Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-24
Nebraska News Mates.


HARVARD go Notwithstanding It was a
DARK, rainy evening, a good and apPre-
ciative audience met Mrs. Mary Harris
Armor at STOKES opera house Friday even
iug and for two hours gave close atten-
Dry"
.AUBURN-Mrs. Mary Tear. widow Of
the late Robert Tear. was found dead in
her bed Saturday morning. She was about
20 years Of age. The surviving children
arc s. D. Tear Of this city, James Tear
OF chicago, Rotert Tear II Omaha. Thomas
Tear OF Portland, Ore. and Mrs. A. h.
Mutz Of this city.
HERMAN-There is a good deal Of hog
CHOLERA around Herman again. The Nelsca
MOTIFS ranch has been losing a good many
and has shipped all their pigs to market
before they got sick.
HERMAN Some sneak thief entered
Dave Rutledge's barn Friday night and.
stole q set Of harness. The sheriff at Blair
has a man under arrest who, It is Thought,
stole this set of harness, as well as sew
eral others he had in his covered wagon.
ST. PAULA rather violent thunder
storm passed over this region yesterday
evening. Lightning struck the steeple OF
the Lutheran church building at Gushing.
lnflictlng considerable damage and severely
shocking some people who were engaged IN
cleaning the building at the time. Two
COWS belonging TO Hans i. Hansen, a
tarner In the vicinity of Wolbach, were
killed. In places there was a heavy pre-
cipltation, and some hail. The precipitation
at this station was on inch.
M'CoOK-The McCook chautaudua was
opened yesterday afternoon under encour-
aging auspices, to continue during the next
nine days. with spledid talent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS here this week
indicate that the railroads are not in poIi4
ti~cs-save by proxy-the employees doing
the proxy act with a vengeance. Railroad
Commissioner Williams seems TO be the
special object Of their snickersnees. In
for a share of their attention. =.
Baxter Nelson of the firm
OF nelson Brothers narrowly escaped in
slant death while working over the en-
CINE In the elevator. In some manner he
fell. falling directly over the engine and
him aside he saved his Ire He WAS see.
juries. 49,.
YoRK-The Urseline academy. under
the management Of the Urseline Sisters,
is contracting for a three-story brick
building made necessary by the great in
principally from other states.
YoRK-G. w. Farnce. jr. an attorney,
IS Slowly recovering. from the accident
While driving, his jersey cow to pasture.
He was attacked by a strange COW in the
pasture. and thrown in the air and only
for assistance would have been killed.
YoRK-on August rs there will be n
county at a meeting to. be held in The
court room. The republicans say that
things look encouraging in York county
and they cannot account for, statements
made by democrats that there are changes.
The fact is the republicans look for many
Independents and populists to vote for
YORK-Citizens OF York have been
notified that on and after September o
no one will be allowed to step on a Bur-
ington train at York without having
purchased and showing a ticket. THIS
order Will create a great amount of i'll
get aboard who HU come too late ~i to s secure re
the ticket, but in time to get on the train.
GRAND ISLAND-E. w. McAnister
passed suddenly, away at the home OF his
brother, James McAllister, of Mason City,
plant. He is a brother Of w r. McAilister.
whose death at Des Moines occurred a few
weeks ago, Mr.. McAnister was born at
Council Bluffs In 1854, removing to this
vicinity In 1852 with his parents, For
a Colorado railway. For the last few
years he has been in the hardware bust
ness at Cairo. He leaves a wife and four
children. The funeral took place this aft
ernoon in this city,
GRAND fsLAND-Mrs. sstatkey. the
woman who vas shot IN the arm by her
father, whittier she had gone to interview
him, Is still suffering from the effects of
She ' Is at tn PRESENT s ! 0e az the he G acme eoH az Ser
father, hear this city. in tn care or ply
4 GRAND 1sLANb-Roy Wiley. a col
last night. though he warned the first
officer who attempted tne arrest that he
made by Mrs. Wiley that he had threat
ened her life. He was released today
uhdr a s4oO peace bond fun he'd BY
George Buxton and Albert Fear. 40 citi-
gems of the same race. Wiley has been
acting strangely for some time, not long
since renting the opera house for $25 and
delivering a discourse to. but.three OF -four
people on a religious topic
GRAND ISLAND-The Grand Island
Commercial club held one of its excur-
sions TO nearby cities this week. over 100
Of the business men participating in the
iaunt TO Shelton to attend the Fraterndl
Jubilee and race meet, Tie Wolbachs, d
base ball team from the City league, and
the Harrison band were taken along and
a pleasant outing is reported by the ex-
cursionists.