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NUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
MILLION PRIZE MONEY
AMOUNT TO DE DISTRIBUTED
TO AMERICAN TARS
It Is Estimated that Admiral Samp
son will Receive 40000 and Ad
miral Dewey 9375 Other In
teresting Items
Million for American Sailors
At least 1000OJD prize money will be
distributed among the American sailors
as the result of the war with Spain More
than half this sum will be paid in accord
ance with that section of the law provid
ing for the payment of bounty for persons
on board vessels of war sunk in action
The rest will be turned into the treasury
lor distribution by the courts which shall
pass upon the vessels of the enemy
captured by American men of war
It is estimated the aggregate amount due
the Asiatic fleet as the result of the de
struction of the Spanish force amounts
to 187500 which congress will be asked
to appropriate during the coming session
One twentieth of this sum belongs to
Dewey as commander in chief and he
will be therefore 9375 richer than be
iore the war
Sampson realized a snug little fortune
as the result of the war As commander
in chief of the north Atlantic fleet he will
get one twentieth of every prize taken in
the north Atlantic waters and one-twentieth
of the head money allowed for ves
sels destroyed off Santiago and in Cuban
ports It is estimated that he will finally
receive about 19003 as his share of prize
money
SHOCKING RAILWAY WRECK
Eighteen Persons Killed and Ten
Fatally Hurt in New York
An appalling disaster occurred at Co
boes X Y shortly before 8 oclock Mon
day night A trolley car of the Troy City
Railroad Company was struck by the
night boat special of the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad at a crossing at the west
end of the Hudson River bridge which
-connects Cohoes with Lansingburg where
its load of human freight was hurled into
the air Eighteen of the thirty live pass
engers are dead and at least ten of the re
mainder will die
The cars entering the city from
were crowded with passengers re
turning from a Labor Da picnic at Itens
salaer Park a pleasure resort near Troy
Car No 192 was the victim of the disaster
It came over the bridge about 735 ocloclj
laden with a merry party of people fresh
from the enjoyment of the day
G A R ENCAMPMENT
Outlook Good for a Record Break
ing Attendance
Monday the opening day of the thirty
second annual encampment of the G A
R at Cincinnati surpassed expectations ic
the attendance and in the successful prog
ress of events on the program of the firsl
day During the Labor Day parade and
other parades in escorting prominent ar
rivals from the depots to the hotels the
city presented an unusually brilliant ap
pearance with its elaborate decorations
which were displayed everywhere Rail
road reports indicate an attendance oi
200000
GLADSTONES WILL PROBATED
lieft an Estate of About Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars
Gladstones will was probated in London
Monday morning It shows a personal
estate of about 30030 appoints his sou
executor charges the future possessor ol
Hawarden to extend his good offices to the
other members of the family according to
their needs and merits expresses the de
sire that his funeral be simple and private
unless there are conclusive reasons to the
contrnry that he be buried where his wife
may lie and says On no account shall a
laudatory inscription be placed over me
MUSTERING OUT BEGINS
Iowas Two Batteries of Light Artil
lery Discharged
Two batteries oi light artillery com
posed of men from Burlington and Cedar
Rapids Iowa were mustered out at Des
Moines Monday morning
Editors Meet at Denver
Editors of country newspapers from all
parts pf the country are in Denver in at
tendance upon the thirteenth annual con
tention of the National Editorial Associa
tion They vfsited points of interest about
ihe city Monday afternoon Monday
evening a public reception Avas held A
ten days tour of the state will be begun
by many of the delegates next Saturday
Dropped Dead in the Pulpit
j James Stephenson of Jamestown Ohio
dropped dead from heart trouble in the
pulpit of the High Street Methodist Church
at Springfield Ohio Sunday at the begin
ning of his sermon
Shooting all the Suspects
According to advices from lloilo Philip
pines General Rios governor of the Visa
yas is arresting- and shooting suspected
persons including prominent natives of
Manila
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ANGLO GERMAN ALLIANCE
tteport in London of an Agreement
Between the Two Countries
A report was current in London that a
treaty of alliance between Great Britain
and Germany on the lines of the speech
of Chamberlain was actually completed
Saturday This is probably an amplifica
tion of the gossip relative to the daily
visits of the German ambassador to the
foreign office the past fortnight which has
been attributed to a desire on the part
of Germany and Great Britain to formu
late a common policy in regard to Russia
and China Balfour absolutely declines
to discuss the reports in circulation re
garding an Anglo German alliance It is
reported on the stock exchange thatlhe
alliance or understanding relates to the
British purchase of Delagoa Bay with
Germany assenting As a result Kaffir
and Portuguese securities are booming
VICTIMS OF DISEASE
Loss of Volunteers and Regulars Is
Placed 1200 to 2000
A Chicago paper on Saturday printed
Statistics showing the number of boldics
killed in battle and who have died of dis
ease in camps during the war with Spain
While 353 officers and men have been
killed in battle or died of wounds received
there have died of disease in camps be
tween 1200 and 2000 volunteers and reg
ulars This paper has secured the names
of 1284 who died in camp on transports
or at home after contracting the dread
malady at one of the camps There is no
doubt about the 1281 whose names have
beensecured Neither is there much doubt
that there are hundreds dead whose names
could not be secured on account of lack of
records and the inability or unwillingness
of army officers to furnish lists of the
dead
MINNESOTA CASHIER SHORT
An Official of St Cloud Loan Asso
ciation Goes Wrong
Rumors c a shortage in the accounts of
L T Troutman secretary of the St Cloud
Minn Mutual Building and Loan Asso
ciation culminated in a report presented
to the directors by Expert Accountant
Goetz This report shows a total shortage
in the funds of the association of more
than 30000 and of this amount it is con
tended that Troutman has embezzled al
most 18000 the balance being charged
to a system of falsifying the books which
matured the stock in advance of its actual
earnings but which did not directly bene
fit the secretary Troutman has always
stood high in the estimation of the com
munity
Philippine Cable Connections
At a meeting of the directors of the Pa
cific Cable Company held at the office of
J P Morgan Co in New York plans
were considered for establishing cable
connection with the Philippines the
Asiatic coast Japan and Australia via
Hawaii Surveys for a duplicate cable via
Sitka and the Aleutian islands were or
dered James A Scrysmer president of
the Pacific Cable Company will sail from
Vancouver for Japan on September 12
Kansas City Cashier Missing
William G Ritter cashier for W P
Motley general agent for the Pacific Mu
tual Insurance Company disappeared sud
denly from Kansas City two weeks ago
and has not been heard from since Ex
perts are working on his books and it is
given out that there is a shortage of about
1500 Ritter is a man of exemplary
habits so far as known and his disappear
ance has created much surprise
Poison in the Cracked Ice
Mrs Sarah Shankenberger was arrested
at Frankfort Ind on a charge of murder
ing her daughter-in-law Mrs Ed Shank
enberger It is charged that her mother-in-law
killed her with arsenic The
young wife was ill and the old lady it is
alleged fed her crushed ice containing
arsenic The victim made an ante mortem
statement accusing her mother-in-law
Mrs Shankenberger is in jail
For a Nine Hour Day
The executive committee of the Inter
national Printing Pressmen and Assist
ants Union has been called to meet in
Chicago on September 5 to decide upon
the details of putting into effect a nine
hour working day in that trade The ref
erendum vote on the question of demand
ing a nine nourday shows that fully 5
percent of the unions voted for the ninr
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Killed by a Vapor Bath Explosion
n T Higgins of Chicago is dead from
burns received by the explosion of a vapor
bathing apparatus by which Mr Higgins
was endeavoring to secure relief from hay
fever In some unaccountable manner
the machine exploded while Mr Higgins
was in it The shock was terrific covering
Mr Higgins with scalding steam and leav
ing scarcely a portion of his body un
harmed
To Remove Havana Mines
The French ambassador acting for the
Spanish government has notified the state
department that orders have been issued
to the Spanish authorities at Havana to re
move the mines and obstructions to navi
gation in that harbor as rapidly as pos
sible
Action of Philippinos
Several ship loads of Philippine insur
gents have invaded the southern islands
with a view of seizing everything possible
prier to the settlement of peace conditions
The Spauish commander with gunboats
is acting energetically
Ttvo Children Murdered
The bodies of Matilda Mullins aged M
and Isaac Mullins aged 10 were found
at Bakersford creek near Charleston S C
There is no clew to the double murder
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VALENTINE NEBRASKA SEPTEMBER 8 1898
MKINLEY AT WIK0FF
VISITS THE SANTIAGO HEROES
AT MONTAUK POINT
Expresses Himself as Highly Pleased
with What He Saw in the Hospitals
and Those in Charge of the Noble
Work Other Items
McKinley Visits Santiago Heroes
President McKinley spent five hours at
Camp Wikolf Montauk Point Saturday
bareheaded most of the time visiting the
sick in the hospitals and inspecting the
well in their cantonments lie made a
speech to the assembled infantrymen re
viewed the cavalrymen expiessed his
opinion of the camp to the reporters and
issued an order directing the regulars tc
return to their stations east of the Missis
sippi
With the president were Vice President
llobart Secretary of War Alger Attorney
General Griggs Senator Proctor Brig
Gen Eagan commissary of the army
Brig Gen Luddington quartermaster of
the army Col Henry llecker and secre
taries to the president Poiter and Cotelyou
Gen Wheeler his staff and nearly every
officer of prominence in the camp met the
president at the station except Gen Shaf
fer who is still in the detention hospital
and Gen Young who fell and broke his
arm Friday
When seemingly all the wards of the
general hospital had been gone through
and the president was about to get into a
carriage Attorney General Griggs detained
him
Miss Wheeler has told me said he
of a Lieut Prade who is in a tent back
here by himself and he is in a dying con
ditien He has asked about your coming
and Miss Wheeler has promised that you
shall see him
Ceitainly Let us go to him Mr Mc
Kinley said The others ot the party
discreetly remained outside the tent The
president reappeared with the nurse a
minute or two later Ills eye3 were moist
and downcast
The presidential party then went down
to the station and left on a special train at
150 for Vice President Hobarts home
On the train Mr McKiniey made this
statement
I was very much pleased to meet the
heroes of Santiago and to observe their
splendid spirit What 1 saw of the sick
in the hospitals and those in charge of the
noble work was very gratifying to me
BLOWN UP BY A TORPEDO
River Steamer Destroyed While
Mines Are Being Removed
A New Orleans dispatch says that the
steamer John E Meigs was destroyed
Saturday by an explosion at St Philip
She had aboard Lieut Juarey and party
engaged in removing the torpedoes laid in
the Mississippi River during the begin
ning of the war Lieut Juarey had a nar
row escape Capt Starr was in charge of
the ship Sergeant John Newman and
Ralph Rogers were slightly injured
The government engineers had been un
able to recover the mines and torpedoes
from shore by means of the cables to
which they had been attached owing to
the fact that the sand in the river had
weighted them down and caused the cables
to part On this account a crew was or
dered down on the Meigs to grapple for
the mines and bring them to the surface
The crew had almost completed the work
when the accident occurred The Meigs
sank out of sight in deep water
GORDON IS AVENGED
General Kitcheners Army Deals a
Deathblow to Mahdism
Gen Sir Herbert Kitchener with the
khalifas black standard captured during
the battle entered Omdurman the capital
of Mahidham at 4 oclock Saturday after
noon at the head of the Angly Egyptian
column after completely routing the der
vishes and dealing a deathblow to mahd
ism The British losses were 200 while
thousands of the dervishes were killed or
wounded
The present situation in the Soudan is
the outgrowth of the fall of Khartoum
and the death of Gordon and the massacre
of Hicks army The Soudan formerly
belonging to Egypt was taken by the
mahdi and Gen Gordon the governor
was put to death That was in 1SS5 and
not a moment since then has the British
public or the British government rested
satisfied with the Soudan in the hands of
the mahdists
Saved by His
J F Brown of Chicago general man
ager of the western division of the Pull
man Palace Car Company was saved
from drowning at Beach Bluff near Lynn
Mass by his daughter-in-law Mrs
Charles Edward Biown also of Chicago
Mrs Brown is an expeit swimmer and
although temporarily crippled and unable
to use one limb she succeeded in keeping
Mr Brown above water for a considerable
time and brought him to the shore when
assistance finally reached her
To Fight October 15
Jim Corbett who arrived in New York
Sunday met Kill McCoy at an uptown
sporting resort and they arranged to fight
their proposed battle on October 15 at
Buffalo Corbett left for Asbury park
during the day and resumed training Mon
day McCoy will return to Saratoga
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York bank statement shows
a loan increase of 82000 specie decrease
7502000 deposits decrease 7844000
The banks now hold 11991 003 in exces
of the legal require atnls
HULL FOR A LARGE ARMY
Military Establishment Should Be
Organized for War Not Peace
Chairman Hull of the house committee
on military affairs makes the prediction
that the regular army will be completely
reorganized He thinks it will be placed
on a more business like footing than it has
been since the war of the rebellion and
that it will be numercially about 1000CO
strong Mr Hull offers nothing in crit
icism of the war department or of the con
duct of the Spanish American war but
like everybody else who has given the
subject careful study he realizes that the
existing system is full of radical defects
which should be remedied so as to prevent
the recurrence of confusion incident tc
the creation and care of an emergency
army which may be suddenly called intr
existence
Mr null would like to see a military
establishment organized for war and not
for peace He would like to see it so con
structed that it will always be ready foi
an emergency exactly as a battleship is
supposed to be always ready to engage an
enemy That human machinery con
structed for keeping up an army 2500f
strong on a peace basis and with men ir
charge of the respective bureaus of the
war office drilled against departure from
certain fixed rules and regulations should
have not committed mistakes when sud
enly confronted with an emergency de
manding the expansion of an army tc
twelve times that size does not fill Mr
Hull with surpiise The occasion for as
tonishment is that there were not more
mistakes committed and greater confusion
The regular army as enlarged now con
sists of 610C0 men This Mr Hull and
other military experts regard as insuffi
cient
PREDICTS A BIG STRIKE
Statement by the Manager of a Big
Ohio Coal Company
Manager Young of the M A nanna
Coal Company of Cleveland Ohio is
quoted as saying
In the early part of Next year we will
have one ot the greatest coal strikes this
country has ever seen All the indications
are that the strike will last many months
The miners btaml ready at all limes to
fight against a reduction of wages When
the Chicago contract expires possibly be
fore that time they will be obliged to ac
cept a reduction of 13 to 16 cents a ton or
fight T think they will fight and fight
harder than ever before The West Vir
ginia miners are working cheaper than
they ever have before All efforts on the
parr of the other miners to organize them
have been in vain There is no hope thar
they will he brought into line
Victim of Haymarket Riot
Nicholas J Shannon one of the police
officers who on May 1 1885 helped to
quell the Haymarket riot in Chicago is
dead The cause of death was undoubt
edly due to the many wounds he received
from fragments from the bomb thrown by
the anaichists From the day of the Hay
market riot to the day of his death he was
a sufferer from thiee wounds Among
his pall bearers will be the few men still
living who were wounded in the Hay
market riot
Poisoned at a Barbecue
Over thirty people weie poisoned at a
barbecue given at Morse Hill near Ilills
boro Mo and but for the prompt atten
tion of a physician it is probable several
deaths would have occurred Over a score
ure in a very serious condition but on fair
way to recovery It is supposed some one
placed Paris green In the meat prior to
sooking
Cecil Rhodes Gets Big Mnjorityv
Mr Cecil Rhodes the former premier of
Cape Colony has been elected to represent
Barkleywest in the cape parliament He
was returned by a large majority
OTAKKST QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 250
to 475 wheat No 2 red G7c to G9e
No 2 30c to 31c oats No 2 19c
to 21c rye No 2 44c to 40c butter
choice creamery 17c to ISc eggs fresh
12c to 13c potatoes choice 30c to 40c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
j550 hogs choice light 300 to 5425
sheep common to choice 300 to S450
wheat No 2 red G5c to GGc corn No
1 white 29c to 30c oats No 2 white 22c
to 23c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 350 to 425
wheat No 2 70c to 71c corn No 2
yellow 2Sc to 30c oats No 2 21c to 22c
rye No 2 44c to 45c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
S300 to 425 sheep 250 to S450
wheat No 2 GGc to 68c corn No 2
mixed 29c to 31c oats No 2 mixed
21c to 23c rye No 2 45c to 47c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
325 to 400 sheep 250 to 425
wheat No 2 GSc to G9c corn No 2
yellow 32c to 33c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c rye 43c to 45c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed G7c tc
G8c corn No 2 mixed 31c to 32c oats
No 2 white 20c to 21c rye No 2 43c
to 44c clover seed 315 to 325
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 65c
to 67c corn No 3- 30c to 31c oats No
2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 42c to 44c
barley No 2 40c to 44c pork mess
S50 to 900
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs common to choice
350 to 450 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
extra 500 to 625
New York Cattle 300 to 575 hogs
300 to 475 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 73c to 74c corn No
2 36c to 37c oats No 2 white 30c to
31c butter creamery 15c to 19c eggs
Western 15c to 17c
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
E C Hartman Wants 5000 from
Geo Brost Which He Alleges Is
Due Hi in for Falso Imprisonment
Both Are from Dawes County
Wants 5000 Damages
Edward C Hartman a young farmer
living near Chadron through his attorney
Albert W Crites has brought suit against
George Brost a German farmer of Dawes
County for 5000 damages alleged to bo
due him for false imprisonment which re
sulted in injury to his name and reputa
tion and caused him great mental and
bodily suffering while he was under the
ban of the law In April last Brost sold
some real estate in Chadron receiving
therefore a considerable cash compensa
tion On the night of the transaction his
house was broken into and he was assaul
ted presumably by men intent upon rob
bing him The assailants secured no
money and left the house but not until
they had severely beaten Brost Brost
had Hartman and two others arrested
charged with this assault Hartman how
ever was released on his preliminary ex
amination and believes that he has suffi
cient oauso to recover damages from Brost
EASY ENOUGH TO GET OUT
Discharge from Volunteer Service
May Now Be Had for Asking
From a telegram received by General
Barry it seems that arrangements have
been made whereby the discharge of any
yoluuteer soldier now in the United States
may be effected when the proper applica
tion is made and that in such cases the
discharged man is to be furnished with
transportation and travel money to reach
his home This applies particularly to the
cavalry troops and the Third regiment so
far as it affects the Nebraska soldiers
The telegram from Congressman Stark is
as follows
Washington Gen P H Barry Lin
coln Department claims Second has been
delayed because of lack of transportation
facilities Will give travel pay and trans
portation on discharge by favor to soldiers
now in the United States Send list or
those you want discharged Colonel of
Third wants Pinto discharged Forward
full name and company
Fatal Accident
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs Cat
zer who live about ten miles north of
Osceola met with a terrible accident
The family are Polanders and well-to-do
farmers This daughter during ther hot
weather was in the habit of sleeping in
the hay mow over the barn She had
gone up to her bed and soon afterwards
her screams were heard and the family
running out found her all cut to pieces
where she had fallen through the opening
in the barn floor The manger which she
had fallen into had some mowing machine
sickels in and in her fall she struck on her
side severing the femur opening the ab
domen and letting the intestines out
Will Get the Guns Back
Part of the claim of the state against
the general government for ordnance and
storefi turned over to the troops is to be
settled by the government returning goods
in equal amount to the state as is shown
in the following telegram
Washington P H Barry Adjutant
General Lincoln Arrangements have
been made to transfer to state ordnance
stores turned over by Second Nebraska
volunteers and Troop K Third volunteer
cavalry on their muster out not to exceed
am- unt turned over by the state
Flagler Chief of Ordnance
Normal School Board Case
The brief of the defendant in the case
of the state normal school board against
T J Majors has been filed with the clerk
of the supreme court The case grows
out of the trouble down at Peru whereby
the board declined to allow young Majors
to attend the state normal In the trial of
the case by the district court Majors got
the verdict the state board not having
presented any reasons why the young man
should not be allowed to attend the school
Mrs Moores Body Found
The body of Mrs C A Moore whose
clothing was found on the river bank at
Omaha was recovered by three fishermen
who were rowing on the rivei4 The body
was attired in the usual clothing with the
exception of the overskirt and shoes
which had beed left upon the river bank
Mr Moore identified the dead woman as
his wife He returned with the body to
home at Silver City la and no in
luest was held
Injured in a Runaway
WThile Fred Poulas who resides some
five miles northwest from Harvard was
plowing in the field the team his son a
small boy some 12 years of age was plow
ing with just behind his father ran away
and before Mr Paulas knew of any
trouble he was being trampled under their
feet and almost rendered unconscious
Two ribs were broken together with sev
eral serious cuts and bruises
Pioneers Picnic
The seventeenth annual reunion and
picnic of the Pioneers and Old Settlers
Association of Dakota County was held at
Dakota City September 1 and was attend
ed bv fully 10000 people Hon E 11
Hubbard of Sioux City delivered the ora
tion of the day and short addresses were
made by George D Perkins of Sioux City
Hon W F Norris of Wayne and Ed T
Kearney of Jackson
Attemoted 7nil Breaking
Frank Butcher aged 19 confined in the
county jail at Columbus charged with
horse stealing made a bold dash for liberty
a few days since When the deputy wojut
into the jail Butcher made a dash out of
the open door and showed the officer a clean
pair of heels for about two miles brrt was
caught on the banks of the Loup Bver just
as he was getting ready to make a swim
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WESTERN NEWS DEMOCRAT
volume xni
NUMBER 83
SICK NEBRASKANS HOME
Hospital Train with 70 of the Sect
ond Arrives from Chicknmauga
The Chickamauga hospital train bring
ing the sick members of the Second Ne
braska regiment arrived in Omaha August
30 Seventy nine convalescents leftCamp
Thomas on the train Most of them were
able to walk from tho train when they
reached the depot Several were too weak
to walk and about a dozen were sent to a
hospital to rest up As many as were able
wero sent to their homes All the men
were cheerful and made nocomplaints ex
cept that they were disappointed in not
seeing service
Twenty nine of the seventy nine mem
bers reached Lincoln later in the day
With a single exception all those reaching
Lincoln were able to leave the cars with
out assistance Private Coons of Arcadia
was carried on a stretcher His condition
is serious The men were too weak and
weary to talk oi their trip and experiencea
at Camp Thomas
Disease and Hardship
A letter has been recei ved in York from
a member of Company A First Nebraska
regiment stationed at Manila which has
created something of a sensation The
writer tells a fearful tale of disease and
hardship He says that two of the mem
bers of the York company have gone in
sane another is dying of pneumonia and
manj are sick Mutual distrust and en
mity have- arisen among the ranks and
petty quarrels are frequent The water is
bad and has to be boiled and the general
sanitary condition is not what it ought to
be
Attempted Jail Breaking
L K Johnson who has been confined in
the county jail at Pawnee for some weeks
attempted to escape Some time ago he
slipped a case knife out of his lunch bas
ket and Tuesday lest he succeeded in filing
through one of the hinges and with his
massive strength bent the inner door of the
jail so he could get himself through As
he was walking up the jail steps he was
seen bv the deputy sheriff and retaken to
jail before he had gone very far
not in
The week
Hitchcock County
ending August 27 was the
hottest of the season for nitchcock
County the thermometer ranging from
102 to 110 in the shade Water has been
scarce on the divide owing to it being so
still that wind mills would not run Corn
has suffered a great deal from dry hot
weather ami the ravages of the grasshop
pers Threshing is progressing slowly ow
ing to a dearth of machines
Fremonts Bicycle Ordinance
Fremonts city council has passed an or
dinance forbidding the riding of bicycles
on the eidewalks and fixing the penalty at
not less than 5 nor more than 20 The
ordinance came up a monfh ago and was
vetoed by Mayor Tried because it was
much more stringent In its terms than was
generally demanded by the people Tho
council passed it over his veto by just tho
necessary two thirds vote
Badly Hurt
William Ilindnian a one armed man
living at Ashland jumbed on his horse in
response to the fire alarm the other day
ne failed to bridle the animal in his hurry
and was thrown violently to the ground
fracturing tiie stump of his arm in two
places and redering him unconscious
where he lay until discovered by tho
neighbors He may die from his injuries
as he was hurt internally
Brnkeman Badly Hurt
W S Everhart a Union Pacific brake
man residing in Grand Island was
knocked off his train at Maxwell and had
one foot so badly crushed that amputation
was necessary The accident occurred at
the same place at which Brakeman Ells
worth lost his life a few days ago Anew
pattern of mail crane struck Everhart
knocking him off the car his foot falling
under the wheels
Products of Irrigation
Some wonderful samples of corn and
other products are on exhibition at Col
umbus from the irrigated districts in the
western part of Platte County There are
some fields of corn along the ditches
which competent judges say will go easily
100 bushels or more to the acre Potatoes
are immense and some samples of onions
have been displayed that will weigh over
three pounds
Russell Is Hard to Hold
George Russell is again at liberty Some
time Wednesday night he sprung the lock
of his cell in the jail at Papillion and es
caped This is the second time he has es
caped The screen door of the jail was
smashed out showing that he had received
no assistance in this attempt at liberty
There were two other prisoners confined
in the jail but they made no effort to gel
away
Ate Castor Beans
Two little sons of Samuel Worthington
of Lincoln ate some castor beans a few
days ago being induced to do so by some
older boys who thought it was a good Joke
The two little boys were thrown into con
vulsions as if they had taken poison and
for a time it was feared that they could
not recover Ph sicians now think thej
are out of danger
Kicked by a Horse
Dennis Grimes a prominent farmer re
siding north of Ashland in company witH
his wife went for a drive and stopped tc
care for his horse when the animal pre
sumably maddened by the flies gave a
vicious kick the blow grazing the righl
side of Mr Grimes head severing the eai
from his head
Let the Good Work Go On
D E Thompson has made arrangement
to take to the exposition a number of chil
dren from Lincoln whose parents are toe
poor to stand the expense of such a trip
September 21 is the date set for the 3uing
and Mr Thompson will pay all the ex
penses for car fare and admission to th
big show
Polcnski Ijoscs a Hand-
Hugo Polcnski who WTiS employed by
Kloz Polenski in their brickyard av
Hastings had his right hand ground to j
pulp the other day by getting it caught it
a brick machine It was necessary tc
amputate the hand about four Inches
above the wrist
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