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; . t Louis Cohen , of Buffalo , saw his
I young wife leap into the swirling riv-
i , : er between Second and Third Sisters'
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Islands at Niagara Falls Sunday a ter-
s j ' . noon , only 150 feet 11 above the brink of
the cataract. Without a moment's
E : ; I hesitation he followed her , caught her
:1 : f hand and struggled desperately to
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j j ! efficient help an hour had passed ,
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I ing frantic attempts to reach the
l , shore. But the struggle against the
I I Jj current at this point , which is about
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I I I power. Fortune aided him. With
I his wife tightly clasped to him he felt
, I I . ; himself bump into' a tree stump , and
, on this he got a grip with his one free
hand. He lustily shouted for help and
I , word was carried to the reservation
Ii. police , but it was nearly an hour after
Mrs. : Cohen jumped into the river that
I I ' Officer James Martin arrived with
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! ! he did catch it he was too weak to
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' : shore , and it was extremely difficult ,
I owing to the precarious nature of the
- footing , to make a good cast. Pinned
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rush of water , all the strength had
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fI I - .the rope the men on shore began to
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pull , and Officer Martin : , who was in
the lead , slipped and fell into the
stream , 'but quickly regained his feet.
When within fifteen feet of the short
, Cohen lost his grip on his wife's body
and it was carriejjl , off down stream
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and was lost to view.
Cohen was so far gone when the
I rescuers got him on shore that he
I I , ( .could not speak * for ten minutes. His
( ; first words were : "She is out there ;
I ; R go and get her. She is dead. She died
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fll I \ Brown , who had joined the searchers ,
1 finally spied the body just before 7
- ' o'clock. It was held fast by a rock ,
" about 100 feet above the brink.
TRAIN DROPS INTO STREAM.
Bridge Spanning Roe River , in Ore-
gon , Gives Way.
A passenger train consisting of an
engine , tender and one car on the
. Oregon and Southeastern railroad on
its return trip from Wildwood and
the Bosemia mines late Saturday went
through a bridge which spans Roe
river about five miles east of Cottage
Grove Ore. About fifteen persons .
'were injured , and W. H. Ostrander , I
the engineer , is expected to die. His
chest was crushed and he was injured :
. internally. The bridge collapsed and 1
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the car and tender went down and
were partly submerged. The action of ]
Ostrander in locking the brakes pre-
vented the engine from rolling back
on the cars. John Cooterm , the fire-
man , was thrown into the river and
swam ashore uninjured and hurried
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POWER PI/ANT DESTROYED. ,
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Practically every branch' of industry
I Ai Trindad , Colo. , and neighboring
towns is . at a standstill as the result
of "destruction of
the new power
house of the Southern Colorado Power
company Saturday. An explosion in
. the transformer started a fire which
wiped out the plant causing a loss in
this respect alone of more than $300-
000. The liss due to shutting down
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of mines and other industrial plants
is incalcuable. as it cuts off the power
which operates the local interurban
/ electric lines , lighting plant , newspa-
per plants , foundries and factories.
" The mines of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company and the Victor Fuel
company in many places will become
idle.
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i beef steers , $5.75@7.00. Top hogs , a
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Gov. Smith on Board.
j The steamer Minnesota from Ma-
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, I among those on board being Gov. Gen ' PIs
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CAR STRIKE SETTLED.
Railway anil \VorJ l1cn Reach an
Agi'ccmcnt.
"The strike has been settled. The .
men will receive 22 cents an hour be-
ginning Saturday morning , and ten
hours will constitute .day's work. "
This statement , emanating .from C.
O. Pratt , chairman of the executive
committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Street Railway Employes ,
leader of the striking motor men and
conductors . , followed by the deporta-
I tion of the 450 strike breakers who
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came from New York , ends the 'strike .
of employes of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company. The strike began
one week ago Saturday. The men re-
sumed work Saturday.
After being in session nearly all day
the men agreed to accept 22 cents an
hour. The old "swing system" has
been abolished ; ten hours will consti-
tute a day's work ; all employes will
be permitted to purchase their uni
forms in the open market ; all future
differences are to be adjusted between
the company and the grievance com-
mittee chosen by the empl zes. If
after an investigation by the city
comptroller of the books of the com-
pany it can be shown that more than
22 cents can be paid without crippling :
the finances of the company the men
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will insist upon a further advance in
wages.
The elevated men , , many of whom
deserted their cars Friday , are also to '
receive an increase of 1 cent an hour. 'j
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OVER MILLION SIL\RES SOLD.
Great Speculative Activity on New
York Exchange.
Speculative activity was again !
strongly in evidence at ' the opening of
trading on the New Tork stock ex ,
change Friday. Opinion in Wall
street was that the present outburst
of speculative enthusiasm is not , due
so much to buying of the general pub-
lic as it is to the operations of im
portant financial interests and a group
of heavy operators , some of whom
were until recently on the bear side
of the market. ,
The continuance of easy money is ,
of course , a large factor in the specu-
lative movement , as are also the most
uniform reports of improved indust-
trial conditions and a general belief
in the excellence of crop prospects.
Another important factor-is the intro-
duction of American securities on the
Paris bourse.
Trading in the first half hour Fri-
day was probably well in excess of
200,00 shares , with the Harriman and
Hill issues , Atchison and the steel
stocks the most conspicuous feaures.
Heavy realizing sales for profit in the
steel stocks were reported and this
selling was reflected in the pressure
upon these particular issues on the
stock exchange.
It was rumored that a private set-
tlement of some 70,000 shares of
United States Steel common was ef
fected for a large short interest at a
price higher than the stock has yet
sold in the open market.
LAKE STEAMER LOST.
Iron Age Burns to Water's Edg -
Crew of Nine Escapes.
The wood steamer Iron Age , 226
feet long , burned to the water's edge
ten miles southeast of Liarpoint in
Lake Erie Friday. Capt. William J.
Willoughby and his crew of nine es-
caped in a small boat , but lost all their
personal effects. So quickly did the
vessel burn that scarcely fifteen min-
utes elapsed between the discovery of
flames around the smokestack and the
order for the crew to take to the small
boats. Capt.
Willoughby and his crew
were taken to Sandwich , Ont. , by the
steamer Warner. The Iron Age , val-
ued at $32,000 and insured for $5,000 ,
was owned by her captain , W. J. Wil-
loughby , of Windsor , Ont. , and her
engineer , Richard Jaxter , also of
Windsor.
Railroads Plead Guilty.
The department of justice was ad- '
/ised Friday that the Missouri : Pacific
: and the St. Louis , Iron Mountain and
Southern : Railway companies had
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tered pleas of guilty before Judge
Trieber at Little Rock , Ark. , for mak-
ing illegal rebates to a grain merI I
chant and were fined $15,000.
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Ocean Steamers Collide. . ,
The Metropolitan line steamer Yale ,
plying between Xew York and Boston , ,
collided in the North river , near New ;
Tork City , Friday with the Lackawan- ,
na ferryboat Bremen. '
The Yale was
only slightly damaged , but the Bre-
men's : side was badly stove in above
the dater line.
Portrait of Root.
A portrait in oil of Senator Elihu
Root , secretary of state for the great-
er part of the last term of President
Roosevelt's administration , has been (
hung in the big diplomatic row in the i
state department.
Storm in St. Louis.
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An electrical and' rain storm of
startling intensity broke at St. Louis ,
M o. , Friday afternoon. Lightning
struck in many sections of the city ,
and flooded sewers caused much
prop-
erty damage.
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Hour's Work Xets Man $100.
To work off a lazy streak , as he ex-
pressed it , George Conine . , of Catskill , D
NT. Y. , put out in a fishing skiff , to try
for a sturgeon. Within an hour he
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was back to dock with a sturgeon
which yielded 65 pounds of caviar and
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for which he received $100. . It dress-
ed 114 pounds of meat , i
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Theory . of Murder "Warranted by Cir
cumstances. .
Evidence supporting the theory that
Dr. John T. Binkley , Sr. , of Evansville , ,
Ind. , .met his death at the Wellington
hotel in Chicago Wednesday at the
hands of.a robber was adduced , tho
coroner's Inquest Thursday. The ev-
idence presented did not disprove the
hypothesis of suicide , but it materially
weakened it. Briefly stated . , the . testi
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mony showed that Dr. Binkley . was 82
years old , a lover of his- family and
of the church to whose creed he sub-
scribed-the Presbyterian. Save for a
left hand crippled by rheumatism his
health was good , his spirits were high
at the prospect ' of a family reunion ,
'and suicide seemed the furthest
thought from his mind. With other
members of hi ! ' family he came to
Chicago Thursday and remained in
his room while the others went on a
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shopping tour.
When his daughter , Mrs : Geo. Up-
church returned about 5 pl m. with
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her daughter , Elinor , they found the
shades drawn and the old physician
apparently asleep in an easy chair. A
flood of light let in by the raising of
the curtains disclosed his blood-
stained face. He sat with his right
hand nearest to the' bed , which was
about a foot away. The pistol lay on
the bed with one chamber empty. The
bullet , however , had entered his left
cheek and lodged in his brain , inflict
ing a wound from , which it is said
death must have been instantaneous.
His coat and vest were found open and
the wallet which he habitually car-
ried in an inside vest pocket was miss-
ing , as was his watch. A small sum , .
$2.51 , was found on the dresser in the
room. His valise , in which he car-
ried a few medicinis and toilet arti-
cles , which had been on his knees
when his 'daughter left him to go
shopping , was found in a public toilet
room twenty yards from the room ,
and of the existence of which the de
ceased is said to have been in igno-
rance , his own room being provided
with similar facilities. The door of
the room was not locked.
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LYNCHING IN FRANKFORT. .
Negro Who Shot Circus Man : is Strung
Up to Bridge.
John Maxey , a negro , who shot B.
C. Bowers , a circus man , Wednesday
night , was taken from jail at Frank-
fort , Ky. , early Thursday and lynched.
The jailer resisted the mob , but the
door was broken down , the negro
taken _ out and hanged to the St. Clair
street bridge.
The action of the mob created in-
tense excitement among the law abid-
ing citizens of the city , who I , were ap
prised of the hanging.
Bowers , the wounded man , is still
in a critical condition at the Kings
Daughters hospital.
Maxey narrowly escaped being
lynched at the time of the shooting ,
and a panic among the crowd at the
big tent was narrowly averted. The
shooting was the result of the negro's
effort , to get in the tent under the flap
without a ticket. Bowers' home in
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SENSATION IX KANSAS CITY.
Prominent Glnb Man Ends Life with
Revolver. '
John W. Speas , a prominent club
man , committed suicide at his home
in Kansas City Mo. , Thursday morn '
ing by shooting. He had been in ill
health and was despondent.
Mr. Speas had for years been con-
nected with the advancement of Kan-
sas City. He was president of the
Monarch Vinegar company , treasurer
of the Priests of Pallas Carnival as-
sociation , was the first president of
the board of directors of convention
hall and was a member of the Kansas
City club and the commercial club.
Mr. : Speas was 48 years old. He had
been ill for several months. He shot
himself while his wife adn son Victor
were at breakfast and was dead when
they reached his room a few minutes
later.
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Aided Slaves in Flight.
Henry F. Montague , one of the three
dozen men who organized an abolition
party in Michigan in 1836 at Ann Ar-
bor , is dead at his home at Kalama
zoo , Mich. , at the age of 26 years. Mr.
Montague was one of the leading
agents of the "undeground , railway"
by which many fugitive slaves were
assisted in their flight to Canada.
To Remove Peim's Remains.
To bring the coffin containing the
body of William Penn , which now
re-
poses in a Presbyterian abandoned
cemetery in Buckinghamshire , Eng. ,
to : this country and have it interred on
the : banks of the DelaAvare river is the
object of a movement just launched
in congress.
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Date of Trial Set. -
The trials of a dock superintendent
and six checkers
charged with
con-
spiracy ; to defraud the government in
the : weighing of sugar at the docks
of the American
Sugar Refining
com-
pany in New York City , have been
set for June 17.
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An Airship Destroyer.
That secret . trials of airships and ,
aeroplanes in northern Japan have
demonstrated that heavy guns and
heavy ) loads can be carried was , the
story brought Thursday by the steamer
Monteagle. It was said that the Jap
anese have , invented an airship de-
stroyer fitted with shells that explode
on contact with another airship. \
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Animal Shippcd to Chicago ami Pa-
rents of Child Await Report. :
Yohonne Harmon , the 7-yqar-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. : R. E. Har-
mo'n , met with a most peculiar acci-
dent Wednesday evening. While her
mother was hanging some clothes out
a squirrel continued , to jump on the
line and give her considerable trouble.
Sh.e told her daughter to go into the
house and get it some nuts so that it
wolild not ruin any of the clothing.
The little girl started for the house
and the squirrel attacked her , biting
hor many times upon the ankle before
it was driven off. *
The squirrel then crossed the yard
and attacked a neighbor , Mrs. Bunn ,
jumping upon her breast twice. She
succeeded in knocking it off and fin-
ally killed it with a broom , The child
was given medical attention" imme-
< diately and the squirrel was shipped
to Chicago for examination , .as it was
believed that it was affected with
hydrophia. The child's condition is
was no worse Thursday } , but if the re-
port from Chicago is unfavorable the
child will be hurried ther < f by first
train.
RAISE IN V AL UA'LIONS.
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Railroads by Nebraska.
'The Nebraska board of equalization
increased railway valuations on the
Union Pacific , the Northwestern and
the Burlington. ' The assessment was
lowered on the Missouri Pacific.
. The valuation of Burlington . was
'increased from $116,170,870 to $119-
290500. On this Land Commissioner
Cowles voted no.
The valuation of the Northwestern
was fixed at $35,000 a mile instead of
$33,500. State Treasurer Brian voted
no. Shallenberger's motion to increase
the assessment $4,000 a mile was voted
down.
The valuation of the Union Pacific
was fixed at $75,757,325 , instead of ;
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The Missouri Pacific was granted a
decrease of $2,000 a mile , the valua-
tion this year being fixed at $35-
200. All other valuations are the
same as last year.
BERT TAYLOR GUILTY.
Mindcn , Neb. , Slayer to Be Hanged
September 17.
Bert Taylor was found guilty of
murder in the first degree , Thursday
and District Judge Dungan sentenced ,
him to be hanged on Friday Septem-
ber 17. . The jury which had been out
since "Wednesday afternoon , reached
a conclusion late Thursday evening
after a long argument. Taylor killed
a young girl , Pearl Taylor , the sister
of his dead wife whom he had induced
with another sister , to visit his home. I
He fled and was pursued for weeks , I
finally eluding capture , only to betray
himself later while in southern Cali }
fornia. The feeling against Taylor
was so strong at the time of his return
from California that for the f sake of
I safety he was taken to the penitentiary I
at Lincoln.
j I' Attorney McPheeley will file an " ap I
' peal on behalf of Taylor.
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MOTHERLESS AND FATHERLESS "
Such is Unfortunate Condition of Boy
Robbers at Norfolk.
, Emory Bonney , aged 21 , one of the
leaders of the youthful gang alleged
to have been leading a dime novel
career , was Wednesday at Norfolk I
held to district court , and if convicted I
will be sent to the penitentiary. I
Horace and Gilbert Case , 12 and 14 ,
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who confessed to the gang's opera-
tions , will likely be sent to the reform
school. They are motherless. The 14-
year-old Case boy testified that
the gang recently burglarized
I a beer vault and that he
himself drank two quart bottles
cf beer. Eight boys are said to be
in the gang. None of those who fled
from town have returned. Pour of
the bo'ys are fatherless.
Union Pacific Company Fined $100 .
The Union Pacific railroad company
was found guilty in Judge Stewart's
division of district court of having vio-
lated the state anti-pass law by issu-
ing and giving to Dr. Frank A. Gra- I
. ham a free annual pass over its lines
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for the year 190S and was fined $100
and costs : The jury was out but a
Few minutes. ' I
Priest Tin-own from Motor Cycle. :
Rev. A. J. Lutz , pastor of the Cath
olic church at Shelby , was thrown I
from his motor cycle while on his way
to the church in ' the valley. He was I
unconscious for two hours. Medical
examinatign showed that he ' was in-
, jured internally and he will be taken
to a hospital.
Greek Killed by : Train.
While working on the section three ,
miles east of Central City , Wednes
day aftornoon , Steppen Gallos , a
Greek , was struck and instantly killed ,
by Union Pacific train No. 7. The body
was .brought to the city and is in the
care of Komrink Bros. , undertakers.
Serious Accident Near Hastings.
John Buhr was kicked to death by
a horse Wednesday while adjusting 1
its harness , on his farm near Pauline. '
He was struck several times on the
head and about the body and was un- i
conscious when picked up by a . farm- I' ]
er who went to his aid. ]
Small Twister Near BraJnard.
A destructive hail storm , accompa
nied. by a small cyclone . passed over
the county near Brainard' S
Saturday ; i
night. The barn and outbuildings of
Henry Topil were destroyed. W. C.
Brown's buildings were badly dam-
aged , Martin Roubal's } barns and cribs
were taken away Frank Hellman met
with heavy loss , his buildings also be-
ing destroyed with the exception of
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Two Confess to Robberies of Many
Month Standing.
The Norfolk police Tuesday un-
earthed a gang of bandits who , ac-
cording to confessions of two of them ,
have systematically robbed stores ,
beer vaults and merchandise cars for
some months. They have led a dime
novel career , holding headquarters in
barns and ice houses. . The older mem
bers of the gang threatened to kill the
younger boys in the gang who should
reveal the gang's deeds. Horace and
Gilbert 'Case , aged 12 and 14 , were
jailed in a separate cell from Emery
Bonney , aged 19 , because they said
I Bonney had threatened to kill them
for telling. Five youths wanted in this
connection are said to have fled from
I Norfolk. .
I For many months petty robberies
have occurred. A candy factory was
only recently broken into and robbed.
This was done , the Case boys say , by
the gang.
Bonney one of the leaders , is one
legged. His mother is Mrs. Ella Bon-
ney , a widow who drew a Tripp coun-
ty homestead but failed to file. She
has hired a lawyer to defend her son.
County Attorney Nichols will make an
effort to send the older boys to the
penitentiary and the younger ones tc
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GRAY GETS A VERDICT.
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Against Omaha Road.
The jury in the case of J. W. Gray ,
of Sioux City , vs. the Chicago , St. Paul ,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway com
pany , returned a verdict in favor of
I the plaintiff for $5,361 : ; at Dakota City
Tuesday. This was practically the full
amount sued for and was for dam-
ages sustained to growing crops on
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Mr. Gray's farm in Dakota county in f
the years 1907 and 1908. The case
was a hard fought one and lasted for
fourteen days. It is not only of much
importance to Mr. Gray , but also to
I land owners in the vicinity of the Gray
I premises.
It was claimed by Mr. Gray that the
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railroad company was negligent in
constructing and maintaining its rail-
road across what was known as "the
big swamp" in Dakota county , by
reason of which negligence the waters
of Elk creek were obstructed and ;
his land was flooded.
MOVE ON CLUBS : CHECKED.
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Lincoln Excise Board Enjoined froir.
Enforcing ; Dry Law.
District Judge Cornish ! ' Tuesday is-
sued a temporary restraining order
forbidding the city of Lincoln , through
its excise board or police , from inter-
fering with the operation of the buf- '
fets in the club houses of the Elks :
Eagles and German Family society.
This w as , the day set by the excise
board for enforcing the order forbid-
ding the dispensing of intoxicants in
club houses to members. The case
will be tried on its merits July 5. The
injunction was no surprise''to the city
officials as it was known that the
incorporated clubs ' would test the mu- .
nicipal law compelling them to close I
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Nebraska Board Refuses : = to Approve < < !
- : > ills for Maintenance. {
Gov. Shallenberger er is at outs with 1
the state board _ of public lands and I
buildings. Republican state official ! j
compose the latter board and the dem-
ocratic executive is nettled at the re-j
fusal of the officers to approve bills I j
for the maintenance of the executive
mansion. The postmasters of the
state will be the guests of the execu-
tive within a ' few days and Gov. Shal
lenberger will have to pay for music , f
refreshments and flowers. A recent
entertainment for a { fraternal order I
cost the governor $150. Under the
Sheldon administration the state paid !
the bills for all public functions.
SIX YEARS FOR TWO RIOTERS.
Men Who Shot Up Saloon at TJehling
Convicted at Fremont.
In the district court at Fremont
Judge Hollenbeck sentenced Nicolo
Galloro and Joseph Casmano to six
years in tho penitentiary on the charge
of shooting with intent to kill. The
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two men had some trouble with the
bartender of a Uehling ' 'saloon about
two months ago. They came back a
few minutes later armed with a shot-
gun and revolver and proceeded to
shoot up the place. Several men were
wounded , but none seriously. They
had expected a lighter sentence on ac-
count of their plea of guilty , and Cos-
mano especially was surprised at his
sentence. , .
Light Plant for Central City.
A petition has been circulated at
Central City having for its object the
calling of a special election at which
a bond issue for a municipal electric
lighting plant will be voted upon. The
cost of such a plant is ? estimated at
$20,000 , and ] in case : of its installation
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it would also furnish power for the
city water works system. :
West Point Man Ends Life.
. David Ringer , a carpenter and con-
tractor , an old time resident of West
Point , committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head at his residence
in the Third ward. The decease'd man
fiad been despondent for some time
past ; and was not . in good health. .
Cash Taken Not Large
It was announced by the postofflce
authorities at Omaha that the actual
cash : secured by the robbers who held
up the Overland Limited on the Un-
on Pacific . railrpad ten days ago , '
amounted to a trifle less than $300.
Editors to Stop Over. ' .
Plan0- are being made by the Com-
mercial club to entertain a trainload .
of newspaper men from eastern ,
southern , and central states , who wil1 t
be in Lincoln on July 15. .
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Experienced Throughout the .
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TREMOR FELT IN FOUR STATES' ' ' ;
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Disturbance f . , . . , !
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Serious Damage Reported. ' .sf
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An earthquake , the first in several
, years , was felt in Chicago at S:40
o'clockVednesday morning , em- >
bracing many , States in its range.
From Springfield to Milwaukee : and
from Burlington , Iowa , to Kakimazoo , ' \ ' ,
Mich. , reports of the progress of the
trembler kept wires busy in all direc
tions. In Maywood , Lockport , Joliet , '
Riverside. Downers Grove , Hinsdale ,
Napervllle , Elgin and Evanston dis- *
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tinct shockswere : felt. No ser
damge was reported at any point ; .
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however.'f 'f
The progress of the quake seems to
have been from south to north. The
oscillation of the earth was recorded
on the new weather bureau .seismo
graph at Peoria at 8:38 o'clock. It
was 8:40 : when the trembler gripped
the Federal building in Chicago end
! 8:45 when it was felt in Iowa. Vari : . ,
ous descriptions of the effects of the ,
slight quake were given. Its duration
was estimated at between five and ten
J I I seconds in Chicago , but outside the
1 time was given in some places at half t'
I ' a minute.
| j I Press dispatches brought a succes-
sion of accounts of the earthquake ;
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from Springfield , Peoria , Freeport , Au = ,
rora , Bloomington , Kewanee , Geneva ,
Streator , Dixon Rockford , Moline , II ! . ; , ,
Milwaukee : , Janesville1 , Beloit , Wis. ;
Cedar Rapids , Dubuque Burlington ,
Iowa ; Kalamazoo , Muskegon ; Mich. , ' .
and many other points. Broken china
and windows were reported from' ' *
I South Haven and Benton Harbor ,
Mich. Fires were believed to have been
started by the disturbance in Aurora ,
but no losses were sustained. At Strea-
tor half a minute was given as the
duration of the quiver of the earth , .
the shake being accompanied by a J "
faint rumbling noise. Chimneys : were
I displaced in Joliet ; where apparently
I were some of the most serious effects. : *
1 "The last earthquake of which the
'I Chicago weather office has any : rec
ord , " said Professor Cox , "occurred at /
5 o'clock in the morning of Oct. 31 ,
1S95. Quakes are very "rare in this
locality , but no place is immune from
the tremors occasioned by readjust-
ments of the earth's surface. There is
no seismograph in the Chicago office.
r It would be impossible to use such an
I instrument effectively in Chicago , for
it must be removed from local vibra
tions and must be established on bed
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SENATOR BAILEY IN FIST FIGHT.
Texas Statesman and a Correspond :
ent Have Mix-Up at Capitol. ; ,
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas
and W. Sinker Manning : : , Washington .
correspondent of the New York Times ,
had a fist fight in the Senate corridor
Thursday afternoon. Bailey used
: Manning's : umbrella to wallop the
scribe. Neither antagonist suffred'r
any serious injury. The only damage
was to the umbrella.
The clash grew out of an article in
the Times under Washington date
line which said that Senator Aldrich ,
Republican leader in the tariff debate ,
had a number of followers
among
Democrats "who may : faithfully be set
down under the classification of 'Al
drich men' " and that "they are head-
ed by that distinguished . . son of Texas ,
Joseph ; Weldon Bailey. " Bailey read
this story on the floor of the Senate i
and then denied the allegations. In
making his denial he launched into a
denunciation of newspapers in general
and of the Times correspondent in . ' ' 4l'
particular , whom he specifically called
a liar , a whelp and a coward. When
Manning later met Bailey and started ;
to explain that he did not write tha ;
article the mix-up . came.
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Swift . Current Capsize * Launch _ y. e-
turning from Picnic.
Four persons were drowned and four
others rescued from 'a
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gaso-
line launch which was carried through
the sluice gates of the dam of the Con '
solidated Water Power Company of
Grand Rapids Tuesday night and
dashed to the rocks bel 0"The :
drowned : Anderson , Miss : Bessie- Bo- . ill
goger , Miss B. ; Forse , Miss May ; ' ' An- : " _ 1
derson , Ralph. The -
body Of Miss B o-
goger was the only . ; '
one " "
recovered The
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party went up the river to a place on ' '
Big Island , called ' - t
. .Islan.d Love's Nook , for a : ; '
picnic. U ,
Upon their return
, in
: attempt-
ing to make .
a landing and " '
not know-
ing the gates of the
dam were onened , '
the swift " -
current caught the stern encT fi
en I
of the craft and all . '
were carried . \
to.
the river below. Four i > ,
were rested. - " ' s
and resuscitated after much difficulty" : ' \
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Downs from a field of , - . I
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