Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1893, Page 5

® FALCONER'S THANKSGIVING LINEN SALE . Tcemorrow we place on sale a speci ial purchase of over $20,cco.worth of fine linens. . No such values have ever been shown in this market before. ~The linens were all bought from an overstocked importer at a I eavy discount. They are the finest gocds produced on the Scotch and Irish linen looms. The prices we will sell N them at will be within the reach of all. $3.00 bleached damask table cloths will be sold at $1.98 each, $3.75 cloths for §2.48, A choice lot of odd table cloths that sell over E the counters of the Jargest retail houses of the country at ¢4.c0 and ¢5.00 each we will cell while they last at $2.48 and €2.08, according to length. Napkins and fancy linens I of all kinds will be equally as low in price, This will Le a splendid opportunity to lay in a stock of Thanksgiving and Christmas linens, These prices cannot be duplicated, so buy while you may, We will also have for tomorrow 500 pairs of fine all wool and part wool blankets. Prices are quoted b(lm\' We would call your attention, too, to the special 75c bar L gains in black goods. the 29c colored dress godds, the discount we are giving on all our dress goods, silks and cloth capes. Capes we are selling at half price, dress goods and silks at a dis- S count of 20 off. No matter what part of Iowa or Nebraska you live in you can save more than your fare by buying of us this week. Our Grand Opening of Christmas Books Continues Monday. Ei;ENS. $1.98, LINENS, $2.48. LIN A, LINENS, $3.50. LIN S, $2.98. LINENS $2.48 and LI & i : c enche sk table c « ‘ t 0dd cloths, nonap: | All our damnsks, crashes, towels Fine bleached damask table cloths, A choice assortment of beautiful 58 napkineg 16 match the damask i : Bleached dnmask table cloths, 8 A large lot o y \ o Il new and handsoms designs, full | 83.75 damask table cloths, 24 yaras spoken of, usually selis at 83 per gt weida il o vards long, real value of every cloth kins to matoh, every cloth worth | and fancy Muons will be on our yards long, réal value is $3.00 long, exquisite new designs and of dozen: our £4.50 per dozen, our price 8175, and never before were they £5.00 or more. tables and counters at prices to suit per cloth, exceliont guality, offered less, P, . 8 cket book. Tomorrow's price, $1.98 omorrow’s price, $2.48 Tomorrow price, $2.25 Tomorrow will be $3.50 Tomorrow’s price, $2.98 the slimest pocket bool ——————————————————— | e—————————————————————— Tomorrow's prices, $2.48 and $2.98 —_— e HITE BLANK 75c and $1.18 | WHITE BLANKETS, i WHITE BLANKETS, GRAY BLANKETS, 75¢ and $1.25 | GRAY BLANKETS, GRAY BLAN $3.85 and $7. HA\‘:: l‘l..‘\’ K T il our $1.25 blankets tomorrdw 1.85 and $2.75 “ il bl AlL $1.25 gray blankets, 75c. . gt bl e fhils walo mt cut prioes ¥ 5, i, All $2.75 blankets, $1.85. All 85 blankets, $3.85 Ly B 4 All 82,50 gray bankets, $2.45. 50 e g is sale at cut prices. I » - - 81 ¥ 3 nkets, $3.8 o b S . Als ino line of quilts ATl Jour 8165 blankets, toraorrow AN $3.50 blankets, $2.75. All $7.50 blankets, $5.75. All 81.75 geay blankets, $1 AlL $4.50 gray blankets. $3.38, 11-4 $8.50 blankets, $7 ver pair. Also a fino line of quilts of all (,lmuc all wool. Rich Californins. kinds. El.ls per pair. TR R 25 Per Cent Off '11. ' BLACK DRESS G0ODS S0 IGOIOre%onl?sl;Sz%EK Ll Monday Tuesday andWednesday Sl”\S. SIIkS. 0 ON ALL On Monday we will place Per Cent 20 A Trimmed and Untrimmed |On special sale 20 pieces of -— hand-made Japanese silks, in Discount on All Wool Dress Goods, H A T S all colors, 24 inches wide. Youwillbe |Vonday OFF — These are suitable for evening GOODS GO “O\D,\Y AT S80C A YARD. ALL Sce these. Chope, all new. Excellent Values. D T 20 9 ALL OUR $1.00 DRES r party dresses, and are worth BORRY o i quality Best German Henriettas at .\ 80c 10 BONNETS, TURBANS, [OF Party dresscs, 3 and DS $1.00 Imported Serges nt. 80¢ T ES. E at least 85c a yard. A - il ON 81.00 * New Basket Weave at,.... Soc | TO OQUES, Etc Our Price 52¢ a Yard. you miss this For one day more we wi ALI s “ 80¢ 50 , . ! ance tobuyanice| Tuesday oot S i s e e o 50 We Garr onl the Best For 80c we will sell 21-inch black faills P ey [ e s $1. New Fa aids a Soc SO ba186;2 ok gros gral lnr‘l:k dress.. Come : offer all our ladies’ cloth capes DRES L0 Ry S et B 806 | INCHES y y Francaise, 1 rv:_ch fl“\k..z‘fi?.i‘o‘_‘“\’.‘-o"r‘ifi B\Sx‘; now and ;u":‘:‘nld;le‘:lssb}m;{ at a discount of 50 per cent DL S e Soe WIDE. from 81 to $1.50 & yard. y $1.25 o ac| 7 < . . - - — On Monday 80c goods for o 3 % ST Save Money. i e SR G for we P ALL OUR $1.25 DRESS GOODS GO MONDAY AT $1.00 A YARD. anid SPECIAL IN o wonld all s peolalratlonba b . *Tis o grand op- ty=nine fj.ve been selling them at im- NOwW 81.25 quality Broadcloth at ; ceer. $1.00 FREA line of brocaded black silks, the very Fortunity. cents. We mention e 2 Drap 'd Paris at.... $1.00 HANDK’E. DEP T | ntest thing for a nobby dress. *Oa Dot iaiss it. ‘l’,“‘ “NI‘”! ‘;.' them. | porters’ prices. 1S Hopsacking at. 5 MONEY . Monday to introduce them, T ? ricstley’s fine nov- ‘¢ Storm Serge at o R ehotest thinge oltios, ~ French | All our $12 capes for $6. YOUR “ Eaglish Checks at SAVING Plain white hemstitched linen hand'fs $1.08. Ehlkats: serges ‘“"d diago- All our $15 capes for $7.50 * Clay Diagonal at. 5 at 50, 3 Buy now and ottt Sical 750 | OPPORTU NITY. ‘* High Noveities at. SALE. LU L] wouilul i EXtPa Speelal eyt i 2 AlL 40 to 54 inches wide. iteh fskoh 15 . Bave Money. |many others, allat | All our $20 capes for g10. stitched handkfs, worth 10 and 15c, all . g N at 5¢ Monday. For Monday Onl: All 3 for g1 : J < 'or Monday y. our $30 capes for $15. ALL ALL OUR $1.50 DRESS GOODS GO MONDAY AT $1.20 A YARD. 4-inch and 1 inch hemstitched initial | 000 vards fine all wool drese stuf, All our $50 capes for $25. a2 $1.50 quality Fino Corkscrew Sultings at. $1.20 handk(’s, warranted pure linen, regular | miXwurs and novelty weaves, picked up rench Broadcloth at..... $1.20 price 85c; Monday 25¢ or 82.75 per doz. | by our eastern agent at a mere fraction All our §75 capes for $35. TO 31.50 “ Rich Novelties at. $1.20 Chiffon hand ks in all shades. Colors of their value, goods that sell everye All our $go capes for $49. 5% gg% :. ;‘:esn&g ::;(erglfglnnn : R:ar::;eggc fast; former price, 65¢ and | where at 50c, 65¢ and 75¢ a yard. . 81. " wi 3 7 5 s DESAL INCHES 8150 o E:&shnnflionafl poon $1.25 chiffon_handk’l’s Monday, 62c. Monday only, Choice at All at just half price. WIDE 8150 * - Grauite Cloths at,: GOODS. $1.75 and 82.00 chiffon handk’f’s Mon- 20¢ @ 2 $ day at 78¢. yard. e s s Promptness always in Carefully Correct Filling MAIL ORDERS. : i D | In Flling all Orders. bottles of beer taken from the express room. | 1 cash, and papers and notes to the The same night A. E. Hollenbeck's barber | value of about $10,000. The papers shop was robbed and thirtcen razors and | wero found along the Union Pacific track 10W 6 \ " that piece of buckskin was_just_thir been often urged to move nearcr the camp | approached him, while he cowered befora HO“ b"‘EN[ Jn[ DIED years ago this fall, about six months af for protection from thieves. But the old | herand besged for mercy. He confessed 1he discovery of gold had peopled the Col- | man only laughed and HASTINGS ~ POLICE DEFIED 8 n Col id that he wanted | that he had stolen Hardy's knife and with it two clippers taken. In both instances en- | half u mile castof Millard this morning. orado mountains with an army of immi- | 1 see the color of the thief who could rob | ended John Lawton's life. The tears france s effeclod by breaking window | Tio tools with which the crooks worked grants which fa_incougruity and mumbers | him and remained n his dugout. Strangely | that had flled tho escs of the' Spamsh girl ized i ights, were stolen from a blacksmith shop in this ' e almost rivaled that which had filled the | enough, Lawton was the only mau in tue | disappeared before the rising heat of venge- Petty Burglars Organized in Adaws Gounty | 3% 1010 Dyeand family are making | place. One Joseph Koseky was absent from An Omaha Man's Experience in an Barly | GO0 CR0C 00 voars before. 1 was | camp with whom Hardy was on anything | ance. Then without an insiant’s ararmiae and Are Working Boldly. preparations to spend the winter in Cali- | his boarding place in the evening, but at 4 Colorado Mining Camp. fornia. o'clock a Auburn has decided to have water works | left town. :}f;er sufl'cri[ng from so many disustrous fires, TR T The work of efecting pipes will be begun at > g 2 So] Ep:P 3 Tosas, Neb. . —[Special Telegfam John McElhaney’s 'bus was run Intoa few | to Tur Bse.]—Tobias is at present enjoying evenings ago by a cart and one of his horses | somewhat of a boom. ‘Che new building very seriously injured by the shafts of the | pu P cart, Tho cart was driven by John Simpson being arected by C. 8. Buchtel, which “will and C. C. Gilliland, who were thosworse for | Pe occupied by I Mehuron as an implement liquor. McEllmnu,\- had them arrested and | house, be completed this week. The the boys compromised the matter by paying | new building being erected by Cass Me- McEllianey $30 and costs. Curdy for a furniture store will also be —_— completed next week. After the completion Affairs at Fremont. of these buildings C. S. Buchtel's store will Frevoxt, Nov. 18— [Special to Tae Bes.) | be moved and a magnificent two-story brick —Harry T. Stoney and Miss Nevada Mc- | will be built in its place by 5. G. Empey. Mahill of Omaha were united io marriage | The upper story of the building will be scarcely of aze 4t the time, just old enough | like intimate terms, and it was a common | she snatched a dagger from her belt. 1t to fall an easy victim to the goid fever, und | thing for them to spend the evening to- | glittered for a moment in the white moon- I joined a crowd of men bound for the an- | gether. light and was sheathed in Rumaldo's heart, ticipated Eldorado. It would be too long a *On the day following the night in ques- “It_was heaven’s justice and noone de- story to tell all our experiences,but atlength | tion Lawton did not make his appearance, | terred her asshe returned to her post be- we arrived at our destination and located s | and towards evening half a dozen of us | side the body of the man she loved. Her mining camp in the shadow of a spur of the | walked down to his abode to see if he was | grief was sacred as her vengeance had been mountains, There were about forty of us | sick. Rumaldo joined the party and in five | just. One by one we stol way and left her altogether and we were soon reinforced by | minutes we had reached the dugout. The | with her dead. When we returned the next additional arrivals, who nearly doubled the | door was open and the meagre furniturcof | morning she was still there. But the dag- size of the camp. It was some of these ar- | the apartment was scattered in every direc- | ger had found another victim and the sen- rivals with whom the story I have to tell is | tion. I was the first 1o cross the threshold | orita had gone to join her lover. Wo connected. and was startled to see Lawton lying at full | buried them there together, the innocent *‘One hot August afternoon a dirty-looking | length on the floor. Icalled his name, but | with the guiity, the avenger with the specimen of the class known as ‘greasers’ | he gaveno answer. We all rushed in 1in | avenged. The rough mining cawp has been hobbled into camp on a broncho which pre- | alarm and one of the men bent over the | succeeded by a prosnerous eity. 'Jhe energy sented as dilapidated an appearance as his | miner's prostrate figure. Suddenly he stood | of a state has centralized ina vi master. He was not a particularly prepos- | erect and uttered a terrible oath, ‘He has | “Silent Jim" died for another's sessing individual. He was dark, even for a | been murdered,’ he added, and a glance | few gray-haired men remain who could tell m. he called for his cluthes and AUTHORITIES UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING ONE NIGHT'S WORK FILLED FOUR GRAVES $incoin Citizen Easily Captures a Colored Thief Red Handed but Loses His Prisoner Enroute to the Police Station. flung the Wrong Man for Murder, Then Evened Up by Seelug the Right Man's Heart’s Blood Warm & Dagger Polnt—Senorita's Revenge. Hustixos, Nov. 18, —[Special to Tar Bre.) o~For some time, what appears to be & - gegularly organized gang of petty burglars bas been making Hastings its headquarters, The inquirer may find a constant source of wonderment in what lies beneath the sur- face life of a western city. Its inhabitants have histories peculiar to themselves and i i 2 occupied by the different secret societies of | with all that has been said and written the | greaser,and hissingularly black eyesgleamed | showed that he was right. this strange story of Spanish love and nd conducting operations with great bold- | today by Justice Huff at the Eno hotel. a with all that has been said and written the | g a s sing’ y & d.vha s right. £ iis strauge story of Spanish love an :m In fact, the police of the city seem | Lhey were accompanied to this city by D. !b_i{r:g\("}:_a-ll;‘!k';l;l‘{roa!::-mn_‘ Relief corps | RFeater parvof it remains untold. Hero lies through a mass of tangled hair that had Lawton's throat had been slit to the bone | vengeance. & : Cullinane of Omaha. % 5 ek 4 utterly unable to cope with the thieves and ghey- do not seem to have been incon- wenienced in the least by anything that the police have done. evidently never known brush or scissors. | and, not content with this, the murderer had He was cunning as a fox and as treacherous | plunged ms knife a dozen times into the as a coyote, but there were too many of us | dead body. Rumaldo entered with the rest tostand in any fear of him. and at his re- | As he bent over the corpse an expressi quest ho was allowed to stay and was put to | erafty triumph liv up his swarthy face. a distinction of which the Mississippi river is the dividing line. The eastern citizen grows 1o manhood among the same scenes and influences- that surrounded his father ‘The perspiration stood in great drops on the old man's brow as he finished his stor He did no% seem to hear the parting salut of | tion of the tor as he withdrew and left and Sons of Veterans are making extensive he Standard Cattie company reports that . Hir % beets have been highly satisfactory. The | e o e Aihied grerage of the whole 500 acres has been about ofirod {oF th0 oooasion and.a good time {siex Al y he | hum alone with the memory of nearly half a fftoen and a half tons of high standard beets | Pected- The exercises of the day will bo | "0, ¢ dfather. His lifeis but a repe- | Work about the camp. knife stiil remained in thebody of the miner. | century ago. Thursday .night tho residenco of Mra. | [HUEER KT AT K0P 0 i to. Yeports ro. | Deld in the Bapuist church and tho supper e e e ]"‘; “About a week after our population was | Rumaldo snatched ivand held it up before —_———— ancy Cooper, at the corner of Briggs and | (8,UL 4700 Mo B s vorage pro. | 4nd dance in McCurdy’s new building. tition of those who have gone before. ILis | j;orauged by the arrival ofa man and o | hiseyes. ‘That is Silent Jim's knife, he Dis ixth stroet, was oroken into about 11 | guct cf the Grand Island and Norfolk fields, | . Mostof ‘Ihfl .f“'"m&'\ Seos l_"ll"ouzhl husking | uneventful because it has been forced into | woman, The man wasof no particular in- | hissed, ana we all saw that it was true. St. Part, Neb,, Nov. 18.—[Special to Tax o'clock and the maranders had pocketed a | The officers say this exceis the best fno:;?“{\'r‘;,.:mu‘,::'\"iu’sufis‘ Sie Eieind Erain | tho groove which has been worn smooth and | terest, but as the woman was the first wo | "y this time the nows had reachied the | Byr.|—Fire broke out in Jacob Hansen's handful of silver spoons when frightened G 3 : results in Califoraia, as an average crop in 0 ] the best beet sections of that state is but :;:.::“fl-):gg:lmg counles 1t ‘will dot about ten tons to the acre. * The city authorities have put E. N. Morse, West Po ex-county treasure to work on the city ‘West PoisT, B treasurer's books. and as far as Lo has £0n0 | Tuz Bex.]—Johunie Neligh returned from o corroborates those who had already gone § chicago Thursday, where e had been em- over them. ‘Preasurer Forbes suys he 4 cannot account for the sbortage, but admits plox}‘g, in the Nebraska division at the that he was utterly unqualitied for the omice | Worl Sf{!i_rl-_ : e G e and claims that the deficit has occurred | Frank Neligh, son of Daye Neligh of this through mistakes. 1tis probable that at tho | €ity, came to West Point Thursday after an next meeting of the council his resignation | absence of sixteen Lt lirnn‘k. in_$4o will be demunded, and he will doubtless | meantime, has beeu living in Texas, New comply, Mexico and other western states. He is T . even with the passage of many decades. In most instances he succeeds to his father's business, his ambitions and his cares, His whole history and that of his ancestors bes fore him is known to the village gossips and even the circumstances of his courtship and marriage are subjects of general knowledge and comment. But in the west the family tree is an un- known quantity, Men come and go and settle and accumulate fortunes, and no one knows or cares who their father might have had seéen in two months she was regarded | camp and nearly 100 miners were gathered | yui1c it f with considerable. inter This was | arouni the dugout. They came for but a | Lyhor shop last vight. As ahlih wind was heightened by tho fact that she was decia- | single purpose, and that ‘was to ovenge the | g%, 0“1 UGN, 00 HTVES B edly pretty. She was plainly a Mexican, | death of “thelr comrade. Lawlessues had | fao Fol, W (HOET KRNI SRR but her clear complexion and iustrous eyes | run 1t course and it was time for stern | juati’ \Vhrra wore consumed. as. sell as indicated that her lineage was of a higher | measures The hollow under the threshold | prefs pATEd WIS CORBUITEC A% WEL A8 order than that of the average greaser. | where Lawton had concealed his little hoard | Piiti St work of tho. five dopastmens nim Her companion was an American, but | of gold was empty. The murderer was tne | vanciels WOOR 0 DAD GRS SEPOFECent P in what relation he stood to the woman he | thief who had eluded us so long. We could Jacob Hansen came near I.mm his life. did not volunteerto state and no onc was | haraly believe that Jim Hardy was a thief. | dne0P) ORSER EAIE BEAT COSIAE, B3 006 curious enough to inquire. He told me that | Stillless that he would murder his only | oo B“D,"" £2.000, Jacob Hansen had &250 his name was Jim Hardy and that he pro- | friend. Butthe evidence was conclusi 1008 A O w000, HARGR Ly S posed to stay and prospect awhile, and with | Rumaldo said that he had seen Lim leave | \oams atesiod by the upetting of o lwp that he became a full-fledged citizen of the | Lawton's shauty at a late hour the uighy be- , ¥ L B Py camp, fol A dozen others corroborated his state- away by the family. erage A stone's throw away a large barn used as 8 warehouse for painters’ supplies was broken mto threo times within the week. BSome sueak thief entered the office of Miss C. H. Johnson, a stenographer, +but had to content himself with a pair of spectacles, which he sold at a jewelry store a block @own tho street. The committee on arrangements for the reunion of the old settlers of Adams county met in Hastings today, with a large attend- . Previously all the reunions have been :.ld at Juniata, and the citizens of Hastings otes und Personal Nov. 18.—[Special to - g 5 Accomplh are sparing no pains to mako the meeting of home festival at the Women's | somewhat broken down in health. been or whether he wore broadcloth or Ken- | A" month passed and the beautiful | meni. Therecould be no mistake. Silent orek £ Sho ansociation o pronounced success. - Tues- Ance union temple Friday | _ O the evening before Thanksgiving the | sucky jeans. He tells ns much as he pleases | senorita was sull an jnhabitant of the camp. | Jim was tne murderer, and withour a | (BAND Istaxp. 1 2zial to Tus @ay, December 12, is the date appointed. night was a success financially and other- | Young Men’s club of West Point will give a | of his previous life and the rest remaius un-| Hardy's taciturnity had gaincd him the [ thoughtof mercy the miucrs prepared to Bre.|—Arthur Fagan, who took poison at 'i‘he Southern Nebraska Poultry associa- | wise. bali in Krayse's hall. The proceeds will be known. People judge him by what they see of him and not by what they know of his facher. Under these conditions it is not strange that many a life story of absorbing intercst sobriquet of ‘Silent Jim,’ and beyond an oc- | bring him to his doom. A rope was pro- | the Koehler hotel Thursday evening and casicnal ‘Buenos Dias, senor,” his companion | cured and 1n five minutes we were at his | then turned on the gas, died at St. Francis was as reserved as himself, By this time | cabin. His face paled as the rope was | hospital lasy night. His home was _in tha couple had ceased to be objects of in- | thrown around his ,and he was led away | Laramie, Wyo. terest and we had become accustomed to | before the senorita should learn of his in- The tio between Judge W. H. Platte and tion will hold its annual meeting in Hastings Mrs. John Paul was granted a divorce | applied in acquisitions to their library and lonr d-;-, commenciug with the 5th of De- from her husband by the decree of Judge | oiher accessories. i Marshall given today and $1,200 alimouy | _Minolph Stieren, brother of William was allowed hei Stieren of this L‘H_y. d!ml at his home in Monterey township Friday of hemorrhage of On Mundn; next George W, Lehr of Rapid Qity will assume the duties of agent of the e is stored away among the half obliterated | their reserve. Every one had noticed, how- | tended fate. Even in that moment of unre- | Ira T. Paine of this city for the ofiie of Elkhorn here, S. A. Mosher having been vro- Convicted of Arson. the lungs. v 2 recotlections of men who may be seen on | ever, that Rumaldo, the greaser who had | lenting vengeance we did not wish to wit- | county supervisor was won by Judge Platte moted to the position of traveling agent. McCook, Nov. 18.—[Special Telegram to |- Fred Kuester, aged 71 years, died Wednes- | Farnam street almost any day in the vear. receded them tothe camp, had the most | ness the distress of her whom weall knew | this morniug. intense hatred for Hardy and it was uth loved him faithfully. Peter claimea by those who knew the greaser “Hardy was game and nevemsaidia word as | dray over a rough crossing yesterday, fell vengeful disposition that trouble \\‘uulduv( we led him down the gulch to where a single | from the seat and was severely injured, of it in the end. It was the general belie arren pine stood in a mass of thick alfalfa, that the wio had met before and many sur for the first time, we told Lim of what Laiost Opn Sunday, the 26th, the Methodists of hland township will dedicate a new urch edifice, Rev. Mr. Shank of Omaha ng expectod here to preach the dedi- eatory sermon. Tae Bee.|—Disteict court has been 1w ses. | day und was burled Friduy. Rev, Mr. Minor sion this week, engaged in the trial of John gml“u‘,"a.-uu“n;“_m;*fii‘;,';w RO ;;‘1;: non N. Jenkius, accused of procuring Waldo e ) ) herland and James Mclntyre to commit the crime of arson. The jury was out But few of the best known business men of Omaha have reached their vresent position without encountering some of the striking ents which punctuate the history of the The wesl citizen roughed it in the »wlana, while driving a loaded Injurea on His Engine. FamyoxT, Neb., Nov. 18.—[Special to Tas ) 0 r _out vs of his itinerancy. Scratch the bricks | mises were thrown out as o the cause of the accused. He started with borror | Nemmaska Ciry cial Tele- In Honor of Judge Harrison. twventy-four hours and found Jenklus guilly | gy ) Samuel Cocram of this city, engineer | of his palatial residence and a personal ex- | Spaniard's hatred. But we were 100 busy to | and attempted toexplain,but we checked hun | gram 1o o msn TLan Rld o Onp, Neb,, Nov. 18.—([Special woTur Brz.) | 05, WHIEER G0 00 3 on the Chesver branch of the B, &. M. rail- | pericnce of unsuspected interest may stand | look after other people's business, and as | impatiently. Our blood was we had revealed. e rope tight- 1t was the fortune of a peporter to stumble upon one of these bits of unwritten Listory where he would least have expected to find it. It was in the library of & wan who has for many years occupied 4 responsible posi- tion with a leading wholesale house and some tine ago retired to spend his later yearsn the enjoyment of the competence ‘which he had spent his lifetime in acquiring ; a man whose bent fizure und silvered bair Ia., suspicious characters o~The mombers of the Valley county bar Jenkins was ruzning the Kirkbride hotel | road met with a curious accident yesterday. this morning. ad in their posse ssion 1 gave a banquet in Hotel Ord last evening in | at Stratton and employed Southerland and | Aboat four miles south of Belvader, while honor of Judge Thomas Harrison. A lettes | Mclutyre to buru the St. James hotel. It is | coming down the hill the side rod of the of regret was read from Judge John In | Supposed his object was Lo do away with the | engine broke in two about the center and Thompson, who was uoable to be present. | OPPosition in business. Two attempts were | the ends in flying around tore the whole Pwenty-one gentlemen sat down to supper. made to burn the property in April, 1898, | side and floor out of the cab and padly A. B. Plough of St. Paul, Minn., 1s | 80d both failed. The jury in a note to Judge § bruised Mr. Cocram’s left log. He was taken gsiting with Mrs. J. G. Sharpe Welty recommended the leniency of the | home and Dr. Plumb was called. He says M. O. P, Harmon of Milford, 1L, is here | COUFt in passing sentcnce. The case at- | there are no bonos broken, but it will be fooking atter his real estate interests in | tracted cousideraole attention, The greater | several days before the man will be able to Valley county portion of the audience were ladies. Mcln- | geg out. Rumaldo did not indulge in open hostilities | no vime for explanations. I the matter ceased to be asubject of remark. | ened under the impulse of a score of bruwny arge satchel “:As the woeks passed the wmountaius took | arms aud inn moment ke was swinging in | §1ATEC satchel l"“.‘..’t“"fl'.u\l‘ui;’ci»‘x{“'n';nl\‘:flu“ the tinge of autumn aud the carly frosts | midair, A quick, convulsive struggle, an [ gEyelobos Lhat mu“’,‘_ L i suripped the white spruce irees that hung | upward movement of the hands, and theu | (ol COREY 19 COBRLY @7t PEESCACIHE KIS ver the camp of their foliage. Our camp | Silent Jim would speak no more forever. | fealis to pounts clorks Bnc TRUCVInE Fid had become a busy miving town and was | In spite of our determination we shuddered | ORI One % ¥ alive with all the disorderly elements that | as we cut down the still warm body and pre- & e PR infested that country in those days. There | pared to bury it. Suddenly we fell back | Mrs. Matilda Hale a vesidont of this was 0o law but might and thefts were be- | peforea figure which came running toward A0S Aehd. 06 A6} coming 80 frequent that no one's property | ds. It was the seaorita. Sne had heard 708 Al b | would scarcely recommenfl him as one who | was safe. Provisions, weapons and even | the story and we all stood in silent sympathy o e M M::di;'"hs of Grand Island s visiting | L¥7e pleaded eullty. Judgo Welly sepuoncod o S T iad particiated in somo gnh‘e most stirring | the nuggets which rowarded our daily toil | with her bereavement. ~Husband orlover, i | vy Sanshams KRUA? Arissls - Covois Mortensen. . ey ; scenes which marked tho early days of the | had a fashion of mysteriously disappearing | was the same. He was all she had and wo Lur?, Aric., Nov. Mr. and Mrs. 5. W. Reed of Oaklaud, Cal., oA (s Laxcowy, Nov. 18.—|Special Telegram to | {°00° Y Bl <o vt g 7 t part of the week with Mrs. and Miss x s 3 Tur Bee)—An unkoown negro was sur- ,leaving for thetr Californis home | ~CwAY CENTER. Nov. 15.—[Special to Tuz morning. Whilo here t Bee | —In the district court now in session ;""::d&':;:;"f"l:'f,m::‘:m‘“lgm‘:“.‘x: ealled upon by many of their Judge Hastings rendered a judgment hh' 1 } s Acquaintances. against A. J. Orendorfl, treasurer of Spring | ihis sfterncon. Ie was captu y & S p— Rauch township, and his bondsmen for | neighbor, O. H. Hefln{‘ who telephoned to § Auburn Brevities. $L100. It will be remembered that some the pnlwu station for ‘Without wait- Aunviy, Neb, Nov. 15.—(Special to Tug | lime ago Orendorff left the country sud- | iug for the patrol wagon Hering started for Bre.|—John Welch was arrested last week | deuly and his accounts were not ia the best | the station with his prisoner. Befors they o A ShaTandinea 2at) SO tas of condition. d one far the negro suddenly threw @ #nd placed _jatl for selling — ful of red pepper iuto the eyes of his Higuor without ». licbuse. He had a prelim- Dodge Lady lejured u,.m- and made his escape. Mr. Heriug is Jnary hearing Tuesday before Judge Churc) Donge, Neb., Nov. 18.—|Special to TuE | suffering severely, but his injuries are not Tne evidence was strong enough to bind bim BIL)—!:iu Laura zruuc‘k. lomrl{h:': serious. Logan, la., sustained a fractured nl: 2“ .:‘hw‘“nuo;r;lnfl in default of Toursday nixbt while attempiing 10 board & Bishop Newman at Norfolk. and no one was able to delect the thief. | had taken him from her. She did not utter | ports havereached here of the arrest of the Many suspected Rumaldo, but we were un- | a word, but the expression of her face will | lynchers of Tomuelson, who found his death able to obtain any direct evidence agaiust | haunt me as long as 1 live. She gazed for u | at the hands of 4 colored mob at Varner last him. Meantime the thefts became more | moment on the white set face, then fell upon { Tuesday by rope, bullets and fire. Among frequent and daring until there was hardly | the body. kissing the unresponsive lips and | the men arrested are Yaucey Hawkins, tha a wan in camp who was not a sufferer {rom | murmuriug soft Spauish words of endear- | alleged leader, und Stove Hansloy. Huwleiny the depredations. It was useless to com- | ment ted arrest, and was shot at by the ofi. plain, but it was well understood that when | “Rumaldo alone secmed to take a flendish which action almost precipitated a riot, the thief was caught & rope and a tree | satisfaction iv her grief. Hemoved forward | Excitement at Varner is intense. would furnish the means for summary pun- | us if to taunt her with her misery, when —— islment., Iumulhlni(ull from the pocket of his blouse ws Ouce & Ploneer. “One frosty evening about the middle of | and struck the ground like a stone. Noneof | New Yomrk, Nov. 18.—The World say: November Jim Hardy was seen to leave the | us noticed i1, but the senorita sprung to her | qrne old Guion line, one of the most ancient cabin which he and the szuorita occupied | feet ard bounded forward as if by wustinet 3 fes 1 lha. sransatiantic wice, i and stroll down @ footpath which led south | She snatched the cbject which bad fallen | SPIMPABIS I8 LG LEatsatantic BeEvice, ‘e from the camp. About eighty yards down | from Rumaldo's pocket and held i up in the | 2DOut to end for a 0 118 DAISOREOR SAFTe While the old gentleman was searching through his desk for some papers the re- vorter's glance rested curiously on a buck- skin bag of peculiar pattern. It was well worn and had been wrapped in tissue paper if 1o preserve it from further luulll|llon suppose you are wondering why 1 take so much care of that picee of buckskin,” re marked the old man as he unwrapped sha covering and caressed the bit of leather as though he felta persopal interest in its welfare. “Well, it is a relic of an event which bappened over thirty years ago and which was the most exciting episode of my life. I have pever told the story except to oau ] the | oo from Liverpool to New York. N %, Neb., Nov. wlB a few of my intimate frignds, but if you care | the valley was a dugout, where an old miner | moonlight. It was the bag of gold for which Tueaday night this city wasraided by | tralabere. ~ _______ Bo ) thchon ok B, Nevmi o Omata | 4o isten T will tll you Bow i came by that | named Jobi Lawion had ‘secludéa bimself | John Lawion hud boen murdered. Wo wero T — X At 6 a. m. the Missouri Pacitic Miltard Safe Cracked by Burglars. P . keepsake and then perhaps you will not | frow the main camp. It was claimed that | speechless with horror as we penetrated the s 2 - 38 g Ry aio aud avout Miian, Neb, Nov. 15.—[Special Teie- | Will deliver his lecture, “Our Countey's Mis- | wouder that T proserve it with so much | be had found au exceptionaily rich pocket | sccret of the crime. Wo had busg aa iuno- | SA¥ Fusxcisco, Nov. 18.-W. H. Mills, care.” ‘The scribe was all attention, and after the old man bad lighted & fresh cigar he spun the yarn as follows: *The first time 1 saw 1l chal l.lg he money , sion,” in Norfolk mnext Thursday evening. n B. t ll depos was broken | E7am to Tus Bex.1—Burglars cracked Wil- | ;ye'hroceeds of the lecture go to form the B Vou Doren's aale o hia lamvor and | uqiussumis ol fhe leckire g0 16 form tha @rain oftice Last night and secured about $30 | Episcopal church ia Norfolk, and hud secluded himself from the rest in | cent man, while the real criminal was within | general land agent of the Central Pacifio order thak they might not tind out his secret. | our xrn{’ The senorita still held the bag of | company, bas been elected a director of the He was said 10 have a large amount of gold | gold. She siiently raised her hand and | same company to succeed H. A. Cummings, hid somewhere in his rude shauty and haa | pointed her fluger at Ruwaldo. She slowly | deceased, e AR e O 2 L 2 iR T