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GMamte 5r if. ' -1 fa-3i.a. . -r K I '..' -." 3.. -V & " ' ff- V J"t- ' ?ajg v I .- s S:" . - ' VOLUME XML-NUMBER 46. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1892, WHOLE NUMBER 1,138. MM. .- - . '- iv - - - - ' ' - - it- -. - -:. ;-. -.- - , .: -. v -- i.i o - - --. iti: . : . - - -1 . jr SVvi. f 4 THOLDBLIABL ' i Columbus State Bani . ' (Oldart Biak In U State) -?'i . ajasnaaaa "Pys Interest onTime Deposits AND . . Hates Loans n Heal Estate. ISSUES BIGHT DBAFT8 ON Osaka, Ckioa,s, New Trk Forelga Cowttriea. u4H -SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKET ; BUYS GOOD NOTES In 1 Uclnt 1:b Casioaurs when they Meed Help OFFICIOS AND DIRECTOR! I LE.tXDr.K GERHARD, Tresldint. R. 1L IIKNUY. Vlco-Presldent, JOHN STAUFF ER. Ceahler. 11. BRUGQElt G. W. HULST. Wmhl BANK, OF I .vCOX.UBUS. NEB. HAS AN liitH Capital of $590,000 Fri ii Capita 90,000 OFFICERS t o. n. srrnLDo:. rros't. II. l II. OEHI.BICH, VJce-Prcl'fc. C. A. NEW u AN. Cash'ar. DANIEL SCHRAU. All't Caah. STOCKHOLDERS: C.n Sheldon, J. P. Becker, Herman P. ILOchlrloh, Crrl Blank. ' .Joins Wrl'h. W. A Me UlUter. J. Henry Warilrmon. II. II. Wtnilow, Gostie V Galley, 8. C. Grer, Pi auk Ilowr. Arnold F. B. Oehlrlo. , Uoary Los ok. Gerhard IiOitk. TBank of Acpotit ; Interest alloved on time fle-'osiu; l'Uy and asll exchange n United fitatcs and Knrcpe, and luy and sell lira! labia -ourttloi. We ehall he rleied to rcelre your kualnest. Weejllclt your patronage, tiaocil A. DXJBSBIiL; PUUP8 BBFAIBID OH SBOBT UOTKit. Ollv tt, Riarly P"K Pit-Mt, Judicious Advertising Creates manj a new Dusine, Eulnrges many an old busmen, Revive many a dull business, Rescues manj a lost business, Saves manj a failing business, Preserves many a large business, Secures success in any business. So ecya a man ol bnsiaeae, aad we uii that Jalicloa adTerUtlns, for thia eectioa of oonntry. Ueii THE JOURNAL Aa ceo of the Medium, becaaee it i veaa tv tae beet Mople, thote wko nt?r waat they irat ami pay for what Uwy cat We cHaUesa eomlMmtak with any couatry paper ia the world La thlr epect twenty yeare pabliahiuc ky the earn BianaeMBent, and serer oae dam to enbecribtae pabliebtd ia Tsx Jchskal. Thi. better than anj thins elee, ibon the elaao oJ people who rsad Job Jocbkal eTery weet tt aT-AsMtstfsalsil Ckacvuasitikk 1JM SrewMrt SjUHr.leM fcej janwaytatW3aeBa, a EwnewAir.eefpfitialtss. 1 atiei aa4j ae:, fcH. RuaIi m&iii2stg&g& PATENTS , sm7; or kn(ekwiSi iK3i or aoi. wee. ex . "" -- -- r use. Ow&epci . Ah-v.V.-i6?l9 0 Hai'wuhiSer rcr to actBKl elariea PWIil te'a.eaM U'Jiv wV OUCjPWiCK IS OWOBSJPAMBfiC r e.1 JTLZ .ru or J.r4a. wlih Jte. ma irevraem, A PaNORAIC YM RAPIDLY SHIFTING SCENES IN A BUSY WORLD. ONLY ONE SOUL SATED. THE FOREST QUEEN SINKS IN THE NORTH SEA. So Quick Does She rounder that the Crew Had So Chance to Save Them eelves Tho Captain the Only Swrrlvor Oilier Items of Interest. A II. But One go Down. !e:igcr news of a terrible disaster in the Kortli Sea, by which a stcamT went to the bottom, carrying with her every soul on board, with only one exception, was re tched at LjikIoh at a late hour. Tho iteatnerc Louglibrow, British, and tho For est Queen came Into collision off Flam l ejujli, on the North Sea. The Forest Uiievu was torn apart and the bca rushed . ln-oub the breaches made in her hull in xn-at toltimns. She at once began to settle and in a tery short time plunged to the botto-ii Sj quickly did the Forest Queen rounder that the crew had no chance to 5 ie their lives, and all hands with the ' Inzlc exception of the Captain, went down. Disp.itrhes give no information a- to the i aiiiavc done the Louglibrow. SKCItETAKY SUTION RESIGNS. liis Disagreement with rresldent Cannon Serious. .Tt hii P. Sutton has tendered his I cona tion as S;crota-y of tho Irish National Leagu-; of Am-rica as tho result of a disa ; re -m-nt of himself and Treasurer Lyman uitli President Gannon's action in issuing a p-o lam-.tion to which their names were ;ipiientled without their knowledge. Sutton iia aNo taken off mio at the statements made by Gannon in the published interview iare Lyman and Sutton made their pro-U'-t, Cannon says in thii interview that I12 hastily glanced over the clipping from a paper -ent him by Treasurer Lyman. It was not sent to him, says Sutt jd, t j bo hastily glanced over.- A CK.NEItOtJsNEW YOKKEIC. lie dies 95,000 to the Woman Widowed he His Son. Gen. .1. V. Me-crole, of New York has given 5,003 to Ii-. Theodore Larbig, widow or the man who was killed by his son, Doruiii J. Meserole. in Mrs. Comstock's flat, Brooklyn, last July.- Suit for SG.000 wa brought on behalf of Mrs. Larbig against Gen. Meserole shortly after tho : hooting. When young Meserole was ac quitted of the charge of murder, Mrs. Lar big's suit was abandoned, as there was no chance of winning. Gen. Mocro!e heard that Mrs. Larbig was In straitened circum stances and concluded to tako tho action referred t3. V1KD AFTKIC A LO.lG SLEEP. t'cath of a Wlitconsin Farmer From an llnkuunn Mnlady. George Itaucm of Caledonia, Wis., a farmer 40 years of age, died at his home from an unknown malady. II was single and had lived in the town all his life. Four veeksagohc complained of being terribly s'.eepy and went to bed. His sleep lasted for forty-eight hours. All efforts to awaken him Having failed he opoifd his eyes at the expiration of that time, but immediately fell asleep again, and during the four weeks before his death he was never awake over ten minutes at a time. In his wakeful moments he would take nourishment. . Talmage'n Tabernacle to Sell. Charles T. Wills obtained a mechanic's lien on Dr. TalmagcS Tabernacle in Brook lyn, and then brought action to foreclose It, and judgment was rendered in his favor for 55-.',215 Feb. 10. The ludgment was s-igned by Judge lratt,.and will bs enforced by sale of the property by the Sheriff at public auction In one parcel. It was thought the money would be raised to pay it, but the trustees of the church failed to get it, . Secretary roster's Trip to Europs. Tho financiers of the country admit that all danger apprehended regarding the silver question will be eliminated if international action is secured. It was learned that Sec retary Foster will meet Goschcn, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in England, and the ultimate result will probably be that arrangement ; for an international con ference will be made President Harrison on a Vacation. President Harrison and party passed through IUchmoud, Va., en route to Vir ginia Beach. During the brief stay of the train a number of persons shook hinds with the President. At Ashland the students of the lJandolph-Macon College wcro asscn. bled. and gave the college yell. spotted I ever in Toxms. Parl. Tex., special: PartJes from along tin Sough creek, about twemy-fivc miles northwest of that city, sav that in the last t'drty .d:y- twenty deaths hac taken place in that vicinity. Eeiy man attacked with it has died, but the women and children have scncra'ly recovered. i He Embezzled 9200,000. .T. W. Collins, President, of tho California National bank, of San Diego, Cal., which suspended Novel iber 10, was arrested by United States Marshal I'ard on orders f f 111 the Attorney General tf Washington. I!in. is charged with embezzlement in the amount of 200.000 Garza Itandits IMsbauded. A thorough investigation along the fron tier ar.d the coast indicates that there is now no dan er of an uprising in Mexico. The Garza banditi. who have been operat ing on United States territory, appear to have disbanded with no likelihood of reor ganizing. The U orld's Fair Strike. Th- entire force: of 300 staffmakers" em ployed on the World's Fair ground at Chicago, struck for an advance of 5 cents an hour in wages. The contractors say the s'rike will not delay the work, and that they will be able to fill the strikers' places Children Bnrned te death. Two childi en were burned to death in a Ore at McKecsport, Pa., almost within reach or their father, who, in his efforts to rescue the little ones, almost perished amid the smoke and flame j himself and it is not altogether certain now that he will live. Mexican Revolutionists la Tow. El Pasa. Texas, special: Two troops of Mexican cavalry arrived at Juares, Mex., with fifty-seven revolutionary prisoners from ascension. They will be tried, there. A brother of the Judge of the State Supreme Court i among tho prisoners. The Cart!s Jury Disagrees, TLe jury in the murder case of Actor Curtr. which has been on trial at San Franchco for ths past three wec.lis, were unable to agree. They stood ten for coa vlct'oa and two for acquittal. A 9100,000 Ira. .- .. The library block In Dacatur, III., burned The fire stalled "in a steam bakery and burned all r.llit. The losses by the differ cntltiilnc; concerns in the block aggre gate 5105.tO. -Vr-. I eacou Talks. A Paris telegiam s.tya: Mrs. Deacon has rsadc a lcng statement In rerard to her liti'bar.d'a conduct 5n the lecect shooting affiay:" She fleclare; there was nothing to justify her husbaud in shooting Abeillc. f he states that wbea her husband came to the door she was quietly conversing with Abeillp, who was In evening dress, except that be wore a smoklag jacket. Abeille could easily have escaped if there Jiad been anything to be ashamed of. He merely sought shelter behind the sofa to avoid Deacon's revolver. She did not open tho door quickly -when summoned because she was obliged to go first to ber bedroom to light a candle. She asserts that she was accustomed to bad treatment from her husband, and Intended to obtain a divorce. SQUATTED ON TUB 8TKIP. Scheme of an Orraalsatloa ef Boomers te Capture Cherekee Land. For a month past there have been about 3C0 emigrant wagons passing through Ar kansas City, Kan., every week. Many have camped In that vicinity, and the others went on. When asked where they were bound for the reply was: J'GoIng south." It Is supposed that they have squatted upon quarter sections In the strip. Word was re ceived through one of their scouts that the soldiers wcro coming and had orders to clear the Cherokee strip of all Intruders. There appears to be an organization by which half of the crowd remains there and the other half settles upon the strip. Tho half there furnishes supplies to those who settle on quarter sections. In this way no hardships are suffered, and the boomers, when the land is opened, will have some one to look out for their interests. TALL OF A MONSTKK METEOR. Forty Head of Cattle and Two Chinamen HarleU by the Mass. Great excitement has been caused in Montana by the fall of a monster meteor, Which drove itself 230 feet in the earth, but protrudes 100 feet In the air, and is still sputtering and sizzling seriously, emitting sulphurous g8cs that Impregnate the air for miles aroiind. The startling Heavenly visitor arrived early In the morning, leav ing a lurid trail that lighted up the sky, Great globules of molten metal roll from the sides of the hissing, sputtering monster, and anon come appalling crashing sounds as its limits contract from the effects of ex posure to the cold air. It struck a cattle shed in which some forty head of cattle and two Chinamen were corralled. All are buried beneath that awful monument cf heated meteoric stone. ELECTRIC LIGHT CONVENTION. The Progress or the Year In That Science Reviewed. The fifteenth annual convention of the Electric Light Association was held at Buf falo, N. Y. President Huntly, In his ad dress, spoke of the great problem of trans mitting electrical power from Niagara Falls and reviewed tiic electrical progress of the year. He said that next year's meeting ought to be held In Chicago. It Is im portant that we should interest ourselves in the World's Fair. Tho whole city had a welcome for us and U12 electric exhibit will bo tho finest the world has ever seen. DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION They Held Their First Continental Con gress la Washington. The first Continental Congress of the Na tional Society of Daughters of the Revolu tion was held In Washington at the Church of Our Father. The Congress is composed of all the active officers of the national so ciety, one regent from each State, and the regent and delegates of each organized chapter. 'Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, who Is President-General of tho society, delivered the address of welcome. A CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE. The People Rented Out orBed with the Shocks. Eight shocks of earthquake were felt at Santa Ana, Cal. The walls and plastcrlug hi several of the houses cracked, visitors at tho hotels left the buildings and clocks stopped. A San Bernardino one heavy shock was felt, lasting about one ii.inute and a quarter No damage was done except to break chinaware and stop clocks, The shock was followed by light tremors all night. He May Swing if Captured. The people of Scdalia, Mo., have deter mined that the punishment meted by the people of Texarkana to a negro ravlsher Is needed by a negro desperado who startled that town with a scries of crimes. He en tered the house of a widow, choked her into unconsciousness, stole a few valuables and escaped. Later he stopped P. H. Buckley and Miss Mattie Gilker ou the street with a drawn revolver. Miss Gilker fled, the regro pursued and felled her to the ground with the butt end of the revolver. Buckley and others coming up then, he escaped. Half an hour later Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor, when on their way home, were stopped on Broadway by the negro, who, atthejpointof a revolver, told them to hold up their hands. Taylor obeyed and while the thief was going through his pockets Mrs. Taylor slipped a diamond ring from her baud and threw it Into a yard and hid a diamond breastpin iu her dress. The highwayman to'tk a pair of diamond- earrings from her ears, then, at 'the point of a revolver, marched the couple to a lonely spot. There he bound Taylor hand and foot and after a desperate struggle outraged Mrs. Taylor. A mass meeting was bell and a. reward of $1,500 for the capture of the negro was sub scribed. The whole country Is arrouscd as it has not been for years. Spurgeon's Brother Takes His Place. James Spurgeon, a brother of the late Charles Spurgeon. provisionally assumed the duties of pastorate of the Metropolitan Tabernacle of London. Rev. Mr. Pierson was tho most popular candidate, but is a Presbyterian, and the trust deed requires a Baptist. Pierson will continue to occupy the pulpit and probably formally join the Br ptUts. The Quarry Owners Organize. The national convention of stone quarry owners and dealers of stone was held at Chicago. A permanent organization was perfected with Sylvester Marshall of Chi cago as (resident. A committee was ap pointed to prepare a black list of unreliable contractors, dealers and agents. Mennonltes Coming West. A small band of Mennonitcs. who arrived on the steamship Russia and were detained in quarantine at New York, were released and proceeded to their destination at Nel son, Neb. There were fifty-one persons including men, women and children, In the party. - The fcditers Fined. The Post Publishing Company of Pitts burg, Pa., defendents in the Quay libel suit, were refused a new trial. The'defendant company, was fined SSCC, and Messrs. Barr and Mills, president and editor respectively, "S50 and costs each. THIS MARKET. CHICAGO Caxruc Commua to prime.... fvs Q Hogs Shipping grades -co S bHHPtu ; 40 lrTHKAT" C36ai" OOHJ CneSQ , DATS ee B.XK., XSJLBaUeVX e eee fTAA.l Butter Western dairy 13 Q Eggs Western. M & SIOUX CUV. Cattlk Fat steers f3.ro q Cattle Feeders 2.75 hogs - 4 $ bflEP,a e . m vJ A YQEAT OATSD6WJ m (MtH vvKA ! ' W A aea ee w OMAHA L.lVti SjTOCX. Cattix Common to prime... HO Q Hcgs Shippers 4t & EW.YOlfK PRODUCE. tVHEAT.V -r....,. -fl.TBia Coiut.... ............ . .4 ?$a 4.15 4.'t -r.io .9i .41 .' HS .51 :. .25 .17 4.53 & 4.(5 5.3J Ji .13 ai .si 4. 1.0 u M A RIOT IN BERLIN. Werkiagmea Demanding' 'Bread' at the Emperor's Castle .date. Berlin dispatch says: The Emperor' speech at the banquet caused a sensation. About 5,000 unemployed men met In the public square and passed Inflammatory res olutions denouncing their employers and tho system of government which enabled the latter to crush tho worklngraan be neath the iron heel df capital, and calling upon the government to protect the inter ests of the working classes. The news of this bold gathering In defi ance of the recent order of the authorities prohibiting such meetings spread with elec trical . rapidity throughout the city. The result was that the socialist agitators de termined to take advantage of the excited unemployed men to make a demonstration before the castle of tho Emperor. The meeting was held in a suburb ot Frledrichshrcin under -socialist auspices and was attended by several thousand un employed persons. Ylolcnt speeches wero made. The last speaker called on tho crowd to go to Berlin, inciting shouted responses of "We will go," and "Tho Kaiser must sco us." The mob had nearly reached the castlo gates when a strong detatchment of police suddenly threw themselves before the riot ers and the castle, and made a determined charge upon the head of tho workmen's col umn, hitting furiously right and left and wounding scores upon scores of workmen, who fell bleeding beneath the feet of tho officers of the law. The police, after taking from 60 to 100 prisoners, seemed content, and allowed tho remainder to escape. The sixty to seventy wounded rioters who remained upon the field of battle wero then attended to at a neighoring hospital, and the regular prison ers were placed under lock and key. It was noticed throughout the demonstra tion that the sympathy of tho immense crowd of people, rich and poor, who witness ed the workmens demonstrations, was be yond a doubt with the rioters. They wero cheered repeatedly by groups of well dressed people belonging to tho upper and middle classes, and were frowned upoa by only thoe moving in government or mill, tary circlej. DON'T WANT THE HEBREWS. Northwest Territory People Object to Hirsch's Colonists. Ottawa, Ontario, "special: Strong pro tests are being made by residents of the northwest agaiust tho proposal to locate a large number of Russian Jews in the Terri tories, as suggested by Baron Hirsch, whose proposal is now being considered by the Dominion Government. Tho Calfjafy Tribune says that it is to be hoped that be fore the minister of the interior takes any decided action in this matter he will fully inform himself of the character of the peo ple and their capability to support them selves In the rural districts. To place such people on land without fiist teaching them farming, the Tribune holds, would only cud in disaster, and the government should be careful not to encourage immigration of a class which is not likely to'addto the pros perity or progress of the country, and which introduces at the samo time an ele ment both foreign and antagonistic to tho people. TACKLE A SUMMER JOB. General Stanley Says He Will Find Garza lie tore He Leaves the Field. The several troops of the Third United States Cavalry are still engaged In active scouting operations on the lower Rio Grande frontier. The report that Captain George F. Chase and a detachment of his troops made a round-up of the ranch of Antonio Gonzales and captured six rcvo!u tlonists Garza making his escape through a back window of his father-iu-laws's resi dence, is denied. General Stanley believes that. Oarza Is still In biding in the chapar ral, a short distance from Palito Blanco. The troop3 will he kept in the field until Garza Is captured or until he is definitely located In some other partof the country. Massacre of a Dictator. San Salvador special cablegram: Gen. Enrlquez was killed by a body of Guate malan soldiers, together with a number of companions, near the city of Zacapa, Gua temala, near the Honduras coast. The cablegram states that Gen. Enriquez had been unanimously pto'lalmcd Dictator of the Constitutional party of Guatemala, and had In consequence incurred the active hostility of PresidcntJBariiias, who alarmed the public by announcing that Gen. Enri quez was at the head of an insurrection directed against the present government. President Barillas ordered Gen. Enrlquez to present himself to the authorities at Zacapa. Enrlquez proceeded at once toward that city, accompanied by his two brothers and a party of friends. A compiny numbering 100 soldiers, lying in ambush on one of the roads out of tho cite, fired upon Gen. En riquez and others of bis party, killing all of them. The cablegram attributes the at tack and killing of the party to orders is sued from the capital and imputes the deed to the Guatemalian government. AGreat Explosion. A special from Cheyenne, Wyo., say?; One-third of the total area of Wyoming Is underlaid with coal. In several districts heavy deposits have been on fire for years. There arc cases where the conditions have been volcanic on account of the generation of gases. One of these disturbances hss occurred on the Sweet Water cattle range, 250 miles west of Cheyenne. More than one hundred acres of surface was displaced and the report was heard for thirty mile. Cat tle growerj reporting the occurrence say that coal and dirt were thrown into tho air a great distance. The existence ot this firo had been known for twelve years. A Preacher Attempts Blackmail. A sensation was caused in East St. Louis, III., by the arrest of Rev. J. M. Laird, on a ch'arge of attempted blackmail preferred by Frank B. Howman, the largest land owner and probably the wealthiest man in East St. Louis. Mr. Howman received two let ters f.-om Rev. Mr. Laird, charging him with undue intimacy with Mrs. Lnird, and offering to compromise the offense on pay ment bt S1,0J0 in cash. He attempts to justify his demand for money on the ground that he is a poor man and deemed that 81,000 would palliate tho crime to a cert-tin extent and would teach Mr. How man a useful lesson. Edwin SI. Field In Ccort. New York special: Edward M. Field, the head of the firm of Field, Wiechcrs, Limllty & Co.. was brought up in court for trial i n one of six indictments ''charging him with grand larceny. Tfic counsel for Field ob jected to his being placed on trial, stating that he was Insane and mentally incapable of pleading to the indictment. The Dis trict Attorney suggested lint a jury be se lected to try the question of Field's Insanity and the work of selecting One was at once begun. Renounced the World. Joaquin Miller, according to informatio from San Dicgo,Cdl.,has renounced the world and sought a ietreat in the mountains. He told f .lends he felt deeply disgraced by the shame cf bis son's sentence to three" yeais in San Quentiu for stage robbery, and declared that he would never again write over the name which had been so dishon ored The Floods la Spain. The snow in Spain softened by storms is rapidly melting, with the result that tho flood in the Provinces of Grenada, Malaga, Almeria and Cordovla are increasing. Al ready numerous damage has been done to all kinds of propeity, and it is feared J.hat unle?i the waters japldly subside the loss will be incalculable. Several m towns are threatened. TO HAVE" STEAMBOATS. THE FARMERS WILL HAVE GOOD TRANSPORTATION. V- A Company Organised and to Be Incor poratedA Contract to Be Made to Op erate Three Boats The Boats to Ply Bctweeu Cast alia and Sioux' City. Charles Mix County Steamboats. Tiie citizens of Charles Mix County have been holding reguiar County steamboat meeting for the past three months, at which vaiious" schemes have been discussed with a view to securing a- line of boats on the Msisouri Kiver to ply between Castalia and Siour Citv. 'I nO i lit nriscr. in t a mAVAittnnt line lnnn universal throughout the County, ai.d the only obstacle has been the best way to go at it. Committees have scoured the country for subscriptions to a stock company to buy a boat, and others haro circulated papers fur donations to a steamboat fund. At a meeting at Edgeiton the whole matter was gone over and the proi ositions.f roni steam boat companies at st. Louis, Dubuque and liisiuarck considered, also the prop ositions of gentlemen willing t-j erect warehouses and buy grain. Tho result was abandonment for the present of the idea of buying or building a boat, pro vided a contract or lease of certain boa's can bo made. A company was organizel and will be incort orated at once and a contract made with the Ft. Kenton Transportation Company to operate with three boats between that county and fciouv City. Warehouses will be erected at two and perhaps three landings and buyers set at work to work the traflic via. tho river. The meeting and a short canvass afterwards discloses the fact that there arc some 2,000 head of cattle now fattening for the spring market, besides double that number of hogs, and an enormous quantity of wTieat and still greater amount of corn. A committee has been appointed to secure a contract with the steamboat company by which they aro to operate their boats throughout tho coming season under direction of the County Steamboat Company. ORGANIZING THE STOCKMAN. The Black Hills Stuck Breeders' Associa tion Meets. A vekv important meeting of tho stockmen of the Black Hills country was held at Rapid City. The call for the meeting was signed by J. P. Gam mon, president of the Black Hills Stock men's Association, and James M. Woods, President of the Black JIMs Ilorso Breeders' Association, and was responded to by about 100 stockmen from all parts of the state west of the Missouri river. The object of the mect iug was to consolidate into one strong and permanent organization the several stock associations in the Hills and on the reservation, and by this means fur ther the objects protection of brands, picvention and punishment of stealing and other objects for which those as sociations were formed. Tho plan met w th hearty approval, and after a two hours discussion of the stock business and tho advantage of one strong or ganization to take in the Black Hills country and all of the state west of the Missouri river, a committee of nine was appointed to draft by-laws and a con stitution. The meeting then adjourned to meet in this city April 0, when a re port of the committee will bo received. The stock interests of Western South Dakota were never larger nor in better condition than at the present time. Especially is th's true of horses, the standard having been greatly ra'sed during the past few years. The catt!e on all the ranges arc doing well and are in exceptionally good condition for this time of year. Mrs. Blaine's Divorce Granted. Judgk Thomas at Dcadwood awarded a decree of absolute divorce to Mary Xevins Blaine from her husband, James G. Bluine, jr., the custody of the child, SI, 000 with which to pay all expenses of the suit, and SI 00 per month alimony. The decree was no surprise to her. Judge Thomas, in announcing his opinion, said that the testimony showed that the cause of separation was the unfriendly feeling of the family, ar.d especially of the elder Mrs. Blaine. As far as Mr. Blaine was cone, rned, the plaintilT was properly treated, but Mrs. Blaine did all in her power to make the life of the plaintiff unhappy. Site evi dently concluded that it was best to separate them and so surrounded them with c'rcumstanccs which would result in apparent desertion ou the partof the plaintilf. In other words, she treated the plaintiff so cruelly as to cause her to beconto so unhappy that she would leave the family home, and so Mrs. Blaine could c'aim that the wife de serted her husband. Young Blaine's conduct is very reprehensible. He does not seem, said tho Judge, to becmade of the stuff we would expect from his family. As soon as he get under the domination of his mother he scorned to become estranged from his wife and treated iter with neglect. The evidence shows that the desertion was the result of the machinations of his mother, and that his treatment of the plaintilf was reprehensible and bad in every respect. speaking of young Mrs. Blaine's ill ness, Judge Thomas said in part: "It is hard to find language to describe the court's feeling against a young man who would act as he has. All the testimony shows that the plaintiff did everything in her power to make her husband re turn to her, while he seemed to be es tranged from her by his mother." Wreck on the Klkhorn. A freight train on the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road, bound from Chadron to Dcadwood, met with a serious accident at Hot Springs. While coming down the hill approaching the Cheyenne Kiver bridge, a range steer ran on the track in front of the engine. The engine and several cars passed over it safely, but in dragging along under the train it threw the truck of the fifth car from the cabaosc off the track and the rest all followed into tho ditch in a general wreck. Mr. Humphrey of Rush vine, who was moving in an emigrant car, and Conductor Benson of Chadron were so badly injured that they died during the night. Cloning the Vermillion Fa'ouns. The saloons that havu been running at Vermillion for seme f.me were en joined and several barrels of beer and whisky taken. The league did the work, and is now determined to push tho thing with more vim than ever. The reason why the saloons were ever permitted to open was that the drug stores were not hold down strictly to their lights of the permit, and as a con sequence liquor could be had cas ly. The thing will not be allowed to take place again, ho. ever, if it can -be pre vented. The hell hole" that ha- been running on the Missouri sandbar for the past four months was also closed up. Suffering Ainongtlie Inl'an. Cjj'pi.aixts of suffering among the Indians living .west of lierreon the Bad River is a daily occurrence. ThesoHn dians, as yet, have been unable " to' get their regular fall annuities of clothing, blankets aud shoes, and besides this arc "cocH)piJed to go fnily 100 mile?, since ihe agencv was renoved to Forest City, to draw the r monthly rations. Their thin clothing with thn deep snows makes their suffering intense. An in spector was sent to Pierre several months ago to see about the advisabil ity of establishing a sub-agoncy atsome point up Bad River, but tho government Is so slow in theso matters that the In dians may all bo dead before it acts. The delay in issuing clotbiugis no doubt due to the Indian appropriation being exhausted, but it would be naturally supposed that tho government officials would at least see that the Indians got their clothing when they are most needed, in tho fall. Engine Thrown from the Track. The Dassenecr train from the west ..a'llANnllAll MAM. TAA irttlfttltt A Km. n iu ucjuiiui uuit. iicd iiiiiftuw. 4 v- ken rail threw the engine ami oaggago car from the track and shook up tho entire train, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt. MURDERED BY A MANIAC. Ilenry rtlueger Escapes from the Sherifl an 1 Shoots His Wife. Hknrv Pki.uegeb, a prosperous farmer living in tho northwest corner of Cuming County, shot his wife. He had "been twice adjudged insane, once by tho local board of insanity and later by a commission appointed by Judge I'owers of Norfolk. N hilo in custody of Sheriff Sharp he escaped from jail about the 14th of December and since that time all efforts to lind him have been futile. He appeared at his home where he re mained for a couple of days, when he was taken to West Point. His brother George, who was appointed guardian by tho court, was doing the chores at the house when tho report of tho gun was heard. Pllueger was without money when he left in December, but when searched had several dollars and a new revolver. It is supposed he had been harbored by fricn Is since his escape, as there was no indications from his appearance that he had been exposed. There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy, and the murderer refuses to say anything until the proper time. The revolver was a new one, recently purchased, and the bullet entered her forehead, killing her instantly. Pllue ger is a man about 45 years of age, about medium height, and has resided in the county about fifteen years. His wife was 33 years of qgo and lcivcs four small children. Ho had instructed his attorneys during the trial for insau itv to settle his estate by giving half his property to his wife and procuring a di vorce. NORTH NEBRASKA TEACHERS. To Meet at Nor "oik, March 30 and 31, and April 1. The sixth annual session of the North Nebraska Teachers' Association will be held at Norfolk, March ZO and 31, and tho last Friday afternoon, Ap.il I. The High School oratorical content will take place Friday evening fol. ow ing the adjournment of the as ociation. On Wednesday even'ng the association will be addressed by Chancellor Sanies II. Cantield of the University of Ne braska. There will be one principal subject for discussion at each half-day session," as follows: Thursiay forenoon, "Physical Culture: Thursday after noon, "Music in Public Schools;" Fri cay forenoon, "Drawing;" Fri 'ay after noon, "Summer Schools.' The discus sion of each subject will be inttoduccd by the leading a paper, or papers, fol lowed by a general discussion. The President's address will be given Thurs day evening. It iscpcctel that this w 11 be the largest meeting in the history of the association. The papers are to be prepared by the ablest specialists to be found in th territory of the associa tion, and wnl be especially adapted to the needs of teachers who desire to in troduce into their schools systematic in struction in drawing, physical culture t r music. A TRADUCER AWARDED. Vyrou an Fleet Shot by the Father of a Defamed Girl. Captain A. V. Vocum. ex-mayor of Hastings and at present special in spector of customs, with headquarters in Idaho, who is on a visit home, met Myron Van Fleet iu front of the Hot-I Brunswick, one or the busiest thor oughfares in the city, and without a word pulled a revolver and fatally shot Van Hcet. " The affair is the outgrowth of a scan dalous article published in a sensa tional sheet in Linco'u in December, alleging that Captain Yocum's daughter had eloped to Denver with a colored coachman. The story spread until it reached the ears of the family, when the fact was made public that Mis Yocum had not been away from the city at all. It is asserted that she had been hounded by Van Fleet who had re peatedly thrust his attentions upon her. When Captain Yocum returned he in vestigated the matter, satisfied himself that Van Fleet was the author of the scandal and shot him. Yocum is in custody. Will Have an Alliance Paper. A t pkciai. committee from the Clay County Alliance held a meeting at Clay Center to hear reports of parties solicit ing subscriptions to the stock in their proposed newspaper enterprise. It is understood the showing was favorable and a meeting of stockholders is called for.- Speaker "Elder and Representa tive McRoynoIds arc prominent in the movement. An Artificial Lake at Indianola. An artificial lake two miles lone: and a half mile wide, will bo constructed at Indianola, and as there, arc groves on its batiks, a fine pleasure resort will 1 e formed. A S12,000 brick block will go up in the spring, and several other evi dences of prosperity are announced. Indianola is" a lively little town that gives promise of much activity in the near future. Heavy ramaget Awarded. After, a three days' tria' at Beatrice Mrs. Rosa McLaughlin was awarded a verdict of $4,000 damages in the District Court against John L. Patterson &. Co., saloouists of Wymore, for tho death of her husband some fifteen months ago, the cause of which, she claims, was through liquor obtainjdofom the de fendants. I'cl'eved to Be Snlo'de. The lifele s body of Frank Nu'l was found along side the main road leading, to Superior. Young Null had Matted for the city early in the morning, tak ing with him a double-barreled shot gun. Tho contents of one barrel was discharged through his heait It is be lieved to be a case of suiciJe. I oumt ill tbe tee. The body .of Edward Mish, of Ne braska City, the cooper who so mys teriously disappeared about January 5, was found in the Missouri River near the Builingtcn bridge. It appears that M'sh drowned himself about the time the river froze over and has. been in the ice ever since. Phillip Elevator Bar serf. C. W. Thomas' elevator at Phillips was completely destroyed b? fire. Loss on building, S.COD; insurance. S3.300 loss on grain, about 7,000; no Insurance. TIIE WORK OF CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Bills Introduced and the Important Do ings o" a tt eek In the House and Sen ateA Variety o: Topics o. Interest from Washington. The .'toloas at Werk. Speaker Crisp called the Houso to order on the 18th but toon resigned tho gavel to Mr. Richardson. Tho President's mes sage relative to tho Choctaw and Chick asaw Indians was laid before tho House and read. Tho messago was ordered printed and laid. on the table for tho present. A protest of the Philadelphia Hoard of Trade against the freo coinage bill was proscuted and referred. The Speaker laid before tlu House the response of the Secretary of tho Treasury to a resolution asking for Infor mation as to the authority by which the 4J, per cent, loan was extended. It was or dered that when the Houso adjourned ou the 19th that It should bo to meet on tho 23rd. This order was taken to enable the members to accept an iuvltatlon to visit Chicago. Tho Committee on Foreign Affairs reported a bill for the exclusion of the Chi nese. A resolution was presented on tho 19th requesting the president, if not incompat able with public interest, to Inform tho senate of the proceedings recently bad be tween the representatives of Canada, tbo British Government, and tho United States as to the arrangements for reciprocal trade with Canada. .Tho bill to continue In fore for ten years all existing laws prohibiting and regulating the comlns'luto the country of Chinese persons was taken from th" ca. endarand pased. Consideration of bills on the calendar was then commenced. A bill to provide for a permanent system of highways In the District of Columbia out side of Washington was taken up and a provision of 3 per cent, bonds gave rise to a debate, In which the financial policy of tho government was dNcuscd at great lun-th. Tho President on tho '23A sent to the Senate tho following nominations: Wic. 1 Gilbert, of Oregon. United States Circul' Judge for tbo Ninth Judicial District; Henry 11. Smith, of Michigan. Assist mt Kegistcr of tbo Treasury. A resolution for an Investigation into tho resources, social and other conditions, laws. etc.. of Alask.v was agreed to. A House bill to provide for an additional mode of taking depositions of witnesses iu causes pending In the United States courts, allowing deposition-, to be taken under the state laws, was passed. A Senate bill to provide a commission on the tubject of alcoholic liquor traffic was lal I aside for tho present. Tbe senate joint resolution for an international bl-metallh agreement was taken up aad Stewart made some remarks upon It. The pure food bill was taken up. Senator Paddock spoke in advocacy and Bato and Coke against. Tho senate committee on nance ordered an ad verse report on Coke's bill to amende the National Banking Associations. A resolu tion was agreed to calling on the Secretary of Agriculture for axopy of tho report of the special agent of the Department of Ag r culture on experiments hi the production of rain. The Senate on the 21th passed a bill to protect foreign exhibitors at the World's Fair from prosecution for cxhibit'n wares protected by American patents and trade marks. A resolution was agreed to calling on tho President for information as to th' State proceedings to arrange for railroad trade with Canada. Senator Maiidorson, referring to what is known as "the green goods" business, said that there Is no law existing en the statute book to reach that crime, and introduced three bills, with a letter fr m the Chief of the Secret ServL-e Division of tho Treasury Department in tended to remedy it. TIiu Sonata lesiuued the consideration of the Idaho election case. The President's spec'al me.saze on the Columbian Exposition was laid before the Senate. It was lead and referred to the Qiiadro-Ccnteunial Committee. A resolution was adopted by the house on he 24th. directing the committees on labjr o invcst'g.ite whether a continuance of tbo ight-ho'ir law and Its enforcement Is de sirable, and whether any rouv.ct l.ibo- Is Jielng used in th? "construction or repairing of public works or whether the products of convict lanor are being furnished to any department of the so eminent. Mr. Smith, of Arizona, offered an amendment t' the clause appropriating S4O,00J for th- pur pose of Irrigating Indian res-rvatlons by providing that this sum be deducted frjm'hc appropriations m.ide for the supp irt of In dian schools situated east of the Missouri Kiver. Secretary Rusk, on the 2."itb, in answer to Senate resolution, communicated to the Senate the report of the sporl.il a-rent of the Department of Agriculture upon oxp -liments in the production of rainfall. G -n. Dyrcnfortli, who has !coti in charge of tlr experiments, in summing upthiir results says that the few experiments which have been made do not furnUh sufficient daft from which to foim definite conclusions or evidence upon which to uphold or condenri the theories or artificial production orth increase or rainfall by concu-slon. What has been done o far Is altogether prelim inary, but with the benefit of the experi ence gained he hopes that the-ub'ci't :".l be pursued further. A resolution giving Claggett. the contestant for Dubois sat. the right to cceupy a seat ia the Seint during the discussion and speak t the merits of the rUht was agreed to. S nat r Hale's resolution of Jan. 19. calling on the .Secretary of the Treasury for copies of the reciprocity agreements, was taken up. aud Senator Vest moved an amendment, a-iking whether any steps had been taken to nego tiate a reciprocal commercial treaty with Mexico. STARBEAMS. In the little island to the west the women arc workers. Women load and unload vessels in Japanese pjrts. Thev have good manners in France ami know when to do or not to do. Parisian rag pickers operate only after sundown. "People with weak lungs who are seeking altitude in a warm climatu may find it to the south of us. The City of Mexico is 7,310.80 feet above sea level. Keelev is going to have a strontr branch of the bi-chloride of gold insti tute at Excelsior Springs. That and the waters there combined ought to straighten out the most obdurate case of alcoholism. v Here is a short lesson .is ancient Ro man history: The men classed as th "twelve Ctcsars' were Julius C:esar, aud the Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Cali gula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otto, Vit ellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. The almanac makers tell you that February, 1000. will not contain twenty-nine days, although it will be leap year. February in 1T00 also contained only twenty-eight days. Ther.: is a slight error in tho Gregorian calendar, but it will only amount to one day in 3,325 years. "Old Tecumsch"' was an original. Gen. Meigs wrote a hand so unreadable that Gen. Sherman is said to have once indorsed an official paper from him to this effect: "I concur in these reco-n-mendations, but I don't know what they are.' This may be called exemplifying your faith in man. Oxiwho professes to have looked up the subject says: In o.ily five Mati has a mother any absolute It g il right to the custcdy of her children. The.-o are Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas. Oregon aud Washington, where both pa ents have equal rights in tlie matter. Women in the West are a' I the time "breaking into" the learned professions. Miss Ellen 'Ittcr has been admitted to practice in the land o Slice of the Denver district. She is a graduate of the Den ver high school aud 21 years of age. Her father is a land office attorney of long standing. Some modest people never get as widely known s they ought on their merits, to be. Mrs. Julia A. C.irney, of Galesburg, III., is not widely known in the world of letters, and yet she Is tho author of that interesting little Doctic.il morceau beginning "Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of S .n I." etc IIIlEOTOltS s 1. tt. 11 1 J,KV. Vice Prast. O.T.ROKN.Cajekr. Si. ANDERSON. I. ANDERSON. ACOB GKKIEKN, HENRY BAOaIZ, JOHN J .SULLIVAN. First National Bank COX.TJBC'BXJn. If KB. Heptrt of Coniition Ma j 17s 1830. BKSOUBCEaV Fuaaaa and DIicoubU Rami astata. farcttnra mad 3W.8rt.9S 15,220.00 flxturts 17,905.39 Dae from other banks $23,T7Z33 Dee from U. 8. Treasury.. 673.00 Cash oa band 15.i73.i5 99,92&67- t2I9.990.4fl UABILTTTES. Capital aad rarploa 80.000. 09 Da Jrriued profits 10,429.11 National baok note" outstanding J3.300.00 Badlicounta lc.8Sl.21 Dna dapotitori 156,181.05 $276,a.10 gttsittess xrds. J I". K1LIAIV, DEUTCHER ADVOKAT, Offico over CoItunDtts Btato Bonk, Colnmbn. Nebraska; ALBERT A REEDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office oxer tho First National Bank, Columbus. Nebraska. fO-tf 2y K. TURNER st CO., Proprietor and Publishers of tho COLTOStrS lOtfS&AL tit til HI3. fAKILT JOUSHAt, Both, post-paid to any address, for $2.00 a year, strictly in adrauca. Fajuly Journal, $1.W a year. w. a. McAllister. vr. m. Cornelius ItrcALTLISTF.at COMNELIUS ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Columbus, Neb. 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