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TROOPS ASSAILED
STRIKERS THROW ROCKS AT SOL
DIERS AT SHENANDOAH.
ONE OF OFFENDERS ARRESTED
.Others Implicated In the Assault
on
8entrles Not Yet Apprehended The
Situation In that District Becoming
Strenuous.
SHENANDOAH, Pa., Aug. 4. The
entire Eighth regiment was 'called to
arms last night a sa result of an at
tack made by a band of men In am
bush who threw stones at the troops
now In camp on the plateau outside
the town. These attacks aro becom
ing so frequent that Brigadier Genoral
Gobln has decided to adopt stem
measures to end thom. Last night a
double guard with ball cartridges sur
rounded the camp and tho sentries
havo been Instructed that if the stone
throwing Is repeated they must, shoot
to kill and Investigate affairs after
wards. One of tho attacking party, a
Lithuanian named William Stoponltz,
Is under arrest and is confined in the
guard tent and the provost marshal
is on the trail of others. It is not
known how many were in the crowd,
but the- officers of tho Eighth regi
ment believe the number to havo been
more than a dozen.
Tho first attack, according to Col
onel Theodore F. Hoffman, was made
at 10:45 o'clock at night. Private
Payne of Company I, on sentry duty,
saw a party on the Mahaony City road
which separates the camp of tho
Eighth regiment from the Twelfth.
Ho commanded tho mon to halt, and
called the corporal of tho guard, but
before tho latter could respond a
shower of stones and rocfts wero
thrown at the sentry. Ono rock
struck him on tho chest, knocking him
down and causing his gun to fall from
his hands. Ho immediately jumped
up and fired several Bhots in the air.
Ab he did so the mon ran down tho
road and were pursued by Boveral
strangers. The outpost, which had
been stationed somo distanco from
the camp, heard the shots and one of
the pickets captured Stoponltz as ho
came running down tho road. The
others escaped.
The shooting aroused tho wholo
camp and tho Eighth regiment was
put under arms and Companies B. E
and K were Immediately out in skirm
ish lines. They beat tho underbrush
and laurel, which is five or six f.t
high all around tho camp, but they
could find no ono. Tho regiment was
then called to quarters and fifteen
minutes later another shower of stones
was thrown at tho stable guard, which
is located south of tho Eighth regi
ment. The guard turned out and three
men wero seen running along the road
In the opposite direction from where
the outpost was stationed. The
strangers were not pursued.
Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
morning the third and last attack was
made, and It was of such a naturo
that the bugler, under orders from
Colonel Hoffman, sounded the wholo
regiment to arms. This time the
stable guard was again tho object of
the mysterious attack. Stones in vol
leys wero thrown at the guard and at
the sentries near by.
On account of the laurel underbrush
and the darkness, the soldiers could
not see tho offenders. However, the
sentries fired a dozen shots into tho
underbrush, but no one was hit. Some
of the bullets went whistling over
tho tents of tho sleeping Twelfth regi
ment across tho road.
BATTLE IS STILL RAGING.
So Comes Word to Colombians In
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4- "Battle
still boing fought desperately." Theso
wero tho words contained In a dispatch
received at tho Colombian legation to
night from General Salazar, tho gov
ernor of tho department of Panama,
and were in answer to a mossage ask
ing that official for information regard
ing the contest which has been in
progress since Tuesday at Agua Dulce,
when the Colombian revolutionists be
gan to attack that place.
The officials hero are anxiously
awaiting additional news of this bat
tle. Tho understanding hero is that
the government's forco of about 7,000
men Is engaged with a large portion
of tho rcvolutlonslts, who havo in the
department ot Panama about 4,000
men In all.
Scandal Among Explorers.
Christiana, Norway, Aug. 4. A dis
patch to the Morgen Bladet from
Tromsoe says that Captain Johannes
sen of the steamship America, which
arrived at Honnlngsvag, Baldwin,
August 1, with Evolyn B. Baldwin,
the arctic explorer, on board, has ask
ed to be examined before a marine
court concerning incidents which oc
curred on the America during tho voy
age of the Baldwln-Zelgler arctic expedition.
FREAK OF ELECTRICAL 8TORM.
Cross-Shaped Hole In the Ground
More Than 100 Feet Deep.
TIIOY, III,, Aug. 2. During a sovero
electrical storm hero a cross-shaped
flosuro was formed In tho ground near
the school hutldlng, ono arm of which
Is forty feet long and about six Inches
wldo and tho other twenty foot long
and six lnchos wldo. Ellas Burke, a
carriage manufacturer, whoso estab
lishment 1b In the vicinity, discovered
tho freak of naturo soon after the
storm.
Where tho nrms of tho cross con
vorgo thore Is a hole two feet In diam
eter and a lino 1C0 feet long weighted
with lead did not touch bottom. Tho
theory Is advanced that a bolt of
lightning entered tho ground, yet
tlioso in tho vicinity assert that no
unusual bolt of lightning was noticed
during tho storm.
SMITH IS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
General Declines to Say Anything for
Publication.
SAN FIIANCISCO, Aug. 2. General
Jacob Smith arrived today from Ma
nila on tho transport Thomas. Gen
eral Smith declined to say anything
for publication and would not oven al
low reporters to approach him.
Through his aide, Lieutenant M. II.
Shields, General Smith said that ho
would not be interviewed, ns ho did
not caro to subject hlmBclf to further
criticism.
Major Davol of the transport serv
ice delivered General Smith's order
of retirement to him on board ship.
General Smith on landing wont to tho
Occidental hotel and denied himself
to all visitors.
Setting a Good Example.
'What the Union Pacific is doing In
engineering Improvements Is com
mended to other companies that opera
ato In parts of tho country where no
such difficulties are encountered as in
the west. Straight roads are economic,
roads, and they invito traffic. The
wild yanks and alarming rolls la
which passengers arc subj.ect on some,
of them cause train sickness, which la
a form of sea Bicknoss, and headache,
and they cause a rapid deterioration
of cars and engines. Those railroads
make tho best bid for patronage that
promlso not merely Bpeed, but con
fort, and steadiness Is the more com
fortable, becauso It indicates security.
Wo havo been eager to extend tho
mileage of this country. Now wo
might show some expedition in reduc
ing It by following tho example of tho
Union Pacific in straightening needless
turns and lowering or raising need
less grades. Brooklyn Eagle.
PLANS FOR NEW GUNBOATS.
Board of Construction of Navy De
partment Holds Session.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Tho board
of construction of the navy depart
ment had a meeting today and decid
ed upon tho general plans for tho two
new gunboats authorized by tho last
naval appropriation act They will
follow very closely tho Marietta type.
Tho displacement will bo slightly In
excess of that of tho Marlotta, being
1,050 tons, as against 1,000 ha tho case
of the Marietta, and this probably
will decrease the speed, with tho same
horse power, 1,000 In each case, from
thirteen knots to approximately
twelve and a half. Tho batteries will
bo identical with those of tho Mari
etta and tho Wheeling six four-Inch
guns, four six-pounders and two one
pounders. Court Martial for Penrose.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2. An
order was lssuod by the navy depart
ment today for the trial by court
martial of Passed Assistant Paymast
er Charles W. Penrose, attached to
the Michigan, The officer is charged
wl4h rendering false and fraudulent
ieturns of balances to his credit, em
bezzlement, absence from station and
duty and negligence In oboylng ord
ors. The shortage In balances is said
in amount to about $300. Tho court
will meet on tho 7th Inst, at Erie, Pa.
Commander Perry Garst is its presi
dent Miners Ordered Released.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 2.
Judge Nathan Goff of the United
States circuit court yesterday Issued
a writ of habeas corpus for Thomas
(Haggarty and other Btriko leaders
tintenced to Jail at Parkersburg by
ludgo JackBon for violation of tho in
junction Issued by him. Judge Goff
ordered tho marshal to produce Thorn
us Haggerty and other prisoners here
for appearance Tuesday of next week
at 10 o'clock.
Forty-Four Sugar Vessels.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2. Forty
four steamships, one of tho largest
fleets in tho history of the sugar trade,
aro now cither on their way to tho
Delaware breakwater or are taking
on cargoes in Java, and within tho
next few weeks will land on the piers
of tho Atlantic coast refineries not
less tlian 250,000 tone- of the raw pro
duct All tho ships ore large, mod
ern carriers, whoso cargoes will aver
age at least 5,500 tons each.
A BATTLE IS ON
ENGAGEMENT BEING WAGED AT
DULOE, COLOMBIA.
HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN SLAIN
Revolutionary Forces Under General
Herrera Meet Government Troops
The Government Loss Is Reported
as Light Rebol Loss Heavy.
PANAMA, Columbia, Aug. 2. Tho
poaco commissioners who left hero
July 29 on tho British steamer Cana
to visit tho revolutionary General
Herrera, near Agua Dulce, roturncd
to Panama at noon today. They In
formed tho representative of tho As
sociated Press that they wero unablo
to fulfill their mission, becauso of a
sovero engagement between tho revol
utionary and government forces has
been on slnco tho 29th, when tho
revolutionary forces nttacked Agua
Dulce.
At G o'clock tho beat battalion of tho
revolutionary forces attacked tho gov
ernment entrenchment with florco
courage. Tho slaughter of tho revolu
tionists is said to havo been excessive
and barbarous.
That samo afternoon a whlto flag
was raised In their camp and they
asked for an armistice during which
they could bury their dead. This was
granted. Tho losses of tho rebels up
to Wednesday, July 30, wero reported
at over 200, while tho government
forces had eight men killed and eleven
wounded.
General Moreno, ono of tho peaco
commissioners who roturncd todny,
pays tho entrenchmonts at Agua Dulco
aro masterpieces of military art.
At tho expiration of tho time ot
armlstlco tho engagement recom
menced with tho same fierceness.
Nino government battallonB which
had not taken part In tho fight were
still being held In reserve last night
General Salazar, governor of Pan
ama, has received a letter from Gov
ernor General Moarles Bcrtl saying
ho Is very enthusiastic as to the out
come and hopes ho will win a battlo
that will decldo tho matter. General
Salazar, in turn, Is doing everything1
to help General Bertl. At 3 p. m.
today ho dispatched further supplies
of provisions and ammunition for
Bertl's army at Agua Dulce.
DESIRED BURIAL IN OMAHA.
Last Wish of Chicago Woman Whd
Commits Suicide.
DENVER, Aug. 2. Mrs. Julia C.
Howell, who came hero from Chicago
about two weeks ago, killed herself by
taking laudanum. Tho suicide was
not discovered until today, when her
landlady had Mrs. Howell's room
opened. Mrs. Howell was a widow
and said to bo a daughter of J. S:
Howoll, a Chicago artist She woro
mourning and her gowns wero of the
most expensive material and make.
An extremely elegant gown sho picked
out to bo burled In, leaving monoy
with instructions for her burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery, Omaha, where
sho had picked out a lot A noto gavo
sickness as tho cause for tho suicide.
Tho coroner has sent the body cast.
Miss Hay Weds In September.
WASHINGTON, D. C Aug. 2.
The marriage of Miss Alice Hay to
James W. Wadsworth, Jr., will take
place on September 30, at tho Fells,
Newbury, N. H., tho country home of
the secretary of state and Mrs. Hay.
Only tho Intimate relatives and a few
intimate friends will be present. Af
ter a short wedding Journey tho young
people will go to Genosco, N. Y., for
tho rest of the autumn.
Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.
The monthly circulation statement
Issued by tho comptroller of the cur
rency bhows that at tho closo of busi
ness July 31, 1902, the total circulation
of national bank notes was $358,984,
184, an Increase for the month of $2,
312,093, and an Increase for the year
of $2,831,281. The circulation based
on United States bonds amounted to
$31G,G14,767, an Increase for the month
of $2,375,956, and a decrease for the
year of $10,424,600.
Baldwin Back from Arctics.
HONNINGSVAAG, Norway, Aug. 2.
Evelyn B. Baldwin, tho arctic ex
plorer, arrived hero today. Ho re
ported all his men in good health and
said: "We havo been baffled, but not
beaten."
Bryan In New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. William J.
Bryan, accompanied by his daughter,
Ruth, arrived here from Now Haven
and departed later for Burlington,
N. J.
Launch Cruiser Des Moines.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Tho crui
ser Des Moines will bo launched at
the Fore River yard, Qulncy, Mass.,
September 20. Her sponsor will bd
i Miss Helen West ot Des Moines.
TRAIN FOR THE ROAD MAKER8.
G-eat Northern Places Cne at Disposal
of Road Commission,
train for tho road makers aNl m
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Tho Groat
Northorn Railroad company has plac
ed at thp disposal of tho offlco of pub
lic road Inquiry of tho United States
department ot agrtculturo a railroad
train for tho purposo of transporting
representatives of tho office, cnglneors,
road builders and road machinery to
bo used In practical object Icbsoiib in
road building. Road conventions will
bo held nt tho cities where tho train
will stop.
Tho train will start from Chicago
August 15 and will reach Minneapolis
early In Septombor, whom demonstra
tions of theoretical nnd practical road
building will bo given nt tho stuto fair
grounds during fair week.
At tho closo of tho fair the train
will contlnuo westward to tho Pacific
const, stopping at tho principal cities
en route, nt each of which practical
demonstrations in good road building
wll bo given.
NEBRASKA BOY SURRENDER8.
F. F. Nelcon of Grand Island, Navy De
serter, In Indiana.
RICHMOND, Ind., August 1. F. F.
Nolson, ono of tho thirty boys who
ran awny trom tho training Bhlp near
San Francisco May 7, has Burrondorcd
himself. NclBon enlisted in January
as an ordinary landsman nnd was do
tailcd to tho Bhlp Pensacola in tho
Golden Gate. On May 7 ho and twen-ty-nino
other boyB wero given Bhoro
loavo and they missed their boat back
to tho Island. Thoy all feared punish
ment and loft San Francisco, coming'
east. Nelson loft tho gang at Ogdon,
Utah, and fearing to go to his homo
at Grand Island, Neb., whoro a reward
was offered for his arrest, ho camo on
oast In search of employment. Tired
of keeping himself hidden, and hungry,
ho gavo himself up nnd tho officers
of tho war department woro notified
last night of his arrest. Ho will bo
held until advices aro received from
Washington.
ENGINEER DIE8 AT HIS POST.
Sacrifices His Own Life to Save the
Lives of Passengers.
ELM GROVE, Wis., August 1. In a
collision hero botween a passenger
'.rain from Waukesha, known as tho
Scoot," and a westbound freight
train, Dennis Connell, tho engineer of
tho passenger train, was InBtantly
killed and tho fireman, Thomas Cham
berlain, badly injured. Several of the
passengers of tho Waukesha train
woro mora or less bruised, although
lone sustained InjurleB that aro con
sidered serious.
The accident wns caused by tho
frleght which had orders to take tho
siding at Elm Grovo. Before it could
be backed up tho "Scoot" hovo In
sight. Engineer Connell reveraod his
lover and applied the air brake, but
too Into to avoid tho crash. Connell
died nt his post, sacrificing his lifo
to save his train. '
MANY DIE OF CHOLERA.
Disease Spreads Rapidly Through Por
tions of China.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 1. Offi
cial returns show that cholera la
spreading with terrible rapidity
throughout Manchuria. The epidemic
now claims hundreds ot victims dally,
mostly Chinese, but Russians and oth
er Europeans are dying of the disease.
At Inku, between June 6 and July
18, thore were 834 cases and 650 deaths
and at Harbin, since tho recent out
break, 1,463 cases and 939 deaths havo
been reported. At Mukden there werto
forty-nine deathB out of Bevonty-Bix
cases in eight days, and at Port Ar
thur sixty-seven deathB out of 109
cases In eighteen days. At Kirtin
thore havo been about fifty deaths
dally. These statistics aro given as
samples ot the reports which are be
ing received from all sections of Man
churia. Shoots Wife as 8he Sleeps.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., August 1.
Fred Falkenburg, a teamster, shot and
Hied his wife as Bho lay asleep at their
homo at West Argentine, a suburb,
some time during the night, and then
shot himself. He cannot recover. Jeal
ousy probably was the cause.
Hon. John D. Lyman Dead.
EXETER, N. H August 1. Hon.
John O. Lyman, known throughout tho
sountry as a writer upon agricultural
subjects, died hero today, aged 79
years.
West is Outdoing Itself.
CHICAGO, AugUBt 1. Tho monthly
crop report of tho Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy railroad company Bhows
that In Iowa, Nebraska and northern
Kansas the corn ais rank and green,
but a Uttlo lato for tho season. It will
almost certainly bo the largest crop
evor grown in the west. Wheat In
the same territory Is very heavy and
will yield not less than thirty bushels
per acre average. Oats are a good
crop.
A VILLAGE RUINED
L08 ALAMOS, CAL., WRECKED BY
GEI8MIC DISTURBANCES.
THE PEOPLE FLEE FOR SAFETY
Terror-Strlcken Populace Leuvc
Homes and Rush from the Scene
Hills and Knolls Spring Up Durlnc
the Night.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., Aug. 1.
A strip of country fifteen miles long
by four miles wide, rent with gaping
fissures and dotted with hills and
knolls than sprung up during the
night as If by magic, a village in ruins
and hundreds ot pooplo fleeing for
their lives, are tho results of Wed
nesday night's seismic disturbance In
tho prosperous and fruitful valley of
Los Alamos, in tho northern part of
Sauta Bnrbnra county.
During tho last four days thnt sec
tion of country hns been shaken by A
Borics of earthqunkos that Is with
out precedent In tho history of tradi
tion of tho Pacific coast, and tho con
tinunnco of the disturbances and tho
Increasing eovarlty of shocks havo so
terrorized tho Inhabitants that Uiey
aro leaving for other parts as rapidly
hb posslblo, .and even now tho vitiligo
is almost entirely desortcd.
Tho disturbances began Sunday
evening with a shocok which caused
Boveral thousand dollars' worth ot
damage to property In tho vlllago and
tho surrounding country, being moro
scvero nnd more disastrous in tho
vicinity of tho Western Union Oil
compnny'B oil wells on the Cnrrlgit
ranch.
This Bhock was followed by a num
ber of disturbances less Bovoro and
less disastrous, continuing through
tho remainder of Sunday night nnd
Monday nttcrnoon. On Tuesdny night
beginning nt 12:10 o'clock, thoro was
nnothcr series of Boven shocks, nil of
which wero light Tho genoral direc
tion ot thes disturbance was cast
and west, and in action they resem
bled tho waves on a pond of water
Tho most sovero shock of tho en
tire Berles occurred nt 11:30 o'clock
yestcrdny morning. Hills woro shak
en and twisted to tholr foundations,
nnd tho valleys trombled and rolled
llko tho unstable surfaco of tho
ocean. Groat fissures woro run deep
In tho earth, hills und knolls appear
ed In level valloys, springs of water
opened in places that had been dry,
and tho general topography ot tho
valloy was greatly changed In many
respects.
This disturbance had no general
direction, but waa what Is known na
a "twlstor." It waa preceded by a
rumbling llko that of distant thunder,
which increased until tho earth be
gan to rock and twist and tho hills
bo gnn to tremble.
With tho first warnings ot tho sound
of the approaching dlsoator tho terror-stricken
people rushed Into tho
streets und sought places of safety
in vacant lots and fiolds, whilo many
fled toward tho neighboring hills.
New York for Roosevelt.
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 1. "President
Roosovclt will have a solid delega
tion from New York state to the next
republican national convention." This
statement was mado this afternoon by
Senator Thomas C. Piatt of Now
York, after a conference with the,
president at Sagamore Hill.
Mr. Piatt was accompanied to Mr.
Roosevelt's country homo by Colonel
George W. Dunn of Blnghampton,
chairman of the republican committee
of New York. The visit to the presi
dent was by appointment.
At 9:30 In the morning Senator
Piatt and Colonel Dunn boarded tho
government yacht Sylph at New York
and fifteen minutes later the trim
little Bhlp was under way for Oyster
Bay, when there was a conference
lasting two hours.
Craven Is Lynched.
WASHINGTON, August 1. Charles
Craven, tho negro accused of murder
ing Wlfllam H. Wilson, near Herndon,
Va., and who was captured this morn
Ing and taken to Leesburg, Va., was
lynched this afternoon.
Rudyard Annoyed by Public.
LONDON, August 1. Rudyard Kip
ling, who has been much annoyed by
tho vlalta 'of Brighton excursionists
to his home at Rottingdean, has pur
chased a new country place near Tun
bridge Wells.
Earl Joins Liberal League.
LONDON, Aug. ,1. Announcement
Is made that Earl Beauchamp has
joined the Liberal league. This for
mal defection from the conservative
ranks, coming at a moment when ox
cltcment Is rife over the liberal vic
tory in the North Leeds by election,
oceaslons considerable Interest In po
litical circles. Earl Beauchamp, whr
succeeded Viscount Hampden as gov
ernor of Newark, resigned that ifflc
In 1900.
PLAN8 FOR IRRIGATION
State Engineer Dobson 'and Assistant
Lpoklng Over the Ground.
LINCOLN, Aug. 4. Stnto Engineer
Dobson nnd Assistant Forbes returned
from n trip Inspection through tho
Plntto vnlloy of enstern Wyoming and,
western Nebraska. Thoy mado tho
trip with n vlow to ascertaining tho el
evation of tho land m the various sec
tlonn along tho river, preparatory to
tho formulation of plans foV irrigation
work.
"I nm cqnfldont thnt If tho govern
ment builds rcscrvolrH for Irrigntlon
In UiIb section It would bo beitor to
havo them In Wyoming than In No
brnskn," Bnld Mr. Dobson. "This of
course Is on account of tho elevation
of tho lnnd. Tho conditions In tho
Platto valloy between Guernsey and
the stnto lino nro moro favorablo to
tho Btorngo ot wnter than lc Nebrao
ka." Mr. Dobson has been notified that
Mr. Mead, chief of irrhjatlon Investi
gation ot tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, will bo In Lin
coln on August 7 to consider Irriga
tion matters. It Is understood hero
that tho Investigation Mr, Mead pro
poses to inako will bo preparatory to-,
tho work of tho government under tho
now Irrigation law. Mr. Mend wrote
ns follows:
"I expect to reach Lincoln on tho
7th of August nnd would llkp to havo a
conference with you aud auch of your
Irrigation board ns can bo got together
to talk over our work in connection
with intorstato and reparian rights.
I also wish on this trip to take up any
other matters connected wlh our in
vestigations which may be of gonoral
Interest. You can say that I como to
Lincoln for a conforonco with you nnd
thnt I intend to go on to tho .Western
part of tho Btnto to look after bur in
vestigations after tho conference is
over."
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No Right to Transact Business.
LINCOLN, Aug. 4. Deputy Insur
nnco Auditor Babcoclc 1ms addressed
a letter to Goorgo H. Work of Hast
ings, informing him that the Interna
tional Agency company, which has an
offlco in tho Rlalto building InChlcago,
1b not authorized to do an insurance
business In this state and that insur
ers in tho company can havo no re
sources through tho courts for losses
BUBtainod.
An Elevator Burns.
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Aug. 4. Tho ele
vator owned and operated hero by Tho
Farmers' Grain and Live Stock associa
tion was burned with its contents. Tho
flro is supposed to havo been Incendiary
nnd tho feeling hero is intense toward
the fiend who would commit bucJi an
outrngc. There were two cars burned,
ono containing lumber and tho other
corn. Thoro wero $1,500 Insurance on
tho elevator.
i Omaha Aeronaut Injured.
SCOTIA, Neb., Aug. 4. Prof. Sam
pel Murphy, an Omaha aeronaut was
badly burned hero as ho was ready
to ascend, his balloon catching fire.
In rescuing an assistant the profes
sor's hands woro seriously burned.
His assistant was slightly burned.
Tho flno balloon waB entirely con
sumed. More than a thousand people
witnessed tho accident.
Farmer Injured In Runaway.
M'COOL JUNCTION Neb., Aug. 4.
Whilo Thomas Rcardon, a pioneer
farmer of York county, was cutting a
field of alfalfa his team of mules ran
away and he narrowly escaped being
killed. Ho was taken from the field
and carried to town, where he receiv
ed medical attendance and Ib reported
to bo much better.
Mysterious Disappearance.
STUART, Nob., Aug. 4. James E.
Stewart for twenty years a resident
of Holt county, mysteriously disap
peared some days ago and has not
been found. He has recontly suffered
financial reverses that seemed to have
affected his mind. The horse he rodo
when going away has been found. It
is thought ho has either aulcided or
wandered away.
Beatrice Canning Plant Sold.
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 4. The
Dempster Mill Manufacturing com
pany has purchased the Lang Canning
company's property adjoining the
Dempster plant on South Sixth street,
tho consideration being $4,500.
Beatrice Holdups Fined.
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 4. Elmer
Cain and Charles Pennington were
fined $100 each for attempting to hold
up Mrs. John Marlow, a prominent
resident of this city.
Claims Damages for Husband's Death.
BEAVER CITY, Neb., Aug. 4. Susan
R. Groathouse filed a petition In dis
trict court suing Furnas county for
$5,000 damages as a result of tho death
ot her husband who was drowned in
a canyon south of Oxford July 1. The
petition alleges that the county was
negligent in the matter of the repair
of a small bridge and that as a result
the deceased camo to his death. The
defense will be that Groathouse was in.
toxlcated.
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