Nebraska Newspapers

    the Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
L KL RICH , - - Publisher
THOUSANDS EUJNED
STORM N PHILIPPINES CAUSES
IMMENSE DAMAGE.
of Liifc Not Great , hut Property
Damage Will Amount to Huge
Proportions Aid is Being Sent tc
the Suffering Natives.
Reports now coming into Manila , P. L ,
. from places along the path of the recent
' .typhoon , in tho island of Luzon and the
'southern ' islands , indicate great loss of
ilife and property. In the waters sur
'rounding Samar and other islands many
coasting vessels and island transport
Lave been wrecked. The coast guard
cutter Loyte is a complete wreck , am :
eleven Americans and twenty-four na
lives wore drowned. At the town of Scr-
jsogen fifteen natives wore drowned. Tlu
jloss on the hemp plantations is estimate
jat $ J,000,000.
The army transport Juan Dodriguez i.1
| a shore at Logaspi. In the interior of th <
tislnnd of Samar thousands of natives an
( homeless. The same report comes frou
'ninny ' other small islands. Army post ;
Jin the southern islands have been do
jstroy-ed. The civil and military author ?
[ ties are rushing aid to tho suffering poo
jplc. Owing to the destruction of th-
telegraph system reports received froi :
other points are very meager.
Gen. Corbin , commanding the divisioi
of the Philippines , Friday cabled the wa
department at "Washington further d
tnils of tho damage done tho govornmon
property there by tho typhoon. He say < ?
"The temporary shelter posts at Harts
liorno , Gatubiir , Tagabiran. Taviran
jGandara and Bulao wore destroyed. The
launches Hercules and Lorcha , with ra
tions , wore Mown ashore. Tho coast
guard vessel Loyte was wrecked on the
ivest coast near Allen. All tho officers
and six passengers on the Loyte wero
lost. Artificer Joseph L. Kulon , of the
.Twenty-first infantry , was killed , and
several ollicers and men wero injured at
Ilartshorne. Tho damage to property
in and around Manila was not largo. The
Jand telegraph system is demoralized.
Corbin doesn't confirm the rumor of
the destruction of the military post at
Malahi.
A SUICIDE PACT.
Groom-to-rie Fails to Iveep Pledge
to I ianljec.
The body of Mr * . Nellie West Loir. ;
-was found in a rfeomat * tho Burlington
illotel at St. Louis , Mo. , Friday. Shf
had committed suicide with morphine
iBert Grimm , her fiance , who was with
jher , is under arrest charged with bavin.1
'entered into a compart with the woman.
Grimm declared they wore about to be
married when he became suspicious thai
the woman had not obtained a divorce
ifrom Long. He confronted her at lui
jhome Thursday night , when she sud
denly cried out that she would commit
jsuicidc. and ran from tho house. To talk
iwith her ho said , he took her to a hotel.
. "While absent from the room she took
.morphine. When ho returned he found
icr dead and gave an alarm.
The police express the belief that a sui
cide compact had been entered into , ant'
Grimm failed to take his own life.
CANCER IS KILLING HIM.
President Harper Must Under jc
Another Serious Operation.
A Chicago special says : It has been
decided by the physicians in attendance
On President Harper , of tho University
of Chicago , that nothing will save his
Jife but a surgical operation of heroic
character. It is admitted that there i ?
practically no chance of saA-ing his life d
unless the cancer Avhich is killing him 5 * j C
checked by the removal of a portion of ' CC
the large intestine.
It is proposed by tho surgeons to make tv
an examination in a feAv days to decide tvw
on the adA-isability of the operation. It is to
said that the chances are greatly against
the permanent relief of the patient if the
operation is performed.
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Terrihle Texas Tragedy.
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Mrs. A. J. Condit and four children , a
of
daughter of 13 and three boys from ( > to
ct
10 years of age , Avere murdered in cold
ze
blood at their home near Edna , Tex.
of
Their heads Avere crushed and their
throats cut with a knife or razor.
Tidal Wave Sweeps Island.
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Mail advices received at Victoria , B. C. , saB
from the South seas include details of a ed
'disastrous ' typhoon and tidal wave in th
.the Marshall group , causing the loss of a
about 320 lives. A wave nearly six feet
ihigh swept the island of Jaluit.
Tornado in South Africa. CO
A tornado Thursday night struck loi
loiwi
, Malmesbury , a town of 3,000 inhabitants , wi
ithirtyfive miles from Cape Town. South tic
Africa , and reduced it to ruins. A num
ber of pei-sons wore killed.
Sioux City Stock .Market. tic
! Friday's quotations on the Sioux City su
stock market follow : Butcher steers , sumi
$5.00. Top hogs , § 5.30.
Population of Kansas.
A Topeka , Kan. , special says : The de
cennial census just completed shows the od
ipopulation of Kansas as enrolled by the tiT
tiTW
assessors in March , UK ) . " ) , to bo l54o,81S , W
an increase of 200,80-1 over the popula tin
tion as shown by the census of 1S93. ent
Claim Against Bigelow Estate. sm
The First National Bank , of Appleton ,
TVis. , has filed a claim for $29,000
against the estate of Frank G. Bigelow , St !
the defaulting banker , of Milwaukee , ad
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MAY AVOID RUPTURE.
IIopo that Austria-Hungary Will
Remain Intact.
Budapest advices say : There is no
abatement of the popular unrest , although
Thursday passed off without serious out
breaks in any quarter.
The socialists gathered again at night
in front of the Imperial Club , but the
police were more energetic than they
were Wednesday night , and dispersed
the groups as soon as they formed , thus
preventing disorder.
A meeting of students passed off with
out incident.
At a meeting of democratic clubs it
was decided to hold a grand torchlight
procession in the near future. This deci
sion gives rise to some uneasiness , and it
is impossible that the procession will be
postponed until after the convention of
the supporters of the coalition parties on
Oct. 3.
Reports from the provinces show in
creasing support for the coalition parties ,
but notwithstanding this there is an ele
ment in Hungary , outside of the socialist
ranks , that continues to remain in oppo
sition to the coalition. This element is
encouraged by well authenticated reports
from Austria of an almost unanimous
sentiment in favor of the crown , and that
even the Austrian socialists are opposing
the Hungarian movement , because the
coalition is opposed to universal suffrage
in Hungary.
The coalition leaders , realizing the
presence of a decided anti-Magyarian ten
dency among many influential persons ,
are losing no opportunity to strengthen
their position.
Two of the most prominent members of
the commission , Count Andrassy and
Count Banaffy , have declined to join the
independent party. They declare that
should the independents secure a majori
ty they will retire to private life. They
assert that the abandonment of the atigs-
lich ( which regulates tho financial and
commercial affairs of the country and
the quota to be paid by each to the com
mon expenses of the ompire ) Avill incAn
ruin , and hold that dualism is the only
sound policy for Hungary.
Francis Kossuth demands the union of
all Hungarian parties 'for the defense of
the Hungarian constitution , " and it is be
lieved that a private meeting of deputies
which has boon called for Oct. 2 , the day
before the groat convention , may formu
late plans to secure such a union.
HELD FOR RANSOM.
Brooklyn Contractor * ! * Son Prisoner
of Kidnapers.
Antonio , the C-year-old son of Frank
Mareandina , a Brooklyn , N. Y. , con
tractor , has been missing since last Sun
day. His father believes he has been
kidnaped to secure a ransom by "Black
Hand' ' methods. Two weeks ago the
father began to receive letters demanding
JjoOO on pain of abduction of a member
of his family.
Since the boy disappeared he has receiv
ed four others offering to return tho boy
if $500 is paid. In one letter the threat
is made that the boy will be returned in
a. box if the money is not paid. The child
was playing in the stieet , when two men
coaxed him away.
The police believe the father has paid
> ransom and they watched his homo
-hursday. intending to arrest any one
bringing the boy homo.
NO GOOD CLEW.
Boston Mystery Has Not Yet Been
Solved.
After a week of the most untiring and
diligent investigation by the police de
partments of Boston , the state and of
Winthrop , the identity of the unknown
woman , part of whose dismembered body
was found in a dress suit case in the wa
ters of "Winthrop Bay , remains unknown ,
and no positive clew to the perpetrator
of the crime has been discovered.
Considerable progress , however , has
been made , and tho police fool assured
that a number of articles found havo a
pertinent bearing on the crime.
Twelve Are Indicted.
In connection with the disorders of Fri
day ; last , which resulted in the killing of
Congressman Enrique Villuendas and j "
Chief of Police Illance , indictments were | in
urned at Cienfuegos , Cuba , against
twelve person ? , three of whom wore held
without bail and the remainder admitted
bail in $3,000 each ,
Burglars Loot Bank Vault. ai
Burglars early Thursday entered tho
private bank of Burnett & Sons at Eldo
rado , 111. , wrecked the vault and carried
off about $10,000. Many shots were ex
changed between the burglars and citi
zens. Bloodhounds were put on the trail
the burglars.
Famous Saloon Closed.
The Subway tavern , at New York , the
saloon which was opened with prayer by
Bishop : Potter a year ago , has been clos
. The owner locked up its doors , saying I'l
that the temperance saloon had not been lui
luiBi
paying investment. Bi
Peru Makes c , .Loan. st
The Peruvian government has made a
contract with financiers in Berlin for a
loan of $3,000,000 at G per cent interest , CO
with 2 per cent annually for amortiza pr
tion. It
Siberia to he Represented. tin
tinFi
The inclusion of Siberia in the first na Fi
tional assembly at St. Petersburg is as
sured. The Solsky commission has deter ag
mined on the allotment of fifteen Siberian Cl
"inbers. AV
Glnsa Workers to Fight.
War to the end was the decision reach
at Cleveland , O. , by the representa Ri
RiW
tives of the Amalgamated Association of W
Window Glass Workers of America in Al
proposed effort to man the independ in
glass factories of the country with to
snappers and apprentices.
Oils Will Cost More.
A Pittsburg special says that the O. ,
Standard Oil Company Thursday again
advanced the price of higher grade oils Cli
cents and lower grades 2 cents. bio
RIOTJNG IN BUDAPEST.
Between Fortj and Fifty Persons
Arc Injured.
Budapest advices state that between
forty and fifty persons were injured in
riots there Wednesday evening , when so
cialists and adherents of tho coalition par
ties , including students , clashed oppo
site the Itoyal Hotel and for two hours
there were scenes of tremendous excite
ment.
The Royal Hotel is the headquarters of
the Independence Club , which is the
council room of the coalition leaders. The
students and other supporters of the co
alition hud arranged for a gigantic torch
light procession Wednesday night , but
during the day the socialists issued in
flammatory proclamations calling on all
socialists and others opposed to the coali
tion to gather and fight for their rights ,
which they said the coalition was trying
to sidetrack under cover of an alleged
affront by the king-emperor to the whole
nation. Owing to these proclamations
the coalition leaders decided to postpone
tho torchlight procession , seeking thus tc
avoid bloodshed.
At S o'clock about l.HOO socialists gath
ered outside tho Independence Club and
announced their intention of entering and
tearing down the council room. A large
force of police was present , and was as
sisted by 1HO prominent citizens.
The mob made an effort to enter , but
was vigorously opposed by tho police. A
fight ensued , and amid the wildest clam-
or a number of persons wore stabbed , but
the socialists were finally scattered. Fif
teen minutes later , however , tho social
ists again gathered. By this time adher
ents of the coalition in largo numbers np
pea rod and a free fight ensued. An im
mouse mass of people surged in overy di
rection , fighting and singimr. Knives ,
sticks and stones were used vigorously.
Meanwhile a thunderstorm came up
and vivid lightning lighted up the square ,
while the thunder added a note of ter
ror. Itain fell in torrents , and tho com
batants wore finally dispersed by the
police.
It is reported that over forty persons
wero wounded , eight of them seriously.
There were no deaths.
DUEL IN A CAR.
Pierce Pistol Fight Between Two
Men on a Wabash Train.
John E. Ilyan , of Chicago , Pacific Ex
.
press messenger on the Wabash train ,
and : I Ed Greene , of Chicago , former ex
press I messenger , had a revolver duel in
Ryan's car Wednesday morning all tho
way from Boment to Decatur , 111. On
arrival at Decatur the men wore taken tc
hospitals. j Both may die.
Greene says he got on the express car
at Chicago , intending to go to his homo
at Pittsfiold to visit rolativos. He Avas
an old friend of Ityan. and tho latter , he
claims , permitted him to ride. He claims
he j assisted Ryan on the trip Avith the ex
press matter and that the two began
drinking. Jokes led to a quarrel , and
Greene says both drew guns at the sanu
time.
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION.
Wreck of the Steamer Chatham in
Suez Canal is BloAvn Up.
The wreck ftf the British steamer
Chatham. Avhich Avas sunk in the cana !
at Port Said Sept. 0 in order to prevent
tho explosion of a large quantitiy of dyna
mite , which formed part of her cargo.
Avhilo the ship AA-as menaced by flames
Avas bloAvn up Thursday morning.
Tiie explosion A\-as tremendous , and the
enormous displacement of Avator Avas visi
ble from a point five miles distant. It is
believed the Avhole of the Chatham's dan
gerous cargo Avas destroyed.
No serious damage Avas done to the ca
nal , and the authorities anticipate tin
passage Avill be cleared of debris in foir.
days. f'f
WRECK ON THE RIO GRANDE t
Train Jumps the Track and Over
turns. Injuriny : Thirty People1. to
The easbound Rio Grande passongoi in
train was Avreckod Tuesday between D < > -
loros and Glcncoo , Colo. , IAVO miles Avo t
of the latter place.
The train Avas taking a sharp ciirvr
when the baggage car left tho track , tak
ing AA'ith it both passenger coaches. Tho
online and tender remained on tho track.
ot
The entire train was overturned and all
sli
tho passengers , about thirty , were badly do
bruised and shaken up. n
The injured wore taken to Durango la
lago
and sent to Mercy hospital. go
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A Destructive Typhoon. AV
In a dispatch from Manila Wednesday AVi
Gen. Corbin reports that great damage or
was done by Tuesday's typhoon and that
the quartermaster's depot was completely
destroyed. Geu. Greely was advised
Wednesday that owing to tho destructive 111
typhoon in Manila all signal corps line ?
tin
leading out of the city
are interrupted. tin
Buffalo Job Printers Quit. the
Two hundred union compositors cm na
his
ployed in the job printing offices which
th
haA-e not agreed to the eight-hour day at
ca
Buffalo. N. Y. , struck Thursday. The inj
strike does not affect noAA-spapor offices not
Alfonso and Matrimony.
Officials at Madrid. Spain , discredit the
continued reports of King Alfonso's ap da
proaching marriage to various princesses. no
is said no decision can bo arrived at nu
until after the king's visit to Berlin. sin
aft
Famous Theatrical Manager lend her
Jacob Litt , Avoll known theatrical man Ni
ager and owner of theaters in New York. frl
Chicago , Mihvaukee and St. Paul , died seph
Wednesday at Yoiikcrs , N. Y. Mlr
Gets Three Yoars in Prison.
Minister Merry , at San Jose , Costa I
Rica , cabled the state department at self
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Washington Wednesday that William S. '
C'ity.
Albers had been sentenced to three A'ear-s
room
prison , but an appeal has been taken ' -olf
the supreme court. the
" \Vonmn Tried to Blackmail.
The Cuyahoga grand jury at Cleveland ,
, Wednesday returned IAVO indictments
ugainst Minnie Lee. alias Ellen I her , of
C'hicago. on a charge of attempting to ios
alcrs.
STATE f OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
\V. C. T. U. Klects Ollicers Mrs.
Dora Whceiook , of Superior , is
Chosen President Miss M. Brecii
Indorsed for National President.
The thirty-Grst annual convention of tho
Nebraska Women's Christian Temper
ance Union , registered tho highest attend
ance in the history of the organization at
its closing sest-ion at Grand Island Mon
day , Avhen 12 , " ) delegates participated in
the election of oflicers , Avhich resulted as
follows : President , Mrs. Dora V. AVheel-
ock , of Superior ; vice president , Mrs.
Francos Beveridgo , Fremont ; recording
secretary , Mrs. Fred Patterson. Omaha ;
corresponding secretary , Mrs. Samuel B.
Starrett , Central City ; treasurer. Mrs.
Annette Nesbitt , Pawnee City : delegates
to the national convention at Los An
geles , Misses E. A. Fulton , PaAvnee City ;
C. E. Welton , Fairbury : G. W. Darner.
Overtoil ; M. D. Russell , Lincoln ; Zara
AVilson , Lincoln.
Mrs. Harris , of Superior , objected to a
continuous term of ollice , and believing
that the Avest should be represented , the
convention < instructed the delegates to
faA'or at the national convention a limita
tion of the term of the national president
and to favor Miss Marian Breen , of Illi
nois , as a successor to the present incum
bent. Mrs. L. M. Stevens , of Boston.
An invitation Avas accepted from Auro
ra to hold the convention there next year.
The plan of Avork for the coming year
includes the printing and posting of tho
anti-cigarette hnv in all places Avhoro to
bacco is sold in the state. A protest Avas
forAvarded to the postmaster general
against the sending of cigarette paper
through the mails ; petitions to tho Ne
braska representatives in congress to vote
for the expulsion of Reed Stnoot from the j
senate and an endeavor to have tho inter
national course of scientific temperance
adopted in all the publicschools of the
state. Resolutions of protest Avoro passed
against tho disfranchisemont of the AVO-
men of Nebraska , and all members urged
to exercise their privilege of A'oting at
school elections and to put Avomen on the
school boards Avherover possible.
EdAvard ErAvin. of Superior , Avon tho
grand gold medal contest given by the
AYomoii's Christian Temperance I'nion
Monday evening. There were six contest
ants , three boys and three girls , and all
did well.
MICKEY MEETS ENGINEERS.
Locomotive Brotherhood Has Good
Attendance at Lincoln.
A tAvo days' reunion and conference of
members of the Brotherhood of Locomo- j
tive Enginoeis began at Lincoln Thurs1 i
day with a good attendance , representa
tives of the order being present from the
states of Michigan. Illinois. AVisconsin.
Minnesota , Iowa. Missouri. Kansas. Ne
braska , South Dakota and Montana.
Grand Chief Engineer Warren S. Stone
and Thiid Grand Engineer Delos Ever
ett were amonir the early arrivals of the
OiO
official staff of the order.
No business was transacted , the gath-
erSng being for conference and recreation.
At the Lincoln auditorium , where tho
meetings were held. Gov. Mickey extend
ed a welcome to the visiting engineers ,
and Grand Chief Stone responded in an
extended address.
BONACUM-MURPHY CASE.
Final Rulm v Made hy the Nebraska
S11 promt : Court.
A Lincoln special says : The final
mandate of the supreme court has been
issued in the long pending Bishop Bona-j ]
cum-Father Murphy case , from Seward
County , disposing of all the litigation
which has been pending without preju
dice to any further action that may be
taken. It is believed that a certified
copy of the mandate of the court will be
forwarded to Koine by Father Murphy ,
the ] Seward County priest , who has
achieved victory in the litigation after he
had been excommunicated by the bishop.
The effect of tho mandate' , it is s-iid. is '
hold that the bishop has no standing
tho civil courts pcndimr the final ad
judication in the appeal to Koine.
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.Lost Two I Jams. I
For tho second timo Avithin a couple of
months , Adolph Stroh suffered severe
loss by tire at Hooper , when his biyn was
totally destroyed , and with it four head
. .
horses and harness. In the fire a
short time ago his barn and ice house was
destroyed , but at that time he was fortu
nate enough to get his stock out. The
latest fire was not discovered until it had
gotten considerable headway and the is
horses had already perished. Tho barn
was ; remodeled from an old ice house and
was just completed a few days ago. The
origin of both fires is a mystery.
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May he Fatally Hurt.
Pat Cavanauch. a well known horse
man ! , of Verdigris , was probably fatally .
to
injured in a race on the Croighton track
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during the progress of the county fair '
there Friday afternoon. Swinging into
home stretch of the track Cava-
naugh's right rein broke , sharply turning
a
horse into the fence. Cavanaugh Avas
thrown violently , breaking one leg , dislo
cating his ankle and sustaining internal
injuries from which it is feared he can
recover.
An Unfortunate Situation.
A Avoman giving her name as Dora Dor- re
arrived in Beatrice Saturday after- pi
noon < over tho Kock Island and was im-
mediately taken to the City Hotel , where innil
gave birth to a child which died soon nil
afterward. She seemed to want to hide
; identity , but biiid she came from
Nuckolls County and expected to meet
friends at Tecumseh and go on to St. Jo W
, where she had been called by the nr
llness of her mother. is
Young Man a Suicide. Ff
Frod Burnett , a young man.shot . him
at the home of his grandfather. E. L * . Nc
Bank , in Vincent precinct , near Beaver on
. His lifeless body was found in his
by his mother. He had killed hini- CO
with a small riilo. the shot entering nu
heart and death was instantaneous. of
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Gets After Gamblers.
T. B. Swain has been appointed city
marshal at Wood RiA'or in place of ; . ' . W. j
loonies , resigned , and commenced his du- lef
by rounding up a gang of loca ! < ; am- gh
. ly
BANKER SEEKS FREEDOM.
O'Neill Man Would Make Settle
ment , with Depositors.
President Bernard McCroary. of tho de
funct Elkhorn Val ! y Bank at O'Neill ,
who is UOAV in jail , and Cashier Patrick
Hagorty.Avho is still missing , would like
to go free fiom the IUAV. Avith all criminal
prosecutions abandoned by the losing de
positors in tho failed bank , and have
made an offer to the depositors through
their attorney at O'Neill Avheroby the de
positors are to receive a little money , a
house and a little mining stock in return
for the liberty of the absconding otli-
i cers.
cers.They offer the money that is in the
hands of tho receiver , the home of linger-
ty and $ . " 3.000 Avorth of mining stock in
the Clipper Mining Coinany. That stock
noAV belongs to McGreeA-y. They ask that
prosecution of them be stopped. The do-
positors AviIl probably not accept the
offer.
WILL ASK FOR A RECEIVER.
An Insurance Company , Located at
Hasting ? , Proves Unprofitable.
Tho German-American Fire Insurance
Company , of Hastings , a mutual concern ,
has signified its intention to ask for a re
ceiver to settle up its affairs. Some timo
ago the state insurance department came
into possession of fact > which tended to
show that the company Avas unable to
meet its obligations and requested a
shoAving. The company Avas granted un
til Sept. 20 to make the showing and tho
report has been filed by Secietary I . K.
Taylor. The company AV.MS given permis
sion to A'oluntarily ask for u receiver or
haAc the insurance department do it. The
debts of hho company amount to S.'i.fiOO ,
of Avhich $1. . ' ! ( ( ) is for losses , while the
i remainder j < for backalarie ? , money
oAving banks etc.
BLAKEMORE IS EXPELLED.
Methodist Minister Charged with
Immorality Found Guilt } ' .
After an all-nitrht session the spocii
committee of the southeast Nebraska con
ference. Avhich A\as hearing tho evidence
in the Rov. F. P. Blakemoro ease , re
turned a verdict of guilty at Falls City.
Thenwero twentyonecounts against
Blakomoro. charging almost everything
that a minister should not do and tho
committee found him guilty on every
charge. lie Avas expelled from tho min
istry and from membership in the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
Blakomoiv immediately filcil notice of
appeal from the action of the confer-
once to the judicial conference to bo hold
this fall. Opinions are divided as to tho
justice of the verdict.
CORN BANQUET.
Secretary of Agriculture AA ilson
AVil ! he a Guest.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
announc-'d that he Avill attend tho corn
banquet 1 Avhich Avill bo held in Lincoln
Dec. 21. at which nothing A\ill be served
except products of corn.
More than . " 00 boys and girls fiom all
parts of the state are expected to attend
this banquet. The railroads have taken
an interest in the matter and have prom
ised a reduction in the rates. At the
[
meeting prizes % vill bo riAon to tho
girls Avho propar * ' tho most palatable con ;
bread ' in the kitchen contest.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Younjf Farm Hand Meets Deatri
Near Oakland.
Leo Samuclson. a young man working
for John P. Jacolu-um. six miles nortlnvest
of Oakland , Avas so severely injured in an
accident Saturday afternoon that he died
at 2 o'clock the next mornimr. While
threshimr a pitchfork which ho hold in his
hand caught in a belt on tho machine.
Tho handle became tAvislcd and the tines
pierced Samuelson in tho abdomen. Two
doctors wore immediately called , but noth
ing could be done to saAo his life. The
young man has been in this country but a
short timo.
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Fined for Fencing Governntoiit Land |
Judiro Mungur. in the United State5 ?
court at Omaha Thursday. scijJfcuced
John Krause. a ranchman living near Al
liance , to pay a fine of $800 and half of
the ' costs of the case , and his brother.
Herman Krause. to pay a fine of ? . " > 0 and
ono-half of the costs. The Krar.se broth
ers Avoro convicted : : t the May term of il
legally fencing 4.000 acres of government
land. ; Tho men are given ton days in
which to pay the line , and in case of fail
ure to do so they shall bo confined in jail
until the money is paid.
AVidow Gots Judgment. 01
Mr * . Lena A. Gallant was aAvar.Ied o.iO
jr.dgmont in the district court at Ne O
braska City for $1.-KK ) against the su ol
premo tribe of Bon Hur. Mrs. Gallant in
tho AvidoAV of Phillip Gallant. Avho AVU to
drowned in tho Mis-our River a year ago cli
last March. Her husband's body Ava * a
never recovered and the Ben Hur ordei en
refused to pay the amount of the policy th
Tried by him. ot
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Refused Incense to AVed. HI
Henry Garrett. colored. Avho aspires ho
become the husband of a Avhite wom
, Avas refused a license by the license
clerk in the county judge's otlice at Lin tho
coln. Garrett. Avho is a well educated af
and good-looking colored man , asked for an
license , and after it had been partially in
tilled out he Avas asked if the bride-to-be inNr
was colored. Upon ansAvering that she tit
Avas white he Avas refused the license. life
the
Typhoid Fever in Lincoln. tin
About fifty cases of typhoid fever Avore ing
reported in Lincoln last week , and the co
physicians : are not able to state tho cause. iro
Many of them allege that the bacilli are
tho ice that is used , but the ice compa
nies claim that such a thing is impossible.
to
Had a AVorthless Check.
' of
I'pon complaint of J. A. Worrell , of in
Wisnor. O. A. Smith , of Bancroft. Avas tAV
arrest od and lodged in jail. The charge tix
utteiing a AVorthless check. vii
Former Chief of Police Acquitted
Ex-Chief of Police O. Schoouover , of
Nebraska City , charged Avith fal.se impris y
onment and usurpation of ollice. has been =
acquitted by tho jury in tho district OIK :
t-ourt. Tho case Avas tho outgrowth of a Yo
mock court instituted hy the local lodge lit !
Eagles in the last Fourth of July cele ion
bration. bui
Ko
Loses Two Finfjers.
: ce
Frank Squiors got tAA-o fingers of his on.
hand caught in the cogs of his sor- Sw
'hum mill at Decatur Tuesday , csv ha.
severing them from bis hand. .
Gov. Mickey is still receiving numer
ous requests to call a special session.
Some are anxious that he wait until he
sees what action the railroads will take
j on their IflOfi taxes , Avhile others desire
' the session called immediately after elec
tion. One man at the state house said
that { he had received information from a
merchant ] at Grand Island that in order
ing a car of sugar from California , it
was necessary for him to pay freight
rates from Omaha to Grand Island oven
tiicuirh tho train reached Grand Island
befoie it did Omaha and the sugar never
Avas in Omaha. He also said
that in buying sugar manufac
tured in Grand Island the mer
chants had to pay the added freight
rates from Grand Island to Omaha and
back , even though the sugar was never
'
more than a mile from the merchant's ;
place of business. It is such instances a
these that are being called to the atten
tion of the governor as a reason formic
special session of the legislature. The-
governor hesitates to call a special session
because the members who would compos
it tlid nothing when they had the opportu
nity and may repeat the performance.
* * #
According to a bulletin issued by the
census bureau at Washington there were
at the beginning of tho present year l.Slp
manufacturing establishments in the sUte
of Nebraska , as against 1,707 in 1)00 ! ) ,
and tho capital employed amounted to
S.SO,2.S10. : : ; . > against $ ( ) G,002.:51X
There AVOI-O 3.HI2 ollioials employedvln >
received salaries amounting in the aggre
gate to .So.U7-l.IHl. The wage earners
numbered 20,241. and they were paid
$11,022,1-17 annually. The products for
the present yc-ar are valued at $ ir 4..HS-
220. a griin of 11) ) per cent since 1900. The-
gain in Omaha Avas12 per cent and in
South Omaha . ' { per cent. Slaughtering-
and meat packing continues to bo the
principal industry , with a production for
last year of > Vn,2J3,4xS ( , a decrease of
almost $2,000,000 Avhon compared Avith
11)00. Flour and grist milling hold ec-
oiul place , with a total of ? 12lKo , ! ) ; : { ,
ugainst $7.7M.1..0 ! for 1J)00. )
s * *
Members of the lato legislature who are-
candidates for re-election AA'ill have to
face the records they made in that session
during the coming campaign. A Avell1
knoAvri politician who has had much to do
AA-ith the agitation against the railroad
domination in politics was at the statb'
house to secure a copy of the house jour
nal from which he desired to take tho
record on railroad legislation of oA-ery
member of tho house. The house jour
nals , for some roi on or other , aro not ,
yet published , and this man wondered if
there AA-as any reason for this delay , and1
ho intimated that inasmuch as tho rail
roads Avere alnady busy selecting candi
dates for tho legislature , that the books
were being hold back until everything.
was set.
* * *
County Clerk Droxel. of Douglas Coun
ty , filed his ansAver to the petition of At-
to.-ney General Brown for a mandamus ,
to compel the clerk of the Woodmen of1
the AVorld to turn over his rec
ords. Tho court granted the dorki
ten days to file briefs. In his
answer Mr. Drexol set up that
tho htAV has boeu complied Avith and all
the property of the order Avas included ,
in tho assessment of $38'J40 fixed by ]
County Assessor Reed. The ansAvor. al- :
loiring that the reserve fund had been
assessed , came as a distinct surprise to
the legal department of the state , as it
has been couriered there was no ques-t
tion but Avhat the county board of equali-i
zation had absolutely refused to consider
the reserve fund.
* * *
The supreme"court has granted an al-
ternative Avrit of mandamus againstj
County Clork Drexel , of Douglas County , '
to compel him to place on the ballot the'
names of Clark AV. Adair and other nom-i
inees of tho Socialist party in Doinrlasi
County. Tho Avrit is made returnable ,
Oct. ' } . Tho Socialist party nominated its ,
ticket by convention instead of by pri
mary election , as provided for in the
Dodge primary election law , enacted by
the last election , which applies < r v'y to
Douglas County. The decision in the suitt
Avill settle the question of the constitution- .
ality of the primary election IaAA\
% * ?
i
The Stato Library Association has sent
out notices to the schools of tho state ,
falling attention to the fact that Friday ,
Oct. 20. is library day and should bo so1
observed throughout the state. Accord- *
ing to the notices sent out the general-
topic this yoar will bo the Louisiana pur- ,
chase , its exploration and deA-elopmenti
and present condition with special refer- }
ence to the story of LCAVI'S and Clark aud ]
the settlement of the nortlnvest. The
object of library day is to give the schools'
! opportunity to add new books to thei
libraries : and all the schools are urged to
hold special exercises on that day.
* 9
The Bankers I'nion of the World held ;
boards in the supreme court Tuesday )
afternoon in its effort to compel the state-
auditor to issue it a certificate to do bus-f
iness in Nebraska. Attorney General )
Norris Brown filed a demurrer to the pe- ,
tition of the insurance company , and inj
arguments before the court held that :
court had not the pOAver to coorc&
auditor in the matter. In his conclud
; statement General Brown said if the-
court held othonvise he Avas ready toj
into tho matter and prove that the ,
company Avas not entitled to a license.
* * *
John AVall Avas in Lincoln last week
get a stay of execution of the sentence
W. S. Haddix. convicted of murderj
the second degree and sentenced to. '
evolve years in the penitentiary. Had-
Avas ccmvk-tod of the murder of Mol-
Butler , of Custer County.
* * *
The foIloAving delegates were appointed
Gov. John H. Mickey to represent the.
tato of Nebraska at tho national confer-
ico of immigration , to be held in NOAV ,
1'ork City Dec G and 7. 1005. under The ,
ntspSces of the National CiA-ic Fedora-
: Snphu.s Noble. Omaha , Pioneer
iii'dimr ; IVter Jansen. Jansen ; B. P
Aohont. AA'ilber : S. F. Nichols , Beat-
: John Rozieky , Omaha : F. C. Hans
. Fremont : RCA * . . E. Nordling ,
swede Home : Paul Getzschmann , Oma- .
1COS South Tenth Street ; Henry.
.Vehn , Lincoln "ilitor Freie Press.