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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, 3IAY 1, 1908.
NUMBER 35
VOLUKE XVI
I
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OP
THB WHOLE WORLD.
BISHOP IS 'GUARDED
RLPOHTF.D. . Jl I KEATS AGAINST
DRHAP.KIS AT FRISCO.
.Methodist Missionary Returning from
Orient to Attend General Conference
at Baltimore Si-Id to Have Aroused
Hostility of tlio Koreuii Ioague.
Warned tliufr a number of Koreans
In Sun Francisco wore preparing to
assassinate Bishop Merrlman Colbert
Harris upon his arrival Wednesday
morning on the .Pacific Mall steamer
Korea from the orient, Surveyor of
Port Woodward, accompanied by a
number of other federal attaches and
members of the .San Francisco police
force, liiet the steamer upon Its op
ucarance in -non. and, placing the
bishop upon the revenue cutter Gold
c-ti Outo, caused his removal to Oak-
lund. '
The action of the officials came in
response to Information from Wash
Ington.
I ili-hop Harris left San Francisco
Wednesday for the' east. He will at
tend the general conference of the
Meth"('!. t Fpiscopal church to be held
in Baltimore next month,
Koreans at Honolulu sent a cable
gram to the Korean league of Kan
Francisco quoting ri purported Inter
view witli Bishop Harris in Which he
Mated that in the occupation of Ko
lea by Hie Japanese he saw the hand
of providence and that the Japanese
were woiking for the good of Korea.
A telegram diiected the league at
San Francisco to see Bishop Harris
regarding the authenticity 'of the In
terview and ask If he wan correctly
quoted.
HOY KING WFLL GUARDED.
J'.outo from Palace to Parliament
Buildings Lined with Troops.
The Portuguese cor test roascmblcd
Wednesday. The royal mourning for
the late King Carlos and his son was
suspended for the occasion. The en
tiro garrison of Lisbon turned out at
daylight and formed along the route
from the palace to the parliament
buildings.
The republicans, dissidents and Fran
coists seem to have completed prepar
ations to precipitate an onslaught on
the government shortly after parllu
nient opens by reviving the scun-Jals
in connection with the "royal ad
vances" obtained by the late King Car
Ins from the state treasury. The young
king apparently sincerely desires
make every possible amend. He wr.in
el the whole question investigated by
a commission before the assemblage
of the cortes and repeatedly expressed
his intention of repaying to the treas
ury every cent of the money illegally
advanced. No commission, however,
was appointed.
It now leaks out that the secret of
the failure to comply with the king's
request was that the amount accredit
ed to the king on the treasury books
was not $700,000, as everybody sup
posed, but that the sum liquidated by
Franco was approximately $1,500,000.
The most sensational revelation, how
ever, is that the royal family actually
only received $700,000, the remaining
$S(i0,00 having been absorbed In tho
process of transmission by the "retro,
ac tives" then In control.
COLLINS TRIAL BEGVN.
Former Chicago .Chief .Accused ,o,
Using Police in Politics.
The trial of John M. Collins, former
c hief of police, and Frank D. Comer
ford, former police attorney, charged
with using the police force in politics,
commenced Wednesday In the criminal
court. The specific charge is that the
defendants caused policemen to en
gage in political work against Busse
In favor of Mayor Dunne, Comerford
acting as his own attorney. The de
fendants' request that the indictment
be quashed and a motion for a bill
of particulars were both overruled and
the selection of a Jury begun.
Kentucky Bunk Failure.
The Duvies County Trust company,
of Owensboro, Ky., which declined
deposits ami suspended cash payments
fi-veral days ago, hus filed a deed of
general assignment. The bank ha a
capital of $.'0,000 and deposits of over
tfi "0,000.
Fire at Jniiietttown.
A fire on the Jamestown exposition
grounds Tuesday night destroyed sev
eral colonial buildings, and was check
ed within fifty feet of the largest
states' exhibit palace. The Michigan
building was considerably scorched.
The financial toss is not great.
( Robtwtu Make Good Haul.
Robbers burglarised the Hcandla
Stute bank at Crookston, Minn., early
'Wednesday morning and secuerd 17,
000. They terrorised the Inhabitants
by "shooting up" the town and es
cuped. MUa Held Mill Wed.
The engagement of Miss Jean Reid,
daughter of Whllelaw Held, American
ambassador, to Hon. John Hubert
Ward, brother of the earl of Dudley,
as announced Wednesday.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
NINE MEN KILLED IN WltrCK.
Intcrurban Street Cnrs Collide Near
Detroit. .
Two large lnterurban trolley citrs
on the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago
railway, a part of the Detroit United
Railways system, running from Detroit
to Jackson Mich., collided head on
Tuesday afternoon while running
twenty-five miles west of Detroit, near
Ypsilantl. Nine men were killed and
about thirty men and wemen Injured,
some of them seriously. All of the
severely wounded were taken to the
University hospital at Ann Arbor.
A mistake In orders on the part of
Motorman Fay, of the limited car.
who was crushed to death beneath
his vestibule. Is alleged to have caused
the collision. It Is charged that he
overran his orders.
The dead: Motorman Fay, Jackson;
John Paget, Detroit; Charles Carmen.
Detroit; Joe Howard. Detroit; Jack'
McMullen, Syracuse, X. Y.; Garbodino
Grlnnl, Detroit; three .unidentified; ,
men.
The limited car, comfortably filled
with about forty people, left Ypsllantt
at 7 o'clock for Detroit. The running
time of the car was changed Tuesday
and reduced so that Motorman Foy
left Ypsilantl ten minutes earlier than
he had been aeeustome to. This Is
thought by some to have been respon
sible for his mistake. Instead of stop
ping at Harris switch, about two miles
west of the scene of the accident,
where it Is said by the officials of the
road the cars should have passed, the
limited rushed by the passing point at
high speed. As it rounded u curve
four miles east of Ypsilantl the other
car dashed into view, also running at
high speed. It was hopeless to try to
stop the heavy cars and they crashed
together with terrific force.
Motorman Wlngrave, of the local
car, Jumped when he saw that the
collision was Inevitable, but Motor
man Fay stuck to his post.
The local car was built considerably
higher than the limited, so that as
they met its body rode up over the
heavy flooring and ironwork of the
limited and telescoped it for nearly
thirty-four feet.
SLAIN BY RELIGIOUS FANATIC.
Pennsylvania Man Kills Child During
Riotous Prayer Meeting.
A horrible murder by a religious fa
natic In the borough of Alliance, near
Allentown, Pa., occurred Tuesday.
Councilman Henry Smith's little
daughter, aged G, was killed by the
former's ' brother-ln-luv, Robert
Bach man, of Nazareth, Pa.
Bachman was the head of a new
praying band and last week he got the
Smiths interested. They went to Bach
man's house last Saturday, prayed and
held services and then decided to re
main untlK the spirit told them to
leave. Late Monday night under Bach
man's direction, Smith, hi fighting the
devil, broke three doors, kicked In the
footboard of the bed and jumped on
the bed, smashing It.
Meanwhile Bachman was In an ad
joining room with the Smith's only
child, May Irene. When Mrs. Smith
entered the room she found her
daughter's dead body on the floor and
Bachman on his knees alongside In a
religious frenzy. The forehead and
upper portions of the child's body
were bruised and scratched.
luesuay ariernoon jiachman was
arrested. His wife told the coroner
that the child had been killed by Cod
and that her husband was God.
PRINCE AS AN OCEAN STOKER.
lTireo Hours in Lusltania's Hold Was
Enough for Russian Count.
Because he wanted to know whether
the life of a stoker on board a mod
ern ocean steamship was as bad as de
scribed, Prince Wolkousky, of Russia,
took the place of one of the crew of
the Lusltanla for three hours. At the
conclusion of his "watch" he said con
dition were worse than reported.
"It was not very hot when I enter?.')
o engine room first," said the prince
"but It was cool there In comparison to
where the stokers worked on three-
hour shifts. I shoveled to the best or
my ability. I am hardened to outdoor
life and can stand as much as the
average man, but the coal heaving left
me limp and exhausted. I was ready
to collapse."
Wreck on the "Peniixj."
One man probably was fatally in
jured and many were slightly hurt and
traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad
was blocked for several hours Tuesday
as the result of a collision between
freight and passenger train near South
Elisabeth, X. J.
Deatli Claims Anarchist.
Sellg Silversteln, the anarchist who
attempted to throw a bomb into
group of policemen in I'uion square
Nek oYrk, on March 29, and was in
jured by the premature explosion of
the bomb, died Tuesday.
For Amnesty in Portugal.
It Is announced at Lisbon that King
Manuel, when he takes the oath of the
sovereign on May 6, will grant a gener
al amnesty to ail political prisoners
xcepting those who are involved In
the murder of his father and brother
Accident on a IWttUeship.
According to a wire leas telegraph re.
port at Portsmouth, Eng., there has
been boiler explosion on the British
battleship Britannia In which several
men were Injured.
Charge Wrecks the Bunk.
Although frightened away before
)' ucc"ued getting any money,
flve bur",r" ary Tuesday caused
:0ul , uuu uie Dank of
Jienry m .iecn. turn.
BODY FOUND IX THI NK.
Neighbor Accused of Murdering
Woman to" Get Her Property. ,
Horribly mutilatwd nnd Jamni-d' Into
a trunk, the body of Mn. Smith llren
nan, wife of Pntrick Brennnn. a re
spected citizen of Brownsville, neai
Wutertown. N. Y.. was discovered
Monday. Near the-trunk the polleo
found a bloody x. Th police claim
to have already solved the mystery of
the woman's death, through a con.
fesslon which it 1 alleged they have
obtained.
According to tW police the mur
der was done In a hotel formerly
known as the liarton house, which Is
located near the Breiinan home. The
motive, the officers uM.gL'd, was rob
bery. Pending further inquiry Into the
ease the police have taken into cus
tody James Farmer and his wife, who
are neighbors of the. Urennnns.
The Brennan home, which was In
the wife's name, was, according to the
county records, transferred on Oct. 1
last to Farmer for the consideration of
JIM 00. r.rennan claimed that he was
not a party to the transfer and fur
ther stated that his wife had ricQiei!
to him that she had executed such a
deed. On Thursday last Mrs Brcnnan
disappeared, nnd the same day the
Farmers s( uglit possession of the
lirennan home. When Brcnnan ob
Jected he was directed to the county
clerk's oflice. On Saturday he exam
ined the records and found that a
deed had been executed, as Fnrnicf
stuted.
CLEVELAND ENDS CM! W.AIL
Deal Finally Arrjnicd for Tliree-Cent
I' res.
Three-cent street car fare on u'.l
lines operating w ithin I lie city or
Cleveland, O.. became a possibility
Monday night at the regular meeting
of the city council when a "security
grant" was passed under suspension of
the rules to the Cleveland Hallway
company, n new corporation which
took over the consolidated properties
of the old companies. At the conclu
sion of the council meeting that body,
as a committee of the whole, mot the
officials of the Cleveland Railway
company, the Cleveland Electric Rail
way company! tho Forest City Rail
road company and the Low Fare Rail
way company In the chamber of com
merce hall, where the final paper
were signed and passed, leasing the
property of the Cleveland Railway
company to tho Municipal Traction
company, the holding and operating
company, for fifty years.
Thus ended the seven years' con
test which has been waged at Cleve
land for low street railway car fare
and public control of urban trans
portation, marked by much bitterness
throughout and noted for tho many
appeals made to the courts.
I" N EASY AS TO GUATEMALA.
Mexico Hears Disquieting News from
Central American Republic.
There Is a persistent rumor at Mex
ico City that news of a most disquiet
ing nature ha4s been received by the
Mexican state department from Guat
emala. According to reports President
Diaz has called a cabinet meeting to
discuss Central American affairs.
Owing to Monday being a holiday it
1m Impossible to confirm these stories.
It Is declared that tho United States
and Mexico have reached an agree
ment regarding Central American af
fairs and that Important developments
are about to materialize.
It Is reported here on good authori
ty that six battalions of Mexican troops
have been ordered to proceed at once
to Tapachulta, on the Mexican-Guatemalan
frontier. Whether this move
ment Is connected In any way with the
recent disturbances in Guatemala
cannot be officially verified.
WOMAN SLAIN IN HOME.
Shot to Death by Bourdcr, Without
Knowing Motive.
Mrs. Annie Griffith, aged 35 yeurs,
was shot to death Monday night by
Frank Mclntyre, who had been a
boarder at the Griffith home at Broi k
lyn, a suburb of Baltimore, Md., for
about a year. Mclntyre had been en
tertaining some friends, and all of
them are said to have been drinking.
Leaving the others, Mclntyre went up.
stairs to Mrs. Griffith's room, where
s)ie was In bed. He had been gone
about fifteen minutes when five shots
were heard. Every one of theiu hud
taken effect In the body and race of
the woman, who died before a doctor
could be summoned. Mclntyre gave
himself up.
Griffith was not at home when tho
shooting occurred, fur which no mo.
live is assigned.
Brown Sent tu Prison.
J. Dalzell Brown, of Sun Francisco,
formerly manager of the California
Safe Deposit and Trust company,
pleaded guilty Monday tu embezzling
sixty-five mortgage bonds of the Sac
ramento Gup and Electric company
und was sentenced to eighteen mouths'
Imprisonment.
For Waterway CoinmlHNioii.
A bill authorizing the appointment
by the president of an inland water
ways commission of ten member 0
introduced in the house Monday by
Mr. Coudrey, of Missouri.
Train Goes Into Ditch.
A San Francisco passenger truin
from St. I-ouls, due to arrive at Paris,
Tex., at :40, went into the ditch near
Stanley, Oklu., eurly Monday. Ninetteu
people werv in lure'
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
boot 1.1. ggf.k" gets away.
Escapes from .lull at Wnlttilll In Mys
tenon Manner.
Charlie Jones, who win held In the
Village Jail tit Wulthlll on the charge
of bootlegging, departed some time
Tuesday night without the permission
of the village authorities, taking noth
ing except the padlock, and without
as much ns mfirrlng the rough wood
work of tlio c'.oor-.viiy. Jones appear
ed In Walth'll last Saturday, hailing
from Lyons, iud with him came con
siderable b,v::e. He stated thai he
chose the lay on account of the ball
game wh ch was Hehedu.rd to be
played. Knowing that there would be
an utiusiully large crowd to partake
of the Atimulaiits which he had
l rough! with him.
During the ufternoon and evening
he dispensed considerable of the goods.
About 7 o'clock he, with his driver.
was e-'iught uud placed In Jail. Lttler
in tho evening severul or his customers
were given berths near hkn. .Monday
morning he -was arraigned In Justice
Wood's court and lined. He niaUe ar
rangements with some parties to pay
tlie fine, atter which lie was to leave
he state. However, It is supposed he
lecided to leuve first uml have the fine
paid later.
The peculiar part of Hie matter Is
the fact that there Is not as much u
a scratch on the rusty staple that held
the Iron hasp of the door through
which the pudlock was linked. It is
understood thut the olllcers have a
clew us to the way he escaped. The
stolen pudlock und the fact that there
was nothing broken about the Jail
would seem to Indicate that there
must have been a key.
ATTACKS TWO YOI NG GIKLS.
Nehrasknn Attempts Murder of Wife's
Sisters. -
' After feigning Inveusiliility and-sub
mlttlng to a terrible beating Ida Tay
lor, of Mlnden, 13 years of age, Tues
day night saved her unconscious sister
from death in their burning home
Ida. and Pearl, aged 17, were brutally
assaulted and left for dead. The ooun
ty attorney and a large posse are in
pursuit of Bert Taylor, the brother-in-law
of the two girls, who Is accused
of the crime.
According to the si ny of Ida Taylor,
Bert Taylor demanded admittance at
midnight. He flourished a revolver
.dragged Pearl Into the kitchen und
clubbed her Into unconsciousness
Next he attacked Ida and beut her.
She pretended to faint. He then broke
a lamp and poured the on anout me
house and on the bedding. After set
ting the house afire he fled. Ida then
managed to drag her sister away
l'earl Taylor may die. Ida told her
Lstory to the county attorney Tuesday
morning. She Is painfully burned.
The two g'eAi 'ived In a little house
near Mlnden xftl attended school. .At
the end of each week they would go
to spend Sunday at the home of their
parents. Taylor's wife died severul
months ago and an infant was being
cured for by the parents of the girls
is accused of assaulting.
VICTIMS OF PTOMAINE POISON.
Sl.v Persons Made III by Ecu ling Dried
Beef.
Six persons of Norfolk were stricken
Friday night with ptomaine poisoning
as the result of eating dried beef. Sev
eral of the cases were serious, nnd it
was feared they might result fatally
All are out of danger now. The vic
tims were Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Miller,
Miss Alvlna Miller and Miss Anna
Miller. The beef was bought at Nor
folk and was put up by a south Oma
ha packing firm. Samples were sent
to t,he state chemist at Lincoln.
Banker's Son Attempts Suicide.
Haunted by a love affair with the
daughter of a prominent citizen of his
home, Geneva, G.-orge . l-.pley, a
graduate of the University of Nebras
ka, and at one tiir.e a leader of Geneva
society, attempted suicide shortly uf
ter midnight Sunday morning by hurl
ing; himself through a large glass win
dow at the rear of the second floor of
a rooming house at 16 21 Iuiiiicr
street, Denver, Colo.
Hoy Shoots Disturber.
At ..l.mii In o'cloek Satillilav nilfht
.... i.,.t:, ,.f Vuieoiloe' a 17-
.,1. '.....i.i i... iiem-il someone raooliiirU Charles Jones, of Beutliee, Will be
o.i the window or his rooms beside thu
Cohota restaurant. The rapping
continued and Edward shot through
the
l.l.. flic ill et h it III tlM
wus Sam
1,1.
man In the hips. Mis name
Itordeaut. a drunken half-breed
dlun. The wound was not ratal.
Break Into SI ore.
Burglars secured an entrance to the
city dry goods and gents furnishing
store of P. M. Green Ht Cenlrul ( Ity
Tuesday night, but were seured uuay
by the timely univul or officers uud
left behind two suit cases which they
had packed with fancy neckweur. cuff
buttons and other small in tides of
men's wearing apparel.
Homer Vote School Bonds.
A proposition to l uie bonds to the j
umount or 1" per cent or the asxe-seil
valuation for the purpose of reel lug
a new school building wus curried al
Hcmer Tuesday by u huge majority.
It is expected about $ i O.noo wilt be
rei.llzed.
Woman Such SuloonUecjM-r.
Mrs. Annie lioltry, i f Wymoiv, ha
brought suit In tie district t-ouit
against Jhiucs P. MeCai thy for $7. ami
damages, which Mil- ul!tes ha-'- been
lone herself and family as the lou t
of tile Kale of Intuxleai.H lo l.ri bus-
bund. Tlie pil.illtr flj.ei. thai her
husband mis ut one li ne a pro-pr roas
farmer and thut tie tn.nxy United
from the sale of ills f irm I' I'll in :i I i
have bueu I qui inlereif at Met 'lil IllyV
Ulul'll.
INTEREST K3 HAPPENINGS
From Cay to Dai Condensed
FOR CUR EU5Y READERS
HAXCELLOK ON AGRICULTURE-
tii-nka' University llcnd Address
es Grutltintc.
Chancellor K. Xenj.imin Atulrrwa
nddrocd the graduate of the state
glieultural school ut Llncol'i Friday
on iHe integration or mgrier t-.tiu-
atlon Within the state." He said In
ia; t:
"There Is r rowing up In this com
monwealth a more orderly system of
higher education than exists In nny
ther state. Owi-lupplng of education
al function N not encouraged in e-
hraf-lta i:s In most sdates, and RUch
lai Kl'i!; as there unfortunately Is will
trow I, ss with t!ie years.
"The stcte of Nebraska Is gre-Uly o
be count ntulitted iion its good for
tune in In" ping its higher education
woik t gt t'u i- Imiead of locating It at
dlfferen'. cf -.iters under more or less
hostile iui plies h- hus been 'done In
Iowa. KaiiMiii end Colorado. were
these states to do their educational
pioneering over again, they would
pro'oob'y proceed differently.
"Scire of my colleagues seem . to
consider cur provision for agricultural
tiulning excessively costly. Not so. Of
fire wo i., el laige sums for this .And
f musl net creul" by any remark to
night a crtntiuty Impression. We need
r. larger, farm, more miimings anu
more stock. Still, the common notion
touching the cost of agricultural edu
cation is ereatly exaggerated. Our
eiiliy herd lu-.s cost money, but will
!ieer cost rnrch more, as It Is now
uei:; y Fi-lf-KiipporllnK. So of the beef
th.n-ouglihreds. We need a few thou
a.iJ dollars for choice horseflesh, but,
if we c t this, our stud will In a few
years not only support Itself but bo a
souice of revenue to the university.
t'nfoiiunr.lely engineering and gener
al sticntifi:-- ci'u-at'.on is not produc
the In ar.y such way. It Is costly with
no Immediate return. It must be had
however. It r.tU"t be provided for all
the same. It is naught against it that
It costs heavily. The returns are, sure
though more indirect and slow.
"I have mentioned the saving a
state effects by unity In its higher ed
ucation outfit. Much more Important
is the Invaluable attrition between the
Industrial spirit at work scientifically
and the classleal or so-called liberal
spirit at work In the same way. Each
gains by contact and each loses from
the absence of contact."
GIRL IMtEEEHS MAN'S CLOTHES
Is Arrested for Wearing Improper Ap
parel.
A petty girl, petite, brunott and
Jaunty, walked Into the police court
at. Otuahu escorted by an officer Frl
clav. ;he wore a pair of ?orduroy
trousers, a man's hut und she had her
hands deep In the pockets of tho man's
coat which tiie wore. ,
The girl was Net Gray, charged with
wealing Improper apparel. She was
arrested Thursday night at Thirteenth
and Dodge street, whither she had
come from the Lyons hotel to buy
some sandwiches. T-atoj- her clothes
wer sent to the police station and
the male attire was demanded in ex
chunge. She, however, refused to part
with her neW gurmenta.
When she walked Into the court
room In her conic costume Judge
Crawford quickly clapped a hand over
his eyes and ordered her taken back
to the matron's department. Later
friends asked that the cuse be put over
until the girl's parents can be com
municated with in South Dakota,
when It is said she wiil be sent to a
convent.
MAN COOLLY KILLS HIS WIFE.
Turnier Commits Crime Wldoh-He
W ill Not Explain.
Frank Connor, a farmer living near
Marion, Red Willow county, killed
his wife Friday evening and is now
awaiting his preliminary hearing la
the county Jail at McCook. The mur
der was most cowardly and cruel and
w as witnessed by none but the two lit
tle children of the couple.
The bullets were fired Into the wlfe'a
head. The murderer admits the (till
Imr and offer nothing In extenuation.
rat tier desiring to be hung for the
terrible crime for which he shows no
remorse than if he hud killed a dog.
Auto I'uetory at Beatrice.
"'e manufacture of automobiles In
that city within a short time. He w"
organl-.e a Mock ""!" capitalised
i.i.u"". .
! largely or local capitalists. Work on
i'the new factory will be started at
once, und Mr. Jones says mat the act
ual work of manufacturing autevmo
biles will be started within the next
thirty days.
i Norfolk Superintendent
I Kivd Hunter, now superintendent 6
I K(.iools al Ashland, and formerly a fa-
i ,,11(UK football Mar from the Nebraska
j mlv. rsiiy, lias been elected superln
,,.,,,;,., ,,r n,,. .urfolk schools, sue
I crnllng Superintendent Bodwell, who
got to lieulfice.
Bruit I ; i in ii to Lincoln.
William J. Iliyau, Mrs. Bryan and
I ; ,.H lt., .avllt arrived In Lincoln
i st,tv.rday ufternoon uud went Imme
illately to KuirVlew. A lurge crowd
coinpon il of re lullvcs uud close friends
met ttie li!)uu party ut the depot
PI-- Odd Fellow' Banquet.
The K-b.il a'u lodge of Lyons, gave
an entertainment uud banquet Satur
day night. It -vus culled a "hard
linos" purty und un investigating
c. nominee w.ih appointed tu line all
win, univ silk, broadcloth, jiiWelry,
t ie. Ilici- :"i'.l guests ml down lo the
, -un. ut-t table.
Uc-1 point City Olhi-em.
'1 lie i.t. i i' Hiliuliilstrutioii at West
I'nii.t bus P.i-'i itino.'t'iiuteil. Eight
uliiiii li' n.e., fo it- bi-tfiHcd for the
t ilV f i t I l' Int.
"PS!
The employes of the state board ot
regent are following out the rules laid
down 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
ever the books of the Institution, The
lules were drawn by Charles Anderson,
George Coupland and Fred Abbott,
nnd adopted by the board shortly after
the first two named became members
of the board. In his special report tha
itate accountant says
No public Institution and probably
but few private Institutions, If any, In
the state has such an elaborate system
f bookkeeping and accounting as the
stnto university. It would he impossi
ble to keep out of chaos without an
accurate system In an Institution
spending the money for the innumer
able purposes required by the univer
sity, it Is not clear that any less elab
orate method than that In vogue would
pioduce the results. It la not the ln-
tintlon of this report to try to pick
any Haws In the system, If Indeed there
are any flaws. Competent bookkeepers
ol up-to-date methods are employed,
pnd a regular examination of the ac
counts Is made by an expert account
ant with a reputation well worth main
taining. Vouchers are approved by
every official who could possibly be ex
pected to know of the debt which it 1
to liquidate. Some of these O. ICS
are necessarily perfunctory, as will ap
pear by the enumeration of the parties
who affix their names to each docu
ment." e
Adjt. Gen. Schorr, has sent the fol
lowing Information of the National
Guard to Lieut. Col. K. M. Weaver,
chief division of mllitlu affairs, Wash
ington, D. C:
"In response to your Inquiry of
March 28, have the honor to make re
ply us follows:
"Average amount of time in hours
of Instruction during the last few
yeurs 98.
.J . ...... . m
lrcetnge of this time in Indoor
Instruction, 56.
"Percentage of this time In field in
struction, 4 4.
"Average term of service of commla
slopvd officers, 1 year 7 months.
"Average term of service of enlisted
men, 2 years 7 months.
'Tercentngo of vacancies among of- I
.Tccrs by resignation or discharge year-
'y.4.
"Percentage of discharges among
rr listed men, 4 8.
'i-( rentage of discharges among
i n' Si ted Aien due. to expiration term
c f service, 60,
- "percentage due to sickness, very
r.'ight.
"Percentage due to personal desire
t quit the service. 18.
"Percentage duo to non-residence,
ri.
"Average total number commission
ed olllcers during past five years, 114,
"Average total number enlisted mes
during past 9 ' years, 1,440."
ttorney General Thompson was
very much disappointed wnen ne re
ived news that the United States su
Tircine court refused to Issue the man
lan-.us to compel the federal Judges
to r mand to the state court cases in
v.ilvlng the anti-pass law; the 2-cent
fare law; tho Aldrlch bill, and the
inilwnv commission bill. Mr. Thomn.
ioii tiled suits in the state court to
:ni.pel n, compliance with these lawa
and the railroads secured their. trans-
fr to th federal court. Mr. Thomp-
son rulscd the point that the state was
the real party at Interest, and, there-
fore, the cases could not be trans-
ferred to the federal court. The court
ussumed Jurisdiction, however, and the
attorney general then applied to the
federal court for a mandamus to com -
pel me reuerai juages to remana mi
sults. The United States supreme
court refused to pass upon the ques
tion of whether the state Is a party of
Interest until after tha case has been
tried out In the lower court and ap
pealed.
The express companies doing bus!
ness in Nebraska have filed with the
Mate railway commission a new ached
uie of rates, differing from the pres
flit rates In that they are generally
lower. So far as Nebraska is concern
ed very little change is made In the
rati, though tho Interstate shipments,
from here to New York, for Instance,
to. much reduced. The rates were filed
for the approval of Hie commission.
, .!.. . i i. f ihM
cannot become effective in thi. state.
For the present at least the approval
of the commission will be withheld, for
the reason If the commission permit
these rates to go Into effect it mean
they take the place of the rates fixed
In the Sibley law. The commission
does not know whether the express
companies sought to catch It asleep
one. have these rates approved as tha
cftlclul rates in the state, and thus da-
feat the object of the Sibley law.
William M. cVbblson, sentenced to
the penitentiary from Piatt county for
two years. Is seeking relief through
habeas corpus proceeding. It was
alleged by his attorneys that the In
formation filed against him was filed
when court was In vacation, which on
previous occasions the court has held
ii sufficient grounds to nullify a con-
ictlon.
e
. u . , I lI,r.l...V.
wr.cr n. uci, i " -,
cour ty, has filed a complaint with the
,mi. railway commission aralnst the
Western Union Telegraph .company
.1 .. .
ami the Missouri racmc raiiroao.
charging they have closed the tela-
graph office at that place and it la
impoKslble to get telegraphic cummu-
ideation with the outside world. Mr,
.Wlti! suld he ia now compelled to
mive his cattle to another town for
shipment by reason of the absence el
the telegraph efflce at Wabash
As the Senate vim shout to conclude
.onsidcrallon of the naval appropriation
bill Tliiirsilny Senator Pile of Washing
ton proposed nn amendment InireRRing
from two to four the number of new !nt
tleship to be authorised. As several
Senators desired to sjieak on the Amend
Dient, the further consideration of- the
bill was postponed. An amendment to
)he nnvnl bill was adopt H Appropriating
?7,(MH).0)0 to brain construction on tluf
two battleships outhoi-ik-el. An amend
ment to remove the restriction of the pur
chase of iiistorhiU for tli" construction
of the battleship, submarine boa's, etc.,
to those of domestic manufacture was de-
f,,n,71- Senator Ruyner of Maryland spoke
on the constitutional rights of the State
and executive encroachments. Iln insisted
that the commerce act of the Constitu
tion had been interpreted a applying to
the industrial life of the ooun try to a fur
greater degree than was contemplated by
the framers of the Constitution. Hy the-
overwhelming vote of 'J4."i to S the House,
after several hours' discussion, adopted
without amendment the Seuate joint reso
lution Introduced by Senator Tillmsii au
thorizing the Attorney Gener-ll to file
suits against the Oregon and California
ItnilrontI Company for the forfeiture of
all or part of 2,HtM),tXJt acres of hind
grants in the western part of Oregon. It
is cloiiiied hy the government that by rea
son ot breaches and violations of the net
making the grants the railroad company
had forfeited nil right to thn land in ques
tion. Arguments in favor of the President'
program for four battleships consumed
most of the session of the Senate Fri-
lny. Mr. Hale laid before the Senate a
statement of hnttleship and other fea
tures of the American navnl program,
which he said showed that as large a fleet
as is now In the Pacific can be kept there,
mid at the sdiue time there would be ships
for a still larger fleet for the Atlantic.
Senator iteveridge concluded the debate
for the day with a strong appeal for four
battleships. The 'Senate passed a bill
appropriating $100,000 for a survey of an
inland water route from Boston to Wil
nifiigton. in
prowatW at ,
mington. The business of the House
rapid gait, despite the fact
that the Democrats forced six roll calls.
Another day was spent by the Senate
Saturday in considering the1 amendment
to the naval appropriation bill, but a vote
was not reached ut the close of the dis-
cussion, which was partU-iiwted In by a
dozen Senators. Mr.- Hale secured un
agreement for a vole before adjournment
of the Senate oa Monday. Much of tho'
discussion was devoted to the improba
bility of war being forced upon the United
Slates. Senators Bevwldge and Piles
were sharply criticised by Senators Al- ,
drich, Perkins and Mactimber for their
statement Friday, and several heated col- .
Implies occurred. At the conclusion .of
the dehate a niimlier of bills were passed.
The House wus In legislupve session only
two hours, during widely time, after con
siderable discussion, it passed the bill re
classifying nnd increasing the pay of cer
tain olticluls ntul employes of the custom
siile.
: :-
By ni'over whelming vole President
lioosevelt's four battle ship program
failed in. the Seuate Monday, ufter w
three days' debate. As finally passed tho
bill appropriates $12.5,1 lo.llo'.l provide
for ' lulp Knin. ,w colliers, pur-
chose ot tnree auumonni comers, con-
struction of oilier naval cratt anu a gen-
eral Increase of pay. The House rules..
keyed up to meet a Democratic filibuster.
reacted to prevent a message from Presi-
dent ltoosevelt from being read. It was
with an eye single to political capital that
the House proceeded throughout the day.
resolution was passed authorising the-
news print pms-r investigating commit- -
tl,r to spend the necessary funds to carry
,m tle investigation. The sundry civil'
I Appropriation bill was debated for three-
hours. Mr. Marshall. Norm Ihikota. at--
,,,,.if.i ,u Aldrlch bill. Mr. Snlcht. Mis-
sissippi, urged Congrats to refund to the
Southern States the $10,0l)0,00t) cotton
taxes collected in the Civil War, and Mr..
Shackelford. Missouri, took the Itepule
llcans generally to task and criticised the-
shortage In the St. Louis subtreaHiiry.
-: :
The pension and the District of Colum
bia appropriation bills were passed by the
Senate Tuesday. In addition, Uie special
messuge of the President urging a legis
lative program was read, and another
chapter of Senator Warner's speech on
the Brownsville affray was heard. 1 lie-
resolution of the House to give govern
ment aid to cyclone sufferers in the South
was named. The resolution to extend the
Dime when the commodity douse of the
railroad rate law skull become operative
was called before the Senate by Mr. Li
kins, but went over uuuer uuirau ir...,r
Mr. Culberson. Ostensibly considering
the sundry civil appropriation did. rue
House devoted most of its time to-day
I to speeches covering a wide range ( mf
Meets and concluded the session by giving
gn attentive hearing to the President s
nuocial message referring to the multi
millionaire "whose son is a fool and his
daughter a forejgn princess was reaeiie'i-
Jier was a storm of applause.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
A Joint resolution was adopted by the
House committee donating to the State of
Oklahoma "the first Bag bearing, forty-
six stars, which for the first time floats
over the capitol to-day." The resolution
olacea the Hag in the custody of the Okla
homa Historical Society.
imim the bills uaiuej by the House I
I . -
i wa, oue appropriating uoc,tssj ior a
I Clval staliou at IVarl Harbor, Hawaii.
A limited free trude bill was introduced
b. 1 ou uy Mr. nuuer or Aew
I It provides for the placing on the free I
.. - , ... ... . mtld ,,, . . i
ei.ja ,ol,nies cheaper than in the l'uife.1 f
states.
T,lt- s,.niUl. ,.uuiiruied the nomiiiat imi
A n.vi.i .lvn. Hill to be ambnsso.l ..-
to Gerniauv. Spencer F. Eddy to be min
ister to the Argentine Republic, and Ar
thur M. Ileaupr of Illinois to be mini-,
I ft to the Neilii'iian.U.