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Red Cloud Chief.
PUHLISHED WEEKLY.
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"Cuba In finding out that It la mighty
expensive to keep house.
llnrry Tracy wns linnlly off the
earth beforo they liml him on the
atago.
The Sultnn of Morocco htin decided
to give up tho automobile nnJ stick
to hit) harem.
Russell Sagc'B nephew Is going on
tho fringe. Hut Undo Hubs will not
he tils "angel."
Tho KnnBas City Iniilno Is equal
In (IctttriicUvu force to n whole earn
van of automobiles.
Tho sultan of Turkey haa inndo nn
other promlao. Juat ho It waan't n
payment ho In antisficd.
The mnn who hna Keen every presi
dent bIiico Andrew Jnckaon la begin
ning to blow around iignlu.
Any wise peraon who wnntn to re
tire to n (pilot lalnnd for a few yenra'
real will not aelect Martinique.
liny City elalnia to have a young
woman who Is tilowly turning to
atone. Seems hard, docan't It?
They are organizing "Do Itlght"
eliiha In Kanaaa. Thla would bo on
excellent name for policemen's clubs.
Something ahould bo done to pro
tect the birthplace of John llrown In
Connecticut. John waa a good fel
low. Tho atory of the damage to (ho
currant crop In (irecco naturally
takea Its place among the current
news.
If the weather contlhuea favorable
Kalians corn will do Ita beab to live
up to a in out aatoulahlug lint of corn
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K.i tsllr. Schwab's firm refuaal to bo
mrl'ed looae from hla Jl.noo.uU" aalary
tf)buld relievo anxiety aa to hla men
tal' Scftidltlon.
The enterprlalug explorer who can
succeed In hnrnesaing nnd training a
team of whalea may (Uncover the
north polo Home tine day.
M Maaanchuaetta
t-(o doetora to wl
'10 dy. It la underal
man hna outlived
horn lie aold hla
''ody. It la tmderatood that in each
viri mo ho refused treatment.
, Dr. Mary Walker haa written an
article, telling how men ought to
dress. She never had much success
In getting womankind to dress her
way.
A Parln physician has discovered 11
new remedy for holla. Nothing, how
ever, can excel Josh Hillings' plan on
having them on the neck of the other
fellow.
In Franco they are pouring oil on
tho highways to stop tho automobiles
from raising duat. The hired girl
k may yet, uccoiuu inu omcini Birooi
sprinkler.
- ""mini mill niwi r.lllIIIUUIK'l, Hi
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lling to laBt reports, wero seen lug-
1110 triple alliance nnd a kit or
ibers' tools In the direction of the
dshed.
nrry do Wlndt'B description of his
mpted land trip around tho world
not Inspire tourists with a wild
lro to follow his route during their
imer vacntlons.
A New York Guggenheim haa or
dered a $70,000 pearl necklace for Mrs.
Guggenheim. Mra. G. will have no
trouble In keeping tho ornament un
less she should happen to go on the
stage.
The Sultan of Turkey and the Amer
ican legation are again on speaking
terms, but the renewed friendship la
liable to bo rudely shattered when
ever mention shall he made of that
little bill.
Two girls of Rockford who took ar
senic for their complexion do not
know yet whether they will recover
or not. Tho quest for beauty should
not bo pushed to the extreme of try
ing to secure a halo.
Thrco Kcntucklans who refused to
go to work wore tied up by masked
men nnd lashed. These nohlo colonels
teach us that tho old American spirit
which bids a man to suffer for his
principles is not dead.
Tho fcto ehampetro which was
given at Newport recently by Mr.
nnd Mrs. Cornelius Vnnderbllt cost
them 121,000. They don't mind a
little thing llko thnt, however. Other
people had to work for tho money.
In Petorsburg, Vn., a widow lent hei
lover jewels and money, and then had
him nrrcsted for theft. Sho withdrew
tho chargo on his ngreoment to mnrry
her. This shows to what lengths
some women will go to secure a hus
band. Tho society itom from Newport to
tho effect that tho Duchess or Marl"
borough "appeared at Mrs. Fish's cob
onlal dlnnor In a pink wreath and
black velvet ribbons" Indicates that
cither tho duchosa or tho reporter
omitted something.
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Mother Discovers Daughter Dond
in tho Ynrd
PERISHED FROM FLAMES
rtnlhlnc llnmetl From llmly. hiiiI The
ory PrrIU Thnl Clothing Hint
Caught rirt While flit- Wonmn
' Atone Other rm
Atout noon Saturday the dead body
of Mrs. Huth Kornell waa found lying
in tho yard by her mother, Mrs. Hur
nett, at the latter' a home near
Stelnauer. Neb. The dead woman's
clothing hnd been burned completely
off iukI her death la regarded aa a re
sult of tho burns. The two women
had been together during the morning
hours. Tho Interior of the house In
dicated that a struggle had occurred
there. Several locka on doora hnd been
broken off nnd the furniture wan
thrown about In confualon. Mia. Bur
nett was not absent from the house
long, having gone Into the field. Mra.
Kornell hnd been married, but was
not living with her husband. She wna
about twenty-one year old. Tho place
of the myaterloua occurrence la about
one and one-hnlf mllea from Stelnauer.
Mrs. Kornell wna once mnrrlcd to
John F. Kornell of Hebron. Since their
scpcrntlon the dead woman has been
llvlngw Ith her mother and brother. It
nppcnra that the two latter had gone
up town. It la now believed that the
place was visited by tramps and find
ing the woman alone made demands
on her which alio refused and then
Bought revenge. When her relatives
returned homo they found one door
broken open. It Is claimed ahe had
been assaulted and It Is believed her
assailants, after killing her, dragged
her to the barnyard and set lire to her
clothing.
One theory is that her clothing had
raiight tire from the stove while no one
was near to help her, and thnt h!io had
reached the yard before being over
come. Tho coroner's Jury gave a ver
dict in accordance with this theory.
She wnB about twenty-one yenra old
and leaves n husbunri nnd mother.
FIREMAN IS HURT
Menr-Fnil CoIIInIoii iiii II. Si M. Near
Crete. Srh
John Roche, of Lincoln, Neb., was
nurt In a wreck on the Hurllngton onu
miles west of Crete. Freight train No.
70 collided with the rear end or train
No. 72, ten or twelve cars were thrown
In tho ditch, four hundred feet of
track torn up, and the main line
blocked for several hours. Fireman
Roche Bustnlned no broken bones. It
waB first though ho was Bcrlonaly hurt,
but later udvlcea were assuring.
No. 72, an east-bound freight, left
Dorchester at 7:23 p. 111. No. 7(5 fol
lowed It out of that Htatlon, live min
utes lated, 7:28. For several miles east
of Dorchester tho trains were In sight
of each other, but near Crete the road
dips down Into tho Hlue river valley
and curves and cuts are more frequent.
Tho necident happened near the west
end of tho Hlue river bridge. It Is sup
posed that train No. 72 broke In two
and thnt tho train following It ran into
the rear section. The caboose of No.
72 and seven cars were wrecked. En--glne
No. 349, pulling train No. 7il, was
damaged somewhat, and Fireman
Roche was hurt in the smnshup. Con
ductor Plttscnbnrger was in charge of
No. 72 and Conductor Ilrlggs of No.
7G.
COUNTRY IS UNSAFE
t reurti .SclontlntH Soy Mont Pelee ICeglou
Muni He Almmloiieil
The French scientific expedition
Milch was Bent to the Island of Mar
tinique to study the situation caused
by tho eruption of Mont Pelee, has
drawn up a Hecond report in which,
Bpeaklng of tho eruption of August HO,
the commissioners any that the dic
quletlng eruption of that day renders
continuous study of the phenomenon
necessary.
"There Is no longer any doubt," the
commissioners say. "that the evacua
tion of the entire Mont Pelee region
which we did not consider indlspcsahlo
n mouth ago, should now be carried
out. Until the volcanic disturbances
have ceased the southern limits of the
mountain ought to be most actively
that thme(,cIluTtdo, taol aol 1111 nil
watched, especially If It Is demonstrat
ed that tho last eruption was due to a
new crnter In the lateral llssuie."
The report concludes by dwelling on
the danger of tidal waves Inundating
Fort de France.
STRIKEBREAKER MURDERED
Kiirl Ciiltlwell Hilled lit tin Oinnlm
Mortur Mixer
An Omaha, Neb., Sept. 11. special
says: The ilrst murder growing out of
tho Union Pacific strike occuircd about
midnight Saturday night when Earl
Caldwell, a strike-breaker trom Chi
cago, was killed. John Spellman, a la
borer employed as a moitar mixer on
Koine construction work In the railroad
yards, today eonfissed thut he struck
the blow which killed Caldwell. Spell
mnn lives at 1835 Nicholas street. Cald
well was twenty-four years old and
leaves a wife. A slight frnituru of the
skull and rupture or a blood vessels in
the brain, caused by a blow 011 tho
head, ended In his death u short time
after he was struck.
Murrleil Women llnrreil
An edict has gone forth from the
finlt Lake City hoard of education thnt
herealter no married woman shall be
employed as teacher in the public
schools of Salt Lake City and those
who get married will bo requested to
resign.
York .Mini Hurt
J. P. Miller was quite seriously hurt
At York. Neb., while helping to unlond
n co.v from it wagon. He was knocked
down and cut about the face and bond
with the cow's hoofa.
EFFECT OF SHORT CROPS
Falling Off In F.xpnrl Cnmpiireil WHU
thr Veiir I III) I
Tho total exports of the United
States for the eight montha ending
August 31st were $821,083,198, against
$939,329,311 for the same months Inst
yenr. says a Washington, I). C. dis
patch. The Imports were $01 1.105,387,
against $u7!U;ru,750 last year. -The ex
cess of exports waa $207,rl9,81L against
$3r.!l,078.r.88 last year.
For this period the exports of bread
atuffs from the United Stales amounted
to $I08,i;ot,r.7i;: for the aamo pctlod
last year the total wua $192,800,001.
The total exports of provlalons were
$109,811,031!, ngnlnat $121,977,173 for the
aamo time last year; cattle and hogs
were sent ahread to the value of $15,
158.021. whll... In 1001 the total wbb
$2I.718,408.
The export, of cotton for the twelve
months ended August 31 consisted of
0,71B,73 bales, valued at $284,279,100,
against (!,!.TJ,93t bales, valued at $317.
810,129 for the twelve mouths endlni;
August 31, 1901.
The export of mineral olln were
valued at $13,938,117, against $15,998,
177. Corn, wheat and all other articles ot
breadstufTa showed heavy falling off,
the corn due to the short crop.
ENJOYING HIMSELF
Admiral Sehler Siivn N'mv.t Hun No
Cliurin fur Ifliu
A Ronton, September 14, dispatch
says Rear Admiral Schley and wife
have reached Hoston nfter a summer
outing in the Adirontlncks. The rear
admiral said:
"I never felt better In my life. Since
my retirement from the aervlce I have
taken the keenest of delights In tho
privileges of a citizen and tho beauties
of this country of ours, for I have
passed more of my years afloat than
ashore. You underatnnd, I nm retired
nnd done. To me the navy Is a thing
of the pnat. Since my retlrment I ant
out of It and done with It, nfter n life
of aervlce."
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Schley will
leave Hoston today to visit In Connec
ticut. It Is their purpose to go west
within a few weeks and then visit
Texas, where they may remain two
months.
(.'Hie .HNiime Control
Municipal ownership of operation ot
street railways Is making rapid prog
ress In the United Kingdom, says a
Loiu'on dispatch. Out of 213 under
takings, with a total mileage of 1,307,
about 100, with a mileage of 089, be
long, according to late reports, to tho
local authoiillt"!.
The tramways owied by Hirmlng
ham, Edinburgh, Oidl.um and twenty
four other towns are leased, but tho
tendency Is towurd municipal opera
tion. Manchester Is In tho transition stage,
but will have In the course of n few
years 100 miles of electric lines under
municipal operation. About fifty now
schemes for municipal ownership of
tramwnys are now in progress.
Swift Uetrlhutloii
A special from Newaygo, Mich.,
says:
"E. O. Shaw, publisher of the Newny
go Republican, says It Is rumored that
while a gang of threshers was at work
one a farm In Otla. the band cutter
accidentally cut tho feeder's hand, and
thnt tho feeder Instantly grabbed tho
cutter, a mere boy, and threy him into
the machine and that he was ground
to pieces. The gang Immediately
stopped the machine nnd seizing tho
murderer fastened a tope around hla
neck and hanged him to a tree. Mr.
Shaw cotihl give no names and can
not verify the rumor.
"At midnight no particulars had
been obtained."
Yoiitlirnl .Kyrluii Wiiinlorrr
A little Assyrian boy walked into
Superior, Neb.. Sunday. He was on his
way from Omaha to Holdrege. where
ho has relatives. He speaks only hla
nntlve language and through misunder
standing directions given him. he hns
gone as far south us lowell, Kaa
walking all the way. He was helped on
his way by sums of money from pri
vate citizens. The city of Superior
bought him 11 ticket to Holdrege. Hg
was but twelve years old.
Avrexteil for Sfeiillni;
For some time past the Overland In-
.nut.i..,it iinnitinnv lit NTollt-nsUlL CttV
tnilllllll . iM.Ir.. - ..--
has been missing lumber that they
were using In erecting tenement houses
nnd tho other night they caught Lou
Rowe in the act of carrying off a lot.
He was placed In jail and a search or
his place revealed something like a
thousand feet that he had carried away
previous to thla raid. He was given
twenty days In the county Jail.
Covolei llotlicritomn
Coyotes are becoming a pest In Hi?
vicinity of Rogers. Neb. They seem f
have Increased In numbers a great deal
during the past year ami have been
doing considerable daninge. Calves
have bee killed In pastuies and poultry
atolen from roosts In many Instances.
The wolves can often be seen' gilding
through the wheat patches anil the tall
grnss where they lurk. Woir hunts
are likely to be the lending sport thla
winter.
CiihIkt Unit Iliirnlmr
The burning Heaumont. Tex., gusher
ceased flowing of 'ts own accord Sun
day morning and tho tire wua easily
extinguished. Smouldering lire nt tin
big tank Is all that remains or the
llnmcs.
A much "harder frost struck Webster
City, la., Saturday night than on
Thursday night. Ice formed to the
depth of a quarter of an Inch on still
wnter. Garden truck wus mostly killed
and the corn crop damaged greatly. It
Is estimated that 25 percent of that yet
standing was ruined
Saturday afternoon while driving a
team near Syracuse, Richard Vltto of
Nebraska City, was tin own out and
seriously, If not fatally. Injured. The
team beenmo frightened ami ran away.
Tho Injured man was brought to this
city for medical treatment. He Is
aevonty-ftve yeurs ot age.
AFTER HNFIND
Pursuit of Pierce County Mur
derer is Relentless
IS TRACED BY OFFICIALS
County Attorney IIiik Kopurtx of UU
AVherenliontu I'lirmiem Only INiur
Hour llrlitml Comity mill StiiU
Offer Iteuaril for (.'upturn
A Pierce, Neb., Sept. 15, special says:
County Attorney Uarnhnit, who Is di
recting the pursuit of Nelgenflnd, the
Pierce county murderer, has two clues
as to his whereabouts. It was reported
thla morning thnt two traveling men
saw 11 man anawcrlng his description
last Friday between Crofton and Hart
Ington. Another report was received
this morning from Constable G. W.
GofT and Detective Franklin, who are
nt Stanton. They say that, n man told
them that he was acquainted with
Nlegenflnd and that on Saturday
Nlegenllnd rode with him nenrlv to
Pllger. The man did not know 'that
Nlegenflnd waa chnrged with murder.
Constable GofT thlnkB they are about
tour hours behind the murderer.
Henry Caraten, a German farmer. 11
bachelor, living about four mllea
southeast of where the murder waa
committed says that Nlegenllnd stayed
with him all night after the murder
was committed. All he said was that
he und Hreyer had had a light and
thnt maybe he had killed Hreyer. A
wagon went past the house that night
nnd Niengenllnd rose up in bed nnd
cocked his revolver and said If the
Bherlff came after him he would shoot
him; that If he were aurrounded by
many men he would kill hlmaelf. Car
sten said Nlegenflnd wns prepared to
go any time, au he did not tnke off bin
clothing when he retired.
Nlegenflnd rode with him with a
load of hogs until within one mile of
Wlnaide, when he left, going south.
Carsten went to Wlnslde with another
load of hogs the next day, but heard
nothing of the. murder until on the
road home. He was Informed of it,
but rcfuaed to believe It until he asked
hla neighbor, August Koertlng, who
told him it was the truth.
The county commissioners held a
meeting today and offered a reward
of $300 for the capture of Nlegenllnd.
Late Monday evening Governor Sav
nge Issued a proclamation offering a
state reward of $200 for the capture
and conviction of Nlegenflnd. This
amount Is the maximum allowed un
der the state law.
LEADS ALL STATES
fitntr of NrlmiHkn Still lit tlie 1 1 end In
IntelllRelM 1
Every ten yeara the census reports
give the number .of persons able to
read nnd write in nny language. These
llgures throw light upon the extent to
which the rudiments of education aro
being acquired and also upon the work
ing of school systems. A large amount
of illiteracy among adults indicates
that they were reared under nn Imper
fect system of schools. Hut neither Il
literacy among emigrants nor Illiter
acy among elder nntlves of the coun
try Is nny Index of the present condi
tion ot American schools.
Probably the most light upon the
.working of a school system is shown
by the per cent of children between
ten und fourteen years of age who are
able to read and write. The statement
prepared nt the census olllce sIiowb the
percentage of persons in the several
states between the ages of ten nnd
fourteen years who were reported as
able to read and write In 1900.
Nebrnaka enjoys the dlatlnctlon of
bending the list, closely pressed by
Iowa, and Illinois Is fifteenth, below
nearly all the other western and north
ern stntes. In 1S90 Iowa headed the
list, with 11 percentage or 99.23, Illinois
being then sixth, with a percentage of
only 98.75.
In every state and territory, except
Arizona and Nevada, the percentage
of children ten to fourteen years of
age able to read and write hns mate
rially Increnaed during the last decade,
Indicating, therefore, nn Improvement
In the efficiency in tho school system.
Even the two exceptions named are
more apparent thnn real.
MRS. McKINLEY GETS CHECK
I'reimury Warrant for tt.lli.HUtt for
Iliislmnil'H suliiry
A treasury warrant for $39.S09 wns
forwarded Monday to Mis. Ida S. Mc
Klnley, widow of the late president,
for snlary which would have been due
him on July 1. 1902, the appropriation
lor which was ninde at the last session
oJ congress.
August Hi-owning, while blasting out
l-ock for his home In Dozalt creek,
near Haldwln, Randolph county, Il
linois, struck ore running through
rock. He brought speclments of the
are to thnt place and upon examina
tion It wns found to be silver ore. In
the enrly days of that county two
miners named Wilson and Stevenson
located 11 rich deposit of silver oro on
this creek and worked It together un
til one morning Stevenson was found
dead in bed. Wilson was never seen
after that time.
rrouiiN on (Sruln ('ornern
Cornerr. In grain nro foiever rendered
practically Impossible by a decision
handed down by Judge Chytraus In the
circuit court nt Chicago, If sustained
hy a higher court.
The caso waa for an Injunction nsked
hy Walto, Thornburn & Co., against
prominent commission houses in the
tecent July oats corner.
Tho most Important ruling is that
the Chicago board of trade loses the
power to pass on property rights where
margins nro involved, denying Its au
thority to discipline members for re-
j using to put up called margins.
ASK AN INJUNCTION
Union I'nelllt- Seek to Hextmln Striking
Mechanic
An Ouaha. Neb.. Sept. 10, dispatch
cay.T Judge MePhorson of tho federal
court yesterday morning granted a
temporary restraining order against
the Union Pacific itriklng machinists,
which prevents them Irom Interfering
with or Intimidating or In nny other
way, either through the posting of
pickets or 1 utrollng of the streets ad
joining the company's property, Inter
meddling with the men employed by or
desiring to enter the employment of
the Union Pnclllc.
The order waa Issued by Judge Mc
Pherson, In the absence of Judge Mun
gcr, who Is In Minnesota. The order Is
directed against a large number of
f-trlkers. nnd the United States mar
shals olllce was very busy all after
noon serving copies of the order upon
the men. It Is very sweeping in Ita
terms, nnd anus to break up the ays
tern of picketing that so far haa been
the chief source of strength to tho
atrlkera. The strikers are divided off
into companies, which work eight
boms and patrol all points where
strike-breakers or non-union men
may lie landed. They use no physical
violence, but qulety endenvor to per
suade the men not to enter the employ
of the road. It la asserted that In
some Instnnees these requests, have
been reinforced with sly hints nnd nods
thnt Indicate that trouble may bo
brewing for the fellows who persist in
going to work anywny.
No specific date has been set for the
hearing, but It Is not likely to be called
into queatlon until aome one dlsobeyes
the commands of the courts.
The injunction aerved upon the
Union Pacific atrlkera at Omaha and
the coroner's inquest In the caso of
Earl Caldwell, the dead strike-breaker,
received due attention Monday after
noon. George. Mulberry, third vice
president of the International machin
ists' union, announced that the injunc
tion so fnr as It relates to taking
pickets off duty would not bo obeyed,
but so far ns It relates to acts of vio
lence It would be obeyed. If the pick
ets go on duty about the shops a riot
and bloodshed is looked for.
FOREST FIRES FURIOUS
MiiMiib Ituplil lleiiiluny unit Hunger to
Life utiil Property Continue
A Tncoma, Wash., Sept. 10, dispatch
says: The finest Urea In northwestern
Oregon and southern Oregon continue
with unparalleled fury. The confla
grations have made headway with
amazing rapidity. While It Is believed
they cannot further Imperil tho larger
cities, the danger to property In the
outlying districts continues. The de
atructlon of telegraph and telephone
llnea renders It difficult to obtain a
correct estimate of the loss of life.
From the scant reports obtained It Is
though Hint not less than 100 persons
are dead. The greatest loss of life ap
peara to be along the Lewla river in
Washington, where logging campa are
numerous. Many persons arc known to
have perished In that section. Hun
dreds of r ealdents of northwestern
Oregon are homeless. The property
loss In that state exceeds a million.
The Ilrst reports of the destruction of
Palmer have been confirmed. The en
tire place Is in iibhes. The tin tiling
Might of .1 party of refugees from
White's mill, near Centrnlla. who were
compelled to seek safety In a creek,
remaining immersed more than an
hour, later rushing to a grotto, where
n number of beats and deer sought
rtfuro in thelt terror, Is only equaled
by the hni rowing experience of peo
ple residing between Ariel, Cowlitz
county, and Ml. Helena. They lied In
their night garments, ho rapidly did
the flames approach, and the race was
kept up for hours, when It was found
eleven of the paity had perished. It
la feared that a party of sixty camp
ers at the foot of Mt. Helena are among
the dead.
Fell From Street Cur
Miss Rosa Frnnek or Lincoln, was the
victim or n serious necident. MIbs
Franek was returning to her home In
South Lincoln on a South Seventeenth
street cur. It waa about 10 o'clock, tho
night was dark, and Mlsa Frnnek was a
little dazed perhaps anywny she at
tempted to step off when the car was
within ten feet of tho crossing at
Seventeenth and H streets. Although
the car had Mowed up. It had not
stopped completely. She fell and
struck her head against tho pavement.
Sho was picked up unconscious and
carried to her home, Dr. Mitchell waa
summoned and took sevcrnl stitches In
the buck of her head. Mias Franek has
spoken very few worus since, na n re
sult, will be laid up for some weeks.
II0I1I l'i In South Curolliiit
Train No. 23 of the Atlantic Coast
Line was held up about seventy-five
miles from Charleston. S. C. Soon
after tho train left Iines, n young
white man entered the express cnr.
blind-folded the messenger nnd robbed
him of about $100 in cash and then
robbed the cnr of several packages
of jewelry ami other articles. When
the trnln got to Charleston the robber
Jumped off.
Cue Muy lie PoHtponeil
It Is not yet definitely known wheth
er tho postponement of the hearing of
the Pious fund case between Mexico
and the United States, before tho arbi
tration court at The Hague, which wns
regarded as not improbnble, will be
necessary, but Mexico does not nppear
to bo quite ready, and there Is some
doubt na to whether all the persons
Interested can- reach here in time.
A StrlkelcHH letory
Another strlkeless victory for n la
bor union wns recorded when the ques
tions which hnvo been In dispute be
tween tho wholesale grocers and their
nlno hundred employes wero settled.
Every contention raised by the men
was grunted by the employers.
Edgar H. Neff pleaded guilty to the
embezzlement of $8,520 from tho Union
Pacific Railway company and was sen
tenced to Indetermliinto confinement
at hard labor In the penitentiary. Neff
was cashier In tho Denver freight
house of the Union Paclllc.
MAN HUNT BEGUN J
Pierce County Murderer Hidino
In the Fields
AWFUL TRAGEDY ON A FARM
Dlnnolute Mull Kill M'lfe 11ml I'uthrr-ln
f.mv Menu ruled From I'uiiilly :
Anxloii to Kill Ktery Memlier
Oilier Xi'in of Interest
A Pierce, Neb., Sept. 13. dlspat. li
nays: Gottlled Nelgenllnd, the mui
derer of wife nnd fntlier-ln-lnw, Is hiii
lug In cornfields not many miles fmm
I here, and posses are hunting him. The
man hunt follows tho terrible trageih
which occurred Thursday at the home
of Albert Hreyer, a farmer In Slouch
precinct, midway between Pierce aim
Norfolk.
Gottlled Nelgenflnd appeared in tin
barnyard and Mr. Hreyer ordered him
off the place, whereupon Nelgenflnd
replied by drawing bis revolver ami
firing two shots nt Hreyer, both taking
effect. Nelgenflnd then went behind
the barn, reloaded his revolver, ap
peared again and fired four more shots
at Hreyer, two bullets taking effect be
low the henrt. one going through the
kidneys nnd one through the forehead
Tho shots attracted the attention of
Hreyer'a wife and two daughters. 0111
the. divorced wire of NelgenMnd, who
enme running it. Then ho shot his
former wife in the head, killing her
instantly. He also uhot and serloush
wounded Mrs. Hreyer in the shouldei
He then escaped to the cornfields.
Mr. Hreyer was able to get to tin
house nnd word was sent to the nelgli
borfl, who went to town and aummoned
Drs. Pensant and Woodworth. When
they arrived they pronounced Mr
Hreyer'a case as very serious, fearing
the worst. Mr. Hreyer died Frida
morning shortly after 7 o'clock.
Gottlieb Nelgenflnd, the murderei
was the divorced husband of Mr. link
er's daughter. Mra. Anna Peiters
They had been married about two
years when she secured a divorce
Nelgenflnd being a worthless charactei
He went to Kansna, but came bad; a
few days ago and haa been in the
neighborhood vowing that he would
kill the whole family.
MEETS A TERRIBLE DEATH
Young I.iuly of (iugn County Traiupleil
liy llomea
Miss Hrockhlnzen. daughter of Mr
and Mrs. N. Hrockhlnzen, well known
people of the northeast part of Gage '
county, met a fearful death about noon
Friday. She had been to the town of
Adams and was on her return home
Aproaching the Nemaha bridge is a
steep hill, nnd while descending it the
wngon tongue broke. Tie team be
came unmanageable and ran away, but
was stopped on the bridge by the
broken end of the tongue. The young
woman, who had plueklly held to the
lincB. was thrown out and under the
horses' feet nnd was trampled and
kicked to death before relief came.
MUST THE BOARDS PAY
I'eeiillur (Jiirxtlon About Triiuiiportliiir
Seliool Clillitren
The supremo court of Kansas Is
.iBked to pass upon the constitutional
ity or the law providing that school
districts must pay for the transporta
tion of children who live a long dis
tance from tho school building. Su
perintendent Nelson recently ruled
that districts had to pay parents lot
thla servho even when an older pupil
drove the conveyance, but that school
boards are not compelled to pay the
maximum amount. )
John Atzenweller, of Atchison coun
ty, brought milt in the district court
agalnBt District No. 3 In that county,
asking Judgment for $90 for hauling
his three children back and forth to
school three and a half miles away.
The lower court gave him judgment
for $28.50. and the achool district now
appeals to the supremo court, nlleglng
that the law la unconstitutional.
HERE AND THERE
Charles Splcer was arreated at
Plattamouth on a complaint filed by
County Attorney Root, charging him
with unfastening a team belonging to
Lnwrence Stull nnd allowing It to run
at large.
The members of St, Andre.w'a Catho
lic church of Teciimseh, Neb., will booh
have their church building remodeled.
Tho Improvement contemplated ure
extensive and will necessitate the out
lay of about $2,000.
The constant confusion or the nnme
of Minneapolis, Kan., with Minneapo
lis, Minn., hns caused u sentiment for a
change of name. A. P. Riddle says
that It makes delays In mall, freight
and expresa and is annoying in many
ways. He proposes a public meeting
to begin a movement for Belcctlng a
distinctive name for the town.
The jury, after being out eighteen
hours, decided thnt Mis. Jennie Ed
wauls was not guilty of beating nnd
kicking her foster daughter, Viola
Gladys Edwards, to death at their
home northwest of Hurllngton, Kan.
Her husband stood by her. There was
no direct evidence as to who killed the
ihild.
The Banltnry employes of Santiago,
Cuba, have struck, tho streets are not
awept and no rubblali has ben moved l
for two days. The city la a filthy ''
condition. The cause of the strlko Is
thnt tho men have not been paid for
two months.
The coroner of Pender, Neb., wan
Friday called to Emerson to hold nn
inquest on the body of a tramp who
was run over by the cars near that
town. The man wns cut In two at tho
waist whllo trying to catch a ride.
Thore wns nothing on the body to
identify him. The index finger on tho
right linnd was off and three flngcrn 4
off the left hand.
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