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Murder Case on at Broken Bow.
Broken now, Neb., Sept. C District
ourt convened here with JudKc Hos
teller on the bench. The all-Important
vent Is the Haddlx murder caso,
which wns Immediately taken up.
One hundred special jurymen aro
drawn for this case alono.
Double Crime at Wolbach.
Greeley Center, Neb., Sept. 2. Pat
IVicDermot cut the- throat of Miss
O'Connor of Greeley Center at Wol
bach. After slashing the throat of tho
girl he stabbed himself and then drank
four ounces of carbolic acid. He died
In thirty minutes. Tho girl may re
cover. Tho parties were both young
mini It 1b said tho crlmo was due to
jealousy.
Brown Files Woodmen Suit.
Lincoln, Sept. 1. Upon behalf of
Governor Mickey, Attorney General
Brown filed a petition for a peremp
tory writ of mundanniB to compel the
county clerk of Douglas county to
enter upon his records tho assessed
valuation of tho reservo fund of tho
"Woodmen of tho World and of tho
"Woodmen Circle, tho former amount
ing to $407,330 and tho latter $10,177,
ach being one-fifth of tho actual
value of tho fund.
f Nebraska Crop Conditions.
Lincoln, Sept. C Light frost oc
curred In northwestern counties Sun
day and Monday mornings, with but
little or no Injury to crops. Tho last
week was nn excellent one for rnpld
progress with haying and threshing.
The ground Is getting rather dry for
plowing In many places, but this work
is now well advnnced and In many
places completed. Very llttlo wheat
or rye has been sown. Corn has ma
tured very rapidly and under favorable
conditions. Pastures aro drying up j
somewhat.
cant nnd subject to entry at that tlmo
within the district of the North Platto
olllco 201,759 acres. Since that dato
110,872 acres have been homesteaded,
which would leave 150,807 still vacant
nnd subject to homestead entries of
one section. Most of this land HeB In
McPherson and Keith counties, hence
there Is ample opportunity for tho
seeker of one-section homestoads. Tho
land vacant is about of the samo
grade as that taken, out lies farther
north.
J. S. Dewey Ends His Life.
Oakdalo, Neb., Sept. 1. J. S. Dewoy,
god Bovonty-flvo, a hardware mer
chant of this city and pioneer sottler
of north Nebraska, committed sulclda
by shooting himself In tho head with
a revolver, tho bullet entering tho
brain. Ho had been despondent.
Boy Drowned at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Aug. 31. Ralph Powell, tho
nlne-yenr-old son of Exciseman Powell
of Lincoln, was drowned In Salt rrcok
at Itoca. The boy was playing around
his father's mill nnd accidentally
slipped and fell Into tho stream. Tho
water at tho point Is fifteen feet deep
and the lad could not swim. When
tho body wns recovered all hopes of
resuscitation had to be abandoned.
mnlmed on tho porch of Its owner's
residence, 200 feet from tho demol
ished barn In which It hnd been sta
bled. A six-Inch benm, which camo
from no ono knows where, passed
through a door of a residence, thence
through the ground floor and then
passed Into the ground for a distance
of throe foot.
Volcanic Outbreak In Savall.
Honolulu, Sept. C The steamship
Sierra, which arrived here from Aus
tralia, reports a large volcanic out
break on tho island of Savall, in tho
Samoan group, which, it is stated, 1st
very extensive. The outbreak is ten
miles south of Matautu and has cre
ated a now mountain, estimated to be
nearly 1,000 feet high. The lava
flows from the base of this mountain
a distance of several miles. Travelers
report that five or six hills are mov
ing, apparently on lava foundations.
Some have advanced several miles
from their starting place, Indicating
a vast molten lava area beneath.
WAVES CLAIM SCORE
LAKE SUPERIOR STORM MOST
DESTRUCTIVE IN YEARS.
Cash for Former Soldiers.
Lincoln, Sept. 1. Tho money recov
red from the general government for
payment of extra time served by tho
members of tho First and Second regi
ments. Nebraska volunteers, In tho
Spanish-American war, will bo ready
for distribution beginning Wednesday
morning and will bo paid out as rap
idly as posslblo to those entitled to
jpartleipate. Distribution will bo made
frow tho offlco of Adjutant General J.
II. Culver. All members of said regi
ments having an Interest In tho fundB
are requested to call In person at tho
offlco of the adjutant general, If possi
ble, and effect a settlement after tho
date above mentioned. They must
hrlng with them the necessary proofs
of Identity.
Freedom In Stevenson's Plea.
' Lincoln, Sept. 5. Governor Mickey
sit tho behest of Adlal E. Stevenson
nnd others of Illinois, commuted to
ten years tho Hfo sontenco of Hub
hard Savary, who was convicted of
killing Theodoro Thompson, near
Humboldt, Neb. Tho commutation,
"With the good time which goes with
It, soon will glvo Savary his liberty.
Added to Mr. Stevenson's plea for
pardon was that of a sister of Savary,
JMrs. George W. Studdelfleld, wife of
.an Illinois state senntor; another sis
ter at St. Louis, and former Congress
man James S. Ewlng or Bloomlngton,
III. Governor Mickey was impressed
with the argument that the crlmo was
manslaughter instead of murder in
the first degree.
State Fair Formally Opens.
Lincoln, Sept. 4. Tho state fair Is
on. The gates were thrown open to
, tho public this morning and without
formalities and the annual event was
started. Tho crowds were consider
ably less In tho morning than at tho
opening last year, but toward evening
the street cars and tho Burlington
trains wore crowded, making a very
respectablo number In attendance.
Tho races were Interesting, though,
aa usual on a first day, there was con
siderable delay in making starts and
setting things lined up. This Is ex
pected to bo remedied as tho fair pro
fireHses. All of tho exhibits wero in
place and were visited to a groat ox
tent in tho afternoon, tho attendance
in tho grandstand bolng very small.
Tho judging of Uvo stock began this
morning.
RUSH AT NORTH PLATTE.
Nearly One Hundred Thousand Acres
of Land Taken In August.
North Platto, Nob., Sept. 2. Tho of
ficials of tho United States land oftlco
located In thlB city have Just com
pleted their monthly report, showing
tho numbor of entries and tho acreage
embraced within tho Bame, made by
parties who took advantage of the Kits
3aid act or one-section homestead law
during tho month of August, 1905.
Tho showing Is good and most of the
entrymen seemed to havo bona fldo
Intentions. In fact quite a few havo
already gone to their lands, and havo
begun to Improve tho samo and build
"Siomes. Tho report shows that during
tho month 172 entries or filings wero
rmndo and that theso embrace 90,
!D3G.52 acres.
Tho report of tho North Platto
United States land offlco for July 1,
2905, showed that there were still vn-
Frost Out In the State.
Lincoln, Sept. 5. Tho Burlington
railroad's weather Bervlco reports
light frost at Ashland, Nob., a slightly
heavier frost at Columbus and a
trace at Erlckson. Llttlo damngo
was done. Some gardens wero slight
ly hurt, but tho corn and other field
crops were not affected. The frost
was most severe along tho streams.)
Scarcely any frost Is reported In
eastern Nebraska, except at Ashland.
Omaha Indian Held for Murder.
Ponder, Neb., Aug. 31. Samuel Par
ker, an Omaha Indian, was arrested, j
charged with the murder of Andrew
Johnson, his uncle, ono week ago. '
Johnson and Parker quarreled over
some tribal affairs, when Johnson bo
enmo enraged. Ho Beized a neck-'
yoke, with which ho attempted an '
nocnillt tmrkn DnnlrAM l.t I.aIm if '
younger, wrenchod tho weapon from
Johnson, striking him on tho head,
crushing his skull.
Bryan to Attend Lincoln Convention.
Lincoln, Sept. C William J. Bryan
will not sail for the Orient until Sept.
27. Mr. Bryan is at his homo here.
Ho Is anxious to attend tho Democrat
ic stoto convention, to bo held In Lin
coln Sopt. 20 and will leave tho day
following for San Francisco. Mrs.
Bryan and daughter, who nro now on
tho Atlantic, returning from Europe,
will Join Mr. Bryan hero for tho trip
to Asia. Leaving Lincoln tomorrow,
Mr. Bryan will spend most of a week
in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Prisoners Break Out of Jail.
Lincoln. Sent. C. Six orlsonora
made their escape from jail by sawing
tho bars from tho window of a water
room and from there cutting a hole
through a wall of masonry. Two of !
tho men wero held on charges of
burglary, ono on forgery nnd three
for swindling. George Elsam, ac
cused of murder and brought from
MInden for safekeeping, did not try
to escape when given tho opportunity.
Three other prisoners remained. It la
claimed tho hole In the wall was cut
from the outside. The men who es
caped wero W. E. Clark, J. Copeland,
Will Rico, Thomas Watson, Henry
Cunningham and George Collins.
Convict Commits Suicide.
Lincoln, Aug. 31. Victor Alexnnder,
a convict In the state penitentiary,
killed himself In his cell by tying a
cord around his neck and fastening
the other end to tho bars of his cell.
Ho then sat down on his bunk with
his back to tho front of tho cell and
guards passing failed to seo tho slen
dor cord. Alexander wns sentenced
to the penitentiary for threo years
from Merrick county for larceny and
had served about two years. Ho was
nineteen years of ago when convicted
nnd so far as known ho had no living
relatives In this country. Ho was born
In tho Argentine republic. Coronor
Graham wbb called and after an in
vestigation filed a report with Gov
ernor Mickey that no blame should bo
attached to anyone.
TORNADO STRIKES CARBONDALE.
Houses and Barns Demolished in Penn
sylvania Mining Town.
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 31. A tornado
struck tho northern part of Carbon
dale last night and demolished a scoro
of houses, barns and railroad cars, but
fortunately caused no fatalities. Tho
storm camo from tho west and whirled
towards the east, having a path of 200
, yards. Its center hnd the appearance
I of a funnel-shaped cloud, not black,
j but luminous. Thero was no accora
J panlmont of lightning, thunder or rain,
and the stars wero shining Immediate
ly hoforo and after it passed. A pe
culiarity of its effect was that adjoin
ing buildings woro blown In diametric
ally opposlto directions. Tho prnnks
of tho storm seem almost lncrodlhlo. I
A barn was blown away nnd a cow, '
which It housed, loft unharmed, lying
on the floor calmly chewing her cud.
A horso wns found Jjrulsed nnd
Pretoria Sinks Near Outer Island and
Five of Crew Drowned Same Num
ber Saved by Heroic Efforts of Light
house Keeper and His Assistant.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 5. Eighteen
or twenty lives were lost and prop
erty valued at $500,000 sacrificed In
tho furious storm that swept over
Lake Superior. Tho gale was the
most destructive to lal;o shipping
that has been experienced In many
years. Besides tho wreck of tho
steel steamer Sevona, which broke in
two on Sand Island reef, seven of
the crew losing their lives, It Is now
believed that two more ships were
lost, with their entire crews. Ono of
theso Is thought to be tho schooner
Olive Jeanetto, which carried a crew
of seven men, and it is believed went
to the bottom about ten miles from
Portage entry. A mass of wreckage
wns sighted by tho steamer Juniata
near that point, and there seems lit
tle doubt that it was tho Olive Jean
etto. It wns definitely learned that tho
sunken schooner near Outer island
was tho Pretoria of Bay City, the
largest sailing ship on fresh water.
Five of her crew of ten wero drowned
by the capsizing of the yawl, in which
tho crew took refuge when the boat
began to founder. Tho five survivors
were rescued by the heroic efforts of
John Irvine, keeper of the Outer isl
and light, nnd his assistant. Tho
crow lost control of tho yawl and all
woro spilled Into the lake. Five were
drowned Immediately, but tho others
clung to tho overturned boat. They
were 000 feet from shore. John Ir
vine, tho light keeper, observing the
plight of the sailors, launched his own
boat In tho boiling sea with the help
of his assistant and saved them at
great risk.
Tho storm at times reached the
proportions of a hurricane and the
staunchest new steel vessels wero
forced to run for shelter In a more or
less battered condition. The new
steel stenmer Stackhouse arrived at
tho Soo on her first trip with her
hatch covers so badly sprung that
water poured continually into the
hold. Ono of tho crew was washed
overboard. Tho whaleback steamer
Samuel Mather also lost one of her
crow overboard. Tho terrific batter
ing tho steel steamers received in tho
storm gives rlso to the gravest fears
for the safety of many wooden ships
which havo not yet reported, and tho
record of death and destruction may
reach much greater proportions than
the present estimates. Tho monetary
loss of tho Sevona Is placed at $170,
000, while that of the Protorle is esti
mated at $150,000.
A special from Pequamtng, Mich.,
says that wreckage, consisting of
cabin, hatches and Bhlp's furniture,
has been found fifteen miles off Port
ago entry, indicating that an unknown
ship founded in tho great storm.
Some of tho wreckage, marked
"Olive," lndlcnted that tho lost boat
was tho Olive Jeanette. A basket,
however, marked "F. W. Gilchrist,"
was picked up and there is a steamer
by that namo which was on tho lake
at tho time. Reports from Houghton
state that cnbins, small boats and
other parts of a ship havo been
washed ashore In Keweenaw bay, but
thero is no name on the wreckage.
FATAL FIRE ON A LAUNCH.
Gasoline Explodes and Panic Stricken
People Jump Into the Water.
Detroit, Sept. 5. Panic stricken at
tho flnsh of flames when a lighted
match was carelessly thrown into
some gasoline on tho bottom of tho
launch nen Hur at the St. Clatr flats,
a number of the thirty passengers on
the launch Jumped overboard. Four
of them were drowned. Their names
aro: August Mogg of Cleveland, II.
J. Weisenger, Miss Becker and Miss
Newman, all of Detroit.
The launch was carrying a party of
people to the hotel near Algona from
a dance at Bedore's hotel. Accord
ing to tho owner of the launch, one
of tho passengers, who had been
drinking, kicked open a cock on tho
engine, which permitted a quantity
of gasoline to flow out on tho floor,
nnd then after lighting a cigar care
lessly threw his match Into the gaso
line. The firo caused a panic In.
stantly among tho passengers, a
number of whom Jumped overboard.
All but four were rescued by the Ben
Hur and other small craft that hur
ried to tho scene. Tho Are was
quickly extinguished nnd the launch
was damaged but little.
Wings of the Morning.
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piers nnd owners thereof ami claim nil
property rights vested therein."
The.se formal phrases, coming at such
a moment, amazed his hearers. Iris
nlone had an inkling of the underlying
motive.
"I don't suppose any one will dispute
your title," said the nnvnl otllcer grave
ly. He unquestionably Imagined that
suffering and exposure had slightly dis
turbed the other man's senses.
"Thank you," replied Robert with
equal composure, though he felt In
clined to laugh at Playdon's inystlfien
tlon. "I only wished to secure u suffi
cient number of witnesses for a verbal
declaration. When I have a few mln
utes to spare I will affix a legal notice
on the wall in front of our cave."
Playdon bowed silently. There was
something in the speaker's manner that
puzzled him. lie detailed a small guard
to accompany Robert and Iris, who
now walked toward the beach, and
asked Mir Jan to pilot 1dm as suggest
ed by Anstruther.
The boat was yet many yards from
shore when Iris ran forward and
stretched out her arms to the man who
was staring at her with wistful de
spair. "Father! Father!" she cried. "Don't
you know me?"
Sir Arthur Deane was looking at the
two strange figures on the sands, and
ench moment his heart sank lower.
This Island held his flnnl hope. During
mnny weary weeks, since the day when
a kindly admiral placed the cruiser
Orient at his disposal, he had scoured
tho China sea, the coasts of Borneo and
Java for some tidings of the 111 fated
Sirdar.
To examine every snnd patch and
tree covered shoal In the China sea was
an Impossible task. All the Orient
could do was to visit tho principal Is
lands nnd Institute Inquiries among the
fishermen and small traders. At last,
the previous night, a Malay, tempted
by hope of reward, hoarded the vessel
when lying at anchor off the large Is
land away to tho south and told the
captain a wondrous tale of a devil
haunted place Inhabited by two white
splrltH, a male and u female, whither
a local pirate named Taung S'All had
gone by chance with his men nnd suf
fered great loss. But Taung S'Ali wns
bewitched by the female spirit and had
returned there with a great force,
swearing to capture her or perish. The
spirits, tho Malay said, had dwelt upon
tho Island for mnny years. Ills father
and grandfather knew tho plnco and
feared it. Taung S'Ali would never be
seen again.
This queer yarn was the first indica
tion they received of the whereabouts
of any persons who might possibly be
shipwrecked Europeans, though not
survivors from the Sirdar. Anyhow,
the tiny dot lay in the vessel's north
ward track, so a course was set to ar
rive off the Island soon after dawn.
Events on shore, ns seen by the offi
cer on watch, told their own tale.
Wherever Dyaks nro fighting there is
mischief on foot, bo tho Orient took a
hand in the proceedings.
But Sir Arthur Deane, after an ago
nized scrutiny of tho. weird looking
in the boat, and the man pulling stroke
Bmnshed u stout oar with the next
wrench.
And so they met at last, nnd the sail
ors left them alone to crowd round
Anstruther and ply him with a hun
dred questions. Although he fell In with
their humor and gradually pieced to
gether the stirring story which was
supplemented each Instant by tho ar
rival of disconsolate Dyaks and tho
comments of tho men who returned
from cave and beach, his soul was tilled
with tho sight of Iris and her father
nnd the happy, inconsequent demnnds
with which each sought to ascertain
and relieve the extent oC tho other's
anxiety.
Then Iris called to him:
"Robert, 1 want you."
The use of his Christian name creat
ed something akin to a sensation. Sir
Arthur Deane was startled, even In his
Immeasurable delight at finding his
child uninjured, the picture of nulo
health and happiness.
Anstruther advanced.
"This Is my father," she cried, shrill
with Joy. "And, father darling, this
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And so they met at last.
Is Captain Robert Anstruther, to whom
nlone, under God's will, I owe my Hfo
mnny, many times since the moment
the Sirdar was lost."
It was no tlmo for questioning. Sir
Arthur Deane took off his hat and held
out his hand.
"Captain Anstruther," he snid, "as I
owe you my daughter's life I owe you
that which I can never repay. And I
owo you my own life, too, for I could not
have survived tho knowledge that she
was dead."
Robert took the proffered hand.
"I think, Sir Arthur, that of the two
I am the more deeply indebted. Thero
are some privileges whose vnluo can
not bo measured, and among them tho
privilege of restoring your daughter to
your arms take. t'..o highest place."
Chicago Shooter Dies.
. Chicago, Sept. 5. Georgo C. Mil
ler, the former board of trade oper
ator, who wounded his divorced wife
and her husband, Louis B. Hill, and
shot himself, died without regaining
consciousness. The police fear that
their theory that Miller was the man
who shot Mrs. MIzo a fortnight ago,
mistaking her for his former wlfo'
cannot now bo prove"d. '
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