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OMAHA POLICE ACTIVE
FRUSTRATE A PLOT TO HOLD
UP A TRAIN
Arrest Five Bandits While on Their
Way to the Scene Where the Rob
bery Was to Come Off Officials
Get All of the Gang
Train Robbery Spoiled
The plans of five well armed and fully
tquipped train robbers were frustrated in
in attempt to hold up No 2 passenger train
on the Missouri Pacific road near Summit
a point about a mile distant from South
Omaha Neb Sunday night
Chief Brennan of Omaha received a tip
that an effort would be made to waylay
Ihe Kansas City and St Louis express
and that the robbers were at that time in a
Railroad Avenue saloon north of N
Street preparatory to embarking on the
expedition
Hurriedly calling his entire night force
together the chief repaired to the saloon
with Patrolman Gary Sheehan and Pe
ters There he found the quintette of train
robbers had just left the saloon in the
direction of the railroad tracks The chief
gave orders to his men and then com
manded the robbers to halt which they
did with reluctance although the officers
were prepared with olubs and revolvers to
permit no resistance to interfere with the
capture of such excellent game
The five bold bad men were quickly dis
arnsed each of a revolver of the latest pat
tern 44 caliber One of the gang had six
sticks of dynamite
At the station the men gave the names
of John Edwards Charles Edwards Clar
ence NorrlB Martin Dillon and William
Cavanaugh Chief Brennan partially
identified Cavanaugh as Paddy McGraw
a notorious safe blower now under bond
in a Missouri town for safe blowing Mc
Graw alias Cavanaugh has an interna
tional reputation as a safe blower and has
been Identified with several express train
jobs but so far has escaped conviction in
that line
THORN ON TRIAL AGAIN
First Trial Abandoned on Account
of a Jurors Sickness
Martin Thorn jointly indicted with Mrs
Augusta Nack for the murder of William
Guldensuppe was again placed on trial
Monday at Long Island City Thorns
first trial which was begun two weeks
ago had to be abandoned on account of
Juror Larson becoming seriously ill One
of the witnesses will be Mrs Ida Ziegler
of New York Since Mrs Nack confessed
that Thorn committed the murder
Lawyer Howe has been directing
his efforts to try and fasten the
actual killing on Mrs Nack Mrs Ziegler
will testify that early in March Mrs
Nack tried to hire her cottage at West
Farms telling her Guldensuppe was to
live with her Howe will endeavor to show
by this witness that Mrs Nack was plan
ning to murder Guldensuppe at that time
Thorn and Mrs Nack will each swear
rthB other killed Guldensuppe and it will
ZbQ for the jury to decide wich is to be be
lifcveii
FIRING EXCITES THE CAPITAL
Cuban Patriots Make a Bold Attack
on Outposts of Havana
A party of insurgents attacked the
i Spanish outposts of Havana and a sharp
engagement followed The sounds of the
tiring caused great excitement in Havana
as it Ib known large rebel forces are quar
tered near the city The insurgents de
stroyed much property before sufficient
Spanish forces could be concentrated to
drive them away The loss in killed or
wounded is not known as the officials re
fuse to give out any information beyond a
bare statement that a party of rebels was
found just outside the city and driven
away
Angel Paz who betrayed Gen Castillo
to the Spaniards for 5000 was captured
toy the insurgents on his way to Cienf ue
jjos court martialed on a drumhead and
iiung
i DIVES OFF A HIGHT BRIDGE
Paul Tuston Drops 120 Foet Into the
Mississippi at St Louis
Paul J Tuston a professional high
diver rode out onto the Eads bridge at St
Louis Monday and when near the center
lived into the river a distance of 129 feet
He was picked up nene the worse for the
jump Tuston was arrested as soon as he
reached the shore but was released on
bail
Theodore Durrants Case
The theosophists of San Francisco
are taking an active interest in the fate of
Murderer Durrant It is a tenet of their
laith -that capital punishment Is wrong
and they are getting up a petition praying
3udd to stay the execution and com
mute his sentence to life imprisonment
The petition has alseady received
ler of sfgnatures
Dust Cycloce in Australia
A dust cyclone swept over the northwest
portion of Australia on Saturday
-evening It was especially severe in the
Wimmera district where several towns
were wrecked many churches and prom
inent buildings being ruined
Woman Sentenced to Hang
Mrs Adela Sternaman was found guilty
of the murder of her husband at Cayuga
Onr Saturday and was sentenced to be
hanged January 20 189S Mrs Sternaman
was convicted of murdering her husband
toy administering arsenic for the purpose
of secuf inghis life insurance t
Mother and Son Killed
T While trjing to save the life oi ner 6-
year xld sonJIenry Mrs Arthur Fortin
Pawtucket R I was struck by -a train
neat the village of St Jean Baptiste
JBbth were instantly killed
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TRAGEDY ON AN ENGINE
Alabama Engineer antl Fireman
Have aBloody Battle
On a freight train dashing southward
over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
at the rate of thirty miles an hour Satur
day night two men one black and crazed
by drink the other white and conscious of
deadly peril engaged in a life and death
struggle on the cab of a locomotive which
ended in the death of the negro and the
miraculous escape from the same fate by
the white man
Engineer P Bishop and Fireman Wiley
Craig colored occupied the locomotive
cab When two miles from Birmingham
Bishop told the fireman to rUr up the fire
The negro paid no attention the order
and it was repeated This time he uttered
an oath and springing from his seat drew
a revolver and fired a shot pointblank at
the engineer The bullet missed and the
engineer struck the revolver from the
negros hand just as the latter was about
to fire a second shot Craig now crazed
with rage drew a knife and stabbed the
engineer in a dozen places across the
breast
After a desperate struggle during which
the two men rolled over and over on the
floor of the cab Bishop managed to draw
his pistol and fire The bullet struck the
negro in the breast and penetrated his
heart Without a groan he fell back in
the darkness to the ground
GREAT MINING COMPANY
Organization with Unlimited Capital
to Open Sections of Canada
Several leading directors of the Pacific
Railway who are backed by unlimited
capital and have the promise of liberal
rights from the Canadian government
have organized an extensive mining com
pany which promises to eclipse any
thing that was ever projected in this
country They will conduct mining
operations and various transportation and
trading enterprises on a vast scale in
British Columbia particularly in the
newly developed sections of Alaska It is
vnot unlikely they will open up sections of
the great northwest This is the syndi
cate Lieut Gov Mcintosh of the north
iwest province referred to when he re
turned to New York from England It is
definitely known that President Van
IHorne Lord Mount Stephen and other in
fluential directors of the Canadian Pacific
who are -also interested in telegraph mat
ure will take a leading part in the new
projects and besides English capital it is
reported John W Mackay and the Roths
childs are interested
BECOMES MRS LOGANS WARD
Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros Enters
a Washington Convent
An order was issued by the district court
in Washington Saturday appointing Mrs
John A Logan guardian for Miss Evan
gelina Cossio y Cisneros The proceed
ings in court were very brief but the
senoritas appearance created much inter
est The application for guardianship set
tout that Miss Cisneros has declared her in
tention to become a citizen of the United
States so far as the law allows and that
i she intends to enter an institution of learn
ing in Washington and to hereafter re
main a resident of Washington The peti
tion also cites the incarceration of her father
Jose Augustin Cossio y Cisneros and that
ithere is no time fixed for his release There
is reason to believe that it will be a long
itime before he is liberated if at all
BLOODY IMPROMPTU DUEL
Texas Judge Fatally Wounds an
Editor and Kills His Brother
J W Harris editor of the Waco Texas
Times Herald a movmng paper and W
A Harris his brother on one side and
Judge G B Gerald a prominent citizen
fought a duel to the death on the street
Friday W A Harris was shot dead J
W Harris wounded fatally his body being
paralyzed and Gerald shot in the side and
may die The trouble was the mobbing of
W CBrann publisher of the Iconoclast
National Hardware Association
The National Hardware Association in
session at Buffalo N Y selected Mil
waukee as the convention city of 1898
These officers were elected President
Wm W Supplee Philadelphia first vice
president H H Bishop Cleveland sec
ond vice president Bruce Hayden San
Francisco secretary and treasurer L
James Fernley Philadelphia executive
committee Theo E Beebe Detroit W
A Chamberlain Portland M E F P
Strong St Paul Richard Shapleigh St
Louis and Henry S Blossom Cleveland
Do Not Want Hawaii Annexed
At the annual meeting of the beet sugar
manufacturers held in San Francisco a
resolution was passed unanimously pro
testing against the annexation of Hawaii
and a continuation of the present reci
procity treaty whereby a large part of
the home sugar market is given up to a
foreign island 2000 miles away to the det
riment of the home beet sugar industry
The resolution further called up all friends
of the domestic beet sugar industry to
work actively against anuexation
Lions Cause a Fearful Panic
While a performance of wild beasts and
their tamer was in progress at a village
near Kbvno Poland the lion tamer was
killed by a lion and a tigress A fearful
panic ensued in the audience and eight
persons were crushed to death many
others beingseriously injured
Rockefellers Gift to Vassar
The new recitation hall which John D
Rockefeller has just built for Vasser Col
lege at a cost of 100000 was dedicated at
Poughkeepsie N Y Friday
Circus Clown Cook Dead
Thomas Edwin Cook who when in his
prime was a leading circus clown is dead
at his home at Paterson N J lie was 60
years old
Well Arranged
Mrs MeSmith returned us much
cheaper coffee than she borrowed of
us
Well put it in a jar -by itself and
lend it to Uerwihenshe couies again
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ON FOOTBALL FIELD
PENNSYLVANIA BEATS HARVARD
AT PHILADELPHIA
Contest Results iifi1 a Score of 15 to
6 Yale Shuts Out Princeton at
New Haven Iowa Championship
Won by University Eleven
Football Games
Before the largest crowd that ever- wit
nessed a football game in Philadelphia
the University of Pennsylvania football
eleven Saturday afternoon on Franklin
field defeated the Harvard team by a
score of 15 to 6 It was not a
sensational game There were but few
good runs the 55 yard dash of Parker and
Jacksons 25 yard run being the only ones
of moment
The game at New Haven stood Yale
6 Princeton 0 The victory was as fair
as it was complete and as brilliant as it
was surprising Except in kicking Yales
stalwart men outplayed the Tigers in
every department of the game Little
Baird of -Princeton outpunting McBride in
almost every exchange of kicks but in no
other respect did the Jersey men demon
strate a superiority Certainly more than
two thirds of the 18000 spectators oxpected
to see Yale defeated
Chicago Carlisle University 26 Uni
versity of Illinois 6 Fifteen thousand
people witnessed the game
Iowa City Iowa The State University
team defeated the Iowa College eleven by
a score of 16 to 12
West Point N Y West Point 42
Brown University 0
Ann Arbor Mich University of Mich
igan 32 Wittenberg 0
Cambridge Mass Harvard Freshmen
34 Yale Freshmen 0
Williamston Mass Dartmouth 52
Williams 0
NO TRACE OF ANDREE
Steamer Victoria Returns from an
Unsuccessful Search
The steamer Victoria which was fitted
out by the governor of Tromsoe under
instructions from King Oscar to search
for Prof Andree the missing aeronaut
and his party and which left Norway on
November 5 has returned from Spitz
bergen
She brings no news as to the where
abouts or movements of Prof Andree
although exploring parties landed ten
times at various points in Danmand
soeren The Victoria was provisioned
for eight months and carried a crew of
fifteen men Paul Bjoervig the explorer
was one of the company It was under
stood that the expedition would search
Danmandsoeren Advent Bay Cape Thord
sen Prinz Carl fore land and possibly
Danes Island from which point Prof
Andrees balloon ascended in July last in
his undertaking to cross the sea of the
north pole According to the program
thep published the Victoria on her return
trip was to explore the southwest coast of
Danmandsoeren
TAMMANY AIDS THE CUBANS
Check for 20000 Is Given to the
Cuban Junta
The executive committee of Tammany
Hall New York has arranged for the
annual organization next month After
the transaction of this business Richard
Croker made a speech in which he asked
the committee to subscribe 20000 for the
starving people of Cuba and a like sum
for the poor of New York The suggestion
was promptly acted upon The Cuban
check was handed to Senor Tonias Estrada
Palma and other members of the junta
who had called to seek the aid of Tam
many in behalf of their starving country
men
RUSSIA AND JAPAN MAKE UP
Two Governments Arrive at a Most
Complete Understanding
A dispatch from St Petersburg says It
is asserted in diplomatic circles that so
far from there being a serious tension be
tween Japan and Russia over Corea the
two governments have arrived at a com
plete understanding on the subject and
Russia is pleased with the terms of the
convention
To Awe the Sultan
The Rome correspondent of the London
Daily News says I am able to assert on
the best authority that the powers are dis
cussing theadvisability of a naval demon
stration in the Dardanelles or a blackade
of Constantinople if the sultan does not
yield to the demands of the -powers with
respect to autonomy for the island of
Crete especially in the matter of with
drawing the Turkish troops
Shoots His Father and Suicides
Henry Kammerer aged 30J quarreled
with his father John Kammerer 70 years
old at their home near Benton Harbor
Mich The son shot his father twice the
latter dying soon after Henry then killed
himself first setting fire to the house
which partially burned up The quarrel
was over money matters
Bullet Proof Armor Tested
About a hundred military men witnessed
the first exhibition in New York of Fooies
bullet proof armor which was given a suc
cessful trial in Brooklyn a few days ago
and which the inventor hopes will worjea
revolution in the methods of modern war
fare The trial was a success
Noted Michigan Divine Dead
Rev Geo H Hicock for twenty five
years chaplain of the Michigan state
prison at Jackson Mich is dead aged 75
years He was president of the Chaplains
Association of the National Prison Con
gress and one of the most prominent pen
ologists in the country
A
Ancestor an Explorer
Among the ancestors of Dr Nansen
was a Huns Nansen born in 159S who
explored the White- Sea spent many
years in the Iceland trade nud wrote
a geography which described the Arc
tic routes so well that a copy of the
bdowasin use at late as 1S41
THEIR SALARIES
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ARE SACRED
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State Incohie Taxes CanbBe Levied
AgainstJFederal Officials
The issue as to whethera state or munic
ipality can levy an income tax on the sal
ary or compensation of a postmaster a
subject -of broad interest to the federal
service generallywas decided in Wash
ington Saturday in an opinion rendered by
Acting Assistant Attorney General Harri
son J Barrett for the postoffice depart
ment The opinion holds that a state has
no authority to tax the emoluments paid to
any officers or agents which the United
States may use and employ as necessary
and proper means to execute its sovereign
power Mr Barrett says
The government of the United States
is supreme within its sphere of action and
any act of a state or municipality which
attempts to take the emoluments paid to
the officers of the government is unconsti
tutional and void If the power existed in
a state to tax the officers or agents of the
government it could thereby impair the
power of the United States
tion of its sovereignty
in the execu
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
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Moderate Improvements in Staple
Prices and in Distribution
Bradstreets Weekly Review sys
There is a moderate improvement in staple
prices and in the distribution of woolen
goods shoes hats and hardware in -the
region tributary to Chicago St Louis
Kansas City arid Omaha Colder weather
northwest and in the Central Mississippi
and Missouri valleys has helped retail
trading Manufacturers of iron and steel
agricultural implements railway cars and
woolens report an active demand and large
output although the appearance of specu
lative steel has resulted in weakening the
price of billets and a like tendency on the
part of Bessemer pig iron
Higher prices are recorded for wheat
corn oats syrup hides leather shoes and
for turpentine The reaction in iron and
steel is likely to be followed by an advance
if the present rate of consumption con
tinues
FATAL FOUR CORNERED g DUEL
Family Feud Ends in a Quadruple
Tragedy
At Bayou Lacombe eleven miles east of
Mandeville La a desperate light between
Arthur and Edward Jolie on one side and
Laurence and Edward Cousin on the
other resulted in the killing of all the
parties concerned Shotguns and pistols
were the weapons used The cause of the
difficulty is attributed to an old family
feud
Georgias War on Football
Representative Coles football bill pro
viding for the prohibition of the playing
in Georgia of match or exhibition games
where admission is charged has passed the
senate The bill had already passed the
lower branch of the legislature and now
awaits the approval of the governor
There is no doubt that he will sign it
Gives Advice on the Gallows
For the brutal murder of his paramour
Vinnie Bell George Weston alias Devil
Weston colored was hanged at Paducah
Ky Friday He met his death without a
quiver warning all people both black and
white to beware of bad company and
whisky
Increases Its Capital Stock
The Chase National Bank of New York
city has decided to increase its capital
stock from 5500000 to 1000000 The step
has been taken because the banks surplus
is very large - The deposits of the bank
amount to more than 20000000
Henry Georges Will
The will of the late Henry George tiled
for probate in New York Saturday leaves
his entire estate consisting of the home at
Fort Hamilton worth about 8000 and
the copyright of his books to his widow
Colorado Militia Commander Dead
Brig Gen Brooks commander of the
National Guard of Colorado died suddenly
in Denver of neuralgia of the heart Gen
Brooks was born in Detroit Mich coining
to Colorado twenty years ago
Attorney Commits Suicide
Attorney Van Martin a former promi
nent lawyer and politician committed
suicide by taking morphine in jail at Still
water Oklahoma while awaiting trial for
embezzlement and forgery
MARKET QUOTATIONS- -
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 475 wheat No 2 red 94c to 96c
corn No 2 26c ttf 27c oats No 2 21c
to 22c rye No 2 47c to 49c -butter
choice creamery 20q to 22c eggs fresh
17c to 19c new potatoes 40c to 55c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 Hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to choice -300 to 450
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2
white 26c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 22c
to 24c
St Louis rCattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 96c to 98c corn No 2
yellow 25c to 27c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c rye No 2 46c to 47c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2
mixed 27c to 2Sc oats No 2 mixed 24c
to 25c rye No 2 4Cc to 47c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 to 93c corn No 2
yellow 26c to 28c oats No 2
26c rye 47c to 49c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 93c to 94c
corn No 2 mixed 27c to 28c oats No
2 white 22c to 23c rye No 2 48c to 49c
clover seed 320 to 330
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 86c
to 87c corn No 3 27c to 28c oats No
2 white 24c to 25c rye No 2 48c to 50c
barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess
700 to 750
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red iVic to 97c corn No
2 yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white
27c to 2Sc
New York Cattle 300 to S550 hogs
350 to 425 sheen 300 to50Q
wheat No 2 red ic to 100 corn No
2 34c to- 35c oats No 2 white 26c to
27c butter creamery 15c to 24c eggs
Westernlc to 23c
STATE 0F NEBRASKA
NEWS OF TtfE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Engineers Coolness Saves the Lives
of a Half Hundred Passengers
Near Chadron Two Engines and
Two Cars a Total Loss
A Bad Wreck
The coolness of Wm Cooley engineer
of the eastbound passenger train Novem
ber 15 saved the lives of a half hundred
passengers Through freight No 27
bound west in charge of Conductor Wol
dorf and Engineer Conners received
orders to meet No 4 the eastbound pas-
sencer train at Borreaux a flag station
seven miles east of Chadron but Engineer
Connors misconstrued or forgot the orders
and came tearing down the hill towards
Chadron a few minutes after 12 oclock
midnight No 4 which leaves Chadron
at 1201 was on tjme and the engineer
Wm Cooley had his train under full
headway when suddenly the headlight of
the freight flashed before him no fifty
feet away Calling to his fireman to jump
he reversed his engine set the air brakes
and leaped from his cab The twoitrains
came together with a terrific crash but
the application of the air and the reversing
of the engine had arrested the motion of
the passenger and when the collision oc
curred it was beginning to move in the
same direction as the freight Both
engines are a total loss and two cars of
merchandise and two cars of mules were
completely demolished
Beyond a slight jolting the passengers
suffered no injury
THE PICTURE
few such Inquiries
attention
INCIDENT i
Gov Holcombs Replv tOPhil
n ey Posts Complaint
Phil Kearney Post No 2 Grand Army
Army of the Kepublic of South Omaha
recently passed resolutions condemning
Superintendent Fowler of the Soldiers
Home at Milford for refusing to allow a
picture of President McKinley to hang in
the office room of the home and for dis
charging Ira F Burroughs frpm the
responsible for the acts of his appointee1
and call upon him to dismiss Superintend
rut rowter Because oi uis insuic 10 wie
president of the United States A copv oM
the resolutions was received by the goV
ernor and an answer was mailed
Governor Holcomb in his letter says
The ground for the attack is very
poorly taken While I- have no doubt as
to his competency as an officer I beg to
advise the post that Commandant Fowler
is not an appointee of mine Since an
effort has been made to attach blame to me
for the action of Commandant Fowler I
might add that I investigated the matter
by request some time ago and was advised
that the commandant not only did not re
fuse to permit President McKinleys
picture to be hung in the institution but
contributed to a fund to buy a picture of
that distinguished gentleman which now
occupies so I am now informed a ion-
spicuous place on the walls of the institu
tion His refusal to place a picture of the
president or any other person on the
walls of his private office is in my judg
ment a matter entirely of his personal
concern -
State Secretary Arrested
Secretary of State W F Porter was ar
rested last week charged with violating a
Lincoln health ordinance -by butchering
hogs within the city limits Mr Porter
followed agricultural pursuits before being
elected andraised his own supply of pork
on his Merrick County farn He saw no
reason to discontinue this practice since
coming to Lincoln and with Gen Kelsey
the Omaha common weal leader an em
ploye in his office had nearly finished the
work of slaughtering four hogs a his home
when City Health Officer Bhqde appeared
and ordered a discontinuance- Secretary
Porter it is assorted was unaware of the
existence of a law against butchering hogs
inthe city
Swindled by an Alleged Oculist
A vendor of spectacle3 has created a
iatidn in the vicinity of Herman and
around Tekaraah He went to- a farmer
named Nels Jackson whose wife is suffer
ing with sore eres and got a check for 25
from the husband for- a prescription
When Mr Jackson attempted to get it
filled at a Herman drug store he found that
no drugs of the kind extedv A search
was at once instituted for the traveling op
tician but he had departed It develops
that he is making hjs fight with a Tekamah
livery team It is rumored that he got
several forged checks cashed by- Tekamah
merchants When last seen he was driving5
towards Hooper
3 Little Girl Fatally JBurned
A terrible accident occurred to the
8-year-old daughter ofGottfried Furchert
living seven miles northcWest Point
It seems that the parents were out husking
corn and left tile children klorid at home
The 10-year-old bp was at thebarn when
tfie Vister biiflrafire to warm
-some water preparatory
dishes when her dress became igni text
trom tne stove ner ures3 was soon en
veloped in flamesand shenrn toward the
barn to her brother but soon ran backfto
he house- and- crawleil where
jhe was found suffering jterribje agony
She will die Z V
Trying to Solve Murder Mystery
Every day adds sometliingof interest to
the Fth at Beatrice and
Coroner Miller feels certain -that he will
yet be able to at least reveal the fdentity
of thetiead manif mur
derer gcores of people hayeiost
relatives have written the coroner and a
number have- not waited to -write before
coining but for obvious reasons only a
have been given any
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Fell ThroHgta aTrap DoTor
Fred Melcher who lives with his son
Ernest fourteen -mites norttiweBt of West
Point fellrthTOugh ja trap -door into the
cellar striking on his Jemplekiljing him
almost instantlv He was 79jrears of- age
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Wheat in Good Condition
Johnson Countys thousands of acres of
-fall wheat could not condition
to go into winier quarters It covers the
the ground well is green ard luxuriant
and soil is charged with plenty of
moisture to last all winter -
Shooting Affray Fairbury
EJ LUibv an nginer oifcthe Eock
Island road had a controversy -with a
Texan at Fairbury and as a result
bullet wound - iiLfeaclLlftg
and the Texan is in the custody of fhe
sheriff
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SCbfl CSE REVIVED
Legal Questions Involved
Will Arise in Hartley Hearing
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Attorney General C J braica nas Deea
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requested by the supreme court to submit
a brief in the Barrett Scott case Tbe
court requested him to cover two points
not submitted by the county attorney of
Holt County The approval of the bond
out of time and the estoppel of sureties are
the two questions which -the supreme
court desires the attorney general to argue
The Scott case is consifered of great im
portance by the legal fraternity and the
public because it Involves -the same points
which will come before the court in the
caso of ex State Treasurer Bartley and his
bondsmen
Official bonds in both cases were ap
proved out of time The Bartley bond was
approved January -9 instead of January
and the Scott bond instead of having
been s approved by jthQ county board on
January 7 was not approved until March
In both cases additronal Sondsmen signed
and the question of estoppel of sureties is--involved
in each
PORSEY JURYrpiSAGREES
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Unable to Reach -a Verdict in the
Ponca Bankers Case
The jury in -the case of Frank Dorsey
thePonca banker reported a disagrce
riient after Detjng out fe days
City Attorney Muddle
At ameeting of the city council of Ne
braska City Mayor W Stuhlhut ap
pointed H G Leigh as city attorney and
his nomination was confirmed by the coun
cil Notice was served upon the mayor
and council by C Seymour whpso
nomination as city attorney was a jicar
ago not confirmed by the council thahe
was appointed for a period of two years
and will hold the office until hi3 term ex
pires The case presents some interesting
complicationsas Seymour has been acting
city attorney for over ayear
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Sickness at Beatrice Institute
It has been rumored that an epidemic of
some sort was raging -at the institution for
Lfeeble minded at Beatrice Dr Sprague-
was considerably annoyed when he was
asked if such report was true He said
there had been no special sickness among
the inmates but that several of the teach-
tution in connection with the picture injci Lra were uy An an5Wt
ionf Th0 r0nitinnt iii nX TrnnnuXo a question regarding the number of
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Ldeaths occurring there since October 1 he-
Baid there had been five The reported
epidemic was given some color by the-
hurial of two of the children in one day
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Private Walker Acquitted
George of Crawford the colored
soldier indicted for the murder last spring
of Sandy Tournage colored was ac
quitted in the district conrfc at Chadron
The evidence showed that Tourn ace h ad-
insulted and threatened Julia Fuller a -white
woman and in fear of her life shft
called ugpnWalker to protecther Walker
drew a revolver and killed Tournage in
stantly The court instructed the jury to- -
acquit Walkerbn motion ot Vfife defense
udge Scotin Contempt
Distriet Judge Cunningham KScott of
Omaha has been cited by the supreme
court to answer hefore that tribunal De
cember 7 and- plead Xo a charge of con
tempt ThH cdntempt charge is the
alleged refusal of Judge Scottto enforce a-
manaaie rssuea oy me supreme court lass
January in Omaha receivership case
New Elevator for Clay Center
A representative of the Kansas City aueH
Omaha Railroad Campany was at Clay 4
Center one day last wefik and staked out
the site on the right of way for anew grain
elevator As two elevators afe now In
operation it is hoped the third one will bs
sufficient to handle the large amount of
grain broughtinto that- villag
Citizen -Caught by Failure
The failure of the Bay State Beneficiary
Association of Wesftteld Mass caught
one of Osceolas veteran citizens Judge T
HSaunders The jifdge carried 5000 ia
that companyhad been insured since he
was 47 years old and now he is past 60 so
tht it is impossible for him to get any in
surance at ins age
Fun Costs Twenty Dollars
Claude Wilson a youth of about 20 was-
brought before Judge Porter at Red Cloud
cm complaintof William Holmes charged
with disturbing the meeting of aChristiant
Endeavor society He was fined 20 and
costs but appealed to the district courts
which meets December IS
Nebraska Short Notes
The Methodists of Madison are
ing to build a new church next spring
The Teachers Association of southwest
em Nebraska will be at Cambridge No i
wember 26 to 28
The managers of the Silver Creek cream
ery expect to be ready for business by1
January 1
The Humboldt republicans wil hold aai
election to decide oh the man they waatl
for postmaster
The Tilden jcreamery is nowA ready for
business and for the present will be op
erated only three daysach week
The Northwestern Teachers Association
will hold a session at RushyJlle on
v l r
Hernial Otto of Western snipped 3300
pounds of castor beans to the Kansas City
oil works He raised the besttwand they
are said to be of good quality
Kate W Dunning who was a candidate
against her will for superintendent oC
schools of Blaine County was elected but
absolutely refuses to qualify for the office
Two horses which their riders had
hitched in front of a candy store had dis
appeared when their owners went after
them and they aresupposed to have been
stolen
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Reports from tfiefeornfieldi in the vicin
ity of Herman are very encouraging the
yield lieing largerthan was at first esti
mated At least half the crop is in th
cribs
It is reported that a farmer while dig
ging a well on the Garfield table
mfles northwest of Gothenburg
struck a vein of coal nine feet thick at a
depthoflSOfeet
Calvin Ray of Clarks lost thirty-five-head
of hogs from cholera
A good many cattle have been dying in
the vicinity of Battle Creek lately It
seems they get sick fter being turned into
the stalk fields Last week Fred Schee
reger lost twenty head of his cattle and
D JBraje losj six and Frank Wright
two y
T Matthewsspeeial agent of the gen
eral lanR office at North Platte is making
an investigation of the government lands
fencedin by a numberjof ranchman cnniK
of Gothenhnrtr TTa ronTir fc n
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