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SNAGS IN THE TABUS
tio AGREEMENT REACHED BY
THE CONFEREES
3oth Houses of Congress Holding
Out for Their Own Bills Steps
t
Taken to Secure 3Irs Maybriclcs
I Itelcnse from an English Prison
Conferees Hard at Work
A Washington dispatch of July 12 says
Thc tariff conferees have struck some
fenags Minor matters have been easily ad
gusted but on all important features there
lias been no agreement and the outlookto
day is that several reports will have to be
anade before an adjustment can be reached
JThe house conferees stand solidly by their
Jbill and the senate conferees are no less
lenaeious
The senate conferees laid before the
3iouse members the condition in the senate
-where other than Republican votes were
necessary to pass the bill or adopt the con
ference report The members of the house
ire standing by their bill nevertheless
and have told the senatois they cannot
accept the senate amendments on many
important items
The conferees find trouble outside of
sugar wool coal and lead Lumber has
3cen in dispute also straw matting bur
3aps cotton ties and other items placed on
4he free list by the senate
The house conferees are also insisting
upon higher compensatory duties on man
ufactures of f otton on account of the duty
sf 20 per cent on raw cotton
The noon recess of the conferees was
devoted largely to a conference with indi
vidual senators in which the members of
the house in the conference participated
These conferences developed the fact that
ihc wool schedule had been under special
consideration during the forenoon sesMm
and that the house men had shown a de
cided disposition to hold on to the house
ates There is evident apprehension that
contention is granted there will bq
difficulty in getting the bill through thq
senate and it is not believed the apprehen
sion has changed by the result of inquiries
MAY FREE MRS MAYBRICK
Chances of Her Getting Out o
Prison More Favorable
lThe chnces of the release of Mrs May
fcrick from an English prison are con
sidered to be more favorable than at any
iime during her imprisonment Judge
fYarrell counsel for Mrs May brick re
cently called on President McKinley
and the president is understood to have
iheld out much encouragement for the
prisoner Judge Terrell says My
audience with the president was a
pleasant one and of some length He
appeared deeply interested in the matter
and the documents and letters which I
submitted to him were not given a mere
passing glance as the president con
sidered them carefully I am fully satis
fied he has instructed the proper persons
to do all in their power to secure Mrs
Maybriclcs speedy release Ambassador
Hay as it is known has already presented
a petition and the papers asked Mrs
jtfaybricks freedom and I firmly believe
she will secure it
DOUBLE TENNESSEE TRAGEDY
Wm Black Kills His
and Then Himself
For some lime William Black has been a
tenant of Mrs Mary Wolf a wealthy
Twidow living near Morristown Tenn
Black had a wife and children but paid
attention to the widow Two months ago
tairs Wolf married John Black a younger
torother Her admirer WiHiani Black1
often threatened to kill the pair At last
the entered the brothers house while John
was at the barn and asked Mrs Black
rlAre you going to do what you promised
ane not to do and before she could an
iswer he shot her dead He reloaded his
gfun and sent a bullet through his head
The Sick Returning Home
1 The Spanish mail steamer leaving Ha
vana Sunday carried 1000 soldiers many
of whom will die on the way home
Eleven thousand sick soldiers have been
to Spain since January 1 The Span
ish troops have been ordered not to eat
inangoes but they disobey the order be
cause theyj have nothing else for food
hlango diet aggravates fever During the
last ten days over S00 soldiers were taken
to the hospital at Matanzas
Grimm and Elliott to Shoot
j Charles M Grimm of Iowa has accepted
Ihe challenge of J A Fi Elliott of Kansas
City to shoot a series of live bird matches
JThe conditions named aie that the contest
jtake place in October when the birds will
1be good flyers each of a series of three to
fbe at 100 live birds for 100 a side on each
irace and 200 on the greatest number killed
in the series The places named for the
series are Chicago St Louis and Omaha
Offered Bolivian Mission
3Iaj Z K Pangborn the veteran news
paper editor of Jersey City X J has re
ceived a telegram froai the administration
at Washington proffering him the position
of minister to Bolivia It is probable that
he will decline the appointment
Illinois Centrals Earnings
The net earnings for the Illinois Central
Tor the month of May were 525230 an in
crease of 175779 over the same month of
last year From July 1 189Qthe net earn-
of the road have been 6155179 a de-
cfeaso of 53703 from the same period ojj
the previous fiscal year
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
kows a reserve decrease of 23000 Tb
anfcs now hold 41860000 in excess of Uw
lNBrt requirements
TRIES TO SHIELD MRS NACK
Thorno Takes All Responsibility for
Guldensuppes Death
Martin Thorn in addition to the state
ments attributed to him in the confession
given out by New York police has made a
complete acknowledgment of his connec
tion with the crime for which he and Mrs
Nack have been indicted by tho grand jury
in that city Information given indicates
clearly that Thorns one concern after
his arrest was the protection of Mrs JSack
I am perfectly willing to die Thorn
told the detectives but I dont want any
thing to happen to her Guldensuppe
went to the Woodside house and met Mrs
Nack in the front yard The rubber
seemed to be uneasy He had a presenti
ment that everything was not right for he
turned to Mrs Nack and said
Augusta I think there is a put up job
here
Why William Thorn said Mrs Nack
replied theres nothing of the kind I
dont see what should make you think
that5
Well all right Guldensuppe replied
asJie started into the house
After the body was ready Thorn called
Mrs -Sack upstairs and the two packed
the two sections of the trunk in the oil
doth Mrs Nack he said helped dispose
of these packages but she had nothing to
Jo with the head nor did she know what
he did with it Thorn denied again pos
itively and emphatically that Mrs Nack
had anything to do with tlie killing of
Guldensuppe
The New York Herald says that John
Gotha betrayed Thorn through no motive
Df public duty but because he feared that
Thorn intended to kill him because of
Gothas knowledge of the murder
NEWS DOESNT SUIT HAWAI
Disappointed that the Annexation
Treaty Is Not Ratified
- The steamer City of Pekin has arrived at
San Francisco a day behind time Capt
Smith explained the delay by Saying his
l essel was detained at Honolulu on a re
quest from the officers of the Hawaiian
government who asked the steamer to re
main in the harbor there until -the Mari
posa from San Francisco should arrive by
by which the Hawalians hoped to
hear tho annexation treaty had
bm ratified by the United States
senate and that they could call themselves
Americans The leaders of the annexation
party had purchased all the fireworks on
the islandin anticipation of news favor
able to their way of managing the islands
and were preparing for a big celebration
but news to fully suit them did hot come
ajld thtf celebration was declared off The
Bawaiians intended by the steamer City
Df Pekin to be able to send cougraulatory
messages to their new kinsmen on this
shore of the Pacific
TO RECALL WU TING FANG
Chinese Minister at Washington to
Be Transferred to Tokio
Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister to
the United States is to be recalled some
time in August This information comes
In the nature of a surprise as he came to
this country only about two months ago to
ccnmfi nhariTH of the diplomatic relations
Between this country and China No offi
cial document has as yet been received or
dering the recall of the minister but pri
vate advices accompanied by copies of
Chinese newspapers all contain the same
intelligence which leaves but little doubt
Lhat the information is correct Wu Ting
Fang will be transferred to Tokio to suc
seed Yu Keng Wo formerly minister at
that place The charges preferred against
5Tu Keng Wo in his conduct of affairs in
Japan have been under investigation by
Li Hung Chang for a considerable time
ft was finally decided to remove him and
he will be replaced by Wu Tfng Fang
BAD STORM IN GERMANY
Number of Pexsons Killed and Four
Millions Damage Dono
A Stuttgart Germany dispatch brings
news of a destructive hailstorm which
raffed for houjs in southern Wurtemburg
causing the deatof thirteen persons and
ilamage to crops amounting to more than
H030000 Tlie rain was followed by a
terrific hailstorm some of the hailstones
being of almost incredible size
Tornado in Ken tuck j
A tornado swept over western Kentucky
and southern Illinois Friday night doing
much damage to crops and farm buildings
So far as known but three people wore in
jured At Paducha much damage was
done in the town section several ware
houses and buildings being partially blown
down Metropolis and Brooklyn in Illi
nois Eddyville and Katawa in Kentucky
and Paris Tenn also report some damage
New Narcotic Discovered
Efforts on the part of physicians in
charge of the insane hospital for women
in the City of Mexico to discover some safe
uarcotic which would produce sleep have
resulted in bringing into daily use in the
institution a simple remedy prepared from
the seed of the white seapod It produces a
tranquil sleep
To Issue a 165000000 Mortgage
The directors of the Chicago and North
western Railway Company at a special
meeting in New York authorized a new
general mortgage for 165000000 to
be dated November 1 next and to run
ninety years The rate of interest is be
lieved to be either 3 or 3 per cent
Recruits for the Navy
The navy department is about to under
take to get more western blood in the navy
and to this end Lieut Commander J M
Hawley with a surgeon and a boatswain
will start from Washington this week on a
tour of the larger western cities with a
view of securing recruits
Hail as Lnrge as Walnuts
A severe storm visited Massillon Ohio
Saturday evening Hail as large as wal
nuts fell and in some places the ground
was covered to a depth of eight inches
Corn and vegetables were almost ruined
Monadnock to Go to Soa
The United States Monitor Monadnock
dropped down the river at Portland Ore
gon Saturday and proceeded to sea
RESULT OP HOT WAYE
MANY DEATHS AND PROSTRA
TIONS LAST WEEK
There Were 350 Deaths Directly
Due to the Heat and Many Fatal
ities Indirectly Caused Thereby
Over Two Thousand Prostrations
Many Die from Heat
The following reports received by the
Associated Press from various places
throughout the country give the total
number of deaths due to excessive heat for
the past week In several oities the death
rate has largely increased over that of the
corresponding week of last year as well
as last week and while the deaths from
the heat have been very numerous many
more have occurred really attributable to
that cause indirectly that do not figure in
these reports
The record of prostrations and deaths
resulting from the lotfg heated term ap
proaches in magnitude that of a general
epidemic prostrations numbering in the
neighborhood of 2000 and the deaths close
to 350
Chicago 87 deaths and 347 prostrations
New York 11 deaths Utica N Y 4
deaths Washington 1 death Philadel
phia 3 deaths Meridan Conn 1 death
the only death in the state Rochester N
Y 2 deaths Buffalo 7 deaths and five in
the neighboring towns Worcester Mass
2 deaths Cleveland Ohio 5 deaths 82
prostrations Milwaukee 3 deaths 13
prostrations Wisconsin outside of Mil
waukee 6 deaths 25 prostrations Syra
cuse N Y 4 deaths St Paul Minn 2
deaths 7prostrations Chattanooga Tenn
2 deaths many prostrations Indianapolis
10 deaths 50 prostrations LaCrosse Wis
4 deaths Cincinnati 53 deaths This
does not include a dozen fatalities in Cov
ington Newport and other suburbs
There were over 500 prostrations
Pittsburg 22 deaths 47 prostrations
Columbus Ohio 4 deaths 28 prostrations
Detroit and throughout the state of Michi
12 deaths Kansas City 8 deaths 50
prostrations Topeka Kan 12 prostra
tions Omaha 2 deaths 4 prostrations
New Orleans 15 deaths Nashville 5
deaths and two last Saturday Louisville
17 deaths 50 prostrations St Louis in 13
days 42 deaths 187 prostrations Boston
4 deaths 27 prostrations Toledo Ohio
10 deaths 20 prostrations Grand Rapids
2 deaths Terre Haute 1 death Peoria
6 deaths and several in surrounding coun
try Lincoln 3 deaths and numerous pros
trations throughout the state -Springfield
111 1 death
OHIO LOVERS DIE TOGETHER
Edward Cowles and Nellie Uusher
Prefer Death to Separation
The little village of Moline near Bowl
ing Green Ohio is in a fever of excite
ment over the shocking suicide of Miss
Nellie Lusher and her lover Edward
Cowles Of late their affection ripened
into love but as both were under 18 years
of age their parents objected to their mar
riage Wednesday evening they attended
a lawn fete together and returned home
with Miss Lushers sister but they
did not enter the house The parents
became alarmed and instituted a
search but finally concluded the young
couple had doped Saturday evening
children while playing discovered Nellies
hat and Cowles coat near a large stone
quarry pona on me weissrauier larm x
searching party was organized and the
water in the quarry dragged The re
mains were brought to the surface with
grappling hooka The yoeng man had
his arms about his sweehearts waist and
it was with difficulty that they were sep
arated The only reason it is claimed
that can be given for the tragedy is that
tho young couple preferred death toibeing
separated
KELIHAN TO HANG AUGUST II
Petition Filetl for a Commutation
of His Sentence
Kelihan the Sherburne Minn bank
robber isto hang August 11 An applica t
tiorjf or commutation of sentencerhasbeerr
filed wittothe board of pardons It is held
in the application that Kelihan is weak
minded and thirteen reputablecitizens of
Rock Rapids Iowa where he liyexMor
years sign a statement to this effect The
trial judge Quinn was askedto sign a
statement of facts covering the robbery
but declined This statement was to ac
company the application for coirfmutation
but according to Judge Quinn it does not
adhere sfrictlv to the truth or to the
mony as offered in the court
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William Has an Bye Injured
Emperor William while walking upon
the deck of his yacht at Odde Norway
Sunday while one of the masts was being
lowered was struck a violenfblow on the
left eye by a rope causing and extravasa
tion of blood on the eyeball A bandage
was immediately placed over he injured
eye and the pain ceased almost at once
Count Cnstellane Blackballed
Count Boniface de Castellane who mar
Anna Gould has been blackballed by the
Jockey Club of Faris One blackball is
sufficient to exclude but no less than 288
were counted in the vote on the counts
application for membership His younger
brother who was put up for membership
at the same time was elected
Negro Lynched in Missouri
Erastus Brown a negro who criminally
assaulted and nearly -killed Miss Annie
Toervinger near Valley Ridge Mo July
2 and who was subsequently captured and
conveyed to Union was taken from jail
Sunday morning and hanged to a tree by
a mob
Thorn and Mrs Nack Held
Martin Thorn and Mrs Augusta Nack
have been indicted by the grand jury for
murder in the first degree in connection
with the Gildensuppe mystery in New
York
Central Amerieau Row
The difficulty growing out of the
loundary dispute between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua is nearing a point where diplo
macy and arbitration seem to be out of the
question
CHICAGOS HOTTEST DAY
Sixteen Deaths from the Heat and
Many Prostrations
Of all the hot days that have made life a
burden since the warm weather of 1897
began Friday was the worst There were
more deaths of human beings and of ani
mals and the number of prostrations wa3
greater than upon any other day of the
long hot spell that has hung over Chicago
Sixteen people died from the heat two are
insane and out of a large number of pros
trations ten cases are critical
At Bloomington 111 tho mercury
reached 105 Three deaths and a number
of prostrations occurred
Four people died from tlie heat In St
Louis Friday There were thirty four
prostratton3 Hundreds of people slept
out on Eads bridge Friday night It was
86 degrees there
The heat in Kansas City was even more
oppressive Friday than Thursday Two
deaths are reported
Three deaths occurred at Lafayette
Ind from the effects of heat and another
victim is dying
Friday was the hottest day of the year
at Indianapolis the official thermometer
registering 99 at 3 p m Two deaths oc
curred
New York police report eleven prostra
tions and in one of the cases a laborer
who was crazed by the rays of the sun
leaped into the Harlem River and was
drowned Seven deaths were reported
The number of heat deaths in Cincinnati
Friday was six Thirty prostrations wera
reported
At Burlington Iowa the mercury
reached 102 One death and a dozen pros
trations occurred
At Keokuk one death and several pros
trations
Toledo Ohio reports one death and a
dozen prostrations The thecmometer
registered 95
STRIKES DISTURB BUSINESS
Serious Labor Troubles Complicate
the Trado Situation
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says The strike of bituminous
coal miners has taken 75000 men or more
from work and threatens to restrict the
supplies- of fuel in some quarters though
tho West Virginia and some other mines
which declined to take part claim to be
able to meet the eastern demand for some
months The tin plate works have settled
the wage question and are again busy
The cotton mills have a steady and in
creasing demand and the quotation for
middling uplands has been advanced a
sixteenth aided by speculation on the
strength of reports of damage to the crop
in Texas and Arkansas The woolen mills
are getting decidedly small orders for fall
wanrs and ore beginning hopefully en
spring goods but are cautious in contracts
for future delivery While the most
cautious estimates of the wheat yield havo
been advanced that of the Orange Judd
Farmer to 575000000 bushels prices have
been lifted nearly 3 cents at New York
although Atlantic exports flour included
were for the week 1503953 bushels against
418336 last year Each week raises the
estimate of tho wheat yield and if tho
weather continues favorable the crop may
prove a most important factor in the future
of national and international business
Sully and Fitz to Star
John L Sullivan has doubled up with
Bob Fitzsimmons and champion and for
mer champien will shortly start oufon an
extended tour under the personal direction
of Martin Julian Brother-in-law Martin
is now making arrangements to take the
two big fellows out and will in all proba
bility start in the course of a week or so
Julian contemplates having a blood curd
ling melodrama ground out for his two
fighters and putting them into the play
acting business for keeps
William Bloom Gains His Liberty
William Bloom the young man indicted
in Cleveland Ohio for arson and who
confessed to setting fire to forty eight
buildings in Detroit and nearly as many
in Chicago escaped from ttiii insane de-
partment of the infirmary
cured a chisel of a carpenter during tho
night and at aunrisewas gone
Quay -Again aCandidate
Senator Quay has announced that he
will be a candidate for the senate to suc
ceed himself as senator from Pennsylva
nia
MAEEET QUOTATIONS-
Chicago Cattle common to prime
350 to 525 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 400 wheat No 2 red 70c to 71c
corn No 2 26c to 2Sc oats No 2 17c
to ISc i ye No 2 34c to 35c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
Sc to 9c new potatoes GOc to SOc per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
500 hogs choice licht S00 to 3 75
sheep common to choice S300 to S375
wheat No 2 07c to G9 corn No 2
white 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 21c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 4 00
wheat No 2 6Sc to Tic corn NoJi
vellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white lie
to ISc rye No 2 32c to 33c
Cincinnati Cattle S250 to 500 hoijs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to S37o
wheat No 2 77e to TSe corn No 2
mixed 20c to 2Sc oats No 2 mixed 20c
to 22c ive No 2 33c to 35c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 74c to 75c corn No 2
yellow 2bc to 29c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c rye 34c to 3Gc
Toledo Wheat No 2 rod 77c to 79c
corn No 2 mixed 2Gc to 27c oats No
2 white ISc to 20c rye No 2 35c to 37
clover seed 415 to 425
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 73c
to 75c corn No 3 2Gc to 28c oats No
2 whtie 22c to 24c barley No 2 30c to
3Gc rye No 1 35c to 3Gc pork mess
725 to 775
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 rod 7Sc to 80e corn No 2
vellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 24c
to 2Gc
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 77c to 7Sc corn No 2
SOc to 31c oats No 2 white 22c to 23c
butter creamery 12c to 16c eggs West
ern 10c to 12c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
John Hanna Escapes from the Da
kota Connty Jail Goes to His Old
Haunts and Is Retaken by the
Sheriff After Ten Hours Freedom
Prisoner Escapes and Is Caught
John Hanna who for two months past
has been confined in the county jail at
Dakota City awaiting the convening of
district court to answer to the charge of
grand larceny broke jail Saturday after
noon but after ten hours of freedom was
again safely landed behind tho bars by
Sheriff Borowsky A Fourth of July pic
nic was in progress at Crystal Lake Park
Sunday and Sheriff Borowsky and Deputy
Sheriff Smith were there to preserve order
leaving the deputy sheriffs father to give
Hanna his noonday meal The lock on
the steel cage in which Hanna is confined
is somewhat defective and the jailer failed
to lock it securely and after he had taken
his departure Hanna took advantage of
the opportunity offered and made his
escape His departure was not discovered
until Sheriff Borowskys return from
Crystal Lake about 7 oclock when a
posse of men was gathered together and
pursuit instituted Ilannas home is on
the Winnebago Agency he being a squaw
man and it was thought he would strike
for his former haunts About VI oclock
Sunday night the sheriff in company with
Harry Rasdall marshal of Homer arrived
at the home of Ilannas father-in-law
Solomon Hill when search and inquiry
was made without result The sheriff and
marshal then withdrew from the premises
and lay in wait In about an hour Hanna
made his appearance and when attempt
ing to gain entrance into the house Sheriff
Borowsky challenged him He started to
inn and the sheriff fired six shots in close
proximity to his person This stopped him
and he was taken in custody In the chase
Sheriff Borowsky stumbled and sustained
a fracture of his right leg
Child Tried as a Horse Thief
Herman Fulletz a boy of about 12 years
of age was tried before Judge McDonald
at Pierce on the charge of stealing horses
of August Giese a farmer H F Barn
hart had been appointed as the boys attor
ney and argued that the court had no
power to try the boy as this case could be
only tried by a district judge Judge Mc
Donald was convinced that Barnharts
view of the case was correct and County
Attorney Leaving dismissed the case and
had the boy arrested for incorrigibility
Young Fulletz had been herding horses
for August Giese this spring and summer
and on or about June 28 Fulletz took one
of the horses and rode all the way to his
home in Humphrey Sheriff Hass got onto
his trail and found him at his homo at that
place
Diseased Cattle in Knox County
Much feeling has been manifested
throughout the section around Wausa over
the seeming indifference of state officials
in not talcing some action toward stamping
out the diseased catUe which have caused
such heavy losses to owners of cattle in a
large herd miles north
of that place It is reported that a portion
of the herd is now located abont seven
miles north of Wausa which fact has
caused serious apprehension among stock
owners df the vicinity Apparently the
disease has subsided some but yet con
tinues to claim enough vietims to excite
alarm
Beat the Girl Unmercifully
George Peters a farmer living near
Plattsmouth committed assault and bat
tery upon a German girl last week The
case is a most atrocious one A few weeks
ago the unfortunate girl had Peters bound
over to the district court on a charge of
bastardy She being within a few weeks
of confinement asked him for necessaries
This so enraged the brute that he made a
vicious assault and iniiicted wounds that
Will probably result in the death of the
woman that he wronged Peters is in the
Eounty jail and the community where the
offense was committed is greatly excited
Arrested for Owninj Dogs
A A A lien and J W Miller two well
know citizens of York havo been arrested
on the charge of illegally harboring dogs
The action is the outgrowth of the trouble
J hat has been brewing for some time over
the ordinance compelling dog owners to
pay a tax of 3 or have their dogs killed
A number of people have refused to abide
by tho law and the city attorney and
mayor are resolved to see that it is en
forced to the letter Allen and Miller ap
peared ii the police court and pleaded not
guilty Their cases were continued
Biff Business in Icinj Fruit
The icing of California fruit in transit
over the Inion Pacific Railway has grown
to immense proportions at North Platte
The North Platte icing plant is one of the
largest aud most complete in the country
During June K51 cars were iced and the
business thus far in July indicates that the
record for the month will exceed by one
half the number of cars iced in July 189j
On July 7 fifty one cars Avere iced An
additional icehouse of 5003 tons capacity
will be added it is announced to the plant
fall
Ship Butter to England
Fairmont Creamery is making from 2009
pounds of butter to 2200 pounds daily A
i arload was shipped to New York one
day last week and will be sent to Liver
pool Several shipments huve been made
lo England this season
Cut to Pieces on the Tracks
An unknown man was killed a mile and
A half east of- Oakland on the Omaha
Railroad Friday night by train No IS He
was evidently a tramp stealing a ride and
fell from the trucks or rods ne was lit
erally cut to pieces
Order Goods by Telephone
The Nebraska Telephone Company com
pleted its line to Humboldt last week
Several orders for goods were sent out on
its completion to Omaha and Lincoln the
wirei working perfectly
German Farmer Commits Suicide
Gregory Eisele a well-to-do German
farmer living six miles west of Crete com
mitted suicide by hanging himself No
reason for the act can be given He leaves
a widow and large family of children His
farm consisted of eighty acres well im
proved with 1600 incumbrance
Littlefield Loses His Job
Baalis Littlefield business manager of
the Institute for the Blind at Nebraska
City has been discharged without any
cau3e being assigned He has returned
with his family to Syracuse
To Test Cattle Stealing Statute
An appeal case comes from Sheridan
County to the supreme court which is to
test the law passed in 1895 making cattlo
stealing the same grade of crime as horso
stealing In December of last year Her
man F Granger was tried in the district
court of Sheridan County for stealing ono
cow The jury broucht in a verdict o
guilty and also found the value of the
cow to be 20 The judge sentences
Granger to three years in penitentiary In
the brief filed by Ji C Noleman attorney
for Granger it is claimed that the act of
1S95 is unconstitutional this claim having
also been made in district court and it in
therefore argued that the offense is only
petit larceny While relying principally
on this defense the brief filed also cites
error in the fact that the complaint againft
Granger did not mention the act undei
which the defendant was to be tried
Beet Sugar Aysociation
A new incorporation styled the Ne
braska Beet Sugar Association was filed
with the secretary of state at Lincoln last
week It is stated to be an organization
of citizens of Nebraska to promote thq
beet sugar industry in the state The in
corporators are R M Allee J B Cessna
Eli A Barnes W X Nason W G Whit
more Henrv A Koenig F F Brown
John W Thayer F W Taylor Ross L
Hammond R 1 Schneider and L D
Richards R M Allen is president and
there are fifteen vice presidents named
comprising prominent men from diffcrenj
sections of tlie state
KJr
Two Hurt in i Runaway
Seibert Lee of Round Valley and Miss
Mary Barnes were seriously hurt as they
weie starting home from Broken Uow the
fore part of the week By some means
the bridle came off one of the horses which
Lee was driving He in attempting to
get the bridle onto the horse again was
knocked down trampled on and kicked byt
the horse his face and head being badly1
cut and bruised rendering him uncon
scious for several hours As the team ran
away Mary Barnes who was in the wagon
was thrown out and the wagon ran over
her She sustained a broken leg
Bicycle Corpq Reaches Alliance
The Twenty fifth infantry bicycle corps
pulled into Alliance July 4 Being Sun
day and the Fourth of July only a half
days work was put in Although but six
hours riding was done a distance of iotty
nine miles war covered Roads for thirty
were the best yet experienced With
favorable winds one run of nine miles was
made in thirty five minutes It was the
first day out that all conditions were favor
able The first thousand miles was com
pleted on this day leaving about 000 miles
yet to go to reach St Louis
Determined to Die
Disappointed in love and smarting under
alleged abuse from her parents Mary Car
penter aged 30 daughter of D B Car
penter a prominent farmer of Dawes
County attempted suicide a few days
since She first tried to purchase
piine but it was refused her and going
home took a razor and tried to cut her
throat Failing in this she procured a
large needle and hat pin and stuck both
into her throat A physician was sum
moned and succeeded in extracting the pin
but the needle could not be located Tho
girl will probably die
Bank President Tried for Contempt
Judge Kendall was in Greeley Center
last week to listen to contempt proceed
ings against the president of the Exeliango
Bank for violating a mandatory onler of
injunction The information was filed by
the cashier of the bank The judge de j
cided there had been no contempt foe the
reason that the mandatory order of injunc
tion was void
Dog- Shot by the Marshal
A dog owned by Dr A L Williamson
of Humboldt caused a commotion by its
queer actions and was shot by the marshal
One boy and several dogs were bitten It
is believed however that the animal was
not mad
Foot Crushed by a Train
A Polish section hand named Wycinski
was run over by a Union Pacific freight
train at Columbus and -had his foot badly
crushed The injured member was am
putated
Farmer Succumbs to the Heat
Charles Weaver who was employed by
Walter Eckert a farmer living a mile and
a half southeast of Beenier was overcome
by heat and found dead in a rye field last
week
Nebraska Short Notes
II E Fish was drowned one day last
week while bathing in Giles Creek near
Tilden
The assessed valuation of Holt County
is 2543070 an increase of J017j over last
year
A severe wind storm one day last week
wrecked the barns on the cattle ranch of
Carl Croker near Ewing
The old settlers of Antelope County will
hold an encampment in the fairgrounds
grove at Neligh on September 10 and 11
An ample and interesting program will
be arranged
Treasurer Powers of Polk County says
that the past month has been the best for
collection of taxes in his three and a half
years as county treasurer
Albert Youngquist of Holdrege was
thrown from a buggy by a runaway team
and received internal injuries from which
he died after being in great pain several
days
Monday Frank Wiitson a ranchman liv
ing several miles southeast of Alliance
was en route to that city and when he
reached the Stocking ranch alighted and
started for the well to get a drink Mr
Smith the manager of tlie ranch wa
away and Wiitson was attacked by several
large stag hounds kept for the purpose oJ
fighting wolves A terrible fight ensued
and by the time he reached the wagon lie
was severe bitten from head to foot
The little 2-year-old child of a family
named Thompson living near Arcadia
last week swallowed a wire fence staple
The doctors acreed that the child must
surely die but three days later it passed
the staple through the bowels
William Darlington a farmer living near
McCook had a leg broken by being thrown
from a colt he was trying to break
The capacity of the stock yardsat Alli
ance is being increased to abnpst double
its present size by the railroad company
This was necessary on account of the large
shipments of stock being handled at thafc
point
The water in the South Platte River afe
North Platte has fallen very rapidly for
some da s past and has therefore robbed
the south side ditch of its supply Irriga
tionists in Colorado are using all the
water coming-down-- from the mdunuMsV