4 v -i jv m ohmbm anxml i V- VOLUME XXI NUMBER 29. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1890. WHOLE NUMBER 1069. i i ; m. jii r v- J i I i . llUu OLD HLIABL Columbus State Bank (Oldait State Bank la the Stated PAYS INTEREST ON HUE DEPOSITS, -AND- HAKES LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON 3inaha, Chicago. New York, sad all Foreign Countries. 6EIX9 6TEA3ISI1IF TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Helps Its Customers when they Nsed Hein, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LKANDER GERHARD. President. O. W. HULST, Vics-Presldsat. JOHN STAUFFER. Cashier. JVLIUB A. B2ED. B. H. HENRY. -of-COLUMBUS, NEB., -IIAB AN- Authorized Capital of 500,000 Taid in Capital - 5K,000 OFFICERS: C. H. SHELDON. Pres't. II. I H. OlILRICII. Vice Pres. C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier. DANIEL BCH11AM, Aw't Cash, STOCKHOLDERS: C. H. Sheldon. J. P. Becker. Herman P. Il.Oehlrich, Carl Rionke. Jonas Welch, W. A. McAllister. J. iV ary Wurdetaan, H. M. Winslow, eirce W. Galley. H. C. Orey. Frank Rorer. Arnold F. II. Oehlrich. Hnry LotoVe. Gerhard Losplie. IVRank of deposit; interest allowed on tima deposits; boy and aell exclianp on United States and Europe, and buy and fell arailable securities. We shall be plowed to receive yoar business. We aolicit jronr patronage. 2dec37 FOR THE WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAM CALL OX- dim w A. & M.TURNER Or i. XV. KEKI.F.R. , TraTrlitiff KulmMBB. pjr-Tln"" orsn are fint-class is every par ticuUr, aad so jraaranteed. 8 - PBICIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH AT TJ. P. Depot, Columbus. 1 Sharif HENRY G-ASS. TJNDERTAKEE ! tfltfHX AXU METALLIC CASES Hrrirpaitinfof all kinds of Uphot- ll tfWECfi.NERaAaBA, fCssr5nssBwB CSSiUftJBvfV FRESH NEWS OF THE DAT. Information Gleaned From All Quarters of the Universe. TO NAVIGATE TIIE AIR SHIP OF KNOWN THE LIGHTEST MATERIAL To Be Propelled by Fan Wheel The Teasel to Cost S30.000 and to Be fluilt at Once Will Be Able to Travel at the Rate of Seventy Miles an Houi. Chicago, Nov. 1. Fred N. Atwood, of this city, has Invented an air ship with which bo claim-, be will be able to travel at tbe rate of seventy f.ilk-s an hour. A com pany with a capital of 200.000 has been organized to build and ti-t it. Tbe shlji he has Invented and tbe principles ho ha-, patented, differ from all others yet in vented. The ship Itself resemble-, most of the others built. It ! cigar-shaped and has a big cabin hung closely under It. Hupo tanks are to contain hydroxeu jrab, which is to be partially used in lifting the ship from the ground. Three engines are to be inside the cabin operating 'even big fan wheels. The-e wheels look' like those on windmills in tbe country. Three of the--wheels are propeller-. One Is bung uudet tbe bow and one under tbe stem, arranged o that they can turn any way like a rudder. Four huge wheels are to be used In elevating the ship. These are twelve feet in diameter and have sixteen blades, each blade ten square feet iu surface. The-e wheels re-vol-e iu huge cylinders that open out of the bottom of the ship. The idea is to run these wheels 1,000 revolutions a minute, and thus force a column of air out of the cylinders, creating a vacuum. The air rushing back toward the open cylinder will elevate the ship. Each wheel, the inventor estimates, has a lifting power of four ton. The ship itself will weigh but 25.000 or 3". 000 pounds, and with four wheels, each bav my tbe power to lift four tons, and with the auxiliary assistance of the hydrogen gas. Mr. Atwood thinks he can lift bis ship. Once elevated It N an easy thing to propel It. All about the ship U a perfectly smooth plane, a deck having a surface of 100.000 quare feet. This alone would scale the air In an oblique direction, up or down, like a kite. The ship will be built of aluminum, the lightest metal known. It will be :W3 feet long, fifty feet high and fifty feet wide. Tbe hydrogen gas n HI be manufactured on board the ship. Steam will Ik: the motive power and gas the fuel. The engines arc strong and light and specially constructed. The ship will cost about 30.000 and will he built immediately. BLOW AT PENSION SHARKS. The Treasury Department to Warn Bene ficiaries or the lrlcksotStiy.it is. IVashiiGton. Nov. 1. A circular letter has been proposed by Second Auditor Patti Min of the treasury department for the in formation or soldiers and thir belts and for the purpose of warning them against the many .shyster" lawyers who are con stantly oil the watch to get fees from then. It seems that there are bore in Washington uud elsewhere throughout the country a great many so-called lawyer-, aud claim agents who send circulars and blanks to uninformed soldiers, representing that they hate not been gien all the pay or bounty due them, and that by some new law, or bill." pending iu congress they will be. or may be. entitled to further pay or bounty. A small fee In advance (?2 or $3) is usually required for expenses, with friendly assurances that no more will lie demanded unless tbe claim lw al lowed. The fee Is paid, the application filed and in the end disallowed, but the attorney has received his little advance fee. which is all be expected, and so he continues the hunt for new claimants from whom new fee.s ran be obtained. From twenty to 200 or more of these claims arc sometimes filed iu one package by one firm and as a natural consequence o er CO per cent of all claims received are rejected as devoid of merit. As it takes the same amount of tlmo and labor to dispose of such claims as it does to settle the Just and meritorious ones the prompt settlement of tbe latter claims Is greatly retarded and the correspondence of the office greatly increased. The second auditor suggests that claimants who really think they are entitled to more pay and bounty should write djrectly to him. stating All the facts in the case, including the name, company and regiment, and promi-es tlipt such requests will receive prompt and just Mention. EDISON TUKNS MINER. The Investor Invoking the Nickel Dis trict In Canada. Ottawa. Out.. Nov. 1. Thomas A. Edi sou. the wizard of Menlo park. Is the latest American who ha turned his attention to the Sudbury nickel district. Officials of the Canadian geological survey ;tatc that the great inventor will shortly begiu jo develop inlnlug properties adjacent to the wines opened by the Standard Oil company. The Int'eutor lias bonded thousands of acres near Sudbury, in various sections of which the outcropping of nickel is very promising. Mr. Burns, Edison's expert, confirmed tbe opinion of the geological survey that tbe Canadian nickel region is the richest mining district in the world. The Edison people claim to have discovered a process by which the nickel ore can be treated very Inex pensively leaving a large margin or profit. Tbe astounding statement is made thut every dollar invested in tbe mines brings a return of $4 profit per month, and Mr Burns hah already ti&inlued various mica wines, the product of which will be utilized for electrical purposes. SAVED HIS LIFE. The Count or Paris' Harrow Escape From a Horrible Death. New York. Nov. 1. The Compte ae Pans had a narrow escape from a horrible death during his journey from Montreal to New York. At Pittsburg the count got off the train, with others, to get some lunch at the railroad -tailon. Not understanding tbe signal for departure, he remained on ;he platform until the train was fairly in motion. Then be made a -pring for the hiah platform of the Wasnor car. tie rals-ed tbe gusrd rail with one hand, but holding hard with ins other, swun? in ie tween the car platforms. Fot aji instant It seemed inevitable that he would fall to tbe ground aad be crushed to piece?. Several trainmen, however. rusW! to the re-cue. and succeeded in baulingbim onto the plat form. An Kx'.le's Story. London. Nov 1. A joung Russian named Kelchosky. who succeeded iu mak ing his e-zape from Silieria after bat ing served fourteen years there, ha an Ived iu tbisclty. lie was arrested in Yitna when nnlv IS vcars of aze on suspicion of bavins in il pes-esiou revolutionary document andltf beiug concerned in a towspiracy agalnst tbe government. His ccape from Silieria was attended with many bard-hip-and perils. M. Kelchosky S uttwllitug. as yet. to publish an account of his life iu to,-. lie and his escape, for fear that by doing cnhonin ondausibr his comrades left In Silieria. He states that Ld exiles there are greatly encouraged by the cxpes;o;) of sympathy with them In Ibeir fate, by the American people. Weekly Bank Statement. New York. Nov. l. The weekly bank statement shows the reserve bas increased f 826,664. The banks now hold 9701,793 iu excess of the wjuireniejits of the 35 per cent. rule. WINDS AND WAVES. Terrible Force or the .Elements on the Coast Of New England. Boston-. Mass.. ,Oct: 29. New England has, during the last wee!:, passed through a remarkable meteorological experience. During that time four distinct cyclones have swept the coast. The heavy seas and high tide ca'ised by Saturday gale had not subsided when, without the slightest warning from the signal service, last night a bowling northeaster set In. Gen. Greely asserts that these gales are but part of one grand disturbance, but that gives but little satisfaction to tbe victims. At daybreak yesterday morning the wind at Boston was blowing at tho rate of fifty-six miles an hour fromthc east, backing up tbe highest tide known in years. Iu Boston the entire water front is under water, the w harves are going nut of sight aud vast quantities of wood, coal and merchandise are lloatlug away. The cellars are flooded and considerable damage su-tained. On the coast the town of Situate was a perfect Venice. The water stood two feet deep Iu the pO'.tottice and the great rollers came In from the sea. dcmolfsjiinx a whole row of buildings which faced the beach. Merchants and families Ioe heavily at Plymouth. The outer sandbar was all that saved tho lower town fiom destruction. In Lynn. S.ilem. Newburyportand Prince ton, the entire low r business portions were submerged and va-t quantities of coal, fuel and produce were carried to sia. The bt-Hchc- are washed clean along the north shoio. The Revere A. Lynn railroad and tbe eastern railroad tr.icus are either torn up or buried under tons of sand, seaweed and wreckage. The hotels have ail been de--erled, as they are all more or less uuder mliied and there is no trace of life in tho host of pa iilions, restaurants, etc. Tnc cattagors had to take refuge in their second stunVs. and at Rcachmout. Revere and Winthtop a fleet of boats was busy all day getting the inhabitants out of their deluged homes. There is still a sadder talc from Capo Ann to Cape Cod. Tiie bcich Is one streak of wreckage .pais, b.irrcl-, cabin doors and pieces of ships that arc no more. Very few todies have, ho.vetcr, come ashoro. At Chatham jivo wreckers arc reported off the Chatham life-saving station. A big barken tino was sighted heading for tho fatal reef. Station after station along the beach was tel ephoned to look out for her. Cannons were fired, and every tiling done to show her she was out of her course, but when she reached the reef a squall enveloped her, and when it passed site was no where to be seen, hav ing evidently been ground to pieces. At Minot's light tho high rollers go clear overt lie seventy foot tower. Thousands visit the beach to enjoy the granduer of the elements. TOLSTOI'S DISCIPLES. Russians Forming Colony to Practice His l'rlncipl-n Other Foreign ftews. London. Oct. 29. A colony of Rus sian gentlemen and ladies has been formed at Vishnec Volotehok, a large town on tbe river T-ua, In tho govern ment of Tver, with the object of practicing tbe sexual tenets of the novelist Tolstoi. Tho colonists are all young, of the edu cated classes, and well provided with funds, many of them being possessed of large fortunes. Vera Sassoulitch, the famous nihilist, whose adventures and hardships in connec tion with tho Nihilist Hartmann, attracted to her world wide sympathy about ten years ago, is dying at Geneva, whither she sought refuge after escaping from the clutches of Uussiau authorities. At tho time she came into notice she was young and beautiful, but time has robbed her of youth and harsh treatment and exposure and consequent ill health have despoiled her beauty. Bishop O'Dwyer, of Limerick, is quoted as saying that Americans should draw a broad distinction between con tributions to the starving people of certain parts of Ireland and contribu tions to tbe funds of the National league, aud should see that no money intended for charitablo purposes goes to illegal objects. Reports from Home state that the pope is preparing another mandate to the Irish bishops denouncing tho plan of campalgm and decreeing that the sacraments of the church shall be denied to all who tako part either iu tho plan or boycotting. ELAM ELUCIDATES. What U Knows on the Subject or Harri son's Chances for a Spcoii 1 Term. Indian poi.is, Oct. 29. The Hon. John U. Elam, fonner law partner of President Harrison, ha- returned from his trip to tho iitnh0st. Relative to the purported iu. tor lew with him while away concerning the president's intentions regarding a sec ond term, be said: "I have not spoken to Pre-ident Harrison on any subject for about a year, and have ncer at any time heard bim ay one word as to his wishes or pur poses wltli respect to the election of 1S92: nordo I. fiom any source, know anything as to what ho desires or Intends. I ex pressly said as much to ail vho spjke to rr.e on tbe subject while in the northwest. I was often asked wbetcr the president would, in my opinion, be a candidate for re-election, and I said to a number of persons that I thought I knew bim wcil enough to say that he would certainly do nothing that would subject his administration to unfair criticism in any effort to secure a re-election, and that if it came it would arise naturally out of the situation. Iu other words, that be would discharge every duty as it came to hlra. fearle-sly and conscientiously, and let re sults take care of them-elves. How such expressions. gl en merely as my opinions, could have been distorted into the form that I am told they assumed In certain newspapers, I do not know. I authorized no publication and did not utter or writ oub sronl for publication." TheTobacxo Tariff. Cincinnati, Oct. 29. The Western To bacco Jtt'triitil. in the cut rent issue, says Senator Sherman was quoted lat week as saying the absence of the tebate clau-e from the revenue section of the tailff act wns intentional. Tho Journal "wrote Sen? ator Sherman as to the correctness of tbe quotation, and be replies that the express purpose of postponing the taking effect of section ao. which provides for a reduction of Internal taxes after tLe lt of January, ls91. was that a It was believed the gen eral law took effect Oct. C. a lapse of nearly three months would be sufficient to exhaust jhe supply en hand, and therefore no re bate was "provided, as in some former re ductions. He I;ad no doubt all who par ticipated in tbe conference took the same view of the matter. ReujU of the strikes In Australia. San Tbancipco, Cal.. Oct. . The " big strike of tbe maritime trades has practi cally paralysed the sheep and coal indus tries in Australia, aud though cable advices say it Is settled the colonies will not re cover from Its effect- in many month. Australian papers received by to-day.'s pail print pages of reports every day of incfiti(.ei and riots. The government was not strong enough to puforce the law, and freqnent riots have occurred. The Utile bfts afflicted all trade and bard times are predicted this winter. Over 100,000 men in all were on strike. Mexfcu Wants No More of Oar Cattle. Mabshaix, Zlq,, Oct. 29. Minn Shobe, a cattle-reiser living Lore, has hcn shipping cattio to Mexico consigned to Lis partner. H. B. Walkep. To-day be received an or der from Walker not to ship any more, as the Mexican government has just placed an Import duty of 1309 car on cattle, In re? 1 taliattonfor tbe McKinley bill. WHO GOT TIIE MONET? CHARGES IN REGARD TO THE JOHNSTOWN FUND. at Is Said that Over a Million Dollars Sub scribed to Help the Sufferers from the fireat Flood oT 1889 Never Reached th I'eople for Whom It Was Intended Charges of Jobbery and Corruption. New York til .patch. Under a Johnstown, Vj. , date the Herald prints a fhc-column expose of the manner in which tho charity fund of S3,000,000 for the relief of the flood suf ferers was placed at the mercy of con tractors aud supervisors, clerks and em ployes. Following are the leading para graphs in the Herald's expose: Tho great flood at Johnstown, Pa., oc curred May 31, 18S9. It involved the loss of upward of 3.000 human lives and the de struction of $9,000,000 In value of Individ ual pnqierty. It left 25,000 survivors home less and temporarily destitute, many of them crippled or prostrateJ by exposure and suffering. Tbe sympathy of the cH Mixed world was aroused by this frightful calamity, and within a few days nearly S3.000.000 was contributed in money for the relief of these unfortunates. Invidts other millions In pro lsions. clothing, and general supplies. Tiller million six hundred and sixty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-seen dollars and seventy-seven cents of this magnificent contribution was given as a general fund, tj be distributed without limitation or restriction for the Immediate relief of the sufferers. Of this vast sum the afflicted peoplo were permitted to receive but ?2.223,837 in money. Tbe remaining sum or Sl,4ad,750.77 was variously alienated In passing from tho donors to the intended beneficiaries. Nearly Sl.)0.000 of it was appropriated by tho Statu Government. Two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars was appropriated without au thority, to relieve distress in other parts of the Stato. Seventy-live thousand dollars was appropriated to build elegant per manent bridges a year and a half after the disaster to replace temporary ones previous ly provided from this charity fund, l'orty thousand dollars went to pur chase new Bteam firo engines for tho municipality. Thirty thousand dollar-) was expended during the present year in exhuming tho buried victims of tho flood, gathering them from the several burial places in the valley and reburying them in a grand cemetery; and otljer thousands ara to be paid f r a monument already ordeted. Forty thousand dollars was set apart to establish a permanent hospital after all the injured by tho flood had been discharged from medical or surgical care. An unde termined or unannounced sum Is appropri ated to defray the cost of writing and pub lishing a history of the great calamity, upon which u professor in t'.ie University of Pennsylvania is now engaged. Other thousands were squandered anion? contractor, superintendents, overseers and clerks. The record is one replete with evidences of maladministration, political corruption, robbery and Jobbery well calculated to heap disgrace upon the State of Pennsylvania and discourage a similar demonstration of pub.lc generosity should an occasion for lis display ever again unfortunately occur. The Herald then proceeds to show that the fund of S3,G64,G27 was increased to S,2U,o9 by contributions from rail roads, churches, secret societies, etc., to say noth ng of food, clothing, lumber, medicine and other necessaries. Tho arlfclo continues: Following are the contributions of a few of the great cities: New York contributed G2.i.976: Philadelphia, f48.0&; Pittsbur contributed 8255.509; Boston contributed Sl.r.0.7f::; Chicago contributed 1 180,573. And now as to the disposition of the money. No attempt will be mado to show tbe dis bursement of what may be called tho pri vate funds those contributed through the churches, tbe fraternal societies, tbe rail road companies, aud tbe Cambria Iron Com pany, and other similar agencies, but will deal only with what may be termed the public funds those contribute! for gen eral relief. These, as already shown, amounted to 83,064,027. That money was contributed from the four quarters of the globe for the relief of human suffering and distress. Not one penny of it was given to the great State of Pennsylvania to aid it in discharging an unusually onerous duty. Nor wns any part of it given to aid in building bridges, to equip a fire department, or to improve its public parks. None of it was intended by its donors to build monu ments or to endow hospitals for the benefit of sufferers by poastblo future calamities. It was no part of the business or duty of those who undertook its disbursements to criticise the liberality of the donors and assume that the amount contributed was greater than tho Intended recipients needed or could safely be Intrusted with. Their duty began and ended with an equitable distribution of the money among the suf ferers. Twelve days after the horrlblo tragedy and when It became manifest that au lm-iiieu-c sum of money would bo contributed for the relief of the sufferers. Gov. Beaver created a commission to acquire control of this fund and manago its disbursement. It bad no representation from the New York committee and none from the Conemaugh Valley, where tho distress existed. This fund of 5 l.'.'fl'-MGT passed under the Commis sioners' control. The books show that but s.22."i.S77 ever reached the hands of the sufferers of tho Conemaugh Valley for wli&su relief alone it was given. This as tounding statement, taken directly from official sources, shows an apparent aliena tion of 31, 043,310 of themonov. Among the first acts of the State Commis sion, and before it had appropriated one dollar for tbe Johnstows sufferers, whese ds:ress t.lone had called out the romark able liberality of tbe country and the world, was to appropriate a lump sum of 8250,000 from tbe general fund for the relief of tho sufferers in the eastern part of the State in the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys. The money was never given for that pur pose. The next material item going to make up this great shortage Is money expended for supplies. Tbe Commissary General of Pennsylvania, who "personally superintend ed tbe distribution of food supplies after th 6 State took charge. In his official report esti mated tbe money value of the provisions and the clothing donated at 81,250,000, and yet with such a showing Mr. Kremer reports the disbursements of tbe comrals-don for supplies as 61,533.86. And added to this Mr. Kremer reports a farther expenditure of 343,931, which he says was for labor in handling supplies and the hire of teams In transporting them. In addition to this the local finance Committee charges 85,515 ex pended from Its funds for supplies, making u total of 8H0,9s0 charged to this account. The next item of disbursement the com mission reports Is for "buildings, rent, and labor on buildings, $179,033." This opens up one of tbe greatest scandals of the adminis tration of this trust, regarding which tho cot respondent has ample data to establish the most flagrant Jobbery aud robbery. Paid for tho buri&l of the dead and for the removal of the dead to fcGrand View," includiug the purchase of the plot and the appropriation made for Improving the srouud, and for purchasing headstones, ?0,1Sj. This item the Herald criticises as wiongful, becauso the victims were all decently buried in the first place. This money was used in exhuming the bodies, rocoftining them, transporting them to a sweil cemetery, and there reinterring them iu newly purchased grounds, plac ing a heavy marble stone it tue'head of each grave, to be followed by the erecr tion of a costly monument all this while widows and other survivors wero suffering. Pertinent Paragraphs. Mb. P.vmsox, Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, has spoken in gfty-seven of the sixty-seven counties of the State!. Henry Distix, manufacturer of mu sical instruments for bands, and the head of tb,e Xjistin factpry at WilUams port, says" there ate 15,000 brass bands in this country, ilth 150,000 performers. Hesby Sage has add)ed S200.000 tq his previcus giit pf SGO.OfiO for the e tab'.isbmsnt of a Department of Philoso phy Jn Cornell University. This make3 oyer 1,000,000 which he b,as given to this Institution, NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES. Happenings ot Recent Occwrreace. Here, There and Everywhere. A disastrous fire swept over the Platte bottom near Fremont, destroying over 1,000 tons of hay. At Fremont the barn of Fred Meyer, was destroyed by fire, together with three horses and a cow. Loss, 3,000; insured. The depot building at Calloway is In closed and will be completed in a few days. It is a neat and ornamental struc ture. Tiie merchants of Calloway gave a carnival last week that eclipsed any other entertainment ever witnessed In the city. It is estimated that 200,000 sheep have been shipped from Wyoming, over the Elkhom road alone this fall, to feeding grounds in Nebraska aud Kansas. The pupils of the Schuyler schools have a savings bank connected with the schools into which they put their pin money. The bank now contains more than &:ton. Ax election was held at Lexington to determine whether or not the council should issue waterworks bonds in the sum of S19.000. The oto was affirma tive by about a two-thirds majority. I.VMANOI..V has a firebug who should be summarily dealt with. Tho other night the Loland hotel was set on fire by a man who escaped. A girl saw him running from the room where he started the fire. Mrs. Db. Mercf.reai', of Broken Bow, broke her leg by stepping in a hole in a sidewalk in that city. She com menced suit against the city for S5.000, but compromised for S250 and cost of medical attendance. Martin Bakes, a well-known harbor of Lyons, shot and seriously wounded Ed Lewis, employed In Tranmcr's livery stable. Baker had Just returned from Omaha and was considerably under the influence of liquor. The dwelling house of a Mr. Davis, ! north of Hebron, caught fire from a de fective flue and was burned to the I ground before help could bo secured. J Nearly everything in the house was con- umcd by the flames. A family of newcomers to Ashland have lost two children by diphtheria. They hud previously lost several children from tho same disease iu the east, and it is supposed the germs of diphtheria were taken to Ashland with them. There was a ''pumpkin dance'' a few days ago iu Fred Dc la Maotyr's big barn at Fremont, and most of the social club enjoyed the fun. Tno barn was lighted up with ail kinds of fantastic lights and the participants of the danco wore dressed in keeping with the barn While crossing the Fremont, Elkhom fc Missouri Valley tracks at Superior, Albert Shields and Henry Smithhart, who were on a load of hay, were struck by a train. The wagon was completely demolished. Smithhart was badly cut about the face aud skull and had one eye knocked out, and Shields had one foot crushed. Smithhart's chances of recovery are doubtful. . A conference was held at Gering the other day between citizens and members of tho Belmont and Froid Canal com pany in which the proposed irrigat ing canal was discussed. There was a large attendance and matters are in a very satisfactory condition. The canal, which ill be nearly 300 miles long and water 175,000 acres of land, will be the largest in the United States. Elver M. Mecuam, of Beaver Valley, met with an accident recently that nearly cost him his life. In attempting to cross the railroad track about a mile and a half from Wilsonville his wagon was struck by the west-bound passenger train and thrown into tho ditch beside the road. Mr. Mecham was crushed be neath the overturned vehicle and sus tained very serious injuries. At one time his life was almost despaired of by his friends, and he is yet in a very pre carious condition. Mr. Smith, residing near Palisade, who was blown up with dynamite last week, is hanging to life with a spirit that will not down. He will come off con queror, if he does not take cold, nu arm has been taken off below the elbow. Tho worst feature is his body, which is burned to a crisp, by reason of his clothes igniting from the blaze at tbe time of tho explosion. Readers will remember him as the man who was splitting a log with dynamite and was driving a plug in the auger hole to confine the dynamite when It exploded ' County Clerk Nelson, of noldredgo, was warned the other day oy a dis charged inmate of the insane asylum by tho name of Olof Lindell that unless he I was paid S4.000 damages for being sent 1 from this county to the asylum or pro , vided with documentary evidence for I such incarceration, he would call again 1 and chop that officer's head off. At the appointed time he was on hand with his ax, but through their alertness and strategy the court house fprco disarmed and lodged him in the lock-up. His home is now in Harlan county, and the sheriff from there took him in charge about thirty minutes after his arrest. He I will probably go to the asylum again, j The Sidney Journal has this to say of a mother who resides In that town: '-There is a family In Sidney which has a daughter a little thing of 5 years which is subjected tc the most cruel and inhuman treatment by its mother. It is suspended to a rope tied around Its body and left for hours in torment. Neighbors say that the woman has fastened a ball and chain to the little one's ankles and forced it to wear thi9 instrument of torture for days at a time. She frequently vents her spite and anger upon the child in the most brutal punishment. The Journal gives no names; but the names are known and the matter has become neighborhood gossip. Now is the time for an Investi gation. If the law provides a penalty or siK'n wori; tbe woman should promptly receive it. She is ft disgrace to the community.'" Syracuse has a crack shot in the per son of Clarence Green. Last week a cowboy calling himself Wild Jim gave an exhibition rifle shoot at the fairgrounds. With a 32-calibre rifle he shot ten balls In succession thrown as rapidly as possi ble into the air without a miss, and then hit three marbles out of five thrown up in the same way. Clarence Green then took a hand in the fun, hitting nine of ten balls and two out of three marbles, beating the professional in the score of marble snooting, much to the surprise of the stranger, who said this had never been done before. The city council of David. City has sc lected grounds for a public park. A mystery still surrounds tho disap pearance of Thomas Dolison, a farmer near Exeter, who has been missing for some time. The prevailing opinion now seems to be thijt Dolison was decoyed away and murdered. A neighboring farmer heard a pistol shot in the direc tion of bis hquse qpoa the night of " his disappearance." He has been living alone on his farm for nearly two years, coming from Odell, in Gage conntv. He left about 500 wqrth cf p.rqpe'ry, and no cause is known, why he should have vol untarily left the country. The members of theQermau Lutheran congregation near Lyons contemplate bnilding a church next spring. BIG FIRE IN MOBILE. TWENTY SQUARES BURNED IN THE SOUTHERN CITY. One or the Most Disastrous Conflagrations Ever Witnessed Tke Fire Started In m Shingle Mill and Not Gotten Under Con tiol for Vivo Hours The Losses Great. Mobile. Ala., Oct. 27. One of the most disastrous conflagrations ever witnessed la this city began Sunday about noon In the Stewart dc Butts shingle alii, and was not gotten under control for Ave hours, and then only after a favorable change ot the wind. The are department and volunteers worked with the utmost vigor. Three river steamers, one ocean-going ship, the Mobile & Ohio railroad wharf, the cotton seed oil mills, eight warehouses, three cotton com presses, with probably 10,000 bales of cot ton, a big ice factory, a box factory and and some large coal sheds were destroyed. In fact, the buildings bounded by the river from Knox street, tbe northern boundary ot the city, to St. Louis street, on the south, seven streets, and from tbe river front to J Royal street west, were burned out. Tho losses will reach probably f750,000 with in surance of 8400,000. There was no loss of life, although many firemen were over come with the heat aud smoke and had narrow escapes from tbe falling walls. Tbe alarm of fire from Stewart & Butts mill bad scarcely come In when a second alarm was sounded for the burniug of tl-o residence of Mosely V. Tucker, on Dauphin near Broad, which was completely burned Tbe residence adkilnlng was also destroyed. Tbe two ularms being followed by a general alarm caused the greatest excitement ! among all classes, and soon the report was spread that the entire business portion oT the city was in danger and thousands of j men, women and children rushed to tha scene. No one felt safe even in the busi ness portion of the city and wagons, drays and all kinds of uutcle- were- engaged in carrying away valuable books and papers. More than twenty squares were burned Tho tracks of nil tbe railroad; centering here have been olistructed by the debris in the burned district and trains arc delayed OFFICIAL FIGURES. All But Four States Have Been Counted The Ten Largest Cities. Washington. Oct. '-". The official count of all states and territories iu the United States with the exception of Maryland. Missouri, Nevada and Virginia, has at last been completed. This list of tbe states, complied in alphabetical order, Is given below: 1 STATE? 00. V9K Alabama Arizona Arkansas. California Colorado. Connecticut Delaware D.Columbia. Florida Georgia Idaho. Illinois ludlana Iowa Kansas ICentucky Louisiana. Maine Massachusetts. . . Michigan. Minnesota Mississippi. Montana Nebraska. New Hampshire. New Jersey New Mexico. New York North Carolina . North Dakota . . Ohio Oklahoma 'Oregon Pennsy 1 vanla. Rhode Island South Carolina.. , South Dakota Tennessee. Utah "Vermont Washington. West Virginia..... Wisconsin. Wyoming l,fiO!.07I,aHS05 19.45 47.60 JOO"! MrtQll 40.440 1.305 3651 l,9M.0u: 410.700 802,305 Sfti.ran 194.3?; 339,3Urt 3J4 216.148 111.49 751.761 187.871 ftS.700 133.161 10.78 1441,008 Xl.KB IUU 239.796 3U0.423 I.KH..'KH 177,021 !.5tt.ia) 57.173 39.37 41.88 130,943 293.186, 18.95 8JJCW XSL01U 55.619 I58 3,HiB.aa, 3.077,871 740,6fii 21.06 10.65 17.36 42.91 13.54 19.82 s. iw.030 1. oraaw 310,739 l,WI9,7Il.ttM.0U 1.433.4Sr M6.0M 39. 114 437.389 l.t.36jl.48.IW J06.74S 1.116.838 939.940 176.8W) 0SBY.JSI M8.93B 1.7(0.085 U, 1.75 3.333.407 460,334' 25.26 2,089.791 1,05 453.8U .66 1.300.019 780,775 619,344 6rt.30 i,2M.mti 1.113,597 158.390 13.55 131 39. 19 8:610, 936.50 1.0M.7W 45U.409 004.391 133.00 8.31 37.40 31.16 379.827 1.441.01? 340,991 1.836 1,131.110 :X.90 I44.WK U9.aor 5.397 5 ,941,93'5,0K.8TI 899.063 17.6-J 15.51 1,417.340 1.309.7W 192.4751 36.809! )!7 fjQTW ij-.ih' 394.36 3,WU193.IWJ 468,667 ..-...I... I4.6T, fil.701 6'Tlll 312.491 174,768 137.728 78.90 4,299,691 965.663 33.50 S76.53I 68.813 21.88 95.577 151.584 1.V23 98.368 339.580 3X63 1,53.369 331.364 14.3S 1,591.749 640,471 40.34 143,963 62-M5 4.V4I 33,3M 81 St't 5,340.574; 345,543 1.147.161 387 JM8 1.763,7331 1.233,230 300.498 333.906 349.516 760.148 7j,lI6v74,1QUkSni... .18,451141.101 22.9C 1,315.497 369,'JT 27.9S 30.789! X 191.4? 1.063.69? 60.5W Decrease. The count of tbe populatkmdt nearly all the cities has been completed; the figure of tbe first ten are as follows: 1890. lft). NewYork 1,513.501 l,29t Chicago 1.0W.566 .VXM85 Philadelphia 1,044,894 S4717C Brooklyn. 804,377 566.66 St. Louis 490.357 Xf.Mi Boaton 446.507 :2,S Baltimore 433,633 :iS.5;i San Francisco 397.990 Sa,a Cincinnati 296.800 355.13C Cleveland S6I.5W 1'Allt OBSCENE ADVERTISING. Tee Detroit W. C. T. V. Takes Iff Arm Against It. Detroit, Oct. 27. The Times says that bc ladles of the Central W. O. T. V. of De troit are preparing to maka a crusade against vice. They have daiaed to at tempt to suppress obsvene nlfrzardt in shop window, pictures ot nude xmn aud cr forth. There is a statue of the Venus of Mlio iu a suit of kult underclothing which stand iu one of the show windows of cue of the most popular dry goods stores oa Woodward avenue. It will strike most people that the Venus of Mllo In underclothing Is an of fense against art and decency at once. The ladles have also a large number of popular tobacco signs on their list. Tbey propose to make a collection of what tbay consider Improper and demoralizing pictures, and present them to the mayor with the recom mendation that he suppress thnss. There has been quite a general movement of late iu other cities to suppress obscene advertis ing matter. Mrs. Sarah J. Latour Is at present the superintendent of what is known as the "White Shield" work. At the meeting of tbe Central W. C. T. U. Thurs day, a committee was appointed to assist Mrs. Latour In the prosecution ot this work and special attention was devoted to ob scene advertisings NOT FIT FOR MARKET, New York? Patau Crop Unfit foe 6'se on Account of Rot. Sakatooa, N. Y., Oct. 27. Tho extent of the potato rot Iu this section U almost ap palling, considering the dependence which has been placed upon this crop to even up the farmer's balance sheet of tbe thus far unfavorable year. Other crops have yielded poorly and. except in Isolated instances, the fruit crop has been light. Early potatoes were ruined by the drouth and yielded poor returns. The late crop, however, had promised well, and reports being well founded of the almost total failure of the crop In Michigan and other seat potato regions, farmers looked tor a fair yield and remunerative crop. In many cases. i kits, been abandoned, there notbeig a sufficient number of sound $otataes to pay for tho labor. Some farmers who ordinarily would have had hundreds of bushels to sell will have hardly enough for their own use, and buyers are having loads of potatoes returned to them as not being fit for market. Fall For Much Moae BcitalO; Oct. 27 The firm of Cam & Partridge, proprietors, of tho Queen City planing mill, to-day made a. geaeral as signment. The preferences amount to ilOO.OOO. New VoRC, Oct. 27. D. II. WIckham & Co., importers ot diamonds, assign o- lay. "" Disaster on th Lake. CtXVaXAXD. Oct. 27. The barge Wahaa- puta was cast off while opposite ibis port last night and her ciew undertook to make harbor. On account of high winds and heavy seas the reesel became a wreck. The life-spring crew rescued all on the barge except two sailors, John Williamson and 0r 8ltt ONLY "COFFEE COOLERS. That Is the Bank Old MtUng Bull Fol lowers Orcnny. Bismarck. X. D., Nov. 1. The eastern press is considerably wrought up over re ports from Standing Hock agency regarding the probable uprising of the Indians und the possibility of another reign of terror among the white settlers. Sitting Bull was at one time a warrior with a great deal of Influence. Ills word was law. But now be is old and decrepit aud his followers have dwindled down to not more than a dozen, whom tbe other Indians term "coffee cool ers." Sitting Bull has not the power to in cite a revolution. He has got a large amount ot the prophet's religlou iuto him at present and Is eudeavorlng to work upon the superstitious of the Sioux. In the east Sitting Bull Is generally believed to be the greatest Indian warrior of the present generation, but such is not a fuct. us all who are familiar with early frontier history will attest. Iu Iu diau warfare there were greater chiefs and leaders than Sitting Hull among them might lie mentioned Chief Gall, who is n ilh out doubt one of the greatest ami wisest American Indians thafeier "lived. Sitting Bull is too utterly fur liene.ith tbe Indian social plane to l.e compared to Gall. The former is and always has been jealous of the latter, who does nut deiu to notice Bull as u rival for tribal honors, though Hull is enjoying more false fame th:in Gall probably ever will have of the re.il. How this vrr.ng Impression ever got :ibro.-id it is difficult to surmise. Gall is credited with all the fine .scheming aud he.td work that characterised the Indian campaigns prior to 1S76. Sitting Bull was certainly more cruel nnd bloodthirsty In his treitment of defense!es whites than wns G'lII. who ex hibited more real bravery and generalship while leadiug the Sioux forces in tho bat tles with Uncle Sam's troops. Stime Indians are said to possess noble traits, and if -uoh be the case Gall possesses them. The eld lighting Indians at Standing Bock are diminishing In numbers. It is only a qiirMlnn of time when there will be but few left to talk orw their de lUof d-iring. Their offspring arc compelled by the government to bo brought up educated like white peo ple, :nd thus inherit but little of the venge ful spirit of their fathers. Tl. Indian of to-day i a pretty well clvliied sp-olmen f huiiian!t3'. There are sp,r:il thousand red skins at Staudlug Rock, also a strong mili tary force stationed at the same point in active teadluess to quell any sudden dis turbance. The Dakotas can now. with their several strong military po-ts and splendid militia, easily take care of the few thousand Indians within their borders should occasion demand it. It is lielleved that a great many of these reds hnvo gone daft over the visit of an old grizzled medi cine man who styles himself their prophet and savior, who is in a measure responsible for the rumors of an uprising among them, but the Indians will doubtless he rational enough and just as hungry and clamorous ns ever when ration day rolls around again. The New Central Stork Yard. SlOCX City. Oct. 27. To Live Stock Shippers: The Central Stock yards will open for business on r r about the 11th of November one week from next Tiie-day. Yardage aud other charges will be the sanid as now charged by tbe I'nioii yards (which are standard at Omabn. Kansas Clly and Chicago), but with our superior accom modations, proper treatment, and with a more steady market for 3-011 to depend on. we are satisfied we will get a share of the trade. From advices received at different points. we find numerous shipments of stock are held, awaiting tbe opening of the Central yards. We say to those friends, let jour stock come along steadily .m as not to over load the market, for our competitors threaten to put up prices above the market In their yards on our opening, so bear it iu mind. Why have they not done l-efore'r You can depend on our buyers pay lug reg ularly a strong market price, based on Chi cago quotations, and no more: you can then base safely in buying. We shall meet any cut that may be made on yard or feed charges, shall study our interests in every posslble manner, for we are with you to stay. Kesixx't fully yours. Wti.TKii 7KA.Nt:. General Manager. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Thk strike of the journey men free stone cutters in Boston, which has been in prog ress sjuco Fob. 21. bus been declared off. At Laoeuhza. Austiia. :i wealthy grain dealer named Blelcr. bis wife, two children and a muld servant were murdered and robbed by brigands. Thk police havo information that three of the supposed Italians Implicated iu the assassination of Chief Hennessey In New Orleans are In St. Louis. Thk Northern Pacific grain elevator at Eureka Junction. Wash... has Ix-cn totally destroyed by tire, together with W.ifm busbelsofwhe.it. The loss is al.out li)i. ftft'), fully Insuied. G1.0. M. Ear. of Duluth. has Nsiicd a call for a convention of the letail clerks of America, to be held in Detroit. Monday. lH?c. S. for the purpose of organizing under the American Federation of Labor. At Montgomery, Ala., Margaret Parker lias been sentenced to the penitentiary for Ufo and Ann Patteison and Stephey Ford to be hanged for tha murder of Ann Patter soii'ta husband. Ann wanted to marry Ford. The commission appointed by tbe Penn sylvania state legislature to survey a route or report 011 tho practicability of building a ship canal between Lake Erie and Pittsburg has decided to recommend such an enter prise. The procurator of the holy synod has ad vised the czar to banish all foreign mission aries from Russia and to suppress foreign worship, except iu the Baltic provinces, whers the Luthsran reliInois to be barely tolerated. THE MARKETS. Sioux City Live Stock. Sionx. Ct-y. Nov. I. Hogs Estimated receipts. 3.000. The market opened IQc InwifPktrnn?. Tn.H:iv lis. lwrti thn Uirr.!!.. of the week, and the stock has licen up to the best grade all through. All the packers were In the market and bought up all tticic was In sight. Cattle Estimated r.lns. 4iVi Tin. market was dull all day. Good yearlings were in good demand and wild at high prices. A few heavy feeders and nockcrs were Mid to gold advantage, but there were hardlv enough to mln n uijnxin7 Thero was a good run of calves late In the forenoon, r.nd thee were taken up at itls. factcry prices. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Nov. I. Hogs Estimated receipts. 7.0GO TintM-il ri-ctupH-r il'1. shipments 13 cars. Market opened steady mj nirung, sewing at vivi4.l. Cu'tlo r:imi.'i Mz-oints r-,s rKWM-,1 yesterday, 1,450; shipments 7 car. Mar ket opened steady; quality common. Chicago Live Stock. Cihcaco, Nov. 1. Caule-Beelpts, 4.C00; Chicago Produce. CniPl.in nv 1 ("Tina. XVV,o r...t-. ca.h 31.01'i: December. !l.o:t. : M. 10sJ. CoraFirm; cash. ."3?e; November. Vic; May, 55ic. uats teady; cash, 4wc: December, 4lc; May. 47r, iiye-sJirm at 67e. Barley Nominal at 7Sc Flax Weak at $1.30. Timothy Qu let at il.25&l .25. Whisky 11.14. ?1 0.2J; January. 13.25; Slay, $12.05. Lard steady; cash, $5.25; Januarr. $;.62;: Mav. $7. Co. New York Produce. New York, Nov. 1. Wheat rirm: Xo- v-ftnher f l.U771.09 1-tf.c? rWcmt.r $t.09Jai.fr93i: May. $1.12 7-l&31.12?i. Corn Stronger; No. 3 casb, 60605c: sieamer mixeu, a-Jc. Oats Firm; western. 46a57c. Provisions Pork Arm and dl: mess. $11.2512.50. Lard quiet and easy; steam rendered, $5.00. Butter firm; western dairy, lCQ17c; wester creamery, 16&26C; Imita tion creamery, ll&2lc. ! DTltEOTOIISs -ANDlJsSQNJPi-It, 'mmcej Frew. '.KOKif. rnhmMP First National Bank COIalTlCBUs. Ml Report of Condition May 17, 189a aasotracsa. r.aaas and Dlitoaats. $1)9,979 3 17. ft. ho4 MftQ 10 keel estate, f arn'.tsre and flatr s. . ll.9ss.8e Dae tram other eiaks. V.TT1.M V- . xteatury T3.so Ceiaoahsad.. ..... .19, 47v.4& 39.91'. 67 tfj.WJ.M I.lBIIJTIS. UsfevldeJereWtt Mbjaal hank nites outstanding... BXU 0) HUM" ttjft) 0 li.9lt.3t Ut.lU.03 97S.9M 10 gusmtMS farfa J N.KILIAIV, DSVTCHEH ADYOKAT, , Ontee over Colsu&Ms fetsts Bank. Colambus. Nebraska. SO ii m 1 OIJl.t.lYA. dc REEDEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Osace over First National Bank. Coinml.aa. Nebraska. 60-; f 1 T feCwkftlTOi, DRAY and SXPRESSMAN. Light snd haavj Ualiag. Goods handled with ear, geadakartsca at JTp. Backer A Co.'a oCice. Teleakone.ll and M. zassajtittt PAfTBLE A- BRATSHAW. (ccxrs to faubte it ButKatl), BRICK MAKERS ! itxaetora aed builder will flad car MekfoU wean ahx iisfcclaes aad offered at reasonable rates. also cranarad tn tin all fcirrt nf bri.-k wiw. lftaayea fyf K. TURNER CO., Proprietors and Publishers of the C0X9MV9 JCfflSAL sat ti SZS. flUIIT XOtJISeL. Both, post-paid to any address, for $2.00 a year, strictly in advance. Faxii.t Joie.sal. $1.00 a year. w. a. McAllister. w. m. coi:neuub TLfeAsLMATKR A. COR1KI .llJ.t ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Colnmbos. Neb. R.C.BOYD, MASTFACTcnaa or Til and Sheet-Iron Ware! JsvWrk, Sooflmg aid Gutter iig Specialty. BnVfUinn nn tVVi tr.r tn... nr. .1.1 -irizrK.;rr. -v,!.""r- ---" ""." otmms m ibuimkb airee!. J2tf Cn-AS. F. Kkarr. Frank B. Knap? KNAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. Estimates furnished on 'brick aad stpna werk and lasfstiag. free. Bpscial attshtloa given to stttiia boilers, mantle, etc. Stalhhb and tek netatiag old or new brick work to repre 9? r1f"iytl' Beclslty. Corrsspdhdeoco solicited. 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The Jookf AX. is acknowledged to.le tl.o teat aewa aad family par m Piatl?OBRt?',c'J"li American Magazine ta t: o :ily i:ich-c!34cr.'.T:. ly mitgazice dt-ct-.i caiirc-iy to Acurrcnu U' -tar, Acrican Toui;ht and Ptoxi". esM ! theociy decided exponent of Aia-ncsa laMilj. I'oEiS. It i nrt ctyj -v a&r ti ; .it Jr r"ir--cl&e. f oraishins in a ear 'over i,i&5 s ;os of :s-, l.c:ceFt hturature. wriftea !j t!ieuSj..--i A-.i't. Zm.1 tuthcre. It is Ixatstiroily i!imrU--J. na.j fa rick wkncharirjiag continued ea J siort lUor:. Nf. uiOtt simprraf rreieat in :,c rc3.. t-an a year's tubocriptlon to Tiu A-aert can M: 7::c. It .i:i bo Mfwially brilliant darlo? thr. ycav The prits of JocasAS. is $2.00. aol Tno Anv taaltafiueU$3.(a We offer tetk fai CWk. . ismt t -U -. ' . v . vJJaOLSSLaJSSSjS,: i KST: " vCV