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STATE OF NEBRASKA

NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-

DENSED

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FORM

Work on Omaha Exposition Is BeingRushed as the Time Approachesfor tho Opening Thousnnds of- -

People Visit the Grounds Daily

Rushing Work on ExpoIncreased activity is the watchword at

the exposition grounds in Omaha as thetime approaches when the gales must bethrown open to the world and tho greatindustrial exposition of the west standson dress parade for the inspectionof all comers Great as has been theefforts in the last year to push the workof preparation these efforts are now being redoubled Large gangs of men areworking in every portion of the spaciousgrounds adding the finishing touches hereand there to landscape work and to build ¬

ings and this numerous army has recentlybeen augmented by carpenters and dec-orators

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in the interior of the buildingswho are preparing the booths for the ex-

hibitors¬

Thousands of people visit thegrounds overy day to admire the beautyevery where apparent W---4- - -

Suspicious Cattle ShipmentStockmen of Seuhyler and vicinity are

quite exercised over the mater of shipmentof a carload of cattle from Lambert Sidingfour miles west of Schuyler by a shipperwho claimed he fed the cattle in the neigh ¬

borhood six or eight miles northwest ofthere but who it is positively declared isnot known by the feeders of that vicinityThe cattle were kept at Lambert Sidingall day having been seen early in themorning and while the man claimed thecattle were fed in the district north of thotrack no tracks were found to show thatthey came from the north As soon as thebilling at Schuyler and loading at Lam-bert

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was called to the attention of stock-men

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they became suspicious and notifiedOmaha commission men which was donejust in time as the cattle had arrived inSouth Omaha and an advance of 400 hadbeen asked for r

Child Burned to DeatnClaud Enlow the son of John

Enlow was burned to death at the homeof his parents in East Ashland the otherday The other two children were play-ing

¬

in tho door while their mother hadgone to the barn to shell some corn andthe little boy was asleep in the bed roomThe house caught fire and was totally de-

stroyed¬

The house wss too far awayfrom a hydrant to make a connection withthe city waterworks in time to save it Asubscription was circulated and over 70in cash besides food and provisions weresecured for the benefit of Mr Enlow whois a poor man and can illy stand the lossHe was not at home when the fire occurred

Salesman in TroubleE C Cook or Koch a traveling soap

salesman from Omaha entered the Even-ing

¬

Express office at Beatrice in a drunkencondition and frightened the young girlclerk by some indecent remark and shefled to the basement where she reportedthe matter to the engineer The lattercame up and ordered Cook to leave thebuilding Instead of complying he beganblackguarding the engineer when he waspromptly knocked down and kicked downstairs where he was picked up and takento the police station

Trusties EscapeJohn Carter and John Doe two trusties

at the Lincoln penitentiary made theirescape one night recently by scaling thewall with a ladder The men had beenallowed outside their cells being in thehospital part of the time for ailments thatit is now believed were feigned Blood-hounds

¬

were put on the track of thefugitives but at the last account no cap-ture

¬

had been made

Beatrices New SuperintendentJ W Dinsmore of Lincoln has been

elected superintendent of the city schoolsof Beatrice Mr Dinsmore lias had a wideexperience in school work at present be ¬

ing engaged as supervisor of the studyroom in the Lincoln high schools Hewill be in Beatrice most of the summerpreparing for the opening of the term

Held for TrialHoward King who was taken to Teka

mah from Sioux City to answer to thecharge of hog stealing was before thecounty court for a preliminary hearingand was bound over to the district courtunder 750 bonds and failing to furnisljthem he was returned to jail

Loses Tnroe FingersF R Wooley who operates tho brick

yard at Seward met with a serious acci-dent

¬

while cleaning out and readjustinghis steam brick machine His left handwas caught in tho machiue crushing threefingers so badly that ampul al ion wasnecessary

Killed on the TrailA telegram was received by Postmaster

W E Morgan at Greeley Center that hisson Eph had been killed on tho Klondiketrail by the caving in of an ice bridge overone of the passes His remains will besent back for interment

Held for Trinltxxxx Dunn imct his preliminary hearing

at Greeley Center on the charge of crim-inal

¬

assault on Louise Lund thedaughter of O P Lund Tho judge

bound the defendrnt over to the districtcourt in 1000 bonds

Verdict of Not GuiltyThe juiy in the case of the State against

John Gallican at Columbus returned nverdict of not guilty arter being out only ahalf an hour Gallican was ehanreri withmayhem and public opinion is divided onthe action of the jury

Fatally InjuredAn old man by tho name of McDonald

living north of Minden was thrown fromhis rig and received injuries from whichdied His youngest son is in the NationalGuard being a member of the Kearneycompany

Fine Barn ConsumedAndrew Young a prominent farmer

living five miles east of Oakland lost hisbarn by fire recently Eleven horses andforty hogs were consumed also corn andsmall grain The loss is over 5000 with

1300 insurance Origin of the fire is un ¬

known

May Cost Him His LifeHarley Woods of Weeping Water while

suffering from tonsilitis took a tablet forrelief but by mistake took one containingcorosive sublimate and grave fears areentertained for his recovery

MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS

Judge Scott Declares Two OmahaOrganizations Illegal

Judge Scott of Omaha has handed downa decision that has caused a commotion in

mercantile circles It was the indirect re-

sult

¬

of the suit recently filed by ShawFell local merchants requesting the dis-

solution

¬

of the Omaha Produce exchangeon the grounds that it was organized for

the benefit of the members and contraryto the best interests of the communityThe testimony brought out the fact thatthe plaintiffs are themselves members of

the Itetail Grocers Association an organ-

ization

¬

with similar aims and of the same

mercantile connections The court refusedto order declaring that sinca both organi-

zations

¬

were illegal it would not be con-

sistent

¬

to dissolve one at the request of theother He dismissed the case but declaredin open court that if any disinterestedperson would file a bill he would dissolvehnfh uiprpantile associations and all othersimilar organizations in his jurisdictionSuits are expected to b3 immediately filedagainst all mercantile associations Thiswill include Duns and BradstreetTs

Gored by a Mad SteerMrs James Cheezem of Fremont was

seriously and probably fatally gored by amad steer A bunclr of cattle belongingto Heraan Haubensack were being driventhrough the southwestern part of the citywhen one of them went mad He turnedand ran back up Pierce Street tearing upgardens and fences and everything thatstood iu his way Mr and Mrs Cheezemwho are both over 70 years of age wereout working in their garden The steerthrew bolfl of them Mr Cheezem escapedwith slight injuries His wife was injuredinternally and her recovery is doubtful

Shutting Out the Fakirs fThe city council of Ashland has passed

and Mayor Railback has approved an or-

dinance¬

which it is thought will effectuallyshut out the traveling patent medicinefakirs and the itinerant peddlers who havebeen swarminsr there lately An occupation tax of 3 per day will be levied onvenders of this class with a view to protectmerchants and business men who residethere pay taxes to support the city andwho are engaged in a legitimate business

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Gives a Horso to Moj TracyMaj E H Tracy of the Second Ne-

braska¬

is the recipient of a fine saddlehorse as a gift from L C Littelstadt ofNorfolk in honor of the majors recentpromotion just previous to the departureof Company L for Lincoln Mr Littlestadt told Majl Tracy who was then cap-

tain¬

of the company that when he got tobe major he would present him with a sad ¬

dle horse within twenty minutes after thereceipt of the news of his promotion

Serious Casualty on a FarmA terrible accident occurred on the

farm of Frank Smith four miles north-west

¬

of Wymote which resulted in thedeath of one boy and cut one leg off an ¬

other boy The accident occurred to thetwo sons of-- Mr Smith who were riding astalk cutter when the team became fright-ened

¬

and ran away with tho above re-

sults¬

The older boy was killed instantlyand there is little hope for the recovery ofhis younger brother

Suit for Heavy DamagesFrank Fuhlrodt the boy who was

arrested at Fremont on the complaint ofH Blumenthal charging him with break-ing

¬

into his store and stealing coods of thevalue of several hundred dollars filed apetition in the district court in an actionfor false imprisonment claiming 10000The suit will be hotly contested on bothsides The case against Fuhlrodt was dis-

missed¬

ou the preliminary hearing by thocounty attorney -

Brakeman Fatally InjuredA man aged 24 named Black working

with the Union Pacific steel gang at WeirSiding thirty miles east of Sidney wasseverely and probably fatally injured thoother day The work train was switchingand he was on top of the cars Suddenlythe engine jerked slack and Black fell be-

tween¬

the cars His right arm and leftleg and ribs were broken and there is alarge hole near the stomach

Alleged Robber in CustodyFred M Hannus has returned to Ains

worth from Casper Wyo with ArthurJohnson who js charged withrobbing theexpress company at Johnstown in Feb ¬

ruary The prisoner was brought byrequisition papers he answering the de ¬

scription of the man who with a shotguncompelled Agent Alspaugh to give up

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a Curfew OrdinanceAmov

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e is being made for the imoblionof a curfew ordinance to keen cuildr erlunder 16 years of age off the street ofAshland after 8 oclock at night A peti-tion

¬

addressed to the mayor and city coun-cil

¬

is being circulated and a bell will berung as a warning that children mustcease running the streets after dark

Fatally HurtAndrew Black a laborer of the Union

Pacific Railroad Company while at worknear Chappell was accidently caught be-

tween¬

the cars and so badly mashed thathe cannot live His home is in DorchesterMass

Pythian SisterhoodThe state meeting of tho Pythian Sister-

hood¬

was held in Hastings Many dele-gates

¬

were present Reports show thosisterhood to be in a flourishing condition

Nebraska Short NotesMcCook boasts there is more building

in progress there than in any city of itssize in the slate

County Treasurer Searle of Keith re-ports

¬

that the people are paying theirtaxes in a lively manner just at presentana it Keeps mm pretty busy writing re-ceipts

¬

Two Eustis young men came uninvitedro a wectamg ana on leaving took an over-coat

¬

belonging to one of the guests Theywere arrested and now languish in jail

The two Winside saloons are now outon a strike the town board having raisedthe license fee by 25 and the saloon-keepers

¬

say they will not pay this ad-ditional

¬

sumHartington citizens have arranged to se-

cure¬

Sunday papers the same day they arepublished by having them conveyed fromWakefield by boys on wheels or horses

While out hunting Will Rose of Fair-mont

¬had the misfortune to shoot the

horse he was driving in such a mannerthat it had to be killed The accidentwas caused by the premature discharge ofa gun

Ex Governor Robert W Furnas ofBrownville met with quite a painful acci-dent

¬

while pruning a fruit tree He hadthe misfortune to strike his arm with thepruning hook No serious results arecontemplated j

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Fitting tribute was paid by the Senateto Commodore Dewey for the magnificentvictory he achieved in the battle of Man¬

ila Bay A message from the Presidentwas received recommending that a voteof thanks be extended by Congress toCommodore Dewey and the gallant offi¬

cers and men of his command Withouta word of debate and without a dissentingvoice the Senate agreed to the resolu-tion

¬

carrying into effect the recommenda-tion

¬

of the President The Senate wentfarther even that that A bill was pre-sented

¬

increasing the number of rear ad¬

mirals in the navy from six to seven inorder that the President might nominateCommodore Dewey to the highest posi-tion

¬

in the navy within his gift and thattoo was passed without dissent In addi-tion

¬

a joint resolution was unanimouslyagreed to directing the Secretary of theNavy to present to Commodore Dewey asword and medal of honor and to havestruck in commemoration of the battle ofManila a bronze medal for each of theofficers and men who participated in thegallant fight The resolution appropri-ates

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10000 to enable the Secretary tocarry its provisions into effect The great-er

¬

part of the day in the House was con-sumed

¬

by war measures The recommen-dation

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of the President that a vote ofthanks be tendered Commodore Deweyand his associate officers and men wasfollowed quickly with a unanimous voteand with equal concert the House passedthe bill creating an additional rear admiralship for the hero of Manila Thebill providing for the organization of avolunteer engineer brigade and enlist ¬

ment of 10000 volunteer troops immuneto tropical diseases was passed after twohours of debate The principal ground ofopposition presented was found in the fea-tures

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giving to the Prudent the appoint ¬

ment of all officers The Senate oaf au ¬

thorizing the army to distribute foodamong the suffering Cubans and to armthe Cuban people was passed

Four war measures were paused by theSenate on Tuesday One of them pro ¬

vided for carrying on the additional workin the adjutant generals office the sec-ond

¬

authorized the enlistment of a volun-teer

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signal corps two thirds of the mem-bers

¬

of which must be expert electriciansor telegraphers the third was the so-call- ed

immune bill passed by the Houseof Representatives and the fourth wasa measure suspending existing law soadditional hospital stewards can be ap-pointed

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The postofiice appropriation billcarrying appropriations which aggregatemore than 99000000 was passed aftera debate which lasted several days Theresolution submitting to the Legislaturesof the various States an amendment tothe constitution of the United Stateschanging the date of the beginning of theterms of the President Vice Presidentand members of Congress from March 4to May 4 was adopted The House insession less than an hour passed a billappointing three commissioners to proposenecessary revision of the statutes relatingto patents trade and other marks andtrade and commercial names

The House by 184 to 11 on Wednesdaypassed a resolution for the election ofSenators by popular vote and refused48 to 90 to consider the Senate bill re-stricting

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immigration Mr Loud calledup the postofiice appropriation bill aspassed by the Senate and upon his mo-

tion¬

the House refused to concur to theSenate amendments and asked a confer ¬

ence The House then went into com-mittee

¬

of the whole to consider the Sen ¬

ate bill amending the revenue law pro ¬

viding for the disposal of abandoned im-ports

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turned over by impoiters to thecustoms officials The bill was passedThe Senate spent the afternoon in dis-cussion

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of the so called railway arbitra ¬

tion bill A House- - joint resolution de-claring

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the lands within the former MilloLac Indian reservation in Minnesota tobe subject to entry under the land lawsof the United States was agreed to

After a prolonged discussion the Senateon Thursday Jfffpfeia Wqluft jqneerumg carriers engaged in interstatecommerce aid their employes popular ¬

ly n4 i eraTivay jfrbitnition buiThe mole iuiportaiil nSientlmeiit 16 thelTieasute was that offered by Mr HoafMass which provides that courts shall

issue no inuiricliou agaiusl railway oniployes which shall compel them to givetheir personal service to T companyagainst their will On the final vote onlythree Senators were recorded against thebill A bill was passed removing all dis ¬

abilities imposed by the fourteenth amend ¬

ment to the constitution on persons whowere nt one time engaged in rebellionagainst the United States

An Army 24000 Miles LonjjA German military critic has been

adding up the grand total of the conti-nental

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armies and after noting thatwe can form only a vague idea of whatis meant by tens of millions he tries tobring home to his readers in anotherway the colossal growth of modern ar¬

maments If he says we could haveall the armies of the continent on awar footing and drawn up in one longprocession with their guns and ammu-nition

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and baggage wagons the columnwould be rather more than 24000 mileslong and marching day and night itwould take nearly a year to pass agiven point

The Largest Housererhaps the largest house in the

world is iu Wieden a suburb of Vi-

enna¬

In this domicile there are 1400rooms divided into 400 suites of fromthree to six rooms each and they atpresent shelter 2112 persons who payan annual rental of over 100000 florins

This and ThatThe marriage rate in Ireland last

year was higher than it has been inany year since 1871

Norsk Kvindestemmeretsforenig isthe name of the womans suffrage so-

ciety¬

of Norway WhoopIn a season of about eleven weeks

50000 worth of blueberries were soldIn Marquette County Michigan

Some people study all their life andat their death they have learned ev¬

erything except to think Domesque

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CITIZENS MEAT - MARKETGEO G SOHWALM PROP

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FRESH FRUIT - AND GAMEIn addition to a first class line of Steaks Boasts Dry Salt Meats

Smoked Hams Breakfast Eacon and Vegetables

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Exchange bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited reasonablyrates County depository

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