Science
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Eucalyptus and other trees of th
Australian deserts store up water
which the natives obtain by cutting uj
the roots and standing the pieces 01
end.
Pure barium , as lately obtained b :
M. Guntz in the electric furnace , ii
silver-white when freshly cut , almos
as soft as lead , fuses at a low , re <
ueat and volatilizes rapidly at a brigh
red. It oxidizes rapidly in the air , of
ten taking fire.
An English marine engineer has pat
ented a device for steering twin screv
steamships. The tiller controls thi
steam supply of the propellers , thu :
diminishing the speed of one or thi
other propellers according to the de
gree in which the tiller is moved.
Darwin laid great stress on the "sur
vival of the fittest" in the struggle o :
living forms for a place on earth
Prince Kropotkin , In a new work
shows that "mutual aid , " a kind of co
operation in nature , has been , like com
petition , a leading factor in evolution
A radical departure in typewriter key
board construction is shown in a pa
lent granted to Juan VIdal , a Cuban
The board conforms to the anatomy
of the hanxl. and permits the phalan i
of the fingers as well as the tips tt
be used. Increased capacity and speec
are claimed for it.
The high-frequency electric current !
of D'Arsonval are applied by tw (
German dentists instead of ordinary
anaesthetics. Application of the cur
rent to the port is made through i
moulding , which is covered inside witl
metallic powder and a layer of tinfoil
with an additional layer of asbestos t <
absorb heat. Out of fifteen cases ol
extraction of teeth with one root , thir
teen operations were completely pain
less. The patient remains in a wakinj
condition , and the usual risks and an
noyances are avoided.
Four years ago the Belgian govern
meut offered a prize of 50,000 francs
for the invention of a paste for matches
aot containing white sulphur. Recently
the judges reported that , after careful
experiment and analysis , none of tin
products submitted fulfilled the re
quired conditions. They were eithei
defective in inflammability or they Ig
nited with friction on all surfaces , 01
they gave off inflammable substances
of a poisonous nature. So the prize still
remains unrewarded.
Geologists who have visited Martin
ique since the terrible eruption of Moul
Pelee , by which the city of St ,
Pierre was destroyed on May 8th , re
* ' V- * port that some of the phenomena con
nected with this volcanic outburst pre
sent facts that are new to science. A
"tornadic blast , " consisting of scorch
ing gases and dry , superheated steam ,
driven with resistless force across the
Island , is thought by some to have been
chiefly responsible for the sudden and
awful loss of life. These fearful blasts
were repeated after the catastrophe ,
and on May 20th they are said to have
attained an intensity exceeding that
at first manifested ; but this time they
blew only over the dead. The electric
phenomena connected with the erup
tion was also of an extraordinary char ,
ticter.
Hit in the Solar Plexus.
The cougar does not leap upon its
6ig game nor drop upon it out of tree-
tops , but sneaks close or lies in wait
upon the level and goes from cover in
a straight rush like the tiger or the
hunting leopard. It endeavors' to seize
upon the lower throat or shoulder with
its teeth and to twist the quarry's head
against this "purchase" in its powerful
forearms until the neck is broken. Fail-
Ing in this attempt , yet making good its
catch-hold , the cougar will to put it
modernly go in and finish in any old
style. It will usually finish once tooth
and claw are engaged , but sometimes it
fails and even gets the worst of an en
counter.
Felix Michaud , a most reliable free
trapper of the old regime , once told
tne he had watched a lion stalking a
bull elk. It was a Teton mountain
cougar of the big variety. It went from
cover in a headlong rush , but missed
Its neck stroke as the bull lunged ahead ,
catching him at the point of the shoul
der and going under his belly. Both
animals were bowled over in a mix-up
of hair , hoofs , claws and horns. In a
brief struggle , as they rolled over to
gether , the cougar was thrown into the
air as if hoisted by a spring trap by
a convulsive kick from the bull's hind
leg. The maddened elk gained its legs
and chased its enemy off the field. An
unlooked-for punch in the wind had
taken the sand out of pussy.
Opulence.
A hunting party of ladies and gen
tlemen was detained by a storm at the
hut of a Virginia backwoodsman.
Dinner being served , there was an em
barrassing paucity of knives.
The mother , wishing to impress her
aristocratic guests , caJJ'jd in a com
manding tone to her ywung daughter :
"Fetch some more knives , Sairey ; you
know we've got thousands of 'em. "
"Law , no , mam ; they's all tharl
Tear's 'Big Butch , ' and 'Little Butch , '
and 'Razorback , ' and 'Bnnty. ' " Har
per's Magazine.
Bad Frost in Italy.
Heavy snowstorms and a severe frost ,
4 which have killed all their silk worms ,
have ruined hundreds of peasants la
Pleve DI Cadore , northeastern Italy.
Before admiring a girl's hands , be
cause they are soft , and white , ask to
ee ber mother's.
DEATH IH A BRAWl
BANKER NICHOLAS FISH KILLEC
BY BLOW OR FALL.
HAD TROUBLE IN A SAUM
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEr-
STRUCK BY A COMPANION.
DEAD MAN IS IDENTIFIEI
Asxalliint and TwoVoinMI IIuli
i els Victim u JUillluuuire-
ot I ) Uli Hellish IM ! Family.
New York. . Sept. 17. Nichola
Fish , millionaire , descendant of on
of the best known of American fain
ilies , died at the Roosevelt hospita
at 3.25 Tuesday morning , tbe resul
of an injury received in Ehrhard *
saloon , 205 West Thirty-fouith street
Tuesday. Whether he was murderec
or fell the police have not yet deter
mined.
Conflicting stories , such as woulc
naturally follow an event in whicl
criminal responsbility must De placei
are told , but tiiere sems to be n <
doubt that Mr. Fish had a quarre
with a private detective named
Thomas Sharkeey , who joined the
banker at a table where he had beec
for several hours drinking with Mrs.
Libby J. Phillips and Mrs. Nellie
Casey.
Mrs. Libby Phillips , thirty-foui
years old , and Thomas J. Sharkey
Jorty-eight years old , a private de
tective were arrested early today ir
connection with the case.
According to the police Mr. FisL
entered Ehrhard's saloon , 205 Wes
Thirty-fourth street , yesterdday af
ternoon with Mrs Phillips and Mrs
Casey. The police say that Mrs ,
Phlliips knew who Fish was , bu
that neither Mrs. Casey nor Sharkey
( who subsequntly joined the party
were aware of his indentity. Shark
ey , who knew the women , was not
reluctant to join the party when on <
of the women invited him to.
The police say that Fish did mosl
(
of the buying. Fish then discovered
that his money was exhausted , anc
he announced that be would have tc
draw a check , Sharkey , ignorant of
Fish's identity , questioned his abil
ity to make bis check good. Fish , it
is said , took offense at this and an
gry words ensued. Then according
to the police someone slapped Fish's
face. One of the women , clinging tc
Fish's arm , dragged him toward tbe
door of tbe saloon and out to the
sidewalk.
' The police say that Sharkey at
tempted to follow Fish , but was foi
a moment restrained from so doing
so by the other woman. He finally
went out to the. saloon and be and
Fish encountered each other on the
sidewalk. Sbarkey's bat had been
knocked off and he was bareheaded
in the scuffle , by whom commenced
it is not known. Fish fell or was
knocked down , bis bead striking the
flagstone.
Just before the scuffle on the side
walk commenced Mrs. Casey , becom
ing alarmed hurriedly left the party.
After Fish fell , it is said that
Sharkey re-entered the saloon and
then left it and went into a saloon a
few doors awaj and a moment later
left that place and boarded a street
car.
car.He
He was closely followed by Mrs.
Philips , who was carrying his hat
and who also boarded the car. Fish
was lying unconscious on the side
walk and a lot of people gathered
about him and some men carried
him into the hallway of the saloon
and tried to reviye him.
Being unsuccessful , they again
biougbt him to the street , thinking
be might revive there. He was ly
ing on the street when the officer ar
rived and called an ambulance from
Roosevelt hospital. Fish's identity
was not learned until bis clotbing
was searched. As soon as this was
learned be was entered as a private
patient.
Mrs , Phillips , Mrs. Casey and
Sharkey were arraigned Tuesday in
police court and were held to tbe
coroner. The police stated to the
sitting magistrate that tbey were
beld as suspicious characters in con
nection with the death of Nicholas
Fish. Mrs Casey denied all know
ledge of tbe case. Mrs. Philips ,
when questioned about tbe case ,
said : 'You'll find out later. "
Banker Fish , who was fifty-three
rears of age , was tbe descendant of
me of tbe oldest and most distin
guished of American families. His
grandfather , Col. Nicholas Fisb ,
taught with distinction in the battles
) f Harlem Heights , Saratoga and
Forktown , and bis father , Hamilton
Fish , was tbe first secretary of
itate under President Grant.
> AYS FINE AND LEAVES TOWN.
Fremont , Neb. , Sept. 17. Roy
irgersinger plead guilty before Po-
ice Judge Dame to tbe charge of
itealing three sheep from orf tbe
Sklhorn right-of-way and selling
; hcm to a butcher. He was fined $2
ind ordered to leave tbe city. He
iaid the fine and took his depart-
ire forthwith. Tbe railroad compa-
ly did not prosecute Argersinger and
he complaint against him was
worn to by the chief of police.
AGREE TO IGHT TOGETHER.
Hustings Pastors "Will Begin Crtusc
Againnt Sin in Their ( < Uy.
Hastings , Neb. , Sept. 17. The mil
isters or Hastings have stirred up
hornet's nest in the city , which is 1
able to cause serious trouble before tt
end is insight.
When some of the prominent pa ;
tors went slumming last week the
did not dream of the great surprise i
store for them. They had been ii
formed that members ot varioi
churches were guilty of patronizln
certain disreputable places , but the
could not bring themselves to belie\
the statement , and it was not unt
they investigated and fouad membei
of their own churches in various dec
of iniquity that they were convincec
The shock was so great to the clerg
that they are now going after varioi
members of their respective churche
with a sword of fire , and they hav
just decided upon definite plans for
crusade against the gambling house
and gilded palaces in this city.
At a meeting of the clergy held las
nipht each minister agreed to rais
sufficient funds with which to mak
the fight to the bitter end. Thre
thousand circulars will be scatterei
broadcast , giving a graphic descriptio ;
of the exact conditions of things a
seen by the slumming committee , am
through these circulars an appeal wil
be make to the law-abiding citizens t
insist upon the removal of these place
of indecency and degredation. He\
John Power , of the Episcopal church
said today that the ministers hai
agreed to stand by each other and figh
the thing to a finish e-en if they los
every member of their respectivi
churches.
SAH > LADY LOVE PICKED POCKET
Plattsmouth , Neb. , Sept. 17.
young man who gave his name | a
Ernest Jessen , and who said he wai
trying to get back to his farm work ii
Otoe county , was in the city Tuesda :
evening. According to his story h <
has certainly had hard luck during th <
past few days , and is now doubtlesi
much wiser than he was before , f
appears that he bad been read ing mat
rimonial paper , and in this way se
cured the address of a "pretty young
lady , with blue eyes and a fair com
plexion , " whose name was Gracie
Goldenberg , and whose home is ii
Omaha. They corresponded for some
time , and finally Ernest became im
been with an irresistable desire to see
the girl. A few days ago he wrote hei
that he was coming , after which he
gathered together all the money he
bad saved up about $125 and board
2d a train for Omaha. He had nc
trouble in locating the woman wher
be got there , and while they were en
joying a walk along the streets she
isked him to wait a few moments
while she went into a drug store to dc
> ome shopping. He waited a lew mo
ments and then a few moments more ,
ind when an hour had passed he was
Jtill waiting , hut he saw her no more ,
A.bout that time he discovered that
ais pocketbook was also missing , and
ie baiely had money enough left tc
3uy him a meal and a ticket to Platts-
nouth. He said he had not reported
ihe matter to the officers , as he did
lot care to have his folksin Otoe
Bounty learn how he had been 'worked.1
The experience was an expensive one ,
he will doubtless profit by it.
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Kalama , Wash. , Sept. 17. Reports
'rom the striken districts of Lewis
: ounty continue to grow worse. The
iharred bodies of thirty-eight peo-
jle have already been found , and it
s believed there will be more to fol-
ow. Many settlers and an unknown
lumber of campers from outside
joints are missing. The burned dis-
irict was settled by perhaps 500 peo
) le.
Vancouver , Wash. , September 17.
The list of fatalities in Clark and
Jowhtz counties as a result of the
: errific forest fires continues to in-
: rease rapidly. Sixteen deaths are
eported and people living in the vi-
ilnity of the burned district insist
bat the list may reach fifty. It is
loped , however , that those fears are
xaggerated.
Butte , Mon. , Sept 17. A special
rom Kalisipel to the Miner sajs :
i'orest fires are raging on the north
ork of the Flathead river , on tbe
i'latbead reservation. Ranchers for
wo days have been fighting the
ames , which are now beyond con-
rol. Tbey have sent for help , and
icn will immediately go to the
cene.
SENDS MRS. HcKlNLEY CHECK
Washington , Sept. 17. A treasury
warrant for $39,809 was rorwarded
oday to Mrs. Ida S. McKinley , wid-
w of the late president for salary
rhicb would have been due him on
uly l , 1902 , the appropriation for
rhich was made at the last session
> f congress.
MURDERER NOT BAD LOOKING
Tbe photograph of Gotlieb Neigen-
2ind. the Pierce county murderer ,
as been received by the police with
fficial information of the murder
nd notification from the Pieice
aunty authorities that a reward
rill be paid for bis capture. Nei-
enfeind takes a rather good picture.
) he pboto sbows a wild look in bis
yes but otherwise he might be des-
ribed from tbe likeness as a good
> oking German.
AT LAST CAPTUREI
NIEGENFIND SHOT DOWN AND I :
SAFELY IN CUSTODY.
WINSIDE MEN DO THE AC1
MURDERER WOUNDED , BUT PROB
ABLY NOT FATALLY.
TRIES TO KILL PURSUERS
First to Opiii Fire , But His Captors Uii
injured. Xewit of Capture Cause of JSx
citement at Pierce.
Pierce , Xeb. , Sept. 18. Gottliel
Niegenfind , the murderer of Alber
Breyer and his divorced wife , former
ly Mrs. Anna Peters , has been cap
tured and is now in the hands of thi
city marshall at Winside. He wa :
shot down and badly wounded , bu
may recover ,
County Commissioner Cullen o
Wayne county and an implimen
dealer at Winside were driving tow
ird that town this afternoon. Whil <
they were passing a cornfield abou
five miles west of Winside , Niegen
find suddenly appeared in the rond
way. It will be remembered that ii
a former dispatch it was stated tha
last Friday , the day after the killing
of Breyer and his daughter , Niegen
find rode four or five miles with ai
impliment dealer from Winside witl
whom he was acquainted.
The impliment dealer was Cullen
who at that time would have beei
glad to have reported about Giegen
find , but he had not heard the new :
of the terrible murder. Mr. Cullei
was rather surprised today to se <
Neigenfind step into the road , hi
supposed him to be far away. Evi
denbly , on their former ride togeth
er , Neigenfind was in search o :
wrk , for he told Cullen today tnal
he did not have to go to Stanton
for work as he already had wort
here.
Cullen did not say much , but rode
on until he met a liveryman anc
two young men from Winston whc
were out for a ride. Cullen tolc
them that he had just had a tall
with Neigenfind a short distance
back. These men did not have fire
arms of any kind with them , so thej
went to a farm house near by and
borrowed two shotguns. They thet
went to the place described by Cul
len and finding that they had Nei-
genfind surrounded , they ordered bine
to throw up bis hands. Niegenflnc
replied :
"I will never go back to Pierce , > ;
and after cursing them he fired sis
shots from his revolver in rapid sue
cession at the men. but fortunately
none of them took effect.
The men fired in return and Nei
genfind fell to the ground onto his
face with the revolver under him.
The captors took the wounded mac
to Winside.
The doctors who have examined
him say he is wounded in the right
arm and his face is badly peppered
with shot. They say his wounds are
not dangerous and that his pulse is
regular. It is reported that Neigen
find is unconscious or feigning un
consciousness.
County Attorney August Schwich-
tenburg. on behalf of the county
3ommissioners , bas ordered the mar
shal to bring Neigenu'nd over to
Pierce as soon as he is aole to travel.
Pierce people are gathering in
crowds on the streets this evening
ind the capture is all that it talked
ibout. Much satisfaction is express-
id over the capture of the murderer.
When rural free delivery was fmt
inaugurated in Kansas there were
> ome wise guys here and there who
-efused to put up boxes alleging
: hat it was some nefarious scheme
should be carefully avoided ,
any or these wise guys still hold-
ng out ?
Among the other briliant breaks
nade in tbe Kansas portion of the
lew geography which is to be used
lor the next five years it is stated
ihat the old Court of Visitation is
itill in existence ; and in reporting
he butter output of tbe state the-
igures of 1895 are given. It is be-
ieved by a little rustling the pub-
isbers of the book could have se-
: ured figures concrening this indus-
ry less than seven years old.
Following are the mortgages filed
tnd released in Gage coun y , for the
nonth of August , 1902 : Number of
arm mortgages filed , 12 ; amount ,
23,950 ; number of farm mortgages
eleased , 25 ; amount , $28,752 ; city and
own mortgages filed , 18 ; amount ,
13,242 ; city and town mortgages re-
eased , 27 , amount , 930,442.
IURAL. ROUTE IN SALINE COUNTY
DE WITT , Neb. SeptlS-Tbree
ural routes from this place are being
nspected by Captain Clark special
gent , with good prospects of being
stablished. One will go north-east
ne will go south-east and one north
west , tbey are expected to raise the
) e Witt postoffice to third class.
Thirteen applicants will be given
he civil service examination tomorrow
darning at 8 o'clock. Captain Clark
p ears especially fitted for the work
s he is making rapid progress in this
ection. _ _
IN FEAR OF A MOB.
Murderer NeiRenilnd fluMtlotl Away 1'roi
\\iiinide.
Winside , Neb. , Sept. 19. Fearin
a visit by a mob to lynch Gottliel
Neigenfind , the murderer of Alber
Breyer and Mrs. Peters , Sheriff G
M , Jones and Deputy Arthur Oelki
of Pierce county today hurried "Nie
genfind suffering from his wounds
away from Winside. At ] o'clock th
sheriff received a report that a mo
had already started on horsebac !
from Pierce and he hustled the pris
orier on a cot and boarded the 1:40
south-bound train with him. 2sTo on
knows where the ollicers went witl
the prisoner , but it is surmised th <
murderer was taken either to Wayn
or to the state penitentiary Inves
tigation at P erce later showed tba
the report that the mob had beei
formed jvas groundless , but it i ;
true some men on the street corner
of Pierce have been talking of lynch
ing Niegenfind
They remember that Bash , thi
murderer of his wife and four chil
den at Wayne a few years ago es
caped being punished by being senl
to an asylum and later freed and this
has resulted in distrust of the law.
All the shot and blullets in Niegen
find's body have been removed ex
cept one in the pelvius. which maj
prove dangerous.
Pierce , Neb. , Sept. 19. Count )
Attorneey Barnhar and the Pierce
crowd returned from Winside lasl
night and this afternoon. It i <
learned that Niegnfind was taken to
Blair this afternoon to avoid anj
danger of being lynched by Breyer's
neighbors. Judge Boyd has senl
word from JSeligh that he will be
here on September 29 to try the cast
and that the jury will also be sum
moned.
Niegenfind was wounded in both
arms and the right thigh by bullets
from a No. 22 rifle. One bullet made
a scalp wound. There are gunshot
wounds on the face , neck and breast.
The doctors do no think them seri
ous. He was put on a stretcher and
taken to Blair this afternoon. The
people of Pierce are quiet , and seem
willing that the law shall take its
course.
THIS HOB WAS GENUINE.
Marshfield , Ore. , Sept. 19. Alonzo
Tucker , colored , who assaulted Mrs.
Dennis , near Libby Wednesday , was
lynched today. A body of coal min
ers , heavily armed , marched intn
town last evening. The marshal at
tempted to take Tncker from the
jail just as the miners entered.
The negro managed to give his cus
todian the slip and jumped under the
wharf into the mud flats , and eluded
both officers and mob until today.
This afternoon two boys located
Tucker under a s'dewalk ' and drove
him out. As he emerged arifli ball
struck him in the leg and he also
received several body wounds. The
miners decided to take him to the
scene of the crime. A start was
made , but the negro died from his
wounds and the mob hanged him to
a beam on the south Marsh fied
bridge. There was not a masked
man in the crowd and everything
was done in broad daylight.
CAPTURE ESCAPED CONVICT ,
Sioux Falls. S. D. , Sept. 19.-
Frank Ford , under arrest at Indi
anapolis , has been identified as Will
iam Dockery , alias John Thonias ,
who , with four other desperate crim
inals , escaped from the Sioux Falls
penitentiary April 19 , 1900.
Dockery was a member of the fa
mous Dockery gang at Minneapolis.
A.t the time of the escape he was
serving a terra of five years for the
robbery of a North Dakota postoffice.
He will be brought bac * to Sioux
Falls. All but one of the escaped
prisoners have now been recaptured.
Indianapolis , Ind. , Sept. 19.
fVilliam Dockery alias Frank Ford ,
She escaped convict captured by the
[ ndianapolis detectives was taken
back to the Tennesse state prison at
Nashville today. H. H. Hartford ,
} he warden , came after Dockery and
paid a reward of fifty dollars. The
lutborities at Sioux Falls , S. D. ,
who also want Dockery , wired that
ihey would pay fifty dollars and
jend for the prisoner , and Hartford
mmediately raised his bid from $25.
Dockery has seven months more to
; erve in Tennesse and at the expira-
iion of his sentence he will be
mrned over to the South Dakota or
Minnesota authorities , as be is an
iscaped convict from the penitent *
aries of both states.
In the Isle of Man roads are kept
ip by a small tax on every hoof and
ivery wheel , and a sum equal to one
lay's labor yearly from all the in
habitants.
YOUNG WOnAN KILLS AUNT.
Roanoke , Va. , Sept. 19. Mabel
Jarrol , aged fifteen , shot and in-
itantly killed her aunt , Mrs. Wil-
iam Emerick , in the Emerick home
iere. Wednesday night. Mrs. Emer-
ck was standing at a bnreau dress *
ng when tbe girl snapped a revol-
rer , which she claims she did not
[ now was loaded. The ball entered
ihe left temple and Mrs. Emerick
lied instantly. A coroner's jury ex *
merated Miss Carroll of all blame.
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I NEBRASKA f
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j-t-H-M-l - 1 HI I I--H- * * * * * * I I- * ! *
The colored people of Nebraska
City celebrated Emancipation day
last Saturday.
William R. Lord of Nerbaska City
was sentenced to thirty days in jail
for procuring goods under false pre
tenses.
The Bank of Graf , Capital $5,000 ,
the Brunswick bank capital SG.OOO
and the Valley State bank of Bridg-
port have been chartered.
A fierce fire occurred at Exeter ,
the implement house of J. M. Bor
land being entirely consumed. The
estimated loss is $4,000 , with 33,000
insurance.
A new grain elevator will be built
at Portal by G. W. Youngs , of
SpriiigSeld. It will be built so that
both the Union Pacific and the Mis
souri Pacific can use it.
At the close of the farewell sermon
of Rev. G. W. Hummel of the Meth
odist church of Blue Hill his friends
presented him with a purse of $53 ,
a dollar for each year of his life.
While racing from a wedding at
Norfolk , Otto Zulow , a bicyclist , was
struck by a team and rendered un
conscious. He did not recover until
towards evening.
While playing about the school at
Newman Grove the 5-year-old son of
J. Hess was run over by a threshing
outfit and so seriously injured that
he will probably die.
Miss Albica Prohaska , of David
City , aged 20 , tried to commit sui
cide Sunday night by taking poison.
Medical aid saved her life. The
cause is said to have been a disap
pointment in love.
The weeks' carnival of the Elks
was held at Beatrice with a good at-
endance. Oppenheirmer's shows , the
second regiment band and numerous
side showi constituted the amuse
ment features.
A franchise was granted to the
Benedict Telephone company last
week by the city council of David
City. Thp new company has ajarge
list of subcsribers and will materially
reduce the prices charged by the
Bell company. -
The granary on the farm of William
Furneau , near Ainsworth , caught
fire in some manner unknown and
burned to the ground. The loss is
81,000 with 8200 insurance. The
chief loss was 800 bushels of wheat
and rye.
The sheriff at Nebraska City was
notified by the marshal at Palmyra
that burglars had entered the gener
al merchandise stare of Thomas Bell
and the hardware store of D. Wait
and made away with from $50 to S100
worth of goods. From the character
of the'goods taken and tbe manner in
which the job was done it is be
lieved by ihe authorities that it was
the work of boys who had become
excited by cheap literature.
A high wind fanned a blaze which
broke out in Hite's jewlery store at
IVymore and the fire spread rapidy to
D. O. Coe's music establishment and
Madsen & Asher's laundry before it
was finally gotten under control. The
3oe music stock was not damaged
much , but the loss to Kite's store
will reach 8350 , with $500 insurance.
Madsen & Asher will lose $100 , hav
ing no insurance.
The identity of Lon Smith , the in
sane man who arrived in Platts-
Bouth and appeared to be friendless ,
las been discovered. His brother ,
F. E. Smith of Adams , Neb. , has
written that Lon is violently insane
and that he is unable to care for
lim. Lon has'not been at borne
iince he became demented from a
sunstroke and bis brother supposed
ie was in confinement at Clarinda.
3e will be taken to the aslyum at
Lincoln.
It is reported tbafe Mrs. Albert
Secbresfc , aiso known as Mrs. George
lertzler , is hiding in Lincoln. The
voman was recently involved in a
Kansas City divorce case , and it was-
iiscovered that sbe was posing as the
vife of a Kansas City and a Lincoln
nan at tbe same time. Her Kan-
las City husband was killed last June
ind Hertzler now claims her as bis
vife. There is no criminal charge
igalnst tbe woman. She is biding
'rom ' publicity.
A building boom bas been pieva-
ent at West Pointfor tbe past few
nontbs. An implement bouse , a
jowling alley and a livery business
iccupy three new buildings wblcb
lave just been completed and three
slegant dwelling booses are about
Inisbed. A large two-story brick
milding is under construction and
: ontractors Hartline and Derr will
oon start tbe erection of two large
irick business blocks. *
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