From Thrr(Uly Daiiy
The river ia up to-day and contin
11C8 rising.
The County comriinionerH are at
Omaha atul Lincoln to-day looking
at office furniture for the court I
llOIIHf.
Last night's" rain war a Hplendid
one and imit liavt- done much
good idler tin hot drying witidrt for
the past two days.
The Sheedy trial at I.ihcoln cost
Lancaster county $),(XM),not counting
the coroners' inquest or salaries
of court officers.
The IMattstnoiith Turners accom
panied hy the H. Ac M. haml leav-to-night
for the Turnfest at Hre
mont. They will not return until
Sunday morning.
Jim Antill must he a great man
for black birds; he shot eight out
of a possible ten Tuesday, while
that veteran sport and crack shot,
V. I). Jones, only got five out often.
Mr. Joshua fCJapen and wife rt
turned home this morning from an
extendedvisit out in the state among
relatives. They report the outlook
for bounteous crops in Nebraska
was never better,
The monster ten-wheel engine oh
the bridge run had to be takeu off
to repair the tracks, and bridges
across the river. They wouldn't
stand the weight of the mogul with
out endangering the safety of the
trHin.
A fellow with a patent stink
factory Libeled as a new disinfect
ant left one of his machines at the
11. Si M. baggage room this morning
for C. W. Sherman of the Journal.
Whether it was done as a joke, or he
thought a disinfectant whs needed
in that quarter we were unable to
learn.
The Newell Davis elevator down
near the shop jrard took a slide last
night and went down the hill 15 or
20 feet into the shop yards near the
coal shed. The building was not
wrecked as badly as one might sup
pose, yet it will have to be torn to
pieces before it can be replaced.
The loss will amount to several
hundred dollars.
Peter Merges loaded his house
hold goods for Omaha this morn
ing wherehe expects to take up his
permanent abode. Mrs. Merges
will come back each week for a time
to finish up her term of music
teaching. Her presence will be
specially missed in musical cir
cles. As a successful teacher she
had no superior in the city.
The editor of the Journal is sore
ly grieved over the christening of
the square as Garfield Park. If it
had been named Jeff. Davis Park or
Stonewall Jackson Park it would
please our contemporary much bet
ter. When our neighbor discovered
that Garfield was a traitor to Sena
tor Sherman at the national conven
tion, he made a discovery that Sena
tor Sherman, who was on the ground
at the time, never found out. Gar
field had no warmer friend than
John Sherman up to the day of hi.
death, Damaged by Lightning.
The extensive grist mill owned bv
Well -V Neiman, at Schuyler, one of
the larirest in the state, was struck
bv lirlitiiir durine: the rain storm
last night and damaged to the ex
tent of O.OOOor 7.000 dollars. Fortun-
ately the mill did not take fire so
that the damage is only the result
of the wreck produced by the thun
der bolt in its downward course: it
must have been a heavy one.
An Awful Crime.
This morning's State Journal con
tains the following telegram from
Auburn:
Aubuk.n, Neb., June 24. Word
has been received here that a son of
Mr. Kauffman of Brownville, while
on a drunk, stabbed his father,
sister and a horse with a butcher
knife. His father will die. At
tornej Heveridge and the (sheriff
have rone to Brownville to arrest
- r-
the son and take the ante-morten
statement of Mr. Kauffman. C. W
Kauffman is well known as a nursery
man all over the state.
A Fatal Wreck.
Word comes to THE HERALD to
day to the effect that a washout
lasttiightJnearBradshaw.so loosened
the supports to a bridge that the
west bound engine on freight train
No. 4.i while crossing was precipi
tated to the bottom of the creek,
killing the engineer, fireman, and
head brakman- But meagre details
of the awful disater could be learned
as the rail road men were not dis
posed to talk about it,
Latkk The latest news from the
Bradshaw wreck is to the effect
that the engineer Geo. Delaney,
and hi fireman Bean, have
been killed while the head brak
man escaped with serious injuries.
Seventeen box cars are piled up on
top of and about the engine.
The Nebraska City ball team went
home this morning a- the rain
spoiled the game.
Mrs. Geo. K. Dovey returned home
this morning from an extended
visit in the South and Kast.
the mmmi mi
Washout on
Causes the
the B. &
Death of
M.
Two Men.
FIR EM A.N HE AN MAY KKCOYEIC.
Engineer
Moore
Delaney and Brnkema n
Killed Instantly. --The
Report of the Herald Last
Night Proved Correct.
From Frvlay Daily.
A telegram to the Be from York
says:
The west bound freight train No
45, engine No. ItM, which passes
through York at 4 a. m. wmh wreckec
three miles westof here this morning
The engineer, L. II. Delaney, an
brakemau.W. II. Moore, were instant
ly killed, and the fireman, O. J. Bean
mortally wounded. The conductor,
B. J. Kaney, and rear brakeman, A
Matthews, escaped unhurt. The
engine, tender and fifteen cars were
oiled in a bean, lne remaining
seven cars and caboose remained
on the track.
The scene of the wreck was a 200
foot fill in the road about twenty
five feet deep. A small culvert three
feet square had always been suffi
cient to pass the water at tlHt point
heretofore, but last night the con
tinuous heavy rain had filled the
ravine above and the little culvert
was insufficient. Had there been
a twenty foot bridge at this place the
disaster would not have occurred
The ravine filled with water, the fill
in the track acting as a dam until
the stayed torrent was as high
as the track. This is easily shown
from the masse of rubbish left by
the Hood high on the banks on either
side. Gradually it undermined
the track until it was shaky and
insecure and the final break,
when the mighty torrent gathered
strenirth to carry away about
fifty feet of track, occurred iust at
the time the train arrived.
The section crew from Bradshaw,
the next station west had become
alarmed about the steady down
pour and had started over their
track in the night to investigate
I he scene oithe wreck was not on
their division, but they knew the
train was coming and came on to
meet it. Had they been three min
utes earlier the accident would not
have happened. As it was thev
were just in time to see the power
ful engine' running twenty-five
miles an hour, leap forty feet across
the chasm and bury itself in the
bank on the opposite side, while
fifteen freight cars followed it, some
of them bounding fifty feet further
on and the remainder piling above
and around in a shivered mass.
They reached the wreck and heard
a voice from its.midst. Searching
around in the gray light of the
morning they found the fireman
sitting in the midst of the splintered
debris and half covered with water.
One foot was crushed "completely
off below , the knee, his body was
bruised and his head wounded.
The heroic fellow was pale as
death for the arterial blood had
been pouring from his shattered
limb. This he had stopped himself
before he was found, by taking off
his blouse and rapping it around
his leg and twisting a surgeon's
knot over the arteries. He had then
dragged himself out of the narrow
hole in which he was wedged.
"B03-S give me some clothes," he
asked "I am cold." He had narrow
ly escaped drowning, for the heavy
train had completelj' finished the
break in the track, and the only
thing that saved him was one of the
cars that the torrent had to sweep
around, and which warded it off.
Not much could be done for the
heavy rain and the roaring waters
but ever3'thing that could be was
done, and later he was takeu into
York on a hand-car.
At 10 o'clock the citizens, who had
located the engine, secured tools
and set to work to find the two men
who were buried below. It was
hard work, as the bottom, sides and
ends of the heavy freight cars, the
bent, twisted and broken iron of all
sizes, machinery, groceries, binding
twine, railroad ties and all the pro
miscuous articles of freight were
piled and wedged as tight as the
terrific force could drive them. At
last they found brave Delaney, the
engineer. He had stayed with the
engine and was crushed beyond
the resemblance of humanity. His
body was completely cut in twain.
His head was almost unhurt as
were nis lower 111110s, out me two
were lying in different places. He
had died at his post of duty ad
died instantly. Later, the body of
Moore was found near the cab.
which had been thrown sideways
on tne teiuier. lie was lying
wedged in where he had been
thrown by the shock. Although he
was not crushed, he had no doubt
been instantly killed.
To the right of the center of the
I pile of cars lay two cars across the
' telegraph wire. The tremen
dous irces may oe imagined as
it had power to raise the first of
these cars high enough in the air
to bring the wires down under it.
This under car was broken to slivers, j
t he other one was lying on top of it I
and in it was a man and horse, and, j
strange to say, in all the roll- j
ing fiver atul concussion neither j
of them were scratched or bruised, i
They were both prisoners. Some 1
one chopped an opening for the I
man, and the horse was released
about noon, when he trotted off up
the hill as if it wre a holiday
affair.
The dead employes are both resi
dents of Lincoln, and both young
men in the prime of lift-. Bean, the
injured fireman, lies at the Waverly
house in York to-night at the point
of death. The terrible shock, los.
of blood and submersion in tht
water and exposure to the rnin has
lowered his vital tone so that the
doctors will have to restore it b
fore they can attempt to dress his
injuries. He says he will recover
and his nerve has never deserted
him.
A Pleasant Anniversary.
The comfortable home of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Beeson was invaded by
a large company of friends Wednes
day evening. They called to ex
press their high regard for tht
wortljy couple; the special occasion
for the risit being the thirtj'-sixth
wedding anniversary of the host
and hostess. A bounteous supper
was prepared, which, with all the
deliccies of the season, entertained
the crowd most acceptably for some
time. Mr. Beeson was prevailed
upon to tell a few of his inexhaust
ible stock of stories and a real pleas
ant time was had.
Among those present we noticed
Mr. and Mrs, Isbell, Mr. and Mrs
Horsley, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kiken
barv. Mr. and Mrs. H. K.Todd, Mr.
and Mrs. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs.
L011 Todd. Mrs. Baumeister and
daughter Anne, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Root.
A Shipwreck on the Missouri.
A collision 011 the river yesterday
was an unusual scene for the river
front loafers that for a time was
quite interesting. It seems a man
and woman and a little boy started
in a skiff for the Iowa shore, but in
passing Willow island they ran
aground and stuck fast 011 the bar.
About this time a large flat-boat
with a house' built on it was seen
bearing down upon the skiff and it
looked as though the occupants
would be killed; they had sufficient
presence of mind, however, to
jump out ot tne hoat into tne.
muddy Missouri and wade out of
the way of the unweldy flat-boat.
And they did it none too soon
either for they had scarcely got out
of its course when crash went the
skiff under the prow of the boat
and it was transformed into splintt rs
in an instant. The occupants of
the flat-boat threw out a line and
hauled the unfortunates aboadand
they all floated peacefully down to
Rock Point where the boat was
halted and tied up for the day. The
crowd in the skiff were residents of
the Iowa bottoms while the other
parties were from far up the' river
St. Johns School.
The closing exercises of St. Johns
school were held in the opera house
last evening and were attended by a
large and appreciative audience.
The program was caref ullyarranged
each number being one of merit.
The different drills were especially
good and showed an infinite amount
of work on the part of the sisters.
The singing of the little folks gave
emphatic evidence of skillful train
ing by those well versed in music.
The operetta entitled "Grandma's
Birthday" was a charming juvenile
opera that was ren dered very pleas
antly by the young people. The
piano plaj-ing by Josie Murphy,
Katie McCourt, Miss Lovell and one
or two other little girls was well
worthy of special mention.
The exercises last night marked
the close of the schools during the
hot summer months to begin again
the work in September. To appre
ciate fully the splendid work being
done by the sisters one should visit
the school and note the care, zeal
and ability shown by the instruct
ors. Father Carney and the sisters
deserve much from our people in
return for the splendid educational
facilities which are enjoyed at their
hands.
Iowa's Democratic Nominees.
For Governor Horace Boies.
For Lieutenant-Governor Sam'l
D. Bestow.
For Judge of Supreme Court L.
G. Kinne.
For Supt. Public Instruction J.
B. Knoepler.
Railroad Commissioner Peter A.
Day.
Samuel Rector anil Obidiah Stot-
ler of this county are' mentioned in
the- Washington dispatches this
morning among those who have1
had their pension claims ailowed.
SENATOrt rHOMAS APHHOVEO
Alliance neoiution Which fhrcfvv
"'Cotton wood" in th Soup.
At the last meeting of the Pleas
ant Hill alliance the following reso
lutions were adopted in vindication
of Senator Thomas ofjliis county,
who, although a member of the al-
! liatiee, voted against the Newberry
j bill:
Whereas. Several malignant and
1 imprudent members of the farmers
a'liaiu'e of this county have from
I selfish motives secured the passage
of resolutions condemnatory ot tin.
! official conduct of our loved brother
Samuel L. Thomas, and through
the blind force of enmity scattered
said scurrilious resolutions broad
cast throughout the country, and
Whereas, Our sense of fairness
impels us to condemn the narrow
minded and stilish demagogues
who have placed the alliance of
this county in an unfavorable
light by the foul slanders of i
worthy lerother, an able senator and
an honest man; then-lore, be it
Resolved. By Alliance No. l,2Ur,
that the alleged resolutions of con
demnation of our worthy brother,
nam tie 1 L. I nomas, are untrue, 111
fae't, malicious and unworthy of the
honest yeomanry of Cass county.
Resolved, Further, that the offi
cial acts of Brother Thomas as a
senator of the last legislature fully
justiiy tne commence reposed 111
him; that he loyally supported
every measure that could possibly
benefit the farmers of Nebraska, and
bravely opposetl such measures as
would cripple the commercial and
industrial interests of the state and
thereby moire the very interests
that he so ably championed.
Resolved, Further, that the noisy
demagogues and office-seekers
within the alliance who are really
responsible for these disgraceful
re-solutions can confer a much
greater benefit 011 the' alliance of
this county by withdrawing from it
than by any other means likely to
be adopted by such creatures.
A. K. Toi!, president.
Rout. W. Black, secretary.
State Committee Meeting
John C. Watson, chairman of the
State' Republican connnittee has is
sued a call for the State Central
committee to meet in Linc-olii on
Wednesday, July the 8th, to arrange
for the state convention.
Mr. Watson says that the reports
he hears from thoughout the state
make' him believe that the- Repub
lican state ticket will easily be elect
ed this fall. Prohibition is out.
The all iance republicans are return
ing to the party, as they see the
fight in 1 S. i'J will be between the two
parties. Neb. City Press.
Railroad Rates
One fare forthe round trip to Bea
trice and Crete Chautauquas via B.
& M . R. R.
Tickets on sale to Beatrice June
2'M to July 4th, good to return until
July 7.
Tickets 011 sale to Crete June 20th
to July nth, pood to return on or be
fore July 10th.
No Limit to the Rain
The rain began pouring down in
regular torrents before noon to-day,
and by 1 o'clock the sewers in the
cityr were for the first time taxed to
their fullest capacity. A trip to the
mouth of the sewer at the river
showed both openings discharging
into the river every gallon of water
they could carry, thus showing that
the-re was no stoppage anywhere in
the sewer. The Washington avenue
sewer failetl to carry the surplus
of water and the street was filled
two or three feet deep for several
blocks in that vicinity. CouCoffeys
cellars, well and cistern were filled
level full of muddy water, side
walks and wooel pile were drifted
out into the street. Holmes barn
was lille'd with water while the
McCann tenants at the corner of
Sixth and Vine reveled in four feet
of water in their basement. The
water did less damage at other
points and went down here soon so
that tht sewer was able to carry it
off. There must have been a water
spout up Chicago avenue as noth
ing like that amount of water ever
fell there before or fell any w her t
else in the city to-day.
Hard rains followed by high
waters, thejlike of which was never
before known in Northern Iowa, has
devastated a dozen counties and
entailed losses on the inhabitants
that will run into the hundreds of
thousands. Over a hundred hous
es have been wrecked or swept
away by the raging flood while
stock of all kinds has been
drowned.
Senator Shea of Douglas county-
died yesterday at his home in
Omaha. He had been sick all win
ter with a throat and lung trouble.
He leaves a wife and five children.
The last car of red stone from the
Wisconsin' quarries for the court
house arrived last night and will be
delivered on the ground to-day by
Mr. Sage.
J. M. Patterson & Co. are shipping
stone from their Louisville quar
ries to Creston and other Iowa
points.
A big washout at Wray, Colorado.
delayed the B. A: M. trains yes
terday.
Will von suffer with dvspepsia
ami liver complaint"- Shiloh's Vet
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Call and see us at the corner of
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The Best is the Cheapest
That is Why Fred Gorder after 15 years of exi-M-iene as tv. most successful
Agricultural implement dealer in the county In- rl.;ci-.l the following imple
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WAGONS,
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DEERE, FARMERS FRIEND AND HA
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Handles the finestof Unties, Pluetoiis, Cart.s, Spring Wagons, and
Carriages and other vehicles that are manufactured. J
The largest line in Cas County, ot duiiWe and einle harness at
prices so low that it will pay you to
before purchasing elsewhere.
worKinan nas cnarge 01 our Harness shop.
Plattsmouth and Weeping Water
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Having bought the J V
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a sacrifice to save moving. Mow is the time
to buy Gasoline stoves
kinds.
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Weekbaeh store roorrj
offer my entire stock a
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