Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefo, Publisher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
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With nil duo doforonco to Editor
Bok, a woman'B best beauty spots nro
her eyes.
Mrs. Mnybrlck Is going to wrlto a
book, but .that's not tho worst. It will
probably bo dramatized.
Tho Mcrldcn woman who was Jlltod
nt tho altar Is to bo congratalatod.
Sho had a narrow escape.
However a woman may detest to bo
Btarcd at, sho nevertheless la silently
pleased by this form of flattery.
Travolers say that Havana now Is
a clean nnd healthy city. How queer
It must seem to tho old residents!
Rockefeller thinks of starting n
bank In London, but "Uncle Ilussoll"
will keep on burying his In tho back
yard.
Tho Japnnoso.Ru88lan wnr has
proved ono tiling beyond dispute Tho
nowspapcr wnr correspondent is out
of date.
Thoso gold mines discovered In Ja
pnn wero found on government prop
erty. At least it Is government prop
erty now.
PrincoB Lou I bo of Coburg says her
friendship for Count Mnttaslch is
idealistic. No ono will deny that sho
Idealizes It
Grand Duko Boris expects to return
to tho front in threo weeks, if his
engagements with tho chorus girls
don't delay him.
A diamond worth $200 that was lost
nt Wtastcd, Conn., fourteen years ago
has been dug up by chickens. That is
a feat to crow ovor.
Burglars are offered $500 to return
booty having a cosh valuo of $4,000.
It is bolleved that burglars of tho In
dicated brand nro scarce
Tho man who claims that ho docs
not remember having committed big
nmy Is finding tho awakening of his
recollection a painful process.
And now a courso of housekeeping
is to bo introduced into tho Chicago
public schools. Whexo aro tho child
ren going to learn to read and wrltof
Two of tho playors belonging to n
basoball club In Memphis aro namo4
respectively Kano nnd Abol. Tho um
pire will do well to keep his eyo oa
Kano.
Now that tho Chineso nro getting
progressive and cutting off their
queues, why don't somo of thom re
vamp their nanios, whllo thoy are
about it?
Any ono going to Pannma to make
money now has tho government's
word for it that tho most IndlspoQ.
eablo featuro of his oquipment is a
roturn tickot
A threo thousand aero patch erf
ground near Boston is to bo devoted
to tho raising of cranberries. Good
land I Is Boston getting tired at
u k d b ns?
A Slleslan doctor announces tho dis
covery that breathing coal dust Is a
euro for consumption, nemembcr this
when yoij find your ton of chestnut
coal to bo half slack.
Tho Turkish minister of tho navy, it
is said, saved $12,000,000 out of his
$8,000 salary. Just Imagine that chap
a Now York pollco captain for a year
or sol New York Telegram.
A Russian captain reports that ho
Insulted the Jnpanose commander "by
striking him and tbrowinc him into
tho water." Tho Russian seems to
know what nn insilt is, all right
Tho czar, it Is said, proposes to (fee
orato somo of the wnr correspondents.
There Is a general consensus of opin
ion that thoso at Chofoo and Shanghai
ehould be decoratod good and proper.
Desplto tho lngonulty and exertion
of the makers of flying maohlnea, re
cent experiments provo once mora
that tho inventions havo not yet suc
ceeded in making thoso trifles Mght u
air.
Tho sultan's life was saved the oth
er day by a shirt of mall. This tadi
cates that the sultan, In splto of the
many things that como up to disturb
him, generally manages to keep hia
shirt on.
Mr. and Mrs. Trasch wero the solo
guests of tho St Regis hotel in New
York on Us opening morning. Envious
persons who can't afford to pay $30 a
day for a room havo been saying that
it was a trashy place, anyway.
For the first tlmo Blnco ho renounc
ed his American citizenship, Wiulam
Waldorf Astor is paying a visit to
Now York. Ho will bo surprised to
find how the country has prospered
slnco ho cruelly abaftdonod it fo its
fate.
Tho richest man in Moxtco, Gen,
Luis Torrazas, govornor of tho Btate
of Chihuahua, said to bo worth $200,
000,000, is going to mako a visit to
tho United States. Somobody ought
to teach him to play poker while ho
Is over hero.
ISLAVS AT MUKDEN
DO NOT ANTICIPATE ATTACK ON
THE PLACE.
JAP FORCES BE!NG INCREASED
Many Convalescents Returning to
Duty Russian Forces at Mukden
Considered to Be Very Large and
More Troops Being Added.
ST. PETERSBURG -Tho reports
that General Kuroki is pushing on
northeast of Mukden aro not burne
3Ut by official telegrams that have
been recolved here. According to
tho latest advices tho Japanese forces
continue to Increase at Blanupuza
nnd Ycntnl. A decisive ndvanco in
the direction of Mukden is thcreforo
not expected to occur for somo days.
Monwhlle, Indications increase of the
probability of tho Jnpancoo meeting
with resistance. The Russian forces
nt Mukden nro undoubtedly very largo
and every day's delny cnnbles tho
commander-in-chief to perfect his do
ronccs. A private dispatch from
Mukden reportB tho arrival of an Im
mense train filled with convalescents
returning to duty. This may bo re
garded aB good evidence of a largo
concentration of troops at Mukden.
The Bamo correspondent describing
the scenes nt Tie Pass, notes extra
ordinary animation there Tho great
:oncourso of visitors thcro and tho
.'act that thoatrlcnl performances nnd
open nir concerts nre of dally occur
rence, hardly Indicate that tho town la
oxpocting nn Immediate attack.
Dispatches from Vladivostock nnd
Sakhalin make no mention of devel
opments there. Tho citizens of Vlad
Ivlstok scout tho Idea of n siege nnd
many are returning from their coun
try vlllns. The long promised Japan
ese operations against Sakhalin and
Vladivostok, which wore expected to
net ns a diversion for General Kuro
kl'B ndvanco, aro not yet In sight.
Nelthor tho admiralty nor tho for
eign office Is inclined to nttach im
portance to charges of a breach of
neutrality ovor tho supply of Welsh
:oal by German steamers to Vico Ad
miral Rojestvcnsky's squadron nnd to
Russian cruisers In the Baltic. It In
ieclarod thnt there can bo no breach
if neutrality In coaling Russian war
ships outside of Russian territorial
waters. This whole question was
thoroughly discussed by eminent Jur
ists nt nn earlier stage of tho war
ind resulted In the admlraltty's de
cision not to seek coaling facilities
In noutral ports which might lead to
Implications, but to adopt tho Inde
pendent course of coaling wnr ships
it sea. This course does not iy either
3roat Britain or Germany open to
suspicion of favoring Russia, for,
'hough Gorman colliers wero used on
tho occasion In question, tho ropson
nihility of the German govornmont
was not Involved, as Is shown by tho
jcml-offlclal noto in tho Allgomolno
Zeitung and obviously Great Britain
is unable to follow up every departing
collier. If Japan feels nggrlovcd, offi
cials here Hay, sho has the remedy
in her own hands nnd can send out
wnr ships to Intcrcopt the colliers.
The ropalr ship Kamchatka hns left
Cronstadt to Join tho fleet of Vlco
Admiral Rojestvensky at Llbau.
Expect Early Developments.
MUKDEN The armies having re
covered from tho effects of the recent
fighting betoro I-aio Yang, nn early de
velopment ot the sltustloln may be
expected. A mysterious movement
eastrnrd Is on foot on tho part of
hands ot Chlne3o sultaolo for military
service
Marconi In New York.
NEW YORK William Mnrconi ar
rived In Now York from Europe. In
an Interview ns to tho reison for his
visit ho said: "My prenont trip Is
nndo to Inspect the scrvico of the
Dunnrd steamers nnd tho Capo Bre
ton station."
Thief Gets $1,545.
ATLANTIC. In. During the mo
mentary absence of Cashier C. H.
Miller, nn unknown thief entered tho
Rock Islnnd freight office here and
made oft with $1,R45 from tho cash
drawer. No arrests havo as yot been
made.
Olney Rcfusss to Run.
BOSTON, Mass. At a meeting o!
tho democratic stato committee It was
announced that Richard Olney, whos3
nomination for governor has been
urged, had absolutely declined to be
come the nominee under any clrcum
9tance3. Attendance at World's Fair.
ST. IXDUIS Attendance nt tho
won s fair for tho week onded So
tembor 17 was 1.027,018. Total slnco
the opening of tho fair, 11.022,340.
Dreak Up Concert with Dynamite.
CLEVELAND. O. During a band
concert at tho corner of Fnlrmoimt
nnd Frank streets, a lead plpo loaded
with powdor or dynamite was ex
ploded with malicious Intent, tho po
llen hellcvo, and Pasqualo Farrlto of
C3 Hudson stroot, and Walter Cox, 15
yoars of ago, of Cedar avonuo, woro
probably fatally r&$red. Pasqualo's
hack was torn away and Cox lmJ n
I05 blown off. Rivalry botwoon two
bands of tho district Is said to bo tho
causa for much 111 feollng of tho
bandsmen toward each other .
A JUMP IN WHEAT.
Bull Operators Seo a Chance For
Higher Prices.
CHICAGO "Wheat at $2 a bushel
beforo next Mny," was roared by tho
bulls on Monday on tho board of
trade At tho opening of tho market
thero was an oxcltcd demand for
wheat with few tradors venturing to
soil. The prlco for May dollvory was
from $1.11 to $1.12 and for delivery
for tho present month from $1.05
to $1.03. Thoso who wished to buy
shouted bids of 2 cent3 n bushel nbovo
the prices prevailing at the closo Sat
urday and tho quantity that ono would
sell even nt such n tomptlng advanco
was extremely limited.
The agricultural bureau at Wash
ington issuod a roport Saturday after
noon that, nccordlng to tho bulls, con
firmed the worst fears regarding tho
lamontable losses to tho spring wheat
crop by the black rust Of winter
and spring wheat produced this year
In the Unltod States It was contended
there was barely enough for bread
and seed If evory bushel of It was
available, which Is not possible; and
tho country Is therefore fnco to faco
with tho necessity of bringing In for
olgn wheat to help keep tho wolf from
the door until anotho'r harvest Bhall
havo been raised.
At the high point of U10 day all
deliveries showed a gain of 4 cents
or more, as compared with Satur
day's final quotations. The sensa
tional Btrength was maintained to the
end, the market closing almost at tho
highest point Final figures on Mny
wero at $1.48. September closed at
$1.09-74 and December at $1.12.
NEW YORK Beforo a combination
of sensational bullish crop roport fig
ures from tho govornmont nnd a big
frost senro In tho northwest, wheat
prices shot up 4 conts n bushel Mon
day nnd closed within five-eighths of
1 cont of tho season's highest record.
HERBERT BISMARCK DYING.
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Prlnco Herbert Bismarck's condi
tion Is grave His sister, Countess
Von Rantzau, has been summoned to
Join tho rest of tho family, who are
at Frlodrlchsruhe Tho prince's mal
ady is pronounced to bo cancer of O10
liver, and although ho is slightly bet
ter Profs. Schweninger and Van Nor
den pronounce fo cjso hopeless.
Prlnco Horbort Is tho oldest son of
tho lato Prlnco Bismarck. Ho was
born In Berlin Dec. 28. 1S49. and
married Margaret CountcBs of Hoyos',
In 1S02.
PRINCE BISMARCK IS DEAD.
Sod of Famous Iron Chancellor Passed
Away Sunday Morning.
FRIEDRICHSRUHE Prince Her.
bert Bismarck died Sunday morning
nt 10:15 o'clock. Tho end was pain
less. Since ho ceased to bo foroljrn mln-lt-ter
on retirement of his father in
1890 Prince Herbert Bismarck had
tnkon part In public affairs only ns
a member of tho Rclchntag. His at
titude had boon thnt of 11 man not
appreciated by his i.overelgn and who
was waiting In tho background for
an opportunity to resume his careor.
From 1SS4 to 1887 tho deceased was
n mombor of tho German Reichstag
nnd also from 1803 to the t'me of hi3
death. He was married In 1892 to
Countess Margaret Hoyes of tho Hun
garian nobility nnd after tho death of
his father ho Inherited tho title of
prlnco. Tho deceased had only one
sister, who Is tho wife of Count von
Rentznu. Hla brother William died
In 1901.
Delegate te the Philippine.
ROME Father Aglus, the newly ap
pointor apostolic dolesate to the Phil
ippine Islands, was consecrated arch
bishop of Palmyra. Tho ceromony
took place In tho Benodlotlno church
of St. Amoroso nt Mnsslma. Cardinal
Merry Dol Val officiating, assisted by
Archbishop Chapello of New Orleans.
Mombors of Father Aghis' family, who
had como from England and Malta to
nltnoss tho consocrntlon of their roln
tlve, woro present. Fnther Agliu
omitted tho uusnl luncheon after the
(Liompnles of consocrntlon.
Lucien Cut-0?f Now In Use
SALT LAKE CITY Tho Ogdon
Lucln cut oft of tho Harrlman system,
running across Sio northern arm of
Groat Salt Lnko. w3 openod for pas
senger trotlc on Sunday, Sept. 11. It
has been In uso for somo tlmo for part
of tho Overland freight traffic, but
now It Is mado a part of the Ovoland
syttlra, and honceforfh freight and
passenger tralna will bo run ove- tho
tracks of tho cutoff, which stretches
for miles In n straight line over pillnz
and filling through tho waters of Great
Salt Lake
V WW
MELD ONE POINT
RU5GIA FAVORABLE TO THE
RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS.
WHAT IS CONTRABAND OF WAR
The Consignment of Goods to Private
Parties Does Not Always Prove that
They Aro Not Intended for tho Cell!
gercnts.
ST. PETERSBURG Russia's reply
to the representatives of the United
States and Great Britain regarding
contraband of war was communicated
to their respective embassies this aft
ernoon. It is understood that Russia
recognizes the principle thnt provi
sions are not contraband when con
signed to private parties, but only
contraband when Intended as military
or naval stores.
Russia In Count Lamedorff's re
sponse to Ambassador Hardlnge, In
principle meets the views of the Ameri
can and tho British governments re
garding foodstuffs and coal and other
fuel as being conditional contraband
of war, distinctly placing them In the
category of articles susceptible of
uses both In war and In peace, and
as Euch only confiscable when consign
ed to blockaded ports or destined for
military or for naval forces of tho
enemy.
Shipments In the ordinary course of
trade by private persons or firms, even
to an onemy'o port, may bo regarded
prima facie not contraband, but on
this point distinct reservation is made.
The simple fact of consignment to
prlvato persons does not preclude tho
possibility that the article aro not ul
timately destined for belligerent
forces, and Russia Insists that It bo
not necessarily regarded as conclusive
evldonco of the Innocent character of
tho goods. In other words. Irregular
ship's papers or other suspicious cir
cumstances might vitiate tho assump-p
Hon of Innocent character, but where"
such suspicion Is raised the burden of
proof to warrant legal seizure Is to
rest upon the enptor. Count Lamsdorff
pointed out, however, that captains of
merchantmen also owed a duty In
such cases.
Count Jamsdorff's reply was not
prosented In written form, hut was
communicated verbally to Ambassa
dor Hardlngo. It will not Involve pub
lic amendment of Russian contraband
and prize regulations, but In effect It
becomes nn official Interpretation of
tho original regulations made by the
commission composed of representa
tives of the ministries of foreign af
fairs, marine, wnr and Justice, which
considered tho subject In connection
with the objection raised by the
Unltod States and Great Britain, nnd
as such will hereafter govern naval
commanders and prize courts, which
thus far in the war have classed nil ar
ticles enumeratea In artlclo six of the
Russian regulations as absolute con
traband. In this way Russia preserves Its dig
nity by not making an open surrender
at the same tlmo consenting to the In
terpretation asked for by the United
States and Great Britain In the rights
of neutral commerce.
EXTRADITING AN EMBEZZLER.
Official to Be Brougnt Back From
Mexico.
EL PASO, Tex. The Mexican state
department notified the United States
rttjrtrct attorney hero that tho court
order extraditing Vanco Fulkerson had
been approved. Fulkerson, while In
spector nnd npprnlser In tho Unltod
Stnntes customs servico hero, em
bezzled funds. It Is alleged, nnd a
grand Jury returned Indictments In
forty counts against him. Ho left at
onco- for Mexico, where ho was later
arrested. Ho will now bo returned to
El Pnso for trial.
This Is the first Instance on record
of the roturn of a government offi
cial from Mexico for embezzlement by
the Mexican authorities.
RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE 22,03a
Besides Fortifications Costing 530,
000,000. PARIS Exact figures or tho Rus
sian losses in killed, wounded nnd
missing In the operations before Llao
Yang from August 13 to August 2C,
have been received by the genural
staff, according to tho Journal's St.
Petersburg correspondent. These
nmount to two generals, 2E6 oftlcers
and 21,811 soldiers. In nddltlon 133
guns wore lost. Tho mnterlnl losses In
clude fortifications costing $30,000,000.
Cause Big Rise In War Risks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. War risks
on cargoes to Japan Jumped from a
quarter of 1 per cent to from 3 to 5
per cent as a result ot tho arrival of
the Russian cruiser Lena In this port.
Japs Near Mukden.
MUKDEN Tho Japanese army Is
within twenty-one miles of Mukden.
Thero is no indication of their ad
vanco. Pullman Worko Now Idle.
CHICAGO, 111. Tho Pullman car
works at Pullman shut down on
Thursday. Practically every ono of
tho company's 7,000 employes Is Idle.
Tho repair department, where 1,500
men wero employed, was the last to
close. Tho shutdown has been grad
ual during the last threo weeks two
or threo departments being closed at
a time. The workmen woro told to
take their tools with them -vhen they
loft, and from this they Infer that a
considerable period of idleness con
fronts them.
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NEWS IN
CONFESS TO KILLING WATCHMAN
Each of Accused Tries to Shift Blame
on the Others.
SIDNEY The preliminary hearing
of Tom Mclntyre, James J. Milos and
Harry Neville, alias Tom Flynn,
charged with tho murder of Watch
man Frank Wlsor, was held before
Judge Tucker. After tho reading of the
Information by County Attorney Span
ogle all tho defendants plead not
guilty. Thoy each In turn, however,
took tho witness stand and accused
one nnother of the crime, nlleglng thnt
thoy did not lntond to kill Wiser.
Their stntemonta were conflicting. Mc
lntyre claims that tf.e watch ami chain
and revolver wore hidden under the
coal chutes at Pino Bluffs.
Tlielr description of the death of
Wlsor was harrowing In Its details.
They sat alongside of his body, smok
ing ctgarcttes, watching him die.
Flynn Is about 30, Miles about 32
nnd Mclntyre 20 years old. They were
bound over to the district court with
out bnil nnd the two witnesses for tho
state, Jenkins nnd Redding, were held
under $2,000 hall for their appearance.
It Is currently reported that this trio
will ask a speedy trial, plead guilty
and accept a life sentence
Later Tho three men plead guilty
to manslaughter and were sentenced
to the penitentiary for life.
8U8PECTS UNDER ARREST.
Charged With Blowing the Safe of the
Palmyra Bank.
LINCOLN George Dowd and Frank
Todd, arrested by the police on sus
picion of having blown open tho bank
at Palmyra, wore taken to Otoo coun
ty by Sheriff Srader. The police have
strong ovidenco against tho suspected
men, and believe they will have no
trouble lu securing a conviction. Both
are ex-convicts and each was paroled
beforo tho expiration of his sentence.
Todd was sent to the penitentiary
from Boone county on one occasion
for catlo stealing and onco for safe
blowing. Dowd was sent up for for
gery, nnd his sentence expired about
two weeks ago. Todd has been em
ployed by S. M. Mellck until recently,
when he went to work at tho Skinner
livery born, whllo Dowd has been the
engineer at tho Windsor hotel slnco
his release from prison.
Protests Agamst Fast Running.
GRAND ISLAND It Is reported In
railroad circles that Engineer Wood
Whlto of North Platte has Just been
quite severely censured and given an
"cut-lt-out" order for making too good
time on the Union Pacific. Tho story
goes that tho dispatcher's train sheet,
which ought to be tho best evidence,
showed the train pulled by White re
cently from Gothenburg to Cozad to
have reached tho latter point In six
minutes, and as tho distance Is ten and
two-tenths miles, showing a speed of
about 100 mllos per hour, It called
forth vigorous protests. It is learned
that the trip from North Platto to this
city, on this occasion, 138 miles, was
mado in 126 minutes, including tho
stops. White had the fast mail train
at the tlmo, which was several hours
late
Auburn Cannery Closing Season.
AUBURN The Auburn canning fac
tory Is Just about to close a most suc
cessful season. Four carloads of Its
corn product has already been shipped
out, nnd more Is being rapidly put In
readiness for shipping. Tho capacity
of the plant was doubled for the sea
son's work nnd an average of C5.000
cans of corn dally, were put up since
tho opening. An average of 200 per
sons havo been on tho pay roll of tho
company. Tho opening of the city
schools were postponed two weeks to
allow somo of the ptiplls to continue
work.
Stolon Watch Returned.
PLATTSMOUTH Several days ago
while the family of J. A. Walker was
absent from tnelr home near Murray,
somo unknown party entered tho place
and carried off a solid gold watch,
valued at $150. The owner did not
report the theft to tho officers, ns he
thought such a thing would be useless.
Tho watch, however, camo back to
him much to his surprise. The missing
tlmo piece had been found where It is
thought the thief had thrown It away.
Nebraska Rhodes Scholar.
PERU, Neb. Rcmond Coon, eon of
Rev. Dr. Coon of the Baptist church
at this place, has gone to Oxford, Eng
land, where ho will study for the next
threo years on a Rhodes scholarship
for which he was a successful contest
ant from this state.
LINCOLN James Marks of Doug
las county, a life prisoner at the peni
tentiary, and Charles Larklns, from
Thayer connty, havo been declared In
sane by tho county board of Insanity
and have been ordered transferred to
the asylum by Governor Mickey.
Two Hold for Horsestealing.
SIDNEY The preliminary examina
tion of Chanco Wlllard and Jay Cap
ron of Bridgeport, chaftsod with steal
ing twonty head of horses from William
Dagger of Rcdlngton, was hold here.
The defendants undertook to prove an
alibi, but tho court bound them over
to the dltrtrlct court under $2,000 bajl.
Tho horses were found in Douel coun
ty, neady fifty miles from Duggors
ranch, and soveral witnesses testified
they saw Wlllard and Capron with th
stock and that they atterwaxda tur
od Um horses loose.
NEBRASKA
snsaaffinij
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Matt & Huntington will put In a
scwernge system nt Wahoo.
It cost a Lincoln young man $50
for cutting n tire on a blcyclo belong
ing to a pollcoman.
Elmer Barry, a Northwestern bridge
workman, fell from a bridge at Wa
hoo and had his right arm brokon.
The Masonic fraternity will have
charge of the laying of tho corner
stono of tho now court house for
Sheridan county.
Burglars blew open the safe of tho
bank at Palmyra, wrecking tho Inte
rior of tho building, but failed to get
Into the strong box of tho safo that
contained $5,800.
Tho Independent Telephone com
pany Is Issuing a new directory for
York county, which shows 1,400 sub
scribers. This is one of tho largest
Independent companies In the stato
and has ono of tho host equipped tel
ephone exchanges.
Tho socialists of tho Fifth congres
sional district met In Grand Island
with fifteen delegates present, all
from Adams and Hull counties, and
placed a congressional ticket In tho
fiold for the first time In the history
of the district
The Jones Grain company's elevator
at Mynard 'waB totally destroyed by
fire at an early hour In the morning.
The blaze is supposed to have been
started by sparks from a passing en
gine. Besides the building, office nnd
elevator fixtures about 1,400 bushels
of grain was destroyed.
A marriage license has been Issued
to Mr. Joseph M. Cudahy of Omaha,
son of MIcliael Cudahy of Chicago,
and Miss Jean Morton, daughter of
Joy Morton of Chicago. The wedding
will take plnco on the afternoon of
October 1 at Arbor Lodge, tho coun
try homo of Miss Morton's parents,
near Nebraska City.
The official board of St Paul's
Methodist church has solectod a Mas
sachusetts man to succeed Dr. Whar
ton. A call has been extended to
the Rev. J. W. Jones of Everett, Mass..
and he has accepted with tho pro
viso that tho consent of the bishops
bo obtained for his transferrenco
from tho New England conference to
Nebraska.
Messrs. M. Robblns, W. H. Rend
and N. B. Atkln, who hurriedly collect
ed material for the York county col
lective exhibit nt the state fair, aro
receiving their reward. Whllo many
exhibits wero larger than that of
York county, tho fact remains that
York county received thirty-four first
and second prizes, and tho firsts woro
predominant.
The harvest of sugar beets at Grand
Island has begun, and as soon as a
sufficient supply of beets are on hand
the factory will begin tho process oi
manufacturing sugar. The crop Is
fine nnd It Is erpected will bo espe
cinlly hoavy, a condition much In fn.
vor of the farmer owing to the fin
rate contracts In voguo during tho
past few years.
Colonel J. F. Dickey nnd wlfo of Ne
braska City colebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary nt their home
Tho celebration wns a qulot nffnlK,
there being only a few friends pres
ent outsldo of their family. All ot
the children with their families were
present Colonel Dickey servod the
confederacy during the civil war un
der General Lee
St Francis hospital In Grnnd Island
has Just discharged from Its list of
patients ono who held tho record for
unconsciousness. Samuel Covington
was brought to the hospital from tho
ranges of Wyoming. He hnd been
thrown from n horse nnd had hla hip
dislocated and received a fracture of
tho skull. He lay absolutely uncon
scious for six weeks. Ho is now ablo
to bo out on crutches.
Tho question of $30,000 school
bonds was carried at Geneva. 409 for
and 157 against. No question has
over created quite so much Interest
heretofore. Tho majority of tho wo
men voters wero out and voted for
tho bonds.
John Wass, a ten-year-old boy 1b ly
ing nt the home of his mother In Co-
lumbuB critically 111 from lockjaw
caused by stepping on n live cntflsh
Eomo weeks ago. One of tho fins ot
tho fish penetrated the hollow of tha
lad's foot to a depth of about half an
incn. Nothing was thought of tho
matter at the time and the wound
gave the boy no trouble until soveral
days afterward, when blood poisoning
set in.
Charles Kelloy was knocked sense
less at his threshing machine in Gree
ley county and had a close call for hla
life. A portion of the machine was
torn loose by sunflowors running
through the cylinder and struck him
across the breast and arms, throwing
him a dozen foet back from the tablo.
But for his having a sheaf Of oata lnN
his hand that deadonod tho force of
tho blow, ho would havo been killed
outright
John Wolso, residing twelve miles
southwest of Grand Island, lost sev
eral stacks of wheat, rye and oata by
fire, the same communicating to tho
stacks shortly after the throshora had
started the work of threshing.
Frank Wiser, the Union Pacific
night watchman at Sidney, was mur
dered by some unidentified tramps.
Wlsers duty was to keep tramps off
the trains nnd to keep guard ovor tho
large amount of storage coal which Is
coMtantly kept bV the railroad con
jiaoy, also to boo that there wero no
fires ner tha otoek w$5.
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