CANNIBAL TRIBE
TORTURE IRTIST5
CALIFORNIAN TELLS EXPERI
ENCES AMONG DOBODURAS OF
NEW GUINEA.
EXPEDITION HAS CLOSE CALL
Flesh Sliced from Limbs of Victims
and Roasted Before Their Eyes—
Explorer Seeking Capital for
Another Trip.
i.os Angeles. Cal.—Hobnobbing with
headhunters in Borneo, ehumniing with
<-,«nnihals in New Guinea, flirting with
fair Fijians, photographing natural and
physical beauty in Samoa, negotiating
with tigers in Burnish, discovering !
duck-rooted swamp dwellers and all ;
the time chasing butterflies and birds
in out ot the way c irners of the globe
arc some of the occupations which
have kept H. Wilfrid Walker. F. U. !
G. B.. bus> since tie left I-os Angeles i
15 years ago.
He is now here convalscing after a
bout with ptomaine poisoning—more
deadly than the tiger of the jungle—
and planning an expedition to New >
Guinea, the land of the bird of para
dise and also of human beings far from '
suggestive of paradise.
“New Guinea is the only country
which has not yet been crossed.1' said
Mr. Walker. “There is plenty of ex
citement to be had there, but apart
from tliii the results of such an cx
jieditiun would be very valuable. I
have oo'ne to America to seek capital
because Jhe go-ahead jieople of this
country encourage matters of this kind
more than any other uatiou. I have
offers of help from the government of
British New Guinea and from the
Koyai Geographical society, of which I
am a member."
The last expedition was composed
of five Germans. It failed to cross the
country, four of its members being
either kilied and eaten or dying of
fever in the interior, while the fifth
.Bed the day he got back to the coast.
But there is no danger of that sort
of thine happening to the proposed
They Have Reduced Torture to a Fine
Art.
American expedition, although canni
bals still occupy parts of New Guinea, j
The German party was very inade- ;
tpiately armed. Of course it failed, 1
said Mr. Walker, but he. because of
his large- experience, will be able to j
ecpiip an expedition which will have
little to fear from the natives, no mat
ter how blood-thirsty they may be and
uo matter how great their liking for
human flesh.
As a matter of fact they don't con- 1
sider “white meat" so good as black,
in that the cannibals of New Guinea
are like the Fiji islanders. Mr. Walker
explored the interior of FIJI and talked
with the old men. reclaimed cannibals,
who freely expressed their opinion
about white men and went into detail
as to which part of our anatomy is the
most toothsome. They said:
“Human flesh is much better than
pig." and yelled out "venaka” (very
good! la such a way as to show they
meant it. “White man is not so good
»s Hji man. tie loo salty and fat.
in New Guinea Mr. Walker accom
panied a punitive cxiiedition against
the IXiboduras. a tribe of gentle folk
of somewhat eccentric habits. They j
uace noi to kill their enemies too j
WMicttlv. and every one who is not of ,
their tithe is an enemy. They are an j
economical people, are the Do bod liras, j
and they have reduced torture to a'
fine art. They tie up their prisoners,
whom they look upon as foodstuffs,
feeding them and keeping them alive
as long as possible, but skinning a leg
nr an arm one day and cutting slices
off It on the next and roasting it be
fore the victim's eyes—if those organs
hare not previously tiben gouged out
as sweetmeats for the children. When
there is an abundance of food these
genial folk bring on a live man as a
special dish at their banquets. They
trepan the skull, taking out a small
piece ol the boot and then extract the
hot living brains with wooden s|>oons.
thereby obtaining a delicacy which
•hey declare to be unejpialcd.
The expedition was hard pressed one
night and Mr. Walker and his com
panions luul visions of being served
up as dishes for the hospitable Dobo
duras Fortunately they escaped, but
it was a close call.
Changes in Earth's Surface
flu- surface of the earth is under
,, ilemty transformation,
through the agency or man, bat
hai-s wo when- is the plant
life ot the
SOAP ECONOMY DRIVES
MAN TO LIFE IN GAVE
HERMIT VOWS NEVER TO WASH
OR WORK AGAIN BECAUSE HE
WAS REFU8ED CLEANSER.
Hazelton, Pa.—“Because my board
ing house mistress refused me soap, I
have vowed never again to wash or
work."
' Thus did John Posar warn dis
pensers of pot-roasts and prunes of
the effect of practicing ttoo rigid
economy as to the bath, when he was
found living as a hermit in a cave.
Posar was discovered by four West
Hazleton young men while walking
along the railroad between this city
and Black Ridge.
The cave was about 8x10 feet and
six feet high, in a lonely spot in the
woods a short distance front the
He Looked Like a Typical Man from
Borneo.
tracks. At the entrance a wood fire
was burning. The big man within said
he had been the lone occupant of the
strange place for the iast six months.
Posar added that he took to the wild
life because half a year ago, when he
returned to his boarding house at
West Hazleton from the Black Ridge
colliery, where he worked, the board
ing mistress refused to give him sjoap
with which to wash himself. Leaving
the house, he vowed he would never
wash or work again. He looked like
a typical man from Borneo. He said
he was 38 years of age and had a wife
and child in Hungary.
Tlie man's clothes were in rags and
his hair long. His shoes were nearly
worn off his feet.
The cave was devoid of cooking
ltensils,. except a dinner pail and a ]
coffee I Kittle that Posar carried with j
him to work the list day he labored in
the mines. Not a morsel of food was
found in the cave, the pail and liottie
being fHled with water. Posar told
the men who came across him that he
lived on water and herbs which he got
! in the woods.
Chief of Police Turnbach, the United
| Charities and Poor Director Leib were
notified of the man's manner of living.
They captured him and took him to
his former hoarding house.
FACES DEATH IN A MILE RltJE.
With Unconscious Girl in Arms, Con
ductor Clings to Narrow Perch.
Cedai viile, Va.—A perilous ride of
over a mite on the narrow platform
of a freight car, which was traveling
at high speed, with an unconscious
woman in his arms, was the experi
ence of Freight Conductor A. J.
Frances of the Norfolk & Western
railway. While Frances' train was at
Shenandoah Junction a young woman,
in her taste to reach a passenger
train, attempted to climb over the
| freight, disregarding the protests of
: Frances.
While she was midway between the
i cars the train started, throwing her
off her feet. She would have been
crushed to death beneath the wheels
had not Frances sprung to the rescue
; and caught her in the act of falling.
; She promptly fainted in his arms and
j throughout the run the train accom
! pushed before stopping Frances clung
! to his precarious position, holding the
I unconscious girl.
Fish Splits Man’s Arm.
South Korwalk. Conn.—Louis Heim
of Danbury was injured and John
Stobe was knocked into Lons Island
sound by a piammoth stlngflree, a spe
cies of skate which Heim caught while
fishing for blackfish.
The stingnree weighed 60 pounds
and it took several men to land him.
The tall is covered with poisonous
prongs, and Heim, one of whose arm3
was laid open with a sweep of the
tall, is givltig the wound very atten
live care.
The party was out in William j/
| Unbolts' lauach when the catch w®
i made. The stingaree was the lar/s^
ever caught in the sound. , /d
Child Dies from Eating Wf*'
New Orleans.—After Ueiiu' &10
I pital iuinate for two weeks /epfight
to the relief of Pearl Flry*'“°3e
I years old. of Nicholson, _)ranna!s
! illness was unique in 0fer stom'
I An autopsy revealeiL^* its normal
! ach was distended ./batted hair.
: size and was fin^neinerlsis, or
‘ She was suffering ®nd h«r Per‘
• hook-worm" ha,r had
' verted
eaten neair ** r halr aha couid
head arjr \ _
lay Lai/ V—-~
:_i JLd plantathrive .quite as re
WHISPER FOR HELP
HEMPOLICE
DOCTOR’S WIFE TELEPHONES
ALARM FROM UNDER HER
BEDCLOTHES.
TELLS OF BURGLAR IN HOUSE
Awakened by Growl of Dog to Hear
Robber Rummaging in Next
Room—Faints After Noti
fying Station.
Williamsport, Pa—The wife of a
physician, Mrs. G. Franklin Bell,
played the part of a clever detective
in her home while a burglar was ran
sacking the drawers in several pieces
of furniture in an adjoining room,
with the communicating door open.
Mrs. Bell was awakened by the low
growl of the house dog, which was
lying at the head of the stairs. She
raised herself in her bed and heard
plainly the robber rummaging in the
next room. Not daring to call for
help, as her husband was not at home,
she reached to a table which stood at
the head of the bed, and on which
two telephones rested, which were
used by the doctor for answering
night calls.
She pulled one telephone under the
bed quilt and then ducked her head
snugly under the covers and tele
phoned to the police station, which
was not far from her home.
She whispered through tne pnone,
but loudly enough to be distinctly un
derstood by the officer at the station.
The robber went on with his work
and evidently never suspected his
danger until a policeman came run
ning toward the house blowing his
signal whistle in hopes of raising an
other patrolman whom he could call
on for assistance.
Mrs. Bell heard the man run from
the room and go down the stairs
jumping over the head of the dog,
which barked loudly. She then jumped
from her bed and, raising a window,
informed the officer what was go
ing on. ,
The officer waited a few minutes
for the robber to come out, but no
She Ducked Her Head Under the Con
ers and Telephoned the Police.
one appeared, and then Patrol'/
Segebrecht entered the house 'asr'
side door. The robber was too
to be caught in a trap. He hid i/n“
a closed door until he heard / °."
fleer walk by, and then he rr* us
escape.
"I never was so frighten
life," said Mrs. Bell, in ta.
friend about the robbery.
wl%nu>anied by
Sprln/vJ“' ‘“^Zfer, a muscular
friends,/*>r^z ^trmhand, residing
young .A*61 n^IJ’in Menard county,
neaf/^"ee“Vrm of Henry Austin to
we/ t0 ir As Schafer started home
tr/e hop10t where a bad-tempered
ftoss/ kept, Austin warned him
/teer/anger of entering the lot.
or m near the center of the pasture
tier’s friends, who bad remained
>£ind, were horrified to see him st
acked by the animal and knocked
!own by the first onslaught. As the
teer charged a second time Schafer
anded a blow behind the animal's ear
hat dropped it as though shot. When
Schafer’s friends gained bis side the
teer was dead.
Dutch Plan World'* Exposition.
The Dutch intend to celebrate the
centenary reestablishment of their
national independence by a world ex
position, to be held at The Hague in
the year 1913. The exposition ground
and guaranty fund have already been
secured.
MONEY NEVER
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Joker’s Humorous Placard on the Wall
at Monte Carlo.
“I saw Wilbur Wright fty at Le
Mans," said a Chicagoan. "It was
great. Afterward 1 bad the pleasure
of. iwieMac w'tlt Mr. Wri^Hf and Xs>nn
Botiee. the motor builder, who is one
of his most ardent supporters.
^’Wa taiked at luncheon about flying,
CONQUERS k LIONESS
IN FURIOUS ENCOUNTER
TRANSVAAL TROOPER SEIZES
WITH BARE HANDS JAWS OF
RAGING BEAST.
Johannesburg.—Prom Messina comes
a striking story of a Transvaal police
trooper’s terrible encounter with a
lioness. On his way from Rhodes’
Drift to Messina, Trooper Eagle met
some transport riders, who had just
killed two young lions. A little further
ou he encountered the parents, which
were following the wagons up.
The lioness approached and growled
menacingly, and the trooper fired, hi*
bullet shattering her shoulder. He at
once made off for the camp, intending
to get assistance, as he knew the
lioness was badly hurt. She, how
ever. headed him off. and about a
All the Time the Brute Was BitiO
and Clawing Him.
quarter of a mile further <^n s>'anS
upon him. tearing him from his or®e
His carbine was knocked oui°r 0)s
hand. Fortunately, he landed00
feet, the horse clearing fro* ondt‘r
him when the lioness spraiy Eag
who is a powerful fellow, <Jsed with
the brute, forcing the fir/;rs ols
right hand into her nostri- aod twl8t'
ing the nose as far as ^sible, grip
ping the animal aroundAe neck with
! his left arm and kick* her in th*
J belly with all his migV
All the time the was biUng
and clawing him. .£ as ha th°uSh‘
| he must succumb/be released her
grip, possibly on a/uat of her ™»d;
I ed condition, bu> before she had
inflicted seversl^rrlb o wounds- al
most severing *eral «“ge/S f
trooper's righ/and w,th her teeth'
while there we aeve[al huge gashes
of great deiJ/° 03/lnghs The left
arm was al/jadl-v, lace™ted
Hnding ^self free- Eagle ldcked
„ hi n-flne and raised it again,
but foun/ltnsef P°we’less to use it
• „ . fis wounds. Just then two
owing , , . ,
men wrad beard the shot, came up
and d-Atclled the lioness, and after
ward :/>nve'ed tke wounded man to
Mes1/' In tb*s d*strict recently four
lfoiv erc killed ln a single week.
/lway has a giant ghost.
' .parition Eight Feet High Leaps
Into the River.
f
f Dublin.—A spectral figure, gray iu
color and about eight feet in height,
is said to have haunted the railway
line near Galway for nights.
The apparition, which is described
as “tapering toward the top,” walks
from the railway viaduct across the
bank of the stream and then disap
pears.
A number of people have visited
the place toward midnight, when the
apparition is due to appear. One man
declares thy: he saw it jump from the
top of th^ viaduct into the Corrib,
where it ctfsnppeared.
It was lot “drowned," however, for
on the succeeding night it was seen
again by/ a number of students from
Queen's jfcollfege, Galway. One of the
student volunteered to go over and
talk f ifit, but when it appeared he
ciunyctl his mind.
/ On t Sunday evening a party of six
armed with shotguns, revolvers
and sticks, sallied forth to "lay the
ghost. They had been in ambush
but a short time only when the spec
ter loomed up before them. One of
the men raised a revolver, but before
he could fire he fell In a swoon. The
expedition wub abandoned and the man
was taken into Galway, where he was
medically attended.
These strange reports have created
excitement In the district, and search
parties are out nightly for the purpose
of unraveling the mystery..
First Chew Breaks Teeth.
Gumbcro, Del.—One chew of to
bacco broke two front teeth for Lewes
Roach the other day and probably will
cost him a $20 dentist's bill. Roach
bought a piece of tobacco for five
cents, and with the first chew two of
his teeth cracked oft as they struck
something hard in the middle of the
plug. Roach investigated, and was
aslonished to find a small iron bolt
running through the tobacco.
Monkey Smashes a Double.
York, Pa.—Constable Jacob Cookes
of the Seventh ward has had to get
rid of a Jonah monkey. Pompey, es
caping from his cage, saw himself in
the fine dining-room mirror, and threw
dishes at the mirror tilt the monkey
counterfeit was demolished. Loss, <60
COMES BACK i
transition, we talked about gambling,
that other form of high flight.
• Mr. Wright, like Sir Hiram Maxim,
takes a great interest in Monte Carlo.
Bnt he, like Sir Hiram, believes that it
1* .
the game.
'* ‘No,’ he said, ‘the rules iure too un-!
fair to ttoff player. With unlirsttsii
estate
ST1IIENTS LOCKED
W I FREIGHT CUP
/_
COMPELLED TO SHIVER IN ORESp
SUITS UNTIL RESCUED BY i
THEIR FRIENDS.
CLIMAX OF FRESHMEN DA^E
Upper Classmen of Medical Colleg at
Chicago Give Beginners an Ub
pleasant Experience—Girls
Routed by Pepper.
Chicago.—As the climax to a knee
by the freshmen class of a roflical
college in this city the other fight,
the sophomore, junior and bnior
students captured 20 of the >resh
men and locked them In a box hr on
the Illinois Central tracks.
They were held prisoner: until
others who attended the dancon in
vitation released them by teamg off
ths door of the car. All of tit fresh
men wore evening dress, an when
rescued they were thoroughljchilled
from the experience.
Previous to taking the eshmen
from' the hall where the d*ce was
held, the seniors and otheritudents
had torn the flags and banfrs from
the walls of the dance hall, /ted pep
per and formaldehyde werciprinkled
over the floor, while the fnesinen and
their partners were whiriinoround to
the strains of a wait*, anqthe com
bination drove the /Iris frorthe hall.
Several gallons of sweet sder that
was purchased by the frehmen to
queDCh their thirst was confccated by
thy other students, and the sme thing
happened to the ice cream, 'hich was
I intended for the girls.
' Failure of the freshmen to invite
rhe other classes to the annual
'blowout" was the caus of the
trouble. The freshmen obsrved the
closest secrecy regarding le dance,
but the matter came to t’ ears of
the other students duringthe after
noon.
A meeting of the sophomre, junior
and senior classes was died after
dinner and plans wore laidto circum
They Were Held Prisonis in a Box
Car.
vent the holding of t; freshmen
soiree.
At ten o'clock the dail was under
full sway. Uninvited stlents to the
number of 100 marckedn a body to
the hall and took posksion. Ban
ners and flags of the ffehmen class
decorated the walls, at these were
the first objects for ass It. Some of
the freshmen tried to trevent the
others from tearing d*n the class
emblems, but they werjthrust aside.
Formaldehyde, whichjoesn't smell
like attar of roses, ami red pepper
were then strewn over je flood. This
had the desired result f driving the
freshmen's sweetheartstam the hall.
The next event on thprogram was
to capture 20 of the reshmen and
march them to the ijiois Central
tracks, three blocks Tjn the dance
hall. Sophcmores, junfe and seniors
were clad in heavy ov< oats, but the
freshmen were compel to shiver in
their ballroom attire.
While the freshmen ere prisoners
in the box car, the ler students
sang “In the Good Old Summer
Time," as they walkeiway.
Raccoon Blew OijLantern.
Chester, N. Y.—Jam Myers and H.
B. Tuthlll were out er coons the
other night and locate one in a tree
which it was impostle to climb.
They fired 35 shots thout dislodg
ing the animal, so y fastened a
lighted lantern to t! tree six feet
from the ground am vent for more
cartridges. On the return they
found that the coon ad descended,
blown out the lante light and es
caped.
Woman of Eighty l ed as a Man.
Butte, Mont.—The nddeu death at
Manhattan of “Sar ly” Jones, 80
years old, disclosed je fact that, in
stead of being a ma as everyone in
the vicinity of Manhtan for the last
18 years had thoug, Jones was a
woman. This discov r resulted when
the undertaker too charge of the
body. She chewed t acco and drank
and associated free! with men as a
cook.
During courtship Ife is all pie.
After marriage it is iable to be tiiso
ail pi.
(PRISONER WHS WAY TO
LIBERTY WITH TEETH
MAN IN JAIL GNAWS THROUGH
TWO HEAVY BEAMS ONLY
TO BE RECAPTURED.
Erfurt, Germany.—The police have
captured a man named Schaarschmidt,
who escaped from the Gera jail three
weeks ago. The manner of his flight
makes one of the most remarkable of
all of those told in the romances of
prison heroes.
Crossing the one window of his cell
within was an oak beam 7x7 inches
square. Outside the window was an
other beam nine inches thick. These
were his only bars besides the mas
sive masonry of the building. That is
to say, there were no metal bars be
tween these wooden barriers.
But the wood, toughened by age,
was enough to make any prisoner
He Spent Seven Months Gnawing
Through the Outer Bar.
without tools despair. Schaarschmidt
had not even the metal shank from
his shoes to make a saw of, for he
had only felt slippers in his dungeon.
He got to work with his teeth, how
ever, upon the inside beam. It took
him three months to gnaw through
this formidable barrier. He could only
work when he was certain that his
guards were out of sight and hearing.
Before their expected return he al
ways covered up the ravages his teeth
had made with a structure of brown
bread, saved from his rations. This
bread patch closely resembled the
color of the wood and as his work
progressed it had to be handled with
extreme care to prevent its. crumbling
and betraying kirn.
Schaarschmidt spent seven months
in the same patient toll, gnawing like
a rat through the outer bar. One night
he judged that the apertures were
large enough and he squeezed through.
The space was so small and the 1(1
inches of jagged ends of the beam
were so rough that he tore his body
frightfully.
When he was caught the prison sur
geons who examined him found that
he had worn his teeth down to stumps
and that his body was terribly lacer
ated. His jaws were developed ab
normally by his superhuman exertions
to win his way to liberty.
AUTO RIPS OFF HIS PANTS.
Victim of Peculiar Accident Has to
Drees Himself in Barrel.
Greenwich, Conn.—Robert Lee, a
bookkeeper in the employ of Maher
Bros., was stripped of his trousers in
an automobile accident the other day
and had to dress himself in a barrel,
pending the arrival of first aid to the
injured. Apart from the casualty to
the garment and the shock to his
sensibilities Lee was Unhurt, but he
was much disturbed in mind until as
sistance reached him.
Martin Christensen, a contractor,
was driving the machine when the
emergency broke snapped, and Lee,
who was crossing the street, was
struck and knocked down. Some part
of the gear caught his trousers and
peeled them off like the skin of an
orange.
Lee leaped to his undressed legs and
with a shriek ran into the nearest
store. !t happened to be one in.
which half a dozen women w'ere shop
ping, and then there were more
shrieks.
Fortunately, the barrel was near at
hand and Lee did an acrobatic act in
getting into it. He stayed there until
Mr. Christensen, having learned the
nature of the accident, ' went to a
clothing store and purchased a .new
pair of trousers for the victim.
Real Tramp Is This Canine.
Aberdeen, S. D.—A new kind of
hobo has put in an appearance in this
part of the state. It is a dog that has
all the habits and instincts of-the west
em tramp.
The dog makes trips over the Mil
waukee extension, using freight trains
at will, for it has made friends with
all the train crews.
The dog has been named Boomer,
and frequently visits a town, makes
friends, and eats a few meals, but it
refuses to remain. When the next
freight comes along the dog jumps
aboard the caboose, wags his tail and
barks a farewell.
Wherever It goes it is well-treated.
Boomer seems to know all about the
trains, when they are due and the di
rection they are going, and he seldom -
is carried back immediately toward
the place he has just left.
Boomer resembles a shepherd iDg
with pronounced retriever habits.
One reason why a good many more
ladies are not getting divorces in Ne
vada is that applicants are compelled
to mention their ages in papers which
become part of the public records.
The night riders hat e been active
recently, but the college hazers can
still, point with pride to the fact that
IWW ora hAo4in«r «11 rt( Viora in nrr*Wit/». I
ing crippMgHMMMNH
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHES UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Hastings will soon have one of the
finest auditoriums in the state. Mr.
Hatyer, proprietor of the Edison
theater in that city, is just finishing
a new building which will be amply
large to accommodate Hastings audi
ences.
If the decision recently handed
down by the supreme court is of the
scope the lawyers in Central City be
lieve Chapman is likely to be without
a saloon shortly and Merrick county
will be entirely without saloons, save
for the one at Silver Creek.
David Sherwood, ex-county commis
sioner of 't'hayer county, was found
dead in a room in the Alexandria
hotel. He had gone to the room to
prepare for a trip and dropped dead
of heart failure. Mr. Sherwood was
one of the oldest residents of the
county and was commissioner twc
consecutive terms during the time
the $75,000 court house was being
built.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us #and learn how to get the
best service for the least money.
Nebraska Telephone Company, 18th
and Douglas streets, Omaha. “Use
the Bell.”
Mrs. R. A. Cottle sold her eighty
acre farm near Colon in Saunders
county to Charles Davis for $9,000.
Mrs. Cottle when a young woman got
title to this land by preemption. She
was a girl about twenty years of age
then—fifty years ago this winter. Her
maiden name was Rebecca Keeler
and she was among the earliest set
tlers, having come to Saunders coun
ty in 1857.
The government inspector was
called to Auburn to examine the cat
! tie in the dairy herd of Nixon & Har
ris, and twenty-two head of the herd
were pronounced affected with tuber
culosis. These cattle had been separ
ated from the cows that were giving
milk for the trade, and had been kepi
in other pastures because of the fact
that Harris & Sons hod found that
they were not doing well, though they
had kept in good order in all cases.
Mrs. Mathilda Ruser and John Sla
ger have been taken to the peniten
tiary at Lincoln to begin their terms
of punishment for having plotted to
kill Mrs. Ruser’s husband, Emil Ruser
of Sarpy county, as he lay asleep in
bed. They both pleaded guilty and
Mrs. Ruser was sentenced to one
year and Slager to six years. They
were taken to the Douglas county jail
for safe keeping until Sheriff Spear
man of Sarpy county was ready to
take them to Lincoln.
Joseph Walter, against whom a
complaint had been made on an in
sanity charge, sent word to Sheriff
Sammons of Buffalo county that he
would shoot if any attempt were
made to take him. He purchased the
gun and a good supply of ammuntfjlMi:,
and when he was arrested in a crowd
[Of Christmas shoppers he trid to carry
out the threat, but was captured
without difficulty and taken care of.
Waiter was released from the asylum
only a few weeks ago.
Judge Gutterson, prosecuting attor
ney for Custer county, was badly in
jured by being caught between two
automobiles while driving in a buggy
with his wife. He was taking the
middle of the road, when the two
machines, driven respectively by
Messrs Willing and Johnston, at
tempted to pass on either side. The
horses took fright and made a tuick
turn and upset the buggy, throwing
the occupants violently out. One ear
was torn from the judge’s head.
The First Christian church of Fre
mont will pay oft all its indebtedness
on New Year’s day, when the annual
meeting is held. It is enabled toiio
so by a “lift” it has been given by
the trustees of a church which re
cently disbanded at Maple Creek. The
Maple Creek church agreed to'give
the Fremont church the $500 it had
in its treasury for the purpose of pay
ing off the church debt, provided an
equal amount was subscribed in Fre-,
mont. It was announced in the
church that the amount had been sub
scribed.
The State Board of Educational
Lands and Funds made a bid for the
Douglas county court house bonds,
formally agreeing to take them in
block at par or take them in such
amounts as Douglas county commis
sioners may desire, with sixty days'
notice. It is the understanding that
Douglas county has an offer for the
entire $1,000,000 of bonds in a block,
but the terms of the bid make it pos
sible for the county board to sell the
bonds, as it needs the money. The
offer of the board will net the state
4 per cdnt.
Charles Colle, long a resident of
Dawes county, committed suicide
some time December 18 or 19 about
three miles northeast of Chacon. He
cut his throat with a razor from far
to ear.
Red Willow county furnishes a case
of swift justice. Josiah S. Calvert
robbed an intoxicated friend Saturday
night, was arrested on Sunday, ap
peared in district court Monday and
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary, to Vhicii
he was talien by the sheriff the same
night. The amount involved v as $60.
Calvert is 23 years old.
Elmer Hannon of Auburn under
went a surgical operation at the hos
pital in Omaha for the removal of the
appendix, and at last accounts the
patient was doing well. Mr. Harmon
is the man who is to be deputy oil
inspector in that district under the
incoming governor.
The one story dwelling on the Pella
farm, four miles ncrlh*esi of Te
cumseh and occupied by J. W. Morris
was burned to the srrrmnrt fh^nWKm
with the contents^
Scr.i;> iii saving tne lives Of his wUjt_
and five lttCa-xhllji
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