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VOLUME XXII.-NUMBER 25.
WHOLE NUMBER 1117.
COLUMBtJS, NEBRASKA, WEDpSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 189i.
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IE tXDEK GERHARD, Presld nt.
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THE WORLD'S DOINGS.
Happenings of a Week
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THE COTTOX SffOWIXG.
THE MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH
ERN MARKETS.
Largest MoveuieBt Last Month of Any
Month of the Season Except Last" Year
Since the War The Amount Brought
Into Sight.
The September crop statement issued by
Secretary Hester, of tha New Orleans Cot
ton exchange, lth the exception ot last
year, shows the largest movement of cotton
for the last month of the season since the
war. The amount brought Into sight for
the month was 625.81T bales, against 65ff,438
lu September. 1S90. and (,9ss in Septem
ber, 1889, a decrease from last year of 30.'
C21, but an increase OTer the year before of
I."j,829. The statement hows receipts at
ports for the month of G73.19S bales agaiu-t
722.719 last year; net shipment by rail,
overland, 25,t93, against 2t.lH)6: soutliern
mill takings (v.cluie of amount consumed
at iorts,) 4S.&4S, agalii"t 4?.:: Is: interior
town stocks, in e.ce-.s of amoituti held
September 1. Cj.SsI, ngultist CC 4J-'.
MORTGAGES IN ILLINOIS
City Troperty fturGliod with Debts
Larger Than Acres.
The census ollice has issued a bulletin on
the Illinois real estate mortgage debt,
which shows that the debt in forco January
1. 1960, was tyj.299.iCJ. of 'which 43.01 per
cent, was on acre tracts and 53.19 per cent,
on village and city lot. The debt of Cook,
county was S191.518.290. of which $14,OG5.
SJ3 is on acres and 177,4 i2,0'J4 on lots. Tho
debt of seven other principal counties was
as follows: Kane, Se.5lS.."0S; I.atfalle, S5,
060,183; McLean, J5.379.3U9; l'eorlj, $5,988.
672; St. Clair, f.l.l'JI.309; Sangamon, $5,
851.510; WHI, 5,405,917. Cook county's
debt is 43.81 per cent, of the entire state,
and the debt of eight counties is CO.OC per
cent, of the total. The debt ot Chicago is
shown to be $24,373,170 larger than the
farm debt of Kansas, 42,703,564 larger than
that of Iowa, and Sri2.l69.KI0- larger than
the entire inoitgage debt of Alabama and
Tennessee. The per capita debt of Illinois
Is 100, that of Kansas S1C5, und of Iowa
1104.
MORE TROUBLE IX sAMdA.
tke (i overs BB.at tleltl Together Only by
Force of Arms.
Dispatches from A.ila. Samoa, September
16, say that natives of tho island of Monona
have been trying forsomu time to upcl tho
present government, and a few weeks ago
some chiefs who cxpres-cd their intention
of going to Mullnuu to join the government
bad their bouses pulled down and their
plantations destroyed by order of the other
chiefs. As soon as tho news of tho outrage
was received at Apia the president of the
municipal council, Huron Von Sen ft, who is
alo advisor to the king, together with
United States Vice-Consul Blackfoot, went
to Monona on the United States steamer
Iroquois and arrested and Imprisoned the
chiefs. The people of Monona at first
threatened to rebel, but afterward returned
to the island promising to obey the govem-ernineiit-
Mataafa is still at Molic with
about 300 followers and is addred and
treated as king Uc it kcepiug tho country
in unrest.
A War anil a Hurricane.
Advices by steamship Mononia say that
the island of Tama has been visited by a
hurricane and devastated by a civil war.
Fierco lighting is going on and two villages
were wiped out of existence. In the midst
of the fighting came a fenrful hurricane.
The German ship J. W. Gildemcrsten was
wrecked In Ilianirua bay. The cutter Hilda
wan driven on shore nnd a canoe containing
twelve natives was lost.
Sioux City vh. Chicago.
No matter how the world's championship
may bo decided, the games arranged be
tween tho victorious Sioux City team of the
Western association and the Chicago Na
tional league team will be played at Sioux
City October 5, C, 7, 8 and 9. If the Chi
cagos are buncoed out of the league cham
pionship everybody still knows they are
one of the greatest teams on eartb.
The Minnesota Morins.
A most destructive storm passed south of
Grand Rapids, Minn., and Baltrami coun
ties, felling an immense amount of pine
timber and causing one loss of life. Whole
townships were swept over. If half that is
reported is truo there has been damage to
the pine timber amounting to many thou
sands of dollars.
Exports aint Import.
Tho chief of the bureau of it al Mies, in
his monthly report of c.potts and imports
of the United States, reports that the total
value of exports of inerchanrtKe from the
United States during tho twelio months
ending Aug. 31. 191, wa- 5yn9.2fi4.438. The
value of imports w:u S39. 039,241,
Lealnd MauUrl, Jr I'nlverslty.
The Lei and Stanfoid. jr.. wilxersity nt
Palo Alto, Ca!., has opened with imposing
ceremonies. Several hundred btudents
were in attendance. The mmersjtf which
was erected liy Leland Stanford in mauiory
of his deceased son, has an endowment eili
mated at S20.000.000.
I'ubltr Ileht Statement.
The public debt statement for October 1
shows that the interest oeating debt de
creased S24.534.700. and the debt on which
Interest has ceased -Ince inatiuity lias in
creased . 7 515.520 durinc nuntli of Septem
ber. The total cah in the treasury is 741,
C66.2C9 M.
An Kxciting finish.
The first day of tiie la-t p1 of the Nat
ional league ba-e ball ch;tmpion-iiijt smsmi
found Chicago only oce aii.I one-half games
ahead of Boston. The c ntcst ends Oct. 3.
It is certainly as twcitiiiT a tin Kb a-, the
lover of good sport could reasonably ask
for.
I'owderly on Folltlc.
General Master Workman Powderly,
speaking of the coming presidential elec
tion, says the Knights of Labor from all
America and the Farmers" Alliance will
hold a concress in Washington Feb. 1 and a
third candidate will be clio-on.
Advice Ifoiii tionnelly.
Ignatius Donnelly, the president of the
Minnesota Farmers Alliance, is out in an
other circular adviin? the farmers to hold
their grain. In speaking of this circular,
be said he had advised the farmers to bold
their wheat thirty days longer.
The Itinnel Caved In.
A terrible accident is reported from
Ovada, near Genoa. Italy. An unfinished
toned collapsed and twenty -one workmen
were buried. Seventeen were extricated
alive and it Is feared tho others are dead.
Crist FasseU is Chill.
It is known that t be acute phase of the
Situation in Chili is passed nd no serious
trouble is feared. Minister Egau has main
tained the dignity of. his legation, and the
refugees remain under his protection.
The Seaboard Nearer.
Chairman Fait horn, of the Sjuihern Rail
way and Steamboat association, has issuei
a circular announcing a new schedule of
rates on grain frcm Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska to Galveston for export shipment.
From the term t sooth auu cast of a di
rect line drawn from M. Joseph to Atchison,
ant! Ihence via Valley Falls to CoffeyvIUe,
rates are to be the same as from Kansas City
to New Orleans, which at present are 31
cents on wheat, 29 centsoaoats, 27 on corn-.
From points west of that territory those
rates also apply. eJrttepl from certain
stations on the Atchison road. This tariff
becomes eJfecUve October 15. It Is not
liked by the Chicago roads that tap the
Same territory in Kansas and Nebraska, as
it seems a still greater diversion of business
from the'.r lines. The rates to Galveston
are only a few cents higher than those to
Chicago, and so far as cost of transporta
tion is concerned seaboard is brought 100
or COO ml.es nearer to the western farmer
than by the Chicago route.
STARVINU i MtssiA;
lis Situation Rapidly Crowing Worse la
the Famine Dlnlricts.
A St. Petersburg correspondent says:
Dispatches from the interior of Russia are
more alarming. Tho autumn frosts de
stroyed the barley crop, the staple food in
Archangel. In the extreme horth the crops
have lecn spoiled by tho rains. Straw
from the thatched roofs Is utilized for fod
der. Cattle are dying by the wholesale oh
the roadside. Various ministers have
issued confik-Hng orders, resulting In litter
chaos. The grants of seed corn have been
stopped, immense tracts of land are lying
waste and 4 scarcity of corn is threatened
in 1S92. A cattle plague bad broken out in
many places. Tho peasants In Sogowsky
attacked ocl6 veterinary surgeons who
had been sent to destroy the Infected cattle
and several were wounded in the skirmish.
The clergymen are becoming beggars. The
women arc selling themselves to support
their children. No work can bo procured
by the starving persons, even on the Volga.
The shares of the steam navigation com
pany bavc fallen heavily. A new loan will
only bo a drop in the ocean. A large
budget deficit ts certain, and to make mat
ters worse a million loads ot rye promised
by tho governor of another neighboring
province, and on which the ministry bad
relied, do not exist. This disco Very has
caused consternation. The famine is ex
pected to reach its acme in November. The
peasants threaten revolution unless the
czar gives them relief from private sources.
Partial risings are already reported.
A REVOLT I GCATAMALA.
The Regular Central American Revatu
tloM AW ill i'rogrtessi
A dlpatch from the City of Mexico says
that a revolution was precipitated in the
republic of Guatamala which will undoubt
edly become general. According to the
story the people of Acapulco were celebrat
ing the anniversary of their national holi
day. President Barillas personally ap
pointed the oratora of the day, to which the
masses took exception, and when the ora
tors took the platform It was the signal for
a storm of stones which put them to flight.
The masses elected their own orators and
the most violent and incendiary speeches
followed Barillas attempted to disperse
the mob with a battalion of infantry, but
the mob replied to the attack with stones
and revolvers and the soldiers were routed
leaving many dead and wounded on the
plaza. Only when two cannons were turned
on the plaza did the mob retire, though the
fighting continued on the sldo streets, and
at the latest reports there was no decisive
result. It is thought this will cause a gen
eral revolt throughout the entire republic
of Guatamala and engender war In all the
other Central American states.''
TOOK A WHOLE TO Wit.
The Missouri Way or Robbing All tha
Stoics at Once
Shortly after 12 o'clock one morning last
week a band of armed men invaded the
little village of San Antone, seven miles
cast of St. Joseph, Mo., and when they de
parted a few hours later the place had the
appearance of a town that had received the
attention ot guerillas during the late war.
Tho men worked quietly, but speedily,
and the first Intimation had of tho visit
was when Henry Closs, who keeps a general
store, came down to open up. Ills place of
business bad been gutted completely, not
enough groceries and clothing being left to
fit out a small family. On the alarm being
given it was further discovered that the
pi s to (lice had also been entered and every
ounce of mail matter carried off. Two
hardware stores and a blacksmith shop in
addition were found to have been looted,
everything they contained being carried off.
The stuff taken, whicb comprised the entire
stock in trade of every merchant in
the village, must have been loaded into
wagons and driven into the deep woods sur
rounding the place. From thence the
thieves evidently expected to get it into St.
Joseph or Kansas City.
TIIE COAL PRODUCT.
The Ontpat 141,239,513 Toas la 1890,
Valueil at S160.326.323.
The census office has issued a bulletin on
the coal product of the United States. It
shows that the coal product of the United
States reached a total of 141,229,513 short
tons in the census year, and was valued at
the mines, before any expenditure for ship
ment at S1G0,22G.12 1. The product Included
45,109.467 short tons of Pennsylvania and
other anthracite, worth ff5,879 114, and 05,
C29.0C6 short tons of bituminous and lignite,
valued at 594,"J,8D9. The average value
of all grades of anthracite was 81.58 per
ton at the mines, and the average of bitu
minous coal was 99 cents per short ton at
the mines. In IStO the total product in
cluded 2.f 49.012 short tons of anthracite
and 42.31,75s short tons of bituminous
coal. The value of the entire product was
S95.C43.S&6. The product Increased 97..r.7
per cent during the decade, and the total
alue 67.53 per cent. The total number of
persons engaged lu the mine industry was
299.559. who received in the aggregate
$109.Iu0.92S as wages.
This Mre a Uig One.
N. L. Sherman, who has just arrived
from Fort Yates. N. D brings the news of
an immense prairie fire west of the Missouri
river. He says a tract of country COO miles
1 nig and 2f.o miles wide was burned over.
Farm houses, stock ranches, herds of cattle
and horses and a large quantity of bay
were .-onsunied. The fire is said to bavc
been started by a bone picker. Many per
sons are belieied to have perished, though
nothing definite Is ascertainable.
The Illinois Central.
The forty-fim annual report of .the Illi
nois Central Railroad company has been
iued for the fiscal year ended June 3
IK1. It shows gross earnings for the year
of S17.8S1,5:. an increase of 81,429,532 over
the preceding year. Operating expenses
and taxes amounted to ?12.TJ1,046. an In
crease of 81.607,626, leaving net earnings of
$5,120,508, a decrease of $178,094
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IN A STATE OF ALARM.
EMPGROR OF AUSTRIA'S TRAlti
ALMOST WRECKED.
Dynamite Boms. Place ea the Ratlroaa
Track, bat Discovered Refers Time far
the Emperor's Train Tha Crowse
Heads Greatly Dlstarbed.
The crowned heads of Europe are Is a
state ot alarm over an almost successful
attempt Upon the life ot Emperor Francis
Joseph; of Austria. The attempt was made
with a dynamite bohib to blow up a rail
toad bridge at. Bosenilfai, a subiirb of
Beicbentierg. This outrage occurred
shortly before the emperor's train was
expected to pass over the bridge. Some
railroad watchmen saw the would-be assas
ins as tbey were upon the structure, and by
appearing upon the scene frustrated their
design. Tiic official investigation shows
that two bombs charged with nltro-glycet
ine were placed on the bridge and exploded
at il:30 In the evening. The Would-be as
sassihs Pecm to have miscalculated the time
the train would pass over the brldgei or
else they Were at fault as to the length ot
the fuse used. The explosion destroyed the
masonry On and about the bridge tunnel;
but did not affect the structure. Tile rail
road official: at once sent a gang of men id
work Upon the bridge, and when the Impe
rial train passed at 7 o'clock the next morn
ing there was little or no trace of the ex
plosion. No arrests have been made In con
nection with the attempt and the officials
who have charge of the investigation pro
fess to be of the opinion that the explosion
was intended as a demonstratlan of disap
proval of some of the emperor's acts, and
those engaged in it bad no Intention of tak
ing the life ot the emperor.
EXCURSIONISTS KILLED;
Passenger Coaches Crushed Like Card
aboard and the Escape of Many Mlraoa-
loafc
A collision occurred a mile east of Kent,
on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, be
tween a freight and a passenger train.
Three persons were killed and twenty-four
Injured, several fatally. The passenger
train was the Michigan section of the Olln
family excursion, the members of which
were going to a national reunion of their
klnered at Bennington, Yt. Many other
Michigan people also took advantage ot
of the low railroad rates to visit friends In
the bast. It was a foggy night and the col
lision occurred on a long fill, thirty feet
higb, in the middle ot which was a bridge
sixty feet over the Pittsburg & Western
tracks. A part of the passenger train was
on the bridge when the crash came. The
engines plowed into each other, reared high
In the air and the cars on each side crushed
together like cardboard. The small loss of
life Is a miracle, considering tho manner In
which the cars were demolished. Had any
of them left tho track tbey .would either
have gone over the bridge or down the em
bankment and scores have been killed.
Even had tho demolished cars been a
few yards further west the people who were
thrown out In the smashup would have
landed In a creek fifty feet below and the
loss of life would have been terrible to
thluk of.
MAD CRUSH FOR LOTS.
Chandler, the New Town Site In tho Sac
Reservation a 3Iad Scene.
Exciting scenes are reported at the open
ing of the government town site of Chand
ler in the Sac and Fox reservation. The
scene which followed the volley of musketry
which announced the opening was awful.
A mass of 3,000 excited men and women,
intent upon securing a lot, bad gathered
about tho boundary of the town. At 12
o'clock sharp the signal was given and with
a mighty yell from 3,000 throats and amid
the cracking of whips und volley of oaths,
shouts and curses the conglomerate mass
of men and women on horses and foot
rushed like maniacs for tho town lots. As
the angles ot the advancing lines met many
riders were unhorsed and were hurled pell
mell Into tho road. Many persons are re
ported killed and others as having received
severe injuries. Miss Daisy, a representa
tive of the Guthrie Xcict, was thrown from
her horse at tho beginning of the race, and,
striking her bead on a rock, was killed.
The excited and merciless crowd bad no
time to attend to the dying and rode over
the body of the unfortunate woman until
It was recognized by a friend, who took It
out of the surging mass of humanity. As
there were three or four times as many
people as lots the result could be easily
foretold. There are from throe to six
claimants for a great many of the good lots
and It will take considerable time to adjust
the differences. An Indian killed a white
man during a quarrel over liquor.
FIRES IN CALIFORNIA.
Forest Barned and Oae Town Wholly
Consumed.
For several days past there has been rag
ing on the "Georgetown divide," in Eldo
rado county, Cal., the most terrible forest
fire ever experienced in California. The
fire started near the town of Greenwood,
and, fanned by a strong north wind, swept
over almost the entire stretch of country
between Georgetown and Salmon Falls.
Farm houses and all out buildings have
been destroyed. Thirty or forty families
lost all they posesscd, Larely escaping with
their lives. The little town of Pilot Hill
was literally wiped from the face of the
earth. Tho fire passed over a section ot
country twenty-five miles in length and
twenty miles wide. No loss of life Is yet
reported.
Barred From Jiew York Business.
As a result of very careful and full ex
aminations made by the superintendent of
the banking department In New York City,
tho following mortgage companies that
were licensed in 1890, are among those not
entitled to transact business in this state
after October I, viz: American Investment
company, Eruinetsburg, la.: Lewis Invest
ment company, DesMoincs. la.; Nebraska
Loan and Banking company, McCook, Neb.;
Western Investment company, LeMars, la.;
Western Loan and Investment company,
Hastings, Neb. The law t'ovcrning the ad
mission of such companies makes It a mis
demeanor for an unlicensed company to
transact business within the state, imposing
a forfeit of 1,000 for each offense.
Robbed an Express Car.
A special American Express train was
robbed about a mile east of Utica. The rob
ber, who was masked, effected an entrance
by boring a hole in the fiont door of the car
and then loosening the fastenings. The
noise ot the train kept Agent B. A. Moore
from bearing him at his work. Entering,
he covered Moore with a revolver held in
one band, while with the other he sorted
over the express packages, taking such as
he thought valuable. Then pulling the air
brake cord he caused the train to slow" up,
and jumping from the car disappeared in
the darkness. One package' containing"
$5,000 in currency had been concealed by
Moore, and was not found by the robber.
A Whltechapel Ontrago la Isdlaaa.
OMrs. Harmon, a woman of loose character,
living at Mentor, Ind.. was visited by a
body of thirty men. who tied her to a post
applied Ifty lashes to her bare body and
her body was cut from her head to her feet
as If by a knife. Across her abdomen is a
gash twelve inches long and so deep as to
leave the bowels exposed. Tbe community
Is enraged that such an awful thing should
have happened.
Unused a Batch.
A batch of negroes, ringleaders In the
strike ot cotton-pickers neur Helena, were
taken from the officers and han?;d. It is
thaught that this will eiu the disturbance.
SOUTH DAKOTA'S SHOWING.
Total Yaltts. of This TearV rafnt Prod
ucts Not Less f has lod.odd.ddd:
Besides the estimated yield of 59,C.),009
bushels of waeat in South Dakota, worth at
present prices S41.000.000, it Is pretty accur
ately estimated that, after deducting losses
by frost, there will be 30.000,000 bushels of
corn, worth 812,000,000; 6O.000.0CO bushi-ls
of otta, worth S15.000.000. and 6.000.CJ
bushels of flax, worth (5,500,000, making a
grand total of 146.008,000 bushels, with a
present value of S70.000.009. By including
barley; fye; potatoes, hay8 Cattle, hogs,
butter' and eggs, the totdl would not be less
ibari tioo.OOO.Ga). which isn;t bad for" a state
not iwo years old1, and ithlcli orily one
year ago, by authority of our governor,
went begging for cold victuals and old
clothes
Irrigation of Big Sioux Reservation.
An effort Is being made by prominent
citizens of Fort Pierre to promote the irri
gation of lands on the big Saux reserva
tion The only thing needed to mnke that
Country productive of grain and vegetables
Is water. The reservation abounds In
small creeks which run dry in early sum
mer. Tbe plan proposed Is to sink artesian
wells at the head of these small streams,
thus furbishing water from subterranean
sodrces sufficient tb keep the creeks run
ning the year around. Irrigation ditches
are to be constructed from these various
creeks, and water in this manner supplied
to a very large portion of tbe tillable land.
Beat All of Wisconsin.
P. W. Skemp, of Scotland, who Is adver
tising South Dakota In tbe oast, was at the
Wisconsin state fair last week with an ex
hibit. Tbe fair association had offered a
premium of an elegant carved parlor chair
Valued at S2J for tha best ear of corn ex
hibited, and to the great satisfaction of Mr.
Bkemp and to the glory ot Bon Homme
County the ear of corn entered by Mr.
Skemp, and grown In Bon Homme county,
carried oft the prlzo In competition with all
Wisconsin. The chair and ear of corn will
be exhibited at the Scotland fair October
toO.
HI. Machine Measure Short.
John A. Johnson, living near Mayfield, 8.
D., had 12 acres of wheat, which yielded
42 bushels to tbe acre, machine measure.
He loaded 43 machine measure bushels on
his wagon and went to market with it. At
the mill the 42 machine tneasdre bushels
weighed out 93 bushels, or ii bushels more
per acre than the machine measure. Mr.
Johnson sold bis wheat at 70 cents per
bushel in Gayville, and it brought bliu
137.60, which is tbe return from ono acre.
From bis 12 acres he realized 35).
What Irrigated Land Can Do.
Fifty-three bushels and twenty pounds ot
wheat to tbe acre li the result disclosed by
the threshing ot the crops on the farm ot
tbe Consolidated Land and Irrigation com
pany near Huron.
Tbe Rapist Bound Over.
The man Hoffman, tbe farm hand
charged with the rape of a 14-year old girl,
near Pierre, has been bound over to the
grand jury in tho sum of 8800.
Col. Jolley or Congress.
The republican congressional convention
at Aberdeen, S. D., uomlnatcd Col. John L.
Jolley, of Vermillion, for congress, to suc
ceed the late John K. Gamble.
Next Meeting: la Sionx Falls.
Tbe South Dakota Christian Missionary
society, which has been in session at Aber
deen, will hold its next meeting In Sioux
Falls. '
TU-: CORN YIELD.
Nebraska Has 150,000,000 Bushels Sare
and Perhaps 175,000,000. j
Corn is safe in Nebraska and the crop is
immense. Reports from forty-five counties
say that In most of them there is an in
creased acreage and better than average
yield. The western counties show tbe most
favorable conditions. Some of tbe eastern
and older counties show that tbe wet season
has materially impaired the prospects, but
from every section of the state tbe new. is
gratifying. No hail storms to speak of or
other disasters have Interfered except in
very few instances. The outlook, taking
tbe state over, is all that could be desired,
and not less than 150,030.000 bushels of
sound corn will be harvested. Perhaps tho
yield will exceed 175.000.0JO bushels.
Indians Object to Taxes.
Secretary Proctor has requested the de
partment of justice to Interfere In tbe case
of tho Thurston county. Neb., assessors,
who bavc been instructed by tbe county
commissioners to assess as personal prop
erty bouses, barns and other fixtures be
longing to the Indians on the Omaha reser
vation. Tbe Indians are willing to pay
taxes on personal property, but not on their
houses and barns, which tbey consider ex
empt under the allotment act. Tbe de
partment declares that this assessment la
illegal.
All for Oae Cost.
A. Ilastic, a stock dealer of Cass county.
Neb , has been arrested for violating the
postal laws. He erased the contents on tha
back of a postal card and used it again. He
is liable to a fine of 8100, or six months' im
prisonment, or both.
Broady Declines.
J. n. Broady, nominated by the dem
ocrats of Nebraske for associate justice ot
the supreme court, has sent a letter to the
chairman of the state central committee
positively declining to be a candidate.
Nebraska Horse Men.
The sixth annual meeting of the Nebraska
Association of Trotting Horse Breeders will
be held In David City October 13 to 16.
Tbe first payment has been made on over
300 nominations
A Doable Nebraska Murder.
A. J. Baldarn and his son, John, were
murdered by the old man's stepson, named
Anderson, near Fontanelle. Neb. If caught
be murderer will be lynched.
No. Mora Beet hngar Factories,
nenry T. Oxnard says he will considers
more propositions for beet sugar factories
In Nebraska till the legislature restore, the
bounty.
Rice Blockade Ihreateaed.
A rice blockade is suggested as a mean,
of bringing China to time and stopping the
riots.
Itallaa-Amerlcaa Exhibition.
The executive committee, at Borne, of tbe
Italian-American exhibition at Genoa, Is
honor ot tbe discovery of America by Col
umbus, have finally arranged for tbe erec
tion ot buildings, whicb will cost 560,004
lir. It is the design of the commitee that
tbe exhibition shall consist of sample, of
tbe agricultural and industrial products of
Italy and America, with tbe object of show
ing the kinds of goods that can be most ad
vantageously Imported and exported.
Sixteen Drowned.
A St. Johns, N. F., special say. three
vessels, returning from Labrador laden
with fish, were overtaken by the recent
violent storm, driven ashore and became
total wrecks. The captains and crews
numbering fifteen or sixteen, were drowsed
ejesjs"ss- SlBO
Reciprocity Postponed.
By direction of the president a request
has been seat1 to Lord Stanley, governor
general' of Canada, for a postponement of
the reciprocity conference arranged for Oc
tober IS. Tbe reason given is the contin
ued illness of Secretary Blaine.
French arvest Officially.
The official estimate of the yield of the
French harvest for ISfi is as follows:
Wheat. 81,889.000 hectolitre- (hectolitre, 2
bushels); mixed grain 3.C07.000 hectolitres;
rye, 21,152,000 hectolitres.
'LE BRAV" EST MORT!
b&ulang6r puts a bullet
In his brain.
IVIth Boots and Orders Oa Thoatriesl
Ending of the Great Impostor. Life
Story of His Saccesses sad His Disgrace
ful Ending.
The End or His Tether.
The "brav' General," Georges Eraest
lean Mar.e Eoulanger, ex-MIntster of
War or France, shot himself through
tho head at Urn sels while stan lng by
tho gfave Of Mino. Bonnemain, ths
noman who had beeh known as his atls
!res"s since tho stirring days of 1888. He
(oil forward on the grave, and wis
.oiind by an attendant; who ru-hed la
Uantly to the spot, quite deaJ. Ths
sab had been fired into the suicide's left
jar, and the re olver was still clinched
in his right band.
.Vme. lionneinaln was the m'stressof
the ho- se in the Rue de Berri, Paris.
whither l.'oulanger resorted so frequent
ly when he was at the top of his power.
Thou:h the place was constantly
wat bed by spies it was from this house
that Boulanger tied to England av.d with
biin went Jlma lionhetnain. She was
his constant companioa in London, In
Brussels and in Jersey, following bis
broken fortunes with the same fatuous
i'-votion which she paid td him ihths
j:ivs of his apparent prosperity. Bet
fortune of 1,500,000 francs was freely
his
Mme. Bonnemain died July 17 last of
consumption, and since then Boulanger
has been in a statt of unbroken melan
choly He frequently visited her grave,
Dver which he caused to be erected an
slaborate tomb. On tha morning of
OEltnUL BOULAKOra
his death the Oners! went as nana! to
the grave. ac ompanied at a respectful
distance by one of the attendants still
attached to his person. Tho attendant
fro i his retreat heard tho General g v
Insr way as usual to lamentations, but
suddenly the?e were interrupted by tho
report of a revolver, and when he
rushed forward he dis-overed his mas
ter's body bathed in blood
The suicide was evidently premedi
tated upon a trn y theatrical scale The
dead man was in lull mil tary dress, and
on his heart were pinned all the medals
he had received from France for bravery
in the field. There was a letter also,
but this was sled by tho authorities,
who dec ared it was of too serious po it
leal import to be made public except
w th the permission of tho French Re
pub, ic.
Brussels Is in a s tate of rx -itement,
and dispatches received from that city
indicate that tne aa e feeling pre ails
in Paris as we I. In the absence of any
Interference (which is iost i n ikely).
Bo .langer will be buried where he fell
by the side of the woman who devoted
her life and her fortunes to him.
Since the third Napoleon took posses
sion of Paris upon that Decen ber night
in 1851 no such attempt has been made,
even in the J-'outh American republics,
to estabi h the' role of the adventurer
as t! at which was put forth by Bon
lander in 1-88.
his e nrts to overthrow the French
republic by means of a coa ition of tbe
Or.'ean'st pretenders and the array
seemed at one time uj.on the very
threshold of sucss By marvel
ous intrigues with all parties ex
cept the representatives of Napoleon
he managed to obtain money and
in!uence enotseh to establish himself
not only with the I ar s rabble bnt with
the clerlcas and peasants throughout
the provinces At the electrons of lfc88
he seemed to be fully justified in issuing
the famo s manifesto in which he de
clared that I ranee con'd now "congrata
late horse f upon having reached the
hour of her deliveranie." And indeed
them were ho ts of intelligent people
throughout the world who had come to
believe that parliamentary government
was Impossible for France.
Boulanger was born at Rennes in
1837. His des ent on tbe maternal side
is Welsh. In 1&55 he entered the mili
tary college of St Cyr and was made
sub-lieutenant in 1857. He sen ed under
Marshal Kanolon in the Kabyle cam
pai 'n He also toon part in the Fran o-i-alian
war, and was wounded at the
battle of Turbigo. In 1M0 be obtained
bis full lientet ancy and two jears la e;
was promoted to a captaincy, bavins in
the interim seen service in Cochin China
Just before the war of 1870 be became
major- Ho was with Bazaine at Met,
but by Eome means esca ed the
fate of Marshal i.aaine's army,
and made his way back to Paris.
He was then promoted to a
lieutenant eolone'ey by the govern
ment of national defense and fought at
Cbamplgny (Nov :iOto Dec -)- After
tbe suppression of the commune Boa
langer's newly attained promotion was
quashed by the grade revision commit
tee, bnt was restored to him in 1874. In
I860 he became brigadier general. Be
ing appointed to thu command of the
army of occupation of Tunis, Uen. Kou
langer had a disagreement with M.
Camleon, the res dent uencra'. and was
recalled. He then held the War Office
appointment of director of the Infantry
division and became Minister of Wat
in 1886.
When M. de 1'reyc'net resigned and
was succeeded by M. Goblet December,
lbbfi.) BoulHiiffer retained his portfolio
bnt on the fall of M. Co let his name
did not appear in tbe cabinet of M.
1 onvier Soon arter this the oenera
was dispa'ched to Clerraont-Ferrend tc
take command of an army corps, re
ceivlng a great ovation at 1 arts on bis
departure. W hen the Limousin scandal
broke upon Paris like a thunder cap
General Boulanger commenteil very
freely upon tho war mini-ter's conduct,
and was immediately ordered undei
close,, arrest for thirty days at his own
headquarters
Tho goverment h?vlng decided in
March. 188 , to cashier the General by
placinz hiss on tbe retired list, he In
augurated a vigorous campaign against
the ministry. Vacancies shortly after
occurred in the representation ot
Boulogne and the Nor.1. Hera he wa?
returned by 5y,500 votes to 3.i,7.u
polled by the Opportunist candi
data. In the Nord his triumph was stil
more remarkable, the number of vote
polled for him being 172,52, against
75.'.t01 for M Foucart and 9.47 for .V
Moreau. This wan on the 1 th of Apri
188 , whi h, in a manifesto he issued t
the e ectors, hj declared would L
narked In ths annals of the country :.
a date of tr e deliverance. SuLs
quently his popularity waned.
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EAKTD IN A TREMBLE.
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BAD
LY DISTURBED.
nutidiaa Tottered1 at St.
Inhabit, of Cltfos of Ii
Illinois Med fltNi Their H
Fear The Shock la
Shakes by a Qssko.
Tfcr.-A i1mrt rnntinnous vibrat'OBS of
an earthquake, osclllat ng from east to
west, were felt one ngnt recently in
(tarts of Illinois, Indiana, iows. Mis
souri, and Kentucky. At St Louis the
-hock was quite severe, sad buildings
were shaken violently. - People wa e
aroused by the d sturbaace and rushed
in terror, half cla'l, to the street It is
aid by many that the shock felt there
was similar to that experienced oa the
night of the memorab'e Charleston dls
aster. Tl 9 shock lasteJ two minutes
Considerable crockery and glasswan
was demolished, and some wooden sta
bles on the outskirts of the city toppled
ever. Buildings facing tbe north and
south were visibly aflVted by the shock
Tbo shock was distinct y felt at In
d anapolls, and while report; as to it:
duration differ tho best information say
it lasted at lca-t eiht seconds
Louisville Ky-, had a good shaking
and, al'hough no serious damage wa
done, It caused cons derable excitsaen
all over the i ity. 'ibe bell in the Citj
Hall tjwer was rnna by the vlbratloa
of the build irig, an I the watcbaan fi
the tower thought his last hour hac
ronv-. At tho Ualt House and otkci
lintole tho-bolls wnrn runs'. WSternit A
ers were overturned in the upper storlSs
and guests came hurrying aown-stair
in a panic, it requiting much persnasioi
to indtue the more timid to re: urn t
their quarters. 8everal drug stores suf
fered a s ight lo-s from broken bottle
ami prematurely mixed drugs.
In tho residence part of the city th
shock caused much a'arm, the peoph
riiwl.inrr Intn thn strAAt. and when th'
shock subsided formed long ranks of ex
tited groups anxiously aiscussmg w
t-pnholii tla nt A M-nrMIIM Of th'
quake. No casualties occurred any
where in tbe city, and no damage or coi
sequence was suffered by buildings. Th
vibrations were from east to west, an
lasted only a ftw seconds.
Threo separate shocks were plalnl
fait t IConkiik. Iowa. Thev foliowe
c oselv upon each other, and the vlbra
tion lasted fully one minute in eacn cast
Tho direction appeared to be frot
southeast to northw-st, and su-peade
electric lights swaved sharply. No dam
ago was done. The shock appears t
have been general throughout Booth
eastern Iowa
At EvansvU'e, Ind.. one prolongec
hock was felt. No damage was done,
but general fright ensued.
BROUGHT DOWN A NICE RAIN
Rain-Makers Bac a Heavy Shower Is Toxa-
wlth bnt Three Shots.
The rain-makers have made their first
experiment at Corpus Christ!, Tex . ano
it was a complete success. Broken,
cumulus clouds had been i oatlng over
head all the morning, and at 6 p. m.
Messrs. Kills. Castor, and Falrchild
t-ntered a carriage and drove out of
town, accompanied by County Engineer
Gunter, who represented the citizens'
committee. The party carried two
boxes in the carriage, containing
two mortars and a doien twenty
nnn nminrt bombs. When the out
skirts of the town were reached the
mortars were unpacked and set upon a
small hilL Ihree rounds were fired,
four shells being exploded at each vol
ley, while broken c ouds were passing
overhead. No rain was falling anywhere
in the vicinity when tbe firing was be
gun, bnt after every report a sharp
shower fe'l, and as the cionds pa-sed
away to tbe southwest tho raiu was
seen to be falling in torrents oer a
limited area. By the time the last shot
was tired the party were drenched and
returned to the hotel. The rain conld
be seen spreading off to the southwest,
and In forty minute, a heavy rain was
failing, which was general ever tbe an
tire city and continued for half an hour.
DEATH IN FLAMES.
Father sad Sob Perish Is Prairie Fire.
George W. John on and bis son, who
lived near Beaver Creek, N. D.. were
burned to death tythe great En mons
County prairie tires. 1 hey bad gone to
put a head fire out, when the huge
flames, leaping high as the house tops,
swept over tb m, leaving burned and
disfigured corpses. Mr Tabor, an
elderly gentleman living near Williams
port, is seriously burned and will
Iirobabiy die 2vo further news can be
earned from the Holland settlement,
thirty-five miles sonth of Wllliamsport
Three men are known to have perished
in that vicinity. The amount of damage
done In the llo'land settlement cannot
be learned, but it is safe to say it wi 1
not be far from S50.C0'. ne man at
Winona, twenty miles from Williams
port, a Mr- 1 ratt, lost forty five steers,
which were o ertaken by tbe firs and
burned to death. Another fire ranged
on ontb Prairie and burned out Messrs.
Fosburg, Maboney, Hesholy, Houstain,
and Paiker.
COLLIDED WITH AN OIL CAR.
Two Railroad Mea Meets Horrible Death
Another Fesrfnl'y Horned.
At Fargo, N. D., an oil car standing
on a sidetrack was set in motion by a
switching train and started on a down
gra e Tbe oil car dashed on and col
lided with the engine of an incoming
6tock train with terrifi" force. In an
instant the oil was ablaze, and the en
gine plowed through the flaming mass
Engineer J. J. Curtis, Fireman i'o'ge,
and Brakeman Benton were Instantly
enveloped in flames. They all three
jnmp'd and tried to smother (ho flames
in the grass Dodgo was literally roast
ed to eath on the spot, while Curtis
died shortly afterward. Benton lost
both eyes ana was otherwise badly
burned.
Odd sad Interesting.
The United States navy has a paper
boat.
The iragazines now In course of pub
lication number 1.778
It is reported that the wool product of
Ohio will amount to 26,000,000 pounds
th s ear.
A fi-;i with two talis is the leading
curiosity at Madison, Ga. It Is alive
and doing well.
A peach grown at Syfvaia, Va ,
we'ghed eighteen ounces and measured
thirteen inche- in Ircumference.
Apkica is now completely encircled by
submarine cables, whi h make up alto
gether a length of 17,coj miles.
The tobacco crop In Cali-ornia prom
ises to be a great success, and the in
dustry will probably become a profitable
one
D f- LrnEBiTz says that coffee acts as
a germicide and destroys the bacilli of
cho'era, anthrax and typhus In a few
hours
Tne 124 safes between New astle
and Fdlnbnrgh which is done wi bout a
stop, is at present the longest run is
Britain.
TiiEitK are two bearing app'o trees la
Indiana County. Pa . that were planted
in 179.'., Oe of them Is ton feet In cir-:umferenL-e
isms, xaroosja
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