.4m
iMCDrasRg Heresy
DliKUAxVl ixUxNU
Raffling liu been nrohibited at Paw- I
nee City.
Doniphan in somewhat noted as hav
ing a doctor who claims to cure epileptic
fits.
The Dixon counts farmer' institute
held ita annval session at Allen on Jan
nary 4 and 2.
Clyde Dudley, living in the southern
part of Thayer county, bad an arm torn
off in a corn "heller.
The Union Pacific is harvesting thirty
cart of ice daily from the canal and lake
near Gothenburg.
Lewis Love o( Nucleoli county, while
fixing a chimney, fell from the ladder
and broke bis leg.
The Tillage of Dodge J-as outlawed the
lot machine arid suppressed the Sun
day lis Tic in red liquor.
Penuer is booked for new creamery
and a cheese factory, Work upon the
eeuie will begin at once.
A boy working in the sugar factory at
Norfolk (ell down a flight of stairs and
broke his good right leg.
The sheep men of western Nebraska
will meet at Kimball on the 16tb to or
ganize for mutual protection.
Kearney propose to reduce wa'er
rates so the humblest citizen can aff jrd
to use it for drinking purposes.
Conductor Smiley of the "HighLirie"
lipped on the depot platform at Repub
lican City and broke an ankle.
Tow debt of the Baptist church at
Lawerence bat been paid in full and the
buildi g it to be dedicated soon.
The darks Leader thinks the best New
Year's resolution is to -pledge the news
papers a more liberal patronage.
Mr. Wells ha retired irom the Pender
Republics, leaving the paper in peace
ful possession of Mr. Huntsberger.
Charles1, Ready has purchased the
Hayet Center Timet, and put a timely
end to a lug drawn out newspaper
wrangle.
A wedding Wat headed off at Cozad by
the girls mother, who appeared on the
trene and carried the prospective bride
borne in triumph.
J. A. Hunter, a ranchman of Box'
Butte county, will answer in federal
court to the charge of fencing govenment
land for private gain.
A doctor at Gothenburg cut his own
hand while performing an amputation,
and now hat a light cee of blood poison
ing to engage hit attention.
Jacob Lawhon, who recently died at
big home near Wither, had been a resi
dent of Saline county twenty yeart. He
waa almost eighty years of age.
Nothing has been heard of Editor
Hull since he started a newspaper in
Columbus, agninst the ad vico of friends
and gloriously gave up after running two
weeks.
A Nerth Plalte man thinks he has the
right idea for the construction of a suc
cessful air ship, an 1 expects to have the
bird completed in time to fly to the
Otnaba expoiitio: .
The appointment if Z. L, Albert to
succeed Judge Sullivan in the eixtli judi
cial district teems to give general satin
faction. He has long been recognized
at a very able lawyer.
Talk comes from Neligh of the organi
sation of a baseball circuit with Neligh,
Norfolk, West Point, Columbus, Daviu
City, Central City, Grand Inland : n 1
Kearney in the leaua.
The coming year is a promising one
for Wakefield. A number of new stores
U to be started. The third newspaper
bat just begun publication, and a third
bank is being discussed.
Fanny Dwnell, who' waa divorced
from Charles Dwinell in Fremont a few
yeart ao anil subsequently married ti
ienny McMahon, has since been divoro
ed from bim and rumor suys. it about
to re-marry Dwinull at Long Pine.
We don't believe the recording angel
eharges up at real liet, aaya the North
Bend Eagle, the oft-reiterated "Ob itn't
It nice; just what I wanted," which to
many of ut say in exchange for some
bit of trash which nobody on earth could
really want.
A wedding wat billed to take place at
Nemaha the other day, but the groom
filled to put in un appearance. A lettar
received some days later stated that be
wat called to the bedside f a sick brother
In Kansas . The girl refutes to have
anything more to bo with bim.
It is estimated that there are being
fed tbtt season along the line of the Un
ion Pacific railroad in Nebraska 140, 613
heed of cattle end 700, 007 head of sheep,
not counting the small bunches being
fed by farmers. Last year it wat esti
mated that there were 00, 037 heed of
cattle and 209, 400 head of tbeep.
Dixon hat been having revival meet
Ingt under the leadership of a Mr.
Bwarti. Thit it what the Dixon Tribune
aaya about it: "Mr. 8 wart z labored hard
bet could not break the tbetl of worldli
nees that seem to surround the town.
We hope be will come again (or there
are many here whom a little religion
would do a world of good and tave lot
of fuel hereafter.
Two cases of scarlet fever are worrj
ing the good people of Ravenna.
A citisen of Niobrara has received s
letter from friends In Old Mexico in
wbiob they describe the building ol theh
houses without the use of nails or plaatei
oe boards, the material need being poles
asd leaves, tied with vine. The part
las have opened up a coffee plantations.
An old Nebraska newspaper man, Burle
0. Hll, formerly of Niobrara, bot latei
f Chadioo. is in Monterey In the Jot
MisUM bsjebaess.
W; I id ms ISuri.i d at tlio Htake In
41k ahoiua.
Little Rock, Ark , Jan. 10 A spe
;:al to ihe Gazette from Fort Smith,
irk., says :
JuH'ice in a in ire horrible form than
at m t d out to Henry .Smith at Pari
t't-l , was administered liv a tiv b on
ttie Oklahoma border Fri lay night tc
. Marcus Vfct leisev and Palmer Simp-
ui, 'wo Seminole Indians They were
arged w th murder, their victim ling
is. James Simmons, a respectabl
.rmer's wife livin in Oklahoma.
j. iih crime was a mst revolting one
id the crim nals were punUhed in
uost revolting manner. Mrs Simmon
vas outraged aud murdered the body
iMng horribly mutilat d. The murder
i id mutilation so enraged the neigh
b'irlioo.l that nearly the entire popula
un luueii oui to nunt aon and pun
ih ths guilty men. The trail led th
oise to me niime oi MeUeisey, nea
Maud, a snia.l town in the -vminolena
i.r IIOI'K It UUK.
Lawyers' LoDp, De. pirate Fight for I
Life ia Futne. ;
l"..rr..,r. L n irfmt at Kvari
Turn Hud Now Give In.
Fax r ram-imo. Jan 7. Durrant's
'tor ipys have thrown up the stxmge.
I Until ye-terday morning they were still
GALLOWS GETS ITS VICTIM AT LAST j confMent, that they could save him from
! he 1 angtiian's noose, but after Gov
pernor Kiidd hat anniinced bin refusal In
p v rK with iediy i-ri-eisioii and
ton, where McGeisey and Simpson were
ure.-ted.
fter securing their prisoners tl
nob set ute tj McGeisey's house and
Otrn and did not leave until ihev m
tl his e-irtbly pos-essions reduced to
ashes.
Ill'RNKI) THEM TO DKATII.
The prisoners were carried across tl
me iuw uKiauoma ana near the seen
t their crime they were executed in
She most horrible manner that the hu
n minds and hands cou'd devise.
They wore burned at the t-take. Tl
idians met thei' doom with the usua
uii-iBui oi wieir race. Alter lite wap
xtinut the mob allowed the fire to die
irianrirhpv then quietly dispersed
to their homes.
.No secret was made of the fact that
1 16 Indians had been burned to death
and this morning their charred bodies
burned buyond recognition, were found
lying in the ashes of their funeral pyre,
livery oody seems to know that the In
''a enecuieo lor tne murder o
Mrs. rJimmons, hut everybody appear
to be entirely ignor. nt of the mdnidua t
who composed the mob.
intorniiition was received hereof the
terrible affair from ptrsot.s who
the c iarred bodies.
Oraat uneasiness exists along the
Oklahoma holder and the impression
prevails that much more blood-hed will
follow the work of the mob. This b
the third instance ol the mob violence
reported in the Indian territory in the
last twrnty-flve years and by a singlar
coincidence, of the mob in each case
came from points outside of the
territory.
Ship C'orpiri lo lows.
CiiAitiTON, la., Jan. 10. The mystery
of the human body shipped in a boi
((oui St. Louis to this city wa apparent
ly cleared up Saturday night by the dis
.overy that it had been sent to the Vic
tor family here by Albert Vh tor, a Bon,
who is attending the Marion Siinms
medical college at St. Louis. The coro
ner examined the box, finding it to con
tain the, body of a male person, wit i
nearly all the flesh removed. The mem
her of the Victor family say that Allien
is now on his way to C .ariton to care
ior the cadaver. The members of the
tamily explain the mysterious way
in which the box hat been handleu
hy the statement that they wished to
keep the matter from the mother, she
being proetrate bv the recent death oi
her husband, L. V. Victor. The coroner
declares that the Bto y of the V c tors it
undoubtedly true and that he places no
confidence in the murder theory.
l.ym liluK lo Wanhliigton.
Coi.kax, Wash., Jan. 10. Marshall
Chadwick, the suspected murderer ol
younn Hayden, near Karminxton, Octo
ber 22, was taken from jail by a moL
Saturday morning and hanged to a wall
of the court house. A rope was fasten
ed around bit neck. He was dragged
out of jail aud up a narrow stairway to
a window, where tho rope was tied
around a standard. The bjdy was then
pitched out bead foremost aud left dang
ing at the end of the rope against the
court house wall in plain view of the
people on Main street.
ihe mot) also attempted to remove
from his cell a prisoner namad "Dakota"
McDonald. He stuffed the keyhole with
rags and put up a desperate resistance
The mob Bred through the bars, slightly
wounding bim, and then disbanded. -
The Voiii'ie Mnrdrir fcwlngt Off
Easily .Ntii Flituhed
O-rer the Wires.
Ran Franihco, Jan. 7. "Dun ant wat
'landed this morning!"
That is the news 'ia' fl ished over the
w res th s alteinoon from the gloomy,
r d brn k pr:non ih of mh Qumtin,
Cal., to uotiiy the people of the world
that the no orious murderer of Blanche
I.Hinont is at last dead legally killed
by the strong arm of the law.
Tnere wag not a hitch or arcident to
ma me iiam ot warden I la in carry
log out the sentence of the law. The
noose was adjusted, the trap was sprung
the stout rope held and Durrant's dead
body dangled at the end. The neck was
broken hy the fall of fiie feet, and 3e
teen minutes later the murderer's body
was cut down and pi ced in the ci-ffln.
Thursday night Diirrant was besieged
Huu lliiwo br a Train.
Atchison, Kan., Jan. 10. Jennings
Judah, a prosperous farmer and bit two
daughter?, ael eighteen and fourteen
yeart, were run down and killed outright
by a Santa Fe train at a crotsing half a
mile wett of Atchison. Judah attempt
ed to drive scroti the track in front of
rapidly approaching passenger train.
ila Wntkiri IUwuui Work.
Alexandria, Ind., Jan. 10 The win
dow glass factorier. employing 1,200
men, commenced work Saturday morn
at 1 o'clock. A big jolification wat held
and the men danc d until time to go to
work. A scarcity of houses ia keeping
the families of a number of men away
and 2r0 houses are needed.
W. C. T. U. fiM from D.I.I.
Coi.tjMHi s, 0., Jan. 10. The non-partisan
uati nal VV. C. T. U. was in see
aim alt day and evening. The report oi
the treasurer. Mn. Howard M. Ingham
of Jefferf on, O., shows the organisation
to be free from debt, Mrs. I'hinney,
the national secretary reported a very
suoceeaful year of work. An amend
ment to the constitution proposing bi
ennial sessions was submitted, bat de
ferred. Colonel Nate Keed of Ohleagi
addressed the convention.
ti new sp tier repoit rs He talked
with his parents until 11:30 p. m., and
then reiired, resting easily during the
night. Muirtly af er 6 o'clock he awoke
d bade h'a guards eood morning.
Warden Ha'e had provided a new suit
ot dark ma erial in honor of the occa
sion and these el ithes Durrant quickly
donned. lie noticed the absence of col-
r and necktie, however, and asked lor
them, explaining that a turn down col
lar would not interfere with t1 e noos .
He then sat down to anexcellent break
fast and ate heartily.
At 10:34 Durrant, accompanied by
Father Lagan, appeared at the door of
e execution room. He was followed
hy his father and his friends, Warden
Hale aud the guards. The father and
his friends walked around the gallows to
the front whiie D r.ant and his keepers
climbed to the platform. Instaetlyon
ivinit at the gallowB Durra' t'a legs
and arms were pinned and the rope
placed upon his neck.
The hangmau was about to adjust the
black cap when Durrant announced hie
dudre to speak. Perm'Biion was given
ami he spoke as follows:
"I desire to say that although I am
an innocent man, innocent ot every
crime that has been charged against me,
I tear no animosity toward those that
ve persecuted me, not even the press
of San Francisco, which hounded me to
the grave. I forgive them all. They
will get their justice from the great God
who is master of us all and there 1 ex
pect to g -t just'ue that is the justice ol
an innocent man.
I to g ve everybody who hag persecu
ted me, an innocent man, whose hands
have never been stained w ith blood, and
I go to meet my God with forgiveness
ir all men.''
Theverdi t of twelve jurors and the
sentence of the judge has been carried
to effect. The greatest legal contest
his country has known for rears has
loffld. For the fourth time William
lenry Th.sodore Durrant has been sen-
ta iced to death; the fourth time was
ne last. The attorneys for the con-
emned man have laid down their
eapons leaten. They have fonght
hard no one could have fnaght harder,
ut their client could not be saved. All
the artifices known to law and prac
ticed by the shrewedest, brightest, in-
omitahle lawyers have failed to save
the life of the man who wai nearly two
years ago adjudged gjilty of the mur-
er of Blanche Lamont in the Emmanuel
hurch in San Francisco. Exhausted.
iscomfitted, discouraged, the brave
lawvers have succumbed.
When the carefully adjusted, nicely
oileil trap clicked and fell and the slen-
er body of the young man fchot down-
trd with the swiftness of death
through the yawning abyss at a little
before noon this mornivg, the world
new that the affair was ended, the
nguithed parents knew that all wat
over.
After the drop had fallen and the
corpse had been cut down the body wat
turned ever to the parent! and con
veyed to San Francisco. The officials of
the cemetery where it wat intended to
have the interment take place have ob
jected to burying the body there and
just wbat disposition will be made of it
is not at this writing definitely known.
One thing is certain, however, and that
is that no medical students will be al
lowed to examine the remains or to
gloat over its appearance. Durrant's
last requests were as follows :
First That the rope used to hang
him shall lie destroyed immediately
after hit death, so that no person can
tav that he hold a piece of it at a
memento.
Second That none of spectators shall
be allowed to gaze upon hit features
after he it executed.
Third That no autopsy thall be held
eftnr death and that no phytician be al
lowed to examine hit body.
Fouth That after he is pronounced
dead hit remain he delivered to his
parents as soon as possible.
., 1. 1 -:e ith the execution and the
news flashed over the telegraph win s
rom A'ushington that Attorney Board
man hud failed in bit mission to the
-upreme court of the United Statet,
they ere compelled to acknowledge
themselves nonplussed.
Atturnoy Duprey, as a forlorn hope,
resorted to the expedient of applying
to the judges of the federal court for
bill of exceptions to their ruling deny'
ing his p-tition for a writ of habeas
corpus yesterday. After a consulta
'inn Jiide-8 Dh Haven and Morrow de
cidid that the allowance of a bill of ex
reotious will not act in the nature of
permission to appeal to the supreme
c mrt, and after axamining the docu
merits sffixed their signatuies to the
bill of exceptions as requested.
Immediate'y thereafter Attorney Du
p ey received from the court a certified
copy of said bill of exceptions and called
u"on United S ali-s Marshal Baldwin to
serve it and a notice of appeal upon
Warden If le,at San Qu -nlin. It was
cluime i hy attorney Duprey that this
nitice acted as a stay of proceedings an
tha the f deral judges having signed
th s hill of exceptions nothing could pre
vent him from perfecting his appea
ti-ereori.
Marshal Baldwin accompanied Attor
ney Duprey to San Quentin and served
the d icumentg upon Warden Hale
That official at, once referred the matter
to the state attorney general, who ad
vised him that the acceptance of service
of such documents as had been sub
mitted to him did not act as a stay of
execution and that there waa no legal
reason w hy he should not proceed with
the execution
Governor Budd deferred hia decision
to him Wednesday evening, until a late
hou' yesterday afternoon in the belief
that Dunatit's attorneys would call u; on
him, but either they were too busy to
do so or considered that it was a waste
of time, for they failed to appear.
Meantime liurrant s parents an
nounced their determinaton to call up
on the governor for the purpose of ask'
ing a fln il appeal for their son's life,
but the governor absolutely refused to
sue them and they then le t the city for
San Quentin in order that they might
spend the night with their son and bid
him farewell.
Amos Lunt, the hangman, visited
Durrant's cell yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of taking his measure and
determining upon the length of the
drop. The machinery of the gallows
was tested and everything found to
work smoothly. About 150 invitation!
have been issued by Wardt-n Hale.
HeMaatSfrve Twnty Tears
State Penitentiary,
in the
DURRANT REMAINED SILENT
THE LAST.
TO
THE COURT HANDS DOWN ITS DECISION
Titer? an Iia uf Appeal from ThW Decis
ion Hartley Must go up Judra
Norvl liandB liowii the Oplulon
A Lengthy Cue.
Features ut the Ilad Man Are Horribly
Ii)irortt-d and .ilaekened Crowds !
Kujrer (,'urloHlty SirM-ken I'l-oplw linns'
Around the IJurrnjit Home For Ia.
Only Twenty Killed.
London, unt., Jan. 7, Jt now ap
pears that there were but twenty deaths
iroui the collapse ol the floor in the city
hall. To the list of d;ad the name of
John Hamilton Fortner has been added
Those heretofore reported dead, hut who
are alive are: Wilson Carrothers, John
Burgess, Herman Hilbeit, John Fel
lows, James McLean and Allan Lowe.
Acting Mayor Littlf received a mes
sage Irom JLord Aberdeen conveying
the qoer-n's deep regret at the sad acci-
o .t which occurred at the city hall
Monday night last, and her sincere con-
delence with the sufferers and the fami
lies ol those who lost, their livee.
mow m mmti.
St. Louis, Jan. 8. Sometime between
midnight and daybreak burglars Droits
into the office of the Standard Oil com
pany near Alton and blew up the tale
with dynamite. The explosion wat ter
rific, the tafe door being blown open
and almost the entire office wrecked.
One ot the walla of tha building was
shattered. There waa only f 90 ia the
safe and thit was all the robbers ot
It is supposed the job was done by Bt
Louis crooks, but they hare no clew.
Get Nix Centn.
New Yokk, Jan. 6. A jury in the
United Stales court yesterday awarded
Anthony Comstor k a verdict of 6 cents
in his suit for $.50,000 damages brought
Dr. M.mtague rl. Lvereon. Mr. Corn-
stock claimed that his character had
been damaged to the extent of hia claim
by the following assertion publicly made
by Dr. Levcrson at Albany, N. Y., rail
road station :
"Ladies and gentlemen: This man it
Anthony Com dock a notorious black
mailer, who never- earned an honest
dollar in his life."
Mil) Attacks pon-iiDlon Men.
Chicago. Jan. 7.--Fifteen non-union
millwrights were attacked at Sheffield
and North avenues by a crowd of strik
en yesterday afternoon and when the
resulting fight was over five non-nnion
men were injured. They wee: A. W.
Pattison, Charles Eyert, S. F. Evans,
William McOovern and H. L. Robert
ton. None are seriously injured, with
the exception of Evans, who wat pound
ed on the head by a brick and kicked in
the jaw. His injuries may prove fatal.
The trouble arouse over the employ
ment of non-onion men in tiie Armour
elevator on Goose island, which refused
to pay the union scale. Today fully 1,000
strikers and sympathisers attacked the
non-union men, who, although greatly
outnumbered, made a desperate fight.
They were finally driven into their board
ing bouse and the police arrived jutt in
ime to prevent trouble, for the moo
was preuaiing to storm the bouse, and
the men inside were ready for them with
revolver! and clubs. No arrestt were
made.
Mat Aside m Deeree.
Kamssi City, Jan. 7. Judge Stover,
In theclrjuit court, set aside a decree of
divorce granted Henry O. Highnote, a
police o Ulcer, last summer because he
had neglected to pay his divorced wife
the alimony stipulated by the court.
Yesterday Highnote married Mrs. Jen
nie B. Oliver, a Silver Uke, Km., widow
and he is now confrontedwjth two wives
Highnote says:
"Judge Stover got me into this and
he'll have to get me out,"
San Francisco, al., Jan. 11. Des
pite reports u the contrary, Durrant
made no confession. One of the prison
guards overheard a conversation be
tween the prisoner and Kev. Father La
gan, the priest who received bim into
the Catholic church, and in this Dur
rant took pains to strongly assert his
innocencb. He al-o wrote a farewell
letter to his chief counsel, Deuprey, IB
which he said : ".Remember, there are
no sensations, concessions or stories. If
such appear as having come from me or
guards, I deny them because I have
sen no one."
There is much curiosity as to the
burial of Durrant's body, as most of the
cemeteries have re! used it. The corpse
is now at the home of his parents. It is
thought that the burial will be out of
town to avoid the rush of morbid curi
osity seekers who surround the Durrant
house and watch for the appeaiance of
any of the inmates.
One of the most trhastly incidents of
the execution was the lunch which the
parents ate by the side of hia coffin.
When the cotf n W2S brought from the
execution room and opened a shocking
sight whs disclosed. The face was al
most black the eyes half protruding and
lidc half open. The jaws were firmly
set, but the features distorted. The
parents kissed the lips of the dead. MrtJ
Durrant wept. Then they took seats by
the side of the coffin. Thus they had
remained quiet tor a while, when a con
vict approached ana asked Mrs. Dur
rant if she would not like a cup of tea.
"Thank you, I wuld," wag the reply.
Instead of tea, a tray loaded with an
abundance of prison dinner fare was
sent to the coffin side. Here ' a table
was spread within three feet of the
corpse. The parents seated themselves
and ate. After the remains of the re
past had been taken away they tat con
versing until the body was borne from
the prison.
Chicago, Jan. 11. A special to the
Chronicle from San Francisco says:
There seems to be no place for the
body of Theodore Durrant.
Both crematories here have absolute
ly refused to hmdle the remains and no
cemetery has yet consented to receive
them. They are still at the Durrant
house and it looks as though they would
stay there for gome time.
The elder Durrant said Saturday:
"My efforts to carry out the last with
es of the dead boy has been unavailing.
The, crematories refuse to take the body
Khihous Artut !rop Head. and cemeteries likewise reluctant. We
Washington, Jan. 6 Mrs. AdelineM. may ship the remains to Los Angeles
Fassett, an artist of national prominence aud have them cremated there, or we
dropped dead on the street last evening, may take the body and bury it at sea.
Mrs. Bassett s speciality was portraiture We don't know yet what we can do,"
nd her most noted work was "The El
ectoral College," now among the paint
ings hung in the capitol. It represent
ed the tribunal which decided the
Hayes-Tilden contest. Each one of more
than 100 hundred faces in this distin
guished gathering was a miniature por
trait and it is considered the greatest
curiosity of art in possession of this
government. Mrs. Fassett also painted
a portrait of Garfield and of many of the
members of the supreme court. She
came to Washington from Ohio in 1875
asd has made this city her home ever
nee.
ISsys Kellglou is a Myth.
Nxw York, Jan. 6. One of the most
remarkable wills ever filed in the office
of the surrogate is that of Henry More-
hoiiBe Tabor, offered for probate Tues
day. In spite of the fact that Mr. Ta
bor was preeident and treasurer of the
board of trustees of the First Presby
terian church in the opening clause of
is will he denouces all religion at a
sham and at having its origin in super
stition. He requests that no service be
held over his body, and that it be cre-
mf ted. Mr. Tabor died on Christmas
vening at the age of seventy-three
years.
Two children, Sidney Richmond Ta
bor and Mary Tabor, survive the testa
tor and to them the entire estate, valued
at over $1,000,000, it given absolutely.
The will is in the handwriting of the
estator.
Will Join the Trust.
Pitisburo, Jan. 0. The Oliver-Snyder
company held a meeting to decide
whether or not that company would
accept the appraisement put upon their
plant by the American Steel and Wire
company. The meeting was a secret
one, and none of the men would talk
afterward. It is the general impression,
however' that the firm decided to be
come a part of the new trust.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 0. Ex-State
Hartley must serve a sentence of twen
ty years in the penitentiary for embex
z ing state funds. The supreme court
has affirmed the judgment and sentence
of the lower court and a mandate will
be sent in due time to the sheriff of
Donglas county directing him to carry
out the judgment. This opinion of the
supreme court is dated Tuesday, the
day the court convened, but it was not
announced until yesterday evening at
5 o'clock.
From the decision there is no appeal.
The accused has a right, however, to
move the supreme court for a rehearing,
but as rehearings are granted only for
good reason they are allowed rarely
Bartley was tried and sonvicted before
Judge Ben. S. Baker in Douglas county,
that being the county in which he dis
posed of a etate warrant for $201,884,
Forty days are allowed by rules of the
supreme court in wtiich to file a motion
for a rehearing, and a mandate ordering
bim taken to the penitentiary will prob
ably not be lsssued before the expira
tion of that time. Chas. O. Whedon of
thfs city, one of Bartley's attorneys,
was informed yesterday evening of the
action of the supreme court He had
nothing to gay except to ask it a man
date had been forwarded to Douglas
county.
Ex-Auditor Eugene Moore, under sen
tence of eight years forembezzling raon
ey belonging to the state and now out on
bail, wag in the office ot the clerk of the
supreme court when the Bartley deciS'
ion was announced. He left the office
after hearing the news.
Judge T. L. Norval, writing the opin
ion of the supreme court, overruled
every contention of the defendant. The
opinion holds that the evidence sus
tained the verdict. Thd verdict waa
that Bartley had em bixzled $16',000 of
state funis and a sentence of twenty
years and a fine in double the amount
found by the jury to have been embez
zled, was imposed. The disposition of
the warrant for $201,884 and by the
drawing of a check is held to be embez
zlement of "money," and in a prosecu
lion ior einoezzieinent tne court holds
that when one who has filled out bis
term of office he cannot urge at a de
fense that when the embezzlement took
place he was not an ofFcer de jure, it
being immaterial in such case whether
he was an officer de jure or de fecto.
Jndfe Not Mick.
Galveston, Te., Jan. 6. The story
that Judge Reagan waa tick is without
foundation. He is spending a few days
at his country home at Palestine and is
in his usual health.
Uets Kirltsd in Conn.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 6. Ths
spectatoia in the county court Tuesday
started rioting when two of the judges
had a wordy sltercation on the bench
over a law point. Everybody fought his
neighbor. Cuspidors were thro n, win
dows were broken and the court room
defaeed. Officers were compelled to re
store order with their elobt and then
sonrt adjourned till tomorrow. Tot
whole city is stirred up and eeriow
trouble it feared.
Awful Suffering in Cuha.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. Jan. 11. After
spending several weeks making personal
investigation of the situation in Cuba,
Congressman King of Utah arrived
bere Sunday evening. His tour covered
four provinces and was thorough. Speak
ing of his trip he said :
"I made it to leain just what the con
litiong were, and I found that no one
bag ever half depicted the awful hor
rors of the reconcentrados. These peo
ple, naked and emaciated, are atill dy- '
ing like sheep in the streets of the
towns where they are still huddled To
realize just what this means one must
see for himself. I found that the Span
ish people have evidently very little
faith in the new autonomy government,
for they are strongly in favor of annex
ation and want it at once. Blanco hat
pot succeeded in his efforts to alleviate
the suffering for he has not had finan
cial means to carry it out. I have in
terviewed insurgent leaders, Spanish
officers and Americans and have some
definite idea of what ia going on in that
terribly devastated island. I know pos
itively that General Lee ia not going
out with General Blanco to sea General
Gomez."
As Mr. King saw General Lee, he evi
dently speaks with authority.
Prof. Herman Schoenfeld of Colum
bian university, came on the same boat.
He has been making inveatigationa for
the purpose of writing magazine articles
for Germany and Austria. He cor
roborated in the main Mr. King's views
but thinks the war will continue a long
time.
Hplnners Win Strike.
Boston, Jan. 11. The mule spinners
of Lowell and New Bedford were given
permission to strike by the executive
committee of the mule spinners' union,
and an assessment of 25 cents per week
was levied on members of the union.
Merchant Assigns.
Mankato, Minn., Jan. 11. M. G. WiU
lard, interested in many manufacturing
enterprises here and elsewhere in the
state, made an assignment. Liabilities
will probably reach $185,000.
Bricklayers' Ualoa.
Prohia, Jan. 11. The Internationa)
Bricklayers' and Masons' union began s
meeting at Peoria yesterday and will bt
in settion ten days or two weeks. Then
are 200 delegates in attendance. Thil
morning they were welcomed in aeV
dresses by A. F. Miller, preeident ot the
local onion, Mayor Warner, es-Mayot
Allan and Judge N. E. Werthington (
the appellate court The latter deliver
ed an elaborate speech. . Wa. Klein ol
New York; spoke in re pi
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