The North Platte semi-weekly tribune., September 21, 1900, Image 3

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RAIDING
1
FUNDS
S'hadowa
of Suspicion Hnvor
the Officials
Over
Of THE HOSPITAL AT NORFOLK
Strong In!lcntloni thnt tho Draff nnd
Tuot fundi Hnve llcen Ilnlded AVIth
in Appropriation of Nearly 8130,000
There'll bo a Deficiency ut End of Your.
NORFOLK, Neb., Sept. 17, 1900.
rrosperous conditions nro In .evi
dence In ovory county o Nebraska.
No ono but n rank partisan would
attompt to assert that such conditions
nro transitory or unroal. It is mat
tor of slow growth there Is nothing
artificial or uncertain about It. Within
four years tho farmers of Nebraska
have been delivered from tho bondngo
of debt and thousands of them boast
of n surplus-.
It Is truo that tho requirements of
tho impending campaign havo sug
gested tho fullest exposition of fact
relating to the changed condlttona 'n
every county in order that tho poo
plo of ono county may bo apprised
of tho degree of prosperity in every
other county, but tho republican man
agers do not noed to magnify or over
state tho facts, which in most cases
speak for thomsolvcs.
Emphasis may bo given to ono nil
Important fact, to-wlt: thnt whilo tho
farmers aro producing abundant crops
nnd receiving higher pr'ccs thorofor
than ever boforo paid, at tho samo timo
tho mechanics and lnborlng men in
cities and towns aro all busy, receiv
ing higher pay for shorter working
days than ever before, and that tho
demand for their services exceeds tho
supply. A careful Inquiry into the
status- of things reveals theso condi
tions: 1. That farmers are getting 32 and
34 cents for their corn (of which thoro
Is a large surplus), whereas four
yeas ago they got but 6 and 10
cents.
2. That stock raisers and farmers
aro gottlng $5.50 for fat sttcrs, whore
ns four years ago thoy got $2.75 and
$3.50. Hogs, four years ago, $2.77; this
year, $5.09.
3. That farmers are buying ad
joining acres and aro spending hun
dreds of thousands of dollars upon
improvements. Residents of cities
and towns are putting up now build
ings and repairing hundreds of oM
ono3. Thoro is an air of thrift every
where. 3. That country merchants aro sell
ing moro goods and gottlng larger
profits and prompter pay for good3
sold than over before in tho history
of tho state.
5. That mechanics nro everywhere
busy. From towns, largo and small,
como roports of a demand for me
chanlcs exceeding tho supply. In Om
aha more men aro employed at highor
wages and shorter working hours
than was tho case in any previous year
save 1897-8, when tho oxposltlon pro
duced a tomporary demand for men.
Inquiry among all classes of mechanics-
reveals the fact that tho mean av
erage of wage scalo Is UIghor, work
day hour3 shorter and the demand for
men very active. No man who wants
work need bo Idle.
G. That tho Jobbers and wholesalo
merchants and manufacturers of No
braska aro selling moro goods at lar
ger profits than was- truo of their
trado In the year 189C; that of fifty
firms reporting, tho incraaued volumo
of business ranged from 20 ot 950 por
cent and thnt In no caso was a do
crease of business reported.
7. That ilfty Jobbing houses, farm
Implement houses, manufacturers,
wholesale houses, etc., report a largo
incrcaso in the numbor of men om
ployed. In wages paid and tho averago
Incrcaso In tho numbor of traveling
men covering Nebraska territory is
nearly 50 per cent.
Tho paramount question is: What
would any of theso classes gain by a
change of government at Washing
ton?
Do you want a change?
WHAT THE MECHANICS SAY,
In Omaha tho change in regard to
wagos paid, hours of employment and
numbor of persons- engaged is so grat
ifying that tho classes affected will
gladly do what they can to support
tho political party which has mndo
possible this romarkablo Improvement
In conditions. Tho roiiowmg roporta
wero obtained from officials ot tno
various local unions:
Printing Pressmen's Union Our
scale of wages- In 189C was $1G to $1S
por week for ten hours rcr day. In
1900 our scalo Is tho same per dlen;
for nlno hours por day. In 189G 20
por cent of our members wore Idle all
tho tlmo and 40 por cent of those om
ployed wore making but half tlmo. In
1900 all members nro, employed and all
are making full tlmo. In short, we
nro working shortor hours and mak
ing moro money than wo did In 189G
Plasters', Brlcklnyers' and Stono-
mnsons' Tenders' Union Our scalo of
wagc3 In 189G wa3 15 to 17 cents
rer hour for ton hours. In 1900 our
scalo Is 24 conts per hour for eight
hours and wo havo GO per cont moro
men employed than In 139G.
Plumbors' Union Our scalo of
wages in 189G was 15 conts por hour
for eight hours. In 1900 It is DO cents
por hour for eight hours. Until July
1st wo havo had 30 per cont moro men
employed thnn wo had in 189G.
Painters nnd Decorators Our scalo
In 189G was 30 conts per hour. Wo
had no scalo signed up regarding
hours of employment. Our prosoiu
scalo is 35 cents for eight hours; time
and n half for overtlmo and doublo
tlmo for Sundays. In 1890 our union
had about fifty membors In good
Etandlng. In 1898 wo had nearly 200
members. This was owing to tho
Trans-Mlsslsslppl exposition. Our
mombors nro all, or nearly all, om
ployed at tho present tlmo.
Bricklayers' Union In 189G our
scale of wages was 50 cents por hour
for eight hours; tlmo and a half for
overtime and doublo time for Sun
days-. Our scale for 1900 Is 50 conta
per hour, with no othor changes. Our
union has had about 1G0 mombors for
tho past flvo years. Thoro is more
work in our trado In Omaha at the
present tlmo than we have had In the
last eight years.
Carpenters' Union Our scnlo of
wages In 189G in South Omaha was 25
cents per hour for ten or twolvo houra.
For 1900 It is 35 cents por hour for
eight hours; tlmo nnd n half for ovor-
tlmo and doublo tlmo for Sundays.
In Omaha our scalo In 189G was 30
conts por hour for eight hours; tlmo
nnd a half for overtime and doublo
timo for Sundays. In 1900 it Is 40 cents
per hour nnd no other changes. Mora
than doublo tho numbor fire now em
ployed in our trado than In 1897, al
though there aro a groat many ear
pontors Idlo at present. This is ow
ing to tho Trnns-Misslsslppi oxposl
tlon, which brought n groat many ear-
pentors hero who havo remained.
Horseshoers Union Our scalo Is
tho samo as It was in 189G for tho
samo hours. Wo havo not as many
employed as we had in 19G, for tho
reason that thero are not as many
horses in use. Tho blko has mndo a
great dlfferouco in our trado.
Sheet oMtal Workors' Union In
1890 our -scalo of wagos was 33 conts,
but very fow men got that amount.
Tho avorago wages paid woro 27
conts. Tho numbor of hours is tho
samo. Our scalo at present Is 38
conts por hour. Thero aro 25 per
cent moro men employed In our trado
now than In 189G.
Printing Press Assistants' Union
Our Bcalo of wages in 189G was $8
for sixty hours, or $8 por week for ton
hours por day. Wo now get $9.50 for
nlno bourn por day. In 189G wo had
thirty mon cmployod; we now havo
forty-eight
Machinists' Union Our scalo of
wages In 189G was from 25 to 30 cents
per hour. Wo woro worklix; from
forty to forty-olght hours por wcok.
Our present scalo is 32 cents por hour
for nlno hours por dny, or fifty-four
hours per week. All menbors of tho
union aro employed, and our union
was nover In a moro flourishing con
dition, and wo doubt if an idlo ma
chinist can bo found In Omaha today,
unless ho is Idlo from cholco.
GROWTH OF THE LIVE STOCK IN
DUSTRY.
Tho Incrcaso of stock rocelpts at
South Omaha may bo taken ns a fair
Illustration of tho chango wrought In
business generally during tho four
years tho republican party has had
chargo of national affairs. During
tho sovon months of 1900 ending July
filst tho cattlo receipts woro 424,230,
as against 220,324 for a llko porlod In
189G, a gain of 202,904, oi nearly 100
per cent.
Tho hog receipts for tho first seven
months of this year wero 1,121,171,
as against 717,976 for tho first sovon
months of 189G, a gain of 403,195.
For tho period ending July 31st.
1900, thero wore 597,985 head of sheep
received; for the samo period In 189b,
1G1.841, n gain of 430,144 for 1900.
Thero has also Jieen a gratifying in
crcaso in prices- during this time.
Steors, for instance, sold July 31st,
189G, nt from $2.75 to $3.70; July 31st,
1900, thoy brought $5.50; hogs cold
July 31st, 189G, at $2.77; July 31st,
1900, tho price was $5.09. Tho prlco
paid for sheep July 31st, 18DG, ranged
from $2 to $5.50; July 31st, 1900, the
range was from $1 to $5.45. In tho
month ot July. 189G, tho receipts oi
hogs woro 97,000; in July, 1900, 179,
000 (in round thousands), and tho
price as given abovo but Uttlo moro
than hnlf in 189G of that in 1900.
THE WHOLESALE TRADE.
Information gained from a large
numbor of tho principal business mon
of Omaha through letters of Inquiry
and personal interviews, discloses the
fact that, without a single exception,
thero ha3 been a marked "expansion"
of business in Nebraska's chief city
during tho four years tho republican
party has boon in chargo of national
affairs. In securing this Information
no regard whatever was had to politi
cal affiliations, tho deslro being to
mako tho exhibit a perfe'.lly fair one
In every respect The lino of Inquiry
covers a comparison of amount of bus
iness in 189G with 1900; comparison
of tho number of employes then nnd
now, and nlso of tho wages paid. Tho
replies show, with ono exception, that
tho lowest Increnso in amount of bus
iness is 20 por cent, ranging from that
up to 950 por cont, with a largo pro
portion of instances whore tho por
ccntago of gain was 75 per cent to 100;
tho lncreaso In tho numbor of em
ployes ranges from 15 to 200 per cent,
and tho range of Increnso in salaries
paid is from 10 por cont to 50 por
cent.
The Hospital for tho Insane nt Nor
folk contributes nnothcr Important
chapter to the history of mismanage
mcnt of tho stnto Institutions under
tho Poynter administration.
On tho surface thoro Is ovirtonco
of oxtravnganco nnd rocklossness In
dealing with tho funds, whilo beneath
tho surfaco thoro In unmntakablo ovl
denco of fraud.
Particularly 13 this truo In eonnec
tlon with the purchase of drugs nnd
coal, If not clothing and other sup
plies. Tho domhnds on tho fuel fund
havo beon enormous, and notwith
standing tho largo amount approprl
ated, thero will bo a shortngo In this
fund of no loss- than $5,000.
EVIDENCE OF FRAUD.
Tho last legislature appropriated for
tho maintenance of this Institution
$119,350, of which amount $12,000 wns
for fuel and lights. Why It ehoull
rcqulro such i largo amount of monoy
for fuel and .lights Is a question clial
longing explanation, but It wns appro
priated, andv ns previously stated
that amount,. largo though It is, in go
ing to fall sjiort of being enough by
at least ?5,upo.
From May 2Gth, 1899, to July 19th
1900, 10,02.rl,20 ot tho appropriation
was oxpcndyd, leaving a balanco of
$1,374. Thlsi was for fourteen months
and tho rate of expenditure wns thoro
fore about $G0 por month, or $2G0 por
month In oxcoss of tho appropria
tion.
Thero nro. loss than 300 Inmates in
tho hospitals yot on n basts of 300 It
has cost tho; state more thnn $35 per
capita for light and heat for tho last
fnnrfnnn mnnitic 'Flint llila la n n iin.
reasonablo nlmount Is quite apparont
Upon lnqiilry it was discovered that
Steward ueo3 of tho hospital, who has
chargo of purchasing supplies of this
chnrnctor, Is on vory intimnto terms
with certain coal dealors. In fact, at
tho tlmo hq was appointed steward
ho was engaged in tho coal business
at Norfolk, in p.rtnersh!p with one
C, W. Braash, and it is n notlccablo
fact that sliico hta nppolntinont his
former business partner has figured
conspicuously in tho fuel transactions
of tho hospital. The records in tho
auditor's Jlfico bear evidence, not nlono
of this, but ot other matters equally
as significant.
Slnco May 2Gth of last year to July
19th of this year tho Olon Rock Coal
company has drawn from tho stato
troasury for coal sold tho hospital
moro than $9,700 (see vouchers
D30347, IJ31197, B31332, B34280,
B37397, B402G7, B41849. B42785,
DM351, B45051, B4G313, B4G97G).
A significant fact in connection
with this Is that during tho summor
months of this year tho supply pur
chased 1b about the samo ns during
cold weathor.
Another significant fact is, that
whilo Engineer Mohler of tho hospital
says that between eighty nnd ninoty
tons por month nro consumed, tho rec
ords show that tho consumption has
been nt tho rato of moro than 150
tons por month. Tho contract prlco
la about $4 per ton and It Engineer
Mohlor, who handles tho coal, knows
what ho is talking about, tho monthly
cost, on tho nlnoty-ton estlmnto,
would only by $3G0 por month, whoro-
as tho official records show that tho
monthly cost is $7G0 por month, n
dlffercnco of $400 per month.
Taking tho hlghost estlmato of En
gineer Mohlor (ninoty tons per
month), nnd figure tho cost at $8 per
ton, noarly tho prlco ot tho vory best
hard coal on tho market, and It would
then amount to only $720 per month,
or still less by $40 per month tUan
tho amount actually paid by tho stato
tho last fourteen months for soft nnd
alack coal.
Theso figures aro not alono signifi
cant, but aro suspicious. Thoy indi
cate quite freoly that tho state Is be
ing dofrauded. Tho figures of tho en
gineer, tho man whoso duties aro
such that ho should know exactly
what tho monthly consumption la,
stand out in bold contract with tho
bills rendored bills the Btato has
been required to pay. Tho disparity
is not easily accounted for, except on
tho ground of fraud alono.
According to Engineer Mohlor, It
should cost not to excoed $3G0 per
month. According to tho records It
costs $7G0 per month. This Is a dis
tinction with n most significant dif
ference, ono involving nearly .$5,000
por year to tho taxpayers ot Ne
braska. A DRUG DEALER'S SNAP.
Suspicious as aro tho figures asso
ciated with tho fuol and light fund,
worso abuses apoar to havo boon prac
ticed In connection with tho drug
fund.
Druggist Chrlsteph, who has had
somewhat ot a monopoly of tho pat-
ronngo of tho hospital. Is said to bo
on vory "friendly" terms with Stew
ard Rees. Tho records show that It
has beon expensive "friendship" to
tho state. Not nlono has Chrlstoph
had the drug fund to play on, but
ho has drawn monoy out of tho "naint
and oil" fund, tho goneral repair
fund, "carpet and curtain" fund,
'board and clothing fund, "book and
stationery" fund, and tho "Incidental"
runu.
Steward Rees was appointed to hlB
position about ono year ago. In tho
last year his friend Chrlstoph has
drawn from tho state treasury $1,
129,04. He haB drawn $G48.31 from
tho drug fund, $38.50 from tho genoral
repair fund. $204.8G from tho board
and clothing fund, $14.9G from tho
carpet and curtain fund, $22.85 from
tho book nnd stationery fund, $42.23
from tho Incidental fund and $157.33
from tho paint nnd oil fund.
Vouchors B342S9, IJ37404, B41857.
B4277G, B4435G, B4G972 nnd B47G42
woro drawn in favor cf Druggist
Chrlstrfi on tho paint nnd oil fund.
Vouchors B427G8, B450G0 and B4G305
wore drawn in favor of Druggi3t
Chrlstoph on tho goneral repair fund.
Vouchor B3G252 wns drawn In favor
of Druggist Chrlstoph on tho carpot
and curtain fund.
Vouchors B34272, B3G229. B102G3.
B4183G, B427C5, B43473. B14345,
B4G323 and B47G34 woro drawn in
favor of Druggist Chrlstoph on tho
board and clothing fund.
Vouchers B3338G. E34283 and
B3G237 wero drawn In favor of Drug
gist Chrlstoph on tho book nnd sta
tlonory fund.
Vouchors B40271 nnd B45531 woro
drawn In favor of Druggist Chris
toph on tho Incidental fund.
Vouchors B34282, B3G235, B402G8,
II 11851, B42782, B43478, B44353,
B45055, B45524, B4G315, B4G975 nnd
B47G39 woro drawn In fnor of Drugi
glBt Chrlstoph on tho drug fund.
Theso are tho cold facta, taken dl
roct from tho official records in tho
auditor's ofilco at Lincoln
These figures indicate that thero
Is something clso besides friendship
In tho Intimacy oxisting between
Steward Rees and Druggist Chrls
toph.
Another significant fenluro of tho
matter Is that whilo Druggist Chris
toph has had tho contract since hla
friend Rees bocamo ateward ho has
also been supplying tho "oxtras." An
articlo that la not enumerated In tho
contract Is called an "extra" and is
not sold subject to contract prices.
Extras aro bought at tho retailors
figures. It is within tho power of the
steward to favor his friends In this
wny, by omitting many of tho artl
cles to bo bought from tho contract
nnd buy them at retail prices. That
this very thing has boon dono nt Nor
folk can hardly bo disputed. Fully
25 per cent of tho articles purchased
from Druggist Chrlstoph tho last year
woro not included in tho contract and
wero not bought at contract prices
(seo vouchers B3G235, B402G8, BI1851,
B42782, B44353, B45055, 1)40315 and
B4G975). It Is known that In In
stances of this kind excessive prices
aro charged, In somo instances double
tho amount of tho actual retail price.
It Is also known that Druggist
Chrlstoph doea not deal directly In
many ot tho articles with which ho
Is credited as having delivered to the
hospital. It might bo a rather dim
cult mattor for olthor him or Stew
ard Roes to satisfactorily oxplaln
how It hapepned that articles legit
lmately chargeable to and charged to
tho carpet and curtain fund and board
and clothing fund woro supplied by
a druggist.
The legislature appropriated $1,200
for drugs. Thero remains In this fund
a balanco of $387. which means a de
ficiency at tho ond of tho fiscal year
in this fund of about $150, In faco of
tho fact thnt other funds havo been
mado uso ot In Instances whoro goods
should bo charged to tho drug fund.
TURNS ON THE LIGHT.
Dosplto tho efforts of other drug
gists to obtain tho drug contract
Chris tonh hns had It ever slnco Stew
ard Rees assumed his office. Ono of
tho local dealors makes bold to charge
that tho bids of others aro opened bo
foro tho favorite puts In his bid, so
that ho knows just what to bid to
got tho contract. Ho claims that tho
bids nro either opened at tho hospital
or at Lincoln.
Ono of tho druggists who bellOTO
that this very thing Is bolng dono is
A. II. Klcsau. Speaking ot It ho
said:
"Bolng ttnablo to aecuro tho contract
oven nt rock bottom figures I rosolvod
to get It oven at a loss, particularly
to seo if I could find out what tno
causo wan of our not gottlng It Wo
hnd been quoting very low figures, yet
each tlmo tho contract was nwardod
to Chrlstoph. I wrote to a wholesalo
drug firm In Omaha, whero I do my
trading, telling them of what I wanted
to do and asking thorn if thoy would
not holp mo by making a roductlon
In tho wholesalo price.
'I sont them an itemized statement
ot what was called for In tho contract
and they agreed to lot mo havo th
drugs at a reduction of 5 por cont bo
low tho regular wholsalo taBh prlco.
'I then took this reduced wholesale
prlco and I mndo a furthor reduction
of 20 por cont making a total roduc
tlon ot about 25 por cont on tno casa
wholesalo prlco.
"I sent in my bid at theso ngurcs,
and, what do you think? Chrlstoph's
bid was 00 conts lower tnan mino.
ThlB convlucod mo that there was n
crooked deal somewhero, for, in tho
first placo, on a drug bill of $200, CO
cents Is too closo a dlfforonco, and,
in tho socond place how did It hap-
pon, after I had bid nway down below
tho wholesalo price, mat unrisiopn
should bid about 25 por cont below
what tho goods actually cost him at
wholesale, unless my bid had been
oponed and ho hnd boon informed bo
foro tho contract was awarded and
boforo ho put in his bid whnt my bid
was? . .
"Thero was fraud on tno inco oi u,
that's certain.
"I don't menn to Bay by this that
tho stato is gottlng its drugs at a bar
gain. On tho contrary, I think if you
look up tho list of goods purchased as
extras' you will dlscovor that on the
wnoio mo huuo is imywn i"i ..-
Thero aro nomewhat startling ru
mors afloat too. relatlvo to deals in
connection with tho clothing contract.
It In currently roportod Hint favor
itism io practiced In connection with
this end of tho business, nnd that
certain porsons have reaped handBomn
towards at the expenso of tho Btnto
by reason of it Tho last legislature
appropriated $40,000 for board and
clothing, but ovon this largo amount,
botweon diversion, perversion and
extravagance, will bo completely wiped
out boforo tho noxt appropriation will
bo available. Most of tho spoclat
funds are ovordrawn, nnd thero Is- ov
ory Indication that the gonoral de
ficiency in the funds of tho institution
will run up well Into the thousands.
LOOSE BUSINESS METHODS.
It Is n mattor of history that loose
huslnoBB mothoda havo b?en employed
horo throughout tho official oxlstenco
of tho prosont Stato Board ot Public
Lands and Buildings.
Ropalrs havo beon mado to build
ings and tho bills paid out of othor
specific funds. A flro occurred about
two years ngo in ono of tho buildings,
necessitating ropalrs to tho extent ot
$5,500. It wns "repaired" at that cost
without advortlBlng or soliciting bids
for either labor or matorlal and tho
bills woro paid out of tho board nnd
clothing fund.
In 1897 this samo board let tho con
tract for tho building ot a now wing
to tho hospital, for which $25,000 had
boon npproprlated, to a firm of con
tractors from Omaha. Tho contractors-
entered upon tho performance of
tho work, but tho disposition exhib
ited on their pnrt to pockrt tho monoy
niinwnii bv tho board nnd pay nobody
resulted In numerous unpaid bills for
labor and material Doing sent, to tno
board, with requests that no more
monoy bo allowed tho contractors un
til thoy paid or secured tho claims
against them. Tho board mado a tor
rlblo mcBsoT tho whole affair. Tho
infractors loft tllO Work to 1)0 COlll-
niKtoii hv thnlr bondsmen nnd tho
imndsmon. owing to Berious conipllca
tlons, requested thnt tho board com
niloto tho Job. Tho work waB flnnlly
nnnininfoil. but It was a long tlmo bo
foro tho bills woro nllovvcd and pnld
it in mild that oven some remain
unpaid to thlB day. Tho bondsmen
woro ready and willing to liquidate
nil WIHmatn bills, but tho wholo
doal was bo ropleto with blundorB
mado by tho board that It waa diffi
cult to determlno tho dlfforonco bo
iwnnn ihn ntiittis of tho debtor and
rrniiUor. Tho building was finally
complotcd, but up to thlB day no ono
hnB yot como forwnrd to exhibit It as
a model of modern nrcnueciuru.
fiRUEL TREATMENT.
Numorous complaints aro afloat'
concerning tho prnctlco of cruolty by
iicnllnc with the inmates.
Last Bprlug an employe named Charles
RosBln gavo ono of tno inmates a sc-
voro beating nnd that, too, It ib ro
norff.ii without nrovocatlon or juBtlfl-
, l.W. w.. I
cation. Tho outrage was bo migrant
that tho management was compelled to
dlachargo him.
RoportB of cruolty nro quite numor
n lint ns tho InmntcH aro of un-
Rnnnd mind to a greater or less ox
tent, Httlo or no dopondenco can be
placed on whnt thoy Bay, nnd for this
reason It IS UllUCUll to OUliwu ouna
tnrv tiroof or disproof.
Upon tho whole, bo far as tho mnn
nenmont Is concerned, thoro Ib no ov-
Idenco ot sincerity on tho part of tho
authorized representatives of tho fu
slonlBta to llvo up to tho professed
nnnnomv of tholr party. On tho con
trary, tho por capita expense to tho
Htiito. tho nay roll, tho goneral ox-
ponBo, Is greater today than It ever
has been.
Mosnultos die within a fow hours
after gorging thcmsolvco with humnn
blood.
rn
Bands cf Experienced Mon Oloso on Trail
of Train Robbora.
CANADA IS CERTAIN OF CAPTURE
Hone' of Itamllta Itnvu Ilrcn Hlcroit nnd
FucMUrn HrekliiR to Hide In Hrnvllr
Tlmhrrcd Mountain of Colorado
Mlicollnncoun Nobrntka Mntteri.
OMAHA, Nob., Sopt. 19. W. T. Can
ada, chlof of tho spccidl servlco ot tho
Union Pacific, has returned from Wyo
ming, whero ho has beon In chnrgc of
tho pursuit of tho robbers who dyna
mited nn express car on a westbound
Union Pacific train recently. Chief
Canada Is absolutely confident that the
capture of the robbers will bo effected
In the near future
"Wo already havo captured tholr
horses and havo they locked up," said
Chief Canada, "ami theso men nro now
being trailed by men who nro na fa
miliar with tho mountains in which
tho robbers nro hiding as thoy are
themselves. Ono posbo secured tho
horses about twenty miles south of
Dixon. Colo., shortly after thoy had
beon nbandonod by tno bandits, In or
dor that thoy might tho hotter oludo
tholr pursuers by sccrotlng thomsolvcs
In tho heavily timbered mountains,
Tho scene ot tho pursuit now Is In tho
mountains whore tho Btato of Wyo
ming, Colorado nnd Utah convorgo.
"Theso follows will bo enpturod.
Thoro Is no question nbout thu out
come It Is only a matter ot tlmo and
such dlllgcnco is being maintained by
the mon who nro trailing tho bandits
that thoy can't keep away much longer.
So far as wo havo been ablo to learn
thoro nro only thrco men In tho gang.
Tho number has been variously report
ed at thrco, four and flvo, but from
tho best nccoun.a from tho mon who
woro nt tho sccno of tho holdup thero
wero only threo. It Is possible that
ono or ovon two of them figured In tho
Wilcox train Tobbory. Thoro woro six
in thnt gang and all but two havo
beon disposed of. Theso two may,
perhaps, havo been in this last rob
bery, but I hardly think ao, na thoy
would hardly havo tho norvo to figure
in nnothor holdup, knowing, ns thoy
probably do, the fate of their partners
In thq former affair. If theso aro tho
samo onos wo will morcly bo killing
two birds with ono stono whon wo
capture thorn, aB this last affair has not
caused ua to relax our efforts toward
running down tio pair who partici
pated in tho Wilcox holdup nnd nro
still nt largo.
Hujnir Hunt Dolnc Nicely.
OMAHA, Nob., Sept. 19. Tho sugal-
boots planted by tho company formod
ot South Omaha business men nro do
ing nicely and a full crop Ib oxuectcd.
It Is estimated now that the crop will
run from fifteen to twonty tons to tho
acre. No contracts for tho crop havo
been signed as yot, as two factories aro
In tho market for tho yield. Tho Ames
Beet Sugar Works will buy tho entlro
crop nt tho prlco mentioned enrly in
tho spring, but thero Booms a disposi
tion to let tho boots go to tho now Bcot
Sugar nnd Chicory company, which Is
now established nt tho former Homo
of tho Good Shepherd, west of Cuda
hy's. This now company wnnts nil tho
boots it can got nnd la willing to pay n
fair prico for tho product. At this fac
tory a portion of tho boots will bo usod
for nirgar and tho reslduo will bo
worked up into chicory. Tho process
now in uso pormlts tho using of all of
tho reslduo for tho manufacture of
chicory Instead of leaving a largo pro
portion or pulp, ns formorly, which was,
fed to cattle.
It Ib tho Intention of tho mnnagorB of
thlB now concern to endeavor to induce
each farmer in tho vicinity of South
Omaha to agree to cultivate ono aero of
bootB noxt Bpring. If each farmer will
do this and tho crop Is any wnya fair
tho factory hero can bo kopt running
for oomo tlmo. As tho growing of bootB
on tho iBlnnd Is an assured success it
la moro than likely thnt tho samo
South Omaha company will ngaln con
tract for tho land and continue tho cul
tivation of BUgar boota.
Urcoirrrei) Htolrn 1Iorn(.
DAVID CITY, Nob., Sopt. 18. Mon-
day night S. Vnulukolk, living near
Octavla, had a valuablo horso stolen
from hla pasture Tho thief wno trac
ed to Schuyler, whero ho had disposed
of tho animal to a horso buyer. Tho
thief was still In town and tho sheriff
arrested a young man and plnce.l him
behind tho barB In tho Butlor county
Jail on this chnrgo. IIo lu about 22
yearn of age.
Died lit Nliioty-Tliroe.
SYRACUSE, Nob., Sapt. On Sun
day occurrod tho funornl of Mrs. Solo
mon Brownell, ivt tho advanced ago of
ninety-nine years and threo months.
Sho wns born in Duchess county, Now
York, and enmo to this state and coun
ty nnd town In 1857, whoro alio rcaldod
up to tho tlmo of her death, Sho was
tho mother of sovon children all of
whom but one Btirvlvo her.
llUREitrd' Aocldont FntRl,
MILLER, Nob., Sopt. 19. Charles
Haazard, who wnfl woundod by tho ac
cidental discharge of n flhntgun on
September 13 ,dled tills forenoon, leav
ing a wlfo and ono child to mourn his
loss. IIo will bo Durlod by tho Modern
Woodmen of which ho wna a member.
Ho was also ono of tho Mystic Legion
nnd carried a Ufo policy of $5,000,
Olrl llltton ly u Ituttler,
BEATR-wE, Nob., Sopt. 17. MIbs
Nolllo LIchty, living six miles south
east of horo, wna bitten on tho hand
by a rattlesnake. Prompt medical at
tention saved, her Ufo, although Bho Is
trull in a dangerous condition.
ICcturnod Mlinloniiry.
JUNIATA, Neb., Sept. 19. Miss An
na Huzzoll, daughter of Rov. O. A
Buzzcll, Baptist minister of UiIh placo,
has returned homo utter nn abmico of
eight years as a missionary to China
NEBRASKAN RETURNS FROM NOME
"
Ua Doc Not Olro KnouurAslnff Account
of tlio Kltaiitloii.
KEARNEY, Nob., Sopt 17. C. V.
Evans, sou of J. C. Evans of this city,
Is homo from Capo Nome, Alaska. Ho
vaa formerly a druggist of umaha and
wont to Capo Nome last Juno to go Into
tho drug business. When ho got thero
ho could not find a location for a build
ing and was compelled to soli his stock.
Ho tried mining but the bench hnd been
gono over throe times and would glvo
up no pay dirt Tho people who had
been at Nomo and wero wall located
wero making money, bt late arrivals
could do nothing at all. An oxporloncod
miner could not earn moro than $3.50
a day and a prospecting outfit was
worth from $300 to $500.
Mr. Evans said tho city covered a
ten aero strip of beach a block wide.
Tho population of tho city was botween
20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants. Back ot
tho city it Is hilly nnd to the north for
hundreds of miles oxtonds tho tundra,
which Is a marshy formation ot mosa
and decayed vogotatlon. It is impassa-'
bio nnd can only bo used for travol
whon It Ib frozen, Vessels nro compell
ed to anchor flvo miles from shore and
tholr cargoes aro landed by means of
lighters. Ho said that thoro wero 8G0
passongera on tho vessel thnt took htm
to Nome, and 200 of this numbor re
turned on the samo vossol after thoy
had beon tuoro six days. Tho faro vtau
$1G5 and tho net earnings of tho com
pany for ono trip to Cape Nomo wai
$1C5.000.
Journeying; to Frlion.
OMAHA, Nob., Sopt 17. Frank M.
Dorsoy, formerly cashier of tno First
National bank ot Ponca, carao in Wed
nesday from Cripple Crock, whoro ho
has boon for uonio tlmo past, and re
ported at tho office ot tho United Stato
marshal in accordance with the mnn
doto of tho federal court in order that
tho sentence imposed might be put in
to effect Tho aontenco is for six years
at tho Sioux Falls ponltenltary, and is
for violating the banking law In con
nection with tho wrecking of tho Ponca
bank. It Is expooted that Judgo Mun
gor will bo In tho city soon and that
anbrder -will bo entorod and the de
fendant taken to Sioux Falls -without
delay.
Dorsdy insists that tho violation was
technical and similar to others that ard
necessary in banks ovory day, and that
ho wan convicted simply on tho falluro
of tho bank. Tho court of appeals af
firmed tho action of tho lower .fcourt,
nnd tho supremo court refused to con
sider tho case.
Supreme Court Docket.
LINCOL.,, Nob., Sept 17. Tho bar
dockot for tno September term of tho
supromo court contains 1,045 enses, or
about 1,000 moro than can possibly bo
considered by tho thrco Judgcu in ono
year. Among tho enscs sot for hearing
at tho first setting, which begins Sep
tember 18, nro thoso of tho Btato ot
Nebraska against tho Standard Oil
company and tho various rallroada do
ing business in this state. Tho casca
ngalnBt tho Burlington and Elkhorn
railroads wero submitted during the
last term of court, but by genoral
agreement of all parties concerned they
havo been, reopened again tor argumont
on tho constitutionality ot tho board
of transportation.
Killed by an Engine.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept 17. J. F.
Schnffroth, for many years a resident
of this county, was accidentally killed
near Hartlngton, Nob. Ho was in tho
act of coupling a threshing machine,
onglno to a separator when the engine
started back and run over him, caus
ing almost Instant death, t'otor Schrnff
roth, fathor ot tho deceased, lctt to
mako arrangements for tho burial,
which will probably bo made In Codar
county.
One Family Kirnjied.
OVERTun, Nob., Sopt 17. George
Craudell Is In recolpt of a letter from
hla daughter, Mrs. McCallum of Hun-
gorford, Tex., stating that town was
complotoly annihilated by tho stormv
Mr. ana Mrs. ucuauum escaped witn
tholr llvos by clinging to posts for six
hours during tho storm nnd flood.
It is feared that Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Wales and family, who removed from
here to Galveston, Tex., havo been
killed, as no tidings have beon rccolved
from them as yet.
Suite for Damage.
COLUMBUS, Nob., Sopt 17. Two
damago suite for $3,000 oach have been
fllod in tho district court against Frank
Holder ot Humphrey by Bemaru Bodo-
wlg nnd Goorgo Bloodorn, minors,
about 15 years of ago, by tholr fathers,
Jacob Uodowlg and Martin C. Blocdorn.
Tho allegation Is mado that on August
21 In tho prcsonce of divers persona
Holder falsely stated that tho plaintiffs
hnd stolon a lot of postago stamps and
$45 from his lumber ofllco.
Arretted After a Struggle.
SYRACUSE, Nob., Sopt. 17. Jes3lo
Jennings was committed to tho county
jail for want of ball, on a chargo of
assault with intent to do bodily Injury
to ono James Creasman. Ho not only
Bovcroly injured Mr. Creasman, but de
fied tho wholo community to nrreat him
nnd it was only after much chasing
nnd tho pcrsuaslvo argumont of a six
shooter that brought him to time. Ho
claiinB to hall from Coffoyvllle, Kan.
Mali Hack Under Whceli,
TREN'i ON, Nob., Sept. 17. Tho mall
Back of No. 3, tho Denver Hyor, wont
under tho train and was badly dam
nged. Papers woro strowu tho length
of tho switch, Tho letter snck was
not found, but It was loarucd No. 80
had picked It up on tho cow catcher
and carrlod it to McCook.
I.oxlugton Man Found Dead.
CLARKS, Nob., Sept. 17. Tho man
gled body of Walter Long, boii of O. W.
Long ot Loxlngton, Nob., was found on
tho Union Pacific track ono mile east
of town. His Idontlty was proven by
letters on his person showing ho hnd
boon driving an lco wagon this summer
for Otto Uakor of Columbus and by
Robert Douglas, who formerly resided
thoro. Cojonor Kombrlck deemed It
unnecessary to hold an Inquest The
romalns will be shipped to Lexington
for burial.
and Japan.