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1W' V I'" SENTENCE Of DEATH William Rhea Guilty of Murder in First Degree. JURY AT fREMONT SO DECIDES Mo Demand for F.ttrama reaalt; ('utiles 8ar- rle Condemned Man Khnm Emotion Oxley Feund Utility i.f Murder In Hrcoad Ue cree. A Fremoai, Neb., Feb. 17 rflspaMi aajB: William Hhea, the murderer of Herman Zahn, will pay fur his crime with hi own life. Shortly after !l o'clock this afternoon the jury brought Ih h verdict of mur der in the 'first degree and attached the denth penalty. The announcement came as a great surprise to these most Intimately in tcrcsted in the case as a life sentence was practically a foregone conclusion. Tho jury was out for over twenty-one hours, and nil forenoon il was pointed oul that the home members musi be banging out against the denth penalty. Several scores of people crowded Into the court room thin afternoon when it was learned that a re relict had Wen reached, Judge Orlmlsou was in the hair and CleikCrulcks-k.uik was In his usual place. Hhea was brought orer from the county jail by Officer Chestnut, who has guarded him the past month. When the verdict wan read the pris oner showed not tho least sign of emotion and appeared ti hnve- gotten what he expected. II tw father was in the room and showed signs of being deeply affected. At. Rhea was led bach to the jail he seemed happy and per fectly free from care. As he entered the door there was a smile on his face. "What did yon get?" Inquired Mrs. K reader, wife of Sheriff It reader. "They gave me a chance to get out ef town soon," wu the reply, made jokingly. "Well, what wa the verdict'."' elite In toted. "They are goig to give me a change saon.J' was his only response. He was led to the cell, and Immedi ately began to huia a tune and danced a jig. Even at that moment the gravi ty of the penalty apparently uever en tered his head. Ilia mood would have fitted exactly had he been acquitted, As yet no date for tho execution has been set, and Judge (trimUou has given no intimation as to when lie will an uounco the time. Sheriff ICreadcr it. anxiously aw lilting the action of the legislature In regard to the passage of the house roll intro duced by IlepresentatlTe Loomls, pro viding that all exeont'onw shall take place ut the state penitentiary. An emenrenev clause has been attached to this bill, providing that it takes effect Immediately, and in case of its passage execution will take place in Lincoln ud not in Fremont. , The work of securing a jury for. -trial of William .--- "C"J Jy with lthen, has begua. It is under stood that Attorney llray will be un able to take part in his defense, and as yet who his council will bo is uncertain. The work of securing a jury will take even longer that in the Hhea trial, owing to the state of public opinion dnrlixr the nast week. The fate of Gardner has depended largely upon tho verdict of tho Hhea trial, as public opinion has demanded that the same penalty bo given to both urn. The bcntlment against William Darrell, the third man In the case, is not.strong, and It is thought he will getoff with a very light sentence, und possibly be freed. A Hrokcn How, Neb., dispatch says: The jury in tlu Fullhart murder case reached a derision at half-pat three Sunday morning, finding William Ox ley guilty in thu second degree ufter being out nine honrs. FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY KILLED BY A BENGAL TIGER Fearful Fate r Keeper at Indianapolis Zoo, Albert Neilson, aged fifteen years, employed as an animal keeper at tho zoological garden in Indlanitpolts.ind., was killed by a Hcngat tiger. He en tered the eago in which the tiger was confined and was attacked by tho beast. A terriblo struggle followed, in which Neilson was turn in a hull dn?d places. Hedhot Irons were thrust into the bloodthirsty iinimal. but not until several bullets had been fired into his body did It release Its hold ou the victim. Neilson Mas dragged from the cage morn dead than nlWo and was hurried to the city hospital, where he died as he was being carried lu. The tiger was not fatally wounded. Nell son lived at Piqua, O.. und had been employed by tho aoocouipauy for three years. He was In charge of the llou cubs and It. Is supposed opened the tiger's cage by mistake. MRS. NATION IN JAIL Sund ay Joint-Smashing: Disastrously. Ends HIKE SAYS THAT SIIE IS INSANE rares Methods of Herself and Followera Flared Darter U.OO nomU, WnloU She Kefaaee fa tllteCuart Fre- ding Tery tuterrallae;. MURDEROUS WORK. Nagre Shoals III Hte Uaghler at Ne Itraaka City. A Nebraska City. Feb. 17. dispatch says: At altont ft o'oloek thin evening oecured one of the most cold blooded deeds known ho re for years. Hall Fampton, a well known colored man, some forty-six years of age, had been drinking during the day and also had been quarreling with his wife at their home on Sixth avenue and Sixth street. He Itorrowed a shotguu. took it home and calling His wife, who was at a neighltor's, told her he was going to puck up nud leave hoiuu, and asked her to coma into the house, llulng afraid of trouble she refused to comply und Frampton uame out of thu back door with the gun and shot at her, but missed the mark. Klla (Hark, a step-daughter of the couple, took the part of tho mother, when Frampton turned on her, aliased her about a block, shot her in the head and beat her brains out with the stock of the gun. The girl Is alive, but cannot possibly survive. She l a bright girl of fifteen years. Frampton was placed in the oounty jail and a strong guard placed over him, as there Is inuuh talk of lyuehing. NEBRASKA'S EX-GOVERNORS Invited in Meet Governor Dietrich tin TVnuliliiKtoii'a lllrthdny. Governor Dietrich has invited all the ex-governors of the state to luncheon on Washington's birthday at the man sion. All the men who have held the ofllce of governor since the state was admitted to the union are living with the exception of David Ilutlur. Tho liHt is ns follows: Hubert W. r urnns of Urownvillo, Silas Hnrbcr of Hed Cloud, A Hit mis Nance of Chicago, James W. Dawes who Is now in Ha vana. John M. Thayer of Lincoln, James R. lloyd of Oinnhn, Lorenzo Croiuihc of Calhoun. Silas A. Holcomb and Wlllinm A. Poyntorof T.l .."- COMMONS DISCUSS WAR. nan- New Yorker UruBfjtMl uud ttobbed al HI Vmo, Tel. A special from El Paso, Tex., says: Drugged with knockout drops, se riously cut with a knife and robbed of all hlB ready cash, amouutlog to 81,000 or iuoj-c, was the fate which befell Dr. it. V. Mover of New York, a physician who ha been spending n week In the olty with A. Movins, n millionaire pa tient. Tho phyelclan had ventured out alone at night. A half hour later ho was brought buck to tils hotol bleeding profusely from half a dozen severe knife wounds, his clothing cut in many places and his money and watch gone. The attending physician said that the wounded roan had been drug ged. Plallka ttie Kxpreanlon. Tho house of the Kansas legislature expunged from the dally record the not of King Edward VII., thanking tho legislature for lt resolution of sympathy over the death of the queen 'be CWSD UlQ communieaUon. contained the word "loyalty' Puovr fitorm la tftlthiiidle. A DtjlMtTek.. Veh. 15 dispatch says: News from Canon City says tho great est unow storm ever ku'O'Vn lu the Texas Tanhandlo has just ended Tho snow 1 two feet deep on tbe level in iin.inii. Hwlsher. HrlscoQ and adjoin ing counties. There ia heavy loss of cattle ... lllfc tlnn Implodes. At Pcnsncola, Flo,, February 10, a thtrtcen-tneh gun exploded on the Koarsngo whllo the ship was at target practice off Key West. Tho gun and Us turret were badly damaged. mouhere Justine Contlurt of the lloor. A London dispatch says: In the house of commons in the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne nt the opening of parlia ment, the ranged from hospitals In South Africa to arsenicated Itcer. The special subject, however, wns the gov ernment's war policy in South Africa. Many members spoke. Mr. Labouch ere elicited some opposition cheering uy the remnrk: , "It is a noble determination on the ,urt, of tho Doers to Incur all risks rather than to submit to a foreign poweV and 1 honor them for it." lliiimn IrrlKKtlon "'" The house committee on irrigation and arid lands voted to report with an amendment, tho Newlands bill provid ing a comprehensive plan of govern ment aid in reclaiming tho arid sec tions of the arid lands of the etatc. The aid Is accomplished by devoting the receipts frqlh public land sales in these states to the purposes of reclaim ation These receipts amounted this year to about 84,000,000. A neb-committee was appointed to prepare tho bill in its final form with amendments, Considerable opposition was duvoloped on the ground of the growing expendi tures of the present congress on con stitutional grounds. Mrs. Carrie Nation put in busy Suadny In Topeka, and as a result the capital olty has experiened more gcnu ine.exeltement thau can be remein bered by the oldest Inhabitant. Mrs. Nation litterally crammed the day with thrilling episodes. She suceeded In having thu contents of a notorious jolat smashed; broke Into a cold stor age plaut la search of liquor, ruined the mirrors and several bars fouud stored la a livery barn, addressod a large mass meeting of men and women and was arrested four times. The last time the law laid hands upou her was whou she emerged from the church where the mass mooting had been held She was followed by .100 determined hatchet wtelders, composed of Wash burn college students, prominent bus iness and professional men and min isters. Mrs. Nation Is now in the county jail ut Topeka, Kan., as the result of her trial on a peace warrant before Judge Flazen today. The warrant was sworn to by the Moeser Cold Storage company wlio-o plant Mrs. Aattou entered yesterday morning. Mrs. Nation acted as her own attorney. Judge Ha7.eu placed her under $2,000 bonds to keep the peace and ordered her to appear before htm at the next term of court. Mrs. Nation refused to give tho bond, and said she would go to jail. She is now detained in thu hospital room of the county jail, where bhe probably will remain for some time. lu the city court at Topeka argil muuts were given In the case brought, agalust Mrs. Nation by the proprietor of thu now Wrecked "Senate" sa loon. Judge McCabe said he would take the matter under advisemeut un til Thursday morning. Ills not likely that Mrs. Nation will be able to give bond, because she de clares that she will resume her smash ing criiMidt" against the joints immedi ately upon her release. Her friends have been advised that Judge Hn.en will order her release only on promise to send her to her home at Mcdlclnu Lodge. ludgn llazen has placed C. McDon ald, Airs. Itoss Crist and Miss Madeline Southard under peaue bonds. Me Donald's bond is $ I, OH), thu other ure KMui -m,.'i. 'ii.H-n J "-o-v ii". ing aifdress to the three Jiation lieu tenants. He expressed the opinion that Mrs. Nation is Insane uua said those persouH who encourage her methods of reforiuought to bu ashamed of themselves. FOUND DEAD ONThE FLOOR Bad Kmllng of lliti Wlf of a Orrntnii Fnrtntir. Much tnlk has been aroused by the unusual features of the. death of Mrs. Charles Hymn, the wife of a Herman farmer living two miles south of Long 1'iue. When a friend, who had heard that the woman wns stek, entered the house she found Mrs. Hyron's dead lody lying upon the floor amidst a scene of tilth and confusion. Her hus band said she had been mentally un balanced for a week, and had jnstdled. No physlcinn had Wen called. During the day Ityron ttought some lumber in town with which to build-a box to bury his wife In. llyron Is a very ee oentrlc old mau, who claims to be a dlstunt relative of ImimI llyron, the English poet. He claims to be of no ble lineage and to havelteen defrnudrd out of considerable wealth to which he was the rightful heir, in Hermauy. He la reputed to be the possessor of con siderable wealth, as he Is known to have revolved laruc sums of money from the fatherland at different times. No Investigation of the affair has been made as yet, although there In some talk of calling the coroner. TRUCE IN CONTROVERSY. Tantiorury l'aoca lu tka YanetarlHn As phalt Ulapnla. A Willlamstadt, Island of Curnena, February 17, dispatch says: The as phalt controversy has hrrn temporarily adjusted by the diplomacy of the United States minister to Venezuela, Mr. Francis It. Loomls, and the matter will doubtless go to the court, as it is reported that the United States de sired a formal adjudication as to the rival interests involved. It in under stood that Mr. Loomls has conveyed a request to that effect to the Venesue luu government. Should the decision be against the Hcrmiidez company then the question of intervention will bo opened afresh. Trouble is feared at Fitch lake should an attempt to eject the lie rmudex company Ih made before a decisloa has been reached by the courts. SUSPECT IS IN JAIL Omahn Policemon Think Thoy Hnve.a Kidnapor. HE GIVES HIS NAME AS CALLAHAN lilrntMotl lj Yonnic Onttatiy Ona nf Trio I a Frlrnil lat'nt Crowefro- lct II W Initocene will Not Turn Stain's KWilnifa. rira at Davltl City. The store building belonging to Wil Ham 'Hunting, situited at the south west corner of the square, at David City, was partly destroyed by fire. The st tck of confectionary was entire ly destroyed. It belonged to Charles Yoaugerinau. The meat market in the adjoining storeroom Buffered quite a heavy los. The 1 adding ami eon tents were pirtlally insured. Trlii to Ciiinitilt Hulolile. James II. Tettatou, condemned to huiigou the ltitli. at I'op'ar illiiff. Mo., for the murder of his step-mother and four chlldicn, nttempteil to commit suicide in his cell in the county Jail at Kcnnett Inst night by gashing his wrists with a ptei-e of glass. When found he was very weak from loss of MttgW'a'i ttte IfoitollKlY'lin?. will be WOMAN FALLS INTO A WELL Uruwuril ut f'uuurll Illuff llnfora Ilea ufr A)Hnr. Mrs. Nancy Stahl, se.venty-stx years of age, fell Into a well at her homo, 775 Madison avenue, Council HI tills, lown, Sunday Inst, anil wus drowned. Mrs. Stahl was the wife of Hethael Stahl, u fruit-grower. She went into the yard to clean a chicken, which alio was preparing to cook for tho family dinner: Thu well isclosu'to the kiteh eu door und had been covered with boards which had become rotten. 'Ihe accident was not witnestol by any one,, but it is supposed Mrs. titukl btcpr.cJ on the boards over the well and tl.at they gavu way beneath her feet. When 'rope wera obtaluod C. lkibiusou, a nelgitbofj volunteered to go down, and he was lowered into the well, at the bottom of whijh be found the body of Mrs. Stahl. who had evi dently leen drowned, there being just water enough to cover the body, A rope was attached to the body and It was raised to the auriaeo.. New Hagnr Ileflnery. Adolph Segal, who has associated with him aeveral wealthy capitalists, will bnlld nnon tho Delaware river front, in Philadelphia, one of the larg est sugar refineries In tho United States. It is stated that tho new re finery will be operated Independently of the American Sugar Keflnlng com pany, which controls practically all of the refineriea now in operation. Sev eral millions of dollars will, it ia said, be expended upon the plant. American Conant Insaaa. i Max Adler, the vice counsul at Kiel, Hcrmany, has cabled the state depart ment at Washington that the consul there, Alexander Wood, has become in sane. Ho lift? Ken taken to the asyl urn at Straaburg, where pnyjdcians hope or "Is ultimate recovery. Huerurab to fls Ftimea. A Pittsburg dispatch of Feb, 1$ eaya. Mrs. Amelia Holmes, wno wan ncr husband, llayroond Holmes, and bIx weeks old child Were overcome yester day by fumes from a natural gas stove in the bed room, died today. The hus band and baby are in a precarious con dition and will likely die. a i ' " ' - New York Horse 8.ile. The Faslg-Tiptou horse sale, held at Now York, February 10, elghtythreo head sold for 8U.085. During the week 303 head were sold for 8135, 5no, an average of 8340. Hate or Island Declare Off. "The Danish government," saya the Copenhagen correspondent of the Lon don Dally Mall, "has suddenly broken off all dealings with the United Htate regarding the sale of tho Danish Went Indies. This la dne to a satisfactory offer made by the Danish East Asian Steamship company to aid and in the future to udjninistur the islands. The American government has been noti fied as to this decision." The doctors who have MeCutcheon declare tha nootara Deeanlr or I.tfa. A Chicago dispatoli aays: John T. McCu teh eon, the well kuown Chicago artist and newspaper man. who spent two years in the Philippines, and who for several woeks has been seriously ill with pneumonia, will be taken to AnbevUie, N, C, ia a short time. attended Mr, that the tropieat fever has so Infested his entire system that nothing but a change of ulime can. aave uim, ifaniUy Horelv ABIIse4. Mrs. Wells, wife of the recior of Trinity church at Norfolk, Neb., died recently of pneumonia. Her aged mother, Mrs. C. M, Isbcster, died tho evening previous from an attack of grip. To add to the afflictions of the family, Mr. Wells himself bus been dangerously 111, though now conva lescent rs. Duel, a married daugh ter visiting her parents Is still danger ously ill, and May, another daughter, was taken sick. Tho family eamo to Norfolk sovural mouths ago from tho state of New York. Illrl Hire ol Her Injnrlra. Coroner Karstens held a ,tn.. Klla Clark, the colored glrlkllled by Hall Frampton, at Nebraska City. The jury after hearing the testimony, re turned u verdict that she cuine to her death from the effects of wounds In flicted upon her head with a double barreled shotguu "in the bauds of Frampton. Twelve witnesses wore ex aiulned. l'recuclnna Hoy. Dr. A. A. Cotton of Vermillion, S. D., has a son who is remarkably preco cious. The lad Is but 'thirteen years of age and has graduated from the high school and is now a student at the atate university. He Is studying higher mathematics and seems to grasp Hui Sj a . .11 .. .. . Ill, a W at w 1 4a. tjimcnitr siutiies wnu uiu uuum- standlng as boys much more advanced in years. , Kenata Miikt-a an liii'tense. The diplomatic and consular appro priation bill was reported to the sen atc.wlth an Increase of 817,4.10 over the nllowuncc of the house, making a total tLHOVJSd. 'I'"c lnrgest Item of In crease is 820.000 for legation ground at Pekln, China, and $5,000 for the stu dent interpreters in China. Invitation Ntands. At a meeting of the executive com- mUtiw of the confederate reunion Ut beheld at Memphis the resolution ex plaining why President McKlnlcy was invited to be preseut on the occasion of the confederate reunion in May next wns rescinded and the original resolution inviting the prestdeut to Memphis stands. Hear From llplgUn Mlnlattir. The Helirlan minister: Count Liuh- tervade, has taken notice of the re ported action of the treasury in apply ing the discriminatory duty to llelgian sugar; also upon the fludlng that this sugar is bounty-aided, und tho state de-purtnient hui heard from him on the Bubjtet, II II II T Killed la a Folding Ued. James Stewart, a retired lumberman of Minneapolis, Minn t aged sixty, was kilted at his home by the closing up of a folding bed. Mrs. Stewart narrowly escaped meeting the aimu fate, the fAae o the bed 6trlltlng iter across me shoulder. James Callahan Is a prisoner in the city jail at Omaha, Neb., charged with complicity In the Cuduhy kldnnplng ease. Kddle Cudahy, the victim, has identified Cnllahan an the man who accosted him on the street and repre sented himself as the thrtrlff of Sarpy county. The boy also says he Is the man who guarded hlin while he was a prisoner In the Mot rose hill house. Callnhau was a nested til his home, Fifty-third stieet and Poppleton uvc nue, where he was living with his sis ter, a Mrs. Kelly. The an est was made by Detectives Wyer and Dueberry. They took their prisoner direct to the chief, where a private intiuiry was conducted. Calla- liau whs then taken to the city jail where he has since been held pending further Investigation. Apprehensive tliatan injustice might be done to an innocent, man, Chief Donahue kept the. arrest secret. The positive identification which has now been matte by the Cudahy boy seems to very the chain of circumstances which led tho police department to suspect Callahan. In addition to the identification made by Kddle Cudahy, the prisoner has also been identified by J. tl. Hurrls of Nineteenth and (Irand avenue. Hurrls nys that Callahan Is undoubtedly the man who called at tils home several days before the abduction to look at he hay pony which has figured so extensively in the case. Jim Callaham in an ex-conriet. In Ifi'.i.'l he was sent from Omaha to the penitentiary at Lincoln to serve a five- year term for robbery. After serving a year and a half he wns pnrolled, bnt was out only n few months when he was again arrested, this time tin tho charge of stenllng a gold watch, antl wnu sent back to serve the remainder of hts term. Last summer Callahan was employed in Cudahy'a packing house in South Omaha, but was lot out in July. Since then he has had no regular employ ment. . When Chief Donahue and his detec tives interrogated Callahan in the of ficial sweat box, he admitted that he was a close acquaintance of Pat Crowe and that they had been ou terms of in timate friendship for several years, hut ktrenunnnly dented all knowledge of the kidnaping. ."I had nothing nt all to do with It," fnulcBDi"ftnd the Hrst I knew when I read it In the newspapeis." CHAFFEE HELD BACK. 1'annnt .loin In Ihe Mntemennt Aajulna Chlnrae. Oenornl Chaffee, commending Ihe United States troops In blnn. In formed the war department thnt he has been Invited by Field Marshal Count von Watdersee to Join in an ex pedition whlcli Is to be inobllWcd on a larger scale than anything attempted in China stneo the original march to Tekln. It Is the intention of. Count von Watdersee to liegln another offen-' slve campatgil. - (Jcneral Chaffee will bo told that he Is not to take part in Hits campaign- Another serious point under consid eration in not whether Chaffee rhall Join the Herman movement, bnt whether It is not the duty of our gov ernment to exorcise all propoi efforts to dissuade the Herman government from undertaking this campaign. 'J lie Chinese government Is unfortunately delaying the peace negotiations in an exasperating fashion, and Is not re sponding in proper nplrlt to the efforts of the United Statvs. Word has Just come from Minister Conger which con firms the press advices relative to the. Chinese declination to a etlo to the demands of the ministers in the mat ter of capital punlnhiiH-ut of tho tenders Implicated in the boxer movement. Have Da vTett nil the Hun. A correspondent of the Dally Mall who ts wltti the llrlttsh eolrjmti pursu ing Do Welt says: 'Oeneral Do Welt has fallrtl to reach his objective, having been headed off In turn from Strydcnbnrg antl Hope town, retpectlvely, thirty-eight and fifty-live miles from the scene of Fri day's tight. Last night a meeting of burghers was held In Oeneral Do Welt's camp to protest against the. Indiscrimi nate Hogging of men nud half Ihe force threatened to surrender. Event ually the malcontents decided to fight intlecndciitly." Unas antl DnngliUirn Win. The Sons and Daughters of Protec tion have trlmnnhod In tholr conten tion with the Haulier's Union. Hy stipulations filed yesterday the plain tiff order secures all it asked for. It Is reestablished as a individual mutual beneficiary organisation. Tho order now atantls as It did before tlio attempt was matle to transfer it to the Hank ers' Union, with tho exception that it Is agreed that the new set bf olllcern shall manage the order. It secures the reserve fund of 8l,7tJ.70 nud nil its olllee furniture and fixtures and starts in unew without a debt. Nn Kvetlcnee f Foul lMujr. The death under peculiar elrenm staneesof Mrs. Charles Hyron of Long Pine, Nob., aroused so much excited talk among the people that the coroner was summoned from Atnsworth. He found nothing to Indicate font v,ay but the eccentric old 'Herman, whose wife the woman was, still has the . body unhurried, with the Intontlon of keeping it in that condition for several wcelts. It Is thought that it may be necessary for a party of eltlr.ons to compliance with ctvill.cd muthotts. Find film Utility ut !!- John N. Peyson, resitting at Dakota City, Nob., who for over ten years past, It is charged, has defied the law rela tive to disposing of liquors, uud who oyer fifty times has been arretvd charged with violating thu laws of the commonwealth and never found guilty of selling liquors illegally, the jury In the district court, after sitting on the case since Friday of lust week, render ing Kiieli a verdict, after only o.neliallot In the jury room. Peyson was placed Under 83BO bonds for his appearance on the 2Srd Inst, to receive sentence. As he Is an alleged old and constant of fender It Is thought Judge O raves will impure a severe sentence. Mualalna a llroken !.;. Fire Chief Clement suffered a broken leg in nn uccldunt that oecured at Eleventh and O, Lincoln. Whjle going to a tire he was thrown from his wagon to the pavement. The wagon struck the front end 'of a street car and thu shook threw him out. His left-leg was broken near the thigh. He was taken to the sanitarium where the broken Ismu was set. The doctors estimate that he will bu confined to his room for at least two months and that ha may not bo nble to use his left leg for three months. The brenk oc curred at tho neck of the,, femur, one. of the. worst places for a break to occur. Orand laland Home Hums. Fire, originating 'rom a defective hue, completely destroyed. fliuS rCU dence and unroofed nntl gulled an adjoining building, boUi owned by Mr. Krlckf-on, a pjasterer, neither be ing insured. The total loss on the buildings wlllbenbout8l,H00. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. Tho Merchants hotel at Fremont It to be remedied and renovated. Tho Nebraska Telephone company will put in an exchange ut Crete. Heavy Know nt lonc I'lne. One of the heaviest storms of the season foil at Long Pine, Neb., but without a breath of wind accompany ing it. Every inch of ground will re ceive n wetting and the prospects for spring work aro brighter than ever. The winter has been tho mildest ever known there, and has consequently been very easy on cattle mon. New Cnae of flniallpux. Mary Worny, thirteen years old, liv ing at the hoax of A. C. Hordwiak, at Cyltirabus, Neb., lias developed a very mild case of smallpox, and was put under quarantine. The Hirer) canes which have boon In the pest house, for two weeks are getting along nicely, ..i I I I I II I Olven Five Year ttchtenre, Mr M. Flynn, a druggist of Musko gee, I. T., was sentenced by Juge Thomas to five years In prison for sell ing intoxicating liquors. Flynn was Indicted Jast year for a similar crime antrpleft,'cd guilty, but was re leased by Judge Thomas on hts prom ise to discontinue selling liquor. Worked the Fanners. Alleged poultry dealers near Plain view have swindled the farmers to tho extent of several hundred dollars liy promising fabulous prices for chickens. Minimis for Show. Advico from Washington naysi The bill to authorize the holding of the international rspnstttioii In celebra tion of tho centennial nniilvorsm jr - tho Loulsana purchase at St. IjohIs In 1003, antl appropriating 8.1,000,000 therefor, passed tho house, nndor sus pension of the rules, 1y a vote of 101 to 41. Tho opposition wan hopelessly In the minority, and thu struggle over the bill was brief. The question o f closing the exposition on tSnnday was not mentioned during tho ilobate. Frrilitltter (Joes Through Ire.' In attempting to cross the Missouri river at Niobrara on tho ice with a loud of hogs, u freighter by the name of Will Merrltt broke through, lie very fortunately escaped ivllh the loss of one horse antl two hogs. It Is also reported that a peddler lost a horse and cart and his entire outfit while. making tho second attempt. This is probably tlit. entl of crossing on the ice this winter. Clien Five Yeiint HenUmt-n. William Henvrln, who was convicted in district court of statutory rajie on the person of Delia Lee. athlreen-yenr-old girl, was brought Into court nntl sentenced by Judge .lessen to rive years in the penitentiary at Nebraska City. Hud Brown was nlso convicted of burglary, and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Denies Newspaper Storlea. Word from Colorado Springs says that VIco-Presttlent-Klect Theo. ltoose velt denies the hair-raising stories of his prowess as a hunter of grl'aly bears and mountain lions. NEWS IN BRIEF. to F. n. Loomls, American Minister Venomela, Is very ill at Caracas. Every silk mill In tho Lackawana valloyi PennsyWaula, is idle ty reason of strikes. '" Seven mhtcrs. Including tho superin-tendon-, were killed at the Commerce mine, In Urnham connty. Ariz., by tho cxplos on of the company'H magazine. Andrew Carneg'o has given Cen tralia, III., 815,000 for the oreotion of a public library. President McKinloy has dotal artd an extra session of congress will bo called as noon as tho Cuban constitution is reeelvod. , The tin plant at Muskegon, Mich,, recently bought by tho American Tin plate company, will continue tq bo operated. King Edward VII will visit lib? sis ter, the empress dowager of Hermajiy.' Tho trip will bo of an exooptlonnjly prlvatu character, " ' ! 1 . m I wmnn,vtjHvntmjgivlKi,nr:mi,i.r Smatsau as.-.-'; .au. ,f,t. ,--y,- " ' i. iU - T f