The Red Cloud chief., 1891-10-30
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS

TIE Washington hotel, q residence
and other property burned az Omaha
the other day. resulting in a loss OF
sl3, 200, with about 5000 insur ancc.
In the case Of Smith or Coe. recently
lynched by an Omaha mob. the coro-
ner's jury rendered 4 verdict that
Smith was frightened to death by I'M
known persons"
A BARN belonging TO DIR. A. j. sanders
at Grand Island burned the other MORN
ing, together with q horse. COW. two
carriages and a sleigh The loss was
nearly $1,000. partly covered by insur-
ance.
Mrs AUSTEN was found at Omaha the
other nibgt in the last stages OF starva-
ton. Her husband was one OF the
lynchers of the negro at Omaha and Is
under arrest on the charge OF murder
W it'll thirty-three others of the lynchers,
and has been unable To provide for his
wife. Mrs Austin could live but a few
hours
WHILE recen tly duck hunting near
Bellevue, two young men discovered a
skeleton lying face downward and
partly imbcdded in the sand and drift
wood on a bar in the river. There was
no flesh on the bones save the skin,
reaching from the shoulders to the hips,
and was entirely destitute OF clothing
or anything by which il could be iden-
titled The skeleton appeared To be
that Of a boy about fourteen years OF
age
A LINCOLN policeman the other night
tn warted a bold kidnapping scheme 10
which Katie Seeley. a girl OF fourteen.
was the intended victim. A family by
the name Of Woodland had got control
of the girl and the mother had traced
them a. far as Lincoln. The Woodlands
took alarm and attempted to get out OF
the city. but were arrested by the OF
ficer while attempting TO board the
train at a a small depot in the suburbs.
IN the United States supreme court
at Washington on the 18TH The Boyd
Thayer case. involving the title TO the
office of governor of Nebraska, came
mp on motion TO advance its hearing
Attorneys representing the Thayer side
Of the suit intimated they would prefer
that the hearing should not take place
before New Years Ex-Attorney-Gen-
eral Garland submitted a motion To adj
vance the case As counsel for Boyd.
The court took the matter under ad-
visement
C. j. EKsrHOM, Of Lincoln, bought
some pills for his wife. who was dan
gerously i'll from typhoid fever. and his
fOurteen-months-old little girl got hold
Of and ate a number of them. In a
short time the child was seized with
commissions aud when a doctor was
called he declared that the victim was
suffering from arsenical poison. De-
spite the efforts of the physician the
child died in a few minutes. After
wards the doctor analysed n OF the
pills and found arsenic.
HANCOCK & Co, dealers in general
merchandise at Gretna, were closed re-
Gently on n mortgage for $40, 500 held
by the Gretna state bank. The mort
gage was given by A. n. Hancock. vice
president IF the bank. and inmedi-
ately after the store vas closed the
bank suspended The widest excite
ment reigncd when it was learned that
the vice-prcsident had decamped with
some of the securities. The affairs Of
the bank are reported to bc in bad
shape.
Ar Lincoln the other day ex-Attor-
ney-Generai Leese and c. q. Dawes
filed a bill Of exceptions u the report
of John ii. Ames as referee in the case
of the state against the Atchison &
Nebraska Railroad Co. Altogether
fourteen flaws are pointed out as con-
trary to and not sustained by the evil
dencc. They, therefore, moved that the
report of the referee be wholly set
aside and that the court make such
findings Of law and of facts AS the tes-
timony warrants
G. ii. Grassy. a peddler. was recently
arrested at Nebraska City upon the
charge Of assanl.ing a wcak-mindcd
girl. Cressy denied the charge, al
though the mother of the girl claimed
to have witnessed the assault The
girl is silly and has a desire TO make
love To nearly every man she meets
When a physician was called 10 see her
the young woman threw her arms
about his neck and il took considerable
strength TO unloosen her clutch. In
the court room she was about tn en-
brace the judge, when she was forced
away.
WILLIAM GRIMM, q farmer living near
Papillion. shot himself the other after
noon. the ball passing through his left
hand, intlicting n painful though not
dangerous wound. lie stated that il
was an accident, but the general belief
prevailed that the shooting was with
suicidal intent and hat the ball went
wide of its mark. He had been de-
spondent for some time owing to finau-
cial embarrassments, his home having
just been sold at sheriff's sale. and hav-
ing told several persons that he would
kill himself.
THE twenty-third annual meeting of
the Woman's board of missions of the
interior convened at Omaha on the 22d.
Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio. Wisconsin,
Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois. Colorado,
Kansas North Dakota, Missouri, Indi-
ana and Montana were represented.
Mrs Moses Smith. OF Chicago. pre-
sided and Miss NJ. u. Wingate acted as
recording secretary. The address Of
welcome was given bv Mrs &. ".
Hall. Mrs q. i. Wilcox. Of Chicago.
one Of the lecturers responded. The
s~ecretary's report showed: Total re-
ceipts, S65.654 "a; total expenditures,
SIS. 1903 50: balance on hand. s5a&53
THE other night Christian Eckcrman.
a porter at the New York hotel in
Fremont. undertook 10 end his life by
means of chloroform. He was discov-
cred in his room in An unconscious con-
dition. A physician was summoned
and a prompt application of antidotes
saved him Eckerman was infatuated
with a girl living near Hooper who jill
ed him
Is q case brought 70 test the consti-
nationality of the eight-hour law.
Judges Wakely. Doane and Davis, a,
Omaha. lately decided that the law APP
plies 10 laborers by the week or month:
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