Stat. Ilia .
Society
DAKOTA
COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, AritlL 24, 1908.
NUMBER 34
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY JTATED, .
HAVOC IN TORNADOES
IIISASTIMU'S KTOItMS HIT IOWA,
NKBP.ASKA AM) DAKOTA.
Storm Sweeps Over Iiarge Farming
District In Vicinity -f IViulcr, Neb.,
Nib., Denmllslilng House and Hums
mill Injuring Many I'cthoiim.
A tornado struck Valley Springs,
P. I)., about twenty-five miles east of
f'loux Fulls. Thursday evening and
demolished about thiity bulidings.He
fcre the wires went down the central
telephone office fit Moux Fulls was
informed that a call had been sent out
to neighboring towns for physicians.
Persistent efforts to get Into com
t.iunicatlon with Valley Springs Thurs
day night were unavailing. Additional
information cannot be secured before
morning.
A dispatch fri.ni Pender, Neb., says
a terrific cj clone pawed through that
neighborhood about 12:30 o'clock
Thursday. It first struck at Pick
Walker's, about six m"es southwest of
Tender, demolishing nil his buildings
n nd injuring Mr. Walker's mother anil
the hired man. The family had Just
sat dc wn to dinner when the house
was struck, but all except the two
mentioned escaped without injury. The
in xt place was that of Emll Magnus
sen. where the family consisted of Mr,
i aid Mrs. Magnussen and Mr. Magnus
sen's mother and 'three children, three
more children being at school. The
labj, about 1 year old. was instantly
i '.lied and the elder Mrs. Magnussen
i not expected to live.
Two cyclones which started near
'.Vestftcld, la., did considerable dam
ape to property and endangered the
lives of many people. Both were seen
by many people, an:l both occurred
tt almost the same time.
The first storm began about one mile
cast of McCook, S. I)., and traveled up
the P.ig Sioux Valley. It was first seen
about 4:10 o'clock, and lifted and
rettled many times during Its course.
It struck the farm of C. V. Campbell.
ihout a mile south of Westfield. A
i Urge barn was completely destroyed.
WAlt VKTDIIAS IS HIB.
I ivri
with Willow of One of His Ten
Sons, All Dead.
Henry Dorman, of Liberty, Mo., one
jit" the oldest civil war veterans, has
,ust celebrated his l-19th birtnday. He
t. ys he used the weed when a baby in
"uv York state, where hw was born
i'.mg'fss his Increased his pension
-Mice he btcame 109 years old to $50
i month.
Mr. Dorman has been a resident of
fri'ssiurl for more than thirty years,
a groat part of that time being spent
in Lamar, Mo., where he owned
mi, all garden patch at the edge of
town. He gave up the tobacco habit
in 1901, when he began to show the
e'ects of his extreme length of years.
He is cared for in his declining years
l.y the widow of the youngest of hi
ton sons, all of whom he has outlived
.11 r. ijoiman ennsiea in tne union
:.rmy from Michigan in 1863, when he
was $4 years old, an age at which most
i. ien are incapacitated for the duties of
n Mildicr in the Held. He rendered ef-
1'iieiit service and took part In the
I attic of Gettysburg and other impor
tr.iit engagements. In one of which
he was wounded. He is well known In
'. A. R circles throughout the state
orui.ws wkiii: kkvkhskd.
Autopsy Showed I niisual Condition.-
In Hoely of St. Louis Judge.
Surgeons In Johns Hopkins hosi
;nl in Baltimore, at an autopsy on the
body of Judge John E. McKelchton
of St. Louis, found that instead of the
uual setting of the organs, those
in
the body were scattered about in vari
cm ways. His heart was turned in i
position the reverse of normal
his
kidneys were united by a ligament
In
uie shape of a horseshoe, and othe
'ixans were reversed.
Judge McKelghtnn was G6 years e
l
Hi--V'cumu critically 111 in St. Louis
in
February and his physicians were un
able to diagnose his case. He w
as
l.rought to the Johns Hopkins hospital
c-aiiy in March, where an operatlo
vps performed.
Trust Agent Is Fined.
W'lllam N. C'li eland, a nephew i
ix l ieslclent (.; rover Cleveland, and
n.tmber of the firm of Huston & t'leve
land, of Columbus. O., Thursday v.a
m-i tf need to pay a line of $Mn and re
main five days In jail, having been ci.
Meted of being a bridge trust i gent.
Sioux ii- live stock .Market.
Thursday's ijuotations on the fclux
t ity live stock niaikel follow: T
i-ceves, 16.30. Top hog. $5.35.
Groat My Wheel Iliirnts.
Two men were killed and two
hurt
teriously, and several others s'iphily
unrnea in trie plant of the .
frhore, III., Electric company at
began, 111, by an immense fly u
which flew from its bearings.
lice
C-oniinander Xocl Demi.
tmmanut r York .Noel, V. S. NT
tied Thursday at New York. Duiln
the Spanish war he was commander r
Die cruiser Marblehtud.
rninnsMEX iivgku roit watl
Knssla Finds Grave Peril on Persian
Frontier.
The sltuMlon on the Persian fron
tier is considered at St. Petersbrug to
be steadily becoming more serious de
spite the check to the Persian brigands
April 20, when the Russian forces
drove the bandits back with heavy
losres. The rising Is gradually spread.
ing. Die other mountaineers now flock-
g to the assistance of the Shaksetan
and Begllven tribes, against whom the
operations are being conducted. Col.
Konovalosef, the Russian chief of
ftaff of the frontier guard, who for
years has been stationed on the Per
sian frontier, believes that the struggle
will not be terminated until the Per
sians have received a lesson like that
cf fifteen years ago, when a Russian
expedition crossed the frontier, and,,
after extended operations, killed over
1,000 tribesmen And compelled two
tribes to sue for'peace.
The tribesmen are' Intensely hostile
to the Russians, and they mutilate sav
agely the wounded Russians that fall
Into their hands. The brigands are
veil armed, and the operations against
them consequently are made difficult
for the troops.
The frontier guard Is Inadequate to
cope with the situation, and a mili
tary expedition is required to assist
them. No aid Is expected from Per
sia, as the tribesmen neither acknowl
edge nor fear the government at Te
heran. ,
$5,000 in a mrnnisii heap.
Twenty Tons of I end Containing Gold
and Silver Found.
Qold, silver and lead to the value
jf $5,000 was found In an abandoned
pile of brick and ashes at the plant of
the Kansas City Structural Steel com
pany In Argentine. The site was for
merly occupied by the Argentine
smelter.
Workmen digging near the founda
tions of an abandoned blast furnace
struck a hard substance. A force of
ahout fifty men was set to work and a
deposit of lead ore was discovered.
Dynamite was used In removing the
old furnace wall, and within two hours
a solid mass of lead ore weighing 20
tons was removed.
The lump will contain about three
ounces of gold to the ton. Gold Is
valued at $20 an ounce. There are
about 175 ounces of silver, valued at
b0 cents an ounce, in the lump. The
value of the lead Is about 10 cents a
pound. The assayers say the mass Is
worth at least $5,000 and perhaps
more.
"The metal had probably leaked
through the floor of the old blast fur-
race years ago," said H. A. Fitch, pres
ident of the steel company. "A new
floor was laid in the furnace and the
I revlous metals lost In the leak re
mained forgotten."
shot ny ow.v guards.
Cadets Turned Guns on Guatemalan
President.
The shooting at Guatemala City,
during which President Etrada Ca
brera was wounded, was done by ca
dets of the polytechnic Institute, ac
cording to advices received from
Guatemala. The cadets who had been
selected to act as guards of honor
opened fire as the president entered
the palace. The dispatches state that
several members of the presidential
party were wounded, one or two fatal
ly. The president himself received
several wounds, none of them very se-
lious. The dispatch states that eight
cadets were executed immediately af
ter the shooting.
Work of the Black Hand.
The front of Rizzo Salvatoris' gro
tery at Streator, 111., was blown in
Tuesday night by two men. Salvatoris
had received from Chicago three let
ters In which demands were made for
sums of money ranging from $100 to
$1,000, which. If not forthcoming, the
penalty would be death from the black
hand.
To Curtail Cotton Output.
Practically all the cotton mills in
Fall River, Mass., have decided to
adopt a drastic policy of curtailing
production in an effort to offset ad
verse market conditions. It Is estimat
ed the output this week will be less
than normal by nearly 125,000 pieces,
Hits I ho Express Frank.
United States Judge Kohlsaat Issued
an injunction Wednesday against five
express companies at Chicago, re
straining them from Issuing express
franks and from transporting proper
ty in Interstate commerce In exchange
for franks.
More Theatrical People Indicted.
The grand Jury at Kansas City has
returned Indictment against 142 ac
tors, managers and employes of play
bouses. The indictments are for vio.
lations last Sunday.
Child Wrecks lima Mine.
While playing about a coal mine In
lonaparte, la., the 4-year-old son of
Ellsworth Martin lit a fuse In the pow
der house and was blown to death. Thej
buildings and mine were wrecked.
Nino Killed In Wreck.
Nine Italian laborers were killed
two fatally Injured and fifteen others
seriously hurt Wednesday by the
wrecking of a runaway train on the
Lanquln Lumber company's log road
near Williamsport, Pa.
Rosen IliltiriiH to KusMu.
Maron de Rosen, the Russian ambas
sador, sailed from New York Wednes
day for Russia on the steamer Mau
ritania, to be gone until Oc tober
ALlllUCIt ll'.Mi IF A XT.
Senate to Insist On Some Such
Mcnurc,
At a meeting of the republ!?nn steer
ing committee of the senate Tuesday
the legislative program was dlscurscd,
but no decision was reached to add any
Important measures to those destined
for enactment at the present session
of congress. In regard to currency
legislation It was stated that if the
house parked a bill providing for a
commission to Investigate financial
matters the senate would. Immediate
ly upon receipt of the measure, vote to
adopt the Aldrleh currency bill with a
view of putting the whole subject Into
conerence.
Senator Aldrleh made It clear that If
there wus to be financial legislation of
any character at this session It would
be along the line of what already had
been done In the senate, with concur
rence in the provision for a commis
sion to sit during the recess of con
gress to consider currency matters.
Senator Hale told his collenguer on
the committee that the sentiment of
the senate was against the four battle
ships scheme advocated by the presi
dent and that It Would be useless to try
to get an appropriation for more than
two battleships at this session.
TEACHER DEFEATS KIDNAPER.
Girl In IesMrate Battle Protects a "
Year-Old Pupil.,
After attempting to kidnap his 7-
year-old daughter. Pearl, from her
class room at Venice, 111., Tuesday. O.
W. Evans, a wealthy stockman of Tul
sa, Okla , fought a desperate battle
with Miss Adeline Earnett, the teacher,
and was finally captured after a thrill
ing chase In carriages across St. Clair
county that ended near the stock
yards In East St. Louis.
Evans and his wife, Dlcle, who was
with him, are under arrest at the
Venice JrUl charged with attempted
kldnaplnp, assault and battery and in
terrupting school while In session. - He
Is held under $2,000.
The little girl Is a daughter by n
former marriage. Her mother is di
vorced from Evans and lives in Yen.
Ice.
MOB ATTACKS CAR.
Strike Breaking Conductor Probably
Fatally Woundod at IVnsnoola.
After a week of quiet, with the state
troops present to preserve order, Pen-
sacola, Fla., was again thrown Into a
turmoil -juesaoy afternoon, when a
moD or twenty-five men attacked a
street car In the suburbs and pYobably
fatally wounded the. conductor, .. G
Hoffman. Following this attack W. L.
WIttlch, Jr., a stenographer, was firefl
upon by unknown persons as he was
approaching a car In the city to ride
to his home. While the city was quiet
Tuesday night considerable nervous
ness was shown on all sides, further
outbreaks being feared.
Adjt. Gen. Clifford R. Foster appeal
ed to the labor leaders to prevent vio
lence and disorder, and it Is hoped
their Influence will prevent further
trouble.
ROBBED HOMES OF 'NUN'S.
Noted Crook Is Captured by St. Piuit
Police.
Robert Kehle, who in the past two
weeks, It Is alleged, has robbed thri
convents and a Methodist dcaconncw.'
home, has been arrested at St. Paul,
Minn., and is said to have made a full
confession.
Kehle Is known to the police r.f
twenty of the large cities of the coun
try as a man who makes a specially
of robbing convents and religious in
stitutions generally. He Is 4 5 yeav
old and came from Prussia, where ho
has a police record.
Ixis Angeles Takes Holiday.
By order of Mayor Harper Tuesday
was a general holiday in Los Angeles
In honor of the visit of the Atlantic
fleet. Practically all business houses
were closed, and work of all kinds sus
pended. A feature of today's program
was an automobile parade throng!
the principal streets.
Big Steel Mill to ISesmne.
Notices were posted at New Castnre,
Pa., Tuesday that the Slienango Valley
steel plant, operated by the Carnegie
Steel company, would start In full op
eratlon Wednesday. The order affect'
1,200 men.
I. A. Mathews Dead.
J. A. Mathews, onee prominent lit
Missouri state polities u rid geneni
manager of the Omaha Henthl
1887-88, died at St. Louis Tuesday
aged 67 years.
Army Ollieer Promoted.
The president Wednesday nomlnat
ed Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Bany to be
major general, and Cols. Charles M
rls and Philip Keade to be brigadier
generals.
Artist Irvin .1. I'iue Dead.
Irvln J. Pine, builder of the Mar
Gras pageants in Mobile, Ala., and
other cities a scientist and artist o
note, died ut, Mobile Tuesday, aged "1
Reprieve for ilerniuii Itillek.
Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, acting on
the recommendation of the state
lioard of pardons, has granted a re
Iprlevo to Herman Iilllek, sentenced t
jhung In Chicago next Friday, to Jun
12.
Sick People in Peril.
A dispatch from Big Rapids, Mich
cays the Mercy hospital burned Tues
day. Thirty patients were in the ho
iiitttl when the fire started.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
glESE523GK
GIRL STEPPED ON A MUCH.
Fire at Pender Cu.en Forty 'Ilimis.Hil
i liar Lews.
A fire In John R. House's general
merchandise store caused a $40 000
loss at P' m'er Tuesday afternoon.
practically destroying the entire st ick
In the store, the largest In Pender,
and also greatly damazinx the build
ing. House had only SU.t'iei Insur
ance on the Mock. The building.
which was known as the opera House
block, was owned by A. H. Warring
ton, and his loss is said to be covered
by Insurance.
While a young woman clerk In the
store was waiting upon ;i cutoiner the
heel of her shoe is believed to have
Ignited a parlor match which ha I been
accidentally dropped upon the lloor.
The blaxe quickly spread to the In
flammable material on the counter:"
and to a large pile of cotton batting.
In a fe'v minutes the whole li.terlor
f the store was a mass of llninec. Tho
fire department responded promptly
when the alarm was turned In. but
when the hose was laid It was dlsviv.
ered that some unknown person had
cut four lengths of hose with a l-.nlfe.
This caused a delay of about live min
utes, during which the flames made
great headway.
The cutting of the hose Is a myi-toty
which the authorities tte now tryii.sr
to solve. No motive for the act Is
known.
HOLDRFGE MAN TAKES POISON,
Prominent Dentist v'otumlfs Siiloldp
No Reason for the Act.
J. Ra.isom WuhHm. r. prominent
dentist of Holdrcg, coiumilt.M sui
cide Moi.dcy aftcrnoin. H'n fallic:
found Mm en a c.v.ch ,i his o!'l
about 2 o'clock, dead, w'.tli h!." left
hand In his pr.r.ts pouV-ct and Vw rl-rht
hand thrown acrusu his i t-..: aeli, ;;r,.'
on the lloor beside the cenc'.i a c oil
men table glass which had contained
a solution of cyanUe of potassium.
Enough jras left In the glass If dls
solved to bave killed twenty-live men
The act was premeditated, a he left
two letters to his wife telllnj; how n
settle up his business and how ho com
mitted suicide.
Ho wis prosperous and had a good
business, and everybody Is wonder'.ti;;
what was f he cause of the suicide. His
domestic relations ho far n? known
have been of the most pleasant. An
Inquest was held and the jury brought
In a verdict that ha came to his tWih
by his own hand .fyv fiklng the dope
sf cyanide.
LEAKY BOAT CAUSE OF DEATH.
Yotina Fremont Fsrini'rH Is Drowned
at Diers Lake.
Coroner Overgaard held an Inquest
Monday morning on the body of Geo.
Johnson, the young farmer who was
drowned In Diers lake Saturday after
noon. It appeared that Johnson and
another party went out In an old leaky
boat. When about fifty feet from the
shore and In ten feet of water the stern
went down and Johnson fell Into the
Tater, sinking Immediately. His com
panion hung on to the boat. There
were a number of persons present, but
they were unable to get him out. John
son evidently had cramps, and hl.i
teeth were forced through his tongue
He was a son of Christopher Johnson
an old resident of that county, an I
Iraves a wife and four small children
He was a member of the Danish
Brotherhood, which organization had
charge of his fuiwral.
Snakes In DciiikIiik County. -
Mrs. Thomas Arnold, living a few-
miles south of Waterloo, stepped Into
a bunch of snakes and was bitten sev
eral times about the ankle. She as
first thought the snakes were rattlers
but Investigation showed thr y were not
venomous. A doctor was called and
attended to the wounds and the wom
an Is getting along fill right.
Arrested at Osceola.
A. O. Glover, of Arlington, Is In Jail
at Osceola for the reason he. It Is al
leged, received money under lalse pre
tenses. Sixty-five dollars Is Involved
In the deal that caused his arrest. It
Is claimed that he received much more
from the farmers of Hamiltdi county
and western Polk county through hi
stock and food sales.
DriiuiiNt Arm-led lor Selllnx Liquor.
Frank C. Alley, of Howe, a town six-
miles south of Auburn, was arrestei
on the charge of Illegal sale of lbiuor
He was brought to Auburn, plead
guilty to the charge and was fined
$100 and costs, which wus paid and
he was released. Mr. Alley is the pro
prietor of the only drug store at tha
place.
I'tlea Man Attempt Sule-lile.
James Sage, aged about years,
who has been employed as a elrng
clerk in Allen & Sons drug store li
I'tlca for nearly two months, attempt
eel to commit suicide Sunday night by
cutting ids throat with a razor. Tli
doctors do not give much hope for hi
recovery.
Hcrold DlM'liarsrcd in Hearing.
W. W. Coutes, of Plnttsmouth
caused the arrest of Henry Hcrold
on the chrurgc. of having embezzle
$17,000 from him while manm-cr i
three store-s for eleven months. L
the preliminary examination today in
Toulon, III., the court found llerol
not guilty.
Fire at Fremont.
George Murrell's barn, e-n the ren
of his lot at the corner of Eighth an
K streetg, Fremont, caught lire ree-e n'
ly, and on account of iiljolnlng bulli'
lugs It proved a dangi rous l,n
about $:'00. Fully injured.
DcsiMiiitlcnt Mini Attempts S:'ti'!e!i
In a lit of despondency on aico,:i'l
of being out of work, V. A. :'' : i
printer, attempted to ci intuit fule
Monday morning by :la'julnir himre-K
1 INTEREST IHH.PPEHlilSS
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MIMSIFRS TO FIGHT SALOONS.
Nebraska City Divine Tak Thclf
('imp Into Court In Otoe County,
lit spite the people at the late city
lecTlen voiced their sentiment and
elected a mayor In favor of a wide-
pen town and other towns hereabouts
oted to wipe out the saloons, It looks
s if .Nebraska City Is gedng to hav
st methlng thnt will disturb many of
Its saloonkeepers and prevent many, If
t all, from securing a license. Mon-
I'r.y evening Is the time set for the
mryor and council to grant licenses
tiel consider the applications. There
are fourteen applicants ror saloons
and five applying for druggists per
il. Its.
Scturdny evening five ministers,
evs. .T. W. Merrill of the Baptist
churcTi. J. A. Koser of the Lutheran,
R Hotilgate of the Methodist, A. E.
1-Vr'y cf Lie Presbyterian, and W. W.
Barnes of tne Kplscopal church, se
ined the services of Judge Paul Jes-
sen, r.'id filed a remonstrance against
".he nrnntlnn cf a license to any of the
r.rplleants on the grounds that they
r.n vi n' t complied with the Klocumb
r.v, The law and order league rca-
f'.r"'.1 to take the matter up and the
vc inlnyteis have gone together to
enforce the law, the other ministers
nf the cl y lefuslng to take any part
In tlie flt-'bt.
'i:ie saloon men have all retained
itUuti ys c.i.d when the matter comes
p X. ('. ;.' evening there will be a
w.-.rm time In the council chamber, as
n.e of the r..li. inters have threatened
cany the ir.r.tter even further than
they have started. This Ib the first time
t'ae sal.lcn men have experienced trou-
!o In getting licenses for several
;; ri ar.vl t'.iat was when several worn,
n of the Women's Christian Temper-
ai r? unl'in, hired an attorney and ob-
etcd to tie i r tw.) (retting licenses,
. j wire gi anted them wlth-
t prot?;t. At that time several of
the ra'ion men were lighting among
themselves .ir.d it brought on the pro
test frcm t!-e outside.
TO MAKE CORN EXHIBIT.
Cuming Ciamty I'lirmrrs Organize, fen
tin- tilMiw ut Onialm.
Aw a mcr.:ie of organization, looking
!oarel the proper presentutio.i of the
corn product of Cuming county ai
the forthcoming national corn expo
sition at Oninha, those most Interested
l.i the movement have established the
Cuming County Corn Growers' asso
ciation, drawn up a constitution, and
elected the' following eiffli'ers: Presi
dent C. Y. Thompson; first vice prcM
dent. F. J. Buck, of WIsner; second
vice president, W. A. Smith, of Beem
er: secretary, James C. Elliott, of West
Point, and , for treasurer, K. T. Rice,
of Bancroft. The association will make
a determined efr'ort to Induce the
county board cf supervisors to grant
them an adequate appropriation to
enable them to offer prizes, locally, for
the bet corn In the several districts
of the county. Much Interest Is being
Bhown in thin movement, West Bros,
Implement men of WIsner, having of
fered a $ll'0 manure spreader for the
best corn exhibited from northern
Cuming county.
STOCKMEN EXPECT DIG MEET.
Geiv. She lele.ti nn:l Perliays Gov. lluc-li-
s tel tn Attend.
Denying the numerous false reports
In circulation as to the holding of
the stockmen's convention In some
other city than Alliance, R. M Hamp
ton. secri'laiy of the association,, off!
c'ally announced Friday that there
was nothing to these- reports and that
the convention will be held there on
June 11 and 12, us It has been for the
'ust twelve years. Furthermore, Gov.
heldon will be there on the 11th, and
arruiigemenU are being made to hav
'lov. Huchlel, of Colorado, meet with
die Xebrnskei stockmen at this time.
'er.ator Burkett Is also among the
elehrltles who will be present, and
every indication points to this being
.lie of the best conventions ever held
liy stockmen.
Fire nt Genevn.
The Alexande r meat market at Ge
i.i'va burned Friday. While render
ng lard the bottom of the kettle fell
.nil. setting fire to everything. The
Ire company rendered elliclent service,
r.vlng the neighboring buildings. The
nilliling was one of the last frames on
he business street, u one-story build
r.tf. It wus Insured. The firm was
.omposi d of the llyutt brothers.
fi'llli- Goen to Penitentiary.
Jii'li-'o Ituper at Beatrice Friday
ivorrule d a motion for a new trial In
(he rase- of the State against James
I. llllc .Jul si-nteuceel defendant to eight
yen r.4 I:: tl'.e penitentiary. Lillle wus
icee i't y m IcUd of robbing Thomas
Martin, an old soldier, on the high'
ny mar his home In Uoekforel town
hip. f $70 on the night of Oct. 11
I !)li 6.
If'-ri.Td Kins Cootes for Slander.
He r i y Ili-rold commenced suit In
i t-; i i . t ('"un at I'luttsmouth Saturday
ttiriioo'.i ajjatnst W. V. Coates to
u!le ;-t ") i.'mO damages for slander
inl nu:.!' Pi is prosecution because the
,.;ti r i..u.:-d h!s arrest Monday In
iiivvl.:i'. 111., charging hlrn with
:ilng ni'. i zle-d $17,000 from him
i.ith men un.l their families reside In
his c ty.
Si'lieieil Teiiclicr A.-a lilted.
Kn;. i i Intemlc nt I. Na Clark, of the
1,1,11c schools was the? victim of an
tun I; Fililay morning. N. C. Klep
i .-, n ! loleiit farmer, assaulted him
n: e i !::i clow u. Thu cause of the
'.!i'.k v..;. ;he action of the school
r. ro la si:s ending his son for the
e Iiool ymr. A warrant U out for
i ; i'it's u yv. tt.
I Je :itor Burned.
The elevator of the Duff Grain com
'iv ut i'u: '.; :(-'ti n buriieel with all Ity
STOLNmriT
The employe s f the state board of
regent are following i tit the rules laid
'.own by the new board, recently pub
lished, In the matter of the purchase of
supplies. This Information Is In the
report of the university by State Ac
countant Fairfield, who is still looking
e ver the books c f the Institution. The
lules were drawn by Charles Anderson,
George Coupland and Fred Abbott,
nnel adopted by the board shortly after
the first two named became members
of the board. In his special report the
itate accountant says:
No public Institution and probably
but few private Institutions, If any, In
the state has Fuch un eliborate system
of bookkeeping and aex-ountlng as the
state university. It would bo Impossl-
le to keep out of chaos without an
Accurate system In an Institution
spending the money for the Innumer-
ble purpeisea required by the univer
sity. It Is net clear that any less elab
orate method than that In vogue would
pioduce the results. It Is not the In
tention of this re-pert to try to pick
liny llnws In the system. If Indeed there
ore c.ny flaws. Competent bookkeepers
of up-to-date methods are employed,
rnel a tegular examination of the ac
counts Is made by an expert account
ant with a reputation well worth maln-J
mining. Vouchers ore approved by
every official who could possibly be ex
pected to know of the debt which It Is
to liquidate. Some of these O. K.'s
nre necessarily perfunctory, as will ap
pear by the enumeration of the parties
who ofllx their names to each docu
ment." Adjt. Gen. Pcharx has sent the fol
lowing Information of the National
Guard to Lieut. Col. E. M. Weaver,
hlef division of militia affairs, Wash
ington, D. C:
"In response to your Inquiry of
March 28, have the honor to make re
ply as follows:
Average amount of time In hours
of Instruction during' the last few
years, 98.
"l'ereen'oge of this time In Indoor
Instiuctlon, 56. -:' ;
"Percentage of this time In field In
struction, 44.
Average term of service of commis
sioned officers, 1 year 7 months.
Average term of service of enlisted
men. 2 years 7 months.
'Percentage of vacancies among of
ficers by resignation or discharge year
ly. 64.
"Pe-rcentage of discharges among
er.lb.ted men, 4 8.
"Percentage of discharges among
enlisted men due to expiration term
e.f service, 60.
"Percentage due to sickness, very
slight.
"Percentage due to personal desire
ti quit the service, 18.
"Percentage due to non-reslde'iice
32.
"Average totol number commission
ed officers during past live years, 114.
"Average total number enlisted men
Juring past five years, 1,440."
Atteirney General Thompson wai
very much disappointed when he re
ceived news that the I'nlted States su
pri'ine ceiurt refused to Issue the man
damus to compel the federal Judges
to remand to the state court cases In
volving the anti-pass law; the 2-cent
fare law; the Aldrleh bill, and the
isllway commission bill. Mr. Thomp
son filed suits In the state court to
compel a compliance with these laws
and the railroads secured their trans
fer to the federal court, Mr. Thorn p
son raised the point thnt the state was
the real party at Interest, untl, there
fore, the cases could not be trans
ferred to the federal court. The court
assumed Jurisdiction, however, and the
attorney general then applied to the
federal court fer a mandamus to com
pel the feeleral judges to reitiuiiel the
suits. The Unlteel State supreme
court refused to pass upon the eiues-
tlem of whether the state Is a party of
Interest until after the case has been
tried out in the lower court and np
pealed.
The express companies doing bu"l
ness In Nebraska have filed with the
state railway commission a new scheel
ule of rates, differing from the pres.
nt rates In that they are generally
lower. So far as Nebraska Is concin
ed very little change Is made In the
rate, though the Interstate shipments,
from here to New York, for instance,
Is much re duced. The rates wt?r filed
for the approval of rhe commission
and until that approval Is secured they
cannot become effective in thlH state
For the present at least the approval
eif the commission will be withheld, for
ttie reason if the commission permits
these rales to go Into effect It means
lhe-y take the ph''e of the rates fixed
In the Sibley law. The commission
does net know whi ther the express
companies sought to catch It asleep
line, have- these rati h approved as the
cflle'lal rates In the state, and thus ele-
leat the object of the Slhh y law.
Wllllnm M. CubblKon, sentenced te
the penitentiary from Piatt county foi
two years, Is seeking re-llef through
habeas corpus proi'eedlims. It win
ulli'Rcd by his itttorncyn that the In
formation filed against him was filed
when court was in vacation, which on
previous occasions the court hits held
sufficient grounds to nullify a eon
lotion.
Ocar II. Allen, of Wabash, Cast
cour ty, has filed a complaint with the
ttato railway commission against th
Wcttern I'nlon Telegraph company
,,.nn
nuiruuu,
and the Missouri Pacific
charging they have closed the tele
graph oilier at that place and It Is,
Impossible to get telegraphic comniu-
Plcatlon with the outside world. Mr.
All... said he is now compelled to
c.rlve hi- cattle to another town for
shipment by reason of the abrence of
ihe urle-graph office at ." abash.
TAXATION OF TIMBER
PROBLEM OF STATES
Exhaustive Study to Be Made by
New Hampshire, Aided by
National Bureau.
FOREST GROWTH IS INVOLVED,
Whereas Maine Would Place Burden
on Wild Lands, New York
Would Exempt Them.
tfuhlngton corre-ponde-noi
Exhaustive study of the forest taxa
tion problem as presented by the actual
workings of existing laws Is to tie at
tempted for the nrst time by the New
Hampshire forestry commission in co
oiK'ratlon with the United States for
est service. The study will take In
the muny questions of forest land tax
tlon and the protection, of New
Hampshire forests from fires. J. H.
Foster of the forest service has been
sent from Washington to mnke the In
vestigations on the ground.
Because of Its thoroughness. New
Hampshire's study Is sure to be fol
lowed with grent Interest by New
York, Maine. Michigan, Pennsylvania
and other States which find the tax
problem a serious check to forest pre
servation. Mr. Foster will find out by
painstaking inquiry In different parts
of the Mate and among all classes of
citizens how the laws are administer
ed, how they are regarelenl and what
tbelr effect Is on the lumber Industry
and on forest preservation. . The result
will be to provide New Hampshire
with a better basis for revising Its sys
tem of taxing forest lands than any
State lias ever had, if changes in the
present laws nre found to be needed.
Taxation of timber land is regarded
by officers of the forest service as ond
of the most important mntters up for
discussion. They believe that upon the
right , settlement of this question de
pends largely the rapidity with which
private .owners adopt forestry. Agita
tion for a change Is tuklng place along
two directly opposite lines for an In
crease In the amount of taxes to be
paid by wild lands ou the one band,
and on the other for laws which will
partly or wholly exempt from taxation
reforested lands, or-defer the colleo
tlon of taxes on the forest crop until
it is harvested. .
Those who urge increasing the tax
believe this class of property does no!
pay Its Just share. Those who advo
cate laws to lighten the weight of taxa
tion on forest lands In one way or an
other maintain that the public welfare
Is promoted by the preservation of for
ests, and that the more heavily they
are taxed the more nearly certain it is
that they will be wiped out or will lose
most of their value through destructive
lumbering. .
In Maine nud New York proposed
changes in existing laws are under dis
cussion. In Maine a tax commission
apiKiliited by, the last legislature Is
about to hold public hearings, and the
report is that It will be asked to recom
mend a plan whereby wild lands may
be taxed on the same basis as munici
pal proiierty, or about 2 per cent' an
nually. In the New York legislature-
a bill has been introduced which would
tax timber laud managed with the ap
proval of the forest, fish and game
commission at a rate not higher than
that for barren In the same tag
district, with an additional tax of ft
per cent on tbe stumpage value of the
timber when It Is cut.
In Maine the value of standing tim
ber would be, regarded as a part of
the value of the land, and the owner
would pay a rising tax as bis timber
grows more valuable, until be cuts It.
In the New York bill the timber Is re
garded as a growing crop, which. Ilk
other growing crops, should be exempt
until It is harvested. The New York
bill seeks to encourage forestry as a
menus of Increasing the wealth tX the
State; the Maine plan would discour
age it.
The New Hampshire study has been
undertaken In the belief that it will
help solve what Is undeniably a knotty
prohem. A forest taxation law which
Is both wise and practical is by no
means easy to frame.
ALL ABOUND THE GLOBE.
Louis Sherry, the New York restau
nteur, is being sued by ills wife for sep
aration. Fire in Lynchburg, Ya., destroyed
three tobacex) factories operated by T. P.
Ihinuington. The estimated loss is $200,
000. It is reported from Rio Janeiro, Bra
til, that President Itoosevelt will visit
that ccfuutry at the close of his term of
office.
Owing to financial conditions Miss
Helen Gould lias closed two of her chari
ties. Woody Crest and the Lyudliurat
Club.
Paul Morton, president of the Equita
ble Life Assurance Society, has been suf
fering from ptomaine poisoning at Seat
tle. His case is not serioun.
' Announcement was made in New York
that Miss Kilua Goodrich, for three years
leading woman with N. C. Goodwin, is to
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Manhattan opera house, New ork.
J" TT.W' '"i ? U,t
broufht ta"t h,5' b' ,ae Conrled Met-
jopohtan Opera Company for damage
for b,Mcn of contract.
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