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r v OwMd, Edited and Published by John! Spencer DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. Tk Flat M 0c;aca DAKOTA COUNTY Job Priniiii OfeContliiuation of tho Homer Ilorald. NEATLY AND PROMPTLY C;::3 VOLUME XV DAKOTA CITY, NEB., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1904 NUMBER'' 5- WORLD'S DAILY NEWS CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND CONCISELY 5TATED. DYNAMITE AT RACES PANIC . IN BETTING RING HAWTHORNE COURSE. AT Three PerioM Injured It la Sap . Mltd Cmna XVmrm Thrown lntn . Enclosure to Cronus Paalo and Make Easy Robber. , By the explosion of some - dynamite . cap, and in the panic that followed it, . three persons wer injured Thursday af- ternoon at tho Hawthorne race track, -. Chier.go. . : It I ttnniWMMl thil th . mm wan thrown on the floor of .the betting ring with the idea of creating a panic, during . .which the cash boxes of the bookmaker , might be robbed. An attempt waa made .. to rob one bookmaker, but it failed. ifl8 iniunfl arc. rattle wimama. urr I . . nrtin ' . . foot lacerated; Mitchell Bruno, right foot lacerated; A. M. Gill, received a severe Jt . . 1. 1 1 .I.....! 1.. c' wlf WUUIFU, OIIU WM UUUiJ uruincu ill me imuic in iue niig, V ' None of the injured are seriously hurt. ' The first explosion was canned by Wil- Hams, who, while walking tbrough the It exnloiinl ' tenrfngr nfT im t.tirA sbiM the noor witu a cry, end jwrstantly there . was a shout that an insane man was discharging his revolver at random. Im mediately there was a wild panic, and , while the bookmakers, seizing their cash boxes, "bent low in their booths, the crowd rushed across to the south aide of ; the ring in an effort to escape. Just as " tha tMb ' till thmn. Bn.nV.oJ .1.1. .1.1 , . of. ffie ring somebody trod on another cap, and the crowd bore back to the olace whare it hod started nn the first ..run, McGill was knocked down during this rush and was trampled upon. i a imra explosion took place some , minute after the panic had been allayed. ,It occurred just beneath a chair ou which Bruno was sitting, and threw him to the floor, and a portion of the cap striking his foot, tore it badly. - ! ; While the -excitement was at its height a man made au effort to grab the casn box of a bookmaker doing business - under the name of the Chicago Club. He was knocked down by a clerk and ran ' away before be could be arrested. T . a search of the betting ring, made af- : ter the injured had beeu removed, re vealed a number of capa lying about the .floor. There is no clew to the identity of the person who placed them there. TO FIQHT LAWLESSNESS. " .Vigilance Committee of Sarpy Cani ty, Neb., Incorporates. An incorporated vigilance committee ha made its appearance for the first time iu the history of Nebraska, says a Lincoln special. The Sarpy County Mu- . 'tual Protective association has been or- jganlzed, with no capital, to protect the members from theft and lawlessness. iThe executive committee may levy ssch puma as are made necess try by the dep recations oi thieve and criminals. The Incorporator are: August Leaders, A. Ifc Lund, J. M. Ward, N. C. Snider, J. M. Martin, James Taunehill, Charles Leader, J. L. Sutter and W. II. Fase. DIES BEFORE HIS WIFE, Am low Man Call Woman to See Self Murder. Calling his wife into the back yard and bidding her witness bis act, M. S. Boody, Jt prominent speculator and stockman of XUdora, la., placed a pistol to hi head '. A Mt.lti 1.. . i 3 . . mm yuiira 1UB integer, ocuuiug a Diuiei crashing through the brain. He died al most instantly. ' The cause of the trouble ia supposed to hav been domestic trouble, coupled with unfortunate speculations. SHAREHOLDERS HARD HIT, Hundred Per Cent Assessment A gainst Grlnnell Bank Stock. A Washington. D. C. sneclal un: The first report of the receiver of the First National Bank of Grlnnell, la., was filed with the comptroller of the cur rency Thursday. The comptroller authorizes the state ment that owing to the great amount of Xorgcd paper among the assets an assess. meut against the shareholder is neces- 1 uw urcu It F 1111 , Oil Field on Fire. A me-.age from Jennings, La., at 1 p. a. Thursday, says three oil well. ar nn -fire and five others are in dano-er. Thn seemed to be little hope of saving the peia rrom total destruction, although ev ery effort wbs made. Great wuhosti ou Baata Fe. San Bernardino, Cat., dispatches an nounce that the worst washouts ever ex. perlenced by the Santa F Railway have -occurred on the desert east of Bagdad The extent of the damage is not known, put is very serious. Sioax City Stock Market. - Eti-e aiMUJk City stock market follow: Stockers and -feeder. V.mt3.M. Hogs. 5.105.25. Car Mechanics Oult. At Kast Ht. Ixuis. 111., one hnndn-n Wnlon car mechanics employed at the packing house quit work Thursday in mpathy with the strfkinc butchAri .! .meat cutters and other unions belonging jto the allied trade. I A Sensational Report. Advices from Las Falmas, Canary Isl ands, state: Fishermen report three jBusalan cruisers coaling from the Oer ja.au steamer Valesia at Cap Jdby, off Ith coast of Morocco. TO SETTLE STRIKE. Chicago City Aathnrltle Will Re- new Their KlToris. ' The Chicago city authorities are to make a second effort to settle the stock yards strike. ( - . , At a meeting of the 'city council Wed nesday night a re-olution was passed em powering Mayor Harrison, to appoint a iumittee of eleven aldermen, who are to make it their business to bring about a U'tl lenient. ' There was some opposition to the res ilution, and a number of the aldermen (W-lared that In their opinion the mult would be nothing. The resolution, however, was passed, and the committee appointed by the may or. .-. , , j ' .Invitations were at once sent to the leaders of the strikers and to the em ployers, luvitiug them to meet the mem bers of the committee Thursday. The aldermantc committee ha not mapped oat, any particular program, but Intenda to see what it can do after it has Utttened to the statements for bo h slde Judge Brentano on Weduesday issned au Injunction restraining the city from interfering with the lodging of nou-uuiou employe iu the packing houses. The city announced au appeal would be taken to the appellate court. The packers resumed the Importation of strike breakers on a large scale. Seven carloads arrived over the Erie and two carloads were brought in over the Motion road. colored women strike breakers left Wednesday morning claiming they hod deserted. The packers, however, as serted the work of the women Was unsat isfactory and they were discharged. A fire of unknowu origin In the glue factory of Armour & Co. caused a loss of $100,000 Weduesday. The joint council or the teamsters nn Ion met Wednesday niffht to consider the advisability of granting further aid to the sympathetic strike upon which the stock yards teamsters entered some time ago with tho idea of aiding the butchers, who had gone out. Tho meeting wns long, lasting until a late hour, and the arguments were at times very heated. It was finally decided to take no action rel ative to the strike, beyond what has been taken, and an application made by the striking butchers for additional aid was passed over insil-".ice. A STRANGE SUICIDE. Lincoln, Neb., Man End Life When Pleasure Trip ia Spoiled. Despondent becauso thieves had stolen $101, his savings for many months, and he could not see the St. Louis fair. Jo-' seph Rice, a waiter at Bennett's lunch counter, at Lincoln, Neb., took morphino and waa discovered Tuesday morning in a lireles condition, rhysiciaus worked for several hours to restore conscious ness, but their efforts were unavailing. Rice died at 11 o'clock. He was scarce ly more than 21 years of age. His pa rent live at Edgar. The money stolen was secreted in Rice' room and was taken several weeks ago. Efforts to find the guilty ones were unsuccessful, and Rice at last saw that his proposed trip to the fair would have to be abandoned. After finishing his work Monday night he went to his room and took a dose of morphine. "BLACK HAND" VICTIM. New York Italian Murdered for Re vealing Secret to the Police. Salvatore Bossoto, aged 18, wa shot and killed ia his father's restaurant at New York by Carlo Rossato, aged 35, Wednesday, because he had disclosed to the police the secrets of the alleged "black hand." His father waa knocked down and choked into insensibility by the boy's slayer, who then ran down the street, followed by a great mob. A thousand Italians later attacked the Elizabeth Street police station, and would have killed the murderer but for the ar rival of reserve police, after three offi cer had been injured. The police say the murder was delib erately planned by an organized gang, who sent to Toronto for Rosntti, he ar riving at New York Tuesday night. Bos soto was an enemy of organized gangs. PANIC IN COTTON PIT. Due to Failure of One of the Lead ing- Flnna at New Orleans. A notlo was posted on the cotton ex change at New Orleans Wednesday morning thot H. F. Poge & Co., cotton brokers, one of the most important firms on 'change,, was unable to moet calls for margins. The announcement threw the trading ring Into the wildest confusiou. Iu an instant the prices soared, as traders en deavored to buy cotton to protect them selves. October and December, within a minute's time, went to 31 and 32 poiuts. Million Dollar Loss. A special from Tony, Wis., says: Fur ther reports from cruisers returning from the forests Indicate damage to standing timber tbrough the northeast portion of Gates County amounting to $1,04)0,000. Not a single tree stands iu the puth of the storm. F.leven Persons Injured. A St. Louis and San Francisco passen ger trulu collided with a westbound freight near Sarcoxle, Mo., early Wed nesday. Eleven persons were injured, none, it Is believed, futaily. Owes Half a Million. The German-American Bank, the old est financial institution in Sidney, O., was Wt-duexday placed In the hands of receiver, the bank being unable to meet obligations as they became due. It liabilities ure $.km,000; aHt. Xl'OO.OOO. Predicts Two-Dollar Wheat. Junu A. I' lit leu, one of the heaviest operator iu Chicago, just back from a personal iuspectiou of the Minnesota, Manitoba iul m lie it fields of the Dako- tas, say be bt lit res wlieut will go to $2. $30,000 PURSES AND PREMIUMS Interstate Live fctoek Fair at Sioux City, la., Kept. G to 10, Inclusive. Sioux City is. making great prepara tions for the entertainment of a large crowd of people which,- it. is expected, will attend the Interstate Live Stock Fair to be held Sept. 5 to 10, inclusive. Thirty thousand dollars iu premiums will be distributed. .The railroads have con futed to make a half fare rate, and on some of the daye will run special trains. In ennuecton with the fair visitor will r given an opportunity to see the Patter-soti-Brainerd Carnival Company, which roiwiHts of Blackman' Glass Blower, Professor Frank, In Hiudoo mystery, with all the late oriental tricks; the Lou don Ghost Show, Fire and Serpentine Dances, Electric Fountain, the Edison Klnodrome, and various other act and performances. . They have also Just com pleted arrangements with the Intrepid Death Defier, Carlo, who performa the Barnum & Bailey feature which It is claimed is several stunts better than loop Ihe loop. He indeed loopsa loop that hasa gap of about twenty feet iu IU It ia de cidedly the most dangerous stent ever devised. Lvery 1 day during the race various acts will be performed in front of the amphitheater; among these will be Diver Johnson, who dive from a 100-foot lad- ! der into a almllow tank. The lia-ht- winged flying Dunbars, the marvelous Kinsners', equilibrists; the Oliphans, comical Parisian eccentriques, and thu trolley car trio. . Lovers of speed trials should bear iu mind that there will be seveii big trot ting races, seven pacing races and eleven running races, and in addition forty ama teur horses in a new relny race ten-mile dash. Some of these races are for $1,000 purses. Eshlbitiou speed trials will also 1C priven bv the celebrated fire team. - ill - . v.oruett and Sullivan. Hulln Large premiums are offered for stock exhibits, agricultural, orchard, house household, dairy, poultry and other kin dred exhibits. The management antlel pates the finest exb.bition of liv stock ever gotten together In the West. Autoists will be Interested to know that preparations have been made for three big automobile races, in which the swift est machines made will test their speed on one of the fastest tracks in the covin try. ' TO LOOSE GREAT FLOOD. Attempt to Blow Up Keservoli Gates Bloodhound on the Trail. Early Tuesday an attempt was made to blow out with dynamite the gates at Mary's reservoir atetnoiu etaoni aoiu the head of St. Mary' reservoir at St, Mary'a O. .The report of the explosion waa heard for miles. There are many who consider the res ervoir a menace to the surrounding farms, The attempt was made at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning. If It had blown out the entire bulkhead and opeued -the 'flood gates hundreds of lives would have beeu lost. Although a large amount of dyua mite was used the bank was not broken so as to give way. Bloodhounds or with those in search of the dynamiters, The reservoir is the largest in the world, and the city is lower than the water, so that intense exaitemeut exists. FLOODS IN ARIZONA. Great Damage Has Oooured Wide Area. Over Ashfork, Ariz., advices state: The flood of Monday has caused the greatest wash' outs ever suffered by the Atchison, Tope- ka and Santa Fe Railroad in Arizona Six hundred feet of rond has been de stroyed between Yucca and Havilaud. Bridges, large and small, have been car ried away, and the entire country be tween Kingman, Ariz., and Needles, Cal., has been flooded. The water is still rushing over the tracks and great damage ha occurred at many sections. MAKE A GOOD HAUL. Robber Hold Up a Pennsylvania Paymaster and Grt $ 3,000, Four masked men held up Paymaster White, of the Durke Construction Com pauy, on the road near Peterson, N. J., and robbed bira of $5,000, The paymoster, accompanied by two other men, was on the way to the office of the company, driving iu a buggy,, when four men, one an American, masked completely, and three Ita'laus, wearing blue goggles, came out of the woods. The American first shot the horse, and then the paymaster was relieved of his caifh. Mrs. Mayhriclt Arrives. The United States transport Sumner and Kilpatrick arrived at San Juan, P. R., Tuesday with the Porto Rlcan school teacher who for the past two moDths have beeu visiting universities of Har vard, Cornell and other educational in stitution. The teacher were greeted by an immense crowd. , Good are Seized. Extensive violation of the customs laws have been unearthed at San Fran cisco by customs inspectors, who searched the United States transport Solace, which arrived last Friday from Manila, Guam and Honolulu. Forty-one seizures were made, amounting to the value of several thousand dollars. Win ihe First Prize. 1 ue name of tho first person to draw at the Fort Totten reservation laud lot tery at Devils Lake, N. I)., ia Brut S. Warren, of Forest River, N. D., aged Sea Wall Protect Galveston. The completion of the Galveston, Tex., tea wall, the greatest structure of its kind in the world, was celebrated by running excursions from different parts of ths state to Galveston. Cov. Lauham wa present aud made an eulogistic address. riritlsli Gunboat Wrecked. A St. Johns, N. F., special say that the British gunboat Columbine, one of the vessels of the squadron petroling the Newfoundland coast fisheries, struck on a rock iu Snook's arm, Green Bay, STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON. OENSED FORM. Apple May Prove kxpenslve Wo man Shoot at Three Roys Hue band Slashea Neighbor with Knlfs) for Referring to It. A very serious shooting affray took place at the Cook farm west of Ravenua a few days ago, which waa again brought to mind by a catting affray recently. Monday last Frank Kotel, a farmer liv ing near the Cook farm, was passing near that place and climbed over the fence to get an apnle. He had no soou er entered the orchard than he wa scared by the discharge of a shotgun by Mr. Cook, whom he had not seen before. He ran aud was not Injured. Soon after three boys, Harry Jungles, Frank Myers and Robert Holmes, who were working with a thrrJjer, passed thf Cafik farm and stopped i$ get an apple. They had gone a short distance in the orchard when they were startled by the discharge Of a shotgun aud Holmes fell. Jungles ran to his assistance and as ho passed within fifteen feet of Mrs. Cook she shot at him, but missed. All three boys were quite seriously Injured by the first shot, and as soon as Holmes recovers they in tend filing complaint against Mrs. Cook. Saturday Mr. Cook went to the farm of Mr. Hunker to secure the services of Hunker Bros.' thresher. During the con versation Mr. Hunker referred to the hooting affray and Mr. Cook became m enraged at the mention of it that he drew a kuife and attacked Hunker with It, inflicting a slight wound across Hunk jr's nbd jpeu, A,1J parties concerned are pi Juilueut farmer. BIG ROBBERY AT CHADRON. Woman Attacked and Four Thou aand Dollar Taken from Her. The house of ill repute conducted by Mae JobnsoA at Chadron, was entered through a window by two masked men. Mhta Joh$.ti wHt In the hall and called out to km as there wheu nn inn wa !VJS around her aud the fobber wiTWI"1 ''oilier hand choked her o she could, . make an outcryy while the other mart robbed her of $4,000 In greenbacks which she had In au Inside pocket of her drew skirt. The men then went out of the back loor, leaving Miss Johnson so stunned die was hardly able to call for help. As oon as poiwilile the police were called, tut the robbers had made good their es cape for the time. No one but habitues f the place, It. is thought, could have lone the deed, and the sheriff and city authorities are conducting a thorough earch. Miss Johnson has offered a $500 reward. . CAUGHT HOG. THIEVES. Ranchman Find Two Hired Hand Stealing Shoata. B. M. Barbea, whose rauch is two and i nn it mues sun in or Hloomlnirton. no. ticed for the Inst two months that some of bia hogs were bciBg stolen. He placed a constant watch on his ranch and Snt urday night his vigil was rewarded. Accompanied by the sheriff he kept watcu all night and about 4 o'clock in Ihe morning observed two of bis hired hands, brothers, loading a wagou with vouwg shoats. He and the sheriff head ed off the team, which was being driven into Kansas by one of the thieves. They arrested the thieves, who are now In tho couuty jail for safe keeninir. Mr. Barber claims he has lost over lOrt shoat during the last two mouths. These two brothers are supposed to be a part of a gang wno make this a regular business. WAS NOT MURDERED. Jame Hanallp, of Deo itur, Victim of Heart Disease. ine reported murder at Decatur of James llanslip by being choked to death ny Arthur tngllxb waa proven at the coroner's inquest to have been a mistake, ana mat iiansiip death was due to neart disease. Dr. Nesbit, of Tekamah, was called to conduct the autopsy, which showed con clusively that the heart wa much enlarg ed and fatty. nansiip and English had a quarrel over a horse trade. Hanslin became enraged, struck at English and fell to the Boor, dying instantly. Four witnesses were present when the quarrel occurred. The coroner's jury exonerated Kiivll.li from all blame. JUDGE SOAKS BRUTAL FATHER Given Three Month In Jail for Abusing Hla Daughter. T I X- l . . ... -oue. a farmer living nun- Kosclaud, was brought before (Vimitv Judge Dungan at Hastings ou the charge of assault and battery. The charges were filed fcy his wife for cruel ly beating their 15-year-old ilnil,i,.r evidence in the case brought out the fact that Mr. Nolle bad forced his daughter to work iu the harvest field while he sat around and took it easy. Last r.aturday the defendant flew Into a violent rage and struck the girl and then chased her almut the farm with a pitchfork. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months iu the county jail. Named for Legislature. E. I. Voter, of Laurel waa iiumiimtofl by the Republicans for representative from the Niuteenth district at the ,n. venlion at Itaudolph. The district is composed of the comities of Cedar and Pierce. Old Soldier to Meet at r.l.in A Sidney special says: The old soldiers of this section of Iowa Villi meet at their sixteenth annua) reunion at Kivertoii. The reunion will last four days, begin! liiug Tuesday. A good program has been prepared for each day. Child Drowned In Well. The 2-year-old sou of John F..oi. ..f Greeley Center, was drowned Monday Iu a well. The father had aoue to tntt-n two miles distant aud the mother was Kwerles to suve her child. Tim litil,. one in some way removed one of Hie board on tho platform aud fell through. Grave Goes to Kansas. J. A. Graves, alias J. A. Kiel nlis list. aliaa J, A. Middh tou, who has just com pleted a jail sentence at Beatrice tt.r talniug money under false pretense, was ascn to ioia, ivau., Thursday LONELY LIFE COMES TO END. t Found Unconscious In HI Hut and Never Rallied. . -.Mike- Aictourt, an eccentric o! bachelor living alone a short dint mice ou of Table Rock, died at tl:05 a. m. Tues day after an Illness of a few days, aged Mweeu 05 and "0 years. He suffered greatly in his latter moment until he became unconscious, A few days since he was found nn conscious lying on the ground near his hut, was assisted to the house and was soon better and thought to be able to lie left alone. A day or two later he wa found unconscious on (he floor, where he had supposedly fallen In a paralytic stroke. He had a bad bruise on his head, which gave rise to a suspicion In the minds of a few that he had been foully dealt with, but It Is generally thought the Injury was sustained by his falling to the floor. He wa very eccentric and miserly and was generally supposed to have hi wealth hid or buried about the premises. which will likely be thoroughly searched BOY FIRED FATAL SHOT. Fire at Sign on Fence and Kill " ' Man In Field. Frank Ithodes, the man shot through' the back at the Eugburg place near Fre mont. Is dead. Arthur Cnuaga, a Ill-year-old boy. cnipe ta the sheriff's cilice at Fremont and in a broken voice and with tear streaming down his face confessed that he probably fired the fatal shot. Tho boy said: "I saw a ign nailed to a post on the fence at the west side of the corn Held, and I fired at that. I didn't hit It, ami tne millet went into the cornfield. guess that was the bullet that struck Ithodes. I looked at the com field when I aimed at the sign and couldu' see any- IIOIIV, Alii j ne coroner s jury brought iu a ver dict that the death of the deceased wa caused by a bullet fired by Cauaga while shooting at a mark, without any intent or hitting Khoilcs, aud that Cana ga did not know that Rhodes was with iu range. . - DOMESTIC BURNED TO DEATH aaltaa Voting Girl Who Start Fire With Kerosene Meet Common Fata, Miss Henrietta Staak, a domestic in the employ of A. F. Kendall, of Syra cuse, was fatally burned by au explosion or coal oil. Miss Staak had built a fire In the kitchen stove as It did not burn wen she took a can containing a gallon of oil and commenced to put the oil ou the fire, when an explosion occurred. Her clothing was saturated by the burning oil. Mr. Kendall heard the girl's scream and hastened to her assistance, extlu guishlng the flames, but. not before she wns terribly burned ou the body, face and arms. Her Injuries were attended by a physician, but ahe died. Her entire body had been burned and in many places the flesh fell off the bones. Inhalation of tne neat ciinsed her death. SERIOUS BLAZE AT HASTINGS Implement Stock and Second-Hand Store Destroyed. At an. early hour Monday fire at Hast ings destroyed the N. F. Dam roil two story brick building and damaged the nerpolsiielmer Implement Company1! stock to the extent of about 50 tier cent. The building was valued at $5,000 and wns insured. Hubert Tressnelder's second hand store was almost completely d.-wtroyed. No In surauee. The fire broke out In the Herpolshelm er rooms at 2:U0 In the morning and bad a big headway liefore It was discovered. It took four streams of water and thre hours of hard fighting to extinguish th names. Ihe origin of the lire is unknown. SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT. Preacher Skip Out With Dootor'a Wife at Broken Bow. Church and social clrclea at Broken Bow have been set agog by the elopement of Rev; H. P. Morris and Mrs. Clinton Day. Morris was the pastor of the First Baptist church aud Mrs, Day I the wife of the beat known physician of Broken Bow. She was a member of Mr. Morris' church aud one of the most active or bis flock. Up to the time Morris began paying his attentions to her, Mrs. Day' bore au excellent reputation. . Friend of Mr. Day maintain that the preacher . must nave hypnotized her. Dr. Day 1 brok en-hearted over the elopement. C A MP IS DESERTE D. Tent Fall Promptly at Firing of Signal Gun. A David City dispatch ay: The nrlng or u cannon uromutlv at (I nVlncb Tuesday morning waa the siguul aud ev ery tent or the First Nebraska on Camp Victor Vifquain fell to the ground. Iu a few minutes after the cannon's roar ev ery tent of the Second Nebraska fell. In a short time fifteen drays were busy loading and hauling the baggage, aud the various companies were marching to the different depots. During the forenoon the soldiers left on regular nnd special trains, and on or two companies did not get out of the city until evening. Mullen I Dismissed. Al Mullens, who on Aug. 11 was ar rested by Sheriff Hansen, of Dakota County, on the charge of disposing of mortgaged property, filed against him by Mike Waters, u banker at Hubbard, ha been releuiied from the county Jail, the matter having beeu settled by Mullens' relative to the satisfaction of the bunker. ' - Severn Storm at Fremont. The Thomas Fox house at Fremont was struck by lightuiiig durinir a In,,, thunder iiihI rain storm earlv Knmln. morning. The building was sliakei. and a bed ou which one of the Fox chil- ircii was sleeping was set on fire. It was easily extinguished Dakota City Girl Burned. Miss Clara Ilerger, daughter of Gustav Berger, of Dakota City, mot with a pain ful accident. She was using a patent gasoline clothes iron, when the top ef the iron came off und the blaze of the gaso line struck her on the hand and In th face, burning her quite bardly. Boy Drown In River. Alvin Walworth, aged 14 year, onTy son of George K. A'al worth, of Edgar, was drowned whll swimming i tB Blue. Other boy vilh him aw him go dowu, but efforts to rescue him failed. Short Notes. Th labor nnlou of Plattsmouth will give their second annual picnic Sept. 5. Martin. Schleicher' blacksmith ahop al Fremont caught fire nnd was badly dam aged. Schleicher's loss is about $150. Walter B. McNeill, of North Platte, wa nominated for congress by th Dem ocrats of the Sixth Nebraska district. Th Gage County Teachers' Institute opened In Beatrice Mouday for ou week with about 1(10 teachers In attendance. A valuable horse belonging to Kilpat rick brothers, which had been driven to Beatrice, dropped dead on the street of sunstroke. m The dry spell at Beatrice waa broke Mouday evening by a timely rain, which will be of great benefit to corn and crop of all kinds. . Report on wheat around Norfolk how tht it will be a very poor crop and run no inoreLon an average, thau 10 bushel to the acre. Burglar broke Into four resilience at Nebraska City; aud secured about $75 la moucy, a gold watch and several other article of value. II. P. Low rev. a snrdeuer of Grand Island, thinks he ha the record broke on cabbages. ..He brought one to tht city weighing 20 pound. - At Sutton tho thermometer ha ranged np to 100 degree in the shade for several days past Corn Is standing it 111 waiting for a much needed aiu. The Palisade mill wo strnck by light niug nnd completely destroyed by fire. Th property wa owned by W. R. Cum mins, of Palisade, and covered with little or no lnsnrniie. . , - . At Seward the tvmneratnr was lM on Sunday aud on Mouday It was still on me ascend derful growth. Korn i making a won-1 scuooi iuua, tnereoy aaaing to tne trens A heavy rain with hail . oror'e ability to care for Mwly issued cooled the atmosphere on Mouday even ing. Floyd Mitchell, who wa killed bv a! train ou the Union Pacific at Council Bluff Monday, wan for some time a res. Idcnt of Fremont, having recently re moved to Council Bluffs. 11 waa about 60 year of ag. ., -.. " j further report from the urrotindlnit country show that th center of the hail storm wa in Graud Island, and that but little damage, waa done, while the rain wa of great benefit to a much target BFcciou inau was visited by hail. Th factory of the Lamr Cannln aiuf Preserving Compauy at Beatrice openeT) for the season Tuesday with a force ol aDout lou men and women. The corn pack will first be taken care of and later tomatoes, pumpkin aud apple. , . i A nice rain fell at Greeley, accompa-l nled by heavy wind. The lint of the past fow day I doing wonders foi ' tne late corn and good crop ts prom- Irxl. Considerable small grain I being threshed from the shock suit m.rW.t 7 Burglar ransacked the home of Mrs. JT, W. Reiber at Nebraska Oitv M.mrH.. night while member of the family were "Kluhrft" to the granting ef this certifi-' N' sbaent. Nothing of value was secured. cat nd tbe consequence was that better ' Toe robbers made au effort to break Into BTrf wortc wa on The number , the home of L. V. Utterback, but were ' certificate will exceed by far the . frightened away. j number issued last year, although the u - . Monday was closing day of the Central Prituderit I not yet able to give the . Nebraska Chautauqua, which had beajmc fiur"' '' 'V' :' --'-f- ":t-,yy-running at Fullertou ten daya and the 1 ' ' ' management is highly pleased at the out. come. Fully 6,000 people wer on th grounds on Sunday and all pronounced the program excellent. Saturday afternoon fire destroyed th ru on tne farm of Sirs. Ueor-e An. drews, two mile north of Syracuse, can, lug a loss of more than HI HO wltK M insurance, lnree head of horses, a num. her of vehicle and a quantity of grain and hay waa destroyed. s A distressing accident occurred to th 5 year-old son of Henry Llttleman, a farmer living a few miles southwest of Leigh. Saturday. The child was nnht Iu the tumbling shaft of a corn sheilet ana oerore help could reach It the ma chine had drawn the child In aud made aa ugly wound on the right thigh. Police Officer Waddick, of Graud 11 ind, ran in one Burns, who wa several year ago sent to the nenitsntlsrv Ch the larceny of a lot of silk from the store of P. Martin & Co. No gaaver offense is charged against Burns than drunkenness, but it is the determination of the police department to make Grand' Island un comfortable for this das of men. hut might have been a serious cataa. Iropau occurred at the German Lutheran rhurU at Battle Creek during th even ing service Sunday. Some of the pipes carrying gasolln for the lighting of th church begau to leak and finally jecma ignited. The congregation. numbeHa- over 200, rushed from the building Is uusie, out were soon recalled by th as surance that all danger was passed. . Max Spahr. who was sent to th t. penitentiary from Norfolk for a thre years' term to pay the penalty for cut ting the throat of a uearro from ear ti ear with Intent to kill and rob, after hav ing beeu paroled by Gov. Mlckev. :nped from his parole and ha been re nrnud to the penltentiarv bv ShaH Clements, of Madison, having been lo cated in Pennsylvania through tho gncy of n sweetheart. The St. Paul Canniue- Com ninT nrian. ed It new factory in St Paul Monday afternoon with a trial run that pre red entirely atlfactory. The plant 1 auip cd with the latest improved mathimry and appliances in every respect and th company hts the satisfaction of catering upon a vlgorou corn caunlug campaign wim everyiuiug running smoothly and an abundant supply of good corn. The daJi capacity of the factory is 40.000, cans. The sixty pairs of new shoes which were fouud last week hid In the sloe dt a bluff between Plattsmouth us k. Burlington bridge which spans tho Mis souri Biver by some boys while hunting wild grapes, were tumed over to James Malone, speclsl deiectivo for the Burling ton, by Chief of Police Fitzgerald. THa hoes were stolen while In transit from 'liicngo. Thus far the officers have no lew un to who the bold thieve were. Fire destroyed the larce harn nn th. Aii jst llelnke farm, nine miles i r Nebraska City. Three bead of horse, several vMiides and a larce nnnntit. r grain and hay were consumed. The loss s estimated at over $1,200, partly cbv red by insurance. The oricln of th fl. is unknown. The sale of a twenty-acre tract ad iluing the Humboldt city limits s few a) s since from Christ Beutler to Walter layes at a rate of $170 ner aera ln.ll. i ait s inai Kleli chardsou County soil Is tUl I eu If the ruts of assewimeatl 1 too high 1 I In demand eveu is pronounced too high Gov. Mickey has Issued the following Labor day proclamation: ?'A nation'! greatness raaybe measured by Its capa-l city for hbor. Other elements of poweri are supplemented to it aud only become! Important when tho genius of toil had , glveu them direction. Nowhere Is pern fectlon attained without effort. Our ow -nation, greater than any other, ha correal pondiugly dignified labor in many ways' and has also set apart a special execn-1 live department which ha to do with mtl questiou pertaining to the great army of wage earners. Further than that nearly all the states, Nebraska included, hare' by legislative enactment, designated a1 . particular day Iu recognition of labor; aal a public tribute to the importance of toll' and the results achieved by it. Iu obe' dience, therefore, to the mandate of law. and to established custom. I, Abn H. Mickey, governor .of the State of Ne braska, do hereby designate Monday, Sept. 5, 1004, a Labor day, and earnest ly requent all who toll, whether witK hand or brain, to take a brief respite. irora their ordinary avocation and pass the day In such a way aa will best pro mote their special. Intellectual and phys ical enjoyment." Notwithstanding the dnll time which , have been experienced In tua atate treas ury during the past month, tho treasurer has managed to collect enough money in the general fund to warrant him In mak ing a call for $.V),000 general fund war rnut for Aug. 20, A large percentage of thi money will go to th Dormaneut warrants. With the redemptlog ef war rant 103,000, which will take place Aor. ' M, the oldest registry will be Jan. 20, 1003. Thi will leave the atate jut nine, teen mouth and six day behind in the payment of iu debt. Ten month ago th atate wa more than two yean behind m the payment of Iu debts. The expend iture by the last legislature were larg ir than usual, so that notwithstanding Ihe gain In point of time the debt hovers irouud the $2,000,000 mark. , State Superintendent Fowler, who ar- rived In Lincoln Saturday afternoon af. making a tour of the junior normals tu wtfru section ef the state, re- . pon T0Bt tBe work accompliabed thi ,ear far exceed .thot of 1903. , While toc Attendance waa only slightly greater, a lrer percentage of the 1,100 teacher who registered for the work stared for tne tJtn' necessary to secure certificate wu,cn wur entitle them to credit In other ,tatt '"itutions. A rule waa establish d this year at all of the schools that at- euaance- ior eigne - or th - ten j weeks of the seniou was a ore , Saturday Secretary Rovse. of tba atata banking board, issued hi annual report showing th condition of building and loan association of th state . for the year ending June 30, 1004. The total re sources of the fifty-eight association show an Increase of $873,021.02, of about 12 per ceut, bringing the total np to $0, 217,350.40. There Ms also been an in crease of 20,608 in the number of shares, bringing th total to 174,922. There are 23,400 shareholders, of whom 600 are minors. Secretary Royse stated that he wa highly pleated at th showing made In the report. Friday afternoon the state board of ed ucational lands and fund met for the consideration of an offer of $15,000 ' Keith County bridge bonds, bearing 4 per cent They were offered direotl by; the county officials without the Intense-1 diatiou of a broker, and th offer wa sccepted. Th bond run without option' for six years, and thereafter $1,000 is to be paid each year until they are paid. The purchase leaves only $22,000 i available cash In the permanent school funds. ' :.;V;-, Because of a failure of the railways to grant further harvest rates, the Ne braska labor bureau is not supplying har vest hands for the North Dakota wheat fields, although it is claimed thousands of mn are needed. It ia believed that tho failure to grant rate I due to the' fact that there has been yery large traf fie to th laud openings st Bonesteel and' Devils Lake, aud the railway managers were fearful that the rates would en able land seekers to evade the published tariff. . , , The lands belonging to the permanent . chool fund bringing iu a big income (or ' the schools of the state, the entire amount being distributed from the tern porary school fund for the benefit of all schools in the state in proportion to the number of scholar of school age in each, couuty. Th iucome for the biennlum ending Nov. 30, 1002, the only available figure until the report for tho past fren ulum i complied, show that the reve nue from tbia source was $1,504,079.13. Attorney General Trout, for Auditor Weston, ha a brief In the state supreme -court In which ho contends that th stat ute of limitation has run on $288 worth of wolf bounty claim filed by the Lincoln Safe Deposit and Trust CompajBT fof " Lincoln. . ,. Elijah Filley, the superintendent of -the live stock section of the state fair report to S. C. Bassutt; who has general charge of the arrangements, that he has applications for four times more sprcn' tlmu he ever bad before. According to Lincoln grocer, lour at $2 s sack Is not an Improbability to the u.r miure. cmuuarq, Drands that have sold as low a. $1.25 a aack are now quoted at $1.45, an advance of 10 cents iu two weeks. A, year ago the Mine braud were to be had on the local mar kt for $1.15. The grocers sky ,t wholesalers lnal.it millers are putting r. the price purely from speculative r . tires. Wheat I higher than It b,ot non of na I t,ruxtli ,nt0 " nt t' Mut understand w'-t r f I wis have for Jact'