IS WHAT OUte NEWS SUM
MARY DOES.
STBIKE EIOTS WOESJS
SITUATION IN CLEVELAND BECOMES -
COMES ALARMING.
{ The Police and Strikers Come To
gether in Many Instances A Car
Blown Up Woman Hit by a Stray
Bullet Many Others Hurt.
Cleveland Strike Situation.
The rioting which continued at Cleve
land , Ohio , throughout Saturday night was
lenewed Sunday and there were several
' serious outbreaks of violence , but no
, clashes between the mobs and the troops.
Cars were started running as usual on all
but one or two lines. Soon after 1 o'clock
a thousand or .more persons gathered on
Burton Street and proceeded to obstruct
the track. When a car came along with
two policemen on board it was attacked
with a shower of stones. In spite of the
policemen the non-union motorman and
conductor were roughly handled. One of
the policemen fired at the mob , the bullet
striking a man named Wennick. The mob
assaulted the officers , both of whom were
struck repeatedly with stones , and but for
the intervenion of a Catholic priest the
officers might have been lynched. A patrol
wagon loaded with policemen arriving , the
rioters dispersed and the cars were taken
back to the barns.
There was a serious disturbance on the
Broadway line at the corner of Petrie
Street , where a mob of 3,000 had assem
bled. The mob was rrdered to disperse ,
but the rioters showed fight. Sergeant
Burrows and one soldier , with fixed bay
onets , faced the mob and attempted to
clear the way. There was a sharp fight
for a few minutes , during which a perfect
shower of stones fell about Detective Kel-
so and the two militiamen , some smashing
the car windows. The police after ward
charged the mob , making several arrests. (
In the afternoon a mob of 1,000 conceived
the idea of blocking the track on Orange
Street by placing a big boulder in the
middle of the street and building a fire
around it. The plan worked successfully
li and cars were delayed for nearly an hour ,
when the police drove the mob away , put
out the fire and the obstacle was removed.
Three men were sent to the hospital with
wounds made by policemen's clubs. As
a result of the shooting of the driver of a
grocery wagon in South Brooklyn by a
non-union conductor the mayor of that
village issued an order to the marshal
to arrest all non-union conductors who
carried concealed weapons.
A Euclid Avenue car loaded with pas
sengers was wrecked by an explosion of
nitroglycerin shortly before 11 o'clock
Sunday night. Four persons were badly
'hurt. A woman was hit by a stray bullet
during a fight in the vicinity of Halmden ?
Avenue.
BIG FIRE IN TOLEDO.
Burning1 of an Elevator Causes a
Loss of Nearly $1OOOOOO.
The Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayton
elevator , located in East Toledo , Ohio , was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday and the
loss on building and contents will figure
nearly a million dollars. Jt is not known ,
how much insurance is on the grain ,
amounting to 900,000 bushels of wheat , but
the building carries $185,000 in various
companies.
The fact that it was Sunday prevented
the fatalities which might have followed ,
for the forty men who were employed at
the place had quit work early and had
been out of the place about two hours.
Passersby noticed a blaze in the cupola
and gave an alarm , but before any engine
could reach the place a terrific explosion'
occurred that shook the foundations of
' surrounding buildings. A mass of flames
shot up into the air hundreds of feet. The
building was almost immediately enveloped
a
veloped , and within ten minutes another
and more terrific explosion occurred ,
which tore out the entire side of the build
ing , which was a mass of ruins half an
hour after the first blaze was noticed.
ELIHU ROOT APPOINTED.
Kc\v York Lawyer Succeeds Alger
as Secretary of War.
Elihu Root of New York has been ten
H dered and has accepted the Secretaryship
i ofyar. . The tender was made last Fri
day and a telegram of acceptance was re
ceived accepting the tender. Alger bad
confidently expected the appontment of
Root , and was very much pleased at the
President's choice. This was evidenced in
the following letter , which Alger addressed
to his successor :
My Dear Mr. Root : All I know is what
the newspapers say , that you are to suc
ceed me as Secretary of War. Should it on
come to you .1 most urgently urge you to
make a sacrifice to accept the position.
With your knowledge of tbejlaw and your
excellent health you can serve the country
in a way given to few men. Sincerely
11 yours , -R. A. Alger.
Negro Assaulter Lynched.
A Mexico , Mo. , special says : Frank
Embree , a negro , charged with assaulting
14-year-old Mh > s Dougherty , near Benton ,
was taken from the officers by a mob at
Steinmetz and hanged.
Don Carlos Leaves Venice.
Don Carlos , the Spanish pretender , has on
/eft Venice , ostensibly for Austria. and
Sheep Men Organize.
A special from , Carbon , Wyo. , says the
sheep men of the east end of Carbon County CORl
Rl
-have decided to incorporate the Medicine
ch
J3ow Land Association and lease 200,000
the
acres of land from the Union Pacific Rall-
way.
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Cannon Fined $1OO. for
Judge Merrill of Salt Lake Lake City , nila.
. /ias imposed a fine of $100 upon Angus M. the
Cannon , the defendant having by his at
torney pleaded guilty to the charge of tin- ]
.lawful cohabitation. thi
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BIG RAILWAY DEAL.
Negotiations Under "Way for a Com
plete Trunk Line.
The New York Herald on Thursday says :
A deal Is under way involving the combi
nation of atleast four prominent railroads ,
and perhaps two or three more , making a
complete 'trunk line from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. The scheme involves several
of the properties in which E. II. Ilarriman ,
Kuhn , Loeb & Co. , and Speyer & Co. , are
interested , and with their friends exert a
controlling influence. Among these prop
erties are the Union Pacific , the Illinois ,
Central , the Chicago and Alton , the Chicago
cage Terminal Transportation Company ,
the Oregon Short Line , the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation Company , and the
Baltimore and Ohio. It is asserted in some
quarters that the Great Northern will
come in , but this is considered doubtful ,
although James J. " Hill is closely associ-
ated with several gentlemen who arc promj
inent in the railroads mentioned. This
combination will give a compact system
and bring about a resolution in traPSc alli
ances. The importance of the deal may
be judged from the fact that the combined
mileage of the roads is 11,441 miles , and
the capitalization $705,268,000.
FIERCE HAND TO HAND FIGHT
A. Small Force of Americans Has a
Severe Engagement.
News was received in Manila the other
day from Gen. Smith , at Iloilo , Island of
Panay , of a severe fight at Bobong between '
Capt. Byrne of the Sixteenth Infantry , with
seventy men , and a force of 450 Babaylones
who surprised the American troops. One
hundred and fifteen of the enemy were
killed , as is shown by actual count , many
were wounded and one was taken prisoner.
The American loss was one man killed
mostly at close quarters , with bayonets
and clubbed guns. A considerable stock
of supplies and arras have been captured
by Capt. Byrne , who is in command of the
battalion operating in the district of Ne-
gros. .
CLOUDBURST IN TEXAS.
Damage Done to Property and It Is
Feared Lives Were Lost.
A report from Childress , Texas , on the
line of the Colorado Southern in the Texas
Panhandle , states that a cloud burst occured
in that region Thursday with disastrous re
sults. The Little Red River and the Peace
River and tributaries were roaring torrents.
The railroads suffered from washouts and
the carrying away of bridges. The known
property loss is very heavy. Nothing has
been learned as to the fate of people in the
inundated section , which embraces portions
tions of Childress , Cotle , Hardewan , Wild-
barge , Hall , Motley , Douly and Callings-
worth Counties. The section is thinly
settled. The towns are small and far
apart. It is feared some lives were lost.
CHOCTAWS DISCHARGED.
Executioners of Walla Tonka Are
Given Their Liberty.
The Choctaw officers who were placed
under arrest , charged with murder , the
alleged offense being the execution of
William Goings , had a preliminary hear
ing before Commissioner Haskell at Ant
lers , I. T. , Thursday and were discharged
for want of jurisdiction.
For Welcoming Dewey.
Admiral Dewey having cabled approval
of the plans for his reception at the na
tional capital , the committee in charge of
that event is free to proceed at once with
the necessary preparations. Some time
ago the District Commissioners appointed
a committee of 100 citizens to take repre
sentative cognizance of the admiral's re
turn to the national capital , which com
mittee organized and subdivided. The
executive committee sketched a program
which was approved by President McKinley -
ley , Secretary Long and the committee of
one hundred. The program provides for a a
suitable committee of escort from New i
York to Washington. | fi a
Protect the Melon Fields.
Arkansas melon growers have adopted
serious measures to protect their fields
from thieves. Near Camden George Boyd , ei
negro farmer , shot and killed a white
man named John Gee and fatally wounded °
another by the name of Merrill. On a c
farm near Alma Andrew Daugherty
opened fire on two thieves , killing Tom
Harrell and seriously wounding Jim Cody. | T
The thieves returned the fire , dangerously
wounding Daugherty.
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Otis Answers Newspaper Men.
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The War Department has issued a state
ment quoting dispatches from Gen. Otis in se
Ji
answer to the press correspondents' "round
robin. " Otis says in substance that the
correspondents had no specifications to
support the charges against him , and that
the charges are untr.ue. He denies he min
imizes the work of the navy. He quotes
from naval dispatches to justify his state
ment. la
Engineers Resent Discharge. ,
The hoisting engineers and gang bosses
the M. A. Hanna docks struck at Ash-
tabula , Ohio , and 200 men are out. The
cause of the strike is said to be the dis
charge of engineer for trivial .
L V > VI. an * * Q a cause. pi
The men employed at the other docks are ili
iliNi
ready to join the strikers. A.n early settle Ni
ment is thought probable. cis
Archbishop Ireland Starts. *
Archbishop Ireland of Minnesota sailed
from Queenstown Thursday for the United of
States on board the steamer Britannic.
Archbishop Ireland delivered a powerful
address before an immense audience in the ofl
Opera House at Cork Wednesday evening thim
the subject of "The People of Ireland m
Temperance. " The
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No War Likely. I JJ
A Cape Town special states that in the' '
course of an address at Claremont , Cecil
Rhodes declared there is not the slightest
chance ; of a war between Great Britain and be
Transvaal. | (
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Ice Plant at Manila. The
Secretary Alger has Approved the plans was
building the refrigerator plant at Ma 001
. The building will cost $230,000 , and
plant and machinery $400,000.
Better be driven out from among men im
than to be disliked by children. Dana
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IMERSOEL IS DEAD
FAMOUS INFIDEL PASSES AWAY
VERY SUDDENLY.
Apoplexy Reported as Cause He
Was Born in York State and Was
the Son of a Congregational Mill-
Views.
Pope Bob Is Dead.
Robert G. Ingersoll died at his home at'
Dobbs I Ferry , N. Y. , July 21 of apoplexy.
His 1 wife and two daughters were with him
when he died. He had been slightly indis
posed since going to his summer home at
t Dobbs I Ferry , but nothing serious was
ofi'cr of his wife to send his luncheon up to
his room. As he finished speaking he fell
back j in a chair and expired almost in
stantly.
Robert Green Ingersoll was born in
Dresden , N. Y. , Aug. 11 , 1833. IIis father
was a Congregational clergyman. The
son's boyhood was spent in Wisconsin and
Illinois. After studying law he opened an
office in Shawneetown , 111. , with his
brotfier Eben. Both engaged in politics ,
but the surroundings were uncongenial ,
and in 1857 they removed to Peoria. In
1802 he became colonel of the Eleventh
Illinois Cavalry , and a year and a half
later he united with the Republican party.
In I860 he was appointed Attorney Gen
eral for Illinois. At the National Repub
lican Convention of 1870 he proposed the
name of James G. Blaine for the Presi
dential nomination in a speech that at
tracted much attention. From that time
his services as a campaign orator were in
demand throughout the country. He was
well known by his books , pamphlets and
speeches directed against the Christian re
ligion. Among his publications are "The
Gods , " "Ghosts , " "Some Mistakes of
Moses " "Lectures " "Prose
, Complete , ,
Poems and Selections , " a large number of
minor works , and introductory chapters for
two books entitled "Modern Thinkers , "
compiled by Van Buren Denslow , and
The Brain and the Bible , " by Edgar C.
Beall.
TROOPS CALLED OUT. |
Cleveland Street Car Strike Assumes
a Threatening Aspect.
Cleveland , O. : The street railway strike
is assuming a more threatening aspect. ,
At 4 o'clock p. in. Friday Mayor Farley
ordered the naval reserves to prepare for
strike duty. This organization , 104 strong ,
slept at the armory Friday night , awaiting
the further orders of the mayor. A mob
of 5,000 men collected on Wilson Avenue
and threw stones at every car that came
along. A squad of twenty policemen tried
to keep order and only partly succeeded ,
the disorder continuing until the cars
stopped running at 11 p. m. They were
compelled to charge tlie mob repeatedly ,
using their heavy riot clubs , and many
broken heads are the result. One arrest
was made.
An attempt was made to blow up a street
car with dynamite. The car was nearly
jolted from the track but was not stopped ,
The half dozen passengers on board were
badly frightened but none of them were
injured. There is no clue ( o the pernetra-
tors. About the same time on Pearl Street , i
on the South side , three non-union street
railway men , who had left the Holdmen'
A venue barns to purchase tobacco , were
pursued by a howling mob. One of the
fugitives tired a revolver , but hit no one. .
At this time the police arrived and
charged the crow.d , scattering it quickly.
In the confusion a number of women who
were in the crowd were thrown down and .
a little girl struck by a policeman's club
and severely injured.
LOUISIANA LYNCHING BEE.
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Six Italians Strung Up for At !
tempted Murder.
The report has been received from Tal-
lulah , La. , that on Friday last Dr. 'Hodges ,
prominent physician , became involved in
an altercation with an Italian. The latter
fired , a load of birdshot into the physician's
abdomen. During the night a mob sur
rounded the would be assassin and five of
rehi
his friends , all Italians , and strung the
entire six tip to trees. Then they filled the k
bodies with buckshot. The names of none se
of the men were learned. There is little er
chance of Hodges' recovery. cl
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CATASTROPHE NEAR LONDON |
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Torpedoboat Explosion Kills Seven
and Injures Eleven.
A London dispatch says that an explo
sion ( on the torpedoboat destroyer Bull
finch , on the Solent during her trial , killed
seven and injured eleven of those on board $
$
July 21.
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Reprieve for the Settlers.
Captain Mercer , in charge of the Leech to
Lakelndian Agency in Minnesota , received
instructions Thursday suspending until
Augur * 22 the removal of the white settlers
the so-called trespassers on the agency
$
lands. : The order of suspension is to allow
time for consideration of additional in
formation that has been filed atthe Interior to
Nurses for the Philippines. ?
Nine more trained nurses for the Philip
pines ; , sent out under the auspices of Auxiliary
rye
iliary No. 3 for the Maintenance of Trained
Nurses , have left New York for San Fran $
cisco. They were sent in response to an
appeal for more nurses , cabled from j mi
Manila to Mrs. Wintelaw Reid , chairman , to
the committee on trained nurses.
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Revenue Receipts at Manila. wl
The War Department has received an ye
official statement from Manila to the effect to
that the internal revenue receipts for the
month < of May at that port were $33,191. 71c
total amount of internal revenue receipts - No.
ceipts ! since American occupation is to
$279.195. ,
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Bicycle Trust is Launched. 2
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A combine of the bicycle manufacturers ba
became effective at a meeting held in New SO
York Thursday. Forty-five manufactur
, representing 636 plants , were present. i $3
$
only change in the organization plans
ers
a reduction of the capital from $80-
000,000 to $40,000,000.
Indicted for Murder. | $3wl
The grand jury in New .York City has wl
3Sc
indicted Roland B. Molineux-for the mur-
j w i u n
ilerof Mrs. Kate J. Adams. , - ] en
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEET
Democratic Leaders Hold a Harmonious -
monious Session in Chicago.
No friction developed in the meeting of
the Democratic National Committee in
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Chicago ( Thursday. Not a single -warlike
. note was sounded , and no defiances were
uttered either by the men who demand
that 10 to 1 shall be the rallying cry in the
next campaign or by those who oppose its
adoption. The only movement made
by the silver men looking
I toward ' recognition by the Na
' tional ' Committee was when the Ohio Bi
metallic League was admitted to the com
mittee room and James P. Tarvin of Ken-
tucky , acting as spokesman , read the reso
lutions adopted by the committee at their
meeting early in the day at the Palmer
House. These resolutions demanded that
planks be inserted in the next Democratic
national platform opposing trusts , oppos
ing imperialism , adhering to the silver
ratio of 16 to 1 , and favoring the nomination -
tion of Mr. Bryan for president in 1900.
"And along these lines we offer you our
aid , " said Mr. Tarvin.
There was a defiant accent upon the
xvord "these" that seemed to imply that
the support of the bimetallists could b'ese-
no notice. The Ohio Bimetallic League
was courteously thanked for its proffer of
assistance and assured that it would be
called upon at such times as the National
Committee felt in need of its assistance.
That was the beginning and end of the
silver episode.
P. D. Devlin , editor of the press bureau
of the National Committee , was deposed for '
the part taken by him as an officer of the
National Committee in the last mayoralty
election in Chicago.
W. J. Bryan addressed a large meeting
in the Auditorium.
Devlin Makes a Statement.
P. J. Devlin has issued the following
statement in Chicago : "The assertion that
1 have been dismissed by the National
Committee is absurd. Equally absurd is
the story that 1 will be suspended in the |
future. A press committee has been ap
pointed to supervise the work. Such a
pc
committee will in no way interfere with
me. I will have sole charge as hereto
fore. ( "
Train Robber Captured.
Sam Ketchum , the Folsom train robber
who was wounded in Sunday night's fight
, with the posse in Cimarron Canyon , has
been captured near Springer , N. M.
Ketchum . . says he is a brother of Tom
Ketchum , known as "Black Jack , " leader
of the gang which terrorized New Mexico
and Arizona for years. Officers who have
seoo him declare he is "Black Jack" him
self. He was shot in the shoulder and was
very weak from loss of blood. |
AVoman Routs Man with a Gun ,
August Williams , an aged man living m"
Chicago , was fatally injured as the result
of an attempt he made to kill several people
ple with a revolver. Mrs. Lulu Getzel-
man , at whose husband Williams was
si hooting , after he had driven two other
persons from house , beat Williams into in
sensibility with a club before she could be
disarmed. Mrs. Getzelman was arrested.
Despondent Striker Kills Himself
Because of the strike at the Botony
woolen mills at Passiac , NJi which he
had incited , Isidore Sikka committed sui
cide by shooting himself. He is blamed by
some of the strikers for the failure of the
strike. There were warrants out for his
arrest . and he was despondent , his leader
ship of the strike having made it almost
mpossiblc for him to get employment. L
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Attachment Against Mexican States
An attachment against the United States
of Mexicoand thestatesof Tamaulipas and
San Luis Potosi , for $3,075,000 , in favor of
J. M. Hassard , on 3,075 bonds made by ? the
defendant republics in 20
September , 1865 ,
was granted by Justice Giegerich of the so
in
Supreme Court of New York. A copy of
the attachment was sent to J. P. Morgan
& Co. , where the defendants are said to
have an account.
Tobacco a Drug on Cuban Market.
Seemingly tobacco is a drug in the mar Bs
ket in Cuba. Very large quantities of last lal
season's crop remain in .the hands of buy 561
ers who have not been able to find pur on
chasers at profitable prices. This condi chi
tion ( is unexplainable. The tobacco is of |
good quality and the market is supposed to
Ge
short owing to the small quantities Fr
grown on the island in the last few years. Fr
MARKET QUOTATIONS. I JJ
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
$3.00 to $0.00 ; hogs , shipping grades ,
$3.00 to $4.75 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 en
$5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , C9c to 70c ; and
corn , No. 2 , 32c to 33c ; oats , No. 2 , 24e Co
25c ; rye , No. 2 , 53c to 54c ; butter ,
choice creamery , 17c to ISe ; eggs , fresh , and
12c to 13c ; potatoes , choice new , 35c to as
45c per bushel. bo
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to po
$5.75 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.50 ; cai
wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to I2c ; corn , No. 2 -SUl
white , 34c to 35c ; oats , No. 2 white , 29c
30c.
St. Louis Cattle , $3.50 to $0.00 ; hogs , "
3.00 to $4.75 ; sheep , $3.00 to $4.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2 in
yellow , 32c to 34c ; oats , No. 2 , 24c to 26c ; eh
fili
, No. 2 , 52c to 54c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs , ' was
$3.00 to $4.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.50 : at
wheat , No. 2 , GSc to 70c ; corn , No. 2
mixed , 3Gc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 2Gc
2Sc ; rye , No. 2 , 59c to Glc. pai
Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to § 6.00 ; hogs , Bu
$3.00 to $4.50 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.75 ; his (
wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; corn , No. 2 itt
yellow , 35c to 37c ; oats , No. 2 white , 28c dai
30c ; rye , 59c to GOc.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 70c to
; corn , No. 2 mixed , 34c to 35c ; oats , 1
( . 2 mixed , 24c to 2Gc ; rye , No. 2 , 56c livi
5Sc ; clover seed , new , $3.80 to $3.90. Lank
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , 71c
72c ; corn , No. 3 , 33c to 35c ; oats , No. 1a
white , 25c to 2Sc ; rye , No. 1 , 53c to 55c ; a
barley , No. 2 , 41c to 43c ; pork , mess , red
$0.00 to $9.50. tch ;
Buffalo ] Cattle , good shipping steers , res
$3.00 to $ G.OO ; hogs , common to choice , rhis
$3.25 to $4.75 ; sheep , fair to choice weth org
, $3.50. to $5.25 ; lambs , common to paiNe
extra , $4.50 to $7.00.
New York Cattle , $3.25 to $6.00 ; hogs ,
$3.00 to $5.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $5.00 ; A
wheat , No. 2 red , 7Gc to 77c ; corn , No. 2 , Ne
to 39c ; oats , No. 2 white , 30e to 31c ; . nent
butter * creamery , 15c to 19c ; eggs , West- rhe ,
, 14c to IGc. ' sal1
STATE OF NEBRASKA
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I NEWS I OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
Strange Story From Fremont of the
Kidnaping of a Wealthy Man's
Son Hero Now a Soldier in the
Philippines Other Items.
Lost Child Is Found.
A letter was received in Fremont the
| other day giving the somewhat sensational
information that Edward Austin , a former
resident of the county and now a member
of the Sixth Regular Artillery in the Phil
ippines , was Edward F. Sullivan , son of a
prominent Trinidad , Colo. , citizen and
that he had been kidnaped when a 3-year-
old baby , probably by Mrs. Ostenberg.
. Mrs. Ostenberg and her husband came
' to Scribner , Dodge County , about 1888
from some place in Colorado , bringing
with them this boy , supposed to be their
son. In 1891 Ostenberg was run over by
an engine in the yards at Scribner and died
of his injuries. His wife died a few weeks
later. In the course of settling up the
estate of the two , Judge Ilollenbeck , then
the attorney for the administrators , dis
covered from papers which came into his
possession that the boy was not Osten-
berg's son. lie also learned his real name ,
but thinking there was a stain against the
boy's birth , did not divulge the matter to
him , believing that it would be better for
the boy , then about 10ears old , to grow
up believing in the integity of his mother.
Ostenberg changed his name to Austin
. when 14 years of age and struck out for
himself. After engaging in several occu
pations he finally went to Honolulu , where
he lived for several years. He en listed in
the Sixth Artillery in Honolulu. While in
the Philippines he became acquainted with
some Trinidad , Colo. , people , and learning
Siii them the facts of the Sullivan boy hav
ing been stolen he became convinced that
he was the missing boy. His father is still
living } in Trinidad. As soon as he can ob
tain his discharge he proposes to hunt his
relatives.
It is not thought that Ostenberg had anything -
thing to do with the kidnaping , but that it
done by his wife before their marriage.a
TO IGNORE THE LEXOWERS. |
Ex-Gov. Holcomb Refuses to Ap
pear Before the Committee.
Ex-Gov. Holcomb declined to appear be
fore , , the Prout investigating committee ,
flatly repudiating it. In conclusion he
.
says :
"I note your evident desire to have me
appear as a witness and acknowledge your
authority. I reiterate what I have hereto
fore said regarding your authority , and de
cline to recognize you as having any legal
standing whatever , nor do 1 recognize your
action as being characterized by disinter
ested motives , or for any good purpose. I
shall | offer at the first opportunity to sub
mit a statement regarding the matter re
ferred to , which you can consider or not
us may suit your pleasure. "
Only Sorrow in Her Life.
Mrs. J. Kimberly , a married woman , at
tempted to end her life at her home in Blue inm
Springs , by shooting herself. No vital m
pot was struck and the doctors say the hi
patient will not die. Domestic trouble was at
the cause. Her husband had just left her ,
saying that he would never be "back. The
neighbors say she was a hard working sci
woman , but that her husband , who is a sn
plasterer , treated her brutally. She left a W
note saying her life had been one of hell Pace
and that she was sending her soul to the co
same place. She declares that she will
finish the job at the first opportunity.
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Prairie Dog Pest Is Growing.- mi
Prairie dogs , says the University News
Letter < of 15 Fr
July , have become such a
nuisance in Sheridan County and other for
parts of Nebraska , especially in the north thi
western part , that the people are actually ity
becoming alarmed , and they may rightly be
He so , for this pest certainly docs a vast Co
amount of injury to stock raisers and will wi
sontinue to do so more and more unless me
something is done to stop it from spread- hanoi
Ing. ; The agricultural experiment depart
ment of the State Go
University is making a
series of experiments to discover if possible
the best method of extermination.
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To "Welcome First Nebraska. the
Gov. i Poynter has directed Adjt. Gen. de
Barry and Congressman W. L. Stark , the Pu
latter being the '
Governor's military
repre the
sentative at Washington , to proceed at On
once to San Francisco and there do those dig
chings necessary to insure the proper re tur :
ception by the State to the First Nebraska nad
when j that regiment reaches land. The het
Governor's representatives left for San
Francisco July 20. A telegram from San
Francisco saying the transport Hancock
would probably arrive earlier than the 28th Gei
hastened their departure. in
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Creamery at Papillion Burned. inf
The creamery building at Papilhoii was
entirely destroyed by fire. It was owned
.operated by the Waterloo Creamery
Company , and was built about four years
ago. It has always done a large business
will undoubtedly be rebuilt as soon the
possible. The lire started over the
boiler and spread so rapidly it was im itq
possible to save anything but a few milk Cit.
cans. Loss , $4,000 , partly covered by in 1
surance. aga
Prof. Kharns Is Discharged. the
Prof. Kharas , who styles himself the A
for
"magnetic healer" and who was arrested or
Nebraska City a few days ago upon the win
charge : of practicing medicine without first II
filing his certificate with the county clerk , tre
discharged in the County Court upon HeA
technical defect in the complaint. A
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Meets with a Painful Accident.
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John j Ilensler of Creighton met with a clei
painful accident while cleiFd
working in the Fd
Bush Bros , elevator. In
some way he got iept.
thumb caught in a cornsheller and had lars
taken off. The doctor fears
that there is and
danger of blood poisoning. andB
Boy ] Drowned in a Water Tank. and
The 2-year-old son of A. M. Snyder , dyn
living near Osmond , fell into a large water tow
near the house and was drowned. S30CO
Telephone War Reduces Prices. wes
The Nebraska Telephone Company has wh
educed the monthly rental on business ents
elephones in Kearney from $3.50 to $2 , and C
esidence telephones from $2.50 to 75 cents , vict
reduction was brought about by the ter
rganization of the Home Telephone Com Has
by citizens of the town. ffort
pra-
Will Entertain Company H. praY
Arrangements have been completed in prei
kelson as far as possible for the entertain- is ; m
: of Company H when it returns home , trie !
day is to be ushered in with a cannon nly
ialute. _ _ dist
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HOPE TO REVERSE DECISION.
Bartley's Bondsmen's Lawyers Will
Take Case to Supreme Court.
The attorneys for Bartley's bondsmen are
preparing to file their motion for a new
trial , which will be presented as soon as
the papers are prepared. As it is conceded
that this will be overruled , all parties are
preparing for a tussle in the Supreme
Court , each side being confident of eventual
success. The attorneys for the bondsmen
tjiink they can secure a reversal on Judge
Fawcett's action in instructing" the jury ,
while Attorney General Smith believes that
the victory has been won and that the only
result of the appeal will be a confirmation
of the decision of the lower court. In this
connection it is suggested that the appeal
bond that will be given in this case will
probably be the biggest bond that was ever
given in courts of Omaha district. It must
be big enough to protect nearly $700,000 ,
and it is anticipated that the Attorney
General will insist that it must be gilt
edged.
TO PUT TAX ON BICYCLES.
Omaha Aldermen Would Assess
Buggies and Wagons , Too.
The most wide reaching and important
ordinance before the Omaha city council
for some time is the one introduced by Al
derman Mercer at a recent meeting. It
provides for the creation of a street repair
fund and the taxing of all vehicles and
bicycles using the streets of the city.
Two-horse vehicles are to be taxed $2 per
year , one-horse vehicles $1 per year and
bicycles $1 per year , the tax to lie put in a
special street repair fund , expenditures to
be made from it only on concurrent reso
lution of the city council and major. lW
dividuals , firms or corporations owning
vehicles or bicycles are , on payment of the
tax to the city treasurer , to be furnished by
the city clerk with a suitable metal tag , to
be attached to the right front hub of vehi
cles and the frame of bicycles. Failure to
pay the tax is declared a mii > demeuiorr
punishable by a fine of not to exceed $25 ,
Scheme to Tap the Plattr- .
A delegation of citizens from Fremont
and several of the promoters of the scheme
to run a canal from the Platte IIher at
Lin wood in Butler County to Fremont for
the purpose of supplying water po\\er ta
an | electrical generating plant at that place-
were before Secretary Wilson of the Mate
Board of Irrigation in Lincoln recently.
An Omaha syndicate has applied to the
Board for permission to tap the Pialte for
EF similar purpose a short distance bflow
Fremont. It is the intention of those con
nected < with the Fremont movement to in
stall an extensive electrical plant capable
ofw furnishing power to cities and ton us
within 100 miles , including , of course ,
Omaha and Lincoln. Thecannl vvill rim
0al
along about parallel with the Platte to a
alP
point across the river from Fremont , where
the power plant will be located. Thcr
water , after being used , will be turned into
the Platte again. By drawing theater
down through this canal a drop of o\cr 100
feet is obtained.
Tramp Shoots an Officer.
Early a few mornings since as Night Po
liceman Ben Stump was making his rotinds-
of the Missouri Pacific yards , at Falls ( ity ,
he was seriously shot in the forehead. He
ap a box car and flashed his light
the face of the man on the inside. The
man ; , supposed to be a tramp , stopped be
hind : the door and fired , the bullet entering
the top of Stump's forehead and ran
downward. The tramp made his esc
Stump had a good look at the man and de
scribes him as being tall , slender and
smooth shaven. It is thought the tramp
went east , intending to cross the n\er at
Eulo. The wounded officer is in a serious
condition. :
Columbus Soldiers' Monument.
At a meeting of the Grand Army com
mittee of Columbus a design \\as selected
for the proposed soldiers' monument in ,
Frankfort Park and bids will be solicited
the work. The monument will be
thirty feet high and built of the best qual
of Barre granite and on the sides will
inscribed the names of 12o of the Platte
County veterans of the civil war. together
with their company and regiment. The
monument will cost $2,560 and will alscr
have two large pedestals for the large can
non which were recently donated by the
Government.
Blue Racer Snake in a Depot.
A blue racer snake about three feet I'D
length crawled through the west door into-
women's waiting room of the B. & M ,
iepot at Plattsmouth. Station Agent W *
Picket utterly refused to give it a ticket to
Greater American Exposition at
Omaha so his snakeship , becoming very in-
lignant at such ungentlemanly treatment , .
urned and started for the street , but her
< not gone far before a bystander with a-
icavy stick killed the adventurer.
Baby Drinks Gasoline and D-ies
While the baby boy of Mr. and Mrs.
Seorge Herrick of Hastings was playing.
its i parents' home it got hold of a cup
jontaining gasoline and drank some. The"
nfant ; died in less than thirty minutes- .
Nebraska Short \ctes.
Hastings is to have a new park.
A Tecumseh boy is an ensign on board
Olympia , Admiral Dewey's flagship.
The Law and Order League is making
quite lively for the saloon men of Central
3ity.
3ity.York's
York's steam roller mill is making flour
igain. All the machinery is new and of
latest pattern.
A Plattsmouth saloonist has been s-wt !
$5,000 damages by the wife of a man tc
vliom he sold liquor.
It has been found that Ashlandrs e\-
reasurer was short in his accounts$2,5i > .G2
has not been apprehended as yet.
magnetic healer has been arrested ir
Nebraska City for practicing without ha\ -
filed his certificate with the count v
lerk.
Hastings will have a street fair fron * ,
. 18 to 23 inclusive. Six thousand dol-
has been raised to pay the expense
prizes.
Burglars entered the Farnharapostofficf -
broke open the safe with a chasge of
ynamite. The explosion alarmed thr
, but the robbers had escaped wit'i '
before anyone arrived on the scene.
Off a forty-acre tract a farmer living :
of Hastings threshed 950 bushels of
fheat < last week and sold the same for 5c *
; per bushel.
Christian Science has claimed ane hec ;
ictim in the person of a 7-year-old daugh-
of a prominent farmer living near
Eastings. She had the croup. The oni >
made to save the child was through *
rayer.
York County has a candidate for su-
reme judge in Hon. S. H. Sedgewickrwho >
now district judge of that judicial dis-
, and has the distinction of being : tlis ?
Republican ever elected judge of tkx
istrict. > .
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