Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democra
VALENTINE , NEB.
M. RICE , Publiehc
GAMBLING IS OPE ]
CLICK OF LITTLE IVORY BALL I
HEARD AT BONESTEEL , S. D.
Buildings Spring Up in a Day , an
the Town is Preparing for Bi
Crowds Bad Men Arc Driven Ou
by Vigilance Committee.
At Bonesteel , S. D. , on the edge of tl
famous Rosebud Indian reservation , tl :
sound of the saw and the hammer is a
most drowned by the click , click of tl
little ivory ball as it goes round an
round , and by the monotonous calls i
the faro dealers and their cappers a
they reach for the chips on the , painte
cloths before them and incidentally r <
turn a few of the chips to other player :
The wielders of the saw and the han
mer are around and at work befor
the sun rises ; the players at the gamin
tables remain long after the sun sets. I
fact , Bonesteel at midnight is more live
ly than Bonesteel at midday. Ther
are no electric lights , but the big gas (
line torches make the streets light enoug
for the crowds already there.
But there are no holiday effects there
everything is cold business. A lot 5
leased in the morning ; by noon lumbe
is delivered and by night the framewor
of a house is put together. On the see
end day the building is completed an
befcra the last nail is driven the clin
of the ice and of the glass on the bar i
mixing with the calls of the capper , am
another saloon and gambling resort 5
thrown open.
But all is not plain sailing with th
gambling element. One man has th
"privilege" and another wants it. Fo
$100 per day Stanton , the "king-pin" o
the knights of the wheel , the dice am
the cards , has purchased the exclusivi
rights to open air gambling in the city
Several gamblers from Chicago and Den
ver have determined to secure a footing
and declare that they will close up all o
StantoXs devices and machines unlcsi
they are let in on the ground floor. Stan
ton is standing "pat" and trouble 5 :
brewing among the fraternity.
And there is an old time vigilance com
mittee in Bonesteel. That fact is not ad
vertised , but it gets in its work never
theless. Within the past ten days sonu
of the most notorious crooks and thievej
of the entire country have been in Bone
steel. But they only stay a few hours ,
when they are invited to leave the city
and are told the consequences if thej
refuse to do so. No fuss is made about
the obnoxious individual. He is quietly
invited by some member of the commit
tee to a short conversation. In this he is
told to leave on the first train , and in
most cases it accompanied to the depot.
These crooks are spotted by the
"square" gamblers and the committee
warned of their presence ; and as every
large city in the country is represented
in the ranks of the "squares , " a well
known crook scarcely gets into the town
before he is recognized.
SHOT BY BURGLAR.
A Minister is Fatally Wounded at
Iowa Palls , la.
Burglars raided Iowa Falls , carly
Thursday morning. At the home of W.
! H. Courtney Rev. C. H. Mayne , a Meth
odist minister from Nevada. la. , attend
ing the state Sunday school convention ,
grappled with a burglar and was shot in
the groin , the ball penetrating the intes
tines eight times. He was taken to the
hospital , but the physicians have no hope
of his recovery.
At other places visited watches ,
money and clothing were secured. The
burglars escaped. One suspect was ar
rested. The authorities in all directions
have been asked to arrest suspicious
characters in the hopes of apprehending
the gang.
Rev. Mr. Mayne had just entered the
ministry and was in charge of several
small parishes in Story County. He
was married last fall.
NO PEACE OVERTURES.
Neither Russia Nor Japan Ready to
Entertain Proposals.
While the officials at Washington , D.
C. , are satisfied that the recent visit of
King Edward to Emperor William was
not brought about by a purpose to ini
tiate a movement toward the restoration
of peace between Russia and Japan ,
there is reason to believe some very care
ful and discreet inquiries as to the oppor
tunities of such overtures at this time
have emanated from Washington. '
It may be. stated the result has been
to disclose the fact that neither of tlie
belligerent powers is yet in the humor to
sue for peace or even entertain overtures
from any third power on the subject.
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! Sioux City Stock Market.
Thursday's market quotations on the
Sioux City stock market were as fol
lows : Butcher steers , $4.75@5.GO ; hogs ,
$4.9Xg5.10. ( !
; Fatally Cut by Wife.
Temporarily insane and resisting an at
tempt to send her to an asylum , Mrs.
| Margaret Morris fatally cut her hus
band , Issac F. Morris , a packing house
I employe at Kansas City , Mo. , with a ra-
zor. Morris fought desperately with his
, \vife for fifteen minutes.
j Killed by Assassin.
! Seymour T. Jarecki , a young physician
of Denver , Cole , , was shot and killed
j Thursday at his home. Apparently he
j.was called to his door and assassinated.
ILLINOIS BANK SHORT.
The Cashier at Aurora is Tin'A
Arrest
Col. Jacob H , Plain , cashier of t
Gorman-American National Bank , of A
roru , 111. , has been arrested charg
wita the misappropriation of $ Go,000
the funds of the bank. The peculatio
have extended over a period of thr
years , during which time bank exami
ers have several times gone over the s
fairs of the bank and reported all ce
rect. This shortage was finally discc
ered by a special bank examiner.
The cashier waived examination a :
was held to the grand jury under bon
of $10,000.
Col. Plain has turned all of his p
vate accaunts over to the directors of t
bank , und his father und brother ha
made good part of the deficiency.
The capital stock of the institution
said to be unimpaired , and the bank ,
is claimed , is in excellent shape to wit
Etainl any run that may develop as a i
suit of Plain's shortage.
GUNBOAT ORDERED TO HAY'
Panther , Now at Newport News , "Wi
Sail at Once.
The German gunboat Panther , now i
Newport News , has received orders fro
Berlin to sail for Port au Prince , Hayi
immediately.
The state department at Washingte
has taken note of the press report <
the dispatch of warships by France ai
Germany to Hayti to secure reparatic
for an attack upon the persons of tl
French and German ministers recent !
by Haytien soldiers at Port au Frinc
The department has not been formal !
advised of the intentions of France ai :
Germany , but it is assumed these repor
are perfectly correct. Following its ii
variable rule in such cases , the depar
ment will not intervene , unless son
act is committed that appears to be bi
youd the bounds of strict justice.
TRACK HANDS HIT BY TRAIN.
Two Killed and Two Seriously In
jured at Rochester , N. Y.
Two men were killed , a third is nc
expected to live , and another is seriousl
injured as the result of a Charlotte trai
on the New York Central Railroad nu
ning through a gang of track hands Ji
Otis station in Rochester , N. Y. , Wet
nesday.
The dead are : Jotn Teal , 45 years ok
and Joseph Otz , 4G years old.
The dead are : John Teal , 45 years eli :
Homeopathic hospital with a broke
back. Patrick Flynn , 45 years old , is a
the hospital , where his right leg was am
putated. He will probably recover. A ]
four men were residents of Rochester.
The men were engaged in loading ma
terial into the baggage car of a city-
bound train when the train struck them
GIVE LOOM1S UP FOR DEAD.
Wife of 31issing- Man Has liost AI
Hope.
A Parkersburg , W. Va. , dispatch says
the name of the brother of Assistant Sec
retary of State Loomis , whose mysterious
3isappearance has attracted much atten
tion since the Kaiser Wilhelm II. laudec
in Europe over a week ago , is Fredericl
Kent Loomis , and not J. Kent Loomis
is reported in the cables.
Frederick Kent Loomis was managei
) f the Parkersburg Daily News. He
ivas highly respected anfl in business
icre. His wife has a babe only 5 weeks
) ld and is prostrated over her husband's
lisappearance. She has given him up as
lead.
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Cloudburst Does Much Damage Near
Pittsburgh
Over 500 homes , business houses anJ
chool houses , a short distance from
'ittsburg , Pa. , on the Pan Handle Rail-
oad , were inundated in from two to ten
eet of water in Robinson's Run hollow
nd Chartiers valley by a cloudburst.
Many buildings and bridges were
rashod away , horses and cattle drowned
ud at least one life lost. Therfe were
lany narrow escapes. The damage will
each $100,000.
Makes $2OOOOOO Gift.
Baron Alphonse de Rothshild , Baron
! dmond de Rothschild and Baron Gus-
ive de Rothschild , three of the chiefs of
10 Rothschild family , called upon M.
'rouillot ' , the minister of commerce , at
'aris ' , to inform him of their inteutou to
ive $2,000,000 for the purpose of pro-
idiug cheap and healthy dwellings for
le Parisian working classes.
Vandals Cut Airship.
A St. Louis dispatch says : Some time
iring Monday night the gas bag of San-
is-Dumont's airship was cut and slash-
1 in such a manner as to preclude all
) ssibility of its being repaired in time
i allow an ascension on July 4. The
ork was apparently done with a jack-
life. It will take at least two weeks to
pair the damage.
Turned on the Gas.
Despondency over financial matters is
ilieved to have caused Lee Minier , a"
ock and grain dealer from Minier , 111. ,
commit suicide at the Empire Hitel at
licago. The coroner's jury , at the con-
asion of the hearing , returned a verdict
death by asphyxiation , with suiclual
tent.
A River Mystery.
The body of a stylishly dressed woman ,
ed 30 years , was found floating in the
ississippi River at St. Paul , Minn. ,
th a silk handkerchief knotted tightly
ound the neck. The indications are
at the woman was murdered.
Cannot Take Claims.
[ t is stated at the general land office at
ashington that anyone who is the pro-
ietor of more than 1GO acres of land
any state or territory is barred from
ng on the Rosebud _ land .
NEBRASKA TORNADO.
Txvo Persons Are Killed Net
Holmeftvillc.
A tornado near Holmesville , Nel
Tuesday , killed two persons , fatal : y 5
jured a third and caused severe injury
five others.
The dead are two children of R.
Harris , 6 and 9 years old.-
Mrs. R. J. Harris was fatally injure
The injured : R. J. Harris , bud
bruised about the head and body ; Mi
Harris' mother , aged woman , leg broke
body mangled , contusion on head ; nu
not recover ; three children of Mr. ai
Mrs. Harris , severe but not serious.
The tornado followed a sultry afte
noon and came in the shape of a funne
shaped cloud. It struck and demolish *
several buildings before reaching tl
Harris home. At "the latter place pa
of the family reached a cellar-in safel
but Mrs. Harris and her son Lewis ar
a G-year-old daughter were unable to e
cape.
Great damage was done to crops an
several farm houses were destroyed , bi
the occupants sought safety in cellars.
At Holmesville several buildings wei
blown to pieces and others unroofed , bi
no casualties are reported.
The worst hail and wind storm in tl :
history of Beatrice occurred late Tue ;
day. Thousands of windows were brol
en , and a number of roofs shatterei
Crops suffered greatly. No one wa
killed.
A small tornado struck the furmin
district fourteen miles northeast of Yor
Tuesday evening. Crops were destroye
in a limited area and some small buile
ings blown down , but no one was ii
jured.
GREAT LAND RUSH.
Thousands of Persons Seek Claim
in Nebraska.
Intense excitement exists throughou
western and northwestern Nebraska.
Hundreds of homesteaders have invad
cd the domain of the cattlemen and be
gari filing Tuesday on the 9,000,000 acre
thrown open to settlement. Thousands o
people were in line at the six Sand office
in Nebraska. The opening is under th
provisions of the Kiukaid law , by whicl
homesteaders may file on G40 acres. Th *
bulk of the land is only suitable fo
stock raising.
From Broken Bow , Neb. , come insist
ent demands for the militia to preserv *
order. Gov. Mickey ordered Company
M , stationed at that place , placed at tin
disposal of the sheriff if the special po
lice failed to preserve order.
MINERS MAKE APPEAL.
Ask the Union Men of United States
Tor Assistance.
An appeal for aid has been issued by
the officers of the United Mine Workers
at Trinidad , Colo. , and generally dis
tributed throughout the city and county ,
It will also be sent to all the cities
throughout the cast and west.
The history of the struggle is reviewed
in the document , which closes in all ap
peal to all organized labor and sympa
thizers to contribute their mite to the
end "that organized labor may not be
stranded in Colorado. "
BIG FIRE AT ROME , N. Y.
Assistance is Asked from Utica Loss
Already $2OOOOO.
A fire at Rome , N. Y. , Tuesday after
noon destroyed Sink's opera house and
residence adjoining , and threatened to de
stroy other property.
One man is reported to have been bur
ied under the falling walls. Two others
were seriously injured.
Assistance was summoned from Utica ,
The loss is already $200,000.
Gambling House Robbed.
At Houston , Tex. , thieves worked a
successful scheme for the robbery of a
gambling house. A piece of dynamite
was exploded under a poker table and
the crowd of 100 inmates immediately
made a rush for the exit. During the
ixcitement someone grabbed the bank
roll at the faro table , getting between
ji,200 ; and $1,500 out of the drawer.
To End Ocean Rate War.
Shipping circles in London confidently
; xpect a settlement of the passenger rate
var at the result of a conference to be
leld in London July 7. It is confirmed
hut this meeting is almost entirely due
o the Initiative of King Edward , whose
luggestion Emperor William warmly
lupported.
Robbed on a Train.
Walter Scott , who says his home is in
sTew York , reported to the police at 1'hil-
delphia that he had been robbed of
112,000 in gold while on a Pullman car
ietween Pittsburg and Harrisburg. Scott
ad been in Dawsou City , Alaska , for
everal years , and acquired a fortune
here by mining.
in Uruguay.
Dispatches from Bage , a Brazilian
3wn near the Uruguayan frontier , says
courtier arrived there with a report of
battle at Tuamoae , Uruguay. Fighting
egan on Wednesday of last week and
ontinued the following day.
Girl Saves Babe from Fire.
A chowd which had gathered about a
timing cottage in Philadelphia Friday
fternoon , was thrilled when a young
omau emerged , with hair and clothing
flame , and with a young child safe in
er arms. ,
To Discharge 4OOO Men.
Four thousand more men will be dis-
larged from the Baldwin locomotive
orks at Philadelphia , Pa. , within the
sxt few days. Six thousand have al-
lady been dropped from the company's
irvice. This action is the result of a
ck of orders.
Lioomis' Body Not Pound.
A report circulated by a London news
jeiicy that the body of Kent J. Loomis
id been washed ashore near Cherbourg ,
STATE OJ ? NEBRASK.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A COI
DENSED FORM.
Robert Lewenberg of Omaha Fir
Three BulletH at His Divorced Wi
Fourth is Sent Into His Ov
Brain Woman Uninjured.
After making three ineffectual i
tempts to kill his wife , Robert Lewi
berg , of Oil North Eighteenth Stre
Omaha , a teamster in the employ of t
Pacific Express Company , shot himsi
in the head in the Drexel Hotel Sund
afternoon. He died within a few n
ments of the shooting. The woman cai
out uninjured.
Lewenberg and his wife were marri
about a year ago and last month we
divorced , and ever since their separati
Lewenberg has tried to bring about
reconciliation , but in vain. He wrc
many letters to her pleading that th
live together again , and as these we
of no avail wrote some of rather
stormy nature , in which shooting is me
tioncd. Sunday afternoon he went to t
Drexel Hotel , at which place his wi
is employed as a waitress , and aski
that he be shown to her room. I
knocked on the door and asked that li
wife come out as he had something
importance to tell her. As soon as si
left her room he renewed his plead in
but the woman refused to listen to hii
"I was in the office , " said James '
Pierce , the day clerk of the hotel , "ai
heard them talking. Soon after I heai
three shots "and the woman's screams ;
she ran down the stairs. Then I heai
the fourth shot. I immediately ran
the scene of the shooting and found Le\
enberg lying on the floor with a bullet
his left temple. lie died a few momen
after.
"lie has been coining to the hotel f <
the purpose , I heard , of effecting a recoi
filiation with his wife , but his wife a
ways refused to hear him out. Thou- :
Lewenberg did not hit his wife , he can
very near it , one bullet striking the he <
of her shoe , another singeing her hni
and the third knocking a button off he
dress. "
Mrs. Lewenberg came to Qmahn froi
West Point two years ago and srcuro
employment as a waitress at the lrex <
Hotel. She married Lewonberg whil
serving in that capacity , and afti-r lit
divorce returned to her former placi
Lewenberg is an old resident of Omalu
Both were 24 years old.
Coroner Brailey took charge of the n
mains and will hold an inquest.
CROWD HOLDS UP TRAIN.
Northwestern Freight at Valentini
is Captured by .Lund Seekers.
Freight train No. 82 , oastbomul , du
( o leave Valentine at 5 o'clock Tuesda ,
afternoon , was held up by land seeker
attempting to board it after having mad
their filings and desiring to leave town
The caboose and box cars were packet
inside and out by the strangers , som <
with and some without tickets. Train
men attempted to put them off , but wen
unsuccessful , which resulted in the trail
being side tracked until near midnight.
Extra coaches wore added to th ? pass
c-n-ier train Wednesday morning to ac
commodate the rush , and notwithstand
ing that fact the train was solidly pack
i'd. While another jam like this is no
expected , the rush will not be over fo :
! i month or more , as there are more thai
-OOCUOO acres subject to entry in this
Jistrict , enough for several thousam
liomesteads.
LOOKS FOR FAMILY.
Veteran Searches in Vain for Mother ,
Father , Brother and Sisters.
Fred L. Howe , a 19-year-old veteran
) f several wars , is at Omaha on what
eems to be a vain search for life mother ,
'ather , three brothers and one sister , all
f whom he left at the- old borne at
tfaysville , Ky. , whnn he loft for the
Philippines as a mascot. Young Howe'
instained several wounds during the
iege of Peking and in the Philippine
ampaign. He cannot speak- above a
rUispcr and his hearing has been im-
laired from the result of a bullet wound ,
lowe claims to be the son of Frederick
'j. Howe , an ex-confederate general.
Harvest .Hands Plentiful.
The movement of hands to + he bar
est fields of Kansas by the N'lTjor 1m-
eau at Lincoln has begun , ami ; i right
ively time it was for the office force , for
bout twenty-five sturdy son : ? of toil
ame in for identification cards that
rould permit of them traveling for 3
cut a mile. , Each person sent out was
egistered and thus at the end of the sea-
on the office will be able to show how
nr it missed sending its quota of the 21-
00 men wanted. Only a verf small mi-
ority of those registering belonged to
ic sclloolboy brigade , though they are
xpected later.
Cutting Alfalfa.
Alfalfa is being cut in gieat qualiti
es about Chadron. The call for help is
) great it seems impossible to keep the
oard of equalization together long
lough for the people to do their kick-
ig. There is so much work to do and
reryone so prosperous it seems easier
work than'complain. The year bids
iir to yield the best crops of'all kinds
, -er raised in the county.
Operator Commits Suicide.
Theodore Smart , a Burlington tele-
aph operator , committed suicide at the
iir grounds at Wymore by shooting
mself. He had been in poor health
T some time. He was about 33 years
: age and single.
Re-Elect School Board.
At the annual school meeting in Papil-
> u the old board was re-elected and a
ry of 25 mills was voted to meet the
: penses of the current year.
Woman Seriously Injured.
A Blue Springs special says : The
use and barn of Mr. Nast was smash-
in to kindling wood by the storm which
ssed over this section , and Mrs. Nast
is seriously injured. The damage to
ildiugs and crops will be very great.
Crops Looking Fine.
1 heavy rain fell at Greeley the other
; ht and the small grain crop is look-
l good , with every prospect for a big
) p. The corn is making rapid growth
d farmers are feeling jubilant over
sseut outlook.
TOO COOL IN NEBRASKA.
Weather Has Been .Rather Unfavc
able for the Crops.
The Nebraska weather and crop 1
reau's bulletin , issued at Lincoln , sa :
The past week has been cool , wi
heavy showers. The daily mean temp- -
ature has averaged 4 degrees below m
mal.
mal.The
The rainfall has exceeded an inch <
cept in a part of the northwestern p <
tion of the state , and in a few sm
areas it has ranged from 2 to slighi
more than 3 inches.
The continued cool , cloudy , wet weal
er has caused a rank growth of sm
grain and grass. Winter wher.t is filli
well , but is lodging some on the rich
ground , and rust is appearing in ma
fields. While oats are growing well t
crop is very uneven. Spring wheat is 1
ginning to head and is in a very prom
ing condition. Clover , timothy and oth
grass is making a rank growth and proi
ises a large crop of hay.
AVhile corn has grown fairly well , t
week has been rather unfavorable for t
crop. The continued wet condition
the soil has retarded cultivation , ai
many fields are weedy. At the sai ;
time low temperature prevented rap
growth of corn. Nearly all crops nei
warm , dry weather.
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Once Prominent Structure at No
folk is a. Worthless Wreck.
One of the old landmarks along tl
line of commercial development in nort
ern Nebraska has disappeared. Tl
two-story frame structure which sto <
at the corner of Second Street and No
folk Avenue , at Norfolk , and in whi <
many years ago one of the first stores t
Norfolk was conducted , has collapse
For a long period in the pioneer days
building to which traders came for
hundred miles or more , it has now , b
neath the weight of a carload of gover :
incut cement , toppled over.
When the building went to pieces Mr
Nilund , who lived upstairs , was bad !
jarred and severely frightened. Tl
windows broke , the roof cracked an
suddenly the one-time structure of pron
incnce became a worthless wreck.
MAN'S NECK BROKEN IN DIVIN1
Takes Header from Bridge Into Sha !
low Water.
August Wachter , of Fremont , me
death in the Platte River about 7 o'cloc
Monday evening. In company with
number of clerks at Eddy P.ros. ' ston
where he worked , he went down for
swim after supper. He dived from th
top span of the bridge across the souti
channel and never came to the surface
The water at this point is only thirt ;
inches deep and it is supposed that h
struck the bottom. The body was foiim
by Lep Moller about 8:30 at the end o
Big Island.
Wachter Avas 20 years of age and hai
boon clerking at Eddy Bros , for the pas
throe years. His neck was broken am
death was evidently instantaneous. Hi
was an expert swimmer and familia
with the river.
LEGS CRUSHED.
Fatal Accident in Railroad Yards
at Xorth Platte.
Early Sunday morning a man gavinj
his name and residence as John Dunk
ley. Mankato. Minn. , was found lyin ;
east of the stock yards chutes at Nortl.
Platte with both legs crushed betweei
the knees and body. The accident prob
ably occurred shortly before midnight ,
He was evidently trying to beat his way
oast. No one , so far as can bo ascertain-
i'd , knows anything about the occurrence
lie died a few hours later , and the city
marshal wired to a party by name ol
Bartholomew , a relative of the injured
man , who will have the body taken tt ;
Mankato for interment.
WORST IN TWENTY YEARS.
Recent Storm in Nebraska Destroy
ed Much Property.
Reports from the farming districts be- ,
ween Indianola and McCook , and it
"act all over the county , show that the
eccnt storm was the worst for twenty
rears. Crops wore destroyed , barns and
hods leveled and hardly a windmill left
standing.
At Indianola the storm assumed the
u'oportions of a tornado. Large trees
vero twisted off and buildings partly de-
nolisht'd. Telephone wires are down ,
ut so far as known there have been
10 casualties.
Passed a Worthless Check.
A traveling man giving his name as
> \ W. Mueller was stopping at an Au-
urn hotel the other day and gave the
indlord a check for $30 on' a bank out-
ido of Auburn. After cashing it the heel -
el man found it worthless , the man be-
ig unknown to the bank. The fellow
; as arrested in Falls City , although he
I'gistered at a hotel as Klein. He was
iken back to Auburn.
Fined for Seining.
Deputy Game Warden Kemger was .u
Nebraska City and filed complaints
gainst C. E. Buoss , D. M. Neels and
[ enry Kirschuer for violating the game
iws. They were caught in the act of
mining , having ten fish. The seine was
b'stroyed and on their pleading guilty
ich drew a fine and costs of $17.50.
Blair to Have a Carnival.
Contracts were signed at Blair by
embers of the Business Men's Club
id officials of the city granting street
id other concessions to the World's
air Carnival and Circus Company for
carnival to be held in Blair for the
eek commencing Jnly 4.
Cattle for Chicago.
Albert deal , a prominent farmer of
amilton County , shipped from Gillner
r the Chicago market 144 head of ex-
ptionally fine cattle. Their average
eight was 1,300 pounds.
Wanted for Iowa Robbery.
Detective McNutt , of Des Moines ,
[ ; nt to Lincoln to secure a requisition
r Ed McLain , charged with robbery ,
le request was honoredby Gov.
ickey. The prisoner was arrested at
uaha.
"Pap" Quimby Dead.
Tap" Quimby , the oldest member of
e Soldiers' Home at Grand Island ,
ssed away Tuesday night of an ail-
iut from which he has been suffering
: some months and of general infinni-
Short Notes.
One-third of Osceola's school board arc
women.
Osceola started a trainload of nineteen
cars of cattle for Chicago last week.
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The Dodge County Sunday school con
vention was held at Hooper last week.
It is now an assured fact that the Bur
lington road will erect a new depot at
Beatrice.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Campbell
celebrated the 5th anniversary thi'ir
marriage on Saturday evening at their
home in South Osceola.
The Burlington shop men of Ilavelwk
with their wives and fricnels held a picnic
ut Seward , Wednesday. June 21) . A spe
cial train carried them.
Bituminous coal rates from Iowa , Kan
sas and Missouri to Omaha and Lincoln
are to be advanced to 15njits a ton .Inly
L The railroads say it issS1 readjustment
and not a general advance * .
Congressman Burton L. French , Ida
ho's only representative in congress , nntt
the youngest congressman in the' couitry > -
was married at noon Tuesday to Miss
Wrnifred Hartley , a teacher at Norfolk. t
Fremont camp , Woodmen of the World ,
unveiled the monument of the late Harry
D. Dodendorf , at Fremont , in the pre'.s-
ence of a large throng of persons. The
camps of Cedar Bluffs and Nickcrsou
sent Targe delegations.
Frank Pickell. supposed to be from
Omaha , is in jail at Papillion as a suspi
cious character. lie is thought to be- the
man who stole a horse and buggy from
a liveryman named Heacock at Spring
field about three weeks ago.
The International Horse Shoors' Union
conve'ntion at Omaha on 'Wednesday
listened to reports of the president and
secretary. The president's report was-
a review of the conditions and protect
against sympathetic strikes and the boy
cott.
cott.The
The Richard-on County Sunday School
Association , which just closed an inter-
e'sting ninth annual se-ssion at the Chris
tian church in Falls Ciry. selected offi
cers for the coming year and decided te >
hold the next annual convention in lluin-
boldt.
Some of the farmers in and around
Beatrice have resnme'd work in t he-
fields , and with ten days of warm , dry
weather many will finish cultivating their
corn the second time. Oats and wheat
look fine' and will be ready to cut in a
few days.
The annual school meeting at Leigh :
was held Tuesday. The report of t he-
treasurer showed that there was almost
enough money on hand to run the school
a year. The district voted an S-mill tax
for the general Of und and ' * . \ ' mills for
the sinking fund. The assessed valua
tion of th& district is $1)2.000.
One of the bigge'st land deals made
around Beatrice for some time was the-
sale of the H. II. Smith farm of ICO
acres to AY . Sloan McIIugh , of Chester ,
for which he paid $75 per acre , the total
amount being $12,000. The land is locat
ed four miles south of Beatrice and two
years ago sold for $50 per acre. '
After a long and exciting session the *
electors of the school district in which
Syracuse is situated voted to reduce the-
school levy from 12 to 8 mills. The *
valuation has been increased from ap
proximately $150,000 to $250,000 and the-
voters favored the reduction in the levy
on the strength of the increased valua
tion.
Charles Elbert. of Omaha , better-
known as "Dutch Charlies" has been
fined $100 and costs in police court ,
ivhere he was arraigned on a charge of , *
issault and battery on George Warren [
It is alleged , that Elbert broke Warren's
iaw in a melee that is said to have oc
curred at Fifteenth and Chicago Streets
ibout two weks ago.
Extra 1804 , with Hostler engineer and
Kirch conductor , pulled out .from North
Platte , going east , at 4:30 Wednesday
norning. A short distance east of the-
iver bridge obstructions were discovered
n the track. They stopped the train ,
ind removed four ties , a steel rail , a
landear and several pieces of old iron.
L'hey notified the officials.
James Lillie , who has served a term in
he Kansas penitentiary and who has
een wanted at Beatrice since last Feb-
uary for assaulting his cousin , a boy
lamed Benson , who lives near Rockford , .
ras arrested Saturday night. He was
aken before Judge Inman
and his ea e
ras continued for thirty days. He gave
end in the sum of $200.
In the first sale of Indian Iicirship.
inds at the Winnebago reservation since
he coming of Rev. Father Schell. of
lomer , the speculators were vanquished.
Actual homeseekers , induced to bid for
lie land by the priest who is working to-
? scue the reds from the ruthless sharp-
rs. secured the seven pieces ofiVhty
cres each for from $2G to $43 per acre- .
It is a settled fact that Beatrice will
o after gas and oil with a determina-
on. At a meeting of the board of di-
? ctors of the Beatrice Commercial Club
ic special committee appointed recently
> obtain the cost of sinking wells to
respect for gas or oil , made an encour-
? ing report , with the result that active
: eps in the matter are to be taken at
ice.
Another very light case of smallpox
is broken out at the Soldiers' Home at
rand Island , the afflicted one being Mr.
iy , assistant engineer. Mr. Jay lives
the northwestern part of the city. He
is been taken to his home and the home
ill be quarantined. This makes the fifth
ise at the Soldiers' Home , but none
is reached the main building and all
ecautions will now be taken that it
> es not reach there.
A. L. Mohler. ge > neral manager of the
nion Pacific Railroad at Omaha , is to
; made vice president of the companr.
flicial announcement of his election is
: pected at the Union Pacific headqnar-
to come from New
rs York within a
w days. This election is to be made
is stated , that the road may have arr
tive officer to conduct its affairs and
t an appointive head.
Tames Blair , living near Powell , was-
lied Monday evening by being thrown
jm his buggy , his horse running away.
e was over 70 years of age and had
sided in that county about thirty-five
ars , living on the same farm where he-
st settled.
Che Grand Island Telephone Company
s a force of men busy constructing its
w telephone line and the value of a
uble system , which has been the occa-
u of considerable discussion and de-
te among citizens for the past year * ere -
o , will now be demonstrated by
nee.