THE VALEHTiSE DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE , NEB.
t. M. RICE. . . . . Publisher.
'MILITIA ' GABLED OUT
INDIANS AND IIALFBREEDS IN-
TRENCHED IN HILLS.
Oklahoma Authorities Determined to
Crush and Capture Murderous IIos-
tilcs Chief Harjo's Son Forced to
Tell Father's Plans.
Chief Crazy Snake andvlOO followers
retreated before five companies 'of
Oklahoma militia late Sunday night ,
thus deferring an expected battle.
Hastily setting fire to his tepees and
tents , the Indian leader , with his add
ed company of redskins and negroes ,
Hcd from their blazing camp as the
troops advanced. They took up a
strong position between the North
Canadian river and Deep Fork creek ,
about seventeen miles east of Henry-
etta.
etta.Col
Col Hoffman in command of x the
state troops , considered it unwise to
push the pursuit and engage the In
dians in the darkness. Accordingly
lie bivouacked his troops for the night
awaiting reinforcement by a company
of cowboys fsom around Lawton , all
crack shots.
Crazy Snake's men number over
\ 100 , all armed with modern rifles and
plentifully suplied with ammunition.
They had been preparing for two
months for this , their final stand
against lawful authority , and defiant
ly sent out word Sunday that they
would fight to death.
Crazy Snake's band strongly in
trenched , itself early in the day Sun
day and was reinforced from time to
time by roving companies which were
scared away from Henryetta by the
coming of the state troops at 3 o'clock.
Crazy Snake is in personal command.
This was established by the testimony
' choked out of his college bred son
by means of a nice new inch rope.
\ Young Harjo was strung up by the
determined deputies until nearly dead
Then he gasped out that his father
ivas in command ; named the Indian
who killed the deputies ; told the of
ficials how to trail the band and did
-everything which a stoical red man
'is supposed not to do when in the
hands of his enemies.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD.
Attorney Generals of Many States May
Meet at Kansas City. j
A conference of the attorneys gen
eral of Arkansas , Oklahoma , Kansas ,
.Nebraska , Iowa , Illinois , Texas and
Missouri will be called for some time
during the first week in April. The
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meeting will be held in Kansas City ,
tind railroad rates , lumber trust prosecutions -
-cutions and kindred matters which are
engaging the attention of the state in
terested will be discussed. Some days
-ago Attorney General Major , of Mis-
.souri , sent letters to officials of other
states suggesting the conference and
enough favorable replies have been re
ceived to insure the supcess of the
plan.
SHOOTS AND KILLS WIFE.
Boston Man Then Ends Own Life in
Same Manner.
A startling tragedy was enacted in
the public garden near the entrance
iof the Boylson street subway at Bos
ton Sunday night while the early even
ing suburban rush was at its height.
Suffering from nervous trouble with
which he had been afflicted for several
years , Lawrence R. Boyle , a well
known newspaper man , shot and
j killed his wife and then ended his
own life by the same means.
MURDERER CHEATS GALLOWS.
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-Negro Had Confessed to Killing New i
York Hotel Clerk.
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James Vango , a young negro , who '
-after his arrest in Chicago confessed
that he had murdered Isadore De
"Valiant , night clerk in the Eastern
hotel at New York , for robbery , Sunday -
day strangled himself in his cell in the
Tombs prison. He twisted a hand L
kerchief around his neck , and after P
rtying it securely tight twisted It with
a small piece of lead pencil until it J (
closed his windpipe.
CANADIAN PACIFIC AVRECK.
JEnglncmcn and Brakcman Lose Lives
U in a Collision.
jf Three men were killed Sunday night
in a train wreck west of Brandon ,
'Manitoba , Can. The regular coast
limited train of the Canadian Pacific
railway , westbound , when four miles
out of Brandon , took the wrong track
at a point near Kemnay on which was ffewi
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a freight , eastbound. The engineer , wim
fireman and m
brakeman of the passen
ger train were killed. inCh i
To Improve Prussia's Railways.
A bill has been Introduced in the
Prussian diet to empower the govern- Ch
jnent to spend $56,000,000 on the extension - Bn
tension , improvement in equipment
and partial electrification of Prussian 1
railroads.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux CU ]
City live stock market follow : Top Do
a > eeves , $6.20 ; TOD hogs , $6.80. Gn
SLALY BY OWN HAND.
Mystery Clears in Case of Mrs. Cul-
Culbertson.
Mrs. Jessie Culbertson , of Vinccnnes ,
Jnd. , the woman of mystery , sad
hearted , though a bride of three
months , was not murdered. She was
self slain. Of this there is no doubt ,
and her husband and relatives tear
fully acknowledged Friday that their
suspicions that she was killed at the
instigation of another woman for
Jealous revenge were unfounded. The
body of a miniature skeleton which
had been attached to the skull found
near Mrs. Culbertson when she was
discovered in the shed near her home
last Wednesday after swallowing car
bolic acid was picked up Friday near
the scene of the tragedy. It lay con
cealed beneath a pile of debris where
the disheartened girl had placed it
after she had removed the head and
attached it to the threatening letter
which she tought would lead the
authorities to believe she was mur
dered for revenge. This toy skeleton
Mrs. Culbertson is known to have had
in her possession a month ago.
Positive proof that the suicide wrote
the anonymous threatening letters to
herself has also been established. A
letter she wrote to her husband at
Brideport , 111. , is written on stationery
similar to that upon which is penned
the anonymous notes. The water
mark on the paper is the same on all
the anonymous notes as that in the
stationery found in the dead woman's
trunk.
It was Mrs. Etta Longwell of Chicago
cage , formerly of Vincennes , whom the
Culbertsons and Joshua Brazelton , the
stepfather of the young husband , had
been led to suspect sought to injure
the despondent Jessie. Now they want
to have it understood that if they were
mistaken the accused woman may es
tablish proof that their charges to the
police were unfounded.
WOMAN'S TRAGIC END.
iVife of Pierre Lorillard , Jr. , Ends
Life by Inhaling Ga ? .
Weary of the gay whirl of society
and face to face , as she believed , with
years of physicial suffering , Mrs. Pierre
Lorillard , jr. , aged 49 , wife of the
tobacco magnate , committed suicide
by asphyxiation at her home near the
fashionable Dupont circle in Washing
ton , D. C. , Thursday. Her tragic death
has shocked the first social circles of
the capital as nothing1 else in years.
In spite of the coroner's certificate
of death by suicide , members of the
family declare that Mrs. Lorillard died
of heart failure.
George Cheever Arraigned
George Cheever , son of former chief
, of police of Andover , Mass. , who has
been posing as a Tale man , was ar-
jraigned in court in New York Thursday -
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day and held in $2,000 bail for trial
'on ' a charge of forgery. Cheever is
said to have obtained nearly $20,000
dn the last six months by forged checks
Canada AVill Assist.
The semiofficial intimation that the
Canadian government is about to offer
national assistance to Great Britain ,
probably in the form of two battle
ships of the Dreadnought type , has
been received throughout Canada with
hearty approval.
Kills Himself in Street.
After carefully preparing a long
obituary notice and handing it in at
the office of the Herald , Aquilla Chase ,
a son of the late Gen. Daniel Chase ,
stepped out into Herald Square , New
York , Friday and shot himself in the
heart He died in a few minutes.
Drowns Self and Two Children.
Two children of Mrs. Amos Miller
were found in the Farmington river
near Boston Friday. The children had
been tied together and through a note
left by Mrs. Miller the probabilities
are strong that she took their lifes and
tier own. :
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Plays Kidnaping Joke.
Lawrence Gibson , aged 14 years , of
Pittsburg disappeared Friday night , )
ind about midnight his father received
letter demanding a ransom of
15,000. The police were inclined to
clieve the boy was playing a on his :
'ather.
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Threc to Be Electrocuted. P
Judge Huntley has sentenced to e :
leath Isham and Joe Taylor and rr
liewis Jenkins , convicted Friday at
'owhatan , Va. , of having murdered tl
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drs. Mary Skipwith and Walter G. h
"ohnson. They 'will be electrocuted w
ipril 30.
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lexicon and Negro Killed by Posse.
John Johnson , a negro , and Sebas- H [
ian Sandoval , a Mexican , were killed blat
ear Cuervo N. . killed"W
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sng pursuit by a posse to rescue a
irl which the two had kidnaped. TV
"Dry" Wave in Russia. or
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The duma Friday adopted the bud-
at of the colonization department ,
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Ith a resolution asking the govern- bu
lent to suspend the sale of liquo.
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all regions open to colonization.
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Booth in St. Petersburg.
Gen. William Booth , commander in
lief of the Salvation army , is at pres-
it in St. Petersburg , Russia , negotiat- fel
g with the government to establish
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branch of the army in that country.
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Holdup On a Pullman at Denver.
Two highwaymen held up the oc-
pants of a Pullman car in the West
inver yards of the- Denver and Rio
ande Thursdav and secured $400. e,5
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i DATTLE MANY HOURS.
Twenty Deputies and One Hundred
Negroes In an Encounter.
j On the scene of the famous Creek
I Indian uprising of last year at Hickory
settlement in Oklahoma , two negroes
I were killed , many wounded and forty
captured in a battle between twenty
deputy sheriffs arm 100 negroes. The
fighting began late Wednesday and
continued without interruption until
10 o'clock Thursday.
Five deputies went from Henrietta ,
eighteen miles north of Guthrie , to the
negro settlement to arrest cattle
thieves thought to be concealed in the
house of one of the negroes. They
were met at the outer edge of the
camp by a party of armed negroes ,
who refused to allow them to enter.
The deputies persisted and were fired
upon. Outnumbered , the five fled.
A few hours after the first clash a
a larger posse , heavily armed , reached
the settlement. Some one fired a shot
and the rioting was on. When night
fell the excitment increased and
negroes roamed through the woods
firing and yelling. The fight continued
as a series of duels throughout the
night , the negroes retreating gradually
from tree to tree as the deputies ad
vanced , firing steadily. Reaching the
settlement , the negroes barricaded
themselves in their huts and could not
be dislodged.
At daybreak firing ceased and
neither party made another move un
til 10 o'clock , when the deputies re
newed the attack on the negroes , who
now numbered 100 , against twnety de
puties. About 300 shots were fired in
the last encounter , when two negroes
were killed and Deputy Sheriff Fowler
injured.
At the first onslaught the negroes
were dislodged and fled. The deputies
pursued and captured forty.
RIVER FUND IN DOUBT.
Prospective Fight Over the Big Im
provement Appropriation.
With the announcement from Wash
ington that a united effort was about
to be made by senators and represen
tatives from Iowa , Nebraska , South
Dakota and North Dakota to relocate
in Sioux City , Iowa , an office for an en
gineer in charge of the Missouri river ,
it has become known that the cam
paign is the outgrowth of the domina
tion of the lower river influence with
the war department and the peculiar
provision of the recent rivers and har
bors bill for the improvement of the
Missouri river.
The movement to bring to Sioux
City a government engineer's office
had its inception with George C. Call ,
of Sioux City , secretary-treasurer of
of the Missouri
River Navigation con
gress. The agitation commenced im
mediately after the passage of the
rivers and harbors bill , and is yet
scarcely under way. The plan of the
up-river men is not to remove the
office 'of Capt. E. H. Schultz from
Kansas City , but to provide an inde
pendent engineering headquarters and
to divide the duties in regard to river
improvements between the two offi
cials.
Soon after the passage of the rivers
and harbors bill , which was approved
on March 3 , it was found that the
usual custom of designating the divi
sions of the appropriation between the
various sections of the river had been
changed , the amount being set apart
in a lump sum. From the wording of
the appropriation it gave rise to the
belief that the greater portion of the
$555,000 for improvements would be
spent in the Kansas City district with
practically no expenditure except a
little snagging in the upper part of
the stream. '
KIDNAPPERS AT PITTSBURG.
Officers Feared to Take the Couple
to Sharon , Pa.
Willie Whitla Wednesday identified
he man and woman held on suspicion
y the Cleveland police as the persons
.vho kidnaped him from the school
it Sharon , Pa. , last Thursday , and held
lim for the $10,000 ransom which was
aid by his father , Attorney James P.
Vhitla , Monday. Willie said the man
vho gave the name of James H.
3oyle , was the one who took him from
chool and carried him through a
ortuous route to Cleveland , then to
Lshtabula , back to Cleveland , then to
ilaced him in the house in the east
nd , where he was held until the
noney was paid.
Willie also declared the woman was
he one who cared for him at the
louse where he was detained , and
'ho acted the part of a nurse.
The Cuyahoga county grand jury
as returned an indictment against
ame3 H. Boyle and Helen Boyle , alias
elen Faulkner , charging them with T
lackmail. The charge is based in the e
ayment of a $10,000 ransom by J. P.
fhitla for the recovery of his son ,
rtllie Whitla.
Fearing for the safety of their pris- N
iers if taken to Sharon or the county o
sat of Mercer county , officers Thurs- f <
night brought Boyle and his wife E
the Allegheny county jail at Pitts- iia
irg in a special car from Cleveland. iid
lie prisoners were guarded by sixteen d
itectives and officers. u
Losqs Right to Throne.
George , crown prince of Servia , has , 01a
nounced his right of succession toe a :
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e Servian throne. The action is the Eci
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suit of a bitter press campaign in cid ;
hich the crown prince is accused of
e death of one of his servants.
Three Deaths in a Gun Fight. m
A revolver fight between two fami- at
s near Victoria , Mexico , Friday re- leat
Ited in the death of three men. ' le
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FIGHT FOR DOCTOR'S LIFE.
Nebraska Physician Suffering , with
Lockjaw.
After using all the anti-tetanic ser
um to be found in Sioux City , and af
ter ordering a large amount of it from'
Chicago and Omaha , physicians have
suceeded in saving the life of Dr. J.
O. Jolly , of Dixon. Xeb. , who is at St.
Vincent's hospital at 'Sioux City af
flicted with lockjaw. The cure is one
of the most remarkable in the annals
of medical history.
Dr. Jolly came to Sioux City Wed
nesday suffering from a peculiar stiff
ness of his jaw. He was not aware
that the disease had attacked him , but
physic-Jans decided that an ounce of
prevention was worth a pound of cure
and gave him several injections of the
serum. This action undoubtedly
saved his life. Since then 50,000 units
of the serum have been used.
The case has attracted unusual at
tention. An injection of 1,500 units of
the serum into the system of one who
is suffering from a wound that may
cause lockjaw usually will prevent any
danger from the disease.
Dr. Jolly , while caring for his horse
in his barn Sunday , Alarch 14 , caught
one of his thumbs on the point of a
rusty nail , inflicting a small wound.
He paid but little attention to the
scratch , and after a few days noticed
that infection had set in. Finally he
became worried and came to Sioux
City for treatment.
Physicians have been at his bedside
almost constantly for the past two
days. Injections of the serum have
been made without ceasing and Friday
night it was announced the patient is
holding his own , but his recovery from
the disease doubtless will be slow.
SUPREME COURT CLERK SHAVED
Salary Limited to $4,000 a Tear Re
deem Another Pledge.
The house Friday morning by a vote
of 52 to 41 , passed a bill granting mu-
licipal suffrage to women. The senate
fas killed a simlar measure.
The democratic majority redeemed
another platform pledge by passing a
bill appropriating $100,000 for an ag-
icultural school in western Nebraska ,
and gave $2,000 to the Corn Improv
ers' association to pay the expenses of
lecteurers and printing of reports.
Another bill passed provides for the
summoning of a grand jury in each
county.
The senate passed the Donahue bill
placing all public service corporations
under control of the state railroad
commission , the Leidigh bill making
the supreme court clerk a salaried of
fice at $4,000 a year , and two deputies
at $2,500. Also the Kethum bill astab-
lishing a state dipsomaniac hospital ,
and agreed to leave the South Omaha
Stock Yards company's railroad prop
erty out of those to undergo physical
valuation.
RIFLE RANGE MATTER DECIDED.
Regulars AVill Use Range Near Ash-
laiid.
Maj. D. E. McCarthy , chief quarter
master of the department of the Mis
souri has just received authority from
the quartermaster general of the
United States army to enter into ne
gotiations for the lease of the Ashland
target range for the use of the regu
lar army for the three months begin
ning April 1.
The troops to use the Ashland range
will be the Sixteenth infantry from
Fort Crook and the signal corps from
Fort Omaha. Additional target butts
will be built and the range will be ma
terially enlarged over that used by the
Nebraska National Guard last year.
Following the use of the range for tar
get practice purposes by the regular
army forces , it will be used similarly
by the Nebraska National Guards.
LIGHTNING TEARS NECKLACE.
Freak of Electrical Storm at the Home
of an Alma Man.
Alma was visited by a heavy rain
find thunderstorm Friday night. Sev
eral telephones on the local exchange
were put out of commission and the
lightning gave the men at the lighting
plant considerable trouble. During
the storm lightning went through an :
open window in the R. C. Cox home ,
striking and shattering a large mirror
In a dresser and tearing to pieces a
bead necklace that was lying on it.
rhe occupants of the house were badly
frightened , but not injured. The rain
fall amounted to .76 of an inch.
SHOT DEAD BY NEIGHBOR. :
Quarrel of Fanners Over Line Fence
Emli ? in Murder.
On a farm twenty miles south of
jrant Friday mornnig James Jones
ind Joseph Rowley quarreled over a
ine fence. The former Avent to his
louse , returned with his rifle and fired
it the latter , killing him instantly , the T
mllot penetrating the heart.
The shooting was witnessed by Mr.
Rowley's two sons. Jones was arrest-
d by the sheriff of Chase county and
aken to Imperial. lih
Found Dead in a Room. t (
Frederick W. Miller , of Falls City , o :
Ceb. , until recently deputy secretary " '
if state for a number of years , was
ound dead in a room Friday at the
loyal hotel. He hal locked himself
n the room on Wednesday and the ex-
ct time of his death is unknown. His
lemise , it is declared , was due to i
iral causes.
Charged vtlth Assaulting Girl.
Ira Rigsby. a young man 22 years
f agp , of Beatrice , has been arrested ai
in of A. be
nd lodged jail on complaint
. Meyers , who chargeRigsby with sa
riminally asssiulting his 14-year-old la
aughter , Mabel Myers. ci
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Signs Banking Bill.
Gov. Shallcnberger has signed the
uaranty bank deposit bill. A few
linutes after he had signed it the sen- G <
te ordered 2,000 copies printed for of :
jual distribution to members of the. a
tgislature Pi
BILLS PASSED RECENTLY.
Grist of Legislation by Nebraska Gen
eral Assembly.
The following bills were passed by
the sentae Wednesday :
By Miller Prohibit the sale of co
caine and morphine except upon pre
scription.
By Ollis State grain inspection and
warehouse bill.
By Laverty For establishing high
ways along drainage ditches.
By Ketchum Bridge guards for
protection of brakemen.
Ey Diers Prohibiting anti-gift en
terprises and trading stamps.
By Banning Levy of 5 to 25 mills
for road improvements upon majority
petition of freeholders of a district.
By Bushee Appropriating $75,000
for the aid of weak school districts.
By Blystone $1,000 for preparing
and storing records of the G. A. R. .
department of Nebraska.
By Gates $3,000 for improvements
at the state fisheries.
By Committee $2,000 for sub-
hatchery in Cherry county.
By Taylor of Plitchcock $525 for
resurvey of the fifth guide meridian in
Dundy county.
By Bushee For appointment of a
superintendent to measure water for
patrons of irrigation companies.
By Fries Authorizing county
boards to levy an emergency bridge
tax of not to exceed five mills.
By Brown To empower the state
railways commission to supervise the
issuance of stock of public service cor
porations.
By Bartos To keep snakes out of
city water tanks.
By Taylor of Hitchcock That no
judgment can be revived unless action
to revive shall be commenced within
ten years after it has become dor
mant.
PLVM FOR NEBRASKAN.
J. R. Webster Goes to Interior Depart
ment at Washington.
Joseph R. Webster , appointed Fri
day to be assistant attorney in the of
fice of the secretary of the interior , is
a pioneer resident of Nebraska and
still claims Lincoln as his home , al
though employed in the government
service at Washington for a number
of years. He was attorney general of
Nebraska in the early days of the state ,
and has been a leader in the councils
of the republican party since the close
of the civil war.
AUTO DEALER SUICIDES.
William Briimniell , of Hastings , Found
Dead in His Room.
William Brummell , 44 years old , a
dealer in automobiles , was found dead
Wednesday night in his bachelor
apartments over his garage at Hast
ings. He was hanging in a noose
made of burlap covering for automo
bile tires , and it is supposed he hung
himself not later than last Friday
night. Financial difficulties made him
despondent , though so far as known
he never expressed his intention of
committing suicide.
Ten days ago Brummell received a
shipment of automobiles , for which he
hoped to find a ready sale. One or
more cylinders in each car was brok
en in transit by freezing water having
been left in them when they were ship
ped from the factory. The defects in
the cars caused Mr. Brummell to
brood , for their either delayed or" pre
vented negotiations for several sales.
STORY MAKES CONFESSION.
Declares He Killed Fred Smith and
Threw Body in River.
The mystery attaching to the mur
der of Fred Smith , of Grafton last Oc
tober was cleared Thursday when Jas.
Story , of Douglas , Wyo. , confessed to
the sheriff and county attorney that
he shot and killed Smith and robbed
him of $45 in cash and a certificate of
deposit for $340. The certificate he
subsequently destroyed.
Story says he and Smith were trav-
3iing together and he shot his com
panion while he slept and threw the
aody into the Niobrara river , where
it wa- found a few days later. Story )
ivas captured after a long chase at Le
Grande , Ore. , but protested his inno-
ence.
ATE ELECTRIC GLOBES.
raudevillc Artist Chews His AVay Out
of Co.uit.
Wilber Warner , a broken down
audeville performer , literally chewed a
lis way to freedom at Lincoln Friday.
n police court Warner gave an ex-
libition by chewing several electric :
ight bulbs and swallowed glass , also
everal tacks. Judge Risser promptly
luashed the vagrancy charge against
lim.
SALOONKEEPERS WERE FINED.
'hrcc of Them Given Aggregate of
Nearly S150.
Judge Palmer had before him Tues-
iay at Clay Center a bunch of Sutton
aloonkeepers , charged with selling H
iquors to minors. - After the cases ai
lad progress so far as the taking of aiO (
estimony , all parties pleaded guilty ci
n one count each : , the other counts cin <
eing dismissed and fine assessed at
25 and costs in each case.
Ranchman's Son Killed. last
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The 13-year-old son of Ed Ralya. a h <
inchman near Simeon , accidentally st :
iiot himself in the chest while hunting
ucks. and died about an hour later. P <
Arrested for Bootlegging.
Elmer Miller , of Tekamah , has been
rrested for bootlegging. He had
cr
pen , seemingly , carrying on a whole-
lie business in that dry town , as heist trW
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ist week brought up from Omaha
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ighteen quarts of whisky in a suit-
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ise and sold it to private consumers. , .
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Boy Hurt With Rifle.
Herbert , the 12-year-old son of
eorge Helmick , living two miles south
Stella shot himself in the foot with
22 calibre rifle with which he was kr
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REPLEVIN FOR A BABY
South Omaha Justice of the Peacb
Makes Unusual Decision.
Justice Caldwell of South Omaha
has held that a baby girl is a piece
be replevined , ana
of property and can
Wednesday he Issued a writ of replevin
for one baby girl , Melvin Berry , aged
three years , and clothing , all valued
at $20.
The girl baby is the daughter o
Mrs. Maud Ford of South Omaha , but
the little girl has been boarding with
Mrs. Burrell in Omaha , and a bill of
$57 is what Mrs. Burrell says that
somebody owes to her for the board.
So she has been holding the child for
payment.
BAY STATE FAKM SOLD.
Large Farm NcarXorth Bend Changes
Hands Tuesday.
One of the largest transactions in
the recent history of real estate was
effected Tuesday when the Cay State
farm , about two and one-half miles
west of North Bend , Avas sold to Jake
Abbly of D wight , Butler county. The
consideration was $ G3,000. This is the
land commonly known under the name
of the Illinois Cattle company and
comprises approximately 1,000 acres.
It also includes a number of improve.-
ments. notably among which is an
elevator with a capacity of 50,000 ,
bushels.
HOLD UP STREET CAR.
Bandits Rob Conductor of Watch and
$11 in Cash at Lincoln.
Three men , ail seemingly young and
wearing no masks , held up a street car
on the South Fourteenth street line
near the southern limits of Lincoln
shortly before midnight Thursday , rob
bed the conductor , A. R. Parker , of
$11 in cash , some car tickets , his
watch and other valuables , and es
caped. There were no passengers
aboard and the motorman knew noth
ing of the robbery until it was over.
Two of the men covered the conductor
with revolvers , while the third secured
his valuables.
DAMAGE SOT SETTLED.
Saloon Case for $5,000 Goes to Judg
ment for $250.
The $5,000 damage case of Mrs. An
nie Goltry against J. P. McCarthy ; a
former Wymore saloonist and 'his
bondsmen was settled at a special session -
sion of the district court held at
Beatrice Wednesday afternoon. By
previous arrangements the case went
to the trial court finding for the plain
tiff and against the defendants , taxing-
the damages at $250. The plaintiff al
leged that her husband had become an
habitual drunkard by reason of the
sale of liquor to him by McCarthy.
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS.
Following Bills Were Signed by Cover ,
nor Shallcnbarger Wednesday.
By Kuhl State conventions to be
held the last Tuesday in July , prior to
primaries , to make platforms.
By Skeen for the election of pre
cinct and district assessors every two
years.
By Lease For licensing of nurses.
By Carr Procedure for changing
boundaries of school districts.
By Griffon Prohibits dumping of
trash in drainage ditches.
By Skeen Defining the duties of
precinct and district assessors and as
sessing grain on hand held by gain
brokers as tangible property.
By Lawrence Military code.
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. David Brion of Ewing ,
celebrated their sixtieth wedding an-
nniversary Saturday , all of their chil
dren being present to help celebrate ,
the day. They came to Nebraska 30
pears ago and have lived in Ewing
ibout 25 years.
Just Like Real Indian.
While playing Indian at Wymore
Sunday afternoon , Ralph Norton , the
-year-old son of Paul Norton' , was
struck in the eye by an arrow acci-
lentally shot by his playmate , NorvaL
3ines. The injured boy was taken to
liincoln to be operated upon with the
lope of saving his eyesight.
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Evangelist at Plattsmonth.
Rev. Chester Birch the evangelist
rom Winona Lake , Ind. , commenced
two weeks' series of evangelistic
neetings in the First Presbyterian
ihurch in Plattsmouth Wednesdav
vening.
Tramp's Feet Were Frozen.
Section men of Bloomington found a.
nan crawling from a hay stack near
Japonee and while he tried to avoid
hem they took him in charge , finding-
hat his feet were frozen badly and
hat he was in a starving condition.
New Church at Harvard.
The German Evangelical church at
larvard has divided its membership-
nd organized as the German Meth-
dist. It has procured a desirable lo-
ation and begun the erection of a *
ew church building.
Despondent Woman Kills Self.
Mrs. Peter Saunders fo Grand"Is -
ind , committed suicide by shooting-
erself in the mouth. Death was in-
aneous. Mrs. Saunders had been in
oor health for several years and des-
ondency was the cause of the act.
No Race Suicide at Beatrice.
Beatrice population continues to in-
-ease owing to the birth of twins and :
iplets. Wednesday a pair of girls- V
ere born to Mr. and Mrs. Carmicheal * V
his following the birth of triplets to
ouncilman and Mrs. M. M. Falk in-
icates that there is no race suicide in X > v
ils town.
Poultry Prices High.
The price of poultry is the highest'
io-vn in years , farmers are receiving
L'A cents per pound for good
fowls.
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