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VVar VET -- CT SPJPKJf ?ES7W "- ;- - -i . 'GJvC - . . - - V, v. E . . - Lv, jjT.? . COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1901. WHOLE NUMBER 1,625. VOLUME XXXII. NUMBER 13. 'V 'CT5'5Sgw'9'"0 - Sjt. Cfllttmro jottngj o o e 'iT Jw .. , i KILLED WO NEIGHBORS Oliver Bricker Slaughters 0. D. Guild and His Son Clarence. RESULT OF .4 FEUD OF FAMILIES Many SboU Are Excusa-ed oa Farm Krar Uaytoo, luwa Victor Twice Mlt Claim He Did Not Fire Until He Wi Wounded. DAYTON, la., June 25. As a result of a bitter neighborhood feud. C. D. Guild and his 19-year-old son Clar ence lie dead, riddled with charges fired from a shotgun. The man who did the fatal shooting is believed to be Oliver Bricker, one of a 1'an.ily of neighbors to the Guilds. f lie shooting was committed at 1 o'clock this after noon. Stories or how the shooting occur red vary. Brickcr's story is that he met Guild and son. Guild pulled a re volver and began firing. Bricker was hit three times, on the lip, on the forehead and in the arm. All his wounds arc slight. The last shot, Bricker claims, was fired hy the boy, Bricker having knocked a revolver from Guild s hand. When Bricker got through the fence he say? that his brother George met him and handed him a shotgun. He fired one barrel at the boy, who held the revolver. The boy fell dead and as the father sprang to pick up the revolver Bricker shot and killed him. A different story is told by Charlie Guild. 1C years old, son of the dead man, who claims he was an eyewit ness of the shooting. Tb bey says Oliver Bricker opened fliv first with a revolver and that Geoige Bricker did the fatal shooting with a shotgun. Both Brickers were arreattd. Oliver Bricker was placed under $10,000 bonds and George Bricker uudsr $5,000. A jury impaneled by Coroner Youkcr went to the ground and took evcidence, but has net returned a verdict. Brick er openly admits the shooting and talks about it freely. "It was bad," ho sa3-s, "but when a man's got to he has to." Both bodies lay In a lane only a few hundred yards from Guild's home. Mrs. Guild heard the shooting and rushed to the spot, only to come upon the bodies of her son and husband. She carefully took cK the .:pron which she wore and wrapped it about her tlcad husband's head. Sk was later taken home in a dazen cjndition and now lies In a serious state from nerv ous shock. Guild was a well-to-do farmer, CO years of :igc, and leaves a wife and eight children, the oldest 17 years and the youngest a baby in its mother's aims. Both bodies showed wounds in the chest. The fatal charges were heavy loads of No. C shot anl were fired from a twelve-gauge, double-barreled shotgun. The revolver used by Guild was a thirty-eisht calibet Smith & Wesson. Four or five chamLcrs are empty. It is believed that the shooting was caused by a quarrel this morning, when George Bricker and Guild had words over a broken fence which let Brickcr's cattle in Guild'3 corn and Bricker claims Guild struck him with a hammer. EXFRA DAYS FOR VOLUNTEERS. Rectnieats at San Francisco Can Dot lie Muntered Out Soon. SAN FRANCISCO. June 29. Al though four volunteer regiments in camp at the Presidio are working night and day to be within the law by leav ing the service on Sunday, June 30. there are three others which will not i;ct out before next week. According to the present schedule, the Forty-seventh infantry will be mustered out on the 2d of July, the Forty-first on the 3d, and the Forty third on the 5th. These troops will thus be in the service two, three and five days respectively longe: than they nre supposed to have a military ex istence. A "deficiency bill by congress will have to provide for their extra pay. County Fairs In Nebraska. LINCOLN. Neb., June 29. The fol lowing dates for county fais in Ne braska have been announced ty Sec retary Furnas: Jefferson county, Sep tember 17 to 20, at Fairbury; Fron tier county. September 24 o 27, at Stockville; Kearney county September 18 to 21, at Minden; Madison county, September 10 to 12, at Madisrn; Ce dar county, September 17 to 20, at Martington. Faaaael Gompers May Die. WASHINGTON, June 29. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is lying danger ously ill at his home in this city, suf fering from concussion of the brain and a possible fracture of the skull. While his condition is critical, his physicians say he probably will re cover. He was injured last night as he alighted fjrom a car on which he had been taking his two children for an outing. Xontaaa Is Well Soaked. HAVRE, Mont., June 29. The Great Northern road is experiencing great difficulties with high waier east of Havre. A dispatch from Glasgow says the washouts proved the most de structive in three years. The track from Minot to Havre was damaged to such an extent that all trains save wrecking trains have been stopped Between Trenton and Culbertson three bridges were destroyed and two miles of track washed away. WARM. WITH HEAVY SHOWERS. Crop CeaeUtloas for the Week la He- braska. UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, Neb. The past week has been warm, 'with heavy showers in the northern counties. The daily mean temperature has averaged one degree above normal in eastern coun ties and two decrees in v. ester n. The rainfall of the weok was heavy in the central and northeastern coun ties, generally ranging from one to three inches bu in a fe.v instances reaching nearly six inches. In the southern and southwestern counties the rainfall was light, being generally less than half an inch. Winter wheat has ripened rapidly and harvesting has commenced in southern counties. A few reports in dicate that the heads are xther short, but well filled with plump berry. Oats have improved in northern coun ties, but continue to indicate a small crcp in southern. Sprins wheat is generally doing well. Cora has grown well, but is backward and ned8 warm weather, and in southern counties mor rain. In the northern counties rain has delayed cultivation, nd corn is generally getting weedy. Consider able alfalfa hay was danu-rrd in west ern counties by rain wh'!.- curing. In southern counties the drr weather has damaged grass in pastures and mcad dows, but in the northern counties the prospect is for an exceptiorallj heavy hay crop, and the pastures and range are unusually fine. Peaches promise a good crop. WILL TAKE BACK THE STAMFS. Internal Revenue Collector Receive m Baling. OMAHA, June 29. J. E. Houtz, col lector of internal revenue, has re ceived a ruling from Commissioner J. Y. Yerkes in regard to the redemption of documentary stamps after July 1. The circular sets forth that banks or stationers cannot act as agents for the presentation of claims for their customers, but may purchase imprint ed stamps which they had previously secured and sold. As the bona fide owners thereof they may present claims in their own names for the re demption of such stamps without re gard to the number purchased from each customer. In presenting claims for the redemp tion of stamps a number of formalities will have to be gone through with by the applicant. In all cases whers claims are made by banks or station ers for the redemption of stamps thus purchased it will be necessary, in addi tion to evidence now required in sup port of claims, for each claim to be accompanied by a certificate duly sign ed by the party from whom the stamps were purchased, setting forth the ab solute sale and transfer of said stamps t( the claimant Prisoner Jump From Train. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 29. A telegram from Sheriff Wheeler at Al bia, la., states that Charles Elmer Holmes, who was arrested in Chicago and being brought to this city to be tried on the charge of perjury in con nection with the case of stealing brass from the Burlington ?hops here, had escaped by jumping trough a car window of train No. 5. He was handcuffed at the time. Uvea With Dislocated Neck. FRANKLIN, Neb., June 29. Percy Reams, the young man whose neck was dislocated by being thrown from a horse a week ago, is living, but is in a semi-conscious condition. He can swallow food and medicine, but cannot speak and can only compre hend complete sentences. Receiver for State Bank. LINCOLN. Neb., June 29. James W. Quckenbush has applied to the dis trict court for the appointment of a receiver for the State Bark of Green wood. He alleges that the directors of the institution are seeking to de prive him of his interests and to re duce the stock from $50,00J to $25,000. Harlaa to Start for Alaska. YORK, Neb., June 29. Hon. N. V. Harlan and wife and Edward Harlan, his son will leave York for Alaska Monday, where Mr. Harlan takes up his work as United states district at torney. For twenty-nine years Sen ator Hralan has lived in York Bey Drowns Xear Chadrea. CHADRON, Neb., June 29. Franit Carroll, about 15 years old, was drown ed one mile cast of town. He and a boy 8 years old were in bathing near the railroad and he stepped into a hole where the water was over his head. Admission Fee to the Pea. LINCOLN, Neb., June 29. Governor Savage has announced that after July 1 an admission fee of 10 cents will be charged for visiting the penitentiary. On visitors' day, which is the first Tuesday of each month, no admission will be charged. The same courtesy will be extended to visitors to the Sun day services. This admission fund will be used to help defray the ex pense of putting in a prison library, the former one having be?n destroyed. The Law a Dead letter. ST. PAUL, Neb., June 29. After having the.' case under advisement some time, County Judge Smith de clared the curfew ordinance of this city unconstitutional and ordered the four girls who were arrested for vio lating it last week released. The ac tion was brought under habeas corpus proceedings after the prisoners had been taken to police court for trial. Much regret is expressed on account of the court's finding. YALE WINS THE RACE Wearers of the due Take Eight-Oared 'Vanity Victory. CREWS EVEN UNTIL NEAR FINISR Harvard Left Oaly Half LeaatB by Spnrt of Ell's Sobs Freskasea Suffer the game Face New Havea Youagsters Take Early Lead. NEW LONDON, Conn., June 28. In a race never excelled on the Thames, Yale's 'varsity crew won the great col legiate rowing event of the year over the four-mile course today by a scant two lengths. The magnificent contest .was wit nessed by thousands from observation trains, yachts and points of vantage along the bank. To Yale also fell the honor of the victory in the freshman race, while Harvard tonight take3 con solation in the fact that its 'varsity four walked away from the Yale quar tet handsomely. The two minor races with honors divided served only to whet the appe tites of the spectators. These contests had resulted exactly as the experts had predicted, and some 20.000 people were impatient for the supreme event of the regatta. The big race was row ed down stream in the cool of the even ing, shortly after 7 o'clock. The con ditions were fairly favorable. A wind out of the southwest blew diagonally against the crews at the rate of about six miles an hour. A beautiful start, with the two eights rowing stroke for stroke, began a contest that will never be forgotten by those who witnessed it Harvard immediately took the lead. Its stal wart oarsmen retained it for a mile and a half. At the two-mile flag Yale had cut down the Harvard advantage and drew ahead, only to lose again be fore the half mile had been traveled. For still another half the Cambridge boys held on. The excitement was in tense. Both crews by this time had dropped to an unusually slow stroke, at times the rate being scarcely thirty. Yale's endurance, however, was up to the standard, and as the two shells approached the three-mile-and-a-half flag the Elis spurted magnificently. Harvard heroically responded, but it was Yale's day. The blues took the lead and not only kept it, but drew away rapidly in the last quarter mile until the finish was reached, when Yale tore across the line barely two lengths ahead, with Harvard rowing manfully. The victory for Yale Is due to the splendid power of its oarsmen and tha superb generalship of Coxswain Chit tenden. With great foresight he re fused to push his men until the su preme moment. This care found his men ready. Harvard had shot its bolt earlier and Yale added another to its long list of victories. The race was a hard one for Harvard to lose; a magnificent one for the win ners. The end found Goodell, the bow ear in the Harvard shell. In a state of collapse. It was necessary to lift him out from his seat into the launch. In the Yale shell Stroke Cameron, too. was in distress, but he was able to help himself to the Yale launch. The other oarsmen were all strong and In good condition. MORE MONEY FOR CHINA. ffi Ting Fang Receives Notlee of SIO, OOO Belar Seat. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 28. The Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, has received information that a sec ond remittance of $20,CCJ has been cabled by the Christian I!1 raid to the relief committee at Tien 7 sin for the sufferers in Shan Si and other prov inces. A remittance of $20,000 from the same source was made a few weeks ago and was acknowledged by Li Hung Chang. The fund is distribute 1 through a committee of missionaries who person ally supervise the famine relief in the provinces of Shan Si, Shen Si and She Li. Minister Conger has given his co-oneration to the telief move ment and has approved the members of the committee selected for its dis tribution. Fire at State Fair Groaads. LINCOLN, Neb., June 28. Horse and cattle sheds comprising 122 stalls were burned at the state fair grounds. The loss is aproximately $1,200, fullv covered by insurance. It is supposed that the fire was caused by a spark from a passing locomotive, the sheds being along the south end of the en closure within a few feet of the rail road track. Union PacIBc Shops Close. LARAMIE, Wyo., June 2Z Seventy five men employed in the T'nion Pacific shops here will be transferred to Cheyenne July 1 and the shops closed. The recent pooling of all passenger engines, as well as freight, and the running of locomotives tnrough to Rawlins from Cheyenne, has rendered the operation of the local shops un profitable, as the repair work that comes to Laramie can b? done much cheaper at Cheyenne. Korth Dakota's Costly Halt JAMESTOWN, N. D., June 28. Re ports from Stutsman county indicate that the damage done there by Mon day's hail, rain and wind storm is estimated at $150,000. Passengers from the north report that a strip of five miles between Buchanan and Park hurst on the Jamestown & Northern railroad was swept clean cf grain. It being early In the season, little hail insurance was in force end the loss Is total in the majority of cases. JESSIE MORRISON GUILTY. Jary Retaras Vlrdlct of Maaslaag-ator la the Second Degree. ELDORADO, Kan., June 28. Jessie Morrison was found guilty of man slaughter in the second degree late this afternoon for the muidcr of Mrs. Olin Castle. The penalty is net more than five years nor less than three years in tho penitentiary. One of Miss Morrison's lawyers im mediately filed a notice c' appeal. Jes sie Morrison was taken to her old cell and locked up. There he- father, who had been with her, left l.er. The jury wrangled for nearly thirty hours over the verdict. It If said that one juror held out obstinately for ac quittal. Last night while the jury was deliberating the Eldorado band gave a concert In the city park near the jcourt house and Olin Castle and Hay ward Morrison, Jessie's brother, played instruments side by side. ENORMOUS GRAIN CROP. Largest la History is Predicted for This Region. CHICAGO, 111., June 28. After mak ing a careful canvass o? the north west territory and preparing conserv ative estimates upon the conditions found throughout the grain belt, traffic officials of the St. Paul, th2 Northwest ern, the Great Northern and the Bur lington systems are agreed that the wheat crop of this region for 1901 will break all previous records. According to the estimates of these officials, it is claimed that the two Dakotas and Minnesota alone will harvest between 185.000,000 and 200, 000,000 bushels of wheat, as against 100,000,000 last year. Th greatest previous yield of wheat in the three states named was in 1898, when 175, 000,000 bushels were ha-vested. Prise Cases Are Decided. WASHINGTON, June 28. Justice Bradley in the equity court today de cided the Manila bay and Santiago bay prize cases. The decision is in favor of tho claimants as to vessels cap tured and as to property taken from vessels so captured, but against them as to property captured ashore. Th.T decision holds that vessels sunk and afterward raised were captured and not destroyed; that property captured ashore is not subject to prize. Connty Treasurer Slagged. MINDEN, Neb., June 2S. At about 10 o'clock tonight Alfred Norlin, county treasurer, ran out of his office in the court room crying fire. Fire companies soon put out the fire, which bad been set in the treasurer's books. It develops that Norlin was working on his books and some one slugged him, knocking him senseless, and, after rifling his pockets and the money drawer, set fire to the building. Mrs. McKluley Takes a Drive. WASHINGTON, June 28 Mrs. Mo Kinley's condition is so much improv ed that she was able to take a drive with the president this forenoon. Mrs. McKinley was taken down stairs in her rolling chair. The pres ident accompanied her to the side entrance, where they entered the car riage. The drive lasted about forty minutes. Rassla Not to Try Again. ST. PETERSBURG, June 28. The dispatch of the London Times from Pekin, saying the Russian minister there, M. DeGiers, had notified the Chinese authorities that the negotia tions regarding Manchuria are to be reopened. Is classed in official circles here as being entirely inaccurate. Pop. Reported Qnlte III. PARIS, June 28. A dispatch to the Petit Bleu from Rome announces the pope to be seriously ill an 1 says that Dr. Lapponni, his attending physi cian, does not leave the pontiff's bed side. The Vatican officials are anxious concerning the pope's health. State Work for Five Tears. NEW YORK, June 28. Thomas G. Barger, convicted in the Hudson coun ty court of Jersey City last week of felonious assault upon Re?. John Kel ler of Arlington, was today sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Gomez Goes to New fork. HAVANA, June 28. General Max imo Gomez sail for New York today, by way of Tampa, Fla., accompanied by the private secretary of Governor General Wood. After forty years of service in the Chicago fire department, William H. Munsham has become its chief. St. Joseph Elevators Empty. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28. Rush orders from Chicago grain men today cleaned up every bushel of wheat, corn and barley In the elevators in this city. There have "been more than 500,000 bushels gone out of this city during the last week Jor export. Sold ttt 76 cents a bushel. About 400,000 bushels stored in the St. Jo seph & Grand Island conrany's ele vator at Elwcod, Kan., was also ship ped to Chicago during the week. President Bart la Silent. SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 28. Presi dent Burt '.t the Union Faeific arriv ed here to hold a. conference with President Hays of the Southern Pa cific on matters concermins the allied roads. President Burt rtftased to mako any specific statements. Presi dent Burt is accompanied on his trip by Chief Engineer J. S. Berry of the Union Pacific It Is known that when the conference with President Hays is ended they will go to Los Angeles. 1 a 8pain8o Far Forgets Her Chastisement as to Encourage Track COUNTRY IN GENERAL TROGRESSES Reawakening and Regeneration Seema'to Be Aboat to Follow the General Shak ing Up and Readjustment that the War Brought Aboat. WASHINGTON, June 27 In spite of the discriminating tariff, the out look for United States trade in Spain is hopeful, according to Consul Gen eral Lay at Barcelona, in a report which, makes up the greater part of the latest extract from "Commercial Relations' made public by the bureau of foreign relations, Slate depart ment. Since the old trade treaty was can celled with Spain no new compact has been effected to take its place and hence Spain is obliged to impose max imum tariff duties on American goods, which amount to discriminatory rates. However, it is thought that the ef forts of Mr. Storer, as minister to Spain, will soon bear fruit and that mutually satisfactory trade relations between the two countries will be es tablished. In spite of the drawbacks, American goods at elevated prices find ready sale in Spain and any feeling against the United States as a nation engendered by the late war Is fast disappearing. Consul Brown, at Carthagena, states that he had hundreds of applications during the past year from voung Span iards who are desirous of settling in Cuba. He also says it is a positive fact that Spain, with the burden of past reverses still partly upon it, is advancing with slow but steady strides on the road to prosperity The poor er classes are getting higher wages, all classes pay more taxes and have more money to pay them with and the entire regeneration of the country has begun with commendable vim. CARS riLE IN HEAP. Calvert Xear Pern, Ind., Gives Way Under Wabash Limited. . PERU, Ind., June 27. Thirteen per sons were killed and about fifty were seriously injured in a wrrck of train No. 3, the westbound Wabash limited, nine miles west of this city, at 12:30 a. m. today. The dead are mostly Italian emigrants, en route to Colo rado. Many of the injured undoubt edly will die. Two sections of tram No. 3, one coming from Detroit and the other from Toledo, were consolidated In this city into a train of eleven cars, making up the flyer for its journey to St. Louis. It consisted of a com bination baggage and express, com bination baggage and smoker, day coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars, three sleepers, and the private car of General Superintendent William Cotter, Iron Mountain railway. Hav ing left this city one hour late, the train was speeding westward at a high rate, when at a point nine miles west the engine plunged through a tres tle which had been undermined by the recent heavy rains. The embankment on both sides of the little stream dropped at a sharp degree a distance of fortv feet Ow ing to the momentum of the train the engine appeared to leap nearly across the abyss, plunged Into the soft earth on the opposite side and fell back to the bottom. Engineer Butler and Fireman dams were thrown from the cab, but not serious ly hurt The express car and the first chair car were telescoped. The emi grant car, followed by two chair cars, went down on the left side of the track and the first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass of debris. Its windows and trucks were broken, but none of the occupants were injured. The remaining cars also left their trucks, but were not badly damaged. It was in the emigrant and day coaches that most of the 'death and injuries occurred. Heavy foliage lin ed the banks on both sides of the cul vert, the approach to which was over a ".reverse curve." Insane froas Cigarette. OTTUMWA, la., June 27. Thomas Collingwood, 19 years of age, was ad judged insane today and ordered taken to Mount Pleasant. Collingwood had been employed at the Dain Manufac turing company's plant and is said to have been forced to givo up his work on account of the excessive use of cigarettes. Henderson Chats With K!ng. LONDON. June 27 David B. Hen derson, speaker of the United States house of representatives said to a representative of the Associated Press this afternoon: "I have never enjoyed a greater half-hour Interview than the one I had with King Edward yester day. He was perfectly frank and tble. He looks forward s even more cordial relations than now exist be tween the English-speak! ug nations. America has a firm friend in him." Morrisoa Case Goes ta Jary. KANSAS CITY, June 27. A special to the Star from Eldorado, Kan., says: This morning, after nearly two days and a half of argument, the case of Jessie Morrison, charged with the murder on June 22, 1900, of Mrs. Olin Castle, was given to the jury. The state's argument was concluded at 10 o'clock. County Attorney Reed is quoted as saying that in case of a hung jury at this trial of the prisoner the case may be given up by the state. HER BUB HEALING NEIRASKA SOLD WAR ROUSES.! Two Theasaad of Theas Gallop for Eng lish Army Against tan Boers. LINCOLN, Neb., July 1. During the last two years Nebraska farmers and stockmen have sold to England over 2.000 horses for service in the war in South Africa. The price paid has varied from $30' to $90, but the gen eral average has been $35 per head. Most of these horses came from the western part of -the state and were sold at South Omaha or Kansas City, where tha English purchasing agents maintained headquarters. There is still a good demand for the tn'igh an imals known as "war horses." The dealing just now is inactive, but it is said that the purchasing season will soon open and that there will be a ready market for all hordes that can be supplied. When England began purchasing horses in America the agects demand ed young, thoroughbred animals and the price paid sometimes went as high as $100, but they took only animals that were selected with gret care, and were sound in every bone and fiber. The extravangance or. these op erations was soon demonstrated and the English agents in America were in structed to be less particular in select ing the animals. Horses are extreme ly sensitive to climatic changes and conditions and it was found that even the best American horses could sur vive only about six weeks of active service in the South African war. The agents began experiment with common stock and it was fovnd that the ordinary plains or range horses from Nebraska. Wyoming, Montana or other western territory could do just as effective work and live as long in South Africa as the high-priced thor oughbred horse. OSCAR SHOUSE IS ACCUSER. Arrested oa Charge or Complicity la D.vld City Ticket Robbery. HASTINGS, Neb., July 1 Sheriff Simmering, with Superintendent Big rell of the Burlington lead and a couple of detectives, took a special train out of Hastings for Blue Hill, where Sheriff Simmering arrested Os car Shouse on the charge of having been Implicated in the robbery of the railway tickets at the Burlington depot at David City, May 27. Shouse is a traveling man for an oil house and it is said he has disposed of considerable transportation during the last two weeks. One of the per sons to whom he sold transportation was locaated at Denver and be was brought to Hastings and taken to Blue Hill and identified Shouse Shouse was a member of the Hastings police force four years ago. Deed for State Fair Groaads. LINCOLN, Neb.. July 1. The Board of Public Lands and Buildings has been given a deed by the Lancaster County Agricultural association for ten acres of land situated vithin the enclosure of the state far grounds. This is a part of the preliminary work of transferring the fair grounds to the state. Indians Voted "So." PENDER, Neb., July 1. The prop osition to bond Thurston county to pay off the floating indebtedness did not carry at the special election. The vote was 316 to 208 against the bonds. The Indians voted solidly "no." This county owes about $32,009, with only cne township of land and all personal property taxable. New Bank for Grand Ialaiid. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. July 1 E. D. Hamilton of Julesburg. Colo., was in GJ-aru Jstand on busicnss con nected with the establishment ft a. new bank in this city. Mr. Hamilton stat ed that the new firm expected to open tie middlo of July. Millloa Dollar Binder YORK, Neb., July 1. One million dollars is the amount Thomas Owens, a local jeweler, is promised for his patent binder, which ties bundles with straw, if the machine proves a suc cess. Waated for Wife Harder. CLINTON, la., July 1. The negro White, who Is charged with drawn in? his wife in Chicago, has been traced to this place and officers ere bunting for him. Farmer Dies by Hanging. GENEVA, Neb., July 1. Fred Fricke, a farmer near Ociowa, com mitted suicide last night by hanging. The coroner has gone to hold an in quest. Killed Under Wagon Wheels. ST. EDWARD, Neb., July 1 Her man Stenzel, a prosperous 'armer four miles south of here, was instantly kill ed ,a few days ago. He !:ad started for home with a large load of lumber. When three miles from town he fell off the front end of the wagon as it was going down hill and it passed over his face and legs, breaking his neck and right leg. Ho was found shortly afterward and brought to town. Regs Were Poisoned. PLATTSMOUTH, Nab., Jal7 1. A farmer residing near this city has re cently lost one of his bes horses and a dosen hogs by sudden death. A quantity of mass found near hts house strengthened his belief that it contain ed poison, so he took a portion of the mass to A. W. Atwood's dry store for aanlysis. The mass was analyzed and found to coataln bread, brand, shorts, lard and arsenic. The guilty party has not been apprehended. tfVVVV TV NNCF TOEGKAMS. I ii tut in m n The crui3er Philadelphia has left San Francisco for Samoa with a crew of enlisted men to relive the crew of the station ship Abartnda at Tu tuila. Anton Skerbeck, one of the Skerbeck brothers, proprietors of a circus, drop ped dead while acting in the ring during a performance at Staples, Minn. By a vote of 71 to 91 the Kansas City Live Stock exchange has refused to join the National Liv- Stock ex change, which has headquarters in Chicago. It Is not probable that Sir Thomas Lipton will accept the offer made by an American magazine for a $5,000 cup race over the same course after the America's cup race. The 1901 wheat crop is being har vested in southern Illinois, and is the largest in many years. It is esti mated that the large crop of 1882 will be equaled if not surpassed. Practical farmers are wanted at twenty-two of the Indian schools that are scattered about the country. The government wants farme-s who can teach the young Indians to till the soil and grow crops. The Nashville railway has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The application was made by tne Baltimore Trust and Guarantee com pany, the holder of $2,060,000 of the company's bonds. Attorney Charles Ogden, former Judge of the district court at Omaha. Neb., was fined $25 and costs and sent to jail for contempt of court by Judge Keysor in the criminal branch of the district court. President Fish of the IUinois Cen tral railway made a positive denial to the New York Post of the current reports that the Illinois Central will take over the Minneapolis &. St Louis and Iowa Central railroads. Prof. Robert Koch publishes in the German Medical Weekly a declara tion that Dr. Goetsch, of the Slawent zitz hospital, has used for the past year tubercullon against pure tubercu losis with unvarying success. A census of the consumptives in New York .is to be begun in about a week by Dr. Daniel Lewis, commis sioner of the state Board of Health. It will be the first census of the kind ever undertaken by that state. A meeting of broom makers has nnbeen called to be held in Cleveland. Ohio, for the purpose of forming a general company with a capital of $0,000,000, to include the factories in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Rev. Joseph Cook, the distinguish ed lecturer and author, is dead, at bis summer home in Ticonderoga. He has been in ill heatlh for several years. Mr. Cook is best remembered by his efforts to show, in his lectures, the harmony of the bib'e with sci ence. The wedding of Miss Ellen Lee, daughter of Brigadier General Lee, to First Lieutenant James Cooper Rhea, of the Seventh cavalry, U. S. A., took place in the Church of the Transfigur ation in New York. A few days will be spent by the young couple in travel before the start for Cuba, where the bridegroom is now statiored. The Orange Judd Farmer says: Spring wheat conditions practically perfect General wheat prospects war rant estimate of 750.000.000 bushels yield as minimum. Corn improving, but will require perfect weather for average result; condition not over 85. Rate of oats yield decidedly below average. The steamship Dolphin, from the Klondike, brought $1,350,000 In gold dust The comptroller of the currency has declared a dividend of two per cent in favor of the creditors of the insolvent Capital National bank of Lincoln. The force maintained by Austria Hungary in China has b?en reduced to two vessels and 100 men. Thirty acres of coal land in the vi cinity of Pittsburg, Pa., sank several feet and the surface is still going down. Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins is dead in London. He was born in 1828. The circulation per capita in the United States is now the largest in the country's history, amounting to $28.13. One year ago it was $26.71. It has been decided that neither the American colonies of Berlin, Leipsic nor Dresden will hold general or offi cial Fourth of July celebrations. An drew D. White, the United States am bassador at Berlin, and Mrs. White will spend the day at Sansnitz. Dr. Jose Gomez urioso and Jos. E. C. Barosa, members of the executive council of 'Porto Rico, arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, and held a confer ence with Senator Hanna. After a brief sojourn there they departed for Buffalo to visit the exposition. A Nebraska Judge has declared the curfew law unconstitutional. G. C. Richie, trainer of trotters and pacers, while adjusting- a loose boot on Crapshooter at Lexington, Ky.. was kicked on the head by the horse and instantly kiUed. Thomas A. Carver of Shbllburg. la., has been admitted to practice before the treasury department. The pork packing establishment of Klinck Bros., at Buffalo, N. Y., was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $140, 000. The Wisconsin district of Evangel ical Lutheran synod of Missouri at Milwaukee, Wis., adopted resolutions prohibiting any of its members from taking part in any public entertain ment where "rag-time ' music is play ed. ittttuiT I r0OdOvOdOd0W00 O4ooocxso3oooo Tie tU lellaMe. I fCotRRrtms I State IBank o o o o o Oldest Bank in the State. Pays Interest oa Time t Deposits 2 AND g Makes Loans oa Real o Estate. o o o o o o o o o o o o o y o o j issues sioht drafts on tMha. CWcaft, New Ytft As AN Fereira Ceewtrles. Sells Steamship Tickets. I JBiW Good HokSt t ana naps us cuwumcis . when they need help. 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