NEWS-DEMOCRAT.
isreiars , i arm ana stocR Journal.
VOLUME XIV. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , MAY 18 , 1899 , NUMBER 17.
ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
DONALD M'LEAN DEAD
MEETS A VIOLENT DEATH IN A
CHICAGO HOTEL.
One of the Original Promoters
of the Pacific Short Line , which
Extends from Sioux City to O'Neill
Other Items of Interest.
Passing of Promoter McLean.
Donald McLean , the railway promoter ,
fell over the balustrade on the fourth floor
of the Palmer ( House , Chicago" , Sunday
afternoon , landing on the stone flagging
two floors below. His thigh was badly
injured and his skull fractured and late
Sunday night he died of his injuries.
Donald McLean has been engaged nearly
all his business life in the promotion of
railroad schemes. He was one of the
original promoters of the Pacific Short
Line , which extends from Sioux City to
O'Ncil. Neb. , and the dream of his later
years has been to complete the line to San
Francisco and Los Angeles , through the
Beckwith Pass of the Rocky Mountains.
The first .Sioux City knew of Donald Mc
Lean was when he landed in town with a
retinue of clerks and stenographers at the
height of the boom and started the con
struction of the Pacific Short Line. In
those days McLean was a sort of nine-days
wonder. lie traveled in a private car and
surrounded himself with every possible
luxury. Many stories are told of his re
markable prodigality. When the crash
came and panic seized the money powers ,
the construction of the road , which May
26 will be sold at foreclosure sale , was
stopped and Mr. McLean went away. He
returned two year ago with the announce
ment that he had secured the necessary
millions to build the road on to the coast.
He told the same story a few weeks ago
Minneapolis. He is the possessor of sur
vey to San Francisco and certain rights
along the right of way , but many of the
franchises he once held have expired and
in the event of the road being financed
would have to be renewed.
DOWN WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Schooner Nelson Founders in Lake
Superior , Off Grand. Marais.
A Sault Ste Marie , Mich. , dispatch says
that the schooner Nelson , deeply laden
with a cargo of coal , foundered in Lake
Superior , off Grand Marais Saturday even
ing and carried down all hands. So far as
known only one man , Capt. Haghney ,
escaped from the first disaster of the season.
The crew consisted of the following :
Capt. Andrew Haghney of Toledo , Capt.
Haghney "s wife , a 2-year-old child of Capt.
Haghney. Fred Hans , sailor , residence un
known ; six sailors , names unknown.
The Nelson , which is owned by the
Mitchell Transportation Company of Bay
City , Mich. , was in tow of the steamer A.
Folsom , which also had the schooner Mary
Mitchell as consort. The Folsom and
Mitchell turned back and arrived here Sun
day afternoon without serious injury.
Capt. A. E. White , master of the steamer ,
at once reported the disaster to the owners.
At the time of the disaster the wind was
blowing a gale of fifty miles an hour and
freezing hard. Soon it became apparent
that the Nelson was sinking. There was
no chance of rendering any assistance ,
however. The crew of the Folsom had
their hands full in taking care of their own
craft and the Mitchell. In a few minutes
the Nelson threw her stern into the air and
dove straight for the bottom. Where she
sank there is 300 feet of water. The sink
ing ship disappeared so suddenly that her
crew had no time to even lower their yawl
boat , which hung on the davits at the stern.
CROSBY CONVICTED.
14-Year-Old Chicago Lad Found
Guilty of Murder.
Fourteen-year-old Tommy Crosby has
( been convicted of Murder in Chicago. His
foster mother , Margaret Crosby , as acces
sory before the fact , has been found guilty
of manslaughter , and sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. The boy , at the
prompting of his mother , shot Deputy
Sheriff Frank Rye while the latter was
trying to serve a writ of ejection on Mrs.
Crosby whose property was in litigation.
Officer Kills a Robber.
Three tramps at Bryan , Ohio , entered
the living apartments in the rear of W. TI.
Riley's harness shop while two others
emptied the safe in the office of about $50.
The authorities overtook them a short dis
tance out of town and a fight ensued.
Marshal Heidley shot one of the robbers ,
killing him instantly. The other robbers
were captured.
Three Persons Killed.
A Wisconsin Central train ran down a
wunon containing four persons at a crossing
$
ing at Burlington , Wis. , Sunday night , kill
ing Mrs. Charles Tintel of Milwaukee and
August Kleinfeid , her brother of Norway ,
Wis. Joseph Huening of Waterford was
fatally injured. Mrs. Henry Lenz of Bur
lington , the other occupant , escaped injury.
Escaped Convict Caught.
Sheriff Woods arrested in Sprinfigeld ,
111. , Monday , Henry T. Johnson , alias
* Henry T. Jackson , a negro who escaped
fIT - on April 9 , 1896 , from the Indiana State
IT- Prison at Jeffersonville , where he was
serving out a sentence for robbing a post-
office.
BECOMES CITY IN A DAY.
Mountain View , Oklahoma , Springs
Up Like a Mushroom.
The greatest town building record in
Oklahoma has been won by Mountain
View , Washta County. Monday , May 8 ,
the townsite was a prairie. The same day
it was surveyed and platted and a large
part of it sold and settled upon. The
Washta River was bridged and a vast
amount of accumulated freight was moved
and located. The town was organized and
officered , and all lines of business and pro
fessions started in lines of organized so
ciety. A town in one day became a city of
nearly 800 , with W. T. V. Yates as mayor ,
Senator G. W. Bellamy as treasurer and
Col. John Kerfoot as police judge , with the
full complement of councilmen and minor
officers of an organized town. Some of the
lots sold as high as $900 within thirty
minutes from the time the surveyor drove
his stakes.
BRYAN'S REGIMENT FREE.
Third Nebraska Is Mustered Out
and Starts Homeward.
Col. W. J. Bryan's Third Nebraska
Regiment was mustered out at Augusta ,
Ga. , Thursday and started homeward.
The health of the men is good , and just as
they are about to return to the avocations
of peace they are as soldierly and hand
some lot of men as one would care to see.
From Pablo beach to Havana they never
complained , but quietly and faithfully per
formed their duty , which ceased with
honorable discharge from service Thurs
day.
SAILORS ARE LIONIZED.
Thousands Visit the Cruiser Nash
ville at St. Louis.
Thousands visited the cruiser Nashville
at St. Louis Thursday and other thousands
were unable to get on board. At 10 , the
officers and crew , with a military escort ,
paraded through the business section of
Jhe city to the Merchants' Exchange ,
where a reception was held. Thousands
lined the streets and enthusiastically ap
plauded the sailors.
BIG KANSAS CITY FIRE.
Property Loss Over $1OOOOO , and n
Fireman Was Killed.
The big live-story warehouse of the
Nowby Transfer and Storage Company at
Kansas City was destroyed by fire Wednes
day night. The loss is estimated at over
$100,000. The warehouse contained goods
from all parts of the country. James G.
McNellis , a fireman , came in contact with
a live'electric light wire and was instantly
killed.
BROOKINGS JAIL BREAK.
Win. Carlton's Second Attempt to
Escape Is Successful.
A man giving the name of William Carlton -
ton broke jail at Brookings. S. D. , Wednes
day night and is still at large. Several
months ago he made an attempt to escape ,
but was captured and given six months'
additional. The man was confined for
complicity in grand larceny.
Carnegie Offers $25OOOO.
Andrew Carnegie has written Joseph
Chamberlain offering to contribute the last
quarter of a million dollars which the lat-
ter is trying to raise for the University of
Birmingham , Eng. , provided a scientific
school is made the principal department.
He says he considers such a course a ne
cessity if England is to remain one of the
principal manufacturing nations of the
world.
Make Fort of Court House.
Hearing a force of 500 citizens of El kins
was on its way to Beverly , W. Ara. , to re
move the county records , pending a settle
ment of the question of the location of tiie
county seat , citizens fortified county build
ings and prepared to resist the Elkins pee
ple. The latter turned back on hearing
of these preparations. The county records
are still under guard.
Found Dead in Their Rooms.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Tinclanil were found in their rooms at
Albany , N. Y. , Thursday. The man was
dead without a mark on him. The woman
was unconscious , with the side of her head
battered in and the brain protruding. It
is supposed her husband tried to kill her
with a hammer and then committed sui
cide by poison.
Woman Dashed to Pieces.
An unknown woman fell or jumpo ; '
from a sixth-story window at the Sanitar
ium at Battle Creek , Mich. , and was dashed
to pieces on the pavement. Her fall was
witnessed by a number of persons. The
doctors would not tell her name , but it is
rumored that she is a prominent woman
from Chicago.
Train Drops Seventy Feet.
A construction train on the Pittsburg
and Western Railroad went through a
trestle near Newcastle , Pa. , Thursday
morning , killing four men and injuring a
number of others. The train went over a
seventy-foot trestle into Spangler's run.
Five of the injured may die.
Last Payment to Spain.
The payment of the last installment of
$5,000,000 of $20,000,000 to Spain was made
to the National City Bank Monday. The
bank announced that all the exchange
neccessary for the transfer of this money
had already been provided.
Big Price for Stock Exchange Seat
A seat on the New York Stock exchange
was sold Thursday for $40,000 , the highest
sum ever paid. That sum is now bid for a
seat
Pope Announces a Jubilee.
The Pope has promulgated a bull de
claring a universal jubilee in the year
1900.
A DISASTROUS WRECK
SAD END OF A DAY OF PLEAS
URE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Most of the Victims Were Excursionists -
cursionists Returning from the
Ceremonies in. Connection "With
Unveiling of a Monument.
Pennsylvania Wreck.
A collision of passenger trains occurred
on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
at Exeter , about six miles south of Reading -
ing i , Pa. , on the evening of May 12 , and a
great number of people were killed and
injured. i The number killed is variously
stated to be from fifteen to twenty-five.
Fully fifty others are injured. The regu
lar 1 express train from Pottsville for Philadelphia -
adelphia 1i connected at the station in Read
ing i with a tram from Harrisburg which
was crowded with excursionists who had
been to the State Capital to witness the
ceremonies in connection with the unveil-
fng of the Hartranft monument.
Many of the Harrisburg passengers at
Reading went aboard the Philadelphia ex
press , but it being found that all could not
be accommodated , it was decided to send
an extra train to Philadelphia to run as the
second section of the express. The extra
train left twenty minutes later than the
express. At Exeter the express stopped
for orders , and while standing still the
extra train crashed into it while moving at
great speed. Three of the rear cars of the
express were telescoped and the first car of
the extra train was also wrecked.
MECCA FOR GAMBLERS.
Denver City Administration Decides
to Permit Play.
For the first time in ten years Denver is
under the rule of a government which has
officially declared that gambling will be
allowed under certain restrictions. These
compel the firms to incorporate as clubs
and permit no workingmen to enter their
doors under penalty of being closed. The
announcement is received with a good deal
of surprise by the church people , who
> ted for the Democratic administration
ith the understanding that the law was to
[ . ' enforced. The gambling privileges
have been virtually granted exclusively to
Doll & Dale of Chicago.
ROSEWELL P. FLOWER DEAD.
Ex-Governor of New York Passes
Away After Brief Illness.
Former Gov. Roswell P. Flower of New
York died May 12 at the Eastport Country
Club at Eastport , L. I. Mr. Flower was
taken ill early in the day with a severe at
tack of acute indigestion. In the after
noon : symptoms of heart failure super
vened , and he grew steadily worse until
the time of his death. The attack of heart
failure was accompartied by a fainting
spell , and Mr. Flower's family in New
York City were quickly notified.
REBEL CONGRESS DIVIDED.
Twenty of the Fifty-Six Members
Are in Favor of Peace.
A Manila special says : The Filipino
Congress is sitting at San Isidro. It is
composed of fifty-six members. Twenty
favor peace. The others , holding the bal
ance of power , are ready to admit absolute
independence is hopeless of attainment ,
but demand better terms from the United
States.
Prizes in Good Condition.
Admiral Hichborn has received a report
from Naval Constructor Capps at Hong
Kong , regarding the three captured Span
ish cruisers , Isla de Cuba , Isla de Luzon
and Don Juan De Austra , in which Con
structor Capps states that a careful examination -
ination has shown that the vessels are in
considerably better condition than was ex
pected. The forecastle deck of the Cuba
and Luzon are found to be in very fair
condition. They are of teakwoodand will
not have to be renewed , recalking being
sufficicntto put them in first-class condition.
Big School Warrant Forgery.
The arrest of three men in St. Louis
who admit they handled some alleged
fraudulent paper , developes what appears
to be a gigantic swindle in school warrants ,
in which the names of the president and
clerk of school district No. 2 , St. Clair
County , Illinois , were repeatedly forge'
aggregate of alleged fraudulent trai
actions is at least $30,000 and may reach
$ 0,000.
Cost of Keeping Indigents.
State Examiner H. B. Henderson of Wy
oming has prepared a very interesting
statement which shows the cost of main
taining the poor and pauper population of
the State. According to these figures the
cost of keeping the indigents has decreased
more than $8,000 during the last five years.
During 1898 $20,951.22 was expended for the
poor and pauper.
Four Instantly Killed.
Four men were instantly killed by tne
slide of a coal bank at Centralia , Pa. A
few others are missing. The bodies recov
ered were disfigured beyond identification.
The dead and missing were members of a
gang of Hungarians employed in screening
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coal at the foot of a big refuse pile , which
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collapsed on them.
Successor to Dingley. $
C. E. Littlefield of Rockland , Me. , was
nominated by acclamation by the Republi
cans of the Second Maine congressional
district to succeed the late Nelson Dingley.
Negro Murderer Hanged.
Edward Smith , colored , was hanged in
Washington May 12 for the murder of Ed-
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monia Jackson , also colored , because she
fused to forsake her husband for him.
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MICHIGAN TRASEDV.
Howard City 3Ian Shoots Five Per
sons and Himself
Joseph Harvey of Howard City , Mich. ,
Wednesday night killed his wife , Ms ancle ,
Robert Pierson , and his grandmother ;
wounded his 3-months-old child and his
father-in-law , John Logenslyer , and finally
shot himself , inflicting a wound to his
neck.
Harvey's uncle and grandmother lived a
mile north of town. The murderer went
there Wednesday evening. He asserts
. Pierson , his uncle , was quarreling with
his grandmother ; that he interfered ; there
upon Pierson stabbed and killed the old
lady ' , aged 70 ; that he , Harvey , retaliated
by shooting his uncle. After shooting
Pierson , Harvey stabbed him three times.
Harvey then returned home. Arriving
there he shot his wife twice , killing her.
He . then fired at his baby , the ball going
into his arm. Next Harvey entered his
father-in-law's room , shot him twice , in-
flicting however , no fatal injury. He then
turned the revolver on himself , shooting
himself in the neck. Harvey's wife , when
attacked , was sitting up with the remains
" her mother , who died Wednesday.
The Pierson home presented a horrible
appearance. Pierson's body was found in
a chair and that of the old lady on the floor
clad in a night dress. There were signs of
a desperate struggle between Harvey and
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his grandmother , but no indications of a
fight between the two men.
Harvey himself informed the sheriff of
the murders at Pierson's house. He was
then arrested for murdering his wife. He
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has nothing to say about the tragedies at
his own house. There are strong threats
of lynching.
HERO OF MANILA IS FREE.
Admiral Dewey Can Return Homo
as Soon as He Desires.
"Send the Olympia's mail to B. H. Stev
ens , No. 4 Trafalgar Square , London , Eng
land , " was the notice given out at the
Navy Department May 12. This is the first
formal indication that the famous flagship
is coming home immediately. Upon inquiry
ijq
quiry it was ascertained that Long cabled
Dewey permission to return at once to the
United States. He has been relieved of the
obligation of remaining at Manila until tin-
Philippine Commission completes its work.
He will not even be required to await the
cessation of hostilities , but may start home
ward at once.
The notice posted at the Navy Depart
ment indicates the Olympia will not remain
long enough to receive the next outward
mail. The Stevens referred to is the Navy
Department's agent at London to distrib
ute all mail for United States warships in
Olympia receives hers as soon as she
passes the SueCanal. .
It is estimated at the Navy Department
that Dewey will reach the United States
in time for the national demonstration of
the Fourth of July next.
The Olympia will not come under full
steam , but nevertheless should make the
run to New York in about fifty-five days
from Manila. That she is to come to New
York is nearly certain , as it is understood
Dewey expressed preference for that route
and the Navy Department will not attempt
to inlluence his decision in the matter.
Corset Steel Saved Her.
George Hinklcman , a barber employed
in the Plankinton House shop , Milwaukee ,
shot Miss Bertha Krueger and then com
mitted suicide. The tragedy is the result of
a love affair. A corset steel deflected the
first bullet , and the girl escaped with nothing -
ing more serious than a flesh wound.
Raleigh Not Injured.
A dispatch to the Navy Department from
Captain Coghlau says that an examination
of the Raleigh after it was floated shows
tiiat it sustained practically no damage in
grounding off Charleston.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
3.00 to $5.75 ; hogs , shipping grades ,
? u.OO to $4.'J5 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00
to $5.25 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to 71c ;
corn , No. 2 , 32c to 33c ; oats , No. 2 , 2Gc
to 27c ; rye , No. 2 , GOc to 02c ; butter ,
choice creamery , 10'c to 17c ; eggs , fresh ,
lie to 12c ; potatoes , choice , 40c to 50c
per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to
S5.50 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.75 ;
sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.75 ;
wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2
vliite , 35c to 3b'c ; oats , No. 2 white , 30c
lo 32c.
St. Louis Cattle. $3.50 to $5.75 ; hogs
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.50 ;
wheat , No. 2. 77c to 7Sc ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 , 28c to 29c ;
rye , No. 2 , 57c to 59c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.50 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat. No. 2 , 71c to 73c ; corn , No. 2
mixed , 3Gc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 29c
to 30c ; rye , No. 2. G2c to G4c.
Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs.
? 3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75 ;
wheat , No. 2. 74c to 76c : corn. No. 2
yellow , 35c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 32c
to 34c ; rye , Glc to G3c.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. 74c to
7uc ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 33c to 35c ; oats ,
No. 'J white , 27c to. 29c ; rye , No. 2 , 57c
to . > 9c ; clover seed , new , $3.65 to $3.75.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 71c
o 73c : corn , No. 3 , 33c to 34c ; o.ats , No.
white , 29c to 31c ; rye , No. 1 , GOc to Glc ;
barley , No. 2 , 40c to 42c ; pork , mess ,
$8.25 to $8.75.
Buffalo Cattle , good shipping steers ,
3.00 to $6.00 ; hogs , common to choice ,
S3.25 to $4.25 ; sheep , fair to choice weth
ers , $3.50 to $5.50 ; lambs , common to
extra , $4.50 to $6.00.
New York Cattle , $3.25 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , ? 3.00 to $5.25 ;
wheat , No. 2 red , 83c to S5c ; corn , No.
, 40c to 41c ; oats , No. 2 white , 35c to 36c ;
butter , creamery , 15c to 18c ; egg3 , West-
.TIL ISc to 14c.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
Constitution of the A. O. U. IV. Is
Amended So as to Allow $1OOO
Policies toBe Written Officers
Elected for the Ensuing Year.
United Workmen Convention.
The expected fight over the location of
Ihe headquarters of the grand lodge of the
A. 0. U. W. did not materialize at the re
gent Lincoln convention. Delegations
from Omahatmd Lincoln to the grand
fodge meeting at first attempted to secure
the headquarters , but when a vote was
taken on the question'Grand Island was the
only city spoken of for the head offices of
the order. The next meeting of the grand
Jodge j1 will be lield in Nebraska City. A
committee ( was appointed to consider the
advLsibility of constructing an A. O.U. W.
building and to recommend a place for
permanent headquarters of the order. A
jnost important stepwas in the adoption
of a constitutional : amendment to- allow
life insurance certificates of $1,000 to be
written. Two thousand dollars has here
tofore been the minimum. This amend
ment must be submitted to the subordinate
lodges for ratification.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year : ME. Shultz , Beatrice ,
grand master workman ; R. P. R. Miller ,
Lincoln , , giand foreman ; H. M. Stockwell ,
Clearwater , grand overseer ; G. H. Barber ,
Edgar , grand recorder ; Frank J. Morgan ,
Plattsmouth ) , grand receiver ; J. C. McEl-
heinney , Lyons , grand watchman ; J. D.
Brayton , Bassett , grand guide ; Jacob
Johnson , Superior , member of board of
trustees ; U. W. Cole of McCook , M. E.
Shultz of Beatrice and J. H. Erford of
Lincoln , representatives to the supreme
lodge.
VETERANS AT YORK.
Annual Encampment of Grand Army
ol * the Republic.
* The annual encampment of the G. A. 11.
md W. R. C. at York May 10 and 11 was a
grand success. While the attendance far
exceeded the expectations of the committees -
mittees in charge , all the visitors were
comfortably housed and cared for. The
following ofiicers were elected by the veterans -
erans : J. E. Evans of North Platte department -
partment commander , John Reese of
Broken Bow senior vice commander and J.
Wilcox of Omaha junior vice commander.
Senator Hay ward was chosen delegate-at-
large to the national encampment , and
Thomas Hibberd of Adams , J. 0. Moore
of PalmjTf" William Phillips of Superior ,
J. B. Ferguson of Lincoln , Lew W. Raber
Omaha , William Widaman of Norfolk ,
delegates. J. Davis of Wilbur , Smith
Caldwell of Edgar , Will Giffertof Pawnee ,
Jack Horton of Stanton , Joseph Lafferty
of Wisner , form the new state council of
administration. Beatrice secured the next
encampment.
At the last business session of the G. A.
R. patriotic resolutions were adopted en
dorsing and commending the national ad
ministration in the conduct of the war.
Colonel Stotsenburg's death was deplored
and the regiment at Manila praised for its
tjallant service.
The Women's Relief Corps elected the
following officers : Mrs. Fedelia M. Ru-
peper , Harvard , president ; Mrs. Mattie J.
Pemberton , York , senior vice ; Mrs.Martha
I. Bagley. Bloomfield , junior vice ; Mrs.
Mary R. Morgan , Alma , treasurer : Anna
Soyd , Hastings , chaplain. Delegates to
.he national meeting are Mrs. Sarah Sweet ;
it large , Mesdames. Brooks , Stover , Lamb ,
A.kers and Miss Gillespie. Executive
aoard , Louise Deacon of Omaha , Mary
Saxton of Edgar , Mary Huffman of New
man Grove , Mary Smith of Lyons , N.
Morey of Kearney.
Three Hurt iu a Runaway.
A runaway team at Beatrice attached
to a lumber wagon ran over F. E. Morri
son , his wife and child , who were riding in
a carriage. The runaway team struck the
carriage squarely at the side. Mr. Morri
son received a bad cut on his head and se
vere injuries to one arm and shoulder.
Mrs. Morrison's left arm was broken and
she was otherwise badly bruised. The
child escaped practically unhurt. The
carriage was literally demolished.
Boy Gets His Leg in a Wheel.
Claud Cliuger , a 10-year-old boy of Wilcox -
cox , while attempting to climb on the back
of a buggy , in some way got one leg in a
wheel. The horse became frightened and
the woman who was driving could not stop
it. The boy's leg was badly lacerated and
the bone broken in two places. A by
stander caught the horse and removed the
boy's leg from the wheel or it would have
been torn from his body.
Passenger's Strange Act.
A. Rowle , wife and two children , were
traveling east over the Union Pacific from
California. While the train was at Chap-
pell , this State , for some unaccountable
reason , Mr. Rowle jumped through the
window of his coach and the last seen of
him he was running across the prairie.
His family left the train there and will re
main until he concludes to return , or until
he is brought back.
School Bonds Carry at Blair. '
At a special election held at Blair to vote
ifH,000 : bonds for the purpose of erecting a
new school building , the bonds were car
ried , the vote standing 2-S for and 135
against. With a $40,000 public building
and a $82,000 school house in course of
erection business will be lively in Blair for
next year.
Funds 1'or the Episcopal Church.
A paper is being circulated for subscrip
tions for the purpose of erecting a new
Episcopal Church at Falls City. Already
several hundred dollars have been sub
scribed and within a few months a new
church is expected to be erected.
Boy Loses a Foot.
Frank , the 9-year-old son of John Ful
ler , was run over by a freight car in the
Missouri Pacific yards at Nebraska City
and his left foot badly crushed. The com
pany surgeon amputated the injured mem
ber.
BELTZER TO SUCCEED WILSON
Osceola Man Named Commandant
of Soldiers * Home ,
Gov. Pojuter bns announced the ap
pointment of L A , BQ\tZGr \ oi Osceola ag
coramandanCof theSoldiers * ' ami Sailors'
Home at Grand Inland , succeed Col.
Wilson , who tendered his resignation
about , ; a month ago. Mr. Beltzer has been
identified with She fusionists in1 Nebraska
for several year and has served the' Sftato
in several different capacities ; JTe'acted : as
sergeant-at-arms'-m-the House of Repre
sentative * during one session-of the'Legis-
lature.
The change in ths office oC commandant
of the institution wi31 bring about several
other changes. Mr. Lteltzer'.rterm of office-
will commence June It At that time Dr-
Swigart of Hastings will , it is said , become-
phjrsician for the Home. "ITncle" John' '
Powers will be retained as * steward. Mr ,
Beltzer's compensatiomwill be $ L500' per
year. The appointment of Dr. Swigart.
and John Powers was mutually agreed up
on by Gov. Poynter and' Mr. Beltzer.
MURDES AT DECATURi
Oscar Yeager Strikes John1 Eggle
ton with a-Singletree.
A quarrel which resulted in a murder
took place near Decatur the other day ,
when Oscar Yeajrer struck John Eggleton'
on the head with a .singletree. The mur
der took place on the Ashley farm , half : i
mile west of town , upon which Eggleton
lived and which has been recently bought
by Yeager. Eggleton'was plowing upon
some church lots which adjoined the farm " *
when Yeager ordered him to-stop , saying
: hat he , Yeager , had bought the land ami
Eggleton could not farm it. A dispute
arose , but no blows were exchanged :
Eggleton returned to his plowingand. ;
Yeager went to a fence near by , where his-
: eam was tied , and took a singletree from
the wagon and smashed Eggleton over tha
dead. One blow was enough and Eggleton.
Tell to the ground , unconscious , in which-
condition he remained for several hours , ,
when he died. Yeager was taken to-Te-
kainah and held without bail.
DeFrance's Sentef He Commuted.
Friends of Ellsworth P. DeFrance , now
an inmate of the United States penitentiary
at Sioux Falls , S. D. , sent there in 1893 to
serve a life term , will be interested in
knowing that President McKinley has
commuted his sentence to fifteen-years
from date of imprisonment. DeFrance
was sent to the penitentiary from this State
in 1893. In company with a companion ,
William Huntington , he waylaid Charles
Burwell , a mail carrier from one of the
small towns on the Union Pacific in the
western part of the State to Chadron on
the Elkhorn road , threatened his- life ,
rifled the mail sacks , and secured one
penn ; j He was artfl a few davs Jater ,
but his partner m&jv } his escape and. has-
never been apprehended. At the. time of
the commission of the crime DeFrance-
was a young man , scarcely out of his teens.
Nebraska Cattlemen Meet ; .
The Western Nebraska Stock Growers'
Association met at Alliance May 10. The
large cattle owners from the sand , hills
region were present in force. Officers are
as follows : R. 31. Hampton , Alliance ,
president ; Heuben Lisco , Lodge Pole , vice
president ; J. R. Van Bushkirk , Alliance ,
secretary and treasurer ; executive- committee -
mittee , W. II. Corbin , A. S- Reed , Ed
Coumbe , L. J. Schill , W. II. Swan , A. M.
Modisett , W. G. Comstock. The- association -
tion now represents 40,000 cattle , and will
in the future have inspectors of its own at
all principal markets. A. P. Delatour of '
Lewellen was recommended to > ! ov.
Poynter for appointment on the- brand ,
committee. Range losses were reported ,
very light and cattle are rapidly gaining in
condition.
" \Vymore is Wide-Open. .
The thriving little city of Wymoro is.
once more wide open so far as-gambling
houses , sporting houses and like enter
prises are concerned. For a short time last
winter all these vices were relegated to the
rear , but with the advent of the new city
administration there was a change. Every
thing is supposed to pay license.but so-
far all have been allowed to. run. unmo
lested except the slot machine operators ,
who are required to pay a. license of $10-
per month on each machine.
Lunatic Commits. Suicide.
Anton Krchnavy , a prisoner in the-
county jail at David City OIL charge of in.
sanity , committed suicide by saturating
the bed clothes with kerosene wrapping ;
himself up and setting fire to it. When
the fire was discovered he-was dead.
Lutherans' Church Aaniversaxy.
The Swedish Lutherans at Qaklandcele
brated their thirtieth anniversary a few
days ago. They own an elegant property
valued at $19,000. The membership , , in
cluding communicants ami non-comriiun-
icants. number upwards- 400.
Another Clerk Alloxved.
The United States land office located at
Sidney was handsomely surprised a day or
two ago , being informed by svire from.
Wasninuton thatanotherjclerk was allowed ,
owing to the increasing business of the
office.
Secures Wolf Bounty.
Charles Tolle of Charleston brought six
young wolvps into York and secured a
bounty of ? ( > . Tolle was compelled to scalp
each wolf before getting his pay. These
are the first brought in under the late law.
Nebraska Short Notes.
Heaver City is to have a creamery.
McCook proposes to put tramps to work ;
on the streets.
Leigh is debating the advisability of put
ting in system of waterworks.
A new grain elevator is one of the im
provements Tekamah is figuring on for
this summer.
The contract for building the new court
house at Wayne has been let to Rowle &
Moore of Omaha for $25,600.
The St. Paul creamery has started up
again. The old building was burned last
summer , but the owners rebuilt.
Grading on the Atkinson and Norton is
now completed about ten miles out from
Atkinson and it is expected that in a week
the force will be within six miles of Perry ,