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VOLUME XXIV. NUMBER 13.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,209.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Hjmpseepaired on shobt
NOTICE.
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Eleventh Street, one door west of
Hagol & Co a.
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opposite Bchroeder' flonrint: mill aud sro it,J
jrd to do ALL KINDS OF WOOD WOK1L
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Sash,
Boors,
Mouldings,
Counters,
Stuir Kail ins:,
Scroll Sawing,
VI aning.
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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.
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ences to actual clients in your state, county 01
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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 "
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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.
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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
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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.
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CARDS.
ENVELOPES,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
CLHCULARS,
DODGERS, ETC.
LOUIS SCHREiBER,
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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
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BUM Wans?
UNDERTAKER !
Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases !
"Repairing of all kinds of Uphol
ntery Goods.
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