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A CmcAoo burglar received the other day five aeatenoea for five different bur- 'glaries committed in one night. The aggregate of hia forma of aeataaoe waa one hundred years. Tax atate board of pmblio landa aad buildinga recently appointed Jadga Fowler of South Omaha to encased Commandant Culver of the Sokuera' home at Milford, the appointmeat to take effect February L Gaoaax A. Tckkks, the well-kaowa lawyer of Spokane, Waak, waa elected United States senator Friday. He waa nominated by a cauoua of popaliata and tree-eilTer republicans. He has been a republican and is not prepared to sur render his old convictions on the tariff. Word comes from the Cheyenne In- dian agency, South Dakota, that during the recent severe weather three Indiana froze in their tents and a number of others will die from the effects of expo sure. Thousands of cattle perished in the storm and three hundred were found dead in one place. The big fire at Philadelphia last Wed nesday waa in the heart of the city one of the most valuable blocks of basin eat bouses in the city being consumed,--lost estimated as high as $2,500,000. John Wanamaker's store, opposite the fire, was saved from total destruction almost by a miracle. Loss estimated at $100,000. Gen. Boloff and Dr. Joseph J. Luia of the Cuban junta have been indicted at Baltimore on a charge of "bagianiag, setting on foot and providing within the district of Maryland means for a military expedition against the territory of a foreign power with which the United States is at peace, to-wit: the island of Cuba." An apportionment is one of the moat dificult things of accomplishment in legislative proceedings, there are so many interests to consult. There is a scheme now before the legislature in which Platte caanty is included with Colfax, (aa now) in a senatorial district (Elev enth), and for representative one alone (Thirty-fourth) and one (district Thirty five) including Platte, Madison, Stanton and Colfax. Boss L. Hammond, of the Fremont Tribune, is mentioned as public printer. We are pleased to see Boas name men tioned in this connection. For over six teen years he has been aa ardent worker for republican v principles, and his little daily has been a source of great help in time of need. That Dodge county waa counted in the McKinley ranks this fall is due much to the effort of Boss and hia paper. Blair Pilot. Taxreeent report that the Kothschilds purchased over a hundred silver mines in this country, taken in coanec tioa with the fact that Senator Woloott, of Colorado, now on a mission in behalf of international bimetallism,! of the English Botbachilda, may bly be a tip of importaaoaaa to the fatare of co-operation in silver. Bat what will the populists do when they sad themselves bulling silver along with the Bothachflds?-Seward Blade. Jox Coujaa, a foar years old, waa murdered by ,tweaty-two years old, the in Hsdgrean adeem at Mats hall, Omaha, one night last week. Both anna had aa unsavory repatataoa, aad had just iaiahed a five years' in the penitentiary far highway r, and Collins a thirty days' ssn- i in the county jail for petit laroeny. The quarrel was over a pair of gloves aad the deed waa done with a kails, the fatal blow delivered directly over the heart, death following almost instantly. SxxiToat TarasroK may congratulate himself that he has the profound good will of the republican papers of the state. And the Tribune tuaiisi to knew that tlta friendly saafimsat is cordially recip recated by the senator.. Of ooarse the of the Federation will not be at to ataaa that everything the doss is to be approved. To have it I would he aa injury to the to the a thai pen to the navalm, It that than will dag with the salt ions justify it the In i he will be the guide of the press -in this -assay -things the i wlB And these eeasUaatial rela- wfll ha mataslly helsfal.-Fre- s& ? , Ki'Svjfe' . l.-'issr- - rR "- " ..-.-. A MOSBUUE MIJKDEB. AWsyaeOeaacy IJHa ate Wife One of the most horrible tragedies in the aaaala of Wayne oounty crime waa byCLK. Bash at his home southwest of Wayne Wednes day night last. tea attaadiag revival meet- aadit is supposed his mind became Upon reaching home that murdered his wife and three children. Sheriff Beynolds and Coroner warn notified about noon and the scene of the tragedy about S JO. About fifty men had assembled around the hoaaa awaiting their arrival. On entering the house a fearful sight was presaatsd. On the floor lay the wife, with her head crushed and face gashed ia a frightfal manner. Near her fast was a young son, some ten years old, with hia hand crashed and deep gashes out in hk face. Oa the bed was the eight-year-old daughter with her head also crushed almost to a jelly. The lit tle baby boy had been treated in a like manner. The two latter had evidently beea asleep when killed. In committing the dead Bash had used three pieces of aoapstono, which were found at different plaess ia the hoaaa, aad the floor was a of blood. the sheriff and his assistants entered the room Bash was sitting at the wiadow, aad while be called the sheriff by name he made no offer of resistance. Whan asked what kind of- a weapon he had used to kill his family he started for the Bible that ha aught give his testi- As Mrs. Bash had not retired for the night, when her husband returned from the revival meeting, evidently, she had a terrible struggle with her husband be fore receiving the blow which resulted in bar death. The house was cold and the victims of Rash were frozen, but neigh bors took charge of the remains and they will receive; the necessary care. Bash's insanity is questioned by some, but everything indicates that he is stark mad. There was some talk of-lynching the prisoner, who seemed to be worried, as ha mentioned the question of being mobbed to the sheriff. The deed was first discovered by a boy who had been sent from a neighbor's to engage Mr. Bash to help shell corn. Failing to gain admittance he burst in the door. A terrible spectacle presented itself as described. The furniture of the room was in bad disorder and the walls and ceiling spattered with blood. Upstairs in a loft lay the husband of the family. His vacant stare and wan dering talk indicated that reason had left him. Further news from Wayne says that on Friday when Sheriff Beynolds opened the cell door and requested his prisoner to take a cup of coffee, Bash made a lunge at him and it was with difficulty that the sheriff succeeded in backing out and locking the celL The coroner's inquest disclosed the fact that there had been no trouble known in the family, but that Bash had been attending revival meetings and that his mind had become unbalanced. The night the deed was committed he had attempted to take charge of the meeting, and when it closed he carried away a stone about a foot square, and it was this with which he committed the terrible deeds, and before he unhitched his team. A brother of the unfortunate man tes tifies that their father hanged himself when about sixty years old; that their oldest brother became insane twenty three years sgo while attending revival meetings, and died two years later in the asylum at Fulton, Mb. The changes wrought in the United States within the last century are graphically described by John Bach Mc Masterin the Atlantic Monthly for Jan uary. He says that a citizen who wore a badge of mourning in memory of Washington lived at a time when our country nowhere touched the Gulf of Mexico and nowhere crossed the Mis sissippi river, and when there were but fifteea states in the Union, none of them having a population of a million souls, or a city of 50,000 inhabitants. The watchuwn with his rattle and lantern still went his rounds at night Every citizea was required to serve on the watch and to keep in his house near the front door a number of leather buckets, with which he must hurry to'any fire to .which he might be summoned' by the sound of the market or court-house bell. Only two cities in the country at that time had water-works. There were no omnibuses or horse cars. There were only seventeen daily newspapers. There were no typewriters, no envelopes, no postsge stamps, no letter boxes, no tele phones, no electric lights, no blotting paper in those days, and it cost a quarter to send a letter from Boston to Wash ington. At Bochester, New York, the other day there was a remarkable exhibition of what can be done in surgery with the X ray. A child 22 months old had swallowed a cant aad with the ordinary surgery aotiung could be done. With a radiograph, the coin was approximately located in the esophagus. The N. Y. Sua talk the rest: "It waa finally determined to use the fiaoroaoope daring the operation, the observer directing the movements from his observation of the coin and metal instruments as they appeared on the nuroseope screen. Thin -boards were placed across two boxes, and the patient was placed under the Crookes tube. The observer placed himself beneath, and with the use of the new metallic screen of inch mesh definitely located the coin. The tube was then placed under the pstieat, and Dr. Zimmerpro ceeded to grasp the coin, under the direction of the observer. It was highly successful, the coin be ing removed after slipping once or twice from the forceps. The patient was un der the influence of ether, and the ob server saw every movement of the for ceps. The patient is; now considered out of danger.'' Cckvzlahd on Monday seat to the senate the nomination of W. H. Munger of Fremont to be United States district jadge for the district of Nebraska. This is ia place of that of William D. MeHagh, whose nomination, made by the president in December, sited of coafirmatioa, both Nebraska aaaatata, Thurston and Allen, with ethers opposing. Mr. Munger is very wall known here as one of the ablest this section of the state, a af moat excellent character, and to the adaiiaistra- sf the rtnsjosrasy ia this state. --w f- a-' WABKBfQTOir confeepoadeace has tlie following: "Senator Alien has introduc ed an amendment to the sundry civil bill, providing for the extension aad completion of the steam plant and elec tric light plant, for, the construction of a warehouse, heating of buildags, erection of a horse barn, erection of a dairy bam, repairs to hospital and placug an. inde pendent steam plant therein,- construc tion of five three-room cottages, and for general repairs of the Indian school at Genoa, Nebraska, the pom of. $0,750, to be immediately available. Also an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for a certain sum of money for the Santee and Flandreau Sioux, growing out of the sale of lands under treaty stipulations." The announcement by the pi ciatkms of the .coming appointment of Charles G. Dawes as comptroller, of the currency does not surprise bis friends in Lincoln. It was believed for a time that he would be made secretary of the in terior, but the selection of Gage from Illinois to take charge of the treasury of course makes that out of the ques tion. It would be superfluous to ssy anything around Lincoln about the fit ness of Mr. Dawes for the place. Lin coln Journal From what we know of Mr. Dawes we should say that his appointment will be another evidence of the discriminating judgment of Mir. McKinley. aad of his sense of the fitness of things, appreciat ing not only the general ability of Mr. Dawes, but also his special fitness for the position named. Uhdkb the head of "Browning and the Larger Public," the Review of Reviews for February publishes two' articles of more than ordinary interest. Dean Far rar treats of The Significance of Brown ing's Message," dwelling particularly on the poet's optimum, while the warden of "Browning Hall," in South London, Mr. F. Herbert Stead, writes on "Browning as the Poet of tho Plain People.'' Mr. Stead declares that Browning has too long been regarded as the exclusive property of the learned. Too much stress has been laid ou'the obscurities of his style. The "Browning cult" has tended to discourage the popularizing of his poetry. IOWA ii) CABINET. Ex-Congressman Wilson Ac cepts Agricultural Portfolio. BEIEF SKETCH OF HIS 0ABEEB. He Became a Hawkejo Ia 188S Has Had Practical Experience la Farmlas; Na tloaal Comniltteeiuaa Dawea Will Suc ceed Mr. Eckel a CoiaptroUer of the Curreaey. Des Moines, la., Feb. 2. Ex-Con-greasman Wilson of Iowa announced last night his acceptance of the cabinet portfolio recently tendeted him. Toa representative of the Associated Press Mr. Wilson said: "It is true that I have been invited into President Mc Kinley's cabinet. I have accepted. That is all there is to say about the mat ter." It was generally- known that Mr. Wilson would be secretary of agricult ure, he having wired to Senator Allison yesterday that that portfolio had been offered and accepted. James Wilson was born Aug. 16, 1833, in Ayrshire, Scotland, of parents be longing to the farming class of popula tion. His parents emigrated to Con necticnt in the spring of 1852 and began farming in the vicinity of Norwich. They came to Iowa in the fall of 1850, buying government land in Tama county. James is the oldest of a fam ily of 14 children, seven boys and seven girls. His father, John Wilson, was a stock farmer, and began at an early day to fatten stock for the eastern market. The family pursued diversified farming, having made the dairy feature promi nent from the others. James was sent to the Twelfth Iowa general assembly to get stock acts enacted, changing the custom of per mitting slock to run at large. He was re-elected to the .Thirteenth and Four teenth general assemblies, being speaker of the house in the last assembly in which he served. The code of 1873 was enacted while he presided. He was elected to the Forty-third congress dur ing his laat term in the house and was re-elected to the Forty-fourth congress. He retired at the end of his second term to his farm, when he was appointed by Governor Sherman as a member of the railway commission. After serving one year he resigned to take his seat in the Forty-eighth congress. At the end of this congress he again retired to his farm, when several editors of country papers arranged with him to write weekly letters for their papers, which he has continued to do until the present time. In 1891 he was elected director of the Iowa station and professor of agriculture by the trusteesof the Iowa agricultural colleges, positions he has held up to the present time.- Dawes WiU 8aeceed Eckels. Chicago, Feb. 2. Charles 6. Dawes, who was seen by a representative of the Associated Press this morning, said: "The report that I have been tendered and have accepted the appointment of comptroller of the currency is true. I have much regretted the early publicity which has unavoidably attached to the matter, for it seems to have ,given rise' to the inference that I had some desire or expectation of succeeding Mr. Eckels prior to the expiration of his commission in 1898. lean say for myself, and I think I speak for all concerned, that. I sincerely hope Mr. Eckels may see his way clear to the retention of his posi tion until the expiration of hiscommis skw. His distinguished serwtees as comptroller of the currency, rendered amid so many embarrassments and com plications, have earned him the grati tude of the nation." Salt to Oast Mayer PJagtee. Laxsixo, Mich., Feb. 2. Attorney F. A. Baker of Detroit has lied in the supreme court an application for aa or der requiring the common council of Detroit to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel that body to. order a special election for" the purpose of electing a mayor of the city to suc ceed Mayor Pingree who, it is alleged, has vacated the office of mayor by ac cepting the office of governor. Theapr plication ia made by Dewirt H. More land of Detroit, who recently petitioned the city council to call such special elec tion. The relator claims that to hold both offices incompatible and contrary to the state coastitutioa. eMUakto. Des Modtes, Feb. 2. The court today decided ia the case of Mar shall county against John KaoU aad others JJaU bondsmen must pay mulct Kawor tax if it is not paid by the prin cipal. Tete VotjMm IauulgraSU aUU. Chicago, Feb. 8. The News' Wash aagtoa spwrisl says: lYsaViaat Cleveland determined to veto the immiffratioa MB wn -i.- . .m Vilas and uaaieig the Nicaragua julio saiquilt oiiB lUHMHriwi 'k 7 Seade a Letter KeUredMet-Aa eerefMltePaeeedkjrtke f $4S,SS4,7S la Save Meatka. WASHnraros, Feb. T Thn TTlcaia gua canal bill occupied the attmtfion of the senate most of Monday, but ao gross was made toward a iaalTota. Morgan, in charge of the ought to secure aa agreement to vote today or Thursday, but the OMpaaits. lead by Vilas and Daniel, iwiaUd any agreement. While dwieng any purpose of obstruction or flUbnAai ia g against the bill, the opposMon ristiH It was of such grave moment as to de mand complete discussion. Mr. Vilas was appealed to from many quarters. Mr. Hoar added a high tribute to the Wisconsin senator and said it was hoped Mr. Vilas' opposition would not develop an obstruction calculated to defeat not only the canal biB, but' also tha bank ruptcy bill and many other important questions. Davis (Sep., Minn.) in a similar appeal, said the sentiment in the northwest was most urgent for the speedy consideration of the bankruptcy bflL Daniel (Dem., Va.) reinforced Mr. Vilas in saying that no present ar rangement for a vote was- possible. Many new diplomatic, questions. aan nected with the canal had arisen He had several new ameadmeats to jpfe pose. The measure was too momeatoui to be hurried to a vote. ?w The debate became general, the Cali fornia senators, White and Perkins, urg ing speedy action and Mr. Caffrey (Dem., La.,) and Mr. Vilas opposing a precipitate course. Answering the appeals made to him Mr. Vilas said the opposition was' in spired by no personal motives, but re garded it as a grave public duty that the details of the canal project should be elaborately presented to the senate and the country. The senator analyzed and criticised the bill section by section. He regarded section 7 as disclosing the "mouse in the meaL" It provided reimbursement to the old Nicaragua Canal company for. all. expenses, cost of promotion, etc., up to 4.500,000, with interest. This section was positive in terms and would go into effect, though all the rest of the bill and the canal failed of execution. The prop erty of this company, according to the government engineers, was hardly worth 1500,000. The canal was a dangerouauenace as it would expose our western coast to the attacks of the navies of Europe. Mr. Vilas did not conclude his remarks be fore adjournment. BUSY DAY IN THE HOUSE. Aa Uanal!y Latere Number of Bills Were Pas-ted Duder Snspeasioa. Washington, Feb. 2. The house had a busy day Monday. An unusually large number of bills were passed, but few of them were "of any considerable importance. It was suspension day and the usual obstructive tactics were un availing. The bills passed included the old bill which has been pending before congress for so many years to retire John N. Quackenbush, who was couit martialed and suspended from the naval service in 1874 for drunkenness, as a commander, under date of June 1, 1895; also a bill to reimburse the heirs of Albert Augustine of Rose Hill, la., in the sum of $350 for two cows destroyed, in the Cayuse war of 1848. While aUl to reduce the amount allowed steamboat inspectors for traveling expenses was under consideration Mr. Grosvenor (Rep., O.) took occasion to remark upon the "sudden.outburst of economy ".dis played by the present administration on the eve of its outgoing in the matter of salaries and fees. About 4:30 p. m. the diplomatic aud consular appropriation bill was taken up and fair progress made before the hour of adjournment. An ineffectual attempt was made to strike out the appropriation of 16,000 paid, by the United States annually under that provision of the Berlin treaty for the maintenance of the king of 'Samoa and the present government of the Samoan islands. Over Forty MUMoBS DeBeit. - Washington, Feb. 2. The compara tive statement of the government re ceipts and expenditures shows the total receipts during January to have been $24,131,994 and the expenditures $30, $69,889. This leaves a deficit for the month of $5,952,895, and for the seven months of the present fiscal year a de ficit of f43.854.792. The deficit for the same seven months of hist year was $18,686,377. The receipts from customs during the 'last month amounted -to $11,276,874, a falling off of over $5,100, 000 as compared with January, 1896. There was also a slight falling off in the receipts from internal revenue. Beaator Baker Opposes CeaflrauUlea. Washington, Feb. 2. The senate spent' an hour in discussing the confirm ation of George A. Vanatta as postmas ter at Clay Center, Kan., on an intima tion of Senator Hill that if the commit tee did not report soon on this nomina tion he would'move to discharge it from the consideratiori'of the case. The nom ination is held up in committee because of the opposition of Senator Baker, who contends that the president .should not make appointments to fill yacandes oc curring so near the close of his term. , Barn-tan Tap aa Iewa Qttukwa,-1b;, Feb. 2. Bradlsy'a. bank at Elburn was entered . bv -.bun- lars at o'clock, this morning. The safe was blown, with nitro-glycerine and all tha funds taken. The bank officers re fuse to state how much was taken, but they usually kept $5,000 to $8,000 on hand. The burglars escaped with a stolen team and buggy. WILLIAM H. MUNGER NOMINATED. Raaaed la Place of MeHagh J"or District Judge of Nebraska. Washing ton, Feb. 2. The presiaen sent to the senate the following nomi nations: William H. Munger of Ne braska to be United States district judge for the district of Nebraska; Henry E. Davis of the District of Columbia, to be attorney of- the United States for the District of Columbia. Senator Thurston (Neb.), speaking of the nomination of William H. Munger, to be United States district judge for Nebraska, said that he presumed that this disposed of the nomination of Mc Hugh, who had been nominated for the place. He says the new nominee is a personal friend of his and a good law yer, bat he wished to near from the bar of Nebraska as to their wishes before any definite action is taken. Seaator Allen is on record aa having endorsed Mr. llunger two months ago to the president aad is therefore corn nutted to him. He telegraphed Mr. Manger immediately upon Vnaraing of Ms nomination and pledged Hniiulf, to labor for his coafirmsHoa, Senator Haasbrougb returned today from North Dakota, and whan tha aom- Mr. InHaoa Jp an rfc MOT RE; DY FOR A VOTE. , -. . i - judge in his state : at hia auggestioau WMUTS JUUO SANGUILY'S CASE. letter tha Sakjeet to guilyVacitisea , w wui. 3.-Jalio of the United who has to aeiiaf in by Spanish in shaiasiububa, the subject of a let- sentbythepres- Meat to tha senate today. Tha report, aaya representations have been made to the Spanish which it ia believed wiU not be without effect The eorrespondence contains letters stating that Juno SanguOy had beea arrested on suspicion of conspiracy aad that tha American consul, fearing that ha might be inunediately shot, represented to the oaptaia general that he was an Ameri can dtiaen. As he was not captured with anas in his hands it. was sought to have him tried by a civil court instead of acourtmartiaL The captain general aaya Consul General Williams evinced displeasure when he learned that San gaily had been recognised as an Ameri can citisen. GOSSIP ABOUT SPECIAL SESSION. TfceBeaatela te Meet Immediately After tha laaasarattoa ef Majer McKlaley. Obcaqo. Feb. 2. The News' Wash ington special says: That the senate is to meet .March 4 to 5, immediately on the inauguration of the new president, ia now on the cards. The house, it is said, will not meet until March 15. The new tariff bill will be completed before that; data and ready for action. Presi dent MaKonley will March 4 order an immediate special session of the senate. The house will be summoned in .extra Torainary session Monday, .March 15. Tha new ways aad means ' committee wm make its report to the house March 28 aad it is proposed to pass the new tariff bill within a fortnight. The bill is to be passed and sent to the senate by the first week in April. The Republi cans hope to have the senate and they expect the bill to pass by June 15 at the latest and go into effect by July 1. Cklckaaawa Make a Vlcareaa Pretest. Washikgtox, Feb. 2. The Chicka saw Indian delegation sent here by that tribe to protest against the agreement recently concluded between the United States and the Choctow and Chickasaw nations, but signed only by the Choc tows, had a hearing before Secretary Francis. They filed a vigorous protest against the Choctow agreement and the secretary arranged a joint meeting of the Dawes commission and theChicka saws. ThefChickasaws protested that their nation was not represented in the making of the contract and had no op portunity to protect then- rights. Coraeratlea Tax AMrated. Washington,' Feb. 2. The supreme court, by a bare majority, affirmed the validity of the Ohio law regulating the taxing of express companies, known as the Nichols law. Justice White for himself, and Justices Feld, Harlan and Brown dissented. Pabllc Debt Statemeat. Washington, Feb. 2. The state ment of the public debt shows the debt, less, cash in the treasury on Jan. 31 to have been $1,007,008,31?, an increase for the month of $14,078,735. Seaator Harris Is I1L - Washington, Feb. 2. Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee is lying seriously ill at his residence in this city with an attack of irritis, an affection of the eye, complicated with la grippe. Oeaeral Cralg-hlll Retired. Washington, Feb. 2. General -W. P. Craighill, chief, of engineers, was placed on the retired list of the army at his own request under the 40-year service law. ' - 'Alaskan Treaty Seat to Senate. Washington, Feb. 2. The new treaty with Great Britain relative to the Alas kan boundary has been sent to the sen ate. Bljr Sale la Mlalas; Property. Butte, Mont., Feb. 2. The Butte and Boston Mining company's property, con sisting of 53 mining claims, smelters, concentrator and everything belonging to the company was sold by Receiver John S. Forbis yesterday. The prop erty was bought by E. Rollins Morse, chairman of the Butte and Boston reor ganization committee, for $2,550,000. Alger Bays Canadian Property. Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. 2. General Russell A. Alger of Michigan has pur chased of ex -Senator Warner Miller and others the controlling interest in the Lauremtide company of Gaudmer, Quebec. The company's plant includes a number of big pulp mills and thous ands of acres of timber lands. Bayard Confined to His Boons. London, Feb. 2. The Daily Chron icle says Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United States ambassador, is now con fined to his home with a severe cold. Lord Salisbury has accepted an invita tion to the dinner to be given by the Prince of Wales, and the queen has commanded Mr. and Mrs. Bayard to dine with her upon her return to Wind sor Castle. ; Flaed $450 Per Illegal Sale of Lienor. Newton, la., Feb. 2. A traveling salesman named Strasberger. represent ing a Chicago liquor house, was ar rested here and arraigned before Justice Mitchell under the charge of making nine illegal sales of intoxicating liquors. He was fined $450 and costs, from which he appealed to the district court. Postmaster Draper's Shortage. Cheyenne, Feb. 2. The investigation of the affairs of the Cheyenne postoffice has been concluded and reveals the fact that Postmaster Draper's shortage is $4,823.87. His bondsmen have recovered about $3-,200 of the money. INVENTOR Or MARTINI RIFLE DIES. BftpertFrom Fnmeufeld, Switzerlaad, Aa nuunres III Death. Paris, Feb. 2. A report from Frouen feld, announces the death at that place of M. Martini, the inventor of the Mar tini rifle. M. Martini commenced his experiments in gun making 40 years ago. It was not until 1869, however, when a combination of the Martini breech action with a Henry barrel was selected from a huge number of rifle inventions submitted to the British gov ernment that Martini achieved fame and fortune. The whole of the British army is now provided with those weap ons. The manufacture of the Martini Henry rifle is now nearly owned by the British government. About 1,500 oper atives are employed at the government factory and it is estimated each Martini Henry rifle costs England 48 shillings. M. Martini has taken out a large number of patents upon inventions con nected with the manufacture of guns and the Martini-Henry rifle has been adopted by a number of the leading nations of the world. Of all the military rifles adopted by the various govern ments tha Martini-Henry has been dem onstrated by numerous tests as the most powerful. It underwent a practical test in Turkey, where a cheap gun of this supplied on contract, by aa the war of 1S77- Trm rn-iiru tif it tttit ttt sa ran rrnaiM wrara ainat aaiiaraiam iui ummI. .i m i I . . ,.. . . ' " I woadarfal anhatitate far tha hast taa. TAYITtDUKE DWAQItlg. JSiotl pu to A Madkxd, Fab. . renorta that tha alien to have Hanais Taylor, United States minister to Spain, and tha Spanish minister of foraiifa affairs, tha Dake of Tetaaaa, ie dmetotwooaases. Firat, it ia that Minister Taylor wanted tariff reforms, which ha claimed were of special benefit to tha United Statnv published at tha same time as tha polit ical reforms. This the Spanish govera BBeatopppsed. Theseooadcaaaaiaaaii to have been of a more for it is asserted the Ami meat, not content with the adoption of tha tariff schedules favoring forsignars in general, wanted a special tariff dis criminating m favor of Aaterkan goods. To this the Duke of Tetuaaastranaosnuy objected, urging that tha consent of tha other powers could not be obtained to an arrangement of this kind. - MRS. CAREW 8ENTENCEO TO DIE. CeaTlcted of Polsoalae; Mer Masaaad at Tokoaaama. Copyrighted. 1W7. by Associated Press. Yokohama, Feb. 2. Mrs. L. Carew who has been on trial here since Jan. 5 charged with causing the death of her husband, Walter Raymond Casew, sec retary of the Yokohama United cab, by the administration of arsenio, has been found guilty and was today sen tenced to death. The jury waa only oat half an hour. The sentence is subject to revision by the British, .minister. Summing up, the judge was against the pris oner. The prosecution' of Mary Jacobs, the nursery governess who was arrested on Jan. 10 on suspicion of being tha mysteriously veiled woman who figured in the case, has been dropped. Baboaie Plagae Spreadlag. London, Feb. 2. A dispatch from Bombay says: A panic is reported at Kurrachee as a result of the plague and famine. The plague in that section continues to spread at an alarming rate and shows no sign of abatement. At Bombay a serious outbreak of the plague in the jails is reported and the removal of prisoners to Mof ussil is contemplated. Bayard's Visit to tke Qaeea. London. Feb. 2. The News is author ity for the statement that when Mr. and Mrs. Bayard visit the queen, after dining with the Prince of Wales and Lord Salisbury, the function will be of the nature of a farewell, as the queen will be on the continent when Mr. Bayard leaves the American embassy. Boagbt by aa American. Paris, Feb. 2. At the auction of Henri Yever's collection of pictures, Daughney's "Bords De Oise" was bought by an American for 3,120, the highest price ever paid for any of Daughney's paintings. Messoniors "Staff Officer" sold for 3,800. Connolly A axle us to Plgkt Barge. London, Feb. 2. Eddie Connolly of St. Johns, N. B., who fought aJlO-rbund draw with Dick Burge at the Olympic club at Birmingham, Eng., on Thursday last, is anxious for another fight with Burge. Surprised at the Deellae. London, Feb. 2. The Mark Lane Ex press says it is surprised at the decline of prices in the United States and re marks that the definite crop reports of 1896 do not warrant any depression. Earl of Klaaonll Dead. London, Feb. 2. The Earl of Kin noull is dead. He was bom in 1827 and is succeeded by his oldest son, Lord Hay of Kinfauus, a well-known Anglo Egyptain army officer. Pamoas English Singer a Baakrapt. London, Feb. 2. Simms Reeves, the famous English singer, who recently .married a yoang wife and returned to the stage, has been declared a bankrupt. He was born in 1822. Aged Coaple Baraed to Death. Lima, O., Feb. 2. By the burning oi their dwelling at North Baltimore. Charles Russel, aged 80, and his wife, 65, were burned to death. Preach Sagar Tax Bill. Paris, Feb. 2. The chamber of depu ties adopted the article of the sugar bill fixing n surtax of 9 francs on imports of raw and 3 francs on refined sugar. Ber. Owen Made a Bishop. London, Feb.2. The Very Rev. John Owen, M. A., principal of Lampether college, has been appointed bishop of St. David. A Chamberlain Deary. Tha remarkable youthfulness of Mr. Chamberlain's appearance has given rise to many stories. Here is one of them: In the days when he was a mem ber of Mr. Gladstone's administration the distinguished statesman had occa sion to cross the Irish sea on a day when the boat was overcrowded and there were no berths for alL He was attend ed by a private secretary with a beard. The private secretary picked acquaint ance with a Scotchman, and the Scotch man made a suggestion for the distri bution of the party on the principle of age before honors. "You and I, moo," ha said, "will occupy the berths, and the wee laddie can just lie himself down oo the floor.' A physician who has just retained from a visit to Persia says that the Per sians still believe that human tears are a remedy for certain chronic diseases. At every funeral the bottling of mourn ers' tears is one of the chief features of the ceremonies. Each of the mourners is presented with a sponge with which to mop off his face and eyes, and after the burial they are presented to tha priest, who squeeses tha tears into hot ties, which he keeps. This custom is one of the oldest known in the east and has probably been practiced by the Persians for thousands of years. Mention isaaade of it in the Old Testament Rtmtf n i i 5' f rs. IHUaf llllHIIHtWHISN Norfolk Journal: Adah, the little daughter of Judge and Mrs. Isaac Pow ers, died last Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. She had the day previous un dergone an operation, for appendicitis, which had been successfully performed and from which she was apparently re covering nicely, but her constitution was too frail to withstand the shock.. Fullerton News: The poor little rab bits have to suffer now since the teacher in district No. 40 has become such a dead shot. She returned home last Fri day with the trophies. Who says tha new woman hss.not come to Nebraska to stay? Anyone can run for congress or even ride a bicycle but it is only the favored few who can shoot a rahjbit Beatrice Express: Nebraska has a new resource. A seeker after trath baa djaaaratad that tha green leaves of the San- awoaaa renorta that tha " -' ----- mm m TrT .. way far vast maaarseturiag atsMiah i tha wastera part af tha rf alfalfa tea oaa be '-I han the cost of aa ouaos ef the sorted tea. Think of it! Ne- egmaiag to realise her oaportuuities. Utsoa San: There waa a gang of chicken thievee working in this section of tha country this week, and while viewing tha chicken bourn of Cha. Peters, north of town, they were dhv ooVarad and Mr. Peters got oat hia ahot gua and emptied aavaral charges at them. It soon got too hot for the thieves aad they left their horse aad wagon aad ran for their lives. The rig was brought to town the acst day aad turned over to Constable Lstehty, who still has it ia hia possossioa. Eighteen chickeae were found in tha wagon. Osceola Record: County Treasurer, H. M. Powers, boarded the traia for Lin coln Taasday, where he was going to make his annual settlement with the State Treasurer. He informed us that ha waa taking with him a balance of about $300 due tha state, which made a total of $11499149, which Polk couaty paid the state the past year. About $3,000 of this comes from payments on school land aad the remainder from taxes. The amount raised forth state by taxes is about $600 less than in 1895, and on school lands ia about $3,000 less, away failures beiag made in payments. Fremoat Herald: A man was arrested early yesterday morning for drunkenness aad disorderly conduct. After tha pris oner waa landed in jail, it occurred to the officers that he strongly resembled Detlefsen, the Schayler murderer, for whom a reward ia offered. The visions of $ $ $ vanished fromhe minds of tha dignities of the law, however, when tha prisoner at bar made his identity clear aad proved that ha was not the murderer, but an inoffensive drunk who lived at some point out in the county. The sus picions of the minions were aroused con siderably by the prisoner expressing such general scqusintanceshiD in tha Colfax neighborhood. So far as known at this point Detlefsen ia still at large. Grand Island Republican: There ia room in tha average oounty of Nebraska for sixteen sugar factories like the one at Grand Island aad without going outside the county lines all sixteen could be kept running at full capacity for the entire season, and yet the market for sugar would not be overstocked. Any average township would give abundant supply of beets to tax to the utmost the capacity of a sugar factory like that at Grand Island. Nebraska should have at least a thousand such factories giving a cash output of half a million dollars each year. This would by great odds beat grain growing for a glutted market The factories would pay well and the beet farms would make Nebraska fairly roll in wealth as well as crystal sweetness. The fact is the possibilities of the iadus try are so great as to be almost incredible. Seward Blade: A gang of sharpers have been working the small towns and country districts in Seward, York, Fill more and other counties, and succeeded in hoodooing larse number Of neonle and raking in a good sum of "circulating minm Tka .jwuij 4A m1. 1amm. medintn." They agreed to furnish large crayon portraits for $1.00, and when they secured an order and the photo graph from which to make the picture, they required 50 cents in advance, which was readily paid. As they beat their livery and hotel bills, they made money "like dirt." Two men and a woman op erated in this county, but some of their victims got after them and they scat tered. One man and the woman got away, and one of the men is serving out a ten days sentence in jail. If people would take their county papers and read them they would not be so easily taken in as suckers. Now is the time to subscribe. Real Estate Trassfem. Becher, Jajggi k Co., real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county clerk for the week ending Jan. 30, 1897. Curtis W. Holliagsbtad to John Glee- sob, neX swK 38-18Jw. wd f 409 00 State of Nebraska to Curtis Hollings- kead, neU swJ4 SS-lS-Sw. wd 900 00 John Oleason to Cartis Hollingshead, etf awtf 1-17-Sw, wd 3800 00 Peter H. Feddersoa to Henry H. and Ang. Hontemma, pt se 4-30-2 w. wd . 3000 00 James Greig to James Kiernan, se& 4- 18-4w.wd 8000 00 Same to asm?. eH swU 4-18-4w, wd.... 1800 GO Ckanncey H. Sheldon to Wm. F. Dodde, sH and sH nwX 27-13-lw, wd. 18788 98 Wm. E. Lee to Patrick Manny. nwX 13-17-Sw.wd. 1440 CO Martha A. Saapley to Clark H. East- man.nHxeU4-17-lw.qcd ISO 00 Robert E.Farwell to same. same. nod.. 400 00 A.W.8charertosame, same,qcd...!.. 173 00 Geo. N. Eastman to same, same. qcd... 50 00 Chas. E. Doalia to same, same, qcd.... 125 00 Thirteea transfers, total SS1.00S 96 Te Chkage aad tke East. Passengers going east for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as' the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in the eastern states always desire to "take in" Chicago en route. All classes of passea- gers will find that the "Short Line" of the Chicago, Milwaukee k St. Paul Bail way, via Omaha aad Council Bluffs, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinstions in a manner that will be sura to give the utmost satisfaction. A reference to the time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Missouri river for a ticket over the Chicago, Council Bluffs A Omaha Short Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway, yon will be cheerfully fnntiahed with tha nroner nsnwnort via Omaha and Chicago. Please note that all of the "Short Line" trains arrive in Chicago in ample time to connect with the express trains of all the great through car lines to the principal eastern cities. For additional particulars, time tables, maps, eta, please call on or address F. A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Neb. Comfort te California. Every Thursday afternoon, a tourist sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Omaha and Lincoln via the Burlington Route. It is carpeted; upholstered in rattan; has spring seats and backs and is pro vided with curtains, bedding, towels, soap, etc An . experienced excursion conductor and a uniformed Pullman porter accompany it through to the Facile Coast. While neither sa expensively finished nor as fine to look at as a palace sleeper, it is jastas good to ride in. Second alasa tickets are honored aad the price of a berth, wide enough aad big enough for two, ia only SG. For a folder giving fall particulars, eallat the nearest B.4M.B.R ticket onto. Or, write to J. Francis, Genl Panwr Agent, Barhngton Boats, Omaha, Jeer, ovwara JMUUUC a teieaTam-from'tao's eoaaty, directiag him to Swrtxer, who was wanted ni jumping a board bisL atthe Commsresal hatat, where he had beea filling up on Landlord Pisscvn provender aad toaatiag hm shiae tora couple of weeks. Switasr beloaajed to a gang of picture swindlers, aow i this state. He waa behind dollars oa bin beard at tha Pnmmarnisl when the sheriff ef Nance eenaty teak him away yesterday. TfJANTaD-FArrHrUL MJUf OB WOttXJf .WW IHWW MuMmtMM'MtMttM. BWy "-' unannn-arsttrnpsnFS liJTSittiunn i I tUa Ire Uneeach insertion, sa IjrM.aCHILTZ Vf h-at aivlaa- id -AaMlBtko bast atvW. aad J tk . k "." " - t "ilsi ambit ft t f COLUMBUS MARKETS. 3n-n ., ..,, tnriaarrstursnblilBsil Twa- afieraooB.and are correct and reUabla Wheat IjgiuiPcoYn "" aanfTUB-an uva-pn..., , ., ny.... ... .,.,, Hear in 300 lb. let Batter OUUCa. aafsA1 .,.,., """" F.tWa "". M 9 SSjM a .teahgiiee M612 UK H rati $iSsls fat .issaus tsnis Feeders 08 NOTICE. , tbe Baperrtaors of Platte eoaarjr. tats board made aa eetinwte to defray the exnenssaof rte eoaaty for the carreat -ear as follows: For par osent of t be expenses of tke Dis trict eoart. $ SMS ss For paymeat of the ezpeates of snnport of the poor....; ISM 00 Forpayaieat of osVers salary, fnel.ete 7wes records, atatioaery, priat- iacetc IMS OS For payment expenses in insanity esses IMS 00 ' support of Asricnltaral Total seaeralfaad. S17JMW For road purposes tt,3SB OS " poorfarni IMS 00 " .psymeat of interest aad 23 per cast - of princiBal oa $25,009.00 Cotaaibaa precinct R. R. bonds 10.010 00 Foriatereatontl0,O0.O0Colaaibnstwp bridse bonds 090 00 For payment of, interest on $80,080.00 refoadiar bonds 400000 For payawat of bifb school taitioa land. M0O0 Grand total SSSJCOOS . K.FOHL. 27ja Coaaty Clerk. PROBATE NOTICE. Ia the matter of tke i of Joan B. Harri- Sen, deceased. Notice is hereby given tkat the creditors of said deceased will meet the admiaistratoref said estate, before me. eoaaty indge of Platte ooanry. Nebraska, at my oaVe inCohuabas. said ooanty. oa the 18th day of Febraary. 1807, oa the Utk dayof iW.lm. and oa tke 18th day of Aaanst. 1807. at 9 o'clock a. m. each day. for thenar! pose of presenting their claims for exaatfneUea.. adjastaent aad allowaaee. SU ainalhs are allowed for creditors to present their claisss aad one year for the administrator to settle said estate from the 18th day of Febraary. ISO?, and this notice is ordered pabusbed in Tax Colcm acs JotTBSTAL. for foor consecatire weeks, prior to the 18th day of Febraary. IS07. . . J.N.KlUAK, fljaat Coaaty Jadge. PROBATE NOTICE. Ia the matter of tke estate of Adeline Finney, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the creditors of I said estate, before me. conatv iaitmt nt Pl.f auuiffl rianaaooil narsll hiaaf Ka. aJnlktalMl. snconXTn I in ffllA 19h flair nf Sa IflO? mmA am .ft. ,k day of Angnat. 1807. at 9 o'clock a. m. sack day, for the parposeof presenting their chume rorexaainatio&,adjastmeBt aad allowance. Hix months are allowed for creditors to present their claims, and one year for the admtaistrator to settle said estate, from the 19th day of Febra ary. 1897. and this notice is ordered pablished ia Thx Columbus Joubxal for foor consecutive weeks prior to the 13th day of Febraary, 1807. . . J.N.KlIXAK. 20jan4 Coaaty Jadge. . C. CASSIN, PBOFBIXTOH or THX Biak Bleat Market VBavauuunsj sxsurBjBusj anaarJaB bkItJb Fresh, and Salt tteats Game and Fish in Season. an?Highest market Hides and Tallow. prices paid for THIRTEENTH ST., COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA 25aprtf UNDERTAKING! VV Carry Coffins, Casktts afJ Metallic Casktts at as low prices as any out. DO EMBALMING HAVE THE BEST HEARSE INTHECOUNTBV. Or. CLARK'S INSTITUTE roa rax raxATmnrr or run Brink Habit . Also Tobacco, MotbMm a othtx Narcotic Habits. VPrirate treatment airen U desired. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA lftaartf VTOOSLEY A 8TIKKS, Soathwest corner Flniealh aad North llialy-y Coltoebcs. NsnUUSBa. WANTED-FAJTHFUI, MKN OB tAXni to traTtl for - snaViii-" iT01 nones in Jtehraska. rrtlarr 1TOS i Position Dermaaeat. ftif? aarlasaranoerBdiJcaieagol W. A. SfCaXUSTKB. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, - . 9 aeruf'ef Neaee - -.:-.. rfefeuadhstaMa fhaltfou nersBsaeat. aSnranse. BaeleasasaT -Lp-Lmlaf-L .enuatan vaaawmunsaTwat OOaUUl. arrest T. V therefor i l fl&Bf. aggggSfv araxtml SSjataaxl ' xbbP mmi aua i e - 1 I tr--, -;. r?-tv&zx? v. 3Z2&rzx5- ?., -.' - s5&-r--7, - . fey . '5-tiJ-"i.-viCr-''3f!r-?S-VK..'-.S. .. T'Wf!,J tr---"--'. K M ,-J"S gaMatttSnnnlss ' :-':"t . -&Si$xM -s&a&rric r .'-Vtiatr.zsx a ir-Mg-- grf--t-aaMire3swa,