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    THE BED CLOUS CHIEF.
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WIDE WORLD NEWS
Condensation of Events of Inv
portdncc
COMPLETE WEEK'S SUMMARY
tteppvatagt of the rait eaten Days
YVblch Deeply Interest the People
hort Paragraphs Conveying m
World of Information For
tho rolkt Without Tiro
WelnedT, August 30,
1th Intimated that Octifrnl Merelcr
In to bo prosecuted in connection with
tho Dreyfus cane.
Paris police have cied many Im
portant paper from tlie home of Presi
dent Dubee, president of this young
men's Anti-Semite league.
A lliirlliigton trnln was wrecked
near llamniil, Mo and Engineer Crlss
waft hilled, and Fireman Smith and
Conductor Mather fatally hurt.
Charles II. McCaughcy was arrested
it Springfield, HI. lie In charged with
killing Miss Ella Dyer, of Hunting
ton, Ind, July 10, by a criminal opera
tion. The threatened striko of Havana,
Culm, bakers has been averted. The
men, according to the terms of agree
ment, arc to receive an increase of
17.60 per month. .
Coroner Her, it investigating the
Chicago coliseum disaster in order to
naccrtain who may lie held legally ro
ponsiblu therefor. It was found that
the iron frames wero being used to
npport pulleys for hoisting heavy
timbers.
iTIic jDreyfns trial was devoid of
peelnl interest yesterday. Colonel
Cordier occupied the stand, his testl
inony being favorable to Dreyfus. He
mid he was opposed to Jen s on thu
army stair, but could not bear false
witness against an Innocent party.
General Leonard Wood, military gov
ernor of Santiago 1'rovlucc, Cuba,
caused Ueucral .limlnez to be m-restcd
when the latter came ashore, and will
hold him, pending Instructions, from
Havana, General .limine, docs not
eouceal his Intention of going to Santo
Domingo, and to become president of
the republic
Thursdiiy, August 21.
Tyron, ()., is threatened with des
truction by lire.
Ohio democrats nominated John 11.
McLean for governor.
There wero live deaths on the trans
port Grant which arrived at San Fran
cisco Wednesday.
"The American Match company has
v vntcrcd the Held to compete with the
vTXMamond Match company.
'fCol. M. C. Wctmoro and others arc to
' 'start an anti-trust tobacco factory at
' fit Louis.
Three people were overcome with
earbolld acid fumes while at work in a
ilo near Waubau, Wis., and died be
fore being rescued.
John Dclegal was arraigned at
Darlcn, (la., for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Townsend. There was
uo demonstrations of any sort.
At Yuma. Ariz., fire destroyed H. O.
Gaganctti's merchandise store. Six
people were killed by a falling floor.
The loss is estimated at 9150,000; in
turaucc 850,000.
General Miles left Washington for
Now York to witness several import
ant tests of high explosives, projec
tiles ami other munitions of war at the
Bandy Hook proving yards yesterday.
Shackelford, democrat, was elected to
nuccccd ltichard 1. ltlaud In congress
from the Eighth Missouri district. The
vote was: Shackelford, Hi, 830; Vos
holl, republican, 10,801; Hale, populist
6H. Shackelford's plurality, 3,020.
island's plurality in lb'JS was '-'.MX
A big sensation Is liable to come
forth in the Dreyfus ease in a day or
two. The army stalT is almost demor
alized at the favorable testimony for
Dreyfus, and arc almost ready to turn
tall in order to save themselves. The
win in divining, ami it is said some
will admit that It was Esterhuy who
wrote the bordereau and not Dreyfus,
but will hedge by stating that Drey
fus furnished tlie material to Kster
hary. Wednesday's testimony was al
most wholly in Dreyfus's favor.
Friday, September 1,
Runaway frrlght cart on the Erie
railroad at Moutclair, N. J., wrecked
an accommodation train from New
York. William Nurle of Arlington
was killed and J. J. Council of Itloom
Beld was fatally injured. Ten other
persons wero more or lcbh Injured.
Tho testimony at tho secret session
of tho Dreyfus courtmartlal at Itemies
Thursday, wiib favorable to- the ac
cused, many of the expert artillery ists
testiflying that Dreyfus could not pos
Ibly have known of the facts as writ
ten in tlie bordereau. At the open
tension Dreyfus airaln broko down
when the scenes of his degradation and
trials ou Devil's island were recounted.
President Flgucro of San Domingo
has resigned, but the ministers remain
on duty. An a result of tho resigna
tion it is likely lighting will cease- all
over tho island. The complete triumph
of the revolutionists in predicted. Two
titles have declared for General Jim
Inez for president, .limlnez has been
released by (leneral Wood, and will go
to San Domlugoon a specially chartered
kteamer.
New York yachtmen greeted Sir
Thomas Liptou 'on his urrlval yester
lay on the Campania.
Colonel Hawkins of the Tenth Ponn-
ylvania was buried at Washington,
Pa., with military donors,
Tho boiler In Chapman tfc Sargent's
bowl factory at Copenish, thirty miles
north of Mamlstce, Mich., exploded
Friday afternoon, killing three men
and fatally Injuring four others.
At Atlanta, Texas, thirty miles south
of Texurkana, Ark., Cant. It, 1), Hoyle
fhotaud killed A. L. Culbcrtson, his
brother-in-law. Tho men have, up to
a few days, been ou the best of terms.
Hoyle surrendered.
Detectives are working on clues to
tho perpetrators of tho dynamite out
rages on Cleveland ulrcct car lines.
They hope to capture t'12 guilty parties
Saturday, September 3.
Yellow fever has appeared at Vin
cenncs, lnd., Key West and Now On
leans.
San Domingo rebels await tho com
ing of General Jimincz. They hav
faith in his leadership.
A boiler explosion ijt the Republic
Iron works at Pittsburg, Fa., shortly
before daylight Friday, killed five men
and seriously injured seven. Flro
which broke out following tho explo
sion added to the horror. The mill
was partly wrecked and tho entire
plant was compelled to close down.
Friday was a very satisfactory day
for Captain Dreyfus, tho testimony be
ing weighty and almost wholly in hla
favor. Tho Heaurepalrc witness, Ger
main, who was to prove that Dreyfus
attended the Alsatian inancu'ra
found his statements denied by a repu
table witness while Germain himself,
it wan proved, underwent two convic
tions for swindling. Thin was tho
only testimony ngulust Dreyfus, tho
remainder of the depositions being in
his favor, several of them being
very weight', as In tho ease of Captain
Carvalho, General Hobert, and Major
Hartman, who testified that Dreyfus'
acquaintance witli military movcmcntl
had no solid basis.
Monday, September 4.
Tho yellow fever at New Orleans and
Key est In now under control.
Walter Endco of Chicago, killed his
wlfo and child and then hung himself.
Thirty buildings were burned at Hay
City, Mich.i In which tho loss by flro is
estimated to be 875,000.
A terrible forest flro Is raging near
Englewood, S. 1). It has reached a
strip of timber twenty miles wide.
Herman Felenthal, president of the
Rank of Commerce, died Sunday from
heart disease, at Chicago.
Weather permitting, the Shamrock
will take her Initial spin under racing
sails In American waters today.
Wedding invitations aro out for the
marriage of Julia Dent Grant to Prince
Michael Cantacuzcnc, September 23.
Three men were klllcdon the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad near Cedar
Grove, Wis., by being run down on a
grade.
Uusincss Is paralyzed, the prices of
food stuff advancing and people, are
fleeing from Johannesburg on account
of tho expected war between Great
ltrltaln and the Doers.
Disastrous forest Arcs aro raging
in tho southern portion of Calhoun
county, Ark., and great damage lias
already been done. Unless rain comes
soon the loss will be incalculable.
One of tho subjects to bo considered
at the convention of tho American
banker's association, which begins at
Cleveland today, will relate to tho es
tablishment of a comprehensive credit
rating system.
About one thousand persons, Includ
ing representatives of a number of
labor organizations, yesterday cele
brated sixtieth anniversary of tho
birth of Henry Gcorgo at tho Grand
Central Palace, New York.
Tuesday, September S.
Seven lives were lost in the sinking
of a sailboat at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
lllack Hawk, the noted Wlnnebaeo
chief, died at lllack Klver Falls, Wis
The 0. A. It. encampment attend
ance at Philadelphia is up to tho av
erage, and the attractions aro greatei
man ever before.
In the last of tho trial races at Now
port, It. I., for tho defender of the
America's cup, the superiority of the
Columbia over the Defender was ad
mitted. In tlie strike of Ilrltish seamen at
South Shields, England, 2,000 men
have gone out, and they express a de
termination to remain idle until their
demands are granted.
Two men have confessed to murder
ing young Kooller while at school at
Dixon, 111. This has cleared up a
mystery for which a number of sus
pects have been arrested.
A dispatch from tho Transvaal coun
try says the Doers long for fight, veto
any peace plans of president Kruger.
and are ready to declare war in forty
eight hours. They are confident of
their ability to whip tho Hritlsh.
Charles lleiitheim, at one time em
ployed In a German government ofllce
as a map engraver, but who Is now In
this country, says German ofllccrs
bought maps and army secrets of
French ofllcern, and that they were
shipped from Franco in tho bodies of
dolls.
In tho Dreyfus trial today, foreign
testimony wus admitted against the
prisoner, and M. Labor! will now In
sist on admitting the telegram from
the French ambassador at Koine, re
ferring to payment to Esterhazy by an
Italian agent, which has been refused
before becauso no foreign testimony
was to be taken. Six to ten days is
tho outside limit for the further dura
tion of tho triul.
Mauling tho Kolny Newsboy.
The Burlington ( Vt.) Free Presa an
nounces that It will issue a Sunday
paper during tho war. "I" Burlington,"
It says, "no subscriptions aro desired
for tho Sunday edition. The distri
bution will be by newabovs. In order
that the boys may find thcaa who wish
the Sunday Free Press without tho
necessity of shouting the name of the
paper, we will have cardB distributed
at all residences In the city. If ona
of these is put In the window the news
boy will call and payment should U
mado to him."
Itlblo In tbo Civil War.
A practical western nowHpaper writ
er soya that "statistics gathered from
religious periodicals and women's mag
azines show that fully half tho bullete
fired In tho late war were turned aside
from tho heart of the man shot at by
a pocket Illblo glvon him by his weep
ing sweet heart or hla mother."
Tho i:?u of (leulus.
All men of genius aro said to havo
'eyes clear, slow moving and bright.
This Is Uo eye which Indicates mental
Ability of some kind, It doesn't matter
wllat.
A DARING MOVE.
Counsel for Dreyfus Seek Out
side Assistance.
PLANS TO INSURE ACQUITTAL
Summon! For I.nte 1'orelcn.Mllltary At
taches Kloquent Appeal Made to
Emperor William find Xing
Humbert to I'rrnilt .Subject
to (She Testimony.
M. Laborl telegraphed personal ap
peals to Emperor William and King
Humbert to grant permission to Colo
nel Sohwartzkoppeu and Colonel Pa
ulzzardl, German and Italian military
attaches In Paris in 1801, to como to
Rcnnca to testify in tho trial of Cap
tain Dreyfus. This is the news of the
day, and the chief topic of conversation
in tho cafes and resorts of the journal
ists this evening.
Tho appeals were couched in elo
quent terms, invoking the assistance
of their majesties in the name of jus
tice and humanity. They nre qulto
supplementary to the formal applica
tion that will be made by the govern
ment commissary, Major Carrlcrc.
The demand of M. Laborl that the
court-martial should issue process,
subject to the approval of the two
sovereigns, came like a thunderbolt at
Tuesday's session. The step is fraught
with momentous consequences, as it
affords Emperor William an opportu
nity again to assume his favorite role
of arbiter of the destinies of the world.
No one vill be surprised if Colonel
Schwartkoppen, in tho name of the
kaiser, makes a declaration that will
practically decide the result of the
trial.
The first witness who was called to
tho bar was Reporter llassctt, whom
tho Matin sent to London to interview
Major Count Ferdinand Walsin Ester
hazy. The witness deposed that Es
terhazy confessed to him that he
wroto tho bordereau under orders from
Colonel Saudhcrr, who was then chief
of the secret Intelligence bureau. The
ortler, Esterhazy said, was to catch
the traitor at the headquarters of the
general staff, whom Esterhazy after
ward said was Captain Dreyfus.
Captain Dreyfus urose and in a clear
voice emphatically insisted that the
circular of May 17, 1803, announcing
that the probationers would not go to
the maneuvers was written in the
clearest language, which the court
would sec if it were read. Ho reiter
ated that he had never asked to go
to the maneuvers, for he was abso
lutely convinced that such a request
would not be granted.
KEARSARGE IS A SWIFT SHIP
Shows Au Average, Speed of Seventeen
and u Quarter Knots.
The ofllclal reading of the log gave
the first class battleship Kearsurge,
which went on her trial trip, a speed
of seventeen and one-fourth knots,
which speed was retained nearly half
an hour. This is considered as phe
nominal In view of the fact that the
vessel's bottom is in a pretty filthy
condition, having been in the water
continuously for nearly thirteen
months. The steam and hand steering
gear were subjected to the most severe
tests, tho mass of steel and iron re
sponding to her wheel almost as readi
ly as a steam launch.
On the first trial she made a semi
circular turn inward, which was a suc
cess in every particular. All tho ar
mor and main battery of the ICearsnrge
is in place. Her secondary battery
will bo placed on board, and she will
go to New York for equipment.
REVIEWS THE LONG PARADE
Presence of Fiesldent Make tlie Occasion
Joyous at rhlladelpblu.
September 5 was the big day of the
Orand Army encampment, and Phila
delphia was alive at at early hour. Tho
prebenco in the city of President
McKlnley and his drive over the route
of tho parade aroused the. greatest en
thusiasm among the throngs. Ad-;
mlral Sampson and tho captains of his
fleet mado a formal call upon the pres
ident before 0 o'e lock, Mr. McKlnley
receiving them in the reception room
set apart for him at the hotel.
The president in the evening ad
dressed a large and enthusiastic meet
ing in the academy of music, and one
later in Odd Fellows' hall.
Death of Kr. I'. 31. II..II.
Dr. P. M. Hobbs, ouo of the most
prominent and best known physicians
in southern Nebraska, died at his home
in Wymare last Tuesday, after several
days sufterlng with stomach trouble.
Memory Stronger In Summer.
Scientists have discovered that the
memory U Btroncer in summer than In
winter, ' 'Annng the worst foes'of j
memory are too much food, too much
physical exercise, and, Etxangoly
enough, too much education.
AWFUL TALE OF SHIPWRECK,
Two Survliors of Fifteen on a Nor
weglan Hark.
The British steamer Woodruff has
arrived fromllamburg. On August 31,
250 miles bouth of Charleston, tho
Woodruff picked up Maurice Audcrson
and Goodmund Tliomascn, survivors of
the Norwegian bark Drot, wrecked
August 15 off the Floridacoast. Ander
son is a raving maniac and his com
panion in shockingly mutilated from
bites of the crazed man. Tliomascn
tells n dreadful story. The captain of
the Drot and seven seamen were swept
overboard and lost In tho recent West
Indian hurricane. The mate and seven
other men put to sea on a raft made
from decking. The raft parted Boon
after, and the mate and" one man were
separated from the others. The matc'n
companion was landed at Philadelphia
by the German steamer Tltania on Au
gust 22. He stotcd that the mate sui
cided. Of the six men on tho other
part of the raft one became crazed
from exposure and jumped into tho
sea. The others, exhausted from Buf
fering, fell overboard and wero lost.
Anderson, Tliomascn and a German
seaman drew lots as to which should
be eaten, ns none of them had had a
mouthful to cat since they took to the
raft. 'Tho lot fell to the German. Ho
wan killed and the blood sucked from
his veins by the survivors.
Soon after Anderson lost his reason
and savagely attacked his only com
panion. Thomascn's breast and face
were bitten in several places, chunks
of good size being torn out. lloth mon
are now in the Charleston hospital, and
tho Norwegian consul has taken tho
case in hand.
MASS OF STUPID NONSENSE,
Esterhnry's Comment on tbo Handwrit
ing Uildence.
Maj. Count Ferdinand William Ester
hazy, writing to the London Evening
News describes the expert handwrit
ing in tho court-martial of Captain
Dreyfus at Itemies as "an overwhelm
ing mass of stupid nonsense.'1 He says
the late Colonel Henry and Du Paty dc
Clam were "victimized by tlie general
stall to cover their own faults." Con
tinuing, ho says:
"France is being devastated by a
civil war all tho more abomnable be
cause it is not being fought with arms.
The Dreyfus verdict will not end the
strife. The acquittal of Dreyfus, for
which the government is working se
cretly, will result in the complete dis
organization of the French military
system and the triumph of the social
ists." GOLD IN PAYING QUANTITIES,
Work Now In Progress on tbe DUlenbeck
Farm In Seward County.
J. S. Dillenbeek, the owner of the
farm near Pleasant Dale where gold
was discovered several years ago, tells
his friends that ho believes his trou
bles are over and that at last he would
be able to get out his gold at a profit.
He was in Lincoln the other day ac
companied by Scott Newcomer of Col
orado City, who said that he had vir
tually succeeded in perfecting a pro
cess for taking out the gold from the
earth at Pleasant Dale at an expense
of not more than SI. 50 a ton. As the
gravel there averages about 0 a ton
In gold, he believed that the profit
from mining on the DUlenbeck farm
would be about the same as at the
great Homestake mine in tho lllack
Hills. He says that the small plant
now In operation on the farm will
clear about 820 a day.
HE IS TIRED OF WAITING.
Food CoiumUsloner Will hue tbo Audltoi
Fur Salary.
Mandamus proceedings will bo com
menced by Food Commissioner Mb
bard against Auditor Cornell to secure
the allowance of a salary claim. Audi
tor Cornell was reported to have al
lowed Mr. Hibbard's salary last week
after he had paid a disputed appropri
ation of SI, .100 to the state horticul
tural society, but the report turned out
to huve been a mistake.
The food comm!s-lou law created a
food commission and closed with tho
assertion that an annual appropria
tion of 85,000 should be made to sup
port the commission, but that the
amount paid for salary and expenses
shpuld not exceed the amount of fees
received by the commission. Auditor
Cornell doubted that tho bill legally
carried an appropriation with it.
GIVES UP HIS WESTERN TRIP
'resident McKllitey Unitblo to Come Far
ther Writ Thau Chicago.
Senator Carter of Montana, who has
dnst returned from n European trip,
was at the White house, and In an in
terview stated that Mr. McKlnley
would bo compelled to give up his con
templated trip through tho west. He
would attend tho ceremonies attend
ing the laying of the corner stone of
the Chicago postofllce building on Oc
tober 1, but It was altogether impossi
that he would get further west thau
Chicago.
Jlmlnei at Cape llaytten.
.limlnez, tho revolutionary aspirant
for the presidency of thu republic of
Santo Domingo, has arrived at Cupo
II ay tlcn on the steamer George Secroite,
from Itaraeoa, accompanied by his son
and several friends. In tho courso of
a brief Interview General .Hminez said
that hib plans were progressing favor
ably, and that the Uuorgo Secrolse
would sail to Puerto Plato, where lie
intends to rest a day or two before con
tinuing his journey to the capital of
Santo Domingo.
NEWS Of NEBRASKA
Brief Summary of the Doings
of the State
THE PAST WEEK IN DETAIL
Irajlc and Ordinary Happening! In All
Xebranbn Towns Slate, Connly and
Municipal Item That are of
Importance to Our Iteadera
Interesting Little Items
WedneMhty, August 30.
The plant of tho Albion Roller mills
tvns destroyed by fire Tuesday night,
cntnlllng a heavy loss of 820,000 with
about 812,000 insurance.
Fred Kramer, tho Nebraska City
boy run over by n load of corn, who
was thought to be fololly hurt, is Inv
pnoving and may recover.
J. II. Wcavcrya well known farmer
living near Filley, has been adjudged
Insane. Several times recently he has
threatened to kill people who visited
Ills farm.
Secretary of State Porter has de
clined to approve tho claims for sup
plies purchased by the society of the
Home for the Friendless, claiming the
same were uosa proper charge against
the state.
At the congressional and judicial
coHventions held at Lexington Tues
day, Judge Moses Kinkntdof O'Neill
was nominated for congress and Judge
F. G. Homer of Kearney for judge of
the Twelfth district.
Sarah Iladcliff of Reynolds, a patient
at the Lincoln insudc hospital, com
mitted suicide by hanging. She was
found at 5 o'clock In the morning by
one of the attendants, Miss Cora Enlow.
Mrs. Iladcliff is a middle aged lady,
who was brought to the asylum three
weeks ago. She used a stocking.
The First Nebraska regiment reached
Lincoln Tuesday night about 8:30
o'clock. Fully 15.000 or 20,000 people
were on hand to welcome tho soldiers
on their arrival. Many of the compa
nies went at once to their homes, only
about half the regiment going on to
Omaha. Many affecting scenes oc
curred. The body of an unknown young wo
man was found lying face downward
in the street in Iront of 1135 Park ave
nue, Omaha. The woman was dead.
Her hair was lying In disorder in a
pool of blood, and several small
bruises indicated that she had fallen
from a vehicle. No signs of a strug
gle wero apparent. Nothing that
would give a clue co her identity was
found upon the body of the woman.
Thursday, August 31.
Nebraska towns having companies
in the First regiment turned them
Belvcs loose when the boys got home.
General Manderson of Omalia was
elected president of tho American liar
Association at its Ruffalo, N. Y., ses
sion. The remains of Frank Neptune, late
member of the Colorado regiment,
which has just returned from Mahila,
arrived at Grand Island Wednesday
and will bo Interred theie where his
parents reside.
Owing to the abundant supply of to
matoes and corn at this time the Ne
braska City canning factory is ruuning
night and day and Is putting up 100,
000 cans each twenty-four hours. Most
of this season's pack is sold at the
present time.
The battle-scarred flag of the First
Nebraska regiment has been turned
over to the governor. It will prob
ably be formally turned over to tho
state by the regiment at the regimental
reception on September 14, nnd placed
beside the battle flag of the First Ne
braska that participated in tho civil
war.
Henry Schoonover, a young mer
chant of llrownville, closed his store
Wednesday night and started for his
home, three-quarters of a mile out.
Two men confronted him and de
manded him to halt and throw up his
hands. Instead of doing so he pulled
his revolver and fired a couple of shots.
One of the men returned tho fire.
Schoonover clinched hiinand a struggle
ensued. Mr. Schoonorer finally broke
away, jumped Into tbo brush and hid,
and being exhausted and sick from tho
struggle, fell asleep and did not waken
until ho was nroused by tho cries of a
party in search of him, He has no
eluc to the Identity of the would-bcs.
Friday, September 1.
Hurglars nt Hemlngford wrecked n
safe in Miller & Wildy's grain ofllce,
but failed to get 81,300 In cash which
was in the steel chest inside.
Attorney General Smyth has begun
a second anti-trust suit In the district
court of Doutlan county. This time
lie attacks the American School Furni
ture company, alleging that It is an
unlawful combination, which should
not he allowed to transact business in
tho state of Nebraska.
Albyn Frank, clerk of the dlstrlot
court for Douglas county, has sued Ed
ward and Victor Rosewater for crimi
nal libel. The suit is based on an al
legation contained in tho Eveulng Hco
of Wednesday, In which Frank was
pictured as a defaulter.
John E. Rums, a member of tho
Third Nebraska volunteers, is very
sick with typhoid fever in the'emerg
ency hospital at Omaha. Ho will bo
taken to St. Joseph hospital today. He
came in from Cass county to attend
tho reception to the First regiment
soldiers and was prostrated by tho
heart.
Some Lincoln post-offlco employes
have named themselves tho "Rushnell
Sluggers," and will try to warm up
the post-ofllco employes of Omaha.
Charles Ynncey and "Sloppy" Smith,
tho two men arrested In Den Moines
for the shooting of a Northwestern
passenger conductor Wednesday, arc
possessed of a police record in Omaha.
They aro alleged to havo been members
of tho McVey gang. In tho event of
their being discharged by the Iowa
authorities the police Bay they may b0
brought to this city to answer unset
tied charges.
John 11. Hopkins, warden of the
state penitentiary, filed suit in the dig
trlct court yesterday against the Lin
coln Cooperage Company, F. M. un
and Elizabeth C. Welch, for 83,882.24,
claimed duo from tho company accord
ing to a contract made in September,
1807, with Warden Leidlgh. The case
has been expected some time, having
been promised by tho state authorities
since a demand was mado for a settle
ment und the settlement refused.
Sntunlny, September S.
Authorities arc after a Lincoln con
cern which sells diamonds on tho in
stallment plan, but which is supposed
to be a clever lottery scheme.
The different companies of tho First
Nebraska were, warmly welcomed at
their homo towns. At Crelghtou, where
there was but one soldier, they gave a
banquet nnd a big time, and honored
the solitary soldier until he became
worn out.
The monthly weather report shows
that the month of August was a little
hotter than usual, the averago for tho
month having been 70, against the
average of 75 for tho last fifteen yearsj
Tho maximum velocity of tho wind was
forty-eight miles an hour, on August 12,
A stranger giving his name as Duck
Allen was found across tho railroad
track at Lincoln too drunk to walk.
On his person was found a letter say
ing: "Dear wife I am at Crete and
what Is worse, I am drunk." Tho let
ter then went on to state that by tho
time she received the letter ho would
be dead. He was taken care of by the
police.
The East Lincoln Milling and
Manufacturing company, which has
just completed n large cereal mill on
North Twenty-seventh street, will be
gin operations in a few days. Tho
products turned out will be hominy,
pearl barley, flako wheat, a lino ol
breakfast foods and vinegar. The
waste of the fuetory will be fed to
cattle. .
Monday, September 4.
Archie Patterson, a Btranger, died
suddenly at Hastings of erysipelas.
The dry weather in Bomo parts ol
the state is cutting the corn crop short.
Otoe county has three candidates for
district judge on the republican ticket.
Thomas W. Short of Douglas Is up
against tho law for selling beer with
out a license. i
Growers of alfalfa in tho south-eastern
part of the stute aro alarmed over
the appearance of something liko tho
army worm. i
Senator M. L. nayward Is dally im
proving from his recent severe illnese'.
He Is able to be about tho house and
hopes this week to bo on tho street
and in his ofllce.
Tho Denver Gulfs mado it two
straight from tho Omaha Urewers this
afternoon in a game which was ro
markablc on the side of the locals only
for the number of errors made. Scorl
14 to 8.
Tuesdny, September 0,
A five-year-old boy of Joo Mogco
was run over by a wagon at Hum
boldt and severely injured.
Labor day was celebrateo in many
towns in Nebraska, but tho heat de
tracted much from tho pleasures 6f thi
day.
In the game of baseball between tin
Lincoln and Omaha postofllce employe
at Omaha Labor day, tho Lincoln
boys wou by a score of 20 to 7.
A plumber by tip namo of Mullam
received a blow on the head with a
hammer, which fractured his akull, in
a row on the Midway at Omaha lost
Sunday morning.
A hemp warehouse belonging- to E.
Lowensteln at Fremont was burned
Monday night, causing a loss of 80,500.
Flro is supposed to havo originated
from spontaneous combustion.
A party by the namo o, James Wil
son stole a team of fine horses and o
carriage from the sheriff at Sioux City,
Iowa Sunday. The team was captured
at Havelock this morning, but the
thief got away. 'i .
A'stranger Is detained at the Lin
coln police headquarters who does not
know his name nor where ho came
from. Ho is bothered with a gather
ing in his ear and tho doctors think
this has something to do with his un
balanced faculties.
The brldgo across tho Republican
river between Concordia and Hollls,
Kan., will shortly bo rebuilt. It is
nronosed to renlaco It with an iron
brldRo rcstlnir on concrete piers.
Tho
old bridge is a Howo truss bridge
and
was built about fifteen years ago.
A small boy and a box of matches
caused a fire in Lincoln Monday. Tho
fire did not amount to much, but had
it not been for tho promptness of tho
fire department tho flames would havo
wiped out a loug row of buildings, as
there was a high wind and plenty of
fuel.
It Is rumorod that the Rurllngton in
tends to begin work shortly on the
grading of its proposed lino from
Urusb, Colo,, to Alliance, Neb., and
that tho idea is to grade and build -that
portion of tho road between
Urhah-aud Sterling before (ho bay
croo more UiU wlntar.
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