MOUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
WHEAT TAKES A DROP
-QUICKLY GOES DOWN TO 9B
CENTS MONDAY MORNING
frioc Forced Back to Nearly a Dol
lar When It Breaks Again and
Closing Figures for September Are
3 1 2 Cents Lower Than Saturday
Wheat Takes a Drop Monday
Chicago Aug 28 Up like a rocket
down like a stick characterizes the action
of the wheat market Monday morning
The first quotation for September on the
curb was 102K an advance of 3 cents
over Saturdays close and September corn
brought 83 cents an advance of 2 cents
Liverpool opening cables showed an ad
vance of ii4 cents over Saturdays
close against Chicagos Saturday advance
of 7 cents and corn at Liverpool was up
2 2-531-3 cents or considerably more
than Chicagos advance of Saturday and
the worlds shipments statement showed
5000000 of the 7000000 were contributed
ty the United States
The opening on the regular board found
no higher quotation than 994 cents or the
same figure as Saturdays close and there
were simultaneous sales all the way down
to 9S cents with a quick drop to 97 cents
and some sales even at 95 cents or 7
cents below the top price on the curb
Enormous quantities were for sale with
few buyers Many holders were evidently
realizing profits This finally carried the
price down to 95c A recovery followed
the bull crowd taking up the market again
the price going to 99T cents fluctuating
between that and 98 cents
Around 11 oclock the price sagged
going off later to 96K cents then for a long
time fluctuated within a range of 96K97
iiolding most of the time near the higher
figure Half an hour before the close
September was quoted at 96j cents and
December at 96J cents
The market remained weak to the end
September closing at 96 cents and Decem
ber at 95 cents September shows a net
loss of 3K cents compared with Saturdays
-close
WORSE THAN SIBERIA
Georgia Commission Reports
Condition of Convict Camps
The special commission which Gov
iSSfri Ss
on
At-
fcinson of Georgia appointed last spring to
Investigate the condition of the convict
camps of Georgia has made its report and
the publication thereof has astounded not
only the governor but even those mem
bers of the legislature who thoughl that
such an investigation was needed It de
clares that the convict camps of the state
are worse than Siberia and its findings
condition so liurribie revolting and
Inhuman as to be almost beyond belief
Men and women of both colors are forced
to sleep together in outhouses and women
compelled to don mens clothes and work
In the ditches with the men
The reports descriptive of the treatment
of women are unprintable In one camp
the commission found sixteen colored men
and a white woman quartered in a barn
with cows and a guano store room above
them
MILLIONS TO BE DIVIDED
Last Chapter of Fight lor the Davis
Fortune Will Soon Close
The noted Davis will contests have been
settled and in a short time the various
claimants will agree upon terms of a divis
ion and the court at Butte Mont will be
-asked to distribute the estate according to
the compromise The contest began in
1890 with an attack on the will of the late
Andrew Davis on the ground that it was a
forgery A settlement has finally been
reached with all the claimants but the
basis of a division has not been announced
The estate was originally valued at 10
000000 to 12000000 but by litigation it
lias been reduced to about 5000000
POURING INTO BUFFALO
ITrainloads of Veterans Arriving for
the Encampment
Grand Army week at Buffalo opened
with fair weather Train loads of veterans
and friends are constantly arriving
3 S Clarkson commander in chief
arrived Monday morning His recep
tion was the first event of encamp
ment week He was escorted to
-headquarters by the local G A R and a
reception committee
Banished from Skagway
The steamer Coquitlam has returned
Irom Dyea and Skagway in Ahiska It
brings word that a man has been banished
from Skagway by prospectors for attempt
ing to collect a toll of 50 cents from each
person crossing a treewhich he had felled
across a creek on the trail He was given
twelve hours to get out
Three Children Burned to Death
A dispatch from Anaconda Mont says
three children of William Psaast at
Kleinschmidt Falls were burned to death
during the absence of their parents
Noted Pawnee Chief Dead
Chief Curley one of the most noted
3awnee Indians is dead at Perry Okla
homa aged 100 years He tool a promi
nent part in all the Indian wars
Pool Rooms Must Go
Judge James W Withrow of StLcuis
3Io holds that pool rooms are common
gambling houses within the meaning of
dJie statute and will issue an order to the
sheriff to destroy all the property of the
fourteen rooms seized in the big raid last
fweek
Ohio Man Fails for 150000
John F Sieberling formerly a prom
inent manufacturer of Akron Ohio has
assigned His assets and liabiiiles are
159000 each Failure to realize on a silver
nine helped to cause the failure
MURDER AT SEA
Quotations in Philadelphia
Irrrm rftivtr irtf fr
Cantata and First Mate of
a
Vessel Killed by the Grew
A cable dispatch from Beunos Ayres
says that only meager details of the ter
rible murder at sea on board the three
masted American schooner Olive Pecker
have as yet been receivedr The crew of
six men are at Bahia over 1000 miles dis
tant and will be sent to the United States
for trial at the earliest possible date The
tragedy occurred off- the South American
coast Complaints made by thenen were
on account of hard work and insufficient
food
John Lend and a companion crept into
the cabin while Capt Whitman and First
Mate Saunders were asleep and killed
both in their bunks They then kindled
a fire in the afterhold It was only when
the schooner was in flames that the rest of
the crew knew anything of the tragedy
and when the alarm was given they had
barely time to escape the captain and first
mate being missed only as the party left
the burning vessel
ANGIOLILLO IS GARROTED
Assassin of Canovas Put to Death
in Vegara Prison
Michel Angiolillo who shot and killed
Senor Canovas del Castillo the prime
minister of Spain at the baths of Santa
Agueda on Sunday August 8 was exe
cuted at 11 oclock Friday morning ac
cording to the sentence of the courtmarlial
imposed upon him on August 16 after his
trial on the previous Sunday which sen
tence was confirmed by the supreme coun
cil of war
The execution of Angiolillo took place in
the prison of Vegara The executioner
from Beurges performed the garroting
just prior to which a priest exhorted the
anarchist to repent to which Angiolillo
responded
You cannot get men out of prison
Leave me in peace I myself will settle
with God
BEYOND THE DOLLAR MARK
the
Highest in Many Years
The wheat market in Philadelphia was
the most exciting ever experienced in the
history of the exchange Friday last
Quotations jumped i cents and brought
the price beyond the dollar mark Sales
of No 2 red were at 101 and No 2 Penn
sylvania red at 102 the highest fluctua
tions in that city in many years
To Hunt for Thirty Millions
The schooner Aurora which left Vic
toria B C in April last with Capt Fred
Hackettandothersealingcaptains and Mrs
Trevan to search for treasure supposed to
be buried on Cocos Island has returned to
Victoria They were unable to find any
treasure but Charles Hartford who came
up on the schooner as a passenger says he
has located it and knows where he can
lay his hands on 30000000 Hartford
eays he intends to return there as soon as
he can get a vessel to take him
Air Motor Runs Well
The first official trip of the compressed
air motor designed by Robert Hardie has
been made on the Manhattan elevated
railroad in New York General Manager
Fransioli a munber of engineers capital
ists and students were on the train which
made the run from Rector to Fifty eighth
Street over five miles in eighteen minutes
The trial was a successful one and the
motor carried a charge of compressed air
of 2500 ponnds to the square inch
Killed a Bank Burglar
Policeman Charles Hemminger of Can
ton Ohio surprised burglars in the base
ment of Isaac Harter Sons savings bank
early Sunday morning and the officer shot
one of the men who died at the hospital
later without revealing his identity The
burglars had a big lot of tools and ex
plosives in the cellar and were no doubt
professionals The bank is a strong one
and generally believed to contain a large
amount of money
Twixt the Cup and the Lap
Charles Title a poor man in search of
tvork in Milwaukee received word from
Chicago that he was left a legacy of
3000 Being without money to purchase
a ticket to Chicago he resolved to reach
there by stealing a ride on a freight train
In attempting to do so he was drawn
under the wheels and almost ground to
pieces dying a short time after the acci
dent
Massacre in Persia
A dispatch from Tabreez capital of the
province of Azerbaijan Persia says that
the Kurds raided the district of Salinas on
the Turko -Persia frontier Friday They
sacked and completely destroyed two
Armenian villages and massacred 200 per
sons Christians and Mussulmans The
Persian government has decided to send
more troops to the scene of the invasion
Tragedy at Ann Arbor
Miss Agnes Warren of Springfield 111
a student in the summer school at Ann
Arbor Mich was killed by a Michigan
Central train Saturday Willi two com
panions she was walking on the track and
failed to hear the approaching locomotive
Miss Warren graduated from the Univer
sity of Michigan in 18
Chicago Aeronaut Killed
Aeronaut Walter Allerd fell 300 feel
frqm his balloon to the eartli m Chicago
Friday The ballonist became entangled
in a guy rope was dragged from the para
chute trapeze and fell to his death in the
presence of several hundred people Every
bone in his body was broken r
May Have Been Andreo
A dispatch from Sarnie Norway says
A balloon was seen Augul 15 moving at a
great height in a northerly direction
From the balloon depended a tackle which
appeared to be luminous
Covers a Mile in l374J5 5
At the Crystal Palace in London Platte
Belts the bicyclist with a fiyirg start
covered a mile in 137 3 5 breaking Mc
Duffs worlds record
Manitobas Wheat Yield
The Manitoba government crop bulle
tins places the total yield of wheat for this
year at- 21234274 bushel3 or an average of
1jSS bushels per acre
POINTEE THE WINNER
DEFEATS PATCHEN IN STRAIGHT
HEATS IN CHICAGO
The First Heat Was Made in 202
the Second in 204 1 4 and the
Third in 204 Trouble Among
Cherokees in Indian Territory
Star Pointer Beats Patchen
There were 15000 people at Washington
Park Chicago Saturday afternoon who
saw the fastest first heat ever paced and
perhaps the fastest fourth quarter The
chief event on the card was the match be
tween Joe Patchen 201 and Star
Pointer 201 The toss of a coin gave
Patchen the pole for the first and third
heats Star Pointer notwithstanding this
advantage won all three heats handily
outfooting the black horse
First Heat They went away together
Rounding the first turn Patchen was a
length ahead The first quarter was cov
ered in 30 a 202 gait The half was
done in 100 flat and the three quarters
was passed in 182 At that point
Pointer traveling on the outside had
fallen an open length behind Patchen
Swinging into the stretch McCleary called
on the bay horse and he responded gamely
with one of the greatest bursts of speed
ever seen on a trotting track Steadily
inch by inch he crept up on Patchen
Curry shook up his horse and laid the lash
on hard He responded nobly and let out
another link pacing like a well balanced
piece of machinery but he could not shake
off his antagonist Pointer crept up
slowly and finally past Joe in the last half
dozen strides going under the wire a win
ner of the heat by a nose The time for
the mile was 202 flat and a first heat rec
ord was marked up
The strength with which Pointer finished
in this heat made it almost a foregone
conclusion that he would win the second
heat and the race When they were given
the word they went away at evens but
Pointer was never headed winning by
two open lengths in 2013
The third heat was a repitilion of the
second and was made in 204
TROUBLE AMONG CHEROKEES
Full Bloods Worked Up Over the
Dawes Negotiations
The report has reached St Louis from
Chelsea I T that the Keelowa Society
an organization among the Cherokee full
blood Indians has threatened personal
damage to the members of the Cherokee
commission should they enter an agree
ment with the Dawes commission looking
to the destruction of the tribal govern
ment and as a result there is much excite
ment in full blood circles of that district
It has been known for some time that the
Keetowa which is a powerful organiza
tion was very much averse to treating
but that they should openly make threats
causes much surprise
This society has about 500 members in
the district and controls the politics of the
nation The people of the district are fear
ful lest the full bloods will arise in arms
and prevent any action
FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED
Float Crowded with Little Ones
Capsizes at Toronto
Five children were drowned in the har
bor at Toronto Ont Sunday by the cap
sizing of a float The dead are Albert
Driscoll aged 8 Gertie Harvey aged 11
Jack Bethel aged 10 two others names
unknown
The bodies of the three former were re
covered The float was 12 feet long and 6
feet wide and was made of rough timber
Twenty one boys and girls ranging from 8
to 18 years of age crowded on the raft in
tending to go in bathing Half way
across the channel where the water is
very deep the raft capsized and all the
children were thrown into the water All
the children were rescued except five
Important Pension Decision
Assistant Secretary Webster Davis of the
pension department rendered an important
decision recently reaffirming the ruling of
Assistant Secretary Bussey in 1890 in the
case of Mary A Cox a widow claimant
He holds that where the evidence shows
the cause for pension was complicated
with a disease as the immediate cause of
the soldiers death the widows claim on
account of death from these complications
will be sustained the death being held to
be in the line of duty in the service
Urge Rejection of Peace Proposals
A meeting of over 3000 people held in
Athens adopted an address to King George
urging him and the government to reject
the proposed peace treaty between Greece
and Turkey and to resume the hostilities
which were interrupted by the truce The
entire press however and a great majority
of the public of Athens condemn the agita
tion for a resumption of the war
14000 for Missions
At the close of the Christian Alliance
convention in Cleveland Ohio a collection
for missions was taken Eleven thousand
dollars was contributed within a few
minutes making 14000 in all Several
ladies threw diamond rings into the col
lection boxes and many men did the same
with their gold watches and jewelry
A Rapist Lynched
Eloany Sullivan convicted at Williams
burg Ky of the rape of Sarah Lawson
and sentenced to twenty years in the pen
itentiary was taken from jail by a mob
and hanged on the timbers of the county
bridge across the Cumberland River The
lynching occurred at 1 oclock Monday
morning
Confess to Bomb Throwing
The police of Constantinople have ar
rested two Armenians at whose residences
they found two bombs The prisoners
confessed that they intended to commit
outrages by the use of the bombs at the
Russian and German embassies
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
shows a reserve increase of 870000 The
banks now hold 39753000 in excess of the
legal requirements
The
THE WEEK IN TRADE
Business World as Seen by
Dun Co
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says Not for several years have
the telegraphic reports from various cities
in all parts of the country been so en
couraging or shown such uniform im
provement as this week The greatest
gain has been for agriculture Corn has
advanced alittle in price but is moving
very largely so that the last years surplus
may soon be marketed unless the new
crop turns out better than many now ex
pect Cotton declined an eighth because of
estimate promising the largest crop ever
grown but the dcy goods market is de
cidedly improving and some of the large
mills after a few weeks of suspension
have resumed work Most farm products
are doing well but wheat has advanced
118 for the week on actual transactions
with heavy purchases for export
Failures for the week have been 228 in
the United States against 280 last year
and 30 in Canada against 27 last year
BAD WRECK IN OHIO
A Score of Persons Injured in a
Sniashup at Liima
A terrible smashup occurred at Lima
Ohio Friday evening at the junction of
the Lima Northern and Lake Erie and
Western railroads in the eastern portion
of the city A Lake Erie freight crashed
into a Lima Northern passenger train
carrying a large number of excursionists
on their return from Toledo the train
being a special excursion given by the
Peoples Tea Store of Lima The Lake Erie
engine was knocked off the track and
badly wrecked and two coaches of the
Lima Northern overturned seriously in
juring a large number of Limas prominent
people Neither train slopped at the
junction the Lake Erie engine dashing
into the excursion train and overturning
it It was filled with passengers The
engine was sent into a wheat field fifty
feet from the track Nineteen persons
were injured
ANARCHIST AFTER DIAZ
Assassin Waits for an Opportunity
to Kill Mexicos President
F P Gonzales editor of a Spanish paper
published at Beeville Texas is in receipt
of a letter from an influential friend in
Mexico in which it is stated that the au
thorities have discovered an Italian an
archist who has just arrived in that coun
try with the intention of taking the life of
President Diaz The anarchist the letter
says is kept under strict surveillance
and will be arrested the first demonstra
tion he makes or as soon as the chain of
evidence can be linked a little closer The
letter is from an official in the City of Mex
ico and Gonzales vouches for the relia
bility of it
Watching Filibusters
Unofficial information has reached the
authorities in Washington that the sus
pected filibuster Dauntless has left Sa
vannah Ga with a barge in tow and
that she is to be joined by the Alexander
Jones at a point soutneast of natteras
where the two vessels are to meet the
schooner Befina F Briggs supposed to be
loaded with munitions of war for the
Cuban Insurgents Which vessel will
make the trip is not known It is also
stated that a filibustering expedition is as
sembling near Tampa Fla In view of
this information Secretary Gage tele
graphed the collectors of customs at Sa
vannah Brunswick and Tampa to use
special vigilance to prevent violations of
the neutrality laws
Shot a Judge
Thomas C Seaver judge of probate for
Windsor County Vermont was shot and
seriously wounded Monday by Wm W
Lawrence Lawrence surrendered him
self to the sheriff Mrs Lawrence some
time ago left her husband and Seaver ap
pointed a guardian for their yountr
daughter The judge afterward issued an
injunction restraining Lawrence from
interfering with the child thereby incur
ring Lawrences hatred
Rate on Corn to Be Higher
The presidents of the eastern roads
have ordered the rate on corn Chicago to
New York advanced to 20 cents per 100
pounds effective September 6 During
lake navigation this rate is generally down
to 15 cents
MAKKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 20U
to 450 wheat No 2 red 93c to 04c
corn No 2 29c to 30c oats No 2 lSe
to 19c rye No 2 48c to 49c butter
choice creamery 10c to ISc eggs fresh
12c to 13c new potatoes 00c to 7oc per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 425
sheep common to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 4c to Stic corn No 2
white 2Se to 3Cc oats No 2 white 18c
to 20c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 ho-
300 to 425 sheep 300 to 4U0
wheal- No 2 97c to 98c corn No 2
yellow 20c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 17c
to 19c rye No 2 48c to 49e
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 550 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 4U0
wheat No 2 95c to 97c corn No 2
mixed 29c to 30c oats No 2 mixed 17e
to 19c rye No 2 40c to 4Sc
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hop
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 4U0
wheat No 2 90c to 9Sc corn No 2
yellow 29c to 31c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c rye 4Sc to 50c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 9Gc to Sc
corn No 2 mixed 28c to 30c oats No
2 white 17c to 19e rye No 2 47c to 49c
cjqyer seed 440 to 445
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 93c
to 95c corn No 3 2Sc to 30c oats No
2 white 21c to 23c rye No 1 48c to 49c
No 2 35c to 44c pork mess
S50 to 900
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
30Dtb 450 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 rqd 89c to 101 com No 2
vellow 33c to 35c oats No 2 white 22e
to 23c
New Ycrk Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 475 sheep 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red 103 to 105 corn
No 2 34c to 35c tts No 2 white 23c to
25c butter creamery 12c to 10c eggs
Western 14c to lGc
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Mr Tibbies Complaint Against the
Railroad Companies Must Be
Specific Board of Transportation
So Rules Other Items
Tibbies Must Be Specific
A few weeks ago Thomas H Tibbies
made complaint before the state board of
transportation that all the railroads of the
state were charging extortionate rates for
local freight The answers of the com
panies were filed a few days later in
several of which the motion was made that
the complainant be required -to make his
complaint more specific After the argu
ments were finished the board retired a
few moments for deliberation and arrived
at the decision that the motion should be
sustained and the complaint be required
to state the amount or per cent of reduc
tion asked for The necessary amendment
will be made and filed and copies of the
amended complaint will be furnished the
railroad companies after which they will
have ten days to file answers This part
of the proceedings was agreed upon and
no formal summons will be required
DEED OF AN INSANE FATHER
John D Maw of Greeley County
Kills His Married Daughter
The people of Greeley were shocked the
other morning by the news of a tragedy
northeast of OConnor in which John D
Maw assaulted a married daughter Mary
J Hughes with a hammer He pounded
her over the head crushing the skull and
in his mad fury drove the family from the
house and then set fire to the barn wheat
field and the house and burned them to the
ground
Maw has been in the asylum and has
been considered mentally unbalanced
After committing his awful crime Maw
went to two of his neighbors and had them
bring him to town where he gave himself
up to Deputy Sheriff Gaffney Maw is a
man more than 60 years of age and has
lived on the farm where the tragedy was
enacted for fifteen years except during
short intervals in the last four years
when the family has disposed of him
either by getting him to quit the place for
a short period at a time or had him placed
in the asylum
New Cure for Hog Cholera
A third manufacturing industry has just
been
launched in Exeter which to the
farmers of Nebraska at least and other
states as well will prove a great boon Dr
T C McClurn has claimed for a long time
that a cure or at best a sure preventive for
hog cholera could be found Early this
year when hogs began dying by the
dozens in that community he went to work
determined to find a remedy which would
prevent if not cure the fatal disease and
he believes now he has succeeded The
business has only been in operation a short
time but has saved thousands of dollars
worth of hogs He has several men in the
field and has cured a larger percentage of
hogs treated than has been done by any
other known remedv
Thrasher Falls from a Bridge
A new steam thrashing engine and sepa
rator purchased by a syndicate of Dawes
near Homer at a cost of 2400 went
through a bridge over a small stream about
seven miles south of Dakota City The
engine was being taken across the bridge
at that point when it became unmanage
able caused by an inexperienced engineer
and crashed through the side of the bridge
and went down twenty feet to the bottom
of the stream The separator and engine
are nearly a total loss
Blair Man Fined at Fremont
The Fremont police arrested a man giv
ing his name as Edward Wilde of Blair on
complaint of his wife for living with an
unmarried woman of that city The case
came up for hearing before the police
judge but Mrs Wilde was not willing to
prosecute Instead she wanted the judge
to go easy with her recreant spouse As
nothing else could be done Wilde was
lined 15 and costs and his companion 1
He paid both and left with his wife to take
in the circus
Apparently Fell from a Train
The unconscious body of a young man
apparently 22 years of age was picked
up from beside the railroad track at Long
Pine last week It is supposed he was
thrown from a train for there was a deep
wound in his skull as if his head had
struck the corner of a tie He died fifty
six hourj after being found The only
possible clew to his identity was two re
ceipts for registered letters directed to A
R Hillerman Ardmore Macon County
Missouri
Ithaca Station Agent Disappears
The people in the vicinity of Ithaca are
somewhat puzzled over the disappearance
of L L Roy the station agent at that
place He was on duty August 19 looking
after a freight train that passed through
but his wife awoke at 4 oclock next morn
ing and found that he had not returned
nor has anything been heard of him since
Globe Savings Bank Affairs
The state banking board held a meeting
the other day the result of which was that
an order was issued requiring a report
from the Globe Loan and Trust Com
panys savings bank of Omaha within a
reasonable time The present condition of
the institution is not satisfactory to the
board
Endeavorers from Four Counties
A convention of the Christian Endeavor
societies of Cass Otoe Nemaha and John
son Counties was held in Nebraska City
An interesting program consisting of
lectures and addresses on topics connected
with the work of the society was carried
out A large number of delegates were
present
Curfew Ordinance at Nelson
Curfew rang in Nelson this week under
the new ordinance for the first time Nine
oclock is the hour set for all youngsters
under 18 to be at home
Columbus Buys a New sprinkler
Columbus has tested and accepted one of
its new sprinklers- The tank holds 700
gallons and the wagon is fitted with two
of the late improt ed Austin sprayers It
Urjs the dust perfectly for a space of about
thirty feet This makes four sprinklers in
use in that city now
Chain Gang for the Hoboes
Grand Island authorities have put on a
chain gang and willwork somejof the nu
merous hoboes who stop off there It is
believed it will have a good effect toward
liminishing the number of wandering
bums
Was Killed in a Wreck in Ohio
George A Grunawalt of Van Wert
Ohio son of H A Grunawalt of Exter
was killed in a railroad accident between
Celina and Coldwater Owing to a freight
wreck on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
road at Berne the passenger train was sent
over the Erie from Decatur to Ohio City
thence over the Cincinnati Northern tc
Coldwater At Ohio City Conductor
sent on board the engine to acl
as pilot the engine running backward
About two miles from Coldwater the
tender jumped the track and the entire
train followed Grunawalt attempted to
jump from the engine and in doing so was
hurled to the ground and dragged beneath
the wheels When the train stopped his
body was under the fire box He was ter
ribly mangled and cut to pieces the lower
half of his body being badly cooked by es
caping steam No one else on the train
was hurt beyond a few bruises
Favors Company Encampments
The state military board heid a meeting
recently and a resolution was adopted
favoring the holding of company encamp
ments of the national guard two days at
the home of each company This was
agreed upon in order to do away with tile
expense of transportation which a general
encampment at one point would necessi
tate The resolution will be presented to
the governor and if approved by him the
order will be issued and dates will be so
arranged that the batallion commanders
will be able to attend all theeucampments
all the dates to be arranged within tho
time required by the statutes
Boy Crushed to Death
Willie Hall the 13-year-old son of C M
Hall a prominent merchant of PJainview
met death in a horrible manner the other
day In company with three other boys oi
about the same age young Hall was re
turning from Creighton with a wagon load
of flour He was sitting on the front of
the wagon and in some manner lost his
balance and fell to the ground and both
wheels of the heavily loaded vehicle passed
over his body crushing the chest to a jelly
He was carried into a nearby farm houset
where he died in a few minutes and before
medical assistance could be procured
Survey Is Made for the Ditch
The preliminary survey of an irrigation
ditch application for which was filed some
months ago has been completed and H E
Babcock president II A Babcock secre
tary and Judge Kendall treasurer of the
company are in Grand Island canvassing
among those living along the line with
the view of securing contracts The ditch
taps Wood River south of Alda and runs a
northeasterly direction to Grand Island
again joining Wood River southeast of the
city The price is fixed at 125 per acre
per year on three year contracts for farm
lands
Canning Factory Is
The canning factory at
leased for the season by J
Leased
Beatrice was
S Edwards
manager of the Globe Packing Comuanv
of Leavenworth Kan and will be placed
in operation by September 1 Tomatoes
peaches apples and pumpkins will com
prise the pack which is estimated at
1000000 cans This necessitates the ex
penditure of from 15000 to 20000 among
the farmers and laborers of Gage County
Nebraskas Corn Crop
High officials of the Burlington road say
that with good weather for ten days the
corn crop of Nebraska will aggregate
250000000 bushel3 and that if good
weatber continues until the middle of ths
coming month the yield will be more
nearly -100000000 bushels Nearly everj
crib at railroad stations it is said is filled
with last years corn The wheat crop oJ
the state is estimated at 40000000 bushels
March from the Yellowstone
Troops D and I of the Sixth Cavalry
under command of Capt C S Anderson
and Lieut John T Nance which left
Yellowstone Park July 8 arrived at Fori
Robinson Wednesday July IS Men and
horses are in the pink of condition At 5
oclock stable call every man had shaven
and marched to the stables in white uni
forms as though they had been on duty at
Fort Robinson for a month
Starts for the Gold Fields
W R Tanderveer of McCool Junction
has left for the Klondike gold fields Mr
Tanderveer for about ten years purchased
grain at different towns on tiie Kansas
City and Omaha road For the past two
years he has been mining in Colorado He
goes well prepared for tiie undertaking
Lincoln Old Soldier Suicides
John Raabe on old soldier of Lincoln
committed suicide at Hazleton Pa where
he was visiting He climbed a tree and
tied one end of a rope to his neck and the
other to a limb Then he dropped Death
resulted from strangulation He was
reputed to be wealthy
Thrashing Engine Explodes
The thrashing engine of C W Piper ex
ploded while at work on the farm oJ
Squire Crosby seven miles northwest of
Benedict C W Piper was so badly in
jured that his recovery is not probable and
a number of others were more or less in
jured
Hand Cut by a Circular Saiv
William Bodkin an employe of the Argo
Manufacturing Company of Nebraska
City suffered a serious injury to his righ
hand while working with a circular saw
at the companys factory
Nebraska Short
On August 26 the Odd
Auburn district will have a
place
Notes
Fellows of the
picnic at that
The contracts let by the Lincoln and
Dawson County Irrigation Company for
building the canal have been cancelled by
the company The company proposes to
have the canal constructed by the people
iiving in the irrigation district
The mortgage record for lied Willow
County for the year ending June 33 is as
follows Farm mortiraues filed forty oat
amounting to 1768741 farm mortgages
released eighty five amounting to 38
34913 city mortgages filed twenty
amounting to 904048 released twenty
seven amounting to 3180730
Treasurer Polski of Sherman County
last week called in and paid 2003 worth
of interest bearing county bonds
The Kimball wheelmen have arrange
for an eighteen mile road race August 28
Davenport Thacher and C S Reece of
Valentine have secured government con
tracts for furnishing hay at Fort Niobrara
and fort Robinson
Thurston McCoy of Fall City fell from a
hammock and broke one of hi3 arras
The Nebraska state Sunday school con
vention wiii be held at Norfolk September
7 to 0 Every Sunday school iathe state
is entitled to three delegates including its
superintendent and pastor
The Swedish Methodist congregatiou at
Holdrege has decided to erect a new
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