PLATrSMOUTfl NEWS I1ERAID
R. 0. WATTERS, Business Manager
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Epitoms of the Most
Important Events
Gathered From All
Points of the Globe.
EARTHQUAKE NOTES.
The American Red Cross steamer
liayorn, la don with food, clothing nnd
niPdlral supplies and carrying doctors
nnd nurses, sailed from Civita Vecchia
tor Messina. American women In
Home organized to help administer tho
relief fund. Sevoro earth shocks were
experienced at Zcrmatt, Switzerland.
More earthquake Hhocks wore felt
In several (if tho mined Italian towns.
At Messina 1,3()0 victims were burled
In ono huge grave. Relief finally
reached the town of Villa San Gio
vanni. Premier Glollttl, addressing the spe
cial session of tho Italian chamber of
deputies, thanked tho world for the
nld given. The United States guiibout
Scorpion established a relief station
nt Messina. Additional funds were
raised by benefits, etc., In New York.
Chicago and other American cities.
Tho Italian chamber of deputies
passed the government's relief ' meas
ures, though methods In the quake dis
tricts were severly scored.
Seattle, Vancouver, ltelllngliam and
other cities of the northwest were
Jarred by an earthquake.
PERSONAL.
Venezuelans residing la Paris gave
a hearty welcome to Dr. Jose do'Jesus
Paul, special envoy from Venezuela,
when he arrived there from llordeaux.
Fred W. Richardson of Elmlra, N.
V., was arrested In Chicago for al
leged larceny of largo amounts in El
nilra and Iluffalo.
Frederick Corby Polo, wanted In
Montreal cm a charge of grand lar
ceny In tho sum of $i!5,000, surren
dered himself to the polite In Cincin
nati. Fred Van Meter, nged 27 years,
was sentenced at Galllopolis, O., to
llfo Imprisonment nt hard labor for
the murder of his wife.
.lames Treadwell, former millionaire
nnd promoter of tho Treadwell. mines
In Alaska, was adjudged bankrupt In
San Francisco.
My a a combination of the Democrats
nnd the anti-administration Repub
licans, Kdward D. Sbtirtleff of Ma
rengo was elected speaker of the Illi
nois houso of representatives for the
third time.
Walter Zeller of Vlnelnnd, N. J 19
years old. was found guilty of murder
ing his grandfather.
GENERAL NEWS.
Rev. John II. Cartnlchael, who in the
little Methodist church at Rattle
Run, Mich., killed Gideon Browning,
the village carpenter, and then
burned the body In the stove, commit
ted suicide at Carthago, 111., by cut
ling his throat with a pocket knife.
He left a long wlrtten confession in
which he said Ilrowning had hypo
thec! hltn and attacked him with
knives and that he killed him in self
defense. Pert M. Taylor, accused of assault
ing his two sisters-in-law at Mlnden.
Neb., causing (lie death of one, gave
himself up at San Hornardlno, Cnl.
Of 28 workmen In the mine owned
by Joseph Loiter. 2C. were killed by
the explosion, according to official in
formation given out nt the mining
office. All of the bodies were recov
ered Monday.
Gen. Stoessel, Rear Admiral Noboga
toff and several other of the officers
of high rank now In the fortress of St.
Peter and St. Paul, have applied for
pardon or commutation of their sen
tences. The fetal valuation of the estnte
of the late Marshall Field was placed
at 183,459.032.38 in a reort submitted
to County Judge Rlnakor nt Chlcngo.
Mrs. Tomas Estrada Palma. widow
of the former president of Cuba, has
decided to return to Central Valley,
Orange county. N. Y., with her chil
dren, there to spend the rest of her
life.
After a lively discussion the Inter
national Association of Aeronauts, nt
It first session In London, by a vote
of 38 to 1.1, decided in favor of the
Swiss balloon. Helvetia, as the win
ner of the International balloon rnce
for the James (Jordon Dennett trophy
In Germany last October.
Mrs. Julia Colman, aged 81. former
ly literary secretary of the Woman's
Christian Temperance t'nlon, was
asphyxiated In her home In Brooklyn.-.
The Kansas prison board ordered
nil Oklahoma convicts removed from
the Kansas penitentiary by Janu
nry 31.
Tho Russian steamer Bvlntoslay
was sunk In a collision and '34 men
were drowned.
Justice Tompkins decided that Harry
K. Thaw was entitled to a trial as to
his sanity.
The entire western coast of Mexico
was shaken by an earthquake.
I
M FORM
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Declaring that the president bud
been actuated by motives of malice
and revenue In attacking his course In
connection with the Coos Hay (Ore.)
land ugent, Senator Tillman of South
Carolina from his seat in the senate
made reply to the accusations of the
chief executive.
Secretary of State Root and Ambas
sador liryce of Great Britain signed
the "waterway" treaty for the settling
of disputes between the I'lliteil States
and Canada.
After having made him the target
all day for criticism, with here and
there words of commendation,' the
house of representatives by-a vote of
212 to 35 .rebuked thu president by
tabling so much of his message us re-,
fleeted on members of congress re
garding the secret service detectives,
and also declaring It to be the sense
of the house hat they shall decline to
consider any communication from any
source which is not in its own Judg
ment respectful. '
Senator Culberson's resolution In
structing the committee on the judi
ciary to report whether the president
had authority lo penult the absorp
tion of the Tennessee? Coal & Iron
Company by the United States Steel
corporation was adopted by the sen
ate. President Roosevelt made public
the results. or an Investigation by
secret service men, showing Senator
Tillman's connection with an alleged
"land grab."
By 'direction or President Roose
velt, secret service men shadowed
Senator 'Tillman or South Carolina on
the theory that he possibly wns In
terested In an Oregon "hind grab," nnd
I lie result of that Investigation Is be
fore the senate, which has not made
It public.
President Roosevelt ' Informed the
senate In no uncertain 'terms that he
had given his approval to tho absorp
tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company by tho United States Steel
corporation and thnt ho had instructed
Attorney General Itonaparto not to re
spond to tho senate Inquiry as to the
reason for his failure to prosocuto Me
steel company.
The visit of the emperor of Korea,
accompanied by Prince Ito, to Fusan.
about 200 miles from the capital, has
created the Impression that Ito Is en
deavoring to smuggle the emperor
aboard a warship and have hint taken
to Japan.
Michael Kneel, aged 12. delivered a
sermon in an Kast side Catholic
church. New York, taking for his text :
"Heboid. I bring you tidings of
great joy." The child composed the
entire sermon and was well received.
Twenty-five men were killed in Jos
eph Letter's Ill-rated colliery at Zclg
lor, HI., by n terrific explosion or gas.
It Is believed the gas was Ignited by a
spark from the trolley pole of an elec
tric motor.
Rear Admiral Sperry on tho battle
ship Connecticut, arrived at Naples.
Tho Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota
went on to Villefranche.
During divine service an ancient
church near Slon, Switzerland, col
lapsed, burying the worshipers in the
ruins. Practically all the members ot
the congregation were killed or In
jured. Forty bodies were recovered.
Herbert S. Hadley was Inaugurated
governor ot Missouri, Andrew L. Har
ris or Ohio and Thomas K. Marshall of
Indiana.
Oliver P. Hillings, nged ten, con
fessed that he robbed the State bans
at Noel, Mo., of 92 five weeks ago.
Clark Tanby, professor of Greek and
Latin at the Lawrencevlllo (N. J.) Pre
paratory school, committed suicide by
shooting himself through tho right
temple.
Suit for breach of promise of mar
riage, wth damages for his wounded
feelings fixed at $150,000, has been bo
gun In the superior court of Cook
county by Dr. Kirke Stanley of New
York against Mrs. Jeannette Deere
Chapman or Moline, 111., nnd Pasadena,
Cal. Mrs. Chapman, who is 70 years
old, is Bttid to be worth $2,000,000 In
her own right.
It was asserted In Omnhn thnt E.
H. llarrlmnn had gained control or
tho New York Central.
The Kansas Bupreme court affirmed
the verdict nnd lino or the district
court ror Shawnee county against tho
International Harvester Company. The
company must pay a fine of $12,(100 on
42 counts, each count charging a vio
lation of the Kansas anti trust laws.
Six of the Tennessee night riders
were sentenced to be hanged Friday,
February 19.
Kang Yu Wei, the well-known Chi
nese reformer, who was expelled from
Pekln after tho coup d'etat of 1898.
declared that Yuan Shi Kal had
been dismissed from Mis high position
as member of the grand council of the
Chinese empire because he was In
strumental In the death of the late
emperor.
Melvln W. Rheppnrd, Fred Ilellares,
George V. Honhag, Charles J. Bacon,
Harry Porter and John, Lee, the ama
teur athletes who recently wore sus
pended by the registration cotnmitteo
or the A. A. U. for alleged profession
alism, were reinstated. , . .,.
A mall sack containing bonds, etc.,
worth $200,000, was stolen from a de
livery wagon In the Chnussec d'Antin,
Paris, In broad daylight. : j
F. H..SI$nor of Oakland. Cal., wis
arrested on complaint of James H.
Murray, a multimillionaire banker, on
charges of committing forgeries ag
gregating about $1,000,000. Ho con
fessed. "Count" Louis Hnmon. formerly
known In America and Europe as
"Chelro, the Palmist." nnd before that
ns plain John Warner, Is a fugitive
from France, being charged with cm-bezalciucnt.
I IN BEWEIlI CHANGE
NEBRASKAN TO BE VICE CHAIR
MAN OF COMMITTEE.
PRECEOENT TO BE FOLLOWED
Secretary Will Assume Direction cf
Affairs When Hitchcock Be
comes Postmaster General.
Augusta, Ga. Exact precedent will
be followed In the succession cf
Frank II. Hitchcock as chairman of
the republican national coinri.iueo.
This will place Secretary William
Hayward at its head until the com
mittee elects a chairman at It mec
In j four years hence m December.
' When Chairman Cortelyou relin
quished his position at . the head of
:he committee a few months after he
became isisttnaster general Harry S.
New, Its vice chairman, was made
:halrmnn and conducted the affairs of
the commitKe. which Is practically
lormant prior to the December meet
ing. -..
That Secretary Hayward will have
,-harge of the uffairs or the commit
tee was ascertained here from most
reliable authority today, although no
official statement on the subject In
deemed necessary. Tho rules and
practice of the- committee make it
.he duty of the chairman to provide
lis successor by appointment.
The desire of Atlanta to have the
president-elect for 'two evenings re
sulted in his consent to. return to
that city Saturday afternoon' to be
present at a reception' to be tendered
aim by the Capital City club Saturday
night. Mr. Taft will be the guest at
the famous Atlanta 'iossum supper,
for which preparations have been i,n
ictive progress for several weeks.
Mr. Tuft abandoned his golf game
Tuesday morning that he might at
tend the meeting of tho Richmond
aunty liar association. He made no
speech, but evidenced great interest
in tho proceedings, which wero chlef
'y the reading ct a lengthy paper by
former Judge Andrew J. Cobb of the
state supreme court on the jury sys
tem In Georgia.
Tho high tariff was discussed with
Mr. Taft by William C. Gregg, a man
ufacturer nnd exporter of machinery
of New-burg, X. Y.
Mrs: Taft will leave here Thursday
for New Haven, Conn., whore she
g('S to attend n class function of her
son Robert at Yale. She will return
In time to sail with the president-elect
for Panama.
LABOR TO CONSULT LAWYERS
Judge Wright's Decision to Be
Threshed Over at Conference.
Washington Every phase of Judge
Wifght's decision in the contempt
proceedings and the appeal therefrom
will be considered at a conference
here between the executive council
of tho American Federation, now in
session, and the counsel in tho cane,
Including former Judge Alton R. Par
ker of New York. Mr. Parker ar
rived at tho invitation of President
Gompers.
Tho most importrnt action or the
executive council's session wns the
selection or a committee to consider
nnd report upon tho nppoal or three
lalsir leaders in the contempt case.
This committee is composed or Pres
idents Duncan and O'Connoll and
Treasurer Lennon.
Turkey Will Take Money.
Constantinople The Turkish gov
ernment accepts the Austro-Hungar
ian offer of 2,500,000 (Turkish $10.
800.000) in indemnity for the annexa
tion of Hosnia and Herzegovina, thus
removing every possibility of war.
The grand vizier, Kalmil Pasha, re
ceived Marions Pullavincinl, the Aus-tro-Hungarian
ambassador, and noti
fied him of the decision of the coun
cil of ministers.
Both Murderer and Thief.
San Rernardino, Cnl. Deputy She
riff Ren de Crevecoour or Banning has
Identified Hert M. Taylor, tho alleged
murderer, or Mlnden, Neb., ns a thief
who made his escape from here last
June by leaping from a train. Taylor's
actions' were those of a, crazy man
nnd he wns chained to n stake all
night. Next day one wrist was ter
ribly cut. Taylor claims the scar from
this Injury was made by cords with
which his alleged double, Jim Martin,
bound him.
Medical Inspectors Needed.
Washington. The bureau of Insular
affairs of tho war department has re
ceived advices from Manila that a
number of medical Inspectors soon
will be required in the Manila bureau
of health. These physicians will carry
salaries or $1,800 or $2,000 and It Is
requisite that the appointees hnve a
thorough knowledge or medicine and
It is preferred also that ihey have a
knowledge of sanitation and of, Span
ish. Light on Harriman.
New York. Victor Morawlez, ' for
merly 'chairman of the executive com
uiltjoo if the Atchison, Topoka &
Santa Fo Railroad company, . was. on
the stand all of Tuesday in the Union
Pacific merger hearing before t'nltod
Plates' Special Examiner SylvostcY O.
Williams. JTe wos a most Interesting
witness nnd told In detail tho story
or E. II. IIarr!r.:i;:i's c.it;v Into the At
ohlpon directory, through men the lat
ter named, arter Harriman had fotuht
to stop Atchison extension In central
California.
SHELDON STEPS OUT AND SHAL
LENBERGER GOES IN.
THE CEREMONY IS SIMPLE
Both Governors Present Their Mes
sages and the New Executive of
the State is Sworn In.
Change of governors In Nebraska
took place on the 7th. The state bade
goodbye to Its first native-born gover
nor and greeted his successor with
generous applause as he made his inl
t al bow as the state's executive.
There was no diminution of Interest in
the inaugural proceedings over formei
years and save for the presence of a
large number of strange faces in the
crewd that gathered to hear the words
of the outgoing and incoming gover
nors, tlie scenes wero not greatly dif
ferent from those that have gone be
fore each biennlum.
A special committee was sent to ad-vis-re
the state officers the joint con
vention was ready to receive them and
another committee was dispatched to
notify the chief justice of the supreme
court his presence would bo needed
to administer the oath.
Chief Justice Reese was announced
nnd the members stood as he ad
vanced to a seat provided. Other mem
bers of the court remained o'ii the
bench.
Before the oaths of office wore taken
the message of Governor Sheldon was
read. The governor advanced to ,tho
reading desk while the salute of a bat
tery was sounding and he asked per
mission to await its end before begin
ning. Ho was greeted with applause
as he was presented by the lieutenant
governor, who said: "It is now my
pleasure to present to you Governor
Sheldon, a man whom you know ko
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C. W. POOL.
Speaker of Lower House of Nebraska
Assembly.
veil and whom you all think so much
of, who will now deliver his message
to the legislature." Gov. Sheldon
thereupon read his message.
CiOveriK r Shatlonbergor offered Chief
Justice Reese bis certificate of elec
tion which the justice refused. He
then rend the following oath, Mr. Shnl
lenberger standing with raised hand:
"I do solemnly swear that I will sup
port the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the
state of Nebraska, and will faithfully
discharge the duties of the gevornor
of the state of Nebraska, no( riling to
the best of my ability, and that at the
election at which I was chosen to Sill
said office, I have not Improperly in
fluenced in any way tho vote of any
elector, and have not accepted or re
ceived, directly or Indirectly any
money or other valuable thing from
any corporation, company or person,
or any promise or office, ror any or
flclal act or Influence."
There was some applause while
Governor Shallonborger read his np
dress. Much or his attention was
given to the details of a bank guaran
ty law, nnd the members listened with
greatest attention to his outline.
There wns nothing unusual about
the ceremonies attending the change
Ir administration. The hall or th
house was not elaborately decorated
nnd tho national colors alone were
ptotnlnent In the garnishment or the
room. These are the new state or
flcials: Governor Ashton C. Shallonborger.
Lieutenant Governor M. R. Hope,
well.
Secretary of State George C. Jun
k!n. Auditor Lawson G. Rrian.
Land Commissioner E. R. Cowlea.
Superintendent or Public Inst rue
lion E. C. Mshop.
Railway Commissioner W. H. Cow
Rlll. There 'were many distinguished vis
itors at the Inauguration. W. J. Rrysn
came enrly and orcupod a seat on tho
floor beside Representative Fred
Humphrey of Lancaster emmty. Mayor
3. C. Dahltnan or Omaha was present.
Proclamation by Governor.
Governor Sheldon. Issued a prochv
matlon setting forth the necessity of a
scientific study of Nebraskn to de
termine how best to conserve Its nnf
urnl resources. Do appointed the rid
lowing ns a commission to undertake
the work: Prof. George. E. Condrn,
professor of geography and economic
geoUgy; Prof. C. E Hessoy. professor
r f lotany; Prof. E. H. Pari our, pro
fessor of geology; Prof. E. A. Pur
nett. dlrcc'or of the Nebraska Experi
ment station, all of the I'n'verFity of
Nebraska
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
The First Democrat to Ever Hold the
Office in Nebraska.
Charles W. I'ool, the new speaker of
the house of representatives, whose
picture appears herewith, Is the first
democrat ever to hold that office in
N'ebraska. There have been fusion
ists and populists, but no bona Tide
Jeffersonian democrat before the pres
ent speaker. Mr. Pool has been In
Nebraska for forty-two years, coming
here from Illinois, and for thirty
years of that time ho has been in the
newspaper business ns printer and
editor and publisher. Twenty years
ago he established the Johnson Coun
ty Journal, which at that time was
the fourth democratic paper in Ne
braska. At the present time Mr.
Pool is the editor and owner of the
Johnson County Tribunal, an Inde
pendent paper. He has always been
intimately connected with the poli
tics of tbo First district and of the
state and has on numerous occasions
been a delegate to democratic state'
conventions. Save thnt of councilman
and other city positions, Mr. Pool has
never held office until tho present
time. He Is married, but has no fam
ily. Divir.ion Over Bank Guaranty.
The democrats of the senate are In
a fair way to split over tho bank
guaranty. At a meeting of ihe com
mittee on standing committees mem
bers In favor of lmmeediato payment
nnd those for delayed payment locked
horns. Farmer members are insisting
on a makeup that will Insure an im
mediate payment bill, while the bank
ers are lining up against this. . The
bankers want .Volpp of Washington
county for chairman and the name of
Diet s of York county is being urged by
the faction opposed.
New Tack Taken on Judges.
. Ry a strict party' vote the
senate ordered the score ary of state
to furnish them with a certified copy
of the election returns cast on the two
constitutional amendments in. Novem
ber. p:uiiier in the day similar mo
tion by Ransom of Douglas was not
acted upon nnd an appeal from the de
cision of the chair in ruling It out ot
order was sustained.. This puts It up
to the secretary of state whether he
will obey the senate and probably
raises a technically different ques
tion than the one of hand ng over
the original returns.
New Mailing Privilege.
An unlimited mailing privilege was
granted the secretary of the senate
by a vote of the members when on
motion of Senator Duck of Otoe coun
ty, a banker, the secretary was au
thorized to send all letters or the
members and officers of the senate
through the mails that these gentle
men may place upon the secretary's
desk. Tho motion carried with it no
limitation as to tho number and spe
cified that the cost of tne postagj
thus' applied be paid cut of the inciden
tal fund the legislature will provide.
A Lost Opportunity,
Thomas of Douglas county had an
opportunity to name the speaker in
the caucus, but. failed to take advant
age of it. Pool of Richardson county
on the fifteenth ballot had thirty-fcur
voles and the name of Thomas was
called. He was besieged by Ihe Doug
las delegation to switch from Clark to
Pool, He hesitated, then while con
sulting Clark tho nil went on and
Thomas missed his opportunity.
The New Food Commissioner
S. L. Mains, the fond commissioner
whom Governor Shallenberger will
appoint In the place of J. W. Johnson,
is an ex-foot ball player, having
played with the Donne college Tigers
when he was in that school, and hav
ing coached Innumerable teams fol
lowing his college career. Mr. Mains
Is In business In Crete.
Found an Old Acquaintance.
Representative Miller of Custer ran
Into an old friend here the other day
whom he had not seen for twenty
seven years and then when the friend
wns such a little fellow that he gave
no evidence of growing into a six
footer. It was Frank Corrick, former
secretary of the republican stnlo com
mittee who now lives In Dawson coun
ty. Uncle Dan Mettleton.
Uncle Dan Nottletnn came In from
Clay county and declared thnt he pro
posed to put patriotism above parti
sanship and only wants half a chance
to join with the democratic majority
In putting over some good legislation.
He Is generally credited hs being
favorable to a bank guaranty Inw.
Sheldon Vacate Executive Mansion.
The executive mansion wa: va
cated by former Governor Sheldon and
family and the new governor with Mr
family took possession. Governor
Sheldon sent his children to tnHr
home in Nohawka snd he and Mrs.
Sheldon will soon follow.
Minority RepreenthvM.
The democrats of the bfnie hnve
decided the p'puhltrnim fchnll have
minority representation on dm com
mittees nelectcd by tliemselveir.
The Speaker Pro Tm.
George W. TlbbeU of HiiHtingp. who
was elected president pro lem of n,o
senate Is n New Yorker, bavin been
reared nt Lolfnst In thnt nttn nti'f
never having held a public office be
fore he was elected senstnr, snve one
lime when he made a nice nun Inst n
vopubllcnn cntidldnte for county super
intendent of Allegheny county. New
York, nnd won out by n large ma
jority, serving one term. Senator
Tlbbets attended Oberllu college In
Ohio nnd later studied for three years
nt Iowa Ktnte university.
NEBRASKA II BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM.
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ftLL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
. Due Consideration.
, Hon. W. J. Hryan has joined the
Eagles at Lincoln.
While hunting in Saline county. J.
F. Markey and Fritz Ileiderman
taught two heaver.
A good ninny fatalities from pneu
monia are recorded here and there,
throughout the state.
Mrs. Kelley, of Butler county, aged
CO, has been adjudged insane and will
be sent to the asylum.
At Grund Island Dr. Miller' was
struck by a train and badly Injured.
The wind deadened the sound of the
approaching train.
Ilonds to the amount of $40,(100 have
been voted to build a new high school
building at Ord. The work will begin
as soon as the spring opens up.
The new county of Morrill is ready
to do business, having elected officers.
C. D. Casper, former editor and own
er of the IJutter County Press, is.
rcuinty clerk.
Mrs. Sarah McLain. proprietor of
the Vienna cafe at Wymore, was ar
rested on the charge of selling liquor
without a license. She was, fined $7&
and costs. .
The dwelling house or WT. H. Itugle, '.
seven miles south, of Beatrice, was de
stroyed by fire with all its contents.
The fire is supposed to have started
liom the kitchen stove.
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell Is us-'
lng v. gavel in the senate, presented
to him by the students of the engin
eering department of the State uni
versity and made out of native walnut.
Nearly every night there is a car
load of hogs leaded at Herman for
South Omaha. Farmers arc selling
their eighty-five and ninety-pound
pigs to keep them from eating 50-cent
corn.
MIks M. Kate Cook, a well-known
teacher, who has been a resident o
David City for over thirty years, is a
candidate lor nppointment as super
intendent of the industrial school for
girls at Geneva. She has good sup
pert. At Gibbon occured the funeral of L.
Painters. He had both I'-gs cut off in
the H. & M. yards in Grand Island.
His son dropped dead on tho street In
Gibbon while on his way to the depot
to meet H. p. Smith, who had been to
see ills father.
Dr. Cate. who received a condi
tional pardon from the governor, re
turned homr' to Nelson A largr
V
r
crowd greeted bun at the depot, and
next day many of his friends called to
greet him. Ho will open up his prac
tice at once in Nelson.
J. E. Jones, a stranger, was taken
mddenly ill on a southbound pas
senger and was removed from the
train to a hospital at Beatrice, where
he later died. Tho deceased van a
man about middle age nnd it was as
certained that his home was at Win
field. Kan.
MIks Ollie Cox who mikes her
homo with relatives near Brock, came
near losing her life from the explosion
of a coal oil lamp. Her clothing was
not detroyed, but her hands, face and
arms were badly burned.
County Attorney Thomas of Rutler
county has filed, a complaint against
Jane White, charging murder In tho
first degree for willfully abandoning
her infant child on tho Burlington
right-of-way at that place. Miss White
is the young woman who gave birth
to a child on a morning passenger
train some time ago and is said to
have dropped it through a closet.
Charles Sovereign cf Nebraska City
Is minus a wire. He went home a few
days since after n hard day's work
nnd found the house cold and desert
ed and when ho went to look for his
cash savings they were all gone. ,
has since looked for his wife in vain.
but ascertained thnt. she had left the
city, saying she was going to Colo
rado. Wilson of Pcdk reported the house
nnd sen ile hnd agreed to adjourn until
Monday nt 2:211 p. m. They had also
agreed to meet Friday at 2:30 to lis
ten to reports from their committees
on committees, '('his report was adopt
ed. Niter when It became known that
these committees would not be ready
rcpotl, this report wns nmended so
that a dernoenille caucus at 12:30
MondHV takes the place of the Friday
session of the houso.
While the xherlffs nil over Nebras
ka were on the lookout for a fine horse
belonging lo Flunk Tnchmelr, living
nenr Archer, which wns supposed to
h Mi nyei or been stolen, and were
doubling ber efforts In hopes of se
cuiitiK ii 17.1 rewmd, the animal was
found dead ni Hie boitum of a well on
the fnim, of l owner, where It had
pnibshly fnllen 'n when R disappeared .
fiom Ihe hni n two weks one.
Prishyi' ilinis tmve jiiKl dutllcnted a
fine new chinch at Benson.., The
riiiiilHie entirely free from debtL
When (iovei nor elect ShnllciiboruiV
(hoM Louis Wei hit an steward of the
Icfiitutloii for Feeble Minded youth
he reverted to ihe old system of man
ngeinenl llure, the nlllee of Steward
being (Hie Hint was done nwny with
some time ago. There Is nt present no
npi rouint!on for this officii and one
will he neccsstry before Mr. Werner
enters upon his duties
Some c-ses of smallpox have ap
peared In Cniio. The schools have
been dosed.