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NEBRASKA
We want to wager that If Jay Gould's
body ever U exhumed it will be found
turned over.
If Mark Twain and Max O'Rell really
contemplate a duel it U the best Joke
either of tliein ever sprung.
Editor Dana is not very fastidious
Id matters of dress, but he has Just blos
somed out in a new taring libel suit.
Capital and labor would set along
very well together If there were not so
many men trying to get capital without
labor.
The roller skating craze is about to
be revhed in New Yok. At present the
Uothamites have wheels only on one
end.
In tryiug to be the bit" department
tore of the earth Great Britain will
always encounter more or less opposi
tion. New York newspapers, fur some rea
son or other, have uot receutly referred
to Chicago as the divorce cejter of this
country.
The Treasury Department has de
cided that a cocktail is a "manufac
tured article." We have guqn.H-i.d it
for quite a while.
Mrs. James Brown I'otter says she
Is "wedded to the stage." It looks as
if an unfair advantage of the stage
has been taken.
The New Y'ork Telegram Kays that
"Baron Hinwh has had his pocket
picked." He was very foolish to have
hnch a thing done.
Anna Gould's wedding ring cost $20,
000, but that's nothing In New York.
The Tammany ring used to cost mere
than that every day.
The law which provides that oleo
margarine be colored a bright pink will
add to the picturesque charms of the
railroad sandwich.
Vanderbilt's divorce troubles began
on board hia $l,ooo,000 yacht The
Valiant evidently was uot constructed
to ride out domestic storms.
There is no politics In municipal cor
ruption, and the man who would make
It appear that there is indirectly helps
and protects the corruptiouists.
"The only 'absolutely sure cure' for
smoking is death," remarks a religious
contemporary. But it Is not absolute
ly sure that all men quit smoking after
death.
There are two houses in Coventry,
England, bearing the Inscription on a
bras plate: "This is the birthplace of
Miss Ellen Terry." Can It be possible
Miss Ellen Terry Is twins?
Statistics prove that only one New
Yorker In fifteen ever atteads church.
But Gotham continues to send mission
aries to foreign lands to establish iv
churches. Why not begin at home?
A Memphis paper explains to Its read
ers that "the eclipse of the moon was
caused by the moon getting twtween
the sun and the earth's shadow." Pop
ular education of this sort is a great
thing.
The only song writer above criticism
is the Kaiser, aud his song Is so par
ticularly bad that the pain of being
unable to say so must be almost as hard
to endure as the alternative of going to
Jail.
At least 75 per cent of the book man
uscripts submitted to publishers are
never printed, and if the number that
ought not to have been printed Is
counted in it will le seen that litera
ture is chiefly a voiceless waste of
paper and ink.
The Ferris wheel seems to have out
worn public 'interest Chicago spew
It out; New York sniffs disdainfully at
it Best take it to London. There is
no place which goes into ecstasy so
easily over things which America has
tired of.
It is reported that a former lieuten
ant of the German army Is seeking
among the Pacific islands an abode for
a new society whose members propose
to try living without the comforts of
civilization. They will go naked, live
In nuts and eat only uncooked fruits
and drink only water. '
California's tnilltiameu com phi in of
lack of encouragement Keally, they
do not seem to have had their paths
flower-strewn. They were called Into
action, went unfed, many lost positions
In civil life, and now they cannot get
their pay. It might be possible to con
ceive a better form of encouragement.
France In wise enough to take plenty
of time for her great exposition of
Y.KO. It will be on the site of the one
held In 1889, but will take In more
ground. . France's first more in the
matter was to offer large prizes to ar
chitects for designing suitable build
ings. There were" 108 competitors for
the prises. This shows how well France
Is supplied with architects of the first
- etas - lo all America 'there are not
M many native-born architects cupa-t-
,,fci fforalsblaf plans fur a world's
.Cfcifl froinds. The larg-
' stft-lWsrf Ujs amount of fl,a)
ea. h. and there are four of fb". Id
sll " detdgua wer offered, knowing
un in how hi h in artistic skill f ranc
is. Well, sui-ce to the French exposi
tion of r.. May we all be well enough
aud rich enough to go to it Probably
by the time It comes oil ship w ill cross
the Atlantic in four days.
The New Y'ork Sun has been making
a specialty of Georgia's proper names,
but Parish Tate, a uieinter-elect of the
lifty-fourth Congress from Alpu.tretta
District; Ha nip Whorter. a member of
the State Judiciary; Jude B.ici.a j.rotn
inent Democratic politician; and Dade
Hopup, a genial gentleman from the
turpentine" farms, -a-eni to have es
caped observation.
Many English tow ns dispose of their
garbage and refuse bj cremation, burn
ing it under boilers to produce steam
by which electric light machinery is
run. The utilization of waste In every
direct ltii is one of the great Isxius of
applied science in modern times. New
York is expected to do som-'t'iing sen
sible in this line of reform now that a
civil engineer has lecn appointed as
head of the street cleaning department
Since milk has been fouud to be a
favorite food for microbes as well as
men, the latter have lost some of their
regard for It Hitherto It has lieen sup
posed that boiling -sufficient to steril
ize It impaired its digestibility, but
now the Lancet declares that the fact
Is that boiling milk Improves Its digest
ibility and nutrient value. Dr. Cba
mouin tinds that in Paris babies thrive
ou it, and that the rate of mortality
among those thus fed is considerably
less than among Infants fed on raw
milk or that which has been only
warmed and not boiled.
It Is said that on one of Its previous
i trips the Gascugne, in thick weather,
i rubbed against the rock near Scllly Isl
ands on which the steamer Schiller
with several hundred passengers was
wrecked several years before. The
ship was saved only by the greatest
energy of the captain, and the erfcct
working of the engine and rudder,
which swerved its course Just as it was
running lww on onto the rock which
was merely visible above the surface
of the water. It would seem to tie tint
duly of Great Britain to fix up some
thing that would warn the commerce
of the world away from this constant
danger.
These are hard times, aud the tramps
are suffering terribly. A hobo arrested
in Philadelphia the other day was
searched at the police station and the
searchers found on his person four
loaves of bread, three pounds of bo
logna, one anil one-half pounds of cof
fee, two pounds of mutton chops, one
pint of salt, sixteen breakfast rolls, two
large pieces of bread and butter, one
razor, one jss ketknlfe, one bar soap,
one looking-glass, one comb, one pipe,
one pound of smoking tobacco and
$.Vs' in cash. Wonder what sort of a
load that fellow would have carried In
times of prosperity?
An English mining circular states that
the gold fields of Western Australia al
ready proclaimed have an area of more
than l.'IO.ooo square miles. This ex
ceeds by 40,fHK) miles the total area of
the whole Colony of Victoria, which
has produced about $1.1.-O.isi.0ni
worth of gold. In the words of Sir
John Forrest, the premier of the col
ony, "from Klmberiy In the north right
through the southern const there is a
belt of auriferous country." The tlrsr
news that Western Australia was rich
In gold has been confirmed by the dis
covery of exceptionally rich deposits in
many pans of the colony far distant
from each oilier, but it is now believed
lu be established that there are vast
gold-bearing areas lu that region w hich
In pxtent and richness are not surpass
ed by any other on the face of the globe.
So there is room to expect a further
Increase in the annual yield of gold
for the world.
Gov. Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana, was a
man of robust convictions, of earnest
ptiriiose and a forcible speaker. He
was the favorite Republican orator,
next to Oliver P. Morton, while he
remained a member of that party.
Some of his philippics against the
Democrats. were absolutely terrible In
their energy and vituperative power.
When he lwaine a Democrat bis zeal,
his earnestness and honesty Impelled
him to the use of equally vigorous terms
In denouncing the Republicans, his
former political associates. He never
In all his campaigns since 1ST2, when
he first took his place In the Democratc
ranks, was charged with tergiversa
tion or insincerity. Ills old speeches
were not quoted against him, and he
appeared to have had the reect of the
party which he had abandoned, as well
as of that which he had Joined. As
minister to Mexico, our nearest neigh
boring nation, be held the most Im
portant, if not the most dignified, dip
lomatic position in the I'nited States
service.
An I'nuaual Fund.
There is a government fund In Italy
for providing marriage portions for
poor young girls. , Without a dower It
would be almost Impossible for a girl
to lie married, and, this form of charity
Is said to be highly appreciated. The
annual sum available for this purpose
and distributed every year among the
marriageable young girls Is $'!,( s 10,000.
To be a reclpieut it Is necessary for the
applicant to prove her good reputation
aud character by a cloud of witnesses;
to show that nbe hss 110 means availa
ble and that rbyoung man who wishes
to marry hef has a trade. ' -
If you want your guest to enjoy hiav
self, let him do all U talking. '
Will r at tba
Lovrviv, April 5 fne fiinat eorres
potident in Shim n xekt sends this dis
patch under the d'.o of March 31:
"Military activity in Japan has not
abated. Fits transports of infantry
and caairy wre harried aw ly before
the armistice was proclaimed. Ths
condition arranged indicate the desire
of China, to save Pekin at all costs.
Shimono-tekt is filled with police to pro
ect ths C lines- envoys:
From Hong Kong the Times dis
patch, uuder yesterday's date, says
"The Chinese are fleeting from south
Formosa to the mainland and Hong
Kong. The Japanese are reported to
be marching upon Taku. .The Chinese
army in north Formosa is eight thous
and strong. Of this force 5,OH) are
splendid troops, well armed. The re
mainder are raw recruits. Including
eveu many beggars. Fighting is im
minent. The foreigners are believed
to be safe. Vigorous measures have
been taken in Swatow and Canton to
resist the invaders. Booms have been
placed across the Ctntou river and tor
pedoes have been placed in Swalow
harbor."
Tht Mtery Ktplatnad.
DhTitoir, Mich., April 5. When ex
Police Justice Julius Stoll commuted
suicide by shooting himself January 11
last, the cau-e of the act was ascribed
to be despondency because by the death
of his wife. He was supposed to be in
affluent linarici'tl circumstances, was
the executor of many "states and the
guardian of a number of wards and
trusts. The probate court says his re
ports were invariably tiled on the day
they were due and his accountings hail
been very exact lie left no will and
the court appointed an executor of his
estate. Aji appraisment of the estate
places its value at not more than
OH), against which claims have been
filed aggregating upwards of ShO.O 0,
It is now tlived that his financial
embarrassment caused hlru to commit
suicide. Tlit losers by the insolvency
of t he estate ill be by hundreds of per
sonal notes.
W ill Organize tb Hoard.
Washington, April 6. 1'te presi
dent at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
cabled to Maj. William Ludlow, the
military attache of the American em
bassy in London, advising him of his
appointment on the Nicaraguati canal
board and directing him to leave for
New York by the first available
steamer. It is expected that he will
reach New York before the end of next
week, where he will be met by Alfred
Noble, the civilian member, and Com
mander Endicolt of the navy, when
the board will immediately organize
and proceed to the consideration of the
canal company's contracts, plans aud
specifications. It is estimated that
this cau be completed within a week
and that the board will leave for Grey
town at once.
A 1rrlll ShcMittug; Affair.
I'KiiiiY, OkL, April 5. News reached
here of a terrible snooting affair twenty
miles east of here, near Morrison, be
tween Al Cook, Dick Bennett ana a
woman whose name could not be
learned. It stems that the two men
and woman were claimants for the
same quarter section of land and that
Cook bought out the woman's inter
estand as he commenced to move in
to the woman's house yesterday mum
ing a light occurred. The report is
j I hat all three were badly injured. Cook
bo the report fa was shot through;
t ie heart by Bennett aud instantly j
j killed. Cook shot Benuettjthroiigh the
head an 1 I e will die and the woman
was shot throu.h the leg. The woman
used an axe on Bennett pretty lreely
aud lullicled some serious wounds.
NHmail the ironclad.
Knx, April 5. The new ironclad,
which was designated by the letter "T"
was yesterday christened Aegir with
great pomp and ceremony, by Emperor
William. There was anchored in the
harbor eight irouclads, four training
ships and two cruisers, all dressed with
flags ahd bunting, and the town itself
was profusely decorated. Christening
the new ship the emperor said. "This
ship shall remind us always of the dark
prehistoric times when the powerful
god, Aegir, was reared and worshipped
by ail of our Germanic seataring ances
tors and of their might upon the sea
llroucht suit Agaluat hla rathar.
Sax Fiianciho, April 4. Augustus
Hpreckles, son of Claus Hpreckles has
commenced action against his father
for defamation and libel for statements
made while he was manager of Sure
ckles' Philadelphia refinery. The plain
tiff alleges that he 'merely wishes to
vindicate his character aud therefore
only claims fcliXJ damages, although he
has really been injured to the extent
of tu,0uU '
HinallrMix Kamart,
snuNOKiii.o, 111., April 0. Notice
of the existence of twelve cases of
smallpox at Shawneetown was received
yesterday by the secretary of the state
hoard of health. It was also staled
that the adjoining towns had quaran
tined against Shawneetown and the
situation was serious.
Ran Away V Ith In Prurnuli
Boston, April 5. On September 24
last Georgs II. Wheeler, jr., a trusted
clerk in the employ of Chandler A Co.,
dry goods dealers, 27 and tii Winter
street, was sent to the bank with a
$2,200 check, with - (be proceeds of
which be ran away. Since that time
n baa visited Germany, Italy, Japan
and Australia, and. but recently re
turned to the feonM of bis parents at
Chelsea, where he was arrested. He
confessed nj guilt. . '.
aptar4 taa Mdrd .rara.
Bibminuham, All., April 3. A
fng of uotirious robbers a id murder
ers was brosen up here yejterdav and
the entire baud lauded in jail, one of
them with a terrible wound In bis blp.
For several months murders for the
purpose of robbery have occurred in
and around the city. The latter part
of December a merchant named Thorn
ton, while on his way from Birming
ham to his home at Knsley City, six
mile away, was murdered and robbed,
A iew days later two women were
held i'p near the same pi ice, hut the
highwaymen got no mo iy. Within
a week or so from that occurrence a
farmer near East lake, seven miles
from the city, was shot by one of the
negroes, whose demand for mon-y he
refused. About the sa:ne time a
preacher named Stiff was set upon in
the road near North Birmingham and
robbed, and a night or two later a man
named Barnes, living rn-ar Birming
ham, was called to his door and shot
because he refused to s-il the men
'IM whisky. Three wee later I leas
Merft weather, a negro merchant in
this city, was murdered a'lJ robbed.
Yesterday morning Lee Harris, col
ored, made a clean breast of the whole
matter confessing that he and Abe
Mitchell killed Mernweiher. Harris
said he, Jim Webb and Stonewall
Thomas sin, old man Diiiel. Thorn-,
ton, he said was killed by himself
Mitchell and Thomas. All the gang
are colored In atte-nptiug to arrest
Webb Deputy Sheriff Henry Cole shot
him four times, one ball entering just
below the small of the ba;:K, passing
through the bladuer and coming out
through tne left groin. The w on no.
will probably prove fatal. Harris says
he is wanted in South Carolina for
murder and that a reward of $.100 ha
been offered for him.
Mr. William Con ft-union.
CflU MHt s, O., April 3. Mrs, Eliza
beth Williams, who killed her two chil
dren at the Park hotel Monday, was
examined by Coroner Hubert yesterday
morning. She was pertecily calm and
showed no signs of Insanity, relating
the story of her domestic troubles, the
disregard of her husband for her and
the children', her conclusion to end her
misery aud theirs by murder and sui
cide, and bow she carried the plan Into
effect. It was only when the bloody
razor found In the room in the hotel
was snown to her that she broke down.
After weeping several minutes she
said :
"Yt, that Is the razor with which I
cut Il .rry's throat."
A leiter found at the house in Grove
City, addressed to her husband, was
shown to her by the coroner. Though
it was not signed she admitted that she
wrote it. It was a long letter, and in
it she upbraided her husband for his
cruelly to his family. She said lis had
never cared for anything but his own
pleasure and comfort, and that he
would have It at any cost. It was
enough to send her soul to bell. He
bad tried to send the souls of their
childi-'ii their, too. she plamly an
nounced ber intention to kill her child
ren aud commit suicide.
Cyrlona la keut .rkj.
Eklanoeii. Ky April 3. Boone
county whi struck by a cyclone Mon
day whicu aid much damage to pro
perty, but caused no loss of life so far
as known and was confined to the
county. It first struck the village of
Hamilton, where a number of small
buildings were wrecked and a dozen
hogshead of tobacco blown Into the
river. At liigbone the damage wai
more severe. The Biguone spring
hotel was completely wrecked, as was
the Methodist church, numerous cabins
barns and outhouses. .inuel South
gate, a nine-year-old boy was struck by
a flying board aud had his leg broken.
Many horses and cattle were killed and
miimed. A farm wagon belonging to
Jacob Richards was carried two miles
by the wind. The little town of Lewis
burg was almost completely wiped out,
only one house being left standing.
Mount Z'.ou school and church were
demolished and a number of persons
Injured, none fatally,
Prohibit)! from Atlcnaiag Patianta
Washington, April 3. Dr. M. H.
Twitched of Louisana, who has filled
the position of United States consul
at Kingston, Canada, since 1878, not
withstanding be labors under the dis
advantage of having both arms shot off
near the shoulder, reports to the state
department that physicians living
south of the Canadian border line have
receutly been prohibited from attend
ing patents llvlng'ln Canada. He as
sumes that this course is taken because
of au assumption on the part of the
inferiority of the medical education
received by these practitioners as com
pared with those educated in Canada.
But as a matter of fact. Consul TwiU
chell says, the scale of education for
medical students in the United States
is far higher than In the province of
Ontario. ,
W aduall Not Out of Uangar.
I'Aliis, April 3. WaddePe, who was
shot by the American bookmaker and
presumed crook, O'Brien, Is not yet out
of danger, though his condition is Im
proving. Tharatoa at San franeisoo,
Bas FitANCisCO, April 3. Lorin A.
Thurston, Hawaiian minister, arrived
from Washington yesterday enroute to
Honolulu and will sail on Saturday
next. When Interviewed he suid he
foald not With propriety discuss his
relations with this government, Hii
own private business affairs .demanded
his attention. As to hia future move
meats be was unabi tospoak until hi
riaiswd homo.-, l; ,
Batljfallti 1 I
Nkw Yokk, Apnl 4.-l'iookiyn physi
cians generally agree !' HeHltti C'm
missiouer Knii-ry iliat uie ouiii iiim Ud
by Dr. Kortrlght into toe m m of Mif s
Bertha Valentine, who died in less tliau
ten minutes, was not diptheria anti
toxioe, but strychnine or a toxiue for a
disease other than diptheria. Ktill,
they say, the condition of the patieut
might have beeu such that aiiti-toxine
could have killed her.
Dr. Wilson, the bacteriologist of the
llealth Department, was directed to
analyze the blood of the dead girl. The
horses from which the auli-toxiutr is
taken are numbered by the G..:ian
chemists. All the serum taken sy
from horse No. 'JO and bottled is labeled
"0ration 20." Though a thousand'
bottles of the serum were taken Iron
the horse all would bear the number
20. Miss Valentine was injected with
"Operation 151.
Messrs. 'Schultz-Berge and Koechl,
the New York agents for the remedy,
laid they invited the most searching
Investigation. About iX) bottles of
"Operation I ."'. were consigned to New
York. Of these 100 have been sold to
druggists and the rest to local physi
cians. In most cases a careiul record
has been kept of the sales. Dr. Kort
rlght has expressed the fear that other
fatalities might result from the use of
tins particular lot, but Dr. Parker of
(.he New York Heslth Board Injected
some into a guinea pig and a rabbit
and no bad effects were noticeable.
A New lte-at lug Kirlf.
Bai.timui:!:, Md., Apnl 4. Cap ,
Morschlager of the steamship La Cam
pine vjgited Fort McIIenry Monday
and exhibited to the soldiers a new
Gerrcan repeating n He with which he
did some remarkable shooting. The
rifle Is one of the first maiie by the Ger
man government from a new invention
Monser. In appearance It Is something
like the Krag-Jorgenseti military rifle
now being adopted bv the I'nited States
Army, but for shooting It has eclipsed
anything yet made.
It is of y2-caliber. and the barrel Is
male of three tubes, one Inside the
other, ou the same plan as the Krupp
gun. The Inner tiiue is drilled and of
hard tempered steel. The powder used
is a smokeless rnlro gly cerine explo-
live, which makes little report and no
imoke. Fired along at thu height of
the shoulder the bullet will go nearly
two miles before its force is spent, and
at 2,000 yards it would pierce the
bodies of seven men placed one be
hind the otlir".
follow era of Saint Trrraa.
iui.vauak. Mex.. Anril 4. Anothei
conflict has occurred between the au
thorities and the followers of Saint
Teresa Urrea, the so-called patron saint
of the Mexicans of this section. In a
conflict several days ago between the
authorities and crowds that flocked to
it e Teresa three persons were killed
Tht; authorities determined to make
auother attempt to quell the excite
ment and an armed force was sent to
the shot where Teresa was camped
with orders to capture a wooden im
age she carried. Her followers resisted
the attempt and in the light that fol
lowed five persons were killed and three
wounded. The woman escatsxl in
to Texas and is supposed to be on her
way to her old home in Sonora,Mexlco.
Atu-mulcu tu lllitw 11 1 the Monuuiniit
Bida Pkst, April 4. An alterant
was made to blow up the Herii.i monu
ment, erected to the memory of the
Austrian General, llentzi, and the 41.
soldiers who fell while defending the
fortress against the Hungarians in
P ill. A well-dressed man was seen to
deposit a parcel, to winch was attached,
a lighted fuse, near the monument. A
tremendous explosion followed, uluiller
Ing the windows at Arckduke Joseph's
palace, the armory, ami other buildings
In the vicinity. The monument, how
ever, was uot injured.
Later in the nay it was announced
that the author of the attempt to blow
up the monument was the editor of a
weekly paper, the Olwasd. He had
previously been imprisoned, after
having been convicted oflese majeete.
He bas been taken Into custody.
Found lacl.
Cincinnati, O., April 4 -When Cor
oner Haerr called at No. 45 Bautn street
to view a dead body he entered a room
where a ydung and pretty woman stood
leaning with both elbows on a dresser
before a mirror. He asked her where
the remains were wheu a neighbor
aid: "Why, she is the dead woman."
Investigation developea that the
woman bad stood there dead from be
lore 8 til) 1 1 o'clock. Her eyes were wide
pen and fixed on her reflection, while
her lips were wreathed lit a smile. She
waa Annie Shannon, wife of a working
man. Her 6-year-old child all the
morning was playing about the room
talking to the mother, totally happy
and unconscious of the terrible truth.
All la Unlet.
Mauhiii, April 4. The Governor of
Havana telegraphed that tranquillity
prevails In five of the provinces of Cu
ba, ihe Insurrection is co mined to
the Province of Santiago, where the
rebels have retired to the mountains
and are awaiting reinforcements.
Will bcTaltrn to l.oiidaa.
Burn oh Aviiks, April 4 A Federa
Judge has ordered the Salts govern
noent to deliver Jabez Spencer Balfour,
whose extradition Great Britain has
long beeu trying to obtain, to the British
Legation In this city. He will be taken
to Loudon to answer the charges made
against him in connection with the col
laps of the Liberator Building Society
and allied concerned, the failure of
which ruined thousands of persons
At the time of his flight from Kngland
Balfour waa a member of Parliament.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
1 he young Indies of P.-nca play base
ball. The onl r newspaer at bt. Ld ward
is for sale.
plaiuview voted to try mixed drinks
for the vear to come.
Joe Flynn of Columbus Is afflicted
with a brokeu J. the result of a run
away. Local ta'erit received the contract
for the erection of a new opera house
at Norfolk.
The democratic nominee for mayor
of Coiumbus had suit n majority over
both opponents.
The Johnson county teichers" asiocia
tion will hold a two days' sea-.lon In
Tecumseh April 1- and 13.
I.. W. Colby has given up going to
war and will devote h:- money and at
tention to breeding tine horses.
springview gi.es wel another year.
Ttie license ticket was carried by a
small majority at the city election.
All through the central and eastern
part of ti e stale the gr-nind was soaked
by the recent rams to a depth of two
inches.
W. B. Backus, ex-S'iperintendi lit of
the Genoa lndi n .vlmo! has returned
from i-ai!ie and wi 1 make his home
in Nebraska.
J. L. Hall of Verd.m l pros
pecting trip to California. He went by
the southern route and will return by
way of Ogd-n, ait Lake and Denver.
G. V. Maker and his wife, old resi
dents of Tab!- Wuck, '" liVrt llv,,tl
there nearly thirty years left Monday for
Alaska.where they t x;ect to temaiti a
year or more. I heir daughter, Miss
Chrisieua Baker, is a missionary there
and has been lor several years, and it is
for this reason lliey undertake the long
and tedious joir n- y.
H. A. stoo of Beatrice whose saloon
license was rt-cenliy revoked by the
council, says lie is preparing to sue the'
city for ilo.om damages. Ills under
stood the basis of the action is upon a,
section of the saloon ordinance which;
says that belore a license can be re
voked the parties shall be given a hear
ing to show cause. This, he claims,,
was not done in his case.
The family of the late O. K. Johnson
of lattsmouth have had more than their
ihare of alllictlon. Several weeks ago
their Son was taki-n sick with typhoid
fever and his life was despaired of.
His aged father and mother, worn out
by their tireles efforts for their sot: a
lite, were both tsken sick, and last weei
Mr. John boh died. Mrs. Johnson fol
lowed her husband last night, and the
sou is still In a very critical condition.
James McCiillough, an old veterau
late of company F. 'I hirlli-lifth low a
infantry, was found dead aud alont
lying upon bare pine boards with a
stick for a pillow In his cabin about
eight miles west of Hemingford yes
terday. There were no valuables and
no papers, except evidence of an effort
to get this democratic administration;,
to grant him a pension. Mr. Lochren
had just required him to furnish him,'
an additional affidavit showing con
tinued disability and that he was a
man of good character. He has an
swered it to Ids God. The coroner's
jury brought 111 a verdict saying he
died from exposure and want of nour
ishment. The sudden and mysterious death of.
Miss Sophia 'irettknetz near Wisner'
was explained by the findings of the
coroner's jury. After a long examina
tion they found that death hail resulted
I from causes unknown. In the morn
ing the girl had complained of not feel-,
Ing well. When her brother and hired)
man returned at noon for. dinner the
dead girl was found lying on her backj
in a bed upstairs. Khe had carefully)
undressed and put 011 anew nightgown,,
got into bed carefully put two pillows
under her head, pulled a sheet over her
and then a big feather bed. She had
seemingly died without a atruggle
Hhe and her brother, as well as her
other relatives, lived agreeably together
and there was no cause known for the)
suicide, except a desire to die. ,
Maud, the five year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. .1. L. K ecker of Beatrice'
died in great agony, the result of atv
accident. In company with some play-
mates the little girl started a fire in a,
bunch of grass from which he.r cloth-,
Ing caupht fire. It was burned almost
entirely from her body which presented'
a sickening, blackened sight after'
death. Mrs. liiecher heard the screamai
of her child and on reaching her side,
frantically strove to smother the flames,
as she caught the child and threw h8r
arms and clothes about her. The re
sult was only to set lire to her mother's
clothlug, whose hands and arms were
burned badly. Neighbor! and physi'
clans did all they could to alleviate,,
their sufferings, but could not prevent
death, i he father of the child w as ub-j
aent in the country and did not get
home uniil a few moments before the!
child died. 1
Two petitions for a saloon have al
ready been started in Valley, A uiau)
fiorn Fremont and another from,
Waterloo are rustling for signers. The!
new board is In favor of one salooo,
bufj it will be upon Ironclad conditions.!
The annual spasm of cleanim.. ...
truck Nebraska City, and property!
iiuuueo. 10 clean up their
alle?esrr report to Judge Aird by
Oneway and explain their refusing
to comply with ths provision, of toJ
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