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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1904)
The Yalentine Dem < VALENTINE , NEB. I. M. RICE , - - PobllsheB SIXTEEN ABE KILLED HALF A HUNDRED INJURED IN ST. PAUL AND VICINITY. The Tornado Was a Disastrous One Property Loss Estimated at Two Million Dollars Minneapolis Suf- lered as Well as St. Paul. 'A special dispatch from St. Paul says : Death to sixteen persons and destruc tion to property , both private and public , estimated at $2,000,000 resulted from a screeching gale which tore down the -valley of the Mississippi at about 9 o'clock Saturday night from a point somewhere near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers , near Fort Snelling. At about that point the fury of the elements seemingly divided , and , with a roar , descended upon the Twin cities and their environs. The damage to property was immense , conservative estimates placing it between $500.000 and $2,000,000. The downtown business district was hit hard , many of the large offices and business blocks be ing completely riddled , and the stocks of wholesale houses seriously damaged by the floods of rain that accompanied the wind. The storm cloud , which came from the southwest , first hit the ground on the Tvest side bluffs near the high bridge. Two spans of this structure , which is of steel and crosses the Mississippi River at .n height of 200 feet , wore cut out as cleanly as though done with a knife , and thrown into the gulch below , crushing in the roofs of n number of small houses situated on the flats along the river bank. ; The storm kept on across the river in an .oblique direction , leveling the numerous jshade trees on Harriet island , where the St. Paul public baths are situated , but doing little or no damage to the builrl- dngs there. It struck the city proper near Jthe Wabasha Street bridge , completely demolishing the Tivoli theater , a frame istructure on the sandstone bluff at the edge of the river. There was a vaude ville performance on at the theater , which was fairly well filled. Two men were killed by the fall of the roof , and about a dozen women performers and others were buried in the ruins. Many of them were severely hurt before they were extricated by the police department , which rushed to the rescue as soon as the storm had abated. The large dormitory of the House of the Good Shepherd , a two-story frame building adjacent to the institution , col lapsed during the storm , burying fifty children in the ruins. One child was killed and a score of others were more or less seriously hurt , including one of the sisters of the house. The destruc tion of the building caused a panic among the several hundred inmates of the place. The steamer Saturn , with the barge tVenus in tow , carrying 300 commission icn and their families , had a perilous experience in attempting to reach their .docks at the levee in the height of the storm. The storm coming up from the south with incredible speed struck the steamer and her tow before n lauding could be effected and the steamer was blown against the river wall. The shock of the steamer crashing into the Avail broke nearly all the stanchions and fenders on her port side , and a.panic resulted among the passengers. AN EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. Two Persons Killed and Three Hurt at Minden , Mo. Two persons ware killed and three in jured , two perhaps fatally , at Minden , Mo. , Saturday afternoon by the explosion .of fifteen cases of dynamite on the Mis souri Pacific depot platform , being struck by a freight engine. The depot was com pletely demolished. The dynamite was consigned to a min ing . It had company. been unloaded care- fulJy and had been on the platform for three hours when a southbound freight 'train struck a case that projected over , the tracks. A terrific explosion followed. The depot was wrecked and a hole made in the ground large enough to bury ; a box car , while the engine was dismau tied and the track torn up for a distance of 200 feet. Counterfeiters Caught. It is reported that secret service offi cers arrested three white men at Atlan ta , Ga. , 'charged with counterfeiting. It , is said the capture included plates for "bills of various denominations and that the arrests are regarded as being of great ! Importance. Is Orfe Guest Suffocated. . A fire at Lima , O. , early Saturday de stroyed the hotel Cambridge and thirty- jfive guests , with the exception of George Buriage , of Lawrenceburg , Ind. , who was suffocated , escaped. ? r Sioux City Stook Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux ( City stock market follow : Butcher steers , $4.95. Hogs , $4.90@5.1o. Several Die in Flood. AB El Paso , Tex. , special says that seven lives at least were lost in the flood that swept through the town of Globe , for Ariz. , and the surrounding country. The flood was caused by a cloudburst at Pima , above Globe , on Pima Creek. Handled Infected Cattle. John McFall , a United States quaran tine officer , Saturday caused the arrest of .Ira Clark , a farmer living near Maple and 'City , Kan. , charging him with bringing by Teia § catfle into -JKansas- ind ST. LOUIS TORNADO. Storm of Small Proportions , But Great Fury. A tornado of small proportions but of treme fury swept down upon the resi dence portion of St. Louis late Friday , resulting in the death of one person , injury - jury to probably fifty , and damage to property estimated at $100,000. A shower passed over St. Louis ear lier in the day , but there had been no rain in North St. Louis. The sky had cleared and the atmosphere had become , very murky and hot when citizens in North St. Louis noticed a dark cloud approach ing from the southwest. Suddenly , and without the slightest premonition , an arm seemed to shoot down to the ground like a gigantic cable twisting aaid turn ing. The end touched the ground at Nineteenth and Angelrodt Streets for ten blocks and then turned north and swept three 'blocks northeast to the foot of Bre- mau Street and the river , where consid erable property along the river front was destroyed. The tornado then jumped to about the middle of the river and encountered a ferry boat which was turned and tossed about , but was not sunk. Leaving the ferry the capricious tornado once more jumped and struck the Illinois shore near Madison , where it demolished sev eral dwellings , the Leiderkranz hall , and blew down a portion of the Madison Cooper Works , killing John Ellington. Severe damage was done also to buildings in Venice and Granite City , which ad join Madison , and a number of persons were injured. So quickly did the tornado sweep through North St. Louis that the citizens could scarcely comprehend what had hap pened , and in the stillness that followed the wind cries were heard on all sides as terror-stricken persons ran about the streets. Not a telegraph , telephone or trolley pole was left standing1 * along the streets swept by the twister and trees were piled in heaps. The width of the tornado was about i block and a half and houses were un roofed , window panes generally demolish- ? d , several large manufactories partially demolished , and the streets littered with debris. A Broadway trolley car containing ? Ieven passengers was suddenly buried under six telegraph poles which crashed into the top and wrecked the car. The passengers had a remarkable escape from injury and only the motorman received slight bruises. uOST CHILDREN ARE FOUND. Ran Away Because They Feared They Would be Whipped. The three children of Charles ITauser , a Chicago contractor , who disappeared on Tuesday from their home in Oak Park under circumstances which caused theii father to report to the police his fears that they had been kidnapped , were found on the banks of the Des Plaines River , near Edgewater Park , three miles from their home. To the police the old est child , Emma , 13 years old , stated that their stepmother had scolded them and that they were afraid of getting whipped , so they ran away. When the children were found , the youngest , G years of age , was unconscious from ex- posture and lack of food. RIOTING IN CLEVELAND. Manufacturers Attempt to Break up Clockmakers' Strike. Cleveland , O.The first effort of the manufacturers to break the cloakmak- ers' strike at Cleveland O. , was made Friday , when fifty non-union cloakmak- ers arrived over the Nickel Plate from New York. Twenty-nine of the fifty were won over by the union men , when they disembark ed at a suburban station. The remain der were placed in street cars , and when they reached the center of the city they . were surrounded by a crowd numbering 2,000. Stones were hurled. A riot call was sent in and the crowd dispersed by the police. SHE MUST STAY IN JAIL. Nan" Patterson Cannot Be Tried Before October. Judge Newberger , in part 1 of the gen- iral sessions at New York denied the mo tion of counsel for "Nan" Pattcrsow , asking - ing for the discharge of the actress in dicted for the murder of Caesar Young , on her own recognizance , because a term of the court had passed since she was Indicted. As a result of the decision the prison- r will be obliged to stay in the Tombs' antil her case is called to trial , which probably will not be before the October term. Illinois Doctor Murdered. * Dr. Samuel L. Chapin , one ofythe most prominent physicians of central Illinois , died Friday from wounds inflicted by Geo. S. Wilkinson at Saybrook Thurs- ay night. Wilkinson , who is aged 70 , in jail at Bloomington and refuses to discuss the tragedy , further than to say nis daughter has been living at Chapin's douse , and claims Chapiu abused her. a Chief Justice Fuller's WifeDead. . At Sorrento , Me. : Mrs. Mary E. Full- , wife of Chief Justice Fuller , of the supreme court , died suddenly of heart iisease , aged 59. She was born in Bur- iington , la. , and is survived by her hus- oand , seven daughters and a son. Her ody will be interred at Chicago. Registration is .Light. The largest crowd which has been in Devils Lake , N. D. , since the registration Fort Totten reservation lauds began came Friday on several excursion trains , a rhere is no disorder. Registration is light. Two Men Struck by Train. While returning from a harvest home picnic at Blairstown , la. , Mike Calahan John Markham , farmers , were slruck a freight train. Calahan was killed Markham will die- " BLACKS IN A PANIC. An Exodus of Negroes Follows the Georgia Lynching. Developments in the situation at States- bore , Ga. , following the burning of the negroes , Reed and Cato , on Tuesday , show only a repetition of Wednesday's events , excepting no killings have been reported from the country" districts. Two negroes , a man and a woman , were whipped near Register Wednesday night. It is reported several others re ceived lashings at other localities. "Preacher" Gaines , one of the alleged leaders of the "Before Day" Club , has left town , and others of less note are go- going. A scarcity of labor in cotton fields is sure to follow. The cotton picking sea son is at hand , and the exodus of negroes has been so great already as to at least threaten inconvenience. The question most discussed Thurs day was the alleged 'mismanagement of the troops during the trial of the negroes Reed and Cato. A non-commissioned of ficer of the local militia company de- clared to the Associated Press that two officers of his company had prepared their resignations to the governor and that a majority of the company had jisk- ed for dismissal from the service The officers declared that the members of his company were required to give up their loaded cartridges that had been issued and that other smaller cartridges were issued to less than half a dozen mem.- bers of the company. He said orders wove given that there should be no firing. The local men lay the blame on the offi cer commanding , the captai'n of the Sa- vanuah company on duty. It is de- clared , and not denied , that the mob with the two negroes on its way to the stake passed within a few yards of the soldiers , and that the soldiers could have rescued the negroes and held them against the mob. One well known business man who ad- mits his leadership of the- mob , and that he had a part in the burning of the ne groes , said that the plans to kill the two negroes at the end of the trial , regard less of what the verdict might be , were premeditated , excepting that it was not determined that burning should be the method. He said that no grand jury would indict and on petit jury in the county would find "guilty any man who had participated in the work. Judge Daly , presiding at the trial of the negroes , said he could not say what action , if any , would be taken to appre hend those who had taken part in the work. SHIPS ARE RIDDLED. Remnant of the Vladivostok Fleet Keaches Port. It is learned officially at St. Petersburg that the cruisers Gromobo'i and Rossia hav reached Vladivostok , considerably damaged. The Rossia lost two officers.m . ' ! killed. | I An official dispatch from Vladivostok shows every officer on the -Itossia and ' , Gromoooi was either killed or wounded. Rear Admiral Jessen narrowly escaped [ the fate of Admiral TVithoft. He was I standing on the bridge of the Rossia when it was wrecked by a shell. The cruisers were literally riddled , and [ the guns and engines partially disman tle-1. tle1.The The escape of the vessels froin Kami- mura's four armored cruisers is regarded as a wonderful piece of luck. HEAD OF GRAND ARMY. Blackmar , of Massachusetts , Chosen Denver Gets Next Encampment. A Boston special says : Gen. Wilmon W. Blackmar , commander of the Massachusetts - chusetts department , was elected comU mander in chief of the G. A. R. Thurscl day , by acclamation. John R. King , of "Washington , former commander of the department of Maryki land , was chosen senior vice commander.tv Geo. W. Patten , of Chattanooga , Tenn. , was elected juiiiorvice command- er. er.Dr. Dr. Warren R. King , of Indiana , was chosen surgeon. Rev. J. H. Bradford , of Washington , was elected chaplain in chief. Denver was chosen for the next nationr al encampment. , TROUBLE WITH VENEZUELA United States Makes Request for Return of Asphalt Lake. Advices received at Port of Spain , Fri day , from Caracas say American Minister Bowen , in the name of the United States , has requested Venezuela to remove Re- ceiver < Caruock , appointed to take charge of the property of the New York and olB Bermudfz Asphalt Company , ana return Io the asphalt lake to the American cpmr' pany. What action Venezuela will take in the matter is as yet unknown. Engineer is Killed. At Elizabethtown , on the Cleveland , of Cincinnati , Chicago and St. Louis Rail- _ , road , Thursday , through a misuuderfa standing of orllers , a water train- and stw work train collided. Patrick Mitchell , an ; engineer , was killed , and four brakemen - men were injured. Hits 154 Targets Out of 1OO. At the annual shoot of the New Yort ka State Association for the Protection of j"1 Fish and Game at Buffalo , N. Y. , Wm. > CQ Hcer , of Concordia , Ivan. , took the honor EI among the professionals with his string da of 154 targets out of a possible 1GO. _ is Fire Causes Panic in Hotol. A fire which did slight damage in the upper story of a building ar 107-109 Wabash - has bash Avenue , Chicago , was the cause of ca panic among the guests at the Palmer "e house , which adjoins the building in n i which the fire occurred. Several women sei ran into State Street wearing kimonos and little or nothing else. & Vermont Bank is Closed. The People's National Bank , of Swanno ton , Vt. , was closed Friday by order of j gu the comptroller of the currency. j da " * " " " " " " " " " ' - " - J STATE OE NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN , A CONDENSED - DENSED FORM ; -Horse Drags Rider to Death Foot Catches in Stirrup Strap When Man IB Thrown Shocking Death of a Farm Hand Near Tecuniseh. Frank Wagner , sou of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wagner , of Vesta precinct , Johnson county , was killed in a most shocking tnanner. Frank Wagner has been working for Garrett Gulett , a neighboring farmer , this summer. He had mounted a bron cho pony to go to his home to spend Sunday , as was his custom. He had considerable trouble in mounting the po ny , which was not well broken , but fin ally had the animal under control for the time and was riding out of the lane which leads from the road to the house. , He had a stirrup on one side of the saddle dli , but just the stirrup strap on the other side. A long row of hedge ob structs the view from the road and as stM Mr. Wagner rode his pony up to the opening in the same a boy rode onto him OE another horse. Mr. Wagner's pony OEwi whirled completely around , throwing him to the ground and succeeded in twisting his foot in the stirrup strap. He then ran at breakneck speed fully half a mile , dragging the man on his head and back and kicking him every few jumps. The pony jumped a barbed wire fence and Mr. Wagner was 'hurled ( into the wire and in this position the pony was ' stopped. Mr. Gulett , who had witnessed the ac cident from the house , hurried to the man's assistance as fast as he could , but when he reached him he was dead. The body was taken to the Gulett home and Coroner Dr. G. J. Kublemau and Sheriff W. H. Cummings , of 'Tecum- ' seh , notified. After viewing the remains and examining the circumstances they de cided not to hold an inquest. The young man's head was pounded into a pulp on the back and his shoulders and hips were stripped of flesh. His parents were visiting near Nebraska Cit3 * , but after being notified they drove all night and reached home next day. Mr. Wagner was nn honest young man , 21 years old and well liked. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. STork Boy Said to Have Knocked a Man Down While Celebrating : . Joseph Scott , a member of the York fire department , who participated in the contests at Norfolk , was a much sur prised boy when the chief of police of PiN Norfolk arrived in York and placed him under arrest , charging him with assault. A graver and more serious charge hangs over Scott if the young man who is now at the point of death at Norfolk should die. die.It It is alleged that Scott , with other fire men , while celebrating the victories , met a young man who was assisting a wo- man through the crowded street and knocked him down on the cement pave- rnent , his head striking in such a man ner ( that the skull was fractured near the base of the brain. Scott is not vicious , and his many friends are surprised to learn of the trouble. STABBED BY HER HUSBAND. Mrs. Tobin , of Lincoln , Lying in Hos pital in Dangerous Condition. Mrs. W. J. Tobiu was stabbed in the stomach late Saturday night by her hus band and is now at the St. Elizabeth hospital at Lincoln in a dangerous condim tiou. Her husband is in the Lincoln Jail.Tobi Tobi is head cook at the Lindell Hotel , where . his wife is also employed. The two were in their room at the hotel when the stabbing occurred and the police were unable to learn the cause of it. Tobin claimed it was an accident , while the wo man was unable to make a statement. The weapon used was a large butcher knife and the wound inflicted was about two inches long. Depot at Stella Robbed. While the night operator was delivering the mail to the office at Stella Tuesday morning someone effected an entrance to the depot through a window and took $27 out of the cash drawer. When the operator returned he met a colored man that r has been around town for some time I and after the robbery was discov- ercd had him arrested and searched , Sut m evidence of the theft was found on his person. New Church at McCook. The corner stone of the new Methodist Episcopal church of McCooS will be laid with befitting ceremonial Thursday after- i noon , Aug. 25 , at 3:30 o'clock. The exro ercises will be in charge of the grand lodge ( of Nebraska Masons , and Grand Master Charles E. Burnham , Grand Cus todian R. E. French and other grand lodge < officers will be present. Masons from ' all over southwestern Nebraska will be present. Fremont's Street Fair. Fremont is to have -a street fair next week under the auspices of the Knights j res St. Ebragus. Instead of of having all Co the attractions under one enclosure as in nir previous years , they will be scattered Mi throughout the business part of the city , ht-i and there will be more than the usual m number of free shows. Reduced rates rel have been secured on the railroads. Corn Got the Moisture. Heavy showers in southeastern Nebras Monday afternoon and night , follow a ing the three hottest days of the summer , have dispelled fears of damage to the com crop , which was needing moisture. Early corn , it is asserted , is now beyond danger of drought , and the late planted greatly Benefited by the downpour. of Randolph to Hold a Fair. The Randolph Fair Association has been organized in Randolph with a capital stock of $5,000. and a fair will be fill held in October. Work on the race track and , barns is now progressing. J. L. iron Chapman is president , and H. J. Smith line secretary of the new organization. face Guilty of Kidnapping. At a preliminary hearing before Judge" Ramsey at Ainsworth , Tuesday after- alias noon , Mrs. Sherman Ogden was found guilty of kidnapping the 15-year-old daughter of Theodore Fisher ( FALL FROM WAGON is FATAL Intoxicated Man Throws Boy Out and Then Falls Overboard. The remains of L. A. Hawley were brought to Hastings Tuesday morning from the Little Blue , where the deceased met his death the previous night by be ing run over while in an intoxicated con dition. Owen Jones , a farmer residing south of the Little Blue , sent his son to Hastings with a team and wagon to get Mr. Hawley and take him out to the Jones farm to do some work. When the lad arrived in Hastings he found Hawley - ley in an intoxicated condition , and after some persuasion succeeded in getting him intb the wagon. Everything ran along smoothly until with in a few miles' of the Jones farm , when Uuwtey tried to force the lad to remove the stopper from a bottle of whisky. The boy refused to do so , and it angered Hawley to such an extent that he grabbed the lad by the , coot collar and threw him out'of the wagon. A few minutes later "Hawley lost his equilibrium and was thrown to the ground in such a manner that tha wheels passed over his body. The boy witnessed the accident. BOY FIRED FATAL SHOT. Fires at Sign on Fence and Kills Man in Field. Frank Rhodes , the man shot through' the back at the Engburg place near Fre mont , is dead. Arthur Canaga , a 10-year-old boy , came to the sheriff's office at Fremont and in a broken voice and with tears streaming down his face confessed that j he probably fired the fatal shot. The j boy said : "I saw a sign nailed to a post on the fence at the west side of the corn field , and I fired at that. I didn't hit it , and the bullet went into the cornfield. I guess that was the bullet that struck Rhodes. I looked at the corn field when I aimed at the sign and couldn't see any body. " The coroner's jury brought in a ver dict that the death of the deceased was caused by a bullet fired by Canaga while shooting at a mark , without any intent of hitting Rhodes , and that Cana ga did not know that Rhodes was with in range. SECTION MAN KILLED. In Getting Away From Passenger He Steps in Front of Freight. Gus Tfgtmeycr , a section man on the Union Pacific , was struck and instantly killed by ah engine. With other section men he. was at work a mile west of Grand Island. Trying to avoid a passenger train on the westbound tract * he stepped on the enstbound track in front of an extra freight , with Engineer Stanford Hartman and Conductor Hull in charge. The stockmen on'the ' extra declare the engineer had the brakes applied so hard that they were nearly thrown from their seats. Tegtmeyer had both legs and an arm fractured and the skull crushed in. He leaves a wife and two small chilurer in straightened circumstances. DRILL COMMENCES IN CAMP. David" City People Turn Out in Large Numbers to Witness Spectacle. A David City special says : The blow ing of bugles and roar of cannon at Camp Victor : Yifqtiain awakened citizens at an early hour Thursday morning. The Ne braska National Guard is settled in camp and the regular routine of exercises is be ing carried out according to the orders issued Tuesday evening by Gen. Culver , commanding officer. A large number of spectators witnessed the drees parade of the two regiments Thursday evening. That Gen. Culver is raising the stand ard and standing of the National Guard is and he is apparent , receiving the com- inendution and compliments of everyone for the effectiveness of his work. SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT. Preacher Skips Out AVith Doctor's Wife at Broken Bow. Church and social circles at Broken Bow have been set agog by the elopement of Rev. S. F. Morris and Mrs. Clinton Day. Morris was the pastor of the First Baptist church and Mrs. Day is the wife of the best known physician of Broken Bow. She was a member of Mr. Morris' church and one of the most active of his flock. Up to the time Morris began paying his attentions to her , Mrs. Dny'bore an excellent reputation. Friends of Mrs. Day maintain that the preacher must have hypnotized her. Dr. Day is brokenhearted en-hearted over the elopement. WILL DIE OF HIS INJURIES. George David Terribly Burned hy Lightning. Five members of a threshing crew working at E. A. Fleming's farm , three and u half miles east of Randolph , were struck by lightning and three of the men rendered unconscious. They were Geo. Lambing , Homer Arnold , engineer ; Roy ca Fleming. Chas. Ruslow and George Da- tui vid. The latter is in a critical condi tion and cannot live. His throat and lungs are burned by the fiery bolt , and of blood issues from his ears. David is about 20 years old. ed aft Mullens is Dismissed. Al Mullens , who on Aug. 11 was ar- ed rested by Sheriff Hansen , of Dakota County , on the charge of disposing of mortjrijred property , filed ngafust him by Mike Waters , a banker at Hubbard , has been released from the county 4iail , the matter having been settled by Mullens' relatives to the satisfaction of the banker. a Heat Causes Death. John J. Shandoll. for the last six years resident of Beatrice , dropped dpjid wild Monday at his home from heat prostra tion : ind heart failure. He served in the ton Fourth Wisconsin cavalry during the re bellion and located in Jefferson County thirty-five years ago. He was 70 clew aue. Dakota City Girl Burned. Ans Miss Clara Berger. daughter of Gustat Borger. of Dakota City , met with a pain accident. She was using a patoir is gasoline clothes iron , when the top of thf came off and' ' the blaze of the gaso is ered struck her on the hand and in tb * , burning her quite bardly. Graves Goes to Kansas. days J. A. Graves , alias J. A. Steinhauser J. A. Middleton , who has just com cates pleted a jail sentence at Beatrice for ob in taining money under fale pretenses , was is taken to lola , JKan. , Thursday Short Notes. The labor unions of Plattsmouth give their second annual picnic Sept. 5 < Martin Schleicher's blacksmith shop at Fremont caught fire and was badly dam aged. Schleicher's loss is about $130. Walter B. MeNeill , of North Platte , vras nominated for congress by the Dem ocrats of the Sixth Nebraska district. The Gage County Teachers' Institute opened in Beatrice Monday for one week with about 1GO teachers in attendance. A valuable horse belonging to Kilpat- rick brothers , which had been driven to- Beatrice , dropped dead on the street ofj sunstroke. The dry spell at Beatrice was broken Monday evening by a timely rain , which will be of great benefit to corn and crops of all kinds. Reports ] on wheat around Norfolk shovf that it will be a very poor crop and rmi9 note more , on an average , than 10 bushels to the acre. Burglars ] broke into four residences at Nebraska City , and secured about $75 in money , a gold watch and several other 'articles of value. ' H. P. Lowrey , a gardener of Gran Island , thinks he has the record broken' on cabbages. He brought one to the city weighing 20 % pounds. ' At Sutton the thermometer has ranged np to 100 degrees in the shade for several days past. Corn is standing still waiting for a much needed rain. The i Palisade millVas struck by light- ' niug and completely * destroyed by fire. The property was owned by W. R. Cum mins , of Palisade , and covered with little or no insurance. At Seward the temperature was 105 on Sunday and on Monday it was still on the ascend. Corn i * making a won derful growth. A heavy rain with hail 'cooled the atmosphere on Monday even * ing. , ing.Floyd Floyd Mitchell , who was killed by si train on the Union Pacific at Council Bluffs Monday , was for some time a res ident of Fremont , having recently re moved to Council Bluffs. Hi was about 50 years of age. Further reports from the surrounding" country show that the center of the hail storm was in Grand Island , and that but little damage was done , while the rain was ! of great benefit to a much larger section than was visited by hail. The factory of the Lang Canning and Preserving Conipanj- Beatrice opcne'd for the season Tuesday with a force of about 100 men and women. The corn pack will first be taken care of and later tomatoes , pumpkins and apples. A nice rain fell a't ' Greeley , accompa nied by heavy wind. The hot weather of the past few days is doing wonders Tor the late corn and a good crop 7s prom ised. Considerable small grain is being threshed from the shock and marketed. Burglars ransacked the home of Mrs. J. W. Reiber at Nebraska City Saturday night while members of the family were absent. Nothing of value was secured. The robbers made an effort to break into the home of L. V. Utterback , but were frightened away. Monday was closing day of the Central Nebraska ( Chautauqua , which had been running at Fullerton ten days and the management is highly pleased at the out come. Fully 5,000 people were on thfr grounds on Sunday and all pronounced the program excellent. Saturday afternoon fire destroyed the barn on the farm of Mrs. George An drews , two miles north of Syracuse , caus ing ; a loss of more than $150 , with no insurance. Three head of horses , a num be of vehicles and a quantity of grain an hay was destroyed. A distressing accident occurred to 5-year-old : son of Henry Littlefiian , a farmer living a few miles southwest of Leigh , Saturday. The child was caught in the tumbling shaft of a corn sheller and before help could reach It the ma ch chine had drawn the child in and made an ug wound on the right thigh. Police Officer Waddick , of Grand Isl and , ran in one Burns , who was several years ago sent to the penitentiarj- the larceny of fi lot of silk from the store of P. Martin & Co. No graver offense is charged against Burns than drunkenness , , but it is the determination of the police- department to make Grand Island un comfortable for this class of men. What might have been a serious catas trophe occurred at the German Lutheran church at Battle Creek during the even ing services Sunday. Some of the pipes carrying gasoline for the lighting of the church began to leak and finally became- ignited. The congregation , numbering- over 200 , nished from the building in haste , but were so'on recalled by the as surance that all danger was passed. Max Spahr * , who was sent to the state- penitentiary from Norfolk for a three- years' term to pay the penalty for cut ting the throat of a negro from ear to ear with intent to kill and rob , after hav inj been paroled by Gov. Mickey , es caped ] from his parole and has been re turned to the penitentiary by Sheriff" Clements , of Madison , having been lo cated in Pennsylvania through the agency a sweetheart. The St. Paul Canning Company open its new factory in St. Paul Monday afternoon with a trial run that proved entirely satisfactory. The plant is equip- with the latest improved machinery and appliances in every respect and the company has the satisfaction of enterniy upon a vigorous corn canning campaign with everything running smoothly and an abundant supply of good corn. The daily- capacity of the factory is 40.000 cans. The sixty pairs of new shoes which were found last week hid in the side oT bluff between Plattsmouth and tho- Burlington bridge which spans the Mis souri River by some boys whih ? hunting grapes , were turned over to James Maloue. special detective for the Burling , by Chief of Police Fitzgerald. The- shoes were stolen while in transit Chicago. Thus far the officers ha as to who the bold thieves wereT Fire destroyed the large barn on the- st Heinke farm , nine miles west of Nebraska City. Three head of horses , several vehicles and a large quantity of grain and hay were consumed. The Iqsa estimated at over $1,200 , partly cSv- by insurance. The origin of the fire unknown. The sale of a twenty-acre tract ad joining the Humboldt city limits a f > w since from Christ Beutler to Walter Hayes at a rate of $170 per acre indi * that Richardson County soil is still demand even if the rate of assessment pronounced too hurh- -
