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DAKOTA COUNTY . HERALD,
VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1906.
NUMBER 18.
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SUMMARY OP THE NEWS CP
THE WHOLB WORLD.
! ENTIRE WALK IS HIS
NKGllO KOLMEit Iiritl.S AVHITIJ
WOMAN TO etrrrEK.
'Membra1 of Itcgtinmt Involved In
Brownsville Affair Likely Would
Have Been Lynched If Caught-Victim
. Wife of 1 Ilcno Physician.
Race feeling la at white heat and
threats of lynching are heard on every
hand as a result of an assault commit
ted on Mrs. T. S. Clifford, wife of a
prominent physician of El Reno,
Okla., Thursday afternoon by a negro
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
Mrs. Clifford and her sister, Mrs. S
H. Clarke, were attempting to pass the
soldier when he viciously grabbed Mrs.
Clifford around the waiBt and threw
her Into the street, exclaiming that the
sidewalk belonged to him.
Mrs. Clifford screamed" for assist
once, but the assailant escaped before
help arrived.
News of the attack spread rapidly
and the entire police department, re
inforced by several hundred men and
boys, searched the town and surround
ing country, but Thursday evening the
chase was given up. The negro was
In uniform and must return to the post
or become a deserter.
Word was sent to Port Reno and all
.absentees noted. Both Mrs. Clifford
and her sister are posltlvo they can
Identify the man and will go to Fort
Reno and attempt to pick him from
the soldiers who were out of the porl
when the assault occurred.
THOUSANDS MAY PERISH.
,Ton Million Oiilneso Arc Earing Star
vation. A Victoria, B. C. dispatch says:
I China has decided to appeal to Eu
rope and -America for $ 1,250,000 for
the relief of the famine sufferers in
central Chi 'a, where 10,000,000 Chi
nese are faced with starvation this
winter, according to advices from the
orient. People, maddened by hunger,
are reported 'to be pillaging the , A-
mens of officials. A foreigner who has
reached Shanghai from the famine
stricken district says men and women,
naked excepting a few rsgs around
their loins, are seen by the roadsides
starving, with naken children at their
breasts.
i The famine threatens to equal the
appalling one thirty years ago which
devastated and destroyed hundreds of
thousands of people. " From one point
the outlook U worse than then, as the
district Is now more thickly populated
TERRIER'S BITE FATAL.
A New York Woman Dies of Hydro
phobia After Short Illnees.
Mrs. Charles Weeks, aged 60, of
j New Rochelle, N. Y., died at her home
from hydrophobia Thursday. '
She was bitten three weeks ago by
,a small fox terrier that her husband
'found In the street. On the day It
bit her she was playing with It. The
dog exhibited no signs of rabies, and
not of the family thought anything of
the Incident. A few days ago Mrs.
'Weeks wsa taken 111, and from the fir si
exhibited sysmptoms of rabies.
British Towns Snowbound.
A blizzard which commenced Christ
Alas night continued throughout Great
Britain Thursday. The country dis
tricts In the most northern parts of
ithe country are snowbound, trains are
blocked, roads are impassable and ru
ral villages are temporarily cut off
ifrom communication with each other.
IA number of deaths have been report
ed in the bleak Scottish hills.
Declare Strike Broken.
The Southern Pacific officials at El
Paso, Tex., Thursday declared the flre
rnien'g strike virtually broken. They
jaay all trains are arriving practically
ion time, and freight is 'being accepted
ias usual. The firemen, through Joseph
Bedford, grievance chairman of that
'district, declare they will tie up the
Harrlman and connecting systems
completely.
One Killed In CoIlUlon.
In a collision between a Big Four
tugine and an Interurban car at Dan
ville, III., Thursday, Charles Burnett,
it Mattoon, was killed and Conductor
iGarver, of the traction car, seriously
Injured; Robert Ttngler, a St. Louis
passenger, roceived fatal Injuries and
Elijah Watkins, of Fithlan, was pain
fully hurt.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
fClty live stock market follow: Top
jbeeves, $5.45. Top hogs, $6.20.
Dank Teller to Prinon.
William C. Anderson, former assist
ant paying teller In the First National
bank, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty
rThursday to the embezzlement of
j$M00 of the bank's funds and was
sentenced to four years In the penlten-
tUry
More Pay for Firemen.
Beginning Jan. 1, the pay of all flre
tnen on the Big Four system will be In
creased on an average of 7.77 per
cent.
fkowxs ron Ireland.
Archbishop's Sermon In IMsfavor at
Vatican.
The local press of Rome has pub
lished the summary which appeared In
the Paris Matin of the sta'.ement Is
sued by Archbishop Island, of St. Paul,
on the France-vatlcan conflict. This1
summary has not found favor with the
Vatican authorities, as it blames the
French clergy, who are praised by the
pope. The Osservatore Romano says
this summary should be accepted with
reserve as coming from an , Infected
source, and explains that the corre
spondent of the Matin In New York
may have misunderstood the archbish
op. In spite of the denials of the French
government that It has made any re
ply regarding the Vatican's protest to
the powers on the subject of expulsion
from France of Mgr. Montagnlnl, un
til recently secretary of the papal
nunciature at Paris, the Vatican has,
been positively Informed that M.
Plchon, the minister of foreign affairs
for France, has made verbal state
ments In answer to this protest to sev
eral diplomatic representatives at Par
Is and that he telegraphed the min
ister's communication to their respect
ive governments.
According to the Vatican's authority
M. Plchon said that Mgr. Montagnlnl
had no diplomatic standing; that the
papers sequestrated at the nunciature
were unimportant, the Important doc
uments having been removed pre
viously, and as tho French government
had not allowed the papal nuncio to
correspond with the French bishops,
much less could it permit Mgr. Mon
tagnlnl to do so,
, The Vatican now declares with au
thority that the statement that docu
ments were removed from the nunci
ature before that building was search
ed Is unfounded and calculated to de
ceive, and avers that It did not ema
nate from the Vatican, but from the
French government.
srnwAY FOR SPOKAXE.
Franchise to Up Asked for Million Dol
lar Project.
Spokane is to have a million dollar
subway, one mile in length, to connect
the passenger and freight terminals
of tho Spokane and Inland Empire
Railway company, for which a fran
chise will be asked at the next meet
ing the city council. In making the
official announcement Jay P. Graves,
president of the company, which has
160 miles of electric line In its sys
tem in eastern Washington and Ida-
Trt, "said It Is prOposed-ailwr to "tmUda-
line to Nine Mile Bridge, where work
' Is progressing on a $900,000 power
house, and another to the granite
quarries on the Little Spokane river,
making in all 200 miles of line. The
.subway will be 32 feet deep, 38 feet
wide, the crown being 4 feet below
j the surface of the street, the company
I asking the right of way to operate
' either steam or electric trains over
' double tracks. The last named clause
Is looked upon by prominent railroad
men to mean that traffic arrangements
will be made with the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railway to give It
entrance to Spokane for the latter's
main line at Tekoa, Wash. Mr. Graves
announces also the subway, which is
to be In the heart of the business dis
trict, will be in operation In two
years, work beginning ten days after
the granting of the franchise.
SHE MUST PAY FOR JEWELS.
Mme. Gould Held Jointly Liable for
Gems Purchased.
Three remaining suits by Paris,
creditors, with the object of making
.Madame Gould (formerly Countess
Bonl de Castellane) Jointly responsible;
with the count for certain claims, wero
decided Wednesday.
The court found she was In no way
responsible for the claims of M. Zetg-
ler, one of the largest creditors, who
claimed It had been the practice of
the Castellanes ever since the mar
rlage to appeal to him to extricate
them from financial difficulties; but
held her Jointly liable for Jewels val
ued at $24,000, purchased from Mile.
Nlmldoff, of Odessa, who sold the Jew
els to the count through an Interme
diary Jeweler.
The court also found Madame Gould
Jointly responsible for the sum of
$57,000, the balance due to the Har
togs for a Jewelry bill amounting to
about $137,000, provided the bill was
not paid. Three experts were appoint-'
ed to appraise the value of the Jew
elry.
Killed In Dough Mixer.
Falling into a sponge mixer full of
dough, which he was feeding Wednes
day, H. D. Vanklrk, of Columbus, O.
whirled round and round until every
bone In his body was crushed before
the machine was stopped and his body
was extricated.
Called to Washington for Conference.
United States Attorney Robert T.
Devlin, of San Francisco, has gone to
Washington In response to a telegram
from Attorney General Bonaparte,
who summoned him there for consul
tation, presumably in connection
the Japanese question.
Traveler Drops Bomb.
An unknown traveler dropped a
bomb In the railway station at Khar
kov, Russia, Wednesday upon alight'
lng from an incoming train. Two,
passengers were killed and many
wounded by tho explosion.
Three Persons Asphyxiated.
James Harris, his wife, 13-year-old
on and t-year-old daughter were as
phyxiated by natural gas which es
caped from a stove in their home in
Niagara Falls, Out., Wednesday night.
IX APTEAti TO ROOT.
PIeront Morgan and OUmt Would
Prod LcoM)Ul.
A letter signed by J. Plorpont Mor
gan, T)f, Lyman Abbott and other
prominent citizens of New York was
addressed to Secretary of State Elihu
Root Tuesday, directing his attention
to conditions in the Congo Free Btate,
where. It Is asserted, flagrant Inhu
manity exists," and urging him on be
half of the American people to use the
"moral support" of the United States
government to correct the abuses the
Congo natives are alleged to be suffer
ing from.
The communication Is as follows:
"Over a year has passed since the
report of the commissioners chosen by
the chief executive and virtual owner
of the Congo to Investigate conditions
In that state was published. In spite
of their natural desire to give all pos
sible credit to their sovereign, the
commissioners felt constrained to re
port the existence of measures and
practices of flagrant inhumanity.
Among those measures and practices
are the following:
"1. The exaction of a labor tax so
oppressive that many natives on whom
It falls have little, If any freedom.
"J. Appropriation of land to such
an extent that the natives are practi
cally pensioners within their own ter
ritory. "3. The employment, under author
ity of the government, as sentries of
cruel, brutish blacks, chosen from
hostile tribes, who murder, pillage and
jrape the people for whose protection
the government ts avowedly establish
ed. "4. The abuse of the natives by
i white representatives of officially rec
iognlzed companies. '
"6. That the binding of little chil
dren to years of labor at uncertain
wages by contracts they do not un
derstand, and even more serious mal
treatment of children supposedly un
der tho Immediate care of the gov-
i eminent.
"6. Great injustice In the adminis
tration of the courts,' so that the na
tives dread the name of Boma, the
place where the Judicial system Is cen
tralized. ,
"7, The sending out of punitive ex
peditions, not for the purpose of estab
lishing peace and order, but for the
purpose of terrifying the natives into
paying a tax which, as administered
even the commissioners regard as in-
I human.
"It is to be remembered that these
are not charges brought against the
Congo government, but findings of the
commission which , was appointed by
the chief executive of the government
to Investigate and report on the facts."
STUATTOX COXTEST EXDS.
Millions Become Avallablo for Vae of
Charity.
The executors of the estate of Win
,fleld Scott Stratton at Colorado
Springs, Cello., announce that a final
closing report will be made early in
i 1907, when work will begin Immedl
ately on the $1,000,000 Myra Stratton
; Home for the Poor.
Stratton died four years ago, but
settlement has been delayed by litiga
tion. The total Involved In suits aggre
gated $52,000,000, although the estate
Is appraised by the court at $6,000
000. Nearly all these suits have been
'dismissed or disbarred excepting that
of the state of Colorado for $358,000
Inheritance tax. Contention Is over
the Interest only. "
The executors are Dr. D. H. Rice
and Carl Chamberlain, of Colorado
Springs, and Tyson S. Dines, of Den
jver. They are also trustees of - the
home. Buildings costing $1,000,000
will be built, and the rest of the be
quest, between $4,000,000 and $5,000,
1 000, will become an endowment The
.home will probably be erected In
Stratum's Park, near Cheyenne can.
yon, in Colorado Springs' suburbs.
MACKLIX OUT OF DANGER.
Physician Says There la No Doubt of,
Captain's Recovery.
Capt. Edgar Macklin, of Fort Reno,
,Okla., continued to improve Tuesday
and his physician stated positively that
the patient would recover.
The search for te negro assailant
of Macklin Is being continued, but with
no apparent success. The murder the
ory has been discarded and the officers
are now convinced that the intent was
robbery. There was some excitement
'during the day when It was reported
that a negro suspect had been arrest
ed, but It proved that the man had
been taken for stealing cotton.
Lived Seventy-Seven Years In Asylum
Having cost the state over $10,000
Lucy Darby Is dead at the asylum at
Hopklnsville, Ky., aged 77. She was
born in the Lexington asylum, her
mother being a patient, and lived
there until she was transferred here
there until she was transferred to Hop
klnsville when 25 years old.
Col. Watterson to Go to Egypt.
Henry Watterson and Mrs. Watter-
son, of Louisville, Ky., have arrived
at Barcelona, Spain, and will remain
In that city a month, after which they
will go to Egypt.
. Discharged from Russian Army.
Lieut. Gen. Subbotich, ex-governor
general of Turkestan, has by an Im
perial order been discharged from the
army in. further punishment for all
around laxnoss displayed by him
governor general of Turkestan, for
which he was removed Oct. 29.
Minneapolis Man Cf;nnilis Suicide.
Despondent beciUHo of tho death of
his wife a year ugo I'eder Medjo,
iwell to do contractor, of Minneapolis,
I Minn., hanged himself early Tuesday,
STATE OF NEBRASKA
XEWS OF THE WEEK IX COX.
DENSLD FOlftl.
Suburban Saloon Held Vp Proprie
tor Beaten Over the Head When He
Offered Some Resistance Robber
Makes His Escape.
Using a revolver to enforce his com
mands, a young man, alone and un
masked, held up and robbod the pro
prietor and two others In August
Wolf's saloon, about one mile west of
Dundee on the Dodge street road, near
Omaha, early Friday evening. Wolf
was badly bsatcn ca the head with the
revofver when he failed to submit
properly, later becoming unconscious
from the Injuries, and Martin Tlbke,
one of the other victims, was shot at
when he tried to make a sly exit.
When the lone highwayman had se
cured all the money and valuables In
sight, amounting to $62.65 In money,
a certified check for $9.50 and a watch,
he made hla escape . and no trace ot
him has been found.
The bold holdup occurred about
6:30 o'clock. Wolf,' the proprietor,
and Tlbke, a farmer living not far
away, and a third man, whose name
has not been learned, were in the sa
loon. Wolf lives in the building with
his wife and family, the saloon taking
up one room of the residence., The
family was at home as usual, but no
alarm was spread.
That the nerve of the robber, who Is
described as being 25 years old and
smooth faced, came near falling htm
at the critical moment is apparent
from the fact' that he entered the sa
loon shortly before 6 o'clock, ordered
a drink for himself and then went
out again. ' In a few minutes he re
entered, ordered another drink, which
he took alone, and again passed out
the door. It was not until his third
entrance that he made any move to
oommlt a crime.
After the . command to throw ut
hands had been given the robber flrod
a shot to check Tlbke in an attempt to
escape, but no one was struck. Later
when Wolf offered resistance, the In
truder pounded him severely on Um
head, inflicting a number of severe
bruises. The third man made no move
and no attempt was made to Injure
him.'
DIAMONDS EV THE WASH.
Fremont Woman Sends C!otties to
Laundry, Together with Jewels.
One of the girls in the employ of n
Fremont laundry was surprised while
Ironing a union -fcultj. findB, diamond
brooch and three diamond rings at
tached to it near the waist,
i The suit had Bone though the
washing machine and the wrliiier ar..l
dryer-without the gems being discov
ered and the settings were but little
worse for wear on account of their
rough usage.
They belonged to the wife of a
wealthy business man of Fremont and
their value is estimated at 1,500. The
woman had fastened them to her 'in
jderclothes for safe keeping and h-itl
forgotten them until the proprietor cf
the laundry told her that he had them.
.Young M.in Shoots at Constable.
Charles Bolen, son of Representa
tive J. M. Bolen, of Ulysses, was ar
rested at Ulysses Thursday evening for
shooting at Constable Plglow, the shot
Just going through his coat. Sheriff
iWest was at once notified and Friday
.morning went down and brought Mr.
Bolen to David City to answer the
charge of shooting with Intent to kill,
to which he pleaded not guilty. His
preliminary hearing was set for Fri
day, Deo. 2$, and he was placed un
der $300 bonds to appear at that time,
which he furnished.
Hypnotist Sued.
Jessie Wiles, agent for the Pacific
Express company at Columbus, has
filed a petition in the district court
claiming damages from Oliver B. Grif
fith to the amount of $1,500. Mr. Grif
fith gave a hypnotic performance last
week and Wiles, at his request, went
on the stage and did almost every k''-."
of tom-fool things while hypnotized by
Griffith. Wiles now says he received
permanent injuries.
Stacked nay Burns.
Twenty-two stacks of hay belonging
to Al Tlft, on land near North Platte,
was burned Wednesday. The tonnage
destroyed was in the neighborhood oi
160, and the total loss will amount to
over $1,200. The exact origin of the
fire is unknown, but It 13 presumed ts
have been started by two boys who
were seen going in that direction for
the purpose of hunting.
New Electric Line.
The report Is that the electric rail
way from Omaha, to run in u south
.westerly direction to ArborvKle, has
jthe right of way purchauer out and has
'purchased considerable right of way.
It looks very much as If the electric
railway will be built. York, on the
south, hopes to have the company
build to York.
Hit by President's Order.
About forty people from Fremont
and vicinity are taking considerable
interest in the coal land question In
Wyoming, for each of them gave $100
,and a power of attorney to a very
smooth promoter by the name of Mil
,ler to locate a quarter section ,f coal
or oil land In Carbon county, Wyo
ming. Nine Horses Burn.
The livery barn at Waterbu.-y own
ed by James Brenlln burned Thurs
day. Nine head of horsec were
burned to death. The barn was a to
tal loss and there was no liiBursnco on
the property. The causo of the flro la
unknown.
Enfini'or Teal Drops Dead.
Andrew Teal, one of the oldest und
bent known Northwestern engineers,
who had been in the service for many
years, dropped dead from heart fail
ure at Norfolk.
IX EXCTTlXO "ROUGH HOUSE,"
Lincoln Salvation Army Idcr Hit
Leading Educator.
After an exciting "rough house" at
the Salvation army headquarters in
Lincoln Christmas morning bath See
retary C. E. Prevcy, of tho charity or
ganization, and Capt. Klndler, of the
Salvation army, were arrested and re
leased on ball. Prevcy got two black
tyee and a countenance badly disfig
ured. Ho called at the army headquar
ters with two friends to disprove an
assertion of Klndler and Is said to
have opened the excitement by calling
the latter a liar. Prevey says Klndler
did the battering. However, the cap
tain alleges that an applicant for char
ity Interfered and did the knocking.
The row Is supposed to have result
ed from the scathing letter of Dr. An
drews, of the state university, who de
nounced the army as a fake. Prevey
Is a member of the state university
faculty.
When the row started Klndler was
directing the giving away of the
Cbristmas baskets.
PAUPER INHERITS FORTUNE.
Patrick Mulligan, Inmate of Poor
house. Heir te Brother's Estate.
Patrick Mulligan, for four years an
Inmate of the Douglas county poor
house, has been found to be one of the
heirs to a large estate left htm by the
death of his brother, Andrew Mulli
gan, at Fan Francisco about a year
ago. Mulligan is nearly 10 years of
age and refuses to believe in his good
fortune until tangible evidence Is giv
en him, and In the meantime Is satis
fied to remain a charge on the county.
An Omaha law firm succeeded In
finding Patrick Mulligan at the poor
house a few days ago. He had not
heard from his wealthy brother, or,
In fact, any of his family, for years,
and supposed they were all doad. The
news of his gqpd (qrtune caused him
tho greatest surprise, but he said he
would hold his Job at the poor farm
until he raw the actual color of the
money to which ho Is supposed to be
an hel:'.
SERIOUS COLLISIOX.
Eleven Tinlnnicu Hurt and Five Cars
Damaged at Sidney,
A rather serious collision occurred
in tho Kidney yards a few days ago.
Eleven trainmen were more or less se
verely Injured and five cabooses dam
Egjd. Tho cabooses wore occupied by
tho trainmen and were being switched
in the west end of the yard. The air
on train No. 9 refused to work and
tho train ran past the depot and hit
tho cabo(s9.j on the side, causing two
of them ti turn over, and damaging
thj ethers. . t
Those Injured wero Conductors Dick
Williams and Arch Hqward and
Erakcman Le Dloyt. Morris, Nelson,
Aldrich and Garrison. Williams and
E,prrl; wre tho most severely Injur
ed. .. , ' 1 . ' '
ROAD AR'ST NOT SEIZE COAL.
Bt:r'.l;:,tc,ri Is Rcxtrulned by Federal
Court.
Tho Burlington railroad Is accused
of cnuvlnjr a famine In northwestern
Nebraska by confiscating all coal ship
ped over Its linos, in a petition for in
junction filed in the federal court at
Omaha Monday morning.
Tho petition was filed by J. " E.
Woodward & Co., coal miners, of
Dlotz, Wyr, and an Injunction was
asked restraining the Burlington from
seizing coal destined to private par
ties. Juuge Munger signed the order,
which was immediately served on the
Curllngton officials.
He u ne Burned at Xorth Platte.
Will Swlgart's house was burned at
North Platte. The fire was caused by
th explosion of a lamp, which, Mr.
Swlgurt had rellllod, and after lighting
it, stepped Into another room for a
pnlr of sitssors with which to trim the
wick. Upon returning, he found the
oil in tho lamp had caught fire and a
few seconds luter exploded, setting Are
to the entire room. Mr. Swlgart's wife
and children wero still In bed and Mr.
v.igart hud Just time enough to get
them out of tho house when the whole
interior ' In a blaze and none of
their clothing or furniture could be
saved.
Child ftcscucd from felinme.
A girl only 16 years of age, whs
gave her nvao as Madeline Brown.
was taken from a house of 111 repute
at Omaha and placed for safe keeping
In the matron' department at the city
Jail. The girl's real name Is known
and her father Is employed in Omaha
anJ U highly respected.
Stock Rucr Stirs Railroad.
J. T. Oore, a stoc.t buyer at Liber
ty, instituted a damage suit at Beat
rlco for $2,000 against the Burlington
company for delay In makfrg a shlp
ment of cattle from Denver to Chlca
go. Plaintiff alleges he lost heavily
becuuse the stock failed to arrive In
Chicago In a reasonable length of time,
BLotting Boy Located.
Ocorgo Frederick, a boy about 19
yeuri old., who mysteriously disappear
ed from his home near Beatrice sever
al month ago, has been located at
Lincoln ly his father. He Is employed
a driver for a transfer company and
offers no explanation for leaving home.
Oarnofrle L'.Sirury for TciunHch.
Tho Tecumseh city council has pass
d a r'olutlcn. and placed the same
iifn roaorii, pledging tho council to
p.nni-ary the $600 required by
'rdrew Carpejio for the maintenance
of the proposed new library building.
Lain Gives Wuy. '
Tho dam went out at Hweeiy lake,
in tho rluc, and It Is now doubtful
Aiuthcr it will be posMble to put up
"o In supp y the people of Blue Hill
The l"o put up at Blue Hill was also
h!;prd to different towns near by,
Mon wero put to work at once to re-
.air tho cam.
Mutt (Jo to K:iiool.
T'n -Ptnes of 150 children who have
.ct hltenuod school are In possession
of the chief of police at Columbus, aat
the .aw will l enforced.
Ml
Wllllnin Cnnpion, In Jul! at Seward
for child abandonment, who was par
doned recent'y by Gov. Mickey after
conviction on a paternity charge, was
sgaln pardoned Monday afternoon by
the gpvernor and the pardon Is broad
enough to cover two charges and any
order to the contrary which may be
Issued by the Judge of the district
court. The sheriff of tho county re
fused to recognize the right of the
governor to issue the pardon In this
case and attorneys tor Campion secur
ed a writ of habeas corpus from Judge
Letton returnable Jan. 3. and the pris
oner has been released under $1,000
bond. The woman In tho case has
married since Cumplon was sent to
Jail. He strenuously denied his re
sponsibility. Campion has been In jail
for over thirteen months rather than
give bond that he would pay a Judg
ment of $1,000 secured against him on
a paternity charge. The matter was
finally taken before the governor, who
after reviewing tho evidence, ordered
the man's release. The county author
ities doubted the right of the governor
to pardon In a semi-ciimlnal case and
ho was then arrested and convicted on
charge of abandoning tho child. A
hearing was held on this Monday and
the governor Issued his second pardon
to the man. '
The superlntendontof tho Institute foi
feeble minded youth, makes a show
ing In his report to tho governor that
ts not only interesting, as to amount
of valuable crop production.' but dem
onstrates what the possibilities are for
making even the unfortunates at the
Institution self-supporting, aa all of
the field crops wereralsod by the in
mates with the assistance of one farm
er. The report shows that of field
crops there were grown 532 bushels of
wheat, 118 bushels of rye, 940 bushels
of oats, 2,000 bushels of corn, 25 tons
of cune, 30 tons of alfalfa, 1,900 bush
els of potatoeu, 100 bushels of sweet
potatoes, 700 bushels of sweet corn,
600 bushels of tomatoes and 300 bush
els of onions. Beuides these there was
grown a large lot of garden vegetables,
Including 400 bushels of turnips, 150
bushels of peas, 5,000 heads of cab
bage, 200 heads of cauliflower, also
peppers, parsley, beans, cucumbers,
lettuce, egg plant, pumpkins, squash,
and many of the smaller varieties of
garden vegetables, aggregating lit the
whole at market value $7,641.35.
The annual report of the treasurer
of the university athletic board shows
the total receipts for the year were
$17,689.50 and the expenditures $15,
296.27. leaving a balance of $2,393.27.
The largest single (tern of the receipts
was Nebraska's share of the proceeds
ot tne Chicago root Dan game, s,-
280.25. The largest Item of expense
was that of guarantee and percentages
to visiting teams. $3,695.88. The fol
lowing Is a summary of the report:
Receipts from football, $14,256.70; ex
penditures, $10,713.16; balance, $3,-
642.54; receipts from baseball, $2,-
079.50; expenditures, $1,830.63; bal
ance, $248.87; basket ball receipts,
$726.25; expenditures, $771.81; deficit
$45.66; track athletic receipts, $274..
55; expenditures, $497.04; deficit,
$222.49; cost of sending cross country
team to Chicago, $138.15.
Jesse T. Trennery, of Pawnee City,
former president of the Nebraska
Bankers' association, was In Lincoln
on business and expressed himself re
garding legislation which he considers
should be enacted this winter. "A
law should be enacted whereby trust
companies could be organised with
power to administer estates," said Mr.
Trennery. "I would not favor a law
which allowed these companies to do
a banking business, but every one has
a right to have a permanent body to
administer an estate. When one man is
appointed administrator at his death
the estate is placed in Jeopard, while If
the estate is administered by a com
pany it Is a perpetual body and large
sums of money would be saved to es
tates which are now lost by the en
forcement of the present law."
.
The report of State Superintendent
McBrlen show the total resources of,
all the school districts In the state at
the close of the school year July 9,
1906, amounted to $6,485,464.70, while
'the expenditures for the school yeur
amounted to $5,452,289.05. The num
ber of schoot children In the state be
tween the ages of C and 21 ycurs was
373,829.
An effort will be mud a during the
legislature to get the revenue law
amended so that the reserve funds of
fraternal societies can be assessed and
taxed. Under the present law the su
preme court has ruled that this fund
can be offset by the outstanding poll
cles, which virtually wipes out the as
sessment.
The state house was closed Christ-
may and all of the state officers and
their employes observed Christmas
with the true Christmas spirit. Treas
urer Mortensen was at Ord, but the
other officers were In Lincoln, while
most of the employes have gone to
their homes.
Gov. Mickey and his fimilly, and his
family's family, had a Christmas treat
at the executive mansion, and eat din
ner together. Mrs. E. S. Mickey was
the only absent one, she having been
called home by the death of her grund
father.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
Prison association will bo held at the
First Christian church on Friday even
lng, Jan. 4. Dr. Q. w. Martin, super
Intendent of the society, announced
that the program would be an Interest
lng one, with addresses on prison
work by Judge M. B. Rebse, Dr. M. A
Bullock and Dr. B. M. Long. Reports
of the officers of the association will be
read and the general work discussed,
Prison workers from all over the state
will be present and the session will be
a noteworthy one
PRESIDENT EP.EAXS
MESSAGE RECORD,
lp to adjournment Ur tlm holiday!
President Roosevelt had sent righteeQ
message to Congress during tho preseat
session, nn average of one end a half pel
lay. The following ts a list of the mes.
sages :
Dee. S CnnRreiu convenrd.
lec. 4 Mmiiagff on the treat meat of crlok
Inn li liy prolmtlnn.
Metif transmitting the annnsj
report of tbe tivli Service Con
mission.
Message on control of tbe yello
fever.
MessRfre on church claims In tht
Philippines.
Message revommenrtlnir tbe author)
lis (Ion of tbe President to die
miss officer of the nary without
trial. '
Dee. 5 Message recommending legislation
tor Alaska.
Dec. 10 Message recommending th rlra
buraement of th owners of tht
lirltlsb schooner Mills.
Message transmitting th ord!.
nances of ths Executive Council
of i'orto Klco.
Message recommending nyment ts
Lieut-Col. L. K. 8cotL;U. 8. A,
for an Invention ue by tht
army.
Message recommending the returs
of custom duties collected from
certain Urttlsh Importers.
Message recommending nn appro,
pristlon for the payment of thi
cable company whose wires weH
cut by Admiral Dewey during
tbe war with Hpaln.
Dec. 11 Message describing conditions It
I'orto HI Co and recommendln
cltlienshlp for Its people.
Message transmitting the report ot
the Keep Commission on the pur
chase of depnrtment supplies,
Dec. 17 Message desrrlhlng conditions 01
the lsthipua of Panama,
j j Message concerning rerlaioa of th.
' ( public land law.
. Message recommending reorgnnUa.
tlon of the naval personnel.
Iiee. 18 Message transmitting the report o
Hecretary Metcalf on the Japa.
nese questions.
Deo. 10 Message on the discharge without
honor of three companies of th
Twenty fifth United States la
fnntry.
Dep. 20 Congress adjonrned for ,the holl
days. ;
' President Roosevelt will send still an
other message, to Congress immediately af
ter the holiday recess. This will deal
with the subject of Immigration.
PERISH IN RACE RIOTS.
Whites aad Blacks Flafct riereele
In Mlaslastppl,
In a race riot which began 'with the
fntnl wounding of a conductor by a ne
gro on a Mobile and Ohio railway train
nt Crawford, Miss., and ended Vlth aa
outbreak at Scooba, Miss., at least fif
teen jtersons were killed and perhaps a
score wounded. Following the- shooting
at Crawford an outbreak occurred at Wa
hnhtk in which five negroes were killed.
Shortly after the departure'' ot tht
troops sent to quell the disturbance riot
ing broke out afresh at Scooba, ,five miles
south of Wahalnk, and five negroes art
reported to have been killed. Of tbe
Hcooba clash reports 'are conflicting, some
reports placing tbe number of killed and
wounded at a score. Troops were imme
diately ordered to the scene. ' 1
Conductor R. N. Harrison of the Mo
bile and Ohio was tbe man shot and fa
tally wounded by, a negro at Crawford,
Miss. The negro,' In turn, was shot by
Harrison and before he could escape was.
killed by a posse. Three companions wit
were with the negro fled to tbe woods.
One of these was later captured and shot
to death. Tuesday night a negro became
Involved In an altercation with two whit
meu uloard a train near Artesla, Miss.,
and when the station was reached waa
taken from the train and killed. In a
dispatch to Gov. Vsrdaraan Sheriff Trout
of Kemper county described tbe situation
as critical.
RAILROADS EARN $2,319,760,030.
Interstate Comnalaslwa'a Hepetart Cot
era 320,020 Miles.
A preliminary report of the Interstate
commerce commission on the income ac
count . of the railways of the United
States for the year ended June 30 last,
contains returns from companies operat
ing 220,026 wiles of lines, or about 09
per cent of the mileage that wHi be cov
ered in the final report. ,
The total gross earnings of tie roads
were $2,310,700,030, beng equivalent t
$10,643 per oiile. Passenger ; earning
were $018,553,034, or $2,811 per mile,
and freight earnings $1,040,042,802, or
$7,458 per mile. Operating expenses
were $1,532,103,153, or $0,1)03 per mile.
The net earnings of tbe roads were-
$787,507,877, being $3,580 per mile, and
nearly $97,000,000 more than the corre
sponding amount reported for the previ
ous year. Income from other sources
than those of operation aggregated $132,
024,082. The dividends paid amounted
o $229,400,508 and taxes $38,003,288.
, Sparks from the Wires
Five leading coal and wood dealers of
Danville, Va., were Indicted for forming
an unlawful combination.
Secretary of War Taft was elected
president of tbe American National Red
Cross at its annual meeting in Washing
ton. Committees of the Nittioua! Alliance
of Billposters and Killers will visit th
lrcus managers and ask for new con
tracts with higher wages. ,
The retail dry goods establishment of
Burden, Smith & Co, at Macon, Oa., was
burned with a loss of $225,000 and esti
mated Insurance of $125,000.
The dreaded San Jose scale has been
discovered iu several fruit orchards in
Massachusetts. This pest does great dam
age to fruit trees and shrubbery.
Julian Salvatore, 35 years old, a New
York saloonkeeper, was shot and instant
ly killed in bis home in an east side tene
ment by an unknown assassin.
Engineers on the Now York, New Ha
ven and Hartford railroad have accepted
a scale of wages submitted by the turn
puuy and the dispute is ended. The in
crease in wages Is from 15 to 35 cents a
day.
George Miller and hla wife, an aged
couple In the service of Ur. F. X. Straess-'
ley, 021 Washington street, Allegheny,
Pa., were found In a room over tbe phy
sician's stable, having been asphyxiated
by natural gas which escaped from the .
stove while they were sleeping.
The man lu the Mattewnn asylum In
New York, kuown as Andrew J. White,
who now says he is Qorge A. KimmeL
the missing bank cashier of Arkansas
City, Kan., has never been identified by
the officials of the Farmers' State back
of that place as Klmmel and they do act
believ be is Kiuimel.