Nebraska Newspapers

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NEBRASKA NOTES
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John Quinn, a farmer living near
Gretna lias been taken beforo the
ominty judge upon the complaint of
neighbors, charging Ifim with in
ability to manage his own affairs.
The court appointed Lewis Lesure
his guardian. Mr. WRuinn was very
indignant nt the action of the court.
Mrs. Stark of Beatrice, her sister
and two children were severely
injured in a runaway nefcident. T)y
vehicle in which they were ridii
was completely wiashed. The horse
became frigl.;ened at the Burlington
train just beforo it reached the
viaduct. .
United States Consul Max J. Baehr
of Oicnfugos, Cuba, is at St. Paul on
hiB annual vacation. The citizens of
St. Patyl are always heartily glad to
greet their friend and esteemed
citizen. Consul Baehr, and ho in
turn, with hip usual pleasant smile,
seems to enjoy snaking hands with
his old neighbors.
The first threshing machine acci
dent in the locality of Seward, oc
curred recontly. Will Schlcckty,
while helping with the threshing
machine, in some manner fell into
tho self-feed, lie caught hold of the
board with his hand a:.d his position
being noticed by tho men the
machine was stopped. Tt was found
that his arm was badly crushed and
cut.
The barn and granary belonging
to N. A. Reynolds of Creighton, has
be'Mi totally destroyed by fire. A
tam was consumed in the flames,
together with a large amount of
grain, kept for storage. Loss on
team and harness $300; insurance
$200.
With a human leg dangling from
the stirrup of a saddle, a horse was
captured thirty miles north of Rush
villo galloping over the prairio?
It is bplieved the horse came from
some distance and that it lias ben
roaming over the prairies for a long
time. Tho foot was firmly fastened
in the stirrup, and there are many
conjectures as to iiow it parted with
the body.
Levi Cook, who was burned In
gaso'ine explosion of the Burlineton
. Railroad's well at Arapahoo died oil
J the train recently while on his way
to Denver for treatment, ana the
body was taken U Riverton. The
caliso of death was pneumonia cJia-'fd
by inhaling the burning gar.
James Sullivan aged 21, and an
employe of ihef Union Pacific shops
at Grand Island, was drowned at
Shimmer'6 lake, a resort on the Wood
river. While in swimming lie dived
and failed to reappear. His body
was recovered five minutes later.
Tho remains were taken to Kearney,
whero his mother resides.
i
W. 0. Williams, who disappeared
so suddenly from his wife and
children in Council Bluffs, has been
located near Oreapolis, working for
a farmer. He says he had no inten
tion of deserting his family and will
send money to them as soon as he
earns it.
Edward Ulrioh and his sister, Miss
Augusta, were severely injured in a
runaway accident near DoWitt. Botli
narrowly escaped being killed and
tho buggy in whivh they were riding
was smashed all to pieces and
scattered along the road for a con
siderable distance
Richard Sen I ley, who was killed
n the Union Pacific railroad at
North Platte left quito a bit of prop
erty, lie had recently sold a piece
of land for which he received $f000
He was a single man and at present
there are no relatives known. Leo
Tobin of this city was appointed
special administrator.
Georgo Waters, an employe at
Stout Bros, meat market at Tekamah
met with a very painful accident
whilo loading ice. The team became
frightened and started to run and in
attempting to get tho lines, Water
Blipped under tho wagon and the
roar wheels ran over his back, inflict
ing severe injuries, but luckily no
bones were broken.
A team hitched to a lumber wagon
bolonging to Gust Hailing, a farmer
living six miles southwest of Oak
land ran away. No serious damage
was the result, but some of the wire?
wnd pipes running from the power
house were badly bent and twisted,
but wore soon repaired. 0ne2 horeo
was scratched a little, but the wagon
remained intact.
t
CLAIM A DEFEAT
kumok ok sukkenpek of sveauoko
mutineers
Rebels are Out of Provisions
WHITE FL.AO DECEAKED UA1SED ON
ONE OF THE ISLANDS
Powtlir MucH'-lno In 1'onMilnn of the
Insurgent Explode Rtory of Sur
trtider Uuronflnmtd Itut the
Flrlnc at hii End
HELSINGFORS.-It was rumored
that the Sveaborg mutineers had sur
rendered, but it is impossible to
confirm this rumor here.
Tho fire from tho cruisers has
seriously damaged tlw; fortifications.
Tho mutinees have failed in their
efforts to secure provisions.
The cannonade at Sveaborg con
tinued during all the afternoon. The
powder magazine in the possession of
the insurgents has exploded. It is
impossible to determine how this
will affect the mutiny.
flcnr Sharp Cannonading
1IELS1NGF0RS. There has boon
continuous sharp cannonading at
Sveaborg. The smoke Uom burning
buildings is visible hero. During the
afternoon a rain of shrapnel was
poured into tho sea in the vicinity
of Lonnan island whro a cruiser is
stationed.
Troops are pouring into llelsing
fors. Tho Alva, another cruiser, has ar
rived and is at present engaged in
bombarding the mutinous battery
on Sveaborg island. It is rumored
that the revolutionists on one of tho
islands have raised the white Hag. It
is impossible to communicato with
the island. Some excitement has
been caused in town by tho arrest
of several members of tho "red
guard" and other revolutionists.
Flsht. ThrouKh tho Nlht
The light between the mutineers
and the loyal troops was waged most
of the past night. Tho cannonade
was heavy, tho firing of the guns
furnished an awe-inspiring spectacle
to the thousands lining tl points of
advantage cr,)bservatory hill.
The loyal minority seemed to com
mand the forts on Nicohlas island,
which was engaged in a duel witli
Sandhamm's formidable masked bat
teries. At 10 o'clock in the m.irning
they were still exchanging broadsides
at ten minute intervals. TJie victims
transported to llelsingfors number
less than fifty, of whom fifteen are
dead, but thus far the number of
killed or wounded in the Sveaborg
hospitals has not been ascertainable.
Order has been restored at Skatud
den island, where 110 sailors and
eleven civilians have been disarmed.
From the civilian point of view the
local situation is easier.
No CrulKors In Sight
No cruisers are visible Troops arc
expected here but the destruction of
the bridge near Rihimmaeki railroat
station and the tearing up of the
permanent railway at several points
delays the arrival of reinforcements.
The town is quiet and business is
proceeding, but tho workmen are on
strike.
The revolt, it is pointed out, oc-
enrred on the anniversary of a min
ing disaster which was caused by the
recklessness of sonv3 officers and
resulted in the loss of a dozen lives
Copies of the Viborg manifesto of
the outlawed parliament are being
distributed the Cossacks who quietly
put them in their pockets.
A naval squadron, including tho
battleship Slava, i'b reported to have
sailed from Revalfor Sveaborg.
Telegraph liulliliiiu Kulned
The telegraph building hero has been
ruined and tho barracks and cathe
dral have been badly damaged by the
fire of the 11-inch guns. Tho
numbers of wounded and killed have
probably been over-estimated.
The socialists are on the alert ant
tho townspeople aro in fear of a can
nonade if the naval squadron arrives
here.
There was a panic among the sum
mer residents on the islands of the
archipelago, owing to the fall of
stray bullets and shells which caused
a number ot casualties, both on the
islands and in the city. A man sit
ting on the veranda of the Yacht
club was mortally wounded and a
snrvant trirl was killed,
HARRY THAW HAS WAY
rr.usuADKs .mother to ueleask
t-'OK.UK LAWVKKS
Johnson Case at Ueatrlca Hun Many Haiti
Ificatlnnn Walter Decunuo Mar
ried lCntcrinvd Young Lady
of Vfllnonvlllo
NEW YORK.-Yiolding to tho per
suasion of her son, Harry Thaw, Mr5.
William Thaw has dispensed with
the services of the firm of Black,
Olcott. Gruber & Bonynge, whom sho
had retained to conduct the defense
of the young man on the ch.vgc of
murdering Stanford White. Follow
ing a family counsel at tho residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Carnegie, at
Iloslyn L. I., and at which Mrs.
Harry Thaw was present, Mrs. Wil
liam Thaw 3nt tho following letter
to her counsel :
"Messrs. Blnck, Olcott, Gruber k
Bonynge, No. 170 Broadwny, New
York City. Gentlemen : After fully
considering tho question, I have
decided that my son's position is the
right one. Will you, therefore,
kindly deliver to Messrs. Hartridge
fc Peabody, No. l-l Broadway, all
documents, letters, notes, memo
randa, data and all papers you have
for me and a full statement of your
account.
"Thanking you for your courteous
attention to my wishes during tne
past two weeks, I remain, very truly
yours, "M. C. THAW."
Former Governor Black's linn was
engaged by Harry Thaw to take
charge of his defense a few days after
the tragedy. A disagreement oc
curred between the prisoner A.nd Mr.
Olcott on the question of tho lino of
defenso to bo adopted, Mr. Olcott
insisting on the plea of insanity, to
which Thaw was opposed. A day or
two beforo his mother's arrival from
Europe Thaw dismissed his counsel
and placed his affairs in the hands
of his personal attorney, Clifford W.
Haridge. Mrs. Thaw's first act on
landing was to rc-engiigo Black,
Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge. Since
then Mrs. Thaw has been unremit
ting in hor efforts to persuade her
son to acquiesce in her view and
permit her to dictate his defense.
In this sho failed. This is taken to
mean that his plea of "not guilty"
will stand and that emotional insan
ity and evidence going to show justi
fication under the "unwritten law"
will bo relied upon to 6cctire
acquittal.
Trouhlu Over Children
BEATRICE, Nob.-A new chapter
was added to the long drawn out
legal battlo between J. A'fred John
son and tho Terry family, over the
possession of tho two little girls of
Johnson. The children upon the
death of their mother, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Selh Terry, were taken
by tho father's wish, tu tho grand
parents and were tenderly cared for
and raised by them ns they are well
to do farmers near l'ickrell. Here
they remained for several years until
about eighteen months ago when
Johnson came from his home in Iowa
and demanded tlio children. Tho
Terrys rolused under the circum
stances to givo them up. Johnson'
secured a writ of habeas corpus iinJ
the matter landed in the courts
where after nearly two years' litiga
tion in tho district and supreme
court the matter was finally deter
mined bv tho court Hiving the
younger girl about ten years old, to
the father and the older, about
twelve years of ago to remain with
the Terrys. As the child was being
taken away by Johnson's sister, who
came after hor, a writ of habeas
corpus was served and the lit' ow
taken back to the Terrys,
CoufoHHuN to JMgaui
BEAVER CITV, Neb -Degarmo
is in the county jail charged
with wife desertion. Denarnio was
married in July to Miss Luolls
Thompson, a prominent young ladj
of Wilsonvillo, It was a double
wedding in more ways that one. The
license was issued in Furnas county,
but the couple went across the line
in Red Willow county, where the
ceremony was performed. Afterward
the county judge informed Degarmo
that the marriage was not valid and
a second ceremony was solemnized
in Furnas county. In a week aftei
the marriage Degarmo disappeared
and was captured in Red Willow
county. In tho county court he con
fessed that he had a previous wift
and had not been divorced, He will
bo held on a charge of bigamy,
WIFE GETS DECREE
MKH. W I I.I.I AM E. COKEY AWAKOEl)
DIVOKCE IN NEVADA
Only One Ballot By tho Jury
SISTER OF STEEIi KINO TESTIFIES
AGAINST HIM
Say on Stand "Wealthy New York Men
Are Unfit to Care for Children,
and Son (!ne tu the
Mother
RENO, Net. Mrs. William Corey,
wilo or tho president of the United
States Steel corporation, was awnrded
a divorco in the second district court
of Nevada, sitting nt Reno. Tho
:nse was submitted without nrgument
and tho jury took but one ballot. It
was out but a few minutes. Mrs.
Corey is givon the custody of her
10-venr-old son, Allan Coroy. No
evidonco wbb submitted by the de
fense and ll)4o wns no argument.
Tho question of alimony was not
introduced. Mrs. Corey made an in
teresting admission, however, touch
ing upon this phase of the case, stat
ing that several weeks before hor
petition for a divorco was filed, she
negotiated through her attorneys j
financial settlement with her hus
band. Sho was not asked wliat the
nature of this settlement was.
Miss Addio Coroy, sister of the
respondent, was an interesting wit
ness. Sho corroborated Mrs. Corey's
statement that Corey had deserted
his wife and told how sho and hor
aged mother had made sovernl
ineffectual attempts to effect a recon
ciliation. Allan Corey stated that at the
parting his father called him to his
office and told him that he had de
cided to part from his mother. "Ho
said I was too young to understand
the reasons. IIo then said that my
mother was a good woman and that
my place was at hor side."
At the conclusion of the trial At
torney Sardls Summorffeld stated
that his oliont William E. Corey,
was as anxious for the decree of
divorco bb his wife.
Narrow lCsoapo for Negro
CANNONS BURG, Pa.-Coroner W.
H. Sipo and Constable John J. Miller
of Cnnnnnsburg drove into town with
I'ilmer Dempster, a nineteen-year-old
negro who had been arrested for the
murder of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and
two children, and the shooting of a
third child that evening. Dempster
was taken to the Washington county
jail at Washington, I'a., leaving here
on a trolley car.
While no bloodstains were found
on the prisoner, suspicion first rested
on him when it was learned that lie
was tho last person seen about the
house before the tragedy. Dempster
was a helper on tho Pearce farm and
after the departure of Samuel Pearce
with his siBtor, Miss Fanny Pearce,
for tho Cannonsburg railroad station,
Dempster is snid to have been at the
scone of the tragedy looking after the
stock. Ho was taken from his bed at
2 o'clock in the morning and put
through a course of sweating which
lasted until daylight, when it is
alleged ho made a complete con
fession. Tho only things missing from the
Pearce home aro 212 and a few cente
nnd the revolver which Mrs. Pearce
and her two children wore murdered.
Robert Pearce, four-years-old, the
only survivor of the awful tragedy,
who was shot through the body,
will be brought to tho Cannonsburg
general hospital in an effort to save
his life.
According to the story told in his
confession, young Dempster at
tempted an assault on the tour-year-
old daughter after the departure ol
Mr. Pearce. but was frustrated by
tho mother, who went to a bureau
to get a revolver to shoot him. The
negro says he secured the weapon
first and after killing the mother and
shooting the children set fire to the
house to hide tho crime. Feeling
against Dempster is running high,
WASHINGTON, Pa. - Dompster
was safely lodged in jail hero. The
oilicers had an exciting trip from
Uannonsburg. Two attempts were
madu to take tho nergo from them.
Shortly after leaving Cannonsburg a
crowd of about twenty men boarded
tho car and with shouts of "Lynch
him I" and, "Kill him I" dragged
the prisoner and officers from the
oar. A fierce struggle followed,
but the officers succeeded in keeping
possession of the negro and finally
drove the mob off at the point of
the revolvers.
SOME TO BE PUNISHED
uunciis of the vinona manmtjt
ON THE HACK
Charge Mads rracttcally That tl
Traon Tho Former Mayor et
l'Mternon, N, ,J EinbmitlexZ
Give lllniiclf Up f
ST. PETERSBURG. Tho pM5m
prosecutor has started pro2ceip
against the members of tho Iowbt
house of parliament who signed m
viborg manifesto. The ahango ais&ear
which tho signers of tho mnmfrjtet
will bo brought to trial is violnlStus
o! nrticle 120 of the criminal soCr
which provides for "attempt t?
overthrow tho existing governm."
This is virtually high treason sraC
tho minimum penalty is hard labcrt
in the mines.
No arrests hnvo yet been report rC
and tho constitutional democrats flo
not anticipate anything appronoltr
punishment ol the-ir reprosontfitivtja.
It Is understood that the nrrcffiuQ
will be admitted; to bail pending
trial.
Tho constitutional demoornlB' arc?
chielly apprehensive that thopcBi-
billty of prosecution held over Hie
heads of thoir loaders will rvndur
ineligible for re-election, In Uioshiiip
manner that Professor Milukoff 'miil
M. Hessel nnd others were cxclnduii.
from the Inst lower house. Sncinlift'C
and radical members of tho 3nu
house may have to cool thoir Lwicbi
in cells for a long time and thro fbi
prevented from continuing the Tull
iiedged revolutionary agitation upon
which they aro now embarked. Mnifj
of tho ex-mombers are now Hvauft
under cover in the houses of friend
in St. Petersburg, or have gone into
hiding in the provinces. A eorren
poudent of tho Associated press nlefc
two peasant ox-deputies who hud cat
off their luxurant iiair and bonrds
and who could scarculy bo recopr
nized.
Fornuir Mayor Hotelier KtirroiulorK-
PATERSON, N. J. Mayor Wlllium
il Ilolchor, who surrendered hiinsci'M
at tho jail alter having been n fugi
tive from justice for nbuut n
said that ho has been in nearly
every state in the union since hi?
wont away.
"What have you doner with the
money you got'" ho was asked.
"That is the subject of vvhicJa K
am not willing to spenK nt tnia
timo," replied Belcher ' 'If 3riD,0flC
is gone someone else must hnvo xtfl:
it and blamed it on me, but I; flhiiTJl
implicate no one in what l:did."
A dozen indictments have bcear
found against Belcher in which Ho m
accused of embezzling' about $lWV,COO.
The Manchester Bui'tTing nnd Loun
association, of which ho wns pro?5
dont, wns forced to go into bank
ruptcy. Clrnrlnyr A nay Wrecluifo
NEW BURGH, N. Y. Tho wreck
ing crows were at work clearing fhr.
debris of tho wreck of tho New "Yen.
Central's Pacific Express which rim
into a landslide one- mile south U'
New Hamburg at 11 :U0 at night, tjlk
sultiii)? in the death of Edward WolIH
the engineer, of Albany, and EdwiiT.fi
Warren, fireman,, of New York, anfc
injuries to about a dozen passenger,
none of which will provo futiJ?,
There are three tracks at tho kitJT
where the accident occurred, but thejj
were a'l torn up or badly twisted Jtt
a hundred feot or more.
Tho wreck was the worst that has1
occurred on the Hudson river d5v&
sion since the New York tonr-tS'
disaster. It seems miraculous t'tnt
there were no- casualities or utsl-omit
injuries among tho pnsciunxert.
especially with regard to the tmay
or more men who were in tio izuaa
binatiou smoking and baggage exr.
which when- tho locomotive t Israeli,
over after ploughing for forty fins
into tho great- heap of gravel vrhicBi
had fallen down upon tho track, shift
upward and then almost at riglxi
angles, came down with a orajstb
across the three tracks. Joseph Bhimv
of Pnughkeopsie, who was in tho Jar
ward part of the smoker, felt iku
floor knocked out from under hxm
and as the'ear landed, without turn
ing over, he was- dropped into ihi"
river and swam ashore uninjured.
Dr B. E. Me.Oambridgo of Pougto
keepsie was thrown through n win
dow and with another man fell upca:,
the tender, which had turned orvs
on its side and lay embedded ii ilit
gravel bank. Neihor wao hurt "is:
any extont. Other passengers hxxJ
equally narrow escapes, getting t3l
with slight cuts and oruiss. 'Ahr
most seriously injured was E. W
Kelly of Poughkeepsie, who Bustanti
a broken shoulder,, but many wttfatr
utuuuetL