NEBRASKA SOLDIER IS INJURED

Lieutenant Pulls of the Light Artillery Blown In by Dynamite.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 19.— Via Oakland

Lieutenant Charles Pulis, commanding the twenty-fourth company of light artillery, was blown up by a charge of dynamite at Sixth and Jesse streets and was probably fatally Injured. He was taken to the military hospital at the presidio. He had a fractured skull, several bones broken and Internal Injuries

Lieutenant Pulis placed a heavy charge of dynamite In a building on Sixth street. The fuse was imperfect and did not ignite the charge as soon as was expected. Pulis went to the building to relight it and the charge exploded while he was in the building.

The injured officer is 30 years old, single and a native of Wisconsin.

LINCOLN, April 11 (Special Telegram)

Charles Pulis, who was dangerously wounded while dynamiting a building In San Francisco, graduated from the state university in the of 1896. He enlisted in the First Nebraska in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American war and was later transferred to the regular army and appointed a lieutenant. His father is the Rev. John Pulis, a Baptist minister, who resided at Columbus and Kearney and later In this city. He is now living in California.

Lieutenant Pulis was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and was very popular in university circles. He is about 30 years old.

KEARNEY. Neb., April (Special Telegram)

A telegram was received today from San Francisco stating that Lieutenant Charles C. Pullis of the United States army was killed there this morning while placing a charge of dynamite for the purpose of blowing up a building. Lieutenant Pullis was a former resident of Kearney and a graduate of the Kearney High school. His father was at one time pastor of the Baptist church in this city and Lieutenant Pullis was for a time principal of the high school. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted and served through his term of enlistment in the Philippines. When discharged he entered the regular army, securing a lieutenant's

commission.