v. Cflliimlra mtrnal f ;. V:-3i? t " " - 9:? ?T"" - -- I - . J..V-: VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 13. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 1,209. i.-.- 4 : .:- - i . ! -. - .: ,. - . r F' -: - . r - t-.M r.----. I -'- -J $ ' " ' THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus - State - Bank J (OHert Bank lm tk BUU.) .'.'.Pajs Merest on Time Deposits AitD laics Loans on Real Estate ISSUES SIGHT DBAFTS 6H OwuJtm, Chicago, New York aai aij Fereigm CoRatrisi. CELLS : STEAMSHIP : TICKETS. I3UYS GOOD NOTES And Help iU Caitomcra whan they Need Hl OFFICERS A5D DIBECTOBSl LEANDEB GEBRARD, Pres't. B. H. HENRY, Vice Pres't JOHN STAUFFER, Cublor. 1LBRUGGER, G.W.HULST. COMMERCIAL OF COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AX Authorized Capita! of - $500,000 Paid in Capita!, - 90,000 m OFriCKKS. C. JI. SIIEL-nON. 1'ros't. JI. i. II. OEIILRICH, VIco Prcs. CLARK CRAY, Cashier. DAN I LL SCH RAM, Ass't Cash DIKLCTOKS. 1I.M. IVixpi.ow, C. II. Siii:i.iox, -lUNAS WEU.'II, II. V. II. Oriii.iucii, V. A. McAl.MSTKK, Caul. Kikmck. .stockiioi.i)i:i:s. :f C RnAT. J. IICNRY H'l'nDEMAX, lln.vuY LtwEKi:, Ceo. W. Cai.i.ey, A. P. Il.OEIII.ltlCH. Ci:uiiAit: Loseke, CUIIK CltAY, IlANIKI. ?CUIIAM, 1' KAXK UOKKH. .7. P. Itr.cKEii Estate. Rebecca Heckuk. Itank of deposit: interest allowed on tiiuu deposits; Imy and sell t'XPliaiiRc on United States and hurope. and Imy and sell avail able securities. We l.all be pleased lo re ceive your l)usinc. Wo solicit your pat Toiinge. J. DTJSSELL, BXALSB IS ran fm lis, And all Kinds of Pumps. ,-f Hjmpseepaired on shobt NOTICE. . Eleventh Street, one door west of Hagol & Co a. 6jnne33-y COX.XJIMjBTJS 'i.UJ.1 WkTs Jnet opened n newmill on M strcot opposite Bchroeder' flonrint: mill aud sro it,J jrd to do ALL KINDS OF WOOD WOK1L ucha Sash, Boors, Mouldings, Counters, Stuir Kail ins:, Scroll Sawing, VI aning. 111nla Store Fronts, Stairs, Balusters, Turning, BTEEL AND IRON ROOFING AND SIDING. IVAU ordara promptly attended to. Cull on r address, HUNTEMAIMN BROS., JnlSm Colombns. Nebraska. PATENTS Caveats and Trads Marks obtained, and nil Pat ent business conducted for MODEKATlJ FEIN. OCR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. 8. PATENT OFFICE. We haTe no sub-acencies, all bnjii:.vs direct, hence we can transact patent basinoa ic Iim time and at LESS COST tLan those remoto from Washington. Send model, drawing, or photo, with descrip tion. Wo advise if patentable or no:, free of eh&rce. Oar fee not one till patent is fleered. A book, "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients in your state, county 01 town, sent free. Address C.A. SNOW & CO. Opposite Patent Onice, Washington, D. C -COME TCf- Tho Journal for Job WorK OJAIAKUip m Planin ff Mill NEBRASKA NEWS. The Butler county teachers' institute will be held in David City, beginning July 10, 1S93. Gen. Van Wyck has so far recovered that he is now able to walk without the aid of a cane. Rev. J. A. Cosby will retire from the pastorate of the United Presbyteri an church at Benkelman about the mid dle of. 7 uly. The body of .loc Tillman, who was -l j i j.i .i. r A ,: YCi- reed only a few miles above Nebraska .1 i . :i.r' i xi.cL-r, City. a ue cmurcnieye ami ear a-y" Ur. t,. '1. Allen, of Omalia, lias tne tiue of Doctor of Philosophy conferred on him by the Indian University at ilus- COgCC. A communitv of Methodists in Otoe countj- announces that thej will go west this summer instead of to the 'i.i : i i. -fni GK l.r c . ' - Was toUay destroyed by fire. The or- open Sunday. j ;,n s uniJnowilf tut it5s til0nght the Two men in the fJhhln Tacific shops j house was struck lv lightning. The got into a row Vrlien one struck the tenant was awakeneM bv Uic ci-HHcling other across the head with n piece of ' of the llamas nti'l t'c'd'iia the other gas pipe, producing injuries that -arc , membeisSf the family escaped with a likely to i,r5ve fatal. fCw belongings, the principal effects The county commissioners ol Dodge ' being burned. They turned their ef oounty have decided lo bring suit i forts to saving the outbuildings. Qhe against Hayca & Son, the Cleveland bankers who bought the county paving bonVis and then backed out. .1. D. Cline of Mindcn v.as appointed a state bank examiner last week by the state banking board. The urgency of the case demanded a larger force of ex aminers, heuce the appointment- The county commissioners of Doug las county, acting as a board of equal ization, refused to lower the valuation of the Union Pa.-ilie bridge from S10.V 000 to S30.0U0, as asked by the company. Uic shoe store of Brownell & Harris t nt Ashland as chjs'ed by the sherifE last weelc Attachments were made bj' some of the leading shoe firms. Their liabilities are about S0.500 and assets unknown. An unknown thief stole a team of horses from the barnyard of Adam Wiii dolph at Grand Island. Mr. Vindolph offers a reward of S2.", supplemented by nn offer of r2 for the capture of the hordes and thief. Manager Short of the Union Stock Yards horse market, South Omaha, under a late date quotes: Heavy draft horses, SI 10 to 11)5; matched teams, S100 to 500; western horses and mares, broke, S50 to SSO; drivers, S30 to $lfa Bell & McCaul's elevator at Stroms-burg.containingS-,:00 bushels of grain, was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at SO.OOO; fully insured. The firemen by herculean efforts succeeded in sav the depot and Bell & McCal's grain of- fice Russell Tamilec, the oldest settler ' of Thayor connty, was buried last week. The funeral was the largest ever had j in Hubbell, as he was known to every man, woman and child, and likewise respected. All his children from abroad were present. The old Baptist church at Blair is being moved down to the canning fac-' tory and will be remodeled into a silo ! for converting offal of the factory into food for stock. The frame is strong i and the historical old building will con- I tmue to serve a useful purpose. Auditor .doore received a telecram , I from the bank authorities at Ogalalla, t stating that the bank had failed and importuning him to send an examiner to look into its affairs. Pursuant to the telegram Auditor .Moore sent Bank Examiner Morris to the scene of the i Hlsastcr. The appointments! Eugene M. Mum-1 ford as deputy collector of internal rev- enue for the Beatrice district meets ) with very general approval in that , ! city. Mumford is at present deputy ' city treasurer of Beatrice iind as such ' enjoys tin esteem nt all citizens with- i out regard to politics. j j A ell dressed young man giving the ' name of ,lohn Railerty made a stake of j S30 last week in Lincoln by forging the I names nf (!lmn .?- Unlmnc !... I checks on tlie Packers Bank of South Omaha for Sl each. The police made a thorough search for the forger, but he made his escape as soon as he got the cash. At a meeting of the staff officers of the Southwestern Nebraska G. A. 1L l district and of the local reunion com- I mittoc at Curtis, it was resolved to , I abandon the reunion to be held at that : ; place this year. This move is made ! necessary on account of the failure of ( crops in the district, and the prospect- j ne hard times. i viuvernor . roiinse nas signcn a paper i . which allowed .lames Bowman to step , from the penitentiary walls a free man. j Bowman was scntencccl to fifteen ! ! months for grand larceny by the dis : trict, court of Dixon county, lie was ' convicted on circumstantial evidence, outing attorney now says bt as to his guilt A little son of Jerry Williams, living ;ar Percival. la., near Nebraska City near iius siaie, was aua':Keu ov a vicious jack and before he could be rescued was badly bitten on the shoulder and arm. the ilesh being stripped off in great shreds. Mr. Williams was after wards attacked b3 the same animal and found it nccessar3 to kill it to save his own life Little Harry Dornbaugh, the 7-year-old son of E. L. Dornbaugh at McCook, met with a painful accident Wednes day evening. He was playing with his dog and was standing upon a bee hive when he fell, and his weight upon his left arm, forcing the upper arm bone out at the elbow joint and almost through the llesh and skin at the el bow. The state board of public lands and ' i letter to Simer- l buildings has written a letter to Super- ' ininnnnt ::n..,-: c -i. -v-i l, 1 L.AA.iAb UIllLMili; III I III lnmCLl School for the Deaf at Omaha, telling him that the board will do its best to put the building in good sanitary con dition with money from the repair fund. The board takes a swipe at the legislature for notv being more liberal in its appropriations. The advisory councils met at Norfolk Junction to consider the matter of or ganizing the Second Congregational church and ordaining its minister, Mr. A. Farnsworth. Both were approved and in the evening reorganization and ordination services were held, Rev. Mr. Parker of the First church preaching the sermon. Fourteen members have entered into the fellowship and several others are ready to unite with them. J. W. Ross of Norfolk will succeed F. 0. Edgecombe as receiver of the de funct Farmers and Drover's bank of Battle Creek. The state banking board in their general round-up made this change It appears that shortly after Edgecombe's appointment he met with an accident by which he lost his eye sight to an extent that incapaciated him from performing the duties that would devolve upon him as receiver. Attorney W. G. Sear's barn at Oak land, containing a valuable Hambleto nian colt, two sets of harness and a lot of household goods, burned. It is sup posed that tramps set it.on fire. The fire company responded" auicklv. but were too late to sare anything. The a democrat at least give us a good re lotp amogji Uto 9800 thlwuranc. I republican." " '" C. F. MeGrew has' been appointed temporary receiver for the MaCague Savings bank, Omaha. It is believed now that the bank in a short time will be ready to reorganize and resume business, hence the temporary appoint ment. The supreme court lias adjourn ed to the September term and if, by that time, the bank fails to reorganize then the chief justice will be in duty bound to appoint a receiver to wind up its affairs. Receiver "VHiiams of the defunct Ainsworth State bank is on the verge of Vifficial dissolution, owing to the fact interested party when as a matter of fact he is not, but is the private clerk iu. tuc vi Milium presiueiii ui niu uinii" j- 4 T a !.. - 1 . A f .1 . A lm i v n AT jistitution. The state nst.it nt ion Tin t?iti IrMTilrin"- bon.ru ls i;tcrally and theoretically on the iumt and a iaxity in the conduct of j b:uik airairS) whether iu cases of sol- t roni'r nr iHulnnp. will li rvnlilillell .... ... ... v .... n I inta The farm hQ'aSe on M. B. Chchcy's nlnoH. .'ii- milo- ..-11 l r :.. . V "' "" V nuriuwrai w L.iwtuiii, house cost Mr. Cheney 5,000 and was insured for 600. The following cases wern filed in the supreme court Inst Week: Salisbury against Scott, error from Buffalo coun ty. Buffalo tounty Ktltional bank against Gilchrist et al, error from Buf falo county. Carter White Lead com pany against lvinlin, ci"-or from Doug- I las county. Lamina against State,error from BuilAlo countj-. Uollenbeck etal against Drake ct al, error from Gage county. State ex rel Hush against Sanp I et al. This is the controversy over tlie counU' scat of Hitchcock county. j .1. C. MeMahon, once the Chief of po I lice of columbus, Neb., at present A B. i 'i M. detective, staggered iilto police j Station in Omuhn, the other morning I covered with bloixl from a bad wound I iu his head and a knife wound in his 1 side. His hat was gone and his clothes j torn and cut in a number of places. A I few minutes before, v.iiile crossing the K'cventh street viaduct and when near 1 the south end of it. he had been at- i tacked and robbed, after a desperate ! struggle, by two men. The thieves got S300 and a diamond slud. The four prisoners confined i county jail at Wilber made their t b3' overpowering .lailT Hickman as he i took in their M.tpper. and made for the fields. Though badly hurt Hickman ( got a revolver and gamely went in pur suit. He wassoei; lo lowed by Repre sentative an Duvn on hor-eback. Tim quartette were overtaken in u curnlicld somo distance south o' to'vvn and hcn covered by thA weanons they fcurren- dereil. Due is in for horse stealing, ' two for house breaking, and th.' other, a colored lad, for an infamous offense. Word was received at Grand ishwld la-l week from tli supivni ;o irt that the case of Cwylci1 huit. had been granted a icv rial, which will proba bly come off at the .November term. Schultz shot and killed .1. P. l-'arr in Vusrust, lfcOI: was tried and t-nlchced to be hung July -4. l-KJ, but the case was appealed to the supreme conrt and I has been there since. Schult.'. takes 1 the matter in his usual blunt manner and says that the court, jurj' and - at torneys made a farce before arid lib supposes they will make n comedy this time, rhci'e were two bank failures in j Roatrice last week one a national j bank and the other a state institution. The following notice apjieared on the I door of the Nebraska Naliynai: ,!0v- ing to the stringency of the money j market, this bank has been tempor- I arily closeJ. By order of the board of directors." The American bank opened its doors as usual, but shortly altcr ward closed them and posted the fol lowing notice: "Rank closed because' of heavy withdrawal of deposits. Bank turned over to state banking depart ment and will await its action." Last winter Nellie M. Richardson, I an attorney of Gering, was a frequent visitor to legislative scenes. It was at that sess'on of the legislature that a bill was passed for the relief of Scotts ISluff county. Miss Richardson claims that she lobbied the bill through, and a few days ago notified Auditor Moore ' that she had filed an attorney's lien on the S,500 the state had appropriated for the relief of Scotts ISluff county. ' She wants SI, 500 for her services as lobbyist. Now conies commissioners of ' the county a j they never c nil under oath declare that employed Miss Richardson. that they owe her nothing, and that they will never pay her a cent A great big lawsuit is in prospect. i Revenue Collector North has ap- ' pointed the following field deputies: sa Mathews, Omaha district; T. P. , , Parker, for the district comprisin counties of Saline, Lancaster, Otoe and York; E. M. Mumford. f the ; district comprising the counties of Gage. ' Richardson, Johnson, Pawnee. Nemaha ' and Jefferson: Frank Galbraith. Albion ' district; William B. Eastham of Broken Bow, for the northwest district of the state, comprising about twent3' coun ties north aud west and around Custer county: li ('. Hallow of McCook, the southwest district of the state: G. C. Kerkow of Fremont, the Seventh di vision. George 1". Lashell will be given the entire state of North Dakota. George W. Ha'.vke of Nebraska Cty will be appointed stamp clerk at Ne braska Cit3. In the supreme court last week a number of decisions were rendered, several of which are of espectial im portance as well as of great interest to the public on account of the precedents established. In the matter of the lamisncu. i garnishment of ?:irnit,hment of wages of employes of corDorations doinir an interstate lmsi- i Ci - ..... ness, the court holds that the assignor ' of a claim against wages exempt in Ne braska, but not exempt in Iowa, is re sponsible to the debtor for the loss of such wages, and that any judgment obtained on such an assignment in Iowa ' docs not settle the matter as between ' the assignor and the debtor. This is of especial interest to emplo3"cs of rail road and express companies, who have been harrasscd b3 the collection sharlcs of Sioux CH3- and Council Bluffs. It will probablj prove a death blow ot that industry. The following letter, author uu known, being without an' signature, was picked up on the streets of Table Rock: ."Hon. Wilson S. Bissell, Wash ington, D. C-: We the undersigned pat rons of the Table Rock postoflice make the following charges against W. S. Lindsley, postmaster at that place, on declaration day the speaker made use of the following slanderous assertions against Grover Cleveland, that he was a beer guzzler, and while we were down south whipping the rebels Cleveland land was in Buffalo drinking beer. The speaker also made remarks of a similar nature,at which W. S. Lindsley cheered and said the speaker spoke the truth. He (Lindsley) is a partisan of the rank- est sort, ami we iium ma ue is just as . -. , , I..T A. . ' uuli "- tuv tuuiic; bill; ICUUUlu We respectfulu- petition" you for a change. If you don't want to anDoint GUT THEIR THB0 ATS TWO KENTUCKY GIRLS FOULLY KlURdERED: Danchtors of a Wlckllffe Farmer As saulted and KUled by an Unknown Man The Whole Country Searching for the Calmlnal Will Lynch llini. Cairo, I1L, July 7 A terrible crime I was committed near Wickliffe, Ky., i five miles below this city, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. John Ray is a . prosperous farmer living on the Mi nois Central railroad, four miles below ' Wickliffe. Yesterday morning his two daughters, Mary, a , comely girl 17 years of ape, arid Annie, aged 10, went out to pick blackberries at r jvlsc-e J about 200 y;'.stant from the house, x ney had been absent about thirty minutes, when Mrs. Ray heard one of the girls scream and soon a dog which had accompanied them came running to, the house uttering jjitif til cVleS. . The", frightened mother at onco ! rushed to the place where her daugh ters had gone and there found the dead body of her elder daughter with her throat cut from ear to ear and her body fearfully mutilated.- Nude and close beside it lay a navy blue coat left by the man who had assaulted and then murdered her. The body, of the ( younger girl could not be fouhch ' The horrified liiotner rushed to the hcuse and rang the farm bell with all her mighty This .aroused the neigh bors ahd soon gathered on the scene and who a search for the missing girl was at once instituted. Her body was found about thirty feet from that of her sister. Her throat had been cut and from the position iu which tho body lay it was evident that she had been first murdered and then tossd over the fence into the adjoining The whole country was ?oon arous ed, and armed men commenced lo Hock in from miles around. A patv of 100 armed men left Wickliffe at 11 I o'clock, and by the time they had reached tho scene of the crime a simi- lar party from Bardwell and Arling ton arrived i A systematic search for thd murder er was commenced without delay. Three negroes who had btfard'ed a train at the . apple brch'ard hear the home of the Rays, '.Vere ai rested when tliey reached I-ulton, forty-five miles in thw ( south. A negro was arrested at Brad escape j well, but was released. Every sus picious character was compelled to give an account of himself, and one man came near falling a victim to the mob before he could plO'e an alibi. A correspondent visited the scene of tile cr.nie anil conveiscd with many members of the searching party, and heard the story of the two young men who fired on a suspicious looking character, a light mulatto, whom they , lounu crouching on his knUes and el I bows. Ho claimed to be frdin Bard Well and said he was oii his way to Dbhgola, 111., in search of work. '1 his would throw him directly in the line I of the place whe-e the crime was co:n i mitted. Ue wore a b'.uc vest but had . 5m no co:it- A ma" answering the samB description was seen near the same p.ace the evening before and he wore a blue coat and vest. He man aged to escape from the young men, but the scarchciB are eonyiiieed that ho is the mati vaiited a-iul attempted h'd cducealracnt of the fact that he will u Sl,mnari!y lynched if captured. He ;s now surrounuen in a small lerntoi in a bend of the river. TO MURDER MINISTER feLOUNT. riot of a Band of Assassins Among Hawaiian Annexationists. the Honolulu, June 23 The develop-1 ments of the last six days have been three arrests for conspiracy to over-) throw the provincial governmeht. a ' threat against tho life of Clans i Spreckels and the organization of a i society within the ranks of the annex ationists for the purpose of shoot:ng 1 down certain royalists in the event of j any open attack upon the present gov ernment Claus Spreckels found on his gate a few da s ago a placard or namented with a skull and cross bones and bearing the inscription: "Gold and silver will not stop lead." He laid the matter before Minister Blount, and the latter forwarded Mr. Sprock et's statement to the provincial gov ernment Six hundred or TOO annexationists have formed a "citizens' reserve." They arc armed with rifles, and have selected prominent supporters of the ex-queen, whose namcs are known, and marked them for slaughter in the event of a royalist outbreak. A mem ber of the organization gives a list of names of those marked for assassina tion, and he says that in addition to prominent Hawaiians it includes CI tus preckels and Minister Blount, in case they interfere in any fight that may occur. Senatorial Contests j Washington, July 4. The fact that i the senators from the northwestern I states are not unanimous on the silver ' question and that tome of them will probabty vote to repeal the Sherman j silver purchasing law seems to lend in- I terest to the contest which was nend- ing when the senate adiourned in extra I session in April last on the cases of j senators from Montana, ashington i auu ttyoming. in an inree ot tnese states the legislators got into a pro longed tlebate and adjourned without electing a senator to fill the vacancies that were to occur on the 4th of March. These three contested eases will prob abl3' bring on a bitter and protracted preiiminar3 fight before the senate can settle down to the business for which the extra session was convened. n,i x, . . xnere are aiso ine unactco upon res-i olutions of investigation in the ease of senator W. N. Roach of North Dakota, npon which a hot and protracted bebatc is inevitable. Appealed From the Derision. Washington, Juby, C. The recent decision of Judge Newman of the Unit ed States court of Georgia, in which the attempt of the Interstate Commerce commission to enforce the long and short haul clause of the interstate com merce act against certain roads operat ing lines in the state of Georgia, was nullified, was something of a surprise to the commissioners. As soon as the full decision of Judge Newman was re ceived the commission took an appeal to the United States conrt of appeals for that district It is expected that tho court at its October session will prompt-I3- reverse Judge Newman's judgment Will Foreclose on a Minneapolis Fnbnrh. Minneapolis, Minn., July 4. To morrow morning John C. Oswald will foreclose a mortgage on "Bryn Mawr." the handsome Minneapolis Suburb. The amount claimed to be due on the " . -" - ....U...lAb. J uiui timt: is mih.4'..v i in nfnnaiii.io owned 03- K. .1. Anderson, P. S. Doti"- JilMS ii. mi OLtlPr Kll :i n nh i parties rri g.t-w- . xne "Jiryn aiawr T L'omnanv s nre us: ! nnrp).nnr , . tr. I " . '. i T T V i""'cll. ""acnai n lcS, has spent over S450.nci in tree I nlantinc-. landR:.nr.,,,.r,W .,i,i " o.--- -.--'--u(j, j4fnu(j fiwera ati DUlMUOff orJatreR. Terrlb,e riic Wmht y the Elentfcnt uiuuAviii, J.U., ouiy o. a. ntuv,u- dou? electric, wind and rain storm swept east from here last night over Cherokee; Bnena Vista. Pocahontas and CaBaoun counties, doing greSt drimagfa over a wide scope of territory and with in a narrow track destroying every thing in its way. The storm formed to the northeast df Sionx City and was visible here; although its destructive character was not learned till late last night. ,The line of greatest violence coincides roughly with the Illinois Central line east .The reports show great destruction, beginning near Qulnv by, Cherokee couiity, and passing thence easwardly and sohthSastwRrdly liirough Alta, Storm Lake, Newell, Fonda and Poincroy. At Pomcroy the destruction is reported to be complete. The town of a few hundred inhabitants is wiped out. All the wires arc down and it is impdssible to get detailed re ports front IVjmcroy and reports from ti wide scope o country must cbiric ,iii slowly, but nassenjrers aud trainmen on the Illinois Central arriving this morning report a scene of terrible hav oc at Poraeroy. There are heard esti mates of over 100 killed and many more Injured. Thirty-seven dead bodies have been recovered at Pomcroy and many more are buried in the ruins. At 10 o'clock a special train left here lor Pomeroy with six Sidux City pliysie ians and a party of ladies to help care' for the injured. ..,., u So far as heard frcinj the calamity took its most frightful form at the vn liage of Ponieroy, a town of about 9C0 population. Beports have been received that the entire town, except thirty houses was swept from the earth, 100 people killed and 200 injured, many of whom Will die. As sooit as the news of the disaster was learned special trains , witli physicians and nurses' we'e tens from here and Fort Dodge, and every able bodied man in the vicinit' lent a helping hand to the wounded and dying. The wounded were found lying about all the streets beseeching help. It was several hours before the con dition df affairs wdrc known. The town was in total llarkness and the streets were" filled with the wrecks Of , homes and business houses. The scenes were appalling, as men with lanterns went about iu the debris. Ill soma In stances entire families had been wiped out arid their mangleil remains were found in the ruins of their homes. ' Fo::t DoDfiK, la., July S. There arc 1 seventy-four people killed, at least five more will die aim over 100 injured as a , rt.siilt of the cyclone that started at , (Jiiimby, sonth of Cherokee and ended , with awful results at Pomeroy last night At Pomeroy forty-two arc known to 1 be dead and 100 injured. Five blocks i of residence!; have been completely 1 Wiped off the face of the earth not , inore than kindling wood being left of fhciii and 200 hundred families' are i homeless, uiaiiy having lest their all. The business blocks were badly dam ' aged, ami the new postottice block and a drug store completely wrecked, and j seven churches, all there were, wiped out of existence. i The pecuniary loss in Pomcroy will j reach fully 550,000. All is chaos there t yet The residents are in a dazed con ! dition mid correspondents found it Very iliilicuit to obtain names and particu lars. An immense amount of damage has been done to crops and the path of j , the storm is strewn with dead horses, ( cows, pigs and chickens. In every di- j rcction one can look there is nothing ' i but wreck ami ruin. t I Immediately following the storiri the j j cries and moans of the injured and dy- I ing were heard and the willing ones ' who went to work to relieve the injured and remove the dead met with sights I that were awful to hold. People were found with a limb and J an arm torn off, terrible wounds on their bodies and faecs and some with their brains otizihg out. Many of the" dead were terribly d.'sfigurcd and muti- I latcd. j The old postoflice building was turn- I cd into a morgue and at one time con- I tamed twentj--six bodies. The injured i were taken to the Good Templars hall ' and two hotels, which were converted into hospitals. The wires being all down, immedi j ately after the storm Ed Masterson ' mounted a horse and started for Man- son, seven miles east, for help, but was ' stopped by a washout of a bridge He crossed at a great risk after a long de lay. A Special train bearing officials ,of the Illinois Central came along and lie ; flagged it and related the story of the i dreadful disaster. The train was back ed to Manson and wired word to Fort Dodge and proceeded with help to I Pomeroy. Justice Itlatch ford Dead. NKWPOirr, R. I. July 7. Associate Justice Samuel Blatchford passed qui ctby and peacefully from earth at 7:20 last evening, lie retained conscious ness until an hour or two before Ids death. There was no sudden change in his condition, simphy the gradual slipping away which has been taking place for the last week. The arrangements for the funeral arc not 3ot completed, but the bod3' will probably be taken to Washington for interment For many seasons he hn.q been a quiet visitor in the city during the summer season, residing in his owtt I collage on l-renough Place, and while not greatby given to society followings, ' ne was irequeniiy entertained in the ' first families. I Buzzakd's Bay, July 7. The presi- ! dent sent this message tonight to Mrs. JUatchford: ; To Mi:s. Samukl Blatchfoisd, New- I tout, R. I.: Please accept my heart- i felt sympathy and condolence on the death of your distinguished husband. 1 1 t . " . . .. nose long ana Honorable public ser- vice causes a nation to mourn his loss. Gjjovkk Ci.eveL.vxjx President Cleveland. Buzzakd's Bay, July 8. The pub lishcd report that the president is suf fering with cancer is denied. Dr. Bryant sa3's the president is absolutely free from cancers or malignant growths of an3 description, and that the report is absolutely false. No operation has been performed, except that a bad tooth was extracted. Colonel Lamont says no interview was sent out last night, such as was published in New York this morning. Dr. Biyant is of the opinion that the president will be able to go out in a day or two. ' The following was sent from Buz zard's Bay to night: To Wai'tek Gkesiiam, WAsurxGTOx: 1 The president is laid up with rheuma tism in the knee and foot and will be out in a day or two. There is no occa sion for an3 uncas.ness. 1 D. S. Lamont. NEWS NOTES. Ex-Senator John B. Henderson has written a Jetter to Secretary Carlisle , setting forth at great leugth his views ' on tne silver qnestion. i Sinnnp U..,.;.... w r a . - - "' . "'i" " " asaingion, nas . Deen sued to make him give an ac- nt; t i" t, Y1, ac IT", 171? .. "" "" wmcq ne Vf as nuHiijiisiraior. SILVER MUST STAND. SO SAY FRIENDS OF THE WHITE METAL. So Disposition to fteltaqrtisfi the Sher man Law Unless Something as ftWid df Better Can be Secnrctl rarty Line Closely Drawn on the Silver Question Call for it National Itimetallc Con vention to Meet in ChicSgO ftnrt 7titer on to Assemble in the City of AVasU lngton While Congress is In Session. To Settle the Tariff Issue. Washington, D.C., July C While it is quite Apparent .that congressmen do not relish the idea of faceting ctt August 7 and remaining in continuous session until next summer, there are few of the thoughtful ones who do not see this condition before them. At the outstart there Was such a popular cry for tile repeal of tiie Sherman law that at a glance there waS reason id believe that this action could be acconipH?h"c1 J without much difliciiltj- or delay. I he distress in financial circles for the time being smothered the breath out of the silver men. but with reflection the. ad vocates of the white metal believe that they hold thti Upper hand, and, seeing in the uneGndiUbnal repeal of the sil ver law the demonetization of silver untl the reduction of it toa level in tiiin country with all oilier jrii florals except gold, they have awakened to the realiz ation of their position ahd boldly an nounce their stand. Silver, they declare, must be maintained as a money metal, and with si majority during the last sess ion in favor of free Coinage It would seem fhat if their .declarations, lieVtit' to relinquish 'he Sherh'mti law nntil something more satisfactory i- given them, are carried out that a tedious t:ght is before them. A suggestion has been made that the sllverites will try to force an adjournment of the extra session without allowing congress to act on the silver law. It is (lotibtfnl w hether such a course' could be carried into execution. Its effort would Cer tainly be dangerous" to the prosperity of the country, but on the silver ques tion the party lines have nover been ver3' distinct- drawn. It llzs generalt3 been the south and the west arrayed against the east, and the fight will probably be on the same plan this ses sion. Personal and sectional interests will be considered before tiie sucress of a party that cannot or will pot give io them what thc3' are most anxious that congress should do and for which end thc'3- have been sending men to con gress for j'ears. It is understood to be the purpose of the administration to have the tariff rmn.i if ti Rltt.tlsvl fit tlio o-ir1init nn;Tlili -j .. ..... .. ......... ..... - L. date. ?o that its effect may become ap- p.ircuc uei.ore me ptiuno iscaiien upon to pass judgment upon it, and with this in mind it almost certain that the con sideration of the tariff will be precipi tated during the extra session. The statement comes from the west that Mr. Springer has been devoting his time to the preparation of a tariff bill which the committee on wa3s and mean ph-ill take as a basis. If this be true his Sfforis are thy most advanced. hile it is reasonably cc'rtain that tile administration will be thorugh' in touch with the ways and means com mittee, pending tJ.c consideration of the tariff rates, nothing of a tangible character looking toward the compila tion of what might be termed the ad ministration bill,. has been done. Both the president and Mr. t'.irlisle have re ceived suggestions from every sectiOn of the country, and from cver3 interest which the tariff affects, upon the pro posed changes in the present rates. All of thcsccommunications have been care fully tiled, and when the proposed time arrives each will receive due considera tion. As yet it can be positively stated that the secretary of the trcasur3' has not 3'ct turned his attention to the forma tion of a bill which will convc3 the ideas of the administration on the tariff, but it js nt unlikely that such a meas ure will be iridlredtby presented to the ways and means committee: Silver Advocates MoTing. Washington, J11I3- G. The following call for a national convention of the American Bimetalic league was issued froni the national headquarters this morning: Washington, D. C, July 4. The re cent culmination of events of the great est moment to the people of this coun try calls for wise counsel ind deter mined action on the part of all patriotic citizens. A concerted purpose is mani fest to seize upon the present opportu nit3 to destroj' silver as monc3' and to establish finally and forever the single gold standard and to change at one stroke all debts to gold debts, trith a never-ending rise of gold and fall of prices. A financial disturbance, largely artificial and needless, has been created as an object lesson and falscl3' attrib uted to the.prescnt silver law, in order, out of it, to create a manifestation of public sentiment, under cover of which the greater crime of overthrowing the mone3' of the constitution and estab lishing the single gold standard may be consumated. As a patt of the same great consp;rac3 the mints of India have been closed and the shock is felt around the world. Congress has been called to meet in extra session on August 7. If, at this session, the money standard of the con stitution is overthrown aud the single gold standard is finally established to be extended over the world, an econom ic will have been inaugurated more disastrous to the welfare of mankind, and especially to the laboring and pro ducing clacses, than any in the histor3' of the world. In view, therefore, of the threatening conditions that have arisen and in an swer to numerous appeals for action, the executive committee of the Ameri can Bimetalic league has deemed it proper to call a national convention, to be.hcld at Chicago, beginning August 1 and to continue as long as the con vention ma3 direct. All members of the league are urged to attend, and all who are in favor of maintaining the mone3 of the constitu tion and opposed to the establishment of the single gold standard in the Unit- j cd States, without regard to party, are invited to attend and participate in the ' deliberations of the convention. All economic associations and all industrial , organizations are requested to send del egates to this convention. A special invitation is extended to members of congress and members of state legisla tures. Governors of states are request ed to appoint asmany delegates as they ma- deem proper. By order of the executive committee, A. J. Wakxer, President. W. M. Bakuington, Secretar3', In the selection of the convention cit3' there was a sharp fight between Chica go, St. Louis and Washington; the south and southwest favored St. Louis and the east and near by south. Washing ion. The reason why Chicago prevailed viy because of the inducements which the World's fair and the cut rates af ford. The idea of the silver people is to incet at Chicago and adjourn to Wash-jtigtofi.- Here the convention will re assemble at slbtfui tho time when con gress convenes and will probably con tinue in session until the organization of that body. General Warner made the following" statement this evening: "A thorough poll of th'tf silver forces establishes the fact that the Siiorirfari law cannot be repealed without a StibMitHtfl which will be satisfactory to the silvcx'jrights. Thiseanvassof strength has been iti pfogfefej since the day after the issu ance of the" prcsntent's proclamation. It has been pushed rfctiroly by means of personal consultation, nail nnd tele graphic communication. When" tho canvass was begun the first effect of the anti-silver blow was still felt and there was a manifest fear on the part or the silver men that the Sherman law would be" repealed. Gradually this fear gave vfaj lo hope-, and in turn this has been supplanted by defiance." This statement of General Warner re flects the sentiments of the free" bilvor men here and there can be no doubt that within the past twcnt3-four hours they have gained renewed confidence In P)d belief that the Sherman act can not be reticRled without giving the sil vcrites somtfthihgeqnally as good or better. Rival Factions In the Choctaw Xatfol. Ready to Fight. Wjlburtox,'I. 'f.,.7u! 8 The situa tion here toda- has rcmaineil ranch the same as yesterdaj-. While there is no Oulsttoken desire on the part of aii3' body to cause trouble, tho fact that the IiTdidiis are heavily armed is consid ered as an imlicdtiori ot trouble ahead. The utmost silence prevails ami every thing is still as death. Old timers 10 gard this as the worst phase of the sit nation and predict that bloodshed will follow soon after the execution occurs, if oi before. The Indian military, which has Icon stationed here ever s'ulcd tlie" trial 01 the condemned men was finished in lh civil court, is being constintl3' in creased, Yesterday the troups were re inforced nd it u understood that oth ers will arrive tod33' and tomonow. Up td sundown no word had been re ceived from Governor Jones indicating that the sheriff Wthild be' interfered with. The contract for constructing the eofilns and intering the remains of the four doomed Dt'lians has been let and the work is well under way. The militia is active and stands I'rtidy to C3ry out the orders of the sheriff. Should thS v-ar department interfere and send troops to Stay the execution, in the opinion of nearby everybody, such a course would simply be adding lie" trouble to the situation, for the Indians will not rc:ognixe an3 authority of the general govci nment to interfere with the Choctaw laws. If troop are dis patched to this point they will lnlVo to make double quick time. There are no hoops Hearer than Antlers and to get them hefe would require quick work. In case the trdops should come in no time the force would be' insiifliclent to quell the disturbance that is looked for. The least mistake in handling the af fair might result in great loss of life on both sides. Mm h bad blood has been engendered by the investigation made by Inspector Faison, and if a mistake is ihade and the ton.li lighted anew the government may look for serious con sequences. Dai 1. vs. Tex., J11I3- 5. Secretary Smith of the Interior department has wired Indian Inspector Kaison, says :t News Paris, Tex., special, to issue an order to the Cho-taw authorities to prevent the execution of the five Choc taw's who were to be shot Friday. Colorado Smelters .1I;t Itedme Work. Denver, Colo., July 7. The smelters today perfected a warehouse scheme I which is the first break in the clouds. ' Ore buyers were authorized to send out notices that ore would be purchased and cash paid fcr gold, copper and lead. For the silver carried a certificate on receipt will be given showing that the smelter holds a given amount of silver to the order of the miner. The smelters heretofore have purchased outright, Out this will relieve them of all finan cial responsibility for silver. It should cause the reopening f mines employ ing at lest .",000 men and a partial rail way and smelver revival. The suspen sion of the three Pueblo national banks is in pursuance of a private agreement iade on Tuesday that the banks would close oil trfc first appearance of a run ' without waiting to" paj' nut thoir ready cash. Three other banks in Pueblo are still open. 1 Thatcher of the First National has largesuiiis with eastern correspondent, but will likely net with the others. Should he take this pftfcMition half a dozen auxiliary mountain batiks will also suspend. All claim large surplus es, but sa3- if the people will not have confidence tliC3- will simply shut for the present The state board of charities has called a ilins meeting for Monday to organize relief measures throughout the state j Discussed Silver. Denver, Juby 7. At a meeting of citizens held at the chamber of Com merce to discuss the silver situation, Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Colorado mem ber of the democratic national tcm raittee, and ex-Congressman James B. Bclford were the principal speakers. In the course of his remarks Mr. Thom as said: "So impressed am I iVilh the impor tance of this question above all others, and its vital bearing upon the future of the republic, that I do not propose to let the ties of an3 part3- obligation on earth swerve me from the dut3 I owe to the people. Let us stand shoulder to shoulder in the light We must beat or be beaten, and if we arc beaten we will at least know that those who have defeated us have involved themselves in a common ruin. Just so sure as a single gold basis is adopted and the total amount of gold productions of the countr3', which is onby S1'J,009,000. which will be curtailed 40 per cent by the silver mines closing, just so surt'v will the bankers of the east own all the proper t3' of this country as we are sitting here tonight on the anniversary of the nation's birthday." Pensioners Dropped from the Koll. PiTTSBUro, Pa., July 7 The 'second quarterly pa3'ment of pensions for this district was begun yesterday and in obedience to orders from the pension department at Washington nearly 100 pensioners were dropped from the rolls. This was in accordance with Secretary Hoke Smith's recent ruling and will result in an annual saving of several thousand dollars. loptea Fartr f Vermont. Rutland, VL, July 7. Fifteen men from various parts of the state held a convention here aud organized the people's party. All sorts of ideas were expressed, but the talk was mostly noon financial subjects. Tlie platform declares for free silver, woman suffrage and in income tax. -THE- First National Bank cox. TJ0. HI DIRECTORS A. ANDrBSON Prest " , J. H. O ALLKY. YIee Pres't. i fc O.T.EOIN. Cashier. "V C.K.EABLT,A'tOtiliIer. O.ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON, JACOB GREI8EN. . HENRY BAGATZ, ti JAMES 0. RKEDElt. Statement ef Condition at the Close or Easiness May 4, 1893. RESOURCES. Lonn"? and Discount $253,493 SO Keal Estate. Furniture ,.--, and Fixtures.., it,vTX iS U.S. Itonds 1 15.1UD 00 Due from Hanks U$2 00 Cuoh 29,57003 72.75: CM Total.... ....5j7U,xv .! LIABILITIES. Capital Stock raid In. Surplus!. ......... ...... lTiutivid"d I'rolits Circulation Deposit ...-... ......... Siv.crooo- :p.ooir 5.3.M i:t.W)(.o 2t;i.:w ;:& Total.... .........? rm,ys." i gttsmess gartls. J n.Kl&MAIY, DEUTCIIER ADVOKAT, OinTo over Colnmbus State Bank, Colninbns, Nobra-ska. - A AB.ltF.irr Ac KEEDEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, o;o over First National Bank, Colnmbne. Nebraska. " W. A. McALLlSTEB. W. M. CORNELIUS. M r-ai.i.i i : Jc coksei-ius IX ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Columbus, Neb. J. WILCOX, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, Cor. Eleventh & North St.. COLUMBUS. NEB. tiT-ColIectiaM c specialty. Prompt and care ful attentioa given to tho. eettlotnentof estates in tho comity court by ciscutoM, uiliiiinibtnitor and fciianlian. Will practice in all the court of tliiii btnte and of fccjuth Dakota. Kufcrs, by Mrraiissiou, totherirntNation.il Bank. Ojuly.y E. T. ALLEN, M. D.f Sye - and - Ear - Surgeon, Secretary Nebraska State Board of Health, , 809 Ramok Block, 03I AH A, NEB ogtf E.C.BOYD, XASCFACTCEEB or Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter-, ing a Specialty. Bhop on Nebratka Avenne, two doors north of Basmcsitn's. .A. E. SEAJRL, rRornirrrou or tee Ei 2Yc Finest in The City. rgrTho only shop on tho South Side. Colum bus. Nebraska. 2SOct-y L. C. VOSS, M. D., HonitBopaitiic Physician AND SXXRGrEOISr. Ofitco over Bather's store. S,.eeiaILst in chronic diseases. Careful attention given to xenurnl practice. A STRAY LEAF! A DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE TOB CARDS. ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, CLHCULARS, DODGERS, ETC. LOUIS SCHREiBER, li All kinds of Repairing done on Short Notice. Baggies, Wag bs, etc., made to order, and all work Guar anteed. Mso sell the world-famous Walter A Wood Mowers, Beapers, Combin ed Machines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. Shop on Olivo Street, Columbus, Neb., four doors south of Borowiak's. HENRY GrASS, Tonsonal mm BUM Wans? UNDERTAKER ! Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases ! "Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ntery Goods. Mf COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA .t . t I 5 IS-, - '- lz-tnCt5jaS-?- -,s- J?i-," - " i?i zs'-&state?&r.vzi-'.-- , JJ-J--J "J-..-jcL. - J?-- Ai? SfcrBf- s5. A.vtJr :X- '-i3r ??? Lx, rdfjT" s"; ;5fcr lUiTr - "- " -sjSyv-- T. . . r r V .i. '- ".V