Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Stat Hie S-.
VpLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMIfER 20, 1907.
NUMBER 17.
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED.
MINE A DEATH TRAP
MOHK THAN 200 MEN KILMCD IN
PENNSYLVANIA SHAFT.
Wreck la tlie Third Within Lcm Than
Month in the Plttwburg District,
Swelling the Ttotal Fatalities to
. Nearly COO.
An explosion of gas In the Darr
mine of the Pittsburg Coal company,
located at Jacob's Creek, Pa., Thurs
day entombed between 200 and, 250
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 inr
possible that anyone could have sur
vlved 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
the bituminous coal underlying west
ern Pennsylvania and 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 the
local workings. Thursday's catastro
phe swells the number of victims of
deadly mine gas for the nineteen day?
to between 560 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 tho church festival
many of the 400 or more men regu
lar ly employed at the mine did not
go to work Thursday morning. Those
Xho escaped through this reason are
members of the Greek Catholic
church, and they suspended work to
celebrate St. Nicholas day.
SLAUGHTER IN MINES.
lAppalling Death Roll in the
. States.
United
The Coal mines of theJJnited States
are killing three times as many men
per 1,000 employes as those of most
European countries. " In the last sev
enteen years 22,840 men have given
up meir 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 eacn year Is now double that
of the year 1895. In 1906 6,861 men
were killed or injured 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
the nature antf extent of mine accl
aenis, particularly those resulting
from explosions, and to make sugges
tions as to how mining conditions may
ie improved and accidents prevented.
TRIES TO STEAL $60,000. 1
Bold Attempt Mudo to Rob Express
Car.
Charged with making a daring at
tempt to rob a car on the Buffalo ex
press containing 160,000 in gold bull
ion while the train was standing in
the Reading, Pa., terminal, Wm. A.
Hewett, of New York, was held In
heavy bail 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 tho car after he had
extinguished the lights and loot it un.
observed.
j Farmer Attacks Girl Teacher.
' Miss Maud McCrumb, of James
town, Pa., a school teacher, 28 year
old, Is In a serious condition from an
attack alleged to have been made by
Charles Summers, a wealthy farmer.
Summers was captured and taken to
Greenville to prevent threatened vio
lence. , . ,
Miint 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 buried
there several months ago. The Rid
die plot adjoins Hertle's.
Funeral of King Oscar.
The body of the late King Oscar,
who died on Dec. 8, was interred at
noon Thursday in ( the ftlddarholm
church at Stockholm, the burial place
of Swedish kings and heroes, with sim
ple 'ceremony, the lmpresxlveness of
which was accentuated by tho wide
spread evidences of popular sorrow.
Copt. Hcrrcshoff Injured.
Capt, John B. Horreshoff, of New
port, R. I., the blind designer, was
painfully Injured by falling down a
hatchway on the government ferry
boat Wave during her trials Thurs.
day.
Sioux City Live Stock Market, v
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow; Top
beeves, 14.75. Top hogs, $4.38.
WALK Ell IS PRISONER.
Connecticut Hanker Is Caught In
Mexico.
The Plnkerton detective agency in
New York confirmed Wednesday night
the repor that William W. Walker.
me aosconning treasurer or mo iscw
Britain, Conn., Saving bank, had
been captured In lower California.
Positive Identification hits been made
and Walker has consented to return
to Connecticut without resort to extra
dition papers.
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 soujeurn as
might have been expected.
A reward of $5,000 had been offered
for Walker if taken alive and f 1,000
for his dead body if found.
Walker Is 61 years old. and had
long helcTyan enviable position in the
business, social and church circles of
New Britain. On Feb. 10 he disap
peared and soon afterwards it was
discovered that $665,000 worth of se
curities had been stolen from the
bank.
IS EARLESS, YET. HEARS.
Jersey Youth Receive Sound Waves
Through Mouth.
Ten-year-old John Hetzel, of Jer
sey City, is puzzling the fatuity of tho
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.
Tests made by the teachers seem to
show that he hears through his mouth.
When his lips are closed he is unable
jto understand questions addressed to
him. There are no cavities in the Bldo
of his head through which Bound
might enter. Where his ears should
be small lobes of skin have grown.
iYung Hetzel was for a time a pupil
n the public schools of his home city,
but other children made fun of his
Appearance and his parents sent him
to Trenton. There Is some question as
to the right to keep him there. Inas
much as he is not a genuine deaf
mute. '
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Former Lincoln Boy Under Arrest in
Loa 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 Bister did not
wait upon him quite so quickly as he
thought she should, and he Btuck a
table fork In her back until it pene
trated the body for considerable more
than an inch."
Noted Circus Man Dead.
Gus 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 cllmato
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.
Langford Gets Decision.
Samuel Longford, of Boston, and
Jim Barry, of Chicago, fought ten fast
rounds before the Pacific Athletic club
lit Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday.
Langford was awarded the decision.
Both men were severely punished,
Langford outgaming 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 Depart.
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.
Wlrclcwn phone Feat.
It was announced In Copenhagen
that a wireless telephonic meashge hud
been transmitted successfully between
the Welssen Zee wireless station at
Berlin ard 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 poli
cy bud been signed. Loss, $76,000.
OOUTELVOr IN DENIAU
Tin mors Mot with Emphatic Statement
by Secretary. '
Secretary t'ortclyou. In a signed
statement fcive out Tuesday night,
pronounces unqualifiedly false the
current rumors of undue political ac
tlvlty of his friends In forwarding a
movement in his Interest. The secfe
tary declares that neither he nor his.
friends have used their Influence In
behnlf of any candidate for the presi
dency, and that he hs not been a can.
didato for anything but the confidence
of the 'people. Ho adds that If he
should hereafter decide to be a candi
date for any office he will say so
frankly. '
llie 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 Bought nor
have the friends whoso names have
been mentioned In,, 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 1 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 ns to candidates, but
I shall refrain frfm 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 state
the 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
the line of my duty may adversely af
fect my personal or political welfare,
George B. Cortelyou."
TALKS BACK : HANGED.
"Negro Only Resented Remark of
White Man.
A negro member of a traveling min
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 tho
Moorhouse parish In ten days.
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COLORADO BANK FAILS.
DejKsit9 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 HutllcKhlp.
At the nVmen t the guns of Admiral
Evuns' flee were roaring out their
farewell salute at Fort , Monroe, the
first keel plate of the great battleship
North Dakota, the largest battleship
In the world, with tho exception of her
sister ship, the Delaware, was laid In
the yards of the Fire River Shlpbulld.
Ing company at Quincy, Mass.
New Coin in Circulation.
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.
Uauden'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. Llndley, founder of
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the
University of Missouri In 184 8, died
of pneumonia Tuesday at Mt. Vernon,
Ohio.
Distillery Burns in Pennsylvania.
Tho plant of the Large Distillery
company of Pittsburg, "Pu., located at
Large, la on Ptters creek, was de
stroyed by fire. The bonded ware,
hounes were saved.
Frittco Bank Reorganized.
Tho complete reorganization of the
defunct California Safe Deposit und
Trunt company, of Hun Francisco, ha3
been effected. The directors and of
ficers tendered their resignation and a
new set was promptly elected.
King of Norway Iicuvcs Engluud.
The king and queen of Norway,
who have been on a vlsh to England,
left Tuesday for Copenhagen. The In
fant iirlnoe, Olaf, Is with them.
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CLARK 1? PAYS PRICE.
Forfeits His Lire on tho Gallows for
the Murder of Edward 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 tho 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 clgjir
after he was on the scaffold and took a
final puff before throwing It away to
allow his hands to be strapped behind
him.
Clarke's fate wrs 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, f the
district court, stating that he had
granted a hearing on the affidavit set
ting forth that Clarke vli Insane.
At 2:80 o'clock a telephone message
was received from Judge Cornish Ray
ing he had decided not to interfere.
This was Clarke's last hope. The war
den notified Gov. Sheldon and then
Fteps were taken quickly for the exe
cution. BOY 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 Ce
celia Teldge, 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's 82-callber rifle
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 each
other in atroom and were conversing
while the former was polishing up the
metal work of the firr 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 MURDER El CAUGHT,
Identified by Wife of Victim o Clio
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 Iden
tified 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
ray while the latter was seated in a
buggy. He said Murray had threaten
ed to kill him.
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FIRE AT CHURCH SUPPER.
Gasoline Explosion Causes Damage at
Randolph.
A fire in the old Boughn Btore build
tng at Randolph caused considerable
excitement and some damnge. 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
slon resulted, the can of gasoline was
overturned and ignited and a good
sized blaze started. Thjp damage to
the building Is in broken gluss and
ruined fixtures, and the women lost
many articles on exhibition, dishes, ta
ble silver, wraps, etc.
Drainage Work to Go Ahead.
sThe 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
of reclaiming 83,00 acres of the most
fertile soil in that county from over
flows.
Mrs. Sawyer Burled In Omaha.
Mrs. C. L. Currier, of Beatrice, who
went to St. Louts 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 Ludwig Kor
cek, charged with the murder of Au
gust Howe, at Lincoln, brought In a
verdict of acquittal. The evidence
against Korcek was circumstantial
The men had been drinking together
and It was alleged quarreled.
Section Man liar. I to Kill.
Daniel Struyer, a Union pacific lec
tion hand, wus struck by No. fl, a fut
pasnenger train, at Sanhcrg Hlriotrnck.
and, though hurled a distance of KM)
feet, has a good chance of recovering.
Xobrnj-kaii Wanted In loan.
Preston Davis was arrested end tak
en into custody at Wulthill by spoclul
Deputy Sheriff Kelso, of Ponder, on a
warrunt from Module, la., charging
the prisoner with attempted criminal
8:sault at that place, lie will be tak
en to lowu on tho w.'irrunt to answer
the charge.
Aiasworth Saloon Holilx-d.
Some sneak thief broke through one
of the side lights In the saloon at Alns
worth and took all the money In tha
till, severoi dollars.
Nebraska
OMAHA PARTIALLY CLOSED.
Order for Quiet Sunday Is Not Gen
erally Obeyed.
Merchants who camo under the ban
of the Sunday closing order issued
some time ago in Omaha to take ef
fect on Doc. 15, observed the occasion
in a half-hearted manned Sunday 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
office.?, barber shops, cigar stores, blll
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 ntKht peri
formancea 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. Monaghan. manager of
Boyd's, the leading Omaha theater,
said that no performers had been ar
rested, and ha did not anticipate that
they would bo.
PARDONED MAN UP AGAIN.
Convict Let Out Barely Saved f rofrt
Another Term.
Doubt as to wether a door was
locked or open saved Charloa Schnear
from going to the penitentiary for the
second time. Schnear was charged
wun entering ine summer aucnen
of Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds at 1114
South Thirty-second street, Omaha,
and stealing a coat from a nail. Un
der the statutes. 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. Mickey In order
that he might help support his wid
owed mother. Judge Troup gave him
a severe lecture and told him he ought
to learn a lesson from the double ex
perlence he has had.
WANTED AT FREMONT.
Two Boys Arretted at Homo of Pa.
rents in Indiana.
John Partenhelmer, 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. Undor 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.
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Musket Is Accidentally Discharged at
laurel.
Walter, the 6-year-ohi son of Daniel
Mason, of Laurel, was accidentally
killed by his brother, only two years
his senior, by the accidental discharge
of an old army musket. Two older,
hoys had been hunting, and, expecting
to go out again, left the weapon load
ed. Just after dinner Edmund, the 8
y ear-old, dragged the gun from one
room to tho other, and in passing the
cook stove caught the lock against It,
firing the charge, which struck tho
younger boy In the side of the head,
literally tearing It to pieces. The boy
lived only about an hour.
Indlun 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 had been attending school In
Pennsylvania, but were homesick.
Ncbravkan Doubly Bereaved.
Moses Uenoit, 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 tho daughter from
the shock of tho news that her daugh
ter could not long, survive.
Brother 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 lost week and purchased
tickets Friday afternoon for Omaha.
i;.imIo'p!i revival I'niN.
Evangell t II. Window, of Waver,
'y, la., has Just cloned a Merles of meet,
Ing-i In t!iu MetiioilNt church at Ran'
dolph. lie met with considerable sue.
cess.
Ttvo Girls llHiipMar.
Miss KMe, Trox, ti'p-duughtr ol
Mr. Freclaiid, and Miss Emma Schu
mann, daughter f Uev. und Mrs
s-'chumann, of Crawl Island, have
si.rnewh.it mv ;tell ur.ly dlsaiMieared
und no word has us yet been rt-cnlved
as to tin. 1 1" whereabouts.
Nciv l'ustor fit I More.
The members of the Congregatl' "ial
church of Pierce h&ve extended
to Hev. William Ellwood. of Anlhnn
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
Llnceln December 25. 26 and 27.
Among the active candidates for pres
ident of the association, It Is reported,
la James E. Delzell, superintendent
of schools at Lexington. His candi
dacy, It baa been reported In Lincoln,
Is being boomed by A. O. Thomas i f
the Kearney Normal school and E. A.
Garrett of the American Book com
pany. Mr. Delcell desires the place is
a stepplng-stene to the office of state
superintendent The report has also
reached Lincoln that many of the
school teachers desire the position to
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
Canfleld and Chancellor McLean were
mate 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. R. Cobbey, the author of Cobbey's
Statutes, 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 ale decision not to buy 400 copies
t 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 htm that it
was the Intention of the legislature to
make an appropriation for Cebbey'a
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
irheaper statutes. The single volume
statute is Wheeler's. Mr. Junkln has
left the courts to say which statute
Ito purchase, tkough so far neither
kToebey sVer Wheeler has shown a dls-
posIOen to go Into the court.
George D. Bennett, secretary of the
late board at assessment, has receiv
ed miBerua letters from county
Blerks fer a copy.ef the form to be us
bd In the assessment of railroad prop
erty In cHles and villages under the
previsions of the law enacted by the
reeemt legislature. Some of the coun
ty olerks have asked for the schedules.
ETbe law does not provide that the
rUtte shall furniBh these forms, but In
torter to sjotift the state board In
lequallates: a form will be prepared
fend a copy sent to the various county
Herks as soon as possible. Mr. Ben-
bett bad a consultation with railway
bocnrnli-deuer Henry T. Clarke regard
ing the makeup of the schedules.
Chairman T. S. 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 15. 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
Slit of speakers has not yet been an
nounces. It Is expected that Mr. Bryan
jwill deliver an address outlining his
position on a number of Issues.
The new machinery at the state
penitentiary 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
pfhts job was furnished by the state,
the convicts being taken out of the
broom factory for this purpose. The
ptate received a rebate of $1,100 on
the Jab for the use of tho convicts.
The board of managers of the state
fcjeard of agriculture met recently in
the office of Secretary Miller at the
A house. . A number of small bills
were audits, and routine Matters at
leaded to. Secretary Miller reported
that 11.100 cubic yard's, of earth had
een kauled Into the low ground north
of the swine barns. It is on this "made
FrotU-V that the board expects to see
A nsagnlAsent stock pavllllon erected
some day.
H. C. Lindsay has been spending
moat ot 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 cf volumes. He has erected a
riumberof 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 beerrstored there so
long owing to the lack of room.
Horace E. Flock of the department
ef legislative reference of Baltimore,
has) written to Secretary of State Jun
kln asking for a copy of the 2-cent
tare law, as well as Information con
cerning Its operation In Nebraska. Mr.
Flack asked also If the railroads are
contesting the law. The legislature of
Maryland Is considering passing such
ttn act.
Labor Commissioner Ryder says he
has received a number of applications
or positions and while his office is
not an employment bureau, he will
seek to accommodate all perns in
sofar as his power will permit. If per-i
sons with positions vacauf will list
Ihem with him, he will refer' appll.
rnts who may be fitted.
...
Insurance Deputy Plorce Is confined
$o his bed with nervous trouble. Ha
Is net In nerluus condition but Is very
In answer to tho mandamus suit
brought by the attorney general to
compel the Union Stock Yards cum
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 wuy a trans
portation organization. It says that It
has a few tracks but has never sought
to exer-fae the right of eminent do
main and bos no Interest in the
charges preferred by the railroad com.
panlos for hauling cars over these
tracks.
ASK RELEASE CF QIHL SLAYER.
Jessie Morrison, Who Killed Her
Blval, Said to Be Dying in Prison.
Interest In the tragic life story ofi
Jessie Morrison, of Kldorndo, Kan.. I
revived through the efforts of Influ
ential friends to iwure lier release
from the Kansas State petiltentlary
for the murder of her school girl friend..
Mr Olln O. Castle. The young wom
an, once known througliont the Ftnfo
as a beauty, Is said to be dying ns a
result of her confinement In the o-.a
au's prison, with sixteen years of a
twenty-year sentein-e yet to serve.
(-?Ier beauty has faded, her spirits
are dead, and she pleads pitifully for
freedom. Tliose who were once her
bitterest enemies are Interesting them
selves in her hattle for leniency. Min
isters are nt the head of the movement,
and an application for pardon, eignetl
by some of the foremost men and wom
en of Kansas, will soon be In t'je
hauds of Gov. I loch.
The crime for which Mlas MorriHon
is paying the penalty wns committed
when she nnd a successful rival in love
engaged In a razor duel. Her oppo
nent was Mrs. Olln O. Castle, who, as
Clara Wiley, whs married to youruj
Olln Castle, clerk In an Eldorado store.
Both girls had in turn been wooed by
aim.
July 22, 1000, nine days alter the
wedding of Clara Wiley and Castle
Miss Morrison vlBlted the young wife
itnd the fotal battle ensued. "I was
called to the Castle home by Mrs. Cas
tle, who commenced a furlouu tirade
against me," she says In telling the
story. "She attacked ine with a razor.
I matched the weapon from ber and
Slashed ber." Mrs. Castle died a week
later.
Miss Morrison bad three trial. Id
each of which she was found guilty.
Tlie first time she was aoatenced to
three ears in prison, the second, to
ten, and the third time to twenty.
The prominence of the principals of
tbe case made It one of the greatest In- ,
terest throughout the country. The con
victed woman's father was at one tlm
member of the Kansas Suprexae
Oourt W. J. Bryan is quoted as being in ae
tord with much of tbe President's mes
lege to Congress. In particular he llkea
the. recommendation that the government
pay the expenses of elections, only he
(rould add a provision against private con
tributions. He also" strongly approves of
the postal and guaranteed banks.
- Upon the eve of tbe opening of Con
gress Representative Fowler of New Jer
sey, head of the House banking and cur
rency committee, issued a prediction of
coming financial tragedy of far greater
proportions than the present panic unless:
we stop Issuing a fixed bond-secured cur
rency. He says that tbe banks of the
country to-day have about 112,000,000,
000 in deposits and about the same
amount of loans outstanding, against
which tbey hold reserves of only S'JOO,
000,000, of which $20O.O00,(XM) la In bank
note promises. Tliis be calls "the worst
and wildest form of inflation." lie de
fines ns "busing oue credit upon another
credit." Hence he deems the credit cur
rency tbe safest because it would al
ways be sent to bank of issue promptly
and necessitate proper reserves.
Tbe letter written by Senator Foraker
ot Ohio lu response to the resolutions of
tbe Ohio Republican League committees
lust week was bis formal announcement
ot willingness to accept support to the
end of bis becoming tbe candidate of tbe
party for the presidency. In It the Sen
ator virtually laid down bis platform by
ssying be will stick to bis policy of op
position to executive encroachment aud
by opposing tariff tinkering. ,
Three daughters and one son ef Sam--Uel
W. Carpenter of Allegheny, Pa have
eloped In a yeac
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