DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
V0LU3IE XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECE3IBEH 14, 190G.
NUMBER 10.
LATEST BY THEQRAPII
SUMMARY OP THE NEWS CP
THE WHOLE WORLD.
GIBBONS IN APPEAL
OAMiS Toil SYMPATHY FOP.
O.VTIIOLICS OF FItANCK.
ttrU4ial Quotes Violent Attacks Vpon
kho Name of Jesus in Chamber of
. .BcsHitJcs as Showing IiiHlnition ot
lVcscut Crusade.
"Ulhe American public Joes not un
derstand the present crisis in France,"
nald Cardinal Gibbons when asked for
hiii pinion on the French situation.
He aoniinued:
"I am Retting to be an old man now
and I think 1 know my countrymen.
They love fair play; they love liberty;
their love to see human dealings ot
man with man. And the late years
have shown how cordially they hate
Injustice, tyranny and inhumanity.
And jrot France has treated her noblest
citlaeus with Injustice and inhuman
ity, and America, which has sympa
thy for the oppressed of all nations,
has raised no' protest nor uttered a
word of sympathy.
"U I believe that my countrymen
would knowingly see a great organiza
tion unjustly deprived of Its property,
tens of thousands of honest men and
noble women robbed of their just in
come, hundreds of thousands of people
brutally wounded In what they hold
dearest and most sacred, a majority
in tiie chambers disregard and tram
ple apon the rights of the minority
and the rights of millions of then
countrymen In the name of liberty
would knowingly see tens of thousands
of prJesbj and nuns turned out of their
homes for no crime but that of lovtn
God I sny, if my countrymen can see
and recognize all this Injustice and
refuse genuine sympathy to those who
suffer, then I will leave life without
that faith In American love of justice,
liberty and humanity.
"But the American people have not
had these things put fairly before
them. Our own press has been to a
considerable extent the reflex of the
Parisian anU-olerical press. Most peo
ple ever here have little conception of
the French aiitl-clcrlcan). They look
on the leaders of this party as en
lightened statesmen seeking to pre
serve tiie republic from an aggressive
clever.
"There have been honest and sin
cere lovers of republican government
ameng aiiri-cloricals, I admit, but the
majority of them have far less love of
the republio than they hav hatred of
religion.
"But in France the Jacobin ps rty In
not dead. They, hate Ood, they hute
Christ, they hate his religion as much
as ever their fathers hated them. But
their have learned a more prudent and
measured method of attack. And yet
the utterances of such men are receiv
ed r.8 unsuspectingly by many Ameri
cans as would be a discourse by Mr.
Cleveland, or Mr. Roosevelt, or Mr.
Taft."
MANILA CALIiS FOIl TEACH Kits.
One Hundred and Twenty More Art
Wanted from United States.
One hundred and twenty additional
teachers are wanted In the Philippines
for the next school year, according to
a cablegram received Thursday from
Manila by the bureau of insular af
fairs. Fifty of these are to be. ap
pointed at entrance salaries of $ 1,200
and the romainderat smaller amounts.
The appointees will be selected from
those passing the civil service exami
nations and will go to the islands un
der two-year contracts, although it
was stated that the majority of tho
going over in previous years have re
mained in the service for a much
longer timo. The examinations will
be conducted throughout the country
on Dec. 27 and 28.
Big Fortunes to State.
Andrew Carnegie In an address be
fore tiie National Civic Federation at
New York, Thursday said he believed
the major portion of the estates of
enormously rich men should go to the
Btate upon the death of the possessor
of the fortune.
New York Dally News Suspend.
The New York Daily News com
pany Thursday suspended publication.
The cause given was that the other
papers of the city had superior facili.
ties.
For I'.x termination of Texas Fever.
HepreoeBtutive Ilansdell, of Texas,
Introduced a bill Thursday appropriat
ing $2GMW for the extermination of
the Texas fever tick.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Butcher
steers, $5.65. Top hogs, $6. OS.
Girl &Ub Man and Herself.
Tuooias Bailey, a mill operative
from Wlaalow, Ont.. was shot In the
abdomen and probably fatally wound
ed by Grace Davis in a resort at Nam
pa, Idaho, Thursday. The woman then
liot and killed herself.
Grain for ItuMhlan Sufferers.
The Russian government has pur
chased 6,000,000 bushels of grain in
western Siberia, where there has been
a big grain harvest this year, at com
r lively low prices.
LAITY NOT FOIl WAR. .
Pope's Stand Foils to Arouse French
Catholics.
The clergy of Paris Issued special
appeals Wednesday night to their par.
ishloners to bo present at the churches
Thursday at tho first mass celebrated
outside the pale of the law. The gov-
earnment, however, proposes to pro
ceed gently. These services were not
broken up, but policemen were in at
tendance to note Infractions of the
law and cite officiating priests or their
assistants before the nearest Justice
of the peace. The chief danger of dis
orders in Paris Is believed to lie in the
possible invasion of churches by row
dies and free thinkers. Reserves of
gendarme were stationed at various
points throughout the city to guard
against troubles of this sort.
The efforts made by certain mem
bers of the chamber of deputies and
other disinterested persons to insure
a continuation of churches in spite ot
the papal veto, by inducing Catholic
laymen in each parish to make the
forbidden declaration, have not thus
far met with much success. Up to a
late hour Wednesday night the Church
of St. John the Evangelist was the
only church where such legal applica
tion had been made.
The indications are against anything
which might be dignified by the namo
of religious war, and the prompt ex
pulsion from France of Mgr. Montag
ninl, the secretary of the papal nun
ciature here since the recall of tho
nuncio, coupled with the threats to ex
pel recalcitrant clergymen from
France, haB had a sobering Influence.
CHINESE FAMINE APPALLING.
Situation In tho Orient Is Laid Before
the State Department.
It was semt-ofnclally stated Wed
nesday that for the present at least
no direct governmental appeal would
be made to the United States for aid
for famine sufferers In China. This de
declslon was reached after the state
depaitment had communicated with
Louis Klopsch, of the Christian Her
ald, which raised $200,000 for the
Japanese sufferers, and who regaras
the Russian famine as being infinitely
worse, 80,000,000 people, or twice the
number suffering in China, being af
fected, Mr. Klopsch has Informed the de
partment that he believes ' that if a
Chinese appeal is now launched H
would soon clash with the Russian
appeal. Mr. Klopsch added, however,
that if the state department concluded
to aend out an appeal the Christian
Herald would help in the undertak
ing. He declares that Russia Is sore
ly In need of help, but as yet no appeal
has been sent out for that country.
According to letters received by Mr.
Klopsch 40,000 square miles In China
supporting a population of 15,000,000,
have been flooded, and so great Is the
destitution that many parents are
drowning their children rather than
see theru starve, and themselves com
mitting suicide.
GILLETTE TO PRISON.
Will Be Confined in Penitentiary at
Auburn.
Chester Gillette, convicted of the
murder of Grace Brown, his sweet
heart, was taken to Auburn prison ot.
a trcln leaving Herkimer, N. Y at
noon Wednesday,
When Gillette arrived at the sta
tion the train had not arrived, and he
was soon surrounded by a group of
persons who had come to witness hi
departure.
Mrs. Gillette, Chester's mother, con
sented to remain behind to avoid pos
sible scenes on the way. She was
promised in return that she might visit
her boy In the Auburn prison.
Mrs. Gillette had a farewell break
fast with Chester in his cell. Just at
its close the mother became hysterical.
"I can stand it on longer," sht
shouted, and the guard led her to an
other part of the Jail, where she recov
ered her self-possession. An hour
later she went back to her son's cell
and bade him farewell in a very Im
pressive manner.
Gillette is under sentence to be ex
ecuted in the electric chair during the
week beginning Jan. 28.
Itoy Shoots His Father.
Because his father had kept him in
the grammar schools when the boy
was older and larger than others in
that grade William Weedon, aged 16,
Tuesday shot his father, John Weedon,
In the face and r.eck at their home in
Glendale, L. I. It is feared that the
father's wounds will be fatal. The
boy was arrested.
Entombed Men Are Alive.
A message from Bakersfleld, where
six men were entombed last Friday
by a cave-In, says signals were received
in Los Angeles, indicating positively
that the men were alive. The saving
of the lives of the men is belfeved to
be impossible, as the rescuing parties
have made little or no progress.
Curzoit Not Coming.
Ijord Curson, of Kedleston, former
viceroy of India, will not be the next
British ambassador to America, ac
cording to a statement made Wednes
day by his brother-in-law, the earl of
Suffolk.
Gulcfthurg Woman Attempts Life.
While temporarily demented Tues
day afternoon Mrs. G. O. Abraham
son, of Galesburg, III., attempted sui
cide by shooting herself several times.
She Is still alive, although in a pre
carious condition.
Cow's Tull In Eye; Death.
Mrs. Lena Dedrlck, of Columbus,
Ind., is, dead at her home an the result
of being struck In the eye by a cow's
tall while milking a few days ago.
blood poisoning resulting.
1H UN II AM 18 FOr?0 GUILTY.
Verdict A teal nut New York Insurance
Ofllclats.
George Burnham, Jr., of New York,
a vice president and general counsel
of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
company, Tuesday was convicted- of
larceny of $7,000 of the company's
funds. The prosecution and conviction
of Burnham was an outgrowth of the
Investigation of the Insurance com
panies of New York by a .legislative
commission two years ago. Two old
officers of the company, Frederick A,
Burnham, president, and George D.
Eldredge, vice president, were Indicted
at tho same time as tho man who was
convicted Tuesday.
One of the sensational features of
tho trial, was the production of a
check by the prosecution which bore
the name of Iouis F. Fayn, formei
superintendent of Insurance, and of
the United States Express company, of
which Senator Piatt is president. It
was not claimed, however, that Burn
ham paid tho amount of this check to
Mr. Payn, but that It was used to re
sist an alleged demand by l'nyn for
$100,000 from tho Ufa Insurance com
pany. Further proceedings were postponed
unltl next Friday ut the request of
Uurnhnm's counsel. Burnham being
remanded to tho Tombs.
HEAVY REBATING FINES.
Trust and Cooperate Company Must
Pay $150,000.
Fines aggregating $150,000 were
Imposed Tuesday by Judge Holt in the
United States circuit court upon the
American Sugar Refining company
and the Brooklyn Cooperage company,
both of New York, after the defend
ants, through counsel, had pleaded
guilty to Indictments charging the ac
ceptance of rebates on sugar ship
ments in violation of the Elkins antl
rebating act. The sugar refining com
pany was fined $80,000 and the coop
erago company $70,000.
After the fines were Imposed United
States District Attorney Stlmson, who
conducted tho prosecution, told the
court that ho held the amount of th.
fines assessed was sufficiently large to
act as a deterrent to rebatcrs In tho
future and that the government would
consent to the remainder of tho Indict
ments against the American Sugar Re
fining company and the Brooklyn
Cooperage company being dismissed.
Judge Holt granted t. motion dismiss
lng the other Indictments,
EMBEZZLED LODGE FUNDS.
Cliargo Against a Prominent Kansas
City Shrlner.
Harry H. Allen was arrested in
Kansas City Tpesday on information
sworn out by three members of the
finance oommlttee of Ararat temple of
the Anoient Order ot Nobles of tho
Mystic Shrine of that city, charging
him with embeszlement of $7,614 as
recorder.
Allen, who Is a prominent business
man, has held the office of recorder
three terms and is known to Shrlners
throughout tho country.
He was arraigned before a justice
of the peace, pleaded not guilty and
was released on $1,000 bond, which
was furnished by friends. He will
have a preliminary hearing Dec. 15.
For Big Fair in Frisco.
At San Francisco fifteen citizens
have formed a corporation to be
known as the Pacific Ocean Exposition
company, which plans to give a mam
moth fair In 1913, to commemorate
the 400th anniversary of the discovery
of the Pacific ocean by Balboa, and
the completion of the Panama canal.
The organization Is capitalized at $5,
000,000. Bishop McrCabo Is Stricken.
Bishop McCube. of Philadelphia, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, was
stricken with apoplexy on the street
In New York Tuesday. He was taken
to a hospital, where, It is said, his
condition is serious.
Soo PuMsutfe Jammed with Ice Again.
Thirty-nine down-bound steamers
are detained between Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., and the dyke by the ice Jam,
which has stopped navigation again
In the Soo passage. A large fleet is In
the lower river waiting to get up.
Shah's Condition Hopeless.
An official dispatch from Teheran,
dated Monday, says a German special
ist who is attending the shah has pro
nounced the latter's condition to be
hopeless and that he cannot survive
many weeks.
Iron Workers Will Stride.
The strike of 800 employes of the
Reading Iron company at Reading,
Pa., ended Friday when the men were
granted an advance in wages of about
12 per cent.
Gurdner Defeats Smith.
Jimmy Gardner, of Lowell, Mas.,
was given the decision over Rube
Smith, of Denver, In a ten-round bout
at Denver Tuesday night.
Hcnils Stelal Message.
President Roosevelt sent a special
message on Porto Rico to congress
Tuesday.
Lumber Deulcra Indicted.
Ten prominent lumber dealers of
Guthrie, Okla., have been Indicted by
the grand Jury on an alleged violation
j of the Oklahoma anti-trust 'aws b
entering into a combination to fix
prices.
Die at the Ago of UA.
Levi Boster, reputed to have been
the oldest person in Missouri, Is dead
at his home near Houston, Texan
I county, aged 1M years. He was born
I In Virginia June 13. 1790.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE. WEEK E A CON
DENSED FORSL
Sensation ut Lyon Sew all Sampson
Severely Huiidlcl by i Mob Whip
ped anil Doused In Hlver Compell
ed to Ieare the Town.
After receiving a severe whipping,
Sewall Sampson Saturday afternoon
was compelled by a crowd of angr
men to submit to a dousing in the Icy
waters of Logan river and to prom
ise that he never again would darken
the doors of Lyons with his presence .
The incident was the last chapter
in a scandal that has been the cause
of much excitement nt Lyons. Last
fall Sampson ran off with another
man's wife, both of them leaving be
hind families of small children. Tho
indtgnatton of citizens at his return
to Lyons a few days ago has grown
with each passing duy. Saturday ho
was put under arrest for assaulting
the husband of tho woman with whom
he ran awoy. As he stepped out of
the bank, where he had been trying to
secure bonds for his release, a crowd
of men was ready for him. A gunny
sack was thrown over his head and
he was loaded Into a drny. His cap
ture was speedily noised about town
and 200 people, men, women and chil
dren, gathered on the river bank to
witness the proceeding.
After stripping their captive and ad
ministering a sound beating, the men
told Sumpson to jump off the bridge
into the water or he would be pushed
'off. He Jumped. Before he was al
lowed to come out of his icy bath ho
Was compelled to solemnly promise
that he would "gil" and never return.
PASSED COUNTER FFJT MONEY.
Two Men Arrested ut Oxford CI in rued
with "Shoving the Queer."
Sheriff Peterson, of Red Willow
county, made a fine haul at Oxford
Monday, when he took Into custody
two "shovers of the queer," George
Monroe and Thomas Rogers, who
were brought to MeCook and lodged In
the county Jail, charged with hnvltiK
circulated counterfeit money.
These two young men have been
operating over a wide section of thnt
part of NebruBka for several weeks.
Reports came to McCook from various
towns between Hastings and Denver,
Colo., and in nearly every town they
have placed more or less of theii
spurious currency, a $10 bill of the
Farmers' and Planters' .bank of Sa
vannah, Ga.
1 The officials feel certain of having
more than sufficient evidence to send
them over the road for a term ofl
years. They have been clearly identi
fied by merchants who were recently
victimized by them.
RANCHMAN SLAIN II Y GIRL.
MIsn Merle Clark Arrested ut North
Pinttc.
Miss Merle (Mark, 21 years of use,
was arrested at North Platte Tuesday
charged with killing John Leonard, a
ranchman, twenty-six miles from
there. The tragedy occurred Sunday
night.
Miss Clurk Is from the east iiiul has
been making her home on the ranch
of an undo near thut of Leonard's.
The young woman does not deny the
killing, but refuses to discuss the af
fair. She was placed in the county
Jail. Her friends say Leonard was in
love with her und bothered her with
his attentions. It Is claimed that he
threatened to kill her If sho did not
marry him.
Torrey Uncovers Deserter.
Alfred Bennerman, 23 years of age,
of Dubuque, la., was converted at the
Torrey revival meeting In Omaha
Sunday, and Monday went to the naval
recruiting station and confessed thut
he was a deserter from that service.
He said he enlisted in Dubuque last
August and while en route to San
Francisco to report for duty deserted
at Cheyenne. The penalty for the of
fense is eighteen months' imprison
ment. NebruNkaii Out for Iiiind Office.
Nelson B. Swltzer, of Nebraska, Is a
candidate for commissioner of the
general lund office. An indorsement
signed by leading men of Nebraska
went to Washington In his behalf. He
has for years been employed by the
government land office In adjusting
surveys. He is a son of the late Gen.
Swltzer and a nutlve of Nebraska.
Rcaily for the Drunks.
The village of Herman has bought
some new steel cages, which will be
put In the town halt and used as a Jul!.
The old Jail building had become so
dilapidated that It was impossible to
keep a man In It. Tho marshal expects
now to be able to take cure of ull the
drunks.
New Trust Formed.
They say that they have not formed
a trust, but then evei-y liveryman of
Columbus met und decided thut the
public will have to pay a certuln price,
much higher than they have paid
heretofore, or else they can go on foot,
and every one of the siv liverymen In
the business slgnod the agreement.
Beatrice Will Have Hull Club.
The necessury funds to Insure a
league ball team for Beatrice next sea
son have been raised and a representa
tive will be sent to the stute meeting
to be held at Lincoln.
I a -u vex Large Estate.
I Mrs. Mary Lannners, the wealth
iest woman in Cedar county, died
suddenly of heart disease, uged ubout
70 yearn. Mrs. Ijirnmers was the wid
ow of John Lo miners, who died six
years ago and left an estate of nearly
$1,000,000, mostly in Cedar county
lands.
House Burned Near Rulo.
Unidentified parties burned the va
cant four-room house located on the
Alois Dunnecker farm, two miles
north of Rulo, Wednesday night.
TO BUILD ITS WATER PfcANT.
Omaha Hoard Reject Plan to Boy
Out Private Company.
The water board of the city of Oma
ha, which has entire control of all
matters concerning the water supply,
public and private, of the city. Monday
night voted to rescind the action of
the city council In electing to buy the
plant of the Omaha Water company
and appointed n committee to procure
plans and estimates for a new plant.
The action of the city council was
taken In 1903 before the creation of
the water board. The proposal to pur
chase was undqr a provision of the
company's franchise and contemplated
the valuation of the plant by a Joint
board of three appraisers." This board
was appointed, but failed to agree, the
majority report fixing the value of the
plant nt $6,250,000, which the water
board claims Is far In excess of Its real
value. A suit Is now pending in the
federal court by which the company
seeks to compel the city to purchase
under this appraisement. It Is esti
mated thnt n r.cw plant can be built
for about $4.000.00C.
GODDAKDS GO FREE.
Sr.n Is Rearrested. However, on Horse
Stealing Charge.
In the cine of .1. R. and Earl God
don!, who have been in the custody of
Sheriff Richardson at Broken Bow,
charceiT with being implicated In the
Union Pacific safe robbery at Callo
v.oy, the county prosecutor concluded
tho chain of circumstantial evidence
to be so Incomplete as to dispense
with a preliminary hearing. The old
man was accordingly released, but
Eur I Ooddnrd, the son, has been posi
tively identified by Charles Westcott,
of Grand Island, as the man who stole
a horse unit buggy from him some
tlmo ngo. Sheriff Dunket, of Grand
Island, came to Broken Bow and took
young Goddard away. Howard, the
ullcgcd leader of the safe-crackers, . I
still nt large.
It now appears that between $400
and $500 was taken from the Union
Pacific m:fe at Calloway, and Agent
Grimes, of that place, according to his
statement, has been dismissed, because
ho would not make good the amount
stolen.
DKIVES AWAY MARAUDER.
Woman Strikes Man In Fuce with He
volver, Knocking Mini Down.
A yourirj woman and a girl stepped
out of the home of a Mrs. LeFew at
Grand island and were immediately
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They gave the alarm and Mrs. LeFew
eunio out with a revolver. The tres
passer wan still there and ordered the
woman to throw up her hands. In
stead she dealt the marauder a sting
ing blow In t',e face with the butt end
of the revolver, knocking him, dow.i.
It Is stated thut she guve him another
blow and then ran In to call the men
folks of the home. When they ap
peared, however, tho fellow had made
his escape. . .
Girl Dyln.rof Bullet Wound.
Miua Rachel Eugle, who was shot lu
the back by John Hamlin during car
nival at Gru-fl Tnland last summer, ii
very low and Is not expected to live.
Ever since the shooting fche has bean
paralyzed from the waist line down
and recently It became necessury to
perform another operation. Hwml!;i
Is still in jail. Do demanded arraign
ment recently and was arraigned oti
lhi chars-' ot shooting with intent to
hill and was bound over to. the district
court.
Stolen Horse Comes Home Starving.
The horse stolen from the barn ot
John ltebcbrand, near Hooper, re
turned home. The horse had the ap
pearance of buying been without food
or water for days and had evidently
been tied up in Home secludod place.
Bush, who Is now in Jail at Fremont
awultlng trial for the charge of steal
ing the horse, denies having, any
knowledge of where It has been.
Stroinsbnrg: Man Accidentally Killed.
Peter Hedman wus accidentally kill
ed near Stromsburg Monday, Mr.
Hedman was huullng manure to the
dump at the creek bank. Just south of
town, und while driving close to the
edge to get near enough to unload the
wagon wheel dropped Into a hole and
Mr. Hedman was thrown out, receiv
ing fatal Injuries.
.Man Who Shot I'oy Cleared.
Eugene Diets, a farmer .living neat
Norfolk, hns been acquitted of tho
shooting of Hurtle Elseffer with the
intention to do great bodily injury. El
seffer wus shot by IHetz in August u
year ago, while siwlmmlng with other
Norfolk boys.
ltalses Telephone Kates.
The Lincoln Telephone company,
which Is the new Independent com
pany there, hus notified its patrons
that its rales have been ruised. Resi
dence 'phones have been Increased
from $1.75 to $2 and business' 'phones
from $3 to $4.
Wauls a Pardon.
Nicholas Gentleman, who wus con
victed of murder in the second degree
ut Columbus nearly six years ago, has
Hied un application for pardon. Gov.
Mick el will hear the case Dec. 24.
Itlicdcs Scholarship Examinations.
The next qualifying examination for
the scholarships awarded under thi
Rhodes bequest has been fixed for Jan.
17 und IX. 1-.KI7, at the I'rilverslty of
Nebraska.
Coin Klulk Disease.
torn siaiK uiseuHc is uguln among
the cuttle of Platte county. John H.
Wllke has loM eight head with tho dis
ease.
Oniuiia Mun Is Convicted.
S. E. Howell, president of the Oma
ha Coal exchange, was convicted un
der the provisions of tho statu antl.
trust law. Howell Is cliurgnd, in com
pany with seventy-nine other mem
bers, with maintaining u trust. The
ruse Is to be appealed.
Hurt In Corn Elcvutor.
Ml Dora ilcltinann. a young worn
an living u mile north of Leigh, be
came entangled in tho machinery of a
corn elevator und received painful la1
juries.
1 trcrnijfi?.Jl!Jii uU
The need of more room for the use,
of tho state library has resulted In the
proposal of many schemes, the lates
of which Is for the state to buy. the
corner lot at Fourteenth and J streets
or the lot at Sixteenth r.r-.d H streets, i
Those who are back of this deal want
a magnificent library and legal build
ing put on one of these corners and
have It used for the library, the su
preme court and legal department of,
state. While there is no doubt the li
brary has outgrown Its quarters and
the quarters never were fit for the
housing of valuable books, until a new
state house Is built. It has been sug
gested the dome of the capltot could
be utilized with some fixing up. As
now arranged the bailiff to tho su
preme court has to chase from the
second floor to the basement after rec
ords and books and the trip to tho
dome Is not any farther. In the dome
there are several thousand feet of
space not used except by those who
climb up to look over tho state and by
the bats and rats and such things.
And, Incidentally, It Is Just as sane to
put the books there as to keep them
Where they are.
The biennial report of State Auditor
Searle will show that the various state
departments collected In fees $285,
148.8$ during the. past two years. At
least that 1 the amount turned Into
tho state treasury from Dec. 1, 1904,
to Nov. SO, 1906. During the preced
ing blennium the collection turned In
to the state treasury was In the fees
collected by the Insurance department
under control of the state auditor. In,
the banking department fees for the
blennium Just closed Is an Item of
$2,360 for charter fees, charged under,
a law enacted two years ago. Game
and fish licenses paid Into the state
treasury are not carried as fees. Dur
ing the blennium Just closed the li
censes aggregated $12,604. For the
preceding blennium these tees
amounted to $8,94B. The Increase tn
the fees In the Insurance department
was largely because of the enforce
ment of the reciprocal tax law, which
had not been enforced pending a deci
sion of the supreme court, during the
previous blennium.
Frank W. Coleman, bailiff to the
supreme court, has completed the sta
tistical part of the biennial report of
this department, Mr. Coleman has
Inaugurated a new system of keeping
the records of the Nebraska reperts
handled by the department, and his
report shows In detail the -numbe of
books of each volume on hand, aeld,
damaged, given away and the price re
ceived for them. , On this date two
years ago the clerk had on hand 17,
183 volumes. During the two years
he has received 7,600 reports, distrib
uted free to other states and libraries
1,239 volumes and sold 4,435 volumes.
He has en hand damaged by water
leaking through the roof, 364 volumes
and 19,044 volumes in good condition.
This department has on hand, out of
its maintenance appropriation of $3,
600 a balance of $944.84. The state
library Bpent for new books daring
the two years $6,202.63 and has on
hand $869.68.
Gov. Mickey's executive order di
recting the release of William Cam
pion, a young man held in the Seward
county Jail on a paternity charge, has
been set aside by Judge Good of the
district court there with a ruling that
the governor had no authority to issue
a pardon In Campion's case. The lat
ter has been tried a second time oa a
charge of child desertion and a Jury
found him guilty. He Is aooordLngly
held in custody. The second charge Is
supposed to be a means of keeping
Campion In Jail despite Oov. Mickey's
action.
I
Hon. Joseph R. Webster and Dr.
Leonore Perky were married In Lin
coln a few days ago. Mr. Webster
was at one tlmo attorney general of
Nebraska. At the present time he Is
engaged as an attorney In a depart
ment of the national government at
Washington. Dr. Leonore Perky Is one
of Lincoln's best known physicians
and became prominent during the
last year by her connection with the
committee which Investigated Tabl
tana home,
e
Gov, Mickey Is the second Nebras
ka governor who ever had the distinc
tion of issuing a proclamation declar
ing a constitutional amendment car
ried and a part of the state constitu
tion. In 1887 Gov. John M. ThViyer
Issued a proclamation that amend
ment to lengthen the terms of legisla
tors and to increase the pay was a
part of tho constitution,
John Lyons has been appointed
chief clerk In the office of Land Com
missioner Eaton to succed Frank
Fltle, Mr. Croft having declined the
place. The place made vacant by the
promotion of Mr. Lyons has been Ail
ed, but until Mr. Eaton receives a
favorable reply from the man to
whom he offered it he wilt not an
nounce the uppolntmont.
Owing to the quality of coal used
oy the gas company, .the people of
Lincoln are breathing sulphur, and
considerable uneasiness is felt all over
town. Whore gus is used to any ex
tent the sulphur Is so prominent that
It Is almost impossible to breathe in
the house. People are living with
their windows open.
The temporary school fund to be ap
portioned to the various counties of
the stute at the next semi-annual dis
tribution will amount to $361, $06. 54.
tute Treasurer Mortensen has certi
fied to State Superintendent McBrlen
that this amount was on hand at the
close of business Dec. 3.
Advance sheets of the biennial re
port of the state auditor show there is
hi 11 1 left of the appropriations for
Maintenance of the various state Inst!
'utlons and departments unexpended
a total of $515,695.88
FRANCE IN TURMOIL.
A BITTER CONFLICT BETWEEN)
8TATE AND CHUFiCH.
New t'rrnrh Law, Uadrr Whlcfe
Cbnreh Property Has Beea Cottfla
rated, Likely to Precipitate Civil
Wae f'lerli-als Prosecuted.
.Soldiers liavu been standing guard a
the door of every Roman Catholic
Church lu France, outsido of Purls, and
have prevented the celebration of muss.
Prosecutions have been begun ngnlust
the ultramontane abbes of the churches
of St. Tlorre Du Gros Calllou, St. Au
(riiHtlne, and St. Roch, where the great
est resistance to the taking of the In
ventories occurred, and It has been de
cided to Immediately take over the
buildings belonging to the ecclcslastkts
stop the pensions of the clergy, com
pel aspirants to the priesthood to ful
fill their military obligations, and, IC
necessary, treat the clergy as subjects
of a foreign power. ,
A call Is printed by La Crol, u emb
olic organ, to ull men and youths who
are loyal to their religion to attend
services, defend the priest In charge,
and prevent Auy hostile demonstration.
This Is ttip answer of the church to the
official Instructions given. to the police
to allow "free thinkers" to start dem
lOCK MLS X.
oustrations lu favor of the neparatloa
law In churches. Pope Plus has direct
ed the priests to stand firm and not te
compromise with the government.
"Martyrflotu .rather tho surrender," 1
the edict sent from tho . Vatican. Each
side stands firm and declares there win
be no yielding. The clergy are deter
mined hot to bund to the requirement
of the separation law that they niutar
the declaration under the public meet
Ing luw of 1881.
Value of French Chnrche.
Under the new French law, which b
the .cause of tho war between the state
end tho Vatican, church property valued
at f'-'OO.OW.OOO has been confiscated. For
any other but, religious uses, however, it
has unich less value. Recently an aban
doned church which cost $20,000 was sold
tor fUoO, or the value ot the material
after the cost of demolition.
Mauy French Catholics feel that they
are simply being robbed of their prop
erty, but state and church have beeit
united (or ages in that country and the
titles to tho real estate and buildings
are by no means perfectly clear. Some
of the land was originally set aside by the
state and some of the churches were In
part built by money raised by taxes.
In different centuries the question of
ownership has been disputed.
Durinc the revolution of 1789 ever
scrap of church property was taken by
the state and the entire priesthood drive
out of the country. In 1801 Napoleon
made a new concordat, by which he did
not restoro title to the property, but
gave an allowance of $8,000,000 a year to
the church and permitted It ' to us
churches, rectories and other buildings.
The republican motto, "Liberty, equality
and fraternity," which the revolutionists
put over the churches in token of own
ership, was never taken down and to
day still asserts the supremacy of the
state.
When the new law for the separation
of church and stute was passed It ' wo
believed that title to all property should
lie within the state, but thnt the churches
could still be used for religious purposes.
If "lny aBnoelntions" or vestries be organ
ized to manage the projiertiin. This plan
bad to be abandoned when the Pope or
dered the French hierarchy not to agree
to the formution of "lay associations.'
They have obeyed Implicitly and so the
national church of France of to-day has
no organized body which the state recog
nizes. The French ambassador to the
Vatican was withdrawn some time ago.
Told in a Few Line.
Harry S. Hell shot slid killed Will'.aa
Roach, a bartender, at Steiibenvllle, O. .
The executive committee of the Nation
al Editorial Association unit at St. Louie
In sutiuul sensiou.
The crew of the btirkentine Bonny
Poon, that went usliore near Chatham.
Mass., has been snved.
The Democrats of Maine have gained
control of the Portland city government
for the first tune siuce
Genevieve Benedict, 15 years old, com
mitted suicide by shooting at Rath, N. 7,
because lie lost her mother.
A government force in Santo Doming
killed twelve of a party of Insurgents at
Porto I'luta aud captured the remainder.
R. L. HurritiKtou was found dead oa
the floor of his ollice in the Century build
ing, Newark, N. J. A revolver lay be
side the body and n bullet had paused
through the he.id. Harrington, It is said
had been degpjudeut fo- some time be
cause ot poor business.
A contract luia been entered between,
the Canadian Pacific Railway sl! the
Vuneouver Inland Development Company
to cleur 150,000 acres of lund in the F.s
quiuialt and Nsnaimo railway grant on
Vancouver Island, recently acquired by
the railroad. Hie work will coat in tke
tirigbborhood of $13,000,000.
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