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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.
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