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The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
BIG BANK FAILS.
The First National and Savings at Beatrice
Neb,, Forced to Close Their Doors.

The FiEst National and Savings at Beatrice,
Neb,, Forced to Close Their Doors.
BEATRICE, Neb., Sept, 2-The first
national bank, of this city, was forced
to close IFS doors yesterday. The fail
ure was complete surprise to the
general public, although it appears
several heavy Withdrawals were made
the last few days. The cause of the
failure is attributed to the continuous
crop failures of the last four years,
coupled with steady Withdrawals of de-
posits by customers to meet current OBJ
legations, and the banks inability to
secure assistance in the east, which is
charged to the present strained fnan-
eial conditions there. The liabilities of
the bank to depositors had been re-
duced to about $4,000, while the as
sets are in excess of s25O,OOO. The
Beatrice Savings bank was also forced
to close its doors. It had deposits of
$780, OOO
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
7IE TERAlNT ELECTIONS.
gspgbiisans Garry ths State by the Usua
Large Majority.
Missionaries Thank Earl III Hung Chang
knights Of PytIiias Egill Pay Heirs oE
Suicides On the Gradusted
Life Expectation Plan.


WHITE RIvEB JUNCTION, Vt, Sept. 2.
The Gresn mountain stats declared
Tor Josiah Grout (rep), for governor
yesterday and for the republican state
ticket entire by a majority thatequaled
the prediction Of the most confident re-
publican managers Returns from tbs
distant towns are, as usual, rather slow
in coming in, but the count in all sec.
tions Of the state shows substantial re-
publican gains and indicates that the
majority for the republican ticket will
beabout &c, 1000 This is the largest ma
jority ever given for a governor in this
state, the nearest approach to it being
in 1888, when the majority was 27,6s3.
The republican leaders claim the ma
jority may reach IS, 600 and even 81, 900.
Henry Powers, the repn nblioan congress
sionsl candidate in the First district,
and William NJ Grout in the Second,
are both reelected by increased ma
jorities, and the state senate and house
are in control of the republicans by
practically the same majority as two
years ago. Many democrats who do
not indorse the platform of the Chicago
convention remained away from the
polls, while the more dissatisfied ones
voted for the republican ticket The
populist and prohibition vote was prac-
tieally the same as four years ago.
Missionaries Thank Ii Hung Chang.
New YORK, Sept. 2-The American
missionary societies represented by 30
ministers, headed by Rev. T. z. Filing
wood, called upon Ii Hung Chang aud
presented an address to him, thanking
him for his interest in the missionaries
in China The address, which is quite
long, says that for so years the mis-
sionaFies of the American boards have
been favored with the protection Of
the Chinese government and that in no
nation Of the world have they received
more just and generous treatment than
in China. After thanking Earl Ii for a
proclamation in behalt of the mis-
sionaries, issued by him in 1891, it says
that it is extremely gratifying TO OBJ
serve that at the present time the dis
interested spirit of the missionaries
seems to be better understood and
more appreciated in China than ever
before.
Pythian Death Benefits.
CLEVELAND, o., Sept 2.-The morn
ing session of the supreme lodge
Knights of Pythiss was the warmest
of the session. The report of the board
Of control, uniform rank. recommend
ing that suicides be debarFed from
all death benefits, if death occurs
within a period of five years after join
ing the order, aroused a strong opposi-
tion. Acompromise was effected where
by the heirs Of suicides will be settled
with on the graduation system of
life expectation, as used by the Amer
icsn board of underwriters. Thus,
il a man enter the order and is classed
with 90 years expectation of life, he
will receive One-fourth of the benefit,
Il he commits suicide when he has been
Eve years in the order.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
Imnortant Post Oflce RuIine.

washington, Sept 3 = Judge
Thomas, assistant attorRey-g6neral for
the post Office department, has de-
cided that sit is unlawful to
send an ordinary letter by express
or otherwise outside Of the mails,
unless it be enclosed in a government
stamped envelope. 1t is also unlawful
to enclose a letter in an express pack
age unless it pertains wholly to the
contents of the package"
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
A MoTHER,s AWEuL oRIME.
Mrs. Green, Wife Of a Railroad hIau, Kills
Her Three Children and Herself.

Mrs. Green, Wife Of a Railroad Man, Kills
Her Three Children and Herself.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 29.-Made
mad by drugs and a belief in the queer
creedsof Ralstonism, Mrs C. W. Green,
early Wednesday morning, took big
Colts revolver from under her pillow
and killed her three children and her.
self Mrs. Green was the wife of C. w.
Green, travelling passenger agent for
the Big Four. A few hours before she
had been sitting in the kitchen of her
hons at 519 West Thirty-Fourth street,
near Penn, reading animal stories to
her family. They went to bed about
ten o'clock, and between one and two
that morning the demon of in
sanity took possession Of her,
The loving mother was transformed
into fiend who destroyed her own
flesh and blood, and then because
there was no one else to kill she turned
the weapon on herself. Insanity is
the only explanation for the tragedy,
and the theory that the crime was com
mittsd by burglar is absurd. The
children were 12, Q and years old, re-
spsctiyely, the oldest and youngest
being boys Mrs. Green was 35. The
husband was at Denver, Col, when
the tragedy occurred. Although the
crime was committed early Wednesday
morning che bodies were not discoY-
cred until Friday morning.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
SHERMAN AND HARRlsoN
These Noted Men, with Other PrORlaSa
Speakers, WIN Visit EaRsas.

These Noted Men, with Other PrOuiaSat
Speakers, WIN Visit Eansas.
Topeka, Kan, Sept 2.-CYFus Ee-
land, republican national committee
man for Ksnsss, Is in Topeka Hs
says Kansas viii get 81 the noted -.
publicaBs who 60 into the eampaigh
he euunerates John sherman, Bsnia-
min Harrison, Senator Frye, BsR Eu.-
teFworth, Congressman B0uteile cad
others OF that class Of men. De SAYS
Sherman and Harrison VIII be among
the first of these to be sent to KAne-s
and each viii spend two or three Says
in the state. Their dates hsye mes
been set yet and the territory they
win cover has not been decided upon.
The latter VIII Be for the stste con-
mittee TO say after the nationai COM
mittee shall nave fzsd the time.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
BLoWN TO ATOMS.
Twelve Men Lose Their Lives in an ExpIo
sion IN California.

Twelve Men Lose Their Lives in an ExplO-
sion In California.
PNOLB, Cal, Sept. 2.-An explosion
in the nitro-glycerine house of the
California Powder Co. yesterday after
noon wrecked the building and caused
the death of 70 workmen, eight Chi
nese and four whites. Several work.
men were more or less injured by the
explosion, which was followed by a
second conclusion. The plant COM
prised about so isolated buildings, and
these caught fire after the explosion
and were practically destroyed. The
company estimates the property dam
age S20,0 600. The works Of the COM
pany were damaged by an explosion
about two years ago.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
PoIson in IIeadache PoWders.

MUEoIE, Ind, Sept, 2.-Lurane Bart
lett, aged seven, daughter of Albert
Bartlett, founds a couple of headache
powders in the yard yesterday and
swallowed them. Since thsn she has
been at the point Of death. Last week,
at Rockville, q man swallowed q pow
der found in yard and died as a
result. The police are searching for
the agent who distributed the poison
nns matter.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
TO GO % Missionaries.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 2, Mr.. and Mrs.
C W. Douglas, Of this city, viii leave
for China in about two weeks to do
missionary work for the Presbyterian
church Mr. Douglas will have charge
of the Mission Press at Shanghai, the
largest printing establishment of the
kind in any foreign field. Mrs. Doug
las will teach in one Of the schools.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
CbaIrmen Homes, Adylsorv Roard.

CHICAGO, Aug. SO.-From the political
organizations not democratic, but in
sympathy with the Chicago platform,
Chairman Jones, of the democratic ma
tional committee, has appointed an
advisory board, the members OF which
viii act Is advisers of the democratic
national campaign committee, The
board consists OF Senator Teller, of Col
orado; Senator Dubois, Of Idaho; Senator
Butler. Of North Carolina; G. I. Wash
burn. Of Massachusetts,, !. \. Stevens,
OF Colorado, and George P. Keeney,- Of
Californis.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
BASEBALL
NatIonal League standing.
Western league Standing,
Nc EIansas So Trsasurr.

TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 2.-The report
Of State Treasurer Atherton for Au-
gust has been issued. The total bal
ance on hand is 1852, sos. a. Receipts
during the month amounted to s945, e
54s.55 and the disbursements S624, ,O17.O1.
The unusually large amount paid out
is scceupted for By the fact that $780,
600 IN bonds were purchased and paid
for, and also the payment of over $751;
600 accumulated school fund interest.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
A Race War in Alabama.
Blanket Indian TO Enter Harvard.

SHAWNEE, Ok, Sept. William
Jones, a Shawnee Indian from this
county, though a member of the
blanket tribe, will this year be en-
rolled as one OF the students at Har-
ward college, the first Indian from any
western tribe to ever enter that insti-
tuition of learning. lie has been at
tending school in the east for seven
years, four at Andover, Mass, and
three years at Hampton, Va.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
Ygnrld,a Crnns of IYheat I'D e.

BUDA PEsTH, Aug. 29.-The minister
of agriculture estimates the worlds
crops for 1896 as follows; Wheat, 2,277,-
O0O, ,Ooe bushels: rye, 1.s5a, OO0, COO
The revised totals for 1895, as fur
nished by the agricultural department
Of Austria-Hungery, show that 2,425,-
0e9, 600 bushels Of wheat and i,4l6,-
eOQ. 600 OF rye were produced during
thai year
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
A CHURCH SUES A RAILROAD.
1t Is Alleged that Their Running Of Trains
on Sunday Is Nuisance.

1t Is Alleged that Their Running Of Trains
on Sunday Is q Nuisance.
LEAvENwOBTH, Kan. Sept 2-The
congregation of the First Methodist
church began suit yesterday against
the Chicago-Great Western, "Maple
Leaf road, for $4,000 damages and
for restraining order, prohibiting
the road from using the track snd
water tank by the side OF the church.
A passenger depot was opened across
the street from the church six months
ago, and it is alleged that public wOr-
ship is constantly disturbed by moving
trains; that smoke and cinders injure
the interior Of the church and the
clothing Of the congregation, and es a
result the attendance at the church
has greatly fallen OFF, It is claimed
that the running of trains on Sunday
is a nuisance, and not q necessity.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04

TACOMA, Wash, Sept Jack Craw-
ford was killed yesterday by the cav
ing in on him Of high bank against
which be was holding a hydraulic
mining hose nozzle. It was reported
that the victim was the well-lnown
poet scout, " Jack Crawford. This Is
not the case, although the dead man
resemble the other strikinglY.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
A CONGRESSMAN mossED.
Il. A. DinsnoFe Roughly Handled by &
Crowd at EnglantiRe, Ark.

q. A. DinsnoFe Roughly Handled by &
Crowd at EngIantiRe, Ark.
FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. Coon
gresham Hugh A. Dinsmore, Of the
Fifth Arkansas district, was mobbed
at polit cal meeting at Englantine,
Van Buren, county, and sustained in
juries which will confne him to his
bed for some time to come. Dinsmore
was recently renominated for third
term in congress, and spoke at En-
glantine and divided time with
Jerry Scanlan, a local popuiist can
didate. Van Buren is a rural mountain
town, and the audience was IL sympa-
thy with Scanlan. During a heated
discussion the speaker became involved
in q personal alteration, and the
crowd mOBbed the congressman
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
FARM ANiMALs PoIsoNEp.
Raising Castor Beans In Oklahoma Results
In Death Of Much Live stock.

Raising Castor Beans In Oklahoma Results
In Death Of Much Live Stock.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept. 2.-The raising
Of castor beans In large quantities BY
farmers OF Oklahoma has developed a
new danger to live stock. It is easy to
get a few Of the beans mixed with the
corn or other grain about the barn,
and horses and cattle VIII eat them
readily. but In most cases they prove
deadly poison. Many farm animals
have been poisoned IN this county, and
several valuable horses IN livery stables
have disd frou eating t2s beans
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
Nabash's spIendId sharinr.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2-The annual re-
port Of President Ashley, of the Va
bash railway, shows: Gross earnings.
Sl2,s07, ,i2s.6Si operating expenses, So
242.604ge: net earnings, s., 3,564, ,5s7. 90.
The gross earnings are sn Increase of
&s47, ,s0s.56 over the previous year. while
net receipts show an increase Of S4sl,-
59A7E
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04

DUBLIN, Sept 2-The Erish national
convention opened at noon yesterday
IN Leinsier hail. WHICH was weH Eilcd
with delegates. among whom were
several women, the LTish rsce through
out the world beiHg represented ~
from 800 to 7So delegates They c5Hs
from Ireland and Great British - S
rule, but the United States. szrasis
Austraiis ana South Afrts- Es
represented by a nuWbsr os
gates.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
Illinois Republican League Nests

PEORIA, Ill, Sept. s.-Five hundred
delegates were present at the opening
session Of the Illinois Republican
league. President Raymond's address
showed ], ,56s leagues in the state. with
s membership Of 26s, 900, gain Of see
leagues and OF 1850 Eembsrs dnfiaT
the past two years
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04
monthly Government UsDG srsIsnent.

monthly Government DsBI sEstsmenJ,
WASHINGTON. Sept. The debt
ststement issued this afternoon shows
q net increase in the public debt less
cash in the treasury during August Of
So. 592. .6sS. Total cash in ths treas.
NY. . .eeo.7ls
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04

sy-eepiag EsslWar1. With fdre-sr credit
ors owning our lands. with Increasing de-
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04

easr.ss tei soE sa5yeI E, essls - 3 ~ VI
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iustrlss wili receive equal sneouEsss.
The Goodland republic., 1896-09-04

5fSicc 1S4 li4t- f1As elI1 % -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-29
OiLlNG THE SEA.

Che wonderful Effect on Enormous Waves
A Curious Sight.
One of the most curious sights at sea
is that of an oil bound ship.
Every up to date ship carries OIL
tanks, the quantity varying with the
size of the vessel. For instance,
steamer of 100 tons burden carries on
an average 80 gallons of oil. This oil ID
the refuse discarded by the oil refining
factories and often consists OF a mixture
of whale oil, petroleum and vegetable
oil. 1t costs about twopence gallon
and large sized vessel can be well sup
piled for 90 shillings.
The oil is slowed in spacious zinc
tanks, arranged in the hold OF the ship
TO act as ballast. Each tank contains 6O
gallons Of oil, and an ingenious mechan'
zeal tap arrangement connects the tank
with the outside Of the vessel.
II dangerous gale arises and the
sbip becomes unmanageable and likely
TO founder, the sluices are opened, ano
90 Gallons or more of the oil is allowed
| to escape into the sea-
The effect is instantaneous. However
stormy the sea may be, the vessel lie
in a gently heaving millpond. There Il
no further danger of laundering, ant
the oil moves along with the vessel TO
some time, often half an hour. afte
which it breaks mp and disperses. In
ship must slacken speed a little am
more oil is let out from the tanks
Enormous waves may bear down OIL Tn
ship, but on approaching the magi
piled circle they seem to melt away an
pass harmlessly beneath the vessel.
Sailing vessels are not so OFTEN iui
nished with oil tanks as steamers. 1t
estimated, however, that over 200 ve'
sells have been saved from shipwreck
means of the oil tanks since they WEI
introduced a few years ago. 1t Is onl
An cases of absolute peril that the tanl
are resorted to.-London Answers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-29
Hefting tho Baby.

The fond mother who puts her infant
ON the penny slot weighing machine
and exults over its pounds Of solid flesh
only repeats the most ancient OF Gus
toms, "hefting the baby" Thus Pro-
fessor Chamberlain remarks may fur
nish many valuable anthropometrlc
data. Haberlandt has written curious
paper on the weighing of men in India
and how the devotees to some OF their
gods propitiated them by gift, the
weight of which exactly corresponds
with the ponderosity of the supplicant.
"Thou art weighed in balance and
found wanting" (Daniel) may have its
origin in this custom. Critical examina-
tons, curiously enough, were made IN
the past as to the effectiveness OF prayer
in Brittany when an i'll man came to
certain shrine seeking cure. He was
weighed, so as to see whether he gained
or lost flesh as the religious regimen
under the priests was being carried out.
Professor Chamberlain gives an Eskimo
custom: When "a man or woman Is
sick, the nurse puts stone under the
patient's headrest. Then she weighs
the stone in her hands daily, and II,
supposedly, the stone feels heavier, ther
| the sick one will be cured. If the stone
seems to be lighter, then there is nc
| chance of recovery. 1t is doubtful wheth
or an Italian woman having a child
born in America would ever submit i
| TO the trial of the balance. 1t would b
deemed unlucky. York Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-29

commerce and civic organization. The
Saxon settlements appear all round her,
and perhaps the little village OF Char
ing, within mile of her walls, affords
the most significant testimony to the
Saxon settlements round London rather
than in London.
The Saxon conquerors appear as point
ical masters of London and introduced
into her municipal life the folkmoot,
which originally met in the open air ON
a piece of land near Paul's Cross ana
which is perhaps represented by the
Common hall of the citizens OF London
of the present day; many Teutonic GUS
toms which lie imbedded in the munic-
ipal usages of medieval times, many
Democratic innovations in municipal
institutions which appear throughout
the early years of Plantagenet rule,
when the common people" over and
over again asserted their right to take
part in the municipal elections and
transactions of the day. But both the
settlements round London and the po-
| litical lordship over London do not ap-
| near to have made London Saxon city
and its municipal institutions OF Saxon
origin. The lex mercatoria OF Roman
London seems never to have quite dlet
out.
In the court of the merchants their
were always professional lawyers, ant
perhaps the most remarkable survival
Roman institutions in Britain is tn
practice of the old order Of sergeants
law, who assembled in the nave OF tn
old st. Paul's cathedral, each sergean
having been allotted a special pillar i
the cathedral at his appointment, wher
he met his clients in legal consultation
hearing the facts Of the case. takin
notes of the evidence or pacing up an
down. This is the exact parallel to tn
assembling of the Roman Jurisperiti q
early morn in the forum TO consult wit
their clients and cannot be explaine
except by the theory of direct 'continr
ance of practice from Roman times. :
Contemporary Review
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-29
Groceries In Brooklyn.

Nowhere are the grocery stores thick
er than in Brooklyn. On many OF the
main arteries of traffic one will find COR
ner after corner occupied by grocery
store, with often one or two grocers In
the middle of the same block. And
they all seem to thrive. New York city
boasts a more luxurious class of people
than the average Brooklyn grocer sup
plies, but the standard Of living ON the
average is higher in the City Of Church
es than elsewhere, and the grocers sell
a better average quality q goods there.
Originality is not a common virtue In
Brooklyn grocerdom, however, nor Is 1t
frequently met with anywhere else, for
that matter, but in the City of Church
es Ca more appropriate name would be
| the City of Grocers) one is led 10 look
for greater variety OF store decoration
and display Of goods and in methods OF
doing business from the simple fact
that most of the establishments are SC
neat and clean and the goods so attract
i've and well displayed. New forl
Merchants Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-29
NOT A DIRECTORY.
why the Woodworking Letter Carrier Loses
His Temper Occasionally

w ny the nhIuWo Aihk AcssSA
His Temper Occasionally.
stopped a letter carrier in Thirty
sixth street the other morning and IN
ouired the number Of the house on the
other side of the street at which per-
sonal friend of mine lived, giving the
name and occupation of the gentleman
about whom the inquiry was made.
knew he lived across the way, in one OF
a certain block, but had forgotten the
particular number, and / knew the car
rier would know by the mail delivered.
Don't you know, sir, said the car
rier who knew me, by the way, THAT
you ask for that which it is contrary to
the rules of the postoffice department to
give?"
"No, DON'T" blushingly admit
ted.
well, it's true" he said. 1.-The law
recognizes the right of citizen TO o
| private residence, undisturbed, as long
| as he has committed no otfense that re-
| auires such privacy to be invaded. Now
| if should give your number and street
| to ANYBODY who might happen to want
them, the thing might cause you some
annoyance.
"Why, anybody could find that ou
through the directory "
"They might, and they might not
Anyhow the postoffice is not "a direct
DRY"
"And didn't you know" he added a
parting shot as he went away, tina
you violate the law by stopping post
man in this way while he is delivering
his mail?"
No, / didn't, and for that reasol
these paragraphs. New York Herald.