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THE OMAHA DAILT BK&L : T1TK DAY , JULY 27 , 1805. Ylo McOarty Will Make a Showing for the Benefit of the English , LOOKING AFTER WITNESSES AT LINCOLN Lender of < Iic Nitrpjr County Giintr AVlilcli DrNpnllril tlie DIMT- m n * of Their Vrnvftf 1 > I - tnrhol Over tlie Cuiuiillcntlonii. LINCOLN , July 26. ( Special-Via ) Mc Carty , nllcGcd to be the leader of the Sarpy county gang which despoiled the Daw sons of their property , and for which an Inquiry is now on foot nt the request of the nrltlsh Icgitlon nt Washington , was In Lincoln today. Ho was shy about divulging his business , but It was learned that ho was In town to see a man named Din Laurence , who In working nt I'orbc's livery him. It Is said Vic desires to secure his attendance at the South Omaha bearing Monday , which , at Governor Hoi- comb's request , has been arranged for by the county attorney. Vic asserts that Laurence | . -t V , worked In a livery stable In Sarpy county at the time of the trouble between himself nnd the Daw sons. At present McCarty Is city marshal ! and constable at IJellovue , Sarpy county , and docs the work of deputy sheriff nt that end of the county. McCarty Inti mates that The Dec Is stirring up all this trouble , and says that when the governor re quested Sheriff Drcxel to Investigate the mat ter , he never went near that official , doing nothing whatever to influencs his report to the governor , but now that The Bee has in tlmatcd that the Douglas county officials have manifested a disposition to shield htm , ho proposes to bring In his witnesses and make a showing. Ho saw Laurence and secured a promise that he would be present at the hearing. It was evident from McCarty's talk that h was depending largely on a certain political ele ment In his vicinity to sec him through. IN TROUDLK OVKR HOdS. John Vincent Is under arrest at the police station. The officers say ho Is suspected of being a hog thief , and It Is thought he stele the pork two nlgh's ago. This morning Sam lluell. residing near Hlckman , reported that ho had lost some hogs , and when shown those taken from Vincent Identified them aa his own. ESCAPED LUNATIC CAUGHT. Todiy Sheriff Elkenbary of Plattsmouth came lo Lincoln vvftli a man named Mike Duprcllo , formerly a Missouri Pacific switch man at Weeping Water. Duprello escaped from the Insane asylum here July 20 and was caught at the latter place. J. K. Cobbey of Ueatrlco has brought suit ngalnst the printing firm of Pace , Williams & North of this city for $3,000 damages for alleged failure to comply with a contract they had made for prlntliiK0,000 copies of Cobbey's Consolidated Statutes. Manager Holht of Lincoln park has sold a pair of his buffalo to a Chicago man , who will ship them to Liverpool , England. Omaha people In Lincoln : At the Llndcll T3. T. Pardce , P. L. Knappen. At the Lin coln C. S. Carrier , W. P. McVarland , George n. Carr. George W. Poyulson , A. M. Jeffrey , II. II. Heywood , Clency St. Clalr. Charles A. Crate of the Lincoln hotel left for Omaha tonight , to be absent a few days. nirrimnvr FHOM I.\ST inut. Croi ComllllonH nn Conipnrril nlth tlie bitme I'erlod Inxt Yeiir. SNYUEH. Neb. July 2C. ( Special. ) A year ago today the hot wind ruined every thing , especially corn. In this community. Today opened up with a beautiful shower , the finest good rain for two weeks , and more rain will surely follow from all appearance. Today's shower refreshed corn and garden truck. Harvesting Is about over and farmers are overwhelmed with Joy over the Immense small grain crop. Threshing machines have all gone out , and reports come In of large averages In both wheat ami oats. NKIIRASKA CITY , July 20 ( Special. ) The thermometer registered 100 degress to day. A strong south wind has been blowing since morning , but has not been hot enough to damage corn. SYRACUSE ! , Neb , July 20. ( Special Tele- gram. ) A strip of country about twelve miles vtlde and extendlrg south to the state line and north to near the Cass county line baa missed the recent rains and Is suffering badly from the drouth. WAYNE , Neb. . July 2C. ( Special Tele gram. ) Harvest is nearly over , and wheal and outs crops far exceed any previous yeai In the hlstoiy of Wayne county. Some oati have been threshed already , averaging eight ] bushels per acre. The corn crop Is In gooi condition. ALUION. Nob. July 2C ( Special. ) Re ports of the first of the season's threshing have been received. Rlley Uros. ' field o ; nineteen acres of barley yielded slxtfoui and a half bushels per care. J. W. Quack * cnbush's oats yielded flfty-ono bushels pc : aero. Johnson Uros. received 453 bushels o : barley from four and a half acres. Will such reports as these coming In from dlf fcrcnt parts of the county It causes citizen : to wonder whether the crop reporters wen not dreaming of last year when they re parted for the week e mil UK July 22 tha lloono county would have but half a croj of oats , with wheat , barley end rye'a llgh yield. Never In the history of this count ; has there been such a big crop of mal grain as stands on the fields from one em of the county to the other at the prcsen -time. IJIO SPRINGS , Neb , July 26. ( Specla Telegram. ! Today has been a rcgula scorcher. The thermometer registered 10 in the shade. There was no breeze durln the greater part of the day. DECATUR. Neb , July 28. ( Special. ) Ii spite of the fact that the ground hero is fi | y a somewhat dry condition , no reason cin ye bo scon to case alarm. Corn has been sut ferlng slightly for moliturc , but there was local shower yesterday morning , sufTiclen to Insure on average crop. Harvesting of th small grain Is about over , and the blgges crop has been realized that has been knowi for years. Oats made about forty to lift ; bushels per acre , and wheat U easily meal nred twenty to thirty bu'hels per acre. Othc small grain is In the same wonderful prosper ous condition. rULLKRTON. July 26 ( Special. ) One c the largest crops of small grain ever grow In Nance county Is now being harvested There has been no rain here for three week or more. > * * WAST TIIK SCHIIN.S itr.MovKn. XMnttMiiutiilh AV. C. T. U. ObJei'U ( Corlnln trthoilN of Saloon Men. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb , July 26. < Spc clal. ) An Interesting row has arisen In thl city over the license saloon question. Thre weeks ago a committee of the local Woman' ' Christian Temperance union addressed a coir munlcatlon to Mayor Newell. In which con plaint was made against saloon men bein > permitted to obstruct the view Into thel places of business by maintaining screens I the windows. The mayor referred the con munlcallon to the council , and that body It atructed the chief of police to remove tli ccreena. The council then took up the que : tlon of reform with a vengeance , and Sun day picnics , liquor selling on Sunday , fllsoi derly houses and other evils were ordere abated. Mavor Newell was not present : this week's meeting , and the council pn ceeded to revoke the reform legislation passe at the previous session and by a vote of 5 I 4 ordered It expunged from the records. The Woman's Christian Temperance unlo strongly resent * the council's latest actlo aiul almost every Imue of the local papei contains a communication on the subjec The council Insists that tbo saloon should 1 regulated by the county authorities in so f. as any violation of the statutes is concerns nd the action of the county authorities aim the burden has been shitted to them awaited with Keen interest. Inasmuch as U Woman' * Chrlitlan Temperance union wonu inilst that the saloon screen must go. ViitiMl the lloiiilH. FULLTJRTON. Neb. , July 20. ( Special.- ) Tha election "yesterday on bonding the echo dlitrlct tor $3,000 for an addition to tl ; school building and additional school groum resulted favorable to the bonds , and work wl be commenced as soon as possible. The Nanco County Teachers' Normal U ! esUon under the management of County Si perlutendent Campbell. Tha Instructors i Mr > Sarah Jenkins of the llroekport , N. T , Normal training school , and Prof licit of Genoa. Neb. Tliere are eighty teachers In attendance and all are much Interested In the work. In addition to her other work Mrs. Jenkins each afternoon delivers a lecture on "The History of Education. " IX THU flOVRIt.MUPS COVrilOI. . VttoriicJemrat Chnrchlll'M Opinion of the IiiNtltntf for the lenf. LINCOLN , July 26. ( Special ) A few days sine * Governor Holcomb nskcd Attorney Gen eral Churchill to prepare an opinion regard' Ins the respective powers of the chief execa live and the Ilorml of Public Lands and Uulld Ings over the various state Institutions with which each had to deal. In order to facilitate the work the request of the governor was for mulated In three questions , as follows : First Is the Institute for the Deaf , located at Omaha , of the name general class or char acter as that of the Nebraska Institute for the Blind , located at Nebraska City ? I ask the question with reference to the general management , control nnd supervision of these Institutions. Second Is the Institution for the Deaf , lo cated at Omaha , an educational institute within the meaning of section 19 , article v. of the constitution ? The section reads : "Tho commissioner of public lands and buildings the secretary of state , treasutcr and attorney general shall form a boird , v.hlch shall have general supervision and control of all the buildings , grouds and lands of the state , the state prison , asjlums and other Institutions thereof , except those for educational purposes , and shall perform such duties and be subject to siirh rules and regulations as may be pre scribed by law. " Third In the disbursements of public funds by the legislature for the various state In stitutions , has the Board of Public Lands and Buildings the approval of claims and supervisory control over the expenditures for Institutions other than those over which It has control , ns mentioned In section 1 , article vll , chapter S3 , Compiled Statutes ? In effect the opinion of the attorney gen eral , which ! s a lengthy document , answers the three questions by saying that the Omaha Institute for the Deaf Is an asylum and do ° s not come within the meaning of the term educational Institute. In his various definitions quoted the at torney general says an asylum Is "inviolate shelter. " "a place of amelioration and secur ity , " "an Institution for receiving , main taining and as far as possible ameliorating the condition of persons suffering from bodily defects , mental maladies and other mlsfor- tuntes , as an asylum for the deaf , for the Insane , etc. " The last definition Is from the Century cyclopedia. The attorney general 'quotes a great many authorities In support of his position. He also directs attention to the fact that the legislature of 1877 , which passjd the law authorizing the Board of Public Lands and Buildings to have charge of state Institutions , was largely composed of ex-members of the 1875 constitutional convention , He sa > s that he has been led to put the same construction upon the definition of the term asylum which they did. Ho also quotes a decision of the supreme court , composed of Chief Justice Lake and Justices Maxwell and Gault , In which the two former hold that the Institute for the Deaf at Omaha Is not an educational In stitution. Justice Gault filed a dissenting opinion at the time. _ rrrinont Thieve * Kilted. TREMNOT , July 26. ( Special. ) There have been many complaints made to the police lately about truck being stolen from the different gardens In the city. Yesterday J. Body , S. Mclaughlin and C. Traux were arrested , charged with stealing vegetables ol the value of $3. They had their trial this morning In police court and were sentenced to pay a fine of $2 and costs. A few days ago William Goodman's road cart disappeared. He found It today In the possession of John Mllledge and Jo Belts. It was in the same condition H was In when It was taken , except that one wheel had beer painted red. Mllledge was arrested this aft ernoon , charged with stealing the cart. He pleaded not guilty , and will have a trial to morrow. He claims to have bought the carl of one Bush. It was on the farm occupied by Mllledge that Deputy Sheriff Singleton ol Clifton county , Missouri , discovered a lot ol harness that had been stolen from that i-ounty. Bush has also been arrested , charged with the Same offense , and will bo tried to morrow. While engaged with some friends In trap shooting at the Chautauqua grounds lasl evening , Dr. K. W. Martin sustained some painful Injuries from the explosion of i shell Ills face and hands were quite badly cut. but the Injuries are not serious. The ladles of St. James Episcopal church gave an Ice cream social and musclal enter talnment at Masonlo hall this evening. Then was a good attendance and the occasion wa : a very pleasant one. Tonpr Pine Cliiiutiinctiiii Opened. LONG PINE , Neb , July 26. ( Specla Talegram. ) The " Chautauqua opened to day under most favorable condl lions. The attendance * promises to bi very large , the number now In cam ] being greater than ever before. Although tin people have been gathering for several days the program proper opened this ovenini with addresses of welcome and responses am music. Tomorrow morning the dlfferen classes will ba formed. The lectures , after noon and evelng , will bo by the president George Ilendly and the well known travelle nnd lecturer. Colonel J. P. Sanford. It I expected that there will bo several thousani In attendance Sunday as some One sermon will be delivered ou that day. Htreet Hallroad IMtiiit Solil. BEATRICE , July 26 ( Special Telegram.- ) The fifty-year franchise and all persona property bslonglng to the Beatrice Rapli Transit and Power company , was sold toda ; at auction for $2i,050 , Victor G. Luntry o Omaha being the puichaser. The sale wa made by E. S. Dundy , master in clnncerj under an order of the United States clrcul court. It is understood that there will be n opposition to a confirmation of the sale which will occur within the next ten day after uhlch , It Is stated , a conslderabl amount of money will be expended In pul ting the tracks In shape and an effort wll be made to Improve the service. \Vliulml11 Irrigation a S HI-CPU * . it DIX , Neb , July 26. ( Special. ) Much al tontlon Is being attracted to windmill irrl gallon In this portion of the Lodge Pole valle by the remarkable discovery made In the Ii rlgatlon well of Hon. John Clausen. Thl | well la 18x20 feet , and twenty-four feet deoj In the bottom a hole was broken through crust of hard pan , through which a stream c water rises with great velocity. A nlno-inc pump running continuously in a high win fails to lower the supply. A colony of well to-do families Is now forming In eastern N < braska to come to this place In the fall an nettle on forty-arce Irrigated farms. 1'lro llaimiKint Uriivrfonl. CRAWFORD , Neb , July 20. ( Special Tel egram ) At 2 o'clock today Dutcher's re ; taurant was discovered on fire. The fire de partment soon had the flames under contro It was later discovered that the upper pai of A. R. Kennedy & Co.'a meat market , ad joining the restaurant , was enveloped I g ( lames , and It was only due to the efflcler water works and a light of half an hour b In the firemen that a large portion of the bus ness houses were saved. The principal los was the buildings owned by Ingersoll an Fitzgerald , estimated at $300 and $350 r < spectlv ely. No Insurance. WEST POINT. Neb. , July 26 ( Special.- ) John Decker , a farmer , of Monterey pn clnct. died last night. The deceased le Dodge in the evening for his home , and c the way bis team ran away , pitching hi : out of the wagon , from the effects of whlc he died. He was one of the largest lar owners In the precinct , anil a man hlRhl respected In the community. II. C. Peters and family left tolay for the annual vacation to Michigan. J. F. Losch an ! wife are spending the vacation In Denver and Colorado Springs. NrbruiiUu City ( Jrcetn Omiihn. NEBRASKA CITV , July 26. ( Special ) - A movement has been started having as I object the representation of Nebraska Cli In the parade at Omaha during sta fair week. Several local minufacturers ha' already prepared to be represented there and others Inteud to do so. Vailed to I.ot-ntr III * Ilrotlier. AURORA , Neb , July 26. ( Special ) Coi gressman Halner returned from Crlpp Creek , Colo. , todty. where ho has been tool Ing for bis brother. Victor Halner , who hi been missing two month * . Ha did not dis cover his whereabouts or get any satisfactory clue as to his disappearance He w t seeking work and left Victor , Cole , for Independence , where ho was last seen , Ho left his vallso and clothes at Victor The congressman does not think ho hai been foully dealt with , as he had only $2.50 In his pocket. Victor Halner was assistant warden several years at the Nebraska penitentiary , and It may be possible that sonic discharged convict has assassinated htm In revenge for some real or fancied wrong did him while at prison , Tenth nintrli-t ItepiihlleiniN. HASTINGS , Neb. , July 26. ( Special Tele gram. ) The republican central committee of the Tenth Judlcal district met here this after noon with a full attendance. They fixed Hastings as the place of holding the next district convention on August 22. The basis of representation will be one for every 100 or fraction of votes cast for State Super intendent Corbett , and one delegate nt largo for each county. There ore many candidates In the field for the office of district judge. Among those mentioned are Shepard of Har- lan , Mcl'hcely of Kearney , McNeeny of Web ster , and Ben Smith , J. L. Capps , M. A. Hartlngton and Judge Huston of Adams. riKhtliiir Otor ( iitteH CoIlt > K < * . NELIGH , Ntb , July 26. ( Special. ) At n meeting of the committee to protect the In terests of Nellgh In Gates college , held last evening , It was decided to give Norfolk twenty-four hours' notice to furnish the funds , or a good bond therefor , to pay the present Indebtedness of the college. If this Is done Nellgh will withdraw all opposition to the relocation of the college at Norfolk , retaining only the property. Otherwise equity proceedings will bo commenced to remove the present board of trustees for cause. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Promoting \\'aj IIC'N IiiteroHtn. WAYNE , Neb. , July 26. ( Special Tele gram. ) Nearly 100 business men and citi zens of Wayne hold a meeting at the court house last evening to organize a Board of Trade or Business Men's club for the purpose of advertising the resources of Wayne county and advancing the Interest of the city. The meeting was enthusiastic , nnd a permanent organisation will be effected Monday even- Ing. The sugar beet crop here Is excellent and the matter of securing a factory next year wis discussed. Pnlrflelil NtwIIernl l Sold. FAIRKIELD , Neb , July 20. ( Special. ) Ed S. Randall , who has published the News- Herald here for years , has sold his paper to Prof. A. J. Murcer , who takes Immediate possession. It Is understood that the paper will continue to be republican In politics , and will be devoted In part tonard pushing the In terests of the 1'alrfield college. Mr. Randall will take a vacation until October 1 , at which time he takes n position In an eastern whole sale paper house. Itniilil Work , of Siieuk Thin CM. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb , July 26. ( Spe cial. ) The house of Peter Hanrahan was en tered by thieves last night while Hanrahin was In his garden. The thieves ransacked the house In the space of five minutes and se cured $10 and several articles of clothing at booty. This Is the third house which has been entered by thieves In daylight during the past week , but the police are not able to locate the guilty parties. Kiiiiernl ofV. . T. llailltKoli. OXFORD , Neb , July 26. ( Special Tele gram. ) The remains of the late W. T. Ham ilton were laid to rest today. The decsased was a heavy property owner and merchant Ho leaves a large family. Ho was a membei of the several Masonic organizations of the city and was burled under the auspices ol that order , delegations being present Iron Beaver City , Arapahoe , Edison and McCook , AH tile UolcRitteN Arc I * HEAVER CITY , Neb. July 26. ( Special Telegram ) The democratic central commit tee had a warm session here today. With the exception of the chairman all delegates pres ent were postmasters. A call was issuei for a county convention August 1C to elecl delegates to the rump state convention al Lincoln and for the nomination of a count ) ticket. The democrats have not nominated i ticket In this county for six years. Small lllitze At-nr Wliislilo. WINSIDE , Neb. , July 26. ( Special. ) Th ( residence of Gottlieb Haller , three miles easl of town , together with the entire contents was destroyed yesterday afternoon by fire It was Insured for a small amount In thi Partners' and Merchants' Insurance companj of Lincoln. Rev. W. H. Linn started overland for Mis souri today. nlth Criminal Aniiuilt. M'COOL JUNCTION , Neb , July 26 ( Spa clal. ) Mrs. A. Henderson , a soldier's widow of this place , who Is highly respected , swor out a warrant and had George Wallln , livery man , arrested at 12 o'clock last night , chars ing him with assaulting her. Wallln bear e a good reputation , and It Is the first time her P that he. has been In any trouble of this kind B The trial will take place today. Caimlit a lllK Tree. DECATUR , Neb. , July 26. ( Special. ) On of the longest trees that ever came dow the Missouri was caught tiere recently an hauled out upon the banks. It was flv feet thick , and when sawed made 6,000 fee of good lumber. That part of the tree wnlc was only flt for use measured but thirty two feet In length. IIUSTI.RII I'llOM COUNTY TO COtlM'i Strong HfTortn Mnile to Prevent 111 I , > iit'liliiK of a JWnro. HANNII1AL. Mo. , July 26 Emmet Divers , the alleged ravlsher and murderer ( Mrs. J , W. Cain of Callaway county , is no\ \ In charge of Sheriff Weaver of Rails countj The sheriff brought him to Hannibal las night and placed him In Jail. At 3 o'cloc this morning Sheriff Weaver took him ou of jail and spirited him away , probably bac to New London. The sheriff fears his prls oner will be taken from him and lynched. When brought to this city last night large cioud collected at the Jail and for time It was feared that the Jail would b attacked. The negro was terribly frlghtenet Ho denies all knowledge of the crime an y says he never eaw Mrs. Cain. The sherl r- rB would not tell where he Intended to tali him this morning , but he said he would pn a tect him to the beat of his ability while und ! > f his care. The negro has now been In th u hands of four sheriff * and he Is likely to b In the hands of a mob before the close c 1- another day. ST. I.OUIS SI-LIT UP OV SII/VIM Denincrnltt Itefiixe to I'lirtlclpnto I < hc UomliiK Primary UleolloiiB. ST. LOUIS , July 26. The democrat city central committee has split on the que ; tlon of primaries for the selection of deli gates to the state silver convention to t held at Pertle Sprlngi on August 8. Ten i the twenty-eight commltteemen refuse to pa ticlpate In Hie primaries. A long declari tlon signed by the ten members mentlouc has been presented protesting against tl action of the democratic central commltti of St. Louis la calling primaries for U selection of delegates to the 1'ertle Spring convention for the reason that that convei tlon is not called as a democratic conventlo but for the sole and avowed purpose of pr moving tha free and unlimited colnaj of silver at the ratio of 16 to L Cona quently there will be no delegations In tl ten wards represented by these dlssente unless the free silverltes place them In tl field. Killed Illiimclf ThrnnRli Jrnloimy. niNGHAMTON , N. Y. . July 20. Five ml utrs after an Interview with his Intend , bride Volney Ilanett. a prominent Dingbat ton merchant , lay dying from a bull wound InlllcteJ by his onn hand. Son months ago he became engaged to Ml Georgia Karl , b. school teacher of this clt Is Recently an artist lately returned from Ita called on MUs Karl and wai seen drlvli ty with her. This U supposed to have rou te Harrett's Jealouiy. ve In from IloKotn. NEW YORK , July 26 A dispatch to t World from Bogota , Colombia , says ; Offe have been made to finish the Panama can n- nle with British capital U is le , reported on go lek authority. The rumor of a proposed al kas aoce between Colombia and England ij deul as la official circles. IMPROVING THE MISSOURI Most of the Money Thii'Yo ' r Has Been Expended ponded Near the Mouth , FORTY-FIVE MILES OF PERMANENT WORK Ainiiiul Hi-port of > tlic Co in nil union In id-lnll ( lip ItrnullH il at Oiniiliii mill Oilier lnu > rluiit I WASHINGTON , July 20. The annual re port of the Missouri Hhcr commission , thow- Ins the work performed during the past fiscal jear on the Missouri and Its tributa ries , has been recehcil by the chief of en gineers. The report shows the expenditures on this work for the vear to have been as follows : Missouri river , $533,979 ; Qascondc river , J2.GG1 ; Osage rher , $9,993 ; there Is still available for the work on the Missouri $745,794 ; on the Gasconde , $2,950 , and on the Osagc , $52,060. The greater part of the work done \\as on \\liat Is designated as the first reach of the Missouri , extending from the head of Mur ray's head to the mouth of the river , a dis tance of 155 miles. Upon this section of the btream the commission Is engaged In earning out a tjstemstlc and continuous Improvement , retelling the shores when nec essary , constructing djKes , and building con traction works. The first forty-five miles to the mouth of Ihe Gascondo has been the scsno of most of the work th past year. Especial effort has been used to hold the current of the stream against bluffs , when they can be found. The commissioners say thai the forty-five- mlle stretch Included much difficult naviga tion , but they exprots the opinion that It lias been brought fairly under control , and although tne final results cannot jet be an nounced , still everything Indicates to them that they will bs of great value and Im portance. The work of the coming year will ba to complete the rectification of this part of the river , and after that shall be done , one or two years must elapse before the new shore lines will bo sufficiently built up to concentrate the discharge and give the Increase of depth which Is expected The commission feals conllilent that at least the tortuous nature of ths stream can be vastly Improved. Special surveys or ( examinations , on which In base projecls for the expenditure of spe cial appropriations for work at Omaha , AtchIson - Ison , St , Joseph and other localities , were made In October and November. It was decided lo repair Iho Council Iluffs ! revet ment , which was done to mask , by a system of permeable dykes , the pocket , which had been foimcd In the bank line just above the Interstate bridge. 'Tha construction of dikes has been delayed by the failure of the lum ber contiactor lo deliver material In the time specified. At St. Joseph the complete repair of the urevetmcnt In Uenton and lielmont bonds was decided upon and begun Al Atchlson the effort was to hold the east end of the bridge until AtchUon Island can wash away. It is thoughl that the complete eraslon of thU Island will cause the channel to lca\e the east Innk and follow ; the bluffs on the Atchlson side , glvlrfe1 a favorable approach to the bridge and Relieving the threatens ! Interests on the cast bank Of the amount appropriated $20,00 $ Is being devoted to strengthening the present revetment above the bridge , while { IG.fGO Is reserved for use in an active defense at Infill water. At Leavenworth the efforts of the com mission have been devoted to the construction of the dykes belov the Tort Leavenvvorth bridge , so ns to relieve1 the danger of the east approach of the rlvbr to the bridge. A complete topographical survey of the Mississippi river valley between Sioux City and the mouth of the river , a distance'of ' SD mlles.r was begun inlOrtober , 1894. Th 11 survey Is Intended to cover thoroughly all o the valley within one and a half miles o the stream and to locate the line of all tli bluffs. This work was placed In charge o Assistant Engineer C M. Winchell , who covered fifty-four miles of It from Stanley Island to the mouth of the Gasconde , before therseason closed. ThD survey was resumed In May and forty-seven miles , extending to Fiddle creek , have been completed. . STA11S AMI hTHIPHS II VHUKD OUT. American Shipping ; StaixlN I'unr Sluiir In Culiuii Witters. WASHINGTON , July 20 In supplying the State department with a report of the foreign trade of his district for the last fiscal > ear United States Commercial Agent Waller Barker , located at Sagua La Grande , Cubi , comments at some length on the compara tively poor slnwlng made by American shipping in Cuban waters. The exports to the United States , comprising the great bulk of all the exports from the district , amounted to $4,478,786 , of which only $2,421,817 worth was carried In American bottoms , the re mainder being brought to this country by British , Spanish , German and Norwegian ves sels. About half of the exports to the United States was carried In British vessels. Mr. Darker thinks this condition of affairs Is because the foreign ships vhlch ply In this trade are "tramps" and carry for less than American vessels. He also believe : the onerous port charges and unreasonable fines Imposed In Cuba have the effect of driv- Ing the American vessels from them. The Imports from the United States have been Insignificant as compared with those ol former years , which the agent attributes to ' the Impoverished condition of the sugar In dustry and to the revocation by Spain of tin co-nmerclal treaty with this country. AVeMorii I'oMtiiuiNtfj Appointed. WASHINGTON , July 20 ( Special Tele gram ) Postmasters were appointed today ai follows : Iowa Oleary , PI ) mouth county , J S. Hoyt , vice Nettle Plnney , resigned. Soutl Dakota Splnk , Union county , P. O'Connor vice Lawrence Jahmstead , resigned. A post ofUco was established at Owego. Woodburj county , la. , with Matthew J. McMullen ai postmaster. The office at Calvin , Cass county la. , has been discontinued. Mall will go ti Wllllamsvllle. James W. Argo was today com missioned postmaster at SVooIson , la. , am John V. Drips at Gann Valley , S. D. jj AMMii > lnir ( if Imported I.cnil OreM. WASHINGTON , July 26. Senator Duboli had another conference today with Asslstan Secretary Hamlln with' reference to the de partment carrying Into [ effect the law re gardlng the assaying or sampling of lmporte ( lead ores. Mr. Duhplaffor several years hai Ic taken a deep interest , tt > the matter , and hi Informed Mr. Manilla tlie west would ( nils on the department makng | at least an ef fart to put the law , njnto operation. Tin secretary said he had , taken steps to ascer tain the facts concerns the bids receive , or the vrork at HI PASO , and It found to bo reasonable the contract ! will likely bo awarded , but at the twclvo or fifteen other orts of entry nothing could be done until longross has modified the laws on this sub- cct At the rext session ho would do what o could to secure a modification under which ho department could make practical rcgu- atlons. _ > MY A I'UUCUTIU.VUtV MK 181 1112. Vciimnrln Merely SerUhiK to Protect llornHf from ritllttiNtcrn. WASHINGTON. July 2C. While no offi cial news hai been received hero touching he reported frUtlon between the Vonezuo- ana and the llrltlsh colonists In Trinidad growing out of the seizure of llrltlsh trading craft In the colonial waters , It Is believed that the difficulty has resulted from the efforts of the Venezuelans to maintain the andlng of the revolutionary forces. He- ports of recent date Indicate that President 3repo fears the landing of such a party , and t Is supposed he has Instructed his revenue cutters to look out for It. The British Island of Trinidad Is near to : ho Venezuelan coast and at two points , tinown as the Serpent's Mouth and the Dragon's mouth , the channels separating the island from the main land are so narrow as to make It very difficult to distinguish the lines of Jurisdiction between the British and Venezuelan waters. It Is at these places , affording easy means for the transportation of filibustering ex peditions , that the seizures are reported to have been made by the Venezuelans. MOHTO > 31 YltnU AMVl'linil SVVIXO. 1'rcc Se - < l Department Will lie Aliitl- lnlu'il In Two MntitliH. WASHINGTON , July 26 The reed division of the Agricultural department will bo abolished October 1. Accordingly , Matthias Fagln of Illinois , chief of the division , at $2,000 a jear , and the entire force of em- plojes will bo dropped from the rolU. Secretary Morton's action Is based on a recent decision of Mr. Olney , then attorney general , regarding the class of seed pur chasable by the department. The latter held In effect that the secretary of agriculture was empowered to purchase only those seeds described In section 572 of the Keviscd Statutes , viz : Hare and uncommon to the country , or such us can be made more profitable by frequent changes from ono part of our own country to another. Under this official construction all bids for furnishing seed were submitted The change Is offi cially estimated to Involve a saving of about $200,000 a year. The force now at work numbers about a dozen , though at the height of the season In the spring and early summer It frequently reaches several hundred. wiMi unnucn Tim COAL CAPACITY. heorrtnry Herbert Ueelilen Important UetallH for Itevi llattle Milpx. WASHINGTON , July 20 Secretary Her bert has settled the last point that remained to be adjusted In the designs for the two new battle ships by ordering that the extra hundred tons required for the machinery of the ships bo proved by reducing the coal capacity from 1,400 to 1,200 tons. The out line designs for th ships having now been arranged , the different bureaus of the navy department will Immediately begin the pre paration of the full specifications on which bids are to be invited for the constiuctlon of vessels It Is probable that the adveitlso- ments will not issue before the 1st of Jan uary next , but this will not delay the con structton of the ships , owing to the fact that congress as yet has not made appropria tion for them. IlorliltMl AKiiliiHt Hnoi er. WASHINGTON , July 20. ( Special Tele gram ) Acting Secretary of the Interior Rey nolds today denied the application of Charles Hoover for a survey of an Island In the Loup river in sections 25 and 26 , township 17 north , range 4 , west , Nebraska. The Island embraces about twenty acres and Is within the limits of the former Pawnee In dian reservation. The application wan re fcrred to the commissioner of Indian affairs for an opinion. He Approved the application provided It could bo done without any ex pense to the Indians. As this could not be done the application was refused. SpoHoid PrenPiitN IIIx Ill-port. WASHINGTON , July 20 Mr. Holcomb , the auditor of the treasury for the State and other departments , has received the report of Librarian Spofford concerning the receipts of his office from copyright sources slnco October , 1S93. Several weeks will be re quired to complete the examination of hU accounts to ascertain whether his figures agree with those of the Treasury department. For some years past the receipts of the gov ernment on account cf Copyrights have aver aged $40,000 a year. Hnnpreil for Killing HlN WASHINGTON , July 20 Joseph A. Beam wan hanged at the United States Jail here at 11 o'clock this morning for the murder of his stepdaughter. Mrs Annie Leahy , last December. Beam had confessed his guilt and expressed repentance. Ileani and his wife had separated , and when he called to see her December 22 , 1894. his stepdaughter ordeied him away He shot her dead and then surrendered himself. Atlanta SullH for ICry AVt-it. WASHINGTON , July 20 The United States steamship Atlanta , which Is engaged In looking after flllbustercrs , sailed yesterday evening from Havana for Key West. The Detroit has sailed from Chin Klang for Wu Hu. POI.ICI : KIM. A IMSPRHATR MAN. Dl.-il tit the Kiul of n llattle . ( Aeiiil } ail Hour. IIOBOKHN. N , J. , July 20 After a battle of three-quarters of an hour/ during which he stood oft three officers who were trying to arrest him last night , John Spelllsy of Union Hill was killed In his own house. Spelllsy was 43 years old anil one of the most desper ate men In this sfUlon of New Jersey. Yes terday he ended up a carousal by beating hli wife , and Roundsman O'Brien , Sergeant Kreuger and Patrolman Ball of tha police force were sent for to arrest him. They found the doors of his house locked against them , and when they broke down the obstruc tions they were greeted with three bullets. For half an hour the officers and Spelllsy ex changed shots. Then the three rushed In upon the desperate man from different direc tions. Spelllsy started toward one of the officers , firing again , but suddenly sank to the floor , bleeding from the neck , but still clutching his revolver , and died a few min utes later. Tttrlve Killed in n Wreelc. PAHIS. July 26. A train crowded with pll < grlms returning from the shrine of St. Dau- ray was wrecked near the town of St. Bru- cuou today. Twelve persons were killed and twenty-five Injured. HADE A POSITIVE DEMAND Franco Given to Understand the Waller Records Must Bo Produced , SUPPOSED REASON FOR THEIR REFUSAL DoeiiiueiitN Contain Ieterx from AVnllor Mnkliifr ChnrKen ARnliiM the SoIillerH , \ \ lileh I'raiiee DIIFN . Sot Hi-Mire to .link.Public. . WASHINGTON , July 1C. The officials of ho State department arc at present anxiously awaiting Information from Ambassador. Hustls as to the manner in which the second end demand for the record of the Waller court martial , which was held In Tamatave , md been received by Prance , It Is now earned definitely that the Trench govern- ncnt refused to furnish the record upon the first presentation of the request , and that this refusal was met by a more positive and pressing demand tor all the papers. The lepartmcnt Is Informed by Mr. Kustls that this demand has been presented. There has been qulto sufficient time for a reply , hut none has been received. The course of the French In their refusal to sup ply a record Is considered most unusual , and ? s no explanation was vouchsafed , the dc partmcnt Is at a loss to know upon what grounds It was based. The supposition Is saining ground that Trance's refusal , to fur nish the record Is duo to a desire not to glvo publicity to revelations made In the letters from Waller which were Intercepted by the Trench authorities concerning the misconduct of some of Iho French sol- dlcM. In letters which have been received hero from Waller during the past few days he reveals the fict that In his letters to hU wlfo he Informed her of various outrages committed upon the natlvo women of Tama- tavo , and gives such a circumstantial ac count of these proceedings as to reflect on the Trench soldiery In Madagascar In a way which the Trench authorities might not tic- sire to sou published to the world. There Is good reason for believing that In case of a second refusal by Franco to supply the record a third demand will bo made more peremptory. The State depart ment authorities consider the case as one of Importance , because liable to develop some very delicate and Intricate questions before It shall bo finally disposed of. It Is known that Secretary Gresham took this view of It , and It Is believed that while he has not hail occasion to go Into detail his suc cessor , Mr , Olney , also feels that It Is a matter of gravity. T \ICIM ! AN IVrRHRST IN Hovernor of Kaiiinx ITr eH the Ie Iiurtineiit to Tnke Prompt Aetloii. TOPEKA , July 20 Governor Morrlll has addressed a letter to President Cleveland , again calling attention of the federal govern ment to the Imprisonment of John L. Waller by the Fiench government. He sajs : "Tho people of our state feel that a great outrage - rage has been perpetrated upon one of Its citizens. It is not a question of race or color It Is a question of American citizen ship , and through mo the people of our state ask you to take Immediate and active incas urcs to secure justice to our follow citizen It Is reported through the press that Franca has denied a respectful request on the part of the representative of the United States government at Paris to visit Mr. Waller , anJ for a copy of the charges upon which ho Is alleged to have been convicted. Our people cannot bellovo that France has been guilty of this discourtesy after a courteous request on the part of our government for an Inter view with Mr. Waller BO that his case be fairly represented. " Congressman Curtis has sent another te'c- gram to Secretary of State Olney , saying that he had written to the State depart ment thrco letters , but had received no reply. AVI 11 Tiot Draw tlie Color Line. COLUMBUS , O. . July 26 J. H. Mllllken , director general of the Grand Army of the Republic arrangements at Louisville , says In a letter today to Grand Army of the Republic men here that all statements regarding the proposed drawing of a color line at the na tional encampment against negro ex-soldiers are absolutely false. PAUA UAPHS. W. H. Gates of Deadwood , S. D , Is at the Paxton. Dr. T. E. Stark and wife of Arlington are gueils of the Merchants. George Hocknell , banker of McCook , Neb Is registered at the Paxton. Miss Kittle Wllklns , the "horse queen' of Bruneau Valley , Idaho , Is at the Mercer , Comptroller Olsen returned yesterday from the vacation which he spent at Lake Wash Ington. J. F. Gibson , division superintendent o : the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul road , is a 'ho Paxton. Congressmen J. n. Strode , W. E. Anderson and Goorga D. Melklejohn and Hon. K. K Valentine registered last evening at the Mil lard. lard.At At the Mercer : Charles Lacey Plumb , Chicago cage ; J , White , Chicago ; 0. M. Clement Chicago ; James Dee and wife , Dubuque ; C F. Wilier , Dubuque ; James Sobotker , Chicago H. Fertry , Chicago ; Miss Klttlo Wllklns Brcneau Valley , Idaho ; George A. Field Rapid City. S. 1) . ; A. M. Hlrscli , Kansas City Mo. ; C. L. Anderson , Atkinson , Ncb ; A. Brown , Chicago ; R. N. Barber , Lincoln ; II II. Wallace , Tekamah ; B. F. Day , Chicago S. R. Mumaugh , Portland ; C. b. Graham Portland ; I. II. Allen , Philadelphia ; Charles H. Crate , Lincoln , Neb. \eliraxUuiiM at the lloteln. At the Arcade George Hoffman , Scrlb- ner ; D , J. Huwley , Maurlco ; Jumes Marsh , Beatrice , anil W. C. McCool , Salem. At the Mlllard-J. 15. Strode. Lincoln ; W. E Andrews , Hastings ; Oeorge I ) . Melkle john , Tullcrton , and 12. K. Valentine , West 1'olnt. At the Merchants A. W. AtklnM , Sidney ; U W. OM > orn , Illnlr ; F. S Hust. Children ; George 12. McDonald nnd C. W. Hedges , Lincoln. At the Paxton Q. W. Tex , Lexington ; George Uarkwcll , McCook ; J. Hratt , North I'latte ; J. A. Lyons , South Bend , and C W. Cockrell , Lincoln. At the Dellone K. Trook. Nebraska Cltv ; J II. Haldeman , Weeping Wuter , A. Crawford - ford , Bernard ; A. H. Allen. IJrndshiw ; Kd Zn > mann , York ; A. Almas. Lincoln ; A. Howan , Ord , and N J. 1'helps , Lincoln At the Ilniker Colonel Trank P. Ireland. Nobr.itka City ; n W. Kyle , Arlington ; C. II. Armstrong , Tender ; II. S. Hartruff , Lin coln ; Willliiin It. Cahlll , Keurnoy ; Hy Henney , Fremont ; C. 15 , Crest , Arlington ; John lirennun , Arlington ; A. J. Bates , Wy- tnore. i- id IB IBe ? e IBs nn - , none of tlie pretended substitutes for Royal oje * ; Baking Powder * Royal only is Absolutely Pure * c- cic ic 1)11 rs if $ S SSrtSSiW S S t5tS rnncnkei. One pint milk , two eggs , one tablespoonful sugar , one cupful flour , one teaspoonful Royal Uaklng Powder , one cupful cream , pinch salt. Sift flour , salt , and powder together , add to It eggs beaten with sugar and diluted with milk and cream , mix Into thin batter ; have small round frying-pan , melt little butter in It , pour about half a cupful batter In It , turn pan round , that the batter may cover the pan , put on hot fire ; turn H and brown other side ; butter each and roll it up. Sprinkle with he powdered sugar. ra Cuke * . ill An earthen bailn Is best for beating egga od or cake mixture. Cake should be beaten lied with a wooden spoon. U Is well In making ed cake to bast the butter and povdered sugar to a light crecnu In common cakes , when only a few cggi are used , beat them until you can take a si > oonful up clear from strings. To ascertain whether a cake Is baked enough , pass a small knife-blade through It ; If not done enough , some of the unbaked dough will be found sticking to U ; If done , It will come out clean. Geneva Ortddlo Culcei. I'A Pints flour , 4 tablespoonfuls sugar. U teaspoonful salt , IV , teaspoonfuls Royal Rak ing powder , 2 tablespoonfuls butter , 4 eggs , nearly Vi pint milk. Itub to white , light cream butter and tugar , add yelks of eggs , 1 at a time. Sift flour , alt and powder to gether : add to butter , etc. , with milk and egg whites whipped to dry troth ; mix to gether Into a smooth batter. Bake In small cakes ; as soon as brown turn , and brown the other side. Have buttered baking tin ; fait as browned , lay them on It , and spread raspberry Jam over them ! then bake more. which lay on others already done. Repeat thU until > ou have used jam twice , then bake another batch , which use to cover them. Sift sugar plentifully over them , place | n a moderate even to ilnlsh cooking. bontcti One pint milk , two tablespoonfuU butter , four eggs , two-thirds cupful flour , ono teaspoonful - spoonful Royal Ilaklng Powder , pinch salt. Sift flour , salt , and powder together , add milk , eggs , and butter melted , mix into thin bitter ; have small round frying pan , with a llttlo butter - tor melted in It ; pour In one-half cupful bat ter , turn pan round to cover it with tli ! batter , place on hot Ore to brown , then hold It up In front of fire , and the pancake will rise right up ; spread each with marmalade or Jelly , roll up , serve with sliced lemon and eugar. Both the method nnd results when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is plensnnt anil refreshing to the taste , nnd acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys , Liver nnd Bowels , cleanses the sys tem effectually , dispels colds , head , aches and foveis and cuica haMlual lonstipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind over pro- dnccd , pleasing to the taste and ao- ocptnblo to the Btomacli , prompt in its action nnd truly beneficial in its effects , prcpaicd only from the most healthy and agioeahlo substances , ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have inado it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in CO cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Ar.y relial.lo druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- euro it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it Do not accept any diibstituic. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO SAN FRANCISCO , CAL . /tr. / XEIV it * ? * , Mr. The Balmy South I Land of Plenty No Hot Winds No Drouths. Cool mimmcrs and mild winters- two and three crops raised a year. I'rcc fuel Rich lands. Tine rall- ro-uls nnd the best shipping facil ities bring the markets of the whole country to jour door , \\ork nnd thin land yields jou abundant , never fnlllnK crops that bring blR prices and you have something to market all the > e.ir through , Central Mississippi well watered , good roads , friendly people ; never falling return * from the richest poll on the globo. The tldo of Immigration Is turning to wards this wonderful region. Twenty nores there with nny sort of care pajs you moro money thnn the belt 1GO acres in the west. Slock runs out all the yenr and you can ral o vegetables every month In the twelve. Garden farmng nnd frut lalslng nre making moro money for the northern settlers now than they ever made before In their lives with double the amount of work. Peachei , plums , penrs , strawberries , grapes , persimmons , early apples , nprlcots In fact nil small fruits nro n profitable , never falling source of revenue. Foi full particulars ad dress GEO. Y/ / . AMES , General Agent , 1017 Fnrnnm St. , Omnlin , Neb. /S vC * * * Searies&Searies SPECIALISTS. All foi ms of Blood , nuil SltiuDlsuiiKot , huius , Bunli I'liiiplcs , SciofulH , Tumors Teller , Kwonm nnd Blood 1'olsi n tImiHighly cleansed fiom tlioHyNlom. X. AD IKS Klvon ciuoful i mil hpeuttil intention for all Mholr inuiiy peculiar ull- imon t * CATARKH , Throat , niKS 1.1 > or. Oyspupshi jruunlts riiud by u special 'courMi ' of treatment. MPN ( VITALITY WEAK ) 111 Hi 11 made HO by too close up. plication to buslnc'S or study , tpvoro mental strain or erief. BCXUAL LJXCr.SSKSI In middle life or from the cfTecta of youthful follies , all yield readily to our now treat ment for loss of vltnl power. WRITP Your troubles If out of the city. w mi LI Thousand cured at home by cor- rerpondence. Dr. Scarlcs&ScarIcs/lllufsrC"- ? ' CtDifflfil VYlIIimary(8e * & ( fft GrKilrflHIr. ! I ondnrjorTca IttarjrUyplilllapcrniinentlr cured la 15 to 135 day * . You can bo trontod fit liorao foi jtho f arao rrlce under name KUiirnnty. Ii | you prefer to comu lioro no IH contract to par rallrond fare mid hotel bills , ami no cbnrre.lf wo fall to cure. If you have taken mer cury , lixlldo nntiinh , ana still bave aches and piling , Mucimsl'utclioslninoutti.HoreThroBt , 1'Jraplu * . Copilot' i'oloraci hpotn , Ulcera ou mrpnrlofttio boclr. HuirorKyobrmvH fiilllnc out. U IsthlsSjrpIilllUo ItLOOU POISON UiA VTBctmrantootocure. Wo solicit tbo mnitobiti- onto case * nnd ctmllcncn tlio world fur a raioini cannot euro. MiiH UUenio has Bltr&TS bnlUotltl.n skill of the mo t eminent pliyel- ciuim. .SSOO.OUO capital twhlnd our anrondl * uonal RUan-nty. Absolute proofs Rent ' Mod on application Address < MOt ItKMKUV CO. . 801 anuoutn Xcmnlo. VU1CAUU. UtX. IRRIGATION 15OND BALE. Notice la hereby Klven that Fealed propos als will be retelvul by the bonnl of cllrrctors of the Lillian IrrlKatlon district of Cuiter county , Nebraska , nt their ofllto at the Ash school houxe. In mild district , up to 2 o'clock p m. of the 15th day of AUKUH ! , 1W5 , for 3.12.000 of the bonds Issued by xald Irriga tion district , jr > ,000 of galil bonds being In bonds of ff.OO each anil 17,000 of said bondn liclnt ; In bonds of J100 each. All of said bonds Uruwliit- Interest nt the rate of G per cent .per annum , payable geml-unnually. The principal und Intcrent of tmld bonds pdyabla nt the otttce of the stute treoxurcr of tlio Htute of Nebraska , the llnal amount remaining due of xulil bonds { Livable In twenty (2) ( ) ) > eara from their duto , sill bor.oU payable In Installments after ten years from their ilatc. The board of director * reserve the right to reject any anil all bids. Ad- dreHS all bids to I * . L. Metciilf , Heo. , at Walworth , Cimter county , Nebraska. Hy order of the board of directors , made thlt 2Jnd day of July. ! ' > ' II. P. C1ATKH. I're ldent. I' . I * MKTCALK , Secretary. Jy-2J-m.-a-20-t OKKIUI5 CONSTHUCTINO QUAUTKn- MASTini. OMAHA , Neb. July 2. 1K S Sealed proposals , In triplicate , subject to the usual conditions , will be received here until U in. central standard time , Wednesday , July 11 , 1895. nt which time und pinto they will be opened In the preponie of bidders , for constructing vvulkx and Kravel roudii at Fort Crook , Nth , Government reserves the rlKht to rejrct any or all proposal 1'luns und picllk-otlon can be eeen , nnd ull Information obtained on application here. ICnveiopeti contulnlng proposal * should bo marked "I'ropoHnlH for ( an tlm case may l > e. " > nnd addressed to CHARLES F , HUM- I'ltilUX. Major and Qr. Mr-j . , . , > . , .j. ; .