Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MARCH 0, 1908.
NUMBER 27
WO.ID'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED,
FIRE INQUIRY BEGUN
WITSKMSKM INSIST COLI4XW001I
- SCHOOL IMJOJl WAS liOC'KKO.
Total Number of Dead In HI -Of
These UT Have Heeii Identified,
WIUlo 27 Are So Mutilated that
There b Small Chance of lteoogul.
I
lion.
Twenty-four hours after the disas
ter that swept into eternity approxi
mately one-third of the school child
ren of North Colllnwood. O., the death
roll numbered 164. Of these 137 had
been Identified at the Lake View
morgue, while t" bodies remain there
In a condition of mutilation probably
forever beyond the chances of being
recognized.
In an effort to fix the cause and
responsibility for the holocaust vari
ous Investigations were set under
way. Coroner Burke Issued subpoe
nas for the seven surviving teachers
of the Lake View school. The Inquest
was begun Thursday morning, when
a number of witnesses were examin
ed, without, however, developing any
testimony that was beyond mere opin
ion. f
An Investigation conducted by the
Colllnwood school board, which lasted
far Into the night, at which a number
of survivors of the horror told their
stories, brought forth these facts:
That one of th. inner doors at tha
west entrance of the school was closed
and fastened while children were pil
ing up against it in the passage, ami
that wing partitions in the vestibul
narrowed the exit by at least three
feet. The flames came first from a
closet below the stairway at the east
entrance; the closet contained lime
and sawdust. There was but one fire
escape, and that its -use was nevar
taught as a part of the Are drill.
Survivors among the teachers esti
mate that only two or three minutes
passed between the time of the alarm
until all escape was cut off. The
building was a-falr sample of the kind
of school construction in use In small
towns. The halls and stairways were
Inclosed -between interior brick walls
forming a huge flue through which
the flames shot up with great rapid
ity. On the question, much discussed,
whether the doors opened Inward or
outward. Fire Marshals Brocket and
Feighenbaum examined the doorways
und stated that they were convinced
that they opened outward. Whether
they were locked they have not been
able to determine. They have testi
mony on both sides. ' Janitor Herter
t-till Insists that the doors were opei
I
FATALLY SHOT.
Mystery In Cass of SHiely Man of
Dillon, Mont.
A sensation was caused at Dillon,
Mont., Thursday when It was disclosed
that Emery Ptilver, a well known so
ciety man of that city, had been shot
and fatally wounded early that morn
ing. Dr. Bond was awakened and
found Pulver prostrate at his door,
where he had been carried by friends.
The police are Investigating what
connection, of any. Pulver's condition
has with the holdup of Henry Cahlll,
a saloon man. early Thursday. Cahill
was going home when he was accosted
by two men and dragged Into an alley,
Cahill shot one of the men through
the stomach. The other robber felled
Cahill and robbed him after beating"
him into insensibility.
1WMC IS AY EKTKD.
Vlrv Drill Proves Effective When an4
Alarm is Sounded.
Thursday fire broke out In the la
boratory of the Central high school
at Grand Rapids, Mich., while 1,200
pupils were in the midst of their morn,
lug work. The signal for the Are drill
was given, and the children marched
out In perfect order, the building be
ing emptied in two and a half min
utes. The school Is over-crowded, stair
ways are Inadequate and fears of a
possible panic long had been felt, but
the fire drill proved effective. The
Jire did comparatively little damag..
Itcleused by Chicago Police.
Itosle Stern and Olga Averbuch, a
flster of the man killed by Chief Snip
py, of Chlcugo. who were arrested In
connection with the police Investiga
tion of the attempted assassination of
Shlppy, were released from custody at
noon Thursday.
Sioux I'll) Live Stork Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Tup
beeves, $5.15. Top hogs. $4.35.
Many IUmIIcm Cue lulincd.
Firemen and voluntary assistants
are still probing among the smoulder,
lug ruins of the Coljinwood school at
Clevelund O. Arrangements for H
great public funeral are being perfect,
ed. Many bodies are still unidentl.
lied.
King Kdward Takes Holiday.
A I.ondon speclul says:. King Ed
ward left London Thursday for liar
lit for a month's holiday.
M) Ql A1U VAX TO HtTS.
I'nclo Sam Joins In Hunt for Allen
Anarchists.
The secretary of commerce and la
bor Tuesday Issued a sweeping orde
to all commissioners of Immigration
and Immigration inspector In rhurge,
directing them to confer with the po
lice In their respective Jurisdiction
with a view to securing the co-operation
of police and detective forces In
an effort ,to rid the country of alien
anarchists and criminals falling withlni
the law relulive to deportation.
The order of Secretary Straus fol
lows: "To All Commissioners of Immigra
tion and Immigrant Inspectors in
Charge: , It Is hereby directed that,
with a view to promptly obtaining
definite Information in regard to all
alien anarchists and criminals located
In the United States, you shall confer
fully with the chiefs of police or th
chief of the secret service of the city
in which you are located, furnishing
such official with detailed Informa
tion with regard to the meaning of
the term 'anarchist' as used In the Im
migration act of Feb. L'0, 1907. and
with regard to the Inhibition of thnt
statute against aliens of the criminal
classes, explaining the powers and
limitations imposed by said statute
upon the Immigration officials, with
respect to such persons.
"Tou shall call to the attention of
the chief of police or chief of the
secret service the definition of 'anarch
ist,' contained In sections 2 and 38 of
the act of Feb. 20, 1S07, and the provi
sions of section 2, placing'' within the
excluded classes persons who have
been convicted of or admit having
committed a felony or other crime or
misdemeanor. Involving moral turpi
tude, pointing out that if any sucn
person Is found within the United
States within three years after landing
or entry therein lie Is amenable to de
portation under the provisions of sec
tion 21 of the act"
LIXJAL OPINION Will LI'. ASLEEP.
Judge Condemned a Mun to lH-u'li
and Didn't Know It.
A remarkable stty has Just come
to light at Chattanooga, Tenn., of an
opinion of the supreme court of Ten
nessee affirming the death sentence ol
Andrew Smith, colored. In 1870. The
opinion was written by the, chief jus
tice of the supreme court when he
was in a somnambulistic state, and th .?
remarkable thing was that his opinion
was thoroughly sound, both as to the
law and the facts, and Is one of the
reported opinions, being printed as an
authority to this day on the technical
law points Involved.
Justice Nicholson was the man who
wrote the. opinion and Peter Turney.
afterward governor of Tennessee, saw
him arise from his bed, write the
lengthy document and again retire.
Next day Justice Nicholson had no rec.
ollectlon of the incident. The elaborate
opinion covered all the facts cited and
ended with an affirmation of the couit
below. Letters from the late Gov.
Turney, In the possession of one of
Chuttunoogu's attorneys, corroborat;
the foregoing story.
A SCAItLKT CKVKH SEIU'M.
New York Physicians Ising Hcnu'dv
with Much Success.
Hypodermic Injections of a serum
similar to that used In the treatment
of diphtheiiu are being successfully
employed in scarlet fever cases In New
York, according to doctors in hospi
tals on the east side, where the dis
ease is unusually prevalent now, the
last report of the board of health
showing 797 cases, more than six
times as many as on Dec. 1, and the
great majority of them in the populous
section which Includes most of the
foreign settlements.
Dr. Henry O. Robinson, of the Post
Gruduute hospital, said, In commenl
iiyj on the tests of this treatment, tint
although little used in tills country,
it Is not new by uny means, having
been employed with gratifying results
in both Germany and France. Kxper!
ments with It here are said to hav.i
been almost uniformly successful.
I toad Pays $15,000 Death Claim.
Claim agents for the Southern Pa
cific railway company in Hlnghamton,
N. Y., made a settlement with the ex
ecutor of the estates of Mr. and Mrs.
John V. Cutler whereby It was agreed
to pay $ IS. 000 for the deutll of Mr.
and Mrs. Cutler, who were killed in
the wreck of the Shiiners' train in
southern California last spring.
Wrecked by Wast.
A cargo of powder carried by u HP;
Four freight train exploded Tuesday
while the train was running at full
speed ten miles from Litehfleld. III.
Two men are reported fatally injured
The train was badly wrecked, and scv
eral cars were burned.
.Many Offices Are Closed.
The nine-hour law affecting rail
road telegraphers caused about 2." per
. flit of the Southern PueiJic tclcgrup'i
offices in Louisiana to lie closed Wed
nesday. Itosslter Public Primer.
It is understood the president has
decided to appoint W. S. UnssUer, ol
New York, to be public printer to sue.
ceed Charles S. Htllllugs, of Mussachu.
setts. Itossiter lias been for H'veial
years chief clerk in the Census olli i.
More Troops to Morocco.
The French cabinet Tue-ili.y vot M
ormully to semi 4,0uu additional , I
dlers to Morocco with th" object of
continuing the ugvressivc policy of th.:
government in that countiy.
IN WOK CNKPKAKAHLR.
Nearly 200 Utile Children Perish In
School. ,
Death In. one of Its most terrible
forms claimed between 160 and 170
school children in the Colllnwood
school, In the village of Colllnwood, an
astern suburb of Cleveland, O., Wed
nesday, when the school building,
catching fire from a defective fur
nace In the basement, was gutted In
the space of half an hour.
The building being Inadequately
protected by fire escapes the chlldrer
were unable to make their way to the
lower floors In time to escape th
flames as they shot up from the base
ment and cut off egress. Starting
about 9:30 o'clock In the basemen
from the overheated furnace the flit
gained tremendous headway before iti
presence was learned.
The fire drill was Inaugurated a;
once and those In the rooms of th
lower floor quickly moved out of th
building, but when the panlc-strickei
little ones In the upper rooms at
tempted to make, their way to th
stairway the jam of uncontrolled unt
fear stricken children grew until but
few were abje to extricate themselves
and they perished almost within reach
of safety.
The school was a two-story and attic
brick building, constructed about six
years ago. It was overcrowded with
pupils and It was found necessary t
utilise the attic for those of the ages
between .6 and 8.
Nearly all the children were killed j
the mass at the first floor door, I
hleh flniw . r,.,i h frm1
In
which Anally was opened by men from
the Lake Shore railway shops, who
hurried to the scene. A wall of flame
had formed across It and most of the
children already were dead by the time,
the doors swung open.
Approximately 300 children attend
ed this school, which had nine room
CATHOLIC KPITOIl WAHXKD.
Head of Monthly Publication in lcn.
ver CietM Threatening Letter.
Arthur il Callopy, of Denver, Colo.,
editor of the Western Home Journal,
a Catholic monthly, received through
the mail Wednesday a postal card on
which was written the following
threat:
"If you don't stop trying to hurt the
working man byNvritlng against him
In your magazine you will find yourself
where the priest Is. This Is a warning.
M."
Mr. Callopy believes that the threat
was called out by an article in the
Western Home Journal which de
nounced anarhy in all its forms.
R IDG ELY TO HE PRESIDENT.
Comptroller Will He Head of Kuiwi
City Hunk.
1 It Is announced that the National
Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City,
Mo., will reopen its doors on Monday.
March 30, In Its own quarters In the
new Commerce building, with $fi.tioo,.
000 capita! In its vaults. W. H..KIdge
ly, comptroller of the currency, ac
cording'to the announcement, will be
president of the bank; Edward Ridge,
ly, his brother, will be the cashier,
and George T. Cutts, the government
receiver now in charge, will be Hist
Vice president. The board of diiec
tors will Include many local men.
A NEW YORK SENSATION.
Deputy State Atorney V Ida ver is Ac
cused of Taking lliibe.
Nathan VIdaver, of New York, spe
tlal deputy state attorney general, was
arrested Wednesday by detectives
from District Attorney Jerome's of
fice, charged with accepting $500 In
marked bills from Wm. R. Montgom
ery, former president of the Hamilton
bank.
VIdaver had a prominent part In the
recent banking investigation in that
city and recently was a candidate fi..
election to the court of general sew.
slona.
A. llartje Is Acquit led.
The Hartje conspiracy case at Pitts
burf. Pa., was brought to an abrupt
end Wednesday when Judge McFar
lane instructed the jury to acquit
Hartje, Welshons and Hone, the three
defendants, and place the charges up
on the county. The conspiracy case
was the sequel of the famous Hurtj.,
divorce case.
Convicted of Killing Wire.
Henry Wolf, of Waucau, Wis., wm
round guilty Wednesday of manslaugh
ter In the third degree.' He killed hii
wife wliile ln an Insane frenzy on Jun
13, 1907. He dashed out her bralnf
with a kingbolt from his cattle wagon
Wolf pleaded Insanity.
Revokes Salary Ri'iliietion.
The Nashville, (,'hattannogu and St
louls Railroad company announce.
Wednesday that It lias rescinded If
recent order reducing s:il:ri-s of a i
employes receiving more than $.j0
month. The salary scale will tain
unchanged. "
Ma vara Falls Sulelie.
A dispatch from Niagara Fa IN, .
Y., suys a man believe 1 to have hi ei
Grover C. Hohen, of 1'uffuln, ienpc.
from the Lua island bridge Into tlu
river ond his body was carried ovei
the falls.
Cracksmen Secure $:.00I,
Safe crackers early' Wedinula)
robbed the Mt. rab bank In Mt
Orab, O., forty miles east of Cincin
nati, of $3,00u ami escaped.
I Nebraska ij
i State News
MOVKTO MAKF.I.IXCOIA ItllV.
(License Issue Will He Submitted to
Vote of Hie Pooplo.
The first definite "move looking to
prohibition In Lincoln was taken Tues
day evening when the I'nltet: Civic,
league presented to the excise board
a petition bearing 2.000 signatures to
amend Its rules so that no liquor II
censes shall be granted. The petition
required but" 1.200 signatures to make
it effective. The question will be put
to a vote, and with it k rule pro
posed by the excise bourd. making
the limit of saloons twenty-five and
permitting them to retrain open onli
ne! ween the hous of 7 u. m and 7. p.
itl., with the minimum license, $1,500.
IMICIIK IS COXVICTVCD.
The Jury nt Noifolk Finds Him Guilty
of Manslaughter.
Herman I'i.elic, accused of the mur
der of Frcnk farmer.-was found guilty
of manslaughter at Norfolk Tuesday
Afternoon. The Jury" was out sixteen
hours. The penalty for the crime Is
one to ten years In the penitentiary.
A motion for a new trial was made.
Boche shot and killed Jarmer on
the night of May 1, 1907. The killing
followed a nuurrel 'after a night spent
ln dunking a Norfolk resort. The
men nU be" friends and lodge
brothers.
Kdmlstoii Will Return.
Attorneys for J. H. Ed ml? ton, who
i failed to appear ln Hie federal court
Omaha to ansewr to the charge of
perjury and complicity In land frauds,
declare that their client will return
next week. They assert that Kdmlston
went south on business und Is now suf
fering a severe attack of nervous pros
tration. . '
Puss Holders Are Hound Over.
At Columbus Dr. C. D. Evans and
Dr. D. T. Martyn are held under bonds
for their appearance in district court
to answer to the charge of violating
the anti-pass law by accepting passes
from the Union Puclflc. County At
torney Hensley is pushing the 'case.
against the physicians, and the cuses
will be a test or the anti-puss law.
Ami -Saloon I'IrIii In Hastings.
A campaign to drive saloons frfm
Hastings was started Sunday at a
mass meeting under the auspices of
the evangelistic union of seven church
es. The politlcul put ties will be asked
to make no nominations for the coun
cil next spring so that the saloon ques
tion may be settled in a square contest
on license und no license tickets.
Find for "Licking- the .Mayor.
Bert Leddy, of Elm Creek, against
whom a wurrant was sworn out several
weeks ago for nsvault on Mayor Guss.
of that town, and who left tliut vicin
ity for purts unknoT. returned to
Kearney und gave himself up to Slier,
iff Summons, who took him before
Judge Hoge, where he was lined $."
and costs, amounting to $12.75.
Consolation for Small Hoy.
Consolation for the smull boy was
found In Juvenile court at Omaha
Monday morning, when It was an
nounced the administration of the
truancy law would have to be suspend
ed temporarily becouse of the order
requiring the vaccinutlon Of school
children. Several cases curiv up, but
as none of the truants hud been vac
cinated the judge could not older them
to go buck to school.
Thirty Curlonds of i Fence Posts.
Richard C. Jordan, superintendent
of the United States Indian warehous-.i
ut Omaha, placed an order Monday
with the Chicago Lumber company lor
thirty carloads of fence poi-fi to bo
shipped to the Rosebud Indian agency.
These posts, secured by competitive
bids, will be used in fencing Indian
lands on the reservation.
Nicholas Kcjicidi'Kcr Dead.
Nicholas Schelilegger, cine of the
earliest settlers of southeastern Ne
braska, died ut the family home, sev
eral miles southwest of Humboldt, us
the result of on attack of paresis,
rrom which he has been suffering for
months. Deceased was a native of
Switzerland, having been born
Heme,' and was in his 79th year,
came to this country In 18fi4.
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Electric Lights for Oxford.
Mr. Sturdevuiit. a Chicago capital
ist, has made application to the city
council at Oxford for u franchise to
put in a system of electric lights in
that city. The proposition, it Is ex
pected, will come before the city
bot.rd at Its next mteting.
No SaliHin I ne at Kearney.
The city council ut Kearney tied on
a vote on the petition presented by th
Anti-Saloon league for permission to
submit the que.' lion f lieevs... or no li
cense. The muyor cast the deciding
vote against the league.
Hank President Has Smallpox.
J. D. Clarke, president of the Pa
pillion bant:, was taken down with lit.
sniullpox the other morning. is plac.
has been quarantined.
Hum-roll Woman Ends Her I. 'IV.
Mrs. C. E. Robinson, an old ri-lde u
of Hanrroft, eonimltled suicide Mon
day, taking carbolic arid. Mic had
been living with her daughter. Mrs
W. F. Presser, and while the latter
down town shopping. she drank th '
acid. Mrs. Robinson leaver two ilauh
ters and one son.
New Telephone l.hic.
The Burlington lias completed n
telephone line from Lincoln to Wy
inore, for company use. The luw con.
lieclioiis were nu.de t'atur.lay.
KSCATINO ITUSOV3KH CArGIIT.
Already Borvlnir Time mm Remit of
Previous Attempt.
Charles Ford nd Juhn Kuhl, serv
ing ninety days each In' the county
Jail at Beatrice for resisting an officer,
escaped Saturday evening from Depu
ty Sheriff Hurke while they were at
work In the yard. The officers fired
three shots at the fleeing prisoners,
but they did not take effect. Kuhl wm
captured about three blocks from the
Jail and Fold was rounded up by
the olhcers In Glenover soon after his
escape.
ljist full Ford was sentenced by
Judge Keillgur to sixty days In Jail
f'-r assaulting a young man with a
revolver, and Kuhl was later sent up
'or thirty days for assisting In the
theft of lap robes and whips from sev
ers! farmers In Sicily township. Short
ly heroic their terms had expired
both men escaped from jail and were
captured by officer Spahan after .
brutal fight, iluy were given ninety
days each ror resisting an officer and
huve thirty duy.i yet to serve.
TIMES TWICE IX) END LIFE.
Omuliu V. t limn Taken Laudanum and
AcUl Without Success. '
Mrs. Iyormn Casslday, daughter of
Dr. J. O. Werner, of Boston. Mass.,
and a licro or Geoige Werner, head of
the Werner Publishing company, tried
twice within the present week to n
her" life at Omaha. Monday evening
she tok u draught or luudsnum,
which failed to accomplish Its purpose,
und Tuesday Fhe tried to swallow car
bolic acid. The. burning llulsh stran
gled her and none went Into her stom
ach. Her throat and mouth were ter
ribly burned, but she will recover.
She sey her wealthy father disin
herited her hei-nlipe she married Ber
nard CuKl-y, the famous outfielder of
the New England league, from whom
the sepurntH.1 last October. She1 came
to Omaha t.) secure a divorce, and
when her money was exhausted se
cured cmph ynient ns u domestic. She
became despondent and attempted to
take her lire. Her father has tele
Rinphed money ror her reller.
bcchi: ix ins owx defense.
Three Tin:e lets Out Death Strugglu
( n Wiinixs stand.
Herman Poehe testified In his own
behalf In tils murder trial at Madison
fiilurilay, and during his testimony
three times druniatluully acted out the
death struggle In which he said he
was engaged Just before he shot and
killed Jarmer. lie said he took $840
to the Jarmer rulonn to loan it to Jar
mer for license morey, needed the next
day. He remembers being thrown
into a hack by Jarmer and recalls
waking up next morning with two men
on top of him, digging their hands ln.
to Ills pockets, -lie fought them off.
They curie back and he shot. He woke
up that night In a hog pen, he says,
und his money was gone.
once before that, he says, Jarmer
kept him in the saloon all night and
nearly all the next day. When he
woke up on lhat occasion his money
wos gone. The defense rested Its case.
IIWIvl i: IIARTOX GOES FREE.
Perjury C:isc Is Nolle Prosscd b
County Attorney Moore.
County Attorney J. C. Moore has
nolle prossed the case against W. R
Tutton. of Tecumseh, in the district
court. Mi', f'r.rtun, who was presi
dent of lh.' failed Chamberlain bank
ing house, i f Tecumseh. . w as accused
of giving contradictory evidence In
cases hinging on the bunk fuilure and
was prosecuted ror perjury. At a trial
the jui y was hung.
This w eek a similar cuse, that of the
stute ugainst F. A. Taylor, who was
vice president of the bunk, resulted in
a verdict of acquittal. The similarity
of the eases entered Into Mr. Moore's
action.
Movlnvc Starch Plant Machinery.
The niachineiy from the Argo
starch plant at Nebrusku City Is to be
taken to a new town to be named Ar
go, In Illinois, wnich is being laid out
by the (Torn Product company. The
town Is to be erected In Marshall
county, Illinois, and $."..000,000 ex
pended in it plant und the laying out
or the town, similar to the one erect
ed by the Bessemer Steel company.
I.lllle Held lor Trlul.
Jaiiiei I.lllle wus given his prelimi
nary healing ut Beatrice Wednesday
on the charge or robbing Thomas
Mai tin on the highway or $75 more
than a year ago. Judge Spafford bound
him over to the district court and In
default of $.'.i)00 bonds he was re
manded to the county jail.
I, locus- Up to Kearney Council.
The A ntl-S.'iloon league will pre
;ient u petition Monday night to thl
mayor and council requestjiig the sub
mhsinn of the question of license or
no II cine. Opposition is expected in
the council. If :;o, u referendum will
be presented ly 15 per cent or the
voteis, which will compel submission,
Sir iri'iH Steal (Hereout.
At Oulriro two strungers entered
Voui lu.an' t clothing store Friday and
were iv.i:g!it In the act or steullug two
overcoj't . They ran out or the store
j"d ( JCMpci. olllcer spuhu later ar
retted ne i f the men. The ofllcers be
lieve tin ic is an orguiiivscd gang of
thieves operating In th: vicinity.
Sti :i (Quarry Resumes Work.
'.. 11. Davis started his stone crush
r Mid i.nuriy ut Wymote lust Monday
fi :i I i it thirty men. Lust year
..Ir. l.sui employed un average or tlf
y men, ut one time for a considerable
pei jod :.lIn, w ork to eighty men.
!N I. I -tTmiil Cre.,s:r Accident.
Ea-ibntiml tiain No. ti. near Muu
.h i:. li ! ut'-.er .jfteii ocn, struck a,
tin in and wai;on cro.-: iiijf the track,
'.iliiiig cue occupant or the wagon
nnd wounding two others, one so bad
'y that Ir.: was brought to Fulrbury
in an unconscious condition. The par.
ties Injured were Kolu inluns.
Xi-v lllli School for Wayne.
The Wayne Cornineclul club has
luken i-teps toward securing In the
:icnr future a liamlsi'ine $50,000 high
s liol builUinj.
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Commandant Hoyt, of the soldletV
home at Grand Island, was In Lincoln
Monday and called at the state house
to .tee the members of the state board
of public lands and buildings. Mr.
Hoyt said there would be no deficiency
In the maintenance fund of his Insti
tution or In other funds except the
burial fund. During the last few
months there has been a tarsV num
ber or deaths 42 since September,
and In many Instances the state has
had to pay the expenses of the burial.
In the maimer of the report of the state
accountant that unless expenses were
cut down the Institution would have
a deficiency, Mr. Hoyt said his ex
penses for the next two months would
be much lighter than for the winter
months and that he had on hand suf
ficient coal, groceries and clothing to
last until the end of the quarter, and
therefore the expenses for March
would be very light. While the report
of the accountant was true, he said.
Insofar us the figures went, th report
did not go far enough and show that
the expenses made in' January covered
supplies for the quarter. The ex
penses of the six months, he said,
could not be taken as a criterion of
what ' the expenses would be In the
next six months. In the matter of per
mits mentioned In the report Mr. Hoyt
said Ms appropriation was such that
he had to get permits to buy and fre
quently the. state was saved money.
Superintendent Hay, of the Insane
hospitul at Lincoln, receives $2,fi00
annually, his living expenses for him
self and family and $300 for acting us
postmaster of the Institution, so the
report of the state accountant says.
This institution hus a balance In its
maintenance fund of $65, 70S. 93, and
during the last six months Its average
expenditures have been $4,929 month
ly. At this rate it will run short at
the end of the bienuium $3,296, In ad
dition to- its unpaid bills. Steward
Gllmore said Monday, however, there
wotfld be no shortage and by April 1
the institution would be even ln all
funds. An average of $1,000 a month
cash receipts will eliminate any defi
ciency, said the report of the account
ant. Col. John J. Ryder, deputy laboi
commissioner, is going to pull up some
of the property owners In Lincoln with
a short Jerk In the next few days be
cause they have not supplied their
buildings with fire escapes. In a
round of the town he discovered it
least twenty-five buildings whlon,-under
the la-, should have been equip
ped with fire escapes, but which were
not. One proprietor said he had been
notified some two or three years ago
to erect a Are escpe, but had paid no
attention to the notice. Mr. Ryder
expects to have the courts do his work
for him.
The Mason City and Fort Dodge
Rullrnud company is the first to file a
report of taxable property under tho
terminal tax law, under which rail
road property is assessed for city puv.
poses, for the first time ln Nebraska
this year. This report wasVlled Friday
with Secretary George D. Bennett, of
the stute bourd of assessment. The
law provides also thut a description of
railroad property located in cities and
villages he filed with the local assess
or. .The law requires that these re
ports be filed with the state board of
tween Feb. 1 and March 1. Some of
the roads which have a great deal of
property ln the state assert they can
not get their repo'rts ready by the first
of the month.
Brown county Is the first county In
the state to notify the state treasurer
that it is going to vote on the proposi
tion of erecting a county high school
building. The county clerk wrote to
Treasurer Brian to see whether the
state could buy the bonds, the ques
tion being whether the bonds were
school bonds or county. Mr. Brian held
inasmuch as the bonds will be signed
by the county clerk and the chairman
of the board or county commissioners
the bonds are certainly an obligation
or the county and can be bought by
the state. He notified the county clerk
to have the bonds pay 8 per cent. The
proposition to be voted on Is to be an
Issue of from $ IR, 000 to $20,000.
The railway commission has been
asked to see whether the Burlington
railroad and the Ensign Transfer com
pany are In a combine to prevent other
transfer companies from getting busi
ness at the station at Lincoln. A
hackman came to the state house
Tuesduy morning und complained to
the commission thut the Ensign people
were given the best of everything at
the depot.
The receipts of the office of the sec
retary of stute for the month of Feb
ruray were as follows: For filing arti
cles of Incorporation, $2,222.90; notary
commissions, $70: motor vehicles,
$67.10; brands, $K4.G0; certificates and
transcripts, $36.60; lubels and trade
marks, $4; all other sources, $21. $0;
totul. $2,373.80.
The stute board of purchase and
supplies met formally Tuesday after
noon and passed upon the estimates
ror the various state institutions for
the next quurter, beginning April 1.
The estimates were all tubulated by
the state accountant and will be ready
for the bidders as soon as they ;.
be mailed out.
Among the bills filed by the board
of regents or the 1'nlversity or Nebras.
kit ror'Jaiiuaiy with the state auditor
was one for $11)0.28 for butter fat
sold by the Beatrice Creamery com
pany ut 31 cents a pound. The but
ter fat was sold to the dairy depart
ment at the state f irm. Owing to tho
large number of students ut the farm
tho dairy herd does not supply suffi
cient milk for demonstrations, and It U
necesuury to buy milk. The butter
made from the milk Is sold and the
money goes Into the cash fund of the
university.
SCORES OF CHILDREN
MEET DEATH 111 FIRE.
School Building at Colliawae-!, O.
Barns and One Hundred and
Fifty Pupils Cremated.
CROWDED FLOOR COLLAPSES.
Victims Are Trapped and Their Dead.
Bodies Are Trodden Orer la.
the Mad Bush.
At least ir school childreu were
killed and score injured, mauy prob
ably fatally, lii the fire which attacked
and burned ilown the Lnkeylew Ptiblle
School at North Colllnwood, Ohio, a
Cleveland suburb, Wednesday. Not bins;
but the four charred walls of the build
ing remain standing.
The lire broke out so auddeuly that
the children were trapped In their
rooms. In the terrible panic which fol
lowed the little ones were knocked
down and mauy were trumped to death
and others Injured so that all chances
of their esciK were taken from tbetn.
The lire wus started by. an overheat
ed furnace. The flumes quickly npiviuL
A panic ensued when- the ; building
tilled with smoke and tho 400 children
attempted to em-ape. There were only
two exits In the building that were
ovuiloble. One of these exits wm used'
freely by the children, but the other
soon became choked with the children,
who dashed mildly for the open air. '
Those who foil in the doorway wer
trnuipk-d upon by those behind, and
soou the doorway was impawuble.
The' frightened and panlc-atrleken
children turned to escape by window
and any other means that could be
found. Em-ape was cut off by the
flames which, by thin time, had spread!
throughout the rooms. (The bulldlnn
was of brick, yet this did not retard
the fl utiles. .
The Colllnwood fire department hint
no extension ladders and could not
reach the entrapped children on the
third floor of the building. Some of the
, children Juiitied. Their fate was us
.terrible an the little students who went
flown envelojied in flumes. -
PaplU In Punic Forget Flwm Drill.
' At the first alarm of Are the high
school pupils on the lower floor were
uiinle-stiickeii ttuil fought for a menus
iif egress, many being trampled at the
Joot'H. Hoys fought with their weaker
:-lussinutrti In an effort to clamber oyer
their shoulders to the light showing
' through the doors above the stropglliut
muss of a nns and legs as the children
fought for freedom.
The crush ut the exits was appalling.
The lire drill instruction which the ciill- ,
j dren had received was forgotten as the
. flu nies licked the stairs and the draft
from alsa-e carried the smoke and flame
after the fleeing pupils, driving them
in panic to the street. Many em-niwd
the flumes only to tie injured in a mod
rush for snfety. When they ran to the
head of the stulrs they were beaten
buck by the flames. They were caught
like rats la a trap. Many dashed in
wild frenzy Into the bunk of lire, only,
to stagger back exhausted.
Above, as the firemen battled with,
the fire-fringed frame without, the cull--dren,
little, weak five-year-olds and'
. their larger brothers and Bisters and:
' playmates, appalled, terror-stricken,
j wept and seretiHted In a frantic appeal,
for aid.
Krantlo I'arenta Fight for Bodies.
As the news of the fire spread'
through the town frenzied purenta, hat-
Jess, their hair waving free as they
ran, rushed for the fire scene. Frun-
ticully the agonized parents fought
j with the jHillce and firemen in their ef
I fort to make their war luto the struc
ture immediately the fire hud ceased
to be a barrier to their entrance. Tear
Ht ulncd, wild-eyed mothers fought with
the police, futliers mounlng quietly but
nobbing always, their hearts torn by
the picture of death before them, strug
gling to throw themselves into the?
flames In a inad rush to save their
offsprings or tile with them iu the fiery
tomb.
J Houses In the neighborhood were
converted luto morgues und the bodies)
of the children were urrungt-d in rows
us fust us they were removed from the
wrecked building.
j In their frantic state, mot hers sorted
over IsHlies. one after another, trying
to find their missing children. In most
instances Identification was Impossible,
us the ImhIIcs were burned and tram
pled beyond recognition.
The building was of brick, yet this
did not retard the progress of the
flumes. In a few minutes the lower
floor fell, precipitating scores of chil
dren to the basement, among the burn
ing embers.
The scene about the building was
heartrending. (Jniekly the news of the
terrible ciitasl raphe spread throughout
the village and hundreds of parents
were crowding about the building lu
search of their girls and boys. Plainly
the writhing of stilled forms of dozens
of others could be seen iu the base
ment. Xear-by factories dismissed tuelr
men and Instructed them to assist in
the rescue. They braved the fire ami
made heroic efforts to save those wh
were not dead.