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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, XKll.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER HO, 1900.
XU3IRER H.
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CllJIRCNT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHUCTWO-E OF ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
JAPAN GIVES ALARM!
MILITARY' ACTIVITY IX KOItL'A
OAI'SIX IXKASINKKH.
1-lxlstence of Inrge Garrison In the
North and Constant Arrival of Jap
anese Troop Adds to I'neaslnesa of
Russians nt Vladivostok.
Active military preparation are be
ing made by Japanese In northern
Koreu, according to advices received
t Victoria. B. C, by the steamer An
tllochus, which arrived Thursday
from Liverpool and the orient, with
the object of the enforcement of Ko
rea's claim in the dispute between
China and Korea with regard to the
ownership of Kando, the island prov
ince enclosed by the headwaters of
the Tumen and Yalu rivers. Advices
from Vladivostok say the military
preparations are causing alarm there.
The Korean Dally News says:
"The military activity of the Japan
ese In north Korea certainly In a
measure Justifies these apprehensions.
Ijlffht railroads, built from the coast
to the central frontier, and posting'
stations similar to those which were
established on the ro.ids from Fusan
t Seoul previous to the last war have
been built every three miles along the
mad connecting- the east and west
oasts. The existence of large Karri
sons in the north, the frequent arriv
al of Japanese troops on the east coast
and Gen. Hazzewa's recent tour of in
spection all offer excuses for the fears
f the Vladivostok people."
The Korean paper believes the pre
parations Indicate Japan's intention to
pick & quarrel with China regarding
tie ownership of Kando.
FATALLY SHOT BY ROBBKR.
Bogus Customer Turns Weapon on
Proprietor of Hardware Store.
AV. Li. Di! worth, proprietor of the
Dilworth Hardware company store at
Oklahoma City, Okla., was shot and
probably fatally wounded Thursday
morning by a man in an attempt to
rob the store. . The robber escaped.
A stranger entered the store and ask
ed to see a revolver. - He then asked
for cartridges, which he put Into the
revolver and turned It on the clerk,
telling him to hold up his hands and
turn over the cash In the drawer. Mr.
Dilworth, happening In at tho moment,
was also told to hold up his hands.
Thinking It a Joke Dllworth laughed
at him, when the man began to shoot.
Two shots took effect, one In D1I
worth's wrist, the other In his side.
It is believed Dilworth cannot live.
WAR OF 200 YEARS ENDS.
Holland finally Conquers Rebels in
South Celebs.
Holland's two-ccntury-old war in
South Celebs has finally ended. After
u siege of many months the Holland
ers captured the mountain fortress of
Barupu, where the rebels made their
last stand. This was almost like an
eagle's nest Impregnable, almost in
accessible and Impossible of being
taken by storm. The Hollanders made
a cordon, seeking to prevent supplies
reaching the rebels, and finally the
rebel leaders, seeing that further re
sistance meant annihilation, surren
dered with 900 men. The Insurrec
tion in South Celebs will end with thlr
surrender.
Ftre Threatens Roosevelt Home.
- President Roosevelt's summer home
on Sagamore Hill, N. Y., was threat
ened with destruction by a forest fire
which swept over Copper bluff. A
fortunate change In the wind, how
aver, turned the flames and they were
finally subdued.
Preaches to Insane; Goes Insane.
The Rev. Wilbur Hayes, of Amable,
111., was adjudged insane and sent to
the Jacksonville asylum. He was
stricken with epilepsy following a six
year pastorate In Wisconsin, where he
preached once a week in an epileptic
hospital.
Chicago Steel freighter Launched.
The 440 foot steel freighter, John
Mitchell, built for C. W. Elphlckle. of
Chicago, was launched at St. Clair,
Mich., Wednesday. It was christened
by Miss Isabella Mitchell, of Cleve.
land.
Tragedy of Dakota Plain.
Vincent Spllner, his wife and two
children, of Wells county, N. D., lost
their way while driving home from a
neighbor's. Mr. Spilner and one child
were frozen to death, while Mrs. Spil
ner Is In a precarious condition.
Kloux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the'
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Top steers. 4 50. Top hogs, $6 15.
Senator Smoot'a Niece Weds.
Miss Virginia I.ee .Smoot, niece of
United States Senator Smoot. of Pitts
burg, Pa., were married Thursday
night by Rev. J. U Brandt, pastor of
the First Christian church of fit,
I.ouls, her residence.
Australia to Attack Oil TruU.
It la rumored at Melbourne that the
federal government contemplates
prosecuting the Australian represent
ative of the American Oil company
combine under the anti-trust act.
MAY UK HK1NSTATKD.
President Claim Power In Cose ol
Troop.
President Roosevelt holds that he
has the power to reinstate In the army
any of the members of the three com
panies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
regiment of colored soldiers who were
discharged without honor as a result
of the trouble nt Brownsville Tex.,
some time ago. If the circumstances of
any Individual case Justifies such ac
tion. Whether he will avail himself of
hat power, according to the president.
will depend on such evidence as may
be presented to him In the case of any
one or more soldiers, which will tend
clearly to exculpate them from ' any
participation In the Incident.
This Is In conformance with the an
nouncement he made while away to
Secretary Taft. when the latter tele
graphed the president stating that ap
plication had been made by a number
of persons for a rehearing. The pres
ident wants evidence, not deductions,
as he told some of his callers Tuesday,
of non-partlclpatlon before anything
may be done.
Some statement Is expected from
the White House In a few days defining
the president's attitude and clearly
outlining his reasons for ordering the
discharge of tho three companies f
men. He is awaiting certain data
bearing on the subject, and some com
munication from persons Interested,
before making any statement.
Charles W. Anderson, collector ol
Internal revenue at New York. and Kin-
met J. Scott, secretary to Hooker T.
Washington, called upon the president
In behalf of the discharged men. They
made an earnest argument In behalf
of the Innocent men of the company
who want to be reinstated. . They
had no particular program of action
to present to the president.
CIIOLF.HA VIIU'S KILLS.
F.xerlnicnts on Prisoner at Manila
lrove Fatal.
As a result of experiments with
cholera virus at Bilihid prison. Ma
nila, ten prisoners out of twenty-four
who were inoculated have died. The
experiments were conducted by Dr. U.
P. Strong, of the bureau of science.
The deaths took place it few days after
they were Inoculated. It is declared
by the investigators that the fatalities
resulted from contamination of the vi
rus with the bubonic plague virus.
Cholera virus is in constant use here
and had proved beneficial previously.
It has been used in Spain In thou
sands of cases with excellent results.
Qov. Gen. Smith In a statement to the
public exonerated Dr. Strong, and de
clared that the commission would take
care of the families of the dead prison
ers.
.ION CITY OWES MILLION'S.
All the Interests of the Church Are to
Be Assigned to Creditors.
Announcement Is made that John
Alexander Dowle, Wilbur Voliva and
the leaders of Zlon are willing to as
sign all the 1 iterests of the church to
the city's creditors. Henceforth Zlon's
factories will be administered by a
hoard of directors consisting of seven
members, headed by Receiver John
C. Hately. Its constitution will Include
three capitalists who are not followers
of Dowie's faith, und this, Is Is believ
ed, will Insure the disinterested man
agement of the affairs.
The Indebtedness of Zion City, It Is
said, amounts to approximately $6.
000,000, distributed among Zionists
throughout the world, owners of the
land on which the city is built, and
small Individual holders of Zion pa
per. HALL FliOOR COLLAPSKS.
Woman Killed and Several Other
Person Injured in New York.
M.'S. Rebecca Schwartz was killed,
a dozen other persons were so badly
injured that they had to be taken
to the city hospital, and fifteen more
or less seriously hurt Sunday night
at Newark, N. J., when the floor of
the lobby of a hall which Is used on
Sunday nights as a Jewish theater col
lapsed beneath the weight ef people
standing on It.
When the doors of the hall weru
thrown open there was a rush for tick
ets, and almost 100 persons gathered
within the space. The floor suddenly
began to give way, und there was a
mad rush, in the midst of which the
entire floor dropped, carrying down
with It the ticket office. Some of the
'njured may die.
Cotton Take Big Jump.
There wus a sensational advance in
November contracts at the opening of
the cotton exchange Tuesday morning
on the covering of belated shorts, who
purchased 2,000 bales and sent the
price up about 90 points, or 14. CO a
bale over the closing figures Monday
night.
Lone Man Holds the Mine.
Louis Hhulley, who shot and fatally
wounded William Watson during a
card game at Linton, Ind., Sunday and
then took refuge with a shotgun and
ammunition In a Tower Hill coal mine,
had not made his appearance at noon
Monday and 300 miners were unable
'o go to work.
Was Murder and Suicide.
Coroner Stutx, of I'pper Sandusky,
,0., has rendered a verdict that the
death of Mrs. Henry Harman and
daughter Mary was a case of murder
and suicide. He says the daughter
killed her mother and herself with
morphine.
Ruins In Yuba Pan Burned,
The ruins of Yuba Dam, Cal., once a
famous Mining camp, and made more
famous by Bret Harte's poem, was de
stroyed by Are Tuesday morning.
TRAIN lUinnUl A MKRK BOY.
Captured Missouri Bandit I Only 20
Years Old.
The bandit who held up the Chica
go and Alton train Sunday night be
tween (ilasgow and Slater, Mo., wat
brought to the county Jal at Marshall,
Mo.. Monday afternoon and immedi
ately opened negotiations with tho
prosecuting attorney, offering to make,
a full confession If (he charge against
him was made burglary. In Missouri
the extreme penally for train robbery
Is death, the minimum ten years' Im
prisonment. The p-OBecutor refused
any concession and the bandit then
volunteered a statement as follows:
"My name Is Claude Randall, my
age i!0 years nnd 9 months.. I fime
from St. I-ouls to Mexico, Mo., on tho
Wabash and from Mexico to Slater on
the Chicago and Alton railroad. My
brother was the one who robbed tho
Ooldeii State limited, und he told me
that the Uolden State limited did not
stop between Slater and Mexico, and
for that reason I came to Slater to
Ket on the train. 1 got In the smok
ing car and went through It and rob
bed two or three other cars.
"When the train reached Glasgow
I got off the platform, and as the
train started to move I mounted It
uffiilu anil commenced to go through
the passengers In u sleeping car, where
I allowed the conductor to get too
close to me. and he grabbed my pistol
and my throat. He then wrenched
the pistol from me, and I broke and
ran to the back or the train. Many nt
the passengers and all of the train
crew rushed upon me while the train
was In motion, struck me upon th
head with the pistol and tried 1 1
throw me overboard while the tra.li
was running thirty miles an hour. The
train soon stopped and I was captured
and put off at Armstrong and brought
from there next mornjng to Glas
gow and from there to this place.
"I was born near Gerald City, Mo.,
and was out In California and came
buck to Missouri about six months ago.
I got about 11.500 and about eight or
ten watches from the passengers on
the train. I did not want this Jewelry,
but they forced me to take It."
The prisoner Is now awaiting a pre
liminary hearing, which will be held
within the next few days. It is prob
able that at that time he will be bound
over to answer the action of the
grand Jury of the next criminal court
COVPLK IXH'ND DEAD IN BED.
Wife Believed to Have Boeti Murdered
by Husband.
Mr. and Mrs. James Scott Mitchell,
of Salem, Mass., were found dead lit
bed in a rooming house at Bellevue,
east of Toledo. O... Monday morning.
When their room was entered a strong
odor of formaldehyde gas was noticed.
Coroner Vermllya rendered a verdict
of double suicide.
Later Investigation, however, reveal
ed facts which it is said tended to
show that Mitchell drugged his wife
and caused her deuth and then com
mitted suicide by the same means. The
two had been traveling together for
several yeurs, the woman being a
palmist, known as Ollle Courtlaud. No
cause for the murder or suicide Is
know n.
INFERNAL MACHINE BY MAIL.
Attempt to Assassinate OllUial of u
Pennsylvania Town.
An attempt was made Tuesday by
unknown purtles to kill Burgess A. C.
Marsh, of Washington. Pu.. through
the medium of an Infernal machine
which he received by mall. The ar
rangement failed to explode when
opened. It was carefully prepared,
and when opened three sticks of dyna
mite fastened together with a wire.
were found. A percussion cap was at
tached to one of the sticks. The send,
ing of the infernal machine Is cred
ited to the Black Hand society, which
has been active In Washington for
months and which Burgess Marsh has
tried to break up.
Mgr. Stable w ski Dead.
Mgr. Stablewskl, Human Catholic
archbishop of I'osen, who recently had
been active In combating the German
government's order to teach the chil
dren of Poland religion In the German
tongue, was found dead in a chair in
his study at Posen, Prussian Poland.
Monday. His death was caused by
heart disease.
Caruso Score a Point.
Judge O'Sulllvan, In the court of
Keneial session at New York Monday
signed an order granting the right to
appeal from the decision of the police
magistrate In the case of Enrico Ca
ruso, the Italian opera singer found
guilty of annoying women In Central
park.
School Officials Indicted.
C. G. Hutledge, cashier of Ayers Na
tional bank, and J. A. Overmeyer,. a
druggist, both members of the board
of education at Jacksonville, 111., were
indicted Monday on a charge of mak
unlawful contracts in purchasing sup
plies for public schools.
Artist Walter Faii Dead.
Walter Faris, a well known water
color painter of Washington, died
Monday from paralysis. Ho was (4
years old and a native of England.
Against Dvulh Penalty. .
The Wench parliamentary commis
sion to which the matter was referred
to by two votes reported In favor of
the abolishment of the death penalty
and the substitution of life Imprison
ment. Chairman Shout (Joining Home.
Mr. Shunts, chairman of the Pana
ma canal commission left Panama
Tuesday for New York. At Colon he
will confer with all of the chiefs of de.
Apartments before sailing.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OP THE WEEK IN A COX
DENSKD FORM.
Sin k or Old CoM W Dug l'p Money
Burled Half Century Ago Is Found
Xcar Rule Dates of Money Hanged
from 1720 to 188.
William Evans, of Rulo. while din
ging near the Rulo elevator, discover
ed a small sack of old money. He
waa widening the ditch that leads
the surplus water from the engine
room, when his spado struck a hard
.substance. H. II. Mann, the general
'manager, examined It and found It
iwas two B0-cent pieces that, had be
kiome stuck together by mud. Digging
still deeper, he dug up a small sack
containing about t'lb In money, mostly
.;in small pieces, dimes, half dimes, dol
lars, half dollars, quarters and a few
$2.80 gold pieces. Some Spanish and
I 'Mexican coins were mixed with it. The
dates of the coins varied from 1729 to
1 18S8. One gold piece bore the latter
date and was as bright ns though new.
The corners were sharp, as If It had
been handled but little. This money
was probably burled In the sixties,
during the Jayhawker times there.
Mr. Easly. a retired merchant of
Rulo, used to live In a house that was
located over this spot. Mr. Randolph
Jived there later, but when the $1,000.
000 bridge was built this house wan
moved to make way for the laying of
the new road bed. There was a cellar
under this arid the grade thrown up
went down to It, and indications go to
show that this money was hidden or
burled in this cellar. One piece of sil
ver, as large as the bottom of a tea
cup, bore the words, "Peru, M. J."
i The dates represent nearly every
I year from 1729 to 1868 and their val
( ue, according to the prices advertised
' by buyers of rare coins, will perhaps
amount to several hundred dollars.
(iOKS FOR KIDNAPED BOY.
Father Take the I.ltUe One with Him
to Baltimore.
Sheriff James Dunkel left Tuesday
for Baltimore where L. Wlnakur. a
traveling man, is held on the charge
of kidnaping a 12-year-old boy, the
on of Mrs. Bruner, head waitress of
the Koehler hotel, formerly of Lin
coln. It Is stated tluit the man was
attached to the child and held out to
It that he could secure for It a better
home. Letters from the boy after he
had reachvd Baltimore Indicated that
he desired to come home and hi1
mother should be quick to
act as the man was going to
take him farther aw-ay. Mrs. Bruner
was almost frantic.vat e loss of the
boy and upon hearing' from him Sher
iff Dunkel immediately telegraphed
to have the boy and the man In whose
company he would be found, held.
TO FIGHT DIVORCE,
Mr. Sample Vimilling to Release Nc
. brusku Husband.
Mrs. Susan O. Sample, of Boston,
has retained counsel to fight the suit
for divorce brought by her husband,
Thomas Sample, of Ueatrlcc. She
came here last August with her three
children after her husband's alleged
desertion of her, and was surprised
j to learn a few weeks later thut he had
I obtained a divorce from her In South
j Dakota. She Immediately secured
counsel and succeeded In having the
decree set aside. Sample has now
brought suit for another divorce In or
der to remarry Mrs. Grace Rackley, of
Beatrice, whom he had married Im
mediately after the Dakota divorce.
CAN DRINK, IH'T NOT TREAT.
liquor Drummer Victim of Ixinjc I n
used Section of Slocuin Uw.
After lying dormant for nearly
twenty years, the antl-treatlng section
of the Slocum liquor law was revived
at the clllage of Dorchester.
A representative of a Kansas City li
quor house named Mitchell, who treat
ed some of his customers and others,
was arrested and fined $50 and costs,
i It was the first conviction under the
' statute.
Celebrate Anniversary.
The first anniversary of the estab
lishment of the Home for the Aged In
West Point was properly celebrated
by a social entertainment given by the
local clergy. This institution, ham
pered as it has been for want of funds,
has accomplished a wonderful amount
of good among the aged and Indigent
persons of the community.
l ined $5 a Bird.
C. A. Nott, u farmer from Wheeler
county, was fined $100 and costs by
County Judge Leslie for bringing to
Omaha more prairie chickens than the
law permits one person to have In his
possession. Nott pleaded guilty to
having seventy birds, which Is twenty
in excess of th number allowed, and
was fined $5 for each bird.
Witnesses In Itlcliurtls Caw.
I'nlted States Marshul Proctor, of
Omaha, hus been busily engaged in
serving subpoenas on a number of citt
zens of Alliance to put In their ap
pearance at Omaha on Dec. 1 as fritt
ed States witnesses In the now well
known Bartlett-Rlchards lund fcnclnn
case.
Laborer Robbed by Roommates.
James Kedfern, a railroad luborer,
was robbed of $100 recently in a room
In the Clancy block at Beatrice. Two
of his companions, John Gordon and
William Wagner Is In Jul I and Gordon
i alleged to have skipped out.
Store at Burwell Robbed.
The first real burglary ever pulled off
In Burwell was done on Monday night
when burglars entered the general
merchandise store of I. W. McGrew
and succeeded in getting about $40
from the cash drawer and made an
.unsuccessful attempt to blow the safe
with nitroglycerin.
I.)on Wins Two Games.
The Lyons team defeated the Mlalr
Commercial college basketball five at
'Lyons Tuesday night, 31 to 17. Lyons
high school defeated Liberty, 17 to 1(.
HARDSHIP TO HORSE OWNERS.
State Ollicl.U lAiks Funds to Investi
gate Caws of Glanders.
Although several hone owner Ir.
the state aro chafing under the restrlc.
tlons of quarantine established by
State Veteiinurlun C. A. McKlm. thero
seems to be no prospect of speedy re
lief, as the expense account of the da
pnrtment has been overdrawn und Dr.
McKlm will have to pay his own ex
penses If he visit his patient and
withdraws the restrictions. At Wll
sonvllle, St. Edwards nnd Monowl,
horses havo been placed under strict
quarantine because of exposure to the
glanders. The veternniinn expected
to visit I hem this w eek, but when he
found out the condition of his appro
priation he changed his mind.
N'o legal manner In which the ban
cun be raised from these horse which
have been ordered Into confinement
can be figured out unless the owners
offer to pay the veterinarian's ex
penses. He will not release them by
mail because he has no Idea whether
they have developed the disease or not.
If the horsemen take the matter In
their own hands und use the animals
iiKutn without the npprovul of tho
slut,, veterinary department they lay
themselves liable to the law.
The appropriation for the veterinary
tlcpurtment for the last blennlum was
$4,400, which is $600 less than that of
the two previous years. This came
aohut because Dr. Thomas turned
buck $600 of his appropriation of $5.
000. Of the $4,400. tho salary of tho
chief amounted to $3,000, while $400
goes to assistants with $500 for each
year for expenses. The state auditor
has even refused to allow the assist
ants their expenses. Several of tho
warrants for this Item Hre now "held
up" In the ofllce of Mr. Seaiie.
Dr. McKlm consulted Gov. Mickey
TueBduy afternoon and was directed
to incur no expenses, a tho governor
does not wish to report n deficiency In
the department.
SAMPLE GIHS DIVORCE AGAIN.
Beatrice Man May Now .Marry Ills
Wife a Seenml Time.
Thos. Sample wus Salurduy grant
ed a divorce, from his first wife, Mrs.
S. O. Sample, of Boston, by Judge
Kelllgar at Beatrice. This Is the sec
ond time the samu couple have been
divorced. The former decree was Is
sued about a year ago and Sumplu
soon afterwards married Mrs. Grace
Racklry of Beatrice. The decree was
then set aside, making Sample the
husband of two wives.
The case came up for hearing Sat
urday to determine whether the first
decree should have been granted or
not, and the first Mrs. Sample resist
ed her husband's effort to secure re
lease. Since the setting aside of the
decree Sample and his second wife
have been livlngapart, fearing a. com
plaint of bigamy would be instituted
against them. Tim decree granted
klmpilneH the tangle -tonslrterably, and
Sample and Mrs. Rackley will now be
married again, the former marriage
having been annulled.
FIGHT ON AMENDMENT.
Railroads Said to Be Planning to Test
Ijegnllty of Measure.
It is reported In Lincoln on good au
thority that tho railroads Intend to
fight the amendment to tho constitu
tion providing for a railway commis
sion by going Into court at an early
date. The report Is that the railroads
will enjoin the canvass of the vote on
the amendment by the legislature and
endeavor to stop proceedings right at
the start.
To prevent the rallrouds from block
ing legislation by killing off the rail
way commission a freight rate bill will
be Introduced and pussed, to become
effective providing the railway com
mission Is knocked out.
OFFICIAL NEBRASKA RETVHNS.
Sheldon's Plurality for Governor 12,.
V7.1, and Majority 4,808.
The ofllclal count on the late elec
tion for heads of the state tickets hart
been completed. The vote was as fol
lows: Sheldon, Republican, 97,858.
Shallenberger, Democrat, 84,885.
Sutton, prohibitionist, 5,106.
Tuylor, socialist. 2.999.
Sheldon's plurality, 12,973; majori
ty, 4.868.
Tho Republicans elected ult their
state cundidutes.
EDWARDS GI ILTV OF M I'RDER.
Jury Says the Voting Man Was Re
sponsible for Death.
After deliberating six und a half
hours the Juiy before which Everltt
Edwards was tried, returned a verdlot
of guilty.
Edwards is the young man who was
arrested on the charge of murdorlng
Miss Annn Orlsh of Kearney, soma
months ago, by means of a criminal
operation from which the girl died. A
motion for u new trial was overruled
by the court and the prisoner will be
sentenced In a few days.
Boy KIU.il by a Horse.
The 12-yeur-old son of A. Heesack
er, living neur Hay Springs, was found
dead on the prairie, his skull crushed
und the shoe and overshoe from one
foot missing. The lad had been riding
u horse, and It Is believed that he was
thrown off and that, his little foot fait
In the stirrup, he was dragged to a
horrible death.
Burlington Pays Taxes.
The Buffalo county treasurer has re
ceived a check from the Burlington
railroad for the sum tf $7,524.27 In
payment of the taxes of the road for
the year $1906. of this amount $1,
909.84 was psld under protest, leaving
$S. 61 4.43 as the sum the road consid
ers Its Just tax.
DcMt at Alliam-e Burned.
The Burlington depot waa entirely
destreyed by fire early Saturday morn
ing. This Is the second fire In this
depot since lust April, when the second
floor as ilertroyed and nearly all rec
ords were lost. An entirely modern
depot will be built as soon as the ma
terial arrives.
Sluudard Oil Depot.
The Slumlord oil company has de
cided to muke Schuyler a distributing
point i f oil and gasoline tun) win pluoe
tunks for the purpose east of the city.
fife11
Secretary of State-elect Junkla
mad two appointment, Mrs. Harrtai
Fletcher to bo either recording clerk
or stenographer and Adair Galusha
voucher clerk. Both of these held
over. Treasurer-elect Brian announc
ed the appointment of Miss Basalt
Marks as stenographer. Miss Markl
came to Lincoln from Grand Island
and two years ago worked with the
Republican state committee. A. J.
Croft succeeds Frank Fltle as chief
clerk In tho otTlce of Land Commis
sioner Baton. Mr. Fitlo resigned M
go Into business at South Omaha. Th
new chief clerk Is In business at Dav
enport, Mr. Katou't old home.
The secretary of state has completed
tho compilation of the vote cast at the
recent election, but total have been
made on only a few of tho candidates,
Searle, Republican candidate for aud
itor, leads the ticket so far as total
have been made. Tho total vote w-aa
200,114. Following are the totals)
Junkin, Republican, for secretary ol
state, 98.452; Goucher, fusion, 83,606
governor, Sheldon, Republican, 97,85(1
Shallenberger, fusion, 84,875. Auditor
Searle, Republican. 97,817: Canadyy
fusion, 81,(156. Treasurer, Brian, Re
publican, 97,88$; Babnock, fusion.
82.457.
The board of public lands and
buildings Tuesday afternoon let the
following contracts: Papering repre
sentative halt and senate chamber, to
Lincoln Wall Paper company, $3,020;
cleaning carpets In back halls, Lin
coin Carpet Cleaning company, $160
food elevators for Hastings asylum.
Earl C. Westcott. $5.47$. This last
contract has been under Investigation
for soma time and the board has mad
a clean record by letting the contract
over again to the same party at ths
same price.
Addison Walt has bean appointed
deputy and Thomas W. Smith has
been appointed bookkeeper by Seor.
itary of State-elect Junkin. Mr. WaU
Is at present chief clerk In tho banking
department, which position he .I'M
held for two years. Previous to i-hat
he was bookkeeper in the otftd of Seo
Iretary of State March. He resides In
Syracuse, Otoe county. Mr. Smith vu
formerly mayor of University Place.
Richard L. M steal fe, associate ed.
tor of the Commoner, la to become an
.author. Mr. Metcalfs's book vtill eon
I tain a compilation of hi non-pnlltloal
I writings and some other articles which
have not yet been published and tM
-inanyaorlpUla now In tha hand th
, printer. The book will contain about
200 pages and will, as indicated by
the title, be stories of especial Interest
t'j children and the parents of chil
dren. It Is said that Gov. -elect George U
Sheldon will make no appointment
until after he Is Inaugurated and will
not until he has thoroughly looked In
to the details of his ofllce. Mr. Shel
don, It Is reported, has made no
pledges to anyone so far as appoint
ments are concerned and merit rathei
than political pull will decide the per
sonnel of his administration.
Members of tho senior and Juntos
classes at tho state university held an
other Indignation meeting to axpresi
their disapproval. of the order of th
school authorities for the boys and
girls to room lit separate apartment
nouses. A resolution was adopted
condemning the order of the teacher
and the same will be presented In du
time to the board of regent.
Men prominent In the general aynooj
of the Lutheran church met In Lin
coln last week to take over on behalf
of the synod the Tabltha horn proper
ty, which will be established a a
Lutheran hospital, orphanage and
deasonessas' training -school. An
nouncement was made that tha Luth
eran seminary will be moved to IJn
coln from Atohisoti, Kan.
Though Auditor Searle, Secretary
of State-elect Junkin and Treasurer,
elect Brian were all In the state nous
at the same time, and though these
men compose tho state printing board,
a secretary was not chosen. On
member of the board said while he
looked for no change In this position
he thought the appointment would not
be made until after Jan. 1.
Th new treasurer and the new sec
retary of state were both at tho stats
house Wednesday and went through
their offices and called upon th old
officers. Both were besieged from th
time they struck the building until
they left by anxious applicants and
both were tracked to the hotel at
noon by various cabinet maker.
Most of the county papers which
published the notice of the eonstltu
tlonal amendment have filed their
vouchers with the secretary of state
for $52.50, This Is an extra charge of
$2.00 for tho extra week the notice
was published.
Fire destroyed the barn of Wes
ley Jones on South Thirtieth street.
Lincoln, burning to death two horses
and a mule, besides considerable har
nesa. It I not known how th blaz
originated. The bam was of llttl
value.
Treasurer-elfL-t Brian announced
the appointment of Henry V. Lehr a
deputy treasurer. Mr. Lehr Uvea at
Albion, and for six yeurs was treas
urer of Boone county.
James Perry, of Douglas county,
wunted for the murder of Steve field
ilk, Is under arrest In Douglas, Wyo,
Gov. Mickey Issued a repulsltlon for
his return to Nebraska to stand trial
Ha is charged with murder In th first
degree.
Superintendent Johnson, of the fee
ble minded Institute at Beatrice, will
be an applicant for th poaltton of
superintendent of tha Lincoln asylum,
providing Superintendent Hay do
not apply for ttje plac.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
SHORT, IMPRESSIVE TEMPCR
ANCE 8ERM0NS.
Many Danver l.nrk la the rinwl&ar
Howl nrlsfct ana ln.flaeatte.1 Meat
lleve Been Dragged Dona by lk
Demon I) Halt.
Luther Burlmiik. the "Plant Wlxard-
of Santa Boss, Oil., and probably the
most famous horticulturist in tho
world, .hit some ssltlvo convictions on
tin' rum and tobacco question. From
n recent Interview with Cliamc H. An
drews, published In tlm New Yo.k
Time, covering whole page, of thut
pHH-r, we clip the following:
' "I id you think that whisky mid to
bacco Impair the faculty or work!" I
nskeil. He replied:
"If I answered your question sim
ply by saying that I never use tobnv
und alcohol In any form, and very
l h rely either coffee or ten, you might
say Hint whs a persomii preference an J .
proved nothing. But I can prove t
you most conclusively that the mild
use of stimulants Is Incompatible with
work requiting accurate attention and
dctlnlte coiu-entmtloii. To assist me lit
my work of building -work that Is nn
accurate sntl exacting lis watchmaking:
- I lisve a force of some, twenty men.
I discharge men from this force at the
II -: Himw of Incompetency, gome tlm
U'M my foreman asked me if I took
pain to Inquire into the personal bah
Its of uiy men. On being answered li
the negative, he surprised me by say
ing that the uien I found unable to dc
the delicate work of budding Invari
ably turned out to be nmokcrs vu!
drinkers. These men, whllo able td
do the rough work of farming, call
budding aud other delU-ate work 'put
tering,' and have W give It up owliiff
to au Inability to concentrate thlr
nerve force. Kven men who smoke on
cigar a day I cannot Intrust with some
of my del leal e work. Cigarette ar
eveu more damaging than elijar, and
their use by young boy I little s&ort
of criminal."
The limit Movemeat.
Tuue: "Trsnip, Tramp, Tramp."
There's a movement strong and grand
Spreading over all the land,
(living Joy and peace and glailnesa
the world,
'Tis a battle for tbe right,
And our boys are iu tbe fight,
And our aut! in loon tiannnr is nnfurledv
Vt, vote, ote,h boys are nm iVlil.it, ''
Cheer up, comrades ; coyer yield. '
We are ready for the fray
And we're sure to win the day,
Then we'll drive the league of liquor fj
from the field.
Shall our birthright be deoledT
Shall w see our laws defied
By a league of linuor drslers who de
in nnd
With their scornful," bitter hate
That within our own dear State
Not a law that checks their fiendish;
trade shall stand?
No, the edict hus gone forth
From the South, the Knst, the North,
From the vulleys to the highest inoun
tain domes.
With our fortunes untl our lives
We'll protect our sons aud wives
And defend the ssered altars of oar
homes.
From "Patriot ie No License Songster.
Why He Hun a aalooa.
A Western saloon keeper ha told,
the Ouiuhu Republican how ho hap
pened to Into that business. Here l
til story : "One day a man canie luto
my store when I was a merchant aud.
wanted some cheap socks. I showed,
hi in some Unit were 10 eeuU a pair,
lie asked tue If I did not have some
thing cheaper. I got down Home that
were 3 cents a pair. He looked at ,
theni some time, and Insisted that they
were too expensive, aud walked out. I
happened to step to the door and saw
hlin go Into a saloon, and I followed
hi in out of curiosity. There were sev
eral persons In tbo saloon, and tbe matt .
cnUed tltotu up and treated: He spent
H() cent for booze. concluded when
h man kicked on buying socks ut ft
cents a pair aud Immediately spent H
cents for booze, thut the vsaloon busi
ness wus the one I wanted to eugug
In, so I got Into It as soon hs posfil
hie." Waste aad Waat.
Rev. Father Paul recently delivered a
vigorous tctniHTiUice uddreaa before tha
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, nt Dub
lin, Ireland, In which be vigorously
scored the liquor evil a one of tbe
cuiisos of (siverty and lack of employ
ment among the Irish eople. Anion f
oilier Hllrrlug statements, he made tha
following :
"In Dublin, w biM'e there Is audi a
dearth of employment, It is estlu'.Qtedl
that tl,(HMi,iHKi a year, almost .1.000 a
day. Is squandered In drink. Why, 10,
sh) would sturt it factory, and 10tM
given to uu Irish county to-morrow
would see the mill wheoU going all
ii lom; It livers. A million sterling
would keep all our people at li-mV., and
yet that Mini U squuuilcrvd every year
ii Dublin alone."
The Klnl Teetotal Pld.
The seventy-fourth anniversary of
the signing of the tlrst lOugllsh teetotal
pledge, drafted at Preston by the lat
Joseph Llvesuy, was celebrated oa
Sept. I. The original has passed Into
tbe pussessioii of John Cook, the head
of the well known tourist agency, and
I still carefully preserved In a stM ig
flame. Mr. Llvesay's sou William,
now residing nt Preston, la In his
ninety first year, und Is the oldeal
pledged teetotaler lu the world,
