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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1901.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,625.
VOLUME XXXII. NUMBER 13.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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