Nebraska Newspapers

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ZTlie Valentine
VALENTINE , NEB.
. M. RICE , - - - - Publisher.
: ALL SWEDEN MOUBNS
1C1XG OSCAIt DIES IX CASTfjlS AT
3)nko of Vcrland Takes Oath of Office
and Assumes Title of Gustavo V.
King1 Unconscious for Hours Before
] ) caIi and Unable to Say Pare-well.
Oscar II. , king of Sweden , died at
D:10 o'clock Sunday morning. The
death of the venerable monarch oc
curred in the royal apartment of the
palace , where , surrounded by the
members of his family , including the
aged queen Sophia and the crown
prince.Oscar Gustavo , and ministers of
state , tlie inevitable end had been
yawaited , while outside the palace
'great ' crowds stood with bowed head-i
iind tearful eyes long after the an-
nouncemeitt came of the death of their
Avell loved sovereign.
, The whole country -is bowed with
rrrief , for King Oscar was something
more than a ruler of his people anl :
liad endeared himself to them as an
intimate and personal friend. When
the flag on the palace was dipped to
lialf mast there was a moan of an-
guhh from the assembled multitude ,
and many of them cried , "Our dear
old king is dead. "
The succession to the throne of Sweden -
. den now passes to Oscar Gustave
-Adolphe , duke of Verland , the oldest
son of the * late king. At a meeting
of the council of state Sunday after
noon 'the new king took the oath of
allegiance under the title 6f Gustave
V. . and adopted the motto , "With the
people , for the fatherland. "
The princess then took the oath of
allegiance and the new monarch ac
cepted the homage of the stateoffi
cials.
The last hours of the expiring mon
arch were passed in unconsciousness
and upto the end he gave no sign of
recognizing those about him.
MKS. LOUISA TATT DEAD.
Mother of Secretary of Wr Passes
Away After Long Illness.
Death , which has been cpccted rJ-
.inost hourly for a week past , was
announced Sunday morning at 12:20
xfclcek from the bedside of Mrs. Lou
isa T. aria Taft , of , Millbury , Mass. .
on other o'f Wiilh.m It. TaR. Hecretary
of war. Mrs. Taft was the widow of
Alphcnso Taft. secretary of war and
attorney general of the United States
Minder President Grant , and later min
ister to Austria and Russia.
Mrs. Taft was attacked last July
with acute indigestion and a gradual
breakdown of her vigorous constitu
lion soon followed. Secretary T.ii7 ,
her son , had visited her on Independ-
encse day and left her apparently in
normal health to go to his summer
home in Canada , from which place he
was summoned on Aug. 1:1 , because of
alarm at his mother's condition. He
spent a dcy at her bedside and found j
licr in a le s dangerous condition than ;
he had supposed. The imperative duties -
/ ties of his official life called him to
"Washington , where plans for a tour
of the world had been so definitely
arranged that they could not be
changed and his mother was reported
as rallying her strength and he pro
ceeded to carry out his program.
Mrs. Taft resided in the old home
stead , where she had lived as a girl
and which is now the home of her sis- i
tcr. Miss Delia Torrey.
SLAIX IX KESTAURAXT.
iJcad Knnsnn's Business Partner Held i
as Murder Suspect. |
William I. Stewart , proprietor of a
restaurant in East lola , Kan. , and
member of a prominent family in
Yates Center , Kan. , was brutally mur
dered near his place of business at an
early hour Sunday morning. The body ,
which was found at daylight , bore ev
idence of seven wounds , any one tf
which would have produced death.
The skull had been fractured in
, lour places , the jugular vein severe j
.and the trachae twice severed.
Stewart and Cresceson were carous
ing1 together at Stewart's home until
after midnight , when someone knock- \
cd at the back door. Stewart answered - J
ed the summons and announced in a I
.maudlin manner that he Avas goinj '
out for a walk , but would soon return.
He was not seen by his family again ,
and it is believed he was killed several
.hours later. Near his body were some
dead chickens , placed there for the
evident purpose of conveying the im-
'pression that he had b < en killed for a
ich'icken thief. The police scout this
suggestion. That Stewart put up a
Jiard fight for his life is evidenced
.Tjy the manner in which the ground
> % vas torn up.
Trust Company Resumes Business
The Bath , Me. , Trust company. [
which closed its doors on Oct. 28 be- j ' .
cause of the withdrawal of deposits f
following the banking difficulties in f
JCcw York City , resumed business ! > .
Monday.
Sioux City Live Slock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
Beeves , 54.25. Top h ss , ? 4. < JOf
PERISH BY HUNDREDS.
-Miners in Two West Virginia Shafts
Entombed.
Three charred bodies lying1 in the
Improvised morgue , four badly injured
I and 493 men imprisoned by tons of
jcoal , rock and mine debris in the
depth of the hills surrounding ? > Iono-
nagh , W. Va. , a mining town , with the
chances all against a single one of
.them being alive , was the most aceu -
rate summary obtainable Thursday
night of a mine explosion which occur
red that day , which in all probability
, was attended by greater loss of liio
than any former disaster in the his
tory of the bituminous coal mining"
industry in America.
The explosion occurred shortly after
10 o'clock Thursday , after the fuU
force of 500 men had gone to work
an the two mines affected. The min-js
are Nos. C and 8 of the Consolidate.1
Coal company , located on opposite
sides of the west fork of the river but
merged in their underground workings
| by a heading and on the surface by a
great steel tipple and bridge.
' , The finding of three bodies and four
'dying men is the only reward for
strenuous and uninterrupted work on
the part of the large rescuing forces
that immediately set to work at every
possible point. The four living men ,
while unable to give any detailed ac
count of the disaster , state that imme
diately back of them , when they bega n
their frantic struggle for liberty , there
Avas a , large number of men engaged
in a similar struggle , while still far-
.ther back in the Avorkings there Avas a
ilarger number of Avhom they , know
nothing.
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There is much speculation as to the
cause of the explosion , but it is
thought it was caused by black damp.
It is belieA-ed that a miner attempted
to set off a blast which bleAV out and
'ignited ' an accumulation of gas and
this ignited the coal dust , a. highly in-
fiammable substance found in greater
or less quantities in all West Virginia
mines.
SIIOUI/D CURB MOTHER LOVE.
'N'ot Civilized If Too Intense , Says Chicago
cage Club Woman.
Mothers AA'ho loA'e their offspring too
; ntensely are not full ciA'ilized , in the
opinion of Mrs. Harriet Van DeA-aart ,
( head of Neighborhood house , Chicago ,
who gaA'e her views before the mem
bers of the West End Mothers' councvl
Thursday.
1 Mrs. Van DeA-aart inclines to the
view of Plato and G. ' B. ShaAA' . that
maternity is an expression of the uni-
A'ersal function of woman and that
the accumulated AA-isdom of genrations
of mothers , rather than that of a sin
gle mother.
"The fierce passion of many modern
mothers who love their children with
an exclusiA'c love belongs to the time
.when the race AAas in its infancy. " de
clared Mrs. Van DcA'.iart. "The mrth-
i or who shelters and thinks only of Ivir
own has not progressed far beyond
the brute creation. "
TO ATTACX BROWX WILL.
Mrs. Bradley V.'iil Bring Action to
Break It.
Now that she has been acquitted on
the charge of murder , Mrs. Annie M.
Bradley , through her attorneys and
in behalf of her children , will bring an
action to break the Avill of the late
Senator Arthur Brown , whom she sht
to death in Washington. Her friends
at Salt Lake City say that such &
course has been contemplated ev - "
since the will AA-as opened. The con
gest will be based on the Avritten ac-
Irnowledgment of Senator BroAvn thnt
Mrs. Bradley's two sons are his own.
In his AA'ill BroAA'n expressly disavoAA'ed
the paternity of the tAVO children and
stipulated they should receiA'c nothing
from his estate. The greater part of
the estate amounting in all to some
$50,000 , was devised to- his son Max
and his daughter Alice. The attack on
the will , AA'hich has already been ad
mitted to probate , will not commence
until Judge PoAA'ers returns from
Washington.
FARRETiIi JURY DISAGREES.
Alleged Irish Leader Took Part in
Unlawful Assembly.
The jury before which James Farrell -
rell , Irish nationalist , member of par
liament for North Longford , and forty
other men were tried at Dublin on
charges of taking part in an unlaAvful
assembly likely to cause a riot , has
'disagreed. This has been the result
of all but one of the many trials held
Curing the past fortnight throughout
Ireland of men charged Avith cattle
Driving and Inciting to riot. Disagree-
Jments by the juries haA'e been general
lin spite of the fact that the presiding
jjudge had pointed out hat according
! to the CA'idence the men clearly Avere
'guilty. Mr. Farrell and his compan
ions were tried at Leinster assizes.
Van Tassel Convicted.
Guy Van Tassel Avas found guilty
'of ' murder of Policeman Luke Fitx-
patrick in Chicago and sentenced to
life imprisonment by a jury in the
criminal court. Fitzpatrick was killed
at Madison aA'enue station , on the
south side elevated road , November
10 , 1906.
"Dry" Wave in Illinois.
Hundreds of saloons have been clos
ed in Illinois , the local option voted at
the last election in fourteen counties
becoming effective. Eight counties are
noAV totally "div/ , " while six allow sa
loons only in a feAV precincts. ;
Fire Causes Half Million Loss.
The East Cambridge machine shops
and round house of the Boston and
Maine railroad burned Thursday night.
Hie loss is es.timated at § 500,000 >
BLOW TO AIY MI : : ; .
Xcw Roosevelt Order to L'.nioo ? .TW'
to Retire.
The Avar department ThMrsd" " j-r'- > -
lished a general ord r el'Mid.t ! It *
original orders relative to ricllr. . ' ; t t-i
of ofiicen ; of tlo army. Tha prc.vr' - '
now requires OAery fie'r cfcr-T '
make a daily practiceniar-cn of r- '
than thirty miles "for iliree ' " . . / -
succession each year. 'All c' - - t . " . .
also required to accompary t : "r e--rn-
manrls on the monthly fractic-
marches.
The advanced su/ul takr > n Vy t"i2
president in the matter of physical'/
testing the condition of officers of the
army , in the fa > of strong pressure
from * commercial * bodies t.irrur'Iivjt
the country in favor cf the rat iitJon
in scrA'ice of eng-mccrs and other stafC
officers , Avho , tnough perfectly com
petent to discharge their ordinary du
ties , would probably be unab'e to re
rpond to the demands of active cam
paign service , has filled' with appre
hension a number of senior ofHcers of
grades between capt-in and eoione' ,
inclusive.
Because the president in his original
letter directing the riding test referred
only to officers , it was in some quar
ters believed that he might be Avillins
to AvaiAre the application cf such r-
test to staff officers. Avhose dr-Jies in
time of peace do not carry them into
the field. In his inessage to congress
just delivered the president inuict.t-'i ,
however , a contrary purpose , ami t i-j
order published- Thursday er-ccee.ls Sr.
sevc-rity the test originally proposed ,
and Avill probably be the means of
causing the summary retirement from
the army of a considerable number of
ofiicers.
BIG FAILURE IX KAXSAS CITY.
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Xational IJaiiiv of Cer.iinerce Close.- *
Its Doors.
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The Xational Bank of Commerce fit
Kansas City , ] \lo. . failed to open 1 * $
doors Thursday morning and is in the
hands of the national bank examiner.
The bank is one of the oldest there
and the largest financial institution in
the city. The bank has been in a weak
ened condition since its last statement : .
Ailgust 22 , Avhen it Avas stated the in
stitution oAved the clearing house clos < j
to $1,000,000.
When the financial disturbance
came and the clearing house decided
to issue clearing house certificates , ru
mors regarding the bank's condition
came , and the clearing house , in the
past feAV days , has held several confer
ences of other national banking offi
cials in this connection , and mean ? of
keeping the bank open Avere discuss- ? * * . .
Wednesday much surprise Avas ex
pressed Avhen the request of the comp
troller for a statement of the condition
of the banks Avas not responded to I/
the Xational Bank of Commerce. Th _
other local banks published their state
ment ? , showing a healthy condition ,
but the officials of the Commerce an-
vounced its statement would not DC
forthcoming fill Thursday. This cre
ated further distrust in the bank's con
dition , and after confcivnces lasting
into the early hours of Thursday
morning the clearing house officials de
cided they could not aid the faHint.-
bank.
CHEAT WEALTH OX FARMS.
If turned Into Cash It Would End
Flurry.
AnsAvers to a circular letter sent by
C. R. Erwin , of Chicago , to the editors
of agricultural papers in various sec
tions of the country show that the na
tion's , land products are of such Arol-
ume and A'alue as to insure a speedy
end of the financial stringency , pro
vided they can be turned into cash.
Mr. Erwii. . Avho is president of an ad
vertising agency , sought first hand in
formation and Avar ; surprised at the
uniformity favorable reports. Kan
sas , according to Arthur Capper , of the
Mail and Bree > : e , has S200,00\OC'i. (
Avorth of grain , and the bank deposits
of the state aggregate § 16,000,000.
Prices for dairy products are satis
factory in loAva , according to informa
tion from Waterloo !
A decrease in the number of bus i-
els harvested Avill not affect Indiana
farmers , because of increased prce. : = ,
says the Indiana Farmers' Guide.
The crops in South Dakota shoAV ai
increase in A-alue of $15.000.000 over
1906 and conditions in Xorth Dakota
are said to be OA'en better.
Canada is full of Avhoat , says a Win
nipeg correspondent , and bank deposits
have increased $14,000.000 oA'er last
year.
Troops to Goidf-cld.
President RooseA'elt Thursday night
instructed Gen. Funston to dispatch
n sufficient force of regulars to GolJ-
field , Nev. , to control the situation
there. This action Avas taken upon i'e-
? eipt of telegraphic request from the
governor of Xevada.
Find Missing Cashier's Body.
The body of D. R. ilankincashier
3f the defeunct Merchants and Plant
ers' bank at LaAvton , Okla. . Avho mys-
leriously disappeared a month ago ,
, vas found in Cache creek , near there ,
Wednesday.
To Dissolve Partnership.
It was announced that the partner
ship between Barring Co. , the Xew
STork representatives of Barring Bros. ,
imitcd , of London , and Kidder. Pea-
> ody & Co. , of Boston , AvJll b j dis-
olA'ed Jan. 1 next.
Admiral ISv : is Sails.
Rear Admiral Robley > . Evans'
lagship Connecticut sailed for if lamp-
on Roads Thursday , \vhcnce he Avi.I
cad the baUJesrup fleet to the Pacific. I
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j 'jie F.oatl Acnin
Positive announcement of the re
sumption of Union Faoiflc construction
is made by General Manager Kohler.
When the banks shut down on cash
-"l ayrnent-i five wesks agi the Union
Pacific \vas quick to follow with the
announcement that practically al ! * f
the big \vork then under vay. Includ
ing the doisblp tracking of its main
line , construction of culverts and
bridges in Nebraska , Kansas and Colorado
rado , besides the bviloing of revcral
new branches of ojrtensicr.s , Avas to
"be stopped entirely because of inability
to secure cash to pay for labor or ma
terial. This order emanated from
President Harrinian in New York and
affected all parts of the Harriraan fys-
tczn.
tczn.For
For f n days run .ars have been cur
rent that the order had ben revoked
and that thousands cf men were being
re-employed. Hcretrfore Union Pa
cific officiate have refused n either
confirm or deny the rumors. 'In mak
ing the announcement General Lian-
agrr Mahler said :
'When work was stopped we wer ?
having difficulty in getting both men
and material , but so many men have
been laid off elsewhere that we find
we can get plenty of men for this clas--
of work , and are glad of the chance , i
Material , which was hard to get for i
bridges and culverts , is also coming i
along , and weha i decided later th- , j 1
winter to go ahead. Wh ; n we shut i
down five weeks ago AVG feared it :
would be a longer period. " \
Mr. Mohlcr said further that c.'I the |
men that can be obtained will be put
to work as long as the weather per
mits. Mr. Mohler raid he was unable j
to speik for other lines of the py = tem
but- from other , sources it is learned
G.OOO in en have been re-employed
within the ] > ast few days. ' They will
work on the northern lines while the
weather remains mild , later being tak
en t the lines of the Southern Pacific ,
where work will continue through the
wi nter.
MILLED AT GKADIS CRGSSIXC.
Horse SHiTi cs Iil BUUKJnnd 3i
Arc Struck.
Henry Day. a painter , was run over
and killed at the railroad crossing n
the hemp mill at Havelock by Burling
ton passenger train No. 12. going ea
at 4 : 0 p. m. Mr. Day lived in Lin
coln and was going out to his daugh
ter's , Mrs. Rust , east of Havelock. f
a few day.i * visit. He stopped in Have-
lock and bought a few articles to take
along. He was driving a 'Single horse
and a top buggy and it is thought the
top being up he did not see the approaching
preaching train. The horse got over
the crossing all right and escaped r.n-
injured. the engine striking the buggy
and f-mashijig it into kindling \vo :
Air. Day was picked up eighty feet
away from the crossing with nearly
every bone in his body broken and a
b : ° r hole cut in his head. Mr. Doy was
a widower and was f > 7 years old.
STCT EX TEA.I RECOVTCIIEB.
Thieves Abandon IIcv.es : : t ! Make
ft "Escape.
G. W. Losey. chief captain of the
Xorth Nebraska Anti-I-Torsethief
- asso
ciation , returned to Battle Creek re
cently from Elgin with the team of
horses stolen from Charles Preuner. a
farmer living seven miles south of Bat
tle Creek. Pursuit was taken up im
mediately after the theft. The thi " 33.
two men. were trailed to Petersburg.
Neb. , and from there to Elgin. Just
north of Elgin Mr. Losey fand his as
sistants succeeded in heading off the
thieves , who abandoned the team to
make their own escape. Good de
scriptions were obtained of both men
and every effort will" be made to ap
prehend them.
After Piatt aioith Liquor Men.
Deputy Food Commisr-ioner Johnson
has notified the county attorney of
Cass county to begin prosecutions
against a number of liquor dealers in
Plattsmouth for violating- the pure
food law by not properly brarfding the
bottles in which they keep liquor for
sale.
Stock Yarns Report Wanted.
Attorney General Thompson has re
ceived permission to file a motion with
the supreme court for a mandamus to
compel the Union Stock Yards c-m-
pany at South Omaha to file a report
with the state railway commission as
do the cTnmon carriers.
Xo Xow rjuil for Shumway.
Judge Kelligar in the district
at Beatrice overruled c motion for a
new trial for R. Mead Shumway. con
victed of the murder of Mrs. Sarah
Martin , and sentenced to be hanged
March 13. The case "will be taken to
the supreme court.
Fire < 5ivP5 Gccsis a Scare.
Fire in the basement of the Royal
hotel at Lincoln gave the guests a
bad scare but beyond that did little
damage. The building was filled with
? moke and the occupants , becoming
alarmed , made their escape in scanty
raiment.
Burglars got into Clark & Co.'s gro
cery store at 2GOo Leavcnvorth street.
Omaha , some time ago by
open a rear window. Four cans of
butter , containing five pounds each ,
were the onlytarticles taken.
Klovntor r.t IJospUal.
The bear * ol' public lamlx and build
ings let the co-itiact for a push but
ton elevator tr the Otis Elevator com
pany , of Chicago and Omaha , for
5.1.3SO. The elevator is to be con-
rtructed in the Orthopedic hospital at
Lincoln.
. . . Stat o Sfhool Apportionment.
Stale Tieasurer Brian has certified
[ .he semi-annual school apportionment v
: o Superintendent McBrien , The 'sum
* ? -"w-r."io - . " . cc inst $251S05.54
ust L'cccnifcc/ .
IXDJAArersrv. . OF ASSArr/r.
A IJnd Indian Ti'ho Ila.s : Bad
Ilceoid.
Chariry PonejMrt , a note l Winneba-
.70 Jndan. is hold in the county ja'l
o * Peadrr uprn a complaint tiled by
Airs. Charles Fisher , a Winncbago
Indian Avmar , Arho to a middlo-agv'd
.vh'.ow , charging Dr.nopart with a'-
lernptod assault and robbery. About
April 1 , Iast _ she aHcsrea , Bonopirt
forcibly entered her home and forcibly
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; t ok her money , amounting to about
$ S , and then attempted to a iault
hor. A warrant was then placed In
lrie hands of the sheriff , who could not
find the Indian. Recently Boricpart.
who is about six feet two inches tall.
weighing about 2UO pounds , return * d
to the reservation. Soon after he came
to Fender , where he indulged in an
overflow of firewater. He then in-
, suited seme of 'hr > women of the t-nvn
' anft v/cs arrested. Since the former
; complaint wa * lodged against him , it
; is rumdred that under threats several
j witnesses to f'imer like offenses have
disappeared. and at this time it is
doubtful v/hcthcr Mrs. Fisher will ap-
f pear against him. Countv Attorney
Cra e being absent , his deputy will
, prr-secuta. Eonepart is feared by
many of his tribe and twelve years ago
; h sot into an altercation with Henry
J icr , a peaceable Indian , whereupon
a fi"ht ensued. Ionepart , using a hoe ,
killed his brother Indian upon the
I spot. Fcr this crime he was prosecut-
j ed. but pleaded self-defense and was
finally acquitted.
. .TIIiSVES BUSY AT SILELTOX.
j Two Boys Are Sentenced to the Ke-
J'oriKalory.
For the third time during the week
i burglars visited the stores of Shelton.
j The- general store of umpreichat Bro .
j was entered by the cellar window and
every pocket knife in the show cases
I was taken and all the money drawers
and the cash register were riflled of
their change , amounting to a few dollars
lars , the total theft amounting to
something near $ f 0. The postoffice
cellar was entered and an effort made
to corne up through the door , but in
this they failed. The parties who en
tered the itore of I-Iansen & Bcrnhard
were caught with the plunder and
proved , as supposed , to be two boys
named Kelly living in town , and Mar
sha ; Carls.-n took them'to Kearney
and they will probably be sent to the
industrial school , as neither of them is
more than 15 years of age. The sher
iffs of Buffalo and Hall county have
been sent for and bloodhounds will
be brought into use , the postoffice au
thorities have been notified , and every
effort will be made to capture the
thieves.
xo MOE CASHIER'S CHECKS.
Pnier Tv"Ciarw is Gradually Ileinj :
Supplanted by Currency.
"While planning to continue th ?
withholding of entire cash payments
and substituting cashier's checks until
after the monthly pay rolls of Decem
ber are met , bankers of Omaha proc -
! > < > : c to retire the checks as fast as
possible and not itt-ue more of them.
"The checks are being rdtired every
day. " raid Kenry W. Yate ? . president
of the Cler.ring House association.
" \Vo shall continue to retire them. I
do not know of any new ones being
issued , unless it be a few ? 1 and $ -
cheeks needed for change. "
The rule has been in effect ' - : Or-.o-
ha and general'y through'the west ,
just thirty business days. The pay
rolls of Nov. 1 were paid in 20 to 40
per cent cash and the balance in cash
ier's checks. Gradually the situation
brightened and half" money and half
checks were paid before the rule had
been in effect two weeks , while many
business houses paid their employes all
cash.
HIST ) PAIXT CAUSES WATS.
Art Association Clashes with T/nieoh.
Conni7o K'rs.
Alleging that it irf an injustice to
paint a tower on. the roof of a gray
building glaring red , the Nebraska Art
association at Lincoln sought an in
junction tn stop the decorative effects
of the county commissioners. The at
torneys for the art association declare i
that the tower should be painted gray.
The county commissioners assert that
they will fight the injunction and will
try to adhere to their own color
scheme.
.Lincoln Etlacator Head.
Prof. Jeffrey O.Hrbeck , profe oi
of Germanic and Slavonic languages
at the University of Nebraska , Linc'n ,
is dend of neritonitisf following an. 511-
r.cf = s of several weeks. Prof. Hrbeck !
was a native of Bohemia , and came to
Nebraska from the University of Iowa.
He was but 23 years of age. but was
recognized us one of the leading in
structors in Slavonic literature.
Auto Victim Wants . ' ? ! ) ( ) .
For injuries received in a collisinr
Aug. 21 with Fred Metz's automobile j
at Omaha , William C. Heaton has be-
un suit in county court for $900 dam-
iges. He says he was thrown out and
lis ankle sprained. Damages to the
> 'Jg y r.nd harness are also included
11 the amount asked for.
Death of 3Ee = : s.vvy Accidental.
The coroner's inquest over the body
[ jf James Mesarvy , of Lincoln , who was j ;
.lied at Seventeenth and Dodge
streets. Omaha , bybeing run into by
i boy on a bicycle , was held recently
uid the jury found that his death was
purely accidental.
Kye Irav.-s SfiflO.
Tie ! Union Pacific railroad has contented - .
tented to a verdict for 5600 in favor of > .
Fohn H. Tighe , a minor , for the loss of i !
in eye while Avorking in the shops at't 't
) maha. A piece of metal struck ;
[ 'itrhe's eyeball and * destroyed the ! '
ight.
Clsild "Dies from Birn .
Camille Meckman. a 10-year-o'd ,
laughter of Alex Beckman , died at the i . ,
lospital in Fremont from the effects
> f burns which she receiA'ed Avhile *
> laying around a bonfire ThanksgiA-ing ,
lay. Her condition Avas considered
erious from the first.
[ 'omul Dead in Vacant House.
Harry Lee , a character of Waterloo ,
; -as found dead in a vacant building in
he Avest part cf town with a jug of
- . ? ! 1 his ride , indicating the i
1320 Prince William , son o Henry I. of
England , drowned in the White Ship.
1237 Frederick II. defeated the Milan
ese at Corte Xuova.
13S2 French defeated the Flemings at
Rosbecque.
1499 Edward Plantagenet , Earl of War
wick , beheaded.
1520 Magellan enter the Pacific ocean.
1G2S Jobn Felton , assassin o the Dukt >
of Buckingham , executed.
1C91 The French retook Acatlia.
1703 England visited by one of the
Avorst storms ever recorded.
170G Colonial assembly of Xortli Carolina
lina repealed acts of intolerance.
17Co The landing of revenue stamps at
Brunswick , X. C. , resisted.
177G Washington's army occupied Tren
ton.
17T8 Washington Avent into Aviuter quar
ters at Middle-brook , X. J.
17S2 Franklin and his colleagues signed
a preliminary treaty of-peace Avith
Great Britain.
1802 Ohio admitted to the Union by
authority of Congress.
ISOi Impeachment trial be an of Jus
tice Samuel Chase of the United
States Supreme Court.
1S06 Sir Francis Xathaniel Burton
took office as Lictitenari't Governor of
upper Canada.
ISl-t Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated
the Creek Indians at Autosse , Ala. . .T
The London Times used the first
rotary stcajn press.
182-i Ilenrc Fauntleroy , a banker , exe
cuted in London for forgery.
1S30 Beginning o the Polish revolu
tion.
1832 First street railway car exhibited
and operated.
18-15 British Parliament passed thj
Ahcnlcon act. to enforce the * observ
ance of a convention made with Bra
zil in 1S2 ( > to suppress the sav
trade Famous Fict prison , Lon
don , demolished , after nearly eight
hundred centuries' existcnr * .
1S5-1 Railway communication establish
ed between Tvlontrcal and Point Levi3r
Quebec.
1855 Kars surrendered to the Russians-
under ilouravieff.
1SG2 Gen. Grant started on his expedi
tion into Mississippi.
1803 Gen. Burnside defeated Gen.
Lon froet in an action south of the-
Lfolston riA-er. . . .Gen. Lonpstreet
made a gallant but unsuccessful at
tack on Fort Sanders.
1SCS Gen. Custor defeated the rebellions
Indians on the Wichita river.
1873 The Uoosac tunnI completed.
1878 GOA * . Jackson s * nt troops into
Breathitt county. Kentucky , to sup
press feud troubles.
1SS5 Hostilities ceased between Servia
and Bulgaria.
1889 Welland canal opened.
1898 Marshal Rlanco resigned the of
fice of captain general of Cuba.
1899 Battle of Modder river.
190G Samuel Spencer , president of th&
Southern railway , killed in a vnrcck
New York prohibitionists are planning
a crusade to move the State into the
"dry" column. A State ticket will be
put into the field.
A conference between Roger Sullivan ,
Bryan's openly avowed enemy , in control
of the Illinois Democratic organization ;
1'oui Tag-art of Indiana and Leader Mur
phy of Xew York City's Tammany Hall
it' Mount Clemens , Mich. , vras semrally
understood to be the first open effort to
bring the anti-Bryan forces of the party
into effective action.
Mayor and Mayor-elect Tom L. John
son of Cleveland announced that "under
no circumstances wili he be a andulato
for 'the presidency , " and that Ove.'ind
is the sphere of hi duty at this time ,
tic will consider nothii : hut the issu of
-oent fares for that city. He has re-
Fiu Ml nil invitations to speak at party
jatheringR or banquets.
In a letter sent to the heads of tl\9
rarious governmental departments Presi
dent Roosevelt has made known his nn-
ivillinsn s to have his candidacy forced
ipon the next presidential convention
irough the political activities of ait > n
icldin ? official position. This letter , the
substance of which has been made pab-
ic. states that it has benn called to the
President's attention that certain office
iciders in each of the departments have
) cen proposing to obtain election as dele-
rates to the national convention with tha
ntontion of advocating his r'nomlnaton
ir his endorsement by State