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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1897)
h i 1 I Hi h K ftl y hi I- n H h A ci tf4 r 1 lliiiftMilmiiJHi 11- infirm - i Siih t n - 4 IB WORLD OYER UTEST NEWS FROM EVERY LAND COAST TOWNS SUFFER GREAT GALE SWEEPS ENGLISH SHORES SUNDAY Amounts to Almost a Cyclone Many Ships Founder Scores of Bodies Are Washed Ashore Sea Walls Washed Away Swept by a Storm The gale which swept the English coasts Sunday raged all night when it amounted almost to a cyclone iu many places ac companied by snow and hail A long list of fatalities wrecks and damage to prop erty has already been reported All the coast towns have suffered and a score of bodies have been washed ashore while falling walls and flying debris have added to the loss of life Vessels are reported ashore on every part of the coa3t and many ships are known to have found ered with probable loss of all hands At Xiowestoft Larmouth and elsewhere the sea has flooded the quays doing much damage The sea wall at Scarborough lias been washed away and passenger and mail service across the channel was mostly suspended EDUCATE CHINESE HILDREN lekin Government Will Establish Schools in This Country The new Chinese minister Wu Ting 3Tang has consummated a project which contemplates the erection of a school tmilding in San Francisco the bringing tof teachers from China and the education of the Chinese youth of Frisco and coast in both English and Chinese branches The Chinese government will expend not less than 40000 in carrying out this rproject Tuition will be strictly free If the experiment proves a success similar schools will be established by the govern ment in other sections of the United States LET IMMIGRANTS COME St Louis Labor Unions Favor Keep ing Gates of Castle Garden Open By a vote of 41 to 5 the delegates to the central trades and labor unions at St Louis placed themselves on record as being op posed to the further restriction of immi gration The question was discussed foi over three hours A resolution -was passed which sets forth that the restriction of immigration is in direct contradiction to the progressive spirit of the age and is re actionary and an attempt to check the pro gressive movements of wage earners of all countries ASPHYXIATED IN A TUNNEL Three Men Lose Their Lives on the Grand Trunk Railroad Asphyxiation caused the death of three nnen in the Grand Trunk tunnel at Pbft Huron Mich Sunday night A train jbeing hauled through to the Canadianside tbroke in two The engineer backed down to get the detached portion but for hours toothing was heard of the crew Finally a searching party found them dead hav ing been asphyxiated by tunnel gas aris ing from hard coal used by locomotives Drops from a Hotel Window Mrs R 0 Campbell of Peoria 111 either accidentally fell or jumped from a jsecond stor3 window of the Oakland Hotel Chicago Monday sustaining serious injuries Owing to the reticence of the ihotel employes and the absolute refusal of fthe womans husband to talk concerning jthe matter the facts leading up to the ac cident could not be learned Midget Michaels Defl Jimmie Michael the famous midget bicycle rider announces that he is willing to meet any two American riders for thirty miles these two riders to be privileged to change off every mile every two miles or to each ride one half the distance Michael Ito go the entire distance On such a con ftest Michael is willing to wager 5000 Reduction in Postage At a political meeting held in Toronto Knt William Patterson minister of cus Itoms stated that on and after the first ol January next the rate of postage on letters from Canada to all parts of the British em pire would be 3 cents for one ounce At present the rate on letters to Great Britain lis 5 cents per half ounce Big Seizure of Gunpowder Eight barges loaded with cases of gun powder falsely labeled arms have been seized by the customs officers in the Thames They emanated from Russia land were about to be transferred to the jsteamer Belichistan for Persia It is sug gested that the ammunition was destined xor the Afridis Will Break an Ocean Record The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of New York kor Bremen via Southhampton passed Lizard at 9 Monday morning Should she inake the run from Lizard to Southhamp ton in seven and one half hours as usual the will lower the eastward record about two hours Australias Wheat Surplus Unofficial estimates place the wheat taeld in New South Wales at 11000000 MufielB It is indicated the exportable sur plus of wheat from Australia will be 000000 brahcis r Robbers JUsft Sulphuric Acid i Two Kansas Ci7 footpads stopped Mrs Richard A Hoe wife of a Chicago and Alton engineer at an outlying point and robbed her of 50 Mrs House made a show of resistance when one of the men poured the contents of a bottle of sulphuric ncid on her hands Steamer Sunk in a Collision A London dispatch says The steamer Baron Afldrossan and the steamer Tokio The Tokio was so collided off Dungenis badly damaged she sank Four of her crew were drowned INDIANA JAIL RIOT Attempt to Kill a Sheriff Ends Dis astrously for the Chief Mutineer Nineteen prisoners confined in the jon County jail at Princeton Ind de clared themselves in open revolt against Sheriff Murphy Saturday declared they fvould have more food or kill the sheriff A posse of deputies was placed outside the Jail while Sheriff Murphy entered alone As soon as he closed the door all the orisoners headed by John Boger a notorious criminal rushed tipon him and were about to carry out their threats when the posse rescued the sheriff A fierce fight then occurred between Boger and Murphy and Hoger was beat almost into insensibility and thrown into a cell When rhe prisoners saw their leader worsted they were suppressed without further trouble FELT TEN MILES AWAY Sixty Quarts of Nitroglycerine Ex plode Near Chesterfield Ind An explosion of nitroglycerine occurred one half mile west of Chesterfield Ind Friday Sixty quarts of nitroglycerin were hauled there for the purpose of shoot ing a gas well The explosive was placed in a large zinc tub located at the end of the steam exhaust pipe for the purpose of thawing out the mixture It is the theory that the tub became overheated causing an explosion with disastrous results A hole ten feet long aud several in depth was torn in the earth The engine was blown to pieces Persons one mile away were lifted from their feet by the concussion and the jar was felt for ten miles Fire followed the explosion but the ilames were quickly ex tinguished FRANCO ENGLISH COLLISION Reported Conflict Between African Forces of tho Two Nations A Rome dispatch says A sanguinary conflict has occurred between French and British troops at Nikki in Lagos Hinter land The British colonial office on Friday afternoon received a cable from Lagos that a rumor was current among the natives of a collision between 400 British and French troops M Lebon the minister of the colonies for France has received no information of a collision between the British and French troops at Nikki the Niger region and discredits the report OHIOS LEGISLATURE Republican Fusionists Decide to Support the Caucus Nominee At the recent election the fusion ticket Which carried the county in which Cin cinnati is situated contained nine Dem ocratic and five Republican members of the legislature There has been some doubt as to how the Republican fusionists would vote on joint ballot for United States senators At a meeting of these fusionists in Cincinnati Saturday it was decided to vote for the Republican caucus nominee which will make the legislature stand 80 Republican to 05 Democrats on joint ballot for senator Are Led by a Bad Man A story comes from Honolulu that has that has caused much anxiety among the friends of the sixteen young men who re cently sailed from San Francisco on the schooner Sophia Sutherland in search of treasure on the Solomon Islands The trading master of the little craft now pre sumably cruising the south seas is Capt Sorrenson who according to ex Consul Churchill of Apia has a black record as a pirate and despoiler of the natives in the islunds of the central Pacific In 1884 he was captured by the British man of war 5art and sent to prison for ten years Since then he had not been heard of but now he is in virtual command of a com pany of Californians who put faith in his stories of the fabulous wealth of the Solo mon Islands Flour Output Breaks Record The flour out put of Minneapolis mills last week was the largest on record The trade was complained of as being dull but foreigners bought surprisingly well some concerns disposing in that direction of half they sold Exports were 109000 barrels against 68000 for the same time last year and 66000 two years ago Wages Increased lO Per Cent Jones Laughl in of Pittsburg Pa on Saturday notified their three thousand iron workers known as day men that com mencing December I their wages would be increased 10 per cent This restores the reduction made some months ago as promised by the firm as soon as improved conditions would warrant Illinois Strike Over The coal mining strike in the northern Illinois district ended Saturday Twelve thousand men have gone back to work in the Coal City Braidwood Charbon Hill Spring Valley Lodi Seatonville La Salle andOgelsbie field Victory is with the miners although they have not won all they asked Christmas Holiday Rates The lines of the Central Passenger As sociation committee have decided to make a fare for the round trip of one and ohe third between all points in their territory for Christmas and New Years holidays The Western Passenger Association road will probablymake the same rates Nevada Stage Robbery The stage running between Bishop Nev and Independence was robbed of the Wells Fargo Express box containing about 1000 Saturday The holdup oc curred in an exposed part of the road only two miles from a railway station Troops for Fort Townsend A telegram received in Port Townsend Wash from Washington states thatMaj GenerafNelson A Miles has submitted to the secretary of war a letter in which he recommends that Fort Townsend be occu pied by troops immediately Maxims New Gun Hiram Maxims new quick firing gun was tried at Portsmouth Eng with re markable results With twenty five pounds of cordite it showed an effective T5TSS of 15000 yards POWERS IN A PLOT RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA UPHOLD EMPEROR WILLIAM Fatherland to Send a Squadron of Eight Cruisers to Chinese Waters at Once Expect to Do Some Fight ingOther Items of Interest Russia and Austria Back Germany The presence of Emperor William at Kiel upon the occasion of swearing the naval recruits has had the expected effect of clearing the situation so far as Ger manys attitude toward China and Hayti is concerned Within two months a squad ion of eight fine cruisers having on board 3500 men will be assembled in Chinese waters and the fact that Prince Henry of Prussia brother of his majesty is to com mand half this force lends probability to the reports current in government circles that bot work is expected Within three days of the receipt of the news of the murder of the German missionaries the emperor through the German ambassadors at Vienna kand St Petersburg made confidential inqniries as to whether Germany would be opposed in Chinese waters in case circumstances should render the seizure of territory nec essary The replies were wholly satis factory It was because of Kussias assurance that a free hand would be given Germany that Emperor William was so extraordinarily attentive to Prince Nosky the commander of the Russian cruiser Vladimir Monarch which vessel was at Kiel upon the occasion of his majestys visit to that port It is believed there is a virtual agree ment between Russia and Germany under which Germany is to retain possession of Kaio Chow and the bay while Russia is to become the dominant power in Corea which is tantamount to annexation TRAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT Trio Who Held Up the Santa Fe Passenger Captured in Arizona District Attorney Finical of Albu querque N M has received a telegram from Dalm Graham the constable at Brisbee A T saying that he had ap prehended the three train robbers who held up the Santa Fe Pacific passenger train at Grant three weeks ago The prisoners are Jesse Williams Tom Ander son and an unknown man While the exact amount of booty secured by these robbers is not known it has been estimated at between 25000 and 100000 Train robbery is a capital offense in New Mexico so that if the men now arrested be proved guilty they will have to answer with their lives NEW LAWYER FOR LUETGERT Attornay Phalen Also Withdraws from the Case Attorney Albert Phalen of Chicago who became prominent through his connection with the defense of Adolph Luetgert and who was to have been chief counsel for the sausagemaker in his second trial withdrew from the case Sunday His withdrawal was due to the retention of Attorneys Harmon and Riese as assistants in the case contrary to his advice Attorneys Harmon and Riese will an nounce the retirement of Mr Phalen and ask for a further continuance on the ground that they are not familiar with the case CABINET CRISIS Gautsch Intrusted with the Task of Forming New Ministry The members of the Austrian ministry Sunday tendered their resignations to Em peror Francis Joseph who accepted them and entrusted Baron Gautsch who holds the portfolio of public instruction of the retiring ministry with the task of forming a new cabinet Sunday morning Emperor Francis Joseph addressed an autograph letter to Count Badeni decreeing the adjournment of the reichsrath until further orders AUTONOMY DECREE PUPLISHED Official Announcement of Cuban and Porto Rican Reform The Official Gazette of Spain published on Saturday morning the royal decrees granting autonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico thus removing the anxiety that had begun to be expressed on all sides as the result of the governments reticence and unexplained delay Mrs Adrian Iselin Dead Mrs Adrian Iselin sr died Saturday night at her home in New York aged 77 Mrs Iselin was Miss Adrian ODonnell the daughter of Columbus ODonnell of Baltimore The Iselin family is known for its liberal gifts to the Catholic Church Four years ago Mrs Iselin built St Ga briels Roman Catholic Church one of the most picturesque church buildings on Long Island at a cost of 300000 To Be Used as a Gold Steamer The steamship South Portland formerly the Caroline Miller which was once seized as a fiilibuster has been purchased by a syndicate and is to be put in commission for service between Seattle and St Mich aels Alaska after being fitted out in Brooklyn N Y Named by the Pope The pope has appointed Rev H L Chapelle bishop of Santa Fe N M to be archbishop of New Orleans Rev Father FitzMaurice rector of the Church of the Annunciation of Williamsport Pa has been appointed coadjutor of thebishop of ErietPa v Wall Street Operator Fails A receiver has been appointed for Geo H Pell of New York many years well known as a Wall Street operator Pell has 500000 in judgments against him with very little property to meet them Mine Blauvelle Granted a Divorce Judge Winchester of the district court at Bismarck N D has granted an abso lute divorce to Mme Blauvelle from her husband Royal Stone Smith on the ground of non support - r - BUTCHERED KV BLACK DWARFS Horrible Fate v Two Americans in Congo Free State A startling and horrible story of tne killing of two Washingtonians Lindsay G Burke and Mr Mellen and the muti lation of their bodies by the natives of the Congo Free State has been received in a letter to Leo Harmon of Washington D C The men were members of a party who during November and December 1894 and January 1895 went to enlist in the Belgian army for service in the Congo state The information received by Mr Harmon is that last December Burke and a part- of fifty natives who were sent out to dislodge a band of dwarfs who had re volted were ambushed and killed An Arab who was with the command slates that the most hideous looking little man he ever saw walked up and cut Burkes head off with one blow of a knife The chief then began to slice pieces off his legs and arms and to distribute them among his followers Mr Mellen was killed on March 1 when the troups under the command of Baron Dhanic revolted near Kabanarre and as sassinated a number of officers of there regiments His body was mutilated al most beyond recognition his heart having been cut out and burned so that his courage could not again be used against the rebels by the whites SENDS WARNING TO GERMANY Uncle Sam Gives the Fatherland a Tip in Regard to Hayti Tho state department at Washington has icquested United States Ambassador White to ascertain exactly the intentions of Germany with respect to the claims of Herr Lueders whose recent imprisonment in Hayti lias caused friction between the German and Haytian governments Mr White has also been instructed if any schemes of annexation exist or if there is an intention to make an excessive demon stration with a view of unduly punishing Hayti to intimate to the German govern ment that the United States could not tol erate either of the courses before men tioned though in principle having no ob jection to Germany obtaining satisfaction Judge Day May Resign Persons close to the president say they would not be suprised if the assistant sec retary of state Day should shortly tender his resignation to the president Judge Day is said to be anxious to return to Can ton He fears that if he remains in Wash ington very much longer his law practice which nets him about 30000 a year will be destroyed Big- Works to Resume Monday morning work at the blacksmith and machine department of the J I Case Manufacturing company at Racine Wis resumed It is expected that the entire plant will be in operation by the second week in December Big Cloakniakers Strike Threatened Two hundred cloakniakers struck in New York Saturday on an alleged threat of employers to reduce wages The con tracts made between 800 contractors and 9000 striking employes three months ago has expired Believed He Has Been Murdered Col George A Bute a prominent mining man of Telluride Colo is missing and his friends- in Telluride believe he has been murdered He had a large sum of money when he left that camp Wants a Treaty Terminated A dispatch from Tunis says that tne Depeche Tunisienne intimates thatFrance will shortly ask for the denunciation of the treaty of 1797 between the United States and Tunis - Fire in Philadelphia The millinery and hat furnishing stores of Apt Brothers Philadelphia were dam aged by fire Sunday to the extent of about 75000 on which the firm carried 50000 insurance Shot by His Divorced Wife Edward Moore Farley of Pittsburg Pu was shot Sunday afternoon by his wife Sarah from whom he had separated Jealousy was the cause One War Averted The differences between Nicaragua and Costa Rica which threatened to involve the two republics in war have it is reported been amicably settled 5IAKKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 375 hogs shipping grades 300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200 to 500 wheat No 2 red 99c to 101 corn No 2 2Gc to 27c oats No 2 20c to 21c rye No 2 47c to 49c butter choice creamery 20c to 22c eggs fresh 17c to 19c new potatoes 45c to 00c 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 2Gc to 28c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 300 to 450 wheat No 2 98c to 100 corn No 2 yellow 25c to 26c 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 94c to 96c corn No 2 I mixed 27c to 28c oats No 2 mixed 23c to 24c rye No 2 46c to 48c Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 425 wheat No 2 93c to 94c corn No 2 yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 24c to 26c rye 48c to 49c Toledo Wheat No 2 red 95c to 97c corn No 2 mixed 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 21c to 22c rye No 2 48c to 49c clover seed 385 to 390 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 92c foOicj corn No 3 26c to 2Sc oats No 2 white 23c to 25c rye No 2 47c to 49c barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess 700 to 750 Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 hogs 300 to 400 sheep 300 to 500 Avheat No 2 red 98c to 101 corn No 2 yellow 30c to 32c olats No 2 white 26c to 2Sc New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs 350 to 425 sheep 300 to 475 wheat No 2 red 101 to 102 corn No 2 33c to 35c oats No 2 white 26c to 27c butter creamery 15c to 24c eggs Western 21c to 23c NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Secretary Sizer of the Republican State Committee and Others Ac cuse Secretary of State Porter of Violating the Election Law - - H STATE OF kTEBRASKA Nebraska Was Flection Law Violated When the state canvassing board met it was served with a protest signed by E R Sizer secretary of the Republican state central committee and other citizens against a canvass of the state returns on the ground that the law had been violated by Secretary of State Porter who is charged with opening and tampering with county leturns The allegation was made that the secretary had broken the seal of the ballots from a number of counties and this -was admitted by the board but the charge of tampering with or changing the votes was denied Attorney General Smith acting for the board insisted that the simple breaking of the seals while contrary to the letter of the law did not constitute an offense and demanded that the protestors furnish proof of tampering Secretary Porter and his two deputies were sworn and testified to having opened returns and sending some back for correc tion but entered a general denial of any change in figures At the suggestion of Gov Holcomb the protest was overruled and the board will at an early date tabulate the vole OVERRULES THE PROTEST Obiections of Republicans to regularity of Returns Useless When the state canvassing board met on November 23 Frank J Kelley and Ed R Sizer appeared and asked for a formal ruling on the protest filed The board overruled the protest by unanimous vote and proceeded with the canvass The members of the boaid admitted that a grave mistake had been made by thesecretary and his deputies but they did not think any of the abstracts had been tampered with in a manner that would change any votes and proceeded with the work under the impression that they were acting legally They held that unless there was direct evidence that the abstracts had been changed it was not their duty to inquire into the actions of the secretary The total vote of the state was 200047 It was distributed as follows on supreme judge Post 89009 Sullivan 10282S Switzler 713 Strong 1625 Wilson 82 scattering 18 On regents the vote was Kaley 89863 Dryden S8696 Forell 9s 741 Kenower 97967 Spurlock lo Leas 632 scattering 214 MURDER AT OMAHA Corpse of a Farm Hand Found Near Deerinjr Warehouse Bud Scott who was found dead at Omaha on Friday November 20 was murdered At least that is the ver tlict rendered by the coroners jury after an extended investigation of the case The body was discovered about 9150 by Pat Sullivan a section hand for the Bur lington It was frozen and had evidently lain on the spot where found for nmny hours for it was covered with snow A ragged wound on top of the head showed that he had died from a fracture of the kull Sullivan who found the body was walking along a side track just east of the Deering building He descried an object beneath the viaduct which leads to the building which he at first thought to be a bundle of old clothing Going up to it he found that it was the body of a dead man lying face downward upon the ground and immediately informed the police officials Bandits Are Captured The police succeeded in capturing the two women and one man bandits three miles east of Chadron late the other even ing who held up and robbed Mr Kling lesmidt of 800 They were hiding in an old deserted barn thickly sur rounded with brush two miles from any house The police had some difficulty in arresting them They were lodged in the Sheridan County jail to await the action of the district court They refuse to give theirnames or any information concerning themselves QSues for Damages L P Hansen of Fremont who was se verely injured a year ago last May by fall ing from a window in a hotel in New York city has brought suit against the Travelers Insurance Company of Hart ford Conn to recover the sum of 1400 which he alleges to be due him on an acci dent policy which he held in the company Love Causes Suicide Austin W Thatcher living four and one half miles northeast of Pleasant Dale committed suicide last week by taking a dose of strychnine because his sweethearts parents Mr and Mrs J M Quick forbade him going with their daughter any longer Had Been Dead Two Weeks C Campbell Smith was found dead in his house where he lived alone in Beatrice The condition of the body indi cated that he had been dead two weeks Rats had mutilated the remains Smith was well to do but eccentric and miserly Commander Ehrhardt Recovers Hon John A Ehrhardt of Stanton state commander of the Grand Army of the Re public who has been criticallyill for more than three weeks has so far recovered as to be able to sit up and is in a fair way to recovery Hand Crashed Ben Gorham a farmer living one and a half mileb north of Bancroft had one of his hands badly crushed in the gearing of a corn sheller Wednesday The index finger was amputated at the first joint Husking Nearly Finished Farmers in the vicinity of Fremont re port husking nearly finished The average yield is fully up to the estimates and is of a fine quality His Back Broken Tom Curran a farmer who lives with his mother on a big farm four miles from Ponca met with a serious accident the other day Curran was engaged in haul ing shelled corn when the top box of the wagon slipped and Curran fell down on the whiffietrees behind the horses The animals became frightened and began to run and kick -Finally one of the animals kicked him rendering him insensible and he fell to theground The heavily loaded wagon passed over the small of his back He was found in the road by friends un conscious and with his back broken DEFEATS IOWA wtrirovpo Tins bv a Scoro or 6 to O at Council Bluffs Three thousand -people witnessed the V foot ball game between Iowa and braska at Council Bluffs Thursday and Nebraska won by a score of 6 to 0 Iowas defeat occurred when it did not seem to be impending The Nebraskans had the ball and were slowly forcing it down the field but it wa3 on the 35 yard line When the ball wa3 passed to Bene dict not one of the spectators looked for more than a 2 or 3 yard gain Benedict dashed toward the left side of his line and stopped against a stone wall of Iowa brawn and muscle He struggled and plunged butcpuld notgain an inch Then right by his side there opened and yawned a big hole between right tackle and end From this hole to tho goal there was an absolute clear field All the Iowans were in front or in the rear of him to stop his progress For an in stant the halfback hesitated and then the opportunity flashed upon him He was ten yards away before his action was noticed by his opponents and although they weni at once in pursuit not one of them touched him until he was behind the goal post with the ball in his arras The Iowans used the famous Pennsyl vania guards back pla almostexcluslvely LINVILLE CAPTURED Adventures of the Man Who Shot Henry Carpenter James Linville who on the morning or August 28 at Goodwin in Dakota County in a drunken row shot Henry Carpenter who died the same day and who since that time has eluded the officers now lies in the county jail at Dakota City having been brought from Spink County Sout Dakota Linville is about 24 years old anN of good appearance and is free to talk of the crime saying the iead was committed in self defense He was apprehended by W W Kisser a farm hand who forined his acquaintance while he was tending bar at llubbard at the time of the tragedy Kisser went up into South Dakota to work this summer and fell in with Linville and the latter says he has beeji putting up for him and in return Kisser proved a traitor and com municated with Sheriff Borowsky his whereabouts The stories of tho shooting are so conflicting it will require the evi dence to disclose the truth Linville claims his home is Kentucky and that he has tw sisters living there Jail Breaking at David Ciy The four prisoners that were confined lit the county jail at David City made their escape last week and no trace of them has been found George Blackburn and Frank Mo ran had been convicted of burglary Harry Davis was to be tried on the same charge John Bays was held on a charge of larceny They were evidently assisted by outside parties as the heavy iron frame on the outside of a window was removed and one bar on the inside pried out Tbe rivets holding the socket to the bar lock ing the cage were ut on the inside by a cold chisel Tracks of a wagon were dis covered in the alley back of the jail where it had stood some time Bays is well acquainted with all the roads in tho county and is e idenlly piloting the party to the south - Miller Caught at Humboldt H T Miller the man who is alleged to have stolen a carload of cattle from Fair bury parties and shipped it to St Joseph was arrested at Humboldt Cashier Hall of the Verdon bank has identified Miller as the person who drew a check through his bank on the First National Bank of Beatrice for the proceeds of the sale Miller has confessed that he was the man who committed the crime and intimates that other parties were implicated Lynch Wants a Railroads An enthusiastic meeting of farmers and business men was held at Lynch recently in the interest of a railroad Ways and means were devised for collecting informal tion relative to the resources and commer cial business of Boyd County A delega tion will lay these facts and figures before the Commercial Club of Omaha in the hope of securing the co operation of that or ganization in behalf of a railroad commu nication with Omaha Fire at Jackson The big general merchandise store of T J Walsh at Jackson was totally destroyed by fire recently The origin of the fire is unknown A strong wind was blowing at the time of the conflagration and the iorts ot tne hremen were unavailing Tiu big store burned like tinder and the flame illuminated the skies for miles around ine loss is estimated to be 10000 and only partly covered by insurance American A is i Safe Blown Open The safe at the McCandless switcn eight miles northeast of Stella on the B M was blown open the other night No money was obtained New Pastor at York The Baptist congregation at York has a new pastor in tho person of Rev T J Gibbett who was called from Wisconsin Killed an An American Easle eajiie measurincr svprc feet from tip to tip was killed a fewmiles northeast of Stella recently Nebraska Short Notes Holdredge was suffering from a butier famine recently not enough being on the market for home consumption Bert Berhle of Valley County wa3 ac cidentally struck in the eye with an ear of corn thrown by his brother and the sight of the eye destroyed Mrs Mumford of Valentine threw a paper sack into the stove She supposed the sack contained salt but after viewing the wreck of the stove discovered it was powder instead of salt Some unknown persons while hunting inthe timber on J EMarkels place a DeSoto some days ago shot and killed one of his finest steers and the foreman did not make the discovery for a few days The Methodist Church at Osceola ha wiped out a debt of 300 that has beei hanging over the edifice for some time -- Mr Locan Loker frnm NVrtu dih v a itvni i i j A T V uu3heu iuo uusneis oi corn one dav lasr week U G Welch ninety seven and Oscar Nichols ninety six in ten hours on a farm near Gothenburg This com wa husked and unloaded in this time The corn was irrigated and will yield abou sixty bushels to the acre Edward son of Postmaster V Sells ofBartley aged about 3 years was play ing m the yard where his brother -was about to move a wagon loaded with corn In starting the wagon Edward was thrown uuu UUb ueiore tne wagon could ua vcu uis caesc was I crushed that he died in a few hours be sy i NS c jr - rt 1 n 4M Ft u if Hi i W1 X r r j
