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Tnx Telegram calls Secretary of State
Porter an "ignoramus," an "idiot," etc.
The state press is pretty unanimous
(outside of populistic circles) in denun
ciation of Secretary of State Porter in
opening the election returns from the
various counties of the state in advance
of the time fixed by statute.
Jonx Wilson of Kansas City is going
up the Missouri with his large family
on a flatboat of his own construction, 80
feet long and 1G feet wide. The pro
pelling power is furnished by three
horses, two working on a windlass at
the stern and the extra horse at another
windlass in the center of the boat. Five
miles an hour is the rate of travel.
With favorable wind, sails add two
miles an hour to the rate.
The Intest claim to the rapid accumu
lation of wealth is by Rev. Prescott P.
.Ternegan, formerly pastor of the Baptist
church in Middleton, Conn., through a
discovery that there is gold and silver
in sea water, and a machine of his in
venting readily separates the metals
from the other constituents. A compa
ny has been organized with a capital
stock of $10,000,000. The process is said
to lie so very simple thai if the secret
were revealed, any person at a small
cost might operate his own gold mine on
the sea shore. Some 150 tests have
shown that the ijuantity of silver to the
ton of sea water ranges from 1 to 2
grains; and of gold, to 1 grain.
The wail of the free-trader over the
supposed increase in prices under the
protect ivo tariff is not fully justified by
the facts. A recent investigation by the
New York Tribune shows that the ad
vance in the price of articles imported,
basing the estimate on the net change
in some thousands of articles, is less
than one per cent. The Tribune finds
in the same investigation that there is a
marked increase in the prices of farm
products generally. When the increase
in earnings of those employed in tho
manufacturing lines and the increased
profits which those engaged in agricul
ture make, are considered, it is easy to
see that tho slight increase in prices of
the class of goods affected by the tariff
is far more than balanced by the gain in
earnings of those employed in produc
ing and manufacturing. Exchange.
ALLISON GIVES VIEWS.
Believes the Senate Will Ratify
the Hawaiian Treaty.
(TO EE VENUE LEGISLATION LIKELY
Beaator Thinks It Will Not lie Attempted
Until Late In the Sehiu Motion For a
New Trial lu the Novak Case Thirteen
Reason Set Forth Why the Vlntou -Murderer
Should Hate Another Chance.
Dubuque, la., Nov. 30. Senator Al
lison left for Washington today. In au
interview he said no revenue legislation
would be passed, at least until late in
the session, as it could not be foretold
accurately until then what legislation,
if any, would be necessary to bring the
revenues for the next fiscal year up to
the disbursements. This year's esti
mates had failed because the extent of
tuixH)rtations during the pendency of
the Diugley bill had not been fully
realized. He believed congress would
uot consent to the retirement of the
greenbacks, but may provide that they
shall be reissued only iu exchange for
gold. This he would consider unobjec
tionable. He believes the senate will
ratify the Hawaiian treaty by u bare
two-thirds majority.
Ask a New Trial for Novak.
Cdak Raijis, la., Nov. oil. Argu
ment on motion for a new trial will be
heard in the Novak murder case in a
few days at Vinton. The petition for
another trial was filed by Attorneys
Miluer and Ney. It sets forth thirteen
reasons why Novak, found guilty on a
compromise verdict of the murder of
Edward Murray iu the second degree,
should he be granted a new trial.
Heavy Suit for Itamaces.
Ottumwa, la., Nov. 30. A sensation
was created in Sigourney, Keokuk
xmnty, today by the tiling of a suit for
150,000 damages against S. W. Ernnt,
cashier of the Keokuk County State
bank, one of the prominent democratic
politician of the state. The suit is
brought by P. L. Wood, a prominent
citizen, for alienating his wife's affec
tion. Tee Consul Breck Resign.
BERtiS, Nov. 30. United States Vice
Consul Breck has resigned his position
and will return to the United States.
Consul General Goldshuiidt has ap
pointed Mr. Day, one of the consular
clerks, to be the successor of Mr. Breck,
subject to the approval of the state de
partment at Washington. The United
States ambassador, Andrew D. White,
will visit Baron von Bulow, the German
minister foreign affairs today for the
first time. Important matters will be
discussed.
Kaiser Wilhelnfs Fast Trip.
Southampton-, Nov. SO. The North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, from New York for
Bremen, via this port, passed the Liz
ard at 9 o'clock this morning. Should
the Kaiser Wilhelm make the run from
Lizard to Southampton in 7 hours and
""uuies, me usual tune, she will
lower her eastward record bv about
two hours.
Will Not Brook Interference.
Berlin, Nov. 30. TheBerlinerTagg
blatt says it is reliably informed that
the German government only wants
monetary reparation from Hayti for the
arrest and imprisonment of Herr Lend
ers by the Haytian tribunals, but that
it will not brook interference in the mat
ter on the part of the United States.
Western Grain Dealer Combine.
ot. Joseph, Nov. 30. A federation
of the grain dealers' associations in the
states of Kansas, Hissouri, Nebraska
and Iowa was formed is this city yes
terday. The federation is formed to
protect the members against alleged dis
crimination in weights in the Kansas
City and St. Louis markets.
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I HORN GIVES EVIDENCE.
He Accuses Mrs. Nack of Hav
ing Shot Guldensuppe.
DESCRIBES THE CRIME IK DETAIL.
Denies Being Present When the Murder
Was Committed Admit lie Assisted
Mrs. Nack to Cut the Body of the Mur
dered Man Into Five Pieces Dropped
the Head Into East River.
New York, Nov. SO. The trial of
Martin Thorn for the murder of Guld
ensuppe was closed last night so far as
the taking of evidence is concerned.
This morning Mr. Howe began his
final appeal in Thorn's behalf.
Opinions, both lay and legal, differ
materially as to the probable result.
Many look for a conviction, but a
greater number anticipate a disagree
ment. A few of Thorn's former em
ployes were called by the defense and
they all gave tho accused barber an ex
cellent character dating back some 10
years. Thorn himself was the only
other witness called for the defense.
From the moment lie was led to the
witness chair until he left it, some
hours later, the prisoner conducted him
self in a cool and impressive manner.
HLs statements in reply to general ques
tions and his answers iu the direct and
cross examinations were delivered in a
moderate tone of voice which could be
heard distinctly by all in the court
room. At times his voice would drop
so that he could not le heard a few
feet away, but Mr. Howe reminded the
witness at these times that he should
speak louder and those admonitions
always liad the desired effect.
Says Mrs. Nack Killed (iuldensnppe.
Thorn, in his story of the murder, de
liberately accused Mrs. Nack of having
shot. Guldensuppe and declared that
when he (Thorn) reached the Woodside
cottage between 11 and 12 o'clock on
Friday, June 25, the woman met him
at the door and told him that Gulden
suppe was lying dead upstairs and that
she had shot and killed him. This,
said Thorn, was the first intimation he
liad of the purpose for which Mrs. Nack
had rented the Woodside cottage. Up
to that moment he had understood she
was going to start a baby farm there
and that he was to live with her and
share the profits.
He described iu detail how, after Mrs.
Nack had begged of him to help her
get rid of the body, he accompanied her
to the room ou the second Uoor, where
he found Guldensuppe lying ou his
side,.dead from a bullet wouud in the
right side of the head. Mrs. Nack told
him that she had carried the revolver
in her bauds, eoveredby a handkerchief
and that as Guldeusuppa was looking
into a closet she shot him iu the side of
the head. Thorn then said he went
out aud bought two pounds of plaster
of parisat Mrs. Nack's direction aud
returned with it shortly after. This
was about noon.
When he got back to where the body
lay, Mrs. Nack was still there and he
helped uudress the corpse. Between
them they carried the body to the bath
tub and Mrs. Nack cut it into five
pieces. She first cut the head from the
trunk with the aid of a kuife and saw.
Then she carved the truuk and boasted
of her knowledge of anatomy while so
doing. Then she severed the legs,
using the kuife aud saw. The knife
looked like a butcher's knife. It was
not a stilletto or dirk knife. Mrs.
Nack, according to the witness, re
mained there all the day until 4 o'clock
iu the afternoon, when she went out to
get some fresh air, as it was very warm
and sultry in the house. About o
o'clock she returned aud then, she
carrying a bundle containing the mur
derer man's clothes and the pistol, saw
and knife, and he with the head in a
parcel under his arm, left the house
and took a trolley car to the Ninety
second street ferry to New York.
From the ferryboat he dropped the
head iuto ths East river and when they
reached New York she went to hei
rooms ou Ninth avenue and burned the
clothes iu a cooking stove. The utsxt
day tho rest of the body was made up
iuto three parcels aud disposed of iu the
manner which Mrs, Nack stated at the
last trial.
Iu rebuttal throe witnesses aware that
they had seen Mr. Nack iu her rooms
in New York between 2:30 aud 4
o'clock on the afternoon of June 25 aud
Mrs. Walley said that she had seen Mrs.
Nack leave the cottage about 20 min
utes after she aud the man with the
light suit on had entered. The prose
cution did not put Mrs. Nack ou the
stand aud the court ruled agaiust Mr.
Howe's attempt to introduce the testi
wonv given by Mrs. Nack at the mis
trial". MAY LYNCH JJLACKHAWK.
Bitter Feeling; Against Indian Murderer
In EniDiuH County.
Bishauck, N. D., Nov. SO. A report
has reached here from the Standing
Rock reservation that the mother" of
Philip Ireland, oue of the young In
dians recently lynched at Williamsport,
has committed suicide because of the
disgraceful death of her son. There, is
a belief among the Indians that any
person who may be hanged will never
reach the happy hunting grouuds, the
heaven of the Indians. This is the
reason that- the Indians at Standing
Rock wanted the Indians shot and not
hanged. Although the motion has
been made by State's Attorney Arm
strong of Emmons county for their dis
missal, Frank Blackhawk aud George
Defender are still in the county jail
here aud will not be released until
Agent Crousie of the Standing Rock
reservation arrives here to take tho
men back to the reservation.
The feeling against Black Hawk es
pecially, is so bitter in Emmons county
that the authorities are adverse to re
leasing them until they have some
means of returning to the reservation,
lest they be gathered in by a mob and
sliare the same fate that was meted to
their three companions. Another lynch
ing is freely predicted if they fall into
the hands of the Emmons county set
tlers. The release of the men was ask
ed by States Attorney Armstrong for
the principal reason that the witnesses
of the state had passed beyond the juris
diction of the court and the state felt
satisfied they would never return or
become at any future time amenable to
the jurisdiction of the court. In other
words they had been lynched.
GREAT
BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
Opens at
New York For Championship of
the World.
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t nered billiard tournament which will
2 decide tho championship of the world
began last night in the concert hall of
tho MadLs3u Square garden. Aside
from tho glory the champion billiard
player will receive a diamond medal
aud 50 per cent of a $1,200 purse, added
to one-half of the gate receipts. The
contestants in the tournament are
Frank Ives, the present holder of the
championship emblem, Jacob Schaefer,
George Slosson, Maurice Daly and
George Snttoa. This tournament is
being held under different conditions
than those of any other contest held in
the United States. The lb-inch balk
line with the anchor shot barred is the
last game which the "big one3" ara
asked to solve. Daly and Shaefer were
selected to open the tournament. The
wizzard went out iu the 53d inning, with
the score : Schaefer, 500 ; Daly, 279.
NEW MINISTRY WILL COMPROMISE.
Badeal's Successor to Hold Conferences
With Opposing Leaders.
Vienna, Nov. 0. It is stated here
that as soon 'as t the new cabinet is
formed. Baron voii Gautsch von Frank
enthurn, the forn.er minister of public
instruction and
ecclesiastical af
airs, who has been
entrusted with
the task of form
ing a ministry to
succeed that of
Count Casimir Ba
deni. which re-
NlBE!Wsiue1 yesterday.
Oaru"iU enter into
negotiations with
the leaders of tho
count badexi. Germans aud
Czechs with the view of bringing about
a modification of the ordinance
making the Czech language co
ordinate with the German. It is
these ordinances that has caused the
riotous scenes in the lower house of the
reichsrath, which in turn produced
among the populace a fo;nent border
ing on revolution, in consequence of
which the Badeni ministry resigned.
ARCHBISHOP KEANE IN ROME.
Congratulated by the Pope Upon the Series
of Sermon In KuglUh.
Rome, Nov. 30. Archbishop Keane.
former rector of the ('atholie university
at Washington, was received by the
pope today. His holiness congratulated
the archbishop upon the abnegation
with which, in a letter to the pope, he
renounced his claim to be included iu
the list of candidates for appointment
to the archbishopric of New Orleans.
The pope also congratulated Arch
bishop Keane upon the series of sermons
in English commenced Sunday upon
tho occasion of the advent services at
the convent of St. Sylvestro. a vener
able church of Rome, erected in honor
of John the Baptist, a pieco of whose
head is still preserved there. Tho
ckurch is now in the possession of the
English Roman Catholics. The subject
of Archbishop Keane was "The Incar
nation." Kx-Aiiriitor Moore Declared Guilty.
Lincoln, Nov. :0. Engeue Moore,
ex-state auditor, charged with tho t-ni
bezzlement of $23,000, was yesterday
afternoon declared guilty as charged.
Sentence was deferred. Moore and his
attorney admitted the shortage, but
contended that it was not embezzle
ment, inasmuch as the money taken,
consisting of insurance fees, should
have been paid according to law to the
state treasurer, instead of himself and
that he was responsible only to the in
surance companies. Judge Cornish
overruled this technical defense and
committed him to the custody of the
sheriff until sentence is pronounced.
Reduce Price of Peed ins Cattle.
Kansas City, Nov. SO. The Kansas
City Stockyards company has reduced
tho price of feeding cattle at the yards
while awaiting sale and shipment. The
order of reduction takes effect Dec. J,
but holds oulv until "further uotjoo,"
Corn is to be furnished at U0 cents a
bushel instead of $1, a reduction of 4C
percent) bay 80 cents per hundred
weight instead of J, a reduction of 2C
per cent. Whether the reductions were
made uuder the Kansas law reducing
JJjjj feed cliarges at the yards, which the
coiupauy pas been fighting in the courts,
none of the oUujerj would saw
Centenarian Asks for Aid.
Pittsbl'kg, Pa., Nov. 30. Richard
Keddick, colored, who claims to have
been born Jnly g, 1777, near Richmond,
Va., applied to the department of
charities for admission to the Jitmje,
stating that he Is now too old to worlj
and cannot support himself. He wag
accompanied by his wife, who is 76
years cl. and his daughter, who L
also well up in years. The centeuarian
was assured that he would be taken
care of by the authorities.
Banket to Consider Curreucy Reform.
Atlaxta, Ga., Nov. 30. At a meet
ing of the Atlanta clearing house asso
ciation today a resolution was unani
mously adopted calling a meeting oi
the bankers throughout the soutlrto as
aeinble in Atlanta Dec. 15 to consider
the question of currency reform. Every
bank in Atlanta was represented.
Iuvitatians to the meeting ljaye been
sent out to every southern bank,
Still Slashing Rate.
Milwaukee, Nov. 30. The Chicago,
Milwaukee and t, Paul railroad ha
auuouuced a $7 rate between Chicago
aud St. Paul, to go iuto effect Pee. 1.
The Wisconsin Central and the Chiesgq
and Northwestern roads promptly met
the cut, which amouuts to $4.50. A
meeting of the Western Passenger as
sociation is called for this week in Chi
cago to try to restore rates.
ito-iiver Man Seeks to Imitate Luetgert.
Dentkk, Colo., Nov. o0. Joija H.
Dame, until recently a runner fur the
Western Hotel, was looked up today in
(lie city jail ou a charge of insanity,
He read the testimony iu the Luetgert
trial in Chicago, aud became possessed
of a frenzy to kill bis wife aud chib
dten in the old garbage crematory. He
U undoubtedly insane.
Senator ihM Down With (trip.
Cleveland, Nov. 30. Senator Hanna
is confined to his home at Glenmcrc
with a severe attack of the grip. He
will not be able to attend to bushiest
for several days.
Dissatisfaction Amoae Stockmen.
Rapid City, 8. D., Nov. 30. A re
quest has been sent to all tho stockmen
of the state by Secretary of State Bod
del, requesting that the filing of stock
brands be completed as soon as possible
before the meeting of the stock brand
committee. Considerable dissatisfac
tion is shown among the smaller stock
men against the brand law.
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RECEIPTS FALL SHORT,
Deficit For November Larger
Than Was Expected.
IEEP FAITH WITH THE IHDIAKS.
Intruders Will Have to Oct Oat of the
Indian Territory Agent Wisdow.of the
Five Civilised Tribe Makes a Vigarons
Report to the Interior Department.
Oxnard Favors Countervailing- Duty.
Washington, Nov. 30. The forth
coming November statements of the
government receipts and expenditures
show that the receipts during Novem
ber so far have reached $22,950,890,
which indicates a total of about 125,
000,000 for the month. This' is a trifling
improvement over October when the
receipts were $24,391,415.
The deficit thus far during Novem
ber stands at $8,752,109, which is larger
than was expected. Tbe deficit for the
fiscal year stands at $46,581 .120, the re
ceipts having been $127,701,100 and the
expenditures $174,2S2 !:
The receipts from customs so far this
fiscal year undoubtedly will fall con
siderably short of the estimate made by
the managers of the new tariff bill dur
ing its pendency in congress. At that
time it was estimated that customs
would yield about $180,000,000 during
the first year. The indications now
are said to be that the receipts from
this source will not aggregate more
than $105,000,000.
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INTRUDERS MUST GO.
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Eviction Would Allay Vans
Among tho Red Men.
Washington, Nov. 30. A remarkable
and vigorous report has been made to
the interior department by Agent Wis
dom, in charge of the Union Indian
agency iu Oklahoma, where the five
civilized tribes are located. Mr. Wis
dom says: "The intruders mast go.
The intruders have made the Indians
doubt, the good faith of the government
and made it more difficult to treat ou
the more importuut issues of allotment
and the breaking up of the tribal auton
omy in the nation, to which the indi
vidual Iudiau belongs. A sound public
policy demands the eviction of all de
clared intruders. Let all the safeguards
secured to the Indians be upheld and
then the Indians will make liberal con
cessions and aecept without murmur
ing that changed condition which con
fronts them."
The report deals with a number of
important Indian developments. It says
the clamor for a change in tribal auton
omy has produced Iudiau unrest and
disquietude, resulting iu a determined
purpose on the part of many of the full
bloods, who will act in their individual
capacity, to emigrate to either
Mexico or South America, and there
purchase new homes for themselves
and families. This movement, the re
port says, may grow to tho proportion
of a colony, aud it is understood that
liberal grants of land can be secured
from the countries mentioned.
Oxnard en Countervailing Duty.
Washington, Nov. 30. Mr. Henry
Oxnard, president of the Oxnard Beet
Sugar company of Nebraska, was at
the treasury department today aud had
an interview with Assistant Secretary
Howell in regard to the countervailing
duty on beet sugar imported from the
Netherlands. Mr. Oxnard went to
New York this afternoon, but expects
to return to Washington on Friday
wheu he will submit au argument
either orally or in writing iu favor of
imposing the higher duty. It is said to
be not improbable that a, decisic" may
be reached by the department tho last
of the present week.
Lodge on Hawaii Annexation,
Wasiiington.Nov. 30. -Senator Lodge,
a member of the committee ou foreign
relations of the senate, was at the state
department today. He would say noth
ing of the Cuban question, except that
the committee had accomplished a great
deal. He said the first business of the
committee would bo to confirm the an
nexation of Hawaii, which would be
doue by ratifyiug the treaty by legisla
tion. Working ou Appropriation Rills.
Washington, Nov. 30. Work on the
appropriation bills for the coming con
gress was formally started, when a sub
committee began consideration of the
legislative, executive aud judicial ap
propriation bills. Representatives
Bingham, Hemiuway, Moody, and
Livingston attouded the meeting. It
was decided to have the heads of the
several departments help on the bill.
Cornell Confesses Double Crime.
Ocospxowoc, Wis., Nov 30. The
mystery which has shrouded the mur
der of the two children of Ernest Cor
nell and the cutting of Cornell's throat
some 10 days ago lias at last been
cleared up. Today to the coroner's jury
Cornell made a coufessiou, that to the
best of his recollection aud belief he
killed his two children and tried to kill
himself. This announcement came as
a great surprise to the officials, who
prefcrre4 charges against Cornell's
wife and John Lewis, and bft4 them in
carcerated in the county jail at Wau
kesha on account of the killing.
Rerunes to Interfere With Rnycntt.
DEritoiT, Nov. 30. Judge Hosmer of
the circuit today declined to interfere
with a boycott by employes of a milling
firm. A temporary injunction h&(
been issued restraining the Railway
Teamsters' union aud Trades council
from unlawfully interfering with the
busiuess of Jacob Beck & Soup. Judge
Hosmer stated he would make--the in
junction permanent so far as violence
or disturbances are concerned, but
ponld not interfere with "peaceable dis
tribution of boycotting circulars or
other legitimate means employed by tbe
raions to accomplish their 'purpose.
Water Company Charter Upheld.
Omaha, Nov. 30. Judge Muuger de
rided tfcu spit brought by John L.
Webster and W-'J- Cornell in the name
of the city to forfeit the charter of thf
Omaha Water company. He decided
against the city and in favor of the
company on every point.
Death of Joekey Washburn,
Vermillion-, S. D., Nov. 30. Leslie
Washburn of this place died today ol
consumption. He was a jockey of na
tional reputation and also known in
Venezuela, where he rode last year.
Kebraska Kditors ftlepf
Lincoln, Nov. 30. The executive
committee of the Nebraska Editorial as?
Eociatfon met this afternoon at the Lin
coln hotel and fixed the time of next
meeting of the association at Lincoln
for Thursday and Wednesday. January
Jlgndl8.
A Pecullwr Pntffe Castea.
A peculiarity among Datch farmers
who lire at a distance from a town hi
to have a coffin in readinetsg for their
burial. It ia by no means uncommon to
tee still sturdy old patriarch going to
an outhouse and gravely contemplating
that which is to hold his body when he
shuffles off this mortal coil. This char
acteristic has also appeared in President
Kroger, who has recently imported a
coffin, and at a cost, too, of 100,
STREET CAR CONDUCTORS.
They Work Harder aad Rat Lower
Their Steam Road Brothers.
You often think it's hard for tbe pas
senger conductor of an accommodation
train which stops at two or three sta
tions to tbe mile to tell who has paid
his faro aud who has not The conduct
or of a short run accommodation train
especially must be a peculiarly gifted
man. Ho mnst be at ouee both cool
headed and even tempered, or if not he
is a total failure.
Bat if tho requisites of a railroad
conductor are such, what are the re
quirements of the man who runs a com
mon street car? Why, as much as those
of the railroad man and several times
more. The railroad accommodation con
ductor ou oue of tho short run trains
which leave the big cities has little
more work, little more responsibility
and requires less real skill than the man
who by grace is called "conductor" on
a trolley car of one of our cities.
Both men, df course, have thousands
of cares. The railroad man has a certain
number of atop3 to make and a certain
schedule time allowed for getting over
his run of the railroad. The street car
conductor has an uncertain number of
stops to make, yet he still has his cer
tain scheduled time to make on his run,
and he must make it, too, or be able to
give an "A No. 1" excuse for failure.
The railroad conductor is always tho
biggest man on bis train. Is ever tho
street car conductor,thu biggest, unless
every passenger is eff aud themotorman
also? These things make it hard for the
patient man. who must be polite and
who is expected by the company for
which he works and spurred on by a
dozen or so sharp eyed "spotters, " or
"street car detectives," as they call
themselves, to feel as lovely us a spring
morning, aud they make bis already
nervous work doubly so. The railroad
conductor doesn't meet that phase of
existence once in a decade, or if so not
any of tener.
No one presumes to expect 60 much
from tbe knight of the ticket punch us
he does from tho knight of the trolley
rope Every one who travels on street
cars expects tho conductor to know
every cross street on his line aud just
where it strikes that street, and, in
deed, ho should know this much, but in
addition ho is expected to fcuow every
one who lives ou the streets along
which his lino runs, every oue who
lives on all tbe countless streets which
cross tho route of his cur aud then all
the immediate streets aud their inhabit
ants the whole length of his line The
street car conductor is expected to be
porter as well ou his car. Ho must help
people ou aud off, lift up aud lift
down huge baskets and bundles, never
get tired of all the questions which
only tho city directory could answer,
and then, iu addition, keep all of the
strict rules of the company for which
he works and see to it that all of his
passengers do so too For this work he
gets $2 or $2 25 a day, while the rail
road conductor, who is a very king iu
comparison, draws his $5 or $C per day,
or $1 25 a mouth, and is not classed as
a "social suspect" either. Pittsburg
Dispatch
MONEY TO BURN.
They Burned It and Later Wlslicd. They
Had Uejit the Fuel.
"When Buruside made his mud march
on to Fredericksburg, we men in the
advance had some gay times, " remarked
a veteran of the civil war. "It was a
long while before the Jojinnis would
let us cross the river, but wheu we did
get across we made the fellows who hud
been shooting at us for the past three
hours get right up and dust for safrr
quarters. Tbe luiaiitry soon followed us
and took up their portion along the
river toward Faimoutli, while we skir
mished through the town. When we
canm to the Planters' hotel, we just
walked in and took possession. Every
body had deserted the place and we did
jnst as we pleased. In goiug through
one of the rooms 1 came across three
bundles of Confederate notes. Each
bundle was labeled to contain $5,000,
aud as I held them aloft I shouted to
tbe rest of tho men that we now had
money to hum. They laughed, aud 1
thrust the notes iu my pocket. The
Johnnies had takeu or destroyed every
thing to eat, aud, as for liquor, there
wasu't any iu tho town.
"After satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing further to bo had iu the
Planters' hotel we sallied forth and
walked up toward the home of tho
mother of our country George Wash
ington's mother. We had had 110 break
fast yet, and now it was close on to
noon. Oue of my companions had some
coffee in his huvcraick, so I thought wo
might have a little coileo if nothing
else. Well, we got the coffee out and
theu discovered that we had no firewood.
There was sume tall swearing just at
that time, for the .Johnujes hadn't left
so much as u match behind them.
" 'I've got it!' 1 cried, and I hauled
out the three bundles of note3 I had
found iu the Planters' hotel. AIy ex
pression was greeted with a shout by
my companions and we bad money to
burn. We saou had the fire goiug and
tbe coffee cooked. Pieeu 1 say to auy
soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at a
price which seems rather high $15,
000? We were soon through a'Jd marched
back into the town ouly to see our men
trying to buy some tobacco without
moucy. How strange it seemed! They
had not a ceut, while we had money to
burn and burned it.
"four years after I regretted having
bad this money ami burned it- While
in Washington iu the winter of 16U5 1
bad tbe mortification of seeiug au ad
vertisement for this ideutical package
of notes and offering 50 per cent 011
their face value for their return. They
were Virginia state bank notes; hence
their value. Whenever I hear that a
man has money to burn 1 think of my
115.000 aud shed a tear of regret that I
burned if " New York Telegram.
MONEY MAKING IN TACOMA.
The City of Destiny Once Coined Its Owa
Cash.
Tacoma once had a mint that coined
all of the money in peculation wbero
the City of Destiny now stands, and i
did not require the fiat of Uncle Sam,
the silver of Idaho or the gold of Cali
fornia to make the pieces from Tacoma's
mint pass current amoug the Indians
and the fev hardy pioneers who were
biasing tbe path of civilization through
tbe forest on the shores of Commence
ment bay, says the Tacoma Ledger.
Back in the early seventies the Taco
ma Alill company, not being ablo to
handily secure goli Mud silver for oso
in trading with and paying off the In
dian laborers aud early settlers, hit
upon tbe novel plan of issuing its own
currency, and to this end set its black
smith to work to fashion for it out
of scraps of iron and brass pieces of
money, or, rather, tokens, which could
be used as a circulating medium. The
pieces consisted of 40 cent and 4-1 ceut
iron tokens and brass $1 pieces. The 4Q
cent pieces were about an inch iu diam
eter aud tbe 45 cent pieces were about
tbe size of tbe present silver half dollar.
The f 1 pieces were oval in shape, about
1 inches long, an ipch Wide and a
sixteenth of an inch in thickness. These
pieces were tamped with the flgures
showing their value, and readily passed
current -all over tbe country tributary to
the mill Nearly all of this old "mill"
coin has passed away, but a few days
ago William Hanson of tho Tacouiu Mill
company presented a set of these queer
coius to tbe Ferry museum. In his let
ter to the museum he said :
"The honesty of tho people aud the
absence of any blacksmith shop save
that of the company made the se of
this money possible."
Oregon has long boasted that the
"Beaver" coin, minted at Oregon City
in the early fifties, was the ouly money
minted in tbe northwest in the days of
tbe pioneer, but here .a Tacoma, long
years after Oregon's "Beaver" mint
had become a historical incident, was a
primitive mint that supplied the coin
to furnish the pioneers and Indians with
all of the necessities for their roagh
lives. The :oius. which are still pre
served, are roughly made, just such aa
auy blacksmith with ordiuury tools
might make, aud as a mutter of foot
during the early years of the mill com
pany's existence formed practically tbe
lecul circulating medium of exchange.
When the Indians who were employed
in the mill were paid fcr their labor,
this coin sufficed, as ail tbe trading
they did was with the littls store run in
connection with the mill Tbe iron and
brass pieces were, of course, passed
amoug the Indians iu trading with each
other, and as auythiug in the way of
supplies was purchased by them at the
mill store the pieces were fully as good
to them as if they had borne the stamp
of the government
Changes In Cave Dwelling Aaimals.
"The influence of environment upon
organisms is nowhere more striking,"
says Science, "than iu the case of ani
mals which find themselves acciden
tally lost in caves and which succeed in
accustoming themselves to the situa
tion iu spite of its difficulties. M. Ar
mand Viro gives some notes on his ob
servations in the Comptes Rendu. Tho
principal difference in tho situation
consists in tho absence of light aud in
the rarity of animal prey. The eye al
ways bo comes atrophied to a degree
which varies with the species and also
with the individual. There is somo
times n difference between the two eyes
of a single individual. The eyes are to
a certain extent replaced by other or
gans of sense; the antennro of tho
campodes become, in som) individuals,
twice as long as usual, and sometimes
longer than the entire body. The tactile
hairs with which the body is covered
obtain au exaggerated development, and
in the crustaceaus sometimes even in
vade the ocular globe. Hearing does not
seem to be acccutuuted, bnt the sense of
smell is very acute, and a bit of tainted
flesh becomes invaded in a very few
miuntes with a largo colony of animals.
Tim organs of digestion becomo very
considerably modified iu those species
which are naturally carnivorous, and
in two stapliyliiis the mandibles were
fonud to be completely atrophied. Every
animal is lnoio or less completely de
pigmented, but tho-e which bad uo
traco of coior rt'iauliijug began to have
numerous little black spots disseminated
over the whole body after they had
been kept for a month iu the light, aud
these spots were particularly abundant
in those parts (anteuute and claws)
which hail been accidentally lost and
were iu course of restoration. "
According to Dr. Forbes Wiuslow,
kleptomania is found among boys, but
very rarely indeed among men. The
great majority of the rictims uie wo
men. IPWBliiiaiiaaaanaai
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
t JJ , in an,i for Watlw ,,'- Nebnwfai.
on the .1 tiny of Jtiivemlxr. !.-. icnintinz
lifntif ( M.J1 the real rotate hereinafter ile-bt-rilieti
for the purioe of paying tho claims
allow el iiKTiinM the estate of Henry S. (ioilf rev.
lleceaswl, anil the oohIh of ailminixterinK on anl
tMntt I will H'U the mil estate ileBi-ribetl in
futtil order. 10 wit:
The earn half (e't of the toutheast quarter
(ee'-i) of Hevtion No. thirteen (13) in township
No. eiichteen 1S). north of range three (3) west
of thet'.th I'. M.. in I'latte county. Neltra$ki. at 1
o'clock p. 111., on WeilnetMlay, Dec. M. 147. at
the front iloor of the court limine in the city of
loiutnous. .v-nrasKn, lor canh in linml, Bubject
to two mortgage, one Tor J I. 1)00 in faorof K.
K. IVtlrlck ami one of $100 in favor of Mary K.
tioclfrer. Al.ltKiri' KUSSKLL.
('. J.(iULow, Aitminibtrator.
Att'y for Ailin'r. It!ec3
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the county court of l'latte county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the a ntato of (iuBtaf K.
Johnson, ileceafeil. Notice of final Melt lenient
and account.
To tt.e'cnilitora. heirs, legatee anil others in
terested in the estate of liuMaf E. .lohnaon,
deceased.
Take notice, that Henry Guiles has filed in
the county court a rexrt of his doings as ad
miniotRitorofthe estate of (iuxtaf K. Johnson,
deceased, and it is ordered that the same stand
for hearing on the lit It day of December, IsiC,
lfore the court nt the hour of '. o'clock a. m.,at
which time any rwn interested may appear
and except to and contest the same.
"This notice is ordered given in The ('oi.ITM
bus .louiiN'Al. for two conM-cutite weeks prior
to the Uth day of December, IM'7.
Witness my hand and the seal of the county
court at Columbus this .Mlfi d.o of Novemlier,
1M7.
rQ,, 1 J. N- K I LI AN,
SKW.-I jeoJ County Judge.
I'KOItATK XOTICK.
In the mailer of the estate of Samuel V,
W.
iImui, deceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby giten, that the creditors of
said deceased will meet the administrator of
said estate, before me. ci.unty judge of l'latte
county, Nebraska, at my otlice in Columbus,
said county, on the 'Jd day of December, 1H97, on
the 2d day of March. IMw.andon the 2d day of
June. Ifc'.H, at M o'clock a. 111. each day, for the
purport: of presenting their claims tar examina
tion, adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims ami one jear for the admin
istrator to settle said estate from the 2d day of
Decern !er. l?i7, and this notice is ordered pub
lished in Thk Columbus Jouii.nm. for four con
secutive weeks, prior to the 'M day of December,
1SH7.
J. N. KlLIA.V.
lOnovl County Judge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Heirey Hedges,
deceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the oreditora of
'said deceased will meet the administrator of
saitl estate, before me, county judge of Platte
county, .eimisKa, at my omce in Loiumbas,saiu
county, on the 'M day of December, UK, oa the
M day of March. liVS, and on the 2d day of
Jane, lsls). at 9 o'clock a m. each day, for the
purpose of presenting their claims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for creditors to pre
sent their claims, and one j ear for the adminis
trator to settle said estate, from the 2d day of
December. lMf. and this notice is ordered pub-
, - 1 ? rwi ., w m m
iisneii in '4 he i iillxuux joijumai. ior tour con
secutive weeks prior fo the 2d llay of December,
IMC.
J. N. KlLIAX,
lOnovtt County Jnilge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter o( the estate of Andy Devany,
deceased. Nftce to creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the creditors of
saitl deceased will meet the executors of said
estate, before me, county judge of Platte county,
Nebraska, nt my office in Columbus, said coun
ty, on the '2d day of December, 1697, on the 2d
day of March, 199. and on the 2d day of June,
lttej, at V o'clock a. m. each day, for the par
pose of presenting their claims for examination,
adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
nresent their claims and one year for the ex
ecutors to settle said estate' from the 2d day
of December. IbV.. anil tins notice is ordered
published in The Columbus Jocrxal, for four
consecutive weeks, prior to the 2d day of De
cember, lsl7.
J N. KlLIAX,
10no4 County Judge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Maria Grander,
deceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of
said deceased will meet the administratrix of
said estate, before me, county judge of Platte
county, Aeitrasica. at my omce in coiumbus,
said county, on the 2d ilay of December, ls97,
pn the 2d day of March, 194, and on the 2d day
of Jnpe, .. nt 9 o'clock a, m. each day, for the
purpose of presenting their claims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims and one year for the ad
ministratrix to settle said estate from the 2d
day of December. Is97, and this notice is ordered
published in Thk Columbus Joubxal for four
consecutive weeks, prior to the 2d day of De
cember, U97. .
J. N. KlUAM,
10bot4 CouBtjrJadg. ,
MEDHOF & CO.
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Goods including black double width nt lou a yard.
40-inch wide, all-wool Dress Flannel, all colors, at 2'm a yard.
40-inch wide black Mohair Brocades at 35c a yard.
38-inch all-wool Fancies at 28c a yard.
Special attention is called to our line of Serges at 28c, 40c.
f0c, 75c, a yard.
New Silks in fancy brocades at 50 and 75c.
Roman Stripes and Plaid Silks entirely new.
Latest novelty in Dress Trimniin. compriin headed and
silk gimps and braids, braided and bended setts.
Ladies' and children's Hosiery, nt 5c, 10c, 15c. and an iron
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Ladies' men's and children's Underwear, at 25o, Indies' and
children's ribbed vest and drawers, tieccc-lincd, worth 35c.
At 50e, ladies' and children's uli-woo vest and drawers, great
value, worth 75c.
At 3l)c, men's natural wool shirt and drawers, worth 50o.
At 50c, children's heavy ribbed Union suits, all size.
At 50c, men's Heeee-lined shirts and drawers, finished .-cam,
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PROBATE NOTICE.
In the county court of Platte county, Nebraski.
In the matter of the estate of Daniel Schuck.
er, deceased. Notice of final settlement and
actxiunt.
To the creditors, heirs, lerateett ami othm in.
terested in the estate of Daniel Schucker, de-
reaneti.
Take notice, that Walter (. (iaines has filed
in the county court a report of his doings as ex.
eentor of the estate of Daniel Schucker. de-
oeaseo, and it in ordered that the same stand
for hearing on the 10th day of December. 1W7,
before the court at tho hour of 2 o'clock p. iu.,
at which time any person interested may a
pear and except to and contest the same.
This notice is ordered given in The Count buh
Joubxal. for two consecutive weeks prior to the
lMh day of December, 18OT.
Witaess my hand and the seal of the connty
conrt at Colnmbus, this 27th day of November,
1897.
J. N. KlLIAN,
lec2t County Judge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Henry Paste, de
ceased. Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of
said deceased will meet the administrator of
said estate, before me, county joilge of Platte
county, Nebraska, at my office in Columbus,
said county, on the 2d day of December. 1SOT, oa
the 2d day of March. lWW.andon the 2d day of
Jane. 188, at 9 o'clock a. m. each day. for the
purpose of presenting their claims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims and one year for the admin
istrator to settle said estate from the 2d day or
December. 1MT7. and this notice is ordered pub
lished ib Tax Columbus Joubxal for four con
secutive weeks, prior to the 2d day or December,
18V7.
J. N. KlLIAM,
10a" County Judge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Lewis M. Haley.
deceased. Notice to cmdirnn
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of
saiii ueeeaaeu wm meet the administratrix of
said estate, before me. county judge of Platte
county, Nebraska, at my office in Columbus, said
county, on the &1 day of December, 1897. on the
?itaT.Ci'' y98'"""1? at bw or June.
IW8. at 9 o clock a. m. each day. tor the purpose
of presenting their claims far mmiiuiV. ..
joatment and allowance.
Six months are allowed for the creditors to
present their claims and one year for the ad
ministratrix to SettU Mill natmta . k- o.l
dayor December. 1&97. aad this notice is ordered
published in The Columbus Joub.xal for four
consecutive weeks, prior to the 2d day of De
cember, 1S97.
.- , J. N. Kiliax.
10bo' County Judge.
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