Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1000. NUMBER 43. r*11 111 ■■ ■ ■■ —« ■ " ■■■■■■■■■■—■»■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■ —■!! ■■ .1 ■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■'■ ■ !■■■■■■ !■■■■■■■■■ ■■■!! .1 ■■■■ .11.1 ■!■■■■■ TROOPS OFF FOR CHINA I — Reported that British Government is to Send More Troops to the Orient. SOLDIERS ARE FROM SOUTH AFRICA Portion* of Army Which Fought liner* Kent In linll*—American* to Knl»lilhli 1’ernntnent Communication Hut worn Pekin and Tlea Tim. LONDON, Sept. 17.—In consequence of the prediction by Sir Robert Hart that there would bo further hoatilltiea in China In November, the Associated I’r/ss understands the British govern ment is considering the transfer of troops from South Africa to India In order to make It practicable to send more troops to China. The miltary authorities consider the war in South Africa so far ended that troops may now be removed. It is probable that tiic Russian lega tion has already been removed from Pekin to Tien Tsln, but tuere is no definite news aa yet whether Li Hung Chang will after all go to Pekin. General Dorward is going to the cap ital, leaving the troops at Tien Tsin under command of Brigadier General ilorno ..ampbcll. Vice Admiral Alex leff has returned to Taku. The Americans have begun at Ho Si Wu a permanent telegraph line be tween 1’ekin and Tien Tsln. The Pekin correspondent of the Daily News says that the assassin of , Baron von Ketteler has been shot. The ' Morning Posts representative says that the question is being discussed of sending relief to a few British, French [ and American engineers, who are be- j sieged in a city 200 miles south of Pe kin. Shangnal advices say that a house has been engaged there for Count von ! Waldersee, who Is expected to arrive next Haturday. Chinese officials estimate that 20,000 disbanded hlnese soldiers managed to i remain behind in Pekin. Other dis patches confirm the report that in addi tion to Hsu Tung, guardian of the heir apparent, Hu Lu, viceroy of Chi Li, and Wang Y1 Yung, president of the imperial academy, with 200 members of official families, committed suicide when the allies entered Pekin. Chinese regulars are reported to have relieved the Roman Cahtolic stronghold at Ho Cbien, In the prov ince of Chi Li, which the Boxers had been besieging since June. 'i _e Shanghai correspondent of the Times, wiring yesterday, says: Li Hung Chang has been notified from Berlin that he must submit his cre dentials to the German minister at Shanghai, who will then communicate with Emperor William and await the result. Dr. Mumm von 8chwartenstein, in an Interview with Sheng, expressed the opinion that although the powers were adverse to the partition of China, any delay In negotiating was calculated to produce that result, and that Germany was prepared to remain in occupatiofl Indefinitely pending a settlement. Earl Li accordingly telegraphed Gen era) Yung Lu to use every efTort to per suade the empress dowager and em peror to return to Pekin and to remove Prince Tuan and his entourage. TRAGIC DEATH OF A SOLDIER. Captain M rfjumtlon Shot While In u Fit of Inunnltjr. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—The war department today i^eived information from General M&CArthur of the tragic death In the Philippines of Captain Charles McQueston of the Fourth reg iment of United States infantry, the result of a wound by a private soldier. General MacArthur's dispatch is as follows. "MANILA. — Adjutant General, Washington: Charles McQueston. cap tain Fourth United States infantry, died yesterday, Mangonone, Hacoon, Cavite province, 8:30 evening, result from gun shot wound caused b> private soldier. Captain McQueston In a fit cf temporary insanity attack'd men of company. Shot one or more and was shot himself in self defense. Fur ther particulars when received." BOIRS M4KF HASTY NIGHT. (lineriil Millnnalit Captures W»|uui, I'ruililivn* mill A iiiiiuotlttiot. CAPETOWN. Sept 17 —The military authorities have taken over The Neth erlands railway. (leneral McDonald, operating In the northcnstern corner of Orange colony, compelled the liners to matte a hasty retreat front the Vot river. He rap tured thirty-one wagons, a quantity of rattle and alorea and tiS.uOt) rounds of rllle ammunition Ch ns tleetareil War In June. imtl.lN, Sept |7 The Shanghai correspondent of the l.ok.il Anaeiger reports an Interview wltn Hr lloa thorn, serrrtary of the Austrian lega tion. In which the secretary Is quoted as saying that the Chinese government I presented to the H • *ter a forma! . d«u Ural ton of war «a June IP ronstd | • ring the capture of the Tahu forts an ! act of war The ministers were required to leave ivhin In twenty four hours |M|«f (HKI lM I.UMH'N S. pt 17 A spe. c*l die patch from Naples »avs that an agent I i f the Transvaal say* (he utijn t of Mr 1 Kroger a visit to Europe la to n.got). I ate a sedlenteat with Ureal Itiltala and that he has tq'l power to a>t t. i that sad CUBAN ELECTION RETURNS. Report* Show the N*tloiml Vnrty Agftln Triumph* In IIhimii*, HAVANA, Sept. 17.—lu yesterday’s election of delegates to the fortbeom ing convention the national party again triumphed in the province of Ha vana. Not only did It elect the flvo delegates of the majority representa tion, but it also captured one of the mi nority representatives, the republican party electing the other two, namely Malucle Sanguilly and Berriel. Returns from the other provinces come in slowly owing to the heavy rians. In I’lnar Del Rio there seems to be no doubt of the election of Gon zalo do Quesada itius Rivera and Civ il Governor Quiles. Nothing dcflnlto is yot know here as to Santiago be cause of the difficulty of getting re turns from the outlying territory, but it is roporteil that Juan Guliberrto In Puerto Principe Senores Cisneros and Silva were the only candidates, so that their election Is secured. It is conceded that In Santa data the fed eral wilt win. No definite news of the results in Matanzas has been received here. From no part of ttia Island is there any report of disturbance. The large vote polled by Honor Gener In this province may be looked upon, apart front his Individual popularity, its an endorsement of Governor General Wood’s recent appointment of Him as secretary of justice. It Is remarked that the republican and union demo cratic electors bolted for Senor Gener. The nationalists, as a concrete whole, assume to he anti-annexatlon ista, but it Is well known that they are moderate In tone. More than one of the delegates representing the ma jority in this province ure pro-Ameri can. Where Ihelr personal feelings are concerned and Irrespective of politics they desire closest relations with the United States. At 7 o’clock this evening the toturns from twenty-five towns in the provlnco of Havana, Including the city, with only nine towns to heard from, show the following polling: Lac ret, nation alist, 12,767; Rodriguez, nationalist, 12, 106; Gener, nationalist, 11,281; San guilly, republican, 11,043; Nunez, na tionalist, 10,720; Berriel, republican, 10,022; Tamaxo, nationalist, 9,639; Za yas, nationalist, 9,283. 10UBFT FIXES THE BOUNDARY. DlfTt-rrnroa Ilf tween Cmla Idea und Cnlombln are Derided. WASHINGTON, Sept. la.—1The min ister of Costa Rica at Washington, 8e nor Calvo, has received a cablegram from the minister to Costa Rico at Paris, which conveys the information that the president of the French re public, M. Lou bet, who was the arbi trator appointed to decide the boun dary question between Costa Rica and Colombia, by his award of yesterday fixed the boundary limit between tne two countries on the Atlantic side at Mona Point (or P. Carreta), and on the Pacific side at Punta Burica. The re public of Colombia claimed that the limit should be fixed at Cape Gracias Adlos, In the Atlantic, including the whole of Costa Rica and Nicaragua At lantic coast, and that the limit on the Pacific should be placed at Iloruca river, to the northwest of Golfo Dulce, which would have given Colombia a right to half the territory of Costa Rica and about two-thirds of that of Nica ragua. Costa Rica claimed the old limits be tween Central America and Colombia, placed at the island Sscudo de Veragua on the Atlantic and the river Chiriqui Viejo (at the base of Punta Burica to the southeast), on the Pacific. Sunday at nl»«. GALVESTON, Tex, Sept 17,. Telle gruph anti railroad lines are being rap idly restored This mornlUR the I'mul Telegraph and Cable company has four wires working Into ihe illy anil with- I In 4* hours will bin its system almost i colttl Irtely re-established to the ba sis existing lifter* the storm Tha Western I ni<>it is in ev«n better shape, but with both i om pa nit a the stringing of wires ha« been but temporal> time ! being the nil important ron»i4* ration at present SfkiMkt (IMS X tellies. IbllK. Neb . S**pl If Attloilg th# *ieiims of the Tito A ---I disaster srs J Wl< km III wife and seven i hiidten file \\ i ItHtan* sere formerly residents i-f botk county where they were well known had much respected. TO GIVE State Department is Still Wrestling with the Chinese Problem. THE SITUATION IS NOT SO ACUTE Chinn* nl Attitude on tIn• Part of Ilut tla tociui lb Unllern the hlra n — Mo om< lal Couflrinuttvo HvrnlvniJ — I'uttflil Htataa lla* Not t'uiniuUted Itntdf. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—There were no developments In the Chinese negotiations today with which the pub lic could be made acquainted, the whole mutter being still in the diplomatic phase and therefore not calling for military orders. War department offi cials are awaiting word from the State department as to the next step ex pected from the troops, but it in now Intimated that, this next step will not be taken immediately. The situation has lost something of its acuteness, owing to the change in the attitude of the Russian govern ment, as indicated in yesterday's dis patches. No ofikial eontlrmation has reached Washington of the postpone ment of the withdrawal, but the fact is not doubted hero. Regardless, how ever, of the course to be taken by Rus sia, it is noted there is nothing In the American note of response to Russia that demands immediate evacuation in the event that the Russian troops are called away. Instead, it Is stated that the control of the situation would simply pass from the State depart ment into General Chaffee's hands and It would be for him, after conferring with the other military commanders, to determine when and how and to what extent the American forces should bo withdrawn. Ho might choose his own time and In a degree his position would lie similar to that occupied by him in the advance upon Pekin, so far as having a free hand Is concerned. The statement of the condition gov erning the American reply to the with drawal proposal may be of signifi cance, in view of the fact that It is made with the express purpose of clearing away an erroneous impression that has been made upon the public mind. Mr. Adee was again acting as secre tary of state today during the tem poral y indisposition of Dr. Hill, who Is suffering from a cold. The former spent some time this afternoon In ton ference with Attorney General Griggs. BORROW IN m UNiTFD STATES. New York Ilank i T»k« • I’ortlou of the (irrniMii I.ouu. BERLIN, Sept. 15.—It Is officially announced by the board of directors of the Discoute Gesellschaft that, with the co-operation of the Internationa! ar.d through the Intermediary of the Dlsconto Oesellachaft, the Nord Deutsche bank of Hamburg, the M. M. Weldburg company of Hamnurg and Kuhn, Locb & Co., of New York, act ing In conjunction with the National City Ihtrik of New York, have taken over 80,000,000 ntatks of 4 per cent treasury bonds of the German empire, falling due in 1904 and 1905. With the approval of the Imperial hank, Ihe is sue will he placed on the market In the 1'nlted States. NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—The New York Life Insurance company today closed negoliations for taking J5.000 of the imperial German government loan of the ?20,000,000 negotiated in this city. Suvetl hr :i Conftulon. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 15.—Henry Peyton, who Is In custody, awaiting requisition papers to be taken to Sioux City, la., to stand trial for alleged murder, this afternoon confessed in Captain Ueinold's oflico at the Four Courts that it was lie who robbed the safe at the big mercantile establish ment at Clydesdale, Miss. The confession will clear the name of George Simmons, a young man of Clydesdale, who has been accused of the crime and who was compelled to leuve the home of nU childhood be cause of the shame that had come to his family. rn|iirtitlf»n «>f Topokn. WASHINGTON. D, C., Sept. 15 — The population of the cltv of Topeka, Kan., ns officially announced today. Is: 1900, 33,608; 1890. 31.007. These figures show, for the city as a whole, an increase in population of 2.001, or 8.39 per cent, from lsao to 1900, The population 1 n 1SS0 was 15,432. showing an Increase of 15,555, or 100.67 per cent from I8SQ to 1890. ***' » ('*«• + • #*f I'm, MU NCI K. ln<1 . Sept. 15 lu the vil lage of Whicling n**»r the Grant coun ty line, health uitberv today found eleven cases of smallpox, the aihoul and whole community having been ex posed for weeks The malady was be ing treated uj i hlelteiipox. r«ol om.ts* U>i« WASHINGTON. Sept 13 Walter ft l>»*L, a ii»t-ni |M>',tmnt«f at Kan •as City, tin been removed by the f osGtta-ter tbeie No r »tor* Is as> signe I, ^ut ike a ‘tlon will lw loaliuto I by the postmaster general Chicago will have a hors# sb >w IV later lx. Set sad SI, sad November I, 3 and 9. H» te held at lbs hew mil •sum on Wabi.tb avenue, under tbs an*p*i ** of ibe New Cbkrago Horse •how iMtsUItva CABLE N10M LI HUNG CHANG. Assurant* that II* Ha* Puw»r to l’rot*rt A uierlmu*. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Minister Wu ha* received a cablegram from Li Hung Chang, answering the hope ex pressed in the American note of a few days ago that his powers are sufficient to protect American lives and inter ests In China. Earl Li say* he has that power and will see that the pro tection is given. The Chinese government has made swift answer to the latest communica tion from the state department rela tive to the recognition of Li Hung Chang as an envoy competent to ne gotiate a peace settlement. There had never been any doubt here as to the sulliciency of Li's credentials ns a plenipotentiary, but the effort of the state department has boon to cause him to use any extraordinary powers he might have for tho protection cf American life and property in China, peuding a Anal settlement. It has succeeded in attaining this object, as Is indicated in the response from Li Hung Chang presented to Assistant Secretary Hill this morning by Minis ter Wu. The department asked 1.1 Hung Chang "without further delay to give assurance that the life and prop erty of Ainercians will henceforth ho respected throughout the Chinese em pll e." The viceroy has given the assur ance asked for. His word came In the shape of a cable dispatch to Minister Wu, dated yesterday, at Shanghai. Mr. Wu called at the state depart ment this morning and presented the answer to Mr. Hill. Ho in turn sent it forward to the president. It will he for the latter to decide whether Li's assurance is sufficient to meet the needs of the case. It is believed that if the powers ran get together themselves and througli commissioners arrange for certain common bases of compensation for certain clusses of outrages good pro gress can be made toward a final set tlement. However, If the attempt to secure unity of action In this direction is no more successful than that di rected to the evacuation of Pekin the United States government will look to its own interests, and, appointing its own commissioners, proceed to deal directly with the Chinese commission ers. It Is believed here that LI Hung Chang already has been advised by Prince Ching of the urgent necessity for his attendance in Pekin to Initiate tile negotiations, hence his announced Intention to sail tomorrow from Shanghai for the capital. CITY’S CBYING NEED IS MONEY. Charitably Dlipourd Onions at a Distance Advised of Want*, GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 14.—To the Associated Press: We are receiv ing numerous telegrams of condo lences and offers of assistance. As the telegraph wires are burdened we ask the Associated Press to communi cate this response to all. Nearby cities are supplying and will supply sufficient food, clothing, etc., for Immediate needs. Cities further away can serve us best by sending money. Checks should be made payable to John Sea ley, chairman of the finance commit tee. All supplies should come to W. A. MeVlttie, chairman of the relief committee. We have 25,000 people to clothe and feed for manv weeks and to furnish with household goods. Most of these are homeless and the others wll require i.ionoy to make their wrecked residences habitable. From this the world may understand how much money we will need. The committee will from time to time re port our needs with-more particular ity. We refer to dispatch of this day of Major II. G. Lowe, which the com mittee fully endorses. All compuinl cants will please accept this answer in lieu of direct responses and l>e as sured of the heartfelt gratitude of the entire population. W. C. JONES, Mayor. M. LASKER, J. I). SKINNER, C. II M MASTER, R. O. IX)WE, CLARENCE OWSLEY. Committee. An A ppm I to Drugs tutu. HOUSTON. T£x., Sept. 14 —The fol lowing appeal was issued tonight; "To All Druggists: The storm-strick en district la very much in need of the following drugs: Iodoform, chloride ot lime, gum camphor, as.sufoetida, crude carbolic add, phenol sodlque, gauze bandage*, quinine and Iodoform gauze. "Contributions should he sent to the Houston relief committee. (Signed) "Ilot;STUN RELIEF COMMITTEE. "Ily A. K. Kesllng." 114 im * k * In Ike < ••llun norSTON. Te*.. .dept 14 -There Is no doubt the cotton crop has ton < nnslderatily damaged throughout the southern and central part of Texas Owing to the excessive ratna this year the cotton has groan to weed mor • | than ever known and In some Aeldt It ranges from six to ten feet high and Is very rank with leaf, lislsik Mss lltuBSi W\milNllToN. It r Kept 14 The population of the city of Ibiluth Minn , ' ss nil c.lly ssn msiel today. In Ikon. SJIsJ HW, U.lli Theee Agures show hr the city as a whole an n cteaae In population of Ik Sit or i»,k per cent, from liw* to Hot The pop utatlun in Is so was Ids, ahowtaglng an ln> reate of 33 -T? or 3.lit If per cent, from I*x4 lu like Unwilling Labor Forced to Help in Burial of Festering Dead in Galveston. FEAR PESTIEENCE MAY PREVAIL Penned tfp Nurvlvnri of the Storm Fam ished for Lick of Pure Water—Nitloum Ordered Cloned—Ghouls Hliot t«» Death for Robber/. GALVESTON. Tex., Sept. 13.—(via Texas (’tty and Houston.—At a meet ing of the relief committee held this afternoon reports were received from various wards. The chairman called for armed men to assist in getting labor to bury the dead and to clear the wreckage and arrangements were made to supply this demand. The situation In this city today Is that there are plenty of volunteers for this service, but an Insufficiency of arms. There have been two or three small riots, but the officers have man aged to quell them. The committee re jected the proposition of trying to pay for work, letting the laborers secure their own rutions. It was decided to go ahead Impressing meii into service, if necessary, issuing orders for rations only to those who worked or were unable to work. All of the ward chair men reported the imperative need of disinfectants. A committee was ap pointed to sequester all i-e disinfect ants in the city, including the lime which escaped wetting, and to secure more. Houston was called upon for a bargeload of lime. The relief com mittee was greatly encouraged by tne offer made through Herman Frick and William Cowan of the White Screw men's association, tendering the ser vices of all its members, own in num ber. They wore placed at the disposal of the various ward chairmen and foremen appointed for each division. Chairman McVIltie announced that it was necessary for him to have help. John Klnllcks and Dr. A. W. Fly vol unteered their services. Captain Sinclair Taliaferro of Hous ton, who did such efficient work dur ing the Brazos Hood, arrived here this morning. He was asked to assist Chairman McVittle in his work. Dan Henderson announced that Mr. Van Vleck, the general manager of the Southern Pacific road, authorized the committee to draw on that company for $5,000, Mr. VanVleck returned to Houston on the tug Juno to send a bargeload of supplies. The Galveston, Houston & Hender son railroad is operating relief trains over its line to Texas City Junction and thence over the Texas City term inal to, or nearly to, Texas City. Ar rangements have been made to start a passenger service tomorrow. Work on the water works has not progressed so satisfactorily as had been hoped. The men did not work last night. Chief Engineer Reynolds has not been at the works since yes terday morning. Alderman McMaster took cahrge of the work today. i‘he machinery has been cleared of the debris and the pipes found to he bad ly damaged and plumbers and steam fltters and boilermakers are at work on them. Mr. McMaster says he thinks it will be possible to turn water into the mains tomorrow. All saloons wore closed uy the chief of police on Sunday. At a meeting of tile committee with the city officials this morning the policing of the city was discussed. Mayor Jones announced that Adjutant General Scurry would take charge. The city is patrolled by about 2,000 police officers, special officers, soldiers and deputy sheriffs. Deputy Chief of Police Amundsen is acting as chief. Orders were Issued to the soldiers and police to kill nny person caught In the act of robbing the dead. Up to Tuesday morning seven negro vandals had been discovered nnd had paid the penalty of their crimes with their lives. They were shot dead and their bodies were carted away with dead vic tims of the storm. BRUTAL WORK Of ROUBLRS. Ohio Man la Killed a«U III* Wife and Flee (lillilrrn Tgrtureil. CARRY, O., Sept. 13.— *V. C. John Bon was murdered by burglars early today. Me bad sold a carload of celery yesterday and the robbers demanded the inouey secured for it. After kill ing Johnson his wife and tire chil dren were bound and tortured till all the valuables In the house were se cured. The proceeds from iUe celery had been to posited In the bank and Mrs. Johnson showed tun bank book. a posse Is In pursuit of the robbers. I'rurrftl ll«»»rr*. THEN TSIN. Sept. H —Via Shanghai Hepi ||.| A body of 4.WW allied troops Including loo men of the Fifteenth In fantry, under command of Major Rob erson. marched today against the cities of Hheng llan Htcu sud Tills, where the procure of lloaers threatens th» Tien Tsin region. The advance was mads in two ci, I a in n* fur t n<> purpose i f Hanking the two towns. Mineral la>rwatil personally cunimanded the t ipvdl (ton. Nolle ll-Me leilinii If, TRKIN. Sept ft The ltusso4*hl *»** bank, which as eaneutived ye* terday. «lose* here today and removes 11 Shanghai, will rwRlIsili aa port ml the indemnity te be paid to Him ala the Imperial unlv»ra ty fund of ftPSHM lasts deposited with It. against which the t'hlaea# drew fur Hit moment ef their Irwpo. NEBRASKAN RETIRNS EROM NOME He IJoea Not Ulr« Encouraging Account of Hie Situation. KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 17.—C. V. Evans, son of J. C. Evans of tbis city, is home from Cape Nome, Alaska. He was formerly a druggist of omaka and went to Cape Nome last June to go into the drug business. When he got there he could not find a location for a build ing and was compelled to sell his stock. He tried mining but the beacn had been gone over three times and would give up no pay dirt. The people who had been at Nome and were well located were making money, bt late arrivals could do nothing at all. An experienced miner could not earn more than $3.50 a day and a prospectlug outfit was worth from $300 to $500. Mr. Evans said the city covered a ten acre strip of beach a block wide. The population of tho city was between 20,000 and 30,000 Inhabitants. Hack of the city It Is hilly and to the north for hundreds of miles extends the tundra, which is a marshy formation of moss and decayed vegetation. It Is impassa ble and can only be used for travel when it is froxen. Vessels are compell ed to anchor five miles from shore und their cargoes are landed by means of lighters. He said that there were 860 passengers on the vessel that took him to Nome, and 200 of this number re turned on ths same vessel after they had been t..ere six days. The fare was $165 and the net earnings of the com pany for one trip to Cape Nome was $160,000. Journeying to Prison. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 17— Frank M. Dorsey, formerly cashier of tne First National hank of Ponca, came In Wed nesday from Cripple Creek, where he has been for some time past, and re ported at the office of the United States marshal in accordance with the man date of the federal court In order that the sentence Imposed might be put In to effect. The sentence Is for six years at the Sioux Falls penitentiary, and Is for violating the banking law in con nection witu the wrecking of the Ponca bank. It Is expected that Judge Mun ger will be in the city eoon and that an "order will be entered and the de fendant taken to Sioux Falls without delay. Dorsey Insists that the violation was technical and similar to others that are necessary in banks every day, and that he was convicted simply on the failure of the bank. The court of appeals af firmed the action of the lower court, and the supreme court refused to con sider the case. Supreme Court Docket. LINCOL.4, Neb., Sept. 17.—The bar docket for tne September term of the supreme court contains 1,645 rases, or about 1,000 more than can possibly be considered by the three judges In one . year. Among the cases set for hearing at the first setting, which begins Sep tember 18, are those of the state of Nebraska against the Standard Oil company and the various railroads do ing business in this state. The casea against the Burlington and Elkhorn railroads were submitted during the last term of court, but by general agreement of all parties concerned they have been reopened again for argument on the constitutionality of tho board of transportation. KI1IC41 by an Knglno. COLUMBUS. Neb., Sept. 17.—J. F. SchafTroth, for many years a resident of this county, was accidentally killed near Hartlngton, Neb. He was in the act of coupling a threshing machine engine to a separator when the engine started back and run over him. caus ing almost instant death. Peter Schraff roth, father of the deceased, left to make arrangements for the ourlal, which will probably be made In Cedar county. One Faintly Kscaped. OVERT cm. Neb., Sept. 17.—George Crandell is In receipt of a letter from his daughter, Mrs. McCall tun of Hun gerford, Tex., stating that town was completely annihilated by the storm. Mr. and Mrs. McCallutn escaped with their lives by clinging to posts for six hours during the storm and flood. It Is feared that Mr. und Mrs. E. C. Wales and family, who removed from here to Galveston, Tex., have been killed, as no tidings have been received from tneni as yet. Nntla fur COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 17—Two damage suits for f3,000 each have been I filed In the district court against Prank Ilelder of Humphrey by Hernaru llode wig and George Uloedorn, minora, about 15 years of age, by their fathers, Jacob Hu.lev. ik aud Martin C. Jlloe.lorn. The allegation la made that on August 21 In the presence of divers persona Ilelder falsely stated that the plaintiffs had stolen a lot of postage stamps aud 143 from his lumber oHcr, Arrssled After • llr«||l« flYllACUhK. Neb. Sept 17,-Jennie Jennings was committed to th* county i Jail for want of bell, on a charge of assault with Intent to do bodily Injury to one James freutmun He not only 1 severely Injured Mr t'reaatnan. but de fied the whole community to arrest him and It was only after much chasing and the persuasive argument of a sis ; shooter that brought him to time lie claims to hall from t'otfeyfills. Kan Visit Seek Vaeer fi keel*. THKNiU.V Neb Hspt 17 The final I sa>h of No 1 the Ivenver flyer, went under the trata and waa badly dam ! aged I “a pe»s were strew a tg« length of the switch The letter each was nut found hut It waa learned No so had pt< bed It up ua the cow catcher | and carried It to MtCuuh