MAiNY Dili JLtf A ALUM
MEAGRE DETAILS OF A DISASTER
None I > ft to Toll of It Krsry Workman
hixljrltin I , Iti ported Klllnl-Ons < ftti fH
n I2xp o-lon l'lr UutlorKrouuU out
4h Iteiouern.
VICTORIA , B. 0. , Feb. 10. What la
reared will ba one of the most horrlblo
Bilno accidents in the history of the
"dominion took place this forenoon at
the Union mines , owned by the Wel-
llngColllery company , of which James
JHinsmuir , the premier of the province ,
Is the principal shareholder. The tel
egraphic advices received so far give
no complete story of the accident but
newspaper correspondents are now
hurrying to the scene on steamers and
tug boats and the full facts will short
ly be obtainable.
As near as can bo gathered an ex
plosion took place about 11 o'clock
yesterday In No. 0 shaft , situated In
the village of Cumberland. There
were sixty men In It when the explos
ion took place and not one of them cs-
apcd. The explosion ignited the
mine , wrecking the shaft from mid-
tray down to the bottom and filling It
with a solid mass of rocks , earth and
timbers.
timbers.A
A PEIUES OK EXPLOSIONS.
The fir it explosion was followed by
several morewhile | the dense volume
.of smoke Issuing from the vent-holes
Indicated that lire , as well as gas , was
doing Its destructive work.
As soon as practicable after the ac'
eldcnt the men of the morning shaft
Jn No. 5 shaft , organized a rescue
party. No. 5 is situated about a mile
from No. 0 , but the two workings are
connected by a tunnel and through
this cannel an attempt was made to
help the unfortunate men In the
wrecked shaft.
They had not cut their way many
yards through the debris when they
encountered fire , which rendered the
place untenable and compelled the
party to desist.
The helpless message came back by
telephone to the surface. Overcome
by gas and smoke they reluctantly
withdrew from No. 5 and commenced
work on a long cut from No. 4 , the
only other means by reaching the
men.
men.Work
Work on this was prosecuted with
the greatest vigor until the abate
ment of the fire In No. 5 , enabled them
4o return once more there.
LAT1SH NEWS ENCOUKAOINO.
The latest news Is somewhat en
couraging , it being stated that the
fans are again working , that tne cage
Las penetrated 175 feet and is still go
ing down in No. 4 shaft.
Even should the rescuing party
teach the Interior of the wrecked
workings there Is little hope for any of
the mon locked in the shaft.
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WASHINGTON , D. C. , Feb. 16. The
president sent yesterday the following
Dominations to the senate :
Hear admirals to be advanced in
rank from Feburary 11 , 11M)1 ) : William
T. Sampson , 5 numbers to take rank
next after Rear Admiral Howell ; Win-
field Scott fc'chley , 3 numbers to 'take
rank next after Sampson when ad
vanccd.
President McKInley today sent a
message to congress urging that the
thanks of congress be tendered to Ad
mlral Sampson for his work durlnjj
the Spanish war.
Klllo I Hyii UeiiRkl Tlgor
INDIANAPOLIS , IND. , Feb. , 10. Al
bert Neilson , aged fifteen years , em
ployed as an animal keeper at the zoo
logical garden in this city , was killed
iby a Bengal timer , ile entered the
cage in which the tiger was confined
and was attacked by the beast. A
terrible struggle followed , in which
Neilson was torn in a hundred places.
Bedhot irons were thrust into the
bloodthirsty animal , but not until
several bullets had been tired Into his
body did itrealease Its hold on the vic
tim. Neilson was drugged from the
cage more dead than alive and was
hurried to the city hospital , where he
died as he was being carried in. The
tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil-
4on lived at Piqua , O. , and hal been
eniplo > ed by the zoo company three
jears. Ho was in cnarge of the lion
cubs , and it is supposed opened the
tiger's cage by mistake.
< > J > . | n Tlu Itnnks.
OnicAoo , Feb. , 10. Commander-ln
Chief Leo Bassicur of the Grand
Army of tiie Republic has Issued an
address to veterans. In which he urges
those who fought In tlie civil war , but
who are at present outside the ranks
of the Uranil Army of the republic , to
Join the organization.
Wilson I < IIHI | < < if U Ihlcxtft.
MKEKEH , Colo. , Feb. 10. "Buck"
Davis , a cowb y , who lias just come In
from the north , brings tliu informa
tion that Governor Ru sevelt and Ills
guides and party will reach Meeker to
night , with two wagon loads of Huns
and wildcats.
Knoutvlt I ) ue .Sin ntlng ,
DENVKK , Fob. 10. Information has
been received here that Vice-Presi
dent Roosevelt , who bus boon for sev
eral weeks hunting wild animals in 1
the wilds of north western Colorado. '
will reach III fie , Cole , today and will
there boa id a Colorado Midland train
to begin Ills homeward journey. It Is
not known whether lie will accept the
Invitation that lias been extended to
bim to stop in Denver and address the
'eL'ifilature.
KING to H u La
tMwuir ) Oirn * Scsnlim of I'trlUincnl IB
1'cmoM.
LONPON , Fob , 15. The opening of
ho first parliament of the now reign
witnessed the usual competition on
ho part of the members of the house
of commons to secure scats. Despite
the arctic weather , the members stole
up to the doors of parliament house
shortly after midnight. J. II. John-
stone , conservative member for the
lorthwest , or Sboreham division of
Sussex , having the place of honor atM
Clio head of the queue.
At daybreak a score of members had
issembled , and after that the arrivals
* vnro in rapid succession. At 10:30 : a
letachmeiit of yeomen of the guard
f torn the tower , in tholr quaint now
inlformsand carrying halberds , ar-le
Ivcd and conducted the customary
search of the vaults for Imaginary
onsplrators , with the usual result ,
shortly afterward troops marched up
ind lined the entire route. Traflloce
was stopped and the crowds wcrodrlv-St
en behind the lines of soldiers and pohi
IL-e.
OPENED I1Y THK KING IN PEIISON.
The first parliament of the reign of
King Hdward VII. was opened yester-
lay afternoon by the king In person.SJ
His majesty was accompanied by5
Queen Alexandra , and the Duke of
York and Cornwall , and the Duke ofai
Connaught and many others of the
royal family.
The last state ceremony of the klndBC
occurred In 1801 , when Queen Victoria
opened parliament , accompanied by
the prince consort , and since the death *
of the latter nettling equal to the dls-
play of today has been witnessed In
London. Not since the wedding of1'
the then Prince of Wales and Princess8
Alexandra has the gorgeous state6
toichusod today been seen In the
streets of the capital.
In this coach today the king and11
queen and Princess Victoria rode from
Buckingham palace to the palace ofw
Westminister.
The route of the royal party , which
lay through the Mull , the Horse
Guards' Parade , Chemlte hall and Par-01
tlament street , was guarded by 5OOC
.
soldiers.
A SCENK OF ANIMATION.
By 1 o'clock the scene In the old pat-
ace yard was one of great animation
owing to the constant arrival of car-c
rlages containing royal personages and
other distingushed people. Many of
the nobility used their state coaches ,
The members of the house of commons
lu the meantime streamed into their
house.
The rich uniforms of the diplomatic
corps , the robes of the olllcers of state
and the military and naval uniforms
formed a brilliant medley , which grad-n
ually disappeared through the entrance >
of the respective houses.
The king and the robed procession
advanced to the house of lords. Ast i
soon as bis majesty was enthroned ,
the lord great chamberlain received
the royal command to summon the i
members of the house of commons to '
hear the speech from the throne.
Black Rod ( General Sir Michael BId-c
dul ) reached the house of commons at
2:20 : p. m. and the members. headed by
the speaker , Mr. William CourtGully ,
proceeded to the house of Lords.
The king wore n field marshal's
o lapeau when he read his speech. III.s
voice was clear and firm. After the
r adlng of the speech , the procession
as reformed , the king proceeded ton
the robing room , unrobed and rode to
Westminister in the state carriage ,
with the procession in the same order
& It entered.
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fighting for n Throne. ]
RAS.TIHUTIL , French East Africa/
Feb. 14. Tekla , king of Golam ( alsoc
written Godjam ) , northwest of tht
kingdom of Shoa , recently died of.pols-
oning , and two pretenders are now
quarrelling for the throne. Emperoi j
Menelik has despatched an army tot
icstore peace. <
Probably the foregoing Information '
from RasJubutil explains the dispatch
from Cairo , published Feb. 1 , by Li'n
Francaise of Paris , announcing that
news had been received at the Egypt-
tiun capital of a great battle In Abys-
siaia , in which 7,000 had been killed , u
the supposition then being that tht i
: hiefs had rebelled during thcabsenct i
of the negus , who has gone to tlit-t
Egyptian frontier in connection with
the delimitation of Egypto-Abysslanj
boundary. _ tp.
p.
Idol t-UTor Striinc.
SATIAOOSSA , Feb. 10. There was another - °
other anti-clerical disturbance herr-F
yesterday. The populace Inflamed b > i l
revolutionary speeches attacked thcv
police. The guards used revolvers.0
killing one and wounding six. ?
MADIIIU , Feb. 14. The marrlagfj
contract of Princess De la Mcrcedoj
n nd Prince Charles Bourbon wasc
slu'iied last night. There was much
msirder on ilitj street during the
nio'iit. Tlie efforts of the puliee to
( i perse a mob near the Stock Exchange - '
change were unavailing. Matters'
wenuglv when a squadron of civil 1 1
u'i | iids arrived and after llrlnv pistols , , J
they finally dispersed the crowd.
To Adilrc-K Home ,
D , Iu . , Feb. , 15. A rt
r
tolutlon Inviting Mrs. Carrie Nation ,
to address the house of representatives J
was introduced.
The reading of the resolution sin
received with laughter
"Let It be referred to the commlttce
f |
on licenses. " KUL'u'ested Mr. Mitchell. ' ( '
Speaker Sherman looked over thcl
resolution a few minutes and then *
* aW ; . "Referred to the committee ou
military affairs. " *
ttu.Am TiTLil ) OLJflAJtf :
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MCKINLEV AND ROOSELT DECLARED
ELECTIVE.
Antlon Trtkrn In Co irrM-P rmi l Ki t >
ncntlon of the Notrembjr Vote ARrl-
cultuntl Appropriation Hill Takou up
In Hunl ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 14. Willlnm
MoKinley was declared elected presl-
lent of the United States and Theo-
Jorc Roosevelt vlco-prcsldent by the
two houses of congress In Joint con-
pcntlon yesterday. The proceedings
of the house of representatives. Sena
tor Fryo presided and Senator Chand
ler and Congressmen Orosvcnor and
Richardson acted as tellers.
Senator Chandler announced the
total number of votes cast as 447 , ol
which William MoKlnley of Ohio re
ceived for president of the United
States 292 , William J. Bryan of Ne
braska , 155 and of which Theodore
Ro'isevclt of New York , received for
vice-president ' 292 mid Adlal E. Stev
enson of Illinois 15' .
Thereupon , In accordance with the
statute , Senator Fryc proclaimed the
state | of the votes as delivered to him.
The senate then flled out of the hall
and the ceremony was ended.
DAY WIT IIOUTISK IN SENATE ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 14. When the
senate convened the blind ohiplaln
made a beautiful and touching refer
ence to the death of Mrs. Thomas C.
Platt , wife of the senator from New
York ,
During the greater part of the day
the ' senate was engaged In executive
session and In the counting of the
electoral vote for the president and
vice 1 president of the United States.
Late In the afternoon consideration of
fj
the agricultural appropriation bill
was | considered/but little progress
was made. At a night session , begin
ning at 8 o'clock , the District of Co
lumbia code bill was read.
At the opening of yesterday's ses 'o i
of the senate Mr. Clark ( Wyo. ) i re
sented the credentials of his colleague ,
.Hon. Francis E. Warren , re-elected a
senator from Wyoming for a term ol
six years , beginning March 4,1901.
In reporting favorably a batch ol
private pension bills , Mr. Gallinger ,
chairman ! of committee on pensions ,
gave notice to senators that it would
be useless for them to Introduce any
more pension bills at this session , ai
the committee on pensions could
handle no more.
Mr. Money ( Miss. ) , from the foreign 1
relations committee , reported a bill tc 1
prevent the sale of fire arms , opium 1
and Intoxicating liquors in certain I si- 'i
ands of the Pacific , and asked for Itj 1
Immediate 1 ; consideration.
Mr. Morgan ( Ala. ) remarked that I
he dissented from the report and thai I
therefore objected to consideration ol 1
the bill. I
I'AUTICIFATE IX TIT15 COUNT. '
The senate then proceeded to tha 1
hall of the house of representatives tc ;
participate in the clcctorlal count '
ceremony , resuming business at 2:05 : p.
;
m. , when the result of the electoral '
vote was reported for formal entry In 1
tne journal of the senate.
A resolution providing for the printIng -
Ing of the additional copies of the re 1
port of the Taft Philippine commis 1
sion was agreed to.
Mr. Foraknr , chairman of the com-
imlttecon Pacific Islands and Porte
pRIce , called up a bill relating to the '
retirement of the Hawaiian coinage !
and currency. Ho explained that the !
old Hawaiian government hud Issued '
81,000,000 of silver coins In dollars i
half dollars , quarters and dimes.
Against $272,000 of the amount silver '
'certificates had been Issued , the $272-
000 of silver being retained in the
treasury. The purpose of the bill waste i
to substitute si Ivor coins of the United 1
States ; for the Hawaiian coins , both 1
'being of the same weight and degree 5
of j fineness. The bill was passed with-
'out objection.
Senators Halo , Chandler and Till-
'man weie named as conferees on the
naval appropriation bill.
The amendment to the agricultural I
appropriation bill relating to the seiz-
urc of Imported foods , drugs and i
liquors In case they should be found to
be adulterated injuriously was agreed i
to.
When the committee on amend-
nients ] providing for the mapping of
the United States was readied Mr.
.
Teller protested that ns such project
ought to be authorized. It would 1
.prove to be not only a gigantic task t
useless as to practical results , but it j
.would involve an expense ultimately
millions of dollars. He moved to
'strikeout the provision. It precipi
tated considerable dismission , and was
nut disposed of , when , under its speo- < '
Jal order , the senate at 5:30 : took a re
fecess until 8 o'clock.
MniuU Ml llflllvlfl.
LIMA , Peru , Fob , 14. A dispatch
from La Paz , dated February 11 , 5 p. '
m. , says that the overflow of the river
has caused the inundation or the city
And the destruction of bridges. ,
Flllinriil of Col illrl .Sll MT.
WATEHTOWN , N. Y. , Fob. 14. The
remains of Col. Albert I ) . Shaw , con
gressman from this district , and late
'commander-in-chlef of the Grand i ]
Army of tile Republic , were Interred 1
Brookslde cemetery yesterday with
with military honors. After private
funeral son Ices at the family re-si- |
fence the body of Colonel Shaw laid
In stale lit the armory , where thous-
aands of citizens viewed the remains.
National guardsmen Uicd a volley
over the grave.
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Cunnt Von Wiilrtumro I'lnnnlnjf n JR
imlltlnn.
PICKIN , Feb. 18 A few flays ago
Count von Waldcrsco wrote to the gen
erals under his supcrvlsoton notifying
them to have all tholr available troops
ady In two weeks for an oxpldltlon
lasting eighty days. Today General
ChaiTee and Gen. Volran , the French
commander , received letters asking for
their co-operation and expressing a
desire to know what forces they can
pare. In commencing his letter to
General Chaffce , Count von Waldorsco
says :
"Owing to the unsatisfactory nature
of the negotiations for peace and also
to circumstances rendering such a'
course desirable , It will probably be
necessary to resume military opera
tions on a largo scale , especially to
ward the west. "
It U not thought likely that General
Chaffce will agree to such a plan with
out instuctlons from Washington.
The French commander , however , Is
expected to do so.
PLANS OK WAI.DEUSEB.
Count von Waldorsee's plans con
template offering the comnvmd of the
expedition in the ilrst Instance to Sir
Alfred Gazclec , the British command
er , but it Is believed that In view of
his recent Illness General Gazclce will
in form Count von Waldcrscc that he
is unable to accept the command. In
that event it will be ollcred to Gener
al Voiron. Such an offer to General
Voiron would have the elTcot , It Is
thought , of overcoming the differences
which have exIsicdbetwceh the French
and Germans , because It would be a
demonstration of Count von Walder-
see's confidence in the military ability
of the French contlgent.
Ere long an announcement Is ex
pected that the destlnat Ion of the pro
posed expedition is Slan Fu. The for
eign envoys belivc Its object to be to
compel the Chinese to accept the terms
ni the powers. Is Is thought that
when It becomes known that the ex-
deditlotUias started the imperial court
will hasten to comply immediately
with all the demands of the Joint note.
The military are much elated at the
prospecijof active service. Many
lleve the Chinese army will strive to
i he uttermost to protect the province
of Shea SI against Invasion.
Alln * Flro Still liurnliiK.
VANCOUVEU , B. C. , Feb. 18. Ad'
dlt onal details continue to como from
the Union mines , on Vancouver island
where the terrible fatality occured
Friday forenoon. The accident has
thrown the towns of Cumberland and
Nanlamo into a state of gloom.
, The Canadian Pacific rail road steam-
j er Tartar arrived at Vancouver yes
terday afternoon from the coaling
station at Union , twelve miles from
Cumberland. She brought two pas-
sengcrs. II. E. Raymond and George
Bennett , both coal miners. Nclthc
had any theory as to the cause of the
explosion In No. 0 , shaft , In which the
accident occurred. They say that the
cause is not known and that it never
will be known. When the Tartar loft
Union at 7 o'clock this morning the
latest news from the mine was that
the flooding process was still being
continued. The lire wsstill burnlnf
although not so fiercely as during tha
preceding thirty-six hours. The tre
mendous volume of water pouring Into -
to the mines was gradually performIng -
Ing the desired service , and by tomor-
K.W It is confidently expected that the
fire will be extinguished. It will be
several days , Raymond says , before
i he bodies of the sixty-one entomed 3
minors can be recovered , because after
the fire has been completely put out t'
It will be necessary to pump the watei
out of the mine before a rescuing party
can hope to get at the corpses now ly-
Ing at the bottom of the shaft.
The steamer Joan arrived at Union
tills morning having on board Preraiei
James Dimsmuir of the British < Jol-
umbla government , who Is , also part
owner of the Cumberland mines.
The families of the dead miners require -
quire financial aid , which will bo forth
coming f i oin more than one soiuco.
The mayor of Vancouver has already
tak n steps to aid the bereaved fainl-
lies and other cities arc taking similar
action. In the mean time , Premier
Dimsmuir has ordered the storckcep-
erg at Cumberland to give the distressed ( -
tressed families what supplies the ;
may need.
"
iturgtt o to tinHottom
PHOVIDKNCIC , U. t. , Feb. 18. The
steamer Anago , now in port , rcjortg
t'lie loss of a gale elf Hoiiglsland , V'a. i'
Wednesday night of her tow. the Iron
barge Alabama with five men on
board. There is no doubt that the
b rge went to t.hc Ixjllom very soon
a tor the hawser parted.
H r-n MPII Killed In Ml no ,
TUCSON , Ariz. , Pel ) . 18. Seven mln-
ers , including the superintendent , woic
i illed at the Commerce mine In Gra-
h < n i ounty , Saturday by the explosion
of the company's magazine.
I'lrti l"ou r lloiirt.
CANAL Dnvreii , F h 18. Forty
miners were Impi ifoned for four hours
Katurdav night In a burning mine at
Dlndcntree. The fire was eaused by
t < c explosion of a barrel of gasoline ,
which set fire to the timbers in the
month of I ho mine.
The Imprisoned men carried water
In their dinner palls and fought the
flames four hours Miilll a rescuing
party from the nul.slde succeeded lu
quenching the Dames.
BOER AND IRISH SYMPATHIZERS
i AT NEW YORK-
I i
Illnn Mrntlnrt of Vtntnrln MK ] John Mo0
llrliln l > crlhrn the Wur In ihoTra'Ji-
vnnl nntt AlHUii Uunna Appeal * *
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NKW YOIIK , Feb. 10. Wearers of
the green and believers In the cause
of Independence for the "old country"
assembled at the Academy of Muslo
t last | night to do honor to Maj. John
McBrldc j , who organized the Irish
' Transvaal ; brigade , anil also to Maud
Goune. Thu meeting was held under
the auspices of the Clan-Na-Giujl.
The mention of Queen Victoria was
greeted with hisses , albeit of a some-
vhat subdued sort. A reference to
.ho Hay-Piiuncefote treaty brought
'orth ' Klgns of dlsapptoval , and the
ncntlon of Lord Salisbury was re
ceived with vigorous hissing. The full
ncasuro of scorn , however , was re
served for the name of James Cham-
jerlaln.
The house was well Illled. Three
, heors were given for Major McBrldo
when he took the floor. Among other
he said :
"Five hundred men could have cap
tured Ladysmith , but.General.loubcrt
refused to give the order ; . If ho had
not the fate of the war might have
been different. At Oolcnso the bulk
of tie ! English officers showed them
selves Incompetent , and we might have
jomp'ek'd the route there , but Gener
al JoubcrtsaUl Itwosngalnsttho Bible
to smite n flying enemy. We have
; 1 nipped the flair for the time , but wo
hope to pick it up again , and then we
will not lay It down until ( very vestige
jf the empire of hell Is swept from the
earth. "
Miss Gonne spoke next , and in Intro
duulmr her the chairman said :
"A woman died in England lasf
month ( hissed ) over which the Anglo
maniacs expressed great sympathy
and went into morning. She Is pu
lorward as all that is best and inns
representative In the English , but si
far as wo are concerned they are wel
come to her. "
When Miss Gonne stopped forward
most , of tlic audience rose and greeted
her with loud applause. Miss Gonne
said In part :
"The hour of Ireland's destiny Rcems'j '
near at hand. We have come to Amor-
lea to consult with you before the
crisis comes. In Victoria's reign Ire
land hius spent thirty years In parlia
mentary agitation. She Is dying of it.
11 Why should we not succeed In our
fight for Independence as you Ameri
cans did , and as the Boors will surely
do ? To check emigration Is the first
necessity , and to encourage Industry
BO that the people may bo given work.
"Lost year when Victoria came to
Ireland.slie was received by the olll-
cersand landlords , but not a hat was
taken off by the working people. "
The meeting was closed with the
singing of the Boer national hymn ,
followed by the Irish national song.
NurrcMV'lv A rt. u
DvKiisnuiui , Tenn. , Feb. 10. An
unknown man broke Into thu residence
Of Dr. Arnold , a prominent physician ,
here yesterday , made Ills way to the
room of Miss Eliza Arnold and struck
her on the head and side with a
hatchett. She was KO severely Injured
t'.at she fainted without , seeing the
assailant , who became frightened and
.fled. Bloodhounds were procured and
they followed the trail from the young
] woman's room to the house of a negro ,
' Fred King , where a hatchet u as found
In a bureau drawer. A mob formed
and would have lynched King but for
the pleading of Dr. Arnold , who In
sisted upon having better evidence of
guilt. At a late hour lost night it
was thought a lynching would take
place today , but so far King IH-still
sale In jail. Miss Arnold will recover.
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CHICAGO , Feb. 18. Hurry -Boorc ,
superintendent of the Continental
Packing and Provision company was
! found guilty today of stealing 187,000
gallons of water from the city mains
In t lie stock yards for the use of the
h'packing ' company with which he Is
coniK'Ctcd. The value of the water I |
was fixed at 814.00 , and Booro there
fore will be given a sentence for petit
larceny , the punishment for which is
a line not to exceed $1,000 and impels-
omnent not to exceed one year.
Booie's trial and conviction was the
' first , resulting from a recent cxamln- I
atlonof the city water mains In the
s'ockyards district , In which It was
discovered the mains had been IMicilly
tapped in many places and millions of
gallons of water stolen.
llxil III Minim ; I > ' l.
CIIIOAUO , III. , Fel ) . 111. Warren F.
Springer , a millionaire property owner
of Chicago , complained to til- police
today that he had been swindled out
of $ : i,4 0 in a deal concerning a myth
ical Colorado gold mine.
KllN If linn II in-air.
ST. LOUIH , Fell. 1-Charles ! ) T3. Bent
A young man of twenty-live years shot
und mortally wounded his wile at
HV-4 La Clt'dc avenue , at an early hour
yi'Kterdny , and then kin-tiling I w fore a
minor , put a bullet through his own
Jhoad , dying instantly. The couple
i had not been living U ctlier of late
and it.is thought the killing was the
re.Mill of a quarrel. Mrs. Bent died a
few moment * after reaching the cliy
JiospUuJ , where KUO had been tukeu. ,
Leigh wants street lamps.
Bancroft is preparing for a buikHng
boom in the spring.
The Nellgh National bank DM
opened for business.
A collor and saddle factory is to ba.
established at Au/irn.
There are 1RO telephones iu the local
exchange at Holdregc.
The jury In the Karls cattle stealing
cose at Ncllgh ( ailed to agree.
Northeastern Nebraska Is being
toured by the Harrington band.
The Knights of Pythias lodge at S -
pcrlor Is to be brought to life again.
Albion is finding dlftlculty In BCCOK *
Ing a suitable site for a new sobael
llOUFf.
!
T/io buslncas men of Chadron pro
pose to close up promptly at 7 p. BEL
hereafter. < a\ \
A medicine show which strvok
Hooper recently had to leave towaoa
account of the quarantine.
Cody Is now Incorporated and beter *
another your Is past expects to b
putting on metropolitan airs.
Plans have already been prepared
for replacing the buildings recently
destroyed , by the big Uro at Beatrices
A wolf hunt In Thurston county re
cently resulted In plenty of fun forth *
participants and no damage to tu
wolves.
Holt county paid off $1,000 of tta
courthouse bonds this week. There
now remains but $8,000 against tha
county.
Two members of the school board at
bloomlngton resigned because they
could not have the school ma'rm they
wanted.
The Ores ton statesman distinguished
Itself by appearing with four dlfTereal
varieties of capital "S3" In one column
last week.
Nortel Plattc Is congratulating It
self on being out of debt with a prom
ise of a balance in the treasury In the
near future.
E. N. Bridge of Bancroft will erect
a brick building 40x1000 feet which
will bo occupied by a stock of general
merchandise.
The editor of the Grctna Breeze re
joices because the local icemen suc
ceeded In putting up enough Ice to keep
the beer cool next summer.
Burr Oak bachelor girls have formed
a "W. G. 1. A. " club. The Herald
Insists j that the letters stand foe
"Which , Gita I'm Anyway. "
An effort will bo made this spring to
rid Scotts Bluff county of the pralrl *
dog pest. These little canine sped-
metis ruin hundreds of acres of valo-
able grazing land.
The Bloomlngton Prickly Pear saya
that there arc several women In thai
town that/ know how to use the saw
and ax , In chopping wood , but none of
of them have taken up the hatchet.
Ed Corrin , a pioneer farmer of Mason -
son City , disposed of his ranun In Cut
ter county last week and will move
back to the cast to spend Ills declin
ing years In luxury.
The buxom Inlantilc days of Nebraska -
braska when the cowboy was monarch
of all lie surveyed is broimlit to mind
by the fact that A. P. Ilopcr Is a pro
minent , citizen of Wild Horse valley. ,
The city marshal of Summei received
thu following telegram from Omaha ;
"Watch out for your kids and dogs , us
Pat Crowe Is Haiti to bo on his way to
your town. " ho Ttelcgram was neb
signed.
A number of Ciarkson farmers who
left Col fax county a few years ago ta
try the productiveness of Wisconsin
Boll have returned and say they want
no more farming among pipe stumps
and rocks.
John N. Pcyson , the proprietor of
the South Sioux City place which WAS
Natlonl/cd , has returned and threat
ens to make it warm for the hatchet
brigade. If he attempts to reopen his
place trouble Is looked for. ,
The momentous question of wet or
dry Is bcL'Inning to agitate the var
ious towns of Nebraska and from now
on until the first week In April , It will
hold' the attention of the public to
the exclusion of the senatorshlp or
any other question.
lion. Matt Daughcrty of Sidney has
sold his residence In that place and
will remove to Utah , Utah is a con
siderable distance from Sidney , but
Matt Is coiflldent ho can keep In touch
with his old friends without the us *
of the long distance telephone.
Valentino has Just passed through a
j of court house location. Tlw
has liioally been determined upon ,
but the people now have more sympa
thy for those of Knox and Custei
counties who have county seat , removal
lights as often as the law allows.
Charles King. Richard Roberts and
Henry Pahnittec have been arrested at
Thkamah on the charge of .selling
liquor without a license. Tekamuli ia
supposed to be a dry town , but In some
manner or other the topers manage to
wet their whistles with regularity.
Several Nebraska towns find them
selves .short on school accommodations
and must cither build additional
structures or rent rooms. Among
them are Madison , AlblonandNeligh.
A man who operates a sawmill near
Pawnee while sawlnirlogs recently ran
Into a nor.ie.shoe which was buried in
the wood. After surveying the rem
nants of his saw It took the entire
neighborhood two days and nights to
convince him that It was good luuk to
llad a uoreoshoe.
