The Red Cloud chief., 1900-03-16
NfWSOF TRESTATE
Ordinary and Extraordinary
Happenings.
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IN DETAIL,
Brief Summary of State Doings-State,
County and Municipal News of I'm
p%ortance to Our Busy Readers
Big Items Boiled Down.

the icy porch at her home, sustaining
a broken collar bone. LyDus Knight
fell and was badly hurt.
At Chadron, Neb.. the jury declared
George Coil guilty of murder in the
second degree in the killing of Mike
Ryan. Clemency was recommended.
A new trial wall be asked for.
A.. l.. Turner, who has been %janitor
at st. Patrick's parochial school, Four
teenth and CASTELAR, streets, Omaha.
for about Il month. fell dead Thursday
evening Just as he had finished his
work for the day. He was discovered
by one of the boys who had returned
to the school to get his books. Death
was due to heart failure.
| Griffith, "A recent investor in sheep
in Dawes county. Ncb., has suffered
the loss of nearly three hundred of his
flock within as many weeks. They first
packed up in a shed and smothcrcd
nearly two hundred to death. The
next day they stampcded in a storm
and a hundred were killed by coyotes.
He is a new man in the business and
the only man reported having lost
sheep in that section.
DR.. 5. A. Summons vas hastily called
to the home of II. j. hammers at West
Point. Neb., to ascertain the cause of
the serious illness of the family. 1t
was found to be ease of poisoning. DIR.
Sammons called medical assistance and
the two doctors quickly got to work
with stomach pumps and were kept
busy the greater part of the. night.
When Mr.. Lammars was able to be
questioned it was found that the fam
lily had eaten brick cheese, which is
supposed to be the cause of the pois-
oning. The cheese was purchased
from Que of the local merchants. The
family is now thought to be out of
danger.
For some time Chadron citizens have
had under consideration the establish.
ment of sales yards at that place. The
project is now sufficiently matured to
indicate that the yards will be built
within the next few days. The plan,
under the management Of w. r. John
ston and William M%cCiannon, is to es-
tablish permanent yards for the selling
of all kinds of young stock, but princi-
pally stock cattle, to accommodate
stockmen of the adjacent country.
While this will be an advantage to
} those having large herds, ii will be es-
pecially beneficial to the n of
small herds for the reason that such
parties can purchase just the number
their means will permit or the circum-
stances warrant.
Erick Shortrom, a pioneer of Stroms-
burg, Neb.. was stricken with paraly'
sis and is in a dangerous condition
with little hope of recovery.
|, Lieutenant f. +. Koehler of the
|, Ninth infantry, killed near Tarlac re.
, Gently, was a brother of Il. Koehler OF
Geneva, Neb., and A. Koehler, who
was buried there ten days ago.
Jack M~cChrystal, charged with the
murder Of John +. Robson, was ar
ranged in police court at Sioux City,
Ia, but took a change of venue to
Justice court. McChrystal stoutly
maintains that he is innocent.
, The State bank building at Indian.
ola, Neb., was completely destroyed
by fire. The loss of the bank is fully
3 covered by insurance. and it will re
build Immediately. The loss will not
interfere with the business of the bank,
Z The fire started in the Reporter Of
r fee in the bank building. The bank
, and fixtures are nearly "A total loss
: DIR. McKechihe's loss is $500, insurance
: $500; Reporter loss, $500, insurance
. $500; ). r. Smith, $500, no Insurance
At Broken Bow Ed Landsigan of Al
= lance, brakeman on the second divis'
3 ion of No. As, had his right arm badly
mashed while attempting to adjust Q
t coupling. The train had just started
ont when he noticed the pin was nearly
I out. He motioncd the engineer t.
3 slack, thinking he could readjust the
8 pin without stopping the train. Jus'
| as he passed between the cars tn,
bumpers caught his arm, MASKING the
flesh, but fortunately missing the bone
y As a result of jealousy Frank Steele
u of 4l0 Walnut street shot his wife and
u killed himself at the home of Rev. A
u +. Nelson at $3.50 Cass street, Omaha
. Neb. Steele fired six shots, -four o
which took effect, two in the body o
l his wife and two n his W body
Mrs. Steele was taken to the Clarksor
8 hospital and the body of Steele wa
removed to the coroner's office, wher,
d it was found that he had shot himsel
i'm the center of the forehead and jus
below the heart. The course of tn,
bullets in his wife's body have not We
q been traced.
i A dispatch from Omaha says: Afte,
g a hard fought battle Frank f.. Moorei
has been elected mayor Of Omaha by
handsome majority. Moorcs carrie,
@ eight out of tn nine wards in the cit,
d by a majority ranging from eight il
n the Second to $50 in the Third. Tn,
q Seventh gave thirty-nine majority 70
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