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HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAL
GEO. D. CANON. Editor.
HARRISON. - - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS.
The case of the state against Ttiomas
Bottorff at Blain tor assault on the 10-
rr-old daughter of Mitt Allen ended
by the jury And In Bottorff guilty. Sen
tence hu not yet been pronounced.
fir occurred Thursday evening in
the rear of Spernitx' butcher shop at
Friend. Two streams were promptly
tamed on and the Are extinguished
The Inside of the building- la badly
burned and damaged by water. There
la C Insurance on the stock and the
building in the Phoenix.
A Are, believed to be Incendiary, broke
Mt Thursday night about 2 o'clock In
the old livery barn owned by Hod
Woodard at Kdgar, and It was totally
destroyed with Its contents, including
two horses. There was 1500 Insurance
on the building, but nothing on the
contents.
The George Knight-Arlington fire
ease was settled In the district court
at Blair by Knight pleading guilty to
the charge of arson. The compromise
cam about through the attorneys on
both sides. Knight's sentence will be
one year In the penitentiary. This ends
Washington county's famous arson
case and the compromise will save the
county some 2,00 of costs and every
body seems satisfied with the result.
Blutabth Hawes, aged 14. a domestic
at the Kyrd hotel at Fairfield, attempt.
4 suicide by shooting herself with a
8-caliber revolver. She had evidently
laid deliberate plans to kill herself, as
daring, the day she had asked the ex
act location of the heart and If a bullet
through the heart would kill at once.
The bullet passed through the left lung
and lodged in the muscles of the back.
3b will likely recover.
A new ruse In shoplifting was sprung
on one of the clerks in an Omaha hat
store Wednesday afternoon by a man
with a big head. A well dressed young
man entered the store and asked to be
shown some Fedora hats. The clerk
observed that he wore a hat of that
style, apparently new and a size un
usually large. The customer was shown
the contents of several boxes, but none
of the headwear suited and be went
out without making a purchase. A
minute later another customer Inform
ed the clerk that the stranger fitted
on of the Fedora hats Inside his own
and walked out with both on his head.
The Lexington street fair program
was carried out In full, the attendance
being large. The parade of the frater
nal societies was In two divisions, the
Grand Island and Lexington fire de
partments composing the first, the fra
ternal societies second. In the latter
division the Daughters of Rebekah were
out in full force and were the cynosure
of all eyes. The hose company of
Grand Island the two companies of
Lexington each gave an exhibition drill
In the afternoon. One of the most in
teresting events was an old man's race,
each contestant over 60 years of age.
Guernsey second. The other foot races
were girls under 12, boys under 12, a
greased pig race, five-mile bicycle race
and a hippodrome race.
Th jury at Stanton In th ease of
Oliver Anderson, charged with killing
Andrew Johnson in August of this
year, brought in a verdict f not guilty
within a few minutes after retiring.
Anderson and Johnson were half broth
ers and had on several occasions quar
reled over same disputed accounts and
August 27 met at Johnson's house, when
th Quarrel was renewed, resulting In
Anderson receiving a severe cut above
th knee with a pocket knife, after
which he "withdrew to th home of a
neighbor. He was soon after followed
there by Johnson armed with a shot
tan, and upon his approach Anderson
secured a gun and warned Johnson to
keep away from him. Johnson con
tinued to approach and when about
twenty feet away rained his gun to
Shoot, but It missed fire. At this point
Anderson shot Johnson, killing him In
stantly. ' aflSS HORLOCKBR IN COURT.
Hastings, Neb. (Special.) Miss Vila
Hertocker, who has been sojourning In
a sanitarium at Jacksonville. 111., ap
peared la court Monday according to
th order of eeurt last summer and
th caa In which ah la charged with
having sent poisoned candy to Mrs. C.
F. Moray, was continued to the next
tana of court.
Ac 4 o'clock In th afternoon th
young woman entered th court room,
accompanied by her sister, Mlsa Zora
of New Tork, and brother-in-law, Geo.
B. Hayes, and took her seat by th side
of her counsel, John M. Ragaa. John C.
Stevens and K A. Batty. Mlsa Hortock
er was heavily veiled so that It was Im
pose! bi to watch th emotions ex
pressed by her face. She was dressed
entirely In black. Those who saw her
unveiled amy that she doe not appear
to be as wall physically as when she
last appeared In court, although ah Is
sot so aervoua
After being seated ah held a short
seas citation with her attorneys and tm
sssstsly thereafter W. P. McCroary,
Maty attorney, entered th court
rosea, whereaoen John M. Ragaa iwn,
th defendant at this term of eeurt, the
efesdant was present, appeared and
there being no Jury In attendance she
; eCered sureties for her appearance at
r' th next term of this court. The court
i" directed that th proposed sureties,
John M. Ragaa. R. A. Batty, A. L.
, Ctarfc and George 8. Hayes, arts and
hold up their hand and acknowledge
themselves Indebted to th state of Ne
braska la th sum of $5.00 conditioned
a th appearance of the defendant at
th nssrt term of court. Th county at
, toraey requested that the defendant
V.u also enter tot a like recognisance,
- which was aeee. .
Th tafonaatioa particularly chars
r her with th ertate was later In th
4y ssi v id on bar by Sheriff J. J. mm-
aanac. it eeniaiaea prucucaiiy .
t-MM facte a were charged la th com
I -Mat. Oa eaterlag th court room th
sfaaya prsseat who have known her
I e her youth shook hands with the
, -Mat woman, th will tear tonight
I r a private saattarlum to continue
'v ., . f '0H BBBUar SB was warn sew
' HHh b-Td SB will g
n. J , 4 -Nvr. LL am risrlstrer did
; i f t iiumi at walktac
: t' 1 i Ul soart room
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NEW YORK IN A BLAZE OF DAZ
ZLING GLORY.
Gn. Mil Officially Wlcoms th
Nation's Hero In th Nam
of th Army.
New Tork. (Special.) New Tork
wes decked brilliantly Thursday in
nonor of the gallant sailor who is wait
ing at Its gate.
Had an ocean of color swept through
the city its ebbing tide could not have
stained the streets more brilliantly.
Hundreds of miles of red, white and
blue bunting covered the noble facades
ef Broadway and Fifth avenue and a
million flags flutter over the town. Not
even the churches have escaped the
universal decorations. The doors and
Totaic windows of Old trinity, on
ower Broadway, are gracefully draped
with the national colors and In ancient
rttnlty graveyard the tomb of that
gallant Bailor who, dying. Issued the
jomtnand not to give up the ship, lies
shrouded in the silken folds of the flag
'or which he died.
A million visitors are here to partur
iate in the glorious celebration. Every
oad is pouring In a steady stream until
ha streets are crowded morning and
light, the surface and elevated cars
-r filled to overflowing and the hotel
.'orrtdor are Jammed with visitors. The
aily appareled soldiers of many states,
who are to take part In the land parade
on Saturday, began dropping in today
and there was no hour when uniformed
men war not moving in some quarter
of the city to the sound of fife and
drums and horns. Sailers and marines
ashore from the big fighting machines
helped to swell the crowd, trooping in
all directions. Uniformed members of
the staffs of arriving governors were
everywhere.
TRIUMPHAL ARCH A BEAUTY.
ntA tnunmtiiti for th tvn rela-
hMtliwa aaak nmnlal.il Th rra. f
arch at Madison Square, modeled after
the triumphal arch of Titus, and upon
which the most famous sculptors of
America have lavished thetr genius. Is
practically finished, and stands a su-
.i fHk.it. A Vi . n.tlnn'. h.m T t !
more beautiful than the arch In Rome.
Thursday the flotilla lay quietly at
anchor off Tompklnsvllle, a towering
n i .-1a ff r. . tr Ml.hl anrl rw.ur. r In
th tens of thousands who sailed down
la tugs, la yachts and In steamers to
see the ships.
Iti .rn.h , m m .hnftfrl til,, ftlvmnla
never abated tor a minute, and as great
inuuigvnev vu iuvwq uy jiuimiaki " -ey
a goodly share of those who besieged
the a-anarwavs rot aboard. At times the
ship was fairly overrun. These crowds
and the official visits the admiral re
ceived scarcely gave him and his offi
cers time to breathe.
The Jacklea got the medals which con
gress voted tbem, and proudly display
ed them to the visitors until Jeffries,
the pugilist, came aboard. Jack loves
a fighter, and while the big slugger was
aboard the tars were oblivious to all
else.
nvinr to the stream of official visit
ors, the roar of salutes continued al
most without interruption all day. Ma
jor Geaeral Nelson A. Miles, at the
VimmA m4 t V.-, Waahlntnn mminlttM.
called to submit the program for the
aauonai reception ax wuninpon,
U, dMunl lfarrltt fttid tits at H ft
stiff with gold braid, came over to offi
cially welcome Dewey In the name of
th army. They were received wun aii
the honors befitting thetr rank, bat
the climax was not reached until Gov
ernor Roosevelt came down the bay
In the afternoon on the yacht Wild
TViw XMm ar a a amnnmnauiled hv General
Francis V. Greene, some officers of the
New lone naval muuia. ana several
a T'aaakav'a a-antalnfl at Manila. Inrlud.
lag Captain Dyer ef the Baltimore. Cap
tain Wilder of the Boston aad Captain
walker or tne uoncora.
TARS MAD WITH DELIGHT.
When they got aboard Admiral Dew
ey took them ever tne snip, ana me
sight of the fighting captains set tne
. mad with ri-itarht Nothine- could
restrain their enthusiasm, and round
after rouna oi cneers greeted me p
poaraac of those officers. Governor
Roosevelt was assistant secretary of
the navy when Dewey was sent to the
command of the Asiatic squadron, and
General ureene, wno servea in uic
vniMin.. la a fifrannl friend of the
admiral's of many years' standing. The
sight oi tne captains wo were wuu
him In th stress of that hot day were
tmr th admiral's eves, aad alto
gether the admiral seemed to enjoy this
af(ClaJ VIS l more man aay am umm re-
Th lscal municipal authorities are
somewhat piqued because the governor
extended the official welcome f the
state befere the mayor had aa oppor
tunity to offer his greetlag on behalf of
the city.
While much powder was flung Into
smoke down th bay today, much more
will be burned during th great naval
parade up th Hudson. The marine pa
rade. ualM It Is marred by bad weath
er, which the local forecaster unfor
tunately predicts, is expected t eclipse
all naval parades oa this aid Of the
ocean.
The narade will move at lo'clocfc in
four dlvlsiona First wilt com the
warships, beaded by tne uiympu. aa
flanked on either side by the torpedo
boat. They will be followed by a fleet
eg watte revenue cutters.
Following these will be the steam
aaita la, ataubla eelnmn. led by the
Corsair, the flagship of th New Tork
yacht eiuo. to sir nm
Erin ha
fceaftBtMMi
has been accoroea in
la. Thr will be 17 yachts la
Th third dlvtslsa will consist of th
merchant atarla aad aa indiscriminate
fleet of taaa, barges and unattached
Teasel wtU brlag up the rear. It Is ex
pected that th line will be nine miles
lag aad half a million people will be
afloat.
STOP AT GRANTS TOMB.
The parade, with th Olympia la th
van. will move up the North river to
th stake beat St. Mary's, an old prac
tice ship of the navy, which Is moored
oaaoslte th Grant mausoleum. After
rounding th stake boat the Olympia
will com to anchor below two beauti
ful aeate representing peace and vic
tory aad each warship la Its turn will
arep la below th flagship. Th nation
al salute of twenty-one guns will be
flred la honor of the hero of Appo-Btatex-
Th torpedo boats and revenue
totters will anchor opposite th Ma of
hip under the bluff, aad between
taso two lines the civic part of th pa
rade wtll pass la review.
Hoar Admiral Howtson has gracefully
ytotaed to Rear Admiral aampeon In
STSatter of rank in the shloj; dl
rkaoB. Th commander ef the South
Atlantic Maadroa will be present as a
wsstetor Tad brteg aa the end of the
7wUh tae ChlcaW Rr Admiral
r?ijrr M teOow th admiral a i the
wtLrlaa Ota fa Ma.
Friday night the grandest flreaeraa
and Illumination In the history of th
city will occur. Thursday night there
was a preliminary illumination of rare
beauty. All the buildings on the water
front were lighted up. On the Brooklyn
bridge In letters of living fire thirty
feet high were the words. "Welcome
ttewey," while simultaneously from the
shores of the Kast and North rivers,
Staten and Governor's islands, red fire
glowed and sputtered, sending up fan
tastlc clouds of smoke, turning the
calm water into a sea of red flame aad
transforming the craft In th water
into re dspecters.
"WELCOME HOME" IN FIRE.
New York. (SpeciaL) The appear
ance of New Tork harbor could be
compared to a circle of intense light
with the warships off Tompkins vlUe ss
tha KnK fmin which th hrilliancv ra
diated. The bay has never before had
as brilliant or picturesque a otspisy oi
continuous Illumination as that seen on
mi n v nivht nnr hu the interest
manifested by the shore dwellers been
more manifest.
Beginning at Brooklyn bridge, wltn
its string of white electric lights, punc
tuated at intervals with red and green
colored arc signal lamps, the immensely
brilliant motto, "Welcome Dewey." was
suspended as it were In midair. Look
ing from the bridge toward the Jersey
coast similar signs could be distinctly
read on the gateway of the railroads
that are bringing thousands to swell
the psen of welcome to the returning
warrior.
Further down the bay on the Brook
lyn side was the same fiery "Welcome
Dewey." and also on Staten Island.
At the portal to the city shone out In
iatr nf th brightest llsrht the same
hearty greeting. 'Welcome Home,"
flanked by Immense Illuminated Amer
ican flags that could be seen tor mnes.
The residents at Quarantine gave for
ha h.n,iit nt th sailors on the ships
. rftt.v nf Arwwnrilt Which, was fol
lowed by other patriotic residents along
the Brooklyn and New Jersey coasts.
After these displays of fireworks the
Olympia and New Tork gave an exhi
bition with their searchlights, lighting
up passing craft and picking out in
brilliant reilef many of the pretty wood,
ed spots on the Staten Island hills.
Attorney General Explains.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Attor
ney General Griggs has written the fol
lowing reply to a letter recently re
ceived from Governor Pingree of Mich
igan: "I am In receipt of your letter of the
2 1st Inst asking me to send you a copy
of my 'opinion to the effect that, undet
the constitution of the United States,
congress cannot enact a law which
would be effective in suppressing trusts,
so called." in reply, i oeg to say inai i
h.v. navat ranilprMl either officially OI
unofficially, any opinion of this kind.
On the contrary, this department hat
been engaged In bringing numerout
suits in the United States courts undet
the Sherman act of July 2, 190, entitled
"An act to protect trade and commerce,
against unlawful restraints and monop-
nllaa' In aawa.n.1 Of Which C&SCS. nOtOrl-
ously that against the Trans-Missouri
Freight association (let. united states,
20) and that against the Joint Traffic
association (171 United States. 606), th
result has been the suppression by de
cree of the court of the offending agree
ment or association.
Vnn nv nnaaihlv have reference to
a letetr of mine, to a private clUsen.
published several months ago in the
newspapers, wnerein i canea auenuuu
to the fact that the only Jurisdiction
thai hu over combinations or
contracts In restraint of trade was in
relation to those which directly aiiecwo
niur.iat. cftmimarra That this Is true
and that this Is the full extent of the
Sherman trust act you will ascertain
by reading the decision ot tne uniiea
States supreme court in the case of
u t,. ... tha ITnltMl 8tals(171 Unit-
ed States. 578) and the case of The
United States va E. c. unignt com
pany (15 United States. 1).
You are doubtlea aware that It Is
not the right or function of the fed
eral government to Interfere with busi
ness transactions carried on within the
l ....-at aMnl Irani. aARll aTTOUnd
VVajjBM PWtca -- . -
expressly authorised by the constitu
tion. Congress can regu'w
that which w understand by 'inter
state commerce.' but it has no power
to regulate or control buetnes or com
merce carlred on wholly within th llm
Its ot a state.
"I have called your attention to these
matters, not because I assume that you
are Ignorant of them, for you doubtless
understand them well, but only In or
der to explain to you that hare not
riven, and could not possibly have
given any opinion of the purport ex
pressed in your letter."
Davl Charted with Murder.
Marion, 111. (Special.) Deputy Sher
iff Odum has arirved here with Charles
H. Davis, a negro, who he arrested at
Mount Vernon. Davis Is one of the
negroes who were In th riot at Car
tervllle on the 17th. Th negroes at
Brush's mine charge that be decoyed
them to th tatlon that day under th
pretense that he expected his wife oa
the train and was going to meet her
and wanted their protection from th
union miner at Cartervllle.
Davis had been at the Brush mines
bat a few days previous to the riot His
wife did aot com on th train nor was
Davis hurt by any of the miners' bul
leta, fer he was dressed so that bs
would be known to all of them. Evsry
other negro la the crowd was dressed
, - .. whlla. Vamvlaj WOTS OSlV
iu m a vu awt. .. . . -
TSLirHJSZTttLt wttl ha
brought before the grand Jury that tend
to prove tne ireacnery oi u w
comrades. They truly believe that he
was brought to Cartervllle to lead them
ltai - m aiaak.MiajaSa). HeHCe. h IS iO
Jail oa the charge of murder aad will
remain there till his case Is Investigat
ed .......
Th grand Jury summoned tor init
n i ti.ai haaan aHlmmnnetl. and for tht
first time In the history of courts Is
this county the Stats attorney mmmww
for a purging of that body. Introducing
.i. - . an . v. . . at that Kh.Hff Anal count
Jailer that there were Ave men In the
Jury BOX wno were euner dkhwiii
the miners' union 1a this county, or
were In sympathy with th miners la
the trouBie at uanervine. iiiier nrm
examination of these men under oath
k... f iri.araiM thra nt them were
VJ arwa. ,.., .... v - -
excused, the two others stating that
they were not. at mis um tamnwnw vt
th organisation r In sympathy with
Its members in their present trouble
Two of the men excused are mem ben
of the anion and reside at Cartervllle
Th other on Is a farmer, who resldei
near there.
In th affidavits of th sheriff and
l.llu - Wa. til. at Ala, AftAaMtJbV tt f ha
oourt they stated that their lives bav
Ba urea ten o ii iney snusi a ar
rest members of th Brlnenr" anion, aad
that they have received several aaen
ymew letter of that purport Bat
ask threats cannot swerv th aV
am from their path of doty.
SMALL IIOFE CF FEME
TRANSVAAL OUTLOOK RATHSB
GLOOMY.
British Publlo Anxiously Awaiting
Another Dispatch From Kruaar
Natal Threatened.
London. (Special.) That the Trans
vaal situation is increasingly gloomy is
due to the fact that much seems to rest
upon the character of the Boers' an
vet to last Friday's dispatch. Tet the
lut.at nwi from Pretoria affords no
clew to the nature of that reply. Symp
toms are not wanting of a hostile spir
it The Pretoria News attempts to car
ry out a Jingo policy by insisting that
the Transvaal government notify the
British that a runner aispeicn m
troops will be taken as a casus belli.
Usantim hovtvtr counsel in the di
rection of peace is offered to Presi
dent Kroger by the Ainsanaer suns,
the Cape Boers aad friends of the
Transvaal In the Netherlands.
PEACE ADVOCATES KEEP BUST.
It seems ts be the eeneral impression
k 1 .a that . A trio. , that aania fatnaar ha
been sent from Berlin to President Kru-
ger. The friends of peace in Lnan
continue their unwearied efforta Strong
letters appear la the Times from Sir
William Vernon Harcourt and Arthur
Elliott, while "Diplomaticus." an anon
ymous, but Influential, writer la the
Tr i k. 1 ., i ...l&w iiraiaifitai fltpaaffiajrlv
a- v, ihiuii; ...", a" . - -" .
his view of what be terms Chamber
lain s mistakes, mis arucie is aii me
more significant a the writer Is In
favor of the Boiler of coercion even to
the extent of war. He considers the
greatest mistake of all CbamMtiam s
Introduction of th suseralnty question.
TkU k. . .AaaMaM . raakl HMU Will.
. III. uw wva.v.ucw mm w .
but he sgrees with various authorities
en international junsprueenc in iniua-
ing mil inamiTiain aw uu,.u.
the subject is Indefensible.
PROBABLE CABINET ACTION.
Tha haaia aaanratanai aBaMkrh alSO
4..u vimmmmwitim alakar.lt tha, rkMmKawtaHB
of the Jingoes.' that the cabinet means
to formulate proposals oi a erasuc na
ture at IU meeting next Friday. Th
members, nevertheless, will gladly
treat with President Kruger n th ba
sis of the franchise under fair condi
tions coupled with a British guaranty
of Independence for the republic la Its
Internal affairs.
PEACE TO BB WON BY WAR.
Tendon ISneclal.) Notices for the
adjourned cabinet council were for
warded this afternoon ana me cniei
government whip will be on hand to
4... ImaiaJlala ttft tt IHV deCiSlOO
arrived at regarding the reassembling
of parliament
infnrmaiinn from Blaemfonteln this
evening leaves little doubt that the Or
ange Free State volksrsad Is unani
mous in supporting the Transvaal. ,
Most Important light la thrown upon
the situation by a frank statement to
day to the Associated Press by Sir
Walter Peace, agent general far Natal
In London, who fought against the
Boers in former years. He said: "The
attitude of the Orange Free state means
Its Inevitable acquisition try vtwi
xasat in South Africa can
only be accomplished by war. In my
opinion a war would not last more than
two months. In order to make pacifi
cation effective Great Britain must as
sume absolute control over the whole
of South Africa.
"So far as the position of Natal is
A..MOT.wf .ii thtai talk BhAtit nakor
undefended Natal is nonsense. There
will be little or no ngnung in ri". "
It comes to a war, and I fear that nc
.ik., Un. la nnw noaalhle. What do
you think 10,000 British troops would
be doing while mis mucn-iauaetj-oi
ii.... t A n in in ns i aaa Our rail
ways are In good working order and
our troops can be transported quickly.
The bad-weather conditions have been
M.MwIrlt A lamnalan raallld bak car.
lied on now Just as well as In any other
season.
"Two months from the day General
aim Battrana Bllllaa. 1n4s the flaThtln
will be over. If the free state had been
loyal fighting would not nave laateo
fourteen days. It Is the luckiest thing
in tha wnriri however, that the free
state has been foolish enough to take
a hostile attituae, ior inai mmiB ci
adldtlon to British possessions. The
. ...a. 1 .1 .laaa, hiva tkakan fl
disturbing element in the quiet of South
Africa.
n.i nxtaln hai the nnwer to work
out ultimate peace. It remains to be
seen whether sne nas me spini. ur"
the conclusion of war, which must be
unflinching In order to be effective,
British control must be absolute over
all South Africa, la Cape Colony, Natal
and other sections. Half measures only
prolong unrest and produce more dis
turbances. BRITISH CONTROL MUST COME.
i hawa knnavn tha Rnakra aa well ar
any man. I have lived among them.
and I nave rougnt mem. to raw peace,
fully so close to them Is an utter Im
possibility. Negotletlons are well
enough In their way, but British con
trol of the Transvaal must come event
ually. For years the Boers hare been
crying: "Throw the uitlander Into the
seal' and 'Out with htm!' Possibly they
are not so virile as during th last war.
,k. I. II,, la atlfTaawnm. M lis If
that If th Boers were caught In the
open once or twice the thing would be
ended. Kill 600 of them and all that
would remain for England to do would
be to send a few shiploads of crape.
They never have stood in the open, snd
If war comes now, they wll have to do
more than stay In the hills. This Is not
optimistic twaddle, but an opinion bas
ed upon my experience In campaign!
against the Boers. I haven't the slight
est fesrs for the safety of my colony or
Its towns. It Is possible that a few
Boer Incursions might get a few miles
Into Natal, but no further, and It must
be remembered that many of those liv
ing on the edge of the Natal border ar
themselves Boers."
Four Mon Kllld.
Oskalooaa. Ia. (Special.) Four train,
men were killed In a head-end collision
on the Bell Plain and Muchaklnock ex
IxeBstoa of the Northwestern road, sev
en miles southeast of this city, between
the stations of Wright and Tioga. The
trains came together ss the result of
an error In orders. The passenger train
southbound with forty passengers, wsr
met by a double-hesder coal train of
twentv-three car. The passenger en
gineer saw the approaching coal train,
applied the brakes and had his train
almost stopped when the crash came.
None of the passengers were seriously
hurt Three engines and fourteen cars
were demolished, the wreckage being
piled forty feet high. Both engineers,
the conductor of the passenger train
aad th fireman of the freight were kill
ed. The dead ar: Engineer O. R. Al
ton, Engineer Douglass, Fireman Pren
tiss aad Conductor Butterfleid, all ol
BU Flala. Firemen Baxter aad Cul(
ar atrtoaaly lajured.
THB NBW BLBCTION LAW.
A Matter ef Speeial Inter to
Candidates.
Below we print so much of th new
law governing elections, passed by the
legislature last winter, as affects can
didates who arc running for office:
Section 1. That no candidate for rep
resentative or United States senator in
the congress of the United States, or
for any public office created by the
constitution or laws of this state to be
filled by popular election, shall, by him
self, or by or through any agent or
agents, committee or organisation, or
person or persons whatsoever. In the
aggregate, with the Intention to pro
mote the nomination or election of such
candidate, or, In support of, or In op
nosltlon to any measure submitted to
popular vote, do any of the following
thlnas. which sre hereby made unlaw
ful, and the violation of any on or all
of which is msde a misdemeanor, pun
ishable by a fine of not less than fifty
t0) dollars, or imprisonment in the
county Jail for a period of not to exceed
tlx months:
First Furnish, pay for, or engage to
pay for, any entertainment to any
meeting of electors previous to or dur
ing an election at which be is a candi
date. Second Give away or treat to drinks,
cigars or other refreshments.
Third To pay out, give, contribute,
or expend, or offer to agree to pay,
give, contribute, or expend any money
or other valuable thing for the purpose
of promoting the nomination or elec
tion of any candidate or In support of
or opposition to any measure submit
ted to popular vote at any election, ex
cept for the bona fid personal expenses
of any candidate for public office, and
for the purpose of holding and conduct
ing public meetings for the discussion
of public questions, snd then not In
excess of a sum to be determined upon
the following basis, namely: For five
thousand voters or less, $100; for each
one hundred voters over five thousand
and under twenty-five thousand, $1.50;
for each one hundred voters over twenty-five
thousand and under fifty thou
sand, fl; and nothing adldtlonai for
voters over fifty thousand. Any pay
ment contribution or expenditure, or
agreement or offer to pay, contribute or
expend any money or thing of value. In
excesa of the limit prescribed by this
act, for any or all such objects and
purposes, is hereby declared to be un
lawful, and to make void the election
of the person making It. But this sec
tion shall not apply In cases where such
nomination of such candidate, or any
rival candidate for the same offlce.shall
have been made prior to the taking
effect of this act. Nothing In this sec
tion shall refer to traveling expenses.
Sec. 2. (Provides how the number of
voters shall be determined, etc.. for the
purpose of fixing the amount each can
didate may spend.)
Sec, 8. Every person who shall be a
candidate before any caucus or con
vention, or at any primary election, for
nomination for any office which under
the laws or the constitution of this
state Is to be filled with popular elec
tion, or for the office of representative
In the congress of the United States,
shall within ten days after th holding
of such caucus, convention or primary
election, make out a statement In writ
ing and file the same with the clerk of
the county In which he resides, and
make out and file a duplicate thereof
with the board, officer or officers, If any,
empowered by law to Issue the certifi
cate of election to such office. Such
statement shall set forth in detail each
and all sums of money and ether things
of value contributed, disbursed, ex
pended or promised by him, and (to
the best of his knowledge and belief) by
any ether person or persons with his
procurement In his behalf, wholly r In
part la endeavoring to secure, or In any
wav In connection with his nomination
to such office r place, or In endeavoring
to secure or defeat, or In any way in
connection with the nomination of any
ether person or persons at soch caucus.
convention or primary election, and
showing the dates when, and th per
sona by whsm and to whom, and the
purposes fer which each such eontribu-
tlen, payment, expenditure or promise
w made, and such candidate shall
subscribe and swear to such statement
and such duplicate befere any officer
tithariaad to administer oaths. The
form ef such affidavit to be appended to
ash statement and to each duplicate
statement and signed by the candidate,
shall be la substance as fellows:
I( , do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that the foregoing statement Is
a true aad full account of each and all
sums of money and other things of val
ue directly or Indirectly contributed,
disbursed, expended or promised by me,
and (to th best of my knowledge and
belief) by any and all other persons
with my procurement In my behalf,
wholly or to part, la endeavoring to
secure, or In any way In connection
with, my nomination to the office or
plac of , or la endavorlng to se
cure or defeat or In any way la con
nectlon with the nomination of any
ther person or persons at the caucus,
convention or primary election before
which I was a candidate for nomina
tion to the office or place aforesaid;
and that It Is a true and full statement
of the dates when, and the person or
persons to whom, and the purposes for
which each such contribution, payment,
expenditure or promise was made, and
th persons by whom mad when no!
made directly by myself.
(Signature of candidate.)
Sec. 1 (Provides that th persons
who ar candidates shall 111 aa affida
vit ef expenses, etc., within tea days
after teUon, similar to th affidavit
provided for la section I above)
. I, Aay parson failing to comply
wtta th atwvloioBS of th third c
tlflav ar of tat f earth eeettea, af this
act, shall be liable to a An aot sttessd
Ing on thousand dollars, to be recover
ed, with coats, la aa action brought
la the nam of the state by ths attor
ney general or by the county attorney
of the county of the candidate's resi
dence ,the amount of said fine to be
fixed within such limit by the Jury, and
to be paid Into the school fund of said
county.
Sec. . No board, officer or officer
authorised by law to Issue commis
sions or certificate of election shall
Issue a commission or certificate of
election to any person required by the
third or fourth sections hereof to 111
a statement or statements until such
statement or statements shall have
been so made, verified and filed by
such person with such board, officer or
officers.
No person required by the foregoing
sections of this act to file a statement
or statements shall enter upon the du
ties of any office to which he may b
elected until he shall have filed all
statements and duplicates provided for
by the foregoing sections of this act,
nor shall he receive any salary or emol
ument for any period prior to the filing
of the same.
Sec 7. (Provides how charges may
be brought against any person violating
the law. etc.)
Sec. 8. (Provides for the prosecution
of candidates violating the provision
of the act.)
Sec. . (Provides that If th attorney
general or county attorney refuses to
prosecute persons violating this law,
that any person may prosecute It)
Sec. 10. (Provides that the suit' thus
brought against any person violating
the statute, shall have preference on
the court docket.)
Sec. 11. If It shall be determined la
any such action that any one or more
of the charges set forth tn the petition
has been sustained. Judgment shall be
rendered declaring void the election ot
such defendant to such office and oust
ing and excluding him from such office
and declaring the office vacant, and
such vacancy shall thereupon bs filled
In the manner provided by law or by
the constitution of this state with rela
tion to filling vacancies occurring la
such office, and Judgment shall also be
rendered against such defendant for
the costs of the action, but If no on
of such charges be sustained. Judg
ment shall be rendered sgalnst such
applicant and his sureties on the bond
or bonds for the costs of such action.
Sec 12. No person shall be excused
from answering any question on trial
of such action relating to any f the
facts claimed to have been committed
by any party thereto, or by any f th
persons, committees or organisations
mentioned or referred to In the sev
enth section of this act on the ground
that such answer would tend t Incrim
inate or degrade the person s testify
ing, but the testimony so given shall
not be used in any prosecution or pro
ceeding, civil or criminal, against tb
person so testifying, and a person so
testifying shall not be liable thereafter
to Indictment prosecution or punish
ment for the offense with reference to
which his testimony was so given and
may plead or prove the giving of such
testimony according In bar of such In
dictment or- prosecution.
From the New Voice: It Is not al
ways desirable or possible to repaper a
room where the wall paper has been
soiled In a few places. To be able to
clean without injuring the gloss and
general effect would be a great reilef
to many a housewife. This can be ac
complished without much difficulty.
The method of procedure Is take four
ounces of pumice stone In the fine pow
dered form and mix It with one quart
of flour. When the two have been mix
ed with the hands, add enough water
to knead the mass Into a thick deugh.
Form th msss Into several rolls about
as long as the width of each strip of
wall paper and two Inches In diameter.
Wrap some write cotton cloth around
each roll and stitch It In place, and
then boil about three-quarters of an
hour. By that time the dough rella ar
firm, and the cloth covering can be re
moved. These roll of hardened floor
and pumice stone ar then used fer rub
bing over the soiled portions ef th pa
per. Not only will ordinary dirt spot
beremoved, but grease win be abeorbed
by the rolls. After the rubbing th pa
per should be dusted off carefully with
a clean cloth, and If any dirt remains
the process should be repeated. This
remove dirt much better than the
bread process.
From the Ladles' Home Journal: "A
woman who Is not strong, and yet hu
to perform the multifarious duties of
house-mother and home maker, must
learn to recognise her limitation or
she cannot get through her task with
satisfaction to herself or her family.
Sh must learn to economise her health
and not fritter away her strength In
doing unnecessary things, which some
one els can do as well, that she may
have enough left for th Important de
mands that no one else can satisfy.
She must balance the claims ot charity,
society, and her own household, and
resolutely refuse to be pushed beyond
her powers of endurance. It Is hard to
shut one's ears to what seems a call of
duty, but to the wife and mother horn
is th first duty, the special field given
her to cultivate, and her part may be
only to train and support ths worker
whoee business and duty II outside la
th world."
An Improved movsble stairway has
been patented, which allws people to
descend aa well aa ascend on th mum
flight, and endless crain ef strip be
ing placed on guld running up aa
Inclined plane, with a loop at either
end aroand which the itrip pug In
vertioel position, falling bortseatally m
they reach the plaaa
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