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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1891.
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Quarters of the Uniyerse.
THE FIRST DAY OF MAY.
IT MARKS AN ERA IN THE LABOR
WORLD.
The General Strike of Coal Xlaers Did
Occur, Bat There Were Numerous De
aaaada Made by Many Orzaatcatloajs
The Day in General.
A si'ECiAL from Nelsonville, O., one
of the principal points in the Hocking
valley coal regions, says: The miners
are all idle to-day, but a number of
leading miners claim that this does not
mean a strike, as it is only a 1st of May
labor holiday. The opinion of a ma
jority of those interviewed is that there
will be no strike in the Hocking valley
or the Straitsville district. Maxopala
reports no strike or trouble, with little
prospects of either. At Carbon Hill over
1,500 miners continued working.
The miners" in the vicinity of Des
Moines, la., struck in obedience to or
ders from the state executive board.
Ten thousand miners in the state will be
effected by this order.
Dispatches from the coal districts of
eastern Pennsylvania show that every
thing is quiet, and no strikes have been
inaugurated.
The proposed general strike of the
Pennsylvania bituminous miners which
was announced for May 1 has been in
definitely declared off, and work will
continue as usual.
The eight-hour movement was not
pressed in the Ashland, Pa., district.
The miners are all working as usual.
The building trades made great de
monstrations in New York, Chicago,
Pittsburg and other cities. Violence is
reported from the Cleveland docks only.
At New York the strike for an eight
hour day involves only 4,000 men. At
Boston the builders compromised Bome
weeks ago on nine hours a day.
The European demonstrations on
May 1 were largely led by the anarchist
factions, and there was considerable
incendiarism and bomb throwing besides
several collisions between strikers and
officers.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
The Public Debt Statement for April
Showa a Small Decrease.
The following is the statement of the
condition of the Unllfd States treasury
at the close of business April 30, 1391:
Aggregate Interest - bearing
debt, exclusive of United
States bonds Issued to the
1'aclUc railroads $ 610,771,530
Debt oa which Interest has
ccaed since maturity 1,CG0,C35
Aggregate of the debt bearing
no interest, including the
national bank fund deposited
in the treasury under the act
of July 14. 1690 397,802,240
Aggregate of certificates and
notes offset by cash in the
treasury 538,444,056
Aggregate of debt, including
certificates and notes, April
30, 1891 1,54S,G7S.451
Decrease of tho bonded debt
during the mouth 3,71 1 ,381
Total cash In the treasury 700,162,853
Debt less cash in the treasury
April 30. 1891 848,515,593
Debt less cash In the treasury
March 31. 1891 850,029,920
Net decrease of the debt during
the month 1,514,327
An Austria Jeeee Jamee.
A passenger traveling from Cracow
to Lemberg in an express train, sud
denly drew two revolvers and, with one
in each band, demanded of his three
fellow passengers their money and val
uables. A frightful struggle ensued in
the narrow compartment, and although
the men assailed were unarmed they
fought with desperation. The ruffian
killed two of the men and then Jumped
from the train while it was going at full
speed. No trace of the miscreant could
be discovered.
Denies the Sale of tbe Anaconda.
Irwin C. Stump, manager of the es
tate of the late Senator George Hearst,
who owned a large interest in the Ana
conda mines, denies all knowledge, of
the reported sale of the mines to the
Bothschilds.
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.
Frank Slayix, the well-known pugi
list, had a long chat at St. Louis with
John L. Sullivan. lie said to a reporter
that Sullivan had told him he was no
longer in the ring: that he was bound
by contract for two years that prevented
his return to the ring, and furthermore
he liked his new profession better.
Slavin acknowledges Sullivan as the
champion and intends to go for the
winner of the Jackson-Corbett fight.
He and Sullivan parted the best of
friends and Slavin said the man who
made a bluff at Sullivan would have to
fight him first.
Tiie St. Louis Republic's Hot Springs,
Ark., special says a couple registered at
the Grand View hotel as Mr. and Mrs.
Wcldou, of Texas. Next morning as
they did not appear the room door was
forced and the couple found dead in bed.
The man had chloroformed the woman
and then shot himself. From a letter
lie left it appears they were from Ver
non. Tex., where he left a wife and
family because of love for the woman he
killed, who was Mrs. Mary Konzc, of
Fort Worth.
A special from Waco, Tex., says: A
letter received to-day from Senator
John II. Reagan, dated Palestine, Tex.,
to Senator Coke, who resides at St.
Louis, says: 'I have been induced to
accept a position on the Texas railroad
commission and have notified Gov. Hogg
3f my resignation as senator."
A Dei. Rio, Tex., special tells of a
Mexican Jack the Ripper who visited
the home of a Mexican woman named
Sanchez at night and killed her, and cut
the body in pieces. Ater the butchery
he wrote upon the wall with her blood,
'French beef for sale." The butcher
has not been captured.
IN THE EAST.
The socialist strikers at Scottdale, Pa.,
did not hold a mass meeting Sunday, as
projected, but held a delegate conven?
tion instead, attended by 100 ardent,
supporters. Joues and Delaber deliv
ered speeches of the usual stripe. Jones,
in speaking of the '"coming revolution,"
said: "Bloodshed is not necessary, but
should the Pinkertons attack you with
guns, you know what to do." There
will be another vigorous attempt to start
the idle coke works, and that with num
erous evictions will doubtless make ft
lively time. At present everything is
quiet.
A representative of the Associated
Press called on the Chinese minister at
Washington and had an interview in re
gard to the declination of his govern
ment to receive Senator Blair as the
representative of the United States.
Minister Yen said that he had' received
a cablegram' froai the 'Chinese foreign
slice which' he was instructed to lay be
fore Secretary Blaine without delay, ex
pressing the" unwillingness of the em
peror to receive Blair. Other than this
Yen had received no instructions.
Personally he had a high opinion of
Blair. Mr. Blair, at Chicago, on his way
to his post, received a telegram from
Secretary of State Blaine requesting
him to return to Washington. The dis
patch contained no further explanation.
Inspector Byrnes has at last fastened
the crime for the murder of Carrie
Brown in New York. The murderer is
Frenchy No. 1. (George Francois) who
was arrested the morning after the mur
der. On Thursday night of last week
the murderer occupied room 33 in the
East River hotel. The room was across
the hall from that occupied by the
Brown woman and her unknown com
panion. It appears that the murdered
woman's companion left her some time
before 1 o'clock on Friday morning.
Francois had been at one time the lover
of the woman, but lately had been in
sanely jealous of her. He heard her
companion leave tho room, and shortly
afterward he got up, crossing the hall,
deliberately strangled and then disem
boweled the victim.
A Pouohkeepsie dispatch says: "Ste
phen B. Elkins is authority for the
statement that James G. Blaine will
shortly announce his decision not under
any circumstances to allow his name to
be used at the next republican national
convention as a candidate for presi
dent." W. J. Arkell, editor and pro
prietor of Judge, and whose associate in
the ownership of Leslie's is Russell B.
Harrison, also says that Blaine is about
to come out with a most positive refusal
to allow his name to be used again in
connection with the presidency.
Superintendent Porter, of the ccn
sus bureau, has written a letter to S. M.
McLallin, of the Topeka Advocate, re
plying to criticisms on the census re
port of indebtedness. Porter makes it
clear that the census bureau, by tho
terms of law, is restricted to inquiries as
to indebtedness of "farms and homes."
He explains the fact that the bureau is
not including all real estate mortgage
indebtedness, but confining its investi
gations to the restrictions of the law.
A meeting of the manufacturers and
dealers in proprietory articles in the
United States was held in New York. R
V. Pierce presided. Representatives of all
the leading concerns were present. Plans
were discussed to prevent cutting of
rates on all patent medicines by retail
druggists. They agreed that they will
not sell to tradesmen, wholesalers or
"cutters" who violate any part of a plan
to prevent the same.
The United States supreme court has
formally postponed the Sayward Behr
ing sea case until the second Monday of
next October. The lottery advertise
ment cases were also postponed, despite
the vigorous efforts on the part of the
attorneys for the New Orleans and
Mobile papers, who argued that a post
ponement would leave their papers with
lottery advertisements excluded from
the mails.
The representatives of the chief tin
plate manufacturing firms of the coun
try have perfected an organization of
the tin manufacturers of the United
States, the object being to promote the
manufacture of tin plate in the United
States. It was stated that several mills
are already working, and as soon
as others are built they would pro
ducc 00,000 net tons of tin plate per an
num. Flint fc Co., at New York, have re
ceived a telegram from Valparaiso, say
ing the suppression of the rebellion is
looked for at an early day, owing to the
velocity of the government ships, as they
can, at will, attack the rebels, who are
powerless against dynamite. The
rebels, according to Flint's news, now
have no forces of importance on the
land.
The police in New York have arrested
three men in connection with the horri
ble murder in a hotel there last week.
Both are said to look like the man
described by the people who saw the
supposed Jack the Ripper. One of
them is second engineer of a steamer ly
ing in the river at that point.
IN THE WEST.
B. O, Hutchinson, the millionaire
grain speculator of Chicago, widely
known as "Old Hutch," is missing. It
is supposed he is demented and his busi
ness a financial wreck. When the news
of his departure got out tho operators
who had deals with him began calling
for margins. Various rumors were
floated about, it being stated, among
other things, that "Old Hutch" was in
solvent and liis liabilities would be S5,
000,000 in excess of the assets. In an
interview Broker Russell estimated that
Hutchinson's losses during the past four
teen months were not less than $2,000,
000. Russell docs not think, however,
that his actual shortage to creditors is
more than $100,000. He understands
that Hutchinson made over a largo, por
tion of his property to his wife and
youngest son some time ago, and has
since lost ivhat he reserved for himself.
His disappearance (he is supgosed to
have gone to Florida) is explained on
the theory that he had not the nerve to
stay and face insolvency.
Plenty Cause, tho Crow chief, with
about 1,000 Indians, visited Fort Custer,
Mont., and talked withy Gen. Brisbin
about the proposition jto ipasc their
land to the cattlemen for grazing pur
poses. They have cattle of their own,
he said, and did not want strangers on
the reservation. Several firms had 50,
000 head of cattle grazing on their lauds
and they were enough. No more must
come. The Indians appeared angry and
Gen. Brisbin said he would notify the
great father of what they said.
Gen. Butler's ejection from the
United States court at Boston by Judge
Carpenter has made him a hero. He is
overwhelmed with letters of protest and
indignation from all parts of the coun
try. Lawyers had taken steps for a
mass meeting at Fancuil hall, but the
general put a stop to this. In a note
called out by the proposed meeting he
promised to get even, legally, with the
judge, if he lived, and to provide in his
will for continuing the retaliation if he
died.
The famous Millington murder trial
at Denver has ended with a verdict of
not-guilty. The case was one of the
most noted in the west. On June 2 last
Wm. Avery, a wealthy citizen of Fort
Collins, died. Twelve days later the
widow secretly married Frank Milling
ton, and rumors soon spread that Avery
was poisojied by his wife, Millington and
his sister. The three were arrested, in
dicted and finally taken to Denver for
trial, with the result as above.
There have arrived In Bloom Ington?
111., two juvenile travelers who had
made a long journey. They were Patsy
and Mary O'Rourke. aged 7 and 5 years,
respectively, and they had come by
themselves all the way from London
derry, Ireland. Each child was labeled
with a tag on which were written the
name and destination of the children.
Their father recently died, and the
mother sent them to their uncle, John
O'Rourke, who was. expecting them.
According to the order of the officers,
of the American Express company on
and after May 1 every employe '-will be
compelled to file a bond with the com
pany to protect them against any pos
sible dishonesty or carelessness Involv
ing a loss to the company.
FOREIGN JOTTINGS.
A census bulletin on the subject of
irrigation in New Mexico shows that the
territory there are 3,085 farms irrigated,
out of a total number of 4,174, not in
cluding those of the Pueblo Indians.
The average .first cost of the water right
is 85.53 per acre and the cost of the land,
the cost of preparing it for cultivation,
etc, brings the average cost to the
farmer up to 518.54 per acre. It is esti
mated that the present value of irrigated
farms, including the improvements, aver
ages $50.98 per acre, showing an appar
ent profit, less the cost of buildings, of
$32.44 per acre. Comparing the average
annual expense for water, $1.50 per
acre, with the average annual value of
the productions, which is $12.84 per
acre, it appears that the average annual
return per acre is 811.26.
The Italian premier gave Baron Fava
a cool reception when the latter reached
Rome. Budini appreciates that ho
made a fiasco, and is anxious to throw
the blame on Fa ra. It is reported in
Rome that the only question now affect
ing the cabinet is how to get out of the
American trouble with the least dis
grace. The latest dispatcft from Im
perial! at Washington is said to fore
shadow that not even money indemnity
will be paid to the families of the massa
cred Italians, the temper of the American
people being such that congress would
not dare to make an appropriation.
The body of the late Count von Moltke
was viewed by the public at Berlin.
Emperor William has ordered the army
to go into mourning for eighty days.
The emperor, in the order instructing
the army to go into mourning, says: "A
friend and counsellor has been removed
from my side. I most deeply mourn t his
irreparable loss to myself, to tbe army
and to the fatherland. To his last hour
the deceased enjoyed unprecedented re
nown by reason of his military achieve
ments and his services for tho welfare of
the fatherland, whose gratitude will
never die."
A note in the Berlin Reich Anzlcger
referring to tbe report that the prohibi
tion against American pork would be
immediately removed, says that until
some clearer Idea can be formed con
cerning the practical working of tho
meat inspection service in America the
decision must be postponed. This offi
cial intimation is due to an arrange
ment of dealers in Hamburg and Bre
men, who expect at an early date to im
port large cargoes of American hogs.
The trade in American beef continues
to boom.
The Cincinnati express on the Balti
more & Ohio road at Warring's station
met a freight train standing on the main
track. Engineer Curtis, Express
Engineer Croff and Firema Murphy of
the freight, and Postal Clerk S. C.
Burdett were killed. Postal Clerk Pea
cock and Fireman Miller were seriously
injured. No passengers were danger
ously hurt. The express came around a
sharp curve at a high rate of speed, and
the engineer could not stop. The postal
car, baggage car and one coach of the
express were burned and the mail par
tially destroyed.
Miss Pbxebe W. Couzbns has applied
to the circuit court at Chicago, to pre
vent her removal as secretary of the
ladies' board of the world's fair. Sum
monses wore served on tho members of
the national board of control to appear
before Judge Tuley for argument in the
case. The board adopted a resolution
that before recognizing Miss Cook's ap
pointment as secretary Miss Couzens be
given a further hearing If she desires.
She did not appear before the board,
contenting herself with instituting the
the court proceedings,
The forest fires in New Jersey are as
suming alarming proportions, and have
not been exceeded in thirty years. The
timber near Conoverton was fired by a
locomotive spark, and timber to the
value of 9100,000 was destroyed. Tho
outskirts of Conoverton also suffered se
verely. Near Baileytown 7,000 acres of
timber have been burned. In Pennsyl
vania also destructive forest fires are
raging.
Rev. T. DkWttt Taluage's new
tabernaclo was opened to his congrega
tion and the public on Sunday morning.
Thousands of people crowded the big
eauice. iho building is romancsque in
style of architecture. The church seats
5,500 persons. Up to date the total cost
of tho church is $410,000, and it will re
quire $40,000 more to complete it.
The first session of tho seventh par
liament of the dominion of Canada has
been opened at Ottawa by the governor
general. It is conceded by the liberals
that the government will have a major
ity of twenty-six or thereabouts on a
strict party vote,
Anna Dickinson went Insane while
delivering her lecture on the Broadway
theater stage, New York. She became
terribly violent and created a great
scene. It was with great difficulty that
she-was overpowered and taken from the
theater,
A ritlletin on the density and distribu
tion of population, issued bv the census
office, shows that during the last decade
the per cent, of increase in the settled
part was 24.00 per cent., while the in
crease in population of the country was
24. 8G.
Good News la Small Space.
David Dudley Field is very ill.
Mrs. Eaton, the sister of President
Harrison, continues tq show indications
of recovery from the iujuries received in
the recent runaway.
Richarp Griffiths, he founder of
the order of the Knights qf Labor, and
for a long time worthy foreman of tho
national organization, has just died at
Chicago of the grip.
The Pennsylvania house has passed
the compulsory education bill requiring
all children between the ages of 8 and
12 tq attend school at least sixteen
weeks each year.
Secretary Norle appointed the fol
lowing commission to adjust certain dif
ferences between the Sioux Indians in
South Dakota: Charles E. Pearce, St.
Louis; George H. Harris, Washington;
A. R. Appleman, Columbus, O,
THE MARKETS,
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SHOT AT LINCOLN.
Mrs. Greea Assaulted by O. W. Hatehlsoa
Cause Unknown.
Mrs. Jennie Green was shot in the
back at close range in her rooms at
1542 O street, Lincoln. The shots were
fired by O. W. Hutchinson, a wealthy
farmer of Saunders county. For a
number of years Mrs. Green has been
employed by a leading detective associa
tion, and was regarded as an expert.
What lead to the shooting is unknown.
Hutchinson called in the evening and
the two had some business relations in
volving several thousand dollars. They
were left alone in the front parlor to
discuss them. Her brother was prepar
ing to take a bath when she rushed into
the adjoining room and crawled under
the table, and Hutchison followed shoot
ing. Her brother ran out after him and
he ran down the stairs and into the
street snapping the revolver at his own
head. Mrs. Green is about 32 years old,
is divorced from her husband and has a
9-ycar old daughter. She may recover.
LIGHTNING FREAKS.
Several Omaha Fires Oceaaloned b
Forked Strokes.
A sharp flash of lightning was noted
at Omaha, and immediately after a lire
alarm sounded. The bolt found its
mark in the dry lumber in the huge pile
at Howell, Jewell &. Co.'s yards and soon
the flames were raging. The firemen
had a tough tussle with the blazes, but
after an hour's hard work gained the
master, confining the los to the
consumption of , $50,000 worth
of lumber, fully insured. Just
after the bolt struck the lumber yard
another landed in the dry grass on Cutoff
island and blazes started there that ran
over many acres. At the. same time on
the Iowa bottoms south of Council Bluffs
a long line of flames loomed up marking
the progress of the fire through the dry
weeds and grass that cover the ground.
A high wind prevailed and the lire ran
madly over acre after acre. Tho elec
tricity that filled the airinterferred with
the working of the telegraph and tele
phone. Only a light rain fell.
Wants to Vie But Can't.
Minnie Marks, an old lady of Omaha,
seems determined that sho will die.
Only a week ago she attempted self
destruction by taking a dose of rough-on-rats
without satisfactory result, and
later she thought she would complete
the job by severing au artery in her arm
with a razor. After doing the cutting
she calmly seated herself on the floor,
held her bleeding arm in a wash bowl
to prevent the blood from injuring tho
carpet, and waited the coming of .death.
But it didn't como. It was a policeman
and lie called in a doctor who bandaged
up her wound. The woman is un
doubtedly insane.
Special Session Talk.
There have been considerable rumor
of late about Gov. Boyd calling a spe
cial session of the legislature May 4.
The governor was seen and he emphat
ically declared that there is not a word
of truth in tho report. Ho sees no ne
cessity for calling a special session a
that time.
A Little Lincoln lllow.
A little blow struck the western part
of Lincoln about 7 o'clock Wednesday
evening, and the new three-story brick
of the John M. Barr Shoe Manufactur
ing company was entirely demolished.
No other damago was done.
Change of Chaplain.
Gov. Boyd has deposed Elder Howe,
the chaplain at the penitentiary at Lin
coln, and placed Father Martin J. Cor
bett, of Palmyra, in that position.
Nebraska Brief.
Byron Rose was arrested at Alex
andria. He is wanted at Oquawka, HI.,
for criminally assaulting a young lady.
Labor Commissioner Andres will
attend the eighth annual convention of
labor commissioners at Philadelphia,
May 17.
In Seward tho vote for mayor at tho
recent city election was a tie and the
competing candidates drew lots for the
prize. George W. Fuller was the win
ner. Mrs, A. C. Benson, of Lincoln, re
ceived injuries in a runaway accident
that may prove fatal. She was thrown
from her carriage and her head struck
against a building.
Persons entitled to receive bounty on
wild animals can now draw what is due
them by calling upon the county clerk
of their county before the $15,000 ap
priatcd by the legislature is exhausted.
The sixteenth bulletin of the Nebraska
agricultural experiment station treats
wholly on beet sugar and is a very inter
esting volume. Stations have been es
tablished at West Point and Bancroft.
Lightning struck the house of John
Gordon, of Wabash, and running down
the stovepipe, struck and killed a favor-'
ito dog which was lying by tho stove.
The family was badly scared.
George Yates, of Omaha, has a
mania for stealing surgical instruments.
Every few days he is jailed for stealing
such goods.
Charles Mitchell, of Irvlngton, was
taken suddenly ill while visiting a friend
in Omaha and died before a physician
could be called. He was 50 years old.
The Cudahy Packing company, of
South Omaha, have added to their plant
a box factory, an oleo and butteriuc de
partment and a new engine and boiler
room. Two hundred additional men
will receive employment as a result of
these improvements.
About sixty head of horses have been
stolen in the vicinity of Hastings during
the last year, the last being a span of
$1,500 mares,
Bert Lynch, living near numboldt,
died recently from the effects of an acci
dental pistol shot received in 1885.
A number of Blair gentlemen have as-,
sociated themselves together for the pur
pose of establishing a Dwight institute,
for the cure of inebriates. They have
purchased the right for tho state of Ne
braska. Mrs. Stephen Burke, wife of a
farmer living three miles west of Friend,
was found dead in her bed. She retired
(n her usual good health, and death is
supposed to have been caused from
heart failure.
James Cox and four brothers named
Vanl&ngingham, are in jail at Auburn
on the charge of hog and cattle stealing.
A young fellow named Rudabecker, who
was also implicated, gave the whole
party away in order to secure immunity
for himself.
George W. Davy, county clerk of
Dodge county, has resigned his position
and gone to Nashville, Tenn.
DA chattel loan broker of Omaha by
the name of J. J. Wilson has been ar
rested on the charge of taking a mort
gage on a pension certificate.
DR. W. J. Reed, a grain dealer of
Ulysses, has failed and left for unknpwn
climes.
Grant county will have tq be resur
yeyed, owing to the imperfect work done
py the deputy surveyors.
Omaha has several aggravated cases
Pf dlphtherja. '
. Jowa Coadensed.
The supreme court convenes at Des
Moines May 12, and there are prospects
of a long session
WINTER WHEAT CROP.
THE OUTLOOK GOOD FOR A
BIG YIELD.
Th Crop In 111 ae a Baa Improved Moat.
While Kaaaaa Showa the Lvast Ga!a
Heaalaa Fly and Wlater-Kllllae Aftect
the Irep bat Little Enrouraglnjc I'ros-
peeta.
The Farmers Review says:
"The recent rains have materially ad
vanced the prospects of the crop. " This
improvement has averaged 1 per cent
in all the States, Kansas showing the
least gain and Illinois the greatest.
"In Illinois the warm rains have im
proved the prospects 17 ier cent., esti
mating on an average crop. Out of the
ei?hty-five correspondents reporting
only twenty-one report a-iy damage
from any cause, and in those counties
the loss amounts to only per cent, on
an average. In many sections no spring
wheat is .'own, but in those counties
whero it is grown seeding is well along,
except In some of the more northern
counties.
"Reports from fifty correspondents in
Indiana show a gain of. 3 per cent, in
the State. Eleen counties report a
damage of 6 per cent from late freezing
and other causes. Seeding of spring
wheat Is well advanced.
"Ohio shows a gain of 7 per cent, on
condition, reports being received from
sixty-one correspondent. Only twenty
two leport any loss from freezing and
thawing and wet weather, and these
losses average 10 per cent for the sea
son. Very little spring wheat is sown
in the State, and that little is nearly all
seeded.
'-Michigan nearly keeps pace with
Ohio, show in? a gain of 7 per cent Twenty-eight
counties show the pos.ects to
bo gtod. From eight counties come re
ports of an average damage of S per
cent, from insects, scaicity of snow and
from frost The work of seeding .spring
Wheat not yet begun at tho time of this
report
"Kentucky shows a gain of 10 percent.
Two counties show an average loss of 6
per cent from wet weather. No spring
wheat of consequence is sown in the
State.
"The improvement in Wisconsin in the
last thirty days amounts to I per cent.
From twelve counties come reports of
damage during the season, averaging 12
per cent, caused by winter killing and
freezing in the fall. The Moving of
spring wheat Is not yet begun, except in
a few localities.
"A gain of 10 per cent is re nor ted
from Iowa, three counties only reporting
any loss from winter killing. In these
damage amounts to 12 per cent. The
seeding of spring wheat in its various
stages, in some counties being all in, in
others just commenced, and in others
not yet begun.
"Missouri has gained 8 per cent, in
condition. From fifty-two counties came
flattering reports of the prospets of an
immense crop. Nine counties report a
loss durinsr tho season of S per cent on
an average, most of this being due to
the Hessian fly. Very little spring wheat
Is grown in the State, but where it is
?rown tho seeding is advanced.
"From fifty-one. correspondents in Kan
sas gratifying reports are received.
Seven counties report a loss of 7 percent
from the fly, from the dirt blowing ofi
and leaving tho seed bare, and from
ather causes. The seeding of spring
wheat is progressing finely, but very lit
tle is sown.
"From the reports of our correspond
ents we Mimmarize by State.-, the per
centage of condition as compared with
an average as fol'ows: Illinois 103 per
cent. Indiana 105, Ohio 101. Michigan
38, Kentucky i!, Wisconsin 94, Iowa $,
Mis ouri 103, Kansas 105."
FUNERAL OF VON MOLTKE.
Crowned Heads Bow Before the Remains
or Germany's Great General.
Tha funeral services over the remains
of Fio!d Marshal Count Von Moltke took
place in the bail-n.om of the general
staff building, in which building tho
veteran died, and where his body had
been lying in state. Emperor William,
the King of Saxony, the Grand Dukesof
Baden, Saxe-Weimar, a-ul Hesse, the
principal members of the royal families
of Gormany, together with the leading
German Generals, w.'re present. Tho
services lasted forty minutes.
The casket containing tho dead Field
Marshal's remains wa then carried with
much ceremony to the hearse, which was
drawn by six of the Emperor's horses.
After passing through streets lined with
troop; and packed with spectators, the
remains arrived at tho Lehrte station
and were placed upon a railroad car
draped in black, which was there in
waiting.
All Soils.
S mk of the more costly bonbon boxes
are of stainul ivory, with a miniati ro
framed in semi-precious sloties on tho
cover.
Dit. C iakt.k F. II5rKi ai eccentric
physician of Ila'timoro, who died lecnnt
ly, mado provison in his will for a uu :.
her of silver ia!s. which were to be dis
tributcd among fr ends after they had
been filled with ashes from his cremated
body,.
M::. Catiiakine Siiakp, of I'hila
dc'ph'a. ."s low in her 114th year, and
has a daughter 73 years of a'e The
old lady i-s in good hea'th, and expects to
live several jear yet She attributes
her longevity to the fact that she "never
worried about anUh'nu."
Tuk annual Miow-fa 1 in Colorado is
enormous At I illon, according to the
hnterprixr, the snowfall there from the
first day of November, las'.', to May 10,
lslK), was twenty foot ton inches At
Kokomo in 1S.-4-.", by actual daily meas
urements, something like ninety-si v feet
of the beautiful fell betwe u ov. l and
June l Of course it kept on settling
all the time, and when spr.nz opened up
there wasn't more than slv orseen feet
on the ground
Tin: Le-it way to remove the smell of
paint i to lirst render the room as near
ly as posih! air-tk'ht by closing the
windows doors and other openings.
Place a vessel of lighted charcoal in tho
room, and throw on it two or threo hand
fuls of juniper berries After twenty-
iour nours the smell w:l have entirely
disappeared Anothor method of doing
the same thing ia to plunge a handful of
new hay into a pail of water and let It
stand in the newly painted room.
Mr. Svdnev J. Hickson, an English
naturalist who has spent some time on
the Island of Celebes, has made some
extensive observations of the corals of
the Malay Archipelago. In regard to
the food of cora's, he is inclined to the
belief that many of them may be vege
table feeders. No doubt the water in
the vicinity of mangrove swamps is full
of the debris of leaves and woqd, which,
sinking to the bottom., must enter the
mouths of the coral animals. It is sug
gested that this may explain the vigor
ous growths often seen near extensive
swamps.
The rapidity with which flies pas
through the air is not likely to be ap
preciated by those wh.Q see only with
What apparent case they doit File
wil) keep tip with a fast horse, and that,
too, without lighting on him. In an
open express car. through which the
Wind blows, they hold their places, flying
this way and that without hitting against
the sides. They must, therefore, go
faster than horse or car. 'Give man
speed like this proportioned to his size,
and going around the world, would be
matter of only a few houri
GOV. BOYD'S STAFF.
Nebraska's Governor Kamea Hla Military
Supporters. i
Gov. Boyd has appointed his staff,)
which is made up as follows: William!
A. Paxton, quarter-master-general, with
the rank of colonel: Frank P. Ireland,;
commissary-general, with the rank of
colonel: John E. Summer, surgeon-gen-'
eral, with the rank of colonel; H. It.'
Mulford, inspector-general, with tho.
rank of lieutenant-colonel; John C. Wat
son, judge advocato general, with tho
rank of major: aides-des-camp, with rank'
of colonel, John Shervin, of Fremont;
James Holland, of Broken Bow; Robert
McKeynolds, of Lincoln; J. II. Lehew,
of McCcok: J. M. Moan, of Dakota City;
W. 11. Cowghill, of Holdredge.
New Deputy Secretary or State.
Secretary of State Allen has appointed
Charles C. Caldwell, of Lincoln, as
deputy secretary of state, vice Benjamin'
Cowdry, resigned. Like his chief, Cald
well is a traveling man, and Secretary
Allen was moved to appoint him by tho
fact that during the campaign the trav
eling men gave Allen their hearty sup
port. Caldwell's term dates from May 1.
Nebraska Jott'ng.
Miss Jessie Reigut, of Bradshaw,
has been adjudeed insane. . '
Cbete's new census, taken by order
of the council, shows a population of
2,431 souls.
P Francis W. Bell, a Nebraska City
clothing dealer, has assigned for tho
benefit of his creditors.
Fred J. Ciiilds and family, of Stan
ton, are preparing to so out on the road
as the "Baby Brass band."
R. 1'immei:, a Coleridge blacksmith,
dropped a plowshare upon his foot,
completely severing one of his large'
toes.
Some unknown person left a neatly
dressed infant about 4 weeks old on the
doorstep of Dr. M. B. Davis' house at
McCook.
The spreading of the tracks at Nemaha
City resulted in the ditching of the engine
and one car of a passenger train, but no
body was hurt.
Mr3.Nosi.ix, an aged lady at Hold
redge, was attacked and severely bitten
by a St. Bernard dog. Her clothing was.
nearly torn oil and her limbs were badly
lacerated.
William Nash, a scene shifter in a
Lincoln opera heuse, has been arrested
for passing counterfeit money. He says
if he did pass any spurious coin he did it
unwittingly.
Mrs. Anna Stamm, of Wayne, has
been declared insane and has been sent
to Norfolk. Fivo years ago she was an
inmate of the asylum at Lincoln, but was
discharged as cured.
Mrs. William Miller, of Wayne,
has invented a dishwashing machine
which is a genuine success, and lias ap
plied for a patent. It will wash as many
dishes in ten minutes as four people can
wash in two hours.
A local paper says the fact that
twenty-five carloads of wheat have been
shipped to Kansas from Phelps county
while that county has been on the list
and receiving stato aid is occasioning
some comment among thinking people.
An old general land office warrant was
recently filed for record with tho county
recorder of Nebraska City. The docu
ment is for a quarter section of Otoo
county land and is dated Aug. 3, 1300,
and bears the signature of James Bu
chanan, president. -
Fremont boasts of having had as a
visitor the only man in the world who
could touch the end of his nose with tho
point of his elbow. His name is Lee and
he was only enabled to accomplish tho
feat by having a part of the bone of his
left arm removed.
Gov. Boyd says the reason he did not
issue an Arbor day proclamation was be
cause it was unnecessary. The statute,
he says, provides that tho 22d day of
April shall be Arbor day, and there was
no more use in proclaiming Arbor day
than there would be in proclaiming
Christmas or the Fourth of July.
One of the most curious feats of light
ning on record was witnessed at Ayr.
Tho children of Mr. Kress, Lena, aged
12, and Guy, aged 8 years, were in tho
loft of tho barn when it was struck by
lightning. Guy was knocked down and
rendered insensible. Lena was knocked
down with great force and received some
ugly bruises. Several wires that were
stretched across tho barn just over her
head burned with great brilliancy and
fell around her in a shower of sparks.
The building took fire on all sides, while
a horse that was directly, beneath her
was killed. The escape of the children
without serious injury is almost miracu
lous. Sheriff Mallon, of Fremont, who
was appointed warden of the state peni
tentiary, has resigned his sheriffs offico
and is preparing to move to Lincoln at
once, where he will assume his new du
ties. Howard Penn, a well-to-do farmer
near Waverly, suffered a severe loss on
account of lightning in the recent rain
storm. Nine horses were killed and his
barn set on fire by the destructive thun
derbolts. Platsmouth schools planted over 200
trees Arbor day.
W. H. Eller, of Blair, has been ap
pointed a deputy oil inspector.
Gov. Boyd has signed the documents
that make Hastings a city of the first
class.
Sophie Stroble, a Beatrice domestic,
was disappointed in love and shot her
self Friday with suicidal intent. Tho
ball entered her breast just above tho
heart, and the doctors say sho cannot;
live. She bears an excellent reputa
tion, and her parents livo at DeWitt.
The 13-year-old son of John Hardcs,
living near Snyder, who was recently
kicked by a horse, has bince died from
the effects of the blow.
One year ago Central City was ship
ping potatoes to Seattle, Wash. Last
week a carload of potatoes from Wash
ington was received at Central City.
Thirtv-five acres of sugar beets will
be planted on the experimental farm at
Schuyler. Tho station is in charge of
Walter Maxwell, an expert chemist,
who has just arrived.
Col. Hoover, deputy oil inspector in
Lincoln, has resigned and Is succeeded
by J. Kittle.
Peter Holingquist, a Bohemian, of
Omaha, is under arrest, charged with
having poisoned a well with rough-on-rats.
A Good Sug-g-estlon.
"Brethren," remarked tho country
parson, as the contribution box started
around, "will you bo kind enough to put
a needle and thread in, .so I may be the
better able to utilize the buttons you so
lavishly contribtue?"
Dawa mm "Drankea Hasbaads.
Judge Virgin said In granting a di
vorce a Skowhegan, Me.: "No woman
who Is decent should be obliged to livo
with a drunken husband, and If sho
comet to me I will grant her a divorco
every time.
Cam aad Koads la Kaaaaa.
A Douglas county (Kansas) farmer
.was compelled to use four horses the
other day to haul twenty bushels of corn
to Lawrence, but he got $1 a bushel for
It.
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LEAIiDER CERRAKI), President.
R. H. HF.XItV. Vice-President.
JOHN STAUFFER. Cashier,
M. BKUGGEU. C. W. 1IULST
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