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Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
ft. K. RICE , Publishes
L EARTHQUAKE
EIGHTEEN VILLAGES DESTROY-
ED IN ITALY.
of Greatest Terror People
itiish Half Clothed into Streets
Nearly1OO Were Killed Number
Jnjurcd and Property Loss Great
A dispatch from Home says : All Italy
Is suffering from terrible depression be
cause of the news fiom the south , where
one of the worst earthquakes ever ex
perienced occurred Friday. Althouirh
the earthquake was felt all over Calabria ,
land to a certain extent in Siciliy , the
worst news comes from Pbzo : and MOM-
ieleouo and from eighteen villages which
jiirc said to have been completely destroy
ed. It is as yet impossible even to esti
mate the proi > orty loss.
The shock was felt at i--.Vi o'clock Fri-
-day morning. It lasted for eighteen sec
onds at Calan/aro , and thereafter was
jfelt at Messina , Stefacomi. Piseolio , Tri-
parni , Zammarro , Cossaniti , Naida , Oli-
vadi and other points.
Scenes of indescribable terror ensued.
( Women aroused from their sle p rush
ed half clothed into the streets , scream-
Jug wjfe& * * r yy'ing their babies aix ]
? r children and call-
uu'napcd into
with their families , all calling on
( their favorite saints for protection. The
cafes were t.'Uccn by assault by the
Btrangely garbed crowd , but as daylight
broke without a repetition of the earth
quake the crowd gradually incited away ,
until by S o'clock the streets had almost
assumed their normal appearance , except
in the ruined villages , where the inhab
itants had no homes to go to. The gen
eral confusion was added to by dreadful
cries from the jails , where the prisoners
were beside themselves with friglit aiid
in ea < es mutinied , but fortunately all
the prisoners were kept within bounds.
Troops , engineers and doctors have
been hurried to the scenes of disturbance
to assist in the work of rescue and sal-
rage. The ministry of the interior sent
4,000 for the relief of the destitute , and
I Minister of Public AA'orks Ferraris left
, for Calabria Friday evening.
ROB ON WHOLESALE SCALE
Burglars Believed to Have Disposed
I of Goods in Chicago.
1 Three thousand dollars' worth of silks ,
stolen in a burglary at Quincy , 111. , are
{ believed to be concealed in ( ' " icago. The
, Chicago police have been asked by the
Quincy authorities to aid in the work
of recovering the property and arresting
the thieves.
During the last month stores in at least
twelve towns in Illinois and Iowa have
been pillaged by burglars , who carried off
Kreat quantities of valuable goods. It
is believed the same gang of burglars op
erated in all the towns. One of the most
recent crimes was in Sigourncy , la. ,
where many hundreds of dollars' worth of
silk was stolen.
Some clew to their identity has been
secured , and detectives in Chicago are
on the trail.
TANNER HEAD OF G. A. R.
JJrooklyn Man Chosen Commander
by Yoterans.
Corporal James Tanner , of Brooklyn ,
N. Y.f was Friday elected commander in
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic at Denver.
The vote for commander was as fol
lows : James Tanner , 447 ; Robert B.
Brown , 387 ; Charles G. Burton , 4L ;
George Stone , 15.
A great demonstration followed tiie an
nouncement of Corporal Tanner's elec
tion.
tion.Silas
Silas U. Towler , of Minnesota , was
elected junior vice commander in chief.
Col. George AA' . Cook , of Denver , was
unanimously elected senior vice com
mander in chief.
Minneapolis was chosen as the G. A.
R. national encampment city next year.
Building Collapsed.
At New York two persons were killed ,
one of them a girl 10 years old , when a
building at Grand and Mott Streets col
lapsed Friday. The building is said to
have been condemned two years a o. but
had been permitted to be occupied since.
Thomas McGovern , a foreman in the
building , is under arrest in connection
with the collapse , on a charge of criminal
negligence.
Mail Wagons are Stoned. a
L'uder a guard of policemen and occa
sionally showered with stones United
States mail delivery wagons , whose oper
ation is threatened by 300 striking driv
ers , carried mails without delay Friday
in New York. During the night four
( non-union drivers were hurt on wairons
passing through east side streets , which
were showered with missiles from the
upper floors of tenement houses.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux Tity n
stock market follow : Best steers , $ . " . ( * . " .
Top hogs , 5.50.
; Asks Kossa to Return.
j The county council at Cork , Ireland ,
'
'elected O'Donovan Kossa to a clerical
jposition at a salary of $500 per annum
'and ' decided to cable immediately , ask
ing him to return to Ireland and take up
liis duties.
One Killed and Two Hurt.
' Engineer Peter Neusen. of Holland ,
'Midi. , was killed , and lirakemen Her- fi
Hans and Trout fatally injured in .
ran Lfarquettc freight wreck near Zee-
tland early Friday , tl
NEGRO IS CREMATED ,
He Confeosed to an Outrage in
Texas.
A special dispatch fromVaxahachie
Texas , tells of the burning Thursday
night of Steve Davis , a young negro
who confessed to outraging Mrs. S. P.
Norris , aged liO , last Saturday night.
A mob consisting o 3,500 persons tied
the negro to a piece of gas pipe that had
been set in the ground , piled fagot :
around him and sot the mass on fire
The sufferings of the negro were of short
duration owing to tie fierceness of the
fire , which was fanned by a gale of wind
which blew across the prairie. The hus
band of the woman is said to have set the
match to the tinder and started the blaze
that consumed the negro.
Davis was arrested last Tuesday and
taken l > ofore the woman , who failed to
identify him. Afterwards she identified
him and his fate was sealed. The negro
finally confessed , detailing the crime.
This is the third negro that has been
burned in that section of Texas in
short time.
MOSQUITOES CAUSE PANIC.
Millions of Insects Descend on City
of New Orleans.
The yellow fever situation showed no
material change in Now Orleans Thurs
day , a steady improvement being shown
In the city. The country situation is dis
concerting as to somt sections , the dis
ease apparently having got a strong hold
at Tallulah and Lake Providence , and
being still severe in points in Jefferson ,
St. Charles and St. John parishes.
Millions of marsh mosquitoes , which
lescended upon New Orleans Wednes
day night and made life miserable for
several hours , disappeared Thursday.
They left n large representation behind
them , but it is expected they , too , will
soon leave. Having striped legs , the
public promptly concluded the insect was
stegomyia , and its appearance caused
something of a panic for a time.
TWO TRAINS MEET.
Sad Wreck on tho Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Engineer Maskray and Fireman Can-
jon wore killed Thursday and thirty
persons injured , several seriously , when
in excursion train on the Pennsylvania
wad , bound from Newcastle to Stone-
) oro , collided , heiwlon , with a regular
southbound passenger train , north of
Newcastle , Pa.
The excursion train was running wikl ,
md it is said the AA'ilmington Junction
> perator had no orders to hold the regu
lar train.
Nearly all the killed and wounded were
residents of Newcastle or towns in that
vicinity.
FELL FROM A "FERRIS" WHEEL
Woman Instantly Killed and Hus
band Soon Died in St. Paul.
In the presence of thousands of visit-
tors at the state fair at St. Paul , Minn. ,
Thursday , Mr. and Mrs. Seventhal , of
Eau Claire , AA'is. , fell from the upper car
of a Ferris wheel to the ground , a dis
tance of nearly 100 feet. Mrs. Seventhal
was instantly killed and her husband
was so badly injured that he died shortly
afterward.
The accident created a scene bordering
on a panic. The car was descending and
the seat in which they were seated
broke , precipitating them to the ground.
Spanish War Veterans.
The second annual reunion of the
United States Spanish War Veterans
and the Ladies' Auxiliary opened at
Milwaukee Thursday with an attendance
greatly exceeding expectations. Com
mander in Chief William E. English de
livered his annual address , reviewing
the organization's work of the past year
and speaking in congratulatory tones
of the progress made.
Peanut Roaster Exploded.
Mrs. Robert E. McGuire was killed
and three others injured at AAragoner , I.
T. , Thursday as a result of the explosion
of the gasoline tank of a peanut roaster.
The roaster was stationed in front of
McGtiire's book store. The tank shot
through a screen door , striking Mrs. Mc
Guire in the stomach and killing her in
stantly.
Judge Parker Gets a Job.
A New York special says : Former
Judge Alton B. Parker will succeed Prof.
Collins as chief counsel for the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company at an annual
salary of $20,000. Prof. Collins has re
tired , and the firm of Collins & Sheehan ,
which has acted for years in an advisory
capacity to the company , will be known
as Sheehan & Parker. is
German Meat Famine. }
A convention of 2,000 butchers from all
parts of Germany , held in Berlin Thurs
day , adopted resolutions declaring that
great and increasing scarcity of live [
animals exists in the German empire and \
petitioning the imperial government to :
abolish the meat famino : -
speedily by open
ing the-frontiers for the admission of ani
mals from other countries.
Wcddiiis Pee of S25.OOQ. tlol
Field , fho ol
Marshall Chicago millionaire ,
who married Mrs. Arthur J. Caton in M
London , paid Canon Herbert Hensley-
Elenson , the rector who performed tho
wedding ceremony , $23,000. The fee was
T .OGO Bank of England note. It is tho
s :
largest wadding fco , so far as known , j , . (
ever received by a rector.
Spread of Cholera.
An official bulletin issued in Berlin an
nounces fifteen new cases of cholera and n <
sir deaths were reported during the twen- nC
ry-four hours ending at noon Thursday , C
making a total of ! ( ) . " > cases and o2 to
leaths.
One Killed and Several Hurt. " (
A head-end collision between two
freight trains occurred early Thursday
.wenty-five miles below Paducah , in m
rermessee. One man was killed and st
hree others are missing. „ at
RUSSIA'S TROUBLES.
From Baku of the Gloomiest
Character.
Private advices from Baku received in
St. Petersburg Wednesday say "the
Bind : town" district of that city is still
burning ; also the works at Balakhan , B5-
biecat , Nomani and Cabunto. The losses
amount to millions of roubles.
There was only desultory fighting up to
Tuesday evening , but the disturbances
weru marked by immense property loss
es which fall with crushing weight on
the Russian oil industry centered at Ba
ku. The torch was resorted to , as the
result of which hundreds of tanks of oil
and naphtha and a number of important
refineries in Baku .and its vicinity were
burned.
The news from Baku is of the gloom
iest character. The Armenians and Tar
tar warring factions now appear to be
entirely beyond control. Tho streets of
Baku seem to bo unsafe for the inhabit
ants , and the force of troops to be inade
quate to restrain the anarchical tenden
cies of the combatants in the surrounding
region. According to reliable reports the
troops have been forced to withdraw
from the suburb of Balakahan , where on
Tuesday the rioters set fire to the oil
works , and that place is now in the hands
of the Tartars , who have completed tiie
work of destruction , and who it is said
massacred the inhabitants who did not
accompany the troops in their retirement.
Telephonic and railroad communication
between Baku and tho suburban oil cen
ters is cut.
The viceroy of the Caucasus had dis-
pntched reinforcements of troops from
Tillis , but owing to the conditions
throughout the whole southern part of
the Caucasus with these reinforcements
the troops will be inadequate to cope
with , the situation. In the suburban re
gion the fight is desperate- the soldiers
are using artillery.
PLAGUE IS GAINING.
The Infected Area in Germany is
Widening.
An official bulletin issued at Berlin
says thirteen new cases of cholera and
two deaths were reported during the
twenty-four hours ending at noon AVed-
ncsday , making a total of ninety case :
and twenty-five deaths.
The infected area 1ms sensibly widen
ed. The River Oder has become tainted.
Tlu-ee cases have boon reported from tht
administrative district of Frankfort-on-
the-Oder in throe small places along tlu
stream among lumbermen. Sharp sani
tary precautions have been taker
throughout the district.
A case of cholera , the third up to date ,
was found Wednesday in the heart of the
business and hotel districts at Hamburg.
Tho correspondent of the Associated j
Press at Hamburg visited the quarantine J
station conducted by the HamburgAmerj j
ican Steamship Company under the dircc- j
lion of tho government authorities am ]
was given every opportunity to invest i- j
gate conditions there and to ascertain ,
what precautions wore being takon to i
prevent the transshipment of infected em
igrants to the United States.
WARRIORS IN LINE.
Grizzled Veterans March in Streets
of Denver.
The main event of the Grand Army en
campment at Denver was the grand pa-
rado AVednesday. Many who marched )
two miles were exhausted when the end i
was reached , and others , weakened by ' i
age , fell out of line long before the jour- | 1
ney was completed. j
The ovation given the marchers wa < = !
unstinted. Tho streets wrc packed with *
people and the windows and roofs of : j
buildings on the line of march swarmed
T
with humanity. The cheering was con
tinuous , and the grizzled old warriors
were kept busy bowing acknowledge
ments and raising their hats in courteous
salute.
Rioting at Tokio.
At Tokio rioting broke out Tuesday
night in connection with the dissatisfacv
tion over the results of tho peace set
n
tlement. Thcro were several clashes with
$
tho police , and it is estimated that two j ( j
were killed and GOO wounded. Tlie riot
ing ceased nt midnight. Police station.- ?
were the only property destroyed.
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Another Official
A AVashington dispatch says : Dr. Da tlcv
vid E. Salmon , chief of the bureau of cvtl
animal industry of the agricultural de tl
tln
partment , has tendered his resignation. n
It has boon accepted to take effect Oct. 1. t <
Alfonso's Fiancee.
A dispatch from Madrid to a Paris pa
per maintains that despite tho denial it w
probable that King Alfonso will mar
ry Princess Eugenie of Battenburg , nioco t )
f King Edwaid. "
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American to Die. trhi
The criminal court at Stamboul on hi
tc
.o
vYeduesday condemned to death GhirkSs
nrtanian , n naturalized American citi-
cu , for themurdcr of an American iner-
-hant Aog. 2G. R
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Massacred by Tartars. st
A dispatch from Elizabethpol says all
ho inhabitants of the Armenian village
f Mankeud. district of Znngosursk , have , .
en massacred by Tartar nomads. Other
j iy
rillagcs are surrounded by Tartars. , , j
Murder Over 1O Cents.
In a dispute between Henry C. Link , a
saloonkeeper , and John Trappe over 10 m
cuts. Link was shot in the head and
milled , nt Belleville , 111. , Wednesday. P.I
3va Booth to Tour Feud District
Col. Ilolz , of the Salvation Army , an-
louiiced on his return to Cleveland , O. ,
LMiursday. from a visit to Now York that 1"- °
Commander Eva Booth would make a
a
our of tho feud district of Kentucky in M
ompany with other Salvation Army of-
icials next spring.
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Forest Fires in Idaho. tin
Flames catching from n forest fire thrco ret
niles from Mullln , Idaho , completely de- C.i
troyed a boarding house , bunks , tents , tin
the Snowstorm mines AA'ednesday.f ua
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Nebraska State Fair Promises to be
a Success County and Education
al Exhibits of Great Interest All
Available Space Taken.
The busiest place in Nebraska Sunday
was tlxNebraska state fair grounds at
Lincoln. It was a whirlwind rush to get
everything in shape tor the formal open
ing Monday morning. The machinery
and implement exhibit this year will be
one-third larger than ever before in the
history of th. state. This is particularly
gratifying to the fair board , for the rea
son that several months ago implement
dealers entered .nto an agreement not to
make exhibits at state fairs.
.1. AY. Gilbert brought in his herd of
elk and Angora goats from Friend , and
this will prove a most attractive feature
of the fail- .
The displays this year seem much more
artistic than ever before in agricultural
hall.
hall.The
The model school house and the work
of the various Nebraska school districts
will attract much attention. The indus
trial schools at Geneva and Kearney , the
former for the girls and the latter for
boys , have good exhibits , including views
of the schools , dormitories , work rooms ,
grounds and such like.
The swine barns , the cattle barns and
the horse barns are full of Nebraska's
best stock and compares favorably with
the previous stock exhibits.
The new stock pavilion was formally
dedicated Tuesday. It is a nice build
ing , but it will not fill a long felt want
as anticipated by the people. It is too
small , and only a small per cent of the
people "will be able to get seats to see the
fine stock on exhibition. Probably it will
seat 1,500 persons.
Among the exhibits that are well worth
seeing is the fish exhibit in charge of
Fish Commissioner O'Brien. This'year
he has discovered a large number of fish
that never before traveled further west
than Chicago.
Another exhibit that will appeal to the
people is a large wagon. It is about
sixteen feet to the top of the seat and will
be used exclusively for gathering the
Nebraska corn crop.
An Omaha firm has an automobile
wheel which its inventor hopes will suc
ceed rubber tire . The wheel consists of
springs in a wheel , which is encircled by
another wheel. He claims that it makes
liding easier than rubber tires.
ALBION MAN ELECTROCUTED
No One Appears to Know .Just How
Accident Happened.
A young man by the name of Jay
Lumpkin was electrocuted at Albion. He
was at work in the cellar under the AAr.
O. ( Torrey restaurant and in some way
came ( in contact with a live wire or with
some : apparatus that killed him instant
ly. ' James Haire was also at work there
at the same time , but is unable to tell
very much about what happened. He
says when lie first noticed Lumpkin he
was lying on the floor gasping , when he
notified others , who carried him out of
the cellar and physicians were called ,
but the young man was dead before the
physicians arrived.
The deceased is about 21 years of age
and was married only two mouths.
Pound Wandering in Chicago.
Joseph Holdobler and his wife , who
were , found wandering in the streets of
Chicago Thursday , left AYakelield two
months ago. They were living on a good i
farm , had a large growing crop and
barns well filled with live stock and im-
plomer.ts. IToldobler told friends he was
going to Chicago to receive an inherit
ance of $1.000.000 which he said had
been left him. Neiirhbots believed at
That time that Holdobler was insane.
Settled With the Great Northern.
The adjourned meeting of the Great
Northern risrht of way condemnation
board was held in Dakota City , and the
lots in that place thromrh which tho line
runs , and which arc now graded , were ap
praised , thus completing the board's
work. The village of Dakota City , which
was allowed $ ( .5. 0 damages by the board ,
made settlement with the company for
$1.000 and the case in the courts was
dismissed.
Incendiaries Burn Thresher.
A threshing machine valued at $2.00
was totally destroyed by fire in Pierce t
County at an early hour AYednesday as :
the result of an incendiary fire. The ma I
chine was on the farm of Fred Hilgert. p
Straw that had been placed under the t
thresher was found afterwards. Thea
machine belonged to Iowa men and was j s
touring Pierce County in its work.
New Railroad is Projected.
There is a movement on foot to organ-
7.0 a railroad company in Falls City ,
ivhich will be a sireat tiling for that
art : of the country. The arrangements !
lave ' gone so irir now that it may be al-
nost said that a company is organized
build a road from Falls City to Sa-
etha. Kan. , and probablv from there
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Topoka.
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New Piano Smashed. 01
A new piano fell off a dray at AYood iib
iver and was badly smashed. The dray b
earn had been left alone and suddenly
itarted up.
31e.it Market Burned ei
eif
At Beatrice the moat market of B. E. f (
ililler was damaged to the extent of $400 in
inal
fire. Loss covered by insurance. Ori- al
in unknown.
Editor
A. H. Kidd. for the last eighteen C
lonths editor of the Beatrice Daily Ex- a is
ross. seveied his connection with the tli
per. fr
Found Drowned.
A Chadron special says : The lifeless
oily of Harry Jensen , the 18-year-old re
jn of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Jensen , was reT
.
jund in AA'hite River within about half do
mile from his home. He left home dt
londay morning to go to a neighbor's ,
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Two Sentences Commuted.
Gov. Mickey granted two commuta-
ous of sentences of murderers. The
cipients of gubernatorial favors are of
ase Broaken. sentenced for twenty- " 1
1Tl
irce years in the penitentiary , and Hub- Tl
nrd Savary for life. inj
PAT CROWE IS TO BLAME.
Omaha Police A jain Chase tho
Phantom.
During a running light between police
officers and a man believed to be Pat
Crowe , the alleged kidnapper of Eddie
Cudahy. and a companion just before
midnight AYednesday night , Patrolman
'
Albert Jackson was shot through the leg ,
and the two men made their escape. None
of the other officers was injured. A large-
detail of police ollicers was immediately
sent to the spot to try to located the fugi
tives.
The fight occurred on lower Sixteenth
Street , where the men were discovered by
Officer Jackson in a saloon.
Half the police force was sent to the
district in which the shooting occurred
and were put to work t& locate the pair.
This they had not been Successful in do-
ing up to midnight AYednesday.
AA'hilo the police have no positive
knowledge that one of the men was
Crowe , they do not hesitate to believe
that it was. Officer Jackson , who WJK
acquainted with Crowe , says that there
can be no doubt of the identity of thw
man.
ATTEMPTED DYNAMITING.
Stick oi" Explosive Found in Coal
Bin of Canning Factory.
A Blair special says : A mysterious
fire alarm was turned in Sunday night by
telephone that the Martin A ; Nurrie can
ning factory was on fire. The origin of
the telephone alarm could not be located ,
but from the fact that a large stick of
dynamite six inches in length and an inch
in diameter , and wrapped in a clean
white paper , was found in the pile of coal
which was being shoveled into the fur
nace , it is thought that some one was
planning mischief against the factory.
The coal being used has been shoveled
over three times since its arrival in Blair.
No cause can be given for any evil de
signs against the factory or its owners ,
as the best of feeling has prevailed be
tween the firm and its employes at all
times since the present firm bought tho
plant.
MAY GET A FORTUNE.
Plattsmouth Man May Come Into
$ oOOUO.
Some time ago a letter was received
at Plattsmouth from an Ohio attorney in
which inquiries were made for James C. j
Yernatten. who had fallen heir to con i
siderable real estate in the east. II. II.
A'anatta. of Plattsmouth. became inter
ested in the matter from the fact that
the initials and name were somewhat
similar to those of his father. James C.
A'anatta. who died pome five years ago.
Mr. A'anatta accordingly wrote to the
Ohio attorney , giving such information
about his deceased relative as he pos
sessed. He has just received a reply
which leads him to believe that his father
was the heir for whom the search is be
ing made. The estate is said to be valuei'
at $ oO,000.
WOMAN FILES LIEN ON BOY.
Propose to Hold Him Until Mother
Pays Hoard.
A mo < t peculiar case , and one wherein
a person files a lien upon a boy for a
board bill , occurred at Beatrice. Recent-
ly Mrs. Maiy Miller arrived in town from
Hollenberg. Kan. , with her grandson. ,
Russell Thrapp. to vi it with the hitter's
mother. She attempted to return home !
with the boy when Mrs. Thrapp
objected to her son accompanying his I
grandmother.
Mrs. Miller claimed she had a lien upon
the boy for board and refused to give Him
up until the bill was paid. Mrs. Thrapp
secured a writ of habeas corpus and her !
son was placed in charge of the sheriff.
Passed Forged Check.
An unidentified man. who gave lrf < ?
name as Henry Bowman , parsed a forg
ed check of Ml-1."id on Hauben ack &
Ostergard at Fremont. llanbensack
gave him > < 2 worth of meat and $12. . )0
cash. The check purported to be signed
by Con Donahue , a contractor on tlm
Sioux City and Western Railroad. Th
forgery was not discovered until Tuesdav
evening , and there is no clue to the forg *
er's whereabouts.
liaises Rough House.
Charley ( Jreen reported to the York
police that young men came to his place
southeast and nearly adjoining that city 1I
and demanded that he give then : b"r I
On being refused one of the young men
commenced to break the doors and win
dows and soon had ( Jreen on the run foi
help. Arrests were made.
Potato Growers Unite.
The farmers of Brown County met in
the couit house at Ainsworth Saturday
afternoon i ami organized a Brown County
Potato Association. This county is well
supplied with a very fine quality of pota
toes and the association will soon have
carload sent east for distribution as a
sample of Nebraska potatoes.
Broad and Water Diet to Cruel.
Oscar Eiickson. who was sentenced
to twenty days in the Lancaster County
jail on bread and water , has secured
from the supreme court a writ of habeas
corpus , on the irround the punishment
was cruel and unusual.
Cattle Ate Too Much.
John Peter * , who lives near Beatrice ,
rued seven head of cattle into a field of
sweet corn after he had gathered the
rop. Two have since died from overeat
i
ing and it i thought he will lose the
Balance of the held. >
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Man Loses His Hand.
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YYarren Suavely , a section man in the r
mplny of the Burlington in Falls City , 01
'ell under a freight train Saturday after-
loon and had his left hand cut off just
ibove the wrist. p (
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Denies Bf'iinr Short.
I'A. KcNo. deputy sheriff of Thurstou .
'ounty. denies that he i * short any sum
guardian of Indian heirs , and asserts
fil
hat he is ready to make a settlement in
th
nil at any time.
Omaha Pioneer Dead.
Bernard Ko isterone of the oldest CO
evident * of Omaha , died at 10 o'clock
Miurxlay morning at the family resi-
ence. old age beim : the chief cause of
eath. MiKoester < was . ' years of st
go and came to Omaha on June 24. beLJ
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Frost in Nebraska. *
A light frost visited the valley portions
northern Nebraska Sunday night. The
plands were not nipped by the frost. , .
'he damage done was practically noth- . l >
because of the lightness of the frost.in
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Members of the Farmers' Grain Deal *
ers' Association are going to assist in
looking up evidence to show the existence
of a lum'ber trust , so a grain dealer inti
mated in Lincoln the other night. "Be
fore these trust suits ure over , " said
this man , "it will be discovered that tho
lumber business has been done along tho
same Hues as the grain business. Tho
members in the lumber association may
not make any pioiit out of being mem
bers of the organization and may not
even know how much profits others mako
because of the : iMooiation. As a matter
of fact the members of the association
a itbein.'j worked by an inside ring that
gets the big profits while the small dealer
member i.s safeguarded against competi
tion. 1 see where the Omaha dealers
take exceptions to tiie charge that they
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h-ive somerhin to do with the scalpers.
Wait till theevidence is all in in tbq
r ; ; e wniea 'fr. Gndfr ° y has started in
Lancaster County and then see what tho
big de.ilers hn\v to say. The end of the
lun.ber dealers' ; rurt will be just like
the grain dealers , if the Lancaster matt
digs up tl.e evidence he expects to. theu
the Attorney general will use that evi
dence in going after tln > trust , and , you
mark my woids , he will get them. I
don't know whether the farmers as an
organization will take a part in the suit , ,
but some of the members will furnish
some help and that can be depended
upon. "
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C. S.Allen , n member of the board of re
gents of the I'niveisity of Nebraska , has
appealed to the district court of Lancas
ter County from the decision of Auditor
Scarle refusing to issue the warrant for
the unexpended balance of the appropri
ation for the construction of the adminis
tration biiUding at the university. The
voucher was filed with Auditor Searle
AVednesd.jy morning and he at once re
fused to i--sue the warrant. Allen then
appealed to the district court. It is un-
deistood that the decision of the lower
court insofar : : - this case is concerned
will be final and that no appeal will bo
taken to the supreme court. The nppro-
priatiun was made by the legislature of
31)0. ) , and there Ktill remains unexpend
ed in the neighborhood of SliO.OOO. The
building is umi' r course of construction ,
but lacks considerable of being complet
ed. Auditor - . '
Se-rl. > has issued tiie war
rant for tlio norm : : ! school appropriation
and will hold the sime until the work is
completed.
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Tlie stale o'"cvs .who were with Gov.
Mickey in Portland are very anxious to
know whether the governor intends to be
an avowed candidate for L'liited States
senator. 'L'-uis because ex-Senator AV. A' .
Allen , in a speeeii at a banquet at Port
land , announced the candidacy of the
governor lor Hie higher position. The
officers say Mr. Allen said in referring to
Gov. Alicuey : "ile is tac be t governor
the state of Nibiaska ever had and iu a
very short time we of Nebraska intend to
call upon him to go up higher.Vheu
Senator Alln uas told that the candidacy
of the governor had not been announced
around the state house. Mr. Allen replied
that friends of the governor around Mad
ison had LGOU running him for two
weeks.
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The oCicitils of the Royal Highlanders ,
who have been undergoing an examina
tion by the insurance department as to
their conduct of tho affairs of the order ,
have been presented with a clean bill by-
Special Examiner Wiggins , wiio says that :
every cent of ir.oney taken in by the offi
cers for all purposes , including interest
money , fees for making loans and re
ceipts from the sale of regalia , has been
accounted for and deposited in the gener
al fund of tho society. The report covers
a period from .June 1. 1001. to the pres
ent time , the first date being the time
the last examination of the order was
made.
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Many of the rural correspondents ofr
the t labor bureau who are sending in esti
mates of the crop yields have expressed
in their reports their approval of tho
plan 1 recently adopted by tho bureau for
gathering statistics. A number of them
say that the figures thus compiled will'
counteract the erroneous figures and esti
mates sent out by boards of trade and
price manipulators. Inasmuch as the
statistical clerk has ten rural corre-
spondents in each county there is IIQ
doubt that the forthcoming estimate of ?
crop yields will be the most accurate ever
made by the department.
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By the grace of Gov. Mickey Pearl
Egley. who recently began a sixty-day
sentence in the county jail , will not have
to serve her time. The governor com-
muted her sentence Wednesday after
noon upon the recommendation of Judge
Cosgrove. who sentenced her. The girl
strajvd from the reservation and had1
herself corralled at the Royal Hotel , for ,
v.-liich she was punished. She had letters
which showed she intended to go to
Omaha asoon as she could get out of *
Lincoln. * - *
Twenty-six of the counties of the state ,
linve collective exhibits at the state fair.-1
Of course all the other counties will be.
represented and on thefair grounds will be
great place for people to see the state
ivithout traveling very far to see it. Tlie
e t of everything in the state will be'
here. The fair opened on the first day
f the month arid that and the two follow-
ng days w re taken up in the placing. .
f the exhibits.
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Attorney General Brown has complet-
d his answer to the petition of the Mu-
ual Reserve Life Insurance Company , ,
vhich secured an order restraining the }
nsuranee department from interfering ,
vith their agents. The answer will be ,
iled soon and in it the request is made ,
hat the restraining order be modified.
The fish and game commission
ompleted the selection of several varje-
ies of game fish raised in the rivers ahd |
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reeks of the state for exhibition at tha1
tate fair. Forty-four kiuds of fish will'
shown , including species of the "Lake
-awyer. " a fish which recently has in-
aded the environment.'I
ore tliis fish has been found only in the ,
orthern lakes. It is supposed to have1 !
eached the streams during a period of )
igh water and is thriving exceedingly }
its iicw environment.