THE SULTAN DEAD'
FORMER TURKISH RULER PASSES
AWAY AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
—
DEPOSED BECAUSE WAS INSANE
For Twenty-Eight Years He Has Been
Held as Prisoner of His Brother,
the Present Ruler—The Malady
That Carried Him Off.
I
CONSTANTINOPLE.—Former Sul
*ian Murad V. died Wednesday of dia
betes, from which he had long suf
fered.
It was reported in May last from
Venna that Murad V.. the thirty-third
sovereign of the house of Osman, was
dying and at the same time it was
reported from the same source that
l«is adherents all over Turkey, known
as the young Turks, were secretly
arming and only awaited the signal to
rise in insurrection.
Murad V. was born in 1840 and as
cended the throne after the murder of
the sultan. Abdul Aziz, May. 1876. In
July of that year Murad was placed
upon the regency of his brother, the
present sultan. Abdul Hamid II., and
<*n August 31 he was dethroned. Out
wardly this act was performed legally
by the council of ministers on the
ground that he was insane.
The real facts in the case, however,
will probably never be known, but it
has been claimed that Murad was a
good deal more sane than his brother
and one of the greatest terrors of
Abdul Hamid's existence was the fear
that this Turkish "man with the iron
mask." as he has been termed, might
escape from his place of confinement
in the Cheragan palace, and some six
years ago he was removed to the
Malta Kiosk, in the grounds of the
Yildiz palace occupied by Abdul
Hamid, which is surrounded by lofty
walls. In spite of the secrecv of
Murad's removal he was seen as *.e
passed by several foreigners, who de
clared that though he had aged and
-ras haggard in appearance, the form
er sultan had not lost his majestic
tearing and that he preserved the ap
jrearanee of a man in the full posses
sion of liis mental faculties.
The confinement of Murad has been
««? the cmelest character. Only his
jailers were allowed to see him and
every precaution was taken to pre
vent any intelligence of what was go
ing on in the opposite world from
reaching him. -
Although Murad is announced to
have die^ from diabetes, it had gen
erally been understood, according to
the palace representatives, that he
was suffering from tuberculosis.
CONTENDING FOR SUPREMACY.
The Two Great Arm.es Now in Deadly
^ Confli-.t.
LONDON.—A dispatch from Liao
Yang to a news agency says:
“The Japanese artillery fire only
ceased at 8 o'clock this evening. The
casualties have nor been ascertained.
"The Third Russian corps repulsed
a hot Japanese assault, the Japanese
being hurled back by bayonet charges,
first by the Twenty-third, and then
by the Twenty-fourth regiment, which
repulsed the enemy no less than six
times.
“Two Japanese companies which
succeeded in occupying a Russian po
sition were mistaken for Russians and
annihilated by Japanese artillery fire.
“At 4 o’clock in the afternoon the
Jaoanese concentrated their fire on a
Russian southern detachment and also
tried to outflank the detachment from
the right under the protection of the
batteries.
“One company after another was no
ticed running swiftly to the westward
in an attempt to outflank the posi
tions, but a Russian regiment and a
battery were ordered to advance and
succeeded In forcing the enemy to
retreat in disordedr, evacuating posi
tions they previously had gained.
"There has been an immense ex
penditure of ammunition throughout
the day, especially on the southern
front against the Russian Third corps.
“It is believed that the Russian
losses so far have not been very heavy,
f-xcept to the regiments which sus
tained bayonet charges. All the men
serving one Russian gun except one
were killed by shrapnel.
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.
Nebraska Executive Will See New
Battleship Christened.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Governor Mickey
and twenty-five invited guests will go
to Seattle to witness the christening
and launching of the battleship Ne
braska. A Nebraska girt, probably
Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot
tle of champagne against the hull of
the vessel. However, the governor
may object to any member of his fam
ily handling intoxicating liquor, and
in that event the honor will fall to
some one else. The governor has i\p
Hfied the shipbuilding authorities that
he will be present.
Those who will accompany him will
>e state officials and politicians.
Columns of Japs Mowed Down.
MUKDEN.—In the fighting of Aug
ist 26 the One Hmundred and Thirty
jinth Saraisk regiment, with a bat
lery. executed a particularly success
ful flanking movement on the Jap
anese extreme right The Russians
got in the rear of the Japanese, whole
columns of whom were mowed down
before they were able to extricate
themselves. Eye witnesses agree in
admiring the fanatical bravery of the
Japanese. Many of the wounded com
mitted suicide rather than fall into
tb* hands of the Russians.
BetQian Officials on Way.
NEW YORK.—A large party of
Belgian officials, en route for the St.
Louis exxposftion. arrived here on
the steamer Kroonland. The party
included Guillaume De Groot. mem
ber of Belgian royal academy; a.
Honzean de Lee Hac and H. Lafon
taine. members of the Belgian sen
ate; Emile Van Der Veld of the cham
ber of representativs; E. Verlant, di
rector of beaux arts; Victor Wat
teyne. director of industry, and Henry
Carton de Wiart. secretary of the
chamber of deputies.
A CLOSE CONGRESS,
Chairman Babcock Discusses the Po
litical Outlook.
WASH INGTON—Chairman Joseph
W. Babcock of the republican congres
sional committee expressed the opin
ion that the present is the closest
congressional campaign he has ex
pertencen since 1$?$.
‘What are the conditions which
make the campaign closer this year
than it has been since 1898?” Mr.
Babcock was asked.
“They differ iu localities.'' he re
sponded. "In some the conditions re
sult'front the character of the na
tional campaign. In others the con- i
ditions are almost entirely local. j
Then, in some cases, the difficulty is
over the kind of men for congress.
"In Nebraska, where there are six 1
members of the house to fight for,
the democrats have abandoned the
national campaign. They have fused
with the populists on the legislative
tickets, but not on presidential elec
tors. We redeemed four of those
districts two years ago. but they have
Iteen going one way or the other by
very narrow margins—not by 2t>0 or
300 or 400, but in. some instances by
twelve or fifteen or twenty votes.
Now. the congressional committee
has to go in there without the usual
support from the national commit
tee.”
"There is not much interest in cam
1 paign literature.” continued Mr. Bab
cock. "We are sending, out speeches ;
on the tariff and some matter reiat- ■
ing to the Panama canal: alo a few !
democratic speeches, like that of i
Bourke Cochran, on the tariff. But j
wo have not had a real campaign of
education since 1S96. I have never |
sent out as many documents in any
one year as Then.
"We expect to have a good deal of
speaking. There are about a dozen
of the leading republican members of
the house on whom we are relying.
Chief among them, of course . ia
Speaker Cannon, who is a splendid :
vote getter on the stump. He is going !
to start out soon by special train and !
will be accompanied on a part of bis j
trip by Representative Watson of In- \
diana and on the rest of bia trip by
Representative Adam Bede of Minne-1
sot a.”
LIAO YANG WELL FORTIFIED.
But German Experts Think Kuropat
kin Likeiy to Lose Army.
BERLIN.—German military men
are discussing the situation of Gen
eral Kuropatkin with the keenest in
terest.
They have informed that the de
fenses of Liao Yang are of extraordi-:
i nary strength.
The fortif>ing of the town was en
trusted to General Melishtko. who en
I joys here the reputation of being a
master of military engineering. Dur
ng the past two months he has forti
fied ail the strategic positions around
Liao Yang in a manner well niga
| impregnable. Triple lines of trenches
crown every height where artillery
could be effective. The entire line of
fortifications is connected by passages
for facilitating the reinforcement of
°ndangered points, while bomb proof
■•etreats covered with steel rails pro
tect reserves. All important points ,
have telegraphic communication with
headquarters.
The German critics think Liao
| Yang’s defences about equalize the
1 difference in numbers between the
Russians, estimated at 180.000 and the
■Japanese, numbering 240,000.
The danger of General Kuropatkin’s
situation is recognized as being bot
tled up like Field Marshal Bazaine,!
\*io surrendered Metz to the German
forces in 1870.
It is doubted by the experts if Gen
! eral Kuropatkin will be able to £re
j vent the complete encircling of Liao
I Yang, which would mean, probably,
I the eventual loss of his entire army.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF.
Packers Reject Overtures Made by
the Strikers.
CHICAGO—Application was made
to the packers by the stock yards
strikers for a conference, the purpose
being to bring about peace in the in- :
dustrial conflict waging at Packing
town. The conference was refused
by the packers.
The application came in the form
of a communication fronf the allied
trades council and was signed by
President Matthew Carr, of the allied
trades. The renqest was sent imme
diately after the close of a joint
meeting of the executive board of
butcher workmen and the allied trades
conference board and was addressed
to J. Igdeu Armour and his associates.
Mr. Armour, upon receipt of the
communication, at once called the
heads of the other big packing plants
| into session. When the meeting of
| rne packers ended a communication
| was addressed to President Donnelly
l and his associates declining the con
ference the strikers had asked for.
The reason given was that no good
could come from such a conference.
Case of Leprosy in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.—A case of sup
posed leprosy was reported to the
state board of health from La Salle
by an attending physician. The pa
tient is a native of Poland, 33 years
old. and says the disease from which
he now suffers made its appearance
fifteen months ago. Dr. Egan, sec
retary to the state board of health,
has requested Dr. L. Blake Baldwin,
an expert in leprosy, to go to La
Salle to discover the exact nature of
the disease. Dr. Baker has estab
lished a quarantine at La Salle.
Negotiations With Panama.
PANAMA.—Minister of Foreign Re
lations Arias and Mr. Barrett, the
American minister, held a conference
: of negotiations looking to the estab
j lishment of trade relations between
i Panama and tbe canal zone. Minister
; Arias will wait until he hears from
j General Obaldi. the Panama minister
j at Washington, before formally enter
ing upon negotiations, but it is be
j lieved that a tentative agreement will
1 be made before the departure of tbs
: canal committee.
LEAVE LAIO YANG
RUSSIANS WITHDRAW TO THE
LEFT BANK OF TAITSE RIVER.
ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE
Kuroki’s Army Crosses the River on
Pontoon Bridge—Japanese Casual*
ties Since August 29 Estimated at
Ten Thousand.
TOKIO—The Japanese left began
pressing the Russians toward Ttazho
at dawn Friday morning. The Japan
ese right is engaged in the neighbor
hood of Heiyingtai.
The Japanese casualties since Au
gust 29 are officially estimated at
10,000.
ST. PETERSBURG—The news of
the occupation of Liao Yang by the
Japanese and the withdrawal of the
Russian army to the right bank of
the Taitse river reached only a small
section of the people of St. Peters
burg at a late hour and caused intense
excitement and disappointment. The
majority of the inhabitants retired to
rest believing that Russians arms had
again been successful and that the
Japanese attacks had been repelled.
Ugly suspicions, however, have been
rife during the day, owing to the ab
sence of press telegrams from Liao
Yang. leading to the belief that the
communications had been cut by Gen
eral Kuroki.
The following statement was ob
tained by the Associated Press from
the war office at 10 o'clock Thursday
night:
“General Kuroki's army crossed in
force to the right bank of the Haitse
river, and it therefore became neces
sary for the Russians to be in a po
sition to repel a blow in this direc
tion.
“In view of this development in
the operations General Kouropatkin
decided to abandon his positions on
the left bank and to concenarate his
whole army on the. other side of the,
river. This position is the strongest
both in character and in site. The
great issue will finally be decided
there.
“By withdrawing to this position,
the Russian army avoids the neces
sity of being divided by the river
and enjoys the advantage of com
pactness.
“General Kouropatkin’s move, there
fore, is not to be considered as a
retreat, but rather as the carrying out
of a well defined idea.”
The withdrawal of the Russians to
the right bank involved the abandon
ment of Liao Yang, which is situated
on the left bank. The Japanese took
advantage of this to occupy the city,
but the sternest part of the fighting
is still before them unless General
Kouropatkin decides at the last hour
to again fall back to the northward.
It is more than likely, however, that
he will decide to fight to a finish.
The cards are all in his favor, it is
believed, now that he has the Japan
ese divided by the river, thus effect
ually turning the tables up his foe.
CANNOT FIND RUSSIAN SHIPS.
British Cruisers Fail to Take Message
to Volunteer Vessels.
LONDON—The efforts of the Brit
ish cruisers of the Cape of Good Hope
squadron to establish communication
with the Russian volunteer fleet
steamers Smolensk and St. Petersburg
have thus far failed. The admiralty
received late Thursday afternoon a
dispatch from Rear Admiral Durnford
announcing that none of his ships had
caught sight of or had heard by wire
less telegraphy from either of the
Russian cruisers. He was directed to
continue the search and another crui
ser was ordered to report to him and
join the search.
In Russian diplomatic circles it is
said that it is not surprising that
neither of the Russian cruisers had
put into an African port to coal, for
the reason that before they sailed
Black sea colliers preceded them
wkh instructions to transfer coal at
certain specified points.
Subway Muddle Yet Unsettled.
NEW YORK—Another fruitless ef
fort to settle the threatened trouble
between the Interborough Rapid
Transit company and the employes
was made by committees representing
both interests. At the conclusion,
which was held at the Home of August
Belmont, the announcement was made
that no agreement had been reached.
Mr. Belmont was of the opinion that
the situation would be adjusted with
out serious trouble. Assistant Grand
Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers thought differ
ently.
Russian Steamer Goes Down.
TOKIO—A Russian steamer engaged
in clearing the channel at Port Arthur
struck a mine and was destroyed.
Russian Crews Told to Leave.
SHANGHAI—Repair work on the
Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo
bota destroyer Grozovoi has been
stopped by the order of the British
minister, the dock at which the re
pairs ase being made being owned by
British citizens. China has ordered
that the paroled crews of the Askold
and Grozovooi return to Russia. The
Japanese consul notified the cqnsuls
of neutral nations that any ship leav
ing port with crews of the Askold and
Grozovoi will be captured by Japanese
warships still outside the harbor.
Watson Talks in Atlanta.
ATLANTA. Ga—Thomas E. Wat
son. candidate for president on the
people's party ticket, addressed an
immense audience in the hall of the
house of representatives of the Geor
gia legislature.
Cullen Succeeds Parker.
NEW YORK—Judge Elmer E. Cul
len of Brooklyn has been appointed
chief judge of the court of appeals by
Governor Odell, succeeding Judge
Parker, resigned.
RACE QUESTION THE ISSUE. !
The South Wrought Up Against
Roosevelt.
ESOPl'S, X. Y.—Senator Asbury C.
Latimer of South Carolina was the (
ojsly political visitor at Rosemount.
After leaving Rosemount Senator ;
Latimer sr.id:
“I came to tell Judge Parker that
the south stands ready to send a host
of orators north to help in the cam
paign against Roosevelt. Every
I speaker in the south is prepared to
assist in this work in the north. The I
south is solid, not so much against j
republicanism as against the person- I
ality of Roosevelt. The race question. !
as fathered by Roosevelt, will be the !
chief issue against him.”
The announcement by David B. Hill
Of his contemplated retirement Janu
ary 1 occasioned much interest in
Esopus today, but Judge Parker re
! fused to comment on it.
INTENSE ANXIETY PREVAILS
1 Battle Now in Progress May Put an
End to the War.
ST. PETERSBCRG—Even late j
Monday night the greatest uncertain
1 ty prevails regarding the actual
situation at Liao Yang. There is in
tense anxiety for definite news from
the front, but even the authorities
are frankly ignorant as to whether
or not the long expected decisive ac
tion will be fought at Liao Yang or
• further north.
* It is possible that a great * battle*
is now proceeding and there are
many indications that such is the
case.
If this is so. the fate of this year's
campaign may be settled within for
ty-eight hours. At the same time,
opinion is almost equally divided,
many believing that General Kuro
patkin will not make a determined
stand and that the Japanese will
crack the shell, only to find that the
bird has flown.
PULLMAN SHOPS TO CLOSE.
> Seven Thousand Men Wiil Be Out of
Employment.
CHICAGO.—The great shops of the
Pullman company are to shut down
on September 1 and thousands of men
i employed In the various departments
i of the car building corporation will
i be without work. Thirty thousand
people at Pullman and in the sur- I
rounding towns will be effected.
When the Pullman company is
working on the full time 7.000 persons j
! are employed. During the last few !
j months owing to a lack of new or- |
] ders. men have been laid off. 600 and j
400 at a time, until now the force j
does not amount to more than 2.000. i
These men are engaged in finishing j
the construction of cars already un- 1
der way. and when these are ready i
for the rails the shops will be closed ;
I and the plant rendered idle. The
' plant may remain closed for more >
j than a month.
IS A GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE. ;
—
Forts Change Hands Repeatedly at
Port Arthur.
CHE FOO.—A Chinese who lived
near Rihlungeshan declares that he
saw the Russians occupying this fort,
from which previous reports stated
that they had been driven. Probably
< both reports were correct at the time
i they were current, as semi-official ad
{ vices state that many positions about
the fortress change hands repeatedly.
The fighting, which began on the
27th soon became general. While the
Chinese were at sea August 28. the
heavy firing was resumed.
Two junks containing contraband
| of war were sunk by a Japanese tor
pedo boat ten miles off Liaoti prom
ontory.
It is said that fort No. 5 has
changed hands four times and is
now unoccupied.
MORE LIBERAL TO FINLANO.
i Policy «rf Russification Possibly Sus
pended.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The imperial j
decree convening the Finnish diet not
only convokes it this year, but makes
provisions for its meetings three
years hence, thus foreshadowing reg
ular meetings of the diet at intervals
of not less than five years, in aeoerd
ance with the letter of the Finnish
constitution, for the first time since
the grand duchy came under Russian
sovereignty. That such a step has
been taken possibly indicates the sus
pension of the policy of the Russifica
tion of Finland to which the late Min
ister of the Interior Plehve was com
mitted.
Negro Lynched at Laramie.
LARAMIE. Wyo.—Joe Martin, col
ored. was lynched by a mob of 300
men in front of Judge Carpenter’s
house at 8 o’clock Monday night.
Martin was a trusty in the county
jail. He atttacked Della Krause, a
white girl employed in the jail kitch
en. and slashed her face and arms
with a knife. One man was injured
by Martin when they were entering
; the jail to drag him out.
Baltic Brings Two Thousand.
NEW YORK—What is said to be
the largest number of steerage pas
sengers ever brought from Great Brit
ain in a single vessel arrived Thurs
day on the steamship Baltic, which
brought 2.000 passengers in the steer
age. in addition to 671 in the cabins,
making a total of 3.124 persons on
board, including the crew. Among the
steerage passengers were a number of
returDin*' Americans. William Riley,
a well known cat tier an. was in the
steerage, having completed his 20th
Wireless Station Dismantled.
WASHINGTON—The state depart
ment has received a cablegram from
Consul General Fowler at Che Foo
saying that the Russian wireless tele
graphic station there has been dis
mantled.
Stackeiberg Slightly Wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG—General Stack
eiberg, in command o' the First East
Siberian corps, sustained contusions in
Wednesday's battle on tne south front.
1 hot he remained ia the fighting line.
TWO BIG ARMIES
NOW LOCKED IN A DEATH STRUG j
GLE FOR SUPREMACY.
THE SECOND DAY’S CONFLICT
Nearly Half a Million Men Engaged
in a Battle That May Mean a C.-ush
ing Defeat for One Side or the
Other.
ST. PETERSBURG—With the
knowledge that the Russian and Jap
anese armies about Liao Yang are
locked in a death struggle the tension
in St. Petersburg is strained to the !
utmost. It is believed here that the j
fight capnot stop short of the crush
ing defeat of one side or the other.
All reports so far are favorable tc {
thn Russians, though the suspension
of ail news for many hours has beer
exceedingly trying and has given rise
to several rumors, somewhat temper
ing. the earlier enthusiasm. It is
stated officially, however, that the re
port that the railway and telegraph
have been cut north of Liao Yang is
untrue.
A member of the general staff said
to the Associated Press at midnight:
”1 can assure you that up to this hour
communication with Liao Yang has
not been interrupted. General Kuro
patkin has taken particular precau
tions against any attempt to cut the !
railway. While it is always possible
that a small raiding party might slip
through the Russian patrols or that
hired Chinese bandits might cut the j
wire, it is a fair supposition that this ]
has not been done.”
The highest military authorities |
here aonsider that the most critical j
stage of the battle has not yet been
reached, and they believe the fight
may continue for some time before
nither side acknowledges defeat. This
is an important consideration by the
light of which to interpret any im- ;
mediate news. It is thought here that j
in view of the numbers engaged, the j
desperateness of the assaults and the ;
length of the line (about seven miles 1, !
the losses in the two days’ fighting |
cannot fall short of 10.000 on each
side. Both sides are straining every
nerve, realizing that the fortunes of :
war for a whole year are in the scale. I
and neither side is in the mood or the !
position to spare men in the effort to '
achieve a final victory.
The battle of Liao Yang will prob- |
ably rank as one of the great sangnin- j
ary battles of history. It is estimated j
by the general staff that the Japan- j
esn armies engaged number seven
teen divisions of 15.000 men each. |
or allowing for inefficients, about i
240.000 men. Each division has thirty- j
six guns, and there are two independ
ent artillery brigades of 100 guns
each, making a total of about 800 guns* !
The estimates of Russian corre
spondents range at from 600 to 1.000
guns per side.
In the preliminary fighting on Mon
day the Russians captured 200 pris
oners. who have already arrived at
Harbin, and report persists that they
captured over forty Japanese guns yes*
terday.
General Kuropatkin's effective
forces are variously estimated at from
170.000 to 200.000 men.
The Japanese Wednesday morning j
attacked three sides of the Russian po
sition. One of the Associated Pres
correspondents also mentions a Jap- j
anese movement to the northeast of
Liao Y’ang. showing that the Japan- ;
ese were undoubtedly trying to work
around Kuropatkin's rear.
One of the surprising phases of the
situation is the endurance of the men.
They have been engaged desperately
for two days, after more or less se
vere fighting under unfavorable eondi*
tions every day since August 24. It
would seem that human endurance
could not persist much longer without
respite of some sort.
MURDERER OF VON PLEHVE.*
.
Question of Whether He Will Be Tried
by Court Martial.
ST. PETERSBURG—The statement
in these dispatches last week that
Sasoneff. the assassin of Minister of
the Interior Von Plehve, had been sen
tenced to death proves to be incor
rect. The question as to whether the
assassin will be tried by court mar
tial or by civil court has not yet been
decided. This is one of the questions
that the new minister of the interior
will have to pass upon, the fact that
St. Petersburg is technically in a
state of siege giving the minister this
power.
Balmasheff. the murderer of M. Sip
iaguine, M. Von Plehve’s predecessor,
was tried by court martial. It is ex
pected that the emperor will appoint
a new minister of the interior as soon
as he returns from the Don.
Servia to Extend Railroads.
BELGRADE, Servia.—The govern
ment proposes to raise a loan of $6,
000,000 for purposes of extending the
railway system of the kingdom.
Nine Persons Killed.
MONTREAL.—Nine persons were
killed and twenty-three injured in a
head-on collision on the Grand Trunk
railway, near Richmond. Que., Tues
day. The trains Involved were a spe
cial excursion from Montreal bound
for Sherbrooke and passenger train
No. 5. running between Island Bond.
Vt„ and Montreal. The collision, it is
claimed, was due to neglect of orders
on the part of the train crew of the
excursion train, which left Richmond
without awaiting the arrival of the
passenger train.
Veteran Editor Dies.
HONOLULU.—N. M. Whitney,
founder of the Pacific Commercial Ad
vertiser. is dead in Honolulu from
heart disease, aged 80 years. He
came to Hawaii in 1849 and in 1856
started the Advertiser. He was its
editor for over thirty years and was
editor of the Planters’ Monthly up to
a year ago. He was also the editor
oi Knokoa, a native newspaper hav
ing wide circulation. In 1850 he be
came the head of island postoffice
affairs and established the present
system.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA.
The peach crop about Humboldt is
being harvested and is very fine.
A party of twenty Fremonters left
Fremont to attend the conclave of
Knights Templar at San Francisco.
Ervin Corey, the youngest son of
A. Corey, a prominent farmer living
north of Sutton, dropped dead while
playing in the yard.
Announcement was made by the
populist state central committee that
Presidential Candidate Watson had
been secured to make four speeches in
the state during the campaign.
Miss Annetta Sprung, who taught
German in the high school at Platts
mouth last year, has resigned to ac
cept a similar position in the schools
of Lincoln. No one has yet been se
lected to fill the vacancy.
Reuben Newton and Bill Bennett
broke jail at Butte, undoubtedly as
sisted. as the window bars were brok
en from the outside and the locks on
the steel cages where the men were
confined were taken ofT and are miss
ing. Considerable damage mas done
to the jail.
John Wiggins, for thirty years a
resident of Columbus, is lying at his
borne in a critical condition as the
result of a stroke of paralysis. His
physicians say that he has practically
no chance to recover. Mr. Wiggins
is 55 years old. and for many years i
was engaged in the live stock busi
ness at Columbus.
The farmers organized a branch of
the Farmers' exchange at Bee. Seward
county, last week, with 4tM> subscrib
ers. The president is O. E. Bedford;
secretary, F. E. Bek; trustees, J. E.
Moravic. O. E. Bedford and U. J.
Batetlelder. This is the fifth branch
of the company to be organized in
Nebraska. Other branches are in
Richardson and Otoe counties.
Two boys named Smith and Ridg
ley. whose homes are near Cortland,
left home about a week ago. taking a
team belonging to a relative of one'
of them. They told their parents
that they were going to the Blue river
on a fishing trip and nothing has been
heard of them since their disappear
ance. Sheriff Trade has been re
quested to join in the search for them.
The dedication of the new M. E.
church at Dorchester took .place last
Sunday. Rev. G. W. Abbott of Ge- (
neva. Neb., preached the dedicatory
sermon. At the close of the sermon
the pastor. Rev. T. A. Hull, stated the j
cost of the building to he $6.0»X>. To
this the audience responded cheer
fully, and in just eight minutes over
$4(R> was raised, and everybody joined
in singing the doxology.
John L. Pope, the engineer at the
Harris brick yard just south of Fre
mont, was caught in th'e fly wheel of
his engine and so badly injured that
he died in a few minutes. A boy by
the name of Stout, who was in the
engine room at the time, says that
Pope turned on the steam a little and
then took hold of the spokes or rim
of the fly wheel to start it. He slip
ped and his left arm went under the
belt, drawing his body up against the
wheel and breaking his neck.
There are 463 cases to go on the
supreme court docket for the Septem
ber term. This is twenty-three more
than the number of cases on the
docket for the September term last
year, and proves conclusively that the
litigation in the supreme court, in
stead of falling ofT. is increasing at
a famous rate. With this great in
crease in the number of cases which
must he disposed of, there is a pros
pect of another glut such as that
which existed three years ago when
it took the average litigant from two
to three years to have his case deter
mined in the supreme court.
Word reached Ord of an almost fa
tal accident that befell* Earl McIn
tyre. an engineer in charge of an en
gine that was running a threshing
machine a few miles north. In an at
tempt to start the engine forward he
made a mistake and reversed the
machine and it came back, pinioning
him between the steering wheel of
the machine and the separator. He
is badly hurt, but afty recover.
New Brunswick (N. J.) dispatch:
After traveling fifteen hundred miles
to marry George Hoagland of Bound
Brook, who advertised for a wife.
Miss Annie Humphreys of Lincoln,
Neb., returned home without a hus
band. Hoagland is a carpenter and
sixty years of age. He awaited the
arrival of Miss Humphreys at the
station, holding a photograph in his
hand to Identify the young woman,
who is about thirty years of age. On
meeting Hoagland proposed that they
go at once to a minister, hut the wo
man demurred. She said she would
not marry Hoagland, as he was not
young enough and nothing like the
photograph he had sent her.
Rural free delivery has been ex
tended at Lei"h.
While the threshing outfit of Starr
& Pense was threshing on the farm
of Mr. Williams., fourteen miles north
west of Harvard, running at a high
rate of speed, the connecting rod of
the engine broke,, pieces flying so
close to and over the head of John E.
Pense. the engineer, that one small
piece of bolt struck him on the tem
ple. making a slight bruise, but for
tunately doing no serious harm ex
cept the general wrecking of the en
gine.
While a farmer named Leffler was
boarding a special passenger train in
Elmwood on his way to attend the
state fair some one took from his
pocket3 the sum of $60.
John Hettrick, who last year start
ed in the horse importing business at
St. Paul, arrived from France last
week with a shipment of eighteen
head of Percheron and Belgian stal
lions ia condition. Frank liams.
the veteran imnorter in St. Paul, has
taken three carloads of his recent im
portation of stallions to the stae fair
for exhthilon.
ARGUE FOR ASSESSMENT RAISE,
Attorney General Attempts to Defeat
the Church Howe Injunction.
AUBURN.—The case wherein Hon.
Church Howe obtained a temporary
injunction restraining the county clerk
from extending on the tax rolls the
5 per cent increase made by the State
Board of Equalization came on for
hearing on the motion filed by the
attorney general and county attorney
to dissolve the temporary order be
fore Judge W. H. Kelligar of the dis
trict court. Attorney General Prout
and his deputy. Norris Brown, togeth
er with County Attorney Quacken
bush, argued the case in support of
the motion, and Edgar Ferneau and
H. A. Lambert represented the plain
tiff. The first contention of the attor
neys for the defense was that the
court had no jurisdiction of the case;'
that the board acted judicially, and
its action was final and could not be
reviewed by a court of equity. This
contention was overruled by the court*
which announced that in a proper
case a court of equity would grant
relief. The case was then argued on
the question whether the petition
stated a cause for action, and wheth
er there was any equity in the bill,
and on this phase the court took the
case under advisement, and will ren
der an early decision.
One of the contentions of the plain
tiff is that the authorities cannot tax
a man on a valuation of bis property
for more than the true value thereof,
and that any law that permits it, or
any attempt to do so Is illegal and
in violation of the constitution.
The motion to dissolve is in the na
ture of a demurrer, and the attorney
general announced his intention to
stand on his motion, should It be over
ruled and take the case to the su
preme court, where he hopes to get a
speedy hearing.
Alleged Forger Arrested.
YORK. Neb.—On August 23 a man
stopped at the Miller hotel and reg
istered as E. H. Seaman and wife. He
remained one day and when he called
for his bill presented a check upon a
leading lumber firm of Davenport. !a.„
and payable at the Citizens' National
bank of that city. The draft was
protested and the bank notified here
that it was a forgery. Mr. Miller at
once began the search for the man
who sirncd his name E. H. Beaman.
Me was traced from here to Hastings.
Sutton and Fairmont, where he took
the train for Fairbury. The sheriff
of Jefferson county was notified and
on his arrival at that place he was
arrested and placed in Jail.
Flagman Has a Close Cali.
KEARNEY.—George Smith, a Union
Pacific flagman at the Centra! ave
nue crossing, met with a painful ac
cident, and at the same time had an
exceedingly narrow' escape from be
ing crushed beneath th wheels of a
locomotive. He attempted to step
upon the pilot of an approaching lo
comotive and missed his footing. His
foot was caught beneath the pilot,
and while he held on he was dragged
for some distance, his foot being
turned and the side and top of it
ground into the gravel beneath the
pilot.
Wreck Spills Wheat.
GRAFTON.—As a freight train
from the west was slowing up for
this station a car of stone destined
here for street crossings, broke down.
Four cars following were demolished
and the contents, wheat and corn,
1 scattered about. The front tracks
were torn from another car of wheat
which remained on the track. Pas
senger tram No. 12, coming just af
ter the wreck, backed to Sutton and
went around by way of Lushton.
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Killed by Train.
AURORA.—Frank Klimper, aged
about 22. when driving home from a
neighborhood dance between 3 and 4
o’clock the other morning, was struck
by a B. & M. passenger train and in
stantly killed at a place known as
the Butler crossing, between Aurora
and Hampton. It is supposed he was
asleep when struck. Both horses
were killed.
Former County Clerk Insane.
ALBION —F. M. Sillik. an early
settler of this county and count/
clerk for two terms, wis adjudged
insane by the insanity board and
taken to Lincoln.
Omaha Man Geta Place.
F. M. Coleman of Omaha has been
appointed bailiff of the supreme court
to take the place of Henry Leavitt,
who will leave the office September L
The Blair canning factory is now
in operation, using about one hundred
tons of sweet corn per day.
House Burned by Tramps.
PLATTSMOFTH.—The large, two
story farm residence of John Wiles,
located six miles south of this city,
was burned to the ground. None of
the members of the family were at
home at the time, and when discov
ered by some men working in a field
some distance away the roof was a
mass ef flames. Some ef the house
hold goods were saved, but the men
were powerless to stop the progress
of the fire. It is believed that the
blaze was started by tramps.
Woman Crushed Under Wagon.
CHXDRON.—Mary Hetrick of Hem
ingford was the victim or a runaway.
The team being frightened at some
object started to run and she was
thrown from a load of lumber and
instantly killed.
Fuma3 Declines Offer.
Former Governor Robert W. Fur
nas was honored by being appointed
a juror in the department of agricul
ture at the St. Lotus fair. He could
not accept on account of 'state fair
duties.