Democrat
Neb.
Publisher
IRVING BEAD
GREAT ENGLISH ACTOR DIES
IN THE HARNESS.
Alter Portraying His Own Version
of Tennyson's "Becket" at Brad-
lord He Suddenly Kxpired at Ho
tel World's Stage Lovers Grieve
London : The English speaking world
has suffered an irreparable IOSH by tho
sudden death Friday night of Sir Henri1
Irving , who was universally regarded a *
the most representative English actor of
contemporary times.
Sir Henry died literally in harness , lie
was giving a series of farewell perform
ances in the English provinces , and this
week was playing an engagement at
Bradford , appearfiig in several title roles.
Thursday he presented "King Ren's
Daughter" and ' 'The B"lls , " and seemed
lo be in excellent health , taking the ex
hausting part of Matthias in the latter
play with all the vigor of youth. Friday
night , before an enthusiastic audience ,
he portrayed one of his most character
istically intellectual parts , the title role
in his own stage adaiuation of Lord Ten-
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uyson's "Becker , " with marked .success , j
After the performance Sir Henry re- j
aimed to the hotel , reaching his rooms
nt llr.'iO o'clock , when it was observed
{ hat he was in great pain. Physicians
tvere immediately summoned , but before
they could arrive Sir Henry was seized
ivith an attack of syncope and expired
within a few minutes without having ut
tered a word , in the presence of Brain
Stoker , who had been his immediate
manager for many years , and a few old
intimate friends.
The event caused the greatest pain and
consternation among the members of the
company.
The last moment of his life Sir Henry
Irving's heart was in the work to which
he had devoted his career , the raising of
the standard of his art. On Wednesday
he was entertained at luncheon in the
Bradford town hall , at which the mayor
presented him an address from his ad
mirers.
In replying to the address Sir Henry
spoke of himself as one the sands of
tvhose life were fast running out , but no
Due then present had the slightest idea
that the end would come so suddenly. He
proceeded in his reply to eloquently advo-
rate the establishment of theaters by mu
nicipalities. ' 'Because , " he said , "I be
lieve that by this means the standard of
true dramas , as distinguished from mis-
: ellaneous entertainments , would be suc-
: essfully upheld. "
SAUGHT UNDER FALLING ROOF
Twelve Fireman Injured in a Chi
cago Fire.
Chicago : Twelve persons were injured ,
/wo probably fatally , a score of horses
were burned to death and property val
ued at $ G5,000 was destroyed in a fire
that demolished the La Salle Avenue liv
ery barns , La Salle Avenue and Ohio
Street , Friday night.
While the fire was at its hight the roof
jmd the third floor collapsed and twelve '
firemen , who were in the building fighting ;
the fire , were caught in the debris. Jo- j
seph Makay. a pipeman of engine com- ;
pany No. (10 , and John Davidson , an
smploye of the livery stable , were so se
verely hurt that it is believed they will
3ie. The others who were caught in the
collapse suffered from cuts and bruises ,
but none of them will die.
STEAMER SINKS AT WHARF.
From Five to Ten Negroes Drowned
at Vicksburg.
Vicksburg , Miss. : Heavily loaded with
freight , and with a crew of twenty-five
men , the steamer Elk , while backing out
from the city landing Friday , struck a
; nag and .sunk in twenty-five feet of wa
ter. From five to ten negro roustabouts
were drowned , but the exact number will
not be known for several days. The >
ioss on boat and cargo is estimated at j
$2u,000. partly insured.
The Elk is a local steamer , which has
been plying between this city and Davis
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Taggart Gets the Divorce.
Wooster , O. : Judge Eason. who heard
/he divorce case of Capt. Elmore F. Tag-
gart against his wife , rendered his deci
sion Friday afternoon. The court grants
Capt. Taggart the divorce and the custei-
dy of the two children , Culver , aged 11. j
and Charles , aged 7.
Senator Emmous Guilty.
Sacramento , Cal. : The jury in the
case of former Senator E. J. Emmons ,
charged with accepting a bribe during the.
last session of the .state legislature , iv-
turned a verdict of guilty. s
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To Secure Foreign Capital. t
Tokio : The Yasuda bank proposes to t
ndd a trust department to its business to 1
facilitate the introduction of foreign capi-
ital into the country.
Field Marshal Etlhem Pasha Alive t
Constantinople : Field Marshal Ed- o
hem Pasha , conqueror of Greece , is alive. t
The report of his death arose from the r
demise of a namesake. t
Ravages of the Cholera. *
St. Petersburg : Forty-seven cases of
cholera , twenty-four resulting fatally , oc
curred in Poland between Oct. "i and Oct.
Sioux City Stock Market. v
Sioux City : Friday's quotations on the >
Sioux City stock market follow : Butch n
er steer * , $4.85. Top hogs , $5.15. ii
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"Buck" ' It [
M'Carthy Dead.
Chicago : James .T. ( Buck ) McCarthy , ItG
former alderman from the stock yards G
district , died Friday. lie was a famous a
figure in city politics a decade ago , and hi
was a participant in a number of sensa hiw
tional personal encounters growing out w
of the heat of hard fought campaigns. HI
Alderman Sold Whisky.
Kansas City , Mo. : William Abel , al
derman from thp Ninth Ward , pleaded
guilty in the criminal court here to .sell H
ing whisky at his drug store without .0 a'l
license , and was fined10 and "costs. in
UNITARIANS NOT WANTED.
Barred Prom National Federation
of Churches.
New York : The officials of the church
federation that is planning to hold meet
ings in this city next month have decided
1 lo exclude all members of the Unitarian
I denomination. About TOO official elelc-
j gates and alternates are coming here , rep
resenting about 18,000,000 of church
members.
Among ( .he duly elected delegates were
the Rev. Dr. Everett Hale , chaplain of
the "Tinted Stales senate ; John I ) . Long ,
ex-secretary of the navy , and the Rev.
Dr. Samuel A. Elliott , president of the
American Unitarian Association. The
committee in charge has declined to ad
mit them as delegates.
There is a national federation of
churches , aiming to bring Christian bod
ies into active support of measure's on
which all agree. This federation has
been at work for two years on the mat
ter , and has succeeded in getting the of
ficial bodies of more than twenty denom
inations to name delegates. It was not
the purpose to obtain organic union. The
Unitarians supposed they were invited
and named delegates. The action bar
ring them out , it is said , brings Unita
rians and Tri-Unitarians into clash on a
larger scale than at any time before.
ARIZONA JURIST DISGRACED
Judge Tucker , of the Territorial Su
preme Court , Asked to Resign.
Washington : Associate Justice Tucker ,
of the territorial supreme court < if Arizo
na , has been requesteel to resign.
Several months ago charges were pre
ferred against Tucker , involving his per
sonal conduct as a member of the t * rrito-
rial judiciary.
Justice Tucker was appointed to his
pre'sent position last winter. It was
charged in the complaint against him ,
lileu by the president , that he proposed to
hold sessions of his court iu Globe , Ariz. ,
only on condition that he be furnished
with a residence in that town , and that if
the residence were not furnished he would
hold the sessions of the court in another
place in the territory. Other charges also
were filed against him. all of which were
investigated fully by the department of
justice.
WORK TRAINS COLLIDE.
Two Men Killed and Six Injured in
Illinois.
Yalmeyer , 111. : Two men were killed
nnd six injured in a collision between two
work trains on the Illinois division of the
Iron Mountain Railway a mile and a
quarter north of here Thursday.
The dead are J. , Lamb , fireman , and
H. D. McQuitty , fireman.
The injured are John AY. Hittmeyer ,
brakeman ; II. D. Easley. brakeman :
Justice , conductor ; Grubb , conductor ,
and C. F. Connors , engineer.
Tue wreck occurred on a bridtro over
Murdock lake , but the cause had not been
reported to the officials of the road. It
is said that both engineers jumped when
the collision seemed inevitable and saved
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themselves by swimming.
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VIENNA STRIKE SPREADING.
The City , However , is Remarkably
Quiet.
Yienna : Though 30.000 workmen are
on strike , including those employed in
.several departments of the great street
railway shops , and the movement is
spreading , the city is remarkably quiet.
Troops are on duty only at the Boutirski
gate , to prevent strikers from invading
the factories where work is in progress
and intimidating workmen. In an en
counter between police and strikers at the
Yelo wheel works one man was severely
wounded : otherwise the day was unevent
ful.
ful.The
The employes met Wednesday and de
termined not to enter into negotiations
with the strikers , but they promised that
if the men returned to work they would
consider their demands and answer them
within a week.
GETS NEW SET OF EYELIDS.
Wonderful Surgical Operation Per
formed on an Ohio Man.
Columbus , O. : A remarkable surgical
operation has been performed at the1 Alt. i
Carmel hospital by which "W. L. Kerr !
has been given a new set of lower eyej j
lids. An examination Thursday for the '
first time since the work was elone prom- j
ises it will be entirely successful. Last I
February Kerr was caught in a natural j
gas explosion , and his lower eyelids al- i
most entirely burned off. New lids were !
formed by grafting the skin from Kerr's I
arm. I
Body Will he Dinsected. I <
New York : In accordance with the i I
provisions j of the will of George W. Can. i f
president of the Atlantic Dredging and 1
Construction Company. w-o died on Sun
day at his residence here , his body has
been taken to the Bellevue hospital med
ical college to be dissected in the inter
est of .science.
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Raise Funds for Hoosier Hospital j ?
Madison , Ind. : In a few hours Wed
nesday the soliciting committee raised
several thousand dollars more than
enough in private subscriptions to cover
the difference of $ ( > . . ' 5 > 0 of the price for
the site of the southeastern Indiana hos
pital.
Beaten and Robbed of $5OOO. !
Berkeley , Cal. : William Ellis , an Aus- j
tralian horseman , who arrived recently
on the steamer Sierra , was struck over
the head with a blunt instrument in a
room in the heart of the residence eiis-
trict Thursday and robbed of . .l.OOO in j h
Eilglish bank notes. The robber escaped. FU ! \
Diamond Robbery Case Dismissed !
Red Oak , la. : The case of Thomas
Dennison , of Omaha , who was indict eel
for complicity in the robbery of .f7nH30
worth of diamonds from J. W. Pollock , a :
New York eliamoud salesman , on a train
near Missouri Yalley , la. , was dis
missed. -
villa Wif < ; and Commits Suicide
Dorr , Alien. : Insane through jealousy.
Gfeorge Wise , aged 48. a farmer living p
mile and a half southwest of here , e-ur
lis wife's throat from ear te > ear with his A
iack knife and then hung himself. Three al
veeks ago Wise was examined as to his tl
sanity , but was adjudged sane.
Arsenic lotBaking Powder.
Niagara Falls , N. Y. : John he
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CUNLIFFE IS STILL MISSING
Young Man Who Stolo $101OOO
Not Yet Caught.
Pittsburg , Pa. : Up to Wednesday
midnight nothing definite had developed
in the big Adams Express robbery of
Monday evening.
According to the eletectives Cunliffe
could easily carry the $100.000 on hia
person without attracting attention.
The packages contained 1.1)00 ) bills , and
this number could easily be distributed
through the man's pockets and about his
person. The numbers of the bills are not
known.
The officers think that the robber will
be captured within a few days between
Pittsburg and St. Louis. Kansas City or
Omaha , traveling by freight.
Many rumors have been circulated con
cerning CunlifTe's whereabouts , but noth
ing definite has eleveloped.
There was considerable speculation as
to what can be done with Cunliffe if he
is caught. Attorneys express the belief
that he can be held for larceny only for
taking the $100,000 , but stealing tha
$1,000 from his employers makes him
liable for embezzlement.
GERMANY'S MEAT FAMINE.
Distress is Great and Prices Are
Still on the Rise.
Berlin : There is much evidence to show
that Germany's meat famine is growing
worse. Reports from all parts of the
country make mention of the measures
that are being taken to abate the famine.
At Eisenach a conference of the munici
pal authorities in that region decided to
establish regular rabbit markets , and in
the Munich public markets also rabbit
stalls have been opened.
Since horseflesh has risen in price , and
dog flesh is no longer obtainable , a num
ber of municipalities have begun buying
carloads of sea fish at the coast towns
and selling them at cost to citixens. This
expedient was first adopted at Solingen ,
but has now spread to various Westphal-
ian cities , to Posen and even to Bava
rian towns.
The latest government statistics show
that the price e > f meats Is still rising. The
September report shows that some kinds
rose in the month a cent and a half per
pound.
SNOW IN WISCONSIN.
Temperature Drops 45 Degrees in
Twenty-Four Hours.
La Crosse. Wis. : The first snow of the
season fell here Wednesday. The ther
mometer fell from SO to 35 degrees in
twenty-four hours.
Erie. Pa. : Heavy hail and a trace of
snow fell here Wednesday night , follow
ing a day of unceasing cold rnin. The
temperature dropped to below 40 , com
pared with 08 Tuesday night. The life-
saving crew under Capt Pansen was tak
en to a point twenty miles east of here
on the United States revenue cutter Mor-
rill and released the schooner Charles II.
Burton , which wont on the rocks during
the morning.
Muskogee , I. T. : The first frost of the
season in this part of the territory was
experienced Tuesday night , and caused
some damage to vegetation.
Lakin , Kan. : The mercury fell below
the freezing point last Tuesday night and
ice an eighth of an inch thick wa ?
formed.
PRINTERS ARE RESTRAINED.
An Injunction IN Granted Against
Chicago Union.
Chicago : Judge Holdon Wednesday
granted an injunction restraining Typo
graphical Union No. 1(5 mid its members
from interfering with the employes and
members of the Chicago Typothetae ,
against whom a strike has been declared
by the printers' union.
Columbus. Ga. : All the printers , lino-
tpye operators and pressmen in the office
of the Enquirer-Sun Company walked
out Wednesday because the
company re
fused to siirn an agreement to go into ef
fect Jan. 1 next , to last one year , provid
ing that eight hours shall constitute a
day's work and that "time and a half"
shall be paid for overtime.
Several printers also left the Evening
Ledger office.
CONSUMPTIVE , IS DEPORTED
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Man with Tuberculosis is Not Allow
ed to Land from Japan.
San Francisco : Alexander F. Hinton ,
a cabin passenger on theliner Coptic
from ' Yokohama , has been ordered deport
ed. Ilinton is
an Englishman and a con
sumptive.
Ilinton's appearance attracted the at- !
tent t ion of the federal quarantine otli- j
cials at this port , and when an investi
gation demonstrated that he was a vic
tim of tuberculosis the .steamship com
pany was notified not to allow the sick
man to land. Hinton will be returnee/
to Yokohama on the Coptic.
Marries Naval Officer.
Pittsburg. Pa. : Mrs. C. G. Baer. bet
ter known by her stage name. "Mabel
McKinley. " is authority for the state
ment that her mother Mrs. Aimer Mc
Kinley. was married at Baltimore Wed
nesday night to Capr. Je > hn B. Allen , of
Tampa. Fla. Capt Allen is in the Unit-
eel States navy , and his bride is the wid
ow of the late president McKinley's
brother.
Walks with Broken Neck.
Cincinnati : After falling into a Bi-
Fotir gravel pit near Lawrenceburg , Ind. ,
Wednesday and breaking his ueck , an
Italian laborer , assisted by a friend ,
walked nearly a mile to his tent , holding
his head in his hands the whole distance.
Physicians found that the man's neck
l\ad been fractured at the fifth vertebrae.
Des Moiues Man Killed.
Lafayette. Ind. : WhA ; attempting to
boa re ! a moving freight train in the Mo-
ion yards Thursday afternoon Charlea
Geeld. 1M years e > Id. from Des Moinex ,
la. , was thrown under the cars and iii-
-tantly killed.
.Milwaukee's Big Scandal.
Alilwaukee : Jacob Heyl flatly and em
phatically elenied he ever had any im-
miper relations with his mother-in-law ,
Mrs. Lisette Schandein. whom he la
illegcel to have influenced to the extent
ha I she willed her millions to his wife.
I'at Crowe Bound Over.
Omaha. Neb. : When the preliminary
learing eif Pat Crowe was e-alled before * C
'eilice Justice Berka
Wedneselay noon n
'rowe waived that formality and v/a.s a
lound ' ' ' over'to the district court in . * 5,000 b
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'STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Pat Crowe in Omaha Jail Notorious
Fugitive Finally Caged by the Po
lice Declines to Discuss Ctidahy
Afl'air nt Present Time.
At just 8:45 o'clock Monday evening
Desk .Sergeant Havey , of the police .sta
tion , at Omaha had occasion to
book a prisoner who gave his
name as Patrick Crowe ; address. Omaha ;
occupation that of a butcher and age 3G
years. The man was charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill and wound , the
more specific charge , as-contained in the
complaint filed against him. being thai
of shooting Patrolman Albert II. Jack
son on the Oth day of last month at Six
teenth and Center Streets. So far as mere
formalities went , Crowe was treated asany
prisoner who might come under the juris
diction of the police , but from point of
general interest he enlisted more interest
than any prisoner booked at the city
jail for years.
Pat Crowe arrived in Omaha Monday
evening at 8:2.r on Union Pacific train
No. t from Butte , Mont. , securely hand
cuffed to Detective Henry lleitfelt , of the
Omaha detective force. Anticipating a
laj-ge crwwd of curious people at the Un
ion station Chief of Police Donahue de
tailed a cordon of twelve policemen in
uniform and a number of plain clothes
men to guard against any eventualities
and to make an aisle for the prisoner
from the train to the patrol wagon in
waiting at the north end of the Union sta
tion. Several thousand citizens congre
gated at the station and as the notorious
alleged kidnaper was marched down the
aisle of curious faces quite a number
ventured to give what might be termed a
cheer. Crowe took cognizance of the re
ception by scanning the small sea of j
faces and smiling.
Mr. Crowe greeted a representative of
the pressmost cordially. "When my
case come to trial , " he said , the truth will
come out. God will take care of me ; lie
takes care of everyone and He makes no
mistakes. It is not so much for my per
sonal liberty t&at I am concerned , but
rather to return to the old honest life I
led in Omaha many years ago. Why , I
worked for my board at Thirtieth and
Farnam Streets for Henry Iloneff years
ago and led a life that was really hon
est. "
Asked whether he wished to make any
statement regarding the Cudahy affair ,
Mr. Crowe said he positively would not
at this time.
Regarding his movements during the
last five years Crowe would not talk , but
when asked by the desk sergeant what his
occupation was he said , facetiously.
' 'Dodging the policemen for five years. "
WRECK AT CRETE.
Passenger Runs Into a Freight on
the fiurlington.
Three trainmen were injured , a stock-
man badly hurt and several passengers
.shaken up in a collision at Crete between
the Burlington passenger No. lli and an
extra freight. The freight , standing on
the main line , was run into from the rear ,
the caboose and six loaded freight cars
demolished , and the engine and mail
cars of the passenger damaged.
A stockman named Oleson. of Hol-
drege , riding in the way car of the
freight , had a miraculous escape from
death. lie suffered a broken arm and
I'tvas badly bruised about the head. Con
ductor Hall. Brakeman Frey and Flag
man De Ford were painfully but not se-
drmsly injured.
DROWNED IN WATER TANK
Stranger Died nt Bordeaux by Sui
cide or Accident.
J. M. Daily , of Sandusky , O. . as the
papers found on his person describe him.
Avas found Wednesday in the water tank
on the Northwestern Railroad at Bor
deaux station , about twelve miles east of
Chndron. The tank contained about four
feet of water , and whether he fell in and
was stunned in the fall or willfully
drowned himself is not known.
The man called at the section house
about an hour before being found aiftl in(1
quired if work could be had. anel was
te > lel by the woman e > f the house tei call ;
Avhen the sevtion beiss arrived , which p
would be at noon , at which time the1 man '
was found dead in the tank. >
Tried to Fire the Jail.
W. E. Fox , the tramp who was plae-e-d
in the county jail at Dakota City Satur
day afternoon in a drunken condition anel
who set fire to his bed. endangering the
court house building. Tuesday had his
preliminary examination before Justice
.1. T. Spencer on the charge e > f arson and
was bound over to the elistrict court in
the sum of100 , which he was unable tei
furnish.
Dangerously Injured by Worm- .
Fred Alyers. an old and well known
resident , living a mile east of 'Breiken i ;
Bow , was kicked over the stomach by
one of his horses. After being re-moved
to the hospital Dr. Alullins performeel a
severe anel dangerous operation as the
only means of saving his life. Later the
patient was said to be in an extremely
critical state. Cl
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Railroad Liaboror Killed.
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Patrick Nichols , a Rock Island em- , tl
ploye , was run over and killed Wed liesi i .Y
day afternoon while crossing
the tracks j ai
of the road in the yaid at Lincoln. He j
was struck by a switch engine as he |
stepped out of the way of an approaching
train. He had been in Lincoln about CI
four months. CIa
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Marshal Kemnvtul from Office. tla
Marshal John W. Carter has been re a i
moved from otfice in Sterling for alleged Pi
conduct not becoming to an officer of the i " '
law. ! ti
Sugar Factory Starts Work.
The American Beet Sugar Company at
Grand Island started on this year's crop '
of beets Tuesday , and it is expecteel that !
the plant will run day and night , with ' "
only one or two stops for cleaning up , .
until after the holidays. t ( >
Canning Factory is Busy.
The Lang Canning and Preserving in
Company at Beatrice ha finished the to rp ,
mato pack anel is now engaged in canning ; „
apples and pumpkins. The factory will jj ,
be in operation at least a month before it < , . ,
doses for the seas > : i. .j ;
MORTON STATUE IN PLACE.
Ready for Unveiling CnremonicH to
be Held Octoher 2 .
-The statue of the late J. Sterling Mor
ton has b&cn put in place in Morton
Park at Nebraska City , and is now
ready for the unveiling cere-monies on
Saturday , Oct. S.X Members of oxy
President G rover Cleveland's cabinet wJIl
probably accompany , , him to thatity. .
Mr. Cleveland will deliver the unveiling
address and a number of men of national
reputation will also be on the program.
The railroad companies will run a num
ber of special trains to the city on that
elay , and the citixens are preparing te en
tertain an immense crowd of persons.
Seats will be arrangeel east of the ineinu-
nient to accommodate about 10.000 pee > -
ple and they will be so placed that tho
occupants can easily hear the speaker
and witness the unveiling of the inonn <
merit.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Cleaning Gun When It Was Dis
charged. Killing His Wife.
Mrs. Frank Dustal was shot and killed
with a shotgun in the hands ef her hus
band at Schuyler. The shooting was
purely accidental. Dustal was cleaning
and oiling a shotgun. He had the gun in
his lap with the muzzle under his left
arm , in some way the gun bee-ame cock-
eel anel in oiling the trigger Dustal dis-
chargeel it. His wife , who was standing
directly behind him. conversing , received
the full charge in the left groin. She
fell to the floor , dyinir. anel Dustal ran for
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a doctor. When he arrived the pulse was
barely beating and she expired scc.ni af
ter. The jury icturncd a verdict of acci
dental shooting.
AGED MAN'S SIGHT RESTORED
Jlu Had Be-on Totally Blind for
Klijven Years
Te.tally blind i'er eleven years. Gotleib
Hraasch. of Cherokee. la. , who has been
visiting his relatives at Norfolk , and who
is SI years of age , has suelelenly regained
thepower of sight and is able te > recognize
faces. A large party was held for him ,
at which he behaveel like a small boy with
a toy engine.
The delight at having his sight restored
has made a diflVrent man of him. Chil
dren whom he remembers from the time I
when he formerly e-emlel see have now
grown up and are carrying bouncing ba
bies in their arms , anel this feature ainus-
eel the ageel man immensclv.
THE BUDNEK HEARING.
Defendant is Bound Over to thtj
District Court in Sti.OOO Bonds.
John Budnek. who shot his sister , his
brother and brother-in-law at Hastings !
at an early hour Sunday morning over
the body of his eleael mother , was arraign
ed befe > rc Justice Crowley at 1 : . .0 Wedj j
ne'sduj * afternoon. He was charged with .
shooting Peter Albert Smeall with intent
to murder. - j
The taking of testimony was finished at ;
4:10 in the afternoon. Justice Crowley j
immediately gave his decision , holding
the prisoner under bond for ? r ,000 for '
trial in the district court. As yet no bail
has been furnished.
EIGHTEEN ARE STRICKEN.
An Epidemic of Typhoid Fever in
.Lincoln Hospital Causes Alarm.
Eighteen patients at the Lincoln hos
pital have been stricken with typhoid fe- !
ver. Overcrowded conditions caused the
outbreak. While making tests to dis-
cover the source of the infection Dr. G.
A. Young , the' asylum pathologist , took
the > fever , and it is reported that he can-
not recover. The head nurse also te > ok
the fever and her condition is hopeless.
A special meeting of the board was
called Aionday anel Dr. J. L. Greene , the
superintendent , was authorized to takr
any means to e-heck the epidemic.
HANGED HERSELF.
Wife of Prominent Farmer Near
Schuylcr Commits Suicide.
Alis. Joseph Jindra. wife of a promi
nent farmer , six miles northwest " ! ' ,
Schuyler , commit ( eel suicide by hanging , j
Airs. Jindra went te a tree in a srrove- !
near he-r home anel there committed the
eleeel. Shehael ovielcntly climbed the
tree1 , tie-el the rope around her neck , fast-
e-ned it te a limb anel then jumped ofi" . j
Airs. Jinelr.i had been mentally unbal- < '
a l need for some time. She was the moth- !
er of three chilelren , ail of whom are liv- j
MOTHER AND HUSBAND DEAD
Doubly Snd Blow to Young Woman
at No rib Ik.
Fate has de-alt unkindly with Mis. }
George Offenhauser. of Norfolk , a bride j
of less than a year , who received a te'Ie- j
gram Sunday night announcing the death
of her mother. Mrs. Ernst , at Shenan-
ileiali. la. . : : nd who was made a widow [
Aionday morning when her young busI I
hand , a prominent business man at Nor-
folk , succumbed to he-art failure , due to
the nervous strain occasioned by tho
leati ! oT his mother-in-law.
Said to Have Eloped.
C. O. Alarshall and wife. Avho were
inairieel in Omaha last Sunday and '
reporteel as having eloped from Nebrasj j '
ka City , were registered at the Mer-
-hauls Ileitel. It is understood the bride's
iarents had no objections to Alarahall
tnel that the incident is closed so far as ! '
lie e-lopeme-nt part e f its goes. Air. and
Mis. Alaish.-ill returned to Nebraska City
uel : roceivpil the' parental blessings.
Itinerant Physicians Quarrel.
At Wood It i ver two itinerant physi-
ians hael a tiL'.it Saturday evening over
trifling dispute. In the mixup one of
hem hit his partner over the head with
gun. breaking the1 weapon in several
ieces. The quarrel was soon patched
ip. the injured man's wounds dressed and (8 (
hey : preiceedod em their way together. (8c
Stnrion Agrit ts Found Dying.
Agent J. P. Allen , of Benkelman. at a
ate hour Saturday night , was found in ttt
he Burlington yard at that place severely : ttii
njured about the head , from which he ii
lieel dm ing the night. It is supposed he iii ! iic
II from a car. i
t
Damaged by Fire. t
At Nebraska City the Alasonic build- t
ng was slightly elamageel by fire late t :
leselay afternoon. The tire originated
some book cases on the second floor , i o
Jefore the flames were subdued they hael .fc
prend to the .third fleie > r , where some J ;
light damage was elone.
j I
The recent decision of the supreme
court in the case of the Bankers' Union
of the World against Scarle , has raised
so'me doubt as to the power of the auditor
to revoke the license of an instiranco
company. That would interfere with any ;
action in the case of the throe big NeW.
J York companies which are being investi
: gated , when the work of the committee is
concluded , but it is pointed out that ho
can refuse to issue a new license at the
end of the year , if dissatisfied with tho
methods employed and with the officials
of those corporations. That Avould mean
a delay of not more than two months , if
he chooses to act. The present licenses
expire with the first of the year and it is
discretionary with the auditor whether
he will issue new ones until the compa
nies comply "with any conditions which
he may prescribe in the interests of th
policy holders. The decision in tho
Bankers' Union case leaves the right of
revocation in the case of fraternal com
panies , because it may extend to old line
I companies , because of the absence of any
j express statute authorizing such action ,
j The court , seemingly , provides for such
a situation in its holding that the auditor
had very broad discretion in passing on
an application for a license.
* * *
Saturday Victor Blue , a Kansas fann
er , called on Gov. Mickey to return to
him his foster daughter. Bertha Blue ,
Avho was placed in the Home for the
Friendless more than a year ago , and la
now in the custody of a respectable fam
ily , the name of which is known only to
the superintendent of the institution.
Blue has employed an attorney , and there
has been some talk of habeas corpus pro
ceedings against the superintendent of the
Home for the Friendless. Mrs. Johnson ,
lie contends that the child was placed in
the home as a boarder and that he had
not intended to surrender his right to her.
lie says that she was there about a
month when the superintendent placed
her with the family in which she is now
held. The state officials are trying to de
termine whether or not in placing the girl
in the home he gave her up to be a ward
of the state.
The friends of Elmer J. Russell , a
Boou'e County man , who has served two
of ten years' sentence for incest , have
filed numerous affidavits and statements
with Gov. Mickey in support of an appli
cation for a pardon in \ \ Inch they allege
that he was convicted in pursuance of a
conspiracy between the wife and the
daughter , Nora Russell , the complainant ,
lo get rid of him in order that his prop
erty might be enjoyed by the family and
the wife and mother left free to con
tinue her Mason with a man named Phar-
melee , with whom she is alleged to be liv
ing in Oklahoma. Such persons as Sher
iff Lorau Clark and seven members of !
the jury which convicted Russell now as-
that her husband was not guilty and that
sure the governor that the wife had said
it was planned to get rid of him.
* * *
Attorney Norris Brown says that he be
lieves the best method of coping with the
evils which have been exposed in the New
York investigation is for congress to en
act a maximum rate law , based on rea
sonable calculations as to the average ex
pectancy and rates of interest. He says
that the insurance corporations are quasi-
public in their nature and they are sub
ject to control to prevent the exaction of
undue rates , instancing the proposal to
require the use of a uniform or standard
policy as a precedent for state interfer
ence with the freedom of contract be
tween the insured and the insurer. Ha
does not believe in the idea of state in
surance suggested by Commissioner Host ,
of Wisconsin , and Gov. Folk , of Missouri.
* * f
An application for a pardon has been
made by the friends and relatives of John
Bailey , a young Omaha boy , serving a
three-year sentence for snatching a wom
an's purse. It is alleged by his brother ,
who resides at Audubon. la. , that the boy
was not guilty , but that he sought to save
his mother from the knowledge of his
trouble by confessing his guilt , supposing
that he would be given a jail sentence ,
of which she would learn nothing. Ho
did not have a lawyer. The court im
posed the minimum sentence , which was
three years in the penitentiary , and tha
young man has several months of the
sentence left.
* * *
The case of John Alperson against
Michael Walker , in which Alperson , a to
bacconist of Omaha , secured a writ of ha
beas corpus after having been arrested
for giving away material for cigarettes ,
was ordered submitted to the supreme
court Wednesday. The case was decided
in his favor in the lower court on tho
ground that the title of the act passed by
the last legislature referred simply to tha
sale of cigarettes and not to the giving ,
where it sought to impose the penalty for
giving was too broad for the ritlp ! i -l
The court held that the body of the act
was , therefore , ineffective.
* * *
Auditor B. M. Searle , who is head of
the state insurance department , stated
Friday that he will take no action with
reference ' to the three big New York
companies until the legislative investiga-
ption is completed , when he will deter-
jmino whether or not they can be permit
ted to do business in the state with tha
present official personnel , subject as it
is to grave charges. He has no desire to-
act hastily and will give the matter thor
ough consideration at what he deems th
proper time.
* * *
The certificates of nomination for the
Republican and fusion candidates for
state offices have been filed in the offi
of the secretary of state.
Secretary Royse , of the state banking
board , said Saturday that no commercial
banks will be permitted to operate sav
ings departments without organizing ne ? .
corporations with separate capital stock.
He stated that two important banks in
the state have violated the statute iq
this respect , but he believes it was dufi
to carelessness or lack of knowledge as tc
the provisions of the banking laws , which
would render them subject to forfeiture
of their charters for doing unauthorized
business and subject their officers to pun
ishment.