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VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 10.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,206.
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Pars Interest on Time DeiiGsits
- Maics Loans en Reat Estate.
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BUYS GOOD NOTES
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ITICEKS A5D DIKECNHl
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B. H. HENRY, Vice Prest
JOHN BTAUFFEB. CasMsc
M. BBTJGGEB, 0. W. HUL8T.
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COLUMBUS, NEB.,
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Authorized Capital of - $500,000
Paid in Capital, - 90,000
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SnELDOX. PreVt.
n. V. H. OEHLBHMI, Vice Pros.
CLAUK OKA V. Cashier.
DAXI EL. SCH RAM. Ass't Cash
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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
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And all Kinds of Pumps.
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NOTICE.
Eleventh Street, one door west of
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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
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Planing.
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AUordan promptly attended to. Call on
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PATENTS
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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 .
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ence to actual clients in your state, county or
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The Journal for Job Work
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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bounty .iiulge Iijimsey for some sort of
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punishment, and the judge concluded
m view of his tender years to find him
a i,omc with some patient farmer,
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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
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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-
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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-
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man who was struck bv liarhtnimr and
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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."
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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
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in liic iiauttui nerixuiunir men 10 wrecic
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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."
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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 ,
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strength.
adding to her military
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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
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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.
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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. .........
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OfEco over Columbus State Bank, Colaaibna,
Nebraska. '
A ALBERT BEEBEB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over First National Bank, Colombo.
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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,
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Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon,
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Job-Work, Boofior and Outtar
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