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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NKI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1909.
NUMBER 10
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OP
. THE WHOLE WORLD,
WRECK IN ISO. DAKOTA
TRAIN LOADED WITH TE.U'IlF.Kff
LEAVES Tin: TRACK.
Mits Ethel i. nun. or . riiKwiiiui. . i?
Jlirown Ihrougli IKior of Baggage
Car and Her .o-k Hrokon Acciden'
Happens Near Deadwood.
For tli' recond timo In a week death
truck down a delegate to the South
Dakota Educational association's an
nual convention which closed at Load
Wednesday.' Returning home Thurs
day evening with 250 others nt Spear
nsh Miss Ethel Jigan, aged 19, of
Pukwann, S. L)., was instantly killed
ind her cousin and aunt, Kdna and
Edith Sedgwick, the former of Puk
wana and the latter of Chamberlain,
S. r were injured In a wreck on the
fluiiingtoii five miles .south of Dead-
wood. The excursion train, heavily
leaded, was Hearing Deadwood, when
the rear trucks of the baggage car In
Which the women were riding left the
rails. Ileforo the truiu could be stop
ped the ear struck an empty on a sid
ing and lure lied over Into the creek.
Miss Logan was thrown through the
open door, striking on her head and
breaking her neck. The other two
wore pinioned under the car. The In
jured ware brought to Deadwood.
The two Injured women are suffering
from contusions and slight fractures
and are not seriously injured. Miss Lo
gan, whose home was in Itucine, Wis.,
was a school teacher at Pukwann,
where she was engaged to be married
to John .Simons, a Northwestern rail,
roud operator at that point.
NTKCCK DOWN 1JY RODDERS.
Niagara I'uXU Express Company Cash,
lor Edict ed of $1 1,1 1.
William Dobson. cashier of the Can-
idian Express company at Niagara
Falls, Ont., was struck down Thursday
afternoon in the company's office at
the Grand Trunk station In Bridge
street and a package containing $14.
156 was taken from him by two un
known men. The robbery was com-
muiea in oroau aaynght with a score
of station employes within twenty feet
of the office. Iobson was aloueat the
time. The two men entered the of
fice and one asked if a trunk had ur
rived for him. As Dobson stooped
over io get nia "on hand book, ot.r
of the men reached over the counter
nnd hit him behind the ear with a
sandbag or a piece of gas pipe. Five
minutes later Dobson was found un
conscious.
RARING EORRERY.
Raid Made on Ship at Pier in Now
York.
Robbers boarded the Hamburg-
American lino .steamer Prince Joach
im, lying at her pier in New York
Thursday, forced open the safe in the
purser's office and got awi-y with $
000 in gold. The news of tho robbery
became public Thursday afternoon.
jne ronncrs operated when more
than 100 members of the officers and
crew of the ship were on board and
dozen of them were sleeping within
fifty feet of where the safe wa:
opened. ,
The gold was consigned to the Ja
maica correspondent of the Hank of
Nova Scotia, and was to have been
taken by the liner on her trip to th
West Indies, starting Saturday.
Child Horse Thief.
Cyral St. Armand, of Thurso, Cana
da, 10 years old. was Thursday sen
tenced to nix years for horse stealing.
When 8 years old he was convicted of
an attempt to wreck a Canadian Pa
cific railway train. His youth enabled
him to escape sentence for this and
a number of burglaries which fed.
lowed..
(icil Dodge- Elected President.
Before adjourning the convention
nt Columbus, O., Thursday, the So
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee
elected officers for the ensuing yar,
lien. Grenvllle. M. Dodge, of Council
Fluffs, la., was re-elected president.
and Mrs. L. D. Montgomery, of Conn
cil Hluffs, was named an a vice presi
dent.
Tlllli Merchant Slain.
Albert Koch, a merchant, was shot
and instantly kllied in ;! storo at
Errnstndt, England, Thursday. Koch
l.i understood to have dra.vn S.VOuO
from a London bank, and robbery
supposed to have been tho motive for
the crime.
Sioux City Live Stock Muikcl.
Thursday's quotations on he Sioux
City live stock market follow: Rutohcr
steers, $4,3;ii 5.00. Top hogs. $7.80.
Mrs, Elbogast Freed.
The jury In the case of Mrs. Mlnsi
Erboeast, charg..! Willi murdering
her husband last May in St. Paul,
Minn.. Thuiv.lay afternoon returned a
verdict of rjet guilty. Tho jury wan
out since latl' Wednesday,
Alleged to 15i SL'7.000 Short.
Charg. d Willi t. lie,' short In hw sr-
f.-u'.it-' to the amount -i -")."", H. n
ry T. Have, a c '1 l.-et--r employed by
the 1 1 i m l.i C..11M.1I r . i i ' : -.a. I at ;
orlcuiv, ,us .iitcjuO there 'I'lui; s'!;.y, 1
l'uslonl-u r.livt All hut Mayor In New
York.
Rattle scarred Tammany, which
Tuesday elected a, mayor but lost a
city, took up the gloomy work of set
ting Its house in order for four years
f avowed antl-Tammuuy government
in (irealer New York.
naly.xls shows that the election
which resulted In the defeat by the
fusion forces of every important Tam
many democratic candidate below tb,c
mayor was more of a victory for the
anti-Tammany democrats, who had
lined up with the republicans under
the fusion banner, than for the stright
out republicans.
Anti-Tammany democrats, elected on
the republican-fusion ticket for four
years, will be In absolute control of the
city's purse-strings. They will have
a clear majority in the board of esti
mate and apportionment, one of the
most powerful municipal bodies In any
city of the world, and therefore the
right of spending more than $1,000,
000,000 of the city's money.
The board of estimate, ns elected,
Includes, besides Mavor-elect Gnynor,
w ho In the past Tins been a strong antl
maehlne man, five anti-Tammany
democrats and two republicans. The
sixteen votes allotted the various mem
bers of the board are so distributed
that besides Justice Gaynor's three
ballots, the anti-Tammany democrats
will have nine and the republicans
our.
shots fired-, no one in itT.
Wild Celebration of the Election In
ttackson, Ky.
Although a dynamite bomb was ex
ploded and thousands of shots were
lired at Jackson, Ky., Tuesday night,
only walls and plaster were damaged.
Several persons in their homes had
narrow escapes, ns bullets plowed
through walls and windows.
During the night's celebration tho
soldiers from Cynthlana were sta
tioned on the public square, but It Is
reported that they possessed not a
round of ammunition.
Wednesday the mlltary at Jackson
was reinforced by the arrival or the
Lexington soldiers. The band of cele
brating mountaineers was also reln-
'orced.
lU SBAXI) CONCEALED Sl ICIDE
Wife of Jap Hnngs Self Instead of
Committing llarikarl.
Docause his wife killed herself by
hanging Instead of committing hari-
kari, Umekltchl Mitsu, a wealthy Jap
anese, faced a murder charge at liol-
hngham. Wash, Wednesday, but was
released after a verdict of suicide had
been rendered by the coroner's Jury.
Mitsu testified lie had concealed the
suicide to prevent the disgrace which
must fall upon his sons in Japan,
should it be learned the mother had
hanged herself. He asked the offi
cials to report the death simply as
"suicide" so that his relatives In Japan
might take it for granted the woman
had disemboweled herself and thus
gained honor thereby.
Greek Rebel Leaders Captured.
Four officers, ringleaders Iti-thc re
cent revolt, were captured near
Thebes, Greece, Wednesday after an
exchange of shots with the gendarmes.
It Is reported that Lieut. Tibaldos,
who led the revolt, and a few followers
are surrounded by government troops
lear Megara.
Girl Steals Finery.
An uncontrollable love for finery
caused Tilllo Shoemaker, a beautiful
18-year-old girl of Davenport, to take
a. suitcase and $18 In cash and a large
assortment of "glad rags" belonging to
Mrs. A. E. Fields, a prominent society
woman. She was arrested.
Short In Ills Accounts.
Albert H. Harris, vice president of
the Rig Four railroad In New York,
Wednesday declared that C. L. War
rlner, treasurer of the Cincinnati of
fices of that railroad's passenger de
partment, had admitted u shortage in
lis accounts.
Dr. Angell Decorated.
Dr. James H. Angell, president
pmoiitous of the Fniverslty of Michi
gan, was notified Wednesday that he
nas been decorated by the emperor of
Japan with the first class of the Im
jerlal Order of the Sacred Treasure.
Kale of Jersey Cnille Neta $27,000.
At a sale at Vandalla, 111., Wednes
day at Willowdale Farm of blooded
Jerscj cattle 91 head brought JJ7.200
m average of $L'!l'J. One cow sold for
$1,200. Buyers wen- there from 35
tat es.
Iiol.lup Mi ll Captured.
Tl;- time Mexicans concerned In
he hoi. lu;i of Charles Coles saloon
.t Lovi 11. Wyo., last Friday, and tpe
'hoothn; of Col", have be n captured
'oie was mortally wounded and died
aturday.
Maniook Is Very Low.
Tile cot.i.iiloq of T. K. M unlock, the
veil known Kansas editor, was regard
d a.; extremely serious Wednesday
.he members of Mr. Murdock's family
nvc been :-iminione l to his bedside.
iluililiiiU May Collapse.
Arau.li. anient of the criminal courts
e.iiiiimg. a .,' .oho structure only
in.- y.-r. rs ol Y; wa- oidcrcd by the p.
in
sew York We !m-. .lay following
it I y the superintendent of
ii. i:. Hi
;.- that it.-, wc..,k might collap
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tv Per
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iii.m i.ts or election.
Tammany J Herts Mayor of irentP
New York.
The electons h, Id Tuesday through
out the country show that Massachu
setts and lthoile Island have re-elects I
republican governors, while Virginia
has returned a democrat to office. New
York City has elected the democratic:
candidate, Judge William J. Gaynor,
mayor, while in Philadelphia the effort
of the reformers to break the republic
an organization has failed.
The latest returns from San Francis
co Indicate that Francis J. Honey,
democrat, has been defeated for dis
trict attorney.
In Maryland the paramount Issue
was the so-called disfranchising
amendment designed to eliminate the
negro as a political factor. The indica
tions are that the amendment has been
defeated.
In Indiana tho republicans scored
several Important victories, particular
ly In Indianapolis, where Samuel Lew
is Shank, republican, was elected may
or, and the entire republican ticket re
turned. It is apparent that Gov. Aran Poth
ler, republican, has been re-elected
over Olney Arnold, democrat. In
Rhode Island.
The democratic victory In Ylrglnla
brings Judge Mann to the office of
governor.
New Jersey elected eight members
of tne state senate ni'il a full nou'io of
sixty members of the assembly. The
republicans will again control both
houses.
New York state elected mi assembly
that will show a republican majority
of about 3S.
The "drys" won another victory In
Illinois Tuesday, gaining four precincts
In 33 of which the liquor question was
at Issue. Of tho 35 precincts In the
slate where the liquor question was
dominant at the pools Tuesday the nn-ti-liqoor
Interests carried 28 and tho
liquor interests !, the latter losing In
four precincts that they had won In
the fight two years ago.
Tom L. Johnson, for four times
mayor of Cleveland, O., was defeated
Tuesday for a fifth term by Herman
C. Raehr, republican county recorder.
The returns received up to a late
hour Tuesday night In Omaha, Neb.,
Indicate thut the vote on the head of
the state ticket In Nebraska Is still in
doubt. Doth republicans and demo
crats claim at least a partial victory.
IIOHBEIIS KILL OFFICER.
City .Marshall .HatK f Carroll, Is
Murdered.
'Tat" Hatton, city marshal of Car
roll, la., was shot and killed by one
of a pair of robbers at 7 o'clock Tues
day morning, near Glidden, seven
miles east of Carroll.
Hatton had followed the robbers
from Carroll, where they had entered
a house early Monday night. Hatton
had captured his men and while cov
erng them with a gun turned toward
his team. Instantly one of the men
shot him In the back. A posse of
seventy-five men armed with shot
guns and rilles formed an hour later
and captured the robbers in a corn
field
Ernest Llndqulst and Oscar Olsen,
two Swedes who have been in America
but six months, were captured by a
posse of seventy-five men from Glid
den an hour after the shooting. The
former confessed the murder.
Mow for Labor Leaders.
The district court of appeals h.
Washington, D. O, Tuesday affirmed
the decree of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, adjudging Pres
ident Samuel Gompers, Secretary
Frank Morrison and Vico President
John Mitchell, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, guilty of contempt
of court In the Ruck Stove and Kan go
company case.
Pennsylvania Tragedy.
One of the most terrible tragedies
that ever shocked this country took
place Tuesday night at Pine Grove,
near Pottsvllle, Pa., when Daniel
Schocke, a butcher of that place, cut
off the head of his wife and 12-year-old
daughter and then committed sui
cide by shooting himself.
Itiiixllts Hold I'p Laborers.
Fifty Italian laborers, employed by
a construction company on a trolley
line and housed In a shanty near Pat
erson, N. J., were hold up early Tues
day by four armed men and robbed of
nearly J1.000.
Valuable Horses Perish.
One hundred and eight horses he
longing to the stud of Count Tyshke
vltch, one of tin- finest in Kussla, per
ished Wednesday night by tire. The
fire Is said to have been of Incendiary
origin.
Donovan to Manage lied Sox.
Following Fred lake's resignation as
manager of the Itoston American base
ball team, Patrick J. Donovan Wed
nesday higned a contract to manage
Hie team next year.
English Sliih Milan Dead.
Sir Edmund John Monson. formerly
l'.iiti-sh ambassador to Fiance, died In
London Friday.
More Iannis for Settlers.
Secretary of the Interior I ialllnger
Tuesday designated as being subject
to dl'-posltinn under the enlarged
hotn. st.-ud bill approximately 17!. 440
acres of land In Sundance district,
Wyoming.
Kills ratlier-lii-Lau'.
Frai.k Mill" r. of Manhattan, Tues-
.t end kill.-.l IT 1 f .li: r-ln-law.
In. .-''' all.. In the yai.l of ilo- Ir.ttei'a
in .-e.utll lire, klyn, N. V.,
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NEBRASXtA
News or tho Week
in Concise Form
OFl lCF.lt SHOT FtU K TIMI.
Omaha infective In n )iMi;:eroii Con
dlllon. City Detective Michael Sullivan was
shot four times and dangerously
wounded by Albert Prim, a negro,
whom he attempted to arrest In a sa
loon at Omaha M.uitli.y evening. u'
llvun usked the negro a question or
two, whereupon Prim drew a revolver
and llred four shots at the o.'llcer be
fore tho latter could protect himself.
One bullet entered Sullian's breast,
two hit his arm, and one went through
his shoulder.
J. M. Antokarl, the bartender, went
to the officer's assistance nnd suc
ceeded In holding l'riiu until asslst
urrlved. After being placed under ar
rest u belt full of cartridges was found
buklcd around the prisoner's body.
Among his belonp'.ngs was found a co
caine outfit und a supply of opium.
Prim speaks Spanish lluently and ad
mits he came from a southern state.
Sullivan was removed to St. Joseph's
hospital, whero three of tho bullets
were removed from his body. The at
tending physician says his condition
Is critical.
HIT THE W KONG PAKTY.
Trainmen Turn on Them with Shovel,
a Brick nnd Hot Wuter.
Detective Gorman, of tho Union
Pacific, arrested Charles Sulfa and
James Craddock, whom ho found In
Grand Island, on the charge of hold
ing up a freight train crew. The two
and a third crook. Ed S. Knappler,
tackled the men as their train came to
a Standstill two miles cast of the city,
and ordered them to throw up their
hands. The trainmen resisted, one
using a scoop shovel, the other a hoso
with a stream of hot water, and tho
third a brickbat.
Suffa shows the result of the brick
bat operations and Craddock was
scalded In spots. Iioth men admit
their participation In the attempted
holdup of tho crew and are lodged In
the county Jail. None of the train
men was Injured.
NO DECKEE IN GOINGS CASE.
Judge Dungan Kcfiiscs to Release
Parties to Marriage Contrnct.
Tho most important case tried dur
ing the recent session of tho- district
court at Minden was the divorce suit
of Ida Goings against Joseph G. Go
ings. It was bitterly fought on both
sides, something like thirty witnesses
being evxamlned. It was tho moHt
sensational case of its kind, probably,
ever tried In Nebraska and took three
and one-half days for trial. Judge
Dungan decided neither of the parties
were entitled to a decree.
Red Cross Stamps.
Five hundred thousand Christmas
stamps, selling at 1 cent each, will be
placed upon sale In Nebraska by the
National Red Cross society, the re
ceipts to bo used in waging the cru
sade against the white plague. If all
the stamps are sold $4,000 will be ap
propriated for the state of Nebraska
In its campaign against tuberculosis,
the remaining $1,000 going to the na
tional society.
Revoked His License.
Henry Ackornmn was granted a
liquor license by tho village board of
Wilcox. Tho remonstrators appealed
to the district court. Judge Dungan
decided for the remonstratord on the
ground that tho applicant having
treated during the past year and hav
ing bcon Intoxicated was not a man of
such character and standing a would
entitle him to a license.
Conference Held at Arlington.
The northeast Nebraska conference
Of the Lutheran Missouri synod con
cluded its sessions at Arlington, and
the twenty ministers who were pres
ent departed for their homes, tievcr:'!
papers were read nnd addresses de
livered by the ministers In attend
ance. Killed by I-nil from Pole.
Charley G. Clark, wire chief of tho
Dell Telephone company, fell from a
30-foot polo at Fairbury and struck
on his head, dying within thlity min
utes without regaining consciousness.
Just two hours before the accident ln
Burance policy.
l'iro Hums Com Crop.
Leander Wilson, a farmer residing
ten miles northeast of Deatiice start
ed a flro In bin potato patch to burn
off tho trash und before the flames
were Bubdued they burned forty-five
acres of corn avi raging twenty-live
buBhcls to tho acre.
Negro Had to Leave Town.
C. R. Johnson, the colored barber
who admitted he wrote suggestlvu let
ters to littlo Lizzie Miller, a 1. "-year-old
girl, was driven out of Fremont by
Wood Kiier PaM-r Is Hold.
The Wood Iliv r itui.bcam, which
has been publii h I tint last year by
Johnson & Periy. v. a-i soil to W. W.
Maltram, foimerly e nn'-ct.-J with the
i;hi:lton (.'Upper. 'Ii" papir v. ill cau
liniiato Rimuoi t T i"i!)iican polii las,
STATE JUEIVS
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WF.OI E TO A W HITE GlKL
Angry Crov.d at Fremont Wrecks Ne-
gio Ihn her Shop.
An imj'i'y crowd at Fremont sur
rounded the barber shop of Charlea
It. Johnson, a negro barber, who Is
accused of writing letters to Miss Liz
zie Miller, aged 15. Windows were
broken and llxtures wrecked. Thero
was tnlk of tr.r and feathers for John
son, who U In Jail.
Fremont wca stirred over the arrest
of Charles U. Johnson, a negro who
owns a barber shop there, accused of
writing letters to a 1 5-year-old white
girl, Lizzie Miller, a laundress, urging
her to meet him at the foundry to re
ceive presents. Johnson was put un
der $1,000 bonds to keep the peace and
Is In Jail. J.ihnon Is a prominent ne
gro, wears Masonic emblems and a
plug hnt. He lies been under suspi
cion In similar cases many times.
lTDDLEI'.S' CARNIVAL.
Old Time Contest Arranged for N'e
. hraskii C'.ty.
Arrangements are being completed
for hoh'lnjr an old-fashioned fiddlers'
carnival, nt the Overland theater In
ei'brioka City the latter part of the
month. Already forty entries have
been made, and Secretary John L. Pat
terson Is receiving now applications
every day. This Is something new and
novel, and 1. ever before attempted- In
this state. Some of the applicants nre
from Missouri and Arkansas. After
the carnival, w l.l ii mt,' lasit two even
ings, will be held an old-fashioned
dance at Eagle hall. Secretary Pat
terson Iihs nrranged a largo list of
prizes nnd will securo a goodly sized
committee of competent persons to act
as judges. It will be tho biggest event
ever pulled off In that part of the
state and will follow the corn show,
which Is November 24-27.
SOCIETIES UNITE.
Put Six Men Into the Field to K.ce
tho Work Moving.
Tho Anti-Saloon league and the Ne
braska Temperance union wer
merged more closely when tho board
of trustees of the league Invited tha
Roverlng board of the union to meet
with them. " ,'" r
'It was decided to Immediately divldo
the rtate Into ffiur districts, the north
ern district with office nt Norfolk,
southern district with office at Hast
ing, eastern district with office at Lin
coln, and the Omaha district with an
.f(ice at Omaha. Lincoln Is to contin
ue to bo the state headquarters.
This plan will put six men In tho
field, Including tho two who nro al
ready there, who will devote their en
tiro time to the work. An effort will
bo made to raise a campaign fund of
$50,000.
Auto Accident.
Tom Johnson, president of tho Com
mercial bunk of Chappcll, and John
Wamberg, a real estate agent of that
village, were speeding along In an
auto at a DO-inlie rait near tho St.
Georgo ranch, near Sidney, when the
ciir turned turtle, throwing them both
under the car and Injuring them se.
vercly. Tho car was demolished.
Fell Down Stairs.
Ruth StaufTor, the 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. S. W. Stauf
fer, of Lyons, fainted at the head of a
stairway and fell headlong to tho bot
tom and when her father picked her
up ho thought her dead. A physician
was sent for and uho was resuscitated,
but still remains In a critical condi
tion. Hasting Lets Sewer Contract.
II C. Gardner, of Lincoln, has been
given a contract by the council for
laying 15,293 feet of sewer at Hast
ings for $11,290. His proposal was
$630 less than tUo next lowest. Eight
contractors from Grand Island, Omaha
and Lincoln entered the competition.
Declared In Ml no.
Grant McFarland, whose wife filed
a complaint dunging him with being
ItiRano, had his hearing before tha
board of commissioners In Nebraska
City and was ordered taken to the asy
lum for treatment. He Is a well to do
farmer and resides near Dunbar.
Young Man Commits Suicide.
Charles Iloah s, a young man living
north of Cozad, committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid. Tho youth
was 21 y. nrs old i. nd had been living
nlono on his f irm. He was to have
been married on the da following his
death.
Cattle Ilu.ier Injured.
Frank Ralston, a cattle buyer, wn
thrown from his horse three m!le8
1 ast of town and rendered unconscious.
Ills Injuries nro not serious.
Roy Dragged to Death by Cow.
Marvin Hatch, nge.l 8 years, son of
Edward Hatch, was dragged to dentil
by 11 cow at Seward. The boy, who
was leading the animal from tho pas
ture, had the rope tied around hi
waist.
(lothlii'.; More Robbed.
The Ren Clolblr;: company's storo
wns broken inti at Gothenburg nnd
about $i5 tak. n. id... .1 iiouiuia fruiu
Lexlntton found no trail.
LINCOLN i
The appointment by Gov. Shnllen-
berger of Rev. James HufT as the
chaplain of the Nebraska state peni
tentiary has caused a stir in Nebraska
religious circles. Tho rumor that the
newly appointed chaplain is a Mormon
elder has been ruftleteut to set by the
ears most of the congregations of the
state. The Methodists and the Bap
tists, nt their recent state convention.
passed resolulons against him, but
the aged chaplain firmly refuses to
make any comment whatever In regard
to his detractors or their actions. He
Insists that he Is not a Mormon, but Is
a member of the Reorganised Church
of Jesus Christ of the letter Day
Hints.
One of the brilliant entertainments
given In honor of the teachers was tho
reception by Gov. nnd Mrs. Shnlli'iiber
ger nt the executive mansion Friday
afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock. Tho
mansion was decorated with chrysan
themums and other (lowers, following
the color scheme of the live rooms
used. The receiving line consisted of
the following: President and Mrs. A.
L. Cavlness, of the State Teachers' as
sociation. Gov. nnd Mrs. Shallenberger,
Mayor and Mrs. Don Love, President
and Mrs. Schick, of the Commercial
club, Chancellor and Mis. Avery, Stnto
Superintendent and Mrs. Itlshop, City
superintendent nnd Mrs. Stephens.
Through Project Engineer Weiss,
the government has called for nnd re
celvel an extension of time for the con
struction of what Is known ns tho
North rintte project, for five years and
also live years extension of the time
the water shall be turned on the lands.
The government Informed the state
engineer that $8,000,000 Is being spent
annually In the reclamation service
nnd there is available for expenditure
In Nebnihka next year. $300,000. Al
ready 8,370,000 has been spent In Wy
omlng on this project and this expendi
ture Is essential to the success of the
Nebraska project.
At the state teachers' convention
held In Lincoln the entire work of the
public school was shown, Including tho
Industrial department, the making of
furniture, Implements and useful arti
cles. The university had a model farm,
showing the farm house built so that
the sun would strike every room at
some period of the day. In tho evhllil
tliTnTif tho" university (Is TWg6"n WTHcW
was riiado at the university farm, even
to tho Iron work on It. This Is the first
time any industrial exhibit of such
magnitude was ever undertaken at a
teachers' meeting In Nebrasku.
Ij. J. Outzmer, bookkeeper at tht
Norfolk Insane asylum will In nil prob
albllty bo transferred to the Lincoln
bHylutn to fill the place made vacant
by the discharge of Felix Newton, who
was removed. Mr. Gutzmer was call
ed to Lincoln nnd Inspected the work
at the Lincoln Institution nnd there is
lilt;.; d"'ibt but what he will be trans
ferred. It Is also not an impossibility
that Felix Newton may bo sent to Nor
folk. L. E. Wettllng and IT. O. Powell
have gone to Chicago to Investigate
the records of railroad companies.
They represent Attorney General
Thompson, who Is in quest of evidence
to defend the 2-cent fare law, the
commodity rata bill and other regula
tory laws passed by the legislature of
1907. which have been attacked In
federal court by all of tho larger rail
roads doing business In Nebraska.
Tho report of State Treasurer Brian
of the business done by his office for
Lho month of October shows that he
has on hand In cash and cash Items
$5,019.44. He has collected during the
month $226,514 and paid out $205,614.
Tho balunces at the end of the month
amounted to $573,304 against a bal
ance of $552,404 at the first of tho
month.
The following persons employed at
the Lincoln asylum have either been
discharged or have voluntarily quit the
servlco of the state during the month
of October: Max Storkau, Lou Urown,
Lucille Reynolds, George Reynolds,
Mary I. Gootz, W. J. Hicks, Cella
Mock, Alice MoOaw, W. A. Phllpot. E.
R. Storey, K. E. Kell, Ida Kell.
Norfolk hospital for the Insane, called
at the state house last week. The
failure of the contractor to push the
work of building new buildings at the
hospital caused the state board to
tuke over the work. It Is believed a
building for male Inmates will be fin
ished by January 1.
Daniel Cheater French, the sculptor
who has been chosen to model a statue
o fAbraham Lincoln on the state house
grounds, has not J'et appeared to con
fer with the commission that Is to sign
a contract to pay him $40,000.
Dr. Pciclvul, superintendent of the
It Is up to the Pacific Express com
pany and tile American Express com
pany to Install a Norfolk long distance
telephone in their Joint office at Nor
folk. Such Is the order of the state
railway commission Issued following
scveial hearings 011 the case.
Gov. Shallenberger has approved the
re-election of Captain Iver H. Johnson
and Second Lieutenant William N.
NorrU of ('..,- ij . any 1!, First I', giinent,
Nebraska National Guard, of Stanton.
HE WEEKLY
V " I a-' t.T- '. .
1 S IS Further cessions of land In In
diana nnd Illinois were made by
the Indians.
Completion of the Erie canal cel
ebrated at Alban.
1S:I5 New York Anti-Slavery Society
formed nt the house of Gerrlt
Smith at Peterboro.
lit!7 Harlem railroad completed.
lS44--Many persons killed by explo
sion on steamer Lucy Walker,
ncHf New Albany, Ind. 1
1S-IS Mormon temple nt Nauvoo, Ill
inois, destroyed.
1H55 Kansas Constitutional conven
tlon met at Topeka.
1870 Convention In Cincinnati to urge
the removal of the national cajil
tal from Washington to some point
West.
1S72 First telegraphic messages sent
between England Bnd Australia,
....Steamship Missouri burned at
sea. with hiss of (Ighty-two lives.
18711 John Itroughani made his lasf
stage appearance at Rooth's Thea
ter, .w York.
1S82 Electricity first used In the
lightliiK.iyof railway trains In En
gland. 1SS4 Ground broken for the State
capltol building In Atlanta....
Marquis of Iansdowne sworn hi
as governor general of Canada.
1XKM King Carlos of Portugal ascend
ed the throne,
lS'Jl Tho Henry W. Grady monument
In Atlanta was unveiled.
18B2 World's Columbian exposition at
Chicago formally dedicated. .. .Tha
Flitted States recognized Gen.
Crespo as president of Venezuela,
18U3 Spaniards bombarded the Moors
at Melllla. -N
1805 President Cleveland and Ynem
bers of his cabinet visited the At
lanta exposition. .. .Fire destroyed
200 houses at Algiers, opposite
New Orleans.
18U7 The lerkes telescope was for
mally dedicated to science at Lake
- Geneva, Wis.
e. ureal nuiiriuue com strike in
. . Pnnnsylvrnlu declared off. t '
1905 Final formalities for tho disso
. , 1 hit Ion of tha union between 8we
, den and Norway completed.
iao7 First National Rank of Rrooklyn
mill six trust companies In New
York City closed.
1D0S Municipal Traction Company's
franchise defeated at a referendum
election in Cleveland, O....The
American battleship fleet was re
ceived with honors by tho Japan
cse.
TRAFFIC ON LAKES GROWING.
Figures to Date Indicate That Sea
son Will Rival Banner Year.
Commerce on the great' lakeB jjs
maintaining Its high average, accord
ing to reports on the volume of do
mestic trade from lake ports last
month. The bureau or statistics of
;lie Depart niant of Commerce and La
oor announced that the traffic amount
ed to 12,27,N6r net tons, compared
with !),4)8,Gor tons In September of
!ast year and 11,137,1127 net tons la
:!ie corresponding month of 1907.
There is a bright prospect that the
:lose of the season of navigation on
the lakes will see a total merchandise
lonnago equal to that of the banner
year of 11)07. In September, 10,011 ves
icIk cleared at the various porta,
l'hese veiisols hud a combined tonnage
if 1").057,4S9 net tons.
Let I s tlimr," McOe.
President McCrea, of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, In an Interview at
Pittsburg, revived the ante-campalgn
cry of "Let ns alono" In the following
warning words: "Tho present rapid re
turn to prosperity will continue If leg
islators and politicians do not Inter
fere. The legislators Bhould wait
awhile and see tho effect of laws al
ready in force before proceeding fur
ther. If politicians are going to keep
sllj'iiiig unrest and destroying confi
dence, Investors are going to be fright
ened away and progress will be block
ed. Tills is an era of tho double track;
nil roads with single track are consid
ering great Improvements and money
8 needed.
I ) nil 10 Settle Here.
lr. Frederick Van Eedon, the noted
JmtHi scientist and reformer, who lec
tured in this country recently, nowr
proposes to bring a party of Holland
ers hero to start a co-operative agri
cultural colony In South Carolina, the
first department of an organization to
be known as the Co-Operative Com
pany of America. Each farmer will
be his own stockholder and landlord.
Ileum to llrmv ttxiilorer.
- Cupt. Raold Amundsen, tho Norwe
gian polar explor.-r who Is about to
start on an expedition l.i the Far
North, is to try the novel experiment
of miiig polar bears to haul his
sledges. I !a:;eiibeck, tho animal train
er, Is under contract to deliver twenty
Ice bears trained to obey the lash in
harness. These animals are to b
shipped from Hamburg, Germany,
where they have been trained, to
CnriEllanla, Ncrv.uy.