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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1902)
CIAL "No diminution In l isi- York. noss is iipparent from labor controversies , owing to the prosperous condition of the agricultural sections and the bright outlook for thi-s crops , itetail distribution of u-eariuy apparel has felt the nlus of higher temperature. Kuway ! * a filings in Ma.r were 8.7 per ceut Inrser than last year and 21.7 per cem above those of 11)00. " H. ( J. Hun i : Co. s Weekly Ueview of Trade thus sums up the lnisint'ss situation. Couunuiug. the w nays : There continues lo be n wide discrep ancy between the amount of busings < f fered and the contracts closed in rn.iin branches of tiniron and steel indu.st : > owing to inability of producers to tfs-MMt delivery at a specified time. Coutrac' running well into m xt jcar i adieu ic "hai the end of activity i < not near. I'resxure i still uioal cunhpiciiuiis for rnl\\av au-J fclructural supplier , ami agricultural im plement worLs an crowded with orders. y.'ile * . of Bessemer { ) iK iron at I'lttslmrtf ( or delivery next year were recently made at $1G. . 0. while immediate ship ments command about $5 more. Limited stocks are still the cause of steadiness in all blanches of textiles. Holders are not miring sales , and buyers show a disposition tu wait. Purchasers of cotton goods aninfluenced by the prospect of cheaper raw material after new crop begins to more. Cmion rose slightly on a few nnfa\omtr weath er reports , but the outlook i.s vciy bright in many States. Tardy deliveries of sample pieces by the woolen mills has caused complaint among the clothiers and fall orders are not placed freely. Wool sells more freely at leading eastern uiar- kot . and quotation * are steady. From the fact that there are labor disputes in so many place * it is evident that the spirit of mucM is at wo"k. The country is unusually pro perou * with many industries taxed beyond capacity. Money is plentiful and the people have more of it per capita than ever before. Any willing man may Hnd employment * nd wagt"on the whole are higher than for years. V\rnh these conditions it would seeni that lh" > should bo a time for conlcnrtm-nt. yet it is not entirely < o. Unreasonable as are some of the de mands of the workingmeri. there 13 some thing to be said for the general cause of labor. An important cousiderati n , and one rarely given sutiicient weight by em ployers , who look askance at an jucreas- l < ip wage scale , i.s tlie increased cost of living. Dun's index figure , which is a ptetty reliable guide , shows that while tlic co.sl ot living iu 18U7a * 7 , " > .5 , It is to-day I0l.f . The southwestern wheat movement is getting under way. and while Kansas will have a yield considerably under the average , the geneiat outlook fograin tonnage is good. The government has issued the first bulletin of the jcar bear ing upon the new s > i''in wheat crop. It is found , as was the general exp < itutiuii that there is a much smaller area in wheat than last * tear , the government putting the decrease in Minnesota and the Dukolus at 2.511.000 acres. This does not mean lh.l the northwestern railroads will necessarily have less grain t < haul , and indeed with favorable weath er the outlook is for a heavier gram tn - iiage than ever. I'ractically all this abandoned xvheat land has gone into oth er grain , and even yet farmers are plant ing flax and barley in scattered places , where seeding conditions were the worst earlier in the season. From this time on the reports from the growinn spring wheat will take pren-dence as the price Influence. The Northwest holds up well in the general volume of business. In Minneapolis the bank cleinng at ? ! - . - 4HO.02o.27 show a gain of IH.U per cent , which is especially gratifying in the face of a decrease of 2.5 in the total for the country at large. Chicago Cattle , common to prime. $ -1.00 to $7.1)0 ; hogs , shipping irrades. ? 4.2T to $7.r n : sheep , fair to choice , 4.00 to $5.50 : wheat , No. 2 red. 78c to 7Jc , corn. No. 2. Me to ( JHc ; oats. No. 2.JOc to 41c : rye. No. 2. . " ( > ( to 57c ; hay. tim othy. S 10.00 to $ H.50 ; prairie. ? r .r 0 to $ H.rW : butter , choice creamery. 20c to lile ; eggs , fresh. 1. < c u > l. e ; potatoes , new. 70c to & 0c per bushel. IndianapolisGallic , shipping. X3.00 to ? 7.40 : hogs , choice light. $4.00 to $7.1" : sneep. common to piiuie. $2.ijO to $4.75 ; -wheat. No. 2 , 7f c to 7 ( c : corn. No. 2 white. 4c lo Hoc ; oats. No. 2 white , 42c to 43c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.f 0 to $7.05 ; hos , ' * . $8.00 to < 7.2Ti ; .vlu-ep. * 2.rK ) to S4.MX wheat. No. 2. 70c to 77c ; corn. No. 2. 60c to Clc : oats. No. 2. 44c to 4 ; " c ; rye. No. 2. T T e to 5Jc. Cincinnati - Cattle. .00 to ? ( . : > 0 ; hosrs $4.00 to $7.40 : sheep. $ JJ.:5i to 54.25. wheat. No. 2. Stc to S2c : corn. No. 2 TOixcd. ( He to ( > 5c : oats. No. 2 mixed. 44c to 4f c : rye. No. 2. . " (5c to . " > 7e. Detroit Cattle , ? 3.0o to ? 6.50 ; hogs $3.00 to $7.0T : sheep. S2.HO to 55.00. wheat. No. 2. 70c to 80c ; corn. No. . ' 5 a \-ellow , G4c to tV c ; oats. No. 2 white. 4Sc to 49c : rye. Mc ) to OOc. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed. 7Sc to 7ic ; corn. No. 2 mixed. ( Jlc to 02c ; oats. No. 2 mixed 43r to 41c ; clover seed , prime. S5.02. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. TTic to 7 ( c : corn. No. 3. t' 1 < - to t52c ; oat * . No. 2 white. 4tic to 47c : rye. No. I. 57c lo r.Sc ; barley , No. 2 , 70c to 7Npork , in mess. $17.57. New York C/attle. ? 3.7o lo S7.tlf . hogs. $3 . < X > to 57.2T. ; sheep. ? 4.00 tol.no : wheat. No. 2 red , 77c to 78c : corn , No. 2 , < ; Sc to ( > 9c : oats , No. 2 white. T lc fo f 2c ; butter , creamery. 20 < to 21c : eegs , west ern. ISc to' J7c. Buffalo Cattle , choice xhippiufc steers. $4.00 to ? 7.60 : hogsfair to prime. ? 3.00 to $7.75 : sheep. < * ir to choice. $ { . ! to Sfi.2f > : lnmb . conamou to choice , ? 4.OO to $7.00. 17 Fire-in the bu ine s wction of BerUr , did damaff * MtioMtvd at fr * ? 10- to $12,000. GIFT BY HELEN GOULD. Building of Brooklyn T , M. C. A. , Naval Branch. The latest of the beneficent deeds o ! Helen ( Jould to attract attention is tha gift of a new building to the naval branch of the Y. M. C. A. The struc ture is now neariug completion. It has been built at a cost of $4ifi.OOO ( and the entire expense comes out of Miss Gould's purse. When completed it will be the finest building of its kind in the world. It has a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 75. is seven stories high HIJOOK1.YA Y. M. < ' . A. KUII.UING. and is of stone , brick and iron. It haa a roof jrarden where meetings can be hold and where the men may be much more comfortable during the slimmer weather than they could be under cover. Miss ( lOiild has built the notice : is a ni-'mo- rinl to her fa i her. The Curnishiuj ; will be undertaken l > .v the Women's Au.\iliir.v of tlie Y. M. C. A. There will he more than 200 .sleen- in ; ; roonij * . fiiriiiRhed at a , cost of $ Tifl per n om. There will bo a fine restau rant , how I'm j ? allo.A. : i gymnasium , barwl ber shop , a great auditorium , gamo rooms , reading nxniiij , lounging roonu and everything that will make the plac ? bright and cheerful. MITCHELL CALLS CONVENTION.S"j Question of General Strike Will Ba Settled at the Meeting. Under direction of President John Mitchell > f the United Mine Workers ot America the hum-expected call for 4 special national convention of mine work- er.s was issued Wednesday by Secretary- * Wilson. The convention wilj be held iu Indianapolis .July 17 , and will determine whether the soft-coal miners of the country shall go out on strike t < J assist the .striking anthracite miners Pennsylvania. Much depends on the miners of Illinois , Indiana and Oliio. who will cut a promi nent figure iu the con vent ion. The biai | ol the apportionment ol' delegates to tin convention is one for every 100 member ? ot the local union or fraction over hfty. This will make a convention < f LOW delegates. The voting strength of all locals is bo. tween 2.500 and 2,400. Of this the con- veil lion will have a voting strength o' fiom 1.700 to 1,800. A bare majoritj ciu order a .strike. The anthracite re gions cast 747 votes. Virginia and Michi gan. which joined in the call for the con- venfion. have fifty-two , making 7i i votoi trom those five districts which united tc call the convention. As stated at the headquarters condi tions are not satisfactory to miners il Missouri. Kansas. Arkansas and Indini Territory , and it is belie veil the delegate ! from those sections will vote for a strike The miners of Ohio are understood tt be opposed to n strike , while those ol Illinois. Indiana and Iowa are in 'doubt The formal call for the convention de tails at length what unions are empow ered to send delegates , the number ol delegates to be sent , the method to b pursued in clloosiug them. etc. The annual mileage of mail transpor tation by railroads in lS7o was 75,154- JU ) miles ; in J901 it was 302.fil3.J' : miles. The request of the Chicago grain men to have the transit privileges extend * . " ] from sis to nine mouth * has been denied b.1 the railroads interested. The Michigan Central announces " .omt i iv changes iu the running time of pussen-4'Jj de trains 1'iat will show faster time and im ap proved service in other ways. en The Big Sandy. Kast Lynue and Guy- pe HU Railroad Company and the Klk Val 80 ley and Midland Railroad Company hare ed incorporated at Charleston. W. Va. Plans are being drawn for new terminal improvements of the Cincinnati Southern * Chattanooga. The new switch yardj will occupy twelve acre * of ground. I"1 It is reported that the Rurlington and the St. Paul will put on fast trains to meet the cut in time made by the KocK Island between Chicago and Omaha. President R 13. Il.irriman of the Southern Pacific has announced that pas senger rates on nil Southern Pacific Hnea Oregon will be reduced from 4 to . ' { cents a mile. What is wud to be the largest locomo tive ever built is being set p in the Santa l'e shops at Topeka. It is a tau- uem compound decapol. weighs 267.000 pounds and has a heating surface of 5.&K ) siquarp feet , ur about 700 square fe t more than the engine next to it in SIR * . The rates on export if rain and Hoar from Chicago to New York o er mil In routrs which are now in effect r on to grain. 13V&C , where tht rate WM f r rly all c. The nt-rt rate on export fl ur i made 15c. instead of iTftc. Tb lke and rail routes make tb * rat * * flour ISo , a reduction tr + m UJ * . WAS CLEVEREST OF CROOKS. 'Uun ry Joe , " Who Died Kecentlyf Had ilany Kiuinent Victims. Bearing a name on his coffin plate on- ler which he would never he recog- lizeil , Joseph Lewis ! , better known as Huugry Joe , " was carried to the grave ecenlly in New York. The story is told jow after suffering from B right's dis- ase for four weeks the confidence man I lied in an apartment house iu New Fork. Known variously under the names f Joseph Lewis , George H. Post. Seorge Howard , Francis Alvauey and > thers. the name under which "Hungry foe" was baptized he kept carefully guarded , and even his intimates never 'mew his family name. For a quarter of a century "Hungry foe" was one of the most conspicuous figures it ) criminal life. lie was known wherever the English language was spoken , but could take care of himself In the French or German capitals as easily. lie was n man of wonderful polish , easily made friends of his vic tims and apparently succeeded for many years in duping even the police. Nothing has ever been learned of ' 'Hungry Joe's" birthplace or early life but it was back in the 'OOs that he tirst began to make himself conspicuous in criminal life in New York. Hih schemes to get money were adroit and well exe cuted and few whom be marked as vic tims ever escaped. Probably "Hungry Joe's" most notn lIe victim was Gen. John A. Logan. The old soldier was staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel , when a sleek and olly-tougued young stranger ingrati ated himself into his favor. He was learnedly discussing questions of inter national importance when the hotel detective stepped up and warned the general that he was talking to the most remarkable confidence operator in the world , "Hungry Joe. " Gen. Logan was visibly annoyed t the Interruption , and in his brusquu mariner told the detective to attend to tils own business , as the man with whom he was conversing was the son of one of his oldest friends. A few ofmi minutes later "Hungry Joe" cashed ( Jen. Logan's order on the cashier of tlu hotel for $300 ami walked away smiling. S"j The late Judge Xoah Davis , who tried Boss Tweed , was also one of the early victims , and Charles Francis Adann fel into tiis net. Another conspicuous victim was Oscar Wilde. Oscar paitl foi his acquaintance with "Hungry Joe" < the sum of $1,000 in cash and S1..100 in notes. Later he went to Capr. ; Williams and told his tale of woe. and said that while he probably could not regain his money he would like to get the notes. Williams sent for "Joe" and told him he would have Co give up. and with good grace the confidence man did BO. "Thai is the tii t swell who has ever squealed on me. " said Joe. The downfall of "Hungry Joe"oc curred in 18S. > . says : St. Louis Post- Dispatch special. He was arrested charged with snatching a roll of bills j from the hands of a victim. "Joe" was convicted and sentenced to four years Iii State prison. When he was leased he went to Balitmore , hut his luck had turned and he was soon ar rested and sentenced to the Maryland State penitentiary , where he remained until 1&98. Upon his release he returned lo thH city and had since been living .iiiietly > In a west side apartment house. His last public appeanui was in a senin sational raid on a house in Soubrette row district , when he slid down the dumb-waiter shaft for four stories to , escape the police. ' Awful Story oi'Hjtzing ; at Vale. The details of a horrible case of ha/- nig which occurred in 1S02 at Yale have just leaked out through a story told : it j I the alumni dinner in New York b.v [ i 1 Frank Hiukey. the famous left end of Kli's football team of I hat year. Mr. 1 Hiukey told Low s-ome sophomores noticed that two country boys hnd befo 1 gun their housekeeping in n room ou the ground tloor of one of the college i hails , with a miserable apology foi' a bed. no carpet , no table and only two chairs as the sum total of their outfit. They proposed to board themselves , but had only a few dollars for their ; j j food during their torra. They expected ' hazing and were not disappointed. ( J One night the trembling youths were summoned by a sophomore , who was \ j j j not over courteous , to ao to a room up- . stairs. They obeyed. pale with fear. i They were detained about au hour , bin 11 j t . the circle of stu- ! were < only quir.sed by stuj j dents in the room. Kiitering their own i. apartment , they were dazzled by a new ' j i cariKt , a tasteful bedstead , fully equipcl ped. a study table , easy chair * . : i handn some drop lamp , a bookr.iKe partly fill- with books , a stove , pictures on thej j walls , rugs. etc. . while in a closet were ' g enough provisions to last a week. It ] is hoped that the faculty will look \i\io thee ! s piling details. A Trust There , Too. "But. " we suy lo the intrepid polar [ 31 explorer , "do you iiol fear that you will become depressed for lack of home tie * and home custom * while in the frozen north V" "Oh. I don't know. " he carelessly re sponds. "Why. it is very homelike up there. Fresh meat is quoted at $5 pound. " Baltimore American. < Contiguity. The pickpocket keeps iu close touch ] with the public. New York Sun. When the children are sound a leey bed at Bight IK a man's first dram * * get his wife's undivided attention dor. When you abuse any one , and your listener nays nothing : when you gel through , how flat you fe L ' MOURN FOR PRESIDENT BUENEAMINO CARRIES GREETING TO MRSMCKINLEY - Canton , O. , June 25. Mrs. Me Kinley received from Felipe Buen- cainino , a former member of Agui- naldo's cabinet and now a leader of the federal party in the Philippines , the greetings and memorial of that party which he was commissioned to personally carry U her. The Filli- pino was much affected by bis meet ing with Mrs. McKinley and tears streamed down his cheeks as he ad dressed her. The adaress contained reference to the distress which the federal party of the Philippine islands felt at tho assassination of President McKin ley. It stated that he was the pro tector of the Filipinos and that the federal party was honored in being allowed to tell rhe widow of the de ceased president of its esteems for him. him.Mrs. Mrs. McKinley was assured of the love of 6,000,000 Filipino Christians. At the cemetery the visitors were admitted to the vault in wbich rest the remains of the late president and General Buencamino as he si lently looked upon the casket wept igain. Attack Made By Bolomen. Manila , June 25. Seven soldiers of the Twenty-seventh infantry , forming an advan-e guard which was escorting a wagon train half a mile from Camp Vicars , island of Mindanao , were attacked by ten bolomeu. One soldier had au arm , , badly cut and was seriously wounded in the head. The Moros captured a rifle and es- caped uninjured. The Badinglam Moros from Banalod , who went on the war path for the express purpose of killing negligent Americans. " The First and Second separate brigades have been consolidated. The Moros have held a big con ference at Balcocoa. The Sultan urged a policy of friendship with the Americans , but two of the dat- tos slid they would die first. Others declared that if the dattos caused war they would not assist Three towns in the western part of tbeir island are clec-hued to be un- friendly. Colonel Haklwn hopes to win them over to peace , Twenty-five Struck Dead. Madrid , J imp 25. While a funeral was being held in a church at Pinerio , in the province of Greuse , today , the building was struck by lightning and as a result twenty-rive people were tilled and thirty-five were injured. Sent to Medical College. FairDury , Neb , June 2 = 3. The body pi the unknown tramp who was killed in the Rock Ibland wrecksouth of here last Friday was shipped today to the Omaha medical college for dissecting purposes. , It will , however , be held . there four days for identification in accordance with law. The man was five feet five inches tall , brown hair and eyes , sandy moustache , blind in right eye , tafcto inside left arm , an- chor , cross and heart , and a very large scar on left forearm caused by a burn. He had numerous other scars on his body < which indicated that they had been , caused by knife wounds. The body had absolutely nothing .upon it by which to identify it. E. 0 , Miller Rearrested. Chicago. 111. . June 2 : . . E. O. Mil , president , and Henry Clark Da- . Vis. geneial manager of the St. Luke's society were held responsi- ble by the coroner'b jury for the fire at the St. Luke's sanitarium which destroyed eleven lives. The other four employees arrested after the tire were rearrested a few minutes after the ! verdict of the jury was read. Against the hospital otrk-ials it is a charged that no effort was made to rescue the patients who % vere helpless jr locked moms , with barred win- dows. ana some nf whom were a strapped { and bound , while others were delirious , under treatment. Against President Mi'ler ' it is fur o ther charged that he has violated the medical practice act of the state laud that he employed incompetent attendant * and nurses. Attorneys will endeavor tomorrow to have him released by habeas corpus proceed- ings. Hatpin for Her Weapon- Norfolk , IN'eb. , June 25 While on her way toward home from the south part "of town between 9 and 0 o'clock , Miss llattie Marquardt was followed by two men. one of whom passed and stopped fcer while the other grasped her from behind , demanding her money. She fought them with a hat pin , breaking it , as reported , in the hand of one ol them. They took fright and left her. She thought the men stranger * to ber STIRRED BY CRIME KILLING OF ELMER THAYER PRO' NOUNCED A CRIME- RANCH QUARREL THE CAUSE THE KUOOTINO HAS WKKATL.T feTIJCKKDTJlK CODNTIIV. MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY Dead Mnn ami Hi Mnyt-r Suppnaetl U > l'arj < an of Rival Claimant * . North Platte , Neb. , June 2S The particulars of the shooting of Elmer Thnyer by James Robinson on the Valley Laud and Cattle company ranch in McPherson county last Fri day has finally reached this city. This ranch is located about seventy- five miles northwest of here in the sand hills , antf is the one that has been owned by Captain Hershell for the past nfteen years. The prin cipal stockholders of the cattle com pany are Captain Hershell and IJ. B. Read , and these two have been in litigation over the ranch for the past rive yea's. The litigation has been such that Hershell and Kead became very bitter towards each other. Her- shall has been in possession of the ranch until about the first of June , when the charter of the corporation expired and Judge McPherson of the United States circwit court appointed Charles A. A lieu of Omaha tempor ary receiver of the comoany , upon the application of Mr. Read , Allen proceeded tn the ran h in company with Read , took pcssession and placed j James Robinson , a paroled convict and JHI alleged enenmy nf Hershell and other employes of Her shell on the ranch in possession as manager. Elmer Tbayer had been an em . ploye for the past five years and the company was owing him considerable money , which Read , it is charged , refused to pay Anyhow Tbayer was discharged and he and Robinson bad some words over the matter. Last Friday afternoon Robinson noticed Thayer coming up the road through the meadow of the ranch , on foot , and he at once mounted his saddle horse and rode towards him. Thayer was walking along whittling a stick , and Robinson says he threatened him with the Knife. Kobinson drew his revolver and shot twice , only one bullet takine efleet , wbich passed blm nearly through Thayer's body. Rob inson rode back to the ranch house and told Mrs. TIershelll and others that Thayer came at him with a knife and he had to kill him. Three person saw the shooting and they declare it was a cold-blooded mur der. Captain Hershall was in the ranch house at the time and it is asserted by Ilobinson's enemies that he intended to shoot the captain. The sheriff was notified , but the penitentiary officials scut out and took Robinson to Lincoln and he is now back in the penitentiary. Robinson is charged with three killings in this country. For the shooting of his wife at Hyannis he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiar ) , but was paroled. He will be prosecuted in McPherson county when his time expires at the penitentiary. The shooting of Thayer. who was well Km wn. and had many friends , has greatly stJtred the country. Murdered For His Money , Wood Pviver , Neb. . June 28. "Fur ther particulars icreived here today from Fort Hall. Idaho , state that John S. iJonaldsori of this city had been shot from ambush by persons unknown. whf se motive was uri- doubtedly robbery. Charles M. Fritz of Pocatello , who was prospecting with Donaldson , was found late Tuesday afternoon on Pocatello creek , about eight miles from Poca tello. He had been shot twice with rifle , once through the nead and again through tho body. On Wed nesday morning the body of Donald son was lound within a quarter of mile of Fritz He had also been shot with a rifle , the bullet entering below the collar bone and coming ut through the backbone. From the evidence at the coroner's inquest it was shown that both men j had been shut Tuesday morning , but ! by whom the coroner's jury was un able to say. but it is believed that the deed was committed for robber j. Pay For violating Came Law. Columbus. Neb. , June 28 George Pi. Simpkins. chief deputy game warden , and George Carter another deputy , prosecuted Chris Meedel and Julius P.udat. old settlers in Butler township yesteruay lor viola- lion of the game laws in seining and offering fish for sale. Mee- dnl pleaded guilty to catching five with a net and was fined 127.50 Rudat pleaded guilty catching one sixty-pounder. ' NEBRASKA MOTES. The town of Havelock has bee * I existence eleven jeara and now suioons for the first time. Five hundred students are expeet- to attend the summer session * the state univeristy of Lincoln. fatal. A few days ago the yoonf- fion of Mr. Dawes was caught ID Bauie manner and seriously injured ; The Beatrice Chatauqua ground * iveie thrown into great excitement by the epxlosinn of a gasoline S DM' in the restaurant tent. The t B * was destroyed , causing a loss of per * haps $200. Pine and cedar trees from ten Black Hills country will be system atically planted on the two forest reservations of 200,000 acresf * northern Nebraska. A mastodon tooth weighing- pounds , in a tine state of preserva tion was recently unearthed near Humboldt at a depth of 21 feet tojr some well diggers. The Tecurnseh Chautaqua will held in Cook's park July J2 to 20 , in clusive. Manager Dundas annonces * long list of talent and it is the meeting will be a success. Twenty free mail routes will be es tablished in Cass county about Ang- ust 1st. It will be the second county ! in the United States in which every farmer will be fliven a daily mall. William T. Richardson , a carpen ter , died at Weeping Water of apo- olexy , ten minutes after being stride- en. Richardson had been working near Louisville and came home for & few days to visit bis wife and child. Al Beard , charged with the killing , of J. J. Gillilan , was discharged ak his preliminary hearing be fore Justice Gieen of Lincoln , the state resting without making a : ase that would justify his being"held to a higher court. The body of Djivid Kumicutt , an old farmer living about four miles southeast of Arlington , was found hanging by the neck. It is thought that Kiimicutt had a fainting spell and in falling his cravat caught m a. hook on the granary door. A wreck occured two miles south of Niobrara on construction train of extension of Elkhorn. ditching thre stork cars. Some one had placed tie plates on the track and spiked them and but for the slow running about forty laborers would rr-ive been in jured. J. V. A. Black , recently candidate for the republican nomination for governor , has started another Dank in western Nebraska. The new con cern which is to be called the Stocfc- ville State bank of Frontier county- will have an authorized capital stoet of Sfi.OOO. Burglars entered the home of If jr. Warren at Nebraska City and stole jewelry worth $100. The police. have so far gained no clue to the robbers except that there have been several suspicious looking negroes about the town for several days who can not be lucated. Youthful Pat , Crows at Neilgh. Sam Fields and Burt Dillon of Oak- dale. aged M and 17 years respec tively , are under arrest , charged" with sending a threatening letter to C. II. Torpen. The boys demanded that Mr. Torpen place $50 in an old tree 01 his child would be abducted. Torpen put a dummy package in the place named and the boys were gathered in. Miss Hattie Marquardt , at while collecting was held up by two men within a block of Main street. Miss Marqiiardt made a plucky tight with a hatpin and her teeth and compelled the men to release her , | though one of them cut off her hair before he departed. After knocking her down the men escaped before the police arrived. The highwaymen secured no booty. Notwithstanding the recent heavj rains , a number of wells in Gage county are going dry. In Midland township a well on the Sallenbarger , farm and anjther on the Ramsey- place have dried up completely. Both wells were deep ones and had . furnished abundant supply of water for years. There is much speculation as to the cause of this phenomenon , but no satisfactory solution has yefc been offered. The remains of the unidentified roan who was killed in the railroad wreck near Fairbury were sent to- the Omaha Medical institute. No- papers were found on bis person. He was about 35 years o' age. five feet and five inches tall , brown hair and mustache , blind in right eye , and had an anchor , heart and cross ta- toed on his left arm. His left elbow bad * a large scar , caused by a burn , and several soars , evidently knife wounds , were on bis back and
