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TEAMS OF scnsrnilTlox:
One year, by mail, iost:ise irejail . . .
Hix months
Thrwe months
Grand Island is making raids upon
the houses or ill repute.
Ur.PKrsr.XT.TivE Maxut.li. spoke Fri
ilay on the pension bill, advocating a
li!eral policy and a larger appropriation
than that carried by the bill.
Mits. Xanty A. McKinlky. mother of
President McKinley. died at ::" Sunday
morning. The president was at her
bedside when she bade farewell to the
loved ones who mourn her departure.
Senatoi: Allev has introduced a bill
to provide for the erection of a public
building on half of the liosioflioo square
in Lincoln and appropriating a million
dollars for its complete construction.
Also to lease the present postoffico
building to the city of Lincoln at Sl,200
a year.
Ax still the same fellows who upheld
the deficit-hearing Wilson law from lie
gimiing to end continue to kick because
the Dingley law has not yet putthecoiin
ou a paying basis, ft is well for them to
kick while they can, as the new law will
soou produce sufficient revenue, and their
opportunity will be gone until they can
hunt up some other excuse.--Wainside
Tribune.
If it lie true that (imyKlO Cubans have
starved to death since the war liegan
and that the spirit of the survivors is
untamed by suffering and that Spain
cannot, even if it would, restore prosper
ity, then it is time for congress to re
solve nfion steps that may bring the
barbarous war to a close. A people that
bravely endures so much for freedom
should be free. Inter Ocean.
FACT is. Ficnox.
Lincoln. Xr.i:., Dec. l.'l, 1W7.
Tuesday of last week, when the state
suerintendent hail completed the semi
annual apportionment of the school
fund, and when it was ascertained that
the amount of the apportionment would
be unusually large, there was a general
season of rejoicing among the reform
politicians.
Good crops and good prices have
enabled the jteoplc to pay up their back
taxes and the back interest, on their
school land leases, and now when the
result is shown in the school money,
these who tried to deny this prosperity
a few months ago set up a general
cackle as if they had laid the egg.
"We can make a great hit out of this
if we work it right," said Kdmundsou, as
he caressed his rotund stomach with one
hand and his gold headed cane with the
other. "It'll be a great hit, a great hit."
"It. ought to b. worth ."i,H)0 votes to
us, said Joe Edg-rton." "Yes, liiJNNI,"
said Maret, and he hurried away to the
superintendent's office to give proper
direct ions. "(let out extra copies of
your report and get them to the papers
as soon as possible" said the little secre
tary, and he fairly How from one depart
ment, of the state house to another,
whispering confidentially to each one
how he had given directions for the ex
tra copies and how much extra tioteney
is added by his shrewd foresight and
manipulations.
The public understands that a politi
cal manager like Maret holds his prestige
not so much for the good he does his
party as for what he pretends to do.
While his party is in the swim, he is the
hero within his circle of admirers. When
it gets in the soup, and when his manip
ulations at last appear in their true
light, then the public recognize him as
the false leader, as the millstone that
pulled it down. A big man leads his
party into broad ways and builds on
foundations of truth and honesty. A
little man can organize a mob in the
str-et. but it takes a big man with broad
methods to hold an army together.
It is remarkable what a high estimate
each (if these reformers puts nion him
self and what a low estimate he puts
upon public scrutiny. In his eyes he is
a prodigy of statesmanship.
In his eyes the public is a rabble of
gullible fools. In the judgment of these
reformers, each of them, by some supe
rior virtue of his administration had
something to do with this increase in the
school money.
The governor looks complaisant and
considers that the credit is largely due
to hi in. The treasurer strokes his lieard
with a self-satisfied air, as much as to
say, "It never could have happened with
out me. It will ease up the gossip about
my straw bond."
State Superintendent Jackson, lie
cause his clerk made up the figures of
the apportionment, feels that he is
almost us great a hero as old Ilickrey
himself, and he is sure that when the
apportionment rejiort gets out among
the fanners, each good mother will call
her little son and say. '"My dear boy.
when you are a man yon must never
vote for anybody but Jackson. See!
He has sent us $:177.)00 to maintain the
schools. These good men do not hate
the common jieople as Mark Hanna
does. They love the common people and
they love the children too. and they have
sent out this money that the common
people may be educated and that you
may grow up to be as great and as good
as Holcomb. Maret or Bill Green." Out
at Nelson the mother will say, "Why
you can even be as great as Sutherland,
if yon study hard while these good men
are sending us the money."
In ,H4,iC and IW, the payment of taxes
lagged and the interest payments on
school land leases ran behind, slower
and slower. It is no cause for criticism
that republican officials did not collect
these taxes and this interest money, for
collection was impossible. Neither is it
a virtue in them that they refrained
from distressing property holders, for
such a course would have lieen disas
trous. It was better that the school
money should run low than that the
people should lose their homes.
And now when good crops and good
prices Lave enabled the people and they
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It is a commanding duty to keep the
appropriations within the receipts of the
J5 government, and thus avoid a deficit. q J
5 President McKinley.
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have paid up voluntarily those delin
quent obligations, it adds no virtue to
this administration, which has tried to
deny and .belittle these bettered condi
tions. 'This'increate m school money is
one of the signs of better times in Ne
braska. There are some new ftars of
hope in the peoples' sky, and this is one
of them. TheJ people. are paying their
debts without repudiation and with
dollars that are honest. We have reach
ed the period of paying.debts and are
going out of the period ofilmrrowing
money. This is untruth which will ap
peal to the women of Nebraska who love
their homes.and to the children who
love their schools, more eloquently than
the tricks of Maret. ortthe sophistries of
Edmibton with his gold headed cane.
The "common people," whom these
pass-grabbing railroad shysters hover
over, annot so uncommonly common,
not so uncommonly dull, that they do
not know where,, tlu money e:;me from
and who paid it.
These "common people" are not so
lame in wit'norjn.honestyjhatjhey do
not know that Bartley's default never
interfered; a.dollarJii.thelistribntion of
school money and therefore this large
apportionment is no sign of superior
honesty m the presentJ,treasurer,vho in
any other northern state would have
been impeached months ago Tor his lxld
defiance of law and for his absconded
bondsmen.
There are over twenty funds which
the law requires the treasurer to keep
separate and on which he must report
monthly the daily balances. This re
form treasurer dumps these funds into
one pot. Here'll be a pretty mess by
and by when the day of reckoning comes.
And it will come. The passes are right
in the pockets now, the salaries and
emoluments taste good, and the laws
appear to be "absolete." But the laws
are not "absolete." They will remain.
These chickens will come home to roost.
Some things that appear light now will
weigh a ton before next fall.
.1. W. Johnson.
DROP IN PRICE OF WHEAT
Remarkable Slump In Decem
ber Option at Chicago.
BIO RUSH OF GRAIN TO THAT CITY.
Kletator loil- Are Mill Keeping the
lleeenilier ItulU In tlm Hark a ti the
Amount ! mil rati tir.iin The. Are to
(et I'ra.-t it-ally N'o IIHIver Mail- by
the IJIk luirt. Armour wild HVjre.
Chicaco. Dec. 1-1. The wheat bulls
began to feel today the effect of the
prices which they permitted last week.
The inspection sheets showed there had
been a rush of graiu in this direction
from every quarter. ;:s much probably
as 400,000 bushels contract grain iu the
4f hours. A little inquiry showed that
the inspection sheet did not begin to
show all the arrivals. One elevator
concern has cargoes aggregating :!0.000
bushels in t he river, not a bushel of
which had been inspected. Armour
and Weare had cargoes iu and the car
lots showed a jump. The majority of
this graiu was to fill shorts made mouths
ago. Some of it had evidently been
brought, however, to get the benefit of
the Chicago December price. There
was a .scattered December selling,
largely by elevator people against new
receipts of this sort. Armour was
credited with more of this than any
other iu tercet. The December bulls
themselves told more or less Dccemlier
in order to hapten its decline. There
was a remarkable drop iu price, 71..
cents, but it was acconipauied hv no
corresponding excitement aud by no
great trade. December opened at 1.05,
aud Ull.. cents and clo.-cd at !'.. cents.
The January was influenced by the
May. as it has leeu all along, dropping
from 15 cents to !'.M., cents and closing
at !:tJ4 cents.
The Leiter party did what their
friends thought they ought to have
done last week let down the Decem
ber. They did not sell uiuch, because
the market would not take much and
because Armour was selling enough to
make the price weak, but they finally
helied to break the price. Everybody
is still astonished that the December
bulls permitted any such price as ruled
last week. Today's receipts clearly
showed the result of the Chicago pre
miums. Miuueapalis advices were
that the Leiters had people buying up
there in order to increase the difficulty
of bringing the Minneapolis grain
down here.
The elevator people are still keeping
the December bulls in the dark as to
the amount of contract graiu they are
to get. Practically no delivery has lieeu
made by the big shorts, Armour and
Weare.
Armour I Buying Wheat.
Eureka, S. D., Dec. 14. Armour &
Co.'s representative, Charles Pleffer, is
buying all the wheat coming to Eureka.
He has very recently purchased 70 car
loads, representing 50,000 bushels, for
immediate shipment. Small amount
iu farmers' bauds yet iu the country i
tributarv to Armour.
PINGREE GIVES OUT A STATEMENT.
Denies That Three-Out Street Car Fare
Hate I'roicd a Failure.
Detroit, Dec. 14. Governor Piugree
has given out a signed statement for
publication denying that :-ceut street
car fares have proved a failure. He
says tliat "the railway managers damn
their own business by sayiug S-ceut
lares do not pay, hoping to receive sym
pathy from the aldermen aud mayor,"
and that t he next move has beeu for
the newspapers to rake up the cry. The
governor asserts that if the $1,800,000
bauds of the Detroit railway were sold
the owners got back all they paid for
constructing the road ; if they were not
sold they have received upon their
bonds a greater profit than have most
of the manufacturing firms of the city
for the three years past. Governor
Piugree says tliat a subsequent issue of
1, 000,000 bonds, which was made at
the time of the consolidation agreement
between the rival systems, were in
reality pure gifts, made by the owners
of the road to themselves, upon which
they expect the people of Detroit to pay
interest, and eventually the principal.
The governor asserts that for the last
year after paying interest upon all
"honest bonds" there was a clear profit
of more than 6 per cent on stock.
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Turkish lain ami rUmiur In India
Tre.ttnl ul l.-ulh.
Boston. Dec. 14 The American
board or forehru mi items made public
today its S7:h :i!i:inai iv:iirt. The total
receipts fr ui all s iu;ves were t$4--7S1.07.
Th: repnr.- d- lis at length with
Turkish massacres and says that while i
many Uhristians v.vr. killed or tied, the
number of profe.st" I I 'liristiaus exceeds
that previous to th- outrage. The !
m:issacre.s,i:i which :tr bust o.oOO Avuie-.
uiaus were slaughtered iu Constanti
nople, were the result ostensibly of an
attack ou the Ottoman bank of the city
by u band of revolutionists, but in
reality of the same fanaticism and race
hatred which deluded the whole empire
with blond the previous year. When
the sovereigns sjioke the word ou the
third day blond -died ceased instantly
throughout the whole country.
In India during the famine food rose
to abnormal prices As the poor of In
dia live constantly up hi the verge of
starvation when prices are normal it is
easy to imagine the result of such times
as these. Grain riots ocenrred iu miuy
places, starvation Mured miliums iu the
face, and almost at once became an
awful reality. The bubonic fever first
came to public notice in Bombay. A
panic seized the mO.uOj inhabitants.
Traius and .steamers from the city lie
came crowded with people fleeing to
the country. The mortality of the city
rose from ."irtu a week to 2,000. The
Christians from the city have been
luarvciously preserved. Among them
only a few cases have occurred.
This has Iweu by far the most fruit
ful year in the history of the sju:1i
China mission. In the Foo Chow,
China, mission wirhiu the last twe
years there has lu en an expansion of
field and growth in churches, schools
and hospital work unparalleled in the
history of our missions in Chiua.
Ecuuieuiral Missionary Conference.
Boston. Dee. 14. A letter from a
committee representing the foreign mis
sionary societies of America, addressed
to the secretaries of the Protestant mis
sionary societies of Great Britain and
the continent of Europe, soliciting an
expression of their views as to the de
sirability of couveniug an e-umeuical
foreign missionary conference (similar
iu aim and character to the world's
missionary conference at Loudon in
1SSS) iu the city of New York, iu April,
HI00, and their readiness to co-operate
iu such a conference, has met with a
general and favorable respa i e. In
view of the cordial feeling and uuauim
ity expressed, the American societies
have authorized the holding of the con
ference, and an invitation has been is
sued, signed by the Rev. .Tudsou Smith,
D. D., of Boston, as chairman, and
Rev. H. X. Cobb. D. D., of New York,
as secretary. This invitation asks each
society to be represented by two or
more delegates iu ecumenical confer
ence ou foreign missions, to meet in
New York, on April 20, 1SXH), aud to
continue for 10 days from that date.
The invitations are to be sent to all
Protestaut foreign mis-iouarv societies.
Ilryat Fort Scott.
Fo::t Scott, Dec. 14. Not a drop of
wafer has been served to the consumer?
of this city since Mayor Ilesser took
charge of the waterworks Saturday
evening. Employes of the water com
pany refuse to work for the city aud no
engineer can be found who can operate
the pumps. The city authorities ac
cuse the compauy's engineer of having
"spiked" the pumps. The superintend
ent of the works has served notice ou
the city that the safety of the pumpiug
station is iu danger, lieeause of the in
competency of the men who are at
tempting to run it. Hotels, factories
and consumers generally are compelled
to obtain water from private sources,
which are insufficient to supply the
needs. The trouble grows out of the
city forcing the water company to bell
its plant.
Ltiftgrrt'it Plan of Ilefcnsp.
Chicaco, Dec. 14. Attorneys Har
mon and Ries, in their defense of A. L.
Lnelgert. have decided to base a strong
tight on the paint of the corpus delicti.
They have beeu making a sjieeial study
of the law covering tliis poiut. They
will contend for the principle of com
mon law, enunciated years and yearn
ago by Lord Hale, that a man cauuot
be convicted where the corpus delicti
and the offense are both proved by cir
cumstantial evidence. Either the body
must be produced or the murder proved
to have beeu committed, and proved by
direct testimouv.
I'nion Printer Win.
New YokK, Dec. 14. President Sam
uel B. Donnelly of Typographical un
ion No. G, at a meeting of the union
held iu this city last night, announced
that G'f of the 120 publishers had
granted the request of the uuion for a
nine-hour day. About 20 book ma
chine offices also consented to an eight
hour day. President Donnelly said
that the other oliices would undoubt
edly come into the compact, and that
the impending strike will probably be
averted.
Death From IM-kJaw.
Albia, Dec. 14. The death of
James Grimes near here from lockjaw,
resulting from a gunshot wound was
particularly sad. Young Grimes acci
dentally shot himself iu the leg some
days ago. The wound was dressed by
a physician aud it was thought the
youug man was getting along all right
until lockjaw set in and his death re
sulted. Democrat Win Content,
Sioux City, Dec. 14. John Games.
Democrat, won the Woodbury county
shrievalty contest here today by 10
votes. Unless V. C. Davenport, Re
publican, cau persuade the contest
board tomorrow to reverse a decision
by which it gave Gaiubs IS votes, an
appeal will probably be taken. The
first returns showed 1 1 majority for
Davenport.
Wuiuau Shoot a liurglar.
San Francisco, Dec. 14. At an early
hour this moruiug a burglar entered the
residence of Sergeaut-of-Police Mc
Mauus and proceeded to ransack the
parlor. Mrs. McMauus heard the burg
lar at his work, but decided not to
waken her husband. She picked up a
revolver from a table by the bed and
awaited developments. Iu a few mo
ments the burglar reached the swing
ing doors leading from the parlor into
the room adjoining the bedroom, aud
when he opened the door she opened
fire. He made his escape, but the trail
of blood which was left showed that the
woman's aim was good.
GOMPERS IN THE CNAIR.
Seventeenth Annual Session of
Federation of Labor.
HAKES HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Big lurreaoe i.f .Meinhersliip In the Itnttie
Affiliated With the Federation Seert"
tary .MorrMouN Kf-purt Shown the He
reipl Ktit Year Were S?,X4 Over the
I'rrtioiM Year.
Namixii.i.k. Dec. 14. The American
Federation of Labor began its 17th an
nual r-essioii in this city yesterday, with
an attendance of more than 100 dele
gates from different states aud an equal
uumbvr of visitors. President Gompers
preMded. The hall was decorated with
the Hags of many nations. Havelock
Wilson and Edward Hartford, dele
gates from Euglaud. were introduced
by the president. After the mectiug
had been culled to order, William Aimi
sou of the local Typographical union
delivered an addres of welcome.
President Gomp :- ponded to the
address. The report of the committee
on credentials was presented, after
which President Gompers read his an
nual address.
;oinicr' Aililress.
President Gompers said : "With two
except ious all our affiliated national
uuion report a large increase of local
unions aud membership. There is an
increase of about 34,000 members in the
organizations affiliated. It lias beu
the constant aim to organize our fellow
workers engaged in unskilled labor.
With the invention of new machinery
aud the applications of new forces, the
division aud subdivision of labor many
workers who have been employed at
skilled trades find themselves with
their occupation goue, and to which
they have devoted long terms of years
to acquire. Tims we see the urtisau of
yesterday the unskilled laborer of
today.
"It is also a source of gratification to
report that within the post year a very
large number of federal labor union:
for unskilled workers had beeu organ
ized and from them a much larger
number of trade uuious. There have
been quite a uutnlter of strikes within
the pait year, but the change iu tht
causes which have produced them arc
worthy of note. The strikes of this
year with lew exceptions have beeu foi
higher wages, shorter hours and uniou
principles. Our uuious report with
gratifying unanimity a large number oi
successes achieved, advantages gained
and the growth aud extension of the
power of organization enjoyed.
Muvcuteiit for Short Work Day.
"The movement to reduce the hours
of labor is always oue which commands
the first attention of organized labor.
We hold that no condition is satisfac
tory, nor any solution complete, which
fails to eliminate the curse aud the de
grading influences of uouemploymeut,
and so long us this evil shall lie with us
our best efforts will be concentrated to
the reduction of the hours of labor of
all until the desired end is attained.
"The establishment of a postal sav
ings bauk system and also a postal tele
graph system, long since demanded by
organized labor, seems nearer accom
plishment than at auy previous time. It
is submitted whether it would not be
wise to modify our position insofar as
to interpose no objection to the passage
of a law providing for compulsory arbi
tration in disputes of organized em
ployes of railroads aud railroad com
panies, and of giving award by such
lawful arbitrators, but we should hesi
tate to give our indorsement to any
legislation, state or national, lowering
t he compulsory enforcement of award
aud enforcement of a contract for labor.
Recently one of the branches of the
federal courts decided by a majority
vote that l he boycott is illegal. The
suggestion i made that upon any letter
or circular issued upon such a matter of
this character after stating the name of
the unfair firm and the grievances com
plained of, the words "We have been
enjoined by the courts from boycotting
this firm," could be added."
MorrUou' Report.
Vice President McGuire presided at
the afteruoou session, which was well
attended. Secretary Morrison pre
sented his report, showing an increase
i;i receipts of -?..',:M! over the previous
year. An extra amount had lieeu ex
pended iu organization and 31,280 new
members were enrolled. The greatest
item of expause was $3,53!) for organiza
tion, and of this $2,0110 had beeu used
in sending organizers among the min
ers during the great strike. Expenses
for the year were $10,113. The report
stated the Federatiouist, the organ of
the federation had been increased iu
size at an increased expense, but re
ceipts had exceeded expenditures.
Dnriug the year, the report states, 20
strike had beeu officially noticed, in
volving lt!5,407 workers. Of these IS!)
were won : 31 compromised aud 33 lost.
During the year 21 7 charters were issued
to national, state, central, local aud
federal labor uuious. Two charters for
state federations were issued to Ohio
uud Missouri.
The report states the indications are
favorable for a coutiuuauce of use of
labels. The secretary recommends
that the par capita tax for local and
federal laboa unions to the federation
be iucreased from 1 to 5 cents per mem
ber. Treasurer J. B. Leuuon submitted
his report showing the income of feder
ation from Noi 1, lS!o to Nov, 1,
1S97, to be $21. 80S and the expenses
$19,113, leaving a balance of$2,94,
which added to $1,000 now in tlu
hands of secretary gives a total balance
of $3,094. The report was referred to
the committee ou treasurer's report.
HEPBURN IS SUSTAINED.
Entire Session of the House Is
Spent Adjusting: a Dispute.
N0ET0N MUST STAND BY EECOHD.
Not Allowed to Amend HU Remarks on
the Pension Bill Additional Work for
Justice Brewer Senator Allen' Indian
Cougrets Bill Favorably Repoited to
the Senate Newt at Washington.
Washington-, Dec. 14. Excepting
the reporting of the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
which is to be considered today, the
house did no public business Monday.
The entire session was consumed in
adjusting a personal dispute between
Hepburn (la.) aud Norton (O.) which
grew out of a controversy that occurred
last week during the debate on the
pension bill. The jioint at issue was
ua to whether a certain word used by
Mr. Norton, but which he afterwards
disclaimed auy intention of niug
should appear in the permanent record.
The house, by a party vote, yeas, 130;
nays, lil ; sustained Mr. Hepburn.
Advocate a fooling Bill.
Washington-. Dec. 14. The aunual
meeting of the National Board of Trade
began at the Shoreman hotel iu this
City this afternoon. A number of mat
I
ters of national interest-will be consid
ered, among them tho presentation to
congress of a pooling bill aud tho recom
mendation for a department of com
merce. Just what action will be taken
on these measures cannot bo predicted.
The advocates of the pooling bill are to
be found chiefly among tho eastern
delegates, while the opposition to the
measure will come fom tho south and
west. The board as a wholo is in favor
of the establishment of the department
of commerce, and it is rumored thut
this measure has the approval of Presi
dent McKinley aud that a message will
be sent to congress on the subject soou
after the 1st of Janrary.
Lower Court Is Reversed.
Washington, Dec. 14. An opinion
was rendered by Justice White in the
United States supreme court today in
the case of Thomas Bram, under sen
tence of death in Massachusetts for
murder committed at sea. He was ac
cused of murdering the captain, mate
and captain's wife, of a vessel bouud
for South America. The opinion re
versed, the decision of the court below
on the ground thut Bram's testimony
should not have been admitted.
To Strengthen Eight Hour Law.
Washington, Dec. 14. Senator
White of California has introduced a
bill to strengthen the eight-hour law us
applicable to government works. It
has been found impossible to force tho
law, owing to the lack of adequate pen
alties. Mr. White proposes an amend
ment, in which a violation of the law
is made a uiislcmeauor subject to a
fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprison
ment not exceeding six mouths, or both.
Vulted State Wheat Crop.
Washington. Dec. 14. The agricul
tural department today issued the fol
lowing. The speci'il wheat investiga
tion, instituted by the department of
agriculture, indicates a crop of 530,000,
000 bushels. These figures are subject
to slight modification in the final re
port. Congress of Indian Tribes.
Washington, Dec. 14. The sen
ate committee on Indian affairs to
day reported favorably on Senator Al
len's bill providing for u congress of
Indian tribes to be held at Omalia dur
iug the coming Trausmissippi exposi
tion. Additional Work for Justice Brewer.
Washington. Dec. 14. The retire
ment of Justice Field from the supreme
court of the United States has made
necessary the assignment of Justice
Brewer to the Ninth circuit iu addition
to his duties in the Eighth circuit.
For Belief or Southern .Methodist.
Washington, Dec. 14. Representa
tive Gaines of Tennessee has introduced
a bill appropriating $'28,0O0 for the re
lief of the I took agents of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South for property
taken during the civil war.
Snprenie Court Keeeiw.
Washington, Dec. 14. The United
States supreme court will take a
recess next Monday for the Christmas
holidays, resuming its sittings on Mon
day, Jan. 8.
Final Appeal For Uurrant.
San Fkancisco, Dec. 14. Mrs. Alice
Hartley, who killed Senator Foley at
Reno several years ago, created a great
deal of excitement in Emanuel Baptist
church last night. At the conclusion
of Rev. George Gibson's sermon she
dramatically declared that she had a
message from God to the effect that
Durraut's life should be saved, and that
it was the dury of the congregation to
save him. Rev. Gibson, who was Dur
raut's pastor, refused to see the con
demned man's mother when she called
with a message from her .sou askiug the
preacher to tell all he knew about the
murders in Emanuel church. A final
appeal for a commutation of the sen
tence of death will be uiade to Gover
uor Budd this week.
Pardoned by Governor Fiugree.
Jackson, Mich., Dec. 14. Edward
Rogers, who was seut to the state prison
from Saginaw iu August. 1$!U, for life,
has been jiardoued by Governor Piu
:ree. Rogers' sister will take him to
'icr home iu California. He had a fam
.ly iu New York City, but left home
luring a drinking spell. At Saginaw
ie became infatuated with a woman,
flio he killed because she refused to
narry him.
Gets a Life Sontence.
Bakeusfield, Cal., Dec. 14. David
Davidson, the Randsburg wife mur
derer, has lieeu convicted of murder in
the first degree, with the penalty of life
sentence. lie is said to be the sou of a
prominent St. Louis physician. The
defense was insanity, and dnriug the
trial Davidson appeared oblivious of
his surroundings, but experts declared
that he was shamming.
Mr. Beuriuan Sentenced.
Lawkenck, Kau., Dec. 14. A motion
for a new trial iu the case of Mrs. Anna
Beurmau, charged with killing her
husband, was overruled, aud she was
sentenced to 10 years iu tb penitentiary
for murder in the second degree.
Warships Leave Port au Prince.
Berlin, Dec. 14. The German school
ihips Chattle and Stein, which were
tugaged in the recent demonstration
tgainst Huyti, will leave Port au Prince
tomorrow, the former going to San
Domingo and the latter sailiug for
Havana.
Postpone ale of Road.
St. Louis, Deo. 14. Judge Sanborn
in the court of appeals has grauted a
postponement of the propjsed sale of
the Kansas Pacific railroad for 00 days.
His Liut Meal.
Every day some fresh source of food
supply is discovered, say The Stamp
Collector. Adhesive stamps have not
hitherto been regarded as nutritious.
The ostrich prefers gold watches fur a
steady diet, and the traveling tinker's
donkey has a reputation for consuming
any clean linen that may he handy.
A Hindoo paper, however, gives an
account of a curious incident that oc
curred at the residency in u remote dis
trict in Ceylon a little while ago. Mr.
PieriR, the office assistant, placed on
his table some judicial stamps to tiie
value of about 200 rupees. While his
attention was drawn to something else
bis pet goat was slowly but surely mak
ing a meal of the stamps. This was not
discovered until the goat had swal
lowed some 50 rupees' worth of stamps
Immediately the goat's life was de
nianded as a penalty, and the stamps,
afterward taken from its stomach, were
forwarded to the commissioner.
Our Temperature.
The ordinary temperature of au adult
when a thermometer is placed in tho
armpit is JiS.4 degrees, in the mouth
99.5 degrees. The blood is about 100
degrees. Blood heat is marked on the
thermometer at 99 degrees F. In fevers
this is much exceeded, aud the heat of
the patient may rise to 10.i degrees or
106 degrees. A higher temperature than
this will generally prove fatal unless
it descends very quickly. The highest
temperatures recorded have burn iu
some ca-s of rheumatic fever, when
that of the body rose to 109 degrees
aud even to 111 degrees.
Him England Meeting Hoi
Cuttcu Mather said: "1 Uud no just
ground in Scripture to apply such a
trope us church to a house for public
worship A meeting house is the term
that is most commonly used by New
England Christians, aud every town,
for the most part, cau say we have a
modest and a handsome house for the
worship of God, not set off with gaudy,
pompous, theatrical fineries, but suited
nuto the simplicity of Christian wor
ship "
The people were seated in tho early
days, says Dr Ezra lloyt Byingtou, iu
bis bur.k ou "The Puritan lu Euglaud
aud New England. ou rousu benches,
men and women on opposite sides
Pews were tic; provided first. Now and
then a special vote was passed by the
town authorizing some person to build
a pew iu the meeting house at his own
expense Squares tin the floor, about 6
feel by 8, were deeded to individuals,
on which they erected pews to suit
themselves The best seat was some
times assigned to the man who paid the
highest tax in the parish. Sometimes
th: committee was iustruuted "to
have respect upon them that are 50
years old aud upward, others to be
seated according their pay " In oue ia
stauce we have a record that the com
mittee was instructed "to have respect
to age, oilice aud estate, so far a it
teudeth to make a man respectable, and
to everything else that hath the same
tendency "
Turks and Meerschaum.
Accordiug to the best authorities
upon the subject, the idea of using
white talc in the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date, com
pared with the age of the habit of smok
ing, cud what is still more curious is
the fact that in the oriental countries
which produce white talc, or meer
schaum, us it is called, and where the
use of tobacco forms part of the educa
tion of the faithful, the people never
dream of making this substance into
pipes. They make bowls and goblets of
it, but no pipes It may Le that the
loug pipesrems which allow the smcke
to cool aud lrwii its actidity before
reaching the mouth leave the oriental
smoker quite iniliilereut iu regard to
the quality of the bowl At all events,
oue never sees it Turk with a meer
schaum pipe Courrttr ties Etats Unis.
The Aiicii-ot Uuilirrlla.
On coins in the rock carvings of the
aucifuts the umhivUa often shows its
familiar form This goes to prove that
Jonas Hair.vay did not invent the um
brella, but he saw the value of the east
ern huu.ohadi anil idoii it became the
fahicn to cany tins useful article
Tin-re must Le a great din'ieuco be
tween the tttubtellu of the eighteenth
century and the modern aUtl riLbed.
siik covered. lt-iu! r article which it is
regarded as a misforti ue to get Wet.
Irish Times
Off the coast of Ceylon the fishing
season is inaugurated by numerous cere
monies, and the Meet of boats then puts
to sea. Fishing, when allowed, gener
ally commences in the ecoiid week of
March and lasts from four to sin weeks,
according to the .reason.
A pessimist is an invalid who consid
ers happiness a disease. Dallas News.
f"r ilricilibors.
Genoa Leader: John Welin of West
llili was taken to the insane asylum at
Lincoln again on Monday. His insanity
took a more violent turn than two years
ago when he was taken to the asylum
the first time, as it took two or three
men to handle him.
Fremont Tribune: An east-bound
Union Pacific extra freight jumped tho
track at North Bend early Wednesday
morning and ditched eight or ten cars.
The cause of the wreck could not lie
learned. No one was hurt and the wreck
did not delay the passenger trains.
Madison Reporter: One of Sherman
Willberger's little girls is so seriously ill
with diphtheria that but small hopes are
entertained of her recovery. On account
or the fact that the little one attended
school up to the time of the discovery of
her malady, the south school has been
closed indefinitely.
Albion News: Tho body of Ben Griffin,
who was lately killed by accident in
Colorado, arrived at St. Edward Monday
of last week. He fell li() feet down a
mine shaft. It seems that he had gone
down into the mine to fix an electric
lamp and instead of going up the shaft
in the usual manner, got into the buck
et. Tn yoing up the bucket Iteeame un
manageable and Mr. Griffin was thrown
out at a height of I.10 feet. An exami
nation of the body showed a broken leg,
dislocated ankle and wrist, a badly
scarred face, and a very bad cut in the
back of the head by some sharp instru
ment which cut very deeply.
Norfolk Journal: "We nre learning
something new about farming every year
over our way," said D. W. Darlington to
the Journal today. "One of my neigh
lKrs found out this year that he could
get fifteen bushels more of corn to the
acre by using the lister to subsoil and
planting with the check-rower so that he
could cultivate both wave. The corn ho
planted that way gave a yield of fifty
bushels to the acre, while what he plant
ed in the ordinary way with the lister
only went thirty-five bushels." The idea
seems a good one, and tho Journal will
gladly give space to the neighbor to tell
his methods and experience.
Klondike.
What does it cost to get there? When
and how should on go? What should
one take? Where are the mines? How
much have they produced? Is work
plentiful? What wages are paid? Is
living expensive? What are one's
chances of '"making a strike?"
Complete and satisfactory replies to
the above questions will be found in the
Burlington Route's "Klondike Folder,"
now ready for distribution. Sixteen
pages of practical information and an
up-to-date map of Alaska and the Klon
dike. Free at Burlington Route ticket
oliices, or sent on receipt of four cents
in stamps by J. Francis, general passen
ger agent. Burlington Route, Omaha,
Nebr. l.aprIH
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
BY VIKTTK of an order mail by th diidrict
court iiianl for I'lattc county. NYlira&ka,
on ih --! la.v "f Nowniber, 1M;. granting
licen-e to k-H tl. real nlat hereinafter do.
Miileil for the iairn- of payioi; thn claim
allowed nisiin-t the estate of Henry S. Godfrey.
il ceaed, ami the coi-Ip of ailminUterinir on taid
e-tate, I will "ell the real eMate. described in
Kiid order, to uit:
The east half (e'jl of the houtheftht iuarter
(miUjof i-ection No. thirteen (13) in township
No. eighteen ls), north of runce three (3 west
of tlietith 1. 31., in 1'latte count v. Nebraska, at I
o'clock p. in., on Wednesday. Dec.'JAI. Ili7.at
the front door of the court house in Ihe city of
Columbus, Xehnuka, for cat-h inhand. mibject
to two mortKaffe, one for fl.'KM in favor of It.
K. Pcdrirk and one of fll) iu fat or or 3Iary K.
ti.-mev. ALUKUT KUSSELL.
C. J . I i ahlow. Administrator.
AU'yforAdm'r. Idec3 J
BECHER
j
Farm Loans,
And Insurance..
COLUMBUS,
Setting Out in Life!
Sm 111 ras$ Ki
REPORT Or THE CONDITION
or Tiir.-
Columbus State Bank,
(t'harter No. .;).
AT COTUIriUM.
Ill th? Slali' of Xebiitskti, at the close of
Inisiitexx, Xocemlier :o, v7.
lUMOL'KCh'i.
ljoant and discount jU0,'.L".t 31
Oterdraftt. xecuted and uutH-cure.1 i Hi
Stock. Itomlt. tiectirities. juiluii:.-ut-
claims, etc I,'.W it
liankiiiK houe, furniture tuid hxturc-. 'J.I'M U
Other real estate . r.V&lHK!
t'urrent exj-ne- uud taxes aid .... 7,211 W!
Checks and other ca-h item . -,,,"'t '"
Pin-from Nutioiml. Htuteatid Piiiate
Itauknand Hunkert I'..-".'- rt
t 'uhIi currency i-.',W.' W
Cold i.ae :m
Silver iloll-irs WJ l
Fractional nilver .7-4 4.i
Tolal cuih ou haud l,lt V3
Tol.nl,
j-S.137 '.'.
i.iuii.iiirs.
Capital stock paid in j K!,nn U
Undivided profit;.. lo.rtir. H
Individual lenwit subject
to check $ll.Jl:i 17
Demand ceititicaten of de
posit 17n icj
Time certificate of deposit 7l,.Vi. .Vl
i:tl,:.72 77
Total,
SttkofNeiihhk, (
County of Finite S"-
I, 31. Hrutrcer. cashier of the alioie-uamt-d
bank, do mdemnly cwiur that the nUite state
ment is true-to the he-d of my knowledge ami
belief.
31. Itlifi.ci ii.
Ca-hier.
I At tet-t:
I.KWUfcK tiMKAKl. ,;r,.llin,
Wll. KlVllKH. J Hire. ton..
Sulicribed and nmitn to lefore me tlii- f It
day of Decemlier, !b!7.
II. K. Hoi'KF.NHtHISI it.
It N.tar Public.
I'KOBATR XOTICK.
In Ihe county court of I'lVfe ronnty. Nebraska.
In the matter of the .-Mute of 1'atrick IVeKau.
deceased. Notice of tinal settlement and
account. I
To the creditor, helm, legatee and other in-j
tcrcxted in the estate of Patrick IleeKau. de-
cticH-d. i
Take notice, that Mary A. Deetnin ha tiled I
in the county court her fluid reort of her do-1
injfH us administratrix of the estate of 1'atrick j
lKi-tmn. deceased, and it is ordered that the!
same stand for heiiriut: on the i-l day of IV-!
ivinber. IV.tT. U-fore Ihe court at the hour of 10,
o'clock n. in., at which time any m-ivoii inter-i
est nl uir.y upjM-itr and except to and contest !
the same.
This notice is ordered Kiten in TilKCoi.tTMBfs I
JorutXAL. tor two consecutive weeks prior f the
i2d day of Pecemlier, 1"'.7.
WitnesM my hand nnd the s:al of Ihe eo:nty
contt at Columbus, this iltlt day of Peceniher,
is-b.
.I.N.Kll.llN.
irdec2f County . I !!-
NOTICE PKOIIATE OF WILL.
Notice probate of will. Carl Schwan. deceased. I
In the I ounty ( ourt of I'latte county. Ne
braska. The State of Nebraska to the heirs
aud next of kin of said Carl Schwarz,
deceased:
Take notice, that ufxin tiling of a written in
strument purortiii;;lohe the last will and testa
ment of Curl Schwarz forprolwde and allow
ance, it is or, lens 1 that said matter ls set for
hearing theXftth day of Pecemlier, A. II.. H7, le--foresaid
county court, at the hour of 1 oVlock
p. in., at which time any fs-rson interested may
appear ami contest the same; and due notice
of this proceed! Ili; is ordered published three
weeks successively in TllK. Col.f.MBlls .lolMl.N l.,
a weekly and leiral iiewpai-er. printid. publish
ed and of general circulation iu said county
aiid slate.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my
hand and official seal at Columbus this 10th day
of Peceinber. A. P. 1'.7.
J.N. KlLllN. !
l."xlec:t County . Indite. I
PKOltATE NOTICE.
In the county court of I'latte couuty, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Christian Ifoett
fher, deceased. Notice of final settlement and
account.
To the creditors, heirs, lenitees and others in
terested in the estate of Christian l!s-ttcher,
deceased.
Tuke notice, that C. F. lileafcon has tiled in
the county court a rert of his doinirs as ad
ministrator of the cstuteof Christian Hocttcher,
deceased, and it is ordered thut the same stand
for hearing on the lilh day of Pecember, 1'j7.
before the court at the hour of ID o'clock a.m..
nt which time any person interested may up-ur
and except to and contest the same.
This notice is ordered K'ven in Tuk Coi.l'.M
BCh Jourxm. for two consecutive weeks prior
to the 17th day ot Pecember, IWJ7.
Witness my hand and the seal or the county
court at Columbus this r;M day of PecemU-r,
I"rf7.
.1. N. KII.MX,
tftirrU County . I lldie.
UNDERTAKING!
We Carry Coffins, Caskets and
Metallic Caskets at as low
prices as any one.
DO KMBA.X.MIlSrO
HAVE THE BEST HEAHSE
INTIIKCOUNTItV.
FRED. W. HERRICK.
wroosi.Ky a stikks,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
.Sonthwest corner Eleventh and North St rf-ets
4jnly y Cor.tTMBi'H. Nfrhihk.
W. A. McAt.t.tfrFK. V. .M. Cot.NKi.irs
WeALUSTER & CORNELIUS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
cobniiBrs,
NF.RIUSKA
ailantf
WANTED!
F. E. M ATTKSOX & CO.. Hi verside, R I.
Want all kintla of Butter, Eggs, Poultry,
IJaw Fnre, .Skins, Ginseng, Seneca, Sec.
Full prices guaranteed. Careful selec-
tioo, courteous treatment, immediate
remittance. '
Shipping Tags, Ropes, furnished free.
Write for latest price circulars.
AGENTS WASTED. l5dec2iu
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Real Estate
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