Nebraska Newspapers

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Some new buildings are to be erect
ed at Fort Crook.
The navy department has rejected
all the bids for armor plate.
Over eight millions In gold left New
York on the ICth for Europe.
Carl Laufs , the well-known play
wright , died at Cassel , Germany.
Drouth all over Iowa has been ef
fectually broken by copious rains.
The burial of King Humbert of It
aly was attended with imposing cere
monies.
Governor Sha'w of Iowa will make
appointment of a senator before Sep
tember 1st
The winter wheat crop of Illinois
amounts to 20,677,000 bushels , the larg
est since 189G.
At Buffalo , N. Y. , tae Dakota eleva
tor was burned , entailing a loss ap
proximating $500,000.
At Lima , Ohio , the dry goods store
of Carroll & Cooney was robbed of
about ? 21,000 worth of silks.
Robert S. Hughes , president of the
Rogers Locomotive company , is dead
at his home at Paterson , N. J.
A. G. Binham killed his wife and
son-in-law , James Bradley , and then
committed suicide at Jamestown , 0.
The tragedy was the result of family
troubles.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey
met and agreed to fight on August 25 ,
before the Coney Island Sporting
club , for a purse of $25,000. Charley
White is to be the referee.
A head-on collision on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at Monument ,
about twenty miles north of Denver ,
resulted In the death of two persons
and the injury of several others.
Orders from Washington Instruct tlie
quartermaster of the department of the
Missouri to advertise for bids for sup
plying 3,000,000 pounds of oats for use
of the army in the Philippines.
Miss Blanche Fearing , the only
blind woman lawyer in the United
States , if not in the world , and an
author of considerable merit , is dead
at Eureka Springs , after an illness of
several months.
The grape growers and the wine men
near Fresno , Cal. , are at war at pres
ent. The wine men have called in
their buyers and say they will buy no
more grapes , as the growers are hold
ing them too hign.
Officers of the Union Pacific said
when asked about the rumor that the
Chicago & Alton road was negotiating
to buy the Kansas Pacific from Kansas
City to Denver that they never heard
of any such negotiations.
An East Las Vegas ( N. M. ) dis
patch says : Ex-Senator Ingalls has de
rided to return to Atchison soon after
the arrival of his sons , now enroute
here. He says he feels able to travel ,
although he is quite thin and very
weak.
According to the will of Col. John
Mason Loomis , of Chicago , the greater
part of his estate , amounting to more
than $1,000,000 , will be devoted to
founding the Loomis Educational In
stitute at Windsor , Conn. , as a mem
orial for the family.
Fire at Atlanta , 111. , destroyed the.
livery barn df John Longnecker , in
cluding twenty horses , one valued at
§ 2,500 ; W. W. Mix's hardware store
and P. F. Angell's drug store. Loss
about ? 30n)0 ( ) ; insurance light. The
fire started in the livery barn.
The July statement of the imports
and exports of the United States , is
sued by the bureau of statistics shows
the imports of merchandise to have
been $63 536,253 , of which $21,884,068
was free of duty. The total amount Is
over $3,000,000 in excess of July , 1899.
The Central Trades and Labor
Union of St. Louis , with only
one dissenting vote , decided not
to revoke the boycott which has
been operative in consequence of the
street railway strike. President Gom-
pers , of the American Federation of
Labor , was invoked to assess all labor
organizations in the country for the
purpose of continuing the strike.
A terrific wind and hail storm vis
ited Vermillion , S. D. , and Clay coun
ty. Hundreds of windows were brok
en. At Meckling , nine miles west , the
storm was more severe. Store fronts
were blown in and several barns de
molished. Young stock suffered
much-
The carpenters , the strongest organ
ization in the Chicago Building Trades
Council , has decided to withdraw from
that body , and most of the men prob
ably will be at work within few-
weeks. The move of the carpenters is
the second big break in the central
organization of the building trades
workmen.
Pro. Irvin Leviston of Omaha has
been elected superintendent of the St.
Paul city schools , vice A. J. Smith , re
signed.
The executive committee of the pro
hibition party of North Dakota has
placed a state ticket in the field headed
by D. Carleton.
Sylvia Dtfnham , of Southampton ,
Conn. , celebrated her 100th birthday
last week.
The figures in the census bureau in
Washington relative to the population
of Chicago are written thus : " 1,675-
000. " This is 335,000 under the school
census , the directory census and uie
census for the Two Million Club.
Charles M. Schwab , the president of
the Carnegie Steel company , is about
to found a trade school tor boys in the
neighborohood of Pittsburg.
At Lacrosse , Wis. , Mrs. Phoebe
Moulton , who is one of Wisconsin's
few centenarians , has just celebrated
her hundredth birthday anniversary.
Jerry Sproul , of Mt. Pleasant , la. ,
sold an excellent load of heavy draft
ers in the Chicago auction last week
at $140@235.
Since last October England bought
15,000 mules and 6,000 norses in Kan
sas City for the army In Africa , and she
still buying from 300 to 4W animals
week ,
Report Prom Admiral Bemey Says Allied
Porces Still Press Forward ,
THE EMPRESS DETAINED IN PEKIN
Hold Within * Walls of Forbidden City by
Prince Yuugedo Word From General
Chaffee News at Once Transmitted to
the President.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 20 From
General Chaffee the War department
received oflftcial confirmation of the
fall of Pekin and the rescue of the
besieged legationers.
The dispatch of the American com
mander was not long and contained
but few details , but the unconcealed
satisfaction with which it was receiv
ed by officials of the administration
indicated clearly the anxiety that had
been engendered by his prolonged si
lence. His last communication to the
government , prior to the receipt of to
day's advices , was dated August 11 ,
at Matow , almost thirty miles from
Pekin. The explanation of his silence
is suggested in advices received from
Admiral Remey , who , telegraphing
from Taku on the 18th , says the tele
graph line between that point and
Pekin is interrupted.
The cablegram irom Admiral Re
mey contains some important informa
tion not mentioned by General Chaf
fee. He makes the startling state
ment , on Japanese authority , that the
inner city of Pekin was being bom
barded by the allied forces. Admiral
Remey says , also , that the dowager
empress is detained in the inner city
by Prince Yungedo.
Advices were received last night
from the foreign office at Tokio , Japan ,
by the Japanese legation in this city
and amply confirm previous accounts
of the capture of Pekin by the allied
troops.
Following is the text of the dis
patch from General Chaffee , as made
public by the War department :
"CHE FOO , Aug. 19. To Adjutant
General , Washington : Pekin , August
15 We entered legation grounds at 5
o'clock last night with Fourteenth and
Light battery. Eight wounded during
day's fighting ; otherwise all well.
"CHAFFEE. "
The dispatch , which was received
during the morning , was transmitted
immediately to the president at the
White House. He expressed his grati
fication at the news contained , partic
ularly at the small loss sustained by
the American troops. A copy of the
dispatch , likewise , was sent to Adju
tant General Corbin , who was in New
York.
It will be noted that the dispatch
indicates that the American troops en
tered the legation grounds at ; 5 o'clock
on the evening of the 14th instant.
By the Washington officials and by
several legation officials to whom it
was shown the date of General Chaf-
fee's communication is regarded as an
error of transmission.
It is thought the word "fifteenth"
should be "sixteenth. " All previous
advices , official and unofficial , have in
dicated that the legations were reliev
ed on the evening of the evening of
the 15th , Wednesday , after a day of
sharp fighting. Minister Wu , the Chi
nese representative , and Minister Tak-
ahira of Japan were quite positive on
this point , all their official advices be
ing that the entrance to the city of
Pekin was effected early in the even
ing of Wednesday , the loth instant.
The fr.et that only the Fourteenth
Infantry and Riley's battery entered
the city , as shown by General Chaf-
fee's dispatch , indicates that the Ninth
infantry and the marines , who were
so conspicuously gallant throughout
the advance upon the capital , did not
participate in the engagement which
led directly to the rescue of the le
gationers.
He-port Empress Detained.
ROME , Aug. 20. A dispatch from
Taku via Che Fee , August 18 , says :
"Fighting continues in the streets of
Pekin and the allies have bombarded
the point that is still resisting. Prince
Yung prevented the departure of the
empress dowager. "
BRESCi'S LETTERS GIVE CLUE.
Correspondence of Anarchists Leads to
the Arrest of Two Men.
LONDON , Aug. 20. The Rome cor
respondent of the Dail Mail says :
"The arrest of Maresca and Guida in
New York arose out of some letters
received at Bresci's lodgings subse
quent to the assassination of King
Humbert. One of them , dated New-
York , July 25 , and signed 'Mabor , '
urging that Maresca and Guida would
do their duty toward President Mc-
Kinley. Maresca is known to the Ital
ian police as a most fanatical anar
chist. "
Injured by a Wave.
PORTLAND , Me. , Aug. 20. While
in bathing at Old Orchard Saturday
John B. Clough , clerk of courts at
Memphis , Tenn. , was seriously injured
by a wave. Today he had not im
proved ami the physicians say it Is a
very peculiar case.
Bank of Spain Report.
MADRID , Aug. 20. The report of
the Bank of Spain for the week ending
yesterday shows the following : Gold
in hand , no change ; silver in hand ,
increase , 1,888,000 pezos ; notes in cir
culation , decrease , 8,203,000 pezetas.
Gold was quoted yesterday at 28.85.
Orders Were Misunderstood.
PARIS , Aug. 20. The board of in
quiry which investigated the cause of
the loss of the torpedo boat destroyer
Framee , which was sunk in a collision
with the battleship Brennus on the
night of August 11 , during the maneu
vers of the French squadron com
manded by Vice Admiral Fournier off
Cape St Vincent , officialy reports that
the disaster was due to a misunder
standing of an order on the part of
the Framee's helmsman , who turned
the destroyer in a direction opposite
to the instructions of her commander ,
Captain Manduit Du Plessis.
LAST RITES OVER INGALLS.
Er-Senator la Burled at Ills Old Homo In
AlchUon , Kansas.
ATCHISON , Kan. , Aug. 20. Funeral
services over the body of ex-Senator
Ingalls were held yesterday at Trinity
Episcopal church , ana subsequently
internment was made in the family
vault in Mount Vernon cemetery. Ow
ing to the request of the family for
privacy , a request was made in ac
cordance with the expressed wish of
Mr. Ingalls , there was no great thiong
at. the services. The little church was
filled with friends of the family and a
few persons were obliged to stand.
The exercises weie very simple. Chop
in's funeral march was played as the
coffin was borne into the church , the
Episcopal service was read , and a vest
ed choir of thirty men and boys sang
"From Every Stormy Wind that
Blows" and "Nearer , My God , to
Thee. " The officiating cergyman an
nounced that intermeiit would be
strictly private and only members of
the family and the pallbearers , young
men , sons of old friends of the dead
ex-senator , went to the cemetery. A
special train came in from Topeka at
noon bringing ex-Senator W. A. Peffer ,
who succeeded Ingallb ; Judge W. A.
Johnson of the supreme court ; A. A.
Doddard , attorney general , and others.
FORCED TO KILL HIS fATHER.
James M. Buriiham of Wymoro shoots to
Save Jlis Own Life.
WYMORE , Neb. , Aug. 20. James
M. Burnham , publisher of the Wy-
morean , shot and killed his father ,
Captain Collins A. Burnham , at their
home in the west part of town yester
day. Burnham was exonerated by the
coi oner's jury this evening.
The father has for years been in the
habit of getting on sprees and while
under the influence of liquor he was
considered a most dangerous man ,
having many times threatened to kill
his family. This morning the father
came home in a delirious state and
attempted to kill his son with a butch
er knife. When the son was backed
up in a corner and there was no al
ternative he fired a shot from a 38-
caliber revolver which went through
the father's heart , killing him almost
instantly.
The son then came down town and
told his friends what he had done. He
is in an almost crazed condition with
grief. Public sentiment is with him.
Captain Burnham was a captain in
the civil war and while a fiend when
drinking was most congenial when
sober.
PACKAGE Of MONEY MISSING.
Kxpress Company Lonc-s Twenty - Five
Thousand Dollars
CHICAGO , Aug. 20. Somewhere be
tween Chicago and Burlington , la. , an
express package supposed to contain
$25,000 is alleged to have gone astray.
The Commercial National bank of this
city sent the package to the Burlington
agent of the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy railroad a few days ago , on or
ders given from the Burlington head
quarters in this city. The money was
sent by the Adams Express company.
When the money was sent from the
Chicago bank it was wrapped up in
the usual way by which money is
transmitted. In due course of time
the Burlington agent of the railroad
received a similar package , but it
contained nothing but brown paper.
The wrapper containing the worth
less paper was returned to Chicago
and the bank officials are certain it is
not the one sent out by them.
Famous Itough Kider Dies.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 20. Sergeant
"Buck" Taylor , known as "King of the
Cowboys , " a dashing cavalryman and
one of the best known of the Rough
Riders , died at Providence hospital to
day of consumption , the result of ill
ness contracted during the Cuban cam
paign. A'telegram was sent to Gov
ernor Roosevelt tonight informing him
of Roosevelt's death.
Fatal Playing of Ghost.
PHILADELPHIA , Pa. , Aug. 20.
While frightening a crowd of negroes
tonight by pretending she was a ghost ,
Florence Almond , aged 15 years , was
struck on the head with a brick
thrown by one of the negroes and
killed. The negroes were gathered on
a lot at Fifty-seventh and Ludlow
streets and the girl who lived nearby ,
had wrapped a white sheet about her
and suddenly appeared before the
crowd. The latter scattered in all di
rections and the , - about
girl v-as to re
turn when the brick was thrown. She
died in a few minutes. The negro sus
pected of throwing the brick has not
been captured.
South Dakota' * Win at Crop.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Aug. 20. Now
that the work of threshing this year's
wheat crop is in progress throughout
the state , there Is much speculation
as to the probable total wheat yield in
South Dakota. In an interview , Su
perintendent Hyde of Bradstreet's
Commercial agency said : "South Da
kota will produce a total yield of 21-
200,000 bushels , or three-fourths of an
average crop. "
Statistics of Germany's Product.
BERLIN , Aug. 20. Germany pro
duced 1,580,000 tons of raw sugar dur
ing the twelve months ending July 31 ,
as against 1,520,000 tone for the previ
ous twelve months. Germany's ex
ports of war material to China last
year aggregated 8,150,000 marks , as
against 3,430,000 marks for 1898.
Proclamation of .Roberts.
PRETORIA , Aug. 20. Lord Roberts'
proclamation , after reciting the fact
that may have broken the oath to
maintain neutrality and that the leni
ency extended to the burghers is not
appreciated , warns all who break their
oaths in the future that they will be
punished by death , imprisonment or
fine. He declares that all burghers in
districts occupied by the' British , ex
cept those who take the oath , will be
regarded as prisoners of war and
transported , and that the buildings on
farms where the enemy or his scouts
are harbored will be liable to be razed.
LEASES FOR INDIAN LANDS.
Acting : Secretary Ryan Insist * That Thoj
Bo Minutely Scrutinized.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 20. The at
tention of the Interior department
was- recently called to the fact that
nearly 400 leases on allotted lands of
tlie Omaha and Winnebago Indians in
Thurston county , Nebraska , were be
ing held up , and that if immediate ac
tion was not had considerable hard
ship would result to Indian allottees.
Acting Secretary Ryan said today that
leases had to be gone over carefully
before final approval could be made ,
and as the force of the Interior de
partment is at present short-handed
by reason of employes taking vaca
tions the work of examination is nec
essarily much slower than would or
dinarily be the case. He said that
leases were not "held up" in the sense
of opposition to them , but were very
minutely scrutinized , so that Indians
making leases would have rightful
protection.
"Leasing of Indian lands is wrong
in principle , " said Secretary Ryan ,
" and a stop should be put to it. The
government should insist upon the In
dians becoming self-supporting in
stead of permitting them to become
loafers. It is a mistaken idea to per
mit the Indians to live off the govern
ment. Instead he should be taught to
work and to realize that his stand
ing in the community depends entirely
upon his ability to farm his lands and
realize on his crops. "
The Interior department recently is
sued an order that all leases of al
lotted lands hereafter should contain
a clause stipulating that the lessor
agreed to improve the leasehold in
the way of building , fences , barns and
outhouses , so that when the Indian
began farming he would find that his
property had advanced in value in
stead of having retrograded by reason
of the leases.
Tornado Wrecks Building ? .
SUPERIOR , Neb. , Aug. 20. A tor
nado with the usual funnel-shaped
cloud struck the town of Bostwick ,
eight miles west of here , coming from
the northwest. No one was hurt , but
the property damage is considerable.
J. Warren Keifer , jr. , is one of the
principal losers. A house and ele
vator belonging to him were wrecked
to the extent of $1,000. Mrs. McCon-
nell's and J. I. Burwell's houses were
wrecked. Charles Henderson's house ,
occupied by J. W. McBee , was badly
damaged. The hotel was partially
wrecked. The new town hall is off
its foundations. In this city a number
of small buildings were overturned.
Took Strychnine by Mistake.
HOWELLS , Neb. , Aug. 20. Anton
Dloughy , a prominent Colfax county
farmer , came very near reaching his
death as the result of a dose of poi
son accidentally administered by his
own hand. His wife had placed some
strychnine in a cup , with a small
amount of water , and put it in what
she considered to be a safe plaec , in
tending to use the poison to kill go
phers. Mr. Dloughy went to take a
drink of liquor and not knowing any
thing about the poison picked up the
cup In which his wife had placed it ,
poured out his drink and swallowed
it. Antidotes were administered and
after vigorous work he was brought
out of danger.
Boy and Torpedo.
GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Aug. 20.
Young Body , son of Henry Body , bad
the thumb and forefinger of his right
hand blown off while lighting a tor
pedo. In company with several other
lads of his size and age he was play
ing , when he discovered a package
tucked xinder one end of a corn crib ,
which contained a large number of
mining torpedoes. Ignorant of their
destructive powder young Body took
one of the explosives , stepped some
distance away from his companions
and applied a match to it. Had he
been less careful his life would have
paid the penalty. Where the torpe
does came from is a mystery.
Stanton Man Takes Strychnine.
STANTON , Neb. , Aug. 20. Fred Pe
terson , a well known young man of
this place , died from the effects of a
dose of strychnine , taken with sui
cidal intent. No reason is known for
Peterson's action. He was the keeper
of a restaurant here , appaipnlly pros
perous in business , an exemplary man
in every respect and had the confi
dence and good will of all. He was
quite well acquainted throughout the
county , having taught school in the
country for several years. His father
and mother live here , a brother and
sister in Fremont , a sister in Omaha
and another in Lincoln.
Hall Caught In California.
SACRAMENTO , Cal. , Aug. 16.
Robert B. Hall of South Omaha , Neb. ,
was arrested in this city today upon
arrival of the train from the east. Hall
is accused of having stolen large sums
from firms for which he had acted as
collector. He admits having taken the
money and says he fled from Omaha
to Cheyenne , where he started to en
list in the army.
Celebrated Its Birthday.
DIXON , Neb. , Aug. 18. The tenth
birthday of Dixon was celebrated here
by a grand harvest festival , as has
been the custom for a decade. Thou
sands gathered for miles about , com
ing not only from neighboring coun
ties , but from South Dakota and Iowa
as well.
Horse Kills Farm Hand.
KENNARD , Neb. , Aug. 20. Peter
Anderson , a farm hand , working for
Frank Jahnel , was kicked in the
stomach by a broncho and died from
his injuries.
Drought Back to Life.
BELLEVUE , Neb. , Aug. 20. Dick
Hooton was discovered hanging in the
barn of his brother-in-law. His body
was still warm and he was cut down
and resuscitated by the method of pro
ducing artificial respiration by work
ing the arms and chest. Hooton was
disapointed and angry at being
brought back to life and he threatened
he would try it again in a few days.
He was put in charge of the insanity
board. Hooton , who was a bill poster
in Council Bluffs , has been despondent
and grown mentally unbalanced since
his wife left him in February , she go
ing back to the Bluffs.
Besieged Legationera Believed by Army
Headed by Japanese ,
CHINESE RESISTANCE OVERCOME
Attack Made Wednesday and Victory
Bought With Considerable Louts Im
perial Troops ICetrcat NUMB Confirmed
from Several Sources.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 18. The al
lied armies have captured and entortJ
Pekin , in the face cf obstinate resist
ance and the membe/i of the 'oroign
legations are safe. Official cimfirnm-
t'&n of the fall or' tha Chinos can't. * . !
came to the United States government
tonight in the shape of two table-
grams , one from Admiral Remey and
the other from Consul Fowler at Che
Foo. The cablegram from Admiral
Remey came to hand first , early in
the evening , followed very soon by
that of Consul Fovvlor , and the oaicials ,
realizing the great public interest in
the events which it was beliove-1 had
happened in Pekin at onoa made them
public.
Admiral Remey's dispatch is as fol
lows :
"TAK'U , Aug. 17. 1 a. m. Buro.iu
Navigation , Washington : Just receiv
ed telegram from Tien Tsin , date !
ICth , 10 p. m. :
' "Pekin was captured on August 1 >
Foreign legations are safe. Details
follow slowly. ' REMEY. "
That from Consul Fowler , giving im
portant details of the occurrences at
the time of the capture of the city ,
was given out in the subjoined official
statement :
"CHE FOO , Aug. 17. ( Received Au
gust 17 , 7:55 p. m. ) Secretary of
State , Washington : Seventeenth , Jap
anese admiral reports allies attacked
Pekin , east , 15th ; obstinate resistance :
evening. Japanese entered capital with
other forces ; immediately surrounded
legations ; inmates safe ; Japanese los ?
over 100 ; Chinese COO.
" ( Signed. ) FOWLER. "
Previous information , which has
been received here , showed that the
allied armies took possession of Tung
Chow on the 12th instant. From that
city to Pekin the distance is not very
great , not more than a dozen miles.
It seems evident , therefore , that the
armies halted for a time at Tun ?
Chow , probably for the purpose of
giving the men a rest and by prepar
ing for the attne/x upon the capital
city in force after waiting until the
rear of the advancing host should ar
rive at the front. Possibly also the
delay was the result of negotiations
inaugurated by the Chinese officials ,
looking to the delivery of the minis
ters with a Chinese or other escort.
If negotiations were attempted they
must have failed , as the army con
tinued on its march and attacked the
capital three days after reaching Tung
Chow.
The president was overjoyed on
hearing the news of the safety of Min
ister Conger and his associates. He
has been hopeful all along that their
rescue from the perilous position they
have been in for so long a time would
be speedilv accomplished. Tonight
confirms that belief.
COMING H3ME FROM NOME.
Two Ships Arrlvo With l.OOO Passengers
and . < 53OOOOOO in Gold.
PORT tTOWNSEND , Wash. , Aug. 18.
Two steamships arriving from Nome
today brought nearly COO passengers.
The Roauokc , with 200 passengers , was
a treasure ship in every sense of the
word , it having on beard $3,000,000 In
gold and a cargo of furs valued at $1-
000,000. The gold was almost all from
Dawson , having been shipped down tlie
Yukon to St. Michael and mere placed
oboard the Roanoke. Tlie steamer
Robert Dollor brought nearly 400 pas
sengers.
Have Helped Corn.
CHICAGO , Aug. 1-8. The condition
of the corn crop in Nebraska , as sum
marized from reports received at the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad
headquarters , has greatly improved
within the last week. Three heavy
"
rains , covering the central and east"-
eni parts of the state , have assured
the maturing cf the crop , which in
tlie section named promises a Large
yield. Extending over four of the rr-n-
tral counties Phelps , Kearney , Har-
lan and Franklin is a dry stretch of
country , where corn will not be more
than half a crop.
Portable Poatnffice for Troops.
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 18. H. W.
Robinson , superintendent of the Amer
ican postal service to be established
in China , who with his assistant. G.
M. Hunt , sailed on the Warren , says
he postoffices to be used for the United
States troops will be portable. They
can be put together or taken apart as
camp luggage.
Military station No. 1 , to be located
at Taku , will keep a record of the
movement of the troops , so that as
good mail dispatch to and from China
may be bad as in any other part of
the world.
Ar'zona Sheep In Iowa.
DUBUQUE , la. , Aug. 20. A flock of
over 2,000 sheep were landed here and
were driven out to the monastery ,
where they will be fattened for the
market. They belong to the Phoenix
Wholesale Meat company of Arizona
and were brought here because of lack
of grass in Arizona.
Department Stands by Goodnovr.
WASHINGTON , Aug. ± 8. The state
department takes no stock in tne scory
put forth by the China Gazette at
Shanghai , accusing Coiisu : Goodnow of
complicity with the Chinese. On the
contrary he is spoken of in the very
highest terms and his course In the
trying situation is commended. Tlie
only part which Mr. Goodnow took in
the landing of British troops was to In
form the state department that he
doubted the wisdom of landing troops
of one nation without others having
the same privilege.
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CAMPER DROWNS NEAR SCHUYLER
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McAHIttor Luke.
SCHUYLER , Neb. , Aug. 17. Her
bert DeBray of LaGrangc , 111. , aged
32 , guest of Chauncey W. Nieman
and one of a party of campers at Mc
Allister's lake , a nearby resort for
small camping parties , was drowned
In the lake. He was unable to swim
and got beyond his depth. B. F. Folda
started to his rescue , but was unable
to assist him and no one else was able
to reach him before he sank the last
time. He went down at the edge of a
funnel-shaped depression , where water
was twenty feet deep , and his body
moved to the lowest part , which made
diving diflicult on account of deep
water and prevented a speedy location
of the body.
Fell Into tlie ICivcr.
LOUISVILLE , Neb. , Aug. IS.
While crossing the Platte river bridge
George Metz , a Cass county farmer ,
together with his wife and child , were
thrown from the bridge into the river ,
a distance of ten feet. The bridge la
undergoing repairs and is only open
for travel at given "times. Where the
accident occurred the banisters of the
bridge had been removed. A loose
board frightened the team and it be
gan to back. Mr. Metz jumped , and
catching the horses by the bits , tried
to prevent them from backing off the
bridge , but was unable to stop them ,
and the carriage containing Mrs. Metz
and the child went down , followed
by the team. Mrs. Metz was injured
about the shoulders and hips , but the
child was unhurt
A Hall
CHADRON , Neb. , Aug. 18. A hail
storm several miles wide visited Chad-
ron , beating vegetation into the
earth and stripping trees and berry
bushes of their foliage , destroying
flower gardens and breaking nearly
all the windows on the north side
of the buildings. Hail as large as ben
eggs fell , and the ground was coverd
with ice. Rain followed and torrents
of water washed hail into drifts in
canyons ami creeks , where they are
still stacked. A funeral procession
was caught in the storm , but shelter
was sought before damage was done.
Stock was stampeded and run into
fences.
The Show Moved On.
BLOOMFIELD , Neb. , Aug. 18. The
Great Syndicate English-American ,
show showed here and proved to be a.
fake. It is alleged they endeavored
to get every dollar in sight by short
changing , picking pockets and other
dishonorable methods. A crowd of
several hundred people assembled just
before the time for the evening per
formance and demanded that the show-
leave the town immediately and that
"all money wrongfully obtained be re
turned. Upon being refused the mob
seized the manager and was .about to
string him up when he accepted their
proposition , settled in full and left
town as quickly as possible.
Broriks AH KecordH.
NEMAHA , Neb. , Aug. 18. Nemaha
calims the state championship for the
greatest precipitation during any given
period of time for the season. Sunday
night's rain broke all previous records.
The Burlington six-inch gauge was
running over at midnight. Several per
sons who had jars out ranging in
height from twelve to fourteen inches
were full to overflowing. E. J. Max
well had a half bushel measure , four
teen inches in depth , which was lilled
with water within one and a half
inches.
Found liead In Bed.
BEATRICE , Neb. , Aug. 18. Fred
Schlake , a well-to-do farmer living
near Pickrell , was- found dead on the
road about four miles northeast of
Pickrell. Schlake's body was found in
the wagon road and two small holes
about the size of a wire nail were
discovered behind the left ear. How
they came there the coroner or the
examining physician were unable to
determine. The jury returned a ver
dict of death from unknown causes.
Places the Gun at IIU Breast.
BLUE HILL , Neb. , Aug. 18. Wait
McNeer of this place committe-l sui-
side by shooting himself. He attached
a string to the trigger of the gun and
placed the muzzle close to his breast.
The charge tore his heart entirely out ,
killing him instantly. He left letters
explaining all , but they are yet kept
a secret. He was about 30 years old
and highly respected by all who knew
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Tornado at Kennard.
KENNARD , Neb. , Aug. 18. A tor-
nad visited this section about mid
night. Several houses near town were
blown from thirty to sixty feet from
their foundations , trees were uprooted
and chimneys blown down about town.
The residence of John Lum was blown
several rods. Mrs. Lum was severely
injured. It was the worst storm that
ever visited here. Rain fell in tor
rents.
A Beatrice Man Drowned.
BEATRICE , Neb. , Aug. 18. Arthur
Freeman , a well known young jeweler
of this city , was drowned while swim
ming in the Blue river , about a mile
above the city. The young man was
accompanied by several companions
and one of them , Fred Lasch by name-
nearly suffered a like fate in trying to
rescue Freeman and was only rescued
after strenuous efforts by his com
panions.
Struck by a Train.
O'NEILL , Neb. . Aug. IS. John and
James Rodenham , brothers , were
struck by the first section of the Elkhorn -
horn passenger train on a crossing
four miles west of O'Neill and badly
injured. They are farmers and were
returning to their home west of Em
met from O'Neill. Definite informa
tion is difficult , but report is that the
team was killed , the wagon demol
ished and the men seriously hurt
They were picked up by the train
crew and taken to Atkinnon for med
ical treatment.
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