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VALENTINE NEBRASKA

BIG EASTERN STORM

IMMENSE DAMAGE IN NEW ENGLAND BY FLOODS

Dozens of Railroad Bridges WashedAway and It Is Feared SeveralLives Have Been Lost Forty Peopie Hurt in a Polo Rink

Great Rainstorm EastHARTFonD Conn The great rain-

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which has prevailed hero causedgreat damage throughout the slate TheConnecticut River lias swollen to threetimes its normal proportions A portionof the false work of the big iron bridge atMiddletown was swept away

The bursting of the old Copperminedam at Bristol caused the greatest floodever known there and the estimated dam ¬

age is over 100003 from this alone Peo-ple

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living along the Pequaback lliver hadto leave their houses in the dark and manylost all their possessions Ten highwaybridges were swept away and the NewEngland tracks were washed out in manyplaces A freight train ran into a wash ¬

out near Forestville and the engine wascapsized Tho storm in WInsted andother sections was very severe The NewEngland tracks are under water in manyplaces Tho loss in that county alone isestimated at neatly 100000

At Brooklyn a well known mill ownerlost bis life and several accidents are reported from many sections

Forty People HurtFall Riveh Mass A terrible acci ¬

dent occurred in the roller polo rink hereThere were 2000 people in the rink to seethe Fall River and New Bedford teamsplay and the galleries wero also ascrowded as the seating space about thesurface Suddenly tho gallery on theeaatside of the rink gave way

When the gallery fell at least 150 peo ¬

ple wero precipitated headlong to theskating surface Then there was a periodof great excitement and a panic thatwould have been fearful in its results wasnarrowly averted Of the 160 who fell atleast forty were Injured and twenty fiveseriously The accident was caused by arush of the people in the gallery to onepoint near the center to see the outcomeof a scramble on the surface between theopposing players The support of thegallery had probably been weakened insome manner

Condition of tho TreasuryWashington The treasury lost 155

100 in gold coin and 10800 in bars whichleaves tho reserve 122638093 a net losssince last Thursday of 1993048 Theamount of gold so far received on bondacoount is 91700000 and the amount ofbonds so far delivered is 75252250 Fortho month of February the receipts fromcustoms show a falling off of 2474408and internal revenue receipts a decreaseof 234649 As the expenditures duringthe month however were exceptionallylight a small surplus Is shown The totaldeficit for tho present fiscal year amounts to

18558537 and it is the opinion of thek treasury officials that the deficit on Jan

uary l next will not exceea tins amount

To Carry tho MailsCleveland A Leaders Washington

special says Horseless mail wagons willsoon be used in all the large cities andoountry districts of tho United StatesThe credit for the application of thehorseless electrlo motor carriage to themail service belongs to Second AssistantPostmaster General Neilson For severalmonths he has toen studying the projectand a few days ago completed plans for amodel carriage It is now in the courseof construction and will soon be com-

pleted¬

Double LynchingNew Obleans Paul Frances and

Gilbert Frances were taken from jail andlynched by a mob in front of the courthouse of St James Parish They at--tempted a few nights ago to burglarizethe store and res i den oe of M G Gourgeand assaulted his wife Paul Frances con-

fessed¬

the crime of outraging Mrsjourge

To Start a Now ArmyNew Fobk The World says Bal

lington Booth is making plans for an in ¬

dependent American Salvation Army ofwhich he and his wife will be tho leadersJe announoed the decision to start such amovement but it will be several weeksbefore he can tell just on what liues thowork will be undertaken

Mother and Son KilledLong Island City As the outcome of

a drinking party Mrs Mary Kraemerand her son Michael are dead with bul-

lets¬

in their brains There is some mys-tery

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as to who did the shooting but it islieved that young Kraemer Skilled hisother and then committed suicide

Cashier Love in JailV 7 TV i ttttvr N Y John W Tovf rt

cashier of the defunot First National Bankof this village was brought back toElmiraand lodged in jail having been arrestedin Cincinnati The bail demanded willbe 10000 Hi3 arrest was a completesurprise to the people here

Killed hy a PolicemanAlexandbia Ind JoeWorthington

a steel worker was shot and instantlykilled by Officer Graham who had a war--rant for him Wortblngton and a mob of

3 friends attacked Graham and ho wajIforced to shoot to save himself

Murder Near CincinnatiCincinnati At Chevoit six miles

Vestof Cincinnati Harry Matlack shot6nd killed Mrs Anna Strong wife of theproprietor of the Chevoit Hotel The twoudLbeen quarreling when the tragedy oo

burred

0 Edisons Father DiesNobwalk Ohio Samuel Edison

f father of Thomas A Edison the inventorHied here after an illness of several days

gea 71 years Mr Edisons home was atlilan Ohio He stoDoed here on his way

po Florida to visit his granddaughter andsua was taken sick Mr Edison wasornin Nova Scotia and has lived in

llilan forty years

- raMlH f JV T71 1- juaujk ouuueeus ruwierPYokkx The stockholders of theVtl Telegraph Company met andCtea Clarence H Maokay a director to

ttl Gen E B Fowler

Terrells ComplaintsFobt Worth Ttxas Under a Feb ¬

ruary dale United Steles Minister Terrellwrites from Constantinople to his brotherJ C Terrell of this city asfollows

England has play ed her cards badlyAll the massacres could have been avoidedhad her policy been different BesidesIhis the American press and AmericanCongress in abusing the Sultan and theporto will destroy my influence hereAnd then the poor missionaries whom 1have now protected from the Black to theCaspiant Sea are continuously writingback home abusing the Sultan and theporle and their friends in the UnitedSlates have the letters published and thepapers containing them are sent to theGovernment here immediately How canI any longer protect such people If theRussian alliance is formed then the worstwill soon be at hand I think I will beable to start for home in April and whenI see you will tell you more

Uniform Kate ClassificationWashington The committee on

mterstale commerce gave a hearing onIhe petition of the national board of tradefor legislation requring the interstatecommerce commission publish a uni-form

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classification of freight rates Thoadvocates of the change suggested repreienled that there were now four differentjystems of freight classifications in thecountry all so different one from an ¬

other in essential rejpects as to causemuch confusion to ship ers They askedfor a unified systen applying to all sec-tions

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of the country and claimed that thenecessity for this change was universallyrecognized by the people at large and alsoby almost all the railroads The inter¬

state commerce commission was alsoquoted as favorably disposed to the inno ¬

vation

Didnt Hold Up Their HandsWarren Ark A daring but unsuc-

cessful¬

attempt was made to rob the Mer¬

chants and Planters Bank of this placeThree men entered the bank and two ofthem went behind tho inclosuro whereMr Adair the cashier was conversingwith T M Goodwin and D W SuttonTheir salutation was Hold up yourhands

Mr Adair sprang for his pistol whenthe men commenced shooting and MrGoodwin received what is thought to be amortal wound and Mr Adair was shotthrough the shoulder He returned thefire and evidently wounded one of themen as when he rode off he was seen tobo bleeding

Startled citizens came running from alliirections and the robbers were forced toetire keeping up a fusillade of shots

Shoot Peaceful CubansHavana Refugees from Punta Brava

and Guatao have arrived at Havana andsay a reign of terror exists in their looalUy in consequence of the troops havingmassacred peaceable citizens at Guataoilready briefly announoed by the corres-pondents

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of American newspapers Anofficial Government report issued a dayor two ago states that a fight occurrednear Punta Brava between troops sentfrom Maraino and the insurgent bands ofVillaneuva and Acostu resulting in arictory for Spanish arms twenty insur¬

gents having been killed and fifteenprisoners taken The residents of Guataohave identified eighteen of the dead aspeaceable citizens Only two were insur ¬

gents and the prisoners are nearly all saidk be peaceful

Record Breaking ShellsWashington Surprising results were

obtained at a test of shells at the IndianHead proving ground a day or two agoand if these shall be confirmed by furtherBxperiments our navy which alreadypossesses the best armor plate in theworld will have by far the best armorpenetrating shells both of American invention At the proving grounds a caststeel Johnson shell of 6 inch caliber en-tirely

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penetrated a 7 inch harveyizednickel steel plate went through the heavyoak backing and 12 feet into the bank ofclay behind The performance has neverbeen equalled by any projectile of the likeiliber in the world

Spiritualists ConventionNew York Two hundred spiritual-

ists¬

and their friends gathered in theMadison Square Hall to attend the meet-ing

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of the convention which is being heldin the interest of the National SpiritualAssociation Prof Gatt called the con-vention

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to order Mrs Cora L V Rich-mond

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introduced Mrs Mary A Newtonpresident of the Fjrst Society in NewYork who gave the address of welcomeconsisting mainly of a letter to the con ¬

vention from her late husband Mr New-ton

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cordially greeted the spiritualistsffom the other world

Kills a Chicago HoboerChicago Edward well known in po-

lice¬

circles as Bull Hickey lost his lifein an attempt to hold up F A Haas pro-prietor

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of a moat market in Oakley ave ¬

nue Hickey entered Haas place of busi ¬

ness and while the latters back wasturned seized him by the throat andthrew him to the floor A terrific strug ¬

gle ensued during which the butcher man-aged

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to grasp a long bladed butcher knifewhich he plunged into the desperadosside Two pals who accompanied himescaped

Kills Wife and Mother-In-La- w

Jersey City John Mackin a shift ¬

less fellow shot and killed his wife Liz-zie

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Mackin and his mother-in-la- w

Bridget Connors and fatally woundedhis father-in-la- w Morris Connors Mack¬

in was arrested soon afterwards and saidthat he did the shooting because they re-

fused¬

to allow him to see his childrenHe has been married several years butrecently hiswife left him and he spentmost of his time in drinking

Ministry May Yet FallParis The newspapers of this city

express the belief that4the coming debateon the proposed income tax will deter ¬

mine the fate of the Government and inview of the appointment lately of a bud¬

get committee containing twenty ninemembers out of a total of thirty threehostile to the proposed tax the outlook isnot very bright for Burgeois and his fel ¬

low ministers

Topeka Boy MurderedTopeka Kan Jerry Merri wether

aged 18 years wa3 fatally shot here byanother boy named William BrownThere had been some trouble between theboys and when Brown saw Merri wethercoming down the street he ran into thehouse seized a shotgun and fired a loadpointblank into Merriwethers abdomenBrown escaped

Poisoned by MoneyNew York Grant Whalen cashier

of the New York excise board has beenbadly poisoned through ooming in contactwith germ laden greenbacks

Bradstreets ReviewNew York Bradstreets savs Chantra- -

able and at times unseasonable weatberj

V C

has continued to unfavorably influencethe distribution of general merchandiseJobbers at large western centers do notanticipate a heavy spring trade a9 theoutlook Is for retailers carrying overlarger stocks than was expected Theprice movement of leading staples is morefavorable with advances for wheat In ¬

dian corn oals copper leather and tur-pentine

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Firmer western prices are notedfor wheat flour coffee sugar steel railslumber coal and hides Exports of wheatflour included as wheat from both coasts

of the Uhited States this week shows amarked falling off not only from thetotal one week ago which was 8149000bushels but as compared with corre-sponding

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totals for the concluding weksin February in four preceding years Oneyear ajro the weeks exports amounted to2689003 bushels and two years ago it was2942000 bushels In 1893 the correspond-ing

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total was 3251000 bushels and in 1892

it was 2908000 bushels

Cut Off His HeadLondon The following story thougn

dated Ajaccio February 17 has justreached London Last Monday TheodoreBonellio was guillotined in one of thepublic squares of Ajaccio the wholeisland having been shaken with excite-ment

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since the sentonce was pronouncedin secret This profound interest is dueto Bonellies relationship to Bellacosciaand Bellagambia chiefs of the brigandsand two of the idols of Corsica IslandHence it was freely reported that a rescuewould Le attempted and Deibler the ex-

ecutioner¬

who arrived from Paris a fewdays before the execution went in fear ofhis life and had to be closely guarded

The rule in France is that executionsmust take place before dawn but in orderto make an example of this case not onlydaylight but the high tide of the carnivalwas chosen as the hour of the day for theexecution

Walker Against ItWilmington Del National Com-

mander¬

Walker who attended the sessionof the G A R at Newark this statefreely expressed himself on the proposedmeeting of the blue and the gray in NewYork He said

There is not a loyal union soldier whowould approve of such a thing Loyaltydeserves its reward and treason andtreachery should always be punishedThere is a broad distinction between unionsoldiers and confederates and so long asI am at the head of the G A R this dis ¬

tinction shall be observed so far as thisorganization is concerned I would notfor a minute favor any suggestion thatwould offer to place union and confederatesoldiers side by side in a parade wearingblue and gray uniforms even though theyboth marohed under the flag of the UnitedStates

No Signs of a StrikeNew York Relative to the report

that a general strike of street railway em-

ployes¬

was impending in the cities of NewYork Philadelphia Baltimore DetroitMilwaukee and elsewhere a representa-tive

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of the Metropolitan Traotion Com¬

pany and the Metropolitan Street Rail-way

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Company said that as far as his com-pany

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knew there was no indication ofsuch a strike Whether formally or other ¬

wise no labor organization whethercomposed of street railways or men inother trades had made demands of themThere was every reason to believe the mepemployed on the system were satisfiedOnly recently they were awarded a vol-untary

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increase in pay by the companies

Zelaya Acts PromptlyManagua via Galveston Texas The

campaign against the insurgents is beingpushed witli the greatest vigor by Pres ¬

ident Zelaya As intimated in these dis¬

patches the President decided not to waitfor the Leonists to attack Managua butordered an advance upon the enemy andcaptured the town of Nagarote Nagaroteis now held by a small body of Govern-ment

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troops and a column is pushing for ¬

ward in the direction of Leon Momeutobo was bombarded by a gunboat afterthe place had been called upon to surren-der

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Ten shells were thrown into thetown and firing ceased when the inhabit-ants

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fled in terror The loss of the rebelsand the amount of damage done is notknown

Will Not Affect the CanalNew York Warren Miller of th

Nicaragua Canal Construction Companysays he has been expecting for some timea general uprising in Central America

Such an uprising however he addedwould not affeot the Nicaragua canal in-

terests¬

The United States has alwaysafforded us ample protection and all ourgrants and concessions have been givenregularly by aots of Congress so that wehave nothing to fear from any politicaloverturning

Piatt Has a Bad FallNew York Thomas C Piatt slipped

on the sidewalk near the Twenty thirdStreet entrance to the Fifth Avenue Hoteland fell heavily injuring his hip andthigh No bones were broken but the exsenator suffered a severe nervous shockand will be confined to his room for sev-

eral¬

days

Milwaukee Clothiers FailMilwaukee Chauncey Simonds

Co one of the oldest clothing firms inthis city made aft assignment to R ENotbohm who gave a bond in the sum of

100000 The assets are placed at 80000and the liabilities at 33000

Killed at a CrossingNew Brunswick As a carriage con ¬

taining four persons was crossing therailroad it was run into by a train and de-

molished¬

Laura Childs was killed Ber ¬

tha Childs fatally hurt and two youngyoung men named Dunbar severely

Fire in CincinnatiCincinnati Fire resulted in the

burning out of the whole interior of J BLuoke and Cos cigar factory The fac-tory

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employed 250 hands Loss 80000 onstock building and equipments insur ¬

ance 85000

Five Hundred Editors in SessionLeavenworth Kans Five hundred

editors were present at the annual meet¬

ing of tho Kansas Editorial AssociationThey were addressed by United StatesStates Senator Lucien Baker and othera

Governor of Bohemia ResignsLondon A dispatdh to the Times

from Vienna says that Count Thun Gov-ernor

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of Bohemia has resigned whjohwill heal the breach between Czechs andthe Germans

Senator Voorhees RecoveringWashington Senator Yoorhees of In-

diana¬

has been ill for some days past butit is reported at his home that he is con ¬

siderably Improved

Completing the Chinese LoanLondon Tho Daily Telegraph says in

its financial article that French Germanand American syndicates are completingthe Chinese loan

OF A GREAT STATE

NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OFNEBRASKA

Governor Holcomb Orders an Inquiryto Be Made at the Grand IslandSoldiers Home Regarding the Effi-

ciency

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of Commandant Wilson

Will Investigate the HomeGovernor Halcorab received a letter

from Col John W Wilson commandantDf the Soldiers Home at Grand Island inwhich the colonel requests that as reportshave been circulated derogatory to hisgood name aud efficiency as commandantDf the home a thorough and open investigaton of the reports be made at tho gov ¬

ernors earliest convenience March 10

at 10 oclock is the date set at GrandIsland Governor Holcomb will request

jnformatlon from Adjutant General JamesD Gage who presented the resolutionadopled by the Grand Army of the Re-

public¬

Comrade Goodell who introducedihe resolution and from Mart Howe whoiirculated the report He will also asknhera who have industriously kept therumors flying Other persons who are in3luded with Colonel Wilson in the deroga-tory

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stories in circulation will be asked tobe present at the hearing in person or byenresentatives

Dodge County People Are MadThe refusal of Dr Mackay superin ¬

tendent of the Norfolk asylum to receiveMrs Minnie Krashn of Dodge County islikely to cause considerable trouble Theaction of Dr Mackay was considered bythe board of commissioners of DodgeCounty as a reflection upon the honor ofthe members and she was again broughtoefore the board At the request of thehoard Drs Haslam Smith and Crabls ofFremont and Dr Van Ness of the OmahaMedical College made a careful examina ¬

tion of the woman and reported that theyfound no evidence that she was sufferingfrom delirium as Dr Mackay had re-

ported¬

These physicians and Dr Brownof the board are positive that the womanis suffering from acute melancholia and aproper subject for the asylum The mem-bers

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of the board are determined that thewoman shall go to the asylum and if D7Mackay doesnt retract the matter mayhe carried before Governor Holcomb

History of a Delayed LetterHow long a letter may be enroute from

one person to another and yet finallyreach its destination was illustrated theother day when Fred Hedde the formereditor of the Grand Island Independentreceived a letter from Segeberg Schles-wig-Holste- in

inclosing another letterwhich certainly can claim right to a his-tory

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The enclosed letter was datedLuebeck 1849 It reached the person

addressed February 27 1896 And it con-tained

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1 in currency which has sincebeen outlawed The letter was protectedby five seals had on it the postmark Lue-beck

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1849 and enclosed was a slip En-closed

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find 4 due you for correspond-ence

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The letter was sent by the Lue-beck

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Gazette Another strange feature isthat Hedde does not remember that hever wrote a line for such a paper

Will Arrest Indian StudentsDeputy United States Marshal Tomlin

son went to Santee Agency where he wasto make several arrests among the youngIndian pupils who are implicated m set-ting

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fire to the Government school housesThe large Government boarding schoolwas burned last summer and two smallerones have since gone lip in smoke thelast few weeks since Major Clementsagent of the Santee Indians has gained aconfession from six and more are beingooked up

Killed in a RunawayLast Saturday as George Leonard who

lives six miles east of Pender was drivinghome accompanied by J O YV Gravesone of the traces unhooked frighteningthe team and causing them to run awayIn his effort to control them Leonardjumped out but his foot caught in thereins and he was thrown under the buggyand dragged nearly sixty rods His skullwas fractured and his back broken Heleaves a wife and six children entirelydestitute

Flames Catch the BabyThe little daughter of Henry

Bedka living a few miles west of Thayermet with a horrible death Bedka wasBngaged in burning a lot of rubbish andhad gone in the house for a few momentswhen he heard the screams of the littleone and on running out fouud the childin flames He immediately gathered thechild in his arms and endeavored tosmother the fire The child died a fewmoments later in great agony

Defalcation Figured UpC A McCIoud state examiner is now

ready to make a report on the defalcationof W E Aldrich ex county treasurer ofGosper County ne found him 5022short Aldrich destroyed several of hisimportant records thereby making theexamination difficult It is believed how-ever

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that this is the proper figure Aidrich has not been heard from and so farhis whereabouts is unknown

Contracted to Furnish 75 BodiesThe police of Omaha have information

that Claycolm the man brought fromDes Moines for body snatching made acontract with the medical college at DesMoines to furnish it seventy five deadbodies at 50 each It is unknown howmuch of this contract has been filled

Plattsmouth as a Corn MarketS A Davis of Plattsmouth has pur-

chased¬

14000 bushels of corn and Water ¬

man Murray of Maynardjoaded nearlytwelve cars at Plattsmouth for St LouisGrainmen say they never saw corn beingsold in greater quantities The elevatorsare kept running night and day

Made to DisgorgeA leading citizen of a neighboring town

mvested a few dollars in a game of pokerat Fairbury in a joint and at 3 oclock inthe morning Police Judge McCoy held aBpecial session of court and assisted tnebusiness man in making the others dis ¬

gorge a 8 jack pot

Painter Loses a FootWhile attempting to board a train at

Valley J H Loy fell under the wheelsHis left foot was so badly crushed that itwill have to be amputated Loy was sentto Omaha for treatment ne is a painterby trade His family lives in Ohio

Ate Pork Without CookingThe family of Mr Thompson living

south of La Porte ate pork without cook-ing

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it and soon afterwards all were takenill Clara Pales 10 years old and a sis-

ter¬

of Mrs Thompson died The rest ofthe family have recovered

LESS OIL USED IN NEBRASKA

Inspector Edmistens Report ShowsA Falling Off in Totals

Oil Inspector J H Edmisten has sub ¬

mitted his report to Governor Holcombfor the fiscal year ending February 1896En his report Mr Edmisten says that noinspection of gasoline has been madealthough all barrels of gasoline have beenstenciled and rejected fcr illuminatingpurposes The Foster cup he says is notsafe to make tests of gasoline but workssatisfactory in the inspection of oils Noexplosions have occurred in the statewithin the past year and but few acci-dents

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His report shows this summaryAmount of oil Inspected In the state bar-

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7478uGasoline barrels 41541

Total barrels 110321Amount of moneys received 11032 10Amount paid obt 9939 5G

Balance on hand S 1072 54

The amount paid out was applied onsalaries and expenses of the city inspectorand his deputiesJThe following is ihe state-ment

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of the business done by each of theoil companies doing business in the state

Approved Rejected Totals FeesStandard 02853 28312 91170 911700Fidelity 5101 8372 13473 134730Schotield Schumer

Teaglo 0814 4S57 11071 110710There has been a falling off in the

amount of oil consqmed in the state tothe amount of 24761 barrels amountingin fees to 247610 This shows a decreaseof about one sixth of the amount of oilsconsumed in 1894

Charges of Jury FixingMr Harrison H Blodgett was recently

tried in the district court at Lincoln bythe full bench on a charge of tamperingwith a jury in the case in which he andthe defunct Lincoln Savings Hank Com ¬

pany were embroiled The court has notyet rendered a decision in the case Sub ¬

sequently to the Lincoln Savings Banktrial another bank sued Blodgett on apromissory note for 659 and secured judg ¬

ment for 324 Tho motion for a new trialwas overruled Tho bank has now filed amotion for a rehearing on the ground ofnewly discovered evidence The motionrecites that since adjournment of the courtat its last term the plaintiff had been in-

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that Blodgett had tampered withthe jury in that case and that he had sentagents and messengers to the jury endeav-oring

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to influence them to give a Yerdictavorable to Blodgett

Sorry They Left NebraskaIt is a little remarkable to read the nu

mers letters sent by people who emigratedfrom Cheyenne County to Missouri Kan-sas

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and Arkansas Many of them arecoming back to try their fortunes uponthe broad prairies of western Nebraskaand lots of them are desirous of returningbut lack the necessary funds to pay theirexpenses Those who remained have thewidest scope to range their stock to eat ofthe nutritious grasses which abound every-where

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jtfo state in the union has suchvaluable resources as Nebraska and moreparticularly the western portion wherodiversified industries are so plentifulThe opportunities offered for settlers aresimply remarkable and words fail toadequately express the wonderful resultsachieved upon these vast prairie lands bythe hardy sons of toil

Disturbing Ashland PeopleDeputy Marshal Thrasher of Omaha

was at Ashland issuing summons to par-ties

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who own Union Pacific Railwaylands or land originally bought of thatroad to appear in chancery at OmahaApril 6 As the parties do not know whythey should be summoned some of themfear that the Government is making aneffort to take the land away from themAbout fifty summons were served Theland in question is a part of the originalgrant to the Union Pacific Company andconsiderable of it lays in Saunders county

Toung Wolf Hunter KilledThomas Biggerstag a young man about

17 years of age residing near Wahoo wasout wolf hunting and in attempting topull a shotgun out of the wagon the wea-pon

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was accidentally discharged and itscontents to through the muscles of one ofthe young mans arms above the elbowThe loss of blood which followpd was tnngreat for him and he died shbrtly after ¬

wardAwaiting Higher Prices

The yeld of oats about Shelby was heavylast fall and much of the grain is yet instorage awaiting higher prices From600a to 8000 bushels have been sold dailyto the three elevators there and a privatebuyer since the recent advance in priceMost of the corn is being fed to cattle

Jail Break at NorfolkJohn Morrison and Charles Hill broke

out of the jail at Norfolk by digging ahole through the brick wall Both menwere arrested at Randolph for harnessstealing A reward of 25 is offered fortheir capture

Farm House BurnsA farm house on the reservation near

Pender belonging to the Iowa State Sav-ings

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Bank of Sioux City and occupied byW W Pounds was totally destroyed byfire

Wrecked Bank Wound UpW T Wattles receiver of the Geneva

State Bank has by order of court sold alluncollected assets and other property ofthat bank and has wound up its affairs

Paying for Seed GrainT W Smith York Countys relief

agent has been the past week at York re-

ceiving¬

payment on seed grain note3 Themajority have paid either all or a part

Nebraska NotesCass County was visited by a good rain

SaturdaySchuyler has a lady barber Miss Rath

bone of South OmahaA barn owned by I E Doty at DaviC

City was burned entailing a loss of 7fThe German Lutheran Orphans Home

of Fremont has received a legacy of 800bequeathed to it by Mrs Caroline Elholiof west Point

Platte council No 276 Knights andLadies of Security was organized In tfiatcity Friday night

The Warren Live Stock Company ofDuncan shipped out six cars of fine sheepto Chicago recently

The police raided the Kearney jointsand plucked seventeen victims Theywere fined 1470 each

The ladies of the Rebekah degree lodgeof Schuyler have purchased a 400 pianofor use in Odd Fellows hall

Mrs John Hiadman of Ashland whileill was given a large dose of carbolio acidby her husband through mistake Promptattention saved her life

Eli Jones a worthless character ofPlat smouth struck little Bessie Gamesofthat city a terrible blow with a clubThe child was seriously injured Joneswas jailed

DOINGS Or CONGRESS

MEN WHO MAKE THE LAWS OFOUR NATION

Daily Keport of the Measures Intro-

duced

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and the Action TakenThereon in Both the Senate andLower House

Daily ProceedingsIn the House on the 25th Representative Dlng

feys bill was passed to exterminate the Alaskafur seals in case the modus vivendl cannot beoncluded for the protection of seals pending tho

adoption of proper and effective regulations byme countries Interested The Indian appropria ¬

tion bill as amended In committee of the wholewas passed no one demanding a separate votejn the sectarian school amendment At5 oclockhe House adjournedIn the Senate on the OTtli Senator Morrill of

Vermont chairman of the Finance Committeemoved to take up the tariff bill The motion wasdefeated 22 to 33 A sensational colloquy be ¬

tween Senators Morrill Teller and Sherman fol-

lowed¬

the announcement of the vote defeatingthe motion Senator Sherman declared therewas no occasion for a deficit Any tax whateverthe most obnoxious that could be collected wouldbe supported by tho people of the United Statesrather than to see the funded debt IncreasedSenator Morgan laid before the Senate the factaIn regard to Cuban governmental organizationwhich were he said complete Senator GrayDemocrat of Delaware spoke of the forbearancethe United States had long shown toward thaSpanish rule over Cuba which was a constantsource of irritation We cannot stifle tho feel ¬

ings aroused by the sad condition and the suffer-ing of the Cuban people At 5 oclock tho resolutions wero laid aside and aftor a brief executive session the Senate at 505 p in adjourned

The House on tho 2flth concurred In tho Senate amendments to the House bill extending thatime between which the Government may bringsuits to annul patents to public lands under rail-road or wagon grant The House postoflice committee decided to Insert In tho postoflice appropriatlon bill an item of 1000000 for specialpostal facilities from Chicago to Council Bluffsvia Burlington The Van Hom Tarsuey electioncontest consumed the remainder of tho day

The tariff crisis In tho Senate brought anotheiday of Intensely dramatic action of impetuousdebate and of stormy personal colloquy Thespeech of Senator Cartor of Montana one of thafive Republican Senators who voted against pro-ceeding

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with the tariff bill was the main formalevent of the 2Gth There was added Interest Inthe speech owing to Senator Carters position aschairman of the Republican National CommitteeThe Senator used very plain words In denounc ¬

ing what he termed tho movement to drive nunand his silver associates out of the Republicanparty This however was but the prelude tomore stirring events Senator Hoar questionedSenator Carter as to whether he intended to de-

feat any protective tariff bill unless Senators sur-rendered their convictions to him and whetherhis construction of tho Minneapolis platformagreed with the construction given to It by Pres ¬

ident Harrison Senator Carter responded withgreat vigor that Mr Harrisons course had notbeen all that was desired but It was at least abeacon of hope for the future But It was notthe construction applicable to the situation In theSenate today Tho latter part of the day wasgiven to tho Cuban resolutions Senator White ofCalifornia arguing that the executive was theproper branch to grant recognition of belliger-ency

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On the afternoon of the 27th an ex member ofthe House became a member and a member be¬

came an ex member Such was tho result of thothree days debate on the Vanhorn Tarsney con-

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election case The vote by which theDemocrat lost his seat and by which It was givento the Republican contestee was 112 to 164 eight¬

een Republicans joining with tho Democrats Inopposition to the motion Mr Hitt called up thoCuban resolutions which occupied the remainderof the day

The stirring speech of Senator Vest in Tienalfof Cuba was the event on the 27th in the SenateThe Senate had agreed that the final vote on theCuban resolution would be taken at 4 p m Fri¬

day and as the debate was proceeding SenatorWhite of California and Senator Gray of Dela-ware

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contending as a legal proposition that theUnited States could not at this time recognizeCubas Independence This aroused SenatorVest who gave vent to one of those bursts of elo-quence

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with which he at times electrifies theSenate At the close of tho speech SenatorGray who opposed Senator vest said that if elo-quence

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could achieve the freedom of Cuba thenShe burning words of the Missouri Senator wouldSet her free It is considered certain that favor¬

able action will be taken on one of the severalresolutions the only doubt being whether It shallrelate to independence or belligerency and as tothe extent of It The army appropriation billarrylng about 23000000 was passed during tho

lay AdjournedThere was an enthusiastic demonstration in

ihe House on the 28th when Secretary Cox of thaSenate shortly before 4 oclock appeared andannounced the passage by the upper branch ofCongress of the Cuban resolutloln but the mat-ter

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did not come up In any other form during theday The whole day was spent in the considera-tion

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of the legislative appropriation bill and con-siderable

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progress was made An agreementwas reached whereby the bill to change tho com-pensation

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of United States attorneys and mar ¬

shals from the fee to the salary system Is to beoffered as an amendment to tho bill An amendInent offered by Mr Tawney of Minnesota tobrovlde that members shall have 100 per monthtor clerk hire throughout the year Instead offlurlng the sessions only as Is now tho case proroked the charge that It was a salary grabMr Payne who was In the chair ruled It out ona point of order At the night session of theiouse several private pension bills were favorably acted upon

Shortly after the session opened In the Senateon the 28th Representative Hitt chairman of thaHouse Committee on Foreign Relations was inwhispered conference at Senator Shermansdesk The Ohio Senator announced that theCuban question as to whether or no the UnitedStates should recognize the Islanders as belllgerents would be taken up without waiting for thausual expiration of the morning hour At 3oclock Senator Allen populist of Nebraska wasasked to withdraw the resolution for the appoint-ment

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of Loyd as a Senate official Senator Allenfinally withdrew the resolution Senator Sher-man

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then moved that the Cuban resolutions btaken up and this prevailed without objectionChairman Hitt remained alongside Senato r Shenman as the debate proceded Baron von Kettlerof the German embassy occupied a seat In th6diplomatic gallery By this time the public gallerles were filled to the limit CondSlderabletime was consumed In debate after which throte came on the resolutions of the Committee oqForeign Relations SenatorMorrill sought to havthe resolutions divided but the presiding offlceiheld that it was out of order The roll call proseeded amid breathless Interest until it was plahsthe resolutions were overwhelmingly carriedThe result was announced yeas i nays 6

A Test for DeathA foreign scientist has a new test for

death With a candle produce a blisteron the hand or foot or the body If thablister upon opening with a needle orother Instrument be found to containfluid of any kind there is still life Inthe body

Frederick W Wurster mayor electof Brooklyn has sent in his applica ¬

tion to become a member of the Leagueof American Wheelmen

Ah me What Is so rare as a day inJune sighed the mistress of theboarding house as she deftly nipped atack from the hash before her Noth ¬

ing unless perhaps Its a square mealIn this place was the answer thatpopped Into the mind of tie cadaverousboarder at the end of the table teflared not speak though he was not toofull for utteranne Roxbury Gazette

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