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UTAL statistics
OF NEBRASKA
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Stala Board ol Health Compiles
Them for U Year.
CEATH TAKES TEN THOUSAND.
Twenty-six Thousand Six Hundred
) Birth t During Same Period Boy
Leading Girls In Number Stehr
Case Briefs Filed.
Lincoln, Dw. 24. The state board
JW hoaith has pre pared a statement of
the vital statistics of Nebraska, which
liowa some Interesting figures.
In the matter of divorces, 1,861 were
granted In the state during the year
1U12; of this number Douglas county
contributed G49: Lancaster, 277; Gage,
60; Adams, 4S; Buffalo, 53; Dodge, 38,
ar. ! Hail, .19. Kvery county In the
ft i! had its divorce except r.iii. P'T
ktius. "
There were 10,402 deaths reported
. ta the slate hoard, of which tubercu
loma ol the lungs contributed 300;
can cor. 508; hemorrhage, 515; heart
disease, 535; pneumonia, 72li; Brlg'at'S
d'sease. 533, and congenital debility,
Icterus, sclerema, etc., 1.138. One j
hundred and sixty-one people commit
ted suicide in the following manner:
Pol son, 50; hanging, 31; firearms, 44,
and other means, 30. There were
thirty-eight cases of accidental drown
ing. Only three people were killed by
lightning, while one died by (starva
tion. One died by being stung by a
Bwarm of beep, while thirty nine were
burned lo dea'h. Thoro were 438 cases
of stillborn, while seven people died
from excessive cold and six from ex
cessive heat. One hundred and sixty
one dl.'d from the popular disease, ap
pendicitis, nnd forty-five from aleo
lu.lb'm. Four died from measles and
one frcm smallpox.
There were 26,697 births reKrted to
the board during tho year, against 10,
402 deaths, showing that Nebraska is
K.ilning In population from natural
causes. Of these, 13,783 were male
and 12,914 female. The number
Knows 26.563 as being white an.l 134
colored. The Americans take the lead,
rltli 21.869. the Germans second with
2.010, the Scandinavians with 818, the
Ilrltlsh with 375 and the Bohemians
(12. The number who did not know
irhere they were at were 183. Doug
las county stnnds at the head as hav
ing the most colored babies, with 52,
while Thurston county stands next
with 39- Lancaster takes third place
with 17 According to the statistics
ho Trlsh were born In Nebraska last
year.
Stehr Case Briefs.
The attorney general's office filed
with the supTtna court briefs In the
case of Henry Stehr of Norfolk, who
was convicted of murder In the dis
trict court, the chnrge being that he
allowed his boy to remain exposed to
tho cold until his feet were frozen, j
from which he later died. Stehr asked
for n hearing in the supreme court,
which will come up later.
YVrlcfa were also filed in tho case of
Allen II. Pruvn, convicted of killing
Fiiloonkoepcr Gorcy at North Rend.
I!o was convicted of manslaughter and
lias appealed to the supreme court.
Investigate Near-Beer.
The office of the puro food commis
sion received samples of a near-beer
which has been selling in temperance
towns Ir. some parts of tho state as a
temperance drink. The man who sent
It wrote the commissioner thnt the
stuff was represented to him as con
taining no alcohol. It shows every In
dumtlon of being a pretty good repre
Bentut'on of the liquid which made
Milwaukee famous, and according to
.tho commissioner, contains as much
alcohol or more than tho overage bot
tled beer.
Department Leaves State House.
The physical valuation department
of the railway commission, nfter seek
ing for several week9 to find a suit-
olio rnoin In which they could move'
fluting the session of the legislature,!
finally was successful and moved to
the rooms In ,the Farmers' and Mer
chants' building formerly occupied
name JfiOO, Is sought by the police as the
Abbott Gets Old Place. key to the solution of the mysterious
Information was received at tho' murder of Joseph H. Ixgtio, the din
state house that Trofessor N. C. Ab- niond merchant. Tho stone was left
liott, superintendent of schools at for sale with Igue by a blonde worn
riattsmout.il, would bo appointed su- an,fshortly before the victim's body
terlntendent of the school for the
Mind at Nebraska City. This Is a po.
mtloti held by rrofessor Abbott under
Governor Shnllenbcrger. nnd ho will
therefore not be new to the position.
County Superintendents to Meet.
Tho county superintendents of the
Plate will meet In Lincoln, Jan. 7 nnd
8. according to information given out
by State Superintendent Delzell, nnd
vi'l st'iy over to the Inauguration of
Corernor Moreliend.
Fire E'capes on Schools.
Labor Commissioner Guye has notl-
fed all nrhonl boards In the state that
they must comply with tho law in re
gard lo fire escapes at once.
Boy Burned Playing Santa Ctaus.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 24. Hansford
go on. son of Prnth, r Dolen, n farmer
Ivlng northwest r town, was subtly
burned while playing Sunta Claim at a
Christmas cn'orta nment at the Hoag
(4iod house. The conventional in
flammable whiskers worn
by IYlon
caught fire as he was handing down
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uuu ...a iui.1- . rii.wnn-.i-.. mv uuuiva
by throTlng a blanket around him.
miller replies
TO SENATOR KERN
District Attorney Denounces His
Neglect ol Duties in Senate.
OBJECTS TO HIS STRICTURES.
Says Advocate for Alleged Conspir.
ators Should Be in Washington.
Dares Attorneys to Make Plea for
Hockin or Munsey.
Indianapolis, Dec. 23. Replying to
Senator Kern's argument for the al
leged dynamite conspirators, District
Attorney Charles W. Miller said to
the Jury:
"A United States senator, paid by
the people to serve the people and
who ought to be In Washington attend
ing to his duties, stood here for two
hours raising his voice in defense of
such consummate criminals as Her
bert H. Hockin. This United States
senator, paid to enforce the law, has
dared to defend theso criminals. Ho
has denounced a sworn federal officer
Lecause this federal officer (lid not
conduct a childish cross-examination
of these defendants. The only argu-
ment made here in defense of these
men was In the name of the defend
ants' wives and children. But no
voice was raised In behalf of the rela
tives, tre women and children of twen-ty-ono
persons killed in the Is An
geles Times disaster."
District Attorney Miller, in open
court, challenged any of the twelve
lawyers for the defense to speak In
behalf of Herbert S. Hockin of Indian
apolis and J. K. Munsey of Salt Iike.
"Who nf the lawyers will stand up
and say Hockin Is not guilty? Who
will say that Munsey u not guiity?"
thouted Mr. Miller tovard the attor
neys. "I will give twenty minutes of
mv time to any lawyer who will de
fend Hockin or Munsey."
No one accepted the offer.
Repeating his offer, Mr. Miller
paused and looked at each attorney.
Senator Kern was not present.
"No answer," asserted the district
attorney "1 hear no answer. There
Is not a lawyer who will defend Mun
sey or Hockin. Not a voice has been
raised In Hookins behalf, and the only
aoiense or munsey was inai given Dy
Thomas Kern a United States sena
tor, who said Munsey'B reputation was
Rood."
PROBING CEREAL COMBINE
Government Starts Investigation ol
Oatmeal Business at Chicago.
Chicago, Dec. 25. Investigation ol
h i alleged ntteiupt to secure control
of the oatmeal business of tho United
States has been started by the fed
eral grand Jurv here. lurchase of the
Grent Western Cereal company by the
Quaker Oats company will Ik inquired
f iilo first. Robert Gordon, secretary
of the Quaker Oats company, and
Tumid pokterkln, private secretary to
Joy Mo'ton, head of the Great West
ern company, have been ordered tc
pppear before the grand jury, A num
ber of other employees have been sub
poenaed to t -11 of the transaction. It
is charged that virtual control of the
oatmeal business resulted from the
transaction. The cere'il company went
into bankruVtey in New Jersey.
The investigation follows confer
ences by government attorneys with
Attorney G "iiernl Wickersham In
Washington. United Stntes District
Attorney James H. Wllkerson was di
rected to oMn the Inquiry and pro
; codings were started here.
The price ptild by the Quaker Oats
company for the Cereal company was
11,000,000. The Cereal company hnd
factories at Peoria. 111., and Kurt
Dodge, la. Shortly nfter tho purchase
the plants were closed and the com
pany went Into the hands of a re
ceiver. It Is reported that at the time
i of the sale the Great Western Cereal
company did 30 per cent of the oat
nnl business of the country.
Missing Gem May Be Clew.
CblcnRo, Doc. 25. A missing dia
mond, weighing two nnd a half carats,
i wns found bound nnd mutilated.
Blease Pardons Eighty Convicts.
Columbia. S. C, Dec. 23. All rec
ords In this state for the number of
r-nrtlnns granted In one day were
broken when by order of Governor
Illease, eighty convicts. Including a
number of negroes, confined In the
state penitentiary nnd serving on
chain gangs throughout the state were
liberated, their pardons being as
Christmas presents.
WAR ON SECONDHAND BOOKSj
Wisconsin Pirns to Banish Them
From Public Schools.
Madison. Wis., Dec. 25.-The com-'
mon drlnklm; cup :nd community tow-
, nnWllR ,. li;uiis!iri, r,.om ' b,
fclIiMlnRK ,, rmncyanecs Wlscon-
hln ,atlon , mm , , , , ,
nKnlnH, tho 1,0-oi.ll,nl school hook.
It is declared tliftl r 1
th? most ftfVriiw .-n ri..w ,t
rild that It rsmiot be dlrlnfccted. One
in..tii,).l advocated is prohll
Ion of the
importation into auv
M-condliand books. '
community of
PEACE ODVE'S CHANCE
St. James Palace, London,
Where Delegates Meer, and
Greek Premier Venizelos.
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RAIL HEADS PLEAD HOT
GUILTYTIUHARGES
Mellen and Cfiamberlaln Placed
on $10,000 Bail Each.
New York, Dec. 25. Charles S. Mel
len, president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad com
pany, and K. J. Chamberlain, president
of the Grand Trunk railway of Can
ada, indicted for criminal violation of
the Sherman law, entered pleas of
not guilty and were placed on $10,000
ball each. They were given until Jan.
6 to chanice their pleas if they should
so desire.
Judge Hough was loath to demand
bail in either case and said at first he
would release the defendants on theii
own cognizance. Counsel for tho gov
ernment, however, objected to this,
and culled the court's attention to the
fact that neither resided within the
Jurisdiction of the court. Ball was
furnished by a surety company.
Frank L Crawford, Mr. Chamber
Iain's counsel, said: "No Jury will
ever convict :ny client. The only rea
son why the work on the Grand Trunk
extension was abandoned was because
of high money rates. V are sure oi
acquittal."
Counsel for the government said
that no word had been received as to
whether Alfred W. Smithers, chairman
of the Grand Trunk board of directors.
Indicted lth Messrs. Mellen nnd
Chamberlain would appear to plead
They added that they would write to
Mrs. Smithers In lyondon, nothing him
of the indictment, and requesting him
to nppcnr to plead.
Escaped Forger Arrested.
Santa Rosa, Cal., I).k 25. Arrested
In Pctaluma, James Williams, a bank
forger with a criminal record stretch
ing across the continent and a violated
oarole behind him In Colorado, admit
ted his Identity here nnd confessed to
his latest swindle, when he obtained
$200 on a bogus letter of credit from
the First National bank of Sebastopol.
Charged With Misuse of Mailt.
Kansas Cliy. Dec. 25. W. W. Fel-
lc rs of this city was arrested by post
office inspec tors on a charge of using
the malls to defraud In connection
with u collection scheme, which is
said to have been worked In several
eastern cities and to have netted Its
nlglna'.ors thousands of dollars.
Wilson to Summon Congress March 13
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 25. Congress
will be called Into extraordinary ses
slon by President Woodrow Wilson
shortly after his inauguration, perhaps
on March 15, nnd tho particular legis
lation that will come before it will be
tariff re vision
Libels Kino; to Be Sent Back.
New York, Dec. l;5.-F.dward F.
Mylliis, the nnglisbmun convicted In
Ixmdon of libeling King George nnd
sentenced to ncre a year In prison,
was ordered deported by the commis
sioner ot immigration at F.llls Island.
TAFT REACHES COLON
Presidential Party Guests of Colonel
Cocthals at Culebra.
Colon. Dec. L'.V President Tuft and
his party arrived here on board the
I'nileci Slates .warship Arkansas.
The t'iiit.d states minister, II. Per
rival I'nd-e. a number of canal olll
cliila nnd President Taft nnd party
wer.,ilie ",n, Ms i if Colonel G. W.
Goetlu.'s :it Culebra. This evening
tehy aic to attend a dinner given
by the American minister, and after
wart a ball In the palace of President
Poiras of Par.ama.
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ALLIES AGREE
ONALBANU
Propose to Make Salonlki and
Immediate Territory Neutral.
ALL EYES NOW ON AUSTRIA.
Failure to Demobilize Coincide With
Announced Drastic Censure of Rus
sian Military News Allies Sure Tur
key Will Make Peace After Delay.
London, Dec. i'5. The Turkish dele
gates to the ieace conference, al
though they realize that eventually
they must accept the conditions laid
down by tho allies to bring about
peace in southeastern Europe, are fol
lowing their usual course of procrasti
nation and will take advantage ot
every diplomatic device to postpone
the inevitable dismemberment of the
territory which has been their armed
camp for 500 years.
Meanwhile, however, the allies are
so confident that the outcome of peace
negotiations will be In line with their
demands that they already have
agreed on the boundaries for an au
tonomous Albania.
It is purposed to make SalonikI and
the surrounding territory within a ra
dius of 100 miles neutral under the
protection of the allies.
Tho question looming sinsiter be
fore Europe Is not when peace will be
signed by the belligerents, but why,
In view of the settlement of the quar
rel between Austria nnd Servla Aus
tria do"3 not demobilize. The failure
of that country to demobilize coincides
with the announcement from St. Pe
tersburg of the enforcement of the
drastic censor of news of military
affairs.
The present long break in tho nego
tiations of the peace delegates Is in
all probability only the first of sev
eral, fc i when the plenipotentiaries
come together again in St. James1
palace on Saturday the Ottoman re
sponse to the conditions of peace laid
down by the Balkan allies will doubt
less be found to be merely a series of
counter proposals, which will have to
he referred to the Balkan govern
ments. This will necessitate another
long interval.
Pope Asks Prayers for Peace.
Home, Dec. 25. The pope during his
Chrlstn-as reception to the cardinals
referred to tho peace conference say
ing that all Christians should unite In
prayer that the outcome of the pres
ent councils of the nations should be
peace, for which he rejoiced that
there was new and additional hope.
The pope depleted the attempt to ns
Fas6inn:e the viceroy of India at Delhi.
He looked remarkably well In spite o!
the arduous ask of receiving many
delegations who had come to bring
hint the greetings of the season.
SWEATED ORANGES SEIZED
Judge Landis Enters Final Order !n
Confiscation Suit.
Chicago, Dec. 25. Federal Judge
landis entered a final order In the
government's suit to confiscate eight
carloads of orsnges shipped east from
California and seized for alleged vio
lation of the pure food law, the In
spectors asserting that the fruit had
been artificially treated by the "sweat
ing" process to give it the proper color.
The decree signed by Judge Landta
directs the United States marshal to
rut a paper wrapped on each of the
450,000 oranges, bearing the printed
words, "colored by sweating," and
then to dispose of the fruit to the best
possible ad' antago and turn the pro
creds Into the treasury department.
Cetone Given Three Years.
Columbus, Dec. 25. A sentence of
three years In the penitentiary was
pased upon State Senator George K.
Cetone of Dayton by Judge Evans in
tri common plena court. Senator Ce
tone was convicted recently of having
accepted a bribe of $200 during the
I last session of the legislature. His
attorneys will probably appeal the
cose.
Steel Trwst to Increase Wages.
New York. Dec. 25. Elbert II. Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation, announced that the cor
poration wa3 planning the adjustment
of wage scales soon which would re
sult in material Increases, particular
ly in connection with wages paid un
skilled laborers.
Briggs Gets $1,800 Reward.
Lincoln, Deo. 25. Chief of Police
John lirlpgs was given credit for the
capture of the three convicts, Gray,
Dowd and Morley, last spring by Gov
ernor Aldrich, who ordered that war
rants aggregating $1,800 be drawn In
tho name of the South Omaha police
chief.
CASTRO MAY BE BARRED
Former president of Venezuela May
Not Be Allowed to Land.
Wasllngton, Doc. 25 Ciprlano Cas
tro, former president of Venezuela,
t-n ill to be en mute from Paris to New
York, In all probability will be denied
admission to the United Stalon if suf
ficient Grounds can be found under the
. Amerl.'nn Immigration laws to deport
Mm.
, The state department will make a
swopping search for evidence to debar
the deposed president. The power tc
Jc'rnv ndm'sslon Is broad.
MILLER FORMS SYNDICATE
Beatrice Capitalists Interested ir
Winnipeg Gulf Road.
Beatrice. Neb., Dec. 25 H. Leoi
Miller, a railroad promoter, who wa
arrested at Kansas City a few weekt
ago on a charge of misusing the mails
and who was released on bond of $5.
000, seems to have Interested a num
ber of local capitalists in his schenu
to build a lire from Winnipeg, Man.,
to the Gulf of Mexico, to be known ai
foe Winnipeg, Kansas and Gulf road
According to a letter received hero,
Miller has organized a syndicate ol
twtnty men at Kansas City, each to
contribute $2,500, making $50,000 for
the preliminary expense. The officers
selected are: J. A. Reuling of Wy
more, vice president; J. C. Penrod ol
Beatrice, secretary; J. A. Barnard ot
Beatrice, treasurer. Miller visited Be
atrice recently and wasi in conference
with a number of business men, but
they say no action was taken in the
matter and no money was paid him.
The bond ifsue of $30,000,000 with
which Miller proposes to build the line
will be delivered to a syndicate of
Paris bankers to dispose of and the
proceeds of the sale will be deposited
with a responsible trust company in
Kansas City.
TOOMANTaRDONED;
SERVED 14 YEARS
Governor Aldrich Decides lo Free
Man Held (or Murder,
Lincoln, Dec. 25. Jesse Tooman,
serving a life sentence for murder, re
ceived a Christmas present from Gov
ernor Aldrich in the way of a pardon
and walked out of the penitentiary a
free man.
Toomau was convicted of murdering
a farmer in Franklin county fourteen
years ago and has been serving time
ever since. Ills son in-law, who was
arrested with him, was set free, but j
the old man was found guilty of the
crime and sentenced by Judge Deal
for life.
The murdered man owned a farm
In Franklin county, which the son In
law of Tooman took possession of,
claiming that he had rented it. As
the owner did not turn up the author
ities became suspicious and a search
was made, resulting in finding the
body in a ehallow grave in an outlot.
Both Tooman and his eon-in-law were
arrested, but the latter was set free.
In August last Tooman made ap
plication to the pardon board for a
pardon, hut it was denied.
At that time Judge Beal made the
statement that he believed that the
son-in-law. and not Tooman, was the
real murderer and that the old man
acted more as an assistant. No evi
dence other than of a circumstantial
nature was placed In evidence nt the
trial, nnd after the Investigation Gov
ernor Aldrich became convinced that
the old man had served long enough.
Tooman will go to Muscatine, la.,
where his family lives and are said to
be in very destitute circumstances.
RAILROADS TO USE WIRELESS
Union Pacific Applied for License to
Install System.
Omaha, Dec. 25. The Union Pa
cific railway made application to the
oepartmcnt of commerce nnd labor nt
Washington for a license to operate
and maintain a wlrelass telegraph sys
tem along Its lines. The company
wishes to Install a technical experl
rrent station, and the government Is
requested to give permission for such
a station, which, It is said, will be the
second of the kind in the country.
Liberty Churches Combine.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 25. In the dis
trict court Judge Pemberton granted
an order permitting tho sale of the
Presbyterian church at Liberty. There
were formerly three churches at that
place, but the churches combined some
time ago and organized the First Con
gregational church. The trustees filed
a petition asking for an order to sell
tho old Presbyterlnn church, which
was abandoned at tTie time. A. B
Gore of Liberty was the purchaser.
Woman Robbed at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 25. Mrs. Frank
Smith told the police how she was at
tacked by a highwayman on Phillip
avenue, on her way to the depot to
take a train. She says he struck hei
twice In the face, knocking her down
and seized her handbag.
Boy Crushed to Death by Elevator
Omaha, Doc. 25. Bonnie Broomfield
a colored bell boy, was crushed tc
death in an elevator shaft at th
Savoy hotel.
Upholds Indiana Tax Law.
.V (ID II I I bW 1 1 , IJ -. l,VJ VW.1.'WV
tlonnlity of the Indiana statute taxing
an owner of stock In foreign corpora
tions was upheld by tho supreme court
STATE BAR TO MEET
Frank B. Kellogg, Well Known "Trus
Buster," to Be Guest.
Omaha, Dee. 25. The annual meet
Ing of the Nebraska State Bar asso
elation will take place In this city al
the Kome hotel Friday and Saturday
It will bo fotlowed Saturday evenlnf
by the annual dinner, which will bt
tendered by the association to Frans
B. Kellogg, who Is the vlsltlmj guest
and to the Judges of the state suprom
nnd th" federal courts. .Mr. Kcllogi
is familiarly known as the "Trus1
Buster."
NEED MONEY AT
SGHOOLFQR DEAF
Board ol Trustees Flies lis Re
port With the Governor.
MILLER TELLS OF BUILDINGS.
State Architect Calls Some of Them
So Old and Dilapidated as Not to B
Worth Repairing State Chemist
Finds Alcohol in Temperance Drink
Uncolu, Dec. 25. The board o!
trustees of the state school for th
deaf hi' 8 filed its report with the gov
ernor, together with the report of 3u
perintondent F. V. Booth of that insti
tut ion. The general health of the stu
dents of the institution has been good
during the blennium, according to tht
report, but the board deplores the con
ditJon of some of the buildings at tho
institution which are sadly dilapidated
and can only be made serviceable by
entirely taking them down and put
ting new buildings In their place.
In this statement they are rein
forced by the report of State Archi
tert Burd F. Miller, who also filed o
report with the governor regarding
the condition of the buildings of this
Institution. Mr. Miller' says in his re
port: "This is another one of our la
stitutlons expressly important in IU
nature and in which repairs to th
buildings have teen sadly neglected
through failure of the legislature tc
appropriate necessary funds. Whll
repaf-s have been made as far as per
mlsslble, a great part was money
thrown away, because the majority ot
the buildings are so old and dllapl
dated and absolutely unfit for an cdu
cntlonal Institution."
The cash on hand at the beginning
of the biennium was $t,2H9.05. Th
receipts from the farm, tuition am'
other sources amounted to $4,416.15
making a total of $5,085.20, which was
received by the Institution outside ol
the appropriations. There was paid
out of this fu id, $4,777.90, whlcli
leaves a balance on hand of $907.24.
The board asks an appropriation foi
the school for the next biennium ol
$97,800. In addition to this an appro
priation is asked for a boy's depart
raent building to cost $50,000, a powei
house and equipment costing $35,000
and machinery for the industrial de
partment, which will cost $2,800 more
Omaha Contractors Win Lincoln Suit
By an opinion of the supreme court
F. P. Gould & Son, contractors ot
Omaha, can proceed to build the ne
high school building at Lincoln, cost
ing $336,632, and a grade school, tc
cost $115,215 more, according to th
contract let to them, but which hai
been held up on a suit of Oontractoi
Gaddls of Lincoln, who got out an in
Junction forbidding the contractors tc
begin the work. The injunction was
granted on the ground that the schoo;
board had no right to build more than
one building until revenue had aecu
mulated sufficient to build the other.
State Chemist Finds Alcohol in Drink
State Chemist Redfern completed
the analysis cf the temperance dtinl
called "Golden Bran," which was sub
mitted to the pure food commission?!
for his judgment, and it showed 3.8f
per cent alcohol. According to tht
pure food commissioner this would br
considered pretty strong beer, for thf
overage bottled beer contains onlj
about 3.5 per cent alcohol, and some
times hardly going over 3 per cent
and seldom n3 high as 4 per cent. As
a temperance drink for Christmas anc'
Nw Year it might not class with Tone
end Jerry, but would do in a pinch.
RADCLIFF FORCIBLY OUSTED
Superintendent of Poor Farm at Mern.j
Ejected by Sheriff.
Broken Bow, Neb., Dec. 25. J. T
Itndcliff, superintendent of the now
farm near Merna, has been dlspo?
sessed by a writ of ejectment. In th
ouster proceedings recently Instituted
against Radcllff by the county boar
of supervisors, Judge Holcomb dc
elded In favor of the board, but Bad
cliff continued to live on the farm
which did rot meet with the views o
the board. Sheriff Wilson was ac
cordlngly furnished with a writ ant
proceeding to the poor farm in com
pany with the board of supeTvisort
eerved the papers on the superln
tendent. Radcllff again refused to vs
cale and the sheriff, assisted by th,
members of the board, turned to anc
6ot the household effects of th s"
perlntr ndent Into the road. Hadellt
was granted p1ntv of time in Vblc
to move his cfieit.s. but he refused t
take advantage of It, declarln- thnt '.
they wanted him to get out thev 'ul
h'lve to move him. I.'xCccntv ." ire
visor Cushman has been i
temporary charge of the poor farm.
HASTINGS MAN KILLS StLF
Jesse James Wrench Commits Sulcld.
After Quarrel With Parents.
Hastings, Neb., Dee. 25. Jess.
J.'.meh Wrench, aged twenty-five, qua:
relcd with his parents on his returi
lrom spearing fish in the Blue rive
for Christinas dinner and left horn.
salng. "When I come back you'll cai
ry me." A minute later lie was fount
gnsping for breath by the rond Ii
front of the house, the pistol by hi
fdde. and as the family carried hln
back to the house he died In thel
onus as u result of a pistol wound.