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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. If.l s Tew jf I if IiAYBLAMBTOTANNER COAL COMPANY TO IMPLI CATE THE GOVERNOR. A Oraad imrj Nay Ma Aekad to Inflict Mm Cblef Kaacutlva far the Virden Tragedy Xfc Ceroaer' laqaett Draft Vtowly Atoaf. Vctdiit, I1L, Oct. 17. Attorney vTllliaas Tatton of the Chleago-Virden Goal company Is authority for the statement that no furthor Attempt will be made to bring tho Alabama effroea whose coming resulted in the lee of so many lives. There is under consideration, according to Attorney Pattern, an attempt to fix the responsi bility for the tragedy upon the gov enter of Illinois. The lawyer declares that It is the intention of the coal company to press the matter and it wil be for the grand jury of Macoupin county to say whether Governor Tan er shall answer in court. J. Franklin Eyster, manager of the company store, who was nearly killed by the mob, Wednesday, is recovering. The militia commander. Colonel Young, has placed a guard of soldiers at the house to which Eystcr wao taken. The authorities at Springfield are considering the ad visibility of sending another Gatllng gun here to bo placed Inside the stockade. Colonel Young, however, does not constdor additional artillery necessary. Coroner Hart to-day resumed the in fuest into the death of the victims of the fight at the Chicago-Virden Coal company's plant insldo the stockade. Three witnesses were examined, all ex-guards of the company. They ad mitted that they were present during the fight, but denied having taken pari In the battle. One witness swore thai be, together with about twenty live others, were sworn In by Sheriff Davenport as deputies. In tho cross examination Attornoy Mooney, repre senting the Miners' union, brought out the fact that the witness had nover re ceived a written commission or bad never filed a bond. Lawyer Mooney said: "Have you n eopy of the statutes?" "No, not with me," Jcpllcd Mr. Pat ton. I am sorry," said Mr. Mooney, "as X would like to show you my authority.- One of the jurora then spoke up and asked: "Mr. Mooney, do I understand you to say that it is necessary to filo a bond and have a written commission to create a legnl deputy sheriff 7"' The minora' attorney assured him that such was the fact. "Then," aald the Juror. "I can sny there have been lots of papers served la Macoupin county that aro illegal, as I have served as deputy sheriff num berless times for years and have ncvor given a bond or received a written commission." The mine officials have yet given no intimation regarding the number of Witnesses they expect to present, but from the leisurely manner the inquest was conducted to-day It may be pro longed a wock. It is tho evident in tention to bring out as much testi mony on both sides as possible. Law yer Mooney is apparently trying to get testimony tending to Implicate the Inmates of the stockade and the train guards in tho battle while tho company attorney is drawing out detailed indi vidual statements of personal experi ences of the guards. Paha, I1L, Oct. in. Qtlet prevails Bore to-day, the excitement over the reported coming of tho Virden negroes saving abated to a considerable extent Major Butler is in full charge of tho dty and has a guard watching every railroad entrance. Many of the Pan a rasinera who were at Virden during the slot have returned. Bt. Louis, Oct IS. The fifty-seven negro men, with the fifteen women usd children, who were brought to St. &eta last night after being driven Baot Virden, 111., are cared for by Km city temporarily. The negroes de al to be taken back to Alabama, but heybave no transportation. Mayor Velgenhela says that ho will demand that the Chicago, St, Louis & Peoria , Railroad company, which landed them kere penniless and hungry, tako there at of towaaa-alu. 1700 A WEEK DIE IN HAVANA. I CMoael WaHn; Hart the City retterlng la Garbage An Kpldemla Feared. Havana, Oct. IT. Colonel Waring' first inspection of Havana has filled bin with surprise. The conditions are much worse than ho had expected. Everything In favorable for an out Weak of fever. Garbage remains in the streets sometimes for days, though ike Spanish authorities aro making very effort to keep the fever iu check. The streets, in many places, aro filled vrHh festering matter. Last night aaadreda of bushels of rotten potatoes war dumped at the foot of Obispo trait Dr. Wilson told Colonel Waring that is tty was nover before in noon attloa more favorable for a yellow fever epidemic. la normal tlmea the deaths la Havana number about 300 a week. They arc cow averaging fully Ma may. The deaths mostly result trasa pernicious fever. " ' OttAvA, Jfob,, Oct. IT. Major Gen eral William S. Sbaf ter was accorded aaaoei generous welcome by Omaha yesterday. When his t-taln arrived in ike saoralng a large number of people had gathered at the station to greet iKe15 of Santiago. Later, upon tho m fact atitn grounds, the manifestations people tad respect for the general wore Jtiok qit fare iu evidonce. General uWuT" mc? sly m regard to a state- V v !?teckinrldffe eoncernlnsr a Uie.W JmmjPntlaro. Oeneral Shatter kt believe Colonel Brook j'Wde the remark, and ,'ttBOWMtoaaj,M 113 LIVES LOST AT SEA. Tha Mcitircaa Founder Off the LUard Kngland, FAiMotmr, England, Oct 17. Tha British steamer Mohegan, Captain Griffiths, belonging to the Atlantio Transport company, has been wrecked in tho vicinity of the Llsard, between the Maaaelas and the Lowlands. It is believed that about sixty-eight of her passengers and crew were drowned. Only 100 survivors have reached the Tho reports received as to tho num ber of survivors are extremely contra dictory. It Is possible that the forty five survivors at Port Uoustook may be those rescued in the two journeys which the life-boat at that place made to the wreck. This would increase the number lost to at least 113. Some of tho rescued persons died from ex haustion after landing. Everything possible is doing to secure a correct lint of the drowned and survivors. One of the survivors of the Mohegan, Mr. George Maude of New York, after he hod sufficiently recovered to be able to tell tho story of the wreck, said: "I am a shipper of horses employed by the American Transport company. We left London Thursday and all went well until 7 o'clock yesterday evening, when most of tho passengers were at dinner. Tho ateamcr was going at full speed and suddenly we beard a loud crash, which seemed to show that we had collided with some other ves sel. But when we rushed on deck wo found the Mohegan was upon tho rocks in the vicinity of the Llsard. "Orders wcro given immediately io lower tho boats, and the crew of the stoamer behaved like heroes, ncr cap tain stood upon tho bridge and the greatest order prevailed among the of ficers and crew. "Tho steamer, however, immediately began to settlo by the head. Two boats were launched. Tho women were sent away in the first boat. But whether theso boats readied land I do not know. "I managed to secure a life belt and jumped overboard in company with the chief officer of the Mohegan, Mr. Couch. He mode mo take off my coat and shoes. Soon .fter that we were parted from each other. When I was leaving the vessel a littlo girl begged ptteously that I try to savo her, as she did not want to die yet I was power less to help her. "Eventually I caught hold of a plank which was floating upon the water and I clung to it for seven and a half hours. At tho end of that time I was picked up by a tug. I could not have lusted much longer. "I cannot explain how the accident accmred. Tho wholo matter ia not very clear to me. " From other sources it was learned that the Mohegan sank about twenty minutes after aho ran upon the rocks. The local seamen who have been inter viewed upon the subject, appear tin ablo to explain how the Mohegan got into such a position. One of tho passengers rescuod by the I'ort Houstouk lifeboat says that all tho passengers were dining when the catastrophe occurred, though somo of the children and thoso who were sea sick wcro in their bunks. Suddenly tho Mohegan struck with a grating noise. At first the engineers thought this was caused by coal falling down in tho bunkers, but a second shock fol lowed and tho boat began to sottle. A const guardsman who was on duty at Covcract says ho noticed tho Mohegan wan pursuing a dangerous course. William Moore, a seaman of the Mohegan, belonging to London, was among the men who succeeded in reaching Port Ilaustock. He said tho vessel 6truck forward on the starboard bow and sank head first, hor stern ris ing right up in tho air. Moore sprang overboard, and, after swimlng for a considerable time, succeeded in reach ing an empty lifeboat belonging to the steamer. He got into tho boat and started to row for tho shore. Some Urao afterwards he saw one of his shipmates, Hilson, on a raft Hilson was exhausted, and Moore dragged him into the lifeboat. Hilton's shoulder was badly injured. The sea was1 then running heavily and tho lifeboat was nearly full of nuu-i, ami uxier escaping two or three rocks she was dashed to pieces. Mooro and Hilson were washed ashore. A, Grosmlth, a first cabin passenger, who says he belongs to Guilford, but had beon cngagod in farming1 In tho united btatos for the last ten years, in another of the sun-1 vers. He said, "During the panic I jumped overboard and swam about on hour, I reached a rocit anu tried to climb upon It, but tho waves were too strong for me. 1 afterwards found a raft with a sail on it and I held up the sail with ono arm and floated toward tho shore. "While on tho raft I was washed right over ono rock, Happily, I had on a life belt and recovered the raft, which then struck snother rock, to which I held fast for somo time. After wards I swam ashore, tho land being only a short distance away from the rook to which I was clinging." All the survivors ara in a pitiable condition and some of them have been badly injured by waves and rocks and are Buffering from bruises and torn and fractured limb's. Only the smokestack and mast of th Mohegan can be seen above water. The Mohegan ie a single-screw steel vessel of 4,410 tons register, 460 feet long, fifty-two feet in beam and about thirty-six feet in depth of hold. Sh had accommodations for liSpassentreri and a capacity for 700 cattle. She is ono of the five vessels recently pur chased from the Wilson and Fumes Leyland line by the Atlantic Trans port company to replace the Mohawk, Mobile, Massachusetts, Michigan and Mississippi, which went sold to the United Stated government to bo used as transports. The Lizard is the southernmost point In England. It is at tho extremt southwest of the island. r 0FGENERA1INTEREST INFORMATION FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Event of Mora Than raxing Interet Which Hava TnnFlrrdfi1nc tha War Ended Peace ProgTeee and Movements f Army, Navy, and Departments. Wednesday, October 19. Yellow fever cases In tho south con tinue to increase, end tho inhabitants are anxiously awaiting tho coming of frost Tcsse James, Jr., has been nrrcstcd at Kaunas City for alleged complicity in tho Missouri Pacific hold up near Leeds, on September 24. Aocordlng to a dispatch from Shang hai the imperial clan have adopted as the new emperor, a son of the late emperor Tung-Chl, who shortly be proclaimed. The American commissioners have notified tho Cuban-Spanish commission that the flog goes up on December 1, whether the Spanish evacuate the island by that time or not The parade of tho 27th triennial con clave of the Knights Templar held at Pittsburg, Pa., yesterday was the largest In its history, over twenty thousand plumed knights being In line. Dr. N. S. Lincoln, one of the oldest and best known physlcinns of Wash ington. D. C, is dead. He was ono of the physicians in attendance upon President Garfield, following his shooting by Gultcau. The naval board which has been in vestigating the Santiago battle have reached the conclusion that Sampson and Schley played but a small part; that the fight was a "captain's" fight; that the fleet followed Sampson's gen eral orders isnued to cover such an emergency, and that the Oregon. Tex as, and Iowa boro the brunt of the battle. President McKlnley nnd his cabinet arrived in Oranha lust night Tho president's trip from Washington to the Nebraska metropolis was a con tinued ovation. At Cedar Hapidn, la., tho president left tho train for his first time and made a lengthy speech from a handsomely decorated platform to a crowd of about 10.000. At Omaha he was greeted by the largest crowd that ever asrcmbled for n similar purpose. Today the president will put in a busy day n't the exposition. Thtmday, October 1.1. Secretary Alger will recommend the construction of u railroad through Cuba. A dispatch from Walker, Minn., says the Pillager IndiniiB promise to be come peaceful. Tho battleships Oregon nnd Iowa sailed from New York under sculed orders from Washington. Howurd Gould und Kuthryn Clem mons, tho actress, wcro married yes terday in. New York. No member of tho Gould family was present Yesterday was a red lcttor day in Omaha. It was president's du'y of Peaco jubilee week, und surpassed all expectations. The crowd in Omaha was double that of any ever seen there, and it is impossible to say how many were present. Thousunds had no place to sleep, and many hundreds were unable to get to the exposition grounds until late in the afternoon. The exorcises of tho duy passed off without a hitch. The union miners and tho imported negro laborers clashed at Virden, 111., yesterday, and a score ' or more are dead anil many aro seriously wounded. Shortly afternoon yesterday a Chicago . Alton train bearing 200 negro miners from the south arrived at the stockade around the Chicago-Virden Coa' com pany's mines, and almost Immediately a general engagement ensued. The engineer of the train was hit and fell to the floor of tho cab. The fireman seized the throttle, pulled it open with n jerk, und the train pulled out, car rying a load of wounded negroes to Springfield. Governor Tunner says responsibility for outbreak rest with the mine owners. Troops were dis patched to the scene nnd disarmed everybody who carried weapons. No more trouble is feared. Governor Tan ner declares he will not allow opera tors to import negro convicts to run mines in Illinois. One of Kooscvelt's rough riders passed through Lincoln Wednesday enroute home to Dallas, Tex., from u New York hospital, where ho suffered a long siege of the fever. His narao was John Ilartman. nnd he carried with his discharge, on the back of which wan a notation commending him for service when he was physically unable. He says ho does not caretosee another Santlugo campaign, and would'nt join the regular army for any pay Uncle Sam might offer. Tho sufferings dur ing that remarkable campaign has not been half related. Mr. Hurtinan savs. nnd one can hardly imagine what the soldiers had to go through. He thinks tho death lois was remarkably llcht considering the difficulties encoun tered, tho exposure, climate und heavy fighting. Like all other followers o'f ltoosevclt, ho Is n great admirer of his leader, hudinays the sentiment in New York City isyery 6trong iu his favor. Friday, October 14 The explosion of pas in a colliery at Tamaquo, Pa,, resulted in the death of flye employes. If a man is a coward he is scorned and abused; if a woman is a coward alio is loved and encouraged. Chaplain Mclntyre of the brttleship Oregon, who has been on trial by courtmartlal at Denver, was found to be guilty of the charges preferred and he was sentenced to be dismissed from the service, Fire that broke out in the brewery of Bets A. Newark .New York City, eaused a loss of 9100.000. Spontane ous combustion. Snow fell in Chicago 'yesterday for over an hour. The United States transport Obdam, which left Santiago do Cuba for the United States, was obliged to put back becauso of a fire in her bunkers. There has been a great change in German public opinion on tho subject of the retention of the Philippine Is lands by the United States, The feel ing towards America, generally, is much more favorable thou u couple of months ago. Tno report published yer.terday of the report ii the naval engagement which resulted In the destruction of Ccrvcra's squadron, was unauthorized. The report was manufactured by an over-zealous reporter. Thursday was a quiet day at Virden. 111., after the sanguinary encounter of the day previous. The influence of the military Is having a good effect although no progress has been made toward permanent peace. President McKlnley left Omaha yes terday morning on his way to St Louis nnd Chicago. At tho depot he spoke to tho assembled crowd, saying he was well pleased with the reception accorded him, and npoko very highly of tho exposition. His trip through Iowa wus a continual ovation. Saturday, October IB. Tho rebellious Pillager Indians at Hear Island have signified their will ingness to surrender. Tho duchess of Marlborough, former ly Connuclo Vanderbllt, gavo birth to it son yesterday. Tills is tho second Marlborough heir. Tho Seventh regiment, regular in fantry, left Cump Wykoff yesterday, and the cump is now no more, this be ing the last regiment there. According to nn official note de livered to the American commissioners nt Havana, Spanish troops in Cuba are being rapidly shipped to Spain. A five-year-old boy, Charlie Rocco, sou of the commission man in Omaha, was run over by an electric motor car Friday afternoon and his body wus cut nearly in two. He was killed instantly- One hundred and twenty convales cent soldiers from the volunteer regi ments of General Lee's corps, part of them being from tho Third Nebraska, have been brought north to Old Point Comfort " The Atlantio Transportation Com pany's steamer Mohegan foundered off the Llznrd, between the Manuclcs nnd the Lowlands near Falmouth, Eng. Of tho 200 passengers und crew, but thirty-one were saved. President McKlnley reached St. Louis yesterday pretty much tired out from his continuousout-doorspcaking. Ho wns greeted In tho Missouri me tropolis by an immense throng which was held back by tho Twelfth regular infantry, veterans of the Santiago en gagement Ho reviewed the parade from the balcony of the Southern ho tel. Snndny, October 10. Segast-i denies that General Blanco Is iu bad rcpulo at Madrid. The funeral of Queen Louise of Den mark took placo at Copenhagen. There is no epidemic of typhoid fcvei at Whipple barracks, Arizona. Amund Johnson, a well known New York builder, has become u bankrupt A grand jury has been called at Springfield to investigate the Virden riots. At Athens, On.. W. R. Smith shot and killed W. 13. Wood. Both ure sol diers. It is believed that General Gomez will be the first president of tho Cuban republic. Monday, October IT. Frank Cass and William Scbocht of Toledo, O., were killed while crossing a railway. The negro republic of Llborla is tak ing steps to secure a protectorate un der Uncle Sam. Tho war investigation commission has left Washington for Its trip to the various camps to look Into their con dition. Tho sultan has yielded to tho de mand of the powers, and will with draw tho Turkish troops from the Island of Crete. It is expected in tho highest circles in Pekln, that the emperor of China will be fonnully deposed on Novem ber 23, tho birthday of tho empress dowager, and that Prince Jun, a boy of thirteen, will be nominated his suc cessor. Taenday, October 1H. The university of Chicago conferred upon President McKinlcy the degree of doctor of luws. Illinois. Iowa, Missouri and Nebras ka wcro visited by a general snow storm. Much damage done. Porto Rico became a United States possession today, the flag being raised over tho captain gcueral's official resi dence. T.ho Rrltish steamer Blingfcll burned at sea off Margat, Eriglaud. Eleven of tho crcwand the captain's wife and children rxtrished. Tho Odessa correspondent of tho Loudon Standard says Russia has hastily concentrated 40.000 men at Port Arthur, to be ready for any emer gency at Pekin. Tha grand jury at Kansas Cltv in dicted Jesse Jumes, jr., for complicity In the holding up of a Missouri Pacific train at Holt Line Junction on the night of September 23. Tho dowager duchess of Sutherland wjiile on board u train bound for Calais, Franco, lost a satchel contain ing 51(50,000 worth of diamonds. It is thought thry were stolen. General lllanco has acceded to tho request of tho American evacuation commission to permit frco entry of Red Cross supplies ut tho ports of Havana, Cienfurgos, Cardenas, Sugua lu Grande, Calbalrcn, llahal Honda and others of less Importance Win. II. Murruy of Clinton, la., shot and killed his wife Harriet, an incur able insane patient of Oak Grovo asy lum at Flint, Mich., und then killed himself. He left letters for the direc tion of his affair?, and one to the asy lum physician, giving as his reason for the act that It was the only way to stop his wife's suffering. The United States will take posses sion of Porto Rico tomorrow. Hy then most of tho Spanish officials and troops will have departed for Spain. General ldicon, who Is in command of tho troops engaging tho Indians In Minnesota, says the Indians need a good sound thrashing, and that they won't be petceuble until they ure chastised. Private Charles Kcnn of tho Twenty second Missouri volunteers, who shot und killod Russell, the negro whom he found with Mrs. Kenn when he went home on a furlough, was uccqulttcd by the coroner's jurv after a ten minutes deliberation. NEWS OF NEBRASKA SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S EVENTS Most ImMrtant Happening of the Tat Beven Day Ilrlrfly Mentioned All Por tions of the State Covered A Tlinruttzh Kecnnie cf Nebraska Neir. Wedneiday, October l!t. All railway Bhopsand general offices at Omaha were closed on President's day at the exposition. Miss Maud Ulrkly of Nebraska City feel from her horse while riding und received a broken collar bone. Tho two Table Rock brick com panies have already this season made about 6,000,000 brick, most of uhlch have been sold. Tho Western Paper company of Omaha has filed articles of incorpora tion with the secretary of stnte. The sapital stock is 9100,000. While returning to his homo after having taken his lady friend out driv ing, Marlon Waters of Plattsmouth was assaulted by unknown men und received injuries from which he died the day following. Professor A. C. Fling, who hna been principal of the high school at Nebras ka City has been made superintendent of schools in place of Professor Skinner, deceased. Professor A. L. Keith of Lincoln wns chosen to be principal of the high school. Thunday, October III The street car lino connecting Liu coin and ilavclock is nearly completed and in a few days cars will be running between the two cities. nenry Watson, nged forty years, and unmarried, was thrown from his horse near Hcminirford and was in stantly killed, the fall breaking his necic. The first shovelful of dirt on the ex cavation for the now Union Pacific depot at Omaha wns thrown yester day. From now on the work will bo pushed rapidly. Some Individual with more whisky in his head than bruins stood outside of Dr. Bentley's house nt Lincoln and fired u few shots through the window. No one was hurt The northwestern Nebraska shecp brccders' and woor-growcrs' associa tion has been formed at Chadron by the prominent sheepmen In that sec tion of tho Stat. The object of this orgaulzation is to promote, the inter ests of the wool growers of northwest Nebraska, and for their protection against frauds and swindles. Friday, October 14. E S. Rand and wife of Wahoo cele brated their golden wedding tins other day. ' W. C. Worrell has been arrested charged with statutory rupu on the person of Graco Pope of Hastings. Martin Johnson of Holdrege while attempting to board tho II. & M. west bound passenger train at Hnstings got ono of his feet beneath the wheels, with the result thut it was found nec essary to amputate three of his toes. While hunting in the woods north of Nebraska City, in attempting to cut down n tree in which there wns a pos sum, licrt liishop let his hatchet slip, cutting a bad gosh on the knee that may cause it to be stiff for the re mainder of his life. Charles llirney of Snicm was per haps fatally stabbed by Ed Dcclair, at Marysvillc, Kan. The stabbing was the result of a quarrel during a horse race, llirney had a horse in the race, and after the first heat was rub bing his animal down, when Dcclair came up and threw a buck ct of cold water over the horse. This enraged IJirncy, who assaulted Dcclair, the lat ter stabbing his assailant with a pock et knifo. Saturday, October 10. The Oxnard Ueet Sugar company of Grand Island has notified parties in that vicinity who raised beets this year to continue shipment uutil all their beets aro delivered. The com pany reports the beets turning out re markably well this year and parties receiving S4.S0 per ton on 94 contracts. Considerable of a scare has been caused in Nebraska City und neighbor ing towns owing to a report that there was an epidemic of small pox in the city. Such reports have led the board of health to issue a circular letter in which they state that uccording to the physicians there is not, nor has there been, any small pox there. The socialist labor party has filed its petition with Secretary of State Portor for the placing upon the state ticket of the socialist party from gov ernor down. A petition was also filed Wiethe secretary of state for tho First congressional district with Fred W. Herman of Lincoln as Its nominee for congressman. . Sunday, October 16. The Beatrice corn curnlvul and flower parade of 1898 was a success in every particular. Conservative esti mates places the attendance at 23,000. Doubed up in a manger in a stable la tho rear of 1108 Farnam street, Omaha, the body of on unkuown man was found. Tho man was dead, but just how long it had boon since he expired is not known. Charles Hansen, left guard of the tat university football cleven, suf fered a fracture of tho left arm during a scrimmage on the grounds with the second university team. The "players were practicing ou the grounds, when tho accldcntoccurrcd. The misfortune will probably compel Mr. Hansen to caucel the remainder of his football engagements for the sesuou. Tho work of examining tho mem bers of the Second Nebraska 1ms co menced, preparatory to final must' out on October 20. A large crowd ol the school children of Nebraska City attended the exposi tion. A rate of SI for car fare, en trance to the grounds and tho mldwny ws secured, and the crowd wore neat badges and were accompanied by their teachers. Albert Palmer, a fifteen-year-old boy, was fatally shot by his pluymutc, Roy Moore, aged thirteen, while hunt ing at Ilurltngton bench near Lincoln. The shooting was purely accidental. Young Palmer died in perhaps ten minutes after the charge of shot bad entered his body, The boys were good friends, nnd as their parents lived nenr each other, had been play mates for several years. They were walking along the west end of tho beach, when Albert, in play, threw up his rifle in position to shoot, und Bald: "1 am a desperado!" There was no one ahead of him. Roy Moore wuh following behind him, and he, too, threw up his gun and said: "I'm a desperado, tool" The gun wont off, the charge entering Albert Palmer'a body it short distance below tho right shoulder, penetrating nnd tearing a greut hole through his body. Monday, October IT. ' Roston won the national lenguobara ball pennant Miss lola Chllds, the young lady cashier in the Rlshop restaurant, Oma ha, was shot by the jealous wifo of her employer, but is in a fair way to recovery. Mrs. Ilishop is in custody at the city jail und but few callers have been to see her. Sho makes no denial of the fact that sho tried to kill Miss Chtlds, who is the cause of her separation from her husband. Tho removal of worn cedar blocks on O street in Lincoln for the purpose of using the concrete buse as n pave ment is being considered. It is claincd that the refuse that rests on the con crete can be removed without expense to the city. The concrete is supposed to be iu good condition und some pro pose to use it until the pcoplo ure ready to agree on pnlng material. It is clalmdd this has been done in other cities without material injury to the concrete. Mrs. C. H. Rudgc, wife of C. H. Rudgc, a leading hardware man of Lincoln, was driving near Sixteenth and J streets when her horso became frightened and overturned the buggy, throwing her ! to the pavement The animal ran and then kicked the buggy to pieces. Mrs. Rudge wus tuken to the residence of J. W. DcwecBc, near by, und afterward removed to her home. Sho sustained no fractures of bones, but wns badly bruised and shaken up by the hard fall. 'An official tri-monthly field report of Col. John P. Uratt. First Nebraska volunteers, dated September 10, has been received ut the adjutant-general's office. The report shows thirty-two officers on duty, three sick, seven staff officers on duty, muklng a total of fortytw. Enlisted men on duty number 830, seventy-live aro reported sick, fourteen in nrrest or confinement, making 023 enlisted men. Four com missioned and fifty enlisted men are reported ubsent, making nn aggregate present and absent of 1,021. A gain of two is reported by the enlistment of Roy Dunkun and Harry E. Murray September 0. A loss of one Is reported by the death of Private John Ulack, who died September 5 at tho reserve hospital nt Cuvite. Since this report was mailed Colonel llratt resigned and the governor appointed Major John M. Stotscnburg to succed him. Tneiday, October IS. The relatives and friends at York of company A, First Nebraska voluuteera, in compliance with Chaplain Maril ley's request for reading matter for the boys, sent a largo supply of books, magazines und other literature by mall to Manila. Colonel John P. Bratt of the First Nebraska, is- on his way home from Manila News of this nature first reached Mrs. llratt at liennct through a cable message from Colonel Bratt. Tho message was dated October 14, at Nagasaki, Japan, and it simply an- nounced that Colonel Bratt was re turning on the steamer Peru. Fred Curtis, of the firm of Curtis & Son, real estate agents of Fairmont, was found doad in the street no had met several of the neighbors on the street and inquired for some hogs that had gotten out during the night He was seen walking west, facing a heavy wind, not over twenty minutes before he wus found dead. Appoploxy is thought to be the cause. t It was decided at a meeting of uni" vcrslty alumni, held nt Lincoln In the school, of music building, to make an effort to purchase the exposition organ for the university chapel. Much en thusiasm was develops! over tho pro ject, especially when it developed that gifts had ulready been pledged to so large an amount that only 82,500 is' re- quired from the alumni to secure this great instrument, which is valued at 87.000. It was decided to make, tho or gan fund a general free will offering. In order to mfike lt,a democratic, af fair a uniform gift of 310 will be asked oi , each graduate. ' , M. B. Reymau of Talmage tt vived a telegram from Sterling, Karf" that his son James hud fallen from a thresh ing machine separator, and dleil later from concussion of the brain. The body will be brought home for inter menu TIlA fnct,itt,. f.Atntntit.1tH ul 1.'.u..m ' ..w ....j vvMMf.l1IUM bi'iVUWU, adjudged Augusta Wallace a fit sub ject for the asylum. She is u daugh ter of Francis A Wallace and for somo time has been very upruly and hard to manage. Since the death of her moth er last summer she has been much worse. WlW'ftIW"-fMrtaWilJiirq.j i'-,'iiHj.i nnwiiiip. itiwiiiiniiin, win wmwiiwui wm n