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t News from Over the State
AtlackH on Ilcvcmie Law.
Tho attacks on tho rovonuo law In
rthe supremo court and tlie fear of
.prominent attornoys that tho law will
.bo declared unconstitutional, coupled
with tho further fact that Gov. Mickey
cswLi no .reason for calling an oxtra ses
tzj&a. of tho legislature even though tho
3aw Is declared invalid, has created
.fears in somo quarters for tho Bafoty
of tho state's credit. Under tho old
.Jaw with the seven mill levy, which
-was created by tho last legislature
for this .0110 year, with a total valua
'tion of $188,458,000, tho income was $1,
135,721.09. Next year if tlie old law is
in effect tho levy will bo five mills and
lit is Jlgured under tho same assess
ment tho revenue will bo $370,916 loss
tlian last year, leaving a net incomo
.from tho general fund assessment for
tho two years of $1,894,527.38. Tho .ap
propriations which must bo paid from
tho general fund for tho bionnlum aro
2,854,342.72. This leaves a deficit for
-tho blennium of $'959,715.34. To this
must be added tho interest on tho out
standing general fund warrants for tho
two years, estimated at $160,000, mak
ing a total increaso In the floating debt
for tho biennium of $1,119,815.34, Tho
increased appropriations made by tho
ilato legislature woro based on tho now
Haw, which was expected to at least
loublo the total valuation of tho state.
But in the meantime should the law
flo knocked out there will bo no tax
ring machinery for tho enforcement of
wtho old law, because under the statute
relating to elections tho soction pro
viding for tho election of precinct aa
!:sessors is repealed.
In the meantime personal and rall
Toad taxes will probably not bo paid
'Into tho treasury by December 1 as an
ticipated, Because tho taxpayers aro
'loth tp pay until they know for sure
"that the new law is valid. Under tho
old law they were not required to pay
-until February. This, however, will
not necessarily discommode tho treas
ury under normal conditions, but tho
enormous appropriations made by tho
late legislature has resulted in an un--usual
issuo of general fund warrants,
-which for somo reason their holders
uro showing an unusual readiness to
'ipresent to tho treasurer.
Ilentricc Girl ChokcH Mother.
A. mild sensation occurred at Beatrice
"when Len Thompson, a painter, swore
'out a warrant in police court for the
.arrest of his daughter, Miss Pleura
'Thomnson. on the charcro of nssmiltlncr
"her mother. Tho affair involves a mar
Tied man named J. C. Harbert, of Kear
ney, because he was with Miss Thomp-
-.son when the trouble occurred. It ap
pears that Harbert arrived In the city
iand called at tho Thompson home. As
"he and the young woman, who is about
18 years of age, went to leave tho prem
ises Mrs. Thompson appeared upon
"tho scono and remonstrated with her
'daughter, Avhereupoit Miss Thompson
choked and struck her mother. Im
mediately after tho trouble the couplo
disappeared and were not seen again
until next morning, when they were
-arrested as they were leaving a res
taurant and taken to the polico sta
tion.
Ilurrcliir Alarm on Rampake.
Tho alarm recently attached to the
-vault at tho state treasury at Lincoln
went on another rampage a fow min
utes after ten o'clock tho other night,
scared the wits- out of two couples who
wore enjoying moonlight spoons near
Tthe west entrance, dragged residents of
tno vicinity of tho capitol out of bed,
gave Night Watchman Van TToubin
:sovoral visions of handcuffed prisoners
rand did several other things beforo the
jacket was stopped. How it started no
ono seems to know. The register
'shows that It was sot off from tho iri
.sldo of the vault, probably because a
Tiook had been shoved against tho
sheeting.
Sue nn AllpR-cd Thief.
Tho Farmers and Merchants bank of
T3yron has bogun a novel suit. It is to
recovor tho sUm of $1,000 which it al
leges was fraudulently obtnined by the
defendant, Frank Gordon. Gordon is
one of tho men arrested on the charge
-of robbing the Gordon bank and the
money is partly thnt which was found
on tho premises whero ho was arrested
and partly funds deposited by him in
the Shelton bank. It Is alleged to have
Tbeen stolen from tho Byron bank.
Incorporate GncHMlnir Compnny.
The St. Louis Fair Geusslng asso
elation, of Hastings, which tried and
failed to dq business under tho bank
5ing laws of tho state has filed articles
of Incorporation with tho secretary of
;state. The asBodatoln agrees to givo
taway $25,000 to parties guessing on the
Miumber of persons who attend tho St
ILouis fair on the first day and then to
continue In tho business at so much a
sguess.
Auk Place for NclirnNlca Man.
Tho republican members of tho Ne
braska delegation presented tho-namo
of Crawford Kennedy, of Lincoln, to'
Doorkeeper Lyon, of tho houso, for a
position on his roll.
Dietrich Score Suuiucr,
In an interview in Washington, Sen
ator Dietrich commented on tho re
port that the grand Jury in session at
Omaha would in all probability bo
called upon to consider charges made
against him that ho sold tho Hastings
post ofllco appointment. Tho senator
was greatly indignant He character
ized tho action of United States Attor
ney Summers as malicious In tho high
eat degree nnd gay,o resqsons for his
bollef. He stated that for upwards of
a year Mr. Summers had been endeav
oring to besmear his character and
standing for no other reason than that
tho senator was supporting another
candldato for Unltda States district at
torney; that aver slnco Senator Diet
rich had announced that he was in fa
vor of another for tho placo Mr. Sum
mers had endeavored to club tho sen
ator into submission to his retention
in his present office. .Senator Dietrich
added that threats of liko character
were mado whllo he was governor of
Nebraska by Joseph Bartley, default
ing stato treasurer, said Bartley being
a bosom friend of W. S. Summers and
whom ho believes is Inspiring the
course now being pursued to employ
tho machinery of the courts vindic
tively. "Tho Hastings post ofllco auc
tion fako," said tho senator, "was ex
ploded months ago. Its revivarat this
timo Is transparent because tho final
settlement of tho United States dis
trict attorneyship fight is at hand."
llojH Fall to Ilctnrn Home.
The Lincoln polico captured tho two
runaway boys from York, Lester Wiley
and Donald McDonald, who woro kept
over night and owing to their youth
were placed in caro of tho polico ma
tron. Each one being searched had a
revolver In his possession and when
questioned as to whp they wero and
whore they camo from nolther would
tell. When information was received
by tho polico from York about two run
aways, tho boys weakened and seemed
very penitent, promising If furnished
tickets they would return homo where
they wanted to go. They wero put on
the first train to York, and nothing
more has been heard from them.
Somewhere betweon York and Lincoln
they left the train. They aro the sons
of wellrto-do parents who are anxious
to learn their whereabouts.
Held for Abamlonlntr Child.
About two months ngo the sheriff at
York brought back from Minnesota
William Wllklns, who was charged
with abamdonlng his wife and child.
He was hold to appear before tho dis
trict court for abandoning his child of
eight years. Wllklns was married ro
cently to tho present Mrs. Wllklns, who
was a widow with seven children, and
found that too much to support the
family, so he decided to go away and
stay for good. One of his stepsons
testified that Wllklns had earned good
wages at different times and never
paid one cent to support tho family,
and of $35 which Mr. Wilkins received
at ono time for money earned ho had
spent $20 for livery Hire. Wilkins was
released on tho charge of deserting his
wife, but was held on tho charge of
willfully abandoning his eight-year-old
boy
Survey for Drainage Ditch.
The survey of the Forest City drain
age canal near Papllllon has been com
pleted and bids will bo received for
ditching and dredging and for other
work connected with making tho ca
nal. Two hundred and sixty large
cottonwood trees will have to be re
moved, as they stand directly In tho
path of tho canal. This ditch will be
7 miles long, 6 feet deep, 6 feet wide
at tho bottom, 12 foot wide at. tho top
and will drain over 5,000 acres of land
on the Elkhorn river bottom.
, No Uvtra ScbhIoii.
Gov. Mlckoy 'denied emphatically
that ho would call an extra session of
the legislature in case of an adverse
ruling by tho supremo court against
tho revenue law enacted a year ago.
"Tho effect of a decision against tho
new rovenuo law," said tho governor,
"would merely put into effect the old
law and no emergency would bo cre
ated, nor would tho taxing machinery
of the stato bo affected. I was mis
quoted." Fourth Dlntrlct Farcn Well.
Congressman Hinshaw has been In
formed by tho fourth assistant post
master general that the Fourth con
gressional district of Nebraska has
had more rural free delivery routes
established during tho past summer
than any other district In tho United
States; that ho has now nearly 190
routes In operation, 90 of which wero
put in slnco Mr. Hinshaw was elected
to congress.
Ofllcc Vnyn ltn Way.
Tho. pure food commissioner has
demonstrated that his ofllco Is not an
exponso to tho state, but rathor a pay
Ing'Invostment Slnco ho took chargo
of tho office he has paid Into tho stato
treasury $3,009, whllo tho salary for
the entiro year will amount lo $2,400,
leaving the state just $609 ahead of tho
game.
BANDED TO FIGHT VICE.
Over 500 Delegate nt Cincinnati to At
tend tho National Convention of tho W.
C. T. U. Gain In Members,
Cincinnati, Nov. 14.-Tho thirtieth
annual convention of tho Woman's
Christian Temperance union began &
cession of six days hero Friday with
n very largo attendance, tho 500 dele
gates constituting only a small part
of tho visitors.
Tho roport of Mrs. Susanna M. D.
Fry, tho corresponding secretary, con
tained tho following:, "Tho national
organizers roport 332 unions organized
with 9,517 members. This docs not in
clude tho work of stato or local organ
izers. Tho receipts of tho Willard Mo
xnorlal fund wero $4,138.
Tho roport of Mrs. Holon M. Barker,
tho treasurer, showed tho gain in mem
bership for tho year was 6,954. Tho to
tal receipts wero $26,177, and tho ex
penditures $25,399, tho balanco on hand
being $778.
FIRE IN A SHALE MINE.
It Hawed AH the KfTortn of the Employes
to Subline It Yesterday Eight Men
Overcome at Ono Time.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 16. Firo of
mysterious origin in tho shalo mino
of tho Kansas City Hydraullo Pross
Brick company, at Diamond station,
six miles southeast of Kansas City,
bafilod tho offorts of tho employes of
tho mino all day yosterday and last
night. It was still burning early this
morning. Eight mon woro ovorcomo
at ono timo in tho depths of the mino
shaft. They wero dragged to tho open
air In timo to prevent suffocation only
by tho heroic offorts of their com
rades. Othor mon wont down through
the smoko to light tho firo from time
to timo. They would stagger up and
fall in a dead faint on tho brick pav
ing Outside. There they would Ho and
wrltho until their lungs cleared.
WOMEN IN THIS CASE.
Irvine McDonald, Hon of n St. Joseph Mil
lionaire. Slain During a "Lark" with
Two Actresses.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 16. Irving Mc
Donald, a young business man and
wealthy, was shot and killed yestor
day by J, F. Furlong, a traveling man,
whoso homo Is glvon by him as at
2332 Howard street, St. Louis.
In company with Mrs. Lester My
rlck and Grace Holt, of "Tho Govern
or's Son" company, and several "other
friends, Furlopg and McDonald went
to an Edmond street cafe after tho
performance of "Tho Governor's Son."
They aro said to have been drinking
freely, although, so far as any of thoso
supposed to bo acquainted with tho
facts in tho case will admit, thero was
no quarrel whllo theparty remained at
tho cafe.
NO NEWS OF HUBBARD.
Now Yorker and Ills Tarty Who Wore Ex
ploring tho Interior of Labrador
Have Probably Pcrlshod. '
St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 14. Tho mall
Btoamor which has just returned hero
from Labrador brings no nows of tho
expedition to explore tho Interior of
Labrador, headed by Leonldas Hub
bard, Jr., of Now York, asslsstant edi
tor of Outing. All tho settlers bqllevo
tho party perished. A tribo of Montag
nais Indians, who had been trapping
in tho interior, recently visited tho
coast and say they saw nothing of
tho Hubbard expedition, although tho
Indians went 150 miles Inland.
BIG NEWSPAPER DEAL.
E. E. E. McJlmsuy and Other .Republicans
Purclinso tho St. Joseph Gazette,
raying 985,000 for It.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 15. Tho Ga
zette, St. Joseph's oldest newspaper,
has beon sold by Louis Gaylord and tho
Kauffman estato to a company headed
by E. E. E. McJImsoy, a prominent re
publican politician whoso homo is at
Maryvlllo, Mo. Tho purchase prlco was
$85,000, and tho now management will
take possession at onco. Tho pa
per, now a morning democratic organ,
will bo changed to republican.
FAVOR FOR PHILIPPINES.
Senator Lodge Would Admit Free of Duty
All Products of Inlands Except
Hucr and Tobacco.
Washington, Nov. 14. Senator Lodge
has Introduced a bill providing for tho
removal of all duties from all articles
Imported from tho Philippines into
the United States except sugar and
tobacco and fixing tho duty on thoso
two articles at 50 per cent of tho rate
on sugar and tobacco shipped from for
cign countries.
Fanlc In Uansus Cley Theater.
Kansas City, Mo Nov. 16. A panic
at tho evening performance of "Hla
Absent Boy" at tho Audltprlum theater
last night was narrowly averted by
tho prompt action of tho managers.
Two boys In tho gallery camo to blows
over tho possession of a seat and sev
eral persons in tno gaiiory snouteu
"Fight! Fight!" As froquontly hap
pens In such instances the ' spectators
In tho balcony undorneath and thoso
In the parquet mistook tho cry for an
alarm of fire.
TO FIGHT PANAMA.
Democratic Senators Hostile to Rec
ognition of New Republic
Will Attnck.Any Effort to Open Negotia
tions for Construction of New Canal
Urge tho Hpooner Act aa a Dcf onso
for Their Action.
Washington, Nov. 13. Domocratio
senators have determined to opposo tho
ratification of a canal treaty with tho
now republic of Panama, should tho
administration enter upon treaty nego
tiations with that couutry. Tho demo
cratic Btcorlng committee is said to bo
unanimous in condemnation of tho rec
ognition tho United States has glvon to
tho creation of a now government on
tho Isthmus. It has boon tho Bontlmont
of tho commltteo to attack any effort
to opon negotiations with tho now re
public nnd go beforo tho country in
support of tho Spooner act to show tho
party Is not antagonistic to tho build
ing of a canal. It Is claimed that tho
law is on tho sido of tho democratic
programmo, inasmuch as tho Spooner
act Is a republican measure This act
authorized tho president to proceed to
tho construction of a canal on tho Nlca
raguan and Costa Rica routo in tho
ovont negotiations with Colombia aro
not concluded within a reasonablo
timo for tho Panama routo.
READY TO SHED BLOOD.
noncnt Election Lcncuc of Denver Favors
Carrying Winchesters to tho Polls
That .lustlco May Prevail.
Denver, Col., Nov. 13. CltlzonB of
Donvor havo been advised to uso forco
at tho charter election on Dccombor
10 next to purify the ballot. At a pub
lic meotlug called by tho Leaguo for
Honost Elections, facts and figures
were presented showing that at rqcont
elections in this city thousands of Il
legal votes havo been counted.
Attorney Ralph Talbot declared in
favor of having 100 mon, armed with
Winchesters go to the precincts In tho
down-town wards, whero crlmo on elec
tion day Is rampant, ready to shed
their blood for tho purity of tho ballot
at tho next election and his sugges
tion was warmly seconded by Rov.
Henry W. Plnkham. Several hundred
mon and women cheered for several
seconds tho appeal for an armed forco
to fight, If need bo, for an honest
election.
ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS.
r-
Pr6mlnent Montana Young Man linn T.oit
Ills Way ami Friend Do Not Hopo
to Find Him.
Missoula, Mont, Nov. 13. Llewellyn
Roberts, brother of Wynne Roberts,
prominently Identified with a well
known book concern, Is wandoring
through tho mountains In tho ' Owl
creek country, starving, and possibly
dying of oxposuro nnd oxhaustion.
Many already believe him dead. Will
Harlan, son of W. E. Harlan, a prom
inent resident of Como, was rescued
by a searching party In a dying con
dition from exhaustion on tho banks
of Horse creek along which ho had
tracked his friend for two days and
nights In a vain effort to find him.
SPED THROUGH THE AIR.
Lebaudy Ilrothers In Tholr Dlrlfrlblo Wal
loon Achieved a Groat Triumph,
Goluir SI) Miles an Hour.
Paris, Noy. 13. Ono of tho greatest
triumphs of dirigible ballooning was
achieved Thursday. by tho Lpbaudy
brothers, whoso airship In 1 hour and
35 minutes covered tho 46 miles sopa
rating Molsson and tho Champs do
Mars, Paris. Tho balloon attained an
extraordinary high speed, dashing
through tho air sometimes at tho rato
of two-thirds of a mile a mlnuto, tho
mean speed being 29 miles per hour.
Itulldlni; to Guatemala.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. Horbort F.
Johnson, a rich planter from Mexico,
savB tho Moxlcan Central railroad, a
Rockefeller property now running
from El Paso, Tex., to tho City of
Mexico, Is building an extension to
tho Gautomalan frontier. Tho routo
selected follows closoly tho surVoy
mado by tho Pan-American railwny
commission a number of years atjo.
To Maintain a Lobby.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 13. Tho
Kaw-Mlesourl River Improvement
commission has raised $15,000 to bo
used in keeping men at Washington
to try to sccuro government aid in
protecting land adjacent to theso
streams from overflow,
Grant" Convention for tho West.
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 13. A reso
lution was offered In tho convention
of tho National Grango Patrons of
Husbandry, providing that tho noxt
mooting bo held in Iowa or somo othor
agricultural state in tho middle west.
Fut Croker with Cleveland.
, Now York, Nov. 13. Richard Cro
her was unanimously elected a llfo hon
orary member of tho Domocratio club
last night. This honor is shared only
by Former President Groyer Cleve
land.
WERE PAYROLLS PADDED?
Onn Kansan Itoturns SIX) "Conscience
Money" to tho State nnd Bays He
Forged a Name.
Topoka, Kan., Nov. 14. Stato
Auditor Wolls ha rccolved $90 from an
unknown person who said ho defrauded
tho stato out of tho amount during
tho last legislature Tho namo" of
Sidney Blnkonian was signed to tho
voucher for tho monoy. Blakcman
was not at any timo an employo of
the legislature. Tho wrltor admits that
ho secured tho warrants of tho amount
by forging tho namo of Blnkonian.
According to somo of tho stato officers'
thero was a wholcsalo forgory going on
in tho logislaturo last winter. It in
thought that tho payrolls In each houso
woro padded.
KANSAS LEGISLATOR INDICTED
D.F. Campbell, of Dourbon County', Charged
with Collcctlntr llrllio Money from
a County Ofllcer.
Oswego, Kan., Nov. 14. A wnrrant
was Issued yesterday on tho Indict
ment returned by tho grand jury for'
Daniel F. Campbell, roprospntatlvo
from Dourbon county. Tho charge
against Campbell Is that during tho
last sosston of tho logislaturo ho at
tempted to collect $100 from J. W.
Woavor, clerk of tho district court of
this county, for having supported and
voted for a bill ponding in tho logisla
turo to increase tho salary of Mr.
Weaver's ofllco. V
Kansas City Took tho Honors, 1
Chicago, Nov. 14. Kansas City car
ried off tho honors in tho preparatory
school contest in oratory nt tho Univer
sity of Chicago last night Howard
Hudson, of tho Kansas City High
school, won tho first placo In competi
tion with 17 young men, and Miss Lulu
T. Hayes, of tho aamo school, won In
the women's class in competition with
20 others from tho high schools of
four statcH.
A Flna Hospital to Ho Itullt In Omaha.
Omaha, Nob., Nov. 14. Tho Motho-
dlst association of Omaha yesterday
lot contracts for tho partial construc
tion of a now hospital to cost $250,000.
Tho building, when completed, will
nccommodato 200 patients and will bo
ono of tho most modern .concerns of
Its kind In tho country. It will bo lo
cated in Bomls park.
Using Unbiased Text-Hooks.
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 14. Tho ro
port of tho historical commltteo to
the nnnual convention, of tho Daughters
or tho Confederacy declares that whllo
tho schools of tho south until a fow:
years ago used blasqd histories, . cov
ering tho period of tho civil .war, sovt
oral states aro now using unbiased
text-books.
Ran Into a Hunch of Mules'
Sholblna, Mo., Nov. 14. Hannibal &
St. JoBoph railroad train No. 10, w'hlch
passod Sholblna at four o'clock yes
terday morning, ran Into 24 mules be
longing to C. B. Martin, half a mlla
cast of the depot hero, killing 13 and
crippling three othors. The train ran
through tho bunch without stopping.
Tried to Steal His Child.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 14. By at
tempting to steal his child from his
wife yesterday afternoon J. Kirby
Dodgo, of Clinton, Mo., an onginoer,
camo very near being stabbed by hlu
wife and mobbed by a crowd of. citi
zens on tho west bluff at Twelfth
street.
Was tho Jury "FIxodT"
Jofforson City, Mo., Nov. 14. Attor
noy General Crow Is diligently Investi
gating rumors that tho jury which
tried Sonator Frank H. Farrls.was "in
fluenced" to "hang." It will bo ro
memborcd that four members of the
jury voted to acquit.
MiiNt Plnciito Property Owner.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 14. Tho su-.
premo court has rendered a decision
that a tolophono company must mako
Its peace with adjoining land owners
before using a country road as right-of-way
for its telephono lino.?
Charccd with Mobbing a Lecturer,,
Dps Moines, la., Nov. 14. Sovorai
prominent Grundy county farmers,
who aro accused of mobbing P. A. Zuln
for delivering an anti-Catholic locturo;.
aro mado defendants in a $50,000 dam
uge suit.
Dryan to Visit Croker.
Now York, Nov. 14. When William
J, Bryan sailed for Europo It was tho
avowed Intention of becoming tho
guest for at least a week of Richard
Croker at Wantage.
Snowstorm General In Illinois.
Bloomlngton, 111., Nov. 14. Snow
commenced falling In central Illinois
Friday. Roports from contiguous
counties show that tho storm Is gen
eral. Snow Covers Nearly All Iowa.
Dea Moines, la., Nov. 14. Tho first
snow of tho season fell horo Friday.
Reports indicate that tho fall covers
tho greater part of tho stato,
Tho First In Nebraska.
Omaha, Nob., Nov. 14. A light snow
fell oyer tho eaatorn part of Nebraska
early Friday, being tho first of thq,
year.