The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, December 16, 1897, Image 4

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THE DAYS DOINGS
8UMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
INSDBGENTB CHECKED1
THEIR PLANS FRUSTRATED BY
MARSHAL BLANCO
Havanfc Business Concerns Much
Discouraged Do Not Look For
ward to a Speedy End of the
Revolution Other Items
Cab an Blow Not Struck
The plansof the insurgents to strike a
blow near Havana have been checked ac
cording to the official account but the con
centration of their forces is such as to
make it unlikely that the insurgent bands
twill surrender as the Spanish authorities
have been hoping
The business concerns of the city are
much discouraged by the actual situation
They do not now look forward to speedy
end of the revolution All say that they
have abandoned the hope thafcthe insur
gents will surrender or accept the condi
tions of autonomy
LABOR MAKES A PROTEST
Unions Do Not Want Paxson ou
Commerce Commission
The United Labor League at a meeting
in Philadelphia Sunday passed a resolution
authorizing the officers of the league to
send a protest to President McKinley
against the appointment of ex Chief
Justice Paxson as a member of the
interstate commerce commission The
igrounds for the protest grew out
iof an opinion rendered by Mr
JPaxson when he was chief justice
of the supreme court of that state in rela
tion to the Homestead strike The pro
test will state that Mr Paxsons appoint
ment will be an insult not alone to the
organized labor in the city and state but
to every workingman in the United States
SENSATIONS PROMISED
Durrants Attorney Declares
He
Will Not Die in January
In an interview published in San Frah
cisco Monday Tugen Deuprey the attor
ney who is making such a fight for Theo
idore Durrant gives warning of sensational
jdevelopmonts He says Durrant will not
hang in January as generally expected
jand declares he will eventually go free
The attorney says revelations will soon be
made in the case that will cause a profouadt
isensation Deuprey says they are on the
track of the real murderer and says that
arrests will soon be made
j FACE DEATH IN THE SNOW
a
Gold Hunters Poorly Provisioned
Many Seem Certain to Perish
Advices from Dyea Alaska are that
over 1000 ill provisioned men decamped
from Dawson the latter part of October
ifor fear of famine and are now madly
forcing their Way over the mountains it
lis believed fully 25 per cent will perish on
the way Parties at Victoria B C will
isubmit a proposition to the government to
deliver in Dawson within fifty days 50000
ipounds of provisions for 70009
Hurt in a Lodge Room
A invy at Kansas City has awarded 10
f003 damages to Lena Winslow in a suit
lagainst the Order of the Maccabees for in
juries sustained four years ago during
Winslows initiation into the secrets and
responsibilities of the society The case
has attracted much attention among secret
Isociety people The judge commended the
jury for its verdict
Missing Banker Heard From
F B Hatfield of Booneville Ind a
jcousin of Cashier Willet of one of the
ilhree broken banks in Crawford County
-that state received a letter from Willet a
few days ago It says he would kill him
self but for his wife and child He fears
personal violence in case of his return
Makes a Long Dive
Kearney Pearson Speedy professional
diver and athlete leaped from the railing
of tha bie cantilever bridge between Mem
phis and West Memphis into the Missis
sippi River a distance of 125 feet swam to
a wailing skiff and was rowed ashore un
injured Sunday afternoon
Dies at the Age of 114
Mrs Marie Jamee a colored woman of
great age is dead at the home of Frank L
Brooks in Zanesville Ohio She claimed
in life to have been 114 years of age She
never saw George Washington but recol
lects heaving her master tell about his
death
Dangerous New Counterfeit
A dangerous counterfeit lOasilver cer
tificate is in circulation at Derflser Three
of them have found their way to federal
officials The note is the series 1891
jcheck letter C plate No 7 treasury No
181111 light green back and coarse fabric
But One Klorititker oa Board
The steamer City of Topeka has arrived
At Seattle Wash from Alaska with sixty
passengers C T Smith who left Daw
son City October 14 with the Jack Dalton
tparty was the only Klondiker on board
lie brought no late news
Breaks a Lonff Drbnth
The first substantial rain since June in
parts of eastern itansas fell Sunday
Monday a blfezardprerailed all over the
state and all the way to Raton N M
Fijhtr Bnry Cleared
The coroners jury in the case of Walter
Crout who died in London as the result of
injuries received during a tight with
Jimmy Barry of Chicago for the bantam
championship returned a verdict of acci
dental death
Ohio Millionaire Dead
non Charles Fleischmann the million
aire distiller of Cincinnati Ohio and a
prominent figure in Ohio politics was
stricken wilh paralysis and died at 430
atur4iiy morning at his home in Avon-
r
THE WEEK IN TRADE
Business Unusually Good for the
Pre Holiday Season
R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says The opening of congress
with the annual message and roports has
not discouraged business as some predicted
but all speculative markets are stronger
than a week ago The productive indus
tries even in the season usually about the
dullest of the year as to new orders meet
a definite improvement in demand for im
port products presumably the fruit of a
prevailing conviction that new business
will begrin to crowd the works after the
new year starts
The sudden rise in December wheat at
Chicago to 109 would do harm were it
not based on avowed contracts to ship
some millions of bushels to Europe Cot
ton is a sixteenth stronger in spite of esti
mates ranging from 10100000 to 11000000
bales The demand for woolen goods has
clearly improved More wool has just
been purchased abroad and is being im
ported
WHOLESALE MAIL ROBBERIES
Defalcations Amounting to Over
100000 Discovered
It was learnod Saturday that one of the
largest robberies in the history of the New
York postoffice occurred on November 9
The amount involved is said to be in the
neighborhood of 100000 and was taken
from registered letters in the railway mail
service on the Central railway of New
Jersey known as the New York Somer
ville and Eastern branch On November
9 it is stated two bags containing 80000
was taken How long the defalcations
had gone on before that date has not yet
been ascertained Maj Charles F Lewis
of the Philadelphia branch of the govern
ment secret service was in New York in
vestigating the robbery which has been
kept secret by the postal authorities
SAYS DURRANT IS INNOCENT
Former Friend of Convict Forbes
Believes His Confession Is True
Judge E Merriman of Little Rock Ark
who was personally acquainted with and
once represented J E Blanther alias
Forbes as attorney in Little Rock insists
that Blanther and not Durrant murdered
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams in
San Francisco and that the execution of
Durrant will therefore be judicial murder
Judge Merriman denounces the story from
Atlanta Ga that Blanther was in that
city at the time the girls were murdered
and gives a number of circumstances
which he declares establish beyond ques
tion the innocence of Durrant and the
guilt of Blanther
TRY TO KILL THE SULTAN
Soldiers in Abdul Hamids Service
Make an Attempt on His Life
On Monday last two soldiers in the im
perial service at the Yildiz Kiosk the
palace of the sultan in Constantinopte
made an attempt on the sultans life This
was frustrated by the attendants of the
sultan The sultan had the men tortured
in the hope of extracting the names of the
instigators but both succumbed without
revealing anything
Diamond Thief Caught
The residence of Isaac- E Emerson
commander of the naval reserves at
Baltimore was entered recently and
diamonds valued at nearly 10030
stolen After a desperate struggle the
thief was captured as he was leaving the
house The prisoner was searched and
the diamonds found in his pockets He
saj s his name is John Davis that he is 20
years of age and a stenographer
Million on His Life
The largest life insurance policy ever
ssued has been written in New York city
calling for 1000000 insurance upon the
life of George W Vanderbilt The policy
was what is known as a twenty payment
life contract aud provides for a payment
of 35000 a year After Mr Vanderbilt
has paid that sum yearly for twenty years
the payments cease and the principal be
comes due at his death
Killed in a Fist Fight
Michael Dyer was killed at Dayton
Ohio Saturday night in a fist fight with
John J Laughlin They were formerly
members of the Soldiers Home Both
were over 70 years old and had been
friends They drank together quarreled
and went into the street to fight where
upon Laughlin knocked Dyer down The
latters head struck the curb and he died
immediately
Rivera Sails for Spain
Gen Rivera the insurgent leader who
was captured in March last in the province
of Pinar del Rio by the Spanish troops and
who was recently pardoned by a royal
decree has been released from the Cabanas
fortress where he had been imprisoned for
several months and sailed Saturday by
the steamer Colon for Cadiz his home
Earnings of the Monon
The net earnings of the Monon road for
the month of November were 13S86S an
increase of 52178 over the same month of
last year The net earnings of the road
for the last four months were 469038 an
Increase of 145634 over the same period
of last year
German Police Expel Anarchists
German police have expelled a number
of anarchists and have searched many
houses in Berlin Frankfort Mayence
and Munich
Rear Admiral Green
Rear Admiral Joseph F Green U S N
retired died at his home in Brookline
Mass Saturday from a complication of
diseases
The Queens Cane
Queen Victorias walking stick is
made of a branch of the historic oak
of Charles II Fastened to its top is a
tiny Indian idol part of the loot of
Seringapatam
Didnt Agree with Her
A young woman of Worcester En
gland who tried eating wax candles
to improve her complexion died of the
dose
Self preservation is the first law of
nature but too many in this world act
as if it were the only one
NANCY MKINLEYDEAD
PRESIDENTS MOTHER EXPIRES
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
All of Her Children and Immediate
Relatives Were at Her Bedside
When Death Came Did Not Suffer
Any in Her Last Hours
Presidents Mother Is Dead
Mrs Nancy Allison McKinley is dead
She passed from life a few minutes past 2
oclock Sunday morning in Canton Ohio
with all of her children and other im
mediate relatives at her bedside She did
not suffer any in her last hours but grad
ually passed from the deep palsied sleep
in which she has rested almost constantly
for the past ten days into the sleep of
death
In 1809 near the present city of Lisbon
Nancy Allison was born Her girlhood
was passed on the farm and in 1827 she
married Wm McKinley a young iron
manufacturer The couple first lived at
Fairfield and afterward at Niles and Po
land before removing to Canton Nine
children were born to them They were
David Allison deceased Anna deceased
James deceased Mary deceased Helen
Minerva now living at Canton Sarah
Elizabeth now the wife of Mr A J Dun
can of Cleveland William the president
Abigail Celia deceased and Abner whose
home is in New York Wm McKinley sr
died in November 1892 at the age of 85
years
MILLER WINS THE BIG RACE
Rice Finishes in Second Place
Nearly Ninety Miles Behind
One of the greatest crowds that ever
filled Madison Square Garden New York
was collected within its walls Saturday
night It had surged into the west rink
to see C W Miller of Chicago cross the
tape winner of the great six day bicycle
race From start to finish the race had
been the most interesting ever witnessed
It is safe 3o say that 100000 people have
seen the remarkable contest The race
has been a success from every point of
view The gate receipts will easily reach
60000 leaving the management a good
profit
The score was Miller 2093 Rice 2020
Sohinneer 2000 Hale 1920 Waller 1883
Pierce 1828 Golden 1778 Gannon 1760
Enterman 1753 Rivierre 1746 Elkes
1660 Kinz 1616 Julius 1503 Beacom
1350 Johnson 1829 Gray 1229
TWO FATALLY SHOT
Chicago Policeman and a Fractious
Prisoner Mortally Wounded
Policeman William Coughlin and a Pole
named Bazlowski whom the officer was
attempting to place under arrest in Chi
cago were both fatally shot Sunday
Coughlin had a warrant for the Pole and
he and another officer attempted to serve
it They were resisted and in the melee
Coughlins revolver was discharged the
ball taking effect just above the heart
Coughlins partner succeeded in over
powering the Pole and started for a patrol
box On the way Bazlowski broke away
In the struggle over the officers pistol it
was discharged and the prisoner received
the ball in exactly the same place he had
shot Coughlin
Both men will die
MARK TWAINS BROTHER DEAD
Orion Clemens of Keokuk Dies
Suddenly at the Age of 72
Orion Clemens a brother of the famous
humorist and author Mark Twain died
suddenly in Keokuk Iowa aged 72
Mr Clemens went to Keokuk during
1855 and with his brother the humorist
engaged in the job printing business He
served as secretary and treasurer of Ne
vada territory during Lincolns first term
Mr Clemens held the office until it became
a state from 1861 to 1868
1000 Italians Sail for Italy
Nearly 1000 Italians sailed from New
York on the Augusta Victoria for Italy
Sunday This large number is attributed
to their desire to spend Christmas in their
native land The largest number of im
migrants ever deported in one day was
sent back to their homes on the same day
There were forty seven divided among
four ships
Complete Victory for Miners
A special from Staunton 111 says that
as a result of a meeting between represen
tatives of the Consolidated Coal Company
and the miners union held at Mt Olive
the striking miners who have been idle for
five months will resume work at the scale
adopted at Springfield This is a complete
victory for the miners
Great Solar Disturbance
Prof Wm R Brooks of Smith Observ
atory Geneva N Y reports the observa
tion of a great group of sun spots ap
proaching the center of the suns disc
The group is visible to the naked eye
through smoked glass Measures by Prof
Brooks show this disturbance to be 100000
miles in length
Vigilantes in Chicago
Because of the large number of hold
ups and highway robberies that have
taken place in Chicago within the last
three weeks the citizens of the west side
have organized a vigilance committee to
assist the police The committee numbers
about 100 men
Hitchcock Reaches St Petersbnrg
United States Minister Hitchcock an
nounced his arrival at St Petersburg Sat
urday He will relieve Mr Breckinridge
who remained athis port to meet him
Inducements for Boarder
Heres an extract from a circular
sent out by one of New Yorks select
boarding schools As Mrs Black Is a
member of all the best known womens
clubs and from time to time takes her
pupils to meetings of these societies
the young ladies have the opportunities
of meeting all the club celebrities of
the city
Egotist A bicycle crank who thinks
his is the only high grade wheel on the
pike
EXPORT DUTY ON RAW LUMBER
Canadaians Say It Is Necessary to
Meet American Competition
A petition was presented to the Ontario
government by a large deputation of prom
inent Canadian lumbermen in which it
was set forth that owing to the retaliatory
clauses in the United States tariff sawing
could not be continued in the Georgia bay
district and that the Americans were get
ting their raw material frae by shutting
out Canadian sawed lumber Provided the
exportation of such raw material is
stopped the petitioners say the Canadian
lumbermen will not object to any duty the
United States may impose realizing that
it is beyond their jurisdiction The true
remedy the lumbermen claimed was an
export duty but failing in that they asked
that a regulation prohibiting the export of
all logs sawed on crown lands be imposed
It was not asked that the regulation bo ap
plied to this years cut The premiers an
swer was non committal
STATE CANT MAKE PRESENTS
Ohio Mob Damage Law Is Knocked
Out In the Courts
The act of the Ohio legislature giving
damages to persons assaulted or killed by
mobs was declared unconstitutional by the
circuit court at Cleveland in the case of J
W Caldwell against the county commis
sioners Caldwell claimed 1000 because
he was injured by a mob during the Brown
strike and the act in question would have
allowed him to collect it from the county
The act fixed the damages arbitrarily at
500 for an assault 1000 for serious injury
and 5000 for death The court declared
that when a man was injured but not
seriously enough to be entitled to 1000
the act in effect made him a present of the
difference between his just due and 1000
The legislature the court said could not
authorize laws for purposes of making
presents
ACCOUNTS THOUSANDS SHORT
St Louis Loan and Investment Com
panys Secretary Missing
One week ago W D Tolle secretary of
the Belleville Investment Loan Associa
tion left his St Louis home saying he was
going to Madison 111 to transact some
business Since then nothing has been
heard from him An investigation of his
accounts was made and it is said four
irregular entries have been discovered and
the shortage will reach into the thousands
The directors say the exaot sum is not
known Tolle left a wife and two chil 1
dren who are frantic over his disappear
ance His wife maintains he has been
murdered
Kentucky Murder Mystery
The body of a beautiful white woman
was found by a farmer boy on the Ohio
River twenty miles above Paducah Ky
The remains were lying in a fence corner
and are unidentified The body was naked
and bona marks of violence Her hat was
found in a shanty near by No other
wearing apparel has as yet been discov
ered Foul play is suspected
Exports Show an Increase
The statement of the principal articles
of domestic exports about 98 per cent of
the whole for the month of November
issued by the treasury department shows
a total of 82323689 an increase over Oc
tober of more than 5000000 and over the
same month last year of 6000000
Rich Uranium Find
Uranium has been discovered near Black
nawk Col The mineral is worth 1500
per ton and the agents of a French syndi
cate have announced that they will buy all
this mine produces as it is much desired
by the French government for hardening
and solidifying gun metal and armor plate
Floods in Illinois
Floods caused by the heavy rain of Fri
day night practically destroyed the gov
ernment locks at the mouth of the Galena
River at Galena 111 which were built
seven years ago at a cost of 100000
W J Bryan in Old Mexico
Hon W J Bryan is in Monterey Mex
His visit aroused great enthusiasm The
distinguished American is the recipient of
high municipal state and federal honors
Luetgert Jury Complete
The last man of the Lxieteert jury was
secured in Chicago Friday The twelfth
man is Harry Reed a maker of telephone
instruments
STARK KT QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to o7o hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 500 wheat No 2 red 100 to 101
corn No 2 25c to 20c oats No 2 21c
to 22c rye No 2 40c to 47c butter
choice creamery 22c to 24c eggs fresh
19c to 21c new potatoes fOc to U5c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to choice 300 to 450
wheat No 2 91c to 92c corn No -2
white 2Gc to 27c oats No 2 white 23c
to 25c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 99c to 101 corn No 2
yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white 21c
to 23c rye No 2 45c to 46c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hops
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 93c to 94c corn No 2
mixed 26c to 28c oats No 2 mixed 23c
to 25c rye No 2 45c to 47c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 350 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 90c to 91c corn No 2
yellow 27c to 28c oats No 2 white 24c
to 26c rye 46c to 48c
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 9Gc
corn No 2 mixed 6c to 27c oats No
2 white 21c to 23c rye No 2 46c to 48c
clover seed 310 to 315
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 85
to S7c corn No 3 26c to 28c oats No
2 white 23c to 25c rye No 2 46c to 48c
barley No 2 40c to 43c pork mess
700 to 750
Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 hoes
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 525
wheat No 2 red 94c to 96c corn No
2 yellow 30c to 32c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
New York Cattle 300 to 525 hoes
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 red 9Sc to 100 corn No
2 33c to 35c oats No 2 white 2Gc to
28c butter creamery 15c to 24c egj3
Western TLc to 25c
STATE 01 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
A Rohemian Farmer Shoots and
Kills His Wife While Under the
Influence of Liquor The Tragedy
Occurs Near Humboldt
Murders His Wife
Joseph Holechek a Bohemian farmer
five miles southwest of Humboldt quar
reled with his wife and shot her dead with
a 32 caliber revolver Holechek had been
drinking He returned home from town
and had a quarrel with his wife who
started to leave the house for her brothers
Holechek followed and shot at her from
the door but missed He then ran after
her and grabbing her by the hair threw
her down holding her with his left hand
and shot her in the left side She died
instantly After shooting his wife Hole
chek turned his gun on the hired man
who had witnessed the deed and had come
to the rescue The gun snapped and the
latter took it away from the crazed man
The murderer jumped into the stock tank
to drown himself but was pulled out and
and bound by relatives of the dead woman
being bruised considerably in his capture
School Fund Apportionment
The state superintendent of public in
struction has made the apportionment of
the school moneys to the several counties
for 1897 as follows
Adams 691302
Antelope 4119 90
Banner 42354
Blaine 15736
Boona 421990
Box ButtO 1 53 i28
Boyd 17S089
Brown l 21845
Buffalo 797837
Burt 471004
Butler 02814S
Cass 993951
Cedar 428901
Cliase S9S42
Cherry 147255
Cheyenne 143215
v li y - - Uf too
Ulll A 3IJ i 4
Cuming 548300
Custer 747800
Dawes 2G0594
Dawson 452185
Deuel 77C15
Dixon 37818G
J Jijulc i ffjii
Douglas 4070200
Dundy 85483
Fillmore 5S5194
Franklin 344094
Frontier 334381
Furnas 4450C2
vjcIll iifijf ojy
Gosper 202224
Grant 20859
Greeley 207905
Hall C28785
Hamilton 532777
Harlan 363194
Hayes 97284
Hitchcock 107775
Holt 413103
Hooker 5S48
Howard 425280
Jefferson 591407
Johnsoii 418588
Kearney 400194
Keith 5S583
Keya Paha 980CG
Kimball 19032
Knox 497159
Lancaster 2057534
Lincoln 41GC74
Lonan 34023
Loup 44CCS
Madison 613794
McPherson Cfi93
Merrick 3071C3
Nance 270269
Nemaha 553935
NliekollS 447720
Otoe 796348
Pawnee 428570
- 111JJ3 OaOiJwlU
Pierce 303123
Platte G7G949
Polk 419013
Red WlllOW 344056
Richardson 707003
Rock 88779
Saline 745207
Karpy 293445
Saunders 8C1C39
ScOttS BlUff 07089
Seward 014326
Sheridan v 222425
Sherman 267824
SIOUX 60497
Stanton 2CG123
Thayer 530863
1 nomas 16480
Thurston 115678
Valley 287493
Washington 49S010
Xjilt ooUotI
Webster 439039
Wheeler 38807
Total 37736590
Nearly Cost Two Lives
Durintr a temporary tit of insanity Mrs
Albert Erdman living twenty five miles
northwest of Harrison drank a quantity of
concentrated lye with suicidal intent A
short time after she gave her 3-months-old
baby a dose of coal oil Her husband was
away from home at the lime The two
suffered untold agony all night and next
morning the woman carried her baby two
miles to her fathers home and told what
she had done Medical aid was obtained
as soon as possible and there is hope for
the recovery of the woman
Fine Poultry Show
The poultry exhibit held at Geneva un
der the auspices of the South Platte Poul
try Association found it impossible to close
on the day set Much interest was mani
fested in the fine display T W Hitch
cock of Denver Colo was scorer He
pronounced many of the birds to be much
above the average and found higher scores
than he had for several years
Find Body of a Missing Soldier
The body of Corporal Moles who be
came separated from a hunting party of
soldiers during the storm of Octoher 26
and was frozen to death was found re
cently by Joe Bush a cowboy It was on a
hillside only a short distance from camp
and 200 yards from the trail
Planting Trout
Six thousand yearling trout were planted
in the Pine River last week at the Chau
tauqua grounds near Long Pine They
were furnished by the state fish commis
sion Early in the fall there were 30000
put in besides the recent apportionment
Struck by a Locomotive
Mrs Frank Wagner while walking on
the track of the Union Pacific Railroad
near Fremont was struck by an engine
and quite badly injured Her left leg was
broken and she also sustained other in
juries
Old Soldiers Meet at Ashland
The reunion of the Nebraska Associa
tion of Veterans was held in Ashland
The association was formed by the sur
viving veterans of the First and Second
regiments which the territory of Nebraska
furnished in response to the call of Presi
dent Lincoln for volunteers
Standpipe Going Up
The first section of the new water stand
pipe at the Hastings asylum has been put
up -When completed it will be 110 feet
high The work on the new wing at the
asylumis also beipg pushed right aloss
Struck hy a Train
Harry Hopkins of Omaha a freight con--A
ductor on the Union Pacific was struck by
an engine in the Union Pacific yards at
Grand Island Thursday just as he was
about to leave witq his train for the east
Hopkins was standing between two tracks
and did not observe the engine of the in
coming train The engineer on the in
coming train was looking back for signals
and the pilot of his engine struck Hopkins
throwing him away from the track The
injured man is somewhat braised abouV
the head hip and side His injuries an
not considered serious
Accidentally Shot
While hunting near Pilger the other
day Peter Larson was shot andi
killed He was formerly a resident or
Omaha Accompanied by a Mr Peterson
he had gone rabbit hunting alonz
Humbug Creek While sounding ice withz
the butt of his gun the hammer of the left
barrel became engtangled with slough
grass and on attempting to raise it the
hammer was partially raised so that when
the grass was broken the gun was dis
charged causing his death almost in
stantly
Eugene Moore Released
A bond for Eugene Moore was presented
to Clerk D A Campbell of the supreme
court December 7 the bondsmen having
qualified in the sum of 40000 The
bondsmen and their qualifications are as
follows Mrs Amanda Erhart Stanton
25000 L J Horton Stanton 5000
AtleeHart Dakota City 5000 J II Cul
ver Milford 55000 C AMcCloud lork
10000 Moore was released
Hurt by a Runaway Team
An old woman Mrs Stump who lives
in the northeast part of Osceola met with
a very severe accident a day or two ago
She was going down the alley near her
home when a team belonging to Mr
Crouse came running at break neck speed
The wagon pole struck her in the ribs and
three of them were broken besides other
wise bruising her
Nebraska Short Notes
Malone Brothers of Ulysses loaded ten
double deck cars with sheep for Chicago
and G L Smith seven a pai 15000
head that these parties have been feeding
this winter There are cattle and sheep
enough around Ulysses to consume all the
corn crop and farmers are receiving R5
cents or about 2 cent above the market
price if it had to be shipped out Straw
and hay are at quite a premium
Sheriff Langford of Blair arrested two-
grocery fakirs by the names of J F Lucas
and Boone Humbert on the complaint ol
the landlord of the Clifton Hotel at Oak
land who charges them with jumping a
board bill The same parties left the hotel
and livery men in Arlington and Blair in
the lurch
F W Cowles a farmer 60 years of age
was fonnd in the western part of Otoe
County in a demented condition He was
living alone and is thought to have
fered from cold and hunger during the
recent storm He was taken to Nebraska
City and is being treated by physcians
Samuel Campbell living near Bancroft
while working about a corn sheller re
recently got his left hand into the gearing
It was badly crushed and the thumb and
three fingers had to be amputated
As the time draws near when Hon
John J Sullivan supreme judge elect
must resign as judge of the Third judicial
district the question of who will succeeaj
him is crowing decidedly interesting W
At a meeting of the city council oC
Nebraska City the other night Mrs Lydia
JEmerick filed a claim against the city
for 5000 for injuries received for a fall or
a defective sidewalk
The members of the Johnson County
Bar Association made merry at the Park
Hotel Tecumseh Wednesday evening
The occasion was the holding of their an
nual banquet
E W Peck of Omaha spoke to a fair
sized audience at the Presbyterian Church
in Tecumseh the other evening in the
interests of a home in Omaha for fallen
women
The patrons of the Tecumseh postoffico -are
satisfied with Congressman J B
Strodes appointee P A Brundage Miv
Brundage assumes his new duties Jan
uary 1
The Masonic lode at Cresco gave its
third annual banquet Wednesday evening
Judge W W Keysor of Omaha delivered
the address of the evening
The Mead Musical Union is giving a
series of concerts to secure funds enough
to organize an orchestra
Petty thieving has been going on in tl
vicinity of Cresco for some time
The farm residence of Edward Coburn
located four miles north of Beatrice was
destroyed by fire recently together with
all it contained The loss is 2000 with
no insurance
W C Eily and Charles Crosse of Madi
son have been granted passports through
the efforts of Senator Allen to make a trip
to Germany They sailed Tuesday
Postmasters appointed Saturday for Ne
braska are as follows Ashton Sherman
County W A Wilson vice A N Conk
lin Sacramento Phelps County J E
Vermilion vice C N Morgan resigned
The ice i3 of sufficient thickness at Mil
ford to warrant commencing cutting and
preparations are being made to fill the-
large ice houses at that place
While returning from school at Tilder
one day last week Ray a son of L O
Waterbury bad his hands badly frozen
Prompt medical attention saved any seri
ous results following
While hauling a load of wood John H
Smith of Humboldt caught bis left foot in
one of the wheels crushing it quite badly
Fifteen cars of wheat were shipped from
West Point last week and the first few
days of this week twenty two carloads
were shipped out of that city
A large barn the property of Calvir
Chapman at Nebraska Cityas entirely
destroyed by fire early Tuesday aorning
together with its contents consyjng oi
fifty tons of baled hay harness wC
etc Loss 2000 partially insured
origin of the fire is unknown
A telegram was received at Exeter Tues
day from Milligan stating that a man had
been found dead between the two townj
and asking that the coroner come at once
to investigate No name was given
Stanley Gray manager of the NelsoH
Morris ranch near Herman was seriously
injured by a mule the other day A leg
and an arm are badly bruised He was
aiding a blacksmith The suit of clothes
Mr Gray wore was kicked into shreds
Sherman Baker living about five mile
northwest from Winside while driving
cattle on horsback during tne storm
so unfortunate as to have his horse fall
upon him breaking his leg
While fooling with a revolver at Giand
Island a strangernamed Jamieson acci
dently shot himself in the calf of the rigfcf
leg It is not a serious wound