NEBRASKA NOTES J
Campbell Ilros. Cicrus company at
Fairbury received an addition ol
three cars of animals for their rIiow
fcnd ono of the new animals, a lino
tcDra, broke its neck the same day.
The comptroller of the currency ha?
authorized the F'irst National bank ol
Litchfield, Neb., to begin businesss
with a capital of $25,000. L. J. Titus
Is president, D. L. Titus vice presi
dent and D. W. Titus cashier.
The Rev. Mr. Cooper of Wapello,
la., has been called by the Presby
terian church of Fullcrton and has
accepted the call. The church hag
been without a pastor sinco the
resignation of Rev. Ralph Houseman,
which took effect January 1, last.
Engineer Glynn and Conductor
Peterson, who were in charge of tho
train that killed iMrs. Waoha last
fall wero found guilty in court at
Bchulyer of exceeding tho speed
limit. Sentence has not been pro
nounced. Tlio case will in all prob
ability be appealed.
Tho ice men at Ainswortli are feel
ing good over their good luck in
getting such line ico and tho weather
fould not have been better for hnr
resting it. They say that they havo
put up over 800 tons and are through.
The avenigo thickness is sixteen
Inches and a pure crystal quality.
Tho Rarnoston Mutual Telephono
company resumed operations, George
Drew of tho New Home Telephono
eompany of Beatrice having con
nected up tho lines, which were cut
by tho outgoing secretary. Tho
scntral station has been established
temporarily in tho ollico of Or. Woods
of Beatrice.
Lester Lewis, of Beatrice, a driver
Df ono of tho wagons of the Adams
Express company found a check tor
(8,295.52 from an eastern firm and
payable to II. Fishback a poultry
Sealer of that city. Mr. Fishback
lost the check and had a half dozen
men in search for it. Tlio check was
Indorsed and negotiable.
Engineer Al Shearon of the Rock
rsland, while oiling Ins engine in
the yards at Fairbury slipped and
fell with his left arm across the rail.
Tho engine was moving slowly and
tho drivers cut off his hand and
lacerated the llesh to the elbow. Tho
N wound was dressed by tho company
uurgeon and Shearon was removed to
his home in Fairbury.
The lire bell has been boosted into
place at tlio top of the new seventy
foot tower at Humboldt and can be
heard much more plainly in tho
remote parts of the city. An auto
matic ringing attachment will bo
provided whereby alarms may bo
lounded from the central telephono
oflicc by simply touching a button,
or from tho front of tlio city hall.
The 0-yenrrold son of Mr. Van
Ilausen of Norfolk was accidentally
shot during a scutlle with his
brother and will havo to have ono of
his legs amputated. The two were
trying to take a gun down from the
wall when the soufllo ensued. A
charge of shot tore through the boy'
leg, mangling it so that the limb
must bo removed.
Ilartington is suffering from an
epidemic of telephones. A few
months ago tho residents became
dissatisfied with tho service and
nrrrun iz(d n local company. Aftei
that the new State company got po
session of tho old system and began
to improve it. Now there are twe
exchanges, and a rate war seenu
imminent.
Dr. A. Murphy of Ainsworth hai
started for Green River Wyo., where
he has an established business. E. B
Smith loaded a car with his house
hold goods preparatory to moving tc
Seattle, Wash., where ho expects tc
make his futuro home. He has been
county clerk thero for tho last ton
years and ho leaves many friends and
everal others will go later t
different parts of the west.
1 Tlio annual meeting of tho stock,
holders of the Farmers' Grain and
Live Stock company of Oakland wai
hold in the opera house thero. Tin
reports showed tho company to bo n
a flourishing condition and a 10 pel
cent dividend was declared, payable
May 1, 1000. Tho president board o
directors were re-elected for th'
ensuing year by acclamation.
McUook will havo a full-fledge-driving
park this coming season
About a thousand dollars has alread1
.been subscribed to uid in putting th
enterprise on its financial feet, th
old fair ground land and track east c
tho city havo been leased, the gran
stand an fence of tho old athleti
park havo been secured and as soo
as spring weather will permit lu
park will bo placed in condition f
I tho season of 100(1.
DIES AS A SOLDIER
IIOCII KICKl'S HIS WOKIJ STANDING
ON THE SCAFFOLD
A Wife-Murderer Is Hanged
AIIMTAttY ItF.AKINU MAINTAIN!!!)
T1IKOUOHTOUT
Doclnro Intention of Currying Case
to United .States Supremo Court
Even After Doittli llut-ord
of Man's Crime
CHICAGO. Johann Hoch, con
victed murderer, confessed bigamist,
and who, if but a fraction of tho
stories of crime that are told of him
are true, was one of tho greatest
criminals this country has ever known
was hanged in the county Jail for
poisoning his wife, Marie Woloker
llooh. He faced death as ho has always
paid that he would face it when the
final moment came calmly and with
out fear. He stood on tho scaffold
beneath the dangling nooso in tho
attitude and with tho placid courage
of a soldier who realizes to tho full
that death is his portion, but is still
unafraid. He died with a prayer on
his lip for the officers of the law who
took his life, and save for the words
"Good-bye" his last utterance was
mi assertion that he was innocent of
the crime for which he paid tho
extreme penalty of the law.
The last scene in the career of Hoch
caino at 1 :3-l o'clock in the afternoon
while his attorneys were still making
desperate elTorts for a littles more
time on earth for him. His death,
Use lawyers say, has not ended the
appeal that was made in his behalf,
and although the man himself is
lead, they promiso to carry tho case
So the supreme court of the United
Uates, and if it is thero decided that
lie was unlawfully hanged, proceed
ings will be commenced against the'
aflicers of the law who olliciated at
the execution. )
Tho time set for the hanging was
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2
p. in. Shortly after 0 o'clock his
attorneys appeared in the ofliccs of
the clerk of the United States cir
cuit court whore they filed an
application for a writ of habeas
corpus on the broad ground that Hoch
was held in peril of death in direct
violation of the fourteenth amend
ment to tho constitution of the
United States, which declares that no
state shall deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without due
process of law, nor deny to any per
son the equal protection of tho laws.
As soots as the application for the
writ had been filed Attorneys Maher
ami Comerford, who wero acting in
behalf of Hoch, hastened to the jail,
where they informed Jailor Whitman
and Deputy Sheriff Peters that tho
application for tho writ had been
made, and asked them to delay the
execution until the court had granted
or refused the writ. The jailor and
Flserilf agreed to this, and thej
attorneys returned to tho court, and
appearing before Judgo Land is askod'
that the writ issuo forthwith if it
was found that it was drawn in
proper form.
"Jt is also requisite", said Judge
Land is, "that proper cause bo shown
for the issuance of the writ."
Tho attorneys then argued that tho
writ should bo issued because tho
state court was not a court of com
petent jurisdiction; that the sontence!
was in violation of tlio fourteenth
amendment to the constitution; that
Hoch was compelled and did give
evidence against himsolf ; that he was
arrested in New York and extradited
Dii a charge of bigamy, and upon a
being brought to Chicago was
charged with murder. I
After some consideration Judge
Land is replied :
"Tlio application for the writ is
denied. The proper remedy for
counsel was a writ of orror from the
decision of tho state supremo court to
the supreme court of the United
States. The writ is fatally defective
and cannot be made good."
Attorney Maher then asked for an
appeal from tho decision of Judgo
Landis. Tho court responded to this
request :
"Later in tho day T will enter
such an order as will enablo you to
have this case reviewed by the supremo
court in tho absenco of your client.
I will not complicate matters by a
further delay. It would be much
easier for mo to grant this man ten
day's time in which to havo his case
reviewed by tho United States
siinrnnm court. but respect for
orderly procecduro compels mo tc t
do what I havo done. That is mj
THE LAW IS TOO LAX
oiiAMSi? in urn iNsimATcrt max-
AOKMENT NliCKSSAItY
Despotic l'ownr Kxcrolncd ly tlio
OffleorK State Intnriineo !)o
mirtment. Comes In For
Mild Scorliic
NEW YORK. The committetj
Appointed at tho last session to isJ
vestigato life insurance mado its;
report. Tho report is extremely1,
voluminous, extending over
printed pages. It embraces a long:
review of the testimony taken by tho,
committee and its recoinnienilationtt
and conclusians as to remedial logis-j
lation. In addition there is a!
chapter devoted to tho state insur-j
ance department, in which it declares,
that.it would seem that the super-,
intendent of the department has
ample power to ascertain the trans
actions of insurance companies, but
that tho supervision by the depart
ment has not proved a sulllcient pro
tection against extravagance and
inilfidininist ration.
After reciting the resolution
authorizing the work and the plan
adopted for tho investigation by tho
sommittee, each individual company
Is passed in review.
There are fifteen companies organ
ized under the laws of New York
Issuing level premium policies, and
!n a single instanco only tho com
mittee tleparted from the policy of
limiting its investigation to com
panies organized under tlio laws of
S'eW York. This company was tho
Prudential Life Insurance company
af New Jersey.
The matters demanding tho con
tideration of tho legislature for the
purpose of remedying existing evils)
and of establishing more securely the
Business of life insurance in this
state are grouped under the following
heads :
First Organization of life insur
ance eorporat ions.
.Second Control or the rights ol
policy-holders in the election of
1 i rectors.
Third Retirement of stock.
Fourth Investment, including ?yn
liciite participants.
Fifth Limitation of new business.
Sixth Political contributions.
Seventh Lobbying.
Kighth Limitation of expenses.
Ninth Valuation of policies.
Tenth Rebates.
Eleventh Surrender values.-
Twelfth Ascertainment and d is
;ribution of surplus.
Thirteenth Remedies of policy
holders, or right to resort to tho
!ourf3.
Fourteenth Forms of policies.
Fifteenth Publicity and state
supervision.
Sixteenth Penalties.
The committee recommends that
article If of tho insuranco Jaw bo so
amended as to permit the formation
there under of mutual corporations
without capital stock to transact the
business of life insurance and for
3uch other put poses as are authorized
to bo connected therewith in the
saso of stock corporatiotss provided
at least r,00 persons havo subscribed
to become members therein iss the
aggregate amount of at least $1,000,
000, to bo insured upon their lives,
and shall each pay its one full annual
premium in cash upon the insurance
subscribed for, and provided, further,
Unit it shall make the same deposit!
,vitli tho superintendent of stock
orporations formed for similar pur
noses. Section 200, permitting tlso incor
poration of companies upon tho co
operative or assessment plan, should
be amended so as not to permit such
2ompanies to be incor orated in tin
futuro, and foreign companies ol
this sort not already transacting
business in this state should not be
permitted to enter the state.
Concern inir tho so-called mutual
companies, the committee says
"Notwithstanding tleir theorotica
rights, policyholders had little oi
no voice its the management
Entreneod behind proxies, easilj
collected by subservient agents and
running four long periods, tiniest
expressly revoked, tho ofllcors o
those companies have occupied tin
assailable positions and have beei
able to exercise despotic power
Ownership of the entire stock of at
unmixed Btock corporation scared
could givo a tenure moro secure.
Tho most fertile source of evils ii
administration has boon irrcsponsi
bility of oflioial power.
KEEP FAR APART
I'HANCK AN!) OKHMANY IIOI.DINO
OUT AT Al.OECIKAS
Europe Is Growing Uneasy
"JOUT TALK ()F WAIt, HUT Klil'T
ON ANXIOUS SI! AT
loc No Prosnr-et of Franco Yielding
Ifurtliur Winning ton I.eM
U ipsirul mid (lloom at
v St. I'otorslmri:
LONDON. Great Rritaln Is still
pessimistic in respect to the Mor
eean couforance. The ollicials hero
believe the delegates leave Algeciras
ft'ithout, solving the question of
rolicing Morocco unless Germany
withdraws her demands for inter
national cot trftl of the geiutoarmerie.
Some surprise is expressed at tho
fact that France should have even
proposed giving Spain a hand in
illlceritsg the police, but the British
jllieers cannot see where France can
further yield towards Germany's
'iews. Its some quartern it is
K'liovod that Germany at the last,
noment finding that all the powers,
ixeepting possibly, Austria, are
lynipathizini; with France, will agree
.o the compromise offered by tho
French delegates. On this account
franco will be urged to allow a con
tinuance of the conference, giving
the representatives of the powers an
tpportunity of expressing their views
m the subject on which Germany
and France could not agree.
WASHINGTON. Tho statement,
vas made in ollioial quarters that
jroposals and counter-proposals are
icing made at the conference at
Ugeeiras, but the outlook is) not
psite so favorable as it was. So far
J io ollicials here have not beess
idviscd of the reported intention of
he convention to terminate its ses
ions if it has reached such a point
vhcre it is possible to fix a date for
the adjournment that point might be
lonstrued to make, certain tho failure
" the conference. Rut the ollicials
Hrc are far from hopeless, and
ndeed still feel that tne neutral
lowers may tsrissg together Franco
md Germany.
ST. PISTKKSHURG. A gloomy
eeling prevails in diplomatic circles
lore regarding the outlook at
Ugeeiras.
An olllcial news agency dispatch
'roni Paris which bears strong marks
f inspiration, suggests the possi
)ility of intervention by President
Roosevelt as in tho case of Russia
md Japan, to reconcile the diausetri
tiilly opposed views of France and
Jormany "in tho general hope that
t:i entente may be reached."
AI.GIOCIItAS, Spain. The Amer
ean delegates decline to discuss the
unsor that the Untied States and
ihe other neutral powers are exerting
sutside influences toward securing
in agreement on Moroccan affairs,
italy appears to be doing the most in
.lie way of mediation, but tho
jrossuro of any power will be oxer
jised more at Paris and Merlin than
io re.
HURL IN. Tim Cologne Gazette
xpressos the opinoin that a possible
folution of Moroccan police question
lies in the appointment of :i
naval force, the officers themselves to
tie tinder an inspector belonging to
tome neutral power, but. in the Mor
Dcenn service. This newspaper's
relations with tho foreign ollico give
this suggestion signilicanco as prob
ably reflecting tlso Until effort of
wcrinany to satisfy Franco's wishes.
The Gazette also says an agreement
Detween France and Germany had
tuhcqticntly beets secured on tilt
bank question but the French repre
sentatives suddenly assumed an
Irreconcilable position under strouu,
pressure from outside sources.
PARIS. Tho foreign ofilco con
siders that the Franco-German situa
tion is stationary, and does no!
expect notabio dovolopemonts until
the proposed Moroccan reforms arf
discussed in open conference.
MADRID. An important Spanisr
statesman is authority for tho state
ment that the question is noi
mooted of charging The Hague ar
bitration tribunal with the settle
ment of the Moroccan controvorsj
owittg to tho apparent inability o
dolegates at Algcciras to secure ai
accord. Tho newspapers say that
whilo war is not likely, the Franco
German controversy keeps Europe ii
u state of constant uneusjnesii.
rHE PART OF A PLOT
TACTS IN STF.UNP.NIIKKO MUKDKB
COM I NO TO MOIIT.
VroAtorn Fcdnrnttnn of Miner Konrc
Minted An Orcunlzn tlnn of
AMfllmitlon -Moro Ar
rest Coinlnc.
DICNVIOR, Col, .-Publication was
made horo of tho complaints on which
uovornor Gooding of Idaho asked
requisitions for Charles II. Moyer,
president, and William I). Haywood,
secretary-treasurer, of tho western
federation of minors, and G. A.
Pottibeon, a former member of tho
executivo committco of that labor
organization.
From this it appears tho men who
were secretly arrested hero and hur
riedly removed to Idaho wore charged
directly with tho murder of Former
uovornor Frank Stuenenburg of
Idaho, and not merely with being
icccssorioH to tho crime. Tho com
plaints and requisitions- in tho casej
ire identical, and charge tho accused
men with having discharged the
oomb by means of which Slciineu.
mrg was killed at Caldwell, Idaho,
December 550, 1005.
The spcoillo charge of murder was
:de, it is explained, in order to
'orestall habeas corpus on behalf of
Ihe accused men but no attempt
.vill bo made to show Unit they wero
In Idaho at the timo of the ooinmis
jion of the crime.
Tt is alleged, however, that they
.'(inspired with others to murder
Stounonburg and furnished funds to
rarry out the plot. The atrocious
murders committed during labor
troubles in tho Cripple Creek and
l'olltiridd districts in this state,
which havo been shrouded in
mystery, tho earlier Coour d'Aleno
nurdets and tho moro recent
jtetineisburg nssassination form a
ihain of crimes with which efforts
ire being made to connect tho
ollicers of tho western federation
through the confession stiid to have
jccn mado by Harry Orchard, who
n ciiargcd with tho Stcunenburg
ai order.
This confession, it' is' assorted,
disclosed a plot to kill Former Gov
ernor .lames II. Peabody of Colorado,
William II. Gilbert, chief Justice of
the Colorado supremo court, and
John Campbell associate justice.
Orchard is said to havo confessed
that wholesalo assassinations wero
planned at the headquarters of tho
.vestern federation of miners as in
Denver, chiefly by refuges from the1
.tups at Cripple Creek and
Toll undo.
It is also said that Orchard's con
fessions gives a history of tho
explosion at tho Independence
jtation near Orippio Creek, on Juno
), 1001, which killed fourteen men
tssd injured many others.
Governor McDonald, who issued
;ho necessary papers for tho extradi
tion of tho federation olllccrs to
Idaho, said that ho had read a copy
of Orchard's confession, but was not
at liberty to divulge Is contents.
James, McPartland, head of iv
detective agency which was employed
by the Idaho authorities in tho
Stounnobiirg case, declared that tho
evidence against tho men who havo
o far been arrested is very strong,
and that moro arrests . aro yet to bo
made. He would not state tho
nature of his evidence, or how it was
obtained.
Vincent St. John, who was arrested
in Hurke, Idaho, was president of tho
minors' union at Tellurido, Col., at
tho time of tho assassination of
Arthur Collins, superintendent of
tho Smuggler-Union mine at that
camp. Ho was arrested and charged
with complicity in that murder, but
was not brought to trial.
It dovelopes that Orchard's con
fession according to best authority,
stated bombs had been placed in tho
gateways of the residences of two of
tho members of the Colorado supremo
court and that moro than a dozen
attempts nad boon mado to
nssassinnto Former Governor Jamea
II Peabody. An investigation sinco
the alleged confession was mado dis
closed tho presence of bombs in
exactly tho spots indicated. Tho
man who unearthed tho bombs, a
prominent member of tlso Colorado
national guard is now in Idaho
having accompanied tho party thai
returned with Moyer, Haywood and
Pettiotne. Ho will appear as a wit
ncss in tho Orchard trial.. It is said,
to provo tho truth of tho alleged
confession.
order."