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NEBRASKA NEWS
GRAND ISLAND MURDERER GIVEN
DEATH PENALTY. '
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED
New Trial Refused by Judge Paul
Mystery of Ashland Youths' Disap
pearance la Cleared Up By
Recovery of the Bodies.
Judge N. Paul, at Grand Island,
ovorruled tho motion for a new trial
In tho case of tho ntnto against John
Hamlin, found guilty of tho murder
of Rachel England and Imposed the
death sontonce which the jury recom
mended. In announcing his decision Judge
Paul went carefully Into tho argu
ments made for a now trial, observed
that tho counsol for tho defonso .had
ably dofonded tho accused, that tho
latter had had as fair a jury as It was
posslblo to obtain at any tlmo and
anywhoro, that the instructions com
plained of woro In line with tho deci
sion of tho supremo court of this and
othor states, though there was a con
fusion of authority In the matter of
Insanity dofonso and tho law In such
cases, and he was convlncod that John
Hamlin had as fair a trial as ho would
havo woro tho caso to bo tried again.
WOMAN ROUTS BURGLAR.
Chases Two Men From Bedroom
at
Point of Loaded Revolver.
At Norfolk, two burglars tried to
chloroform Mrs. Robert Craft In her
bed during tho night and steal $1,000
' .which waB concoalcd undor the mat
tress. Awakened by tho chloroform
and a burglar's arm stealing under
the pillow, Mrs. Craft flung her hands
upon an electric light, turned on tho
light and faced the masked highway
men, who fled. With a gun Bho pur
'sraed, turning on tho lights In the dln
- tag room to find a waiting companion
of tho, masked robber. Tho second
man cursed tho bungling of tho job
.and joined his pal In flight. Mrs.
Graft's faco was. blistered by tho
J chloroform. Last Thursday three
tramps, who tried to rob her store a
month ago and whom she arrested
with .an unloaded revolver, were re
leased from jail. Two of them were
rpnen by her,4-but she aaya they are
.. not the same who entered her home.
" Her silverware wag left on the aide
j board, wrapped la a handkerchief..
.KIND BODIES IN THE RIVER.
' Mystery In AeMand Disappearance
r Cleared' Up.
; Workmen at South Bond discovered
the floating bodies in the Platte river
Of the Wortman and Dewey boys, who
disappeared 'from their Ashland home
last December. Tho young men were
'known to have started from home to
v go skating, and were never heard of
agala. Their parents" advertised for
them extensively, receiving several
tines that led to no definite Informa-
'Hon. It was thought at the time of
their disappearance that they might
have drewned. but the fact that young
' "Wer tman-had run away from home
everal months before led the-parents
to;bel!eye their sobs were still;, alive
a montn ago tat; Boys' coats wero
found embedded- in the ice under a
culvert near where .the Pawnee Creek
ba which they were skating empties
Into, the Platte. The bodies were dls-
covered, having been brought to the
urface by the high water In the river,
.federal, drownings have occurred close
to the spot where this latest tragedy
la supposed to have occurred.
. , Aecjdtnt In Alliance Yards.
John Melnts, a fireman employed in
the Burlington yards at Alliance,, auf-l
fared a mishap that cost him his right
foot and ankle. He alighted at a
switch, mounted the running-board
baok of, the tender and motioned for
ine engineer to oacK. when tne en-
aaeer hadnoved the engine back a
few .feet he noticed the form of Meintz
lying beside the track, and it was
found; that ithe tender wheels had
assed oyer his foot. He was taken
to.itae omen of the company surgeon,
an.amfutation was performed and 'he
fe? resting well. It is a' coincidence
. that a nrewan was killed at the same
nlttoe and In much the same manner
sv few months ago.
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terfeuely Injured.
While at work in the Burlington
lumber yard at Plattsraouth, Mike
'Agirls, a Greek workman, was run
over by a hand car and sustained a
serious Injury oflfco left leg, The ao-
cldeat eecurred while fellow workmen
were trying to get the head car of the
track to avoid a collision with a string
of cars which were" being pushed in
by a yard engine.
FINDS LONG LOST JEWELS.
Fremont Jeweler Dlccovers Diamonds
In Lining of Old 8afo.
H. H. Pratt, proprlotor of a Jowelry
otoro at Fromoni, whllo ripping tho
woo'den fixtures out of his stcc4 safe,
found two brilliant diamonds worth
$150. Tho stones, mounted In ear
rings, woro stuck Into a paper holder
just as they hod been sent to tho
utoro twenty-flvo years ago.
Tho finding of tho diamonds at once
recalled to Mr. Pratt's mind the mys
tery which surrounded tholr disap
pearance. Ho missed several articles
from his store and suspected that
some of his clerks were responsible.
Finally he missed tho diamonds. De
tectives were called Into the caso, but
thoy did not accomplish anything. Tho
stonoa were not recovered at the time.
Tho finding of them behind the lin
ing of tho safe would indlcato that
they might have slipped Into tho ra
cess by accident.
STATE CAMPMEETING.
"Annual Meeting of Holiness Aasocla
tion at Lincoln.
Tho thirty-sixth annual camp meet
ing of tho Nebraska Stato Holiness
association will bo held at Epworth
Lake park, Lincoln, Nob., Juno 14-24.
Tho managers of tho camp meeting
havo made special arrangements to
mnko the meeting this year the very
best In Ub history. Rov. Joseph H.
Smith, of California, and Rov. H. C.
Morrison, of Louisville, Ky., two of the
most euccessful campmeetlng leaders
in the United Statos, have been se
cured to do tho preaching, and C. E.
Rowley and wlfo, from Ohio, will be
leaders in song., Good board for 20
cents n meal can be had on tho ground
and lodging for those who do not care
to tent.
Peculiar Accident at Tamora.
Postmaster Alexander of Tamora
met with a peculiar accident. Mr.
Alexander was carrying a satchel con
taining the office money and a re
volver. When ho reached tho office
ho took tho revolver out, but let it
slip from his hand. It hit the floor
In such a manner that the weapon was
discharged, the ball entering his leg
and severing an artery. Physicians
wero unable to locate tho ball, and
owing to tho loss of blood which the
patient had suffered, they concluded
that its presence In the member would
do less harm than the probing, which
would be necessary to locate it.
Rlprapplng at Dakota City.
H. Kellner of Omaha, represent
ing Anderson & Vaught, rlprappers of
Genoa, Neb., Is at Dakota City super
intending the rlprapplng of several
miles of banks of the Missouri river,
with' the hope of saving further rav
ages from this treacherous stream.
Dakota county has lost several hun
dred acres of valuable farm land in
the past, and unless spmethlng is
done at once tho farm residences of
Mrs. John Hager and Mrs. W. P. Al
temus and the Dakota City home of
William Lahrs will have to be re
moved from their foundations.
Board Walks Condemned.
The city council of .Ashland has
taken steps toward condemning a
large amount of old board walk and
having It rebuilt with concrete. The
council will .next week call for bids
on a mile or wain 10 me cemetery.
Bids for the purchase of $7,000 of re-
funding water bonds, to bear 5 per
cent Interest, to be sold June 4, have
been called for.
tandpise Springs Leaks.
The staadpipe of the Tecumseh
waterworks system, standing more
than 100 feet in the air, has recently!
been' springing leaks along Us length.
One was repaired which was seventy
five feet in the air last week. .. Work-
men say the large cylinder is out of
plumb.
Using Gasoline Motor,
Interurban service between Dakota
City and Sioux City via Crystal lake
was resumed by the Bloux City, Homer
& Southern railway with their new
four-oyllader gasoline propelled pas
senger ooach. Hourly round trips are
being made and it is proving quite a
convenience to the traveling public.
Both Men Declared Guilty.
At Clay Center, -in the hearing be
fore County Judge Palmer, the cases
against Mann and Jacobaon for viola
tion. of the. same law, both were found
guilty and, fined $50 each. It is.-, un
derstood that an appeal will be taken
to the circuit court
Mere Meney far Parasites.
Contributions to the fund for dls
irinuuag parasites to am the green
bugs In the wheat, amounted to $1,000
last week. That was more than twice
the contributions that had previously
beea-made. Prof. Hunter, of the TJal
yersity of Kansas, and his assistants
continue to send out boxes of the
parasites as rapidly as the work can
be done.
CAPITALCITYCHAT
TREASURY OF STATE IN A FLUSH,
CONDITION. V
MORE THAN A MILLION IN IT
Largest Amount of Cash on Hand
Ever Reported $800,000 Soon
to Be Disbursed Where
; the Cash Is.
The receipts of the Nebraska stato
treasury during tho month of May
wero $938,132.50, the largest on record,
and tho amount of cash on deposit in
thotftate 'depositories reported by
State Suporlntcndont G. L. Brian at
.the close of tho month was $1,035,-.
,029.83, tho largest amount reported in
the history of tho depository law.
.Whllo this is almost enough to pay
off tho outstanding state warrants
that constitute tho Btato debt, the
money cannot bo used for that purpose,
Stato Treasurer Brian will be obliged
to pay out $485,000 to the public
schools in tho form of semi-annual
FRANK A. HARRI80N
Recently appointed clerk of the
United States court at Lincoln.
school apportionment. This comes
from the temporary school fund. He
will also be obliged to use $235,000 to
.pay for bondB of the state of Idaho
wnicn were purchased recently, mak-
ng a total of $793,000 that will be nald
put within a very short time. The
treasurer had on nand May 1, $726,212.
He received during the month 1938.-
,132.50, paid out $621,541.37 and has
on hand a total of $1,042,803.67. Of
that amount, $7,773.84 is in cash'and
the balance, $1,035,029.83, is in state
depository banks.
The following shows the receints
and disbursements during the , month
of May:
Funds
General
permanent school ;
Temporary school
j'erma,nent.university
Agricultural college endowment
Temporary university
Penitentiary
Redemption
Kearney normal library
Orthopedic hospital
Conscience
Forest reserve
Institute cash
Hospital for insane
State library
Uaiveralty cash
Peru, normal library
Normal endowment
Normal interest
Agricultural and .mechanic arts
U. 8. experinvMit station..
Total
Cash oa hand . . ,
Cash on deposit
U. S. Weather Report.
The v United States weather depart
ment reports show that for a period
of twenty-six years the average pre
cipitation for June at the city of Lin
coin was 4.29 inches. The greatest
monthly precipitation was 12.08 Inches
In 18S3, and the least was 1.18 inches
in 1892. Records, for twenty-one years
show that the mean or normal tem
perature for the month of June is 71
oetrees and the noldest month was
that of 1903, with an .average of 66.
The highest temperature waa 107 on
the 28th, 1901, and tae lewest 43 on
the 8Jst, 1102. The record for May
has not been compiled, but it will
probably establish a new record for
the dato of the last killing frost in
the spring. Prior to this spring the
latest date on which killing frost 00
curred was May 7, 1890.
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Roads Balk on Pass Question.
Having twice failed to obey orders
of tho state, railway commission di
recting them to report the names of
all passholdcrs, as they aro required
by law to do, tho Union Pacific and
Burlington railroads may now got a
tnsto of tho consequences tor their
neglect. The commission, lenient as It
has been so far, Is Inclined to play the
part of tho worm that turned at last,
and It is now considering steps for the
purposo of making the two recalcitrant
roads pay the fiddler for their con
temptuous doflance of law and legal'
Ized authority.
Two belated reports have been re
ceived at the office of the commission
from the companies named, but they
contain no additional names and are
not responsive to the definite notice
served three weeks ago that the com
mission required complete lists of per
sons to whom passes have .been is
sued. Tho Burlington and Union Pa
cific officials show a disposition to
quibble over the meaning of the words,
"free transportation." The only fea
ture of tho commission's mandate
with Which they have complied is In
filing some of the contract forms on
which lawyers, doctors and others get
their passes.
"Tho commission will decide on
what to do In this matter after con
sulting tho governor ,and. attorney gen
eral," said Chairman WInnett of the
railway board this morning. "The
railroads wer ordered In plain terms
to report the names of all passhold
crs. Tho Burlington and Union Pa
cific have not done so. They have
therefore disobeyed the order. I see
no reason why this body should con
tinue correspondence with them over
the question. If they gdt lnt6 trouble,
it will be because they have courted
It. There might as well be a test of
the commission's authority .first as
last."
No State Picture Gallery.
Tho state auditor has ruled that
tho picture of an ex-state officer or
appointee of a state board at the head
of a state department is not a com
modity that the state is obliged to
pay for out of funds appropriated for
office expenses. He holds that por
traits of former state appointees are
not necessary to the well being of the
state and if they are to hang on the
walls of the state house they must be
bought with private funds. The rul
ing was made when a bill for $30 came
in from a Chicago firm for a portrait,
of Dr. P. L. Hall, "former secretary of
the state banking board. The bill was
sent to the auditor by Secretary Royse
of the banking board, who desires to
ornament the walls of his office with,
the pictures of all former secretaries'
of the board, and finally, in the course
of time, when he goes out of office,
he hopes to have his own picture by
the side of others. Dr. Hall's picture
is on the wall and it is considered a
good likeness and a work of art, but
It has not yet been paid for by the
state. There have been only three
secretaries of the banking board since
the department was taken from the
control of the state auditor. The first
was R. H. Townley, who was followed
by Dr. Hall under the fusion admlnis-
Balances
May 31, 1907
$3,997.36
260,887.56
468,988.58
4,141.42
175,027,11
61,415.69
181.79
.02
656.44
37.94
25.00
790.37
8,551.97
792.99
336.38
31,925.06
2,568.37
12,418.37
791.99
6,825.01
3,441.36
Hacotnta.
Payments.
$320,980.62
170,629.59
32,275.99
"22,155! 12
$318,353.54
310,654.97
101.841.24
60,723.94
70,157.95
64,805.41
64,939.54
1,156.00
2,793. ii
375.89
308.33
88.88
5.074.87
974.84
5.798! 07
275.00
2.640.83
112.61
2,507.89
$621,541.37
. 7,773.84
1,035,029.83
$938,132.56
$1,042,803.67
1.042,803.67
tration, who in turn was followed by
Mr. Royse.
The pictures of former governors,
judges of the supreme court, land
commissioners and men who have held
the office of secretary of Btate and
the office of attorney general grace
the walls of the Btate house. Some
have, been contributed, some have
been bought by state officers out of
private funds, and some have been
bought with state funds, but under
the new ruling the latter cannot be
used unless the auditor's decision is
overturned by an appeal to the courts.
Trvlns te Get a Half Holiday.
fforts are being made by the hu
mans society of Lincoln. Neb., to se
cure for the clerks In the various
stores a half holiday one day out of
each week. Their efforts' bid fair to
be crowned with Buccess.
CARS TURNED OVER
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ONE MAN KILLED AND TWENTY
HURT IN TEXAS.
A FAST TRAIN DERAILED
Running at High Rate When Accident
Happened Cause of Wreck Said
to Be Either Wreckers or
Defect in the Steel Ralls.
A San Antonio, Tex., Juno -3, dis
patch says: One man instantly killed
and a score of persons seriously ln-v
Jured, some of whom will die, is the.
result of wrecking of eastbound pas
senger train No. 8, at 3:30 yesterday
morning, two miles east of Losier, a
small station on the Southern Pacific.
The derailment was either the" re
sult of train-wreckers or defective
steel, though the positive cause has not
yet been determined. It was whllo
the train was dashing along at a speed
of from thrity-five to forty miles an
hour that tho derailment occurred.
Etery car in the train was derailed,
two of them turning over.
The dead and Injured were all In
the chair car, this being one of the
cars to turn over.
Not till dawn did medical aid reach
the Injured who bravely bore their
suffering.
The dead,:
W. B. JACKS, Sanderson, Texas.
OIL COMPANY FOUND GUILTY.
Verdict Against Waters-Pierce at Aus
tin, Texas.
A jury at Austin, Texas, found the
Waters-Pierce Oil company of Mis
souri guilty of vlolatlngvthe anti-trust
laws of Texas, convicted it of having
entered the state by fraud fined it $1,
632,900 and granted the prayer of the
state for ouster proceedings.
Tho defense filed a motion for a
new trial and the caso will be taken
to the federal courts. The state filed
a petition with District Judge Brooks
for the appointment of a receiver, also
an injunction to restrain the company
from .moving any of its property from
the state. The judge granted a tem
porary injunction and set the receiver
ship for June 8.
The basis for the controversy is the
anti-trust laws of 1899 and 1903. Of
the penalties assessed by the verdict
of the. jury J. P. Gruett, jr., of St.
Louis will secure one-fourth of the fee,
the balance goes to the county attor
ney. The remainder Of the judgment
will go to the state barring some
$15,000 which will have to beald to
special attorneys who assisted the
Btate in the proceedings.
GRANT INCREASE IN WAGE3.
Union 'Pacific Coal Company Posts
Notice of Advance.
The Union Pacific Coal company
and the Central Coal and Ooko com
pany of Rock Springs, Wyo., posted
notices to the effect that an Increase
of 10 per cent would be granted to all
employes who return to work. ,The
miners have been out and the mines
closed for a week pending the organi
zation of a union which the companies
refuse to recognize. The miners havo
not yet signified aceptance of the of
fer.
HIGH PRIZE TO NEBRA8KAN.
Charles Arnold of Falls City Honored
by Drake University.
A Nebraska student has been award
ed one of the three high prizes for
best work in the senior class of the
Iowa college of law. Charles Arnold
of Falls City being given -T-he En-
cylopedia of Evidence, ranking second
in the graduating class of thirty-eight.
Mr. Arnold will be given his diploma
with honors on the 13 th, when the
commencement exercises of Drake
university, of which the Iowa college
of law is a part, terminate with an
address by Dr. Lovett of Princeton.
CORONER SAYS SUICIDE.
Prominent Kansas Lawyer Carried
$500,000 Life Insurance.
L. H. Perkins, aged fifty-two years,
one of the beat known lawyers in Kan
sas, who was killed by falling or jump
ing from the roof of his handsome
residence in Lawrence, Kas., is be?
lieved by County Coroner Carl Phll
lips to have committed suicide.
Mr. Perkins' life was insured for
$500,000, it. is believed. He is known
to have carried $350,000 in four big
companies; to have been negotiating
for more insurance, and to have be
longed to many fraternal societies.
Most of the Insurance policies had
been taken out by Mr. Perkins within
a year.
Mr. Perkins had been a member of
the state board of law examiners since
its creation, and last year he was
president of tho state bar association.
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