Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
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MOTTO AH The News When It I New.
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VOL. 20.
State Historical Society
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1012.
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POSSE KILLS THREE
TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS AND
FARMER THEY FORCE TO AID
THEM 8LAIN.
THIRD FELON IS CAPTURED
Last Member of the Gang Which
Killed Officials of the Nebraska
Penitentiary Caught After a Des
perate Running Fight.
Omaha, Neb. As the result of a
pittlo between the bandits and law
g&cors John Dowd and John Taylor,
tolas "Shorty" Gray, two of the con
WctB who escaped last Thursday from
tho state penitentiary at Lincoln, and
(Roy Blunt, an Innocent victim of tholr
murderous attempt to gain liberty, are
dead.
Taylor was slain by a posse.
It is belloved Dowd alBO was
killed by the posse, but his surviving
companion says he committed suicide.
Charles Morloy, the third of tho trio,
saved his life by surrendering to the
officers, with whom lie had fought a
running battle for two and a half I
miles over country roads with horses
on the gallop.
Armed with shotguns and revolvers,,
while their pursuers had repeating'
rlfleB, the convicts were within a few'
miles of Omaha, whero they expected,
to find fiionds who would shield them,;
when the fatal battle took place.
Early in the day the telephone op
erator at Gretna, IB miles south of
;thl8 city, gavo tho alarm of the pres
ence In that vicinity of tho desperate
jmen. Six posses soon were ready to
attempt the capture. These included
a band of Omaha detectives and pa
trolmen, Sheriff McShane of thlB coun
ty and his deputies and Sheriff Hyers
and his deputies from Lincoln. Sher
iff ChaBe of Sarpy county, with his'
doputles, are also within striking dis
tance. South Omaha sent two posses
under Chief of Police Driggs and the
Gretna company of tho National Guard;
jwas on the scene.
Chief Brlggs of South Omaha and
his deputy, John C. Trouton, wore lead
ers in the party which overtook and
vanquished tho three convlcfis and
shot Blunt, tho Innocent victim. Brlggs
left this city on an early special train'
with several Omaha police officers.
All left the train at Springfield and
there learned of the movements of
,tho convicts.
fc'lght miles from Omaha the otllcers
caught up with tho vehicle carrying
the convicts, near Mowlnkle school.,
i?oung Blunt was forced to lash bis
torsos Into a run, but the officers kept
up tho chaso.
When they were within a hundred
yards of the pursued men Brlggs and
Trouton opened fire with their rifles.
Tho convicts replied.
There was a halt when young Blunt
topplod back into tho wagon, tho vic
tim of a bullet Chief Brlggs Jumped
from his buggy and fired at tho men
In the wagon. Other members of the
posse Joined In the fusillade. John
Dowd was tho next to fall. Taylor
fell tho next instant
Chief Brlggs shouted to Morloy:
"Drop that gun or I'll blow your
head off."
Morloy, who held a big revolver,
dropped the weapon and Brlggs or
dered him to come forward with
hands up. This Morley did, when,
Brlggs took a second revolver from
one of his pockets. Briggs demanded
that Morley surrender tho other men
In tho wagon.
"They are all dead," said Morley.
Tho bodies of tho convicts were
turned over to Sheriff Hyers of Lin
coln, and that of young Blunt to his
family. Hyera took Morley back to
Lincoln.
BOILER BLAST K!' S 32
Locomotive Wrecks tho Southern Pa
cific Roundhouse at San Antonio
Bodies Blown Into Bits.
San Antonio, Tex. At least thirty
two men were killed and parts of their
bodies strewn for blocks around when
a big passenger cngino In tho South
ern Pacific shops blew up here. Tho
engine stood In a square formed by
the copper-house, blacksmith-shop and
roundhouse, all of which wore
wrecked. A portion of the locomotive
crashed Into a house seven blocks
away and seriously hurt a woman.
AVIATORS' BOMBS KILL TURKS
Italians Drop Explosives From Army
Aeroplanes With Deadly Accuracy
Ten Are 8laln.
Benghazi, Tripoli. Bombs dropped
from an aeroplane belonging to tho
Italians killed ten Arabs In a Turkish
camp some distance from this city.
The aeroplane, driven by an army
aviator and carrying an officer as pas
nger, left the Italian camp and flew
t a considerable altitude into the
nWrt, whero a strong Turkish and
jfkrab encampment was found in a
well-sheltered position.
Southern Trains Delayed.
JVashlngton. Traffic on tho South
ern railway, which has boon so para
lyzed during tho last forty-eight hours
by tho heavy rain, Is gradually assum
ing its normal condition. AH trains
from tho south arc running hours be
hind becauso of tho damago done by
tho rain to roadbeds and brirtgos.
Rear Admiral Mqfville Dead.
Philadelphia. Hear Admiral Gcorgo
"W. Melville, rotlrod, englnoor in chlor
of tho United States navy, died here
at tho ago of eoventy-onc years.
SIDNA ALLEN IS SHOT
SLAYER OF JUDGE FALLS IN
BATTLE.
"Xivr.o Members of Virginia Outlaw
Gang That Killed Court Offl-
clals Taken.
Hlllsvillo, Va. A measure of ven
geance was meted out lo tho Virginia
outlaws In tho mountain fastnesses
near here.
Sldna and Floyd Allen, two of the
chiefs of tho band which rode to the
Carroll county courthouse and assas
sinated Judgo Masslc, Prosecutor Fob
ter and Sheriff Webb, aro In custody,
both wounded severely.
Sldna Allen's wife is dead. She was
shot in a battlo with a posso In tho
mountains while helping defend her
outlaw husband.
The fifth death was that of Miss
Nancy Ayres, nlnotoon years old. Sho
was shot accidentally during tho fu
sillade in the courthouse.
All the free members of tho assas
sin band, probably eighteen, are up In
tho mountains toward the North Car
olina lino. They are well armed and
determined not to be captured.
Attorney General Williams, who Is
here, declared that Sldna Allen's bul
'lets killed Judge Masslo.
Floyd Allen, the cause of the trng
ledy, was taken to tho lockup under a
heavy guard. He slashed his throut
with a pockctknlfo, but his wound is
not serious. His son Victor, Cabell
Strickland nnd Byrd Marion, wore
locked up as witnesses.
WILL TRY 54 MEN TOGETHER
Judge Anderson at Indianapolis De
cides Against Separate Trials In
Dynamite Conspiracy Case.
Indianapolis, Ind. All tho defend
ants indicted for violation of federal
statutes governing transportation of
explosives, C4 In number, must go to
trial in one cause October 1, accord
ing to tho final ruling of Judgo A. B.
Anderson after ho had heard argu
ments of attorneys for the defense on
a motion for separate trials.
In tho consolidation of the cases
the Indictments against 54 men are
roprsed In one with 12S counts, 29
of which charge conspiracy to violate
tho statutes forbidding carrying of
dynamite and nitroglycerin on pas
senger trains nnd 100 charge direct
violation by the defendants both as
abettors of and principals with Ortlo
B. McManlgal, John J and James B.
McNamara and Herbert S. Hockln.
SHOOTS AT KING OF ITALY
Anarchist Attempts Regicide as Ruler
Leaves Palace for Humbert Mem
orial Bulletc Wound Officer.
Home, Italy. An attcmut was made
to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel
here. Several shots were fired at tho
king, but all missed their target and
his majesty escaped unhurt. His as
sailant was arested. He gavo his
naino as Antonio Dalba.
The king was Just leaving tho pal
ace on his way to the Pantheon to at
tend tho annual momorial Bervlco In
honor of his father, King Humbert,
who was slain by an assassin at
Monza July 20, 1900.
Dalba fired several shots from be
hind tho crowd in the street Ono
of the officers of the king's body
guard fell dangerously wounded.
TWO LIABILITY BILLS PASS
Conflict In Compensation Acts of Mich
igan House and Senate Arrange
for a Compromise.
Lansing, Mich. Both houses of tho
legislature passed worklngmen's com
pensation bills, as recommended by
Governor Osborn In his call for tho
special session.
Tho thirteen senators who have
been standing In tho way of giving
lmmcdlato effect to tho presidential
primary bill on the ground that such
action would bo unconstitutional,
voted to glvo Immediate effect to a
law prohibiting the "carrying of ten
inch hatpins, slungshois, razors, and
othor weapons." The'blll went through
under suspension of tho rulos and tho
house took similar action when It
reached that body.
TRAIN MESSENGER KILLS TWO
Mallet and Gun Used to Slay Bandits
Who Held Up Southern Pacific
In Texas.
San Antonio, Tex. A San Antonio
express messenger named David A.
Trucsdalo Is the hero of all Toxas.
Starting unarmed and covered with
two revolvers held by a masked train
robber, ho emerged from obscurity
flanked on either side by the body of
a dead bandit
That, in brief, sums up tho fatal
error made by a pair of desperadoes
when they attempted to hold up South
ern Pacific train No. 9 at a lonely
point In Texas.
Bermudlan Defeats Rival Boat.
New York. An ocean raco that last
ed ull the way from Bermuda to this
port ended when tho Bermudlnn
reached her pier two hours bofore tho
steamship Oceana had disembarked
ber pasengers.
"judge Pitney Takes Oath.
Washington. Mahlon Pitney of
Kdff! Jersey has takon tho oath and as
sumed tho duties of associate Justlco
of' tho Supremo court of tho United
Slates a3 tho successor of Justice
IParlan.
A REGULAR
TRY 10 KILL JUDGE
ROSALSKY HAS NARROW ESCAPE
FROM BEING BLOWN UP
BY BOMB.
SEES DANGER; CALLS POLICE
Jurist's Library Wrecked and In
spector Egan Badly Hurt by Explo
sion That Follows When the Latter
Opens Mailed Package.
Now York. Judgo Otto A. Roaalsky
of tho court of general session ramn
within a hair's breath of being killed
hero by a bomb rcceivod through tho
mall.
It was only a defect said to bo a
small accumulation of dirt In the
mechanism of tho infernal machine,
which tho justice had unsuspectingly
opened, that savod him from probable
death or certain injury.
Tho bomb later exploded while be
ing examined by Inspector Owen Egan
of the bureau of combustibles, sort
ously Injuring tho official about tho
face and hands. The library of tho
apartment was wrockod.
Tho Intended victim of tho explosion
hns been given a great deal of pub
licity lately In connection with tho
Brandt caBe. It was Judge Rosalsky
who sentenced Brandt to a 30-year
term for burglary at Mbrtlraer L-.
Schlff's home In 1907, and who recent
ly reversed his action.
,Tho nttack upon tho Jurist is tho
first case of such vlolenco attempted
against n Judgo here within memory,
and It set the whole machinery of tho
police department speedily at work
upon tho mystery.
KILBANE IS GIVEN OVATION
Featherweight Champion Greeted by
200,000 on His Arrival In Cleve
land, His Home.
Cleveland, O. Johnny Kllbano.
featherweight champion of tho world,
on his arrival home, received tho big
gest welcomo ovor accorded a notablo
in Cleveland, a crowd estimated nt be
tween 150,000 and 200,000 strong,
greotlng him at Union station when
hiB train pulled in nnd lining tho
streets ovor which tho parade passod.
Cleveland was a solid mass of green
from Public Square to tho wefitnrn
limits of tho city.
Tho pnrado which traversed tho
down-town streets was more than two
miles in length, nnd was1 rovlowed at
the city hall by Mayor Baker and oth
er officials, bb well as a number of
state officials from Columbus.
PUTS SUGAR ON FREE LIST
House Passes Bill by Vote of 198 to
103 Measure Makes Big Cut
In Revenue.
Washington. The Democratic bill
removing tho tariff entirely from
sugar Imported into this country waB
passed by tho house of representa
tives by a voter of 198 to 103.
According to the Democratic load
ers the measure, If it becomes a law,
will reduco tho price of sugar to con
sumers about 1 cents a pound, an
aggregate saving of $116,000,000 an
nually to tho households of tho na
tion. The loss of $53,000,000 rovenuo
annually from sugar duties will bo off
set, undor tho Democratic plan, by tho
proposed tax on Incomes ovor $5,000
a year.
German Publisher In United States.
New York. Loula Ullstoln, ono of
Germany's foremost youbllshers and
part owner of four dally nowapapers,
nlno weeklies and as many magazines,
arrived here and will seek to get nn
Idea of tho manner In which Araorl
can publications aro handled.
Sugar Convention Renewed.
Brussels. Tho sugar convention
was renowed for anpthcr five years by
tho International sugar conference.
Tho renown! becomos effectlvo Sep
tember 1, 1913.
SEAT-HOG!
TERMS ARE REFUSED
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SUSPENSION IN'U, 8. MINES PRE
DICTED TO OCCUR APRIL 1.
White Declines to Say If Strike Will
Be Called, Meeting May Decide
British Workers In Deadlock.
New York. "All negotiations with
the anthracite coal operators aro off,"l
declared John P. White, president of
tho United Mino Workers of America,
at tho adjournment of tho meeting bo-,
tween tho minors and operators, In
which the miners declined tho oper-,
ators' counter proposition. "I look for
a general suspension of work April
1," h added.
"Will thoro bo a strikoT" ho was
asked.
"I can't say as to that," ho replied.
"Tho minors' officials will dlsouss that
matter this afternoon."
Tli meatlng between tho miners
and the operators was brief. Mr.
White read to the ornlors the min
ers' reply to tholrejectlon of the
miners' domnnds. It was received
without comment and tho mooting ad
journed without delay. None of tho
operators was willing to "talk.
London, JRnglnnd. Another dead
lock has been reached In the ne
gotiations for a settlement of tho
coal strike that Is paralyzing In
dustry through tho United Kingdom,
but Premier Asquith is endeavoring
strenuously to bring tho parties to
gether. Mcantlrao conditions through
Great Britain nro producing incon
vonlonco to tho public nnd suffering to
tho miners nnd tholr families.
PAY HONOR TO CLEVELAND
Exercises Commemorative of Seventy
Fifth Anniversary of His Birth
Held In New York.
Now York. Exercises commemora
tlvo of tho seventy-flfth anniver
sary of the birth of Grovcr Cleve
land wore hold In the great hnll or
tho Collego of tho City of New York. ,'
Tributes by letter camo from Prosl
dent Tart. Governor Dlx, Alton V.
Pnrkcr, Oscar W. Underwood, Mayor
Gaynor, Richard Olnoy, Cleveland's
secretary of state; Senator-elect
Hoke Smith of Georgia, David It.
Francis or Missouri and Gov. Judson
Harmon of Ohio, all members or Mr.
Cleveland's cabinet, and many othcrB.
DR. H. W. WiLEY RESIGNS
Famous Chemist 8nys "Pure Food Act
Paralyzed or Discredited" Own
Ideas Trampled Upon.
Washington. Declaring that for tho
last six years ho had coen grow up
an environment In the department "In
hospitable" lo his own Ideas or tho
administration of tho pure food law
and had seen "tho fundamental prin
ciples of tho food and drug act, aB
they appeared to bo, one by ono par
alyzed or discredited," Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley laaued nn explanation of his
resignation as chief of tho bureau of
chemistry In tho department of agri
culture, which ho had sent to Secre
tary Wilson.
Jury Finds Minister Guilty.
lPttsburg, Pa. lie v. Dr. W. D. Mc
Fnrlnnd, minister and educator, form
er head of tho Pittsburg Central high
school, but later connected with
United Presbyterian mission work at
Greenville, Tenn., was convicted by a
Jury in the criminal court of causing
the death of Ills forraor secrotary, El
bIo Dodds Coo, last January.
U. 8. Marines Land In China.
Swatow, China. A detachment of
mnrinoa from the United States moni
tor Montoray was landed hero In con
sequence of tho continuous disturb
ances nil over tho city and tho threat
ening nttltudo of Bomo of tho natives.
Asks $100,000 for U. 3. Target Range.
Washington. Itoprcsontatlvo Kahn
Introduced a bill to opproprlato $100,
000 to purchaso a sultablo slto on tho
Pacific coast to bo UBod ns a rango
for small arms target practice by tho
United Stut.es navy.
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SUPREME COURT CHANGES POSI
TION IN SURETY CASE.
PROHIBITS COMPACTS IN LINE
State Auditor Barton Issues Warning
to Those Dealing With "Outlaw"
Insurance Companies.
Tho supremo court revorsod Its
former decision in tho caso of tho
stato against tho American Survy
"company. Tho court now holds thnt
tho Junkln anti-trust act includes in
surance companies In tho enumera
tion of trusts nnd restraint of trado.
Tho case camo up on a motion of
tho state for a rehearing, tho court
holding in a previous opinion that the
act did not apply to such companies
and that tho Gondrlng act which did,
having bcon ropcalod by tho Junkln
net, thcro was no law which included
innumnco companies within tho inhi
bition. In the rehearing it was called to
tho attention of tho court that in the
Omaha Elevator caso It had bon held
that all of tho Gondrlng act, except
the first section, was ropoalod, but
that this flrBt section specifically men
tioned insurance companies nnd the
court therefore rovorsed its formor
ruling and holds that Insurance is
trado and commorco within tho mean
ing of tho law, nnd therefore covered
by tho Junkln aot Buf for this rever
sal insurance companies would have
been freo to enter into any combina
tion which they saw lit
State Auditor Gives Warning.
Stato Auditor Barton has Issued a
warning to all merchants nnd manu
facturing companies in tho stato
ngalnat dealing with tho "outlaw" In
surance companies which havo no le
gal right to wrlto Insurance In Ne
braska. Tho auditor proposes to pros
ecute agents of Buch companies if
they aro found soliciting business In
this state.
Ho states that all admitted compan
ies aro required by law to appoint tho
auditor of public nccountB tholr at
torney, and In case of dlBput or liti
gation tho claimant can obtain serv
ice on the auditor and compel the
company to make their defense In tho
Nebraska courts Instead of In n for
eign stato or country. Mr. Bnrton bus
received complaints that mnny mer
chants In tho stato are pntronlzlng
tho cnBtorn concerns, and takos this
means of warning them against tho
danger In doing so. Ho says, in part:
"Tho outlaw companies maintain no
agents and aro forced to wrlto their
lnsuranco by reprcflentatlonn mndo
made through tho malln. Every busi
ness mnn knows thnt the agent who
writes hlq lnBuranco is watchful to boo
that his Interests aro protected, that
the terms of policies aro concurrent
nnd do not conflict, und Is just as
careful to gunrd tho Interests of tho
Insured ub ho Ib to look after tho In
terests of tho company ho represents.
Thcso lnsuranco agents aro, as a rule,
compotent and active and representa
tive men In tho community and fairly
earn tho commission thoy rccolvo on
tho business entrusted to their care."
Sale of Bonds.
Some figures compiled by Stato
Treasurer Walter George show thnt
during tho last year bonds of othor
BtateB belonging to tho school fund
havo bcon Hold to tho amount of
$1,010,210 nnd that a premium of
$8,118,98 has been realized on them.
Tho proceeds havo boon reinvested In
Nohraska securities drawing .93 of 1
per cent higher Interest, which real
izes $9,450 yearly for tho BOhool fund.
Thesu bonds havo been bought at par.
Talking Through Their Hat.
When Governor Aldrlch wns told
that a Lincoln pastor nuBortcd In a
Bermon that tho management of tho
Nebraska penitentiary lu bucIi that
prisoners nro mndo worse instead of
better, ho said somo ot tho critics of
tho Institution do not know what they
aro talking about
Many Cattle Dying.
ItcportB from tho western ranges
aro that many cattlo aro dying as a
result of tho severe wcathor and scar
city of feed. Tho heavy snowB havo
covered up tho rangos and tho torn
peraturen havo bcon so low much of
tho time that stock hau suffered
greatly.
Part of National Guard.
Adjutant General Pholpa Ib consid
ering a plan to muko the Pershing Ri
fles, tho crack company of the uni
versity cadets, a part of tho Nebraska
National Guard. Tho plan, was sug
gested by Captain Yates, commandant
of tho cadets, and huu been under
consideration for uoino time.
Western Families In Hard Lines.
Rov. W. H. Kearns, a8 Held secre
tary of tho home mission department
of tho Prcubytoriau church of this ter
ritory, ban studied the financial condi
tion of tho people lu tho western pait
ot Nebrnskn, und says that tho condi
tion ot many furnlllos lu pitiful, espe
cially lu tho North Plutto valloy,
whero tho government Irrigation ditch
Is bolng built Throo years ago tho
govornmont sold tho land to Bottlers
xt tho rato ot $35 an acre, which was
to Includo water rights. Many ot tho
people have not vat had water.
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WORK FALLS BEHIND.
State Supreme Court Continues to
Lose Ground.
Tho suprome court at tho present
Uino la from twenty months to two
years behind with its work, or in
othor words a caso filed recently will
bo heard In tho ordinary courso of
events In that length ot time. What
Is still moro discouraging tho'court la
gradually falling behind Instead ot
digging out under tho pllo of litiga
tion. Ono reason for this is found In tho
habit which somo Nebraska attorneys
appear to havo of appealing prnctl
cally every caso In which thoy can
lnduco cllonts to take such action.
Tho triviality of mnny ot tho cases Is
notablo. Ono instnnco ot roccnt dnto
Ib whoro a caso involving an attach
ment against a $40 sowing machine
was appoalcd twico to the supremo
court, and In tho finality tho costs
amounted to moro than $400. Another
caao of comparatively recent vlntngo
Involved a difference ot $8 over a doal
in hay and this involved casts ot
about $300. It Ib estimated thnt moro
than 50 per cont ot tho civil litigation
In tho court Involves sums of less
than $500 and 25 per cont ot It less
than $200.
An aggravated feature of tho situ
ation Ib that tho moro tho court gets
behind tho moro cases will bo need
losBly appealed, for It otfors an op
portunity for dolay to litigants who
havo that for their solo purpose Thoy
appeal and let tho caso practically go
by default when It actually cornea to
a bearing and In tho menntlmo havo
gained time to straighten thcmsolvoa
out or accomplish whatever purposo
delay Is usoful for.
Tho Case of Murderer Prince.
A. E. Howard, attorney for Albert
Prlnco tho negro murderer of Doputy
Warden Davia of tho penitentiary, In,
his argument boforo Judgo Stewart on.
his motion to havo tho Prlnco caao
continued ovor tho torm, declared that
his client had been treated with such
persistent and oxtromo cruelty as to
dethrone his reason and render him
Irresponsible for hla actions. At tho
conclusion of tho argument ho sus
tained tho motion and sot tho trial for
April 23d.
Colonies for Nebraska.
Labor Commissioner Guyo announc
ed that ho had completed arrangc
monta for bringing a colony of Jows
from Chicago to Nebraska. Ho de
clined, to stato tho exact location
picked for tho Immigrants. Ho ex
pects to mako similar arrangement
for' bringing Danes nnd othor nation
alities to tho stato.
Reform School Report.
Tho report of tho boys' Industrial
school nt Kearney for February shown'
that on tho last day of tho month
there wero 199 inmates, against 19a
on tho llrst day of tho month. Thoro
wero no paroles during Fobruary, two
In January and three In Deccmbor and
six in November.
Good Seed Corn Found.
Tho pure food department has com
pleted tho testing of another batch of
aeod corn submitted to It. Ono lot,
which came from Decatur in Burt
county, Bhowcd tho highest per cont
ot germinating power of any yot
tested, It developing 90 per cent
Fair Board Hires Band.
The 6tato fair management has
signed a contract for tho nppcaranco
at tho 1912 fair ot tho Llboratl band
and grand opera company.
Nebraska Guard Maneuver.
The question whero the next maneu
ver camp ot tho Nobraskn guard shall
bo hold hns been referred by tho War
department to tho commanding gen
eral of tho central division with head
quarters In Chicago. It has been set
tled, practically, that tho camp will
bo somewhere in Nebraska.
Socialist Filing.
Tho socialists of the stato havo
filed a largo list of candidates tor
stato offices, tho number including
Clydo J. Wright of Lincoln for gov
ornor, Adam Adeo or Stoelo City for
attornoy goueral, and congressional
candidates as follows: First district,
J. S. Bnlzor, Havelock; Second, J. T.
Brlllhart, Omaha; Third, J. W. Swl
hart, Fremont; Fourth, B. F. Walton,
Geneva; Fifth, Thomas BriBtow, Supe
rior; Sixth, F. H. Slgnor, Pibel, Whee
ler county.
Report On Industrial School.
Suporlntondent Manuel or tho boys'
Industrial school at Koarney has re
ported to Land Commissioner Cowles
an enrollment ot 199 boys in the In
stitution. Tho numbor waa only 188
January 1, and a year or two ago was
bolow 100. Tho recolpts of tho Insti
tution for Dccomber aggregated
$2,799.45, of which $2,CG1.55 was for
sugar beots grown at tho institution
farm. In Fobruary tho institution re
ceived $1,500 from tho snlo of pota
toes. Much ot tho farm land waa Irri
gated during tho dry summer.
Census Figures High.
A compilation has been mndo to
show tho relation botween tho assess
ed valuation ot Nebraska lands and
tho valuation placed upon farm lands
In tho federal conisus and it shows
somo startllns results. In somo
counties tho assessed valuation is
only 17 por cont, of tho vnluo llxed
by the census) and In others It Is G9
iwr cent, whllo tho average for Uo
entire stato is 50.15 per cont. In no
county In Nebraska is tho assessed
valuation as high as tho census fig
ures set forth.
OAT BITES BABIES
WHILE THEY SLEEP
Snaps Arteries in Their Wrists
as They Slumber in Their,
Basement Home.
ONE INFANT DIES
Animal Then Lurks Near Scene
Young Mother of Children FnlnU
When Sho Sees Glittering
Eyes of the Rodont
Watching Her.
Chicago. Sorrow pervaded tho baao
mont resldcnco of tho Rungo family
at 042 Dayton street the other day.
In tho small barely furnished living
room tho body ot a throe-months-old
baby girl, a tiny, waxen, lifeless fig
ure, lay.
Baby Emmott was dead, killed by a
largo rat that entered his crib and
sovercd ono of tho Infant's artoflea
with ono snap of Its sharp teeth.
In another room the nlnoteon-year-old
mother, Mrs. Johanna Rungo,
nursed an oldor baby, who moaned fit
fully and held up a smalt bandaged
hand. Charles, fourteen months old,
her first born, was tho second victim
of tho rat, which attacked, tho two
Infanta ns they slept
Charles is a healthy normal child
who was never sick before. Three
phyicinns in attendance woro power
less to aid him Beyond cauterizing nn
ugly wound in tho hand, nnd blood
poisoning at any moment may wrest
tho baby from its mother's arms.
Early in tho morning as tho young
family slept tho rat crawled into tho
three basement rooms In which tho
Rungcs reside. The father, Henry
Rungo, who is twenty-four years old,
got up once shortly after midnight to
look nt hla bablos. Thoy woro Bleep
tng peacefully, Emmott in his crib at
tho foot of the parents' bed and
Charles in a larger cradlo in an ad
joining room. Tho father returnod to
bed and neither parent awoko again
that night.
At six o'clock Mrs. Rungo nroso to
prepare breakfast for her husband.
Emmott waa lying la his crib, the
Severed One of the Infant's Arterlei
clothes saturated with blood. Mrs
Rungo Bcrcnmed and rushed to th
cradlo of tho older child. Tho father
Joined her, nnd tho distracted mother
lifted tho bloody hand of tho second
child from tho covers.
Drs. Frank P. McQunn and A. C.
Brcll wero called and tho battle to
snvo the babies' lives was begun. It
was found Impossible to save. Em
mott'e life. Ho died In a few hours.
Tho doctors declare the teeth
wouudo to bo those of a rat. Relatives
wero expressing doubt ns to whether
tho rodent could have climbed Into tho
cradles when Mrs. Rungo suddenly
rose from a chair beside her Blck
child and screamed to her husband:
"Henry behind you, tho rati"
In a corner of the room cIobo to a
holo in the rotted floor a large slate
colored rat crouched, his small eyes
glittering. Mrs. Rungo had fainted;
ono of tho watchers threw a missile
at tho animal and It vanished.
Wooea Thirty Years, Then Weds.
Noblesvillo, Ind. Following a court
ship of thirty years, during which tho
bridegroom called on tho brldo twice a
week, with tho exception of ono
month, when he had typhoid fever,
Jamea B. Sturdevant at last popped
the question to Miss Anna Earl and
thoy wore married In this city tho oth
er day. Tho bridegroom la forty-three
nnd tho brldo thirty-six. They havo
been lovers since thoy wero In school
together. Sturdevant is a farmer and
a heavy stockholder in soveral tele
phone compnnlos In tho county.
Doctor Afraid of Surgeon.
Now York. Dr. Samuel Short, one
of tho most famous physicians In Newi
York, died rather than permit a fel
low surgeon to amputato his log In
which blood poisoning had boon dis
covered after ho had stepped on a
rusty Bill,
Bishops Are Sued.
Elkhart, Ind. Goorgo II. Lambert
hnB filed suit for $10,000 against three
bishops ot tho Mcnnonlto church tor
libel as tho result of a trial which re
sulted in his being expelled from th
church.
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