Nebraska Newspapers

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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
THE EARTH QUAKES
SHOCKS FELT IN WASHINGTON
AND OTHER POINTS
No Damage or a Serious Nature Has
Been Reported Montana Indians
Said to Have Killed a Dozen
White Men Other Items
The Earth Quakes
Washington May 31 What is supposed
to have been an earthquake shock was felt
here at 159 It lasted 50 seconds and
caused chandeliers to sway and floors to
tremble It was noticed in the capitol in
he telephone exchange and other build
ings The movement was from south to
north
Zanesville Ohio May 81 An earth
quake shock was felt here about 1
oclock The Courier building four stories
exhibited decided vibrations Employes
on the upper floors rushed out in alarm
Richmond Va May 81 An earthquake
shock of a few seconds duration was felt
about 180 Buildings shook and windows
rattled No damage was done
Chicago May 81 Advicea show the
earthquake was general throughout the
country as far south as Atlanta Ga and
Asheville N C and extending north
through Huntington W Va Pittsburg
und Columbus Ohio
Cleveland Ohio May 81 A severe
earthquake shock was felt here at 1243
Cincinnati Ohio May 81 An earth
quake shock was felt here shorty after 1
oclock There was much excitement
among the holiday crowds at the various
parks and resorts
The earthquake was felt all over Ohio
Kentucky West Virginia and eastern
Tennessee
INDIANS ON WARPATH
Redskins Said to Have Already
Killed a Dozen Men
A dispatch from Helena Mont on May
81 says The Cheyenne Indians have gone
on the warpath and are said to have killed
about a dozen men including five United
States soldiers They have no reservation
of their own butroani over the southern
part of the state near the Crow Reserva
tion The white settlers are up in armsi
and women and children are being sentj
Into the towns for safety
Two companies of Colorado cavalry are
out from Fort Custer A courier from
Lame Deer Agency brings the information
that the Indians killed the agency post
master and Lou Anderson a stockman
They also fired into the cavalry killing
ive and had sixtv armed cowbovs
Jnded The Fort Keogh cavalry and
uCompanyE infantry have left for the
scene
There are certainly grounds for fear
The Cheyennes are determined and are be
dng reinforced by renegade Crows The
Rosebud ranchers received a consignment
of rifles and ammunition at this point to
day Settlers have moved all their fam
ilies from near the reservation Ranchmen
end stockmen are organized at the Chey
enne Agency and demand the Indians who
killed Hoover
YERKES TELESCOPE DAMAGED
Observatory at Williams Bar to Be
Closed for the Summer
The Yerkes Observatory at Williams
Bar Wis will be closed for the summer
the movable floor of the dome having been
wrecked by a fall of forty five feet This
floor which was seventy five feet in diam
eter was suspended by iron cables One
of the cables was torn from its weight thus
unbalancing the floor which fell to the
bottom of the dome In its fall it carried
the winding stairway of the support of the-
telescope with it crushing the electric
paratus underneath it The floor lies now
a complete wreck The loss from this part
of the accident is slight but it is feared the
Jar may have disturbed the accuracy of
some of the very delicate machinery of the
telescope itself
Pronounced to be Leprosy
There is a female leper at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Md She
was taken to the institution several weeks
ago suffering from a skin eruption but
after a careful diagnosis of her case by the
physicians atthe hospital it was discoTered
that the woman was a victim of the terrible
disease leprosy The unfortunate woman
was then isolated from the rest of the pa
tients and in that condition she will be
kept in the hospital until arrangements are
made with the health authorities to remove
hex elsewherer
Cashier Is Found Guilty
In the criminal court at Lebanon Tenn
the jury found Cashier V Hall guilty of
unlawfully receiving deposits and fixed
entence at five years in the penitentiary
Hall was cashier of the Bank of Water
tow which failed about a year ago
Killed in a Folding Bed
A folding bed at the Union House Mont
pelier Vt closed automatically while
Henry Kendall aged 63 years was sleep
ing in it He was dead when taken out
Kills Two Bears
Harry Yount well known in Laramie
County Wyoming as a veteran hunter and
trapper killed two grizzly bears in Hal
lack canyon during the past week
Jealousy Causes a Tragedy
Mildred Brewster daughter of a wealthy
Huntington Vt farmer shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Miss Annie Wheeler
The Brewster girl then turned the revolver
on herself inflicting a possibly fatal
wound -Jealousy is alleged to have been
the cause
Two Trainmen Killed
The Atlantic express east bound on the
Denver and Rio Grande collided with a
freight near Grand Junction Colo The
engineer and firemen were killed and
several passengers injured
ROASTED A CHILD
Tlorrible Crime of an Old Woman
in Alabama
One of the most horrible crimes ever
chronicled in Dallas County Alabama oc
curred four miles from Seluia Monday a
child of Bill Griffin only i years of age
went over to the home of its grandmother
Millie Griffin and seeing a hoe cake on a
gridiron helped itself to a piece without
the knowledge of the grandmother This
act on the part of the child enraged the old
woman She procmed an empty oat sack
and putting the child iuto it tied up the
sack and hung it on a pair of pot hooks up
the chimney The woman who is 70 years
old then gave positive instructions that
the child should not be released by other
hands than her own and went to the field
to work About two hours after this per
formance an uncle of the child heard
groans in the cabin and went in to investi
gate To his surprise he found the sack
had caught fire and the child had been
literally roasted alive Neighbors gathered
and it was with difficulty that they were
prevented from lynching the perpetrator
of the terrible crime
ANARCHIST PICNIC RAIDED
Pittsburgh Police Make Wholesale
Arrest of Reds
An anarchist picnic at a grove near
Pittsburgh Pa was raided Sunday by the
police and forty seven men taken prison
ers The charge preferred against the
prisoners is disorderly conduct and break
ing the city ordinance which prohibits the
sale of beer on a picnic ground It Is
claimed lotteries were also in operation
and several rifles and a large lot of bullets
were captured which the men said were to
be used in a shooting gallery which had
not been erected at the time of the raid
The picnic was being held in celebration
of the release a few days ago of Henry
Bauer and Carl Nold from the penitentiary
where they had served four years for in
citing a riot at Homestead at the time of
the big strike at that place Bauer and
Nold who were among those arrested says
the action of the police is an outrage and
someone will be made to suffer for it
EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA
Shock Alarms the Patrons of The
aters in Montreal
There was an earthquake shock at Mont
real Can Friday From the time the
rumble was perceptible until the shock
was over was sixty five seconds The
shock lasted ten seconds At various the
aters the audiences were considerably
frightened Many ladies fainted and at
some show bouses panics were averted only
by the coolness of the management in as
suring the people there was no danger
Telegraphic reports received indicate that
the earthquake was felt all down the Ot
tawa Valley and through eastern Quebec
In St Johns Quebec the inhabitants
rushed into the streets It was particu
larly severe at St Hilaire Mountain
AROUSE THE TOWN
Bank Robbers at Carlisle Iowa Use
Too Much Dynamite
A gang of bank burglars blow the safe
in the banking house of McMurtree Bros
at Carlisle to pieces at 3 oclock Friday
morning The robbers first cut the tele
graph and telephone wires and then rob
bed the blacksmith shop for tools Dyna
mite was used in robbing the bank and the
charge was so heavy that the safe was
shattered and the front part of the building
blown out The shock awakened the en
tire town and the robbors iled hastily The
bank officers say nothing was secured but
other reports indicate that a small sum of
money was taken
PUT ON BREAD AND WATER
Seven Hundred California Con riots
Object to Bill of Fare
Seven hundred convicts in San Qnentin
Cal prison comprising the jute mill
force rebelled at the prison fare and re
fused to resume work unless an improve
ment in the menu was promised The
warden and Prison Director Wilkins in
vestigated the food question and pro
nounced the complaintto be without cause
The prisoners still refusing all the rebel
lious 700 were ordered placed in solitary
confinement on bread and water until they
agreed to conform to the prison rules
Takes Him for a Burglar
George A Duey who has been con
nected with the Associated Press at Cin
cinnati and at Denver and other places for
many years was killed in a most peculiar
manner by Policeman Amos Booth at the
first named city An alarm of burglars
was given calling Booth to the place
Duey was en route home at the time and
refused to halt when the officer shot him
dead mistaking him for one of the burg
lars who made their escape Duey had
recently been employed in Chicago and
was in Cincinnati visiting his family His
brother T J Duey is the chief operator
of the Associated Press
Die on the Same Trap
William T Powers and John Lattimore
colored were hanged in Chicago at noon
Friday The men stood on the same trap
Powers killed John T Murphy a saloon
keeper December 29 1896 Ho was a por
ter in the saloon and killed his employer
for lus money Lattimore was a drainage
canal laborer and killed a boarding house
keeper
Hurrying Goods to America
At tho request of several large Liverpool
sWppers the Cunard Steamship Company
wilKispatch the steamer Servia for New
on June 21 instead of June 22 in order
that goods carried by it may reach the
United State before the pending tariff bill
goes into effect
Wire Bods Cornered
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph says
It has just leaked out that the output of
wire rods in this country has been cor
nered The work is believed to have been
accomplished by a syndicate of wire nail
manufacturers operating from Boston
McLaurin Appointed Senator
Gov Ellerbee of South Carolina has
commissioned John Lowncs McLaurin
senator of South Carolina until his succes
sor is elected by the legislature
A CROSSING TRAGEDY
WAGON LOAD OF CHILDREN
STRUCK BY A TRAIN
Four of the Children Arc Dead and
Four Terribly Injured Two of
Whom Will Die The Driver was
Intoxicated Other Items
Crossing Tragedy in Denver
At 8 oclock Sunday evening a spring
wagon driven by Henry Marsau a carpen
ter of Denver Colo and containing eight
children ranging in ago from A to 9 years
was struck by a train on the Denver and
Itio Grande llailroad and as a result four
of the children are dead and the others are
terribly injured two so badly that they
will die Marsau with his children had
been spending the day at the home
of a friend in the southern
part of the city When ready
to start for home he took a load of child
ren gathered in the neighborhood for a
short ride It is claimed by the polico that
Marsau was Intoxicated and paid no at
tention to the signals of the engineer but
drove upon the track while the train was
in plain sight and but a few feet away
The engine struck the wagon demolish
ing it and crushing and mangling the
children in a horrible manner
ATTACK ON CALHOUN
Havana Paper Criticises the United
States Commissioner
In a leading article El Diario de la Ma
rina published in Havana makes a scath
ing Indirect attack upon Commissioner
Calhoun by criticising articles which have
appeared in a western paper over the sig
nature of Mr Pepper who in the guise of
an intimate friend of President McKinley
and Mr Calhoun accompanied the latter
to Cuba
El Diario maintains that many incidents
of the interior working of the mixed com
mission which are wholly private have
been divulged in Mr Peppers letter
thus tending to compromise Mr Cal
houn The paper also represents
Mr Peppers unfriendly attitude
toward Spain in his reports on
the Cuban question expressing disgust
that while he blames Spain for the natural
result of the war he has no word of cen
sure for the Cuban insurgents whose
torches are destroying the wealth of the
island In closing its article El Diario de
la Marina calls attention to the fact that
two New York newspapers whose Cuban
representatives are scarcely favorable to
Spain maintain bureaus in Havana under
the same roof with the United States con
sul general intimating with much delicacy
that the correspondents of these two news
the wing of
papers are virtually under
Gen Lee and draw most of their inspira
tion from him
DURRANT TO DIE JUNE II
Death Watch Placed on the Eman
uel Church Murderer
Theodore Durrant will hang on June 11
for the murder of Blanche Laraont in San
Francisco Gov Budd telephoned that
much in effect to Warden Hale of San
Quentin at the same time ordering tho
death watch placed upon the prisoner
Immediately after telephoning this mes
sage to Warden Hale the governor was
driven in a closed carriage to the depot
where lie took a train for San Francisco
Notwithstanding the factthatthe govern
or has made known his decision and that
the telephone message has leaked out the
same secrecy is being maintained regard
ing the statement which tho governor has
prepared
Memorial Day Snows
Milwaukee Wis May 30 Many
points in Michigan and Wisconsin
experienced a novelty on Memorial day
snowstorms today
At Menominee Mich it snowed at fre
quent intervals all day sometimes quite
hard
At Bayfield Wis sufficient snow fell
last night to cover the ground and the
thermometer dropped to 80
At OshkoshWis snow fell this morning
and at noon the thermometer registered
the lowest in many years at this season
Ex Congressman Boyd Dead
Ex Congressmn Thomas ABoyd died
at his home in Lewiston 111 Sunday aged
67 years He represented the Ninth Illin
ois district in congress from 1876 to 1880
He camo within one vote of being governor
of Illinois in 1872 when he was defeated by
Gov Beveridge for lieutenant governor
with Richard J Oglesby who was elected
and was afterwards chosen United States
senator
Barricaded in His Pallace
The London Post correspondent at Con
stantinople says Today Friday the
embassies reoeived word from their re
spective ministers at Athens that the posi
tion of the Greek royal family is now crit
ical King George is practically barri
caded in the palaceaxd it is reported that
he is making preparations to leave Athens
Weary of Fusion
The leaders of the Democratic party in
the state of Washington declare their in
tention is to rescind the f nsion of the last
campaign reorganize the Democracy and
conduct future campaigns upon the Chi
cago platform A general meeting of
Domocratic committeemen has been called
to this end to meet in Spokane June 14
Too Homely to Live
a n nnnlicatton has been made to Judge
Clearwater of Kingston N Y to commit
James Myer to an -insane asylum Myers
delusion is that he to the homeliest man in
the world and he threatens suicide in con
sequence
Prince Luigi Arrives
Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy nephew
of King Humbert of Italy arrived in New
York Sunday He will endeavor to make
the ascent of Mt Elias
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
shows a reserve increase of 617000 The
banks nowhold -16600000 in excess of the
legal requirements
SENATE HAS A SENSATION
Alleged that Sugar Trust Has Had
a Finger in the Tariff
In the senate Saturday Senator Tillman
of South Carolina introduced a resolution
for a special committee of five to inquire
into the recent reports of speculation by
senators in sugar stock and as to advance
information furnished New York specu
lators as to the sugar schedule of the tariff
bill
Senator Tillman said the Democratic
members of the finance committee were
under a cloud on account of the sugar
schedule of the tariff bill that the Repub
lican members of the committee were
under suspicion One party was as deep
in the mud as the other was in the mire
Senator Pettus Democrat of Alabama
demanded that Senator Tillman specify
charges so that the whole senate should
not be subject to his sweeping assertions
Senator Tillman said the present tariff
bill was made in the rooms of the Arling j
ton Hotel with close connection by tele l
phone and telegraph with New Tork andj
in close touch with the sugar trust mag
nates He said Broker Chapmans
cell in jail had been turned into
a club while the great sugar magnate
Havemeyer had gonefree on a technical i
ity He read numerous extracts from pa-
pers showing the sugar trust had scoured
the sugar schedule in the new bill also
an extract from a paper making the charge
that Senator Smith of New Jersey has
been speculating in sugar Ho closed
with the declaration that the senate should
either prove the correspondents liars or
prove the senators corrupt and then turn
them out
Senator Aldrich denied that any person1
connected with the sugar trust had any
thing to do with the making of the sugar
schedule
106 COUNTS AGAINST HIM
Winslow Jones Arrest a Sequel to
Fort Stanwix Bank Failure
J Winslow Jones 60 years of age who
kept a small restaurant at Hazelwood Pa
has been arrested by Deputy United States
Marshal Irons charged with attempting to
defraud a national bank Jonas arrest
comes as a sequel to the Fort Stanwix Na
tional Bank sensation of last year at
Rome N Y Cashier George Barnard
committed suicide and misappropriated
about 200000 of the banks funds There
are 106 counts against Jones a misap
propriation and abstraction count on each
of fifty three checks The amount of the
checks averages about 600 each and the
total sum involved is 5806219
Killed by Burglars
Isaac J Hill a farmer living at Farm
ington Ohio was murdered Sunday night
by burglars Hill lived with his aged
mother The robbers broke into the house
and after binding and otherwise maltreat
ing the old woman they went up stairs
where nill slept They first clubbed him
over the head and then shot him There
were evidences in the house of a terrible
struggle which goes to show that Hill
made a desperate fight So far as known
the robbers got nothing as Mrs Hill says
there was no money in the house Thero
is no clue to the murderers
Says Ho Is Not Short
Bradford K Durfee state superintendent
of ineurance of Illinois under Altgeld
who is accused of being 200000 short in
his accounts does not owe the state a cent
according to his successor Durfee was
removed from office May 5 He was then
indebted to the state about 125000 all of
which has since been paid Durfee was
forced to dispose of all of his salable prop
erty at sacrifice prices in order to square
his accounts with the state
Excitement in Wyoming
A dispatch from Arvada fayo says
Much excitement prevails throughout
northern Wyoming and southern Mon
tana The Cheyenne Indians on Tongue
River are causing alarm and an uprising is
feared A sheep herder was murdered a
few days ago and the sheriff demanded1
that the Indians surrender the murderer
but they refused Women and children
are leaving for Sheridan
Revolt in a Military School
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says that
a revolt has taken place at the military
school there The cadets eventually sub
mitted -to the troops af terpitcning their
arms and ammunition -into the sea
DIASELET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 350 hos shipping grades
S3 OO to 375 sheen fair to choict 8200
tn S500 wheat No 2 red 69e to 70c fc
corn No 2 23e to 24c oats No 2 Trcj
to 18c rye No 2 33c to 84e batte
choiee creamery 14c to 16c efga fxeso
8c to 10c potatoes per bnslksJ 15c to
30c broom corn common growth to choice
green hurl 25 to 70 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shappinf 300 J0
525 hogs choice ligfct 800 to g06
sheep common to choice 360 to jfc50
wheat No 2 8Sc to 90c corn No 2j
white 27c to 28c oats No 2 whitfe 21c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 nogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 3c to wc com -
yellow 22c to 24e oats No 2 white 18c
to Mo lye No 233c to 35c
ClactantGarflM2tQ 500 hog
300 to 400 hp 30 tb JSp
wheat No 2v 85c to 87c 003 2
mixed 25c to oats No 2 nifi4 21c j
to 28c rye No- 2p85c to 3T
Detroit Cattle H tM625 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 2fo0 to 75
wfceat No 2 rod 82c to 84c com No 2
yellow 25c to 27c oats No 2 white 23c
to 25c rye 34c to 36c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 78c to 7ijjc
corn No 2 mixed 23c to 25c oats No
2 white 18c to 28crye No 2 85c to 36c
clover seed 415 to 425
Milwaukee Vlbeat No 2 spring 72c
to 73c core No 3 23crit 25c oats No
2 white 21c to 23clbteley No 2 28c to
33c rye No 1 85c to 37c pork mess
775 to 825
Buffalo Caftle 250 to 5 50 hogs
300 to 425 shefp 300 to gt5j
wheat No2 red 83c to 84c corn No 2
yellow 28c to 30c oate No 2 white 24c
to 26c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 450 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 77c to 70c corn No 2j
28c to 29c oats No 2 white 21eto 22c
butter creamery lie to 16c eggs Weiti
ern 9c to lie
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Some New Features of the Recent
Bank Failures in this State
Claimed to Be the Result of Ex
State Treasurer Bartloys Methods
State Cash in Broken Banks
Certain facts in connection with the re
lations that existed between ex State
Treasurer Bartley and three banks that
failed recently at various points in this
state have just been made public and
throw considerable light on the financial
deals of the ex state official In the case
of the bank at Orleans the bank as a state
depository gave a bond for 35000 This
bond entitled the bank to receive not over
17500 of state money on deposit As a
matter of fact 20541 of state money was
due the state from the Orleans bank when
Bartley went out of office When the su
preme court decision on the depository
funds was handed down Treasurer Me
serve drew on the bank for 500 but the
draft came back to him dishonored About
three weeks ago the Orleans bank finally
paid over to Treasurer Meserve the 511
leaving an even 20000 of state money still
owing
The Alma bank failed the day after
Treasurer Meserve came into office with
40000 of state money on deposit As it
had given a bond for only 50000 the
greatest amount it was legally entitled to
receive as a state depository was 25000
The State Bank of Atkinson held eleven
certificates of deposit from Bartley each
for 5000 It is believed that the 55000
represented by the eleven certificates of
deposit by Bartley is all state money
Every effort will be made to prove this and
if it can be proven that the 55000 in ques
tion is state money the state officers will at
once proceed to use every legal means pos
sible to collect the debt
Find Him Guilty of Arson
Hie case at Beatrice of the State against
Edward McConnell on the charge of arson
was closed by the jury returning a verdict
of guilty and fixing the damage to the
burned house at 150 The crime of which
Mr Connell is convicted was perpetrated
March 21 the fire being started in the rear
end and on the second floor of a building
in Beatrice At the time McConnell was
arrested he made a written confession in
which he admitted that he had started
several fires in different parts of the city
within a few months of the time of his ar
rest Upon trial the defense tried to prove
that the authorities terrorized him into
making the confession McConnell is only
18 years of age and did not bear a good
reputation having at one time been an in
mate of the reform school
Was Too Fresh
A man from Sarpy County who is said
to belong to the Yick McCarty gang came
near losing his life in a fight at Elmwood
recently He got into a quarrel with the
proprietor of the club A W Campbell
who threw him out into the street He
the began making accusations ofanun
complimentary character about Julius
Langhorst a real estate agent Mr Lang
horst encountered the man in front of Vick
Bros store and after a few words Lang
horst pushed him through one of the large
glass windows of the store A piece of the
glass stuck in the mans throat cutting
Iilm Uadly Mr Langhorst pulled the
glass out and the man was taken to the
doctors office and his wound dressed
Sold for 15000000
A trust deed for 15000000 conveying
all the rights of the Omaha Minneapolis
and Buffalo Railway Company to the Mis
souri Kansas and Texas Trust Company
of Kansas City was filed at Omaha last
week The former company was incor
porated to build a railroad from Omaha
through Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin
Michigan and Canada to Buffalo The
Missouri Kansas and Texas Trust Com
pany is looking after the financial end of
the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Kail
road Company The principal offices of
the railway company are in Omaha
Nebraska Prohibitionists
The Prohibition state convention met in
Lincon and nominated D M Strong of
Dodge County for associate justice of the
supreme court and Mrs Isabella Spurlock
of York for regent of the State University
Two planks comprise the platform adopted
a demand for the suppression of the liquor
traffic and for equal suffrage The absence
pf any reference to the the financial ques
tion is an overture so it is claimed to the
Ifree silver Prohibitionists made in the
hope that their coming state convention
will indorse the conventions nominees
Lowest Bidder But One
The lowest bidder for the erection of the
new dormitory at the State Normal School
in Peru was Stevens of Lincoln at the
price of 115155 Hayes of Peru to whom
ithe contract was let bid 10400 and Mears
of Peru bid 100 higher The highest bid
was sent in by an Auburn firm and was
21000 There were many bidders and the
bids were in all shapes some bidding on
building above foundation and some on
entire building Some bids contained heat
ing and lighting apparatus
Blind Man Tunes Pianos
Mer C Parrish a graduate from the
Nebraska City school for the blind lias
been in Exeter the past week the guest of
Will Gregg also a graduate of the above
school Mr Parrish is an expert piano
tuner and while in the city secured several
instruments to tune and clean His work
gives excellent satisfaction
Will Celebrate on the Third
A mass meeting was held at Franklin
recently by the business men to consider
holding a celebration the Fourth of July
It was decided that a celebration be held
on the 3d as the Fourth comes on Sunday
Committees were appointed and work com
menced to raise funds and to make it a suc
cess
Johnstown Bank Closes
The Bank of Johnstown was closed last
week by J F Coad jr state bank ex
aminer
He Felt the Wheels Go Round
A man named Hager who lives a few
miles from Bloomington was cleaning his
bicycle the other day and was trying to
seehow fast he coujd make the wheels go
around His hand caught in the spokes
cutting one linger off breaking another
and badly bruising the whole hand
3Ieets at Plattsmouth Next Month
The animal meeting of the Nebraska
State Pharmaceutical Association will be
held at Plalbmonth this year and the
iates are June 7 S and 9 A good pro
gram has been arraiiied
NOT QUITE SO FUNNY
Man Dies as Result of Treatment by
Some Young Fellows
Calvin Rose died at the county hospital
at North Platte after an illness of a week
resulting from exposure and a debauch ini
which he engaged with several youngl
men of that city Mr Rose who was a
farmer living in the southern part of tbel
county came to town and it is said drank
heavily A number of North Platte youngl
fellows thought they would have some fun
with the old man he being about 65 years
of age They got him so full of whisky
that he became stupefied and then
shaved one side of his face and
clipped the hair from one side of his head
The old man was then placed behind a
curtain in a saloon and free show was es
tablished for the crowd He was kept in
this condition for a day and night and then
ninppii in his waaon and started home
The next day he was found in the bottom
of the wagon unconscious and the team
was roaming over the country He was in
a very bad condition and he grew worse
as the result of improper treatment Roso
was then taken to town where the doctors
endeavored to relieve him Quite a sum
of money has been raised to prosecute an
action against the persons concerned and
it is thought that both civil and criminal
prosecution will be commenced
Dates Tor Examinations
The state superintendent has designated
June a and 10 as the dates for holding ex
aminations for professional state and life
certificates The examinations will bo
held at the office of the state superintend
ent in Lincoln at the office of the county
superintendent at North Platte and at the
high school buildings in Omaha Fremont
Hastings Norfolk and Grand Island On
the 9th examinations will be taken in
geology chemistry physical geography
and English literature the work to begin
at 9 a m On the 10th commencing at
830 will be given trigonometry zoology
rhetoric intellectual philosophy and gen
eral history During the last two years
thirty eight successfully passed these ex
aminations and forty seven were granted
certificates on diplomas making a total of
eighty five
Little Girl Dies from a Bruise
Little Grace Emply daughter of A F
Emply of Papillion died a few days ago
from blood poisoning which developed
from a bruise on her left leg just below the
knee where a ball hit her while playing
with her schoolmates about three weeks
ago The injury did not appear serious at
the time and nothing was thought of it
but later after a consultation doctors de
cided that the bone of the leg had been in
jured by the ball and that there was dan
ger of blood poisoning One of Omahas
most skillful surgeons was telephone for
but in spite of the best efforts of the doc
tors blood poisoning set in and the child
died
Operate a Farm for Stolen Horses
The sentence of Tarrington to the pen
itentiary for five years will probably act as
a check to horse stealing in and around
Fremont It is said he is one of a gang
operating in that section having head
quarters at a place known as the Wortman
ranch near Sioux City Their method of
operations was to take horses fromBoone
Platte Colfax and Dodge Counties and
bring them to the ranch where they would
be disposed of Yarrington is thought to
have had a hand in the disappearance of a
good many horses
Bieyclc Recovered and Thief in Jail
L W Goodrichs bicycle was stolen
from the porch of his residence in Fairbury
and was found later at Western where it
had been sold by the thief a colored man
who claims to be a professional pugilist
and goes under the name of Black Pearl
The sheriff followed him to Geneva and
arrested him
Valuable Dogs Poisoned
At Columbus G B Speice Charles Jones
and J D Reynolds each lost a valuable
bird dog by poison One dog brought
home a bone and fell over while gnawing
it The symptoms showed that strychnine
had been used The dogs were all good
blooded animals the curs escaping
Captures a Fine Owl
Elmer Ford and Emery Meridith caught
a fine owl in the school house at Stella It
is on exhibition in a drug store and i3
viewed with much curiosity It is of the
monkey faced species of a brown color
and measures over three feet from tip to
tip of wings
Horse and Cart Stolen
A horse and cart the property of Robert
Limpka a Tecumseh tailor were stolen
from a hitch rack on the public square re
cently Johnson County offers 50 for the
return of the property and apprehension
of the thief
Vote Down Irrigation Proposition
An election held at Johnstown resulted
in the defeat of the proposition to organizo
the Johnstown irrigation district
Nebraska Short Notes
Madison people are discussing the ad
visability of putting in an electric light
plant
Fred Freeman of Spring Green Furnas
County was killed by lightning one day
last week
The regular weekly butter shipments of
the Neligh creamery now amount to a lit
tle over 4000 pounds
Without exception the reports from all
parts of Nebraska indicate there will be a
bountiful fruit crop this year
Reports from over the state are to tha
eifectthatan unusually large propuitioa
of corn is being listed this year
Lucien C Mills of Deuel County ha
sued forty prominent citizens ofVtai
county for 12000 damages for defamatiorf
of character
George L Damme a fanner liring near
Burr was kicked on the head by a horgfj
and only lived a few hours after the acci
dent
One brick store building is now in ceuraa
of construction at Rushville and work will
soon commence on another doubhrfronx
building
C D Sharder formerly a member of the
legislature from Logan County was
kicked in the face by a horse last week
Considerable damage was done to his up
per lip
Lightning set fire to the barn of Philip
Leber near Papillion and the building and
contents were consumed Loss 2680
Some one tried to get into the safe of H
n Judd Co of Rising City one night
last week but failed The lock was ruined
however
The Butler County jail has become so
infested with vermin that the prisoners
have been moved elsewhere while tha
authorities institute 2 war of extermination
Sarpy County farmers report that quail
and rabbits are more plentiful this spring
than for many years The fields are fairly
alive with both varieties of game
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