DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.'
VpLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1907.
NUMBER 17.
TV
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED,
MINE A DEATH TRAP
MORK THAN 200 MEN KILLED IN
PENNSYLVANIA SILAFT.
Wreck la the Third Wltliln Lens Than
Month In the Pittsburg District,
Swelling the. Ttolal Fatalities
Nearly COO.
to
An explosion of gas In the Darr
mine of the Pittsburg Coal company,
located at Jacob's Creek, Pa., Thurs
day entombed between 200 and260
miners, and there Is scarcely a ray of
hope that a single one of them will
be taken from the mine alive. Par
tially wrecked buildings In the vicin
ity of the, mine and the condition' cf
the few bodies found early In the res
cue work Indicate that it seems im
possible that anyone "could have sur
vived it. All of the thirteen bodies
taken out are terribly mutilated, and
three of them are headless.
.This is the third mine disaster since
the first of the month In the veins of
l
the bituminous coal underlying wost-
era Pennsylvania ana west Virginia,
for the Naomi mine near Fayette City
and the two mines at Monongah, W.
va., in which the earlier explosions
happened, are in the same belt as tho
local workings. Thursday's catastro
phe swells the number of victims of
deadly mine gas for the nineteen days
to between 650 and 600.
That Thursday's disaster does not
surpass In loss of life and attendant
horrors the one in West Virginia Is
due to tho devotion to church duties
of a considerable number of miners.
In observance of the church festival
many of the 400 or more men regu
larly employed at the mine did not
go to work Thursday morning. Those
who escaped through this reason are
members of the Greek Catholic
church, and they suspended work to
celebrate St. Nicholas day.
SLAUGHTER IN MINES.
Appalling Death Roll in the
States.
United
The Coal mines of theJJnited StatesM
are killing three times as many' men
per 1,000 employes as those of moBt
European countries. ". In the last sev
enteen years 22,840 men have given
up their lives in the mines of , this
country. As many violent deaths have
occurred in the mines during the last
six years as during the preceding elev
en years. The number of fatal accl
aents each year is now double that
of the year 1895. In 1908 6,861 men
were killed or In3ured In the mines.
the dead numbering 2,061 and the in
jured 4,800.
inese terrible facts have been
gleaned by government experts acting
under orders of Secretary Garfield, of
the Interior department, to investigate
me nature ancr extent of mine accl-
aenis. particularly those resulting
from explosions, and to make sugges
tions as to how mining conditions may
. . .
oe improved and accidents prevented.
TRIES TO STEAL $00,000.
Bold Attempt Mado to Rob Express
Car.
Charged with .making a daring at
tempt to rob a car on the Buffalo ex
press containing $60,000 in gold bull
ion, wnue me train was standing In
the Reading, Pa., terminal, Wm. A.
neweu, or New York, was held in
heavy bull for further hearing.
A yardman while at work discov
ered Hewett under the bullion car at
work with a saw on the gas pipe. The
yardman give the alarm and Hewett
was caught.
The police say Hewett probable ex
pected to enter the car after he had
Extinguished the lights and loot it un.
observed.
j Farmer Attacks Girl Teacher.
iuiss Aiaua Mccrumb, of James
town, Pa., a school teacher, 28 years
old, is in a serious condition from an
attack alleged to have been made by
v.nanes cummers, a wealthy farmer
Summers was captured and taken to
Greenville to prevent threatened vto-
lence. , ,
Must Remove Dog's Carcass.
The court of appeals Thursday re.
versed the case of Henry Hertle
against Alice Riddle et al. of Louis
ville, Ky., and the latter will be com-
pelled to remove from a lot in Cave
Hill cemetery the body of a dog burled
mere several months ago. The Rid
dle plot adjoins Hertle's.
Funeral of King Oscar.
The body of the late King Oscar,
wno died on Dec. S. was interred at
noon Thursday ln( the ftlddarholm
church at Stockholm, the burial place
of Swedish kings and heroes, with sim.
pie "ceremony, the lmpresslveness of
which was accentuated by the wide
spread evidences of popular sorrow.
Copt. HerrcKlioff Injured.
-apu John B. llerreshoff, of New
port, R. I., the blind designer, was
painfully Injured by falling down a
hatchway on the government ferrv.
boat Wave during her trials Thurs.
uay.
Sioux City Live Stock Market
Thursday's quotations on the Slou
City live stock market follow; Top
wvw, ft. io. xop nogs, $4.85.
WALKER IS PRISONER.
Connecticut Banker Is Caught In
Mm loo.
The Plnkerton detective agency in
New York confirmed Wednesday night
the reporj that William W. Walker,
the absconding treasurer of the .New
Britain, Conn., Savings bank, . had
been captured In lower California.
Positive Identification has been made
and Walker has consented to return
to Connecticut without resort to extra
dltlon paper.
Walker was arrested at a mining
camp 150 miles from Ensenada, lower
California, which Is Mexican territory.
He was taken by a representative of
the detective agency at Los Angeles,
assisted by a party of Mexicans. The
prisoner was taken to Ensenada,
where his identity was confirmed.
Walker when confronted by the of
ficers admitted his Identity and agreed
to return east without raising legal ob
stacles." Further than this he had lit
tle to say.
What I have to say I will say when
I am back in New Britain," was his
reply to inquiries concerning his theft
and flight. Walker Is in fairly good
health and does not seem to have suf
fered so much from his soujourn as
might have been expected.
A reward of $5,000 had been offered
for Walker If taken alive and $1,000
for his dead body if found.
Walker is 61 years old. and had
long heldan enviable position in the
business, social and church circles of
New Britain. On Feb. 10 he disap
jvai umu ouu 1 1 aa.iv;i i v n
discovered that $665,000 worth of se
peared and soon afterwards it was
CUritles had been stolen from the
bank.
IS EARLESS, YET, HEARS.
Jersey Youth Receive Sound Wave
. .. Through Mouth.
Ten-year-old John Hetzel, of Jer
sey City, is puzzling the faculty of the
state school for deaf mutes' at Tren
ton, N. J. The lad's hearing Is reason
ably acute, although he was born with
out ears.
Testa made by the teachers seem to
show that he hears through his mouth.
When his Hps are closed he Is unable
!(q understand questions addressed to
Shim. There are no cavities In the side
of his head through which sound
might enter. Where his ears should
b small lobea of skin have crown.
Yung Hetzel was for a time a pupil
in the public sohools of his home city.
but other children made fun of his
ppearance and hia parents sent him
ito Trenton. There Is some question as
to the right to keep him there, Inas-
much as he Is not '
mute.
a genuine deaf
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
i.
Former Lincoln Boy Under Arrest In
Los Angeles.
Daniel Meskll, In jail at Los An
geles, Cal, charged with the murder
of Policeman. Lyons, came from Ne
braska, where he has a residence. A
letter just received from County Attor
ney Tyrrel, of Lincoln, Bays in part:
"I have prosecuted Meskll at differ
ent times and am thoroughly familiar
with his youthful criminal record. He
learned the printers' trade In the re-
form school at Kearney, Neb. He
was In the county jail at Lincoln
many times for assaults of various
kinds upon his mother, sisters and
brother. For example, a sister did not ,
watt upon htm quite so quickly as he i
thought she should, and he stuck a
table fork in her back until it pene
trated the body for considerable more
than an Inch."
Noted Circus Man Dead.
Qua Rlngllng, head of' the circus
combination, died In New Orleans
Wednesday at a sanitarium of a com
plication of diseases. Rlngllng went
to New Orleans two weeks ago with
the hope that the southern climato
would benefit him.
i Back to Full Time Work.
Five thousand Pennsylvania railroad
shopmen at Altoona, Pa., whose work
ing time was reduced from ten to
eight hours a day three weeks ago on
account of the financial stringency
have been ordered back to the ten
hour system.
Longford Gets Decision.'
Samuel Langford, of Boston, and
Jim Barry, of Chicago, fought ten fast
rounds before the Pacific Athletic club
lii Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday.
Langford was awarded the decision.
Both men were severely punished,
Langford outgamlng Barry. .
Student Hangs Himself.
Frank W, Miller, aged 20 years, of
Kansas City, Mo., a student at the
University of Pennsylvania, was found
hanging in his room late Wednesday
afternoon. Life was extinct when the
body was cut down.
Jews Ordered to Doiwrt.
A dispatch from Vladivostok de
clares the Jews have been ordered to
depart within four days. Jewish
property holders have been given eigh
teen days In which to liquidate.
Wireless Phone Feat.
It was announced In Copenhagen
that a wireless telephonic message had
been transmitted successfully between
the Wetssen Zee wireless station at
Berlin and Lyngby station, near. Co
penhagen, a distance, of 200 miles.
Insured Just In Time.
The Alhambra hotel at Richmond,
Va., was destroyed by fire Tuesday
evening just after an insurance poll-
Icy had been signed. Loss, $76,000.
OOHTIXYOC IN PENIAU
Rumors Mot with 1'mplmtlc Statement
by Secretary. '
Secretary Oortclyou, In a signed
(statement given out Tuesday night,
pronounces unqualifiedly false the
current rumors of undue political ac
tivity of his friends in forwarding a
movement In his Interest. The secre
tary declares that neither he nor his,
friends have used their Influence In
behalf of any candidate for the presi
dency, and that he has not been a can.
dldate for anything but the confidence
of the 'people. He adds that If he
should hereafter decide to be a candi
date for any office he. will say so
frankly.
ifie statement follows:
"I do not know that I am called up
on to make a statement at this time,
but in view of the various rumors In
circulation as to the alleged political
activity of friends of mine In my Inter
est I will say that I have not been a
candidate for anything but the confi
dence of tho people In the discharge
of my duties as secretary of the treas
ury. I have not In person sought nor
have the friends whose names have
been mentioned lr this connection
sought to influence political move
ments In my Interest; I have not, nor
have they used any Influence, directly
or indirectly, to secure political sup
port for or against any candidate for
the presidency and accusations that
such, has been done are unqualifiedly
false. In no office. In no one of three
departments with which I have been
connected have I authorized or per
mitted officials or employes to attempt
to Influence any such movements, nor
shall I do so. In common with many
other citizens I have decided views as
to polities, and as to candidates, but
I shall refrain from expressing them
until I believe it is proper for me to
do so. Upon this statement I am en
tirely content to leave the people to
draw their own conclusions regarding
such rumors as those to which I have
referred.
If In the future I shall decide to be
a candidate for any office I shall be
prepared to say so frankly, and Btate
tho grounds upon which I ask for
support. In the meantime I shall try,
as I have! tried In the past, to con
duct the treasury department for the
benefit of the people of the whole
country and absolutely without regard
to whether any action I may take In
j the line of my duty may adversely af
fect my personal or political welfare,
George B. Cortelyou."
TALKS BACK: HANGED.
Ncgro Only Resented
Remar'c
of
Wlii to Man. .. .
A negro member of a traveling mln
strel troupe named Homer Rogers, was
hanged by a mob in the Moorhouse
parish near Shreveport, La., Monday
night and the body riddled with bul
lets.
As far as can be ascertained the
lynching resulted when Rogers re
sented a remark made by a white
man, declaring he was a "Yankee
nigger and did not take any Impu
dence."
This Is the third lynching in the
Moorhouse parish in ten days.
COLORADO BANK FAILS.
Deposits Will Not Exceed a Hundred
Thousand.
The Smelter City bank, of Durango,
Colo., a state Institution, with a capi
tal of $30,000, failed to open Tuesday
morning. No statement of deposits
has been made, but it is believed they
will not exceed $100,000. Charles
McConnell, president of the bank, said
all liabilities would be paid In full.
A lack of confidence, due It Is said
to the Indictment of prominent citi
zens on charge of land frauds under
the federal laws, led to the suspen
sion of the Smelter City, as well as the
Colorado bank, which failed last week
To Be Great Battleship.
At the mVment the guns of Admiral
Evans' flee were roaring out their
fiVrewell salute at Fort Monroe, the
first keel plate of the great battleship
North Dakota, the largest battleship
In the world, with the exception of her
siBter ship, the Delaware, was laid In
the yards of the Fire River Shtpbulld.
lng company at Qulncy, Mass.
New Coin In ClrcuIuUon.
A new $20 gold piece, so designed
as to better conform with the tastes of
bankers, Is now In circulation. The
new design substantially conveys St.
Gauden's Ideas, but has been altered
In details.
Cancel Insurance on Tobacco.
On account of "night riders" and
incendiarism In the tobacco district of
Indiana and Kentucky Insurance com
panies are canceling policies on leaf
tobacco in warehouses and barns.
Prof. John -Llndlcy Dead.
Prof. John W. Lindley, founder of
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the
University of Missouri In 1848, died
of pneumonia Tuesday at Mt. Vernon,
Ohio.
Distillery Burns In Pennsylvania.
Tho plant of the Large Distillery
company ,of Pittsburg, 'Pa., located at
Large, Pa., on Peters creek, was de
stroyed by fire. The bonded ware
houses were saved.
Frisco Bank Reorganized.
The complete reorganization of tho
defunct California Safe Deposit and
Trust company, of San Francisco, has
been effected. The directors and of
ficers tendered their resignation and a
new set was promptly elected.
King of Norway Tx-uves Fnglund.
The king and queen of Norway,
tvho have been on a vlsh to England,'
left Tuesday for Copenhagen. The in
fant prince, Olaf, Is with them
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CLARKE PAYS PIUCE.
Forfeit His Life on tlio Gallows for
the Murder of Iklwnrd Flury.
Harrison Clarke was hanged at tho
state penitentiary Friday. The drop
fell at 2:40 o'clock and nine minutes
later ho was pronounced doad by the
physicians.
Clarke's composure did not desert
him at any time. He smoked a cigar
as he walked from the death cell to
the large store room In the east end
of the broom factory In which the scaf
fold was erected. He smoked his cigar
after he was on the scaffold and took
final puff before throwing It away to
allow his hands to be strapped behind
him.
Clarke's fate was uncertain up to
twenty minutes before the execution
took place. Benton Bell, of Omaha,
called at the penitentiary In the morn
ing and then went up to the city to file
an affidavit which he had signed, al
leging that Clarke was insane. War
den Beemer had set 12:30 as the hour
for the execution. Just five minutes
before then a telephone message was
received from Judge Cornish, Af the
district court, stating that he had
granted a hearing on the affidavit set
ting forth that Clarke wla Insane.
At 2:10 o'clock a telephone, mcssagu
was received from Judge Cornish say
ing he had decided not to Interfere.
This was Clarke's last hope. The war
den notified Gov. Sheldon and then
steps were taken quickly for the exe
cution. ROY SnOOTS HIS SISTER.
Bullet Lodges In Neck, and Girl Can
not Recover.
In an accidental shooting which oc
curred at 10 o'clock Monday night Cti-
cella Teidge, the 16-year-old daughter
of a prominent farmer, eight miles
from Wlnslde, received what will
probably be a fatal injury, a bullet
from her brother' 82-callber ride
striking her In the back of the neck
The accident occurred while the
brother was cleaning his gun. The boy
and girl were seated opposite teach
other in a room and were conversing
while the former was polishing up the
metal work of the fir? arm. Suddenly
the rifle exploded and the girl fell over
as if dead. . Medical assistance was
summoned at once and the Injury pro
nounced very serious. The bullet
struck the vertebra and paralyzed the
whole body.
NEBRASKA MURDERER CAUGHT,
Identified by Wife of Victim ax the
Man Who Shot Her Husband.
Fred Casey, whose Arrest has been
sought by federal authorities for
shooting, to death Jesse Murray, Feb,
24, last, near Scott's Bluff, where both
were engaged in work on a govern
ment Irrigation plant, Is under arrest
at St. Joseph, Mo., and has been lden
titled by Mrs. Murray as the man who
killed her . husband. Casey admitted
the shooting. The trouble started over
Casey accusing Murray of stealing a
$40 check from him. Casey shot Mur
rftV while tha loiter was seated in
r buggy. He said Murray had threaten-
ed to kill him.
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FIRE AT CHURCH SUPPER.
Gasoline Explosion Causes Dninagc at
Randolph.
A fire In the old Boughn store build
ing at Randolph caused considerable
excitement and some damage. The
Lutheran women were holding a ba
zaar and supper and were in the midst
of serving oysters and doing a brisk
business, when one of the women at
tempted to fill a gasoline stove without
first turning off the flame. - An explo
sion resulted,, the can of gasoline was
overturned and Ignited and a good
sized blaze started. Tb damage to
the building is in broken glass and
ruined fixtures, and the women lost
many articles on exhibition, dishes, ta
ble silver, wraps, etc.
Drainage Work to Go Ahead.
vThe Nebraska- supreme court holds
that the drainage law Is good and the
preliminary work was well done and
the work on the $375,000 ditch to
straighten the crooked Nemaha will
soon begin. Over two years ago the
Richardson county drainage district
No. 1 was organized for the purpose
or reclaiming 83,00 acres of the most
fertile soil in that county from over
flows.
Mrs. Sawyer Burled in Omalia.
Mrs. C. L. Currier, of Beatrice, who
went to St Louis Thursday after tho
body of her sister, Mrs. Pearl Sawyer.
who committed suicide In Forest park
Thursday morning, and interred the
body In Forest Lawn cemetery, Oma
ha.
Korcek is Acquitted.
The Jury In the case of Ludwlg Kor
cek, charged with the murder of Au
gust Rows, at Lincoln, brought in
verdict of acquittal. The evidence
against Korcek was circumstantial
The men had been drinking together
and It was alleged quarreled. .
Section Man Hard to Kill.
Daniel Strayer, a Union Pacific oc
tlon hand, was struck by No, 6, a fas
passenger train, at tfanberg Hklutrnck
and, though hurled a distance of loo
feet, has a good chance of recovering,
Nehrnxkan Wanted In lown.
Preston Davis was arrested and tak
en Into custody at Walthill by special
Deputy SherlfT Kelso, of Ponder, on a
warrant from Muddle, la., charging
the prisoner with attomptud criminal
assault at that place. He will be tak
en to Iowa on the warrant to answer
tho charge.
AioHworth Saloon Hohlx-d.
Some sneak thief broke through one
of the side lights in the saloon at Ainu
worth and took all the money in tha
till, several dollars.
Nebraska
OMAHA PARTIALLY CLOSED.
Order for Quiet Sunday I Not Gen
erally Obeyed. v
Merchants who came under the ban
of the Sunday closing order Issued
some time ago In Omaha to take ef
fect on Deo. 18, observed the occasion
in a half-hearted minned Sunday1 and
Sunday night. Perhaps a thousand
persons laid themselves liable to the
law by declining to close their places
on the first day of the week. These
places Included theaters, newspaper
offices, barber shops, cigar stores, bill-
Ird halls, bowling alleys and minor
places, which took their chances of
being forced to contribute to the ex
chequer of the city with fines, the
maximum of which Is estimated at
$16,000.
Interest centered In the theaters.'
whose course promised to have much
to do with thea ctlon of other places
of business. All the Omaha theaters
were open for matinees and night per.
formance3 as usual. The names ot
managers, ticket sellers, doorkeepers
and stage foremen of all theaters were
taken, and warrants for their arrest
will bo Issued.
Edward J. Monnghan, manager of
Boyd's, the leading Omaha theater,
said that no performers had been ar
rested, and he did not anticipate that
they would bo.
PARDONED MAN UP AGAIN.
Convict Let Out Barely Saved front
Another Term.
Doubt as to wether a door was
locked or open saved Charlos Schnear
from going to the penitentiary for the
second time. Schnear was charged
with entering the summer kitchen
of Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds at 1114
South Thirty-second street, Omaha,
and stealing a coat from a nail. Un
der the statute. If he pushed open the
door when he went In, he was guilty of
daylight burglary, for which a sen
tence Is the punishment. If the door
was already open he could not have
broken in, under the law, and he was
guilty only of petty larceny, for which
the punishment is thirty days In the
county Jail. Mrs. Reynolds said she
could not swear positively the door
was- closed, so County Attorney Eng
lish consented to accepted a plea of
guilty - of petty larceny and Judge
Troup gave Schnear thirty days In Jail.
Schnear was pardoned from the
penitentiary by Gov.Yllckey In order
that he might help support his wid
owed mother. Judge Troup gave him
a severe lecture and told h.lm he ought
to learn a lesson from the double ex
perience he has had.
WANTEd'aT FREMONT.
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Two Boys Arretted at Homo of Pa
rents In Indiana.
John Partenhelmcr, aged 18, and
Edward Harvey, aged 19, were arrest
ed at Fort Branch, Ind., on informa
tion received from Fremont, Neb.
The lads are wanted at Fremont on
the charges of burglary and grand
larceny. Under close examination
Harvey admitted taking $25 from his
employer at Fremont and dividing it
with his partner, but both deny the
charge of burglary. The boys live at
Fort Branch and come from among
the best families there. They recent
ly returned from the west. They are
being held until the arrival of the Fre
mont officials.
BOY KILLS HIS BROTHER.
Musket Is Accidentally Discharged at
' Laurel.
Walter, the 6-year-old son of Daniel
Maaon, of Laurel, wus accidentally
killed by his brother, only two years
his senior, by the accidental discharge
of an old army musket. Two older
boys had been hunting, and, expecting
to go out again, left the weapon load
ed. Just after dinner Edmund, the 8-year-old,
dragged the gun from one
room to the other, and in passing the
cook stove caught the lock against it,
firing the charge, which struck the
younger boy In the sldo of the head,
literally tearing It to pieces. The boy
lived only about an hour.
Indian Boys on Long Walk.
Two Indian boys, scantily clothed
and neither over 16, stopped at a farm
house south of Fremont a few days
ago and asked for a chance to do some
work In pay for food, which was given
them. The boys said they were going
to the homes of their parents In Idaho.
They hud been attending school In
Pennsylvania, but were homesick.
Nebraukan Doubly Bereaved.
Moses Benolt, of Huntington, ar
rived In Chicago recently to find his
wife and daughter, Mrs. Hattle Miller,
both dead. Mrs. Miller died from the
effects of an operation and her mother
died Just before the daughter from
the shock of tho news that her daugh
ter could not long, survive.
Bnttlicrs In Search of Sisters.
Two brothers named Ellis arrived In
Beatrice recently from Orleans In
search of their two sisters, who left
that place on the night of Dec. 8. The
young women stopped In Beatrice for
several days last week and purchased
tickets Friday afternoon for Omaha.
i:.linlp!l P.eylvul I'luN.
Evangc-:it t". II. Window, of Waver,
'y, la,, has Just cloned a series of meet.
Iuks In tho Methodist church at Han
tlolpli. He met with considerable suo.
cess.
Two Glr!n Disappear.
Miss Elte Trox, ntcp. daughter ot
Mr. Freda ml, rind Miss Emma Schu
maun, ilitiiKhtcr cf Hfv. and Mrs.
Schumann, of Orarul Island, have
somewhat mysteriously disappeared
and no word has as yet been rtcdived
as to their whereabouts.
New Pastor at Pierce.
The members of the Congregational
church of Pierce have extended a call
to Rev. William Ellwood, of Anthony.
Kan., to become their pustor, ar.d their
Invitation has been accepted.
Considerable Interest Is being taken
In the coming meeting of the State
Teachers' association, to be held In
Lincetn December 25. 26 and 27.
Among the active candidates for pres
Ident of the association, It is reported.
Is James E. Dclzell, superintendent
of schools at Lexington. His candi
dacy, it has been reported In Lincoln.
Is being boomed by A. O. Thomas i f
the Kearney Normal cho4 and E. A.
Garrett of the American Book com
pany. Mr. Delsell desires the place is
a stepplng-stene to the offioe of state
superintendent. The report has alio
reached Lincoln that many of tha
school teachers desire the position ta
be tendered to Chancellor Andrews of
the State university, t Should this be
tone the teachers would only be fol
lowing precedent, as both Chancellor
Canfleid and Chancellor McLean were
malt president of the association
while holding the position of chancel
lor ef the State university. Many cf
the teachers. It Is said, will come to
Lincoln urging the chancellor for th
position.
' A. ES. Cobbey, f.he author of Cobbey's
Gtatutes, has evidently started a cam
paign among the members of the late
legislature to get them to Influence
Secretary of State Junkln to reconsid
er kls decision not to buy 400 copies
f Cobbey's Statutes for $3.600., Let
ters from the members of the legisla
ture have begun to reach the secre
tary, most of them telling him that it
was the Intention of the legislature to
make an appropriation for Cebbey's
Statutes, no matter what the bill
reads. One senator, however, evident
ly got mixed up, for he wrote that
he knew the legislature wanted Cob
bey's Statutes, the single volume,
cheaper statutes. The single volume
statute is Wheeler's. Mr. Junkln has
left the courts to say which statute
ko purchase, though so far neither
bohbey er Wheeler has shown a dis
position to go into tne court.
George D. Bennett, secretary ot the
Mat board ef assessment, has receiv
ed nuaaereus letters from county
Blerks for a copy ef the form to be us
jd la the assessment of railroad prop
fcrlsr In cities and -villages under the
jprertsions ef the law enacted by the
reeemt legislature. Some of the coun
ty Gierke have asked for the schedules.
CThe law does not provide that the
state shall furnish these forms, but In
torfer to assist the state board In
tequallBlkc a form will he prepared
kund a copy sent to the various county
nerfc as soon as possible. Mr. Ben-
bets had a consultation with railway
notnralBaieuer Henry T. Clarke regard.
lng the makeup of the schedules.
Chairman T. 8. Allen of the demo
cratic state central committee has an
nounced that the dollar dinner In
honor of William J. Bryan will be held
Ion the evening of January 16. The
event will be held In the Auditorium
'and will be one of the most largely
jattended banquets ever held in the
state. Distinguished guests from a
Treat many states are expected. The
list of speakers has not yet been an
,noneee'. It Is expected that Mr. Bryan
twill deliver an address outlining hia
position on a number of Issues.
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The new machinery at the state
enltentlai-y by which power will be
transmitted to the Home for the
Friendless and the state house, is al
most in place and .will shortly be
ready for the wires, which are now be
ing strung. The common labor for
Km job was furnished by the state,
the convicts being taken out of the
broom factory for this purpose. The
state reeelved a rebate of $1,100 on
he Job for the use ef the convicts.
The hoard of managers of the state
Beard of agriculture met recently in
the offlce of Secretary Millar at the
te house. , A number of small bills
fvere audlt4 and routine matters at-
lesdeA to. Secretary Miller reported
that 11,190 cubic yard's; of earth had
in hauled Into the low ground north
ot the swine barns. It Is on thts "made
BjroMnd" that the board expects to see
XMffnlfieent stock pavllllon .erected
some dar.
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K. C. Lindsay has been spending
most of his time during the last week
moving books around In the state li
brary In an effort to make more room
for the constant additions to the num
ber ef volumes. He has erected a
finmber-of new shelves and before he
completes the work expects to be able
to get all the books on the shelves and
clear the floor of the many costly vol
umes which have beonrstored there so
long owing to the lack of room.
Horace E. Flock of the department
f legislative reference of Baltimore,
ha written to Secretary of State Jun
kln asking for a copy of thei2-cent
tare law, as well as Information con
corning Its operation In Nebraska. Mr.
Flack asked also If the railroads are
contesting the law. The legislature of
Maryland is considering passing such
an act.
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Labor Commissioner Ryder says he
has received a number of applications
or positions and while his office Is
not an employment bureau, he will
Mok to accommodate all pcrns in
sofar as his power will permit. If per-i
sons with positions vacant wjll list
hem with him, he will refer appli.
rnts who may be fitted, '
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Insurance Deputy Pierce Is confined
$o his bed with nervous trouble. He
la net In serious condition but is very
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In answer to the mandamus suit
brought by the attorney general to
compel the Union Stock Yards com
pany of South Omaha to make a re
port to the railroad commission, an
answer has been filed In the supreme
court by the company denying that
the company Is In any way a trans-
portstlon organization. It says that It
has a few tracks but has never sought
to exercise the right of eminent do
main and has no Interest In the
charges preferred by the railroad com
panies for hauling cars over these
tracks.
A8X RELEASE C7 CELL SLATES.
Jessie Morrison, Who Killed Her
Blval, Said to Be Dying In Prison.
Intercut In the traffic life story of
Jessie Morrison, of Eldorado, Kan., I
revived throuRh the efforts of Influ
ential friends to Roeure her relenae-
from' the Kansas State penitentiary
for the murder of her school girl friend.
Mra Olln G. Castle. The young wom
an, once known througliont the Stnt
as a beauty, is said to be dying as a
result of her confinement la the wo-.u
Rn's prison, with sixteen years of a
twenty-year sentence yet to serve.
(-?Ier beauty has faded, her fiplrlu
are dead, and she pleads pitifully for
freedom. Those who were once her
bitterest enemies are Interesting them
selves In her battle for leniency. Min
isters are at the head of the movement,
and an application for pardon, signed"
by some of the foremost men and wom
en of Kansas, will soon be In t!:e
bands of Gov. Hoch.
The crime for which Mis Morrlnon
Is paying the penalty was committed
when she and a uccesful rival In love-
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engaged In a razor duel. Her opp.
nent was Mrs. Olln Q. Castle, who, a
Clara Wiley, was married to youiu
OUn Castle, clerk In an Eldorado store. '
Both girls had In turn been wooed by
aim.
July 23, 1000, nine days after the
wedding of Clara Wiley and Castle,
Miss Morrison visited the young wife
and the fotal battle ensued. "I was
Called to the Castle borne by Mrs. Cas
tle, who commenced a furious tirade
against me," she says in telling the
story. "She attacked me with a razor.
X snatched the weapon from her and
lashed her." Mrs.. Castle died a week
later.
Miss Morrison had three trials, in
each of which she was found guilty.
The first time she was seatenced to
See wears In prison, the eecomt
, and the third time to twenty.
The prominence of the principals of
the case made it one of the greatest In-.
terest throughout the country. The con
victed woman's father was at one ttm
a member of the Kansas Supreme- .
Court
W, J. Bryau is quoted as being in SO
toro with much of the President's mes
sage to Congress. In particular be likes
the. recommendation that the government
Day the expenses of elections, only be
trould add s provision sgalnst private con
tributions. He also" strongly approves of
tho postal and guaranteed banks.
' Upon the eve of tho opening of Con
gress Representative Fowler of New Jer
sey, bead of the House banking and cur
rency committee, Issued a prediction of
coming financial tragedy of far greater
proportions than the present panic unless
wo stop Issuing a fixed bond-secured cur
rency. He says that the banks of the
country to-day have about 112,000,000,
000 in deposits and about the same
amount of loans outstanding, against
which they hold reserves of only J'.XJO,
000,000, of which $.00,000,000 is in bank
note promises. This be calls "the worst
and wildest form of inflation.'' He de
fines as "basing one credit upon another
credit." Hence he doeius the credit cur
rency the sufest because it would al
ways be sent to bank of issue promptly
and necessitate proper reserves.
The letter written by Senator Foraker
of Onlo In response to the resolutions of
the Ohio Republican League committees
Inst week was his formal announcement
of willingness to accept support to the
end ot his becoming the candidate of the
party for the presidency. In It the Sen
ator virtually laid down his plat'orm by
saying be will stick to his policy of ok
position to executive eucroachmeat end
by opposing tariff tinkering. ,
Three daughters and one son sf Bam-'
Vol W. Carpenter of Allegheny, Pa, hare
eloped In a ycac
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