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P -T" C C i --A-ij"- " . ri fA.--S--s. -K. - - r" r s - - - .." fc - V w -?i - UUtorical SoJetl SU SFJsJ i r rj -- v"T. "i r ? T - l . -" :..- VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 35. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1902. WHOLE NUiMBER 1,699. - ' "3a m ommhm tormn. -;:: A ' .. t-v. -f5- h- v 9 t I I" n CATTLE DISEASE FOOT AND MOUTH TROUBLE DZ COMES ALARMING. ORDER OF SECRETARY WILSON It Prohibits Railroads from Transport tag -Cattle, Sheep cr Swine in the lew England States or Their Ex portation from Boston, Mass. A7ASHINGT0N. Secretary of Agri culture Wilson on Thursday issued a sweeping order directed to the manag ers and agents of rahroads and trans portation companies of the United States, stockmen and others, notifying them of the establishment of a quar antine on cattle and sheep and other ruminants and swine in the New Eng land states and prohibiting the ex portation cf such animals from the port of Boston until further orders. Recent investigations in the depart ment of agriculture discloses the fact that what is known as foot and mouth diseases exists in an alarming estent in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa chusetts and Vermont. The expert at the department, D. Mohler, Dr. Leonard Pearson of the University of Pennsyl vania and Dr. James Law of Cornell Investigated the infected districts and united in a recommendation that in or der to prevent the spread of the disease a quarantine should immediately be established. Secretary "Wilson said that tliis is the most serious case the department has had to handle for some time, but that' all the resources of the depart ment would be employed in stamping out the disease. He declared that if it should spread west of the Hudson river it wculd be nothing short of a national calamity. The orders, which are dated Thurs day, are as follows: "To the Managers and Agents of Railroad and Transportation Com panies of the United States, Stockmen and Others: "In accordance with section 7 of the act of congress, approved May 29. 1891, entitled 'An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to pre vent the exportation of diseased cattle and to provide means for the suppres sion and extirpation of pleuro-pneu-mouia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals,' and with the act of congress, approved June 3. 1902, making appropriations for the depart ment of agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1903, you are hereby notified that the contagious disease known as foct and mouth disease ex ists among animals in the states of Connecticut. Rhode Island. Massa chusetts and Vermont and the cattle, sheep and other ruminants and swine of said states have been exposed to the contagion of said disease: therefore, it j Is hereby ordered that, to prevent the spread of the said disease from the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont into other states or foreign countries, and to aid in its eradication, no cattle, sheep or other ruminants or swine shall be moved or be permitted to move from or across the territory of any of the states named into any other state or foreign country. "Any person, company or corpora tion violating this order will be pro ceeded against as provided for by the act of congress above referred to. "It is hoped that all transportation companies, cattle shippers and others interested in the welfare of our animal industry will co-operate with tho de partment of agriculture in the enforce ment of this order, to the end that the restriction on traffic may have the de sired effect and be removed in the shortest possible time. "JAMES WILSON, Secretary." WEAN TO STOP HOLDUPS. Railways May Combine to Throttle Train Robbing as an Industry. CHICAGO. Tram robbery as an in dustry may be throttled through the concerted action of railroad and ex press companies operating throughout the middle west. Local officials of some of the roads dire tly interested, through icrent hocdupa. have been spurred to drafctic measures. The Davenport robbery or the fast Rock Island train was the straw that brok the camel's back. The compuany. in conjunction with the United States Express company. jointly offered a reward on Monday of j fo.COO for the arrest and conviction of the men who robbed their train. In addition th Burlington officials announced that a dead train robber would be worth $l,CO0 to any ct its employes. Officials cf the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Iilinois Central and Chicago Alton roads coincided wth Mr. Delano's statement, and declared that thev would not hesitate to bear their 1 share of any burden brougnt aoont oy a. concerted movement to eradicate-the viL INDIAN SCHOOLS PROSPER. Both Boys and Girls Become Better Citizen by Education. WASHINGTON Es'telle BeeJ, su perintendent of Indian schools, has submitted her annual report. She notes a marked advance in in dustrial training and says the course of study -prescribed has materially as sisted Indian youths in learning agri culture as a means of self-support, while the girls have besetted by the - class reesn . curriculum, whieh Its them fid dmties and reapqnsibiHties of the THE CUBANS RIOT. Two Killed and Eighty Others Are Wounded. HAVANA. As the result of con flicts of a serious nature on Monday between the police and the strikers here two are dead and eighty-two others wounded. Five of the wcunded, me a lieutenant of police, wboae threat was cut by a striker, have se vere injuries. Tha police had the rioters well un der control in the evening, but every precaution was being taken to prevent further outbreak cf disorder, and ail the police and rural cuards in the suburbs have been summered to con centrate in Havana. The strike, which at first only con cerned the cigar workers, became general when all trades walked cut in sympathy. Merchants closed' the r dcors, clerks, cooks, and' every class of workmen having obeyed the com mand cf the union, except the motor men and conductors of the electric cars. Trouble began eariy when the elec tric cars were held up by the strikers, whose wrath was directed against the street railroad employes. Several cars were held up and stontd on the outskirts cf the city and the passengers were compelled to walk into Havana, among them being the Br.tlsh and German minis. ers. Sev eral cars were wrecked and some ma tormen and conductors were injured during the rioting. The tar men, however, continued running their cars until 10, when the superintendent ordered a suspension of traffic. The employes were wil ing to remain at work, but the officers suspended traffic A mob of strikers drove the men on the Western railroad from the trains during the morning. The mayor of Havana and the secre tary of the government, Dieg Tamayo, had during the past week openly sym pathised with the strikers and had givea orders to the police not to use force in dispersing the crowds, and under these conditions the police were suable to cope with the strikers. The situation was approaching a Critical point at noon, serious disor ders having taken place in front of the palace itself, in which a police of ficer named Maso and a number of policemen and strikers received injur ies. President Palma sent word to the mayor that unless the city authorities could preserve order the state would intervene. The mayor then took dras tic measures and issued an edict pro hibiting crowds from gathering in the streets end authorizing the chief of police to kill if it was necessary to preserve order. American Corsets the Vogue. WASHINGTON "American corsets rule this market," says United States Consul Mahin, reporting to the state apartment from Nottingham, Eng land, on popular wear in England. He says so popular have American styles become that French makers are com pelled to get their patterns from the 1 United States. MANILA WANTS GOLD MONEY. Silver Drops Again, Squeezing Busi ness and Government Men. MANILA. Silver has suffered a farther decline and the government has isucd a proclamation making the official rate $2.60 for $1.00 gold. The former rate was $2.50. The possibility of Mexico and the Straits Settlement adopting a gold standard have greatly weakened the Indiana and Asiatic silver market. Large quantities of Mexican silver are coming from China, as it is believed that much gold is being circulated here on account of government ex penditures. Native officials are beginning to pe tition for salaries to be paid in gold. The secretary of finance says: "There is nothing to indicate a more hopeful future for the currency ques tion. It will probably be as bad as now. if not worse, until congress acts amd gives us a stable currency." NEGROES PRAISE ROOSEVELT. Express Pleasure at Chief Executive's Philanthropic Letter. NORFOLK. Va. At the session of the African Methodist church confer ence on Friday, representing 75,000 colored people, strong resolutions were adopted expressing profound pleasure at what is termed President Roose- veil's "broad and philanthropic letter i on me appointment u ur. urum oi Charleston." and heartily commending his attitude toward the negroes. Bishop Walters and others prominent in the conference spoke in support. The conference also passed a resolu tion commending the attack John S. Wise is making on the new constitu.: tipn of Virginia. NUNEZ SAYS CUBA REMEMBERS. Insular Governor Protests that People .Still Revere Americans. WASHINGTON General Emilio Nunez, governor of "the province of Havana, Cuba, is in Washington, and in an interview said: "The public sentiment in Cuba to ward the. United States has cot chang ed. Gur deep and sincere friendship toward this country continues. More over, President Roosevelt's generous and persistent campaign for reciproc ity has found- an echo in the hearts of our people, increasing, if it were possible, the debt of gratitude that we contracted with the United States," Cleanliness and godliness are neigh.-: bors. but neighbors are not always on j speaking terns. TO A DEAD STOP NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF IN THE CANAL TREATY. COLOMBIA REJECTS PROPOSAL United States Will Make No Further Concessions at Alt Nicaragua and Ccsta Rica Will Not Be Used to Co erce Their Neighbor Republic WASHINGTON. Exceptional inter est was displayed in Thursday's meet ing of the cabinet, in view of the near approach of the short congres sional session. The president presented his annual message to congress in completed form. Most of the features were fa miliar to the members cf the cabinet and only such parts as had not been considered previously were read in full. All of the members were pres ent except Secretary Root. Secretary Hay, in presenting the eanal negotiations, said that they had ccme to a dead step and while no such thing as an ultimatum had passed, the Colombian minister had informed the state department that he could not accept the last proposition of the United States as a basis of a treaty. The state department has already let it be known that it had come to the end of its concessions, so the chance of a renewal of the negotiations in the near future were not bright. This state cf affairs would, it was believed, stimulate the negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the alternate route, but it now appeared that those countries were net disposed to allow themselves to be used for the purpose of coercing Colombia, and were desirous of remaining in the background until it was certain no treaty would be made between the United States and Colombia. The original Panama concessions would expire In 1904, and it had been suggested that the Colombian govern ment had that fact in mind and was disposed to dally now in the expecta tion that the franchise would relapse and enable it to build the canal itself or sell a new concession. Such a course would raise a serious question between the Colombian government, the Panama company, the French gov ernment and the government of the United States as to whether a supple mentary decree extending the conces sion ten years from 1904 was valid. RAILROADS ADVANCE RATES. Put Up Prices for Carrrying All of the Commodities. CHICAGO, 111. General traffic offi cials of the Central Freight associa tion lines met here Tuesday and took formal action for putting in effect the advance in freight rates ordered at the joint meeting of the executive officers of the trunk lines and Cen tral Freight association last week. The new rates will go into effect on December 8. The advance on grain and flour rates will be 2 cents per 100 pounds and 5 cents on provisions. Rates on coal, iron, cement and other special commoditiese will go up from 10 to 35 per cent. No changes have been made in class rates, but the classi fication has been revised so as to make the class rates on many articles considerably higher. Roosevelt Consults Wright. MEMPHIS, Tenn. General Luke E. Wright, vice governor of the Philip pinees, left on Monday for Washing ton, where, it is understood, he has beeen summoned by the president for a conference on proposed Philippine legislation. It is expected he will as sist in the preparation of bills which will be presented to congress at the forthcoming session, among which will be one for the -establishment of a stable currency, and another extending the civil service laws in the archipel ago. Kills Fifty Lad rones. MANILA The constabulary are car rying out an aggressive campaign against the ladrones and fanatics in the northern part of the island of Leyte and Biliran. Inspector Crock ett with a force of constabulary en gaged them six times near the village of Ormoc, on the south coast of Leyte, and killed thirty.-nine. Corporal Mon tague, at the head of another detach ment of constabulary defeated a band near Talibaug on Biliran island, kill ing thirteen and capturing thirty-six. President to Came West WASHINGTON 8enator Cockrell of Missouri, accompanied by Judge William M. Springer and E. M. Clen denning. 'secretary of the Board of Trade of Kansas City, Monday invit ed the president to attend the Na tional Live Stock association in Kan sas City on January 13. The presi dent expressed his sincere regret at his inability to accept, but said after congress adjourned he expected to take a western trip, on which he would visit Kansas City. British Reach Washington, WASHINGTON The British labor commissioners who are traveling in the United States as the guests of Alfred Moseley are in Washington for a brief visit. They arrrived on-Tuesday, and after calling 'on the presi dent to pay their respects will depart .or New York. They visited the con gressional library and the patent office and afterward made a call on Labor Conuaissioner Carroll D. Wright. AMERICAN ARE DECORATED. French President Honors Officials ef United States Army. WASHINGTON The state depart ment has been notified that the pres ident of France has conferred diplo mas of the Legion of Honor, on the following officers of the state, war and navy departments for the part played by them in the dedication of the Rochambeau monument: State Department Edwin Morgan, chevalier. War Department Major General John A. Brooke, commander; Briga dier General S. B. M. Toung, com mander; Colonel Albert L. Mills, offi cer. Navy Department Rear Admiral F. J. Higginson, commander; Captain Willard H. Brownson. officer; Captain Henry W. Lyon, officer; Captain Jo seph M. Hemphill, officer. These diplomas are in addition to a number transmitted several months ago and, like them, may not be ac cepted until congress has given its approval. Dies Watching Foot Ball. ST. LOUIS, Excitement caused by watching a local foot ball game on Thursday caused the sudden death of Rev. John J. Barth of the German Methodist Episcopal church by apo plexy. Official Vote of Missouri. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The state vote in the. recent election was can vassed Tuesday by Secretary of State Cook, showing that Missouri went democratic by a plurality of 44,695. As compared with 1900 the demo cratic loss was 79,248 votes and the republican loss 85,154. HENDERSON ON TRUSTS. Constitutional Amendment is the Only Way to Deal with Them. WASHINGTON, D. C Senators and members of the house of repre sentatives are beginning to arrive in Washington to the meeting of con gress next week. Most of the leaders will be here during the early part of this week as the president desires to cpnfer with them before putting the fnishing touches on his message. Sunday's arrivals included Senators Spooner, Allison, Fairbanks and Bai ley and Speaker Henderson. Senator Spooner spent some time at the White House tonight in conference with the president. Speaker Henderson ex pressed the opinion in an interview that there would be little legislation at the coming short session aside from the passage of the appropriation bills. He added that the president would have the first inning. The speaker to some of his caller, ex pressed his belief that a constitutional amendment would be the only method of dealing with the trust question. CHAFFEE SEES PRESIDENT. Goes to Washington and Receives Roosevelt's Congratulations. WASHINGTON Major General Chaffee reported to Secretary Root on Monday. He appeared in uniform and upon his arrival held an impromp tu reception in the secretaary's office. Later, accompanied by Adjutant General Corbin, he made official calls on Secretary Hay and Secretary Moo dy. Subsequently he had a long talk with Secretary Root upon conditions in the Philippines, with especial ref erence to the plans of the department for the reduction of the army. As a result of his recommendations a gen eral order relative to the methods of reducing the army will be issued. Later in the day Secretary Root pre sented him to the president, who cor dially congratulated General Chaffee on his work in China and the Philip pines. BANK AT BANCROFT ROBBED. Burglars Get Away with Two to Four Thousand Dollars. BANCROFT, Neb. The . Bancroft bank, owned by J. E. Turner, was en tered by burglars Monday morning about 2 o'clock. Entrance was obtain ed by use of a skeleton key to the front door. The building is a one-story brick. The safe was not kept in a vault, which made it easier work for the burglars. It is not known exactly what amount was taken, probably from 12,000 to 14.000. All the cash on hand is missing, ex cept 11.23, which was found in the wreck in the morning. Two explosions. were made, the first one on the outer door, which blew it across the room and almost through the brick wall. The second was on the Inner steel chest' and was a clean job. Oklahoma Elects a Republican. GUTHRIE, Okla. The . territorial election board met Monday and issued a certificate of election to B. S, Mc Guire, the republican candidate for delegate to congressa, placing; Us ma jority at 394 over W," M. Cross, demo crat. Cross' papers of contest are ready to be filed when congress con venes. The legislative certificates of election wer also issued to show the joint assembly to be one democratic Selects South Dakota Site. .WASHINGTON Assistant Secre taary Taylor has selected as the site for the federal knitting at Pierre. S. D the northeast corner of Retreat and Huron streets. The price Is S,-000. LEFT TO FREEZE ROBBED ON THE PRAIRIE, THEN DESERTED. THE FATE OF All OMAHA MAN Drugged by Bandits, All of His Mon ey Taken, Then Left on the Desert Unconscious Feet Badly Frozen When Found. RAWLINS, Wyo. A. H. Bree, em ployed by the Flato Commission com pany of South Omaha, was found in a railroad cut west of town on Thursday morning. His feet were badly frozen and he had been without food since Sunday noon. He was taken to the state hos pital at Rock Springs, where both legs will probably be amputated. Bree tells an almost incredible story, but his appearance certainly bears out his statement. He says he arrived in Rawlins Friday from his home in South Omaha. Sunday he met three men who said they had a bunch of sheep three miles from town that they would sell cheap. Bree accompanied them to the place, but the sheep were not to be found. One of the men suggested they sit down on a rock, eat a lunch and rest and then continue the search for the flock. Bree assented and remembers nothing that occurred after he par took of the lunch. He regained consciousness during the snow storm of Tuesday night. His feet were so badly frozen that he could not stand and he was almost famished. With the lights of the town as a guide he started to crawl the three miles. All night he kept up the snail-like pace over the snow-covered ground, his hands and knees torn and bleeding. At daylight he crawled into the railroad cut and was seen by the section men who brought him in. When Bree went out on the prairie with the three strangers he carried $250 in his pockets, but when he awoke from his long sleep the money was gone. The authorities are satis fied the strangers doped Bree, stole the money and left him on the prairie to die. There is not a single clue to the Identity of the would-be murder ers. MOSBY BRINGS HIS BROOM. Bears from Washington Instructions to Sweep Away Illegal Fences. Omaha Col. Mcsby, who is in the city, says: "I have come out here with instructions from President Roosevelt down to the landoffice, to clean out all the fences on government land and incidentally to clean out all the fraudulent homestead entries, par ticularly those of subsidized soldiers' widows. If District Attorney Sum mers is indifferent in the matter I shall report so to the attorney general, as I have once before reported. As for the interview recently given out by Special Agent A. M. Lesser, concerning the charges against him, it is simply an evasion of the real charge, which is ob taining money from the government by the use of false and fraudulent vouchers. Senator Allison, at whose in stance he was originally appointed, has not yet spoken in his behalf. Sen ator Millard has requested his rein statement, but that is because these cattlemen up there want Lesser kept I haven't heard anything from Senator Dietrich." NEBRASKA IS TRIUMPHANT. Winds Up the Foot Ball Season with a Great Victory. LINCOLN The foot ball season of 1902 at the University of Nebraska was terminated Thursday in a blaze of glory. Before 6,000 people, the greatest crowd that ever assembled about a Nebraska gridiron, the unbeat en Cornhnskers administered a deci sive defeat to the Northwestern uni versity eleven, scoring twelve points and emerging from the contest with their own goal line still uncrossed, a record not achieved by any other col lege aggregation in the country. Nebraska, not having lost a game this season or even being scored against, on the record claims the championship of the west. It defeat ed Minnesota, which in turn defeated Wisconsin and Chicago, against which Nebraska did not play. Michigan on Thursday also defeated Minnesota, and while it was by a larger score than Nebraska's victory, it was scored against in this game, as well as sev eral others during the season. Cholera Spreads in Mora. MANILA The cholera Is spreading among" the Moro towns on the west coast of Mindanao; and there is much destitution among the people. Quarantine increases the suffering by stopping work and the movement of supplies. General Davis has tele graphed to General Sumner, directing the distribution of food supplies to the sufferers in the Infested and quar antined towns. The' disease is dis appearing from this city. Urge Civil Service Rules. WASHINGTON Colonel Emmett Urell, commander-in-chief of the Span ish War Veterans, accompanied by Fred C. Hodgson and G. Leyburn f Sherry, officials of the organization, on Monday urged the president to place under the civil service all the Spanish war veterans who are now serving the government in a clerical capacity in the Philippines. President Roosevelt promised to consider the request. 44fiHaiiHMMtH4fmtN9NIM0IM, NEBRASKA DOES HARVEST HANDS' WORK.. York Laboring Man Patents Bundle Carrier and Shocker. YORK, Neb. L. E. McCann. a la boring man, has patented an attach ment to a harvester, ty which bound bundles of- grain are drawn together, md when-there are just enough bun dles to make a good, shock of grain, irops the grain shocks on the ground in such a way that the bundles stand up of their own weight as close to gether as if it were done by a harvest hand. Nearly all of the large har restsr manufacturers have investi gated Mr. McCann's patent and they all think it will save the farmers of the world millions of dollars paid out for labor. ' The bundle carrrier and shocker looks like a small platform set on four wheels. Capitalists have offered to form ca organization with a large amount of paid-up capital, and to give Mr. McCann a one-half interest in addition to a large amount of cash. Canning Factory to Be Started. GRAND ISLAND During the past ten years few, if any, bonuses have been granted in this state. But Grand Island is to the front, having about completed such a deal for the reju enation of its canning factory. And it is safe to say that even with the general tendency on the part of the business men and citizens to pull to gether the raising of a bonus proposi tion would not have been accomplish ed this time but for the fact that the proposition came from a man who was a former citizen of the city and upon whose integrity and ability the utmost confidence could be placed. Tames F. Rourke of Omaha, brother of the base ball manager, and former ly a citizen of this city, where he managed the canning factory under the management of Archer & Baker, has completed the deal for the pur chase of the factory building, the citi zens of this city having all but two hundred dollars of the $2,000 neces- stary for putting the building in the 1 proper shape. Gets Three Years in Prison. SIDNEY, Neb. A jury in the dis trict court here found W. F. Cook' of Banner county guilty of obtaining $1, 200 under false pretense from the Bank of Bayard. Cook represented to the bank that he had 150 head of catle branded "Y" and later it was found he only owned forty-three head and under a different brand. His defense was that the bank had ad vaccd the money to purchase cattle which were to have the above brand. Judge Norris sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary, the jury hav ing recommended mercy. Device for Unloading Corn. NORTH BEND A new device for unloading corn in the ear after being shucked in the field has been invent ed by Alvin Olcon, a farmer living in the Purple Cane neighborhood. As it is intended to save shoveling off every load into the crib, it will be a great time and labor saver. It works like a derrick, lifting the entire load in the box and dumping it into the crib. The inventor says that one man and a team can unload a cargo of any size in two minutes' time by the use of his machine. He and Mr. Folds of Rogers have applied for a patent on it. Lincoln Bandit is Held. GUTHRIE, Okl. One of the men who participated in the robbery of the Burlington train near Lincoln, Neb., several weeks ago is under arrest in Oklahoma, having been placed in cus tody for some territorial offense. The authorities refuse to make public either his name or the place of his incarceration, but he has confessed to his part in the Lincoln robbery, and has sent word to Governor Ferguson that if assured a pardon for his ter ritorial offense he will reveal all the facts of the train holdup. End of Brick-Making Season. TABLE ROCK The Table Rock Clay company quit making brick last week for the season. A ready mar ket has been found for its products, and it has been hard work to get enough brick ahead to meet the winter and spring demand. The Cotton brick plant has also quit for the season. It has transacted a large business, the most successful in its history. West Point's Big Brick Output. WEST POINT, Neb. Eight kilns, containing an average of 300.000 brick, making a total of -24.000,000 brick, have a.cady been burned at the West Point brick yard this season, and if the weather remains favorable until the first of the year the entire output will have ben disposed of. The out put of brick for this year surpasses all records and it has been impossible to fill orders from outside points. Will Pay for Postofficc At the next meeting of the city council of Lincoln a resolution will be offered reciting that the city will pay $50,000 to the federal govern ment for the old postofflce and the ground npon which it is located. Con gressman Burkett will take this offer with him and present it to the proper persons at Washington. Knowledge Is ability to read cween the lines. IN GENERAL i - TERSELY TOLD. Callaway people are rejoicing over the prospects of getting another train each day. Death is announced of Rev.C. F. Gravis, for ten years a Presbyterian minister at Sheltoa. Mrs. Siebolt Dierks died at the res idence of her son, John Dic-rks. in' Sounders county, as the result- of in juries received by a falL An entire family at Hastings was taken seriously ill and for a time were in great danger. It is supposed they were poisoned by eating pie. The Scott livery barn at Ord burn ed. Three horses were killed and all harness and feed destroyed. Loss on barn and contents about two thou sand dollars. At Beatrice, Frank Sperry, aged 16, pleaded guilty to the charge of day light burglary in district court and was sentenced to the reform school by Judge Letton. At Nickerson, A. D. Lewis, n well known merchant of Fontanelle, shot and killed himself. Mr. Lewis had been in poor health for the past few years and was despondent. Robert Watke of Farwell, charged with maliciously setting fire to the Ashton elevator, had a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the district court in the sum of $5,000 bonds. Attorney Mel C. Beck, who at the recent election in Dakota county was the defeated republican candidate for county attorney, has filed a contest proceeding before County Judge Emi ers asking for a recount of the votes. A jury awarded damages to Mrs. J. F. Wall for $4,000 against the city of Albion in the district court. This was a cse where Mr. Wall drove off the end of a bridge one dark night, tipping over his wagon and injuring his wife in one knee. The bridge was defective in not having a rail. W: G. Francis and C. W. McNeel oi Kansas City, and Charles Blakely of Beatrice have been in Beatrice look ing over the town with a view of se curing a franchise for an independent telephone company. They propose to organize and place a share of the stock in the bands of local capitalists. John Barrett, 65 years of age, was struck and instantly killed by the westbound passenger train on the Burlington road one mile east of Wy1 more. The train was running at full speed and when it came to a stop the man was found on the pilot, up un der the end of the boiler, dead. Bar rett resided in Wymore. John Larsen, an insane man. who was being taken from Lincoln to Hast ings to be placed in the asylum there, escaped from the officers during the trip and wandered through Webster county to Blue Hill, where he was taken in charge by a farmer, who turned him over to the proper au thorities. John Geissel Is in jail at West Point charged with forging the name of Max Gerhardt, a prominent farmer, to' a check for $70, which he cashed in' the store of L. Goldsmith Si Co. in payment for a suit of wedding clothes, receiving the difference in money. Geissel is a green German boy, only, a few months in America. According to the report of the com mission appointed to investigate her case, Mrs. Henrietta Ziessin of Madi son county is insane. She owns $20, 000 worth of land and Had $15,000 in the bank. She had been placed In the asylum three times and released only to be taken back again. She im aginees that her children are trying to secure her property. The drug store of T. P. Hickman at Lin wood was robbed of about $65 worth of cigars and jewelry and $10 in cash. The David City bloodhounds were sent for and traced the robbers to a house near Cedar Hill church, in Saunders county, but as the sher iff was absent nothing was done tc search the premises. No men were found anywhere around. Thomas Goodman of Tecuxnseh has received word that his son, Joseph Goodman, was held up and robbed in Butte, Mont. Young Goodman has been at work in the checking depart ment of a transfer company and had saved up some $400 in money. He was on the way to the depot to take the train home when he was robbed and the thieves got his $490, watch and other valuables. The Nebraska City Electric Street Railway company has issued $100,000 bonds at a low interest rate and sold them to eastern parties. More than half the lines wil! be completed this fall, the remainder and the pow er house to be finished next spring. The new wing of the chronic in sane asylum at Hastings was opened last week and 160 patients from the Lincoln asylum were placed . in it. There are now 960 patients,, at the Hastings asylum, and within the next two weeks there will be neaarly 1,200. W. H. & F. B. Elmers, for many years prominent business men at Co lumbus and at Humphrey, left last week with their families and house hold effects for Los Angeles, Cal.. where, it is said, they will engage in business. J. S. Bolin, near Papillion has sold 1,800 bushels of applns and has sev eral hundred yet m hand. Mrs. John Miller, near Springfield, has sold 2,000 bushels. The price ranges from 60 to 80 cents per bushel. The fruit is very ine. toofOc2oooooooa rooMccoooo.oo o lie Ml Maftle. State IBank. OUtst Bun tP the Stat - PyTa Interest on Time Deposits AND o o o. ' o o o o o ' o o o o Q o o o o o o o o o o o o 6 5 o 6 a. 6 Lous on Real Ji J JS SWHT DRAFTS ON CJftcatt, NewYtrfc. 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