Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-06
his feet and disappeared in the darkness

his feet and disappeared in the darkness
OF hight.
BEATRICE-A sixty-foot water cooling
tower is being erected at the plant OF the
Beatrice Poultry and Cold Storage com
PAM A new ice making machine was re-
Gently installed at the plant. The improve
ments will cost in the neighborhood OF
REPUBLICAN CITY-As. Mrs. Hopkins,
the tanitor of the Methodist church, was
lighting the lamps last night, escaping gas
was ignited and the room was soon al
ablaze. Mrs. Hopkins was quite badly
burned. and but for the prompt action or
a bucket brigade the church would nave
been destroyed. The estimated damage Is
$50, fully covered by Insurance..
CLAY CENTER-The jury in the damage
suit Of d. ]. Wyrick against j. e. Doane,
which has been on trial in the district court
here for the last three days. returned a
verdict for the defendant at an early hour
this morning. This was an action for alien
alton OF affections OF the wife brought by
Wyrick against his f~ather-in-law. Both
parties are prominent in social and BUSH
ness circles and wealthy and live In Edgar
this county.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. final plans have
not been accepted the Board of Education
| OF this city has practically decided TO have
| the proposed new high school building con-
form to the present one IN size ana arcni-
pies the north half of a block ana the new
building will be erected on the south halt.
Between the two and connecting them there
will be an auditorium capable OF seating
/ from L.O0o to 1.A0 persons
HASTINGS-By order OF the father the
funeral Of Gera Gates. who was found dead
at the foot of a stairway in Holdrege sun
day morning. has been postponed pending
a second autopsy. A post norton exami-
nation was held in Holdrege and the ply
sicians reported that undoubtedly death was
I accidental. The father arrived here from
Lexington. Mo. shortly after the body OF
Gera Gates was brought from Holdrege.
He believes that all the truth relative TO
his sons death has not been told.
FREMoNT-The body Of Peter urging,
who committed suicide by taking laudanum
mont last evening and his funeral was held
{ this afternoon from the residence OF MS
son. Clarence Jurging. The deceased came
TO Fremon with MS parents ABOUT sIici-
mason and plasterer. he has three SONS
I clarence, Lou and William. living in this
city. and a brother, henry JuTglhe, NHe
manager of the Model Clothing House
REATRICE-Th Union Pacific Railway
company, which recently secured a restrain
ing order against the Holmesvtlle Milling
| and Power company to prevent II from
! continuing the construction Of its dam at
| Holmesville, has granted the company per-
| mission to resume work on the structure;
b. THE dam will be built of concrete and Will
be three feet higher than the old one Time
/ and again the old dam has been washed
away by the floods, and II Is the INTENTION
for ages. The new improvements will cost
about $4,000. Twenty men are now EN-
pIoyed on the Job.
TECUMSEH-FOIlowing is the mortgage
I record for Johnson county for the month
OF January Farm NOTWITHSTANDING
filed, IS; amount. S6Z2Sltb: number re-
! leased. II: amount. S5,Sl6.@. Town and
| city UNDERGRADUATES filed. 10; amount.
S. 9s: number released. s. amount, $6'so.
Chaftel NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. filed. 81
amount. so. 72717: number released. ~;
amount. so .T9s. IS. II is noticeable from the
Increase OF the amount OF farm mortgages
filed over the amount OF the same class OF
mortgages released that Johnson county
| farmers are still encumbering their lands
elsewhere.