XXI -NUMBER 21. iJOLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1890. Columlra l I THE OLD IlSLIABLE Columbus State Bank (OUsst r-ttto IJ-ci la tbo Etato.) PAYS IHTEREST C;l TIME DEPOSITS, -:.":- KAKES LQAriS 0!! REAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Omaha, Chicago, N'evr Yori. end a'J Foreign Countries. SEI.tS STKA32S2IIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Ilelj:a Us Cngtomcre ttLoh they Need Help. OFFICERS AIID DIRECTORS: LEANDEU GCItUAKD, Proeident. G. Vi'. HCMST. Vtra-1'resident. JOHN STAUFFEH. Caabler. J7UUB A. REED. l:. H. HENUY. -OF- COLUMBU3, NEB., -HAS AX- Aullior izcrt Capital of $3(!?),00 l :;ikit;il - .10,000 J'ai.l in OFFICERS: . ii.aHEi.noN'.i'n-j-t. H. P. II. OllbP.ICll. in Pre,. C. A. NKVYM N. ( V.sh! r. 1AN1EL KCllHAM, A-b't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: C. II. Hheuion. J. 1". Keeker, If.-riuan P. ll.Orhlnrh, Cnrl lii-iiU" .lin:c Wi'lrh. V. A. M.;Vliister, II. M. Wianlow, S. V.'. (Irrv. Arnold F. If. Oehlrich. irh:irl I.o-oi.o. .1. I5"urv Wiudoman, (Ioort;i. V. G si Icy, Frank Ibiror. Ihnrv I,3t !:. CT""Itank of df-neMt; interest allowed on tims ljo-3tt: Iny and c!I exrha'ijro on United States r.i:d KnrojKniitl buy and ell avaiIuSIor-nritio.. W'okhnll ' i;aaej to receive jour bubin--. Wo tolicit juur fitrouaso. "mL-cSI &? ii.lVi ..t-.',.-. -Vj -vi-ihi- li ,. fcT mmmm Hrj r"OR TIIX3 WESTERN Op (HUM a.&m7turner or a. w. i&iC2.kb:. Traytrlitig Nsslcunssin. jy-Ji.1"' orpins are fir$t-ch:?s in every par tieuLir, r.nJ eo Kn.i-ani-.vJ. PRIHCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH -AT- u. p. n -,. -.4- Columbus. L-?J JS.v li:sirf Y G-ASS. I", T7K - :,;vl ." of L'phol- ..Shl.-.'-SKA,. c. telMuo H j&rN M ON' SALE FROM THE CAPITAL. WEEKLY REVIEW OF HAPPEN INGS AT WASHINGTON. Scenes and Incidents or the Closing bay of Tills Cone" Speaker Keed Mas Shown That He Knows Ills Business Iliin'n Weekly Itevletr or the State of lar ade. Washington. Sept. 2i. Ppwjni 'cVVrc ppondoncc: The I?rtoat traflio; t:onfcTtnce iX'jort is the nct thin? in crfier. and when that is disposed of iMijonrninont may he, looked for. T':'o republican member of the confersrl-e on the tariff, who have been at work all this week without Ihoa-Mstanre of the demociats, livo ureed on all things In the hill cwc-i't MJ?ar and blndlt-twinv. Oji theo they are as far apart as ever. The 4,-tiititik flit., lint tap In f tio ivinfol'liiipn ul. pet her, hut ,r;ih memhcis of th v:j houses. Tl ilerees would h:i"C no trouble in 'oa-'liisix an agreei-fllt on lxth suRar and hhidiiis-tttiri.-, but auj'thlng they propose to do f- threatened with opiHislt.ou of ro puhlicans in one house or the ohej Vhc tnajoiity of repiihllrait's In hot!, senate and hou-e are njipoed to fv! hindins-t ine. hut In lth there, Uie many who itisi-t on free twine and Uneaten to liht fer It. This leaves the conference eomlnltlee between the devil and the deep sea, and they feel the nece' .'t.v f bein either lire-pr-f or expert MI.HJner-.. They must hiin in their !; 1'irelty soon, and it Is Im portant thai a full arecni'-nt he rcMched and On- report he complete. A divided re Wt. pieenting Mime disagreements, would open Hie way for a fiplit over the whole iiestiou nain. Then-foie the committee will endexor to make a eotiipMC report, liiiniiis the ojijiOsinK lnti're-ts as clo-e tou'ether as j)OsihIe fim then let tlu wliolo report staml tot;-lher. While n-atiy thieats are heins made It Is not likely that the lepuhllcan would smash the whoh' bill because of vrtaln items they diil not like. Whatever the smti;ttee do they must force through It lump projio- --il ion, and haviii d:je all they can to brinj; about ai ujrrcmcnl between the op-po-in factions they will probably act for themselvs linally, doinz the liest they can, and trust to party di-clpliue for the rest. Itceil Knows Hi Itunlnoss. I'eople at the capltol hail been Ti-kitm for the last fe days if Speaker I.'cmi was not losing his mip. UK sonn-what vacillathit: course in dealing with the democratic lili huster had caued a Rood deal of comment. omo people said that if he had been very :ii.io.. to lo so he could hav" forced the M'atlnjr of Mr. l.aiixMoit two or three limes, but when the leuuhlicans seemed to be just tin the point of finally petting the best of democrats the light inK grew slack, or some slip was made, and Mr I.angston's chances faihsl away axli.. Hut the speaker knows his luislnc-, anil yestenlay the democrats had nmple evidence of it. Itcfoie the house im:U the leaders said that if Sweney. of Iowa, got here they would have:!, iiuorum. Sweuey was on the way, for a telegram an nounced that he would soon be here. When the jiraver was over the iiitestlon was passed front mouth to mouth, Sweney here;"' Sweney was not there. There was no quorum. Sweney had not come. A call of the house was ordered, and just as the roll call was begun some one crise: -Hweney'h come." Tliete was a burst or applause. The prodigal walked iloivn the aisle, and four republicans threw their arms about his neck at the .same time, others tried to hug him, hut could not. If they could have killed a fatted calf they would have called it OTerrell. They put a ring upon his linger and shoes on his feet, so to speak; but Sweney did not make a qiiuruui. A little later Miiliken came amid meat applause from tho republicans. Mil ltken made the quorum and business was proceeded with. In about half an hour Mr. I.ansston. colored, of Virginia, was swotn in. and after that Mr. Miller, also colored, of South Carolina, took his contested seat. The democrats who have been spending their time in the vicinity of the capitol can now come in the chamber and take their accustomed seats. The toddy dispensers in theneighlxirhood will find a heavy decrease in their business since these two republicans have been added. House-Cleaning at the White-House. The while house presented an appear ance of aw fill confusion to-day when one c nisidered thatthe president and his family weie on the road coming to take possession of it to-night at s. o'clock. The smell of paint pervades the premises, outside and hi de, the sofas and chairs are piled up pell i.iell in centets of rooms and workmen are engaged in eery room. Hut the stewaid and his corps of willing men and maids de clare that all shall he in readiness for the distinguished ai rivals. The sea Hold inffs are coming down at many points, and some of the nooks are getting their final washing out. 11 is the general opinion among white house servants that Mrs. Harrison will want to superintend as much of the concluding work as it is possible to leave for her. The piesiilent's room has been neatly pa poied with a pearl gray paper that bus a dash of blue in its foliations. The gilding has all been retouched ami the frieze is richly ornate. The chief work in the house, however, is soing forward in the blue room. This much coveted apartment is taking on now alorie never dieamed of iieretofoie. The beautiful oval of the ceiling will have a skj- effect, in softly clouded cerulean. There will be a decorative center piece and a bolder with the arms of the Fnited States at either end. The walls will he hung in a tub blue silk brocade in Louis XVII pat tern, wrought from special designs in the mills of l'aterson. X. J.: the friee will be in an artistic free-hand relief damask pat tern, and t lie daus win reproduce and con tinue the designs of the wall effectively. The wood wotk will be treated in China while, the furniture will be covered with handsomely embos.-ed silk plush in electric blue and the mirrors and the mantels will lie gilded. The draperies will be of a piece with silken hangings woven especially for the white house and there will be a new chandelier. The decorators have the blue room full of scaffolding, and will take all next month to finish the work. Ocular Demonstration. The republicans of the house are about to give the country a photographic illustra tion of the interesting and important fact that in spite of Speaker ltecd and the rules the democrats still find means of filibuster ing and retarding the business of the coun try. The photographs of the chamber of representatives thus far taken, showing the republican side crowded with metnliers teady to do business while only four scats are occupied on the democratic side, will be llthogr.iphed by the republicans and scat tered by the thousands throughout the country in the coming campaign. This will make a unique document, and the dem ocrats, when they behold the photographs, will have every reason to feel sick for the poor way in which they are being repre sented. Throughout all the filibustering it can be said that the Iowa delegation were always on hand and ready to look out for the people in Iowa. A Sioux City Bill. The bill introduced by Representative Struble providing for the leasing of suitable rooms for boldins the United States courts at Sioux City was reported back to the judiciary committee and recommended to be passed. It is now on the calendar and will be called up as speedily as possible, with no doubt of its passage. This Is a measure which should have been passed long ago, but will be most welcome no doubt at this time. Grant Memorial. Senator Hale has introduced a joint resolution providing for the erection In this city of a TJ. S. Grant memorial bulldinj , In the rnurl of which shall be placed the re mains of the illustrious soldier. Portlotisof the building are to bo spt apart for mufuM and library, and tJiv structure is to contain a. hall In which inilitary. navai. n"l civic conventions shall bu h'd. ine site is to be select and tut building erected uuder the snpe vision of a commission composed of tho president, the secretary of war. tl" -fc?1-tary of the navy. th' wM-.ttlahVlliig officers of th iiiiuy hiMl hivy and the architect of tbc"ert;.it?.i. I'ersonal. Miss Emma E. Hogg and Mrs. Fannie M. Keed, lxith of Iowa, have been assigned places as copyists ill th pension office at sulary of StVifl per anuunv. Mrs. J. M. EinWry. of LfMai-. Is in the city. She and Col. Kineiy will visit their bid home, Lock Haven, Pa., the latter part of the week. Mis. Emery will leave for LeMars r.ext Tuesday. She has enjoyed the '.rip to the capital city very much. Hon. E. K. Valentine, sergeant-at-arms of the senate, who is at his hniee nt Wl-M. Point, Xeb., Nexplctd bach lii a few days. With the cltw'f.g Up of his business affaim at hoiiio his family will accompany him. ills son, Kimball E., will act as private sec retary to his father. DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW. The Way Jlclnc; Prepared for lleiilthlrr Trade in All Legitimate Itraitcbes .Money Active at Most J'oh'ts- utriiigenl utMuny. Xi:w Youk. Sept. -7. 15. C. Dun & Co'." HViiJ; iiecl-'ir of Tnulc says: Liquidation in nearly all kinds of speculation comes, to the disappointment of many, in connection with largely increased supplies of money, and prepares the way for healthier trade in all legitimate branches. With lower prices there appears the desired Improvement in e.xports of products, and the decrease for the past three week is how only -t.T per cent, coinpatii'g with last year. The im ports are much enlarged by the effoit to get goods Into the country before anew tariff goes into effect, but the current accounts of such increase are e.xaggerated. The value of all impoits for three weeks has been but 7t per cent, nliove la.st year's tecoid. A considerable increase appears in woolens, linens, silks and other dry goods, but theie is a fair prospect that tiie mer chandise export will now exceed in value the i'tiports for the month. Grain does not move freely as yet. -but the exports of cot ton exceed last year's materially, and pro visions move in large quantities. The te- ports from other cities show a remarkable activity in all branches of legitimate trade. The excess of bank clearings over those of the corresponding week last year, in nil cities outside of Xew York, rNcs to 1R per cent, for the v'Oiith thus far, and at western ami southern points thegain averages about .: percent, l.oston reports more trade with easier money. At Philadelphia, the shoo and leather trades aio exceptionally good, but in groceties trade falls short of antici pations: hardware is active and firm and the lion trade Improves. Chicago notes a heavy decline in grain receipts, compared with last year, but a large inciease in diessed beef, lard, hides and wool, and a decline in butter and cheese; the dry goods. clothing and boot and shoe trades exceed last year's, with satisfactory collections. Cincinnati also reports quite a pood trade anil fair crops, but some pressure and a large demand in the money market. At Cleveland trade is good, though ore is In active, but the demand for finished iron products is unprecedented, and at Pittsburg It holds pi ices firmly, though there is a slisht weakening in pig iron. Mil waukee rc'xirts a trade much In ex cess of last year's, and Detroit aNo, with manufactuting works fully employed. At Minneapolis lumber lias advanced T0 cents, while wheat isunseitled. withieceipts of 1.100.000 bushels, and the tiour output is 1TO.II00 barrels. Kansas City reports a steady trade, and Savannah notes a general activity, with firm prices for staples. Though money is not x-ery active at most points, and very stringent at many, tin; volume of business does not seem to be any wheio curtailed thereby, and the reorts as to collections are much moiefaorable than usual. The great industries, as rc-Mirts al ready cited show, are decidedly active, tho wool manufacture having especially im proved, with much more satisfactory orders. The cotton uianufactiiie is sustained by a large demand for goods, and in numerous minor industries the expected change of duties is said to be the basis of greater activity. Iron is mote firm at Philadelphia and is not much pressed for sale here, though some Chicago sales hi this region are reported; hut the demand for bar increases, with an advance in the price, and the plate and allstriictural mills ate crowded, though steel rails aie still inactive. Some improvement is al-M reported in coal. There has been moio liquidation in stocks witumt serious de cline in prices or any excitement. The business failures occurring during the last seven days number 211). as com pared with 110 last week; for the corre sponding week of last year the figures wero 170. NOT OBSCENE. The Philadelphia Court Holds That the Work Is Inclluod To Improve Morals. Pllll.At)i:t.riilA. Sept. 27. Judee Thayer decided yesterday that Krcuter Sonata" was not amenable to the law governing the sale of obscene literature and di-eharged the Iicok-peddlers arrested by order of Po lice Superintendent Lamoii. The opinion of Judge Thayer is important, not only from the fact that it is the first decision from an eminent judge after careful argu ment by eminent counsel on the subject, but because It involves the right of pub lishers to expose for sale numerous other works. It is also important from t lie fact thatthe opinion Is a careful review of the liook and the law by one of Pennsylvania's most eminent jurists, who is one of the leading churchmen of Philadelphia. In his opinion Judge Thayer says he thinks the conclusion reached by the author is a fa naticism, not of vice, but of an ovsrzealous virtue, and that there is nothing in theliook to commend licentiousness, but that on the contrary it denounces libertinism in severe terms, and, while the argument of Count Tolstoi might shock one side of the .sanctity and nobility of the marriage state, it de nounces obscenity of every description on almost every page. LAST OF THE SEASON. The Closing Crop Itulletln Gives Encour aging Results. Dr.s Moines. Sept. 27. This week's bulle tin of the Iowa weather crop service reports the condition favorable for the maturing of late crops, and In portions of tho state --orn will be dry cnoueb to crib. An unu.ial amount of fall plowing has been done and in the southern half of the state there has been a larcely increased acreage of winter wheat sown. compared with for mer years. Many counties report over 100 per cent increase, also some per cent Increase In rj-e and barley. This is the closing issue of the crop bulletin for the year, and it says that the past sea son, though not so favorable as former years for bountiful production, has brought prosperity to a majority of Iowa fanners, the enhanced prices more than overbalanc ing the amount produced. The state will have abundance for home consumption and considerable surplus for less productive sections. The damage by the floods in the depart ment of Adeche, France, alone amounts to 50,000,003 francs- In Berlin Heir Sonneber?. a sacialist, has been sentenced to three months imprison ment, because he remarked that Empcrer William blmself would in time become a eoclalifet. FIGHT FORFREETWLNE WESTERN SENATORS COMBINE AGAINST ANY DUTY. A MeetPifc Held at Which They Take Action to Have Their Wishes Respected Will Nut He Whipped Into Lino by a Lash Wielded by Eastern Interests. Washington, Sept. 24. Yesterday after noon, upon learning that thpsenato amend ment placing binding twine oil the free list would jirdbi'bly be tr jecteit by the confer entc committee. Senator Pettlgrew, Pad dock, Plumb, Ingalls. Wilson, of Iowa; Davis and Washburn, of Minnesota: Casey and Pierce, of North Dakota, and Powers, of Montana, held a meeting at which they pledged themselves to vote against the tariff bill if tho duty on binding twine was was not stricken off mid U the idwc'oii mi'd" by th -enait- in the interest of the west were not indorsed by the conference committee. Immediately upon coming to the decision Senators Allison and Aldrich weie notified of the action of the ten north western session;. Senator Paddock said this afternoon: '-We are de termined that a portion at least of the reduction in tho tariff de manded by the west should be conceded. After our hard work in the feimtc to svcure these concessions we do not propose that the conference committee unde'- tho whip and spur of eastern interests shall undo the work of tho senate." There is only one we-tern lepublican, namely. Senator Alll-j-on, on the conference committee and he needs all the support which he can secure from western senators to uphold tho de mauds of the west for proper consideration. We are determined," said Senator Paddock, "that .- westenl republicans we won't be whipped into line by a party lash wielded by interests fully as selfish, to say the Iest, as our own, and which have no more rela tion to the national welfare than those of the states west of the Mississippi river. I believe that the stand taken by tho north west senators to-day will have effect upon tho conference committee. If it do"s not theie aie enough voters to defeat ihe en tile tariff bill and leaxe the country under the present tariff, which, in the judgment of main, is high enough to afford protection to all concerned." BONANZA DALRYMPLE, Ho Will i'cnpn Harvest or l."iO DUO HUsh els of Wheat -Higher 1'rlees I'rriif ted. Dri.L'Tii. Sept. 2E In an interview with Oliver Dairy iiip'o, tho bonanza wheat farmer, that gentleman said: "My wheat is thrashing out from eighteen to twenty bushels to the acie, and 1 have this year 2.VO00 acies under wheat. At the average of eighteen bushels to tin; acre, I will hue a crop of 4."if,000 bushels of wheat, which grades, as far as thrashed up to the present time, one-third Xo. 1 hard and the lest Xo. 1 northern. I anticipate that the farmers are going to get very good prices for their wheat this year, for I do not believe that the average wheat yield for the Cnittit States for this year will be over ten and one-half bushels to the acie. The visible supply east of the Kockies this week shows a decrease, when there ought to be an in crease of 200.000 bushels, and tho tesiilt Is that wheat has gone up u cent all over the country. I expect that prices are going to rise rather than fall in the future. The wheat crop around Casselton. X. D., is as good if not better than ever lvfore. The ne.xt best wheat bell this year is found near the boundary line in the lied river valley. The ci op in the lied liver alley is said to average well. There was no damage done by the early fiisis. Thrashing has been delayed a good deal on account of wet weather, but the wheat lias not been damaged much. The weather has now- cleared off, and thrashing is general every where." VISIBLE SUPPLY OF VHEAT. Tho Ihid of the Woek Shows a Deercaso of a Quarter of :t Million It:trhcl. Minneapolis, Sept. 24. The importance of the tock of wheat held by private ele vators here is steadily becoming more niaii itiest. Elevators A and It at m. Paul have always been private houses, but neverthe less their stock was teported to the Minne apolis Chamber of Commerce, to be included in the visible supply. The It. lately sold to the Great Northern road, has taken out a license under the state law. and on this crop will alone be repotted by the chamber. That relegates elevator A to the class of bouses whose stocks do not enter the visible supply statement. Figures compiled by the Xitrlhicri-tfrn MiW'r show the stock in private houses here to b IKID.OOO bushels, against 700,0'iO last Monday. The stocks at the three terminal tuiintsaro in detail asfollows: Minneapolis (public!. 2.012,S7( bushels; (private). '.lO'.UWO; Dnliilh. OOti.010; St. Paul, K..090. Total. :t.S7:i.7s0 bushels. Decrease, 25!7fi bushels. The MaiUcL Ilceunl esti mates that stocks of wheat in country elevators of Minnesota and the two Dakotas increased 015,000 bushels last week, making the amount thus held 1.7f."i.ft00 bushels, or a grand total in all elevators of the three states of .r.r.Hi.7S0 bushels. . Floods in China. Washington, r-ept. 21. The department of state has received from the I'nited State legation at Pekin, China, a report relative to the recent heax'y Hoods. The repot t says the Hoods were the most serious ever known. An area of ".i00 miles, densely populated, i. as affected, by them. Many people were drowned and tens of thousnudsurc living on chaiity. One icsult of the floods may have far-reaching consequences. Xcar Lutai, which is a point on the railroad from liougku to Tongshan. the railroad embank ment has been destroyed by the people for miles. It was alleged the embankment was damaged and had Hooded the country. It is supposed the general in command at Lu tai either instigated or connived at these proceedings, in which his soldiers took part. Avery serious featuie of the caKe is the siipineness of Viceroy Li. He has done nothing to prevent these lawless proceed ings. The Tongshan colliery is stopped. :;.000 men are out of employment and tho operation of the i.-iilroad is suspended. This de-tiuctio:i was wanton and unnecessary. All these proceedings indicate an anti-railroad excitement, which may result in post poning indefinitely any further railroad en-terpri-es in I Iiina. E fleet ! the Anti-Lottery Law. Xew Chileans. Sept. 24. The anti-lottery law passed by congiess last week has had a wonderful effect on the Xew Orleans pot onice. and its buslm s has been decreased so that a largo reduction in the force has become neces..ry. Although tho law has been in operation only a few days the busi ness in the registry and money order de partment has -Inijnk :!0 to 40 per cent. It is estimated by the po-toffice. inspectors that tills business will shrink two-thirds In con-equence of denying the lottery the use of the mails and that the general business of the office will decline over Z: per cent. This will, of course, entail a reduction in the number of clerks. The Louisiana Lot tery company is now using the express com panies. The mails, however, seem to be thoroughly closed to the lottery. Indeed, the company Is making no attempt to evade the law. although there 1 talk of testing its constitutionality in the courts. Floods in France. Paris. Sept. 24. Futher reports of dam age by floods is received. The town of Annonoy and surrounding country was inundated by an overflow from the Cance and Deaume rivers and the damage is enormous. Factor ies ha-e been destroyed, bridges swept away and railways "damaged to such an extent as to render them impassible. The floods have been accompanied by some los of life. In Annonoy a manufacturer and several women were killed. Th3 water is stiil rl&iu?. Coal to adVAnCe: Scarcity of Labor tiitt Ptetest for Tnitln'r Up the Price or Anthracite. New Yokk, Sept. 20. A dispatch from tho anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania gives intimation ot the probable increase lit the price of coal owing to the scarcity of labor, as for several mouths past the miners have been leaving in large numbers for the west. Tho men can get much better pay and more Mrp.dy employment In the western inlnes. No fewer than iweiify-sLt skilled miners with certificates of competency left Schuylkill in one day last week to work in the silver mine? of Xevadi'. The tradn id anthracite coal is already becoming active and the demand is getting greater every day. A year ago the visible coal supply was larger than had ever been known at the fame season. The stock at tide rates now aggregates but 7o0,000 tons, which Is less ihan rt if.y titar fo; three re'T-oj'st Tho general impression seems to prevail among the sales agents that prices will be ad vanced at the next meeting of tho coal ex change. DEATH OF GEN. BARRUND1A. Additional Information as to minister Sliz ner's Implication in It. Xew Youk, Sept. 2(i. Additional informa tion ns to th" killing of Bamindla. the Guatemalan refugee, reached this city at the same time with the news that congress had recognized the necessity of an official investigation into the relations of the I'nited States minister in that affair. At tention is called to the fact that Gen. Ilar ruiidia was killed two days after the con clusion of a treaty of neace, tbo terms of which expressly granted a general amnesty lo insurgents and similar offenders in both Guatemala and San Salvador. Minister Mizner, as appears by his letter, knew that this treaty had been accepted when he wiotethe letter which was practic ally IJurrundia's death warrant. The re port that a daughter of tho dead general had threatened Minister Mi.uer with a pistol. Is confirmed, with additional details which do little credit to the minister's courage. The minister's danger seems to have been far less eminent and his terror much greater than appeared from the first reports. From the City of Mexico there comes a sin gular story, showing beyond .a doubt that the Guatemalan government has deliber ately set itbo'it misleading the people of this country through the pres as to Mto aciual circumstances of t lit"1 Itarruudla affair. The scheme was to be worked through an ap parently subsidized correspondent of Amer ican papers and press associations, and had fair prospects of success. SELF-ACCUSED MURDERERS. Three Itrothrrs Front Michigan Confess to Killing a -Man at Titeoma, W:uti. ASTOittA, Ore., Sept. 20. Three brothers named Whitfield, who ate in jail lien for petty offenses, confessed to a fellow prisoner that aIoiit a year ago they hail murdered a man named Crosby in Tacoma.Wash. Their confidant informed the chief of police and an investigation has been set on foot. The Whitfield.-, came from Grand llaplds. Mich., and It is said belong to a wealthy family. GitNi ItAiqi)?, Mich., Sept. 24. Tho young men under arrest at Astoria. Ore., who confess to having committed a minder at Tacoina, are probably the thiee sons of Dr. Geo. F. Whitfield, a prominent dentist, whose wife Is a leading member of the W. C. T. V. They have three sons who are known as Levi, ISob and Carlcton. Levi and Kob are thoroughly had, and both have served time at Ionia. Carlcton. the younger, was straight when ho left here with Hob eigh teen months ago, but had begun to show vicious tendencies. They went to Wash ington, where Levi joined them when his time in prison expired. Xcods "o Further Financial Assistance. Los Anoeles, Cal., Sept. 20. Mrs. Fre mont, widow of Gen. Fremont, has addiessed a letter to the Time In which she expresses great gratitude for the timely aid rendered during the recent financial stiaitsof herself and daughter. She states further that in view of the passage of the bill granting her a pension the emergency has passed and she deaiics no further financial assistance. Minneapolis. Sept. 20. The Tribune to day will have an interview with Lieut. Francis Preston Fremont, son of the late Gen. Fremont, now stationed at Fort Snell Ing. Minn., who says the published reports concerning the financial condition of his mother and sister In California are greatly e.xaggerated. While they have no means of their own. yet they have a regular incomo out of his own and his brother's salary. Mrs. Fremont also looks for the restoration of seven acres of land in San Francisco formerly owned by her husband, and which the government seized and used for a mili tary reservation, inasmuch as fifty-two others who were on the tract at the same time as Gen. Fremont have had their titles icstoied. She is :il-o hopeful that the $2,000 pension for her relief will be parsed at an early date. Mrs. Fremont and daughter reside In California on account of throat and lung troubles. Lieut. Fremont says he would have them make their home withhlm if they could endure the climate. The same is true of his brother, stationed at Phila delphia. Work of the I'an-Amcrlcan Approved. Washington, Sept. 20. Secretary Blaine lias received from Minister Ablxtt at Bog ota the translation of an extract from the message of the minister of foreign affairs of Columbia to the national ;ongre-s concern ing the recent international American con ference. The minister declares that the icsiilts of the conference will be to the everlasting glory and sat isfaction of all who took patt in the meeting. He ream mends to the con gress of Columbia the adoption of many plans proposed by the conference, and urges immediate action with refeience to an ap propriation for inter-continental railway, and the appointment of a member of the commission soon to meet in Washington. The minister expresses regret that the con ference did not take under consideration the Monroe doctrine and declare It to bo the universal doctrine of the American nations. Tho Rirchall Trial. Woodstock. Out.. Sept. 26. At the Birchall trial this morning. Miss Cromwell, of Eastwood, was the first witness, she tes tified that on Feb. 17 she went to the station to meet some friends who were to come in on the 3 o'clock train. She met Birchall In 'ihe lane corning from Brantford roid to the station. He was dressed in a navy blue .suit and cap. Hlsnhoe- were muddy and jls trousers wero rolled up. Hie. did not icnow him at the time, but she had no doubt as to his identity with the prisoner. He entered the station and Iwmeiil a ticket for Hamilton. North Itakota Politics. Ghanii Forks, N. D.. Sept. 20 Late last night the state convention of the prohibi tionists and Farmers' alliance endorsed the republican nominees for congress, lieutenant-governor, commissioner of insurance and railroad commissioner and Andrew Slottcu, democratic nominees for secretary of state, superintendent of instruction and railroad commissioner R. H. Stevens, and nominated for governor Walter Muir: audi tor. II. IJ. Dickle-on: treasure-, K. ,T. Xom land; attorney-general. X. C. Young, and railroad commissioner Ezra Turner. Uuylng Up the Iowa Hay Crop. Fout DoDGE.-Ia., rent. 20. Northwestern Iowa Is being thoroughly canvassed by agents of an Illinois firm, which is buying up all the hay they can lind. In Webster and adjoining counties it has contracted for thousands of tens at from c3.o0 to 54 per ton. The hay is to b shipped to the drouglit-stric".e:i 'i!tr.- .' f llllnoi-. where the hay crop h-. been t:a! faiPire xj fear. C0L0S SWEPT Br FIRE. --s LA?E REPORTS GIVE NEV3 OF A TERRIBLE DISASTER. Mob ofHrunien frllaser Attack Stores. Residences and Cltl2ciis-li.persrd Only When Fired ITpwu by Ihe l'olice-cfop Conditions, Etc. Colon Sept. 25 Three-fourths of this city has been swept away by r. fire which broke out .It inidrHcht oil lie 2:d and ragvd with uucontrohable' fury until late the fol lowing morning.. Heroic efforts wrf. made by clMzehs of all cla-ses to check the rav- ages of the thiniM; bnt with the meagre facilities at baud no stand Jo:i!rt be made against the fire, and it ceased only for ll:i! of material to attack, having reached the portions of the city where buildings wero too f-ir foirt to facilitate the spread of the (lames. Terrible scenes of disorder marked the" progress of the conflagration. Hundreds of homeless families fled to the outskirts of the-ity with the the few remnants of house hold goods which had Csarei! destruction. Crowds of rioters and plunderers roamed lb streets, attacking stores and residences and In many cases pillaging people who wefo seeking to save a portion of their effects by flight. Tho pollen attacked tjiesc gangs re peatedly; but o frc.rd wori tho ruffians by liquor and the desire for plunder tunt they refused to disperse until tho polite lired upon them, killing several and wound ing others. All the buildings on Front and other streets, back between the general offices of the Panama rallroiul company to within one block of the passenger depot. werede?troyel. The company's general office was burned, but the records were partially saved. Six teen cars loaded with freight and several unloaded cars were burned. All the com pany's other buildings and wharves were saved. The Company s los- Is roughtly estimated at S20.000. New Youk, Sept. 25. A representative of the Panama railroad company said: "Our greatest loss, we fear, will prove to have been the burning Of very valuable records, which cannot be replaced. Of Course the 520.000 damage mentioned lit our dis patches only means the actual money loss to our company. The dam ages to private parties iu tho city may amount up to several hundred thousand dollars. As to the general damage to the city wo ktlow n-thing. Though buildings down there are built of wood, there are many very largo and valuable ones. The fire seems to have swept over the business part of the city. Probably there Is very little insurance, as American Insurance companies have tefused to take risks, and Fngllsh companies charge enormous rates. Much of the real rstaio In As luwnll Is owned in New York city. Isaachs .x: Ascli. who have offices in tho Stewart building, control a good deal of it." Colon commonly called Asplnwall In honor of the great shipowner of that name, was founded forty years ago and has since rankol as one of the foremost cities of the isthmus. Though containing a population or but.'trco, the city has been commercially important. It lias a lino harbor with deep water, and was therefore selected as the northern terminus of the Panama railroad, which transfers the malls or Germany, France. Great Uritain and the United States from ocean to ocean. FROST ON THE CORN. Less DamaRe by Frost to the Corn Crop Than Reported. Cmi'ACo, Sept. 25. The following will ap appi ar in this week's Farmers' Review. There lias evidently Ijcpii less damage to com ny frost than alarmists have given the public to understand. Only late-planted corn has suffered, and this portion of the crop tonus but a very small percentage of the whole. In Missouri. Ohio and Kentucky, where the crop is quite backward on account of too abundant mills, frost lias done no practical damage as yst, but would be most injurious were it to fall heavily before Oct. lft. Illinois Late com has tieen damaged by frost to the extent of 12.0 percent in ten counties. Frost has done no harm iu sixty-three counties. Wisconsin Very little damage has been done. Indiana -Oulv two counties report damage. but these put tho Injury at 8 per cent. Michigan On light soils in Muskegon county fro-t hus damaged com 20 percent. Othei counties report com safe and uninjured. Ohio-Corn is backward in the state, and while not yet damaged by frost will not be safe unt'l the first week In October. M!s-,ouri Corn has not yet liecn damaged in this state to amount to anything. Kentucky Com is very late on account of too abundant rains, and will not be safe until the middle of October. Iowa Twenty-six counties report an average damage of 12 per cent, to late corn. The dam age Is estimated at from 15 to J) per cent, in Audubon. Keokuk, Story, Marshall. Decatur, Sioux, Howard. Mahaska and Cerro Gordo counties. The frost has ripened corn In many other counties. Minnesota Fifteen counties report 10 per cent, damage to late corn. Crop mostly out of the way of frost. Xebiaska Fully 20 per cent, of the late corn in inteen counties hns been damaged. Kansas Corn does not seem to have suffered generally. Four counties 1 eport 20 per cent, to iate com. Dakota In the two Dakotas almost all late corn has suffered more or less. Ten counties repoit 22 per cent, damage. Potatoes are a very short ciop. From the estimates of yield, as shown by digging, we gt the following averages of yield per acre In the different stat-s: )Ju. Counties! Bu. Counties initios :x .12, Kentucky.. .33 11 Wisconsin.. fd 2Ti'lowa f3 3S Indiana.... 33 22 Minnesota. 70 25 Michigan.... 7S lPXebraska. Ml 14 Ohio .... 15 27, Kansas .22 12 Missouri... : 2li Dakotas . M 20 Western racking Statistics. CtNflNNAll. O,, Sept. 21. To-day's rrict Oir r'says: The total w estem packing for the week was il .".(. against 170,000 last year and from March 1 to date 7,7fio,0u0, against 5,735.00 a year ago. an Increase of 35 per cent. Special correspondence indicates a greater prevalan'-e of maladies now among swine than earlier In the season. Packing at leading points com pare as follows for the season: Cities. ls?n. isso. Chicago .2.iV5,O0 l.sOn.oo;) Kn:.;sCitv 1,2II.") Kt.000 Omana 7.oJ Ms.iM SiouxCitv 3YI,(M) 2iMJ Indianaix'iiis S.1i.wO 2t2,J St. Louis SUT.Oi) :i.".fi'J Milwaukee w . . 2'jG.COii 2UVO0 Cedar Rapid 'SX.ffl l.VWQ Cincinnati lM.noo 1.-.I.O00 V.'bh:ta IH.KO fo.ffli Ottumwa !.'.2.0S 11C.OO South St. Paul 11.1.0(0 1(1.(a; Lincoln 7S.0fO fcS.GGG All others HJ.VW 720,mG Fire Horror at a Wedding Feait. Reuli.n. rpt. 25. Three persons were fa'ally burned and nearly thirty seriously injured at a wedding feast in this city, only the bride e-caping. At the invitation of Fri-drich Kleosen some thirty of his friends assembled In a smill room to celebrate his marriage, a haiiciug lamp In the center of the room oxplodod and the burning oil fell on the merrymakers. In an instant nearly all Die gue.sts wero on fire, and as they ru-lied to escape thc communicated the flame-, to the others. The bride alone scaped serious injury, but the bridegroom was terribly binned. Central American Union Proposed. Citt or Guatemala. Sept. 25. The latest rumor regarding the union of the Central American republics is that Guatemala will send a proposal to the other four republics of Honduras. Salvador. Nicaragua and Costa Ulca. to invite the United States to send a special delegation to the next Central American union conurcss. and that the five Ccrtral American. .states accord the I'nited States a voice and a x-otc In the congress. 3IKH7 fe.-t of Lumbor Surnnd. Eav Citv, Mich., sc-pt. ? Three, million feet of Lumber on Eddy TJ.o-. -; Cos wharf burned last night. I,.? fi.AtjOO; nearly covered by Insurance. NOTED IN NEBRASKA. Chronicle of Events natch Have Trans pired During the Week. Bi'r.r comity has 300,000 acres iu cul tivation. All ihe public schools In Auburn hav been closed on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever. A ci'.vttki. mortgage for SI 1.000 has caused Wat Ihnian, of Heaver City, to fail In business. Thk farmers in the vicinity of lleno:; have Teonuileted the organization of a vigilaTicc committee. Six criminal and ten divorce cases arj on the docket of the district court now in session in TekamaH. Fkkbma.n Shkkn. arrested at Pawnee City a? Arthur Uednion. the murderer Df W. V.. Duucat:. l Huron. S. I)., has been released, it was a case of mistaken identity. JSi'Koi its worked several I1011W to blow (ijieil safe in A. F. Bloomer's lumber office at Vui'K, but did not suc ceed in opening it. Til.; siifo contained only I cents. Isl.l'kfi C. P. Hack.m'.y and wife, of Ashland, leciitlv celebrated the lifty fourth anniversary of tlieir wedding. The elder observed the it:y hy preaching two able sermons. Oct of the do.en waconloads of licctsi brought to tiieCrand Island sugar fac tory, none analyzed less than 1 per cent, sacchaiiii" matter, and yet the crop in many places is tar iroiu ripe. A xot'TH at Friend named Alviu Shaffer found a pocketbook containing' money and drafts amounting to Sl.ioo. The Hook was deposited at the bank, and the boy received the princely reward of S2. llr.NKV Fkvk. a wealthy farmer living two miles southeast or Panama, com mitted suicide by shooting the top of his head off. lie had previously arranged his afftiirs for five years in advance, and loaves a wife and live children. No cause is assigned. A r.AK.v belonging to (o-orge W. Me Clintock, four miles west of Cedar Rap ids, was burned. The place was rented by K. A. Schoolcraft, who lost. one horse, some machinery and other gooK One horse was saved bv Mrs. Schoolcraft at great personal risk, but she binned her hands. A scisap over a last winter's overcoat, occurred between W. II. Ward and Dave Strong, of Chad 1011 Creek. The men had just come from Mann's harvest field, when the altercation occurred. Ward, who is a powerful man, landed a terrific blow upon Strong's face, sufficient to break the jaw-bone clean and clear, let ting the jaw drop down. As A special Fnion Pacific train was running between Long Polo and Ch:t peli the roof of a ear was discovered to be on lire, and the trainmen cut off the front of the train and side-tracked it, and then went after the burning car. I.v the time they got the lire under con trol the top and sides wen- entirely con sumed. The ear was a two-decker loaded with sheep. Over 30" sheep lay a charred mass at the bottom of the car. Youk is overrun with chicken thieve. lil'ur coi'NTV has seventy school houses and thirty churches. Tin: Nebraska City Packing company will open its house about Oct. 1. and will run all winter. S. H. Oliphant is in jail at Fremont on a charge of seduction preferred by a young lady of that city. Acocst Ii:iHKMiKi:. a farm-r lixing near Mlndon. was instantly killed while trying to save his sou during a runaway accident. Somi: miscreant tore down the corner stone to the college foundation at Hart ley recently, and stole the tin box that was placed in it. A vocxo man named Skilict is held at Pawnee City to answer to the charge of hastardv at'the suit of a Miss Hicks from the northeast part of the county. Mr uox Kr.KD, a farmer living west of l'looiiiington, was arrested for an at tempted rape on a Oerman woman. He was given a continuance of ten days by the court. At Nebraska City, Herbert, the 2-year-old sou of .lames l.oar, was burned lo death. Mrs. Loar h-rt the house a few minutes, leaving Herbert in charge of another son. aged 5. During her ab sence the children obtained possession of some matches ;n,d soon Herbert's dress was in llain-s. The mother heard the child's screams and rushed to the lioiise and extinguished the (lames, but too late. The child died during the evening. A tki.kouam was received in Kearney by .1. .1. Hartlett from II. D. Watson, who was present at the meeting of the Xew England stockholders in the cotton mill company. The telegram stated that the meeting was perfectly harmonious and satisfactory and that a party of the gentlemen would start for Kearney in a few days to arrange for beginning work at once. It is reported that the reason for the temporary halt in grading on the Ran dolph extension toward Niobrara is owing to a disagreement between the two corps of engineers in the field, each of which has selected a different route. The matter has been referred to the chief en gineer of the Omaha road, and it is ex pected a decision will soon be made and the grading towards Niobrara resumed. Airrici.KS of incorporation have been filed in the office of the county clerk in Sioux county of the Niobrara Irrigation & Improvement company. The incor porators are residents of Hemingford and that is the chief place for transacting business. They intend to open an irriga tion ditch beginning at the east line of Sioux county on the Running Water, or Niobrara, and use the same for irrigat ing the land in the Rox Rutte county. Krnoi.pi! KifiiiK. a farmer living fif teen tniles southeast of Auburn, was killed while driving across a Riirlington fc Missouri railway crossing near that city. He was 50 of age and leaves a large family. At the baby show at the Madi'on county fair twins from Norfolk took first prize. Sktti.kp.s are arriving daily on the Nebraska 'trip bordering on South Dakota. The Lexington city council has con tracted for plans for a 520,000 system of water-works. Thk large brewery at Nebraska City, which was recently destroyed by fire, is to be rebuilt at once. It is now certain that at least one-third of the burntiistrictof Arapahoe will be rebuilt before snow Hies. Thk 12-year old daughter of Ziho. Jones, took tho premium for the best pony rider at the Sarpy county fair. At Plattsmouth Mrs. Winning's little 10-year-old daughter w frightfully burned while frying meat by the greaso , catching fire and burning her face. . Nick Stei.v.vcf.k. a wealthy (torinan fanner living two miles west of Stein auer, was oven-onr by damp while cleaning out an old well, and died before help could reach him. A colored man living in Worth county, Ga.. iB the owner of a little red J 5lcer that recently trotted twenty-two mlle5 j,, for hours" hitchtd to a cart, Tiiti.-:cTOne A. ANDERSON. Prca't. . tJ J.n.OAIY.TTPre,Cji8hier. O. 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