Nebraska Newspapers

    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withdrawn from its main position; but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.
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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.