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The Valentine Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. I. M. RICE , Publisher SECDEED NO BOOTY ROCK ISLAND TRAIN HELD UP IN NEW MEXICO. Explode Dynamite on Safe Made a Bad Wreck of the Car , but Found No 3Ioney Statement of Engineer Robbers Said to be Surrounded A train crew which has just arrived at El Paso , Tex. , with a light engine from Santa Rosa reports that Rock Island passenger train No. 4 , which left El Paso Saturday morning at 7 o'clock , was held up near Tucumucari , N. M. , and robbed. The passengers were lined up and their valuables taken from them , after which the express and mail carsfwere uncoupled from the train and run about two miles up the track and there dynamited and robbed. The robbery was reported at Xogau , a small station some distance from Tucumucari , by one of the passen gers. gers.At At the headquarters of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad the news of the train robbery has received partial con firmation , but the officers say they can learn nothing definite , as tbe holdup oc curred off their division. The passenger officials in El Paso , while admitting a knowledge of the reported robbery , pro fess to know no particulars. According to a dispatch dated Delhart , Tex. , Rock Island passenger train No. 4 , eastbound , was held up Saturday night at Logan , a station about seventy miles west of Delhart , by three masked men. Engineer G. E. Walker made the fol lowing statement concerning the holdup : "We had made our regular stop at Lo gan , when both myself and fireman were covered with guns and ordered to move up. We did as ordered and stopped the train at the end of the switch. The rob bers then had us uncouple the mail and express cars and run a short distance Tip the track , where they ordered us to stop , when they proceeded to enter the express car and attacked the through safe with explosives. They exploded two charges of dynamite on the safe , but fail ed to effect an entrance. Having used up all their explosives , they made off in the darkness. The mail car and the pass engers were not disturbed. The explo sions badly wrecked the express car and safe. The local safe did not contain any money , consequently the robbers did not secure anything. " Officers are on the trail of the men , who are believed to be the Evans gang. A posse from Delhart , headed by Sher iff ' .T. N. Webb , , was rushed to the scene of the holdup , and at a late hour Sun day evening it is said they had the rob bers surrounded and expected to make a capture. ' WOUNDED MAN IN A SWAMP Suspected of Assault , He Fights a .Deputy Sheriff. A special from St. Joseph , Mich , says : 'An armed posse i scouring the swamps near this city in earch of a suspect who is thought to be lying in hiding mortally wounded. A pitched battle occurred Sunday be tween Deputy Sheriff Detample and two suspects who were complained of for an attempted assault. The deputy was slightly wounded and nearly fifty hots were exchanged , the two suspects leavftig a trail of blood when they escaped. One of them was arrested later when he ven tured into the city to secure aid for his companion. He refused , however , to re veal the hiding place of the wounded man. TORNADO IN KANSAS. Considerable Damage Done Xorth of Norton. A small tornado and heavy rains pre vailed in portions of Kansas and Oklaho ma Sunday. Ten miles north of Norton , Kan. , a .tornado wrecked several farm buildings near the Nebraska line and killed a nuni- 'ber ' of head of live stock. No perspn was hint. hint.Near Near Salina , and Wellington , Kan. , and at Alva , Okla. , very heavy rain , amounting to nearly 2 inches , fell , and probably will benefit grain.- HANGED HIMSELF IN CELL. "Wife Murderer Commits Suicide in Chicago After a week of mental anguish dur ing which he continually wept and pray ed , Frank Benedetto , who murdered his .wife during a fit'of jealousy at Chicago , committed suicide in his cell in the coun ty jail Sunday by hanging himself. The murderer made a rope of the sheet on the 'bed , tied one end around his neck and the other to the highest available point in the darkest corner of his cell. Then he lifted his feet from the floor and slow ly strangled to death. Sioux City Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market were as follows : 'Butcher steers , $3.50g5.50. ( Hogs , $5.00 fg5.25. Paintings Badly Damaged. Charles Frank , an artist in the art de partment at the world's fair at St. Louis , made the statement that three paintings Joaned to the exposition by Miss Helen Could and valued at $100,000 were badly damaged by remaining packed for two long a time after having arrived at Sf. Louis. Fire in San Francisco. Fire Sunday at San , - de stroyed the establishment of the Shilbest iMercautile Company. Loss , 125yDOO. j YORK IS AFFECTED. Butchers' Strike Extends to that City. Unable to arrange a conference with representatives of the New York packer ? , Michael J. Donnelly , president , of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch er Workmen of America , has ordered a strike of all the members of his organiza tion employed in New York by Schwars- child & Sulzberger and the United Dress ed Beef Company. The order was tele graphed to New York Friday night. That the probabilities of a settlement by the opposing interests in Chicago are as remote as ever was plainly demon strated Friday when Henry C. Wallace , of Des Moines , la. , and A. L. Ames , of Buckingham , la. , called on the packers with'a proposal from the strike leaders , offering to concede the most important point in the controversy if the employ ers would agree to renew peace negotia tions. Mr. Wallace and Mr. Ames were told by the packers that there was nd possible chance for any further concil iatory move , and that the packers were now iu a position where they could ignore the labor unions and that they purposed to ignore the strikers. The packers' an swer was delivered to the strike leaders , and the men from Iowa left for home. From a statement made by President Donnelly Friday night it would appear that the men are becoming anxious to returfj to work. "We shall be glad to confer with the representatives of the packers at any time , " said Mr. Donnelly. "While I can not say that our position is in any way changed , we are not anxious to keep up a running fight and shall be glad if a set tlement can be effected. " Following the arrest of George F. Golden , chief of the Packing Teamsters' union , for picketing , riots became more frequent near the stock yards Friday af ternoon. A mob captured a loaded meat wagon after it had left the stock yards , upset the wagon and threw the meal into the street. BLOW FOR PEACE. Chicago Police Arrest Lreader of the Strikers. Peace prospects at the stock yards at Chicago received a black eye Friday iu the arrqst of President George Golden , of the teamsters' union , who was taken from his office and locked hi a cell for is suing instructions from his office window to a union driver. Not until nearly all the labor leaders directing the strike had surrounded the police station demanding Golden's re lease on bail and threatening habeas cor pus proceedings was Golden released on bonds. The hitherto pacific attitude of the strike leaders was suddenly changed into sullen , bitter defiance , and it was open ly hinted the strike would be spread as far as possible. L1PTON STILL HAS HOPE. i May Again Attempt to Lift the America's Cup. Dr. Andrew S. Draper , of Albany , N. ST. , state commissioner of education , has received from Sir Thomas J. Lipton a letter in which the latter speaks about the possibility of sending another yacht toAmerica to compete for the America's cup. In the letter he say A : "Whether or not I shall-make another attempt I cannot say with any certain ty , as this depends upon many things outside of my control , although I may say I have not given up hope of lifting the f arccus old trophy , and I do not imag ine I-coui'n rest content to leave it in its present environments. I presume it has by now become somewhat naturalized , nevertheless , I think a change of air tc its original home might do it good. " STRIKE BREAKERS ILL. Jt is Supposed Poison in the Soup Was C.iuse. One hundred men employed at the Ar mour Packing Company plant at St. Louis , Mo. , in place of the striking butch ers and meat cutters have been made violently lently ill , the result , it is supposed , of some unidentified poison drug in the soup served for supper Wednesday night. In several cases the condition of the men is regarded serious. Shortly after the meal had been eaten first one and then another of the men complained of feeling ill. Dr. J. L. Wig ging , the company physician , was noti fied. He hurried to the plant and pre scribed an antidote. FEAR MINERS' STRIKE. Trouble is Threatened in the Anthracite Field. There is grave fear that the executive board of district No. 1 , United Mine Workers , will order a strike , involving approximately 75,000 men , when it meets in special session at Scranton , Pa. , to consider the question of the refusal of the coal companies to deduct check weighmen's wages. The fear of a strike is heightened by the action of the Scranton Coal Conr- pany in failing to make the deductions when paying at several of its collieries. Five Are Murdered , Henry R. Hodges , wife and three dren , living near Statesboro , Ga. , were found with their skulls broken and home burned. Robbery is the supposed causa of the crime. Veterans Object to Negro. Members of Walter C. Whittaker post , G. A. R. , Louisville , Ky. , will separate from the Kentucky department. Com mander Smith , of Kentucky , has ap pointed W. H. Pearce , colored , junior vice commander to lead the delegation in the parade. Port Arthur Rumor. A telegram received at Shanghai from Wei Hai Wei confirms other telegrams received from Che Fee to the effect that Port Arthur has been captured. THE GREAT LOTTERY. Drawing for Rosebud Lands Begins at Chamberlain. Surrounded by the hills and highlai ls that encircle Chamberlain , S. D. . iHvC embattlements , the last chapter in tba story of the Rosebud was concluded. The drawing by which the disposition of 336,000 acres of free homes was dis posed of was conducted by W. A. Rich ards , commissioner of the general laud office , assisted by Judge Wakeley , f Omaha , and P. F. Sherman , of Sioux Falls. The drawing was conducted on a little frame platform , which will later be exhibited at the World's Fair. The platform was crowded with the govern ment clerks , officials and a host of news paper men. ' scheme conducted Uncle Sam's lottery was ducted with a religious observance of the laws of chance. Surrounding the little frame platform was a crowd of spectators anxious to hear the names of the lucky winners of the valuable first .prizes. At 9 o'clock Thursday morning Com missioner Richards , of the general land office , made the preliminary dramatic an nouncement. He announced the condi tions of the drawing , following with the reading of the proclamation throwing open the Rosebud lands. The huge box in which the numbers were to be placed was the conspicuous part of the furniture of the drawing platform. Eight Chamberlain boys had been chosen , from which four were to be selected bychance. The boys who drew the lucky numbers to draw were Arthur Rogers , No. 1 ; Ln- cian Bajier , No. 2 ; "Lucky" Somers , No. 3 ; Edgar Clute , No. 4. Somers drew the opportunity to draw the first number. As the numbers were drawn they were handed to P. F. Sherman , then to Judge Wakeley , of Omaha , and by him to Com missioner Richards , and the clerks stamped the envelope and took the num ber. ber.When When Lucky Somers placed his hand in for the first number the silence again became tense. "Bet he's a South Da kota man , " yelled someone. There was some difficulty in rea'ding the name , but it was noised about that he had regis tered at Chamberlain. Later Commis sioner Richards announced the lucky winner of the first number was William McCormick , a Spanish-American war veteran , aged 27 , who had been regis tered by William Powell , as agent , s't Chamberlain. McCormick's residence is given as Lancaster County , Neb. , and his birthplace was Philadelphia. "Hurrah for Muck ! " yelled the crowd for tae winner of the grand prix in Un cle Sam's big lottery. ACCIDENTS ON RAILROADS. A. Long List of Casualties During the Past Year. According to the accident bulletin is sued by the interstate commerce commis sion at Washington , there were TO pass engers and 840 employes of railroads killed and 1,300 passengers and 10.S54 employes injured iu accidents on rail roads iu the United States during the quarter ended on March 31 , 1904. Tin's is a decrease of eight killed for the cor responding quarter last year. The amount of damage done to rail way property caused by accidents dur ing the quarter was J2,2oG,447. ? The bulletin says the increased use of tlie air brake , diminishing the necessity for employes on top of trains , has made a reduction of 32 per cent in the number of persons falling off of cars. GREAT COTTON MILL STRIKE The Ranks of the Army of Idle Re main Unbroken. A Fall River , Mass. , dispatch says : "Unless the operatives agree to come in to the mills and work under the pro posed 12 per cent reduction in wage * , it is doubtful whether any attempt will be made by the manufacturers to run the mills before October. " This statement was made by a prominent mill treasurer in reference to the cotton mills strike , in volving 20,000 men. In explaining this attitude the man quoted said that the manufacturers have found that to continue operations midei- the old wage scale would mean a loss of money. They prefer , therefore , to have the nulls closed rather than to have run at a loss. The strikers' ranks remain unbroken. KILLED BY BOMB. Russian Minister of Interior is As sassinated at St. Petersburg. A St. Petersburg special says : Minis ter of Interior von Plehve was assas sinated at 10 o'clock Thursday morning while driving to the Baltic station to vis it the emperor at Peterhof pahice. A bomb was thrown under the min ister's carriage , completely shattering it , terribly mangling Yon Plehve and killing the coachman , the horses running away. The assassin was arrested , but declines to give his name. Immediately there ensued a scene of wildest confusion. Police and gendarmes hurried up from every direction and vast crowds gathered about the spot where the mangled body of the minister lay weltering in his own blood. Bandit Confesses. George F. Hammond , one of the ban dits who dynamited a Northern Pacific passenger train near Bear Mouth , Mont. , on the night of June 1C , has made a full confession to Sheriff Doust , of Spokane , Wash. Suffers from Freight Famine. According to mail advices Irkusk , east ern Siberia , is beginning to suffer acute ly from a freight famine , owing to mon opolization of the railway for military purposes. Much freight sent from Eu rope in January has not yet been re ceived. Nordica Gets Divorce. Justice Scott , of New York , has signed the formal decree of divorce dissolving the marriage of Lillian Nordica and Zpl- tan Deomo STATE OJ ? NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CONDENSED - DENSED FORM. Tragedy at York O. V. Van Orman of Omaha Ends .Life with Revolver Spends Evening at Home of York Widow and Threatens to Kill Her. 0. V. Van Ormau , of Omaha , shot himself at York with a revolver , the bullet striking near the heart. A few minutes later Van Orman was found and carried to the nearest house and Dr. O. M. Moore was called. After examining the wound it was found to be of a very serious nature. His daughter at Omaha was immediate ly sent for. Van Orman was a carriage trimmer and upholsterer for N. F. Til- den , of York. The shooting occurred in North York , between the residence of Mrs. Carlton and the City Hotel. Van Orman had spent the evening at her home , and during that time he had be come enraged. Mrs. Carlton is a widow with five chil dren , of whom Ralph , the oldestvis a young man grown. She is a hardworking ing woman and is well known at York , where she has lived for a number of years. At present she is living on Lin coln Avenue , near the City Hotel. Her oldest son , Ralph , has rooms in the Kuns block. Mrs. Carltou says that Van Orman had been calling on her for the last six months. The evening before the tragedy he came to her house as he had been doing every evening. Mrs. Gill , who runs the City Hotel , had hurt her foot , and she was going over to help bathe it , and told Van Onuan of her intentions. - At this he became very angry. She told him if he did , not like it she would not go. He then demanded his photo graph which he had given her , and a lit tle souvenir of his work as an upholster er , which he took and cut to pieces be fore her. After this fit of anger had passed he seemed sorry for what he had done , and wanted to make amends. Ho remarked that this would probably be the last time she would see him , as he was going to Omaha in the morning and blow out his brains , and Avould- make a square job of it. Mrs. Carlton became frightened at this and left the house , and after staying in hidjng for some time came down to her son Ralph's room. She told him to go up to the house and care for the children , whom Van Orman had been terrifying by telling them that he would shoot Mrs. Carlton and then him self. self.At At .first Van Orman said that the wo man'had shot him. but after being in formed that he could not live , he owned that he had done the deed himself. He died at 2:30 Friday afternoon. It is said that he has a wife and one daughter at Omaha. HORSE THIEVES BURN A BARN Remains of Stolen Animals Supposed to be in Ruin' ? of Stable. Wednesday morning about 1 o'clock a team of mules belonging to William Whittaker , driver of the Standard Oil wagon at Weeping Water , was stolen from his barn and then hitched to a wair on belonging to Troy L. Davis. The mules were tracked about one mile north to a barn belonging to E. F. Marshall , a grain man , who resides in town. It is supposed the mules were put in tin * barn and three good horses belonging to Marshall stolen , after which the thieves set fire to the barn. In the ruins was found a mule's hoof. The barn was a fair one , filled with hay. After that it is supposed they traveled west , as at an other house on the same farm , the rent er heard them going past at 2 o'clock. No trace of the mules could be found after they reached the barn. OLD SETTLERS HAVE BIG TIME Men from Kansas and Nebraska Join in Reunion. ' Tuesday was the first of the three days of the annual old settlers' picnic of the State Line Association. The association includes Pawnee and Nemaha Counties , and the picnic is held in Scott's grove , six miles south of Pawnee City. Thoie are in camp almost 100 tents , makinir a town of almost 500 people. This is the big event for that section of the coun try and 10,000 people are expected to at tend each of the last two days. Among the attractions is Gov. Bailey , of Kansas , who will speak. There is plenty of entertainment and the "graft er" and "fakir" are in evidence. Paw nee City is in reality a "deserted village" during the event. New Stock Food Plant. The Payne Investment Company , of Omaha , has ordered its Grand Island rep resentatives to proceed with the matter of putting up the buildings necessary for the manufacture of a new stock food from alfalfa , meal , salt and syrup , and it is stated that $2. > .000 worth of ma chinery will be put in. Small Twister Near Table Rock. About an inch and a half of rain 1'eH at Table Rock in twenty minutes , so that all the streams were bank full. The rain was accompanied by a hard wind , and much of the corn was blown down. The wind assumed the shape of a cyclone between that place and Pawnee City , where the barn of Mr. Finney was torn to pieces. Fatal Accident Near Pnpillion. Philip Saalfield , age 10 , met with : i fatal accident while unloading hay on Fred Hagedorn's farm , near Papiilioii. While driving to the barn to unload the hay the rope holding the fork became loosened from its pulley and the pulley ilew up , striking young Saalfield in the abdomen. He was removed to his home , where he died a few hours later. Worry Causes Insanity. G. B. Stroble was under examination at Fairbury by the commissioners of in sanity and was sent to the hospital for insane at Lincoln. He has been work ing in a barber shop for several month * . His trouble appears to come from worry ing about his young children , the young est of which is 3 years old. Thrashing at Harvard. .Most of the farmers about Harvard began threshing on Monday. Ra | # has caused several delays , however , during the week. CROP CONDITIONS. Past Week Showery , ivith Rainfall . . Above the Normal. Weekly bulletin of the Nebraska sec tion of the climate and crop sen-ice of the weather bureau for the week ending Monday , July 25 , 1004 : The past week has been cool nad show ery , with an average amount of sun shine. The daily mean temperature haa averaged 0 degrees below normal. The rainfall was generally above nor mal and exceeded an inch in most of the state , while in a few places it exceeded two inches. The showers of the past week have not interfered at all seriously with harvest ing. The oats harvest is about finished in southern counties and is beginning in northern. Rye and barley are about all cut. Haying is in progress , and some hay was damaged by rain. Rain retarded threshing in eastern counties , but in cen tral counties some threshing was done of both wheat and oats , with fair to good yields reported. Corn has grown well , but the low temperature has prevented any substantial gain in condition , and it is still a week or ten days behind normal advancement. The crop , however , is iv good , healthy , promising condition. GIRL'S BODY FOUND. Remains of Nellie Thompson Taken from Republican River. Last Sunday , while fishing in the Re publican River three miles west of Red Cloud , a farmer discovered the remains of Nellie Thompson , of Bloomington , whose tragic death by drowning was re ported two weejcs ago. The party noti fied the authorities of Webster County , and the sheriff , accompanied by a dozen or more people , went to take charge of the body if identified. The identification being positive , the remains were brought to Bloomington and were interred in the cemetery north of town. For two weeks the citizens of Bloom ington and nearby towns had kept up a ceaseless search for the body of th'e drowned irirl , watching the river as far as Guide Rock , forty miles below , but no trace of the body was discovered. POSTMASTER UNDER ARR Inspector Checks Him Up and De clares Him Short. B. Brocknerr who has been postmas ter at Ocnnto , Custi"- County , for the last two years , was brought before LTnit- ed States ConimisMoner Regthal at IIoI- drege on the charge of embezzling $442 fi-oin the money older fund. Breckner waived examination , was placed under $1.000 bonds , in default of which he was committed to the Douglas County jail to await the action of the United States grand jury. The surest was made by Deputy Mar- j shal Human on complaint of PostoiBce Inspector Swift , who cheeked Breck- ner up juul pronounced Iiim short. Breck- i nor 5 a mairiod man and is about 45 years oM. STAFJCH FACTORY IS CLOSED Low Price of Product and Hign Lmbnr Given the Cause. The Argo starch factory at Nebraska City , has closed down , throwing 330 men and women out of employment. Th management gave as the reason for clos ing the plant the low price of starch and the high price the3 * have to pay for la bor. The shipping force is the only one at work and they will bo discharged as soon as the starch in the store rooms can be packed and shipped. The managers claim the factory will not be closed down for good , but will be start * d a * soon sis the conditions are pos sible to their making starch as cheap at Nebraska City as they can in other cities. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Four-Year-Old Child Shoots Himself with a Revolver. While the family was absent from the hoiT-e. the 4-yeir-old : son of Mrs. Wilson McClnre , of Turner Valley , secured a re- j vohvr from a trunk sind accidentsilly dis- tharced the weapon. The ball entered i the left side about > wo inches below the i heart , from the effects of which he died i Saturday morning. Owing to the shot being fired at such close range , the child's clothing caught fire , and he promptly loft the house , re moved the burning garments in the yard and walked sibout fifty paces to where his mother wsis working in the garden. I Rush f ir Harvest Fields. The rif-h of harvest hands to the wheat fields of the Dsikotas has begun. Through Norfolk si score of the.-e men a dsiy. and perhaps jiis.ny uioie. are passing. They . are not mere tramps. They are men will- j ing to work , but they are beating their way oil the raihoads because it is cheap- I < > r tlian to pay fare and ride the cushions. j Souse of them are intelligent looking j men. and some of them , of course , are battered and dis ip'itod. They go to the Dakotsis to work at the wage of $4 to § ; " > per ( In3 * . 31 tile Kick Not Fatal. Mt reer Ooatcs. the little son of Man- siger J. F. Cosites. of the Koehler Hotel , Grand Island , who was kicked in the head by a mule ton days ago , is slowly r'-oovcrin ; ; from the effects of the fright ful IdiAv. Aft' r Iving unconscious for ! neailr a v-ek lie began to call for his i ball. p"rioiHf > alIy. though at first not rec- J fgnizing hi. ? parents. He now recognizes nosirlv ail wliom ho knew and complete recovery : s expected. i Child's Hand Lacerated. While paying near si hay loader which was in operation near Papillion , the 3- j voir-ohl : daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob | Z'-el caught Hold 'of n rope attached to j the ! ojd.-r and her hand was drawn"into * lri ipseliiio. Th ° hand was badly bruis ed and burnt and every particle of flesh was torn from the middle finger. It will j be some time before the child has the use of its hand. Curious Peach Tree. Chester Weeks , a Columbus fanner , | living near the Merrick County Hue , has } 1 : : curiosity on his farm in the shape of a pesich tree. The tree is eighteen years old sind hsis never before borne any fruit , nor even blossomed , but this year it is fairly loaded down with peaches. Object to Train Scuednle. A change in the Union Pacific tame card is very much disliked by residents of Galloway. Under the present system mail from Omaha is two days late in reaching there. Short Notes. The sugar beet crop is thriving in all sections of Nebraska. Owing to the continuous rains the Sa lem Chautauqua has been called off. The business men of Cortland held a meeting and decided to hold a street fair ut that place. Aug. 12 and 13. J ' S. Kline , an aged man , fell dead in , the'street at West Point. The deceased- was a farmer , and heart failure was th& cause of death. Tiie p each crop in Gage County prom ises to be unusually large. A large- amount of the fruit is being marketed at Beatrice at present. L J. Capps , of Hastings. Jisis been appointed deputy United States revenue- collector to succeed J. D. Mines , in the- Fifth congressional district. The school census of Cuming County shows a totsil of children of school age- of 5,401. This is a reduction of 133- from the census of last year. Mrs. Helen Slattory , of Wood Riverr was the unfortunate victim of a serious runaway , in which she was thrown from. the buggy sind sustsiined severe injuries , over a strip of country northeast of Re atrice , doing considerable damage to oats- and corn. The rainfall was ofdmated at nearly 3 inches. A carload of moat billed to London , . England , was wrecked in the Burlington yards at Plattsmouth. The contents- were transferred to another car and sent on to its destination. A heavy wind and rain storm swept Andrew Msingin , of Greeley , a n"inteiV fell from the roof of a two-story build ing while attempting to . remove some- scaffolding. No bones were broken , but internal injuries are feared. Judging from reports from Marysville , Kan. . Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins , of Beatrice , will in all probability secure- the contract for building the proposed new line of railroad between Topekn and' Marysville. The Bartling Grain Company's clevntor- at Paul , seven miles south of Nebraska City burned to the ground. The building : and its contents sire a total loss , which will amount to about $4,000 ; fully cov ered by insurstnce. The tender of a southbound Union Pa cific passenger train jumped the track between Cortland and Pickrell. Ther train was delayed several hours on ac count of the accident , which might have- proved more serious. Louis Zimplor. the man who fell out era a window of the Dabell house at Fre mont ; was taken to his home in Raven na. There was no improvement in his- condition and the physicians give little- hopes of his recovery. The Beatrice city'council held a spe cial meeting and fixed the estimate of ex pense for the coming year sit $02,000. This will make a.levy of 441Xs mills upout the dollar , as against 7t'2l& last year and 49 mills the year before. The Ravenna street carnival is being- advertised , the dsites being Sept. 7 , S and 9. Horse racing , baseball , several coodr shows and athletic sports will bo on the- program each day. No fake shows wilK bo allowed to participate. Fremont is to have an unusual uumber- of attractions during the month of Au gust and the Commercial Club is making * an effort to secure good attendance to- them for the purpose of aiding the busi ness interests of the city. William McNuIIy and R. W. Fur were arraigned before Police Judge Weber at Plattsmouth on the charge of burglary. . Each entered a. plea of not guilty. The- prisoners are accused of having broken into and robbed two stores in Union. Northbound Burlington passenger tram No. 89 struck a buggy in which two lit tle Jjovs of Mr. and Mrs. Epkah were- riding , as it pulled into Dewitt Tuesday morning , proftnbly fatally injuring both. . The vehicle was completely demolished. . At a special meeting of the Fremont school board , the contract for putting in- a stesim heating plant at the high school was let. The old Smead plant has beeit very unsatisfactory for some time past. The work is to be'completed before the- fall term. The funeral of A. Ellis occurred at Holdrege Monday. Mr. Elli.s , died from an injury received Fourth of July from si Isirge firecracker exploding in his hand. . While it was thought the injury was not severe at the time , blood poison set in and ho did of lockjaw. The Ilninboldt city council at its regu lar meeting vitod tooxtend aid to the fire- hoys on their trip to the state tourna ment at Norfolk early in August. The- ninning team made its first appearance- last year and made an excellent showing , , but is determined to bring home larger prizes from the coming meet. Anton Zsiboowski. a laboring man from , Omaha , is lying at the point of death ; at Nebraska City from the effects of a. blow ho received in a fight last Monday H voning. Zsiboowski refused to say any 11 thing about the fight or where his rela tives are living , sind it is feared he will He before anything can be learned of . his psist history. The Falls City mills and elevator is a now enterprise just completed and ready for business at Falls City. The mill , building is out1"of the finest and most complete in the state , and is nicely locat ed on its own switch. The mill has a ca pacity of 150 barrels of flour daily , ind ? is fitted up with the newest and most improved machinery. _ The largest fish ever taken from the- Xemsiha River at Tecumseh have beeu -ecurc-d by the singlers recently. Fisher men by the score have lined the banks of the river and taken advantage of the- good conditions of the water. Thomas Goodmsm caught a carp that weighed ten pounds ; E. A. Phillips lauded a channel cat that weighed six popuuds ; Everett Haughton caught four fish that weighed fifteen pounds combined weight , , the largest being a carp that weighed seven and a half pounds ; Thomas Robb caught a carp that weighed stveu pounds , and many other good fish , were secured. Charley and Clarence Cain , twosbroth- ers who were occupying quarters in the- Gage County jail at Beatrice , made their escape the other evening by sawing their way out and have not yet been captured. They were serving time for petit Jar- ceny. The will of the late Alexander Mcln- tyre , of Palmyra , was admitted to 'pro bate in the county court at Nebraska City. The estate is * valued at over * 20- 000. He bequeaths to Bellevue College Bellevue , $2,000. The remainder of the estate is left to his wife , brother' and sisters.
