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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKL- Y TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EYENING, APRIL 30, 1895.

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SUBSCRIPTION BATES.

OaeYear, cash in advance, $1.25.

Dli Months, cash la advance... 75 Cents.

Entered at theNorth Platte (Nebraska) poetofiee us econd-clas- s matter.

With C. L. Wood in California,who will carrv on the great localreforms (?) which he seems to imagine he has besran? How we willmiss you, Charley.

Twere are indications that theslate fair this fall will eclipse inattractions any heretofore given.In this effort Omaha should bebacked by the whole state.

Now that the municipal year hasclosed, the treasurer should publish a financial statement of thecity's receipts, expenditures andindebtedness. By this the citizenswill know "where they are at.

The Gandy Pioneer complainsthat The Tribune does not giveproper credit for items clipped trom

price

would

speech

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board of they claimexchanges. Pardona 4.: i: a t to ue m position to produce

evidencefuture besenator, rne is m--

two-lin- e pica type.

The" Sioux City Journal 'says"Senator Thurston of Nebraska

things

pound. Journal.

credited

people Denver Gov. place to remark that, farmersMcKinley is ideal and business Scotts

for and J strongly in favorbe sweep section 2034 of the irrigacountry such a majority as people

before He told county, the senator notpoliticians that the J hesitate wishes.

form would be bimetalism and protection and that Gov.would stand on it despite allegedrumors to

It can be no secret federal treasury officials are greatlydisappointed over the current revenue collections. Sugar importsoffer greatest surprise. Thereceipts from quarter increase

slowly and in past monthor two at all. Where a revenue

r rf frr rrr l 1 . over was her d:arV. been$2,000,000 being little Tenjson mis- -

collected. The gains fromwhisky taxes are disappointing; and the present month seemslikely to show an unexpectedlylarge deficit; Springfield Republican.

perusal of voteshould pretty convince

editor of that the republican party of Ivincoln county isnot very badly but onthe contrary is about one hundredvotes stronger than pops.Since that election republicanshave made gains, and the finishingstroke to in countywill be dealt this fall. The Tri

is not over-confide- nt

that the properput forward republican nomination will be equivalent to an electiom. The whistling to keepup its courage that is all.

Billy was warned whenhe tied up year with Si Hoi- -

more Shemarried Beatrice

One,Boththe worst right along fromSlippery has gotanother slap two the face by

governor severalhis friends in the matter

appointments. Holcombout number andnow always was and everbe; amen! Hub.

The legislature passed lawprovide for the destruction the

Russian thistle. The law makesduty of every owner, lessee,

any occupant landstate down and destroyRussian thistles growing" thereon

thesame, often to 'prevent theirgoing to seed. Each road overseermust notify landhis district to down weedsand occupant fails to inten days overseer must

festivities. Both Oma

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that should coinAmerican silver into American dollars. also believes that thisprotection to American industriesand American workingmen willthe issues championed by

in he great18.

The quoting; wool last weekon record some

what discourages Mr. W. Jenningswho few weeks

ago that the Wilson trade wooLnot hurt

country any,: wool notcreased The work

Wilson and Mr. isleast ielling with effect on

making Doubt- -

less, Mr. .Bryan will explain his next creat that

demonetization silver '73is what has sent wool downcents

A large majority the peopleof Scotts Bluff stronglyopposed to having Senatorappointed secretary to the state

the oversight, irrigation, andsome

the will by damaging againstclaim that he

positionstrongly supported by ofhis It may be of

told of thatrepublican men Bluff

candidate president that he werewill nominated and will repealingthe by tion law.as were thenever known. also and yet did

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Horse meatnew Oregon.

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on rich bunch grass isvery different from ilesh

of 1894 old, broken-dow- n horsesin

mae few daysaigo man

star route mailcarry the mail upon

whoto

bicycle.There good deal of

most star routesthe mail bags very light andcould readilv carried uponwheel. places where the roads

irood mails could carriedspeedily bicyles than by

horses, lesspense. This idea-- may take root

grow another incentiveto road improvement. BaltimoreSun.

como that tne latter woman tore had proposi- -

air, and that (Bryan) got any- - tion of marriage week ago Sundaything out the compact wouldn night, and asked week to think

anything than Rip Van went to interview sever--

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ren. did all her own work hadnot been to a theatre or outsince she waswhose was a promisingyoung man at the time sne wasmarried, is supporting him. Athird did not dare say her lile isher own when her is

and a fourth isAfter visitine- - and theirwoes, the heroine of this littlewent got pen, ink, and perfumed note paper and wrote an answer to the young man. You maythink it was him. butwas not. She accepted him anathev are to be married the first ofJune. Ring the bells.Democrat.

The force which holds a ball inihe nozzle of a hose when the water

on, causes a beautifulsorav to be formed, is utterly con

to De aone ana tne expense cnargea foundinr the wise fflan. The factto the the cost to remainup owner, that a ball would remain in the

a lien upon the land until paid back mm,t1, of n hose ad refuse to flyto the county. ..i. oreatest ores. V M W ilUUVl fcSA w

It is said that Buffalo Bill's Wild sure, was discovered bv itWest show, a product of Ne- - I is said, by a citizen of Des Moinesbraska. so to soeak. would not at-- I who irot a ootatoe in the of, . o x

tract a crowd in this We ven- - his hose and could not take it outi i

ture the prediction, however, that until the water was turned off.his show would prove Now the manufacturers are raak- -

srreat card durimr state iner the ball nozzles almost by theweek. At any rate some effort million, and they are causing much

should made to secure band of wonder and speculation whereverOmaha Indians to take part in the they go. The firemen areAk-sar-b- en

and Nebraska are Indian names.the memory living

townsitepossession of abor

igines. ifCody cannot bring show here

be to arrangeair week program which

Indians may given

withwestern believe

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1 jOne man can handle hose equippedin this way easier than two canwithout the new device.

BRIDGE CASE TAKEN UP

Interstate Commerce Commission

Hearing Charges at Omaha.

WANT RECEIVERS OUSTED,

Removal Proceedings Begun Before JudgeJenkins at Milwaukee Engineers Will

Oppose .the New Bale For Promotion.Burlington Shows a Deficit.

Omaha, April 29. The interstate commerce commission today began hearingthe charges of discrimination in freightrates preferred by the Omaha Commer-cial club. All the commissioners, except Judge Yeomans, were present atthe opening of the case. The chargewas made that the rates made by theroads across the bridge discriminatedagainst Omaha in favor of CouncilBluffs. The roads, in conjunction withCouncil Bluffs business men, filed a petition in intervention, reciting at lengththeir side of the case.

The petitioners state that prior to theyear 1887 upon all shipments to Omahaof merchandise originating east of theMississippi river, to the Council Bluffsrate there was added an arbitrary of 5cents per 100 pounds by all the defendants and other railroads handling Oma-

ha business, but about the first of theyear, 1887, by an agreement made between the several railroads interested.theincoming tariff on all such shipments to Council Bluffs was advanced5 cents per 100 pounds, while no advance was made at Omaha, and eversince that time the same rate has beencharged to Council Bluffs as to Omaha,to the great advantage of the jobbers,manufacturers and business men ofOmaha.

After listening to the reading of thedocument, the commission took a recess.A decision of the matter may be expected in perhaps two or three months.

Engineers Will Combat the New Rnle.Cleveland, April 29. It is rumored

in railway circles that a rule will soonbe put into force on the railroads in theVanderbilt system, which, in brief, isthat hereafter officials when makingpromotions among employes will consider only efficiency. It is said that ifthe rule is adopted it will meet withstubborn resistence by the men. ChiefArthur, of the engineers' brotherhood,in discussing the matter, said: "Ishould think the enforcement of such arule would be injurious to tho best interests of the company. Our contractswith the railroads expressly provide thatwhen all things are equal the preferenceshall be given to the men who haveserved the company the longest. Ifsuch a rule is adopted tho engineerswill, think, use every honorable meansto combat it."

Want the Receivers Ousted.Chicago, April 29. The proceedings

to oust from the receivership of the Chi-cago and Northern Pacific Messrs. Morgan, iowiana ana van JNoraen were De- -

gun before Judge Jenkins today. Thepetition filed by the bondholders' committee made no charge against the receivers. It simply set forth that the petition represents $24,000,000 out of the$28,000,000 issue of bonds and that thebondholders believed they were notproperly represented in the receivershipand that their interests were jeopardized. The bondholders suggested A.Lawrence Hopkins of New York as sue- -

cussor to the present receivers. SenatorSpooner, representing the other side, opposed the removal of the present receivers on the ground that there wereno charges against them.

Nebraska's New Bailroad.Fremont, April 29. The board of di

rectors of the Iowa, Lake Superior andGulf Railroad company held a meetinghere, adopted rules and bylaws andelected J. H. Edmiston of Columbuscashier. It was decided to commencework on the survey todiy.

Knrlincton Shows a Deficit.Chicago, April 29. The statement of

net earnings of the Chicago, BurlingtonandQuincy system of railroads issuedtoday for the three months endingMarch 81, compared with the corre-sponding period in 1894, shows a deficitof $260,566.

DENVER MINING EXPOSITION.

Eastern People Evincing Considerable Interest In thenterprlse.

Washington, April 29. Hon. E. B.Coe of Denver, who has just arrivedhere after a visit to New York and othereastern cities in the interest of the mining exposition, which is to be held inDenver next year, reports that he foundconsiderable interest in the enterprise.

Speaking of the exposition today hesaid: "Little is known of Colorado's re-

sources, and we propose to let the worldknow what we have. A great manythink silver is our only product. This isentirely a wrong impression. Very con-

servative men estimate that our goldoutput this year will be not less than$20,000,000, and some place it as high as$30,000,000. If we never mined anounce of silver, we would still have ourgold, zinc, lead, marble, iron and coal,which exist in great abundance. Wewill show the various methods of mining the ores and extracting the mate-rials. We are already assured that themining display will be superior to thatof the World's fair.

"We also intend to show on a comprehensive scale what can be done inarid countries by irrigation. All knownmethods will be exhibited and there willbe an irrigated farm in connection withthe exposition, on which will be grownall the products of the soil capable ofbeing grown in an arid country."

Baldwin Changes Trainers.San Francisco, April 29. Sam Hil- -

dreth has been engaged to train theSanta Anita string and William Brienis to be relegated to obscurity.

50 dents to January 1, 1896- -

That is an nwful l?f1 K?fusing them to out incipientput raoney for a twice-a-wee- k paper like

a athem

a

a

a

I

tne &emi-week- ly Journal, but if yousend 50 cents you will receive thatpaper until January 1, 18. Youwill find it the farmer's daily. Mar-kets alone are worth more moneythan that. If you take it the restof this year for 50 cents you willwant to keep it always. If you getup a ciud 01 nve ou-ce- nt suDscnoers

1 . r-- ryou can uave a copy iree lor yourtrouble. Address, Nebraska StateJournal, Lincoln, Neb.

DEATH IJST GROWS LARGER.

Xter XepeTts More Than Coaflrm the TintNews of the Flood at Boasey.

Epinal, France, April 29. The listof the fatalities caused by the breakingof the great Bousey dyke in the Vorges,increases every hour. One hundred andfifteen deaths have already been reported, but only 50 bodies have beenrecovered. It is believed the death listwill be greatly in excess of the figuresabove given when all the districts areheard from.

It is supposed many of the dead wereswept into isolated places where it willbe a long time before the bodies arefound. The region over which thetons of. water swept in a resistless floodis strewn with every sort of wreckage,and the whole country presents a mostdesolate appearance. In many placesthe early crops were swept clean out ofthe ground and the losses thus incurredwill be very heavy.

Six brigades of gen d'armes have beendetailed to act as guards. Every attempt is being made to reorganize thedistrict, but this is rendered difficult bythe waters. The Aviere, a small stream,is now in some places a mile and a halfwide. The railway in the vicinity ofthe Daruiulles station was torn up.

Important Developments Looked For.Salt Lake, April 29. Important de

velopments are looked for in connectionwith the recent murder of the threemen at Pelican Point, Utah. On thestrength of a letter received from Montana the sheriff of Lehi made anothervisit to the cabinet formerly occupied bythe murdered men and found it occupiedby Hayes, Tyrel and Lars Peterson.Hayes is the father-in-la- w of one of themurdered men. The sheriff discoveredevidence which is thought will lead toarrests. The exact purport of the letter irom iuontana cannot do learned asthe officials claim its publication will bedetrimental to the investigation.

Explosion of Natural Gas.Pittsburg, April 29. At Edgewood,

a suburb, the residence of Attorney A.Li. spinaier was Diown apart by an explosion of natural gas which leakedinto the cellar through a drain. RebeccaSpindler was probably fatally injuredby falling from the second floor to thecellar. Her sister, Mary, and OfficerSelhormer were seriously but notfatally burned. The explosion was followed in quick succession by two others,which wrecked the adjoining dwellinghouses of A. L. Swift, Professor D. W.Downing and A. J. Johnson. Totalloss, $20,000.

California Athletic Team.Berkeley, April 29. The university

athletic team will next Thursday morning start on the transcontinental trip,which has been under consideration forsome time past, to meet the eastern col- -

lege atmetes. xne amount oi moneyon hand at present will allow CaptainKoch to take a team of only 10 men, butan effort will be made to raise sufficientmoney to take 12. If 12 men go the twoothers to 30m the team will be Scoggin,a sprinter, and Everett Brown, a milerunner.

Active Mason Over Seventy Years.Minneapolis, April 29. Dr. Fredrick

Andros, who was the first practicingphysician to locate west of the Mississippi river, died in this city at the ageof 92. Dr. Andros was a member of thelegislature in Iowa in its territorialdays and represented the northern partof Minnesota in the legislature of thisstate as early as 1854. He has beenprominent in tho counsels of the medi-cal fraternity for two generations andan active Mason for over 70 years.

Concede America's Claims.Madrid, April 29. Tho report that

the Allianca affair has been settled bySpain conceding the American claims isconfirmed officially. Spain will givehonorable satisfaction for the mistakeand admits the Allianca was outsideher territorial water when the Condo deVenadito fired upon her. Spanish vesselshave been given precise instructions tonot fire on vessels outside the three-mil- e

limit.Botte Jury Kcfnscd to Indict.

Butte, Mon., April 29. The grandjury called three weeks ago by JudgeSpeer of the district court to investigatethe disastrous dynamite explosion Jan.15, by which 58 men were killed, refused to indict anyone on the groundthat they were unable to locate the responsibility on any individual. Civilsuits for damages aggregating $250,000have been brought against the powdeicompanies.

Killed the Wrung Man.Houston, Tex., April 29. R. P.

Owens, who murdered Dr. Simmons,shot his own wifo and then put a bulletin his own breast, has died. Mrs. Owensis still alive, but will probably die. Dr.Simmons was killed at Owens' house,where he had been calling to attendOwens' child. It is rumored Owensconfessed to having killed the wrongman.

Fire Caused an Assignment.Cheyenne, Wy., April 29. The

Trading Commercial company at Lara-mie assigned to E. Crumrine, withliabilities amounting to $80,000. whilethe assets are nominally set at $100,000.Direct cause of the failure was a dis-astrous fire about a month ago, bywhich the firm lost $70,000 on real estate and general merchandise.

No Answer From Japan.London, April 29. A Berlin dispatch

says there is no foundation for the state-ment that Japan has already answeredthe protest made by Russia, Germanyand France against the annexation ofany portion of the Chinese mainland.

Natrona to Have a New Courthouse.Casper, Wy., April 29. The board of

county commissioners of Natrona county is advertising for the erection of acounty courthouse. It is to be abrick and will cost about $10,000.

Wyoming Shearing Commences.Douglas, Wy., April 29. Sheep

shearing has commenced at the Douglaspens. Uver 60,000 fleeces will beclipped during the season. Upward of$5,000 will be paid to shearers.

THS PROCTER A GAMSLE CO- - CINTL

DUBRAKT UNBOSOMS KxMSXLr.

Accused Medical Strtdeat Score Felice aadNewspaper.

San Francisco, April 29. For thefirst time since the charge of murderingMiss Marian Williams in the EmanuelBaptint church of this city ws informally made against W. H. T. Durranithe prisoner has consented to talk. Hesaid: "Judging by newspaper com-munications I am looked upon as a coldblooded, diabolical monster. I ampainted as a devil in human shape, andvery little is said of the possibility oiany other person killing these two girls,but when the trial is over the worldwill know that I am innocent. My composure and self control since my arrestare held against me, but no person willever know the terrible ordeal I am undergoing. It is said that I use opiatesto induce sleep. That is a lie. I am able

.to sleep well because my conscious isclear of all crime. I am not of a nervous temperament, and have alwaysbeen able to keep cool."

He accuses the police of working solely from the premise that he is guilty otthe crime and ignoring all other clews.

EXCITEMENT IN CHINATOWN.

Placards Posted In the Chinese QuarterDenouncing the Police as Blackmailers.San Francisco, April 29. Rising

with the fetid smells in the heart ofChinatown Sunday there was a babelof shrill voices that could be heard forblocks and a great crowd of pigtailed.blue Moused and greasy looking Chinesewas fairly wedged in two corners onDupont street, where Washington andJackson intersect. So dense was theexcited mass that it blocked the streetand compelled the cable line to suspendoperations pending a clearing of the way.The trouble was over four Chinese pla-cards at each of the points named, evidently a manifesto issued by Highbinde-rs., and which may be productive of awar in the Chinese quarters. The pla-cards accuse the Six Companies' polic t

of blackmailing. The police could notdisperse the crowd until finally one officer torn down the placards.

Bobber Shot by a Bank Teller.Dubuque, April 29. A robber walked

into the Iowa Trust and Savings banktoday, and walking up to the counterbehind which the funds for the day'suse were piled, struck the window witha small hammer that he carried,, withthe intention of grabbing the funds.Teller Maurice Brown fired at the man,the ball taking effect in the head. Therobber is seriously wounded and is nowunder arrest.

Brutal Murder at St. Louis.St. Louis, April 29. A brutal mur

der with robbery as tho motive wascommitted in J. C. Dougherty's saloonat Sixth and Elm streets early today.Christy Masterson, barkeeper on thenight watch, was assaulted by personsunknown and his skull crushed with aniron bar. His pockets were rifled andthe key to the money drawer taken and$50 secured.

Will Bo Executed Wednesday.Sing Sing, April 29. The respite

granted by Governor Morton in tho caseof Dr. Buchanan expires at midnightand unless the supreme court interferesthe condemned man will be executed onWednesday morning.

aXcMurrln'a Wound Not Fatal.Beatrice, Neb., April 29. William

McMurrin, who was shot last night byJ. J. Skow while attempting to stealfeed from the hitter's feed lots, restedpretty well today, audit is thought thathe will recover.

Two Snlcidea In Central Tark.New York, April 29. Two unknown

men committed suicide today in Centralpark, on6 by hanging and the other byshooting himself.

FEKISHED IN THE FLAMES.

Throe Persons Burned to Beatli In a Pitts-burg Fire.

Pittsburg, April 29. A framo dwell-ing, owned by A. P. Snyder in the Eastend and occupied by Samuel Weaverand his family, burned last night.Weaver was very ill with the typhoidfever and was known to have per-ished, but today his body and that ofFrederick Snyder, son of the owner ofihe building, wero recovered from thebuilding. The body of William Mitch-ell, aged 32, tho nurse attending Mr.Weaver, was recovered later, makingthe third fatality, while Mrs. Weaver isin a critical condition from burns andfright.

Wrecked by a Gas Explosion.Elyria, O., April 29. G. A. R. hall

was almost demolished by a terrific gasexplosion. A gas jet was in some wayopened without being lighted last nightand filled tho place with gas. WhenJanitor Martin struck a match in thohall this morning a heavy explosion fol-lowed He was terribly burned and isin a serious condition.

Keeler Mill Damaged by Fire.St. Louis, April 29. Fire partially

destroyed the plant of the Keeler Mill-ing company of St. Louis, causing anestimated damage to machinory andbuilding of about $100,000.

WIND DOES DAMAGE AT OMAHA..

Four Buildings Were Demolished, bat NuOne Seriously Injured.

Omaha, April 29. The report of .1cyclone in the northwestern portion ofthe city this morning proves to have beenexaggerated. Only four houses weredemolished, at the corner of Thirty-thir- d

and Spaulding streets, and a number ofoutbuildings and trees were blown down.Nobody was seriously injured. Thowind was accompanied by rain and hail,which did slight damage.

Storm at St. Joseph.St. Joseph, April 29. A severe rain.

hail and wind storm struck this city at10 a. m. But little damage was donehere, but north of here, where the stormwas more severe, it is feared the hail in-jured the fruit crop.

Storm In Iowa.Des Moines, April 29. A heavy thun-

der storm and rain began at 4:30 a. 111.

The storm is believed to general through-out this section.

ory5oap1It Flpats

FORTY MILLION CAKES YEARLY.

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