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BOTH SIDES LOSEi — there is no sign of battle SLACKENING. WEATHER IS BITTERLY COLD General Kouropatkin la In the Thick eat of the Conflict—Russians Striv. ing for the Possesaion of a Pass. ST. PETERSBURG — Desperate ■fighting and heavy losses on both sides, with varying success for the Russians, such is the summing up of the situation by General Kouropatkin in a telegram filed October 13. There is no sign of the battle slackening. On the contrary, General Kouropatkin telegraphs that he has ordered the army to resume the fight with una bated vigor. General Kouropatkin himself is in the thickest of the fight ing and General Sakharoff, his chief ["Of staff, is personally directing recon naissances. The conflict has been most desperate on the center and west flank. The advance guards at rthese points had to be repeatedly re inforced owing to the great pressure of the Japanese attacks. At nightfall I on October 12 the Russian right was j withdrawn from its main position; but »e of the abandoned positions was taken at the point of the bayonet iring the night. Contrary to Field Marshal Oyama's iport. no indication is given m Gen ii Kouropatkin’s telegram of an en loping movement by General Dku. ie only positions captured by force are at the center, where the Rus ins were compelled to retire dur the afternoon. There is no men of the loss of guns. The war of declines to deny that there was Eh a loss, but explains that such an Bldent was quite possible while po ms were changing bands, but that »n if it is true, it is of no material isequence. Lccording to telegrams from Rns correspondente, the horrors of battle were intensified by bitter and rain. sneral Mistchenko, who had been ted to be raiding in Corea, play oonspicuous part in the fighting le Russian left flank, icording to the latest news of the ting in the direction of Bensihu, i Russians were striving for the pos lion of a pass, but no news was Jived from there Thursday. The ss alluded presumably is the nu ss, which is mentioned in General ikharoff’s telegram of October 11. Ulu pass is eight miles due north of snsihu. Should this pass fall into the hands of the Russians it would involve the capture of Bensihu. thus opening up the road to Liao Yang. According to the belief of the gen eral staff, General Rennenkampff has not penetrated as far as the Taitse river, but he is co-operating in the attempt to capture Bensihu. PRAISE FOR KUROPATKIN. News That Russians Advance Hailed With Joy at St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG—Commenting upon the order of the day issued by General Kuropatkin on Sunday, the Novosti expresses unqualified confi dence in that commander and says: This is the man who at the begin ning of the war said, “patience, pa tience, and again patience.” We have awaited in obedience for his words, "now the time has come to turn south ward.” Advance now will be no idle word. Kuropatkin is going through to save his comrades at Portt Arthur, though he may have to defeat four op posing armies to do so. But our sol diers are happy. It is not nature to desire Russians troops to retire. • The formal announcement that Gen eral Kouropatkin is at last strong enough to assume the offensive, to gether with unofficial reports that of fensive movements against the three armies of Field Marshal Oyama have been progressing since October 4, has sent a thrill of joy throughout Rus sia. The announcement, which has been awaited patiently through the long, weary months of discourage ment and defeat had an instantaneous effect. The public bulletin boards at the street corners upon which were posted copies of Kouropatkin’s order of the day were surrounded by crowds really cheerful for the first time since the war began. Reforms in Education. LINCOLN—State Superintendent Fowler some time ago sent out lists of questions to the various county su perintendents of the state asking them to make suggestions as to new educa tional laws needed. The replies are now in and will be used as a basis in forming bills to be introduced at the next session of the legislature. In addition to the new educational laws to be proposed the repeal of a num ber of dead letter laws now on the statute books is suggested. China Is Buying Provisions. SHANGHAI—Chinese government officials are reported to be purchasing here foreign provisions, which are to be shipped to Tien Tsin. The purpose for which the provisions are being purchased is unknown. Well informed Chinese express the opinion that they are intended for the Russian army. A telegram from Kweilin, in the prov ince of Kwangsi, in southern China, says the Chinese troops have defeated a large body of rebels at Lockeng ghien after a three days’ fight with considerable loss. Grain Men Ask Injunction. TOPEKA—An action was filed in the United States court asking for a temporary order against J. W. Rad ford. the Kansas state grain inspect or, to prevent him from enforcing the law of this state concerning the weighing of1 grain because of an al leged unfair favoritism. The com plainants are the Midland Elevator company of West Virginia, the Har ris-Scott company of Illinois, the Grant W. Kenny Grain company of Missouri, John I. Glover of Missouri and Broad nax ft McLiney of Missouri. 8IX TRAINMEN SUFFOCATED, Employes of Grand Trunk Road Meet Death in St. Clair Tunnel. PORT HURON, Mich.—Six em ployes of the Grand Trunk railway were suffocated to death by coal gas early Sunday in the St Clair tunnel which runs under the St. Clair river from Port Huron to Sarnia, Ont A coal train broke in two while passing through the tunnel and three of the train crew were suffocated while part of the train lay stalled in the tunnel. The engineer lost his life when he re turned and endeavored to push the stalled cars back to safety, and two other rescuers perished in vain at tempts to penetrate the gaseous at mosphere of the great tube. The train, which entered from the American side of the tunnel, was made up of seventeen coal cars. When it broke Engineer Coleman realized that the accident had happened and with the three cars that were still attached to the engine steamed out of the tunnel into the Sarnia yards. He hastily detached his engine and went back into the tube for the stalled cars. When his engine reached them he attempted to push them back through the tunnel and out of the American portal. The grade proved too steep, however, and the attempt was a failure. The engine and cars rolled back into the gas laden tunnel and Engineer Coleman was suffocated at his post in the engine cab. MGkE Pay FOR SOLDIERS. That Is What Funston Recommends In His Report. WASHINGTON—Brigadier General Frederick Funston, until recently commanding the department of Co lumbia, in his annual report, says that additional observation and conversa tion with officers confirms him in the views expressed in his last re port that there should be a substan tial increase in the pay of the enlisted men of the army. General Funston says: “There can be scarcely a doubt that such action would bring into the army a vastly superior body o fmen who would remain in the service. It is doubtful if an increase over present rates of pay of 50 per cent for non commissioned officers and 30 per cent for privates would be more expensive than under present rates when so a vastly superior body of men who much tiime and money are wasted in trying to make soldiers out of the inferior class of men who constitute at least half of the rank and file of the army today." A decrease during the prst year in the percentage of men tried by both general and inferior court martial, he says, “probably is due to the fact that there has been during the fiscal year covered by this report, a smaller num ber of new men in the various or ganizations tan in the preceding year, PUTS HEAD INTO LION'S JAW. Think Kuropatkin is Acting On Czar’s Orders. LONDON—The new phase of the war involved in General Kuropatkin’s stirring address to his army is keenly discussed by English military critics. In the light of the probable motives underlying Kuropatkin’s decision to take the offensive, it is not forgotten how recently the Russian plan of campaign was represented to be to draw the Japanese northward in or der to attenuate their communications and hence tere is greater surprise at what is considered a remarkable or der. Various reasons are advanced by the critics as having possibly actu ated Kuropatkin. First, that Japanese inactivity led him to suppose that he was stronger numerically; second, that intrigues connected with the ap pointment of a new command-in-chief may have determined Kuropatkin to precipitate matters, and. third, ac cording to the English critics, by far the most acceptable explanation, that he again has been overruled from St. Petersburg and is acting on imperial orders. “He seems to be thrusting his head into the lion’s jaws.’’ says the Daily Telegraph, “under instructions from St. Petersburg to give the czar vic tory at any cost." UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS. Frick and Rockefeller Succeed Burt and Fitzgerald. SALT LAKE CITY—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific railway, held in this city Tuesday, Henry C. Frick of Pitts burg and William G. Rockefeller of New York were elected directors in the place of L. Fitzgerald and Horace G. Burt. The board of directors now stands as follows: Oliver Ames, Thomas P. Eckert, Henry C. Frick, George J. Gould, E. H. Harriman, Marvin Hughitt, James H. Hyde, Otto H. Kahn, Charles A. Peabody, Winslow C. Piierce, William G. Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers, Ja cob H. Schiff, Joseph F. Smith and James Stillman. There were represented at the meet ing 1,410,866 shares of stock. Flames Threaten the Fair. ST. LOUIS—As the result of a fire which completely ^strayed an amuse ment resort near the World’s Fair grounds and communicated to the roof of the Forest Park hotel, 350 guests in the latter were aroused from their sleep and hurried from the building. Sparks also fell in the Live Stock forum and it was only by prompt work that the firemen succeeded in preventing a general conflagration. The loss to the amusement resort was $10,000, and to the hotel and other buildings nominal. „ Port Arthur Fully Provisioned.' NAPLES—The Corrlere Del Mat tino, on Monday published an inter view with M. Verblunsky, inspector general of the Russo-Chinese Naviga tion company, who escaped from Port Arthur on a junk and who has just ar rived here. He reiterates the state ment that Port Arthur will never fall through hunger, the stores of provi sions accumulated before the war be ing immense and practically not yet touched, while Chinese junks are con tinuing a daily service, thus replen ishing th« supplies. FIGHT CONTINUES TIDE OF BATTLE NOW NEARER MUKDEN. FIGHT RENEWED DAY BY DAY The Conflict of Saturday Continued on Sunday with Kouropatkin Attacking —Russians Forced Back to the 8a* cred City. MUKDEN—There was a lull in the battle Saturday, but fighting was con tinued Sunday on the right. The army is southwest of here ten miles. It is now certain that the army will be able to extricate itself. The losses amount to 30,000. It has been a big ger battle than Liao Yang. Evening—The firing to the south west is less violent. The men are tired out and food has been insuffi cient. Every available gun and man are being used. The troops have be TH~ ARMIES MEET, But at Present All the News Is Un official. ST. PETERSBURG—No official news of the result of today’s battle south of Mukden Is available at this hour. General Kuropatkin doubtless has communicated his regnlar report to Emperor Nicholas, but the dispatch was not sent back to the general staff tonight. So the latest word from Rus sian sources is contained in the As sociated Press dispatch from Mukden. As is natural, the absence of official news is pessimistically interpreted in many quarters, but the general staff, though reticent, counsel patience, pointing out that the offensive move ment was planned on a large scale and has not yet reached a stage where a decisive reverse could have been at tained. The frontal attack on thhe Yental mines developed a desperate battle in which probably 100,000 men are en gaged, but though th? dispatches so WHY RUSSIAN SQUADRON MUST LEAVE PORT ARTHUR. Admiral Wiren. (Commander of Russian fleet.) Bird’s-eye view of Port Arthur, showing inner basin in which the warships have been lying at anchor, and forts captured by the Japanese which command the harbor. Cross marks location of the basin and stars show location of Etseshai^, Wolf Hill and Takushan forts. Dotted lines mark direction of artillery fire which renders the harbor unten able for the fleet._ _ haved most gallantly, hurling them selves repeatedly against impregnable positions. The heavy storm of Octo ber 14 added to the misery of the troops. There is great depression, but solid tenacity among the men. There has been great sacrifice of officers. The plain occupied by the retiring Russians is covered with bursting shrapnel. The gunners shovelled shells into the breeches of the guns as stokers shovel coal into furnaces. Howitzers are used by the eastern army. The Russian guns have super ior range and burst shrapnel at 6,000 yards. There is a scarcity of reliable maps. Two divisional commanders have lost their chiefT staff officers, one of them being killed, -and many com manding officers have met death he roically leading their regiments. Shrapnel fell near General Kouro patkin. He sLcsved desperate energy and even in the darkest hour remairy ed hopeful. The Japanese must feel the strain. Sunday evening the Japanese seem ed no nearer. Fires are burning to the south. About twelve miles from here the eastern army is retiring without fighting. Russian Dead More Than 10,000. WASHINGTON—The Japanese lega tion has received the following advices from Tokio, under date of October 16: “Marshal Oyama reports that the number of Russians found dead on the field in front of our right army on the 15th amounted to 4.500, beside many more yet unaccounted for and hundreds of new prisoners. The esti mated total Russian loss in this quar ter alone exceeds 20,000. The Russian losses in front of our center and left armies are being investigated. “The number of Russian corpses buried by us previously, amounting to 2,000, refers to the quarter of our left army alone. “Oyama further reports that he es timates the number of Russian corpses left on the field in front of our center army at 2,500. “The total number of Russian corpses so far ascertained reach 8,850. “The above does not include the re sult of the fierce engagement with our left army and many more yet undis covered in all quarters.” Attendance at World’s Fair. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The following statement of the attendance at the World’s fair wns given out: Total for week ending October 15, 939,774; total since the opening of the fair, 14,316,230. Two Stories About Chinese. LONDON.—Bennett Burleigh re ports from Shanghai to the Daily Tele graph that the Chinese are becoming restless and anxious to attack the Russians. The correspondent of the Times telegraphs fromm Peking that after traveling through the northern provinces tf China he has arrived at the conclusion that the reports of un rest and anti-foreign disturbances have little foundation in fact and are largely disseminated through the in fluence of the Russian legation for in terested motives. Helon Kellar at the Fair. ST. LOUIS.—Miss Helen Keller of Wrenthan, Mass., who has gained a national reputation through her man ner of acquiring an education, al though born deaf, dummb and blind, arrived to attend the conference of superintendents of America schools for the deaf and dumb which convenes Monday, and also to be present at the exercises In honor of “Helen Kel ler day” at the World’s fair on Oc tober 18. She is the first person in whose honor a special day has been designated by the World’s fair. far deal almost exclusively with this feature of the battle, it is pointed out that there is a much wider field in volved. A fight on the Russian left flank has not yet developed and pos sibly here General Kuropatkin intends to deliver his main blow. What force is pushing forward in this direction behind the screen containing the col umn at Shantintaidze is unknown, but the appearace tonight of a Russian column at Tzevanehan. thirty miles southeast of Mukden, striking at Field Marshal Oyama’s communications with the Yalu, and the knowledge that an other column is already across the Taitse river, gives evidence of the wide nature of the turning movement. It is possible that the attack on the Yentai ipines may simply be intended to hold the main Japanese force sta tionary and that the outcome of the Yentai fight may have little bearing on the result of the general engage ment. While It is now asserted that Gen eral Kuropatkin enjoys a considerable numerical superiority, the main fear expressed is that this superiority is in sufficient to enable him to carry'out the big operations he has undertaken. Apprehension is caused by the To kio dispatch saying that Field Mar shal Oyama reports that he i3 gaining ground and has cut ofT a Russian col umn below the Taitse river. It is only natural, after the repeated reverses already suffered, that Russians fully realize how much General Kuropatkin has staked on the assumption of the offensive. The battle now in progress undoubtedly will outweigh in import ance the hard fight at Liao Yang. For Kuropatkin victory, partial or com plete, is necessary. NEW PHASE OF MAIL SEIZURE. Pouch Destined to American Warship Tampered With. WASHINGTON—It developed Fri day that a pouch containing mail for the United States cruiser Cincinnati, then at Nagasaki. Japan, which was aboard the British steamer Calchas, when that vessel was seized by the Russian Vladivostok squadron, had been opened while in the possession of the Russian officials, subsequently resealed and sent on to its destina tion. This information came to the postofflce department Friday in a com munication from the Japanese postal administration, in conformity with a practice always followed when there has been any mishap in the delivery of mail pouches. The matter will be referred to the state department for action, as was done with the case of the ordinary United States mail on the vessel at the time she was seized. -— Chicago to Have Big Hotel. CHICAGO—The News of Thursday says that Chicago is to have the larg est hotel in the world. It will cost $10,000,000, be twenty-two stories hig^ and dwarf in size and magnificent it is promised, any structure of the kind ever erected. The builders and owners will be a syndicate of Chicago and eastern capitalists, headed by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy property measuring 400 feet in length by 171 feet in depth in Michigan ave nue, two blocks south of the audi torium. Sends Notes to the Nations. WASHINGTON—The president is preparing to redeem his promise to the delegates to the interparliament ary peace conference to secure an other meeting of plenipotentiaries of the powers signatory to The Hague convention with a view to revising and adding to that instrument. The state department will address separ ate notea to every government repre sented at the last conference, invit ing suggestions as to the . time and place of meeting c! the proposed con ference. RUSSIAN REPORT SOLDIERS OF THE MIKADO AS SUME THE OFFENSIVE. BATTLE RACES DAY AFTEB DAY Fighting of October 11 Purloue and Continuous Along an Extended Front —Russians Forced to Retirs From Soma Positions. MUKDEN—A Russian correspond ent of the Associated Press gives the following account of the battle: "Up to the present time the battle along the whole line has been one ol varying success. We are now resting cold, drenched and weary from a heavy thunder storm which began last even ing and continued this morning. We hold positions captured and are wait ing developments on the extreme east, “The fighting on October 11 was fu rious and continuous along a front so extensive that it would be impossible to give details from any one point. Judging from the sound, the fiercest action took place north of Yentai, where the Japanese themselves as sumed the offensive. Nearer the cen ter it was quieter. We moved for ward, occupying some of the small passes. “It should be pointed out that with such an extensive front it is difficult to say what position constitutes the real center. It would be more correct to distinguish the center and flanks separately of each division. Our losses on October 11 were com partively small. In the small division where I was stationed the firing slack ened toward evening, but recommenc ed after dark and continued with lit tle intermission all night. “On October 12 every one looked for a crucial engagement, but though heavy firing developed, the result re mained undecisive. The Japanese ad vanced boldly and fought hotly on the ertreme right at Yentai and further toward the left. All their attacks were repulsed with great loss. We also suffered heavily. The convey ance of the wounded to the hospital was extremely difficult owing to the distance to the railway. “The division to which I am attach ed deployed on October 13 opposite two passes called Touminlinsky, eight miles north of Bensihu, and Hua pass, five miles west, each bounded by high and almost perpendicular hills, which held Japanese. Our troops had tried on the night of October 11 to take the passes during a storm. Several com panies went forward, but they did not succeed in reaching the heights. Lieu tenant Grozdieff, who had already been decorated with the cross of St. George for bravery, led another as sault and reached the Japanese trenches at the top of the hill. The Japanese ran out of ammunition and met our men with stones and clubbed rifles in a bitter hand to hand strug gle. In the meantime Japanese rein forcements and ammunition arrived. Lieutenant Grozdieff was shot point blank in the chest. “We were forced to retire. Anoth er piece of hard luck was that one of our batteries, having spent most of the night in dragging its guns by hand up an almost perpendicular mountain and ousting the Japanese from the crest after a hard fight, was forced to retire when a Japanese mortar bat tery got the range of its position. “We resumed the attack on Tonm inlinsky pass under a hail of fire, suf fering especially from two well con cealed mortar batteries which we were unable to locate. “Captain Michels finally got the range of the Japanese batteries and two of our shells put them out of ac tion. The Japanese then seemed to lose their heads, swarmed out of the trenches and fled. Our infantry occu pied the position, but it was a harder fight than at Liao Yang.” MATTER FOR HAGUE TRIBUNAL Question of Mails as Contraband of War May Be so Referred. WASHINGTON—The state depart ment expects to dispatch the papers relating to the seizure of the mails on the Calchas to the American em bassy at St. Petersburg. As Ambas sador McCormick is now en route to the United States, the matter will be dealt with at the embassy by Spencer Eddy, the secretary, who will simply submit the papers to the Russian for eign office with a request for an ex planation as to why the Russian naval vessels have interfered with the op erations of the Universal Postal Union treaty. There is little in the way of precedent to guide the nego tiations on either side in this matter, which probably will in the end come before The Hague tribunal when it is reconvened. German Miners Drowned. DESSAU, Germany—A sudden in rush of water and mud in a coal mine at Gerlebock, district of Koethen, yes terday, imprisoned eighteen miners who are believed to have perished. Aqainst Gifts for Officers. WASHINGTON—The attention of Acting Secretary of War General 01 iver has been directed for some time to a practice which has sprung up foi presenting gifts purchased by civilian contributions to army officers chang ing stations, and as a result a cir cular has just been issued reciting the provisions of the statutes prohibiting the soliciting of contributions foi such gifts from government employes and feeling that this in spirit woulo also prevent the acceptance by ana) officers of presents from civilians. Employes of Government. WASHINGTON—The census bureau on Friday issued a report on the ex ecutive of the civil service of the Uni ted States, showing a total of 271,169 employes, embracing all persons em ployed in the executive branches of the federal government, except enlist ed men in military and naval branch es. This aggregate embraces 120,78G employes not included in the report made by the heads of the erecutive departments. Of these 120,786, ail but 17,710 were exempt from examination under the civil service rules. NEWS IN NEBRASKA STRANGER KILLED BY A TRAIN. Body of Unidentified Man is Found Near Firth. ADAMS—The body of an unidenti fied man was found on the tracks of the Burlington road one and one-htflf miles east of Firth. The face had been so badly mangled that it is im possible to give a description of the features. He was of medium size and the fragments of clothing indicated that he had been well dressed. One of his arms had been torn off and the body was otherwise bruised and lac erated. It is thought that he was struck by the Burlington ‘•Flyer” No. 4, about midnight. The coroner was called from Beatrice and may be able to identfy the body by papers which may be found in the torn garments. An inspection of the tattered cloth ing worn by the stranger later show ed that he had no papers and a card bearing the name of J. C. Dawson, Lincoln, Neb., was the only clue to his identity. Some doubt is now expressed as to the cause of his death. The finding of his hat half a mile west of the place where the body was found leads many to believe that the man was thrown or fell from Burlington train No. 120. INDIANS ARE THE OWNERS. Unentered Land in Richardson County Not Subject to Homestead Law. HUMBOLDT—The dreams of sud den wealth which have been indulged in by Dr. Wells of Falls City were rudely shattered last week by the ap pearance on the scene of Special Agent O. C. Edwards of Horton, Kas., representing the department of the in terior. The latter had been sent by the government to investigate the fil ing by Dr. Wells of homestead entry papers upon a piece of land found without an owner near Preston, in the east part of the county. The land was adjoining the Nemaha river, of irreg ular dimensions and contained about twenty acres, valued at nearly $100 an acre, and the doctor was considered quite fortunate by his friends in strik ing the “find.” Now, however, comes the government agent with the infor mation that the land belongs to the government, but was not of the strip opened years ago for settlement and therefore not opened for entry. What ever funds are derived from the sale of the land is to go to the Fox and Sac Indians now on the reservation near Reserve, Kas. Mortgage Record. HUMBOLDT—Richardson county’s records for the month of September shows: Farm mortgages filed, 9, $23, 400; farm mortgages released, 11, $27, 221.52; town mortgages filed, 9, $7, 683; town mortgages released, 9, $5, 03g.85; chattel mortgages filed, 50, $30,879.83; chattel mortgages releas ed, 18, $1,818.78. Child Dies of Poison. PLATTSMOUTH—The little 2-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kruger died from the effects of narcotic poi soning. The child in some manner got hold of a bottle of medicine which had been left for Mr. Bates, his grand father, and had taken a large dose before his mother discovered what he had done. Soldiers’ Association Prospers. CHADRON—The Soldiers’ and Sail ors’ association of northwest Nebras ka held a meeting on its grounds on the Bordeaux. The report of Quarter master Crowder showed the financial condition of the association to be good—no debts, property in good con dition, the new tents paid for and money in the treasury. Captain Hardy Shoots at Cortland. CORTLAND—Captain A. H. Hardy of Lincoln astonished the people of this vicinity by his marvelous shoot ing with shotgun, rifle and revolver. In his exhibition he hit 500 wood blocks thrown into the air twenty-five or thirty feet with a 2-calibre rifle, never making a miss. He also gave a wonderful exhibition of fancy shoot ing with rifle, shotgun and revolver, doing all manner of stunts. He ex cels any man with a gun who has ever before visited Cortland. Seriously Injured in Runaway. NEBRASKA CITY—Mrs. T. C. Mc Namara of Seattle, Wash., was seri ously injured in a runaway here. A team that was being driven by her mother became frightened at an auto mobile and Mrs. McNamara was thrown out of the buggy. Her skull was fractured and her left shoulder dislocated. She was taken to a doc tor’s office, where her injuries were dressed. She will probably recover. Always looking for an opening— the burglar. Dies from Using Cocaine. BLAIR—The body of Fred Hodges, 24 years old. was found about 200 feet from the Colby school house, about five miles north of Arlington, by some of the school children. Hodges was last seen on Saturday forenoon, when he left a grip at the house of Charlie Craven, for whom he had recently worked. The body lay at the edge of a cornfield, under a hedge, and some ten feet away an empty bottle, which had contained cocaine. He was known to have been a cocaine and cigarette user. Humboldt May Enforce Truancy Law. HUMBOLDT—Humboldt’s board of education at the last regular meeting instituted a movement toward the en forcement of the law compelling chil dren of school age to attend school at least a portion of the year. Unearths Old Skeleton. LINCOLN—A janitor moving dirt from an excavation in the rear of the Kennard block at 712 South Seven teenth street discovered the skeleton of a man. It la supposed that thd man was murdered. THE STATE AT LARGE. A man named Oscar Carlson, who has been working on the Union Pa cific near Pickrell, went violently in sane. Rev. P. P. Blakemore, pastor of the Methodist church at Tecrmseh for the past two years, has moved his famii?' to Weeping Water, his new charge. T. M. Hodgman of Lincoln, state in spector of schools, was a visitor at the Table Rock schools and expressed himself as being well satisfied with their condition. Frank J. Morgan, grand receiver of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, died at his home in Plattsmouth. He was 42 years of age. The direct cause of death was cancer. David Martin, a man about 40 years old, who has been working for Mike Duffey, seven miles southeast of Beav er Crossing, cut his throat, severing the windpipe. He will die. The report that Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins, railroad contractors, had been awarded the contract for building the Marysville-Topeka cut-off of the Union Pacific has been confirmed. Admiral J. H. Glllis and wife of Melbourne Beach, Fla., are in Beat rice visiting Mrs. Gillis’ son, D. C. Canfield. The admiral is 70 years of age and is on the^retired list. A young man named Bodine, living a few miles from Osceola, met with an accident. He was putting a loaded gun on the wagon and it went off and the charge went into the right shoul der. The republicans of Dakota, Thurs ton and Cuming counties met in con vention at Pender and placed In nomi nation O. R. Thompson of Wisner as a candidate for representative from the Sixteenth district. Dell Tabor, the young man who was arrested last week on the charge of selling liquor at Murray without a license, pleaded guilty in county court at Plattsmouth and was fined $100 and costs. Rev. C. W. Crofts has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Congrega tional church of Beatrice after serv ing continuously for about twelve years. Poor health, which a recent trip to Colorado failed to improve, « the reason given. Hazle Brady, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brady of Madison, fell into a cesspool and would have lost her life but for the prompt action of William Test, who jumped in and kept her from sinking to the bottom. The cesspool was nearly full and Mr. Test had difficulty in keeping himself and the child above water until ropes were procured. The citizens promptly raised a sum to get Mr. Test new clothes, as those he had on were ruined. Fire of unknown origin broke out in the clothing department, situated in the new wing of the asylum for the chronic insane at Hastings and de stroyed about $300 worth of property. The first lasted about one-half hour before the institution’s fire depart ment could quench the flames. While removing the inmates from the dan gerous quarters three availed them selves of the confusion and escaped, but were shortly afterward captured and returned. An eastbound freight train on the Northwestern line ran over an old man by the name of Taylor Ewing in the yards at Bassett, cut one of his legs off below the knee and crushed the other above the knee. Mr. Ewing was walking up town from his home in the northeastern part of the village and had passed the train which struck him. On arrival of the physicians ft was found necessary to amputate both legs above the knees. Mr. Ewing died during the operation. A notable family reunion of the Dobbs family was held at the old homestead, ten miles southeast of Be atrice. F. H. Dobbs and his wife came to Gage county in 1859. Ten children were born to them and all are alive and married and were pres ent. Judge William Hayward of Ne braska City intends to leave for St. Louis in his gasoline launch via the Missouri river. He will be accompa nied by Ed Gregg of this city and a number of young men from Lincoln. They expect to make the trip in less than a week. A stranger with a new graft is working among the farmers in Cass county. He approaches a farmer and offers to sell him a water tank which he guarantees will prevent water from freezing in zero weather. Failing to make a sale he induces the farmer to act as salesman and has him sign a contract for one to be used as a sam ple, as the stranger appears to be very anxions to place one tank in each precinct. Two accomplices later ap pear with the contract transformed into a note and demand payment. C. Q. English left for McCook to as sume the duties of his new positicw as general superintendent of the Mc Cook division of the Burlington. Mr. English has been assistant superin tendent of the Burlington at Aurora for some time. The labor unions of Lincoln are plan ning a labor union fair. The mer chants will have booths and the unions will establish sweatshops alongside of the union workers in all lines, the ob ject being to show the results and objects of union labor. The fair will be held the first week of December. Mrs. J. D. Brewer filed a petition in the district court of Columbus asking damages in the sum of $10,000 from the Pacific Express company. The pe tition charges blackmail and defama tion of character. Mrs. James Colton, Sr., of Kearney was terribly injured by a cow at her home. She went into the yard, when the cow became enraged and rushed lpon her, tossing her into the air three times, then jumped upon her and pawed her, crushing her breastbone and fracturing several ribs on the left side. Her recovery is doubtful.