Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE , Publisher
STEEET CAB COASTS
BAD ACCIDENT ON A HILL AT
BURLINGTON.
Fourteen liives Liost nt Peoria in a
Disastrous Distillery Fire Cars
. . Collide in Indianapolis and a Num
ber of People Are Injured.
A heavily loaded electric car rushed
down A'alley Street hill at Burlington ,
la. , Sunday afternoon and was wrecked
against a shade tree. The passengerS
jumped as the car flew along , sixteen per
sons being badly injured. Mrs. Joseph
Kechne was killed. Several had arms
and legs broken and many were cut about
the head and shoulders.
In some unknown manner the brake-
beam on the open car broke just as the
car was beginning to descend. The car
dashed down the long incline with fright
ful speed , and at the foot of the hill
jumped the track and crashed inte a shade
tree. The car was crowded with people ,
who began to jump as soon as the dan
ger became Apparent. 'The injured were
strewn on both sides of the track down
entire length of the hill.
An Indianapolis , Ind. , dispatch says :
Two heavily loaded street cars returning
lo the city from Riverside Park collided
Sunday night.
The accident occurred at a loop , where
the outgoing car must cross the track
traversed by the returning car.
According to Motorman Chceseum , of
the outgoing car , he saw the returning
car approaching the loop , but supposed
that it would be brought to a stop before
crossing the tracks. Too late he saw
the car was beyond control , and he at
tempted to increase the speed of his own
car in order to clear the track.
Conductor Dunn , of the city bound
car , was thrown from where he stood on
the rear platform to the track in front
of the outbound car. He was uncon
scious when picked up , and it is thought
that he cannot recover.
There was a wild panic among the pas
sengers when the collision occurred , and
in the scramble to leave the car a num
ber received severe bruises.
BULL FIGHT NOT ALLOWED.
Arena Near World's Fair Ground
Destroyed.
Incensed over their failure to see a
"genuine Spanish bull fight , " which the
. authorities Had ordered stopped , a rii' *
was started in an arena near the world's
fair grounds at St. Louis Sunday even
ing by a crowd of 2500 men and boys ,
who were unable to get their money back ,
and the building was burned to the
ground. The admission charged was $1.
Four men were placed under arrest by
the authorities of St. Louis Count- ,
charged with the destruction of property.
- TJie building is saidto , have cost $2-
500. It is a total loss , with no insur
ance , it is reported.
FIRE IN GOTHAM.
Seven-Story Wholesale Drug House
Destroyed.
Fire was discovered early Sunday
morning in the seven-story house of McKesson -
. Kesson & Robbins , wholesale druggists ,
in Ann Street , New York City. The
fire had been burning a long time before
it was discovered. It started in the boil
er room in the basement , and had
gone up through the entire seven stories
before it reached the unshuttered windows
dews on the top floor and was discovered.
The building was gutted and practically
everything , the firemen say , must have
been burned before they reached the
scene. The loss will brheavy. .
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.
Disaster at Peoria AVerse Than at
First Reported.
Instead of nine dead , at first reported ,
it is now known that fourteen men havt
lost their lives in the fire and explosion
at the Corning distillery at Peoria , 111. ,
Saturday afternoon. Eight bodies were
recovered from the ruins Sunday.
Of the eight bodies taken from the
ruins only four of them were recognized ,
and these only by means of particles of
clothing , watches , knives and other
pieces of metal.
The search is being continued , the fire
having been extinguished , and the fire
men are now able to handle the debris.
Passenger Train AVrecked.
A southbound Frisco passenger train
was wrecked Sunday night just before
reaching Cherokee , Kan. , two coaches
leaving- the track at a switch and crash
ing into a freight train. Allen Ridley ,
the 11-year-old sou of Thomas Ridley ,
the engineer , was killed.
Fireman Fatally Crushed.
A Lake Shore special from Toledo , O. ,
carrying an excursion of the National
Union , and a Grand Trunk passenger is
train just leaving JorChicago collided
head on at Detroit , Mich. Fireman
Schofield , of Midland , Mich. , was proba
bly fatally crushed.
Arrested at Little Rock , Ark.
Blanche Ryan , charged with the theft
of § 5,000 worth of
, diamonds from a wo-
tman at Chihuahua , Mexico , has been
( arrested at Little Rock , Ark. , by Deputy
* United States Marshal
. Charles Haskcll ,
- > of St. Joseph , Mo.
Engineer ot the Blerrimac Dead.
George F. Phillips , who won renown
as engineer of the collier Merrimac , sunk
by Hohson at the mouth of Santiago har
bor , died at his home in Cainbridgeport ,
I Mass. , of Brisht's disease.
, RESULT OF RACE WAR.
Two "White Blen and Three Negroes
Killed.
As a result of a fight which occurr
on the fcims & AA7511iams plantation at
Trail Lake , Miss. , thirty miles east of
Greenville , Thursday night John. Sims
and his manager , named Cato , were
killed by negroes , and three of the ne
groes have been killed also. The country
is in a state of intense excitement , and
it is expected further trouble may ensue
between the whites and blacks.
Sims was at work in his store when a
negro convict guard named Clark enter
ed , and without a word , and before Sims
could make a move , "the negro shot him
dead. Clark immediately turned on Cato
and shot him in the right side. As Cato
staggered out of the back door a negro
convict guard named A"an Horn struck
him over the head with a rifle , inflicting
wounds which resulted in Cato's death.
The sh riff and a posse went to the
scene of the tragedy , . but the negroes had
escaped . A'an Horn was tracked into the
woods , and another convict guard named
Mayfield interfered with the posse and
was shot dead. A\nn Horn was captuerd
and taken to the Leland jail , but a mob
seized andalynched him.
Meantime Clark returned to Sims'
store , with the intention , it is said , of
killing other employes there. As he entered -
tered the store he was shot dead.
It is believed at Trail Lake that the
shooting is the outcome 'of a meeting
held in the vicinity of Trail Lake by a
negro secret society , and that the negroes
involved were picked out to do the kill
ing.
RIVERS QUIT BANKS.
Much Damage Done by Floods in
Kansas Rain Continues.
A Kansas City dispatch says : All the
tributaries of the Kaw River in Kansas
are rising rapidly and a serious flood is 5
threatened.-
The heavy rains during the past three
days have caused most streams to overflow -
flow their banks , destroying much propa"
erty and rendering several hundred per-
sons temporarily homeless.
Friday rain continued to fall at many
points throughout Kansas , and the ulti-
mate result must be that the Kaw will
overflow its banks at its mouth in Kan
sas City.
Although no great amount of damage
is expected , preparations .are being made
to meet the situation as it may develop.
Railroad traffic is demoralized and already -
ready many through trains , botn east and
west bounu , arc stalled.
Later reports say the flood is growing
worse but no casualties are reported.
APPEAL TO A BANDIT.
Moroccan Chiefs Will Ask Him to
Free Prisonejrs.
A delegation of chiefs of the Angerra
tribe has left Tangier , Morocco , to make
a personal appeal to Raisuli , the bandit
chief , to release Perdicaris and A'arley ,
* * in order to prevent the debarkment and
permanent occupation of Morocco by for
eigners opposing the Moslem faith and
the expulsion of the native Mohamme
dans. " The mission is considered impor
tant.
tant.The
The French government relies much
upon the appeal to Mohammedan senti
ment.
Rear Admiral Jewell and Consul Gun-
mere visited a representative of Sultan
Mohammed el Torres Thursday and were
saluted by the town battery. Moham
med returned the visit to the consulate ,
the flagship Olympia firing a salute in his
honor.
COTTON TAKES A TUMBLE.
Sensational Slump in July on Ne\v -
f ' York Exchange.
There was a sensational break in July
cotton at New York Thursday. A
change for the better in weather condi
tions recently and a continued light spot
demand in connection with the persistent
hammering of bears seemed to liave de
moralized the bulls , and since- the market
opened last Tuesday there has been a
steadily increasing heavy outpour of long
cotton. On last Friday July closed at
12.80. It reached 11.53 during Thurs
day morning , a decline for a little over
two business days of 125 points , or
cents a pound.
TORNADO AND CLOUDBURST.
,
Considerable Damage Done in Dal
las , Tex. , and Vicinity.
A cloudburst , accompanied by a torna
do , caused more or less damage at Dal
las , Tejc. , early Friday.
AA'ater coming through the roof of the
Western Union 'Telegraph office flooded
the dynamos and shut of communica
tion for several hours.
Many wires throughout the city are
fo
prostrated and several small houses were -iv
wrecked. There wore no casualties.
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It is believed considerable damage has
been done in the country. nQ
Lieut. Burbank's Divorce Case. ha
The war department has refused to .an
grant a leave of absence or a transfer
to Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank , of Leaven-
worth , Kan. , to visit the Philippines. It
said that Lieut. Burbank will be re
quired to remain at his post until his suit off
for annulment of a ceremony of marriage
with Conception A asquez , a Filipino wo
man , is settled.
Drowned While Fishing.
Louis Probst , one of the oldest cigar
manufacturers in Marshniltown , la. , was of
accidentally drowned Thursday night
while fishing in the Iowa River. Hia Fe
body was not recovered until noon Fri
day. He leaves a family in rather
straitened , circumstances.
Williams Must Banff.
At The Dalles , Ore.Nortoan Williams ,
convicted of the murder of Alma Nes- the
bitt , formerly of Omaha , and her brother , and
was sentenced to be hanged.
A FATAL COLLISION.
Six Dead And a Score Injured Near
Norwalk , Ohio.
Six persons were killed and a score
were injured Thursuay on the Lake
Shore Electric Railway as the result of
a head-end collirfiou between a passenger
car ] and a freight ca > at AA'ells Corners ,
near Newark.
The dead are Charles Peck , Lorain ,
O. ; AA' . AAr. Sherwood , Garretson , O. ;
Neil Sullivan , Binghamton , N. Y. ; Clar
ence Ketcham , Loraiij , 0. ; Ralph AVil-
,
lams , Indianapolis , and an unidentified
man.
man.The
The severely injured are Steve AA'ater :
go , body crushed ; Frank Libling , head
cut ; Amelia Furnice , head cut ; Rose
Burns . , head cut ; Gertrude Miller , leg in-
jured ; Mrs. Louise O. Miller , head cut ;
Chief Electrician Moore , of the Lake
Shore Electric Railway , head cut ; Mrs.
George . E. Jansen , head cut ; M. McDon
ald , internal injuries ; D. C. King , back
bruised ; Mrs. AV. R. Ensign , leg broken ;
Mrs. R. G. Sayers , head crushed ; Myrtle
Nagle , arm hurt. .
All the injured liv * at or near Cleve
land.
The injured were taken .to the St.
Charles hotel , at Noptvalk , the third floor
of which has been turned into a hospital.
All those who weu- killed were in the
smoking compartment of the passenger
car , and death came instantly. The in
juries of several may result fatally.
Just/how the accident occurred is not
known. The cars were the largest type
of electric cars , and they were smashed
to pieces.
Both coirs were running at high speed.
BRING MURDERER TO JUSTICE
Said the Slayer'ol' 3Iiss Schafer Will
Not ISscape.
New evidence is being presented to the
grand jury investigating the murder of
. Sarah Shafer at Bedford , Ind. : A num-
ber of women of Bedford , who were not
examined heretofore , are testifying. The
local ( manager of the AVestern Union
Telegraph Company has been summoned
and copies of some telegrams have been
demanded.
Information was given to the grand
jury to the effect that James Richards ,
a carpenter , saw a certain person near
the mouth of the alley about G:15 o'clock
on the night of the murder. A summons
was issued for Richards.
Attorney Palmer 'testified before the
grand jury for some time.
"From the mass of evidence I gave to
the jury , " said he , "it will be several
Aveeks before the investigation ends. As
sure as fate the guilty man will be
brought to justice. "
DENEEN THE MAN.
Named for Goveruor by the Illinois
Republicans.
The long deadlock in the Illinois Re
publican convention at Springfield , III. ,
which opened May 13 , ended Friday afternoon -
ternoon , Charles Sanuiel Deneen , of Chiin
cage , being nominata'1 for governor on
the seventy-ninth ballot.
The seventy-ninth ballot ( official ) reni
suited : Deneen , 937 ; Lowden , 582 ; AA7ar-
ner , 21 j Yates , 1 ; necessary to nominate , ,
The first ballot in the convention on
May 13 resulted : Yutes , 507 ; Lowden ,
354 ; Deneen , 38(5 ( ; Hamlin , 121 ; AA'arner ,
43 ; Sherman , 87 ; Price , .
Deneen has been state's attorney of
Cook County , 111. , since 1890. He was
born at Edwardsville , 111. , May 4 , 3SJ3. (
He was admitted to tjie bar in 1S91.
THREE INSTANTLY KILLED.
Another Fatally Injured by Light
ning nt Boouei'ille , Ind.
Three children were killed , one man
fatally injured and ti woman and child
were seriously hurt at Booneville , Ind. ,
-Thursday by lightning , which partly de
stroyed their home.
The dead are Jobn Gentry , Jr. , Opal
Gentry and a baby.
The injured are J'jhn Gentry , sr. , fatal
ly ; Mrs. Gentry and daughter Orta.
The storm swept ; over the greater portion
tion of southern Indiana , doing great
damage to telephone and telegraph lines ,
fenecs and outbuildings.
THE BAftTLEY CASE.
Attorney Geneyal of Nebraska Files
nn Appeal s-n Supreme Court.
Attorney General Prout , of Lincoln ,
Neb. , has filed { : ii appeal in the supreme
court in the case of the state against the a
Bartley bondsmen , Cadet Taylor , AA'il-
liam Paxton q/id others.
The suit is lor $355,790.00 , alleged to
be due from th t defalcation of J. S. Bart
ley , state tret surer.
The case w ; s last tried in the Douglas
County district court and the judgment
was in favoir of the bondsmen. a
Lake Steamer Goes Ashore.
The steamer State of New York , en
route from Toledo to Cleveland , O. , with"
forty passeLgers on board , went ashore
AA7ednesdaj' iight during a dense fog on AT
the middle of Bass island. The passen ATF
gers were taken off by the steamer Ar ki
row and conveyed to Sandusky. Tugs trCi
have been font to the steamer's assist- Ci
.ance. fie .
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Battleship Aground.
An unconfirmed report has reached St.
Petersburg , from Mukden that the Japan
ese battlethip Fuji is aground on a reef
tlie jVHao Tao islands between the
Kwan Tung and Tung promontories , in
where she is being guarded by torpedo
boats. is
Machinists Are .Restrained. *
At Albuquerque , N. M. , Judge Baker ,
the district court , made permanent an
injunction restraining the striking Santa
machinists from molesting the com :
pauy's property or interfering with non
union employes.
New Cable Is Completed.
Advices from Nordeuham , Oldenburg ,
Germany , state that the last section of
second cable connecting Germany
America ! Q
was completed Wednesday
night. , At
STATE Oi1 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
Worst Floods Ever Known Tremendous
deus Damage in Western Nebraska
Many Head of Stock Drowned
Four Persons Lost Their Lives.
Division Superintendent Bignell , of the
Burlington , who has returned to Lincoln
from the Hood districts in Greeley and
Nance' Counties , gave details of what is
regarded as the worst Hood ever known
m that territory. i
Thousands of head of stock were
drowned , and it is believed four persons
lost their lives , either from drowning or
being struck by lightning. T. B. Ilord , a I
stockman on the Cedar River , near Fulni
lerton , . lost 100 head of fat cattle and [
300 head of hogs. Ranchmen all over the
district were sufferers. Trains were tied
up from washed out tracks and some
of the smaller towns have been without
mail since Tuesday. Twelve inches of
rain fell , overflowing every creek and
small stream in the two counties.
The known fatalities are : John Pollard ,
drowned ; Edward Bennender , drowned :
William Ray , killed by lightning. '
A Greeley special says : A man by the
name of Pollard and a woung man from
Omaha , who was visiting with him , were
drowned in attempting to cross Freean
man Creek while the bridge was under
water. The accident occurred near the
Davelin farm , southeast of Spaulding.
The body of the young man was found
a little way below the bridge. Parties
are still searching for Pollard , but no
trace of him , horse or buggy has been
discovered.
Reports coming in from the country inII
dicate that a good many farmers have
met with loss in the recent storm. Cat
tle | and hogs have been drowned and
crops partly washed out in places. Listed
corn has suffered most and will nearly
all have to be replanted.
STORM AT TEKAMAH.
Wind Almost Reached Velocity of
a Cyclone.
About 2:30 : Wednesday there seemed to
be a thunder storm of ordinary occur
rence approaching Tekamah from the
southwest. Almost without warning two
clouds seemed to meet directly over the
southwest corner of the city and the
firm warning residents had was a tre
mendous roarjng and the whirling 01
debris , broken branches , shingles and [
lumber. 1
It first struck Mr. Speelman's brick
residence on the hill just west of the
depot and unroofed it ; then zigzagged 1
northeast catching and tearing to pieces
alC the fine large shade trees in front of
Crowd's : residence , but not injuring the i
house ; then jumping across the railroad
and striking Mrs. Parish's house , blow
ing down the chimneys and partially un
roofing a part of the house ; then directly
north , striking and completely wrecking
Brune's blacksmith shop. Near this , to
the nortlt , is the opera house , which it
moved from the foundation a few feet
,
west and unroofed it and crushed in the
walls. No one was injured.
The total damage has not been esti
mated.
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IMPORTANT LAND BASE.
Ruling is Made in the District Court
at Niobrara.
Judge Boyd held a special term of
court at Xiobrara last week. The most
important case was over an old case that
has been annoying to settlers for several
years. When the allotments of land
were made to the Ponca Indians about
fif years ago they went according.to
th survey known as the Meyers airvey.
Upon opening of the reservation the first
settlers were located by this survey and
b5 the government field notes , which did
not tally by eighty rods. So the stakes
of the purvey and the field notes have
been in contention ever since. A case of
trespass was brought before Judge Boyd ,
and he decided in favor of the stakes of
the Meyers survey.
WHY FOX IS OUT OF ASYLUM.
Wife 'Needs His Liberty to Assist
Her Suit for Divorce.
Frank Fox , the Fort Crook man , who
in a fit of insanity tried to saw through
his ribs with a razor to take out his
heart , making a bad wound in the side ,
was taken back to the asylum at Lincoln.
The asylum officials sent a man to Pa-
pillion after him as soon as the act was
learned. Fox was paroled through the
efforts of a South Omaha attorney , who
Avas endeavoring to obtain a divorce for
Fox's wife , it being necessary for the
man to be out of the asylum before such
decree could be obtained.
Result of Horrible Crime.
Little 5-year-old Maud Storts died at
the Saltar sanitarium at Norfolk , where
she had been sent from O'Neill to receive
treatment for a loathsome disease. Her in
death is the sad culmination of a crime
too vile for print , which was committed
short time ago at her father's ranch ,
thirty-five miles southwest '
of O'Neill.
Her assailant was Dell Sweet , a farm
hand , employed on the ranch.
Private Soldier Killed.
A special from Crawford says : Private
Walker , of K troop , Tenth cavalry , of j fa
Fart < Robinson , was shot and instantly "
killed ! Tuesday by Private Wilson , of C
troop. < The two men were carousimr in A
Crawford and the shooting , followed a
fight between them. Wilson escaped and be
still at large.
Soldier Killed by Comrade.
Private Walker , of Troop K , Tenth D.
cavalry , of Fort Robinson , was shot and do
killed Tuesday by private Wilson , of. bu
Troop O. The two men were carousing ft-
Crawford and the shooting followed a I on
flght between them. Wilson escaped and ly
still at large.
Honors Kansas Requisition.
Edgar Evans , formerly of Jackson
County , Kan. , now under arrest at Falls
City , will be taken back to the SunfloAver | .
state to answer to the charge of statutory of
assault filed by Nellie Soegoet , who by
claims to be 17 years of age. A requisi ing
tion was honored by Gov. Mickey. was
Wants Damages.
Mrs. Anna E. Warren , who was badly
injured at the merry-go-round at Beatrice
several weeks ago , has begun a suit for
damages in the amount of2,000 against-
. Diller and other * as
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MINISTER CHARGES ADULTERY
His Wife Arrested at Sioux City , la. ,
with Another Man.
Under circumstances highly sensational
ol , Mrs. George B. Richardson , the beau
tiful wife of the pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Wahoo , and John B. Whit
ney , the dashing city clerk of Wahoo ami
assistant county treasurer of Saunders
County , were arrested Wednesday night
sitting" a table in the Eureka restaur
ant , Sioux City , la. They were arrested
by John Dineen. chief of police , upon a
byw
warrant ; charging adultery , secured by
. Rev. < Mr. Richardson.
Mr. Richardson made this statement :
"A certain woman of my congregation
boasted that she would ruin my wife.
This woman was herself of loose charac
ter ; and because Mrs. Richardson asso
ciated with her her name .soon was , be
smirched. Taking advantage of this re
port against my wife's character. Whit
ney sought to and did exert an evil influ
ence over her. Therefore , in order that
my friends may know why I have taken
this action. 1 say that I have caused his
arrest in the hope of protecting my wife
and , accomplishing her redemption. "
BDVAM AT TWf H H 1 [ VI
Was in Complete Control of Nebraska
Democratic Convention.
Democrats in state convention at Omaha
h.i , Wednesday unanimously selected AV
J. Bryan to head the Nebraska delega
tion to the national gathering at St
Louis ( , and adopted a platform which re
affirms ] the Kansas City platform of 1000
and places before the public Mr. Bryan's
views of what should be embodied in the
platform ; of the coming national conven
tion. Mr. Bryan was himself chairman
of the committee on resolutions , and he
wrote the platform.
The following delegates at large were
chosen by aclimation :
AY. J. Bryan. C. J. Smyth , Omaha ; W.
II Thompson , Grand Island , and Waller
Phillips , Columbus.
The following alternates were chosen
.7. II. Coppprwaithe. of Holt ; J. M. Gil
christ , of Otoe ; II. P. . Waid. of-Johnson
and II. C. Davis , of Richardson.
James C. Dahltnan. of Omaha , was
unanimously elected national committee
man from Nebraska.
TOURNAMENT AT NORFOLK.
Nebraska Firemen AVill Meet There
Sorni ; Tii7ie This Summer.
It is announced by the Norfolk commit
tee that the location of the state firemen's
tournament this season is now settled ,
and that it will be held at Norfolk.
After the failure of Nebraska City to
make the necessary arrangements for the
event. Norfolk secured a short option
from the board of control , and wired
Chairman McNee , of Kearney , closing
the deal. The date is not yet fixed , as it
wi have to be made with reference to
th exposition races at St. Louis. The
all ; Nebraska hose team will participate
in both events.
MUST PRODUCE THE COIN.
Judge Mniigcr Gives Samuel Daimant '
Ono Day to Get $ oOOO.
Judge Munger , in the federal court at
Omaha , gave Samuel Daimant one day
in which to produce $ .j.OUO and Samuel
Harwick two weeks to get $7,1)00 ) or be
adjudged in contempt of court , subject to
imprisonment or other punishment.
Both were merchants who filed petitions
in bankruptcy. Creditors allege that
they were concealing assets in the
amounts named , and on these allegations
Judge Munger has given them the alter
native of producing the assets or go to
prison.
KNEW DEAD MAN.
Is the Body of Arthur AVillard Who
Worked nt Council Bluffs.
Charles F ! Nicholas , of Council Bluffs ,
la. , has identified the floater that was
found four miles below Nebraska City
last Thursday evening. lie says that it
is Arthur AA'ilhml. who had been a resi
dent of Council Bluffs- , worked in the
railroad yards there and who disappeared
May 3. Nicholas thinks that AA'illard
wa * out of funds at Council Bluffs. It is
said that AA'illards parents live at AAril-
liamston , N. Y. , and that he was 23 ,
years of age.
STOCKMEN WILL QUIZ KINKAID
Some ot Them Think Benefits of His
Bill Are Exaggerated. a
Elaborate preparations are being made
for the reception of the Nebraska Stock
Growers' Association convention , which
will be held in Alliance this week. Con
gressman Kinkaid Avill be one of the prin
cipal speakers and great interest attach
es to his address , for it is a matter of
discussion intthe minds of many stock
men whether his new G40-acre home
stead bill has in it all the merits for
stockmen it is claimed.
Death of H. A. Babcock.
II. A. Babcock , deputy state treasurer ,
who died suddenly at Lincoln , Sunday ,
was one of the best known men in Ne
braska. He was elected state auditor
1S02. Later he was the head of the
insurance department tinder Auditor
AA'eston. which place he filled with ability ,
resigning to become to
deputy to , State
Treasurer Mortcnsen upon the latter's
election.
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Berries Are Ripe and Plentiful.
A steady rain hasprevailed at Auburn. ty
The ground is in excellent condition for
farminir purposes. The
farmers , as a
rule , are through planting corn. Small ing
fruit of all kinds is in splendid condition.
large crop of strawberries and rasp It
berries seems assured. Strawberries will
on the market in a few days. the
Child Fell Thirty Feet. the
The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
. Leap , of Bancroft , fell from a win
dow in the .third story of the AA'atson
buildilig to the grdund. a distance of 30
feet < , and was uninjured. The ground are
which the child fell had been recent to
covered with blue grass sod which
made a spongy cushion.
Killed by JLigbtninff.
A young man by the name of Ray was em
killed by lightning five miles northwest o rej
.Greeley. It appears that he had eot out cd
the buggy and was holding the horses ets
the heads , when the bolt struck , kill ha
both horses and man. The vehicle yei
unharmed. Ray lived at Fullerton.
Artificial Stone Plant. i
Jones & Crawmer are establishing a
ran
plant at Bartley for the manufacture of j.
concrete .stone and expect to commence the
operations in a very few days , or as soon Otl
machinery is received.
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Short Notes
A grand Fourth of July celebration wi
take place at PJattsmouth.
-V stock company has been organized
and will take charge of the Cambridge1
electric light plant.
A class of twenty-three boys and seven
teen girls graduated from the St. Paul *
high school this year.
The corner stone of the new baunders-
County court house at AA'ahoo was laidl
on the afternoon of June - .
Decoration day exercises were observed. '
in nearly all cities and villages in tha
state with more detail and better attendance
anco than for several years.
The Columbus city council has given *
published notice that a penalty of $ l.oV
will be imposed on all who fail to take
out the required licence for ( logs. j
George B. Robinson , of the Lincoln
vine"ar works , looked down into a jug oZ
gasoline by the light of a match , and asi
a result has a badly singed face.
U a called meeting by Mayor Perkyy
Of AA'ahoo , the business men decided tc *
hold a rousing Fourth of July celebration
A "hustling committee is now out.
U a raeetinff of business men at Peters
burg it was decided to celebrate the
Fourth of July this year. A committee
was given full charge of arramroinents.
The annual conference of the Nebraska.
district of the German Reformed church !
held a six days' session at the Dry ,
Branch church , southeast of Hmnlioliltj
At Beatrice , the 0-year-old daughter oC
A. J. Jones , a-farmer residing near tuff
city , was thrown from a wagon and sus
tained a broken arm and numerous
bruises. ;
The annual gathering of the Nebraska
Stock Growers' Association assembled at
Alliance Thursday. June 2. Representative - *
ative stockmen were there from all overf
the country.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Beatrice - *
rice at the Paddock opera house ap
pointed a committee of six business men
to consider plans for a Fourth of July
celebration.
AA'ahoo and vicinity has been visited
by a continuous shower for the past
twenty-four hours. Crops are in fine
shape. Most of the corn is planted in
that vicinity.
Mrs. Eliza Rile , an old resident of
Sicily Township , Gage County , was pro-
.nounced insane by the board of insanity
commissioners at Beatrice and ordered
taken to the asylum.
The new $1.800 pipe organ has arrived1
and been installed in the Methodist
church at Hastings. Aside from the one
in the Presbyterian church , this is the
only pipe organ in the city.
At Beatrice , considerable corn has been
marketed the past few weeks. The price
ranges from 03 to 45 cents per bushel , ,
and farmers hav6 no trouble in disposing
of their grain at these prices.
Miss Buchanan , who has taught one
of the primary schools at Geneva since
ofCl
Christmas ? , sails shortly for the Philip-1
pines , where she has accepted a posi
tion in the government schools.
The contract for cement walks around
the new court house at Hebron and to ,
otherwise beautify the grounds has been ,
let to a Lincoln firm , who are onthe
ground and have commcMH-ed work.
Edward Kiem dropped dead at his
home in the north part of Fairbury. He
had been in apparent good health up to
the moment of his death. Mr. Kicm was
53 years of age and left no family except
a wife.
Mayor Hackett , of Humboldr. 'ias been
advised that his position in refusing d
license to Al Shaffer to operate a bil-
Hard hall has been sustained by Judgfr
Kclligar , before whom the case was
heard a few days since.
At the last session of the Hartington
city council action was taken condemning
the Union opera house for want of prop1
or exits in case of fire , and notice was
served upon the proprietor to conform
with the tate -laws relative to opera
house requirements.
At Harvard , Stokes' opera house was
well filled to listen to the graduating
exorcises for the public schools , there
being nine in the class , with the somewhat -
what reversed rule of more boys than
girls , as there were six of the former
and three of the latter. \
The preliminary trial of the state
against Cunningham before Judge AA'il- I r *
liams at Stockvillc. came to a clof-e after
lively legal battle lasting three days.
The case was dismissed and Cunning
ham was cleared of the charge of steal
ing several head of horses.
Coal has been struck in paying quan
tities at Lynch. The artesian well there ,
into which a pipe GOO feet long has been
sunk1 , is shooting out chunks of combus
tible carbon that the citizens feel proud
of. It is estimated that it will boom the
town. The quality is good.
The history and Art Club of Seward '
will give a first and second prize for the
lawn making the best appearance during
the summer. On account of entertain
ing the General Federation of AA'omeu's
Clubs in Seward on next October , stren
uous efforts at every sort of improve
ment are now in progress.
Complaints have been made recently
the South Omaha city , officials abeut :
the dirty condition of alleys in the down
town district. This condition is explain
in a measure by the fact that those
having the hauling of garbage have plen
of orders ahead , but are not able at
this time to remove the refuse.
Louis Housman , a young man resid
about fifteen miles below Beatrice ,
shot himself with a 22-caliber revolver.
is supposed that Housnian committed
suicide , although no reason is given for
act. Housnian was a soldier in the
Philippines and was discharged from
service only about six months ago.
The Norfolk members of the State
Firemen's Association have named their
committees for the work of the t9urna-
ment this year and the fighters of blaze *
all busy now getting things in shap
advertise the event and to take care
the visitors when they have arrived.
The dates chosen are Aug. 2 , 3 and 4.
Robert 1 Kelly , an aged flagman in tha
employ of the Burlington at Lincoln , has
reported to the police that someone enter
his room and stole $70 from the pock
of his trousers. Kelly is a cripple ,
having been injured in a wreck manjj
years ago and is over 70 years of age.
E. E. Archer and daughters started
from their home for Seward on Monday ,
when the team became frightened ancf
] away , throwing them out. Miss
Maude Archer sustained a broken leg , '
bone being badly splintered. Thef
other occupants of the carriage wer4
badly bruised-