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: GOTTLEB NEIGENFIND DONS THE BLACK CAP AND
MAINTAINS STOICISM TO THE LAST
G LLOWS H S NO TERROR
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Jokes About The Hereafter. Says He Did Not Know What
Being Born Again Ment
HAS IBEEN GOOD PRISONER
Was Always Cheerful , Tetting Stories of Att Kinds And
Cracking JoIes Till His Last Day
Lincoln , Neb. , March ] 3-GottJleb
Nlegenhnd chopped through Ull' jaws
of the scatfold "esterda ' Into I he
IIIaw of jusllce t lCre to be cllgl'sted
.at the murbld pleasure of the pulllle ,
lIc died lIIw a man or a brute , whlcll
IIIt\y \ be much I he same , and expl'cssed
no mOl'e than haIr hearted repentance
for thc double murder which he committed -
mitted on the little farm In Pierce
county. Five 01' ten minutes before
1 o'clock ho stood alive , l'im and
stolid On the ( ( Ibbet. casting furtl ve
glances at the horror-stricken spectators -
tors grouped around him. A few
IlJOmenl s latm' he was cut down a
grewsome corpse with the smell of
the tomb upon him.
Gllmpso or ) ) enlh
A t the signal a black maslccd figure -
uro shot nolslessly through the trap ,
br ught up with a jerkand remained
motionless. Not a muscle of the
sutferer moved after Ihe , drop except
those of the bloodless fingers which
closed as feebly as clutching the
air. ' 1'ho body turned half round and
was stl11. ' 1'ho long pointed black cap
covcrl'd the mangled neck and head
which a moment before was set
squarelyon two broad shouldors.
The point of the cap rested .1auntl1y
on one side , the head was twisted y
the fatallmot until iL turned upward
at an unnatlllal an lo like that of a
deformed dwarf makln a sickly gl'im- .
ace for the pll'asuro of a company.
'he cap added to the clownish pos.
ture and covered what one might Im-
a lne to bo the grin of a murderel'
who thougllt ho had cheated death.
Mucus from the nose slowly seeped
through the blacl , maslc and formed
Ii spot on the cloth. Some thou ht
It was looc1 , ut the spectators were
spared the look which the man last
assumed when the gloomy light from
the sky was shut out and he stood on
the terrible abyss. In this way justice -
tico was appeased. the Y01dict of the
court and jur.r was carried out and a
criminal was removed from the cllth.
" With brute force ho destroyed two
( Bves and with brute force his OWII
\'I1S taken.
A Stormy 1.lfo
An Ignorant young farmer , Nil'gen-
and sprnt most of the twenty-nlne
rears of his life at hard lahol' . ] )0 )
marrll'dIrs. : . Peters , a young widow
with four children , the daughtel' of
Albl'l't BI'r\'er. 'rhe father-in-law
was harsh , the young man had much
of thf' animal about him and he re-
Gentel the manner in wl1it'h the old
awn ordered him aLout. He UlOurht
De was treated as asIa ve. The last
Quanel in I he family resulted In the
old man coming to the farm and takIng -
Ing his dau hter home with him , to
cther with all her elonglngs. Fo\ \ '
fourteen months Nieg'enllnd went
from place to place lilm a wandelCr
who felt that the rand was upon
him. IIe rooded ovel' the matter
Ilnd tInally returned to the st'l'ne.
made ell'orts to see his seven-months-
old child , which he had never seell ,
was repulsed harshly by the old man ,
and returned IInally with murder in
his heart. Ho dl'clared he was at-
taclwd by his father-In-law. a pitchfork -
fork bein the weapon used. When
driven into a cornel' 110 shot to kill.
' 1'hen in a frenzy ho shot his wife.
With tlencllshness in ' his heart he
emptied e\'el'y shot 'in his re\'olver
Into her body. A stwy IHillet stnwk
his mother-in-law , inllictlng a slight
wound.
' 1'he murderer slept quietly tlmt
night at the house of a nelghhol' . It
oecurred to him to lIeo hut he was
soon close pressed y a posse of armed
men. lie exchangl'd shots wltll his
pursuers ut was captllrcd after having -
ing been wounded a dozen times. He
had thought to put II bullet through
Ills own hmln but found that he had
used all his cart/'Idgt's. / This in bl'lel'
Is the story of his crime.
III T.n l Hny
Nil'gcnfind's day without a morrow
was not without Incidellt. IIe'e / -
celved some tlowers , the death wal"
rant was read to him , ho had a shol t
conferellce with Ills minister , He\ "
GeorgeABenbach.who was Invited hr
Chaplain G. W. Iar'tln to admInister
to the SIJlrltual wants of Ihe ( ' 011-
dl'mned man , 'l'h is was dl'ellll'd Ii t-
! tlng el'allse the prisoner and the 111111-
: istpl' both sppak nerman alld the
former was at olle thne a comml\l1l- \
cant of the German l..uthemn . church.
The mlnlstm' al'l'l\'ed
\ at the prlsoll
,
'l'herc Is no us tryln to hrlng ppace
of mind to the man with an Ima l-
nary rlevanee.
Greenland , which wo orten think
of as beln covered with Ice and snow
wIB , if we stop to thlnl { of the name ,
"Greenland" perhaps I ve us another
. lidea of the place. In the northern
: parts of Greenland tlowers are very
iabundunt , and tho\'o Is considerable
! ve etaUon. but chh ! 'y ' of low cowth.
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at 11 o'clock. ITo went direct to the
lIttle (1I1'k ( : cell under the hospita1
whtJI'C NiegenJind has heen In solitary
conlinelllent fOl' several months.
Usher George Van Aukon unlocked
the iron door and the : minister
stepped In and shook hands with the .
IH'IsonCl' , They both sat on the bunk.
there being hardly roOIlI for two in
the cell. A tallow candle on a Uny
tahle , a small pile of baal's , including -
ing a , IIlble ano some pamphlets and
other books , nestled In a cOl'llor as If
they had been somewhat neglected by
theil' owner and yet were loath to
part with him. ' 1'he IH'isoner smllecl
In an uneasy manner. 110 loolwd pale
and acted unnatural , said things
awkwu'dly : and sometimes forced a
laugh. A fter a ShOl't conversation
the Ill'Isoner reached to a table and
hamled the mlllister a lIew whisk
broom of elegant worlnnanship. ' 1'hls .
pOOl' IIttio g'lft ho forced upon the
minister who fumbled about his coat
to Uno a pocket largo enough to hold
it. .AIl the whllo death was the su -
r ject of their thoughts and wor s.
' 1'he minister withdrew through the
slie of a dOOl' and introduced a group
01' neWSJalwl' ) men and friends to the
prisoner. 110 SlIOOI , hands with each
and had nothing to say untl1 1111 ac-
qllaintanco came. ' 1'0 him 110 caBed
out cheerily and laughed.
J.lllne" tHrur J'Jln"1r"
Next , came two Salvation IIrmy
WOlllen , Bnslg'n Swanson and Lieutenant -
tenant Long. ' 1'hey handed him a
small bunch of whi to chrisantho-
mums and carnations.
"Good bye , God bless you , " cried
the ensign.
"Good bye , " he replied as he took
the ilowers. '
" \\'e'llmeet in l1eaven , " said the
ensign.
, , Yes , " came the answor. ,
The other lady shranl , back when :
: rslwd if she had anything' to say and
passed on with her companion.
"lIo has been a good prisonor. "
said Guard Burlw , "and Is always
chcerful , te1ling' stol'les of all ( { imls
and l'l'Icldn : jolws. Sometimes we
gh'o him an hOllr or' two to talwex-
erclso in the yard. Sometimes he
Ol'S to the deputy warden's ol1lco and
talks to wlO ever is present.
"lie usually tells his dreams to his
uards. hilt last night he slept mal'O
sOllnd than uSlial. 110 went to bed
at 10 , :111 : hour later than IIsua ) , and
was not aWall'IJCd by the whlstlo
which hlows at 5:10. : : We had to wake
him this ruol'lling. "
The othm' day Wo prisoner and
Burke talk < : ! d of religious matters.
The mllrderel' sal ho did not 1000w
what heillg' lorn again meant. lIe
did not Imow how that could e.
' 1'he g'uan1 told him he did not 1000w
much ahout it , bllt explained that it
mean t a new splri tual birth.
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" .fohn , YOIl como to the tolephono'
Satmday , " said the pl'isonor , "and I I
will tell you about the othel' wOl'ld. "
'I'his was gl ven as a sllmple or his I
jollng reIiJarls.
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A I , ! I,15 : the death warmnt signed
y , Judge Boyd of the district court I
was read to the prisoner. 110 took it I
to mean that they had come to put I
him to death. Ilo was told that he I
would not he called for yet a while. I
' ' somethln said
'l'here was about
lack of time to give him his dlnnor I
heforo he was hung. Later he was (
gl\'en a meal and at his reqllest he I
was lJrought hol1ed heof and horseradish - I
radish with side dishes. Ho had been
in 1I1C hahit of drlnldng' beer , but
W.1S ne\'er Intemperate and on this .
his last day refused intoxicating lI-
quor.
As his ham1s were hOllnd tightly
behind 'his hacl , he cast fllrtivo
glant'es down npon those about him.
Till' COIOI' or his face was not per1
{ 'eptibly chang'rd ami his coulness was
fearl'ul to hehold ,
lie dl'plhimself up strili ht as
the straps were lwlnJt adjnsted ,
waleH'd ! till' guard place a stml ( abuut
his I'cet and looked 10 see how It was
doul' . Tile bli'I ) , t'ap was Plilletl over
his fact' , This shllt out all express-
iou , lea\n ! nothlug in sight but a
ulusculal' lI uro clad In lad : .
Tile \'olce of the minister ran out ,
(
tlw words in German helllg " 0 ,
, Jesus , tllou the La/uu / of God 1'01' sinners -
ners slain. "
"Christ , thou Lamh of God that ,
talwtll away the sins of the world ,
ha\'o mercy IIpon liS. " -
"nl\'e u" tlly ppace , 0 .fesus , " and
at his sl 1H11 the drop fell.
I
, \ tlantk City possesses a pollee
motor t'ar whldl Is used solely fertile
tile ( 'Oll\'eyance of Intoxicated prison-
el'S.
' ( 'here Is qllite a controversy among
the frullmen of the eount ' oyer the
t'olHlItion of the frllit crop , hut the
IH'eVllIlnl-t sentiment locally is that
t he last Sf\'ere ! cold snap destroyed the (
peach crop , almost entirely , and.injur-
cd other fr'llt to conslderablo extent
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DEAD BY SCORES
IIURRICANe OF 'AWIUL FURY IN TilE
SOUTII SEAS.
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ISLANDS ARE DEV AST A TED
LOSS OF LIFE nELlEVED TO ne FULL'
SIX. IIUNDRED.
NATIVES l\\AIN \ VICTIMS
Storm at Its lIellllt January 14. IS and 16and
Details Just necelved-Urltent Need
Of Prompt Relief.
] lapeete , March ( via San Fran ,
cisco ) Iarch HJ.-1'he latest inte1ll-
genco relath'o to the hurrlcano in
' 1'uamotn. aI' Lower .A rchlpelago , indicates -
dicates that the fatalities will nllm-
bel'SOO. 'L'ht' loss or IH'ollerty wI1l be
aile-half million doHars , Hellef meas
IIres'I1\VO : been Instituted.
' 1'he hUl'l'lcano ancl hlJ.h : water lasted -
ed uring .Jallllary H , 15 and 1U. At ,
llikuCla. an deaths UCCIll red , in
most Instances alllon visitors 1'1'Om
other islands who were there durlhg
the di'lng seasun. One hundred and
forty-two deaths , are reported from
six other small islands.
On the awful night of .January ] 5 ,
when in the darlwess and a dri vinJt
[ lJWnllollr of rain that stung their
rii' S ' ( I mlwd hodles , the parents
tied their little children to their
baeks and sought safety. \'ll' theil'
beads 1'Oed ] ) the mighty wave , and
when the slll'J.es : retreated the infants
ilnd half dwwned boys and gil'ls
mccllmbed. 'l'he father and mother
, vould vulnly endeavor to retain the
corllses of their dead , and at length
had to abandon them. ' 1'hey tied
themselves to cocoanut trees , IInd
iome at last fell with them. Others
scaped , clinging to trees temporarily
md at other times ahle to cutch hold
r something else , and so he tween
the reakOls reached safety after
( ! mny hours or hardship.
Messrs. Chellleid and AlIen , elders
)1' the : \Iormon church , and MI' . and
lrS' . Gllbol't , of the Latter Day
Saints' mission , In a report to the
nlted States cOllslI1 give growsomo II
ietalls of the disaster. ' 1'ho Gll erts
est one sheltel' when a cocoanut tree
:011 : , but secured : 'lnother in a I1lgh
Itump uf a ooomn tree.
'l'he water , which had all ut sub-
nerg'ed them completely , now only
eached theil' feet. ' 1'ho wind throat-
med to tear them from their posiLion
19a1n and again , and so these Amer-
: ans passed that awful night. In the
norning .the scene of horror that met
; helr ores on every side was harder
to (11 hlfe than the tl'l'fors of the
nigh' ' . Corpo.cs ; , frlghLfu ] ) ' mutilated ,
. . . .ero strewn about. and there were
i vlng helngs with unsightly WOUllls ,
[ n some Instances only olle of a , famIly -
Ily sU1'\'i ved.
' 1'he story of fatality In l\Ioralmu ,
Jinety-live out of a hlllHh'cd Inllahi.
: ants perished , is liIwwlse extremely
; ad , aud so also wi I.h regard to the
) ther Islands where dealh oecul'I'cd.
[ t is likely that one-lIft1l' of the en.
lire 1I0pulalion of the 'l'uamotu grout'
mccul11oed. ' 1'0 aid the Injured a
: emporary hoslplal was constructed
md D. Bnmatl , acllll administrator -
tor of the grollp rendered medical ald.
1"1'001 I he dl'brls were secllled tins
wntalnlng foods ulTs , ut natural1y
h ' 1'0 wag a sCaI'ci Ly of such as was
not spoiled , Of the sixty-six sail
boats all but one or two had been
totaBy Ies\royed ! \ and these could not
he sent to 'l'ahiLi. a distance of near-
lylOO mll's , Ahollt ] ,000 survivors
.vero . in dangl'1' slanatlon ' 01' lIer- I
lshing from thirst 01' disease. Shel-
ICI'les , nllde , wl'al { and discouraged ,
I" hn It e to wOLdl'ed at that a few
I
J ( the nuLi ves hecame looters of their
I
lelghbOl"s oods. However , on the I
vholo , the order was commelHlable. '
It is to the lasLing credit or the ;
t\mericalls that the 1II'st relief . .from .
uhlr8t came 1'1'011I them in the sug- I
estlon to dlst.lll wlltel' . ' 1'he French
I
Idmlnlstmtor was at IIrst skeptlcal : , 'I
IUt IInal1y allowed them to proeeed I
.vl . th theil' ex perlllH'n t.
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After a long sear'ch ) Ir. Gilhert's I
, mrty securel ! two tanls and some ,
, J
rrames uf an iron he tor tUhes , and :
rl'eteel a plant. With this primitive
nachlnel'y 200 gallons of fresh wuter
. \'ore distilled dall ' for some tirUl' .
: SUI'plles amounting to twenty
cons sent from San Francisco and
afl'ied free hy the steamship : \1:11'i- :
Josa , have been transferred to the
' . pnch g'unbaot Zl'ee ) to be trans-
orted to the destl t u te na tI'es. . The
uel'chanl shere ha'e lost heavily
JII'lHIgh the Insolvency of numerous
reell tors who perished in the ale.
rhe mel'phants av 1 h ll' loss Is mol'O
\hiln \ half iI million dolars. !
Long Ride on Horseback ,
Cheyennc , Wyo , . ) Iarch ] 7.-1 ;
President Hoose\'plt carries out hi > ; I
[ Jlan to ride hOl''sbilcl , ( rom Lal'amie
to Che 'enno during the western tl'lp.
J'roop A. W , N , G. of this place , will
lJe detaill'd to escurt him , A cowb ( y
) scort will also probabl ' be provldeCl.
rhe tlfty-se\'en mile run from Lura.
mle to this pluut ) Is filled with points
Jf interest , Includlnlt some very rug.
Ied scenery.
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COtl\lNG TO LINCOLN
I'rulJent 4nd Party Will De lIere rAprll 27- .
Arrives II the Afternoon.
Washington , Murch 10.-1'ho prest
dent and party will "Islt , I..lncollJ .
April 27 , nbollt 2 o'clock in the nrte\
, noon , nrrlvlnH via the Hurllngtor
fr\Jm Hnsllngs and departililt , 'Ia thl
II'horn In tlmo to reach I.'rl'molll .
the salllo afternoon. COliltressuU\
Hltrkl'tt will be I'equeste to tal\ !
chlU'J.o : of the local lll' ( , mlll 1\l Lln
colli and t submit a provisional oul
IIl1e thereof to Seclet1\ry Loeb wlthlr. .
the next few ' ' ' wl11 I
da 's , 1'here he IIC
PUblic reception , but carriage ( lI'lve !
, a 1'0 POl'lll18S1 ble.
' 1'ho prcsldellt's Nebmslm ltillerary
is almost illellth'al with th1\t which
was armn ed 1'01' his IlrollOsed visit
11\st yeal' , which had to be abandonecl
011 account of the president's IIiJured
limo. ' 1'he IIrst stop will lJl' 1\1 , Grand
1slalll1 , where the party will spend
the elltlre day , SUlll1ay , April : : ! Oleav-
Ing for Hastings Monday morninH
at UIO. : :
' .I'he llIayor of G ralld 1slalll1 Im :
beell requested to revive his recelJ-
tlon cOllllllml ttee and arrange a program -
gram IIpOIi IInus laid clown last Yl'al' .
Senator Dietrich Is requested to talw
char o of armngmenls fOl' his homo
tOWII aliI will COli for with local Icad-
ers as he did las\ \ , year , asldng thclIl
to al'l'angl' details ,
'I'he IH'esldenlial Pal'ty wl11 go
thence to Linculn alld from there to
l.'remont where a stop of thirty 11I111- .
IItos will be made , ' .I'ho parly will ,
then IJlocel'd via "ho the Ullloll Pacific -
cific to Olnaha , al'l'lvln there at 0 p.
m. andremalllallnlght.delJart.lng .
for the sonth via the Wabash roael
carly III the lIIornl g of Apl'il 8 , the
objl'l'Llve being St. Louis , where the
president will attend the dedication
of the exposition , Senator lIl1llrd
Is : U'ranglng for an elaborate rccep-
ion to the party at Omaha. .
eIleve It on Elopement.
Hnmboldt , Neb"Ial'ch : 1O.-1'hc
people or the 50utllel'l1 part of the
: ouuty are wrestling with seusa- -
lion this weel { and according to the
; tory which leaches this place Sam
'l'ieburuhouse , a fIl'mCl' : Ii viug eight
hilles southwest of Salem , lias left tor
parts IInlOiown , accompanied , it Is
Hleged , y his pretty sister-in-law.
l'he fonner left 11 wel'l , ago for St
rose ph , ostenslhly to consult a phy-
Ilclau In regard to his health , but I
ater tllJOn his ani'Ill III that cl ty , It
IS chargc , ho at ollce telepholled to
is wlfo's slstcr , 1I1Iss Clara 11oover ,
) f Hosedale , Io , who is also his
: ollsln. 'fhe young lady. it is assert-
! d , left home at once for St. Joseph ,
1I1d it Is asserted eloped wi th Ifrle-
nothhlg' has since een
urghouse , as I
eard of ei thor. ' 1'he lIIan in the I
: aso leaves a _ wife and ono little girl. .
'If four years.
Parts With Lost of Lend _ .
Wa ash , Ind. , Ia ) ' ( h -Gabrlel
GOdfrey , the last ehlcf of the : \lIami
Indians , has just lJarted with the
inalremlHlllts of his once 'oxtensive
'statecomprlslllg sonO' of the richest
Imcts in the valley of \lIsslsslppl :
Ind the Wabash.
Godfrey , now almost eighty years
) ld and very feeble , Iwenty , years ago
) wned nearly one thousand acres uf
rich land uhtalnl ( from Iho , govern-
! l1l'nt , hut this was sacrifice ] , lIe and
Ills wife have new deedeel to their
: hlldl'en the II ttle ten acre tmct
twelve miles southw'st of this city ,
II which Is a IJlaln story and a half
rmme house. 'I'll Is Is the last uf the
pWllerty o\\'ned lJy the last chief of
the : \liamls \ ,
Wnrnll1g From Colonel Cody
Washington , larchlO-1'he presl-
lent has just received the following
letter frum Col. W. 1" Cudy , now lu
London :
"FOl' the Lenellt of future gonem-
Lions the timbel' , and ospeclally the
nderbrush , lIIuStJIO protected now ,
Defm'e I t is tuo la te froll1 the shee ! )
] evastatlng the mountain water sheds
is they have alreaely do no the valleys
mc1ta lolalld. If sheep are aBowed
; 0 bruwse off the IInderbrush of our
nmmtalns In luss than live years
:1'Om : now the homeseelwr , the lIIali
IJPhlncl the plow , the actual taxpayer , '
1\ \II \ have to lea\'o the Big Hem asln
1'01' want uf wate ! to irrigate his land.
o ono knows this etter than your-
il'lf , for you are familiar with aB of
' , he "cst , "
Meyer Must Use Kerosene
E\'IInsvllle Iarch . \
\ , 1O.--l\rayor
Jharles G. Covert and a numher of
; he memhers of his cahlnet IInd
; IH'msel\'cs comjlC\llcd \ to dlscontlnuo ;
Jlw lI ! > e of J.as : In 1IH'lr homes , This t '
ollles as a rcsult of their' helnr. : mem-I
) l'rs of lahor unluns. l..ast . night at
nldnlghtIayor : \ Covert alld other city
) t1h ers had the gas turned elf In tlwl I'
100nes aud will use only IWl'Oselle for
I htlng or 11101 jlurposes.
Dewey tfas 0 New Title ,
Washington , l\Iareh IO-resldent I
1100sevelt has transmitted to the
il'nate the nomiliution of GeOl'go' ' . .
[ ) ewoy , U. S. N. . to he "admiral ot ,
, he navy. " Attention was
: a1led to a slight dllTerenco hetween .
JJO wording or Admiral Dewey's Iom-I :
IIlsslon anci thu law or ] 8UH under
vhlch It wasprovlded : ror. 'l'ho coal-
11lsslon of the admiral reads "the
Idll1iral of the lIa vy" where the law
laS It "udmlrul or the navy. " l
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DIE IN OIL FIRE
rANK EXPLODes AND ENveLopes 1\1AN1 \
SIGHTSEeRs.
SCORE OR MORE KILLED
DUliNG STUFF 15 THROWN oveR TIIU !
VICTI1\1S \
PRESENTS AWFUL SIGHT
Try to Esca e , nut fall Dead In TheIr Tracks
-Twenty-two Dead and Probably
FortY-five Injured.
Olean , N. Y. , March 11.-A reporl
from the scone of dlsastm' at 2 o'clock
' 1'uesda ) ' mom hilt sa 's twenttwo ,
bodies ha0 beell lalwn 11'Om the
wreclmge. Some of the III am hlll'llcd
be'olHl recognition-only t1'l\1I1s \ and
skulls I'elllalnhilt. I'he last estlmato
of the cnsuultlcs places t.lw . IIIlIIlber
of dead at twcnttwo , and the Injured -
jured at fort ' -ilvo. Some of the In _
jured will die.
OIean , N. Y. , March 11.-A score
or mow pcople wore JilJeci and a largo
lIumbm' were injurel ! by all eXllloslon ,
of all near here Iollllay night. A I
freight tl'llin on the Hl'le , 1111\(10 ( UII :
prlncllmlly of 011 tank cars , ill I tJll
with oil , broke in two neal' this dty
at o'clock. ' 1'wo sections of the
train came togethel' with a cl'IIsh alul'
one of the 011 tanks was demolished.
Fire brolw out almost Instantly and ,
the sky was lighted up for miles.
.A largo crowd of people left this ,
city for the scene of the lire. Whllo'
they were lined up along the.tracles ;
IL terrlHc eXllloslon occ\ll'red. 'nle
Hames cOlllmnnlcated qniclcl . wlthl
the othel' tank t'ars and a second and
third eXllloslon followed each olllel'i
in rapid sllccesslon. Sheets of Halllel
shot out in all dlrceLlons. Scores of
persons were caught within the ' . '
of the 111'0 and enveloped in i'.one/ /
! \len aud bo 's rail scrcalllhlg downl
the tracls with their clothing 1\ maRS
of Hames. Othel's fell where the ) '
stood , o\'ercome by the Hwful heat.
Just how many wew killed is not
known , as many of the bodies were
.
S 'dney Fish , a )1roml ) nen t business
man , retume1 from the scene of the
flro at midnight. ] Ie said :
"I WIIS aLtl'llcted to the scene or
the i1re be.tween UO : : ! and 10 o'c1oclc.
When I was within H quarter or 1\
milo of the wreckc1 ! twin there was
n terrli1c oxploslon , Flames shot outwards -
wards and upwul' < 1s for a gl'eat dis-
tance. I saw several persons who
started to run away drllp on the railway -
way tracls and thl'Y no\'er moved
ngaln. Others who had been stand- .
in close to the wree\\II \ e were h rled
through the ah' 1'01' hundre s of feet.
l'he scene wa. . awflii. lIalf a dozen
youllg boys I'an down Ihe tracls with
their olothlnlon II/'e. / ' 1'hey resembled -
bled human tOl'l'lws , I could hear
their agonlzl'd screallls distinctly
from where I slllod , 'I'lley ran some
distance own the track and then
threw themsel vo to tile 1'OlInd , grov-
elling In tlw ditches in theil' frantlo
efforts to ( 'xtingulsh the Hames.
Then they lay stili , SOIllO of them UII-
conscious , others dead. I do not
lenow how many were killed , but I
counted twenty bodies before I came
a way. "
Word was sent at once to OIean police -
lice hnadquarters hy telephorw. Every
doctor and ambulance In the cl ty was
slim maned Grocery wagons and carriages -
riages of alll < inds were pressed Into'
service IInd e\'erythln ) Iosslblo was
dOLlo to bring the Injured without delay -
lay to the hospitals fot. treatment.
At midnight the ilrst of the injured -
jured arrl ved aL the hospital. 'l'hey
were four yuun boys. 'rhl'lr Injuries
wero.frlghtfu1. Great pat'hes of Hesh
wore hurned olr IInd hung In shreds
from their bodies ,
It will bo dll1lcult to nsc'rtaln the
names of a great many 01' the dead
tonll-tht , as theil' hodles were hurned
to asl1Ps In the intense ! heat , A canvass -
vass Is helng- made of the city as rapIdly -
Idly as posslhle to lInd out the names
of those missing , There is grl'at ex
citement in the city and the streets
ure thronJted wi tll pl'ople.
Large el'owds athcred at the ho -
pita ) and the faees of lhe Injured
were anxiously scanned as tlley were
borne Into the building on stretchers.
Heart rending' scenes wew witnessed
wilen one of tlw pOOl'hlIstered hodies
WIIS reco nlzed by a father ai' a mother -
er 01' brother and it was with dllll-
cnlty tllat I'rsons ) were restrained
from Invacllng the opemtlng' room.
' 1'he I1Ilmher of dl'ad Is Iwuwn to bo
at least elghtl'on. and some estlmutes
place it as high as twenty-live. Over
two score were more 01' less seriously
injnred. Some of thcm will die. It
is out of tile questlcn to Identify any
of tile bodies rccovered.
Dank Cashier 'S ' nlSSlni : .
Eurelw , I\as. . Inrch It.-W..P.
Dickerson , ( 'ashier of the defunct
' 01'onto state Lank , which was
taleen char e of by the state lmnk ox-
amineI' on January 2twith lIahllitles
ag reguling $10,000 Is mis' in , Dick- ,
cr .on , who was uI'I'estcd a month ago , ,
charged with falslf'lng his statements -
ments us to the bank's condition , I
was to have had u ' hear-
tnH her' today. 1 0 Is out on $2,000 ,
bond , \ \ I1lch )11raised. ) . I
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THE LAW MAKERS J
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Governor Mickey InlerpOses Ills Veto alt1 PropOses -
pOses a Substitute DIll-Read First Tlmo
STUEFFER TO BE
INVESTIGA TED
Work on the Reveaue Dill Prol'resslnr With "
Dellberatloa-Procecdlau la Dotlllousell \ _
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Governor [ iclcoy vetoed S. Y" . 29 ,
providing for the pll'ment or tees to .
the commls910ner of pubJic Illuds aml < . i
bulldln s. Governor Mickey staled
his objectlolls to the bill to be tllat
the measure \\'as unconstltutlonnlln
thut , It IH'O\'lded for the payment or
tees to the commissioner , while the
COIISt ! Lu t Ion provides for paymon t or
all fees to the state t.reasurer. no , .
expressed his IIIJprovll1 of the Intent '
of the hill and submitted the draft I
of a hill le1 ntlcal eXCeIJt the ) ) rovl'I
shill for ) laymcn t of feos. 'I
WllrIler of ] Jakota 1IIo\'ed that S. 11' . '
:101 : , recommellllccl h ' the o\'ernor.
bc read a ilrst time. l'hls was done. '
II's , Loulso 1Iowse1' will not got.
the $ , OOO asked of the state for the
erect.on ! of a sod house at , the I oui91-
alia lurchaso OXllositlon. ' 1'he senate
indellnltely postponed the hill this
nfll'rnooll.
SICNA'l'IC HOU'l'INJC.
IT. n. lInlro'ldlng \ for the rOe
Ilort , < ; of teachers nnd county Ruerln- )
tendents , was passed.
II. H. ] 07 , a jolnL resolution mem-
orlallzlngcongl'es9 tolass \ 11 bill tor
the election of Ullited States senll-
tors hy l\lulal' ) ( ) \ vOtl' , was passed.
Committees rellOl'ted as follows :
, S. Fa 1011-101 , pre\'ldln for n grnnd
jllry s 'slem , was recollilnended tor
InleIlnlto ! pORt Ilonemcll1. 'l'he report
was concm'r'ed In and the bill wus
placed on onCl'n I lIIe.
S. I" . ] .lU , IH'o\'ldlllg for the ercctlon
of gl'llin oleva tOI s II 11(1 warehouses ,
was Illced : on genel'lll lIIe.
S. lJ" 210 , dellnlng cllltl vnted lands . ,
placel ! on J.ellel'al : lIIe. , '
J'
S 1' . 2a2. 1r1lleflnllely postponcd. <
' 1'he senate wenL Into commltteo ot ,
the whole with . IIrowll of Keyn Pnha : i
In the chnlr. l'he conllnlttee mndo .
the 1'011owing 1'ellOl't :
S JJ' . 1\)1 \ ) , alilH'ollrlaling $2,000 to '
Mrs. LOlllse lIowsel' with which to ' . '
pay pnlt. of thu eXlnso ! or the orco- ;
tlon of 1\ Rod hOl1so at the Louisiana. j
rl1rh11S0 exposltlon , Indefinitely post. . J
poned.
$ '
S. P. fiS , an net defining' the bound- ,
IIdes of the state 111 certain cases , ordered - - ' ! ,
dered engrossed. , . y
. I ! ' . llU , an act o provide Cor the. ,
esla llshll1'nt , of a public road to and
from lands surrounded 01' shut out
Crom n road , ordel'eel engrosscd.
S. J ! ' . J.l7 , an nct Cor opening' and t.
malntnlnlt roads to hl'id es ncrosa ; .
streams sepamtlng two countlcs ,
amended IInd ordered en rossed. , .J . ,
IN ' 1'1IJ JlOUSIC.
Nelson of' HoughlS renewed his mOo :
tlon to have a cOlllriJltteo appointed t
to act on the Scars statement lookina
to an/nvcstlgatlon / of ex-State 1're1\8-
urnr Steuf'er's method oC handling "
school honds , and Speal\Cr : Mookett.
named these mern hors : Warner of
r ancastel' , l\Iemdlth of York , : Man. .
gold of Douglas , Davis of ButTalo ,
JI'lshback of Clay.
A t the r Clllest of Kennedy of DouJt.
las the hOllso wen t into cOlllmlttee ot .
the whole to consider , IIrst , II. H.271 '
by HI gs of Douglas , providing a re- : .
dlletlon In the number of Soutb
Omaha Scho1 hoard mom ers tram '
nine to live. 'l'he committee recom- .
meneted the bill for passage.
' .I'ho house met in afternoon session .1
at 10 : : ! Instead of 2 o'clock. It took "
up H. H. 3401 , the revenue hill , In : r
comllli ttee of the whole. The IIrst ! 'I .
provision of the bill considered wus
that IIxln the tlmo of assossment.
' 1'he original hill named 1.'obrunr1 1
and the standing house revenue com- " II
mltteo IHoposed to clHlnf.o thin to :
April 1. ' 1'hom pson of Merrick ordered - '
dered an alllendment to fix : March 1
as the 1,1 , me. .A fter : L spirited debate t
the committee amendment tor April ; ,
1 canled hy an o\'erwbellnlnll vote. '
An Ulllclidment bV Uelson or Doug. . ' 'II
Ins was adopted making taxes on reat
prollCl'lya first lien trom and Includ J I
illg the IIl'st day of October or th J'
year III which they are ] ovled unlil 1 ,
the sallie am paid.
A co 111 IIIIl tpo amendment was
adoptcel maklnJt sectIon 20 reud : '
"Personal propPI'Ly , except such as Is i'
reJulred in Ihls chapter to be levied :
auel assessed otllerwlsshull bo listed
and assessel ! In the
county , percinct . 1 ;
township , city , villa o and Echool 'j
dlstrlc-t w hero the owner resides , ex- ,
crpt tha t property ha ving n local Sl tea
like lumber yards , grain elevators ,
otc" shall he assesso' : at the piaces ,
of sl tes , " etc.
A eOllllnllllicatlon waR read Crom
the gO\'el'l101' sllhmlttln ; { II hili Rlv-
illg the sceretary ot state perpetu:11 :
rlg'ht to sign 1m ving petitions , th 1
( 'lIel'al purpose 01 the bill being to
valld'ile the pavill oC a.treets sur-
rouIICJng' ] the capitol building , Cor
hlch the aPIJropratlon ! hili sots out
$10.000 to defray the stato's portion .
of this expellse.
The prlmc objcet of this bill Is to '
provide fOl' the rel'in ( or the streels
011 the eust und south sides oC the ;
eap I tal grounds , Sixteenth street bo- j
tween JI. and K streotB ( 'nd II street
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streels.
'l'he afternoon session adjourned ,
Ilt 5 o'clcolc , the order being nigh
session to begin 'Lt , 7 :30. : I
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