T THE SIOUX C UNTY JOU1NAL 1 J. smMOJfS, Proprietor HARRISON, XEfiRASKA. TanabW Umm mtUt: Lowdox, Dec. 15. A. fearful ex plosion occured at the Bamfurlong ioluerr, and not less than fifty lives ist been lost. They weot to work aa anal yesterday morning and after the Miliary bad been inspected in the tsaal way. They had net been at orfclong when a terrible explosion hook, the earth for a in at distance ind a cloud ef smoke shot up through he shaft into the air. A multitude of teople rushed toward the mine, and be greatest excitement prevailed. It ras soon ascertained that a large lumber had perished, and the wailing ind weeping of women and children nade an lndescriable scene. sepa ere immediately taken to ascertain "te full extent of the disaster, and a rowd of volunteers promptly offered e explore the pit It is believed the ixplosion was caused by an accumu ted amount ot coal and gas, which sad escaped the notice of the officials cbarged with the Inspection of the nine. Th If nlcaa Trvable. Guerrero, Mex, Dec. 15. The fovernment telegraph line which oasses through this place has been re paired, and, for the first time a com plete official report of the bloody battle near San Ismac was sent to military headquarters yesterday. The battle took place only about fifteen miles from this place, and an order for reinforcements was brought in by ourler while the fight was still in progress. ' Major Julien Esquebel. the commodore of the garrison, lefi immediately with a force of 150 sol diers, but when tbey reached the place they found that the revolutionista bad crossed the river into the United States, taking with them about twenty prisoners, forty horses and large amount of amunition aud gnns The .Mexican soldiers fought nobly They were only forty-five in number but they held their ground and con tinned to fight as long as there wa any chance of defeating their opponent) Csptain See-ar was in command o the government troops, and led chargi after charge again to the opposing forces, which numbered fully 200, but h was outnumbered and waa killed by pistol shot from the leader of thi revolutionists, who is thought to b Prudencio Gonzalez, who was formerl) -a prominent ranch owner in But. county, Texas. Chopped Htm Up. Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 15. :Henry A. Krectman went to his homi 1913 Mountain avenue, at an earl; Lour yesterday morning and discoTerei his wife, Laura, and Samuel Morris ii ,a compromising position. Kreckmai .procured an axe aud made a aavagi attack upon Morris. Thinking he hat killed tiie invader. Kret-kman went t it he station house near by and eurren .dered himself to the poliee, aaylni that lie had killed a man. Officers wji.I t)thehou3 and found Morris witi. two compound fractures of the skull a terrible wound over each eye and ont arm broken, lie is still alive but !his death is expected at any moment. The police locked Kreckmannp and , afterward took the recreant wie intc custody. A Revolting Crime. McKeespokt, Pa, Dec. 15. Josept C ithrie, aged 5 years, died last Thurs ' y at Pasadena, Cal., from the effect wf po son. Four years ago his father, f ieorge Guthrie, who with his wife anc hilJren lived in Westmoreland county died, leaviug an e&tatte of (50,000 t( tils wife and son, to whom the inheri tance would no in event of his father' iteaih. During the last year and I half the family lias frequently suffered (illness which baffled the physician! klll. Poison was fonnd in the child'i vtomach and the mother sought ( (change of surroundings, moving U Shis place. Late the child again uttered from poison and the mothei (went to California where the boy died (of access superinduced by the poison (administered. Mrs. Guthrie will Wrive this week with the remains. ' The person who is suspected of admin iiatering the poison to the child is not I relative, bat a parif who hoped U f hare in the inner .tance. - However, it lis doubtful if the prisoner will ever b Vrougbt to justice. Killed torCMtac - - Memphis, Tenn Dec 15. The east M Henry Foster, charged with tot murder of ex-Congressman J. Bright (Morgan, was called nt Water Talle; yesterday and continued in order to al low a special venire to be summoned Last summer Jude Morgan left Hernando for Chicago. Foster boarded tbs) train a few miles further with bii younger brother. He walked to Judgt Morgan s seat and tired two buueti through him in quick succession. .Judge Morgan fell dead and Fostei surrendered. He and his brother wen taken to Holly Springs through fear ol mob violence, liot.li were indicted foi murder In the first degree, butyouni Foster was seized with typhoid fever and died in jail. A change of venut was got from Hernando, and yesterday anting Foster was taken to Water (Valley. One hundred and thirty-five fwltaeests have been summoned by the ewfeneeana forty-nre by tfre prosecn Uea. The of ih ktjltriir m th 'mnlngof Foaterhr ,T intra Morgans faw days be'" "7edy. ( rtathsArBrbmi o to tsr7i frmmm.. ; It f"' ,f - "Mfzzti tat '.! v , -r.-rf t::zm. fcctct& ra- PA ,, - ti ' . - Tke riuu Swtaatl. Paris, Dec. 17. Charles Aime Marie de Lessepj and M. Marius Ritienne and M. Sanleroy have been arrested by direction of the minister of justice, M. Bourgeois, for their alleged connection with the Panama canal frauds. M. Henri Louis Felix Cottu, for whose arrest an order was also issued, has fled to Vienna. Sanleroy is charged with having accepted a bribe as a member of chamber of deputies. The charges arainst tue officers of the company on which summons were previously rved, on which they have now been arrested, are that they have jointly made use of fraudulant imaginary credit that have dissipated capital intrusted to them for a specific purpose, and that tbey have swindled others out of part or all of their means of living on their fortunes, besides making the arrests the authorities have searched the aesidences of De Lesseps, 1 onUine, Cottu and San Leroy, and seized documents throwing new and important light on the Panama, frauds and corruption. A Pint That Failed. Panama, Dec. 17. Advices from Salvador state that a plot to kill 1'resi dent Ezeta was received a few days ago. Tiie plot was formed by Salador exiles The president was invited to a banquet at Salvador, at which an ItaHan, hired to assassinate him, had oeen engaged to serve as waiter. After all the guests at the banquet had taken their places at the table a body of police entered and arrested ihe Italian. The prisoner confessed that he was a member of the Guatemala service and that he had oeen hired for 95,000 to kill the president. Mauy arrests have been made in Salvador and the extradition of several Salvador exiles has been requested by the Guatemala govern ment. The discovery of the plot has increased the popularity of the president. Maintained Ilia Nerve. Cornwall, Out., Dec. 17. James lavin. alias McMahon, who wliik -esisting arres. shot and killed 'oust able J. R. Davey on Sept em bet IS last, waa executed here yesterday aorningat 7:45. The execution wa. vitnessed only by tiie medical profes .on and a few private citi7eiis. lavin talked fieely during the nidi! - tt the guard and carried on in a oistrous manner. He arose about If tat 5 partook of a light breakfast v 7:35 the hangmen entered the cell ;,v n irnvie no respoii.- ILm hanus ire j inioned, and at 7:40 the marc! the scaffom w is begun, and at 7:4'. ie noose was placed over his head e said: "Good by, gentlemen." Th. nal was given and the unfortuna nsbody bounued from the ear h -attiwaj inftai.taneous. 'Hie bou m cut down about ten- minutes, i .erward and Interred in the com t msejard in a rough box. Slavii taintained his wonderful nerve to th tat and refused to see any apiritua dviser. L'ndrr Arrest. Cedar 11 apids, la,, Dec. 15 L. J jemojel. a Norwegian, is under arref ' it Norway, lienton county, charge, vith obtaining money under false pre enses. It is alleged he went to Nor vay about a year ago and by holding ut to his fellow countrymen that im nense profits were to be made in real estate near Chicago, induced twenty two of them to invest 81,000 each for lie purchase of a forty-acre tract nea: inrtitli, lnd. The Central Land syn iicate was formed. The land was pur :!iased, the Ccuments showing the consideration to be 623,000. Realizing nothing, some of the members became uspicious and two went to Grillith i'iiey ,ound 1 jemojel, who was unable o locate the land. They employed a surveyor, who located it two miles from the town on the edge of a swamp. Further investigation revealed the fact that it was worth only 950 per ac e, and it was subsequently ascer lamed that 92,000 had been paid for il, though the purchase price was repre sented to have been 823,030. it is thought a settlement wili be effected by U return of the money to the stock !i iers.- Probably A Bather Strike. Colcmbus, o- Dec.17. The ex ecutive committee of the United Mioe Worker's union of Ohio met to take action on a serious difficulty between the miners and operators in the Hocking valley. Ibe miners de manded 50 cents extra per cubic yard, and the operators offered to give 2 cents. , It was determined to submit the question to locals for action. It is believed a strike will be ordered within a few days. fear or Fire. Pottsville. Pa, Dec. 17. The Heading company fears for the safety of Its Berchwood collery at Mount Laffea a mine fire which hat been burning m the old Wadesvllle abaft near here for three years, is working its way toward tula colliery, and means are now being taken to prevent it further progress in that direction. . . Caflrafe Com vltM. Ainra, Mich, Dee 17.-rVugust Oroesmaa has been found guilty of murder In the first degree, inhavlnt caused the 4eath of Albst MoUter. Tba jury was euc seven hoars. Gross man ww the first of the MoUtor murder 'eoosplrsters tabs triad. Five otben f It eoaaptratore are yet to be triad Albert MoUter was murdered eiibteen years. an but tba am waa dropped un til raeeaUr, when William llepke. the leaver o tae conspiracy, eonweei a ano ImpUeated about a dozan tun wn attiasa la tha ariaa. mil KaJatrd hj Canbltuc. . St Pacl, Minn.. Dec. 13. -LostS3M.OOO at the gaming table. That is the thrill- j ing chrax of the life of Augustur H. Ilornsby, once an officer of the British ! army and for the past eight years a ! dialer in real estate in St. Paul. He j is now 5300,000 iu debt and a fugitive , from justice. St Paul oilicers are look. ing for him with the view of arres t j inr him for uttering ferged paper. He is 'aiitsl lot many crooked trans act ons, but the upeciGe case on which his arrest is sought is the selling of val uable real, estate belonging to Mrs Antouia Wonman, a widow, issuing lorjed deeds and securing the money on them without asking Mrs. Wort man's consent to the sale. llornsby came to SU 1'aul during the big real estate boom, and through lucky investraen's, made over 100,(100. He then took to gambling and picked up $500,000 in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Then be took 810,003 in cash and went to Chicago. In three days he had lost every penny of this amount. This wa tilts turning point of his career and he gradually lost everything he had. II s wife even had to go to work for the Northern Pacillic company to keep the wolf from the door. After com mitting the forgeries llornsby ran away. The' last seen of him was in Dululti. He has doubtless gone ti Canada, expecting to go theuce t Australia or Hawaii. A Terrible Fire. New York, Dec. 10. A fire at a hi? warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront did 8250,000 damage. Before the fir was burning half an hour part of tlx north wall of the warehouse fell, am nine fireman, including' Chief Engineei Kevins, were forced to leap into tin slip to esc. tortiina'ely none wer buried tinder the falling wall and were pulled out of the water mor frightened than hurt. Fireman Laf ferty was struck by act n and hi thighs broken and received severa painful bruises. It is reported tha several men were crushed beneath tin wall, but ail the department men an accounted for and the firemen are con fident that no on else was on the pier The warehouse was tilled with cotto: consigned to various merchants am cotton brokers of this city. The los will be .mostly covered by insurance The datnagu to the building is (25,001 A Ferlona Wreck. Cincinnati. O., ec. 19. PrivatedAd vices here state that a collision occurre on the Southern railroad near Mc Kinney, about twelve miles. south o Junction City, boLAeen No. 1, passen ger southbound, and a.northboun i relfht. No, 1 was running by the ne schedule and by some mistake th rreignt was running on the old tini C harles Fa.'in, bagirageraaster, an i nitod Mates Messenger Kinney we killed. .Several passengers were" i. jured. . A tele cram from Danville, Ky., staff that, tpcie vas a wreck on the Cincln uati, New Orleans & lexas (Cincinna South-"!) railroad four miles from t.h)i place nnd that isevi ral persons wer killed. No particulars are given. Th railroad officials here say there was wreck, I it no lives were lost. The refuse to give any further information 1:15 a. m. ihe railway mail servici here has news that one of the, railwa clerks has been killed in the wreck an others seriously wounded. The rail w a; mall agent on the trains are J. K Eddington, W. N. Hinkle and M. C Coddell. Which one was killed has no; been learned. Surrounded bj V. H, Troop. ew Xokk, Dec. 19. A special t the World from Laredo, Tex., says tha news had been received that 150 re volutionists ate surrounded in a dens chapparal near Carizo by United Statei troops and that a battle is expectec shortly. News has also been receive at Fort Mcintosh that a party of Un ited Colonel West, from Fort Binggoh are on the trail o! a party of 100 re volutionists. The courier whobringi this news says that tiie Mexicans wen betrayed at Sauiganicio by a servant o the captain commanding the Mexicai forces. roar Female glares Polnoned. Constantinople, Die. 19. Foui beautisul female slaves were recentl) presented by tiie khedive to the sultai of Turkey and placed in the tmperia harem, they appear to havt had a captivating influence on thi sultan, who paid them so mud attention as to excite the jealousy ol the other women. 'Die four beautiful slaves were found murdured in their beds a few days ago, having fallen victims of poison. he Sultau is said to have been deeply enraged when hi heard of the fate 6f his favorites, and to have ordered a rigid investigation and the severe punishment of the guilty ones. Three euneches who bad access to the apartments of the victims were arrested on smpicL n of beinj the person who ac'itshy administered the poison, nnd at latet accounts wen being subjected to torture in order U compel them to make a full con fession. Suspicion of having Insti gated the crime rests euielly on one of tba concubines, who, until the arrival of the Egyptian women, almost monopolized the sultan's affections. ', lre! Klre! , CnrciNicsATi, O., Dec. 10. -Fire wai discovered in the second story in tba rear of the Cincinnati Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead works, 2'J and 30 West Ninth street H. liunfeldt's tin store on one side and Clark & Uawley'i lead pipe store on the other side wen soon past saving. A t cstaurant and boarding hou-w adjoining also was destroyed. J. i. Abi .h tm. proprietor f the lead pi,e ami !i-et ieaa works at i mats hia .on uu iha atonic al J f 1,000. t NEBRASKA NEWS. Scarlet fever is rageing at llarring ton. Philip Smith of Polk county lost 130 tons of hay by fire. The Methodist of Faixbury are to build a new parsonage, There is some prospects that Fremont will have a woollen mill by and by. The street car lines in Omaha were tied up for thirty-six hours by the late storm. A third elevator is being erected at Beilwood by the farmers ef that ! vicinity. An auger ground off the thumb of the 14-year-old son of George Galer, near Harvard. Dr. J. L. Candy's store at Aipinwall was destroyed by fire. The Ices is es timated at 93,000 and no insurance. A Kails City jury fell asleep during an important trial, and consequenty had no trouble in arriving at a just verdict. A G. Isaacson drove across the rail road track at Central City in front of a moving train. The new wagon cost him 870. J. II. Pope talks of building a roUer mill of 150 barrel capacity at Silver Creek. The town is inclined to extend some assistance. The Presbyterians of Tecumseh have dedicated their new 910,000 church. Rev. Hunter of Nebraska City deliv ered the sermon.. The Elk Creek Sentinel changed proprietors last week, IL P. Marble having disposed ot his interest to A. . Ovenden, who is now sole owner. The Maverick bank at Gordon last week released sixty chattle mortgages against residents in the western part of Cherry county, amounting to 810,000. A F. Pool of Humboldt, who was in dicted upon a charge of hog stealing, about ten yean ago, had his trial the other day and was promptly acquitted. The divorce case of Howard vs. Howard pending in the district court of Pawnee county, was abruptly ter minated by tbe death of the defendant. Colonel Hazer, of the Curtis Courier Us been instrumental in securing about 1,600,000 fish for Curtis lake The commissionen never go where they are not invited. An insane patient at the Hastings asylum inserted his teeth in the hand of Superintendent Johnson and t e doctor is in consequence suffering with a very sore hand. The Weekly Leader, published at Blue Hdl, Neb., has been sold by F. P. shields to J. L. Greenlee, who wili ence forth wield the pen In tbe interest of Blue Hill and vicinity. Mrs. Kebecca t onkltn of Valparaiso, who came to that section in an early Jy, died sudJenly of neuralgia bf the ieart, at the home of her daughter, he waa seventy years of age. Tue survey of the cai.al from the . latte, near Fremont to Omaha ha tlready commenced, to convey the water hrough this channel utilize it for power. . I he state board of agricultural wilt convene at Lincoln about tbe 1st of January. Farmers are agitating the proposition of a corn show, exhibits to be brought from every county in the state. Another move in tbe right di rection. Tbe Broken Bow Beacon and Calla way Independent have consolidated and now appear as one, under the name of the Beacon-Independent. Its pub. Ushers are Messrs. ileal, Webb ADorris and the boys know how to get out a paper that bristles with originality and prints the news. It is rumored tnat Miss Carrie Showlan of Columbus has joined A. M. Swartzendruver in his place of conceal, ment, and is now bis lawful! wedded wife, "awartz" will be remembered as the young real estate dealer who ob tained a few thousand by fraudulent methods and then skipped to parts un known. An educational rally waa held at Me Oook to discuss the feasibility of locat ing a Methodist university at tbli place. Chancellor Creightan and some othen in authority were in attendance and made speeches. If any induce ment will cause the trustees of tbe uni versity to locate in Western Nebraska, .McCook is the prize winner, as it is an excellent location and could give to tha institution numerous advantages, Some of the older readers of tha Journal still retain interest In tba wel fare of the Pawnee tribe of Indians, which was formerly located on tha lands now known aa Nance county, with their rude abodes at - Genoa. Yean ago tbey ceded these lands to tha government, and removed to the tarri tory. They nave again entered Into an agreement with the government by which tbey concede the residue ef 181,090 acres, after tbey shall hare taken therefrom their allotments, re- acre tor weir surplus lands. Tba government pledges Itself to continue the annuity of $30,000 -Columbus Journal. Speaking of mammoth bogs, tha cli max was reached Monday of last week whan P. A. Wood sold three prodigious porken weighing LMO pounds. Tin market price that day wu 6 cents par pound, so that tha trio brought tha phwaoaiualaam of 978.50. This band aome figure la undoubtedly tbs most am paid for the same number of hots in Oxford before, fibs can beat it? Nebraska has tha largest lea bouse in a!7.T . U loeUKl Ashland., - aiw creamery lit the world. It a, located at Fremont. 1 1 is proposed from the ri.cr to Omaha and rraeearrf fitinoon: Friend-It aeems to me that I have seen something like that before. What is that paim ing after? Impecunious Artist At present it is after a purchaser. Mr. Kirke George, I think it is per fectly shameful for you to stay away from church and sit home reading novels! George Amy what was tbe text this m rning my dear? Mrs. Kirk-Why I Oh! I forget out Mr. ToDail inn? a lovelv solo, and I saw a bonnet that was simply a dream! A plan is on foot to bring the army at California goiddiggers of 1SI9 to gether at the World's fair in June, 18J3. The Argonauts now livin? I" California who have never returned trast are determined, according to re port, to make the journey next year, taking in the fair on their way. Tbe directors of the exposition have appropriated 9I3U.0UO to erect a separ ate building for the department of thnology. This building was first in tended for the educational exhibit. The tatter wili be placed in the manu factures building in the space formerly assigned to ethnology, amounting to 100,000 square feet. The advance agent of the sultan of Johore is in Chicago arranging for the visit of the Asiatic potentate next year The subjects of the sultan number .alf a million and his royal domain p-ers an area of 13,000 square miles. 11 is distinguishing characteristic is his ad for diamonds, and when in full re iraiiahe strings 910,000,000 worth of tliem from his shoulders. The royal narty expects to be present at the open ing of Uie fair and will remain in the United States several months. Mrs. Drowsle What, my dear, you are not going to wear that bright colored necktie in the pulpit, are you? The Rev. Mr. Drowise Ves I am. That's the only way I can keep the au dience away. The latest phase of development in 'lie club life is the Educational Club of iJhlla delphia, which has recently been 'ormed by the men teachers of the city viblic schools. The purpose of the new organization is to advance the ttnndard of the profession of teaching hrough the discussion of educational opics at monthly meetings, by special ec tares by prominent instructors from ither sections of the country, and by the publication of important papers. A California World's fair beet is ripening at Santa Ana. Its weight is .stimated at.300 pounds. lale college received 82,000.000 last year. Thi, sue ii t tea irora uue mis from Harvard and PrincuJ lrg, case oaii aim root ball, i l ale leiiows to nave pin dinner every day in the year. 1 That cabiu of "Uncle TosVi dared to be standing, or it recently, just as Mrs. Harriet I Si owe found it, at Chopin g. Whe beritis tba identical not, it is to be put on Chicago. Chicago Tribune: A - li leaveneth the whole lump, bi big 'leven makolh the cake oil dough. Pittsburg Chronicle: Francisco house Is trying to whaling in the southern sea, bd not revived in the public school Ram's Horn: It is hard for osopber to understand why i should be called play, as lone m ing coal is considered hard worl St Louis Post-Dispatch; are no railroads in the other wJ Gould has probably seized thi gan slide. waaningion aw; uo jtf kid gloves?" saw tue clerk. "Why, no," replied Pt "Certain'y not. Gimme aul Dere fur meself. j Puck: "You always west tJ collars and cuffs, Mr. Kink," J the colonel to the old darkey. "Vessir," replied Kink; -dafil vantage ol pahmittin yoh wife in washin' sah." Indianapolis Journal: "Your or you life!" said the gentleman safe end of the revolver. ' But, my dear man, 1 can't gil either, protested the victim, both belong to my wife," Smith, Gray A Co.'s Monthly ton Gates Are you really so UA Tramp-Hard up? "Why, I suits of clothes wuz selling it apiece, 1 wouldn't have enough the armhole of a vest! "What is it I hear about lilon robbed of his entire business asked the first Chicago citizen, "It's true," said the other. "A pad cashed him so far aud so fi be lost his wind. Mgr. Gr.limberti, papal nil Vienna, has been made a cardia will remain as nuncio at the capital. One Hnndred TMsap Mars I jfBSHKaaasBKaaus0 graM, itious I Worth of Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Hats, Caps, Underwear, Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Socks, Umbrellas, Canes, Overalls, Jacket ONE THOUSAND DOZEN Neck Ties, Night Shirts, Suspendem, Boya Shirt Waists, etc., etc. The Entire Wholesale and Retail Stock i Formerly owned by Messrs. Herman Bros., wholesale dealers ia Clothing and Gents Fur niahing Goods, To Be Slaughtered at half the prices formerly asked for them. !if) Cents on the Dollar toys it now, The chance of i a lifetime to get clothing at HALF PRICE. ;A11 new and clean and well worth twice what we ask for it '2 We Must Close Out This stock in the shArteet possible time andma) this price m ridiculolialy low to clow itquickf Mail Orders Filled Promptly And we guarantee rati) Taction in every instAfl06, Come early and get yd r choice of thi J8 stock. Frawley, Ch ii a f a s The Pe-o's Rl factors. 1017 arid 1O10 Q St. - jjt XCOLN, 1 UpiHJ I faibacrij Tic" I H Tha nev 01 rai 5ND I OPEI Wains railrc 9B01I f 1. tm is une: The so ttau iicinge Tin p id veg rown ii be and iiality Ktpric Ihe found funty. Tbec Iml has itliin i Kiusea ing tl ken on lnd liei The alley from e Vaut lorthe The f the The) d.jj, . ',, 1 t