THE biMAHA DAITjT BEE : SUNDA * , JANUARY 12 , 1SQG.
Lincoln Professionals Settle with the Au
thorities and Btart Anew.
TROUBLE OVER ADELINQUENT ASSESSMENT
One Itoniiikccper Unit .Vol I'nlil nnil
[ _ > \ jf to Coiuiicl n Settlement All Were
Climcil for n Dnr
> or Two.
LINCOLN , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) The fil'tty
firrons the gambling houtos Is over nnd they
arc all running on full time. No satisfactory
explanation of this mysterious deal Is given
to the public. Thoic who claim to bs "on
the Inside , " whatever that may mean , cay
that the places wcro closed because one of
th proprietors had not kept up hU "as-
Besnuent. " When the municipal authorities
announced that he must close It Is said ho
thtratuncd to nee that the other four were
also shut up , and kept his word. The only
speculation now Indulged In Is whether the
delinquent "gam" paid his assessment or
permitted the keepers of the other resorts
to pay It for him. Gamblers Mho \cre ce.n- .
suited this morning say they arc In entire
Ignorance ofvhy the houses were- closed
and why they were so suddenly rclfeved of
the embargo , All they know Is the bald
fact that they are now ready to transact
business nt the old stands In their roulette ,
faro , poker , craps and other specialties.
This morning the police were called to the
Burlington yards by the announcement that
Switchman J. C. Smith had broken his leg
wl-lle making a switch. The patrol wagon
lock the Injured man to his home , 1000 P
street.
Edward Petry , n convict In the peniten
tiary , has filed In the supreme court a peti
tion for habeas corpus , by which means he
, hopes to secure his freedom. His application
lias been allowed and made returnable the
2Ht Inst. Pctry claims that he Is being
unlawfully deprived of his liberty by the
warden. On the 1st of April last he was a
resident of Chicago , where ho lived with
bli family , and on that day he was arrested
vtltbnut a warrant and confined for six days
In iallwithout any complaint tatng filed
asalntt him. On April 8 requisition rnpers
were Issued by Governor Holcomb and ho
was brought to Omaha under arrest upon a
warrant Issued on complaint of Herbert H.
Jewctt to answer the charge of burglary ,
said to have been committed In Omaha. This
charge had been dismissed , but ho was still
kept In Jail , Subsequently he was arraigned
In the police court on complaint of Thomas
II. 0'Ncll for another crime , other than the
one for which ho had been extradited , tried
and sentenced to Imprisonment for two
yeers. He therefore claims his present Im
prisonment Is unlawful.
WELTY BEGINS QUO WARRANTO.
This afternoon Attorney J. S. Klrkpatrlck
flleJ the Information In the quo worranto
case of Judge Welty against Judge Norrls
of the Fourteenth Judicial district. It asks
the court to cpcn and Inspect the ballots cact
In cloven precincts In Hitchcock , ten In Fron
tier , eleven In Red Willow and five In Chase
counties , In which It Is BllerJd ; that fraudu
lent votes were cast for Norrls , and also that
the yote of Frenchman precinct In Hayes
county bo thrown out as Illegal , because
tl.ero were no booths or stalls provided for
voters as required by law. In addition Judge
Welly's petition alleges that after the poll
books of Furnas county wens roturnsd by
the precinct election officers to the county
Clerk that one Anderson was permitted by
Iho county clerk to have access to the vaults
Of his ofilce where the books were kept , and
that ho was several hours In the office * after
night , and that during this time the re
spondent. Norrls , took out the roll brok of
one of the precincts and had possession of It
In another room for an hour or more. Also
that thera was an alteration of the figures
on his -poll book which inalo the
showing , against Wclty and In favor of Nor
rls. Nqrrls will bs obliged to file Me answer ,
under the rule of the court , on the third
Monday following the filing of the petition.
Judges Maxwell and Stark have been re
tained In the case of the application to the
supreme court of Gust A. Peterson for leave
to file a suit to oust County Clerk W. C.
Bailey of Hamilton county. The application
was denied on the ground that the supreme
court bad not original Jurisdiction and that
the suit should be brought In , the district
court of Hamilton county. This has been
donfc. As n successor of BallJy's , Peterson
was elected on the populist ticket , but
Hal ley declines to give up tho-office , claiming
that Peterean was not eligible at the time of
his election , as ho Is a foreigner , and at the
time of hlg election had not taken out his
second naturalization papers.
The State Banking board , through Exam
iner Dodder , has taken possession of the
Exchange bank , of Grceley Ccntsr. E. Love
is president and C. C. McPherson cashier.
The capital stock Is $10,000.
\ The secretary of state has Just Issued the
,7 complete roster of soldiers , pallors and mar-
* Incs of the slat ? who served In the war of
1812 , the Mexican war and the war of the
rebellion , who wcro residing In the state
Juno 1 , 1S95. It Is published In compliance
with section 4415 , Consolidated Statutes of
Nebraska. H la compiled from returns fur
nished by the county clerks of the several
counties of the dote. It Is calculated to beef
of service to veterans of the late war In lo
cating their old comrades. .There are a num
ber of other features added which are of
national Interest to tbo general public.
Omaha people In Lincoln : At the Capital
T. S. Clarkson. At the Lincoln W. F.
Holden , W. C. Allen and wife , John T.
Burke.
LINCOLN SII.V13UITKS IN CONVENTION
VrlcntlM of tin * AVlilt < Metal Henolvc
for the llenellt of ConurreHH.
LINCOLN , Jan. 11. ( Special Telegram. )
Several hundred , people , representing the
Nebraska Silver league , assembled at 'Bo-
bannon's hall tonight and listened to ad
dresses by Governor Holcomb , ex-Congress
man Bryan , H , W. Hardy , E. E. Brown ,
Jay Burrows and others. Ex-Secretary of
plate Gilbert L. Laws presided and read a
Written address on the depreciation of values
throughout the country. The fallowing reso
lution , Introduced by Hon. W. J. Bryan , was
unanimously adopted :
Ilesolvecl , That we , the citizens of Lin
coln , In musa meellni ; iissemliled , ourneBtly
protest ngnlnst the itsue of bonds to buy
gold , nnd heartily approve of the bill re
cently reported to the ponnte by the finnnco
committee , providing for the free and un
limited cofmiKe of silver nt 16 to 1 , for the
coining of the Fclgnlornge and dhvctlng- the
pecrotnry of the treasury to exercise the
flKlit veutccl In him by redeeming green
backs and treasury notes In silver ,
NfliriiMUu City IlonilH Itcfiinilt'il.
NEBRASKA CITV , Jan. 11. ( Special. )
fho city council nut In special session list
evening to consider the enactment of an
ordlnttnco providing for the refunding of
1212,000.worth of bonds. The ordinance was
> ead three times and paused unanimously.
I' , > M At the meeting cf the Woman's club this
fl Sl kfternoor. U'e section of history , under the
| dershln of Mrs. II. 0 , Fremnan , cnter-
lalnttl the lidlcs of the general club with an
Inttrcstlnft program.
A fine barn belonging to Joseph Hcnner ,
three miles west , burned , with all it con-
\\tilch consisted of a fine team , 300
i ( f corn , sivcral tons of hay. and a
tgo quanttly of farm machinery. Th ? loss
la Jbout (1,200 , with an Insurance of $400.
' lie will rtjbulli } Immediately.
Snrrhil Union Church Service.
jk * EXETER , Neb , Jan. U.-Spjclal. ( ) The
fpecl : ! union week of prayer services , which
Jiave been In progress here this week , have
drawn to a close and In admitted by all to
Jiuvo been the most successful ever conducted
In thin place. Each night the houses weru
„ crowded to their fullest capacity. The tubjectc
dlscuiuod were of unusual Inttreit and were
Very ably handled by the several pastor *
and Curlstlins In general. No small part
of the program was the excellent sinning
by the } united cholra of the several churches.
% Coul Tlilfvc * liuliT Arreiit.
S OGALALLA , Neb. , Jnu. 11. ( Special Tele-
Cram. ) Detectives Yltiard and Miller last
night arrested John Hughbinka and John
Irwln In tbo act of stealing coal from a Union
I'aclflc train , and they are now In Jail await
ing a hearing , the date ot which lias not
I'OPt'I.IST'S .MAJCHtlTY IlUDtjtjni ) .
Content Over ( tic .SlicrlfTN Onicp In
llnfYnln Conny ! Very Clone.
KEARNEY , Ntb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) The
recount for the tdlco of sheriff waS concluded
last night nnil reduces Wort's ( pop. ) majority
from 12 to 7. Five of these votes , however ,
are disputed , leaving hl majority only 2 according -
cording to the count. There Is a township
In dispute , however , \vlilch must bo decided
by the supreme court , and If that Is thrown
out It will elect Overmlcr ( rep. ) by about
ten.
ten.At the last meeting of the > directors of the
Kearney Canal and Water Supply company
and the Kearney Electric company , FrcJcrlck
K. Wnlbrldgo of llrooklyn , N. Y. , was elected
president , in place of George W. Frank , sr.
Mr. Wnlbrldgo puts $50,000 Into the business
of the two companies , and promises that It
will all be used for the enlargement ami
Improvement of the business. Work will
commence as soon as possible In the spring
and be pushed forward as rapidly as con-
slslent with good work.
For the. past four weeks revival services
have been In progress at the First ftaptlst
churrfi , conducted by Ilcv. C. II. Stull , of
Denver. As a result eighty-two have united
with the llaptlst church , and about sevcnty-
flvo othf.rs have professed conversion.
At a meeting of the Wide Awake Hose
company last night , J. F. McNco was elected
president ; 13 , Dorsey , vice president ; S. 13 ,
Funk , foreman ; Frank Bodlnson , assistant
foreman ; Tony CorncJIus , treasurer , and W.
S. Mcrrlam , secretary. The. delegates to
the State Volunteer Firemen's association
from that company are : C. J. Strand , L.
L. Kctchum , William Carson , Tony Cornelius ,
E. Darsey , W. L. Cook , Sam Colcman , Frank
Uocllnson. II. F. Mclaughlin nnd W. S. Mer-
Ham.
About a year ago the chief of police brought
suit against the Buffalo club for selling liquor
without a license. The ciso was tried before
Judge Neville , and he has just handed down
a decision finding the defendant guilty as
charged. He says : "Tho court finds that
the statute upon which this action Is based
Is a prohibitive statute , and BO finds for
the reason that the decisions of the supreme
court In our own state In relation thereto
strongly Indicate that. " The case will be
appealed to the supreme court.
MADH I'lint'AHATlOXS FOR DEATH.
of tlic CnrniU'r'H Jury In the
CUMU of Hiirvtty Siviirtliont.
NORTH PLATTE , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special
Telegram. ) The coroner's Jury returned a
verdict this afternoon In the case of the
death of Harvey T. Swarthout , finding that
he "came to Ills death by means of a gunshot
wound Inflicted by his own hand with sui
cidal Intent , while laboring undsr a tempo
rary aberration of bind. "
The testimony Introduced at the Inquest
tended to show that he was dcupondent all
day , and that worry over business troubles ,
which had evidently been magnified by brood
ing over them , had caused his mind to be
come unbalance. Ho left a letter , which
was not found until noon today , In which he
bd ! tils wire and children an affectionate
farewell and expressed the hops ? -that he
would meet them all In heaven. In this let
ter he asked his wife to bring up the children
in the way of the Lord , and statsd that ho
owed two parties $200 each. He said he
could bear up the strain no longer , and
asked forgiveness for what he was about to
do. He had paid up all of his lodge dues
and Insurance assessments during th& day ,
and evidently had been preparing for death
during the last few hours of his life. It Is
said tonight that the total of his life In
surance foots up about $11,000. The funeral
will occur Monday afternoon. '
He was one of the most highly respected
business men In the city and a devout Chris
tian. His tragic death was one of the great
est shocks the town ever had. The , jury was
on the point of rendering a verdict stating
that he camci to his death from the effects
of a. gunshot wound , the gun b Ing discharged
In a manner unknown , when the letter to
his family was found confessing suicide.
North llcnil After a Chicory Factory.
NORTH BEND , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. )
A proposition has been received from the
O'Neill chicory factory to locate at North
Dend If satisfactory arrangements can bo
made with people Interested In growing chic
ory. A very enthusiastic meeting was held
last night at the city hall to consider the
proposition , and a committee of one , Wil
liam Nlchol , was appointed to go to O'Neill
and Investigate.
Frank M. Wallace left Friday for an ex
tended trip through the south , west and
California.
Mrs. Dorothy Behen was given a divorce
from Henry Bchen Friday by Judge Mason
and the custody of their three children , with
$1,200 alimony.
The Bay State farm shipped Friday twenty
cars of fat cattle to the Omaha market. This
makes the first largo shipment this season
from North Bend.
Death of n Prominent Citizen.
ORETNA , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) John
O. Spethman , one of Sarpy county's oldest
and most respected citizens , died at his home
at 1 o'clock this morning at the age of 64.
Last Sunday evening ho was stricken with
paralysis , from which he never recovered
consciousness. Mr. Spethman was well
known In local politics , having been county
commissioner for some time. Ho leaves a
wife , six sons and two daughters. Ho was
born In Hamburg , Germany , and came to
this country when 18 years of ago and set
tled at Davenport , la. , where he was mar
ried , and engaged In the lumber and live
stock business , migrating to Nebraska In
1SSO , since when he has resided at his pres
ent elegant home near town. The funeral
will occur In Council Bluffs Monday after
noon.
Allilun IVrxoiial Mention.
ALBION , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. )
Charles E. West , president of the Flrot
National bank , Is In town on a two weeks'
visit.
C. O Barnes went to Omaha this week to
attend the Jacksonlan banquet.
H. Lehr of Petersburg , manager of the
Crowell Lumber company , was In town
Wednesday.
Mlsu Blanch Peters left Tuesday morning
for Qreeley , Colo. , where she will spend
the winter.
Charles T. LHson of Grond Island Is In
town.
Smnll Failure nt North I.oup.
NORH LOUP , Neb. . Jan. 11. ( Special. )
The general merchandise store of E. S. Sears ,
who has been In business hero for the past
four years , was closed by creditors yester
day by representatives of Groneweg &
Schoontgcn and the Wllllams-Hayward Shoa
company , the principal" creditors , the former
holding claims aggregating some $1,500 and
the latter about $500. It Is reported and
other liabilities will probably bring the total
up to Hid full value of the- stock , which will
Invoice about ) $3,000.
John Mule Houht'il liy HlKliwnymeii.
NORTH BEND , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special
Telegram. ) Last night about * 9 o'clock , as
John Male was on his way home from North
Bend to Schuyler , three men asked him for
a ride , which was granted. They had no
more than got In the wagon when they de
manded hla money , which was given to
them , amounting to $4,50. They then threw
him out and turned his team back. Male
was picked up by a farmer living near and
brought to town.
Finicriil of S , A. Tellninn.
GOTHENBURG , Neb. , Jan. 11 , ( Special. )
The funeral of S. A. Tollman
was held at the Swedish Mis
sion church yesterday at 2 p. m. ,
and wag largely attended. Mr. Tollman
was taken down with pneumonia two weeks
ago , He leaves a family and five children ,
Ho was a native of Sweden , coming from
thut country to Oakland , Neb. , In 18S3 , and
from Oakland moved to this place In 1695.
Will Iteliullil the IIunilHil.lt Mill.
HUMBOLDT , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. )
The contract for the rebuilding of the 0. A.
Cooper roller mills , which were destroyed by
fire November 3 , 1S95 , has been awarded ,
and work will be commenced at once , and
all energy exerted for early completion , The
Improvements In new machinery and In all
departments will present a marked contrast
to the old structure.
Onl Jinn Injured ,
ORD. Neb. , Jan , 11. ( SpocUl.j While ridIng -
Ing after some stray ca'.m Tueulay af'.e-
noon Q. I. Hather , tell from alt her and
brok i rib.
Kelley , Stiger & Co.
TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT
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Commencing Monday Morning , January 13th.
We shall follow our established custom of giving a discount of Twenty-Per-Cent in order to close out our stock
of Winter Goods before taking Inventory. Immediately after we shall commence opening Spring Goods , many ol
which are now in transit Our advance orders have been placed on a liberal scale and we must have the room.
We shall include with our Winter Goods in this sale our entire stock of Silks and Velvets ; our entire stock of Ladies
and Children's Shoes.
All our Fancy Silks. All our Ladies' Underwear , Tights , Vests ,
All our Plain Colored Silks. DISCOUNT Pants and Union Suit
All Black Silks.
our ' .
All our Children's Underwear.
All our Colored Velvets. #
All Men's Underwear.
our
All our Black Velvets.
All our Boys' Underwear ,
All our Cordtiroies.
All our Black Dress Goods. ; DISCOUNT All our Cashmere and Wool Hosiery.
All our Plain Colored Dress Goods. All our Men's Lined Gloves and Mittens.
All Dress Goods.
our Fancy '
' ' All our Boys' Lined Gloves and Mittens.
All our Ladies' and Children's
All our Novelty Dress Goods ,
All our Ladies' Lined Gloves and Mittens.
All our Dress Trimmings. - SHOES.
All Children's Lined Gloves and
All our Dress Buttons. our
o - < i All our Blankets and Comfortab'es.
All our Large Buttons. All our Flannels. Mittens.
Cent Discount
CO CO Announcement Extraordinary
V ' ' ' C C/ )
Comme'ncinp-'with , - ' this sale .we , . . , . shall < , . . . give a discount . .4 . of- - < , . . . : -
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CO4 on our entire Cloak Stock No reserves.
-4 All our Ladies' Jackets , All our Misses' Jackets.
CO All our Children's Long Garments. All our Children's Reefers ,
O & All our Infants' Garments. All our Fur Capes.
CQ
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Q-H Think of it Just Half Price
CO For the Latest and most Distinctive Line of Ladies' and Chil- "
dren's Winter Garments ever Exhibited in the west.
Sheetings and Muslins at Stiger & Co Corner Farnam and
cost during this sale. Fifteenth Streets.
BEET GROWERS TAKE ACTION
Meet at Fremont and Discuss the Bounty
Law ,
JUDGE MAXWELL RENDERS AN OPINION
Suy tlic Oxiinrrt Comimny Can He
Ut'iirlved of the lluitu-
Ut of ( lie
iirc.
i
FREMONT , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) About
sixty men attended the meeting cf the
smaller beet growers In the court house this
afternoon , C. W. Sheldon acted as chairman
and n. D. Kelley secretary. A written
opinion by Judge Maxwell on the bounty
question was read. The Judge thought there
were grave doubts of the constitutionality
of the bounty act. II thought It opposed
to section 11 , article III , of the constitution
a containing more than one subject of legis
lative action. He also thought that under
article 111 , section 22 , of the constitution the
warrants were void and would be cancelled
were a proper action brought for that pur
pose , that the state officials had no authority
to draw the warrants , there being no appro
priations therefor. The warrants , ho held ,
tiad been decided by the opinions of the fj-
[ iiema court to bo non-negotiable , or only
ifinl-ncgotlable papir and that oven In the
Imnds of a bona fide lioluer for value they
were subject to the same defences as though
still held by the original payee , lie ua
also of the opinion that under the. statement
of facts given to him by the be t raisers the
Oxnard company was liable for ncn-per-
formance of the contract In refusing to ac
cept and pay for beets. The opinion was
quite lengthy and well fortified by authori
ties , principally decisions of the supreme
court of Nebraska.
Remarks were made by Messrs , Hawley ,
Muniel , Walravea and others of their ex
perience with the company. Hawley stated
that the reports from the Norfolk company
were that some of his beets were up to the
standard. For thece beets he only received
12.60 a ton , the company subsequently writ-
ng that the beets were below grade , A great
deal of complaint was made as to tare. Sown
cam were docked as high as 4665.
After considerable dlecuulon the convention
voted to employ attorneys and bring suit
lo enjoin the payment of the warrants for
[ 10,000 Issued to the bett sugar companies.
A committee nus appointed to look after the
suit and collect the necesrary funds for
ItH prosecution Jud&e Maxwell will be
employed. Resolutions were adopted express
ing the confidence of the convention In the
ultimate succeia of the beet sugar Industry ,
and the belief that If a local market can bo
obtalneJ no other staple crop can be raised
which will compare with beets at ? 5 a ton.
The convention was bitterly opposed to tn
Oxnards , and will contest the payment or
the bounty bccauro they think they have net
bsen fairly trated. Another meeting will
held soon , on call of the executive cam-
mlttee.
LINCOLN , Jon. 11. ( Spsclal Telegram. )
Of tlio delegates to the second annual con
vention at Fremont February 5 and C , of
the Nebraska Beet Sugar association , Gover
nor Holcomb has named the following : Prof.
II , H. Nicholson , Nebraska State university ;
J. A. Fort , North Platte , and Harry O'Neill ,
Omaha. _ jj ,
TWO jumas noii [ TJ U POUT.
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Ilalril nnil Itlckor CoiUn tj ut Clinil-
ruii CSriMVM IiitiTA-'NltnMr.
CHADRON , Neb. , Jan , ll.--4Speclal ( Tele
gram. ) Affalra at the office1' ' df Bounty Judge
are still In a muddle. JuclW .TjalrJ t > l(3 ( on
cno fide of the table and wyijip at friends ,
while Judge Rtcker occupies jthfi other side ,
with equal grace. Balrd.u h6wever. today
executed a flank movement 'en Rlcker by re-
curing the seal of the court ) and tttcretlng It
In com ? safe place. This was . .done while
Rlcker was busily engaged In. having a new
lock put on the outside doonl 'Thera Is a
prospect that tonight thot 'affair may bo
brought out of chaos , as JudgiJ Dalrd has
telegraphed Judge Westover of the district
court to com ; and hear bbth' ' Hides of the
case. As things are now n6 buplnecs la be
ing trantacted at the county court.
Huelvtv lilvctN OIIIccrM.
WEST POINT , Neb. , Jan , 11. ( Special. )
The Cumins County Agricultural society has
elected officers as follows : J. II , Thompson ,
president ; William Oranke , vice president ;
James C. Elliott , recording secretary ; Julius
Thlfle , correspindlng secretary ; D. C. Qlf-
fert , treasurer.
Mr , Nicholas Bartu and Miss Anna Rlsro
were married ct the Catholic church thla
w eek.
Joseph Ferris , ttio city marshal , resigned
lila position on Tuesday , Frank W. Boyer
U appointed nurrhal pro tern.
I'urcIiiiNvil a. Iliiuk I'liint.
GENOA , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) Tne
Genoa State bank property , Including a line
building , was sold yesterday by Mr , Wit
ters , receiver , to Dratt Bros. , merchants ot
this city , H U rumored that Bratt Bros ,
will engage in the banking buslnew here.
CO DM ) NOT HI2ALIZI2 UN' SECUIUTIIJS.
IiiHlile Story of ( lie I'liittc County
TrcMiHiircr'it .Sliurtuwi * .
COLUMBUS , Neb. , Jnn. 11. ( Special. )
When the books of the retiring county treas
urer , J. W. Lynch , were checked up this
week a shortage cf 129,000 In Hie cash account
was discovered. Nine thousand of this was
alleged to have been deposited In the Platte
Center Farmers' and Merchants' bank , and
the balance was due the general fund. Lynch
asserted that none of the money had be&n
squandered , but that the most of It had
boon used to hold up the Platte Center bank ,
of which he was president , during 1892-3.
llu Insisted that all had been loaned on good
securities. Failure to realize on these , owing
to if scarcity of money , caused the shortage
in his cash account. There are $41,000 of se
curities , besides the bondsmen , behind the
shortage , so Lynch's friends assert. Lynch
says ho has property enough to meet the
shortage If he Is not forest ! to sacrifice It
at this time. Bondsmen Oluck and Slbbcr-
Ecn and Attorney Re der went to Platte Cen
ter Thursday and took all t'ne effects of the
Platte Center bank , closing that Institution.
An effort Is balng made on the part of the
bondsmen , the stockholders and depositors of
the closed battle , to devise means to secure the
bondsmen , raise the shortage and reopen the
bank , Lynch's father and brother are re
ported willing to turn over all their property
to help secure the bondsmen. Examiner
Cowdery Is in charge of the bank at Platte
Center.
Ilniilc nt fJrccli-y Center Closoa ,
GREELEY CENTER , Neb. , Jan. 11.
( Special Telegram , ) Soms stir was created
here yesterday by the closing of the Exchange
bank. The bank reports about $14,000 assets
and about $10,000 liabilities. However , the
collection ; ; were too slow to withstand ths
run caused since the sucpens'on of the
Brayton bank , and the Qreeley County bank
of Scotia. Tlit-re Is but one bank left here
now , and one bank In Scotia , but the ? are
both pronounced In good condition and ready
to meet all demands that may bo made on
them. Attachments have been Issued against
the Exchange bank , tut the majority of
creditors stem to bo Inclined to have the bank
closed In tbo ordinary way.
Illltlitlivrlii Hciire I'limtcil.
FORT CALHOUN. Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. )
The diphtheria scare has passed away here.
Only a few families had slight attacks of
sere throats. No deaths occurred.
During the past wok this locality has
had exceeding mild weather ,
Krneit Stlltz of Gerlng Is visiting with
his brothertln-law and sister , Mr. and Mre.
J. M. Trlsler. Mr. Btlltr ha * , largo farm
in the Irrigation district *
FIIIB IN THE JAII. AT PUCSIOXT.
Illncc I'rolialily Slurtcil to Enable
I'riMuiivrH to UMCIIIIC.
FREMONT , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) About 8
o'clock this morning flro was discovered In
the county Jail. The sheriff and deputy at
once went in and found a mattress In a cell
occupied by some of the Wheeler gang on
fire. The building was filled with smoke ,
but the flames was extinguished with but
little difficulty. How the flro caught Is a
mystery. Ths Indications are that there was a
plan contrived by Wheeler , Peter Mllledge anJ
Spar.gler to burn the Jail and In the excite
ment escape. It U thought they may have
had some assistance from the outside and
that the matches or other means used to
start the fire were In seme way smuggled In
during the pact day or two. The prU < oners
appeared much excited when the fire broke
out and were clamoring to bo let out of
t'.itlr cells. This Is the ecpond time the
gang has been thwarted In an attempt to es
cape. The first tlinej wbjch was about a
mcnth ago , they smuggled In a file and a
cci'plo of Jackknlvcs and were about to saw
out. .
Illlilrotli Wooiliurit lliiniiiirtfil ,
HILDRETH , N.b. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) A
number of the members of Hlldreth camp ,
Modern Woodmen of America , went to Up
land Wednesday night to assist at the In
stallation of officer * Befcre the Installa
tion exercises five now members were adopted
In the moot approved style , A banquet
was served at 12 o'clock to over forty
hungry Woodmen. Hlldreth camp Instilled
the following tlllcers : W. S , Ashby , ven
erable consul ; A. L. Beck , worthy advlsr ;
W. S. Marr , clerk ; A. T. Campbell , banker ;
Asa West , sentry ; George Shields , watchman ;
E , McCombs , manager.
CnniiliiK COIIIIIIII > 'H I'liutt Attuulicil.
WAHOO , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) The
Bud Canning company , which has had a
factory at thla place for about three years ,
loaded Its machinery this week , preparatory
to shipping , but It was attached for debts
and remains on the side tracks.
The Crystal Dancing club held Its fourth
meeting at Winter's opera house last even
ing. About thirty couples were present.
licet S u liar Convention IleloirntrM ,
SIDNEY , Neb , , Jan. 11. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The following named representative
citizens of Cheyenne county have been ap
pointed delegates by the Cheyenne County
Agricultural society to the sugar beet con
vention , to be held at Fremont , February
6 to 7 : R , S. Oberfelder. Edward McLernon ,
E. R. BrelKli , A. W , Atklu * and Charles
ADAMS COUNTY'S FINK COIIN CIlOPl
of IliiHlit'lM Ilclnff Star ,
kctvil ut Jiinlntn Dully.
JUNIATA , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) Thii
section of Adams county can well lay
claim to being one of tbo best grain pro
ducing sections , and Jtmlata to one of the
largest shipping points In the state. There
has been 63,500 bushels of ear corn and
161,100 bushels of shelled corn marketed here.
Last year's corn crop all being cribbed
here , all old cribs are full , and 224 feet
of new crib , twelve feet wide by ten feet
high , has been built and filled , end car
penters are kept busy building more new
cribs , which are filled as fast as ready. Corn
Is now corning In at the rate of about 2,000 >
bushels per day , Tbo total amount of corn
marketed here so far is 214,600 bushels.
HIGH WIND IN NI2IIHABKA.
Ilnlniy Wvndier Itfjtliicril In Sonic I.o-
cnllilrM by a Winter Ilrvcce.
GRESHAM , Neb. , Jan , 11. ( Special. ) For
the past week or ten days balmy weather
has prevailed , but today was changed Into
arctic temperature by the sudden encroach.
mcnt of forty-nlno mile breeze. The mer
cury dropped five polnta In two hours.
EXETER , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) Tl >
fine springlike weather prevailing since the
commencement of the new year terminated
today In a gale of wind and dust from th
northwept , and It is fuHy thirty degrees colder.
There Is no sign of enow or rain.
WAHOO , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) A.
strong wind has been blowing since 0 o'clock ;
this morning. The thermometer registers
CO In the shade. _
Illew a Itnllrunil Huff ,
LOUISVILLE , Neb , , Jan. 11. ( Special
Telegram. ) The Mlaonurl Pacific depot
at this place was entered last
night and the safe blown open
and (8 taken. From the way In which the
work was executed It la evident the operator *
were experienced. Two suspicious characters
who were about town yesterday and last
evening are supposed to ba the authors of
the work. They have disappeared.
VUIIorut Button.
BUTTON , Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) Harry
C. Henry of Colorado , past national presi
dent of the Patriotic Sons of America , Is In
the city for a few days , guest of his sisters ,
Mrs. Dr. Clarke and Mrs. J , A , Shaffer.
1'ulillu O. A , H. Iimtullullou ,
OGALALLA , Ntb. , Jan. 11. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The Grand Army of the Republic pent
gave a public Installation and campflro thlt
evening. Quite * number were in atleudanc *
from ether towci ,