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C pA tt a --..l -- t-- 7 Imtrtud. ..N " VOUMK XXI NUMBER 2. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1890. WHOLE NUMBER 1065. N A. A V. Vi niRccTonei A. ANDERSON. i'r't. J. U.iiAI.LKV. Vic PiWt. O.T. ROEN. Cashier. O. ANDLHSON. P. NDERSON. JACOIi GREISES. IIKNRY RAGATZ, JOHN J. SULLIVAN. Firs! National Bank COLUMBUS. NEB. Report of Condition May 17, 1890. IIE50CIICE3. Is)ins and Discounts tiV.STO 3; V S boa Is . ioju o Itoi! u.tats, f i:ru tiiro and ti:iir 9 ll.yii Jj l'dofrnico Lo.- banks . lil'j. a t. h. lii-ur. C7j 00 ( ash ou lmaj !5,(3 i5 33.921 C7 40 LIABILITIES. Ttt'Ital and si.r lus I'ndivldo Ijircfiti '"utinnal banL n jias octf.tr a ila3 cJi.coiutH , Lub depositors 61.O30 01 ip.sj it n.ajj pi m..i .1 rj.is! 0-. jtc.to JO usiness (Curds. DEl'TCIIEl: ADVOKAT. OfliCft over Columlms .State Hank, Colnmbns Nclirobka. JV Ot'll.lV,n' A: UKKUI'.K, a rroiL'i:vs at la i (nhoo over First National Hank, roluinln.-. Nelraj.La. 0-1 r i i.. icos;rri:s:. VOIWTY XCBl'FA'OB. 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X?. C. BOYD, 3IiMVCTTnKR Of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! Job-Work, SooSng and Gutter ing a Specialty. f V".j!hj .n I :!i ftrot, Krau-e llni.'s old nas'l oa 1 lurtr. ::, r.!.t . Jtf revs. r. kn-.??. Piuvk IJ. Kvrr KPTAPP EROS.. fetors and Builders. 1 Innate- fiirnihcl oa l'-ick and rtouf rork i.a I 'i'v-ipti,;. fr'-o. Spic ' attiuI hi piroii to m'i ti Iuiiti, maa?l'.. 'tc. S'-unus a'lil t c!i pointing x'-l or r.ow bnclc work to ropr.? iont ji.--siv! buck, a s2mp:.i1ij. t otrcsitcin K-nca o!n itwl. R -fer-'ncit. j;vea. rsojurlj KNAI'P RltO-.. 'olunib!. Neb. A. STRAY LEAF! A DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE GAKDS. ENVELOPES. NOTE IIEVDS. HILL 1IEVDS. cii:crLKs. DODCEliS, ETC. SUBSCKIBE NOW FOB THE COLUMBUS JOURNAL. AND THE AMERICAN' MAGAZINE. Offer Both for a Year, at tiJ. The Jocbnl ia sckno-l'!(Tl tobe tL lxt &VWS and family paper ia I'latte connty.acd The Ainencaa Jlaearic i the oal liih-clatmontL-h nuparice dt.o:ed entir?lv to American I.ifra tu.. Aiacrica Ti.oucht nail lo;-, uud is ll, cnl ilccic'tnl -xjxjaeat of American latitu t' a-. "ltrsrtKOJ a-j an of ln oiJer aita r.f. fiirnibl iux ia a year oor J4-3 rages o the .-!.. tt'i-t literature, n-rn ten bj lhezblert Anieri-i-sr.il.cr. It is l-!t3tifull ilhirtrr.U-u, and is nWi u :ii rhatiaiacoaliaaLii and slicrt ttories. i aore appropriate present cua b ra ft. tlia i ycr". ta!rrriptioa to The Aaeri c- i Vc.iiS"a. ;t i.jil L ifpciaRy brilliuat daricg the yeai 1 .-. T.- price of JuCEXAi. is $2.03, and Tha AmerU - wi ilnriziad is &.C0. Y oSmr both fcr flGO. THE BUST DAY'S DOINGS. Telegraphic Flashes from All Quarters of the Globd MET WITH A SAD FATE JUSTICE MILLER STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. The Caxe a Verj Serinut One anil the Fhy niciaiiH Cive o Hope ot Becoery Land ConitiiUHion-r's Keport-Ortotwr Crop Estimate Other Capital Sen. Wamiimh-on. Oct. 1. TliN afttrnoon Jii-tMV .-aiiiiifl I'. Miller, of'tb' Miprt-nie rouit of the I'liitctl ?tat-. a -trlken with p:irali! ami i- now in a eriou- con dition, tliouzli iftins romfortably and with hN iniml r!:tr .Tuitioe Miller was r milling from tlio iiiiirciui' omt room to lii-rt'-idi-iice. anil alxutt :.::;" huwaon the ! -nil of Tluiii.a- circle, within sight of III-, n -irifin'r. 11. Ma .Molm-ett-. avenue. John Wooilford. hi.-erant. who wa-stand-ins In tliedixiru.iy of thy lion', saw the jiiiti("ipiiro.iiliIn. Then he ai Martled at jiiddenly -.eehis .liui tai-e hi-hand to his heart, then reel and fall on the car tracks which he iva- cio-dns at the time. Wood ford ha-teniil to the spot and found the .ju-tice spo?chIe--. and apparently in a tupor. He at once -ecuied a coupe from a neihborm;; hack -land and. witli a-.I-t-ance. placed the stiff oring man in it and had him b irne to his room. Dr. Cook, who resides in the neighborhood, and Dr. Lin coln, who foitunately happened to be pass ing at the time, weie skkii In attendance at the bedside. Tlie found the whole left side of the justice paralyzed, hut he was still able to rvozni7e tho-e about him. 11 p. in. Dr. Lincoln has jti-t left Justice Millet. Mesavsthe justice's condition i not neatly m favorable as it was two bonis, a so. and the case is now vety serious. Steatlily .Sinking. Vsiingt. Oct.. II. The condition of lu-ticc Millei at tl:4." this moruini; wase ttemely critical. Tor several hours past he has lain in a state of absolute stupor, wholly tmconslous of his surroundings. The piesstu,' on I be brain has jrreatly lii-crea-ed during the last four hours, mi that now paialysis of the left side is complete. Dr. Cook has b-en at liis bedside all niuht. and feels that his patient is in imminent peril. The family have alwiut jtiven up all hop.-, and ii is believed that dissolution may come at anv moment, thoitzh jxissildv not for a day or - louui. .May lio at Any .Moment. At l.::o .Iiistice Miller was gradually -inking and it i now believed his death is only :i question of a few bout-. He N still unconscious, and within the last hour his lesplrat ion ha-bet ome short and ditlicult. Dr. Lincoln s.ijs he is in a ilyinx condition, and may pa away at any moment. A Career seldom Cqualfil. Vsiiim.ton. ct. II. The stroke of paialysis that laid hief Ju-tice Miller, of the supreme couit. low. will probably re sult fatally, and one of the greatest jurists that has occupied a poition of the American bench will thus end a cateer which ha seldom been eiiia led in the annals of the jni isprude uce of the world for bonoi and distinction. .Tu-tlce Miller p.isM-d the age when he niisht have letired to piiv.ilelife several yeats. as, but his devotion to his profession and his thorough ma-tety of all the intiications of American law was so great that he persi-tently refused to s,tep down from the woolsack and make room for a youngei man. lie is universally legarded as not only the most efficient judge but the most popul.it man in judicial life in this count rv. Hi- thoiouzh knowledge of the law-and his cleat, long-headed judg ment on all the Intticate problems upon winch he has heuu called to tender judg ment have been the m.tivel of the men who have pi act iced before the supreme, court. Mis opinions will go down to history as the most learned of any which have issued frow the mi pi cine bench in tills country. The breadth of his learning was reniatkable and the devotion which he always gave to the cnutt was unpatallehsl in the history of that court. With the deiuiscof Justice Mil ler the American nation will lose one of the most lemarkable ptoditcts of our civiliza tion, aue one whose place will perhaps not lie filled in a century. He not only had the profound respect of evety lawyer who ptac l iced before the supieme couit. but he has the most cordial friendship of every man withwhomhecoii.es m contact, and it is doubtful if there is any man in public life to-day who is -o personally iiojiulai as Judge Miller, or one whose death will caiwsi much sjneeie regret from Maine to Califor nia, and from the lakes to the gulf. LAND Hl'SIXESS. Annual Iteport of Commissioner GrotT. VsHiNfiTOX. Oct. 11. The annual report of Commissioner of the General Land Office Crotl" shows that the number of agricultural patents i-siicd during the fiscal year cnd-d June ::o. was 11T.-J47. embracing ls.7il.520 acres, as against T0.141 issued in 1 !. with an aggregate area of 11,V20.."C0 actus. Of mineral and mill site patents 1.407 weie issued, an increase of tV patents, represent ing lj.:7f, arris. State school selections aggregate .":.77i acres. The selections for lite previous v ear aggregated only 132.3.10 actes. The acreage of swamp lands pat ented tS the several states during the year was I00.:u"il. Theie were patented or certi fied under the law for the benefit of railroad companies during the year :;r.:t,MVJ acris. This is a decrease for the year of fil.ls:; act os. The total ca-h sales during the tiscal year amounted -o :t.:t0:?.4(i acres. Original homesteads, timlior culture, state selections and other- of a miscellaneous character amounti-d to O.:!'-'.'.!;-."! acres. The Indian lands disposed of aggregate i:I,:iO.' acres, making a grand total of l-J.7liS.s-J7 acres. The total cash receipts of the office from various -ources during the ti-cal year were ?7.7s0.."17. Of this amount ffi.r.iO.174 was ocolveil from cash ales. On June 30. I?M. there were -7.7."1 final entries of all kinds pending, and at the clo-e of the fiscal year lsjio there wete 20..V.i pending, showing a deciea-e as compared with the previous year of fls.CsT entrie-. Railroad -election- amounting to 2t77ri.'Tr acres were pending at the clo-e of the year, an increase over the previous year or :K2.70J acre. There were also wagon road selections pend ing to the amount of :M4.'.iracte-. E-parte mineral entries are in arrears about two and one-half ears. Contest ca-es, quasi-contest-, and e-parte coal entries are up to date. The mileage of land grant railroad- actually constructed up to the clo-e of the la-t ti-cal year was 1S.070 mile-, surveys have been accepted after examina tion in the field of 4.462,091 acre, including Dakota. 029.092. and Nebraska. 20.039. Upon the subject of the fore-tsof the pub lic domain, the commissioner finds thc most v aluable timber ou the public lands being rapidly exhausted and the laws relating to the subject utterly inadequate to properly protect either the public foiests from un lawful appropriations or of thc interests of settlers. Over 63,000 was received last year from timber depredation. Provision should be made for the legitimate procur ing of timberfrom public lands by mill men and lumber manufacturers, by sale, to the extent necessary to supply the community In the location in which they operate with lumber and other timber products needed In the settlement thereof, but the exportation of public timber should be prohibited, as also should be the removal of timber from any cf the reserved la,;ds and from moun tainous regions and other woodlands at or in the vicinity of the head waters of sources of streams, which for climatic economic or pabiic reasons should t held permanently as forest reserves, the exception Ileitis made in favor of settlers or miners for their per sonal necessities. TBK NATION'S CHOPS. October Eittiiuates of the Yield Per Acre. Washington-. Oct. 11. October estimates of the yield per acre for the entire breadth of the cereal cris, as compiled by the de partment of agriculture are: Winter wheat, 10.S bushels per acre; spiing wheat, 11.3; wheat crop. 11.1; oats. 19.S: barley. 21: rye 17.8. The condition of corn is 70.C, in stead of 70.1 last month; buckwheat, 1HI.7, instead of 90..1; otntog. t1.7, instead of fi.".7: tobacco. 85.4, instead of 82.4. There is practically no change hi the general av erage of condition, except a reduction of four points in potatoes and an increase of two points in tobacco. The effect of winter frosts upon wheat is shown by the lower rate of yield to have been severe. Some of the higher rates in the principal states are: New York, 15.2, Pennsylvania. 12; Ohio, 12.3; Michigan. 13.2; Illinois, 11.3; Missouri. 11.2; Kansas, 1:5.5; California. 12; Oregon. 1.1. The crop made a very low yield through out the south, where the acreage is small. In tl.a Ohio valley the variation in the yield hi different counties, as to farms in the same county, has the extraordinary range of five to tweuty-five bushels, and in extreme cases from one to thirty bushels. One county in Illinois claims -'the best crops in years" and another "a poorer crop than was expected." The Kocky mountain areas made high averages in spring wheat on limited areas. Dakota yields, varying from a bushel or two to twenty-five bush els, make an average of nine bushels per acie. Minnesota return VI and Wisconsin 12.3 busheN. The estimated yield of oats of 19.S bush els, which is the lowest ever reported, will probably reduce the aggregate products more than 200.009.000 bushels. OTHEK CAPITAL. NEWS. Election Frauds lu the South. Washington, Oct. 11. Attorney-General Miller is in receipt of a letter from the south, where the recent election frauds have reMilted In the conviction of a number of men engaged in fraud upon the ballot. Those letters show how difficult it js to work up public sentiment in the southern states to such a degree as to secure any effect from the eon vict ions. In one county in Tennessee the local board authorized the county com missioners to pay the fine and costs of all the men who were convicted In the United States court, and as a result Sl.SOO were paid in the United States courts out of the pub lic funds to meet the lines against the de fendants. Similar instances are cited from other sections of the .south, and altogether show the law department of the govern ment that nothing much can lie done that will be likely to convince the southern peo ple that the United States election laws should lie enforced. Fenaioa Granted . Pensions weie awarded yesterday as follow-: Iowa: Original Jacob Itogard, Uore-t Home. Inciease Samuel Uiilnier. Kirks ville; John C. Hurgiu. Edgewood. Original widow, etc. Mary C. widow of Zelotts llailey. New llamptc.n. Nebraska : Lester S. ISrune, Central City. THE PRESIDENT. Ilia Keceptlon lu St. Louis To-Day A (rand Oration. St. Louis. Oct. 11. A special train bear ing Picsldent Harrisony and part rolled Into this city at 'J o'clock this morning. The ttip fron Kansas City to St. Louis had lieen without special incidents. At the former city Vice-President James F. Howe, in his special car, met the president and acted as his e-cort over the Wabash road to this city. The special train was manned entitely by O. A. It. em- employes of the road. At breakfast this morning, thirty miles from St. Louis, the ptosldent was the guest of Vice-President Kerens, of the Cotton Belt road, in the hit ter's private car. Kerens is an old time friend of the president. On the arrival of the presldeut at this city he was taken in charge by Gov. I'raucis, Major Noouaii and the entire reception committee, who, with military and other organizations, were to act as an escort through the city to the Southern hotel. His arrival was greeted by the firing of presldental salute by Battery A. St. Louis Light Artillery. Cheer after cheer arose from the immense multitude at sight of the chief executive. NEWS FROM JAPAN. Sennational Events Reported In the Mon golian Island. SN Ukascisco, Oct. 11. Japanese, ad vices by the steamer Belgic, which arrived yesterday, state that there is a movement on foot to plant a colony of Japanese in Mexico. The last time the revenue cruiser. Ling Fong. came in, says an Amoy paper, she re ported having seen between Foshow and there a large pirate junk firing on a peace ful trader. A gun boat was at once sent out by the authorities, and shortly after re returned witli eleven prisoners who had been captured from the piratical craft. On the second instant all these men were be headed. About 100 pirates came down to this execution to try and effect a rescue, but the large number of troops present effectu ally overawed them. News has lieen received of a frightful atrocity, a pirate craft having seized a trading junk and massacred iu cold blood tLe entire crew of thirty-nine men. The case of the police for assaults on nationalists in Tipperary ended lu a row, thc nationalists and their friends leaving the court room, and the case dropped. THE MARKETS. Sioux City Live Stock. StouxCiTV, Oct. 11. Hogs Estimated re ceipts. 1,000. Official yesterday, 2.173. The market opened easy to-day. There wete few sales, but most of them were made at ?J,00 &IM. with strong prices on account of the narrow limit. Very few of even the best heavy brought the $4. 00 so much hoped for to-day for tops. Strong 310c lower rules t!i"arket tol.iy. Cattle Estimated receipts. 600. Official yesterday. 33X The market had a lively opening this morning, and sales were quickly made up to noon. The demand for cows was stronger than yesterday, and was met by good stock to satisfy it. at better values than for several days. Good steers and No. 1 yearlings were eagetly sought for. In other stock the market dulled somewhat in the afternoon. South O m ana Live Stock. s"SocTn O.MAITA, Oct. 11. Hogs Estimated receipts, 3.000. Official yesterday, 3,673; shipments 7 car. Market opened slow, 5 M0o lower. Tops sold for $4.00; bulk 53.73 0-1.00. Cattle Estimated receipt, 300. Official yesterday, 2.730;hipmentsl9cars. Market opened steady. Quality common. Chlraro Lire Stock. ' Chicago. Oct. 11. Cattle Kecelpls o. 300. Market steady; steers, .2534.53; cows, bulN and mixed, Sl.054.00. Hogs Keceipts 13,0fl. Market weak and lower; packer; andhippert, S4.0OS4.13; light mixed. f4.004.13. Sheep Keceipts 4,000. Market steady: native western, S4.6035.00; common artd mixed, 53.753,4.23; Tcxans, 1,5034.00. Chicago Produce. Chicago, Oct. 11. Wheat Steady; cash, 08'-;39sJ4c; December, 51.0158; May. Sl.05T. Corn Steady; cash, 4S"sc; November, 49c May. 5lJsc. Oats Steady; cash 39o; Decemlier, 40c: May, 42 7-9343C Rye Firm at 633G4. , ' Barley Quiet at ":jc. Flax Easy at f 1.463L46JX. Prime timothy Firm at $1.2$. . Whiskey 11.13. Provisions. Pork easy; cash. S9.621'? January, fll.70; May, fl2.30. Lard easv: ' wau, ev.wf tfauaarjf, wv.to; Jiaj, COJ55. DUP0NT POWDER -MILLS ANNIHILATED BY STARTLING EXPLOSIONS. The Town a Complete Wreck, None of Its Houses Being Left Standing;-List of the Dead and Injured Many Made Homeless by the Disaster. Wilmington-. Del., Oct. 7. Several startling explosions some counted five, others seven at 3.30 p. m. an nounced to Wilmington a disaster at the Dupont powder, wotks. on the Braudywine. A rush was made for the tel phoues, but nothing could be learned beyond vague reports of damage. An Associated Press representative hastened to the scene, and has wired that the whole section of the works known as the "Upper yard" is a com plete wreck, and at least six lives were lost. One of the magazines went oil" first and the rolling and drying mills near by,, set off by concuisson followed in rapid aucccssiou. There were at least seven dlstlnot succes sive explosions. Every dwelling in the neighborhood is reported wrecked, unroofed or more or less damaged. Telephone in quiries from Westchester state that the ex plosion was distinctly heard in that section. A messenger brought in the following dis patch, which shows that the worst has not yet been learned of the powder mill explo sion : "Ten killed, twenty wounded. Rock land is a complete wreck; none of its houses are left standing." Rockland is a village on the Brandy wine, fully a mile above the scene of the explo sion. It comprises a large paper mill owned by the Jessup Si Moor company, and about fifty dwellings, in which chiefly re side the mill employes. Its population is about 200. The evidence of destruction at that distance leads to the belief here that thc number of killed and wounded has not ypt been fully ascertained. The Dupont powder mills extend along the Brandy wine, chiefly on thc west bank and close to the water for about two miles. They are divided into the "Upper," "Hag ley" a ud "Lower" yards. The former is tiiree miles and the latter five miles from Washington. The report of damage done Rockland proves to be incorrect as to the locality, the name of Rockland being er roneously used for buildings clustered around what is known locally as the "Up per yard." There are some fifty house, inhabited by employes of the powder mills, clustered here and there and there were all wrecked. The damage to property cannot be thor oughly estimated to-night. The force of the concussion even broke windows in some parts of Washington, four or five miles away. The following is a partial list of the killed; MARTIN DOLAX. JAMES D. DOLAX. WILLIAM McGARVEY. JOHN MARTYGAX. WILLIAM DEXXISOX. JOHN DIETZ. THOMAS IIUKLIKE. JOHX HURLIKU. PATRICK DOUGHERTY. JOHX NEWELL. WILLIAM GREEX, and ROSE DOUGHERTY. Several others are missing. The mote .sotiously injured, as far as learned, are: Dan-ill Hahkins. William Logan. Annie and Marie Dolax. James Wahd. Mccn Fekiiy. John McDougall. Miis. William McDowell and her 2-year-old daughter. Lydia An-derson. The office of the Dupont company is a wreck and six mills are in ruins. Several members of the Dupont firm were injuicd by falling walls and broken glass, but none of them seriously. The dead were all employes of the company and were In and about the mills that exploded. Several workmen are missing and are belitsved to have blown Into fragments. The first explosion occurred in one of the packing mills, where a workman named Gran was receiving a can of hexogonal powder to be shipped for the uso of the United States government. In some way a spark was communicated to the can and it blew up. Instantly the packing mill exploded and the other mills in the upper yards, seven or eight iu num ber, followed at intervals of less than one second All exploded except the one where the rolling'mills, in which the ingredients of gun powder are pulverized by vertical rol lers of stone turning slowly around the center post. Immediately after the explosion, the largo building kuown as the "refinery," located near the center of the village, took fire. It was a matter of life or death to the whole village that the fire should be extinguished before it communicated with the powder the building contained. The Dupont fire brigade succeeded in extinguishing the the flames. Had the roof fallen, it is doubt ful if any man, woman or child In the vicin ity would have escaped death or serious In jury. About fifty persons are made home less by the disaster. Latest and Correct News. Wilmington. Delaware, Oct. 6. The fol lowing is a correct list of the killed at yes terday's explosion at the Dupont powder mills: WILLIAM R. GREEX. WILLIAM McGARVEY. MARTIN DOLAX. JOHX HARRIGAX. MICHAEL ILVRRIGAN. PATRICK DOUGHERTY. JOHX NEWELL. JOHN nERLENER. MICHAEL HERLEXEB AND MRS. ROSIE DOUGHERTY. Those more or less injured number about twenty. The men who were killed were working in and about tile magazines and mills, and. except in the case of three, were blown to pieces, so that only fragments of their remains have been found. It Is the theory of the woikmen that the explosion was started in some wayfcqy the soldering iron which a green man was using in soldering tin covers on cans of powder. The wounded are beiug cared for by neigh bors and friends and the dead are being prepared for burial. WIIliam Green was buried this afternoon. Three or four hun dred homeless people have been prov ided with comfortable quarters by their friends living in more favorable localities, and will be looked after until their homes can be restored. Ihe coroner summoned a jury this morn ing for the purpose of viewing ithe remains of William It. Green, so that they may be interred. It may be two or three da v s be fore he will be ready to hear testimony. Old, But Chipper. Montgomery. Ala., Oct. S. Isaac Fra zier, a negro 106 years old, died here ye terday. Some eight or ten years ago Iaac, who had worn glasses for many years, and who was then complaining of his defective vision, received what was called his second sight, and was able to see almost as well a ever, although up to his death he occasion ally used glasses. After having passed his 95th year the old man was married. hot and Killed by an Unknown Assassin, Macon-, Ga., Oct. S. At Normandale, Dodge county, last evening J. C. Forsythe, secretary and treasurer of the Normandale Lumber company, and one of the best known men in Georgia, was shot and killed by an unknown assassin while sitting in his parlor- The assassination has created im mense'excitement in the neighborhood. Willing; to Compromise. ISHPExrsG, Mich., Oct. S. A mass meet ing of striking miners was held yesterday, 2,500 workmen being present. A committee was chosen to transact business. The com mittee will submit a proposition for a com promise to the mining company's agent today. JUDGE TYNER'S JOB. Called Ijmjii to Construe the Meaning of the Anti-Lottery Law. Washington. 1). C. Oct. 7. Solicitor General Tyner. of the postoffice department. Isn't a Philadelphia lawyer. If he were, he would probably revel iu the knotty point which he has to unravel in the antl-lottery law. Coming, from Indiana, instead of Ponitsylvaiiia. Judge Tyner takes a praetl cal view of the questions which aii-eand and seeks a coinuion-seiisc interpretation. In spite of the circular issued a few days ago. queries still pour in ou the department. "The jnost difficult class of cases that will have to bo dealt with," said Judge Tyner, are those in which an obvious hardship is inflicted upon a probably innocent person. For example, let us supjiosc that there is published in Washington a newspaper with t wo editions, one for local circulation and the other for mailing. The local edition contains a lottery ad Vcttlsement: the mail edition, out of deference to the new law, omits it. I buy a paper of a newsboy in the street, and, glauclng it over, discover a paragraph which I know would Interest a friend of initio in Indiana. Tl oughtlessly I mark the item, purTw rapper on the newspaper and drop it Into t he nearest box. The postmaster discover- that my paper contains a lottery ad vertisement. There is something about it that points to mc as the mailer, and I am arre-ted. What becomes of me? That Is something for the court to determine. Tech nically, 1 have committed an offense against the laws of the United States. It is the duty of the district attorney to proceed against me. and yet actually I have been quite innocent. It is unlikely that injustice will be done in such cases, for the question of intent will be raised, and upon that score our supposed culprit is guiltless. But he Is liable to sutrer considerable annoyance through a perfectly thoughtless and well meaning act." The threat of the lottery people to fall back upon the express companies for the conduct of their traffic has not passed un heeded by the federal authorities. It is understood that the department of justice lias under consideration a question as to the -cope of some old statutes concerning private carriers iu competition with the United States mall. Thus far all informa tion oa this point for publication is denied; but a prominent law officer of the govern ment, when asked to-day whether the ex-pre-s companies were not allowed to handle fieely such letters as are intrusted to their caie. provided they attach thereto postage stamps enough to carry these letters throiuh the mall at tegular rate, and can cel the stamps, answered Yankee fashion with a significant emphasis: Let me se". Isn't there a saving clau-e iu the law which allows the government to withdraw that privilege if it- exetcie i found dettimental to the public interests?"' NIAGARA FALLS TUNNEL. The 1 irt Step in the Great Work Accom panied by Enthusiastic Ceremonies. Nt jitA Falls. X. Y., Oct. 7. The gieat tunnel which is to place Niagara Falls in the front i.-iuk of manufacturing cities of the world was formally begun s-atutday. When the plan of constructing a tunnel under the village and taking the water from the river above the falls as power was iii-st sugge-ted by the late Thomas Everted, a civil engineer of renown, neatly five years ago. the scheme was looked upon as vision al y. But persistence won the day and sufficient capitalists, thc Vandcrbllts being .tmoag the number, were finally Induced to lake hold of tho project. and the first practical step toward the realization of Evcrsted's dream was taken. Shoitly before 10 o'clock Sun day morning the Niagara Power company met at tho Cataract bank. After a short meeting they entered cat ridges and were dtiven to the Cataract house, where the officers of the Cataract Construction com pany wete. A pioccssion in which nil the leading citizens joined marched to the spot whei c one of the shafts is to be sunk. Cap tain C. B. GasJPill, president of the Niagara Falls Power cquipany. after a hort speech, turned the first sod with a silver shovel, .-peeehes were also made by President Adams, of the construction compuuy, and others. President Gaskiil turned tiie fiist sod. and the many church bells and the whistles filled the air with hilarious noi-es. Among them could be heard the old bell in the Cataract house cupola, whose voice had not been heard for a quarter of a century. A banquej. followed. Canada Kill's Vmnl Killed. ATfdtso.v Kan- Oct. 7. lufoimatlon fiom Oklahoma City says; "Johnny" King ston, a noforioiis sure-thing gambl-r and keeper of a house of ill-fame, was killed theie last week in a quarrel about a woman. Kingston belonged in Atchison, where lie lived from 1-55 until Oklahoma was opened. He was an expert at three card monte, and was the friend, pal and pupil of the notoiious -Canad-i Bill." Kingston traveled with Bill many years, and after Bill's death became his successor as the king of that class of gamblers. Be fore the wa. Kingston's house In Atchison was tho resort and refuge of Cleveland, J"itii-oti and other -red legs" who pilfered the country in tho name of liberty and fteedoin. -Xtarricd on lite Fly. Washington. Pa.. Oct. 5. Will E. Robin son, of He-illsville, postmaster and editor of the BealNville TtUyram. and Mi-s Lou .Tef fiey. of Eat Bethlehem, took a train at West Brownsville, and contiived to get mar ried wliile en route to Pittsburg. When the train stopped at Monongahela the couple Hepped upon the platform, and a minister, who had occn summoned by telegram, and who was waiting at the station, pel formed the ceremony in just one minute, which was a-long as the train waited. Cholera iu Pari. i'u:i. Oct. 7. Two persons at Lunel, dc paittnent of Heraulte, who recently arrived at that place from Spain, ate suffering fiom choleia. The patients have been isolated and other Lielhods wete also adopted fo pre vent u spiead of tho dl-ca3e. Wants an Immediate Settli-meiit. Li-iion, Oct. 7. England has demanded of tl.e Portugese government an immediate -ettlement'Of its claim for lidemnity for seizure of the Briti-h-Afrlcan Lakes com-panv"- -tiaincr, James Stevenson, which was .11 'gaily captured a few months ago. G-jt tho Drop on tiie Editor. Dxli .-. Tex., Oct. 7. The GiWooil, an illu-trated publication, for r.ueral weeks past has waged a bitter warfare on Mayot I'onnell and his administration. Yesterday"- i-siie caricatured the mayor as a bunco stecrer. and this aftsrnoon hi- honor met II. ! Pease, editor of the Ctiifcon. at the foot of th3 stairway leading to his of fice and roundly berated him, Using epithets which generally lead to a killing in this clime. Pease made a motion as though to P'tt his hand in his lio-om to draw a revol ver, when the mayor grabbed him by tho vest and tore it wide open, at tho same time pulling a gun. Pease was unarmed. Cou ncil then expectorated tobacco juice in tho editor's face and -aid that if he assailed him again lie would kill him. The end is not ve . A City Collector Missing. Ttcso.N. I. T Oct. 7. City collector Geo. Fettct Is missinjj. Some of his friends ex press the belief that he has committed sui cide. A shortage of his accounts is re potted. Died Very Suddenly. London, Oct. 7 Rev Henry Walte, chap, lain of the house of commons, died suddenly to-day. Made an Assignment. Nr.w iork, Oct. 7 Jrmes B. Bennett, grocer, assigned to-day, with preferences amounting to 819,000. THE STATE OF TRADE. IMPROVEMENT NOTED IN ALL BRANCHES. Price or Commodities a Shade Stronger The Money Market Nowhere Embarrass ing Aa Advance in Wool anil Trade Go- d in Groceries Satisfactory Foreign Trade. NEwYoRK.Oct.il. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Business in all branches shows improvement. Prices of commodities arc a shade stronger than a week ago. grain and oil having advanced with many kinds of manufactured products, but the general advance since Oct. 1 is not a quarter of 1 per cent, as yet. The movement of commodities is very heavy. The money market is nowhere a source of embarrassment and the feeling of confi dence everywhere Increases. At Boston business Is good, with advanced prices of many articles, as trade is adjusting itself to changes of duty. Philadelphia reports an advance iu wool and a good trade in grocer ies. The Iron trade there and at Pittsburg is unchanged. The glass business is well sustained, and lead Is so scarce that somo works requiring that material or spelter have suspended operations. At Chicago the grain trade is slightly below last year's, with a moderate Increase iu flour, nearly 50 per cent In cured meats, and a volume of busi ness in all lines of merchandise fully up to last year's. All lines uro strong at St. Louis and very fair at Detroit. Trade Is good at Milwaukee. St. Paul, Omaha and Denver, and satisfactory at Kansas City. Southern reports are generally bright, the movement of cotton being remarkably earlyjind large. The great Industries ate growing. In spite of the enormous output of pig roll iron, the tone is stronger, and at Philadel phia mill Iron is 25 cents higher. Con sumption gains, and until navigation clo-e increasing strength Is expected, bar, sheet, structural and wrought pipe works being crowded. The trade here Is weak only iu mill and Bessemer iron, butwithnopressuie to ell. Wool Is moving largely at better prices at Philadelphia and Boston. Bread stuffs have been advancing in spite of tho small exports, which fall far below la-t year's as yet. Wheat has risen 3;.. cents for the week ou ales of 20.000,00 bushels heie. and corn nearly 2 cents on sales of 10.000.no0 bushels. Oil has li-en 2 cents with insignificant deal ings, and coffee is for A 14 cent- lower. The present range of prices is being decoroiisly descrlbed as -trained." India i ubber i also lower, parafino loiiig quoted at s cents. Tin has fluctuated because of for eign sjieculatiou and sells at 2.1 'H cent-, while tin plates are higher though the new leiuaud is moderate and the manufacturer iu this country has actually begun to turn out plate-before thc tariff bill was signed. Lead is scarce at S.'i.sti. and the effect of tho Mexican decision is -aid to be -eriou-ly felt. Large conttacts for lake copper have been made, but there are leports of coiisjdeiable -ale'- at ltJ' i. cent-. The tiea-ury has taken in (luring the pa-t j week .s:i,0uo,000 more than it ha- paid out. The mate of foreign tiade is very satts- factory, for while cxMil-of gialn are re stricted!, cotton move- largely, and though ; the value of exports la-t week showed a de cline in compcrl-oii with last year, the movement then was lemarkably heavy iu i October; but the weakness of Ameilcan se curities in London and the disturbed stato wf the stock market theie, approaching a panic on Thursday, affects tho market here and le-sen- the chance of early imports of specie. Tho business failures occuning through out the country during tho past seven davs number 215. us computed with a total of 107 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 21 1. CANNOT RAISE WAGES. The Erie ICofuses the Demand ot Its Men for Fearjof Bankruptcy. New York, Oct. 11. The Erie official-, after ten days' consideration, gave the fed erated board of trainmen an answer to-day to the amended agreement of t tiles which it wanted the company to sign. The boatd Is made up of the general grievance commit tees of the engineer-, fitemeu, conductors and btaken.en's brotheihood ou the Erie system. Tho demands of tho men in sub stance were that ten hours -hould e'on-tltute a day's work, overtime to be paid at the thc rate of one-tenth of a day's pay per hour. Relative to promotions it was de manded that, qualifications being equal, the oiliest men should havo the preference. In his reply to his men sent out hy I'lesiiient King to-day, he sivs that a careful compatl-on has been made by the company between the rate's of wages paid upon its lines to engineers, fire men, conductors and trainmen, and thoso paid upon the principal competing and ad jacent lines. They find that the rates paid the Erie's men ate In nearly every Instance higher. President King adds that the rates and allowances would Increase the pay rolls of the Erie system to the amount of 51,034. 000 per annum. Moreover, hesays. It would naturally follow that justice to the em ployes of classes other than those engaged in the train service would make them par ticipants In any general advance, and tiie addition to the burdens of the company would therefore lie still greater. The sum named Is in excess of the average earnings of the company for the last five years abov e its ti.xed charges, which must later neces sarily be met in order to preserve thc com pany from insolvency and the property from disintegration. Aid for Oklahoma, Wichita, Kan., Oct. 11. B. L. Eaton, of Henne-scy. chairman of the committee ap jiointed to expend the appropriation mado by congress for the needy of Oklahoma, is here laying in fresh supplies. By the time he has made his intended purchase-, ho will not have on hand more than SPkOOO. He considers, tho outlook very good, and lie ami his committee are trying to dev Ie means to raise a fund which shall be sufficient to tido the destitute over the approaching winter. It is sugge-ted that bond- be voted, and tho legislature will probably take tho matter up as soon as the tush of bu-ine-s will permit. Seal Poacher fired Upon, Sv FitvNCtsco. Oct. 11. The sealing schooner C. H. White arrived from Sand Point. Alaska, yesterday with a catch of 4-5 seaN and 75 other skin. The Whito biought Capt. Howitzer and Mr. Sutherland of the schooner Sophia Sutherland, who were Iot from the vc--el. The crew stato that hunters on the C. (J. White', a sister ve-sel, landed on Copper island with the in tention of poaching. Thc Russian authori ties ordered them away and when tho men r fused to go fired on them. The fire was returned and iu the exchange of shots one of the white men was killed. A Kansas Druggist idiot. AtciiisOv, Kan., Oct. 11 Tho s.,K,ii village of Miiscotah, Kan., is greatly ex cited over the attempted killing of Dr. J. F. Martin, a druggist of that place, by Mrs I'liimmer, wife of a prominent physician, for selling her husband uhi-.ky. Martin tried to shoot her in elf defense, but was too excited to handle the pi-tol. she shot Martin several times and he may di TuberculokU In New Hampshire. Manchester, N. II., Oct. 11. Tubeicu Iosis has been discovered in the third herd of cattle on the west side of the river, and it Is reported that the herds in Goffstowa and Bedford are affected. The citizens are un easy and the sale of milk has been seriously interfered with. New York's Population. Washington, Oct. 11 The population ot the state of New York Is 5,051,934, an In crease of 690,053, or 17.C9 per cent. NEBRASKA NEWS. Nubbins of Information Gathered From All Quarters of the State. A physician of this city was called to the country on professional business last week, his patient bein? a woman living in a soil house, say the North Platte Tribune. It was almost dark when ho arrived at his destination and while wait ing for the patient to develop svtuptotns the doctor heard a noise in tho corner of the room, and looking in that direction ilisooverc'd an army of mico coming out of a hole. They jumped on the table, chairs, bod ami literally overran tho room After sporting around a few minutes they retired. Shortly after tho man of the house came in led by two women. Tho doctor asked his patient what ailed the man, to which she replied he was about to have a fit, and a hard epileptic tit he had. ly this time it was too late for the doctor to make the homeward trip and lie laid down on a cot to sleep. Karly in the morning a woman who was attending the patient awakened him and requested that he kill a snake, that was iu the room. He jumped up and saw a bull snake live feet long crawling on top of the sod wall. 'Arn't voti afraid of snakes?"' asked tho doctor of his patient, as he looked around for a club to kill the reptile'. "Oh, no," replied the woman, "I felt that .one crawling over my bed last night but I wasn't afraid of him." The snake was killed and as soon as possible the doctor started home, fearing that if he remained longer he might see a wild cat walk into thc house. In fact what he had already seen was sufficient. John Woods recently pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree, in the Law rence county court, and was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. In two previous trials the jury had dis agreed. Woods was employed to work for John McLeod, a farmer living near Whitewdbd, and there were whis perings of undue intimacy between Woods and Mrs. McLeod. On Aug. 0, 1SS9, while Mrs. McLeod was ab sejit xisiting. Woods notified the neigh bors that McLeod had attempted to light a tire from a can of kerosene and the can had 'exploded and burnt tin house with McLeod iu it. All the surrounding cir cumstances were against any such theory. Woods was present at the house and claimed to have witnessed the catastro phe, but was unable' to render any assist ance. Afterwards tho discovery of two trunks, full of Mrs. McLeod's best arti cles of wearing apparel, carefully se creted in an old out-door root cellar, and other mysterious circumstances, to which the suspects were unable to give a satis factory explanation, at once led to the at rest of Woods ami the investigation by the proper authorities. l5n.Ti:iCE is n gi tat ing an elect i ic motor line. C..ss county, thc smallest iu the state, is out of debt. 5i.vki:a i. deaths from diphtheria have been reported from Blue Springs. J. M. Roland, of Syracuse-, raised 500 bushels of apples from his youn? orchard this year. Makshai.t. Smitii, of Fremont, stopped on an apple peel and fell through tho front window of a store. It cost him a neat little sum to pay for the glass. The prairie fire which raged so fiercely about five miles southeast of Newport, Hock county, the lirst of the week, de stroved about SI-,000 worth of haj. Jim Pack, of J lea trice, has a Linden Tree colt, 1 year old, on which he olTor-. to wager any sum under SI, 000 to run again-l any n-year-old in the state. Two prairie schooners passed through Superior the other day headed wo-tward. On the covers of each wagon were, painted the wotd-. "Helations tefu-ed to help."' Fkank Iluirsr, employed in the Demp ster Mill company's works at Beatrice, had his hand fiiglitftilly mangled be tween the cog-wheels while oiling the machinery. Tiihkk voungsters, aged about 13 or 1 1 vears each, and bearing the names of Geo. Howe, Marion Hawkins and Willio Werner, ran away from their homes in J .cat ilee Fritlax with tho a owed purpose of going toTacoma. Auour 32,000 in stock has already boon suh-oribed for the purpo-e of putting the cheese factory at lilair on a stock com pany basis. It is a paying establishment, well furnished and led the procession on ehcee at the slate fair. L. I. Straek, of Fremont, was hit ou tho head with a hammer and seriously injured. He was descending a ladder, when the hammer fell from the porch above and he received the full force of the blow in the forehead. On Thursday night last week lightning killed for Henry Hillings, of IJIair, one hor-e. one cow, several pigs, and bo'.erely injured another horse. They were hud dled up alongside the win: fence and thereby caught the electricity. At the Boat rice fair Dr. A. C. habin was kicked from the sulky by Com-ellcta after he had won the yearling race. The doctor was not badly hurt, and says he was so proud of the yearling's record of a half mile in 1:45 that he never thought of the kick. Tut.kk ate now traveling through Pierce county the old-style swindlers sell ing cloth to be mado up into suits. They travel from house to house and take tha farmers' notes and se-11 them to the banks. All the farmer gets is the privilege of paying his note. Tin: Grand Island police arrested Jio mie Stone on suspicion that he was a girl masquerading in male attire. Of course he was discharged. Jimtnio is a cook in a restaurant, and is anno; ed a great deal by mashers, who are sure he is parading in wrong uniform. Tin. '..'-year-old s0 Gf J. K. Will, of Curtis, was severely hurt the other dav by falling out of the rear end of a wagon, and striking on his head. Tho fall broke, two of his ribs near the spine, and the doctors think tie- broken pie. . s haxo penetrated the lungs, causing the air to puir out the skin on his breast. Onk hundred and skty-two thou-and heop are being fed in Dodge coutitv. ne firm is feeding 30,000, another 19,-t-00. and the lowest number being fed by any hrm is 4,000. Enough more will be brought in oon to swell the number to '..'On.bMi. The eo-t of feeding these sheep until ieadv for market is placed at 5471, 000. Miss Lii.mk Lonkv, of Stanton, was pouring coal oil in the wash water the other day when tho can exploded, set ting fire to her clothing. Her father was near and succeedid in extinguish ing the flames before she was seiiously burned. S:u.i:irr Lo-i:y has twenty-five glan dored horses quarantined near 'Madison and propo-e- that the. disease shall not spread. Tin: dwelling hou-e on the Stillwater stock farm, owned bv li. J. Kendall, of Calhoun, burned to the gtouud. The loss is estimated at 310,000. W. II. Kiicyi.k, of Rockford, received twenty-five carloads of sheep from Kan sas the other day. He thinks there is big money iu feeding sheep. The Neligh Tribune say- that the Antelope county fair was a failure on account of lack or interest from exhibi tors and patrons. The paper advises the abandonment of the fair iu the fttuture. THE OLD RELIABLE MiteUBaM (0U3t State Bank in the Stat) PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS, HAKES LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Dtaaha, Chicago, Now York, and all FarsJtfa Countriaa. SEIXS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Holpi IU Customers when they Need Hslp. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LEANTDER GEKRABD, Preiamt. O. W. HlTLST, Vice-President. JOHN STAUFFEK, Casbisr. ?eTHS9 A. REEp. B. H. HENRY. COMMERCIAL BiliI -oy-COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AK- Authorizeil Capital of 500,000 V u itl in Capital - 1)0,000 OFFICERS: (J. II. SHELDON, rres't. II. P. II. OIILHK'II. Vice Pre. C. A. NEWMAN. (Vshier. DANIEL SCIIKAM, Ass't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: 0. 11. Sheldon, J. P. Ikur. Herman P. ILOehirich, Carl Itienko. Jonn.- Welch, W. A. McAllister, J. Ilonry Wnrdeinan, H. M. Win-low, leiirK . i iiuiey, s. c . ury. run Frank Itorer. Arnold F. II. Oehlrich. lunry I.odek". lerharil I.ogeke. fsyBank of deposit; interest allowed on time deposits; buy and sell excli.ui on United States intl Earcie, and buy nud sell available itocurities. We hhall l ploaned to roceiTe jour buiia.-. W tolicit your patronage. '.J9dec37 FOK TIIE CALL ON" A.&M.TURNER Or i. V. lillll.KR, '1'ravclinff SalemaB. J-Tnese organs are firot-ciaas in 67ery par ticular, and -:o guarantee-d. TO -AJEjXj PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH iVT U. P. Depot, Columbus. l?:cir.f HENRY G-ASS. UiSTlD KRTAKEE ! ft rv Cti eggg WESTEBN COTTAGE ORGAN fc'j SSjCBTf 13 O ' -"At P 45 IGJ SL 5LSL&Q&.S& y- '&ittgs::-3'&n T'Vri -- 1 , VVVsT-l hlJ jTm. Dr'i !:vAVJ mstallu: oases 17" fi 'ti'in'j of I'll kinds of Uphold v.- C.W.' .. . ti C'LDiJLUb.NE!li:ASJA.