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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1988.
Entered at the Postoffice, Columbas, Nebc as
second-class mail matter.
ISSUED EVXBT WEDNESDAY BT
M. K. TURNER & CO.
Columbus, Pfebr.
TEBVS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One year, by mail, postage prepaid 11.50
Six month -75
Three months w
A touxg lady of Hastings is credited
" with giving the Catholic church there a
bell weighing 1,100 pounds.
Bet. Paul Kbecoheb of Franklin
brought suit against his congregation
for $47 back pay before the county court,
and the jury rendered a verdict for the
defendants.
It is stated that a New Jersey railroad,
so long as it ran no trains on Sunday,
had no accidents; that the plan was
changed, and trains run on the Sabbath,
when accidents became frequent.
The-nomination of Joseph McEenna
of California to be associate justice of
the supreme court, was confirmed Fri
day. Gor. Griggs of New Jersey will be
appointed to succeed Justice McEenna
as attorney general.
As exchange notes that the supreme
court has decided that when an insur
ance company can show that a suicide
has increased, or insured with the view
of suicide, the insurance company do not
haveto pay the policy.
The supreme court has reversed and
remanded the case wherein Edward Lo
renz, an 18-year-old boy of McCook, was
sent to the penitentiary for manslaugh
ter, on the ground that he didn't have a
fair trial, and was defended by a horse
doctor who had no knowledge of law.
San Domingo ports hare been disturb
ed by earthquake shocks almost every
day since December 2fi, though there has
been no loss of life. Damage is calcu
lated to the amount or $25,000. The
Santa Cerro, a grand edifice, one of the
oldest in the western hemisphere and
dating from the time of Columbus, was
entirely destroyed.
It is now stated that this country
leads the world in the iron and steel
trade, and the next fifty years will prob
ably see developments not now dreamed
of even here. The young men of these
times, if they wonld prepare for the com
ing age, would do well, we think, to give
special attention to the practical scien
ces, as well as the esthetic.
The south is no longer a mere raiser of
cotton, bnt is engaged largely in manu
facturing. And now comes also the far
west, Oregon, with woolen goods for sale.
This is surely getting to be a great, large
country, and it wonld be still more so,
if our people wonld pay more attention
to the different industries that might be
made to thrive here, and to the spread of
our rommerco abroad.
It seems that Senator Thurston and
Congressman Strode both favored the
appointment of H. M. Bnshnell as post'
master for Lincoln. The Call says:
"The republican masses whose opin
ions and the republican party whose
principles are outraged by the appoint
ment of H. M. Bushnell to the Lincoln
postoffice, and the old soldiers whose
petitions have been ignored will have
plenty of time now for reflection."
Two engines came together last Wed
nesday morning in the B. & M. yards at
Seward. The engine of freight train No.
32 was switching some cars oft" a side
track when the ice train engine from
Milford ran into it. The tender of the
freight train engine was somewhat
smashed and one truck knocked off, and
the front part of the ice train engine was
somewhat demoralized. No one was
hurt, as neither engine was moving fast
enough to cause much of a shock.
It is impossible to be a good Christian
and run a populist newspaper at the
same time. A Christian is always cheer
ful, hopeful and satisfied. A pop news
paper man is morose, despondent, dis
gruntled, dissatisfied and dyspeptic of
body and mind. The success of another
makes him sorrowful and the happiness
of the healthful makes him hot. He is
a prophet of disaster, a breeder of dis
trust, a continuous brooder over troubles
real and fancied. He crosses bridge
after bridge of calamity before he gets
to it, and magnifies molehills of evil into
mountains of misery. Doc Bixby.
Is it possible that Bixby, when he
wrote the above, had in mind the time
when he and Warwick Saunders were
together conducting a pop paper here,
t or was he just thinking of the present
Argus and its editor, his own former
partner, "in the mountains of misery?"
THE EDUCATIONAL TEST.
Senator Turner of the state of Wash
ington made a very strong speech in the
United States senate the other da,
strenuously opposing the restriction of
immigration on account of lack of book
learning.
He declared that ignorance of book
learning may be a misfortune, but it is
by no means a crime, and we are not to
turn away from our shores poor, strug
gling unfortunates who seek for them
selves and their children the boon of
freedom and enlightenment at our hands.
Good people are not always learned
people, and "smart" people are not
always the best citizens.
The class of men who have been the
pioneer settlers and citizens of the great
west, have been men of physical strength
and endurance, and not, primarily, class
ical scholars.
"The officers on neither side during
our late war undertook to recruit their
armies with a spelling book. They knew
too well that courage and endurance
were not bred in the schools alone. In
every contest which onr country has had,
whether internal or external, it has been
proven that men may be heroes although
untutored in the polite learning of their
more fortunate brothers."
The senator from Washington is per
fectly aware of the foolish talk of over
production in this country what we
need is to develop our natural resources;
diversify our industries; let men culti
vate and perfect special lines of work
and business, and let us welcome all good
people who come among us to make
homes for themselves and their children,
jmmt as oar forefathers did.
X Some of our cruisers may have to poke K
O their noses into the harbor of Havana 9
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H dence of our good faith. Inter Ocean. O
A LESSON IN IRON.
One of the Peligktfal Keaalts or "Appre
ciating Gold."
The output of the iron furnaces in the
United States has been steadily increas
ing since last July, and the weekly pro
duction at the present time is almost 50
per cent larger than a year ago, and at
the rate of 12,000,000 tons a year, or 30
per cent larger than the immense pro
duction of 1892. Nothing shows, better
than the record of iron production, the
material progress of a nation, since iron
enters into building operations of every
sort. The enormous production of iron
is all the more significant at the present
time in view of the fact that there is no
extensive railroad building in progress.
Nearly all railroad iron coming from the
manufactories now is for the purpose of
improving lines already in operation.
Many companies are laying heavier rails,
substituting iron bridges for wooden
ones, buying new cars and engines and
making improvements of other sorts.
But the principal demand for iron and
steel products is for buildings and for
minor purposes and the distribution of
iron products is more general and more
extensive than ever before.
The fact that such an unprecedented
demand for iron and such great activity
in the industry can exist without a mate
rial advance in prices is the best possible
evidence of the great reduction in the
cost of producing iron in recent years.
Present prices would have caused most
furnaces to shut down a few years ago.
They could not have leen operated ex
cept at a loss. The cheapening of the
cost of production has not been accom
plished by a reduction of wages, for iron
workers are getting very nearly as much
as they got in 1892. It has been the
result of the adoption of new processes
and new machinery, which require fewer
men and less handling of the product.
The continuing low prices for iron and
steel, in the face of the enlarged demand,
ought to prove to financial theorists that
they have lieen immensely overestimat
ing the effect of "appreciating gold" in
causing the general decline in prices.
Here is one of the most important pro
ducts of the age, the price of which has
declined 50 per cent in twenty years, yet
such has been the cheapening of the
cost of production that, in the face of
the decline in prices, profits have been
great enough to stimulate the industry
to such an extent that the production
has increased five-fold. Kansas City
Star.
A FEW CONSIDERATIONS.
The New York Journal, which was
about the only national organ that W.
J. Bryan had during the last presiden
tial campaign, having sloughed away
from him, the fact has set the gossips to
talking.
Of course we are all of 113 more or less
interested in the future welfare of this
country of ours, and we should see to it
that our views be put into force, and
that they be kept in force, at least in
preference to something that is not
nearly so good.
Our Lincoln correspondent, J. W.
Johnson, thus refers totho man who was
a prominent candidate in the last cam
paign, and who, as yet, either does not
wish to quit running a preliminary cam
paign, or is not capable of seeing that
there is something incongruous in the
situation, so far as he is concerned:
"I hear this criticism, that Bryan is
the only man in the history of this nation,
who, defeated for president, at once com
menced a general speaking canvass for
the next race, without waiting for a
Second nomination or an endorsement
from his party. He announced his sec
ond candidacy the next dav after his
defeat and has pursued it almost hys
terically ever since. He is too nervous
to remain at home more than one night
at a time. He takes no time to pause or
to coolly consider the situation.
He is the first presidential candidate in
the history of the country who, the next
day after his defeat, rnshed out franti
cally, prophesying disaster and organiz
ing the people into opposition to what
they most desired and most needed
prosperity. He straddles himself over
the path and attempts to turn back the
coming of better times. If Bryan had
been elected, would McKinloy now be
chasing frantically from one state to
another trying to prove that the advanc
ed prices of farm products and the revi
val of industries are not evidences of
prosperity, bnt are mere delusions?
It is this feverishness on the part of
Mr. Bryan, this anxiety to keep himself
in front of all others in his party, this
greed with which he coins his sensational
reputation into money and the monotony
of his one idea which makes the national
organ of his party feel free to refer to
him as an over-anxious, over-estimated,
over-trained statesman who needed rest."
It seems that the United States can
deliver coal in Brazil in competition with
English coal. Let us build more ships,
pnt more men to work, and hunt up
more business than furnishing coal to
Brazilians. The United States is not
one-tenth so great as it ought to become
in fifty years, not by mere expansion of
territory, but by improvements in what
we have; utilizing our waste products
and putting onr geniuses to work at
their natural trades besides investing
onr time and energies in incitements
that carry us forward in the proper work
of the world, instead of wasting them in
useless or worse than useless occupations.
Okie River la Stationary.
Cincinnati, Jan. 25. The Ohio river
has been stationary at 50.3 for several
hours and hopes that there may not be
a disastrous flood are strengthened by
the continued clear, cold weather
through the Ohio valley. But rising
waters are reported from all up the
river points.
Aatlcicarat Uw Upheld.
Des Mokes, Jan. 25. The supreme
court upholds the anrkigaret law in the
case broaght by Donald C. McGregor
against John Conn, sheriff of Lynn
county. The sales were not original
packages. j
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
A Terrible Calamity Befalls
Spokane, Wash.
SIX-STORY BUILDING BURNS.
Fire Shuts Off All Means of
Escape For Inmates.
IEBBA8IA 0ITT W0MAH A VICTIM.
Leaped From a Window to the Stone Para
teat Below and Wai Taken to a Hos
pital Her Daughter aad Son-in-law
Were Saved Several
Thrilling Rescue Made,
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 25. At mid
night a fire started iu the Great East
ern block on Riverside avenue. The
stairway burned away and people in
the building ran to the windows crying
for help. The building is a 6-story
brick, and the upper floors are used for
light housekeeping.
It is feared that 50 or more persons
have perished in the awful furnace.
The upper floors were occupied by 75
or 100 roomers and it is not thought that
more than 25 have been saved. Mrs.
Davies of Nebraska City, Neb., leaped
from a window to the stone pavement
below and was taken to the hospital.
She will die. Her daughter and son-in-law
were saved.
Great crowds in the street were fran
tic with excitement. Several thrilling
rescues were made. One man came
down a rope with his babe in his arms
and his wife followed him. The build
is owned by Louis Levinsky of San
Francisco. It cost $250,000, and is in
sured for $50,000. The first floor and
basement was occupied by John W.
Graham, with a large stock of station
ery. At 1 :80 the fire was under control.
Only the walls of the big building re
main. Estimates of the loss of life vary
from 10 to 50.
W. D. Lloyd was sitting in his room
on the fifth floor reading when the
alarm was given. "Everyone who was
in bed at that time on that floor," he
said, "perished." He had a narrow
escape. Wrapping his overcoat around
his head he came down the stairway.
As he ran down the stairs he ran into
two men. He saw five persons on tiiat
floor who he is convinced perished. He
heard persons falling all around him,
suffocated by the dense smoke.
Alice Wilson, aged 18, is known to
have perished. Her sister Maud was
saved.
SIMILAR TO HILLMON CASE.
Salt Began at Lincoln by the Widow at
Banker Steven of Crete.
Lincoln, Jan. 25. An insurance
suit similar in many respects to the
Hillmon case in Kansas was begun in
the federal court here today. Iu 1892
George Stevens, a well known banker
of Crete, Neb., left home for Chicago,
after announcing that he would return
in a few days. He is still missing.
Detectives traced him to McCoy's hotel,
Chicago, and from there he was to
have gone to Milwaukee, hut the trail
was lost at Chicago. He carried life
insurance in the Northwestern Mutual
of Wisconsin for $5,000 and $4,000 in
the Bankers' Life of St. Paul. Two
years ago his wife demanded payment,
but was refused on the ground that
proof of death was lucking and brought
suit aud secured judgment. The ver
dict was set aside and a new trial
ordered. The suit begun is against the
Northwestern company only, the Bank
ers' Life having effected a settlement.
Payment is denied on the ground that
Stevens is alive, was positively identi
fied at San Francisco recently and that
he left Crete because his bank was in
bad conditition.
Hartley Files an Answer.
Lincoln, Jan. 25. Ex-State Treas
urer Joseph S. Bartley filed his answer
today in the case brought by the attor
ney general on behalf of the state of
Nebraska to recover the sum of $335,
000 that Bartley is accused of having
embezzled and failed to turn over to
his successor at the end of his term of
office. Bartley denies in general terms
all of the charges of embezzlement and
conversion and asks that the petition
be dismissed for the reason that a suit
involving the same issues and the same
charges is on file in the district court
of Douglas county undetermined. This
suit is a civil action directed especially
against Bartley's bondsmen and in no
way affects criminal charges on which
he was convicted.
MINERS DEMAND AN ADVANCE.
Little Progress la Interstate Meeting of
Coal Minors and Operators.
Chicago, Jan. 25. The interstate
bituminous coal miners and operators
made little progress yesterday in ses
sion, but the miners made their posi
tion plain and signified their intention
to do so or die. Their demands were
reiterated for a 10-cent advance and a
uniform base of weights. As the con
vention seemed to be nearing a point
when action would be absolutely neces
sary, the whole matter, including the
resolutions presented' by the miners,
was referred back to the scale commit
tee, with instructions to report today.
The main question is now whether
Illinois will break away from the con
tracts running to May 1 or insist upon
holding them good. If the Illinois
operators can be arranged for, nothing
will prevent a quick settlement, as the
other operators are ready and willing to
grant the advance demanded. ,
Mot Springs May Got It.
Huron, 8. D., Jan. 25. A parry of
Black Hills gentlemen in the city yes
terday were asked concerning the ef
forts being made for the location of the
northern branch of the national home
for disabled volunteer soldiers of the
United States in Hot Springs. There-
4ort given was very mcoBragimg.
WARSHIP GOES TO CUBA
President Orders the Maine to
Proceed to Havana.
0IPHEB DISPATCHES FB0M LEE.
Received Late Last Night at the State De
partmentBreaks Up a Dinner Party at
Attorney General MeKeaca's President
aad His Advisers Mold a Cabinet Meet
lag To Communicate With Key Wsot.
New York, Jan. 25. The World's
Washington correspondent says that the
battleship Maine was ordered to Havana
in response to a cablegram from Consul
General Lee. After six o'clock last
night three cipher dispatches from
General Lee were received at the state
department, translated and sent to
Judge Day, assistant secretary of state,
who took them to the dinner given by
Judge McKenna. At the dinner the
members of the cabinet except General
Alger were present, and a cabinet meet
ing was held to consider the situation
in Cuba. After retnrmriz to the execu
tive mansion the president ordered di
rect telegraphic connection between
there and Key West. It was then his
evident intention to send a long dis
patch to General Lee, bnt he subse
quently decided to defer this until
morning.
Washington, Jan. 25. Within twenty-four
hours for the first timesincethe
insurrection broke out in Cuba three
years ago the United States government
will be represented in the harbor of
Havana by a warship. The decision to
send the United States steamer Maine
was finally reached at a special meet
ing Monday morning between Pqoti
dent McKinley, Secretary Long, Assist
ant Secretary Day, Attorney General
McKenna and General Miles, and it is
a striking fact that with the exception
of the secretary of the navy and the at
torney general, not a member of the
cabinet knew of the president's inten
tion to take this action. It is not de
nied that some such move has been
long in contemplation, as is evidenced
in the following statement of Assistant
Secretary Day :
"The sending of the Maine to Havana
simply means the resumption of friend
ly naval relations with Spain. It is
customary with naval vessels of
friendly nations to pas? in and out of
the harbors with other countries with
whom they are at peace, and British
and German war vessels visit Havana.
This is no new move, the president has
intended to do it for some time, bnt
something has happened to postpone it.
The orders to the Maine mean nothing
more than I have said, and there is
nothing alarming in them. The Span
ish minister here is informed of what
is going on and so far as I know has
net made the slightest objection to it."
Further, Mr. Day said, Consul
General Lee had not sent for warship.
This statement shows that the move
was made deliberately and it could not
have been taken if there were serious
apprehension of its results in Havana.
The general belief here, however, is
that in Madrid, rather than in any
Cuban town, is trouble to be looked for
if there should be any misapprehension
of the action of the government in send
ing the Maine to Havana. The temper
of the opposition newspapers in the
Spanish capital has been threatening
for some time and it may require the
strong hand of the news censor to sup
press utterances that would lead to
rioting. '
Sixteen Battleships Arrive at Key West.
Washington, Jan. 25. Never before
has the majesty of the United States
been represented by so large and power
ful a fleet of warships as that now gath
ered off the extreme southern. aogst'ofcl
Florida, within direct striking distance
of the island of Cuba. Whether the
ships are called into action or not, an
examination of the squadron now en
gaged, ostensibly in drill, but really in
watching the progress of events across
the narrow channel, which separates
the Dry Tortugas from Havana, shows
that it was not collected for dress pa
rade purposes. For a year the navy
department has been preparing for this
very occasion, and the result is a fleet
such as has never been seen before
ready for service in American waters.
The Atlantic squadron, now under
the orders of Admirel Sicard, with
headquarters at Tortugas, and a tele
graphic address at Key West, is made
up of the battleships Indiana. Iowa and
Massachusetts, the second class battle
ships Maine and Texas, the monitor
Terror, the armored cruisers New York
and Brooklyn, the cruisers Detroit and
Montgomery, and the torpedo boats
Cushing, Dupont, Ericsson, Foote and
Porter, with the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius, and the little dispatch boat
Fern.
There is not a back number in the
fleet. With the exception of the Cush
ing torpedo boat, which was put into
service in 1890, not a ship in the fleet
has been in commission for five years.
They are 16 fighting machines, are
manned by 337 officers and 3,834 men,
besides the marines. The batteries of
the heavier ships are simply tremen
dous. When in action the fleet will be
throwing shells from 78 rifled guns,
with an addition of 50 rapid firing
rifles. AlWiiis is for long range busi
ness, and is in addition to the secondary
batteries of low caliber guns. The tor
pedo fleet is armed with fifteen 18-inch
Whitehead torpedoes, and the ships
themselves are fitted with tubes for
sending out 23 more, making a total ef
fective battery of 23 marine engines,
besides Vesuvius, mounting three dyna
mite guns.
Confessed to Killing His Brother.
Napa, CaL, Jan. 257 In the preseocfr
of the sheriff and district attorney of
Napa county and of six other witnesses,
George Willard Clark confessed that he
was the murderer of his brother, W. A.
Clark, at St. Helena, on last Thursday,
with whose wife he had been intimate.
CELEBRATING A GOLDEN JUBILEE.
California Makes a Oala Week of the Fif
tieth Anniversary.
San Francisco, Jan. 25. The splendor
of the celebration of the golden jubilee
of California, which began Soday, is not
likely to be surpassed for many a year
to come. The entire state has gladly
responded to the appeals of the miners,
pioneer and native sons and daughters,
and from now until the close of the
carnival week San Francisco will be
the mecca toward which all travel west
of the Sierras will be turned. Nor can
the line be drawn at 'the eastern border
of the state, for from Nevada, Utah
and the country as far east as Denver
men who first found fortune in the
placers of California have already re
turnM here to assist in the exercises
commemorative of the 50th anniversary
of the discovery of gold by Marshall at
Coloma, near the old fort erected by
General Sutton. But the participants
in this week of gaiety are not confined
to the old timers. It is the younger ele
ment, the children of the men of '49,
that by their enthusiasm and monetary
contributions have assured in advance
the success of one of the most unique
and' characteristic demonstrations eves
projected in any part of the Union.
Allen's "Pension Amendment.
Washington, Jan. 25. Proposed an
nexation of Hawaii was somewhat extensively-reviewed
by Morgan (Ala.)
Monday while speaking to a question of
personal privilege. The Alabama sen
ator had been represented as saying in
executive session that ex-President
Cleveland was in favor of Hawaiian an
nexation. This called out a denial
from Mr. Cleveland and in support of
his original statement Mr. Morgan ad
dressed the senate at great length. One
of the features of the session was an
elaborate speech by Turpie (Ind.), in
support of the Teller resolution. The
pension appropriation bill was called
up and debated for nearly three hours,
bnt was not passed, the senate adjourn
ing until today, pending the disposal of
a point of order made against an amend
ment effered by Allen (Neb.) that here
after no pension of less than $8 a month
should be granted and that all pensions
less than $8 a month being paid be
raised to that amount. Mr. Perkins
made the point against the amendment
that it was new legislation.
Lively Political Debate.
Washington, Jan. 25. The house
spent a couple of hours Monday tran
sacting business relating to the District
of Columbia and the remainder of the
day on the Indian appropriation bill.
During the consideration of the latter
bill a lively political debate was pre
cipitated by an allusion made by Simp
son (Pop., Kan.) relative to an alleged
interview with the president on the
subject of immigration. Mr. Grosve
nor took ncrxsion to express the opinion
that the president has never used some
of the language imputed to him and the
debate drifted iuto a general discussion
of our industrial condition, in which
the strike in New England, the high
prices for wheat in Kansas and the de
faulting Republican officials in Ne
braska successively played their parts.
Messrs. Dingley, Greene (Pop., Neb.)
and Mercer (Rep., Neb.). Grosvenor
(Rep., O.) and Simpson (Pop., Kan.)
participated.
DolllYer and Mercer to Attend. .
Baltimore, Jan. 25. Invitations
have been accepted by Hon. Lyman J.
Gage, secretary of the treasury ; Hon.
James A. Gary, postmaster general.and
Hon Webster Davis, assistant secretary
of the interior, to attend the annual
banquet of the Merchants' and Manu
facturers' association. The banquet
will beheld at the Hotel Ronnert, Feb.
3. Secretary Gage will speak on "The
relation of business to government
finances" and Mr. Webster Davis will
select his own theme. A committee of
the Merchants' and Manufacturers' as
sociation visited Washington last week
and secured the acceptances. Others
who have accepted are Hon. Nelson
Dingley, Jr., Comptroller of the Cur
rency Charles G. Dawes, Senator Well
ington, Representatives John M. Allen,
C. A. Boutelle, Amos J. Cummings,
Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa aud
David H. Mercer of Nebraska.
Stevenson Heads Arbitration Committee.
New York, Jan. 25. Hon. Adlai E.
Stevenson, Trunk Line Commissioner
Goddard and Vice President Harahan
of the Illinois Central formed a commit
tee of arbitration which met in this
city today for the purpose of arbitrat
ing questions in connection with the
eastern soft coal roads and the haul of
that commodity. The committee
heard arguments on the part of a num
ber of officials of the interested roads.
Wilson Engaged by Sailors.
Baltimore, Jan. 25. J. Havelock
Wilson. M. P., president of the Inter
national Sailors' and Mariners' union,
with headquarters in England, is in
Baltimore iu behalf of the sailors of the
British steamer Ursula Bright, who are
in custody here charged with mutinous
'conduct on the high seas. The men are
members of the International union aud
bearing that Mr. Wilson was in this
sountry, telegraphed him in New fork
to take charge of their case.
Brazil, Argentine and Chile have
made no moves thus far toward reci
procity. Spain Consents to Negotiate.
Washington, Jan. 25. Minister
Woodford has cabled to the department
af state that the government of Spain
has consented to negotiate a commer
cial treaty with the United States on
the basis of reciprocity, with schedules
for Cuba and the peninsular. The ne
gotiations will be conducted in Wash
ington at a time yet to be agreed upon.
BRriiRgtOB Roate California Excursion).
Cheap; quick; comfortable.
Leave Omaha 4.35 p. m., Lincoln 0.10
p. m. and Hastings 8.50 p. m. every
Thursday in clean, modern, not crowded
tourist sleepers. No transfers; cars run
right through to San Francisco and Los
Angeles over the 6cenic route through
Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are
carpeted; upholstered in rattan; have
spring seats and baoks,are provided with
enrtains, bedding, towels, soap, etc.
Uniformed porters and experienced ex
cursion conductors accompany each ex
cursion, relieving passengers of all both
er abont baggage, pointing out objects
of interest and in many other ways help
ing to make the overland trip a delight
ful experience. Second class tickets are
honored. BertbB $5.
For folder giving full information, call
at nearest Burlington Route ticket office,
or write to J. Francis, General Passen
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Coanty Supervisors.
Columbus, Neb., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 189
Board met at 9 o'clock a. m.. pursuant to ad
journment. Hou. D. A. Becher, chairman,
and G. V. Phillip, clerk.
Roll called and the following member pres
ent: Supervisors Bender, Carrie. Lisco. Olson,
llolf, Wiggins and Mr. Chairman.
The proceedings of the board from Decem
ber'. 1837 to January 8, 1899, lnc'iHe. were
read and approved.
The committee appointed to check up the
fees of the several county officer, submitted
the following reports:
Your committee repoit that we have care
fully checked up the several items or fees
received by the county treasurer, H. S. Klliott,
for the the term ending January .5, 1808. in
cludiugcommissSons on county and state tax
collections, and find the following as shown by
his fee D.--OK, to oe true ana correct:
rees on 91 tax receipts at SI 9
Fees for lax statements-...
Fees on 281 redemption certificates at
25 cents . ...
Fees on 308 sale certificates at 50 ecu is
Fees on S8 sheriff's certificates of liens
Comin'uslonson county tax collections
Commissions on state tax collection.
Commissions ou state school laud col-
ICCiiOlla
MOO
900
71125
154 (JO
SS 00
1.540 M
5U91
94 34
2.517 37
Trftisnrer'a salary allowed bv
law S 2.000 CO
Deputy salary allowed by Uw VO w
Shortage In fees
1P2 65
S 2.709 00 9 2 700 00
Respectfully submitted,
Petkk Bksheii,
A.ti.ROLI,
C.J CARKIfi,
R. Y. Lisco,
Committee.
On motion the report of the committee was
adopted.
Your committee appointed to check up the
fee book of the sheriff would respectfully report
after carefully adding up the fee reported on
the fee book we find the amount to be 81,91221.
Your committee further finds after examining
the justice and court dockets in the city of Co
Itiraous. and accepting what he has reported as
earned outside of the county, we find that he
has earned fees to the amount of S2,5M 06.
Fees reported on fee book 1.932 21
Fees not reported on fee
took -.....-.. . 577 75
Sheriff's salary allowed by
law i. 8 2,000
Deputy's salary allow by the
iioard.
501 oo
9 w
Ealaace doe tbe coanty -
t&909tt 1 2JW
Your committee did not ascertain t he amount
of fee earned by ti e sheriff In the court house
sluce he filed bis last bill December 28. 1SS7.
Respectfully submitted,
Pktjcr Bkntjkr.
C. J.Cabku:,
A. O. Rolf.
K. Y. Lisco,
Committee.
On motion the repot t of the committee was
adopted.
Your committee submits the following re
port of the fees earned by the county judge, J.
K. Killan. We have examined, compared aad
checked up the fee book of the coanty lodge
and find that be has collected from the 5ta day
of January, 1897. to the 6th day t.f Ja uary, 1898:
For marriage licenses and cominis
slous-. , . S 999 25
For probate cases-. 973 12
Kor connty court and justice court
ruses ... .....-... ........ . . ...... 443 S3
For criminal cases . 19 35
I '(ill ...mm, mwtw
Uncollected fees earned :
Probate cases ....
County court cases
..$ 1,805 24
.. 188 50
. 354 S3
Total of fees collected and uncollected 2,159 57
Your rommtttee have not examined the flics
or eompl. te records and thwfore cannot tell
what pHrt of th fers colli-eteil were earned In
1897- WVurrenotnblHfriinitliefee bon to
tell what part of the U-t collected were fumed
in 1897. we therefore rem . mend Unit the board
reqiD st nil county nflWi" to rnxirt to ibU
board all the fees earn, d b them respectively
and that Ihey plic..i their fee bMks till fee
earned during 1SV7.
Respectfully submitted.
1tk!: BKxnra,
a.H. Uoir,
C.J. AKK!l,
it. Y. l.io.
Committee.
On motion, report of committee was adopted.
Your comniitte on nettlmeiit with K. Pohl
h-r fees earned for the term ending January
1898. Mould report a follows:
Total fees earned l-t quarter ,. $ 690 20
Total fees earned 2 d iurter 551 3
Total feesearned 3rd quarter 318 CO
Total fe s earned 4th quarter 2,023 83
Paid salary of deputy aud as
sistants, 1st quarter $
Paid salary of deputy and as
sistants. 2nd quarter ..
Paid salary of deputy and as
sistants, 3rd quarter
Paid salary f deputy and as
sistants. 4th quarter
490 CO
490 00
505 03
613(0
$ 2.08 00
Salary of clerk allowed by
law . 1,500 00
Rnlance due the county 15 73
$ n.613 78$ 3.613 79
Your committee would further report that an
examination of the clerk's fee book shows that
there N an Hint of about JtiO for recording
official bonds which is included in this jear'a
receipts that properly lielonp in the receipts of
tho jear 195; we would therefore recommend
that this amount be deducted from the receipts
of thisjear. iieiectfull tmlimitted.
I'CTEB ltENDKR,
A. (i. ItOLF.
(. J. Camkio.
It. Y. l.ISCO,
Committee.
On motion the report of the committee was
m lop ted.
The committee reported that an examination
of the office of the clerk of the district court
shows jury and trial feet duo the county to the
amount of $30, and they further report that
Nunc has been paid over to I lie treasurer of the
county, iteport adopted.
D. C. Kavanauxh ma te application for the ra-
misbion of tho interest on the taxes due upon
tho sw h of bee. 0 and the ne li of nw t of sec.
7, town 18. range 1 east, for the years 1891 and
1S92. for the reason that he had paid the taxes
for subsequent yenrs and supposed that the
taxes were ftaid for 1S91 and 1S92.
Moted by Sup'r Wiggins that the treasurer lie
directed to accept the principal of &aid taxes
without interest. Motion carried, Sup'r Lisco
dissenting.
The bond of A. ('. Weisenfltih as mail overseer
in Butler twp. was approved.
Sup'r Bender (submitted the following:
Whereas, It h.ns been discoered that certain
official bonds recently approved by this board
are deficient in form, thereby rendering their
legality a question of donht therefore be it
revolted that the action of this board in
approving the following deecrihed bonds, being
the bonds in question, he and is hereby recon
sidered: Joseph Lachnit, treasurer Oranville twp.
J V Siems, Shell Creek t p.
Stee Jaretzke.
iiniier twp.
J W Bender.
Wni Piueon,
J M Carlson,
A Hansen, "
J Schure.
Theodor Went,
Henry Kngel.
Wm Johannes, "
Martin Mogan, "
J F llelltmsch,
Thos Uieason, treasnrer
Humphrey two.
Lost Creek twp.
Walker twp.
Joliet twp.
Burrows twp.
Sherman twp.
Columbus twp.
liismark twp.
St. Bernard twp.
(iraml Prairie twp.
and tax collector of
.Monroe twp.
And Le it further
lU'Mtlvfcd. That the clerk be directed to return
totheiuirties above described, the said bondx,
with iubtruction to file a bond in proper form.
iU'boIiifion adopted.
Sup'r Bender submitted the following:
Whereas The bill of John Elliott of $30 for
hailitt upon district court was, through an error
of the ex-clerk allowed in duplicate, therefore;
Keeohed. That warrant No. Si (or f.U) drawn
in imjment thereof, be cancelled.
Adopted.
The judiciary committee to whom was referred
the bill of K. Pohl for $2Xi.SS, submitted the
following report:
Your committee would report recommending
that $l..9.ti3 be allowed on this hill, the balance
to he laid over for further investigation: that
one warrant be drawn in fa or of H. 8. Elliott.
county treasurer, for $IUH.r3. to apply on delin
quent pergonal tax of K. Pohl and that one
warrant bo drawn in favor of O. A. Becher for
$.() as per order of E. Pohl attached.
K. Y. Lisco,
Ch'nCnm.
On motion report of committee was adopted.
Bill of A. (J. itolf for services as a member of
the board $9.80 was on motion allowed.
Board now took a recess nntil 1:30 p. m.
Board reconvened at 1:20 o'clock with all
members present except Snp'r llolf, excused.
Minutes of all previous meetings were now
read and approved.
Sup'r Carrig pubmitted the following which
was unanimously adopted by the board:
llesolved. That the thanks of this board lie
extended to our esteemed chairman, D. A.
Becher, for the capable, efficient and impartial
manner in which he has prodded over the de
liberations of this board the pa-t jear.
On motion of Snp'r Wiggins the board now
adjourned Pine die.
Columbus, Neb., TueEiiay p. m., Jan. 11. t3.
Board of Hiiperviaort met in regular yexsion at
2 o'clock nr.d watt called to order iy County
Clerk fi. W. Phillip.
On motion of Sup'r Render, Sup'r Carrig was
elected temiorary chairman.
A committee consisting of Sup'rs Becher,
Wiggins and Olson were named on credentials.
After a short recess the committee submitted
the following report;
Tour committee would report that having ex
amined the certificates of election of the new
members, together with the certificate of the
county judge, showing the qualifying of all new
members, we find that the following persons are
duly qualified members of this board and are en
titled to seats thereon:
D A, Becher for Supervisor district No. 1.
Peter Bender for Supervisor district Xo. 2.
Nils Olson for Supervisor district Xo. 3.
James Kiernan for Supervisor district Xo. 4.
C. J. Carrig for Supervisor district No. 5.
R. Y. : itco and John Wiggins for Supervisor
districts Xos. C and 7.
We recommend that they be seated as the duly
accredited members of this toard and that the
certificate of the county judge hereto attached te
spread upon the record.
Roport adopted.
Roll was now called and the following members
present. Supervisor Btcher, Bender, Carrig,
Kiernan, Lisco, Olson and Wiggln.
Moved by Supervisor Olson that we now pro
ceed to elect by ballot a permanent chairman.
Motion carried.
Moved by Supervisor Kiernan that the first bal
lot be an informal ballot. Motion carried.
The chair appointed Supervisors Lisco and
Bender as tellers and the Informal ballot resulted
as follow ;: Bender 2, Lisco 2, Olson 2.
Firtt formal ballot Bender 1, Lisco 3, Olson 2,
Carrig I.
Second ballot-Bender 1, Lisct 3, OIso 2, Car
rig 1.
Thial hallot Bender 1, Lisco 3, Olson 3, Car
rig 1.
Fourth ballot Bender 4, Lisco 3, Carrig 1.
Supervisor Bender, having received a majority
of all the votes cast, was declared duly elected
and took bis seat as permanent chairman of the
board.
Moved by Supervisor Wiggins that the rules of
the old board be adopted as the roles of this
board. Carried.
On motion of Supervisor Kiernan the board
now adjourned until 9 o'clock a. ru. tomorrow.
Colusiblw, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1888.
Board met at 9 o'clock as per adjournment.
Hon. Peter Bender, chairman and G. W. Phillips,
clerk. Roll called and the following members
present: Supervisors Becher, Carrig, Kiernan,
Lisco. Olson, Wiggins and Mr. Chairman.
The chairman submitted the following list of
standing committees of the board:
Committee on Judiciary Bechtr, chairman;
Carrig, Wiggins.
Roads aad Bridges Olson, chairman; Lisco,
Becher -
.AccooaU asd Expenditures Kiernaa, chair
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gins, Kiernan.
Supplies and Public Property Wiggins, chair
man; Kiernan, Olson.
County Farm Carrlg, chairman; Olson, Becher.
The bond of R. J. Griffin us constable In St.
Bernard ton usbip, and A inly Ouunerson as road
OTereeer in Walker township, were approved.
Moved by Mtpervisor Carrig that a committee
of three be appointed to submit to the board n
recommendation designating the official papers of
the county. Motion carried and chair appointed
Supervisors Carrig, Olson and Kiernan.
Bids on file for furnhddug the county with
book", blanks and stationery for I lie ensuing year
wen- now ofti-d. Moved that same be referred
to n j.eol:d coaiudttee of three. Motion carried
and chair appointed Supervisors Wiggins, Li-co
and liechvr.
Moved by Supervisor lfecher that a committee
of three be appointed to submit to the board an
estimate of the probable amount or money nec
essary to be raised to n:eet the expenditures of
the county the coming year. Motion carried and
chair appainted Supervisors Becher, LIco and
Wiggins.
On motion the board took a recew until .".
o'clock p. m. for committee work.
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LEGAL NOTICE. m
At a regular meeting of the Board of Super
visors of Platto connty. Nebraska, held at the
court house ia Columbus, on January ttth, 1SG8,
the following estimate of funds necessary to
to defray coanty expenses for the ensuing year
wm unanimously adopted by the board, viz:
For expenses of District Conrt $ HOO 00
For support of the poor 1001 M)
For payment af officers' salaries. SCO CO
For records, stationery aad fuel. isoouu
For payment of incidentals. 500 00
For expenses in insane and feeble m ind-
ed cases 1500 00
For snpport of Agricultural Society.. .. tfO On
Total general fund 1 17860 GO
For road purposes 70000 00
For bridge purposes 10000 OO
For soldiers relief fund .-. BOO 00
For payment of interest and part of
principal on 25000 00 Columbas pre
cinct K.R. bonds 6000 00
For payment of interest and five per
cent of principal on Columbas town
ship bridge bonds. 1100 00
For payment of interest on 188000 00
connty refunding bosd 4000 00
Grand total .$4MSO00
By order of Board of Supervisors, Jaaaanr
iats.1888.
Q. W. PsnxiFS.
ljaa Coast Clerk.
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IN THE DISTBICT COURT OF
PLATTE COUNTY, NE
BRASKA. In the matter of the estate of Ephraim O. Wells,
deceased. Onler to show cause.
THIS CAUSE came on forbearing this 17th
day or January, 1S9S, upon the petition of
Gns fj. Becher, administrator for tho estate of
Kphraim O. Wells, deceased, praying for licenst
to sell the real estate described at follows:
The west one-half (!) of xcction twentj-fonr,
township seventeen, range one. east of the Sixth
P. M.. in Platto connty, Nebraska, said land to
be sold for the payment of debts allowed
against said estate by the county court of said
connty and the costs of administration, then
being not a sufficient amount of iersonal estate
or property out of which to pay said claims and
expene.
It is therefore ordered by the court that all
persons interested in said estate, appear before
me at th conrt house in Columbus, Piatt
county. Nebraska, on the lt lay of March, lbfca,
at the hour or 1 o'clock p. in. of said day to show
caueewh) lieenso nhon!d not le granted to said
administrator to tell the above described real
estate or so much thereof as shall lie necessary
to pay Mud deb's or claim bo allowed, or ex
penses of administering said estate.
it is furthr ordered that a copy of this order
le published four consecutive weeks in TliK
Coi.umbch Journal, n weekly newspaper pub
lished iu Cohiinbiirt, Pltdl county. Nebraska.
1. L. ALBERT.
Judge.
C J. Ghi.ow,
Att'y for efatate. 1'Jjanlt
LEGAL NOTICE.
The Board of Supervisors of Platte county,
Nebraska, respectfully auk Tor bid for the eatdi
rental for one jtitr of the farm known as th
Butler place, con-dnfin? of ''U) ncres. deflcribeil
as follows: The S. W. and W. it of S. E. of
Seeiion 2, Township ts. Kanga 1 east.
Wo also ask bids for tho hoard, washing and
froper accommodation of such lumpers as may
h there from time to time.
Possession or the farm to wi given March 1st,
185. The bids should Ikj by the ncre for the uso
of the land, and by the week for the care of the
panpers, and shonld ha riled with the county
clerk on or before February 1st, 18W.
Tho successful bidder will bo required to fur
nish a good and sufficient Itomi in the sum of
one thousand dollars for the faithfnl perform
ance of the contract. The renter will be entitled
tosncli servicoax can reasonably be ierfonned
by the iianpers.
The board reserves tho right to reject any or
all bid.
ft. W. Phillips.
County Cleric.
Dated Columbus, Nek, Jan. 12, 1WIH. lUjaaU
NOTICE PROBATE OF WILL.
Notice, probate of will, Elizaboth Brock, de
ceased. In the county court of Platte county
Nebraska. Tho State of Nebraska to the heirs
and next of kin of said Elizalieth Brock,
deceased.
Take notice, that upon filing of a written in
strument purporting to be tho last will and tes
tament of Elizabeth Brock for probate and
allowance, it is ordered that said matter bs set
for hearing tho 29th day of January. A. D. 18W,
before said county conrt, at the hour of 10
o'clock A. M., at which time any person inter
ested may appear and contest the same; and due
notice of this proceeding is ordered published
three weeks successively in the Columbus Joca-
SAh Tk,f' "J"1 legaI. newspaper printed,
published and of general circulation in said
connty and state.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set ray
hand and official seal at Columbas this 5th day
of January, A. D. 1SW.
.... J-N- KlLIAJf,
1-J"3 County Judge.
NOTICE OF
SERVICE
CATION.
BY PUBLI-
H.E. PhilliDS and Elizabeth PhUl.n. .)....
ants, will take notice that on the 13d day of Del
wmber. 1897. Soren Olesen. plaintiff herein,
filed his petition in the district court of Platte
coanty. Nebraska, against said defendants, the
object and prayer of which is to renaire said 8
E. Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips to perform
their airreeinent concerning the sale of Iota five
(5) and six (ttl m block No. two (2) ia Roberts
addition to the village of Platto Center Platta
county. Nebraska, and to convey to said Sorea
Olesen. tho said premises by deed of general
warranty, in compliance with the agreement, aad
that if you refuse or neglect to do so within tea
days from date oT entry of decree, the court.br
proper decree, will do so. '
ou "F S'P1 to SPf wer d Ption on or
lx fore t he 21st day of February, 15W
p. i r- i . 8o?.EN "!. Plaintiff.
By L. J. Garlow, Ins attorney. l-'jant
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