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OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
AN INQUIRY OEDERED
CAMP THOMAS FIRST TO
INVESTIGATED
BE
3T Blunders Have Been Mado in the
Conduct of the War tho Respon
sibility Will He Fixed Minnesota
Bank Looted
Administration Orders Inquiry
The Washington correspondent o the
f fit Louis Globe Democrat says President
IcKinley will order an investigation of
-all the charges which have been made
against the war department in connection
with thecondncL of the war and the care
of the soldiers This statement is made
on the nmhority of a cabinet minister
The intention is to have the investigation
full and fair and to let the blame for the
errors committed if there be any fall
where it may It was the consensus of
opinion in the cabinet that unless the ad
ministration toolc somo cognizance of the
-charges which have been sent out broad
cast congress certainly would
The president has been most desirous
from the first that there should be no pol
itics in the war A congressional investi
gation would be almost certain to drift
into politics and the very object of the
investigation bo thereby defeated The
investigation which will bo undertaken
will be conducted in a military way will
be thorough and the responsibility for
mismanagement or incompetency will be
placed where it belongs no matter who is
hit
The investigation will probably begin
with the medical department against
which the most serious complaints have
been lodged The medical department
anticipating the coining investigation has
- -come out with two statements of defense
One was given out by Assistant Secretary
of War Meikeljohn and the other by
General Sternberg
In view of the statements that have been
published about Camp Thomas the sur
geon general has requested that an investi
gation be made and it has been ordered
The investigation will be made by an offi
cer of the inspector generals department
who has not yet been selected
Cashier of Preston Institution Con
fesses to His Hnndsmct
Mr Todd the cashier who wrecked the
Fillmore County Bank at Preston Minn
has confessed the theft of all the banks
deposit fuuds to M Gratten one of
his bondsmen Gratten told Todd a
lynching was imminent unless he made
-a full statement Overcome by fear
he confessed just prior to tho
banks assignment that he had taken all
the money on deposit and delivered it to a
lormer partner who is now in LaCrosse
Wis LaCrosse authorities have been asked
to arrest him and further developments
are expected it developes that Todd is a
forger a spurious note having turned up
in the banks paper The note was given
by the Presbyterian Church of which
Todd was Treasurer paid and Todd said
he destroyed it The note now turns un
as collateral in the LaCrosse bank Todd
seems to have completely looted the bank
and his mother-in-laws large estate The
feeling against him is bitter almost to tho
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MINNESOTA BANK LOOTER
jfoihtof violence
TROUBLE IN WATCH FACTORY
Strike of Elgin Employes Threatens
to Tic Up Entire Works
A strike is on at the plant of the Elgin
III National Watch Company which
threatens to tie up the works One hun
dred and twenty two finishers the most
skilled and formerly the best paid men in
the factory have gone out on a strike for
a restoration of their old pay on a ceitaiu
grade of work and about thirty women
and girls have struck with them from
sympathy and a desire to get rid of a fore
man who is blamed for the low wages
The strike has tied up one of the two as
sembling rooms of the Elgin plant and
the employes in the other say they are
only waiting for a call from tho Watch
workers Union to strike too
Four Mountain Climbers Killed
Dr John Hopkinson an English elec
trical engineer his son and two daughters
were killed while ascending the Dents de
Teisivi Canton of Valnis mountains
which are among the highest in Europe
and exposed to furious torrents and de
structive avalanches The party was
making tho ascent without a guide
Hay to Bid Farewell to the Queen
- Ambassador Hay in anticipation of the
departure for the United States to assume
the duties of secretary of state went to
Osborne Isle of Wight Monday afternoon
to dine and sleep there and bid farwell to
the queen Col Hays letter of recall has
not jet arrived and will probably be pre
sented by his successor
White Has Not Yet Accepted
It is not yet definitely and absolutely
known whether Justice White will accept
a position on tho peace commission and
it may be necessary to select another man
In that contingency the name of Senator
lodge of Massachusetts is suggested for
the place The commission is to sail Sep
tember 17
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URGE EXPULSION OF FRIARS
Committee of Philippinos Appeals
to the President
The Philippine Islands committee in
Europe has addressed a letter to President
jMcKinley regarding the appeals made to
him by high Ptoman Catholic ccclesiasts
in America to protect the religious ordets
in the islands The expulsion of the fri
ars the committee contends is a neces
sary antecedent to moral sanitation The
letter names particularly the archbishop
of Manila and the bishops of Nueva Sago
via and Nueva Caseres whose acts of
hostility against the Jesuits and other re
spected religious institutions are con
demned by everyone
The committee urges President McKin
ley to aid the Philippines to suppress the
J in morality of the diabolical institutions
fostered by those monks and the letter
concludes as follows
Tour name can never be associated
with that of the friars and tho sense of
right of the noble nation at whose head
you are placed will never permit the vic
torious and ever humanitarian stars and
stripes to protect them
EX GOV MATTHEWS DEAD
Former Democratic Executive
of
Indiana Passes Away
At 639 oclock Sunday morning at the
M E Harry homestead in Wingate Intl
where he was taken after his sudden af
fliction ex Gov Ciaude Matthews passed
away peacefully surrounded by his wife
and all the other members of his family
Gov Matthews was born in Bath County
Kentucky December 14 1S45 He left
Kentucky in 1868 and settled in Verm ill
ion County Indiana He organized the
Indiana Southern Breeders Assaciation
and was one of the founders of the Na
tional Association of Southern Cattle
Breeders of the United States and Canada
He served a term in tho legislature in 1867
In 1890 he was nominated and elected sec
retary of state and in 1892 was chosen gov
ernor
Mr Matthews attained wide celebrity
while governor by driving out the lloby
gamblers
CZAR IS FOR PEACE
Russias Ituler Surprises Europe by
a Disarmament Proposal
By order of Emperor Nicholas Count
Mouravieff the foreign minister on the
24th inst handed to the foreign diplo
mats at St Petersburg a note declaring
that the maintenance of peace and the re
duction of the excessive armaments now
crushing all nations is the ideal for which
all governments ought to strive The czar
considers the present moment favorabje
for the inauguration of a movement look
ing to this end and invited the powers to
take part in an international conference
as a means of thus insuring ical and last
ing peace and terminating the progressiva
movement of armament
Concede Our Superiority
The Spanish army officers who arrived
on the steamor Alicante which renched
Corunna Spain on the 24th inst with the
first of the Spanish repatriated soldiers
were given a banquet by representatives
of the Madrid press at Corunna The offi
cers declared that both the American and
Spanish nations adhered to the methods of
civilized warfare throughout the cam
paign They conceded the superiority of
the American artillery
Predict Much Suffering
The steamer City of Topeka which ar
rived at Victoria B C Sunday brought
among her passengers Postal Inspector
Clum who has made a tour of the Alaskan
territory The Topekas passengers con
firm the story of the richness of Pine creek
ami say that suffering in St Michaels this
winter will be intense unless something is
done by the government to send relief
Kite Flying Record Broken
The worlds record for high kite flight
was broken at Rotohes observatory in
Massachusetts Saturday by Me srs Clay
ton and Ferguson who dispatched a tan
dem of kites into the air until the highest
one reached an altitude of 121124 feet above
the sea level a height 227 feei greater than
any kite has readied heretofore
Wont Affect His Command
The departure of Admiral Sampson for
Cuba will make no change in his command
lie will still command the North Atlantic
tion Commodore Philip will be
urge of the repairing of the ships
New York
Fatal Boiler Explosion
While a threshing crew was getting
ready for work on the farm of J F Kirk
near Eugene Ore tho boiler exploded
It was old and the steam gauge was out of
order One man was killed and eleven
injured
Tobacco Barns Wrecked
t
A severe wind storm levelled ten tobacco
barns at Suffolk Conn blew down many
trees and crippled electric lichts The
damage caused is estimated at 150D0 con
fined largely to ruinedjobaeeo
War Causes a Berlin Suicide
Fiau Danneberg a talented portrait
painter has committed suicide in Berlin
because it is alleged she could get no
news of her son who fought with the
American army in Cuba
Warship Has Not Foundered
The report that tho French armored
cruiser Bruix had foundered in the Indian
Ocean is without foundation The Bruis
i3 now at Saigon China
Promotion for Hobson
The navil examination board has rec
ommended Assistant Naval Constructoi
Hobson for promotion to naval con-
ructor
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WESTERN NE WS D
XMears
Farm
VALENTINE NEBRASKA SEPTEMBER 1 1898
NOT READY FOR 9 HOUR DAY
Employing Printers to Further Con
sider the Knotty Problem
1 e convention of the United Typo
Hietae of America otherwise employing
printers in Milwaukee in response to
representations of the Typographical and
Pressmens unions for a reduction of days
work from ten hours to nine adopted res
olutions declaring the Typothetae do not
ileem it practicable at present to rec
ommend to its members any change in the
hours of labor which constitute a days
work and appointing a committee to
consider tho question as to what meas
ures if any can be adopted by employing
printers which will make a shorter day
practicable without endangering undue
loss upon employers and authorizing the
committee to confer with representatives
of the Typographical and Pressmens
unions
SURE THEY HAVE MURDERESS
Delaware Authorities Are Convinced
Mrs Botkin Is the Poisoner
Attorney General White of Delaware
lias sent to San Fravcisco requisition
papers for Mrs Botkin who is under
arrest there charged with the poisoning
of Mrs Dunning and Mrs Deane by
means of candy sent through the mails
The papers charge Mrs Botkin with
murder in the first degree
Mr White said We have the mur
deress and we have evidence that no de
fense can shatter The only thing we
fear is Mrs Botkins self destruction
Mr White added that the writing on the
wrapper of the candy package and that in
the anonymous letters sent to Mrs Dun
ning has been positively identified by Mr
Dunning as similar to the handwriting of
Mrs Botkin
SMASHUP ON THE F P M
Circus Excursionists in a Wreck at
Port Huron Mich
Twelve persons were more or less seri
ously injured in a collision on the Flint
and Pere Marquette Railway at Port IIu
lon Mich Saturday The collision was
between the Almont train and train No 6
of the Saginaw division The former was
loaded with circus excursionists Four
cars of the Almont train were overturned
and almost telescoped The engine of the
other train was derailed
Big Stampede of Horses
The First regiment of Texas cavalry is
hunting a drove of 800 of their horses
which stampeded early Saturday morning
while being driven through San Antonio
from Fort Sam Houston to the target range
for pasture Several accidents and run
aways were caused as tho frightened
animals ran through the streets Nobody
was seriously hurt though several hacks
and carriages truck wagons etc were
badly trampled
Some Will Die
A II Bennetts mine near Danville
111 took fire Saturday while eighteen
men were in the mine -Many of the men
were badly burned Somo will die The
men were taken out through an air shaft
About 25030 tons of coal ready to be
hoisted were burned and also the main
shaft A number of- mules and horses
burned Tho mine is practically ruined
Japan May Buy Liadrones
Japanese newspapers received in this
rountry Saturday say that Japan wants to
buy the Ladrone Islands for their fish re
Sources About eight years ago it is
slated the Spanish government offered to
sell the islands to Japan but their pur
chase was opposed by Count Inouye
Steamer Hope Returns
The steamer Hope has arrived at St
Johns N F from her trip to Greenland
whither she carried the Peary exploring
expedition Capt Bartlett reports all
well
fit Aft IK RT QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
5 300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 250
to 475 wheat No 2 red 66c to 68c
corn No 2 29c to 31c oats No 2 19c
to 21c rye No 2 43c to 45c eggs fresh
choice creamery 16c to 18c eggs fresh
12c to 13c potatoes choice 33c to 45c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 tc
550 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 475
hrat No 2 red 65c to 67c corn No
- white 20c to 31c oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 350 to 450
wheat No 2 69c to 70c corn No 2
yellow 29c to 31c oats No 2 21c to 23c
rye No 1 44c to 46c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 00c to OSc corn No 2
mixed 30c to 32c oats No 2 mixed
20c to 22c rye No 2 46c to 48c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
325 to 400 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 68c to 69c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c rye 44c to 45c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed OSc to
09c corn No 2 mixed 31c to 32c oats
No 2 white 20c to 21c rye No 2 42c
to 4 lc clover seed 325 to 335
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 64c
to 66c corn No 3 30c to 31c oats No
2 white 22c to 25c rye No 2 42c to 43c
barley No 2 40c to 42c pork mess
S75 to 925
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
u00 to 575 hogs common to choice
350 to 425 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
extra 500 to 600
New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
5J300 to 475 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 74c to 76c corn No
- 3oc to 37c oats No 2 white 31c to
ooc butter creamery 15c to 20c eggs
estern 14c to lUc
OUR BIGGEST WHEAT YIELD
This Years Crop the Greatest in tho
Countrys History
With the return of our hosts from thv
field of battle crowned with the laurch
of victory comes the joyous news thai
this years wheat crop will be the largest
ever known in this countrys history Thi
yield for the year on the most trustwor
thy authority will be 750000000 bush
els Of this amount 400000000 is white
wheat and 350000000 bushels the sprinj
crop now being gathered The 1891 crop
which amounted to 6117SO000 bushel
and was the largest yield heretofore ii
thus easily eclipsed
These figures mean much to the farmc
and the people generally of this country
In the first place the great wheat croj
represents a money valueof 500000GO
at ruling prices where the wheat is found
One third of the wheat crop of the wholt
world is raised this year in Uncle Sams
domain The productive country that has
grown this wheat extends from ocean tc
ocean and from the latitude of southern
Texas to the Canadian border Most ol
the crop comes from the broad prairies of
the Mississippi valley and about 130
000000 bushels of it from the two Da
kota whose principal product is wheat
The product in these States is about twice
what it was last year for one reason be
cause there is an increase of about 20 per
cent in acreage
Busy scenes are now being enacted in
these new States where farms are meas
ured by the thousands of acres and where
wheat raising is carried on on a scale
known nowhere else in the world For
mile after mile about the frequent railway
stations are vast fields where grain stands
three feet high and at the stations the
conspicuous buildings are the large ele
vators ready to receive the crop At
many of these railway towns there are
enough elevators to supply each half doz
en inhabitants with one
The Dakota people are learning and
learning much from Russian farmers who
are settling in the States and who un
derstand little else than wheat raising
They are learning how to cultivate wheat
at less expense than formerly and how to
hold their grain for a paying market
The entire Northwest has fortunately
been free from devastating storms during
the growing season and this great factor
added to increased acreage and better
farming has brought a state of affairs
which precludes all thought of the starv
ing farmers of whom we heard so much
a few years ago These same farmers are
happy now They are independent be
cause prosperous They are becoming
capitalists They are no longer paying
12 and 20 per cent for money but are pay
ing 6 per cent so as to have money to buy
more land on which to raise big wheat
crops
PENSION ROLLS INCREASED
Report of the Commissioner for the
Last Fiscal Year
The forthcoming annual report of the
Commissioner of Pensions will show that
63648 original claims for pensions were
granted the last fiscal year and 4089
pensioners who had for various cases
been dropped were restored to the rolls
On June 30 the pension roll contained
976014 names while 6852 original claims
which had been granted and 762 restora
tions were not then entered on the rolls
so there were on that date 985623 persons
entitled to pensions During the year 33
691 names were dropped from the rolls
by reason of death and 5346 for remar
riage expiration of minority and other
causes making the net increase 17700
The aggregate of pensions paid during
the year was 114651887 while the ex
penses of the bureau were 4613861
No claim for pensions under the Span
ish war have yet been granted and no ac
tion can be taken on those already filed
until the records of service are compiled
by the War Department A new division
to be known as the Spanish American
war division will be established in which
will be handled all the claims arising un
der the war just passed No additional
legislation will be necessary and the claims
will be adjudicated on the same lines as
those from the civil war
ECLIPSES THE KLONDIKE
Enormous Output of Gold from the
Black Hills Kesion
The output of gold from the Black Hills
region for the current year it is estimat
ed will reach the enormous total of S
000000 The prospects were never as
good as at present and the producing
mines have never paid a more liberal re
turn on the capital invested in them The
Homestake which is the richest of Amer
ican gold mines shows total earnings
from June 1597 to June of this year of
249437453 the product of 548390 tons
of ore This mine was discovered by the
Manuel brothers in 1876 and they had a
rich elephant on their hands The ore
was of low grade with streaks of rich
material at intervals and they had a
mountain of it They constructed a crude
araster on Gold Run and worked the se
lected high grade ore successfully The
late-ex-Senator George Hearst of Califor
nia examined it with the practical eye of
a miner He saw a bonanza asked their
price and paid it The property is really
in its infancy notwithstanding it has been
operated for twenty years On the 800
foot level they have 600 feet of ore in
width None of the stock of the company
controlling the mine can be purchased at
the present time
News of Minor Note
While attempting to cross Louney
creek near Richmond Ky E W Hens
ley a well known farmer was drowned
Ex President Casimir Perier of France
and his wife are making a cycling tour
through the midland counties of England
Many deaths from heat have occurred
in Germany and a number of destructive
forest fires have broken out on account of
drouth x
Mrs Caroline Taylor aged 55 was
found lying dead in the center of the high
way between Callao Mo and Bevier
The inquest failed to develop the cause
of her death
Journal
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
The State Is Asked to Pay 2100
for the Use of the Old Fair
Grounds at Lincoln for Mobilizing
the Troops Other Items
Bills for Camp Saunders
At the time the Nebraska troops were
ordered to mobilize at Lincoln it was
widely advertised in the newspapers that
the city and citizens of Lincoln ha patri
otically come to the front and
the state the use of the old state fair
grounds including fuel lights and water
free of charge A few days later when
the matter of changing the location to
Omaha was broached the governor sent a
telegram to the war department stating
that these local expenses were to be paid
by the city of Lincoln using this as one
of the arguments that the troops should
be mobilized there It now seems that
through the failure of the governor and
the citizens to have any definite und
standing a bill of 2185 istobesadd
upon the state or general government for
these items which the city was supposed
to have guaranteed One of the bills filed
against tho state reads as follows
The state of Nebraska to the Nebraska
Exposition Association Dr for damages
to its grounds and buildings by the sol
diers of the First and Second regiments of
jNeoraska volunteers while m camp there
on 1000
The water department of the city of
Lincoln has also filed a bill being sworn
to by Water Commissioner Tyler for
1101
The Lincoln Gas Company has also filed
a bill against the state for seven arc
lights for Camp Saunders fiom April 27 to
May 21 all night 84 The total of all
these bills reaches 2185 The bills have
been in the hands of the governor for some
time awaiting his endorsement but as yet
have not received his O K
Badly Burned
While a young daughter of Deputy
County Cleric John Shahan of Kearney
was passing through the kitchen heir
dress blew into the flame of a gasoline
stove and immediately took fire She
started to run out into the yard where hr I
sister was watering the lawn and have i
stream turned on her but her mother not
knowing her purpose caught her and put
the fire out with her bare hands One
hand is burned so terribly that it is feared
the flesh will come from the bone The
little girl escaped without injury
Farmer Dies in His Field
John Swanson residing seven miles east
of Edgar fell dead while plowing near his
house Hs little boy o years of age went
to take him adrink jind found him lying
with his face in tnedirt He had fallen to
the right with the lines around his body
and the strain had stopped the team He
was just convalescing from a two weeks
run of fever It is supposed he fainted and
falling with his face in the soft earth
smothered He was about 30 years of age
and leaves a wife and three children
Is It Murder or Accident
Henry Rasor living in the extreme
northeast part of Antelope County was
accidentally shot the other day and the
coroner was summoned from Neligh In
response to a message of inquiry the
station agent at Orchard replied that there
had been a scuffle between Mr Rasor and
Mr Dayton during which the foimer
who had a gun in his possession was shot
From other sources it is learned that there
has been previous trouble between the
parties
Failure at Chadron
The wholesale and retail grocery store
of James L Paul in Chadron was closed
recently on an order of Referee J A Ha
begger declaring Mr Paul bankrupt Mr
Paul applied for such an order some time
since assigning as his reasons the depre
ciation in values in real estate and his in
ability to collect outstanding debts His
resources are 4850 liabilities 15843 35
Ask Pardon for Motes Boys
A petition to Judge Evans asking that
George and Frank Motes now in jiil at
Ponca charged with wheat stealing be re
leased on their own recognizance has been
largely cii ciliated and largely signed
there They have been jailed for four
months and the trial is act for September
2 The Motes boys promise to leave the
town and county and stay away
Suit for Damages
L C Church of Fairbury has brought
suit against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for damages sustained by delay
in the delivery of a telegram He sent a
message for a physician during his wif
sickness and it was not delivered until the
following day He asks damages fr
1999 the amount being limited so us to
keep the case in the state courts
Choose a New Sheriff
Tire county commissioners at their meet
ing in Wilber declared the office of sheriff
f Saline County vacant by reason of the
absconding of Frank L Dorwart and
appointed J R Doane Dorwarts deputy
as sheriff to fill the vacancy
Woman Painfully Burned
Mrs Samuel Stabler was trying to carry
Ut a gasoline stove that had exploded at
her residence on Military Avenue Fre
mont and was severely burned Her in
lurles are not serious but very painful
New Bank of Kushville
The state banking board has issued a
charter for the establishment of a new
bank atRushville to be known as the
Stockmens Bank The authorized cap
ital Is 25000 with 15000 paid up
Loses a Limb
Carl the 12-year-old son of J C Frank
of Union was run over by a freight train
and his right leg was badly mangled
Physicians amputated the leg near the
hip Hla recovery is doubtful
New Jail for Hemingford
The board of county commissioners
has advertised for bids for the construc
tion of a jail building at Hemingford
NUMBER 82
LIGHTNING ROD SWINDLERS
Cuming County Being Worked
Suiooth Tongucd Grafters
by
Lightning rod swindlers aro again
abroad in Cuming County A few days
ago a very smooth tongued individual
called at the home of Albert Neumann a
well-to-do farmer living about twelve
miles northwestof West Point and agreed
to furnish him with rods for his house and
barn for the sum of 15 which Mr Neu
mann agreed to He signed an agree
ment which on its face is perfectly inno
cent but on closer inspection a cun
ningly worded clause can he discovered
which obligates the buyer to pay for each
point the price of twenty feet of rod
viz 15 and in return for this the agent
agrees to put up 185 feet of rod free the
alnnceoverthat length to be paid for at
75 cents peWbt In about an hour after
Mr Neumann hatPstojeil agreement
a paity of men came along ami raided the
UB1U ailU UUU3U J IIC OWlHrUIUl
concern arrived later and demanded
as the price of the work Mr Neumai
refused to pay and was threatened with
all kinds of pains and penalties but stood
his ground In the excitement he secured
possession of his agreement which renders
it extremely problematical whether he can
e mulcted in any excess payment or not
x he name given by the agent is Stubbs
The gaug is apparently working up tho
Elkhorn valley
Big Time at Hartington
August 25 was a great big day for Hart
ington the Northeast Nebraska Log
ing Association having taken charge of
the city Delegations wore present from-
many towns the railroads running extra
trains to accommodate the throng It is
estimated that fully 5000 people took in
the affair at the fair grounds and park
Horse races foot races ball games and
many other amusement were held at the
fair grounds The industrial parade in
the morning was attractive The town
was profusely decorated with bunting
flags and banners and the fireworks in
the evening excelled anything of the kind
heretofore given at any previous celebra
tion held in that city
Hon A It Talbot of Lincoln addressed
the large assembly and his speech was
heartily received Ponca was decided on
as the location for the Modern Woodmen
of America meeting next year The fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing year W H Aoguewood Wayne
president Henry Heckt Hoskins vice
president W W Cooper Ponca secre
tary and treasurer
Serious Bicycle Accident
A serious bicvele accident occurred at
Table Rockin which Mrs H A Phillips
and Rob Wood were severely injured
They were riding in opposite directions
and collided Roth were thrown violently
to tho ground and were picked up uncon
scious and medical assistance given them
Mrs Philips was badly cut about the head
LMr Wood was not able to stand the trip
to his home two ami one half miles in the
country
Fast Tekamab Horse
Lena Russell who won the 220 pace at
Joliet 111 easily in three straight heats
time 210 211 and 212 is owned and
driven by Bud R son of W W Latta of
Tekamab The mare is 4 years old was
foaled and raised in Tekamah and her
speed developed on the home track The
Lattas own her dam and sire and also
have a number of other young horses th
promise equally as well as Lena R
Sent Back to America
Mrs Anton Cada of West Point uc
went to German to reside several months
ago is back again the German govern
ment refusing her pei mission to remain in
that country This refusal is said to be
based on the ground that no immigrant is
permitted to remain in that country who
does not come provided with at least 500
in cash for each member of the family
Creamery Men Under Arrest
Robert Ilysiop of Burr and Fred Mos3
of Sterling started in the creamery busi
ness at Syracuse this summer About a
week ago they went home and left the
farmers around Syracuse in the lurch foe
3 0 or 400 They were arrestetl for ob
taining goods under false pretenses They
asked for a ninety days continuance and
were held to bail in the sum of 3J0
Irrigation Congress Delegates
The governor has appointed the follow
ing delegates to theseventh annual session
of the naimal irrigation congress to be
held at Cheyenne September 1 4 A G
Wolfenbarger Lincoln Matt Daugherty
Ogalalla L C Lloyd Gothenberg W
A Paxton Omaha V L Parks North
Platte W Z Taylor Culbertson
Wounded at Manila
Hon L A Beltzer editor of the Polk
County Independent at Osceola has re
ceived word that Charles E Beltzer his
sou was slightly wounded at she battle of
Manna Charles was a private in Com
pany E of the First Nebraska
Crack a Postollice Safe
The postofiice at Pierce was again
broken into a few nights since The new
safe recently purchased by Postmaster
Brandle was blown and about 2 worth
of stamps in denominations of 5 8 and 10
cents were taken
Sheriffs Eyes in Bad Shape
Sheriff Bonawitz of Fairbury who was
shot in the face a few days ago by Frank
Ward will consult a specialist about the
condition of his eyes which still trouble
him from the effect- ot the snor
Died ar Chicfcamauga
Claude Nichols of Troop K Culvers
cavairy a resident of Edgar died in the
hospital at Chiekamauga of typhoid fever
His remains were brought home for inter
ment
Loses a Img
Michael Fay a car repairer on the Bur
lington and Missouri was run over at
Marsland crushing one leg in a horrible
manner making amputation necessary
New Postmaster at Bennington
D H Kirschner has been appointed
postmaster at Bennington and the Dem
ocratic incumbent M F Fnedrichsen
removed
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