Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Demoerz
VALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE , Publish
FIGHT AT EXPOSITIO ]
ZACH MULHALL SHOOTS THRE
MEN IN ST. LOUIS.
One Victim of Mulhull's Bullets , a
Innocent Bystander , is Probabl
Fatally Wounded Shooting Cam
After Trouble of Jjonj ? Standing.
Zach Mulhall , live stock agent of tl :
St Louis and San Francisco Ilailroa <
Saturday night shot three men in froi
of the entrance of the wild west show o
the pike at the world's fair grounds. On
of them , an innocent bystander , name
Ernest Morgan , is believed to have bee
ifatally wounded. He was shot in the al
'domeu. ' The other men are Frank Reec
boss hostler of the wild west show , an
Johnnie Murrah , one of the cowboy ;
'They ' arc being cared for at the emergei
cy hospital on the world's fair ground ;
The doctors say that Morgan will di (
"He lives in St Louis and is 18 years eli
Frank Reed , who is 00 years old , wa
shot in the arm and the right side of th
'neck. '
I Murrah , aged 35 , was shot in the abdc
jmen. The shooting was the culminatioi
of trouble between Mulhall and Fran !
Reed over the question of authority. Th
'shooting ' occurred at the entrance of tin
show , just at the conclusion of a per
formance , while the pike was crowde <
with people , and great excitement wa :
i caused. '
Mulhall was locked up and bail was re
fused.
There has been trouble for some tim <
.between Mulhall and Reed. The lattei
says that it was because Mulhall triei
to run things , although he was only ai
employe , like Reed. Last week Mulhal
had Reed arrested on the charge of dis
turbing the ccjtice , and Reed was finec
$50.
$50.The
The police arrested William Langa
Harry P.hillips , Earl Stohr , Fraiifc
Schram , and John Christie , cowboys ,
whom they are holding as witnesses.
SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED.
Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio
at Vincennes , Ind.
Thundering down a steep grade at Tin-
cennes , Ind. , Sunday , Baltimore and
Ohio passenger No. 1 , westbound , ran
through an open switch , colliding with a
freight train of thirty cars , resulting in
the injury of sixteen persons , three of
whom may die.
Engineer Walters , of the passenger
train , estimates that his train was run
ning at the rate of fifty miles an hour
when he discovered that the switch was
turned. He says he immediately applied
the air and immediately jumped from
his engine. The interior of the dining
car , which was the most damaged , was
bespattered with blocd and the furniture
was a mass of debris.
Vincennes has no hospital , nud while
the local physicians were administering
the first aid to the injured'the wrecking
crew hurriedly cleared 'the track in order
.that the injured might be taken to St.
Louis for hospital attention.
The cars in the passenger train were
new and so constructed as to make it al
most impossible to telescope them.
MINISTERS THEIR POINT
Justice Gaynor Holds Sunday Bull
isIllegal. .
Justice Gaynor , of the supreme court ,
sitting as a magistrate in Brooklyn , N.
iY. , Saturday night , handed down an
opinion in which he holds that games of
professional baseball , such as have been
played at Washington Park this season
'games to which the public is invited and
to which an admission fee is charged
are illegal on Sunday , being prohibited
by the , law. The ministers have won
their point.
The decision was -rendered on a motion
ito discharge Edward Poole and John Dil-
'lon ' , of the Brooklyn Baseball Club , -who
were arrested on the charge of violating
the Sunday law by taking part in a game
with the Pittsburg team at Washington
Park two weeks ago Sunday. Justice
Gaynor denies the motion , and the "men
will now have to stand trial.
Sunday's Harvest of Dead.
Sunday's harvest of dead from the
steamer General Slocum at New York
numbered 40 , bringing the total number
of bodies so far recovered up to G32. Of
these 559 have been identified , while
[ 40 o'f the victims now lying at the morgue
liave not been claimed by friend or rela
tive.
Killed by Gas Explosion.
By the explosion of gas flowing from a
new well on the Henry Farster farm in
.Wayne Township , near Gohecnville ,
Pa. , Saturday , two men were killed and
a third will uie , while a fourth is seri
ously wounded.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's market quotations for live
.stock : Butcher steers , $5.00 ; hogs , S4.00
Benjamin D. Wood Dead.
Benjamin D. Wood , vi'ce president and
cashier of the Merchants' National Bank ,
at Omaha , died Sunday of heart failure.
JMr. Wood was one of the best known
bankers of the west and was a financier
of considerable prominence.
Boys Killed by .Lightning.
Four boys standing under a cherry tree
on a farm near Felton , three miles from
Chester , Pa. , for protection from the
, storm , were killed Sunday by a stroke of
lightning.
RANSOM MONEY IS READY.
Bandit Kaisuli's Termo Met by tl
Sultan.
Mohammed El Torres , rcpresentii
the sultan of Morocco , has caused t !
arrest of two shieks , as demanded 1
Raisuli. The amount of ransom deman
ed for the release of Perdicaris and Va
ley is ready. Raisuli's answer is expec
ed by the end of the week.
News has been sent to Raisuli throuj
the shereef or Bazzan that all his d
rnands have been complied with.
The authorities hope tht the landii
of. some 400 Moorish troops at Tangii
Friday will not upset the arrangement
and this is now the only thing whic
threatens difficulties. These troops a :
of the worst type , and though they we :
ostensibly sent by the sultan for the pr
tection of Europeans the residents of tl
city continue uneasy , because the trooi
have no discipline whatever and endai
ger life and property.
A British steamer is momentarily e :
pected with the remainder of Raisuli
follows who were imprisoned at Lj
rache. The authorities express the hoi
that Perdicaris and Varley will reac
Tangier on Monday next
WIRELESS NEWSPAPER.
Passengers on Liner Keep in Tone
-ivith the World.
With the aid of Signor Marconi,1 tli
Cunard line established the Cunard Dail
Bulletin , a daily ocean newspaper , o
the Campania , which arrived at Nei
York. Signor Marconi came on the Can
pania to see that his new and powerfi
receivers worked all right , and said h
was thoroughly satisfied with the vei
ture.
ture.The
The Bulletin1 is an eight page papei
The first three and last two pages wer
"plate" matter , with the fourth and fift
pages devoted to news , telegraphic an <
local , and the sixth to a collection of an
ccdotes headed , "Smokeroom Gossip. "
TWO IOWANS MISSING.
Disappeared While at the World's
Fair in St. Louis.
Two mysterious disappearances hav
been reported at the Iowa building at th
world's fair in St Louis , and the polic
have been notified and are now searchini
for the missing persons. ' Both are men
One of them is Dr. Fisher , of Yale
Fa. , a prominent physician , who has no
been seen since Tuesday morning. Hi :
wife , who came with him , is distracted
The other disappearance reported ii
that of Capt Randolph Sry , of tin
Fourth Iowa. The man is 75 years oh'
ind disappeared Wednesday afternoo :
Crom the palace of agriculture.
F. WOLCOTT JACKSON DIES.
President of United Railroads oi
New Jersey Has Heart Failure.
F. Wolcott Jackson , of Newark , N. J. ,
n-esident of "the board of directors of the
United Railroads of New Jersey , a pari
) f the Pennsylvania system , is dead.
He was stricken with heart failure ,
> n board a westbound train , just as it
irrived at Trenton , Thursday morning.
Ie was revived with great difficulty and
n-ought to Newark by a special train anJ
aken to his home , where he died.
SHOT BY ASSASSIN.
Russian Governor General of Pin-
land Fatally Hurt.
A St. Petersburg special says : Gen.
Jobrikoff , governor general of Finland ,
ras shot and mortally wounded Tluirs-
-morning at Helsingfors. The as-
assin , who was a man named Schau-
lann , and a jso : of _ Seuator _ gchauinanii ,
immediately committed suicide.
BobrikofT was brought to St Peters-
urg in a dying condition. The attack is
scribed to Finnish patriotism.
DEATH IN A TORNADO.
ver Hundred Persons Are Killed by
Storm in Cuba.
Over 100 persons were killed in a tor-
ado in Santiago , Cuba , and the sur-
mnding country.
The tornado was accompanied by un-
recedented rains and caused great dame -
? e about Santiago de Cuba.
The land lines between Havana and
antiago and cable communications have
jen interrupted for forty-eight hours.
Fight May ho Called Off
Manager James Coffroth , of the Yosem-
e Athletic Club , has gone-to Jeffries'
aining quarters at Uarbiue Suringe
offroth will confer with Trainer Delany
id ascertain exactly the condition"
sffries' knee and his chance of fighting
hen he gets on his feet. If the outlook
not favorable the contest will be de-
ared off. The latest report is to the'
feet that the champion is improving
pidly.
Nearly a Mile a Minute.
A Hamburg. Prussia , dispatch says :
aery , the French contestant , won the
otor race over a course of 350 miles ,
natzyof Germany , winner of last year's
ntest , was second. Thery's time was
hours , 50 minutes and 3 seconds. Je-
tzy's was G hours , 1 minute and 21
conds.
Five Shocks Required.
Moses Johnson , colored , of Ports-
Mith , 0. , was electrocuted at the Ohio
nitentiary early Saturday morning fo
murder of Edward Lest , an iusur-
ce agent Five , shocks were adminis-
red before the condemned man was
ad.
Suicide of Bank President.
1 special from Dallas , Tex. , states that
. M. H. Mayes , arrested there on the
arge of forgery and false entries in
5 Elk City National Bank , of Elk City ,
: la. , of which he was president , had
at himself and was dying.
\ Ocean Disaster Feared ,
k. quantity of burned wreckage and
bin furniture of a passenger ctcamer
is washed ashore near Cape Henry ,
. . , Thursday , causing fears that a seri-
s wreck has occurred.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOK
Wife of a Prominent Physician Ri
fuses to Believe NCWH of Death.
Dr. George Geist , chief surgeon of t ]
sanitarium at Prairie du Chien , Wi :
died suddenly Wednesday at McGregc
la. , of a hemorrhage of the brain. H
wife , who has been visiting in Ypsilan
Mich. , refuses to believe it , thinking h
husband is only playing a practical jo !
on her. When Mrs. Geist left her hu
band for a visit , to friends and relativ <
at Ypsilanti he told her jokingly that
she did not return in three weeks 1
"would make .life miserable for her. "
Mrs. Geist thought nothing more <
the matter until Monday , when she r
ceived several telegrams telling of In
husband's serious illness , and these si
looked upon as a continuation of tl
joke , a S3Jkg three weeks allowed her I
her husband were up that day.
Thursday afternoon she received a tel
gram announcing his death , but put
down as a continuation of the joke , J
she had left her husband in the best <
health. She left for Albion , where h <
mother resides , for a continuation of h <
visit , still thinking that there she woul
hear more of the supposed prank.
William H. Geist left for Iowa to brie
the body of his brother to Detroit D
Geist was 30 years old and a gradual
of the University of Michigan.
TROOPS TO RULE.
Martial Law Declared in Colorad
Gold Camp.
Friedley , the alleged murderer of Roxi
McGee , and three companions have tal
en refuge in a cabin three miles south c
Victor , Colo. Gen. Bell has ordere
mounted soldiers to capture or kill then
The men are heavily armed and will nc
be taken without a fight.
Martial law has been declared in th
Cripple Creek district by the posting o
Acting Governor Hargott's proclamatio
at a number of places in the camp.
The posting was done under the dirc-c
tion of Adjt Gen. Bell , who arrived a
Victor at midnight with the proclama
tion.
Conditions in the camp are quiet Bel
lias assumed command of the militar ;
ind control of the district.
PANIC ON A STREET CAR.-
Persons Injured in New iTorl
City Because Fuse Blew Out.
In a panic among passengers in i
S'ew York City trolley car Friday nigh
line persons received injuries , most o ;
hem requiring the attention of physi
rians.
The panic was caused by the blowing
nit of a fuse while the car Avas running
it a high speed. The front platform ant
orward part of the car were enveloped
11 flames , and the passengers made fran-
ic efforts to escape. Many fell , others
vero pushed off the car and trampled ou
tefore the car could be stopped.
JO DANGER OF GREAT FLOOD
Yeather Forecaster Scouts Alarm
ing Rumors in St. Louis.
Rumors that St. Louis , Mo. , is threat-
ncd with a flood in the near future hav-
ig become persistent and widespread ,
Idward II. B. Bowie , local forecaster
f the United States weather bureau ,
as made a statement assuring the public
liat there -was no foundation for such
? ars. lie said in part :
"Any prediction , no matter what its
nircc , of a great flood at St Louis at
sine indefinite time this summer is abso-
itely without basis and unworthy of
elief. "
CRITICISED THE COURT ,
tlitor of the Durango Democrat
Has Been Sent to Jail.
Editor David F. Daof the Durango
emocrat , Durango , Colo. , has gone to
lil rather than pay a fine of 300 im-
jsed upon him by Judge Russell , of the
strict court , for having criticised in his
rwspaper a decision of the court.
In a card to the public the editor says :
"The court fined me ? 300. I will not
ly 30 cents. "
Application will probably be made to
ie supreme court by Day's attorneys for
writ of superscdeas.
Rehearing Refused Howard ,
The court of appeals' at Frankfort ,
y. , refused a rehearing to James How-
xl , sentenced to life imprisonment for
leged complicity in the Goebel con-
liracy. Howard will carry his case to
e United States supreme court at
rashington.
Bad as Fourth ot July.
As a result of the careless handling of
y pistols , fire crackers and other ex-
Dsives incidental to the Bunker Hill
y celebration at Boston Friday , more
an 300 people sought treatment at the
jal hospitals.
Schiller Electrocuted.
Michael Schiller , the Youngstown , O. ,
.irderer , was electrocuted in the annex
the Ohio penitentiary early Friday
jruiug.
Ono Year in Pen.
L E. Leimer , formerly" cashier of the
ink of Princeton , was sentenced to
: 've one year in state prison at Waupon ,
is. , on a charge of illegal banking.
New York Banker is Expelled.
Che expulsion of W. E. Woodend was
nouuced on the Consolidated exchange
New York Friday , the reason given
ing alleged irregularities in dealings.
Jeffries Under the Knife.
Vdvices received at San Francisco
im Harbin Springs , where Jim Jeffries
training , announce that an operation
.s performed on the ailing knee of. the
impion. An incision was made and a
antity of fluid drawn off.
Collision onBaltimore and Ohio.
n a collision between two through pas-
iger trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
ilroad at Caseyville , 111. , the engineer
the westbound train was killed and
ee passengers were seriously iu'jured.
STATE OE NEBRASK
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A COI
DENSED FORM.
Who Killed Ben Minnick ? TheMu
deris Charged to James McCloud
He Will be Arrested When B
Present Prison Term is Ended.
* _
Relatives of Ben Minnick , who w
murdered in the vicinity of Thennopol
Wyo. , will arrest James McCIoud , all
"Driftwood Jim , " upon his release fr <
the Wyoming penitentiary , where he
serving time for a postoflice robbei
Ben Minnick was was one of the in <
popular young men in south York Couu
and last year assisted his brother in a
ing fqr his sheep near Thermopolis , wh
one evening just at dusk he was murd (
ed by either hired assassins of the catt
men or by cattlemen themselves , w !
had sent word to the Minnicks that
they did not move out of the count
with their sheep they would be kill
and their sheep destroyed.
The parents at York , with assistan
of authorities in Wyoming , have bei
securing evidence and suspicion , said
be well founded , is that James McClot
murdered Ben Minnick. The current i
port in that neighborhood is that "Drif
wood Jim" was employed to kill Willia
Minnick , and because he made the mi
take of killing Ben Minnick , his brothc
those who agreed to pay him for tl
murder have refused to fill their part i
the contract , and that was the reasc
McCloud came back to the neighborhoc
and was captured.
At the time of his capture McCloi ;
n'as heavily armed and well mountt
and swore vengeance on certain partie
and it is reported that several vei
tvealthy and influential cattlemen are ii
volvcd and that at the trial there wi
be exposures of the plotters and emplo :
era.
OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX.
Three Cases Developed in Gram
Island Soldiers' Home.
Three cases of smallpox have develope
in one of the hospitals at the Soldier :
Home at Grand Island. Those afflicte
are George Warrens , Harry Burcliarc
the hospital steward , and Mr. Lindloy. j
temporary building was at once erecte
an the prairie , at safe distance from a
other buildings , and the sick , all o
whose cases are very light , are there bi
ing cared 'for. The hospital building i
which the disease has appeared has bee
Quarantined from the rest of the horn
and from the city , and the utmost can
tion is taken by the Soldiers' Home , a
well as the city authorities , to prevent ;
spread of the contagion and no furthe
cases are looked for.
K"o Clew to Highwaymen.
There is no clew to the party wh <
field up W. II. Clark Tuesday mornin :
at. Fremont. One man was arrested oi
suspicion , but released , as he was abl <
to give an account of his whereabouts
Two or three strangers got off the trail
ind entered the Brunswick restauram
ivith. him , but he is unable to give unj
lescription of them. The amount of his
oss is over $300 in cash'and about the
same amount in notes and checks , al
myable to Marshall'Bros. , his employ
; rs.
Omaha Printers Lose Work.
Proprietors of Omaha printing houses ,
) f which there are no less than ten large
mcs , arc indignant over the action of the
joard of of Ak-Sar-I in
governors - - cn giv-
ng to a Milwaukee house the job of get-
ing out the lithograph hanger for the
'all festivities. The work will come to
tetween $ ! 500 and $700 , and the local
iriuter.s regard it as a direct injustice
lot even to have had the privilege of
lidding for it. Never before , according
p the local concerns , has this work bsen
lone outside of Omaha.
Child Attacked by Bull.
Katie , the 7-year-old daughter of Ja < = .
Joyle , residing six miles east of Page ,
ras thrown down and trampled upon
y a vicious bull , and seriously injured.
Vhen discovered the child was uncon-
cious , one shoulder blade and an ankle
fere broken , and the little girl other
wise bruised and maimed. Hopes are
ntertained that she will recover. She
as engaged in plucking wild flowers in
pasture near her father's home when
ttacked by the brute.
Struck by Train.
While a train was rounding a curve
bout one and one-half miles east of
Newcastle it ran over a man lying beside
ic track. The man was found to be
amflel McKinley. a prosperous but agei
irmer living east of Newcastle. When
: ruck his head was lying between the
es outside of the rail , but close enough
> r the car wheels to strike his head and
rush the skull. It is doubtful if he will
: cover.
Serious Accident.
A serious accident occurred to Wil-
im Martens , who. is running a large
irm near Chadron on what is known as
ic "Campbell" system. He was stand-
g in front of his team that was hitched
> a "packer , " when the horses started
> run , knocking him down and running
* er him with the machine , bruising and
aring his flesh in a most horrible wav.
e was tak0n to a hospital at Chadrou ,
it his recovery is very uncertain.
Robbery at Norfolk.
A sneak thief entered the residence of
yrou. Collamer at Norfolk during the
isence of the family and secured a val-
ible gold watch , a diamond pin and
: o gold rings.
New Rural Route.
A petition is being circulated at Fair-
x asking that a new rural free mail
livery route be established in the east-
n portion of Gregory County. The
opo'sed new route would accommodate
out 225 farmers.
Pioneer's Funeral.
The funeral of John Duggan , one of
e pioneers of Dakota County , was held
) m the Catholic church in Hubbard and
is largely attended. Mr. Duggan had
en a resident of that county since the
ring of 1SG4 ; having resided nearly all
is time on a farm one-half mile east of
ibbard.
mductor Cooley Buried at Norfolk
Che body of William H. Cooley was
) Ught to Norfolk from Lynch for bur-
. Mr. Cooley was for many years a
iductor on the Elkhorg rnnfl , N i
PEPPER IN TROUBLE.
Warm Time in Store for Him
Dakota Ciiy.
Sheriff H. C. Hansen , of DakotaC ;
has received a telegram from Tope
Ivan. , informing him of the arrest
that place of Owen B. Pepper , for wh
there has been a warrant out in Dak
county since last March , charging 1
with the crime of larceny as bailee. P
per was in the employ of Charles
Hollman as a farm hand and was s <
to Sioux City by Mr. Hollman with
cow and calf to dispose of. This Pep ]
did all right , but he forgot to return
send his employer the money receii
from the sale , or to send back the to ;
he drove , which was later found at
lively stable in Sioux City. Sheriff Hi
sen expected Pepper to show up at- ' .
peka , his old home , and had the oflici
there on the lookout for him.
Deputy Sheriff John Kloster of Sov
Sioux City left for Topeka to bring P <
per back for trial.
INVESTIGAITNG CAUSE DEAT
5Tork Woman Not Satisfied with R
ports Sent Her.
Mrs. George R. Reed has returned
York from McPhersou County , Ka
where she investigated the death of li
brother , Mr. Gue , who on April 30 w
found dead at 10 o'clock at night at theme
home of Charles Pugh at Roxbury , K
Owing to his sudden death and the fsi
that Mrs. Reed received scarcely any i
ply to the many letters she wrote , a
as it Avas generally supposed that G
had considerable property more than t
administrator reported , Mrs. Re
thought best to investigate.
It was found that the estate amount
to about § 3,000 iriore than had been re
resented , and there are very few unsi
tied accounts. Mr. Gue was one of ti
first settlers of York County and was
member of several lodges , who will a
sist Mrs. Reed in investigating the cau
of the death of her brother.
THREE HELD FOR MURDER.
Woman and Two Men HavePrelin
inary Hearing.
The preliminary hearing of Mrs. Na <
Hutchinson , her son , Charles Ilutchi :
son , and Charley F. Teasel , a nephew <
the missing man. charged with the mu
iler of Eli W. Feasel , was heard in tl
county court at Nelson. Twenty wi
nesses were called by the state , but i :
testimony was presented by the defeiu
it this hearing. The prisoners wei
bound over to the district court.
There will probably be a special ten
called to dispose of this case. There i
nuch interest manifested in it , resident
if the community in which the crim
> vas cominittt'd seem confident that th
> artios held are guilty of the crime c
mmler , while the defendants expres
hmeslves as confident of being able t
> rove their innocence when the cas
: omes to trial.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
traveling Man Held Up and Mone
Taken from Him.
William II. Clark , a traveling reprc
entative of Marshall Bros. , of Arlington
i-as held up and robbed of about $201
n cash and several hundred dollars ii
hecks 'and drafts , about a block fron
is residence at Fremont. *
He was found by the police wandcrin :
bout , talking incoherently. lie hai
ome bruises on his person and was tin
ble to tell what happened. A larg <
ockotbook containing the funds was
one. Mr. Clark says that he came ii
n No. 12. on the Union Pacific , fron
collecting trip west. He stopped a feu
linutos to get a lunch at the BrunswicL
? staurant and then came directly ur
> wn , towards his home.
ijj Bound Over.
Nich Thietje and John Budwing were
rraigued before County Judge Rewald
t West Point on a charge of assault
ith intent to inflict great bodily injury
pen the person of Henry Schinstock.
chinstock and Thietje "aip buyers and
uppers of live stock and Budwig is in
10 employ of Thietje. The fracas arose
rer a misunderstanding relative to stock
irs at the depot und occurred while
3th parties were loading stock for ship-
ent Thietje was discharged and Bud-
ig bound over to the district court , his
ill fixed at ? 500 , which he furnished.
Convict Sheldon of Forgery.
Quite aij. interesting case was tried by
idge Evans at York , in which Frank
icldon is charged with having drawn a
leek in his name , signing the name oi
rm. Otto. The check- was for § G21 on
e State Bank of Bradshaw , of which
> took a certificate of deposit for § 20G
id $400 in cash and left the country.
lie jury brought in a verdict of guilt j
forgery.
Tramps Are Numerous.
A bunch of tramps , headed from the
st into western places , either for the
ssebtul opening or the Black Hills , has
ruck northern Nebraska and is just
present making life miserable for ev
y town marshal along the Northwest-
n line. At O'Neill they persuaded a
ungster to go on the route with them ,
t the kidnapped youth was caughf
ain at Atkinson.
Kelly to Answer for Murder.
A. special term of the district court will
convened with Judge Hollenbeck 011
2 bench. The jury for the regular May
m. which was excused a few week *
0 but not discharged , will report for
ty again. The special term has been
lied mainly to try James Kelly , who
charged with the murder of Arthui
owden.
Fourth of July at Xeligh.
S'eligh will do her best to entertain
> se who visit the city on the Fourth of
Iy. Two purses of ? 50 each are offer-
for two baseball games. Three races
11 be run for purses o § > $50 each , and
exhibition mile will be given by Shade
, the great pacing stallion , with a rec-
1 of 2OSi4. Mexican Jim. the bronchf
3ter , will give an exhibition.
Bitten by Vicious DOR.
ialph Scott the 12-year-old son ol
. and Mrs. W. W. Scott , of Beatrice ,
s bitten on the calf of the leg by a vi-
us dog belonging to a man named
.terschl. The wound was cauterized
a physician and it is thought 110 seri
i results will follow.
Postoffice Robbed.
Bobbers entered the postoffice at Hader
I took $8. There is no due. Later
y stole five horses from the town and
village is wild. Hader is a small
tion north of NojeJjjJk.
Short Notes.
Flag day was generally observed in
Polk County and Osceola.
Several cases of smallpox in the vi
cinity of Millard are reported and the
families quarantined.
At the close of the first day's session of
the State Sunday School Association at
Grand Island 225 delegates were present.
Scarlet fever has again broken out in.
Papillion. A strict quarantine has been
established with the hopes of confining
the disease.
The Clay County teachers' institute
closed a week's session at Clay Center ,
One hundred and twenty-six teacher *
were in attendance.
Oats that have been held over from
last year are being hauled to Chadroii
now and sold to make room for the new
supply , which promises to be immense.
A brother of Mrs. E. Eaton , of Gene
va , was killed in the riot at the Indc-
pentlence mine in Cripple Creek district.
He was a non-union man named W. W.
Delaney.
The state board of equalization vote < l -
to increase the assessment of the railV ? J
roads of the state 70 per cent or iu t *
round numbers from $27,000,000 to $4G-
000,000.
Franklin is making large preparations-
to celebrate the Fourth. Franklin has-
not held a celebration for four years and
the citizens intend to make this Fourth
a hummer.
Miss Anna Michael , a domestic in the-
family of T. II. McClure , southeast of
Tecumseh , was bitten by a rattlesnake-
one day recently. She promptly recover
ed from the effects of the poisoning.
Mary Willars was severely burned about
the face and hands while endeavoring to
blacken a stove at Grand Island. She
was using a polish which required the
use of gasoline for moistening. The steve
was yet too warm and an explosion of
the gasoline resulted.
Two young men who are well known
to the officers at Tecumseh proceeded to-
egg the band and bandstand , as well as-
the crowd of spectators and the soldiers'
monument in the court house yard at
that place during the progress of the
band concert. It is probable that ar
rests will follow.
The Scandinavian Young Women's
Christian Association has announced its
intention of erecting a valuable building
on its property at the northwest corner of
Twenty-sixth Street and Capitol Ave
nue , Omaha. Permission has been ob
tained from the city to do necessary grad
ing in order that operations may begin
at once.
While the drivers were walking out
their horses between heats at the driv
ing park at Beatrice , Archie Brenker , 0
years old , ran too near one of the horse's-
heels and was kicked in the face. He
received an ugly cut over and under the-
t'ye , but did not receive the full force of
the blow. His injuries are not regarded
as serious.
While returning home John Lucas , a
farmer and hog buyer at Shelby , dropped
ane line and his high-spirited team be
came unmanageable. He was thrown
igainst a tree , his spine dislocated and
iis body parafo-zed below the heart.
IVhen found some 'hours later he was un
conscious. He was operated' upon and
s still living.
Of the 400 inquries being daily received
it Norfolk with regard to th
ipening of the Rosebud lands , over 40
> er cent of them are from women. Teach-
TS. stenographers and business women
vho have heard of the success of a uuin-
> er of their sex in the Oklahoma rush ,
*
mlicatc a desire to register for tlie--ff ( '
[ rowings at Bonesteel and Fairfax.V -T"
Dr. E. F. Jordan , pastor of the Baptist
hurch at Fremont , has tendered his res-
L'iiation in order to accept the position of
'resident ' of the Baptist college at Sioux
' 'alls , S. D. Dr. Jordan has been there
wo years and is very popular without
lie church as- well as within it. He Was-
ormerly at Gramf Island and was chap-
iiu of the Third Nebraska during the
pauish war.
G. W. Butterfield & Sons , of Hum-
oldt , have bought an option on a piece
f land belonging to R. P. Jennings in
'able Rock , on which they proposebuild -
ig in the near future , a large elevator
> include the apparatus for a cleaning-
: ation. Superintendent T. E. Calvert
lid other railroad officials were down
iving directions as to its exact location
day or two since , and } t is expected
ork will begin .there in the near future ,
Mrs. A. E. Stnnder. G2 years of age ,
ic of the pioneer settlers in Cass Coun-
and the mother of P. C. and James
tauder , the.well known Lotfsville nier-
uints. met with a serious accident She
id climbed upon a step ladder to ar-
inge some vines upon the porch , when
ie slipped and fell , receiving a com-
) uud fracture of her left limb just
) eve the ankle. Owing to the nature of.
e injury and her advanced age ampu-
tion may be necessary.
n Justice Archer's court at Platts-
outh , Emil Ptak swore out a complaint
rainst Joseph Bila. 11 years old. charg-
g him with the theft of $250 , the-
pney of the mother of the complaining-
itness. The boy has been spending-
uch money recently and suspicion rest-
upon him , but the evidence failed to
ow where he got the money that he
as spending so freely. He said he
und a portion of it and the rest was
ven to him. The prisoner was re-
ised.
Eight years ago C. Schaal of "C" pre-
ict , Seward. found a bed of thistles in
s pasture and he killed them by cut-
ig them one inch below the surface ,
it some of the seed , blown by the wind ,
nud root in many places and have
ined the meadows , so that no animal
11 graze there. Mr. Schaal wrote to- ' ]
2 experimental farm near Lincoln and :
irns from Prof. Bessey that these arc-
' " . < = > - "e--ai-3 tiili IJIOWJP U ,
of these affected meadows , the root ! *
rned and the land planted with corn. 1
Jenry Jones , a young man employed
plasterer's tender on the new hi"h
100 ! building at Fairbury , fell froni
iffold and was badly injured , sustain-
: a broken ami and a severe wound of
! hips.
iVhile in the act of turning on the bat-
y to the cigar lighter at his billiard
'm ' at Beatrice , Edward Hambliu hap-
led to strike his arm against a lar'e-
sdle which penetrated his wrist to'
i bone , breaking the needle in two. In
ier to remove the piece which was
: ied iu the flesh it was found uecessary-
ijse au X-ray machine. \ *