THE DAYS DOINGS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
DISASTERS IN JAPAN
CREAT
FLOODS AND VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
Hundreds of People Have Been
Hilled and Injured Exploren
Baldwin Believes Andrce Will
Come Back Safely
Hundreds Killed in Japan
The steamer Columbia has arrived at
Tacoma on her maiden voyage from Yo
kohama with 125 passengers and a full
-cargo of freight
The Columbia brings news of severe
earthquakes in Japan on August 5 fol
lowed by a tidal wave and great floods
Houses were inundated and 200 people
were killed and injured Sixty five
Japanese villages were inundated
Official information received fromMantu
confirms the reports previously published
as to the disastrous character of the erup
tion of the Mayon volcano Lava covered
the whole mountain to its base and owing
to the clouds of ashes artificial light had to
be used at 3 oclock in the afternoon
Several villages were completely destroyed
AtLibog 150 boilies were recovered and
buried and more remained in the lava
At another place 200 persons were missing
Some of the bodies were so completely cal
cined as to be unrecognizable Serious
floods are reported from various parts of
Japan
ANDREE WILL RETURN
Explorer Baldwin Believes He Will
Come Back Safely
Arctic Explorer Baldwin when seen by
a reporter in Brooklyn X Y Monday
declared his belief that Andree will come
back safely from his journey in search of
the north pole Baldwin has recently re
turned from Europe where he talked with
leading scientists all of whom share his
belief
Andree said he is a man of learning
and great ingenuity Ho studied the
problem and had been vised by many men
fef experience Scientific men hold to the
theory that the upper air currents are
warmer than below If Andree can keep
p among these he will be in no danger of
freezing Those northern regions are not
all water as many suppose There is a
fjreat deal of land and thousands of miles
of solid ice so the chances are good that
should he descend he will find a safe land
ing place
SLAIN BY MOONSHINERS
iTwo of
a Posse Killed Two Hurt
and Two Missing
Two deputy United States marshals
dead two seriously wounded and two
more missing is the result of an attack on
a posse of officers by moonshiners in Polk
fCounty Arkansas The dead are B F
Taylor and Joe Dodson The Renfrow
jbrothers are the wounded The names of
the missing are not given
Taylor is the wealthiest man in Seary
jCouu t y Dodson was a well known deputy
vfho has heen a terror to moonshiners for
years
The men who did the shooting are sup
posed to be a gang of moonshiners led by
feorace Bruce and John Church two of
the most desperate characters in the state
TO CLAIM S20000000
Kansas City Woman Says She Is Heir
to the Great Girard Estate
Mrs Edith Sigler wife of Frank Sigler
f Kansas City a traveling salesman for a
hiladelpbia cigar house Mondav made
e following sensational declaration
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i am a aescenaant or Steven liirard
the multi millionaire of Philadelphia who
founded Girard College My great great
grandfather was a brother of Stephen
irards father When Stephen Girard
lied in 1831 he left a fortune which in
creased until now it is about 20000090
He had no direct descendants and his col
lateral descendants could not be found
ISo he left his estate to charity 1 am going
jto try to wreck Girard College and get my
Schlatter Is in Chicago
Francis Schlatter who calls himself
fHealer5 and who has been the wonder of
enver of Nashville of Memphis and of
Janton Ohio besides some other cities
rherehe has given demonstrations has
gone to Chicago He has established him
self there for the purpose of healing the
jailing the deaf the halt and the blind He
prill stay two months and will hold daily
receptions to which all will be free to
Jcome
Fatal Farmers Quarrel
Fritz Juhene unmarried residing on a
farm seven miles north of Morgan Minn
was shot and instantty killed by Gus Me
jtag another farmer Metag had rented
iaud from Juhene The crop had been
lharvested and stacked and Metag wanted
ito trash Juhene wanted the plowing done
tfirst In a dispute Metag shot Juhene
Jclaiming self defense
Chicago Grain 3Iovement
The grain movement into and out of
Chicago for forty eight hours up to Mon
day noon was a record breaker Five
thousand and sixty five cars of all sorts
were receive
Spain Hints at War
Premier Azcarraga at the Spanish
pabinet meeting Saturday declared the in
jBurrectlon in Cuba was approaching Ci
jend and if the United States made any
idemonstration which he hoped would not
be the case Spain would do her duty
Stillwater Has a 75000 Blaze
Seventy five thousand dollars or more-
floss was occasioned bj the burning of the
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WORK OF TRAMP STEA
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CroAvdinir St Michaels
Destitute Gold Seekers
Several complaints have reached the
treasury department recently that large
numbers of men bound for the Klondike
country but without provisions or money
are now being landed at St Michaels
None of the regular lines of steamers it is
said will book parties for the Klondike
who are not provided with a sufficient
amount of provisions and money to main-
tain themselves for a reasonable time
without danger oE suffering Some of the
tramp line steamers however have agreed
to ship anyone ivho can pay for his passage
without regard to the future The result is
said to be that a considerable crowd is
accumulating in the vicinity of St
Michaels who already are becoming de
pendent upon the charity of others for
their food
POPULIST CALL POSTPONED
Kansas Manifesto Deferred Till
After the St Louis Meeting
The executive committee of the Populist
state central committee of Kansas has de
cided to delay issuing an address calling
for a national convention of Populists
Socialists and allied political interests
until after the St Louis meeting in the
interest of the striking miners because
there is a movement on foot among some
of those who will go there to call just such
a gathering The St Loiumceting will
it is expected be composed of people from
every state and a call issued by that
gathering it is stated would be more
effective than a call by the Populist party
of one state
SAGASTA ON CUBA
Situation Growing Worse Daily on
the Island
Sagasta the Spanish liberal leader has
made a fresh declaration on the political
situation He says it is daily growing
worse in Cuba and continues serious in the
Philippine Islands Sagasta is ready to
apply autonomy to Cuba and expresses the
belief that the liberals will assume power
earlier than is expected Referring to the
possibility of a rising in favor of Don Car
los pretender to the Spanish throne
Sagasta asserts the Carlists are already
prepared for the rising and only await a
false step upon the part of the government
for a favorable opportunity to take up
arms
KANSAS BANK ROBBERY
Vault of the Ellendale Exchange
Blown to Smithereens
Sunday morning cracksmen literally
blew the vault of the Exchange Bank at
Ellendale Kan to pieces Nitro glycer
ine was used three times and the explo
sions were heard for mile3 Before the
third explosion occurred the citizens sur
rounded the bank and fired into it pro
miscuously During the great excitement
the robbers escaped from a rear door tak
ingjylth them 1800 in money and 700
worth of drafts This made up all the
money in the vault save 128 silver dollars
which were on a top shelf
LOST A TON OF RICH ORE
Two Thousand Pounds Went Down
With the City of Mexico
The Gold Lake Mining Company at the
head of which is ex Gov Swineford of
Wisconsin was thrown into consternation
by the news that 2000 pounds of valuable
gold ore belonging to the company went
down in the City of Mexico It was not
known that the companys representative
C M Archibald had shipped it by that
boat until Saturday Steps will taken at
once with the view of getting back the
estimated value of the gold from the steam
shin company
Losses Cause Suicide
Geo W Parrott jr son of George W
Parrott of the Parrott Lumber Company
of Atlanta Ga and himself one of the
best known and most prominent young
business men of that city committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head
with a revolver Losses in speculation in
sugar and other stocks amounting to some
60000 dissipated his fortune and induced
self destruction
Her Finding Means Millions
Salvator Lesperges a builder and real
estate dealer of Williamsbburg N Y is
wealthy but will he much wealthier if he
shall succeed in finding his missing sister
the widow of Count Schlegel of Hainault
Holland If she be found and her signa
ture obtained to certain papers the Dutch
government will hand over to her to Mr
Lesperges and to another brother in France
6000000
To Settle War Indemnity
Lord Salisbury has made fresh and im
portant proposals in the matter of the set
tlement of the indemnity due Turkey from
Greece He suggests that Great Britain
France and Russia jointly guarantee the
indemnity loan and control the revenues
set apart for the purpose of meeting this
obligation
A Demented Mothers Act
Monday afternoon while in a demented
condition Mrs W Z Ilutchins of Flint
Mich chloroformed her 5-year-old
daughter and shot Iva May her 15-year-old
daughter The older girl who was
shot in the mouth breast and hip will
probably recover
Poison in the Melon
A wholesale poisoning is repotted from
Calloway County Kentucky Eight per
sons ate a melon stolen from a neighbors
patch Seven are dead and the eighth is
in a critical condition
Double Chicago Tragedy
Arthur Story who with his wife was
shot in Chicago by Henry C Dunker a
barber who boarded with them for a num
ber of years and who was jealous of Mrs
Story died Sunday
Irish Dynamite Outrage
The postoffice at Laneborough County
of Longford Ireland was dynamited
sjarly Saturday morning The front of the
uilding was destroyed but nobody was
injured
Florence flour mill the Omaha freight Bolivians Invade Peru
depot and several cars of merchandise at Col Pando of Bolivia with GOO men has
Stillwater Minn The fire started in Invaded the Peruvian province I Sandia
fSnill from spontaneous combustion
MERS POINTER TURF KING
with
HIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE
IN MASSACHUSETTS
He Goes the Mile in 159 1 4 Not a
Watch in the Grand Stand Had it
Over 159 1 4 and Several Had it
Iiower 8000 People Present
Goes a Mile in 159 1 4
The Chicago stallion Star Pointer
on Saturday paced out of the two
minute mark at Readville Mass and
ended the controversy which has been
going on for years as to the speed
qualities of the lljrht harness horse Ac
companied by a runner the big bay
Tennessee bred stallion wiped out the
mark and had three fourths of a second to
spare when he went under the wire This
wonderful performance was witnessed by
about 8000 people Tht first quarter was
an even 200 gait in 30 and then as Mg
Clary called on his pacer to move the
second quarter there was a great cheer
for he was beating two minutes all to
pieces and going the half in 59 with
the second quarter in 20 The third
quarter was the fastest of the mile The
distance was covered in 293 a 157 gait
Around the turn Pointer seemed to
waver the smallest fraction of a second
but McClary had him right almost before
any one could see it and then they
straightened into the stretch the runner
moving up even closer The great pacing
stallion appeared to freshen in the last few
strides gathering fresh strength as he
neared the wire and finished like a lion in
the record breaking time of 159
Not a watch in the stand but what
agreed with the time announced while on
the other side of the stretch the watches in
the grand stand caught it equally fast or
better not one slower C W Marks also
of Chicago and owner of the greatest rival
of Pointer looked at his watch earnestly
and then remarked
If any thing the mile was faster rather
than slower My watch barely got over
the fifth of the second It was a 159 per
formance
WORLDS WHEAT SHORTAGE
Deficiency Estimated at 50800000
Hundredweight
The Hungarian ministry of agriculture
lias issued its annual estimate in which it
describes the worlds harvest as extraor
dinarily light The total yield of wheat is
placed at 578760000 metric 100 weight
while the present annual requirements are
estimated at 655150000 metric 100 weight
It is calculated that for 1897 and 180S there
will be a shortage of 50800000 100 weight
Tiie total supply of the year reckoning
both the present stocks and the harvest is
estimated from 610000000 to 651000000
metric 103 weight The worlds deficit is
estimated as follows
Rye 67000000 hectolitres
Barley 3S000000 hectolitres l
Oats 58000000 hectolitres
Corn 59000000 heclolitres
The report states that many exporting
countries as European Turkey Egypt
Australia and Austria Hungary will
either be unable to export grain or will be
compelled to import while others includ
ing British India Argentina and Chili will
have their wheat export considerably re
duced
The favored countries are the United
States and Canada
BAD CHICAGO STORM
One Member of a Picnic Party Killed
and Eleven Injured
A hurricane struck the picnic grove at
Laurel Wood Park Chicago Saturday
evening and demolished the dancing pa
vilion in which several hundred persons
had taken refuge from the storm One
woman was killed and eleven persons
were severely injured The grounds were
crowded with 8500 members of the Cath
olic Total Abstinence Union when the
storm arose A mad rush was made for
the railway train About 800 of the pic
nicers gathered on the dancing pavilion
A gust of wind tore off the roof a nd threw
the timbers belter skelter among the
crowd Mrs Brown was instantly killed
None of the injured will die
Ghost Dancers Arrested
Three hundred Kiowa Indians who per
sisted in dancing the ghost dance in de
fiance of the order of Capt Baldwin agent
for the Kiowas and Comanches near
Wichita Kan are under arrest and will be
punished for their disobedience The In
dians assembled at their dancing ground
several days ago and began the medicine
dance which dance has not been tabooed
by the authorities This proved too tame
to suit their excitable natures and they
commenced the regular old fashioned
ghost dance with the above result
Back from the Frozen North
The steamer Windward which left
England June 10 for Franz Josefland to
bring back the Jackson Farnsworth party
who spent three winters in the Arctic
regions passed Aberdeen Sunday on her
return trip She signaled that all were
well on board During the present sum
mer the expedition was to make an at
tempt to reach the highest point north
through an opening in the Queen Victoria
Sea through the open water discovered by
Jackson
Crete in a State of Anarchy
A Constantinople dispatch says that at a
council of ministers held Friday it was re
solved to send a note to the various powers
complaining of the state of anarchy al
leged to exist in Crete and asking the
powers to withdraw the fleets and troops
and appoint a mixed commission includ
ing Turkish delegates to legislate for the
island The sultan it is said approves of
the decision
Suspected of Murder
A man who gives his name as Axigust
Kerket and says he lives inOwossoMich
is under arrest at Garden City Kan sus
pected of being the murderer of the man
who was found dead on Pikes Peak He
has been photographed and will be held
subject to the order of the sheriff of El
Paso County Colorado
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BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Values of Leading Staples Have
Advanced
Bradstreets Weekly Pieview says The
general trade situation continues to im
prove and aside from the unnecessarily
prolonged strike of the soft coal miners
there is little in sight to cloud the outlook
The feature of the week is the advance in
the prices of almost all leading staples be
ginning with an upward movement all
along the line in iron and steel
Lead and soft coal are higher as is
wheat notwithstanding one or two
lions The statistics position of wheat is
the strongest known since the United
States became a considerable exporter
and its price as well as that for bread is
likely to exceed that of the present weeks
advances Following that for wheat
prices are higher for wheat flour corn
oats iard potatoes butter eggs beans
cheese leaf tobacco wool and live stock
Advances for leather hides lumbar and
linseed oil are also reported
AERONAUTS FATALLY HURT
Walter Steele and Ueroy Northcott
Meet With Bad Accidents
At Toledo Ohio Saturday afternoon two
aeronauts were so severely injured that
they will die Walter Steele of Columbus
Ohio made one of the four simultaneous
ascensions and when he had attained an
altitude of about 2000 feet he cut loose his
t
parachute and began the descent The
parachute however failed to entirelyi
open and Steele struck the ground with
force enough to break his back and cave in
many of his ribs Leroy Northcott of St
Johns Mich was inside one of the bal-
loons while it was being inflated It caught
fire and he was unable to get out His
body was burned from the hips up so
seriously that flesh fell from the bones
CHICAGO COUPLE SHOT
Mr and Mrs Storey AVounded
Engine on a Tennessee Coal
by
H C Dunker
Arthur Storey and his wife were shot
and probably fatally injured at their
apartments No 95 Forty third Street1
Chicago Saturday night by H C Dunker
a barber who had boarded with the couple
for several years Dunker accompanied
Mrs Storey to the theater On returning
home they found Storey awaiting them
A violent quarrel ensued Dunker drew a
revolver and fired two shots The first
bullet entered Storeys groin The second
lodged in Mrs Storeys spine The
wounded couple were removed to a hos
pital and there is but little hope for their
recovery
ROLLS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
Road
Jumps Off a Trestle
A Chattaooga Tenn dispatch says that
an engine of the Dade Coal Mining Com
panys narrow gauge railroad jumped the
track while on a trestle near the top of
Sand Mountain Sunday afternoon fell a
distance of twenty feet and rolled nearly
to the bottom of the mountain takinir
trees down with it There were six people
on the engine when it went down none of
whom were seriously hurt except the com
panys manager F II Connor of Chatta
nooga who was caught under the tender
and had two ribs broken and was badly
shaken up
Four Fall Three Stories
By a fall from a scaffold at Rock Island
111 C J W Schreiner contractor W H
Willis and John Lowe bricklayers and
Joe Crudup colored hod carrier were
precipitated from the third story of a new
building to a stone sidewalk Willis died
within ten minutes Schreiner received a
bad cut about the temple and internal in
juries Lowe and Crudup were fearfully
bruised It is believed all will die
Freight Trains Come Together
A head end collision took place on the
Southern Railway four miles west of Eden
Ala Freight train No 45 from Atlanta
collided with an extra freight train going
east Both engines were badly damaged
and ten cars were wrecked
200000 Fire at Virginia 111
Early Monday morning the entire south
side of a square in Virginia 111 was de
stroyed by fire The loss is 200000 in
surance 63000 The fire departments of
Springfield and Jacksonville went to the
assistance of Virginia
QIAKKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 475 sheep fair to choice 200
to 425 wheat No 2 red 93c to 94c
corn No 2 29c to 31c oats No 2 18c
to 20c rye No 2 50c to 52c butter
choice creamery 17c to 19c eggs fresh
12c to 14c new potatoes 55c to 65c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 450
sheep common to choice 300 to 400
wheat No 2 94c to 96c corn No 2
whilx 30c to 32c oats No 2 white 18c
to 19c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hops
300 to 475 sheep 800 to 400
wheat No 2 90c to 92c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 19c
to 20c rye No 2 51c to 52c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 425 sheep 250 -to 400
wheat No 2 96c to 97c corn No 2
mixed 30c to 31c oats No 2 mixed 19c
to 21c rye No 2 49c to 51c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 550 hoes
300 to 425 sheep 250 to 375
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
yellow 31c to 33c oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c rye 51c to 52c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c
corn No 2 mixed 30c to 32c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c rye No 2 49c to 51c
clover seed 420 to 430
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 92c
to 94c corn No 3 30c to 32c oats No
2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 50c to 52c
barley No 2 40c to 48c pork mess
875 to 925
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 98c to 100 corn No1
2 yellow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white
23c to 25c
New York Cttle 300 tf 550 hogs
350 to 525 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 101 to 103 corn
No 2 35c to 36c oats No 2 white 23c to
25c butter creamery 12c to 20c eggs
J Western 16c to 18c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Republicans of the State Meet in
Lincoln and Nominate Candidates
for State Offices to Be Voted
This Fall Other Items
on
Republican State Convention
Supreme Court Judge AM TOST
Ifeaents i G KALEY
JieSents J J NDItYDEN
The state convention of the Republican
party was held in Lincoln August 20
Aside from the applause which greeted the
different speekers there was no exciting
incidents the only thing approaching a
sensation being the announcement of Sen
ator John M Thurston in his address to
the convention that he would not again be
a candidate for the senate
Two oclock was the hour set for the
convening of the convention but it was
three quarters of an hour later when the
chairman of the state central committee
rapped for order Rev L P Ludden in
voked divine guidance and the chairman
announced the selection of Hon Norris
Brown of Kearney as temporary chair
man Mr Brown said in part
The debts of Nebraska are being paid
because of the integrity and honesty of
Nebraska debtors If our people were to
follow the political doctrines of their gov
ernor they would adopt a policy of re
pudiation instead of liquidation I begin
to understand why you appear so well and
happy You are thinking of wheat and
silver They have come to the parting of
tho ways The promises of the St Louis
platform have been kept A Republican
congress and a Republican president have
carried them out With the redeeming of
that promise prosperity indeed has come
John L McPheeley of Minden was
elected permanent chairman over District
Judge Ben S Baker of Omaha His speech
of acceptance was brief
After providing for a committee on plat
form and selecting the American eagle as
the party emblem nominations for asso
ciate justice of the supreme court were de
clared in order After four counties had
declared for Judge Post the roll call on
motion was suspended and ins nomina 1
tion was made by acclamation Judge
Post thanked the convention in a brief
speech
C W Kaley of Kearney County was
nominated for regent of the state univer
sity by acclamation and J N Dryden of
Buffalo County for second regent
There were calls for Senator Thurston
while awaiting the report of the committee
on resolutions and the senator responded
in an extended speech
The platform adopted is essentially a
reiteration of the St Louis declarations
It congratulates President McKinley on
his administration and indorses the new
tariff law It expresses abhorrence of the
crimes committed by defaulting ex slate
officials and criticises Gov Holcomb for
alleged neglect in allowing such crimes
It also charges the governor with attempt
ing to array class against class The plat
form continues
We learn with extreme regret of the in
crease by the railroads of freight rates on
grain transported between Chicago and
seaports and call upon the interstate com
merce commission to investigate this ad
vance and take such steps as will protect
farmers and shippers of the west from
payment of unreasonable charges Sym
pathy with Cuba is expressed
ine convention at oin adjourned sine
die
Attorneys to Be Investigated
A grand jury has been drawn for the
next term of district court at Tekamah
September 27 The purpose of the jury is
to investigate corrupt practices alleged to
1 be in vogue in the trial of cases in the dis
trict court in Burt County In the trial of
a divorce case last spring corrupt practices
of attorneys were charged in the purchas
ing of testimony and charges werr also
made of attorneys stealing material files in
the case Much perjury was also
jpected It is charged that the practice has
been in vogue of clearing criminals of a
certain character by purchasing testimony
The whole matter will be investigated by
the jury
Druggist Sues for Damages
Mrs Neliie E Latta proprietress of a
drug store at Unadilla who has been
charged with the unlawful sale of liquor
by the law and order league has com
menced suit in the district court against J
W Bassett for 10000 damages Bassett is
a farmer living near Unadilla and it was
upon information sworn to by him that
Mrs Latta was arrested The case promises
to be an interesting one
Search for Roy with Bloodhounds
The whereabouts of L L Roy operator
and station agent of the B M at Ithaca
are still a complete mystery The people
of that neighborhood have not given up
the search for him however Two
bloodhounds from York have been brought
into the case
Waterworks for Bancroft
At a recent meeting of the Bancroft city
council the contract for putting in a sys
tem of waterworks was awarded to Fair
banks Morse Co of Omaha at a cost of
569S9 work to be completed within ninety
days from date of contract
Court House for Scotts Bluff
The special election to vote a court house
tax for Scotts Bluff County resulted in
favor of the proposition by a majority of
75 votes The proposition calls for a 5000
brick building which will be erected this
season if possible
Oakland 3Ian Injured
While working in a twenty seven foot
well near Oakland N O Olson was seri
ously injured by a falling bucket which
struck him on the breast At first his life
was despaired of but he is now considered
out of danger
Farmer Killed by a Hay Rake
A well to do farmer named Maxwell
near Camp Clark in Cheyenne County
was instantly killed by a hay rake His
team ray away throwing him beneath the
rake
Case Is tolled by the State
The case against Thomas J Majors jr
at Auburn for statutory assault on Ruth
Ellis a girl under 15 years of age was
called in the district court the other day
and after some preliminary skirmishing
between attorneys the case was noiled by
the state
Lay a Cornerstone at Hyannis
The laying of the cornerstone of the
First Congregational Church of Hyannis
occurred August 21 The exercises con-
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jMatthewS the pastor and Rev Mr Jones
STEALS OVER 200 WHEELS
Omaha Attorney Confesses to Man
Thefts When Arrested
Attorney A R Smith of some standing
is in jail
an
acknowledged
forger
bicycle thief and all around associate
of dangerous crooks He had offices
in the New York Life Building and
for a month dozens of wheels belonging to
the lawyers of that building have beeiv
stolen in a mysterious manner He be
came so bold that Saturday he took seven
high grade wheels from his room pawned
two of them in Omaha and shipped the
others to Chicago auction dealers The
same day he forged a prominent business
mans name to a 200 check and got it
cashed
On his person were found lists of auction
dealers in Chicago St Louis and Kansas
City and notes showing ho had shipped
them 227 wheels since January 1 These
wheels are supposed to have been stolen at
Omaha and elsewhere and shipped to
Smith who was at the head of an organized
gang of bicycle thieves Smith confessed
all when arrested
Find a Dead Body Near JElkhorni
The dead body of a man supposed to be
Albert Brummer of Indianapolis Indr
was discovered by Union Pacific Con
ductor McCaffrey liying at the foot of the
embankment a mile and a half west o
Elkhorn In tho pockets of the deceased
were found 220 a razor tobacco etc
besides some letters Whether the man
was killed while walking on the track or
fell off a moving train cannot be deter
mined There is unmistakable evidencer
however that the body rolled down tho
embankment The man was of medium
stature and had very dark hair and
attired in black clothes Both his arms
were broken By the papers found on his
body it was learned that ho was an in
structor on the mandolin and guitar
Among the letters was one addressed to
him at Indianapolis and another at Kan
sas City Mo The last letter was post
marked Kansas City August 12 It was
written on the letterhead of D P Erwin
Co Indianapolis Ind wholesale dry
goods
Menaced by a 3Iob
Dr F D Reynolds who has lived at
nayes Center for a year was taken to the
Red Willow County jail the other day to
avoid a threatened mob Last week the
doctor married Miss Lillie Chaulk a pretty
little country girl after a brief acquaint
ance A Mrs Jennie Reynolds of Dillon
Mont has now appeared with a marriage
certificate and Reynolds was arrested for
bigamy Miss Chaulks friends were act
ively gathering up a mob and Dr Rey
nolds was removed from the county jail
York County to Have an Exhibit-
At a meeting of the York County Farm
ers Institute held in York it was decided
to lake steps toward making an exhibit of
county products at the Trans-Mississippi-Exposition
A petition has been prepared
for presentation to the county commission
ers requesting an appropriation sufficient
to defray expenses of collecting and car
ing for the exhibit York Countyis awake
to the advantages offered by the exposition
and intends to do its share toward making
a good showing for Nebraska
Official Salary Not EnonSh Tor Him
F W Melcher clerk of the district courfe
at West Point has been retained by tiie
Warder Bushnell Glessner Company
whom he has represented the past four i
months to travel for them In
he has appointed Attorney J C Elliott his
deputy in the district clerks office during
his absence Mr Melcher states that his
reason for taking this step is the fact that
the salary is not remunerative enough to
justify him in devoting his entire time to-
the alfairs of the ollice
Girls Drill Corps Compete
The reunion at Republican City was a
grand success The drill of forty young
women from Bloomington was fine
Twenty four Republican City girls with
Mrs Strimple as captain made a fine dis
play in drilling The Bloomington and
city girls contested for a prize and it was
won by the home team
Hail Storm in Saunders County
A hail storm accompanied by thunder
and lightning struck Malmo Wednesday
night The roar of the storm was heard
for more than fifteen minutes before its
arrival but a very small portion of it came
however There was but little wind ac
companying it
Nebraska Short Notes
A Kansas man has offered to build a mils
at Pawnee City for a bonus of 31000
While attempting to head off an unruly
steer S Richards of Wayne was severely
gored
The northeast Nebraska tennis tourna
ment will be held at Wakefield on Septem
ber 1 and 2
The Mennonites have been holding a
carapmeeting during the last week near
Bloomington
The Free Methodists have again taken
charge of the Orleans College and it will
be opened this fall
W W Mitchell of Wood River is filling
an order from a San Francisco party for
fifteen cars of corn
The old settlers of Jefferson County held
a three days picnic near Endicott
Grafton people are going into the creamer-
business
Ewing expects to have a bank in the
near future Eastern parties will start ft-
The Antelope County old settlers will
have their reunion at Neligh September
10 and 11
A number of Ord farmers thinking
dealers are not paying enough for grain
have clubbed together and will ship their
own produce
A Savage boy named Edward Johnson
took hold of the muzzle of a shot gun to
take it out of the wagon The gun was
discharged inflicting a dangerous wound
in his arm
W M Bradford lost his oocketbook con
taining 2 and a check for 3G near Ard
more last Sunday Charles Green and
Joseph McDermott are the parties who are
said to have found it and forged Bradfords
name thereon
Ponca people have revived the project to
secure a grist mill
An Atkinson man while digging a post
hole unearthed about thirty pewter coins
which when washed with the yellow
metal were intended to be passed for 5
gold pieces The question is who could
the counterfeiters have been
The little 7-year-old
daughter
of M
Jarco formerly hrel keeper atPine Ridee
was thrown froin a horse at Pine Rid l
and seriously injured The little one wis
dragged nearly a mile under the hoofs of
the fngntencd animal and had her arm and
imbs fractured and her body braised and
v w manner that she will
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