Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1902, Page 2

o — /Telephones 618-604. We Close Baturdays at 6 p. m. Bee, March 2, 1002 Early Spring Openings Continue Snow may come, but it cannot stop the steady, onward march 'of Easter. An early Easter means an early season. We are ready with the new silks, dress goods, wash goods, dress trim- mings, embroideries, laces, glov. Easter Gloves— Our lines are complete in all styles and colorings. Have your gl fitted early, the finel Baster rus! Our most popular lines are the Tro- | fousse and Foster—one a clasp fast- ener and the other the new Foster Hook lace fastener. Whether you wish to pay $1.00, $1.50 or $2 a pair— You can find no better values than we are offering. Our New Shirt Walsts— Our new spring waists are now in; the ptyles for the coming season, are most beau- tiful and are all made ex- clusively for Thompson, Belden & Co. Our showing of new white walsts are magnificent, consisting of white pique, white etamine, white India linon and white figured madras, beautiful new styles, from $1.00 to $5.00. Pretty wash walsts, in fine colored madras, made with the new wide shoulders, at $1.00. New tallor-made sults, new silk waists —new Floradora skirts, new house wrappers, new petticoats,” all new designs, controlled exclusively by Thompson, Belden & Co. Buttons— Thig is to be a season of but- tons. We have many pretty, new things in pearl, Dresden, silk, velvet and steel. s For the new spring waistings, we have the Dresden fu all the Mew eohrlup, at 50c-a dozen. - . Pearl buttons in both vhm and aolm. at 10¢, 12%e, 16c, 20c, 26c and 30c a dozen. . Pearl buttens tn both four and 2-hote, “ ot bc & card. Velvet and silk buttons lt e, ,12%¢ + and 150 a dozen. Small Ivbrv buttons in colors, at 10¢ s dozen. TroMPson, Broen 3.Co. ¥ B € A BUILEING, GO HIDE AMONG THEIR FRIENDS ¢ Brigands' Suooessful ‘Plan of Oonoealing Onpdvu Disclosed lvy Aoccomplices, D‘TO" OF mswum:s' Réport Says Both W, CAPTIVITY ‘Were Kind- CONSTANTINOPLE, ‘March 1.~The fol- before es, ete. Wash Dress Goods— The past month of February has been the busiest February [that we have ever experienced |in our wash goods department. And no wonder—the new wash goods are so pretty—and we show the cholcest of the pretty ones, It's im- possible to resist buying. New madras at 16 a yard. New sephyr ginghame at 12%c yard. imported madras at 25c. mercerized zephyrs at 20c. cheviots at 20c yard. imported oxfords at 40c yard. imported zephyrs at 6c yard. Finest shirting madras at 35c, 40c, 45¢, B0c, 60c yard. New mercerized chambrays at 20¢, 25c, per yard. New silk zepbyrs at 60c. New bordered novelties, (very exclu- stve.) New | striped zephyrs at 35c, 40e, 60c & yard. A Word About Our New Black French Cheviots— Never were these goods more popular than now-—never was there such a magnificent show- ing of redlly fine fabrics in this city—General utility stuffs we might call them—handsome, dressy, but serviceable. 57-inch at $1.78, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 and $3 a yard. Théss mow Fremch chevits are’ as beautitul a fabric, as careful, perfect wearing can give. Not an extrava- . #ant price, when the width, wear and elegance are cousidered. Splendid welght, heavy - emough for tallor-made gowns, in uql one of 4Bl weAson's handsomest Pebrice. They will surely interest yo-. it you will but call and see them. the food -upply was nene-urn tho the women were Deat. tho Inhomlnbl. Temiqn p .tnln -nd Buspe; hardships. he taptives at i time knew thétr whereabouts, the brigands always hmnl‘ them they were not in Bulgaria, and they were in constant fear of an attack bv the troops, .whom the friendshi natives was not always sufficlent Yent, coming close upon thy anxiety wa nd. An cause of the baby, w! Ioh was frequently feal would from exposure, Not untll November 2 did the America) emissaries come in touch with the ban which was then established in a cave near of the lowing account of the captivity of Miss | oirc Btoneé has been obtained by the Assoclated b Press, trom rellable sources, some of the Information having been secured from ac- |aged to ks compliges of the brigands: After tl of the missionaries, the g Tastened acros Uhe boundary: Hledere dlnxt. Bul- ‘was in olr ) “from the -munt vru! llnni th&l,y mnr:.:l:“nmhr- of thg‘.wm n:'fl_,:“,“:k'::r Hmn"fla‘.mu b N e R e "l‘l’.'l' Escape Capture. last and ;_fi“"““ .':.::.:mn";-.:'.'.,::...._;;n_ g i, el s | m -y ‘agothuw the a4 vnlhr -td- m-u m. . }“"""‘..a Seme : %E- LOSS OF ecaptives safely Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American mis- stonary, untl) recently held captive by %1 hd | brigands, arrived here today from Salonioa l’:d proceeded to the United States lega- tion. A. A. Gargullo, the first dragoman of the United States legation, also returned here today, He says Miss Stone and Mme. Tsllka are in excellent health and do mot look as though they had spent half a year in the custody of the brigands. The latter calle me. Tsilka's ‘baby Kismetcha, or ‘I‘l‘:eky Child,” eaying she brought them uck. —— bine of Hominy Mills. YORK. March LTt I8 stated that Ao S ks , Whi it is ihe m’x‘!&‘x;«fl“.. u".':ifl&“ il be u \wa 1&1."0' l PE LT WN lndlull .alld th & capital of robel iy will Sholu o l n'll Illinols IM man hominy, corn ofl APPETITE Is Loss of Vitality, Vi‘_g_. Tone -That stands to reason. It's common in the spring when the blood, which needs cleansing, fails to give the organs the stimulus necessary for the proper performance ot their functions. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cle a n.ses the blood, A ] restores appetite, gives vitality, vigor, tone—this is one of the reasons why Spring Medicine. it’s cnlled the Greatest Take It “I am eatisfied there is no other blood purifier cqual to Hood's Sarsaparilla. I took it in the spring and It purified my blood and gave me an appetite and made we feel much better.” E. 8, Bertschie, Haanibel, Qhlo. ., Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: NO PARALLEL IN PLACES Flood in Beotions of Pennsylvania Defles All Disastrous Records. SCHUYLKILL REACHES HIGHEST TIDE Done to Property by the Washou! WASHINGTON, March 1.—Prince Henry is likely to experience stormy Weather on his return voyage, though not as severe as bis over-coming voyage, according to the The forecast is as fol- Frequent gales north of the twenty-fifth arallel, along the transatlantic routes. ales along and to the north of the routes less frequent than during January and February. More frequent south of 40 de- rees. Ice on and near the Grand banks, eld lce equently west of this area. Worst in History. PHILADELPHIA, March 1.—What Is sald to have been the greatest flood that has ever been experienced along the Schuylkill river, certainly the most disastrous in re- cent years, tore its way down that stream last night and early this morning and from its source to its mouth—120 miles—damage that will reach into bundreds of thousands ot dollars has been done. It was an anxious night for the residents and property owners along the river. Thus far only one life has been lost in this oity. Michael Igol, aged 44 ye was drowned at 7:30 this morning in the kitchen of his home at the falls of Schuylkill. The ight of the flood was reached at 6 o'clock this morning, when the river, which had ex- panded to twice its width, began to slowly recede. Communication by telegraph and telephone with the upper part of the river early today was cut off and information as to the condition in towns situated on the river banks was meager, During the day the Schuylkill river be- gan to recede and late tonight it had fallen about thre The stream is still out of its banks, however, and will scarcely reach {ts normal level for twenty-four hours. Thousands Out of Work. The loss to residences and industrial plants will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is impossible to estimate the number of men rendered idle by the clos- ing of the mills, but in one plant alone, the Pencoyd Iron Works, at Manayunk, 8,000 men are temporarily out of employment. On the Lehigh Valley ratiroad and the Central Rafiroad of New Jersey traffic is suspended west of Bethlehem owing to washouts, The Pennsylvania railrosd and the Philadelphia & Reading rallway has re- sumed traMle over most of the lines om which operations . were suspended last night. At least three fatalities occurred during the day. One man was drowned at Spring Mill, another at Kutztown and a third &t St. Clair. Scarcely a colliery in the valley escaped inundation, dwellings were lfted from the foundations and swept away, bridges were washed from thelr sups ports and much live stock on the farms in the lowlands was destroyed. The fce gorge in the Susquehanna river near Nan- tico moved today and the river has re~ ceded sbout five teet. Flood Spe: Its Strength. PITTSBURG, March 1.—At midnight in- dications are that the flood has done its worst. The Monongahela marks at the Smithfleld < street bridge showed at t time 31.9 a fall) of nearly a ‘Yoot since 8 p. m.. ‘The Allegheny at Herr's island Istered 35.5, a fall of 0.8 of a foot since 6 p. m. At Davis' island dam the Ohio st Almost stationary at 30.1 feet. Earller in the evering it was almost a certainty that 33.3 feet, the mark made by the disastrous flood of 1884, would' be ex- ceeded and that much greater damage would be dome because of the many more Interests affected. No estimate of the damage can be made now, but the loss will be very heavy. Al- ready 50,000 men have been made tempo- rarily idle by the forced closing down of mills, factories and other industries, and the number is llkely to be consfderably in- creased by Monday. To the timely warn- ipgs given by the government weather bu- reau officials to all Interested may be credited the lack of fatalities. Tonight Allegheny is a modern Venice and every sort of improvised water craft is In service. All of the railroad tracks, except the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi- cago, are submerged and many factories have been closed down. The Western pen- itentiary is in particularly bad shape. The t | water has flooded the under-ground por- tion of the institution, ruining much machinery, Including the air renovating and the elegtric lighting plants. No Precedent in Allentown. ALLENTOWN, Pa., March l.—Allentown Js suffering from the worst flood in its bistory: The heavy snowfall of February 21 and 22 was followed by thaws yesterday, which sent the water in the Lehigh, Lit- tle Lebigh and Jordan riverp three feet higher than in June, 1862, which broke all records. Hundreds of thousands of dol- lars' worth of damage was done here and in the vieinity. Many city streets were turoed into rivers and hundrede of house ocoupants moved to the upper storiea. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 1.—At 9 p. m. the Susquehanna river was twenty-nine feet above low water mark. The river s comparstively free from running ice mow, but the volume of water seems greater than ever, The Lehigh Valley railroad has been unable to get a train through east or west since yesterday. The Central Rallroad of New Jersey is in little better shape. The death list, which last night numbered three, has been increased to six today. Frank Hushlick was drowned in Tobs créek this morning. William Freeh, while cross- ing & poud, was thrown in the water and swept away. Willlam Walters, & miger, attempted to cross a pond here, when he fell in and the swift current carried him into the river. Woman and Grandson Drowmed. READING, Pa, March 1.—~Mrs. John Eline, aged 60 years, and her grandson, a boy of 12 years, were drowned today at Forgedale, this county, in & rush of water resulting from the breaking of & dam in & emall creek. A bridge spanning Maboney creek, near Sprangsville, collapsed today and Walter Span, aged 12 years, who was croseing the structure st the time, was drowned. The plant of the Reading Terra Cotta works, which hae been entirely surrounded by water, took fire today and was almost completely burned out, the firemen belng unabe to get mearer than a square. The loss 1s $30,000. Over 200 men who had been imprisoned in the plast of the Penn Hardware works were rescued in boats last night. Twelve Feet Above Highest. NEW YORK, March. 1.—Reports from Paterson, N. J., tonight say the flood in the Passale river is the greatest ever known. The river there is fully twelive feet above high water mark, or more than & foot above the high point of the freshet of 1882, Four bridges were closed to trafic this afternoon, as the water completely covered the pathe. Weorst Since 1889, HARRISBURG, Pa., March 1.—Not since the flood of 1889 have the railroads ceater- | ing Ih Harrisburg -been more deriously hapdicapped on account of high water than they were today; All traffic on the Philadel. phia, Pittsburg and Harrisburg branch of the Philadelphia & Reading raliway system west of the Dillsburg and Mechaniosburg Junction has been annulled. Tralts on the Philadelphia & Erie division of the BErie ratlway north of Willlsmsport have been beld up behind high waters along the line between Emporium and Willlameport. TRAFFIC BEING RESUMED Raliroads COrippled by Flo Are Slowly Recoverl but St Hampere ATLANTA, Ga., March 1.—Raflway traf- fic to the east and eoutheast, which has been almost paralysed for the last thirty- six hours by the storm that has covered the southern states, was resumed on nearly all roads today. A few lines, how- vor, are still blocked and several a dents have been reported as a resull the washouts and submerged tracks. Rain is falling in some sections of ¢ south and some creeks and streams are badly swollen. Several rivers have passed previous high-water marks. The Alabama river at that city fe ris- ing at the rate of eight inches hour. The lowlands gear Bufala, Ala., are sub- merged and imany bridges have been washed away and property in that section has been seriously damaged. Negroes living near Cowkee oreek were rescued from their cabins by the use ot boats. TORNADO SWEEPS OVER OHIO Unreofs s Hotel and Wreoks an Im- plement Build , and Does Other Damage. LANCHES, 0., March 1.—A torsado at New Vienna last might unroofed the Hotel Fealey, wrecked Rice's implement build- iog and damaged other bufldings. Reports from rural districts of Highland and Clin- ton counties show considerable damage, in- cluding the Gest settlement of 200 negroes. At Lynchburg the eleotric light plant was destroyed by lightning. No lives are rée ported lost. KANAWHA ON THE RAMPAGE West Virginia River Rises Thirty Feet and Floods Surrow & Coun- try, Damaging Property. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 1—With & stage of over thirty feet in the Kanawha, merchants are today moving goods from cellars and residents of the lowlands dre king other places. The Elk and New rivers are very high. The rallways have carried with {t four dwellings. No lives ‘were lost. Thirty-Nine Feet of Water. WHERLING, W. Va., March 1.—At mid- night the goverhment gauge at the Ohlo river wharves indicated 39 feet 1 inch, and rising at the rate of six inches an hour. This rate will fall off, however, in a short time, and there is no fear amang those well informed of a greater ultimate stage than 43 feet 6 inches. Low lying sections of the city were inundated at 6 p. m. and during the night the water crept along many streets and into many houses, but the actual damage from the inconvenlence of moving roperty to upper floors or temporarily va- ating premises is small. e v a§ oon BALTIM o’ floods in the western part of the state are unabated and rallroad traffic in the Allegheny moun- tain region is at & standstill. Traffic on the Pittsburg & West Virginla Central is practically suspended. The Baltimore & Ohio raiiroad is tied up in several places. Between Martinsburg and Cumberland trafic is suspended, with fourteen feet of water on parts of the track. The line from Cumberland to Connellsville is closéd on account of washouts. No trains arrived today from west of Martinsburg. Property Loss is Heavy. RICHMOND, Va., March 1.—The Jamea river is still rising and by tomorrow the lower part of the city will be flooded, one freshet following another, and the pros- pect that the gas supply will be cut off and work stopped the Trigg shipyards, A Hot Springs, Va., special says it will cost $20,000 tb repair the damage by the flood in the Warm Springs valley. Over Two Feét of Snow. DEADWOOD, 8. D., March 1.—Two and @ half foet of smow has fallen in the northern Black Hills during the past three days. It is the heaviest snowstorm in six years. It is still snowing. Severe in Northwest. ST. PAUL, Minn, March 1.-—Dispatches trom Minnesota and South Dakota points report a great storm in some eections verg- ing on bliszard proportions. Presi t Will Sign Census BilL. ‘WASHINGTON, March 1.—The president will sign the bill creating & pérmanent census bill as soon as it reaches him, which probably will be on Wednead: ernor Merriam, the director of the census, will hold up the discharge of 500 employes who are slated to go until the bill is signed, id order that they may be converted info the civil service in socordance with the provisions of the act, It is the génmeral understanding that Governor Merriam will be appointed director of the census when the bureau is reerganized on a permanent basis. emt—mey ANY ONE CAN Prove the Value of Scientific Food. A good, stralghtorward test of food is to bumanity. The following is of Greeafield, O., says: “After 3 months' sickness with grip 1 found I bad lost 42 pounds, with little ap- p.mo and almost no digestion. Wite y put me on Grape-Nuts and I ae- nully Mved on this food, taking it three times § day, and & cup of Postum Coffes st each meal for about four weeks. ““When I began I was so nervous aud weak that my strength was exhausted even by dressing, and, of course, I was unable {0 @o the work loaded upon my desk; but I bammered away without any (fonice or medicines, only my diet of Grape-Nuts and Postum three times a day. I found at the end of 23 days my Dervousness fgone, strength greatly increased and that I had galned 16 3 “Finally, after getting back to good health again 1, of course, took on different kinds of food, and, as & change, began uslng —r cullar spells began to appar in the mora- ing with deathly sickness and nervous les- situde. I took treatment- for biliousuess, but that did not avail These morning attacks left me & day or two and I feel that I have sufficlent evidence of the sclentific value Grape-Nuts as & vitalising, that does not require the heavy stomach occasioned by the use of fo0ds we use so much nowadays.” SUNDAY, MARCH 2 PERSECUTED WITH THREATS Dakota Husband and Wife Are Viotims of & Mysterious Nemesis, PERSECUTIONS BEGIN BEFORE MARRIAGE Girl's M " to Young Man for Not Cean- ing His Atten SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 1.—(8pecial.) ~—A myaterious nemesis is putsulng Wil- lam Liebrecht and his young bride. Ger- mAn residents of Mankota. Although per- sistent efforts been made to apprehend the parties persecuting them, not the slightest clew has been secured to reveal the identity of the gulity parties. Liebrecht Begins His Attentions. Liebrecht's bride is a daughter of Carl Kawell, a civil war veteran, and at present an inmate of the state Sold home at Minnehaha. Mrs. Kawell and her five chil- aren, including her daughter Emma, now Mrs. Liebrecht, lived In the Kawall home- stead, a short distance from Mankato. Emma made a livellhood by dressmaking. Last November Liebrecht began to pay her sttentions and then the persecutions of the family by an unknown enemy began. Let- ters were posted on the Kawall doors. warning the Kawall family that thelr home ‘would be burhied. A similar letter was left & few days later and the family pald no attention to them, thinking it was the work of some mischievous boys. A strange man was afterwards seen by neighbors lurking around the house and peering In at the windows of the cottage. The man was chased away and nmothing thought of the affalr. Houwe is Burned. November 9 the house was fired ana burned to the ground, and the Kawall fam- ily narrowly escaped death from the flamea. The persecutors have never made known their motive, and as Emma never received attentions from any other man but Lie- brecht jealously could not have been the cause. A third letter was found ne smouldering ruins of their home, the worst was to come. The Kawalls then turned the case over to the sheriff, Who could get no clew to the identity ot the partles. Threatening letters followed each other, all of which were written in German. In #pite of these continued persecutions Lie- brecht and Miss Kawall were married lately, although Liebrecht was warned in a later letter to cease paying attentions to Miss Kawall or his home would be burne For a while the letters ceased, and the couple thought their persecutors had concluded to let them live in peace. Lately Liebrecht was awakened by the smashing of one of the windows in his house and on going out found wood and trash piled against his door, and he saw two men funning away. A striot watoh is now being kept on the premises to prevent the burning of Liebrecht's home, and the whole village is in a etate of excitement over the affair. FOUND DEAD IN AN ALLEY Coroner, After l.-vuflntlil. Decides Death Came from Apoplexy and Heart Fallure. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Mareh 1.—(Special.) —~John O'Connor was found dead in an al- ley in Deadwood, lying face downward in the ... The cotoner. after viewing the remal decided thit death had been due to mpoplexy and heaft failure. O'Comnor is #4i@ to have been prominent in polities in TIHnofs several years ago and to have been & member of the state senate. He has becn working on railroad construction in the Black Hills for eight or ten years. He had been drinking hard of late. HEAVY SNOW IN BLACK HILLS Two and & Half Feet Have Fallen DEADWOOD, 8. D, March 1.—(Special ‘Telegram.)—For three days past snow has been falling all over the Black Hills, two and one-half feet having fallen. It con- tinues to fall at noon today. DEATH RECORD. Frederick D. Tappan, NEW YORK, March 1.—Frederick D. Tappan, president of the Gallatin bank of this eity, Is dead after a briet illness at Lakewood. N. J. Mr. Tappan played a léading part in the financial Ristory of the city for the last half-century and more, for in aill the stirfing scenes of that time he was a active participant and a centrsl figure in o gréatest convulsions that occurred during Bis mature years. As chalrman of the 10an committes of the clearing houss during the panics of 1873, 1884, 1890 and 1893 he was the pilot who,brought many a tottering institution past ruln that seemed tertaln, and all bankers regarded him as & Jeader. Mr. Tappan was born in this city January 29, 1829, in the same year that the Galla- tin National baak, in which his entire busi- néss life was spent, was organized under the name of the Nationa! Bank of New York. Besidés the presidency of the Gallatin bank, he was president and director of many large financlal houses. He was a member of all the leading clubs of this elty, —_— Ploneer Woman of Humbeldt. HUMBOLDT, Neb., March 1.-—(Special.) ~—Grandma Volker, one of-the aged women of this section and ome of the ploneers of the county, died yesterday at the home of ber son, Frank Volker, a farmer living someé nisie miles north of the city. The funersl services will be. from late home on Sunday by Rev. Mr. M pas- tor of the German Lutheran chure ©'Donovan Rossa, Jr. COLORADO SPRINGS, March 1.— O'Dotiovan Rossa, the won of the famous Penlan agitator of New York, died today "| in 8t. Francis hospital of blood poisoning, resultisg from cutting » callus on his left foot with a penknife ten days ago. Gan- grene set in three days ago, which resulted in death. Willlam Long, Cheyenne. . CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 1—Willlam Loug, brother of Day Yardmaster J. P. Long and Night Yardmaster Thomas Long, of the Unlon Pacific, dled last evening of poeumonia. The deceased was oné of the best known young men in Cheyenne. The funeral will be beld tomorrow, iy Rice, Veteran Minstrel. HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 1.—Billy Ride, the veteran minstrel, died here this afternoon of dropsy.. Though at one time reputed wealthy, he died in apparent in- digent circumstances. Jdohn W, Balley. PHILADELPHIA, March 1—Jobn W. Balley, president of the Record Publishing compacy, died st his home bere today of neuralgia of the heart. He was taken while on & pleasure trip. home his attack became serious and he has been confined to his bed most of the time | since January. Mr. Balley was in his 67th year. Ho was born in Balleytown, N. J., and came to this city at an early age. He lernad the print. ers’ trade and when the Record was es- | tablished in 1870 he was made foreman of the composipg room. After the late W. M. Singerley secured control of the Record Mr, Balley was appointed managing editor of the paper, which position he retainea until Singerley died. After the death ot Mr. Singerley the directors of the Record Publishing company elected Mr. Bailey president. Nephew of Late Gene Sherman, DES MOINES, March 1.—Frank Sherma: an attorney, son of Major Hoyt Sherma: and nephew of General William T. and Sen- ator John Sherman, died here this morning aged 46 years as a result of a paralytic stroke received five weeks ago while visit- ing his wife's grave. John Hubenka, West Point, WEST POINT, Nob., March 1.—(Special.) ~John Hubenka, a jeweler in the em- ploy of Robert Kerkow, died Wednesday at the home of his father mear Dodge. Ho ‘was 22 years of age and unmarried. i Mrs. Willlam Mercer, Spearfish, SPEARFISH, 8. D., March 1.—(Speclal.) —Mrs. William Mercer died at her home, a short distance west of Spearfiah, aged T2 years, She had a son in Lead and a daugh- ter at Hulett, Wyo Mrs. Dora E. Rie RAPID CITY, 8. —Mrs. Dora E. Richmond, wife of Irving Richmond and daughter of W. H. Blair, died at her home in Rapid Valley after a short {llness. PUSH IRRIGATIONBILL (Continued from First Page.) the Shoreham. In addition to these well known clitizens the following South Da- kotans arrived today: G. T, Morrow, J. W. Seamon, 8. Weber, Dr. McCarthy, J E. Wells, George Dougeles and A, E. Hitch- mond, R cock and wife, all halling from Mitchell. Department Notes. These free delivery routes will be estab- lished April 1: Nebraska—Inland, Clay thirty-six square miles; Oliver R. Palmer, carrier. Iowa—Humeston, Wayne county; area, twenty square mi population, 437; Jo- seph McLever, carrier. Moravia, Appanoose county; area, fifty-four square miles; pop- ulation, 950; Ray D. McCauley and Frank Selby carriers, postofice at Iconium to be discontinued. Valley Junction, Polk county, additional service; area, twenty-eight equare miles; population, §00; Charles D. Moore carrier. The application of John A. Wachter, John Forrest, George W. Little, Charles W. Bab- cock and Titus E. Hall to organize the First National bank of Lyons, Neb., with $25,000 capital, has been approved by the comptrol- ler of the currency. A pobtoffice has been established at Fun- ston, Howard county, Neb., with Niel N. Jenson as postroaster. W. L. Atherson has been made a member of the civil service board for the postofice at_Huron, 8. D. 'The postofices at Olaf, Wright county, and Ivy, Polk county, la., will be discon- tinued after March 31. These Indian- school appointments were made today: Mrs. Minnle Kielvilte of Omaha, teecher at Winnebago; Charles A. Barker of Mondersen, 8. D, and John W. Lydy of Colfax, Ind., teachers at P Ridge; Miss Bessie Lindburg of Clarinda, seamstress st Lower Brule. FIRE RECORD. Store at DeWitt. DEWITT, Neb.,, March 1.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Early this morning the general store of Frank Havel in the middle room of the Cross bullding was discovered afire. The fire was soon under control, but the stock of goods was rulned by fire and water. The building was damaged to the extent ot $600 or $600. Both the bullding and stock were insured, the stock being fnsured for $4,000. No cause s assigned for the origin of the fire. This is the same store that was broken into by burglars ten days ago. Feed Store at M HASTINGS, Neb., March 1.—(Speclal.)— The fire department was called out at 2 o'clock this morning to extinguish a fire in the New England block. The fire was in the rear end of the Fred Creeth feed store and had quite & start before it was discovered. The flames were suppressed before much damage was done. county; population, area, 625; GUTHRIE, Okl,, March 1.—A destructive prairie fire. near Fort Cobb An the new country did great damage to 100 homestead- ers, sweeping away their improvements, stock and all personal property and com- pelling the people to flee for their lives. Department Store. DUBLIN, Tex., March 1.—The department store of Utterback & is was de- stroyed by fire today and several smaller firms also suffered. Loss, $50,000. Indisnapolis Sunday Games. INDIANAPOLIS, March 1.—The American assoclation echedule fluds Indianapolis scheduled for SBunday games at home. In- dlanapolis has not played Sundy ball for & number of yeéars. If it is possible games will be played on Sunday, ,If the games cannot be played through Interference of city officials them transfers of the games scheduled will have to be made as hereto- fore, Upon his rohlrn’ % March 1.—(8Bpecial.) Bdward F. Morearty, P. O'Malley and | Dantel’ Colitnis, commitiee. have drafted a of memorial resolutions on the death ot the late Thomas Tallon, which were adopted by the Emmet Monument assocla- Yon. ye,and Hand club met lnst night at -ll Ruu hteenth street and alected the following officers: A, H. Kobarsteiny prest: dent; A, Weinbers, Vice president; Ruseell Tith, pecrstary; ). Gudlna. reaturer: T. 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