Nebraska Newspapers

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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1908.
NUMBER S 3
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
IAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY 5TATED.
ONLY 2 BATTLESHIPS
,11 USF. ltKJFCTS PKKSIDFAT'S
Vl.KA FOIl l Ol'R.
Having Declared In Citiupalgn They
SupiHiiicd President, lniirM'ortli. of
Ohio, Insists They Should Show II
by Sdiixllna with Him.
l'y a vote of 199 to 83 the limine of
representatives Wednesday decided
ugulnst the president's program for
fr.ur battleships upd adhered to the
recommendation of Its committee on
tiavul affairs for two vessels of that
type. This result was reached after
debate which lusted for four hours
end was received with applause.
The entire Hi-nylon was devoted to a
consideration of the navy increase
provision of the naval appropriation
hill. As this Inciease was provided
in the last section of the bill, the
measure was practically concluded
with the disposition of the provision.
I The committee of the whole, con
cluded Its work, and It will report It
to the house tomorrow for a final vote
en Its passage.
The provision for battleships was
the chief subject of Interest, the com
mittee's recommendation for two ships
of that type prevailing by a decisive
vote after a hard fought effort to In
crease the number to four. The in
crease was opposed by. Mr. Tawney,
chairman of the committee on appi
prlutions: Mr. Foss, chairman of the
committee on naval affairs; Mr. Will
iams, the minority leader, and others,
and was advocated by Mr. Hobson, of
Alabama, who declared that In rela
tion to the increase of other nations
four battleships would only keep the
American navy abreast of other great
navies.
(lltKAT FLOOD IX MONTANA.
Is Due to the Breaking of the Hauser
lnni.
Later developments in the bursting
!f the Lrfike Hauser dam near Helen-i,
Mont., Tuesday evening Indicate the
lirst reports' were not exaggerated. It
is estimated the final loss will b
$200,000. An Immense lake, covering
twenty square miles In the valley near
Helena, was completely drained at an
early hour Wednesday. Below Crai;f,
mid as far as 11 m, the Great Northern
tracks are under water. Telegraphic
and telephonic communications are
washed out, and further details are
unobtainable. The entire village of
Hauser Lake was swept away. A
number of houses at Craig and Cu-
ciide are reported to have been wash
ed away.
The Hlack Kagle dam across the
Missouri at Great Falls was blown up
with dynamite In order to prevent the
destruction of the Roston and Mon
tana smelters. This materially help
ed, and serious danger from the flood
now probably is over. A smelter work
man was drowned when the dam was
dynamited, making the second man
to lose his life as the result of tha
Hood.
IM) MWI.I, OP IHA SMITH.
Milwaukee Man Sent to the House of
Correction.
Ira l. Smith, formerly a member of
a prominent wholesale grocery ftrm
of Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday was
sentenced to two years in the house
of correction for obtaining money un
der false pretenses.
Smith threw himself upon the mer
ry of the court. The case has been
pending nearly a year. He was In
dicted on four counts charged with
litrrowing S5,otill each on four notes
on misrepresentations of security. H
was head of the recently defunct
wholesale grocery firm of Smith
Thorndike & Brown, of Milwaukee
ind Marinette, Wis. Smith was at one
time head of the National Wholesale
Ciocers' association. He was a prom
Incut club man and well known !)
business circles in the I'nited States.
Ilcl.l for There; Tries to Die.
Fearing arrest for a series of petty
thefts, Harry I. Hahn, of Camp Point.
ill., for three years a student In the
Knox college conservatory of music at
Galcsburg, III., attempted suicide at
Ms boarding place by swallowing pol
"on. He is In a precarious condition
ut the hospital.
Sioux Ot IJve Slock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on tin
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top beeves, $6. 40. Top hogs, $5.55.
PuiMtl Order on Divorce.
Pope Pius has under consideration
ome matters regarding the divorce
fvil in the Unlted Slates. An official
pronouncement on this subject will be
addressed to the bishops n the Unit.
d States within a very short time.
Ileforiu at I-aCronne.
I A "Hd" order went into effect at
T.arf-rtaA U'l. JL'...l .....1 .. .. .1
rui.rnua CIIIU m I
midnight every haus of ill repute was '
cloned.
BODV FOl'ND IV DITCH.
Olson Chllil Perished Two Mile fropi
Home.
Romping across the big Busselman
pasture near Rosalie. Neb., on their
way home from school, Willie 'ls.i.
aged 7, and his rister, Elsie, aged ?.,
children of Mat Nlssen, a farmer.
Monday afternoon found the body of
little T.Illle Olson In a ravine about five
feet dep.
News of the discovery soon spread
through the neighborhood, and J. I
Klklns, the Rosalie postmaster and
storekeeper, who was the leader In th
persistent search for the child, wltl
a few friends. Immediately proceed.;!
to the pasture. He wrapped the bodv
In a blanket and took it to the villa?.1
The body Is badly decomposed, am
from al. Indications hal lain foi
months on the spot where the Nlsse.i
children discovered it Monday after
noon.
The disappearance of the child dut
ing a blizzard one Sunduy evening last
December from tho home of her pa
tents, who then lived on a farm near
there, but who have since moved to n
place near Bloomfield, aroused the
whole community and excited Interest
throughout the country.
As the story was told at the time,
the little girl, who was 5 years old, had
started to follow her brothers to brlnf
In the cows. As darkness was coming
on and the storm increasing In vio
lence, the hoys, who had gone but a
short dlttauce, urged her to- return to
the house. Seeing her 4urn about as
thought to go to the house, they pro
ceeded on their errand. The child
never was seen again.
The finding of the body In this place
Is considered as absolutely disposin:;
of all theories of foul play.
JAGf.F.SS IiKT.n FOR DKYS.
Ili-cwers Slay Turn Out a SM-clnl Teni
pcrance Drink.
Rrewers may join the "less" class
along with the makers of wireless
messages, horseless carriages, smoke
less powder and noiseless rilles. The
latest is a jagless beer.
' This Is the promise of the dean ot
one of the colleges for hrewmasters n:i
a result of the recent election and the
apparent Increase of prohibition senti
ment throughout the country.
Dr. J. E. Slebel, dean of the Zymo
technie Institute, of Chicago, made
the promise at the graduating exer
cises of the Institution. Temperance
beer, according to Dr. Slebel.. who Is
an authority, is the result of scientific
research whereby a means has been
devised to enable the brewer to make
a product which, while not Identical
with beer, still possesses many of Its
characteristics, but lacks the Jn:i
germ.
In the making of this product Dr.
Slebel says alcohol has been elimi
nated. He adds, In parenthesis, that
he hopes this Is true only temporarily,
for it will be remembered that he re
cently declared that alcohol h:n
more nutritive properties than many
foods, and gave a scientific and labor
atory domonstration to prove his
theory.
Whether in jest of earnest, however.
Dr. Slebel, who spoke In German, de
clared his belief that the use of his
temperance beer, which is expected to
become a common beverage In prohi
bition communities, will ultimately aid
In .convincing the voting public of the
undeslrabillly of prohibition and have
Its effect in Inducing the spread of
temperance and moderation Instead.
PA I IT Y I.F.ADF.HS HEATKX.
Heads of lloth ructions Flimliintcil
at Pennsylvania Primaries.'
While several days' time will be
necessary to obtain the official figures
of Saturday's primary election In
Pennsylvania, conditions warrant tin
following Jirlef general summary:
Notwithstanding the bitter factional
fights within the republican party a
majority of the regular republican
candidates were nominated; the lead
ers .if Ix.th factions were eliminated,
the younger leaders now are discussing
harmony; all but one of the ten west
ern Pennsylvania republican congress,
men were renominated, Acheson be
ing defeated in the Twenty-fourth dis
trict by John K. Tener, grand exalted
ruler of the Klks; Senator Penrose
will be supported for re-election by
practically all the assembly candi
dates; the delegates to the state con
vention will Instruct for Senator Knox
for the presidency, while the delegates
to the democratic state convention will
probably be successful In sending un
Instructed delegates to the Denver
convention; Congressman John Dalzell
was di-feated as a delegates to the na.
tlonal convention.
Victim or Hospital l ire Dies.
Karl Sorenson, who was rescu-id
from the burning Northwestern hos
pital Ht Chippewa Falls, Wis., Satur
day, died Monday night. He was on
the operating table and under the In.
fluenc.e of ether when the fire was dl.
covered. The shock of being carried
from the building was too great for
him.
War on Graft at Moscow.
The prefect of Moscow Is about to
begin prosecution against five of his
sub-prefects, the chief of the fire de.
purtment and several of the higher po.
lice officials, alleging that their depart
ments are honeycombed with corrup
tion, extortion and collusion wit
criminals.
Sioux l ily Live Stock Market.
Monday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $6.4 0. Top hugs, SS.6S.
CUAY'S PKOTFST fNIIKEPrn.
Delaware Democrats Force Jul 1st Into
Candidacy.
Despite the written declaration cf
fudge George Gray that he could not,
under any circumstances, consent to
have the delegates Instructed for him.
the Delaware state convention Tuesdav
( fficlally .placed his name before the
democracy of the country for th.it
party's nominee for president of ths
I'nited States. Judge Gray's declara
tion contained In a letter to Thomas F.
Bayard, chairman of the state central
committee, which was read to the con
vention, came as a surprise to the del
egate!," but they did not hesitate an
Instant to place him In the field.
The platform adopted declares for
unfaltering devotion to state rights
trltic-aes the national administra
tion, and declares for a revision of
the tariff.
Harmony prevailed In all the cau
cuses and in the convention.
T. Bayard Helsel presided over the
convention and little time was lost
in making the temporary organization
permanent.
In moving the adoption of the plat
form Mr. Handy said that Judge
Gray's letter emphasized the modesty
of hla character.
"It proves, indeed," he said, "that
we are not Inspired by any ambition
of his. His fellow citizens desire him
to be president of the I'nMed States."
The motion to adopt the resolution
was carried with a hurrah.
nVSDANU HKLD FOK Ml'RDF.R.
Wife of a New York Manufacturer
Found Deuil In Home.
Arrs. I. Lleberman, the wife of i
Bhirt waist fanufacturer, who has a
mail factory In the Bronx borough.
was murdered in her apartments in
Cortlandt a fenue Monday. Her hui
band was taken Into custody pend
ing an investigation by the police. Her
throat was cut, and there was a great
cut in ;he ltft side. Lleberman lef.
his home Monday morning to go to
his factory, but soon returned, telling
the Janitor of the apartment hoiise
that he had forgotten the keys to his
factory.
A few minutes after he went to h'
apartment the Janitor heard screams
and found Lleberman in the hall with
a bloodstained knife In his hand.
On Saturday Lleberman had applied
to a lawyer to secure a summons for
his wife, accusing her of infidelity, hut
the summon;, was refused.
VOVM COKItCK BT-XGIVM.
British leader Forecasts Action a to
Congo Free Suite.
"If by June next Belgium has not
Annexed the Congo independent state
on acceptablo terms, the British gov
ernment Is determined, with the co
operation of the American govern
ment, to take measures which will
compel the Congo government to ob
serve Its treaty rights, which have
been openly and persistently violated.
was the announcement made Tuesday
afternoon by E. D. Morrel, secretary
of the Congo Reform association, at
a meeting of that body. Mr. Morrel
has been In close touch with the Brit
ish government and has had recent
conferences on this subject.
Kosh Bests Schreck.
Mike Shreck, of Cincinnati, O., saved
himself a knockout by Tony Ross at
Newcastle, Pa., Monday night before
2,000 people by refusing to begin the
tenth of what was scheduled as a
twelve-round bout. He claimed Rosi
hit him twice In the left Jaw as he va3
sitting down after the gong sounded
In tha ninth.
Woman Suffrage for Denmark.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that by a vote of 64 to 35 the folke
thlng passed the government franchise
bill. This measure already has been
adopted by the landsthlng. I'nder it
all taxpayers, both male and female,
over 25 yeiirs old are entitled to votu
in all communal elections.
Sues an American.
The Venezuelan government has en
tered suit against Ambrose H. Car.-icr,
an American citizen, formerly receiver
of the New York and Permudez As
jphalt company, to compel him to ren
der an accounting of his four yeais'
administration of sequestrated proper
ty. His bond is fixed at J.'OO.OOO.
Boiler F.xplotlcs, Two Killed.
The explosion of a boiler at Beat's
tile yard ut Pawpaw, 111., killed Frank
and Arthur Moyler and Injured several
others. The explosion shook the earth
for a distance of five miles.
Disaster in Cliinu.
Disastrous Hoods are reported ti
nave occurred at Hankow, province of
Hopeh, China. It is stated 2.000 pi r.
sons were drowned. Seven hundred
Junks were sunk or wrecked. The
floods are said to be due to an unci,
pected freshet.
Thief Slayer Get STitUI Reward.
The Mute bank at Chrisman, III.,
las given Jacob Dally, a butcher, vVii
opened fire on bank ri.bbers and drove
them nwuy. a reward of $200. One
of the thieves died of his injuries.
.Montana l.aiul Inquiry.
In compliance with the request of
the Montana Mining association the in
terior department has begun an In
vestigation into the mineral and non
mineral classification of lands Included
In Northern Pacific land grants In
Montana and Idaho.
To Lilt Ban on Cremation.
The Prussian government is about
to abolish the existing mlnluterlal tan
bgainxt ervmutiou.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
SI It IDH DI F. TO I.KTTF.KS.
Allen. Neb., .Man I'.niln l ire with n
Pistil.
leaving a note which showed that
his act was the rseiilt of cool and de
liberate planning Carl Youngslrom. a
blacksmith of Allen, at 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon committed suicide by
shooting himself In the temple with
a revolver. He died Instantly.
The note which ihe man left also
showed that the cause of his net was
domestic trouble. The common gos
sip here for some lime ha been that
the relations of .YouiiBstroin and his
wife were not lis pleasant as might
commit suicide was beginning to gain
ground.
Voungstrom's note read as follows;
"To the Coroner: It Is m plain case
of suicide. The cace if it find a
Jar over the west window of the black
smith shop.- Yours respectfully.
Carl."
At the end was a posln-ript which
said: "t hate draw blood, but If
I go by the poison route a doctor
might be handy with a stomach pump.
Ooodby, my Sybil."
Search for the Jar revealed the fact
that It contained copies of letters
which Youngstrom had received from I
apparently unknown persons ami
which contained statements deroga
tory to his wife's character. The wife
has had nothing to say in the matter.
The inquest was culled nt once, but
was not held, as the coroner declared
It was not necessary.
liOVMICS AUK IHJOIl MAKKSMKX.
Two of Them Try to Shoot Women
uiiil Hit N'otliiiiK.
The sea of affection between two
rstwhile loving couples became tur
bulent Monday evening and in
storm that followed two minor shoot
ing affrays were reported to the po
lice and the principals arrested. As
serting that C. A. (livens was becom-.
Ing too attentive against her wishes
I'.irdle Lewis, 122(1 Capitol avenue,
Omaha, fired a shot at her persntent
suitor. Both parties are colored and
on the way to the police station they
became reconciled and when Glvens
was released on a bond the Lewis
woman gave him the key to her room
und instructions us to wliure he 'Miuld
.secure a bond for ln-r.
The other shooting alTray occurred
a short time afterwards when Charles
Farmer, thinking that Ids young worn,
an friend, a Miss I.lpp, had not acted
as she should, went to tier apartments
at Fourteenth and Capitol avenue.
Omaha, anil commenced shooting up
the place. No one was lilt ami Farm
er was later arrested on the chart:
if shooting with Intent to wound.
child dh'.d of r.xposrm:.
f Willct of the .1 iii-y In I lie Lillio Olson
Case u Blame lor Olson.
An Inquest upon the body of l.lilie
Olson, whose remains were found
pasture two miles from the fornoi
home of rhe Olsons Tuesday evening,
was held at Itosalle Tuesday.
The Jury found that the little girl
came to her death from exposure and
exhaustion and that Olnf Olson, her
father, was not to blame In any man
ner for the death of tlie child The
Jurors were l-'iank Flyini, ICIinor Fish
er, Henry Zost, Fred Frost. Martin
Osborne und .1. L. Klklns.
The Jury met al I I o'clock Tuesday
morning In the implement house of
Fisher & Frost. Olaf Olson Identi
fied the body as that of bis child, Lil
lie Olson. The Jury then went In a
body to the place where the remains
of the child were found On the return
of the Jury lo Itosalle. the verdict was
quickly rendered.
Olaf Olson took the remains of bis
child to Wuusa, Nrfi) , for Interment.
Lincoln Scholarship Honors.
Twenty-lwo students were Tuesday
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the hon
orary society at the stale university.
Membership Is based on schol.iishi--Among
those chosen were the foil.
Ing: W. U. King. Osceola; Daniel
C. Long, Madison, Alplimia C. Peter
son, West Point, Abbin (5. Stewart,
Blair.
Dig New Well at Pnplllloii
The water worke company has
abandoned the old well and set Its
men to work Tuesday morning on n
new one, lifter expending $"iflO on tlie
well it had lo lie ali:iiiiloiied on ac
count of quicksand They have se
cured Mr. Corey, an expert from Kan
sas City, who Is slnkini! one a few feet
o the west of the old one.
Teachers for Oal.hind Schools.
The following leiuin is have been
elected In the Oakland schools: Su
perintendent, C. M . I'.-riliey; principal.
Alma D. P.rickson; assistant piineipal.
Peurl Harris; fifth and sixth gindes,
Idya M. Sallanilei ; ltii"l and f'ouilli
grades, Lydia liili; -eeoud primary.
Lela M. liurton; fiit piimuiy, (Jrnii
lien y.
Kick Man Kills
William ftoblnson.
farmer of pcaver iiy.
the head, blowing the
Himself.
a prosperous
. shot himself hi
top of his hiud
about 3 o'clock.
oft" Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Itobinson found her husband's
body some thirty minutes after last
atleinUiiK him uilli some medicine
.Mr. r.oblnsou hud been in poor he.,
for some time.
Prairie I'lre Near Long Pine.
inning Sunday afternoon a big prai
rie lire started In south of Img Pine
anil was still burning on Tuesday
morning. The fire wus traveling In a
southwestern direction und at tlie lust
report hud covered consiilc ruble lerrl
ti ry. It is estimated that over 4,000
tons of hay has already been con
sumed und it is reported that there
was a gri.t-t loss tu bulldingk und live
tock.
INTEflESTiNS KAPPENINSS
From Day to Day Condensed
FOB OUR EUY READERS
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MVSIF.ItV 1 TIIKKF. DF.ATHs.
lug SiipM!cil to Contain Whisky It
I'nder liivesticiitlon.
When Curl Kih. u retired farmer
and a pioneer settler of southern York
county, died ot his home In South
York. It was believed at the time thst
his death occurred by reason of old
age and i;rlp. When his son-in-law.
Herman Schmidt, died a few day lat
ter In the same manner, a quiet Inves
tigation was made and It was learned
that In the cellar of the Krah home
was-a jug of what was supposed to be
alcohol ur whisky.
Car! Krah was one of the good old
fashioned Germans, who from Infancy
drank Intoxcatlng liquors, and thought
nothing of It. York being u temper
ance city, he was obliged to order
what he drank by the Jug, expressed
to him from dlstillerte and wholesale
liquor houses. Arter the funeral Of
Carl Krah. hi son-in-law. Herman
Schmidt, a young farmer living east
of .McCool Junction. In York county,
his wife and John Krah. a son, are
said to have discovered or knew of the
Jug In the cellar, and a few duys after
while at the home they drank from
the same Jur. John Krah and Mrs.
Schmidt
did not drink a sufficient
amount to have serious effect, but
shorl'y afl-r Herman Schmidt was
taken quite 111, and every symptom
was the same as that of Carl Krah,
who died very suddenly.
In a . very few hours Herman
Schmidt died In the same way.
A sit ni pie of the contents of the Jug
has been sent to the state university
chemist, who will make and report
the result of a chemical analysis of it.
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Moron
tl'LFK IOH LINCOLN.
mly Twenty-Five
Dayliulit
ShIooid
W ill Be Licensed.
Lincoln is up aualnst the most
stringent liquor roles In Its history.
The rules were adopted by the excise
board after It had been officially deter
mined the town had gone against pro
hibition by '221 votes. Following are
the rules adopted:
License fee will he J 1 ..M10.
Druggists must furnish a $5,000
bond. They may sell alcohol for med
icinal purposes.
Clubs are forbidden to pell liquor.
No saloons will be allowed on O be
tween Tenth and Nineteenth street
Wholesale Honor houses and whole
sale druggists must pay license fee
Saloons will open ut 7 a. m and
close at T p. ni.
Number of saloons restricted to
t wenly-flve .
Tlie new rules become effective
May 11.
The action of the board hits the
Mills and Fugles and other organiza
tions which have In the past dispensed
liquor to members for a considera
tion. VOTK TO SHI N "DltV" TOWN.
'.Mi Thirsty Farmers Angry with Dii
viil City.
A mass meeting of about 100 farm
ers assembled 111 the court house at
David City Saturday afternoon for the
purpose of discussing the question of
hovcotllng the town because It went
dry.
Nick Meysenburg called the meeting
to order. Nick Dempster and Then
doie Theewen were elected chairman
and secretary. Several speeches were
made seining the business men of the
city, nod n motion was mudo and
unanimously carried that they boycott
and put a chain around the town and
do their trading in other towns. An
other meeting will be held Saturday
afternoon, April 18.
SOLD "DOPIl
TO CON VICTS,
Veteran Fmploye ut Nebraska
State
Pi-Imui Is Discharge!.
After twelve years of service a vet
eraii prison guard bus been discharged
for furnishing "dope" to the convicts
in the Vcbi aska stale prison. His name
has not been revealed.
A rigid Investigation had been start
eil and an effort will be made to
"catch persons higher up." It has
been rumored that several prominent
Lliu-olnitcM me Interested In the prison
dope traltle.
lleceiitly Prison Physician Glffln re
vealed a niiulliiiir i-ondlllons ut the nrls
on. clafming that a third of the pris
tine! s use the "dope,"
New tiiurue for Winl Point Priest
Itev. .1. Scherbacher, who has been
pastor of the German Kvangelical
church of West Point for the past four
veins, has been assigned to the pas
(mule at North l.oub. His place In the
West Point church will be tilled by
Itev, !. II liemkin, the new ap
pointee.
Wcslcyun Fuivci'siiy Fleets ( liancelloi
The board of trustees of the Nebras
ka Wosleyan university at Lincoln
have elected I lev V. J. Davidson, of
in eat nr. HI, to be chancellor of the
lii.titutli.il He will assume the chan
cellorship next .September, succeeding
Chancellor D. W. Huntington, re
signed
Miner Kllcil by Train.
Thomas l.nehnle, a Polish mine!
from liii-tx. Wyo , died ut Alliance
Saturday a a result of having a leg
amputated by u train Just east of
town two hours emiicr. He and
mpunioii wi re beating their way and
tiled In boaid a moving train.
Ibxlwiil (iocs lo Beatrice.
The Beatrice board of education
have elected M. J. Hod well, of Norfolk
superintendent of the lleutrlce schools,
lo succeed i A. Fulmer, w ho resigned
to luku u position at the Wesleyan
university.
Italu Hcim Cro,
The rainy weuther around West
Point of the last week bus been bene
filial tu tlie ground, which needed
moisture. Seeding of oats has been
nearly coid pitted. Soil ia In excellent
vundllioii.
LINCOLN
vftttwn
Jurors who convict an accused per
ton and then sign n petition for his
pardon mt,y expect little consideration
nt the hands of Gov. Sheldon, unless
good reasons are given for their ac
tion. This the governor plainly set
out In the hearing granted on the ap
plication of Dr. W. A. Cate, of Nelson,
sentenced to serve eighteen months In
the penltentlaty for cutting Lee Gross
while the two were fighting. Seven of
the Jurors signed the petition for
leniency and none refused to sign.
"While Mrs. Cate was addressing the
executive on the petition. Gov. Sheldon
Interrupted her to remark that she
was asking him to do what the Jury
had refused to. "The Jurors who slgn-
d the petition, after they voted
convict Dr. Cate and send him to the
penitentiary, certainly should explain
their action. If they thought him In
nocent they should have voted to free
him. Their conduct needs explana
tion." "Well, governor," said Mrs.
ate, "I do not understand much about
ueh proceedings, but I thought It was
customary to get the signatures of the
members of the Jury to the application
for a pardon. Am I not right, may I
ask?" The governor assured Mrs. Cate
that he did not mean to censure her
or crltlclae her for getting the names
of the Jurors on the petition-. What he
wanted to know was why tha Jury did
not acquit the man If he was Innocent
of the charge. The ease attracted un
usual attention and the office of the
governor, where the hearing was held,
was crowded, among those present to
peak a, good word for the convicted
man being a member of the Jury, Jo
seph C. Hartsough, who said he voted
for a penitentiary sentence under a
misapprehension.
"I was well pleased with the agri
cultural bill us It passed the house,
though I regretted the throwing out of
lie Items for the establishment of a
standard test for corn and the nation
al demonstration at the eron show to
be held in Omaha," said Congressman
Pollard, who Is In Lincoln on business.
"However," he continued, "I believe
the senate will put both Items back In
the bill. Both were knocked out on
a point of order and neither was dis
cussed on Its merits." Mr. Pollard
has been at his home In Nehawka for
a couple of days attending to private
business and will return to Washing
ton In n few days. While at home and
In Lincoln the congressman Is looking
over his political fences and he has
found them In good shape, no one no
far having even Intimated that he will
he a candidate for his place next fall,
By reason of the Interest taken In the
matter by Mr. Pollard, the depart
ment of agriculture has decided to
send two experts to Nebraska this
u miner, one to demonstrate the spray
ing of orchards and the other to co.
operate with any farmer who desires
In the matter of selecting seed and the
failure of cereals. Mr. Pollard called
on Gov. Sheldon at the executive of
Ice. Notwithstanding there are abou
half hundred candidates for state su
perintendent one has made a noise
that sounds above the bunch. The
noise was a letter written by Superin
tendent Cartington, of Nemaha coun
ty, one of the asplrunts, to Superin
tendent Thomas, of the Kearney nor
mal school. The row Is over perni
cious activity on the part of the super
intendent, or rather that Is what Is
charged In the letter. Mr. Carrlngton
charges In his letter that O. M. Neule,
an instructor In tha school, spent
three days at the Third district con
vention boosting for James K. Delzell,
and to find time to do it he dismissed
his classes, though he hung onto the
pay roll. Of course, Mr. Carrlngton
charges It all up to Mr. Thomas.
P. Coursey Richards, aged and In
firm, hearing the scars of many battles
for the pieservatlon of his country,
stood before Gov. Sheldon Thursday
morning, a convict asking for a par
don. The old soldier, who Rome years
ago occupied a prominent position In
Nebraska, is serving a twelve-year
sentence on a statutory charge pre
furred by his stepdaughter. He denied
the charge and two physicians who ex
amlned the complaining witness said
the charge could not have been true.
The man, It was suld at the hearing,
was convicted on clrcumstantlul evi
dence, and the testimony of the girl
and an effort was made to cleur owuy
the circumstantial evidence.
Cattlemen are having trouble get
ting their stock ucross the river be
tween Sanfee, Neb., and Springfield,
S. D., by reason of the demand for
Inspection und the absences of a sulfl
clent number of Inspectors, The de
partment of the interior has written
the governor tnui immigrants are
caused considerable delay at that
point because they have to wait for
the Inspection of their cattle, and the
suggestion Is made for the appoint
ment of an inspector for that place.
The state railway commission has
set April 16 as the time when X. P.
Gadd, of Broken Bow, Is to be heard
on his complaint against the Western
Fnlon Telegraph company for closing
Its night office in the Custer county
town. Numerous Informal complaints
of a like nature will be taken up at
the sume time. These Informal com
plaints against the Western Fnlon
have come from the following towns;
Crete, Lorton, Gludstone, Friend, Wa
bash and Jtynurd.
Gov. Sheldon has received a letter
from the South Omaha Stock exchange
in which the exchange thanked the ex
ecutive for tha work he did In the In
terest of Nebraska cattlemen in going
to Washington on the quarantine mat
ter. The letter sets out thut It Is the
sens of the members of the Stock
exchange that had it not been for the
Interest taken in the question by Gov.
Shuldon, the relief asked for would
not have been granted. Tha exchungi
passed resolutions thanking the gov
einor.
rmrriKir
NEW ANARCHY CHECK
URGED BY PRESIDENT
Writes Congress Further Leglila-
tion Is Needed In Work of
Suppression.
BONAPARTE KAKES REPORT,
Asserts Postmaster-General May Ex
clude from Mails Papers Fo
menting Assassination.
In one of tin shortest messages which
he has yet transmitted to Congress,
I'ri'Mitent Koosevelt railed the attention
.if thut body to the necessity for fur
ther legislation on the subject of an
archy. He said: "The anarchist Is
the enemy of humanity, the enemy of
all mankind, und his Is a deeper decree
of cilinliialliy than nny other." With
the message he triijniuitted a report re
viewing the legui phases of the ques
tion by Attorney General Bonn parte.
The message of the President follows:
To the S'.tiate anil House of Represent
atives; I herewith submit s letter from
the Depart uient of Justice which explains
itself. I'nder this opinion I hold that .
existing statutes give the President the
isiwer to prohibit the Postmaster General
f'om lieiiitf used as an instruiueut in the
commission of crime; that is, to prohibit
the use of the mails tor the advocacy of
murder, arson and treasoti ; and I shall
set upon such construction.
Fiiquestionnbly, however, there should
be further legislation by Congress in this
luntier. When compared with the sup
pression of unnrcliy, every other question
sinks Into insignificance. The auarchist
Is tlie enemy of humanity, the enemy of
ul) nmnkitid, and his is a deeper degree of
criminality than auy other. No liuuii
grant is allowed to come to our shores if
he is an anarchist, and no paper publish
ed here or abroad should be permitted
circulutiou in tins couutry if it propagates
autirchistic opinions.
T1IKODOKB ROOSEVELT.
('filled to (iov. Fort's Attention.
Besides his direction to the Postmas
ter General to exclude from the uiuilB
such publications as La Questlone So-
chtle, l'resideut Ituosevelt lu his letter
to Attorney General Bonaparte, asklug
for uti opinion on the legal phases of
the subject, soys he has had the partic
ular case railed to the attention of Gov.
Port, of New Jersey, by Secretary Iioot,
thut the Governor may proceed under
the State laws.
The opinion of the Attorney General,.
which the President truusmlta to Con
gress, unbraces a discussion of the
whole subject from many legal angles.
Ills first conclusion Is that the article
in question, which advocates the use of
arms and dynamite in annihilating po
lice and soldiers, thut anarchy may pre
vail, constitutes a "seditious libel" and
Is "undoubtedly a crime at common
law."
He declares that there Is no federal
statute which makes such publications
au offense against the United States,
und that the federal courts consequent
ly have no Jurisdiction lu the matter.
Thut there Is full power In the posses
sion of Congress to make such publica
tions criminal the Attorney General as
serts, und quotes Chief Justice Fuller
of the Supreme Court and Mr. Justice
Field as authority.
The greater portion of his opinion la
devoted to the question of whether.
In the absence of any legislation by
Congress, the Postmaster General has
the right to exclude such publications.
On this point his conclusion Is: "The
Post muster General will be Justified In
excluding from the mails any issue of
any ieiiodical, otherwise entitled to the
privileges of second-class mall matter,
which shall contain any article consti
tuting a seditious libel and counsel
ing such crimes as murder, arson, riot
and treason."
The Chinese government has released)
the Japanese sleauier Tustu Maru under
an agreement with Japan which will pre
vent the shipment of contraband arms
into China in future.
Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, son of
the late regent of Bniswick and a sec
ond cousin of ISmperor William, has re
signed from the German army, where he
held the rank of major, and will not again
be permitted to wear the German uniform.
The res ik uu l am of tbe prince, it is de
clared, was requested by Emperor Wil
liam, becuuse of tho prince's attentions
to the Baroness I.iebenberg, a former
actress,
A total of 47 arrests was made In
Merlin in connection with the suffrage
demonstrations. Nine policemen sustained
injuries iu the encounters with tbe peo
ple. It is estimated that 00 of the manl
feNtuntw were wounded, but it Is probable
that many others were hurt.
Machine guns operated by the govern
nient forces of Chile in a great conflict
with strikers at the nitrate beds and in
the city of Iquique laid U.oOO men low,
most of these beiug killed, according to
advices received by the Norwegian steam
er Christian Iters, arriving at San Fran
visco from Chile.