THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUJiSDAV. NOVEMBER 1 . 18 ! > 7. 3 CONVICT LABOR CONTRACTS Btata Hoard Has Another Tussle -with the Penitentiary Question. BUCKSTAFFS PAY HIGHER PRICE FOR LABOR .To < U'llllnic to Enter a Contrnrt nt tin : I'reio'nl Klitnrr , I li < - Uiuiril U Til try Should. LINCOLN , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) The peni tentiary contracts ore again claiming the at tention at the Doanl of Public Lands and Buildings and a meeting was held thin even- InK to consider a new proposition made by 23uckEtan Brothers in regard to the operation of thu stove foundry. During the summer tun foundry was closed down on account at ovcrproiluctlon , but during the test month work has ugaln been resumed , the Diirk- Btjffri employing fifteen of thu convicts at DO cents per day. and also paring tor tlie team power used In thu work. This Is a much better rate than has heretofore been paid for thn men. and the state hoard Is anx ious to make a contract on that basis. The Buckstaffu say they oannot pay that much and propose a contract to use twenty men at 10 ccnta per day until next spring , when they say they will coaao operations at the penitentiary and put up H factory to be oper ated by free labor. Tltu returns from the various counties on tile sUto election are now all on file with the secretary of state. Kearney county was thu last to report , the abstract setting In this afternoon. Onu week froni today is the time provided by law for opening the returns. Deputy Secretary Weeaner oild today that all Uiu county clerks had been furnished official envelopes In which to forward the abstracts , but I hat w number of them had usud their owa envelopes. When thuse envelopes ar rived at the office of tln secretary o state some of them were opened before it was known waat they contained. DORSEY 'JURY STILL OUT. At 7 o'clork this evening the jury in the Dnrsey-Hiiigins case bad tiot yet arrived at an agreement ind Judge Munger called them In to learn something or the situation. They stated that there HAS llttlu prospect of an agreement. Ho askeJ them if ther * was any aildi'iunal Instruction u.mted and they staled that here was none necessary. They then wait bark to their deliberations and Judge Mungtr wired the situation to Judge Wool- son of Iowa , before whom the case had been tr.nl. Waolson had nothing to suggest. A ; 11 o I'luck the Jury was again culled in and It wua loirned that they stood seven to ftvo for 'he conviction of Dorsey. It was also Inferred that the acquittal of Biggins had been agreed upon. Judge Muncer gave a Snal loutructlcxt to the jury , calling atten tion to tha expense of the ase and the necessity of a new trial In ease of disagree ment and urged them , if possible , to arrive at aa agreement. They went back to the room and it nas learned that shortly after ward two of these In favor of the conviction of Doracy changed over to the other side. .Matters atood this way at midnight and the Judge decided that unless an agreement w.is rcichc.l before morning the jury would be dlschuiged. as he will 50 ta Omaha on the early morning train to open court there. Ac 2.30 a.-m. the Jury in the Dor- scy case announced its Inability to agree. Assis ant Cathler Hlggins. who was Jointly indicted with Dorsey , was acquitted. Judge Wools , n discharged the jury Dorsey was ordered 10 give a now bond for his second trial. INCREASE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN. Thu reports sent to the siale superintend J ' f ent from flfty-twa counties show a net in crease ofI.OSS in the number of children of school ago over the reports of last year. Only eighteen counties show a loss , the total of which amounts to 1,205. Douglas cnvnty i , shows the largest Increase , amounting < o 2- 261. The State Fish commission was reorgan I ized today , with n. S. Oberfelder as president and J. 3. Klrkpatrlek as secretary. The governor has commuted the sentence of James Hardlck to one year and thirteen days and Hardlck was releaned from the peni tentiary today. The cate Is from Ou > e county. Hardlck having been sent up for three years for burglary. He broke Into a school house and stole two Joints of atovo pipe and a water bucket and on trial confessed to the crime. The commutation is made on the request of the prosecuting attorney and the trial Judge , it having been concluded that the sentence was excessive for ao dmall an offeiue. anil further because Hardick had formerly borne a good character and has a family to sup port. port.Tho The Oriental Exhibition company of Omaha was incorporated yesterday. The purpose ol thu company is to operate "Streets of Cairo" and other amusements at the exposition. Its capital stock la $20,000 , and the incorporators aru Leopold Bonet , Harry O'Brien and James SI. O'Brien. Another Incorporation today was the Presbytery of Hastings. A church association , tha Incsrporatora being C. H. ailtcht'lmore , George 'P. ' Milboura. Robert Brown , Salem G. Pattison , W. M. Porter and Henry Fox. The following notarial commissions were Issued Saturday : John Slaker. Hastings Ross D. Plckeft. Brcken Bow ; Henry D. nhea , Lexington ; Thoraaa J. Cottrell. North Bend ; L. E. Winalow , Lincoln ; Jesse E. Ed munds , Rushvllle : James P. Jllller. York If. H. Hoernur and Charles S. Weymuller Omaha. LINCOLN LOCAL NOTES. C. M. Crawford , cashier of the defunct Merchants' bank , has been cited to appear before Judge Holnii Thursday morning to answer some questions regarding the disap pearance of some notes and securities be longing to the assets of thu bank. The damage suit of Mary V. Moss agalna the State Journal company was commence ! In the district court today , the Jury having been obtained before nocn. Mrs. Mess asks for { 25,000 , claiming that thu Journal put ) Untied scaudulous reports about her that caused that much damage. The case was tried last spring and resulted in a disagree ment by the jury. The Flowers-Scott suit In Judge Cornish's court becamu sensational today when iMrs Klavwrs went on the witness stand and ac cused Sadie Flowers of attempting to poison the lltth ) baby of Mrs. Baker , and also o putting nor own little sister out In the call with thu Intention of letting her freeze to death. Lloyd Flowers , a brother of Sadie alto testified a to her general incorrlKiblllty and his testimony brought about s bitter controversy between Wolfenbargor and Rose tbo two attorneys , -which almost resulted In a personal encounter. The case 1s un finished. The Lincoln Light Infantry will tender a reception to George D. Mttlkiejobn , asslstan secretary of war , at the armory next Mon day evening. Mr. Mulkeljohn was notified a tbu event and today word was received from him that ha would bo here on that date. Omaha people at the hotels' At tbo Lindel Charles M. Pearson. R. Dickens , C. L Bouffler , V E. Wilson. W J. Miller. At the Lincoln M. H. Collins and E. 3. D. Vorheea Instant relief for akin-tortured babies and rest for Ured mothers in a warm bath with CimceBA Soil-- and a tingle application of Ctmcoitx ( ointment ) , tha great km euro. Tna only l > redy anil economical treatment for itching , burnis * , blooding , icsJy , and pimply humors of theit.n.tcoip , andblocd. il. CaKrwTW * , " < ftei.il.li/ u a- ijr - He * W Lui > ElMjr BlUlJ UuKU < n"BU 4 fcM. UUIY BLEMISHES \WRtra GURU rt * ran. six Y Ill * MlMlri" > nttyt n Hun nnit Tlirent- [ ' rim to Slum I Sheriff. FREMONT Neb. . Nov. IS. ( Special. ) Judge Marshall this morning over ' ruled the motion of "Big Mike" Wigcer for a new trial and sentenced him to the p < ailentUry 'or six years. Mike's mistreat * , who * * s present In court , at tempted to make A. scene , ind after sen tence purchased a revolver ami ammunition nod thrmtenc4 to shoot Sheriff Kreader and Deputy Edward * . John Rcthm not one year for disjoins of forwd cheek purporting to be signed by H. P. Marquirdt. Sherilf Kreader nd Deputy Kdwards took Mike to Lincoln this afternoon. Tlili-f Vrri" teil. FRANKLIN. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special Tle- nmrn. ) A n in giving the name of Harry Hitinoncaped last night from Town Marshal John Smith and as yet no trice of lira has ben found. On Thursday night 1. J , Baton's turn was brnken Into , a harness nd mveral other articles being stolen. Mr. Satan got on the man's track and followed ho trull is ftr east as Red Cloud , when t turned south. An officer went with Mr. 33ton from Red Cloud and they aoon over- ook Hanson with the stolen property In his icmewion. He was placed under arrest and returned to thto ntace. < < ulc-lili > lit Kalrliurr. FAIRBURV. Neb. . Nov. 15. ( Special Tele- Tarn. ) Ed Ritlder commuted suicide this fternoon. firing A bullet Into his head while n s. livery stable office waiting fcr a team o take him to Gladstone to see his wife. Ui was alone In the oince aad when found vas sitting in a chair with the revolver In ilr hand. Ridder had been living on hta ather's farm near Reynolds , but sold out its effects a few weeks since and has been working In the railroad yards. He leaves a vlfu and one child. Y. P. . C. K. Csiivi'iitlnn. HUMBOLDT , Neb. , Nov. 1C. ( Special. ) The second day's session of the eighth semi annual Young People's Society of Christian Endeivor convention of the Richardson county inion opened at the Presbyterian church festurday with a sunrise prayer meeting. Sunday school and church services wen held the different denominations In the after noon and an interesting program was con- lucted it the church , and the session closed n the evening. About sevnty-ftve delegates vere present from abroad. StiNiii'ctM ( J 't V ay. FAIRBUnr. Neb. . Nov. ID. ( Special. ) Jurlng Saturday night an attempt was made o break into Ackerman's store , but the > artics were frightened away. Policeman Took arrested three men soon after on sus- licion. They gave the names of J. X. Davis. 'rank Bally and Thomas Taylor , and had n their posse sloa skeleton keys and new cnlves. They were locked up in the c'.t > all. but during the day Davis iad Bally and are still at large. tturlftl nt Frmitclln. FRANKLIN. Neb. . Nnv. 13. ( Special Tele gram. ) James Johnson of Deadwood , S. D. , vho has been here a short time on account of poor health and visiting relatives , was buried today ny thu Odd Fellows lodge of Uilch Mr. Johnson was a member. His leath was caubed by consumption , which s contracted by working In smelters in the Black Hills. He had considerable insur- nce. XliriMln AVwj * Votes. Calvin Ray of Clarks lost thirty-five head of hogs from cholera. The Methodists of Madison are arranging to build a new church next spring. With I's last issue , the West Point Repub lican celebrated its twenty-seventh birth- dar- darTie Tie Taachers' association of southwestern Nebraska will be at Cambridge Noveaer 26 to 2S. The managers of the Silver Creek creamery expect to be ready for business by Janu ary 1. The Humboldt republicans will hold an election to decide on the man they want for pcstmnster. The Tilden creamery Is now ready for business and for the present will be oper ated only three days each week. The Northwestern Teachers' association will hold a acssion at Rushville on the 2Gth. Pro gram will be published in next week's Trib une. Herman Otto of Western shipped 3,300 pounds cf castor beans to the Kansas City oil works. He raised the beans and they arc said to be of good quality. Beter McBride and mother of Gordon left Tuesday night for their native heath. In ould Ireland , where they expect to spend the remainder of their days. Kate W. Dunning , who was a candidate against her will for superintendent of schools of Blalne county , was elected , but absolutely refuses to qualify for the office. Two horses which their riders had hitched In front of a candy atom had disappeared when the owners w nt after them and they are supposed to have been atolen. Reports from the cornfields in the vicinity of Herman are very encouraging , the yield being larger than was at llrst estimated. At least halt the crop Is in tae cribs. It is reported that a farmer , while digging a well on the Garfleld table , about thitty-flvo mllea northwwjt of Gothenburg , struck a vein of coal nine feet thick at a depth of ISO feet. feet.There There was a coal oil famine In Emerson the drat of theweek. . For several days none could be purchased and many were obliged to resort to the use of Uju old-fash ioned tallow dip. H. Leggett of Cherry county lest eight head of heroes in the early storm which vis ited that county and now his 111 luck has been augmented by a ( Ire. which destroyed but house and all Its contents. L. J. Harris has nald his interest In the Ord Times to his partner H. D. Leggett. who will conduct the paper alone. Us policy will remain unchanged. Mr. Harris intends starting In business again in Saline county. There are already muny times more cattle being fed in Xuckolls county at this time than In any previous year in its history , but the end is net yet. Almost every day cattle are being shipped Into some part of the country for winter feeding. The Republican Valley District Poultry as sociation at its mcntaly meeting on Saturday , the 6lh lust. , arranged to hold a poultry anil pet stock show at MrCook an January 11 and 12 , 1S9S , in connection with the former's con vention , which will be held there at that time. The Northeastern Nebraska Teachers' as sociation will be held in Emerson November 2G and 27 , tbo Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving , An excellent program baa been anvrnged and nearly all the leading educators In northeastern Nebraska will be In attendance , A good many cattle have been dying in the vicinity of Battle Creek lately. It seems they get sick after being turned into the stalk nelila. Lout Monday and Tuesday Fred Schuoreger ! wt twenty bead of bis cattle and In about the same time D. J. Braje lost six and Frank Wright two. The 3-year-old son of N. E. Workman of North Matte wad quite seriously burned about the face and bands Wednesday tnonlng with carbolic acid. The little fellow got hold of the liquid and rubbed it on bis face and hands , and also got some of the poiscuous stuff in his mouth , but < Hd not swallow it. Mr T J. Matthews , special agent of thn general land office at North Platte , la making an Investigation of the government lands fenced In by a number of ranchman south of Gothenburg. Ho repars aeveral thousand acres of lands in the hills south and west of thia city which t good grazing land , sub ject to entry. Tha sheep still continue to come into Col- fax county to bo fed. Within the past week Adolpb Dworek received 5,000 head , C. H. Chase 2.500. George Little : .SOO and John ProUea 2,000. These came by thu B. & il. and Tuesday J. A. Knailln , the big- Kansas City firm which is feeding Do extaonvely here , received thirty-one carioida more. Thttre ara in thu neighborhood of 89 000 ) sheep being fed at Wood River and prob -1 ably thu total amount fed in Hall county will bo clean to 200,000. The feedlo ? of t sheep in Hall county atiould be encouraged i an much as possible , for it .a a big boon to thu farmera and tha community in general. The Hebron Republican baa started in on I Ita eigaUi yeir. BAD WRECK ONTMEHIIORN Smashnp Near l hidron in Which Considerable Damage is Done. ENGINEER MfSUND-flaTOOD HIS ORDERS Onljr One Person Injiir il , nn I Ht > 3.Tui ( tj-llnlllntr Minrlt llnilly Dnmiitri'il nml Truck CHADRON. Neb. , Nov. 16. ( Special Tele- grim. ) A bad collision occurred seven mllea east of here , near Bordeaux station , an the Elkhorn road , this morning at 1 o'clock. A special freight from the east smashed Into the. eastbound passenger. The engineers and firemen all Jumped. Engineer Charles Con nors of the freight had his aplne seriously Injured. Engineer Cooley of the passenger fell down a sixty-Foot embankment , but es < aped with slight Injuries. The remainder of the crews escaped without Injuries. The passengers were badly shaken up. but none hurt. The two engines arc wedged together in a solid mass and the baggage and malt cars are badly wrecked. The mall was slightly damaged by escaping steam. Freigul cars are piled six deep and badly smashed. Some mules on the freight were killed znd Injured. Conductor Rust of the passenger ran seven miles to Cludron for assistance. Several physicians were taken to the scene , but their services were hardly required. The blame Is laid to Eneineer Connors , who hid orders to side track at Bordeaux. He siys he misunderstood the orders and ex pected to meet the passenger at Cbadron. The trains met on a sharp curve during a heavy snow storm. It was impossible to see each other until the moment before they struck. Eaat and westbound express trains exchanged passengers and mall at the scene of the wreck at 0 o'clock and returned to Oeidwood and Long- Pine respectively. The road is blocked. Wrecking crews are workIng - Ing hard to clear the track. Poison Cntiirtl Her Dvntli. HAY SPRINGS , Neb. . Nov. 15. ( Special Telegram. ) The body of Miss Augusta Meyer , who was found dead In a canyon ten miles north of this city Saturday , was taken up to day and a post mortem examination held. The Jury rendered a verdict that she came to her death iram poison by the hands of herself or parties unknown to the Jury- Hull mi Old Man. CHADRON , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special Tele gram. ) Selah Abbott , a wealthy old man of this city , was decoyed from home last night by a woman and during his absence a con federate secured about Sl.OOO in bills and coin , which the old man had secreted in the mattress of his bed. No clew. IllLT Hlllllllt Minor. SHELTON. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) Four hunters from Kearney came to Shelton yes terday and with four from here went huat- ing Jack rabbits. They tied a cable eighty rods long from one wagon to another and followed behind with guns , the total shoot for the day being 133 rabbits. Aeelileiit CanDi'iitli. . WILBER , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) Raymond mend , the 13-months-old son of Jeppatha Cox , died on Saturday from the effects of a pair of shears falling on his head and pene trating the skull while hs was at play about ten days previously. Diimin News .Votes. DUNCAN. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) Corn skinff is well along and most fanners will finish by Thanksgiving. Otto Kohlcr Is feeding a flne bunch of sheep at the Warren Live Stock company's yards north of town. Cold \Veutlier ttt Dtincnii. DUNCAN. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) A cold wave struck this vicinity about 4 o'clock this morning. A heavy north wind is blowIng - Ing accompanied by a few scattering srfow flakes. Thii-vcM ut nioomiiiKtoii. BLOOMINGTON , Neb. . Nov. 15. Special. ) Thieves entered Al K. Zeigler's general store , securing a small quantity of cigars and a few nickels from the cigar wheel. In making out your wico list don't forget Cook's Imperial Champagne. It is extra dry with a flne bouquet. SETTLING IMMI < ; llXT Citlrniin ! Cnliltvi-II Tpyinir to 1'nt-lfy \\VtttTii KiiilnmilH. CHICAGO , Nov. 15. U is announced that the arrongemmts which Chairman Caldwell is making in N w York for the regulation of the immigrant traffic will have the effect of disposing of the trouble which has beset the western roads on account of this class of traffic for several years. It is said that the chairman will make arrangements tha : will be satisfactory to the Southern Pacific as well as to the roads which are mem bers of the Emigrant Clearing House and il this la accompllsiied it is not. likely that there will be much trouble over the matter In the future. It has been in the past the failure of the western llaes to reich an agreement with the Southern Pacific regard ing thia business which has caused a heavy loss of revenue to both sides of the argu ment. The matter will be definitely arranged by the middle of this week. noverniiK-iit Auk * 11 riiNlpoiii-rncnt. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. The solicitor general today presented a motlco In the United States supreme court to withhold consideration of thu cases of the Eastern Oregon Land company which were recently submitted until the case of the United States against the California & Oregon Rail road company could be reached. Thu court could not pass upon the motion. Tbe cases involve the titlu to about 70,000 acres of land. \TV MillMltri * llOllUH \ < MV 1111 Sllll1 , CHICAGO , Nov. 15. The Interchangeable mileage ticket of the lines In the Western Passenger association was placed an sale to day for the first time. The ticket given to the purchaser a net rate of 2 cents per mile and is very simple in Its cporatica. The form of the ticket la that Invented by Gen eral Passenger Agent Sebastian of the Rock Island road and will , it Is supposed , keep thu brokers at a safe distance. SiMitlnTil rncllliM | < H for Time. WASHINGTON , Nov. ID. In response to a motion by J. H. AshtOii , representing tbe Southern Pacific Railtoad * company , the su preme court of the United Statf-s extended for thirty days the time for tesulng Its mandate in tbe case of the railroad company against tbe United States. It Is understood to be the ptirpoke of thu Southern Pacific to enter a motion for a rehearing' . Ill-UllIM ItH .StHIIIII S < TYllM' . CHICAGO. Nov 15. Deflnite arrangements have been made by the Kansas City. Pitts- burg & Gulf for the steamship service tbat it will maintain between Port Arthur and Mexican points. Tbe first steamer will gall j on December 5 and the uecond on December .5. Regular sailing will be kept up after these dates. Miuiufai'turcN IIM Own Holllnic Stnek. CHICAGO. Nov. IE. Tie lack of freight cars from which nearly all of the western reads have suffered recently baa caused the Atoblson to perfect arrangements for the manufacture of nearly all of Its cars and the greater part of Us locomotives in thu future The work will be dona at tbe shops in Topeko. Soiillii-rii Iti-fuirt-i-H Ili-iurnlijir , ST LOUIS , Nov 15. The general oifleeu of r thu Mobile & Ohio railroad , which were tranxfurred to SL Louis at thu breaking ou : ! of the yllow fevsr in the south , will be moved usk to Mobile , Ala. , next Saturday Several hundred persons Clerks and other emp eyes w'vh the'r families will return south on two special Tain * . It is estlma ed | ' thai durnf the past few months there m-ru 7.000 southern peopia m St. Louis za refu- ! ITKIIS PiriCEI ) ri IT \-\5KTOX.1. Work an fNxotirl Clttiril fur tfir St'iinuo. YANKTON. S. D. . Nov 18.-HSpecial. ) The government work on the Mieoouri river here has been practically Mcmed for the ss- ' son. It Is the expectation of Engineer Weber | to resume work In the spri-g as soon as ' the river opens. i t , ' . The Youm ? Men's Chrsttan.a ! 9oclatl i ter- j ture rtmra of Yankton eoiTese for this winter i has now been fully settled and the talent secured la a follows : CflJonel Copelanil , John L. Made. Slayton CranH Opera com pany. John R. Clark end Benj-iraln Chapin. Company C. Second ba tallon. First rfgi- ment. South Dakota Natlonal.GUard. was in spected last evening at Its armory hy Lletitenact A. S. Frost , 'mtYlUry secretary to the governor. LleuteMBtf Frost nnds the company. ootwi'hBtandlnp-tlto fact of there being no appropriation for mllltla and the seemingly total lack of Interest manifested by state officials during the last few years , to be In first-class order , both as to equip ments and drill , and ! o perfectly sitisfled with the work done under these circum stances , a largo part of the credit being given to Major J. T. Coxhead of this city or his strenuous and unceasing work In keeping up the mllltla. The resignation of Captain. Goodwin has been tendered and In ill probability will be accepted , and within : hre ° weeks in election of captain and two leiitenants will occur. The company Is making preparations for a visit in a body o the Trassml&stsplppl and International Exposition at Omaha next year Rev. Alfred Fowler , who has held the pas- orate of the Methodist Episcopal church In hi city for the last two years , has received and accepted a unanimous call to the Pres- ) yterlan church at Hawarden. la. FOREIR.-VEHS MUST HEAD E > < : i.I5II. 3 'H lon by tlir SntiretiH' Conrt of CHEYENNE. Wyo. , Nov. 15. The Wyo ming supreme court today rendered a de cision In the Carbon county election case , sustaining the contention of the plaintiffs , who were the candidates for county at torney , treasurer and commissioner on the lemocratic ticket at the last flection. The court decided that foreign-born citizens must be required to read tbu constitution in the English language In ordeto vote. There were 115 Flans who voted the republican lirkot. but could not reid the constitution in ErglUh. Their votes were accepted , as : hey could read It in their own language. The decision will put thu democratic candi dates in aiHce and settle a very important constitutional question. IIlntct'H oil tinCiiii.Htttiitinit. . CHEYENNE. Wyo. , Nov. 15. ( Special Telegram. ) The- Wyoming supreme court to- lay decided In a county contested election case that the educatianal requirement of : hu Wyoming constitution , which declares : hat no foreign-born citizen can vote in Wyoming unless able to read the constitu tion. moans that the constitution must be cad in English. Heretofore the numerous Finns and iKuns at mining camps who cculd qct read the constitution in English but could read It In their own language , have been allowed to vote. The decision unseats a number of republican county officers who were elected by this vote and gives their places to democrats. I'liitiiflliMHolilnrjr. . RAPID CITY , S. D. , Xov. 15. Special Telegram. ) The Rcckerrille postofflce was robbed this afternoon of 'ISO in geld dust and $12 In stamps by a stranger who rode into town on horseback. The thief nxide bis escape. " South Dakota ; \ew ) Voti-x. A. test has been madu of the anti-peddler law In South Dakota andit hns been declared valid by Judge Gaffey. Over forty cases or typhoid fever at \Vatertown and vicinity art being attended by the physicians or that place. Dennis Carey , aged G7 years , died last weeV at b ! home In Garryowen , Union county , whera be had resided twenty-eisht years. The Parkstown Advance claims that not less than J200.000 bca been. paid to. farmers in that town for farm produce the last two months. The city council of Elk goint at a meeting bos cilled an election for December 2 to vote on issuing * > uOCO in bonds to build a system of water works. The Aberdeen Daily News states that one Jotn H. King and associates are making a school house campaign of Slsseton county urging the farmers to contribute $20 each. Two aged residents of Yankton died last week. Aurellus Graves , aged 73. and Joseph Qulflnch , aged SO. The former located' In Yanktra in 1SS3 and the latter eleven years earlier. The destruction of the Pennington county court house at Rapid City was practically complete , nothing being left but parts of the walls and these would be blown over by a strong breeze. Lieutenant Leigh A. Fuller of the medics staff stationed at Fort Meade and Miss Jean McGregor , daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. McGregor , were united in marriage at thu home of the bride's parents at the post last week. One of the finest tracts of land in Clay county , lying two miles east of Vermilion. .vas purchased by M. Pierce of Illinois laat week. The piece contains eighty acres and wajj sold for J2.400 caah. Four years ago this aime land was purchased by one Cham bers for 120 an acre. The refusal of the supreme court to grant a rehearing in the case of the old board ol regents of the state educational Institutions against the now board leaven the new board in undisputed control of the State university , Agricultural college. School of Mines saiJ other Institutions of the state and greatly simplifies the situation. " $5 in cash and note for $15 , " to insure tht passage of the free homestead bill now before - fore congress. This money , It is alleged King will uae to persuade congressmen to do their duty. Senator Kyle la very em phatic In denouncing tbis scheme , declar ing it to be a confidence game pure and slm pie. He says the congressmen from this state will do tbelr duty without a monej consideration and urges the settlers on the Slszcton reservation to keep their cash. I King and his friends should auct-ed they would ccllect the neat sum of J40.000. A. C. Johnson , auditor for the Chicago & Northwestern lints stated to a reporter of tbo Sioux Falls Argus-Leader that not more than 40 per cent of tbo wheat has been marketed in tbo counties of the northern pare of South Dakota , and that considerable grain Is rot unthrashed. Notwithstanding these facts , tbo railroads and elevators bave been having all they could do to take care of the shipments , and as high as six train- loadH over thu Northwestern road have been sent out of the state daily. He argues that the grain traffic will keep tbe roula busy nearly all winter. In tbe southern part of the state Mr. Johnson sajs the amount of grain still unmarketed la even greater than further north. ' < OffKOIl Ytt l * \Otl-H. The advertising committee of the Portland Chamber of Commercewill make an effort to convince all who Intend going ta the Klondike that Portland la the best outfitting point , ' Losgtag camps all along the lower Colum bia are Just now ailed jvitU'life and activity. The price of logs continues to go up and loggers are consequently happy , says tbe Astorlan , . . Dr. D. H. Hindu-son bad in Marshlield recently a nugget weighing $14. It was taken out of the doctor's .Salmon mountain diggings while his workmen were excavat ing a ditch for a flume. CnarlM Hicks of Fossil , fillllam county , has gone out of tbe aheepralsiag business. He recently sold 3,000 bead. Including Iambs , for )3 a husd all around. The Baldwin Sheep and Land company was tbe purchaser. The nickel-in-tbe-slot machine la in trou ble In Con-all Is. For a year or two It has operated without molestation and has bad a large clientele. Now , howavor , every ma chine In town h > Idle and a member of the city council is under arrest for maintaining one of tbe machines at bis plaec of businem. Seventeen counties are represented by pu pils jn tb state deaf muta school , as fol- , lows- Baker , 3- Crook , 1 ; CSackatnas , l , i Douglas , 1 Jackson. 4 : Lane. * ; Linn. 4 , Marion. S : Morrow 1. Multnomab , 8 , PoJk , 2 , Tillamook. 4 ; Umatilla. 4 : Union. 3. . Wasco. 1 , Wallowa. 2 ; Yambtll , I : total , 49 21 girls ind 2S boys. I Two deer vrero killed week before laat within the. corporate limits of Newport. Sunday - day morning I'barlle Emlgh shot one ami Monday morning Tracy Davis shot 'hi * other ono on the Jeffries place , near the ball grounds. The animals were undoubtedly driven in from the Country by the dogs , There Is no need of little children lining tortured by tcrld bead , eczema and skin tniptlons. De Wltfs Witch Hazel Salva gives instant relief and curtvs permanently. TIIBY HAVKOT1II \ < ; TO VHIIITHATK Dcllilllc Miner * Dvcldito < Hnnd by ST. LOUIS. Nov. IE. The miners of the Belleville district -U a .meeting held at Ea t St. Louis this evening adopted tbe following resolution. We have nothlnc to arbltrnte. WP stand by thu Springfield scnle of 3TH cents top welcht , nnd ns , eon n * the operators scree to pay It the men will be ordered buck to work. The miners will meet rn-resentativc * of the St. Louis Manufacturers' association arbitration committee tomorrow with this decision. They declare that unlcr the scale demanded is paid there will be ao cessation of the otrlke. The resignation of District President John Green of Belleville district was not accepted , but Instead , William Hefti of Glencarbon was appointed as his assist ant. KVTIIKII-IX-I.AW Mr * . Florcin-c Vail : SlntaU IN Auardid HIMIVV Diiinnsri * * , NEW YOIIK. Nov. 15. A sheriff's Jury In Brooklyn today gave i verdict for SG.I.iOO to Mrs. Florence Van Schoak against her father-in-law. Peter Van Shaak. for tbe alienation of her husband's affection. Peter Van Shaak Is hold of the flrm of Peter Van Shaak & Co. . druggists of Chicago. He Is said to bo a millionaire. Tha plaintiff lives at Bath Beach. March 20 , 1S83. she was married to John Van Sha > ik at Penst- colu. Fin. Since that time the couple has lived In New York , Chicago and New Or leans. In March , 1S9T , the couple separated. Mrs. Van Shaak In her j.fTidavlt alleges that she was abandoned and that her father-lu- law alienated her husband's affections. Dcntlix iif n Uuv. PARIS. Nox15. . Dr. Thomas W. Evans , the famous American dentist , who facilitated the flight of ex-Empress Eugenie from Paris In 1STO. died suddenly yesterday evening. Dr. Thomas Evans was born In Philadel phia about 75 years ago , and went to Paris n 1S4C , where he won a great reputation. Since his advent in the French capital Dr. Evans has attended to teeth of most of the crowned heida of Europe , to say nothing of almost innumerable members of the royal family , excepting Queen Victoria and the sultan of Turkey. Ho attended Napa1eon.HI , and through his advice made considerable money in speculation. Hn also attended the Empress Eugenie and assisted the latter to escape from Paris In his carriage after the bittle of Sedan. Dr. Evans -vas very wealthy , fortune being estimated at from Sij.OiO.OOO to $35.000.000. He visited the United States in August laat. bringing with him for Inter ment at Philadelphia the body of his wife. They had no children. While here Dr. Evans is said to have made arrangements to eodow schools of dentistry in several Ameri can universities. The doctor Is said to have left large sums to charity and during the course of his life he received Innumerable orders and other decorations from foreign potentates. He has two nephews. Colonel Charles F. Muller of Utica. N. Y. , and J. R. Evans of New York. He said to an inter viewer recently : "Tbe greatest sorrow I have known was to find my chosen grofes- slra deep in the mire. The greatest joy of my life , my proudest achievement and most satisfied thought is that I have lifted it up from Uio mud and placed it on the pedestal where it belongs. Year after year I worked and my best re ard is to know that dentistry Is now a recognized and honored profession. The secret of the success of Dr. Evans us a dentist Is said to be in the fact that ho was practically the first person to introduce gold filling for teeth into Europe. Ho never recovered from the shock of his wife's death. Ho died of angina pectoris after twenty-four hours' Illness. NEW YORK , Nov. 15. Colonel John Jamie- son , general superintendent of the United States railway mail service under President Arthur , is dead , at his homo in Brooklyn. Colonel Jamieson , was born in Albany In 1841. His family removed to Wisconsin in 1847 and during the civil war he served In the First Wisconsin artillery. Upon leaving the army he entered the postal service and rose to be a chief of the railway mail service. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. Ex-Congress man John H. Langston of Virginia , one of the prominent colored men of tbe countryr died here at S-30 this evening. He was 68 years old , having been born a slave in 1S2U. He was emancipated at the age of 6 and was educated at Oberlln , where he graduated from the theological department in 1S54. He afterward studied law and practiced his pro fession until 18C9. during which time he held several township oiDces in Obio. being the first colored man elected to office In the United States by populcr vote. In 1SCD he was given "the professorship of law at How ard university , remaining with that Insti tution for seven years. From 1S77 to 18S5 be was United States minister and consul general to Haytl. Ugon his return to this country be became president of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at Peters burg , Va. , where he remained for three years , when he was elected to the Fifty- first congress and was given bis seat on a contest. Since 1891 Mr. Langston eas beei prominent In politics but did not bald office DUNCAN. Neb. , Nov. 15. { Special. ) Tbu wife of John Gerber , an old pioneer , died Saturday. The funeral was held today. LONDON. Nov. 15. John Fleming , man ager of the National Sporting club , died to day.ELKHORN. ELKHORN. Neb. Nov. 15. ( Special.- ) George W. Gelston. a Nebraska pioneer , died this morning at his residence at Elk City after a protracted illness. Mr. Gekuan was born on July 3. 1830. at Marbourgh , N. Y He came to Nebraska in 1SD9. September 4 1862. he was married at Fontanelle , Wash ington CDUiity , to Miss Mary Wllkins. Dur ing his early residence In Nebrahka Mr Gelston drove stage and kc t stage station He settled on thu farm near Ell ; City , where ba died , in 1SC7. Mr. Gulstan bus taken d very prominent part in politics during his residence in Douglas county. He Is sur vived by hts widow , seven sons and two daughters. Burial will be on Wednesday in tbe Elk City cemetery. Funeral services wll be held at the Elk City Methodist Episcopal church. Commit * * > uii-Iii4 * In SOUTH BEND , Ind. . Nov. 15. Charles M. Spencer , manager of the Postal Telfgrapr company's olflce at Deadwood , S. D , pur posely .shot himself fatally laht night while In the Methodist Episcopal i-hiirch atV -st- vllle , Ind. . where until recently he was manager of thu Postal company. The dee < was committed while th conifresatlon was Hinging , and much excitement followed. His parents reside at B 'llmore , O. Des- riotiilnic Ili'iiulrern NEW YORK , Nov 15. A thousand men , and women engaged In the second hand clothing trade have banded themselves to gether with an organization to be known aa the "Pressers , Cleaners and Bunhelers' union. " ThH members contemplate a strike before thu end of thu week , looking to the betterment of thi-ir conditions In the mat : ref of wages. It waa stated today that 1.WJ employes in the cloakmakinir industry are still out. Yellmv Kevrr Ill-port * . NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 15.-There were seven new cases of yellow fever and one death reported at the Board of Health up to 1 o'clock today MOBILE. Ala. . Nov It Three new cases of yellow fever reported toiiuj ; { o death * . Read "Simon Dalo" in Tne Sunday Bee. If you don't take U , subscribe now. Will .lulri HIT IluHlinnil. CHICAGO. Nov ! . Mrs. Jehslu Llnnoln Bcokwlih , daughter of Robert T Lmeoin , left t'hk-aBO lastnUrht to Join her husband at ilount Pleuaant , la. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. * . i Tiiic PVZZI.H : ci.ru. ' j ! Attention is eallrtl to the l ! t of prizes to , be amirdmi for 'he best lota of original con tributions aubmltted 'or uao In. the Puulc Club. Tao prlim were ame l last week , anil It Is bopni that those Interested In this d > ! i pirtnipnt will not hrsltate to offer the TV- ' suits of their togenultjr. A department of i this klml. to be intertstintt , mutt receive contributions from iho rwrters. Stml In your putzlfs , addressed to the Puzxli * . Editor uf The Hee. 9-rHAnADB. Thp ahprrti-st TWO In nit our houw , \Vit-n ! thn itHy'H long work In dun * . Is in the olil-mnhloiiwl oaken hull. Whi > rc w < snthpr 'rouml the ONB. There many a merry juke Is . . There told arc stories no tall ; Thu mlnuie speed too fust far ua there , Gathered 'round the dr-nr okl ALU IO.-SQUAHE. L A vital orxnn. S. To KM in. 'i To ex- plate. 4. Tarn place * . 5. A loch of hnlr. U.-TRAXSPOS1TIOX. "Whut wor th'xcollemint In yer shunty j \ Inslit nlKht. Mrs. O'Hoallhan ? " said Jin I Clnncy to hir next door neighbor. "Sur ' in' ot fought th' cop wud be niuiiln' yez i all In. " "It wor only a bit av a rucus me j in' th' ould man cot Into Jim n imnll hit iv a nrsymlnt , Mrs. Clnnry. Yei tiee , lie ' tern home frum th' wake a little th' WORHJ . ter th' continta o' th' bottle , an' th' tlrat t'hiK I knows we hn a ONE. It wor ail I TWO fault , fer OI'm a pace-lovln' 'oomnn i But I kin shtmiil jlst so mooch air no mooeher , an' whin he made a FltxslmmnnM ' piny at mo wld th' lisht av 'tin. Ol list ups . in' swlpta 'Im a few THHEE wld th' mopI I shtick , .m' sure an' It sobered him quleker'n a Ilmln an' slltzor. It's all FOUR an' souo I now. Mrs. Clnm-y , an' pace do be relgnln n th' O'Hoollhan shanty at prlwlnt , but 31vo showed th' ould man wet a pour , wake 'oomun can do In case o' Imlner- gincy , nn' now he says It's a now 'ooman Ol am. ' 12.-DIA.MOND. 1. A letter. 2. Part of the body. .1 Goei n a conveyance. 4. Old-time puzzles. 5. Under , ti. To stitch , or fasten with stitches. 7. A letter. 13.-SQI.-AHE. 1. Found In milk. To elevate. 3. Feathers of a certain duck. 4. A x'ariety of ehlckiMi. o. Tlie common European black bird. 14.-ACROSTIC. 1. An ancient city. 2. One of the United States. 3. The given nnmu of a noted Amor , can journalist and polltlrlan who died In LSS2. 4. A character in Shakespeare's Henry IV. 5. The father of Mohammed. 0. A tribe of American Indians. 7. A native of Ice land. S. Coming- from Ecypt. 9. A city of ICnnsns. Rtadlng downward , the Initials spell the given name and the finals the surname of i noted American writer. One of nls works Is considered thu masterpiece of American ( lotion. 13. VOWEL riCBSTlTUTION. Tlie following la a well known verse of KnoxX other vomeU being- substituted for the correct ones : Ah. who shield thy sporet if myrtel by ' ' pried' Luke I Ilst-llattong motler , o flat-tloeng dead. , i I tiush If thy loghtnong- urook if the WOVfl Ho pusauth irtm loll tl has rust on thy crrovl. 10.-NTMERJCAJX have at the WHOL1 ! Some 1-2-3 we always We have something to 2-3-1 there , too. If to the 4-5-C-7-S we're 557S to go , And I always am , aren't you ? AUI TN to LiittVtili's I'ltezlvi , 1. SUn-set , sunset. 2. F ARE AREAS FREIGHT EAGLE SHE T 1 Iligelo W Santa AnnA Aram T Abbot T Cossack S 4. SWEET WHALE K A T E X ELECT TENTS 5. Dire , tire , mire , wire , tire , hire. G. Thanksgiving. 7. Smitten , mitten. S. OILED INURE L U O R E ERRED DEEDS. FOREC\ OF TODAY'S WEATHER. Prrillutiun that It Will Hi- Fair T l li \ortlu-rlj * Wlnilx. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. Forecast for Tuesday : " For Nehrruska , Iowa and Kansas Fair ; brisli nortJierly winds. For South Dakota Fair ; warmer ; variable winds , becoming southerly. For Missouri Fair ; colder ; northerly winds. For Wyoming and Montana Fair ; warmer ; southerly winds. Lin-ill Hc-eord. OFFICE OF THE ! WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA. Nov. 15. Omaha record of rain fall and temperature compared with the corresponding day of the last three years : 1S97. lfcS5. 1893 1M 4. Maximum temperature 3j GS 49 ' Minimum temperature 23 42 22 44 Average temperature 32 55 40 52 Rainfall T .00 .00 'O Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March 1 , 1E27 : Normal for the day S Deficiency for th < i day < i Accumulated excess since March 1 4P5 Normal rainfall for the day 0.0,1 Inch Deficiency for the day 0.03 Inuh Total rainfall since March 1 17.90 im-hea Deficiency sinca March 1 10.S5 Inches Excess for cor. priod. ISM 4.19 Inches Detlcitncy for cor , period , 1S93. . . .10.22 Im-hL-s Rt-uorts from Station * * at S p. ni.t "th mtridlnn lime. ? i.H . I BTATION-3 AN'D STATE OV g . . . WEATIIEIU ? ? 3 , i Omaha , oloudj- . I 3 | Kj T Xortj Platte , clear . . . I M | K | T Salt Lake City , clear . I 3 < | 351 T i-hejennc , clear . . . ! H1 Ml W nnplil City , clear . I | :6 | < K > Hurcn , cltar . Mi 5 ? i * > ChlcaRO. ralnlnir . i < -i 54 < . ' 1 WllllBton , cltnr . , . I 61 16 , 00 tit. Loulf. ralnlnir . Ml 7 ? 51 M. Paul , part cloudy 30 | Davenport , ciaudy 3C | 45' S ) Helena , clear IE 70 1 IK ) jnuia City , cluudy . i 36 46i t/2 Havre , clear . I I ! i : w nUmaick , clear . i 12 | "it 0) GalvcBton , ciear . . I 71i 7St w T Indlraiea trace of precipitation. IA. . WELSH. I > xal Forecatt Offlcial , SPIKS THIS COUJtTRT. tlmt They \rr Cnthrrlntr Wttr- FORT SMITH. Ark. . Nov 15.A jounc Spaniard , who far the hist taw rrara aui roshlwl in this city. Is respomilble for th etntvmrnt that two pli" > or etnimarlea of the SpanlRh Eovernmwit were In Fort Smith last Friday. Thp ymini ? man claims to h ve oenversed with th men. He saya the spies are traveling all over the United Stntra in- speetins forla and snlherlnK statistics th t woiilrl be of vah'o to tholr sovernment Ini caae of war. iliot lir n rtir < % lr i lliintcr. IRON MOrNTAIN Ml. h. . Nov -Fred ; Cawlliiif. W yenrs of age. manager or Wrlpthl BI-OB. ett- nMulir ' liumaesB. was. shut deiul Sundiiy f.iur MilU u from Thnn- nlliR He w n tnii-t.iki n f > r I .her . by a. huntt-r num 1 W nm.-n .1 ut dot in the- hiu-k. t'.i ' . IM I t'.ia 'M ' u . ills heart. This mak > < " : il"i i > cj Iho decr- si'.iaai .ipini . 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