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3i : llwood Rank Cufihicr Keeps Ilia Own
Council.
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David City , Neb. , Feb. 8. The ex
citement incident to the failure of
ihe Platte Valley state bank of Kell-
"wood is subsiding arid all fears of
violence to A. II. Gould , cashier , and
R. G. Gould , assistant casiher , who
are in jail in this city , have been
dispelled. Newspaper representatives
sought an interview with A. II. Gould
yesterday , but he positively refused
to make any statement , bluntly say
ing : "I positively will not talk to
newspaper men. The newspapers are
.getting enough information from
other sources and I will have nothing
to > ay.
The only change in the general con
dition of the bank's affars heretofore
reported , anthat forged notes and
mortgages a j coming in dailand as
a consequent ; the amount of the for
geries is growing at a rapid rate.
Holders of notes from Michigan City ,
Ind. , and other eastern points are
here driving out in the country to
Bee the alleged makers and mortga
gors and it now develops that with
out a single exception everyone of
those notes and mortgages are
forged.
A very conservative estimate of the
amount of the forgeries so far as
known up to his time will aggregate
$150,000 and the end doubtless is not
A larger amount of notes and mort
gages are held by Butler county banks
and local capitalists. All of these ,
so far as known , are genuine. Gould
evidently preferred to protect his
friends. Real estate mortgages have
been forged , includiing the certifi
cates of filing and recording , giving
ibook and page , while this week sev
eral chattel mortgages have been re
ceived by banks and attorneys here
tor collection that are also forgeries.
The Platte Valley state bank was
organized in 1885 , with David Beslej'
as president and a Mr. Converse
cashier. Some time in 1886 or 1887
H. R. Gould of Omaha , was elected
jpresident and A. II. Gould cashier ,
j-who have held their official positions
± o the present time. A. IT. Gould
has , it is alleged , stated that the for
ging of notes commenced in the win-
jter or early spring of 18S9 , when one
of his relatives became linanically in-
ivolved and Gould had signed notes
for a large amount as surety , and he
had these notes to pay which , in the
aggregate , amounted to about $15,000.
JIc wts unaLle to raise that amount
irom his own resources , and , it is
-charged , conceived the idea of forg
ing a lot of notes in vanous sums
aud discounting them with eastern
banks and private parties.
He kept a private book where he
Jbad a rerord of all forced notes , the
amount of ech ; : , and tl e date of in-
turing , andhen one of those notes
matuied he would replace it with an
other forced note and pay the holder
the interest.
Gould claims had it not been for
the blowing up of the bank safe a
short time ajro , in which his private
book where he kept a record of all
the forged notes was destroyed , he
would not have been detected and he
would be still running the bank as
before.
Gould has not been arraigned yet ,
hut it is tho pen-ailing opinion that
lie will waive the preliminary hear
ing in county court , and in the dis
trict court , which convenes next
Tuesday , he will plead guilty and
throw himself upon the leniency of
the court.
R G. Gould , assistant cashier , is
still in the county jail. He has not
been arraigned yet. Prom reports
about the court house he will prob
ably waive the preliminary hearing
4n the county court but will stand
trial in the district court as he now
asserts that he is not guilty of collu
sion with his brother.
SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS-
Judge nt Grniul I-lnml Tenders Hla
n ilion.
Grand Island , Neb. , Feb. 8. Po
lice Judge Jehu Combs today handed
-In his resignation to the mayor and
he office will be filledj temporarity
until the spring election by one of
the justices of the peace.
Mr. Combs was elected in 1900 , be
ing one of five candidates for the po
sition. He was formerly a a railroad
man , and had the support of the rail-
joad men of the city , with just
enough to pull him through in the
five-cornered race that was made.
At the recent meeting of the council
it was developed that he had not
made report nor turned in any of the
monies collected for fines aud penal-
tes for the months of December and
January.
New Cuticle for a Child.
' Chicago. Feb. 8. What is regarded
hy physicians as one of the most diffi
cult skin grafting operations evei
performed has been completed here.
On the body of five-year-old Mariot
Weaver 219 square inches of skin have
been grafted. The operation tooh
five months , as the surgeons could
only operate every fortnight , owing
to the low state of the boy's vitality , ;
The new cuticle covers the patient' !
.chest , abdomen , hack and sides.
FAITH IN GOUL1)
INDIANA MEN HARD HIT BY BELL-
WOOD BANK WRECK.
Failure MCUIIK Thuir Kuin Mnny Victims
nt T < u Porte iiml Michigan City A -
fjri'ffiitc oT Ovi-r a Hundred Thousand
IJelleve Lost.
La Porte. Ind. , Fob / . Thf
wrecking of the bunk at Be'lwuod ' ,
Neb. , comes as a crushing blow to
many persons in tins county who were
prevailed upon by Cashier A. n.
U.iuld to make investments which
are now said to represent an aggre
gate total of nearly $75,000 , and if
disclosures continue to be made the |
a mount ) lost by confiding investors
may be in excess of $100,000. The
( 'Oi.'lcJsstill own realty in this county ,
bub their property interests will not
iic' in to cover the amount lost in the
bank wreck , and attorneys are not
confident that the property held here
can be turned in as assets. Many of
the investors in the schemes of the
Goulds are small property owners ,
whose loss partially means ruin. The
Gould's enjoyed in a marked degree
the confidence of the people of this
county. They played upon this con-
llden e , it is charged and found no
( liltiulty in obtaining almost any
sum they wanted on the promise of
handsome returns for the invest
ments. The feeling is now so bitter
tiiat many of the victims are ready
to subscribe money to aid in their
criminal prosecution. The money se
cured in this county is said to have
been used in covering up some of the
numerous forgeries.
Michigan , City , Ind. , Feb. 7.
Amos R. Gould , the former Michigan
City resident , who is under arrest at
David City , Neb. , for forgery in con
nection with the wreck of the Platte
Valley bank of Eellwood , succeeded
in getting hold of ojjer sixty thousand
dollars of Michigan City money for
investment. An estate here had $4-
000 worth of stocks in Gould's private
bank , and under the Nebraska state
banking laws stockholders are liable
for double the face value of their
st'.ck , so that the estate will likely
have to pay $1,000 as well as lose the
entire stock. Other people here have
from $25,000 to $40,000 worth of mort-
t agrs and paper , so that the loss to
Michigan City residents will equal if
not exceed the total of 803,000.
Two Suutliorii
Nicholasville , Tvy. , Feb. 7. Tow
Whit taker , colored , charged with the
murder of John Doster , three weeks
ago , was taken from the jail at Lynch-
burg , last night and hanged by a mob.
Whittaker's case was called in court
yesterday and continued. Late last
night the mob appeared , and secur
ing possession of the negro , hurried
him to the court house , where a rope
was placed around his neck and he
was hanged.
Nashville , Ky. , Feb. , 7. Tow
Brown , the negro who killed Miss
Delia Powell yesterday , was taken
from the officers this afternoon and
lynched. Intense excitement pre
vailed last night , and the mob made
repeated attempts to get the negro ,
but were baffled in its attempts. This
morning County Attorney Mitchell ,
Sheriff Chrisman and Deputy Scott
removed the negro from jail to take
him to Miss Powell's' home for iden
tification. Over 200 men surrounded
the jail , but attempted no violence
when the officers promised not to take
Brown to Lexington. About 100 men
accompanied the officers and prisoner.
Notable among them was William
Powell , brother of the girl , armed
with a double barreled shotgun.
After the negro had been fully
identified and as the officers were
taking him back to the jail , the mob
seized and lynched him in the court
houseyard before the officers could
get into the jail.
Mrs Soffcl Jfot Improving.
Pittsburg , Pa. , Feb. 7. Word comes
tonight from l-utlerto the effect that
Mrs. Soffel , the accomplice of the
Biddle brothers , Is considerably worse
Iler wounds seem to be healing nice
ly , but she takes very little nourish
ment and her mental condition.is de
scribed as approaching collapse.
Harry Biddle , the brother of the
dead men , who had their remains
buried yesterday , says the grave will
be protected indefinitely from vandals
by armed guards. lie today made
formal application to be appointed
executor of the estate of Ed and
lack. He claims that the formei
when first arrested had in his posses
sion about 81,000 and the latter S200 '
in cash.
tlie "Wrong Man.
Greeley , Col. , Feb. 7 Jailor Wil
liams mortally wounded Peter Kane ,
an insane prisoner , in frustrating an
attempt of two other prisoners tc
break jail. When Williams unlocked
the cage for the purpose of putting
Kane inside , Thomas Huff and Davic
Fair , charged with highway robbery ,
nade a dash for the door. Williams
mmediatly shot Huff , but the lattei
: ived himself by seizing and holding
Kane in front of himself as a shield
BROTHER GLTS REMAINS.
Hodies of the two Biddies r Tukeu w
Pittsburjy , Pa.
The remains of Edward and John
Biddle , the dead bandits , arrived at
the Pittsburg . & Western railroad
station and were at once taken to the
Pitlsburg morgue. In spite of the
intense cold and the comparatively
early hourof their arrival hundreds
of persons fathered in the waiting
room and by the timn the train ar
rived the crowd had iucreasd to 1,000
or more.
When the train drew in th ° re was
a rough scramble to get on the plat
form of the depot , during which sev
er il were bruised by being crushed
against the side of the stairway. The i
remains were in rough boxes , in
jhurge of Detectives Roach and Swin-
elrart , who were accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Hoon , Constable
Aaron Thompson and J. Uolliday of
Butler. The morgue wagon was
waiting and the bodies were driven
to the morgue for identification. An
immense crowd soon gathered , but a
large detail of police pi evented them
from entering the building.
The remains of the murderers will
be turned over to their brother , Har
ry Biddle , who will see that they re
ceive proper interment in the South
Side cemetery The funeral will be
conducted as privately as possble ,
and Rev. Father Sweeney , the priest
who rendered spiritual advice to the
Biddies while they were in the Pitts
burg jail , will conduct the services.
Dispatches from the Butler hosoit-
al this morning report Mrs. Soffel's
condition unchanged. While it is be
lieved she will get well , the danger
is not passed , and on account of this
uncertainty in her condition nothing
is being done in the way of prepra-
tiens for her removal to Pittsburg.
If she lives , in addition to answering
to the charge of aiding prisoners to
escape she will be confronted by
charges of furnishing the Biddies
with firearms and aiding the fe'.on-
ious assault upon the jail guards and
the officers who effected the capture
in Burler.
Mrs. Soffel is already taking steps
to defend herself aud has written to
a prominent Pittsburg attorney to
engage his services. IFer father .is
said to be quite well to do , and as
parents are relenting , she hopes to
receive aid from them.
The prison board is satisified Mrs.
Soffel had assistance within the pris
on walls and before the incident is
finally closed it is probable there will
be an almost entirely new. force ol
attaches at the jail.
The county authorities do not be
lieve Eel Biddle's dying statement
implicting Jennie Zebers in theXah-
ney murder and it is riot likely any
action will be taken by them.
MRS. SOFFJEl. , TJiLLS HER STORY.
Mrs. Soffel made a statement to
night to some newspaper men in the
presence of-Dr. Bricker , concerning
the escape of the Biddies and theii
experiences before they were cap
tured. She said in part
"I had not intended going witb
the Biddle boys on the night of theii
escape , but Ed s entreaties won me
over. " She told of how she re-
mained in the library on Thursday
morning awaiting the signal for the
outbreak. It was her intention to
let the boys go and she would meet
them later. While sitting in the li
brary she was almost paralyzed when
the two brothers came crashing
through the door. In their excite
ment the > had the key to this dooi
and had to break it down.
"Ed aslced me to corue with them.
'Cornc with us , ' he said to me. 1 re
sisted but finally felt myself giving
way to Ed's persuasions and yielded. "
She then told of her experiences
Thursday night , which was spent in
a school house. The weather was
bitterly cold and the exposure affect
ed her greatly. She denied the re
port that she was intoxicated , sayiug
that the Biddies had bought half a
pint of whiskey aud that she took but
one drink , which seemed to stimu
late her. Continuing she said :
"The next night we secured a
sleigh and drove through the country
all night. The weather was bitterly
cold. There was no robe in thesleigb
and I suffered terribly. When day
light came I was nearly perished.
The next day brought us to the terri
ble scene. We drove through Butlei
and knew that we had been suspec
ted.
ted."Then
"Then we soon reached Mount
Chestnut , and getting something tc
eat , started out again. I was feeling
ill and was frightened. The boys
learned that the detectives were aftei
us and they consulted about defend
.
ing themselves. Ed said to Jack ,
:
'ID is a life for a life : let's shoot
them down. "
Kcelcy Institute Burned.
The city of Dwight. 111. , suffered a
S300S000 fire loss today. The great
laboratory of the Keeley institute
was completely destroyed , together
with the Livingston hotel , a brick
T [
and stone structure owned and con-
c
broiled by the Keeley company.
All of the guests and employes es-
caped without injury , with the ex- i
seption of a colored cook who waf ;
bruised by Jumping from a second
itory window.
SUN bHOWS KUINS
FIRE ATWATERBYRY BURNS FAR
INTO THE DAY.
Kviclenco of Incen lhtrlsin Burning : of
Scoville Uoune l > ue to Firebugs Sol.
diert Aid In Preserving Order Flame
Stnrt in Cellar ,
Waterbury , Conn. , Feb. 4. The
sun rose this morning on a blackened
and smouldering mass of ruins that
marked the main business section of
the city.
There is a rery strong suspicion
that the lire which completely de-
stroyed the Scoville house , burning
thousands of dollars worth of furni
ture , appoinments and personal ef
fects , and imperiling many lives , was
the work of an incendiary. The fiie
originated in the pool and billiard
rorrn in the basement of the house ,
on the further side from r.he burning
district. The room was locked up
and no one was supposed to be there.
No fire was kept in the room , all
heat being supplied from a boiler in
another part of the building. Mana
ger Truman said at the police sta
tion , while the fire was still raging
that he had not the slightest doubt
it was of incendiary origin. No one
could be found no explain its origin
and the authorities have been quiet
ly investigating.
The fire came so close on the heels
of the big conflagration that the
thousands of spectators who witnessed
It were thrown into a more complete
panic than the original fire caused.
The flames had only begun to die out
along Bank , Grand and .South Main
streets , at 4 o'clock. , when flames
leaped upward , as by magic and peo
ple feared the city was doomed after
all. The call was rung in promptly
and the engines that hurried to the
scene turned their attention mainly
to preventing the spread of the
flames. It was evident that the ho
tel was doomed and if the fire had
reached the adjacent bindings , there
would have been very little hope of
saving the center of the city.
BDKNSFAR INTO THE DAY.
The fire burned far rnto the day
and was not exinguished entirely un
til evening. The scene about the
city todaj was only little less remark
able than that of the previous even
ing. Thouasnds of people stumbled
around the icy streets and with the
greatest ; difficuty were restrained by
teh militia and police from venturing
within the danger lines. A tangled
network of wires on Bank and South
Main street greatly hindered the
work of extinguishing the last flames
and clearing away the wreckage.
A revised list of losses and insur
%
ance is very difficult to obtain at this
time. Few know just what the loss
was on their buildings and slock. It
is believed that when the truth is
known the figures telegraphed this
morning will not be far from the
correct estimate.
The remarkable feature of the fire
was undoubtedly the absence , so far
as known , of loss of life. Two men
who were asleep in the Scoville house ,
Charles Y. Kent of the Holmes ,
Booth & Hayden company and mem
ber of the board of education and the
second cook , a German , were reported
missing , but both have been located.
The rebuilding of ruined structures
is only a question of time. Tempor
ary quarters have been secured by all
the linns. Many have already tele
graphed for new stocks and will re
sume business immediately. The
American publishing company is
among the heaviest losers , the build
ing being entirely ruined , but the
paper was issued in an abbreviated
form tonight.
There has been more or less disor
j
der about the streets today , but the 1
police have been very active and the
mlirtia have-been of great service in
handling the crowds. The streets
were piled with household goods and
strewn with small articles thrown
from the windows. Some of this
propberty was confiscated by passers-
by , but the amount of theiving was
small compared with the opportun
ities offered by the confusion.
The number of injured was very
small and in all but one or two cases
: ases the injuries were slight. The
streets are rapidly being cleared and
the trolley service will soon be re
sumed.
HARD NIGIJT FOR FIKEMEN.
Rarely have firemen been obliged to
jootend against worse conditions than
hose which prevailed in this most $
lisastrous conflagration. The wind
ivas blowing a gale and the cold was
.ntense. It secerned at one time as
hough every structure in the heart
) f the city would be destroyed.
Charged With Swindling.
Chicago , Feb. 4. James B. Agnew ,
ivho claims relaionship to the well-
cnonw Philadelphia family of that
name , is under arrest here charged
with swindling physicians in Illinois ,
owa , Michigan , Minnesota and Wis
consin out of small sums of money ,
tie is charged with having fraudu-
ently obtained cash subscriptions to
Chicago medical publication witb
vbich he had no business conneec-
ioo. Agnew came to Chicago from
* < jw York.
CEREMONY.
Weird Kites of Relensincr n. Soul from
the I'anjis of Pnrjratory.
The ceremony in the old South Gate
was held to release a spirit from hell ,
says the author of a delightful paper
on Korea.
In the middle of the dense crowd fill
ing the pavilion was a rectangular
space. At each end stood a man with
a big fold of loose cloth In his arms.
Beside each of them a woman stood.
Around them ran the folds of the
cloth , which also crossed the rectangle
diagonally. On the folds were Chinese
characters , and In the midst of them.
In the open space , stood the sorceress ,
wearing a red shirt with red bands over
her shoulders , and long , loose sleeves
Hopping in the air. With her was an
old worn an beating big cymbals to
gether. Before them were the widow
and son of the man whose spirit was
by this ceremony to he released from
hell. At one side a woman beat a drum
resembling two hour glasses , and be
hind her were three great tissue paper
figures suspended in the air and wav
ing wildly. These represented spirits.
The crowd shunned them awesomely.
On the tloor before the sorceress was a
little table holding two peeled melons ,
one red , one yellow , some wine in a
green bottle and three green apples ,
which it was pleasant to think would
surely give the little devils cholera
morbus. The widow , an ugly , scarred-
faced woman , poured out some wine
and prostrated herself before the table
several times. The son , a well-dressed
fellow , did the same , while the sorcer
ess , kneeling down , beat the cymbals
to call the devils to the offering. A na
tive told me that the man had been
dead four years , that the devil had pre
sumptive rights for three years , but
that the deceased could now be got off ,
provided , of course , the montong wom
an was satisfied with her remuneration.
When the performance lasted three
days It would often cost $100. The
pieces of cloth would be burned , the
native said , to make a ladder for the
spirit from hell to heaven. The surplus
folds In the men's arms went to the
sorceress. Leslie's Magazine.
America has 28,000 druggists.
New York has 40,000 night workers.
In Japan there are less than 450
men who have i > 250,000 apiece.
Canada's forests are Cound to be
equal to supplying the world with
pulp wood alonn for 810 years , on the
basis of lf 00.000 tons of manufac
tured pulp a year.
There are 80,000 persons , men and
women , emploj-ed In what the law
describes as gainful occupation-
working for others for compensation
in New York City.
The employes of the Grand Trunk
railway at Port Huron , Mich. , have
raised a fund of $3,000 to establish a
co-operative store where they can
purchase the things they need at lower
prices.
The total value of the manufacture
of bricks and tiles in the United
States In 1900 was § 70,330,871 and of
pottery $19,708,670.
Locomotives to burn oil are appear
ing In the Pacific States. They are
built with the cab and furnace in
front and the smokestack behind. The
tender is discarded , and the oil and
water are conducted in pipes.
Circulars issues by the Carpenters'
Council of St. Louis , have been re
ceived in Chicago , stating that St.
Louis is flooded with rarppnters , and
that work on the World's Fair build
ings will not begin until next spring.
'
William P . Eckert. one of the oldest
members of the printers' craft , died at
the Union Printers' Plume in Colorado
Springs. The cause was old age , the
deceased being 84. Mr. Eckert was the
first member admitted to the home at
the time of its opening , 10 years ygo.
He came from the Philadelphia union
and was a worthy and respected mem I
ber. Ele had the distinction of being
one of the original founders ofthe -
Typographical Union of North Ameri
ca in 1S52 , and always had been one
of the strongest and most upright
members.
Genius at
"John , did you split the kindling ? " (
"Yes. dear. "
]
'Is the coal in ? "
"Seven buckets full. " ,
"Now come and help me .tret the chil
dren to bed , aud when the house is per
fectly quiet you can have the dining-
room to yourself and write a short
story to pay the house rent , and a poem
3r two for the gas and water bills , and
see if you can write a love song thit
'
rou can sell for enough to pay the milk-
man and the washerwoman ! " Atlanta
Constitution.
Symbolic.
The Cheerful Idiot I notice our land- ,
ady is up on foot-ball.
The Gloomy Sage How so ? J
The Cheerful Idiot Why , she serves
ier pie in "hollow wedges. " Brooklyn
Eagle.
False Pretense.
We're all often forced to rob Peter
In order to settle with Paul.
Bnt some of us merely rob Peter
And Paul never sees B3 at all.
Philadelphia Press.
Pi Iron Used In 1900.
More than 27,000,000 pounds of pig
Iron Trere consumed In thin country in
L900 ,
NEBRASKA NOTES
The Pierce mill is installing
electric plant.
The Auburn Flerald has started In OK
its twenty-iiftli volume.
Modern Woodmen will hold a mid
winter carnival at Fremont tbift
week.
A Kemaha countyarmer recently
shot an eagle bearing a 'possum i
its talons.
A 108-acre farm near Emerson that
was bought for $25 an acre ten yeara
ago recently sold for S75 an acre.
The Weeping Water Republican lasV
weeK put out a fine illustrateed edl-
lion.
The Union Pacific has been having
trouble with coal thieves at Lexing
ton.
ton.J.
J. D. Hayes of Lincoln , who baa
been appointed state oil inspector to-
succeed E. R. Sizer , will assume his-
new duties about March 1.
Walt B. Reynolds , who has success
fully conducted the Madison Chron
icle for the past two years , has leased
the plant to Fred D. Wright.
Professor Gun , who has been prin
cipal of the Mason schools , has re
signed and started for the Philip
pines , where he will engage in hii
profession.
Dr. Eason , of Hebron , was at
tacked by a thoroughbred bull th
Dther day and severely injured before
Delp arrived and drove the enraged
inirual away.
Oakland is expecting a building
boom the coming summer. Among
the improvements are a new depot ,
a new bank building and several brick
store buildings.
While at work moving the Christ
ian church , J. Sutich of North Bend ,
was hit by a chain that slipped its
hold , and his leg was broken just be-
'ow the knee.
The Odd Fellows' building at Ne-
maha , is complted. It is two stories
high and built of brick. The upper
floor will be used for lodge purposei
and the lower floor for stores.
Mr. Bridge and Mr. Ilaggert from
near St. Libory drove into an open
ing on the Loup rjver from which ica
had been taken. Both horses wero *
drowned , but the men succeeded in
getting ashore.
E. II. Sizer , on resigning his posi
tion as state oil inspector to take
charge ofLincolpostollice : , has ap
pointed T. F. A. Williams , graduate
of the State University , as his de
puty.
The explosion of a lamp in a cellar
at Plainview , caused a lire which de
stroyed foui buildings. The loss is
84,000. all of which is covered by in
surance with the exception of the
property owned by R. J , Jewell.
A representative of an eastern com
pany was in Nebraska City looking
up the prospect of an electric car
line. The property of the present
horse car lines will be purchased of
the line is built.
The farmhouse of Peter Elch , in
Wayne county caught fire on the roof
when no one but his wife was home , .
She ran to a nearby schoolhouse , se
cured the assistance of a woman
teacher , and the two put up a ladder
and extinguished the lire.
Reports from all portiors of the
range country are to the effect thafc
no loss of stock has occurred during
the recent storms and cold weather.
The feed has been good on the range
and the cattle were fat and strong.
Ranchmen as a rule are also well pro
vided with feed and shelter.
"Grandpa" Edwin Davis died at
Plattsmouth , aged 91 years. He re
tained all his faculties until the time
of his death. During the civil war
he and two of his sous served in the
Fifteenth Iowa infantry. Both of
the sons were killed , but he escaped
without a scratch. lie was born in
New York state.
Elmer Kreihilng and Herbert Mus-
cheites , two 14-year-old Bruning
boys , went rabbit hunting and wera
caught by the recent storm. After
wandering aimlessly around for sev ,
eral hours they finally reached a
farmhouse. Both were almost ex
hatisted and frostbitten , but have re
covered.
Martha Furstenau , a 16-year-old
daughter of William Furstenau of
Webster township , Dodge county ,
died from the effects of an injury
she received about a year ago. She
was kicked in the head by a horse and
lost the sight of one eye. Other com
plications set in and medical help
proved of no avail.
The packing house at Nebrsaka
City has begun to kill a limited num
ber of hogs each day. This is tha
first attempt at operation since tha
strike was declared. Manager Bur-
dick announces that he has a suffic
ient force of men to run the plant at
partial capacity. Information wheth
er or not terms have been made be *
tween the strikers and the packing
company has not been made public
Prospectors will bore for oil/
or ias near Nebraska Citj.
