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v-: TTi-V -i 4'-dk JWDUraT-nli-ir: iy-g fA-4Ltpir 5 'VjL- rgTrr" Cljc JMiutfc Path) jlnWpenfoent SIXTEENTH YEAR NO 124 GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TUESDAY MAY 23 1899 PRICE FIVE CENTS TORNADO WRECKS CHURCHES MISSOURI LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS DOCK STRIKE IS ENDED STAYS CLOSETO PEOPLE Specials Wednesday Tailor Made Suits will be sold without reserve at HALF PRICE $650 Suits for $325 $1000 Suits for $500 $1250 Suits for $625 $2250 Suit for $1125 Having only a limited number in sizes we hope that customers coming late in the day wont be disappointed if they do not get a perfect fit 9 rimmed Hats a aaa valued at $350 andV If $500 Wednesday's UU Sale Price Sailors 25c Trimmed Sailors 49c AARTIN BRO Grand Island Neb Special attention given to Mail Orders Last Act Wu the Defeat of the Revised Revenue Bill Jefferson City May 23 The Missouri legislature adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon after a session of 138 days The last act was the defeat of the revised revenue bill containing the franchise taxation feature The house first passed a bill applying to franchises of public or quasi-pnblic corporations The senate amended it by including gas companies and corporations of that character The house amended the amendment by inolnding the words express and telegraph It was claimed the bill originally applied to railroads The senate refused to adopt the house amendments but agreed to recede from its own amendment The house then by a vote of 68 to 47 refused to agree to allow the senate to recede from its amendment As it takes 71 votes to adopt a conference report on a bill the action of the house defeated the bill It is claimed the defeat of the bill was due to the activity of the lobby The defeat of the bill destroyed several good amendments to the revenue laws Ottumwa Vote Tax to Build Railroad Ottumwa la May 23 A special election was held here yesterday to vote 1 per cent tax for the construction of the Ottumwa and Northern railroad between this city and Wright The proposition was oarried by a majority of 418 A number of women voted The new road will be 23 miles in length It will bring the Iowa Central and possibly the Northwestern to Ottumwa Pari I Badly Damaged Falmouth Eng May 23 The crew of the Paris daring the day were engaged in jettisoning the coal from her bunkers Divers who were recently employed to inspect the wreck of the Mohegan have been examining the in side of the Paris for the purpose of as-certainingthe extent of the damage done They discovered four or five large holes Mr Brunot Bound Over Taylorville Ills May Mrs Emma Brunot was last night held to the grand jury on the charge of having been an acoomplice of her son Henry Brunot and Fred Sibley the self-confessed murderers of Mrs sister-in-law Miss Jane Brunot Mrs Brunot was unable to give bail and was remanded to jail New York Legislature Convene Albany May 23 The New York legislature called in special session by Governor Roosevelt to amend the Ford franchise tax bill met last night listened to the reading of the message and adjourned until morning Iowa Episcopalian In Session Davenport May 23 The diocesan convention of the Episcopal chnroh of Iowa opened in the cathedral here today Bishop Morrison presiding The state meeting of the auxiliary of the church is also in session Baseball Games NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburg 9 Baltimore 4 Louisville 2 Brooklyn 5 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 5 New York 4 8t Louis 3 Boston 10 Cleveland 3 Washington 14 WESTERN LEAGUE Minneapolis 5 Buffalo 3 Kansas City 2 Detroit Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis St Paul 8: Columbus 5 JULY WHEAT AT SEVENTY-FIVE Sensationally Bad Crop Damage Report Send Prices Up 1 l-2c Chicago May Wheat reached the 7o mark again today and closed strong at an advance of 11c Confirmatory reports of widespread crop damage by Hessian flies caused the upturn Corn gained and oats Pork rose 5c and lard and ribs 2c each Closing prices: Wheat July 75c Sept 74c Corn July Sept 8494a July Sept 2021c July 1825 Sept 1840 July 472 Sept 485487 July 515 Sept 527 Cash quotations: No 2 red wheat 747(c No 3 spring 6872c No 2 hard 7072o No 2 corn 88c No 2 oats 2727c Chicago Live Stock Chicago May Cattle Receipts 21000 there was an active demand for cattle today at steady prices fancy grades sold at 550665 choice steers 5J25540 mediums beef steers425475 Stockers and feeders 4450 525 bulls 300(8450 cows and heifers 34)0 425 western fed steers 4D0540 Texans $4G0500 calves 4 750 Hogs Receipts 40000 the early market for hogs was weak prices ruling 5c lower bnt later baying was brisk and a stronger feeling prevailed with average sales about 20c below range fair to choice heavy packers 8553l82 mixed 3L65387 380 lights $3537 pigs 76 Sheep 17000 there was the biggest kind of buying of sheep and lambs and prices shot np 1525c for both Colorado wooled lambs brought 680700 dipped lambs L50L05 yearlings 5 5 85 sheep chiefly 54)0- and upward Kansas City Live 8 took Kansas City May Receipts 8250 active demand for native cattle at steady prices Texans firm to a shade higher hea vr native steers 490500: medium steers 490 light weights44)044i5 Stockers and feeders 5 25 butcher cows and heifers 480 canners western steers 440(9 490 Texans 425470 Receipts 7800 trade fairly active prices ruling about 2c lower heavy 870380 mixed lights pigs Receipts 24220 excellent demand sheep selling strong to shade higher while lambs were 10c higher spring lambs 7007A0 clipped lambs clipped muttons A00575 ewes A7650o stockers and feeders (K50 525 culls 2JOOSJ5 South Omaha Live Stock South Omaha May Cattle Receipts 2000 active steady native beef steers 415 A25 western steers Texas steers cows and heifers (8(0400 canners 2L6O80O stockers and feeders 5 00 bulls Receipts 8700 steady to lower heavy mixed L808A UghtJSto 380 pigs 8J5(M0 balk of sales Sheep 1700 1015c higher western actons S47B9M0 stock sheep 18750475 lambs I6JS9675 Almanac of the Day Tuesday Sun rises a 4:37 sate at 7:17 Moon seta at 8:05 a The Weather Iowa: Partly oloody fresh east to A tit One Structure Struck by Lightning and Many of Congregation Fatally Hurt Houston Tex May 23 One of the worst tornadoes that has visited Texas since the storm which destroyed the town of Cisco three years ago and in which some 50 people were killed passed over the northwestern potion of Erath county Sunday The storm came from the northwest and passed over a strip of country about 200 yards wide in a southeasterly direction The tornado was accompanied by vivid lightning and a heavy hailstorm Several homes and chnroh buildings were wrecked in several localities the most serious being at Mt Pleasant Titns county The noon services had just closed and the people were jnst leaving when the wind struck the building A bolt of lightning and the wind descended upon the house simultaneously wrecking it and scattering the debris in all directions William Kauffman was instantly killed and some 15 other persons were more or less injured Three are in a dying condition A woman with a babe in her arms was struok by lightning but miraculously escaped death A little girl was stripped of her clothing but only slightly hurt The tornado struck Stephenville and did considerable damage wrecking many houses but no one was killed The Cumberland Presbyterian church was unroofed and badly damaged Many buildings in Stephenville were leveled among them the Methodist church One man was killed and three injured near Dublin It is reported that several were killed six miles southeast of Stephenville Trees and crops in the wake of the storm axe reported to be totally destroyed Death of Mile Rhea Buffalo May Word was received today of the death of Mile Rhea the well known actress in Montmorenci France The communication came in the shape of a large black bordered envelope containing an announcement of her funeral The text of the letter translated was as follows: are asked to assist as escort in the service of interment of Mile Hortenz-Barbo Loret called Rhea who died at her home in Montmorenci in her 55th year-The service will take place on Slosson Wins Second Gaqae New York May 23 Slosson won the second game last night in his match against Schaefer after an exciting finish the score being 400 to 359 The style of play was cushion caroms and the was well known to be more expert at this than the balk line play at which he was beaten last Monday The stakes of the match were $500 a side for each game the result leaving their backers even although each of the players will get a considerable amount of gate money Havemeyer-Wlnslow Engsgemsnt New York May Fprmal announcement was made by Mrs Theodore A Havemeyer today of the engagement of her youngest daughter Miss Dora Havemeyer to Lieutenant Cameron McR Winslow Lieutenant Winslow distinguished himself at Oienfuegos last summer when he was serving on the Nashville by commanding the expedition which ran the gauntlet of the fire and cut the oable Killed by a Falling Tree Shell Lake Wis May 23 William Witt was instantly killed and Gus Rabin and Andrew Haugen seriously wounded by a falling free this afternoon They were riding in from work on the Shell Lumber logging train which was passing a forest fire when a burning tree fell across the car crashing the men down Three Killed In a Freight Wreck Peoria Ills May 28 One man a soldier was killed and two others injured in a freight wreck near Manki-naw today The dead uniform bore the insignia of the All three had been stealing rides SPARKS FROM THE WIRES The river Volga is overflowing and submerging many Russian towns The steamship lines from the United States to Italy have raised their rates The New York Produce exchange will be closed May 29 until after Decoration day The Bessemer pig iron association is considering another raise in prices of product Military intervened between Lettish and Lithnnian workmen at Riga Prussia and killed several Seymour Strong retired merchant of Chippewa Falls Wis killed himself by shooting Ill health The French liner Bretagne run into in New York harbor by the Barbarossa has gone to dry dock for repairs It is probable that Colonel Alfred Bates will succeed Paymaster General Carey July 10 when Carey retires Work of tearing down old buildings to be replaced by the new government printing office has begun at Washington The committee of the Amalgamated association sitting at Detroit has decided upon a demand for increased wages President and Mrs McKinley entertained Mr and Mrs St Clair McKel-way of the Brooklyn Eagle at dinner Monday night The Harlem Chicago race meeting will not be postponed as a result of the fire there Monday in which all track buildings were destroyed Rev Chalmers Kilbonrne of Texas in a speech before the Cumberland Presbyterian convention at Denver Monday denounced the Roman Catholic church Herman Keck of Cincinnati charged with having smuggled $7000 worth of diamonds into the country has moved for a quashing of the indictment against him because of a farmer prosecution The United States supreme court decided that a telephone company ha not the right to use public streets without authority of the municipality a fight allowed telegraph companies by act of Settlement of Labor Troubles at Buffalo BETTJRN TO WOBK WEDNESDAY Parties Interested Finally Get Together Agreement Signed Subcommittee and Contractor Connors Is Approved by the Grain Union and the Strike Is Declared Off Buffalo May The Grain strike has been settled The agreement signed late last night by a sub-committee representing the strikers of which President Keefe of the association was a member and Contractor Connors has been approved by the full committee of the Grain nnion The strike is to be declared off and the men will return to work Wednesday morning During the day little had beenaceom-plished by either the strikers or employers to bring abont an adjustment of their differences and it looked as if the strike would be prolonged tillthe end of the week All day long conferences had been held in different parts of the city but at none of them was any definite plan adopted Last night a turbulent crowd of 1500 Polish freight handlers attended a meeting at Fillmore hall but there was a very noticeable absence of the leaders Cannot Agree on a Verdict Beatrice Neb May 28 The jury in the case of the state against Fender which retired Saturday afternoon to consider a verdict was called into court and discharged the foreman reporting that they were unable to agree upon a verdict The jury stood 7 to 5 in favor of acquittal It was generally hoped that the jury would reach a decision There were about 15 witnesses from South Omaha and the case is an expensive one for the county The defense put up a strong alibi The records of the packing company for whom Fender worked were introduced showing that he was there as late as 11 on the day the crime was committed Witnesses also testified to having seen him there that day On the other hand the yo nng girl testified in a most positive manner that the defendant was her assailant Austin Charged With Murder Bellefontaine May 23 Ernest Austin the man who is suspected of killing his mother and brother at Mid-dleburg and who is believed to have tried to kill himself may recover He is still at the house of a neighbor where the inquest was held yesterday Austin told the coroner that a neighbor shot his mother and brother and himself but no credence is given the statement Austin was charged with the murder and is now under guard There is great indignation among the people of that part of the country and threats to lynch Austin if he recovers are freely made Three Men Blown to Atoms Chicago May 23 Three Chicago men employes of the Aetna Powder company at Aetna Ind were blown to atoms in the explosion of a tank of nitroglycerine The dead: Frank Ehler aged 18 Sam Errick aged 24 Charles Morris aged 27 A pipe leading from the engine burst igniting some sawdust and leaves near a fine leading into the room containing the nitro-glycerine tank Not a vestige of the building remains and up to sundown the bodies nor any portion of them had been recovered Mo Word From the Detroit Washington May 23 The navy department has had no report from the captain of the Detroit of any dif'culty with the Nicaraguan officials or of any collision with the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto The Detroit arrived at Bluefields May 11 and since that date no report has come from it It was to take aboard there the body of the late General Macanley for transportation to the United States Fitzsimmons-Jeffries Fight New York May 23 The Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight is to take place at night instead of on afternoon of Jane 9 The directors of the Coney Island Sporting club held a meeting yesterday and decided on this change Mr Brady said that 53 boxes had been sold the total earn paid for them being $7950 Frank Dwyer has received $5000 to bet for westerners on Fitzsimmons at odds of 8 to 5 Hotel Men Gathering In Chicago Chicago May 23 Hotel proprietors and managers from all over the country are crowding the hotels of Chicago as guests of their local colleagues in readiness for the 20th annual convention of the Hotel Mutual Benefit Association of the United States and Canada Nearly 1000 hotel men lined up in the Wellington hotel last night where they registered Sngar War Still Exists New York May Concerning reports that the sugar trade war would be soon amicably settled a member of the firm of Howell Son said: There is no truth whatever in the reported settlement of the differences between the various Stockman Ron Down by a Train Oakland Neb May 23 Walter Hegglund a prominent citizen of Oakland was killed last night by a stock engine while walking on the track Hegglund was shipping some stock from his farm and was on his way to the caboose Drank Concentrated Lye Wakefield Neb May Morgan Bice of this place committed suicide yesterday by drinking concentrated lye He had been in ill health some time and despondent Deoeaaed was aged about 86 unmarried Presbyterian Assembly Refuses to Become Exclusive PBESENT MEMBERSHIP RETAINED Discountenance a Reduction of Representations Putting Power In Hands oi a Few Members Plan to Redace the Roll by One-Half Receive a Spirited Negative Vote Minneapolis May 28 Democracy asserted itself in the Presbyterian general assembly yesterday With a shout the assembly voted down two carefully considered and prepared plans to reduce the membership one by a third and the other by more than a half The committee on reduction appointed a year ago was scarcely given courteous treatment so pronounced was the following against getting farther away from the people Two members of the committee presented the two proposed plans one making the basis of representation 6000 communicants and the other making the basis 86 ministers it the presbyteries instead of 24 as a present Colonel Hitchcock of the committee argued for representations by synods according to membership and declared that there was doubt that 672 the present membership of the assembly was far too large It was plain from the interruptions that Col onel Hitchcock was on the unpopular side and when he sat down expressions of the democratic spirit came out strongly and profusely call this a said Dr Page of Topeka it is a mob God grant that there may be more such God pity the Presbyterian church with the bulk of the wealth of the United States in its coffers if it cannot afford a large time has not come to reduce the assembly and I hope it never will cried Dr George Brych of New York ought to keep as near the people as we can The backwoods presbyteries now bold the balance of power I know what we would do without them they hold the balance so Dr John Dinsmore of San Jose offered a substitute motion thanking and discharging the committee and indefinitely deferring the question of reduced representation When the vote came thero was a mighty yes and a feeble no The decision against another part of the senate report was closer By a vote of 184 to 168 the assembly decided not to increase from five to ten the number of ministers neces sary to constitute a presbytery Chicago and Alton Reorganization Chicago May 28 The Tribune says: The Chicago and Alton railroad is to be reorganized and a new issue of stock will be put out The plan of reorganization has been agreed upon and it was the intention to put it into effect at once It is now said however that the reorganization may be deferred for two or three months The Chicago and Alton is figuring on securing the St Louis Peoria and Northern The company will probably make a contract with the Chicago Terminal Transfer company under which it will use the Grand Central station and will then sell its present lines into the city Ginner Sentenced St Paul May 23 Dr Samuel George Ginner of the American church which was established by himself yesterday pleaded guilty in the dfstrict court to an indictment for grand larceny and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years Ginner was formerly the supreme president and supreme treasurer of the order of Minnehaha and the larceny is alleged to have been committed June 1898 when he was connected with the order The exact amount alleged in the indictment before the court is $339579 Hope for Universal Peace The Hague May 23 Andrew White the United States ambassador at Berlin and head of the American delegation in an interview here with a representative of the Associated Press said he regarded the situation as promising and that the first work of organization will be well done He added: am hopeful that it will be possible to reach practical conclusions The skepticism of the first few days must yield to serious hopes without at the same time indulging in exaggerated Unitarians In Conference Chicago May 23 Ministers representing Unitarian churches of the central west gathered at Hall Memorial chapel Chicago university last evening for the opening of their annual conference which is to close on May 25 The evening was taken np by the Rev Newton Mann of Omaha who discussed the question Jesus Infallible in the Domain of The speaker criticised many of the religions theories advanced by theologians of the present day Slavs In Convention at Chicago Chicago May 23 The convention of the National Slavonic Benevolent association was began here yesterday Three hundred and forty lodges were represented by delegates The day was taken np with preliminary work In the evening the delegates were shown around the city and entertained by residents Twenty women delegates representing 62 societies of 1500 members are also in session Take Vp Subject of Mission Denver May 23 The sessions of the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly yesterday were devoted to the general subject of missions The most active mission workers in the church delivered addresses Bev Morris of Marshall Mo who is known as the tithing discoursed in an interesting manner on "How I My RIGHT CURED BY CUTICURA I was suffering tortures from a diseased scalp 1 was scratching tny head from morning till night Little pimples broke out ail over iny head I had no rest I washed my head with hot water and Cutirura Soap ana applied Cutirura aa a dressing Now my applied utirura as a dressing Now my head a pimple on It and mv bkir la growing splendidly ADA HARRELL 330 Grand St Jersey City I thought I would go ffshttc with itching trah humors I lost considerable of my hair of which I had an abundance I tried several remedies they failed I tried Outirub a Soap relief immediate itching com Mrs JUDAN24fl Hallidayf Jersey City Bolrl throurhont the world Pottkb ft Cov Bolt Vro' Hreon Mow to Prodiie Luxuriant Hair free Proved Hie Theory bnt Died The acme of realism was though by accident in a criminal trial a few years ago at Lebanon Two men had a personal encounter One of them after vainly trying to draw his pistol from his hip pocket turned to flee A moment later he fell shot in the small of the back' One chamber of bis pietol was found to have been fired His assailant was tried for murder The defense contended that the man had shot himself while trying to draw his pistol which had become entangled in tbe lining of the pocket and that the shot had not taken effect The prosecution contended that such a wound conld not have been self inflicted The counsel Clement Vallandigbam undertook to demonstrate to the jury just how the dead pistol had hung in the pocket and just how possible it was to inflict snch a wound Suddenly there was a loud report and the lawyer sank to the floor The ball had entered the back almost in the identical spot where the dead man had been shot The defendant was acquitted Mr Valandigham died Cleveland Plain Dealer This Dor Can Spell There is a Sonth Side lady who owns a Gordon setter which she believes is endowed with almost human intelligence This is not a hastily formed nor unfounded opinion but has been developed by years of experienca Here is one of the many incidents from which has sprang her faith in her dog Last Sunday having finished her dinner the lady went into the drawing room to read the paper On a rag near the window the setter was basking drowsily in the sun The two sons were still in the dining room finishing the repast and the mother overheard something said about bones Now tbe good lady has a mortal dread that her beautiful dog will choke to death on a bone some day so raising her voice she called out: give Dan any c-h-i-c-k-e-n b-o spelling these two words so the attention would not be attracted am afraid he will As she spelled the dog raised bis head and listened at he got np walked into the dining room and looked at the bones the boys were picking Chicago News Claim Allowed Lincoln May 23 Judge Holmes of the Lancaster district court yesterday handed down his decision in the claim of Dr Abbott for $1000 alleged to be due him as back salary for services as superintendent of the Lincoln insane asylum Judge Holmes decided that the claim is valid and that it must be paid by the state Fonl Play Is Feared Toledo May 23 Harry Robinson a collector for Armour Co baa been missing from the city for the past six weeks He was last seen at Defiance and was known to have a large tom of money on his person It is believed that he has met with fool play as his books and accounts are straight His father dives in Denver An Excellent Combination The pleasant method and beneficial fleets of the well known remedy Syrup of Figs manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxative principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and acceptable to tbe system It rf is the one perfect strengthening laxative cleansing the system effectually dispelling colds headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation permanently Its perfect freedom from bf every objectionable quality and substance and its acting on the kidne liver and bowels without weak or irritating them make it the laxative In the process of manufacturing are used as they are pleasant to taste but the medicinal qualities of tbe remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants by a method known to the California Fie Syrup Co only In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations please remember the fall name of the Company printed on the front of every package CAUFORNIA FIG SYRUP OOk the fun in paying $200 for a pair of shoes that do not feel right or look right on your feet Better pay us $250 or $300 and have a pair of those welt-sole tans that you will feel proud of and that will give you comfort and wear Re member that our shoes are the standard of excellence for this section of country This is worth bearing in mind Do want to see a smart patent leather shoe for None better than ours at any price We ask only $400 for them Other stores have them at all Decatur Beegle Yellow Front Shoe Store 213 3rd St Successor to Misses McCann CREAM VERMIFUGE Most In Best In ITI A Great Reduction in Millinery 4- In order to reduce our immence stock of trimmed hats we offer to the ladies of Grand Island and vicinity an opportunity to purchase hats at unheard of prices We show a collection oftrimncd hats which surpass anything in town Our styles are distinctive comprising pretty and unique ideas exquisite conceits and latest styles and many exclusive styles of our own as well as the latest extreme" Parisian Novelties at prices impossible to match anywhere Tomorrow will be a record breaker both in piice and value as we will give 20 per cent off on all trimmed hats during the balance of this week and next McKeon Sisters Worms! 20 Years Has Led all.