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PROBE INSURANCE CONCERNS
Wholesale Investigation of Eastern
Companies Is Proposed
A movement is on foot among the insur
ance superintendents of the western states
to join hands in a wholesale investigation
of the financial condition of the various
eastern fire and life insurance companies
gressed to that point that an investigation
is assured Superintendent McNal of the
Kansas insurance department whose fight
on the eastern insurance companies has
brought him into prominence is one of
the prime movers and it was through him
that the information became public The
object is twofold One is for the protection
of western policy holders and the other to
try and find some irregularity in the man
agement of those big eastern concerns
JAPS DONT LIKE IT
Will Continue to Oppose Annexa
tion of Hawaii by U S
That Japan will continue to oppose the
Hawaiian annexation treaty is conclu
sively shown by the latest protest of Japan
under date of July 10 which is now made
public for the first time While couched
In polite and diplomatic language the
protest is sufficiently firm in tone to show
that Japan will continue to wage a diplo
matic war and possibly go further to pre
vent the consummation of the annexation
policy
CRISIS IN COAL STRIKE
All Concede that This Week IV ill
Decide Fate of the Walkout
A crisis is impending in the coal mine
situation this week This is conceded on
all sides The arbitration commissioners
feel hopeful that they will bring about an
initiative settlement at the meeting of the
-representatives on both sides The miners
officials claim to have adopted a measure
Xo make a complete tie up Reports from
-the coke regions indicate that the cokers
are not likelv to come out
Hunting for an Heiress
If Miss Emma Dorner will come for
xvard and make proper identification be
fore Frederick C Meier German consul in
St Louis she will at once become wealthy-
IMiss Dorner is an heiress who cannot be
located She is a prepossessing blonde
now about 30 years of age Miss Dorner
Is a native of Germanv
Xo National Beer Trust
The announcement that a beer trust has
hQen organized to embrace all the leading
iwewing establishments of the country is
ot credited in Milwaukee where the
of the principal brewing com
panies declare they have no knowledge of
-such a scheme and pronounce it as with
out foundation
Failure in San Francisco
The widow of the late J J OBrien and
Jaxnes OBrien his surviving partner
3iave assigned all the assets of the firm of
-T J OBrien of San Francisco for the
benefit of creditors The assets are 415
00 liabilities 325000 about one half of
-which is due eastern creditors
Woman to Break Rocks
Sex distinction was wiped out in Dan
ville 111 when the police justice sentenced
3Jaggie Sellers a disorderly woman to the
3 ock pile for thirty days Maggie took it
-very philosophically
Calls on National Banks
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call on the national banks for a
-report of their condition on July 23
Jake Sehaefer to Go to Paris
Jake Sehaefer the billiardist has con
cluded to bid farewell to America and es
tablish himself in Paris where another
American expert Eugene Carter has long
nimseii wxin the cue m opu
lence
Swims the Channel
Peter McNaliy tho Boston swimmer
who was scheduled to make an attempt
Xo swim the English channel on Julv 4
telegraphed the Associated Press Sunduv
from Calias
-Saturday
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THE DAYS DOINGS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
iCQXJLLWT LIVE APART
3TOOK SUICIDE ROUTE TO END
THE MATTER
Patrick Sullivan and Pretty Cousin
Turn on tho Gas in a New York
Itoadhonsc The Girls Father Ob
jected to the Match
Lovers Turn On the Gas
At a small hotel in West Chester village
on the northeastern houndary of New
York city Patrick Sullivan 25 years of
age and his pretty first cousin Annie
Sullivan were found dead together The
cousins had grown up together and from
time to time there had been talk among
the neighbors that young Patrick and
Annie Sullivan although close blood
relatives intended to marry Saturday
evening Miss Sullivan left home for a
Bhort vacation Whether by accident
or design she met her cousin
Patrick axid after walking about for a
time they finally stopped at Martin llitzs
little hotel at West Chester Sullivan who
was well acquainted with tho proprietor
of the roadhouse said ho and his cousin
had just been married and that they were
going to leave Unionporton account of the
trouble it would cause in the families
The proprietor consented to give them a
room for the night In the morning the
Sullivans were found asphyxiated in the
windowless room The gas bracket was
broken and when the door was forced a
chair which had been fastened under tho
knob for a time resisted pressure Tho
lovers had been dead for some time
iLt is saiu tnat already tilings have pro
BIG FIRE IN PEORIA
Main Building of the Grape Sugar
Company Destroyed
The main building of the Peoria Grape
Sugar Company at Peoria 111 was com
pletely destroyed by fire Saturday evening
The loss is 500000 the total insurance car
ried being 5 100000 of which 300000 was
on the burned building and contents
Negotiations have been in progress for
some time for the transfer of the company
to the new glucose trust It is not known
whether the deal had progressed so far
that the loss falls on the new combine or
on the original company The fire broke
out at 7 oclock in the sulphur room ap
parently with an explosion The factory
shutdown Sunday because of the coal
famine and only enough steam was made
to keep up the fire pressure The sprink
ler system worked promptly but the ex
plosion had filled the basement with
flames and nothing could be done to stop
it The immense eight story building 170
by 70 feet was a mass of flames in five
minutes and was completely destroyed
the walls soon falling in It contained a
great deal of valuable machinery
KLONDIKE ECLIPSED
Gold Strike in Peru Said to Far
Surpass Alaskas
Pecent advices from Peru which have
been confirmed by C De Moranda a petro
leum magnate now in San Francisco state
that the wonderful strikes reported from
the Klondike region have been totally
eclipsed by fabulous discoveries of gold in
the South American republic The loca
tion of the newly discovered bonanzas is
in the departments of Cuzoo and Puna in
the eastern border of a country which has
long been famous for its richness Among
the successful prospectors in this new field
is a Californian namedllardison In lune
last he took out of one of his many claims
279 pounds of gold and many Englishmen
are reported to have been equally lucky
EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER
Four Men Killed and Three More
Fatally Injured
At 030 oclock Saturday evening a ter
rible explosion occurred on the steamer
Nutmeg State of the Bridgeport steamship
line while she was lying at her slip at
Bridgeport Conn and as a result four
men are dead three others are thought to
be fatally injured and a number more are
in a serious condition The steamer was
damaged about 1000 The officials are
reticent as to the direct cause of the ex
plosion
Rut it was ascertained that a j Monongahela River at Braddock Pa Sun
deck hand went into the hold to light his
pipe and it is believed that the lighted
match in a closed forecastle caused some
naptha vapor to explode
Will Not Bid on Armor
Secretary Long has received replies from
the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies to
his invitation to make bids for supplying
armor for the battleships Illinois Wiscon
sin and Alabama in accordance with the
limitation placed by congress upon the
price to be paid for armor Both com
panies firmly decline to bid with the 000
limit on the ground that it is not possible
for them to produce armor of the quality
they have been supplying the government
at that figure
Wholesale Poisoners Arrested
The trial of the twelve women and two
men charged with wholesale poisoning
was concluded at Budapest Saturday and
sentences pronounced upon six of the pris
oners Four were condemned to death
one to penal servitude for life and one to
six years imprisonment The crimes ex
tended over some years past The victims
were in most cases married men whose
wives killed them for insurance monev
Chinese Steamer Wrecked
A dispatch from Singapore says the
Chinese steamer Sringann bound from
Singapore for Malacca with MS passengers
was wrecked in a sqall off Malacca on
June 10 One hundred and twenty per
sons including the captain of the steamer
were drowned The remainder of the
steamers company were rescued by a pass
ing steamer
Murdered by Burglars
Marcus G Nichols an aged and wealthy
farmer residing on the Daniels farm near
Bridgeport Conn was murdered by two
masked burglars at his home His sister
Mary was shot seriously and -the murder
ers and thieves ransacked the house and
secured about 200 in money
Bad Storm in West Vireinia
A terrible rain and thunder storm oc
curred Saturday at Hinton W Va The
Episcopal Church one of the finest build
ing in the city was blown to tiie ground
together with several dwellings in the im
mediate vicinity Crops are practically
ruined
Gomez Is Uncompromising
It is stated that Gen Maximo Gomez the
leader of the Cuban insurgents has reaf
firmed his detenu inalion not to accept a
compromise with the government but 10
adhere to his demand for the absolute inde
pendence of Cuba
Japan Agrees to Arbitrate
The Japanese cabinet has agreed to the
proposal of the Hawaiian government to
submit the questions at issue between the
two governments to arbitration
Broke the Itecord
The largest number of appointments of
fourth class postmasters ever made in a
single day was scored July 22 with an ag
giegateof 103
New Marine
One of the recent marine inventions
is a multikcel vessel a form of ship
with a flat bottom provided with live
or seven kels The inventor claims
greater carrying capacity and increas
ed floating with higner speed
than any other form of ship The blow
and stern are spoon shaped the vessel
has two stern posts and two rudders
linked together so as to move simul
taneously and two propellers It is
also claimed for this model that it can
be turned in its own length and will
in smooth water steer equally as well
whether running ahead or astern
Tn Germany the cejisur l taken
that he made the crossing j ery live years
I
NEW TAEIPE IS A LAW
CONFERENCE REPORT
THE SENATE
PASSES
Fifteen Excursionists Injured by
tho Giving AVay of a Trestle in
Ohio U S Troopers Finish Their
Long Bicycle Bide Other Items
Tariff Passes the Senate
The tariff bill passed its last legislative
stage at 3 p m Saturday when the senate
by a decisive vote of 40 to 80 agreed to the
conference report on the bill The final
vote on the tariff conference report and
the bill shows that the affirmative vote
was cast by 37 Republicans one Democrat
McEnery one silver Republican Jones
of Nevada and one Populist Stewart
The negative vote was cast by twenty
eight Democrats and two Populists Harris
and Turner At 407 oclock the bill was
signed by the president and became a law
A special message was received by con
gress from the president recommending
the creation of a currency commission
The bill for the creation of the commis
sion was passed by a vote of 124 to 09 by
the house but no action was taken thereon
in the senate The extra session was ad
journed sine die at promptly 9 oclock
ARMY TEST OF THE BICYCLE
U S Troopers Finish Their Ride
from Montana to St Louis
Lieut Moss and his twenty colored
troopers of the Twenty fifth United States
Infantry arrived at St Louip Mo at 3
oclock Saturday afternoon having com
pleted their 2000 mile ride on bicycles
from Fort Missoula Mont In an inter
view Lieut Moss said We left Fort
Missoula Mont Sunday June 14 intend
ing to cover the 2000 miles between there
and St Louis in six weeks We are finish
ing easily and in good condition within
tho proposed limit Our trip lias been
eminently successful It is the biggest
bicycle tour by any army men on record
It has proven beyond pre ad venture my
contention that the bicycle has a place in
modern warfare
FIVE ARE DROWNED
Two Lose Their Lives in Pennsyl
vania and Three in Michigan
Two young men Richard Clair and
James Schoonover were drowned in the
day by the upsetting of a skiff in which
they with three companions were cross
ing the river
Three Detroit young men were drowned
Sunday afternoon by the capsizing of a
row boat off Sugar Island near the mouth
of Detroit River The drowned are Wm
W Shier Frank E Russell jr Edwin
Stubenstay Young Russells father and
brother who were also in the boat which
upset swam ashcre but narrowly escaped
going under
TRESTLE GIVES WAY
Fifteen Persons Injured in a Hall
way Accident in Ohio
As an excursion train was returning to
Marietta Ohio from Zanesville at 050
Sunday night the trestle work over a bot
tom land three and a half miles from
Marietta gave way and two of the four
coaches were precipitated to the cornfield
below The coaches were filled with peo
ple but by a miracle no one was killed
About fifteen persons were badly injured
and all were more or less bruised Miss
Nellie Purdy of Marietta was injured in
the breast and will probably die One of
the coaches took fire and some of the pas
sengers were singed and had their cloth
ing burned before they could escape
BIG PAPER MILL BURNS
Plant of the Badger Co at Kau
kauia Wis Destroyed
The extensive plant of the Badger Paper
Company at Kaukauia Wis was totally
destroyed by lire early Sunday morning
The loss will be 250000 partly covered by
insurance of about 200000 The mill was
one of the largest in the northwest and
was built in 1SS1 At one time it looked
as if several large factories in the neigh
borhood also would be destroyed but the
flames were gotten under control shortly
after 1 oclock The mill was owned by
Combrach Vilas
Fire in New York
Fire soon after midnight Monday morn
ing almost completely destroyed the
Spring House at Richfield Springs near
Utica N Y The fire broke out at the
landing At the time there were 100 guests
in the house and 100 employes of the hotel
Every person in the building so far as
known escaped The flames progressed
slowly throughout the hotel and except
the employes who occupied quarters in
the icinity of the laundry everybody had
maple lime to get out The los is esti
mated at 200000 insurance 75000
His Inabilities lO0OO0O
The liabilities of Theodore II Schintz
the lawyer and real estate dealer of Chi
cago who assigned last week have been
found to reach 1000000 while the avail
able assets have dwindled down to less
than 100000 Only one mortgage has been
found among the papers in his office of the
scores that were given him It was for
137 too little to count for anything
Rich Strike in California
It will boubtless be of iaciest at the
present time when people are becoming
excited over the stories of the wonderful
gold mines in Alaska to know that rich
strikes are still being made in the mining
districts of California as private advices
have been received at Sacramento by a
mine owner that a marvelously rich strike
had been made near Placerville
Thanks from Victoria
Through the British consulate in New
York City Queen Victoria has sent her
t luniks to all her subjects in this country
whj contributed to her jubilee
Noted -on federate Dies
Lafayette McLaws the oldest con
federate major general but one was buried
at Savannah Ga Sunday with military
honors
R G DUN COS REVIEW
Remarkable Rise in Wheat thcrScii
sation of the Month
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review oi
Trade says The end of uncertainty re
garding duties on imports gives greater
confidence alike to those who have op
posed and those who liavo favored The
great strength in stocks particularly in
those of the granger list reflects assurance
of heavy crops The remarkable rise in
wheat notwithstanding that assurance
is based on heavy buying for export and
belief that foreign demands will be large
To these must be added another element of
confidence scarcely observed a week
ago The heavy increase in the receipts
of gold whether from one side of the
Alaska border or the other swell deposits
at the mints and in the banks of this
country and if the yield from the new
regions answers current expectations it
may have an influence akin to that of gold
discoveries in California The one retard-
ing force the strike of the coal miners has
caused a closing of a few manufacturing
works for want of fuel but negotiationsj
for settlement are still pushed with hope
The wheat market is the sensation of the
month Since July 2 the p7ice had risen
12 cents by Wednesday when a reaction
of i cents was not surprising but the close
was cent higher for the week
TELLS OF CUBAN HORRORS
London Correspondent Says Weyletf
Is Another Duke of Alva
The correspondent of the London Daily
Chronicle in Sagua la Grande province tf
Santa Clara Cuba writes his paper a ter
rible account of the condition of affairs in
the island Both the government troops
and the insurgents lie says are suffering
horribly from famine and the ravages of
small pox and yellow fever while
butcheries of prisoners after inquisitorial
tortures are of daily occurrence if the vic
tims besuspected of witholding informa
tion Capt Gen Weyler the correspond
ent says has shown neither quarter nor
mercy and has turned the campaign in
Cuba into a near approach to that of the
Duke of Alva in Holland in the sixteenth
century
FIRE CAUSES A PANIC
Over 100 Persons Injured in a Pa
ducah Ky Theater
The Casino summer theater at Romona
Park Paducah Ky was burned Satur
day night A performance was being
given to about 1500 persons when the fire
broke out caused by a fireworks displ
on the stage The audience was panic
stricken Probably over 103 persons were
injured by being burned or trampled
Several of the actors were painfully
burned The building was covered with
tar paper and was a mass of flames inside
of a minute It is reported that three or
foiir children perished in the flames but
this cannot be verified All the doctors in
the city were required to look after the in
jured
Plans of Gen Gomez
Thomas Estrada Palma president of tho
Cuban junta in New York lias received a
letter of the date of July 4 from Gen
Gomez in which the general says It ij
our purpose to make this summer empaign
as active and aggressive as possible To
carry out our plans successfully we will
need rather than anything else a steady
supply of ammunition For that we will
depend on the support of patriotic Cubans
and friends abroad
Bishop Hare Talked of
Among those prominently mentioned as
successors to Rev Dr Wm S Langford
general secretary of the Domestic and
Foreign Missionary Society of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church who died recently
in New York is Rt Rev Ilobart Hare
missionaiy bishop of South Dakota
Great Damage Done by Rains
The heavy rains of last week did a vast
1
amount of damage to the farmers in Mad
ison and Onondague counties New York
It is estimated that crops to the amount of
half a million dollars have been destroyed
Reports show that nine bridges were
washed away in various places
Big Company Assigns
DThe Bromnell Car Company of St Louis
one of the largest concerns of the kind in
the country filed a chattel deed of tni3t
Saturday afternoon
MAEKET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common lo prime
9300 to Jn50 hogs shipping grades
300 to y00 shoep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red 75c to 7Gc
corn No 2 2Jc to 27c oats No 2 Itlc
to ISc rye No 2 38c to 39c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
9c to 10c new potatoes 7oc to S5c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 375
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
white 20c to 27c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 400
wheat No 2 74c to 7Gc corn No 2
yellow 24c to 2bc oats No 2 white 10c
to 18c rye No 2 37c to 39c
CincinnatiCattle 250 to 500 hops
300 to 400 sheep 250 to S375
wheat No 2 75c to 76c corn No 2
mixed 20c to 27c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 21c rye No 2 34c to 0c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hoes
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 375
wheat No 2 74c to 75c corn No 2
yellow 2Gc to 2Sc oats No 2 white 23c
to 24c rye 37c to 39c
Toledo Wheal No 2 red 75c to 70c
corn No 2 mixed 2ljc to 27c oats No
2 white 19c to 21c rye No 2 3Sc to 4Uc
clover seed 430 to 435
Milwaukee Whext No 2 spring 74c
to 70c corn No 3 25c to 2oc oats No
2 white 21c to 23c rye No 1 3Sc to 39c
barley No 2 30c to 34c pork mess
725 to SS00
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 ho s
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red 83c to S4c corn No 2
yellow 30c to 31c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2Jc
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hops
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 82c to 83c corn No 2
31c 10 32c oats No 2 white 21c to
23c butter creamery 12c to 10c eggG
Western lie to 13c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE VEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Dr Goodmnnson of Pender Ac
quitted on the Charge of Poison
ing His Young Wife Affecting
Scene in the Court Room
Acquitted of Murder
Dr George Sidney Goodmanson the
yonng dentist of Pender who was charged
with poisoning his wife was acquitted by
a jury at Ponca last week This is the
second time Dr Goodmanson has been
tried on the charge of murder in tho first
degree and this last trial lasted for nearly
two weeks
Some time ago Dr Goodmanson was put
on trial for poisoning his young wife and
after a long siege in the court room the
case was finally given to the jury After
it had deliberated for some hours on the
case it returned a verdict finding the de
fendant guilty as charged and the penalty
was fixed at imprisonment for life A
new trial was granted the doctor and
on the night of July 14 a jury was secured
and next morning the opening statements
of the attorneys for ths state and defense
were presented to the twelve men who
were to decide tho future of the young
dentist Then the introduction of testi
mony commenced and this was continued
until Thursday July 22 when the argu
ments of the attorneys were presented
All during the trial tho court room at
Ponca was crowded with people who were
interested in the proceedings Manv
women were present and it was the sole
topic of conversation in that section of the
country Tho sent iment was pretty evenly
divided and for that reason the court kept
the jury together all the time in charge
01 a uainn During the arguments of his
attorneys G W Argo of Sioux City and
A E Barnes of Ponca Goodmanson
was very much alFected and wept bit
terly The case was given to the jury at 5
oclock on July 23 the closing argument
for the stale having been made by Mel C
Jay of Dakota City who was unable to
finish on account of the heat Mr Argo
had closed for the defense and spoke for
three hours
When it was announced shortly after
f oclock in the morning that an agreement
had been reached very few people were in
the court room The judge and attorneys
were sent for and the defendant iviu
brought in His younger brother a hih
school student of Duluth was also in the
room and when the boy realized that his
brother was once more a free man lie
jumped over the rail and fell on his
neck and wept like a child fondly kissing
him It was an affecting scene Very boon
it was all over and Goodmanson with his
relatives and Mr Argo left the room lor
the hotel where they had breakfast Dr
Goodmanson with his two sisters brother
and brother-in-law have gone to the old
home in Duluth for a short visit He is 29
years of age and well educated
Insurance Company Warned
Samuel Liobty insurance deputy in the
state auditors office has written a pointed
letter to the St Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance Company at St Paul Minn as
a result of a complaint made bv J W
Kelly of Cambridge this state who de
clares the company refuses to pay on a
policy taken out against loss by hail
There are in the case many elements sim
ilar to the recent controversy in Kansas
with a possibility of action being com
menced against foreign companies Com-
miCPlVmnr T nl4 a 1 - I
and warns the secretary that such a mo
ceding will not be tolerated in Nebraska
He declares the position of the company is
cowardly and demands that payment be
immediately forthcoming
Hearing Toal Ducklings
William Mansfield a Union Pacific
brakeman of Columbus has a wild tea
duck hen with eight small ducklings in
his yard Mr Mansfield is also a chicken
fancier but prizes very highly his find of
mo 3 uuK jney are verv tame and
even more docile than the average you 11
chicken The strange part of the find is
that they were discovered one morning
last week on Thirteenth Street in that city
in an exhausted condition probably hav
ing been chased by dogs They are the
genuine blue winged teal
Tho Omaha and Northern
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Omaha
and Northern Railroad
Company the cap
ital stock authorized being 1000000 The
business of the corporation is stated to be
the building and operation of a railroad to
run from the city of Omahn in a northerl v
and northwesterly ditcction through the
counties of Douglas Washington0 Burt
Thurston Dakota Dixon and Cedar to
the south bank of the Missouri River at a
point opposite or near Yankton S D
Wil Analyze the Ale
The temperance saloons of Dob Frost
and Martin Kazda at Tecumseh were in
vaded by the officers the other day search
warrants having been sworn out A num
ber of cases of hop ale were found and the
officers contend that the ale is of an intox
Beatrice 3Ian Commits Suicide
Charles Stoll of Beatrice shot himself
through the breast at Wilmington with
probable fatal effect Stoll is a member of
one of the wealthiest and oldest families
there A few years ago he moved to
Beatrice where lie began drinking His
wife left him returning to her friends at
Wilmington He followed her to effect a
reconciliation but did not succeed
lUocner 01 Two Children Suicides
Mrs John Goodwin living a few miles
north of Butte committed suicide by shoot
ing herself She had had some words
with her husband and told him she would
do the act but he did not think she was in
earnest She leaves two small children
Six Smokestacks
REFUSE TO CARRY THE TRAMPS
Hoboes Finally lieave tho Train at
Sight of a Deputy U S Marshal
A gang of forty tramps took possession
of the noon freight through Tekamah oir -V
the Omaha road the other day Conductor
and brakemen were unable to put them off
and neither the sheriff nor citv offi
cials would interfere though solicited to do
so The train lay there three hours and
then pulled about one half mile outsirlo
the city where it stopped The afternoon
passenger train was thus blocked outsiJe
the city A grand bluff which seems to
have been prearranged was then worked
on the hoboes Jim Allen deputy United
States marshal was on tho passenger
train and accompanied Conductor Kin
caid out to see what was the cause of
the delay After a brief consultation with
the freight conductor Marshal Allen
stepped back and ordered the tramps froni
the train in the name of the president of
the United States informing them that if
they did not leave he would arrest them
for Interfering with the transportation o
the United States mails Learning that
Allen was a United States marshal every
hobo dismounted and drilled back to
town They are peaceable and have a lit
tle money and say they are headed foF
work in the Dakota wheat fields
Big Sheep liaising- Industry
During the last year the farmers of Saun
ders County have taken great interest m
the sheep business X B Berggruu of
Wahoo has shipped about 73000 from Nev
Mexico to be fed in different parts of tho
county He is still feeding and making
preparations to ship a largo number into
the county At Valparaiso m the south
west part of the county Denman
have brought 12000 from New Mt ro
since the first of the 3 ear Of these JojO
were fattened and sold at a good profit J t
the remaining 5000 are now ready fox t
market Two farmers by the nn oi
Johnson in that vicinity ha e UMjo h cK
grade Shropshires of their own racing
also 30 full bloods A grcat many of tho
fanners of the vicinity axe going into tho
business and are making it pay Tho
business of sheep raising can be carried 011
successfully there and in a few years a
goodly portion of the people will be en
gaged in this business
Funds for Fairfield College
Fairfield College which in comir m
with other enterprises has l3ngui hed
somewhat during the past three years
bids fair to again take its phv v among tho
leaning educational institutions of the
state The citizens of Fairfield held a
mass meeting recently and subscribed
enough to pay the running expenses of the
school for the coming year Prof C W
Henry of Lincoln has been called to tho
presidency of the college and is organiz
ing a new faculty Tho fall term opens
Sept 7
Indian Killed by the Cars
Josepii Taylor a Santee Indian went to
nioomfield from the reservation the other
day and after procuring a ticket to Rush
ville became intoxicated and took his
nights lodging on the railroad track a
short distance west of the depot As the
morning train was backing over the switch
to the stock yards the two rear cars passeil
over his body cutting of one leg below
the knee and crushing his body in several
places resulting in his death a few hour
later
uio aayb uie company is 1 ehickens in violation of the law made the
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Captures Prairie Chic Icons
The eastbound passenger was dela vd a
lew minutes at Nehgb July 21
by tin
sheriff of Antelope County who took from
the American Express Companys car a-
shipment of prairie chickens billed 5jJ3i
Ewing The Neligh Gun Club learning
inai inuivinuais were snooting nraine
Old Man found Deaf in Bed
Andrew Godel for thirty years a resi
dent of Fremont County was found dead
in his bed at the residence of his son Her
man Gobel on Fifth Street in Frcmont
Ilis health has been very poor for years
but he was able to be up and around every
day and was about the house in the fore
noon of the day of his death He was 75
years of age fleart disease was the
able cause of his death
Making AVay for the New- Corn
People abound Osceola are commencing
to unload their corn to make room for the
immense crop that is coming EL T Ar
nold who is president of the Polk County
Bank has unloaded at IG j cents per
bushel nearly 15000 bushels Quite 1 num
ber of others sold from 1000 to 5000 bush
els at the same price
Nebraska Short Notes
icating variety The men were taken into Nebraska Conference
nnlipp inirf inl will i iv
j ijtll iti tiinni
lion this week
Cfrs Jiive tfil mi
In the meantime Hie July 20 to August 1
some of the hop ale to
- - uoijL forty feet 01
mpiaint and watched for the shipment
From the size of the boxes there muse
ha e been 100 or more chickens
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A new bank is to be started at Lyons
The citizens of McCook have donated to
the eounty a block of ground on which to
build a court house
Two 12-year-old boys at Crawford have
been camzhttbreakingMnto a cold storage
warehouse and stealing beer
A meeting of the old settlers of Red
Willow County was held in Indianola and
an old settlers organization was effected
Republican City has a reunion of the old
soldiers August 1G to 21 inclusive They
promise a good program and a good camp
injr location
The third annual convention of the West
Enworth lirno
will be in session In Nnrth Pnfto
tlie stone l innr at
Liucoln
Or exiiprr c nmifii rc
w lie JIIIK I rpflr lriiinn nni Ti cr
j - uiuc opringd
was forced out by the settling of
during the heavy rain last week
A fine yearling colt belonging to Fred
Ault of Blue Springs was killed in a pas
ture by the careless shooting of a hunter
Fred is now vigorously hunting for the
hunter
While feeding a threshing machine at
Wilber Joe Kovarik slashed the back of
his hand with the band cutter so badlv
j that it took four stitches to put it together
again
Dixon people are making the usual elab
orate preparations to celebrate the birth
day of their town August 13 As the 15th
comes on Sunday the blowont will
iy be held this year on the 14th
lor tiie Faetorvi lly 0ehnuse and Jack McCartv of
- I Cedar Bluffs have started down Hip Tirttt
vte wrrc crrtrt r taw -
I ii oiui1 amuht siacua arrived in
Grand Island July 22 the same being for
the Oxnard beet sugar factory They were
turned out by the Fremont foundry
Twenty men are now constantly engaged
in the factory putting it in readiness or
the big campaign this fall
Digging for Gold in Nebraska
Gold mining was commenced in earnest
at the Cyclone Mine near Falls City a
shaft is being sunk and in a short time it
will be possible to tell whether there is anv
j gold in the grourtd
Uivor in a boat They intend to go on
down the Missouri and possibly the Mis
sissippi before they return
Through tiie energy of Pev Mr MeFar
land and the generosity of the people of
Tilden Madison County the entire debt
hitherto hanging over the Baptist Church
has been wiped out
The town council of Havetoc reicetefT
the offer of J JImhoff of Lincoln to sell
tho bonds issued for construction of water
works on the ground that the commissi
asked was too high
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