-. 'OtU. i m- 1 tk d 1 H l a. ouienaiu ix, ... MwmifHfiwi 100 Eight-Day Clocks . .To Re Given Away. . EMHMS2KEE1 Wo want to add 1,000 now sulwriburs to I'lti: Uillifs i- lielore the first of February, 1907, and to Mint, end we make l lie "ir r h low. There will bo no disappointed contestants. This is u plain li-i-im-s proportion uiid every sohool district, every church society, every I w nod every individual can secure ono of tlieso splendid Htguhi'iirs s ndiiiu in ton now yearly subscriptions. Tho retail price of this Clock i- $7.00. 1 feypSS bramJ55rpjnaJmsw & Address all communications to JEWS OF NEBRASKA. ' Loses Life While Crossing Ice. Omaha, Feb. K Workmen for Swirt & Co., who are putting up lee at Cut off lake, found the body of Captuin Hazard frozen In the Ice. Hazard had attempt to cross on new Ice in re turning home from work thu previous night and had fallen in. SETS FIRE TO BARN,CUTs"THROAT Manner in Which Nebraska School Teacher Commits Suicide. Syracuse, Neb., Feb. 1. Alter set ting fire to his father's barn, .iohn Jtnmmol, aged thlity-four, a school teacher, cut his throat with a razor, fell over into a haymow ami let the flames finish the deed he had commit- od. His body was merely a pllo of ashes when his aged parents found them several hours later. No motive is given for the suicide, unless de pendency. DEATH OF NEBRASKA PIONEER Moses M. Sydenham Passes Away at His Home in Kearney. Kearney, Neb., Feb. i Moses M. Sydenham, one of Nebraska's earliest pioneers, died suddenly here or heart failure, aged eighty years. Mr. Syden ham was locntetl at old Fort Kearney when it was the largest military sta tion on the overland emigrant route to the west. During the Indian wars with the Sioux and Cheyenncs, he took a prominent part and later, as a ciTillan, he assisted in the establish ment of the state government. Ho published tho Kearney Herald, the first newspaper Issued on the then "Great American Desert." SOLOS SPILLED INTO DITCH Members of Junketing Party at Grand Island Badly Bruised. Hrnii.1 Island. Neb., Fob. 2. Fleven members of the Nebraska legislature, comprising tho joint committee to visit the state soldiers' and sailors' borne near here, were thrown irom a carryall last night while returning to tho city from the home. Thu Yehlclo upset In a ditch and the law takers weie piled in a heap. Sena tor Thorne suffered a badly bruised face. Senator Randall had his back wrenched and Representative Howard was so badly dazed he was unable to continue to the city and was taken to tkf. immn hosnltal. The other mem bers ot tho party sustained nothing wwhu than a shaking up. BLIZZARD GRIPS NEBRASKA Mercury Falls Forty-Three Degreei In Three Hours at Ainsworth. Lincoln, Feb. 2. A cold wave do wended on Nebraska laBt night, cov ering a large section of Wo slato. The first effectB or the cold reached Un ! at 9 o'clock, and an hour later it ..,. 0i,i.uin nmi liWkwInir hard. At Alliance, at 9 o'clock,. It was said a 1 ITS jrrefiaviiixii Description of the Clock Height Wiiltli Dial, diatnetiT Cn8e . . Retail price. .1? inches. IfiUi ioclns. .. li! inches. .(iohlen Oak. 7.K). Tin: Clllfcr has mad" iirriiiig'nieut for ptoeiiiiug KM) of the above hund somo eight-day Iteiruliitors, and they will bo given away Hliolutely free, upon the following plan: Each person sending in 10 new year ly subscriptions to Tin: t'uii:r will bo entitled to one of tho clock. Each person sending in In renewals to.lanuary 1, ISHW, will i-e entitled to ono of I ho clocks. Nobody barred! School districts, churches, seciet societies and individ uals are entitled to enter the race. THE CHIEF PUBLISHING CO., Red Cloud, Nebraska. ."t-'S.'Ef ing. Reports from Hillings, Mont., re ceived at Alliance said a terrific snow storm was prevailing. At McCook, at the same hour, the temperature bad fallen twenty-live degrees In less than two hours. A special from Ainsworth, in north western Nebraska, said the mercury fell 13 degrees In three hours, bring ing zero temperature, with the pros pect of going much lower. Nebraska towns as a rule are fairly well sup plied with coal. REESE DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA Bite of Stray Dog, Thought Not to Be Serious at First, Proves Fatal. Omaha. Feb. 4. William Reese, who was bitten by a dog on the night of Dec. 23, and developed a case ol hyrophobla, died at Clarkson hos pital, where he was taken by his physician as soon as the nature of his illness became apparent. Reese was night watchman for the smelting com pany, and was bitten by a dog which entered the watchman's shanty when Reese attempted to caress it. The animal's teeth Inflicted but a slight wound and nothing was thought or the matter by Reese, although he had It given medical attention. Not until about a week ago did serious symptoms begin to show. Reese was then sent to tho hospital by tho com pany, and It was soon apparent to the physicians in attendance that his life could not be saved. He began to suf fer convulsions, passing beyond med ical aid. Bodies Brought to Pierre. Pierre, S. D., Feb. G. Tho bodies of Wesley D. Ranks and Roborl Chand ler, who were frozen to death on their ranch near Hayes, were brought hero. The men came here recently from Mount Vernon, Ky., and were operat ing a large sheep ranch. Tho bodies nro being held for orders from Ken tucky relatives. Chicago Hard Hit. Chicago. Feb. 6. Thero has been a steady fall of snow ror the past twenty-four hours In Chicago, and as a result thero is now more snow in the city than for the past two years. With the temperature only a few points above zero aud a high wind prevail Ing, the snow has been piling up in high drirts, greatly delaying trains. Friendly Boxing Bout Proves Fatal. Now York, Feb. G. -John Mason, who, it Is alleged, received a knock out blow in a friendly boxing bout in the parish house of St. Bartholomew's Bplacopal church on Jau. 23, died in St. Francis' hospital. A young man named Brown of St. George's Bplaco pal church was Mason's opponent In the bout. Hastings Man Dies In Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Feb. 6.W. V. Rip perd of Hastings, Neb., dropped dead nore of heart disease. BIIIfilH ST. PAUL REPORTS TEMPERA TURE OF 22 BLLOW ZLRO. SUFFERING IN NORTH DAKOTA Frigid Weather and No Fuel In Some Tf .ns Railroads Badly Dcmoral Ized Family of Six Frozen to Lcath Near Bismarck. St. Haul, Feb. C Twenty-two de grees below zero was registered by government thermometers. Mont of tho other thermometers went to thirty below. Zero weather has prevailed for seventeen days. In North Dakota 30 degrees below has been common and there has been much suffering. Railroads have been badly demoralized. For several days past tho main lines or tho Soo, Great Northern and Northern Pacific novo been blocked and many of tho branch lines have been at a standstill for wcoks. This has caused a coal fam ine In many North Dakota towns. There have been reports or many poo plo freezing to death, but theso re ports have been denied from North Da kota sources. It Is, however, ndmlttod by railroad m"nagors that tho opening of spring will tell some growsomu tales of suffering, starvation and death. In Minnesota, especially to the north and west, the storms have been se vere All trains from Chicago were from one to live hours late. The Soo line sent out tho first train to the coast in a week, hut tie olllclals nuulu no promises to passengers that they would get lnrthor west than Portal, N. D. Northern Pacific trains from North Dakota points were six and seven hours late and Great Northern trains from the same locality were from three to eight hours late. McHenry, N. D., reports that thero have been no trains since Dec. IS and that all fuel, including gasoline, is gone. SEVEN K'LLEDJN AVALANCHE Miners and Others Go Down in Slide from Monarch Mountain. Salida, Colo., Feb. C Seven persons wero killed and fourteen Injured, two of whom are .expected to die, In the snowslldo that came down Monarch mountain in Monarch. Tho dead: Fred Mason, owner of boarding house; Mrs. Fred Mason; Joseph lloyles, miner; John Emorson, miner; Georgo GriflUh, miner; Ste phen Skinner, saloon keeper. i The Mason baby, who was reported to havo been killed, had a miraculous escape from death. He was burled under many feet or snow and broken house timbers for fourteen hours, and when found vns lying In his bod, un harmed. Nearby were tho dead bod- les of his parents and other memliers of the family who wero rescued alive. James Lecky was pinioned under a hoavy blanket or snow by broken tim bers, but managed to dig a hole In the snow with his hands so no could breathe until he was rescued. He was In communication with his res cuers many hours bororo being taken out. FATAL SLIDE AT KIRWIN, WYO. Three Persons Killed and a Number of Others Injured. Klrwin, Wyo Fob. C An avalanche swept dwon upon this camp, killing three persons and Injuring a number or others. Charles Brunnoll nnd wlfo and Jack Reynolds, an aged prospect or, aro dead. Tho snowslldo over whelmed houses on one sldo of tho main street of tho camp. Tho bodies of the dead aro under fifty feet or ! snow. FAMILY FROZEN TO DEATH. Woman and Five Children Arc Found Dead in North Dakota. I Bismarck, N. D., Fob. C A tele-1 phono report from Goodrich, a town ' on the Carrlngton branch of the North-! em Pacific, Is to tho effect that on un-, identified woman and five children wore frozen to death there. ONE KILLED, FOURTEEN INJURED Omaha Street Car Jumps Track and Crashes Into Drug Store. Omaha, Feb. I. Samuel Thomas, a teamster, was killed ana at least four teen persons Injured, one of them seri ously, when a Harnuy street car jumped from the track at tho corner of Sixth and Pierce streets while go ing at a high rate of speed, ran across tho street to the sidewalk and crashed into tho window of the drug store ot Charles R. Caughan, toppling over on its side and imprisoning nineteen passengers. Thomas was not a passongcr on the car, but was standing on the sidewalk in front ot tho store, waiting to board the car, which crushed him between the window of the drug store and the sldo of the car as it fell over against the building. .The other, victims were t passengers, but miraculously escaped Injury, with the exception of Henry lio. itch, who was standing on the rear p'aiioim when the crush came nntl liail M rliclit leg caught hi'twrcn the car anil the sidewalk when the car fell over. Ilia leg was broken In two l' 1 1 l'H. Acad Fremont Couple Asphyxiated. Fwmotil, Neb., Feb. fi. August An derson and his wife, aged residents of Fremont, were found dead in their homo at -150 South 11 street. They had died from asphyxiation by gases es caping from a stove. Fl3h Hatchery for Nebraska. Sioux City. Feb. -J. Congressman Hubbard of Sioux City and Congrcsn ninn McCarthy of I'onca, Neb., have joined forces In Washington to secure tho establishment of a government fish hatchery at Crystal Lake, Neb., which is located in Dakota county, Just across tho Missouri river from Sioux City. Nebraska Solona Oppose Ship Subsidy Lincoln, Feb. 5. The Nobrnska legislature went on record as opposed to the ship subsidy bill. The house adopted, by a voto or 50 to 30, the sen ate joint resolution memorializing congress to defeat the ship subsidy measure, and requesting Nobjrak.ft senators aud representatives to oppose it. The resolution passed the senate by unanimous voto. CHICAGO GRAINAND PROVISIONS Features of the Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, Feb. G. Higner prices for wjuat at Liverpool str ngthoned the local v.lnnt market today and offset highjy favorable crop conditions In the southwest. At the clo.-o wheat for May dJllv( ry was up '&u 'C. Corn wns :,s'c higher. Oata gained 's'ii"ic Provisions wcie a shade to '-c higher. Closing prices: Wheat-May, 78Vsc; July, 777;7Sc. Corn May, lfi'-ltf!io; July, -MU'i 4C'tc; Sept.. -liF-ic Oats May, ioC,e; July, 37ic. Pork May, ?t7.72U.; July, 17.8r.c. hard May. ?10.00; July. $10.02'.. 10.05; Sept., $10.15(7?10.17'!.. Ribs May, $9.72&: July, ?l).S0. Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, 7-l'ift76c; No. 3 corn, 12'yc; No. 2 oats, white, 4040VjC South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Feb. 5. Cattle Re ceipts, fi.ODO; steady; native steers, $4.250.25; cows and heifers, $2. 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