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YOLUME-XXn.NCMBER 18.
- DIRECTORS r
A. ANDERSON, Pres't. '
J. H. GALLEY, Viea Pres't.
O. 3VBOEN, CaaUer.
G. ANDERSON, P. AKDE1WOW.
JACOB GHEISEK. HENKY liAGATZ,
WKS J. SULLIVAN.
First National Bank,
Columbus, Neb.
Resort of Coalition lay 17, 1890.
B.ESOUHCE&
Loans and Discounts......
U.S. Sonds.... ...-
-lteal estate, fuxsltnra And
203,679.35
15,220.00
fixtures ...it'...... - 17,905.38
Due from other bank! $23,772.32
cI)re from U. S. Treasury.. G75.00
. Cashes band.,.' 15,473.45 39,925.67
$279,990.40
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LIABILITIES.
( Capital and surplus 90,000.00
- UnUvided profits 10,423.14
National l-auk notes outstanding 13,500.00
Rediscounts 1G.8SL21
-. Due depositors 156,181.05
S27C.990.40
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A Brief Compendium of the
Busy World's Events.
EUROPE EST A TURMOIL.
A BREAD' FAMIME LOOMS UP IN
ALARMING PROPORTIONS.
Wince the Rumtian Ukae Itje la Dearer
Tban Mheat-Cermaii Millera Threat
ened With Ruln-Kiiinor That Amerl
caa Farmer Are .Mortgaa;lhC Their
Farms to Hold U'ltfiil ftacki
At a nirptiiig of millers In Gennuny it
Yfa decided to t,cnd a telegram to Chancel
lor vou Caprivi a.s!;in- liliu to abolish the
corn duties, aying that otherwNe the Kus
sian ukase would likely ruin the mill In
dustry and thniw tlumsaiidsof hands out of
employment. The Vaexixchc Ztllung demands
free t-ntry for all-provision- tea. coJTee ahd
IH-trol(iitii, aud u're-i the abolition of the
prohibition of American food and the re
ductlon.fcf frellit rate. So far
the chancellor , ".as t- le unmoved
andy"' the nilnKter support him.
Tiil grain market at itei...: Mill Miows an
upward tendency. Tlio price of rye Tor
August delivery ha. -idvanced 8 marks and
Is now sti ong at "S'.t marks. September and
October delivery hs-i advanced 4 marks,
and Is no :t '.'ii m.irks 51 pfentiige. Aug
ust Hhcul has advanced -i marks and is now
at 22t maiks 50 pfeunige. September and
October delivery is now at 225 marks TO
pfeunigc. Hye has risen 8 shillings in Am
sterdam, and both liicio ani in lierliu it
is decidedly dearer than, wheat. America
is known to be unable, to supply the los-, of
rye .shutolT from eajxirt by Itu-ias ukase.
It will have to be;r'placed by wheat. Much
now dependsytupon tlie next fortnight's
weather. Alarm i& alrvady felt in Europe
owing to the report that the American
farmers are mortgaging their cropr in or
der to hold the wheat linck.
A I'omler .Mill Hlous Up.
A large iowder m.ll at Central City,
twelve miles from Cattlcttsburg, Ivy., was
blown up lly the accidental discharge of
powder. The explosion was m-the giaing
mill, a building which .us t?'oi;ty-iive feet
btinare and two stories ,hlgh. There erv
about two tons of powder in it. John It.iy
less and Timotliy Oooney were in the build
ing at the time ifwas blown to pieces. Two
buckets full Is all that can be found ot
their bodies. George Wells, who was in a
house ::00 yards away, had his s-ktill frac
tutedbya fragment of iron which Hew
through the window and will die. Three
workmen In the big mill 400. yards away
were severely injured by the liylug frag
ments of the demolished building.
Milwaukee Abandons the Western Asso
ciation. V.'hlle the Milwaukee and Sioux City base
ball teams were playing a scheduled game
in the Westeri association the manager of
the former team recehed a telegram an
nouncing that Milwaukee had received the
franchise of Cincinnati in the American as
sociation. The order was given to stop the
game In progress in order to catch a train,
Milwaukee tJtus unceremoniously abandon
ing the 'W'ettcrn association.
Plumbers o to Work.
Tbjff plumber's strike is at an end In Oma
li." The men who struck at. Kowc & Co.'s
-sYiop have returned to work. They did not
"get what they struck for on ac&uint of the
work being dull, but they caae back to
their benches at the terms maWiJ)y the
Losses and a committee of the journeymen
plumber's union. They will work eight
hours per day and get eight hours' pay.
They will get SX60 a day where they for
merly got S4.
The Exports or .Bread Staffs.
The total exports of bread stuffs from the
United States during the year ended July
31, 1S91, were 1GG,279,000, an increase of
50,045,000 over the same period last year.
For the soven months ended July 31, 1891,
the exports wero $84,710,000, a decrease of
98,063,000 for the same period of 1690.
Cardinal Manning Against Raffles.
Cardinal Manning, in a letter just made
public, denounces the employment of lot
teries and rallies at bazaars for works of
charity or religion. The Lord's work, he
aays, ought to be done in the Lord's own
way. Christians must not encourage lower
motives.
IN THE EAST.
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James Russeli. Loweij and George
Jones, founder of the M York Times,
are dead. ..?
At a inccting-.4nTfew York of the
executive committee of the national
democratic clubs it was decided to hold
the next national convention of -the
democratic clubs sixty days after the
national democratic convention.
W Dkatii held ramnant swav in all its
H forms in New York City during the hot
sf ell. There were l."0 deaths in that
citv Tuesday and 121 Monday, accord
ing to the official report to Register
Xagle. of the board of health. Of the
l.v; lives that went out Tuesday seventy
wero of children under 5 years of age.
The little lights are easiest extinguished.
In Itrooklyu the mortality was also very
much increased. A considerable nuin
bnr of the deaths resulted directly from
the effects of the heat.
It is stated at the bureau
in "engrav
k qathc plates
dt which wjll
ins and printing mat worK ovine niaies
for the new S2 certificatcswhich wjll
bear the vignette of the lato Secretary
Windom, is still in progress and that as
soon as the plates are completed the
new certificates will be issued. It is
also stated that, owing to the great de
mand from banks in the west and south
for SI and S2 bills, to be used in moving
the cropf. and the inability of the bu
reau to complete the plates for the new
certificates in time, the bureau is, by di
rection of the treasury department,
printing a supply of 2 certificates from
the plates bearing the vignette of the
late Gen. Hancock to meet this demand.
The printing of bills from the Hancock
plates was discontinued some months
ago on account of the appearance of a
dangerous counterfeit.
1m: grasshoppers vr-i dj'ng More
damage in parts of I hio just no.v than
they have for many years before. In
many parts of the country thgy swarm
in myriads and literally deviur every
thing before them. Theyjjiavc eaten
up and entirely destroyed the clover
seed crop about FindlaftVand are de
vouring the pasture to such an extent
as to render the feed of.tock a serious
problem for the farmers. They are
causing a serious annoyance in the
wheat fields by eating' the twine that
binds the sheaves"causing the shocks
to fall in confusion and making it diffi
cult to .handle. They are invading the
corn'fields and eating the leaves off the
stalks and the husks from the ears.
Yoi'hg fruit trees ate also being seri
ouy endangered by the hoppers eating
thif leaves and new twigs. They will
cause serious loss to the farmers in this
aid adjoining counties.
A disastrous wmd and rain storm
half a dozen yachts Htoored in the bay
were torn from their fastenings and
wrecked on the shore. At Washburn,
on the opposite side of the bay, a circus
teat collapsed and in the panic which
easaed among the 8ptatort of the per
'formance In the teal tWd staatl boys
were crushed U deftth aiid.i nilniWr ttf
.people seriously injured. The postoffice
rbttifdlng also collapsed, two women being
.injured, bne seriously. The roof of an
elevator was torn from the building arid
deposited in the bar Many thousand
ifeet of lumber waS brown into the water.
The dcrHck and hoisting engines at the
coal docks were blown over. An esti
mate of the damage is 5-"0,0O0.
A movement is on foot, organized by
a number of the Sons of the Revolutions
and the Sons of tho American Revolu
tion, looking to the making of Discovery
Day, October 11, the "Fourth of .Tilly"
for the world. i''or this ptirpose a meet
ing has been arranged Id be held in
Independence hall, Philadelphia, this
year, on October 14, 15 and 1C, by the
Pan-American republic congress com
mittee otuorganiation.
A hi.ast fired in the York colliery at
Pottsville. Pa., liberated a large volume
of gas, which was ignited by the naked
lamps of the men when they entered the
place. Tho explosion which followed
burned thirteen men, one of them
fatally.
IN THE WEST.
A tkappeb has returned from the
gulf of California and gives additional
details concerning the earthquake and
tidal wave. About (5 o'clock in the
morning a heavy shock was felt near
the Lcrdo colony, in the state of Sonora,
Mex., on the Colorado river. The sky
darkencd-and a terrific thunderstorm
came up. A huge wave from the gulf
was driven inland and tho fences and
landing places were washed away. The
second earthquake shock caused the
earth to open in many places, some fis
sures being four to seven feet wide and
from twenty to thirty feet long and
seemingly fathomless. A man was
thrown to the ground by the force of
this shock. About a mile from Lcrdo
they noticed a fissure iu the middle of
the river bed, into which the Colorado
was pouring with much noise. The
third shock of the earthquake destroyed
three small habitations of colonists and
cracked others. No human life was lost
but a large amount of live stock was
killed.
A men find of silver is reported on
Pomeroy mountain, near Caribou, Col.
The vein is about three inches thick and
of pure metal. It is evident that there
exists a still larger vein somewhere in
the vicinity of tho same kind of metal,
and it is thought these discoveries will
soon lead to developments that will cast
in the shade even the wonderful mines
of Nevada.
At Findlay, O., William Hallowcll, an
employe of the Salem Wire Nail mills,
fell into a caldron of boiling water and
quicklime and was literally boiled alive,
tho flesh falling from his body in great
chunks. lie lived ten hours, during
which time he was conscious, notwith
standing his terrible injuries.
The steamer Maj. Powell, which was
taken to Green river, Utah, by
rail to navigate that stream and Grand
river, has been launched successfully.
It is intended also to investigate the
ancient cliff dwellings along those rivers
and reach the Colorado river, if possible.
The smaller packers who were left
out of tho deal between the Chicago
stock yards management and the "Big
Three," arc forming a combination and
threaten to revive the scheme to remove
to the Stickney tract.
Creditors of Howell, Jewctt & Co.,
the Kansas lumber firm which recently
failed, have taken a number of western
lumber yards for the claims and organ
ized the Western Lumber county.
Ignatius Donnelly does not favor
the scheme to corner all the wheat in
the United States. He says to the Min
nesota farmers, in effect, "Sell your
wheat when you think best."
Secret service officers seized $9,000
worth of opium in Shasta, Cal., and
broke up nine furnaces" run by China
men in manufacturing from the- crude
material.
A train on the Grand Rapids & In
diana railroad was wrecked by train
wreckers, twelve people being injured,
but none fatally.
Six men have been arrested in Detroit,
Mich., on the charge of abducting
Joseph Perrin, a rich bachelor, in March
last.
Tee National Farmers' Alliance will
hold its annual convention at Indian
apolis, commencing November 17.
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.
A telegram has been received from
Prof. Dyrenforth, in charge of the rain
producing Experiments provided for by
the last congress now being conducted
on the ranch of Nelson Morris in Texas.
The professor says that the first experi
ment has been made, the powder being
exploded high in the air, that the clouds
began to gather, and that it rained
heavily there in twenty-four hours.
It is reported that a few days ago a
young farmer named Edwards, while
plowing near Sutherland Springs, Tex.,
unearthed an iron pot containing gold
doubloons amounting to SI 7,000. There
has long been a tradition in the neigh
borhood that Santa Ana buried the
treasure on his retreat after his defeat
at the battle of San Jacinto, in the Tex
as war of independence, and various
searchers have hunted for it.
Gov. Northen of Georgia has signed
the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor
within three miles of any church or
school, cxce'pt in incorporated cities.
This means prohibition in Georgia, as
either schools or churches exist almost
every three miles, and where they do
not exist cheap structures will be erected
at once.
Great indignation has been cansed
at Maysville, K, by J. Dexter Kehoe,
an employe of the state printing office
and ex-member of the legislature, who
on Monday sold his father-in-law's lot
in the .cemetery. He first dug up the
bodies of his wife's parents and threw
them into a wheelbarrow, where they
lay until charitable people buried them.
The cause of the suspension of D. W.
Haydock Carriage, company, St. Louis,
was brought about by , the extensive
peculations of a forman of the black
smith shop, who had been carrying ficti
tious names of workmen on the pay roll
for years. It is believed the foreman
got away with at least $35,000, which he
spent in gambling.
Arrangements are all complete for a
great bench show to be held in Lexing
ton, Ky.. SepL 23 and 24- under the
auspices of the Kentucky Kennel club"
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, will
be present with his celebrated pack of
hounds to engage in fox chases.
A party of government scientists
have arrived in Texas to make experi
ments as to the practicability of produc
ing rain by firing explosives in the upper
strata of the air.
Johs Grayson, who died at La
grange, Ark., a 'few days ago, confessed
to having murdered three men during
his life. -
Two white woilvii were flogged ai
Wissoc, Miss. Tl.ey were charged with
consorting with negtoes.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19,
f HE GREAT KORMWEST
The LATEST NEWS Or? GENERAL
INTEREST.
Small Itenaa or Crlma aad Casualty Iu
South l.'aketa Improreweat Koto
Throng-heat the Commonwealth V
rlaaa fcveats T More Than Vasal Im
portance. s
There is a big fight on between State
Auditor Taylor, of South Dakota, and
the nartford Insurance coinpany. The
law required that InsiiranccS ebmpaiiics
to do business ili South Dakota must
publish In each judicial district in which
they do business a certain specified
statement This the Hartford has not
done, but has published a statement
gotten up after its own fashion. The
auditor has refused to issue certificates
to the agents, who number ninety-seven
in the state. The law is to the effect
that agents can be prosecuted if they'
do business without certificates, and the
auditor says hn will enforce the law.
The insurance company claims it has
complied with the law. and instructed
its agents to go on and do business aud
they will be protected. This is the first
time the publication law, has ever been
tested and the result is quite Important,
as it affects every company doing busU
uess in the state.
The Prohibitory Law Appeal.
Attorney General D:llai: was re
cently at Yankton on business connect
ed with the appeal from the decision
from Judge White in the liquor cases
recently before the county court. Ho
does not think it possible that case can
be heard at the September term of the
supreme court, owing to a large amount
of business that must first be cleared up.
He further believes that the decision of
Judge White will be reversed, and that
argument will be heard only upon those
points argued in the lower court.
The opinion of Judge White that the
prohibitory law contains eighteen sub
jects will not bo passed upon on this ap
peal. During the September session of
the supreme court a case almost iden
tical with the Yankton county case will
be heard. This is a case from Lake
county, and it is possible that the de
cision in this ca- will bring about a set
tlement in the Yankton county appeal.
They Want Cash.
There promises to bo considerable
trouble when the government begins to
pay the Sioux Indians for lands ceded to
the United States one and a half years
ago. In all there have been about
11,000,000 acres that the Sioux relin
quished to the government, and in pay
therefor the Indians are to receive vari
ous goods, such as plows, harrows, cows,
horses and wagons. The Indians are
not pleased at the prospect of receiving
this sort of pay for lands and there is
certain to be a protest against paying
them in goods that are of no use to a
majority of the red men. They want
cash.
South Dakota Y. 31. C. A.
The state convention of tho Y. M. C.
A., of South Dakota, will be held in
Mitchell September 3 to 0. The follow
ing prominent Y. M. C. A. speakers will
be present: I. E. Rrown, state secre
tary of Illinois; J. R. Pratt, state secre
tary of Wisconsin; A M. Wright, gen
eral secretary, Somerville, Mas., be
sides Rev. W. H. Jordan, Judge C. S.
Palmer, of Sioux Falls; Rev. II. D.
Wiard, of Mitchell, and others.
Eaormonn Crops in South Dakota.
Harvesting of small grain in the
southern part of South Dakota is prac
tically finished. The yield is enormous,
wheat in many localities producing
thirty bushels per acre. The extreme
hot weather is making the corn grow
rapidly, and by Sept. 10 it will be out
of danger from frost.
Labor Day iu the Hill.
Labor day, September 1. will be ob
served in the Black Hills. The miners'
union and other organizations are mak
ing arrangments for the celebration.
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
Event Great aad Small or Interest All
Around the State.
Some of the larger employing firms in
Nebraska question the constitutionality
of the eight hour law, and a movement
is now on foot to have it tested at the
earliest possible date. A fund will be
subscribed and a case will be taken to
the supreme court. Their doubts are
caused by this fact: On the old statute
books there is a law which provides that
ten hours shall constitute a day's labor,
but the new law is without a repealing
clause. It is claimed that the two laws
being in the shape they aro leaves the
state without any labor law. ' Another
point raised is that the new law is class
legislation and that it is invalid. It pro
vides for town and city workmen, me
chanics and artisans, but farm employes
and domestics are compelled to work
for as many hours as their employers
may dictate.
How Knights of Labor Consider It.
The District Assemby No. 83, Knights
of Labor, Denver,, which took in all the
employes of the ' Union Pacific railway
system, has taken action regarding the
Nebraska eight hour law, which is at
present causing trouble in Omaha and
other cities. The following telegram
has been sent- to Omaha, Grand Island
and North Platte: "Section 15 ol the
agreement is a contract for working
time still in force made prior to the
eight hour law, which under the consti
tution it cannot abrogate. The law is
thus in operation on the Union Pacific
shop employes because of contract. In
honor we are bound to reeognize the
contract, unfortunate, as it appears,
until it be modified to the parties to it.
Good faith as an organization should be
considered in this matter."
Watson Changes Hi a Mind.
Chairman Watson, of the Nebraska
republican state central committee, has
abandoned the project of electing a gov
ernor this year. He has come to the
conclusion that such a proceeding would
not be legal, and so has decided not to
call a special meeting of the republican
state central committee.
Dandy Coaaty's Irrigation Ditch.
The Dnndy county irrigation ditch is
completed and has been tested and
proven a success in every respect. It is
eleven miles in length and will irrigate
nearly five thousand acres of fertile
lands.
Knocked OAT but Not fajared.
Wiley Roundtree and Ralph Good
ler, carpenters working on a Nebraska
City school building, were knocked from
a scaffold by a bolt of lightning, but aside
from a severe shock the men were not
injured.
The Bridge FeU.
The bridge across the Republican
river at Naponee fell while two men
t and ten head of cattle were crossing the
structure. One of the men, named
Price, was seriously Injured.
In the Hailed District.
A good many farmersin the hailed
districts cut their wheat with mowers
and think they will get a yield of from
tarn ta'twenty bihels per acre.
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The London bailii Xhc, cbirinientin
on the action of Russia in prohibiting;
the export of rye, says it is reassuring
to learn that tho crops in the . United
States promise to yield an exceptionally
large harvest. The farmers of America,
the paper declares, are masters of the
situation, and it is to be hoped they Will
use their Strength mercifully. Making
corbel's iu the necessaries Of life, it
says, Is never laudable, and in the pres
ent juncture it woUld be little short df
fiendish. The English newspapers ard
raueh disturbed dver thd announcement
that the Russian gdverrimerit has de
cided td prohibit the export of rye. The
general feeling is that although Great
Rritain will not be affected td such ad
extent as Germany and Austria, it will
inevitably suffer to a great degree from
the prohibition. '
Both the London Times and the Da Uy
News have been collecting exhaustive
reports by telegraph from Russia and
Indiaiabout tho failure of the wheat
crop.- The results are more start'ing
than was supposed. In view of the
failure of the crops throughout Great
Britain the Dttily News admits that un
less grain is forthcoming from America
Europe will be on the verge of starva
tion before next harvest. The Russian
government has already taken tho ex
treme step prohibiting the export of all
corn from Russia for the remainder of
this year. Last year Russia sent nearly
4,030.000 quarters of wheat to England,
nearly one-third of the entire amount
imported.
The forthcoming international labor
congress at Brussels promises to be
more lively than that held in Paris last
year, which, it will be remembered, was
not allowed to be dull. The restless
socialists are already at work with .a
view "to capture" the congress at its
first sitting, and arc exulting at the
prospect of outnumbering the British
and continental moderates. The social
ists may succeed this year, because
many of the British delegates were so
disgusted at Paris by the revolutionary
antics as to declare that they would
never again atteud an internatiopal
congress.
For the purpose of studying the act
ual effects of the McKinley bill, so far
as such effects have shown themselves
in the short time since the law became
operative, the Associated Press corre
spondent has visited some of tho most
important German industrial centers,
such as Lcipsic, Plaucn, Creis, Nurem
berg, Chcmnits and Frankfort. He has
also received reports from other points
by men thoroughly familiar with the
affairs of the different districts. They
all agree that the measure has had a
paralyzing effect upon certain indus
tries, while others e.jually high taxed
have not suffered at all.
A Port au Prince dispatch says it is
impossible any longer to conceal tho
fact that an epidemic is raging there.
A sailor on board the French man-of-
war Diore was stricken with a virulent
fecr a few days since. He died and
was at once buried. Others among the
crew of the vessel aro down with the
disease. The doctor pronounces the
disease the sain-; th'ng as yellow fever
Admiral Watson, of tho British
nav.v, commanding ; i the West India
waters, lias been ordeted to keep a close
watch on Hayti, as tho latest advices
from Jamaica leave little doubt of an
early descent on the black republic by
the revolutionists.
-A motion practically approving of tho
government's trade policy was voted on
in tho Canadian house of commons. The
government was sustained by a majority
of 22.
The Russian imperial council has de
cided to prohibit the exportation of corn
from that country, owing to the bad
harvest in Russia, which has caused a
scarcity of this cereal.
There is beginning to be at Naples
and other Italian ports a considerable
volume of return immigration; nearly all
the immigrants are coming home with
money to buy farms.
Ixfluenza has again made its appear
ance in Moscow and is attacking people
in all classes of society. On an average
500 persons arc daily prostrated by the
disease.
Enormous Incendiary forest fires aro
raging in the forests in the vicinity of
Toulon, France, and a great quantity
of valuable timber has been destroyed.
"Jack the Rii'I'eu" has committed
another murder of charactcilstic horror
in London, his victim being a German
woman of 70.
Ax ukase has been issued in Russia
prohibiting from August 27 the exporta
tion from Russia of rye and ryo meal of
all kinds.
Heavy rains have fallen iu Mexico
since July 15 in the grain producing
districts and all crops are a total loss.
The twelfth conference of the Young
Men's Christian association of all lands,
is being held in Amsterdam, Holland.
Europe is' much agitated by tho action
of the Russian government prohibiting
the export of rye.
Five thousand live hundred Italians
sailed from Genoa for America last
week.
THE" NATIONAL
GAME. -
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Following Is a showing of the standing of
each of the teams of the different associa
tions: KATIONAL LEAGUE. ,
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Chicagos....55
Bostons 93
New Yorks.4
Philadelp's..48
fc.
W. L. l?c
Brooklyns...4l 4" .:9l
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3SvJ78Cleveland..4t SO .4M
30 .578 Cincinnati-;. .33 Si .40J
43 7,Pittsburgi..3l 58 .3 A)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. 1C. W. L. fC
Bostons 7 31 fi' Columbus.. .4 51 .45
St. Louis. ...64 37 .3rjCinclnnatls.4I .v .47
Baltimores.t 40 5741 Louisville.. S5 67 3a
Phlladelp8..M 46 .52lWa8hingt's.3 64 J319
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WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. pc! W. L. fic.
MllwaukeesO 39 .6:1 Uneouu....44 .4
Omaha 46 35 .5 Kansas Cys.45 48 .41
Minneap'U&53 44 .5t2.Denvers.....37 5 .403
SlsSXCltys.47 46 06DuluthS .37 60 SV
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.
Cattle Common to prime. S 3 85 9 5.05
Hogs Shipping grades 4.70 A 5.50
Shxet. . .......... .......... 4.00 4.45
Wheat Cash 04K -06?
Cora Cash -61 !?
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barlst .a5 66
BcmWeeterB dairy 1? M
Egg Western .13 .14
SIOUX CITV.
Cattle Fat steers f 4.00 5.C0
Carls Feeder 2.75 3.50
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OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Common to prime. $ 3.00 5.2
HOOS Shippers 4.73 9 5.38
NEW YOKK PKOUUCE.
Wheat 1.04?4 1.91
Oats Western 41 .M
1891.
TWASAUAKESWiSMJE.
ITS VICTiMS NUMBER OVER
THIRTY THOUSAND.
DatectlTes Chaste the ra4tlTe
He Has Decamped with A'ert et the
Plaadar SUU m BasaU Part ef the Se
ealpts la the Hads ef the Caart.
A hasty examination of the books of
the National Capital Savings, Building
and Loan Association of North America
which was taken In hand by the United
States authorities at Chicago, gives a
more definite idea of the extent of the
fraud practiced by the "Close- corpora
tion and shows In detail tho plan by"
which 31.C0O people were systematically
defrauded. The amount of the firm's
receipts was somewhat exaggerated by
the first reports, but Inspector Stuart
holds that at least $150,000 for Which
the stockholders got not a cent was taken
in by the company.
The greater part of this amount, over
and above the association s expenses, ts
in the possession of Louis F. Mortimer,
tho promoter of the project, who Is now
being closely chased by detectives in the
East Ex-Judge & A. Page arid Attor
ney Lvden Evan?, for the cheated stock
holders, and District Attorney Milchrist
turned rapidly through the dozen or
moro ledgers and books kept 07 the cor
poration, and tho result, roughly esti
mate!, givt s the following figures: To
til amount received, 880,000. Of this
S3 1,00 J has been paid to tho agents
throughout the country. There aro S13,
000 assets in sight, '.,100 of which is tho
securities upon which small loans togivo
confidence to stockholders wero made,
and the balanco in the bank and now
subject to the court's order. Then the
books show 819.C00 paid to Lewis P.
Mortimer as commissions, and of this
?10,sOO Mortimer must account to the
indignant stockholders. Th re Is yet
623,000 to be accounted for, and Morti
mer is supposed to have the amount
with him. At least ho did have It in
hand when he left tho city on "pressing
Eastern business." Since July 30 this
year 813,000 has been taken In and is de
posited as a trust fund, snbiect to the
order of the Superior Court, in which
the caso is now pending
Mortimer Is being closoly followed in
the E.'St. and word was icccivcd at the
Government building which, it is said,
will lead to his arrest. The officials
look upon him as tho important man and
care nothing about the little catch, for
Mortimer got the money and the others
were used as his tools. Alfred Down
ing, president of the bogus building as
sociation, is still In tho hands of the
Government authorities, but his bail has
been fixed at S2,000, which is looked
upon as an absurd bond for a man under
tho chargo made azainst him if the offi
cials cared to hold htm. N. II. Tollman
has also b?cn released on the same
bond. In view of the fact that both
men have told all they know about the
management of the National Capital
Savings, liuildin? and Loan Association
of North America and are working
hand-in-hand with the authorities lor
tiie capture of Mortimer, it can easily
be surmised that neither of these men
will be prosecuted, but will be used as
witnesses against Mortimer, who, ac
cording to Mr. Downing, is "one man in
a thousand." and as smooth as the best.
Attorney Lyden Evans has been drawn
into this case by circumstances. He was
at first called upon by Mortimer to de
fend certain little suits and knew noth
ing of the association's standing. lie
did more and more of the firm's legal
business until one day he contcived the
idea that all was not straight Mr. Mor
timer was In New York at the time and
Evans demanded at the association's of
fice in tiie Kookiry Building to have
access to the company's books' if he was
to be Its legal adviser. It was then ho
met Tollman, one of the directors, and
ho told him what ho thought. Tollman,
he says, became frightened, and asked
what he could do to protect himself, as
ho did not know the association was not
straight This started the ball rol ing,
and a receiver would have been asked
for by Mr. Evans had not Uncle Sam got
there first
"Mortimer runs things with a high
hand," said Mr. Evans, after he had
looked over tho books of the bogus com
pany, "and it's a wonder he did not
smash things and get in the hands of the
law before. Ho put his father in as
secietary and treasurer, his brother-in-law
(F. O. Wentwurth)as p redden t, and
had a man in Canada named Choate
whose pro' y he voted regularly. It wa;
a sort of family affair between them, and
Mr. Downing, the president, whom
Mortimer claimed to havo ousted by
the recent election, was mado a
tool of, as was also tho vice president,
Mr. Tollman. These men, I believe,
got nothing. We aro going now to
sec what we can do for the stockho'ders.
There Is SV-OJ left in bank and 89,100
out on loans, the real estate security for
which we believe is perfectly good.
That is about 20 per cent any how.
We will noxt make an application for a
receiver, and I believe the association
ought not to be allowed to goto pieces, as
there is a heap of money coming in all
the time. Since the money now In bank
was tied up over 813,003 has been re
ceived, which the court will take chargo
of as a trust fund, and I believe that a a
association that is in receipt of such
largo amounts shouldn't bo allowed to
goto pieces."
While the figures got from the firm's
books showed that 886,000 had been re
ceived, this docs not cover the entire
scone of Mortimer's business. He ran a
bran h house for three months at Phila
delphia, and of the proceeds it is said no
account wa' made.
The company operated in nearly every
State in the L'n'on and its agents were
in nearly every town. The plan was
the rcgu ar system adopted by building
and loan associations, only they failed
to make the usual loans when called upon,
and the stockholders' money can only be
accounted for the one way.
Inspector Stuart said that he does not
'think a record of half tho money re
ceived by the association was kept, and
stated that more than fifty letters con
taining checks, money orders, etc., rang
ing in amount from 85 to 850, and ad
dressed to the association, were received
by one morning's mail.
.Vitslat; Uahs.
' Lonikn theater-going is said to have
declined to a remarkable extent
Beefsteak and black 'coffee are said
to have reduced a lady of 183 pounds
to 140.
One of the most eminent English phy
sicians recently said that, every modern
house ought to be destroyed after it had
been bui.t for sixty years.
Whatever be the state of colored
photography, a process of photograph
ing in colors has been patented in Lon
don, and the company is about to begin
business
Out of the British Isles the Salvation
Army now has 1.705 corps and 1,010 so
cieties, altogether 2,751 salvation socie
ties These are led forward by 5,800
officers.
The well that is I eing bored at Wheel
ing in the interest of science ha reachesTa
depth of three-; uarters of a mile. Frag
rcss is teine made at tbe rate of ahoat
ten feet a day.
Tiie most violent thunder-stewse a
the world occur in reneh Gaiaaa. Tha
fi under there in an ordiaary atana ia
alxst dea'cniu?. whi e fimi tt&'.im
peal in qukk siwccsjIo:i " j$, '
THE STATE OF 10WA.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED
SuttUaafy ef the
ef Oar Neishhere-Wed-
Crimea, Ca altlaa
Kewa Xetea.
H. W. Early's sawmill, lumber yards
containing 0,000,OCO feet of inmber, the
dry sheds, a building belong to the firm,
a dwelling and tbe residence of A. Mil
ler, and barns, trtc., belonging to E. C.
Lum, were destroyed by fire at Ca
manche, entailing a loss of 8150,000; in
surance, $40,000.
A TttKiric wind, accompanied by
rain and hail, passed over Decatur
County. It was tho worst storm ever
known in that part of the State and the
damage ia great Crops over a wide
tract of territory aro practically de
stroyed. Trees were prostrated aad
buildings destroyed. .So far as known
no lives were lost
For a 910 wager a fellow in a North
Clinton saloon drank fourteon glasses ol
rotznt whlskv In twenty-lho minutes.
His friends had to carry him home.
Or.K J. Hopperstadt, living neai
Ridgeway. was struck by lightning and
Instantly killed.
The Iowa State Fair will bo held at
Das Moines, commencing Aug. 28 and
closing Sept. 4. The premiums offered
aggregate $3."i,G00. a:ul are liberal in
all the departments of stock, farm and
dairy products, the workshop and house
hold. While thrashing on tho farm of Philip
Mach, near Brooks, the engino blew up.
killing Isaiah Curtis, a farmer, and
slightly wounding two others.
The advance sheets of the report ol
the Secretary of Stato of the criminal
convictions for tho years 1830-93 aro out
The total number of persons who were
convicted during the years was 1,I3
Tho total amount of costs paid by the
several counties is 8422'.M.C5. The
amount to bo doductod from the forego
ing on account of finos collected is ?37.
31(154. The counties which are in the
roll of honor as having no couvict'ons
during the years tro Adair, Audubon,
Dickinson, Hamilton, iiowaru anu 111
ncbago. Among tho offenses for which
convictions aro the most numorou arc
nuisance, 140; b rglary, 99; larceny, 1.6;
nul.-ance keeping, 80; selling intoxicat
ing liquor., 60; assault with intent to
commit great bodily injury, 60; assault
and battery. 51; assault, 37; forgery, 33:
petit larceny, 35.
A dehobsed cow being driven to a
Pomeroy slaughter house turned over
several men and treed tho gun club,
which was out for practice.'
TnEKE is but one American In busi
ness In Sioux Center, and it is said he
will soon leave tho town. Germans aud
ilol'andors predominate
Jamks Cocuiiax, a wealthy farmer liv
ing north of Des Moines, tried to shoot
his wife Lecauso she brought suit agaiust
him for di-. orcc. Cochran has succeeded
in eluding the officers who are searching
for him.
Castana has a new brick hotel.
Clarence Deai, a farm employe near
Rock Valley, purchased a now suit ol
clothes, went to the river and took a
bath and leaving his clothes ou the bank
he mysteriously disappeared. A ?cna
tion was caused and tho river was
dragged for a suicide's body.
Mrs. Walter Beebe, of Council
Bluffs, while riding jumped from her
carriage and received injuries from
which she died. The team was fright
encd at a motor, and Mrs. Beebe, who
was much excited, thought the horses
would get away from tho driver.
A Livermore enterprise is tho ship
ping of sand to neighboring towns.
R. Schiixisgstadt, a farm hanl sh
miles northwest of Spencor, was killed
by lightning while herding hordes
The Davis Opera Honse at Clinton will
be converted Into a hotel, to cost Siso,
000. Plans for a new opera house are
being mada
All the What Cheer coal mines are in
operation but one.
Tiie first train over the Winona and
Southwestern pulled into Osage tho other
day.
CuSTOJf Is 36 years old.
WnrLE a traveling showman was ex
hibiting some bears at Iticoville. a smnll
child of G. Russell was seized by tho
bear, receiving injuries from which it
died.
There will bo only half a crop 01
grapes in the vicinity of Burlington on
account of the cold, damp season.
A xkw starch factory plant for Des
Moines is assured.
M. J. Sanborn has bought tho Mcnlo
Bank of Park & Eilo.
Council Bluffs Is agitaW over a
haunt .'(1 house.
Frank Verliezer, who lives three
miles northeast of Pilot Grove, Lee
County, attempte I to climb on a loa i of
hay and fell between th" horses and th
wagon. The animals dragged th heavy
load across Verliezcr's breast, crushing
him to death.
Over five h mdrc-.l applications for
membership have been ma Ic ts the Iowa
State Traveling Men's Association sinci
the meeting of tho directors last month.
The annual reunion of tho Thirtieth
Iowa Infantry will bo held at Kalona,
Washington County, Aug. 26 and 27.
Josie Hulbert. tho 15-ycar-old Coun
cil Bluffs girl who a judge thonght was
too tough for the reform school, has
been taken to Kansas City by her step
father, where she will be given a chance
to reform.
Mrs. John Wambsoans. living near
Burlington, who was so badly burned
by the explosion of a gasoline stove,
died.
The Tabor creamery will be enlarged
on account of Increasing business.
Fourteen women fill the office of
county school superintendent In Iowa.
C.M.nouN County old settlers will hold
their reunion at Lake City Aug. 27.
Two women who were conducting a
bagging tourthrough the central part ot
the State, while their husbands, two
strapping, lazy men, remained out of
sight in a covered wagon, came to grief
at Coon Rapids, when they wero found
to be impostors. The women told a piti
ful story of how their three children
were sick, and a health officer made an
investigation which revealed a half
dozen healthy kids, two lazy men, seven
horses, and two wagons. The outfit was
in far better circumstances than many
who made donations.
Des 3Ioines new city directory claims
a population for that city of 60,739.
Rome has been thrown into a spasm
of rzcit 'raent by mad dogs. One animal
attacked a little boy named Field and
dragged him a considerable distance,
terribly lacerating him The brute next
attacked Mrs. Westfall and bit her in
several places. The lady left for Chica
go at'oaca to be treated. A subscription
was takea ua to send thi boy also. Be
fa:a the 4: was killed it bit a largo
"auasbcr ef horses, cow3 and sheep.
At Humestea Deak Gwinn went to tbe
heme ef his mother-in-law, Liberty
Saeoks. aad announced his intentioa to
Mill Saoeks. He tired two leads of eack
rhoL; both taking effect. Gwiaa claJmetL
that t'aeoks called his mother
Tbe murderer is under arrest..
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THE OLITRTXTeiBTJ
Columbus State Bank
(Oldest Baak la the Mae)
Pays Merest nTw Demits
AND
Mes Has n M Me.
ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS OK
Omaha, Crnieac. New
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FereicmCematriea.
SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKSTS.
BUYS GOOD NOTES t
And Helps Its Customers whea they Ntcd Help.
0TFICSBS ASO1XIZCT01S :
LElXDElt CEItRAIlD. Tresid nt.
IU II. HENRY. Vice-1'xomident.
JOHN BTAUFFKU, Cashier.
M. BKUGGEK G. W. UULST.
COMMERCIAL BANK,
OF
COLUMBUS, NEB.
HAS AN
Aathorized Capital of $500,000
Paid ii Capital - 90,000.
OFFICERS:
C. H. SHELDON. Fres't. '
II. 1. II. OEHLIHCH. Vicc-Prra't.
C. A. NEWMAN. Cash'or. . -
DANIEL SCHRAU. Ass t Cash.
STOCKHOLDERS :
C. IL Sheldon, J. P- Becker.
norinun P. ILOahUich, t:rl Blenko.
Jona Welrti. W. A Mo vlltstcr.
J. Henry Wanlcman, IL M. A inslow.
Geor-to W. Galloy, 8. C. Grey,
Frank Borer. Arnold t.II. OenlrL-n,
Henry Loseko, Gcrharl Losi ke
JSB-Bank of deposit ; interest allowed on ti-no
deposits; buy ana Boll exchange m Daita"!
States and Europe, and luy and soil available
seountios. We shaU be rla:md o r colve your
husinesa. Wo solicit jour yatronaje. i8docS7
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NOTICE.
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Judicious Advertising
Creates many a new business,
Enlarges many an old business.
Revives many a dull business,
Rescues many a lost business,
Saves many a failing business,
Preserves many a large business,
Secures success in any business.
Be ana a mas et basteese, aad we add that
iadTcioes adtwruain-, for this eactioa of coaatry.
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