THE VALENTINE DEMO !
VALENTINE , NEB.
t , M. RICE , . . . . Publisher.
EIGHT ARE DEO WED
TOWIJOAT EAGLE SINKS IX TIIE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Persons AVlio Lost Their Lives Were
Asleep at Time Vessel "Breaks in
Two as It Goes Dovm in One Hun
dred Feet of Water.
Eight people were lost and seven on
board had a thrilling escape from
i death Sunday when the towboat Eagle ,
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of the Louisiana Petroleum company ,
went down in the Mississippi river
about forty miles south of New
Orleans.
The dead are George Joyce , captain ;
Charles Goodbud , second engineer ;
Charles Martin , fireman ; Richard Le-
"banc , mate ; two negro deck hands ; a
negro chambermaid and a cabin boy.
The accident occurred at 4:30 a. m. ,
and at the time all those who perished
were asleep. The boat began to dip
and take water , and in an instant was
coing down , breaking in half as it
i sank. Unconscious of danger , those
on deck found themselves precipitated
into the swift current of the deep
channel. They succeeded in catching
hold of objects washed from the boat
, and managed to stay afloat until they
attracted attention from shore.
The sinking of the Eagle is a mys
tery. There was no explosion of any
kind. The Eagle conveying an oil
barge up the river and when it sank
the barge broke away. At the point
where it went down the river is about
100 feet deep.
ACCIDENT IN BIKE RACE.
Kider Is Hurled Against Two Men
Fracturing Their Skulls.
Thousands of persons at the Coli
seum motor cycle track at Los Angeles
Sunday saw a rider going at the rate
of a mile a minute thrown over the
fence and across the grand stand with
out being very seriously $ .ijp > ed. Two
spectators , however , who were stand-
'ing1 ' at the race track were perhaps fa-
Itally Injured.
The accident occurred in the five-
7V 5hIle event. Freddy Huyck. of Chicago
f Jxvas leading , and on the upper turn
[ 'collided with Earhart of Los Angeles ,
| ' .ivlio shot tip the track as Earhart was
V ( going by. Earhart was thrown high in
'the air. His feet struck the head of
Howard Pipper , and Pipper's head
bumped that of Charles H. Henry , of
IHiawatha , Kan. The skulls of both
men were fractured by the impact.
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$100,000 FOR RELIEF.
Portugal Parliament Votes Aid to
Earthquake Sufferers.
The seismic disturbances in Portu
gal have now ceased. Everyone is
greatly impressed with the courage
and energy of King Manuel , who , after
directing the firemen in the city , set
out with physicians and supplies for
the districts where the destruction
was the greatest. A number of vil
lages have been wiped out. Salvatorra
and San Stefano were badly damaged.
Many bodies have been taken from the
ruins , and 128 persons are missing.
JHundreds were injured. It was reported -
ported that two large finshing boats
foundered and their crews , numbering
thirty-eight , perished.
Parliament has voted 5100,000 for
the relief of the sufferers. -
PHYSICIANS SEE CASTRO.
T > eclino to Make Statement as
Belligerent's Condition.
Cipriano Castro , the deposed presi
dent of Venezuela , who arrived in tla
Paris Saturday from Martinique , tlP
-whence he was expelled by the French P
authorities , has been visited by two o
physicians. The doctors , however , de Va
clined to express an opinion regarding a
the seriousness of Castro's condition. tlb
It is believed that his illness is little tlel
aggravated. To some of his callers elrr
Castro again broke out in a torrent of rr
rage against Juan Vincente Gomez , rrn
the present president of Venezuela , n
and the United States. ir.
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Kansas City Fire. tc
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Fire broke out at 2 o'clock Monday M
morning in the Ridge building , a seven
story structure in the heart of the w
{ downtown business district of Kansas P
City , Mo. The National Bank of Commerce -
, merce and other large office buildings fi
joining the Ridge build-
ting were threatened. P
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Sioux City Live Stock Market-
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux eib
City live stock market follow. Top by :
ifceeves , $6.30 ; top hogs , $7.20. a ]
Counterfeit 3Ioney Seized.
Thousands of dollars in counterfeit
I' currency , both of the United States LA
-.and Italy , were seized by police and th
thJc
secret service agents at New Rochelle , Jc
New Tork , Saturday. Ins
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bf ; Remains on Way Home. CO
Mrs. William E. Bainbridge has left
Cherbough , France , on the steamer
{ Philadelphia. She is taking with her
jthe body of her husband who com- Va
.Jxnitted suicide in Paris last week. lay
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EARTHQUAKE LN PORTUGAL.
Buildings Sway and Old Ones Fall at
Lisbon.
A series of violent earthquakes oc
curred at Lisbon Friday night , and dis
turbances , according to reports from
various places , were felt throughout
the whole of Portugal. For a time
fears were entertained of a repetition
of the great earthquake of 177S , which
demolished the city.
No material damage was done ,
though the ground rose and fell in
wavelike motions , buildings swayed
and the walls of a number of old
houses were broken. No one was hurt ,
but fires broke out and a condition of
great alarm prevailed.
Several of the broken walls threat
ened to collapse , and it is believed
that some of the churches have been
damaged. King Manuel appeared on
the streets and took a prominent part
in encouraging the firemen and reas
suring the terrified people.
The house of lords , which was sit
ting at the time , was thrown into a
great panic. Several of the members
Were thrown to the floors. There was ,
however , no perceptible damage to the
edifice.
The seismic disturbances , which
were general throughout the Iberian
peninsula Friday evening , caused a
Email amount of damage at Madrid. A
few old buildings in the suburbs were
wrecked , and two fires broke out.
Following the first shock the people
rushed into the streets , women faint
ed and for a time there was something
of a panic , but the shocks that follow
ed the first one consisted merely of a
far away rumbling and a gentle , un-
dulatory movement.
Dispatches received from Cordova ,
Seville and other cities report shocks
varying from ten to twenty seconds ,
but with little or no damage.
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TRIES TO END FOUR LIVES.
Chicago Man Succeeds in Killing Wife
and. Himself.
Harry L. Summers , of Chicago , a
nickel plater , shot and killed his wife ,
Henrietta , severely wounded his 10-
year-old daughter , Gladys , and his
mother-in-law , Mrs. Anna McKenzie ,
and then killed himself. The tragedy
occurred at Mrs. McKenzie's home.
Mrs. Summers , after repeated quar
rels , fled a week ago from her home to
that of her mother , Mrs. McKenzie.
Thursday Summers entered the
kitchen of the McKenzie home , where
found Gladys and the two women
seated at dinner. Without a word of
warning he opened fire.
Mrs. Summers fell dead at the first
shot. Mrs. McKenzie and Gladys fled
up a stairway with Summers in pur
suit. As they neared the top he fired
four shots , wounding Mrs. McKenzie
n the back and arm , and the child in
the ba/ik.
ThefJ Stammers returned to the
kitchen where lay the body of his wife.
Policeman Mahon , who had heard the
shooting from across the street , was
trying to break down the front door.
One shot remained in the pistol , and
with this Summers ended his own life
just as the policeman burst into the
room.
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STEWART'S BODY CREMATED.
JQast Rites Over Remains Are Held i
at Washington.
The body of William M. Stewart ,
former United States senator from Nevada -
vada , who died /Friday in Washington ,
D. C. , was cremated Sunday in ac
cordance with a Avish expressed just
before his death. The ashes Avill be
sealed in an urn and as soon as Mrs.
Stewart recovers from an illness they
AA-ill be taken to Bull Frog , Nev. , for
interment The last rites over the
body Avere conducted by Rev. John H. *
Van Shack , at the chapel of a local
undertaking establishment in the pres
ence of the former senator's daughter
and granddaughters , in addition to
several of the personal and political
friends of the deceased.
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BITTER FIGHT IS DECIDED.d
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Airs. Scott is Elected President of the
D. A. R. P
By a vote of 43G to 428 Mrs. Matthew
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thew S. Scott , of Illinois , was Friday
at Washington , D. C. declared elected
president general of the Daughters
of ; the American Revolution over Mrs.
William Gumming Story , of New York.
Mrs. : Scott's election was a victory for n
the administration faction. A number - a
ber of delegates refused to make the
election unanimous on Mrs. Story's
motion. i\
Rounds of applause greeted the an
nouncement of the vote. Mrs. Story
moved to make the election unani
mous , but a chorus of voices refused
join her. Mrs. Story bespoke for
Mrs. Scott the support of all members.
The total vote cast at the election $
was 873 , but the total legal vote for
president was 864.
The tellers are unable to rcpurt
further on the election.
Mrs. Donald McLean , the retiring
president : general , was electd an hon
orary president general.
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Here Mrs. Scott the
, president gen ji
eral-elect was escorted to the platform jirr
a corps of pages. The delegates rrei
applauded vociferously. eics.
Navigation Is Opened.
Navigation on the south shore of
Lake Superior was opened Friday by Q
arrival of the steamer Charles O.
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Jenkins at Ashland Wis.
, The Jenkh
is the first vessel to cross Lake i , ,
Superior this spring. There Is still
considerable ice.
Sugar is Advanced.
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All grades of refined sugar were adCi
tranced 10 cents 100 Frl-
per pounds Frlo ]
at New York.
PATTEN RCNS AWAY.
Small Bulls Left Stranded in ilia
Wheat Pit.
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That James A. Patten , hailed
throughout the country as the "wheat
king , " has withdrawn from the mar
ket after disposing of his heavy hold
ings of May and July wheat , was as
sorted in many qaurtera in Chicago
Friday. To this assertion was added
the fact that prices have tumbled over
9 cents during the last week and that
Patten has sought rest in New Mexico.
Whether he has eliminated himself
from the so-called "deal , " and if so ,
whether he came out with profit or
loss , are questions which can be an
swered only by Mr. Patten himself.
Only those who read the dispatches
from Colorado anent the discouraging
reception met by a reporter who tried
to interview the big speculator at Trin
idad between trains , expressed the
opinion that this answer seemed un
likely to be forthcoming.
The session of the board of trade
was sensational Thursday. Bulls had
expected that after the 6-cent decline
of the two previous sessions a recovery
would ensue. Taking the Patten view
of a big crop shortage as correct and
wheat intrinsically worth all that has
been paid for it , in a purely speculative
way the reaction \vas due.
But the first quotations were a start
ling disappointment to the bulls. From
nearly every point came reports of
normal shipments from Argentina ,
Australia and other foreign countries ,
which were said to be greater than
usual at this time of the year.
Bears filled the wheat pit in a dense
mass and like an eruptive volcano
poured forth a swollen stream of
wheat. Longs liquidated all along the
line and the execution of stop loss or
ders added to the confusion.
Frequently It was Impossible to
make a sale within % of a cent of the
price designated by the customer to
his broker.
The Patten vortex of other and more
bullish days Into which the cereal
might bo pured seemingly without af
fecting its appetite was not in evidence.
It was a tremendaus liquidating mar
ket and.-Patten have been
, - might buy
ing secretly thr.ough others than his
own house. From him there has come
no word that he has changed his views
as to the value of wheat. He called
May wheat cheap at $1.29 , and if he
still thinks so it is pointed out that the
same investment. The same was said
of July at $1.094These prices were
approximately 9 cents under the high
price of last Friday.
DRYS WIN FIRST BATTIiE.
Florida House Passes Bill for State
Wide Prohibition.
The first battle for prohibition in
the Florida legislature Avas begun
Thursday in the house with thpJiQtro-
duction of a bill for a constitutional
amendment for state AA'lde prohibition.
Hours before the legislature coiu'enecl
Tallahassee was crowded with men
and women and children who had
come to town by train , wagon or afoot.
Senator McMullen made a plea for
prohibition in behalf of the mothers
of the country , which was of dramatic
effect , for while the senator's OAvn
mother lay dead In her home he had
remained at Tallahassee at her wish ,
he said , to fight for prohibition. Senator -
ator Zim rose from a sick bed to speak
against the state wide bill. When
late in the afternoon the senate at
tempted to adjourn for luncheon the
motion was defeated and women in the
galleries supplied luncheon to the pro-
liibition senators. Voting was begun
shortly afterwards. The bill passed , 24
to 7.
Upon announcement of the result
the women in the galleries said : "Flor
Ida is going dry. "
Railway Counsel Arrested.
Judge M. F. Jordan , of Spokane ,
Wash. , general counsel for the Great
Northern railway , was arrested Thurs
day on an indictment by the grand
jury. He is charged with embezzle
ment of funds from the railway com-
pany wh'ile acting as its attorney. His
bond for appearance was fixed at
$20,000.
Chauffeur Breaks an Ann.
A five-passenger motor car ran off
an embankment Thursday on Lookout
mountain near Shattanooga , Tenn. ,
and the chauffeur suffered a broken
arm and was severely bruised. The
accident occurred while the machine t
was -coming down the mountain at a JI
good speed. °
, $00,000 Fire at Liberty , Tex.
'Fire in Liberty , Tex. , Thursday de
stroyed the principal block in the
town , entailing a loss of approximately
$60,000. Philip Debatt , a pumper for y
the Texas and New Orleans railroad ,
was seriously injured by falling from
one of the burning buildings.
Cave-In Kills Two. in
A cave-in at the M. & B. zinc mine
near Joplin , Mo. , killed two men. in
jured two and entombed one. The
men were timbering the roof of the c
entry when the crash came. Three escaped - p
. without fl
caped injury.
Hopes to See Man Hanged.
Charles Leper , who is in the San aicl
Quentin , Cal. , penitentiary awaiting cl
execution on June 23 , requested that J
, be allowed to see a man hanged
before he himself is led to the gallows.
Young Woman Killed by Train. ta
While walking , on the track five ein
miles from Frankfort , Ky.t Miss Mattie in
Conway , 24 years of age , a telephone
operator , was killed by an L. & N.
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eastbound train.
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EWIXG FUNERAL FRIDAY.
Former Sioux City Woman to Be
Buried at West Point.
The remains of Ivlrs. O. K lowing ,
formerly Miss fimma Mcl/iughlin. are
expected to arrive In Wcfct Point from
San Antonio , Tex. , on Friday morn
ing and were interred thu same after
noon under theiauspices of the Congre
gational church. The death of Mrs.
Ewing occurred at San Antonio from
the effects of an operation performed
npon her some two weeks ago and
from which she did not rally. She was
the eldest daughter of M. Mclaughlin ,
former county attorney" and the Nester
tor of the local bar. She was brought
up and educated in West Point and
lived there with her prmnts until IKM
marriage to O. F. ISwing , of Sioux
City some years ago.
MUST PAY TAXES.
Transient Merchants Assessed Same as
Regular Merchants.
Assessor Donneker bore down upon
a firm of "transient merchants" who
were running a store in Madison for a
few days and proposed that they be
assessed. This they at first refused to
do , but when Lonneker informed them
that they Avould be assessed anyhow
and fine attached for their refusal to
list their property , they backed down
and permitted the assessment. Here
after "transient merchants" will stay
out of Madison , at least during the
month of April.
NEBRASKA PASTOR DEAD.
Rev. Mr. Ramsey , of Ainswortli , Meets
a Sudden Sdimiions.
Rev. Mr. Ramsey , of Ainsworth ,
fell dead from a chair on which he was
sitting Thursday afternoon in front of
the Ramsey restaurant. The deceased
was for many years a well known and
well beloved pastor in the Methodist
church in Ainsworth , Rushville and
other points in northwestern Ne
braska and Wyoming. He served one
term as county judge of Brown county
and had a host of friends everywhere
who will sincerely mourn his loss. He
leaves a widow. He had been in fail
ing health for a number of years.
CATCHES ELOPING WIFE.
G. W. Krabill , of Lincoln , Finds His.
Spouse with Another Man.
Eloping from Lincoln Monday even
ing with a traveling salesman from
Galesburg , 111. , and coming to Omaha ,
Mrs. G. W Krabill , whose husband is
a stationery engineer in Lincoln , Avas
follOAved by a private detective in the
employ of her suspecting spouse , and ,
after being apprehended and placed in
jail for a feAV hours , Avith the salesman ,
closed the affair Avith a kiss and for-
giA-eness from Mr. Krabill , Avho hur
ried to Omaha on the first train.
ROLLERS UNDER E. F. WRIGHT.
Young Englishman Pleads Guilty and
Goes to Prison.
Ernest Fred Wright , the young Eng-
lihsman who passed several forged
checks , last week , was captured at Ox
ford last Sktui-day , brought to McCook ,
arraigned in district court -in special
session , pleaded guilty and sentenced
to state's prison for five years at hard
labor. Sunday night he was taken to
the penitentiary at Lincoln. His total
forgeries only amounted to $94.95.
KNOWN IN NEBRASKA.
Howard Baskerville , Slain at Tabriz ,
Former Bellevue Student.
Howard Baskerville. the young
American who was slain at Tabriz ,
Persia ] , was formerly a student in
Bellevue college , Nebraska , and a
brother until recently was a pastor
near Inman. The brother , who is
well known in Norfolk , is now a stu
dent at Princeton. The family lived
in Spcarfish , S. D. , before moving to
Minnesota.
Justice of Peace Stoned. o
As a result of ill feeling engendered
at the recent municipal canvass and
election at Chapman , a mob attacked
the home of Justice of the Peace Alex
ander Stout , broke every window of v
the house , smashed the doors and
wrecked part of the interior , badly v
frightening but not injuring Stout and T.
his family. 1
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Diplomas for Graduates. a
Seventy-dne .members of the grad
uating class of the state agricultural
school received their "sheepskin" Fri
day evening at the conclusion of the n
commencement address. All but t
three residents of this state , one com c
ing from Iowa , one from Missouri and
one from Louisiana. S
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High Prices Increase Acreage. n
Farmers are in the fields
their small grain. Grain men say that
there is more wheat being sown this N
year than there has been for several k
years past. The present high price is laol
said to be the reason for it. olni
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Saloons at West Point. tr
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The usual number of saloonkeepers
have applied for licenses to sell liquor
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West Point the coming year.
Stolen Horses Recovered.
R. L. Cramer , of Fremont , has re m
covered < the three horses which disappeared
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peared last week while in charge of his Sjm
farm hand , Krum , near Schuyler. in
State Dismisses Liquor Case.
The case of the state of Nebraska
against George Hulshizer , of Wymore ,
charged with selling liquor without a TV
license , has been dismissed by the of
plaintiff. ofFJ
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Farmers Arc Busy.
The farmers of Dakota county are
taking advantage of the spring weath
and work in the fields is progress- th :
rapidly. Several hundred acres of
ly
small grain have been sown and the lyWJ
soil is being put in readiness for the WJwl
corn crop. ' L
MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Season Marked by Largo List of Acci
dental Deaths.
Seven boys , under the age of 18
years , have been killed in Nebraska
during the last six weeks , either while
handling firearms themselves , or at
the hands of their boy companions.
These seven youthful lives represent
only a part of the toil paid during
the spring hunting season in Nebraska
Aside from the fatal accidents there
have been a score or more of casual
ties more or less serious in which life
was not taken. Eyes , arms , hands and
feet were targets for premature dis-
. hargecl shotguns and the total num-
! or of serious accidents will probably
mark this as the most disastrous hunt-
ng season for youth the state has ever
seen.
seen.The
The strange series of accidents be
gan March 1 and continued until the
latter part of the month , April so far
being free from casualties in which
youthful life is forfeited.
Following is a list of the young nim-
rods who have given up their lives in
sport of hunting :
Sylvester Cozad , of Freedom , 14
years old , shot dead by a boy com
panion while playing ball.
_ , - William Ham , of Curtis , 15 years
old , shot himself while hunting ducks.
Louis Xebola , of Leigh , 7 years old ,
shot by young brother Avhile the latter
was returning from a hunt.
Harry Taylor , of Beilwood , 15 years
old , shot by discharge of gun in the
hands of a boy companion while hunt
ing.
Hans Jensen , of Plain view , 16 years
old , shot and instantly killed by boy
companion who was shooting at ducks.
John Coffey , of Nebraska City , 15
years old , shot himself while pulling
gun from a boat.
Elver Ralya , of Simeon , 13 years
old , shot himself while taking his gun ,
out of a boat.
FREED OF SHOOTING CHARGE.
Peru Man Permitted to Go Result ol
Hallowe'en Scrape.
The preliminary examination of J. C.
Chatelain , of Peru , charged Avith
shooting at William Colby Avith intent
to do great bodily harm and charged
Avith shooting L. R. Dillon A\ith intent
to Avound , Avas held before County
Judge Parriott. The result Avas that
the judge refused to hold Chatelain to
the district court and discharged him.
The case has been standing since
NoArember last and greAv out of a Hal-
loAA-e'en party on the first of that
month. Chatelain is a justice of the
peace at Peru and during the night of
November 1 AA'as informed that some
boys were turning over his sideAvalk
in front of his store. He put his re
volver in his pocket and took a lan
tern and started down town. On his
Avay doAvn he met a bunch of about
thirty boys in the street and told them
to t consider themselA'es under arrest.
About this time Colby gave his lan
tern a kick , AA-hich caused it almost to
flicker out ; Avhon it flamed up Dillon ,
Avho Avas standing near , noticed that
Chatelain Avas in the act of shooting
Colby and struck him arm , AA-hich act
saved Colby's life , as the bullet bare
ly missed him. Dillon then grabbed
Chatelain's arms in the struggle ,
Chatelain shot Dillon in the leg. Chat
elain is an excitable person and AA'as
evidently laboring under the impres
sion that he Avas being mobbed. He
did not knoAv Avho Dillon Avas AA'hen he
fired the shot and felt A-ery badly about
it , as he and Dillon Avere the best of
friends.
THEY LOOTED MANY TRAINS.
Nebraska Robbers Stole on Wholesale
Scale.
The arrest on Wednesday at La-
Platte of four men in a house in which
was found stored $2,000 worth of
goods alleged to have been stolen from
freight trains in the vicinity of Oma
ha , has been followed by a full con
fession from the leader of the gang ,
which is said to implicate several
others , including some prominent
business firms , where their plunder
has been sold. The men arrested are
Louis and J. W. Adair , Alfred Bayes
and J. Walters. 'They have been
working on the Burlington near La-
Platte and rented a house there , which
was used as a storage warehouse.
Louis Adair made the confession.
Their plan was to board freight trains
at South Omaha and throw off goods
after the trains started. They have
been operating since last October and
are alleged to have stolen many hun
dreds of dollars worth of goods of al
most every variety. The police refuse
to divulge the names of those impli
cated ; by Adair's confession.
SECTION HAND KILLED AT BLAIR
Door Swings Cut from Passing Box
Car. Crushing His Skull.
Jesse Miller , a section hand on the
Northwestern railroad at Blair , was
killed about two miles south of Blair
late Saturday afternoon. With others
the section crow ho was standing s P
near the track waiting for a freight
train to pass and while looking toward
the engine a car door swung out , a
striking him on the head , crushing his s
skull. i
Grand Island Man Killed. v
Fire destroyed the Miller & Ogor- v
man furniture house at Grand Island d
Saturday , and Frank Miller , senior
member of the firm , was killed while r
the basement of the building. a
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Woman's 3IissIonary Society.
The east Nebraska branch of the * ;
Woman's Foreign Missionary society i ,
the United Brethren church closed
two days' session at Blue Springs
Friday evening.
Injured in Runaway. n
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J. C. Ready , a farmer , living about to
hree miles south of Dickens , was bad- p
injured in a ruuaAA-ay Saturday. He
vas driving near the railroad tracks
vhen his team became frightened at
Burlington freight trair
DENOUNCES WHEAT DEAL.
Predicts Patten's-
Secretary Wilson
Corner Will "Go to Smash.
James Wilson. Secretary of Asriru -
A Liu
tnro. aiM i" answer to James
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rimrcvs that the figures or
Agriculture concerning -
cerning tHe wheat
supply were iuic
curate and un
trustworthy : "Our
figures are cor
rect. That fellow-
Iii Chicago is en-
-aged in a scheme--
con
to rob the
's umer and to
wheat in America. If
sh 01 t c at
son is cororect there is no
fam me * *
all , but only an artificial
gendered by Mr. Patten for spef"
purposes. 'Also , if Secretary Alison is
' will 'Oo
correct. Mr. Patten's deal
smash soon. . . .
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insists"
The Secretary of Agriculture
' report to the effect
that the government's
143,000,000 bash- < *
fect that there were \
els of reserve wheat in the farmers
hands on March 1 was strictly correct
where the wheat is.
and that he knows
from.
"We do not get our information
postmasters ! " exclaimed Secretary
Wilson angrily when the Patten state
ment was shown him. "We get it from-
farmers who are reliable , conscientious-
men. We have been perfecting our sys
tem for gathering information for the
last twelve years , and it is as correct
and thorough as it is possible to get
To corner the wheat market success
fully nowadays you have to keep buy
ing and buying and buying. Finally
the time comes when you can't buy
any more , and then the smash comes. ' "
213-YEAR SECRETS OUT.
Hector of Rich Trinity , Xevr YorlCj ,
Denies Property Harbors Vice.
Asserting that Trinity is the rich
church o the poor people , Revi Dr. Will
iam T. Manning , the rector of that New-
York church , Sunday morning made re
ply to the criticisms which in the last
few months have been made against it , .
defended every action of the vestry , de
nied that any reason exists for the at
tacks , and outlined a policy less conservative
vative than the one that has been fol-
loAAed. It Avas the first time in 213 years ,
since the parish AA-as founded , that Trin
ity has ever broken silence in regard to-
its management and come out with ai * Sh
statement in its own defense. Dr. Man % u ,
ning preached for an hour and a quarter , ,
whereas his usual Sunday morning ser -
mons require about eighteen minutes for
delivery. There Avere 1.200-persons pres
ent , including five of the vestry and some-
parishioners from St. John's Chapel , ,
which has been the cause of the contro
versy. The average Sunday morning au
dience at Trinity is 100. Dr. Manning :
did not divulge what disposition the cor
poration AA'OUIU make of St. John's Chap
el , but he surprised his hearers by an
nouncing that it is the intention tp build
a new church in that location. "The
present situation , " said Dr. Manning , "is-
not an ordinary one , and it is one which
demands a plain and public statement
from the rector of the parish. Very-
many of the statements which have been
made as to the condition of the dwelling-
house property owned by Trinity parish
are grossly untrue. Pictures Lave many
times been published , both in magazines--
and newspapers , with the statement that
the Avretched tenements shown in them-
jvere the property of Trinity parish , when , ,
in fact , neither the houses shown nor the-
land on which these stood were owned by
the' parish , or in any way connected Avith ,
it. ] Certain papers have even published
pictures implying that our property is *
the home of drunkenness and vice and
disorder. "
MAJTY DIE IN BURN12TG HOTEL.
Six Bodies Fonnd , Others Still in tf
Rnins of San Francisco Building.
Six bodies recovered and probably eight
or ten others buried in the ruins : six
injured , one fatally , and property loss of
$125,000 are the results of an early morn
ing fire that destroyed the St. George IIo-
tel , .a lodging-house for laborers , and-
eight other small buildings in San Fran
cisco. The bodies
taken to the morgue-
were so charred that identification was-
impossible. The hotel was a three-story
fr-ame building and burned so rapialy
that none of the 200 occupants had time
to dress , and many escaped by jumping :
to the roof of an adjoining workship.
Scores clambered dovrn the ladders of the-
firemen and the fire escapes , and four
jumped to safety into the net held br the-
fire fighters. Of the regular boarders-
thirty are unaccounted for , but it is be
lieved that many of them
escaped in the-
confusion and have neglected to report
their safety.
SMUGGLERS NOW OFFER S260,00f >
Loeb Rejects Second
Proposal to.
Stop the Customs
Prosecution. i
"Call off the investigation '
of recent * '
smuggling and we will pay the United. * si
States government $200,000. " This of
f
fer , sent through intermediaries in such
manner that it cannot be
traced to its-
source , was made the other day to Will
iam Loeb Jr. , collector of the port of
fcew York. R
came from the smugglers ,
who tried to bring into the United States ,
without paying duty , many thousands of
dollars' worth of
Paris lace.1
gowns and .
w. km the few
past
weeks. Mr Loeb-
-
refused the offer , just as he had refuse *
an offer of $100,000 made by the
glers several days ago. It indicated smug in
his mind that the
smuggling syndicate-
was desperate and that only a smaij
tion , perhaps , of their operations
been uncovered.
Jilted Girl Slays Actor. \
01 Cl ° Sely ° D the
? ! the ! announce L1
approaching marriage $
of
Earl P. Adams , actor and stage dfrector
Miss Elizabeth *
Ba-lev Mi * r
Brown , a well-known youns 1
whom Adams had been prevToully 'en-
and killed him i
f
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