The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, November 19, 1897, Page 2, Image 2
1-rt 2JwwiJMi-iwj! ti .. jsrtii - fAuft!WifauVL. -A, , ,, . - .iiWw ,t-, .,. THE JIKI) CLOUD CHIEF. 1 S ij w I 5r' tv 1 r k ' 'I f i I' BOYCOTT UNLAWFUTi. STRIKERS LOST IN A HIGH FEDERAL COURT. ffhrlr nojinll, In Prrtrnt IJr of Mnililnrn In m Conner liop llilnrnl llleciil by JudRri 'lli)-r ii nil Sunburn ,tnd; Caldwell Shh tin f.iilior'n Onl) sVenpuii. Br. Louis, Mo., Nov l.s - This morning nn opinion was handed down In the United States circuit court of appeals In this city thnt tlio boycott WM not a lcgnl weapon. The decision was In the caso of tho Oslcy Stnvo company of Kansas City, Knn., nffiiltint II, (1 Hoshlus ami twelve others, nil members of the Coopers' union No. IS, nncl tlio Trades assembly. Somo of tlui defendants wore cm ployed In tin" O.vlcy Stnvo coin puny. In January, 180C, tlio stave company placed In their plant n innehluo to hoop barrels. Tim defendants, after ro questing thu stare company to with draw tholr machines mid having their request refused, causcil u boycott. The stave eoinpniiy went to the United Stntes district court nnd se cure! an Injunction ngnlust tlio de fendants, restraining them from push ing the boycott. The defendants ap pealed to the ('tilted States circuit r6u"?t of nppetilx, which now affirms the decision of thu lowcrcourl. Judges Sanborn nnd Thayer, In do Ing bo, said the men hud no right to form a conspiracy to deprive the com pany of Its own rlifhti to manage Its own business, u alien u tiling whs lawful, then a combination mar bo organized for the purposo of prnvent ing.the in V typesetting machines, presses, harvesters, threshers ami thousands of other useful Inventions. Judge Caldwell dissented from his associates In a lengthy opinion, In which he Raid: "The only weapon of defense the laborer can appeal to is the strike or boycott or both. These weapons thoy have au undoubted right to uso no long ni they use them' in a ponconblo and orderly manner. This is tlio only lawful limitation upon their use. That Umltutlon is fundamental and ruiiHt le observed. It was oberved In the enso at bar to Ita fullest extent. If these weapons are withheld from them, then, Indeed, are they left nuked to their enemies " CARR'S TRIAL VERY SHORT Rl l.unrri' l(ffiii- in MhUk u llefrne Admit ilu Chiirge MhiIc. Libkrtv, Mo , Nov, ir. Whon this rase of tho state ugalusl William Cnrr, for tho murder of his 3-year-old child, was called In tho circuit court this snorningcx-Jmlgn Sundushy nnd D. 0 Allen, Carr's attorneys, snld that Jhey had no dofensn to make, that the defendant admitted his guilt, but do clad that when ho left hit homo ho In tended to kill the child, and that his mental suffering was so grunt that he did not euro how .soon his punishment should come. Tho state hud subpu'iiiied about twenty witnesses, nnd Judge llrouddiis ordered Promicutlng Attorney Wood on to present evidence to establish the death of the child and the guilt of the defendant. Carr was then brought up from the jail by Sheriff Hymer. He bad on a dark suit of clothes und n white shirt aud collur. Coroner T. D. lied ford of Jackson county testified as to tho autopsy held on tha child, and described tho wounds on tho head and limbs. Ho was of the opinion that tho child wns dead whon thrown into the river, that its death could havo resulted from tho wounds on tho heud or from strangn latlon caused by tho ropo around Its neck. Assistant Prosecutor Mastln and Chief of Police Hayes of Kuusas City stifled that Curr mudo his confession without compulsion und of his owu frae will. The only promise made to htm before tha confession was that if his wife came to Kansas City ho would be allowed to see her. After a "few other witnesses had tes tified tho ease wus closed. Judge llroaddus will probably pass soutenco next week before the close of thu term. TRIES TO BUY A NAVY Bpajn Negotiate for tha I'lin-haae ol Rattloihlpa. London-, Nov. 1.1. In connection with Spain's hunt for warships. Amer ican diplomats huvo learned Unit Xpain recently endeavored to make an Arrangement with Japan whereby, in the event of war with tho United Ntates, the thirty ur mi warihlp. now building in various hhipyarJs for Japan would bo transferred to spiu Upon the failure of the negotiations tho Spanish government entered upon deal with Chili for thn transfer to the Spanish flag of several vessels about comploted for tho Chilean re public. Tha diplomats ru furred to express tho opinion that from the standpoint ol international law, the completion of such n ileal might bo regarded its an unfriendly act toward tho United State. Betides the Itothsuhllds, other prom inent finaiiolnrs of Iondnu and Paris favo entirely out off tho monetary npplles whleh Spain has hitherto suc ceeded In obtaining. I. A. Inl lllr lii uii Aiylam. riAWKK.scK, Kan.. Nov. in, P. A. Dolbco, the Douglas oouuty fnrmer and politician, who was ndjudged In sane ton days ago, died this morning at S o'clock in tho asylum at Tnpcka. He had been violent ever lnco ho was taken Micro, but his death ciiuio at a proat mirpiUo. Nt. .Insppli rtllxcii tdllril St, Joski'ii. .Mo., Nov. I A. -Albert lslnger, uged 03, and woll-kiiown here, was killed nt tho Jiurllngtou Monterey atreet crossing last night by train. DIED TO VERIFY A BELIEF Jahn It. Iliilllll, ,lr, U Cnrloas t.rarn the Fnlnre. Nrcw Vonir, Nov. M. John C. llul lit, jr., of Dttluth, Minn., was found dend to-day In a room nt tho Central Ilnllroad hotel on Liberty street The man had npparcntly committed huI cldo, us bottles containing hydro chloric ncid, eynadldo of potassium and nitric acid wcro found on n tablo near tho bed upon wlilch tho corpso lay. A latter found in tho npnrtment addressed to Joshua 1 llullltt, jr., nig Stone Oap, Wise county, Va., read is follows: "Doar Joshua:! have decidod to end it nil. You will, I know, bo in terested In knowing how a person feels who In nbout to step Into the un known world. Ilunce, I will tell you what nir feclluirs are. "I wonder, 1 doubt, I hope, but over nil tho wonder nnd tho doubt nnd tho hope, a feeling of Intense cirl olty provnils What Is tho future? I bellovo I know, but it Is only n belief. 1 am very curious to verify it Tho fee! I n if of fear Is ulifccnt I am going fiom here to tho Kdcn Museo to play chess with the automaton. This fact Illustrates my mental condition, per hups, more than a volume of my writ ing would. Dciith seems to me to be merely an event of no more import ance, say, than break fust I lova life nnd hate to leave it, but the sum mons hns been served and I must answer. And now, good-by. Wo will meet nguln. Your brother, John G JJtjj.i.irr, Jr." THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY. Mis Himicvult Points Out tin, I'rMant WaakriMi of This Country. Nkw Yonit, Nov. 10. At tho annual banquet of tho Society of Naval and Mechanical Engineers, Mr. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, made tho principal speech. In part he said: "We need a large increase In the force both of officers and enlisted man, but tho most crying neod of tha navy at the moment la tho need of first class dry docks. Next cornea tha need for an ample quantity of emoke less powder and projectiles. We need a powerful fighting navy a nay In cluding an atnplo number of torpedo boats, an nmplo forco of seagoing battleships, and also armored cruisers which should both possess endurance und in addition carry an abundance of rapid flro guns, our deficiency in torpedo boats being particularly 'narkod. "Unless wo aro willing to be put in tho contemptible attitude of those who bluster without being able to back up their words by deeds, wo must provo that our tittltudo about tho Monroe doctrine is not a sham. To provo this means that wo must havo a powerful navy. If we annex Hawaii wo Mini I need nn adequate navy to enforco our position on thd Pnclllc. if wo do not unhcx Hawaii wo shall uocd a much larger navy, as Hawaii cannot stand ulono, some other power must necessarily toko it, nnd that moment mennco our wliolo Puclflo const" KANSAS CITY FEDERAL PIE, Knllng-ir, Kctitngar anil Beott Slated fo' the tlnod I'lacv-t Washington. Nov. 15. It Is under atood that V. L. Kessingor lias beea ngrci 1 upon for surveyor of the port of Kansas City. Ho is" strongly sup. ported by Secretary Sherman, Ropro ontatlvo Grosveuor and other Ohio men. Itcforo moving to Missouri, Mr. Kesslnger was u resident of Ohio and a member of tho loglslaturo whon Mr, Sherman was a cnudldato for tho sen ate. His vote was oast for Sherman nta critical juncture. It Is also understood that P. K. Kel logg, of niuli Hill, has been decidod on for collector and Sum. Scott for postmaster. DR. SUSAN A EPSON DEAD. Tha Woman Who Attended lrnrl Car flnld Snocumbs to Heart tlUeain. Washington-, Nov. 15. Dr. Susan A. Kdkon, horacopathlst, many year tho Garfield's family physician, died nt her home horo yesterday of heart disease at 75. After General (inrfleld was bhol Mrs TMson attended him at Mr. Oar field's roquest, although tho alio pathlsts resentod her presence, and she was nt the bcdsldo moro than any of tho other physicians. It was said .mi-, limine also had great confidence la her. Her first record was as an army nurse. NEGRO ASSAULTsTa GIRL. i:ip. rroui thn sheriff Wlilla llrlng Taken to Jail. iMlEfKNIIKNCK, Kan., Nov. J3. Till U-ycur-old daughter of Jl. F. Level, who lives south of this city ou the Miller farm, was assaulted late yester day afternoon by "Snow" Duncan, o negro. He was arrested by Sherlfl Moses nt his home m tho western part of tho city and was being brought t Jail whon ho Jumped from tho buggy, Tho sheriff fired twice at the negro, but he escaped, running west through tin woods nlong the banks of Rock oreuk. Soveral officers and cltitent aro in pursuit of Duncan. The people here are very indignant over the affair and If tho negro Is caught ho will be lynched. frltls fur ti.lnrabla. Panama, Nov. 15. The political fcltuatlon In Colombia Is critical. Fear arc expressed in official circles thnt tho Conservatives aro conspiring against tha govcrmnoiit and these ex pansions liao aroused gonoral tin easiness. It "llnrcroril" In l.nrlt AcMu. Atlanta, tin., Nov. n. Alexander Pulkey fell dead here last night His daughter, .Mrs. J.uscollcs, is his solo heir nod tho cstatu is estimated at 5175,000. Just what this means to tho bogus "Lord lloresford" is not clean HE 'BROKE HIS NECK ENGINEER FRED NADEN'S FATAL LEAP. A find Wreck nt Itrnken How An Rxtra 1'rrlght lltina Into u Itrpnlur nn tha Ntdlnc l.-nitln'cr's Nrrk llrokrn Iti JninluK fniiu the 'h. A .ad vrcek occurred at llroken llow nt3 o'clock Sunday morning. An extra freight going east ran into tho second section of 48, also cast bound, which was switching in tha yards. Several cars wcro thrown from tho 4i-acL nnd badly smashed and tho en f.'lnc of tho extra is almost a total wreck. I'rcd Nadcn, cxglnucr of tho extra, Was killed in jumping from the engine, his head striking n brakebcam and his braiuM were ficatteicd for many foot. Tho fireman and head br.ikcmau of tho special had miraculous escapes nnd wore uninjured. Tho wreckage wnr cleared nwny by noon ho that trains could pass. The coroner's jury found that the blamo lay with the dead en gineer, who did not linvo his train un der control nnd was running at u high rato of speed when tho led hlgnnl was out to stop. Eugiuccr Nuden's remains were taken to his homo at Lincoln. FREMONT SUGAR FACTORY Slept lleliiK Taken to hrciira inn A Iriiinltlou Made. Tho Hoard of trndo of Fremont is nt present considering a proposition of eastern capitalists to build a sugar fac tory in that city, nnd for several days representatives of the capitalists have been conferring with Fremontcra and looking over the ground for a suitable site. The other night a meeting of tlio board was held and tho matter wits talked over fully. Tho idea given out by tho representatives was that their people would como to Ficmont and erect a 750 ton factory for n bonus of 8100,000 and a hlto of forty acres of ground. It had been ascertained that tho capitalists aro of good financial standing, for tho board has had all it. wants of windy promoters. A resolu tion was finally carried that It bo tho sense of tlio meeting that an olTcr be made of 830.000 cash nnd forty acres of ground. Whether tho capitalists will uccept the proposition or not is nof known. MAY CLEAR THE MYSTERY l'oitlMllty that tho Dend 3ln Found Near Firth Mar ho Identified. Although tliero were no now devel opments in the Firth murder mystery today several rumors gained currency in effect that thu identity of thu dead niun found near thero the other day hud been established. One story was that the deceased was tlio man Doyle, who suddenly disappeared from Itliica, Neb., several mouths ngo. Tho de scription of one tallies very closely wit! tho other, even to tho clothing. Dr. Urandhoft' of Fhth called upon Coro ner Miller at lieatrlco and said that a recent issue of a Modem Woodmen paper contained a inscription of a young mnn who was missing which corresponded close'y with tlio one found. It is thought that tho publicity given tho matter by tho newspapers will eventually result in clearing up tho mystery. Tho coroner's mail has already assumed big proportions. ROBBED HIS BEDFELLOW. sVandrrlnK Corn llimker llecainia From it Farm nr I'lntl union th. H. S. Flock, a farm hand working foi Waltern Vallery, near Plattsmouth is a sadder but wiser man than ho was a fow days ngo. Saturday morning a strong nnd healthy looking wandering Willie, giving his name as Frank Heftt, asked Mr. Vnllery for a job husking corn and was put to work by Flock. The two got along very well together and thut uight shared tho sauio bunk. Out of pure gratitude to Mr. Flack tho stranger decided that tho bed was rather crowded and accordingly picked up his shadow and departed. Flock awoko later and noting tlio abseuco of his bedfellow instituted a search which revealed the loss of n revolver und a wallet containing S7t In cash. Flock iiottlled all neighboring towns and un less the fellow avoids all settlements ho will probably havo to liquidate. THROWN INTO THE RIVER Illfttrrtlnic An-ldrnt Ciisllnc it T.lfe .M Fremont, A most distressing accident ocourre.d at the west bridge across tho south channel of the Platte, river nt Fremont last Friday, in which Mrs. Nelson lost her life. Mr .and Mrs. NelBon wero driving to the city to trade when, in decendiug tho hill leading to tho bridge, tho harness broke and the ve hicle lunged to ono side, throwing tho woman aud her babe into the river. Mr. Nelson plunged in to aavo them, but the mother drowned. All attempt to bring her to life fulled. Ilulldlnc a Solid Itoad Hed. S, 0. fjuwtell, a contractor, has a big gang of men near Plattsmouth at work tilling tho approach of tho It. & M. to tho river at thnt point und mak ing it a solid roadbed instead of a mile of trestlo work. It will take a year to complete tho job, l'rotil nn Alltil, Frank McKcnna, ono of tho youths defendant in tho Kills rape caso which has been ou at Auburn, was Saturday lust declared not guilty, tho Jury hold ing that he had Proved nn alibi. THE SCORE 6 TO a ft ferae Cornell Hevliat Ills Deetalon la Kantat-Nebratka. Football (lamtw Lincoln, NeU, Nov. It). F. D. Cor nell, referco of the Nobraskn-Knnsnt football game, in a signed statimon reverses his decision, giving the gntna to Nebraska, by n scoro of ft to 5 Instead of 10 to 5. Tho gnmo nnd its outcomo has greatly stirred col lego circles, also leading to the nr rest of M. K. Harmon, a law student In tho Kansas university, nnd his confinement lu tho county jail Harmon, it is alleged, wus stakeholder in many bets and refused to turn ovor the money. Tho warrnnt for hi ar rest charged "wagorlng on a gamj of chance," but this, it Is olnlmcd, was simply a subterfugo to hold him. Money held by him was roplevlucd nnd Into last night Harmon was ro leased. Ho says, however, ho will ro jinin and flgKt tbo caso in tho courts AM1')) stilted. Curl J. Fosberg, a young man from fioukford, Minn., eurouto to Lincoln, -net death from usphy.xhitlon nt tho stuto hotel, Omaha' some time Satur lay night or Sunday. Ho registered at lh hotel Saturday morning aud went lo his room about 10 o'clock. Somo time along about midnight the night :lork, George Do Franco, heard groans issuing from the room, but did lot think that anything serious was the matter mid no more attention was paid to it until noon Sunday, when a :linmberniiiid studied gas und whou tho tloor was opened Fosberg was dead In his bed. Ho had blown out the gas. I (Otters in his vuliso disclosed the fact that his wlfo lives in Rock ford, Minn., und that ho has relatives named O. A. Sldwell at Iloldrcgo and Johnson, Ht Kearney. Tho remains wero turned over to thu eoronor nmf (ho relatives notified. I If. Illllll't F.IHll. Mrs. S. P. Wilson, an elderly lady ivingat 1719 Dodge street, Omaha, ivbs run down by a huck driven by lack Kirby of Reed's hack lino last Saturday afternoon while crossing the Intersection of Fifteenth nud Furnain. I'lio carriage polo struck her in tho back and knocked her under tho feet of the team. When shu scrambled out with assistance tho driver coolly tried lo drive auuy, but iudigiiunt by-ttuudct-s stopped him nnd held him un til a policeman came. A complaint wus filed ugaiust him. It is claimed that he was drunk. Mrs. Wilson's in juries ore supposjil to bo quito serious internally. Ilarelnry ut llnrtliigtnn. Lato Saturday night burglars broke mto tho back door of Carvoy ,fc Car mack's saloon at llurtingtou, nntl plundered the safe of 5100 in cash and papers, valued at over S1.000. The valuable papers and money drawer were found the following morning in in outhouse adjoining thu snloou. Whllu no arrests have been made, cor talu persons living in town aro sus pected ns being tho thieves. CaiiKhl n lluriieiiH Tllcf. 12. J. Katon, living west of Rivcrton three miles, went to tho barn ami 3tiu set of harness, a buffalo robe, n pnir of horse blankets, and two riding bridles, he discovered, wcro not iu the places usually reserved for the in. He tracked thu thief cast seventeen miles, taking a constable with him. They caught up witli the thief seven miles south of Red Cloud, with tho goods in his possession. Tho captors took thu fellow to Kloomiugtou. Claim MiootliiK Wan Miillrlim. The young man, Oscur Dyers, who was shot through tho left lung last week at Kdgnr, by Ralph Glazcr, as was first biipposed by accident, is apparent ly getting well. It Is now claimed thnt tho shooting wns malicious ami" Glncr has been arrested and bound over to thu next term of district court to answer the charge of malicious as anlt with a deadly weapon. Allahr Kill Ilnrlf. Raymond, tlio thlrtceu-mouths-olil son of Jcphtha Cox of Wllber, died re cently from tho effects of a somowliut peculiar accident. While ut play nbout ten days ngo he accidentally dislodged a pair of shears that wore hanging ou tho w nil, tho points penetrating hiy skull. (iuuthot Caniei Death. Riiiehart Mcnsii, a boy about eleven years old, living with his parents ton miles southeast of Sownrd, accidental ly shot himself with an old army mus ket tho other afternoon while out on a hunt, from thu effects of which ho died snvural hours Inter. Trciiinnrh Man Ileclwred Innniie. John L. Clark has beon adjudged in sane by the authorities of Tccumsoh, and will be taken to the asylum ut Lincoln. His wife wns the complain ant ugainst him. BREVITIES. Hrainard people huvo subscribed for tock for a co-operatho creamery, to be established tbero. Tho twelve-year-old- dnughter of Mrs. W. II. Sehryock of Plattfltnotitli was kicked by a horse and very se verely injured. She will probably re cover. The superintendent of the horticult ural department of the state's exposi tion exhibit hns secured sixty-seven varieties of apples for the exhibit tliun early In tho proceedings. Ross Ii. nammond is uow comfort ably ensconsed in tho Fremont post office. Mr. Currol durrng his four years rclgu was necommodatlug nml generally liked. Mr. Hammond will endeavor to keep up thn high standard. Saturday night tho uow porMunster took tho ofQco forco und tho retiring postmaster to Wnlr't pallors, whcrolic banqueted thorn, SURE IT WAS MURDER. r.ane Cent! nty's I-atriil Mynterv Crttmlnc Much Cwr.Jivtitrc. The finding of tho remains of nn tin Anowti matt near Firth t hi week has brought a Hood of Inquiries to Coroner Miller's office nml in nddltiou a lot of proffered solutions to tho mystery, none of which aro considered the least plausible. Ono man writes that about sixteen yenrs ago a young man disap peared from that section of the coun try nnd expresses tho bellof that tho remains of tho unknown aro his. That they had been burled somewhero snd had been taken up und placed in that out of thu way place. This is a fair sample of more thnn a scoro of solutions whleh havo been heard given of tlio mystery. That the case is one of murder is not questioned, und peo ple generally aro hoping it will bo solved, but at present such a result appears very rumote. The caso has rovived discussion ovur tho apparent easiness with which iiiiirdern nro com mitted in this county without fear of detection, u number having occurred' during tho past few years, whleh in clude tho murder of Henry Thlosscn, near IJllis, Davy Jones, near Wymore, and tho one at Fllley, neither of which ever enmo to light. FARMER KILLS HIMSELF. round Sllllni; lu n (,'litilr Willi ii KetoUer 111 Ills Hand. Kdward Ridtler, u farmer about thirty-five years or uge, living nenr Fnlrbury, committed suicide in John's livery office nbout 1 o'clock Mondiiy afternoon His body wns found sitting upright in it chair, lu his right hand ho held a thirty-two calibre revolver, while ills Ufa blood was pouring from s ghastly hole iu his temple. Kidder's wife left him about three months ago and it is thought that that, together with financial trou tiles, caused melan choly. Ilu left no explanation of his rush net. The coroner's jury returned a verdict iu accordance with the above 'acts. ;oinwntrd inn Sentence. Governor Holcomb Moudny commut ed tho sentence of James Hardick, who tomo time ago was sentenced to three years in tho penitentiary for entering school house and carrying away fivo joints of stovepipe, a lump and water bucket He was received at the peni tentiary February 7. Since Hurdick's imprisonment his wife nnd fom- chil dren have beeu supported by the coun ty. Several persons interested in tho prosecution and many citizens, includ ing Judge M. L. II ay ward of Nebraska City, petitioned thu governor to pardon tho prisoner. Governor Holcomb com muted the sentence and Hardick way released Monday. Quirk Time. Judge Kdgnr Howard, who was re." eently re elected county judge of Sarpy county, is destined to give the most expert divorce court a lively chase. Tuesday morning ho had gone to the depot at I'apillion to take the train for Omaha, when his asslstaut came runuiug down ufter him with the in formation that there was a couple there at the office who wanted to be married. Ho bad sunt them to a hotel and started after the court. Judgo Howard hastened over to tho hotel, performed the servico nnd returned to the depot iu the space of just two min utes and in time to eateh his train, nof wait lug even for his fee. A Xmel Kiprilltlon. Captain .More tti, who operated the Venetian gondolas ut tho Nashville ex position and bus secured the conces sion for thu trans-Mississippi exposi tion, lias embarked for Omuhu and expects to get there with his fleet of gondolas in about a month. His crew of gondoliers will row the boats through by wny of the Cumberland, Mississippi und Missouri rivers and ex pect to get through before (he leu catches them. Honor Fur Wnrrlnr Hold. George D. Melklejohn, assistant secretary of war, will arrive in Lin coln next Monday. Company F. Second regiment, Cuptuin Campbell commanding, will tender Sccretnry Melklejohn a reception in tho company armory on Tenth street, Lincoln. Governor Holcomb will be present as commander-in-chief of the Nebraska uatloual guard, and other stato mili tary authorities will attend. Invita tions ami tiekets'to a banquet will be issued. IJiHilnood Man Die nt Franklin. James Johnson of Deadwood, S. I)., who bad been at Franklin, Neb., u short time on account of poor health, aud to visit relatives, was buried Mon day by the Odd Fellows lodge, of which Mr. Johnson was ti member. His death wits caused by consumption which was contracted by working in smelters in tlio Rlack Hills. He has considerable lifo insurance. Illni Very Suddenly. Mrs. Fred Wcstfnll died suddenly Sunday morning at 1 o'clock at her home iu factory district Fremont. She was apparently ns well as usual, but in the evening sho wus taken with a terrible pain iu the head. Mcdieal aid was summoned, hut to no uvull. She leaves a husband und five children, Slayer Walker UoeaFiee, ' George Walker of Chadron, it colored soldier indicted for the murder last spring of Sandy Touruug.i, colored, wns recently acquitted in district court at Chadron, The e.vldunce showed thnt Toiiruage had assaulted aud threatened Julia Fuller, n white woman, ami in fear of her life she called upou Walker to assist her. Walker drow n revolver and killed Tournago Instantly. The judge in structed tho jury to acquit Walker on motion of (bo dcfen.be, THE PLAINTIFF TESTIFIES Ml er;e Tell Urr lldr of thn fontro- very nil It Dr. llnstnin Tho SI 0,00 breach of promise case of Miss Marie llergo vs. Dr. Ilaslam, now on in district court at Fremont wai fairly started Tuesday. Monday even ing Dr. Ilaslam was on the stnud. The contract of marriage was ndtnlttod by defendant's attorneys aud the wltncs Identified certain letters and papers introduced by the plaintiff. , The plaiutlfT was next placed upon the stand. Sho testified that when tho contract of marriage was made she was fifteen years of ago; that tho first knowledge she had of tho contract be ing broken was wheii tho dofendant was married Iu 180:tj that the defend ant visited her after her removal to llecmer. Her nttorneys uttempted to Introduce a hunch of letters written by tho defendant but tho judge ruled thi out. It came out in her testimony thut tliero were no signatures to the letters, or addresses either, for tlio pluiutlfl', in returning photographs and letters to the defendant, had cut them out, not caring to write them in her bund. She testified that on ono oc casion the doctor had asked her to come to Fremont and get acquainted with his friends, but she nover had, owing to his coldness. She had. con tinued to love him nml said thero was no one llko him. After his marriage she staitl in the, house and did not go in company for a year. . ------ .i A PROBABLE lYlUKUtK. f Ituil of a Man liiuod In the Undertint er Ada in. The remains of an unknown roau were found Wednesday between Ad ams and Firth. They were lying In a draw near the Nemaha und were cov ered with underbrush. The wero dis co ered by hunters, who notified the coroner of Gage county. The man had been dead so long that the flesh had ull decayed. A bullet hole was in his skull. The inference ia that he -was shot. It is probable, from the kind of clothing and its condition, that tho remains had lain there at least sla months, aud maybe more. The re niains were tltose of a young man, ap parently about -'5 years old. The caso is as yot shrouded in abso lute mystery. No one has been miss ing from that section of the eouatrr. nor is there apparently as yot any clue us to who the man was. Coroner Mil ler has ordered the remains aud cloth ing sent to Heatrloe and will place them in the vault iu tho court hou.e b.iseineut, hoping at f-otne future time to bo able to unearth tho mystoty. SHERIFF INTERFERES Arrratu in llTiWRiilWt 1" the Mldtt n' Ilia Labor. Rev. M. K, Palnieter, lecturer, evan- :;rlistand ltaptist minister tnauo ni nniieiiriincc at Mct'ool Junction a week or two ago. At first h lectured on I European subjects charging an ad mission, but only it few attended. He then commenced a revival meeting and I,.. vrxiu Intrrntiuteil himself into the good will nnd homes of most of the ltaptist people of the place. Sunday uight last he announced that he would preach tho following night a usual. Monday morning Sheriff Price, came down and arrested Rev. Falmotcr ou a reported serious charge, taking himtoYoik. Constable Oug of Mc Cool Junction received a letter from the sheriff of Guruett county, Kansas, asking if the Rov. Palmcter was there and if so to shadow him and if he at tempted to leave to nrrest him as he was budly wanted by persons at Oar nett, Kan. HARD TO SECURE A JURY Trial of Fllli Jlaiie Cmei Ilrjtlni In Die. trlct Court at Auburn. Tho trial of Frank D. MeKenney for stat'itory rape upon Ruth Ellis was be gun in " Auburn Wcdncsduy before Judge Stui). Tho regular panel and somo twenty-five talesmen wero ex hausted. When court adjourned in thu evening the state had used one challenge and the defense four. The state has two and the defense four challenges yet The sheriff went into the country west of Auburn Wednes day night after special talesmen. It is expected that the Hoy King oae, another one of the Kills rap eases, will go ovor to the next term. Contracted MalMla, Mrs. Mary Wlckllne, aged Hfty-thre1sl j cars, Qta at. ner noma m mi City the other day of malarial poisoning She and her husband were wembors of U,e soldiers' colony at Fitr.gnrald, Ga., wherw the malarial fever was contract ed, They came from there overland, reaching Nebraska City but a few days since. BREVITIES. While threshing at N. S. Hyatt a farm near Monroe Tuesday afternoon, August Lindners; had his baad caught in tho (earing of the horse power and ground up his arm to tho elbow. Tho power had to be taken apart before lie could be extricated. He was takem to the hospital at Columbus. . The heaviest fall of snow that haaV fatyen In the past two 'years fell at ' atjHyanuls Tuesday. The fall was fully one foot, and extended about sixty miles cast and west over that section of tlio country. A lamp exploded in Kunz A, Nelson's saloon at West Point, and blowout the handsome plato glass front. Several persons wore burned. Dnrango, about The funeral of tho triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. George Kngcr, near Grand Island about three weeks ago, took place Tuaainjr. 1 i Vl I K is)iai(j$flaaf(aBja jw'ja'j .(' ' .i. jShmvKt