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A CITY IN RUINS
RETALBULEN, GUATEMALA DE
STROYED BY A VOLCANO.
THOUSAND PEOPLE Art KILLED
The Town, Which Stood at Feat ef
Mountain, Almost Completely De
stroyedPlaces Twenty-Five Miles
Distant Feel the Effects.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Another
city in Central America has suffered
almost complete destruction and hun
dreds of its inhabitants hare been
killed' by volcanic eruptions.
The steamer Palena, which arrived
today from southern Italy ports, brings
the news that the town of Retalbulen,
.situated at the foot of Mount Tacona,
In Guatamaia. has been buried under a
mass of lava, stones and ashes thrown
from the volcanic crater and probably
1,000 of its people have perished.
The volcano is about twenty-five
miles from Champanico. and near the
town of Tapachulo, which, it is be
lieved, also suffered severely. The
eruption occurred several days before
Palena arrived at Champanico. The
vessel's officers were informed by the
agent at that place that the volcano
had shown signs of the impending
eruption for several days previous to
the outbreak. In fact. Mount Tacona
had been restless ever since the great
earthquake of April 18, which destroyed
the city of Quczaltenago. For weeks a
black pall of smoke hung over its sum
mit, and the glare from the crater fre
quently illuminated the sky.
Many of the inhabitants of Retal
bulen fled from their homes to places
of safety and these escaped frightful
deaths. When the eruption at last
broke forth in its full fury showers of
lava, ashes and stones were ejected and
covered the country for miles around.
The Day of Champanico was a mass of
floating pumice and ashes.
No details were obtainable by the
officers of Palena, but the loss of life
was estimated at not less than 1,000.
The same steamer brought a letter to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. agents of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, from
G. M. Mellville, their agent at Guate
mala, confirming the report of the
eruption. He a!so suited that since the
earthquake of April IS shocks had been
of almost daily occurrence. A few
days before Palena tailed a small vil
lage near Mount Tacona was destroyed,
but no details could be obtained.
The volcano of Santa Maria is also
said to have been in a state of eruption.
Countervailing Sugar Duty.
SIMLA. India, June 7. The sugar
bill, empowering the government of
India to iniosc a countervailing duty
on bountied sugar until the Brussels
convention becomes effective, passed
the council today. The viceroy of
India, Lord Kurzou of Kedleston, in
u speech, exhorted the refiners to im
prove their methods and justify the
protection provided by the counter
vailing duties imposed on bountied
sugar.
Union Pacific Buys Stock.
NEW YORK, June 7. The Evening
Post today says: "The Union Pacific
Railroad company has increased its
holdings of Southern Pacific stock
from $75,000,000 to $1(0.000,000.
Immigration Increases.
NEW YORK, June 7. The official
immigration figures for the port of
New York for May say that S2.054
immigrants were landed during the
month, as against 73,667 for April.
From Morocco to Washington.
MADRID. Jur' 7. Senor deOjada.
the former Spanish minister to Mor
occa, has been gazetted minister of
Spain at Washington, in succession
to Duke de Arcos.
Boers Given Parole.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 7.
Boer officers who have been living in
the prison camps on the islands near
here have been allowed their "liberty
on parole.
Kruger in Good Health.
THE HAGUE. June 7. There is no
foundation for the reports that Mr.
Kruger is ill. On the contrary he is
enjoying good health.
King of Saxony Very III.
DRESDEN. Saxony. June 7. The
condition of King Albert of Saxony,
who has been ill for some time, is
regarded as critical.
Thinks Boers Got Too Much.
LONDON, June 7. A. J. Balfour,
government leader in the house of
commons, in a speech at a conserva
tive banquet in London, referred to
the South African war. He said the
load was only now thoroughly realiz
ed and peace had been bought by un
necessary concessions. The conten
tion of the liberals that peace might
have been secured a years ago was
untenable, because General Botha
then demanded independence.
Omaha Boy Killed in Chicago.
CHICAGO. June 7. Wilbur S.
Chase, aged 17 years, son of Rev. Dr.
Matthison Chase of the Centenary
church, was killed by lightning while
'crossing a field at Wheaton. Young
. Cuase had been in Wheaton about six
. weeks. Shortly after he came to Chi--'cago
from Omaha with his parents
bis health began to fail and the doc
tors told his father that he needed
outdoor exercise aad the boy was
' seat to the Wheatom tana.
FLAG DAY PROCLAMATION.
Qevemer Calls for Observance ef
Anniversary on June 14.
LINCOLN. Neb., June 9. Governor
Savage issued the following procla
mation, designating June 14 as Flag
day:
In accordance with a precedent set
by me one year ago, and in pursu
ance of a custom that is becoming
established among the states of the
onion, I, Ezra P. Savage, governor of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby pro
claim Saturday, June 14. 1902, Flag
day, and I do respectfully recommend
that the day be observed by all patri
otic citizens in such manner as shall
in their judgment best promote the
object to be attained'.
The foregoing date is the 125th an
niversary of the birth of our nation
al emblem. Let this and each suc
ceeding annivesary be a natal day. a
day for patriotic exercises and good
cheer on the part of all.
Well may we look upon our flag
with respect and reverence. It is a
symbol of freedom, of peace, of jus
tice. It represents more power,
more charity, more Christianity,
more patriotism, more chivalry and
more of the nobler instincts of man
kind than the flag of any other na
tion. It is stained by no national
dishonor; it bears no mark of broken
faith. Whether in the smoke of bat
tle or in the sunshine of peace,
whether at home or abroad, it is on a
mission of mercy and enlightenment
always. It is honored and respected
throughout the world because it is
the embodiment of virtue and because
it is a guaranty of good faith every
where and at all times.
Patriotic exercises of the character
contemplated are intended to bring
Ihe American people, particularly,
those of the rising generation, in
closer sympathy and to a clearer un
derstanding of the real signification,
bf the emblem of the nation. It is'
not so much that they shall rever
ence their mute symbol of sovereign
ty as that they shall have a clear
understanding of what it represents.'
To this end I earnestly request that
the day be observed in a proper man
ner by the children of the public!
schools and by patriotic citizens gen
erally. Brought Back to Life.
TECUMSEH. Neb.. June 9. Noah
"Elliott's two sons. Harry and Ray,
aged 14 and 10 years respectively,
went swimming in a pond on their
father's farm near here. They jump
ed into the water head foremost where
it was beyond their depth and Ray
gor securely stncfcr in the mud at the
bottom and was unable to relieve him
self. His brother ran to a near-by
field and got his father and when the
boy was extricated his body had been
under the water fully fifteen minutes.
Work of resuscitation was immediate
ly begun and a physician summoned.
There was apparently no life in the
body, but at the end of an hour's work
some little evidence of life appeared
and at the end of five hours the boy
had so far recovered as to be able to
speak. He is doing well and will
probably fully recover.
Adjudged Insane.
WEST POINT, Neb., June 9. Ed
gar Allen, living about four miles
north of Wisner. in this county, was
brought before the board of insanity
commissioners today and adjudged in
sane. Mr. Allen is a young man, 23
years of age, and has a good educa
tion. He was a student at the State
university at the time of the first
symptoms of insanity and it is be
lieved that overstudy is the cause of it.
Nine Inches of Rain.
BEATRICE. Neb., June 9. A cloud
burst north of here at 4 o'clock yes
terday resulted in a rainfall of nine
inches in three heure and eleven
inches by 10 o'clock last evening.
The precipitation is the record for this
state for over twenty years. Clouds
blown up by a stirring south wind
centered in the -vicinity of Cortland,
twenty miles north of here, where the
cloud burst at 4 o'clock.
Drowned in Irrigation Ditch.
BURWELL, Neb.. June 9. Laren,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hahn, was
drowned in the irrigation ditch here.
He was wading in the ditch and step
ped into a deep hole and sank to the
bottom.
Beatrice Chautauqua to Meet.
BEATRICE, Neb., June 9. The
fourteenth annual session of the Be
atrice Chautauqua assembly opens in
this city June 20.
Big Corn Shipment for Elkhorn.
ELKHORN, Neb., June 9. H. A.
Ne-lte. who owns an elevator here,
shipped a trainload of corn consisting
of twenty-three cars, or 30.000 bushels
to St. Louis. This is the largest ship
ment ever made from this town.
Farmer's Eye Blown Out.
EUSTIS, Neb.. June 9. The gun
with which Gustave Wcdegartner was
hunting cats exploded, blowing out
one of his eyes and mutilating his face.
Postmaster at Nebraska City.
WASHINGTON. June 9. Represent
ative Burkett recommended the ap
pointment of Frank McCartney for
postmaster at Nebraska City. The
Nebraska City office has been subject
to some consideration on the part of
Mr. Burkett, but as the present post
master has held the place for the last
eight years, the congressman from the
First Nebraska district thought there
should be a change and accordingly
he sent in Mr. McCartney's name.
STRIKE NOT OVER
REVIVAL OF THE TEAMSTERS1
TROUBLE IS PROBABLE.
WILL MT REINSTATE LEADERS
This May Cause Another Breach and
Lead to More Serious Tieup The
Wage Scale is Satisfactory to Both
Sides.
CHICAGO, June 6. Quiet reigned In
the stockyards' district yesterday as a
result of the settlement of the meat
teamsters' strike, but the happiness of
the men was marred somewhat by a
report that the packers will refuse to
re-employ leaders among the striking
teamsters. This .has caused much un
easiness among the men, who intimat
ed that if those who have been active
in the recent disturbances shall be
forced into idleness because of their
conduct during the strike, there will
be further trouble at the stockyards.
The teamsters are to return to work
this morning. A few were given teams
yesterday. Soon after the agreement,
which is a compromise, was ratified by
the men a report, coming from some
untraceable source, spread that the
packers had determined to take back
only teamsters who had not been active
in the strike.
That the oempanies would exercise
a choice in taking back their former
teamsters, seemed not to have occurred
to the men before and on investigation
it was found that several workmen
employed in the yards had recently
been discharged. These men declare
that they have been singled out be
cause they were strong union men and
strike sympathizers. This Is denied
by the packers, but the statements of
the discharged men are being carefully
investigated.
Had the compromise agreement not
been perfected yesterday would have
been a red letter day in the strike, as
the packers had planned to send a
wagon train of 135 loads of meat into
the heart of the city. Instead of an
other day of rioting and broken heads,
there was peace as the two sides of
the controversy good-naturedly dis
cussed the trouble.
The men who have been discharged
are members of the Stockyards Em
ployes' union. Their organization,
which was formed less than three
weeks ago and already has a member
ship of over 700, is affiliated with the
Butchers 'union. Michael Donnelly,
president of the North American Meat
Cutters' union, has been asked to ad
just the trouble.
Text of the Agreement.
The document as drawn up is as fol
lows: At a conference held at the Grand
Pacific hotel on the night of June 4.
1902, between representatives of the
Chicago packers and their packing
house teamsters, held at the sugges
tion of Carter H. Harrison, mayor,
and the state board of arbitration,
it was agreed after due deliberation
to recommend to the two parties to
the controversy now existing between
the said teamsters and the said pack
ers: That a compromise of the said dif
ferences be effected by making the fol
lowing suggestions for a compromise:
First There shall be no discrim
ination against union teamsters.
Second The scale of wages for
teamsters shall be fair.
Third No teamsters shall be com
pelled to work on Labor day.
Fourth Any teamster receiving
more than the scale of wages stated
shall not suffer a reduction of wages
after this agreement goes into effect.
SAYS CLUE CAME FROM GOD.
Holy
Spirit Revealed Name of His
Son's Slayer.
SALT LAKE, June 6. James Sharp,
father-in-law of James R. Hay, who
was murJered last December, took the
witness stand yesterday in the trial
of Peter Mortenzen for the crime and
testified that God had revealed the
guilt of Mortenzen to him. Testifying
to his talk with Mortenzen the day
after the disappearance of Hay, Sharp
said:
"I charged Peter Mortenzen with the
murder of my son-in-law because I
knew he was guilty. God revealed it
to mc. He appeared to me by the
Holy Ghost and put the words of His
spirit into my mouth. I also saw in
a vision the trail of blood leading from
the railroad tracks to where my son-in-law
was buried."
List of British L
LONDON, June 6. An official state
ment issued by the war office this
evening shows that the total reduc
tion of the British forces in South
Africa up to May 30 of the present
year was 97,477. This includes kill
ed, wounded, prisoners, deaths from
disease and men invalided home. Of
these many have recovered and re
joined their regiments, leaving 28.434
dead or permanently incapacitated;
killed and died of wounds, 7,792.
Import Fresh Foreigners.
HAZLETON, Pa., June 6. About
100 Slavonian immigrants, fresh from
Europe, were brought here in a spe
cial car attached to a Lehigh train.
They were sent to the A. S. Van
Wykie colliery at Colerain. This is
the first importation of foreigners to
the anthracite coal regions to fill the
places of strikers. The officials at
the Van Wykle offices would neither
confirm nor deny that the new ar
rivals are to he employed.
HOUSE REWARDS KITCHENER
Vote Fifty Thousand Pounds for Hi
Services in South Africa. A
LONDON, June . in accordance
with King Edward's message to thai
House of Commons yesterday, the gov?
ernment leader, A. J. Balfour, in tht
house this afternoon asked for a vota
of 50.000 to Lord Kitchener. As a?
remarkable coincidence, Parliament,"
on this day three years ago, voted its,
thanks and 30,000 to the same gene
ral for his services in Egypt
The liberal leader. Sir Henry Camp:
bell-Bannerman, who seconded the mo-,
tion, paid a warm tribute to Lord
Kitchener, as a soldier and a states-
John Dillon, Irish nationalist, led the
opposition in behalf of the national
ists. Mr. Dillon said he and his friends
absolutely objected to the vote, be-.
cause they were opposed to the policy 1
of the war in South Afriea-am
conduct of the campaign, which in
volved wholesale devastation of the
country, the burning of farms and
sacrifice of life.
William Redmond. Irish nationalist,
caused a scene of great disorder by re
marking that Lord Kitchener would
go down in history as a general who
had "made war on women and chil
dren." This remark called forth loud'
cries or "Withdraw" and appeals to
the chairman to call Mr. Redmond
to order. The chairman said the ex
pression used was not disorderly, but
a majority of the house refused to lis
ten any further to Mr. Redmond and
interrupted him with all kinds of
shouts.
After a quarter of an hour spent by
Mr. Redmond in a fruitless endeavor
to gain a hearing, the closure was
moved.
The closure was adopted by 273 to
138 votes, and the grant of 50,000 to
Lord Kitchener was carried by 390 to
44 votes. The minority consisted of
Irish nationalists and two or three
radicals.
To Unionize Farm Hands.
DENVER, Colo., June 6. The
American (formerly Western) Labor
union convention today made an im
portant move in the war which is to
be waged against the American Fed
eration of Labor by the adoption of
a resolution inviting the National
Brewery Workers' association to Join
the American Labor union. Efforts
will be made to organize the fanners
and farm hands of the west and to
have them co-operate with the Amer
ican Labor union in political contests.
Trophies of Henry's Visit.
BERLIN, June 6. Emperor William
has turned over several hundred
souvenirs of the trip of Prince Henry
to the United States to the Hohen
zollern museum. Conspicuous in this
collection is the cartoon representing
President Roosevelt in the uniform of
the German garde du corps, and Em
peror William in the uniform of an
officer of the United States army, both
bowing profusely.
Hardware Dealers Organize.
HASTINGS. Neb., June 6. About
sixty retail hardware merchants from
various points in Nebraska met here
and perfected the "Nebraska Retail
Hardware Dealers' association." The
object of the association is for mutual
protection. In this they hope to
bring the trusts to time and to pre
vent them from attempting any exces
sive rise in prices of the class of
goods that they handle.
Money in Strawberries.
SHENANDOAH. la.. June 6. The
local strawberry crop is coming in
nicely now and the fruit is command
ing a fancy price. One of the local
gardeners, Mr. Henry Field, has al
ready sold $200 worth of berries off
from a single one-acre patch. He ex
pects the acre of ground to return him
almost $1,000.
Brisson Refuses to Do It.
PARIS. June 6. M. Henry Bris
son. the former premier, who is a
radical republican in politics, went to
the Elysee palace as a result of Pres
ident Loubet's summons, and was
asked to form a new cabinet, but M.
Brisson declined.
Rains Help Winter Wheat
CEDAR BLUFFS, Kan., June .
Heavy rains have fallen on the St.
Francis branch from Beaver City to
Herndon. Winter wheat is assured.
Priest and Miner Drowned.
DENVER, June 6. Rev. Cornelius
O'Rourke. a well known Catholic
clergyman of Silverton, Colo., was'
drowned in the Ias Animas river.
All Congratulate Herbert.
LONDON, June 6. The universality
of the approval of the appointment of
Hon. Michael Herbert as ambassador
to the United States in succession to
the late Lord Pauncefote is quite un
usual. No dissent is heard anywhere.
The afternoon newspapers yesterday
distributed their congratulations equal
ly to the foreign secretary. Lord Lans
downe, on his good choice, and to Mr.
Herbert on his good fortune. He will
leave soon for America.
New Political Party Bern.
DENVER, June 6. A new political
labor party has finally been agreed
upon by the western labor convention,
which adopted a declaration for so
cialism and Independent political ac
tion. The convention adopted the
name, "The American Labor union,"
for the organization and voted to send
organizers throughout the east. Presi
dent Daniel McDonald says the party
will not enter the political laid with
noatinatloaa for at least another year.
PACKERS GIVE UP
BCTTER WAGES BUT TEAMSTERS'
UNION IGNORED.
THE RIOTS BECOME VERY FIERCE
Frenzied Masses Convert Business
Streets Into Veritable Battlefield
Meat Wagons Face Torrenta ef
Missiles. '
CHICAGO, June 5. At 1:30 a. m.,
after four hours of consultation in
which the question of recognition of
the. anion was thoroughly discussed,
an agreement regarding wages and
hows was decided on. The repre
sentatives of the packers conceded the
Is of the strikers on thetwo
questions, hut were obdurate in their
refusal to recognize the strikers'
union. It is believed a compromise
may be reached on unsettled points.
The conference is still in session and
probably will last several hours longer.
Driven by men covered with blood,
many of them barely able from ex
haustion to hold the reins in" their
hands, thirty-six meat wagons entered
the main gate of the Union Stock
yards, amid a shower of stones, bricks,
bottles and sticks. The wagons,
guarded by five police wagons filled
with bluecoats and two omnibuses
crowded to the fullest capacity with
policemen, were on the return from a
delivery of supplies to downtown pro-'
vision houses, after one of the fiercest
days in the strike of the beef pacekrs'
teamsters.
Many of the drivers and officials of
the packing houses were cut and
bruised from head to foot. The police
were in even worse condition. The
wagon drivers had been working from
5 o'clock in the morning and their
progress from the stock yards into;
the city's business district and back
again had been contested bitterly by
mobs of strike sympathizers.
At the very entrance to the stock
yards, after all seeming danger had
passed, George June, an employe of
the Anglo-American Packing company,
was struck by a base ball bat and
knocked from his wagon seat. He
was picked up in an unconscious con
dition and it is believed may die.
Many others were struck at the
same time by a shower of stones, but j
the police were too worn out to offer
resistance. More than a dozen battles
were fought during the day between
rioters and the police and the hospitals
are overcrowded with the injured.
The fiercest battle of the day took
place at Sixteenth street and Mich
igan avenue. The rioters stood on the
viaduct and hurled rocks at the meat
wagons passing underneath. The mob
was the most formidable in numbers
and daring of any of the crowds dur
ing the day. Before this mob was
dispersed the police were compelled to
use revolvers. More than fifty shots
were fired, bullets passing over the
heads of the crowd, which finally be
came frightened and scattered, but not
until many of the rioters suffered
serious injuries.
A conference was held between rep
resentatives of the packers and the
teamsters looking to a settlement of
the strike. President Frederick W.
Job, chairman of the state board of
arbitration, brought about the meet
ing. HOLDS ALL BONDSMEN.
Supreme Court Reverses Decision in
the Bartley Bond Case.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 5. The su
preme court delivered an opinion yes
terday in which it is held that if the
shortage of former Treasurer Bart
ley occurred during his second term
of office all of the six bondsmen,
against whom proceedings by the state
are now pending, are liable for the
full amount claimed by the state.
These bondsmen are: W. A. Paxton.
Thomas Swobe, Cadet Taylor, C. C.
McNish, E. E. Brown and John H.
Ames. The case is remanded to the
district court of Douglas county with
instructions for another trial, at
which the only question or issue to be
considered is whether or not the de
falcation occurred during the second
term, or in whole or in part during
the first term. It is ordered by the
court that if the defalcation occurred
during the last term the defendants
are liable. The amount claimed by
he state is approximately $600,000.
The opinion in this case is by Com
missioner Roscoe Pound, the junior
member of the court commission.
Heads Cut from the Bodies.
AUSTIN. Tex., June 5. The bodies
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wachler were
found in their residence in the east
ern part of this city late this after
noon with their heads nearly severed
from their bodies. A note which was
found on the dresser stated that both
wanted to die. A butcher knife on
the bed revealed the method of death.
The woman's head was hanging by a
mere thread and the man's throat was
cut from ear to ear.
Michael Herbert Coming.
WASHINGTON, June 5. Two im
portant changes in the diplomatic
representation in Washington were
announced today. The Hon. Michael
Herbert succeeds the late Lord Paun
cefote as British ambassador and Se
nor de Ojeda success the Duke de
Arcos as Spanish minister.
Arthur Williams, United States con
sul at Saltillo, Mex., died of meningitis
at the Monterey hospital. '
I ORDERS FOR THE GRAND ARMY.
OM Commander Steps Out ami New
One Issues His First Order.
LINCOLN. Neb., June 7. The fol
lowing orders have been issued from
the headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic: '""
1. Comrade Calvin L. Steele, hav
ing been elected commander of the
Department of Nebraska, Grand Army
of the Republic, for the ensuing year,
and upon his installation my official
relations with that office terminate,
I therefore moet earnestly bespeak
for my successor that same loyal and
cordial support that has been accord
ed to me during my term.
2. I desire at this time to express
my appreciation to the officers of this
department for their loyal and excel
lent services rendered me during the
last year. Whatever success that
may have attended my administration
is loyally due-to tfae-f40rf4-werfc
my able assistants, for which I extend
my sincere thanks.
3. My official and personal staff are
hereby discharged from further duty.
By command of R. S. WILCOX,
Department Commander.
Official:
MART HOWE, A. A. G.
General Order No. 11. Having
been elected commander of the De
partment of Nebraska. Grand Army of
the Republic, at the twenty-sixth an
nual encampment held at Omaha on
the 22d and 23d inst, I hereby as
sume the duties of this Important of
fice with a profound regard for its re
sponsibility, and I hereby take this oc
casion to thank my comrades for the
high honor conferred and earnestly
solicit their continuous loyal support
that has been given my predecessor
during the last year.
2. Headquarters are hereby continu
ed at Lincoln, Neb.
3. The following appointments are
made: Mart Howe, Lincoln, assistant
adjutant general: I. N. Thompson,
Fairbury, assistant quartermaster
general; Jacob Fawcett, Omaha, judge
advocate general; W. D. Pruitt, Arap
ahoe. Inspector general.
Senior aide and chief of staff, Cap
tain Joseph Teeter, Lincoln.
Further appointments will be an
nounced in future orders.
4. All matter pertaining to the ad
jutant general's office will be address
ed to Mart Howe. A. A. G., Lincoln,
Neb.
That of a personal character to the
commander. Calvin F. Steele. Fair-
bury, Neb. By command of
CALVIN F. STEELE,
Department Commander.
FRANKLIN ALMOST BURNED UP.
Fire Sweeps Away Over Half
the
Business Part of Town.
FRANKLIN, Neb., June 7. A most
disastrous fire occurred here. Two
entire blocks, consisting of fourteen
business houses, with most of the
stocks of goods, are a total loss.
The origin of the fire was in the
Peterson meat market, starting in the
basement. When discovered, about
10:30 p. m., it was a very small blaze,
but the smoke was so dense it was
impossible to save the building.
In less than thirty minutes five
buildings were a mass of flames. This
was on the east side of Main street
at the south end and a heavy wind
was blowing from the south. Every
indication was that the entire busi
ness portion would be burned. The
wind changed to the east and soon
buildings on the opposite side of the
Btreet were on fire and the only thing
now to be done was to save the north
half section of the business portion.
Fully 500 people were on the ground
and everybody was helping in every
way possible. The Fager furniture
building, which was iron-covered,
checked the flames.
A Life Sentence.
ALLIANCE. Neb., June 7. The
jury in the murder case against Au
gust Jahnke, charged with the mur
der of Mike Sierk on April 18, after
being out one week, brought in a ver
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree and imposed a life sentence.
Hand Crushed in Feed Grinder.
NORTH LOUP. Neb., June 7. A
young woman named Palo, living
south of here, while assisting at a
feed grinder, got her band caught in
the machine and crushed so badly it
had to be amputated.
Court House Bends Defeated.
COLUMBUS, Neb., June 7. Re
turns from all but two townships on
the special election to vote bonds for
a $65,000 court house give 620 for
and 1,547 against.
He Smoked as He Died.
LINCOLN. Neb., June 7. Hugo
Breglein, German, a butcher by occu
pation, was found dead in his bed
at his home a mile west of Lincoln.
The body lay upon its back, the whole
top of the head having been blown
off by a gunshot. An empty rifle waa
tightly grasped in his right hand;
from his mouth protruded a pipe.
The walls and ceiling of his room
were bespattered with blood and parti
cles of shredded flesh.
Man Gone, but Debts Remain.
i WAHOO, Neb., June 7. A. C. Hed
berg, bookkeeper of the First National
ank of this city and formerly con
bected with the Wahoo Democrat, left
town after being arrested by the Wa-
ihoo
Musical
club
on
the charge
of
i
embezzlement or a sum of money,
Iwhich he succeeded in raising before
he left town. His sudden disappear
of
of
ance waa a great surprise to the peo
ple.
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Four persons were severely injured
two of them fatally, it is feared
(.a a crash at Rockaway Beach be
tween an automobile and a trolley
ar.
; Rev. Dr. Gay Potter Benton, pres
ident of the Upper Iowa university,
at Fayette. la., has accepted tno pres
ideacy of the Miami university of Ox
ford, la.
During the term of the United
States supreme court just closed 375
cases were disposed of. There were
left on the docket 343 cases, but of
these 19 have been argued and submit
ted. A message from Wildman, Okla..
says that torreats of water rolling off
the Wichita mountains have swept
awav many crospectors' shacks and it
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nerished.
Colonel Dallas Bache, surgeon. U.
S. A., retired, is dead at his home
in San Diego. He entered the army
aa assistant surgeon in 1861 and ser
ved in the field during the entire
civil war.
Justice Scott, in the criminal branch
of the supreme court in New York,
has set September 22 as the date for
the beginning of the second trial of
Roland B. Mollneaux, accused of the
murder of Mrs. Kate Adams.
A number of Americans in Paris
made the usual pilgrimage to Picpus
cemetery on Memorial day and placed
wreaths on the tomb of Lafayette.
Wreaths were also placed on the stat
ue of Washington and Lafayette.
The Norwegian-Danish Press asso
ciation of the northwest will hold its
annual meeting in Sioux Falls on July
10, 11 and 12, at the same time as
the annual meeting of the Northwest
ern Scandinavian Singing association.
President Roosevelt has undertak
en to make two trips through the
western country next fall. One will
be in the southwest and the other in
the northwest. They will be made in
redemption of promises more or less
specific made by the president last
winter.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has issued the following order:
"The cable between Hong Kong and
Manila is interrupted. Telegraphic
communication with the Philippines,
therefore, is stopped. Frequent
Bteamera from Chinese ports will car
ry telegrams."
If President Brigham Young had
lived he would have been 101 years
old June 1st A salute of 101 guns
was fired from the top of Arsenal
hill, overlooking the temple, Salt Lake
City, while the bronze monument of
the Mormon leader was decorated
with flags and bunting.
The sugar committee of the reichs
tag fixed the duty on sugar for con
sumption at 12 majrks per tfoublo
hundred weight, from September,
1903. and at 10 marks from Septem
ber, 1905, and fixed a tax of 4 marks
80 pfennigs on refined sugar and 4
marks 40 pfennigs on other sugars.
After a hearing lasting several
hours Governor Herried of South Da
kota denied the application of the
governor of Nebraska for the delivery
to the Nebraska authorities of Sher
iff Lewison of Union county. Lewi
son. is wanted in Nebraska for the al
leged unlawful shooting of the Tur
geon brothers while attempting to ar
rest them.
The Philippine government bill, as
passed by the senate, approves the
action of the president in creating
the Philippine commission and the
offices of the civil governor and vice
governor of the islands, and author
izes the governor and vice governor
to exercise the powers of government
as directed by executive orders. Fu
ture appointments of the governor or
vice governor shall be made by the
president, with the advice and consent
of the senate.
The wheat harvest is now on in
Oklahoma.
The St. Louis Southwestern Rail
road company of St. Iouis filed a
certificate of Increase of capital
stock, from $36,500,000 to $53,000,000.
with Secretary of State Cook.
Orders have been issued by Lieu
tenant General Miles assigning tho
Twenty-fourth infantry to Forts Har
rison, Mo., and Assiniboine. Mont.,
and the Twenty-first infantry to Forts
Snelllng. Minn., Yates, N. D., and
Keogb, Mont.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Daily Mail cables the fact that
the Boxers are active in the province
of See Chwan. They have warned
the officials of Yang Haien of their
intention to exterminate the foreign
ers. At Chicago John A. and Alexander
Davidson, president and vice president
of Davidson Bros. Marble company,
confessed insolvency in the United
States district court. The liabilities
are placed at $1,341,838, and there are
practically no assets.
During the month of May there were
fifty suicides in Chicago, breaking the
record.
The supreme court of the United
States has adjourned finally for the
present term. The court will con
vene again on October 13 next.
In passing on the case of the Han
over National bank of New York vs.
May Moyses, the United States su
preme court, in an opinion delivered
by Chief Justice Fuller, decided the
national bankruptcy law to be con
stitutional. Mrs. Carrie Nation, who was sen
tenced to the Shawnee county (Kan
sas) jail on May 16 for one month
and to pay a fine of $100. at the rate
of $1 a day, for smashing saloon fix
tures, waa pardoned by Governor
Stanley. Her fine was also remitted.
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