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C M ff tt , i 1 71 II ) 19 i ) i, . 1 1 i m !- 1 I J' u' IK f . It i k; 3 .!: ' i i , !.. i1' 1! H L( Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. SED CLOUD, NEBRASKA Tho Indian will next bo required to tubscrlbo to tho fashion papers. Mark Tnplcy would lmvo mado an 'deal governor for tho Philippines. Two Riddles would get Miss Stono tut of Bulgaria In twenty-five minutes. Perhaps Dr. Pnrkhurst's remarks ibout "dead souls" means those of iorporntlons. It is Raid that nil tho Dutch lenders llstrust Mr. Chumbcrlaln. They must o n suspicious lot. Crowned heads of Europo and Asia ire Just learning that tho United States s a good plucc to visit. Between tho Japancso faction and Iho Russian faction in China where jo tho Chinese coma In. Another bachelor club disrupted by Iho frequency of marriages contracted by the membcra. What's the uso? Tho field of discovery will never bo covered until somebody shall lmvo dls sovered some way of preventing fires. It might bo posslblo to lead tho In dian to tho bathtub, but It would re quire tho entlro regular army to do the rest. Copper mlno owners aro about to unite In a trust and get back from tho public all they lost fighting one an other. Great Britain may havo spont too much money for horses, but it seems latlsflcd with Its bargains for Mis souri mules. Oddly enough, no hlgh-browod (tatcsmnn has yet Introduced a bill In congress to mnko groundhog day a national holiday. Many of tho papers aro referring to "Tho Islanders" as "Klpllng'fl last poem." It Is probablo, however, that they nro mistaken. A gold mlno has been discovered tinder tho Denver city hall. How did tho officeholders over permit It to re main there all theso years? Thcro Is to bo n spring trust or ganized In Now Jersey, but, thank goodness, Its object Is to corner steel springs and not gentle spring. Texas- oil Is to bo tried as a substi tute for coal In tho United States navy. Look out for submarlno boats, air ships and flying squadrons generally. Thcro won't bo much left of Moat It ho ventures to flourish his beer can In tho faco of ono of thoso giants who nro coming over with tho German prince. There's no chanco for a sporting de partment In tho Congressional Record. All tho ecnato fights nro oxpurgod from tho proceedings before they reach tho printer. A German paper now tells us In detail how Eugland favored Spain bc for tho war of 1898. In tho course of a century or so wo may get at tho truth of this matter. Tho Now England Historical Genea logical Socloty, after full Investigation, finds that most American "hearaldry" in an Imposture. It would not bo ol much value If It wero genuine. That German army officer who has sued an American heiress for damages because sho broko her engagement with him evidently wanted tho money far more than ho wanted tho girl. Tho Indiana man who holds the rec ord for marriages has been wedded 12 times and is tho father of 32 children. Strango as It may scorn to somo, ho Is talking now of acquiring a thirteenth wife. It may bo noticed that none of tin great powers is striving to prove thai It was friendly to Spain in tho recent unpleasantness. Tho reason for thlt ought to bo obvious to tho most casual observer. Increased Influence Is being mani fested for tho proposed federal law requiring all tmoddy cloth to bo so stamped and designated. Adulterated food must be marked, and why not wearing apparel. A Chicago gentleman who Is alleged to have mado two attempts within a year to burn his wlto alive has been subjected to a flno of $100 and costs for his latest effort in this direction. This gentleman docs not reallte, per haps, what ho has mlBsod by living In a great, big, selfish town, which hai no time to bother much with such cases ns his. Sir Thomas has ordered anothci million-dollar racer, and Sir Thomai continues to sweat Ids employes. Bui Sir Thomas Is such a jolly good fellow, you know, that nobody will be able to see tho sweated through tho beautiful white wings on tho shapely spans. Edward Whympor, tho mountain climber who attempted to scale tlu Canadian Rockies last summer, hat mado tho statement that thoy will not bo explored this contury. Ho had pre viously climbed the highest Alps and ho highest Andes. STRUCK BY MINE One Dead and Another Fatally Injured. BOTH HAD THEIR SKULLS FRACTURED Shooting Affrny lletwcen Two Saloon Keeper Student Hulcldos Fremont I'astor Kisses Young Lndy Mem ber of Flock Other New. A westbound engine, No. 310, on the Burlington road struck it buggy con containing ns occupants Frank and Fred Walker, sons of I. 11. Walker, a well-known resident of Waverly. Tho occupants were thrown one hundred and fifty feet. Fred Was fatally In jured while Frank Is badly hurt. Both hod tholr skulls fractured and Fred had his lungs fearfully torn. Passenger No. 7, due at 4:lfl, had just gone west, followed by freight No. 29. A corncrth prevented, them from seeing tho approaching engine until right upon tho track. Fred Walker and Frank Walker's injuries are found to be much more se vere than first reports indicated, and may result fatally. Coroner Graham ha been summoned from Lincoln. CHINESE KEEP COMING IN flranRcling Operation Continue In llrll- IkIi Columbia. Tho smuggling of Chinese from Brlt ish Columbia continues, and n number have been recently landed on tho nu merous Islands between Port Towns end, Wash., and thu British jhisscs slons. Tho approach of the fishing season has caused a revival of Chinese smuggling, nnd, according to reports received here, they are being brought over In sloops, willing from the British side nt night, und if the sloop fall to reach their destination before daylight they run into homo cove, where they remain until darkness, when the con tinue to their destination. The reve nue cutter Grant is to cruise among the Islands to overhaul every sloop and lthas sailed for tho purpose of assist Ing thu two revenue launches to scout and guard to stop the smuggling. KILL NOTORIOUS RENEGADE I'auay Seoul Vlctorlou In a Lively Engagement. Tho Panay scouts, under the com mand of General Walker, in an en gagement In the Island of Sanmr, P. I., recently captured seven rifles and nu merous bolos. killed a llllmtim-.ir I.-I1I. plnos and also killed the officer in command, who was a notorious rene gade, named Winfrey, a deserter from the Forty-third regiment, whom the American troops had for months been endeavoring to capture. A man named Long, who deserted with Winfrey, Is still operating with the Filipinos. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Pope, chief surgeon of thu division of the Philippics, U. S. A. died of Bright s dibcase. He had been sick for two weeks. Custom Not Unknown. Rev. II. B. Jefferson of Fremont, Neb., rector of St. .lames' Episcopal church, Jhas tendered his resignation to the vestry board, to take effect on March 1. Tho occasion of his resign ing is criticism that has been passed upon him relative to tho practice of kissing young lady membors of his congregation. The church attendanco has fallen off considerably of late, and tho fact is laid to this custom of the rector. Rev. Mr. Jefferson docs not deny that he has kisunl a number of tho young ladles, but he asserts that he did so In a mere fatherly nnd spirit ual manner. H1b wife stands by him and sayB that tho custom is not un known to tho Episcopal church. The rector is about sixty years of age ami has a daughter at homo and has a son who Is attending school in the east. Ills resignation has not been acted upon. Quiet lieitoreil. Quiet has been restored In tho neigh borhood of Leo Turner's "Quarter House," where tho fight occurred be tween the MIddlesboro, Ky officers and Turner's mountuincers, tho ruins of tho burned saloon and the stockade which surrounded it being the only re minders of tho conflict which caused tho dcuth of flvo, and probably six, wen and the wounding of three others. Killed by Wait. A heavy blast on tho Elkhorn rail road grade at Lend, s. D. hurled frog incnta of rock several hudnred feet, in juring John Crowley, a grader, so se rerely that he died after reaching the Lead hospital. Crowley did not retlro to a safe distance when tho shot was putoff. He was forty-five years old and married, his family living at Hoi yoke, Mass. Insane Prisoner Cause Commotion. The sheriff brought to Nelson an insane man by tho name of Ross who wns violent and gave lots of trouble all the way. After ho was In jail for a short tltnu thu jailor's wifo who lives in the building, discovered smoke in tho corridor and found ho had set tho bed on lire and to run down town to get somo ono to put It out. Tho patient walked back and forth while tho tiro was being extinguished, which was dono with llttlo trouble. He wJUl be takeu to Lincoln, PRESIDENT WILL DECIDE Schley' Appeal Discussed nt n Cabinet Meeting. One of the principal subjects dis cussed at cabinet mcetfug recently was tho reply which the president will make to tho appeal of Admiral Schley. The president has given n good deal of attention to thu matter, nnd it is un derstood that in the course of a few days he, will bo ready to announce his conclusions. The president outlined his views on the Schley enso by reading the first draft of his decision. Somo modifica tions were made in it, and in view of the fact that it is subject to further and possibly important changes in text, members of tho cabinet nsscrt that It As unsafe nt this time to predict what the exnet effect will be. It is a long document nnd one of its features is the clear and concise presentation of facts regarding the Santiago figh as given the president by the captains engaged In that battle. BY DIRECT VOTE Mouse Unanimously Adopt Ileiolutlou to Klect Senator. The house unanimously adopted a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United Stntcs for tho election of senators by direct vote. There was no demand for tlmo to debate thu resolution. Two bills of genernl importance have been passed by the house. One was a senate bill to provide for the payment of tho confederate olllcers and soldiers whose horses, side arms nnd baggage were taken from them by union soldiers contrary to the terms of the Hiirrcndur of Leu nnd Johnson's armies. Tho amount to be paid under the bill was limited to S."i0,00i). The other bill was o confer on the Spanish claims com mission authority to send for persons nnd papers and to punish for contempt The ludinn appropriation bill, com pleted carries 53,844, r.00. The Item for support of schools is g.1,!!47,V20, for ful filling treaty stipulations, 82,102,1.77. LOSES CONTROL OF TRAIN Accident on the I'cnusylvitntH Coat nt l.o cut Three Lives. Three men killed, four probably fa tally, and two seriously injured, one freight train a complete wreck and an other nearly so, aro the results of an accident on thu Pennsylvania railroad on the steep grade a few miles above the Horseshoe curve. Control was lost of tho second sec tiou of an eastbound freight train soon after emerging from Galllzln tun nel and two miles west of Allegrippus it crushed into tho rear of the first sec tion. Ten cars, the caboose nnd two engines were completely wreckd. List of Fotmnteri, The following new Nebraska post masters have been appointed: Adams, Gage county, II. I). Ilorham, vice H. J. Merrick, removed. Bcnklemnn, Dundy county, Frank Israel, vice J. H. Ferman removed. Bladen, Webster county, W. H. Ben nett, vice A. P. Johnson removed. Cascade, Cherry county, Marie C. Vnrney, vice A. N. Cndy resigned. Culbcrtson, Hitchcock county, S. R. Soloninn, vleu John W. Cole, removed. Davenport, Thayer county, B. W. Shownlter, vice P. S. Williams, re moved. Earl. Frontier county, Ellen V. Hall, vice L. C. Ilickard. removed. Romeyn, Phelps county, Laara P. Moore, vice E. L. Frank, resigned. Strang, KM more county, Maud L Taylor, vice E. (J. Beers, removed Stratton, Hitchcock county. Watlo Van Pettcn, vice John W. Smith, re moved. To exterminate Desperadoes. Pursuant to instructions from Gov ernor Otero of New Mexico the sheriffs of Guadalupe, Union, Lincoln and Chaves counties aro organizing posses of picked men to hunt down the mem bers of the Jack Muskogcvc band of bandits, which has recently terrorized that region. This means that a war of extermination will be woged against the outlaws and exciting times aro ex pected in that portion of New Mexico to which the outlaws have retreated. The governor addressed a strong letter to the olllcers of the four counties men tioned, urging them to "end tho reign of terror in the Isolated settlements of eastern New Mexico, caused by tho murdering and pillaging outlaws." Two Killed and Five Injured. Two persons met death and five were injured in n rear-end collision be tween the "diamond special" of the Illinois Central road and a freight train at n point five miles north of Litchfield, III. The collision wns re markable in that tho fast passenger was ahead of tho freight and that both trains were moving. Halooukeeper fight a Duel, James Rlakely, n well known saloon man of St. Joseph, Mo., was fatally shot iu n duel with James Williamson, another saloonkeeper. The cause of the duel remains a mystery. Williamson is under arrest, but will give the police no information as tq the cause of the light. District Laid Waste. It is reported from Baku, Trans-Cau-casin that thousands of persons went killed by the earthquake in tho Sham aka district and that the towns and villages for twenty versts around Sha maka suffered severely. Not Oullty. After being out eleven hours tho jury in tho caso against Casper D. Mc Patry of Columbus, Neb., charged with obtaining property by false reprcscn. tatlon, brought iu a verdict of not guilt;-. LEFT UNCONSCIOUS Two Thug9 Attack Farmer in His House MAKES A DESPERATE RESISTANCE Work Train Disaster lit Arkansas Girl Criminally Assaulted looping Coup le riude Vlgllanre n( Officers Other New nt Importance. Thomas R. Varah, n fanner living five miles southeast of Doniphan, Neb., was assaulted nnd robbed of JJ05 in his own home. Ho was alone in the houtc with his children. The other mem bers of his family, Including his son-in-law, had gone to n dance a quarter of a mile distant. Varah wns awak ened by feeling a handkerchief being put over his mouth. He threatened to call his son-in-law, but was informed by the robbers that his son-in-law was at a dance, showing the robbers had been well posted. They ordered him out of bed nnd down stairs. Varah had been nt Hastings the day before and in a business transaction had se cured over 82.10 in cash. On tho way down stairs he took tho larger of two rolls of bills and tucked it nwny, leav ing only Srt.1 In his troupers pockets. Upon reaching tho lower floor he was ordered to strike a light. When he hnd done so ho mado up his mind to fight for it. The robbers soon clubbed him Into unconsciousness witli the butt ond of a revolver, also stnbblnt' him on the shoulder and on tho forearm with a knife. During thu fight thu tablu tipped over, spilling a lnrgu amount of milk all over the lloor and causing gen eral havoc in the room. The rob bers found the S05 In his wallet, but did not secure the roll of S18.1. The children ran to a neighbors house nnd gnvo the alarm and a search was immediately made, but there is no clue. Dr. Stone of Doniphan was called to attend the injured man, bringing him back to consciousness after two hours. It is expected ho will recover. Both men wore duck coats and one corduroy trousers. Both had white masks. One is especially tall. It is believed the thugs became cog nizant at Hastings that Varnh hnd secured quite a roll of money nnd followed, located and robbed him the next night. Seven Live Lost. Seven men were killed and at least 14 injured by a huge boulder, weigh ing fifteen tons, crashing into the ca boose of a work train on the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, twenty miles west of Little Rock, Ark. The cnbooso was at the head of the train and was smashed into splinters. Most of the men who were killed nnd In jured were in the caboose. There wns n crew of fifty-four men, white and colored. Just back of tho caboose were three cars of sand and ninny of the men wero burled underneath the sand which was thrown forward by tho terrific Impact. Six men were killed outright. The injured were brought to Little Rock nnd ure now nt St. Vincent's infirmary. One of the most severely injured died on the way to the hospital from the depot. Kluded the Officers. Wnilc a policeman was standing on the sidewalk nt Sioux City, In., with a warraut'for their arrest Mr. and Mrs. Leot Bouck of Emerson, Neb., just married by Judge Ferris, walked into the Vendomc hotel nnd registered ns "Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williams." They spent the night at the hotel while the police were searching the town for them, and left to face the ire of the bride's father at Emerson. The bride, Miss Pearl Hooper, is said to be but fifteen years old, though the license reads nineteen, nnd her father, a well-to-do Emerson merchant, it is alleged, has opposed the match for moro than a year. On Turned On. Peter Bnschwah, a pioneer real es tate dealer of Chicago, was found dead in his office. The bedy was upright in a chair with the feet resting on a desk near by. When the door was opened and eight gas jets wero found to bo opon and the police, therefore, clain that Mr. Buschwah committed suicide. Mr. Buschwah ai one time possessed a good fortune, but of lato years Is said to have given it away to el aritics, though he could ill afford to do so, Aimed At Chrlstaln Science. The Ohio house of representatives has passed a bill aimed at Chrlstaln Scientists. It provides that nny par ents or guardian who shall wilfully de prive any sick child under the age of sixteen years of tho service of a phy sician shall be fined from 810 to 8200 or imprisoned for six months or both. Loot Illinois Hank. At an early hour the Saline county bank at Stono Fort, III., was entered by burglars, the safe blown open and the contents, 83,000 In currency, car ried away. Bloodhounds were taken to the scene, but after following a trail for about four miles it wns lost. Mob Form to Lynch. Tho thirtcen-yenr-old daughter of William Gallagher, living one and half miles northeast of Eddyvllle, la., was criminally assaulted on the public highway, and may die. She accused Ed Davidson of Pekny, and ho was ar rested at his homo nnd wns returned to Eddyvllle. News of the affair spread ing in tho vicinity, a mob hastily gath ered near tho jail, and preparations were made for n lynching, but David son wns slipped out of tho back door unci hurried to Ottumwa. SUGAR FACTOR'. BOOMS forty-five Cnrlonds of Mnchlnery for the I Independence I'lnut. W. P. Bowcn of Independence, Kas., mnkes an Interesting report of his trip to Chicago nnd his Interviews with the gentlemen who nro backing Mr. Denlson In tho sugar mill enterprise. Tho affair promises to bo a much big ger thing by threefold than tho most enthusiastic of our workers for It an ticipated. Forty-flvo carloads, of machinery nnd material lmvo already been or dered shipped to that point. This will ninko nearly three trains. Mr. Bowen, In company with Mr. Denlson, called upon Traffic Manager Diddle of tho Santa Fo, told him of tho location of tho plant and Mr. Denlson asked to havo a switch put In for tho plant. Mr. Blddlo nsked how Boon ho wanted It and Mr. Denlson said "right away," whereupon Mr. Blddlo In their presence dictated : letter to Superintendent Barnes at Chnnuto ordering tho switch put In,, Millers Meet nt Sntlnn. Forty representative millers of ecn trl Kansas met at Sallna and formed an association to net in harmony with n notional order, for the purposo of erecting at tho St. Louis World's fair n building for tho display of wheat products of tho mills of tho Unit! States. The officers of tho Knnsas as sociation are George F. Warren, Sa ltan, president; E. O. Moses, Great Bend, vice president; George T. Wool ley, Sallna, treasurer, and W. K. Humphrey, Abilene, secretary. All of tho millers in attendance report that tho wheat prospects In Knnsas were never better nt this time, nnd nil Indi cations point to another big wheat crop for Kansas. Looking for ituiinwiiy Wife. The Rev. I. II. Tharp, a prominent Baptist minister of Weir City, wns in Fort Scott looking for his wife who ran ..way from homo with another man and took $400 of her husband's money. Ho Is nn elderly man CO years old. while tho runawny wife Is 10 years old and he says "good looking, stylish and proud." Ho Is much affected by the elopement and will prosecute the man If he Is caught. Before leaving sho sold a horse nnd buggy and all the household effects whllo he, wns over In Missouri holding revival meetings. Mrs. Tharp took her ninc-ycar-old boy with her. Itecelpts Ilnck us Notes. Several thousand dollars havo been collected in the vicinity of Chapman, Kas., by two swindlers who were there recently. The men claimed to bo Chi cago men on a hunting trip, and gave several farmers $G each to allow them to hunt on their farms. Thoy took receipts from the farmers, nnd theie havo turned up us promissory notes for $500 each, in tho hands of Inno cent persons. Farmers In the vicinity of Hope have been taken in by horse company organizers, who, by means of stock companies, got $2,500 to $3, 000 for stallions worth $500. Druggist" for Wlchltn. Wichita gets another convention for May commencing on tho 27th and last ing three days. Moro than 300 drug gists will bo there from all parts of tho state and thoy will havo business of Importance to transact. The drug gists generally send a fine representa tive body of business men to their conventions and their presence will bo a good thing. I'erullur Onsolluo Kxploslon. Mrs. John Madden of Emporia, Kas., was sevorely burned about tho hands and head, her hair singed In a pe culiar manner. Sho was cleaning n silk waist In gasoline when tho fluid suddenly exploded with the above re sult. Tho gasoline explosion is a mystery as tho work was going on in a cool room and no matches or firo near. Swedish Colony Near Kmporln. A colony of Swedes, thirty-two in all, and nil related, have come from Sweden and purchased 3,000 acres of land near Emporia. Thoy will begin Immediately to improve tho land and havo started six now houses on vari ous parts of It. They expect to farm the land Jointly on a socialistic plan. Thoy paid about $50,000 for tho land. Fire nt Cherryvnlo. FIro started in Rounds & Rounds' racket store at Cherryvalo, Kus Sat urday night about midnight and dam ago to tho extent of $3,000 was done to tho contents. Tho loss on tho build ing is about $300. Tho building and contents wore insured. Tho city Is without firo protection nt present, ex cept for a chemlcnl engine. Not to Prosecute Norton. Department Commander Uorton of Abileno, Kas., may return to tho rankn of tho G. A. R. without any stain on his record if ho resigns his ofllc.l. Abileno post has adopted a resolution withdrawing Its charges against him, provided ho gets out 'of office. Tho polt hu8 no desire to persecute him, and will not do bo. When tho Atchison Champion was turned over to Ewlng HerboVt by tho lessees, Smith & Mcdloch, ho an nounced tho Bale of the paper to W. A. Robinson of Salt Lake City, Utah. The new ownor will at onco rehabili tate and reorganize tho Champion. Frank Whito, a grocer, stood In front of a train on tho Missouri Pa cific road at Fort Scott, Kas,, and was killed. Ho left his homo nt midnight nnd his relatives found his body at tho morgue. Mr. White's wife recent ly loft him. SHOT AND BURNED Sheriff Says He Will Pnew the Conflict TURNER TO REBUILD QUARTER-HOUSE Woman Assaulted nnd Robbed -Indian Acquitted of Charge of Murder Ne braska Murderer Oets Second Decree Sentence Other New. According to tho latest reports from the scene of the light at Leo Turner's "quarter house," in Boll county, Ken tucky, between ofllccrs und citizens of Midlcsborough nnd tho mountnlneers, friends of the Turners, nlno men were, killed nnd one wns mortally wounded in the conflict. Justifies KUUn. John End of Timber, charged with jusault upon his father-in-law. Walks onder tho Ground, with a deadly weapon, producing death, has been acquitted by the jury in the United Ssatcs court at Dendwood, S. I). It was shown by the testimony that tho deceased wns belaboring the defendant with a club und End of Timber acted entirely in self-defense. He was being chased about thu room by the older man, and in order to avoid further punishment ho picked up a stone, weighing several pounds, which was lying between two trunks in the room. Thu stick that Walks Under tho Ground was striking him with, as well ns tho stone that produced death, were sub mitted to the jury. Tho stone had been kept In tho housu for usu in sharpening knives, Tho United States court has adjourned, the four other Indian cases being put over for tho term. Woman Found Unconscious. Mrs. Albert Forest was violently as saulted at her home in Lead, S. D., re ceiving a blow that rendered her Insensi ble for several hours. Hor assailant entered her home stealthily while sho was attending to her household duties, about 5 o'clock in the evening, dealing her a terrific blow with a stick of cord wood. Her husband was working in the mine at the time und did not get off shift until 0 o'clock. He found his wifo unconscious when he got home, and it wns some time before she re vived sufficiently to tell what had hap pened. Sho did not see her nssnllnnt, but the stick of wood with which sho had been struck was found on tho floor. A trunk in the house hail been broken open and forty-five dollars in money taken. Murder In Senond Degree. Tho jury in the case of tho state vs. John McCormlck, charged with killing Mrs. Maggie Linsley on the night of November fl, at Nebraska City, nfter being out nil night, returned a verdict of murder in tho second degree. Thu prisoner will bo sentenced by Judge Jessen in a few days. It wns shown that the prisoner wns jealous of the woman, who wns keeping a bagnio, and, calling her to the door, shot her dead. McCormlck tried to commit sui cide, but failed. Motion for a new trial has been filed nnd will bo argued to the court, and if not granted will bo appealed to the supreme court. Collide on Kletated Line. Two express trains on the New York Third avenue clcvatod railroad were iu collision at One hundred and Fourth street. The hundreds of passengers were thrown into a panic, scores were cut with flying glass and seven wero moro severely hurt. Tho rear train should have taken a swl'clt at Onu hundred and Fourth street, but from causes unexplained the switch was not thrown and the engine telescoped the rear coach of the first train. In this coach were most of those Injured. Polite Highwaymen. Highwaymen aro becoming excess ively polito in Omaha, Nob. Rather than frighten their victim by drawing their weapons and yelling In chorus, "Hands up," four robbers appointed one of their number as spokesman and courteously held up John Peterson, aged fifty, of 2501 South Twenty-first street. Peterson turned over to the robber two 85 gold pieces and a silver watch. May Impair HI Hearing. One of the men employed iu the cas sion of thu new Burlington bridge at Plattuinouth, met with a peculiar ac cident which may result in his sense of hearing being partially destroyed. While at work below, the air pressure became so heavy aa to dlslodgu one of his car drums, forcing it Inward. He has gone to Omaha to consult an 'ear specialist. Killed In a Collision. In a rear-end collision between Bal timore & Ohio trains at Indian Harbor Indiana, Conductor Huntley and brake man Brlcc were instantly killed. Two other trainmen were Injured. Two Mora Week to Lire, Governor Yates granted a respite un til Feburary 28, says a Peoria, 111., dis patch, to Joseph Ellsworth Hinkle, tho wife murderer, who was to havo been hanged on the 14th. His attor neys, Dally and Watts, went to Spring field and had a conference with tho govornor and later wired that a respite had been granted until February 28. Hinkle had just said good byo to his mother when tho newH of tho respite reached him. When told ho cried for joy. li 7i