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Nine Persons Injured .in New
York City,
TRAIN STRIKES A (OAL CHUTE
fab of KfiRluo Dcniollnlicd nmt Tops o.
the riiKnriiRpr Viim Wrrclinl
Olio Man Faintly Injured
Other (icncrul Note,
A Now York dispatch of Sunday nays:
nine persons were Injured early this
morning in an accident to a Fifth ave
nue elevated rallrond near Itcctor
street. Five of the nlnu are severely
Injured and one. of these, David A.
Findley, is suffering from u frantttre
of the skull.
The most seriously Injured beside
Kindley are Kichard II. Harlow, of
Yonkers, engineer of the train, scalp
wounds and shock.
Thomas Sholvey, an c 0lneer, inter
nully Injured.'
Alfred Alexander, salesman, inter
nally Injured.
.lames Manning', laborer, injured
nlxmt the head.
The train had passed the llattery
Place station nt Uh usual speed and
was approaching the coaling station.
In nu unexplained fashion, although
the eoal man says that it was through
the vibration caused by the approach
ing train, tin eoal chute dropped down
almost at the moment the train reached
the station. The chute struck the
roof of the eab and tore it off, at the
same time throwing down Engineer
Harlow and Fireman Hutchlngs to the
floor of the eab. Harlow'.s hand was
on the throttle at the moment of the
collision and as he fell his hand turned
on the pressure still more and the en
gide dashed ahead at full spocd up the
tracks stopping only when It reached
Uarclay btreet, because of the exhaus
tion of the steam. Meanwhile the
chute had wrecked the roofs of the
two passenger coaches and the do.en
passengers in the cars were thrown in
every direction.
DEATH FORDINSMORE
Tht I the Sentence. Impoiuil by -.In
jury ut I.vxIliKton.
The jury In the Dlnsmorc trial
reached a verdict Saturday morning at
4:35. Attorneys for both sides came to
the opera house to hear the verdict;
with perhaps .twenty-live people who
were awakened purposely to be present.
The prisoner was brought in and
walked cooly forward as usual, sitting
facing the jury, but a mystic light
shone in his eyes as he intently
watched District Clerk Mallett while
lie tiled the document. The verdict
was then read as follows:
We, the jury, duly Impanelled and
sworn in the above case, do Hud the
defendant, Frank L. Dinsmore, guilty
of murder in the first degree, as
charged in the information, and we do
further find and sav that said defend
ant shall suffer death for the said of
fense. 1. A. McLkai., Foreman.
Dinsmore showed no sign, but all
hope died out of his face for a moment
as the verdict was read. His attorneys
at once moved for a new trial. Dins
more, when asked how he felt over it,
said: "All right."
Court adjourned until Tuesdny,whcn
argument for. a new trial will be heard.
It will probably be overruled. Dins
more broke down on his return to the
cell after hearing the verdict, and has
been in tearsever since.
NICHOLS IS BOUND OVER
Vrtsi I ill I ii nry Kxiimliiutlon of tho Al
li'Kt'il lilKniiiUt.
J. H. Nichols was arralnged in Jus
tice Hudson's court at Columbus, Neb.,
on a charge of bigamy, and bound over
to the district court, going to jail In
default of bail. The discovery of the
alleged criminal nature of the mar
riage of November -tl, 1893, to Miss
Lottie M. Laughlin, by whom he now
has one child, was made recently by a
a traveling man who knew of the
divorce proceedings filed In Lancaster
county October 19, 1809, nearly eleven
months after Nichols' second marriage
proceedings which are still pending
and in which Sadie II. Nichols
desertion and non-support,
that she was married to .1. 11.
MnyltV, 1891.
alleges
stating
Nieliol
... Two Iloji Hunted In Dentil.
Two sons of Eugene Ferrin, aged re
spectively nine and three years, were
burned to death in the Ferrin farm
house in Mellenry vnlley, near Alfred,
N. V. Mr. Ferrin rescued his wife
and one of thu children, but was driven
bnck by the llnmes and badly burned
in a vain attempt to save the two that
perished.
l'lriy Yenrg In l'cnltcntlnry.
John It. Haines, the Topeka ticket
broker, recently convicted of murder
ing Charles Watson, has been sen
tenced to fifty years in the penlten
tiary. Watson was formerly a rich
Ohio lumber merchant.
Frio Htuterit Submit.
General Pole-Carew's force has re
turned to Illoemfonteln from Spring
fonteln, whero a junction was effected
with General Gatacre. General Pole
Carew also proceeded to Norvnl's Pont,
from which place he hellographed to
General Clements that 1,800 Free
Staters had submitted at Edinburg.
Nutlven Sentenced to I Inner.
A Manila, March 10 dispatch says: A
military commission at llayamban has
bentenced to bo hanged on March 30
( natives who liavo been found
tdJJty of murdering their countrymeu.
BOERS DESIROUS OF PEACE
Wrlntor llnvU Ti-IU f ltnprr4loii
(liilncil ill I'retorlu.
The Naples correspondent of the
London Dally Mall telegraphs an in
terview he has had with Webster Dav
is. I'nlted States assistant secretary of
the Interior. According to this Mr.
l)ais said;
"When I left Pretoria the lloers were
becomeng desirous of peace. President
Kruger and General .loubert were the
strongest opponents os the peace party,
but they were beco nlng exceedingly
unpopular. 1 eo not believe the lloers
will resist much longer."
The eorrespenilent says Mr. Davis de
clined to speak regarding his mission,
but that the general belief in Naples
Is that he is bearing peace terms and a
request for American mediation.
Mnml S (lie Trotter Demi.
Maud S., the famous trotter, died nt
Sohult.'s farm, Port Chester. N. Y.
She was brought from New York to
the farm a week ago, and It was In
tended to use her for breeding pur
poses. She was sick when she arrived
and was under the care tif a veterinary
hurgeon. She gradually became worse,
however, and nil efforts to save the
life of the valuable animal were fruit
less. Maud S. was owned by the Bon
ner estate and was tweuty-slx years of
age. Her trotting record of 2M$?i was
made in 1885.
Attempt to Wreck n Triiln.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Lake Shore fast mail west bound, leav
ing Cleveland at 10 o'clock. At Olm
sted Falls, about twenty miles west of
Cleveland, a rail had been laid across
the track. The engineer saw the ob
struction in time to apply the air
breaks. The front wheels of the loco
motive struck the rail, but the engine
remained on the track.
Saloon Keeper Shoot Two.
At llutte, Mont., Thomas Pooley, a
saloon keeper, shot his son-in-law,
Thomas Llttlejohn, and the hitter's
wife, Llda, during a dlftlculty on the
street. There had been bad feeling
between Llttlejohn and Pooley since
the former married the hitter's daugh
ter. The marriage was without the
father's consent.
Killed by u .MlnNtcr.
Dr. W. H. Temple of Urunswick
county, Virginia, who was shot last
Sunday by Rev. .1. E. It. Itiddick, a
Methodist minister, who charged that
Temple insulted his wife, died of his
wounds. Itiddick is in jail at Law
rencevllle. Dr. Temple claimed abso
lute ignorance of the cause of the
shooting.
Triituviuil l.omrs.
The chief of the Pretoria intelligence
department. Molengraaf, announces
that the federal losses prior to the re
lief of Ladysirith were: Killed (177;
wounded 'J,l :!'.;. Accidents, sickness,
and other disabling causes, he asserts,
bring the total to 4,351.
Death From a Full.
Mrs. Mary Mauley died at Sterling,
Neb., from the effects of a fall. A few
months ago she fell down a eollarway
which resulted In her being left parti
ally paralyzed. The other day she had
another fall which was so severe that
death resulted in a few hour.s.
Wrmlm' Totth n Cotnujce.
Whales' teeth form tho colnago of
the Fiji Islands. They aro painted
white and red, tho red toeth being
worth about twenty times as much as
tho white.
Dion of Injuries.
The young son of W. A. (Jump, living
south of Nebraska City, died from in
juries received by a gun explosion.
theewsTn brief.
The society of the army of Porto
Ilieo has been incorporated. at Spring
field, 111.
It is stated that Judge Jesse J. Phil
lips of the Illinois supremo court will
recover.
King Martin, a negro, was hanged
at Kaufman, Tex., for criminal assault
on a white woman.
Charles Cass, eighteen years old, was
killed at Levin Lakes, Cal., In a friend
ly boxing bout with Hurt Whidden.
Whidden struck Cass with a six ounce
glove on tho left side of tho neck.
Mrs. Lidal Greycraft, the largest
woman in Indiana, died suddenly at
her homo in ltussiaville, aged 32 years.
Iler weight was about 550 pounds. A
collln will-be constructed especially for
her. ' .
Secretary Long has cabled instruc
tions to Adm'ral Watson at Cavito to
send a warship to Tiiku, China, at tho
mouth of thy Tieho river, to look after
American missionary interests that are
threatened.
Cheyenne county, which Is nearly
second largest In Nebraska, and long
remote from tho railroad Is now crossed
by iho new branch of the II. it M.
from Alliance, and will be divided into
two counties. Ilridgeport, tho first
station on the new line at the North
Platte river, will bo the new county
seat of Cheyenne county when the
county Is divided. Tho new line is
touching some rich and fertile irrigated
valley lands and mountains of minora!
ores.
Judge Lncombe of the United States
circuit court at New York has ap
pointed Hugh J. Grant permanent re
ceiver of tho Third Avenue Railroad
company. Mr. Grant was tho torn
norarv receiver of tho road.
II. C. Cheney, husband of Julia Ar
thur, tho actress, has announced her
retirement from the stage for tho sea
son, nnd perhaps permanently. 'All
dates have been canceled and tho com
pany disbanded.
A colony of 400 Missouri farmors is
to bo established in tho valley of tho
Conchor river in Chlhuahuu, Mox,
Tirapiiis
Fusionists of Nebraska Gather
in Lincoln.
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POPS EXCLUDE MIDDLE Of-THEROADIRS
Mr. Denver itntl Ills VonlentliiK Ilrlo-
Ciltlon No! Allowed In llrctc
unit Alternuleii fiileetiMt to do
lo Convention Other Nem
The three fusion conventions met In
Lincoln Monday, March 10 to select
delegates to the populist national con
vention at Sioux Falls and the demo
cratic and silver republican national
conventions to be held at Kansas City.
The oulv thing to mar the peace of
fusion was the gathering of 100 or L'OO
anti-fusion populists, who came mostly
from Omaha, headed by I). Clem Den
ver. The mid-roaders, as they are
called, had with them ex-Congressman
M. W. Howard, of Alabama, and do A.
Parker, of Kentucky.
Tins nild-roud pops were not permit
ted tii sit Into the populisteonventlon,
and Mr. Denver was supplanted on the
populist national committee by K. E.
Thomas of Omaha. Mr. Denver and
his delegates were kept out of the hall
by a strong police force which stood
nt the. door. As an additional precau
tion tickets of admission properly
countersigned were required.
The work of the conventions com
prised the selection of delegates who
were instructed for llryan. the adop
tion of platforms anil listening to
speeches by Mr. llryau and other
speakers.
The populists named Hon. William V.
Allen and Governor Poynter as dele
gates nt large, mid the following dis
trict delegates and alternates were
chosen:
I'lrnt District.
Delegates W. F. Moran, Otoe: II. F.
Allen, Cass; T. II. Tibbies, Lancaster;
XV. G. Swan, Johnson; William llailey,
Nemahn; George A. Abbott, Richard
sou; W. II. Talcott, Pawnee.
Alternates R. S. Llttletleld; Joseph
Clark, S. It. Hall, Scott Whitney, Ed
gar Fernow, James Whit taker, O. E.
Hall.
Second District.
Delegates E. E Thomas, George
Magney, L. J. Qnlnibv, C. A. Whit ford.
M. D. Sehaal, J. XV. Fowler, Allen
Itoot.
Alternates J. II. Penbodv, F. W.
Woodby, Victor E. Wilson, 0. II.
Rprngue, James Tnnnchlll, I). A. Nay,
J. II. Taylor.
Thlrtl DlKtrlit.
Delegates-C. D. Denal, C. L. Lucke,
J. E. Dorsheimer, C. L. Gerrard, S. 11.
Felber, Frank C. Scott, J. II. Gentry.
Alternates Charles Crocket, Nelll
Nye, XV. F. Porter, Edward C. Van
Allen, J. L. MeKeon, Mr. Crulckshank
and .1. It. Anderson.
Fourth District.
Delegates V. II. Taylor, Uutler;
John XV. Stevenson, Fillmore; George
A. Wilkinson, Gage; J. II. Edmondson,
Hamilton; Itev. William Murphy, Sew
ard; Erie Johnson, Saunders; II. M.
Powers, Polk.
Alternates J. M. Hamilton, J. II.
Ireland, Sherman Taylor, L. La Chap
pelle, Commodore lleaver, W. 11.
liarnes, II. D. Rogers.
Fifth' DlMrlct.
Delegates L. A. llel.er. Hall; It. 1).
Sutherland, Nuckolls; E. L. Adams.
Kearney; Thomas Mann, Harlan; F.
Houchlu, Webster; M. M. Uurgcss, Ad
ams; C. W. Jester, Clay,
Alternates M. M. Chase, John Hig
glns, It. J. Evans, A. J. Shaffer, Wil
liam Dunn, L. M. Graham.
Sixth DUtrlet.
Delegates J. II. Edinlsten, M. F.
Harrington, General Marry, J. J. Ad
ams, Marshal S. Eddy, F. J. Taylor,
Judge Westover.
Alternates C. A. Munn, XV. L. Hand,
O. F. Copper, II. 11. Gross, II. M. Mat
thews, C. II. MeClure, II. F. Carson.
TIIK IIKMOCHATS.
Belert Metciilfe. Olilhitin, Tlionipnon nml
Teliblttn.
In the democratic convention Rich
ard L. Metcalfe of the Omaha World
Herald, W. I). Oldham, W. Jl. Thomp
son and Judge A. S. Tebbitts were
selected as delegates at large, Messrs.
Streeter, Morgan, Ilowman and Plum
mer being selected us alternates.
The following district delegates and
alternates were elected:
First district Delegates, 0. E. Cot
ton, Syracuse; J. II. Miles. FallH City
Alternates, A. F. Nelson, Teeumseh;
G. W. Johnson, Pawnee.
Second district Delegates,
Creighton, L. J. Piatti, Omaha,
nates, P. J. Mella, Sarpy, and
Dassler of Washington.
Third district, Delegates,
J. A.
11.
Jonas
Welch, Columbus; Philip Kohl, Wayne.
Alternates, W. S. Collett, Cuming; J.
Tanner, Fullerton.
Fourth district Delegates, W. II.
Taylor, Exeter; Harry Monger, Au
rora, Alternates, J. F. Gcrecke, Sew
ard; Georgo O. llrophy, Polk.
Fifth dibtrict Delegates, G. W. Tib
bets, Hastings; Pat Welsh, MeCook.
Alternates, Fred England, l'helps; A.
XV. Kelly, Furnas.
Sixth district Delegates, M. C. Har
rington, North Platte; T. F. Mahony,
Greeley. Alternates, Sam Sinyser, Al
liances Charles A. liarnes, O'Neill.
Accidentally Shoots Wife.
A report comes from Illiss, twenty
miles south of Ewlng.of tho accidental
shooting of Mrs. J. N. Summorer by
her husband. The wound was Inflict
ed by a shotgun at close range, tho
charge entering tho woman's side.
Sho is In a critical condition nnd her
husband is cruzed by the result of his
carclcssncbs.
The sllr nMMbMoalls'niet at the
,lne.dn hotel with a good rcprcscnta .
Hon present. Hie principal business
before the delegates was the selection
of a plan by which the delegates to
the national mass meeting should be
ghen some evidence of appointment.
The Kansas City meeting is to be a
gathering of all silver republicans. To
prevent everybody from taking p.irt It
was agreed that the delegates to the
present convent Ion shall go and also
the members of the state committee.
In addition the various committee
men are to certify the names of those
In their territory who desire to go and
these shall lie given authority by the
state committee.
'I'li.t . .int.. till 1. nt .visseil ntsiilllt tnnu
of the usual order with declarations 1
lu favor of the public ownership f i
utilities and the election of United
states senators by the people. Other
democratic doctrine was also lueor
porated in the resolutions.
DELECATES TO CINCINNATI
Mhl Itnudem Will Noiiitmile a Ticket
In .lune.
Finding in advance that they would
not be permitted to enter the convcu
tlon in the auditorium, the nitddlc-of-the
roaders met at Walsh hall In the
evening before they had an opportu
nity to put into effect their expected
bolt.
In due time a committee on creden
tials reM"tcd that Douglas county was
present with 105 delegates, and that
Franklin, Lancaster. Adams, Pawnee,
Sewatd, Gage, liuffnlo, lllaine and
Saunders were also lepresented.
They Issued a manifesto address,
listened to speeches from ex-Congressman
Howard, of Alabama, and Jo A.
Parker, of Kentucky, selected dele
gates to the Cincinnati convention and
named nn executive committee to man
age the party's affairs.
After thankingthe visiting populists
from the south and also expressing ap
preciation for the wink of the chair
man and secretary, the convention ad
journed at 11 o'clock to meet again on
Wednesday June 27.
HAS TWO GOVERNORS
Kriitucklnn Kept iiucntdnc on Wlml
Will Iliippen Next.
A Louisville, Ivy., special says: The
two governois of Kentucky were en
tertained in Louisville Sunday. Messrs.
Taylor and Ilcekhaiu insisted that
they had come to Louisville on purely
personal business and that their visits
had no olitical slgnltlcauce. They
spent the day quietly though both re
ceived numerous calls from their
political and personal friends.
Governor Taylor and his assistants
among the republican party leaders
are very close-mounted as to the nature
of the mission on which surveyor of
the port, C. M. Harnett, and Collector
of Internal Revenue Sapp left for
Washington after their conference
with Governor Taylor, but there is
littledoubt it has something to do with
the attitude of the national adminis
tration toward the republican state
olliccrs. The latter do not conceal their
purposes to hold on to their positions
until the United States supreme court
has passed upon the question of their
right to hold them. They do not in
tend to surrender the state buildings
and records after a decision by the
state court if appeals of that court
should decide against them.
MISSING OFFICER
SerKciiiil Krlmir Dlmippeur nml Can
teen Money (lone.
Stories lespecting loose conduct
of
the Tenth infantry canteen at Omaha ,
have led to an investigation. It is re
ported upon the. best of authority that
one of the noii-eommlssloned olliccrs,
Sergeant Krlsor, has disappeared mid ,
with him a huge amount of canteen
money variously estimated at from
three hundred to three thousand dol
lars. All efforts to locate the missing;
soldier have proved futile. He will bo
run down if possible. Among other,
things charged by the civilians ut the
fort Is that all forms of gambling an-)
indulged in within the canteen con
trary to the rules and regulations;
that soldiers have been permitted to
draw all their pay with which to pur
chase canteen checks, whereas the reg
ulations permit only one-fifth of a sol''
dier's pay to be drawn for that pm -
no '
pose.
RUNAWAY GIRL RETURNED
Itreomei Knuiiuirt'tt of a Hhr.vTiimu unit
I.t-nvt-B Homo.
The Rentrlce police were Instrumen
tal in securlnir the return to her nar-
onts of a girl named Eva Dankeerlng,
who ran away from her home lu John-
son county Saturday. The girl, It op-
pears from the story told by her rela-,
tives, became enamored of a traveling
showman and came to lleatrlco last
evening. On arriving In llentrice the,
girl went to a distant relative, to
whom she told a tale of woe and was
given shelter. When her father ap
nenred the irlrl nnncared wllllnir to re
turn home and the two left for home
on an afternoon train.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
I'roiecutlnt; Attorney KIIU Man Who
Threatened Him.
Ex-Prosecuting Attorney Joseph No
land of Pleasant county, W. Va., shot
nnd killed James Hlle at St. Mary's,
W. Va. Hllo had said that one or tho
other should die. and proceeded to No
land's. The latter locked tho door,
and shot twlco through the transom to
senro Hlle. He still tried to enter and
Noland shot him through tho heart.
Hllo aceiibcd Noland of intimacy with
his wife.
j W (if j Hf j A J f
11L M J VI B - H L.
Ordinary and Extraordinary
Happenings,
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IN DETAIL.
Ilrlef Siimiimr.v of Stulo llnlin: Htulr,
Count)' nml Munlclp.il Nen of Im
portant lo Our lluny Header
llllt Ileum IIoIIimI How ii.
PJ
The three-story brick building nt
1311 Farnain street, Omaha, occupied
by the Omaha Tent and Awning coin-
l.v, was uuaiiy tiesiroycii y in
The stock of Schmoller A Mueller on
the west and that of the Nebraska Seed
company on the east were seriously
damaged by smoke and water. The
total losses will foot up about $.10. 000.
A. K. Grilllth of Lincoln, Neb., sus
tained the loss of a carload of cattle lu
a very peculiar way. lie shipped forty-eight
young animals in a large cat
to Silver Creek, Neb., over the Union
Pacific. When the train was about a
mile from Vulpuralso a spark form the
engine in some ntanuer became lodged
lu the bedding of the ear causing It to
Hume up rapidly. The forward jmr
lion of the car was blaring before the
accident was discoveied and the train
was brought to a stop. The cattle
penned In the ear became frantic and
those uear the tire weie bunted while
many of those nt the other end and es
pecially In the middle of the enr weie
' Injured by the wild efforts of the ani
mals to escape. When the trainmen
opened the door of the car the cattle
'jumped out and almost without an ex-
I'eptlon ail mat juinpeo were lujun-u
so they had to be killed.
J. N. Hoke, n stockman on the Levi
Ranch twelve inllcs north of Alns-
worth, lost nineteen head of cattle
from dry murrain.
Everett Ilaughton of Teeumseh, Neb.,
was somewhat Injured while at work
with a steel laying gang on the lltir
llngton roatl. lie was working on a
Hat car, was crowded "" "'"l falling
lit tin his head on u pile of tics, tjulle
n scalp wound was Inflicted.
Charles M. Conoyer, sr., who lesidcs
ut 7I.M Pierce street, Oinaha.ran against
a bump lu the, street while riding a bl-
Wlc near Tenth and Hickory streets
mil was thrown to the ground with
such violence that his right leg was
broken in two places.
In the case at Omaha of the state
tgalnst the Omaha National bank nnd
1. II. Millard for the collection of
, R'.'OO.OOO, Judge Raker has decided In
I favor of the defendants, as he did when
the case was originally tried by film
prior to appeal to the supreme court.
A great ileal of interest Is manifested
in the Harrls-lllenklron murder trial,
which commenced Tuesday at Hart
ington. Editor Harris appeared in
ourt, accompanied by his brother and
! three attorneys,
He quivered us the
iiifonnaiion was reau cmirging mm
with murder in the first degree, but
pleaded not guilty. The regular panel
if jurymen was exhausted and another
lias been ordered summoned.
The Idea of a Woodman hall is being
talked of till over the jurisdiction lit
the present time. There is talk of
Woodman halls In both Omaha and
Lincoln at the present time. A joint
.ommlttee representing the live big
.amps of Lincoln are arranging a big
ball in the new auditorium for the
purpose of starting a "nestegg" fund,
having for its object the securing of a
Woodman hall. The ball will be given
on the evening of April I, and prom
ises to lie the most successful frater
nal affair ever attempted In the capi
tal city.
At the request of Fred II. Wines, as
dstant director of the census at Wash
ington, Fred Jewell, private secretary
to Governor Poynter, has made an es
timate on the population of the state.
Rased on the last vote Mr. Jewell's
figures gives Nebraska a population of
1,'.('i(i,.V.M, which is 107,011 more than
the census of 1890.
In the district court at Clay Center,
Neb., S. T. Riatcher was awarded a
iiidiriueut for the full amount of his
claim against the National Aid assoei
J I Hnitchcr and his vvlfe had made
application for membership, both ap
plications being duly nccepted and
approved, but the wife was taken sick
uud died before being inlatod into the
order. The husband, being thu bene
ficiary, brought suit for the amount of
the insurance. The case has been
hotly contested, and has been watched
with considerable interest.
The three-year-old son or I'ollceman
.lames Roup, of Hastings, accidentally
'swallowed a two-lueh piece of steel
'broken from a pants guard usually
' worn by bicycle ilders. The piece
lodged low lu tho throat In the larynx,
The little fellow suffered in terrible
' agony until the steel was removed by
physicians. It was necessary to per-
- form an operation, as all other means
- ' failed. Tho child is resting very well
'and it Is believed that he will get over
Ibis experience without nny serious re
suits.
Some days ago the wife of Win.
Snyder at Syracuse received a fall,
Sho died from its effects Monday.
Farmers in Nebraska aro putting in
wheat, and grass is starting. The
ground Is In excellent condition.
Tho burning question in Kearney
this spring will be that of wet or dry.
The election will settle the Hood or
drouth problem.
Near Hernando, Miss., Thomas Clay
Ion, a negro, was shot to death by
members of his own raco because of
a criminal assault on a ten-year-old
Iflrl.
( oui'i-fsduuu dfiivr has introduced
a bill to establish a sub-tieasury at
Omaha.
The senate devoted u portion of Its
session lo eulogies of the late Senator
1 1 a) ward.
The Nebraska hoitleultural society
decided to hold Its summer meeting at
North Platte, July H.
At Plattsinoiitli, Neb., a fellow giv
ing his name as I'lunkctt, attempted
to shoot a young eigarmaker uiimeil ().
Wells, but was prevented fiom so do
ing by Wells, who grabbed the strang
er's gun. The trouble, for which there
was no provocation whatever, took
place In Nat'.a's saloon.
The Odd Fellow 8 of Hayes Center
are building a commodious hall.
That the liorlocker ease will etiinn
up for trial ut the regular term of tho
district court at Hastings Is now an
accepted fact. Roth the prosecution
ami defense have been extremely busy
In making every preparation. Fifty
seven witnesses have been subpoenaed.
J. Nlehol.aColuinbiis resident for sev
eral yeais, was arrested at Humphrey
and (nit In Jail on a charge of bigamy
preferted by Mrs. A. L. Laughlin,
whose daughter, Miss Lottie, he mar
ried lu Columbus in November, 1898,
alleging a marriage in Lancaster coun
ty In IMU. Ills first wife, It Is alleged,
is still living and not divorced.
A Cincinnati, (.. March 15 dispatch
says: Tonight Charles Adams, a pas
senger agent for the Union Paeille,
with olllces in the Carew building,
who came here with bis wife from
Omaha last October, with their two
young children, was shot and killed
by bis wife Jessie. The only person
present was Gertie Thurinan, the sis
ter of the wife, who is uu actress un
der the name of Gertie Hayes.
Miss Viola liorlocker, the defendant
in the sensational Horlocker-Morey
poisoning case, has arrived at Hast
ings. Neb., from Jacksonville, III. She
was accompanied by her sister .ora,
now Mrs. II. Durant Chcever of New
York.
A flfleen-yeur-oldsonof W. A. Group,
who lives south of Nebraska City,
Neb., was out hunting when the shot
gun he hud exploded at the breech and
so badly shattered his left band that
it was 'found necessary to amputate,
the member.
Miss Stella Craig (colored) carrledoff
the honors lu the Hastings. Neb., high
school oratorical contest. Those con
testing were Mabel llalleck, ninth
grade: Stella Craig, tenth grade; Alex
Dniiliiii. eleventh tfiude. and Archie
Hopper, twelfth grade.
The northwestern association of
Congregational churches In Nebraska
is called lu annual convention at Hay
Snrlngs on May 15-1(1. It being the.
twelfth yearly meeting. A program
has been arranged, which shows that
the leading spirits will attend from
Chitdrou.
A sensation was furnished Friday
evening in connection with the Dins
more murder trial at Lexington, Neb.,
over what Is nllcged to have been an
attempt to kill the prisoner, and as a
result Sheriff Hays has arrested II. F.
Tussung and lodged him in the county
jail. According to the stories told,
Tussong, who is a member of tho
board of supervisors of lluffalo county,
made threats against Dinsmore and
lay in wait for him in the. corridor
of the jail with a loaded revolver. Ho
Is charged with refusing to give up
the waapoii and with resisting the
sheriff and his deputies before he was
overpowered and placed in n cell. Tus
song Is well known in Odessa, his
home, in lluffalo county, audhlsstand
lug among his neighbors is good. The
Incident for the time being has ab
sorbed nil Interest.
At Table Rock, Neb., Laurence Shin
neman lost the llrst two fingers and
thumb of his left hand as thu result of
an explosion which occurred just after
he hud ut some cobs lu the stove.
J. II. Nichols was arralnged in Jus
tice Hudson's court nt Columbus, Neb.,
on a charge of bigamy, and bound overt
to the district court, going to jail in
default of ball. The discovery of tho
alleged criminal nature of the mar
riage of November '.'(1, 18118, to Miss
Lottie M. Laughlin, by whom he now
has one child, was made recently by u
a traveling man who knew of the
divorce proceedings filed in Lnncaster
county October 19. Ib'JO, nearly eleven
mouths after Nichols' second marriage
The jury in the Dinsmore tilal
reached a verdict Saturday morning at
4:35. Attorneys for both sides came to
the opera house to hear the verdict;
with perhaps, twenty-five people who
were awakened purposely to be present.
The prisoner was brought in and
walked cooly forward as usual, sitting,
facing the jury, but a mystic light
shone lu his eyes as he intently
watched District Clerk Mallett while
he filed the document. Thu verdict
was then read as follows:
We, the jury, duly impanelled and
sworn in the above case, do find tho
defendant, Frank L. Dinsmore, guilty
of murder in the llrst degree, ait
charged in the information, and wo do
further find uud say that said defends
nut shall suffer death for the said of
fense. 1. A. MuLi:ai., Foreman. ,
Every bit of evidence from all over
Nebraska Indicates that thu outlook is
most favorable for good eiops. The,
conditions are good. ;
Tho trial of Frank L. Dinsmore,
charged with tho murder of Fred Lane,
at Odessa, has begun at Lexington,
The opening day shows that tho de
fenso will put up a strong light.
Tho Hurliugton is putting in a new
siding at Greenwood, nearly ono and
one-half miles in length. This is tnnde
necessary by the business done in that
station and tho number of trainb that
pass. '
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