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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1900)
)' - DJEIRKHWINS OUT Hastings Man Is Chosen By Acclamation. SENATOR THURSTON WINS HIS FIGflT. F.ipectatlon of Trnuhle Not ItenlUed A rnll HUle Ticket .Made t'p Willi Varjr Mltln Ilullut ItiR Delegate Well Homed. The republican of Nebraska assem bled in state convention nt Lincoln Wednesday, anil in four hours luird work settled nil of their differences, named a full state ticket, and ad journed timid the best feeling. The only conflict of any importance cami' in the selection of delegates at large to tin' national convention. An effort was made by the opponents of Senator I'hurstoti to henil Norrls lirown of Kearney to Philadelphia in his stead. During the balloting on these delegates the interest was in tense ami the air of the vast hall was surcharged with excitement. When the roll call showed the senator to be safely in the lead his friends gave ex pression to their joy in a long and loud demonstration. Then the con tention settled down to luiitiue busi ness. The auditorium was tilled with delegates and spectators, but at no time was it overcrowded. The dele gates were greatly pleased ulili the hull, considering it an ideal place for such a gathering. , , The Ticket. Pelegatesat-lurge: V.. Ito.scwntcr. Douglas. John M. Thurston. D.nigliH. .lohn H. MeClny, l.aueastet. lohn A. Khrhurdt, Stanton. Alternates: Norrls lirown, ItutTalii. M. U. Snodgra,s, fuming. II. C. Ilaird. Knox. t W. Kalcy, Webster, "residential electors: .1. T. Ncsbit, Kurt. 15. H. Windham, Casi. IM Itoycc, Custer. L. M. Hague. Kearney. S. I'. Davidson, .lohnson. I. L. laeobsou, Douglas. ' L. Kennedy, Douglas. lohn L. hanger. Saline. ItUtrlcl Delegate. First George M. Spurloek. K. A. Tucker. Seeoml W. F. (iurlcy. 13. .1. Cornish. Third-Henry Ungat.. .1. C. Haskell. lourtli Alexander Lavcrtv, C. II. Ilodgcrs. Fiftli-O. A. Abbott. (I. L. Dav. Sixtli-Ocorge II. Darr. 13. .1. baveu port. J HUtrlrt Alternate. First Mr. Worl, It. C. Ilovd, Second C. L. Hoover. F. it. Claridge Third N. W. Wells, Nelson Grltnscv Fourth M. F. Harlan, 13. (). King. Fifth-Kdward I'pdike. C. A. Lueli. Sixth .lames Melntosh, M. L. Frie.e Slate Ticket. Governor C. II. Dietrich. Adams. Lieutenant Governor 13. P. Suvaee. Custer. Secretary of State (1. W. Marsh. Itichardsoii. Tieasurer William StuelTer, Cum tilings. Auditor Charles Weston, Sheridan. Attorney (ieneral-F. N. Prout.Gnge Land Coinmisslouer George 1). Foil, nier, Nuckolls. Superintendent W. K. Fowler, Washington. HANGS HIMSELF TO A TREE. Farmer In Thayer County Knd .fe of Trouble. 13. W. Moll, a small farmer and mall carrier between Hebron and Kiowa, committeed suicide by hanging him self to a tree about midway between his house and baru. He iirose about unwn and tils wife supposed he hud gone out to do the chores, but when she got up about an hour later his body was dangling from the tree, the limb to which he hung only being about ten feet from the ground. He was about forty-Ilve years old. He had met a nuinlier of reverses of for tune within the past few years, and as he had a large family of small ehil itren, despondency is supposed to have been theeause of the rash not. Fremont Woman FoUimed. Mrs. Orlssa K. llcnnett. wife of James Dennett, died at Fremont after n short and violent Illness. The phy sician in charge has decided that her death was due to poisoning, probably from eating chicken pic. Sunday night Mrs. Itennett was Hrst taken with violent vomiting tits, and the doctor who was willed in saw symptoms of poisoning. Shu had been to a church supper on Saturday night urn! eaten heartily of chicken pic. Ohio Town U llumlng lip. A telephone message from New Lon don, O., states the village was being destroyed by lire. Aid was asked ami a fir engine drawn by four horses was dispatched at once. Twelve dwellings have been destroyed, the loss being estimated at 850,000. It is feared the whole village is doomed. American lteported Killed. The Ainet lean garrison of Catubig, island of Samar, consisting of thirty men belonging to the Fortv-thlrd regi mont, has been attacked' by rebels. Twenty of the Americans were killed! The remainder were rescued. Dead iiy score. Two hundred or more lives were lost In the explosion in mine No. 4 ()f the Pleasant Valley Coal company at Scbofleld, Utah. o3U' hundred and thlrtysovea bodies hive already been recovered. SEDA CANNOT RECOVER Victims of Colfax County Tragedy Fear fully Witunilril. The enmity olllccrs liavo returned to West Point from the extreme south western part of Cuming county, where a coroner's Inquest was held over the remains of Frank Slania, who in a cemetery killed himself after l.uvlng shot Anton Seda. The suicide took place in Cuming county, while the shooting of Seda oeeured in Colfax county. Scda's wound is a terrible gun siiot in the side of ills head and is doubtless fatal. The cause of the quarrel was that Scda's mother, who Is Slama's sister. Is seriously ill with dropsy and wan ted to make out her will. Slama, who is sixty years of age, feared she would not make the will in his Interest and the quarrel of the day before led to the shooting of Monday. A twelve-year-old daughter testliled to these facts, and told that Slania said he 'would not harm her, but that she was so frightened that she took her four-year-old brother in her arms, ami with him jumped from a twelve foot porch without Injury to either. Tne coroner's jury brought in a ver dict that Slama came to his death by two pistol shot wounds self-inllleted. lie was lying on his face iii'the cue tery with one hole in the temple ami one over the heart. WEATHER AND CROPS- A (li-ncral Stininiiir) of (lit Cniidlllnn In Nclinnk.l. Fniler date of May 1. the university weather bureau s'iys: The p ist week ha been warm and wet. with more than the normal amount of cloudiness. The daily menu temperature for the week averaged ten degrees above normal in the east ern ami seven in the western counties. The rainfall has 1 ecu above the nor mal in all pints of the state. In the central and eastern counties it exceed ed an inch, ami in considerable por tion of tills area it exceeded two inches. In a large portion of the state rain fell on every day of the week, keep ing the ground wet. and preventing any substantial progress in plowing for corn, ami practically no corn was planted. The continued warm weath er lias been exceedingly favorable for the growth of .vheat. oats and grass. All small grain is in line condition, lirass has grown sutllclently to furnish good pasturage for cattle, l'eacli ap ricot, and cherry trees are full of blossoms. STRIKE ON AT OMAHA Woodworker mill Carpenters Quit anil Scleral Hundred Idle. An Oniuho dispatch , says: The car penters strike is on. As a result of the refusal of the contractors and mill owners to grant the demands of the men 1.10 mill workers and s.V) carpen ters Inid down their tools and there is every prospect of a long and stubborn contest. The employes served notice .January 1 that they would demand an increase May I. Tills was to consist of an ad vance from :i.' cents an hour to 10 cents an hour for carpenters, and from -7 cents an hour to Kl, cents for mill workers. The mill men offered to ac cept .10 cents an hour, but the employ ers refused to compromise, and the men will now stunil out for thel original demand. In addition to the carpenters who are already out, there are indications that there will be more unless the trouble is soon adjusted. North Hi n I Wnniuii Dim no Train A sad death occurred on the local passenger due at North Itend. Mrs. Susie Fluter had been at Omaha for a time taking treatment for consump tion. It was decided that she would do better at home and her father went to Omaha to bring her home. On the train between Waterloo and l'aplllion Mrs. Slater died. At North Head her husband was waiting and received her body. She leaves four small children, Operator Clone Down Mine. Operators of the Harrisonburg mines in Saline county, Illinois, have shut down their mines, and they will prob ably continue closed all summer. Operators decline to pay the scale of I ft cents lixed by the state board of arbi tration a few days ago, which is higher than the scale paid in Williamson county, which lias heretofore paid the sume scale as Saline. 41. C. Slaitleld Dead. (I. C. Maxtleld, a prominent citizen of Fairmont since 1871. an old soldier, and a member of the Masonic fratern ity, died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness of heart trouble, In 1881 Mr. Maxlleld lost his leg by being run down by a Iturliiigton train. He leaves a widow and a son, (J. I). Max tleld, who resides in Lincoln. Found Dead. Itertha Hoffman, a girl of nineteen, and daughter of a well known Peoria, 111., cigar manufacturer, win found dead In the woods near Prospect Heights. She was shot through tho head with a revolver which was found tightly gripped In her right hand. Her lover has been arrested. 1 liken to Omaha. Harry II. Hopkins, a Union Pacific freight conducter, was taken to Omaha suffering from injuries which he re ceived at (Irani! Island where he re ceived a broken leg, a dislocated shoulder and three broken ribs. Two years ago he had four ribs broken in a similar accident. I'm to .Make l'ropnnltlon. The Turkish portu has issued a cir cular formulating proposals to tho em bassies for increasing the ciu-'uuis duties. WIND OJU TEAR Tornadoes Descend Upon Nc braska and Kansas. HEAVY DAMAGE IN FURNAS COUNTY llnue Wrrrkeil Nimr Town of Wilton- till No 1.1)1,4 of Life Reported Numher Painfully Injured In Wreckage of a Home. Severe storms of wind, hall and rain visited a large section of Nebraska Saturuiy ami Sunday. The storm reached the proportions of a tomato in Furnas ami I ted Willow counties. the town of Wilsouville suffering most, a number of houses being blown over and partially wrecked and the in mates injured. So far as known there was no loss of life. Further east the storm was less severe, but the damage was considerable Small buildings were overturned In a number of towns and the hail pounded out window lights. Nebraska fared well as compared with Kansas, where in three counties twelve distinct tornado clouds ap peared and loss of life followed. In southeastern Nebraska the storm was limited to a heavy fall of rain, witli some hail, doing little damage. A terrific hall and wind storm, de scribed as a genuine twister, passed over the western part 'of Furnas coun ty Saturday afternoon at about 1 o'clock. The worst damage was done in and near Wilsouville. Many farm houses were destroyed, the Presbyte rian church was wieckcd. the roof blown away and window glass smashed. The hail continued for an hour, the wind coming from the east in a gale. The stones were as large as baseballs, measuring nine inches in circumfer ence, and were driven through roofs and sides of buildings. The tornado cloud appeared in the southwest at the conclusion of tlie hailstorm, traveling in a northeasterly course. It was funnel-shaped and did damage over a wide area. The farming community west and north of Wilsonville were the greatest sufferers. No doubt many lives would have been lost, but pei pie saw the approaching cloud and tied to cellars. Three Injured In One llnme. The house of A. Tower was destroyed. Mr. Tower had a leg broken, Mrs. Tower a collar bone broken and Miss Tower was badly cut on the head. The house ami barn of 11. II. Corhctt were destroyed. The house of II. A. Iloiirue was de stroyed and Mr. Ilourne injured. The house and barn of S. II. Currish was blown away. At the farm of L. 13. McFarland the summer house, in which was his daughter, was lifted into the air and carried some distance and set down without injury. k.vnsas sin ri:us tiik wohst. No l.t Than a Dort-u Toruadoc. Willi Three Fatalltlc. No less than a dozen tornadoes of more or less severity aru reported to have occurred Sunday afternoon in central Kansas, in Saline. F.llsworth and Harton counties, which join each other. At Kllinwood, Harton county, three persons are reported killed. Other storms are reported near 1311s worth and Kanopolis, in Kllswortli county, near llrookville. and in Saline county. Near Kunopolis eight dis tinct funnel-shaped clouds developed within a radius of twenty miles, four of them lurge ones, and two of which are known to have travelled over the earth for a space of twenty-live min utes. LOSS OF A MILLION Ht earner I'lor at Now Vork and Many Marges Hum. A fire that started at the river end of the Malory line steamship piers, at tlie foot of Maiden Lane and the Fast river, in New Vork, early Sunday morning, completely destroyed the pier and its valuable contents. The police place the loss at 51,000,000. Sev eral barges, which were moored near the pier, were also destroyed and many rescues of their captains and of the members of the families on Loard were made. Only one life was lost. The ulno-inontlis-old daughter of Cap tain Charles Lochs of the barge Sher wood was drowned. WIhcoiuIu Man U I'lrtl, An interstate oratorical contest was held at Oshkosh, Wis., at which live states were represented -Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri ami Iowa. The first place was won by 13. L. Chick erlngofthe Milwaukee iionnal; Neil Whitall, Warrensbinir. Jin.. ....... ,i- Charles Whlttcu of Normal, 111., third; Jessie Arnold of Cedar Fulls, la., fourth; Mary it. Martin of Kiupoiia, Kus., fifth. Wealthy l'lanter Killed. Cordon Cook, a wealthy planter of Cordova, Mexico, was attacked and killed by Mexican bandits. One of the bandits who was captured has been tried and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. Concede! tho Iurreane. At what was announced as tlie final conference of tho Pittsburg coal com panics and tho national and district olllcers of tlie mine workers associa tion held at Pittsburg, Pa., the wage dispute of tlie day laborers was settled by the operators conceding tho L'O per cent Increase demanded. Biiiiiiuiuii heat to Taylor. It was learned at Louisville, Ky., that Governor Taylor left for Washing ton in response to a telegraphic re quest from tlie uatiouul capital. HOLD FIRM TO OLD FAITH SlothodUt Unwilling to Make Any Rad ical Departure. A Chtc.'icrn illmiiitt.1i m.iv..! Tin, t-it. port of the constitutional committee to the Methodist general conference, which will probably be presented this week, will call for the continued main tenance of the religion of John Wes ley. The episcopacy may be be aban doned and other constitutional fea tures changed, but the articles of re ligion, the doctrines of the church, are to be retained in their purity. The hen-tie of the future mint leave the church as he has done in the past, but inethodlsm will not accept any de parture form the theology of the fathers. The ehanges in the section of the book of discipline devoted to the gen eral conference are very slight and In the direction of ampllileatlon. The commission antlelatlng lay reprceent ntion has been incorporated in the pro posed constitution. Methodist bishops n till ministers oc cupied the pulpits of the Chicago churches of that denomination Sun day. DEATH IN NEW YORK FIRES Four Fatalltlc Follow Scrle of Accident. Four persons were killed In fires in New Vork City May .1. and a fiftli lies fatally injured In a hospital. At a lodging house lire in South street, John Cumiui, a marine engineer, was burned to deatli and lireman Daniel Mullin was thrown from a ladder, receiving injuries from which lie has died. Fire man James Fitpatrlek was fatally in jured by tlie overturning of a hose truck which he was driving. An ex plosion wrecked the fat and tallow factory of Jo-oph Stern .4 Co., in West Fortletlrstreet and two men are be lieved to be buried under the ruins. They arc Thomas Meliuire and Joseph Drum. A gang of men worked all night In the ruins in a vain effort to recover the bodies. RECEPTION TO DIETRICH Hasting friend and Neighbor Wel come II I in Home. Hon. C. II. Dietrich, republican nom inee for governor, was accorded an en thusiastic reception by the clti.eiis of Hastings on his i Kuril home from Lincoln, in which all the people joined regardless of polities or party atlilia tlons, the affair being one of a purely non-partisan nature. Mr. Dietrich was met at the depot by tlie Second regiment band, the Progress club, iiieuiher.s of tlie Grand Army and citizens and escorted to the Kerr opera house, which had been gully deeirated with the national colors. The house was packed to its utmost capacity. A. SI. K. Church Conference. The gcncrnl conference of the A. M. 13. Zion church Is in session at Wash ington. Illshop Lomax of Charlotte, N. C. presiding. There are three hun dred delegates at the conference, rep resenting every state in tlie union, Af rica, lleriuuila and St. Christopher isl ands. Porto Kico. Cuba nud the Ha waiian islands. The conference repre sents a membership of more than half a million. A letter from President Mc Kinloy was read, in which he regretted his inability to be present at the open ing exercises. Indian to he lleuarded. i lie i nitcd Mates revenue cutter Hear sailed for Alaska from Seattle. Among her passengers are Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Special Treasury Agent Hvans and Colonel Wright, collector of cus toms for St. Michael. The Hear goes north loaded with supplies which will be given to tlie Point Harrow Indians as a reward for their services in aiding the Hear expedition during their efforts to rescue the whalers. Conilder Kllastlon Nerlou. News from Columbia is to tlie effect that the rebels are getting the best of the tight in that republic, nnd that they are momentarily expected to enter liocas del Toro. It is added that no soldiers being available, the govern ment has sent twenty-live policemen to llocas del Toro on board a launch belonging to tlie canal company. The situation is considered serious. (Ion Anhore, Tlie Ilritlsh steamer Montpelier of the Klder-Dempster line of Liverpool, from Cardiff, April 7, and Las Plaines, April 'JO, for Montreal, while bound up the St. Lawrence, went ashore in a dense fog at Duck island, three miles from Cape liny, at the entrance of the C'nbet straight. Nothing has been heard of the crew. The ship is prob ably a total loss. Many SIIIU .Made Idle. Tlie converter and billet mills of the Illinois Steel company's plant at Joliet, 111., have closed Indefinitely as a result of the suspension of tlie American Steel nnd Wire company mills and sub sequent lack of supply. Tho steel company's rod mills closed two weeks ago from the same cause. About -!00 men ure idle. Tlie funeral of sixty-two victims of tlie mine disaster was held at Seho field, Utah. Suffer I'aralytlc Stroke. Mrs. V, M. Hreegee, an old and re spected resident of Itrownvlllc, had a paralytic stioke that came near prov ing fatal. She is still very low. Mr. and Mrs. Hreegee moved to lirown villc a few years ago. Strike At An Kud. Tlie strike of the carpenters of Ilos ton and vicinity for, the establishment of an eight-hour work day nnd a mini mum rate of wages of SU.nu a day practically ended by nearly all tlrma siirulmr tlie new sculc. TIE UP STREET CARS Strike at St. Louis Inaugurated in Earnest. OVER THREE THOUSAND MEN ARE OUT. All I.lne Stranded Ocraslnnnl far Run (ut. Hut It Appearauee the Hlcnal for Attack by Mali t'niincn. A St. Louis, May 8 special snysr In accordance with a decision readied by the St. Louis Transit company's em ployes early this morning a general strike was inaugurated on the Immense system at daybreak today. No ears were in operation, save a few on the Park avenue division. The crowds were allowed to run the ears unmo lested until p.':!,!, when ear No, r. of the Purk avenue division was badly wrecked on Washington avenue, be tween Sixtli and Seventh streets by u volley of stones thrown by a crowd of inch and boys. The suburban line, many of the employes of which had been on a strike for several days, was also tied up after the early morning hours. From time to time during the after noon and night attempts were made to operate the tars, but In nearly every ease resulted in attacks on tlie crew's by crowds along the streets, practical ly stopping tratlle. Tlie company, when it was found that the cars could not be operated, ordered them buck to the sheds. Nu merous cars were stoned and the men operating them attacked by crowds along the streets. The strikers de clare that they have had no active part in these hostile demonstrations. Vehicles of all sorts were pressed Into service by tlie citizens of the eilv In order to go to ami from business. The salient features of tlie men's de mands, which the Transit company re fused to grant are briclly as follows: That all conductors, inotormen, grip men and all employed in the shtds shall be compelled to be members of the union: that the otllccrs of the union, together with the otlicers of the company, shall have full power to adjust, all differences that may urise and that in the event of their ' falling to agree, if mutually agrcd to. place the ease before three arbitrators. That any member suspended by tlie union shall be suspended by the com pany without pay until such time as the union shall request his reinstate ment. That any man elected to office in tlie union requiring his absence for not more than one year shall, upon his retirement from such otlice, have bis old place with tlie company. Attempts at arbitration were made as soon as the gravity of tlie situation was realized. Mayor Zeigenliein ad dressed a letter both to the strikers and to President Kdward S. Wliittakcr of the St. Louis Transit company, of- tering ins services us mediator, lie plies were received from both sides, but in neither case favorable. The men now out number U.aa.l, which is !: per cent of the force. All are mem bers of the Amalgamated association of street car employes. CROP OUTLOOK IS GOOD Ground In Hood Order and Corn 1'lant In? In Full Swing. The week ending Tuesday. May 8. has been warm, with little rain during the working days, but with heavy showers Saturday night ami Sunday. Tlie dally mean temperature averaged -' degrees above normal in the eastern and 5 degrees in the western counties. Tlie rainfall of the week was above normal in tlie eastern portion of tlie state nnd below in tlie western. It all fell in heavy showers during the last two days of the weels. and exceeded an inch in most southeastern counties and in few instances exceeded three inches. The past week, has-been-an excellent One for tlie advancement or a nil work. Plowing for corn lias made rapid progress, and tlie hulk of com ground is now ready to plant. In most parts of the state little com has been planted, but in practically all seeUons planting has commenced. In a few southwestern counties about half of the corn has been planted. Grass, wheat and oats have grown rapidly, nnd continue in excellent con dltion. Fruit trees ure full of blossoms, and very little damage was done by the frosts of the week. Her Aim W Hud. Ktttt Mays, a young colored woman, created considerable commotion at tlie home of a friend uear Seventh and F streets at Lincoln, Nub., by discharg ing a revolver close enough' to her face to bum it badly. She said she did It accidentally. She was In a bed room when tlie shot was fired. She dropped to the floor and those present thought she had shot herself. A physician and the chief of pollcu were sent for. It was found that her injuries were mere powder burns. I'erUli In Hotel Fire. The American hotel was destroyed by fire at Geneseo, N. Y. After it had been gotten under control tlie bodies of Lafayette Carney and Sherman I)e horny of West Sparta were found on the third floor. It is thought a woman also lost her life but her Identity is unknown and her body has not" yet been found. Miss Sclirelner, a waitress, said she stw two men run away from the build ing und almost Immediately the lire broke out. Tlie loss Is SlS.tiuo. DEATH IN A KEROSENE CAN Omahit Wumiin Line Life Through File. Mrs. Ann n Pokorney. who live at ' Williams street. Omulia, met witli a horrible death as the result of en deavonng to kindle tlie kitchen fire witli kerosene. Her husband, Anton Pokorney. and her son. Antou. jr., were severely burned about tlie bands in a desperate attempt to extinguish the flames. Mrs. Pokorney picked up a can of kerosene and poured a thin stream of oil upon a f6w couls which smouldered In the stove. Instantly the oil ignited, there was an explosion, and Mrs. Po korney.' wrapped In a sheet of flame, ran into the dining room, sereaminir for help. Mr Pokorney and his son rushed to aid her and finally succeeded in extinguishing the flames by rolling her upon the lied and smothering tlie Humes with blankets. Dr. Weurne was called and pro nounced the woman's injuries to be fatal. She was removed to St. Joseph's hospital, where she died. Mrs. Pokorney was fifty years of age and leaves a husband and seven chil dren. Mr. Pokorney has a butcher shop at Tenth and Pacific streets and one of tlie sons is employed at Ar mour's in South Omaha. WILL BENEFIT THE STATE Suit Law In KoKiird to National (luard Help .Nehraka. Adjutant Gcncrnl li.irry lias received word from Congressman Stark that the house had passed the appropriation bill giving 3l.uoo.000 annually in sup port of the national guard of the various states. It is believed that the senate will pass the bill and perhaps place the amount at the original tigure. S.'. ooo.OOK. lie fore starting for Sioux Falls General Harry wired Congress man Stark as follows: "In behalf of tlie Nebraska national guard. I desire to thank you for the earnestness and ability displayed by you, in securing tlie passing of house roll No. "..MO, for the armament and equipment of the organized militia." I'nder the present law the Nebraska national guard draws So.OOf) worth of supplies annually, but under the new bill tlie amount would be SIT.WO, or 8.11, flOt) for two years. To equip tlie guard witli modern guns and other ordnance would require the full allot ment of SlT,.'.t for several years. BODIES ARE IDENTIFIED SIytery Surrounding Stvan and Wllgn Cleared. Tlie bodies of the two men who blew out the gas in tlie Henderson house, ut Omaha, recently, have nt last been identified, and it is now definitely known which is the corpse of Wilgus and which is Swan. A man named David Kidnour came from Norda way, la., to claim the remains of A. II. Wilgus. Mr. Itidnour says that Wil gus had lived with Ills (Kidiiour's) father since curly boyhood. Tills dears away tlie mystery sur rounding the two deaths in the lower Farnuui street hotel. Wilgus. it seems, died first, und Swan is the man who survived tlie effects of the poisonous gas for forty hours. Nothing is known as to Swan's antecedents. Telegrams sent to Minneapolis, the place from which lie registered, have elicited no response as yet. nud he will probably be buried at the county's expense. LITTLE GIRLS ASSAULTED Two Daughters of liiine Wat kin art AlniHed hy a Fiend. The two little daughters of James Watkins. living upstairs over the res-1 taurant at Twentieth and O streets.' Lincoln, Neb., were criminally usstiult-j ed last Monday. Such is the statement' of a physician called in to examine the! children. Their names are Martha and! I'lieba, aged live and four years. Dur ing tlie afternoon they had been out of their home and when they returned' they complained to their mother of sickness. An examination by tlie par-i cuts caused a suspicion that they had' been mistreated, and a physician was. nummuned. His statement confirmed tlie suspicions. Tlie police were called,! the facts were related to them, and tho search for tlie man began. -..-1 WRECK ON UNION PACIFIC Five Person Iteportod Killed Near Cheyenne. A spec'.al from Omaha says: A wreck is reported upon the I'nion Pacific, near Cheyenne. Five killed. Mny Slake Armor Uelc, Some facts of almost start! ng Impor tance were Inid before the senate in secret executive session at the con clusion of the regular open session. They related, it Is understood, to tho invention of a shell by a prominent otlieer of the Pnlted States navy, a shell superior in every essential quality to uny now in usu either by tills or any other government. Tlie' quality of penetration possessed by tlie shell in said to lie so great, that no armor now manufactured in the I'nlted States or abroad has sutllelcnt resistance to with stand it. Mill to he Shut Doirn. Word lias been received that one of the big steel trust mills at Terre Hautn is to be closed down indefinitely on Juno 1, This will affect many men and lu addition tlie entire ofllcu force is to be laid oil'. To Vote School Hiilldlng HnuiU, A special election to vote bond to build a new school house bus boon called for May i'S at Plalnvlcw, Nob. The present building is too small to accommodate the pupils, henco tho necessity of another. .7fV.li, f J(-'t'W "