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Zi$ , , -tmmt- " j(- .. - . J. M " r. ..-'' -i '- IJr-tl -f .. . a 4. r i -. a , r na . r. ,. .;J mUTU - r . ( - : VOLUME XXXJ.-NUMBEB 26. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 1,586. OMitmlfe ImtrmiL W t J: .. . . Ofe" ID IS NOT FAR OFF 111 Sign Foist to as Early Teiaication of the Coal-Mhisf Stxike. WTCIEI1 IS EVASIVE I.a.r 'Leader Says T.a Fcr Ceat Wac laerease Would Be a Great Vlet.ry rr.li.bl. Pin ml Settl.sseat atltaed -"la Dl.aatek froai Haxtetoa. HAZLETON, Pa.. Sep- 29. Not- etanding the rumors of settlement and of cencession'upon the part of the ' operators there was no change in tfie . .great coal strike situation here to- day. It """as probably the most inactive day that President Mitchell and his official staff have spent since the strika began. That President Mitchell was waiting; for information from New York cannot be denied, as he inti mated several tim3 during the day that something might develop before night. In the forenoon he had two lengthy conversations over the long distance telephone and between 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon he was at the wire for more than half an hour. To whom he talked he declined to say. When he was pressed to say something n the general strike situation he said: "This has been the greatest indus trial contest between labor and capi- al in the history of America. If the 10 per cent increase mentioned in the newspapers is corect. while-, far fom satisfactory, it Is the gr-atest victory "ver achieved by organized labor and won under the most adverse cirenm- . stances. I, of course, have nothing to say as to wjiat action will be taken as to th acceptance or rejction of any proposition, this must be determined by the whole body of anthracite min ors themselves. Our organization will not make the mistake which has wrecked many other organizations of assuming the power to determine through its officers the happiness or misery, the weal or woe, of the 500.000 men. women and childreu dependent upon the anthracite coal industry for livelihood." In discussing the reported 10 per cent advance offered to the men by the operators. Mr. Mltche'I said: "Under the sliding scale such an in crease would practically amount to nothing; what the men would gain in one day they might lose the next." By the sliding scale is meant that the wages are Used according to the market price of coal. If there is an advance in the price the miners share in It. and should there be a decrease the miners correspondingly hare such, a decrease. If an increase of 10 per cent in wage is offers! the miners it will probably b done by means of posted notices and tb personal visitation of representatives of the mme owners and not to the United Mine Workers, because the operators will not recog nize the organization. If the men so informed desire to consider the prop osition they would have a meeting of their union called for the purpose of baring the officers of those bodies no tify the three district presidents. These presidents would inform the national president. As Mr. Mitchell is not em powered to accept anything less than -all the miners demands, he said he conId do nothing but instruct the men to refuse the offer. If the strikers should still feel that they ought to entertain tnis proposi tion they can aak the national presi dent through a local union meeting nd then a district convention to call a joint convention for three districts. This request, however, would not be compulsory, the national president be ing allowed to use his judgment. GOOD ARMY MOVE IY MILES. Orler Issued Intended to Increase Devo tion to the Flag. WASHINGTON. Sept. "9. Lieuten ant General Miles has Issued a general order to the army intended to secure a general improvement in the morale and physical condition of the force. The. order particularly directs the. in culcation of patriotic principles, the celebration of national holidays by pa triotic readings, strict attention to sa lutes, respect for the flag and attentio to good martial music, especially vo cal music The importance of disci pline is dwelt upon and loyal and cheerful obedience demanded. It is di rected that the three arms of the serv ice, whenever practicable be assem bled for instruction in battle tactics, and it Is ordered that there, be fre quent marches and sports calculated to develop the military spirit Soon;h Boers Left to fikr. LONDON. Sept. 29. Lord Roberts reports to the war office under 'date of Pretoria, September 27. as follows: "The Boers attacked a portion of Pa gefs force at Pienaars river station this morning, butwere beaten off af ter three hours flighting. "Buller occupied Macmac river and the eastern side of Burghers' pass on September 25. after, sliglit resistance. HeilbTon. Beitz and Lindley have been reoccupied." "- XteUCry la Jap... LONDON, Sept. 29. "The Yamagata ministry has resigned." cables the Yo kohama correspondent of the Daily MaiL "and Marquis Ito will probably succeed to the premier ship. Such a change would not affect Japan's policy in China. Marquis Ito favors beartv co-operation with Great Britain and strongly opposes tie partition of China or Russian ascendancy there." JT.W Hard Coal Fi.Id raaad. VALLEY CITY, N. D Sept. 23. Judge J. M. Dennett has just returned from the Cascade mountain district of. Washington, bringing samples and wws of the location of vast fields of pure anthracite coaL In company with Prof. Burch. -a mineral expert of. Seattle. Judge Dennett pennetrated into the Cascade range sixty miles from the railroad and after two days .of prospecting located veins showing . rineteen feet cf ccal and located on 640 acres of land. He estimates the quantity- of coal in slant at 25.000.V0 ropalatioa .f StT Josee. ST. JOSEPH. Sept. 29. Victor H. Olmstead. special -agent of the census department at Washington, is in. The city and today began an investigation . cf alleged frauds in. the tafcng of the rensus in this dty. Figures turned ' in by the enumerators show the popu lation of tne city to have considerably more than doubled in the last decade Ten years ago -the city had SLOW sculs. It is now., estimated to v have 103,960, The census returns show core than the latter figures, but hew much more the special agent declines to-ststs. UST MOVE Of IUSSIJL K.as.r taat Csmr .w Trmmm t. Blackad Ckiaas. Xaval P.rta. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. The re port from St- Petersburg, said to have been made on the authority of the Russian naval guff, t-at owing to the hostile attitude of the Chinese fleet at Shangnai. Russia proposes to blockade the Chinese "naval ports," created much interest at the navy de partment and m government circles generally today. As tnere is no state ment to tae effect that it is to be pre ceded by a declaration, it is assumed the blocxade proposed under the derJgnation in international law of "pacific blockade." A Paciftc blockade is considered something of an anomaly, and though its justification is not recognised by seme writers on international law. it has been lesorted to on several occa sions during the last century and the majority of writers now recognize it a a leare-of constraint start of. war. It has been instituted sotne times by the joint action of several powers, sometimes of a single power in some cases, against all vessels, and in other cases the vessels of the na tion concerned. The penalties have generally been the seizure and confis cation of the cargo and property of the offending nation, or seizure and detention. The legal procedure of a legal blockade is so unsettled as to the attitude of the blockaders toward tha vessels of states not concerned that their course ha3 varied in almost every instance. The first pacific blockade ever insti tuted was in 1327. when the coasts of Greece, then nominally subject to Turkey, ware blockaded by the Eng lish. French and Russian squadrons. New Granada was blockaded by Eng land in 1866. Mexico by France in 1838. La Plata by France in 1S38-40, the Greek ports by England in 1850, the coasts of Formosa by France in 1884. Greece by Great Birtain. Ger many. Austria. Italy and Russia in 1886 and Crete in 1S97 by the six pow ers of Europe. When Formosa was blockaded by France in 1884. the blockade was in tended to include neutral vessels as liable to capture and condemnation, despite the fact that France had not assumed the attitude of a beligerent. This position was assumed because France continued to coal at Hong Kong. England refused on this occa sion to admit that under the circum stances that France had the right to capture and condemn neutrals. In 1897 when he European powers blockaded Crete the ships of neutrals were allowed to enter and discharge cargoes, provided they were not in tended for the use of Greek troops in the interior. Previous to that, in 1S87. th Institute de Droit International aodpted a declaration to the effect that a pacific blockade was only per miasable on condition that vessels under foreign flags could freely enter blockaded ports and that vessels of the offending nation which might be sequestered when the blockade ceased should be restored to their owners without compensation. C4TT. FltKIICIt tENT SIAIT. Well Kaown Ex-Oflcer of tae Araiy Take, aa Overdose of Bromide. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Sept. 2S. Captain Frederick Dent Sharp. U. S. A retired, cousin of General Ulysses S. Grant, died today in his city from an overdose of bromide, taken for the purpose of relieving nervousness and pain. Captain Sharp was totally blind and it is supposed that he had been unable to prooerly gauge the quantity of the drug. Captain Sharp was appointed to the regular army by President Grant dur ing his first administation. His moth er and Mrs. Grant were sisters. He saw hard service on the frontier and was stationed for several years at Fort Assiniboin. In 1894 he was promoted to the rank of captain of company H. Twentieth infantry, the regiment with which he served from the time he entered the army. During the later vears of hi"; militay service he was stationed with the regiment at Fort Leavenworth, where his family lived. Work at Galveston. GALVESTON. Sept. 25. The re receipts of cotton today were 6.000 bales. The grain receipts are only moderate. Seventeen hundred men are working along the wharves and 1.400 are clearing away the debris. There is need for as many more. Corpses are being: fnmd dairy and burned. Tne numoer uiscovered is twenty-five a day. ForetgB Force, la Caiaa. VIENNA. Sept 28.-Tte admiralty has received a dispatch from Taku givingtne' strength of th-j forces land ed there by the allied powers as fol lows: Austrian ,494, German 8.17S. British 853. American 5.608. French 6.576, Italian 2.541. Russian 20.934. Japan ese 12.570; total, 68.233. Saokaa. Coatiaae ts Iacreaae. WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. The pop ulation of the city of Spokane. Wash as officially announced .today, is: For 1900. 36,848: 1890, 19.922. These fig ures show for the city as a whole an increase" in pofolation of 16.926, or 54.96" per cent from 1S90 to 1900. Half ta Coke Ovens Close. CHAHLESTON. W. Va Sept. 29. ,Fiftr -per cent of the. 300 coke.. evens tn McDowell and Meyer county have been put out of blast in the last week, throwing out of employment 1.500 men. This is said to be due to the dull mar ket for the product. Large CatU. Sal.neata, RAPID CITY. S. D-Sept 22. The record of cattle shipments for the Black Hills has been broken by Cortin Morse of this city, who is now con sidered the cattle king of this part of the ranges. On Sunday he shipped from Brennan thirty carloads of steers, on Monday sixteen, and en Tuesday twenty more carloads, mak ing in all sixty-six carloads, or six trains. Morse vowns the largest, herds in this part of the Hills. His yearly income from his cattle is about $100, 00. A few years ago he was a cow boy on the ranges, working for a salary- BtasB Omt Yellow Fever. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Sspt. 29. Xfeanks to the efforts of Colonel Saa I M. Whitside. the commander of the defartaent of Santiago de Puerto Principe, and the other oflcers inr charge,no case of yellow fever has seen- reported here since December.. One hnndred miles of streets are swept daily and previously infected nooses nave been three times disin fected. A house-to-house inspection is made by the surgeons and thous ands of gallons of carbolic acid and tens of choloride cf lime have bees used. I Listrnctioci to Conger in His Dealings with Chin 8ea to Be Sent. AN Off JCCTMW T IHNCE THAN Isaaertal Go vera .seat at Fekta X.USs Taat Jlaa.latam.at f Blastsly lair i. radestrabl. aad Way sUsait la Sfa Blag- AU X.sotlatloas. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Minister Conger has been, advised Ly the State department ol the subs-ance of the replies made by this government last Friday to the governments of Ger many, Russia, and China, respecting' China, which clearly indicates to him the general nature of the instructides he is to receive. Moreover, by this time he is informed ef tie- orders is sued to General Chaffee to reduce his force to a legation guard. t The note to China specifically pointed out the lines on which this government will issue its instructions to its minister. The document it3elf is in course of final aproval. Acting Secretary Hill having completed the draf. some days ago and forwarded it to the president It was the belief of the State depart ment late this afternoon that the ac tual transmission of the instructions would be carried out vey soon, proba bly within the next twelve hours. It is said that the text of the instruc tions will not be given publicity at present for diplomatic reasons, but there is no concealment of the gen eral scope of the document, which is on the lines laid down in the three notes. In this connection it is said at the State department that Mr. Conger will put these negotiations in motion with out any purpose of acting for any government other than the United States, although the government stead ily keeps in mind that the United States is but one of the several na tions mutually interested in obtaining a common end and it is hoped that the effect of Mr. Conger's mr.king a be- ginning toward negotiations may be to induce other powers to follow. This government has never assumed to lay down any mandate as to the course to be followed by all or any of the other powers. It is believed that the State de partment already has taken steps through Minister Wu to Impress upon the Chinese government the undesira bility of the appointment of Prince Tuan as grand secretary and the pain ful impression this appointment has created throughout this country. The effect of his appointment, if persisted in, it is said, might be to retard seri ously the final negotiations, or in fact any negotiations at all. The government feels that it is much reinforced in its present posi tion by the note from Li Hung Chang. in which he gave positive assurance to the United States that he had suffi cient authority to protect all Ameri can interests and would ree that this authority was exercised. The govern ment now looks upon this assurance as a guarantee which must be faith fully performed as a condition prece dent to even the establisnment of re lations with Li and Prince Ching. If the appointment of Tuan promises to obstruct the performance of this pledge in any manner, then it would be clearly violative of the guarantee laid down and would wai rant the im mediate withdrawal of Mr. Conger from further relations with the Chi nese envoys. So it appears that much more depends upon what Tuan does than upon what he has done. Faaeral of (Sen. Palner. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Sept. 2S. Un der leaden skies and with cold rain falling the remains of General John McAuley Palmer, soldier, statesman, jurist and writer, were laid away in the cemetery at Carlinville. All the state offices were closed and flags on the state house and all public build ings floated at half mast. Funeral ser vices at the residence were brief, con sisting only of prayers, hymns by a quartet aad the reading of Christ's sermon on the mount, which was a favorite passage with the decease! general. Horses aad S.pplies for fanlla. PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 28. The transport Thyra sailed for Manila to day with 500 horses and mules and a large cargo of hay and grain. The Thyra will touch at Hilo. where thn animals will be put ashore for a few days rest. Lieateaaat Daaaer Killed. WASHINGTON. D. C. Sept. 28. A dispatch from General MacArthur. dated at Manila, today, reports the death of Second Lieutenant James D. Danner, Twenty-eighth United State volunteer infantry, caused by the ac cidental discharge of a pistol. Destroy, a a Iowa Towa. CLARINDA. la.. Sept. 28. A cy clone nearly destroyed Sharps, a small town east of here. The depot, two churches and half a dozen dwellings were all blown down. The storm also struck New Market, a larger town, demolishing a few small houses.. SUer a Baakra.t. CHICAGO.. ni Sept. 28. Georga -Si-ler. the prize fight referee, and Lou M. Houseman, the boxing exhibition man ager, both filed petitions in bankrupt cy here today. Siler scheduled liabil ities of $6,130 and Houseman of o.--753. Their combined assets were put at S100. Be-gfaa Klar Will Abdicate. PARIS. Sept. 28. ''Frcm a source worthy of confidence. say? the Courier du Soir, "we learn that the king of the Belgians intends to abdicate be for the close of the present Belgian parliament, in favor of the prince of Flanders. "King Leopold count3 confidently npon the result of his action being the sinking of the quarre's of the ri val parties, which would then unite to observe the conditions of the new regime." Kratal Warder la Wyoaira. CHEYENNE. Wye-Sept. 28. Word: has just been received here of a bru tal murder committed at Clonely spot north of Cora. Wyo.. and Lot far from Fremont's Peak. Fred Butler, recog ainetf as a tongh chaacter in-the moun tains, quarreled with a mas named Hyatt at the Hardesty road, ranch. Hyatt was beastly drunk and Butler Is said to have broken bis neck with one blow from a 43-caIiber revolvsr, afterward firing several shots into his .prostrate body- Butler escaped to the mountains and a posse Is in hot par-suit. THE PEACE wmm SOfT COAL AS WELL Ckt. Calt.d Wla. Warkera Ca!a Tl. r Bltasataaaa FIclaa. HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 29. Pres ident Mitchell of -the United Minn Workers today- sent a telegram- to the central Pennsylvania bltaminouii coal field, which possibjr may have the ef- feet of bringing the sort coax suns, workers into the contest which, the anthracite workers are now waging against the mine owners. The tele gram was sent to Richard Gilbert. secretary of District No. 2 at Clear field, Pa. It was as follows: "issue circular letter instructing all mine workers in central Pennsylvani that they are not to load coal for ship ment into market formerly supplied by anthracite operators. We are i formed that the Philadelphia ft Read ing, Delaware & Hudson and New Jer sey Central roalroads are now at tempting to defeat anthracite strike by sending their cars into central. Pnsat-' sylvan&Tto have them loaded with bi tuminous coal. Please comply with this request at once." President Mitchell said he had been watching the bituminous coal field closely for just such a move as he alleges has been made by the rail roads mentioned in his telegram and he does not fear that they will make mueh of a success in getting the soft coal into the anthracite market. The miners in the central Pennsylvania re gion, he continues, are in thorougn sympathy with their fellow workmen in the eastern part of the state and President Mitchell feels sure that as soon as they find that the coal they are loading or are asked to load is to take the place of the hard coal they will refuse to handle it. Labor leaders do not expect a sus pension of work in the soft ccal fields unless the operators insist on sending their coal to the anthracite market. They also say that the Philadelphia. 4b Reading. Delaware 8c Hudson and Jersey Central railroads being unable tc fill their contracts for hard coal are prevailing upon their customers to accept soft coal wherever it can be used as a substitute. Considerable interest is being manifested a3 to the effect of President Mitchell's action m attempting to defeat the alleged move ment of the coal-carrying roads. This was a day of rumors. Around strike headquarters tnere were stone j in circulation tnat Archbishop Ryan and Senator Hanna were coming here to see President Mitchell, that all tne coal-carrying roads had agreed to ar bitrate all differences and that the strike had been settled. The last mentioned rumor was the only one which the labor leaders paid any at tention to and in connection with it they sent a telegram to ths president of the union in the three districts comprising the entire anthracite coal field of Pennsylvania. ORKRf D TO riGIT FORHGNEIS. Secret Imperial Decree. Sold t. Have Bees Iaeaad. PARIS, Sept. 28. The French con sul at Shanghai cables under date at September 23 (Tuesday) that Tung Fuh Sian has just been appointed general cf the western and northern armies. The consul adds that accord ing to Chinese information the vicer oys and governors have received aa imperial decree instructing them to fight the foreigners and destroy theia. Croeker Brigade Oflcers. KEOKUK, la., Sept. 2S The Crock er Brigade asscciation finished its ses sion here this afternoon with a large campfire. The following officers were elected: President, H. H. Rood, Mc. Vernon; vice presidents. Colonel J. H. Monroe. Muscatine; W. M. Penn. Des Moines; Lieutenant Daniel Embree, Ames; Captain Mayes. Red Oak; cor responding .vecretary, D. W. Bushnell. Council Bluffs; recording secretary, Captain G. W. Kepler. Mount Vernon; treasurer. Peter Keine, Dubuque. Muscatine was selected as the place for the next meeting. White Get. Faarher's Place. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Sept. 27. At a meeting of the republican state central committee today a lener was read from Governor F. B. Fancher, who was renominated, in which he withdraws from the ticket by reason of his bad health. He is now at Sac ramento. Cal. The committee ad vanced Frank White of Valley City.' the candidate for lieutenant governor, to first place and put David Bartlett of Cooperstown in his stead- Ten Per Cat Increase. HAZLETON. Pa., bept. 28. The As sociated Press late tonight secured from President Mitchell the admis sion that he believes the mine oper ators have agreed to make the mine workers an offer of a 10 per cent in crease in wages. Further than this Mr. Mitchell declined to talk, he has been reticent all. day on the .subject and several times declared that he knew nothing of the rumors of a set tlement of the strike. Bittleshia Off for th. Ortear. WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. Of the six war ships which were last week ordered to proceed to the Orient to reinforce the Asiatic squadron the Al bany and the Walmington alreaJy have started on their long journey. The Albany sailed from Pieraeus yes terday and today the Wilmington left Montevideo for Bahia, Brazil. Thence she will cross the Atlantic and proceed via the Mediterranean. Coacres. of Good Kaads. TOPEKA. Kan. Sept 28. The prac tical part of the program of the good roads congress, in session here, is an experimental road, a mile and one-half of highway near Washburn college. One-third of this road is to be paved with native limestone, the second third with the glacial stones commonly call ed "nigger heads," and the last sec tion with flint tailings from the lead and zinc-mines of Galena. Road-making nwchinery is on the ground grad ing apparatus, ditching machines and. stone crushers. Ckarea ta Help Mtaers. SHAMOKIN. .Pa. Sept. 28-Rer. Jfc C Kcnstankievicz.. pastor, of the Russian Greek church here and vicar general of the United States, strung a surprise this afternoon-. He, an nounced that In the event of the? stride continuing until suffering and desti tution put in an appearance he and his congregation had arrcsged to mort gage their enarch property, valued at over 125.600, and divide the proceed.! among: the sufferers, and in the event cf the strike being continued vTor a Icng periods the entire coBsrenvion will leave the region. Iff ADJUST MATHS nMisaMrxIe Slopes Assept Put tf Firm's T MnuTitii of Msrirm rans 9t Laser.. Caaty Stake, ar- to far ihiar; Troops trmwrn. eak It Oetatlea far Tkelr Cs ae ta B. ataiatalaaa. JHAZLETDN. Pa., Sept 27. The "ri-aif-at the mines of G. B. Markle 4 Co. Ba been reached There were many ssyressioas tuaoog the men today .of dissatisfaction with some of the firm's nsmiu to Ueir demands. The prin cipal grievance is the wage scale. They assk foe nly. about halt of what the United Mine Ifbrkers are demanding- Operations at the Markie collieries were suspended today so that the em ployes could hold a meetirg- to di3cuss the firm's answer. The meeting was held in the fornoon and this afternoon the committee composed cf employes of the several Markle mines, with the exception of Ebervale. which is com pletely tied up made known to the firm the decision of the employes. They accept the firm's proposition In regard to the hoisting men from the slope, ac quiesce in the refusal to pay the engi neers by the hour and want to further arbitrate all the. other grievances ex cept those relating to semi-monthly pay and the location of powder houses, which have been adjusted by the an swer of Markle & Co. The men also decided to remain at work pending the arbitration negotia tions and agreed to ask; the firm to "deduct from the pay of each family that returns to work thc.r quota for the payment of the arbitrator selected by the men." Judging only by the talk of the men it looks as if a considerable num ber of men will not go to work to morrow morning. The force'of men at each of the Markle slopes is now very shorthanded. The firm for the time being refuses to discuss anything in connection with its future actions. The request made yesterday by Sher iff Harvey for troops, although not re fused, was not granted by Governor Stone. The sheriff and the state offi cials at Harrisburg. however, have an understanding and if th-i necessity arises soldiers will be thrown into this region in short order. If this be done the first to arrive would te one of the commands now stationed at Shenan doah. There were no disturbances report ed In this region today. Rumors of contemplated marches of strikers are constantly in circulation, but as far as can be learned there is no truth in any of them. With regard to the general strike situation in the Lehigh Valley It can not be said that many great gains were made on cither side today Some who quit work yesterday at the Tomhicken. Derringer and Cowan mines returned today. The Lehigh Valley Coal .com pany reports more men working to day than any time since the strike be gan. The labor leaders claim accessions to their ranks from both the mines at Eckley and Lattimer. The daily pro duction of coal in the district is stead ily decreasing. This is shown from the shipments of coal from the region today, which indicate a railing off of more than 75 per cent. rOSITlON OF THE TOWERS. Austria aad Italy Oaly Goveram.ats that Reply Favorably. PARIS, Sept 27. It is asserted from excellent diplomatic sources that Aus tria and Italy are the only powera which have replied favorably and un conditionally to Germany's note. It is certainly a fact that the replies of Russia and France are almost identi cal, involving the punishment of the originators of the anti-foreign assaults but not making their surrender an ab solute condition of the peace prelim inaries. Japan takes a middle course. lean ing a little more strongly toward Ger many, while Great Britain declines. A powerful argument used against Germany's position was its establish ment of a precedent that would per mit the powers in future wars to de mand personages considered by them to be guilty leaders and that their pun ishment is deemed fit before peace ne gotiations are undertaken. Accept. Caraegie's Propovlttoa. OTTUMWA, la.. Sept 26. Ottumwa has accepted Andrew Carnegie's ap propriation of $30,000 for a free public library, the election on the Issue giv ing a majority of almost 500 in favor of the measure: 272 were cast by male voters- The women were also permit ted to vote and their majority increas ed the total to almost 500. The meas ure lost last June, when the judge of the district court held that the women were not entitled to vote. The male vote in June gave a majority of 81 against the measure, the issue carry ing only by the votes cat by the wo men. The election settles the ques tion. Aec toed a. a Hold Cp. BEATRICE. Neb.. Sept 26. The police locked up a suspicious character and put him in the swear box. He soon was spotted as the party who held, up a Bohemian named Z'vanski. liv ing near Virginia, six weeks ago. Zi vanski was sent for and at once iden tified Bilger as his assailant The prisoner denies that he had anything to do with the hold up. Lut it is now known that he served time before. Stat. Xay Rlp Galveston. GALVESTON. Tex., Sept 27. Near ly 2,000 men were engaged clearing the streets, removing debris and disposing of dead bodies today. Twenty-five bodies were recovered today and thirty-five yesterday. Governor Sayers left here this afternoon for Austin. where he will consult wirh the attor ney general relative to a proposition from, the city government for a fund with which to operate the municipal government from now until the end of the fiscal year, February 28. About $190,000 will be required. Oi stars of Wary Departmeat. WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. The Nary department has ordered a survey of the cruiser BaltiMore, which-was en gaged with Dewey's fleet at Manila and upon which Rear Admiral Watson returned to the United States. It has been in service far several years and the- survey probably will disclose the necessity for a thorough overhauling and general repair of the ship- The gnnboat Vlcksburg. which hasi BMn nrifarp tn H fnr th. Acati.- ts- ! tian, today sailed, from- Newport to Boston, where it will go immediately into dry deck. V SahsSsSssftB WANf MME LANS WfttCO. f ta. Stat. BT.M a 3Mtlar at Osaaaa. OMAHA. Neb.. Sept 25. Sportsmen of the state of Nebraaks who do not approve of the present laxity with which, the game laws of the state are enforced held an enthusiastic meet ing tonight for the purpose of taxing such action as will insure the belter protection of game. Two resolution-; which embody the results of the mat ing were introduced and passed unan imously. They are as follows r "Resolved. That a committee efre be appointed to frame a bill toe tne protection of all game and submit the same to the next legislature "Resolved. That the newspapers throughout the state be requested, through F. E. Mockett the secretary to notify the secretaries of the differ ent gun clubs to forward a list or their ieinber3 and thereby secure their co-operation, in reaching n satis factory solution to the present lax sys tem or protecting game in una auii? both in and out of season." The meeting then adjourned subject to call of the secretary. Atteaipt ta Bara Store. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. Sept 29. Fire was discovered shortly aftermidnight by Night Watchman Tuner in the butcher shop of Shupback Schoen holz on the north side of the park. The fire boy3 soon had the blaze un der control and the damage will amount to less than $100 on building and contents. The fire was of incen diary origin, as was clear'v proven by tracks leading to a rear window, which had been forced o-ien-. Several bundles of wrapping paper had been placed on the floor and fired, the blaze being well under way In two differ ent part3 of the room. The members of the firm are new busin&ss men and are at a loss to know who could have been the author of the work. Heavr Receipts Coatiaae. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Sept 29. Heavy receiDts at the stock yards con tinue, and from this time on there will be busy times about the yards, ex change building and packing houses. Receipts of range cattle are increasing and stock is coming here from com petitive territory, which shows that south Omaha is one of the test mar kets in the country. Th3 stock yards management has been doing every thing possible to boom this market and to give the shippers -he best pos sible price for stock of all kinds. The price is what tells, and that Is why shipDers In competitive territory are sending their stock here Found Dead at Salnoa Dear. TILDEN. Neb.. Sept 29. W. H. An sen. a farmer living one mile south of town, was found dead in the alley in the rear of L. E. Carsculon's saloon by H. W. Davis and John Mahen. When found the dead man was Ijing on some refuse straw thrown from a near stable. ace downwa-d. The vil large marshal was notified, who. in conjunction with John Ashburn. Jus tice of the peace, notified the coroner. He arrived on the eastbund passen ger. A jury was impaneled and re sulted in bringing in a vrdict of par alysis. of the heart, brought oi from alcoholic poisoning. Welgabora Co.se to the Resrae. ARBORVILBE. Neb.. Sept 29. York county farmers are made of the right material and are always .'eady to as sist a neighbor who is in need or dis tress. Lew McKenzie. one of Arbor ville township's farmers, has been quite c,ick and at present lies in the hospital at Stromsburg. where he is receiving treatment. His neighbors and fellow members of the Moderr Woodmen plowed, harrowed and drilled in a large acreage of winter wheat, and did other farm work, assisting his wife and family during his sickness. Barslars at Coleridee. COLERIDGE. Neb.. Sept 29. Burglara Sunday iright entered O. S. Grant's blacksmith shop. and. secur ing tools, went to. O. G. Ritchie's gen eral store and postoffice and. prying open the front door, drilled a hole in the safe, but before they could blow open the safe they must have been frightened away, leaving everything but the drills. They all not secure anything. The safe contained about $250 and stamps. Hurled by a Train aad Escaped. GREENWOOD, Neb.. Sept 29-As No. 5 pulled in at 10 o'clock it ran into a team crossing the track, demol ishing the wagon and throwing the driver. Alfred Bourelle. into th? air about twentv feet knock'n? him un conscious. By a miracle he wa? sn seriously hurc There were two other men in the wagon, but they juriced out just before the train struck it Fall Two S'.rlea, FORT CROOK. Neb.. Spt. 29. The little 4-year-old boy of J. W. Lowry pushed a loose screen out of the sec ond story window of their hotel and fell to- the sidewalk below, striking on the side of his face and head, render ing him unconscious. A doctor was immediately called, but was unable to say how great was. the injury, as the brain may be seriously affected. rasa Cnanrv tan-t Talnibte. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Sept 29. Fritz Otte and wife have just filed a deed of sale of their qu.trter section farm in Elmwood precinct to Fren Rujre. receiving therefor the neat Finn of $9,400. or pearly $60 nr acre. Thte is considered one of the finest farms in Cass county. Robbers Tap Jewelry Store, COZAD, Neb.. Sept 25. A daring burglary was committed here. The jewelry store of R. S. Thornton was entered, the safe blown and the entire contents, amounting to aout $1,500 worth, of jewelry and ?-10 in cash, taken. The pestofflce. located in the same room was robbed of a small amount of change. No ciue as yet to the robbers. This is the second time this store has been robbed within the last fewr months.- A concerted effort on the part of the business men of the town will be made to capture the thieves. BI Blas-e at Cereaeo. CERESCO, Neb.. Sept 29. John Malmgren's blasksmith shop and im plement souse, together with all tools and stock of buggies and machinery, was burned to the ground this morn ing. The fire was discovered, about 12:30 a. nwbut had gained such head way that nothing coul dbe saved- Mr. Malmgren had a fine stock: of buggies and machinery, which is a total lass. It took hard work to keep the rtre from spreading to adjoining buildisKS The loss will amount to about $3,0M, with only $1,000 insurance. TIIIK1 will ! Castas at Faaale its LINCOLN Neb- Sept- 24. Tkr long and tiresome light for control of the institution for feeble-minded youth at Beatrice has been finally settled, and Dr. C. E. Cofci and Secretary Jewell, who received the Institution from Dr. Lang; as representatives of Governor Poynter, turned the institution over to Dr. W. BL Dearing. the new superin tendent There has bene more or less trouble at this institution far the last six or eight years. Some time ago Governor Poynter became dissatisfied with the Manage ment of the institution under the superintendency of Dr. Lang, and ap pointed. Dr. Dearing. Lang tok the controversy into court and Judge StuH granted him a temporary injunc tion and upon the case coming up to be heard on its merits the judge de cided it in favor of Dr. Dearing and' against Dr Laag. Laag then appealed the"case To "Hfe" supsiecofirtr ' but " Judge Stull granted a peremptory writ of mandamus ousting Dr. Lang from the control of the instituticn and com manding him to turn it over to his successor, Dr. Dearing. Nebraska la Washlng-tnli. WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. The post office at Telbasta. Washington county, has been ordered discontinued. Pa trons will be supplied by rural free delivery from Arlington. Nebraska postmasters appointed: D. B. Buzick. at Chase. Chase county, vice L. R. Briggs. resgined: J. A. Woods, at Drop. Logan county, vice L. Hudson, resigned: Etta It. Lundy. at Wellfleet Lincoln county, vice W. A. Brandt, resigned. Wyoming: Flor ence Kennedy, at Winthrop. Natrona county. Iowa: A. C. Karens, at Ge noa. Wayne county. The North American National bank of Chicago was today approved a3 a reserve agent for the First National bank of Wymore. Neb. Leiutenant Colonel Forrest H. Hath away, deputy quartermaster general, will proceed from Omaha to Louisville on business pertaining to the purchase of horses for the army. la tk. Dark as to tb. taw. OMAHA. Sept. 24. Judge Shiras of the United States district court de cided the case of Thomas L. Sloan against the United States in favor of the defendant on a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. In render ing this decision the court certified the case to the United States supreme court for the purpose of euring final decisions upon some questions where the law is ambiguous. The first ques tion propounded to the supreme court by the district judge is whether he was right in dismissing the case, as he asks whether the act granting the lands in severalty to the Omaha In dians confers jurisdiction upon the circuit ourt to determine such cases as may oe presented under it3 terms, and whether the court would have jurisdiction when the suit is brought against the United States alone to the exclusion of the Indian tribe and all other persons. The Farmers' Supply Association of Lincoln. Neb., is now ready for busi ness. It will pay every farmer who is in need of anything it the house or on the farm to write to this asso ciation for prices, as their object is to get everything from the manufacturer to the consumer at actual cost plus the expense of handling the goods. They carry a full line of sroceries. fur niture, carpets, stoves, and harness, as well as all farm supplies. Located at the corner of 13th and O streets. No. 130 N. 13th street. Lincoln. Neb. A Swindler Overhauled. TRENTON, Neb.. Sept 24. Word reaches here that D. O. Whitford. un der a number of aliases, has been, cap tured by the chief of police of Lincoln. Whitford spent a number of days here and succeeded in getting a loan of $100 from W. O. Robinson, president of the State bank and giving a mort gage upon cattle he professed to own. Thieves Rob a Tailor. BLAIR. Neb, Sept 24. Thieves en tered the shop of J. P. Johnson, mer chant tailor, and stole "a'o valnable overcoats that were left fcr repair. En trance was effected througi a rear win dow and the thieves wer evidently scar'id away, as they did not attempt to get into the front room, in which Mr. Johson had a large stck of goods for gents furnishings. Horse Thief Arrested. PAPILLION. Neb.. Sept. 24. Char ley Hill, a painter, .after imbibing a quantity of sod corn extract started for a drive across the country with a horse and buggy belonging to Geo Klundeck. Sheriff McEvcy was noti fied and returned with HIII who was overtaken and arrested for horse steal ing. Decide .laalcut a Bai'rnad. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Sept. 24. The supreme court has dee'ded that the Missouri Pacific Railwar Company must pay W. K. Fox. administrator of the estate of Amos Thompson near Union while employed as brakeman for the company. This is the third time the case has gone to the supreme court. ntrt Killed by Llshtninr LYONS. Neb.. Sept 24. Eva. the 14-year-old daughter of J. C. McElhin ney of this city, was struck and in stantly killed by lightning while on her way home from down town upon an errand. Woman Bellevrd to' Be Inaae. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb, Sept 24. Sirs. Lena Koshler, a young woman. was taken in charge by the officers as she displayed unmistakable symptoms of insanity. She visited a number of the local stores and at each place wanted to purchase the entire stock. Several years ago the unfortunate woman's mind became unbalanced and she was taken to the asylum at Lin- coin, but was soon after discharged a3 cured. She has since married and is the mother of a small child. Seed Coavaa.v's Crop Dassared. COLUMBUS. Neb.. Sept 22. The Emerson Seed Company's' crops near Monroe were damaged by the heavy rains to the extent it is said, of about $2,000. the overflow of the irrigation ditches being partly the cause of the damage. Caivarsiry Stadenta. TOBIAS. Neb. Sept 24. The fol lowing Tobias students have gonelto Lincoln to attend the state university. Loui3 Laurence. Will ani Ethel Hol man and Carrie Schultx. Art Sijms.. 1900. also returns to take a post grad uate cesrse. ColuiflbjsStateBank hjilknt lte ftjaiti astBlABlMSM BUYS GOOD NOTES haatlMyi Q.i.nn. Prea Ka-BT. Tie Prear. K, BnvMn. CaahUr. Wis. Bci The Columbus Journal. 4 Weakly Newspaper devoted -to tha tssst Interest of UwHMswawi Tta Comty of Plaits, Tk State at Nebraska, Tin United States. -aJTSTH REST OF MANKIND. TD U9IT Ol rflASUM WITH US $1.50 m Year. If Paid In Advance. bbT Ussis of "Tines ia not; cir- nsaacribed by 4oHara and cents. a assy.ddres. HENRY GASS, i MtUlUt : Cims ! mf mmif crui GoiamDns journal PRINTING OFFICE. OOUNTRY. r-sr- j. - - UNDERTAKER I ssSsssssssVAsB MHfV
