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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
J2ns Bound Freight Standing on
l he Main Track at Indianola Run
Into bj West Bound Fast Stock
Train Both Engines Demolished
Railroad Wreck
Two freight trains collided in the Bur
lington yardb at indianola causing the
loss of three lives slight injuries to foui
others and damage to railroad property
amounting to many thousands of dollars
The dead Sol Brace engineer E J
Walteis fireman Win McCall brake
man The injured Engineer Anson
Engineer Button Brakeman Lundberg a
stockman name unknown An east
bound freight standing on the main track
was run into by a -west bound fast stock
train Both engines were totally wrecked
COMES BACK WITHOUT GOLD
Chadron Man Makes a Vain Search
Along the Copper River
C ULutz an old lime business man of
Chadron has just returned from Alaska
wlieie he spent several mouths in a vain
search for gold Mr Lutz left the state
last January and went direct to Seattle
Fiom -there he set sail with 4000 or 5000
men who were bound for the Copper River
Biisin away up in the northern regions
b lieving that the possibility of discover
ing gold there was better than in the
x Kim dike country They sailed from Se
attle to Prince William Sound and put in
at the port and settlement of Valdes From
there the part started out to explore an
unknown country a land where none but
Indians had ever set foot but all these
explorers were buoyant in thehope that
gold might be found and that they would
return as rich men The party was ac
companied by a company of United States
soldiers with forty tons of provisions and
a corps of government geologists and
guides The entire Copper River basin
was explored but nothing was found be
yond an occasional piece of float tinged
with gold Not an ounce of gold was
found and the men finally wearied of the
search and retraced their steps to Valdes
and thence sailed to Juneau Alaska Mr
Lutz states that he is confident theie is no
gold in the Copper River region even
-though government reports state to the
contrary
Knocks Out Kennard Claim
Among the opinions just handed down
by the supreme court is one reversing and
lernanding the case wherein T P Ken
nard was allowed 1352199 for collecting
ceitain inoney from the general govern
ment The court holds that in the joint
Ksolulion passed in 1873 which authorized
the employment of a collector there was
a special inhibition of the employment
of an agent to collect the 5 per cent cash
school fund accruing to the state and
Ken nards claim being based on the col
leclioifof this fund he could not recover
New Iiife Insurance Company
A new life insurance company has been
organized at York It is tobe known as
the York Mutual Benefit Association and
will combine life with accident insurance
There is also a sick benefit feature The
organization embodies all the principles
and benefits of the fraternal societies
without the secret and ritualistic part of
the plan The officers of the new associa
tion are among the best known and most
substantial business and professional men
of the ciy
Narrow Kseape from Death
Congressman Sutherland and Mr Wenl
worth while returning from the asylum a1
Hastings had a narrow escape from death
A runaway team belonging to Charles Hill
came down the road at a break neck
tpeed Mr Sutherland tried to clear the
road for the runaway team but before he
could do it the two teams clashed together
One of the horses driven by Mr Suther
land was killed by having the wagon
tongue penetrate its intestines
Tandem Accident
While riding in the country near Shelton
on a tandem John Towne and Jess Lee
ran into a rut and were thrown to the
bird ground with such force as to break
Lees collarbone and fearfully bruise and
cut both mens faces and heads The
Jjicvcle was wrecked
Shooting Affray at Superior
Ivan Simonton a teacher in the Superior
public schools shot John Jones an ex
inaishal through the arm Inflicting a bad
wound It seems Simonton unmercifully
beat Jones boy in the school room and
Jones was attempting to squaro the ac
count Simonton previously threatened to
kill Jones
Chicory Factory Opens
The chicory factory at Fremont has
commenced its seasons work The acre
age this year is very small on account of
the demand for the pioduct not being as
was anticipated Within the past year
1lue has been unusual quantities ol
chicory imported which has lessened tho
-demand for the home product
Killed by a Train
Sheriff Ogg of Geneva was called to
Fiirmont the other day to hold an inquest
oj the remains of a strange man who was
iljid there by the cars The man had
driven into sown with a load of potatoes
and while czos ing the railroad track win
Vnuck by a passing engine
Sugar Factoryto Open
The Oxnard Beet Sugar Company at
Grand Island expects to open the cam
p ign at the iooal factory at once As the
n ege hi the vicinity of Xorfollf is com
paratively smaller than in the former city
ijiiiue of the beets raked for the local fac
tory are being shipped to Xoifolk
Jail Breaker Captured
Henry Thornhill sentenced to death in
tii1 district court of Hamilton County in
lo30 for the murder of William Barrett
and who broke jail at Aurora on the
night of September 29 has been found in
Tennessee and returned to his slate
State Dental Board
The Hoard of Secretaries of the Slate
ental Board Avas in session at Lincoln
for he purpose of examining applicants
for certificates Four were examined
The board has gotten out a neat report of
its vork during the last year The present
secretaries who have held the position
since the passage of the present law are
CiPPLambcrtson of Lincoln W C Mc
J lenry of Nelson and H C Miller of Grand
Island Lamherison was elected a dele
gate lo the national meeting of Dental
Secretaries Avhich Avill be held at Wash
ington on October 13
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KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
Theorists Sometimes Kndely Shocked
in Sudden limercenciea
Apropos of the question of cruelty
to animals a correspondent sends this
story Two men were walking along
a shady path in the woods of Northern
New Hampshire recently One of the
men owned a beautiful dog and the
animal was bounding along in ad
vance of them sniffing here and there
and looking frequently up into the
brandies of the tall oaks which lined
the way The men were conversing
Mr Hotchkiss was talking about hi3
love for all animated nature His com
panion agreed with him in that it was
a downright shame to kill or abuse
helpless animals of any description
The barking of the dog interrupted
them Mr Hotchkiss spoke in a vexed
and angry tone and striding forward
he seized a piece of dead wood lying
near See that dog worrying thai
poor squirrel said he It makes me
so madI could kill the dog
This somehow reminds the Listener
of a speculation into which he was once
plunged by the conduct of a favorite
cat The cat which was a superb
black one wore about his neck a col
lar to which the children had attached
a little tinkling bell One day in the
garden the Listener saw the cat creep
ing up on a bird in a bush Toxpre
yent the tinkling of the bell from
warning the bird the cat was creeping
with such a slow and steady move
ment that the bell was not shaken a
bit and was perfects silent It was
an admirable performance The bird
must have seen the cait but acted as
If charmed Then the Listener won-
dered is it my duty as a humane per
son to make a noise and scare away
that bird so that it shall not be caught
and eaten It occurred to him that ii
might be inhumane to the cat after all
the pains and skill involved in keeping
that bell still to interfere with his per
formance It might be a shock to the
whole physical and moral system to
scare away the bird at that moment
One should beware of interference
with the established economy of na
ture
And yet it could not be said that the
cat needed the bird He had abund
ance of food given him every day at
the house His attack on the bird was
mere wanton destruction a killing for
the fun of it no more justifiable than
mens hunting It would be right to
warn the bird And yet who could
blame -the cat for obeying his most
essential instinct He had no moral
responsibility his right to kill the bird
was derived from the organic law of
nature This was true as to the cat
but did his natural right relieve the
human observer from the obligation of
humanity Clearly he was bound
But at this juncture the cat sprang
swiftly through the air the bird flut
teredtoo late The cat had it in his
jaws and made off with it Boston
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John Paul Jones Fight
Henceforward says Capt Mahan in
Scribner to use Nelsons words about
his own most desperate action there
was no maneuvering there was only
lownright fighting and great as was
Jones unquestionable merit as a han
dler of ships it was downright fight
ing endurance of the most extreme
and individual character that won the
battle When thus in contact the su
periority of the British eighteeus over
bhe American twelves though less thau
at a distance was still great but a
far heavier disparity lay in the fabrics
Df the two enemies The Richard was
i very old ship rotten never meant for
naval use the Serapis was new on her
first commission The fight hitherto
having engaged the port guns of the
latter the starboard lower gun ports
were stiil closed and from the ships
touching could not be opened They
were therefore blown off and the fight
went on Anovelty in naval combats
Avas now presented to many witnesses
but to few admirers quaintly wrote
Lieut Dale who was in the midst of
the scene below decks The rammers
were run into the respective ships to
enable the men to load that is -
staves of the rammers of one ship
tered the ports of the -other as the guns
were being loaded We became so
close fore and aft reported Pear jon
that the muzzles of our guns touched
each others sides and even so by the
testimony of the lieutenant on the Ioav
er gun deck of the Serapis her guns
could not be fully run out oAving to the
nearness of the Acssels
Trees in America
North American possesses a forest
wealth Avhich is perhaps unequalled in
any other region on the globe No
fewer than 340 species of trees are
knoAvn to be indigenous to the United
States Of these 123 grow in Canada
94 occurring east of tlie -Rocky Moun
tains and the remaining 29 on the Pa
cific slope Sixty four of those east of
the mountains are therefore tinrepre
sented on the map but the greater
number of them are confined tQ small
areas in Southern Ontario In Canada
and the United States the forests are
more commonly called woods and
bush The finest forests of North
America both as to variety of species
and luxuriance of growth were those
of the Middle and Northern States of
AAhich Ohio is about the center These
Avoods which have been lai -
destroyed in the progress of the
tlement of the country extend into
Pennsylvania Kentucky Tennessee
Indiana Michigan and Southern On
tario On any uncleared farm lot -in
the last named region one might find
fifty ol more kinds of native trees all
mingled together
Floating Island of the Danube
An island of the Danube called En
gel near Pichment began one day in
May 1810 to float and moved a dis
tance of eighty miles before it stopped
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PINE ROYAL PALACES
SPANIARDS CLAIM THE TWO
HANDSOMEST ON EARTH
Description of the Royal Palace of
Madrid and the Gorgeous Escuria
One Has 10000 Rooms and Both Cost
the Enormous Sum of 50000000
The old proverb Rich king poor
people has its Illustration in the Spain
of to day for although the people of
the nation are miserably poor and the
state is bankrupt the king is rich The
kings of Spain with few exceptions
have all been rich their private for
tunes abstracted squeezed or stolen
outright from the people they governed
making them rank among the wealth
iest capitalists on the globe Queen
Christina is enormously rich in her own
right and when the young king comes
to the throne he will be one of the rich
est men on earth
The wealth of its kings and the van
ity of the Spanish people have prompt
ed the building of many splendid royal
residences so that while the people
were sometimes starving the king was
spending millions on his palaces In
consequence of the desire to make a
creditable appearance before outsiders
Spain is therefore provided with roval
palaces in abundance Under the
name of villas country houses or hunt
ing lodges they are to be found in al
most every province and although for
many years feAv of them have been oc
cupied and some are in decay they still
remain the property of the crown mon
uments of Spanish pride
The two finest palaces in the world
are In Spain the royal palace in Madrid
and the Escurial The former is of
granite and marble a huge square
structure and of a size so vast as to
occasion astonishment simply at the
ground it covers Four ordinary city
blocks of 300 feet on oach side are re
quired for the site and the arrange
ment of the AAindows and of the col
umns on the outside gives the impres
sion of a size much greater It was
commenced early in the last century
when Spain was in her glory when the
viceroys and captains general of Amer
ica were still sending home to the king
twice a year fleets or galleons laden
with the wealth of the provinces The
approaches to the palace are described
by architectural authorities as the no
blest stairs and terraces on the globe
The hill is climbed by one flight of mar
ble steps after another changing and
turning In such a way as to convey
to the eye of the observer an almost
endless perspective croAvned by the
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on August 10 1557 when his army was
drawn up in array to fight the battle
of St Quentin promised St Lawrence
whose feast At was that if victory
perched upon the Spanish banner he-
would build in honor of the saint the
noblest monastery In the world St
Lawrence was gracious the Spaniards
carried the day and Philip immediately
proceeded to fulfill his vow
The emblem of St Lawrence is the
gridiron on which he suffered martyr
dom and the ground plan of the build
ing represents this domestic instru
ment seventeen ranges of buildings
forming the frame and crossbars whle
a wing 400 feet long is the handle The
edifice is gigantic in its proportions
740 feet from north to south do its
walls extend and 580 from east to
west the average height of the walls
being about sixty feet while the four
towers at the corners are each 200 feet
in height It contains the royal palace
and chapel 200 monastic cells three
Churches two colleges three libraries
besides halls throne rooms dormi
tories hospitals refectories and in
numerable apartments for attendants
Some idea of its extent may be gained
by the simple statement that it has
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THE ESCURIAL
eighty staircases 1110 outside wii
doA s overlooking its courts fourteen
gates and eighty six fountains The
great church of the monastery is equal
in its dimensions to some of the largest
in Christendom It is a model of St
Peters 3G4 feet long 230 wide with
seven aisles forty chapels a dome 330
feet high an altar of costly marbles
and alabaster rises ninety feet and is
fifty feet in width Beneaththe high
altar soplaced in order that the kings
should rest under the most hallowed
spot in Spain is the mausoleum of
Spanish royalty a building within the
crypt constructed on the plan of the
Pantheon in Rome Here in niches
one above another are the caskets of
all the kings of Spain since Charles V
It is said that only one niche remains
vacant and the Spaniards have a su
perstition that Avhen that niche is filled
there will be no more kings in Spain
The Escurial and the royal residence
in Madrid while they are monuments
of the former glory and wealth of
Spain are also records of its misgov
ernment Over 20000000 aams spent
on the Madrid palace nearly 30000
000 on the Escurial millions more were
annually squandered in keeping up
these two gorgeous and useless estab
lishments while the roads were neg
lected and public works of every kind
were absolutely ignored They are
thoroughly in consonance with the
Spanish character only in a land where
the beggars proudly wrap about them
their tattered cloaks and call each oth
er senor could such edifices be built
ROYAL PALACE AT MADRID
great white palace at the summit At
no point on the long stalnvay is one
out of sight of the noble building to
keep it constantly in view Avas the ob
ject of the builders and so the tiers of
steps Avith their marble balustrades
serve no mean purpose in enhancing
the impressions of the building
Within the palace defies description
It is said that there are over 10000
rooms and halls It Is a maze of pas
sages its various quarters are entirely
distinct one from another though
communication is easy all over the
building there are old attendants who
have spent their lives under its roof
and have not visited all its rooms The
apartments for the royal family form
only a small portion of the monstrous
palace There are audience halls which
rival In size the great public halls of
other European capitals there are the
aters with thousands of seats there are
picture galleries there are private
chapels which in size eclipse the city
churchesbf America There are throne
rooms and council chambers hundreds
of rooms are given up to the attendants
and guards for Spanish royalty is
proud and though the reality of power
has departed still clings to its shadow
The other great royaL palace the Es
curial Is so called from the name of the
village in which It is located twenty
miles from Madrid The Escurial was
originally a monastery and had its
foundation In a tow of Philip II who
such collections of art history and re
ligion be made
A Thoug htful Little Girl
All Boston children are thoughtful
Itwas a dear thoughtful little Boston
girl Avho Avhen told by her mother of
the death of a grandmother she great
ly loA ed sat silent a while and then
looking up said Mamma what time
did grandma die
At 4 oclock in the afternoon was
the answer
Again the little girl lapsed Lito
mournful silence until as though a
ray of sunshine had broken through
the gloomy cloud she devoutly ex
claimed Then Im so thankful she
had dinner first Buffalo Commer
cial
Trade of the Philippines
The latest figures obtainable show
that the Philippine Islands import 9
174093 worth of goods and export 19
702819 worth leaving in round num
bers a balance in their favor of 10
500000 These figures are for 1897
and it i stated that the average value
of the -trade of those islands is far in
excess of the sums given Business
has been much disturbed by the Insur
rection
Wliat a sensible woman doesnt knew
never troubles her but it causes her in
quisitive neighbors hours of untold
agony
Jig3atesiatoj3S
CHILDRENS COLUMN
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS
Something that Will Interest the Ju
venile Members of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings
of Many Cute and Cunning Children
A Tragic Tale of Tea
The Beetle was blind and the Bat was
blinder
And they went to take tea with the Scissors-grinder
The Scissors grinder had gone away
Across the river to spend the day
But hed tied his bell to the grapevine
swing
The Bat and the Beetle heard it ring
And neither the Beetle nor Bat could see
Why no one offered them any tea
So polite and patient they are waiting
yet
For the cup of tea they expect to get
St Nicholas
A Boy Stronger than a Man
A lad In Boston rather small for his
age works in an office as errand boy
for four gentlemen who do business
there One day the gentlemen were
chaffing him a little for being so small
and said to him
You will never amount to much you
can never do much you are too small
The little fellow looked at them
Well said he as small as I am
I can do something that neither of you
can do
Ah what is that said they
I dont know as I ought to tell you
he replied
But they were anxious to know and
urged him to tell what he could do that
neither of them was able to do
I can keep from swearing said the
little fellow
There were some blushes on four
faces and there seemed to be no more
anxiety for further information
A Tin Can Locomotive
The boiler of this cleverly constructed
little engine is a quarter pound coffee
tin the wheels quarter and half pound
tin lids the chimney an umbrella top
TIN CAN LOCOMOTIVE
the steam pipe an india rubber tube
and other parts consist of a knitting
needle a bicycle spoke a piece of brass
lamp some gas piping a cartridge end
and the screw stopper out of an oil tin
A German Stork Story
A pretty story is told in Germany
A stork that had taken up its summer
quarters in a certain village became a
great pet Avith the family to whose
home he frequently came Loath to
part with him Avhen the migratory sea
son approached yet not wishing to
make a prisoner of him it Avas deter
mined to test the idea of whether the
same birds came back in the spring to
the same places So a small nickel
ring was put around the storks neck
Avith the word Germany sends greet
ing to the birds distant friends and
the bird flew aAvay Avith his compan
ions When the spring returned the
birds came back and among a flock of
storks that settled doAvn on the roofs
of the houses was one that wore a gold
ring about its neck When the bird
Avas caught on thering was found an
inscription returning the friendly greet
ing of the German family and send
ing a message from far off India
Success in Tennia Playing
J Parmly Paret writes an article on
Lawn Tennis for School Boys for the
St Nicholas Mr Paret says Any
form of ball playing Avill help the be
ginner to judge the flight of a tennis
ball through the air and to estimate
the angle and distance of its rebound
from the ground while merely skipping
a rope will teach a girl to judge dis
tance and speed One of the greatest
elements of success in laAvn tennis is
this ability to judge speed distance
and angles and it is a quality that is
not born in one but secured only
through long training of the eye by con
stant practice and close observation
As the ball flies SAviftly toward you
you have only a second or two in which
to guess where itAvill strike the ground
and how far and how high it Avill
bound
Before you can become an expert
player you must be able to estimate
to within a few inches the spot a ball
will strike and to within a small frac
tion of a second of the time it will take
to reach an imaginary point in the air
after it has bounded so that the racket
may meet it at exactly the right time
and place I remember hearing Good
body the famous English expert who
played in America several years ago
say one day that he was feeling in per
fect condition for a match I believe
I could hit a sixpence at the far end of
the court he said And I have seen
Wrenn the American champion look
at a falling ball and while it was still
high above his head- call Outside
and Avalk away toward the net with
perfect confidence in his judgment
When the ball had struck the ground
the umpire declared it to be out but
ot more than six or eight inches
Remarks of the Little Folks
A little boy was going past a liquor
saloon the door of which vzas wide
open with his dog Sport The dog
went in but his little master was goon
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f after him with the following good ad-
vice Come out of there Sport uont
be disgracing the family
Mamma was teaching the children
the Beatitudes What is a peace
maker she asked I know said
Winnie proudly its a dressmaker
Mamma said a little miss my kit
ty is sick and Ive been trying to give
her some of my medicine but she wont
take it Of course not replied her
mother cats never take medicine
when they are ill Well I declare
exclaimed the small lady Why whod
think a little kitten like that would
trust to the faith cure
Tommy aged 4 had discarded his
shoes and stockings one warm after
noon and while playing encountered a
wasp He ran into the house crying
and his mother asked what the trouble
was I j just kicked a f fly sobbed
the little fellow Well thats noth
ing to cry for said his mother But
t this one had a ss splinter in Its t tail
was the rejoinder
A little girl was just recovering from
an attack of scarlet fever and the first
day shewas able to sit up she said
Mamma I guess Ill ask papa to buy
me a baby carriage for my dollie Her
brother a precocious youngster of 5
overhearing the remark exclaimed i
Well youd better strike him for 11
right away for if you wait till you gel
well youll never get it
Johnny aged 5 was preparing to vls
itthe menagerie and became very an
gry with his aunt who wos assisting
with his toilet Arriving at the menag
erie his attention was attracted to a
strange looking foreign animal What
is that animal mamma he asked
That is an anteater Johnny was the
reply Oh dear said the little fel
low with a sigh I wish wed brought
Aunt Mary along
Willie the little 5-year-old son of a
minister had been playing in the yard
and becoming thirsty he ran into the
house and asked for some water His
mother was engaged at some task and
said Cant you wait aAvhile Willie
Im busy just now Well I suppose
Ill have to wait he replied but if I
die remember I was thirsty and ye
gave me no drink He got the drink
STRIKING CONTRASTS
Singing Bullets
A soldier from Santiago -of
saysi One-
the first things I discovered about
the Mauser bullet was its peculiar note
as it fleAv through the air One could
hear them sing over the picket lines
Avith a high clear note that Avas totally
different from the ping of a leaden ball
of larger caliber The effect of a Man
ser ball in striking a man is peculiar
During the advance on El Caney I was
nipped in the leg at a range of- about
1000 yards but I knew nothing of It
until I found
myself
on the ground
sprawling in the mud A slight burn
ing sensation in the calf led me to in
vestigate and there I found a smal
hole not larger than a pea The bmV
let had passed out the other side of W
leg without tearing the flesh There
was little hemorhage and scarcely an
pain from the wound I saw One troop- s
er who was shot through the tfcigh sit
upright on the ground and examine the
injury Avith as much nonchalance aslf
it had been a pin prick Another had
been shot through the shoulder blade
and I believe
the
bone
was not shat
tered The wounds heal quickly where
there is good antiseptic treatment
African Fireflies
In some parts of Central and SouK
Africa a sing
firefly gives so mb
light that It Illuminates a whole room f
The Britisli residents catch them- in or
der tQ 2nd the matchbox q lamp
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Differences in the American Spanish
and Cuban Soldiers
The American soldier the private in
the ranks is magnificent The percent
age of men rejected to those accepted
is unknown In any other service The
very small standing army makes it pos
sible for the men to be selected with
the greatest care both as regards their
physical moral and Intellectual require
ments Of every hundred men who
seek enlistment ninety of them are re A
jected which Insures the accepted ten
being Aery narroAviy picked over Even
now when the emergency required the
regiments to be recruited above the
peace strength the general average has
not been much reduced and the re
cruit who kneAv nothing of soldiering
until a few weeks ago has borne fa
tigue as Avell as the seasoned veteran
and stood unmoved while the bullets
Avent whistling over his head
The contrast between the American
and Spanish soldier is as striking phy
sically as it Is every other way The
American private is broad shouldered
and AA ell set up the Spaniard is small
and lithe But the greatest contrast
is in their intellectual status The
American soldier not only follows the
plan of campaign with intelligence but
has his oaati plan which he frequently
considers to be better than his officers
The Spanish private knows nothing
of AA hat goes on around him and has no
poAver of comprehension He is simply
a machine to obey because he has to
and because he stands in very great
fear of his officers
And as interesting as both the Amer
ican and Spanish soldier Is the Cuban
Smaller even than the Spaniard liv
ing on nothing ragged he has brought
Spain to her knees The Cuban of
course Is a fanatic solely I imagine
that Aery few of the natives have any
comprehension of the meaning of tneia
word liberty although they know very
AA ell that Spain has oppressed them
and anything is better than a
uance of Spanish rule As one sees the J
Cubans their broAvn bodies visible
through their rags their general air
of neglect he may laugh at the Cuban
Idea of soldiering but be must still
respect them for what they have done
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