Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-16
Wyoming

Aurora. In the final contest the bows won
10y a score OF 81 TO IA and the girls by a
score Of 20 to rs.
HAsT1NGs-The Hastings Elks' lodge
has elected the following Officers: J. y.
Beghtol. exalted ruler; r. Hoeppner. Sec
rotary; X. a. PickeHs. treasurer; James
Galway. trustee.
CHADRON William simmons accideu-
tally shot his wife through the hin while
cleaning an "unloaded" gun. Two sur-
geons have probed for the bullet without
success, and she will he taken to a hos
pital where an N-ray will be used.
CHADRON-Now that the sewerage svs-
TEN has proved a success with the present
city administration. the council is now
having an expert examination made Of the
value OF the present electric light plant
with a view to purchasing 1t, or Installing
a new plant.
DORCHESTER - The Dorchester Corret
band held their annual meeting last night
and the following officers were elected.
President, NJ. NJ. Wall; vice president
Hugh Freidell; secretary. IL. r. Wicken-
kamp; treasurer, Karl Kenyon; director, A.
b. Kenyon.
BEATRICE-AIbert Loeper. the Elm
township farmer arrested some months ago
on "A charge Of selling liquor without a
license was too i'll to appear in court yes
terday so his case was continued to the
next term. Physicians believe he will not
long survive.
BEATRICE-A meeting has been. called
for April 5 by County Superintendent Jessie
Pyrtle for the purpose of organizing boys
and girls clubs in the home experiment
department. All school boys and girls
under p years Of age are urged to at
tend the meeting.
YORK-The York High school athletic
team has entered the great meet to be
April l. York will send a strong team.
w. w. Wiley will be with the team. Mr..
Wiley has the high jump record of five
feet and eleven inches.
TABLE ROCK-Miss Emily Wemple died
at the residence of her brother. c. l.. Wem-
pie, at 4 o'clock yesterday after a brief
illness, aged 20 years. Mr.. Wemple Will
City, Mich, her old home, where she will
be buried by the side of a sister.
KEARNEY-Mrs. Mary Stearns. SO years
old, was today adjudged insane by the
commissioners and committed to the care
Of her son, Horace Stearns. She lived In
rear or negroes and would chop the fur
niture in search of one. She would also
to keep the children warm.
HASTINGS-A large delegation Of Omaha
Masons is expected here during the Masonic
reunion, beginning March p, to institute
a Scottish Rite consistory. With the new
organization Hastings will have concurrent
jurisdiction with both Lincoln and Omaha
for all degrees of the Scottish Rite Of Free
masonry, outranking all other cities in the
state.
YORK-Since the York Commercial club
has begun the agitation for the removal
of the state capital to York they have had
considerable ncourageme No better 10
cation could be made than York, a city
noted for its excellent school advantages,
its great business growth and one of the
cleanest, best and most beautiful cities in
the west.
BEATRICE-L. E. Austin, for twenty-slx
years a resident of Gage county, died at
his home here last evening following an
operation for obstruction of the bowels.
Mr.. Austin had served two terms as a mem
Der of the Board Of supervisors and was
one of Gage county's most substantial citl-
zens. He was SO years of age and leaves a
widow and two sons.
TABLE ROCK-Andrew Taylor, a pioneer
of this locality, died at his home, twelve
miles south Of here. on the state line, at
s o'clock this morning. aged "a years, the
result of a stroke of paralysis occurring on
Thursday last. He has resided on his
land, near the old historic town of Gin
c%innati, since 1865. He was injured about
a year since in a runaway accident, from