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HEWS OF NEBRASKA
CONDENSATION OF IMPOR
TANT NEWS ITEMS.
short and rilhy rnraijraplis Which Tell
of Wht Ma Happened or Will llap
wn In Our Commonwealth Tim Newi
Urlefly Hummarlted.
Wednesday. .May .1.
Wytnorc bus scoured the reunion of
.lie southeastern Nebraska veterans'
association, which Is to be lichl in Au
gust. Table Itoclc Is. face to face- with u
'drouth" thnt In U lust -a year. The
uiloon licenses huvc expired, anil the
new officials arc "agin" the traffic.
The hoiinl of public lands and build
ings lias approved plans for a new
boiler litniHO to be conlrueteri at the
Institution for the deaf anil dumb at
Omuhn. It Ih to cost if". 700.
Fred XV. Miller of Fulls City is to be
census supervisor for tha First con
gressional dlstrlet, he being the choice
nf Senator llayward and Congressman
llurhett. The position carries with it
the appointment of 17. sultordinnte
census enumerators.
The Mate university weather depart
ment says: The past week has been
warm, with high winds, much sun
shine, and an excess of rainfall, which
linn been above normal except in n few
rotmtles along tlie southern bordur of
the state. Most of the rain fell In the
last two days of the week, and the
ground was' very dry in most parts of
the state riii ring the grcuter part of
the week.
Thu past week has been favorable
for farm work, and rapid progress has
been niiide in most counties. However,
in a few localities, the dry Kil the first
of the week retarded thu work some
what. Small grain is now nearly all
sown, end the enrly sown is coming
up rutlier unevenly in most localities
because of the dry condition of the
soil. Winter wheat has Improved
slightly in the extreme southeastern
counties, but most of the erop in the
state is dead. I'lo-vlng for corn has
U-en general in all the counties, and a
large proportion of the corn ground is
now ready to plant, but us yet very
Uttlc corn lum been planted.
P
T!icr.Ii.y May 4.
The northwest Nebraska reunion is
this year to be held at I'lalnview.
The etty of Orri la ai ranging to re
fund the water bonds and Isslo more
to Improve the pumping plant, which
has bciome Inadequate.
Ex-Oil Inspector Hilton and his
bondsmen have been held liable by
the supreme court for the payment of
tj.MV.'ii.M) due the state an fees collected
by Hilton and Ills deputies for the in
spection of gasoline.
' The death of Ilortiia Oreegcr of
(Jranri Island has been somewhat of a
mystery, but all doubt as to the cause
has been dispelled since a chemical
analysis of the contents of the stom
ach disclose strychnine. Mlsstlrccger
wns found dead on the parlor iloor. It
is believed a letter fioin her betrothed
breaking the engagement led her to
commit suicide.
After a heavy dust storm at Norfolk
clouds gathered towards evening and
ruin came down in a quick succession
of heavy showers with sharp light
ning and heavy thunder, lusting for
several hours. Streets were sheets of
water, but little dumage je.sulted ex
cept in the. west end, wlicr.! stroets,
walks, lawns and ileitis sulTured from
the torrent of water.
I,. Hall, E. W: Smith, O. V. and I),
(hirriucr. .1. B. Farmer and (J. N. An
derson, discharged members of the
First Nebraska, who are stranded in
San Francisco, applied to the govc jr
for transportation home. Adjutant
Ocneral Hurry has informed them that
the state has no appropriation for the
purpose, and advised them to apply to
Major Long, depot quartermaster at
Kan Francisco.
Blcven companies of the Nebraska
National guard have been mustered in
and the twelfth soon will be. There
are two candidates for the position of
colonel of the regiment. They are
Captain Campbell of Company F, other
wise known as the Lincoln Light In
fantry, and William lllschoff, Jr., of
Company 0, Nebraska City. Mr. Ills-
choff was colonel of the Second regi
ment when the state troops were mo
bilized in Lincoln.
Saturday, Muy U.
The house and contents of Mary J.
Newell, living live miles north of
I'lalnview, burned down. The loss
in a little over S 1,000 and is partially
covered by insurunce.
A 10-year-old son of Farmer 0. 0.
Doeseher, residing near West Point,
was terribly bruised In the face by the
kick of a vicious horse, He was taken
to Wcse Point where his Injuries were
attended to.
Attorney .Tohu C, Watson of Nebras
ka.Clty has filed his answer to the
charges asking for his disbarment. He
asks for an immedlato hearing, and
-yrayeti all-legal proceedings necessary
to secure his appearance.
Frank Gerlow,a farmer near Auburn,
started to burn brush in his haytleld,
it got away from him and burned up
twelve tons of hay, u wagon, and bad
ly injured a horse. Latir a windstorm
blew down lit" hay shed, demolishing
another wagon, and moving his large
larn partly off its foundations.
Mr. Hnrt of Fairmont called in a
.doctor to set ft broken leg for a three-year-old
child. The- tlostor, after ex
amination, pronounced tlio leg not
troli cn.but pulled out a darning needle
which had been driven into the thigh
full length,
W. B. Krame, of West Point, was re
turning home from a trip to Omaha
and tlid not notice he had been carried
past the station. He jumped from the
train and received Injuries so severe
they may cause his death.
Corn lllosn, aged ID, living three or
four miles southwest of Wilcox, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
parls green. Prompt action saved her
life. She gave as a reason for the act
that a married man had been loo inti
mate with her. Ills name could not be
obtained.
Hollo L. Ljman. the representative
of llelolt college, Wlscon.sln,at the VOth
annual oratorical contest held at Lin
coln yesterday evening, won the first
place, (leorge B. Fnrrcr of Del'auw
university, Intl., was second; S. M.
Holhiday, Simpson college, Iowa, wos
third and (J. Dunne Talbot of the Ne
braska unvlerslty was fourth. The
winner's oration was "The Altruism of
American Expansion." Ten staloi
were represented.
Monday, May H
Thojiousc and contents of Mary .1.
Newell, north of I'lalnview burned.
Loss over 81,000, partially insured.
Hlakc & Sons' ohl meat market at
Hastings was damaged to the extent trf
several hundred riollurs by lire. The
loss was covered by Insurance.
At Fremont, Chris Hanson's horse
ran away, and after becoinlng.iletuehetl
from the buggy bolted through a hard
ware store anil didn't disturb a nail.
Friends of ex-Congressman Jesse H.
Strode of Lincoln are urging him to
become ft candidate for department
commander at the (J. A. 11. encamp
ment to be held at York next week.
W. I), and W. V. Houck and T. W.
Kennedy, the men who have bscn en
gaged in passing St bills raised to SI
by pasting a a over the 1, antl who have
been operating In the vicinity of Fair
bury, have been arrested and taken to
Omaha.
Mary Vlaeh, ngeri sixteen, residing
three miles north of Heeiner, commlted
Milelde by shooting. Intense suffering
from injuries received several years"
ngo is given us the cause. She wab n
bright young lady ami loved and re-
srevted by all who knew iter.
Oncnr eager and John Bgleton ol
Decatur got Into a dispute over the
tcssession of some vacant lots and ea
ger brought the controversy to an
abrupt end by killing Bgleton with a
blow from a club .eager was arrested
radta'-en to Tckainsh.
At Omaha last Saturday morning the
body of Win. H. Howen was found in
the cellar of his home. He had com
mitted Hulelde. The cause for the rush
act is attributed to worry over money
matters, ami the fact of bis son's recent
enlistment in the regular army, tc
which Mr. Howen was much opposed.
For the. past twenty-six years Mr.
Howen has been grand seeretny of th
Masonle grand lodge.
Tuestlav, May O.
The Ocrmun government is bent ol
excluding American meat.
Otto Alqulst of 0.-ccola received a
broken leg antl was otherwise bruised
in a runaway.
J. II. Davis of llutlcr county dropped
dead while hitchini; bis horse to u
buggy to go to church.
David Jolly, an old man living at
Fairmont, slipped and fell on a muddj
walk, breaking his right arm.
Amy B. Hopkins of Oiiviha has sued
the Omaha Water company for S.V),00(
for Injuries received in the Patterson
building tire.
A young man named Lautcrbaek at
Nolfgh was trying to load a revolver
The ball has not been located but it is
thought he will recover.
Colonel John P. Hratt, formerly ol
the First Nebraska, lias placed a Span-!'n
Ish pack on exhibition in tlie adjutant
general's otllec at Lincoln.
The American Bxchangc Nntionu,
and First National banks of Lincoln .
have consolidated. The consolidated
banks will bo known as the First Na
tional. There Is a great deal of outspoken
discontent among tlie Heatricc parent
I of boys in the Philippines. The re
ported request of the regiment to uc
relieved from aotivj duty has caused
much alarm.
Miss Hlossof Wilcox, who took park
given because a married man hud beet
too intimate with her, is recovering.
James (Jlfford, whom it is alleged is
responsible, has returned to WHeox
and denies the girl's story.
Colonel Victor Vifqualn of the Third
Nebraska regiment has tiled Ills re
port for tlio month of April with Ad
jutant Oeneral Hurry. The regiment
is now at Augusta, (3a., awaiting mus
ter out, which has been ordered tc
take place May 11, The report gives u
brief account of the return of tlie regi
ment from Havana.
Day After the Hall.
Johnnie (whose mamma has a head
nclic) "Am I really so bad, mamma?"
Mamma"Ye8, Johnnie, you are a very
bid boy." Johnnie (reflectively)
"Well, anyhoy, you ought to be ylad
I'm not twins." Harlem Lifo.
Not Ued to Frecllo Ware.
Mrs. Housewife Bridget, that is th
coventh piece of china that you have
broken within the past two days.
IlrldRct 1 know it, muni. At tho last
place where I wor-rked tho folks never
ato off anything but goold and silver.
Eomervlllc Journal.
MlMlimnry Made a Mandarin,
Tlio Chlnrso authorities have elevat
ed tho Rev. Dr. Allen, a noted mission
ary, to the dignity of a mandarin. Ills
Chinese- name is Ling Blen Sun, which
is the best the Chlnceo can do to fitly
i Yung J, Allen.
ALL QUIET IN SAMOA
TRUCE PENDING ARRIVAL
OF COMMISSION.
The Ilchel Forres Watched ItrltMi and
American Nallors trour llic Country
Kngllsh 1'lantrr Held Frlsoner for hlx
H'rchi and Subjected to Torture.
Apia, Samoa, May 10. (Via Auckland.
N. ., May 0) Bverythlng is quiet on
the island. Operations have been sus
pended pending the arrival of the joint
commissioners from San Francisco.
After the cessation of hostilities a
detachment of Hritish soldiers, visitetl
the battlefield of Vallima, where they
recovered an American machine gun
that had been captured by the rebels.
The rebel forts at Lateppa and Vailima
were two miles long antl of great
strength, being reinforced by trenches
and rifle pits'. It was found that sev
eral rebels had tiled in the trenches
from the shock of bursting shells, but
without having been wounded.
After tlie armistice hud been agreed
upon the rebels left the forvsts sing
ing war songs of the vauquiihed.
The country is being scoured by
Hritish anil American sallors,ln search
for lead from which the natives might
make bullets.
A Hritish planter who has been a.
prisoner in the bauds of the rebels for
six weelcs lias arrived at Apia. His ex
periences during his captivity were
frightful. Many times the rebels
threatened to behead him. Captain
Sturdec, the ranking Hritish naval of
ficer here, in company with a mission
ary, went through the rebels lines un
molested. They found everything
quiet pending the arrival of the joint
commissioner, wlio are to arrange
terms of peace.
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS GATHER,
Many Delegate! llclng Entertained at
Kansas City.
Kansas Citv, May 10. Nearly 100
delegates, with as many more visitors,
from all parts of the country, were in
attendance today upon the opening
session of the twelfth biennial supreme
council of the Catholic Knights of
America. Tlie feature of today's pro
gram was the solemn high mass held
at St. Patrick's cuthcrir.il. The ollleers
and delegates formed in line at 0:30
o'clock this morning and marched to
the church; headed by the uniform
rank company from Vincennes, Intl.,
under command of (Sen. J.W. Norhaus,
supreme eominandcr-in-eliief. The cere
monies at the cathedral were impres
sive. Father T. F. Llllis of thib city
preached the sermon.
At noon the first regular session of
tlie council was held at Lyceum hull.
The delegates were welcomed by Maj1
or Jones, Edward Feeney of Brooklyn,
supreme president responding. Frank
Walsh followed in an address on be
half of the Kansas City members.
Routine matters took np the remain
der of the session and an adjournment
was had until tomorrow, when the
real work of the. council will begin.
Iu tlie afternoon the knights and
their ladles were taken for a drive
over tlie city.
FAILED TO INDICT MOLINEUX,
I'rUoner DliicharRed Only to be Afraln
ItearrtiMed.
Nkw Voiik, May 10. Roland 11.
Molineux, who has spent several weeks
e Tombs prison charged with tlie
murder of Mrs. Kate ,1. Adams, was
discharged this afternoon. Tlie grand
jury failed to indict him, anri ho was
immediately afterwards rearrested
, charged with assault
witli intent to
kill In sending cyanide of mercury to
Harry Cornish. Hail was fixed at 810,
X)0. Laugh! at Iteport.
Orn'MWA, Iu. May 10. C. A. Walsh,
secretary of tlie democratic national
committee, arrived home today from
the Klondike, where he has been the
past eighteen months. He laughs at
the story that he cleared 8.10,000 to
$100,000, but admits helms a valuable
claim. He will return to Dawson City
in June for a Bhort stay. He still owns
he Klondike advertiser.
Itencns the Charter.
New Yoiik, May 10. At a meeting
of the executive committee of the st
elety of Cincinnati, held today in this
city, the charter of the New Hamp
shire society of the Cincinnati, which
has been extinct since 18L'4, was re
newed. Furniture Factory Damaged.
Nkw Yoiik, May 10. Fire last night
damaged the six-story furniture fac
tory of Levi Abrahams to the extent of
9300,000.
Cleveland to VUlt Ohio.
Washinoton, May 10. Kx-I'resldcnt
Cleveland passed through here enroutc
for Sandusky, O, llu was traveling In
a private ear. He was joined by Cap
tain Robley I), Kvan'sltts favorite com
panion on hW slanting trlpi.
l'ri'tldent at the Springs.
Hot Si'iiiNtiH, Va., May 10. The pres
ident and Mrs, MuKinlcy, Dr. Rlxey of
tho navy, ami others, reached hero at 8
o'cloe'jt this morning. Their special
I rain was un hour ahead of time and
there was no crowd at the depot.
MEET AJEBEL BAND.
Men Under I-nwton Surprised by I'lllplnof
None Klllid.
Wasiiinoton, Mny 10. The follow
log was just received from Manila:
Manila, May 0. 0:25 p. in. A rc
cotinoltcrltig party from Major Gener
al Inwton's command, and which con
sisted of two companies of the Minne
sota regiment antl two companies of
tlie Oregon regiment under command
of Major Higgles of the Minnesota
regiment, advanced yesterday to a
point near San Miguel, which is about
twelve miles north of Halinag, There
the Americans were met with ft volley
from a force of rebels behind a trench.
Major Higgles was wounded.
Major Diggles was wounded in the
head and u private , together with ten
typhoid patients, were brought to Ma
nila today. The Don Jose, the last of
the missing steamers under the Ameri
can flag, which were detained by the
insurgents since the beginning of tlie
war, was found by the gunboat Manila
at Hutangas and arrived here today.
FATAL STREET DUEL.
DUputo lltiri IIIII Knds In the KIIIIiir
of Four Men.
Okoi.ona, Miss. May 10. A tcrrlfllo
four-hantietl street fight occurred here
today. Tlie participants were Dr. J.
Murfee and son Howard on one side,
antl C. D. and XV. F. Clark on the other
side. Knives and pistols were used.
Three were killed outright and tlie
other was mortally wounded and riled
later. The killing is the result of a
dispute over a bill.
SENTENCES COMMUTED.
Sentence of a I.I To Prisoner Shortened tn
Fifteen Year.
Wasiii.no ro.v, D. C, May 10. The
president has commuted to fifteen years
the life sentence of Bllsworth tie
France, convicted in Nebraska in 1803
of tlie highway robbery of n mall
messenger. The amount secured from
the messenger by DeFrancc wab only
one cent, hut the crime was the cause
for which the late Judge Dundy gave
him the limit.
MOROCCO SETTLES CLAIMS,
Presence of Cruiser ChlrauoIIus a Whole
Rome ICfTect.
Tanoikiir, Morocco, May 10. The
claims of ths United Slates govern
ment ngaint tlie government of Mo
rocco hnve been settled. The United
States Cruiser Chicago sailed from this
port today to resume her voyage around
'Africa.
CruUer KuIcIkIi Aground.
CiiAiu.Ksrox, S. C, May 10. The
cruiser Raleigh, which went on the
bar while entering the port early to
day, was pullet', off by tugs at high
tide antl nroeeericri up the harbor to
her ancorage. It was stated by her
ollleers that a superficial examination
disclosed no injuries to her Hull.
Htrlue. of Mulder at Lima.
Lima, 0., May 10. The moldcrs at
the Lima locomotive and machine
works struck today because five of
their number were laid off. Tlie com
pany conceded to their demands for
an increase-Saturday, but this morn-
inir laid off five men and tlie others
struck.
itlalnj; City Man Drop Dead.
J. II. Davis, an old resident of Hutlei
county and a prominent member of tlie
Masonic fraternity, riropperi dead while
hitching his horse to n buggy to go to
church.
Fomewhat r"lhy.
Wonderful are the tales of travelers,
Biid the proof Is generally ready for
purposes of substantiation, if their
truth Is called In question. A tourist
who had returned from a. trip to Seat
tle and Tacoma was describing to his
eastern friends tho Klorles of that re
gion, Its marvelous climate, and the
rapid strides Its people are making in
the arts and sciences of civilization.
"I tell you." he said, "they are away
ahead of you people here. Even tho
animals are more sprightly, and have
more go-aheadatlvencss about them
than the animals In this part of the
country." "I havo heard," said a sar
castic listener, with a wink at the oth
ers, "that the fish out there can sing."
"Well, they do have a kind of Puget
Bound about them," rejoined the trav
eler. Just a Mistake.
Llttlo Edith, a frcsh-alr-fund girl,
while taking her first walk In the
country, noticed a brilliant butterfly
alight on the ground before her. "Isn't
it too bad," she exclaimed, quickly,
"that somebody's sweet pea flower got
broken off and blown so far away out
nf th tardea Demoresvfl Mommy.
Welcome Chance.
Detroit Free Press: He I'm not my
celf tonight. She How delightful
Can't you spend the evening?
MEN AND WOMEN.
Richard Manfcfleld smokes a cigar
made crreclMly for his prlvnto use.
Dr. Nans'in never wears an overcoat
in latitudes south of Greenland,
Women to be nt all friendly must
hold each other np to tho top-notch of
critical surveillance.
Toletol "never useB a whip when
driving. "I talk to my horses," ho
cays; "I don't Veat them,"
Lord Rosebery, It is said, knows
more about practical farming than any
1 other person in Ennland.
Will FlllST BELIEVED.
NEBRASKA SOLDIERS MAY
FIGHT NO MORE.
Adjutant-General Corbln Write that the
Mate of Hailing Depend on Arrival of
Ship Other Nebraska News of Mora
Than 1'asslnfc Interest.
No defilnltc news was receivcri from
Washington Tuesday as to when the
First Nebraska regiment will sail. All
answers from Washington received dur
ing the past month were of the same
nature, in efTect that the troops nt Ma
nila would begin to sill Muy fl, antl
that all volunteer regiments would
probably ba home by the last of June.
Assistant Secretary of War Melklejohn
has repeatedly written In this strain,
xcept that lie recently fixed the date
of the sailing at about May IS.
Adjutant Ocneral Corbln has written
repeatedly to the state military officer"
that Nebraska troops would siil about
May .1 and that all were expected home
on the last of June, He has repeated
ly stated that soldiers would receive
discharges by applying for them.
Another letter received Tuesday tells
the same story, except the movement
of tlie regiment will depend on arrival
of transports now on way to Manila.
Friends antl relatives of the First
Nebraska read Tuesday with pleasure
n special from Washington announcing
that President MeKinlcy had been
shown a dispatch from Manila in which
tlie First Nebraska asked to be re
lieved from the firing lins and thnt
the president had directed cable orders
granting tlie request, if General Otis
had not already granted it. It was an
nounced in aritlltion that President
MeKinlcy complimented the First Ne
braska regiment very highly for the
work it has done in the campaign. Tlie
Washington special announced that
there were only 37f Nebraska men at
the front at tills time, the others hav
ing been relieved from the firing line.
Tlie appointment of Major Charles
XV. Weeks, commandant of the univer
sity cadet battalion, as a second lieu
tenant in the regular army, was also
announced. Senator Thurston, upon
the suggestion of Senator llayward,
presented Mr. Weeks' name to take the
place of Paul M. Vandervoort, whe
failed to pass the examination.
THE THIRD NEBRASKA.
Colonel Vlfi)ualn Forward Iteport of
Condition for April.
it
Colonel Victor Vifqualn of the Third
Nebraska has tiled his report for
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w.4lt nt Ant.11 it4li Aflhitnnt.CiDni'V
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Hurry. The regiment Is now nt An-
gusta, Ga., awaiting muster out.whlch
hiift been ordered to take place May 11.
The report gives a brief account of tho
return of the regiment from .Havana
the last of April. The enlisted men
present for duty numbered 740, and the
number of commissioned officers pros-
crit for duty was forty-two. There
were seventy-nine enlisted men on
special duty. Twenty-four sick and
three in arrest or confinement. The
aggregate strength of the regiment
absent and present, is 014. Elmer Clay
berg, private of company C, is re
ported confined in the government
hospital for the insane at Washington,
D. 0.
PARENTS GETTING ANXIOUS,
lleutrlce Mother and Fathers Becoming
Dlnrontented and Troubled.
There is a great deal of muttering
antl not a little outspoken discontent
among the Heatricc parents of boys in
tlie Philippines over the alleged mis
treatment of the First Nebraska regi
ment. It islield that tlie regiment liaa
been kept ut the front longer than
na..crv irltli Din nnmlwr nf rvinilnra
on the island, nml they discuss with
alarm the rapid decimation of the
ranks of the Nebraska regiment. This
sentiment will undoubtedly erysUlize
into an open protest to the war de
partment if assurances are not forth
coming thnt the boys are to be retired
at once. The reported request of the
regiment to be relieved from nctivg
duty lias caused much alarm here.
Farmer Iladly Injured.
Otto Altjuist, a farmer living about
two miles from Osceola, met with a
very bad accident a day or two ago,
He had been to Oflceoln to get a lister
to put in his corn, and returning homo
the horses ran away, throwing Mr. Al
qulst into a ditch, lister, wagon and nil
on top of him. He was found in the.
evening in the ditch by J. L. Makever,
and taken to his home, where a doctor
was called. He was found to be very
badly bruised up tip and his right leg
was broken below the knee.
Hpaulsh Houvcnlr.
Colonel John P. Hratt, formerly of
the First Nebraska volunteers, has
pluced a Spanish pack on exhibition in
tho adjutant general's office at Lincoln.
It was secured at Manila and belonged
to a member of the Seventy-third
Spanish infantry thnt was camped
near the quarters of the First Nebras
ka after Manila was taken. It is in
tho form of a pouch bag, made of white
canvass, with a loose covering of black
oilcloth.
Shoots Himself Accidentally.
At Nellgh a young man named Lau
tcrbaek was trying to load a revolver
and it was accidentally discharged, the
ball entering the abdomen below the
diaphragm. Tlio hall has not bceu
located as yet, but another explora
tion will be had In hopes of locating
it. He seems to bo suffering but litjlc
and it is possible that he may rrcovcr
A ceil Man Ilreaks Ills Arm.
David Jolly, an old man livlug at
Fairmont, slipped and fell on a muddy
bidewalk breaking his right arm u
J little above the wrist.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD SUICIDE.
MIki Mary Vlach l)cipotdcnt antl Do
tcrnilncd to Die.
Mary Vlach, daughter of Joseph
Vlaeh, living three miles north of
licenser, committed suicide by shoot
ing. Miss. Vlach was nearly sixteen,
years old antl lived with her parents
on the farm. During tlie world's fali
in Chicago she met with an accident,
injuring her knee, for which bIi'o waa
obligctl to undergo several operations.
Of late her limb lias been very painful
and she was considerably worried!
over It. Saturday her brothers start
ed for town to call a physician, anil
just us they were leaving their homo
heard the report of a gun in tba
house. HasMly returning they found
their sister lying on the floor in her
room, a gaping wound in her breast, a
shotguti by her side antl life extinct.
Her parents were out of the house do
ing some work. They also l.tjartl the
report and ran to learn the causo,
finding their daughter as above stated.
Miss Vlaeh was a bright young lady
loved antl respected by all who knew
her.
Joseph Hnruby, said to have beer
engaged to Miss Vlack, who has been,
working in Omaha, upon learning of
the death of his betrothed, camo.homn
to Hecmer. In the evening ho went
over to Mr. Vlack's house, and after
greeting the parents of the dead girl,
went into the chamber where the re
mains were. In a few moments there-port
of a pistol was heard. Mr.
Haruby was found lying on tlie floor
with a bullet in his brain. On Ills
person was found a letter evidently
written before leaving Omaha btating
his intention to commit suicide and re
questing that he be buried by the sido
of the youir; lady ho had loved. His.
request was grantcri. The remains of
Miss Vlack and Mr. Haruby will bo
buried at Dodge, Neb., in one grave.
A FATAL QUARREL.
An Afcd Man Killed In a lJnd DUputo-
Head CruHlied With n Club
Oscar Zcagcr of Decatur was taken.
o Tekamah under arrest charged
with the killing of John Bgleton by
striking him on tlio head with a whlf
llctrec from the effects of which Kglo- -f
ton died a few hours later. The differ
ence arose over tlio ownership of some
vacant town lots in Decatur townsitc,
which both parties were claiming the-
right to cultivate. The murdered man
was about fifty-five years of age and)
leaves u wuc unit several cnuurcn.
some of whom are married. He boro-
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vtirt iiimifn tft rt huinrr n fiu1 ttinf.
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'? "ih aml h"d bet'n U.vat-
? l?nd. fr twelve y tVMoU.
Ws right had been recently disputed,
Orear eager is a married man about f
"""? jcur iu.
At Omaha Saturday morning tho
hotly of William R. Howen was found".
in the cellar of his home at 2700 Dodgo
street. He had committed suicide atr
an early hour by shooting himself
through tlie head with a revolver. For
the past twenty-six years Mr. Howen.
lias been the grand secretary of tho
Masonic grand lodge in Nebraska nnd"
is well known to members of tho or-
tier throughout tlie state. Tho cause
of the rash act Is attributed to worry
over money matters and the fact ol.
his son's recent enlistment in tho reg
ular army, to which Mr. Howen was
much opposed.
I'rcmont Horse. Has n Itecord.
It is not often thnt a horse runs
through a store, but that was the caso
at Fremont one recent, morning. Cliris-
Hanson was driving a young horso
that became unmanageable and tlumpcoV
lllm Ollt fttltl ICIt tllC cart at ft tClC-
i phone pole. It gallopctl in at tlie front
oor oi ruisoury veazies naritwnra
store and out the back door without
! spilling even a nail. The horso wot
severely hurt.
It-ilsed Flgnrcs on Hank Hills.
Deputy United States Marshal .Kcitn.
iias returned to Omaha bring witli lilnr.
W. D. Houck, W. V. Houck, and T. W.
Kennedy, whom ho lodged in the
county jail. They are charged with
raising tlie figures on 91 and 85 blllriP
and then passing the money on their
unsuspecting neighbors in tho viplnity
of Falrbury. They will ho hold to
await the action of the grand jury.
Strode for Commander.
Friends of cx-Congrcssman Jcsso B
Strodc among the members of the O.
A. it., at Lincoln have of lata , beein
urging him to become a candidato for
department commander. Tho election,
is to bo held next week when the! Btato
encampment meets at York for n t!ircd
or four days session, beginning Tuear
day.
State Itallrond Assessment
The. state board of equalization met:
recently to consider the valuation of
railroad property for purposes of stater
assessment. Tlio board did not com
plete its work, but It is understock) that
there will be no change in tho valua
tion. The board 1b comprised of tlov
ernor Poyntcr, Treasurer Mcsorvo und
Auditor Cornell.
To Ilopeal the IiMr.
An effort is being mude by citizens
Humboldt to have the ordinance levy
ing tax on tlie express company unit'
other corporations repealeri. Thosa in
terested claim the express company
will discontinue their free delivery qff
goods, thus virtually making tho busi
ucsa men pay tho tax.
Iliilldlnir Damaged by Fir.
Hlako and Sons' old meat market on
South Hastings avenue at Hasting
was damaged by fire to the extent of
three hundred dollars. Tho loss wij
covered by insurance.
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