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M0TT0--A11 Tho News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1901).
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CURRENT HAPPEHIHGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
BATTLE MANY HOURS
twenty imrnirs and ioo ne
grols in an encointeh.
lo Blacks Art- Killed, Scores Wound
ed mid Forty Taken lrisoiiers
Scene Laid at Creek Indian Uprising
in Oklahoma Last Year.
On the scene of tho famous Creek
Indian uprising of last year at Hickory
ttlement In Oklahoma, two negroes
were killed, many wounded und forty
captured in a battle between twenty
deputy sheriff and 100 negroes. The
lighting began late Wednesday and
continued Aithnut interruption until
10 o'clock Thursday.
Five deputies went from Henrietta,
eighteen miles north of Guthrie, to the
negro settlement to arrest cattle
thieves thought to bo concealed in the
house of one of the negroes. They
were met at the outer edge of the
Camp by a party of armed negroes,
who refused to allow them to enter.
The deputies pet sifted and were fired
upon. Outnumbered, the five lied.
A few hours after the first clash
a larger potse, heavily armed, reached
the settlement. Home one llred a shot
and the rioting was on. When night
fell the excitment increased and
negroes roann-d through the. woods
firing and yelling. The fight continued
us a series of duels throughout the
nisht, the negroes retreating gradually
from tree to tree as the deputies ad
vanced, firing btcadily. Reaching the
.settlement, the negroes barricaded
themselves In their huts and could not
i be dislodged.
At daybreak firing ceased and
neither party made another move un
til 10 o'clock, when the deputies re
newed the attack on the negroes, who
now numbered 100, against twnety de
puties. About 300 shots were fired in
the last encounter, when two negroes
were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler
injured.
At the first onslaught the negrogs
were dislodged and fled. The deputies'
pursued and captured forty.
RIVKR JT'XD IN DOVHT.
Prospective l'lgiil Over the Big Im
provement Appropriation.
With the announcement from Wash
ington that a united effort was about
to be made by senators and represen
tatives from Iowa, Nebraska, South
Dak'ota and Xorth Dakota to relocate
in Sioux City, Iowa, an office for an en
gineer in charge of the Missouri river,
it has become known that the cam
paign is the outgrowth of the domina
tion of the lower river influence with
the war department and the peculiar
provision of the recent rivers and har
bors bill for the improvement of the
Missouri river.
The movement to bring to Sioux'
City a government engineer's office
had its inception with George C. Call,
of Sioux City, secretary-treasurer of
of the Missouri Hiver Navigation cop
gress. The agitation commenced im
mediately after tho passage of the
rivers and harbors bill, and is yet
scarcely under way. The plan of the
up-river men is not to remove the
office of Capt. K. II. Schultz from
Kansas City, but to provide an Inde
pendent engineering headquarters and
to divide the unties In regard to river
improvements between the two offi
cials. Soon after the passage of the rivers
and harbors bill, which was approved
on March 3, it was found that the
usual custom of. designating the divi
sions of the appropriation between the
various sections of the river had been
changed, the amount being set apart
in a lump sum. From the wording of
the appropriation it gave rise to the
belief that the greater portion of the
1555,000 for Improvements would be
spent in the Kansas City district with
practically no expenditure except a
little snagging in the upper part of
the stream.
WOMAN'S TRAGIC END.
Wife or Pierre Lorlllurd, Jr., r:nds
lilfe by Inhaling ;us.
Weary of the gay whirl of society
nd face to face, as she believed, with
years of physic-la! suffering, Mrs. Pierre
Lorillard, jr., aged 4 9, wife of the
tobacco magnate, committed suicide
by asphyxiation at her home near the
fashionable Dupotit circle In Washing
ton, V. C, Thursday. Her tragic death
has shocked the first social circles of
the capital as nothing else in years.
In spite of the coroner's certificate
of death by suicide, members of the
family declare that Mrs. Ioiillai d died
pf heart failure.
lionet flight to Throne.
George, crown prince of Servla, has
renounce, I his right of succession to
the Servian throne. Th, action is the
result of a bitter press campaign In
which the crown prince Is accused of
the death of one of his servants.
Moil City Live St4iek Muikei.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market folhw: TVp
fceeves, $6. 10; top hogs, $6.75.
KIRNAITKRS AT i'lTTKIU'RO.
Officers Feared to Take the Couple
to Sharon,
Willie Whitla Wednesday identified
the man and woman held on suspicion
by the Cleveland police as the persons
who kidnaped him from the school
at Sharon, I'a., last Thursday, und held
him for the $10,000 ransom which was
paid by his father. Attorney James P.
Vhltla, Monday. Willie said the man
who gave the name of James II.
Hoyle, was the one who took him from
school and carried him through a
tortuous route to Cleveland, then to
Ashtabula, buck to Cleveland, then to
placed him in the house in the eaBt
end, where he was held until thA
money was puld.
Willie also declared the woman was
tho one who cured for him at the
house where he was detained, and
who ucted the part of a nurse.
The Cuyahoga county grand jury
has returned an Indictment against
Jaraej It. Boyle and Helen Boyle, alias
Helen Faulkner, charging them with
blackmail. The charge is based in the
payment of a $10,000 ransom by J. P.
Whitla for the recovery of his son,
Willie Whitla.
Fearing for the safety of their pris
oners if taken to Sharon or the county
seat of Mercer county, officers Thurs
day night brought Boyle and his wife
to the Allegheny county jail at Pitts
burg In a special cor from Cleveland.
The prisoners were guarded by sixteen
detectives and officers.
A woman known as Mary Dencr,
who, the police wiy, may have been
an associate of the kidnapers, or was
implicated in the plot, committed sui
cide Wednesday by drinking morphine.
The woman drank the poison while
standing in front of a drug store in
tho east end not far from the house In
which Willie Whitla was detained.
She died in the ambMlance while being
taken to the hospital.
DEATH IN TEXAS TOitXADO.
Twelve IVoj.le liose Lives and Mnny
Ioro Are Injured.
Twelve dead, property loss reaching
into thousands of dollars and possibly
a score Injured was the result of a
tornado which swept over the north
eastern part of Wise county late Tues
day night. Several small towns suf
fered serious damage.
The general course of the tornado
seems to have been from the south
east. The greatest loss of life oc
curred In the country districts. The
destruction of one farm house alone
caused the death of eight persons.
This single tragedy of the .storm ,o,fts
etirred , nsar Slldell "where the farm
house of Ira Rice was crushed in by
the furious wind and the family of
eight members ploned beneath the
wreckage. A light in the house at
the time of the disaster caused the
ruins to become Ignited, and, fanned
by the furious wind, the flames Bnuffed
out the lives of the helplesB victims.
The towns of Sanger and Green
Wood were hit and a number of houses
moved from their foundations.
SEVERE FIX) III DA STORM.
Terrllie iule Does Heavy Damage to
Property One mun Killed.
A severe windstorm passed over
Lakeland, Fla , and vicinity early
Thursday, tearing down several houses
uprooting trees and doing other dam
p.ge. One man was asleep when the
storm blew his house down and he
was instantly killed. Another wan
blown from his wagon and badly In
jured. At Kathleen eight buildings were
blown down, including a commissary.
The wires between Kathleen and Lake
land are down and It is impossible to
get authentic information of thi
' storm.
George Cheever Arraigned
George Cheever, son of former chief
of police of Andover, Mass., who has
been posing as a Yale man, was ar
raigned In court in New York Thurs
day and held In $2,000 bail for trial
on a charge of forgery. Cheever is
Kuld to have obtained nearly $20,000
In the last six months by forged checks
Falling Wall Kills Seven.
Seven men were killed and five seri
ously injured in Chicago Thursday
when part of a thirty-five foot wall,
left standing after a fire, crashed down
on them without warning.
Forinor Trouble Recurs.
A Bectlon of the embankment 300
feet long of the Panama railway line
at Gatun hus again settled about thirty
feet at the same spot where the last
movement occurred In November.
To Moet In Kansas city.
A call has been Issued for a meet
ing of Missouri river valley shippers
to be held In Kansas City to discuss
the recent ruling of ' the Interstate
commerce commission on rates to
western points, which it is said Is In
the Interest of Chicago and St. Louis
at the expense of Missouri river points
'lull man Hunk Act Signed.
Gov. Dickersoii of Nevada Wednes
day signed the Tullman banking act.
This bill, though nut including the
guaranty feature, Is almost the same In
effect.
Damage by Snow In IVnver.
Eight inches of wet, clinging snow,
following several hours of steady rain,
did damage In Denver Tuesday night
estimated at from $200,000 to $800,
000 and cut off all comp-.unlcatlon
with the outside world fcr sometime.
Twenty-Two Death Sentences.
Twenty-two deuth sentences passed
upon political piiH.jii.-rn at St. Peters
burg, Russia, were confirmed Thurs
day byHhe supreme military court.,
rOUTO HICANS KICK
Chairman 15Ivti Infolds a long
lule of Woe.
That Porto Klco was governed bet
ter under Spanish rule than under the
American administration; that the
Spanish-American wht and the conse
quent occupation of the Island by the
United Slutes has ruined the coffffee
industry, the most Important In the
island, and that the executive council,
composed largely of Americans, Is re
sponsible entirely for tho present
crisis, were the declarations made
Wednesday by Luis Munuz IMvera
chairman of the commission now in
Washington. The commission was ap
pointed by the house of delegates to
lay before President Tuft, congress and
th American people the reasons for
the existing conditions In the Island,
and to ask for concessions from this
country, both !n regard to the form of
government for the island and on the
tariff proposition.
Commissioner Rivera claims that all
the Porto Rleans ask for Is Justice,
and that the Ann rleans are not giving
them this.
l'EAH CHEAT LOSS IN KEVENUES.
Officials In Philippines Alarmed by
Provisions of Payne Tariff.
Officials of the insular government,
members of the Philippine assembly
and others in done touch with the af
fairs of the Philippine government are
seriously concerned over the loss in
revenue which will result from the
establishment, of reciprocal free trade
between the Islands and the United
tates under tho provisions of the
Payne tariff bill. It -feared that the
deficit for the first year, due to the de
crease In revenue customs, will approx
imate 5,00,000 pesos ($2,500,000) nnd
that it will increase from yenr to year
with the growth of American Imports.
If the closer trade relations with the
United States restore tho Islands to
prosperity it will become possible later
to Impose direct taxation to cover the
deficiency. In the meantime It in
feared that the Philippines will suffer
seriously during the readjustment pe
riod and that the government will be
forced,- In all probability, to abandon
many of the Important public works
MISSING AERONAUTS SAFE.
Traveled Aimlessly About for Twenty
Four Hours.
After one of the most harrowing ex
periences in the history of ballooning
Capt. A. E. Muellerand his five com
paions vylm esoewrted in the big Ferris
facing balloon, America, at Pasadena,
Cal., last Saturday afternoon and be
came lost In the Sierra Madre moun
tains, arrived on foot at Swltzer's
camp, on the slopes of Mount Wilson
Tuesday afternoon, unharmed. The
men passed through a series of hard
ships the details of which have not
as yet been learned. They were pro
vided with horses at Switzer's camp
and began the descent to Pasadena
over a slippery and dangerous trail.
A single telephone wire across the
.mountains brought tho first word of
their arrival at the cump to relatives
in Pasadena and shortly afterward
this wire failed so but little Informa
tion regarding their hazradous trip
was obtained.
STARTS FOR EAST AFRICA.
Roosevelt Sails From New York on
tho Steamer Hamburg.
Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit
sailed at 11:06 Tuesday morning, on
the steamer Hamburg, on the first
stage of their long Journey to East
Africa in search of the big game In
which the region abounds. From his
home at Oyster Hay, which he left at
7 o'clock, to the steamship dock at
Hoboken the ex-presldent's route re
sembled a triumphal murch, the greet
ings of the crowds which had gathered
to wish him good luck being express
ed along the way in enthusiastic
cheers. The feature of the trip was
that Roosevelt rode for the first tjme
In the tunnel under the Hudson rive
from New York to Jersey City.
Hun on CorrcKKniIents.
Judge Ellis Wednesday afternoon Is
sued peremptory orders forbidding
representatives of newspapers sending
out, either verbatim, or In substance,
the testimony of witnesses In the trial
of Avery Blount at Amite, Lu., for the
killing of Benjamin Hreelund, his wife
and stepdaughter.
Brownsville Riot Inquiry.
Secretary of War Dickinson Wednes
day announced the retired army offi
cers who have been appointed mem
bers of the court of Inquiry to Investi
gate the discharge of the battalion of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, colored, for
alleged complicity In the affair at
Brownsville in 1906.
Storm Severe In Run sit a.
The storm of snow and sleet which
iwept ixross Colorado and western
Kansus Tuesday night assume.! the
proportions of u tornado near Kdsou,
Sherman county and nine curs of a
Rock Island freight train were blown
from the truck and many houses un
roofed. Wade Ellis lo Reniuln.
The attorney general hus asked
Wude II. Ellis, of Ohio, to continue
In his present position of assistant to
the attorney general, and it was offi
cially announced 7'ucsduy afternoon
that Mr. Ellis hud ugreed to do so.
Columbus Duy In New York.
Gov. Hughes of New York, signed a
bill Tuesday night designating October
12 as a legal holiday to be known as
"Columbus duy."
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HOUSE CONORS. I
.V"cepts Senate Amendments to Hie
Dunking Act.
The house Tuesday concurred in the
senate amendments to the bank bill.
Taylor, of Custer, Aided by republican
votes, made a hard tight on three sec
tions but was finally beaten by a vote
of 43 to 63. The senate nmendme tits
were adopted with only twenty votes
agnlnst them, one of the se a democrat.
The Lincoln charter was recommit
ted to the committee of the whole for
the specific amendment of providing
for a special election following Its
passage w ithout the en.e;gepey clause.
The senate killed all oast off bi.nk
gnu runt y bills In view of the action of
the senate In accepting its amend
ments to the joint committee bill.
Trading stamps were attacked In tho
senate.
The senate devoted the greater part
of Tuesday afternoon to passing bills.
The following wore passed:
Hy Klllen For the appointment of
tne additional oil Inspector and pro
viding for both a flash and gruvlty
test for illuminating oil.
I'.y Kvons Started as a bill to re
quire rullroads to deliver the full
amount of grain louded on a car but as
it came from the two houses says
nothing about weighing but required
railroad companies to receive grain
for shipment without discrimination.
By Uuvtos Giving hotel keepers a
lien ou baggage and valuables of
guests and d fining their liu-dUty fol
lows of valuables.
J'y Ollls To rc-oi'lte gasoline mo
tors on railroads to be equipped with
two closets und separate smoking
rooms.
By Dlers For the garnishment of
25 per cent of the wages of a head
of a lamlly for debU Incurred for the
necessities of life.
By Raymond For the publication
of the proceedings of irrigation
boards.
l'y McVleker For the filing of cam
paign contributions fifteen days be
fore election.
By Bowman Making it unlawful
for an employer to intimidate em
ployes by threatening to discharge
them or to close his place of business
If any particular candidate Is elected.
By Burtos To make It unlawful for
an Insurance company to print a state
ment on its policies that such policies
are secured by bonds or securities de
posited with the state.
By Miller, by request To require
accident companies to deposit with the
state auditor 50 pivent, of the yalue
of existing policies, the policies to bo
vulued annually.
Hy Howell Coroners to receive $5
for viewing a body and $5 for sending
it to a morgue.
By Miller To placy the home for
the friendless under the control of
three commissioners appointed by the
ifjvsrr.or, the commissioners to em
ploy one agent at $1,500 a year und
to make the home merely a tempo
rary home while the commissioners
are finding permanent homes for them.
By Committee on Education Child
ren living in u joint district to be given
leave to apply for permission to attend
a nearer nehool in the county of their
residence.
By Raymond School districts hav
ing 150 pupils to be ullowed to In
crease the tux levy from 25 to 40 mills.
The committee on finance, ways und
means reported for the general file
eight of the appropriation bills, offer
ing amendments to none of them. They
are as follows:
By Gates, $3,000 for cement walls
for the fish ponds at South Bend.
By Blystone $1,000 for furniture,
etc., for the G. A. U. room at the state
house.
By Skeen $40,000 to complete and
eoulp the administration building and
omplete the library building ut the
Peru normal. r
By the Committee on Fish and
Game $2,000 for the Cherry county
fish hatchery.
By Taylor of Hitchcock $525 for
surveying the Fifth guide meiidlun
through Dundy county.
By Bushee, et ul. $75,000 to as
sist weak school districts to mulntaln
five months' school.
By Begele $70,000 for two build
ings at the Beatrice institute for l'ce
blo minded.
By Annstrong $50,000 for a wing
for the Kearney normal building.
The committee of the whole recom
mended for passage S. F. No. 36, by
Miller, to require 80 per cent quvlty
In linseed oil; H. F. No. 353,, by 1-av-erty,
defining the lights of two or more
li-rigutlon ditches, intended to appor
tion the cost of the Suit creek drainage
ditch along the entire ditch; S. F. No.
267 by (Jills, providing that when the
license In question is submitted to '
vote of the people of a city the prop
ositions to be voted upon shall be "For
license," and "Against license."
The senate which ucted upon II. R.
No. 144 last Salurduy Tuesday found
that the bill was ut that time In the
house. The work had to b done over
agnln and wus performed. On motion
of King it was amended to provide
that no Judgment shall be revived un
less action to revive the same be com
menced within ten years after such
J.idgment became dormant. The
emergency clause was stricken mil und
in this form the bill was recommended
to pass.
The commitete on education report
ed out 11 it. No. 2X0. a bill to place
Junior normal and noruinl training
In high schools under control of the
state board of education t.i be ap
pointed by the governor.
In Critical Condition.
Mrs. Henry Paul, of Superior, u for
mer resident of West Point, was taken
to u hospital Salurduy and underwent
a serious operation on Sunday. But
Blight hopes arc entertained for her
ecovery.
Man Refused mi Office.
In the nominations for couniilnn-n
in Weeping Water Turner .Ink re
fused the nomination on one of the
tickets and his place wus filled by E.
F. Murshull. Theie will be no coutei-t
rxcept for clerk.
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.MAY AIMOl KN I'UIDAY.
NcluilsWn Solen-i Growing Restless and
l.cs'.re to (,o I Ionic.
Adjournment and the question of
getting away from the capital agitated
members of both houses Tuesday
night. The J. .Int committee of the
house ai..l senate remained In s. s:iloii
until late wrangling over thi . time
when the senate files and house rolls
not yet through the house ot their
origin should die automatically. There
was an ugie. inent that this date should
be Friday, e'thougli the matter was
not definitely settled.
Clitics of tiie bank guaranty act al
lege that it is fatally defective and
has some of the weaknesses of the
South Dakota act. The section com
manding private banking concerns to
reorganise Is believed to be uncon
stitutional. In the senate Ned Brown created an
uproar. While the members were
nodding In their seats he slipped an
amendment throvh the committee of
the whole striking tho word "male"
fro mtho statutes in the privileges and
elections acts. This, of course, grant
ed femade suffrage. The amendni'.nt
was ordered engrossed by a tie Vote,
but was afterward killed on trie roll
call In the senate by a majority of wne.
In the bpecial message to the legis
lature Gov. Shullenberger Tuesday af
ternoon urged the passage of a law
restricting the stock Issues of public
service coi potations. H argued that
the stock watering methods in vogue
wero vicious in the extreme and legis
lation was needed to make the com
panies spends hard cash for develop
ments und rei.uict stock Issues to act
ual cash investment.
PI LLS TRIGGER WITH HER TOE.
Mrs. .lesepli Kramer, of Nelson, Com
mits SuUiile with Shotgun.
News was received at Nelson Mon
day of the death by suicide of Mrs.
Joseph Kramer, who lived five miles
southwest of that place. She shot her
self with a shotgun, the charge tear
ing away the greater part of her face.
Mrs. Kramer sat in a chair near her
bed, and, taking oil' her shoe, pulled
the trigger with her toe. The front
purt of her head was literally torn to
pieces A piece of her skull ns large
as a mun's hand wus found lying on
the floor back of the chair. The walls
of the room were bespattered with
blood. The gun waH so heavily
charged the load made a hole two
Inches in diameter in the celling.
No reason Is assigned for1 ,t) ,PCt.
Mrs. Krumer was in Nelson the duy
before the tragedy. Besides her hus
band she leaves rive children, four be
ing at home. The other one is mar-
lied and does not live here.
SIRS. I1ANNER NOT GUILTY.
Unwritten Law Plays Part In Omaha
M urder Cuse.
Mrs. Atta Banner, on trial for the
murder of her brotherlnlnw, who had
blasted that he had ruined her daugh
ter, Murjorle King, was given a ver
dict of not guilty. Tho outcome of
the trial was a victory for the un
written law, which was invoked in be
half of the' distracted woman, whom
experts declared to have been suf
fering from hysterical Insanity at the
time she fired the fatal shot.
Pleading for a verdict "which will
be a tribute to mother love," Matthew
Gerlng, for the defense, delivered one
ftf the most remarkable appeals ever
heard in a criminal court. Fred Ban
ner, the dead man, was characterized
by tho. attorney as "this reptile who
robs this young girl of everything
which mude her beautiful in the eyes
of her devoted mother."
He spoke of the bullet "speeding on
Its mission of love," and declared "It
Is the luw of God and man which
prompted this woman to launch Fred
Banner on the road to hell."
In his reply on behalf of the state
County Attorney English usserted that
Gerlng hud devoted one hour and a
half to the unwritten law and fifteen
minutes to the ostensible defense of
insanity.
ROAD SURVEYORS START TALK.
New Lino Prnjivled from Huntings to
Keurney.
It Is believed In Hastings that work
will be htarted early lu the summer
from Hastings to Kearney or to some
point ou the Union Pacific a short dla-
tunce east of that place. Announce
ment of the plans for building the
roud us a short connection for north
and south truffle over the Hariiman
system, Joining the west end of tho
Union Pacific with the St. Joseph and
Grand Island rullroud and eliminating
some twenty miles of travel necessury
with the connection at Grand Island,
has come to Hustings from sources
which are regarded as thoroughly re-
lluble.
The route for the projected line was
completely surveyed over a year ago
und Friduy a group of surveyors be
gun going ov r the Hue about where
It will Join the St. Joseph and-Grand
Islund roud, n the eastern part of
Hastings. The latter roud has recent
ly purchused sufficient property along
its right of way In the northeast part
of that town to accommodate the new
line of truck.
I 'm her Gluulier Expires.
Father George J. Glauber, pastor lu
ehuige of Holy Trinity church, ut
llartington, suffered a nccoud uttack
of paralysis Monday morning which
lie survived out u lew hours.
Dropped Dead on Street.
'. E. Wells, of Fairmont, uged 7(
years, dropped deud Saturday ufter
noon ul 3 o'clock while working on
the street. He had been In apparent
good health up to the time of his
deulh. He was u carpenter, and hud
he. 'ii working on a small burn in the
euily part of the duy.
Pioneer Woman Dead.
Mrs. Patrick I'ouneully, one of tho
oldest pioneer citizens of Burt county
died ut her home eust of Lyons Mun
duy. She wus 84 years old.
NO SAIJONS AT I'Ol'i' CKOOK.
Gov. Slmth ulx rr.or Vetoes Guten Rill
Passed liy Assembly.
Tho county optlonlsts in Lincoln
won n decided victory Saturday when
Gov. Shullenberger vetoed tho flutes
bill allowing saloons at Fort Crook.
The tlaies lilil was the only piece of
auti-.ialoon legislation which emerged
from the legislative mill during the
present session. The margin was nar
ri .. in each house, and the bill was
fought with extreme bitterness. When
tho governor's veto was transmitted
to the house, an attempt was made to
pass the measure deaplto the execu
tive's disapproval but this failed.
The bank guaranty bill has been
pi luted und the house members are
furious. The radicals declare that
they will never concur In the senate
ameiidment-i. The emergency clause
wus stricken out by the senate and the
guarantee deposit cut from one-half
to one-fourth of one ier cent.
Tho senate killed the Seattle ex
position appropriation.
ALLEN HAS COMMERCIAL CLUII.
luterurbiiu Line Among; the IroJt't
rf Body.
Mien citizens have organized a com
mercial club with the following of
ficers: President, E. E. Shackelford;
first vice president. Rev. F. M. Denl
mer; second vice president. W. F. Fil
ey; secretary, A. It. Wilson; treasur-
r. V. W. McDonald. Atnnnur other
good things they propose for Aallen Is
a Y. M. C. A. T.ere also Is strong
talk of bulldlnpr nn Interurban line
from Allen to Wakefield, a dlstu.ice of
leven mile. The line would connect
Allen with the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis nnd Omaha rallrond, making
direct communication with. Omaha.
Such a line could also be extended on
to Hartlngton by way of the old Dally
postofflce, thereby tapping a rich
farming country.
I'OUl 5 -YEAR-OLD ROY DROWNED
Followed Hut Into Stream Too Deep
for Him.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C Vanl-eer arrived
nt Tecumeh from Sheridan, Wyo.;
unilay with the remains of their 4-
year-old son, Ben VenLeer. The re
mains were taken to the home of Mrs.
Venl-eer'B parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. B. P.
Hunt, In Vesta, nnd the funeral was
held there Monday afternoon, and In
terment made in the Vesta cemetery.
Little Ben was walking near a rtieam,
near his home in Wyoming, when a
gust of wind blew his hat from his
head anil into the water. He went
right into the stream niter the hat,
and the water being quite deep, the
child was drowned beforo help could
reach him.
BRISK DEMAND FOR HOGS.
reut Number Marketed Inst Fall Hit
Cause.
Owing to something of a shortage
In feed many Johnson county farmers,
as well as farmers all over the state,
rushed their hogs off to market last
fall, paying little attention to the char
acter of tho stuff they were selling.
or how low they were letting their
stock get. The result Is going to be a
brisk hog market this year. R. F.
Miner, a breeder of thoroughbred hogs
of Tecumaeh, says that he has raised
more hogs than ever before and yet he
Is going to be able to supply but a
small per cent of tho demand upon hl:i
breeding stock. He received twenty
one inquiries fur stock in one day lust
week.
DILLON'S SLAYERS CONFESS.
Mero Hoys Murder Wealthy Earnier
for 11 Is Money.
Trailed by bloodhounds, George
Crltzer and Ben Hattendorf, aged 16
and 18, respectively, were arrested Sat
urday evening and have confessed that
they murdered William Dillon, a farm
er near Alma, who was found dead at
his supper table Friday evening. Dil
lon leaves an estate worth $20,000.
The boys secured only a watch and
about $20 in cash.'
Cliaiiiberlulii Suits Hang On,
One of the cases of the state vs
CharlCB M. Chamberlain, of Tecumseh,
will come up In the Gage county dis
trict court ut Beatrice on April 6. Mr.
Chamberlain, as cashier of the fulled
Chamberlain bank of Tecumseh, is ac
cu.ted of having accepted money on
deposit after he knew his bunk to be
insolvent.
I'uil to Crack a Safe.
When the .ofilco of O. A. Cooper &
Son, millers at Humboldt, was
opened Monday morning the safo fcitve
evidence of an unsuccessful attempt
to "cruck" It during the previous
night. The work wus evidently that
of tui amateur, probubly home talent.
An Old Settler Dies.
James A. Hood, one of the old set
tlers In the hills near St. l'aul. died
Tuesduy after a llngt'rlng Illness of
lieu rly a year's duration. He was born
In Culpepper county, Virginia, seven
ty- elxht years ugo, und came to this
slate in 188(1 and hud been engaged
in funning ever since.
Horse Sulc Wmm Successful.
Some recurd-breuklng prices foi
horseflesh were reached at the James
Suyers-Wulter Church sule held at
Leigh. One spun of black horses
reudlly brought $490, while one other
horses went for $230.
Senator's Daughter Tukes Husband.
The murrlage of Miss Alma O. Ful
ler, to Eaiie R. I Urge, occurred at thj
home of the bride near Seward Sun
day. Rev. George Williams, of the
Presbyterian church, performed tho
ceremony.
Triplet In Bin i rice Homo.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Talk, of Heat
rice, are the proud parents of triplets.
three boys, born Sunday afternoon
The babies are healthy and well
formed and weigh eight, seven and
six pounds, respectively.
FIND COOPERS GUILTY;
20 years iii pnisori
Jurors Bring In Verdict ef Second
Degree Murder for Kill
ing of Carsnack.
BAIL IS IMMEDIATELY GVTER.
Friends of Convicted Men Bush to
Sign Bonds Tending Argument
for Now TriaL
Guilty r.r murder In thr nerond de
cree, with twenty jvrV Inapt Imminent
us the penalty, was tft verdict brought
In by the Jury hi Nashville BntTirdrjr
morning In the ensi; apiitist tiihn.'e!
Duncan n. Cooper :irid lii wm. Rohiii
Cooicr. e!nirp-l witli the uiurder of
former United St a fen Senator II W.
Cat-mack. The Jury Eie previous dar
acquit leu John R. Ktiar. a conU'feiMl
nut. Immediately the defense moved to
pet aside the verdict hevuusw of the ver
dict of dlsiigL'evment Friday and asked
COL. DUNCAN CUuIY.1.
tho court to derlar It a mistrial. Jndg
Ilnrt said lie would listen to arguments
on this motion later. Ut then flsiil
the defeK.lants' , boiul Hi F-5jbtX neta, .
which, wiib accept ii lite to both aides.
The verdict, coming It did upon
the heels of Uonmnm Eurko'a declara
tion, "tluit we nre fiofielcssly tied up
ns to the Coopers," was a decided ur-
prlse. The defendants took It coolly.
almost without emotion, lira. Burtit
nnd Mrs. Wilson, t'o daughters of
Colonel Cooper, restrained their emo
tion gamely. Mrs. Itttrch ant with her
arm around her brother Robin's nhoul
der nnd Mrs. Wilson was at her fath
er's right.
After fi!mjr n bond totaling nearly
n million nnd a htiff. Colonel Cooper
nnd ills son retired to the home of
Judge J. C. Bradford to dlwiiM the-
next move In the case. Although Judge
Hart fixed the bond at $25,000 for each
defend n tit, tlrcre wn a rnah to algn it
no u nt cooraL
on the purt of wealthy clUsetta of
Nashville, which fairly awamped tin
clerk In the Criminal Court. It seemed
ns If every friend of the Ompera "'H
sldered It Incumbent upou blot to aigti
the bond. When there waa no moro
room for names nt the foot of the doc
ument the new bondsmen Indorsed It
across the face until it was ditflcnlt t
leelplier the signature.
GREAT BRIDGE DTVAXXTED.
lUuHund and Iiullaaa M , Ia
Hhakea hr K srfaatssu
One-half million dollars worth of prop
erty wns destroyed, hundreds of livn
were iuqieriled and the rilies of Ham
mond and Indiana Hurt tor. IsxL, wero
shaken from end to end by an ezphwlou
of nitroglycerin (hat completely wrecked,
t lie steel couKtructiini work of tho nv
Lake IShore Railroad bridge that ia oting
built at Indiana Harbor. The exploniou)
Is declared to have bero the raiult of la
bor troubles between union wokmeu aud
the l'ituburg CouxtriM-tioa Company of
l'lttsburg, which is building tho bridge.
FRAT BRANDS BOY WITH ACID.
HlKh Schol Inlttatlw mt Daaklrk,
S. V., Mnjr l)aH(an far LIU.
Complaint wus tiled the other day with
George Itichuioiul. president of the board
of education hi Dunkirk, N. Y, of al
leged cruelties inflicted upon tiireo candi
dates for membership iu a hirh acbool se
cret society. The initial of tho oociety
were brauded on the i-berka of three
young men with acid. They ara Nail Ef.
lis, Frank J. Murphy and Ferdinand Van
dervoort. KltU' cheeks usy ba disfigured
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stllln ifttwwiMii'ftrn .iliiiii 111 liiMiTlilliiliillrS
i permanently.
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