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* " " ' ' . ■' ■ ■ i—m VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIEHMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, li)00. NUMBER 41. I _ ] H- port From Admiral Remey Says Allied Forces Still Press Forward, ME EMPRESS DETAINED IN PI KIN llt-l.l Within Wall* of Forbidden City by prince Yungedo— Word Prom Uvneml C'lmfTce—Now* i»i Once Transmitted to the President. -. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—From General Chaffee the War department received official confirmation of the fall of Pekin and the rescue of the besieged legatloners. The dispatch of the American com mander was not long and contained hut few details, but the unconcealed satisfaction with which It was receiv ed by officials of the administration indicated clearly the anxiety that had i been engendered by his prolonged si lence. His last communication to the government, prior to the receipt of to- : day's advices, was dated August 11, i at Matow, almost thirty miles from Pekin. The explanation of his silence is suggested in advices received from Admiral Hemey, who, telegraphing from Taku on the 18th, says the tele graph line between that point and Pekin is Interrupted. The cablegram <rom Admiral Re mey contains some Important informa tion not mentioned by General Chaf fee. He makes the startling state ment, on Japanese authority, that the inner city of Pekin was being bom barded by the allied forces. Admiral Remey says, also, that the dowager empress is detained in the inner city by Prince Yungedo. Advices were received last night , from the foreign office at Toklo, Japan, j by the Japanese legation in this city j and amply confirm previous accounts of the capture of Pekin by the allied troops. Following is tlie text of the dis patch from General Chaffee, as made public by the War department: "OHE FOO, Aug, 19.—To Adjutant General, Washington: Pekin, August 15—We entered legation grounds at 5 o'clock last night with Fourteenth and bight battery. Eight wounded during day’s fighting; otherwise all well. “CHAFFEE.” Tho dispatch, which was received during the morning, was transmitted immediately to the president at the White House. He expressed his grati fication at the news contained, partic ularly at the small loss sustained by the American troops. A copy of the dispatch, likewise, was sent to Adju tant General Corbin, who was in New York. It will tie noted that the dispatch indicates that the American troops en tered the legation grounds at 5 o'clock on the evening of the 14th instant. By the Washington officials and by several legation officials to whom It was shown tin- date of General Chaf fee's communication is regarded as an error of transmission. It is thought the word "fifteenth” should be "sixteenth.” All previous advices, official and unofficial, have in dicated tbat the legations were reliev ed ui the evening of the evening of the loth, Wednesday, after e day of sharp fighting. Minister Wu. the Chi nese representative, and Minister Tak ahira of Japan were unite positive on this point, all their official advices be ing that the entrance to the city of Pekin was effected early in the even ing of Wednesday, the loth instant. The fact that only the Fourteenth Infantry and Riley’s battery entered the dtv, as shown by General Chaf fee's dispatch, indicates that the Ninth infantry and the marines, who were so conspicuously gallant throughout the advance upon the capital, did not participate In the engagement which led directly to the rescue of the le gationers. Keport IlnuireM Inert. ROME. Aug. 20.—A dispatch from Takti via Chp Foo, August IS, says: “Fighting continues in the streets of Pekin mid the allies have bombarded the point that is still resisting. Piince Yung prevented the departure of the empress dowager.” dim su s nmns give cur. t'orrexpooitenee of Anarchist. I.catl. t<* llic Arret of Two Men. LONDON, Aug 20 The Home tor respondent of the Dally Mail savs: •‘The arrest of Mareseu and fHilda In New York nroie out of some lei ter. received Ht llresei's lodglugs subae <|iient to the nssasslnutlon of King j Humbert one of them, dated Now ; York. July 2r>, and signed 'Mabor,' 1 urging that Mar.a ntnl (Hilda w> old do th"ir duty toward President M Kluley. M a rest a Is known t •» the Ital ian polbe as a most fanatical anar chist.” 11»J*4Vm«l ley i« PORTLAND. Me. Aug 20 While In Imthing at Obi orchard Saturday | John l> Clough, clerk of court* at Memphis. Tents. w ** .••t lou .|\ Injured by a wave T lay he had not Im- ' proved an l th« physicians say It la a very peculiar case. It «tik mV *|'|t4< N> Rs.yi MADRID Dig ?• The bport Ilf the ttaisli »if Spsiit fur the *Mt ending yesterday .how. the following Hold In hand, no change, silver in hand In rri'o I v** t*ou pe*»» notes In dr mint Ion il». trsw i.jwt not y.wtit iluM wa* gustml y*j«*rd.iy at 2% »i. LAST RITtS OVtR INGALLS. Kl'Ht'uator 1m Hur!««l at 111m Old Home In Atchison, KaiiHitM. ATCHISON, Kan., Aug. 20,—Funeral services over the body of cx-Senator Ingalls were held yesterday at Trinity Episcopal church, ami subsequently Internment was made jn the family vault In Mount Vernon cemetery, ow ing to the request of tlie family for privacy, a request wag made in ac* cordunce with the expressed wish of Mr. Ingalls, there was no great throng at the services. The little church was filled with friends of the family and a few persons were obliged to stand. The exercises were very simple. Chop in's funeral march was played as the coffin was borne Into the church, the Episcopal service was read, and a vest ed choir of thirty men and boys sang "From Every Stormy Wind that Blows" and "Nearer, My Clod, to Thee." The officiating eergyman an nounced that interment would be strictly private and only members of the family and the pallbearera, young men, sons of old friends of the dead ex-senator, went to the cemetery. A special train came tn from Topeka at noon bringing cx-Senator VV. A. Better, who succeeded Ingalls: Judge VV. A. JotiSMin of the supreme court; A. A. Doddard, attorney general, and others. f Olid U 10 1(11 L ms TATHLR. •lame* M. Ilurnliaiii of Wymore Mioot* to Haul Hi* Own WYMORE, Nth., .Aug. 20— James M. Burnham, published of the Wy morean, shot and killed his father, Captain Collins A. Burnham, at their home In the west part of town yester day. Burnham was exonerated by the coroner’s Jury this evening. The father has for years been in the habit of getting on sprees and while under the influence of liquor he was considered a most dangerous man, having many times threatened to kill his family. This morning the father came home in a delirious state and attempted to kill his son with a butch er knife. When the soil was hacked up in a corner and there was no al ternative lie iired a shot from a 28 caliber revolver which went through the father's heart, killing him almost instantly. The sou then came down town and told his friends what he had done. Ho is in an almost crazed condition with grief. Public sentiment is with him. Captain Burnham was a captain in the civil war and while a iiend when drinking was most congenial when sober. PACKAGf Of MONtY MISSING. Kxpr*** Com puny Lorci Twenty - Flvf Thounund Hollar* CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Somewhere be tween Chicago and Burlington, la., an express package supposed to contain $25,000 is alleged to have gone astray. The Commercial National bank of this city sent the package to the Burlington agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad a few days ago, on or ders given from the Burlington head quarters in this city. The money was sent by the Adams Express company. When tlie money was sent from the Chicago bank it was wrapped .up in the usual way by which money is transmitted. In due course of time the Burlington agent of the railroad received a similar package, hut it contained nothing hut Jirown paper. The wrapper containing the worth less paper was returned to Chicago and the bank officials are certain it is not the one sent out by them. Fumou* HoukIi Killer Dlen, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Sergeant •‘Buck” Taylor, known as “King of the Cowboys,” a dashing cavalryman and one of the best known of the Rough Riders, died at Providence hospital to day of consumption, the result of ill ness contracted during the Cuban cam paign. A telegram was* sent to Gov ernor Roosevelt tonight informing him of Roosevelt's death. Fatal Flaying of fstKHlt. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 2<>.— While frightening a crowd of negroes tonight by pretending she was a ghost. Florence Almond, aged 15 years, was struck on the head with a brick thrown by one of the negroes and killed. The negroes were gathered on a lot at Fifty-seventh and Ludlow siieels and the girl wlto lived nearby, hail wrapped a white sheet about her and suddenly app-ared in-fore the crowd. The latter scattered In all di ledlons and Ht« girl was about to re turn when tlie bib k was thrown. She died ill n few urnutes. The negro sus pected of throwing the brick Inis not been captured. Niittlh Whtwl I n>p. ftlOt'X FALLS S !>. \.i« :M Now that the work of threshing this year's wheat crop U in progress throughout the state, there is ui'ii h speculation a* to the probable total wheat yield in South Ihtkota In an interview. Hu . Co i.uo-r< ml ;ir m y cii-i So-iili Hit kola Will produce a total yield uf 21, J oo.ooo bit -bets, or three-fourth* of an average trop.” «Ult«liiw ul In riuiiM'a |'r>M|u« C. IlKHUV ku* Germany pro die e-t l.ivo.wi tuns of raw sugar dnr* ing the twelve months ending July 31. as against I.'.iottoo tone for tb« previ ous twelve month* German) * ev ports of war m »t- ft.vl in China last vest aggteguied » l.’iO'UW marks, as *4*.list 1 I'iuuo marks lor Hs»l. . 3esicged Legationen Believed by Army Ilended by Japant3e, * CHINESE RESISTANCE OVERCOME ittiick M:kIp W««lmutiny hihI > Iclory Itought With Lons — I in perial Troop* ISrtrc.it—Now* Confirmed From Several Sourer*. WASHINGTON. Aug. 18— The al lied armies have captured and entered Pekin, In the face -f obstinate resist ance and .he member3 of the foreign legations are safe. Official eonflrma t on of the fall if th* Chinos? capital came to ttie Cnlied States government tonight in the nhvie of two cable grams, one from Admiral Homey and the other from Consul Fowler at Che Foo. The cablegram from Admiral Remey came to hand drat, early in tiie evening, followed very soon by that of Consul Fowler, and the officials, realizing the great public interest in the events which it was believed had happened in Pekin at one? mad? them public. Admiral Homey’s dispatch is as fol lows; "TAK'IT, Aug. 17.—1 a. m.—Tlureau Navigation, Washington: Just neriv ed telegram from Tien Tain, dated 16th, 10 p. m.: ‘‘‘Pekin was captured on August 15. Foreign legations are safe. Details follow slowly.’ REMEY.” That from Consul Fowler, giving Im portant details of the occurrences at the time of the capture of the city, was given out in the subjoined official statement: “CHE FOO, Aug. 17.— (Received Au gust 17, 7:55 p. in.)—Secretary of State, Washington: Seventeenth, Jap anese admiral reports allies attacked Pekin, east, 15th; obstinate resistance; even in-:. Japanese entered capital with other forces; immediately surrounded legations; inmates safe; Japanese loss over 100; Chinese 300. “(Signed.) FOWI.ER.” Previous information, which has been received here, showed that the allied armies took possession of Tung Chow on the 12th instant. From that city to Pekin the distance is not very great, not more than a dozen miles. It seems evident, therefore, that, the armies halted for u time at Tung Chow, probably for the purpose of giving the men a rest and by prepar ing for the attack upon the capital city in force after waiting until the rear of the advancing host should ar rive at the front. Possibly also the delay was the result of negotiations inaugurated by the Chinese officials, looking to the delivery of the minis ters with a Chinese or other escort. If negotiations were attempted they must have failed, as the army con tinued on its march and attacked the capital three days after reaching Tung Chow. The president was overjoyed on hearing the news of the safety of Min ister Conger and his associates. He has been hopeful all along that their rescue from the perilous position they have been In for so long a time would be speedilv accomplished. Tonight confirms that belief. COMIMG HOME fROM NOME. r%vo Ship* Arrive With 1,000 ramiengcrii au<l iSri'OOO'OOO In lirtld. PORT tTOWNSENI), Wash.. Aug. IS. —Two steamships arriving from Nome today brought nearly GOO passengers. The Roanoke, with 200 passengers, was <! treasure ship in every sense of the word, it having on hoard $3,000,000 in gold and a cargo of furs valued at $1, 000.000. The gold was almost all from I taw son. having been shipped down the Yukon to Si. Michael and mere placed iboard the Roanoke. The steamer Robert Dollor brought nearly -100 pas sengers. Itnlii* Have ll«*lpe«l ('urn. CHICAGO, Aug. IS.—The condition of the coin crop in Nebraska, as ouni ni nr I zed from reports received at the Chicago, Rurllngton & Quincy railroad headquarter*, has greatly improved | within the last week. Three heavy i mins, covering the* central and c*ust ! °rn parts of the state*, have assured j the maturing of the crop, which In j tli' evtion named prcmls.-s a large yield. Extending over four of the een iral count lo.-* Phelps, Kearney, llar * lun and Franklin is ii dry stretch of ! country, where com will not be more ! than half a e rop, I'tifinG^f •*«*• infHi «• f«>r IriMiiis. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IS ||. W. Robinson, superintendent of the Amer ■ Iran pods I service to Is* established in Chlni. who with his assMant O | M Hun sailed on the Warren. *«>*c he p,*atoRtren to be used for the I nited States troop* will I** porta tile. They 1 can l*« put together or taken apart a* i camp liotanc" Mlllt try i at Ion No. I, to t... hs ale I at Tabu, will keep a r*>i>rd of the movement of the troop*. «o that a* i go** I mall dlrjwteh to and from Chine »v be hud u In any other part of j the world k» *'»**% Oii,|, iw |«wa. IM HVQt E. la \u« 13 v thick of over .’ IMSi *heep were I ended here an 1 *«l» driven out (,» Ike monaster' , where they will tie fatten'd fur the marke t They belong to Hie 1‘kwnfi , Whale *ah Meat ' <*iujmi>) of ArtsoiM and w re hr tight t>* re b auve of hi * i i | |iim In Vrlsoua I TRAIN GINS ON I’f KIN. % Itqthin AdftcM Are to the MTrrt tlint Mubp Him llii-tiii on AI.• •• <11>y. LONDON, Auk. 17.—A cablegram to Vienna from Hong Kong announces the capture of Pekin, but the Austrian government, like other European pow ers, is still without confirmation of this report. An official telegram, dated Takit, August 14, has been re ceived at Home. It asserts that the ■ attack on Pekin began Monday, that Hlr Claude McDonald, the British min ister, had opened cniruimicatlon with the relieving force and that the allies have established their headquarters at Tung Chow. Chinese officials In Shanghai arc re ported as admitting that the allies inflicted a heavy defeat on the Chinese imperial troops around Tung Chow Sunday and then marched direct to Pekin. This, if true, carries the Jap anese official advices announcing the capture of 'lung Chow one step fur tier. Western powers, according to a dis patch to the Daily Express from Kobe, nave accepted the proposals formu lated by Japan for arranging nn armis tice, dependent upon the immediate delivery of the foreign legations to the allies or of the granting of per mission to the allied forces to enter Pekin and to guard the legations. I'pon three liases the correspondent says Japan has already begun to ne gotiate. Shanghai dispatches declare that the Chinese had intended to make a final attack upon the legations last Sunday, but whether the plan was car- j lied out is not known there. From the same place comes the [ statement that Vice Admiral Seymour i and Brigadier General C'reah have j joined in the protest against the with drawal of the British troops. All the | morning papers, which comment on the subject, appeal to Lord Salisbury not to withdraw them and dilate upon the serious results of such an action to British prestige. American negotiations looking to a cessation of hostilities also receive considerable attention, favorable and otherwise, but all the editorials agree that too precipitate a withdrawal from Pekin after the delivery of the legations would have a lmd effect upon the Chinese minds. IOWA DEMOCRATS NOMINATE. State Ticket Clio.cn Without Friction ait<l liy Acclamation. CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Aug, 17.— The democratic state convention met here yesterday with an exceptionally large attendance. Prior to the calling to order of the convention district caucuses were held and electors chosen. All nomination were by acclamation, except for electors-iit-large. The tick et nominated follows: Secretary of State—S. G. Crane, Polk county. Auditor of State—I. M. Gibson, Del aware county, Treasurer—II. L. Williams, O’Brien county. Attorney General—C. Harper, Ile3 Moines county. Judge Supreme Court—J. W. Tree land, Wayne county. Railroad Commissioner—J. E. An derson, Winnebago county. Electors-at-Large Joseph Eihock, Polk county, and C. H. Mackey, Keok uk county. Chin*** Put to Plight. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 17.—Gen oral Rennenkampf, according to ad vices to the Russian war office, while pursuing the Chinese from Aigun found 4,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry ami twelve guns in a strong position at Sanjshan. Although the Russians wore inferior in numbers and had only two guns they made combined frontal and flank attacks on the Chinese August 10. The Chinese succeeded in break ing up the (lank movement and fought with great stubbornness. I own n <«*t* Collfg* Chnlr. NORMAN. Okln., Aug. 17 - William H. Matlock of Dos Moines, la., was today given the chair of modern lan guages at the Oklahoma university and James W. Sturgis of the Univer slty of Michigan was selected to till the chair of Greek and Latin, tem porarily made vacant by the absence in Rom# of Joseph P. Paxton. Prof. Paxton was given a one-year leave of absence to take a special course in archaeology. 11 m iii I * 11 !► !'• r«k»lit*il t«» IC'«tKn, WASHINGTON, Aug, 17 It has 1 ■ < n decided to permit Posioffit * in spector George II Humiett, formerly > hlef Inspector, to realgT, instead of evertng Ills conns tton with the de partment by formal removal, as had l i eu originally dec led IlMle.lile I I .HU* 1... I • ..i I. LONImiN. Aug 17. The HrHUh steamer Clan MacAchur of the clan ! Hite, which sailed from Calcutta Juiy 17 v* port Said. In. he n «jnar.nntta**d | in the I harm a, owing to a d <ilk front litilKinh* (dagiic having tier urred ou Uanl the vcs'i't. Pas. II.* Ihm VI II .m. WASHINGTON, tug IT the res I Bits » Sir.* this le ri mg •lino.tin I II the | population «<f Greater S» .« lork illit* hat Ian ..i! Ilmiit fmriu*.*ii a* 7. el# i'(». The i f.ul. Hi.lt of tba bor m|k of Manhattan I* I v e*"t1 aad that of the : 11 mu a jartAnT, I 4* %*•«* %Iihh| liOltlMN MHm Ml’HI.IN Aug IT Herr Kmpp will I- gin practice A'.g«t*i J1 ws’h tan | nan ikeiiiii four Ur «a Milas. Officials SeriottRtws of the Sit uation in China. SI VIR AL MfSSAlsl S IROM C0\G!R llopo tint Early Hew* May Ouhkly 1(4*1 iev e I'ruM nt Awful Tensimi —CliMfTi't* SvAtm I'rklu—llrlirf that J M lony Opposition Will Hr Met Willi. ; _ WASHINGTON, Aug. 111.—The ten- I slow on the Chinese situation through out the day has been intense, for it is appreciated by officials that the cri sis has reached an acute stage which cannot lie continued many hours with out bringing word of momentous im port, determining, either for good or evil, the entire course of events. it has been a day of extreme anxiety, of watching and waiting, with only meager and fragmentary information us to the military uud diplomatic phases. One of the new developments today was the statement that messages are being received from Minister Conger which are not transmitted through any of our officials in China or through the Chinese minister here, Hut direct ly to the State department. These messages come by the way of Tal Nan. Some of them cannot be fully deciph ered, and for this reason the state ment cannot be definitely made that the dispatches sent Hy the government to Minister Conger are receive 1 Hy him. So far as the* messages have been de ciphered there is no indication that Minister Conger had tecelvcd any of those sent by tlie State department. Nothing could lie learned of the t on tents of Urn dispatches received, al though it was stated there were quite u number from Minister Conger, some coming from the consular officers and General Chaffee, besides those which came direct, l he.message transmitted through Minister Wu was entirely de ciphered In the department. During the course of a conversation between Secretary Itoot and Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German d' affaires, Mr. Boot gained consider able information concerning the route which had to be traversed by the al 1 led armies. Baron Sternberg told him that Tung Chow was a very strong place and if the Chinese army should make a stand at this point the inter national forcer would find it uu'te diffi cult to overcome the forts and walls. While it is not known wliut resistance may have been or will bo made to the advance at Tung Chow, Secretary Root and other officials would not be sur prised tj learn of a very serious bat tle at that place. Word came early In the day to the Navy department that General Chaffee had reached Matow, about twenty miles from Pekin. This occurred Fri day or Saturday, though the dispatch from General Chaffee, sent through Admiral Kemey, was not sufficiently definite to locate the exact time of reaching that place. But In any event, three or four days have elapsed since then and there has been time for ;i still further advance toward the im perial city. The feeling among officials was shown in the extreme circumspection thrown about the messages relating to China, and it was announced both at the State and War departments that any communications from Minister Conger or the Cnited States consuls concerning affairs in China would not he made public. It was explained that this was In no way due to a de sire to keep from the public informa tion of an Important character, but was based solely on the faet that the crisis involved so many possibilities of extreme hazard to the legationers in Pekin that the greatest caution must be observed against disclosures which would further imperil those in danger. The actual developments of the day consisted of the Kemey dis patch heretofore alluded to and one from Consul General Good now at Shanghai. ItciunliiK lit tin* l iiinlli Homs. NEW YORK, Aug. 1»i. The body of Collis P. Huntington, who died Mon day at his lodge in the Adirondack mountains, was brought to this city today on a special train over the New York Central railroad, reaching the Grand Central station at -1:35 ;i m The body now rests In It* casket In tlie library of the Huntington town house at No. 2 Kurt Fifth street, ■ >' ■' i 1 ci 11) rr,m tli station The funeral services. It ha» been announced, will t* strictIv privatg and will be held at II o'clock Friday loom ing. Hill I umlil In I mltiitnU, SACKAMrvro. Cal, Aug t« _ It'diert it H ill nf Smith Omaha. Neb., was artented in this citv Imlay upon arrival of the train from the »mt Hall is accused of h<t«inv stolen la rr, * mint* from Hi hi* for whh h he had atlel a* • >!'. *ur |te admits having ttketi the ••fitcv and ears he tl> I from Omaha In < Helen tie. where he started to air i lUt in the army, M Hi* 11. mayor Ilf I'ishvids, *lcitl I i t...,'I ■ I i, • Hielllt l oftti* nations' iteniorfath* i in Milt* runsiU tee. and N> t so K Math, of ItnAaio was selected t t N itti>aal Chairman JotleS to hit the is ancy P* liter flit* hi ml uf the ninths World Herald lRkw>iiiiei kim- df a* a caadldata far the t ailed iHatea me me. If AStS I OR INDIAN LANDS. Acting .Secretary It win ItixUtw That They He Minutely Scrutinized, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The at tention of the Interior department wan recently called to the fact that nearly 400 leases on allotted lands of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians In Thurston county, Nebraska, were be ing held up, and that If immediate ac tion was not had considerable hard ship would result to Indian allottees. Acting Secretary ltyan said today that leases had to be gone over carefully before final approval could be made, and as the force of the Interior de partment is at present short-handed by reason of employes taking vaca tions the work of examination is nec essarily much slower than would or dinarily be the case. He said that leases were not, “held up” in the sense of opposition to them, but were very minutely scrutinized, so that Indians making leases would have rightful protection, "Leasing of Indian lands ig wrong in principle,” said Secretary Ryan, " and a stop should he put to it. The government should insist upon the In dians becoming self-supporting in stead of permitting them to become loafers. It Is a mistaken Idea to per mit the Indians to live off the govern ment. Instead he should he taught to work and to realize that his stand ing in the community depends entirely upon ills ability to farm his la'ods and realize on his crops.” The Interior department recently Is sued un order that all leases of al lotted lands hereafter should contain a clause stipulating that the lessor agreed to Improve the leasehold In the way of building, fences, barns and outhouses, so that when the Indian began farming lie would find that his property had advanced in value In stead of having retrograded by reason of the leases. Ti»riiu«f<» Wreck. Iliilhltngn. Sl’PERlOR, Neb., Aug. 20— A tor nado with the usual funnel-shaped cloud struck the town of Bostwlck, eight miles west of here, coming from the northwest. No one was hurt, but the property damage Is considerable. J. Warren Kelfer, Jr., Is one of the principal losers. A house and ele vator belonging to him were wrecked to the extent of $1,000. Mrg. McCon nell's and J. I. Burwell'a bouses were wrecked. Charles Henderson's house, occupied by J. W. McBee, was badly damaged. The hotel was partially wrecked. The new town hall Is off Its foundations. In this city a number of small buildings were overturned. Took Strychnin# by Mistake. HOWELLS, Neb., Ang. 20.—Anton Dloughy, a prominent Colfax county farmer, came very near reaching his death as the result of a dose of poi son accidentally administered by his own hand. His wife had placed some strychnine In a cup, with a small amount of water, and put It In what she considered to be a safe plaec, in tending to use the poison to kill go phers. Mr. Dloughy went to take a drink of liquor and not knowing any thing about the poison picked up the cup in which his wife had placed it. poured out his drink and swallowed it. Antidotes were administered and after vigorous work he was brought out of danger. IJoy iiihI Torpedo. GRAND ISLAND. Nob.. Aug. 20.— Young Body, son of Henry Body, had the thumb and forefinger of his right hand blown of? while lighting a tor pedo. In company with several other jads of his size and age lie was play ing, when he discovered a package tucked under one end of a corn crib, which contained a large number of mining torpedoes. Ignorant of their destructive powder young Body took one of the explosives, stepped some distance away from his companions and applied a match to it. Had he been less careful his life would have paid the penalty. Where the torpe does came from is a mystery. Stunt mi Man Takes Strychnine. STANTON. Neb., Ang. 20.—Fred Pe terson. n well known young man of this place, died from the effect* of a dose of strychnine, taken with sui cidal Intent. No reason is known for Peterson’s action. He was the keeper of a restaurant here, appiw»ntly pros perous In business, an exemplary man In every r«spt«'t and hail the confi dence and good will of all. He was quite well acquainted throughout the county, having taught school In the country for several years. Ills father and mother live here, a brother and sister In Fremont, a sifter In Omaha and another In Lincoln. M ill t'sHikl In tultr»rnlu, HACK A M KNTO. Cal, Aug. 1« — Koliert It Hall of Houth Omaha, Neb,, was arrested In this city today upon arrival of the train from the msi llall Is accused of having sltdeu large sunn from Arms for which he hid acted aa collector lie admits having taken the nuuiev and says he A*-d fr un Omuha to Cheyenne, where he started to en list In the army. I'etrfer tletl Its ItlrtNOav. IMXON Neh. Aug Is the tenth birthday of |iliu( was <*Ut>rwted hcfw by i grand harvest festival, *« has been the custom fur a decade Thou sands gathered fur miles about, rum* lug nut only from neighboring cams* tier hut from douth INissia and L*w * a* well. tie#** Mil* | iim It mil KKNN \KH \cb. Aug f*» Peter tudersoo a farm hand, wurktag fgr Frank Jshael eaa bln* t Mt the •*um*t h by a tuoft«bu and died frusa hi* injuries.
