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FAMOUS CASE ENDED
GOVERNMENT BEATEN BY BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Involves the Berliner Patent Com
pany Granted Control of the In
vention Until the Year 1008 by
the United States Supreme Court
The Berliner Patent Case
Through a decision of the United States
supreme court rendered Monday the Bell
Telephone Company won the case brought
against it by the United States to annul
the last Berliner patent This decision has
the effect of continuing the control of the
telephone by the Bell company seventeen
years from the date of the last patent
granted in 1891
The governmentasked to have the patent
set aside on the ground that a delay of
thirteen years in the patent office was
fraudulent and through the fault of the
telephone company in collusion with
patent officers The court in an opinion
delivered by Justice Brewer held that
there was no evidence of corruption or un
due influence exercised over the pat
ent office by the telephone company
and that no evidence of delay in
granting the patent was brought about
by the company Justice Harlan dis
sented and Justices Gray and Brown took
no part in the case presumably because
they were interested It is claimed the
Berliner patent practically controls the
telephone covering both the receipt and
transmission of sound
FOOD SCARCE IN HAVANA
Weylers Reports More Colored as
the Situation Grows Worse
A New York Heralds Havana dispatch
says There is grim humor in the official
announcements as to the state of the insur
rection and the outlook which causes a
sneer in Havana where food is scarce and
sound money scarcer As the situation
grows worse at every point the palace re
iports become more rose colored For in
stance for a centen which is worth 580 in
Spanish gold one may get an equivalent of
1130 in paper money today in Havana
During the ten years war the centen was
worth 13 in paper and no one doubts that
the billets will reach or pass that point
again Two months ago the centen was
worth 850 in paper and then there was
less talk of pacification and reforms than
now
Gen Weyler is in Santa Clara again and
his arrival there does not well accord with
the announcement that he has made so re
cently that the province was pacified It
may be that he has heard the same rumor
which reached Havana and which was to
the effect that Sagua La Grande is
threatened by the concentration of several
thousand insurgents in the hills there and
an attack is evidently mediated
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS ILLEGAL
Court Holds that Religious Instruc
tion Violates the Constitution
Judge Carpenter of Detroit Mich
granted a mandamus upon the relation of
Conrad Pfeiffer for the board of education
to show cause why the reading of the Bible
should be further continued in the public
schools A book entitled Readings from
the Bible was introduced in the public
schools by the board The court declared
that constituted religious instruction and
that the petitioner as a taxpayer was
clearly compelled to aid in supporting the
instructor
In conclusion Judge Carpenter said
Our constitutional provisions respecting
religious liberty mean precisely what they
declare They forbid any legislative au
thority compelling a person to pay taxes
for the support of a teacher of religion or
diminishing or enlarging the civil rights
of any person on account of his religious
belief
Rumored Collapse of a Pool
The rumor is prevalent that the beam
pool has collapsed though the manufac
turers of the product at Pittsburg Pa will
not discuss the matter It was composed
of the Carnegie Steel Company the Lacka
wanna Steel Company the Illinois Steel
Company the Shenango Steel Company
and Jones Laughlins It is said that
within a week prices have dropped from
155 per pound to 95 cents
California Capitalist Asphyxiated
William Bramwell Carr a capitalist
mine and land owner and at one time a
political leader of California was found
dead in bed at his residence in San Fran
cisco by his wife His death was evidently
due to accidental asphyxiation
Mrs Cyrus Fillmore Dead
Mrs Cyrus Fillmore widow of the
brother of ex President Millard Fillmore
fell from the porch of her daughters resi
dence in Sturgis Mich Sunday and died
shortly after from concussion of the brain
Sultans Claims
A dispatch from Constantinople says
Turkey will certainly claim a fair allow
ance of the rights of a victor and in this
claim she will be supported by Russia and
Germany L
Avalanche in India
A British officer and thirty coolies were
killed by an avalanche at Simla India
t
Monday morning
Tells Story of Bribery
The greatest sensation that has developed
go far in connection with what is known as
the Humphrey bills extending street car
franchises fifty years was created at
Springfield 111 by a reported attempt to
bribe the committee clerk who was mis
taken for a member of the house
Ex Bank Examiner Indicted
The grand jury has indicted ex Bank
Examiner G R Hayden for failing to re
porton Ihe condition of the Globe Savings
Bank of Chicago for ovv two months after
ibe knew It to be insolvent
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ENGLISH PRESS VERY BITTER
Comment on the Rejection of the
Arbitration Treaty
The London paper are bitter at the re
jection of the arbitration treaty by the
United States senate The St James Ga
zette publishes a long article headed Free
Trade and Brotherly Love in which it
says Great Britain has removed every
hampering tariff and thousands of square
miles of American territory scores of its
cities and millions of its citizens thrive
by virtue of the English market Yet the
senate committee has piled up the most
vexatious and impenetrable wall of tariffs
any nation ever formed against another
while the senate has decided against a per
manent machinery for the peacable settle
ment of the disputes The much abused
diplomats were advised that the treaty
would b accepted but the politicians pre
ferred to listen to the counsels of an ex
convict and sworn enemy of England who
having taken the oath of allegiance to the
queen spends his vacation in Washington
advising the senators to hope and work
patiently for an opportunity to twist the
British lions tail We rejoice at the new
Canadian tariff for many reasons not the
least of which that it restores to us a
weapon with which to fight our rivals in
the future Free imports at any price de
prived us of that weapon
CLOSE OF THE TURNFEST
JLaural Wreaths Bestowed on Victors
in Athletic Games
The twenty seventh national festival of
the North American Gymnastic Union or
Turnerbund close a most successful meet
ing at St Louis Sunday and prizes were
awarded to the visitors Like those given
by King George of Greece to the successful
competitors in the Olympian games at
Athens last year the prizes consisted of
laurel wreaths It had been expected to
make Sunday the banner day of the festi
val but the wet weather caused a curtail
ment of the program The mass exercises
had to be abandoned but the competitors
in field sports groups 1 and 2 were able to
finish The great work of computing the
results of the many contests kept a corps
of ten men busy night and day from the
beginning of the contests until late Sunday
evening
ILLINOIS OFFICIAL INDICTED
Grain Inspector Andrews Accused
of Embezzlement
The grand jury at Chicago on the 8th re
turned seven indictments against Dwight
W Andrews state grain inspector and
Benjamin F Jenkins cashier of the state
grain inspectors office Both are accused
of embezzling slate funds
Andrews is accused of embezzling a total
of 11450 and his bonds are fixed at 9500
Jenkins is charged with embezzling 3200
He is accused of having been accessory in
all the charges against Andrews and his
bonds are fixed at 9000
Andrews is said to be at Owatonna
Minn and Jenkins was said to be in Jop
lin Mo but the states attorney received
information to the effect that Jenkins was
in Chicago in hiding and deputy sheriffs
went in search of him but no trace has
been found of him
Estimated Sugar Duty
The Republican members of the senate
finance committee have furnished the Dem
ocratic members of the committee rough
estimates of the revenue to be derived from
the tariff bill as prepared by them and
compared with the house bill and the Mc
Kinley and Wilson laws A rough calcu
lation given on the importation of sugar
indicaies a probable total of about 90000
090 of duty compared with a probable
total of about 50000000 as provided by the
house bill
Test of Armor Plate
The government test at the Bethlehem
Pa Iron Companys proving ground of
ten inch plate representing side armors
for the cruisers Kearsarge and Kentucky
was successful in every respect The pen
etration projectile entered only three inches
and then shattered while the cracking
shot failed to make a single crack The
test although severe was a triumph for
the company andthe en tire group of plates
was accepted by the government
Carriagemakers Fail
B Yandeville Co large carriage man
ufacturers of New Haven Conn have
made an assignment Losses through a
trusted employe and business depression
are given as the cause
Virginia Banker Suicides
N W Nelson president of the Metro
politan Bank of Richmond Vawas found
dead in his bed room with the gas turned
on It is supposed he suicided as the re
sult of sickness
Oregon Bank Closed
The Dalles National Bank at Dalles
Ore was closed on the 8th by Bank Ex
aminer Charles Clary No statement of
assets and liabilities has yet been made
Weekly Bank Statement
The weekly bank statement shows a re
serve decrease of 4822000 The banks
now hold 54096000 in excess of the legal
requirements
Condition of the Treasury
Saturdays statement of the condition of
the treasury shows Available cash bal
ance 232187896 gold reserve 148887
825
The socialists of Leek Staffordshire
England have purchased an old quaker
meetinghouse and turned it Into a labor
church The edifice is two centuries
old and stands in a well tufted in
closure surrounded by tall old trees
where open air meetings will be held in
summer
Shrews are small and plucky swift
movers many of them excellent swim
mers Some live almost entirely in the
water and others on land the latter
preferring damp shady spots In the
forest the enns rays being fatal to
them
Chicago bus extended a cordial greet
ing to the promoters of the Transmis
sissippi exposition It cannot be a long
time distant when the whole country
will be showing them the same cordial
ity by visiting the exposition Denver
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IN MID OCEAN
NASHVILLES FAIR
FIRE
Victims Wore in the Steerage and
When the Fire Was Discovered All
Escape Was Cut Off Desperate but
Unavailing Efforts to Save Them
Sixteen Liives Are Lost
The Mallory line steamer Leona which
left New York on Saturday bound for Gal
veston took fire at sea- put back and ar
rived in port Sunday night with sixteen
corpses on board The dead were thirteen
steerage passengers and three members of
the crew who succumbed to a terrible fire
which occurred off the Delaware capes at
an early hour Sunday morning Those
who are dead were penned up below the
decks and although frantic efforts were
made by the officers of the vessel to save
them the fire had gained such terrific
headway before the danger was discovered
that all escape was cut off The steamer
carried in her cargo many bales of cotton
It is not certain how the fire originated but
when it was discovered it burst forth with
such fury that it was impossible to reach
the steerage Even then the steerage pas
sengers apparently were unmindful of the
danger else the smoke and flames had
not reached them The saloon passengers
were first aroused and in such a manner as
to cause little alarm When it became
apparent that the fire had cut off the steer
age the captain and his men poured great
quantities of water down the ventilators
and the most frantic efforts were
made for those penned up In this way
eight of the steerage passengers made their
escape The passengers were all trans
ferred to the City of Augusta in safety and
the work of fighting the fire was continued
About 9 oclock in the morning the flames
were under control and the steamer out of
danger The passengers were sent back
to thesteamer Leona and the City of Au
gusta continued on her way to Savannah
The Leona put about and returned to port
under her own steam
ATLANTAS MILITARY SCANDAL
Capt Romeyn Will Get Off with a
Reprimand
Capt Henry Romeyn of Atlanta Ga
will not be fully acquitted by the court
martial which set on his case a week ago
He will receive a reprimand for unsoldierly
and ungentlemanly conduct for his be
havior on the parade ground in knocking
down Lieut OBrien The courtmartial
practically vindicates him on the other
charges holding that current criti
cisms of Mrs OBriens conduct
were such as to justify the
strictures he passed on it The mem
bers of the court martial were practicaily
agreed before the conclusion of the session
as to the verdict but hesitated over what
terms to employ in expressing it They
felt that leniency was due the accused for
his loyal service to the country extending
over a period of thirty four years and now
that he is to retire in four weeks they did
not wish to cast any more serious reflection
on his fair record than this
Total Attendance of 78500 for the
First Week
The first seven days of the centennial
exposition showed an attendance of 47500
Saturday the eighth day more than sur
passed all expectations Twenty six
thousand admissions were registered
during the day and night several thou
sand more than attended on the opening
day making a total so far of 73500 who
have attended although the government
building is not open to visitors and the
pictures in the parthenon were not all in
place Thus far no accident or injury
has occurred within the exposition grounds
and the second week bids fair to open most
auspiciously
FIVE DEAD AND FIVE DYING
Drank Water from a Stream Which
Had Been Poisoned
Someone put poison in Ball Creek spring
Pikeville Ky and as a result five persons
are dead and five more are dying from
drinking water from the spring Ambrose
Frees son a boy a farm hand a peddler
named Moss and Annie Low a colored
woman are dead
Flattering Accounts of Crops
The traffic officials of the western and
northwestern roads declare that they are
receiving the most flattering accounts of
the crop conditions in Iowa Nebraska
Kansas Minnesota and the Dakotas They
say that the reports of their agents are to
the effect that not in any recent year have
the conditions been so favorable and they
are looking for a large business in the fall
This is largely counting the crop before it
is in the ground but themajority of the
reports from railway agents are of so san
guine a nature that the roads are feeling
very cheerful over the propects ahead of
them
Another Tin Plate Mill Opened
The American Tin Plate Company has
started another mill at its plant at Elwood
Ind and this makes seventeen in full op
eration Additional men were furnished
employment and the outlook is good for a
further increase The work on the big
steel plant is progressing finely and it will
be completed July 1 when it will be
started with 800 men
Eaten by the Natives
According to private advices F M B
Lychtenburg the son of a prominent and
wealthy London family and an ex-missionary
whose name is not known who
went to the Santa Cruz Islands to trade
have been killed aiid eaten by tha natives
A number of papers of interest to
Methodists havt been discovered Jn
two boxes at the Wesleyan Conference
office in London Among them are forty-four
letters of John Wesley to his
brother Charles and eighty by Selina
Countess of Huntingdon the founder
of the sect known as the Countess of
Huntingdon Connection written to
Charles Wesley
PROFIT BY TARIFF TIPS
Senators Said to Have Made Large
Sums in Sugar Stocks
A Washington special says Monday
last a certain stock broker in this city filled
an order for 9000 shares of sugar stock in
Wall Street His customers were three
United States senators In filling this
order the broker began buying at 113
and bought up to 115 Tuesday tins deal
was closed out at from 117 to 118 The
profit on the transaction was about 30000
This is what one broker did How much
stock was handled by other brokers here
and in New York for senatorial account
no one knows
It is pretty well understood that senators
who were able to get inside information
concerning the sugar schedule in the
finance committee revision have been buy
ing in Wall Street for a week or more
They were speculating on a sure thing
There is a great deal of gossip about the
senatorial investments in sugar but it is
not considered probable the senate will
order an investigation
not care for any more
investigations
The senate does
sugar speculation
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
A Better Demand for Staples at Va
vious Points
Bradstreets says Favorable business
features this week include the continued
decline of water in flooded districts of the
Mississippi Eiver valley in a portion of
which planting has begun better demand
for staples at Baltimore St Louis Omaha
Milwaukee St Paul and Sioux Falls
larger sales of iron ore to western furnaces
and a revival of activity among country
merchants in some central western states
Cool weather west has checked the retail
demand and complaints are received from
wholesale dealers in boots clothing and
dry goods Low temperature has retarded
the growth of cotton and corn in Texas
and in Kentucky the leaf tobacco crop will
be short
Exports of wheat from both coasts of
the United States and Canada this week
flour included as wheat amount to 1799
322 bushels as compared with 1882000
bushels in the week a year ago Exports
of Indian corn amount to 8127781 bushels
this week compared with 1891000 bushels
in the week a year ago
MASSACRE IN EPIRUS
Greek Non Combatants Slaughtered
by Turks
A special from Athens says Colonel
Manos wires from Arta that the Turks
have begun a wholesale massacre of the
inhabitants in the interior of Epirus
Almost all of the inhabitants of the village
of Kanvarina have been murdered a few
only escaping to the mountains From
other parts women are arriving at Arta in
the most miserable condition begging for
protection for their husbands and children
who are being murdered by the enraged
Turkish troops Many of these poor crea
tures have gone mad Some are unable to
articulate a single word others relate un
speakable atrocities
A Wisconsin Butchery
A double and what may yet prove a
quadruple murder occurred at the farm
home of Alexander Harris who resided in
the southeastern corner of the township of
Waukesha Wis early Saturday morning
the victims being Harris his wife hired
girl and hired man The crime was com
mitted it is supposed by a farm hand
named William Pouch who had been shel
tered by the farmer over night
Kansas Orators Victorious
The third annual debate between the
state universities of Kansas and Nebraska
was held at Lawrence Kan Saturday
night in the university auditorium Kan
sas which was represented by Fred Wood
C M Sharp and W C Coleman was vic
torious The subject was Should it Be
the Policy of the United States to Extend
Her Dominions Kansas had the
tive
Princeton Defeats Yale
By the unanimous official opinion of the
judges Princeton won the annual debate
held with Yale in New Haven Conn The
subject was Resolved That the Power
of the Speaker of the United States House
of Representatives Is Detrimental to Pub
lic Interest Yale spoke for the affirnii
ative and Princeton for the negative
3 MARKET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 200
to 500 wheat No 2 red 71c to 72c
corn No 2 23c to 25c oats No 2 16c
to 18c rye No 2 32c to 33c butter
choice creamery 14c to 16c eggs fresh
8c to 9c potatoes ner bushel 20c to
30c broom corn common growth to choice
green hurl 35 to 70 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 88c to 90c corn No 2
white 26c to 27c oats No 2 white 21e
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 96c to 97e corn No 2
yellow 21c to 22c oats No 2 white 19c
to 20c rye No 2 32c to 34c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hoga
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 90c to 92c corn No 2
mixed 26c to 27c oats No 2 mixed 21c
to 22c rye No 2 37c to 39c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 200 to 475
wheat No 2 red 88c to 90c corn No 2
yellow 23c to 24c oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c rye 35c to 37c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 91c to 93c
corn No 2 mixed 24c to 25c oats No
2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 34c to 36c
clover seed 430 to 435
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 72c
to 74c corn No 3 23c to 24c oats No
2 white 21c to 23c barley No 2 30c to
33c rye No 1 35c to 37c pork mess
825 to 875
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 89c to 92c corn No 2
yellow 29c to 80c oats No 2 white 24c
to 26c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 475 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 red 79c to 80c corn No 2
29c to 31c oats No 2 white 22c to 23c
butter creamery 13c to 18c eggs West
ern 0c to lie
STATE OE NEBEASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Omaha National to Be Sued by the
State for 201884 Alleged to
Have Been Illegally Paid Bartley
on the Sinking Fund Warrants
Nebraska Treasury Case
The Omaha National Bank is to be sued
by the state of Nebraska for the sum of
20188405 this being the amount of money
paid by the state to ex Treasurer Bartley
on the now celebrated sinking fund war
rants Up to March 20 of the present year
it was popularly supposed that Bartleys
trouble was due entirely to the weakened
condition of Nebraska banks with which he
had deposited public funds Bartley evaded
a prompt settlement with his successor on
the plea that if he drew his funds from
the banks in which they were deposited
the banks would be forced to suspend
Then it was discovered that the defaulting
officer had sold to the Chemical National
Bank of New York through the Omaha
National a warrant for 200000 and made
no record of the transaction and he was at
once arrested Attorney General Smyth
contends on the part of the state that the
warrant was illegally drawn that it bore
an -illegal rate of interest and that the
Omaha National Bank had no right to pay
it out of funds belonging to the state even
though a check for the amount bearing
Bartley3 signature was duly presented
The case is one of the most important ever
filed in the history of Nebraska and is
bound to create a stir in legal circles
Fight Over Issuing Licenses
At a special meeting of the Tekamah
city council a resolution was passed in
structing the mayor and city clerk not to
sign licenses for either saloon or billiard
halls and also instructing the chief of
police to arrest anyone running either
after the 4th of May The city clerk had
already accepted money for a license for a
billiard hall and a mandamus was issued
by Judge Dickinson at Omaha instructing
the mayor and clerk to issue said billiard
hall license or show cause why not by Sat
urday May 8 No license has been issued
and the city council will fight the case
Woman Dragged by a Cow
Kate Hoel was dragged around a pasture
and seriously injured by a cow near Exeter
She had taken it to some vacant lots op
posite her residence and was in the act of
driving the lariat pin in the ground when
the cow took a notion to take a spin
around the lots A loop in the rope caught
one of Mrs Hoels feet and she was thrown
to the ground and dragged for some dis
tance before any of the neighbors could
come to her assistance and stop the cow
which was making for the railroad Mrs
Hoel was badly bruised and shaken up and
will feel the eifects for several days
Girl Dragged Into a Wire Fence
A shocking accident happened to Miss
Hilda Rundquist near Oakland She went
out to get a team of horses grazing near a
wire fence The horses became frghtened
at some barking dogs and ran through the
wire fence dragging the girl and winding
her all up in the wire When found she
was badly lacerated and had hardly a ves
tige oi clothing left upon her She was in
a faint from loss of blood Her right arm
was amputated at the elbow There are
some hopes of her recovery
Prisoner Wants to Write a Book
William L Lee who is now serving a
three year sentence at the state peniten
tiary lor trying to kill a York man is con
templating writing a book Owing to the
stringent rule forbidding prisoners to use
pencils or pens he is prevented from doing
so at present but will probably finish it
when released nis good behavior will
shorten his term of imprisonment and he
looks forward to the time when he can be
set at liberty
Leg Cut Off by a Freight Train
A young man giving his name as Charles
Byfield and his home at McCook had his
right leg crushed from his foot to the knee
wnue trying to board a moving freight
uaiii near me union racinc stock yards at
Kearney He is a young man about 19
years of age and was beating his way from
Grand Island to North Platte He was
immediately taken to the hospital and his
leg amputated above the knee
Promoters from Four States
The Interstate Land Association with
150 delegates from Nebraska Iowa Illi
nois and Indiana held a two days conven
tion at Omaha last week The association
organized in Chicago last year for the pur
pose of procuring investment for capital
in the creation and development of lawful
enterprises m the state of Nebraska and
elsewhere
Ijeave a Happy Home
Much surprise was caused at West Point
by the announcement that Annie and Kate
Hunker had left for Lafayette Ind to
enter a convent there These two girls
have left a luxurious home wealthy
parents and all that goes to make life
pleasant for a career of self denial
Hog Goes Raving Mad
One of the hogs belonging to Lewey
Steige that was bitten by the mad dog
that passed through Fairmont last week
went raving mad When not in a fit he
bites anything within reach attacking the
sides of the pen and all the time making a
noise like the bark of a dog
Black Bass in Lake Quinnebaug
The first catch of black bass of the sea
son at Lake Quinnebaug wa3 made last
week by EdLattaof Tekamah who caught
a nice string among them some large ones
the largest weighing six pounds
Fell Beneath a Train
Harry Sine aged 17 claiming Fairmont
W Va as his home fell beneath a freight
train near North Platte He lost his right
leg at the knee and died four hours later
Thieves in a Meat Market
Thieves entered the meat market at
gairmont and robbed the money drawer of
250 and took a large ham and a little
other meat
Fanner Dragged by a Cow
Charles Woodruif a farmer living near
Nebraska City suffered injuries the other
day from which he may never entirely re
cover He was leading a cow by a long
rope in which he became entangled The
animal took fright and dragged him
furiously for some distance His hip was
dislocated and his body covered with
bruises
Cuts Off Two Fingers
A G Johnson of Oakland lost the ends
of two fingers of the right hand by run
ning them into a planing machine
DR GOODMANSON GUILTY
Pender Physician Convicted f
Poisoning His Wife -A
The jury in the Goodmansoa case on
trial at Ponca returned a verdict of guilty
Tho decision was reached on the first bal
lot This means life imprisonment for Dr
Goodmanson The judges charge lasted
about a half hour and thoroughly covered
all the evidence He dwelt at length on
the testimony of Harry G Reader and Mrs
Mary Jones witnesses for the defense his
remarks tending to cast a doubt on their
reliability
Dr Goodmanson was charged with the
murder of his wife by administering poison
last summer in his office at Pender Good
manson who is a dentist formerly prac
ticed dentistry at Tiskilwa 111 where he
won the heart of Laura Toder daughter of
of one of the most prominent families of
the county and who was possessed of a
considerable sum of money in her own
right Last August she died very suddenly
in his office and the body was hastily sent
to Tiskilwa 111 for interment It was
disinterred and a post mortem held The
stomach was subjected to a chemical analy
sis and it resulted in Goodmansons arrest
and conviction
DEAD MAN ON THE TRACK
Clothes Are Found by Searchers a
Ouarter of a Mile Away
The crew of the Elkhorn freight Wednes
day found a dead man between Plainview
and Foster He had no clothes on except
his underwear The train was stopped
and it was thought at first that the stranger
was sunniug himself but upon closer in
vestigation it was found that he was dead
They searched for his clothes and found
them about a quarter of a mile from thju
body near a straw stack It is supposed hen
took them off and went wading in the
creek near by Tt is believed his name is
DeWitt and that he lived in Brunswick
Antelope County Some of the men from
Plainview say he was in that town the
evening before in an intoxicated condition
Woman Burned to Death
Mrs Ralph White of Elgin Township
Antelope County was horribly burned the
other day and died in great agony Mrs
White was engaged in burning caterpil
lars nests from the fruit trees using a
kerosene torch The fluid dripped on he
clothing setting it on fire She started ta
the house and got into bed to smother the
flames In passing into the house she had
set fire to the clothing of her little child
and arose to save her babe This she ac
complished at the sacrifice of her own life
When the child was saved she was afraid
the flames had gained such headway as to
endanger the house and she caught up the
bed clothing and rushed out of doors with
Lthe hopes of still smothering the flames
out tne wind fanned them to such fierce
ness that she was fatally burned
Thieves Followed and Whipped
A person who made himself notorious at
Winside last winter returned to the vil
lage recently in company with two stran
gers The three men stole a large basket
of groceries from a wagon standing on the
street and a bridle from a saddle horse
hitched near it They then went out ol
town in a northeasterly direction The
groceries were the property of the Lucas
boys who are noted for their courage and
decision The bridle belonged to Perry
Boorman and he together with the Lucas
boys found out the way the thieves had
taken ank followed in swift pursuit They
overtook the robbers about four miles from
town and although they were of equal
numuers tne avengers gave them a seve
castigation
More Wheat Land Than Ever
It is the opinion of farmers who have
been in the Yalley County country ever
since its first settlement that never before
was so much land put in to wheat as in the
present season The valley of the North
Loup River on both sides of the stream
is meraiiy covereu with wheat fields and
what is equally as important the grain
seems to be almost without exception a
faultless stand and is developing and cov
ering the ground with surprising rapidity
It may be confidently predicted that with
a fair season the Loup country will break
all former records in the production of
wheat this year
Baby Burned to Death
A sad accident happened at Alma re
cently Two children of C M Fletcher
one 2 and the other 4 years were playing
in a small stable and having in some man
ner secured matches they ignited the straw
on the floor The fire spread very quickly
and the older boy succeeded in escaping
from the stable and ran into the house
calling for help Mrs Fletcher hastened
to rescue her baby but was unable to do
so as the entire building was in flames be
fore she reached it
Friends Suicide Drives Him Insane
A young man by the name of Kasal
aged about 17 has been lodged in th8
county jail at Schujler to await examina
tion by the board of insanity He has
never appeared bright and was so affected
by the suicide of Mr Beran in Maple
Creek several years since that he has grown
worse gradually and was at last considered
a dangerous person to be at large He de
stroys everything within reach and is very
uglyto handle
Nebraska ShortNotes
creamery is soon to be started at
Rogers
Papillion is agitating the question ol
building water works
Kearney County sent two carloads of
corn to the India famine sufferers
A buffalo fish weighing twenty five
pounds was caught recently at David City
Two Antelope County people had a law
suit over the value of a violin bow
The dam of the Beaver City mills was
washed out by the high water
Four thousand eight hundred dozen egg3
were shipped from Beaver City last week
McCook merchants report a large num
ber of counterfeit nickels in circulation in
that town
It is reported that the three large cribs of
oorn at Grafton bought by E A Cushing
last fall is nearly all rotted This corn
has stood all winter without a cover Had
roofing been put on early in the fail the
corn no doubt would have kept all right
North Platte people are having good suc
cess snaring fish in a creek near that place
The five creameries in Holt County paid
out to the farmers almost 50000 during the
last year
Reports have It that Richardson County
lost over 80000 worth of bridges in the
late floods
August Garllff of Osmond had his shoul
der dislocated while out
hunting by the re
coil of his gun
Jozie M Richards the 5-year-old 4
Jo3ePh Richards ol
North Platte was bitten Snnv
Jbya rattlesnake and died four hours later
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