The Valentine Democra
VALENTINE , NEB.
I , M. RICE , Pnbllshc
HOSTS ARE SLAIJ
TWELVE THOUSAND JAPANES
KILLED AT KIN CHOU.
* The Outcome is Accepted , Howevei
as a Great Victory for Japancse-
Alrcady Near Port Arthur Ruf
sians Swept from Their Defenses.
'A dispatch to the London Centr ;
News from Harbin says the Japanes
losses during the fighting at Kin Cho
are said to be 12,000 men killed. It i
asserted that these figures have been coi
firmed by an official dispatch. Figiitiiij
it is added , is still going on in the rich
ity of Kin Chou.
The Tokio dispatch to the Associate
Press and Japanese official accounts ar
the only detailed descriptions that hav
yet reached London of the brilliant Jai
anese victory at Kin Chou , which is hailc
by the London press as establishing a
even stronger claim than did the Japai
esc operations on the Yalu River to thci
superiority on land as well as by sea
since in the case of Kin Chou the Rus
sians had ample time to carefully prc
pare their positions. It appears tha
the conclusive victory was immediate ! ;
followed up , for the Morning Post's To
kio correspondent asserts that the Japan
< ? se hare swept the Russians from thei
defenses west of Talien Wan , and if th
Daily Telegraph's well informed correspondent
spondent is correct and the Japanese al
ready are Hearing Port Arthur the RHS
sians must have suffered a complet
rout at Kin Chou. That this is the casi
would also appear from rumors of tin
capture of Russian artillery.
According to the London Daily Mail' :
Tokio correspondent the Fifth Japanesi
division of veterans , which is destinei
for the storming of Port Arthur , already
has landed on the Liao-tung peninsula.
The London Daily Telegraph's corre
ppondent at Japanese headquarters , nn
der date of May 20 , says there is IK
change in the situation of the first army
but that there are frequent outpost en
counters.
"I suppose , " he adds , "that the lull if
due to preparations for a great battle ii :
the direction of Liao Yang. "
The London Daily Mail's Sin Min Ting
correspondent , telegraphing under date
of May 25 , declares there are only 2OOC
troops at Mukden.
NEWSPAPERS ARE CREDITORS
Pettincill & Co.'s Inabilities Are
Over a Million Dollars.
Pettingill & Co. , an advertising com
pany of Bostc/n , Mass. , which , with its
affiliated corncern , the Dr. Greene Ner-
vnra Company , was compelled to su -
pend this spring , has filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States district
court. The total liabilities of Pettingill &
Co. are placed at $1,217.975 , of which
$1,205,390 is represented as unsecured.
The total is distributed among ovef-
7,000 creditors , which are almost entirely
newspaper companies scattered from
Bangor to the Pacific coast. About 250
of these creditors are secured to the ex
tent of being preferred stockholders of
the Nervura Company. The assets are
scheduled nominally at $30,787 in cash'
and $500,000 in accounts due , of which
$270,000 is owed by the Nervura Com
pany.
PANAMA CANAL PAID FOR.
Transfer of Forty Million Dollars
Has Been Completed.
J P. Morgan & Co. , of New York ,
have announced that the transfer of the
$40,000,000 payment by the United
States for the Panama canal concession ,
etc. , has been completed.
J. P. Morgan & Co. shipped about $18.-
000,000 in gold in connection with the
payment. At the office of the firm it was
said that no part of the other gold ex
ported since the early part of April ,
amounting to more than $40,000,000 ,
was for this account. More than half
the amount of the canal purchase money
was in the form of exchange on Paris
purchased by Morgan & Co. , in the prin
cipal cities. ;
MYSTERY IN SHOOTING.
Son of American Dentist Dies in
Paris Sanitarium.
Ivon Evans , known as Viscount d'Oyley ,
and a sou of the American dentist , Dr.
John Evans , is dead at a private sani
tarium at Paris , France , as the result ofl
a bullet wound received under mysterious
circumstances.
The family is prominent , Dr. John Ev
ans being a nephew of the famous Dr.
Thomas Evans , who assisted Empress
Eugenie in her flight from Paris after
the Franco-Prussian war.
Venerable Pianos Cremated.
While 150 delegates to the National
Piano Dealers' convention in Atlantic
City , N. J. , waved red lights ana danced
in a circle , 200 venerable square pianos
were being cremated to mark what the
dealers term the passing of the old make
of instrument.
Priest Shoots at Bishop.
The correspondent of the Berlin Tagg-
blatt at Freiburg , Breslau , says that a
parish priest named Dr. Rieger fired a
revolver at the archbishop of Freiburg ,
Dr. Loerber , but missed him. Dr. Rie
ger is said to suffer from the belief that
/ he is the vicitm of persecution and that
Ihe archbishop is his enemy.
Found Not Guilty.
James McDonald , charged with the
murder of Sarah Schaefer at Bedford ,
Iwas'found I not guilty. . - <
WON BY THE PICKET.
The Westerner Captures the Grea
Brooklyn Handicap.
A New York special says : Comin
down along the rail in the last fe
strides of the run to the wire , The Picl
et , the western champion in the Brool
lyii handicap , snatched victory awa
from the ever popular Irish Lad , tt
Brooklyn winner of last year and tL
Metropolitan winner of this year.
It was scarcely more than the nod (
a head , but the hardy westerner finishc
stronger than the Duryea colt , whos
terrific pace with Ilermis up to the ver
home stretch had tired him. Franti
cheers , which had been ringing from tL
throats of nearly 40,000 onlookers , die
away when it was realized that Iris
Lad had gone down to defeat.
Proper , the California candidate , cam
through at the end and beat out Hermi
for third place. The time for the mil
was 1:39 2-5 , and for the mile and
quarter 2OG : 3-5 1 1-5 seconds slowe
than the race record made by Irish La
last year.
The handicap was worth $20,000 , o
which $2,500 went to the second hors
and $1,500 to the third.
A great outpouring of turf devotee
witnessed the eighteenth running of th
classic.
As the time for the handicap , th
fourth event on the program , drew neai
the name of Irish Lad could be heard 01
all sides. lie had grown into Smmens
popularity after it had been definitel ;
learned that there was little hope fo
McChesney , owing to the injury sustain
ed by him in his workout a few day
ago.
ago.There
There were sixteen thoroughbreds en
tered , and four or five of these had re
corded victories during the past tw <
years in the principal classic events o
the American turf. In addition to this
four of them Irish Lad , Ilermis , Hurst
bourne and Africander had won race ;
this season in commanding style. lie
ports of sensational time made by Tlu
Picket in his workouts brought hin
many supporters , but the rank and file
did not look on him with favor.
The weather was ideal and the trad
was swept by the cooling breeze from the
Atlantic. No sooner had the odds beer
posted than there was a rush to bad
Irish Lad. Three and three and one-
half to one were the prevailing quota
tions for a time , but when the bugle
sounded no better price tli'n 11 to 5
could be had against the favorite. Her-
mis opened and closed at 4 to 1. The
Picket was well played , and from 10 he
was backed to 8 to 1. Much of the spec
ulation on the winner , however , was con
ducted through the winter books , and
large sums were won both at New York
and in the west on his victory.
BOAT IS BLOWN UP.
A Disaster on the Ohio River Near
Louisville.
Ten persons were killed , thre fa
tally injured and five hurt by the explo
sion of the boilers , which totally demol
ished the towboat Fred Wilson off River
View Park , Louisville , Ky. , Thursday.
The Fred Wilson was the property of
lie Monongahela Coal and Coke Co.
She had just arrived from Pittsburg and
was about totie up when the explosion
accurred. The cause is not known.
The boat was literally blown to pieces
ind her hull sank in eighteen feet of
ivater. Two heavy pieces of her boiler
ivere found almost GOO yards from the
jank of the Ohio River , and her flag
loats from the top of a tree near River
i'iew Park , where it was blown with a
) iece of wreckage.
But two members of the crew escaped
vithout some injury more or less serious.
The Fred Wilson was built eighteen
ear ago and was valued at $25.000.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
ioldiers Guard Ruins of Yazoo City
.Loss is Over a Million.
Yazoo City , Miss. , is under martial law
s the result of Wednesday's conflagra-
ion. Several negroes caught in an at-
smpt to steal salvage were arrested.
The loss is estimated at between $1-
00,000 and $2,000,000. The insurance
ill probably approximate 50 per cent.
The devastation of the business dis-
ict is complete. Twenty-eight blocks
ere swept clean by the flames. Of the
00 buildings destroyed 50 were splendid
'sidencos.
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SUN WORSHIP KILLS.
c. Paul Woman Di es in Illinois Insane
sane- Hospital After Long1 Fast.
Eloise Reusee , of St. Paul , Minn , who
jcame insane at Chicago while uudergo-
g the ordeal of the so-called "sun wor-
lip fast , " is dead in the hospital for in-
ine at Elgin , 111.
Superintendent Whitman says her
> ath was due to an acute mania induced
r starvation. During her fast , which
sted forty-one days , the deceased , it is
id by the hospital authorities , had been
bjected to torture by means of needles
id application of lotus oil.
Anarchists to Forfeit Lite.
At Liege , Belgium , anarchists named
imbkin and Gudefin , charged with par-
: ipatiou in the placing of an infernal
achine outside the residence of.Commis-
mer of Police Laurent on March 18 , ]
lling Maj. Papin , wounding half a doz- j
other persons , and wrecking the house ,
ve been sentenced to death.
Mason for Forty-Nino Years.
1. P. Packard , who died at Summer-
Id , Kan. , and whose body was brought
Lake City , la. , for burial , had been
active Mason for forty-nine years. He
: ame a member * > the Masonic order
the age of 21.
Ljineman Falls from Pole.
Charles Welch , an electric lineman , at
icoln , Neb. , fell from a 30-foot tele-
jue pole , striking a brick sidewalk with
head. It is thought he will die. His T
ents live in _ Ashlaud. | 0
DENIES FIRING SHOT.
James Gillespic Makes Reply t
Direct Question of Attorney.
At Rising Sun , Ind. , Tuesday , in tl
Gillespie murder trial James Gillesp
was again on the stand and was asked b
his attorney these direct questions :
"Did you fire the shot that killed yov
sister Elizabeth ? "
"I did not. "
"Have you any knowledge of wh
fired the shot ? "
"I have not. "
He said further in reply to question
that he did not know that the literar
club was to have a meeting at his motl
er's house that night and that he * vns nc
out of his house and could not see th
lights in his mother's house. This ende
the direct testimony.
In cross-examination the attorney use
the report of the grand jury and ques
tioned him closely on the matter.
His responses were indifferent , ofte
saying that he did not remember what h
he said to the grand jury.
DEATH IN A TUNNEL.
Ten Men Are Asphyxiated in Penn
sylvnnia.
Michael Golden , a foreman ; Georg
Raidle , a master mechanic , and eigh
minors died Wednesday of asphyxiatioi
while riding through a tunnel betwee ;
two coal mines at Williamstowu , Pa.
It is said that poisonous gases emittc <
from a small locomotive which pulled tin
coal train on which -fifty men were ridin ;
caused the deaths.
Most of the other men on the trail
were asphyxiated by the fumes , but thei
recovered.
The tunnel is a mile long and run !
from Bear Valley through a mountain t (
Williams Valley. It has been in use foi
forty years and no similar accident ovoi
occurred. The trip was about half coin
pleted when several men keeled over 01
the cars of coal. The engineer put 01
all steam , but ten died before fresh an
was reached.
TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST.
Buildings and Crops Destroyed in
Kansas and Oklahoma.
A tornado Wednesday struck seven
miles northwest of Augusta , Kan. ,
wrecking eight houses. Hail did much
damage to crops. A tornado tore up an
orchard and destroyed a barn at Valley
Center , Sedgwiek County.
A tornado Wednesday afternoon de
stroyed the Union Pacific station , the
iirmory building and several residences at
Lindsborg , Kan. Assaria , Markuette and
Falun were inundated by a cloudburst.
A tornado struck two miles south of
jiithrie , Okla. , Wednesday afternoon , do
ing much damage to property. Five
louses and many outbuildings were de
molished. From wind and hail crops
ilso suffered heavily , growing wheat bo
ng blown and broken down. Stock suf-
! ercd , but no lives were lost.
FIRE BEYOND CONTROL.
Down of Yazoo City , Miss. , Suffers
.Loss of Twelve Blocks. /
A telephone report from Greenwood ,
Jiss. , says the town of Yazoo City is
turning.
The last communcation with the city
ras to the effect that the fire was com-
iletely beyond control. Trains loaded
rith fire apparatus were rushed from
Jreenwood and Jackson.
It is said twelve blocks of business
ouses and residences have succumbed
3 the flames. The loss will reach inil-
ons of dollars.
CARRIES COFFIN WITH HIM.
aid Kuropatkin Expecta to be
Killed in Battle.
Possessed with the firm belief that he
ill be killed in battle during the war in
ic far east , Gen. Kuropatkin , command-
r of the Russian forces in Manchuria ,
carrying his coffin with him.
This information is contained in a let-
ir received by Adam Bantro , editor of
Polish newspaper at Baltimore , Md. ,
om Brunslau Kobylanski , who returu-
1 to Russia some time ago and was
upressed in the Russian army.
TWENTY-TWO ARE INJURED.
assenger Train Strikes Freight Cars
on Cleveland and Pittsburg.
Twenty persons were injured at East
iverpool , O. , Wednesday on the Cleve-
ud and Pittsburg road when a passen-
r train ran into some freight cars that
id broken loose and ran on the man
ack.
Engineer Headly , who was among
ese severely hurt , had just resumed
? rk after two years of retirement on
ount of injuries received in a wreck.
Expects End of Lake Strike.
Secretary Joseph Bishop of the state
ard of arbitration at Columbus , O. ,
s returned from Cleveland and states
it he expects the Lake Carriers' Asso-1
ition and the officials of the Masters
d Pilots' Association to get together
is week and effect a settlement of the
: e trouble.
Port Arthur is Shelled.
! L portion of the Japanese fleet boin-
rded Port Arthur at 11 Tuesday morn-
: . The attack was witnessed by a
enchman who has arrived at Che Foo.
: says eight large warships circled bee -
e the entrance of Port Arthur harbor
an hour , firing broadsides at intervals
a few minutes.
Berkeley Professor Killed.
Vhile attempting to board an electric"
in en route from Berkeley station to ,
i Francisco , Cal. , Prof. Marcus J.
nello , instructor of French and Ital-
at the University of California , wa
own under the wheels and killed.
Jealous Cowboy Kills Two.
ealous of the attentions paid his wife ,
Iliam Gardner shot aud killed Bud
, ig and Virgil Funkhauser near Wood-
d. All three were cowboys working
the Wiggins ranch.
STATE OF NE
NEV/S OF THE WEEK IN A
DENSED FORM.
Opportunity of a Lifetime Moi
Than 8OOOOOO Acres of Grazin
Liand Opened in Nebraska Settlei
May Obtain O4O Acres.
A Lincoln special says : Fine grazii
land more than 8,000,000 acres of it-
thrown open to public settlement by tl
new Kincaid bill. Homesteads of 0-J
acres may be obtained by the settler
June 28 is the date of the opening of tl
lands for homestead entry. This openin
gives a chance for the small rancher I
succeed the big land owner , and the fo
i iner will doubtless not be slow in reco ;
nizing his opportunity.
The recent discoveries of the foreig
grasses which'will grow luxuriantly o
even the poorest of this western Ian
makes every foot of the government o :
ferings extremely valuable. The Ian
lies in the Sixth congressional distric
and the area covered is about the siz
of Vermont , Connecticut and Massacln
setts combined. About 400,000 acres c
the grant lies in Custer County , an
Rock County contains more than 200
000 acres.
The Kincaid bill provides that ther
shall be excluded from the provisions o
the act such lands within the territor ;
as , in the opinion of the secretary of th
interior , it may be reasonably practical ) !
to irrigate under the irrigation law or b ,
private enterprise.
Another provision is that the fees am
commissions on all entries under this ac
shall be uniformly the same as thos
charged under the present law for a max
inuim entry at the minimum price. Tha
the commutation provisions of the home
stead law shall not apply to entries un
del- this act. and at the time of makin ;
final proof the entrymaii must prove af
finnatively that he has placed upon tin
lands entered permanent improvement :
of the value of not less than $1.2. ) pe :
acre for each acre included in his entry
Former homestead entrymon are givei
for ninety days after the passage of the
act the preferential right to make addi
tional entries as provided in the act.
Much of the homestead offering is till
able , as is all that situated in Rock Coun
ty , which is fifty miles in length anc
twenty-two miles in width. The north
ern boundary of the county , the Niobrarji
River , gives water for many thousand
acres ; and besides the Elkhorn. the Wil
low , the Rock , the Ash , the Calamus , the
Laughing Water , the Bloody and the
Long Pine Rivers , there are 203 flowing
wells and many lakes in this region.
The opportunity of a lifetime is now
open in western Nebraska.
HIGH WATER AT MADISON.
Farm Lands Around Norfolk Under
Overflow from Elkhorn River.
A steady rain fell at Norfolk Wednes
day , there being about 2 inches of pre
cipitation in some places , accompanied
by hail.
Much of the hind between Norfolk and
Columbus is under water and the Union
Pacific tracks were inundated. The
rrains are moving , but go slowly through
: he water.
Northwestern section men were called
) ut at midnight to work on the bridge
) ver the Elkhorn at Battle Creek and
irepare it to withstand the flood. The
ivorst report comes from Battle Creek ,
vvhere the Elkhorn is out of its banks
ind threatens to carry away the mill and
lam.
The rain is the heaviest ever known in
hat part of the state.
ARMER STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
3. C. Clark is Instantly Killed , Six
Miles from Wayne.
C. C. Clark , who lives on the A. M.
racobs farm , six miles northwest of
Vayue , was struck by lightning and in-
tantly killed about noon Tuesday. Three
lorscs also were killed. Mr. Clark's son ,
rho had been dragging in the field , drove
o the house about noon and Mr. Clark
rent out to aid his son in unhitching the
hreo horses dragging the harrow. The
on was shocked , but not seriously in
ured.
Very little rain fell , and the cloud over-
ead was but a small one.
Bitten by a Rattlesnake.
William Duncan was bitten by a large
ittlesnake while in the country work-
is : near Stella. He saw the snake run
ito a grassy spot and was parting the
rass with his hands to find it when it
istened its teeth in his hand. He im-
ii'diately drove to town , where a physi-
an attended to the wound. The whole
rm swelled to his shoulder and is prov-
ig very painful.
Laying Out Camp Ground.
Lieutenant Huntington of the signal
> rps. Lieut. Kiinball , in charge of the
itteries. and F. E. Culver , of the oflice
: Gen. Culver , and PI. M. Crawford ,
rijeant of the artillery , have arrived at
ori : to lay out the camp in the city park
id complete the arrangements for the
idets for the encampment.
Preacher Drops Dead.
Elder Asa B. Prentice , pastor of the
wenth Dity Baptist church at North .
) iip. fell dead while standing in his j
om talking with his wife. He had been "
North Loop about three years and
is pastor of the same denomination at
.lams Center. N. Y. . for thirty years.
c was O.j years of age.
Assault Case at Seward.
District court convened at Seward
th Judire Evans , of David City , on the
ncli. The case against Bert Myers , a
ung man of about 19 years , who , it is
arged , assaulted Leonia Eyolf , a young
1 of Cordova , the evening of March 22 ,
on trial.
Drowning of John Bolerl
Fohn Boler , Jr. , who wag accidentally
) wn while seining in the Sioux River ,
ir Egan , S. D. , was the eldest son of
Treasurer John Boler , of Dakota City ,
e parents of the decedent reside at
cksoii.
Hale at Ninety.
3. P. Bibbins passe * , his niutieth borth-
7 last week and is one of the most act-
men in York. Mr. Bibbins is a pier -
; r settler of York , and every day does
ae kind of manual labor , and retains
his mental faculties.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Warm , Dry AVeek Favorable to th
Growth of All Kinds of Crops.
Weekly bulletin of the Nebraska se
tion of the climatic and crop service <
the weather bureau for the week endir
Monday , May 23 , 1904 :
Warm , dry week ; favorable for wor
and the growth of vegetation. The mea
daily temperature averaged 2 degret
above normal. -
The rainfall was confined to light , sea
tered showers ; the "amount of rainfall e :
ceeded half an inch in only a few place !
while generally it was less than a quai
ter of an inch.
Winter wheat , spring wheat , oats an
grass have grown well. In a few place
oats are a thin stand and the fields ar
becoming weed- . Rye is in good coiid :
tion ami heads are just beginning t
show. Alfalfa has grown well and i
the southern counties is nearly readj * fo
the first cutting. Corn and sugar bee
planting are about finished ; early plant
ed corn is coining up rather unevenly am
considerable replanting is being done ; ii
a few fields cultivation of corn has be
gun. The damage to fruit by the frost
of last week was very slight. Appli
trees generally are not blossoming pro
fusely ; other fruit promises a large crop
BROTHER INVESTIGATES.
Expects Parties Under Arrest "Will
be Proven Guilty.
.Thomas J. Feazel lias returned t <
Humboldt from Nuckolls County , when
he has been engaged in superintendiiif
the work of ferreting out the murderer :
of his brother , Eli Feazel , the farmei
who disappeared mysteriously last No *
vernber.
For a time it looked as though the mat
ter defied solution , but since the recent
finding of parts of a human body on the
farm and a grave underneath the kitch
en of the farm house , evidence has been
steadily accumulating , and Mr. Feazel
says everything points to the guilt of the
parties under arrest charged with the
murder of the old man.
The search has been a lonir one. but the
movements of the suspected ones have
been carefully traced until it seems the
web is woven too tightly to be broken.
The parties under arrest arc Mr * . Hutch-
inson. the housekeeper , her son , Charles ,
and Harley FVazel , a nephew of the
missing man. The preliminary hearing is
set for .Tune 13 at Nelson.
SLEEPING CAR BURNS.
Fire Discovered While Train is Run
ning at High Speed.
The Burlington Billings-Denver train ,
known as No. 'iOl. due at Sidney at . " > a.
m. , did not reach there until 11:40 a. in. ,
and after a short stop proceeded on its
way to Denver. When out fourteen miles
from Sidney the Pullman sleeping car
was discovered on fire. Conductor Ryan
immediately transferred the passengers
to the day coach and everybody tried his
utmost to extinguish the flames , but the
fire had made such rapid headway that
: he car was burned.
The train was running fifty miles an
lour and the greatest excitement pre
vailed , and at one time it was thought
: he entire train would be consumed.
The sleeper was a new ten-section
Pullman and had only been in service a
hort time.
A Test Case.
R : W. Clement , city treasurer of Platts-
nouth , has instituted mandamus proceed-
iigs in the district court against W. D.
tVlieeler , county treasurer , to obtain an
trder from the court to compel the county
reasurer to pay him a balance of some-
hing like $71. ) . ( > . " 5. collected from the
evy made upon taxable property in the
ity of Plattsmouth for the road fund.
[ "his suit is brought to decide the ques-
ion as to wether or not the county treas-
irer has a right to retain one-half of
uch taxes collected , which was in this
ase twice the amount asked for in the
petition.
Capture Boy Burglars.
Two boys , who gave the names of
ohn Hill and August Carl Bathke and
laimed Chicago as their homo , broke in-
3 a B. & M. freight car at Reynolds a
w days ago. They were captured af-
? r disposing of most of the goods , but
scaped from the constable after plead-
ig guilty and beins remanded to jail ,
'he ' Crawford bloodhounds wore put on
ic trail and followed them to Mahaska.
t which place they took the Mind bag-
tige passage westward. Sheriff Hill of
elleville , Kan. , was notified and headed
lem off , taking them to Fairbuiy.
No Cause for Action.
In the district court at Columbus the
iry in the case of William Allen
gainst the city of Columbus returned a
jrdict for the city , finding no cause for
? tiou. Mr. Allen sued the city for . < ? .j.400
images which lie claims he sustained
, - reason of coming in contact with a
ite which was left open and swung
TOSS the sidewalk.
Storm is Severe.
A Norfolk special says : The worst
in and hail storm for years visited
irthwestern Nebraska and southern
> uth Dakota Tuesday night. The
jrthwestern and Union Pacific tracks
? re inundated in several places , and a
unber of bridges washed out. Several
ousand acres of crops are under wa-
JBarn and Stock Burnr-d.
A. large barn on the farm of Mrs. Kath
ine Klattanhoff , four miles northeast
AVisner. was totally destroyed by fire ,
th all its contents , consisting of five
ad of horses , a bull , fifty head of
srs. and a quantity of grain , harness
d lesser articles. The origin of th *
2 is a mystery.
31an is Drowned in a Cistern.
F. O. Jeppson , a mason , of Stratton ,
many years a resident of Dundy
unty. met with an accident at Beukel-
iii which cost him his life. A board
> ke upon which he was at work over
cistern and he was thrown into the
ter and drowned.
Frost at Humboldt ,
? he slight frost at Humboldt Monday
at did some damage to the pear buds
: aside from that the fruit men say
buds are uninjured. Without hail or
jht the crop in all lines will be the iio
5est ever seen there. o :
Child Falls on Tooth. T
. singular accident occurred to the ti
le son of A. B. Ellis at Chadron. In t (
ing down he hit on one tooth so it
5 driven full length into the jaw. The
th has been extracted and seemingly ,
child will soon be all riirh'-
Short Notes.
The Plattsmouth Telephone Company
has purchased a brick block and will
move into it.
At Plainview the new Congregational
church has just been dedicated with cer
emonies befitting the occasion.
Smallpox in a mild form is raging in
the country a few miles south of Stock-
ville. Several families are quarantined.
Beatrice farmers expect to finish
planting corn this week. Early planted
corn is coming up and the stand is good.
A heavy rain fell at Wayne Tuesday ,
which will greatly benefit crop condi
tions , that were never better than at
present.
Several burglaries have occurred in
Cass County recently. A farmer near
Plattsmouth reports that several horses
were stolen from him.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for a new bank in Plattsmouth , to-
be known as the Plattsmoutli State
Bank , with a capital of $ . " 0,000.
A heavy rain visited Lyons Tuesday ,
about two inches of water falling. Crops
never looked liner and the prospect for
fruit of every inscription is good.
The man with the street fair com
pany , who was arrested in Missouri Val *
ley. charged with having stolen goods
in Plattsmouth , gave bond and skipped
the country.
Archy Maxon , of Hebron , while help
ing to start a new steam thresher , acci
dentally caught his arm between a belt
and a cogwheel , cutting the arm com
pletely off above the elbow.
Preston C. Brooks , colored , clerk in
the postoflice at Fort Robinson singe
Jan. 20. 1903 , was arrested at that point
for rifling registered and ordinary mail.
Brooks confessed that he has secured
over $400 by his peculations.
The Nebraska division of the Travel
ers' Protective Association has again
won the national trophy ( the oHicial steer
horns ) for greatest gain in meinborsSiip.
This state won them last year aud once
several years before that. * , .
The assessors of Dodge County have
their work very nearly completed. It
is estimated from the returns thus far
tabulated that the valuation of the coun
ty will be at least double that of last
year , and perhaps much more than that.
The board of trustees of the state nor
mal school met at Peru , and in addition
to routine business received the resigna
tion of Dr. Clark as superintendent of
the school. It was accepted , and J. W.
[ 'rabtree , of Lincoln , was elected to the
position.
Rev. R. T. C.-.mpbell , who has been
principal of the Pawnee Acjtdeiiij' , at
Pawnee City , for the last ten years , at
i meeting of the board last week , ten-
lered his resignation. He plans to spend
; ome time in study and then resume
, vork in the ministry.
A cloudburst' near Columbus early
iVednesday morning caused much dam-
ige from high water. The passenger
rain from Spalding on the Union Pa-
ific , was tied up at Genoa , the track
icing under water. Lost Creek , Shell
'reek and the
Looking Glass River were
tut of their banks. At Platte Center
vatpr ran through the streets to the
lepth of two feet.
Asa R. Crooks , a young man from
'entral City , who was out of the insane
ospital on parole , accompanied his fath-
r to Pierre , S. D. . on a trip. At the
Overview Hotel he became violent when
e was not allowed to occupy another
nom from the one to which he was as-
igned. lie was restrained until the
rain left , when his father started with
lie unfortunate young man for his home.
Lightning struck the barn on the prem-
; es of Mrs. A. J. Kramper. occupied byvi
[ ermann Biermann , two miles southwest * '
L" Dakota City. The building was burn-
1 to the ground. Mr. Biermann suc-
? eded in getting out his eight hend of
orses at the risk of his life. The build-
ig was owned by Mrs. Kramper and
as recently erpctcd at a cost of $800.
[ r. Biermanu's loss in hay. feed , etc. ,
about $400.
The building was insured.
The body of W. D. Sisson , the Beat ,
ce brakeman who shot and killed him-
If at Lincoln , was taken to Beatrice
: an undertaker from that
city , Corer -
? r Graham deciding not to hold an in-
lest. Mrs. Barmun. the landlady with
hem Sisson was in love , said she had
fused to marry the young man , though
s had repeatedly requested her to do /
, and that the last time she refused
m , he told her that he intended to shoot
nisei f.
Some time ago C. I. L. Barker , of
tivid City , invented a garden tool which
called a garden wceder and iniilcher.
e made application for and obtained a
tent upon his invention , and , together
th J. M. Zentz. commenced the man-
acture of the
machine on a small scale ,
e output meeting with ready sale. This
? ek a company was organized for the
inufacture of the machine on a large
lie , the authorized capital stock being /
ed at $15,000.
1'hadron is having a large and healthy
> wth this spring. More new residences
in for many years , and of the , better
ss , with modern improvements , are
ing built , while the whole city is don-
ig its spring apparel and bids fair to
iome the city beautiful of northwest
braska. It is now an important ed-
itional center , with its academy and
; h school. The dedication of its new
) ,000 Young Men's Christian Associa-
ii building has been one of the pleas-
: events of the spring ,
. ' 'he explosion of some machinery con-
rtod with the boiler of Northwestern
rine 11SG , just as an eastbound train
s pulling out of the yards at Fremont ,
night the train to a sudden stop and
a few minutes caused considerable
itement. No one was hurt and the
in was only delayed long enough to
pie on another engine. The defect iu
engine had evidently existed for a
time. The noise of the explosion
s heard all over the south part of
n , and a good many people ranjltfc
yards , supposing that a serious wr O
occurred. " > . -
he two cannon which were donated
the government to McPherson post
the Grand Army have been cleaned
varnished and mounted on heavy
; els and will be permanently placed
he Fremont city park. The guns are
he old style coast artillery pattern ,
t Plattsmouth , in the district court ,
{ re Paul Jessen refused to allow the
tees of Greenwood to issue a license
Peter A. Smith to sell liquor in the
ige of Greenwood. The trustees
ited the license , and then the tcm-
ince people appealed the case to the
rict court.
