Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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GUS STOCK , JR. , A YOUNG NAVY ENGINEER , MORTALLY -
LY WOUNDED ON VISIT TO OLD
HOME.
HAVING COME ALL THE WAY FROM SEATTLE TO SEE HIS FATHER ,
THE YOUNG MAN IS LOADED WITH TWO SHOTGUN
CHARGES AS REWARD.
Lynch , Neb. , Nov. 23. Special to
The News : Gus Stock , jr. , aged twen
ty-three , a young navy engineer from
Seattle , Washington , was shot here
twice by his father , Gus Stock , last
night and will probably die. This
young man was at home here on a visIt -
It to his father , for Thanksg' ' ty The
father was enraged and fn fyo
erately Into the boy.
Victim's Story of Affair.
The cause of the shooting Is given
In two different stories. The son , who
Is lying at the very point of death and
who , It Is feared , can not live much
longer , says that his father wanted to
raid the chicken house of a neighbor.
"I told him , " said the son to The
News this morning , "that If he did
raid that chicken house , I should re
veal him. I told him that I would not
stand for any work like that. I would
bawl him out , you know. "
On account of which threat , the
wounded son declares , the father , en
raged by the son's independence ,
pulled his shotgun around and fired at
the visiting boy. One charge of buck
shot entered the breast , driving a ter
rible hole through the lungs. Struck
by the first load from his father's gun ,
the young navy engineer turned about
and ran from the murderous shotgun's
barrel. When he had gone a short
distance , he says , the father fired
again , this shot going through his back
and wounding him with scattering shot
about the head and arm.
An awful hole was torn through the
young man's breast , cutting his lungs
badly.
The father , it Is said , is a drinking
man.
Father's Story of Shooting.
The father , a man of sixty years of
age , says that he shot his son because
the later , together with neighbor boys
attempted to rob the father's chicken
house. He says that when he saw the
boys trying to steal his chickens , he
opened fire with his shotgun and the
load entered his own son's body.
The people of Lynch are worked up
to fever heat over the tragedy. From
whatever viewpoint , it is considered
a calamity. The pathos and the trag
edy of it all are made all the more bit
ter , and all the more pitiable by the
fact that the wounded boy , who lived
so far away from his father's home ,
had to suffer such a terrible thing
after he had come across thousands of
miles to visit that father.
MAKE NEW CHARGES.
Iron Moulders Union of America Ac
cused of Plot to Murder.
Cincinnati , Nov. 23. Interest today
centered In charges made against Jo
Boph V. Valentine , president of the
Iron Moulders Union of North Amer
ica. Other union men were accuser
of a plot to kill and destroy Fred L
Rnnhnuser , apprentice who confessec
to going with Joseph Hollowell to Val
entlne's office.
"I was Instructed , " said Ilanhauser
"in the use of dynamite bv Hollowell
At the same time he told me to de
stroy a mould , a shear , a punch , Val
entlne agreeing to pay me $20 If
succeeded. I was told by Hollowel
to destroy all the moulds I could. "
MURDER SUSPECT RELEASED.
Harry Barker , Arrested at Joliet , is
Turned Loose.
Joliet , 111. , Nov. 23. Harry Barker
the Bate murder suspect , was releasec
today.
NO CLUE TO OMAHA BOMBISTS.
Police and Detective Departments Un
able to Find Any Trace.
Omaha , Nov. 23. Although the po
llco and detective departments of th
city have been working steadily on ai
attempt to secure n clue to the dyna
miters , they have so far been nimbi
to secure anything definite.
Burns to Death.
Chicago , Nov. 23. Miss LlzzI
Court lost her llfo and her husban
and infant child were probably fata
ly burned In an explosion set by neil
oil lamp. The home was partly de
fitroyed.
WRECK ON IRON MOUNTAIN"
Fireman Is Killed and Score of Pas
sengers Injured.
Hoxlo , Aik. Nov. 2:1 : Passenger
train No. 17. southbound from St.
Louis. Known as the Mot Springs spe
cial , on the Iron Mountain , tan Into
an extra freight train which wns tak
ing the siding at Swlfton. Harvey
, fireman on No. 17 , was burned
ath nud Engineer A. Oegulre of
y/o train was badly hurt , his
. % broken. Four
t * / K passengers
wore x' flously Injured and fifteen otu-
rs worn slightly hurt.
Seriously injured : Charles Martin ,
Trench Village , III. , cut across face.
Ight hip bruised ; John Glvens. Buck-
ye , Mo. , abdomen bruised. Internal
njurles ; J. A. McCurrle. llot Springs ,
wrenched knee ; Mrs J. A. Correy.
Bonoca , 111. , bruised side , internal In-
urlcs
The train was runnlrg about thirty-
eight miles an hour when the accl-
ent occurred. The passenger engine
was demolished and three coaches
and ten freight cars loaded were
mrned The wreck was caused by
he density of the smoke from the
orost fires , making It Impossible to
ee twenty feet ahead. The estimated
oss Is $100.000.
Wreckage Washes Ashore.
Charlottetown. Nov. 23. Wreckage
of n vessel supposed to be that of the
steamer Donald Is strewn along the
north shore of Prince Edward Island
near the entrance to New London bar
bor. The Donald carried a crew o
fifteen.
COMMISSIONER TELLS OF WORK
OF THE LAND OFFICE.
TOO MANY FOREST RESERVES
He Recommends More Care In Estab
llshing Them Receipts for the
Year From Public Lands Not as
Great as In 1903.
Washington. Nov. 23. In his an
nual repott lor this year. Coinmis
sloner Richards of the geneial land
office recommends the exorcise o
more deliberate consideration ot prep
aratlons looking to the establishmen
of forest reserves than has been exer
ciscd in the past. During the las
fiscal year nine reserves were created
bringing the total number up to fifty
nine , and Increasing the aggiegate
area covered by forest reservations to
C2.7G3.101 acres. The icport shows
a falling off of $1,711.401 In the total
receipts of the office as compared
with the previous year and a decrease -
crease in the area of public land dis
of. amounting to 6.118,4(7 ( acre *
The patents issued for the year
numbered 5G.386 and exceeded those
for any other twelve months In the
history of the office.
Speaking of frauds committed un
der the timber and stone acts , Mr
Richards gays : "In the timbered
land no real settlement of any extent
was found , but in most cases a camp
ing hut , without furniture and desti
tute of the means of bouse keeping ,
was all that the examiner could dis
cover on the ground. It was learned
that these alleged settlers resided In
distant towns and cities and that they
were Induced to lend their names by
promises of rewards after the survey
was accomplished , evidently having
no Intention to make their homes on
the land. "
With respect to unlawful enclos
ures , 137 reports were received , showIng -
Ing an area of 1.353.G57 acres of pub-
lie land unlawfully Inclosed. Through
the efforts of special agents , 39 unlaw
ful enclosures , embracing 717,050
acres of public land have been re
moved , and proceedings are pending
to compel the remaining cases repott
ed. Mr. Richards says that specific
Instructions have boon given the spe
cial agents to secure the removal of
all unlawful enclosures upon public
lands.
Sicilian Prince Again Afloat.
Now York , Nov. 23. After lying
fast In the sand near Point Lookout ,
off the Long Island shore , since early
Sunday morning , the Prince liner
Sicilian Prince was floated at high
tide. According to the marine ob
servers , who hqvo watched the vesse ]
since she first went ashore , the liner
la not damaged to any great oitont
SERIOUS FIRE IN BROOKLYN
Three Women Probably Fatally In
jured and Five Firemen Are Hurt.
Now York. Nov. 23. Tliroo women
wore probably fntallj hurl anil IIvo
firemen wuro Injuied In a. blaze that
destioyed two buildings In Brooklyn.
The lire started In tliu culliir of a
drug Btoro at Pulton anil Adolphl
stroots. Tlio upper Moors wcro occu
pied by three families , coualstlnc ot
Iftcen pcrsoiiR.
ICIght I'ninillcs , comprising thirty-
'our persons , escaped or woio res
cued from tlio buildings adjoining tlio
drug store before the house was do-
Btioyed. Tlio firemen displayed great
bravery in the worlr of rescue nud
wo of thorn fell from a swerving ladder -
dor two stories above the street. The
others were badly cut by falling do-
brla. The llnanclal loss was small.
snot by Holdup Men.
Minneapolis. Nov. S3 During a
LurKoy rallle In a saloon at Columbia
Heights , a suburb of Mluuripolls ,
three masked men enteiod and ordered -
dered the fourteen men pros-out to
hold up their hands. ! : . 0 Mlnno , the
bartender , reached for hl9 revolver ,
when one of the robbers shot him In
the face. This started a jjenoitl : fu-
slllado of shots , one of which Instant
ly killed a young man. Alfred King ,
twenty years old. The robbers ,
though tlicy secured only $20 , escaped
on horseback.
MAKE CHANGE IN THhIR APPEAL
TO THE CZAR.
ANXIETY AS TO ITS RECEPTION
Petition to Be Presented to the Min
Ister of the Interior Today and Ho
Will Transmit It to the Lmperor.
Want a Voice in the Laws.
St. 1'elersburg , Nov. 23. The hurl-
ons work of I Ho zetnstvu meeting be-
lug accomplished , the only remaining
questions relating to aid of the wound
ed and distressed , many of the mem
bers are already leaving for their
homes. At the last moment the form
of the memorial was altered to maUc
It appear an expression of "tho hope-
that it is the wish of the oinpeior to
summon a national assembly " With
the removal of the Idea that the me
morial represented opposition to Im
perial authority , every vestige of dis
sent vanished. The piaelical result
of the meeting as represented bv the
emperor' * response Is now of all-ab
sorbing interest. The memorial will
be presented to Interior Ministct
BviatopolU Mlrsky toilny and will be
transmitted to the emperor There
is no clue as to the outcome The
genoiul lilea In govcrninent circles
and even of many of those who par
ticipated In the meeting Is that It will
be unfavorable , but the whole sltua
tlon Is so unprecedented that even
the best informed hardly know what
to expect.
A naval writer of the Novne Vremyn
urges the formation of a third squad
ron for t-orvlce In the far east , an <
points out that the Slava a modern
"battleship " , Is now' available at Cron
etadt , to which ho says would shortly
be added two battleships and twr
cruiser of a somewhat older type am
fifteen torpedo boats , making in Hseli
n formidable flotilla The writer sug
gests Incidentally that there Is stll
B po < ? silii'tv ) of Rotting out the niaek
sea fleet , which added to the alwvn
pqnadron. would wholly overmatch
the remnant of Japan's son power.
More Rumors of Kuroki's Death.
Berlin. Nov 23 The Mukden cor
respondent of the l.okat Anzlcge
Bends the following : Reports of thi
death of General Kurolcl persist , In
spite of denials , and are revived by
Chinese coming from the Japanese
camps. First Lieutenant Schupkoff ,
who has just arrived from Port Ar
thur , reports that the Russians have
laid out three lines of defenses which
the Japanese must capture befnr
they can reach the city , after whirl :
the Russians can retire to the coas
forts , which are the strongest of al
The ganlson , which comprises mor
than 40,000 men , Is In good spirits
Lieutenant Schupkoff believes tha
the fortress can hold out at leaat un
til the end of January.
Quiet Along the Front.
Mukden. Nov. 23. The quiet along
the whole line was only brolum by oc
casional shots. There were no t.erl-
ons collisions.
Banker Beuthlen Arrested ,
Chicago , Nov. 23. Arnold Beuthlen ,
until two months ago cashier and one
of the largest stockholders In savings
banks at New Liberty and Dixon , la. ,
was arrested here , charged with em
bezzlement of $00,000 of the banks'
funds. Beuthlen is said to have in
vested heavily In a Chicago amuse
ment company and other ventures.
Ills Investments proved unprofitable
and his own money and the money of
the banks was lost. The banks were
closed and the cashier fled from Iowa ,
coming to Chicago. When arrested
Deuttnen had but $1.05 In his posses
sion. Ho Is being held at Central
police station , waiting Instructions
from the Iowa authorities.
ALL QUIT ONJIIE ISTHMUS
Minister Oarrptt Reports Condition on
the Canal Zone as Orderly.
Washington , Nov. 23 Mr. Iliirrett ,
the Ameiiian minister to Panama ,
cabled the nlate dopailmont that
quiet ptoMillcd throughout the lath
num. that General HuortuH has left
I'annma for his country homo and
thai the army had BiicccHSfully dliv
handed , with the exception of twenty-
five men , who are retained to meet
the statutory requirement for n utaml-
ing army.
The cablegram adds that order has
been resulted without the Interven
tion of the American marines and
that the Panama government hi guile
ful for the advisory assistance ron
doiod by American olllulnls In quiet
Ing the double. It adds that the
propaiutlotis for the entertainment of
Secretary Taft have been completed
Ncyroes Taken to Loulnvlllo.
Lex-lngton. Ky. , Nov. 23. ClarfleM
Smith and John and Kd Taylor , col
ored , were taken under heavy guard
to Louisville , whore they will bo kept
until the authorities believe It mifo
for them to appear for trial hero.
Rev. II. O. Klrkwood started a fund
to buy n home for the widow and ton
orphans of the muidcred whllo man ,
nud an effort to raise a largo sum will
ho made
VARIATION OF THE CUSTOMARY
PROGRAM FOR THE DAY.
WILL BE QUIET AT THE CAPITAL
Prominent Officials Have Loft for their
Homes to Observe the Day Presi
dent n Stickler for Old-Fashioncd
Turkey Dinner With Family.
Washington , I ) . C. , Nov. 23. Pros-
cut signs point to a ruthor quiet
Thanksgiving for the national capital
tomorrow. Many public officials have
left for their homos In other parts of
the country to cat tholr dlnnorH of
turkey and cranberry suuco. Includ
ed among the absentees arc Hovornl
members of the cabinet.
The occupants of the white house
, vill pass the day after the uuual eus-
oin. Some changes In the usual pro
gram will bo necosnitnl , howuver ,
* y the fact that the president linn
Ixed tomorrow night an the tlmo for
ils departure for St. LoulH. In view
if this circuniHlanco It IB probable
hat ho will find It necessary to spend
i part of the day with Secretary Loob
ind his assistants , Instead of cloning
he executive offices entirely an lie
ins done In the past years.
Hut If there IB any business to trans
act at the whllo house It will not bo
lermlttod to Interfere In the slightest
ivlth the Thanksgiving dinner. The
president Is a stickler In regard to
ho observance of the day with a good
old-fashioned turkey dinner. Ho In
sists that all of the members of his
amily Hhnll be present on this occa
sion. There nro no house giioHtB at
ho white house this year , but a mini-
jor of Intlmato friends In official llfo
o received invitations to partake
of the feast. Mr. Iloosorult will carve
ils own turkey , which will bo n Rhode
[ aland bird of the finest breed. 15nc.li
year at Thanksgiving tlmo the noblest
gobbler In all that little state IB sent
: o the president of the United States ,
jelng selected with the utmost care
l > y an old gentleman named Horace
Vosu of Westerly , who for more than
i quarter pf a century has taken pride
in making thin annual contribution to
the table of the white house. Turkeys
from many other quarters have been
received at the white benne during the
week. These wore distributed thlfi
nornlng by secretary Loob among the
ushers , doorkeepers and other at
taches of the executive mansion.
Plans for the president's trip to St.
Louis were practically completed to
day. Secretary and Mrs. Loob will ac
company the IloosoveltB. A few mem
bers of the white house staff also will
go along. It Is evident from this that
the president Intends putting the fin
ishing touches on Ills message to con
gress during the trip as well as at
tending to other executive business
which can ho done en route.
Grim vs. Kennedy.
Plttsburg , Pa. , Nov. 23. A ten-round
bout between "I5ddlo" Kennedy of this
city and Joe Grim , of Philadelphia , Is
slated to bo pulled off tomorrow night
at Carnegie. Several postponements
have served to Increase tlio Interest In
the meeting of the two lighters and a
largo crowd Is expectoij to bo on hand
to sco the mill. Kennedy is the fa
vorite In what little betting Is being
done bore on the result.
THE CONDITION THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.
Chicago , Nov. 23. The bulletin Is
sued by the Chicago station of the
United States weather bureau this
morning , gives the forecast for Ne
braska as follows :
Fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler
east and north portions tonight.
BOLD DESPERADO WHO SHOT BARNEY SCHROEDER
AT PLATTE CENTER WAS CAPTURED
SOON AFTERWARD.
INSTEAD OF SECURING FUNDS , AS AT FIRST REPORTED , HE FLED ,
EMPTY HANDED , FROM THE PLACE , OUT WAS FOL
LOWED AND CAPTURED.
Plntto fouler , Neb , Nov. 23. Spe
cial to The NOWH : llocaimo ho re
fused lo obey a robber who cnlorod
the Plalto County bank at noon yonier-
day , and cnntmiiuded him lo hold up
IIH ! liandM. rmdilor llarnoy Sohmodor
\\I\H \ Himl Ihiough the luugti and very
duiificrouHly wounded. The robber
was enplurod Inter In I ho day al Oco-
ne < \ WIIH Inkon back to Pliitlo Pontor.
was Identified , admitted bin gull ) and
\\IIH In 1(011 lo rolumhuH and jailed , In
order lo provout a lynching , llo failed
In secure any mmioy , bolng frightened
a\\ay by the opportune arrival of a
voung man miuiod Hcholp. At hint re
pot-in It WIIH bolloved Mr. Huhrwider
would recover.
II WIIH during the dinner hour that
the tragedy occurred. No ono wan In
the bank at the tlmo , mivo Iho eushlor ,
n man of twenty-eight years of ago.
A dark , small man , a ntrnngor , entered
the bank , threw the nose of a gun
Into Iho Imnkcr'H facn and command-
od. "Hold up your handu ! "
Instead of complying wllh Iho order ,
Schmeder reached for bin own gun
that lay on the counter. AH ho
touched , the doHporudo soul n bull of
lend whistling Into bin breast and Iho
hanker fell with a wound that was at
llrni considered positively fatal.
Then the burglar wont for Iho mon
ey. Simultaneously Scholp , hearing
the shot , rushed Into the iibnk. The
burglar , frightened , dashed out the
door , jumped Into his buggy and
whipped his single grey horse out of
town. Almost Instantly a POHHO of
citizens was formed for pursuit. They
raced after the assailant and within
two hours had him captured.
Ho admitted his Identity , and was
taken to Plntto Center for further
proof. In the evening ho was taken
lo Columbus on the freight train.
It was reported soon after the shootIng -
Ing that the robber had secured $8-
000 , but this was later denied.
Columbus , Neb. , Nov. 23. At noon
btiatigui walked Into the Platt *
Cuimiy bunk at I'latto Center and with
Oiuun levolvur in his hand demanded
liu money IMJIM Cashier Schioeder
llo wits ie.fuf.ed and without further
ado he Hi eel , the ball striking Scbiou
doi Minutely in the breast. A bou of
William Scbelp , who wus In the back
fooui of the bank , al once gave the
tiiiu'in and the robber jumped Into his
buggy and daubed off to the eolith
Sheriff Cuirlg and a posse capturei
the uibber. Following newt , of the
boldup , Howard Clarke , cashier of
the Stale bank ol this city , brough
his automobile Into action and loadci
the bbeillf and a couple of doctors
and made n double-quick run to the
email village , unloaded the doctors
and then joined In the man-hunt. Tliu
robbui was pressed hard about nine
miles west of .this cit\ and llnallv
overhauled , hut not until lie had sbo
at his pmsueis He took a close
range shot at Charles C. Kngelhoni
whose luobo shied and thiew Kugle
horn Inio a barbed wire fence , where
ho received severe Injuries The rob
her was taken back to Plalte Cente
and Sheriff Cairig had hard work to
eave him Irom mob violence. Hu was
positively Identified by Schroeder ,
even though hu had changed his
clothing and removed a glass eye that
he was wearing when ho did the
booting.
The bandit gives tuo name ot
"Billy" Holden , and says he has been
orklng In the beet fields near
Oconee for about two months
Schroeder's wound , which was at
first thought to be fatal , Is now be
lieved to be not serious. The ball
struck a button on his vest and Its
course was deflected It has been
removed and ho Is progressing nice
ly. The robber got no money Ho Is
secure In a cell and the jail Is betnz
guarded
McKinley Monument.
New Yotk. Nov 23. The national
trustees of the McKinley memorial ,
who have in their charge the erection
of the McKinley monument In Canton ,
O. . met here and viewed the design
presented by the official architect. H.
Van Huron MiOonlglo. At the close
of the meeting It was stated that the
sum needed had been raised and that
the ihanges which may bo necessary
wore made for financial , rather than
artistic , reasons The drawings are
said to show a massive structure un
like either the Grant monument In
New York or the Oarfleld monument
In Cleveland. Us situation on the top
of n hill renders a beautiful approach
possible and the opportunities offered
cave the architect an Idea which
would require more money.
GAIN CLEW IN BATE MURDER
Witness Declare ) Automobile Con
tained Three Persons ,
Chicago. Nov. i3.--llul ! one clew de
veloped in the minder ease of Chauf
feur Unto , who W.IB killed near Lo-
uioui , 111. , lour days ago. John lion-
lies , the young man who declared
10 haw the iiuiiimobllo , ami then a-
Rorted that hu bud not seen It , cam *
lo the finut again with story No. 3.
llo now bays that ho did see the auto-
mobllo , thai It passed him ns hu wtu
walking along ( be toad , ami Unit , It
coululiird three people. After it had
paused him by about a quarter of a
milt ; be beard two shots , but paid no
ntteniion to them until tlio next morn
ing , who 11 ho hoard of tlio murder.
This hlory , Hennas t-nyii Is the truth ,
llo declared that the n > asnn why ha
denioi ! bis Hist story was that ho wnu
walking with a young woman whoso
parents bud objected lo his being
with her and ho did not wish to ciu-
nte any I rouble lor her.
The ofllccrs nro still seeking dili
gently for "Mr Dove , " the man who
hired the automobile , but apparently
huvo not succeeded In gaining any
knowledge of his whereabouts. Tlio
case has settled down to a man-hunt ,
wlih few fnru upon which the iiourch ,
can be directed.
. Attempt to Kidnap Woman.
Windsor. Out. , Nov. 22. An at
tempt has been made to kidnap and
cremate Mrs. John Scram , who claims
a fortune in Omaha.
FEDERATION OF LABOR KILLS
TWO PROPOSITIONS.
RADICALS OBTAIN A HEARING
Measures to Pension Aged Workingmen -
men and to Abolish Militia as Now
Existing Are Overwhelmingly De
feated at San Francisco Convention.
San Francisco , Nov. 23. Disputes
occupied most of the time of the dele-
gales to the American Fodcratlon ot
Labor. There was a ripple of Mon
day's exciting proceedings , when upon
the opening of the bcsblon two reso
lutions , lutioduced by Delegate Victor
Dorger , leader of the socialists , were
presented for consideration. One of
these provided for abolishment of
the millila us It now exists In the
United States and the substitution ol
the Swiss system. The convention
overwhelmingly defeated the meas
ure.
ure.The
The second socialist measure asked
the association to go on record aa
being iu favor of petitioning congress
to puss n bilj providing for an old-age
pension for worklngmeu. This meas
ure was also defeated.
The convention also accorded Delo-
cate Victor Derger the floor , under
suspension of the rules , that he might
make a statement regarding the as
persions cast by the contents ot a
printed slip from bis newspaper office
on President Gompers and President
John Mitchell. Healing balm was
poured on the wounds when Mr. Ber-
cor stated that not only did be deny
the authorship of the slip declaring
that Samuel Gompers and Joha
Mitchell had been traitors to the
cause of labor , but he knew nothing
of the charges and was not In sympa
thy with the same , and regretted the
Incident. John Mitchell thereupon
arose and asked to hare stricken
from the records the statements mad *
by him to the effect that unless Mr.
Berger proved his charges he must
stand before the contention stampad
as a liar The convention gare its
unanimous consent to this procoeduro
amid applause , and ended the bitter
est controversy yet waged on tha
floor of the convention.
A great number of resolution ! re
garding trade Jurisdiction were pre
sented. In but a few Instances were
agreements reached.
The most bitter fight was waged
over the differences between the boll-
ermakers and the structural iron
workers The matter was finally com
promised. A score of other disputes
between the crafts were referred to
the executive council for final adjust
ment. It Is hollered that these trade
Jurisdiction disputes will occupy most
of the time of the remainder of the
asslon.