i News from Over the State
Governor Kept Huiyt
Gov. Mickey is finding his time oc
cupied by investigating tho various
Attaches of state institutions. His at
tonthft: was called to tho alleged mis
conduct of J. C. Harbart, a fireman at
tho Kearnoy Industrial school, whom
the governor was informed had been
.arrested at Beatrice last Sunday
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon and drawing it upon Mrs. Lon
Thomas, tho mother of tho girl Har
bart was with at tho time. Tho gov
ernor was informed that Harbart had
been keeping company with tho
"Thomas girl and that her parents ob
jected because they understood ho had
a wlfo at Kearnoy. Sunday evening, it
was reported, ho went to tho Thomas
home and as ho and tho girl wero
leaving tho mother stood in tho gate
.and tried to prevent them going out.
The girl, it is said, knocked her mother
down and as sho got up Harbart cov
ered her with his revolver and both
then left the yard. They wore later
arrested. Gov. Mickey was greatly in
censed over tho affair and thiB after
noon called up Superintendent Hay
ward to learn if there was any truth
In tho reports. It is tho intention of
tho governor to compel all of his ap
pointeees'to walk in tho straight and
narrow path.
Interior Depnrtmcnt Supreme,
Tho stato supremo court refuses to
lock horns with tho United States do
partment of tho 'interior in order to
give Harry McDonald, of Buffalo coun
ty, a chance to pre-empt a quarter sec
tion of land in the Union Pacific grant
In that county. McDonald secured a
decree from the lower court ordering
tho railway company to issue him a
deed and give up possession, on tho
strength of tho wording of the stat
uto of 1SC2 making tho grant, which
provides that tho land which tho road
fails to disposo of within three years
after tho completion of tho road shall
bo open to entry at $1.25 an acre. Tho
supreme court calls attention to tho
fact that tho pre-emption laws which
authorize the purchase of government
land in the manner contempiateu in
the petition of the plaintiff was re
pealed in 1891. Any right to take ac
tion in tho matter is disclaimed in fa
vor of tho United States department of
tho interior, and that tho decree in
commanding the railroad to make the
grant is dismissed with tho remarks
that the contention, of McDonald that
tho railroad was holding possession of
the land at tho present tlmo without
right would make it impossible for him
to demand title from the unlawful
' holder.
Girl ScnrcM nurfrlnr.
Miss Viola Gowe, of Lincoln, scared
tho wits out of a bold burglar shortly
before midnight by keeping her own
wits about her. At that hour Miss
Gowo heard some one at tho front
door, and thinking it was one of tho
roomers went down to unlock tho door.
As she opened it sho saw standing on
tho porch a very big man muffled up
In a great big overcoat, and in his
hand ho carried a dark lantern. The
girl at onco called to her brother:
"Bring down the gun.'' The burglar
did not wait to see tho brother, but
.made his escape as quickly as possible
Inasmuch as both the brother and
sister had drawn their pay yestorday
and had tho money in tho house it is
suspected by the police that tho bur
glar was some ono well acquainted
with tho family.
Object to Snndny Trips.
At a meeting of tho Lincoln Minis
terial association a committee was ap
pointed to investigate the charge that
some of tho students of tho state unl
vorslty, who were fired with footbal
fever, had desecrated the Sabbath by
riding on trains. During tho discus
sion Rev. Wharton statfid that as rid
1ng on trains on Sunday was no worse
than riding on the street cars and 03
many church members did this, ho
recommended that nothing bo done
about tho matter. Ho was overruled
Tiowever, and tho committee was ap
pointed.
A Mutter of Connclence.
One of Game Warden Carter's dopu
ties has tendered his resignation to tho
chief because his moral and religious
principles are at stake. Mr. Carter re
fused to give out the name of the dopu-
ftth i 1 i.i i. l -i a i.i
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1 quiremonts of his office, but he dir:
lvo out the letter of resignation
Student Hotter Prepared.
From tho reports received by 'State
Superintendent Fowler from the heads
of Uio university and normal schools
of tho state it Is clearly shown that tho
student entering collego is better pre
-pared to take up tho collego work than
at any tlmo In tho history of tho state,
StnrU-Kleetlon Content.
An election contest was begun in
the district court at West Point by tho
defeated candidate for county judge
S. Lant, of Wlsner, qqalnst Louis Dc
-wald, of Beemer, the newly-elected
democratic judge. Dewald obtained a
majority of ten votes.
Previous Character Saved Them.
Tho two brothers, Parker, arrested
near Phillips, wero released from cus
tody on the recommondation of County
Attorney Horth ofter two men quito
well known as reliablo citizens testi
fied to having known tho men in Wy
oming nnd that they wero respocted
citizens there. When arrested letters
wero found on tho men speaking of
their "getaway" In Wyoming and of
tlolr organizing a "gang" to go to
South America, and their identity was
being investigated. They had with
them' when arrested two heavy revolv
ers, two bowle knives and a rlflo,
though-thoy had not taken thoso to tho
fields with them In husking corn. They
lad $600 in cash and a certificate of
deposit on a Broken Bow bank for
$1,200. Their attorneys explain tho let
ters by stating that tho men got out
of Wyoming in tho manner they did
n order to evade some creditors.
Special llooiu for Manon.
Superintendent Johnson, of tho
feeble-minded institute at Beatrice, was
at Lincoln to seo Gov. Mlckoy, to dis
cuss with him what is to bo' dono with
an inmate named Mason, who por
Bists that ho is insane, and acts that
way, though the insanity board of that
county declared him sane, and refused
to send him to tho asylum. After con
ferring with tho attorney general, it
was decided that Dr. Johnson con
struct a special coll, with steel bars
on tho windows, in which to keep Ma
son. Tho latter's last escapade hap
pened a few days ago, when he escaped
from his rooms minus his clothing and
went to the courthouse yard and thoro
spent tho night. There is no way that
Mason could get into tho asylum ex
cept through tho county Insane board
or from the penitentiary, so ho will
have to remain in tho home.
ConvlctH Acquire Drnsr Ilnlilt.
Harry Lafferty, a Douglas county ex-
convict; released. from tho penitentiary
a short time ago, who is now in tho
Lincoln city jail charged with steal
ing, made two interesting statements
to tho police. One, that ho could not
be good because tho people wero too
easy to work; and the other, that ho
had acquired tho drug habit in the pen
itentiary, and that 'nearly all of tho
Inmates of the institution were vie
tims of tho habit, learned after having
become convicts; Lafferty told tho
chiof of police that it was an easy
matter for tho prisoners to' get opium,
it being no trouble to have it smuggled
to them through friends on tho out
side, and occasionally a guard would
glvo It to the Inmates.
Call fo llanlc Statement.
Secretary Royce, of tho banking
board, has Issued a call' for a state
ment ,of tho condition of stato and
savings banks at tho close of busi
ness on November 17. And in tho
meantime tho action of tho insuranco
companies in threatening to refuse to
insuro banks against burglaries In tho
small towns, a member of the banking
board believes, will result In tho put
ling In of burglar alarms, and that
will be all. It will not drlvo any bank
out of business, this member thought,
because they will bo able to got the
insurance if tho banks aro properly
protected with tho right kind of alarms
or burglar-proof safes.
Why SuiuiuerM In There.
A recent dispatch from Washington
said: Developments In the Dietrich
case indicate that tho United States dls
trict attorney, Mr. Summers, through
whoso influence the indictment against
Senator Dietrich for selling postofilco
appointments was withhold last spring
and brought forth at tho last session
of tho grand jury, Is not hero bo much
to perfect with tho presldnet" and Mr.
Knox the evidence to prosecute tho
senator as to fight for, his own official
life.
Wnn of OlHtliiKiilHhetl AiieeBtry.
Mrs'. Susan Hayton, a woman of dis
tinguished revolutionary ancestry,
died at tho home of her son In Lin
coin. Sho was born In Spottsylvania
county, Va., and was 98 years old.
Three of her uncles, one a general and
two colonels, served In tho war of the
revolution, and a cousin, Daniel D.
Tompkins, was vice president during
tho Monroe administration.
Fet Numb an Wood.
Mrs. Itoy Leach, wlfo of a farmer
north of Humboldt, has been the victim
of a peculiar malady, which seems to
have left her feet wholly dead, tho re
sult of Imperfect circulation of tho
blood. Tho condition becamo so serious
last week when gangrene set in that
her physicians decided amputation was
necessary and took off her right foot
above the ankle.
To Mnlce Ice ami Sell Frounce.
Articles of Incorporation of tho
Beatrice Produce & Cold Storage com
pany, with a capital stock of $200,000
wero filed. ' Tho company will do a gen
eval cold storage business and manu
iatcuro ice, butter ana cheese, egg
cases, butter tubs and poultry boxes,
GOV. PEABODY TURNED DOWN.
President Roosevelt Refused tho Colorado
Executive's Request to Send Govern
ment Troops to Tcllurldo.
Washington, Nov. 20. President
Roosevelt has received a dispatch from
Gov. Peabody, of Colorad6, asking that
Gen; Baldwin, commanding tho Depart
ment of tho Colorado, bo Instructed to
supply such troops as may bo necos-
JAMES H. PEABODY.
trnry to presorvo order In tho Tolluride
mining district After a consultation
between the presldont and secrotary of
war, Gov. Peabody was advised that It
did not appear that tho resources of
tho state to keep tho poaco had .been
exhausted and thereforo tho request
for troops was denied.
ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE.
Only 21 members of tho House Opposed
the Cubnn Reciprocity, Hill on Its
Fluiil Passage.
Washington, Nov. 2Q. Tho houso
yesterday by a rising voto of 335 to 21
passed tho bill to mako offectivo tho
Cuban reciprocity treaty. The dis
senting votes wero about equally di
vided between republicans and demo
crats, but there was no record voto,
tho minority having too fow votes to
order tho yeas and nays. Tho demo
crats, under tho leadership of Mr. Wil
liams, sought to tho last to secure
amendments to tho bill in a'ceordanco
with tho action of tho democratic cau
cus, but woro defeated steadily. Mr.
Williams madG tho final effort when
he tried to have tho bill recommitted
to tho ways and means committee with
instructions to amend, but a point of
order under tho special rule, providing
for,a voto on tho bill without Interven
ing motion, was sustained.
Mr. Cannon received tho applause of
the democratic side, when ho enter
tained the appeal from his ruling
made by Mr. Williams, tho speaker
saying ho preferred to err, if ho erred
at all, In giving tho house tho right to
express its will. Tho appeal was
tabled by a strict party vote.
CANAL TREATY SOON.
Convention Signed In Washington 'Will Ho
Sent to Fnnnma, Where Favorublo
Action Is Kxpcctod.
Washington, Nov. 20. It has been
decided that tho Panama canol treaty,
which has been signed by representa
tives of tho United States and Pana
ma, shall bo ratified at Panama. Tho
commission which arrived hero last
night will sail December 1 for that
state, arriving there on the 7th. It Is
expected that between that date and
December 10 the treaty will bo rati
fied. Kxcltement Abntlnir at Ilogota.
Washington, Nov. 20. Tho stato de
partment has received a cablegram
from Minister Beaupro, dated Bogota,
two days ago, saying that tho excite
mont was abating.
Colombia Pledges Protection to Americans
Bogota, Nov. 20. The Colombian
government will protect tho American
legation and American citizens here.
Thoro Is no fear of a demonstration
against them.
SHERIFF TOOK THE MONEY.
Paymaster of Pennsylvania Railroad Hold
ly Relieved of S12.000 to Pay Men Who
Had lloen Given Judgments.
Logansport, Ind., Nov; 20. As Pay
master Sneo, of tho Pennsylvania Rail
road company, was ltaving tho First
national bank here, rjherlff Beckley
took from him a valise containing $42,
000 and carried it to the court house,
where tho money was poured out on a
table. Twenty thousand rtojlars of it
war seized by tho officer. Tho BherltC
was collecting judgments in favor of
Thomas Collins and Georgo Light
heiSer, who wore injured on tho Penn
sylvania line and wero awarded dam
ages In court.' Sneo was taking tho
money to pay off empioyos of tho road.
Did Not Know Sho Was on Fire.
Savannah, Mo., Nov. 20. Mrs. Will
Gedultig was seriously burned and her
Hfo is despaired of. Sho was warm
ing by tho stovo when hor clothing
caught fire. Sho smelled tho clothing
burning and went into tho next room
to see if the children had not raked
some coals on tho floor. Opening tho
door fanned tho smoldering clothing
into a blaze and sho ran to the door
and into the yard. Her clothing was
nearly burned off and her flesh was
cooked In places before she was stopped
and the flro extinguished. 1
JUDGE DEFIES A GOVERNOR.
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Despite Kxccutlvo Clemency ft Michigan
Court Resentenced iv Mnn "Who Had
llaen Convicted of Mnuslnuglor.
Frankfort, Mich., Nov. 22.- Judgo
Chlttendon'c chargo to tho jury in tho
Thomas perjury caso in tho circuit
court has caused a sensation becauso
of tho court's caustic criticism of Gov.
A. T. Bliss. Tho governor recently par
doned Doputy Gamo Warden Spafford,
of Cadillac, who was convicted of man
slaughter at Frankfort. Tho caso aroso
from tho shooting of a flshorman who,
It was claimed, had reslstod arrost,
when Spafford caught him in nn al
leged violation of tho stato fish and
gamo laws. Spafford's pardon was
practically simultaneous with his con
viction. His friends followed up their
advantago by charging that Thomas
had perjured himself to qualify as a
juror In tho Spafford caso and Gov,
Bliss, in extending clemoncy, alleged
that It was a packed jury that had
convicted Spafford. In tho Thomas
caso Judgo Chittenden ordered tho jury
to bring in a verdict of not guilty.
THE MOROS DEFEATED.
Three Hundred Rebel Killed nnd Many
Wounded In n Fight at Jolo with
American Troops.
Manila, Nov. 23. Thrco hundred
Moros aro known to have boon killod
and many othors woro carried off dead
or wounded as a result of five days'
severe fighting In Jolo botweon tho
American troops under Gen. Leonard
Wood and tho Insurgents. MaJ.
Scott, of tho Fourteenth cavalry, and
fivo American privates woro wounded.
Tho rebel forces havo been literally
destroyed by the operations and Gon.
Wood says tho Indications aro that
thoro will bo no oxtonslon of tho up
rising. THE COLOMBIAN PRESS RABID.
The American Government Denounced for
Its Action In Recognizing tho
Pnnnuia llcpubllc.
Washington, Nov. 23. Tho press of
Colombia continues to severely criticise
and denounce the Amorlcan govorn
"ment for its action in isthmian mat
ters and tho recognition of tho repub
lic of Panama. This is shown in a
dispatch received at tho stato depart
ment from Minister Boaupro, at Bo
gota. President Roosovelt, tho United
( States congress and tho American peo
ple are tno targets or violent uonun
clatlons. AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
Thirty Lives Lost by the Ilurnltie of
Shanty In Which Italian Laborers
Were Sleeping.
Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 23. While ovor
100 Italian railroad laborers wero
asleep In a shanty near Lilly, Pa., on
tho Pennsylvania railroad tho building
caught firo ,nnd before tho men could
escape 28 wero burned to death and a
score or more woro sorlously injured.
Tho flro Is supposed to have started
from an overheated stovo. Tho build
ing burned like tinder and tho flames
wero upon tho men bofore any of them
wero aroused.
An Kxtenslvo Flro at I'Inttsbnrg.
Plattsburg, Mo., Nov. 23. Flro start
ing in tho basement of tho Carmack
drug store yesterday morning burned
almost ono block, destroying about $75,
000 worth of proporty, with about $55,
000 insurance, Tho flro was discovered
by tho city marshal, but despite the
efforts of citizens it could not bo
chocked for more, than an hour.
Abraham Lincoln's Double Dead.
Sallna, Kan.. Nov. 23. A telegram
from RIalto, Cal., tells of the death
of J. Wayno Amos, tho founder of tho
Advocate at Gypsum City. Amos was
for years in tho newspaper business
in Kansas. Ho was bettor known ovor
tho state as Abraham Lincoln's doublo.
No two men over looked moro'allko
than Lincoln and Amos.
Much Second-Class Mall Darned.
Kansas City, Mo Nov. 23. After
leaving St. Louis 40 minutes a flro
was" discovered raging in ono of tho
mall cars containing second-class mall
of tho Missouri Pacific fast mall train.
Tho car was uncoupled from tho train
and passengers and crow looked on the
conflagration until tho entlro car nnd
contents were almost totally destroyed.
HowMuph Was Stolen?
Clarksburg, Mo., Nov. 22. The Citi
zens' bank hero was broken into last
night and tho snfo blown open. All
the money In tho bank was taken, but
tho officers decline to state the' sum.
A reward of $300 Is offered for tho ar
rest and conviction of tho robbers, who
escaped.
James L. Dlulr a Mental Wreck.
St. Louis, Nov. 23. Dr. George Ho-
man, who for weeks has been almosj
constantly by tho ueusiuo or jumes u
Blair, ex-gontfral counsel for tho expo
sltlon, says that tho patlont's mind
nppears to bo affected beyond repair.
A Luke Krlo Steamer Sunk.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 23. Tho stoamei
Gladstone, from Milwaukee, with a
cargo of grain, collided with th
steamer Sacramento on Lako Erlo and
sunk in 20 feet of water. Tho ere.
was saved.
DEATH OF EX-GOV. DRAKE.
At CentorvIIIe, la., a Prominent Figure In)
Hnwkeyo AlTnlrs Fell n Victim
to DlnboteSi
Contcrvlllo, la,, Nov. 21. Gon. F.
M. Drako, cx-govcrnor of Iowa, died
nt tho homo of his daughter, Mrs.
Honry Goss, in this city, yesterday,
EX-GOV. P. M. DRAKE.
morning. Tho ox-governor was Btrlck
en with diabetes sovoral days ago and
had boon gradually growing worse
ovor since. Ho was born in 1830.
vTho citato of Gon. Drako, bank ami
railroad stocks and farm land, Is es
timated to bo worth botweon $3,000,000
and $4,000,000. It Is said Drako uni
versity, to which institution tho ox
govornor already has given sums total
ing $200,000, will recolvo a sharo of the
estate Gen. Francis Marlon Drako
was born In Rushvlllo, Schuyler county,
111., December 30, 1830. Ho was elected
to the governorship of Iowa in 1805.
A DR. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE.
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New Vork Priest Disappears When Discov
ery Is Made That Ho Had Been
Leading Doublo Life.
Now York-, Nov. 2L Rov. Fathor
Georgo D. Sander, of St. Leonard's Ro
man Catholic church, Brooklyn, loft
his homo after tho publication of a
story saying ho had boon known at
Far Hills, N. J., slnco 1001 as a horso
brocdor and horHO owner undor tha
namo of Georgo West Tho woman who
lived at tho stock farm and who was
known to tradesmen as "Mrs. West"
and bol loved by somo persons to havo
been a former parishioner of tho priest,
did not appear at tho homo of hor
mother, to which sho started early in
tho day from tho Now Jorsoy vlllago.
Father Sunder has denied this woman
is Mrs. Mamio Klpp, who disappeared
from hor Brooklyn homo about two
years ago, but Mr. Peck, Fathor San
der's partner, has declared ho under
stood tho woman's namo was Mm.
Klpp.
NEVER LOST HIS NERVE. 4
Tom Horn. Famous Indian Scout nnd Cat
tlo Detective, Died on tho Scaffold
nt Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 21. Tom Horn
was hangod at 11 o'clock Friday. No
attempt at rescuo was mado and tho
execution passed oft quietly. Horn
made no speech and no confession on
tho scaffoW. Ho never lost his norvo.
Tom Horn was born In, Scotland
county, Mo., November 21, 18G0, Ho
was a eclobratod army scout, Indian
flghtor and cattle detective Hokwas
tho scout In chargo of tho partyHhat
captured Goronlrno and was chief of.
scouts undor Gen. Miles In his Porto
Rico campaign.
A Writ of Error Allowed.
St. Louis, Nov. 21. John P. Dolan
and Policeman Frank B. Garrott, who
woro sentenced to tho penitentiary for
five years on conviction of being Im
plicated in naturalization frauds, wero
admitted to bond in the siim of $20,000
each by Federal Judgo Adams yestor
day. Judgo Adams allpwod tho writ
of error filed by attorneys for tho two
and tho cases will bo carried to tho
Unltod StatcB court of appeals.
City Held Up by Robbers.
Marshalltown, la., Nov. 21. Com
pelled by robbers to remain In their
homcB undor throat of bolng shot, tho
rosldents of tho vlllago of Green Moun
tain, ten miles north of hero, heard
threo explosions before daylight Fri
day morning. Tho explosions wrecked
tho Grocn Mountain bank building.
Tho robbers secured $1,000 and escaped
on a handcar;
Section Men Quit Work.
Fort Scott,, Kan., Nov. 21. Reports
received here indicate that there aro as
many as 2,000 to 3,000 miles of Mis
souri Pacific track in southeast Kan
sas and southwest Missouri that aro
without a single section laborer ex
cept tho foreman.
Miller and Johns Acquitted.
Cincinnati, Nov. 21. D. V. Miller, of
Torro Hauto, and Joseph M. Johns, of
Rockvllle, Ind., woro last night ac
quitted of tho chargo of conspiracy to
extort a bribe from John J, Ryan,
made by tho post office department.
Agricultural High Schools Favored.
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 21. Tho con
vention of the National Grange came
to a close yostorday. Resolutions
woro adopted favoring the establish
ment of county and district agricul
tural high schools.
