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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1902)
WOMtN 'i . .uw Jlieir HlitierlorilT ' " Men li n ( J lo tliti of Vnuni h > iU , In < ts decision touploy girls n.s tele I'ltnliL' ' operators tin1 I'.rltl li pustollU-e hns.Nubnilllcd tu the lneliable. . it' ever nature created a inon-ipulj In n profession , she did so wln-n sinen ( lowed girls with the voices Hicy pus- U'.SH. In lands us divet.se In ctiHtoin us Itou- mania and America. Italy mid Hug- land , men yield place to wumeii as tt-1 pplioulst.s. Kven iu tlie land of the -Uulslia this until ml advantage ivve.nl * itself , utid the rapidly growing tele photic service of Japan l .stnlVed en tirely by women. Germany lias re jet-tod women as telegraphists , but ad mits their superiority over men as tele phonlslH. The proprietorship of the profession la dependent mainly upon one anatoini cul character , vl/ . , tlie lenutl of tin- vocnl chords. This prime elias-i'-cr I" supported and re-enforced In , i uijin- ber of subsidiary qualities , bin n con- Ktltutc.s in itself indisputable claim which women have to superiority over nie.ii nn telephonists. Tliuueal eliords of a woman are con Blderable shorter tlian those of a man AB a result tlie voice lias a higher nlteh. Thu telephone- diaphragm responds spends more accurately to the higher pitched voice , the magnet le disturb- RULVS arc- more rapid , and , therefore. more potent , and the currents trans mitted to the remote station lose less in transmission. Until some method N devised for equalizing the value of the sonorous waves .set up hy tinlonger. . wlower vibrating chords of men. and the shorter. more rapidly vibrating eliords of women , this primary character rcn lore women's position secure in the profession of telephonist. IJut there are other less Important characteristics which aid in securing her supremacy. If you listen to nn av erage woman speaking , and compare her wiih an average- man of her own class , ion will notice the following among oilier things : Her enunciation of the words Is butter. There Is a lesser tendency to cut tlie ends of words , or to drop the voice and mum ble the terminations , than Is displayed by her mule companion. Her choice of words , too. Is better , and there Is a natural purity of diction that Is dis tinctive. She will use a larger percentage tageof tlie short , crisp , homely Anglo Saxon words , and show an avoidance of abstract , Lai in-derived words. All this helps in conversation upon a tele phone. In telephone- exchanges , too. the ner vous oriruiisiatlMi of women holns , them. They are more patient ( lot tele phone subscribers say what thuy will ! ) , and less likely to sufl't-r from prolonged , monotonous work. They are noi so readily revponslvo to thu effects of n.-r- vous terrain. Perhaps It would be bet- tet1 to say they do not feel a nervous strain under clreunistnnecs where tl1" more hi'rhly strung male becomes ner vous and res ive. TliOhe are a few of the causes that contribute to tlu > superiority of women as telephonists , and it will be obvious- that they are not likely Lo be ousted unless some new and important nv-dl- flcntlon of the telephone Is invented. The Postal Union has in it forty-seven jiilmiuisirn.ieuH , and of this number thirty-live employ women as telephon ists. lu addition to this , all the largo telephone companies in Kun.pe and America employ women , London Mall. Field us u Cook. The recent mnrvlace of Field's daughter recalled to an old school chum of Mis. Field the chum being now the wife of a prom iient New York attorney a hitherto unpub lished story of the erratic western genius. Theic.ere visitors In prospect one .afternoon In tlie Field household ami a strike in the culimiry depart meat. Mischief was nt tlood tide , and Mrs. Field was vainly endeavoring to bo everywhere at once , when the man of "Sharps ard Flats" appeared in the kitchen doorway with n folio Iu hid 1m nd "Oh. won't you watch those pies for mo while I run ( instiili-p nn in taut ? " lii.s wife exclaimed "Be sure not to lei the nierlmrue scorch It would ruin them you'd better give uie that b.ioU or they'll be burned to a crisp. " NVith mock uiocknefes Mr. Field allowed her to curry nfl * ids n ensure. On roturnint ; sli- was horrified to llr.d tlie own dour wide open and the rich , t'tilif ) ' uier.ugUQ tint , tuuu'li and leather-like. "They're ruined ! " she exclaimed In dismay. "Why dldo't you keep tUu o\en door shut ? " "IWp tlie door shut ! " Mr. Field ro- pen ted In very genuine amazement , "Why , you told me to watch them ev ery Instant , and I'd like to know how I could do that with the oven door shut ! " New York Times. \t hero SI ; , very In 1'relorrctl. According to coriehpoudenoe issued by tlie London f HIT Inn ntltce , ! )8 ) per cent of tlie slaves of Zan/.ibar nnd Peinbo prefer to remain blnves. | \ \ver sl.-jvcH npplli > 1 lor freedom In t'.t.io thnn lu ISUli , Ittsi.iuxtln > Llritlsb Ooiinnis- sii.iuTB aver , most of tbe slaves know they are not likely to tnlu mucli pren- out udvumngf , seeing tbut tlio twin were thrown on tlicir own res.mreeji lia\e a difUcult time tu make n living. Tbe musters have heeu klndi-r sbice tlie slave legislation was enacted and fvck iu make tlielr service more ul trac tive. Wealth. "Is she wpaltuyY" "Wealthy ? she's so wealthy she can nffonl not to wear diamonds. " Uotrolt Free Prpii. It la liaitl that people ruu" lu dubt but they o' wl out. LIMIT TO TOPATIENCF I VJ HA7 CEASED TO BE A VIRTUE Ifl THE PHILIPPINES trtiltnrt In he Punljlird Opurrnl IIMl iMiOnli't * lor t'tiini l IllKur T i Vi'iir * nf llnniiini * I'rrnliiiHiit I'm red i Ititil I'lillry. Washington Jan. 21 Ilnvlnu fall d alter two jears' strife In suhdultif Ihe Insuriectlon in Katangas pro Once , which lies just south of Maul 'a ' , and having satisfied himself thai 'cuient treatment of the Insurgent ! is not productive of good results , Cen. J Franklin 13el ! , the military ommander In that province , has de termined on tile enforcement of th < war in the most vigorous aud deter mined fashion , involving reconcon- ( ration in a modified fonn , the appli- ration of maitlal law in all direc tions , and the unsparing puisuitsam ! punishment of tlie natives who actai .pies and ttaitois to the United States All this appears from a long report to the war department Just published The reconcentration ordei is dated al Itatangas December 8 last. In sub stance it provides for the establish ment of a zone around the garrisons , into winch the friendly Inhabitant ) ire to be required to come , und" ! penalty jf confiscation and destruc 'Ion of their property This Is salt to be necessary to prevent tlie colleo 'ion of forced contributions from til- inhabitants hy the Insurgents. Th" " iillitary ollicers are allowed to fix tin Drice of necessaries of life , and it i jromised that the people may rettin is soon as peaceful conditions are es ablished. hlJMS IUTHK SITUATION. This otdei is followed by a longclr 'tilar by ( ic.ne.nil Hell to his statioi -ommaudeis , commenting on e.xist ng conditions and giving them ad /ice how to proceed. It begins will , Ihe statement that he shares in tin fencral conviction that tlie insurrec' , i.in continues because the gieale- > arfc of the people especially tin vealthier ones , do not really wan jcace. lie says It is regretuble tha , he iunocent must suffer with flu ruilty , but the greatest good tu thi fteatest number can be best brougli ibouL by putting a prompt end to thi iiMirrectlon. Tbeiefoic lie directs the nppllcatlor if general order No. 1U ) , in loicedur ng the civil war In the United states vhich practically regaid.san msntgen is a gueriili and outside the pale o : Mi/.ed ! wai tare nnd subject to bin Uatli puialty. wherever such itisur sent does not engage cunt inuotisly it ho vvur and observe nil the rules o var. However , if Is ptovided thai there shall l e no executions without" he approval of n superior otllcor , Jommandlui ; nfticois an- spin tally on oined to encouiuge vomit ; otticeis il iuntlng down the iisnrm.nts and it s pointed out that , there is no just 'inise fur exceptional caution or ap- jrehensiou in al-tnclctoe insurgent bodies wherever found.At any rate inder existing conditions , leuii imali : liances should be accepted , says Gen tral Hell , as excessive caution will ( ] ' : he army incalculable harm The ) est defuise against the insurgents , Jc says , is to assume a vlgnrosolfpii' live at once ; to retire in the piescnei > f tlie enemy Is hazardu'is ' and dis ou rag ing. HNKMIKS IN I ) ISO U IS K A special injunction is laid on the -ommandeis to hunt down through oynl spies seciet svmpiithl/.crs witli ind contributois to tbe rebellion , nany or whom will bu lonnd amonu- Municipal officers' General Hell says hat Malvar and many other insur font ollicers have dictated elections if all town ofllicals In Batangas and i.aguna and these town councils mot ind pass resolutions denouncing the insurrection while secretly Informing he Insurgents that this is done un der compulsion utid supplying them with infoimation ThenIonJeuonil ( L'.ell declares th.it neutrality should not be tolefHted ; every Inhabitant .boiild be elLl"-r an active fuend or lie classed as an enemy , , yid acts , not words , must be mnd * the test. Chief nnd most Irnportnat among the class nf disloyal pcisons , he savs. ure tlio n it ive priests , fiencril Hdl declares I is prnctioilly ceit tin . ev , ryono in Hutang is and L.iguua provinces | < 5 i seciet crn'iiiv oft i < i-go\ci Hint-lit and in active suupahlv vvith tlie insur p-nts He ordeis that I hey tic ulven no ( JtPmpti'iri vhitcu'i but he bro-iKhi toliuil v.litMie\i r sutlicient e1 Idence is outiilnalile , md adds thilt even In ( as" of vveli founded suspicion thev should be arnstcd to stop their f'irthfr activity. P is fr jiicntlv lm possible , ho savs , I nlitain evidence iiualust influential persons as long a $ thev ure at llbeifbut. . rmce coo- fined , evidence Is easily iiunable , Indian Ac-'ioy | | . * | , itui llurtifil. White Knrth Indian Agency , Minn , , Jan. 21. The agency hospital nnd. woman's giiilrt hall ( n connection with St. . Columbus luspital mission were destroyed by liio tonight For Innately there were no patients \n the hospital. Tlie hospl'al w.is n large frame bulldlou and was -tnh- - lislu'd In is.12 , thiMiigh the ni'-dium of the late litsln p Wlnpple Tht women's guild hall was formerly Hit " on church DIG THEIR WAY OUT. I odprnl l'rl inrr > nl 'rnniniu Mill ) Li-fur Tacoma , Wash . Jan. -Woven eli i ho most desperate prisoners in the United Mates penitentiary on Mc- [ i.'elir.s Island made their escape be tween L and 2 n'clcok Sunday after- aoon and up to a late lumr were still | i it liberty. It wus : the most daring i ind successful jail break cvcrnttumptr Id in tills state and the character at Ihe men Implicated makes it douht- lal whether they will be retaken with- iut loss cf life. Tlic men at large arc : W. I ) . Snyder , sent up from Idaho lor robbery. James Campbell , Nome , pickpocket. Thomas Norton , Nome , burglary. Frank Ainsworth , Nome , larceny. Mike Williams , Spokane , counter feiter. Frank Moran , true name Kd O'NcIl , 1 pokane , counterfeiter. James Morarlty , Spokane , counter- teller. J. P. Stewart , Jdaho , counterfeiter. Hrucc ICcnrlght , Nome , manslaugh ter. James Carroll , Alaska , murder. A Ledger reporter who visited the island last night brings the following particulars of the escape : A liolejn the hriek wall of cell No. 10 , occuple i by convicts Snyder and Davis , reveals the method of ehcapc. The wall is about a foot in thickness and the llooi of the cell is of equal thickness , covered with concrete. TITNNKL WKI.l. 1M.ANNK1) . The 'unnel was dun at the Junction of the \\all and the floor , sloping out wardly until It formed a connection with the air chamber about two feet below and a fuit outwardly from the corridor of the cell. Through tlie air chamber the prisoners crawled about forty feet to where it opened into the boiler room , the opening being covered by an iron grating. This obstacle was overcome by the use of saws and the prisoners had then onlj to walk out of the back door and scale the board fence. A few yard * from the prison grounds and the dense growth of timber afforded them , temporarily , a safe ret rear , . The prisoners took advantage of the latitude allowed them durinir the din ner hour to consummate their plans , which had been carefully designed and boldly executed. The guards with the exception of two who were on duty on the w.iU overlooking tlte corridor rider , were eating dinner in the dining room. The tables were being spiead in the corridor for the. prise ncrs' din ner , It hoing customary to serve them limmediately on conclusion of the guards' -past. . A dinner gang was at work putting the tables In order and the other co-i victs had the privilcgeof i the corridors. 1 One by one. tlie men slipped into cell No. 10 and crawled through the hole unnoticed. When tlie guards en mo one and lined the prisoners' up for din ner eleven were missing. A brief search resulted In finding the hole in tlie wall , and the yuards at once ran to the boiler room , where tlie Hteel door swuiiL' on its binircs , showing that the men had already flown. IIAVH NO UKKAT h'I'.XHT. Warden I'ahncr docs not think It possible the prisoners secured more than llftccn or twenty minutes tlie > startof them. Hcatonccscntaso.und of guards in pur. tiit and made a tour ol the island , notifying them toguaid their boats carefully , so that no op portunity would be allowed for es cape. * Marshal Idcand Warden Palmer are exerting all their efforts to establish a. I perfect cordon around the boats , be- illeviug thai if they can prevent the ( prisoners leaving the island iinrier ' darkness they will he able to retake them today. With two launches , tli-eo row ixmts and thirty men "iiarding the shore line it is believed by the otPcers that if the men were still un the island at 0 o'clock lost night their escape would be blocked. Warden 1'almer , in speaking about the escape said : "Tlie work mus' have occupied sev eral divy.s , and how the.y could huvd concealed the brick and dirt which they look from the wall until they had reached the air < haiuber Is moro than 1 can understand , " The plan which Is most feared will be pursued by the convicts will be to raid some of thu nu morons farm houses on the island , .secure uns clothing and u boat and th'-n row to tte mamiund. Among the escaped prisoners are several desperadoes v\no would nut , nc-,1 tat u at murder tu ao- cump Uii their purpose. With MI many ai large thu farmers wuiild be a their mcicv , nod should they at once get possissiuii o the weapons i1 is believed by tin- < jc-ra | | | of the prison t bat they will fl ht , to the death beb/te thev ure recaptured , Tat'oma , Wash , Jan 21. Eleven prlsoneis , headed by Moriiirlty , the counteilciter , OKcnped troin thefrderal prison at McNeil's today by burrowing through a cement Moor into the air pipes , A large posse is now in pursuit. McNeil's is'and is ten miles from Tacoma - coma and there Is no way of getting 'to ' it except by launch. Uuit-d states Marshal | de , \\itii a I in.- fur-re o' .deputies , lure a , ' tiuoVIick on lr 'C 'ipi ot notice of tlie i-scaiie aii'i ' il is pohsil/m he may not return turnout , TO KKSCUlfi KKSCUlfiA A BOER nesoLurioN IN HOUSE IN BEHALF OFSCHEEPERS. r\ | > | irnl Mndr Tor till l.lfp Kti-i'iillftn Do - Iliii'O lo I'roloni ; the Wnrr > I'rnviilrn fur lt < ' | > ii"t Hint < ! r Mit llrllnln Withhold Spillini < Wnshiutgon , D. C. , Jan. 22. Hepre- tentative William Alden Smith of Michigan , a member of the house committee on foieign affairs , today Introduced a ic.soiution directing the state department to withhold the sentence of death passed on Comman der Schecpers , who Is about to he shot. Tlie ic.soiution is as follows : 1-Win-teas , it is otilclally reported that the Itritish military authorities in South Africa have passed and are abuut to execute sentence of death upon Commandant Schecpers , of the army of the Orange Free.stale ; and "Whereas , said Commandant Si-beepers , a subject of the Orange Freestiite. was captured while sicK and wounded in hospital and there- foie should he considered espcdalb entitled to all tlie privileges and ex emptions of a prisoner of war ; and "Whereas , his execution may lead to acts of retaliation and reprisal nnd thus make more ditlk-ult and distant tlie prospects of peace ; and 'Whereas , tlie whole clvlll/.ed world suffers fiom the effects of war waged between any of the family of nations : "Whereas , the people of the Uni ted States ate moved by feelings of humanity iu behalf of tlie sullereis from the Icrilhle warfaie now being conducted in South Africa ; therefore "Unsolved , hy ( lie house of repre sentatives , the senate concurring , thai theHrillsli government bo re- liiestcd to set aside the sentence of death passed upon Commandant Schcepeis and to accord him the cus tomary immunities and privicges of a prisoner ol win , guaranteed under the Geneva convention. " Si'h'oy I'rt-iriilK III * Atiriil. | | Washington. D. C. Jan. 22 Hear Admiral and Mrs. Schlcy have arrived In Washington after a ten days' visit In Savannah. The date of tiling of ihe admiral's ippeal from the recent decision of the ( -iirl ) of imniiiy , which thcpresl- ilent has consented to consider has not been determined upon. Messrs. llayner and Teagne of counsel for Admiial Schlcv readied Washington this forenoon with the text of the admiral's appeal to the piesldenL which they had prepared in fialtl- mote , and which fliev proceeded to submit to the admiral. Mr. Teag. . e staled that every effort would be made to place the document in Piesl- rfent Roosevelt's hat ds. The appeal is a long one. covering about 120 typewrit ten pages. Admiral Schloy expects to leave Washington for Chicago Thursday. After a conference lasting scveraj hours with his counsel , Admiral Schley today approved the appeal from tlie llndiiigs of the recent couit nf Inquiry and it was delivered to I ho president late this afternoon by Mr. Tcugue. The appeal sets out ( he grounds of error upon points of law and fact al leged by Admiral Schley and con cludes with it lenulhy argument In suppnit of his contention thai hn has been unfairly d--alt will ) . Adimral hcliley and his counsel i el used to mula the appeal public. They say it ' must be given out at the white house. i Chicago , .lati.22 . The lirst copy of ' " .ichley and Santiago , " left Um presses of the W I ! C'onkev company i today. Tlic booU contains many ' historical events , including lac-simile of autograph letters. The. j following letter , bearing I lit-admiral's signature and dated Hotel Itlclinnind , Washington , I ) . C. , January 1. IK)2 ! ) , i n-ferring to the nut hoi says : | "Mi. Graham served with me on , t lie Ijroiiklyn f nun the ben inn ing to | I lie end of the campaign against Or- vera'b fleet , lie was in a position In ! - open to know the lact ol all the i Deration against it , and has given . them as In- saw them. The peison ; 1 ' Uew and criticism ol the author i do i not Indorse , though | be facts of the story of the imm incuts and opera- lions of the ( tying L'iiadion | as hu tells 'them in the hi ok an- coned , as far as I can remember. ( Myticd ) W s Schc ! > , "Rear Adiiiii.il I' . S N " The publisher vull M ml to | 'H.- , | . dent Koosevi.lt , u copy ol tint edition dc. luxe , and within a few ili\s will stint u special me-enui-i to Europe , win le he will tir-,1 rli-liver to the Amei ir.in moll is. ! ' ! i in l.oi dM. - . I w copies of the. iji > . , l u i it t ! . ' m to | > u I piesented to King IMw.n.l \ II 1 I'roti'M I io.li Hal , I iniiil.v. ' Grand Island , Nek , Jan. 22The pl'opubition to put Hall co.intv smith of the Platte in tinimlirnl nulls * tilcting bill IK awakening a storm of protest in this city , and thtie Usomu talk of holding a meeting lot tlie pur- pie of menu-rial - i/.inu the congress * men to the i-lTict tli.it Hall county la i'.andicappi d sjiillcicntlv by having hi i u put out " ! I lie si lie in I lie C' ' II- , T < -iSi < . M ' . < I iiiu ' f a b ill si * . . 9 ' r > -s fo I .MURDERED A HIGH MAN ST. LOUIS MILLIONAinE FOUND DYING IN BATH of Ni'urn Siinjicrt Acted nx AlliMid- nut in I'Jiu'o tit .Miirdrrlii ) ; Dlninnnd Itln nnil llnVuiii IiUn , Victim Illd. ilnn ituiiy St. Louis. Mo. , Jan. 2ft , A Dean Cooper , the millionaire treasurer of the ( iraham Paper company , died to- daj UK Ihe re.sult of an assault in which his skull was frac.tured whllu In the cooiing room or the Vista Turkish bath house at Grand and Franklin avenues , last night. Wil liam SI rot her. the negro attendant at the bath house , who was on duty last night and who notllied Mr. Cooper's family shortly after mid night of the assault. . , Is hehl as a pris oner at the Dayton street police sta lion. lion.A A diamond ring valued at Sl.fiOO nnd a diamond pin worn hy Cooper when he entered the bath house were found in the basement of the hath hdiise this morning. They had been concealed under the roofing inacrev- ice above the top of a Joist. A sledge hammer hearing fresh blond stains was found In the base ment soon after the police had been summoned to the scene of the assault. The hammer was one which Is used In the basement for hi caking up coal. STOUY OK T1IIC PUBI'IMT. Sfrother told the police at the time of his ancst that two women and a man had called to sec Mr. Cooper , who was proprietor of the place , shortly aftei U o'clock last night. They came in a carriage and were preceded by a boy with a nute. The colored man said thai he had admit ted them to the cooling n mm and had returned to the basement. He did not know , he said , when they de- patted. Si-other also said that two colored women. Josle- Houston and Florence Hanks , bad visited him in tlie base ment cailicr last night. Krastus Fountain Janitor of the Vista block , says that the two women were In Strolher's company at 11:110 : o'clock , when he made his last \Isit to the premises. The police say there Is no ol her evidence than Slrother's statement to prove the visit of two women and n man to tlie bath house. A few ml mi tea after mlduiuht The odore Cooper , known as "Tod" Cooper - ' er , son of A. Dean Cooper , answered ' the door hell at tlic family lesidcuce , : ! 7I3 Washington boulcvaul. Stiothci was at the door. "Your father's been hurt , " said flic negro to young Cooper , "lie's over at the bath house now. " Without stopping to question the man closely , Cooper bun led to the Vista block. In the cooling loom of the hath houseon n cot in the mid dle of a long compartment , ho found his father , covered by a sheet. KVIDKNCISOF I'OUIj I'LAV. Doctors weie Immediately called and the police notified. Tlic latter made an investigation and discovered the blood stained hammer. Young C < oper told the police that the ring usually worn by his father was miss ing and they made an otliei s aicl ) , ( hiding the ring and pin in the cellar , as already stated. When it became known that his In juries would prove fatal he was taken to his family residence. For some time the physicians worked over Mr. Cooper , who did not regain consciousness. They decided to poifotm an opertion and remove the pieces of bone from tlie Jaggi d wound in Uie skull t ha ! wer" press ing on the injured man's biaiu. This was successfully performed , but Mr. Cooper did not icgalti consciousness , pasilng away about ten o'clock thi.s morning , sUirounded by members ol his family. Strother stoutly maintained his In nocence. Fountain , the Janitor , was taken to UK ) police station , but was released after telling about ( lie pres- e ice t f the two colored women in the bath house when he left. "Tod" Cooper stated to the police that his father had practically closed a deal for the sale of the bath house pioporty and that the transfer was lo have been made today , but did not slate the name of the prospective piiichaser. lor otiM-i nun Lansing , Mich. , J.in . ' . . { i .v'-rnor liliss today issued a proclmat ji.n cailinu upon the pei pie of 'lirliL'in to obscivo Wcdicsiir. . l.iuuirv ; " ' . the annivcisary i.f Hi" I t. b of the 1 Je 1'ii-tldt nt McKiuie ) .1 . .1 , i v foi inal.mn coni ' ' n us i' M , NlcK 'i- lev mi in 'i ' i il lunii li 'llv \ > , l , , f tip- Mil * Mi-fr . ConstaiiUnoil'i | ' , Jan 2"Tlie Kurd * are In the field in Amieui t and san guinary tilbal conil u 's lnve occurred la the vilayets oi Hitlis and Van. Twenty men wen : killed in the Hltlli light and both sides suffered heavily at Van. Kulgarian and Turkish free s have l.eeu . HI i i-hi it. t Ml ' 11 \ ll.l't nf KU , S.'V'i ' ' ' I. ilj il I HJa Wi If Uljlc-d NEBRASKA NOTES An Indcpencnt telephone company has been oiganlx.od at Liberty. Pawnee county's fair will ho held at Pawnee City August 27 to 21) . Harry L. Densmore , an employe * of the Hurllngon had his left leg BCV- ercly Injured In the yards at Platted iiK.uth. There are eighty-two llbrarlen in Nebraska , with a total of 300,0001 volumes. Omaha'a library contain * tio.ooo volumes. The bank of Gerlng Is preparing for the crettlon of a two-story nMctt buisness block as early in the Hprlntf as thu weather will permit. The 11-yeir-old son of Samuel A- Lawyer , of Gerlng , while on a ranch , ! fell from a horse , striking his head ) against a post and receiving fatal in-i Juries. A lire believed to he duo to spon taneous combustion , completely do4 stroycd the hardware store of Jamcsr Hoollok , at Lin wood. Loss 1,000 ; in surance $1IMK ) . The Swedish Lutheran academy afc Wahoo was destroyed by fire at n losM of * lfiX ( ) . It was partly insurcdU The hulldliig was totally destroyed hut a large part of the furniture wad saved. V More than $10,000 have been roAn - fused for Improved quarter-suctions near Talmage. Mrs. O'Kourkc , Uirca miles northwest , diposed of a voryj ordinary farm of 100 acres last wccfc for $ f > r > an acre. A'inceut G. Connlly , a barber's ap prentice , was held to-the district ) court at Columbus in bonds of $1,000 | on tin- charge of murderously assault-i Ing Andrew Chrlstlnson with a ra- < /.or Decemcr ; i at Lindsay. While attempting to load some , small pieces of timber on his wagon , William Koigan , living ten miles norhtvvest ol Harvard , was overcome , and died shortly after being diseov-t ered In an iineonscious condlUon by- ills two sons. Kdward Waters , of llciitrlco , 30 , yeais old , committed suicide at thoj home of liis brother by cutting hia ( throat with a razor , and then shoot * ) Ing himself in the head with a revol-i ver. No motive for the young man's suicide Is known. There lias been no bad weather In , tlie neluhborhood of Gciing Hlncoj Christmas. It Is regarded as then most open season for years , and cati tlernen feel confident that stmic will go Ihiough the winter on the rangq with little loss , if any. A suspect who Is accused of forgery was shot in the hack and seriously Injured by City Marshal Pert Smith , at Wahoo. Smith naw Ihe suspect on , the street , and ordered him lo halt. Instead of doing so the man started to run and Smith fired. The wakofuluess of Edwin S-imuel * son , son ol F. W. Samuelson , prcsi-j dent of the First National bank , of ) Iliimboldt , prevented the robbery oc the lattet's residence early Minday morning. Samiielsoon Hied several shots In the air and .scared away the ' house breakeis. Fire at Wakcflcld caused the destruction struction of a restaurant , William , Saiinders' harness shop and the post- office. The total loss will be jiuoub 81,100 , well covered by insurance. The postotllce contained ( lie i veiling uiiii ) , which bad not been delivered. The cause of the lire is unknown. Geoige Andrews , a faun hand la , the employ of Charles Carsh. ol Hum- , hnldt , disappeared Monday mj-ht and , bus not been seen since , shortly af-i ter his departure it was discovered , tint Mr. Carsh's tiunk hid been , jrokeu opcu and $10 in cash , a ievot- | ver , and a quantity of clothing is. missing A Chinaman who recent , } mauu-d Maiy K. Shcedy , a vvhiioinin , : , same near perishing with lii.s v , itc in. u marsh near Alliance. Hut lor thai timely arrival of John H. La-.MI-tee , o > 3asual traveler , both would li i\- snide oeneath tlic mire of a small i. e , iho bed tt which had been uudei mined by musk rats. Lieutenant Harry C. Clifton ! , for- poral Wilbur L. Mavnurd. I'mateq Geoigc it. Hiuhakerand , \ \ . Lc pd and Seix'e.nit F.iiuenc I II u. MS. is i lye ad\o , it . have i n , iiI ; - I m .1 v Ailui.n | i 'U-iii . > ' 'i ' > y is , i i i i 10 to t iy t In I . t - ieanl ; .lolin ( 'HI Valenl me . i . Thtehni" > ( , i | l Mil I llO'UsU ' \ . is- , t tl.iit the 4 AH , I t ' [ ' ' I I t li it I teiiti atit u i , i. iue oh s 'V t l 11 "i 11l.s.ui lu iiisl mt , n given by the c i , t un Mrs . Florence I ! u law of 11. H. HaUe , prietor of Ihe Men : Oui.iha. was arrctsed ut d response to a telegram fio.n police , asking that she be ainsiedl and her room seaiched for num. y andj Jewelry. Mrs. Hake denies al1 uuowl- edue of any chaiges agairitt lu-r auil VV.l- gli-.il h silo M-il w Ih'll .ill sted. A J'l ' m will l" ' S.biiu'i-,1 , t" ' ' 10 leg * is , it un rr , MI - , Hi , ; tu uty aa | uuvciumcubi ut Omaluu