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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1901)
TKULED BY A MOB NIGHT OF TERROR FOLLOWS MIS SOURI LYNCHING. f N 'j ror I'ott'i-il to Klco Thomnntl Whites On on Tour tif Kxtoriiitnntlnn Every Illnck Miulu Target llnudi'S Ituriici ) nntl Agt'il Man Crmnntud. Pumai ! OITV , Mo. , Aug. 21. For nearly fifteen hours , ending about noon yesterday , this town of'3,00ti , pco- pic has bpen in the hands of a mob of armed whites , determined to drive every negro from Its precincts. In ad dition to the lynching last night of 'Will God ley , accused of the wanton murder Sunday afternoon of Miss Ga zelle Wild , and the shooting to death of his grand father , French Godlcy , the mob yesterday cremated Pete Hampton , an aged negro , in his home , Bet the torch to the houses of five blocks , and with the aid of the state militia rifles , .stolen from the local company's arsenal , drove dozens of ne groes from town. After noon the ex- o'fnmont ' died down , the mob gradual ly dispersing mr rj from lack of negroes upon which to wreak their hatred than for any other en use. Many of the no- gr IPS who lied from the city are hid ing in the surrounding woods while o itM * luue gone greater distances In Kecking safety. Evury negrn has left the town , ex cept a few railway porters known to be respectable , but who must also' ' leave. The citizens of Pierce City say that as nejroes have committed sev eral sucli crimes in the last ten years none snail live ncre in tno future , me same feeling already existing at Mo- nett , four miles east of Pierce City , nnd the end of the 'Frisco passenger -division. It may be necessary for the r ad to change all porters In Spring- < i Id hereafter. LYNG'lIiO AN INOCKNT MAN. It Is now believed that theman'Will -Go lley lynched last night , was not the real culprit A negro named Starks , ti ider arrest at. Tulsa , I. T. , across fie border from here , tallies exactly withlthe description of the murderer. He is held theie await ng Identlfloa- t on. Unless the man Is brought back here it Is believed there will be no fur ther trouble. If returned hero he will surely be lynched. Another sus pect , Joe Lark , is under arrest at Springfield , Mo. Eugene Barrett , also known as Car- vfcer , in a confession while a rope was around his neck today , accused Joe La"k , a 'Frisco railroad porter , of being implicated in the crime , and Lark was arrested today at Spring- Held. This af ternojn Lark gave a de tailed statement as to his whereabouts Sunday , and he is not believed to be guilty. It is not likely that either suspect will be brought to Pierce City while the excitement runs high. Some here think that Barrett told the story in order to save'his life. I " The funeral of Miss Wild took place' ' to lay and was witnessed by several thousand people. Pierce City is near the junction of four railroads , and trains from all di rections brought in large numbers of armed men yesterday , bent on blood shed if' necessary. When the mob went to the section of the city occupi- d by negroes some one in the cabins opened lire , but no one was hit. The mob then . destroyed live houses. , r * i.l plans windows and a train was lirud In to. None of the passengers were hurt. MILITIAMEN GO GUNNING. The rifles taken from the Pierce City military company , it is expected , will all bo returned. Members of the company themselves wore out hunting for the escaping negroes with rifjes a id this suggested the idea of taking all tiie guns. The local hardware stores sold out their arms early. Sev- e 'iI applications from negroes were refused. The mob was composed of a thousand or more and no masks were used. Thirty negro families were driven from their homes. New elements in the murder of Miss Wild developed today. It appears she martjd horn * from church alone , her brother lingering behind. About one mile from town the brother found her with her throat cut , lylnglifeless near a culvert , under which her assailant had attempted to drag her. Evidence of a terrible struggle was shown. A copper-colored negro was seen Jslttlng on the bridge a short time before cho tragedy occurred. It is thought the negro sprang upon her when she was passlnir and attempted to force her beneath the bridge. She fought with euch desperation that he failed to ac complish his purpose , but In the strug gle cut her throat. Her body was not violated. Monday bloodhounds were taken to the scene. They immediately caught the trail and ran at full .speed to the home of Joe Lark , where , on being ad- mltted , rushed Into his bedroom and fcprang upon the bed. It is believed that the man under arrest at Tulsa , who boarded with Lark , the Spring- Held suspect , slept upon this bed. HUIIIIU fojs ! r r Vacation. OLEVKI.AND , Aug. 21. Senator and Mrs. Ilanna , accompanied by their two daughters , Mlssos Mabel and Ruth , left Cleveland 'odav lor Hay Lake , near Sault St. Marie , Mich. , where the family will spend a few days at the Ilanna summer cottage. Mr. Ilanna will take an active part In the formal opening of the state re- .publican campaign , which will prob ably take place at Delewaro on Sep ( tember 21 , HIT BY A SQUALL. Illvrr Ktrnmor Overturned Near J'ntluc.ih , Ky , PADfCAii , ICy. , Aug. 20. The steamer City of Golconda , plying be tween this city and Ellzabethtown , 111. was struck by a squall early last night as she was entering Crowell's landing , six miles above this city and turned o.or In ten feet of water. Sixteen persons are repor ted drowi - ed. The disaster occurred as , supper J was served , and many of the seventy- live passengers were In the cabin. | Ihe wlqd struck the boat without ( v.irnlng and there was no time for those on the Inside to escape , Capt. | Jesse Bauer and Pilot E. E , Peck , who iwain ashore , were the last to leave tlic boat. They saved several struggling in the water and left the survivors In a house near the bank and came to Pa- ducali. arriving here'two hours after tlif catastrophe occurred OipUiin Bauer said : " The bait was getting ready to land when the hquall struck her and she listed. Several passengers , who were Inside Jumped overboard and were caught by the boat. The ladles , all of whom weie in the cabin , could not bo reached. The boat settled down In ten feet of water over a reef and two of the men were In the cabin II. E. Worton and N. S. Quartcrmouse of [ lampion , broke through the glass and were saved. Three colored deck hands saved a woman and a child. I think ibis was the only woman saved. A yawl that had broken loose was t , bv snrrof thnsn sl.rnm'llmr . in the water , and taken to , the bank. We returned to the boat on this , but could not find no signs of life and re turned to shore. " The boat was valued at about $2,500 , and had been in the trade tor several years , being owned by Captain Otto Bauer , of Golconda , 111. ' There is no way to determine the number of names of the dead until the boat's books are found. Pljot Peck places the number at sixteen. Snycil From Living Tomb. CLEVKL.AND , Aug. 20. Adam Kest , and Joseph Engine , two of a dozen or more workmen who were trapped In the waterworks tunnel a couple of hundred feet below the surface of Lake Erie by the burning of crib No. 2 last Wednesday morning , were ses- cued from their horrible position late this afternoon and are now lylngseml- conscious at the Huron street hospital where with earful nursing , the phy sicians say they will soon recover. Shut oir from the upper world the men knew nothing of the disaster that killed so many of their comrades and Imprisoned them. They knew that something had severed their connec tion with the crib. They knew that beyond the air-lock behind which they had taken refuge the air was , too foul to breathe But they supposed that the trouble was temporary. Each day they expected their comrades to res cue them. When their signal for help , tapped on the air pipe , was at last answered from the crib Kest and Engine were preparing to eat raw mule meat. Their deliverance came in the nick of time and made unnecessary this desperate resort to sustain life. At the hospital tonight Eugene and Kest were permitted to talk for a short time and they related some of their experiences. They said that they did not know that there had been a fire and that they could not account for their plight unless some accident had happened which would soon be re paired As time passed , however , and hours lengthened into days , the men were bcgining to fear that they were doomed to death either by starvation , suffocation or drowning. Their tap- pint : on the pipe to attact possible at tention was done with little hope of its being heard , but , fortune favored them and their presence was realized when a number of men who were at work repairing the burned crib heard the faint noise away down underground and Immediately set out to rescue the unfortunates "We gave up more than once. " said Kest. "We lost track of time. I did not know whether it was six days or three. The gas must have made us sleepy. We slept a lot , at any rate. We didn't know whether It was day or night The darkness was awful. We tried to get out several times. Each time the gas drove us back. At last we decided it was get out or die and we made a try , tapping on the pipe as we went along. " According to the story of these men the first intimation they bad of the fatal disaster was the shutting off of the llgnts They were working far in > advance of the gang and when the lat ter made their rush for safety Kest and Engine were sitting down behind I the air lock waiting for the lights to be turned on again. They did not hear tlie shouts and cries oi their fel low prisoners. Win Simply Tired of I.lfo CHICAGO , Aug. 20. An unidentified ' man , supposed to have come here from San Francisco , committed suicide to day in the Empress hotel , on Clark street. He had been a guest at the hotel for several days , but had not registered or given any name. lie left an unsigned note saying ho was tired of life and had decided to kill himself with a revolver. Considerable money was found among bis etiecu. J DROWNED IN CIUB' FIVE MORE LIVES SACRIFICED IN LAKE AT CLEVELAND. Accident Occur * In Nlfjlit mid Not Known tor Hour * DVII Killed ill Chicago Alton AVrot'lt O Milnjr Allow * IVntfr to I'oiir In on Worker * . Aug. 22. Five men were drowned last night as the result of an explosion of gas in ihe tunnel leading from waterworks No. 3 , two miles from crib No. 2 , where the fatal accident of last Wednesday occurred. The work of sinking the shuft at crib No. ; ! , which is live miles from shore , was completed yesterday. Five men were at once put to work digging a tunnel toward crib No. 2. These men had been working but a short time when a terrillc explosion of gas occurred. The casing of the tunnel was crushed and a torrent of water from the lake rushed Into the opening. The live men w.io were in the tun- nql had not the slightest opportunity to escape , but perished before assist ance could reach them. Their bodies have not yet been recovered. The heavy casing of the shaft was shattered by the torrlllc force of the o { plosion ifiul an Immense volume of water from the lake rushed In upon t ie unfortunate workmen at the bot- t > m. Two men who were at work on stigingat the top of tne abaft were blown hlph into the air , but nllglitcd on the crib and beyond being stunned , were not seriously Injured. Slirrlll'to tliu lluscne. ST. Louis , Mo. . Aug. 22. An at tempt on the part of a posse of con stables this afternoon to servo war rants on the management of the Del- mar race track and the bookmakers doing business thereon was frustrated by Shcriir Mencken and his deputies , who stood oir the posse with riot guns. Warrants had been sworn out at St. Ferdinand township before Justice Baker , charging the defendants with .keeping a common gambling house. ( These were placed in the hands of constables , nearly forty being in the posse , which was headed by Constable Linhard. At 2 o'clock the posse set out for Dclmar. Word was conveyed to the Delmar track and the sheriff and his deputies brought forth shotguns and stood themselves ne ar the gate. At the approach of the posse the sheriff walked into the betting ring and placed all the bookmakers and the management of the track under ar rest on the charge of violating the breeders' law. Betting was immedi ately suspended at all the books. When the posse approached the sheriff ordered Its members to keep out of tiie track. A number of the posse attempted to rush forward , but was stopped by the sheriff , who ordered his men to get their guns ready. The sheriff had but seven deputies but these were all armed , and the posse withdrew , seeing that attempts tofoice an entrance might bo met with loss of life. Later Constable Lin- hard was allowed to enter the grounds , but he was unable to serve his war rants on tiie sheriff's prisoners , hav ing left the documents in the care of a member of the posse. When he withdrew Sheriff ilencken released his prisoners and betting pjoceedcd as usual. DIIV uljN'oii-Action. PITTSIUMIO , Ang. 22. The steel strike situation underwent no change yesterday. There was no extension of the strike and the steel managers did not attempt to start any more mills. Late In the day the fires were lighted In the Demler tin plate works at Me- Koosport , but the machinery was not started and no attempt was made to operate It. It is believed , bosvever , that the move Is preliminary to a start with non-union men. The Moncssen plant Is moving ahead unlntcrruutedly with full crows and the Crescent works a't Cleveland has about half the machines In operation. j j There has been no break In the Carnc- | j gie group and the mills that have been I ! started with non-union mnn since the j strike began are going ahead with | I about the same force of men. The ; leaders on either side were busy all dav , but at nightfall both said there was no announcement to make. On the streets It was a day of excit ing rumors beginning svlfch a circum stantial story of a plot to destroy the Monongahela-tin plate plant and ending - ing with a talc of the removal of tac tile largest plants of the United States Steel corporation to England. Be tween the two rumor again settled the strike in several ways. However , official denial was given to all these Interesting stories. Assistant Secretary Tighe of thn amalgamated association said yester day that \\asstillof the opinion that must , of the men in the South Chicago mills would IIP out before the end of the week. lie said that he had recei ved word from the mills , but of a per sonal nature , and he could not give any of the details. In Ill-atll Itlltu , WASHINGTON , Aug. 22. The cen sus bureau yesterday issued a bulletin giving the mortality statistics during the census year In the states and tcr- tritorles and the principal registration cities. The total number of deaths for the year was lo.Vj,0t ! ) , as against 841,410 for 1000. Perhaps the most Important feature of the results pre sented Is found in the decrease In the registration area of 18 per 1,003 of population. ENDS IN MURDER. ' 'oltn J. ( HllltniiN I'nlnl .StriiRgtn With KootpniH , LINCOLN , Aug. 2J. Dead on the street with a bullet hole In his breast , John J. Glllllan was found last night at 10:30 : o'clock , with every evidence pointing to murder Tne body was discovered lying across the cttrbstono at Seventeenth and 0 streets by Wal ter L. Anderson , an attorney , who happened to bo passing. Three shots were heard a short time before and two men were seen running east from the vicinity. The ( load man's pocketbook - book and papers werostrewn along the sidewalk , his shirt front was torn down the right side , and a bullet wound near the collar bone completed the story of the tragedy. The sound of lleotlng foot , a cry from a pedes trian for the fugitives to halt follow ed quickly on the shooting. A watch still on the person of the dead man showed that the murderer did not have time to complete the work of riliii i his pocket. Shoillf Bronson , acting in Urn ab sence of Coroner F. A. Graham , took iharge of the body. I10DV mSOOVKKKI ) Walter L. Anderson was the first to reach the body. lie was walking north on Seventeenth street. When at D street ho heard three shots , two in rapid sucession and the third after an Interval. Mr. Anderson thotiulit nothing of the sound and proceeding on his way to G , street , where ho saw the form of a man lying across the curbliiif ati a nolnt wlip.ro the irround slopes toward the street. Thinking that some belated man was indulging in the sleep of intoxication , he thought nothing of the sight. Passing on , Mr. Anderson found a pocketbook and p ipcrs scattered along the sidewalk. Then , realizing that something was wrong , ho went back to the body and was horrified to find Mr. Glllllan lying face up gasping for breath. The gaspIng - Ing and some warmth wore the only signs of life and those soon disappear ed. Instantly Mr. Anderson reported to the police and a coroner was called. MUKOBItlSKS I'l.BIC. 'Dr. Frank W. II 111 , 1831 G street , saw two men running east on G street after the shots were tired. lie called to them , but they kept on running. "Who's there , " he shouted , but the men proceeded the faster. Mrs. Gilhlan said her husband had gone down town to a bath house. Ilia cleanly shaved' face indicated that he had gone to a barber shop and per formed the object of his trip. Mrs , Gillilan did not think ho carried much money with him. Mr. Gillilan was forty-live years old. lie had been a citizen of Lincoln foi many years and was well known as a real estate broker. In 1891 he waa elected a member pf the legislature from Lancaster county. lie was pro minent in the local organizations of theosophists. Ciiptnln Schloy Exonerated. WASHINGTON , Aug. 23 Captain Thomas F. Schley , Twenty-third in fantry , has made an official reply tc the war department regarding the al leged Interview credited to him In tlu matter of the Schley court of Inquiry. Captain Schley says that he had nc Interview and has talked for publlco * tlnn with no nerson. IIo also sava that some remarks made by him In a private conversation wore picked up , distorted , and extended upon and tlu publication misrepresented what ho said in a friendly conversation , with other gentlemen. The letter is regarded at the depart ment as completely exonerating Ca i fain Schley and .as a satisfactory ex planation of the alleged Interview. _ _ _ _ _ ItuyK Much li\ml. AI.OONA , la. , Aug. 23. A. D.Clark , an Algona capitalist , has purchased 140,000 acres of land from the North , orn Pacific railroad. The land Is in North D.ikota , just across thevrivei from Bismarck. I'mncn Stnrts a Crnlnr. PA ins , Aug. 2. } . The Matin this morning announces that the French second class cruiser Cassard started lor Turkish waters yesterday and that a naval division Is ready t ) follow. The approaching visit of the czar to France largely overshadows the in terest taken in the France-Turkish in cident. The apathy of the public is reflected by thecomments of the news papers. They generally express con fidence In a peaceful settlement of the dispute. Mun urn In tliu Majority. WASHINGTON , Ib. 0. , Aug. 2.1. The census bureau yesterday issued a bul letin giving the population by sex , na tlvlty and color of the state ol No braska. The males predominate ! with a percentage of f > 2.9. The percentag ( of foreign born Is l ,0. Over ! ) ! ) poi cent of the population are white. The colored population Is composed of 0 , 20 ! ) negroes , 180 Chlreso , three .lap anesc and 3,322 Indians. Hat llnr Trial Spin NnwYoiiK , Aug. 23 Sir Thomas Upton's new challenger for the Amer ican cup , the Shamrock I r , had hoi first trial spin In Now York lower baj yesterday , and although It only lasted ninety minutes It was a most satisfac tory performance from start to finish. Sir Thomas Llpton and Dcslgne : George L. Watson , both of vii-irn wore on board the yacht dining lior trial , pxprcssed themselves as perfectly sat isfied with the result. GIVEN FLtEE HAND FRANCE WILL DACK UP AMBASSA DOR TO TURKEY. Snllnn In Clo'O QunrtpM l.ntt r In Nn- tnro of mi lIll-iiiKluni Stint Illin ll | > - ) lonmtltItclntlonn In Cite Immediate- ' Iv IT IIP Don * not Coiiin to To rum. CoNsrANTiNOi'iac , Aug. 21. The French ambassador , M. Constuns , yes terday sent a letter to the sultan prac tically informing him that he would leave Constantinople with the entire staff of the embassy If the matters In dispute were not settled Immediately. The letter has 'the nature of an ulti matum. It accords the sultan the briefest delay with which to comply with the demands. PAUIP. Aug. 23. While the otllclals of the French foreign office decline to confirm ( ) r deny the dispatcher the As sociated press from Constantinople an nouncing that the French ambassado has sent the sultan a letter which Is in the nature of an ultimatum , they admit having received a telegram from M. Constans which has been laid be fore the council now sitting at the Elysee palace. It Is learned that M. Constan has been given a free hand. Any stop he finds proper to take will bo fully In dorsed. The foreign minister , M. Del- casso , If ho deems it necessary , will withdraw the French embassy from Constantinople , and Munlr Hey , the Turkish ambassador , who Is now In Switzerland , will be notified not to re turn to L'arls , In which case Munlr Hey will probably withdraw the lega tion to Borne , as ho Is also accredited as minister to1 Switzerland. No naval demonstration Is yet con templated , Inconvenienced by the closure of the Turkish embassy here , which IH the center of the espionage , maintained to watch the numerous ) young Turks and other disaffected Ot > | toman subjects and voluntary exiles who make their headquarters In Paris and who have a free hand If diplomat ic relations between Franco and Tur key arc completely broken off. The entire Turkish groiip of secur ities fell on the bourse -yesterday , In some eases going down ton to twclvo francs. Day of l'rar. . LINCOLN , Aug. 2t. A call for a day of prayer has been signed or endorsed by nearly every pastor and Christian organization In Lincoln. Including tlioj city union of Christian Endeavor and the Epworth Assembly. It Is re quested that the call bo road In all churches and young people's societies and that special prayers bo offered for the movement and that arrangements bo made to observe tlic day as specified In the call. The call Is as follows : "We , the pastors and Christian workers of Lincoln , recommend that Friday , August 30 , bo obsfervcd as a special day of prayer for n revival throughout the churches of Lincoln , and of the state of Nebraska , the fol lowing points to 1)0 emphasized and sought for : " 1. A quickening of believers. " 2. A confession of sins. " 3. The salvation of sinners. " 4. The advancement of all lines oi cnnsuan aim missionary cuoris throughout the world. "fi Thanksgiving for answers to prayer for rain , for spiritual blessings past and present , and for the precious promises to the faithful in Christ. Wo suggest that the meetings be held In each church on the day above named , and that whenever practicable , union services be held In the evening. Chris tian business men arc requested to close their places of business fora short time during the day to attend the services. "The supplication of a righteous man avalleth much in Its workings. " James f :10 : , K. V. ' " Itillxrn Lunoli Togt > tliiir. WIMIKI.MSIIOIIK , Aug. 24. King Edward arrived here at lunch tlmo and was mot at the railroad station ) by Emperor William , In the uniform of a British admiral , and the olllcors of the headquarters staff. The king wore the uniform of the Dragoon guards. After cordial greetings the sovereigns entered an open carriage drawn by four horses and were driven to the castle where they had luncheon. The center of the table was adorned .with the lOpprgnu , .designed by Em peror William as a present for King Ed wa rd. ICnclnnilN 1'oNlfil .SyMiMii. LONDON , Aug. 2 } . A blue book con taining the postmaster general's re port f > r 1000 presents some interest ing statistics. The total number of postal pnckots delivered In the United Kingdom was 3.723,817,000. The public deposited In the savings banks 40fill132 ( pounds and the total amount due to depositors at the end ot the year was 135,42V'4 ! ' pounds. The telegraph department showed a deficit of 052lot pounds. Itcioncvitlt In llotpltnl. NKW YOUK , Aug. 23. Vice Presi dent Roosevelt's youngest child , Quln- tin , Is now In the Roosevelt hospital , as well as his sister , Alice. The boy was operated upon Thursday , and It is expected that he will bo weil In a reasonable enable length of time. Colonel Roosevelt velt and his wife secured a private apartment in the hospital so they could watch the progress of theli Daughter and they will continue tc keep the room while their boy Is 111. NICnilA.SK.V NOTR * Columbus will build an auditoilun'.j Section hands near Harrison killed twenty-six rattlesnakes in one day. All the fraternal secret societies in Falls City will unite In a big picnic Aug. 29 and 30 George Lainphcr of Concord , ex- county surveyor , fell off a haystack * and broke his leg. One alleged result of the drouth Is a blessing -tho Hessian fly has been pre vented multiplying. The Knights of Pythlans gave Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hagerty a farewell re ception last night In the Pythian hall Geneva. Mr. Ilagorty will move to Indiana. State Superintendent Fowler gavb an address at the high school building at Norfolk to teachers attending the Institute. L. W. Harbor , of IJoonc county , was found at Belgrade whore he had wan dered whlo | ladorlng under temporary aberration. John Corncy , a boy who was workIng - Ing the hayllold north of llushvlllc , fell through a hayrack and broke his right arm near the wrist. Pawnee county fair will not make Its appearance this fall owing to a- combination over which the board of directors had no control. ' Broom corn In the neighborhood f Trenton is yielding bounteously. Fanners who have largo fields of It will make a clean sweep this fall. Farmers arc doing an unusual UIIlUllllli Ul lilll } HU\Vlllkr illlll III IN A- peotcd that they will sow mure winter wheat this fall than has over been pub In before. Lewis , the young son of 0. G. Mayfield - field , a farmer living near Louisville , fell from a hayrack and run two pitch fork tines Into his face. One came dangerously near an eye and ho- may lose It. ' 13 Hero's an opening for some good man of accomplishments. The Madi son wants a foreman who can set ads and do job work ; must bo ot good hab its , end must know Ijowto play u tuba or a clarinet. Mrs. Margarctto Drake , the wife of Benjamin Drake of Humboldt , died this morning at the family residence In the north part of the city after an Illness of considerable duration. The cause of her death was lung trouble. A meeting of the Nebraska Sons ot Vermont will be held at the State fair grounds at Lincoln September 4 at 10:30 : a.m. The object of the meet ing Is t/o elect officers and arouse In terest In the society. All .Vcrmontcrs are invited to be present. ' A Plattsmouth paper advises Iti readers If they would "like to have their departed friends or relatives posted on the events In Cass county , send them the homo paper. " It might ; ' be a hard matter to find the address * of all tlio departed Plattsmouth pee ple. ple.A A roll of greenback , so badly decomposed - ' ,1 posed that they wore dropping to piec , es , was recently unearthed at Fair- , bury. One of the bills was of thol- 000 denomination. The wnolc roll has been sent to the treasury department ) at Washington for identification and redemption. A man In Florida Is trying to gain some notoriety by laying claim to beIng - Ing the first homesteader In the Unl- ted States. The Florida man Is an Impostor. The first Homesteader was Daniel Freeman , and ho now lives about seven miles northwest of Bea trice In Gage county , Neb. The brickwork was .commenced this morning on the new North opera house at Columbus. It Is to be one of the best opera houses In the central part of the state. It Is (10x122 feet , three stories and will cost $23,000. It will have a seating compaclty of 900 The contract calls for completion bv November lf > . Fire was discovered In Walrath ft Sherwood's coal sheds at North Bend. The fire department soon put cut the flames. ' The lire was the icsult of spontaneous combustion In two cars of slack coal. No damage was done to , the sheds. This is the second time la a week that fire lias started In their sheds. i Rov. J. W. Swan , pastor of the M. E. church at Wymore , has resigned and accepted a position with the state law and order league to work In this state for the coming year. Rev. Mr. Swan has been the pastor hero for the past year and has made many warm friends , who are sorry tosec him leave. lie will deliver his farewell sermon next Sunday. A trios Orr , farmer seven miles north cast of Humbolt has been missing from his home and cannot bo found , lie wandered away In a similar manner - nor a year or two ago. It is claimed bo is subject U ) fits of despondency which have been considerably aggravated - vated by domestic troubles. He leaves a wife and several children. lie has uonsldorble property. lc Is thought ) by some that Orr wont to Oklahoma to look at the now Indian lands. Mrs. C. W. Cliineryof Colorado came Saturday night to vlsltherslstcr , Mrs. John Keller , of Fairmont. Sunday morning she tmpacUrd her trunk in the presence of her one-year-old baby. Mrs. Chlncry took some strychnine tablets from the trunk an I the baby swallowed them. A physician was called , but his efforts failed and the little one died Monday at 2 p. m. Otto Boenc was probably fatally shot by conductor Harvy Hobert on Krug park car at Omaha ,