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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1900)
' ' r y'.ik xmmrm "w A FRESH ATTACK Belief Growing That Bullcr is to Try Again. WAR OFFICE HAS NOTHING TO SAY Not n Word Coin milng Cunillthui In ,. tJl IViipful of the Out,,,,,,,. Jin. ltiirj.Mpn ltri;unl .Motet it With Much Dismay. Ileilogrnills Hashed from Lndvslllltll three days ago, says a London. Feb ruary ;i dispatch, t'.iat tin- lioer invest ment lines then were thinning and tlmt the besiegers were mtivl ti; In force toward tin Tiigela. indicating Hint u collision wns expected there. This Intelligence hears out other slns that (Ienernl lliiller purposes a fresh attack. The war olllee continues to reveal nothing of what has happened in Na tul. Without exception the military erities regard with dismay the prospect of the renewal of the assaults .unless (iencral Ruller bus been heavily rein foi cod. and there Is nothing to indi cate thai, this is tlu case. Lord Kitchener has hcen travelling from army to army in northern Cape Colony, and (iencral French, by in structions, is now in Capetown consult ing with Lord Roberts. Large eiiglu coring coiistructioiis are proceeding at Modder river, suggesting that Lord Mcthuen's fortitied camp lias been se lected as the base from which to in vade the. Free State. Numerous sid ings, platforms and warehouses are being built and a permanent railway bridge is well advanced. There, is no otlleial news from (Jen eral Rullcr's headquarters and the only information which has reached Lon don hi any way supporting u. reports that he has recrosved the Tugelu river is found in the Associated press dis patch announcing Lord Duiiiloiiald's rcconnaihsancc. which is taken to in dicate a prelude to renewed activity. As the dispatch is three days old and Lord Dundonuld found no ilillieulty.in crossing the river, it is not impossible (ienernl Huller may have moved in the interim and public anxiety is again concentrated on the Lppcr Tugelu. Dispatches from idsewhere in South Africa merely tell of 'desultory llclug and the moving of put nils, though Capetown mentions a ruinor that (Jen frill French has captured HOD Itoers. where and when not being announced. Anil-Trust l.ntr KITcctiip The Texas anti-trust law. passed at the session of the legislature last May, is now eirective. This is a most dras tie measure in that it relieves all debt ors in the state from paying for any goods bought of any outsider if the said outsider proves to be in any way connected with a trust. The business world is apprehensive of trouble along this line. Thrruti'ii 11 Strike. ' Chicago labor unions have announced ofllcially that the building trades coun cil, on or before February !. will de flare against the rules adopted by the contractors' associations and order a general strike if any attempt is made to enforce them. Already several of the unions have icseinded their votes on the joint arbitration agreement. Struck a ICIch Vein. A ledge of gold ore nine feet thick on n 7011-foot level about UOti feet from the main shaft has been encountered in the Holy Terror mine near Keystone. S. 1).. which is said to run Sio.oni) per ton. The Holy Terror mine has been giving a number of surprises lately by the opening up of new ore veins, The company olliciuls do not deny the re ported llnd. MlHHtiurl rnrllle llchlnil II. W. C. McXainara of Sioux City, who owns the surveys and is promoter of the Kastern Nebraska A (lulf railroad, announces that the road will be built this year from Omaha to Sioux City, KID miles. It is considered a movement of the Missouri Paeitlc to get into Sioux 'ity. Offers to AM I.'iikIiiiiiI, Rleciottl (iaribaldi. one of the sons of the famous Italian patriot, in con sideration of the services rendered by Knghiud to the cause of Italian inde pendence, has offered the llrltish to command a corps of Italian volunteers in South Africa. To Appoint lli'h'Kiilf. tiovernor Poynter has been asked to appoint ten delegates to a pure fooil and drug congress to be held at Wash ington, I). C ., March 7. Those who wish to attend as delegates and pay their own expenses may apply to the governor for credentials. Injured by lUploslon. The purifying room at the gas works at Aberdeen, S. 1).. blew up and the oxploslou was felt for blocks around. The plant is badly wrecked, involving a heavy loss. Two employes were se riously Injured. The property is owned bytirand Forks parties. Hoillm Until II coo Klilppfil. Adjutant Uonernl Harry received a telegram from Depot Quartermaster Long of San Francisco announcing that the bodies of the Nebraska sol diers that arrived recently at San Francisco have been shipped to their various destinations in Nebraska. Killing rollnwH. Iii an nltercution over the payment f a smull bill K. K, Tenipleton of lice- ville, Te.v,, was shot and killed by John W. Wilson, a cleric In u shoe store. Wilson is In jail. GOEBEL STILL ALIVE. WuiiiiiIpiI ! (let t,; AtoriK Very Well Ahln (o Tit Up Nourishment, A bulletin from Frankfort February I. at l'.':in o'clock says (iovernortioebel s us comfortable as he has been at any time during the day. He was able to taken little nourishment at midnight, some lee cream being given him. The Indications are for a good night. The Ohio supreme court has handed down a decision which sustains what is generally known as the Valentine Stewart anti. trust hiw. which prohib its the combination of companies or llrms for illegal put poses which are therein outlined. The decision is given in adcinuicr tiled by the Standard Oil company on the ground that the law was unconstitutional. The litigation was that instituted by Attorney (ion eral Mnnnett against the Standard Oil, Ituekcye Pipe Line and Solar Retluing companies. Train Itolilur I'liuds tlullty, Oeoigo Riley, the train robber cap tured at llolden. and .lesse Sliced, at whose house the gang was corralled, were taken to Kansas City and ar raigned before t'liited State's Commis sioner Nuekols. charged with com plicity in the robbery of the Pittsville, Mo., postolllce. Riley pleaded guilty. Sliced was held in SMid bond charged with receiving pincccds of the haul. Iloth will be taken to the Hates county jail for safe kccpin.r pending trial. Huh Iloth Arm Itrnkt-u. Taylor Hail, an inmate of the coun ty infirmary at Dunbar. Xeb.. met with a serious mishap. He and an other inmate were hauling hay, when they drove over a pile of manure, the wagon was overturned, both men thrown forcibly to the ground and Mr. Hail had both of his arms broken just above the wrist. The fractures were reduced and the Injured man made as comfortable as possible. An i:pcnslvc . ICtiiuitiity. . As .lames and .lee (iilTord were on their way to Rngan, Neb., their .team became frightened Uiid ran away, over turning the buggy In a wire fence, de molishing it. .lames Clifford's left hand and arm were badly cut In the i ire. and . doe's face was very badly scratched. The horses were stopped by becoming entangled In the wire aiid escaped with a few scratches. llcoomi'H it Nittlonttl l'nrk. The recent act of the interior depart ment, in instructing the receiver of the local land ofllee nt Itapid City.S.D,, to take the llrst steps toward making a national reservation or park of the land upon which "'the famous Wind cave is situated, ten inllca from Hot Springs, is approved by it, number of the best citizens of Hot Springs and In Custer county. Denies Ktlllnt; of American. United States Ambassador Clayton lias informed the department of state that the Mexican government has re ceived a telegram from (ienernl Torres to the effect that absolutely nothing has occurred that would give rise to the report that six Americans have been shot by Ills orders because they had been found in the vicinity of the hostile Ynqui encampment. Cole 1 1 rill ITnilnr llniul. Charles II. Cole, formerly president of the (ilobe National bank of Hoston, and who is charged with cmbc..liug and misappropriating S'.hio.OOO, the property of the bank, waived exami nation and wat held in S.'iO, 0(1(1 bond for the grand jury of the dis trict court, which sits in March. Kefu-e to Killer Caucus, At Sacramento. Cal., Thomas I!. Hard of Ventura was nominated United States senator by a rump caucus com posed of fifty-four republican members of tlic legislature. The followers of I!. M. Hums, numbering thirty-one, re fused to go into caucus us Hard's se lection seemed certain. Archbishop of Snellen Demi. The archbishop of Sweden, the most Rev. Anton Sundberg. who was be lieved to have recovered from appen dicitis, is dead. He was born in I tiltf. Captain anil sU Men Droit ucil. Tlic Italian bark (jiiiriunlc, from Carthagena, has been wieckeil near Villeroi, France. Captain Cable and six men of the crew were drowned. I'll t;t I Ohio I'Vnil. Caleb Linder was shot and killed by Thaddeus Allen at Spring Valley, ()., as the result of a feud. Allen is under arrest. BRIEF NEWS Armour , Co's armies of workmen and employes in all parts of the world were idle out of respect to the memory of Philip D. Armour, jr., whose funeral was hclil in Chicago, At Chicago Terry Mctiovern knocked out Kddie Sun try in the tlftli round and his title as featherweight cham pion is undisputed. The lower house of the Hungarian diet has approved u supplementary credit of .'10,011(1,001! florins for the pur chase of arms ami ammunition. Premier Hostrom of Sweden, Is hope .fill that the dlll'ercnces existing be tween Sweden and Norway will soon lie dispelled. In an Interview he said ho was fully convinced that the worst was over. Advices from Apia, Samoa say that all is quiet and the natives are more settled than at any time since the disturbance between the native, fac tions. Sister Stanlslouis, a teacher, and Mary Foley, a pupil, were burned to death as a result of a fire which de stroyed the parochial of St. Lawrenco O'Toolc's Catholic parish in St. Louis. LEFT WITH TAYLOR Rests With Him to Decide for Peace or War. WANTS TO CONSIDER THE AGREEMENT let I of Agreement Iti'ilflit'il ill Louisville Conference l.itlil llcfon- 1 1 1 tit hy it CoiiiuiIIIck A Millet Diij ill 1'runlifnrl. Whether it shall be war or peace In Kentucky rests with (inventor Taylor alone, says a Frankfort, Ky., dispatch of February li. The question has been in his mind all day. and tonight lie de clared that he had reached no decision and will announce none before Thurs day. "I wish to see my attorneys," he said, ami to consult with them about certain forms of the agreement before I announce my Intention, I will not say what I Intend to do until after I hate obtained legal advice." The consultation of the attorneys was held tonight in (Jovcrnor Taylor's olllee, and adjourned at a late hour. The text of the agreement reached by the Louisville conference last night was btoiight to him this morning by a committee consisting of (leu. Daniel Lindscy. 'I'. . Hakernnd T. K. F.ilc leii. They handed (iovernor Taylor a copy of the agreement, weie closeted witli him for a short time and then de parted. As they left the building Mr. Ilaker remarked: "1 hope and bclleie that the entire matter will be amicably adjusted. More than this I am unable to say at the piescnt time." i i:.t oi tiii: Aiiti:i:.Mi:M. Mints T.iyliir, Hut Kings Dcutli Knoll of tiOI'lll'l l.llll. The peace conference which was liehl at the (ialt house in Louisville between seven representatives of the republican party and seven represent atives of the democratic paity re sulted In a unanimous signing of an agreement embodying seven spceitlc propositions, which promise a settle ment of the party differences which have brought about two state govern ments in Kentucky This agreement is in substance as follows. , 1. That if tlic general assembly in joint session shall adopt a resolution ratifying their recent action adopting the uontest reports seating (ioebcl and Heckham, the contestees, V. S. Taylor and John Marshall shall submit with out protest. ',!. That all parlies shall unite in an effort to bring about such a modifica tion of the election law as will provide for non-partisan election boards anil insure free and fair elections. II. 'Flint the conditions shall remain in status quo until Monday, the gen eral assembly meeting and adjourning from day to day until that time, I. That nothing shall be done to hinder or prevent a joint session of the general assembly for taking action on the ratification resolution. .p. That the state contest board shall meet and adjourn from day to day un til Tuesday without taking any action on the contests for minor state olllces. This postponement Is suggested in or der that the action of the general as sembly on the ratification of these res olutions muy be taken first. 0. That the state troops shall be re moved from the state capital at once, though all necessary precaution for the public safety shall tie taken. This matter is to be under the direction of (ienernl Dan Lindsay of Frankfort. 7. That the republican olliciuls and ofllccrs of the state guard shall have immunity from charges of treason, usurpation, court-martial or other such offenses. The ngree.ment was signed by the following republicans; .lolin Marshall, .lodge John W. Hair. Oen. Dan Lind say. L. Filelen. Dr. T. II. linker, David W. Falrlclgli, C. T. Hallard; democrats, .1. C. S. Hlaekbiirn. .1. 0. W. lieckham. Samuel .1. Shackelford, 1'rey Woodson, .1 nines H. McCrcery, Phil Thompson. Itobcrt .1. Hrcekenridge. The agreement in full was not given out last night, as it was desired llrst to submit it to governor Taylor for his signature. It was stated by the re publicans present that (ioveruor Tay lor would agree to anything that all of theni signed. It was stated In the con ference that the Loudon session of the general assembly would be called oil' at once. ItrliiKH KuHnliin liiimli;rnnt. Fred Hcchtold of Aberdeen. S. I)., who went to Kussia for Immigrants, and who was reported to have been sentenced to imprisonment by the Russian government for enticing men from the country who were subject to military duty there, telegraphs from New York that he has arrived there with two ears of Immigrants, and will bring, them to Aberdeen immediate v. i:icct Ui'iuilillrnii Mayor. W. T. Hugo, republican, waseleeted mayor of Ditluth. Minn., by the small majority of seven votes over Henry Truelseii) democrat peoples, after one of the liveliest municipal campaigns in Hie history of that city. Tim republl cans elected six out of eight nldernion, leaving the city council stand fourteen republicans and two democrats. Iluril Sure of Scinttn Kent. At a secret meeting of the Hums forces of the California legislature, l.'hl for the purpose of discussing the senatorial situation, it was decided to throw the entire republican support for the scnutorship to Thomas II. Hard, who received thej-aueiih nomination, I'orprloio on llreivcry.1 At Chicago a decree of foreclosure was entered In the ease of ,lohn Me Nnltu, receiver of the National bank of Illinois, against the Amurlcan Hrew ing company. Claims against the brewing company amount to S'JOO,000. RATIFIES PEACE TREATY Semite Tulip 1'imintlilc Action Wlthoiii lllcmlin. The senate In executive session rati tied the Hague peace treaty, also the extradition treaty with the Argentine republic. Iloth were adopted without objection or division. The new treaty with (ireat Hritaln relative to the building of the Xlcaruiigtui canal was read Senator Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign iclations, moved to make the treaty public, asitwasa subject In which all weie greatly in terested, but after some discussion it was decided to refer the mutter to the committee on foreign relations before having taken that step. The comments of M'liators upon the treaty after hear ing It lead were favoiablc. It was said to allow the United States all the the authority that was needed and the neutrality of the canal was guaran teed, as waH the neutiallty of the Sue, canal. TAKES CHILD FROM MOTHER I'ltlliPllcS, U HnriM'cl In SprhiKllchl, III.. Court Itooiii, lu the Sangamon circuit court at Springfield. 111., in the case of Fred erick Alsupp of Day ton, ().. vs. Carrie Alsupp. bis divorced wife, who kid naped their two-year-old daughter (icrtrtule ami secretly came tir that city. .ludgcCrcightou ordered the child taken from its mother and returned to Mrs. Katheriiie i. AKupp of Cincin nati. (.. mother of the child's father, whom the circuit court of Montgomery county. Ohio, appointed custodian of tile child at the time the divorce was granted. When the deputy slieillT took tlic child from her mother the latter was prostrated with grief ami a most pathetic scene was enacted in tlic court room, men ami women joining in tears. The child was returned to Ohio on a writ of habeas cm pus. SATISFIED WITH NEW SCALE .Milium of IIIIiioIh tlutc Nntlillll; lo C'oiopliitli or. State Secrctary-Trcasuier . D. liyun of the united mine workers of America, who arrived at Springfield. 111., from Kraidwood. says that the miners of the Hraidwood district are well satisfied with the new scale, lie says there may be some tiouble in ad justing the prices in the sub-districts in Illinois, but that this will probably be lled up at the conference of miners and operntorsin tliat city February P. In the thin vein in the northern part of tiie state an advance of I cents per ton will be made over the 0 cents ad vance already agreed upon, at Indian npolls. RUSSIA BOUND TO PROFIT Til III lie Ailvillltucc of i:iltflllllr Kill hiirruNitiiiPiilH i:iim here. The campaign in favor of taking ad vantage of 'the present complications lu South Africa to sccuiv Itussian ports on the Indian ocean ami .Medit erranean sea is being pushed with vigor, says a St, Petersburg dis patch. The newspapers openly advo cate profiting by t ireat Hritain's difll eultles to realize the scheme upon which depends the ultimate prosperity of Kussia ami which great Hritaln has always frustrated. SEEKS PAY FOR VOLUNTEER ('olIgrcHalllllll Sill lllTlllllll Illtcrt'HtH 1 1 1 III- nclf III 'ouip.iu.v II. Congressman Sutherland of Nebraska called on the war department to see about securing the two months' pay due the members of company II, who came from the Philippines during the fall of I "".IS, and secured promise of an early consideration of the mutter. Mr. Sutherland also secured passports for Dr. Joseph Sample of 'Clay county to visit Fiirope. A few days ago Victor Vifqiiaiu also scut here for passport) for a trip abroad. lottlt Sillooiih to ('lose Again. The saloons in Iowa are again clos ing, having been Instructed that they are given no protection by the stay or der of the supremo court. This was understood to be a general order ap plying to all saloons operating under void consent petitions. Now' it devel ops the order was intended to have no general efVcct and applies only to the case In which It was issued. Several wholesale liquor houses of Dcs Moines have removed their stocks to places of safe keeping so they could not be or dered destroyed. Lieutenant llerrou Sufe, The adjutant general at Washington has iceeiveil a telegram from Van couver Harracks, Washington, stating that Colonel Kay of Ft. (ilbhon. Alaska, reports the safe arrival there of Lieu llerron and party, wlip were supposed to have been lost, while exploring the Copjiei; river country. .Nothing o .luntlfj- Arrt'Kt. .lames Cummings. the private watch man of Penny (icntles St. Louis store, who was arrested on suspicion of having some knowledge of the origin of Sunday's disastrous lire, was re leased. On Investigation nothing was found to justify his arrest. William .11. HoiiNpr Demi. William M. Houser. secretary and treasurer of the Olobe-Deinocrat and oldest and only surviving son of D. M. Houser, proprietor (if that paper, died at his home in St. Louis of cousiimp tlon. Mr. Houser was thirty-seven years of age. SiirgtKiii DIph In I'lilllppliK'H. A cablegram has been received at Yoiingstown, (),, from Manila announc ing the death from dysentery of Lieut. Hralnerd S. Highly, jr., surgeon of t iu Third United States infantry, lie was twenty nine yearn old. SMALL POX SCARE Men With Disease at Large at South Omaha. TIIE PEST HOUSE WAS BURNED NplKhhort Sel Fire to the Nctv llnllil- ! rc to Keep I he I'lttlenli Atviiy Hint; DciiiuniU Koiluli it I'ulliunn I'oiiilui'lor Took I'roni Him South Omaha Is In a quiver of excite incut over a stnallpoN scare that pre sents some serious features. Recently t wo colored men vvnllteil tnlii tlic ullli'c of Dr. Curtis ami asked for treatment. The physician discovered almost at a L'lancc that both had well devcloncil cases of smallpov The disease had been allowed to go without treatment so long that there was no possibility of a mistake. Tiie dangerous feature of the sltua tlon Is that the men have been at large iu tlic city for several days. They slept at the city jail ami scores of per sons have undoubtedly been exposed to the disease. I tot li the patients are strangers. They came to South Omaha from Kansas City and neither is disposed to give a very definite account of him self. One says they have been In South Omaha for three days and the otlier says they have been there a week. Tlie city authorities' built a pest house in which they expected to lake care of the patients. Tlic house was located iu Sarpy county about MO yards south of the Douglas county line near the Thirteenth street boule vard. The authorities thought every thing was lu readiness to receive the patients, but when a man was scut to complete some minor details lie re ported that the pest house had been huriicil some time during the night KLUG DEMANDS HIS KODAK Sii I'lnil ii I 'n 1 1 nut li Couiliii'tnr I'ook II I'or I'ure. A. W. King of Pierce purchased a l-.l .i.lliss tin!;, f til IliMiml Iklnii.l mill boaidci I'nion Pacific train No. '.'. wiiicii runs not In ng hut I'lillmans. I lie conductor demanded ,', cents extra when the ticket was presented and King lefuscd to pay It, saying that he bought the ticket for the train sup posing It was siilltclc nt and was al lowed to take the train without being told otherwise, lie was permitted to remain iu the car, but as lie was about to get oil' the train at Columbus the Pullman conductor, he claims, picked up a kodak, valued at Ss belonging to King ami kept It in lieu of ''." cents which he failed to collect. King com plained to the county nttorney at Columbus, who has written for the re turn or the Kodak, anil It tilts letter isn't sullicleiit a warrant will be Issued for the arrest of the railroad man and he will he caught as he comes through, ARRESTS THEM ON SIGHT Ttro .Men Wanted hi Kuiiikh Aw 'lukcn it llcntrlcc. A day or two ago the Heatrice police .eceived a request fiom Washington. Kas., ofllccrs to be on the lookout for .llm Llllie and a man mimed Stewart, with a request for their arrest on sight. Monday Policeman Moore saw the two eating dinner at Dunn's res taurant, and without waiting for for malities, placed the men under arrest. What they are wanted for is not known but they will be held until the Kansas authorities come, ohuving wired that they would come on the llrst train. Llllie is well known In the locality, but his partner Stewart is not so wcl' known. WANTS DEPOT FACILITIES L'tiliipliilut Itiiliitliu; to tilt) IIiiuiIIIiik of t i ruin. K, T. Deiiney of Hayes county has died a complaint wild the board of transportation. Ills complaint Is lu the form of a letter iu which he asks the hoard to compel the It. .x. M. to furnish depot facilities for receiving and delivering grain iu car loads at Palisades ami Arapahoe. Mr. Deiiney is manager of the Palisade drain and Live Stock company. What he means by depot facilities for the reception ami delivery of grain is not made plain ill his letter. An I injui'Ht Sol NcccKHury. .loe IC rn ta, the suicide who shot him self in tlie ICIkhorn lodging house iu Omaha recently, will be buried at tho county's expense. Since there was no question tlmt the man came to his death by his own hand no inquest was held. Kriitu, u laborer, whose home was In (leneva. went to Omaha a month ago to seek' work but being ill u great deal, he was unable to secure suitable employment. TruHlpil a rltriliiKPr. Miss Kdiill Heed, who lives at IMS South Fifth street, Omaha, rented a room to a strunger, who later gathered together everything of value In the room and skipped out. Miss Reed's gold watch, valued at 8'i0, was among the missing articles. To Prmerte U'ltr Itellin. Adjutant (leneral Harry has awarded the contract for making an airtight case for war relics to the Standard Planing Mill company of Lincoln. This company otVcred to do the work for SIsH. Tho otlier bids ranged from 500 to 8780. Union 1'iiclfhi Sittli', The I'nion Pacific Railroad company has settled its dilVerences with the statu oil inspector by promising to per mit the inspection of till oil shipped by it into thlb state. GENERAL C. J. DILWORTH Vpttirun of CUII U'nr nnil I'ronilnrnt -N'ehnmkitn Dip Suihlpiil)-. (encrnl 0. ,1. Dllworth died at hia residence in Omaha of apoplexy, with which he was stricken. The fminrnl occurred lu Lincoln, which wnH hit homo for a number of years prior to his removal to Omaha last fall. (ienernl Dllworth was a veteran of the civil war and held a gallant record ns n member of an Illinois regiment. He wus a member of the (iriind Army of the Republic and well known to all Nebraska veterans. Twenty-live years ago (leneral Dll worth became prominent, iu Nebraska politics, but of late years advancing age, he having been born lu lHii, did not allow him to take an active nnrt. in political or business affairs. In 1873 (leneral Dllworth waseleeted attorney general of Nebraska and was re-elected in I hsu. iMrs. Diiworlli anil one son survive him. ORDERS RATES REDUCED Stiilo llmtril of 'Iritimportiitlon Lower Itntp on Corn, OutK, Die. The board of transportation has is .ucd an order reducing tlie local freight rates on corn, outs, mill feed ami nil feed stuffs, thirty per cent below the present rate whhih has been In force since December 1, Hit I. The secretar ies of the board, .1. W. F.dgerton, 0. L. Laws and .lames C. Dahlmau, recom mended the reduction and the board adopted the recommendation. The or der will bencllt feeders of cattle and sheep iu tlie western part of thu state. Complaints have come from feeders on the ranges that they could not afYord to ship corn from the etirn producing regions of the state. It Is generally believed that the railroads will not re sist the order. BATTLES IS FOUND GUILTY Conth'teil of Aftimiilt Willi liitxut to ('tumult Itupr. The second trial of William Rattles, joloied, charged with assault with In tent to commit tape upon Mollle Curlls was held at Nebraska City, and the case was given to the jury, who in twenty minutes leturncd a verdict of guilty against tlie defendant. Tho jury was polled and notice for a new trial was given. Court then adjourned. Die un thp Itcntilt of Hum. .lames Davey, the nine months old twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Davey, died nt Tecuiusi'h. the result of bi ing accidentally burned. The mother stepped out ot the house a moment, leaving the babies oil tlie lloor in charge of an older child. The latter presumably stepped on a match and ignited the clothing of little .lames. Hefore the mother could be warned and return to the house and .smother the flames the child's back and head were frightfully burned and so grent u surface of its bkiu destroyed that ii was impossible to save its life. Chlhl IliiniPil to Dentil. The five-year-old daughter of Frank Slaiua, a Hohcmiau who lives seven miles south of Table Rock, was burned to death, and burled iu tlie Hohcmiau cemetery. The little girl was left alone In the house with tlie baby, while the parents were out milking, and it is supposed the child got lo playing with matches, her clothes taking (Ire, and she ran to her parents, but was so badly burned she died live hours later. No I)cc!hIoii In Oliimuoru Cime. The attorneys for Frank L. Dins more at Kearney tiled a written re quest for a change of venue. .ludgo Sullivan will not act on this request until February 12, when court will convene again, he having adjourned it over the coming week. The jury In the case of the state against John W. Tatum, charged with the theft of a team of horses from an uncle, brought Iu a veulict of guilty. Accidents nt XVt'Ht Point. While chopping wood at West Point Otto Dewitr. accidentally chopped into his ankle nnd made u bud wound. Tho axe caught on the limb of u tree. Mrs. Iliibanka, who lives seven miles west of West Point, got her hnnd caught in a corn slieller and it wns so badly mangled that it was nceessartf to amputate tlie index linger. Decliire Him Iiiniiuti. Sheriff Phillip of West Point hns taken .lames (ieist to the Hastings asylum. He showed symptoms of in sanity and w.is taken In charge by tho sheriff and declared insane by the in sanity commission, In 1S9.1 ho wn.n discharged from the asylum as belnjj cured. AppeiiN lilt Cime. Dr. Charles W. Little, an osteopath 1st practicing in Lincoln, has appealed to the supremo court from the judg ment of the Lancaster county distriot court which Imposed a line of S.10 upon him for practicing medicine without a h:c use from thu state board of health. I.ei; Crushed, A few days ago Philip Piirnier, it farmer south txf Peru, had his leg hor ribly crushed by having a wagon load ed with sand upsut on him. Dr. Noul, who Is attending him, has little hope of saving thu limb. I us i lie l'ttleut I)le. John Dostlo of Cuming county died the other day at the Hastings asylum. His body was shipped home and In, torred in the cemetery at West Point, Deceased wns an inmate of tho Nor folk asylum four years prior to being sunt to Hastings. He leaves a wlfr uud bcveral grown children. A Hen Hunk. The bank of McLean, Pierce county, has been organized as u private bank, Tho Capital stock Is 85,000 nnd A. R. McConnell and 0. J. Sweet will con. duct the business. ,-1
