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SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL.
CEO. D. CANON, Editor.
HARRISON,
- NEBRASKA.
HEERASKA STATE NEWS.
Ocmmb Brotfaen' itore at Rulo wai
robbed of about $50 worth of clothing
gad a silver watch on Tuesday night.
Te Wilber school board baa asked
the boya to desist from playing foot
baJL It ia thought thia game would
odaager the lives of the smaller pu-
Tae Wayne Poultry association will
fcave Ita uaual annual meeting Decem
ber I. and 10 L. P. Uarrlas of El
Saira will act as judge. Secretary C.
X. Martin is now preparing the cat
alogue, whleh. will be issued November
Dan Jenny of Platte County is sup
posed to have had three stacks of hay
lately take fire by spontaeous com
bastion. They had been in stack about
two months, and when opened were
barred all through the middle.
Considerable new corn is now being
BBsvketsd at Lyons. The corn in tSiis
action is turning out much better than
waa anticipated a few weeks ago. It is
9t food quality generally and many
elds are yielding from thirty-five to
ty bushels per acre.
A friend of Manager Ferrar of the
Grand Island sugar factory, who re
sides in Georgia, has sent the former
(ve little alligators. The same are now
in the office of Superintendent Bryseel
boat, who is taking care of them and
Will raise them for Hann's park when
the same shall have become city prop
erty. A two weeks' old babe was found on
ee platform of the St. Joseph A Grand
land depot at York. It was wrapped
6 an old shawl and was neatly dress
. The foundling has created some
thing of a sensation among York peo
ple. The parents of the child are un
known, and, although the authorities
arc working on a clew, nothing has
Jet developed.
Leman Blair of Rapid City, S. D.,
fall a victim in Omaha, Wednesday, to
the scheme of a rustic-looking, elderly
maa with tearful blue eyes, who asked
him to help him raise meney to pay
freight on his dead brother to Lincoln.
The "con" man offered a check for
$440, but Blair sympathetically gave
him $40 without deigning to take the
$640 check. It was not until the mourn
er had failed to keep an appointment
With him that Blair realized he had
been duped.
Fred Mansfield, who has been work
ins on the farm of H. G. Homer across
the river in Saunders county, was ar
rested at North Bend for stealing $250
from his employer. Last Sunday night
be came to North Bend and has been
living high. He did not at first sus
pect Mansfield until he went over to
North Bend and , found that
he was spending money very
lavishly on a small salary
Only $1 was found on Mansfield
when searched, but he owped up that
he had left $70 with Pat Corey. He will
be taken to Saunders county for trial.
G. H. Palmer, a merchant tailor, 76
years old, and who has lived in Genera
tor many years and has heretofore
borne a good reputation, being a con
sistent church member, and one whose
associations have been with the best
people of the city, was today arrested
for attempted criminal assault upon
the person of a girl 13 years old
by the name of Archer. The transac
tion is alleged to have taken place in
Palmer's shop, he being caught in a
compromising manner. Judge Shick
ley bound him over on a $500 bond and
the trial is set for October 27.
A head-end collission on the Elk
horn road near Judge Maxwell's farm,
near Fremont, occurred Thursday af
ternoon, resulted in ditching and to
tally wrecking engine No. 597 and one
car of sheep. Engineer H. H. Magee
and Conductor Heckman had out a
special train of sixteen cars of sheep
for Turner Bros, of Fremont. Engineer
fisher and Conductor Hise had freight
train No. 27. Their engine, No. 489,
kept the track but was badly wrecked.
The trainmen saved their lives by
lamping from the train. A big curve
prevented the engineers from seeing
each other's train. It is understood
that both trains had orders to meet in
Fremont, but the conductor on No.
17 informed the engineer that the
special waa in before they started,
G. W. Cornell, a lawyer at Auburn,
has been arrested at the instance of
the Board of Education for assault
and battery upon L. L. Alspaugb, Jan
itor at Athens school. The boys ef this
school had formed a conspiracy to whip
the janitor, and upon several occa
sions had armed themselves with sticks
and clubs for that purpose, intending
to loin forces after school hours and
CriTS him off the grounds, but for one
res sob ar another had not been able
to do anything. Thursday morning
Johnny Cornell came to school with a
dob, which the Janitor tried te take
way from him, bat Johnny broke
way from him with it The Janitor
waited till the bell rang for the open
fag of the school and when Johnny ap
peared took the club away, from him,
' aad la the senile struck Johnny over
Oe back with a piece of a buggy whip
tersra! times. Daring the forenoon
the superintendent came to the school
to Investigate the matter and Johnny
UCl the room and told his father of
tie whipping by the Janitor. The
father armed himself with a horsewhip
aad went to the school house. He met
tie Janitor at the door, and the Janitor
Cosed the door, leaving Mr. Cornell
r-soa the outside. After a short alterca
tarn. ttr. Cornell, who Is a large
fpwerful man, crowded hlmseif
Urwcgb the door and after striking tt.e
Suitor several blows with the whip
breed him Into a comer aad commenc-
ti ehoklac hla, when help arrived
fany Cornell has given the teachers
Cf this school great deal of trouble
ti tease tune. The Board of Bancs
f ' tea ttlen a fens stand la the mat
( t trl r;.' rosea to atalatals the dis-
I r?",oess
fit ft
REPUBLICAN CROOKEDNESS.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
FILES A REPORT.
Another Office Held by Republicans
Shown Up-State Funds Expended
For Campaign Literature State
May Recover.
World-Herald.
The report of the legislative Investi
gating committee on the condition of af
fairs in the office of the commissioner
of public lands and buildings, and show
ing the manner in which the business
In that branch of the state govern
ment was transacted by the republican
administration trom 1891 to 1896, inclu
sive, has been completed. The work of
investigation in this office was under
the immediate charge of State Senator
C. W. Beal and Fred Jewell, the latter
being employed as an accountant. The
portion of the report which is finished
relates to the exaeoditure of funds
placed at the disposal of the commis-J
sioner or public lanas ana duiiuiub.
and of the several state boards of which
the commissioner is by virtue of his
office a member.
There was a division of the work by
the committee into two parts, and the
handling of the business of selling and
leasing school lands and collecting the
rentals and interest on the school lands
and contracts for their leasing and sell
ing will be included in a second part
of the report, which will be completed
In a few days.
The Investigation covers the terms of
A. H. Humphrey and H. C. Russell as
commissioners, the first serving four
years and the latter two Immediately
preceding the first of January, 1897.
The committee submitted to the at
torney general a list of questions for th-!
purpose of fixing the responsibility of
the officials for the unlawful expendi
ture of moneys and for the failure to
account for and turn over other moneys
collected. The report is arranged so as to
Show the findings classified under the
heads given in the attorney general's
opinion ns to the degree of responsibility
attaching In each case.
EMBEZZLEMENT OF FUNDS.
The first general head is where the
opinion holds that money collected from
Bale of state property sold, fees for
recording assignments of school lands,
and fees for maklne field motes and plats
has not been turned Into the state treas
ury or U3?d for state purposes. It con
stitutes embezzlement of those moneys.
Under this head the committee reports
that it finds that during Humphrey's
four years there was evidence of $27.50
having been received and not turned
over r accounted for. It is found that
during Russell's two years, 1895 and
1896, $.97.80 was received from the
sources named and not turned over to
the state treasury or accounted for.
The items makmg up the amount
charged to Russell as above consist of
J175 for field notes furnished; $20, amount
for which a boiler front which had been
replaced was sold by the engineer at the
state nouae, to whom the purchaser had
been referred by Russell, and $2 received
as fees for recording an assignment of
a leaso of school lands.
The office draughtsman, A. H. Schle
gel, states to the committee that he
did the work on the field notes and re
ceived the money therefor, considering
the work and the field notes bis in
dividual act, for which he was entitled
to the compensation. This matter was
referred to the attorney general for
his opinion, and that opinion was that
the commissioner or any employe of his
office would not be entitled to collect
fees for such work, and whatever fees
were received for the work belonged
to the state of Nebraska.
There is no complete record or rees
received kept in the commissioner s
office, or there was none before last
January, and tr.e only evidence of the
amount received by republican admin
istrations from this source is derived
from the occasional reference to tne
transactions found in the old letters
on file. The only record of the commit
tee reports having found of such fees,
from 1891 to the close of 1S96, is stated
to be on a page of the claims register,
showing that n April, May and July,
1895, there was collected lees amount
ing to $7 and showing expenditures
from fees so collected from March,
1895, to September, 1896, for subscrip
tion to newspapers, flags for decorat
ing the office, telephone, express, post
office box rent and telegraph charges
the sum of $6.20. The committee finds
that the record of fees collected by the
office In the nine months of the present
administration amount to $36.50, all of
which has been turned frito the state
treasury. The estimate can only be
made that the colectlons in prior years
were in like proportion.
EXPENSES NOT WARRANTED.
The attorney general's opinion given
the committee is that money collected
from rental of state lands and reported
to have been expended for postage, ex
press or other purposes for the use of
the state not covered were expended
without warrant of law, and that where
expended for the use and benefit of the
state it Is doubtful if criminal action
would He against the officer or that
the money could be recovered to the
state on a civil action on his bond.
Under this head the committee puts
the $600 reported by Commissioner Rus
sell as collected for the rental of penl
tentiary lands In his report of Novem
ber, 1896, and expended by him In pay
ment of a claim and for postage, ex
press and the like.
Under the head of moneys unlaw.
fully drawn from the state treasury
and expended for a purpose foreign to
the Intent of the act of appropriation
and on which the attorney general says
an action to recover will lie, the com
mittee finds a total in Humphrey s time
of expenditures for which there was no
appropriation made. 1627.80. This money
waa drawn from the appropriation for
"school land expenses" except $20 for
Humphrey's portrait, which was drawn
from the appropriation for books and
stationery. The remainder of the to
tal above is shown to have been ex
pended, $99. 85 for decorating the state
house for President Harrison's recep
tlon in 1891: to Herpolshelmer & Co.,
$68.37; to Lincoln Electrical and Supply
company, for school land expenses
$200: to R. D. Robinson, for school land
expenses, $150. The remainder is made
up of charges of $44.10 for flags, 400 of
them, on July 19. 1892. and $45.28 to Mil
ler & Paine. The bills accompanying
these vouchers show that the supplies
were furnished and were used for the
purpose of decorating the state house
at the tlmeof the visit of the president
In 1891 and at the time Major McKlnley
delivered a republican speech on the
tour of the west made by him In 1892.
Under this head the amount charged
to Russell Is $22.50, of which $16.50 Is for
copies of the State Journal of date Au
glist 7. 1896, which papers contain sev
eral columns of republican camnalarn
tuff, and $1.25 Is for sixty-five yards of
ranting.
RESUME OF REPORT.
The resume of the report shows that
the committee finds that Humphrey Is
eaaraeaDie wun an. w, money belong
tag to tne state and not turned over
and tnat Kuseeu is cbergeable with
$197.80 from that source. That on so
count of money unlawfully drawn from
the treasury Humphrey is chsrgeable
with and he and his bondsmen are in
he opinion of the attorney general
liable for $6,144.90, and on the same ac
count Russell is charged with unlawful
expenditures amounting to $2,037. 6.1.
These unlawful expenditures are made
where the money is drawn from and
charged to the appropriation for onr
specific purpose and applied kn pay
ment of claims payable from another
appropriation, or where the money is
drawn out of the funds appropriated
for a specific purpose and applied to the
payment of claims for which the legis
lature made no appropriation.
The committee calls attention to the
fact that they fknd that Just before
the expiration of the fiscal year when
whatever money left over from an ap
propriation would lapse unless drawn
it has been drawn in bulk in the name
of the commissioner, on vouchers which
do not specify the items of the claim
It is to pay.
The committee makes a comparison
of the charges made by the members
of the board of public lands and build
ings for traveling expenses during the
last two republican administrations
and that during the first nine months
of the present.
This shows the expenditures by years
and individuals:
1891-2.
A. R. Humphrey $ 950.00
J. C. Allen 500.00
J. E. Hill 500.00
Total $1,950.00
1S93-4.
A. R. Humphrey $ 658.05
S. H. Hastings 143.35
J. C. Allen 210.50
J. S. Hartley 51.25
Total $1,063.05
1835-6.
H. C. Russell $ 427.95
J. A. II per 255.00
A. S. Churchill 100.00
Total $ 7S2.it5
1S97 September 1.
J. V. Wolfe $ 129.70
W. F. Porter
C. J. Smyth
Total $ 129.70
THE CAUTEMALA REVOLUTION.
Plantations are Being Deserted and
General Disorder Reigns.
San Francisco, Cal., Oct 17. A pri
vate letter received here today from
Guatemala says that chaos reigns in
the little republic and that all lines of
business are stagnated by the revo
lution. Exchange Is up to $1.85 and the coffee
plantations are being deserted, with
the berries rotting on the tres. The
owners of the fincas are in terror of as
sessments and all the native proprie
tors have been mulcted In large sums
for the purpose of carrying on the war.
According to the latter they are first
assessed by Barrios and then by the
revolutionists. Both the government
and the rebels are pressing the laborers
into the army whenever they find them
and the laborers are taking to the
woods.
Mariano Lopez Pacheco, Manuel Mor
ales Tabar, Francisco Tiledo, Dr. Vln
cilla and other sympathizers with the
revolutionary movement have left the
Occidental hotel and taken up their
quarters In a private dwelling on Van
Ness avenue. They say this movement
was necessary Jn order to get away
from the spies of Barrios, who were
hounding and annoying them.
There is no love lost between these
gentlemen and Consul Carillo. Several
of them met the consul and a friend at
a public resort last night and an en
counter was imminent for a moment,
but the consul discreetly withdrew.
AFTER THE TRUSTS.
Attorney-Ceneral of Missouri Try
ing to Drive Them Out.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19. A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City,
Mo., says:
Attorney General Crow yesterday aft
ernoon petitioned division No. 2 of the
supreme court for a writ of quo war
ranto to annul the charters of the Lin
coln Trust company. Union Trust com
pany, St. Louis Trust company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust company, all
of St. Louis.
These companies are organized under
the laws of this state governing trust
companies, and the petition alleges that
they have been engaged In various pur
suits whleh their charters do not per
mit, and of late have been engaged In
the banking business.
Much complaint from different parts
of the state, and particularly from St.
Louis and Kansas City, has reached
the attorney general regarding the
working of these companies. This led
him to Institute proceedings to oust the
companies. The court Issued an alterna
tive writ, returnable on October 25,
against these companies.
The alternative writs against the
seventy-one foreign Insurance com
panies doing business In St. Joseph were
also made returnable on the same date.
BRYAN'S CENEROSITV.
Endows an Illinois College with a
Large Sum of Money.
Benton, III., Oct. 19 W. J. Bryan has
offered a large sum of money to Ewlng
college, to be known as the Mary Eliza
beth Bryan prize fund.
The Income is to be used annually
during commencement week in cash
prizes for the best essays on the science
of government.
Mr. Bryan's mother was a student at
Ewlng college. She was the principal
of the young ladles college and re
signed on account of 111 health.
Mr. Bryan's sister was also a student
there. Judge Silas Bryan was a strong
supporter of the school.
Ewlng college Is situated at Ewlng,
Franklin county, ten miles north of Ben
ton. It Is a Baptist college, with large
real estate holdings and handsome, com
modious buildings.
Mr. Bryan give this fund to the col
lege on account of his mother's former
connection with the school, and the fund
will bear her name.
SILVER COMING WEST.
The Big Wheat Crop Causes a De
. mand For Change.
Chicago. III.. Oct. 19 The shlpmenti
of sliver from the sub-treasury
at Chicago to country banks in the
central west have been for the past
four weeks greater than In the recol
lection of the employes.
A half million dollars a week ha
been shipped on orders from banks,
and despite large shipments of new
coin to the sub-treasury the stock
of silver in the vaults is $3,000,000, be
ing $1,000,000 less than the average
mount carried.
The ordinary demand for silver coin
has averagej $30,000 a day, but during
the past month or more the shipments
have been as large aa $125,000.
Assistant Treasurer Phelps attrib
utes the demand to the big wheat crop
In the western states and the previous
lack of silver for the making of change.
WHAT 60V. CR9UHSE SAID.
LAST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
ON POST'S RECORD.
Opinion of a Republican Politician,
Jurist and High OfficialShows
How Bias Is Judge Post's Mind
Read the Opinion.
Extract from the message cf Gov
ernor Crounse to the legislature Jan
uary 3. 1395:
To the state has been given the six
teenth and thirty-sixth sections of land
for the benefit of its public schools. The
constitution has fixed the minimum
price at which these lands can be sold
at $7 per acre. The money derived
from the sale of these lands forms a
permanent school fund, the Interest on
which, together with the rents from un
sold lands, furnishes a temporary fund
which Is applied to the support of the
public schools. It Is, therefore, im
portant that this permanent school fund
shall at all times be Invested and at
the best rate of Interest obtainable.
As a member of the board of educa
tional lands and funds I have labored
earnestly to effect this. The law limits
the investment of this fund to United
States or state securities and registered
county bonds. No state bonds have
been offered during the last few years,
and, owing to the low rate of interest
and high premium commanded, and in
the hope of being able to Invest in
county bonds which ordinarily pay the
best Interest, the money has not been
tied up In United States bonds. But
owing to the dvpression of business,
failure of crops and other causes, but
few counties have made new issue of
bonds, and those issues have been
eagerly sought by bond brokers. Where
the board has heard of any proposed
Issue it has been prompt to assure the
county authorities that the state would
purchase them at as good or better rate
than obtainable elsewhere.
In some few Instances county bonds
have thus ben secured, but in others,
through private arrangements with
agents, by the imposition of terms
which the board had no power to com
ply with and by other methods not nec
essary to recite, the offer of the state to
pay to the county direct such better
price has been disregarded and the
bonds have had to be obtained, If at
all, through second hands, and at an
Increased price.
In order to keep the entire permanent
school fund at all times inverted and
earning some interest, I would recom
mend the enactment of a law directing
the board of educational lands and
funds to Invest all moneys of that
fund, not otherwise Invested, In United
States bonds, with authority to sell and
convert them from time to time into
other lawful and better Interest-paying
securities when opportunities of
fer. Without an act of the kind sug
gested the board If powerless to make
such conversion. This was so decided,
in an opinion given by the supreme
court, as will be seen by reference to
page 6M, 15th volume of Nebraska
Reports.
In answer to questions submitted to
the house of representatives the su
preme court gave an opinion to be found
on page 659. vol. 25, Nebraska report',
holding that state warrants issued In
pursuance of an appropriation made by
the legislature and secured by the levy
of a tax for Its payment are state se
curities in the meaning of the constitu
tion, which says that educational funds
may be invested in state securities.
Following this decision the legislature
by a law. found In the session laws of
1891, chapter 48, declared, that when a
warrant of that description shall be
presented to the state treasurer for
payment, and there shall not be money
in the proper fund to pay said warrant,
the state treasurer shall pay the
amount du" on said warrants from any
funds hi the state treasury belonging to
the permanent school fund, and shall
hold said warrant as an Investment of
said permanent school fund. Early In
his term of office and even before a levy
had beeen made for their payment and
they had become stat securities the
state treasurer, for some reason, paid a
large number of warrants drawn In
favor of members of the legislature and
others, and for the payment of which
there was no money in the treasury
other than the school fund, but later,
and after the levy of a tax had been
made for their payment, the treasurer,
for some others reason, declined to pay
any more warrants and turned them
Into the permanent school fund, con
tending among others things that he
must first have the direction of the
board of educational lands to purchase
warrants.
SUSTAINED THE TREASURER.
In order to compel him to comply with
the law the attorney general at the In
stance of the board Instituted proceed
ings In the supreme court. THAT TRI
BUNAL SUSTAINED THE TREAS
URER, holding that Inasmuch as the
constitution had constituted the gov
ernor, secretary of state, treasurer, at
torney general and commissioner of
public lands and buildings a board for
the permanent Investment of the school
funds, It was not competent for the leg
islature to empower THE TREASUR
EK ALONE, without specific direction
of the board to pay warrants and turn
them Into the fund.
In answering the argument of the at
torney general, who contended that It
was never Intended that the board
should remain In continual session from
January 1 to December 31 of each year
In order to pass upon warrants pre
sented and make orders for their pay
ment from the permanent school fund,
Chief Justice Norval, who deJIvered the
opinion of the court, answered this by
saying:
"The construction we have placed
upon the constitution will not have t he
effect outlined by the attorney general.
It Is the duty of the board charged with
the management and control of the
school funds to determine when, and In
what sums said fund shall be Invested,
as well) as what securities of the kinds
authorized, by the fundamental law,
ehal be purchased, and the price that
ahall be paid for the same. When the
board has so determined and ordered,
IT MAY BY RESOLUTION entered
upon the record of Its proceedings, au
thorize and direct the state treasurer to
ay out the money therefor. It may prior
to the purchase, examine the particular
security offered for sale If deemed de
sirable and expedient, but It Is not In
dispensable that It should do so. The
BOARD MAY DIRECT THE TREAS
URER or any other member of the
board to do that."
With a view to meeting the direction
of the court, which seemed to point out
the way In which the objection of the
treasurer could be overcome, the board
was convened, when I substituted the
rot lowing resolutions, which were unan
imously adopted, namely:
Resolved, that the sum of $200,000 of
the permanent school fund of the state
of Nebraska, or so much (thereof as
may be necessary, be and hereby Is set
apart, from which to pay outstanding
warrants drawn upon the general fund,
which warrants are to be registered
and bearing numbers frem 11,21 to
16.000, Inclusive, together with aecruf d
Interest, it being determined by this
board that said warrants are drawn in
pursuance of an appropriation made by
the legislature and secured by the
levy of a tax for their payment and
therefore are state securities, and the
state treasurer is Instructed to at onoe
notify the several parties in whose
names said warrants are registered of
his readiness and purpose tu pay said
warrants, so that interest on the same,
shall cease, as provided in chapter 93
of the compiled statutes of Nebraska,
and when so paid the warrants shall
be held by the treasurer as en invest
ment of the permanent school fund,
and shall be stamped and signed as
provided by law.
Resolved, also, that the further sum.
$250,000 of the permanent school fund
of the state, or so much thereof as
shall be necessary, be and hereby is set
apart from which to pay current un
registered warrants already drawn,
as well as those which may hereafter
be drawn, against the general fund
under appropriations made at the last
legislature. It being determined by this
board that such appropriations are
secured by a levy of tax for their pay
ment, and the state treasurer is hereby
directed to pay such warrants as they
may be presented at the state treasury
and stamped, signed, and hold the same
as an investment of the permanent
school fund as provided by statute.
Resolved, further. That the state
treasurer, a member of this board, be
and hereby Is empowered to act In Its
behalf In determining questions as to
the genuineness and ownership of any
and all warrants presented under the
foregoing two resolutions, and when
In doubt he will refer the matter to the
chairman to be submitted to the board
for its decision.
STILL FURTHER OPPOSITION.
The law had still further opposition to
encounter, AND ITS OPERATION WAS
SUSPENDED BY THE ACTION OF
THE SAME COURT In the case of the
State ex rel Stull against Hartley, state
treasurer.
One Stull, a dealer In state warrants,
who had no particular concern about
the school fund or any other fund of
the state, except In as far as he could
profit by It. possessed himself of a stale
warrant drawn on the general fund
which he presented to the state treas
urer. He refused payment and de
manded that It be stamped unpaid for
want of funds, so he could draw 7 per
cent Interest on It. This being refused
a writ of mandamus was asked for and
allowed, compelling the treasurer to
thus stamp it.
THE opinion of the court DELIV
ERED BY JUSTICE POST, may be
found on page 907, volume 59, North
wnstprn Reoorter. It Is not for me to
criticise the decision, but I CANNOT
SUPPRESS AN EXPRESSION of re
gret that the court found It necessary to
pronounce a DECISION WHICH VIR
TUALLY RENDERS INOPERATIVE A
LAW SO WELL DESIGNED, and whose
enforcement would save annually TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS for the
benefit of the public school fund of the
state. While the decision may be cor
rect on technical grounds. It defeats the
purpose of the law, which Is to obtain all
the increase or increment possible from
the permanent school fund.
NEITHER WAS THE DECISION A
NECESSITY as a protection to the
school fund, which was In NO WISE
ENDANGERED by the law and the
action of the board cited above. As was
well said by Chief Justice Reese In his
opinion which laid the foundation for
the law for providing for the Invest
ment of the permanent school funds In
state warrants, and which opinion la
found hi Volume 25, Nebraska Reports:
"In whatever direction or to whatever
purpose t he money is Invested, the stats
Is still a surety for its safe return to th
proper fund."
I have recited as orieny aa i wen
could the efforts made by the board ef
educational lands and funds to invest
the permanent B(.n0o fund AND THE
OBSTACLES IT HAS MET. I will re
peat my recommendation that so much
of it as Is not otherwise Invested be put
into United States bonds, with power on
the part of the board to convert them
when the opportunities for Investment
present themselves. . . .
LORENZO CROUNSE.
SHORT BITS.
Peter Kelffer, a prominent Illinois
farmer, was killed at Mahomet, 111., by
falling from an apple tree.
The fourth annual reception of battery
B. Twentieth Illinois Light artillery,
was held at Casey, 111., Thursday and
Friday.
Gottfried Fenteur, an organ grinder
in Chicago, suffered a case of sunstroke
Friday. His condition is reported as
critical.
Attorney Morrill of the Chicago school
board Is trying to stop the sale of cin
namon cigarettes, which are being ex
tensively sold to the school boys.
James M. Spratt, one of the earliest
settlers of Gali-na, 111., has died at the
home of his son-in-law, E. B. Demlng,
in Chicago. Mr. Spratt was 74 years of
age and came to Galena from St. Louli
in 1839.
The reunion of ex-prisoners of war
which was held at Centralla, 111., Thurs.
day and Friday, came to an abrupt
close Friday on account of the failure
of the speakers engaged for that day's
program to arrive. The next reunion
will be held at Springfield.
A threshing machine owned by J.
Griflln, with four stacks of grain, on the
farm of John Kendall, near Beavei
Crossing in Seward county, were total
ly destroyed by fire. Another machine,
owned by Sauce Bros., while threshing
on the Martin Madson farm, was also
totally destroyed. Sparks from the en
gine was the cause In both cases,
Friday morning lire broke out In Judge
Evans1 law otflce at Dakota City and In
a short time the building and contents
went up in smoke. A. L. Broyhlll's bar
ber shop was burned and F. H. Ayres'
lost his building, but saved his stock of
goods. Judge Evans' office was one of
the best equipped offices In this part of
Nebraska, and was occupied by the Da
kota County Abstract company, which
carried a large Insurance on Its books.
Judge Evans carried a small Insurance
on the building. The other buildings
were not insured. Total loss about $5,000.
Several years ago an Englishman,
who waa somewhat older than his
wife, fell Into religious ways, had long
prayers morning and night, with extra
long gracec before meat. One day the
blessing he asked ran into a Free
Methodist exhortation to bis audience
of oeu to repent and be saved.
All thin the wife could have stood,
but hla delaying dinner was too much.
The dishes got cold and unpalatable
with such long preludes. When she
remonstrated with him that he was
at dinner and not at church, he began
a high temepered tirade against her
worldlness and hankering for the
fieshpots of Egypt. Instead of denying
the accusations she sued, not for a
divorce, but for a judicial separation
on the ground of Intolerable cruelty.
Bhe got her decree. The husband car
ried the batter to the House of Lords,
but It did him do good, for the deci
sion of the lower court was affirmed.
DEADLY ELECTRIC WIRE.
Two Horses instantly Killed and
Driver Narrowly Escape.
Omaha, OcL 1S.-T we horse, were
killed at 7 o'clock Saturday by a live
wire in the rear of the Continental
building and P. Plottenberg driver of
a beer wagon, was so severely she keel
that he was speechless for several min
utes. His esrai from death was nar
row. He had Just delivered several kege
of beer at a neighboring saloon and was
driving along the alley toward Fif
teenth street when one of the eiecirn.
light wires swung loose from its fas
tening. Sheets of blue flame leaped
along the little pools of water wherever
the wire touched.
Plottenberg. when he perceived that
the wire waa curling in hs direction,
tried to back his team out of danger,
but the process was slow and in a few
seconds the wire had twisted itseir
about the legs of one of the horses.
Without a moan the horse fell to tne
pavement, dead. His companion gave a
frightened whinny and endeavored to
loose himself from the traces, but they
held faxt and soon the wire swung about
him to.i. He dropped upon his knees an
tried to rise but rolled over and died ia
short time. Meanwhile the electricity
had been scattered about in showers and
had run along the Iron work of the
wagon, shocking the driver in its pro-
'ne Anally succeeded In getting out of
his wagon and away from the deadly
current. The horses, which were the
property of the Lemp's Brewing com
pany! were carted away later In the
morning, luid the wires were put in re
pair by the electric light company.
NEBRASKA MAN INJURED.
Victim of an Explosion In Victor,
Colorado.
Victor Colo.. Oct. 19.-Michael Walsh,
a miner employed in a lease on the
Kohnyo, In the east part of Victor, waa
fatally Injured about 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon by the explosion of a missed
shot. He was picking out the powder
with a spoon when it went off. tearing
away his arm from the elbow down,
fracturing both legs and bruising him
about the head. A companion who was
working with him was slightly injury
Several doctors attended the mutilated
man but he could not possibly have
recovered and died late this evening.
He came to Victor from McCook.
Neb., where he has brother residing.
He was a man about 45 years of age
and unmarried. His brother was at
once notified of the horrible accident
and sent word that he would come
here at once and assume charge of the
remains. Ills brother Is said to be one
of McCogk's wealthy business men.
Covernor Holcomb's Dates.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct 19 The following
appointments to speak during the pres
ent campaign have been made for Gov
ernor Holeomb by the state central
committee: St. Paul, Octaber 23. after
noon; Ord. October 23. evening; Greeley
Center, October 25; Grand Isl-md, Oc
tober 26; Hastings, October 27; Clay
Center, October 2K; Wilbur, October 29,
afternoon; Beatrice, October 29. even
ing; Seward, October 30. afternoon, and
York, Octolrt-r 30, evening. From Grand
Island to Beatrice the governor will be
accompanied by A. C. Shallenbarger of
Alma.
Rain at Hastings.
Hastings. Neb.. Oct. 19. Hastings had
one and one-half Inches of rain here
Sunday night, which will be a great
benefit to the growing wheat, insuring
a good crop to go Into the winter with.
The rain was much needud and will
greatly benetlt all kinds of fruit and
shade trees.
To Invest $75,000.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 19. The state
board of educational lands and funds
has instructed the state treasurer
to Invest $75,000 of the permanent school
funds in registered state warrants. This
Is in pursuance of the plan which the
present administration has been follow
ing since last winter.
Woman Suicides.
Dakota City, Neb., Oct. 19. -Mrs.
Fredertrk Behrlever, wife of ex-Postmaster
Behriever of this city, committed
suicide at 11 o'clock Saturday by cut
ting her throat. She was at the home ef
her sister, Mrs. Charles Vohs. near Ho
mer, wbes she committed the act.
Making It Warm.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 19. The reform
forces of this county are waging aj
aggressive campaign In every township
In the county, while the republican
contingent Is bushwhacking. They have
not the courage of the old time repub
licans. Farmere Encouraged.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 19. An inch of
rain has fallen here since Sunday night.
Farmers from the surrounding country
report the wheat In the most promising
condition of any crop for many years.
STATE NOTES.
The fact that there was not a hog on
exhibition at the Sheridan county fair
causes the Journal to ask with some
show of feeling where all Its debtors
were.
Now that they have new carpets In
the Norfolk court house the county dads
refuse to let the young folk hold dances
and other public gatherings in the edi
fice. The Ogalalla flour mils burned Friday
evening. The building cast $27,000, and
the Insurance on the mill was not In
operation, but would have been In a few
weeks. It la not known bow the fire
originated.
Kearney county people are going
miles to see a carload of genuine razor
back hogs from Missouri. The Wilcox
Herald says there Is no judging their
age, but that they are all sizes from
a field mouse to a greyhound, and that
a seven-foot fence has no terrors for
them. Twenty of the number slipped
through the slats of the freight car en
route and were lost.
An Irate subscriber to the Plalnview
News has stopped his paper, and "upon
learning of the stoppage the editor fell
In a fit on the floor, the devil grabbed
the heavy office towel and smashed the
costly furniture and the ofllce cat died
In great agony. 'Twas a terrible blow,
but eur physician Informs us that re
covery Is possible. And people say It's
fun to run a newspaper."
It was reported to the Lincoln police
that Miss Etta Gamble, residing with
her father at 2030 R street, had been as
saulted while In the back yard of the
residence Friday morning by an un
known man. The young woman, who Is
about 2T years of age, was recently di
vorced from William Wolcott of Des
Moines and took her maiden name. In
her account of the assault she inclines
to the theory that her late husband was
her assailant, though she says she was
unable to Identify him because he
prang upon her from behind and threw
her apron over her head, then saturated
the cloth with some stupefying drug.
The police officials when asked concern
ing the case denominate It "a fake." The
woman Informed her mother of the oc
currence as soon aa aha recovered from
the drug and tbt police were called la
at once.
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