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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1897)
ELECTRIC FLASHES NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD TMAL JUROR BIASED 4ATEST MOVE OF DURR ANTS ATTORNEYS Altered that Juror Smyth Caat Rtft Tote Not on the Evidence Pre sented bnt on Information Be cetved Outside of the Trial Durranis Latest Move The attorneys of Theodore Durrant m San Francisoo have taken their stand in fehe last ditch and began a new and fight for the life of the murderer Sonal ohn H Dickinson and W W Foote ap peared before Superior Judge J M Sea-wall and presented an affidavit signed by jtee father William A Durrant to the Effect that Horace Smyth one of iloe trial jurors cast his vote not jon the evidence as presented dur ing the trial but upon informa tion that ho received outside oi the trial of the case Smyth is charged with declar ing openly to four reputable citizens in San Francisco that he based his verdict upon jtbe information he received outside of the trial The attorneys claim they can make good their charges in court Smyth was cited to appear before Judge Wallace audi show cause why he should not be pun- ilshed for contempt This action is to be made the basis for an appeal for a new1 trlal ENGLAND AFTER COREA Objects to the Surrendering of the Government to the Czar It was reported in Shanghai Monday that seventeen British war ships were off Chemulpo Corea southwest of Seoul sup porting the British consuls protest really amounting to an ultimatum against the Wrings practically yielding the government of Corea into the hands of the Russian minister The protest is specially di rected against the dismissal of Mc Xeavy Brown British adviser to the Corean customs officials in favor of the Russian nominee The news has pro duced consternation at Seoul which is heightened by the knowledge that Japan has a fleet of thirty warships awaiting the result of the British representation which Japan fully supports Japan is irritated iby the arrival of Russian troops in Corea jmd it is believed that she will oppose them According to a dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Shanghai it is reported there from reliable sources that a British force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday and caused the reinstatement of McLeavy Brown The same dispatch refers to a native rumor that the Union Jack has been hoisted on an island in the mouth of the river Yang Tse Kiang tl CARTER SEEKS A PARDON St JLonis Man First Sentenced to Death Seeks His Freedom Former Gov Charles P Johnson is to apply to Gov Stephens of Missouri for a pardon for Charles R Carter accused of the murder of Robbert Crockett in March 1887 The conviction and imprisonment of Carter are among the most noteworthy incidents of the history of Missouri criminal jurisprudence He will be remembered as the man who escaped from the peniten tiary while his case was pending in the supreme court fled to Alaska returned to Portland Ore under the name of R C Rose and was recognized and delivered to the state authorities He was brought back to Jefferson City under a sentence of capital punishment but through the inter cession of influential friends was com mitted for life by Gov Stone HORACE BURT IS THE MAN Announced that He Will Be Presi dent of the Uuion Pacific It was officially announced in Xew Yoric Monday that Horace G Burt third vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad has been selected for the presi dency of the Union Pacific Motcd Criminal Caught Win Schweizer a noted criminal asso ciated with the notorious Blinky Mor gan and others was arrested in Detroit Mich Sunday In 1883 with Matthew Kennedy he robbed a bank in Canada They were arrested and confined in jail at Randwich Ont In 1884 they killed Jailer leach and escaped Schweizer will prob ably now be sent back to Canada to answer for his crime Train Strikes a Christinas Party A sleigh containing seven people return ing from a Christmas entertainment was struck by the Lake Shore limited at the general crossing in St JamesYille N J Nellie Place 9 years old was killed in stantly and five others were seriously in jured A Mrs Smith and her daughter were wedged on the pilot of the engine and carried 100 feet As Successor to Morrison Senators Cullom and Mason of Illinois called on the president Monday morning again to urge the appointment of State Senator D T Littler of Illinois to succeed Morrison on the interstate commerce com mission The senators believe the presi dent has not decided on Judge Paxson of Pennsylvania for the place Cotton Operatives May Strike The cotton manufacturers of Fall River Mass are confronted with a strike as many operatives have determined to op pose a reduction in wages A section of the union officials and members favor a strike at seven mills on January 3 The mills employ 11000 operatives Cortes to be Dissolved January 20 A Madrid dispatch says that the cham ber will be dissolved January 20 next am the elections for the new house will be beld on February 20 The date for reas iembling is April 10 CHURCH LEADER FALLS Jlel iff ions Worker of Brooklyn Charged with Forgery William H Kent a well known lawyer of Brooklyn N Y a prominent member of Plymonth Church in the Sunday school of which ho is a teacher and organizer of the Penny Savings Bank connected with the Bethel Mission Sunday School a branch of the Plymouth Is in jail having been arrested on a warrant charging him with forgery Kent is accused by Mrs Mary H McCord of Brooklyn of falsely certifying and acknowledging a satisfac tion of a mortgage Assistant Dtatriot Attorney Caldwell stated Kent had taken no less than 40000 from his clients FOUMO GUILTY OF MURDER Cook of the Schooner Olive Pecker Will Hang for His Crime John Anderson was convicted Friday at foerfotfc tfa of the murder of William Wallace Saunders mate of the schooner Olive Pecker on the high seas on August 6 last and under the sentence of the court must be hanged on the 18th day of March next unless the supreme court of the United States in the meantime interposes A motion for a new trial was made but the court overruled it Anderson hardly moved a muscle when the sentence was being pronounced but cried a little while talking to his attorney afterward PLOT TO KILL GOMEZ Cuban Junta Declares It Knows All About Blancos Plan At the Cuban Junta in New York Fri day official information was given to the story that Gen Blanco has sent to this country a man whose mission is to join one of the filibustering expeditions to the east coast of Cuba and secure the assassination of Gen Gomes Yes we kaow all about Blancos em issary a representative of the junta said We know the steamship he is on and we know his name He is not likely to Join any of our expeditions GEN BOOTH COMING OVER llead of Salvation Army to Arrive in New Yorlc in January Gen William -Booth commander in chief of the Salvation Army is expected to ar rive in New York January 8 His coming will be of especial importance at this time owing to the recent developments in the affairs of the Volunteers of Ballington Booth and the Salvation Army here Bal lington Booth has expressed a willingness to meet his father as a father but not to discuss the present situation or to make any arrangements to return to the Salva tion Army MORE TROUBLE IN CRETE Renewal of Conflicts Between Mus sulmans and Christians There has been a renewal of conflict be tween the Mussulmans and Christians The former attacked a caravan taking twelve of the Christians Double Washington Lynching A dispatch from Spokane Wash says Several persons who have come from Col fax declare that notwithstanding all de nials a lynching occured there Sunday bight or Monday morniug It is asserted that Chadwick Marshall and John McDon ald the alleged murderers of Orville Hay den a prominent citizen of Farmington were taken from the county jail by a mob land hanged to trees near town Orderod to Alaska Ordera were received at Cheyenne Wyo Thursday by the quartermaster of the EIghth United States infantry to have the army pack train department of the Plale stationed there leave for Alaska at the earliest possible moment The pack train will be In charge of the chief packor T W Money He will have the etire outfit consisting of ten expert packersjand eighty trained and drilled pack mules Wfcil Advance Wages The Cotsonna Coal Company and the Virginia and Alabama Coal Company of Birmingham Ala employing about 1200 coal miners in Walker County have an nounced that January 1 they will advance wages from 60 to TO cents per ton The increased demand for ooal and need of mere labor is the cause of the advance Other operators are expected to follow suit miners Invasion a Fizzle The expected invasion of Ohio raiuors Into -West Virginia to stop the non union miners from working at New Haven was a failure The 100 men who did get there ware served with injunctions by United States marshals restraining them from go ing onto the premises of the Consumers and Coalmining Company - r Plate Glasa Strike is Over TbBiplato glass strike in Indiana is over the 1600 men in the Kokomo ami El wood plants having accepted the companys proposition for polishers to be paid for piece work Both factories will resume operations this week Cattle Shipper Wins Judge Dale of Wichita Kan in his de cision against the anta Fe for refusing a return pass to 1 P Campbell who had shipped cattle gave the plaintiff judge ment for faro costs and attorney fees Lapt df the Liexow Cases The last of the police cases which grew out of the famous Lexow committee in vestigations in New York has been dis missed upon the recommendation of Dis trict Attorney Olcott Two Children Eaten by Hogs Two little children of a farmer living near Kifferty Mo climbed into a pigsty to catch one of the pigs They were set upon the hogs torn to pieces and de voured For a Gold -Standard A Calcutta dispatch says that the Ben gal Chamber of Commerce has sent an ad dress to the government saying that the time has arrived to adopt a gold standard Prussian Mine Disaster Sixteen were killed by an explosion of fire damp in the Kaiserstuhl pit at Dort mund Prussia Thursday SC0YILIE IS ALIVE REPORT OF HIS HANGING BY CUBANS UNTRUE Score of Persons Injured at Ashe ville N C Christmas Day by Ex plosion of Gunpowder Coliseum In Chicago Wiped Out by Fire Not Ranged by Cnbans Knraor8 which have been circulated in Havana that Sylvester Scoville a New York newspaper correspondent had been hanged by the insurgents are untrue It -is reported that he and Senor Rafael Mad rigal the American consul at Sancti Spiri tus were the bearers of an important dis patch from President McKinley to Presi dent Masao and Gen Gomez FORTY PERSONS INJURED Powder Explosion in Aaheville N C With Disastrous Results A crowd of 100 or more men and boys were firing a Christmas salute from an old cannon on the outskirts of Asheville N C Saturday morning when a can of thirty pounds of powder exploded in the thick of the crowd Thirty or forty persons were injuredj but none it is believed fatally The -cannon was fired several times and then Joseph Finch picked up the powder can and began to reload the piece The gun had not been swabbed and the mo ment the powder struck the heated metal there was a flash and the powder exploded with a terrific report In the smoke that rose from the explosion the victims ran blindly here and there falling over each other only rising to fall again being blinded and powder burned and madly trying to extinguish their burning clothes One man was blown down the high bluff 200 feet The people in the neighborhood ran to the scene and the work of giving assistance to the injured began JAPANESE MINISTRY RESIGNS Count Ito Likely to Become Premier Again Count Matsoukata the premier of Japan and Marquis Saigo Tsumichi min ister of marine have resigned It is prob able that Count Ito will be the new premier A telegram was received at the Japanese legation in Washington Sunday morning announcing that the diet was formally opened by the emperor on the 24th instant A vote of no confidence was proposed in the house of representatives and the diet was dissolved on the 25th instant The result is ascribed entirely to domestic causes and is prelirainery to new elections COLISEUM IN RUINS Chicagos Vast Structure Quickly Wiped Out by Fire Fire on Friday evening destroyed the Coliseum building in which the Demo cratic national convention was held last year The fire was one of the quickest ever seen in Chicago Within twenty minutes after its origin which was caused by the crossing of two electric wires the Coliseum was a pile of hot bricks and twisted iron The building had been rented fora manufacturers exposition and was filled from end to end with booths all of which were destroyed with their con tents A score of persons were more or less injured but no loss of life is reported Bruin Keeps Christmas A huge cinnamon bear which was shipped by express from Leavenworth Kan to Baraboo Wis escaped from its crate in the express car at West Union Junction on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad Sunday while enroute to its des tination The express messenger was driven from the car the bear taking com plete possession devouring packages of apples and candies and destroying way bills When the train arrived at Milwau kee it took ten men to secure the vicious animal Buying Cattle for Cuba RecentlySenor Manuel Pichardo came to Fort Worth Texas from Cuba stating that he was detailed by the Spanish gov ernment to buy cattle for the Spanish army in Cuba He is buying 500 or GOO head a week He said that two of the largest cat tle importing companies of Cuba have agents on the way to north Texas to buy cattle for Cuban shipment and they will buy 850 to 406 head daily He claims that ho Is hindered in his work by tiie discrim ination of tho railways Barry Will Fight No More In a letter reotived in Chicago from Jimmy Barry who reeeatly defeated Wal lace Croot in England Croot dying a short tlma after the fight Barry announces that ho will fight no more The letter was written before Barry was released from custody and he says no matter what the result of the court proceedings would bo ho would never engage in another ring contest Bad Wreck in France Two passenger trains oame into collision at Lepease du RossWen department of Isore France during the prevalence of a dense fog Sunday Cant Blouet of the cruiser BSxidred of the French Mediterra nean squadron Capt Lota an instructor at the military school of 3t Cyr and M Matheu a naval engineer were killed and fifteen other persons were injured Lieut Peary Arrives The American lino steamer St Paul ar rived in New York Monday from South ampton after a very stormy passage of 6 days 22 hours and 51 minutes Among the passengers were Lieut R E Pcarv and Mrs Peary Off For Washington Hon Clifford Sifton minister of the in terior left Ottawa Can Sunday for Washington He goes on invitation of Secretary of War Alger to discuss the best way of sending relief to the minersinthe Yukon district Jack Rabbits for the Poor Parson Thomas Uzzel distributed 3000 jack rabbits among the poor of Denver Christmas afternoon The rabbits were shot in the annual hunt at Lamar Colo r WILL OF MOTHER MKINLEY JLeaves All Her Property to Her Daughter Miss Helen The will of Nancy Allison McKiniey was filed with the probate eourt of Stark County Ohio Friday for probate The document was made May 20 1895 It bequeaths to Miss Helen McKinley the daughter who remained with the testa tor until the time of her death all the property which was at the disposal of the grantor President McKinley and his brother Abner and his sister Mrs Duncan are not provided for all being thought to have enough for themselves The property consists of three houses and lots including the old homestead and money in fund L EOS ENCYCLICAL Toronto Globes Comments on Man itoba School Question Referring editorially to the popes encyclical on the Manitoba school question made public in Rome December 24 the Toronto Globe says There is no room for the supposition that the paper is Issued without full know ledge of the facts So far as federal action is concerned the matter is settled and can not be unsettled by any ecclesiastical de cree The situation is not in the slightest degree altered by the encyclical and the prospect of federal legislation is as remote as ever PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED Missouri Pacific Out of Omaha Has an Accident The Missouri Pacific southbound limited passenger train which left Omaha at 805 oclock Saturday was ditched between Becker and Willis thirty mills north of Atchison at 8 oclock in the evening The tender the combination baggage and mail car and the chair car left the track The combination car turned completely over J J Pike the baggage and express mes senger was painfully bruised but no one was seriously hurt The passengers were transferred to a special train QUIET AT THE WHITE HOUSE Christinas Dinner of the MeKinleys a Purely Family Affair Christmas Day A D 1897 was the quietest and most peaceful on record at the White House Owing to the recent bereavement of the president all official functions were suspended and throughout the day the front doors of the executive mansion rarely swung on their hinges The only guests in the house were Miss Duncan and Miss Barber who remained at home during the morning The Christ mas dinner was purely a family affair Pardons a Kansas 3Ian As a Christmas gift Governor Pingree of Michigan pardoned Henry Howard con victed bf criminally assaulting Maggie Leonard in Detroit and sentenced to Jack son for life This action was recom mended by the pardon board Howard had all along stoutly maintained his in nocence and the governor says he is him self convinced of it The liberated man was formerly a traveling man for James H Walker of Chicago nis wife resides in Topeka Kan Tow Boat Goes Over a Dam The tow boat Hotspur went over too dam at Lock No 4 on the Monongahela River at Pittsburg Pa Sunday and was completely wrecked The crew of eleven men including John Kley father of the captain and owner were rescued with difficulty It is feared Kley will die of the exposure The cargo was valued at about 50000 Beached Steamboat Foated The steamboat James A Caruey from Mobile to New York which went ashore on the beach opposite the marine hospital at Deleware Breakwater Thursday night floated Saturday morning apparently in tact It proceeded to New York Three Aldermen Indicted The grand jury in Chicago Friday voted thirty five indictments against the proprie tors of alleged gambling resorts and among those indicted are three aldermen o the city Silver for Europe Tho steamship Lncania from New Yon to Europe left Sunday with 665000 ounce of silver and 25000 Mexican dollars The Normandie took 160000 ounces of silver 3IAKKET QOOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 300 to 575 hogs shipping grades 300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 9200 to 475 wheat No 2 red OSc to 09c corn No 2 26c to 27c oats No 2 21c to 23c rye No 2 46c to 47c butter choice creamery 20c to 22c eggs fresh 19c to 21c new potatoes 50c to 05c per bushel Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 tc 325 hogs choice light 300 to 375 sheep common to choice 300 to 5450 wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn No 2 white 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 24c to 2oc St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hojes 800 to 375 sheep 300 to 475 wheat No 2 99c to 101 com No 2 yellow 26e to 27c oats No 2 white 21c to 22c rye No 2 45c to 47c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hog 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 475 wheat No 2 93c to 95c corn No 2 mhced 2Se to 29c oats No 2 mixed 24c to 25c rye No 2 46c to 47c Detroit Cattle 250 to 023 bogn 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 425 wheat No 2 92c to 93c corn No 1 yellow 30c to 31c oats No 2 white 25c to 27c rye 46c to 48c Toledo Wheat No 2 red 94c to 95c corn No 2 mixed 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c rye No 2 46c to 47c clover seed 320 to 325 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 8 to S9c cor No 3 26c to 2Sc oats N 2 white 24c to 26c rye No 2 47c to 4Sc barley No 2 38c to 41c pork mess 750 to S00 Buffalo Cattle 300 to 525 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 300 to 500 wheat No 2 red 94c o 96c corn No 2 yellow 31c to 32c oats No 2 white 27c to 29c New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs 300 to 400 sheep 300 to 475 wheat No 2 red 100 to 102 corn No 2 34c to 36c oats No 2 white 27c U 2Sc butter creamery 15c to 23c eggs Western 20c to 24c STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF TJHE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Attorney General Smyth Has Com menced Suit Against Ex Treasurer Hartleys First Terra Bondsmen in the Sum of 335000 Sues First Term Bondsmen The attorney general has commenced Buit in the district court of Lancaster County against the signers of the first bond of ex Treasurer Joseph J Bartley to re cover the sum of 335000 alleged to have been taken by Bartley on the 25th of May 1894 and converted to his own use The petition after setting forth the embezzle ment of the money on the date mentioned iays expressly that Bartley failed to ac conntfor the same to the State of Nebraska in any manner whatever The list of the bondsmen sued together with the amount of their qualifications on the bond is as follows Nathan S Har wood 200000 J D McFarland 200000 F M Cook 100000 L M Keene 100 000 J T May 100000 E H Barnard 100000 G W Wattles 200000 C W Mosher 500000 Isaac M Raymond 100000 A J Sawyer 100000 S H Burnham 100000 C C Burr 35000 Nelson C Brock 50000 II H Schaberg 80000 II ODevries 25000 Cadet Tay lor 25000 A R Graham 40000 C C McNisb 100000 Two of the bondsmen John Fitzgerald who qualified for 600000 and Sireno B Colson who qualified for 100000 are dead and are not included in the suit BARRETT SCOTT BOND CASE Supreme Court Holds that the Sureties Are Liable The supreme conrt has reversed the finding of the district court of Holt County in the case brought against the bondsmen of the late Barrett Scott treasurer of that county The lower court held that the bond was invalid on account of the chang ing of the bond after it was presented for approval The change consisted in the addition of other sureties the board of supervisors insisting that the securities on the bond as origin ally presented were insufficent The su preme court reversed the decision holding that the additional signatures which de creased the liability of the original bonds men did not absolve them from its obliga tions Thefsame point is involved in the Bradley bond The opinion is by Judge Harrison the other two judges Hurt While Coasting What came near being a fatal accident occurred at Flattsraouth one dav last week While coasting on the long Main Street hill a toboggan carrying four young boys ran into a sleigh crossing the path and the two front lads were thrown against the iron braces with sufficient force to inflict severe scalp wounds and render them un conscious for some time The two boys in the rear escaped with nothing worse than a bad fright The two injured lads were taken to a doctors office nearby where their wounds were dressed and their parents summoned to look after them Max Chapman the larger of the two was able to walk home with assistance but the wounds sustained by the younger Tom Swearengen necessitated taking several stitches and left him in a critical condition Prison Scandal A report as to the penitentiary scandal has been submitted to Gov Holcomb by Expert Accountant Jewell It discloses irregularities aggregating 53787187 Mr Jewell says that only 552501 is recover able by suit against bondsmen or the men responsible The report scores the con tract system formerly in vogue as against the present state control saying that the former resulted in a steal of over 500000 Under the contract system convicts cost the state about 13 a month and under the state control a fraction over 3 It adds that the profit of the contractors from Oc tober 1 1887 to August 1 1895 was some what over 500000 State Board of Health The state board of health has appointed Dr O Grothan of St Paul to succeed F D Halderman of Ord and IT B Cum mings of Seward to succeed C F Stewart of Auburn as secretaries of the board The appointment of Cummings is on the application of the State Electric Medical Association and gives that school repre sentation on the board Narrow Escape C H Calvin of Tilden narrowly escaped burning out the other day He accidentally dropped a lighted lantern in the hay in his cow stable The burner came off and the oil spread over the hay vrhlch caught fire Fortunately some old horse blankets were handy and Mr Calvin succeeded with these in smothering the flames before any damage was done Thieves Loot an Engine House While the members of No 12 engine house in Omaha were absent from their quarters in response to an alarm of fire the other night the building was entered and money and property oarried away The sleeping rooms were searched and seveial firemen report articles mining Driver Taylor lost 16 which ne had deposited in the washstand Arrested for a Whipping James Byrne and Fred Johnson were ar rested at Herman as the result of a whip ping they gave Charles Cameron a boy early in October and tlien left town In a hurry Cameron was flogged for a sup posed insult o a sister of the Byrne boy bat pubiie opinion is divided as to his gollt Fred Johnson is a telegraph oper ator at Omaha Held for Steal in g Hogs William Barnes of Blair has been lodged in the corzaJty jail ebarged with stealing hogs It is alleged that Barnes went to Comae Bluffs the other day loaded a few hogs into his wagon and then without the knowledge or consent of the owner drove to South Omaha where he converted the swine into cash Found Dead Nothing was seen of John Richel jew eler of Ord for a couple of days recently and curiosity was aroused His bedroom door was forced open and he was found dead in bed He was a hard drinkerbut whether this or poison was the cause of his death is not known Books Are All Right The treasurers office of Hooker County has lately been examined by State Ex aminer J J Everingham and been pro nounced in better condition than they have oeen for ten years MALLALIEUS STATEMENT Gov Holcomb in Possession of Data- That Was Overlooked John T Mallalieu ex 3upcrintendent of the Industrial School for Boys at Kearney has filed with the governor a report of the condition of the books in reply to the re port recently made by Secretary Sliver of the investigating committee In this docu ment Mr Mallalieu indicates that the shortage is the other way and tho state owes him 26510 In my efforts to make a correct report says Mr Mallalieu I have not confined myself to looking up credits only bnt it will be seen by the general summary that I have charged myself with items amount ing to 60720 which the expert accountant failed to find but which the missing books would have shown I have been as zeal ous in ascertaining these different debits as I have been in finding credits It haa not been a question of dollars and cents but of sustaining a reputation for honor and In tegrity The accounts that should appear in the missing cash book are given In detail showing the amounts received for beets and other items which the expert failed to find on the booKS tho total of 145455 The other debits not found by the expert brought this amount up to 50oL75 The detailed credits given foot up to 532885 leaving a balance of 26510 Election Contest The election contest cases were called in Judge Klllians court at Columbus and a recount of the ballots was commenced the other day Three townships were completed the first day Bender the Re publican candidate for sheriff gained sixty eight votes and E Pohl who con j tested the office of county clerk gainett forty seven votes over the figures returned by the canvassing board Some startling discoveries were made and many errors and blunders made by the election boards were found and corrected It will take a week to complete the recount Burglars Soared Away Burglars attempted to effect an entrance to the postoffice at Clarks but were fright ened and driven away without accomplish ing their work by a clerk who slept in an adjoining building They had followed the established custom of procuring their tools from a neighboring blacksmith shop and were attempting to pry up a rear window when the noise awakened Willis Knight who sleeps in an adjoining build ing Mr Knight procured his revolver and in attempting to get out at a rear door alarmed the burglars who made their escape Bralceman Killed Ira Brennstall a brakemau on No 48 an eastbound freight was run over at Ansehno twenty miles west of Broken Bow from the effects of which he died The train was switching at the time of the accident He had made a coupling and was caught on moving out from between the cars Both legs were run over one of which was hadlv crushed and the right arm nearly severed from the shoulder His parents recently located at Alliance Iowa He was single and about 21 years1 of age 3 Safeblowers at Huseland Safeblowers visited Koselaud the other night They blew open the safe at J H Popes grain office but only succeeded in- getting a few cents in stamps Duncan Brothers office was also enteerd but noth ing was taken as their safe is not closed Hurt in a Runaway w Fred Usher of Fairmont a boy about 15 years old hitched a young horse to a sleigh to give some of his young friends a ride The horse became frightened and ran away throwing Usher out against a- tree He was unconcious for some time Lumber Yard Closed The lumber yard of John Battou at Crete has been closed under chattel mortgage Liabilities are not figured up The clos ing up has been done by the creditors upon the personal request of Mr Batten Telephones for Hebron W A Cottrell of Le Mars Iowa repre senting the Nebrsska Telephone Com pany proposes to connect Hebron with the outside world by a long distance r metallic circuit Adjudged Insane Mrs Albert Hoebelheinrich the wife o a young and wealthy German living north of Hartington was adjudged insane by the commissioners and was taken to the insane asylum tamJ Burned to Death A telegram received at Shelton an nounces the burning to death at Billings Mont in his own store of John F Fines He was long a prominent business man of Shelton Revival at 3Iead Rev Howard P Young of the Wesleyan University is holding a series of revivah at Mead Several Go Insane Saunders County sent three unfortunates to the insane asylum at Lincoln this week Nebraska Short Notes It has been suggested that the residents- of Brook set apart a day some tims m the near future for the extermination of rata It ts believed that by united efforts a great amount of good can he accoraplisbed7and as the rats are about to take things lti high time to devise some means of ndddxig the town of them Mr HeroutjrJiving about one mile fron Yerdigre came home intoxicated and taking the bntoher knife went ffer his wife cutting her anas and face balfcraocL chasing her out of the house over tfp a neighbors She weat to Verdigfe aiwS swore out a wauast for his arrest fcutJ later repented nnd would not appear against him The Shelton Milling and Grain Company has again this year secured the contract to srppry the Union Paeific Railway Gn pany with several hundred carloads ol ieer which will be shipped to North Plato The flange on the rear trucks of tiie third ear from the eakoose on train 2Iq 19 brolie on a curve fBT miles east of Bfcady Island the other day Jetting the trucks out frnm under the ear 3fo one was hurt- The old bachelors of Alliance gave av banquet to their female friends Warren Donrenee of Fairmont accident ally jabbed a pitchfork fnto flie face of hi brorher Walter One tine passed through the cheek and punetnred the roof of the month The county treasurer of Thurston County assisted by Sheriff Mullin is mak jng things rather nacomfortable for all persons who are delinquent in taxes for the last few years Many Nebraska town3 report that ele vator men are unable to handle the corn as fast as it comes in Hans Zimmer who lives near Clear water has lost over 203 hogs from cholera k M U ft fl y