. , XU -JU.. JHU .iLJUPHi. .. ...lUaiP,. -. '-...-.- MHNWftL S - ""?--." fcMSys-". .v'T?- - .- VTr5-- ,i--' y iir It -y. ' ..X - i--f z !txr- - - - v'-SS- " " , - .." Vh. IV ,T-- -w-i. - . jr." - . -'-'?. - - ' -"- a v--.- 'kK . qaqsfgjfrySywr . v , -r V-rJbVjjr $. .jt4nK-t m s - - . '. : . - j orUri ffunral. ,- te UUt' i: .'- -. . VOLUME XXXJII.---NIJMBER 34. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDJSESDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1902. WHOLE NUMBER 1.696. m omwom :- -. v -. t . . c i .. I i f-f A r I f j V: t . 5- - v v. P. v 1.. TO CET TOCELHER MINRS AND OPERATORS TO SET ' "CLE THEIR DIFFERENCES. THE COMMISSION ADJQUEMS 'Disposition to Avoid Prclcngsd eHar :ng cf Cs-se Ten Fsr Cent In- - crease. 'Nine-Hcur Ccy and Trade ';Agreeaient. .. SCEi2rr0X. Ra. The miners and- ikine owners have agreed to attempt .to adjust their differences without the aW -i the strii commission. The ..f. reposition was made on a compro- mSse basis, aad negotiations, it is ex- " pctd, will at once "be entered upon, wjth a reasonable hope of settlement. .The proposition whieh i form. the basis cf negotiations, comprise 'three points. -' "l A 10 -per cent inarease in wagee r -2. A nine-hour day. J. A trade agreement between the .men and their employer. The only one of the four demands not touched upon is that of weighing coal by the legal ton. While both sides have expressed a- willingness to scttl their differences among them selves, this does not necessitate the acceptance of the terms proposed. T,hey are only mentioned as a basis tor the negotiations and it is possible the whole scheme may be wrecked by either party holding out too strongly . vny delay an agreement upon the on some one point, and thus forcing terms of a canal treaty beyond the the whole matter back into the hands i ine in which it has been, expected to of the commissioners, who in. the j conclude the treaty, meantime will act as a sort of a! Secretary Hay has furnished the Co boerd of conciliation. flombian minister, Mr. Concha, with a The move created a wild sensation ' memorandum setting forth the posi when it became known. It ia said tioa cf. this government which was rr was all brought about by both sides seeing that the proceedings before the commission would be indeterminable, and in the intermingling of lawyers, the present proposition materialized- It cannot be officially stated which party first made the suggestion. At torneys for both sides are averse to talking and different stories are afloat. Counsel for one of the railroads said it came from the miners' side, while one lawyer for the miners said it came from the operators. Another representative of the miners said it vas a "spontaneous" proposition. It is generally believed, however, that th operators were the first to make the proposition. Wayne llacVeagh. is indeed, gener ally given credit for the present sitr cation. He went to New York after he had finished with Mr. Mitchell and had a conference wiih certain per- -i j- : -,:- :.u T ' sons, among mem. is. is s-iii. ilh i. ?. Morgan. The commissioners were informed of the new turn of affairs Friday night and acquiesced in the arrangement. The proposition did not even directly ccme up during the public hearingj Friday, and adjournment was made, nominally, to permit both sides to , complete their documentary evidence. ' Clarence S. Darrow. near the close of the session, suggested that the miners be given more time to prepare their evidence. They wanted to pre sent the wage statements of thou sands of miners, and they found the task a stupendous one. They also wanted to carefully examine the com panies books and this, tco, take considerable time. would i CODY LEAVES FOR EUROPE. His Last Trip With Shew Either in This Country or Anrcadr CODY. Wyo. In an interview Fri day Colonel W. F. Cody said: I will leave tomorrow for New York, from which port our show sets i was charged with using the mails for sail in ten days for Europe. This will fraudulent purposes. At the time of be my last trip, abroad or at home. . the disappearance of Mrs. T. F. Bums, in the show business. I was bom a a. prominent society woman here, pioneer, have lived a pioneer and de- j some weeks ago. Lake proposed in a sire to die as a pioneer of this grear letter to Mr. Bums that he would re country. I veal her whereabouts for 1100, and "My idea of a rough rider school to t instructed him to leave the money .at be established at Cody is by no means j a certain spot He was met by de given up. It has been delayed, but ' tectives and arrested, will he organized and pushed through j to success next season. This school j wiH be an important factor in train- , ing our hardy young men for the cav- J airy service anc you may school will be a sure go." say the j Money to Be Made in Wheat. ! NEW YORK The best posted and j most conservative grain men in New , York and Chicago are unanimous in the opinion that the time is ripe for a substantial advance in the price of wheat; and the increased activity in the market for the past few days shows that they are acting on their opinion. Stack Perishing on Ranges. DENVER, Colo. The Colorado Hu mane society on Wednesday received reports T live stock is-perishing in various localities in this state where' the drouth of last summer left the ranges bare of grass. At Black Moun tain, where there has .been a heavy snowfall, cattle are reported to be dy ing by hundreds. The Wet Mountain district is another from which com plaints have ccme. Pistols at a Prize Fifhi. GUTHRIE. Okla. Trouble arose at a prize fight in Oklahoma City Thurs day night, and within a few seconds twenty-five shots were fired. Goldie Fiisom fen dead with five bullets in his head, his brother is fatally injured with a shot through, the neck. two- unknown men were shot. throve the shoulder, the other throohaleav The prize fight reach ed Its JMxth rsmad when the melee CANNON APPEARS A WINNER. Hepburn Expresses that Opintcn After Conference with DalzelL "VTASEIXGTCX. Indications con tinue to mnltipl? to sho-w that "Undo j.Jce Cannon T7iIJ certainly srlelc the gavel in tie next hcuse of representa tives. Representative Hepburn " of Iqva, vbo has bsen opposed to Mr. Cannon, said on ilonday that his elec tion seemed sure. He made the state- J pent after a long conference Tvith "Representative Dalzell o' Pennsjl- .vania. ivho is an aspirant for the honor. The lo-xa -congressional delegation holds a meeting Tuesday to take ac tion en the speakership question. Col onel Hepbnm has isrired nis colleasraes that tl they.indose Cannon he" -wishes his Toti to so to him also, to make it unanimous. The story that Repre- entaXiTe Babcock is to be made the , lished, with District Attorney Sum chairman cf the ways and means com- mers. Colonel Moeby stated he had mittee in consideration .of his with drawal from the speakership race is. generally discredited. It is thought that after looking over the field he saw he could not win and decided not to enter the fight. MAY DELAY THE TREATY. Differences Between State De part- ir.cnt and Colombians. "WASHINGTON Differences have arisen between the state department and the Colombian government which prepared by the secretary after he had received a similar memorandum from Mr. Concha defining the- Colombian position. There are differences be tween the two which must be reconcil ed' before- a treat? can be drawn. It is apparent that Mr- Hay has taken a firm position and did not adopt all the terms proposed by the Colombian government It is assumed that Mr. Concha will refer the points at variance to his gov ernment and thus time will be con sumed, as it will take several days to get a reply from Bogota to his in quiries. IOWA TRAIN HELD UP. ' Fifteen Masked Men Dynamite Safe in Express ' Car. DAVENPORT. la. Fifteen masked """ v... .. . - j. express train on the Rock Island road three miles west of here Friday morn ing, detached the engine and express I car and two milas further west drove the United States Express company's messenger trom tne car, cynamitsu the safe, securing ail its contents, and escaped after making one of the rich est hauls en record in this section of the country. The detonation from the discharge. of the bomb could be distinctly heard in Davenport, five miles distant. One car is off the trad-i and the ex press car is a mass of ruins. So far as known none of the pas sengers were molested, but it is feared that harm befell the express messen- er. For Fraudulently Using Mails. SIOUX CITY, la. Earl Lake of this city has just been sentenced to six months in the penitentiary at Ana mosa by the United States court at Fort Dodge for attempting the "Pat Crow" acr. He pleaded guilty. Lake Chinese Wsuld Be Free. SHANGHAI Strons articles are appearilix e Chinese newspapers Anlim Hi ,tHa. TTTTwt-l the 3ritish troops from Shanghai to Wei. Hai Wei and the withdrawal of xhe German force to Tieng Tau the independence of the Yang Tse valley stiJ1 aniCe The Chinese want the British and the Germans to get out of China altogether, instead of merely evacuating Shanghai and with drawing to their respective garrison stations. The papers add that a con flict between Germany and Great Britain is. inevitable. .Reading Answers Hearst. WASHINGTON The answer of the Reading Railway company to the com plaint of William R. Hearst of "New York, against the anthracite coal car rying roads, was filed with the inter state commerce commission Tuesday. It enters a general and specific denial to all the charges, statements and in ferences that the Reading is in an? way-violating the interstate commerce law and denies as false and untrue all the allegations of unlawful. com bination, confederation, or agreement. ia Employs Americans. ST. PETERSBURG An American first, was on Monday awarded a TL 000,000 contract to construct telephone coBdnits in this city. The contract rn for twenty miles of underground tabes to he laid by 1S03. A Chicago firm has secured the contract for the switchboard. Sosse people always appear to he hopelessly mildewed. SLLEGALJENGING MOSBY TAKES ISSUE REGArtDING AN INTERVIEW. WHAT THE LAW GOMTEMPLATES Cattlemen Have Sixty Days' Notice in Which to Pull Down Fences Du ties of the U. S. District Attorney St Perth. WASHINGTON. Colonel Hcaay, special agent of the general land of fice, charged with the duty of report ing illegal fences on the public do- t main in Nebraska, is not at all satis- J ged with the interview which was uub- i made no agreement with District At torney Summers that proceedings in court against the fence men s hculd be withheld until after sixty days had expired. He stated that h had no lawful right to make such an agree ment, nor had the district attorney. "My letters to Colonel Summers," said Colonel Moody, "will show that I complained against the violation of the fencing law in Nebraska long since and that I stated that the statutes re garding illegal fencing were a dead let- ter so far as Nebraska was concerned. The general land office, in its instruc tions, directs special agents to give to cattlemen sixty days' notice within which to pull dwn the fences, but the act of congress requires a district at torney to institute suit to remove a fence as soon as an affidavit is filed complaining of it. I had no right to repeal the statute. I was appointed to enforce the law by calling the at tention of the district attorney to Illegal fences and it was his business to bring suit to remove the same. If Mr. Summers has not been apathetic then why has he not resented my letters complaining of his apathy? The letters which I have written to him regarding this matter, covering a period cf several menths. are made part of my report. Complaints were filed a year ago with Mr. Summers against Miller & Leith for the notori ous negro entries which appear in the Alliance land office and later complaint was filed with thfa same officer of the government calling attention to ille gal fences which they maintained, yet nothing was done by Mr. Summers to correct these gross violations of the statutes." COURTS POWERLESS TO ACT. Friar's Death tsy Water Cure Cannot Be Legally Avenged. WASHINGTON. The secretary of war on Friday sent to the attorney general papers in the case of Father Augustine, who died from the effects of the "water cure" administered by soldiers of a Vermont regiment, while serving in the Philippines. The case has been thoroughly inves tigated by the judge advocate general of the army upon the charges brought by Charles Francis Adams. Herbert Welsh and others of what was known to the Lake George conference. It is said the guilt has not been brought home to any person now serving in the army. It is expected. therefore, that the attorney general will declare that neither the courts in this country nor those in the Phil ippines have any jurisdiction over the men or orficers who have been dis charged from the army. Claim Election Illegal. CODY, Wyo. Tke election in Big Horn county is alleged to have been illegal and will probably be contested by the democrats. It is claimed that the certificates of nomination of the candidates were not published prior to tho election, as required hy law. and this will be the ground far at tacking the validity of the election. and notice to this effect will be filed in the district court at Basin City in a few davs. Looks Like Cannen. CHICAGO Action by the repub lican congressional delegations of Ohio and Michigan is believed to clinch the election of Congressman Cannon as the next speaker of the lower house of congress and as the successor of David B. Henderson of Iowa. The nominee wiU require 104 votes to control the caucus. Accord ing to Congressman Mann, chairman of his campaign committee. Mr. Can non now has a total of 120 members pledged him in state caucuses and by personal letters. in's Shot Fatal. TELLURIDE. Colo. Arthur L. Col lins, general manager of the Smuggler-Union Mining company, who was shot by. an unknown assassin on Wed nesday night at Padora. "died Thursday morning. He was bom in England thirty-three years ago. In conse quence of the murder of General Man ager Collins, the Smuggler-Union Min ing; company has- closed its mines and mills for an indefinite period. The company employed betweeen 406 and 540 men. Files Answer to Hearst. WASHINGTON The Central Kail way of New Jersey: oa Thursday: with the interstate commerce com mfssknt its answer to tke cosaplaiat of William B. Hearst of New York against the anthracite coal carrying railroads, It makes a brief general denial of the sHegatfosa and says the company has no knowledge of saw in jury caused to the complainant by- son of the matters rtfiWiiant of. CHINA'S TROUBLE. Tha Rebels Capture the City f Szenfu. VICTORIA, B. C Advices have Deen been received from Canton to the effect that the Kawangsi rebels have cap tured the prefectaral city of Sxenfa and several district cities in the same prefecture. A number of the officials of the captured cities either committed suicide or were killed by the rebels, while some succeeded in escaping. It is stated on good authority that tke- rebels recently received a large consignment of provisions, magazine rifles and ammunition, which caused the rebellion to be renewed. Two bat talions cf troops have reached Canton en. route to fight the rebels. From Szechuan news was received that General Ting had defeated the Boxers, capturing the fortress at Yang Tacchi, between Horcou and Taihoo hen. In Tsa Nhsein the imperial troops also repulsed the Boxers, killing 200 in a fight Reports are now being re ceived from the provinces of Yunnan and Kuenchou that the Boxers are ma wing in those provinces. A Peking correspondent of the North China Herald says the Chinese gov ernment is secretly planning another upheavaL From reliable sources he learns that the dowager empress has received reporta-from all viceroys and governors regarding the number of sol diers and amount of war munitions that can be raised, and instructions have been given to train the Manchus in the use of the rifle and in western drilL They are to be drafted to the different provinces to instruct the sol diery, this being part of the plan for another outbreak. CHOLERA SPREADS IN MANILA. Alarm Occasioned by Increase of Dis ease Among Residents. MANILA The number of cholera cases is increasing in this city and the spread of the disease is causing some alarm. There are on an average thirty cases daily. The Funston re serve hospital, the casual camp at Santa Mesa and Bilibid prison are now included among the places infested. The disease is spreading in the Mar quina valley, where the danger cf an infection of the water supply is re garded as grave. Should the water supply become infected a general epi demic is considered inevitable. The cholera reports from the provinces show a decrease in the number of cases. A conference of the bishops, priests I and leaders of the Philippine Rnman Catholic church will be held in Manila next week. They propose to address a memorial to Mgr. GuidL the apos tolic delegate in the Philippines, set ting forth their position. A number of nativa priest who sympathized with the movement, but are still adhering to the Roman Catholic church, will seek an interview with Mgr. Guidi before reaffirming allegiance to Rome or joining the dissenters. It is be lieved that Mgr. Guidi will deal with the church situation before entering upen negotiations with Civil Governor Taft regarding the friar lands. MORE SUPPORT FOR CANNON. Michigan and Ohio Will Bath Vote fcr Him for Speaker. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Ten of the eleven republican congressmen in Michigan met here Thursday and dis cussed the speakership of the house. A formal motion was carried that the Michigan delegation go on record in favor of the candidacy of Joseph Can non of Illinois. COLUMBUS, O. At a conrerence held here Thursday rwelve of the re publican congressmen-elect of Ohio de clared in favor of Cannon of Illinois as speaker of the house. Two mem bers, Messrs. Jackson and Morgan, are pledged to support Burton of Ohio. Finances of Pan-American. BUFFALO, N. T. The coutractar3 and others who hold unsatisfied claims against tke Pan-American Exposition company will receive S7 per cent of the total amount of their bills out of the appropriation of 1500,000 made by congress. John G. Milburn, president of the Pan-American and a trustee of the relief fund, gave-out a statement in which he says the total amount of claims presented was 1586 .504. The total" amount of rial tot as audited was 1515,019. The amount of the appro priation is $500,000. and, therefore, each creditor receives nearly tX per cent of his claims. Appoints Egan's Successor. ST. PAUL, Minn. In a circular Is sued 'Wednesday by the 'Great North ern company the company accepts as a fact that Benjamin F. "Erga. the missing superintendent of the Kalis pell has perished, -and appoints E. A. Long as successor, with the title of acting superintendent. Mr. Egan dis appeared in the mountains two weeks ago and search since then, carried on hourly by 200 men, has failed to find traces of the urtiTig man. Mast Vcte in Person. ATCHISON, Kan. Judge Hudson, in the district court on 'Wednesday, held that the new absentee railway employes law permirtinc railroad men to vote when away from, nome on electkm say, to be saeoastitatioaaL Wltk the absentee railroad men's vote Peter Tanghlin, fasionist, has a majority- of five for the legislature from tke country, district. Witkost ft TJ. B. "jksrslf, refsbfieam, aas a major ity. , RATES SHOVED UP (FREIGHT AGENTS DECIDE COUN TRY CAN STAND RAISE. F8WEB BATES CO INTO EFFECT Reduce" Tariffs Filed Since Injunc tions Are All to Be Withdrawn In creased Revenue Will Amount tc a Large Sum. CHICAGO. A meeting was held Thursday of the general freight agents of all western reads with a view to re storing the rates which were ia- effect January 1, 1902. Instructions to re store all such rates as could possibly J-be restored were issued by the execu tive officials- and it Is stated that they will be carried out t o the letter. Independent of thi meeting the Col orado lines met and began the work cf "restoring conditions to Colorado common points. The plan is to go on the old basis of rates thej first cf the year, which will necessitate the withdrawal cf all the reduced tariffs placed in eSect since January 1, 1202. Since the issuing of the instruc tions by the United States courts fully 1.200 reduced tariffs have been filed with the interstate commerce com mission ax Washington and are now in effect. If it is found possible to take out the majority cf these tariffs, the western roads win enjoy an increased revenue next year amounting to sev eral million dollars. Whether the rate raising wffi go beyond the restora tion of the old tariff remains to be seen. Several reasons are assigned by rail road officials for a readjustment of freight schedules, the mest important being the increased cost of material which is usad in railroad construc tion. Another Is the general raise in wages. Most railroad officials cannct see why the cost of every other com modity which is for sale is increased and freight rates stay down. It is ex pected that so long as the present plethora of freight traffic keeps up the railroads will be able to maintain higher tariffs without serious rate cut ting. PITTSBURG. Railroad executives cf the districts of the central freight anr? mr-ntr Itnp nccniv.arinns have de- cided that a freight rate advance of - 2 ner Mit mns so into efft on the i. per cent mus.. go into enact on uitr bulk cf the mill furnace tonnage on . , T , or before January 1. The application and the division of . the advances on the rates from Pitts- burg to the east and west are matters of detail to be worked out in the tariff committees and associations. In the cheaper grain traffic an ad vance cf 15 per cent Is to be made. This will go into effect December S. Reading Advances Wages. PHILADELPHIA A circular letter was issued Tuesday by the Philadel phia & Reading railway notifying the heads of all departments that "taking effect November 1, 1S02, the wages of all employes will be equalized with those paid by railway companies in this vicinity." The increase will not take in the 10 per cent increase all around, as was the case of the Penn sylvania company, for the reason, it is said, that many Reading employes are now receiving higher salaries than those paid by the Pennsylvania and other reads in this section. ALASKA MAN MUST HANG. Sequel ta Quarrel that Occurred Dur ing Klondike Excitement. "WASHINGTON The United States supreme court on Monday, in an opin ion by. Justice McKenna, afirmed a de cision of the lower court in the case of Homer Bird against the United States, coming to the court on a writ of error from the district court of Alas ka, by which court Bird was convict ed of murder. The case has attracted considerable attention, the murder having occurred during tne Klondike excitement In I 1S93. Bird, a contractor cf New Or leans, was on his way to that section frith a party, when he quarreled with some members of his party and killed two of them. The case had had two hearings in the supreme court The first hearing resulted in the ordering of a new triaL That trial resulted in a conviction and the case was again brought to this court, with the result that the decision was this time against the accused. BUFFALO BILL OPENS HOTEL. Announces at Same Time Engagement of His Youngest Daughter. CODY, Wyo. Several interesting features marked the opening here Tuesday evening of the. Hotel L-ma, hunt by Colonel W. F. Cody at a cost of $100,000 and named by him in hon or of his youngest daughter, Miss Irma Cody. Colonel Cody and Miss Irma led the grand march when the festivities be gan. 6Q0 guests from all parts of the west and northwest following the lead ers. Before the banquet which mark ed the climax of the festivities he an nounced the engagement cf Miss L-ma Cody to Lieutenant Charles Armstrong, Tenth United States cavalry, a young officer who won honors in the Philip pines. Colonel Cody's gzests included Gov ernor Savage cf Nebraska, Colonel Frank Powell of SL PanL Lieutenant Scott of Fort CcKenzte and "Moun- taia Charlie," a well known scout. j cfwgelcleewalsewsg I NEBRASKA - hfrft$c3Csowfri WORS FOR THE LEGISLATORS. Biennial Appropriations Mount Into Big Figures. The one hundred and thirty-three Bembers of the legislature-elect wiU be confronted with claims amounting to S3lS-i,3GS to keep the state gov ernment running during the next two years and to build new structures at state institutions. This is the total amount asked for by state oflicers and heads of state institutions, but it is not unusual for sueh oflicers to ask for more than they receive. The last legislature appropriated a total cf $2, S75.2S3. Auditor Charles Weston and Dep uty Auditor George Anthes have com pleted a compilation cf the estimates submitted by state officers and the heads of state institutions. This is what it shows: Supplies ............................... 9S.CS Construction .......... .......... InCSO Other esneases SSLSto Total C.1S4JU3 The following amGunts are wanted for new buildings: State University C3.3C0 State Normal School .a.3Tt Girls' Industrial School M.fvJ Soldiers' Home. MUford 2T.3M Industrial School for Boys 12.000 Institute fcr Fecbie 3Iir-Ied ZlS'n Asylum. Hastings It5" Institute for Deai and Dumb 2)JW Penit-ntiarr S5.ft) Hospital, Lincoln. ..51,. "ctal J3SS.C30 The following are the estimates for the biennium submitted to the audi tor: Legislative expenses Governor .... J ZS.OV) ZL5Z) Com. Public Lands & BIdga 2J.3S0 State superintendent ZUSO Attornev general 19.SS Secretary- qZ state 2L3S3 State treasurer I7U30 Auditor SS.'Xy Auditor, insurance department .. I0.2S0 Adjutant jreneral TO.flsfl Supreme court lo.3i Btate library lOM Board of Purchase and Supplies.. -M) I Beard of Public Lands & Bldgs.. 30.OW i Educational Lands and Funds S.W0 I Btate Bankinjr Board 8.4SO Foo5 Commissioner 1O.0O0 ' Conviit Libor KU33 ( State Board Irrigation 14.2SO , State University SU.5G0 I State Normal 35.40 Girls' Industrial School Soldiers 'Home, Milford Soldiers' Home. Grand Island Industrial School. Boy Institute Feeble Minded Home for Friendless Asylum. Eastings Nebraska Industrial Home Institute. Deaf and Dumb.. CSTO 11T.C0 2S.GG0 3S.2IS 22.700 l'WUSfl 127.490 21.2P0 2t!s7 S.CCO S.7i0 ? 224.0CO IS.W 2.0-O 2-CO 3.0"fl 2.000 LW0 ro LOW 23.10 73.0)0 ff.C00 . Penitcntiary Ftsh and Game Commission ..... 1 State Historical Society Hospital. Lincoln . ,-ebr:lska uorary Commission... i State Veterinarian I State Board of Health "charities and Corrections , District Court Kutivp rwa Justice . za-x- Journals, etc JX-"","""-'' ' State Dairymen s Association ... ' State Board at Horticulture I State Board of Asnculture i Hevenue Eooks and Blanks Procuring & Trans. Abst. Lands. Camp. State Mem. Le;?. etc. Advertisimr State Printing- F-eiW State Tax Illegally Ass'd.. "Woir Bounties Deficiencies. Estimated Publishing Cocst'l Amendment.. rctnl n,4.2CS OFFICIAL VOTE OF STATE. Republican Majority Reaches 5,255 on the Ticket. LINCOLN Secretary cf State Marsh, after fully verifying the orc ein! vote cast for governor, announc ed that Mr. Micked received 96,471. Mr. Thompson SIJJ.5. making the re publican majority 5,235. The total vote cast in the state nay have this changed before the canvass is com pleted. It now stanQs 19S.66T, Last year it was 203,000, and two years ago it was 251000. The unverified vote on lieutenant governor is: Mc Gilton 9S.220, Gilbert S7,01S; secre tary cf state. Marsh 93J2S, Powers 85,244. 3Ir. Marsh has a majority of 11.207, and McGilton a majority of 13.SS4. It is believed that State Su perintendent Fowler will lead the list. The totals on the other officers have not been announced. Smailpcx Driven Out. LINCOLN Superintendent J. T. 3Iorey of the institute for the blind at Nebraska City has written Gov ernor Scvaze the following letter: "Relative tc smallpox in the insti tution, I have the pleasure to state that it has entirely disappeared, there not having been any quarantine upon us for several days. It has been of the most inconsequential nature pos sible, only the annoyance associated with its name giving us any concern. Nobody was sick enough to go to bed, but prompt isolation, with the vac cination which I insisted on before re turn to sehocl in September, seemed to prevent the spread. "We have not a case of sickness of any kind." The question of the right cf the state to buy securities or bands of any state other than Nebraska was argued before department No. 1 of the supreme ccurt by Attorney General Prcut. He presented a petition for a writ cf mandamus to compel Stats Treasurer Stcufer to comply with an order of the beard of educational lands and fsnds to pay not to exceed 300, CQ0 fcr bonds cf the state of Massa chusetts. In order to arrange a friendly suit to test the mater the state treasurer refused to pay the money. A special train cf four cars, loaded so the doors with lunatics, started from Lincoln Tuesday for Tragr;. where they will be housed. The change has been one contemplated for some time, but the right opportnnty for the change has not been found untC now. A horde of keepers and attendants ac companied the ISO insane patients. Some men never head a procession entil they enact toe star role of a faneraL , . . IN GENERAL f a ledgs of Elks has been instituted at Fremont. A new paper Is to he established at Wcod River. Real estate men of the Grand Island district have formed an organisitlon. Governor-elect Mickey has been .vis ing several days at Lincoln and Om aha. New.ruml routes are constantly be ing established here and there In this state. W. R. Smith of Cripple Creek. Colo.. visited York county and threatened to kill Miss Nora Hilton because she re fused to marry him. Joseph A. Janda, who i3. wanted, as a deserter from the United States navy, was placed under arrest by Chief cf Police Hyers at Plattsmouth. Five hundred specimens of grass hoppers have been received by Pro fessor Lawrence Bruner of. the en tomology department cf the stat mni versity from Central America. Tommy Miller, aged 15 years, son of Reynolds 3Iiller, living a mile and a half east of Chester, was dangerous-" Iy injured by a horse which he was riding falling and rolling over him. Fire destroyed the bam and con tents of Fred Hodgson two miles west cf Fairmcnt. Six horses, a quan tity of grain, a com sheHer and nu- mercus other articles were destroyed. Eunice Norris, the 11-year-old daughter cf State Senator-elect Charles I. Norris of Table Rock, fell from a DUoST while going home from school and had her arm broken, two of the bones being fractured. There is room and need in York for a good architect and several good con tractors. Many contemplating build ing fine homes are obliged to wait nearly a year or more owing to there not being a sufficient number of con tractors. At a meeting of the Catholic For esters, held at Columbus Sunday, a state court of the order was. organized and headquarters were established at Fremont, with A. A. Wert3 of Colum bus as secretary. The next state meet ing will be held at South Omaha. James McCoy, -a farmer living near Rockport, Mo., came to Fremont and succeeded in recovering a couple of horses that were stolen from him last February. The animals were brought to Nebraska and became the property of two Saunders county farmers, who were innocent purchasers. Clarence Beckwith, the 15-year-old son of Frank Seckwith. a farmer liv ing one mile west of Silver Creek, undertook to shove a 32-caliber ride into a wagon, holding the muzzle of the gun in his left band. The nsual result followed the ball entering the palm cf his hand and coming cut at the wrist. Ezeter has an industry which is be coming known in foreign lands as well as in all parts of the United States. Chas. C. Smith sent out a ship ment of 7,000 of his adjustable index tags last week bound for South Africa and another consignment for New Zealand. Shipments have recently been made to England. Japan, Austra lia and the Madeira islands. Through the inventive genius of L. E. McCahan of York and the grant ing to him of letters patent upon his harvester attachment, a combination bundle carrier and shocker, it has been made possible for his attorney to ne gotiate with capitalists for the organ ization of a corporation with a capital stock of 5125.GG0, of which one-fifth will be owned by Mr. McCahan. John Wooley, who was sentenced to eighteen months in the state peniten tiary by Judge Boyd at Fierce, broke jail. He had told different parties that he would not be taken to the penitentiary. He procured possession cf a file and dug his way through the brick wall. This was dene in the day time, and whenever the jailor came ia he had it covered with paper so that it was not noticrd. At this writing he has nor been apprehended. Miss Edith Eastman, a student at the institute for the blind. Nebraska City, attempted to commit suicide, but was discovered in time to frustrate her plans and save her life. She had be come despondent over her blindness. The l-year-old daughter of Lillian Lempkey, a farmer residing near Syra cuse, went before a justice of the peace and filed complaint against her father charging him with incest. The father, hearing of the filing, i3 said to hav left the country. Miss Mollie Reisbick was brought before the hoard of insanity at York. She was violently insane. The cause Is attributed to a too zealons 3tudy of the Bible, dating tack to the taber nacle meeting, some six weeks ago. News has reached Plattsmouth of the arrest cf Mrs. AgnfTn Barton at Sheridan, Wyo., for the murder of her father-in-law, R "W. Barton. The tragedy. It is claimed, grew out of family troubles. Mr3. Barton's home Is in Plattsmouth, where she has three bra tiers and. one sister. fiuiJUUd 3ZJS JOJ. SJSTJtUOO ' Bids were opened and contracts awarued today for the printing of the biennial reports of state officers. The awards were as follows: Report of state treasurer,. Hunter & Woodruff of Lincoln. 13.45; secretary of stabs. North k. Co., of Lincoln. 13.40; repurt of land commissioner, Fremont Trib une, lilQ ; report of labor bureau. Sees Printing Co. Omaha, 12.75; report of fish commission, rTtir "Wi Lacoln, ilC fMMtoBaSooSMatoios ne ill Cotafas ! State St o t 5 atom, "Swiss. Sij $oos states, 3 I " o O mmr mMirrrn. vtcs-wwsw S a. u . casmim. - o O " auutr l. mswiit. SMMMTT MWLST. O O - o00704Ca7CC04040700 o-icoo4ca-o-yo-c-oo4oo. Columbus JounraJ, A WmMf Republican Newipaycr Derotedto the Best Interested X X Columbus, THE- County of Platte, The Stale of -Nebraska- THE United States, asdthc Rest ii num. Fhe Unit of Measure with Us is $1.50 Year, if Paid in Advance zrrnurcr: m m Sample Copies Sent Tree to any Address. HENRY GASS. .-UNDERTAKE ft.- Coffins snd Metallic ofsKsssssof Columbus. CTatb. m llWeee Columbus Journal. to Rjrnssk Any tsbf Rsquersd of a CUUBS WITH THE OF THE I Fay. latere oa Tint . t: ..t.V;: V s llesn- Msnst m ' Peal- ' 9 Mates Lamm oa km j . . 9 aasPlBsWsBS W J. - .!;..". 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