Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
\ I. M. RICE , Publisher
.SUSPECT FOUL PLAY
BODY OF F. K. LOOMIS BEARS
MARKS OF VIOLENCE.-
Wound Back of Right. Ear the Size
of Half Dollar Arouses Grave Sus
picions Among English Polic e
Consul Makes No Statement.
Reports to both the Press Association
nnd the Central NCAVS Association at
London that a further examination of the
body of F. Kent Loomis , which was
found Saturday at Warren Point , some
fifteen miles from Plymouth , has given
rise to grave suspicions on the part of the
local oflicials that Mr. Loomis met with
foul play.
The wound behind the right ear is de-
Bcribed as beig ; circular , large and clean ,
and it is thought it was inflicted before
deatb. It is surmised that Mr. Loomis'
body fell into iLc Avater near the Eddy-
Blone light house.
Joseph G. Stevens , American consul at
Plymouth , in response to a telegram sent
Ly the Associated Press asking if the lo
cal reports of foul play had any basis
or if he had any ground for suspicion
regarding the death of Mr. Loomis , re
plied :
"I regret I cannot make any statements
prfor to the inquest. The wound on the
head , back of the right ear , is the size of
a half dollar. The body is fairly pre
served , especially about the top and back
of the head , considering the time it has
been in the Avater. "
Assistant Secretary of State Lommis ,
of Washington , D. C. , who has been un
tiring in his efforts to clear up the mys
tery surrounding the disappearance of his
brother , said that he had found nothing
to warrant the conclusion that F. Kent
Loomis committed suicide or was the vic
tim of foul play. He said he Avas con
vinced that it was purely a case of acci
dental death.
Inquiry at the state department elicited
the fact that when it was decided to
have the treaty carried forward from
Paris by W. H. Ellis in order to insure
its prompt arrival in Abyssinia , a cable
gram was sent to King Menelik stating
explicitly that , as the messenger who had
been sent out Avith the treaty had disap
peared , it Avould probably be sent on by
W. H. Ellis , AA-ho carried it as a matter
ot accommodation and Avho is proceeding
to Abyssinia on business Avith which
this government has no interest , and AA'ith
Avhich it has no concern.
DOZEN PEOPLE INJURED.
Passenger Train is Derailed Near
Dallas , Texas.
Nearly a dozen people were injured ,
several dangerously , in the derailment of
the northbound passenger train No. G7 on
the Paris Cleburne line of the Gulf , Colorado
rado and Santa Fe raflroad nine miles
south of Dallas , Tex. , Sunday.
Thomas Gray , baggageman , of Cle
burne , Avas pinned under the heavy safe
and a truuk in the baggage car and suf
fered serious injuries.
Many others were thrown about the
cars.
Just ns the train was making a sharp
curve at a high rate of speed the bag
gage car left the rails , the remainder of
the train following with the exception of
the last sleeper. The engine and tender
ra'n along on the ties for nearly a quar
ter of a mile. $
FOUR ARE DROWNED.
Fatal Accidents at Meadville , Prt. ,
I and Toledo , Ohio.
Isaac Barnet and William Stafford , of
CleA'eland , O. , Avere droAvued at 4 o'clock
Sunday while bathing in French Creek
at Meadville , Pa. Their bodies have not
yet been recovered.
Henry Tetter , of Toledo , O. , and his
son Arthur , aged 10 , Avere droAvned in the
canal near Grand Rapids , 0. , Sunday
night. The boy was seized Avith cramps
while bathing and the father jumped in
to save him , both losing their lives.
Big Storm in Chili.
Advices from Santiago do Chili state
that a storm of almost unprecedented"
lence prevailed over the Avhole country.
The lower part of the Valparaiso valley
- is completely covered Avith mud and wa
ter , the Malecon has been destroyed and
great loss of property has been caused.
, The Central railroad has been broken in
seA'cral places.
Injured in Chicago Riot.
In an attack Sunday afternoon on four
strike-breakers by a mob composed of
Spectators at an amateur baseball game
'in the vicinity of the stock yards , tAvo
white men , one policeman and four strikc-
'breakers ' were seA'erely injured. Revoh'-
ers and knives AA'ere used , and three of
the injured men are in a serious condi
tion.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the live stock
market at Sioux City were as folloAvs :
Heavy steers , $3.50i ( 3.75. Top hogs ,
$5.15.
, Cyclone at Chautauqua , N. Y.
A cyclone that swept over a part of
Chautauqua , N. Y. , Saturday afternoon
caused the loss of one life , the injury of
several persons and the total destruction
of five dwellings and three barns , desides
damaging other property.
Former Mayor Kills Robber.
A burglar who entered the home of ex-
Mayor W. P. Packard , of South Haven ,
Mich. , was shot as he was about to go
upstairs into the bedroom in which Mr.
Mrs. Packard slept. >
GET 49 YEARS EACH.
Mrs. Biddle's Assailants Sentenced
at Mt. Holly. N. J.
Aaron Timbers , Jonas Simrns and Wil
liam Austin , negroes , who confessed to
assaulting Mrs. Elsie Biddle , of Burling
ton , N. J.were sentenced to forty-nh
years each in the state prison , after a rec
ord breaking trial at Mt. Holly , N. J.
The men arrived iu Mt. Holly at 1:15
p. m. Less than half an hour later they
had pleaded guilty , had been given the
extreme penalty of the hiAV and had start
ed for prison. When the men , hand
cuffed to three detectives , stepped from
the train there were at least 1,000 per
sons grouped around the railroad sta
tion. A company of the NCAV Jersey
National Guard quickly opened a .passage
way and within five minutes the crim
inals Avere in the court house. Judge Gas-
kill had ordered that the curious be ex
cluded from the court room , only the
newspaper men and the guards being ad
mitted. Judge Gaskill accepted the
pleas of guilty , and in pronouncing sen
tence , said :
"The sentence'of the court is that , for
the attempted rape to Avhich you have
just pleaded guilty , each of you be con
fined in the state prison at hard labor
for these terms : Of 15 years on the
charge of robbery , 15 years upon the
charge of assault with intent to kill an
officer , 12 years for assaulting Mrs. Bid-
die , and upon the charge of robbing the
house of William Streaker , 7 years , mak
ing a total of forty-nine years. "
As soon as sentence had been pro
nounced the men Avere removed from the
court hoiise. As they appeared at the
entrance the soldiers formed two col
umns of fours and with the men in the
center they marched doAvn a side street
to the special train which had brought
them from Cauiden. The first demonstra
tion of any character took place as the
negroes neared the train. A croAvd of
several hundred men and boys had gath
ered , and hooted and jeered the necroei
and a cry of "shoot them" Avas huarJ
several times.
LOUIS BUSSE MUST HANG.
Supreme Court of JoAva Makes Im
portant Ruling.
A DCS Moines , la. , dispatch says :
The prospect for a legal hanging in IOAVU
is fair. By an evenly divided court , the
dentil sentence of Louis Busse , of Bre-
iner County , was affirmed by the supreme
tribunal of this state.
It is the law that Avhen the supreme
court divides evenly the judgment of the
loA\Jer court stands affirmed , there being
insufficient votes to reverse it.
But an affirmation of this sort is just
as effective as one of the entire court.
And Busse Avill hang unless GOA- . Cum
mins decides to commute the sentence tc
imprisonment for He.
Eusse Avas to have been executed , un
der the sentence pronounced by Judgfc
Kelley , on April 17 , 1903. The lav ?
makes the date of execution HOAV Avhat-
OAer the governor fixes , if , Avhen the
court certifies its decision to him , he de
cides to fonvard to the sheriff of Bre-
mer County a death warrant for Busse.
BODY IN A CAB.
Death of a TVenlthy NCAV Yorker
Veiled in Mystery.
Charles W. Carter , of New York , a
wealthy manufacturer , Avas found dead
under circumstances Avhich bear resem
blance to the recent death of Caesai
Young. He was in a ca1 > with au un-
knoAvn woman near Prospect Park ,
Brooklyn , when the woman called for
help and shortly afterwards disappeared.
Investigation showed the man had been
dead for some time.
Mr. Carter was a manufacturer of
varnish and ols in Brooklyn. The house
has been established since ISOo. Carter
liA-ed in a fine house in Flatbush. He
AA'ife and daughter had left only Wed
nesday for their summer home on Shel
ter island.
TWO-HEADED GIRL.
Freak Corn at Cairo , 111. , Dies Short
ly After Birth. '
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A two-headed girl has been born in
Cairo , 111. , to a negro family of the name
of Shane. It died shortly after bir li.
The heads Avere both Avell formed and
rested OH the shoulders at about the
same angle. The features Avere perfect.
The body of the infant was fully ma
tured. The child had only 'one set of
lungs , but it possessed tAvo independent
necks , each Avindpipe furnishing air for
one lung.
Accused Diamond Thief Held.
Harry Kendall , alleged Chicago diamond
mend thief , arrested at Stockton , Cal. ,
with Mrs. Sobin BroAAn , on whom diamonds
mends valued at over $ f > ,000 Avere found ,
failed to secure his release on habeas cor
pus proceedings. He was remanded and
immediately arraigned on n charge of
grand larceny , being accused of fraudu
lently obtaining $500 at Indian Hill , 111.
Advance in Price of Meat.
The price of beef has advanced again
at New York. Poultry , eggs and vegeta
bles also raised. Hotels and restaurants
have advanced prices. Many butcher
shops have been forced to close. Many
tenement families are going AA'ithout
meat altogether.
Thousands View Body.
The .funeral of Samuel M. Jones , for
mer mayor of Toledo , O. , Friday after
noon was the largest ever held there.
The body was viewed by 100,000 people
Business was suspended.
Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. Hazel McDonald was burned to
death and her husband , John McDonald ,
fatally injured at a rooming house on
Pine Street , St. Louis. Nine women
were rescued by firemen. The loss to the
building was nominal.
Farmer Burned to Death.
While trying to get some horses out
of a barn that had bqen struck by light
ning , John Brumer , a , well to do farmer
near Clinton , la. , was burned to death
Friday morning.
POM PAUL IS DEAD.
Noted Leader of the Boers Expires
in Switzerland.
Paul Kruger , former president of the
Transva.tl Republic , died \ at Clarcns.
Switzerland , Thursday morning of pneu
monia aifl supervening heart Aveaknesa.
He lost cousciousijess Monday. Applica
tion Avill be made to the British govern
ment for authority to transport the re
mains to the Transvaal.
The dea.th of Kruger aroused wide
spread regret at Paris , France , OAving to
French sympathy for the Boer cause and
personal admiration for the ex-president.
When Kruger recently left Meutone
his health AVUS gradually failing , through
old age , constitutional disorders and
thro it troubles , which threatened to ex
tend to his lungs. Near friends recog
nized his once rugged constitution was
gradually going to pieces. Visitors de
scribed him as being a pathetic figure of
calm endurance. His eyesight was dim
med , but he sat much at times with his
bible open before him , muttering well
known passages. He expressed the belief
that ProA'idenee Avould eventually ren
der justice to the Boer cause.
Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger was
born at Rustenberg , South Africa , on
Oct. 10 , 1S25. He Avas one of the great
est statesmen in the history of South Af
rica , and played a leading part in the
affairs of the South African republic.
He Avas four times chosen president of
the republic. At the close of the Boer
war , when the Boer forces had been
crushed by the British armies , Kruger
fled to Europe and had since remained
in exile. Kruger was considered to be a
multi-millionaiie.
RIOTING AT CHICAGO.
Police Shoot Into Crowd and One
Man fe Hit.
Rioting commenced in the stock yards
at Chicago Thursday night , and one man ,
Alfonso Andmlis , was shot in the left
shoulder by the police. He is not fatally
injured.
The incidents leading up to the shoot
ing of Audrulis commenced Avhen a par
ty of strikers met a detachment of police
under the command of Lieut. Moore , on
Paulina Street , near Forty-fifth Street.
One of the crowd hurlew a stone at the
officers and was at once placed under ar
rest. The police started tOAvard the sta
tion AA-ith their prisoner when his com
panions attacked them with stones. Sev
eral volleys of stones had been throAvn
when the police drew their revolvers and
fired several shots at the croAvd. Au
drulis fell Avith a bullet through his
shoulder and his companions fled.
There are indications that the strike
Avill soon end by the adjustment of the
differences by arbitration.
TWO PUT TO DEATH.
Slayers of Kate Sullivan Electrocut-
en in Ohio Prison ,
Al and Ben Wade Avere electrocuted
shortly after midnight Wednesday night
at the Ohio penitentiary annex at Co
lumbus for the murder of Kate SulliA-an ,
at Toledo , in 1900.
Al Wade Avent to the chair first. But
one shock was administered , and he Avas
pronounced dead at 12:11 o'clock.
Ben Wade was strapped in the chair
at 12:10 : o'clock , and but one shock Avas
given. He was pronounced dead in ten
minutes.
The crime for which the men were
electrocuted was the murder of Kate Sul-
liA-an , one of two aged spinsters who
lived alone on a farm about five miles
Avest of Toledo on the night of April IS ,
1900. The motive was robbery.
MURD0RER ZELLAR DIES.
Self-inflicted Wounds Result in the
Death of Omaha Man.
Michael Zellar , of Omaha , Neb. , who
last Saturday killed his Avife and her
father , William Burkanip , and attempt
ed to take his ovm life Avhile being cap
tured , is dead of peritonitis , induced by
the self-inflicted stab wounds. Cellar Avas
taken to the city jail Avhere it was
thought the wounds were not of a dan
gerous nature. Peritonitis set in , how
ever , and the afflicted man Avas taken to
the Clarksou hospital for an operation.
The surgeons found on examination that
the man AVRS in a dying condition , and
the operation was not performed. His
death came a few hours later.
More Join Strike.
Thirty coopers and boxmakers and
about 125 unskilled employes of the Ar
mour , Fowler and Cudahy plants at
Kansas City , Mo. , failed to report foi
duty Thursday. Many of these em
ployes Avere non-union men. Killing on
a slightly increased scale Avas resumed
by the three big plants.
NCAV York Mystery.
The New York police report the finding
of a body in Harlem River believed to be
that of Henry Baxter Kingsley , the
wealthy young Vermont man who has
been missing since November from the
home of his cousin , Hugh Baxter , in
Fifth Avenue , NCAV York.
Hurt on "luaop the Loop. "
Miss Irene Broadwell and Miss Ethel
Boyd , both of Cleveland , O. , AA'ere dan
gerously injured in the "loop the loop"
at Celeron , N. Y. The car in Avhich they
were riding became stalled at the top of
the loop and both fell to the track , a dis
tance of twenty feet.
Shaved for the First Time at 85
Although So years old , Peter S. La
Touretto , of Whitehouse , N. J. , has just
had his first experience in a barber's
chair. On leaving the chair he said it
was the first time in his life that he had
ever been shaved by a barber.
World's Fair Robbed.
Foil'employes of the admissions de
partment at the World's fair have been
arrested and held pending an investiga
tion into what is believed to be a con
spiracy to rob byticket _ irregularities"
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
Zellar is Captured Omaha Murder
er "Was Fifty-Three Hours Without
Water Killed His Father-in-JLaw
and His "Wife During Quarrel.
After being without food and water for
fifty-three hours , M. W. Zeilar , of Oma
ha , who last Saturday fatally beat his
father-inlaw , W. R. Burcamp , and then
stabbed his wife to death , was captured
late Monday by John P. Peterson near
the house in which the bloody deed was
committed. While attempting to evade
his captor , however , Zellar twice slashed
himself across the abdomen Avith a huge
knife , which he was carrying at the
time.
The funeral procession AVthicli follow
ed Cellar's wife and her father to For
est Lawn cemetery had just left the
house when -"Zcllar , nearly famished ,
came from his hiding place , evidently
with the intention of securing food and
water. Peterson , who had been left to
watch the place , saw Zellar peer in at
the window. He at once gave chase ,
threatening to blow the fugitive's head
off if he did not stop. The order brought
Zellar to a standstill , but before Peter
son could reach him the frightened man
drew a large knife from his pocket and
slashed himself across the stomach. The
wounds inflicted are serious , but not dan
gerous.
Peterson hurried to the woundecl man ,
who at once asked for water. This was
given him , and he drank nearly a gallon.
He also asked Peterson to permit him to
secure something to eat , but was refused.
Assistance came to Peterson , and the
police wore sent for. They soon arrived
and placed Zellar in a patrol wagon and
hurried him to the city jail , where the
city physician attended his wound.
Zellar declines to talk. He stated to
Chief of Police Donahue , however , that
the trouble was caused by his two sons ,
and that their mother took their part.
Beyond this he would say nothing.
His sous visited the jail but were not
permitted to see him.
FOR KIDNAPPING.
Dlaude Reeves 31ust Answer to
Serious Charge in Conrl.
Claude Reeves is confined in the county
jail at Dakota City in default of bonds
awaiting his preliminary trial to take
place before County Judge Eimers on
the charge of kidnapping , preferred
against him by William Sharp , step
father of Mabel Munson , a 13-year-old
miss of South Sioux City , who was taken
away from home on June 2G by Reeves.
The girl states to Deputy Sheriff Klos-
ter , wno brought Reeves to this place ,
that Reeves assaulted her , and it is very
probable that the charge of kidnapping
will be changed to one of a more serious
nature.
NEBRASKA GIRL IN BAD PLIGHT
Too Badly Frightened to Tell Much
About Herself.
Afraid to talk freely to anyone and
fearful of giving the address of her pa
rents , Miss Bertha Young , a pretty , fair-
haired girl of IS , who arrived at the Un
ion depot at Chicago , has mystified the
police department. She is well dressed ,
has big blue eyes , and $105 was found
on her person. When Matron Fisher at
the depot : called the police to care for the
girl it was believed she was slightly
weak-minded. NOAV it is thought that
she is simply frightened and nervous.
Although a telegram has been sent to
the address she gave as that of her fath
er , no reply has been received. She said
that he lived on the outskirts of Tccuin-
seh , and was a man of wealth.
Severe Electrical Storm.
An Osmund special says : Wednesday
morning this section was visited by the
most severe electrical storm it has had
so far this year. Lightning struck the
large frame barn on the Stedry farm ,
two- miles east of town , and it burned to
the ground. In the barn were six head
of good work horses , 500 bushels of
grain , besides harness and other farm
equipment. The loss sustained will
amount to about $1,500 , partially covered
by insurance.
Gets Away from Holdup.
Nick Taylor , manager of the Duree &
Furlay store at Laurel , had an-experi
ence that was exciting while' it lasted.
On his way from Ilartington to Laurel
he Avas halted on the road eight miles
south of the count } * seat by tAvo thugs ,
but he whipped his horse and got away.
Occurrences of this kind haA'e been quite
frequent lately.
Injured in a Runaway.
Chris Hershey , of Falls City , had a
bad accident a few days ago , breaking
four ribs , spraining his ankle and being
badly bruised about the head. He was
returning from Barada in company AA'ith
Roy King , when the tongue of the buggy
came down , causing the horses to run
aAvay.
Rilled in Runaway Accident.
Ozro M. Walker , a farmer liA'ing near
Cedar Bluffs , AA'as fatally injured in a
runaway accident Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Walker jumped in front of a run
away team on his brother's farm to stop
them and Avas thrown to the ground , the
pole striking him in the chest and pierc
ing his lungs.
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Fierce Storm at Omaha.
An electrical storm , violent enough to
fairly shake substantial houses , struck
Omaha and vicinity Monday from the
west. The wind succeeded in doing con
siderable damage. Shade trees were
broken down in many localities , frail
chimneys succumbed and a feAV small
structures Avere bloAvn over.
Tornado Near Burwell.
A tornado destroyed seven farm houses
nnd barns and outbuildings near Burwell.
The building on Mr. Brittaiu's farm was
reduced to splinters. Losers Avere Farm
ers Lyons , Brumage , Campbell , Dutton
and others. No lives Avere lost. The list
of injured is not obtainable.
Younjj Woman Drowned.
Miss Nellie Thompson , a young wo
man 17 years old , while ivading in the
Republican River near Bloomington went
beyond her depth and was drowned. Two
of her girl companions narrowly escaped.
INDIANS STAND BY AGENT.
Grand Conncil of the Winncbagoes
Meets nt the Agency.
At the instance of Rev. Father Schell ,
the Winnebago Indian council convened
at the agency at Homer and passed reso
lutions expressing faith in Agent Wil
son and Rev. Father Schell and praising
their efforts to rid the unhappy reds of
the sway of the grafters. |
After telling how the speculators , by *
ruthless methods , rob the Indians of
$250,000 yearly , the council thanked Sec
retary Hitchcock , Bishop Scannell Fath
er Schell and Mother Drexel for their
kindly interference and help.
The council further agreed to urge the
Indians to turn-over their money when
paid to them to a responsible committee ,
AA-ho will pay the honest debts of the In
dians , but only bills properly itemized.
If the stores on the border of the reser
vation are not reasonable the committee
will have stores started inside the reser
vation.
RAV1SHER IS CONVICTED.
Assailant of 5-Year-Old Girl is Sen
tenced at O'Neill.
At 9JO : o'clock Thursday morning n
verdict of guilty Avas returned at O'Neill
by the jury in the case of the State of
Nebraska vs. Clarence A. Sweet.
The verdict , in view of the testimony ,
recommended that the court sho\v the
condemned clemency. Judge Harrington
sentenced the prisoner to fifteen years
in the penitentiary.
Sweet was charged Avith having rav
ished Maudie , the 5-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Storts , at their
home , tAventy-seven miles soutlnvest of
O'Neill , inoculating her with a disease
from Avhich she died.
This occurred about the middle of last
May , Sweet having been in jail since
that time. Sweet is about 25 years of
age , and married. His parents live at
Fremont , and are said to be highly respected -
spec-ted people.
EXCITING BOAT RIDE.
Thrilling Experience of a Party of
Youn * Men at Beatrice.
A party of about tAventy young men ,
most of Avhoin Avere from Fairbury , had a
rather exciting experience at Beatrice
Sunday afternoon. They came over to
attend the Chautanqua , and shortly af
ter the noon hour they concluded to take
a ride up the river on the Olympia. a
gasoline boat operated by Fred Ro-
bare. The party had just left the land
ing Avheu the chain attached to the pad
dle Avheel broke , cai'siug the vessel to be
carried over the mill clam by the SAvift
current. Most of the party jumped from
the A'c.s.1 ! and swam ashore , Avhile seA'-
eral remained on board and Avere carried
oA'er the dam.
No one AV.-IS injured , but each member
of the party received a good ducking.
The boat Avas considerably damaged.
STRUCK BY ATRAIN AND KILLED
George Wunderwold Found Dead
Reside the Track.
Word has been received from Elm
Cieek of the finding of a dead man be
side the track a feAV miles Avest of Odes
sa. The body Ava.s taken to Elm Cre < k
and Avas recognized as George Wuuder-
Avold , better knoAvn as "Shorty. " He
Avas a young , single man , and had been
last heard of by his father , AV-IO lives
Avith Ed Harris , at Amherst , in Wyo
ming , lie Avas Avalking east along the
railroad track and Avas doubtless struck
by a train. An inquest is in progress.
SMALL TORNADO.
Number of Farm Houses Destroyed
by the Storm.
A tornado destroyed seven farm
houses and barns and outbuildings near
BurAvell. The building on Mr. Brittaiu's
farm Avas reduced to splinters. The
losers Avere farmers Lyons , Brumage ,
Campbell , Dutton and others. No lives
Avere lost. The list of injured is not ob
tainable.
Severe hail terms ruined the crops nt
Greeley Center , near Ord , at Hasting *
and Arcadia.
Rob Farmer of Gold.
A feAV evenings atro Avhen George
Horn , a farmer residing near Cedar
Creek , retired he had the sum of $200 in j
gold snugly tucked aAvay under hi.s pil-
IOA\V but during the night Avhile he was
soundly sleeping , someone entered the
room and stole the money. Investigation
also disclosed the fact that ? o in silver
had been taken from a pocket in Mr.
Horn's trousers. Two suspicious looking J
men Avere seen at the depot that after
noon and that is all the clue that has
thus far been obtained.
Girl's Wild Prank.
/Thirteen-year-old Ilattic Bradley , who
lives Avith her parents in Lincoln , went
away from home Sunday in company of
girl companions , and later appeared with
trimmixl hair , in boyish attire. Her com
panions had taken her to a grove south of
the penitentiary whei-f they cut her hair
and robed her in a suit of boy's clothing.
Then , feaiful of returning home , she
spent the night Avith a friend. Her moth
er,1 Mrs. J. S. Bradley , spent most of the
day iu hysterics.
Struck by Lightning.
During a heavy Avind and electrical
storm , the farm house of Dave Stead-
man , two miles northwest of Stella , was
struck by lightning. The house is a
large one and the shock seemed to per
meate evejry room , but did but little dam
age besides knocking off plastering. The
Avind blew hard from the south and did
considerable damage to fruit on the trees ,
besides breaking off a good many large-
sized limbs in nearly every orchard.
Harvesting Begins.
HarA-est is under full headway at Hol-
drege. Some piece * of Avheat have been
injured by the black rust , but most of it
hti.s received only slight or no injury.
There being hut little damage done from
hail this season a bountiful yield is still
expected. Oats are in fine condition and
corn is making rapid progress.
PostofJice Thefc at Magnet.
No cloAV has been found to the parties
who cracked the safe in the general store
and postoffice operated by Lewis An
drews at Magnet. About S72xwus car
ried away by the burglars. Mr. An
drews and his family live over the store
and he tried to frighten the robbers by
shooting a revolver , but they did scare.
Harvesters Busy on Sunday.
Harvest is in full blast at Auburt.
The recent rains kept the farmers out of
the fields , and Sunday a harvester was
running in almost every wheat field.
Short Notes.
The little village of NehaAvka , sitnnted
near the center of Cass County , has se
cured a large flouring mill.
Wilbuni Collins , Bellevue. Avho on the
Foiuth accidentally discharged a blank
shell in his left eye , is improving rapid
ly. His sight will be left uninjured.
Dr. C. Richard Betts , of McCook. has :
been appointed to the position of state1
missionary for Colorado. He expects to-
enter upon his new duties in the near
future.
The school census of Fairbury. just
completed , shoAA'S a school population of
1,104 , a gain of about 100 during the last
year , divided as folloAvs : Boys , 505 ?
girls , 599.
Edith Hopkins , of Omaha , familiarly-
known as "Teddy. " died in her room at
a Butte ( Mont. ) hotel from the effects of
poison which she took a Aveek agw with ,
suicidal intent.
One of the hardest windstorms thai
Bellevue has experienced for some time
passed OA'er that place recently. All
fruit suffered terribly , as Avell as
trees and grain.
Charles W. Sherfey. one of the
neer settlers of Otoe County , dii'd at Iris-
home in Nebraska City Sunday night at
the age of 75 years. Ills death Ava
caused from cancer.
Arrangements hsxA-p been completed fdr
the Omaha horse SUOAV to take place th-
last week in September at the Audito
rium , inder tLe auspices of th ° Omaha
Horse 'Show Association.
Deputy Canie Warden E. Hunger left
Dakota City for his home in Lincoln af
ter patroling Crystal Lake with the
hopes of nabbing illegal fishermen , but
he Avent away empty handed.
In a heavy wind , which Avas accompa
nied by hail and rain , the Congregational
church at Arcadia , costing about $4.000
Avas bloAvn oft" the foundation , split and
torn until the IOSH is almost complete.
LeVi Fry , an old resident of "Beatrice , ,
was adjudged insane by the board of in
sanity commissioners and ordered taker
to the asylum. He has been charge at
the county poor farm for some time past.
Ed Vining and Ben Fast , of Hender
son , are under $500 bonds each , signed
by Mr. J. Gath , of Henderson. Thes *
parties are charged with keeping beei
and whisky and selling all kinds of li
quors.
While Henry Meintz and family. Avhc
HAM ? eight , miles northeast of Beatrice , ,
were away from home tlie other evening
thieves raided their smokehouse and stole
their summer's meat and lard. There is
no clue.
In the hearing before the Table Rock
village board in the case of the eighty-
five remoustrators against J. B. Davis , ,
the petitioner for a saloon , the board de
cided , by a vote of 3 to grant the li
cense asked for.
A heaA-y electrical storm , accompanied
by a very strong wind , visited Platts-
mouth and vicinity. No particular dam
age has been reported , but it is said that
much damage was done by the wind
southeast of tOAvn.
The past week has been cool and Avet
with very little sunshine. The daily mean
temperature has averaged 7 degrees be-
IOAV normal. The rainfall has exceeded
an inch in all except the extreme northwestern -
western portion of the state.
A third rain in as many days is causing-
some uneasiness among the farmers about
Grand Island , lest fields become so wet
that the harvest cannot be continued. In
one tOAA'nship reports of looses from this
cause are already coming in.
Andreas Hansyn , who attempted sui
cide on the afternoon of the Fourth
July , died Monday night at the St.
cis hospital at Grand Island as the re w
sult of the injuries self-inflicted. He
had cut three gashes in his throat.
James Hennessey , of Sutton , was in
stantly killed Avhile attempting to cross
a small bridge one-half mile south of
Crete Avith a heavy threshing engine.
The bridge gave way in the middle , drop
ping the engine abruptly into the stream.
Noel B. Rawls , son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. RaAvls. of Plattsmouth , entered
upon the discharge of his duties last Aveek
as a full fledged midshipman. He grad
uated from the Plattsmouth high school
two years ago with the highest honors oi
the class.
Preparations have commenced at Da
kota City for the- coming annual reunion
and picnic of the Pioneer and OJd Set
tlers' Association of Dakota County ,
which Avill be held u Clinton Park , { id-
joining Dakota City on the Avest , on
Thursday , Aug. 25. '
The Parker Amusement Company
closed a Aveek's engagement in Grand Isl
and under the auspices of the merchnnia-
of the city and under the name of the
Merchants' Midsummer Carnival. The
committee is Avell satisfied Avith the re
sult of the enterprise.
Dr. Daniel Meehan , one of the mo t
prominent physicians of Sevrarcl County ,
Avho resides at Staplehurst , was arrest
ed Monday , charged AA'ith statutory as
sault upon the person of Bessie Corcor
an. The girl is one of a number brought
out by a NOAV Yock society that finds
homes for orphan children. The de
fendant was placed under a M,000 bon-1.
A _ movement is on foot Avhereby the-
stock of the Humboldt Telephone Com
pany will be purchased by the recently
organized City Mutual concern , whitb
Avas granted a franchise and has been
preparing to install a second system. The
new turn of affairs meets the hearty ap
proval of the business men of Humboldt , ,
Avho were not anxious to see tAvo ex
changes in operation.
Interviews with farmers who have
come to Osceola since the terrible rain.
Aviud and thunder storm of Sunday night ,
or rather Monday morning , finds none-
but that is jubilant and happy. They
say the storm did knock the wheat -an J
oats down , but a wind from the other
way and the sunshine will bring it Lais
to place all right , and with the ? < '
weather of now and for a week , e
stem of wheat and oats will be m
sho'ck.
The Beatrice Creamery Company , of
Lincoln , which some time ago purchased
the plant of the Bosworth Produce Com
pany at Beatrice , expects soon to erect
a new building and store house and equip
the same with modern machinery for
the purpose of working country butter.
A telegram was received at Beatrice
from Munden , Kan. , stating that Daniel
Freeman , the first homesteader in the-
United States and a resident of Gage
County , had been seriously injured at
that , place. The telegram gave no par
ticulars. Mr. Freeman is 78 years ot
ace.