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INDIAN ROMANCE
BEGAN FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
AND ENDED WITH HANGING
WALKING SHIELD IS HUNG
KILLED THE MOTHER OF A
CHRISTIAN INDIAN
MADE A HERO BY THE ACT
i JOKED WITH THE MARSHALS ON
A HIS WAY TO T11E GALLOWS
'Sioux Falls , S. D. , Oct. 28. Walk-
' 2ng Shield , a Rosebud Indian , has
been bung for the mjrder of Mrs.
Ghost-Eaced-Bear on the Rosebud
Indian icservation May 8 , 1901. On
'the way to the gallows the Indian
joked with the marshals. The mur-
dered woman was the mother of the
girl with whom Walidng Shield was
enamoured and the Indian killed her
"so she would not be in the way. "
Last night at sundown Walking
Shield sang a weird death song , as is
'the custom of Indians abjut to die.
V Love for a woman whose regard for
him underwent a change because of
the civilizing influence of the white
man's religion led Walking Shield to
oommit the crime for which he paid
the death penalty. Not understand
ing why his his affection was not re
ciprocated. bufc blaming the mother
of Mabel Ghnst-Faced-Bear for stand
ing between him and his heart's de
sire , the savage stole at night to the
cauin of the woman , shot and killed
the mother , seizing the daughter.
rode away to bis camp three miles
distant.
The story of this Indian's love for
the Sioux maiden possesses many ele
ments of a romance. Walking Shield
was a "blanket Indian , " one who
adhered to the belief of his fore
fathers. The great Spirit and the
bappy bunting grounds of tradition
were his God and his Heaven. The
killing of a squaw was , according to
bis reasoning , merely an incident in
the attainment of happiness.
His victim and her daughter were
( Christian Indians. Education at the
Carlisle Indian school was a factoi
in opening the eyes of the girl to the
imperfections of her former lover.
Tbe mother , ignorant , and old and
agly , but possessing the intuition of
the woman , prevented an elopement
of her daughter when the latter was
blinded to the faults of Walking
Shield.
Ten years ago Walking Shield , then
a rugged , handsome youth , daring
and reckless , attracted the attention
of Mable Ghost-Faced-Bear. Mable
returned the affection.
Walking Shield betrayed a love of
adventure which led him to crime.
HP rohbed the store of Sylvan Win
ter , the post trader at Lower Brule
agency. He was caught and thrown
into jail , from which he escaped by
sawing his way out.
The Indian police were aroused
aod opened fire on the prisoner. He
shouted defiance to his enemies , and
running amid a hail 3f flying lead.
reached the Missouri river half a
mile away. Although exhausted by
his exertions , he threw himself into
the stream. The bullets of his pur
suers pattered about his head. He
-swam across the river , and taking to
the bluffs , went south opposite White
river , where he again swam the
stream and rejoined his tribe on the
Rosebud reservation.
His exploit made him a hero among
the young braves. Walking Shield
-defied the police , who feared him.
He was never re-arrested. Fcur years
later be and his brother ran off a
( herd of cattle and were captured and
locked up at Deadwood. The broth-
-er committed suicide by banging and
Walking Shield later escaped , struck
out for the foot hills and was left in
peace.
These transactions in no manner
injured bis social standing among
the Indians or his eligibility as a
husband , but Mrs. Glicst-Faced Bear
objected to her daughter's engage
ment and forbade her assocciatiou
with him. Mabel planned to elope
with her reckless lover. The moth
er locked her daughter in her room
The next day she was taken to the
agency and the stage bore her awaj
to the Carlisle Indian school , wheie
she remained three years.
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When she returned she was a differ
ent girl. She avoided Walking
Shield The influence of the religion
and eoucation of the "pale face' '
had wrought the change.
But of this Walking Shield knew
nothing. In the shade of bis lonely
Has a Bullet in His Head.
Chicago , Oct. 28. The body of
Anderson , said to have been one
of the most widely known steamship
jneu in the country , was found today
on the Washington park golf links
by a policeman. Considerable mys
tery surrounds the case , as there was
a bullet hole in the man's head , but
DO trace of any weapon. Anderson
wa * at one time general agent ofhe
White Star Steamship company and
was at one time connect1 d with ttie
AtlMitic Stansbip
oepee at the Indian camp ne smoked
his pipe and pondered. The memory
of tho opposition of the uiotber ol
the girl accounted for the change ol
heart map Vested by the daughter.
He would remove the obstacle or his
happiness
The night of May 8 , a sky overcast
by black clouds kept the red men of
the camp within their tepees. Walk
ing Shield , at midnight , stole away
on the back of his broncho and was
soon at the lodge of the girl. He
raised his rifle and fired through the
door. A cry came from within and
by a Hash of lightning Walking Sheild
saw Mrs. Ghost-Faced-Bear in the
doorway.
She quickly retreated , closing the
door behind her. Going to the rea1
of the cabin the savage peere
through the window. The next i
stant a flash lit up the interior ,
rifle sounded and the mother of Mable
fell to the floor The next instant
Walking Shield was rousing the girl
in the room adjoining that in which
his victim lay dying.
'Somebv dy shot at me as I passed
the tepee , " he whispered to the
frightened girl. Your mother has
gone to the police. "
What is that noise ? " asked tte girl
as Walking Shield led her through
the darkened room past the body of
her mother.
It is nothing. " the murderer re
plied. Despite the shrieks of the girl ,
he seized her about the waist , swung
her onto the pony's back and rode
away to his tepee.
Walking Shield apparently realized
the seriousness of his crime. He
stalked about the tepee until day
break , when he went into the bluffs
and eluded the police and deputy
marshals on his trail. A week later
he sent word that he would surren
der. He gave himself up at the Ruse-
bud agency and by Deputy Marshal
Petrie was taken to Dead wood , where
Mable testified against him. Her ev
idence convictd him- .
Missing Consul Returns.
Huntington , W. Va. , Oct. 28.
Alonzo Garrett , United States cons 1
at Lando , Mexico , has returned to
the consulate , according to a tele
gram received here , after wandering
with a party of friends in the Sirera
Madr6 mountains for twenty days.
The party was on a bunting trip
and became waterbound. They
were cut off from the outs'de ' world
and fears were entertained for their
safety. Still , except for short food
supplies and a superabundance of
water , their suffering was compara-
tivley slight.
Thrown and Neck Broken.
New York , Oct. 28. Frank E. El-
well of Brooklyn , an international
authority on motorcycling and a fre
quent contributor to the magazines
devoted to this sport , has been kill
ed near Hicksville , L. L , while par
ticipating iu a club race.
The head stem of the machine
broke as he was speeding along at a
fast clip , and he was hurled to the
ground with such forge that hisnentc
was broken. Elwell had traveled
through Europe , Asia and Northern
Africa on the machine that caused
his death.
There were seventy-twG cyclist in
the pa ty. El well was the lasfc man
ic the string. As the i by nedfeO
Hicksville he put on full power in
order to catch up with the others and
while crossing the railroad tracks
his machine suddenly fell apart.
When a physician reached him he
was dead.
British Not Pursued.
London , Oct. 28. A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Simla , India , re
ports that Colonel Swayne and his
forces are continuing their march
from Bohotle toBeibera , Somaliland ,
East Africa , and that they are not
pursued.
Home made bread is responsible for
nany a crusty temper. I
Prisoners when arrested in Morroco
ire required to pay the policeman ;
'or his trouble in taking them to
ail.
ail.It
It is announced that the British
uuseum has purchased the ten-pound
; erolite which fell recently at Crum-
in. County Antrim , Ireland.
Each year about $50,000 is expended
n sprinkling the stieets of London
n'th sand to prevent horses from
lipping.
If great cold turned our atmos-
bere to liquid air it would make a
ea thirty-five feet deep over the sur-
ice of the whole globe.
The longest continuous stairway in
ae world is that which leads to the ' !
awer of the Philadelphia City hall
D comprises 598 steps. i
1 wo Killed in a Wreck.
New Orleans. , Oct. 28. The north
bound train on the Mississippi Valley
road , which left here at 10:15o'clock :
last ni ht , was wrecked south of
Baton Rouge as a result of running
.into a drove of cattle. The entire
train was ditched. Engineer Heory
Kehlman of New Orleans and a negro
tramp were killed. Mornoe H.
Hughes , a negro fireman was fatally
injured. None of the passengers were
hurt , though many had narrow es-
[ capes.
I
JosephV. . Folk is looked upon as the
man of the hour in St. Louis. He has
brought to bay the men who are allejrod
to have robbed the
city by resorting to
bribery , and no\sr he
declares he will land
them in the peniten
tiary. Mr. Folk was
born in Tennessee.
For years he was a
struggling young
lawyer in St. Louis.
Then he was elected
circuit attorny. .
There is nothing
particularly temot-
JOSEPH W. FOLK.
tion. It consists of supervising the prose
cution of all criminal trials in his county.
But Mr. Folk proceeded to make some
thing out of the place by getting aft"r the
boodlers who have infested St. Louis for
i : he last twenty years. At first he was
i laughed at , but now he is feared by those
who jeered at him and is being congrat
ulated by the respectable element in St.
Louis.
To Marquis Ito , both in and out of
Japan , is ascribed the credit for the nego
tiations of the Anglo-Japanese treaty of
mutual
against the aggres
sion of Russia in
the Orient. Though
the marquis in re
signing the premier
ship of Japan seem
ed to retire from
politics , it is evident
that he resigned to
perform an even
greater political mis
sion. He made his
tour of the world ,
v' * " " "
' " - -
member of the
Maine Legislature in 1SS3 , and Speaker
m the following year. He served as At
torney General of Maine from 1889 to
1893.
"Little Hell. " in Chicago , is to have
a church. Rev. Dr. John H. Boyd of
the First Presbyterian Church of Evms-
ton , has told the
members of his
congregation that
the lowly are 100
I much. overlooked
I by the high. He
believes that mis-
1 sion work should
be uudertalcQU il )
. the dark districts
| of tlio city , nts
oOugFegsition thinks
, as he does , for the
ago. His firsr wife
was Caroline
Speare , and the
lady to whom he is
aow reported to be
angaged is Miss
Ellen May of Port-
Siind , Me. The Sen
ator is now 72 years
? ld. Forty-one years
airo he made liis de
but in public life s
passing through this MARQUIS rro.
country and visiting
London and St. Petersburg. The trip
seemed innocent enough , but he was blaz
ing the way for Japan. Before he reach
ed home , the negotiation of the treaty
was announced.
. . ,
Congressman Charles Edgar Little-
field , who will be requested by President
Roosevelt to draft an anti-trust bill for
consideration next
Congress , is the
representative of
the Second District
of Maine and was
elected to fill the
vacancy caused by
the death of Con
gressman Dingley.
Mr. Littlefield is a
native of Lebanon ,
Me. , and is 51 years
old. He was ad
mitted to the bar in
1876 , became a
imni-1I"u : '
preparatory stern
JU'V' Dn'
have been taj n to
J nstltute a new mission in "Little Sell' *
tand to carry on settlement work. Dr.
t
0oyd has been head gf his present church
, or the past seveli years and has made
wonderful strides in his work. He wag
| > oin in Mississippi.
of Mi1. RosewTrter , who is the
fditor nnrf / > 'ubljsher of the Omaha Bee ,
mat. ue y * 01
e or tne great news
paper men of the
country. He has
come' into promi
nence by bolting the
nomination ofon -
gressman D&vid H
Mercer , who has
represented t' h e
1 Omaha district sincS
1892. The sensa
tional action of tho
r\
E. KOSEWATEn editor is interpreted
variously. Some
think he was actuated by party loyalty ,
> thers are of the opinion that the bo'lt
vas adopted as a means of "getting
< ven" with a personal enemy. So much
s certain , however , the action has caused
stir of more than local interest.
Interest in Senator William P. Frye
Maine is revived by the rumor that he
B again to marry , his wifp hiving
about 18 months i
n member of the * > -
iCaine Legislature. He was a presidcn-
ial elector in 18G4 , was first elected to
Congress in 1871 and has represented
laine in the Senate for
twenty-one yea--s.
Mss Ethel Veitel , otherwise known as
'rixie , the girl who met with the acci-
ent in the slide-for-life from thp water
orks tower at Stillwater , O. T.f died 0
: om her injuries. She was 19 years old 0C
C
ad lived at Joplin , Mo. 0d
Fire wiped out the entire business i-or- h
on of Gervais , Ore. , two blocks of frame n
nildings being destroyed. The loss is
50.000. e
New trial granted James Wilcox , Eliz- iiP
> eth City. X. C. , under sentence ro be P
mged for the murder of Nellie Cropuey d
P
SWEEP OLD WORLD
FEARFUL RAVAGES OF CHOLERA
AND THE PLAGUE.
EHDEMIC IN PHILIPPINES
CASES RUN INTO THOUSANDS
AND MOSTLY FATAL.
DEATHS
4,329CASESI,650
Di nppear at One Place to Break Ont It
Another Japan , China and Districts in
Egypt Ueiwg Scourged.
Washington , Oct. 29. The fearful
ravages of plague and cholera in the
old world are set forth in mail ad
vices received by the marine hospital
service.
From Manila Chief Quarantine
Officer Perry makes a conservative
estimate that the cases of cholera
that have actually occurred in the
Philippine islands since March 20
last , aggregate seventy-five thousand ,
with a mortality of 75 per cent. He
says under date of September 19 , that
Ihe disease has practically disappear
ed from those provinces first infect
ed. Those most recently affected are
suffering severely.
Tne province of Iloilo and the ad
jacent island of Nebros are badly in
fected. The situation is alarming.
Some of the towns in these pro
vinces have lost 10 per cent of their
population. The epidemic continues
severe.
In Japan the latest advices show
that there have been 4,329 cases and
1.650 deaths from cholera.
The cholera situation in China has
been summed up. Provinces of Hu
nan and Shansi. the cititj , report as
follows : Nankin , epidemic , forty
thousand deaths : Shouyanghsien , ep
idemic , * .hree thousand csaes per
day Hsinchou , epidemic ; Talyuan
Fu , epidemic ; Hsiaotientze , epi
demic ; Shouyang , epidemic , Shilich ,
epidemic ; Kinkiang , reported ; Nan-
cthangfu , reported ; Sheoyang , report
ed ; Coo Chow , reported ; Tien Tsin.
reported. In Hong Kong since the
beginning of the outbreak there have
been 459 cases and 396 deaths. Not
withstanding this the local author
ities declare the colony free from
plajue infection.
According to a report of the di
rector general of the Egyptian depart
ment of health the cholera epidemic
continues to claim a large number ot
victims. The number of injected
plates increased to 3,557. The num
ber of. cases regjstfpred during tht
wees ended September 15 , amounted
to 9.467 with 8,178 deaths.
Of the 25 520 cases of cholera reg
istered between , t\\y \ \ ] 15 ariri Augys !
15 , 23.684 were fatal During tbc
four days from September 15 to Sep
tember 19 , there * ere registered 4- ,
048 case , § arid 3.761 deaths. In Sue/ ,
between September 15 and September
19. twenty-nine fresh cases were reg
istered. In Damiettii the daily num
ber of cases recorded is said to be
thirty , Karna.k and Luxor are also
infected with the disease.
In Alexandria during the week
etiditig September 15 , sixty-four
cases of dholerd occurred amnni ?
Europeans , with forty-one deaths
During the following five1 days thirty
live cases and twenty five deaths were
recorded.
Bill Posters Haves Riot.
Chicago , Oct. 29. In a riot canseri
by the American Posting service3.-
atterript to post bills on a board ai
Morgan and West Monroe streets. b\
the use of non-union labor , seven
men weie severely Injured. Service
) n the Morgan street ca * line wa
suspended and"a riot call tfas sent ir.
\ large crowd gathered at the con er
md many of them assisted the unioi ,
nen in stopping the work. Whei.
he police arrived the non-union men
lad deserted their wagons and es
caped from the showers of stnn'es"
> ncks and other missels. Tbecrovfa
llspersed upon the appearance of tue
lolioe , and nD arrests were made.
A bill of injunction was issued b >
udge Chytraus today on oehalf ol
he American posting servicr
gainst the bill posters' and bilhrs'
nion , No. 1 , restraining the uniou
rom maintaining pickets in front or
a the vicinity of the plant of the
.merican posting service. It als
istricts the union from interferi.g
ith men who are working on tin.
, ards of the company posting bills.
Willing to Go Half Way.
Chicago , Oct. 29 Representatives
r the various raihoads centering in
bicago met today and took up the
jrnands tiled with them on Saturday
' the brotherhood of railway train-
en These demands are for tir.e men
aployed in the yards , and are for an
crease in wages averaging about 10 h
r cent It was understood that tht
mands are willing to agree to a 1C
r cent increase.
CIAL
"Settlement of the coa
strike removes the only se
rious handicap to industria
progress. Five months of restricted fue
production had begun to check the wheels
nt many manufacturing centers , while
there was a perceptible diminution if
consumptive demands , as the purchasing
power of the wage-earners steadily de
creased. Savings have been exhausted
and much money has gone out of tlu
country because of this struggle , but tlu
nation's remarkably strong position as
stires a speedy restoration of prosperous
conditions. " The foregoing is from tho
Weekly Trade Review of R. G. Dun &
Co. It continues :
Transportation is now the worst fea
ture , and threatens to continue disturb
ing. While the grain crops are beiup
moved the supply of rolling stock and
motive power will prove insufficient , al
though every effort is made at the shops ,
liberal premiums being offered for earl >
delivery. That the railways are well oc
cupied is evidenced by earnings for the
flrst week of October 3.5 per cent larger
than last year and 30.9 per cent above
1900.
Inadequate supplies ofi fuel caused fur
ther banking of furnaces , but the effect
of a decreased output of domestic pig iron
has been partly neutralized by larger ar
rivals from abroad. Practically no price
can be named for immediate delivery ol
home iron , and there is no disposition to
make concessions for distant contracts ,
owing to the abnormal coke situation.
Fortunately there has been little inter
ruption at finishing mills , and the output
of rails , structural material and kindred
lines is well maintained. Consumers not
only find difficulty in securing steel from
the mills but encounter a further delaj
on the railways , which are unable to han
dle freight promptly. Orders come for
ward freely for the heavier lines , numcr-
DUS contracts being offered for steel rails
for next year's delivery , and the plans for
buildings and bridges keep a lot of busi
ness in sight in beams , channels and anj
jles. Plates for shipyards are also sought
freely , prices tending upward on tank
steel. Higher freight rates have check
ed imports of finished steel.
The railroads continue
piling up earnings anjj not
withstanding the great de
clines naturally to be expected in the re
ports of the anthracite coal roads , thf
forty-three leading lines show an aggre
gate increase for the first week in October
of 6.18 per cent over the corresponding
week last year. The Great Western re
mains nn uncertain factor in the westerr
rate situation. The Milwaukee is be
lieved to be contemplating an exteosior
to the coast , although the latest r.epor
says traffic arrangements havebeen per
fected with the Union Pacific and that
the Milwaukee will not b.ujld , at least
not at present. There is some grumbling
on the part of raihvay employes in the
West , but nothing has occurred to war
rant any uneasiness or apprehension oi
any trouble-
Cooler weather has helped Detail trade
Mo er tfe advances are noted in rnunj
Commodities , while iron and steel arc ma
terially higher. With coal obtainable
many furnaces that have been cripplefl
for a month or" luore nre ejj ectfiiJ t < j
resume operations on the former large
scale. The Northwest is making snb-
anti l gains in the general volume ol
business. The Northwest fcxids tho
trv. Lost w } { m&aenpolfe broke
previous record with a production of 443-
830 barrels of flour. The flour demand is
good , with inquiry coming from ever $
quarter and the prospect favorable for
heavy grinding by the Northwestern mills
to the turn of the year. Graiu receinfci
five increasing somewhat. Jobbing and
manufacturing lines are doing a satisfac
tory business. The banks report the
financial tone very favorable.
The wheat market has been continu
ously strong , partly in sympathy with
the strength UJ C rn. There is little
wheat in Minneapolis and not moire than
enough coming to supply the mills , while
millers selling flour freely have been bid-
lers every day for wheat to arrive.
.Chicago--Cattle , common to prime ,
$4 00 to $7.50 { hogs shipping grades ,
JJ4.23 to $7.15 ; sheep , fair o choice , ? 2.00
to $3.50" } wheat , No. 2 red , 70c to 71cs
gorn , No. 2y 55c to 5Gc ; oats , No. 2 , 26c
to 28c ; rye , &o. 2 , 48c to 49c ; hay , tim
othy , $8.50 to $13.30'r prairie , $6.00 tc
$13.00 , ' butter , fihoJca creamery , 21c to
24c ; eggs , fresh , 18c to 22c ; potatoes ,
SJoc to 42c per bushei.
Vheat , No. 2 , 70c to 71c ; corn , ! & 2
vhhe , COc to 61c ; oats , No. 2 white
tic to 32c. ' ,
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $7.25 ; hogs ,
IC.OO to $7.00 ; sheep , $2.50 to $4.0C > !
dieat. No. 2 , GSc to 69c ; corn , No. 2 ,
Sc to 56c ; oats , No. 2 , 29c to 30c : rve
1o. 2 , 47c to 48c.
Cincinnati Cattle , $4.50 to $6.75 ;
ogs , $4.00 to $7.25 ; sheep , $2.50 to .
3.25 , wheat , No. 2. 74c to 75c ; corn. No. !
mixed , G2c to G3c ; oats , No. 2 mixed
Oc to 31c ; rye , No. 2 , 51c to 52c.
Detroit Cattle , $3.00 to $6.25ho s
3.00 to $ G.90 ; sheep , $2.50 to'$4.00 :
heat , No. 2 , 74c to 7Gc ; corn , No. 3
el low , GSc to GGc ; oats. No. 3 white x
ic to 35c ; rye , 49c to 50c. ' i J
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern , | 1
2c to 7Sc ; corn , No. 2 , Glc to G2coats ?
o. 2 white , 32c to 33c ; rye. No. 1. 50c .
52c ; barley , No. 2 , 63c to 64c ; pork *
ess , $17.40. '
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 74C to
> c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ; oats
o. 2 mixed , 27c to 28c ; clover seed ,
ime , $6.75.
, . .
, -fVffl-J | .U S
( f
, .io : iambs , common to choice. $400
$5.50.
New York Cattle , $4.00 to $700D
HJH. $3.00 to $7.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to
.75 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 7Gc to 77c ; c-oru. S.
o. 2f GSc to GGc ; oats , No. 2 white
c to 3Gc ; butter , creamer23c to 24c :
ffs. western , 20c to 23c.
I ! 1 ! * * * ! * -Hi--I
Dr Stephen S. Miller , coroner of
Dawson county , died suddenly.
Miss Laura Gregg , organizer ani
lecturer of the State Suffrage associ
ation. addressed a large audience at
iluinboldt last week.
J.M. Ilanna of Ainsworth , received
an abdominal wound by trying to
rope a calf with a knife in his haud.
He is seriously hurt.
West's grocery store at St. Paul
was badly damaged by fire Sunday
morning Must of the stock waa
saved. The loss Is covered by insur
ance.
The 14year old son of Daniel Mos-
cebll , residing five miles west of Be
atrice was badly injured by being
thrown from a pony. The chances for
the lad's recovery are favorable.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Eoman Catholic cathe
dral building hoard , which has been
organized to erect a catherdal in
Omaha.
While threshing near Ellis. Gage
county , Chris Knoche , a prominent
German farmer , had the misfortune
to run the tine of a pitchfork in his
right eye. The doctor has little
hopes of saving the injured optic.
Conductor Kothiock , Brakema
Wormsley and another brakeman
were badly bruised by a train on the
Missouri Pacific near Nebraska City ,
plunging through the bridge in the
creek twenty feec below.
The ordinance allowing W. J" . O.
Kenyon of Omaha to purchase the
abandoned lines to the old stock
yards as withdrawn by the council
anda new one introduced , requiring
a $100 forfeit as a guarantee.
P. W Birkhouser was showing his
friends a second growth of straw
berries tbat he picked from his farm
south of Papillion last week. The
berries were well farmed and wefl
ripened.
A man named Young was stabbed
by a fellow fioui Schuyler at a dance
given at the home of David Kluek ,
near Richland. Young's condition
is serious. His assailant is being
pursued.
Many improvements have beea
made at Yutan during the last year.
Fifteen new houses have beeu built.a
85.000 church erected , , two other
churches repa\red , and many brick
sidewalks
Coroner McCabe of Lincoln
will examine into the gauge of
of a man at Wallace. found under a
wa on box. and of the death of R. A.
Brown , a mail drivei between here
and Gandy , who , from all appear
ances , dropped dead gq hJa route , |
Boberfc Thompson , alias Joy , who
has just completed a year's term in
the pententiary for burglary in Oma-
ha , was met by a detective when ne
stepped from prison and taken to
Canada , where he has a ten years'
seutence t j serve.
John Wilson , an old implement
dealer of Truuibull , was severely and
probably fatally injured by being
Kicked by a horse. One of his 1 gs is
broken , some teeth knocked out and
lie v\as rendered unconscious for sev
eral hours ,
Charles Ogoms , a prosperous
er , committed suicide with a 22-cali-
'ber ' rifle at his home eight miles
northwest of Gibson , because bis
threshing was delayed and the pay
ment of a few small debts retarded.
His home relations were pleasant ,
Barry A. jb'isher , a young farmer *
living just east of Falls City had a
fine horse , new buggy and barrjesjf
stolen. He lied the horse to a hitcbT
rack In the main part of town and
went to do some tr.-iding. He was/-
gone less than thirty minutes. On
his return the hoise was gone. *
AC S special meeting of the board *
) f directors of the Wahoo Luther
icademy it was decided to erect a"
jew school building at a cost of 818--
100. p. L. PJym , an architect from
jincoln , was appointed to draw trr
he plans and specifications. Work
? ill be commenced as
soon as the
ilans are ready. The site for the
uilding wa , selected at sunrise
? ith proper ceremonies.
The persecution brought by Cover-
n ; Savage against
Harry Hams , a
arpeuter whu is
charged with
smug-
liug opium into the pententiary , is
kely to be dropped , as the two most
nportant witnesses have
disap-
eared. They were short term con-
icts who had been discharged.
An order has been issued by Adja-
mt General Colby mustering oaf
r-mpany I , Second regiment , Ne-1
raska National Guard , stationed at
ecamseh. The
principal officers
re-
sned some time ago and the com-
my failed to elect a captain , finding
) one who cared for the place. Tbe-
illard Rifles of Omaha
may de as- ,
gned to fill the vacancy created.
Pew men die from overwork. Worfc
almost a > harmless as a Frenoit'
lej.
