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IOWA ISSMITTEN
STORM FIEND BRINGS DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION.
THE PINKHAM CURES
ITTRACTHG GOEIT ATTMTIOS AMG
BRITAIN LEFT BEHIND.
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
FL.ATTS MOUTH.
N ERR ASK A.
CASES WILL NOT BE TRIED.
THE STATE AT LARGE.
. 1.
int MWb in DKiir.
(jN-ory; Francis Train Is confined to
the home of Lis shte r with a curse of
rmaltpox.
Twelve tli'i'iy;ii:i se hor.I children
R:etd Ir-s ;! nt Ko(.Mvlt at Port
Land, Onivin.
;.v t n' r I'iF(i!Ii ttf, of Wisconsin,
fca i si?:-.-l tl. Ij 1 1 1 t.txii. raiiroa Is on
tli' al vahrem y-t' iii.
Tv,i( hundred and twenty acres arc
to ho added to the military reservation
at W'-at Point at an expense cf $j:),t00.
The nrni'iry of tl.- First regiment.
N. C. P., at Phikollephin was damaged
$".". ()'() by fire. Nearly all the rltle
anl uniforms of the organization were
ih stroye (I.
The historic eini t'fo rhtnted by
Abraham Lincoln in front of the old
Lincoln homestead in Springfield. III.,
fell a few days a' during a heavy
wind and rain store.
I'.irgh.r.s wh- km-.v the comb:nafIe;n
F'ol'j Ite,i.;s ami money amounting to
about. $;. ,) from the ?af of the )k
lahr.m.i Pae'vin.; company In Okla
homa City arid escaped.
I n i I ('-igkcnheini, treasurer of the
I.-rae!ite relief fund. New York, re
ceived a clt'-ck for $:.' from Sec retary
')f State John Hay for the relief of
the s:fierers at Kishineff.
The prospectus of the new Brazilian
f per ((nt loan of $2.".0m'0 for the
improvement of the harhor of Rio
Janeiro will be issued by the Koth
hi!d s. The price will Le 92.
A dispatch to a news agency from
Vienna says it is reported from Mitro
vitrz that all the Albanian chiefs of
that district have now been arrested
and sent under strong escort to Con
stantinople. At Toledo. O., Harvey Parker rf
Worcester. Mas-t., wn the lightweight
wrestling championship of the I'nited
States by securing two out of three
falls in a contest with I5ob Reakes of
M.iskefion. Mih.
St. Raul has been selected by the
executive committee of the national
a?foc int'on rf state dairy and foot de
partments as the place and JtUy 21 to
21 as the time for the seventh annual
convention of the association.
The secretary of war has ordered the
honorable discharge from the service
of Second Lieutenant George It. Craw
ford, Eleventh infantry. Crawford
has been attending the military school
at Fort Iavenvorth. and has failed
to pass Lis examination after two
trials.
Arccrding to a special dispatch to
the Vossisc he Zettting from Bucharest
anti-semitie agitators are to be
found everywhere in Roumania and
scenes similar to those enacted at
Kischineff are feared. It is s.id that
anti-semitic outbreaks will surely a
cur at the end of May.
Because Sir Mjachel Herbert and
cthfr representatives of the powers
took exception to certain foot notes in
the tlue book on Venezuela, the state
clt rartmeut has assured them the blue
book was prepared by Mr. Bowen and
Is not to be considered an official pub
lication cf the department.
In answer to her suggestion that a
claim for ecmper.sation to be lodged
ltrainst Turkey in the amount of the
ranscm raid for the release ty the
brigands. Miss Ellen Stone has been
rccyi'red to surply the department of
state with necessary information npen
which to frame a formal application.
The Kansas encamr-ment of the
Grand Army of the Republic sent a
d'spatch to the president and secre
tary of war prcte'-tin? acalnst the pro
p isM Memorial day procrram at Fort
Riley thl.-; year. The old soldiers ol
jett to the day beins "desecrated by
t-a s ball, races and similar sport."
Montana City, at one time one cf the
mcst famous placer camrs in Montana,
was totally destroyed by fire Sunday.
Governor Ferg'tson of Oklahoma is
sued a proclamation naming May 3d
as the day for Oklahoma to pay trib
ute to the momory of civil war veter
. ans. Th? proclamation contains 700
words and is of literary merit.
Statistics compiled by President T.
C. Power of the Montana board of
sheep commis.-icners, fixes the total
number cf sheep lost in the recent
blizzard at 00.000. Cp to the time
of the storm C00.000 had frozen in the
snow cf previous blizzards, making
the grand total of 1,500,000 lost in
SIcntana last December. At an aver
age cf $2.50 this means a monetary
lcss of f3.750,000.
An expedition is being sent out un
der auspices of the Geographical so
ciety of Philadelphia and the Arctic
club of New York, to explore Mount
McKinley, the highest peak in th
Alaska range, estimated to be 20,400
leet high-
In an article cn irrigation. Edward
A. Deals of the weather bureau says
there are more than 7.000,000 acres of
irrigated land in the United States. f
As "flag day" this year falls on Sun
day, the clay will be observed on Mon
day, June 15.
Carmine Cairaorata. a Philadelphia
bootblack, found a $10,000 bill on the
sidewalk at Twelfth and Market
streets. He returned it to the loser
and received J 10.
At Springfield. Ohio, thirty head of
Shorthorns sold for $13,50C.
The will of August Sahlberg, a Mex
ico City millionaire miner, has been
opened. He leaves property estimated
at $3,000,000.
The eite'for the Pennsylvania build
ing at the St. Itfuis exposition haj
l een selected.
SEVERAL DEAD AT CLENWOOD
School of the Feeble Minded Struck
With Deadly Effect Des Moines
and Buxton Also Sufferers From the
Elements.
DES MOINES la. Iowa has been
starrn swept tor the past twenty-four
hours. Three tornadoes catisc-d the
loss of six lives, the; fatal injury of
three? persons and the serious injury
of a scent? more, besides great prop
erty loss. The ch ad at Glemvoud are:
Margie Ric ttner, Ada.a, la.; Hazel
Wright, Ad tza. la. The dead near
Buxton: Georgia Blakesley, Herbert
Rhodes. The dead at South Des
Moines are Russell A. Knauff, aged
:50; Floyd Knauff, his 8-months-old
son.
Injured at Glen wood: Mary Eek
ert, Annie Delaney, Myrtle Dickinson,
Etta Newton, Harrison Johnson and
Rolla, Rathbone.
The injured near Buxton: Medietas
Rhodes, fatally; Mollic Rhodes, fatal
ly; Eliza Blakesley, Seward. Ducy,
George and Addison Rhodes, Buddie
Reasby and Mary Walker.
The injured at South Des Moines:
Mrs. Knauff, brnisecl and cut; .Mrs.
Margaret Bars ton. skull injured by
falling brick; Charles MeNutt, hurt
by falling tree; Mrs. John McCoy,
breast and head cut by flying glass.
The victims at Glen wood were all
inmates of the school for the feeble
minded, where the storm struck at
D:C0 p. m. The tornado struck the
girls dormitory, commonly known as
the old building, first. The roof was
lorn off, and, with a terrible crash,
fell back again upon the wrecked
building. All the buildings of the
group, including the hospital, dormi
tory, boys' building, custodian's build
ing, farm colleges and the boiler room
were more or less damaged by the
storm.
The superintendent estimates that
the loss will be at least $73,( 0.
The buildings of the institution are
situated on a slight raise and were a
mark for the heavy wind which swept
down upon them with terrible fury.
The eleven girls who were injured are
being cared for in the hospital, which
is practically intact.
The tornado near Buxton struck at
about 9:20 p. m. near what is known
as No. 10 Junction, a mining settle
ment. All the victims were colored.
The storm came from the southwest
and the destructive wind seemed to
descend suddenly from a great bank
of clouds which was sweeping toward
the northwest.
The houses occupied by the Rhodes
and Blakeleys were smashed to
kindling wood. Half a dozen boxes
were shattered and scattered over the
surrounding country.
From all sections of the state come
reports of exceptionally heavy rain
fall, accompanied in most cases by
severe wind and lightning.
In the northern part of Iowa there
was a fall of hail in such size that
lambs, calves and pigs are reported
killed and in another case a horse.
Rivers are swollen out of the banks
everywhere. The flood is at its cresE
in northwest Iowa. Numerous wash
outs are reported in that section, and
two railroad wrecks due to that cause
were attended with one death each.
Wires are prostrated so generally as
to preclude obtaining particulars.
Tragedy at a Wedding Ball.
ARRAS. France? A wedding party
at the Citadel barracks here Tueselay
night ended tragically with the dcatt
of thro? women and the injury of
twenty-seven other persons. At the
dance following the wedding a lamp
w as overturned and set fire to the de?co
rative hanging. A panic ensued, the
doors were blocked and three of the
women were unable to escape and per
ished in the flames.
They Swear Off Racing.
PARIS. The second stretch of the
Paris-Madrid automobile race was not
started owing to the interdection of
the French and Spanish governments.
Maurice Farnam and other prominent
drivers have announced their perma
nent withdrawal from racing.
Disturbances in Russia.
BERLIN The Lokal Anzeiger's cor
respondent at St. Petersburg tele
graphs that serious disturbances and
rioting have broken out in the prov
ince of Saratoff and that the peas
ants are buring and sacking the resi
dences of the land holders in many
places.
Mrs. Patterson Brings Suit.
CHICAGO. A damage suit of $10,
C00, as a sequel to the sensational at
tack of Mrs. Elizabeth V. Cronk of
Omaha, on Mrs. Cora Lathrop Patter
son on an Illinois Central train at
Council Bluffs, la., a week ago last
Saturday, has been filed in the su
perior .court. A deputy sheriff served
the notice late Saturday evening as
Mrs. Cronk was going through Chi
cago with her husband on their way
home from Washington.
Haytien Ministry Resigns.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti. The
entrie Haytien ministry with the min-
lster for war, have resigned. The
ministry are opposed to continuing
the investigation into the alleged
frauds In the issuing of Haytien gov
ernment securities amounting to $2,
000,000. The commission of Inquiry
are supported by President Alexis
Nond, who insisted on the investiga
tion being continued. 'The ministry
handed in its resignation.
"Washington the Proper Capital cf the English-Speaking World." An
drew Carnegie.
SUES AN AMERICAN OFFICER.
Gabrial Galza, a Filipino, Seeks to Re
cover Damages.
MANILA Gabrial Galza, living in
the island of Leyte, has sued Major
Edward Gleen of the Fifth infantry for
15,000 pesos damages on the ground
of alleged false imprisonment. Galza,
who was an insurgent sympathizer,
was suspected of aiding the Samar in
surgents. In 1!01 he was arrested by
Major Glenn's orders, General Snth
approving, and was confined in Sa
mar. Ultimately Galza was released.
Major Glenn has reported the filing of
the suit to Major General Davis, who
will probably refer the matter to Sec
retary Root.
Insurgents Badly Defeated.
MANILA Lieutenant Javier, com
manding a force of constabulary and
volunteers, has defeated 200 fanatical
insurgents in the island of Cebu, kill
ing sixty-eight of them and capturing
twenty-nine. The fight occurred in
the mountains of Takogan. No de
tails of the engagement have bee a re
ceived and the government losses are
rot known.
Editor Describes Scene at Pauline.
LAWRENCE, Neb Editor D. Liv
ingston of the Locomotive, who re
turned from the vicinity of Sunday's
tornado near Pauline, says the scene
was almost beyond description. The
bodies of the victims were fearfully
mangled. One woman's head was
mashed to a pulp, and the others had
almost every bone Sn their bodies
broken. Editor Livingston says the
funeral of the victims held in the little
church was a most impressive and
sad affair. The wreck of the buildings
was most complete, and the lumber
and contents were found in all sorts
of places.
To Improve Upper Missouri.
SIOUX CITY, la. Captain W. H.
Gould of the government snagboat
Mandan has arrived here to consult
with Lieutenant E. D. Vincent, engi
neer in charge of the work on the
upper Missouri river. It is expected
by Lieutenant Vincent that the chief
work on the upper section cf the river
will be done at Yankton, where about
$20,000 will be expended in building
extensions to the dikes now standing
there.
Boiler Plate Mills Burn.
HARRIt.BURG. Pa. The original
boiler plate mills of the Central
Street Plate company were destroyed
by fire early Friday, entailing a loss
of $2o,00') and throwing a large num
ber of men out of work. The loss Is
fully covered by insurance. The two
mills had recentlv been rebuilt and
were among the most up to date in
boiler and other plate making of any
in this part of the country.
King Alfonso Is Enriched.
LONDON. A special dispatch from
Madrid says: King Alfonso has inher
ited $7,500,000 under the will of his
grandfather, King Francis. The will
was opened about a month ago in ac
cordance with the desire of King
Francis that it should not be read un
til twelve months after his death.
Dr. Wendt Takes. His Life.
PARIS. Dr. E. Charles Wendt of
New York shot and killed himself
with a pistol in his apartments here.
Temporary aberration of mind is sup
posed to be the cause.
Trampled to Death in Car.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. Alies Kaldy,
who was taking two camels and an
elephant to Minneapolis to join a cir
cus, was trampled to death by the ele
phant in a car at Medicine Bow station.
Another Storm Killing Sheep.
CHEYENNE, Wryo. Another storm
has raged here. In the Bitter creek
valley, where thousands of sheeep are
ranged, the storm was worst. Sheep
men are making every effort to pro
tect their flocks, but thousands of
head are exposed. The loss in this
section this week will aggregate
over 5.C00 head. Along the Oregon
Short Line railway sheep and Iambs
ran he seen lying dead in the
sage brush.
FIFTEEN KILLED
DISASTROUS TORNADO IN CEN
TrtAL NEBRASKA.
SIX VICTIMS IN ONE HOUSE
One Horse is Only Thing Remaining
Alive About Mumma Place Build
ings Wrecked, Live Stock Killed and
General Devastation.
PAULINE, Neb. At G o'clock Sun
day night a disastrous tornado struck
the farm house of John Mumma, which
was located two miles southeast of
Pauline, and killed six people.
The dead:
JOHN MUMMA, aged 51.
MRS. JOHN MUMMA. aged 47.
MISS GERTRUDE MUMMA. aged
IS.
MISS FLORENCE PALMER, aged
iy.
JOHN PALMER, aged 16.
RAY QUIGG, aged 21.
All the horses and cattle about the
premises were killed with the excep
tion of a horse belonging to young
Quigg, which escaped, after the buggy
had been torn loose and broken into
bits. Miss Florence Palmer and broth
er John, daughter and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Emma D. Hughes, were visiting
at the Mumma house and Ray Quigg
was spending the afternoon with Miss
Gertrude Mumma, to whom he was
engaged to be married.
The entire family and visitors were
seated around the table partaking of
the evening meal when the tornado
arrived without a moment's warning.
The house was lifted 150 feet in the
air, where it was quickly shattered
and scattered for miles around. The
bodies were terribly mutilated. They
were dropped into the canyon on the
southwest, one on the east side and
one on the west side of the ravine.
The head of John Mumma was smash
ed to a pulp.
Mrs. William Overy, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mumma, is tne only close
relative who survives the Mumma fam
ily, and she and her husband witness
ed the catastrophe from their farm
house, which is located within a mile
of the scene. Mr. Overy described the
tornado as coming from the southeast
in a lazy sort of menner. It had the
appearance ot a huge balloon and was
hugging close to tne ground without
making much noise, which accounts for
its stealing upon the Mumma home
without giving warning.
After it struck the Mumma farm it
turned and headed northwest, direct
for Pauline, after striking the rail
road.
Huge trees were uprooted, telegraph
poles pulled out and rods and rods of
barb wire were twisted into one large
ball. The tornado tore every piece of
clothing from Mrs. Mumma and de
posited them in a heap a mile away.
The bodies were taken to William
Overy's home, from where the funeral
was held.
In the storm's wake, so far it is
known that fifteen people lost their
lives.
Rockefeller Helps Y. M. C. A.
WASHINGTON The Post will an
nounce" Monday that John D. Rocke
feller has givn $50,000 to the Wash
ington Young Men's Christian asso
ciation. This announcement has been
made by Mr. Rockefeller through
H. B. Macfarland, president of the
Board of District Commissioners.
The gift is conditioned on the com
pletion of a canvass for $300,000 for
use of the association before Jan
uary 1, 1904.
Modocs to Go Home.
WASHINGTON, D. C The com
missioner of Indian affairs has been
informed by the . Indian agent at the
Quapaw agency in Indian territory
that most of the forty-seven Modoc
Indians who constitute the remnant
of the. tribe which in 1876 perpetrated
the massacre at the lava beds, are
preparing to leave for their old home
on the Klamath reservation in Oregon."
The Jndians give as a reason their
preference for the Pacific coast.
One Defendant in Penitentiary and
Other in Mexico.
DAVID CITY District court con
vened in this city. Judge S. H. Sorn
berger of Wahoo presiding. There
are fifty-two civil and four criminal
cases on the docket. It is thought
that none of the criminal cases will
be tried. Three c( them are again.1-
Amos H. Gould and Richard C. Gould,
charged with the wrecking of the
Platte Valley State bank at Bell wood.
A. H. Gould is row serving time in
the penitentiary, ami Riciard C. Gould
is said to be in Me xico.
SUES FOR CONVICT L.ABOR.
Case of Ex-Warden Davis Submitted
in Court.
LINCOLN The supreme court took
up the case of ex-Warden Davis
against State Treasurer Mor ".onsen
and other members of the statu pris
on board. Mr. Davis instituted man
damus proceedings o cc-mpel the
board to complete a contract entered
into with him for the services of twenty-five
convicts for whose services be
offered to pay 5u cents a day. The
court permitted the relator to file a
motion to strike ort a portion of the
answer of the Lee Broom and Duster
company, which now employs all the
available convicts in the penitentiary.
The case was argued and submitted.
WELL KNOWN AT TECUMSEH.
Man Under Arrest for Bigamy Has a
Wife in Nebrr.ska.
TECUMSEH Charles Thorn, alias
W. W. Montgomery, whom the press
dispatches say was badly wounded by
Jailer Jerry Emerson at Guthrie, Okl.,
when he attempted to escape from
that prison, is well known in Johnson
county. The press dispatches say he
was doing time on the charge of big
amy. It is said that Thom had mar
ried three wives, one in Iowa, one in
Nebraska and one In Oklahoma. His
Nebraska wife was Miss Dora Rey
nolds, a young lady of this commu
nity, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Reynolds. A child was born to
this union, and the mother and child
have long since left the husband and
lather.
Meets Death n the Wind.
FRANKLIN, Neb. A cyclone pass
ed here this evening between 5 and
6 o'clock doing great damage to prop
erty. It was about eight miles west
and for a while looked as though this
eity was going to be in its path. Mrs.
J. Gish was killed and her husband co
badly hurt ho will die. Six others are
badly injured. Mr. Gish and wife
were visiting, having only been here
two days.
Doctors have gone out to care for
the wounded. It is feared that in the
morning it will be found to be much
worse than reported at this time.
Commander Estelle's SiUff.
Judge Lee Esteele, the new depart
ment commander of the G. A. R. of
Nebraska, has made these staff ap
pointments: Assistant adjutant gener
al, W. S. Askwith, post No. 202, Oma
ha; judge advocate general, E. K. Val
entine, post No. 197, West Point; in
spector general, I. G. Heckman. post
No. IS, Fairmont; chief mustering offi
cer, Louis Leiseur, post No. 55, Pa
pillion; senior aide and chief of staff.
George P. De Temple, post No. 52,
Blair.
Nebraska Wan Injured.
RED CLOUD Wcrcl was received
here that Everett Dyer of this city,
who is conductor on the B. !c M. out
of Denver, fell under the wheels of
his train while switching at Akron,
Colo. He was setting the brakes
when the air was cut off, the sudden
jar of the train throwing him between
the cars. The right lejg was cut off
below the knee and ths left fect was
terribly mangled.
Hail Causes Loss e? an Eye.
DAVENPORT One of the worst
hail storms that has vit'ted this sec
tion of the state for yars passed
south of here along tho river. Hail
as large as goose eggs fell, breaking
all the glass on the soutii side of resi
dences and damaging gardens. Henry
Huntsmeyer, a well-to-do German far
mer, lost an eye. A piece of glass
struck him in the eye, destroying the
sight.
Hail Cuts Down Crops.
HARVARD This locality was visit
ed by a severe wind, hil and rain
storm. Reports from a distance of
three and four miles in the count ry
northeast and from two to three miles
southwest are to the effect that grow
ing crops are bac"ly cut up.
Ships Pumps to South America.
BEATRICE The Dempster Mill
Manufacturing company cf this city
shipped a carload of pumps and wind
mills to South America.
Commence Mining Coal.
- NEBRASKA CITY Frank Love
land, Fred Rodenhaus and L. Hurst
have leased 320 acres of land from B.
S. Tait, south of . this city, and will
commence miaing coal.
Girl Drowned While Wading
BEATRICE Miss Earble Murdock.
the 15-year-old daughter of Captain
Murdock of Wymore, was drowned In
Fink's lake, three miles southwest of
-hat place, while wading.
County Treasurer Coddlrgton Is Jm-t
In rece ipt of $1,CS5.4S as proceeds from
the sale of lu;n and cattle raised em
the county poor farm ot Dodge county.
Ur. Gunsaulus has been engaged for
two lectures during the coming Chau
tauqua ass'-ml ly at Be atric e. The
dat'S of his lectures arc- July IS and 1!.
The Union stock yards or South filed
amended article.-! of Incorporation with
the sec rc-tary f state, increasing its
capitil stock from f f.,0(ji,0U0 to $7.
50( 1.000.
The barn owned by U. K. Morr.
formerly of Howe, and occupied by V.
L. Morrill, was completely destroyed
by lightning. A horse and buggy wero
saved, but conside rable feed and har
ness were des-t royed.
George Clark, the stranger who has
been held in Plattsmoiith on suspicion
of being the Ui:rglar who is wanted at
Pacific Junction, was released. The
prisoner refused to re-turn to Iowa
without extradition pape-rs.
Fire, smoke and water wrecked the
wholesale and retails c him store- of
Carl Funke in Lincoln, doing damage
estimated between $2S.(tu0 and $:',". (iOU.
Mr. Funke valued the slock at $.!(.0:(,
basing this value on a recent invoice.
The school boai'l of Pawnee City
elected Prof. G. p. Griffith as super
intendent of the schools for the com
ing year. Mr. Griffith is a graduate etf
the state university and has been for
three years connected with the school.
Brown Brothers of Seward shipped
2Z0 head of fat steers over the North
western, occupying fifteen e::rs. They
go from New York direct to London.
Thesee cattle; were all fed by the ship
pers and were fine ones, averaging
1,4 40 pounds.
The case of Ihe State vs. William
Way, who with Dan Beard, was
charged with burglary in enteiing the
barn of William Dierking and steal
ing a pair of mules, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty and Way was sin
tenced to eighteen months in the pen
itentiary. Aceordirg To Attorney '.leneral
Prout the law passed by the legislature
to allow the I.inco'n Security Mutual
Reserve company to change to a stip
ulated premium i serve- company is
unconstitutional. The attorney gen
eral in his opinion states that he con
siders its une institutional to permit
the two-thirds majority of the hoard
of directors to amend the charter of
the corporation in the manner provid
ed by the bill.
Roy Van fleet of Hastings had a nar
row escape from death as he was
about to cross the St. Joe & Grand
Island railway crossing. He was driv
ing a delivery wagon and had just
reached the crossing when the train
backed up at a lively speed. He turned
his horses just in time to save him
self but In doing so one horse was
struck by the engine and fell across
the track. The hind legs of the ani
mal were so badly crushed that it had
to be shot.
The recent storm did much damage
in York, York county. Mrs. Kings
ley's barn, a large one, was wrecked.
D. N. Blood's r&sieH-rKe was partly
torn to pieces. Pat McGowan's resi
dence was unroofed, the barn torn to
pieces and hones carried away.
Thomas Mat.hew's residence was
turned over, with his wife and baby
inside. The United Brethren church.
Eighth street anel East avenue, a fine
brick edifice, costing $8,000, is almost
a total wreck.
Grand Island is talking of a big
Fourth of July celebration.
John M. Artwond, a ranchman living
not far from Bonesteel. S. D., says:
"There are more land hunters coming
into South Dakota and Northeastern
Nebraska this spring than for several
years. Many of them have money and
are buying, some for investment anel
some for home purposes."
State Superintendent Fowler has
made his report, to the state auditor
for the apportionment of sc hool money
based on th? report of the state treas
urer. The report shows the total num
ber of school children to be 347.297,
the amount apportioned $409.10.1.24
and the rate per scholar $1,092,997.
D. Conrad committeel suicide in
his room at a private boarding house
in Grand Island by shooting himself
through the head with a 38-ealiber re
volver. He said he was an agent for
the Denver Dress Skirt company, but
in response to a telegram this com
pany says It does not know of such a
man.
Two "newly reorganized advertising
firms have filed articles cf incorpora
tion with the secretary of state, the
Omaha Gunning system and the Om
aha Posting service. The first is cap
italized at $10,000 and the latter af
$20,000.
Wolfgang Werner, a citizen of West
Point, was run down by an engine and
oie freight car in the railroad yards
and probably fatally injured. His left
leg was severed and other injuries in
flicted which render his recovery ex
tremely doubtful.
Ira Meduhan of Morse Bluff com
mitted suicide by blowing his head off
with a shot gun. He was found by his
brother in a corn crib In Morse Bluff,
several hours after the deed had been
commltteed. No reason is known for
the suicide.
An organization has just ber-n per
fected at Wymore called the Continen
tal Mining and Smelting company,
with headquarters in Wymore. The
company now hold3 fourteen claims
near Flagstaff, Ariz. The capital
stock is $2,500,000.
(p" 0 -- Jl. : ' " Q 1
Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 1:.
114th St., iN.V. City, adds her tes
timony to the hundreds of thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lyeli.i 11. rinkliam's Hotw;
elies wore lirst i:it ntclncc-il ske-plies
Jill over the count ly froWlieel jijmiii
their curative claims, hut. as year
utter year h;is r-ll'l Ly and tin
1 it 1 1 J ficiliped' YVeillh-II who had lcc il
cured hy tic new discove ry has
f-ine( jrovii into ;i vast army of
hundreds of thotisaii'ls, elotil.l:; :unl
skepticisms have lc-c-n swept away
as hy ;i mighty Hood, until to-day
the ieat piocl that l.jclla 11.
I Mn U hum's Vegetable- 'oihmmiii1
and lie r other medicines arc doinjj
aiiidiif the women of Anx iicii, is
attrac ting the; atte ntion of many f
our lending t-cic-nt ists, phys-ianns
and thinking rcopl!.
.Merit alonej could win Mich fa mo;
vise, therefore, is the woman h(
for a euro relics Uhh I.yli:t 12.
lMnk haul's WtfctaMeCoiiilMMiml.
rndertake rs are always prepared for
death.
If you don't get the biggest and
best it's your own fault. Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere; arid
there; Is positively nothing to ei-ual
it in quality or quantity.
Indians are- occasionally trouble-el
With ie-cl .'Jill! t s.
"The- Kle an.Kool Kite he n l'ind'e,f-1i,ve--.
1 1 1 : i - n ?muk -nie-ll. voot, a-he-' or i -:es.-,i.i-
! at,. AI.Mtys bxik for t ifub- iii;uk
Soni" ni'ii pocke-t an insult by ac-
ce ptillg It bribe-.
Fruit nefds will not Ktnln p'!'
dvod with PUTNAM FADlLliSS
DVKS.
SO.p llio 'tm-j.lt Hiiel
WorkN Oil' Km- Colel
Laxative- I'ronio (Jinnine, 'I'oblc-tM. l'r?ce2.V.
He who never ne-eks his opportunity
will n ve r find it.
U(-e KchI CrcM-s li.ll Ii)i:c iikI rnuke them
white uuiii. l.iirKe o.. inulau, 5 ceuLfl.
I:i order to " sure- you are right
you must go ahead and lind out.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure;. Price, 7 Sr.
Men love to hear of tbe-ir power but
dislike to be reminded of th'ir duty.
You never hear any one complain
about "Defiance Starch." There 1
cone to equal it In quality and quan
tity, 10 ounces, 10 cents. Try it cow
and eave your rner:y.
Odd Frrors in Books.
Some one; has lj--n hunting for er
rors in the; writings ef old anel new
authors, lie ban run down Hini" fun
ny mistakes. In "Ivanhoe" Sir Walte-r
Scott makes a knight ef Hiehard I
.-on verse with a contemporary e;f Wil
liam the Conepie r'r, who was IiiehareJ's
?ranlfathe-r. The- ne-w rneion appears
in the western nky anel s-ts from th'v
mome-nt. it he-comes visible: but in
'"The- Children of Cibe-on" Walte r u -sp.i'.t
oause-d a ne w moon to ii.--e. jn u,.
ran at 2 o'e Joe k in the; mornkip. Trol
lono makes one of bis eharact -rs.
Andy Se-ot.t, come; whistling up the-Htre--t
with a ipar iri his mouth. In
"Don Quixote" Kam-ho eeini iriU'-s y
riel. on his donkey after havin-r la
mented the animal's death. In "Th"
Heign of Law," by Jame-se; Line Al
len, one of the; characters refe-rs a.
boejk which was not publishe-d for ten
years after the tini" the refoionee was
f-aid to have li"'-n rnad Hamlin Gar
land wrote in ISM". "The Rose of Duteh-c-r's
C'e-oUy." and one of the- charae-teis
in the liove 1 piven about, thre-'; eliffe-r-ent
r.ame. Jacob H;is tells in "Th"
Making of an American" that whi!- a
youni? reporter, in giving the particu
lars of a riv r s ove rflow, he- de-s'-ribe-d
a stone flr-ating on the waste, of wat
ers. Hut that was not mejre wonder
ful than the ease of our old friend.
Robinson Crusoe, wlio, after taking off
his clothes to vim to the wreck, took
the precaution te fill his pockets full
of biscuits. Neither was it more- surprising-
than the discovery by a Paria
reporter, who found In the Seine "the
r.ucie corpse cf a man with te n kous i
his waistcoat pocket."
DOCTOR ON FOOD.
Experimented on Himself.
A physician of Gallon. O., Fays:
"For the lai-t few years I have been a.
Fufferer from indigestion and al
though I have used various remedie
and prepared foola with some benefit
it was tot until I tried Grape-Nut
that I was completely cured.
"As a food it is pleasant and agree
able, very nutritious and is digested
and assimilated with very little effort
on the part of the digestive organs.
As a nerve food and restorer it has
no equal and as such is especially
adapted to students and other brain
workers. It contains the element
tecosEary for the building of nervo
tissue and by so doing maintains an
equilibrium of waste and repair.
"It also enriches the blood by giv
ing an increased number of red blood
corpuscles and in this way strength
ens all the organs, providing a vital
fluid made rnore nearly perfect. I
take grtat pleasure in re-commending
its use to my patients for I value it
as a food and know It will benefit all
who use it." Name fuixiFhed by Po&
tua Co.. Dattls Creek, Mich.