State Hi a ncit
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
NUMBER 3G
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP TUB NEWS OP
THB WHOLE WORLD.
IN MAJESTIC ENTKY
lUKillTY WAItSIIIPS SWW.I' INTO
KAN KKAXCISt'O UAKBOIt.
Tor Hie Last Time Pnniou Veteran of
tho Sea Sails Into llui'brtr lit Com
mand ot a Grout Fleet Whirl of
Merrymaking Follows Arrival.
Through the i towering rocky por
tals of the golden Rite heavily luden
jwlth the romance of centuries Into
the harbor of the city of a hundri
hills; into a new San Francisco risen
from the ruins of two years ago, the
Atlantic battleship fleet steamed Wed
nesday In review of a multitude un
numbered. It was the same Imposing
Migeant of Immaculate white snips
that sailed from Hampton Konds near
!y live months ago In the wake of the
president's nag, but with the splendid
accomplishments of a record-breaking
cruise of more than 14,000 miles and
three weeks of wonderful tarket work
behind It.
Wednesday the white anchored, four
starred blue flag of the secretary of
the navy, flying from the main mast
of the trim little gunboat Yorktown
fluttered the welcome-of 'the navy
while the governor of California, the
mayor of Sun Francisco and the peo-
plo of a hundred towns and cities
voiced the greetings of the enthusias
tic west.
I Han Francisco, Oakland and other
cities nenrby all took a holiday to wit
ness the coming' "f the licet. Th,ere
w:is a complete ris.-allon of business,
unci the streets In the downtown sec
lions were absolute ly dcserle.l. More
people came into tlie city Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning than
left during the terror and homeless
days following the fire.
HAD $100,000 MI K IXStllAXCK.
Coster, New York Canker Suicide, Had
.lust Taken Out Volley.
Charles Coster, of New York, the
banker who committed suicide last
week, had it life insurance policy of
1100,000. The policy was found In the
course of an examination into Coster's
property affairs by Louis Werner, the;
assignee of the Urokerage firm. The
policy was taken out two months ago.'
It is one of the Incontestable variety,
which IVis no suicide clause or other
i;ualitli ations. The Insurance com-!
pany must pay the policy.
Mr. Werner ami Mr. Knapp, tire sur
viving partners, have obtained the se-
u lties deposited in the firm's stock
exchange, strong box. The value was
not computed, but it appeared that
the securities would be of some benefit
t i creditors. Previously they had had
little encouragement of .even a small'
sett iement. On the other hand, the
liabilities are constantly increasing.
It is. now ceitaio that they will fall
little if any short of $100,00.
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Ml. U K H AM) t ItlMi:.
1 hi'oal of Five New Yorkers
Arc Cut
While Asleep.
, A 16-ycnr-old boy, known only as
Curmello, employed In a barber shop
'n Brooklyn. N. Y., early Wednesday
ut the throats of his employer, An
t oiin Peiaso, Mrs. Peraso, and three
l athers, while they lay asleep in Pe
s aso's apartments. The wounds of Pe
mso and wife am believed to be mor
t il. while those of tile three barbers
pt.ibably are not fatal. The boy es
ap"d. The police have a theory that
the boy was an agent of a black hand
t.nng, which ha.-j been demanding
money of Perao under threat of doing
him Injury, and that the blackmailers
placed the boy in the shop In order to
punish Peiaso for his refusal to sattsfy
their demands.
l4i(iis Club IMnctt Wil.
His excellency Wtt Ting-Fang, niln-i-ler
from China, was chief guest ot a
oinner in New Y; k Wednesday night
ill which t he Lotus club entertained
level al in oi of prominence. Among
them was !en. Frederick D. Grant, of
the I 'lilted States army, and President
Jacob (1. Schurmann, nf Cornell uni
versity. I'oiuli Follows $10.11110 lleiiiHiul.
The rear portion of the house occu
pied by Frank Gentile, a wealthy Ital
ian fruit merchant at Dayton. )., uuh
blown to pieces by dynamite Tuesday
Light. Four days before he received a
letter t.oin Piipia demanding the pay
ment of $10.00U to the Itlack Hand so.
cicly.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux
City live slock market follow: Top
beeves, $6.63. Top hogs, $5.40.
Flumes Svecp Ohio Toxin.
Fire started In the mayor's office at
Cotillon. ., Tuesday and destroyed all
town lecords und papein, burned the
poller nation, I he lire appurulus build
lr g, ami several structures In the bus
iness district.
liuUer Honors American.
Fioperor William has conferred the
or,Nr of the Crown of Prussia upon
V.'ni. Charles p.elck, of the eW- y0rl:
Times.
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Ilecoe Develops! in ringne-Strlckeaw
I a t.uayra. '
The plague stricken port of La
Ouayra Venezuela, shut oft from the
world by land und sen, has two heroes,
the American cotiful. Thomas P. Mof
fatt, and ti Venezuelan physician. Dr.
Gome Parazu. The first has become
famous as the only consul in Ia Guay
r.i who had backbone ennufjh not to
sign the document drawn up a month
ago by the board of .health, stating
that "the sanitary condition of La
Guayra is perfect."
The other consuls bowed to the wish
of the powers which rule and signed
the certificate, although there were
deaths nlmort dai'.y from the dread
disease.
Dr. Gomes: Pcrnzu has sprung Into
great and unexpected prominence. It
was he who discovered the first cause
of bubonic plague, and lie reported to
the government Ihf.t severe! deaths
had resulted. Dr. Peruicu wa 'Imme
diately arrested and thrown into jail
and Dr. Hangel, baeteil..l.rt of the
Vargas hospital at Caii:e.as, wu sent
down to Lu Guayra to r-po:t. The
latter, after examining the re. i a of
sickness In Ia Giu.yia. repoi ted that
they wer not plague, but Dr. Pern::a
Insisted that his diagnosis had been
correct and thut he could prove It by
the exhumation of the bodies. This
was not done and Dr. Kanget returned
to Caracas.
People, began to die mysteriously
and rumors circulated a to how the
sick persona only lived twenty-four
hours. Then last week, after nearly a
month, .it became known that Dr.
Rangel had gone to 1a Gunyra again,
that Dr. Gomez Feraza had been sud
denly liberated from prison and that
no steamers were stopping ct La Gnay.
ra. This was the begninlrg of the
end. Two weeks later President Cas
tro Issued ia decree' ordering the port
Isolated by sea and by land for fifteen
days until Dr. Rangel could again re
port on the nature of the epidemic..
Trains on the La Guayra railroad
stopped running, troops of soldiers
went up the mountains to establish the
sanitary cordon and the siege of La
Guayra had begun.
STOKM CAt'SES HEAVY LOSS.
Wind and Haln do Much Damage. Near
St. Louis.
Thunderstorms of unusual severity,
accompanied by a high wind of almost
tornado velocity, swept over St. Louis,
early Tuesday, doing much damage to
property ami indirectly causing loss
of life.
The bridge on the , Louisville and
Nashville road, near Belleville, III.,
was washed out and wrecked a freight
train. Hfigineer Ward, Conductor
Smith and a trainmen, name un
known, were caught under the engine
and drowned.
Edgemont, 111., was flooded and
many persons were forced to take ref
uge on Improvised rafts.
The whole area of lowlands, .known
as American Bottoms, east of St. Louis,
comprising thirty-five square miles of
territory. Is under water.
French Village, 111., was struck by
a miniature tornado and many houses
unroofed.
In St. Louis the wind blew down
trees and sign boards, broke store
show windows, and crippled telephone
and telegraph wires to a large extent.
SAYS CHINA IS WAKING IT.
.Minister Wu Says Etnplre Will Solve
Fur Eastern Problem.
In picturing the progress of the Ce-
lestlol empire toward western civiliza
tion Wu Ting-Fang, minister of China
to the United States, In an address on
"The Awakening of China" at the civic
forum at Carnegie hall in New York
Tuesday night declared that the mo
ment China becomes strong enough af
ter her awakening to protect her sov
erelgn rights the far eastern question
will have been solved. Minister Wu
was Introduced as the "foremost leader
of the new effect In China" by Gen
Stuart L.' AVoodford, chairman of the
meeting.
Widow to lie a Mother.
The widowed Duchess de Chaulnes
will not return to America from Paris,
with her father, Theodore P. Shouts
A posthumous child Is expected, and
It is not coiisldorcdsafe for the duch
ess to make the long journey to New
Vork.
Dual Denver Tragedy.
Burton Koch, a member of the Den
ver tire department, shot and killed
ills wife, Louisa, and wounded Mrs
Mathilda Motley, her mother, and then
cominited suicide euriy Tuesday. Do
meslic troubles are said to be the
a use.
Mils Sick Daughter.
Charles Kuppe, of Cleveland, .aged
Bo, a music teacher, Tuesday ended
the life of his Invalid daughter, Mollle,
aged J7, with chloroform, and then
committed suicide' by hanging,
woman, as a result of Iouk lllnes
'jecoiue mentally deranged.
The
had
Trimly xxith Jaaii Signed.
A geitci .il hi uiw-auou ueaiy or
txvern the Flitted Slates and Japan
was signed Tuesday by Secretary Itoo
and Ambassodur Takahlra. it will per
mil arbitration at The Hague of near
ly every class of dispute which may
rl.-j between the signatory powers
l ire at Wnlkcrton, 1ml.
A fire early Tuesday deployed the
business section of Wulktertoli, luj,
Tb lo is 1 1 5. una.
"Fighting Bob" is Victor in Strugglo
with Disease-.
The Atlantic battleship fleet waf
united once more Monday when the
ships of the second squadron arrived
at Santa Cruz. C:;l., "mm .Monteey
and the flotilla of r:l dctioyers Joined
It from .Van Pedro, the latter after 11110
of the !tormle:-t voy.i.y.cn of t'.ie eru.se.
The second soua.lrn.i. headed by the
Alabama, flying the Mag of Hear Ad-n-.lrtl
Speny. came across Monterey
buy, uriivirif; at fi:S0 o'cioeK Monday
(irtciiioon. 'J lie I'otill.t n.i. e In at 1 : :n
o'clock.
The Coniif ctlent pr.cridcl to Mon
terey at 6: SO o'clock Ti.eMi.y morning
and took on board .'. ..ni.u.! Cvans
who loturned to resume command ot
the fleet.
The. torpedo lloliila ran every Inch
from Sun Pedro Ir.io a s'.iotg wind
that caused big wove.' to break over
the bows unci wi.s Ci cl;; from sioni to
stern. The r.crcena i f t'tc biidcs and
every looe article nbmit t'.ic decks
were washed u.'.uy. Nor'y every man
on board was seasick during the trip.
No Serious ihimujie i f ai..- kind result
ed, however.
The Motilia came into t'.ie 1 ;.y Mon
dry after:io(,n in iin:;I" chiian ami
'teaming at full spivd. Ar t'i'y pas.sed
between the ("oi.necticut r.m! Kansas
on the way In to h .re l.ie rteuin whis
tles on the beach beaun to racwli out
a welcome to the lllt'.e cii.lt. 'they
tassed well In towdrd the hc:;eh rind
anchored 1,(100 yards fioni the first
.Uu.l:-on. llundious of people lined
the beach and
the Motilia.
cheered tho crews of
EASY SALE FC.i. BONDS.
Nexv York City Disposes of Issue
City Disposes
of
$'JK,000.04t,
The easement cf tl.e monetary sit
uation was shaiply reileeted Monday
in New York In the snie of
2S,000,0(!0 worth of municipal reve
nue bonds bearing interest l 3 74 per
cent, and extending for a term of six
months. The bonds were sold to ;-ev-eral
baukiiVff firms. Daring the win
ter revenue bonds were sold by Comp
troller Metz bearing interest at 6 per
cent. The marked lowering of the
interest rale, bankers stated Monday,
evidenced increasing confidence In se
curities. Revenue bonds are Issued in antici
pation of taxes paid in October and
the bonds will be redeemed the first
week in November.
NOT TO Pl-MSH -ASSASSINS.
Slayers of Carlos Will Escuiie Prose-
cutlon.
Tlie Portuguese government ha
completed its investigation into the
plot that led to the aF:ir:-Sjlnation of
King Carlos and the crown prince, but
It would appear the conspiracy had so
many ramifications and that so many
persons of position are either suspect
ed .or implicated it has been decided
not to bring any prosecution:'. Never
theless, In order to keep up appear
ances, Kins Manuel, when he takes his
oath of olfice, will (.'.rant general polit
ical anmef ly. This, however, will only
cover offenses up to Jan. .'Jo. Tho as
sassination occurred on Feb. 1.
PLOT TO KILL KITCiiNr.i:.
Other 1 1 1" 1 1 India (lllicials .Marked
tor Dcnth.
The Calcutta police are ll'.ve.'itiatlni;
a native plot revealed here Sunday to
murder Europeans by means of bombs,
and the further they,., go Into Hie mut
ter the more ;-erlous and widespread
does the conspiracy eppcar. Docu
ments seized at the house wiiei'j
bombs and explosives were being man
ufactured reveal it is a part of the
plot to kill Lord K itch tier, command
In chief of the 1-iritisjp forces in India,
and other high official.'). The author!
ties believe they are facing an attempt
at revolution. Sensational arrests ure
expected.
He Gets Quick .lust lee.
Joseph B. Blunt, of liattlu Creek,
Mich., a liquor salesman, who lusl
Saturday shot and killed Mr. and Mrs
Homer Jones, ins wttes parent, was
Monday sentenced to life Imprisonment
In the stale penitentiary at Jackson
Blunt said "much obliged," w lAVn tho
judge passed sentence on hint.
Ha I n Over
a Wide Area.
accompanied by
i o pious i m uk, aeeoiiiuireii oy so
vere wind, prevailed over northern
Texus, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kaiifas,
Iowa aiiilColoi ado Sunday night and
Monday. Crops will be greatly bene
filed.
A Russian Horror.
A feriybout on the river l'nlptrcup
sized Sunday near liykholT, govern
ment of Muhiloff, Russia, und ll'o per
sons returning irom cii'ircli were
drowned.
Rurone.s' U oiimls Fatal.
Haroness i do von Kuexlclen, who
shot and killed her husliand and then
shot herself at I tuddeniici g, Germany,
lut Friday, is dead.
I4111111I1 ymi'il Meet a'. I'aixo.
The North we ti 1 II l.atl nil : yinen's lis
iociation. which embraces Ih.-Matc as
sociiiUons of l.ieoiisin, .M'ui.rmta
Iwv.a and the two Pamelas, was In
i-ii-idoii in Fargo this week.
Coiitiiiniis Alliances l.lccnx- HI. I.
Tl.e I'.mv isli lio.ise of common
Moiiduy paMM' l the se' .nd reading o:
the Ilea living ol" '' u I'aiJ.irity of i'4
and leferrrilMhH measure to u cini
n.ltte- if the xvh'jle li.iiiie.
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STATE HEWS
HAIN GENERAL OY EH STATE.
Good Welling Valuable to Wlicwt
. Fields of Nebraska.
If the dry weather in Nebraska re
duced the probable wheat production
10 per cent, -the rain which fell the
first of the week over a considerable
portion of the state has; It Is estimated,
been worth t3.COO.0Ol) to Nebraska
farmers. Some grain dealers believe
the damage to winter' wheat by dry
xveather would amounf to 20 per cent,
which would make a $7,000,000 rain,
as wheat has doubtless been saved by
the moisture.
Until early Sunday morning the re
ports showed that over a considerable
portion of the state of Nebraska less
than one-half of an Inch of rain had
fallen in the last ten days a time
vital to winter wheat. In the extreme
western part of the state, along the
Wyoming lines, the fall was between
one and two Inches, but a shaded off
In a semi-circle and east of Alliance
the rainfall was slight.
Many fields of winter wheat were
plowed up In the last few days and
corn will be planted. Of this W. C.
Sunderland, of Omaha, grain dealer,
said:
"Many farmers get frightened and
plow up their wheat fields too soon,
but the last fexv weeks hove been un
usually dry. - We have had reports of
farmers plowing up wheat fields from
the southwestern part of the state,
especially around M luden and" Hold
rege. In Ituffulo county and -around
Wood River and Kearney we have
heard of some fields which have been
turned under."
NAMELESS INFANT MYSTERY.
Problem of CnslofT Jlaby Engages At
tention of Superintendent.
Superintendent Fcrer, of the county
hosnltal at Oniatl.'u Is grappling; wl'.h
a mystery Involving, a nameless Infant.
The head nurse at the hospital has
received a letter referring to a baby
that was fftund 6n the steps of the
hospital." Tht letter is signed A
Friend of the Buby'B." but the mystery
comes in the fact -'that no such infant
has been found on the steps of the
county hospital recently. The letter
makes the request that the child be
wrapped well and placed some evening
this week on the steps of a house on
Davenport street, the number of which
is given In the missive.
"The boy will surely get good care
there," continues the letter. "Many
times' the neonle that live there have
been looking for U'bany on their
porch and they are good people.
HEAVY REWARD FOR TAYLOR
Kearney County Board Offers $1,500
for Ills Arrest.
The county board Kearney county
have offered $1,500 reward for the
arrest of Bert Taylor, who brutally
assaulted his sisters-in-law. The board
met in regular session and the offer
lias the county treasury behind It.
Pearl Taylor, who was most serious
ly injured, is slightly better, though
there Is little hope of her recovery.
She was able to take two tablespoons
ful of milk, one of the most encourag
lug symptoms, since she has been con
stantly in convulsions and suffering
from extreme nervousness. She has
at no time been rational enough to
make an ante-mortem statement.
AVhen upproachlng consciousness, she
cdiistantly calls for her parents.
No further trace has been found of
Taylor. The search made at Atlanta
proved fruitless.
COFI'LK IN illitllY TO WED.
I'nxxlllliiK to Wait Sis Months After
Divorce IKM-ree.
Mrs. Laura J. Smith, of Fremont
and George Rhodes of Osceolu, went
to Council Bluffs Monday, where they
were married. A matrimonial agX'ey,
It Is said, brought the pair together.
Mrs. Smith secured a default divorce
from her husband less than six months
ago, but soon grew tired of single life
and believing In the "mall order bust
ness" enrolled In a matrimonial agen
cy. They could not wait for the time
within which they could be legally
married In Nebraska so decided to go
to Iowa.
No Police at Crelgliloii.
As a result of a tieup over the con
firmation of the mayor's appointments
for chief of police and night police,
Crelghton has been without either
since the first of the month. The su
loons have been closed since last Frl
day on account of the tleup In the
council, two of the member refusing
to grunt licenses until the appoint
ments of the mayor were confirmed.
Train K1111A Into Herd of Cattle.
Wednesday night the westbound
passenger train ran into a herd of cat
tie belonging to Mrs. J. Jansen, Just
west of Ielgh, and killed five head
The east bound freight pulled out soon
after und ran into the same herd, kill
two more head. Investigation showed
that the cattle had got on to the rail
load light of way through the snow-
fence.
Street Car Man is Held I i.
Two highwaymen In Oiniiha xlio
boarded a 1101 tliliiCnd Twenty-fourt
street ar at Thii -second and Vlf.
ton street about 10:0 Sunday night
held up the conductor. C. W. Jlollz
inuii, at the point of a revolver, robbei
him of tils money changer and cash
in all utnouutlug to $24 and his wuteh
uml Jumped .4:' tlie ear.
iiiiiiei'o I .In n r Men lined.
Thirteen saloonkeepers of Omaha
were lined till an. I costs each III nolle
court Monday for selling Mky,ln
bottles wllllout labels telling the
amount of the fold therein contained
is provided liy the new pure food Ian
i ll.s W1111I IUK Croud.
Invila'i ins nie loin n nt t.. a'.i KM;
lodges in Nebia"kii Had x.olern lowu
asking that us large delegations a.-i
possible lie sent to tlie stag social to be
given by the Klks of 1 linuliu i.l llie
Auultoi lc.i!i .xluy If
Railroads Seeking Aid of lltislne
Men Meet Dilemma.
The employes of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad of York who
circulated u petition to be signed by
business men, shippers and titlsenu of
York and York county, usk.ng for a
lel-up In antl-rallroad legislation mid
that no more petitions be made for
lower freight rates on the ground that
It meant a reduction of salaries to em
ployes. Mid not met xviilt the reception
nor secure the number of signatures
the officials of the railroad hoped it
would get.
Business men of York are not an
tagonistic to the railroads. They do
not wish to have the railroads rnrry
freight at cost, but they wbh that the
allroHds would not discriminate
against York. At present frc!i,ht on
arloads of Western cod that pass
through York to Lincoln Is above SO
euts per ton less than the rate to
York.
The representative of tlu compan)
Wits ttslced to change the wording of
the petition and have It read. "That
if the present rates be maintained the
railroad company Increase the xvuge
of all employes at least 20 per cent,"
and he was promised that If this was
done the petition would be signed.
It Is understood the rullri ad com
panies have employes In every city and
town in Nebraska circulating petitions
of this kind, hoping to have Influence
with tlie vtrte railroad commission
and probably to be used when the
next Nebraska legislature convenes.
lli:i:0 MEDAL FOR FIREMAN.
Frank Larson Who Risked Life ti.
Rescue Baby Is Rewarded.
Frank Itrson. a Noiihxvesteru fire
man of Fremont, has received a medal
from the I'nlted States government for
his bravery In srving the life of a ."-
year-old boy near Exeter. Neb., In
January last. The medal Is of sliver,
and accompanying- It Is a gold button
to be worn by the holder. The medal
and button were received, together
with a letter of transmission from the
secretary of the interstate commerce
commission under date of April 27,
190N, and also a letter from President
Roosevelt, as follows:
White House. Washington, April
1908. Mr. Dear Mr. Larson: Pur
suant to the provisions of the act of
congress of Feb. 23, 1905, an act to
promote the security of travel upon
railroads engaged in Interstate com
merce, and to encourage the saving o
life, you have been duly awarded .1
medal for extreme daring, whereby 011
January 19 you Imperiled your life
in saving the life of another. I am
pleased to convey to you this medul
herewith as a testimonial of the na
tion's appreciation of your . praise
worthy act. Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt."
PREACHER IIFNTS A W IFE.
Rev. C. W. Km virtue Helps Rancher
Find Life CoiiiimiiiIou.
Rev. Charles W. Savidge. of Omaha
has undertaken the task of finding a
wife for Fred Kurth. of Sidney. Mi
Kurth appeared at the City Mission
and told Miss Magee that he had been
a widower for some time and that h?
now wanted a wife to help him run
his 1,600-acre ranch near Sidney. Miss
Magee told him that she had not been
much of a success In the matrimonial
line herself, but she would do what sh
could under the circumstances.
Mr. Savldgo was called Into the ca
and he Is now hustling to se what ho
can do to make two hearts happy
Mr. Kurth says he Is not looking foi
any woman with a lot of money, but
simply wants some good woman wil
will be content to cast her liH with him
on the farm. He came to Omaha with
a few carloads of cattle and thought
that while he was there he might as
well look him up a wife.
PEARL TAYLOR MAY NOT LIVE
(ilii Assaulted by llrollicr-ln-Ijaw
I-
Likely to Die.
Pearl Taylor, assaulted by her
brother-ln-laxv at Mlnden Is not ex
pected to live.
Soon after the ussuult Miss Taylor
slowly recovered but she never re
gained consciousness sufficiently t.j
speak or recognize her mother by more
than a nod. Physicians attending In r
said there was little hop of her re
covery. No definite trace has been secured
of the lirother-ln-la w. - t'nder tin'
spur of the large rewards offered of
ficers are at work to locate Taylor, and
It Is believed he cannot avoid capture
eventually.
All Saloons at Beatrice Closed.
All the saloons in Beatrice, ten In
number, are closed. At the recent
city election the town went prohibi
tion by a majority of eighteen votes
ami at a meeting of the city council
five saloon men were refused license':
by a vote of 7 to 1. This Is tlie first
time Beatrice has been "dry" 1 ri about
twenty-live years.
Nexv Bank ai Elgin.
The Elgin Stale bank Is preparing ti,
erect a new banking house. The old
one will be torn down and the new one
built in Its place. The building will
he 2.ix8ii fiet, one stoiy. with all mod
ern conveniences. Tills will mark
George N. Seymour, tile president ..f
the bunk, twenty years of successful
'lauUing In Klulii.
Ituruilrs tuy nt Welon.
Ifuiglais ut Wevlou broke into tin
fi'fes of the Wc.-toii Grain and Sloe
company nod the Chicago l.ir.n'.iei
Company. From the latter place they
;ot alio, it A c.'i-jIiIi r'a cheek ni
tii(i. received too late for PnnKIm
was left tinlouiiied. They made tlielt
escape. Tlie ran roiin.lin;; towns were
,1.. tilled.
Stone Pile for i'r.i.o's.
'Ihe I''reinoiit city si, me pile In ii,.idy
for any professional damps tiiat may
: how up. The old coiiere'.H foiindall 1 1
f (lie Miiokf stack, v lil. h had to !
l..wn out by ('ynuniilo, . bc'.u I1.1 1
ed to the lot In tlie rear i f Hi,
hail. Chief I'.ii.-isovi pa In en ri
nnli.-d wli ball id 1i1a.11 oiifil' ui.d
(ood, strong hammer nod the next lot
of xufc v. ill have t.i li.e.-.k tin 1 l.mi:
fin road repairs.
Ma
LINCOLN
While the special commission that
listened to evidence In the disbarment
procedlnga brought by the attorney
general against Capt. Allen G. Fisher,
of Chadron, finds the captain guilty of
illegal conduct, a recommendation la
contained In the report filed with the
supreme court asking for leniency.
The commission says the actual injury
uttered through the acts of the cap
tain should be taken Into considera
tion In fixing the penalty. The report of
the commission says that as attorney
for thelielri of Herman Goedde, who
died leaving land In Sioux county, tho
captain unlawfully and Illegally wrote
a decree fixing the value of the land
at $9,000 when he knew It was worth
only 11,500, and that the captain was
to get $7,000 out of the $8,000 as a fee.
The commission find a claim for $8,-
000 for this land was filed with the
state for the foreign heirs by Capt
Fisher. In vlew.of the fart that the
claim was not allowed and no money
changed hands, consequently that lit
tle Injury has been done, the com
mission recommends clemency. The
captain will be given an opportunity
to file exceptions In legal manner.
IJncoln society circles are stirred
from center to circumference by the
news of the coming of Senator Saun
ders, of Omaha, who during the ab
sence of Gov. Shelden and Lieut. Gov.
Hopewell, will be acting governor.
The Omaha man In the first untamed
governor Nebraska ever had, to the
knowledge of tlie ellglbles. The ex
ecutive mansion has been turned over
to the bachelor executive and the
minds of many are working out plans
for his entertainment.' Last winter,
when merely a senator, the Omaha
man took quite a whirl in society and
he Is expected during the next ten or
fifteen days to set a pace for, all fu
ture executives in the society line. In
cidentally, those who know say, if the
senator gets away from here heart
free he may Just as well be given an
Immunity card and passed up as un
getable. "Newspaper advertising for the pur
pose of drawing new settlers Is a com
mon thing nowadays, on' the part of
certain states In the west and south,"
said Labor Commissioner Ryder.
"Some of the advertisements are hot
Bluff, too, picturing only pieces of
paradise that have somehow dropped
oft and floated to earth. But sometimes
they do not Jibe In the leust with nnt
ural, happenings. For instance, in a
Sunday newspaper,'! noticed allow
ing advertisement inviting settlers to
Mississippi, 'the land of sunshine,
where there are no fuel bills, no floods,
and no storms.' Almost adjoining, in
another column, was an account of a
storm In Mississippi, in which 143
were killed and l.OBO injured. Which
is merely one of the Incidents that lead
me to say Nebraska Is good enough
for any white man."
Attorney General Thompson has
won a victory In the suit against the
Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealers' as
soclstlon In the supreme court, which
he Bought to enjoin from restricting
trade and free competition. Bird
Crltehfleld, secretary of the association,
Is enjoined from continuing practices
in restraint of trade and the officers
of the association are held chargeable
with knowledge of such acts and they
also are enjoined from permitting the
secretary or any officer from perform
ing unlawful acts In -violation of the
statutes prohibiting combinations In
restraint of trade. While the associa
tion as a body la not dissolved,' several
Individual members are enjoined,
while In some Instances the report of
the referee is upheld.
A letter has been received at the ex
ecutive office, addressed to Gov. Shel
don and signed by txvo men who style
themselves "farm hands." They want
help from the governor. They set out
that they want him to enact a law
providing that no farmer be permitted
to use other than riding machinery,
such as plows, rakes, and harrows, lie
cause of the fact some farmers con
tinue to use the old-fashioned kind of
Implements, the letter says, many
farm hands have sore feet and life to
them is somewhat of a burden. The
letter asks the governor to let the
writers know what the prospects are
for this kind of legislation.
The Dally News Publishing com
pany, of Omaha, has filed its brief in
the supreme court In the appeal ease
from Omaha, wherein Tom Dennlson
secured a verdict for $7,(00 against
the News for publishing a defamatory
article about him. The brief contends
the verdict of the jury was excessive,
and that It was not based upon tho
evidence in the case, but was secured
through passion and the skillful hand
ling of the case by Deunlson's attor
ney. The supreme court explained to the
express companies recently that when
it ruled the Sibley law reducing charg
es was In force It meant that the ship
pers must secure a reduction of 25 per
cent in amount of money paid for
transportation of goods and that no
reference xvhatever was meant to
change in weight of packages. Thi
court holds that until the merits of
the Sibley law can be tested by a care
ful taking of testimony the rates shall
be actually lowered in the state.
Gov. Sheldon has received a war
rant .from Washington for $5,828.81,
money due offleera of the Third Ne
braska Who served in the Spanish-
American war. The governor was ln
formed the names of the officers, to
gether with the amount due each.
would be sent later. Until thut Infor
mation Is received the distribution of
the money cannot be made. It has
been reported Col. Bryan will receive
$243 and Gov. Sheldon, ' who was a
captain, $185, and Adjt. Gen. Schwa rr
another captain, a like amount, de
pendent upon the time served.
WORK OF
CONGRESS
The Senate hail under consideration al 1
lay Thursday the agricultural appropria
tion bill. Practically all tbn committer
aiiieiiilinetits were disposed of except thost
relating to the forest service, which will
he taken up Friday. Consideration ol
the sundry civil appropriation bill wa
resumed In the House. Mr. Tovrnsend ot
Michigan offered an amendment increas
Insr rrom $.V.lMX) to $.ToO,000 the appro
print ion for th e nforeement by the in
terstate commerce commission of tbaf
clause of the llepbiiro act directing thi
(iniiiiiUsiuii to louse to be nude examina
tions of tfie accounts of the intents t
railroad of the country to determini
whether thai luxv is blag violated and U
niiike public the results of such examina
tion. After a debate Insting four bourt
the iinietidiiieiit was agreed to. The lloust
lisHjirecd to Ihe Senate amendments U
tlie District of Columbia and pension ap
prnpriulion bills and sent thoae bills tt
conference.
Hie time of the Senate was taken ni
for two hours Friday with a speech bj
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, asking,
1 lint the committee on the judiciary b
lischarjrtxl from further consideration ol
Ills hill for the suppression of trusts. Th
remainder of the day was eiven over tc
he consideration of a resolutioa by Sen
ator Klkiii. suspending until Jan. 1,
IPIO, the commodity clause of the Hep.
Imru railroad rate law. The resolution
provoked so much debate and so luntij
iiiii'inlinetit xvere offered dealing with
other phases of the railroad legislation
ilint the whole matter went over until
Monday. The House spent all of the
lav's session in considering nod passins
iKiritgrapli by paragraph under suspension
.if the rules, the sundry civil appropria-
ion hill.
-: :
The policy sought to be established by
the government of providing and equip
phiX buihliniis fur its ambassadors in
i'liropenii capitals received a setback Sat
urday in the, Senate, where the diplo
matic bill xvas under consideration.
Ii1r0111.i1 a miint of order by Mr. Culber
son of Texas, an amendment appropriat
ing $4iKVXK for such a building at Paris
was stricken out. Tlie bill was then
passed, following which eulogies on the
life and public services of the late Sen
ttors Mallory and Bryan of Florida were
Iclivered. Passage by paragraph, under
usieiisioti of the rules, of the sundry
ivil appropriation bill was continued in
I lie House, but was not completed.
Senator Bulkeley ot Connecticut, a
member of the military affairs commit
tee, spoke at length in the Senate Mon
lay on the Brownsville affray. He de
I'lnred his belief In the innocence of the
negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Regi
ment mid said tlie rioters in the town
on the night of Aug. 13-14, l'.MJb, in his
iudgmeiit, were lawless Mexicans from
rutside the town, assisted by the lawless
la- within Brownsville. The House
resolution apiropriating SJoO.OOO to re
lieve the recent cyclone sufferers In Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi and Louis
iana was passed. The House completely
iverrode the committee on appropriations
ii connection with several items in the
oindry civil appropriation bill. When
1 he measure was laid aside for the day
fi;:.iMHK laid been added to the sum
ranted by tlie committee, wlucn inciua-
'd ?HKUHM for gauging the streams and
lelerminiiig the water supply of the Uni
fil Slates; an increase of $.10,000 In the
ipiN-opriation for ti-sting structural mate
liul and i:H,sH for testing coal, lig
jites and other fuel substances.
An extended speech in opposition to the
'orestry service wo mado by Senator
liryliiimV Idaho in the Senate Tuesday,
.vhile the agricultural appropriation bill
.vns nntler consideration. He criticised
he practice of speaking of "any man's
s.liey," saying that the only policies of
lie iroveriiment that are not fictitious are
t - .I.... n ha ,.-i.iti..ii tn thn laws of the
litis." I. r n...t... :
.uid. Mr. Warner of Missouri continued
ii speech 011 the Brownsville affray, but
tjil not conclude' A lively debate was-
ii! up nit nay in nuv mi m- m.u-
Iry civil appropriation bill. Repeated ef-
nit were made by Messrs. Gaines of
Petmessee sail (iiuney of Indiana, sup-
Kirted by many other members, to pro-
11 re nn appropriation for any inveatl
utioii looking to increasing safety in min-
nir. and I hev hud about got Cbalunan
1'n wney to the point where lie xvould eon-
nt to an appropriation of I.iO.UW, woea
Ir. I'nderwood of Alabama oojectea aua
he pr lpositioti, for tlie time at least, was
trapped. A provision in tlie Dill tor tlie
nn laise of over tl.tHKl acres or lana as an
nlilitioii to Tort McKinley, Philippine 1st-
:ids. based oil a recommendation by Oen.
..011:1 id Wood, elicited severe criticism
,f l.iat orth'cr by Messrs. Fittgerald of
Vew York und Hutler of Pennsylvania,
iie former continually referring to turn
1
)r. Wood. The provision, on mo
or Mr. liny of Virginia, was strick-
1011
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lriiiiiuii hours of the session xvere ta.en
in I iv 11 succession of roll calls, (Mused Dy
1 refiiK;il of the House to take a recess
it r, o'clock, as a result of a joke on the
,mt of some Keptiblicans to hold tha,
. . .1
I..,:im litis 111 tlie House u111.11 iiiw nine
lie Ifepuliliciin caucus was scheduled to
. held.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Tin- Senate passed Senator Hepburn's
es.duliim calling 011 tho names of em
hives of the forestry division who have
il'.eiuleii loresiry coiivriimiiis ami wneia-
i- ny expense has been iucurred by the
nveriiiiient thereby.
riitiiiiiii! on the basis furnished by th
elr.iii for the Hist two quarters, the deB--ieney
iu the lWofties lepurttuent for
lie current fiscal year will exceed $13,.
fHMI.lHMl,
William It. Wheeler of California noti
'il ihe president of Ilia acceptance of lbs
isi'sMiit secretaryship of the Department
,:' Commerce und Labor in sucevtulou to
,uwre ' (). Murray.
A naslilieatiou of the naval regulations
e-i. vides tlml hereafter rhaplaiuit appulut.
il iu 1 1 avy shall undergo a mental a
eii a a physical esiuluatioD, the aanut
I' ne .--rs ill the nary.
