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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEiJNESI)AY. NOVEMBER i 189i.
WHOLE NUMBER 1121.
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THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus State Bank
(Oldest Baak la the Saata)
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Pays Merest in Tine Denosits
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Makes Loaos n Real Estate.
IBBUE3 EIGHT DRAFTS ON
Oaaka, CTalcas, Hew Trk aaft all
FereJfjaCeutries.
SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS,
BUYS GOOD NOTES
And Helps lta Customers when they Need Help.
OFFICERS AND DUZCTOIS I
LE&XDKR GERRAKP, President.
1L 11. 1IEN11Y. Vicelreident,
JOHN STAUFFElt, Cashier.
1L BRUGGEU. U. W. HUL8X.
COMMERCIAL BANK,
OF
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Capital of $500,000
Paid in Capital
OFFICERS:
C. H. SHELDON. Pres't.
h. i n. oEHr-Ricn. vice-rrcs't.
G. A. NEW vi AN. Cath'er.
DANIEL BC3UAM. Aea't Cash.
STOCKHOLDERS :
C. II. Sheldon, J. P. Becker,
Herman P. ILOehlrloh, Carl Blenke.
Jonas Welch, W. A Molllinter.
J. Uourv Wurdeman. II. M. Winslow.
George V. Galley, K. C Grey,
Krauk Itoror. Arnold F. H. Oehlrla. ,
iloury Loseke, Gerhard Lostko.
7"llank of deposit ; Interest allowed on time
deposits; buy ana sell exchange rn United
State and Kaiser, and buy nnd soil available
counties. Wo shall be leisod to r.-colve your
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THE JOURNAL
Ae eM of the Median, becsnee it la read by the
feat people, thoee who know what they wast am1
par for what they get We challenge comparison
with any country paper in the world in this re
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nutageaient, and never one dnn to subscriber
pabliahed is Tax Jocbkax This, better than
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THE WORLD'S DOINGS.
Happenings of a Week
in Condensed Form.
A CONSERVATIVE BID.
THE ENGLISH TORY PARTY'S
PROGRAMME.
Mot as Comprehensive a Platform, of
Reform as That or the Liberals, bat
Mora Immediately Practical aad Freer
from Fads.
The council of tbo Conservative National
Union, In England, has in progress an elec
toral programme which promises to outbid
that adopted by the Liberals. A circular
recently Issued by tbo council, directing
tho leaders of the local caucuses, In view of
tbe early general election, to make a spe
cial effort to oppose the Liberal propaganda
elicited appeals from every quarter for an
authoritative platform. Tho Conservative
agents will be sent on a tour of all tho dis
tricts to occupy themselves with a destruc
tive criticism of Liberal projects. Semi
officially it is announced that the platform
of the Conservatives will declare a cessation
of special Irish legislation with the adop
tion of a local government bill, and the
concentration of the attention of Parlia
ment on British affairs; the extension of
popular local government, the allotment of
small holdings for laborers, legislation for
the arbitration of strikes, the lowest possi
ble taxation on tea, coffee and cocoa, a re
duction of the duty on tobacco, vesting the
power of licensing in county councils with
a provision for the compensation of publi
cans deprived of licenses and the Introduc
tion of a bill providing for insurance against
old ago. There will, of course, be tho
principles of opposition to church disestab
lishment, the maintenance of denomina
tional schools, tho preservation of the
peers' privileges and the rejection of local
option in the matter of the eight-hour day.
Tho platform does not give tho electors a
comprehensive prospect of reform equal to
that of the Liberals, but it is freer from
fads and more immediately practical.
LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
A Boiler Explosion la Louisville Causes
tireat Damage.
As a result of a boiler explosion In tho
heart of Louisville, one man was killed,
several persons painfully Injured and
nearly 8500,000 worth of property de
stroyed. Tho boiler was in tho electric
light plant of tho Louisville Gas Company.
Tho shock was like an earthquake. Fire
man Adams, who was in the boiler room.
Was fatally Injured. A mass of iron and
hot coals was thrown across tbe alley into
the rear of Kaufman & Strauss large .dry
goods store. Half a dozen clerks who were
in the rear of tho store were painfully In
jured, and In a moment the whole building
was In flames. The Ore department was
quickly at work, and by most strenuous ef
forts succeeded in saving tho adjoining"
buildings.
Through a Sea or Flame.
Wlllard Bone, who has just arrived from
the western part of Kansas, reports terrific
prairie fires in Gray and Ford Counties.
For miles the Sante Fe train, on which he
was a passenger, traveled through a sea of
flames, with every window nnd ventilator
battened down. From the train, he asserts,
could be seen burning farm buildings and
stacks of hay and grain, and tho people
and stock fleeing before the flames. Bono
fears that there must have been a number
of human lives and many head of stock
lost in the vicinity of Beaumont, Butler
County. Thousand of acres of grazing land
were burned over, fences destroyed and
stock burned or scattered in all directions.
Against the Women.
The Illinois Supremo Court lias decided
adversely to the Chicago ladles in tho wo
man suffrage case. A motion for lcavo to
file a petition for mandamus was denied on
the ground that the petition sought to be
filed was uncertain and did not contain al
legations sufficient to warrant tho issuance
of a writ as asked. The decision docs not
touch the question of tho constitutionality
of the recent state law.
Tennessee Convicts Released.
One hundred and fifty convicts have been
released at Briccvlilc, Tenn., and the im
mense stockade has been burned. A battle
bas taken place between the guards and
tbe miners. Three thousand miners sur
rounded tbe stockade and the guards gave
tip the convicts, who were furnished citi
tens' clothes, and the stockade was burned.
Will Vet Let Oat the Secret.
Dr. Eeeley flatly refuses to make public
bis cure for drunkenness. lie says that at
first ho expected to make it public, but on
reflection and after learning the result ol
the publication of Koch's remedy, he con
cluded to keep tbe matter secret, at least
for tbe present.
Religions Intolereace la Persia.
Advices received from Persia describe the
cruel persecutions of the Babl sect, which
the government is trying to exterminate.
Seven of tbe sect were strangled and be
headed and in addition numbers are rot
ting in prison.
Desperate Attempt at Salclde.
At Fostoria, Ohio. Ralph Cunningham,
son of a prominent business man, crawled
into the red-hot furnace of the spoke fac
tory of which his father is part owner. Tbe
engineer pulled him out, but not until
bis body aad head had been almost roasted,
lie will die. Poor health caused tho deed.
The Dast Kxpleded.
Edward AVcilen and Henry Kosher en
tered tbe dust room of Chester & Keller
Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, with a
torch. The dust immediately ignited and
a terrific explosion followed, fatally burn
ing the two men. Three men who rushed
in to rescue them were painfully injured.
The Tlfden Will Void.
The New York Court of Appeals rendered
a decision in the case of George II. Tilden
vs. Andrew II. Green and others, as execu
tors, etc, appellants, and Laura B. Hazard
ct Jil., respondents, affirfhing the judgment.
This Tenders the TUden trust void and is in
favor of tbe heirs.
Throwing Bombs In Ireland.
A bomb was thrown at tho office of the
National fresx, McCartbylto organ, Dublin,
but feU into tbe area way, breaking windows
and badly damaging the editorial rooms.
No one was injured. The noise of tbe ex
plosion was beard two miles away.
The Floods la Spain.
Reports from all parts of Spain say the
floods continue in all directions. Telegraph
communication with Paris is interrupted,
fho -railroad tunnel between Vilches and
Santa Olena was undermined by tbo flood
and collapsed.
Cavalry em the Strip.
Four detachments of cavalry have been
aent out, over the Cherokee strip to eject
tbe boomers and confiscate the cattle. A
toon as the strip is cleared they will go into
Tlatar quarters ana keep It clear. " "
War Until Exterminated.
White residents of Tanna Island, in the
New Hebrides group, are leaving until the
tribal war is settled. They do not think
tbe trouble will end until one party of the
natives exterminates the other.
An Karthqaake In Japan.
A severe shock of earthquake was ex
perienced at Osaka, a populous island near
Japan, and tbe destruction of both life and
property was very treat. So severe was tbe
shock that a numbe r of bouses were thrown
to the ground and 'tunny occupants caught
in the falling walls and crushed to death.
A large number of persons succeeded in es
caping from tbeir homes, oniy to meet
death In the streets. It is known that in
Osaka alone tbe death list contains the
names of 300 residents of that city.
GREEN GOODS DEALERS
Detectives Make a Rick Haul With a
" Hew- fork City Gang.
The New Vork City detectives bavo Just
Uhcarthed the headquarters of a "green
goods" business, together with a cipher
code, books of reference, lists of names and
some 6,000 letters received from people in
every state in the union. They have also
arrested Frank Brooks and Tcrrcneo Mur
phy, head operators In tbe business. They
also learned that tbe combination had just
sent out $50,000 circulars and letters, pre
paratory to the winter's work. Inspector
Byrnes bas the names of people to whom
the circulars were addressed and will look
after further correspondence in his own
way. Among the many letters seized is one
from Superintendent Reld, of the "Home
Stock Farm," Alpine, Ind. He incloses 850,
for which he is to receive $550 in green
goods. He asks that they be expressed to
him at Connorsvllle, and naively say.t: "I
presume it wouldn't bo wise to attempt to
pass them on the banks. United States
Treasurer Huston lives at Connorsvllle. He
recently resigned, you are aware, but he
would be apt to be very shrewd and well
posted, would he not?"
MASSACRED IN ALASKA.
A Ship's Crew Murdered toy the Indig
nant Natives.
Louis Duffy, a fireman onboard the steam
whaler Grampus, arrived at San Francisco
from Oonaloska on tho Mohican, and brings
a confirmation of the news that the Gram
pus crew was massacred by the natives.
Duffy says be deserted the Grampus at
Port Clearance last July,' on account of ill
treatment. Duffy spent nine months
among the natives at Cape Prince of Wales,
and says that threo natives from Point
Barrow related bow the ccw of the Gram
pus abused the native women wbilo tbe
ship was fast in tho ice at the mouth of the
Mackenzie River. The husbands and friends
of the women attacked the ship, killing all
but a few on board, and took complete pos
session of the vessel.
Direct Three Great Heats.
A match race between Direct and Hal
Pointer was made at Columbia, Tenn. Tho
heats were three In number and each re
sult was a victory for Direct. Gccrs urged
Pointer to bis utmost, and once to such an
extent that he went under the wire off bis
feet. The heats were almost identical.
The two would get off together. Direct al
most immediately taking the lend, and they
would travel together at a terrific pace to
the stretch. Tbcro Geers braced himself
for a finish on the stretch, and would crowd
the leader, even coming to Direct 's throat
latch. Then Starr would let the whip fall
and with a mighty burst the Callfornian
would go under the wire a winner. The
time. 2:08, 2:08 and 2:08?f. was phenome
nal for a new track, although it is kite
shaped and down bill all the way.
Bismarck Will Enter Parliament.
It is now definitely determined that
Prince Bismarck will again make his ap
pearance in parliament. He has been in
communication withe the leaders of tho
Covservativcs and of the Reich party in re
gard to concerted action against both the
internal and external policy of the govern
ment. Bismarck's attitude toward the
commercial treaties and upon labor ques
tions has long been known. His announced
opposition to tbo government's policy in
these matters occasions no surprise. The
indication of his intention to challenge tho
government's foreign policy and even to go
to tbe length of revealing tho secrets be
tween himself and the emperor has alarmed
both bis friends and tbe government circle.
The Record of Failures.
The report of the general business of tbe
country to the commercial agencies is an
encouraging one for last week. The busi
ness failures occurring throughout the
country for the last seven days number for
the United States 07 and for Canada forty
two, or a total of 24i, as compared with a
total of 259 last week and U1Q the week
previous to the last. For the correspond
ing week of last year tbe figures were 225,
representing 203 failures in the United
States and twenty-two in tbe Dominion of
Canada.
Great Dpnger from Fires.
The' forest fires along the Evansvillc &
St. Louis as well as along the Evansvillc
Indianapolis railroads in Indiana, are still
raging and thousands of doUars worth of
property is being destroyed'. At English,
Pigeon and Mackey stations the citizens are
terror-stricken and making fire-guards to
save the towns. Trains are forced to go
through clouds of sparks and smoke. There
is great loss to lumber and grain. Nothing
but heavy rains can check the fires.
Down on the Rothschilds.
The Russian police havo given notice to
bankers that no dealings with or through
tbe house of Rothschilds will be permitted
in Russia. Bankers corresponding with the
Rothschilds in Paris, London or elsewhere,
must seek new correspondents. The Rus
sian government is said to feel deeply irri
tated at the Rothschilds on account of tbeir
opposition to the recent loan, which was
successfully negotiated without their as
sistance. Stay Desert the Knights.
The annual convention of the national
trade district No. 2t, K. of L., composed
of the surface employes from the different
sections of the country, is being held in
New York. Some of the delegates want to
withdraw from the K. of L. and join the
Federation of Labor. If they carry their
point this will result In the desertion from
tbe Knights of 20,000 men.
Politics MlxedWIth Blood.
A terrible encounter occurred at a Farm
ers' Alliance meeting at Bucksport, Ark.
In the quarrel between tbe spectators,
rifles, shotguns and pistols were used with
deadly effect. Five were killed and several
slightly wounded. PoUrjca was tbe sole
cause of the troubu.
Davis Will Case Postponed.
Judge McHatton, of Helena, Mont, has
denied the motion of the contestants for an
'immediate trial of the Davis will case, and
set tbe date for April 18, 1802. Tbe first
trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury.
Prisoners Tnnnel Oat.
Three prisoners escaped from the Michi
gan State Prison by means of a tunnel
thirty feet long running from the iron shop
to a point outside tbe north wall.
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NEW YOHK PRODUCE.
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A STEAMBOAT BURNED.
A Mississippi River Boat Darned with m
Number of Its Passengers.
By the burning of the Mississippi River
steamer, Oliver Birne, at Millikcn'a Bend
landing, thirteen lives are known to have
been lost, and il is feared more. It had
quite a number of cauiH jJasseiigers and
fcvcrifld ' 'deckles," wbilo men en route to
various levee works. There was a lot of
cotton to be loaded at the landing and the
mate had trouble with the roustabouts and
a number of them quit work, after which
the mato hired white men. This enraged
the negroes, who made open threats against
the mate and the boat. At an early hour
in the morning the cotton In the deck roont
was found on Are, and in a short tltne the
entire boat was a Mass of nahics: The
passengers were aroused and everything
possible done to avert loss of life, but thir
teen persons are known to have perished,
and It is feared several of the unknown
deck passengers lost their lives. Most of
those rescued bad to Jump into tbe river,
where they were picked up by a yawl. The
fire spread with such rapidity that they
could get off the boat no other way. The
passengers lost everything.
Alt OCTOBER CVCLONE.
A Twister Fell Upon Conneaat. la North'
era Ohio, and Does Great Damage.
A cyclone swept through Conneaiit, Ohio,
damaging property to the extent of about
?5,0C0. It came off tho lake from tbe
northwest consisting of hall and wind, aud
cut a swath between 300 ana 500 feet wide.
The wind first struck a buildiug north of the
Lake Shore depot, tearing it to pieces and
next taok some of the roof off the depot
From there it jumped to the Record Manu
facturing Company, near Broad Street,
blowing the roof off the buildings and dam
aging property to a considerable extent
At the Record Company's works it damaged
the building over 825,000. Pond's planing
mill, standing near by, bad the smoke stacks
blown down and damage to the extent of
$10,000 done. From there the cyclono
crossed the Nickel Plate tracks, blowing
down the telegraph poles, and struck We
dons & Babbitt's opera bouse, tearing off
tbo roof and damaging a number of dwell
ing bouses. Tho ground was covered with
tin roofs and other parts of buildings. The
storm seemed to riso as it passed the east
ern, part of the city.
Defeated tho Statute.
In August tho Indiana Board of Tax
Commissioners, created by tbo last Legisla
ture, fined Philip C. Decker, acting Presi
dent of the German Bank of Evansville,
$500 for refusing to give tho names of Indi
vidual depositors and their accounts. He
instituted habeas corpus proceeding, and
Judge Taylor, before whom tbe case was
argued, rendered a voluminous opinion in
which be holds that the section giving the
tax board a right to fine and imprison for
contempt is unconstitutional and void.
Roasted the Negro.
A negro, Leo Green, who murdered the
wifo and children of a farmer near Queen
City, Tex., met a horrible fate. He was
taken from jail and carried to the sceno of
the tragedy, and then, after a large crowd
of neighbors bad gathered, was chained to
a tree. Forty-six negro men piled fagots
about him, an old negrcss set fire to tbe
wood and bo was roasted to death.
A Collision in Minnesota.
A rear end collision occurred at Thomp
son Station, eight miles west of Glen wood,
Minn., between tho regular west-bound
freight and an extra following. The regu
lar train was switching at the time the acci
dent occurred. Tho extra came at full
speed, completely telescoping the caboose
of the regular, killing five persons and seri
ously wounding seven others.
Storms In Spain.
Thc terrible stcrms which bave prevailed
in Spain show no signs of abatement Tbo
rivers throughout the country are rising
steadily and rapidly. The leaning tower at
Saragoosa. which leans about nine feet out
of the perpendicular, has been undermined
and threatens to totally collapse. At Ger
una tho streets are Impassable except for
boats.
Cotton Burned In Missouri.'
A fire which broke out among tho cotton
on tbe transfer platform of the Cotton Belt
road at Bird's Point Mo., consumed the
adjoining buildings and seventy-four
freight cars, forty-two of which were load
ed; also 250 bales of stored cotton. Tho
(oss is estimated at $150,000.
Claims It a Success.
A letter from Mr. Ellis in Texas, who is
with the government rainmaking party,
says the experiments have demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the party that rain in
useful quantities can be produced artific
llly and at a trifling cost compared wltb
the resulting benefits.
Clever Train Robbery.
While the central branch of the Union
Pacific train was lying at Leonora, Kan., at
an early hour in the morning the express
messenger went out to help in switching.
After the train pulled out he discovered
that somebody had gotten away with his
safe, which contained a large amount of
money.
Storms la Southern France.
Heavy storms accompanied by lightning
have renewed their violence in the south
ern department of Franco and an enormous
amount of damage has been done farms,
live stock and fruit trees throughout tho
country in and about Cerdagne.
Want the Sulllvaa-Slavln Fight.
President Noel of the Olympic club, New
Orleans, bas telegraphed Sullivan's agents
in New York offering $25,000 for a Sulilvan
Siavin contest for March; also a solid gold
pitcher emblematic of the world's cham
pionship. Troubles of Miners.
1'nc operators of Pennsylvania coal mines
threaten to fill the places of striking min
ers with imported foreigners. Trouble, in
consequence, is feared. All the miners
have been called out.
Texas Negroes Not Suited.
Tne negroes of Baxter and Grimes Coun
ties, Texas, have served notice on the
whites that things are not being run to suit
them and they desire a change. Trouble is
feared.
An Example for the Aristocracy.
The German Emperor has purchased two
workingmen's houses intending to present
them to deserving men. This action has
stimulated the aristocrats to follow the ex
ample. More Land for Homes.
The decision of the interior department
in the contest between the Manitoba road
and the Hastings & Dakota will throw open
to settlement probably 60,000 acres.
.Thrown Off aa Enbaakment.
a passenger train near Lyons, France,
was thrown off a forty foot enbankraeut
and a dozen cars were smashed. Fifteen
persons were killed and flfty Injured.
John Dillon Injured.
obhn Dillon was stoned while passing
through tbe streets of Cork, and one man
struck him a heavy blow on tee leg wltb a
sticlc'badly injuring him.
Deceived by a Mlraso. ,.
An American vessel was wrecked on an
island in the Caribbean Sea, a mirage hav
ing caused tho island to appear as though
twenty miles away.
Thirty Perished.
Advlces'from Tunis show that thirty na
tives were buried by tho collapse of the
walls undermined by the recent floods and
all perished. .
TERRIBLY IN EARNEST.
THE
GOVERNMENT AFTER THE
LOTTERY MEN.
United states Oncers at Sleu Falls Say
t .Indicted LeaUlaii Loiter? Owelais
Will Be Prosecuted on Each of ike
Eighteen Counts.
The United States officors at Sioux
Falls are no longer reticent about the
facts connected with the indictments
found against the officers of tho Louis
iana Lottery Company. The fixing of
the bonds at 52,003 each is considered
exceptionally small for men of the re
puted wealth Of thd parties Indicted.
District Attorney Sterling, who has
charge of tho prosecution of the lottery
people, said in an interview: "The gov
ernment is determined to prosecute the
lottery company until it secures convic
tion or an acquittal upon every ono of
the eighteen counts in each of the in
dictments. I can say that the United
States is terribly in earnest about tho
matter, and if a conviction cannot bo
secured the Louisiana Lottery will bo
worn with trials. They will have to
keep a special train on tho go constant
ly tonswerto the arraignments. South
Dakota is not the only place where in
dictments can be secured; There Is
ample evidence to secure their attend
ance in all of the United States courts
of the country, and I presume that un
less they stop using the mails they will
find themselves in a sorry pickle."
Hunting a Forger.
Repbeskxtatixes of the Fidelity
Loan and Trust Company of Sioux City
are trying to find W. A. Miller, who is
supposed to live in Sioux Fails. Ihey
want to see him 5300 worth. About the
middle of September the Canton agent
of tho Fidelity Loan and Trust Com
pany received a letter from V. A. Mil
ler, of Sioux Falls, who said he owned a
farm near Canton and wanted to borrow
SSCO upon it. The letter was written
upon a piece of paper from which tbe
heading had been torn otT. Miller went
to Canton, the records were looked up,
the title stood in Miller's name, Albright
& Miller, and the agent went to see It.
It was worth S8,000 and was clear and
tho $bOU loan was sent to Miller at Sioux
Falls. The draft was sent September
19. A few days ago it was learned that
tho farm was owned by a man in Clay
ton county and the deed transferring it
to Miller was forged by Miller. Tho
paper was properly attested by "J. O.
Nelson, Notary Public," at Sioux Falls.
There is no such notary there. Tho
papers were also attested in Clayton
county by a notary who does not exist.
The truth then dawned upon the Fidel
ity people Miller had made a couple
of seals, forged tho deed, attested them
with the bogus seals, raised the money
upon the land aud skipped.
Judge Halght Confesses to Perjury.
Oxe of those rare and intensely inter
esting dramatic scenes of real life oc
curred in tho United States District
Court at Sioux Fails during the progress
of the trial of Jacob F. llaigbt. County
Judge of Hyde County, on tho charge of
perjury. The trial was progressing
into its second day, and each inch had
been fought stubbornly by Haight's at
torney. An hour after the court opened
Haight, who was sitting immediately
back of his attorney, aroso and
addressed the court as follows:
"Your honor, I wish to change my
plea from not guilty to guilty. More
over, 1 desire to say that I was down in
the State of Iowa at Tipton, and when
a boy ran away to join the army. For
four years I faced the bullets of the
rebels, and for seven months I lay
starving in the southern prisons, and
now at my age of life I find myself
guilty of a most culpable act of perjury.
I can't explain why I did it That I did
do it is certain, and with my gray hairs
1 plead for the leniency of the court"
There was a bush while the prisoner
was speaking and the jury seemed visi
bly impressed with the pleading of tbe
veteran.
Cheap Money for Fanners.
Thebk is at present in the school
fund of South Dakota the sum
of 8233,867.24, which tho farmers
can borrow on real estate security
at 6 per cent, interest. This money can
be procured by the counties and loaned
to the farmers, but of all only one
county has made application for some
of it to loan, and that one for the sum
of S2,5C0. The state requires the county
to be responsible for both the principal
and interest, and they do not seem to
be anxious about it Two hundred
thousand dollars will be added to the
fund in December.
Six Hundred Dollars Damages.
In the case of Felix Poznansky vs. the
Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad,
which was tried at Sturgis, the jury
brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for
SGOO for injury sustained. Mr. Poznan
sky sued the company for $30,000 dam
ages for an injury received to one of his
feet while a passenger on the road about
two years ago.
Prairie Fire Near Yankton.
A PRAiniE fire north of Yankton con
sumed 100 tons of hay for Felix Dilgcr,
100 tons for George Mint and T. Col
burn, and smaller quantities for several
others. The territory burned over was
two miles long and half a mile wide,
and the fire is supposed to havo been
started by some Russians.
Horribly Mangled.
T. P. Kaylob was instantly killed
while hauling wood from a canyon near
Tilford, S. D. Kaylor was coming
down a steep incline with the wagon
wheels locked when tho chain broke.
Kaylor jumped and was caught in the
running gears and horribly mangied.
The Auditor Was Right.
The Masonic Aid Association was re
fused a certificate to do business in
South Dakota without the payment of
fees or taxes. An appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court which has just de
cided that the Auditor was right.
For Net Attending the Institute.
The county superintendent of schools
of Potter county revoked a teacher's
certificate for not attending a teacher's
institute, and the case has been ap
pealed to tho state superintendent
A Dangerous Plavthlng.
Henry LuEcns and wife, of Cort
land, went to church and left a little 5-year-old
daughter at home. She played
with a revolver and shot and killed her
self. TroSts or the Mines.
Tse Deadwood Terra Mine has paid
its owners to date, 81,030,000; the Father
De Smet, 81,125,000; the Homestake,
84,731,000, and others smaller amounts.
Rustling for Doadweoers HotoTu
The projectors of ladwood's' big
hotel are hustling for cash to complete j
the building-. '
To'Bo RtngodaTcaster City.
Ben Lehman, the murderer of OfJcer
Burns, will be hanged at Custer City
November 4. - "' v-
Eloped With His Wire's Sister.
Aberdeen has an elopement case" on
hand which is creating much talk', as
the parties have previously had a' goto
reputation and had many trionds. J. C
McCutchcon, a married man about 4(
years of age, ran away with his wlfe't
sister, a Miss Case, and the guilty pair
are cither now In Northern North Da
kota or Manitoba. Miss Case lived in
McCUtcheon'S household and the elope
ment tdok place while Mrs. McCUtch
ctfh was visiting relatives in Minneapolis.
Burglars at Artesian
Burglars made a general raid at
Artesian the other night. They broke
into Vandevort & Dil ley's store and so
cured about 8175 in cash and somo
neckties and silk handkerchiefs. At F.
E. Hayter's hardwaro store they ob
tained some cash, four revolvers, am
munition and pocketknives. The
thieves failed lit their attempt to get
into the safe iti the office of Thcisen &
Hagol, farm implement dealer but the
safo was nearly ruined.
. Still Spousing Coal.
Tns Springfield artesian spoutcr is
still belching forth large quantities of
coal.
One Prisoner In Pierre.
Only ono prisoner is confined in the
county jail at Pierre.
Wolves Preying on Stoea.
Wolves arc preying on stock along
the Cheyenne River.
FIRES ALdNd THE LOUP.
Started by a Boy Out or Puie Cussedness
nnd Doing Grrat Damage.
A damaging prairie firo has been
burning in the hills between the Middlo
and North Loup Rivers for several
days and the heavy winds at last re
ports were driving the flames into the
valleys. As yet no loss has been re
ported except the destruction of fall aud
winter ranges, which were exceptionally
good this fall. Thousands of acres have
been burned over already, and the lire
is still beyond control. A boy of about
14, styling himself "Jesse James," and
tramping his way back to Missouri from
the lilack Hills, was taken in by the
gonial host of the Deming House, L. II.
Harris, aud by him fed and given em
ployment, and it is stated upon good
authority that the vagabond is respon
sible for the firo, having out of pure
cussedness started the fire in the hills
while freighting through with a load of
coal. The county spent about S500 try
ins to convict one of tiicsc lirebtif's at
the last term of court and would havo
considered the money well spent had it
but intimidated the firo fiends, who have
succeeded regularly in burning this sec
tion of the state over every season.
Lively Times Out la Bovd.
They havo some lively times out in
the new county of Boyd. Tho other
day W. J. Fairbanks, a farmer, went to
W. R. Birder's hardware store in Butte
City, and wanted the money roturned
for a bill of lumber purchased by his
son. The merchant refused and the
farmer tried to enforce his demands
with a revolver, which was taken away
from him after several shots had been
fired. The farmer then returned to his
wagon and procured a shotgun. He
returned to the store, broko all the show
cases and the glass front, then tried to
shoot a clerk, who disarmed the irate
farmer. No one was injured and no ar
rests were made.
Narrow Escape Front a Wreck.
Near Haveiock, Neb., trackmen of
the Burlington & Missouri found ten
spikes driven in tho ties inside the rails
in such a manner that the spikes were
on a level with the rails and would have
thrown a train into tho ditch. They
were removed just before the morning
passenger train passed, and John
Andres, a lad of 14, who belonged to an
emigrant outfit that had passed the
night near the place, was arrested for
the crime. He was taken to Lincoln,
and owing to his extreme youthfulncss
and ignorance was allowed to go free
with a reprimand from the judge.
Cost of Elections.
The largely increased expense of an
election under the Australian system
lias been noted by Nebraskans. In
Omaha it will cost for judges and clerks
alone over 83,600. The printing of
tickets and stationery will cost probably
$5,000 moro and the booths for the city
and county are to involve an outlay
something near 825,000 to say nothing
of furniture. It is very safe to assume
that the election next month will cost
Douglas county and Omaha not far from
810,000. The expense appears great by
comparison, for heretofore it has not
been to exceed 810.000.
Died ot Fright.
A number of Sioux Indians were in
Chadron last week trading, among them
a beautiful Indian maiden of 17. Her
native curiosity led her to look into the
window of John Larkin's restaurant,
where "Calamity Hank," a broken-down
gambler, was eating a lunch. Hank
turned upon her as a joke, raised his
arms and with a terrible yell started
towards the girl. She turned pale, and
with a moan dropped on the pavement
unconscious. She was taken to her par
ents tepee, where she died at 2 o'clock,
literally scared to death.
Husband Acquitted, Wire Guilty.
The Dreessen murder trial was com
pleted at Valentine. Drecscn was ac
quitted, but his wife was found guilty
of manslaughter. They were tried for
the murder of their 12-year-old son, who
died in December, 1890, under suspi
cious circumstances. The boy's body
was exhumed three months after burial,
when it was found that his neck was
broken and the body covered with scars
and bruises.
Gradually Turning White.
A freak has been discovered in Lin
coln in the shape of a colored girl who
is gradually turning whito. Her name
is Cora Stafford. It has been discovered
that for tho past six months her skin
has been turning from black to white,
commencing at the foot. The cntiro
limb is now white. The physicians of
tho city are greatly interested in the
case.
Firm la tho Fright Theory.
The coroner's jury is still investigat
ing the lynching of the negro rapist at
Omaha. Dr. Allison, the deputy coro
ner, who made the autopsy, is still firm
in his statement that the negro's death
resulted from fright in face of the facts
that there wero sixteen wounds on his
head and his backbone was broken in
three places.
Farm Mortgages Released.
The exact amount of farm mortgages
released in Nebraska in the sixteen
weeks commencing June 1 and ending
October 1 is 83,843,701.43. These are
the figures from the reeords of county
clerks and registers certified to: and
sent under seal to Deputy Labor Com
missioner Ludden.
The Short Line's New Name.
The Sionx City, O'Neill & Western U
the name selected for tho new company
that will reorganize the Pacific Short
Line. Tbe company will be incorpor
ated at Lincoln within a few days, and
will take eharge"of the property Nov. '.
Head Blown Off by Gasoline.
Br the explosion of a gasoline stove,
"bn which she was preparing dinner,
'Mrs. Carey, of Clarcmont, had her head
blown from her body.
(JIG BATCH OF PASTE.
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TWO THOUSAND TONS Oft
FLOUR IN THE SEA.
ASehemoofthe Patent Medicine People,
Canadian Pnssled Over the Question
f Pauper lammstgraats Desperate Duel
OteraGtrf.
Flonf shippers throughout the West
wore greatly worried when they learned
that tho steamer Conematlgh had gone;
o the bottom of Detroit River, the re
ult of a collision with tho steamer New
York, of tho Union Line.
J. C Evans, agent of tho Anchor
Lino, stated that the Conemaugh had
an board about 1,000 tons of flour from
Chicago, 900 tons from Milwaukee, and
about 400 tons of general freight. Turn
ing to the steamer's manifest, it seemed
as if about every shipper was repre
sented on tho fourteen pages of finely
written copy paper. Among tho Chi
cago firms having l'our on the sunken
boat, the Star and Crescent Mills
were the most important They
hal 1,550 sacks and twenty-five
barrels. Tho balance of tho cargo
iras shipped from the following points:
Alton, 300 barrels; La Crosso, 150 bar
rels; Hannibal, 250 sacks: St Louis, 885
sacks. 150 barrels; Winona, 200 ?acks;
Peoria, 1.470 sacks; Burlington, 455
sacks; Minneapolis. 1,825 sacks; Qulncy,
4,400 sacks. All tho Hour in sacks was
fof export, the sacks weighing 140 and
280'ounds. In addition to this there
were 800 pigs of lead, 400 sacks of bran,
ti22 sacks or oilcake. Milwaukee's part
of tho cargo was evon moro varied than
that shipped from Chicago. Mr. Evans
estimated tho valuo of the cargo at
close to 8100,000. It is believed to bo
fully covered by insuranco, but it is pos
sible that some among so many shippers
might have overlooked tho Item of in
suring their flour. This is Captain
Vaughn's first season as master of the
New York. He is considered a careful
and skillful navigator.
SOMETHING LIKE A TRPST.
Wholesale Druggists Devise Means to Keep
Up Prices on Patent Mrdlclnefl.
The National Wholesale Druggists'
Association at its meeting at Louisillo,
Ky., adopted a resolution calling upon
Congress to pass a law "to protect tho
public from unscrupulous imitations and
counterfeits of foods and medical prep
arations fold under tradn mark."
The resolution is preceded by tho
statement under a decision by Justico
Brewer, of the United States Supremo
Court, that tho present law to punish
counterfeits of trade marks is inoper
ative and valueless.
The "substitute evil" was further dis
cussed during tho day, and resolutions
adopted to provide against It Tho reso
lutions recommend that proprietary
medicines bo sold under eight condi
tions. These aro in substance that own
ers of proprietary medicines sell only to
druggists, wholesalo dealers in proprie
tary medicines, and established agen
cies; wholesa'c dealers and agencies not
to supply dealers on the cut o!T list ex
cept at full retail prices; retail dealers
agree to sell all contract or rebate
articles, and further agree not to
substitute another articlo for any
article requested if such article is on
the contract or rebate plan, nor deliver
such goods to any dealer on the cut-off
list excepting at full retail prices.
Names of all drnggists who do not com
ply with these conditions will bo p'aced
on tho cut-off list No manufacturer or
wholesale druggist shall supply cut-oil
dealers except at full -retail prices. AH
manufacturers and dealers shall refuse
to sell to commission merchants, brokers,
or other agents on tho contract plan ex
cept for export Manufacturers and
wholesalers agree not to sell, except at
full prices, to any retailer who will not
agree to sell at full retail prices. AH
dealers who violate tho agreement will
be p'aced on the cut-off list
CANT KEEP OUT PAUPERS.
Canada Unable to Stop the Stream of
Destitute Immigrants.
It will be remembered that the Cana
dian Minister of Agriculture took tho
first steps toward prohibiting the Immi
gration of pauper Russian-Jews by re
questing the signature of tho Governor
General to a proclamation carrying into
effect that clause of the immigration act
which prohibits the landing of destitute
immigrants.
The Minister of Justice, however, saw
'possiblo danger ahead, and requested
that no action be taken until it was
learned what decision tho United States
courts had rendered with regard to a
case then before them as to tho defini
tion of the pauper immigrant Sir John
Thompson, Minister of Justice, it is un
derstood, held that to establish tho fact
of an immigrant being a pauper it would
first ba necessary for him to beg, and to
do that he would have to land.
The matter still remains in abeyance
as regards the landing of pauper Jews
in Canada, and it is doubtful whether,
In view of the recent decision of tho
United States Courts, any further action
will be taken under the present statute.
In well-informed legal circles it is con
tended that further legislation of thj
Dominion Parliament will bo necessary
before any prohibitory steps will be at
tempted to prevent these Russian refu
gees landing in Canada.
Resisted the Printers Demands.
The United Typothofcc of America, In
cession at Cincinnati, approved the ac
tion of the Pittsb trg Typothet e In re
sisting the recent demands made by tho
Typographical Union of that city aud
pledged them hearty support in every
practical form. This action possibly In
volves a spreai of the trouble now ex
isting in Pittsburg and other cities.
The Typothctc of America selected
Toronto as the place for the next meet
ing to be held in August, 1S92. Officers
were elected as follows: President, W.
O. Shepherd, Toronto; Secretary, Everett
Waddy, Richmond, Va.; Treasurer,
Chares Buss, Cincinnati; Executive
Comnvttce. Amo; rcttibone. Chicago;
Theodore L. DeVInne, New York; C. S.
Moorehousc, New Haven: W. U. Wood
ward, St Louis; William H. Bates
Memphis; A. M. Gceseman, Minneapolis;
N. S. Fish, Indianapolis.
Stole Two Mall Fonche.
At Little Rock, Ark., two mail pouch
es containing a number of registered
packages and several hundred letters
were stolen from a mail car of tho Little
Rock and Memphis Railroad. The theft
was so cleverly perpetrated that it was
not discovered until several hours later.
Detectives started o- n search, and ono
of them discove.-' ' 'eorge Woods, a
well-known crook, in the suburbs, leis
urely opening letters f !o wa placed
ander arrest It is believed he hal an
accomplice.
Fought O'er a Mountain Maid.
Tom Greene and Joe Gordon, well
known and wealthy youths of Hancock
County. Tenn., met at a speaking. They
had b: en bitter enemies for months, on
account of both raying suit to a fair
mountain maid. A cold salutation
merged into a hot discussion, which led
up to a duel. This resulted in the im
mediate death of Gordon and tho fatal
wounding of Greene. Both men are
highly connected, and all Hamock is
agitated enough to take positive sides
in the matter.
Two Marble Companies to Be United.
Rutland's two great marble concerns,
the Vermont Marble Company and the
Sheldon Marb'e Company, are to be
tfnited.' ,
fu ANDERSON, Prest.
4. B. GALLEY, Xlm Prta.
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JACOB QUEI8EN, HENRY X4GATJ
JORN J. tTJLLIVAM.
First National Bank,
Columbus, Neb.
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Pee from U. S. Treasury.. 675.08
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