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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Jan. 7 1897. s Henry Zelurong Tires of This Wotld and Takes His Own Life. I BODY POUND IN THE MORNING The Cause of the Bash Act Not Definitely Known-His Wife Prostrated. Went to Attend a Me ting. Henry Zehrung committed tiuicide by hanging hiinrolf to u rafter in the hay loft of hit) barn last night sometime be tween the hours of 8 p. m. and 3 a. in. Last night at about 8 o'clock Henry Zehrung procured hiH hat, coat and cane preparatory to leaving his home at 'J40 C street, telling his family that he was going to attend a meeting of wall paper men some place down town and would not return until about 10 o'clock. Mr. Zehruug evinced no evidence of despondency or trouble, and it was not until 1 o'clock this morning that Ihh continued absence aroused the fears of hia family for his safety. At that hour Mr. Meyer of the Standard Glass and Paint Co., and Mr. Zehrung's son started in search of the missing man. They hun,ted in every place down town where he might pos sibly be detained and returned to the residence about 2:30 o'clock. In a quandry Mr. Meyer inquired if they had looked about the barn, thinking that perhaps Mr. Zehrung had met some mishap while car ing for his horse, an animal he , had purchased but a short time ago. On this suggestion the two young men lighted a lantern and proceeded to look about the barn. When they ap- prouched the door they found the pad lock hooked in the staple with the clasp hanging down, the key still in the, pad lock. On trying the door it was tonnd that it was fastened on the inside by a hook. They proceeded to the large door of the buggy shed which they pried open after considerable work, this door being fastened shut with a cross bar. The searchers entered, and finding no trace of the lost, proceeded, lantern in hand, to the hay loft above. When thoy reached the head of the ladder they were panic-stricken by the sight of Mr. Zehrung's body suspended from a rafter in the center of the ceiling, ihey re treated to th 3 house and alarmed the neighborhood with the intelligence of their awful discovory. The police were notified and went in the patrol wagou to Sheriff Trompen's residence, the sheriff accompanying them to the scene of the suicide. Mr?. Zehrung was prostrated with grief and the patrol wagon was sent for a physician to attend her. Dr. Muir ar rived and succeeded in reviving and soothing her. Mr. Zehrung had evidently gone very deliberately about his task of removing himself from this life. A lamp well filled with oil but not lighted was sitting near the head of the ladder leading to the loft. Whether he had used this lamp in preparing thenooseis not known, but as darkness must have enveloped the barn early on a foggy evening like that of yesterday, it is probable that shortly before supper he prepared the rope by the light of the lamp, afterwards extin guishing the light and carefully placing the lamp by the entrance. The body was hanging about three feet from the rafter, tne feet coming within about that distance of the floor. A ladder was leaning against the brace to which the rope was tied, and the un fortunate man's cane and hat lay upon the floor at the foot of the same. The ladder belonged down stairs and he had evidently carried it up for the fatal as cension. The brace to which the rope was tied was a 1 x 4 board about four feet long nailed across the angle of the gabled rafters, and its weakness would indicate that the suicide had not al lowed his body to drop any distance, death resulting from strangulation. The neck was not broken, und his spectacles were still covering his now sightless eyes. The features were not greatly distorted and the body hung as though but slight struggles had accompanied death. . j Many rumors as to the cause of the suicide are prevalent, but the facts are that at present nothing but guesses can be made. It seems that Mr. Zehrung has been somewhat pressed for ready cash in his business, but whether there was any immediate cause for desperate measdO-es is not known. Deceased wasa Nebraska pioneer, and has made Lincoln bis home for a num ber of years. At one time years ago he lived in Cuming county, where he served a term or two as county treasurer and also represented that district in the state senate. Ho was of a cheorful disposition and somewhat retiring in his impulses. His friends say that he was among those whom they would last suspect of suicidal tendency. The coroner sn mm on ed a jury, com prising Messrs. William H. Traver, J. R. Webster, J. II. MMurtry, Q. R. Kim- mer, Frank McCook and R. R. Chap man. Prolific of Explanation. Columns of explanation are being of fered in regard to the recent bank fail ures in Chicago and the northwest, Even Comptroller Eckels takes pains to assure the country that these failures "are due to local causes," and that they possess "no general significance." If Mr. Bryan had been elected these busi ness troubles would have been ascribed to that fact, but as the bankers' candi date was successful, the single gold standard crowd is being put to its wits' end to explain. It caunot be denied that the volume of explanation is ample, but it is a fact that all kinds of explaua ' lions are given except the right bne. Mr. Eckels studiously avoids any ref erence to the effect of the appreciation of jrold and its effect on values in dealing with these bank failures. He asserts that the causes are "local," but when the same class of causes exists in many different localities, they become nationa in their influence. It can be assumed without much dangertbat the great ma ority of eastern people, ana among- ithem many bankers, know little or noth lag about the deadly effects of a reduc tion of the volume of ultimate money on niics aud values. If they did they I" ,j . naourtnin nnil fullv 8IIre- 1 I . L ..... fuln ru. (iate tne reai c"" Financial lawsnre qnrn..Mru,n. -1. .... u nutmnl lnvrn and n tneir " . those who ruu ciunier iu w " -tflintoget hurt. The displntiin-iit of silver as a money 01 omnium -.-.,.- mHiiiw III BtOCK OI I II nul l" money one-balf, in round numbers, an-. 1 1 .. .. m. U I 111 U t I tl IT now prices anu mu themselves. The proc iim umi slowly on for years. A ages, the price o. farm proaucw unu mr piuuutm ui A land values have all depre ciated under the grind of the gold stand ard. Koclty Mountain .ien. j;,. 1 1 Von th pauper, Christ: !... n v.; tli Mammon, up with Man. H, in !-, li", will you heed? IW 1 m re like beasts of prev. Tnrn fr;n ual (Mines and greed. Lei it- IhhI 11 nobler way. 1'inui 1 in- ui 11 1. -1 111 1 lies of old, l f us nirti.- tin whole world free. llnvvii nidi kiiiysiind priests and gold, Up twili C.nJ, Humanity. l,ut fur gum breeds hate and crime. a- i:t rush it while wecan. Let us bring the better time. Down with Mammon, up with Man. . LITERARY NOTES. It I Time. In this age, when gold is king, Seated on a brazen throne; When 'tis thought the proper thing, To vote men by what they own, When the brute is more and more And the spirit less and less; When the world is lorded o'er By corruption and excess; It is time that men of worth Boldly step into the van With this cry to all the earth: Down with Mammon, up with Man. We have seen the idler feast, While the toiler lacked for bread, We have seen the king and priest Rob the living and the dead; We have seen the thief arrayed In the purple robes of state, While the honest man was made, To beg succor at his gate. It has ever been the same Since the reign of wealth began. Let us stop the sickening game. Down with Mammon, up with Man. Earth is far too wise and old For a lordling or a slave; For to heed a crown of gold On the forehead of a knave; Far too old for war and hate; Old enough for brotherhood; Wise enough to found a state, Where men seek each other's good. We have worked for self too long. Let us try a better plan; Let us work to lift the throng. Down with Mammon, up with Man. Many of the brightest, best, Of the earth were counted poor. Some possessed not where to rest; Others toiled and hardship bore. Homer,, at the dawn of Greece, Sung and begged from day to day. Buddha, born with palaces, Flung as baubles all away. 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