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The Sioux County Journal
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HARBISOX,
NEBRASKA,
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Murderer ElUt pleads not guilty of a
murder be has con f fiil. But that's
entirelj logical; he is to (rreut a liar
that be don't believe himself.
Governor Hogg should nib bis axles
with Standard oil aud go in. The job
la a bijf one, but the Governor is a big
man and Texas Is not a small iuite.
A man should advertise as he would
court a maidenboldly and audacious
ly, yet judiciously aud honestly, with
out too much Ktringrucy in the matter
of expense.
In refu.-iug to iermii his invention,
the klnetoM'on. to Ik- iwd to JierpetU
ate the bruiishness of a prize ring light.
Edison will receive the thanks of the
country.
A dentist could probably drive home
the filling in a tooth with a single blow
from a large hammer, but he !' a
better Job and the job lusts longer by
using a small hammer arid ree.-uiig
the blows. The same priacipie holds
good in advertising.
The sun si-ems small only by contrast
with terrestrial objects, yet furnishes
light, heat and food to the earth and
holds it in space. A handful of type
la nothing In itself. Wh.-n set in an
Intelligent description of an article of
merit, it has paved many a road to
fortune.
The London "Saturday KevU-w" nr
jrues that Russia's friendly relations
with France rest on her desire to open
the Dardanelles and not on any artini'v
for a republican form of government,
which all the czars have detested. The
"Uevlew" is not sure but that Ktissia
will eventually have her way at 'oti
fitantinople, aud the editor's I'ickwi -k-lan
advice to England, under the cir
cumstances, is to "maintain an attitude
of extreme wakefulness, as well as of
complete benevolence."
The ConniH'ticut automatic gallows
compels the prisoner to commit suicide
IU first victim was .lolm Cfonin. con
victed of a brutal murder. As the pris
oner steps on the platform, with the
noose delicately adjusted under his left
ear, bis weight sets in motion the ma
chinery by which he is "shot into the
air" a distance of live feet. His neck
Is broken instantaneously. The opera
tion is noiseless. There is no "dull
thud." Kxperts declare it superior to
Tne !
the electrical method of execution
prisoner is prepared without the elalto
rate apparatus of the New York plan;
It is equally painless arn time is sa ved,
which is the main thiug
The San Francisco clergy have or
ganized to purify the town. Thus the
jrreat wave of reform rising on the
Atlantic coast has swept the country
oven to the blue Pacific, avoiding in its
course with singular discrimination
any effort to reform anything hut super
ficial vices. Reforms of economic con
ditions which create the slums and peo
ple them, reform of attorney generals
who piiotect trusts and monopolies
which the law declares criminal, re
form of financial conditions which
makes money itself a monopoly, reform
of business morals which make the ruin
of a rival the loftiest of all triumphs,
have enlisted few clergymen anil still
fewer organizations of dilettante re
formers, i However, we are glad the
lumg of San Francisco are to be purl
fled, even If "Nob Hill" go unchastened.
A new use- has been found for the
Weather Bureau. In addition to keep
ing tab on the weather it stands pre
pared to supply annoying and discon
certing evidence ou short notice. It is
no longer safe for a witness to testify
that be saw an act committed on a cer
tain night unless he really did see it or
he has looked up the records and made
sure that it was possible to see any
thing on tbat night. Otherwise the
weather clerk may come into court and
that It was so dark a man could
prove
not see anything three feet distant.
This is what happened Iu the Opel di- i
vorce case at St. l-ouis. and It has hap- '
pened on several occasions recently. It i
indicates thaMhe witness department,
of the Weather Bureau tills a long-felt ,
want its value is not fully appre- j
dated yet, and consequently business la I
a little slack, but wben It picks up there
would seem to be no reason why a
a ffident trade cannot be worked up to
pay the espenaea of tbe bureau through j
witness fee.
The question of utilizing the eye of
the victim to ferret out a murder haa
been agitated again, and it looks aa if
aa eye, under proper Hrcumatancea.
might do better detective work than
Sherlock Hoimea ever thought of. Tbe
experiment was tried In James towu,
N. Y., where Mrs. Window and Mrs.
Darfcj were murdered recently, anil
while It waa not- a complete auccean
aavaral people claimed to have seen the
(orai of the murderer clearly photo
graphed on the eye. A microscope waa
adjuated and the whole party looked
tato it. each In turn. Kach claimed b
aac tbe same Image reflected from it
It was the bodyof a large, burly man,
roughly dreaaed .With a long, shabby
overcoat and trousers badly wrinkled.
One leg was poised, as though be might
have been lu tbe attitude of striking.
Aa attempt was made to photograph It,
kt It was uosnoceaaful, owing to the
feet that the Impression became too
fn from exposure to the light All
1 .1111 agreed, bowrr, that the Im
waa ika. u4 thare to m dlncrep
gxty Ik ttatr ImrlglHiM r It If It
m k 4am trt Mtla tmj feei
Cl 3 skU Bhetograpii N,
and easily run down the inurdcier.
Of courwe, if this In It open up
UfW ticl,l lu tli detective buMiie. In
spector Shea will have to take l.w'iis
in photography, aud bin aiiai.: ':'
I need to be.-oine expert microsfipii-ts-The
liilly aud the "Vweat tnix'- ill !
appcar (mm the land and the t ieiit'.-t
will be the detective of lb.- future. It
seems unfortunate, however, that bnl
l it-boxen have no eje to be pbol.-
graphed.
It is announced from W-ishingt'-n
that a device callable of tranquil ting
Ji words by telegraph i r minute, an
tomatieally. has I-eu submitted to
I 'ost master General Bissell. fin. if the
claim made for it 1 proved, will favor
ably consider a project for postal tel
egraphy which hitherto has not found
favor in his eyes. Mr. Bissell's argu
ments against postal telegraphy on ex
isting mechanical and fiscal conditions
were cogent and conclusive. Contrary
to the history of many other groups of
inventions and discoveries, electricity
has not lieen cheapened to the common
people. It is a more expensive luxury
iu many respects to-day than it was
twenty years ago. It costs more to send
a telegram within the limits of Chicago
to-day than it did then. The reason is
to lie found in the monopoly of improve
ments and the watering of stock by
cotiiiianies controlling territory and
having royalties on instruments,
was expected that with expiration
nateijt.s great popular advanta
It
of
geH
would accrue from progress In electri
cal science. The jsTiod has not arriv
ed. It may be expected only when fr-e
competition for public patronage ar
rives. Already the outrageous charge
for telephone service h:is been lowered
by rivalry in many American cities.
The ii, oi, ! oly that has exorbitantly
taxed patrons for unskillful and neg
ligent service has been coiniielled to cut
its rates in eastern cities from one -half
to one-third. There is no valid reason
why telegraph and telephone should be
so expensive. The forces of nature
ought to be hiirnesse I for far lees money
than has hitherto lieen demanded. If
the automatic transmitter descriis-a
be practicable, telegraphy will be made
at least as cheap as specj,l delivery pos
tal service, aud in that case the de
partment should hasten to adopt it. Its
adoption would deal a fatal blow to the
monopolies that are increasing instead
of diminishing In number, whose pur
pose is to make electricity more expen
sive for popular use.
Misfortunes of an Heiress.
Kveu the daughters of millionaires
have their troubles. A young girl in
town had an allowance of $.'l,mHi. Not
withstanding her scrimping and econo
mies, she found it almost impossible to
make both ends meet. Month by month
she fell deeper, ami deeper into .
Finally her dressmaker began to press
her for money. At length the young
lady applied to' her father for a'b-an
to relieve her temporary embarrass
ment. Her father, who had made his
fortune by understanding business, re-
l fused to loan his daughter money on a
wardrobe, which was her only asset,
that he could not use, was valueless as
collateral, and that, if sold, would not
realize a quarter of its cost. He. how
ever, advised her to come to an under
standing with her dressmaker by agree
ing to pay in installments out of her
allowance aud not to get any mor
clo.ues. as she was well provided for.
until the debt was paid off. This the
girl refused to do, so her father washed
bis hands of the affair. He, however,
has appealed to various relatives and
friends, and they are considering a ben
efit for the unfortunate girl with ama
teur musicians and readers, tickets $2.
the proceeds to lie devoted toward liqui
dating the dressmaker's claim. New
York Advertiser.
Bad Sign.
"Ilow'g your boy Jeems gettlii' along
down to Boston'" Inquired a Center
vllle resident of Mrs. Peter Klckets,
familiarly known as "the Widow
Peter."
"Well. Jeems says he's gettin' on fust
rate." answered Mrs. Peter, "an' hp's
alius been a truthful boy. But there's
one thing worrits me. an' I declare I
might jest as well out with It. seeln'
! rou'r sw'h n "ld lTiMU
lie come ou irom 0010011 nuu n
colored shirt 011, an' a white collar. He
brought a white shirt In his bag. no's to
upiienr matched np whilst he was here;
but It come over me just like a flash
when I stood off to take a good look at
him, that my hoy Jeems, that had a
father that wouldn't owe a -ent any
niore'n he'd steal one my ly Jeems
has fell behind with his washerwom
an!" Knew Him Well.
Tbe eipreaatoo "to eat crow" origi
nated shortly after or perhaps during
the wsr. The story la tbat a federal
soldier shot a tame crow, tbe owner of
which came upon bim while his gtia
was unloaded and compelled bim to eat
a mouthful of tbe crow. Thus avenged,
tbe owner departed, but tbe Yankee
loaded his rifle and made bim come
back and eat several mouthfuls of the
crow. Tbe owner tbe neit day com
plained to tbe soldier's captain, who
bad the soldier brought before him. "Do
you recognise this gentleman 7 asked
the captain sternly, and the soldier
drawled back. "Ya-as; we dined togeth
er yesterday."
Where Are They?
It has been computed that eteee tbe
practice of embalming began hi 4000
B. C. down to 700 A. V., when It prac
tically ceased, probably aa many as
730.000,000 bodies were embalmed lu
Egypt, of which tbe greater part ar
yet concealed.
- lllsuKMtive sHasjips.
Mexico's new- pictorial stamps will
represent the growth of mail transpor
tation In that country from man and
la to ttac and railway.
I !U;l:K -. i, Jo. 11 -- I liHi.lj, 't
d e:o!iiusa u die t Cut to-Tt w.;3 S
Urg-.iod conp.rtc in the lbnt ol
Mate Treasurer 1 J.vlor and the io to
thti sUl- ol VU. FdCli hvij come
into the poisrsai a of tu- -rve otli?:.ils
which uiae tliem reasonably certain
that Tavior and certain conte-Jerd'toS
deliberately went to Work, when It be
came evident that he co j.d not sq lire
1,18 accounts, to hold the s ale up and
compel a compromise by which be
would be sared from pumsliuieu: aud
his bondsmeii protected from lui.
The 8 ate was in a h trd psa.'i tiutn-
ilaiiy. If not a cent haa been lost
there wjuld have been delicit on the
urstday of next Ju.y of iuiiy SbMOW i
due to over-approiiriatiotH by the Unit
b-ljtslature and to the glow payment
of
taxes on account of the siioi t crops ol
the tear. "1 he limit of taxation lias
lieen reached and the limit td indebted
ness has been passed for some t nie.
How to extricate the cominoiiwea.lh
has been the subject commanding the
earnest thought and anxiety of the
state oiliciali for several months past.
The permanent appropriations are so
high that the legislature, :io matter
what ecouo ny may estimate it, could
hardly bring the expenditures within
the revenue. There was due on the 5th
ol January tii'J.OOJ worth of funding j
warrants held by eastern parties. There!
was due a considerable sum on thecou- J
po.i bonus, while the smKiiig imiu was
preparing to take up the semi-auuual
in'erest to the amount of S2 J,UfJU.
DID TIIK NEXT TJUNU.
The legislature waa iu session ana
immediate calls would b m I 1h ou the
treasury for at least i300,WJ- Of course
the treasurer knew all tins. It is be
lieved by the authorities, on substantial I
evidence, that, realizing that be would ;
be short SluuiJuVt when the transfer was !
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to ne maue on me Bin, e consilium i
with some of his friends and backers j
and they decided the beit thing to do
was to seize ail the. money iu the treas
ury and put it in a place of hiding,
w here it could bt gotten at when de
sired. Then, when the default was
discovered the state would be found
bankrupt. It could not pay its obliga
tions, and having exceeded its limit of
debt, could not borrow. Were it to sue
ou the bonds of the treasurer two years
or more would elapse beloreany money
could be recovered and durin? that
time the credit of South Dakota would
sink very low.
The parties to the plan concluded
that rather than let tins coma t nigs
the state officers would do aim .1 .my
thing within reason.
L ist night ten men left on the mid
night train for various parts of the
slate aud by this time all Ihe propert
in the state belonging to Taylor or au
of his bondsneti his been attached.
Deputy Treasurer Biirriiigtou yester
day received a letler from Taylor, the
missing state treasurer, dated New
York, January il, aud inclosing certified
deposit checks lor s?7,4 KJ on various
bauKS. The auditor has made an em
ergency call ou all the county treasurer
for all the funds id their bauds due the
state.
The attorney-general has begun suit
on the bona of Treasurer Taylor. It
is understood that the bond will be
pontes ted.
In The Destitute Dl.tllctn.
Colcmbi's, 0., Jan. 11. A special to
the 1'ost I'resa from Nelsonville, 0M
says:
Many of the substantial citizens of
this city are very indignant because a
committee was seat to Governor Mc
Kinley to ask bim to make a general
appeal to the people for aid. They
claim they were not aware of the ser
ious conditio!! of affairs which eiisted
iiLlil the tact was heralded to the world
by the press Tuesday morning. This
is doubtless absolutely true, for the real
condition of affairs was kept a secret
among the miners up to tbe last. When
it was learned that a telegram Jiad been
sent to Governor McKinley asking for
immediate aid tbey hastily called a
meeting and appointed a committee to
solicit donations, and in a sbort time
$500 bad been subscribed. In a few
hours tbe subscription had reached
such encouraging proportions tbat th
committee yesterday morning sent the
governor the following telegram :
Governor McKinley: Many of the
citizens feel that tbey can provide for
their own destitute at present. No
outside aid is needed in the city. We
nanuot speak for other localities.
Committee.
A telegram waa received early yester
day morning anuoanciug tbat Adjut-aot-Geoeral
Howe was 00 his way to
Kalsonvllle with provisions. This tele
gram waa received after the ooe signed
by the committee organized at the Dew
house yesterday evening had bean aant
to tbe governor, and many eould not
understand why lbs governor had not
taken cognizance of the latter telegram
wben It was signed by tbree of tbe rep
resentative citizens of Nelsonville.
This matter however, waa sec right
upon the arrival of the carload of pro
vision!, principally flour, potatoes, ce
reals and bread, accompanied by the
adjutant-general and Mr. Rownd, o
too canal commission.
Will Argu Their Claims.
Toronto, Out., Jan. 11. A special
cable from London to the Empire says
"It Is reported bare that a decision ol
the Judicial committee of privy coun
ell on the Manitoba school ease will b
rtveo soon. In well Informed circles
It Is sx pressed that lbs decision will re
verse toe Judgment or tbe supremo
court of Canada, thus giving Koman
CaUxrile petiilonars In Manitoba the
riKU ui 17 war viivn mw ivtiiuvi
the oouneil of tbe dominion and argue
, Slut 1 1. iri-r s l-ftiec.
ifi.hK. S. It., Jan. I'!. --State Treas
tit. r vy. V.'. 'layiof, prcud-nt of the
r'.r.t National bang of K-.lljt-id. S. I.,
wlcch failed Is a defaulter, but 11 o one
iki'Miit either the amount f tne defalca
! j.-ii or the niethisl of extraction. Un-
1-r the statute Tavlor should baV'j
'turned over the Cash to hi succesS'ir
I Tuesday, but on Saturday be wired
itri.iii New Yort: that he could not get
'hete is-tt.ie late. Tuesday uiigbt. When
tti.e iiaiu arrived at i o'c.ock in tbe
I luortilti he was not on board, and his
Ibotidiinen aid personal fr ends became
I ;-otivit ced that their suspicious were
'puree! ami that be had Uetaul'ed. It
las been known for some time tbat
S'.a'e Treasurer Tavlor was bard
i pressed. He was caught in the Chemi
cal National bank failure at Chicago
for a large amount and he lost e'JOOUO
in the bank of Mi hank, . D., and Sll.
0 111 that al (Jettshurg, . It., which
failed during the panic. Altogether he
lost 1'J.U J. Examiner Meyers gives
the following explanation of the mat
ter: KM'OKT 1VA WITlIlllll.I).
Last April he called upon Treasurer
Tavlor l'or a statement of his account
with the state. He gave the names of
fifteen or twenty batiks In which be
bad deposited mot.ey and Examiner
Meyers received a verification from tbe
banks as to the amounts held by them.
It these statements were correct, lay-
Icr was all ngnt in Apr.l. In Novem
b-r Mr. Mevers called for a similar re
port, but Taylor, after repeated prom,
ises to make it, has not yet done so,
Moreovnr, he has been out of the state
since some time in November, and bis
precise whereabouts a.e not known
'This circumstance is CMiiiiug great em
barrassipeiit to Taylor's friends, who
say he has taken poor counsel la not
facing the muiic and making a clean j
statement of the whole matter. There
ought to be in the treasury now about
HioiiJiO, but no one txcept " 'Taylor
knows where the money is deposited,
and consequently it is impossile to tell
what the shortage is.
About the first of this month Taylor
was to take up g 1110,00 of lunding war
rants. f these warauts were paid the
shortage would not be v- ry large, other
wise it will be very heavy. 'Taylor's
relatives are wealthy and powerful and
bis father, William Taylor, is one of
bis bondsmen.
The last examination of State Treas
urer Taylor's accounts was made by
the public examiner in April last and
everything was '.hen correct. About a
month Hgo the examiner called for it
liBt of the deposit checks, but Taylor
put bim oil on some pretext or another
and never gave them to him. Public
Examiner Meyers states thai at the
time lie suspested, from certain things
that Taylor was short, bul lie supposed
lis amount was small and thai the
treasurer would be able to make a turn
before the first of the year aud bring
his balance right. He did not caie to
press the matter, as he bad no doubt of
Taylor's honesty. He 13 being freely
criticized, as bad he m ide a rigid ex
amination at that time at leail the
amount of the funding warrants would
have been saved to the stale. The
amount taken was drawn not only
from the general I una and the fund for
State institutions, buv included nearly
a hundred thousand dollars oi state
school money.
THE BONDSMKN.
Tbe treasure's bond amounts to $.'150,
000 and Is divided as follows:
J. T, McCaesney, a New York broker
850,000.
C. H. Vinton, treasurer of the North
western Mortgge company, 125,000.
William Taylor of 1, ifayette, Ind.,
father of tbetreasurer, 13,000.
A. Kem merer, a hediield merchant,
110,000.
C. T. Howard, speaker of the legislat
ure, 5,0.l0.
J. A. Kser of Oakland, Cal., 10,000.
W. C. Kiaer jr. of R?d!ield, broker,
$15 000.
J. O. Powers, Kedfield, H5.0J0.
K. M. Howard, Kedfield, 1.5,00 J.
It. II. McCaughey, Redflsld, $5,000.
M. D. Bee be, $10,000.
F. S. Meyers. Redfleld, 810,000.
F. W. Brook, Aberdeen, president of
tbe First National bank, 125,000.
D. C. Morris and L. C. Latrie jr. of
Doland, president and cashier of the
First National bank. $30,000.
Ki-Governor Mellette of Watertowu,
$80,000.
Tbe attorney-general will begin suit
00 tbe bonds probable tomorrow. It
Is considered bare tbat owing to some
peculiarity in the bonds tbe state will
have bard work to recover.
aaeaetloaal Charga.
Chicaoo, Jan. 10. Sensaliooa
ebarges are made against the west
Town collector s office, which. If proven
true, mean tbat toe city has los. many
thoaaands of dollars throuab tbe collu
sion of officials and tbe undervaluation
f property. Private detectives last
night arrested sol Trout, a saloonkeeper
at M watt waaison street, unaries new
man and a man named Well. A jus
tice of the peace, at a lata session of
court, bound them In $1,000 bonds each
to answer oharr of conspiracy to bribe.
Tbe men wore caught receiving $90
from w. H. Durant, a grocer at 141V
west Madison street, in fell payment
t an assessment of 76 against his
property.
AttheOaearel Maalla(.
Chicago, Jsl. 10. The general meet-
Ins of railroads adjourned directly after
being called to order on account of tbe
illness of Oeoaral Passenger A rent
Lomax of tbe Union Pacific, who tele
graphed tbat his road would take part.
Meanwhile matters between the west-
em Hoes and ths Grand Trunk railroad
are reooried to be promsslnr very
favorable at Montreal, The Canadian
Pactfle has already given its provls-
l la pi
posed
id a
t to Join the pro
ZzZ
Chicaou. Jan S -Uea'uuitf Hi it
present condition of Ireiglit matter de
manded tbe attention ot atioiuer
who ahall give his entire attention to
their direction, the c-tral train.- spo
liation yesterdav create! a lie otlice.
The title ol .he ollioer is freight coin-
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m ssioner, ana tne out es air vim - -
as tnose performed in the o:ice of lia t
name in the trunk line association. 0. I
H. McKnight, the present secretary ol
the association is to fill the new posi
tion H. ('. Smith, now chief clerk,
becomes f-eerrtary. Th appointments
were made by the exe.-uuve c.mi-ii'ttee
after a long disc ission of the rapid de
crease in tbe eastbound Ireig'il ship
ments since the recent raie went into
effect. Tne question ot reducing raies
from a 25 to a 20 per cent b vis
iiscussed at length and a resolution
adopted tbat it was the sense of Hie
committee that n reduction fi'0,l
present tariff rates b- made at f resent.
The fact that the agreement to keep up :
Hit' rates is being maintained nowhere
in Ciiicauo makes the Mtuatloii
worse. 'The very lines that are k-en
iug up the high tariff from Chicago
east are cutting from other points, and
m me.t this sort of competition some- ;
1 at au early j
thing will probably be done 1
date.
,.i., froitrlit iniinittee was
in session yesterday discussing pro- Uod pe -p e oi liu 1. ,s.
rasing from trail-Missouri points. j aii eif rt i nein,' mile to organize
At tiie meet.112 of the general freight rare ,.lrc,u! t eti.i.ra-e the towns of
committee of the central trailic associa- j yaK,.i -id, reunion, Albion and other
lion it was agreed that rotliing couUL luiuij
be done until the executive committee j ' he ( ent ral City Nonpareil has be
took some action. Tbe general meet- j u JU (ij (, tri.liiu yltill,..4 It is the
ing of trans-continental lines was heH 1 9ly It.puu:ica!i p.ij.er tu Merrick
yesterday to listen to communications
from Chairman Caldwell of the defunct j" (:harlM ,-aitat.:in, who intended 10
westerna ptsenger association, vvno is,
who is
in Montreal. A conferencj was heiu
.,' ..1... ..!. ui-li the
mere yes eru-y .uv....
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uranu jriiim aim viii,iumu 1- ,.,w .
the result was much more hopeful, j
-.,: ... '.. 1,1 .....I I .-iil 11, ,t r.ii,irt. to
ll lO III I IV1 Wll 1II . I - -
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aulh'irity to settle mutters according to j
the plans already proposed. Another
conference was held in Chicago yester-;
day ou the quthtoil of Calilornia rates. '
The Soiiihern Pacific and the imta'
Yt are coming to an amicable con-,
clusicn. j
M 11. 1 II v or- 1 or V.k j
SiT. Johns X. t' , Jan. '. mob ot ;
unemployed men proceeded to the i
Jintisli cruiser Tormaluie, now in port,
and with a deputation representing!
them interviewed the warship's cap-!
tain, demanding bread or work, and j
asking if he would prevent their ob-
tabling fond by force. In reply the,
captain promised them thai, he would (
write to Governor O Bi leii and other j
executive authorities about their rep
resentations. He then advis,d them to
disperse, teiii.ig them to return touior-;
row. when lie would he remiy to give
tliem au answer. Un learning what
the cap'aiu had said the mob dispersed.
If, however, work or food are not forth
coming tomorrow the consequences it
la apprehended, will be serious. Gov
eruor O'lirieu gave his assent to all the
bills dealing with financial questioin
which the colonial legislature has just
passed. The bill removing the disabil
ities ot politicians convicted of bribery
has been reserved for the British im
perial government's assent.
KxpaclA to I. at Out.
Eau Ci.aiisk, Wis., .J n. 9. Aslgal
Pickin, who has been In jail bince No
vember 2i, declares in au interview
says that he (Picking has not had m
square meal; that he has beet, abowed
to see no visitors except Mabel Bnggs
and could not get bold of a newspaper.
He add: "I'hey would let Mabel
Briggs 111 lieie lots of limes. She came
Into my cell once at 10 o'clock at night
aud tried to hypnotize m, but she
could not. I think 1 can get bail now,
as there Is a sheriff who will find time
to go with me to see some friends; but
I have quit worrying. I think Mabel
is worrying a good deal and guess she
had better."
lie declares that Mabel tried to hyp
notize him to make bun testify against
his father (the doctor), but says ths
truth was he could uot hypnotize Mabel
nor she him. He added that Mabel
had also told him that she had got her
self Into a tight fix and did not know
how to get out. 'The few who knew of
it have been wondering why Mabel
was visiting Aslgal lu jail. Asigai's
story tbat it was an effort by the proee
culiou to make bim turn state's evi
dence is geuerally credited.
Opaalag ttaa Malta.
Chicaoo, Jan. . Chief Postotrice
Inspector Wbeeler received a telegram
from Inspector McMeehan at Denver,
Colo., announcing the arrest of Ida
May Arrowsmith, assistant postmaster
at Colton, Utah, charged with opening
the mails.. This is one of the rare cases
where females in the postal service be
tray their trust.
Miliar Strlka.
Dubois, Pa Jan. 9. The yardmen
and night operators on ths Buffalo,
Rochester & Plttaburg railroad were
laid oil ou account of the miners,
striks. This road hauls all the coal to
market from this section, a few Ital
ians who were working at Iteynoida
vllle have joined tbe rauks of the
striksrs.
Ctam Maal Ula In lha kalr.
Nkw Yohk, Jan. . George W.
Cram was sentenced to dis In the
electric chair during the week beginn
ing February 'J by Judge lngrahain In
the court of oyer and tertnider. Cram
waa convicted December 21 of murder
In the first degree In killing his wife,
Kachel, 011 October H. Barlv veaterdav
morning Cram attempted to commit
suicide Id bis cell In the 'Tombs prison
oy trying to bleed himself to death.
II w wounds acre found to be alie-ht.
STATK SEWS ITEMS.
Typhoid fever preva-is iu tbe region
of North Loup.
Uu.ld.ng improvements in lUrington
f,jr is.'i am uul fi i-UJ '
I he dog poisoner is g-tun in liis
. . . 11'.,. . 1 I.' .r
jead y ncss ai
, Merchant's ho'. at Il iringtott
- ' Jur lacs of patrou-
There were llu interments iu the
jemeteiyat Nebraska City during the
past year.
JI.irrnb.irij complain that the de
mand lor bouses to rent is greater than
the supjny.
I he editor of the Long Tine Journal
is determi ed that the towu sua!, have
i'reet iampL
Overf:'.t,!H in improvements were
nia.Je ai Darlington during the
year jut close I.
A son James Mocktn iu o! FM warps
fell Irom a h.gii bicyc.e and sustained
it dil icated elbow.
The S-moiitbs oid child of Iiert Stick.
ly of Guide l;ock was wrapped up
too
tlihlly and su!!..ed.
A earelo id of prov
ions
Sn:f
and fuel will
rers by the
be sent 10 1 ne 'irou'u
at.sidiie, lias cl.aii(je.i
his iitio i and has purchased the Mdiiey
Telegraph
1
'The Callaway Courier hopes that Jim
Junes ol llrokeu ilow wib 111 no wise
tl-.r,
It-apoimed warden of the penitentiary
Who is Jim .loiien?
While out .seating, lien lieveridge of
Nebraska City collided with a fence
and snowed up later ut the doctor's
oi'.ice with a bruised le and broken
collar bone.
The grand lodge of the Treu Huud,
embracing the stales of Nebraska and
lows, win convene at Norfolk Febru
ary tl. About sixty delegates will be
111 attendance.
Kev. George Williams, one of the
first settlers in Adams county and at
one time editor of the Hastings Ne
braskati, died at n;s home in Kenesaw
at the aK'e ol f-1 yeitrs.
I f Warwick Niun lers of the Colum
bus Argus gels the j ib of deputy oil
inspector, tils p iper wnl probably Mis-
i.enil so he can siiend a part of his iu
come fur something t$ eat.-
Norfolk is the pile named for
the
next meeting of the north Nebraska
teacher's association, which convened o't
the .'1.1 and closes ou the .tli of April,
lHi5. Chancellor Caulield will be lit
attendance and the entire sessou will
be of great benefit to the teachers.
The Bunnell ditch is to !e completed
by the middle of May and water given f
to the farmers on June 1. About 20
per cent of the dirt work Is completed.
It Is fourteen tn.les long aad eighteen
feet wide on the bot'om at the head
and five feet deep, and will IrrigaUt
15.U00 acres of as rich land as can bt
found In the state.
The Burwell irrigation ditch is to be
completed by the middle of May and
water given to the farmers on June 1.
About 20 per cent of the dirt work It
completed. It is fourteen miles long
and eighteen feet wide on the bottom
at the hand and five feet deep and will
Irrigate lo.itui acres of as rich Hnj M
can be found in the state.
'The worst cases of destitution in the
state are reported from lioyd county
where 2oO families are more or less d
pendent upon charity for tbe means ot
getting through till pumpkins are ripe.
Land a hand, you rich old siiiuer, and
be quick about the job, lor the children
cry for dinner and the man and women
tob, and the coal house has no fuel,
and with cold the children shake as
they tip thin water gruel when they out,
to have baefsteak.
Speaking for iHmel county iu the
matter of reports sent abroad concern
ing destitution in the west the Chapped
Kegister says: "In the first place re
ports are exaggerated. Deuel county
is probaoly better off in this respect
than many others, but at the same time
we have people that need assistance.
The northern half of the county it la
good shape and comparatively free
from suffers. Houtti of the river on
the divide, where no crops were raised,
were are people who will have to re
celve assistance. Ho far no one has
been deprived of tbe neosaswles of Ufa,
The county has taken care of thosa
ho needed care, and will conUaue to
do so. The numbers who are receiving
sld ere comparatively few. What will
be needed the most will be seed to sow
neit spring. The Kegltter is of the
opinion that If seed is fur .lahed our
people tnep will com out all right. Ol
course donations in the w ay of clothing
and food will be 1 bun'.; fully received.
As to the actual suffering, tusrs Is
nothing in it."
Chadron, Crawford aud other towns
In the northwest are doing their part
to help out the commuulttes where tbe
crop failure was total.
The Arcadia Courier has suipsnded
for want of patronage and iu abla
editor. 0. I). Crane, has established
new papec at Dal lea, Ore,
Pearson Henderson, the ' oldest
awchaadlse urm la IlIsU, 4urya been
eaughtlntbc landslide of hard look,
but sipeot to pay out In tbo lulaeat ot
Urns.
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