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NEBRASKA
I BRIEF TELEGRAMS
Sixteen thousand pupils reported on
the first school day In Omaha
Fire at Barlham Iowa destroyed a
block of buildings in the business sec
tion with contents causinga 20000
loss partly insured
Miss Cordelia Henderson horsewhip
ped Thomas Archer a Topeka Kan
attorney She was arrested She told
the police that Archer had gossiped
shout her
Funeral services were held over the
remains of General Robert Williams
formerly adjutant general of the army
at the family residence in Washing
ton D C
It is reported that Charles M Hays
the retiring president of the Southern
Pacific is to be taken by J P Mor
gan Co as the railroad expert of
that house
Near Red Lodge Mont John An
drews was instantly killed by John
Romers who mistook him for a bear
and sent a bullet through his heart at
short range
The gold brick swindled has been de
veloped in Alaska and the Klondike
Bogus gold dust and nuggets have
been sent north in large quantities and
disposed of as the product of various
claims
Robert M Wilson formerly owner of
the R M Wilson bath tub works in
Rome N Y was shot and almost
instantly killed by a revolver In his
own hand at his summer home at Syl
van Beach
Andrew Carnegie has give 100 each
to Sheddon Law Jones and Dick
four miners who displayed conspicu
ous bravery in the rescue of their com
rades at the time of the recent Dolin
bristle Perthshire colliery disaster
The close of three quarters of a een
tury of life finds the senior United
States senator from Massachusetts
George F Hoar in excellent health
The venerable statesman celebrated
Thursday the 18th anniversary of his
birth He is now serving his fifth
term in the senate
Vice President Roosevelt has coa
sented to write a history of the
Rough Riders for the roster of the
New Mexico volunteers in the Spanish
war which will be published by the
authority of the Thirty fourth legis
lative assembly of New Mexico which
has made an appropriation for that
purpose
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener
dated Pretoria says Since August 26
the columns report nineteen Boers kill
ed three wounded 212 made prisoners
and 127 surrendered and that 194 ri
ffles 27560 rounds of ammunition
1700 horses and 7500 head of cattle
have been captured
King Edward has appointed a com
mittee to investigate Prof Kochs tu
berculosis theory The scope of the in
quiry is officially said to be whether
animal and human tuberculosis are
identical whether animals and humans
can be reciprocally infected and under
what conditions If at all transmission
to man occurs
The Tinted States minister Mr Con
ger is taking steps to reclaim the
email American concession at Tien
Tsin the title to which has practic
ally lapsed of late years owing to the
government being unorganized and a
majority of the American residents be
ing scattered among the British and
German concessions
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
returned from a trip through the west
and is at his desk in Washington
George A Quinlan vice president
and general manager of the Houston
Texas Central railroad died at Hous
ton Tex
The Earl of Crawford has bought
the auxiliary steam yacht Valhalla
owned by the Count and Countess de
Castellane
Shredded corn fodder properly bal
ed will soon be shipped to the large
cities just as hay is There is no ques
tion about the value of shredded fod
der Much depends upon cutting corn
fodder at the right time to have it
the most valuable Fodder to be shred
ded should be cut about the time the
leaves begin to wither at the bottom
and the grains are fully dented
The war department has been in
formed that the postal authorities
have decided to place a portrait of
General H W Lawton the military
hero who lost his life at San Mateo in
the Philippines on the new issue of
postage stamps
A Chinese edict issued recently or
dains a new system of official examin
ation It abolishes the literary essay
and substitutes therefor three classes
of subjects namel3r Chinese affairs
western matters and classicla litera
ture
Two foreigners said to be anarch
ists with intentions on the czar were
taken into custody at Paris
At Grante Oklahoma a gusher of
oil was struck at a depth of 300 feet
The flow is very heavy and has created
great excitement
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Word Prom the Bedside of the President
Continues Encouraging
DOCTORS SEE GOOD SYMPTOMS
Declare Their Patients Condition to Bo
Satisfactory to All Bulletins Issued
From Time to Time Do Not Show
Alarming Indications
BUFFALO N Y Sept 9 Through
this quiet peaceful Sabbath every
word that came from the big vine
clad house on Delaware avenue in
which the stricken chief magistrate of
the nation lies battling for life was
reassuring and tonight the chances for
his recovery are so greatly improved
that all of those who have kept the
patient vigil at his bedside feel
strongly that his life will be spared
The developments of last night and
today were dreaded but hour after
hour passed and the distinguished pa
tient struggling there beneath the
watchful eyes of physicians and train
ed nurses showed not an unfavorable
symptom Five times during the day
the eminent doctors and surgeons as
sembled for consultation and each time
the verdict was unanimous that what
change had occurred was for the bet
ter Not the slightest premonitory
symptom of peritonitis appeared and
the fresh hope born with the morn
ing grew stionger and stronger as the
day advanced until toward evening
the confidence expressed in the presi
dents recovery seemed almost too san
guine
Dr Charles McBurney the famous
New York surgeon who had been sum
moned in consultation after a thor
ough examination in which he said he
had found not a single unfavorable
symptom joined in the last afternoon
bulletin which declared that the pres
idents condition was satisfactory to all
the physicians present
It is not strange therefore that the
vice president the members of the
cabinet and the other distinguished
visitors who called came away with
lighter hearts and buoyant tread and
gave expression to the most optimistic
sentiments The encouraging news
spread over the exposition city with
great rapiditj and thousands came in
carriages in street cars and afoot to
learn for themselves of the faith and
confidence that existed about the Mil
burn house The brightness of the
day with its cool bracing atmosphere
only added to the generai cheerfulness
and when a score of newsboys darted
into the crowd about 6 oclock shout
ing Extra The president will live
it was with difficulty that they could
suppress the shouts of thanksgiving
that rose in their throats
And yet despite all this optimism
the president is by no means out of
danger Not one of his physicians
not one of his advisers who is admitted
to the inner councils has the temerity
to declare that he is But if he con
tinues to improve for one more day
the danger of peritonitis which is
most dreaded will have practically dis
appeared Yesterday one of the doc
tors thought forty eight hours would
be the limit of the danger from that
source but his more conservative col
leagues believe that at least twenty
four possibly thirty six from this time
must elapse before the possibility of
peritonitis shall have vanished
That disposed of still other com
plications may arise Blood poisoning
may set in or an abscess form where
the bullet is imbedded in the mus
cles of the back Thus far the ball
which is still in the body gives the
physicians no anxiety But if the
slightest inflammation appears in the
vicinity of the lead it will be imme
diately extracted No difficulty is an
ticipated in tnis regard
The following bulletin was issued by
the presidents physicians at 9 p m
The president is restng comfort
ably and there is no special change
since last bulletin Pulse 130 tem
perature 1016 respiration 30
P M RIXEY
MILBURN HOUSE BUFFALO Sept
9 130 a m No additional bulletin
has been issued by the presidents
physicians ami none is expected until
after 3 oclock The condition of the
president is unchanged
First Nourishment Injected
BUFFALO Sept 9 Today noon for
the first time nourishment was admin
istered to the president It was in
liquid form and was injected hypoder
mically to avoid the possibility of irri
tating the walls of the stomach
Chides Emperor for Yielding
LONDON Sept 9 The Berlin corre
spondent of the London Times says
Great surprise is felt here that the
semi official press has not thought it
necessary to give an account of the ne
gotiations at Basel from the German
point of view All the information
about them has come from Chinese
sources The German minister at
kin sticks to the assertion that the de
ay was caused by the protocol not
being signed
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ASSASSIN TELLS KiS STORY
How He Conceived the Terrible Crime of
Shooting the iresldent
BUFFALO Sept 9 The statement
of Leon Czolgosz made to the police
and transcribed and signed by the pris
oner is as follows
I was born in Detroit nearly twenty-nine
years ago My parents were
Russian Poles They came here thirty
four years ago I got my education
in the public schools of Detroit and
then went to Cleveland where I got
work In Cleveland I read books on
socialism and met a great many social
ists I was pretty well known as a
socialist in the west
After being in Cleveland for several
years I went to Chicago where I re
mained seven months after which I
went to work in the Newburg wire
mills
During the last five years I have
had as friends anarchists in Chicago
Cleveland Detroit and other western
cities and I suppose I became more
or less bitter Yes I know I was bit
ter
I never had much luck at anything
and this preyed upon me It made me
morose and envious but what started
the craze to kill was a lecture I heard
some little time ago by Emma Gold
man She was in Cleveland and I and
other anarchists went to hear her She
set me on fire
Her doctrine that all rulers should
be exterminated was what set me to
thinking so that my head nearly split
with the pain Miss Goldmans words
went right through me and when I
left the lecture I had made up my mind
that I would have to do something
heroic for the cause I loved
Eight days ago while I was in Chi
cago I read in a Chicago newspaper
of President McKinleys visit to the
Pan American at Buffalo That day
I bought a ticket for Buffalo and got
here with the determination to do
something but I did not know just
what I thought of shooting the pres
ident but I had not formed a plan
J went to live at 1078 Broadway
which is a saloon and hotel John No
wak a Pole a sort of politician who
has led his people for years owns it I
told Nowak that I came to see the fair
He knew nothing about what was set
ting me crazy I went to the exposi
tion grounds a couple of times a day
On Tuesday night I went to the
fair grounds and was near the gate
when the presidential party arrived I
tried to get near him but the police
forced me back They forced every
one back so the ruler could pass I
was close to the president when he got
into the grounds but was afraid to at
tempt the assassination because there
were so many men in the guard that
watched him I was not afraid of them
or that I should get hurt but afraid
I might be seized and that my chance
would be gone forever
Well he went away that time and
I went home On Wednesday I went
to the grounds and stood right near
the president right under him near the
stand from which he spoke
I thought half a dozen times of
shooting while he was speaking but I
could not get close enough I was
afraid I might miss as the crowd was
always jostling and I was afraid least
my aim fail I waited Wednesday and
the president got into his carriage
again and a lot of men were about
him and formed a cordon that I could
not get through I was tossed about
by the crowd and my spirits were get
ting pretty low I was almost hopeless
that nignt as I went home
Yesterday morning I went again to
the exposition grounds Emma Gold
mans speech was still burning me up
I waited near the central entrance for
the president who was to board his
special from that gate but the police
allowed nobody but the presidents
party to pass where the train waited
sc I stayed at thegrounds all day wait
ing
I first thought of hiding my pistol
under my handkerchief I was afraid
if I had to draw it from my pocket I
would be seen and seized by the guards
I got to the Temple of Music the first
one and waited at the spot where the
reception was to be held
Then he came the president the
ruler and I got in line and tiembled
and trembled until I got right up to
him and then I shot him twice through
my white handkerchief I would have
fired more but I was stunned by a
blow in the face a frightful blow that
knocked me down and then everybody
jumped on me I thought I would be
killed and was depressed at the way
they treated me
Brigands have carried off and Amer
ican lady engaged in missionary work
and a lady companion in the District
of Djumabala Vilayet of Salonika
Bill ro Make It Treason
CUMBERLAND Md Sept 9 In
discussing the attempted assassination
of President McKinley Congressman
George A Perre of Maryland said I
will offer a bill in the next congress
of the United States amending the con
stitution so as to make even an un
successful attempt upon the life of a
president of the United States treason
and the penalty death The man who
strikes at the nations head is a pub
lie enemy
NEBRASKA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Principal Address by Geo t Clothier
of Washington D C
LINCOLN Neb Sept 9 The Ne
braska Park and Forestry association
met here The principal address was
made by George L Clothier of the for
estry bureau Washington D C He
spoke in high praise of Nebraska as a
tree growing state and complimented
the people on their progress He said
they were noted for their Interest in
tree culture Some of the pioneers
commenced forty years ago and had
lived to enjoy a rich reward for their
labors He said the idea that the sand
hills of the west ought to be covered
with an extensive artificial forest orig
inated in the brain of a Nebraska man
If a realization of this idea becomes
possible its accomplishment will de
pend on the push and energy of Ne
braska people
The speaker told of the advantages
of well planned tree culture and de
clared the haste for returns had caused
persons to plant where the trees ruined
young orchards drained wells and cis
terns and caused the snow to drift over
dwellings
The first requisite in the growth of
timber was room in the air for
branches and room in the soil for roots
He deprecated the planting of short
lived trees In the hope of securing a
quick growth people for a quarter of
a century had taken trees from the
river bottoms and placed them on the
prairies where it was 100 feet to water
This accounted for the declining
groves of cottonwoods willows soft
maples and boxelder Rapid growing
trees are generally short lived espe
cially so on high dry land Hack
berry white elm rock or bull pine
Platte red cedar western red cedar bur
oak green ash and red ash In the
south Platte region and east of the
100th meridian he would add the honey
locust With the possible exception of
the oak he said all these trees could be
profitably planted in every county in
the state For the strip along the Mis
souri river he gave a larger list He
told how to plant hedges windbrakes
and groves
BroKen Bow Batik Closed
BROKEN BOW Neb Sept 9 The
Farmers bank of Custer county closed
its doors on an order from E Royse
secretary of the state banking board
The closing of this bank will not af
fect the other banks of the city C E
Ford the president of the Broken Bow
State bank says that instead of a run
being made on his bank the deposits
increased Depositors will probably get
their money
Great Crop of Hay
MERRIMAN Neb Sept 9 More
than one fourth more hay has been put
up in western Cherry county this sea
son than formerly From 500 to 1000
tons are not uncommon amounts put
up by different ranchmen One outfit
has 3000 tons now in stack The dry
hot weather during the last six weeks
has made it possible to have the best
quality of hay
Hangs Himself to Rafter
BLAIR Neb Sept 9 Coroner E C
Pierce was summoned to Admah twen
ty miles north of Blair to view the
body of Lars Jourgenson aged 64
years who had committed suicide by
hanging himself to a rafter in the barn
Despondency over business matters led
him to take his life He was an old
settled in this county
Storm Vforse Than Reported
BENKELMAN Neb Sept 9 Re
ports from the country show the recent
tornado was worse than at first report
ed Farm houses were wrecked and
crops damaged At the J B Reynolds
ranch a number of men who had been
threshing took refuge in the stables
Every building on the place was torn
to pieces and four men were injured
Sugar Beet Campaign
FREMONT Neb Sept 9 The su
gar beet campaign will commence to
day and it is said that the crop is
very satisfactory to both the growers
and the factory The tonnage will be
rather low but the sugar content is
extraordinarily high ranging from 15
to 19 per cent of sugar
Attorney Gen Knox Dumb
PITTSBURG Pa Sept 7 When
informed of the shooting of President
McKinley Attorney General Knox
said I cannot imagine how any liv
ing creature could harbor such a
thought as to take the life of the
president I am so bhocked at
awful news that I cannot talk
ther
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Retail Grocers Organize
NEBRASKA CITY Neb Sept 9
The retail grocers of the city have
formed an organizations and will go
in a body to Omaha on the 19th to
join the state organization which will
be formed there at that time
Must Answer for Misdeeds
LINCOLN Neb Sept 9 Governor
Savage has authorized the return of
Eldrege Gerry from Nebraska City to
Leavenworth Kan where he is want
ed to answer to the charge of bigamy
GENERALLY RAIN IS NEEDED
Some of the Western Counties However
Have a SnQlclency
LINCOLN Sept 7 G A Loveland
Nebraska section director of the gov
ernment weather and crop service
makes the following report The
weather has been warm with light
showers In the eastern counties and
heavy rains in western counties Tho
daily mean temperature has averaged
5 degrees above normal in eastern
counties and 7 degrees in western
Only light showers occurred in the
central and eastern counties but
heavy rain fell in the western coun
ties
The dry weather has been unfavor
able for corn and the late planted is
now in need of more rain considera
ble corn has been cut for fodder Fall
plowing has progressed but slowly in
most counties as the soil is too dry
to work well however in some local
ities considerable plowing has been
done in the southwestern counties
the ground was placed in good condi
tion for plowing by the rains at the
end of the week Reports indicate
that the acreage sown to winter wheat
will be large
MAY PACE MURDER CHARGE
Indian Brothers Jsavagely Attack One of
Their Tribe
PENDER Neb Sept 7 John and
William Walk two Omaha Indians
brothers who have the reputation of
being very quarrelsome and ugly made
an assault on Little Deer another
Omaha Indian at his home near the
Omaha agency in this county and with
a long willow pole having several
nails in the end of it beat their vic
tim into insensibility His head eyes
and face were bruised and lacerated
in a horrible manner and probably his
skull is fractured The doctor who is
attending the injured man thinks it
doubtful if he will recover and should
he not the assailants will no doubt
be tried for murder They were intox
icated it is charged on whisky ob
tained at Whiting Iowa and it was
while on their way home that they
committed the crime Sheriff Daley of
this county arrested and brought them
to this place
PROHIBITIONISTS 0E NEBRASKA
They Meet in State Convention and No in
nate a Ticket
LINCOLN Sept 7 Prohibitionists
of Nebraska met in state convention
and nominated candidates for judge of
the supreme court and regents of the
University of Nebraska Over ISO
delegates attended representing twenty-two
counties and an accredited
membership of 375 All nominations
were made by acclamation and were as
follows
For judge of the supreme court
W Bert Clark Ashland
For regents Mrs S M Walker
Lincoln and A M Dihvorth Johnson
county
Mr Clark is an attorney and an old
resident of Saunders county Mrs
Walker is president of the Womans
Christian Temperance union of Ne
braska Mr Dilworth is prominent in
southeastern Nebraska as a temperance
worker and for many years as a lead
ing spirit in the state prohibition or
ganization
State Bays Otoe Connty Bonds
LINCOLN Sept 7 State Treasurer
Stuefer bought 44000 of Otoe county
refunding bonds for the permanent
school fund They will produce a rev
enue of 3 per cent Treasurer Stue
fer was offered these bonds two weks
ago but delayed purchasing them un
til he could get an opinion from the
attorney general as to their legality
The issue was made under judgment
of the United States circuit court
Fatal Lump Explosion
FAIRFIELD Neb Sept 7 Mrs
Henry Hall was killed and her daugh
ter Mrs Rose Preston and a 2-year-old
son of Jacob Morris were so badly
burned by the explosion of a gasoline
lamp in the Unique restaurant that
their recovery is doubtful
Kxpenses of Institutions
LINCOLN Sept 7 The state board
of purchase and supplies met and ap
proved the estimates of expenses of
the various state institutions for the
ensuing year The total amount has
not been determined
Ho eg Bring High Irices
WYMORE Neb Sept 7 Charlie
Lister a tarmer residing six miles east
of town in Island Grove township
brought two hogs to market here that
netted him 56210 The hogs were one
year old in July and the two weighed
1035 pounds
Snake Sleeps In Girls Lap
PLATTSMOUTH Neb Sept 7
Helen the daughter of Sam
Garland a fisherman who lives on an
island south of this city mysteriously
disappeared from home After several
hours search In the vicinity by the
father and neighbors they finally
found the little one asleep in a hollow
log with a snake curled up in her lap
The log doubtless was the abode of
snakes as the men killed ten of the
j big reptiles while rescuing the child
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Schmidt Champion BIfle 8hot
Private Schmidt of Company D
Fourteenth United Stpte infantry now
camped at the rifle range near Mount
Clemens Mich made a score at shoot
ing at 600 yards that the broke the
record of the whole army The target
wnB a dummy man Nineteen out of
twenty of his shots took effect any
of which would have caused Instant
death In a living man while the twen
tieth shot would have inflicted a seri
ous or fatal wound Schmidts achieve
ment is said to be not only unparal
leled in United State arm rifle shoot
ing records but also without precedent
Another New Ocean Flyer
Another new ocean greyhound will
soon start on her maiden trip to New
York and great things are expected
of her The vessel is the Kronprini
Wllhelm and is owned by the North
German Lloyd line She will leave
Bremen on September 17 and there
will be many bets laid as to when she
will reach her American dock The
Norther German Lloyd company sets
the date for September 24 but they
secretly hope that she will reach hero
before that time and there are many
to wager that she will The Kronprinz
Wilhelm while built as a sister ship
to the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is
ten feet longer and varies also in other
proportions which count for speed It
is expected that the Kronprinz Wil
helm will beat the time of the Deutsch
land of the Hamburg American line
which now holds the record across tho
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One for the Silly Season
Professor Gautier a member of the
Institut de France has propounded a
theory on the subject of perpetual
youth In isolating the bacteria of
physical fatigue he has found he says
that it is a poison strongly resembling
ptomaine poison in nature From this
he argues that fatigue can by the use
of disinfectants be avoided like any
other poison and consequently man
need not weaken or age
Conldnt Wear Shoes
Sumpter 111 Sept 9th Mrs J B
Flanigan of this place had suffered
with dropsy for fifteen years She was
so very bad that for the last three
years she has not been able to wear
her shoes She had doctored all the
time but was gradually getting worse
Last winter Mr Flanigan who was
very much discouraged called for
some medicine at Mr J J Dales drug
store in Carmi Mr Dale persuaded
him to have his wife try Dodds Kid
ney Pills and he bought six boxes His
wife used five out of the six before
she was entirely cured She is now as
sound and well as ever she was com
pletely restored to health and free
from any symptom whatever of
dropsy
To say that Mrs Flanigan is pleased
at her wonderful deliverance does not
half express her feelings and she and
Mr Flanigan are loud in their praises
of Dodds Kidney Pills and of Mr
Dale for recommending this wonderful
remedy to them r
The fact that Dodds Kidney Pills
cured Mrs Flanigan of such a severe
case of dropsy after the doctors had
given her up has made them the most
talked of remedy ever known in White
county
Greatest Codfish Catch
What is reputed to be the largest
catch of codfish in the Pacific waters
is credited to the crew of the barken
tine Fremont which arrived at San
Francisco last week with 177000 of the
fish stored away Most of the catch
was in Bering sea
PAINT RISKS
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this paint at any time either now in
painting- or after in the wearing tell
roar dealer about it We authorize
him to do what is right about it at
our expense
But do yourself and us the justice
to follow instructions
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