Nebraska Newspapers

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VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIEHMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, li)00. NUMBER 41.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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. ;
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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.