DAKOTA COUNTY
MEM.
M0TT0--A11 The News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEK., FRIDAY, A PHIL 2, 190J.
NUMKER 40
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
MURDER IS MYSTERY
POLICE FX EARTH BODIES OF AN
AGED COl PLE.
House Had Been Set on I 'Ire to Hide
Evidence of Munlor SiipMscd to
Have Ktiii Committed for tint
I'urHiH( of Kohlx-ry.
i. In M,.n ,.f II,.. nt T.ml.
wig Krueger, aged 66, and his wife,
aged 63, buried In the cellar of their
home near Toledo, O., which was de
stroyed by fire Thursday the police of
that city are confronted by a puzzling
murder mystery.
The Krueger residence was discover
ed ablaze and there was no trace of
the aged couple. When the ashes had
cooled a search of the debris was
made, but there was no evidence of the
couple having been burned to death.
later two boya were digging In the
cellar and noticed that the brick floor
had been tampered with. One ot
them raised a brick and the face of
the dead woman was revealed. More
of the floor was taken up and the
body of Mr. Krueger was found, burled
with his head nt the feet of his wife.
Both had been stabbed to death, pre
sumably with a butcher knife. It h
not known just when the murder oc
curred as the Kruegers were last seen
alive on Tuesday evening by M. Sobo-
loski. a tailor, who last Saturday paid
Mr. Krueger 12.000 as part payment
for the purchase of the farm.
It is believed that robbery was the
motive, and that the slayer aftei
burying the bodies and replacing tht
brick flooring in the cellar, set th
house on fire to cover up the murder
IN A IIOXBIKAX JAIL.
Voo-H Dock In Texas Without
Owner Oriffitli.
The schooner Vought, measuring 4 J
tons net and having as a cargo an
lronbound box said to contain $5,600
In Peruvian silver, and five trunks
contents unknown, -were offered tc
Collector Lee, Thursday, at Galveston
Texas, to keep safely until their ownei
E. O. Orlfflth. formerly of Missouri
is released from a Honduran Jail. Tht
strange and unprecedented presenta
tlon of responsibility was accompanied
by letters explaining the owner's pre
dicament In Honduras and containing
drafts on Xew Orleans banks for suf
ficient money to pay off the crew, th
pilot and quarantine fees and main
tain the vessel at Galveston. The let
ters were presented by Capt. Jamet
Decker, who brought the vessel from
Truxllo, Honduras.
According to the statement of Deck
?r, Griffith had been engaged In the
ifcneral merchandise business at Bel
'alii, Honduras, with a Miss Beau
;hamp, formerly of Jacksonville, Fla.
and last winter went to Xew York,
where he purchased tho Caroline
Vought. the schooner, sailing In bal
'ast for Honduras. Early in March the
atore building and living rooms at
Belfattt owned by Griffith and MisB
Beauchamp were burned and the two
were arrested charged with arson, al
though the building was not Insured.
Fearing that his money and valuables
would be confiscated, the letters as
sert, Griffith hastily had them taken
iboard the Vought with Instruction
to proceed to Galveston.
I.I Jtk A IUOE SWINDLER.
i oiiug Downs', of Baltimore. Said to
Have Stolen $100,000.
William F. Dow us. the young clerk
m the office of the city register at
Baltimore, O., has been placed undei
$50,000 ball for a hearing on a charge
of cmbejcr.lement of funds belonging
to the city. State Attorney Owem
stated the amount taken from the city
probably would amount to $100.00.
City Solicitor Toe mated that In all
100 charges of larceny will be per
ftrred against Downs.
Downs Is 26 years old. He has been
living In style beyond the means ol
a $800 a year clerk, which he wai
until recently, when he was promoteo
to a $1,400 clerkship, much against
his will. The alleged peculations ap
pear to trace back to July 1, 1107.
fre Mown Into the Air.
The French tank bark. Jules Henry
n the oil trade between Philadelphia
andJLVtte blew up Thursday morning
and was practically totally wrecked
Twelve men of her crew were killed
and many others were wounded.
KIimix City live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
breves, $6.20; top hogs, $6.85.
Wright Wants to See King.
Ambassador Griseom has asked
King Victor Emmanual to grant an
audience to Wilbur Wright. American
aeroplunist. and Hart O. I'.eig, nil
busincKs manager.
May guit the Philippine.
It Is reported that Gov. Gen. Smith
.of the Philippines will resign his exe
cutive position and sail for San Fran
I'lwo about llay 15
FIRE IN MILITAKV PRISON.
fx-tttoimortli Institution Is Partially
Hurucd.
The military prison nt Fort Leaven
worth wus partially dertroyed by lire
late Wednesday night. The prisoners j
were removed fmm the cell houses
under a lieuy Kuard of I'nlted States
t loops nod confined In r. stockade.
None of the prisoner escaped no far
a a hasty resume of the situation af
ter midnight showed.
At 2 o'clock some of the cell houses
had been cooled silt Ikiontly to allow
half of the Mill prisoners to return.
Owing to the low water pressure
the lire department of the fort was
almost useless. The lie was fought
by the soldiers of the fort, who were
ordered out of the quartern, and those
who were on leave. In the city were at
once called back to the post. ,
fwo soldiers were injured while j
fighting the Haines, but none of the!
prisoners were hurl In any way.
Much excitement attended the re- I
moval of the prisoners, many of whom i
are desperate characters. It was fear
ed that they would make an organized
break for sufety.
Tile fire broke out about 10 o'clock
In the tailor shop. A great outcry at
once broke out In the prison, the con
victs fearing they would be burned
to death. They battered on the doors
of their cell houses as the light of the
fire streamed in their windows. Many
screamed In terror as the authorities
for the moment refused to remove
them.
A strong cordon of troops was
thrown about the prison and every
precaution taken to prevent escape?.
All the soldiers tliut could be spared
from the ranks of fire fighters were
detailed as guards and then the de- j
livery of the prisoners began.
When the bolts of the cell house
doors were shot back the flames had
reached the main building. If every
thing had not been done in perfect or
der lives doubtless would have been
lost. As it was, strict military disci
pline prevailed.
Soldiers with leveled weapons greet
ed the convlctn as they were marched
out. They had been previously warn
ed that the slightest belligerent move
would mean death.
"Shoot them down In their tracks,"
commanded the officers, " If they
don't keep in line. The first man that
tries to escape dies."
The rifle barrels of the soldiers and
words of the officers glinting in the
firelight with the knowledge that it
was United States soldiers they were
dealing with effectually awed the pris
oners and they meekly followed their
heavily armed guards to the stockade.
The prison building was valued at
$200,000. It was partially destroyed.
HELD IXK AN OM) CHIME.
liirce Ohio Men Arrested for Mur
der Eight Years Ago.
Barney Devlne, Leonard Stevens
and Matthew Taylor. Indicted eight
years ago for the murder oi Clarence
Warrick, 15 years old, at Somerton,
O., have been arrested at Zanesvllle.
O. The murder was very brutal. At
night bu:glars entered the home of
Mrs. Warrick, an aged widow, and
tortured the boy to force him to ra
veal where the family money was hid
den, i The boy refused. The. burglars
then shot and killed him. throwing '
his body Into the bed where his grand
mother lay.
KILLS WAIt VETKHANS.
West Virginia Man Shoots I'ather-ln-!aw
and n Neighbor.
Everett White shot and Instantly
killed his father-in-law. John Fisher,
and a neighbor, James Rayburn, in the
dooryard of his home at Mason City,
W. V., Thursday. The victims were
veterans of the Civil war.
White and his wife had separated.
Trouble arose over the removal of
furniture and White shot the two men
whs In the act of sho.-tlnir his wif-
and mother-in-law when a passerby, thing vas accomplished. It was ad
rushed In and disarmed him. mlttcd that the bankruptcy adjudlca-.
tlon gave the creditors little to hop
Ail Exchange of Negotiation.
Information received at Washington
Indicates thut pourparlers probably
soon will be exchanged between the
Russian and the'l'i.lted States govern
ment, bearing on a revision of the
treaty of commerce negotiated by the
two governments in 1X32.
An iii!-.prlniin Tax Record.
All records In West Virginia for the
amount of inheritance tax paid were
broken Thursday when the estate of
the late former I'nlted States Senator
Johnson, of Camden, paid $42,!i0l).
Strikes American Mining IntcivM.
The Prussian government Thursday
Introduced a bill in the diet forbidding
foreigners to acqulie mineral proper
tie and operate mines within Prussia
without the special permission of the
king or agents.
Dla 0H'iis CoiigrcsM.
President Diaz of Mexico opened
Ihe second session of the Twenty
fourth congress Thursday night by
reading before the assembled deputier
and senators his annual message.
Brewer Commits Suicide.
Wlllam Hart, a well known brewer
it JancHvHIe, Wis., commuted suicide
Thursday. It la believed worry over
the Wisconsin county option bill wan
the cause.
First Circus in 4'hicago.
The Baruum & llalley circus opened
Its season In Chicago Thursday. It
whs Hie first time In forty years that
the show had opem-il the season out
side New Yoik.
1-iNns Tin: "joker"
Discovery In ho Revenue l4iw I
Made by Raw-on.
Whnt x cirp;nati (I a n "JoUCr" that
cost the consumers of tobacco In thin
,.((unty ,.lirly $4;).(ii.n.00O was found
Tuesday In the existing revenue laws
of the I'nlted States by Representative
Dawson, of Iowa, who at once Intro
duced a bill to correct the error.
I'nder the Dinghy tariff law, the 2
ounce packages of tobacco sell to th
consumer nt R cents each and the 4
ounce packages for 10 cents. In 1S9
a war revenue tax of 7 cents a pound
was levied. At the same time. In
order to serve the convenience of the
trade, authorization was given for the
reduction of the sizes of the packages
from 2, 3 and 4 ounces to 1 2-3. 2-1-2,
Hni, 3 ,3 .,., thus enabling tho
smoker to procure a r.-eent and 10-cent
iickare of tobacco at the ;iorc.
ln ,lUe time the wur revenue tax wu
repealled. Somebody forgot. Mr.
Dawson, believes, to restore the pnek-
ne,,s of ubacvo to the original slr.es.
and hence ever since 1!H2. the con
sumers of tobacco have hern paying
the equivalent of the war revenue tax
to the manufacturei s of tobacco.
Mr. Dnwron's bill proposes to restore
the packages to the original size.
no strike is ri:.i:i.
Agreement With Mlucis ami Operators
Expires Wcdnc'day ni;lit.
The anthracite coal strike coinnils
slops award, which resulted In six
years of Industrial peace in the hard
coal field, employing 1 fi 7.(0 men and
boys, expired WedccMlay at midnight.
The operators at the Joint conference
held in Philadelphia several weeks
j ago oncreu u renew me agreement
for another term of three years, but
the miners in convention at Scranton,
Pa., last week voted to allow the award
to lapse.
As the sentiment In this region Is
strongly against a strike It Is certain
thut there will be n full quota of men
at work as long as the eollcries are
kept open for them. No intimation Is
given of the conditions which the
operators will offer the men after the
expiration of the present agreement,
but judging from the policy of keeping
the mines In operation without any
ceremony of any kind it Is Inferred
that the wages and other conditions
will remain unchanged.
LAST SPIKE DRIVEN'.
Mllwaukc' Line to Const Nearly
Heady for Traffc.
Marking the completion of the line
of steel connecting Chicago with Seat
tle, the last spike In the new trans
contlnetal railroad, the Chicago, Mil
waukee and Puget Sound, was driven
at 6 o'clock Monday evening at Mis
soula, Mont. Besides the crew of the
track laying outfit, there were present
at the conclusion of .he work Chief
Engineer Daucny and several officials
of the road.
The few unfinished bridges oe the
line will be completed In three weeks,
ballasting work will consume but a
few weeks more, and within sixty days
it is expected the road will be turned
over to the operating department and
through train service established.
The total length of the new road Is
2.426 miles
No Hope for Modjc.-Ua.
J.'me. Mod.iesl'x was not removed
from her home at Bay City Wednesday
to a Los Angeles hospital, as Intended
by her physician. Her condition was
so serious that It was deemed inadvis
able to make the attempt. There Is
said to be little or no chance for her
recovery.
lliinc's Creditor Meet.
The creditors of Otto Ilelnze & Co.,
of Xew York, bankers and brokers,
who failed during the panic of 1907,
met Wednesday and apart from the
bearing of their committee's report
for.
Irelef s Wave in Germany.
A German wireless telegraph com
pany has succeeded In establishing
wireless communication between Ber
lin and Vienna with two light portable
field outfits. Kmperor Francis Joseph
has sent a message of congratulation
on the achievement.
Methuselah Is Ritid.
Methushelah died In Xew York
Thursday at his home in the Bronx
zoo. He is said to be 1,00 years old.
Methuselah also known as Ramesis II.
was a toad which was discovered In
a rock pocket in a mine 500 feet be
low the surface at Butte, Mont., two
years ago.
Ihmiicmc Bank CIkm-s.
The Klmou Ginkn, or Golden Gate
bank, a San Francisco Japanese in
stitution, failed to open Its doors Mon
day. Air. Mawa, manager said this
was because u run was feared, reports
having been circulated that the bank
a as not sound and that Its president
had taken most of the funds to Japan.
Ban on Race Tls.
Senator Agnew's bill designed to
prevent the publication of racing tips
and belting odds in newspapers was
favorably reported Wednesday by tho
Xew Yorl; senate committee.
Pouren Is Discharged.
January Pouren, the Russian refu
gee held In New York, whose extradi
tion has been sought by the Russlun
government has been discharged.
NEBRHSKR NEWS
rorreh roi;hlv tke.vi er.
Iowa Man Puts Bandit .Out with a
Punch at Norfolk.
A bold but unsueicsrul attempt
was made about 2 o clock 1 uenlay
morning to hold up Charles A. Smith,
ot Suthcr. ntnl, In. As Mr. Smith was
on his way to the depot at Norfolk
to take the train to Dallas, M. D.. two
masked men jumped out ot an alley In
front of him with the command.
Hands up!" cmph;:! I'.-ing their re
mark by stlfkii g n gun in h'.s face,
v..hich Smith said looked as b!g us a
stovepipe. instead ot louow.ng me
coilflnaud he' struck the ilea reft rob
ber a heavy blow on the jaw, knock
ing him down and out. The other rob
ber fired a wild shot and took to his
heels. After a short chase Smith re
turned to the fallen man and gave him
a terrible pounding and sent him on
liis way with some advice as to hold
ing up people.
Air. Smith would not report the mat
ter to the police, paying he could not
take time to prosecute the case, even
if he could Identify the robbers. He is
of the opinion It was two men who
saw him display some bills In Sioux
City and followed him to this place.
WOLF ROl'NTY KILLED.
Appropriation of JU'.O.OOO Knocked Out
by Nebraska Senate.
No wolf bounties this yeur, declared
the state senate Tuesday afternoon.
The appropriation of $60,000 was
knocked out of the general claims bill.
The bill introduced by Senator Bar
tos to regulate Insurance profits was
defaeted in the senato
A big fight Is on in the legislature
over the Donohoe bill, which gives
the railway commission jurisdiction
over the public utilities of the state.
Omaha senators are fighting the bill.
It was voted Tuesday to pass the
bill allowing telephones ill depots.
The house Tuesday evening passed
what is known as the Bryan school, of
citizenship bill, originating In the sen
ate, and it now goes to the governor for
approval. The bill was drafted by W.
J. Bryan, and It empowers the regents
of the state university to establish a
chair for Instruction on the duties of
citizenship and good government. The
bill passed by a vote of 51 to 41 after
four calls of the house had been made.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Body of Randolph Man Is Found
Bleeding Uoolde Track.
Sunday forenoon the wounded and
bleeding body of Thomas Casey, aged
67 years, was found lying beside the
Burlington track a short distance west
of the new town of Wareham. A pass
ing freight was flagged and the man
put on bonrd for his home in Ran
dolph. As he was being put on the
cars he died. He was undoubtedly
struck by the evening passenger train
Saturday night, and was exposed all
night to the freezing weather and suf
fering from his Injuries.
ATE ELECTRIC GLOBES.
Vaudeville Artist t hews Ills Way Out
- of Court.
Wllber Warner, a broken down
vaudeville performer, literally chewed
his way to freedom at Lincoln Friday.
In police court Warner gave an ex
hibition by chewing several electric
light bulbs and swallowed glass, also
several tacks. Judge Rlsser promptly
quashed tho vagrancy charge against
him.
SALOONKEEPERS WERE FINED
Three of Tliem Given Aggregate of
Nearly $150.
Judge Palmer had before him Tues
day at Clay Center a bunch of Sutton
aloonkeepers, charged with selling
liquors to minors. After the cases
had progress so far as the taking of
testimony, all parties pleaded guilty
on one count each; the other counts
being dismissed and fine assessed at
(25 and costs in each case.
To Buy the Wayne Normal Sc-IumiI.
The senate Tuesday morning voted
to appropriate $90,000 for the pur
chase of the Wayne Normal school.
Normal proposals from Crawford and
Alnsworth were voted down.
Horse? Thieve Bound Over.
The two horse thieves who tried to
teal the big bunch of horses from
near Merrlmun a couple of weeks ago
had their preliminary hearing before
Judgu Wulgley at Valentine and were
bound over to the district court.
Horse and Hired Man Gone,
Tuesday morning a horse was miss
ing from the barn of Mr. Dean, three
miles northeast of Xellgh. Ie Hunt
a hired man, Is missing, and is sup'
posed to be the thief.
Olio Dead of Suffocation.
Two prisoners confined In the county
Jail at Geneva started a (Ire, supposed
ly by accident, and one was found dead
from suffocation and the other in a si
rious condition.
Will File hi Rosebud l4iiid.
A number of persons In Lynns who
drew lucky numbers In the Roscbin
drawing are making preparations to
file on the land the first eek in April
Duhlmaii Renominated.
Again James Dahlmaii, known as th
'cowboy mayor," will lead the demo
raU of Omaha In the municipal cam
palgn.
Ranchman's Son Killed.
The 13-year-old son of I'M Balya
ranchman near Simeon, accidentally
shot himself In the chest while hunting
lucks, and died about an hour later.
Arrestod for Roollegnlng.
Elmer Miller, of fekaiuah. has l
arretstod for bootleigltig. He had
been, seemingly, carrying on a whole
sale business in that dry town, as he
liut week brought up from Omaha
eighteen quarts of whisky in a suit
case and sold it to private consumers
Hit VAN'S SCHOOL RILL.
Measure Was Near Defeat In the Nc
hrutkn l'Ihl.iturc.
W. J. Biyan's pel bill, a measure to
establish a school of politics at the
state university, narrowly escaped de
teat In the house Saturday. Alter .'ev
esaii eaa;;o attacks It w.is buried l y a
vote of 40 to !!:!, but was afterwards
recommended fr passage by u ma
jority of one.
The h i:ik guainnty net will go Into
effect July 1. Several of Its provisions
cannot go Into effect for three months
thereafter.
In tht? reflate Saturday was agreed
to accept the $100,000 donated by an
unknow n Omaha man to found oi or
thepedie hospital on the er.mpus ot
the stale university medical college at
Omaha. The donor has so concealed
his secret that Senator Raiuom did
not krm.v the source of the cash.
RNI)IT ROBS PASSENGERS.
Enters Day Coach of Burlington Train
ami Holds Conductor.
A telephone message from Fairfield
early Monday morning says an unaid
ed bandit held up the conductor on the
Fairfield local train of the Chicago,
Burlington and (Jutncy and robbed the
passengers In the day coach. Tho man,
who was masked, bourded the train
probably at -Clny Center and between
the two tow us placed a revolver at the
head of Conductor Barry and com
pelled him to walk the length ot the
car and order the passengers to turn
over their money. The sum secured
was not large. The man escaped.
CAR RORRERS CAPTI REI).
Watch Tnkrii from Lincoln Conductor
Found on One of the Men.
' Lincoln police officers were advised
by officials at Belleville. Kan , of the
capture at that placo of the three men
who Thursday night held up a Lincoln
street car crew and robbed the con
ductor. The watch taken from me
conductor was found in their posses
sion. The men admitted their lcienuiy
and said they were the same persons
who help up a car at Omaha the ntgni
before the Lincoln robbery.
WARDEN HEEMER DEAD.
Expiree at Nebraska Institution Fol
lowing a Ilrier limese.
Allen D. Beemer, warden of the Ne
braska penitentiary through the terms
of Govs. Crounse, Mickey and Sheldon,
died at that Institution Sunday follow
ing a brief illness. Warden Reemer
wn 60 years old, and would nave re
tired from the office the first of the
coming month. He had been for sev
eral years active In penal institution
reform work; was a veteran or me
civil war and u pioneer of the stute.
REPLEVIN FOR A IJABY GIRL.
South Omaha Justice of the Peace
Makes Unusual Decision.
Justice Caldwell of South Omaha
has held thut a baby girl Is a plecj
of property and can be replevlned, and
Wednesday he issued a writ of replevin
for one baby girl, Alelvln Berry, aged
thtee years, and clothing, all valued
at $20.
The girl baby Is the daughter or
Mrs. Maud Ford of South Omuha. but
the little girl has been boarding with
Mrs. Burrell in Omaha, and ft om oi
7 is what Afrs. Burrell saye that
somebody owes to her for tho board.
So she has been holding the child for
payment.
RAY STATE FAR Ml SOLD.
Iurgc. Farm Near North Bend Change
Hands Tuesday.
One of the largest transactions In
the recent history of real estate was
effected Tuesday when the Buy State
farm, about two and one-halt mile
west of North Bend, was sold to Jake
Abbly of Dwlght. Butler county. The
consideration wa $63,000. Thi I the
1: nd commonly known under the name
of the Illinois Cattle company and
comprises approximately 1.000 acres.
It also Include a number or tmprove
menta, notably among which I an
elevator with a capacity of 60.000
bushels.
GOVERNOR SIGNS RILLS.
Following Rill Were Signed by Goiter.
nor Miallciibarger Wednesday.
Bv Kuhl State convention to be
held the last Tuesday In July, prior to
primaries, to make platform.
By Skeen for the election or pre
cinct and district assessor every two
year.
Bv Lease For licensing or nurse,
By Carr Procedure for changing
boundaries of school district.
Bv Giiffen Prohibit dumping of
trash in drainage ditches.
By Skeen Defining the duties of
precinct und district assessor and as
sensing grain on hand held by gain
brokers as tangible property.
By Iwrence Alilltary code.
Fire at Nebraska, Normal.
The state normal building at Kear
ney is fireproof. This was demon
strated Suturduy when flame were
discovered. The blaze wa confined to
a single room, and the fire quickly put
out. The building Is of cement.
City of Norfolk Exaiuls.
After a two year legal fight the Nor
folk city council has annexed consul
t-iable territory lying outside the city
limits. This gives Norfolk 5,341 pop
ulation.
Myers Returns to Oakland.
W. H. Myers, for the lust two yeur
ussiHtunt superintendent of the state
industrial school at Kearney, has been
elected to the superlntendency of th
Oakland schools, a position he held
for several years before going to Kear
ney.
EvangclM at lialtsnioutli.
Rev. Chester Birch tho evangelist
from Winona Luke Ind., commenced
a two weeks' scries of evangelistic
meetings in the First Presbyterlun
church in Plattsinouth Wednesday
t vcinlng.
EIGHT IX)H DOCTOR'S LIl'E.
N'elirnskn Iiijslcian Suffering with
IjOcLJnw.
After using nil the antl-tetanlc ser
um to be found in Sioux City, and af
ter ordering a large amount of It from
rhlr;:;vo mill 0:v.iih.i. physicians have
mteeeded In raving Hie life of Dr. J.
0. Jolly, of Dixon, Xcb., w ho Is at St.
Vincent" hospital at Sioux City af
flicted with lockjaw. The cure l orfs
of the most remarkable In the annals
of medical history.
Dr. Jolly catiic to Sioux City Wed
nesday suffering from a peculiar stiff
ness of his Jaw. Ho was not aware
that the disease had attacked him, but
physicians decided that an ounce of
prevention was worth a pound of cure
and Rave him several Injections of the
serum. This action undoubtedly
saved his life. Since then 50.000 unlta
of Ihe serum liuve been used.
The case lias attracted unusual at
tention. An Injection of 1.500 units of
the serum Into the system of one who
Is suffering from a wound that may
cause lockjaw usually will prevent any
clanger from the disease.
Dr. Jolly, while caring for his horse
In Ills barn Sunday, March 14. cnuKht
one of his thumbs on the point of a
rusty null. Inflicting a small wound.
He paid but little attention to the
scratch, and after a few days noticed
that Infection had set In. Finally ho
became worried and came to Sioux
City for treatment.
Physicians have been nt his bedside
almost constantly for the past two
days. Injecti.inn of the serum have
been made without ceasing and Friday
night it van announced the patient la
holding his own, but his recovery from
the disease doubtless will be slow.
Sl'PREME COVHT CLERK SHAVED
Salary Limited to $1,000 a Year He
deem Another Hedge.
The house Friday morning by a vote
of 02 to 41, passed a bill granting mu
nlctpal suffrage to women. The senate
ha killed a slmlar measure.
The democratic majority redeemed
another platform pledge by passing a
bill appropriating 1100,000 for an ag
rlcultural school in western Nebraska,
and gave $2,000 to the Corn Improv
era' association to pay the expenses, of
lecturers and printing of reports.
Another bill passed provides for the
summoning of a grand Jury In each
county.
Th senate passed the Donahue bill
placing all public service corporation
under control of the state railroad
commission, the Leldlgh bill making
the supreme court clerk a salaried of
Ice at $4,000 a year, and two deputies
at $2.G00. Also the Kethum bill estab
lishing a state dipsomaniac hospital,
urd agreed to leave the 8outh Omaha
Stock Yards company' railroad prop
ertv out of those to undergo physical
valuation.
RIFLE RANGE MATTER DECIDER.
Regulars Will Vie Range Near Ash
land.
Maj. D. E. AlcCarthy, chief quarter
master of the department of the AIls-
sourl has Just received authority from
the" quartermaster general of the
Tolled States army to enter Into ne
gotiations for the lease of the Ashland
target range for the use of the regu
lar army for the three month begin
ning April 1.
The troops to use the Ashland range
will be tho Sixteenth Infantry from
Fort Crook and the signal corps from
Fort Omaha. Additional target butts
will be built and the range will be ma
terially enlarged over that used by the
Nebraska National Guard lust year.
Following the uso of the range for tar
get practice purposes by the regular
a-my forces, it will be used similarly
by tho Nebraska National Guards.
LIGHTNING TIHUS NECKLACE.
Freak of lUectrical Storm at the Home
of an Alnut Han.
Alma wa visited by a heavy rale
and thunderstorm Frlduy night Sev
eral telephones on the local exchange
were put out of commission and the
lightning gave the men at the lighting
plant considerable trouble. During
the atorm lightning went through an
open window In the R. C. Cos home,
striking and shattering a large mirror
In a dresser and tearing to pieces a
bead necklace that wa lying on It.
The occupant of the house were badly
frightened, but not Injured. The rain
fall amounted to .78 of an inch.
SHOT DEAD BV NEIGHBOR.
Quarrel of Farmer Over line Fence
End In Munier.
On a farm twenty mile south ot
Grant Frlduy mornnlg James Jones
and Joseph Rowley quarreled over a
line fence. The former went to hi
house, returned with hi rifle and fired
at the latter, killing him Instantly, the
bullet penetrating the heart.
The shooting wa witnessed by Air,
Rowley' two son. Jone wa arrest
ed by the sheriff of Chase county and
taken to Imperial.
Found Dead In a Room.
Frederick W. Miller, of Fall City,
Neb., until recently deputy secretary
of state for a number of year, wa
found oead in a room Friday at the
Royal hotel. He hal locked himself
In the room on Wednesday and the ex
act time of his deuth Is unknown. His
demise, it is declared, was due to nat
ural causes.
Charged wllli Aiwaultliig Girl.
Ira Rlgsby, a young man 22 years
of age, of Reatrice, ha been arrested
and lodged in Jail on complaint of A,
K. Meyer, who charge Rlgsby with
criminally assaulting his 14-year-old
daughter, Mabel Myers.
Klitnx Ranking Hill.
Gov. Hhalleubei'Kcr has signed the
guaranty bank deposit bill. A few
minutes after he hud signed It th sen-
ate ordered t.OUQ copies printed for
equal distribution to member of the
legislature.
S Work of Congress
The Senate was not hi session Tne-
flay. Occupying the entire Hewtion of
the House, Mr. Payne of New York,
chairman of the Committee on Vy
and Means, coiniiiiljd lil sieech In ex
planation of t!:r tai'irr bill. He wa
on his feet almost nil of t!ie five hours
nd ten minutes I ir.it be li.nl Ihe floor.
Ms arguments covered n wide field. He
look tin position that th bill would
not Injure the tin plate or steel file In
dustries of the I'niteil Slates and that
free hides would i;ot lie n menace to
the fanners. lie discussed the Inher
itance tax nt great lenslli, and ftnld
It wa preferable to an income tax. be
cause It would not give rise to perjury
or fraud, lie held lo the view olao that
in Income tax was wholly unconstitu
tional Tlie sennte was not In session oa
Wednesday. lH'tiarlng unions other
things that mistake wn madti in th
Paytie tariff Mil in not Arranging the
revision on the basis of raising revenue
only od every Item. Mr. Clark, of Mls
aouri. minority leader, held the atten
tion of tlie House for more than flre
hours In discussing the measure. Inci
dentally, he pointed out that much tltiw
would have been saved in tho consid
eration of the Mil had the Democratic
members of the committee lsseu con
sulted about tlie various provisions of
the proposed luw. Mr. Clark spoke hi
choracterlstlc style and frequently -moved
tlie House to applauae and
laughter. He was followed by Messrs.
Washburn of Massachusetts and Adam
son of Georgia, the former attacking
the Inheritance tax provision of the
bill, while Mr. A damson optioned tbe
erectlou of a tariff wall so hlph as to
prevent the people of tlie United State
buying In all the markets of th world
as well as disposing of their urplu
Croduets, The Senate was In session only an
hour and fifteen minutes Thursday and
adjourned until Monday. Practically
all the time, except flfteea minute
pent In executive session., was devot
ed to the Introduction of bllla, resolu
tions and memorials. Th only action
taken was the passage of a resolution
allowing the rotunda of the capltol to
be used for the ceremonies connected)
with the transfer of the remains of
Major l'Enfant from a farm in Mary
land, to the Arlington National cetge
tery. A vo'.untary admission by Mr.
Vreeland of New York that be was to-
some exteut responsible for the reten
tion In the Payne tariff bill of the
countervailing duty on oil was the cli
max of the day's discussion of the tar
iff In the House. Mr. Vreeland had
sat for some time and heard various
Insinuations tuat that duty, which some
have characterized aa a "Joker," was to
be levied solely in the Interest of the
Standard OH Company. This be denied,
nd explained that hla action was It?
response to requests from thousands or
his oil-producing constituents and in he-
half of 500,000 others engaged In the
same business. The debate on the oil
schedule called forth some bitter criti
cism of the Standard OH Company by-
Mr. Kusterroan of Wisconsin and oth
ers. Numerous speeches were made
touching the tariff question generally.
Tlae arguments from the Democratic
atandpolnt were for a tariff for revenue
only, while Republcaus attacked such
schedules as those on wool, wood pulp
and print paper and crude petroleum.
The Senate was not in session Fri
day. The monotony of the tariff de
bate In the House was relieved for a
time by a clash between Messrs. Ford
ney of Michigan and P.yrd of Missis
sippi, which came uoar ending lav
blows. Mr. Forduey had been rank
ing an exhaustive discussion of the
1 umber schedule, when he was Inter
rupted by the Mlsslssipplan, who. In
sisted that the lumber manufacturer.
oi which Mr. Forduey was one, were-
In a truit. Mr. Forduey peremptorily
denied the statement and said that
Mr. Byrd "didn't know a d n thine
about It." The Mississippi member
made a move toward Mr. Forduey
and was In the act of removing his
coat when some of his Democratic
rollesgues took hold of him. Later It
developed that the incident grew out of
a misunderstanding and both roeo
made mutual explnnatlona aud apolo
gies. Mr. Forduey made a notable-
speech on the subject of lumber and'
pleaded for better protection on that
peoduct In the rough. DlanierrtcaHy-'
opposed to bltu wa Mr. Rowland of
Ohio, who wanted the product placed1
on the fre list. Others who spoke
were Messrs. I'ou of North Carolina,
and Macon of Arkaiisa, both of whom
arraigned the I'ayue bill for not ac
complishing what It was eta lined It
would do. while Mr. Humphrey or
Washington pleaded for a tariff oar
sbJuglee aud lumber sufficiently hlgts
to enable the lumber and shingle
manufacturers of his State to eompet
with those of British Columbia, em- ,
ploying cheap oriental labor.
TOLD IN A FEW LINE3.
Fire la the wliolrtuld grocery establisa
But of L. I.lndsu Jb Co., St. Ixiuis,
tanned a los of SIUUNIO. (
Nornisn K. Muck's home iu ItiitTato w
dtiro?ed by fire while tliu family was out
of Hit city. The luss wax $.J.000.
Tht Wsttiiii jion Lfxiiluttirt uasstd a,
bill permitting tlie Kervi:!g of liquors with
nieaU in hotel in tirat-cluxi cities.
Firt at Jounstou, 8. C, caused a lose
ef $75,000. Only a rain prevented froia
destruction the entire town, which I
without firt protection.