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The Valentine Democrat
X'ALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE , Publisher
TRAIN IS HELD UP
ROBBERS STEAL S7.000 FROM
CANADIAN PACIFIC.
They Fled to the United States-
Bandits Now Believed to be Safely
Across the Bordei Robbery Was
Planned to the Minutest Detail.
A special from Winnipeg. Manitoba ,
says : At ! l:30 : o'clock Saturday night the
Canadian Pacific westbound transconti
nental express was held up by four mask
ed men.
The holdup occurred four and a half
miles west of Mission Junction , in a
wooded district. Throe of the men crawl
ed over the tender of the locomotive , and
at the point of revolvers ordered Engineer
Scott to stop the train. They left one
man to guard the engineer , the others
taking the fireman with them. They com
pelled the fireman to uncouple the mail
and express car , the fourth standing
guard over the train md Conductor War-
rell. who attempted to go forward. The
rubbers then had the engine and express
car run several miles west.
Messenger Herbert Smith at first re
fused to open the car door , but on being
informed that the car would be blown
up with dynamite , of which they had a
quantity , he complied , was disarmed and
forced to open "the safe. They secured
$4,000 or $5,000 in gold dust and about
$1,000 in currency.
The mail clerks were similarly com
pelled to open the mail car , which was
rifled of the contents of registered mail
sacks. The engine , mail and express cars
were then run to a point east of Warrich ,
where the robbers took to 'the woods.
None of the passengers were molested.
This is the first instance of train rob
bery reported on the Canadian Pacific in
the last twenty years.
Later developments in the robbery of
$7,000 from a Canadian Pacific train on
Saturday night show that the robbers
fled for the United States and probably
are now safely across the border.
The robbery was planned to the min
utest detail. After having robbed the
express and mail cars the robbers forced
Fireman Freeman to' uncouple the en
gine , and with it they started for : i
point which they named two miles down
the track toward Vancouver.
When they approached the place the
leader ordered a stdp.'The robbers clam
bered off. the. leader backing away , cov
ering the engineer with his revover. They
crossed Frazer River and started for
the international boundary by the Mt.
Lehman road , a distance of eleveu. miles.
They may have Jiad horses , fand could
have reached American territory by day
light. \ . / * N '
They leltnothing behind to give the
slightest iiidWtjbn. of heiridentity.
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IMMENSE F& > R'Sys fON FIRE
Flames > ( jireat Tracts in
A San Fran'ejsc - dispatch states that
/forest fires arcyw < waging in many of
the principal timber sections in the north
ern districts of California and in the
immediate vic5nity7o" : T ' < * ty.
In the Santa Cpaz Mountains the situa
tion is serious M the extreme. It is be
lieved the . tate park in the big basin ,
which r-ontains some of the finest red-
. wood timber in the state , is doomed.
Down the mountains to the coast lino
the flames are sweeping everything before
them , ranches , and property of all kinds.
From Tehana , Butte. and other points
up north , come reports of loss by flames ,
which have swept the mountains.
So far no loss of human life has been
reported.
SAD END OF PLEASURE TRIP
Eight Persons Drowned in the Del
aware River , Near Bristol.
The Delaware steamer Columbia , on
its way from Philadelphia to Bristol ,
Pa. , Sunday night , crashed into a steam
launch ten miles north of Philadelphia ,
grinding it to pieces and causing the
drowning of eight of the dozen occupants
of the small boat. All of the party were
Philadelphians.
When a point was reached near An
dalusia the Columbia suddenly loomed
up in the darkness. The pilot jammed
his wheel to starboard , but just a mo
ment too-late. The big steamer struck
the launch squarely in the middle and cut
it in half , throwing all of the occupants
into the water.
Champion Homing Pigeon.
A homing pigeon owned by E. C.
Kieckers , of St. Louis , won the young
bird championship of North America
from a field of 200. The flight was 48.2S
miles , and the time of the winning bird
was 1:29:55.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City stock market follow : Best heavy
feeder ? . $3.50 :5.70. : Hogs. $5.25f/ / )
5.47'X. .
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Mystic Tie Between Cities.
Wireless communication was Saturday
established between Chicago and St.
Louis. In the test only threc-horsi1
power masts were employed , while it is
expected shortly to install twenty-horse
power apparatus.
Dies of Football Injuries.
Blain Hoffman , aged 19 years , received
such serious internal injuries in a game
of football at Lykens , near Harrisbnrg ,
Pa. , Saturday when the opposing play
ers piled upon him , that death resulted.
SAFELY AT MUKDEN.
Ruusian Army Made Retreat in
Good Order.
It is established that die Russian army
is safely at Mukden and that the letreat
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i was accomplished in good order , in spite
of the harassing Japanese , sodden roads
and the fact that Gen. Kuropatkin was
hampered by more than 12,000 Avounded.
There is nothing yet to indicate the
exact whereabouts of the three Japanese
armies. When last heard from Kuroki's
forces were on the Russian left flank and
steadily pushing northward , but Viceroy
Alexicff reports that railroad and tele
graph communication between Mukden
and Harbin is uninterrupted.
( Jen. Sakharoff reports that there was
no fighting during Thursday , and while
the outposts arc still in contact they are
not exchanging shots. '
A detailed list of Russian losses is
promised , and it is said that these losses
will approximate 20,000 as against 30,000
for the Japanese.
It is ollicially reported that Ivuropatkin
has not been wounded.
It seems to be definitely established
that Field Marshal Oyama's tired troops
abandoned Wednesday the attempt to
head off ( Jen. Kuropatkin , whose army lias
arrived safely at Mukden after frightful
experiences in floundering through mud
and mire over the Manchurian roads. .
Some diescriptions of the scenes along
the line of retreat are almost incredible.
A BAD WRECK.
Train Goes Through a Trestle in
South Carolina.
A iocal passenger train on the Seaboard
Air Line crashed through a trestle at Ca-
tawba Junction , S. C. , early Thursday.
Four women passengers and three train
men were killed , and thirty-five persons
injured.
The train consisted of an engine , five
coaches and a sleeper. A freight train
which followed the passenger train
plunged in on top of the wrecked train.
The train had crossed a bridge over
Catawba River and was on the trestle ,
when the trestle fell in. The train , with
the exception of the Pullman car , fell
twenty-five feet to the ground. A lig'it
freight , following close behind the pass
enger train , struck the Pullman , and all
fell over on to t he wreck , the engine of
the freight and box cars piling up on the
Pullman.
All the injured , sixteen of whom wero
negro laborers , were from the southern
states. It will take about two days to
clear the track and repair the trestle.
INNOCENT MAN IMPRISONED
A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity
in England.
Home Secretary Ackers-Douglas , at
London , Eng. , has appointed a commis
sion to inquire into the circumstances of
the convictions of Adolph Beck , who was
convicted in 1890 , served out a sentence
of seven years , and who was again ar
rested and convicted , but was granted a
' free pardon" when it developed that it
had been conclusively proven that both
his convictions were founded on cases
of mistaken identity. The government
has offered Beck as compensation the
sum of $10,000 , which he refused , on the
ground that it was not sufficient.
In both instances Beck was charged
with obtaining money and jewelry from
women tinder false pretenses.
SPECIAL GRAND JURY CALLED
Alabama Jud < je Orders Investiga
tion of a L/ynching.
At HuntsvilleAla. . . Judge Speake
ordered a special grand jury to convene i
at once to investigate the lynching of the
negroap ! ! ' . < Wednesday nigltt.
There is no truth in the report that
several militiamen were shot during the
exciting events which culminated in the
lynching of the negro , ( 'apt. Hay , in
charge of 'the militia , denies that his men
gave Avay before the mob. He says the
negro sprang out of the window and ran
right into the hands of the mob. There
was then no use in guarding the jail
further.
Apple Crop Very
Reports of the apple crop received at
New York by large dealers indicate that
the American yield will be about 30 per
cent , larger than last year and 14 per
cent , above the average for the last ten
jears. New York state is among the
largest apple producers in the east. 1C
is estimated that its crop will be 17 per
cent , larger than that of last year.
Russians Force Chinese to Work.
Chinese reports at Shanghai are to the
effect that thousands of Chinese are be
ing forced to construct eartnworks at
Tiding , where fJon. Kuropatkin will
make his next stand.
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A Sensational Report.
Advices from Las Palmas , Canary Isl-
inds , state : Fishermen report three
Russian cruisers coaling from the Ger
man steamer Valesia at Cape Juby , off
the coast of Morocco.
Boor Hero on Divorce Suit.
Gen. Ben J. Viljoen , the Boer Avar vet-
ran. who was sued by Mrs. Yiljoen for
divorce , denies the charge of failure to
support. He says he and his wife sepa
rated because of dissimilar tastes.
Kqualizm ; ; Cattle Rates.
Traffic officials of the western roads
vere in session at Chicago Thursday ar
ranging to place Omaha on a parity with
Kansas City in regard to through cattle
rates.
Body of Salesman Recovered.
The body of Max W. Hurtig , a trav-
jling salesman from New York , who ,
with four other men , was drowned dur
ing a storm on Lake Erie Saturday night ,
was recovered near Edge water Park ,
Cleveland , 0.
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Von iPIehve's Successor.
The appointment of Prince Sviatopolk-
Mirsky as minister of the interior in suc
cession to the late M. Plohve , was ga
zetted in the ofllcial messenger at St. Pe-
tersburc Friday morning. y
STRIKE CALLED OFF.
Butcher "Workmen Ready to Go
, Back to Work.
The strike of the Butcher Workmen's
unions , which has demoralized the meat
packing industry throughtout the country
for the last two months , was officially
declared off Thursday night by President
Michael J. Donnelly , of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
America , at Chicago.
Thursday morning Mr. Donnelly tele
graphed the members of the national
executive committee asking their consent
to the announcement of the end of the
strike , and having received favorable an
swers from all he declared that the strike
of the members of his organization would
end at midnight. l
The strike of the members of the af
filiate'1 unions at the stock yards who
quit wt rk in sympathy with the butchers
will ollicially be declared off at a meet
ing of the conference board of the
allied trades. This was jiccided upon at
a meeting of the central body of the al
lied trades , held Thursday night. The
general body was at first in favor of
continuing the strike , but Mr. Donnelly ,
who was present , announced that the
men were defeated , and that in order to
save his union from being entirely dis
rupted he would order his men to return
to work in the morning , no matter what
course might be taken by other unions.
As the other unions had no grievances ,
but had gone on strike to aid the butch
ers , there was nothing left for them but
to follow the lead of Mr. Donnelly , and
they , too , decided to call off the strike
as far as they were concerned.
When the packers were notified that it
had been decided to end the strike they
announced that they would give places
as far as possible to the skilled men , but
it was stated at the same time that many
of these men would be unable to secure
their old places , as in many cases the
work was being performed in a satisfac
tory manner * by men who had been se
cured since the commencement of the
strike.
It is expected that the majority of un
skilled men will be unable to secure their
old places again. It was a question of
wage scale for this class of men that
brought about the strike , the packers re
fusing tb sign an agreement with any
class other than skilled workmen.
A DOUBLE WRECK.
"Flyer" Hits the Derailed Cars ol
a Freight Train.
Two persons were killed and nineteen
injured , four of them seriously , in a
collision between a Rock Island passen
ger train and cars of a freight traiu
which had been derailed near Tiskilwa
111. . Wednesday night.
The freight was running on the east-
bound track , when the air hose burst ,
and in an unexplained manner caused a
number of cars to pile up on several of
the box cars covering the westbound
track upon which the passenger was run
ning.
The fast train struck the wrecked
freight cars and the locomotive , baggage
car , smoker and chair car were derailed
and seriously damaged. One of the sleep
ing cars left the rails , but was only
slightly damaged.
A relief train was immediately made
up and all passengers wore taken caro of
as soon as possible.
CHURCH'S EDICT TO LYNCHERS
Methodists IVhoTook Part in Lynch
ing Must Confess or Rosign.
The Methodist Episcopal church has
passed resolutions unanimously calling
upon every participant in the lynching
of Reed a-id Cato at Statesboro , ( la. ,
last month to resign membership in the
church unless "a public confession of
wrong be made with expression of peni
tence and contrition. "
The resolutions denounce the burning
of the negroes in very strong language
and state that the church wishes to be
put on record as unalterably opposed to
mob violence , calling it "a shameless vio
lation of law. "
Deserts Bride ; Falls in Bay.
The elopement and marriage of Melissa
Simpson of Accomac county , Ya. , and
John Edward Galloway , Elkton , Md. ,
had an exciting sequel at Baltimore , Md. ,
when the bride of two days saw her
husband fall overboard at the Chesa
peake railway wharf in his efforts to run
away from her. The young man was
pulled out of the water , but escaped in
the excitement.
Two Killed in Obio Wreck.
A Wheeling and Lake Erie freight
train struck a loaded hay wagon near
Chagrin Falls , O. Three cars and a ca
boose were thrown from the track. Con
ductor Gregory , of Canton , and Henry
Porter , a farmer , who were in the ca
boose , were killed.
Foretells Death and Expires.
With the prediction that he was about
to die still upon his lips J. D. Under
wood , general manager of the Rogers
Wheel Company , at Lebanon , Ky. , drop
ped dead Thursday. Mr. I'nderwood , who
was 55 years old , was apparently In good
health.
Splendid Geyser in Activity.
A telegram has been received from
Yellowstone National park announcing
that Splendid geyser , at the up'per basin ,
which has been lying dormant for four
years , has been playing regularly every
three hours since 10 a. in. Wednesday.
Kills Wife and Suicides.
Rather than pay his wife , from whom
he had been separated , $7 a week as or
dered by the court , Joseph Regnet , a
porter employed in the wholesale store of
Marshall Field & Co. , Chicago , shot and
killed her and then committed suicide.
Two Lives Lost.
At Bakensfield , Gal. , lire broke out in
the engine house of the fire department
and destroyed two blocks in the central
part of the city. The loss is $250,000.
Two fatalities resulted from the fire.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Body Has Been Identified Floater
Near Dakota City that of Ed Wa-
sem Probably Murdered at Yaiik-
ton Last Seen Alive July 28.
A Dakota City special says : J. C.
\Vasem. real estate dealer at WOOMSOCK-
et , S. D. , and Win. U. Wasein , banker
at Ilariisburg , S. D. . brothers , in com
pany with Coroner B. F. Sawyer and
Dr. B. J. Leahy , of Jackson , exhumed
the body of the tloater which was found
iu the Missouri River about a quarter of
a mile south of Dakota City on Aug. 13 ,
and was buried in the cemetery in Dako
ta City , and the twoVasems identified
ttie body as being that of their brother ,
Ed Wasein. of Yankton , S. D. The
body was naked when found , but was
identified by the two men by a scar on
the hand made a number of years ago
by a buzz saw , one short index linger ,
the teeth and the general appearance
throughout.
Dr. Leahy made a postmortem exami
nation and found that the man had suf
fered a fracture of the skull below the
right ear , and believes he met death by
being slugged. The body was reinterred
in the cemetery in a private plot.
The finding and identifying of. the body
will in all probability lead to some ar
rests , as the two men are determined to
know who it was killed their brother
and put his nude body in the Missouri
River with the hopes that their crime
would forever remain a secret.
Ed Wasem was employed in the brick
yard at Yankton , and in company with
the foreman of the yards went into
Yankton on the evening of July Ii8 last ,
which was the last day of registration
on the Rosebud agency lands , to see the
crowds and the excitement incident to
the closing of the registration. The two
men went into a saloon about 10 o'clock
in the evening. Wasein was leaning on
the bar watching the people , when he
was hit a blow from behind which felled
him to the floor , whether dead or uncon
scious no one seems to know. The two
bartenders at work in the building drag
ged him into the back room and left him.
and that is the last truce that could be
found of him until his body washed
ashore in the Missouri River at Dakota
City about ten days later.
The man with Wasem at the saloon
was afraid of his life and left his friend
at the mercy of the grafters , and he not
appearing for work the next day. report
ed the occurrence to his brother , J. C.
Wasem. of Woonsocket , S. D. , who at
once started an investigation , visiting
Yankton and conferring with the chief
of police at that place. The two barten
ders claimed to Wasem that some time
after they had pulled the body in the
back room they went out to see it and
the body was gone.
GIRL'S ASSAILANT ARRESTED.
ConiVsaes to Sheriff Bauinari ands
Now in Penitentiary.
A Fremont special says : Howard Rai-
ley was arrested at East End Wednes
day evening on suspicion of being rhe
man who assaulted Pearl Olson. Thurs
day niorninir he confessed to Sheriff Bau-
maii and during the noon hour was hur
riedly taken to the county judge's ollice
through tlie back door of the jail and
the court house , waived preliminary ex
amination and was bound over to the
district court and was taken in the af
ternoon to Lincoln for safe keeping.
It was not till after 3 o'clock that the
knowledge of his arrest leaked out and
at that time he was outside of the county.
Horse Gets Busy With Hcelr.
Ralph Bennett , son of Dr. Bennett , o'
Kearney , was kicked bv a horse ; nid
three of his ribs v- i.io ni. A few
moments later Kenneth Leitch was
kicked by the same horse and had quite
a gash cut over his left eye. Young. Ben
nett was driving the animal when it be
came fractious , something getting wrong
with the harness.
Pleaded Not Guilty.
William Bermingham , who is under ar
rest at Nebraska City charged with rob
bing the school house in district No. 5S ,
was taken before Judge Timblin. where
lie was given a hearing. He pleaded not
iruilty and was bound over to the district
court. His bond was fixed at $500 ,
which he could not furnish and went to
fail.
Accident in Basket Ball Gam- .
At Pawnee City Thursday evening the
College Girls' Club gave an exhibition
basket ball Bailie in the opera house.
During the game Miss Helen Lipp , in a
scramble for the ball , fell , fracturing one j
of tahe bones in her leg. While practic
ing in Hie opera house Wednesday Miss
Elva Sly , one of the university's first
team players , fell and broke ner arm.
Wonld-Be Suicide Fights Rescuers
A German farm hand named Beachly
Burthouser , employed by Gus Thimgan ,
near South Bend , attempted to drown
himself in Salt Creek. He was discov
ered by members of the steel gang who
were working nearby. They went to his
rescue , but the demented man fought like
a tiger , and it took the strength of four
men to subdue and handcuff him.
Drops Dead at Telephone.
John 1 * . Anderson , for the past eigh
teen years a groeeryman of Beatrice ,
dropped dead in his store at 5 o'clock
Monday evening. He had stepped back
to the rear ot the room to use the tele
phone , when he suddenly dropped to the
floor and expired.
Bold Thclt of a Horse.
A valuable horse , belonging to Dr. P.
II. Selter. wa < stolen boldly from a picnic
grove at Norfolk. Hounds are tracing
it.
Young Has a Bad Name
Jim Young , the negro driver who shot
two men at the state fair grounds at
Lincoln last week , is well known in Fre
mont , which has been his headquarters
more or less for the past ten years , ile
has a bad reputation.
liiquor License Refused.
The county board of commissioners re
fused to issiua liquor license at Thurs-
ton. StrongCo. . . of Bancroft , win.
Vogt , of Fender , and Rasmuss Jenson , a
fanner near Thurston" were theappli
cant ?
A HUMAN TORCH.
Nebraska AVonian Attempts to Cre-
iimte Herself.
As the result of a quarrel with her hus
band. Mrs. Henry Toler. of Butte. poured
kerosene over her clothing and set fire to
it. Her husband tried to extinguish the
flames and received burns which resulted
in his death in a few hours. Mrs. Toler's
condition is critical , ajid the doctors say
she cannot recover.
Bel ondying Mr. Toler refused to say
how himself or his wife were burned , but
aft > r his death hisAvife said that they
wery quarreling , and she threw a toma
to can at him. It enraged Toler , and he-
said he would kill her. She then went
into another room , saturated her clothing
with coal oi ! and then struck a match
and set iiie to it. She then ran into th -
room whore her husband was. with her
clothing a mass of flames. lie imme
diately tore all her clothing from her ,
and in so doing was fatally burned him
self.
In order to put out the fire on himself
Toler jumped into a UO-foot cistern. He
was rescued , by neighbors who had been
alarmed. \ *
Toler wars insanely jealous of his wife ,
and they had frequent and tierce quar
rels.
NURSE CAUGHT UNDER TRAIN
Alice Muliiie , of Cozad , Loses Both
Legs Belo\v the Knees.
Miss Alice Maline , a professional
nurse , whose home is twelve miles north
west of Cozad. and who has been nurs
ing two typhoid fever patients in Lexing
ton , concluded she would go home for a
short rest. Train No. 5. which stops at
Cozad , is due at Lexington at 1'2l >
o'clock a. in. When Miss Maline ar
rived at the depot yards a freight train
was on the side track between her and
the depot. Train No. 3 , which does not
stop at Coxad , was at the depot. Mis
taking this for her train. Miss Maline
crawled under the freight train. Just as
she did so the train pulled up to open
tiie crossing. Miss Maline was caught
under the wheels and terribly mangled ,
requiring the amputation of both limbs
below the knees. She was removed to a
hospital in Omaha. Very little hopes are
entertained of her recovery.
CHILD BRUTALLY ASSAULTED
Left Bound and Gained in a Kieiii ,
Where She is Found.
Anna Ole on. 10 years old. and small
for her age. was the victim of a brutal
assault at Fiemont about 7 o'clock Mon
day evening. Her assailant is a man
\ \ lu > has bee ? ! around town for a week ,
and is supposed to have left for Omaha
on a late tiai'i in the evening. His name
is not known.
The child was found about S o'clock
in a corn field , where she had been left
by the brute , gagged and bound hand and
foot. She had succeeded in working her
mouth free ard was crying for her moth
er , a washerwoman , who lives about
flirtblocks distant from the scone of
the outrage. Her condition is serious.
CARNIVAL AT NELIGH.
Plenty of Entertainment is Provided
for the Crowds.
Thur > day was the second day of the
third annual carnival for NelSgh. The
town was beautifully decorated. A varied
program was arranged for each day.
On Friday there was a free for all
trot for a purse of 200 and another for
.SI00. and a ball game between Elgin and
Clearwator. The ball game was for a
purse of $50. There was a balloon as
cension every day at Riverside Park.
The illumination of the streets during
the affair excelled anything ever seen in
that part of the country.
FUNERAL OF MRS. G. W. ALBEE
Wayne Woman Died of Carbolic
Acid Taken by .Mistake.
The funeral of Mrs. G. W. Albee was
lamely attended at Wayne , being held
undi-r the auspices of the Royal Neigh
bors.
The death of Mrs. Alboo was a tragic
one. OtSunday , brimr in intense pain
from annld trouble , she took a quantity
of carboffc acid by mistake for her usual
medicine. Her suffering was terrible ,
but death relieved her within two hours
Canning Factory is Busy. '
The Grand Island canning factory is
working every possible man it can place
and sweet corn is proving an excellent j
crop. 175 tons being canned daily. The
late sweet corn is not yet harvested and i
is expected to be even a heavier yield.
If this proves to be the case it is possi-j '
ble that a night force will be put on at
the factory. |
Injured by Explosion ' i
Mary Svovoda. a domestic in the home
of I' . J. Murphy , of Crab Orchard , kin
dled a fire with ira oline and is now lying
in a critical condition from burns upon ,
her face , hands and chest , caused by the
explosion. She was saved from being
burned to death only by the action of
Mrs. Murph.v in smothering the flame- .
Can of Tomatoes Kxplsules. i
Mrs. C. A. Bowers met with an ex- !
tremely painful accident at Kearney and !
had a narrow escape from losing her '
sight. She was engaged in putting up to- j
matoes and was sealing a gallon can ,
when it exploded , the boiling contents
bcini : thrown into her face , burning and '
scalding her terribly. i
Arrested for Selling Cocaine. j
\Y. B. Sloan , a Nebraska City drug- j
gist , was arrested on a warrant sworn !
out by the police charging him with sell- j
ing cocaine and morphine to a woman.
This is the first action taken by the police
since the ordinance was passed by the
city council restricting the sale of such
dnms.
Waterworks for Osceola.
At a special election in Osceola for the
bonding of the town for a system of wa
ter works to cost $25.000. was voted up
on. Th result was a majority in favor '
of the bonds of over four to one.
"Woman Dies of Lockjaw.
Wednesday aftoinoou occurred the j
death of Mrs. Fred Fricke. wife .of a !
prominent farmer of Papillion. Two das
ago she stepped on a rusty nail and
lockjaw resulted. The deceased waa
05 years of asie.
Attempts Suicidf in Jail.
Frank Duffy , who hails from Grand
Island , was .sirested at Kearney for car
rying too much boo/.e and lodged in jail ,
where he beiame wild. He attempted
to hang himself with a blanket tied to
his cell door , but was discovered in timt.
Where is the venue of the crime of
ivife abandonment ? If a man goes visit
ing with his wife and while away from
his residence abandons the woman , is ho- < \
to be prosecuted at the place where the-
couple sojourned , or in the county of'
their residence ? These are the questions-
which Edward M. Cuthbertson. now un
der sentence of six mouths in the Doug
las County jail , wants to have answered
by the supreme court in the hope that it
will hold that the abandonment is a
crime at the place visited. At the date-
lixcd in the information as the time of'
the abandonment , Cuthbertson , who had.
been employed by a railway contractor
was at Chadron , where he was visited by
his wife , and on that day the couple quar
reled and he left her , going to Missouri. .
The question now is , where did he aban
don the wife ? Was it at Chadron or
was it at Omaha , where the couple hadT
resided before he went to Chadron ?
* * *
His interference on behalf of the Win-
iiebago Indians , whom he says are being.-
robbed by unscrupulous speculators , lias-
got Rev. Father Joseph Schell , of Ho
mer , into justice court as defendant-
Complainants are Charles , Thomas and
George Ash ford , bankers and general
merchants at Homer. The case is in the
nature of a test. Father Schell recentIy
called the Indians together in council ,
and secured their indorsement of a plaii
whereby an auditing committee should ;
handle the Indians' money , paying it out
only to those to whom it was really
owing. Father Schell was at once made-
the agent of the Indians to do this. He- '
refuses to pay bills until they are iteni-
ixed , and only then when the charges are-
reasonable. In the case now in court
the Ashfords claim that George Rice Hill
owes them $109 and that Father Scheli
is preventing its collection.
* * *
The good work of the Nebraska Pris-
on Association has attracted the atten-
tion of the national committee located atf
Trenton , N. J. Dr. Martin , of the Lin
coln association , received a letter from
.A. M. Fish , chairman of the committee'
on discharged prisoners , of the national ,
committee , asking for a copy of his re
port on this matter to be incorporated in
the national report. Dr. Martin is well
pleased with the progress of the Ne
braska association in its work with the-
growing membership , which at this time
is almost 500. The committee is con
stantly after new members , for upon the-
membership is dependent the finances ,
of the association , each member paying :
a fee of .SI. The association will meet In
Lincoln a week from Tuesday.
* * *
At the close of business last Thursday
night the permanent school fund con
tained $09,312.85 , with investments in
sight to take every cent of it and monr
too. The report of Treasurer Morten-
sen , filed with the state auditor , sliows
there has been paid out of this fund .dur-
i ing the month $114,028.00 , and received
into it $78,723.87. For the quarter there-
was received into this fund § 339,570.18.
and paid out $ GG,492.GO. 'Ihere was re
ceived into the general fund during the-
month $47,222.85 , and paid out $58-
134.82. In all funds , on August 1 , there-
was $370,810.59. During the mouth
there was received into all funds $1G3-
382.72 , and paid out $209,410.46 , of
which there is in cash on hand $3G5S.2G-
and on deposit $331,778.20.
* * *
J. C. Stevens , formerly of the state-
board of irrigation , but now connected
with the government survey , will leave-
Lincoln the first of the mouth for Den
ver , where his headquarters will be in.
the future. Mr. Stevens has just complet
ed taking measurements along the Nio-
brara for a distance of several hundred
miles , and incidentally lookintr out for
irrigable lands. He found little of the-
land that was Gt for irrigation , however.
The river runs through a canyon and.
for many miles is three or four hundred
feet deep , this making the cost of get
ting water to the lands too much. He-
was in Sheridan , Brown and Iveya Palm
Counties.
* * *
There are 4G3 cases to go on the su
preme court docket for the September
term. This is twenty-three more than
the number of cases on the docket for
the September term last year , and proves
conclusively that the litigation in the su
preme court instead of falling off is in
creasing at a famous rate. With this
great increase in the number of cases-
which must be disposed of , there is a ,
prospect of another glut such as that
which existed three years ago when it
took the average litigant from two to-
three years to have his case determined
in the supreme court. The situation is-
already causing speculation among law
yers who have supreme court practice.
* * *
Thursday was visitors' days at the-
capitol at Lincoln , and the officers at the
state house were kept busy all the tinn5J
showing curious sightseers from over the-
state the wonders of the big building.
While all the officials did their utmost
in making it pleasant for the out-of-town
people , the dome was still a superior at
traction. Great numbers of people have
made the ascent to the crowning lan
tern , from which they are enabled to-
view the entire city , and the grounds for
miles nround. While the greater distance-
of the 200 feet in perpendicular height
must be made on a tortuous spiral stair
way , no casualties have taken place so-
far.
far.Lincoln
Lincoln is to have another representa
tive on the governor's staff , and L. W.
Garroute , a traveling man , is slated for'
the honor. While t' o commission has-
not been made out , it has been tendered
him , and the recipient is already re
ceiving the congratulations of his fellow
travelers.
Will the silver service to be desigued- !
for the battleship Nebraska member-
among its pieces a punch bowl , the sym
bol of Gambrinus' revels among the jun
iors of the ward room ? Some of the more-
far-sighted Nebraskans are already be
ginning to consider that question. Most
silver services of the magnitude proposed
have such an accessory of the most gen
erous proportions , and the committee
which is to be named by the governor to"
take the matter of raising funds ana se
lecting designs in charco , vill have a dif
ficult tifce of it