4
BOTH LEGS FROZEN STIFF
Aw til I I'llclH r Aisril Mull Nrnr I'rciuotil
\V inl TH Oiiiftlilr in M'4lil
An aged man named John Fedora ,
f.-ho live.satOttumwa. la , and li
joiing son. Fred has portions of tlieii
bodies ftozo-i near Leavltt , scvcru ,
miles northwest of Fremont , Nebi
They were ttavc-Ilim * to Wood Lake ,
Nebr. , wliere Mr. Fedora has a sou
and daughter. The twe were tti
change cats from the Onion P.u-itic t.
the Elkhorn at Fremont , but i.u < .nu-
reason were carried past to A mes
Tboy pot off the train tlu-reand.astlv
hour was ear.y , were forced to walk
uroiind with the temperature at thlr
teen degrees bvlow zero , in order to
keep warm.
The lather was found lying hclplo h
in a fccd.\ard neat Leavitt , some tune
later , both his lens having been Irozen
Rtill' . The buy was elo- by , and 1m
had been bitten by the fro > t. Neithei
of the iair , liad been able to secure
any .sheKei. as the depot was locked
up Jind peopli-were not yet astir fet
the day when tliey arrived .at A me *
Tliey had walked along the road to-
wud Leavltt until they could go no
further.
Mr. Fedora and his son nere taken
to Fremont dining the day and sue
being cared for there , The Cherry
county relatives of the two have been
informed of the affair.
FALL RESULTS FrToEATH
Too HarniHtiT at Axlilnm ) , Nrbr AlinoKt
Insliiiitl.y Killi-il
A man by the name of Kelly , workIng -
Ing on the Armour ice house fell from
the runway last night and was so bad
ly injured that he died in a short time.
Hecaire from Omaha and it was hi-
first day at work. Ho slipped on the
runway and fell twenty-four feet ,
itriking a cuke of ice and rebounded
tcvoral feet in the air.
ILi wns a single man , cominir from
Omaha , but his rein lives , if he hns
am- , have not b en found , and he will
be buried in the Ashland cemetery. A
coroner's inquest developed the fact
that in attempting to turn u cake of
ice into the proper room bis feet slip
ped and be fell oil the platform untlei
Che guard rail. The fall was twenty-
four feet and crushed bis body very
badly. ' The coroner's jury decided
that no blame attached to the com
pany for the accident.
IN FEAR OF MOB
\V ) online M urilernr t Crmv-
loril. Nt'britkit
Cliadron , Neb. Sheriff Tubbs o
Natronn county , Wyoming , is in Craw
ford with Chas. Woodard who i.s
charged with the murder of Sheriff
Rioker. The sheriff is on his way to
Oisper. It is believed the sheriff and
his prisoner are being shadowed by
friends of the. murdered sheriff fc-hn
will attempt , should the opportunity
present , itself , to lynch Woodard on
his arrival at Casper , or en route there
tomorrow. The train leaves Casper at
0 o'clock tomorrow. Woodard fears a
i mob.
I Sheriff Tuhbs stated that all necessary -
< * sary precautions to prevent a lynching
y aie beli.g perfected. He is confident
that the law will bo permitted to take
its course. lie admitted that there
was a strontr feeliiiii against Woodairi
ju Pisper and Natnuia county , and he
Ti'ali/.ed that wl en he arrived there
with the prisoner an a tempt might
ho made to lynch AVoodaid. hut be
thought cooler heads would per.Miade
Kicker's friends to let the law take its
course.
The sheriir was asked if be feaied an
attempt would be made to take the
prisoner oil the train en route , lit-
refused to say anything , only that all
necessary steps should be taken to
.prevent tills.
"DICK" GOULD THREATENED
Tlriilln-r r Cn lilur Arri-Htpl null Hurried
oil In Unvlil Ulty
"Dick" Gould of Mellwood , Nob. ,
cashier of the Platte Valley state
bank , has been placed under arrest.
He was taken to David City on an
evening freight train. On Ins way to
the depot , he was followed by a large-
crowd of the depositors of the bank.
He bore up bravely until ho reached
the depot platform , when some one in
the crowd called for a rope , when hi-
Jumped Into the train with all 'possi
ble speed. The crowd pushed Its way
onto tlio train and it was with difil-
culty the angry men were driven back
ICiirtliiiHl | < R lii Olympic-
According to a report which has Just
reached here , an earthquake and land
slide occurred In the Olympic moun
tains in tn ! > western portion of Jetler-
wn county , Washington Just pri-.r to
the big storms of last week. The news
wns brought horc by a passenger ar
riving from down the straits , who
stated that Indians report that a num-
ixsr of earthquake shocks were felt ,
which were followed by a crashing
noise
MURDERS SAFELY LANDED.
I'luTiuuiu iii-iii-l | to 1'ltlt.lHiru Pa. .lull
li-llvi-ry
. Edward Middle and John Hiddlc ,
who eMiiped fiom the PltLsburg , Pa.
jail. lmve beuti captured and are In
a dying condition , and Mrs. Peter K.
. vifl'el Is lying in the hospital with a
self-lnllleted wound In the bieast , la
the sequel of the sensational escape
if Middle brothers fiom the Alle
gheny county Jail , altled by Mrs. Soli-
el , the wife of the jail waiden.
The st-.ry . of the close of the Middle
tragedy , which came this afternoon ,
Is a ( hulling one The scene wa > a
MIOW ruveied road two miles cast of
Prospect , Mutlei countv , neur Mount
Chestnut and the exact place was at
McCiure's barn , where two double
team sleighs , tilled with eight olll-
ccrs , three of them Pitlsbtng detec
tives John Uoacli , Albeit Swinehart
and Charles McGovorn. met the two
Middles in a one-horse sleigh , stolen
at Perrysvillc. and at once opened
Ihe on the trio.
The Middles returned the lire after
lumping out of the sleigh. Mrs.
S'llld's w'liind was through the
breisl ICdward Middle was shot in
the left arm. in the breast and in one
leg John Middle was riddled with
buckshot In the breast and head.
Tlit1 olliceis were aimed with Win-
chest et Miles and revolvers ol largo
caliber. They shot to kill and their
aim was perfect. The Middles tried
to kill , to the last of their stiing , but
not one of the. eight officers has a
wound as a result of the battle.
When the detectives came to with
in about sixty yards of the fugitives
they 'ipened lire. The Middles prompt
ly answered with shotgun and revel
veis Mis Stillci , too , stood up In
the sleigh witha revolver in each hand
and bla/.ed away at her pursuers.
When Kd Middle foil , and she saw
she was about to be captured , she
lired a bullet into her breast. An ex
amination by physicians shows that
she will recover , as the bullet was dc-
llcted by her corset and the wound is
comparatively slight.
lid Middle received a bullet in the
breast which penetrated his right
lung and probably will end his life
before morning. John Middle may
recover , his wounds , though numer
ous , failing to reach a vital spot.
The escape of the oillcers ismiiacti-
lous The Middles have demonstrated
on several occasions that they are
good marksmen , and why they should
have failed today to bring down their
men is a mystery
After the Middles fell to the snow
covered ground the oiiicers picked up
the apparently lifeless bodies of Sirs.
SolTel and the Middles and came back
to Mutler , bringing the stolen sleigh ,
patched up harness and worn out
horse that the trio had tried so stren
uously to get away with toward Can
ada and liberty.
GRAND JURY STILL GRINDING.
i or St. I.oulH G'rnot < filii M to
ISo ' 1 lior.iili. |
When the grand jury of St. Louis ,
resumed its investigation of tlio sub-
bin-ban brlbciy scandal today T. 0.
Kimball of the Suuran railway , who
was examined jcstei Jay , * vns the first
witness called. With his aid the ex
amination of the books of Ihe siib-
uran was continued , in the endeavor
to find proof of the payment of the
$ ii5.000 ; placed in the safe deposit
boxes.
The grand jury will remit in in ses
sion until a late hour Saturday night.
Even then Its wor' . will not be
completed and a heavy burden of in
vestigation will fall on the next set
tif grand jurois impaneled
A subpoena has been issued for
Cbaiincey Ives Filley , formeily chair
man of the republican central com
mittee.
REFUSES A SECOND TIME
fiuvornor YnttVI1I Xnt Honor South
Today for the second time Govern
or Yates of Springfield , 111. , refused
to honor a requisition from the gov
crnor of South Dakota for the extra-
ditipn of John Stowo , , now under ar
rest in Chicago , mid wanted in Wat-
ertown , S. D. , on a charge of obtain
ing signatures to documents by false
pretenses
(1 onion 11. talloti i ,
J. W. Eller , attorney for Police
Judge Cordon commenced suit today
to restrain the citv treasurer from
paying salary to Mayor Moores , of
Omaha , on the ground that the may
or had not taken the oath prescribed
by the oonstitn ! i m and tinrerunlie
had never legally filled the ofllce. A
similar objection was made ( the
payment tifIr.iio buck salary to .lunge
Gordon last we"k and tbo suit illed
today Is a r.-t.ili ttory measure
TUJNJNKL JLS !
JLSTORN
TORN pP
PART OF NEW YO IK CITYSHAKEN
AS BY AN EARTAQUAKE'
Hnnjr KxpioMroK Ignlti'il Six Known to
lit * Driul nnil a llliiiilrcil Injured Mur
ray 1111) ) Hotel SliMttvrpd mill Attention
rd n n Uutnfe.
New York , .Ian. 28 The reserve
supply of high explosives stored at
tln > Park iucnuc shaft of the Rapid
Transit Tunnel , now In course of
construction , blew up shortly after
noun today. The giant blast killed
six persons , injured a hundred others
and seriously damaged all the piopor-
tv reached by the flying debris and
the vitiation of the shock.
The irregular square formed by
the Murtay Hill hotel on the vest ,
the Manhattan eye and ear hospital
and the Grand Union hotel on the
east and the Grand Central railroad
station on the north was the scene
of the e.xplusion. The buildings
nami'd sustained the gieatest dam
age , hut the area affected extended
I'm-several blocks in the four direc
tions from the center.
OCCUHS IN STOUAOH TIODSK.
The sunken approach to the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
avenue line cuts through Park ave
nue , and the shall lot the rapid tran
sit subway was run down beside it at
the intersection of East Forty-first
street. The street railway approach
was housed over with a superstruc
ture used for the operating plant of
the rapid transit contiactors Tem
porary buildings for storage purposes
were thrown up against the super
structure at the mouth of the shaft
and there the explosion occurred. It
tore a great gorge in the street , de
molishing the temporary buildings
and paitof the superstructure , and
sent a mass of earth , splintered tim
ber and twisted iron high In the air.
Much of it went battering against
the front of the Murray 11 111 hotel ,
and although the walls and main
structure of the building stood the
shock , nearly every room in the front
WHS wrecked.
The Manhatten eye and car hospit
al on the e.istside of the avenue fared
nearly as badly , and had to be aban
doned by thf management. The
Grand Union hotel lost all of Its windows
dews and glass parti ions and practi
cally every front window in the Grand
Central station was shattered. The
great clocks on its front towers wore
blown from their cases. Thousands
of windows , some of them seven
blocks Irom the tunnel shaft , fell in
fragments. It was the shower of
broken glass and falling debris that
injured the greatest number.
Geneial alarms brought firemen ,
police reserves and every available
ambulance to the district , and the
Injured were splendidly caied for. A
majority of the injured were treated
on the spot and tile ambulance sur-
g ons worked for ; HI hum in debris
strewn sl.iects . Polic. lines weio
thrown across either end ot Park ave
nue and across the intersecting
streets. He\uril lamas the police
cleared the stieet ot people in front
of the Murray Hill hotel. Torrents
of water from broken mains poured
Into the tunnel shaft white the
wreckage was being cleared from the
street railways sub-uay and it was
feared that the street might cuvc in.
OAL'HK NOT UKKIMTKI.V KNOWN.
The cause of the explosion arid tlio
quantity of exultttiVIM that blew up
are noti dellnil.edy known , Several
oausfw hiivo been advanced. One was
that a tin : started neat th" powder
room , and that Master Mechanic Wil
liam Tublw lost his life in a deeper-
ate attempt to quench it before it
reached tlio dead I v tiiel Anntqer
VT as that it started I nun n spark pro
duced by a stray current of electric ,
ity. A third phced the hlame. upon
a blast In the tun.id .Still another
gave a gas explosion from electrical
contact in the trolley c.ondult of the
street railway sub-way It will prob
ably take an official investigation to
reveal the true xi/laiutirn beveial
men who were very close to the shaft
escaped while others hundreds of feet
away were knocked flown and serious *
ly Injured
District AtUmiotpromo visited
th scene and made .in investigation
to guide him in the ufllr.UI inquiry
and pttssiblo criminal prosecution
that will follow
Ira A. Shalei engiruM'r in charge
of the work at Park avenue ; John
Bracken , a fnm-un , and Martin Mo-
Grath , an assistant foreman , wore
placed under arrest and charged with
homicide. Wllilam Marclay Parsons ,
chief engineer of the Uapid Trail 1st
company , said that Mi.iler was one of
the must competent mil e.aieful engi
neers he over know
lorn Talking mi ilio-nn.
New York , Jan. 'HThe Cunnrder
Ombrla , which bar. n t arrived from
Liverpool , talked Vv means of the
' 'wireless" with her -.mci ship , the
Etrurla , proceeding eastward. Opera
tor Franklin on the Cinbria caught )
the Etruria's call ru i 10 last Wednes
day. The ronvcrsati.iti . was contin
ued for thrr-e hour- , and thirty min
utes , The shorU'it d an re at which
conversation was earned on was thir
ty-two rollwH ) ) " . .tigent US miles.
WAIJDEN'S WIFK
IS FALtSK
NOTORIOUS DIDDLE BROTHERS
ESCAPE.
lit l ] > In t rrc MurilorKnil ty O\i'rpo .
( iiiiiuU rimiMiml Sim l.y Ini'lr Ar.
fi > lnillrti | l.iitlnr inlkliiiilcil Uilli Oni'
nl tin I'rUoiii-rn ,
Pit'tsbuig. , ltin. fll. Kdward and
John Middle , awaiting execution In
the enmity jail for the murder of
( Jrocor Thomas IX Kahnoy , of Mount
Washington , overpowered the guards
> t \ o'clock tbis morning and es-
c.a H-d. .
11 tli prisoners had been provided
with saws , with which they cut the
i.rtis . In their eel's ' and were ready at
any moment to make an opening
'SclentIv large to pa ss tlirmmli.
Yin- prisoners occupied adjoining cells
"n the second range. They had evi
dently been preparing lor escape for
s mc time and bad assist a nee from
the outside , as both were annnd with
reolvers. .
shortly befote o'clock one nf the
Middles called to .lames McGeary ,
who had charge of the outside gates.
: i nd asked for some cramp medicine
in a hurry , saying his brotho * was
dniK'einusly sick.
McTcary hastened to the cell with
the medicine , when , lohn Middle
sprang through the opening of tlio
cell and , seizing the gnaid around
Ihe waist , hurled him over the railIng -
Ing to the stone floor beneath , a dist
ance oi sixteen leet.
KKII1T TIlKllt WAV OUT.
Kdward Middle joined bis brother
Immediately , and both , with drawn
jevolveis. hurried to the lirst Moor ,
where they met Guard Reynolds and
shot him. There were but three men
( n duly and the third was on one of
the upper uingcs. He was oidered
down at ( lie point of the revolveis
and the tlnec guards were put in the
dungeon.
Tlio keys were taken from Keeper
MrGoary and the two desperate pris
oners bad a clear Held. The persons
who witnessed the escape were priso
ners who could not interfere or give
an alaim. Th" Middles went , to the
waidrobc , where the guards keep
their clothing , and each put on a
new suit. They then unlocked the
outside gates and passed out into
Uoss street.
The escape was not discovered un
til tlio daylight guards came tin duly
at fi o'clock. They were informed by
prismers where the night guards had
been put and they were soon released
from the dungeon and sent to the
homeopathic hospital.
CIMMI : OK TIMS iimm.ics.
For several months preceding the
Kabriey murder daring burglaries
were of almost nightly occurrance.
The police seemed powerless to pre
vent them and nervous citizens re
tired at night in Itvir and trembling.
On the morning of April 12 Mrs. Kali-
noy was awakened by buiglars and
called to her husband , a cripple , who
was sleeping in an adjoining room
with one of the cbildicn.
As ho entered the door of bis wife's
room he was shot dead. The burg
lars then fled. A few hours later
hetcctivc Patrick Fit/gerald and two
ofllcers surprised the Middle brothers
at their home on Fulton street , but
before they were captured Fitxgcrald
was killed and Kdward Middle , who
shot him. was dangerously wounded.
Walter Doimna , another of the gang ,
and two women. Jesslo Modirie and
.lonnie Seebeis , were also arrested.
Dnnnan turned state's ovldem-e and
the two Middles were convicted of
Kahney's murder and sentenced to
he banged , John on the Mtli nf this
month and ISdward on the Ifith , but
three days .before the date set for
John's cxocuion thcv were lespitcd
until February 25 and 27 by Governor
Stone , so that tlicir eases could go hi-
fore the pardon hoard nt > its coming
meeting. Dorman Is still in jail ,
awaiting sentence. The women were
released.
WOMBN Is lili
The escape of the Middles has bcon
explained Wanton Peter K. Snffett
has authnr'ml its publication It is
the allegation that his wife Is re-
sponsihle for the furnishing of the
revolvers and snws to the Fiddles
which enabled them to escape
In her Infatuation for the haiul-
snmo desperado , Edward Mlrldls , it is
alleged that she left hoi h.ishnnd and
he i four children and , .t is supposed.
Is to meet the escaped convict at a
place agreed upon
The story tif the matter Is brief.
Mrs Soffet was the only person ad
mitted to the jail since last .Sunday.
U'IFI ! FUIINISIIBD THE WEAl'ONc.
Warden Peter K. Soffel , in discuss
ing the escape of the Piddles , today
in the office. r > t the jail said
"I believe rm wife ( uiiiished Hie
wenporib to the Diddka and < i * isted
them to escape This Is nn awful
thing but 1 am only tolling the wluile
truth Mv wife was not in bed when
I wns nwik"nod ! this mffining and I
have not sc-f n her sim-e sinu u < mu
God only knows where I s.iul I
would laj everything bare .UK ] F am
tlolnc IN.
BANK DOORS
ARE CLOSED
SMALL OELLWOOD INSTITUTION
TAKEN IN CHARGE.
I'liilur ' Arr 'it Churgti of For-
*
Kcry l'rrfiirri l Again * ! him Nlnto i
thinking Ituiiril SitAtU'loitl hlnoo Ij
Kellwood , Neb. , Jan . The Platt
Valley SUitv Mank closed its doors at
about noon today. The suspension
has cicated considerable excitement
among citizens , especially the deposi
tors. The bank Is now in the bands
of a state bank examiner.
A. N. ( .Jould , the cashier , is mulct
nrrest , chaigcd with forgery.
HANKING IIOAItl ) SUbl'IClOUS.
The conditions existing in tht
Platte Valley bunk at Melhvood have
been known for seveial days. The
InstitntlM ) was examined by Hank
Kxamincr Hartwell at the close of
last year. ISi.thlng . out of the i\ay
was disccvvied then , except , that the
amount of paper on hand was appar
ently great. ! n comparison with the
capital .which was $15,000. Mr. Hart-
well was In the city recently and he
cal ed at the Flist Nationa. bank In
Lincoln and asked the bank to In
spect the paper it hail on hand from
the Mellwood bank. There was about
$ \VHH ) of this and Inspection levelled
that many of the signatures on the
notes were strikingly similar. A
man was sent up to Mellwood at once
to investigate the reliability of the
paper and this resulted in the bank
ing board taking active charge.
Mank Hxamiiici Hartwell lelephona
yesterday morning that , he has taken
charge of thu bank and Secretary
Royse hastened to Mellwood. Attor
ney Ccneral Proul was called In early
to advise as a member of the state
banking board and yesterday , when
the Investigation was in progress , ho
wired Instructions to the county at
torney of Mutler county to commence
criminal proceed ings against the cash
ier .if the bank , who had acted in a
very peculiar mannei.
THINK I'AI'KH NOT GOOD.
Mr. Prout. said last night that ho
believed there wa.s $ 10,000 or $15,000
of paper on hand In the hank , some
of which he believed was not good.
He saitl he un leistood a good deal of
the paper was in do out in sums that
wore oven ami bail no odd cents to
indicate that they had been arrlvei
at In business operations. Tills ,
coulpod with the apparent likeness
of signatures , indicated that some-
tiling was wrong. The cashier , when
the bank eviminor took charge yes
terday , declined to give up the cash
on band , which amounted to about
81,000. He took the money to Ills
bousi and placed it in hiding. When
this news wis wired to Lincoln , llr.
Prout at once asked I lie county attor
ney to commence proceedings and
prevent tlio cashier Irom leaving the
county. Later ho learned tint the
officer brought the money buck of his
own will.
S. H. Mnrnham , president of tlio
First National bank , said last night
that it was true UK- bank had taken
paper to the amount of about $5,000
from the Platte Valley bank. The
bank had no suspicion about the
worth of the notes until the bank ex
aminer eallcd attention to the man
ner in which they we.ie rendered. A
man was inimt-diatiily dispatched to
Bell wood and was unable to find far
mers in the vicinity bearing the
nanuis signed in many instances. Mr.
Iliirnham had heard no moie details
tlinn this at n lalt : hour last night.
State TicaMirer Slue er said last
night that no .stale fund * were on
deposit in Ibis institution.
1'nxitir I lim all nu4
Sterling , Neb. , Jan. 21) . The Inttci
part of the week Kov. II. Wcndt ,
pastor of St. John's Lutheran church
at this place , received through tlio
mail a letter that sounds as though
a comrade of Leon Cxolgosy. was In
the country. Thu letter reads In part
os follows :
"You know how ; t stands with you ,
and what happened In your meeting.
\Miathave yon done a.s long as you
have boon henH'w much strife ?
You are the originator. Three
months' time will be. given you to
consider , and if ymi ire not away
then you know what happened to Me-
Kiuley , und a like fate awaits you.
Remember the three months
C-igncd )
"Your Bnt'iny. "
The Rev. Mr. Wcndt , savs lh.it ha
Is not at all alarmed , anil nobody
should be ; that he does not go or
Btny accoiding in the ilesueof any in
dividual , but alone , bv the desire of
Si. John's chinch , which has called
him , and again lately declait-d that
ho should contlnuf to serve the
chinch. _
Uiivlil ( ity II'O
David City , Neb. , Jan. 29. Thft
meat market ufViiliam Ncertlwtn ,
on the Konth ide , wis discovered to
be on tirr tit , an i.irlv b > ur this morn
ing by Night pilicetuiiti Taddlkeo.
The lire d 'putnii'nt rtsponded quick
ly and si m h id the fire under control.
The Ilro was confined to the one build
ing. The lobs ' ) ' Mi Nccdbam Is ful
ly covcicd by insurance. The build *
ing was slight 'T M.itn.igi'd. The In-
niticiu'it to iU7ar the losa.
NEBRASKA NOTES
A creamery Is to bo Blurted at
Mcmplil.s.
The TIldiMi Citizen has stared I *
nn Us ton th year with every sign of-
'
prosperity.
Tlio Frontier Monthly Is the nam
of a bright magazine , the tlrst ntira-t
tier of which has just been issued air
Mlooiiiingtun.
While engaged In a friendly boxing
aia'ch ' J. A. Halley of SpringtlcUi
foil and tuoko both bones of hlsrighfe'
leg just belmv tlio Icnco.
Albert Johnson , who works In tli *
mill at Aicadia became entangled la
the shafting and was seriously injured - .
jured bi'loie the null was stopped.
The lr , gesl mortgige of real estate' '
ever rccnulcd In Ciimlng county was
placed on Ille this week. It was given'
tor $ llonoo by the Nebiaksa-lowaj
Creamery company to K. 11. DavisJ
trustee , and covers nutneroiis pieces
of properly In that part of the county. !
This question of build I in ; n new.
uouilhoiisu is being agitated In Saunders -
ders county. Many of the- people
Ihink Hie old one h.is served tint its' '
day of tUffiiluess and that the pub
lic records should be better protected
as well as the counly offices bettor
housed.
The Platte Valley State bank afc (
iH'llwoud closed Us doois which crc-i
aU'd oonsidcrable excitement among
llie citizens especially the depositors , !
The bank is now in the hands of a
state bank examiner. A. 11. Gould,1
cashier , is under arrest , charged with
lorgery.
Two pupils of the Lea school In
Pieioe cutiul < y bec.une angry at the
teacher , 0. D. Loudermilk , and pro
ceeded to give him a thrashing. Al
though the teacher weighs 200 pounds
the boys were equal to ihe table , but
they will have to answer lor their
lun in county C'Uirt.
About llfty Ncmahacountj farm era
held a meeting at the court house aft
Auburn to form a society for mutual
protection from petty tliie\lng. Tha
tarmers of that county have suffered
consider ibly of late fiom this class of
depredations and It Is proposed to go
alter the ollendeis In earnest.
The cltlx.ous of Tllden are making
a move to have the name of the cur *
poratlon changed liom Murnott to
Tilden. Soveial years ago the to wo
was known as Murnet , b..t the post *
olllce dep.itrment changed it to Til-
den to avoid conl'usluu owing to the
similarity of Uiu name to an older
town. The incoipoiated town has
continued to be known as Murnct ,
however.
Considerable excitement was caused
at I'apllllon one day last week by the
eUdent intent of u stranger to kid
nap Miss Maymc Lillie , a student of
the high school. A stranger called
for her and said that he had a good
position for her in Chicago and that
the girl's mother had been seen and
consented to have her go , but that it
was nccccssary to take a train which
left immediately. The suspicions of
the principal of the school were
aroused and he advised an investiga
tion to which thegiil consented. The
stranger touk the alarm and skipped.
The tuain paitof Crab Orchard was
destroyed by lire , the origin of which
has not been discovcicd. The bank
of Crab Orchard , A. O. U. W. hall ,
Itichardsun Mercantile company , F.
M. Sharrott hardware company , post-
ollice and numerous smaller build
ings were ruined. The loss Is esti
mated fiom $ ; ! < > ,00 to $50,000 ; partly
coveied by Insurance
' 1 lie fatality among horses In the
noitiiern part of i'latte county dur
ing the last ten days or two weeks
h is been quite alarming , the disease
being something with which the vct-
erinaiy surgeons seem wholly unable
to cope. County .Superintendent L.
JT. Lenvy , ol Columbus , visited four-
t en schools In the village of Humph *
ley , G.eslnn and Curnlea last week ,
In each district making inquiry
among the farmers as to the loss ot
horses , and in this way lea mod that
twenty two men had had forty-seven
fatalities from the strange disease ,
\\hich manifests itself In at least
some cases in blindness and loss of
consciousness to pain or Insanity , tha
animal plunging Into barbed wira
ft lues and not ucing repelled by se
vere cuts , but with the coining out of
cold sweat quickly dying One scern-
itigly significant fact mentioned by a
farmer and corroborated by Mr.
L-avy's subsequent obseivation , is
that the half dozen farmers in the
county supplied with flowing wells
are free , not only from tnl- disease
among horses , but have also t-cen free
during recent years from cholera
among hogs
Citizens of NebrsaKU City w ill ralsa
n fund of W.ooo to pay the r-xpei sea
of sinking a well In search ( if coal ,
oil or gas , lion J Sterling Morton
subsciibed $ .ou , 10 per cent 'f ' the
amount needed Muslness men of
tiut city will subscribe tin u'umln *
d--r The well boilny machinery Is
already on the ground af.d ittlva
work will l > ; bou'iin at once The tlrsfc
lest is to be made in Nebraska City
' - > tlhin one mi > e of the city limits , ,