Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1892, Page 3

/ 'S BIG COTTON Mii | of the s When Tta Wheels Will Move Joyously Anticipated, GREATNESS OF THE MIDWAY CITY CLEAR REARNEY Coming Representative and Conservative Men Talk ort Wonders About the Cotio Kean Neb., Jan. 23.—(Special Tele- gram to Bek |—About 100 business men bangueted this evening at the Midway. The object of the gathering was to celebrate the beginning of a manufacturing era in central Nebraska, the cotton mill which will soon be placed in operation being the main topic for consideration. 1t is intenaed by the citizens of Kearney to celebrato the starling of the mill on the grandest scale of anything in the history of central Nebraska, I'hio representative men of this city alive Lo the interests of every new enterpi that may locate here and the royal wolcome accorded the cotton industry this evening will linger long in happy memory of the par. ticipants of the banquet, A0 0'clock the fnvited guests were seatod atout the banquet table and ex Mavor O, I3, Fincl, toastmaster, took the company in charge. Tho tables wero arranged diagon ally “throughout the dining rooms, and swall army of waiters attended the wants of £y, the banqueters. Six delicious courses wero served and social chat chased away dull care until 11 o'clock, when tho tousts were proposed and respondéd to, “Railronds” was responded to by Mr. J. 1. Keck, who callod atteation to the gencral cmand ' for moro railroads in Nebraska. heso cannot be gotten by bonuses alonc: business is what gots thom. When the busi- ness of @ community requives greater facilities the railroad companies will furnish them. Kind words o a long way with rail- road men. Petty opposiiion’ may aunoy and inconvenicnce rallroads, but it never mduces them to grant favors nor to give accommoda- tions beyond what aro absolutely callea for. "'ho peoplo should not esitate to demand their rights, but they should never forget tho rail roads’ rights.” He thought tho sentiment s0 adverso to railronds in Nobraska at vresent that no extension of existing lines would bo mado nor construction of now oncs until such timo us there was & change in popular seatiment. The railroads havo tho best of the situation, 1T Kearney's busiuess warrants it, thero will be an increase in the local facilities for trans- portation. Ho thinks the B. & M. may bo extended to a junction with the Bilack Hills line it or near Ravenna, and that the Kear- ney & Black Hills road may be continucd to Mincen. He closed by deriouncing the rep- resentations of the demagogues who assume 1o speak for the farmers and have croated strong suspicions in the minds of eastern people, reflecting on the probity of Nebraska. “We are loyal to the principles of our coun try,” ho sald. *Tho majority rules: honest, good faith anc integrity uro carainal prin ciples, and wo grant to ail the rights we de mand ourselves.” 1 “uture Growth, - “Kearney in 1900 fell to the lot of M. A. Brown, who in strong colors painted the _glory of the city that is to be. “flere is—or was,’ he said, “the great Americun desert. Here is Kearney, Here will b the city, strong in the individuality of its peovle, rich in the diversity ol its in- dustries and powertul because animated by an undaunted spirit of progress that wiil enterupon the coming century with five times her present population of 10,000 neople. “In o few weeks tho 15,000 spindles of the Kearney cotton mill will be in motion—in lmfldll(v:urney looms will be fed by 50,000 os. Now our young manufacturing establish- ments are but dots upon the map of the cty ~in 1900 they will form an unbroken chain from our eastern to our western hmits. ‘The water power of today, daring in its inception aud remarkablo in its development, will have been so multiplied in 1900 that it will be the ‘wonder of a continent. “I0 the old days all roads led to Rome. In 1000 all Nebraska roads will lead to Kearney and our railroad system will symbolize & myriad of spokes in a gigantic wheel of com- merce of which Koarney shall be tho bup,” Their Noble Struggles, Hon. R. C. Moore handled “The Cotton Mill and the State.” Somo reminiscent re- narks on the early struggles and abiding aith of the founders of Kearney’s greatness —the projectors of the cangl—wero indulged and then he snowed how the realization of that dream had solved the problem of fucl. The estabhishment of manufactories at Kear- ney is now possible, for now the ‘no fuel” bugzaboo no longer ‘exists. Water power is the magic which has dispelled this. Kearney bas the water power sufficiont to drive the wheels of any manufacturing institution that may be located there, Some say the building of a cotton mill at Kearney is ouly in furtherance of a real es- tato boom. Such should come and gaze upon tho walls of the building, & mighty pilo of masonry 100x400 feet on the ground, with basement walls seven feet thick, its great whoel house und bulkheads costing thousands on thousands of dollars, the hun- dred and more car loads of machinery now in place, the 500 men who will bo there when the water is turned on and the thousands of spindles go whirring around, and say that it is only an aojunctofaboom. ' Theraw mater- ial can be shivped to Kearney for loss than it costs to Fall River, Mass. Tho demand for cotton goods n the west is far greater than a dozen mills the size of Kearney's can supply. We are among the consumers. IKearney can employ labor nearly as cheap, and with ber other superior facilitios can compete with all other mills ne entire state of Nebraska is interested in sceing tnis enterprise carried on successtully. We expect to sond o large share of our man- ufactured goods to Omaha. Wo expect to say to the citizons of Omaha: **We ure with ¥Ou in your plan for patronizing home manu- facturing industries," ana in the plan of reciprocity for home products, We say to Grand Island end Norfolk: **You help sell our cotton goods, wo will help sell your sugar,” and to Omaha: ‘“Patronize our cotton mill, we will patronize your jobbers," and the eutire state of Nobraska will bo greatly benefited by tho cotton mill within its borders. A tribute to tho tireless energy of the men who have lellml this enterprise to success closed Mr. Moore's address. Then and Now, E. C. Calkins, in response to the toast, “Kearney frow 1ts Iufancy,” said thore is little resemblance between the city which we are now proud to call our home and the insigmficant village which ocoupied this site 187273, Asthe babe iv its mother’s arws pives little measure of genius of its man- hood, so tho primitive hamlet which strag- gled over tno raw and wind-swept prairie nineteen years ago gave littlp promise of its future growth and ul’uspax‘n(. But there is i the infant the soul which determines whether s achievements in manhood shall Lo great or small. So in cities there 1s the uracter of the men who build them, the genius that marks for progress or decay. ‘Ihe hearts of men who lived in those one and two-roomed cottages were brave and en- terprising, and they 100k generous measures for the future of their adopted home. KFor- tune turned her face away at the outset, and from the start thoy learned the lesson that they could and must make the conditions which brought prosperity, Sometiwes vic- torious and often aisastrous, but always brave aud hopeful they commenced the work that has made us what we are. Aand so that spirit shall survive. We shall pass from achicvements groat to those greater, aud the IKearuey of uineteen years hence will be as fur from us in material achieveiaents as we are from IKearuey in its infancy. Stuyed Till Midulght, Tue banqueters deserted the nall at mid- nighty enthused with good cheer for the bus hmufi)rowupu of the city the coming season, ‘The Miaway notel aud its forces are up to the standard of the best in the country. Be- tween each toast popular choruses were SR0E, WHY, WHEN AND HOW. nterprise ment to Dat I'he ides of building & cotton mill in Ne- braska was couceived about Lwo years ago of the by Mr. H. D. Watson, an enterprising_snd nfluential citizen, formerly of Greanfield, Mass. He divulged his observations to d number of cotton manufacturers of New Ergland, among whom were the Cumnock brothers, operating mills at Lowell, South Hadloy, Chicopee and Holyoke, Mass.; Noonmovmer, 11, and Henderson, Noomwewes 1 Ateadyanta=ng 0f Ky.- The advantages avu - - | this location_were carofully cousidered and | sulted in favor of Meariey, piovided her citizens would do their share’ toward estab. lishing the big undertaking. With a spirit of pluck and_progress which has at all times characterized tho city, the magnificent bonus of 850,000 in lands and cash was raised within twenty-five days. Then began the swork of organizing a strong company of men experienced in the manufacturo of cotton. The result was that a company with £500,000 paid-up capital was organized. VForalong time thero secmed to be a (ull in the enterprise, but this delay was not felt among the projectors in New Ing: land. The details wero being cared for as rapidly as was consistent with good busi- The cotton mill is now erected and Kear- ney congratulates herself and the state on aying the createst manufacturing industry in Ncoraska. Details of the Balldings, The buildings are located in the northwest part of West Kcarney, near Iicho lake, and about one mile west of the contral part of the g All the buildings are of brick, and massive in all details, Tho main building is 108x102 feet; two stories high, built suff tly strong to carry another story when v the enterprise domands increased faeili ties, The buildings in connection are: A boilor room, 50x4S feet: an engine room H0x 70 feet: a fan roo 12 feet, and n three- story tower Jix2i feet at the top of which 1s atank connected witg a system of automatio sprinklers extending to all parts of the building. Three rows of strong pillars are ranged the entiro length ot both stories of the main building, which makes it strong enotigh to support’ the immense amount of machinery necessary to cquip the mill. Motive power is furnisued by an S00-horso power turbine water wheel conneeted with the bulkhead about 500 foet distant, eiving a fall of forty feet. The ponstock forming tho connection is an immeuse steel tube nine feet in dinmeter. A natural waste way or tail race is found in a deep ravine leading to the Platte river. In the same room with thn wheel is an_engine of the latest jmproved pattern of cqual power. to bo used in case of accident to tho water whee Already there are seventy car loads of ma- chinory in tho mill and’ eighty more aro curouto or in the shops undergoing .complo- tion: The equipment of the mill throughout is equal to the best in the country, for it was designed by cotton mill operators who { had yoars of successful exverionco in New England and the south. T'he class of goods to be manufactured is a superior quality of unbleachod musiins from 114 to 10-4 of a yard in width, and the cavacity will averago 26,000 yards daily. It is estmated that 430 persons will be em- ployed from the start. and already enough applications from skilied laborers in tho east, aro in tho hands of tho manager to fill the quota of Lelp noeded. The Cotton Mill com pany hias built fifty Snug coltages near vy, for the wodation of employes, which gives the surroundings the appearance of a manufacturing subarb. Ouestion of Frelght Rates, It has been said that one of the principal hindrances to the success of the mill would be the matter of laying down tho raw material, on the basis of rates furnished New England manufacturers. This has beon fully 1nvestigated, and it 1s an assured fact that cotton bales cau be laid down attho mill much chenper than at any other northern factory. Then again, Kearney is in the cen- tral portion of the country, and the matter ight from the east will be saved, mak- cat saving. “The gentlemen interested in the enterprise are well known 1 the business world us suc- cessful men of affairs. They have counted the cost and figured thew profit_divect from the business in which they have grown wealthy. Mr. Walter Cumnock, the manager of the mill, has carofully studied the outlook for the* profitable disposal of the output of tie mill. He asserts that three-eighths of the product will find salo in the local markets, that 1s, within a comparatively small radius, And that as the mili will ‘make a class of goods which will find a ready market heanticipates even better results from the IKearney miil than from tho successful mill at Henderson, Ky., which he has just left. What the industry means today is that conservative manufacturers have ventured on 4 project which will mark a new era in manufacturing in the west, and especially at Kearnoy, where a magnificent water nower places the cost of manufacturing on & basis with tho east. It is expected that tho spindles will begin to whirr early in March as tne intervening time will be takenu up in setting the machin- ery. 'i‘ho second annual meeting of tho stock- nolders was held December 30 at Young's hotel in Boston, and the following board of directors were elected : Stephen Jenks, Paw tucket, R. I.:James McMullen, Biddeford, Me.; Jorome Marble, Worcester,” Mass.: G. W. ‘Cumnock. Woonsocket, R." I.; Walter Cumnock, Iearney, Neb.; Everett White and J. J. Murdock of Leicester. Mass. The ofticers of the company are: Stephen Jenks, Pawtucket, R. I, president; Everett White, Leicester, Mass,, sccretary and treasurer, and Walter Cumnock of Kearney agent and resident manager. Mr. M. Cummings of Holyoke, Mass., is the coutractor on the buildings, and the sub contractors ure R. Hibbard and W. I, Scott of Kearney. Workmen from Kearnoy have been emploved the past yoar on the build ings, and the venefit to the city has been feit by all classes of trade. As an illustration, 7,000,000 of Kearney bricks were used in the structures. When the mill is put in operation a gen- eral invitation will be sent to the business men of Nebraska to be proseut and help celz- brate the occasion, ————— s How Wanamuker Works, Julia Hawthorn in New York World To give an iden of what the postoftice growth has been since it was started under old Samuel Osgood a hiindred and odd years ogo, it is enough to say that in 1780 2,000 letters were posted in a day, whereas now 8,000 lettors are posted every minute of the twenty-four hours, Mr. Wanamaker's offico is a lurge light, pleasant room, which any one ap- parently may enter and tell his business 10 the postmaster general, who hears it all, gives his answer briefly and frankly, though courteously. ody thinks he can run the postoflic suys M, Wanamaker, 1 have plenty of suggestions; many of them are unavailable, but now and then | get a good one, and such are worth waiting for.” He is in his office by 8 o'clock, tn hour before the clerks appear. That hour he s at liberty to spend over his private correspondence, Then come the subordinate ofticers to consult with him. “*He gives to every one the responsi- bility of his position, his theory being that the more you trust a man the more trustworthy he becomes. But he first solects tho man in question with great care, and his instinct in this important matter is very seldom at fault, At 10 o’clock the procession of con- eressmen and people in general begins to stream in and lasts until lunch time— at 1. Only on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30_tho postmaster general getd into the department hack and is driven to cabinet meeting, By 8, in any case, he is hack in offico and stays there until past Sometimes he drives out with the presi- dent or some oth leading muan and they enjoy the air in the environs, and 1 suppose discuss the situation quietl The last two hours of his office da are spent in considering projects and improvements, and are often the most prolific of the Whole nine. his o A Hangor (Me.), man said thore was no soprano at nis church on & recent Sunday Whobeu an explanation was asked he says that “Saturdey nigut the soprano had a dream ln which an angel appeared and told ber that the lord wanted her to sing antbern No, 3 on Sunday, She got mad, and bossed by anybody, au from cbureh.” aid #he woulda't be 50 she stayed away HIS WAR RECORD WAS sorxnl Why John 8haffer Did Not Serve His Full Term. SENTENCE WAS REDUCED BY HALF Numeronsly Signed Petittons Were Pre- 1in O isoner’s Behalf Ity S of Nebraska's Hest Citizens- coln News of Interest, Lixcory, Neb,, Jan, rSpecial to Tne Ber.]—John Shaffer, the man who was re- leased from the Scate penitentiary Thursday, oand whose arrival at his former home at Minden created o much surprise and indig- nation, was not pardoned by Governor Thayer, as has been aileged. Shaffer was originally seutenced for ten years for tbe crime of murder. Two years ago Governor Thayer received a numerously signed petition from the members of Shaffer's old war regi ment, the Fifth Wisconsin artillery. o attention was paid to the matter at the time. A year later, on Decembor 24, 180), the gov eruor received a second petition, backed by a number of letters, one from Chief Jus Cobb, in which the judee asked that the ¢ bo givon the most thorough consideration. After due reflection Governor Thayer com- muted Shaffur's sentence to five years' im- prisonment. Shaffer is 60 years old and has o large family dependent upon him for support. Since his incarceration bis wife has become hopelessly nsaue, leaving a family of chil- dren uncared for. Snaffer’s war record, too, was a gcod one. Ile enlisted at the begin ning of the war aund served with hounor to himself and his regiment untul ‘\L‘uvn was declaved. His conduct at the battle of Stono River was especiaily heroie, as in that action ho defevded bis ~ gun singlehanded and alone after his comrades had fled in a panic, and save l it from being spiked by the enemy. His term of imprisonment ended Thursday and ho returned at once to bis family ricber ho was when ho ontered the peniten- v. After his sentenco had been comn- muted he was examived by tho pension board and when his case was fically passed upon he recerved £1,200 back pen and an award of $20 per month. At lis reguest Warden Hopkins deposited §1,000 in tho Can- ital National bank of this city. The balance of the money, together with his monthly pen- sion, has been sent to his family. \When te left tho penitentiary he received from the wardaen 3| % that being the amount stand- ing to hus credit at the bank. ntendent Goudy's Condition, A. K. Goudy, state superintendent of public instruction, s been lying dangerously ill at the residence of his father in law, three miles from Peru, in this state. Two weeks ago Mr. Goudy lost his little daughter by dipth theria. The death of the child fell upon him with crushing force and he was taken ill o few days after the funeral with nervous prostration complicated with a chronic throat and lung trouble. His condition was consid- ered quite serious a day or two ago, but today he is reported to be much better and his friends nope to have him removed to this city next wi State Treasurer Hill has been cpnfined to rosidenco on L street for nearly a week past with a severe attack of grip. He hopes 10 be able to be at his desk next week. Adjutant Generel Cole was in his oftice sterday and today for the first time for Ho ias been quite sick at bis home at Juni More Records, County Clerk McCullom of Seward county today forwarded to the bureau of industrial statistics the mortgage indebtedness record of that county. The figures for the past seven months aro interesting, even though the record is not as favoravle as those from other counties. Farm wmortgages filed, 215, amounting to §! 04287 released, 254, amounting to §212,410.02; chattel mortgages filed, 713, amounting to £282,586.07: released, #85, amounting to £105 Mr. McCullom says that during the past year not over G0 per cent of the chattel mortgages have been released whon paid, After speaking of shoriffs’ deeds, of which there were only four entered for foreclosure upon farm property and two upon chattels tire seven months, Mr. McCullom 1fortunately the record of indebted- tands against us, but the farmers are nonoe the poorer. Farmers in this locality are holding their grains and were they called upon today they could haul in enough live stock and cereals to wipe out every dollar of indebtedness in the county. Complaint Against the Rock Islund, Henry J. Gartner of Mayberry, Pawnee connty, Neb., called at the state house tod: and renewed complaint againdt the cago, Kunsus & Nebraska railroud, a branch of the Ruck Island system. His original case @ August 18, 1800, at which time he lained that the railroad referred 1o had failed to provide adequate facilities for passenger traflic at a certain point on the voad n which a large number of residents of Pawnee county were directly interested. The Board of transportation in- vestigated the matter and discovercd that at the point referrod to in tho complamt there was a spue or siding. On January 14, 1591, the bonrd made a decision to the effect that the rairoad company should stop all of its trains at the spur when they were facged, with the exception of the cannon ball or fiyer.. Mr. Gartner now alleges that the railrond has ceased to comply with the order and asks that the railroad company be com- pelled to do so. Goxsip at the State House, Attorney General Hastings went to Crete today to spend Sunday. Editor I, G Simmons of the Seward Re porter was a stato house visitor. Pwo cases wero filed with the clerk of the supreme court 1his afternoon. Upton vs. Levy comes up from Douglas county on a writ of error. The case of the Hannioal Fire lusuranco company vs. A. J. Gustin was filed from Buffalo county. Dr. William Wells of York cailed on_ his friend, Captain Beardscly, tho official stenographer of the Board of fransportation. Will Dillworth, secrctary of the State Board of Transportation, won', to Peoria, 1L, on business toduy. Jeutenant Governor Suecd of Ashland was a caller at the state house today. Owlng to the presence of several cascs of iphherin at the state penitentiary that in- stitution was quarantined today. Milling In Transit Business, Sccretary Nason of the Omaha Board of Trade was at the state house today consult ing with members of the State Bouard of Transportation with refercnce to pushing the fight for the roncessions asked oy the grain men of Omaha, Mr. Nasoun reports that no stone will by left unturned w accomplisi this purpose, To securo these concessions means the life of the graw inspection busi ness in this state. Letters have been ro ceivod from promiuent ofticials of the North- western and Burlington systems at Chicago stating that the matter is under considera- tion and a decision in some shapo will be ar rived al in a very short time, Ano Twine Factory, A company has been organized with head- quarters at Bancroft, Neb., for the purpose of engagiog n_the manufacture of binder twine, J, L. KKeil Is seeretary of the com- pauy, which hus @ ocanital stock of §10,000, 'he new company is 8 Nobraska enterprise, the stockholders all belug members of the farmers alliance in Burt, Wasbington and Dodge counties. They clalm that by rais- ing thgraw materiol and then turning it into the manufactured articlo themselves they will secure all the bevefits. Hulsing s by the Ae The executive committee of the state alli auce held a business session in this city last evening at which it was decided to adopt the acre plan’’ in raising funds for the coming campalgn. The plan is simply this: The wembers of the alliance in every county are asked to pledge themselves 1o give the pro- ducts of one acre of land to the ailiance cause. ‘Tue money raised by this scheme, it is asserted, will be used for ‘“‘eaucutional work" or put into the “campaign fund’ as the donor may choose. Sugar Beets In Box Butte, ‘The Box Butte County Best Sugar associ- ation Is the first to e organized under the plan adopted i the recent best sugar con- vention beid in this city, Its officers are: President, G. W, Clark; vice president, A Sherwood . secretary, H. W. Axtell: treas- inkerton. Mr. Nasow of the ex- ecutive commitiee of the stato assoclution re ceived the official métification of tho Box Butte oreanization today. He says the work of organizing these éuuty associations will be pushed \‘Dz«mu’t_v this spring and he ox poc*s Lhag the resufts Wiil begin to show the | coming fai Sues for Wer Dowry, A case somewhat ouf of the usual run was filed in the district court this afternoon. The petitioner is a voling Bohemian woman named Fredie Clonsky who has been a bride but two months apd “the defendants are her arents, Simon sad, - Rachel Madowrick Last November Fredié marrind her present husband, much against her will, and she only consented, shp says, npon her parents signing a_written uiec:ncm. to nay her a dowry of &0 in ¢ash. The only condition to the_ agreoment wvas that the payment of the $600 was to be defarred untila certain piece of property an () street could be dis- posed of. Fredie has complied with ber part of the agreementaud having found a cash pnrchaser for the property 1n question, sceks to compol hor parents to pay hor the amount agreed upon, Delegates Appointed, At the request of the presjdent of the nsso cation, Mr. A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln, Go ornor Thayer today apvointed the followir delegates to tho convention of the stato di vision of the B and Girls National Home and limployment association, to bo held in Lincoln January and Chaucellor James H. Canfield. Chancellor C. 1%, Creigh ton, Chancellor D. R, Dungan, Rev. Mr. Clark, clty mission, Omaha: Mrs, Ciark, su- perintendent of the Open Door, Omahas Rov. C. W. Savage, Omaha; Rev. W, K. Hoans, Omaha; H, T\ Clarke, Omahu: Rev. C. ! McConuell, Ashland: E. M. Hill, Beatrice: John 1. Mallalieu, Kearney: Rev, W. I Ringlund, Hastings; Hon. A. H. Woeir, Lin- coln: Rev. P. W. Howe, Lincoln. City Teachers' Iustitute, The city teachers' institute was held in the High school building today and a most inter- esting session was enjoyed by those present. The main topic under discussion was * Coinage,” and the subjact was diviaed into different branches as follows: *“Bullion,” “The Buzzard Dollar,’ “‘Origin of the Siiver Question, nd “Bimetalism is Monometal- ism.” Each branch of the subject was handled intelligently. Miss Upham told of a visit to the Omaha publie schools, contining herself principally to the primavy depart- mont. rs. King gave a brief account of a recent visit to the Omaha high sehool. The institute closed with a pencral discussion on “fducational Work, " in_which nearly all of the teachers participated. Nebraska Quarter ¢ The committece having in charge the de tails of the program for the celebration of tho twenty-fifth anuiversary of the admis- sioa of Nebraska into the union has sejected Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 and 26 as the dates for the celebration. Wednesday will be devoted to the presentation of alit prozram while Thur will*bo givea up Yo a general demonstration in which an claborate parade will form the principal fea wire. teniary. »m the Police Docket. a domestic employed at boarding house was bound over to the district court in the sum of &00. Sho is accused of stealing a gold watch. Inasmuch as the wateh was found sewed in the lining of her hat she witl undoubtedly be convieted. Fd Cossidy _was fined $1 and costs for his assault on Evertou Schiey The yonng laay referred to in this case was Miss Nellie Cassidy, a sister of the defendant. and the action ot young Schlegel in persisting in his attentions to her acainst the wishes of her family led to the assault. Henry Reggalia was committed to the re- form school for the theft of a pair of over- shoes and other misdemeanors. Dennis Hammond, the gambler under st for vagraney, was taken bofore Justice gelt this afternoon, He secured a chango of venuo to Justice IFoxworthy’s court and the case was continued until next Thursday. Odds and Ends, A slight blaze was started in a clothing store at 1016 O street by a quantity of cot- ton goods coming in contact with @ gas jet. Damago ouly nominal. The Rock Island surveyors have completed their work in Antelope valley and will next Monday commente work in the west part of the ¢it, ‘I'he Garten institute for the treatment of dipsomania by the ter-chloride of gold pro- cess opened today with several patients al- rendy in hand. y Rev. William Kirkus of Baltimore has ac- cepted un invitation to dehiver the bac- cn{nurl‘lfl. address at the university com- mencement next June. Washington Glad- den will deliver the charter day address. Coustable Mallory experienced a littlo ex— citement. in attempting to serve a writ of at- tachment on Mrs. Mary Brunbridge, on tighth and A streets. The woman assailed bim vigorously with her tongue, whilo her son attempted to thrash bim. The constable secured the goods he was after only when he drew his pocket artillery and thveatened to declare war, Mrs. Chancellor Canfield is convalescent after a serious 1llness, Charlie Davis, a vear-old boy living in Denton precinct, was today sent to the re- form school by Judge I.ansinge. Mrs. Mamie Bail today commenced a suit for a divorce from her husband on the grounds of non-support. Postoftice Inspector John Steen of Wahoo was in the city on ofticial business today. W. H. Dech, state lecturer of the Farmers alhance, held a consultation with the leaders of the independent party in this eity today. Owing to the prevalenco of diphtheria at the state penitentiary Elder Howe will not hold his regular services tomorrow. Visitors wiil govern themselves accordingl, —_— e — STRIKES FROM THE SHOULDER. A Young Woman Whose Fist isa Tel Tormentors, Miss Louise ervell is the latest nc- quisition in the pugilistic line that Macomb, Iil., can boast of. Her latest encounter was in the postofiice one even- ing recently, The lobby was jammed full, as usual, and Louise, followed by an escort of jeering small boys, pushed her way into the crowd. . A young man made “some slighting remark about her new bonnet or her new Worth garment, and Louise promptly knocked the insulter down. The erowd, which contained many women, ted and formed a ring. The women were not at all averse to witnessing a fistic engagement between one of their sisters and o member of the stronger sex, and they pressed eagerly forward to get in a better position. The battlo was, like the female pugilist, short and decisive. Two orthree well directed right-handers laid the young man low, bleeding from several wounds on his face. When the poor chap recovered sufficiontly he crawled away, A titter reached Louise’s ear.. It eame from some one just behind her. She whirled around and caught another youth in the act of guying he A good sized figt, followed by the girl’s strong arm, flashed through the air and another member of the masculine gon der fell to the floor. This hardly satis fled the muscular young lady’s thivst for bright red gore, A third viet'm suc- cumbed to her inshtiate fury, The po- lice mude no interferenco und Louise smilingly picked up her hat and scat- tered pleces of clothing and walked proudly away This is by no means Miss Ferreli’s first battle, She had a row with a man on the street a few weeks ago and se- verely pounded him. Last week at the Williams house, where she 15 employed as dishwasher, sha became angered at vemarks a copplg, of sister employes made, and she threw them both out of the window. The girls swore out war- rants, and Louise was arrested and fined about #50. Then she has had several minor “revaps” that have made her perfect bugaboo among the fenale. pop- ulation of the city, Many ladies who fear that she has some peculiar grievance agaipst them will walk half a mile to avoid ing her on the street. The policeo ¢ ither terrorized Ry the girl’s forocious actions or have given her up as a hopeless case —-one be- yond all power of reform—for they Scarcely ever m v to The only complexion powder in the world that is without vulgarity, witbout injury to the user, and without doubt a beautitier, 1s Pozoni's, | (LAIMS OF A FREMONT MAN Probable Heir to a Large Portion of New York Oity. ARRANGING TO SECURE HIS WEALTH Anclent Records Cltizen's Title to the Vast ¥ terests—tow the Di Made-State News Sustain This Nebraska perty Tne very Was Notes, ' Frevoxt, Neb,, Jan. ~|Special to T Bre—D. M. Edwards of this city was greatly surprised last evening on the re ceipt of intelligence which leads him to be lieve that ho is a probable heir to a large amount of real estate on Manhattan island and upon which the city of New York now stands, Tho information came to him through a Lianelly, Wales, newspaper dated January 6, and a lettor received from his wife who is now at that place, both of which were re ceived by Mr. Edwards yosterday. The foundation for this remarkablo story is that in ) one Robert lwards, the great grandfather of Mr, dwards, emigrated from Liandengeirne, Wales, to America. In the course of o fow years aftor his arrival Rovert Edwards became the owner of a tract of forty ucros of land on Manhattan Island. This lana was low, wet and marshy, and it was bought at a low price. He leased it to the British government and on it the city of New York was afterwards built. Sub- quently came tho outbreak of the war of 1ndependence and later tho recognition of the independence of America by Great sritain, when the lease was made over to the Unitea States government. This instrument, as is customary, ran for ninety-nine years, and therefore only expired a fow years ago. By the expiration of this lease and tho showiny of the identity of the descendants and the tracing of these important documents back to the original owner, the family of Mr., Kd- wards propose to claim the property which is now estimated to be worth the fabulous sum of £330,000,000, Corroborating the belief of tho present claimants of this colossal fortune it may be said that Daniel Edwards of Llanelly, a brother of the Fremont man, has a mily bible, tho first entry in which shows that he to whom tho entry refers must have corve- sporded exactly in ago with. tho Robert sdw who emigrated to America in 30 from Llandengeirne. Tho oxistence of this old bible is well known to Mv. Edwards of this city, to whom in his carly days at homo 1t wiis a familiar object. With this point of begirning, Daniel Ea wards has already commenced prosecuting rohes among the baptisms and the reg- isters of the old Welsh district where the Edwardses bave lived for generations, Tne private information which came to the Fre mont_brother yesterday was that this work is peing pushed systematically and that tho aid of relatives in America has been invoked. Oue of these lives iu Brooklyn, another or two in Ohio and a brother, William, at Mil- waukee. Mr. Edwards manifests no particular elation over tuis startling usnnouncement which, if true, makes him one of the richest men in the whole world. He expresses him- sell by saying that some one must have owned the property in question and that he may bo a doscendant of that person, and that if tho stataments ave true it is alto- gethier probable that he is such descendant. It is a peculiar coincidenco that Mr. Edwards is one of a number of claimants against the city of London on similar grounds, the case now being in chancery. ds Guarding Gra Graxp IsLAND, Telegram to Tu: I 1 Island's Interests, Neb., Jan. 23.—|Special —Ata rousing meet ing of about 15) of the leading citizens to- night, vesolutions were passed expressivg thanks to Senator Paddock for introducing abill for the erection of a §3),000 pubhe building here, and on account of the com- mercial importance of the city suggesting an increase to the amount of £(0,000; also that the new management of tho St.Josept & Grand Island railroad be rvespectfully re- quested to put on an additional mail train 10 leave St. Josoph at suchan hourasto bring it to Hastings after the departureof tho fast B. & M. mail for tho west, enabling this v cinity to receive eastern dailies and general mail at an earhier hour than at present. The secretary of tho meeting was also authorized to confer with the Rock Island oflicials in order to ascertain whether the road could not be induced to extend their road through the city. Other vital matters were also dis- cussed. The meeting adjourned with gen- eral cheers. ward i1y, Neb., Jan. 23.—|Special Tele- gram to Tup Ber.]—Last night about 9 o'clock A. J. Campbell returned to his home unexpectedly and found his brother, Willlam 5. Campbell, usurping his place beside his wife. He quietiy provided nimself with an ax landle and gave William au unmerciful thrashing, then turned his attention to his wife, kicking her out in tho snow, and olitely, but firmly, insisting that she should cavo for good. Tho female in tue case, Annio Campbell, is ‘a_fine looking woman of 25, William Campbell is from Rockford, 111, where rumor says he hasa wilo and five children, He and tho woman dissppeared duriog the night, leaving her child, a little girl 4 years old, The husband staried aftor them this morning, expecting to captura such baggage as ho could find and arrcst them if possible. Graxp s 24, —|Special Telogram to Tui: Bie. afternoon in the district court, Judge Harrison issued an injunction enjoining tho county clerk and county treasurer from issuing and paying certain warrants in the sum total of £1,000, which were ordered paid as damages for the opening_of what 1s known as tho Stalloy road. The uction of the board is held to bo illoal, sinco tho warrants are ordered from tho county general fund, whereas Washine- ton township, wherein the road is situated, must, according to the letter, pay the costs, Niobrara's Artexian Well, Niouraka, Neb,, #an, 23— (Special to Tug Bk, | —~The cap rock of the artesian wall was reached yesterday at a depth of 550 feot and three feet farther was drilled, when the flow began to increase so rapidly that the casing was put down to that depth, By to- night it is expectad the required pressure and flow will be reached. The water is very =oft, freo from sulphur and flows out at a temperature of 70=, The well is an cigkt- inch bore and thoe largest in the state, Sloan Was t Frozen Bram, Nev,, Jan. 2 pacial Telegram to Tur Bre|—The report in the World Herald of January 22, dated Pierro, S. 1., stating that Sloan, the Foutanelle murderer, had beon found frozen to dealt aud fully identified, is & mistake. Sheriff Harriman rocolved a telegram from Ben Ash, sheriff of Hughes county, South Dakota, stating thut the whole thing was false. Nothing of the kind had happened up there. Narrowly Escaped Brie Seuises, Neb., Jun, 2 Tur Bek.|—Last night at the B. & M. cross- ing between this city and Wymore Mr. Buvins, a farm hand, while crossing the track with a team was struck by the Omaha express. His wagon wus broken to pi and be was lydged on the pilot, where ho stuck until the train was stopped. The g a Child, Jan. 23— Special Telegram to Tik Bie.|—W. 5. Alyoa was arrested and lodged in jail this morning charged with abdfeting & 3-year-old girl near Plattsmouth, He had the girl in his possession when arrested aud was on hbis way to St. Joseph NEsrAska Crry, A by w Viclous Horse, NECMAN Grove, Neb., Jan, 24, - [Special to Tuk Bre ) -Gus Kokbart, Liviog six miles east of this place, met with a serious acci dent by & fractious borse today, which re { sulted in his losing two fingers on his right bard and bewg otherwise badly bruised, ¥ erred the servant Girl, Gikaxn IsLaxp, Neb., Special to Tug Bek. |- Gus Koebn of this eity s wanied ( rathe: bad . _He has suddenly disapvoared with Mary Smalick, a servant girl, who | made her home with Mr, and Mrs. Koean. | the love of The guilty pair 1s supposed to have gone oast. The truaut husband was about 5 feet S inches tall, of dark complexion, had & small mus tache, weighed about 150' pounds and wore W orown suit of clothes, N ks Bearrios, Neb, Jan, to Tur Ber, Mrs. Joo pioneer of this city, died suddenly ing of hear: failure, aged 63 Death Roll, Buchanan, a last even Buchanan brothers of this city, Opern Mouse Sit Nenkaska Crry, Nob, Jan. 23, - [Special to'Tne Ber. | ~Jobu (. Watson today pur chased a site for the new opera house, GETTING l\ll’fl.\'l‘llix'l'; CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. Taeed make, " he said, "1t would be a very aig- | hified demand for the government te make, I the goveramenthias an ultimatum to pro pound to Chili, lot 1t do 1t, and not let it de vend in any sonse upon whether Chili s A hurey to answor, That would be like tho | threat of a man to spank a child 1f ho did not doas ho was told within throo minutes, That would not do for poveraments, Ob, | no: thero is nothing in thoe report, 1fts government has an ultimatum it will make it and not let it depend on hurried answer. In rep'y o a sugeestion that peaceful solution would result, Senator Morgan said “1 never have had uny doubt about it. 1 have not put war paiut on since it started. 1 think in tho ond our relations with Chili will ba strengthoned and our prospacts for their trade made botter and brighter than they are now." Value of the National Guard, Thore was considerable cossip on streets tonight as to how this country could ineroase its fighting strongth in tho event of troublo with Chili, and especially with refer ence to the employment of the natioal guard of tho states, The president can call out the entire national guara to repel 1wvasion, and he may do the samo thing to suppress in- surrection, tho only exception being tho militia of the disturbed state: but when tho seryice to be rendered is in other lauds, then it would be necessary to call for voluntecrs. and, of course, all such from the ranks of tho national guard would receive prefer ence. In that caso they would havo t leavo tho national gu culist in tho rogular army. Seuator Hawley, chairman of the senate military committee, has had seve on the sub- ject with Secrctary and - Adjutant General Kelton with a view to securing remedial legislation if necessa A promi nent ofticer of tho National guard of the Dis trict of Columbia, who has made a study of ummed it up in tho following ith Chili or iue of the National guard wouid at once be appreciated. In round numbers thero are 110,000 men, and at loast ) per cent of these would volunteer for services abroad, L'his would mean that an expeditionary force would be composed largely of men who have received sufficiont training to admit of their being put in the field at once. Uses They Could Bo Pt To, 1But the national guards’ usefulness would by 1o means end at that point, The demand for volunteers would bring to the front vust amount of raw material, requiring move than a little work to put them in shape for duty. Camps of rende:vous and instraction would have to be organized and one of these camps would naturally be located in this city. There aro at least 300 men here who could he used &s drill instructol They would be the best men for such -work. Na- tional guurds, of course, would bo the best men touse in mstructing recruits. Ihey could do this work more thoroughly and rap- idly and satisfactorily than ofticers of regular army, they understand the civilian temper and know how to bandle it. Army officers have no experience nowadays with bodies of green men. Recruits are sand- wiched in between old solciers, and as they are comparatively fow they are soon ab- sorbed. No respomsible man desires war, but should there ve one the natioval guard may bo depended upon to do its utmost.’’ Seuator Cameron, chairman of the senate naval commitiee, which is taking deep inter- est in naval proprrations, had a conferenco with Secretary Tracy at the department today, and, it1s said, expressed his individ- ual approval of expenditures incurred by the department jn its preparations for a naval demonstration, ————— FOOT ETHICS. tho How Shoes Indicate aracter’ Indicate Vanity and Other Q Look at the feet, for iustance, of the row of school girls on the front settee in a recitation room, beginning appropri- ately ot the foot of the class, suggested a writer in an exchange. The fect of the last and lowest girl are short, clum and crowded into French kid boots with painfully narrow to s0 narrow that the owner cun not keep her feet still, but shifts them uneasily from one position to another in a vain attempt to find one that will be com- fortable. It is not difficult to imagine why their ownor holds no better ruank; dull and vain girls do not usually lead their classes, Her next neighbor, too, wenrs shabby Ikid boots with high heels trodden toone side, ana she must have forgotten her overshoes this morning, for her boots are wet through. A little further up the line a daintily formed and clegantly shod foot taps the the floor so nervously one feels sure its possessor doos not know her lesson ns she ought and is wondering what qu tion she will presently have to answer, Her neighbor’s feet, large, well formed and comfortably clad, rest firmly and serencly on thy loor and suggest no such iat, hey My hties. encounters an interesting variety: stout hoots, thin hoots, shabby boots, showy boots, high hecels, low heels, no heels, stumpy feet, slender feet, teim feet, bunchy feet. Thero is a girl with square-toed num- Der sixes and a girl with shiny patent leather tipped threes. There is a pair of purplish worn bronze dancing shoes party finery being used up at school, There is a pair of luced boots, with trailing shoestrings, and o paiv of hutton boots with hearly half the buttons gone, and a goodly proportion of the remain: der hunging by a thread. Thero is a pair of eluborate tan-rol- ored slippers, with ribbon bows, whose owner must have worn rubber boots and brought her sllppers in a parcel. There is o pair of conspicuously patehied boots upon shapely feet, which are placed well forward, with no mean attempt to hide the patches in the shadow of u skirt, i — Country Girls 1o If you who read this area brown ¢oun try luss, and should find that your n leads you to the city, carry with you ali that you have lerrned in the years of childhood and maidenhood on the old farm, writes Maud Howe in a good article on *“*Country Maids and City Wives” in the Februa Ladies' Home Journnl, You will need it all in the foverish city; the memory of sky and uplang, the smell of the clover, the hum u, the beos, the taste of the new milk, the breath of the kine, the strength hich milking and butter making have given you, the knowledge of nature's secrots; which lilac leaves out first, | which ouk 15 last strapped of its folinge where the ground sparrow hides he nest, when the blackberries are fit to muke iuto jum! Bring the simy Wi, Special | Tho doceased | was the mothor of Mrs. Jonn Diyer and the | vailiwick. | ince | 40,000, Ttaly 6,000, and AustrinHTungary ' THURSTON COUNTY'S PROTEST Omaha aud Winnebago Indians Will PA’ Moro Taxes, . \ \ PRESIDENTIAL BOOM - HILLS INITIAL gressmen Tnvited ot to the New York Aspleant fn that City—Inte g Washington Gossip, Wasiizaroy Beaeav or 10 B3 Fovnrers i § Wasiivaros, D, (% W, K. Pocblos of Ponder was at tha lus terior dopartment and presentad bis propo tion for government ald in tho way of th amount of tax which should ba pad wr U'nnrston county upon tho lands owied by the Omatia and Winuooago Indiaus in that Assistant Scerotary Chandioe heard tho statemont of the caso and stated that undoubtedly it was justand that if the cderal govorament expected Thurston county to do anything torthe Indfans located within her jurisdiction somebody ought to contribute toward tho expensa which the county hias to boar oa account of tho Indians. Sines the land of the Tndians, and tho lne dians themselves, rocolve tho usual and all tho benefits from tho county, taxes should bo paid upon the reat as weil s the personal property of tho Indians, cuator Paddock will next week, which is to mako provision for payin upon the lands held by the Indians within Thurston count IS Initial 13 domocrat of ¢ introduce tho bill cquence 1n 5 od an invitation today to af- tend a banquet to Senator David B, il in New York on ebruury 1t 18 to bo given by the Muanhattan club and s heve recarded lio initial boom of the wily politician for the presidential nomination. It s not proba- ble that there will bo much attenlance from members of congress; especially is this truo since Seuntor Hill and his volitical confreres, Senators Gorman aud Brice, “buncoed'’ about adozen demovratic cities which triod to et :,I\o democratic national convention the other uy. i Timber Culture Contest, Assistant Secretary Chandier tod deciding the timber cultare contest of ander Jucobson against Cortlndt Wood, from !luron, S. D)., suys this, which is of geveral interest in states and territorl where thero are public land “While tho withdrawal of & contest will not preciudo the government from examinng into tho testimony in the case and determin- ing whether the.claimant has complied with tho law, yot in viow of the fact that ho has still to mako final proof, and the counsel for coutestant in his lotter withdrawing thoe contest having stated that ho believes from subsequent inquirios and knowledgo that the said Certlandt W as sabstantially com- plied witi the requirements of the timbor culture laws up to the present time, thb entry of Weod may bo aillowed to stand sibs ject 1o his compliance with the law." Misecllancous, S. 1L Elroa of Watertown, S. 1), disburs= ing ofticer for tho Wahpeton and Sisseton Iudians, is in the city, to remain sometime on ofticial business. During s stay he will submit a report upon his work up to date and receive instructions upon some points in doubt. George Slosson, editor of tho Nows at Abe erdeon, 8. D., arvived toduy. Mr. Slosson said Aberdeen was never in as prosperous condition as at present, contrary to an im- pression in some localities, growing out of the recent winding up of tho Northwestern National bank in that city. He says the bank will pay every one interested in full without dolay aud retire from business in good credit; that tho men who were cperat- . ing it simply voted to gointo voluntary liquidation and that the incident had no im=- pression whatever upon local business, and caused 10 surprise. 8 The South Dakota delegation in congress has recommended the appointment of Frank Lithbridge of Pierre as agent of the Indians at tho Cheyonno River agency in plico of Palwer, rosigned. 1 IEx-Conncilman Jim Stephenson of Cmahs is looking at the sights here. L R. S. Williams of Wyoming, Ia., isatthe Howard. Senator Paddock has written a lett to the second assistant postmaster geuoral ask- ing that mail servico bs ut ouco cstablished on the newly completed B, & M. railroad bé= tween Culbertson aud Wauueta. This he does at the request of & number of con- stituents divectly interested. The new lino is thirty-two miles m length, .S H, ARMY, in lox- N Changes EWS FOR THE fa ay int Regular Service— Departmental O Wasmixeroy, D, €., Jan, 25.—[Special Telegram to e B "he following army orders were issued today Second Licutenant dzar Baldwin, corps of enginecrs, is assigned to a vacancy of second lieutenant in that corps to date from December 14, 1501, vico Jervey, promoted, with his present date of rank, June 12, 1800, The following named oficers will b relieved from recruiting ahty on tho dates sot oppo- site their respective names by the superins tendent of the recruiting service, and will then proceed to join their respective regi- ments: First Licutenant James N. Allison, Second cavalry, May 147 First Licutenant Hoel S. Bishop, 1ifth’ cavalry, April 105 IFirst Liouteuant' John H. Gardner, Ninth cavalry, March 4 Second Licutenant Georgo S, Cartwright, = 1'wenty-fourth infantry, March 12, Major James W. Scully, quarter+ master, will proceed from Atlauta, Ca., to tho Port Hudson, Lu., National cometory on public busiuess connectod with the quarter- master's department and will, unou the completion thereof, return to his' proper stas vion,, -~ IN THE LABOR FIELD. Boston has a waiters alliance. Chicago hias 50,000 unempioyed, Labor burcaus ars in twenty-cight states. New York lamplighters struck ngainst @ reduction and Italians took their places. Boston waiters object to afiiating the American deration of Labor, Building Coustructors’ assembly, Knigits of Labor, New York, bas 4,000 membors, At Manlen, Spain, 5000 textile workers won a strike for the discharge of non unlon men. ‘T'be police contiscated the funds miners union at Sasrbruecker, but #2000 was smuggled oy frontier, Hebrow mechanics are entering tho fleld of labor incompetition with the building trados unions of New York. They have no union and work long hours for little mouey. Tho coal industry furnishes ewployment 10 500,000 persons, to whom §110,000,00) s paia in waeos, and the capital invested is ege timated at §350,000,000. ! The Central Labor union of Cleveland Lag made ponce with the Knights of Labor, and the unions and Knights of Labor local s semblies of that city now recognize vach other's cards and work in harmony. The Sacramento Bee shaves profits with ewployes, In his fnaugur with of the Germany, ¢ the Prencly address Governor Mee Kinley of Obio stated that thero are nearly 80,000° porsons. employed vy the railroags within the lLnits of that state, ~ e - Tndgration Statistios. ‘I'he chief of the burea of statistics at Washington reports that during tho eloven months ending December 1, 1501, the immigration 1o this count wid 074, ns compy I 408 300 du samo period of pre n galn of 91,704 sl Russla und eding vear, oue th I'o this Poland contribule or n heaithy habiis of early rising, of en getic work, of out-door exerciso Lo your | ity home, for you will | thom now more than ever before. They will help ining an understanding of the Dost things eity life can give you, the broador experience of mon und ¢ urt, the appre an of it ariature. No misbler how JON Ny become, never bo wastolul, 7000, ‘There is u consldorable from Germany and 5 trom Irelind, und England and Scotland, 10eroase \ slight froua andinavin | with a0age gy A company has boen ormil el of $1,000,000 10 011 [ # complote elecir | Chlcago wid Lav o plant oiee vl