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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1903)
, " ' " - - " ' - - TOLD HIM WHAT TO-SAY - - - - - - - - 11t1rs. . LI1II was Acws d of Coaching Runyan , a rok r LETTERS FROM n\RS \ LILLIE ' . . . . . f'I I , , 'Graln Brok r Is Told to be Car ful . / " I" of Ills Testimony I. , I \ WAS CA LLED AT REOUEST lMs. LillI Very HandY with Revolver -Shows lIer Silill TELEPHONE GIRL TALKS \ l'11ade Light of Murder-Case of State Soon to be Finished . David City , Neb. , Feb. 2.1.-'fhe third week 01' the Lillie IIII11"der trial began Monday morning. When court adjourned Saturday evening the state bad Introduced twenty-flve , witnesses of the forty-six endUlsed on the in- formation. It , is generally under stood that sOllie of the witnesses for the state will not be called until the testimony of the defense Is in , when the state will introduce evidence in rebuttal. CounselJol' the state think they will conclude the examination \vitlwsses by tomol'fOW evening. .Mrs. Lillie Is showing the elfects of . . .iJ the trying ordeal. She is paJe and presents a care-worn , tired appearance - ance , but seems to take great interest in the case by watching every word of the testimony as given by the witnesses - nesses on the stand. O. easlonally she speaks'to her counsel , presmnahly In reference to the evidence addueed by the witnesses on the stand. Considering - ! sidering the gravity of the crime with which ! ) he is charged and the fact that she is not a person of 1II0re than average physique she is standing the trying ordeal with remarlmble fortitudl' . ' .rhe jlll'y , beIng all farmers , do not altogether relish the close confinement - ment which they ar"e required to en- dure. 'fhey are gIven out door exercise - cise every day , but this is not sulll- cient to fully satlsf ) ' them. ITow- h'or , they are submitting to their p.ondition cheerfully. Yesterday the Jury , accompanied by Deputy Sherllr VarIn and Bailiff Hackworth , attended - ed the Congregational church and listened to a sermon dell yered by r Hev. E wln Booth as attentlyelyas they listened to the eloqul'lwe of the uttol'lleys In the court room. Whell court conyened this morning there wele very few spectators In the court room. l dward L. Hunyon was I the IIr8t witness. lIe said in )1art ) : , . I am engaged in the broker business - . ness , worl.lng for Shuman. 'J'he nature - ture of the business Is buying amI i . selling o)1tlons ) on the Chicago hoard. . of trade. l\lrs. LIllie tradpd wi th l1Ie. in my line of busIness from ; , ugust 7 , JU02 , to the time of l\lr. \ Lillie's dl'atb. She would either ol' el' gmln bought or sold and put up the mar- gins. ' 1'his was done mostly ovel' the telephone , but on one or two oCI'a- sions r saw her Ilersonally. 'rhe margins were most always , with one or two exceptions , sent to mo through the postolllce. She Imld me In monl'Y. } 'roUi the 7th day ot' August , 1J02 ! , to th' tIme of lr. Lillie's death she paid me $51 , and she had a credIt , on tIw iUl day of August of $510. Hm' losses wore $ l,02i .00. "On the 23rd day of Octouer , 11 > 02 , she gave me an order to sell ten thousand - and lJushels of corn. She gave mo this order some time in the forenoon by telephone , but as the mll'lwt : was goln up I did not place the order. "She called me two 01' three times about the matter and I told her the margin would he $200 and if the market - ket still went up it would he more , and sbe said she would get the mon- Dey to me that night or the next morning. " " 'I'wo or three days after this Irs. Warren hrought a note to me , and on the 28th of October 1 recel yed another - er COIllmunlcation fr01l1 ) Irs. Lillie. Sotno times she would pay me tile margins on the day tlley were Illied and sometimes 1 would not get It till the next momlng. "On the afternoon of Oetohnr 2:1 : I had a convOl'sation wIth : \I1's. LIIlII ; O\'er the telephone , and she IIslwd mc if Iliad seen 111l1"\'ey , and I told hel 1 III lnoL. She said , 'If he COIl1I' and asl.s you anything youlmow what , - , Stubbed by Ncro. ) StJoseph , l\Io. \ , Feh.Pi1l1l : Urln- stead , editor of thL' ' 1'lnH's , was fatal- stabbed by a d1'lrnlwn negro naml'd , .Frank Warner , at'athena \ , Kas. , : . ; unday , and excitement is running . high In Wathena and in ' 1'roy , where , the negro Is In jail. ' 1'alk of I 'nchlng In case Grinstead dies , Is heard. \ Grinstead is the editor who sorvell .nearl ) ' a 'ear in jail in l\UO \ ) for lihel and edited his paper from his ceU. I I , say- I to . , Sometime beforE' this she had told me not to say anything I to Harvey or an "one else about this I hllshll'sS with me. 'l'he c011l1llunlca- tlon that was delivered to me by Mrs , I Wal"l'en I hurned up as soon as I read It. The suhstance of It was about the tmde of ten thousand bushels ot eorn and for me to keep It good ; that she had been hefol"c the coroner's jmy and 1)1' , Sample had tried to tanJtle hOl up IInd if they tried that on mete to he careflll and not let them do so. "On O toher 8 , 1J02 ! , Miss Anllll Graham-ussistant Postl , lstress , deli - li vcred a letter to HIe , 'l'hls W'IS : abollt two o'clocl ; : 111 the afternoon. 'J'ho letter was wri Lien by I rs.1..l11le. . I also recd "cd letters from Irs. 1..1I11e . before the death of lr. LIllIl' . 'l'hese were burned up. " Witness here identilled thc letter' dell vered October O. " 'l'lw letters 1 hU1'lled up were In rcferen e to the trades that she hall made with HIe. " ' 1'he letter delivered to11' , Hunyon was admitted in evidence and reads as follows : "l\lr. \ Hl1n 'on : I have just learned that Guy Walling has cIrculated Uw rellOI"t around town that I had lost $1.100 : on the uoard. You know that It is not so , and I wish J'ou to brand it as false. Sticl. to what I ask of you and nothing else , as the gossips of this town say some of the most , ridiculous things anyone ever heard of. I don't Imow how I will ever endure - dure aU 1 have to go throu h. ' ' ' 1'hllt Ii tte ] trade I had there , I suppose you took care of itand 1 will make it aU right some day. I think it is goIng to make me some money soon. They have no way of knowing anything only throllgh you , and I beg of you to be careful. You understand , he careful what you say. I told thcm tha 1 , you never received any margin only through the mall aud that the amount was merely inclosld ! In an envelope - velope and sent. lIow they know anyLhhl ) is what I can't see but they don't know lIIuch , and if you want' ' to ask lIIe anything' , you can through the mall , and I t will be safe. " "Since the death of11' : : . Lillie 1 have also received other communIcations - tions from : \Irs. Ll11lle which 1 have not destroyed. Une of these I rc- celved about the time of the prelhui- nlry , hearing U " lartln I I Ill. " : Mr. HlU is a brother of lrs. Lillie. This letter was identilled by the witness - ness and admitted in evidence and read to the jury. 'l'ho next Jetter I received through the postol1lce , either December \ ) or 10 , I am not sure which. 'J'he letter was admi tted in evidence , "I was at the hOllle oflrs. . Lillie one Sunday afternoon after the death of Ir. Lillie , goln there at the request - quest of I s LilliI. ' . I thlnl. it was about two weeks after the murder' . I lmd a conversation with her at this time. In suhstance she wanted to know what condition her business with 1I1e wa < ; in sayln she had lcpt : no hooks and she wanted to know something about it. r told her the la < ; t trade she ordered had not heen IJlaced , J do not , l'l'IIlPlllher that sl\f t said anything in answer to this. " 1 had another cOlJver. atlon with : 'III's. Lillie at hel' home about LlIrce weeks ago , ahout H or ! ) o'clocl ; : In the evening. J alii ndt IJoltlvl' whal ) was I said , hut I Ihlnk we talked ahout I the 1)1'elimlllary ) hearlnJ. { . We talled : ahout what lilY testilll my would be In court. I told her my testimony would be g-Iren 1'10111 my houks IInd askpd lieI' 11' she had a record of her trades , and she said she had not. he I aslwll me If my books would he hrought into court. I told her I thought not , that I had a statement from IllY books aud thou ht that would he enough. "We talled ; : about Harvey comIng to my ol1lcn and looking at the markets - kets and she said Harvey knew about her trades. J had anothel' conversation - tion with her at my house one even- Ing. This was since the anest. Sam Lillie was present. Slip asl.ed 100 why I plclccd out part of hcr tradrs am ! showed them up. he asked mete to J.i'e all the trades she had made. " 'J'he last two letters referred to are as follows : . . h' . Hunyon : When they rall you as a state witness remembel' what you are to do-g-i ve a four years' n- port as 'ou said J'ou would , and do not allow them to work on what am pie tried to work hefore the cOl'Oner's JUIY. We have not established anything - thing at all 'et-only that I > mld CIty has a poor telephone syst'm , and I will count on'ou . staying hy me as , . you should and you n1llst , as tllPY arc Jtolng to try to make 'uur bool. a I t rung point aJ.alnst me. Don't let th 'm do i too They ha vo nut a single i thing against mp , and so far t Ill'y , hll vc nut been ahle to dl up any- I hjll . so do 1I0t 1) ( ' Ihr lIIl'ans ( If sucll a thing 'ourself. I \ \ 11I1'oulll on you i a. ; a friend to do till' rIght thlll ! ! hy ! mc. L. I. I"HlIl' . " 'I I " 'ere Nut thc Mcn Sou ht. I St. Louis , : \10. , Feb. : ! I.-\ spedall to the Hl'Hlblic ! from ashY IIle , I II. , says : 'J'he two anned men who by I their' tinea tell I IIg Ilemallds for food have tel'l'llied the Illhahitallts of this vlcllllt ) ' and led to the hl'lIef that they were W111lam HUllolph and Prcll Lewis , charged with the recent. 1'0h , bery of the bank at UnIon , : 110. , havE heen found by a posse to be only wlln. derlng hunters seel.lng notoriety. WORK ON WARSI1IPS. Delays In Construcllon LaId to many Caues- . America Is Not Dehlnd. Washington , } 'eu. 23.-1'ho presl- dent has been in correspol1l1enco wi th Secretar ) ' Ioody respecting the mut. tel' of dela ' ill the construction of nil ml yessels IInd the sceretary In turn has cllllcll ul10n the chief constructor - structor for II statcment of conditions In various ship Imlhllllg 'ards whl'rc na VII 1 work is go ] ng on. ' 1'ho secre- tar ' hassuhmlt.tei1 a letter In the nn- ture of a report to the president In- : eluding with It the chief constructor's : relJort. ! In substa11le : these lettL'rs show that' "whlle through a numuer of causes thl' uulh1\ng \ of wllrshlps hils been dc- la 'ed and thc dates of their comllo. ) : tlon ha vc been an d \ \ ' III be l'ollslder\ : bl ) ' beyond the dates o1"iglnall ' set'l naml construction In the United States Is not materially lJehlml the ; na val construction In Bnglalld alld Gennany In the matteI' of timc. " Secretar'y Moody IIrgued that it would be a mlstalw to olrcr a bonus for the completion of the r ssels ahead of contmct tlnl , < ' and adds that two months ago he directed that no fUlther extension of time be lJer11l1 tted except by his personal ordcr. ' ' 1'he chief construetor"s report show ! ; tlmt MICro are seren causes for delay in 1In'al : work , namely : , Inudequate 1)lans ; changes In armor or urmament or design ; delays In delivery - livery of armor and ordlnancc ; delays in gorel'l1ment inSIJection j delays in structural steel ; dchl "s due to inadequate - quate fa e ill Lies and Insut1lclent ab\li \ ty in the ' Hnd delI ' contractor's stair : 's due to Inadequate supply of skilled . lahor. All of these subjects are treated in det.ail in the report and the point is' made that after all the apparent greater speed In BnJtllsh ship J'ards is due to the fact that the vessels are delivered by the contractors in very incomplete condition to the government - ment which spends several years In many instances lu equipping the ship for cOlUmlsslon. F ar Grasshopper Scourge. } jelle Pomche , S. D. , Feb. 23.- Ranchmen alHl others in Ulls vicIni ty are somewha t alarllled orer a recent bulletin issued hy the department of agriculture that eastern l\lontana , northeastern Wyoming and western South Dal\Ota were threatened with a plague of grasshoppers. 'l'he insects - sects were t.hlcl ; : in ) Iontana last summer - mer , and it is fearell that they may multiply to such an extent as to menace - ace the vegetation In another summer. ' .rhe tongue disease seems to hare heen arrested among the cattle of t.hls range. It appeared in only two or three herds , and there have not been any deaths for three w'els. : It was feared for some time that the hoof and mouth disease that lmd created such haroc In New England was makln IL ; aPlJl'arance , but this a)1prehenslon ) has be'n allayed. No symptoms of dlsl'asp were manifest In . the hoof , being confllll'd to the tongue. on which u1cen , appeared. It is believed - ! lievod now : t.hl' dlsl'ase hasrnn out. So far there has not heen any tl ad- ing in southl'l'n cattle by the cattlemen - men of this range , A t this t.ime last year full ' 100,000 head had been contracted - tracted for by the 1I0rthel'n caUll'men in 'J'exas , New l\fl'xleo and Arizona. ' 1'he ca ttlenwn of the sout hem I allges are holding their ( 'attle at a price that is considered cXl'essl ve lJy the nOl'thernors. The Dalwtas and : \Ion- \ tana do not ueed as lIIany catl Ie thIs year as last and t.he prohahillties arc I that ) JUl'cha , > cs will be small. I Killed on the Street. Raleigh , N. C. , Feh. 2:1.-'I'he : J.l'eat. est social and criminal senrmtloll Ilalelgh has known de\"cloped fiatur- day afternoon when on 1 < 'ayett < ; vllle street , l rnest II aywood shot aud killed Ludlow Skinner. Haywood Is a gruldson : of the late State ' ] 'reas- urer John lIaywoqd and son of the late Dr. J . B. lIay\\ood , and is ono of nalel h's leading lawyers. SkiUlII'r was a grandson of the late MI. Lud- low of New York and a son of Hev. Dr. ' 1'hom:1s : B. Skinner , of Halil'gh , : N. C. , one of the uest known Baptists - tists in the south. At least II hundred persons IIIUSt. have seen the shooting- . Haywood was talwn by a deputy sherilr to his law ol1lce and was there ahout two hours guarded and In conference - ference with his attorneys. Later he was talen : to tIre court house , where Magist1'llte Iarcom commlltpd Haywood to jail without lJall for murder. I 'J'he l'UIlIOI' here Is that t.he t.ragtdy ! grl'w out of the reported secret mar- ! rlage In the family of one of the llIen concerned. renr All Huve Pcrlshed Washlnllon , 111 < 1. , F'h.RI'ar'I'h : ! Is blng llIade : lIollg llll' Wahash and I White rivers 1'01' fulll' YOUII IIII'll who I left lruliana)1olls ) sl'\ ' < ' 1'al'l'I'Is ' ag-o In I a housl1 boa t. 1Iound 1'01' CUI' t'ans. 'J'I\'ro ( were lire In tIIHlrty ( hUI Olll ! I of the llIen was sent ahead 'l'III''ad- . , vance man" arrived at. It. Camll'l , 111. . several da 's ago , allIl aftl'I' wlllt- Inl { for two da "s started In sl'ar < ' 1l. i ' 1'he four llIun passed ' ( 'Olll'f 11111 , just west of the clt . , last lol11ay ! llI0rn j iug. I f . ! 1 TW ENTY nURNEli I rllo CLIPTO. IIOTO L AT C.OAR RAPID IOWA. SCENE 01' FIRE. II I I EARLY FRIDAY I't\ORNING \ DWING TO ISrRUCTIO OP IIOTC L IIEG- ISTEII. NAI't\ES OF 1't1lSSING NOT KNOWN. ONVENTION IN PROGRESS ( The Fire Dep3rtment Confined Its Efforts to PreventlDK the Spre d or the 1lames. Des Moines , Ja. , Feh. 21.-Flrteen to twenty pel'sons w'rc hllrncll to death und twrco that , nllmber seriously - ously injul'Cl ! In the lire Ihat , , destroyed - ed the Clifton hol'l at CCllar Haphls nt 2 o'clocl ; : I"rhla ' 11I00'nlng' . ' .I'lwre were 120 guests In the hotel wlwl\ the IIro urol\O : out. and l1Iosl ) of the IIl'ad nre hurled In the , Ill'urls. Owing' to the destrul'tlon of L11l' hotel re lst'r , the numes of the missing could not be outulned up to U o'eiock. The tire orlg'lnal.ed In the hasement presumably f'olll ) an cleetl"lc wIre. Night Cieri , Wilson was on the third floor at the Lime. ' 1'ho nal1les were Illsl'overed lJy b ll hey and had already g'ulned considerable - siderable head way. 1I ' thc tlmo the night clerk had hCl'n noli lIellund the work of sounding the alarm had begun - gun , escapc was cut olr from the ground 11001' . Instantly there were seveml faces at every window , clad only in their night robes , wildly call1rlJt for help. The 11re deparment's fad II ties were meager and each moment's delay increased - creased the panic that already pro- vailed. ; One after another the human forms' ' were seen to hml t.Ill'msel ves from the wIndows and dash against the pavement below. Limbs were broken nnd the writhing' mass ot humanity that rapidly accumulated , constituted' n sickening slghL. 'J'hose who jumped - ed trom the third stol'y windows had little hope of survivhlJt the frIghtful lcap , but few Iwsltated us the names came nearel' and nearel' . ! MiSs Nellie CUl'llS was tlw last to lea ve the bUl'lllllJt struetu'e ) and ' had/ / sustained ' ' ' tel'l'Iblc bll1'ns before she sprang from the window sill on which she had sought refllgp. Out.slde tho. work of rescue was rapidly carded ; forward. A crowd had IJCcn attract-I cd by the lIames and wildly soughtl Information conceruhlg friends int the burning structure. 'l'he hotcl. . was a seething fUl'l1ace and it was Imposslblo to attempt a rescue by en-I tering the building. 'l'he Injured , were conveyed to adjoIning ullsines81 houses that had been converted , improvised hospl ta Is. It was early \ I apparent Ural , lhll'llett , and Miss : Cums could not reeover , wllilc the ; recovery of several others was doubt-I ful. ful.'l'he fire departmpnt confInecl itsj efforts to prc\'enLlng" the spread ot thel names. Several tllIIl'S the National , hotel caught 1Il'C , but tile lire was ex- , Llngulshed. 'I'he stat.e Y. lC. . A. convention was In IJ1'olress in Cedar Haplds at the tlmp and a dlstri < .t Knights of Phythlas ( 'onventIon. Delegates to these conventions constituted - stituted most of the injured and missing. At 0:10 : : o'clock it was stated that L1ll're mllst IJe IIfteen 01'1 twenty dead bodies III the debris , aSj large numbers of persons had beenj seen to fall back from the windows , Into the flames. 'l'he proprietors otl the hotel also estimated that therej must be close to thls lIumber unaccounted - counted for. ' 1'he work of Identlfi- cation of the missing was dlt1Icult. A Fence Destruction Rumor. Wnshlngton , Feb. 2I.-lf Congress tails to pass the hill pl'rmi ttJng the sccretary of the Interior t.o lease aU government lands in Nebraska at from one to five cent.s an acre for a givcn number of years for pasturage purposes , it is stated at the interior department that the law providing for the re11l0val of the fences f1'011I all such domain wi11 he immediately en- forced. In one case more than 05,000 acres were fenced in by pri vato in- terests. To Quarnntlne Chlclccnpox. Des Moines , la. , Feb. 21.-'J'he state board ot health hils Ilotilled the I bealth depart11lents in all cities that ; bereafter chlcll'1I1JOX Is to be dassl- II fled as a contagious disease 111111 quarantined - antined as such. The secretal' ' ot the state hoard explains tllat t.hls course was rendel'ed neccssal' ' because - cause of the frequency with which amall IJOX is dlalJnosl'd as chickenpox. I Two MlllwlIS hlr Ronds. I Chicago , Feh. 21.-A 11I1'morial to , the presl ent and to l'Ollgl'l'SS to the , postmaster generaluml t.o the gover- I nor IInd Icg-lslalIIl'e , of I'ach slate , urging appropriations and the gl vlng of national and state aid 1.0 the Improvement - I provement ami maintenance of lJuhllc ! highways w1l1 he voted ulJon by the good roads convention whlcll olJenS here tomorrow. 'J'he bi11 Ilresented by Congressmlln Brownlow of ' ] 'enn- caseo , recomme1ll1lng tile alJproprla- tJon of $20,000,000. , . . - . " ! CUTS CAn IN TWO. Aronlzl r Trolley Accident At Newark. N. J.- Enclne IIIIS It Spuartly , ' Newark , N. J" l 'eh. 20.-A Cast , c : < prt'SS on t.lle Lackawalllll\ railroad ! I Cllt lhroll h II t rolle ' car crowded I with school children at the Clifton In'ellllll I'rosslng 'J'hursdny. Bight of the chlldl' < H1 were ] \llIcd IInd a score 01' 11I01'0 of tlll'lII i njl1l'cd. ' 'I'lle mo- t01'llllln of the car' , who st.ll'lc to his 11OSt , wlllliieallli t.hc en hll'er of till' l'Xlll'l'SS was so hadly hurt. Ulllt thelo Is little hope of his recovery. lIolh thc eXIll'ess and the trolley Werl' on the steep gmdcs going at right nuglcs , 'J'hc express WllS sl - nnlll'd and till' crossing gates were lowI'l'l'd , while the trolle , ' car was lIal1 way down tlw hili. 'J'he motor- mlllI shut , oil' Ule 110\\'l1l' allll lIppllecl the bl'akes , but almost hnmelllat.el ' the car began to slip along the Ic ' ralls , It Jtalned tremendous lIIomentum IInd at , till' hottom of the hill c1'Ilshed Uu'ough I.he gail's , directly in the I trapk of the onl'omlng traln. ' 1'ho 10- I'omotlve llioughecl it.s way throu , h " the trolley , throwing the chlldr"en In . l'\'l'ry lii l'l'cUon. The accident happened wlthln three blocls of the high school hulhllnH , anll In UIC car at the Lime wcro nl'arl ' 100 pupils. As mallY as t.hlrty others IUIII malla ed to t.hrow t.wm- . ! selns frolll the car before UIO m"ash came. 'J'ho trolley was one or the , sl1eclals whl < 'h O\'cry day hrlng the children to school. It had more Ullln its ordlnllry load ' 1'hl1l'sday ' , owln to the cold , It contained every child that could squeeze inf hlo and others stood on the rear platform. , Because this car had lJeen so cl"Owded man ' who were \\'ultlng for it before the hi11 was reached could not Hot on , IIlthough some climbed on the front pIa tform with tile motonnan. A score 01' more children were com- IJelled to wall" as they followcd the' ' car afoot. 'J'hey say that/ when the car was sti111ess than half way do\\'n Uw hill the railroad gatcs began to drop. Pet er Brady , the motorman , prom pt- l ' shnt , olr the IJOWer and al1l1l1od the brakes. ' 1'he SIJeml of t.he cur was I checked , hut , It continued to move slowly down the illcllne. 'J'lIel'C was I no thought. of Ilangel' . ' 1'hen it began to move fast.er and fastel' , I ' 1'ho ice-coverell rails on'erClI no hold for tlle wheels and alUlouJth nrady jammed his lalw harder and then swun In reversc , the mOll1entUIll of the car grew at every J'a1'll und the car shot down toward the railroad. When it was right. at tIle Jtates Ule express came into "Iew. Warned b ' the cries of those afoot and hy their sense of danj.ter those on UIC platforms began to throw the1l\selves \ I olr into the snow , and as the car SIled I alon the few remalnlnJt feet towllrd : the rails perlmps one-third escaped death injury in this way , but there I was no time fOl' those within t.l1O car to do 1I\0re \ than < , rush toward tire I rl'ar door. 'I'lre f.ates were SWl'ptj aside and I before the cracking of the gat.es . died Qut came t.he l'rash. For thlrl.y . sec- I ends hefore the , air' was ! Illed WWI I fmntlc cries of tllOSI1 who saw death llashillA' down IIpon them. 'I'lre wrecl. of tw , ) trolley car was l'o1l\plel \ c. 'l'l1e )11101 ) , of t.he cnA'lnl' strn'k it , all110sL in UIO center and turned it part.ly al'ollnd and then the ponderous engIne cut It In two. 'J'lre uppel' part of thl' 1.I'01ley was redured to fragments undl'r thl' drl vel'S of the lor01l\0tl \ "c. One-half of the eliI' was thrown to one sldo and lay on tlw tracl.s. 'I'he other , section was hurled I S01ldlst.ance \ . away. In every Ilirec- Ion lay tire i nj l1l'l'd ' and dead. 'J'110 ( 'n lne was hrought to It standstill and from the train and fro1l\ \ near hy houses men rushed 10 the rescue. 'l'he SllI'ctaele was appalling and many who started to worlc had to give up un- nerved. Within tive minutes liS many dellli bodIes had been laId side hy side in tire snow alon side the track. One of the bodies , that of a girl , was found a lJlock beyond. Jt had heen carried there on the pilot of the enftlno. Load after load ot the injured were Sl'nt away in patrol wa ons and am- bulances. Within a short time thl'l'c was not an Injured person near thc sccnc of the wreck and the deal were on their way to the morgue. rltl e Worker Dies. ] ) Iattsmouth , Neb. . Feh. 20.-WIII. lalU H. Wehb , the hrlclle WOrllIIal1 who fell a distance of sixty feet 'J'UI'S' Ilay art 1'1'1IOOn , died the sallie Bh } it. 'J'he un fort una te JIlan ne\'l'r rl'J.a I "I'd I'onsl'iousnpss from the t IlIw of tIll a'I'ldl'nt. : u1l1 il his III-at h. 'I'hls wm I hp IIrsl , fatal al'cllll'lIl whll'hllHs Or' . l'u1"1'l since work on t 1\1' BUl'lll1 IlII' nphrlcle ! ( 'olllnH'ncl'd. An IIUpll'it over tlll1 re11lalns was 111'111 I iris aft f'l' . 1I00n. The jury founll that. the acd , tll'nt was an utm voidable 01H' . Had Ilrs IInnll Trlmml'd Kl'al"lley , NelJ. , Fl'b. :20.-\1111'1'1 : n \'l'lpy , II ving t wel VI1 mill's 1I0rti of the city met with a tenlhle a'I. ( ( dent yesterday 11Io1'1lIng- . Ill ! wm worldng wltlr a com slwl lH' , wlwl 1I1s right lmnd was caul ht in t.hl IIl11chlnol'y and terrlhly 11Il1ngled. He came to the clt ) ' to havc the In.lur\ ( IIW11Ihnl'dressedvlwn It. was founl necIs"l\r ! \ ' to 1m ve 1111 the lingers 01 Ulr hand 1I111IJutated. ' 1'he oJerat.IOl ] . took 1III\co \ today. . Nebrasla { Notes. Qll\rr'men : have rOltlHl what , Is 1Je loved to 110:1 : very rich depo91L o :1' : ( I In a st.ono quarry , 1Cow mlt 10llth or Bal"lleston , In Gage county. L'lIo ere exlst.q In uhundant IlllantltiCJPj III over OaHu cOllnt. ' . Charles fJ. Sharp or PlJlllIlon : , Wh nas hel'n sel'villH a Sl'lItClICO In tll pellltentllIry , Co I' I'oubhlf. { a Hock I1J.- , an < 1 ( 'ur , has IJCen Ilaroled uy Gover" " Ol' 1\IIcl\O ) ' . Shal1)'S di1uhler ! wrota 1 lotteI' to GO\1'enor Sa vago ucforc the expiration oC his tcrm , asking th ( lardon of her Cllther. It waH refused.\ \ ' .I'hl' sevent.centh lutnllal session o Lhl' NOI'th N ehmlcsa ' 1'eaclll'rs' ass rlatlon will uo Iwld at Columhu. wlllmencing Wedtll'sday , April 1 , an ( ) nllnllln throuhollt the week. Boal"ds ot education IIrc requested ; 0 arrange the spI'lng' "a ltlons tha Leacher"s 1\1I1Y be IIblo to IIItem1. JD. . l1el'II\11l' , recently IIppolnted ! \\'Imll'n \ of t.l1C HlatL' penitentiary , h ia'enl'llar ' ; : e of that Institution. IIa/ / \\111 \ make HO l'hallHe a11l0nl { the em- ( llo 'l'cS at. tills tlllle.It - will he the (1111 ( , ) ' of the Ilew wltl' < len to tulc. 11l\l'lo of the hll1l IrIH of GottllJIb N elgenllend , wllo WIIS conylcted or 1I1111'1lerlng' his wlfo IInd mother-tn- law. L'ho fnther , and sister of Annal Bardin have joined F'ay Smith , helj ; wl'etheart , In searching for be lJear < iln has had the pollco lUIBisttn In the search for his daughter , bu 110 trace of her has been fOllnd si:1c j she left the Boyd hotel at Llneol& ! with J. D. Guhy , with whom sbe ! loped. Mrs. Stratton , wife of 'l'bomns Ho ! Stratton , malla or of the Aetna In. , slIranco company's ot11ceR at Lincoln , whllo on hOl' way to the theater slIlfered 111attack of apoploxy. ' .rbro\ , . , \111 \ { up her hands she screamed Qn roll to the sldowalk , She was carrie Into a hOllse near uy and died ia few minutes. ' 1'ho Hov. H E , Wilson , p 'Jtor 0 the Methodist ] plscopal church 0 Oakland , wlllleav\ shortly for POI' lU o , where he will be n rnissionar tln er the Mlthol1lst , Episcopal MIss 101lar ) ' hoard of cw York Ult . . Mr. Wilson was a missionary in SouW Allle1"1ca p1"101' to location nt Oakland. His SllccessOl' will he selected by Ell , ( leI' .J ellllings of On1l\1111. Samllel Nichols , an aged citizen o Keneasw , has IlCen adyiscd by letto" fro1\1 Anrl1ew Carnegie , that he 19 tq be pensioned at $ .1.1 : monthly. In tlul letter was Imy for the entire year of ! 11102. Mr. : NIchols , who is now ' 1j rears of af.e , camc to tbls coun from Yorkshlrel nglandon the same ! dllY that Carne lo did. 'J'hoy met la New York aud In searob ot employment - ment went to Pittsburg , where Carnegie - negie toolc to tht' stcel mills and Nichols to the coal mines. Niohola iame : west t.hlrty . , yenrs ago and took ! 111' ' a homestead In Adams county. ; 1\11' . Nichols Is going east on a vislt.1 S. . H. Hoffert , It proimncl1t cltlzenl of St.eele CIty , has rnysterloulsy dhJ\ appeared. A shol't time ngo lfotror traded iris st.ock . of general merchonol dlse fOl' an' Antelope county farm , and said he WitS olllg' to moyo the He callie to Falr'bury early this month , ; in c011l)1any ) wIth a citizen of Stoeltj City. He intended to retrun that nlf.ht , but has not been seen 81n He is a widower , and lea\'es do.ujlb. . tel' of 17 and two younger boys alm05. dest ! tute. I - " ' - " "OW an abscess in the alIa- . p"lan Tubes of Mrs. "ollinge was removed without a surgicar. operation. "I had an nbSOOBS in my side the fallopian tube ( the tallop tube is a connection of the ovar1e.\ \ I Buffcred untold misery and waa , 80 wenk I could scarcely get around. The sharI' burning paw low doWll in my side were terrible. My physt. clan snid there WIl8 no help for mtr unes1J I would go to the hospital : and bo operated on. I though'- LeCoro that I would try Lydia : m. PInkham's Vegetable Oompound which , fortunately , I did , and it hu made me n. stout , healthy woman. [ y udvico to all women who sWIer with any kind of female trouble is to commence taking Lydia E. . ) ) [ nll1rllu'l ) Vcgotable Oompound at once. " - . Mus. InA. S , HOLLlNOmn. 8tilvidco , Ohio.-l OOO lorl,1t Ilwlg { " ' } 1/ abou , { , tilr poung vulnn. . , Nnnot. . prodlM101. It wonM lit-Hun by thIs IItato- , 1111mt that , vomen would say. thno l\1ul mueh IIlckllCU if they w'\lIlfl J'ct J..yllia E. Pinkham' . VCJotuhlo Comllomul at once. : \1ul also write to 1\11'11. Pinkham lit L'nn.ns8. . , for special ad- \'Ie. , . It is { reo and nhvnye helps. No otlH'f I10rson e n gCve sucb heillrul I\t1\'ll'O Uti Mrs. PinkhaBl , . . . . to ' ' al' I .1- II"