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- -. - .-.-" zr- '-irytfsriri -n- igmj2.j?f st - - 4 '- - .4V r, r V- -. -w T- - ir.' -. i j r" 1 VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 10. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 1,206. y.e - C0lumlry Itrarnat r -. - - .- .-'- e "- r- ;-- r. .- ' - . i - THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus - State - Bank I (OIlMt Buk fa tfc itat.) Pars Interest on Time DeiiGsits - Maics Loans en Reat Estate. BIOHT DRAFTS 61 Oata, Ckieage, Nw Terk ami afl Trigm Cemmtrias. "vf . - , - -- - ".. SELLS STEAMSHIP : TI0HTI. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Help iU Customers when Huj Need HI ITICEKS A5D DIKECNHl LEAHDEB OEBRABD. Pns't. B. H. HENRY, Vice Prest JOHN BTAUFFEB. CasMsc M. BBTJGGEB, 0. W. HUL8T. L -OF- COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AX- Authorized Capital of - $500,000 Paid in Capital, - 90,000 OFF1CKUS. SnELDOX. PreVt. n. V. H. OEHLBHMI, Vice Pros. CLAUK OKA V. Cashier. DAXI EL. SCH RAM. Ass't Cash C.II. DIRECTORS. H. M. Window, II. P. II. Onm.nicii, O. II. Siu:i.io, XV. A. McAi.i.i.yrui:, Jonas Wo.cu. Caul Kilnhu STOCKHOI.OKRS. f? C. GllAY, J. llK.VItV W'CRnEMAX, 4t:it!iAiti Losers, Hkxuy Loekr. t'l.AKK OltAV, Gl.O. V. GALI.KY, Hani kl. Sen ram, A. 1. II. okmi.rich, 1'iiaxk Roiieu, J. P. Ui.ckuh Estate, Hebecca IJeckek. Bank of deposit; iniorost allowed on time deposit: buy and .ell t-xrhani' tin United States and I.urojio. antl lmy and sell avail siblo securities. We .shall lie iiieasetl to re sell e your l)Ubinoss. Wo solicit your pat iou:iS'. A.. DTJ6SELL, BIALXS XV And all Kinds of Pumps. TVUTB EEPAIRED ON SHOUT NOTICE. Eleventh Street, one door west of Hagol & Co'a. bjaaeSS-y COLTJMBUS !TIT5nt opened a now mill on M trtot ppotito Bchroedert?' fionrinp mill aatl ar i.r, pared to do ALL KINDS OF WOOD WOIiK each as 1IR DCPLEX I U Mills. raring 111. 8 ash, ; Blinds, ' Store Fronts, Stairs, . Balusters, Turning, Boors, Mouldings, Counters, Stair Kail hi" e..-n o ... ' oil uu oa ii: Planing. a? I . BTEEL AND IRON HOOFING AND SIDING. AUordan promptly attended to. Call on rsddreu. HUNTEMANN BROS., JalSa Colnmbns. Nebraska. PATENTS Caveata aad Trsda Mark obtained, and all P.it. I . .-flBtbosineM conducted for MODEKAT.C b'EVJ. ' OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. 8. PATENT OFlCE. We have no snb-agvncieie. all lniMineca , direct, hence we can transact patent imainess in ' leas time and at LESS COST than those rumota from Washington. Send model, drawing, or photo, with dracrip- . tion. We adTise if patentable or not. freo of charge. Our fee sot dae till patent is BPcnmL . A book, "How to Obtain Patente," with refer ence to actual clients in your state, county or town, seat free. Addree . C.A. SNOW A .8? Opposite Patent Othce, Washington, -COMB TO- The Journal for Job Work 9 NEBEASKA NEWS. Omaha policemen will picnic at Fre mont, June 28. The new Lutheran church in Lincoln will be dedicated July 2. The crop reports from all over the state are very encouraging'. Gov. Van Wyck has so far recovered as to be able to leave the house. The First Presbyterian church at Nelson was dedicated last week. The Standard Cattle company have shipped 2,100 tons of hay from Ames this season. Tho Red "Willow count3T agricultural society offers S150 in prizes for a bi cycle race. A Norfolk man was fined S10 and sen tenced to ten dajrs in jail for stealing a buffalo robe. Plattsmouth is arranging to celebrate the Fourth of July as it never was cel ebrated before. Lightning killed a valuable mare and. colt belomrinzr to James Mcrrvmauof .tx:iu TI , . -"JL. s-" "Z. Muir's hardware store at Norfolk was burglarized, the goods taken being val ued at about $200. Winnie Knox, a, little girl of Stella, fell from a wagon and dislocated her left arm at the shoulder. Several professional men arc pulling weeds in the Humphrey beet fields strictly for their health. The merchants of Ord have entered into a solemn compact to transact no business after 8 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Lee Schall of Fort Niobrara, wife of Private Schall, troop E, Sixth cavalry, died of blood poisoning. Omaha has fixed the license for cir cuses at 300 for first-class, 200 for second-class and S100 for third-class. Ifnrt county bicycle riders will be given an opportunity to contest for a 50 purse at the coming county fair. The Young Men's- Christian associa tion of Lincoln are making a strong pull to lift the debt on their building. Keith county is not in it at the World's fair, though the commissioners bought a case in which its products might be displaj'ed. At Valley Whitmore's big barn, filled with baled hay, was destroyed by fire, having been struck by lightning. The loss is 4,000. A railroad wreck occurred at Gothen burg, doing a great deal of damage and killing two men, one of them a tramp, name unknown. A bov in Orant had a tame covoto, I.! 1. 1 1 1 1 I 1. 1 "r1011 AVOi? O-ill IditUlVdJ V1UIU ttll.3 ! promptly assassinated. The. barn and granary of Charles Bcrschauk of Ueemer, with 200 bushels of oats and a quantity of farm machin ery, were destroyed by fire. Plymouth, Jeiferson county, founded in the fall of 180-', has now 125 inhab itants and a newspaper, the Enterprise, of which J. A. Wild is publisher. The Neligh Leader says that Hon. E. P. Wcathcrby of Norfolk is certain of the appointment as minister of the United States to Vancouver, TJ. C. Three thousand feet of the Missouri Pacific railroad track between Spring- licld and Louiville was washed into the ditches by the late heavy rains. -j Edward Frye, the proprietor of the Beatrice oil tank lino, fell from his wagon and ruptured a blood vessel in- ternally. His condition is regarded as critical. Charles Uerschanck, living six miles north of lleemer, had his barn and granery burned. The building held 200 bushels of oats and all his farm ma chinery. The K. P. lodge at Cedar llapids has been instituted at last. It st-irts out with a membership of eight, but has a dozen applicants who will be initiated at their next meeting, lohn Schmuck and Emanuel Murira troj'd, two elderly citizens of Beatrice, ' engaged in a friendly scuttle and in the ' melee Murgatroyd was knocked down i and sustained a broken thigh. I i Mrs. Barbara Gressman, a woman ' living some miles in the country, was brought before 'Squire Phillips and fined 1 anil costs for assaulting an eighteen year old boy named George Graham. II. M. Buckmastcr alias A. A. Cum mings, who forged the name of Ken noltls !c Co. of Omaha to a cheek, and "was caught after a long chase in Den ver, pleaded guilty to forgery and re ceived a year. Some little damage to crops in the lo cality about Tecumsch isreparted being done by tho Texas fly or false chinch bug, otherwise everything is doing splendidly, the ground being in excel lent condition. George Lyon, a Missouri Pacific switchman, was crushed to death at I umaua ine oiner nay m uiu varus, ue was watching one moving car and was I ..1 i it i -x i struck bv a second. He leaves a wife and two'children and two children. The store of A. F. Drake, general i merchandise at O'Dell, was closed on a 1 chattel mortgage held by the First Commercial bank. I Sl.TflO. The other The bank's claim is indebtedness will ' - VI Plinn aggregate about S2,300. Aurora will soon have a telephone system in operation. The managers ex pect to have the line completed from York to that place by the time the local system is ready for operation, which will only be a short time. A collection was taken up by the pub lic schools of West Point for a silk United States flag, to be about GJx9J in dimensions. This flag will be placed in the interior of the Nebraska b did- t ing at the Columbian exposition. W. W. Atkinson, a wealthy farmer living twelve miles west of Ponca died last week of heart disease. The dav ! before he was apparently as well as I he ever was and assisted in the work ' on the new court house lie was crect- j ing- j At Table Rock G. B. Munsinger; I while helping Wright & Co. move their stock of drugs, sampled a bottle con taining wood akohol. It made him very sick, but by prompt action by a i physician he is thought to be out ,of danger. ' Liveryman Tim Johnson of Ashland has just recovered a team and wagon tnat ne ict to an irresponsio.e .ennrac- ter who drove to Plattsmouth and tried to dispose of the outfit at very low fig- irresponsible charac ures. The would-be thief has flown to parts unknown. General L. WT. Colby has purchased of General Beall of Washington, D. G, the Arabian horse Leopard, once owned by General Grant. The animal is now quartered in Beatrice. He makes a valuable acquisition to General Colby's already valuable stables. The city council of Fremont has de cided that bicycles must be taxed. As a large part of the wealth of the coun try is being invested in "wheels" there seems to be no good reason why they should not be taxed the same as sew ing machines and other fixtures. Inthe debate at Nebraska City, par ticipated in by the pill-makers in state convention assembled, the following question was up: "Resolved, That the establishment of a state college of pharmacy at Lincoln, whould be ad vantageous to the pharmacists and people of Nebraska." Firemen of lleatricB will have an old fashioned celebration on the Fourth. ttcv. Frank C. Mortimer, an Atchison clergyman, was found dead in a Lin coln hotel last week. It is riot stated what malady so suddenly carried him away. Ilimni Lathrop, an old veteran who has lived alone in a sod shanty on his' claim near Geneva for twenty-two years, has been taken to the poor farm for treatment. He objected to gointf away from his comfortless hotn al though too feeble to care for himself. The headgate of the new Castle Rock irrigating canal at tiering, which had 3ust beeu comp'et.'d, washed out last Week and the whole country under the line of the ditch Vas under water for several days, The trouble has been overcome and farmers are using the water again. Craven Stream, living four and a half miles northwest of Jlilford, lost two valuable horses last week. . They were struck by lightning. Thejr had crowded Up near the wire fence "and were found .lying side by side. ' They were insured in HmrFaLrmAm Jln"M'JnKlntl, TrisUir-. inthe!Farmers' andMercKants' Ance company. A Hebron dispatch says many farm ers have planted their wheat and oats fields to corn, and a number have also replanted their cornfields. The dry and cold weather of March, April and May was not favorable for crops, but the outlook now is bright, antl many are expecting b. bountiful harvest and corn crop. The prohibitionists have issued a call for a state convention to be held August 23 at Lincoln. It is predicted that II. W. IMchardson of Omaha, who was nominated for supreme judge two years ago, but was compelled to withdraw because he had not been a reident of the st-ite long enough, will head the ticket this year. The Fremont Chautauqua managers have decided to keep the glltes open on Sunday, and while no ticket? will b sold and admission will be free, a col lection will be taken up at divine ser vices, and those present will be expected to contribute. The management be lieve the public wi'l not abu-e theit confidence. 1 he Women's Christian Temperance union of Table Hock designated June 10th as flmVer day, and every train urin pastiing through the place received a Small bouquet with the compliments of the Women's Christian Temperance union, and a text of scripture. This necessitated the distribution or aboro 100 banquets. An attempt will be inalc by the coun V ty commissioners oi Lancaster cuuntv to refund county bonds to the nmount I of .350,000, the commissioners believing j n can ue none to a Ivantage. A cor respondence has been opened which ! may lead up to a negotiation. Of the ' amount 150,000 are railroad bonds and ' 200,000 court hout e bonds. j A. B. Campbell, living near Murray, i has two large colonies of bees comfort-1 ably quartered in his dwelling house1 between the sheathing and plastered walls. The industrious family took Ius3cs.sioii iwo yeaisago ana are sup posed to have a largo store of honey, which Mr. Campbell has concluded to possess if he has to tear down the house to accomplish his purpose. ( At Gretna George Holier, a butcher in tho employ of (.leorjre Wiehman. sud- ' deuly became violently insane. He first ! ! went up stairs to the living apartments ! j of the family and attempted to throttle the domestic, wh He was beat off a 'lftffe hftV.l . mm.l M "" m.lu.MIH.11 1U1 IIL'II). .ii,.., , lid left tlifliniiv.' ri- turning i few m lments later to find the ' dojr barred. We then began smashing I windows with his fists and scriously laccrated his hands, lie was t::ken into custody. During a storm Mrs. F. J. Leavitt of Table Bock, who was standing by the well of A. K. Hey wood drawing water, was knocked senstless by a stroke of iigutinng. .Mr. nevwootl. who was j nearby, was s-evcrely shocked, and two small children of (J. XV. Hamilton, play ing a short distance a way. were also knocked down. Mrs. Leavitt was Minn restored to consciousness, and none of the parties now seem any the worse for the accident. Among the claims filed before the In- I dian outrage committee is one bv a res- ' ldent of Stella City, who was shot in the neck with an arrow and has been ...A..1.1,. 4rt ...i l.:. l . : it - i i uuauit ij iucu JIIIUSCU SIUCC. 111! OUty I asks pay for the team and wagon stolen from him at the time he was wounded, j when it is plain that he should be rcini- buied for his broken neck. The mod- ' J t sty of a white man, as compared with , I the liendishness of a Sioux Indian, is ' I something sublime. George Band is the name of a Louis ville boy who started out early in life j to have a gay time at some one else's expense. He was caught in the act of i relieving the money drawer at the M. ta"ie,j r. depot of that place of 30, and when I uiuuii in uusiouy aumitteti mat it was p. ,. i,i. , !..,". i . bounty .iiulge Iijimsey for some sort of n:j,,. ni1 (). ;.. i , i I punishment, and the judge concluded m view of his tender years to find him a i,omc with some patient farmer, !, i:: not his first AthinCfl llil It.nn , n4- A half mile west of Pawnee City, while engaged in building a fence, had the misfortune to have his left hand badly mashed. He was holding the post and two men ncn with thirteen-pound sledges y- they can produce the same re ilrivimr il.om ,lmvn m TJ.. . hull by another means they will be v. ere told them to stop, and placing his hand 1 on top of the post began to drive a sta- pie, when one of the men. not hearinc . , 1, : him, brought the hammer down on the left hand, mashing all four fingers. The April meeting of the board of re gents of the state university was the j most important one held thus far this year, but the session last, week was productive of several changes of inter est to the friends of the university. Among them are the election of Prof. W. A. Taylor of the University of Chi cago as instructor in political scienec. Prof. A. M. Wilson of Grand Island has been made an assistant instructor in Latin, and Prof. Uurnctt of this city an instiuctor in German. A Kearney dispatch sa3s: Reports from the northeast part of Imtfalo county state that a society of Advent ists has petitioned Governor Crounse lor arms anu ammunition to resist an outbreak of Roman Catholics which it is believed will soon occur. Schneider, Cedar, Thornton and Valley townships h:ive bcen canvassed b Granvilie Rob- j H Fieiffel Mr. ,,.;.i, .u,-0 ' .;.; , -yti.i witn this petition and over oio-hiv names were signed. Meetings have jbcen held and the "matter discussed j openly, and with unquestioned serious , ness they believe the outbreak will oc- ti, t;-"i t , .- ....,. ...v. iu.ulu UUUIUUI lUierriCWHl a ' man who was struck bv liarhtnimr and . . ... . yet lives. Henry Peters was sleeping at his home, a couple of miles south east of Talmage, with his wife by his side, when lightning struck the house, tearing away nearly all of one side. The bolt entered the room in which Peters and his wife were sleeping, striking the bed -and the occupants. Mrs. Peters was badly burned over the entire length of one of her limbs and was unconscious from the shock for half an hour. Mr. Peters was burned in the side quite badly. The bed clothes were completely riddled. Passing on the bolt went through the floor, killing a dog under the house. It was a pretty narrow escape. THE COWBOY RACERS, feW starters pleases the humane society. Not Much Cruelty Anticipated In'-'the" Early Tart of the Kace The Lincoln Bank Wrecker Must Answer in Court and Take Ills Medicine Secretary of Agriculture Morton oh the Financial Situation What lie Sayi of Repeal bf the Sherman l&xi Itisniarck of the bplniob that the German Army Should be Increased. The Cowboy Race. "' ., Chicago, June 15. Presiclenl J. G. Shortall of the Humane society was rather pleased at the small number of starters in the cowboy race from Chad ron to this city, and he remarked that the negotiations which had made it possible for two of the' Humane 'socic-trrresenWer-tSciri'the contesting cowboys were entirely sat isfactory! "There" inusl be cruelty in a long rate of this character,' said Mr. Short all, "but I fancy that there will be little of it that is evident until the riders reach De Kalb. From that place, the last registering place, the riders are likely to do as the jockeys do in the stretch. They may practice all sorts of cruelty to win, but wc will Le readj for them. It is not becoming that we make public ail of our plans, but I will say that these men wh6 Accompany the riders have every facility for causing arrests to be made, provided the laws and ordinances are broken. 'You cannot arrest people upon the presumption that they are about to do a thing. 1 have planned so as to be able to send men to any given point, and you can depend upon it that as soon as these cowboys are found ill treating their horSes they will he arrested and punished. Governor Boies of Iowa has issued a proclamation against the nice and Governor Altgeld has likewise done so, and if wo cannot secure the services of enough representatives of law iv stop cruelty wc will sell out." -' --- Mosher Must Take His Medicine. NYasiuxgton, Iune 3. A special dis patch is printed here this morning to the effect that O. M. Lambertson had made an effort to induce the attorney general to accept a heavy fine from C. W. Mosher, the bank wrecker, in lieu of criminal prosecution. This is sub stantially correct. It now appears that Messrs. McFarland, Lambertson and City Treasurer Stevenson, accompanied by Secretary Morton, had ah interview with Attorney General Olny on last Saturday in relation to the Mosher case. Secret-try Morton had advised the trio of the folly of the proposition they were to make to the attorney general, but they insisted upon seeking a per sonal interview. Their proposition was that Mosher should put 100,000, this sum to be used to pay the smaller de- I P.itors of the bank, and in eonsidcra tton of this all prosecution of Mosher was to cease. The money was to be secured through Mosher's wife, who has recently been left 20,000. The attorney general received their proposition coldly, and told them cm- phatically that the government was not .!.,, - ..i- . . , in liic iiauttui nerixuiunir men 10 wrecic . . . .. l " , . banks and then escape scot free bv re turning a small percentage of the money wrongfully and wilfully misap plied, if not stolen outright. "The government does not propose to establish a 'four hundred' for crim inals," said the attorney general, "and Mr. Mosher must stand trial and take his medicine." Morton on rlnance. Washington-, June l.". Secretary .Morton has an explanation for the im provement in the linancial situation. J "1 was in Chicago," he said, "during on the banks the run that was made there. I stood in the window of one of the largest commission houses and watched the crowds anxious to draw out their savings. "One of the ofliecrs of the institution called a clerk and authorized him to sell at once 30D.000 bushels of wheat at what price he could. The sale was quickly made for shipment to Liver pool at about 1i cents. It would seem that we have reached the price at which foreign markets will purchase our wheat, and it is now going abroad. Instead, therefore of gold shipments there will be exchanges for cereals and the financial problem will be easier. ' i "I have no doubt that we shall be i able to repeal the Sherman law,' said ! Representative Wilson of West Virginia this evening, "but the question is what condition or compromise will have to be acceded to first I am rather expect injr t that we shall also have to repeal the 10 per cent tax on state bauk circulation. The southern members. I believe, are very anxious to have this matter ad- 1 justed. They arc free silver men, for the reason that they believe it would provide an increased volume of curren- equally satisfied. I do not belivc that " w.om" u? at "angcrous experiment to "" auin aiuiu uautvs. xiiuy ttuum not be like the wildcat institutions be- fore the war. Their notes would not be legal tender, and no one would be I compelled to accept them unless they so desired. The volume of circulating medium throughout the country would. I however, be largely increased." I llismarck Thinks Germany' Army Shonttl Itc Added To. 1'ERi.rx, June 15. Prince Bismarck has, in an interview, come out in favor of an increase in the defensive strength of the empire, but not on the linejj laid down by the government in the army , bill. Conversing today with Prof. Karl, who was visiting the ex-chancellor at Freidrichsruhe, Prince Bismarck declared that an increase of the army i was necessarv. lie differed with the government, however, as to how the , I increase should be made, lie did not , approve of adding to the infantry or ) cavalry strength of the army, but main- ' tained that the increase should be made ' to the artillery forces, which, he de- ' clarcd. would decide the battles of the I t future. With regard to the increase in ' j the expense that would follow the in , crease in the army. Prince Bismarck ,Pid that Germany was fully able to , litnr thnniliafi imc t hnl n-n.. .1 l.n -. ..... MM.v.u ..ub .UU. 'tlSUlll Ut en- tailed by strength. adding to her military 7 1 Farjjo to Be Rebuilt. Faugo, N. D., June 13. Everything is settling down to business in .Fargo. The ruins are still smoking, but at least 403 men were yesterday employed in clearing off the ruins to commence rebuilding at once. Every building will be solid brick and constructed as nearly fire-proof as possible. Many ousincss men formerly on Broadway h-ve tents already here and wilt .pen i:p in them one block further west, v.-hieh street will be called New IJroad way and will be used until the new b lildings are completed on their for mer sites. - Jfaelped the Financial Situation. JNew York, June 17. Tlic,, clearing lfBuse loan committee met yesterday morning, but did not issue ally certifi cates. After tho meeting members of the committee declined to give any in formation to reporters as to whether 'anypplications had been received for .loan certificates, or whether any cer tificates could 1)6 issued toaay, because thereliad not Ixan time for the direct' 6w.of any bank which ralghi desire' td take some to authorize necessary appli cation to be made therefor, ii is not kaown yet whether any bank desires .totiEe out certificates. The loan cbm: nittee, however will meet again today. Jf any certificates are issued this ''fCek; hatis today, the usual weekly bank 'statement will not be published, but ojily the totals for all the banks. ' Hrls thought that the committee may decline to state the amounts of certifi- cates issued each day and content them selves with giving the total amount weekly withvthe other totals of tho .feftlc'stateiiHsnt08 r-".,Vs - The action of the Clearing Horise a ociatiofl id declining to issue ldau cerf tificates was warmly commended on everjr hand yesterday, and it was con ceded that the announcement of their resolutions had a very beneficial effect. A member of the Clearing House as sociation, speaking of the matter, said: 'The report, I think, has fully justified it in its action, and I am glad to see that ill Other financial centers its action is being folldwed. Chicago is, pt course, a notable exception, and the dispatches f i dm that city arc Somewhat amusing. For instance, we are told that Chicago will not issue Clearing House certifi cates, that there is no necessity for such a course, as Chicago is able to pay cash on demand." 'That statement is very amusing to New York bankers, in view of the fact that Chicago has obtained all the money it couM from this city during the last two weeks and is still asking for more. The demands of Chicago for currency have been so great that one of our large banks has actually paid into the Mibireasiiry last week l..r00,00J in gold to obtain the necessary currency fdr some of its Chicago correspondents. There was a slighl falling 6it in the shipment of currency. It was estimated that, the amount would fall a good deal short df 1,000,(PO. The demand of currency has had the effect of increas ing the amount of free gold in the treasury, and the amount of such gold last night exceeded 0,000,000. which is a gain of more than 2,000,000 over last week. Of this sum 1,."00,000 came from the National City bank, which has been one of the largest shippers of cur rency to the west. The National City bank has kept all ils reserve in goltl and was thus enabled io comply readily with the demands of its country corres pondents, a fact upon which it prides itself. But for the fact that the treas ury had to pay out large sums for pen sions, it would have shown a large gain in legal tenders, a large amount of which was received from the banks for currency. Thus far the subtreasury Iris been enabled to meet pretty nearly all the demands for currency, but there is a scarcity of "ones," "twos" and "fives," and it insisted on gold or legal tenders for these. For notes of other denominations it accepted treasury cer tificates as well as legal tenders. On fact the banks and the subtreasury fetil in consolation in connection with the shipment of currency is that a great many silver certificates have be m sent to the west, "and that is the proper place for them,"' said one bank ollicer. Merchandise and llullion. Washington, June 17. The total values of the exports of merchandise from the United States during the twelve months ended May 31, 1S03, were SS4S,373,815, and during the cor responding period of the previous year, SI, 0:12,034, 54.-), a decrease of S174,(U0, 70!). The value of the imports during the same period were 5930,901,337 and S2S.$4S,110 respectively, an increase of $HH,0-3.1()S. During the twelve months ended May 31 the exports of gold amounted to SI -'3,095, 153 and the imports S20.C58, 725; excess of exports, SlO-,44'3.72S. During the corresponding twelve months last year the exports of gold amounted toS"S,8SS,22l and the imports S49.4SS,33I; excess of exports, SC00.110. During the twelve months ended May 31 the exports of silver amounted to Sl0,i::r,578 and the imports $23,704,513; excess of exports, S10,372 030. During the corresponding period of the pre ceding year the exports of silver amounted to S30,)37,5')0 and the im ports $1S,S23,345; excess of exports S12, 111,155. A Unique Diplomatic Question. Washington, June 17. A unique dip lomatic question suggests itself by news which reached the AVar depart ment, to the effect the two Indians who escaped from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show two 3-ears ago, while abroad, have turned up in Australia. They aro now at Sydney and are making such nuisances of themselves that the au thorities would be glad if the United States would come after the "vagrants " as the' are called in the dispatch, urging their return to the United States. And right here the in teresting diplomatic question comes in: To what extent is the United States responsible for these deserters? Can Australia rightfully demand that they be sent for and taken away by- the United States? It is possible that .Buffalo Bill may be called upon to pay expenses. His contract guaranteed the tafe return of his band to Pine Ridge. The desertion of Eagle Elk and Amer ican Bear, the two Indians in question, it is argued, does not relieve him of the responsibility for their return, now that their whereabouts is known. The interior department will communicate with him on the subject NEWS NOTES. It is reported that the czar of Russia will abolish the deportation to Siberia, January 1. The director of the mint rejected sev eral offers of silver, claiming that the price demanded was too high. At Butler, I. 1., a passenger and stock train collided. Two men were killed and several passengers injured. Eight thousand miners of Kladno, Bohemia, have quit work. A riot oc curred in which several police and the rioters were injured. The salary list for May for the world's fair employes was SS50,000. A sensational scene was enacted dur ing the progress of the inquiry into the Ford theater tragedy at Washington, when Mr. Charles E. Bane, a brother of one of the victims, arose and charged Colonel Ainsworth with having mur dered his brother. Midway plaisance will not be closed on Sundays, even if the rest of the fan is barred to the public. Near Fultonham, O., on Sunday, Mrs. Clara Weaver drowned herself and two small children while temporarily insane. The Iowa state democratic conven tion will be held at Des Moines in Au gust ' " TIDING OVER BANKS, WHAT THE NEW YORK CLEAR ING HOUSE WILL DO. Six Ter Cent Certificates vriil be Issued (o Ease the Financial Depression A Long Step Toward the Restoration of Conll dence What Congressman Ilolman Says of the Font Itullding Disaster A Large Number tit Clerks Dropped from the Koll oi the General Land Officer Tiding Over FluanchU Depression. New Youk, June 1G. In view of the serious draiq upon. the banks here, caused by demands fro'nJ the interior, the clearing house decide'd ni a meet ing held yesterday to issue C per cent loan certificates to tide those banks which need help over the present finan cial troubles. The meeting was a gen eralone and began at neon. President 'Willi'lmsllf tnVclearirtg house commit tee said: "The action of tile cdmmitr tee, as far ris taken, has been largely with a view to giving ione to the coun try. It is likely to be followed by otlier centers. The citadel is all right, but we want to strengthen the outposts." The proposal of the committee, to Which President Williams referred, Is that cvdry elcarlug house center in the country issue clearing htiusc certifi cates, which would make available for use between the banks a vast amount of perfectly good assets which are hOvr uncurrcnt. In the opinion of sagacious ami conservative bauk officers of this hity it would be a long step toward the restoration of coniidene'e". The last time clearing house certificates were taken out was during the Baring trouble, when the example of the New York banks was followed by Boston and Philadelphia. This course would virtually unite each clearing house group it single bank of discount and wduld distribute lle burden of accom modations more equally thaii at pres ent, enabling institutions short of cash to obtain it from their ncghbors with out attracting attention or creating dis trust. Speaking of the money stringency and the shipment of large amounts of currency, particularly to the west and northwest, the president of a large na tional bank said to a reporter todaj that the demand from the country banks for rediscount was linger at pres ent than at any lime ih liis long expe rience, and particularly from banka id the west and northwest. The demand was general, however, andcxtendel from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It set in, he said, nearly foiir months ago, and has gradually in creased until it has assumed its present large proportion. As. however, the banks which we're asking for redis counts, this wezk were sending in their shortest time paper, paper maturing in a month or six weeks, that was re garded as an indication that the coun try bankers did not expect the demand to last much longer, and it was there fore hoped that it had reached its height. The demands from the south, it was said, were only such as were expected at this time of the year, and wore not unusually large. There had been fewer failures in the south than in any other part of the countiy and some of the large southern cities were not asking for accommodation. The south, said the bank president, was believed to be in pretty good condition. "Ther is no exaggeration in these re ports of shipments of currency," con tinued the speaker. "Wc shipped 5100,- 000 yesterday ourselves, and I know of two other banks that shipped more than 50,000, and that business ha been going on for some days. Most of that money will undoubtedly return here through the natural channels of trade. Some of it will, no doubt, be sent back here by the banks when they find that it is no longer needed, but a large pai t, like some of the pension inoney being paid out, will remain ill the pockets of the people until the present distress is removed. When will that be? When the cause for it is removed. 1 mean when the people are assured that the Sherman silver purchase law will be repealed. Until that is done confidence will not be restored." This bank president's view of the situation in the south was confirmed by thc president of one of the largest banks in Georgia, now in this city, and with whom a reporter talked today. Besides being president of a large na tional bank, he is also a member of a laige private banking houfce, and a prominent member of the State Bank ing association. "The banks of Georgia and of the south, generally," he said, "are all in good shape and the same may be said of the country. We had our trouble in the south, you know, about two or three years ago, and have got over it now. Our cotton crop looks fine and the prospects for it are very good. Money is close, of course, in the south now, as elsewhere in the country at large, but we do not regard the situa tion down there as at all alarming. There is not much of last year's cotton to come forward. What is held of last year's crop is mainly held by rich men." The Ford Building Disaster. Washington, D. C, June 10. Mr. Ilolman, chairman of the house com mittee on appropriations, said this morning during a conversation about the recent disaster in this city and the probability of other buildings being in secure, that he believes congress had in the past and would in the future deal liberally in the matter of providing safe public buildings, and enact such legislation as would look to the preser vation of human life. Concerning the government printing office, against which the most criticism is directed, Mr. Ilolman said congress was practi cally a unit in its willingness to ap propriate money for a new and suitable building. The trouble up to this time had been in securing a site. The matter had not, he said, been brought to the attention of the house by reso lution or otherwise since the Fifty-first congress, but was in the hands of the joint committee on printing. He be lieved a building was badiy needed and that a bill with that end in view would be introduced promptly upon the as sembling of congress and passed. Uc tnrning to the Ford's theater disaster, Mr. Ilolman said he supposed the mat ter would come before congress in the shape of bills for the relief of the vic tims, and he was sure that congress would do what was right It was against the policy of the government, he said, to establish a civil pension list, but he was confident some way would be found to recompense: 'so far as any recompensc could be made, the families of these poor victims. Government Clerks Dropped. Washington, June 16. Yesterday the names of sixty-seven clerks were dropped from the rolls of the general land office. In making this reduction, which Was made obligatory by the leg islative appropriation bill, Secretary Smith has been guided by a desire to raise the standard of the service, and to that end potlts have not been per mitted to enter into ih question as to who -should be dismissed and who re laino'd. It is known that clerks with diil any pblitical support whatever have been reiairied, while others, owing to to their personal friendship and influ ence of prominent democratic senators and members of the housd ttnd others high in official life have been dismissed. The strict rule of efficiency, shaded now and then by a desire not to inflict loo great a hardship, has been the con trolling force in making all removals Tho Ford Bnildiug Disaster. Washington, June 17 In connection with Ihe" inquest as to the responsibil ty of the Ford building disaster, CoL Aiiisworih" has submitted a letter to the coroner, in whieJH he says in part: Sir: I learn that yfii: have deter mined to personally hold the Iflqucst concerning the cause of the deatii ot--thi victims .of llie Ford's" tncater cutset, trophc, and you have impaneled the saine jmy who listened to the testimo ny lakeit by Dr. Sehaeffer. The riotous proceedings of last Monday before that jury, and the evidence" erf an Inconsid erable minority (and those disaffuted) of the clerks in my office as to alleged terrorism existing' there, have, I think, gravely prejudiced its members against me. As the xiroccedings must begin again, it would seem that it would have been better to have selected jurymen who hate nd testimony to forget and would come to the discharge of their important duties with no Impression of a former abortive trial. I am virtually, althoug'ii ht?t technically, accused of a responsibilit3' for" d disaster which I de plore with the deepest eartlfstness. In that connection 1 am threatened With the stigma of a criminal charge. I am now prist nlhldle age and have devoted the best years tf my life and ccrtainly my strongest efforts to the yiiblie serv ice. I submit to you that to aflU that stigma to me hastily, and in response to public clamor, for some victim guilty Or innocent, is to do an injustice whieh the reflection of calmer moments would regret . I lCafri that yon will have the assist ance of counsel iiicm'ducling the exam ination of witnesses in tllC interest of the public. I am also informed that others" possibly interested are repre sented by counsel. I submit that under these circumstances the request which I now make to be present by counsel and to cross-examine witnesses who may seem to implicate me, is reasona ble and proper. The colonel denies that his presence tended to intimidate Witnesses, and states that false evidence has bcen given which shc desires to have cor rected, and concludes thiia: I have no purpose of embarrassing in any way your inquiry, or of having my counsel conduct any examination not strictly necessary for the representa tion of the whole case to the jury. But I must insist that nothing less than the privilege of the cross-examination of adverse witnesses and the introduction of my own witnesses will be of nny value to me. In order that I may know what course to pursue, I request your instructions in the premises. Coroner Patterson de clined to a'iccde to the request, and the inquiry proceeded. Affairs In Samoa Causing the State De partment Sluch Trouble. Washington, June 17j Secretary Gresham has got another diplomatic tangle on his hands. This time it is the Samoan islands. He has received advices that war is imminent, and that a rebellion has broken out against the government of King Malietoa. Com parative quiet prevailed on the island so long as the dethroned monarch Ma taafa was kept out of the kingdom. It appears, however, that he has returned to Samoa for the purpose of regaining his throne. All his adherents and many new recruits have rallied under his standard and has begun operations against the powers that be. That his following is strong and menacing is ev idenced by the fact that the reigning king Malietoa, has appealed to the rep resentatives of the tripartite alliance to protest him in accordance with the treaty concluded between the United States, Great Britain and Germany and assist him in driving the usurper, Ma tnafa, from his territory. The situation has reached a critical stage and the president and Secretary Gresham are in frequent conference as to the policy of the government in the matter. The United States is pledged to assist in maintaining the autonomy of the island, but at present is hardly in a position to do very much in that direction. Germany is the only member of the alliance represented at the islands by a war ship, but with the co-operation of the representatives and citi.ens of the other governments, that vessel will be suilicicnt to afford ample protection to foreign interests on the island, even if it is not capable of entirely suppressing ' tho rebellion. Saved Only by l'rompt Work. . Chicago, June 17. What might have been a disastrous fire was extinguished i by prompt work of the firemen in trans portation building of the World's fair. ' A guard in the employ of the Intra m- J ural elevated road, at the station on the roof of the transportation building , annex, saw fire climbing up a draped post in the exhibit of the Transatlantic mail steamers in the gallery and turned in an alarm, at the same time trying to extinguish the blaze. When the firemen arrived the blaze had reached the overhanging streamers and was rapidly spreading to the ad- ' joing sections, whieh are supported only by wooden partitions. The tire was extinguished, however, in a few minntes, but it necessitated the throw ing of water, which did considerable damage. The exhibit contained many hand- ' some paintings of steamship scenes, worth 75,000, and some books. The display was opened but a few days t ago, and today's fire, it is thought, has ruined two of the big pictures. It is , impossible to estimate the damage, as the paintings will have to dry to show the extent to which they were harmed. ! The firemen threw tarpaulins over the display on the main floor, under the French display, or the damage would have been quite serious. II. Dow, the guard, was badly burned about the neck and was taken to the hospital. Free Gold in the Treasury. Washington, June 10. The trcasury gnld is being built up by the deposits in New York of gold certificates in ex change for currency orders in the west. The demand for nioney in the west still continues and through this exchange the treasury is receiving gold at the same time it is accommodating the Hew i York banks in placing currency at western points. ( x ne net goia in ine treasury at tne close of business was S9.-138,S15, an in crease of nearly 51,0 W.000 over the day before and an increase of more than 2,000,000 duripg the week, First Naliwal Biik A.AMSlMOlf.Pnal. V, J.g.OAiXT.YUeIWt. 1"- O.T. BOIN.Cataisr. V J wv" r - C. C HLf , W Oaskistv O.AHMlMOr?. P. AgPlMOlf - JACOB 9BIIBI5. - W&I 1AO ATZ. v".' SUteaeat f Cmiititt at the C!m f Basiaess May 4, 1891. . RKanrrarru Loans and Discounts 1268,493 50 Rent Estate. Furnlturo -- and Fixtures . 78 n. S. Bond" -, . .. I5.400 Duo from Banks ! 2? ---. n Cash 29,570 00 72..S! 06 Total .KI73,3S5 31' liabilities. Capital Stock Taiil In SMU pill.. .............. ......... Undivided Profits Circulation Dcposl to... ................ ...$ 60.000 00 ... 3D.UT) CO ... 5.XU 0 ... 13.W0CO ... 2W.SM 53 ...$373,385 34 total. ......... gttsmess &sris. j n. kii,ia:v, DEUTCHER ADYOKAT, OfEco over Columbus State Bank, Colaaibna, Nebraska. ' A ALBERT BEEBEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over First National Bank, Colombo. Nebraska. 5-tf W. A. MCALLISTER. W.M.CORNELIUS. rcALMSTER COBHKUIU ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Cplambas, Neb. J. WILCOX, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Cor. Elotcnth & North Sts.. COLUMBUS. NEB. py-Collectiona o specialty, l'rompt and care ful attention Riven to tht bottleoient of estates iu tho rounty court by executor, administrator and Kuardtans. Will practice in ail tho court of this statu ami of South Daxota. Refers, by ptrmiaaion, to the First National bonk, "ojulj-r E. T. ALLEN, M. 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Shop on Olivo Street, Columbus, Neb., four doors south of Borowiak's. HENRY GASS, UNDEBTAKEB ! Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases ! 'Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ntery Goods. -tt C0ITJMBP8, NEBRASKA- BlacXsmiui ami Wason Haxer r j ; -t .i KCvMWgBMfJssBW ' .Mf(:
