The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
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General rain throughout the >state
greatly interfered with Decoration day
exercises.
Three divorces were granted at tho
recent term Of the district court In
Richardson county.
The ministerial association Of Lin
coin want the stores of the city closed
On Saturday afternoon and night. Such
ID the burden of q set of resolutions
passed at the last meeting.
Committees have been named by
the Wymore volunteer fre department
to make arrangements for the Fourth
of July celebration which they ex-
pect to be . glorious affair.
Mrs. I'd Mead Of Hastings was %
burned that her death re-
suited in . few hours. It is supposed
that the accident occurred - she was
to light the kitchen IRE.
At preliminary examination In In
Charles Mcmillan was held
to the district court without bond on
the charge of killing Lee Jones on
May 80. The prisoner claims self-de-
fense.
The camp meeting and Epworth ~.
sembly which was to have been held
In Galway from June 4 to II in
elusive. has been called OF on &C
count of the backward spring and the
wet weather.
Joseph TOlbert, the colored porter
Of Q Missouri Pullman sleeper. was
run down and instantly killed ut Om-
aha by q union Pacific diner that was
being switched into the Union sta
tion. Deceased was IS years old.
The home of Fritz Staac, four and
. haK miles north of Syracuse, was
destroyed by fire. Mr.. Stack was ut
home ut the time but was unable to
save anything. The home was one of
the incest In that part Of the county.
The board of insanity commission
ers of Richardson county decided
that Sylvester Tuttle. q young man
living in the south part of the county.
is . 1T subject for the asylum and
sent him to Lincoln.
Lee Jones of BARLEY was shot and
instantly killed by Charles Mcmillan,
. harness maker. employed In Lords
shop ut Indianola. The parties had
been drinking and got into . dispute
over the playing of q game Of poker.
The murderer is in Jail.
The city council Of York has grant.
ed druggist permits to all of the drug.
gists of York and imposed on them
conditions and rules under which they
can dispose of intoxicating liquors
which makes 1t nearly impossible for
anyone to buy liquor unless for purely
medicinal purposes.
The Nebraska weather crop bulle
tin says: The past week has been
cold and vet. The daily mean tenn.
perature averaged degrees below
normal in the eastern counties and
I degree below in western. The rain
fall has been general and heavy. Over
the eastern half of the state it has
exceeded two inches. and In most OF
this district 1t has ranged between
three and six inches. The continuous
and heavy rain has practically pre-
vented all the work in the fields fol
the past week. In all except the ex
treme western and q few northern
counties q large amount of replantine
will be necessary because of the
washing out and covering up of corr
or the flooding of the lowlands by thu
excessive rains.
John Zanechek. q young man livinf
six miles southeast of WILDER, jus,
over the Gage county line, was found
dead by his parents. He had arisen
1t the usual hour and was found lyina
on his face where he had fallen. L
is presumed that he died of hear
trouble.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Ber
Bush is busy preparing for the com
pilatiOn of the biennial report OF tn.
department. The blanks have beer
returned from the printers and thes'
are being mailed rs rapidly as Tn
size Of the Office force will permit {,
the various manufacturers and othe
sources from which Information is oh
tanned.
Emil Hoehen. arrested in COlumbu
and charged with desertion of tn,
navy. has been released from Jail OF
$500 bonds pending the arrival Of
representative of the government t
resist habeas corpus proceedings ia
stituted by his father. who alleges tina
the boy is under age and therefor
not subject to the call of the nav
department.
Mrs. John Mehlin, q widow q
Humboldt arrived from Upland. wher
she went q month ago to spend tn
summer with relatives She was righ
In the path of the tornado which di
% much damage there. None of he
relatives lost their lives, but thei
property was swept away. and Mrs
Mehlin lost all of her clothing e1
cept what she had on. She wa
thankful to escape with her life an
tells . graphic story of the horror
Of the storm.
The commissioners of Cass count
J were comforting with the commission
ers Of Nebraska City regarding tn
replacing Of three large bridges O
the county line. taken out by the r,
cent storms. The commissioners ar
learning Of new bridges that are on
over the county every day.
| The annual convention of the ca.
County Sunday School association vi