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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1896)
3 i ft I Irt n i 1 1 hi Mi r t i i j u M 4 e IU 1 CI he khntme emocmt BUCCESSOK TO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT 13 GOOD - J3ditob aPkop VALENTINE NEBRASKA J u ENDS IN A TRAGEDY HAYRACK PARTY HAS A TROUS CULMINATION The Worlds Wheat Conference -Nations May Unite to Makethe Great Cereal Stable in Price Five Children Burned to Death Frclic Ends in Tragedy Memphis Tenn A special from Bir mingham Ala says A party o a dozen young people who left Ensley City in a wagon for a Iniy rde had their merriment transformed into death and disaster be fore they had proceeded a mile on their journey Ten das ago new bridge wasr com pleted across Village Creek and while crossing this stream the structure gave way precipitating the wagon and its load of human lreight iifteen feet below into the water Not a person in the vehicle escaped uninjured The stringers of tiie bridge were too short and by constant jar ring they gradually worked off the sills The jar of the wagon caused them to fall letting the entire span down Worlds Wheat Conference Washistgtox A conference of na tions on the subject of the worlds wheal market as understood to be desired by at least one of the great foreign wheat grow ing empires It is stated in official circles here that Eussia is particularly friendly to such an idea and is believed to be mak ing overtures not only to the United States but to England the Argentina lie public and Australia which are the prin cipal wheat growing nations of the world The idea suggested as outlined is that thesouations should they see fit to unite in au agreement upon the subject could x a price for wheat to be maintained un iformly through various seasons of over iproduction and unsatisfactory crops caused by drouth or continual rain and Jims make the principal grain staple upon which the millions of consumers depend for food almost as tunchangeable in value as gold itseli has become This would enable the producer in the event of an unusually large crop to store his wheat and obtain theieon a loan that would tide bun over until the wheat was in demand 5n the worlds markets when he would receive a lull and fair price for it Suddenly an Heiress Grand ILle Mich Hattie Spafford a domestic will work no more Fifteen years ago her another died -in poverty Hattie was then S years old and was sent to the childrens home in Grand Rapids She has nowtreceived word from a lawyer in Helena Mont tracing her stating that her father died in Butte two years ago leaving all his property to the wife and babybe had forsaken years ago He was a large -shareholder in several rich silver and copper mines and owned three large ranches Marcus Daly was made executor of the estate and Monday the girl left for Montana The -letter from the hiwyer contained a check for 400Q which is but an insignificant amountco paredvrith what awaits the girl in the far west It is said the estate -amounts to over 1ODQ000 Five Children Cremated St Louis A special from Hannibal Mo says Five children of Mr and Mrs Snyder Neal living fifty miles north of the city were burned to death The Neal dwelling was burned while the parents were attending a dance They had eight children The oldest a boy of 15 years and a -baby accompanied the iparents to the party Soon after starting home the Neals discaveredtheiriresidence was on fire When they reached the burning building the father saw his 11 vy ear old girl lying burning in the front door clasping her 3-year-old ibrother in iher arms The flames prevented rescue The children were then dead The father fell in a swoon and has been a raving maniac ever since Nora 9 years old is the only survivor of the fire French Catholics Dissatisfied Montreal Quebec The terms of set tlement of the Manitoba school question as agreed upon by the Dominion and Manitoba governments aie far from giv ing satisfaction4totlieCatholics ofvQuebec -Archbishop Langavm of Manitoba is re ported as saying Certainly the settle ment is not satisfactory and vwhat is more it will be far from satisfying Que beer Continuing he said How we have been sold aw Quebec has been betrayed But Lvnll tell you there will be a revolution in jQuebec which will ring throughout Canada and these men who today are triumphant wilt be cast down iThelight has only begun A Threatened -Lynching Richmond Mq2 There wasa demon stration here against the lives of Jesse Winner and Lou Lackey who are in the county jail charged with the murderjof Winners wife andihortwo little children Acrowdof about 100 men some of them armed with shot guasand pick axes came linfrom the country district in which the Winners lised atid usade a demonstration atthe jail demanding the keys to Win merls cell Sheriff liolman andieputy City Marslial Murphy -were alone at the jaihaut they told the mob plainly that the prisoner wrould be protected and after talk the crowd withdrew Whisky Market is Afttive CiyCiKif ati Whisky was again ab normally active Saturday and sales of 65 barrels are reported Tiiis continued with heayy sales Friday mates the total for the two days 2jiu7 This -sudden ac tiritj ismanifestly owing totheaniicipa itloa of an increase in price very shortly Weekly Bant Statement New Xobbj The weekly bank state ment shows a reserve increase of 582 000 The banks now hold 293050Q3 in excess of the leiral r quirements Jennie Hao Not Reformed Pebry O T Jennie Metoalf nee Stephens a female territory outlaw and bootlegger has again been arrested in the Creek Nation charged with peddling whisky to Indians Jennie wax released from the Boston Reform School a month ago when she announced that she had reformed - j Spute Release from Jail I Denver Andrew J Spute who was j obarged by the district attorney Tfithhav ing murdered his wife and five children by causing them to drown has been re leased from jail under a writ of habea jpor pus pn a 5090 bond Brndstreets Review New York Bradstreets says Job bers and other wholesale dealers in gen eral merchandise do not report the antici pated increase in the volume of goods dis tributed this weak There were increased purchases of holiday goods and the tone of the market foe staples is one of en couragement SThe tendency of hides and leather to advance checks orders for shoes and while the dry goods market is firm and dealers are hopeful print cloths have weakened on the reaction in the price of cotton The strength of raw wool is maintained and orders at the sec ond quotations have been refused Iron and steel industries in sonjo instances nave perfected pools for the allotment of production and maintenance of prices -While the latter toe1 Turn and may go Uigher the demand is temporarily checked In addition to changes in the prices noted the week is marked by reactions in quota tions for wheat corn and oats for sugar turpentine pork lard coffee and petro leum Wheat fiouf advances as does 3everal varieties of lumber iron sheets and tobacco There -are 308 business failures in the United Srates this week 15 fewer than in the corresponding week last year Use of Mexican Dollars Washington Should the Kansas Legislature enact a law making Mexican silver dollars leeal tender a constitutional question of prime importance will arise for decision by the Uuited States Supreme Court which unquestionably would have i case before it to test such a law The constitution section 10 declares that no state shall coin money emit bills o credit make anything but gold and silver soin tender in payment of debts It has ben contended under this pro vision that Kansas could make Mexican silver dollars legal tender within her boundaries but it has generally been be lieved that under this and other consti tutional provisions including that lor bidding the impairment of contracts any such law would be held invalid by the courts Dies While Praying Spbingfikld III The opening session of the grand lodge of Daughters of Ke bekah the womans degree of Odd Fel lows was sadiy interrupted by the sudden death of Mrs Mary B Stevens of Yale chaplain of the grand lodge She had just commenced prayer and had said Our father when she dropped to the floor and expired of heart disease in ten minutes Both the Iiebekah lodge and grand lodge of Odd Fellows after passing appropriate resolutions and appointing committees to accompany the body to Tale adjourned Forger Cooper Confesses Flint Mich -Benjamin FCooper or Willis H Conners under which name he worked in Ohio and Indiana in jail here for forging bank drifts has made a confession giving in detail the operations of the gang of swindlers with which he was connected and whose draft forgeries were worked upon hotel men in Indiana Ohio New York and Michigan by himself Walter B Peters the Chi cago lithographer and W H Smith the -kid who made his escape from jail at Goshen N after having been caught at this tcrime To Tie Up State Mines JLeadvilxe It is reported that the striking miners in view of the threat of the Governor to suppress violence sum tnarily Jiaye decided to play a trump card which they hope will bring the mine owners to terms that is to secure a sym pathetic strike tying up all the mines in the state In this connection it is stated ithe managers of the Montana mines have decided to reduce wages 50 cents a day This is expected to precipitate a strike If this occurs it will cut oil the liberal contributions which the Montana miners have been making to the Leadville strike fund Big Cleveland Fire 1Oxevexant A fire destroyed the five story building at Nos 190 to 194 Superior Street occupied by W H Luetekemyer viCo wholesale and retail hardware and paints The fire was confined to the build ing in which it originated which was en tirely consumed The loss is 350000 Three men were rescued from the build ing badly burned and almost asphyx iated There are rumors that several em ployes are missing Die in DEach Others Arms ax kes City N D A man and a woman registered at a hotel here as Thomas Owens and wife of New Rock ford The room was entered the next morning after their arrival and they were found cold in death clasped in each oth ers arms They had taken prussic acid A note contained money for burial and said Though separated in life we aro one indeath Make no inquiries as to us iPostoffice Robber Caught St Joseph Mo Postoffice Inspector Reidof St Louis has captured the leader of a gang of postoffice robbers who have been operating in northwest Missouri for sometime Joseph McHenry aged 23 is the name -of the prisoner and he con fessed his guilt tOther arrests will follow for the Denver Mo postoffice robbery Western Baseball Association 4 St Joseph Mo President Hickey of the Western Baseball Association has called a meeting of members for Novem ber 24 at Des Moines It will then be de cided what cities shall comprise the as sociation -next-year and the various com mittees willbe appointed Clay Sarmally Elected Senator Atlanta Ga A S Clay who was dioniinatedbytlie Democratio cauous for TJnited States Senator has been formally elected to that office by the General As sembly ne hundred and ninety eight vales were cast of which 161 were for Mr Clay To Suoeeed Bishop Keane JiiriiiOBES Acable from Rome says Rev Dr Thomas J Conaty rector of the Church of the fiaored Heart of Worcester Mass has been appointed by the pope rector the Catfaolic University at Wash ington to succeed Bishop Keane resigned Three Killed xit a Crossing Concosd Ky A D Pollock a young lawyer and Lulu and Lizzie Llnd while crossing the railroad tracks in a earriage were struck by a train and all instantly killed To Sercceed Labanoflf London Tfce Chronicles St corresDOKdat savs that the Czar has invited Gen Count Vordntsoff Dashkeff to succeed the lata Prince Lobanoff as minister of foreign affairs Complete WjSfting Returns Cheyenne Wyo -Complete returns from every county m the state give the Bryan electors majorities a follows Tan Meter 150 Martin 400 Quesly 880 J Murdered for Hi Money New Yoiuc Frank H A r buckle chair man of the Democratic state committee of Colorado residing at Denver was found unconscious shortly after midnight Thurs day in a vacant lot oft Eighth Avenue near One Hundred and Forty Second street andjlied in a patrol wagon on the way toHhestation house without regain ing consciousness The ambulance surgeon is of the opin ion that he died of heart disease The police- however think he came to his death at the hands of thugs that he was garroted robbed and murdered Mr Arbuckle was about 50 years old and weighed 220 pounds In his pockets were a number of certificates of the pie Creek and Central City Consolidated Mining Company of which he was presi dent and also 160 in change a pair of cuff buttons gold ore charm and three pieces of goldore A short time before he was found un -conscious Mr Arbuckle entered a saloon near by and called for a drink appearing to bo somewhat under the influence of liquor Ho displayed a large roll of money and a heav3gold watch and chain That was the last seen of him It is be lieved he was followed by thugs beaten robbed and murdered Neither the money the watch or the chain were found on him The only mark of violence on him was a slight abrasion on his head which might have been caused by a blow from a sandbag or received in a fall A surgeon after a thorough examina tion expressed the opinion that death was due to heart failure caused by an attempt to ascend the steps of the ele vated station Say It is Blackmail Denveb Intense indignation has bjen aroused over the arrest of Andrew J Spute a grocer on the charge of mur dering his wife and five children all of whom were drowned by the caps zing of a boat in Smiths Lake October 25 Eye witnesses of the drowning assert that it w as purely accidental and Sputes friends claim that the arrest is eith r a subter luge of the insurance company to avoid payment of a 100J0 accident policy on the life of Mrs Spute or an attempt by a local detective agency to blackmail the husband It is alleged that Spute is the victim of a conspiracy between his own lawyer and the detective agency Miss Nellie Davis Sputes alleged paramour who was arrested with him has been re leased on bonds Bought Gold Bricks St Louts John A Bowlin of Perry County Illinois an ex member of the legislature of that state recently em barked in the gold brick industry He made his first investmentlast week and came to St Louis to tell his experience to Chief of Detectives Desmond He was accompanied by Sheriff John King of Perry County who wants the assistance of the St Louis police department in lo cating two men who succeeded in securing 1500 for aLout seven pounds or brass 13o Willis experience was similar to that of hundreds of others His avarice was excited by a smooth story of gold being sold at a discount and the Indian who is always a factor in a gold brick swindle was found in the bushes near Duquoin j o Contest in Kentucky Louis vilie Ky Secretary Richard son of the Democratic state committee announces that the party has definitely decided to contest the eleotion of eleven McKinley electors in Kentucky The Democrats concede the election of Cash who ran 244 votes ahead of Smith the leading Bryan elector Who in turnian ahead of his associates by over 2000 the other eleven McKinley electors receiving a greater number of votes than the other Brjran electors Ihe grounds of the contest are alleged irregularity and fraud in a large number of counties The Republicans make as many charges of irregularity and fraud as the Democrats The state contest boan is composed entirely of Republicans Lynched An Outrager Evansviile Ind Carbon a raining village in Pike County was the scene of a tragedy Wednesday night Fred Will iams called at the honie of Mrs Palmer who was ill and attempted to assaulther Her entreaties proved of avail just as the womans 12-year-old daughter entered the room Williams transferred his lust lul attempts to the child and accomplished his purpose As soon as Williams es caped an alarm was given and twenty or more miners armed themselves and began the chase Williams was overtaken and shot dead while trying to escape Army of the Tennessee St Louis The twenty eighth annual reunion ot the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was held here Gen Green ville M Dodge of Iowa presided The session lasted two days MARKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 350 to 525 hogs shipping grades 300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200 to 350 wheat No 2 red 78c to 79c corn No 2 23c to 25c oats No 2 18c to 19c rye No 2 37c to 38c butter choice creamery 20c to 21c eggs fresh 21c to 22c potatoes per bushel 20c to 30c broom corn common red tip to fine brush 3c to 5c per pound Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 500 hogs choice light 300 to 375 sheep common to prime 200 to 325 wheat No 2 S6c to S8c corn No 2 white 25c to 2Gc oats No 2 white 22c to 23c St Louis Cattle 300 to 500 hogs 300 to 350 wheat No 2 87c to 89c corn No 2 yellow 21c to 23c oats No 2 white 17c to 19c rye No 2 33c to 35c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs 00 to 375 sheep 250 to 850 wheat No 2 89c to 91c corn No 2 mixed 24c to 20c oats No 2 mixed 20 to 21c rye No 2 36c to 38c Detroit Cattle 250 to 500 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 200 to 375 wheat No 2 red 90c to 91c corn No 2 yellow 23c to 24c oats No 2 white 20c to 21c rye 37c to 39c Toledo Wheat No 2 red 92c to 93c corn No 2 mixed 23c to 25c oats No 2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 37c to 39c clover seed 545 to 555 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 78g to SOe corn No 3 e to 25c oats No 2 wjite 20c to 22 uarley No 2 30c to 36r rye No 1 37e to 39c pork mess 025 to 575 BuFak Cattle 250 to 500 hogs 300 to 425 sheep 20 to 375 wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c corn No 2 yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 whiter 23c to 24c New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogsj S800 to 450 sheep 200 to 400f wheat No 2 red uc to S8c corn No 2 29c io 30c opi No 2 white 22c to 24 butter creai iery 15c to 22c eggs Wesb erp 20c to 24c 0E A 1EEAT STATE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA Mfr iSV Nebraska State Teachers Associa tion Meets at Lincoln in Decem ber Child Study to Be One Main Feature Other State Items When the Teachers Meet The official program of the Nebraska State Teachers Association the four teenth annual session which convenes at Lincoln December 23 29 30 and 31 has beciii issued by Prot J F Saylor super intendent of tlu city schools of Lincoln Special features of the session will be a public reception at the -state house ten dered the teachers of the state by the citi zens of Lincoln Dr W O Krohn the well known educator lecturer and pio neer in the child study movement will be in attendance and deliver several ad dresses The State Board of Examiners will conduct an examination for profes sional state certiticates at the office of the state superintendent on the 28th and 29th u circular containing the program of this sxaminatiou and lull information relative to state certificates will be sent upon ap plication to Slate Superintendent Corbett May Utilize Frozen Beets Some of the sugar beets which were frozen in the ground will probably be dug and fed to stock if the weather permits Farmers who have tried them say that freezing does not wholly destroy their value as a feed for cattle and hogs The work of hai vesting chicory has beeu sus pended owing to the ground freezing If the ground thaws out sufficiently they will be dug this tall Otherwise they will have to stay in the ground till spring It is claimed that chicory is not injured by staying in the ground all winter but must be dug after the frost is all out of it Erecting an Ice AVarehouse The Union Pacilic Railway Company has lumber and carpenters at North Platte building another large ice house This will make the third large building of the kind for North Platte and will give employment to an additional force of men both winter and summer The company is arranging with Kellner Lloyd who have a ten acre lake adjoining the city to place 8000 tons of ice in their houses this winter North Platte has become one of the leading icing stations on the Union Pacific system during the fruit sea son Extensive Sheep Feeding The sheep feeding business in Dodge County will be more extensive than at first reported A conservative estimate places the number of sheep which will be fattened this winter at nearly 85000 Woodruff Arris have a flock of about 20000 near Casper Wyo that will be fed near Seribner aud grounds have been leased near Fremont on which to teed another large flock It is estimated that the sheep fed in that county will con sum 3i0000 bushels of corn and oats and 5000 tons of hay Mud Dog Scare at Weeping Water A mad dog causod considerable excite ment and alarm at Weeping Water this week it ran down two or three d fferent itreets and fought every dog it met mak ing ugly wounds on them the city mar shal gave chase and the dog was killed It was covered with froth from the mouth and had every indication of being rabid Requisition Papers Issued Governor Holcomb has issued a requisi tion on the Governor of Missouri for the return of John Brown wanted in Rich ardson County for burglary committed at Falls City Charles and John Brown robbed the jewelry store of A E Souders there on the 20th of September of a qunti ty of jewelry and miscellaneous articles Stamfords New Church The members of the Christian Church at Stamford are erecting a magnificent edifice which they expect to dedicate the latter part of this month Great prepara tions are being made for the dedication services This structure when completed will be one of the finest buildings in town Close of the Hiscox Case Grant and Calvin Hiscox co defendants with Olive Hiscox in the trial on the charge of killing Fred Sellers have been set at liberty at Tekaniah the charge against them being dismissed by County Attorney Sears upon the acquittal of the girl Xoung Ranchman Shot Meager reports have reached Heming ford of what is supposed to be the fatal accidental shooting of True Miller the son of Dr W K Miller county coroner The sou has charge of a large stock ranch about thirty -five miles west of Heming ford Child Seriously Hurt During a ratification meeting at West Point a little girl of 12 Myrtle Thomas was struck in the eye with a lighted sky rocket which penetrated the head to quite a distance The wound is considered ser ious The man who handled the rocket was arrestei and icleasedon 500 bail Goes to Prison for Twelve Years George S Williams who was convicted of the murder of Charles A Smiley was sentenced by Judge Stull at Fairbury to imprisonment in the penitentiary for twelve years On the first trial his term in prison was fixed at thirteen years Young Man Tires of Life As a result of being without means and out of work Oscar Carpenter a young man 23 years old attempted to commit suicide at Broken Bow by shooting him self in the side with a revolver Exciting Runaway at Tecumseh While driving up Fourtli Street in Te cumseh the other day Rev T E Moores team became frightened and ran away It ran into an alley back of William Buer stettas store Buerstetta ran in front of them and attempted to stop them He was knocked senseless and considerably injured Mr Moore was thrown out of the buggy and his right leg broken Murder in the Second Degree The jury empaneled in the trial at Fair bury of Williams for the mnrder of Smiley the Rock Island yardmaster brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree The werdict is the same as rendered in the former trial of the case at which time Williams was sentenced to the penitentiary for thirteen years Safe Blown at Bloomington TS The safe of George W Green at Bloom ington a lumberman 573 blown open the thieves securing 12 LOOPHOLE IN THE LAV Train Wrecker Davis May Got Out of the Nebraska Penitentiary After one of the most memorable fights inthe history of criminal jurisprudence on the part of counsel for a man charged with murder in the first degree George Washintjton Davis the nero convicted of murder in the second degree for caus ing a wreck on the Rock Island A gust 9 1894 is now likely to be turned loose front the penitentiary a free man This curiom turn in the wheel of fortune ccmes about through section 93 of the criminal code under which Davis was convicted being declared void Attorney General Churchill appeared before the supreme court aud made a verbal statement first to the above effect afterward making the the same admission in his brief Davis was tried upon two counts the first charg ing him with murder in the first degree and the second murder in the second de gree He was found not guilty on tho lirst count but guilty on the second Interests Nebraska Farmers The American Chicory Company has issued a circular to all chicory raisers fix ing the price to be paid for the roots at 59 per ton at the factory at ONeil TI12 cir cular calls attention to the clause of the contracts which fixes the price at 9 per ton if no bounty is paid the company and the provision requir ing the farmers to refund the sum of 150 per ton if they shall have received 1050 per ton for the beets in the event 01 the bounty not being paid or the law being declared invalid and states that the re duction is made because of the probab e repeal of the law by the next Legislature and the further possibility of the law be ing declared unconstitutional in the action now pending in the supreme court If the bounty is received on this years chi cory crop then the company agiee to pay all farmers who have received bat 39 per ton the extra 150 The extra payment will amount to about 8000 It is thought that all of the chicory ciop will be deliv ered to the factory and paid for by De cember 15 The company has already paid for the first of the crop that was de livered at the rate of 1050 per ton Rural Delivery Pleases Farmers The free rural mail delivery has now been carried on in the vicinity of Tecum seh for two weeks and the carriers are thoroughly conversant with the work de pendent upon them The territory cov ered by these carriers is all of Nemaha precinct outside of the corporate limits of Tecumseh aud the enterprise is in pro gress under the supervision of the Post office Department at Washington for ex perimental purposes The farmers along the routes are now acquainted with the nature of the service and are quite pleased with it To have the daily papeis letters etc delivered to their doors each day seems a rare privilege to them The Te cumseh merchants however are of the opinion that this courtesy extended to the farmers by Uncle Sam is somewhat inju rious to their business By having their mail delivered to them they are not re quired to come to town nearly as often and consequently business sutfers Thv service will continue until July 1 1807 Warns the Cattle Rustlers Jacob Stoneking was found guilty in the district court at Harrison of cattle rustling and sentenced by Judge West over to a term of three years in the pen This is the third case of rustling tried m Sioux County but the first conviction and the verdict is a great satisfaction to the stock growers of that section There has been a large amount of rustling done there in the past and it is hoped that this example will have the effect to check it The comparatively light sentence was recommended by the jury but Judge Westover who is a terror to wrongdoers warns them that the next rustler con victed may expect a much heavier one Burglars Loot a Bank Vault The Jennings State Bank of Davenport was robbed and 52700 in cash and about 200 worth of jewelry taken Nitro glycerine was used to blow open the vault and safe doors Six hundred dollars re ward is offered by the bank for the arrest of thieves and return of tiie money A later dispatch says tiiat the three crooks who cracked the safe in the Jen nings State Bank have been located t Hanover Kan and arrested Nearly a 1 of the 2700 in money and most of the jewelry has been found 1800 in cur rency being found on the person of one of the crooks Wants Stockholders to Pay Up Receiver Hill of the late Lincoln Sav ings Bank says that the bank owes its de positors 152462 04 Other debts aggre gate 7395793 The assets consist of real estate safety deposit vaults furniture notes etc of uncertain value These are now absolutely unsalable and cannot be realized on for a long time to come The value is totally inadequate to satisfy the creditors hence the recent suits which Receiver Hill has begun against the stockholders He asks that they be or dered to come into court and that each be ordered to pay the sum found due Beet Growers Kept Waiting Beet growers in the vicinity of Norfobx report that payments due them on the 16 h have been deferred by the beet su ar company until a decision has been ren dered by the supreme court upon the question now pending Under the terms of the contracts the growers are to ic ceive 4 per ton for beets in the event of the company not receiving the bounty and 5 in case the bounty is paid Consider able anxiety exists among beet raisers over the result of the decision Beet Sugar Men The third annud convention of the Ne braska Beet Sugar Association was held at Grand Island this week The delegates visited the Grand Island beet sugar fac tory while the plant was in full operation Reports were received showing the been crop in Nebraska this season to be excep tionally fine The only discouraging feature was the fact that some of the veg etables had been rendered almost worth less by being frozen Osceolas Creamery Burns The only creamery in Polk County lo cated at Osceola caught fire and is a total loss It was worth 10000 After Bootleggers I United States Marshal Boehme was at Osceola the first of the week looking after some of the fellows who have been boot legging for the past few months It is rumored that he gathered in four wit nesses to take before the grand jury at the next meeting It has been pretty easy for a person to get a drink there provided they had the cash to pay for it St Edward Wants Fire Protection St Edward has taken the matter of fire fire protection through an Omaha agency DEATH IK THE EITES ELKS INITIATION CEREMONY RESULTS FATALLY Story that E W Curry of Iowa Was Unintentionally Tortured in aIodjr Sat on Metallic Chair Under Which a Lamp Was Bnrnin mittee died at his y Hegrarded as an Accident Edward W Curry chairman of tho Iowa Democratic State Central Com- ffflgfe fk hotel in Des Moines as the result of blood poisoning following injuries received during the progress of his initiation into the United Brother hood of Elks lodge Mr Curry had been sick for several weeks The story of his injuries was- e w cunnr well guarded both by Mr Curry and members of the lodge During his sickness he expressed the opinion that the members of the lodge were in no way to blame for the accident and the desire that nothing should be made public More or less of the truth however be came known Immediately following his death conflicting stories as to the nature- of the initiatory rites to which he had hppn siibinoted were told One of these stories were which printed in an afternood jjj 4 paper was to the effect that Mr seated on a chair connected with an electrical current That as he did not move with a small current more was turned on and that ultimately without his moving the current was increased un til it was found that blue smoke was aris ing from his flesh that then he was pulled from his chair severely burned and taken to his room death finally resulting This story was strenuously denied by mem bers of the lodge who claim there are no electrical appliances in the lodge room In view of the conflicting stories sev eral members of the lodge consented to talk Their stories agree and probably give a correct version of the episode It is as follows In the course of initiation Mr Curry being properly robed in a somewhat light costume and blindfolded was placed up on a chair having- a metallic bottom Under this chair an ordinary kerosene lamp was placed It was expected that when sufficient heat had developed he would jump from the chair in alarm and furnish merriment to the assembled Elks Mr Curry being of a stoical disposi tion and perhaps unduly excited by the ordeal through which he had passed had evidently made up his mind to take what ever punishment was meted out to htm in the course of events and retained hia seat until his garments took fire and he was severely burned His constitution had not been strong and as a result of the ordeal he took to his bed At first it was expected he would soon recover but the wounds did not heal and blood poison ing set in which could not be controlled by the physicans and death was the result During his sickness which was of several weeks duration Mr Curry stated to a member of the lodge that he had no idea he was being severely burned He thought at the time he said that a fly blister or something of the same na ture had been attached to him and ire thought he could stand it as well as those who had taken the degree before HIS APPAREL WEIGHED IOO LBS How a Xonkers Burrlir Shrank When He Was Compelled to Disrobe The police of New York eaptured 250 pounds of burglar which netted them 150 pounds of prisoner The extra hun dred was stolen feminine ajtire and mis cellaneous dry goods in which the thief had so swathed his person that he could not escape when pursued At the sta tion the sergeant ordered the man to take off his coat and vest Layer after layer of clothing was removed and when it was all done there stood before them a person weighing about 150 pounds These are some of the things in which he was clothed Three pairs of corsets Two corset waists A womans night robe A balloon sleeve pink waist A black merino skirt Two white vests A red plush wrapper One pair of black stockings One breakfast gown The bottom parts of the gowns were stuffed into his trousers which gave him the appearance of great corpulency Stuffed in his bosom were a feather fan OFFICERS DISROBE MCXOSKEY and a piece of duchess lace His name was James McCloskey and he is 35 years old In the bundle which he carried were several hundred miscellaneous ar ticles some of which were valuable There were clothing shoes hats caps pipes pocketbooks jewelry silverware two watches and a small handbag con taining money What is believed by the police to be a dynamite bomb was found on the tracks in the Grand Central Depot at New York It is made of iron about a foot long and four inches in diameter Inside Is some powder and a lot of peculiar dark dirt like substance which the police say is dynamite David Dodge a well known Western lawyer who for many years practiced law at St Joseph Mo was found dead protection in hand aud with the board il iTT iTV aeatn has just purchased a full equipment for 5ttS -e UKa U1ease -Dodge geared in Poughkeepsie N Y was A -1 tr A V r -4 f