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SUCCESSOIl TO
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
ROBERT B GOOD - JiniTOi Pkop
VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
DARING JAIL BREAK
SIX DESPERATE MEN ESCAPE
JAIL AT LOUISVILLE
This Is the Second Jail Delivery in
Louisville Within the Past Year
Seal Commissioners Report Brit
ish Commissioners Concessions
Daring Jail Delivery
Louisville Ky Another daring jail
delivery was perpetrated at the county
jail shortly after 5 oclock Sunday and
six desperate prisoners made their esoape
The delivery was supposed to be a whole
sale one in which every prisoner confined
on the third floor was to get out but the
watchfulness of the turnkeys prevented
the escape of all but six All of the men
were white and were considered desperate
prisoners and who would hesitate at
nothing They gained their liberty by
scraping the mortar from the bricks in
cell No 5 letting the bricks fall into the
interior of the cell and in this manner
they got a hole large enough for them to
elimb through One at a time they made
their way out of the hole and climbed
upon the roof Then by means of a short
lope they let themselves down into a nar
row alley between the wall of the jail
yard and an abutment of the new jail and
escaped This is the second jail delivery
in Louisville within the last year seven
prisoners making their escape on last
Christmas day
Seal Commissioners Report
Washington The expert commis
sion which was appointed by the direction
of Congress to visit the seal islands and
make scientilic inquiry -into the condition
of the seal herds ot the north Pacific and
the Behring Sea has returned to this
country and their report is now nearly
complete awaiting only some figures
showing the catch ot pelagic sealers this
ast season The United Stales commis
sioners were accompanied by a British
commission and pursued their inquiries
in company and frequently compared
notes but they will make independent
Reports to their respective governments
and there can be no joint action On one
point of the utmost importance theTJnited
States and British -commissioners appear
to be in agreement -namely that without
references to the causes which have
hroiight seal herds to their present alarm
ingly depleted condition the further
opetatious of pelargic sealers will prove
disastrous and threaten the extermination
of the seal herds This a most important
concession on the part of the British
Coal for the Warships
Washington U- C According to the
annual report of Commodore Chadwick
chief of naval equipment the warships
last year burned 115103 tons of coal cost
ing 62013138 and of this amount 01741
tons were purchased abroad Commodore
Chadwick says that the bureau in en
deavoring to utilize American coal as
much as possible has made a trial of
placing a cargo of Pocahontas coal at
Honolulu This has been doue at a rate
which allows it to compete successfully
with coal from Canada or Australia
German Royal Weddiug
Bekitn Prince Augusta heir appar
ent to the duchey of Oldenburg was mar
ried at Schwerein on Saturday to the
Juchess Elizabeth sister of the Grand
Duke Frederick Francis of Oldenburg
JSchwerein Prince Augustas former
wife Francis Elizabeth of Prussia died
in August 1893 Emperor William
Prince ilenry of Prussia -the Grand Duke
Vladimir of Itussia and others were pres
ent at the wedding
Conneff in Bad Shape
London The Sporting Life says of
Saturdays two mile run between F E
Bacon the English champion and T P
Conneff the American champion in
which the latter was defeated Conneff
all but fell through thetapeand had toLe
supported down the track He was in a
bent position and it was evident he was
iu severe distress
Killed One of -the Crew
Jacksonville Fla It is slated that
onthe lust trip ot the Dauntless to Cuba
she was fired upon by the Spanish gun
boat Contramaestha ithe shot passing
through the pilot house -of the filibuster
-anti cuttiug one pf her crew in two The
wtotim was buried at sea The man killed
-is said to have been John Wilkinson
Soldier Train Wrecked
Havana Two trains conveying
droops were in collision atthe Guines sta
tion province of Havana It was a rear
eud collision and the last car of the first
train was wrecked Four -soldiers were
killed and a major two captains six
lieutenants and twenty -nine privates in
jorsd
Chinese Japanese Treaty
Pkein The return acceptance by
Japan of the Chinese rendering of the
elaase of the Balkan treaty regarding
Japanese factories in China has been re
ceived Japan is granted Jaiafi concessions
in Tien Tsin Shanghai Han Kow and
Amoy
J
Mother and Children Dirown
Deweb While Andrew his
wife and five children were boating on
Smiths Lakea small body of water within
the southern limits of this city the boat
was by somemeans overturned and Mrs
Spute and her live children wererowned
No Trace of the Bobbers
Kansas Citk Norace of train
bers who held up the Chicago and jfclton
train at Blue Cut has been found The
express officials say the cobbers only got
jewelry of a value of 50 and 50 iassch
from the engineer
Invented the Corn Cob Pipe
Washington Mo Henry Tibbe
wealthy citizen of this city aged 77 years
is dead at his home of pneumonia He
was born at Enschede Holland and emi i
grated to this country in 1867 He was
the inventor and patentee of the now
world famous Missouri Meerschaum
corn cob pipe
Droutfef in South Australia
Adelaide South Australia A drouth
has occurred in the northern part of South
Australia as a r ul of which the harvest
is a total failure A number of farmers
fir destitute
Bradstreets Review
New fonic Bradstreets says Gen
eral trade continues along conservative
lines buyers and sellers preferring to de
fer their business tillafter election Trad
ers are more hopeful as to the outlook for
business later In the year andjtiext spring
IThe reaction in wheat prices after an ad
vance of 22 cents is the natural result of a
desire to realize profits an advance in
rates for money and enormously heavy
receipts of wheat at primary markets
caused by higher prices Comparatively
small stocks of wheat in importing coun
tries a decrease in the worlds total pro
duction of wheat lor two years in succes
sion unexpected shortages in Russia
India Argentine and Australia and only
an average crop iu the United States are
interpreted to mean that the price of
wheat wlil advance further Export of
Indian corn continue heavy Mercantile
collections continue as difficult to make as
heretofore except in a few of the larger
cotton growiug stales and spring wheat
region where rapid marketing of cotton
and wheat has rendered funds more plen
tiful
Riot Over Politics
Eoxnono N C There has been a seri
ous riot in Pierson County The county
candidates spoke at W instead After
conservative speaches by It 13 Bone of
Durham and Col John S Cunningham of
Pierson S P Statterlield candidate for
the house made an incendiary speech to
the negroes and caused them to attack a
white man and as lie defended himself
from the vile epithets they began to strike
him with sticks A general riot ensued be
tween several hundred whites aul col
ored which composed the crowd The
entire difficulty was brought on by the in
flamed minds of the negroes resulting
from the speech of Statterfield A num
ber were badly wounded and blood
flowed freely Several white men were
struck by rocks thrown by negioes and
three seriously hurt Someone lired u
pistol and the negroes fled From what can
be learned a great many negroes were in
jured
Great Street Railway Deal
St Louis A stupendous deal involv
ing a radical change in the proprietorship
and system of operation of one of the
most extensive street railway properties
in the world has been practically com
pleted An American syndicate has it is
said secured control of the famous un
derground railways of London England
The syndicate was formed iu Toronto Can
ada and Ross Mackenzie is at the head of
it Capitalists of New York Philadelphia
and other cities are alo interested and
one of the heaviest investors is stated to
be a well known St Louis man whose
name for the present is withheld The
precise amount of money called for in or
der to capture the British prize has not
been ascertained
Battle with Thieves
Cleveland A pitched battle took
place early Friday morning between a
squad of railroad detectives and freight
car thieves at Coline a wood suburb A
fusillade was exchanged and Michael
Ryan one of the thieves was fatally shot
The officers had watched the gang break
open a car and enter They then sur
rounded the car and demanded that the
men inside surrender This the robbers
refused to do and began shooting which
was promptly responded to by a volley
from the officers The robbers with the
exception of Ryan finally jumped from
the car and ran It is believed several of
their number were wounded
Married Without Knowing- It
Hew Yoke A motion has been made
inttie supreme court for the annulment
jof the marriage of Van Kirkman Druil
liard to Ray Douglas the actress Druil
liard is a member ofan old and wealthy
southern family and is related to the
Kirkmans of Tennessee Druilliard met
Ray Douglas at a Casino party Ray
Douglas alleges that she never knew she
was married until her lawyers learned of
the fact at the bureau of vital statistics
She said that she was in the habit of tak
ing opiates at the time and was doubtless
under the influence of drugs when the
ceremony took place The woman is
wealthy
Spiritualists Finish Work
Washington The closing day of the
national spiritualists meeting was de
voted mainly to a discussion of delegates
reports and the work of societies char
tered by the national association The
eleetion of officers resulted as follows
Harrison D Barrett of Ltlydalo N Y
prerident Mrs Cora L V Riohmond
vice president Frances E Woodbury
secretary George S Clendaniel treas
urer
Cooper Breaks a Record
Memphis Tenn The Memphis coli
seum bicycle races are on The track
bids fair to be one of the fastest in the
country as Tom Cooper smashed a worlds
record Friday night The Detroit boy
went against the worlds un paced quarter-mile
record and succeeded in lowering
it by one fifth of a second His time was
25 2 5 seconds the previous record being
25 3 5 seconds
Suspends a Russian Newspaper
St Petersburg The Grashdanin
Jias been suspended for having published
dispatches which its proprietor Prince
Mostehersky telegraphed from Paris at
the time of the visit of the Czar and Czarina
to the Freneh -capital in the course of
which the prince attacked President
Faure and the array of France
Receipts for Internal Revanue
Washington A comparative state
ment of the receipts from internal reve
enue issued the 21st shows the total re
seipts for September were 12009180 a
very slight gam over September 1893
For the three months ended September
SO 1896 the receipts amounted to 37791
SS7 a gain of 50000
Ex Speaker Crisp Dead
Atlanta Ga Charles F Orisn ev
speaker of the House of Representatives
died here Friday afternoon He suffered
from asthma and later from heart failure
Had he lived he would have been the
next United States Senator from Georgia
Six Thousand Idle
Alscona Pa A notice was posted
at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops the
20th stating that in order to reduce ex
penses jit would be necessary to close the
shops until the 26th The order affects
some 6000 employes
Elected Bishop of Duluth
New Yore Rev oun M Morrison
DD LL D archdeicou of
N Y has beeu elected to the bishopric
of Duluth by the house of bishops of the
Episcopal Church
Treo Thousaisd Made Homeless
St Petersburg The town of Kuroff
fn the government kt Lublin Russian
Poland has been almost totally destioyed
by fire and 5000 persons are made home
less
Sold for 11000
St Louis Theodore Breiienstein one
of the greatest base ball- pitchers in the
history of the national jiame has been
sold by President Chris Von der Ahe of
the St Louis club to th Cincinnati club
for the sum of 510000 Mr Brush is very
desirioiis of winning the National League
pennant next reason His club made a
ureat light for the flag last -season but iis
wcukiivsi in the box killed its chances in
the final struggle with Baltimore and
Cleveland Broitenstein is a St Louis boy
and resides iu North St Louis He grad
uated from the lots in that Fectfou of the
city and had little reputation when he
signed with the Browns live years ago
The sale of Breitenstein to the Cincinnati
club rejoins the Browns old famous bat
tery of Breitenstein and Peilz was
traded to the Reds last Tall with Ehret
in exchange for Murphy Parrott McFar
land and Latham
Butchered by Bushmen
San Fkancisco Details of a massacre
on the Solomon Islands were brought up
from the South Seas by the Oceanic Steam
ship Companys mail steamer Jlonowa
which arrived at this port from Australia
via the Sandwich Islands Thursday Thd
victims of the blood thirsty savages wore
members of a party of Austrians which
had been taken to the islands by the Aus
trian man of war Albatross It was under
the leadership of Henry Baron Foulton
von Norbeck an Austrian soientist who
has visited many groups of islands in
the South Seas and had numerous ex
citing experiences with the natives -While
traveling with an armed guard over the
mountains of the island he was set upon
by bushmen and slain with three others
During the desperate conflict which fol
lowed the assault many ot the party wero
dangeiously wounded
Grover Talks to Students
Princeton X J The exercises in
connection with the 15th anniversary of
the great educational institution located
heie began the 22ud with a procession of
delegates representing institutions of
learning from all over thef world headed
by the President of the United Suites and
Mrs Cleveland to Alexander Hall There
President Ilatten made the formal an
nouncement of the change in the name
horn the College of New Jersey to Prince
ton University and that the endowment
fund had been increased to nearly 1500
000 A large number ot honorary degrees
were then conferred The Piesident
modestly declined the degree of doctor of
laws The principal event of the day
was the address of the President
Battles with a Crowd of Negroes
Chipley Fla J M Criglar mana
ger ot Hagermans lumber mills at Hager
Station quarreled with negro employes
who drove him with revolvers in his office
which he locked and opened lire on the
negroes with a rifle The fire continuing
on both sides for an hour Crigiar es
caped the bullets by dropping to the floor
The negroes were preparing to cremate
Criglar when the Louisville and Nash
ville train arrived but the train crew and
passengers finally drove away the besieg
ers During the battle Criglar killed
Amos Judson and John Alexander and
wounded four others two it is thought
fatally
After Venezuelas Trade
Washington Advices received by
Minister Andrade of Veneznela are to the
effect thai the commission sent by Vene
zuela to Germany has returned after ac
complishing most satisfactoiy arrange
ments which bring about the closest iden
tity of interests between the cwo coun
tries The main features of the arrange
ment are a loan of 10000000 of German
capital to the Venezuelan Government
and the establishment of a German bank
with large capital at Caracas The large
loan come3 from private German sources
but it is felt to be none the less important
in showing the sentiment of the German
Government toward Venezuela
Princeton Celebrates
Princeton N J The formal exer
cises inaugurating the three days cele
bration of the sesquicentennial oftho Col
lege of New Jersey or Princeton as it is
popularly known began the 20th Presi
dent Francis L Patton delivored a power
ful and impressive sermon to an overflow
ing audience This ordinarily staid old
town is crowded wilh visitors from far
and near and special trains are still to
come bearing alumni and their friends
some of whom have chartered sleeping
cars which will be utilized as their quar
ters during the festivities
Sweden to Increase Her Navy
Stockholm Sweden The Govern
ment will apply to the next Riksdag for
credits of 10000000 kroner to build an
ironclad several million kroner to build
torpedo boats and cruisers and 6000000
kroner with which to begin the fortlfica
tion of the Gulf of Bothnia
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 350 wheat No 2 red 72c to 73c
corn No 2 22c to 24c oats No 2 17c
to 18c rye No 2 35c to 37c butter
choice creamery ISc to 20c eggs fresh
17c to 18c potatoes per bushel 18c to
25c broom corn common short to choice
dwarf 35 to 100 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to prime 200 to 325
wheat No 2 74c to 7Gc corn No 2
white 26c to 27c oats No 2 white 18c
to 20c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 wheat No 2 70c to 80c
corn No 2 yellow 22c to 23o oafs
No 2 white 16c to 18c rye No 2 35c
to 37c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 3 50
wheat No 2 80c to 82c corn No 2
mixed 28c to 29c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 20c rye No 2 42c to 44c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 325
wheat No 2 red SOc to 82c corn No 2
yellow 28c to SOc oats N3 2 white 22c
to 23c rye 40c to 41c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 82c to 83c
corn No 2 yellow 24c to 2oc oats No
2 white 19c to 20c rye No 2 40c to 41c
clover seed 545 to 505
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 76c
to 78c corn No 2 25c to 27c oats Io
2 white 19c to 21c barley No 2 35c to
37c rye No 1 38c to 40c pork mess
675 to 725
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 475 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 200 to 325
wheat No 2 red 84c to S5c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white
23c to 25c
Now York Cattle 300 to S500 hoes
300 to 425 sheep 200 to 50
wheat No 2 red 79e to SOc corn No 2
BOc lo 32c oats No 2 white 23c toj He
butter creamery Ific to 21c eggs West
ern 15c to 19cV
OF A ttEEAT STATE
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
William Brown 70 Years of Age
Found in a Pasture on His Farm
Evidently Trampled to Death hy
an Enraged Bull
Killed by an Enrnged Bull
William Brown one of the early set
tlers in Buffalo County was killed by an
enraged bull on his farm near Amherst
He went into the pasture to take out some
of his cattle when the animal attacked
him knocked him down and evidently
trampled him to death as the bull had no
norns and the unfortunate man had re
ceived a great gash in his head and sus
tained numerous other injuries about the
oody Browns body was found by his
wife several hours alter the accident with
lis handkerchief tied around his head
md several feet from where he had evi
ientlyhad the battle with the bull lie
was an old man about 70 years of age
iud greatly respected
SWEPT BY A PBAIKIE FIRE
Large Section Near North Loup
Burns Over
A fierce prairie swept down from the
north on the east side of the Norili Loup
River last week and continued burning
in some localities several days doing con
siderable damage Owing to a high wind
which was blowing at the time and to
the exceptionally heavy crop of grass
which the recent severe frosts had cured
as dry as tinder it was only by ihe most
herculean efforts of the farmers in the
iiver valley that the fire was prevented
from making a clean sweep of the stored
products of the rich valley ranches and
notwithstanding all efforts to the contrary
reports show that much damage was done
in the agricultural districts in the hills
skirting the valley Ordinary fireguards
proved to be of little or no avail in check
ing the fl imes and much hay that was
supposed to be sufficiently guarded was
consumed George 13aker living four
miles east of North Loup was away from
home and found it impossible to reach his
ranch by driving through the tire line
until 2 oclock at night and finally arrived
home only to find that his entire crop of
grain and hay had been destroyed A
bridge on the road between that place and
Greeley Center was also burned So in
tense was the heat where the vegetation
had grown most rank that the soil was
burned to a brick red color and the sur
face of the prairie was littered in places
with the chaired and roasted skeletons of
mice rabbits and other animals
During an attempt to burn out fire
guards on the Milligan ranch a few miles
west of North Loup a prairie fire was
started which ran several miles and de
stroyed a quantity of hay and grain be
longing to A E Grcss Shultz brothers
Herman and John Brennick and several
others
Plot to Ditch a Train
A da stardly conspiracy to wreck the
Burlington flyer in the hopes of killing A
Bissell a passenger in order to secure his
life insurance of 10000 lias been exp Sd
by Frank Mesplay at York who had been
induced to join the plot As a result W
T Lee a well known photographer is
under arrest charged with being the prin
cipal in the proposed crime Mesplay
after being taken into the scheme re
ported to agent Davis and he train dis
patchers along the Burlington route were
hastily notified and also the crew of the
train The train reached York in safety
and shortly thereafter Lee was arrested
Mesplay gave himself up and asked for
protection and later was given his free
dom on his own recognizance The fail
ure of Lee to carry out his plans was due
to Mesplays failure to show up at the
designated time and place
Mesplay will talk but little about the
affair as he has been instructed by the
railroad company to say as little about
it as possible lie did say that he
was to have had 55000 for his services in
wrecking the train and that Lee was to
get the rest He further said Lee and
Bissell were friends and not long since
the former induced Bissell to insure his
life for 10000 in favor of Lee who was
to pay the premium
Exterminate a Den of Snakes
A Yerdridge party rencentiy returned
from a hunting trip through Hoft County
and report having encountered a rattle
snake den near Paddock of unsual pro
portions They slaughtered eighty two
seventy of which were rattlesnakes and
twelve blue racers The den is located in
the broken ground of the bluffs adjacent
to the Niobrara ltiver and old settlers
say the rattlesnakes gather there for miles
around every year to take up winter
quaiters The snakes were out sunning
themselves when encountered and the
parties to the killing say it was a sicken
me sound to hear the rattlers on all sides
Farmers House Burned
The house of J W Talbot three miles
miles northeast of Syracuse was burned
to the ground early on the morning of the
18th It was first noticed when the fam
ily was at breakfast It originated from
a defective flue upstairs The building
was a total loss on which there was StiOO
insurance Guy Talbot son of the owner
was quite badly burned while fighting the
flames He was suffocated by the fire
and smoke so that he fell down stairs un
conscious Yery little personal property
was saved
Receiver for a Defunct Bank
Judge Grimes at North Platte appointed
P B Gavin receiver of the Wallace Stale
Bank which failed a short time ago
Gavin was president of the bank and is
thoroughly conversant with its affairs
The appointment was made on the peti
tion of nearly all the creditors of the
bank The failure was the result of the
banks inability to realize on its securi
ties There is about 7000 of the county
funds tied up in the bank
Burglaries at Lyons
QThe general mere siidise store of M E
Ford the diug store ot Fred E ilield and
the hardware store of J B Thomas at
Lyons were burglarized and a small
quantity of goods and cash taken
Decaturs Pontoon Open
The last plank in the pontoon bridge
tvhich was brought down to Decatnrfrom
Sioux City was nailed on the railing the
other morning The ferryboat there will
either have to tie up at the dock or look
for another place
A Farmers Heavy Loss
The barn sheds hay 1505 bushels of
wheat 1000 bushels of oats and every
thing bat the house on D T Taylors
farm one mile from Hay Springs was
recently consumed by fire Loss about
52503
A SENSATIONAL CHARGE
Says Nebraska Girls are in New
York Dives
A reception was tendered Dr Mann ot
Brooklyn N Y right worthy grand
Good Templar by Lincoln Lodge No 35
at Lincoln on the evening of the 21st
which was largely attended by visiting
officials of the grand lodge of the order
in session there Dr Mann was the last
speaker introduced and made a brief ut
eloquent address in the course of which
he gently roasted certain W C T U so
cieties lor their jealousy of the Good
Templars The first infant lodge of the
order was formed in Syracuse N Y in
1852 after the demise of the parent insti
tution known as the Knights of Jerico
founded by an earnest body of printers
From the three Syracuse lodges the order
spread to every town and hamlet in the
United States and is today the strongest
temperance order on the planet from nu
mercial standpoint Dr Mann then re
lated his investigations of gilded saloons
in New York where apparently respect
able women drank Manhatten cocktails
from china tea cups to disguise the nature
of their tipple and declared that Nebraska
is furnishing some of her most beautiful
young girls to act as waiters and stoo
pigeons in these dives
Free-for-all Fight at a Dance
The village of Cario eight miles nortu
west of Grand Island was the scene of a
lively scrimmage one night receutly At
a dance a man named Mooney is said to
have been intoxicated and Mat Smith
wick is said to have reproved him -There
was immediate contusion and a free-for-all
fight Bill Bond took a lively hand in
the affair and by the aid of a billiard ball
wrapped in a handkerchief made quite a
number of heads sore The fight was
changed from the interior to the street
where Mat Smith wick an employe of the
Taylor sheep ranch was severely cut in
the throat with a jackknife The extern
al jugular vein was cut and Smithwick
almost bled to death Nearly every win
dow of the hall was broken rocks having
been thrown through them while the
party of dancers was eating supper Bond
was discharged from the sheep ranch
some time ago and has since borne a
grudge against the employes of that place
Couturcs Costly Counsel
While the Couiures husband and wire
are lying in the county jail at Lincoln be
cause they did not h tve the money to pay
a fine Fred Woodward son of the prose
cuting atttomey is enjoying his liberty
and exulting over the fact that he holds a
note for 100 secured by a mortgage on
the Coutures interest in the corn and po
tatoes now growing or grown on the
eighty acres of land upon which the fam
ily have been residing
The manner in which Fred Woodward
became connected with the defense in this
case according to the Coutures and the
documents in his possession is reported
to be decidedly peculiar After having
talked with the prosecuting witness and
obtained lrom him all the evidence that
he relied upon to prosecute his case
Woodward then took the defense and at
tempted to defeat justice in order that he
might procure 100 from a family already
on the verge of going to the poor farm
Odd Fellows Elect Officers
The chief features of Thursdays ses
sions of the grand lodge of the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows in session at
the state house in Lincoln were the elec
tion of officers and adoption of resolutions
of respect and sympathy in memory of
Harry Hotchkiss deceased past grand
master The newly elected officers are as
follows Grand master G W Norns
Beaver City deputy grand master Chas
Patterson Omaha warden J E Arnold
Schuyler grand secretary re elected I
P Gage Fremont treasurer re elected
Samuel McClay Lincoln one represent
ative George L Loomis Fremont re
elected
His Shotgun Bluff Too Tame
George Metz who recently escaped from
jail in Fillmore County was arrested at
the home of his parents in Lincoln by
Chief Melick and Officer Dawson When
the officers first put in an appearance at
the house they were confronted by Metzs
father who denied their right to arrest his
son without a warrant but Chief Melick
entered the building and took the young
fellow in charge He was sitting on a
bed with a shotgun across his lap and
started to run a bluff on the chief but it
wouldnt work He was returned to Fill
more County
Pours Hot Water on His Wife
L L Dye a railroader living at jjin
coln amused himself while drunk by
pouring a kettle of hot water on his wife
and afterward beating her to a jelly be
cause she objected to the tempeiature of
her involuntary bath Mrs Dye caused
her husbands arrest and in the police
court he made a noble attempt to explain
his erratic actions but Mrs Dye refused
to withdraw the complaint and the case
went over for future hearing
Defunct Bank Pays a Dividend
Robert Pavne receiver of the old Kear
ney National Bank has issued a notice
stating that a dividend oH3 per cent on
the proved claims against the bank has
been declared by the Comptroller of the
Currenc payable Monday Octobf r 26 to
the claimant in person on presentation of
his receivers certificate This is the tirit
dividend the receiver has declared nd it
is expected now that the depositors will
receive at least 10 er cent of theirclaims
in
Aged Man Crippled for Life
While William Campbell his son-
law who live north of Kearney were
driving down Central Avenue the team
became frightened and ran away Both
men were thrown out and Campbells left
leg was broken near the hip As he is
nearly 70 vears old the doctors say he
will probably be crippled for life Hi
son-in-law escaped with slight injuries
Troubled hy Sneak Thcves
Petty thieving has been going on at De
catur to agreat extent Lately the barber
shop of C M Heath was entered and th1
merchandise store of J G Ashley robbed
The burglars are evidently small class
artists for in both cases articles of a nom
inal value were taken Country folks also
complain of missing locks harness pig
and sheep
Delegates to Beet Convention
President Windham of the Plattsmouth
Board of Trade has selected the following
delegates to represent that organization
at the sugar beet convention to be held at
Grand Island November 17 and 18 Judge
W H Newell Byron Clark Hon Win
Neville Hon J M Patterson and Henry
Gering
Tried to Loot the Bank
Burglars recently attempted to rob the
bank at Douglass but only succeeded in
breaking the lock to the vault in such a
manner that it could not be opened
CHARLES F CRISP DEAD
Ex Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives Passes Away
Charles F Crisp the ex Spenker of the
House of Representatives died at Atlan
ta Ga Friday afternoon Mr Crisp
had been an inmate of the sanitarium of
Dr Holmes for several weeks His con
dition had been reported as very low but
no fatal conclusions to his illness had
been expected so soon When a rumor
got abroad several days ago that he wasi
sinking it was vigorously denied at the
sanitarium where it was given out that
he was getting better Mr Crisp was
the choice of the Democrats of Georgia
to succeed Senator John B Gordon in the
United States Senate and would have
been chosen to that position by the Leg
islature at its approaching session had he
lived
Mr Crisp had been suffering from ma
larial fever The immediate cause of his
death was heart failure Mr Crisp had
been in intense pain all day At about a
quarter of 2 oclock Mr Crisp was seized
with another attack The watchers saw
it nnd Judge Crisps two daughters Mrs
Fred Davenport and Miss Bertha Crisp
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and his two sons Charles F Crisp Jr
nnd Fred Crisp were quickly summoned
When they entered the room Judge Crisp
was still conscious He gave them the
look of recognition breathed a few times
and diod
Mr Crisps death while apparently thus
sudden was not unexpected by the phy
sicians who have been watching him He
had been declining for several years His
last illness however was occasioned by
an attack of malarial fever which he
contracted at his home Americus a few
weeks ago but which itself yielded to
treatment when he went to Atlanta He
was considered convalescent and only
last Sabbath had ridden out But when
renewed health seemed within view he
was attacked by congestion of the lungs
which added to the weakness of the
lungs and heart caused by two previous
attacks of pleuro pneumonia resulted in
his death
Charles Frederick Crisp was born at
Sheffield England Jan 29 1S45 He
was brought to the United States when
a year old and was educated at public
schools of Savannah and Macon Ga He
served in the Confederate army during
the civil war and at its close studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1SGG
He practiced at Ellaville Ga In 1S72
he was appointed solicitor general of the
Southwestern Judicial Circuit of Georgia
and in IS77 became judge of the Superior
Court of the same judicial circuit This
positionhe retained until elected a
sentativefiniConKrePs in 1882
continuously in Congress until the expirajp
tion of the last term He had beoL
Speaker of the House
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TFICT
Emma Offat has won up to date 10
000 in purses
Since Gentry made his record of 20394i
last season he has made a gain of 130i
feet to the mile
Fitzsimmons is under 1000 bail in
New York he having been indicted by the
Grand Jury for arranging to fight to a fin
ish with Jim Corbett
Page the greatest green trotter of the
year has been ten times first three times
second and one third in fourteen starts
His winnings are 4975
How quickly the bloomers passed out
of fashion The short skirt and golf
stockings and pretty ones they are too
are now the vogue among the fair sex
James Michael rode five miles paced
flying start at the Garfield Park cycling
track Chicago Saturday in 920 re
ducing the American record for the dis
tance
Cooper who is matched for a series of
races with Bald for a stake of 1000 and
the championship won forty one races
this season His total winnings this year
foot up to 5620
Yan Zant one of the fastest and best
campaigners of the year was worked
some as a yearling but she was experi
mented on for three years before she be
came properly balanced As a 3-year-old
it is said she would trot a mile in three
minutes
The Baltimore baseball team will make
a short tour of England Arrangements
will be made for a series of games with
all the prominent baseball clubs of the
British empire Lange and Gleason will
take the places of Brodie and Iteitz They
will be billed in England as the Three-Times-Champions
of America
A most remarkable feat was recently
performed by an athlete named Tommy
Burns of London On a wager he was to
dive from the top of London bridge and
then run to Yarmouth a distance of 12S
miles inside twenty four hours He made
the dive but was immediately arrested
by the police He was released on bail
and started on his ran He won the
wager by doing the journey in 23h 40m
Burns has saved forty three lives
Jennings of Baltimore leads the Na
tional League in batting with an average
of 400 closely followed by Keeler Burk
ett and Delehanty Zimmer leadsin catch
ing Lajoie as first baseman McPhee as
second baseman Irwin as third baseman
Dolan as short stop Cooley as left field
er Brodie as center fielder Thompson as
right fielder and Payne as pitcher
Keports from Arkoe Mo state that a
young woman of that place has been ar
rested for the horrible murder of Mrs
John Baumley near that place It is said
that she was in loye with Mr Baumley
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