TuI'lCS OF THE TIMES.
CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
mud CritUUma Bawd I.'poa
tma Uppcain of lb !-llulort-l
and Nfi Noteav
It U alway fii) U f-ivt other
lle'i eueujieM.
Perjury i a ,ri et iV ahaji
ii'limaiely ansuere.l.
What we nll cowardice at twenty
ta become discretion at fifty.
A. Harvard profeMir mj Mime
Uiijj words arc lit if ul and poetic.
He dMfu"t give a list of tbcin. though.
"The ui.iu who talk one thing on
Kuuilay and lives imoihor on week
d'fa untold Injury," wiy young
Mr Rockefeller.
Ii.ipoiiai.t If trui'. Special dlspntch-
at fti! voting Mr Snreeklos l.aa
n-urwl 11 J .h In Lis pa'a ottie out in
an Franciaci.
No one . ni to (digest Hint tilt'
u. an who kliot at Nordnu may have
lot-ii iii.i- of the gi'iiiUKfH who were
written Up In "Degeneration."
Wos y ;il look $J'"i,'mki In each with
trnii wluu In- I. -A San lMinhi;,'n. It
aja tu le jr-s.'l-nt down there if one
tM-Mi't delay ills departure loo long.
if tlmt Texas in gn who has leou
ei,t to tiic iM'iiMi-iiiiury for 1.H! yi-.iis
loos hut ivpcni uiul reform ho may
expect a lid; vetiti'Ure for bis next of
fense. i ii ) t an ' t a new r-Hjlnt In
a iizi';l.nni ui !.out even calling for
M- headline .ii liie n'Uhjaii'ri. W hat
ootriujit iiuiuied with iity ihe t-oiilli
Vim-Man republics must have for thai
VO llll J .
French o! server nhjs tlie Amcrl
an ;nea a:o htciiucd to be ahy ami
-c'f ea'a.-lag. Ilo hadn't Keen tin? at :i to
rn lit tl al there are now on liie .'$-r.0"i
'SlVSit'iltorilft for a p'hsioll Oil Hl'l-mitlt
f our 11 t!o SpanNIi war.
l."-t lilin w li i id ii ) it s the heroism of
v. uiiiin road liie Malii-Mies of the for
i-ign tuisiiiiiar nocietieu (if the
ighty seven iiiix.iioiiiirlrs supported in
'li!u,i liy one American widely, slxty
!ao are women: moreover, when war
im threatened the women ilo Hot run
i way, but stay at their pouts.
Mrs Ogdeii (ioelet has imide a con
tribution to the New , oi k police pen-
Inn fiiml In I'ei ignition of the services
ii'iiili rol by iie ioll''e department it t
the 1'i ciit wed. ling of li-r 'laughter to
(he Duke of Koxlmrghc. Till in well.
It will enrol. i age the poiieeuieu to
'Ink their lives at other ducal wed
'lings, if lliere lire any dukes left for
he rest of our KWert ho.resxos.
Some purint lu Itoxtoii In bejit on re
Miuiff our language until It shall liave
fc.tK original nn-aiiings ami btome
"ethereal. zed." The la'.est proposil ion
m to give i. ii the phrase Indian Hum
mer. Kiiiee "It isn't summer, nor Ih It
lor.hl, nor Ihin It uu'lil to ilo with the
j nor linl. tn. " The hUiereubllmutiHl
individual then H'' li to May: "I-t us
m-t in ioiii !i !;;. tho iiocts c-s!!
(h!a tliui) of grace simply 'the after
ttlow.' " Kortumitely lunguagu baa a
will of iu own uiul cnunot be made to
irder, even by a Hcmtoulati.
AuHtralian iiiiplcn of a small aud In
ferl.r kind wll In Manila at from ten
vent to tw rjity-tive eouu rach, atid one
tun fancy the euthulnstn with which
an experimental blslpiue nt of California
fruit wan fcneUsl by our countrymen
lu the I'liilipjiliini. The Hhipineut In
eiiidisl apples, pi-ara and plums, and al
though It was live wei-kH lu transit ami
(he refrigeration was Hot piTfect, most
of the fruit arrived !n line condition.
With cold-storage consignments ul
tYiidy going to New York, IjomUm,
Hamburg an I Manila, California fruit
will ion ginlle the globe.
The tetiihi.cy In all advanced Coun
Irlm In more and tnoie every year In
ilie dlreciUiU of a more popular form
of goveriiini nt, if not for the actual re-pulla-.
William of (Jermany Is for a
.irMiiuil rninent. He hug the old
lib a about t In- Inaicsty of tlio king or
iinperor. If Ii- liad the ability and
f n-e to curry out IiIh ow n views and
i!ihes lie miglit lie a good deal of a
ilt sj.ot. (in the wh .le, It doesn't Wim
lo make material dlfTerwice whether
VI Ham or Kinn hody else Is king and
cniiiiTiir. Wililani will lip obliged to
kop wlihln his prencut limltntlona and
will posKll ly have to yield o good dc-al
In the m-nr future. III Buccessor In
likily to be more of a man for the peo
ple than he Is.
The quartermaster"! department of
the Krltlxh forei-s In Smnallland uiade
i rciuiiiltion. among other things, for
'lluee parxDiin" In due time the
oiiunailinggeueral, whose men are
inumly natives, whs sunirlned when
three (iinr'nitiK. on Kplscopalliin, n
I'ri-Kbylerlnn anil n Itoman Catholic,
rii mil to lilm for duty. They had
come from Kugland by way of the
Huesi Canal. In nspnnse to the requisi
tion. NeveithcliKS, what was wanted
was in t preachers, but pumps of a kind
i Bimtl after a famous KngHuh maker.
A c i rU In London Is In Id rexpanslble
for Ih" blnndoT, which Is not without
Hi usi'fdltnss as a comical incident,
linl there seems to be i nough stupidity
to allow n llnle to the quartermaster
In fcoiuiillliinil.
ChicnKO Is to have n txMter law re
vpecting wife desertloii. The proposed
'rd'uuiice provides Uiat any man who
chaff rtew-it hi wif ur -bildreu slmii
1. ..,1'hr ..I s .,,ll..i.....,r- shwll lu I
seiitenntl to the bouse of correction
shall le put to work and the rilj
treasurer shall pay to the deserted wif
f U tor each clay the husband is cori
tincd. Il'is further provided that nc
man who abandons his wife or '-hi!
dren shall lx- exeuipt from these pro
visions unless he tihal! provide f5 oi
more each week for bis wife aud t'i oi
more each week for each of his ehil
dren. He shaii furnish bonds to guar
antee paymeiit. The magistrate Khali
determine the amount he Is to pay
weekly. A good law. The base eriui
of family desertion Is un the increas
and the law must cheek It. The defect
in the law heretofore Is the failure tc
provide fir the support of t'ne family.
The husband Is punished but the pun
ishment falls equally upon the family
So far as the faithless husband Is con
cerned no punishment eau be too se
vere. It is not severe enough and in
the nature of the rase it cannot In
what he desi rves. The man who do
f.i rts his pi?:! in the noy or navy Ii
regarded by the government as a trait
or. If In time of war the deserter ii
shot. The husband who deserts hil
family Is a traitor lo his family and tt
society. Society cannot adequate!)
punish him. Hot it can punish him
to some extent aid as an example.
And if In addition to this It can put
him to work for tho Iwnelit of hi
family It has done something. Thl
Chicago law should be enacted every
where. Science Is working restlessly towan,
the prevention and cure of d seasi s am
tlie prolongation of life. Tho gradual
reduction of the death rate Is one ol
the encouni's'iiig lucid' ills of modern
civilization. The present generation
has m-i-u tho yellow feer stamped out
In its Cuban breeding places and 8.
scourge that used to carry olT mai.j
thousand annually in the southern
cities of the I n. led Slatm is put id
an end. Tin' bubonic phiL-tic. that al
limes iu the past claimed iis victim!
by the mlllioi's, has been h inim d in b.
sanitation and no loncer overturns ami
devastates the civilized world. Smal
pox N no lone r n terrifying pestilence,
duly where there is laxity of mod -i:i
scientific inethi.ds can it gain a hold,
What was oin-e the commonest in. I
most dread infection in this country
has become one of the rarest and lcaM
fatal of diseases. Typhoid fever h;
lieon traced to its most common source,
and only in ciilcs that, from Ideas if
economy, ncglci t to safeguard theit
supplies of water and milk iIoch it any
longer claim a heavy death rate. Iiiple
tie ria has been mastered by antitoxin
and routined by fanitation. The dratt
rate from all these old scourges hut
boon enormously decreased In all th
cities of the land. There can be im
question of the f net n ml no doubt t ' i . . 1
tho chief causes lie iu the better stand
ard of living, lu Improved sanitation
and In a more rational comprehension
of the conditions of health. The lessen
Ing of Infant mortality Is a very Im
portant feature of this general Im
provement. The Health 1 lepartruent ol
Chlcngo reports that the death rate In
that city has decreased by ;i'.).2 per cei l
since 1MH. while In tho same period th!
death rate among Infants In their liitl
year lias decreased by !l.l per cent
Tills is a wonderful achievement. Suet
obvious Improvements as a purer mlikj
supply find the mor- sui-vessfui treat
ment of Infant Ho diseases tiro not ado
qtiate to account for It. The official!
are disposed to attach much Import
ance to the education of mothers It
domestic hygiene. Hut this Is only tin
other form of the same thing. Mot hen
have learned and applied the discover
ies of science. Where Is It all to end;
There Is no reason to doubt that scion
tide men will In the next decade makl
as groat. If not oven greater, advance)
than have boon made in the last. Out
discovery opens the way to many oth
ers. And If cures tuny be effected In a
certain disease why not a million, ,1
the remedies and conditions be prompt
ly applied? It Is not at all irrational t1
hope that since a death rate bus beeu
reduced per cent In 12 years It
may bo reduced another :iU.2 In an
other 12 years. Then II looks ns thougt
It might not be long until it may be re
ditcetl tu '-ero. Still the average spm
of human life does not gt-ow longer
We have no .Melhuselahs. Kvon a con
tenarlan is a rarity. Willi the d -atl
rate reduced what becomes of usV Sta
tistlcs prove that we no longer dfe hi
fast as we used to, yet at the sunn
time other statistics prove that nclthei
do wo live longer now than formerly.
Golntr to Itiisiness in ('hii-flico.
"Are you wearing your stool shirt
dear? And have you the padded hel
mctr
"Yes, dearest; and I've got my shot
gun and three revolvers. The spiked
club Is at my belt and 111 carry t
knife in my mouth. I have a Maxln
mounted In the lmby carriage."
"I'll unbar the armored door, then
dear, and let you start for the ofllcc
Don't forgot to 'phone mo that yott'n
all right every Ave minutes, and in
the slightest disturbance lock yourseli
in the sufe." Portland Orogonlan.
Ton ImercfeiliiK lo the, Ant.
Aunt Jane Hannah, the fflrls hnvi
a iKtok Unit I don't believe is just tin
thing for them.
Hannah Why not, Jane?
Aunt Jane You ought to see hov
they are enjoying 1L I'm sure It can'i
be a proper hook. Host on Transcript
A Thouaaml Year .roin Now.
Small Boy-Mother, ia It true thru
we are descended from people wh.
walked 7-Mfe.
A man may be able to trade bis repu
tallou for money, but be cun t trad
fback.
DEFItS THE LAW
APOSTLE JOSEPH SMITH MAKES
REVELATION FIRST-
FRANK IN STATING BELIEFS
PROPOSES TO STAND BY WIVES
AND CH LDREN-
IntenM Trrat KxMb'fa la Ills KmI.
UU of Hur Ms tiki H.lilu
at 111 Mormuai All
fclMt CpOO.
WASHINGTON. Interest In the
Investigation befote the senate cow
tnitlee on privileges aud elections of
ilia protest auamUt Senator K -ed
Smoot of Utah as unabated today,
although most of tbe time was de
voted to lntroductioo of d ocuments
subscribed to as tbe law of tbe Mor
luao cbutcb. Iu that connection
President Joseph K. Smllb, who
awain was on tbe stand, tcstlli-d that
If the principle of plural marriage
should be attacked It would be de
fended by the church.
Intense feeling was exhltftrd by
I'reidciit Smith against individuals
who, he said, had spied on tbe'
d (nestle and martial til it ions of
the high olliclaU of tbe Mormon
church, and for that reason lie
favored tle passage of the Kvans
bill to prevent, prosecutions f'" po y
gamous coli.ibital ion, unless coiu
plalnts were entered by husband M
wile again-t the idlur. This bill
w is passed but vtti d by tbe governor
if Utah.
it w,,9 brouglit out that a!) of Mr.
Sinitli's ptedce S0iS, as presidents of
the Mormon chinch, had been poly-
g .inlsU and thai the mm chosen to
succeed hint lias more than one wife.
Mr. Siiilih was asked which lie
would oh 7, the I t i at the laud or
revelations from (Jod, If the two
were in c nlliet. He s aid he tnliiht
Obey the revelation tlriug'i it was
not compulsory. lie added: "I
sii uld not like to be put, in a posi
tion whe'e I wo ild have to desert
u y children I could not do that."
I'd ardent Josepn V. .Smit h of I he
Mormon church was cade I to the
stand by Senator 1 1 ar at ihe open
ing of today's procei dlnus hef te the
senate corutiililce on privileges and
flections in the Investigation of pro
tests against Senator lltcd Smoot i f
Utah.
Senttor Hoar desired Informt' Ion
on the subject of rights of wmn -n In
the church and whether they hold any
priestly autliorll y.
Mr. Smith sa'd the women are
rcRardel as the equals of tho men in
all matters of voting, hut that In
holding "priestly authority" w unci)
are not regarded oc tne same pline.
He fxpl inid that the women have
a charitable association known as the
"woman s relief bocI ty," In which
ithey bavo authority to prrtorm ccr
'tain prescribed duties. '1 his author
Ity is confined to the rellevlrgof
distress, but women are not ordained
high priests, apostles or ciders,
i Mr. Tayler askd abmt V. F.
Cowley, one of tbe apostles and
Co ley's talks on docMne ai d in
s swer lo questions by Seriat'i
jl)ui-ols Mr. Snith said Mr. Cowley
wa elected as an apostle In 18!i7.
I heading from the I), seret N ws of
June 2-1 1903, regarding- a speech by
Mr Smith at the Weber state
reunion. Mr. Tayler ask' d Mr. Smdh
if he was correctly reported In say
ing that the doct rine of pi iral mar
riages was a revelation by God, to
Jos ph V Smith Jr., anri tor J et
that woull he equivalent to a rejec
tion of iod himself,
i Mr. Smith said he believed he wai
correctly r p rt rl, ami when a ll-t
'of names of those present, ! ChH'ng
Senator Smoot, was read, Mr Smith
said the l'st was Ofrrct. lie de
clared that he would not hae had
.the article published If he had been
consulted, Piessed f r a re: son be
'as'd that he was tinder injunction
Vot to teach the rightfulm ss of p h
g amy and that lie- bad refrained Loin
10 doing in public.
No Jipaneao Warships Seen.
VLADIVOSroCK, All Is qntei
heie. No Japanese wirslilns liave
been seen 8'nce FcbuiHiy 25, whe .
ten ships were Righted on the hoirl
ron, but goon disappeared. The In
habitants continue tn 1 ave Vlidl
vostock for Mkolsk, Kliauarvsk oi
Eur pe.
' There are nn signs of sor,na.
Tie l:e la heavy aud the cold is
evce.
WIU Lsy It Own Cnble.
WASHING I ON", -At tod.iv'8 cabi
net meeting the pr Jc' l of laying a
cab e from the Island of Ouam was
under consideration It I- said ot
tr atworthy authoiltr lhat nel hoi
jp(in or tnf lt)vr fore,Bn pw(l
J( ilowe(1 tQ ;ay the Mb,e nw
,'or at any tuture time. Whenever a
fwhle line Is cmti ructed between
Guam and the malol. nd It will be
,'uader the sutnorlty tod Jurbdletioo
of iba Ualted nuum.
WIFE OF A POLYCAMISI
SHEDS FURTHER UGH T ON THE
MORMON HIERARCHY-
Prcaidrat Jonrph Smith Adults B
img Father of Forty two llill
4ro, aad DrelarM H la
Proud of Everj Out
WASHINGTON. After bating
Jos'ph F. Swiih, president of the
Mormon church, on the stand for
nearly fire hours today before tbj'
senate committee on privileges an 1
elections, which is Investigating the
right of Heed Smoot to sit as a sena
tor, both tbe p'osecutiou and tbe
defense announced that they were
thiough with him and another wit-'
nesi was called. This was Mrs. Clatti
Mabel Kennedy, wl o told some
B-ereU of the Moimon church,
which, If nit broken down will
prove as important s the statements
of President Smith that he and other
crUcials have been pcrsis'tntly co-,
habltating with plural wives iu vio
lation of the law. Mrs. Kennedy
Slid she was married by hr ghani
Yourg, an aposileof the church, to
Janus Francis Johnton, a pilvga
mist, since the mariifest't of 198H,
at d that she has had two children by
that husband. The mirrlage wai
pri firmed in Mexico, according t'i
I lie witnesses, at I he home of a high
( fit I d of the chinch.
With resident J soph F. Smith of
the Mo'ttpin church, again on the
st nd for the n-feise the tecua
week of the investigation of the
Smoi t cae i p.'tiod today before the
si nate c inmlt.tee uu privileges and
e loci ions.
Senator Dubois put Into the rectd
the census liguies for Utah taken in
to sl ow that Ins'o d of only
3 or 4 per cent In pohg unv, as Mr.
Smith had said, In reality there, were
a out 2i!'t percent Of t he M rmon
I opiiliit oti of an age enabling them
to be p lyvamis's who were In that
state in l-'.to Senator I minds gave
It as h is i pi r ion that t bote has been
no material reduction in the number
of P' lyagmisis since lwt)
Mr. Worthitigton cot tlueti d an (x
nniination of Mr. Smlih to ascertain
the process undergone In cases or ex
communication. Th" witness explained the manner
In which t lie church Is divid'd Into
wards and st, ikes, and the tn ichinery
(.f L'le org mi?, it ion through which
charges again t any person nave to be
brought and passed up m. lie said
the apo-tles have nothing to do with
the Juri'Cial allalrs of the church.
They preach the gospel and send
m ssii nailts to other fields. The
president, the apostles and high
counsellors, forming what is known
as "the tifieeu" meet once a week
for praver and coniuliatlon oo
matters generally relating to the
church.
The tut He etTort by Prrsldont Rrlg
h m Yo ing In 1875 10 have Hlshop
J.icob V. Wejler removed from the
leadership of a ward was telated by
Mr. frnl'h to show that the pres
idency does not exercise 0 er over
the wishes of the peoole, and that
the members of the church by the
freedom of their vo e In r-allty form
thepowir of t' e government. Sev
fial n'ber like advinces were related
f r the same general purpose.
Mr W'ori iilngti n read the revela
tbn hy Joseph Sail' h Jr., .fanuaty
19, 1841, uniui aatlng II Uh mi Yiunj
as pnsidciir, and all the moiiiheis of
the hiifh council and the aposPes.
In tnis rovt l it bm was a c mmai,d 10
acci pt I li m in general co. f rctice
Mr Smith ridl red thafi eviiiln
II e original revelation namii g a sic
cess r lo the tirst p'tsident it was
In t lie po-ver of the members to
accept or reject.
Wrrck At Hullen.
MULLEN Neb. The Hu'llngton
easihound liver whs wrecker! here tit
6:4U tills mmriing, and lit ikt-iiian
jCliarlcs Shaw killed Tub only pas
sengi r hurt ws James Mclntite, a
traveling man from Denver, ho
had his left thigh hruis il. all tho
Other passei pers and the crew eo; p
ing, ruliaiu o sly, without injury,
reeehli g heavy jolts.
The train was passing through
here at a rapid rale when the light
tcr di r flew the track, breaking loose
from both Ihe engine ahead and the
h.iggawe car b' hind, and shooting ''It
into the sand to the right a distance
of a hundri d yards.
The engine tan ahead over two
hunored yirds before It could ba
snipped. The baggage, tbe mail and
t e express cars, together wttn-the
smoker, two chair cats, the diner
and the tourist t-heper were derailed
and knocked liom their trucks. The
first thiee cars clashed Into tha
III it form ind tbe ftont of the depot,
tompb tely desmollsbing it.
Strike of C mini Workers,
CHICAUO. The cement tiuishers
and hchers union will go ou strike
toiuoi row to enlorce Its demand lor
blwher wages. The walkout will tie
uo ex'etishe sidewalk Iruprov. men is
that hi.ve hieu planned lo every sec
tion of the city. The demand of ti e
.union rails for a wage increase of
'ten cents an bout. The linlshets
tire now aid Ulty cents au hour and
the helpeis MUrtv-rJve cents at hour.
Kaaiiy 1,000 xksiaa ue affetted.
AT VLADIVOSTOK
JAPANESE SQUADRON SHELL AN
OTHER RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD-
NO DAMAGE DONE TOWN
WARSHIPS DID NOT GET IN REACH
OF FORTS
Cownd VflHll Hoinbsrdad ndl
Tiiok fur Flf'y-Fire Mlnol
mt Kange of Mora Tlian
Mile.
VLADI VOSTOCK. A fleet ol
five Japanese batll ships and two
yuisers appeared iff this place at
1.25 o'clock this afternoon aud bom
barded the town and shore bat teries
for fifty-flve minutes.
The fleet approacned from the di
rection of Askold island, at the east
entrance to Lssuri bay and about
thirty-two miles southeast of Vladi
vostok. Entering Ussurl biy the
"neniy formed in line of bat tie but
did dot approach to a eh scr range
than a mile and one-third They
directed their lire against the sh ire
batteries arid town, but no damage
resulted, as nn st of their 2ou lyddite
Shells failed t.0 burst.
The Russian batteries, commanded
hy Gen1 nils Verotietz and ArtamonotT
thd not teply, awaiting a closer ap-
pr ach of the enemy.
'J he Japanese lire. ccas"d at 2:21 p.
m., and the tnetny n r .'d iu the
ditrction of A-kold Island. Simulta
neously two torpedo boat destroyers
appeared mar Askold island and two
lui're near ( ape Maldel. Tiie Japan
ese ships were covered witi) ice.
The attack resulted In no loss to
tho Russian, bur cost the enemy
2-0,00 roubles (fioo.oi'0) in umrnurii-
t on. Most of the pp Jcctllts were
Six to twelve i- cli shells.
Th pop'jltition of Uidivostock wa?
warned tins morning of the preserire
nt the horizon of a hi stile licet and
th1) prospect of attack during the
dav hut it rem lined tranquil.
ST. rHlKKSHUUO. A cornriuirii
cali'tn from Viceioy Alcxiclf to the
czar from Mukden beating today'
dale s ivs:
"I most humbly Inform your
majesty that the commandant at the
f irlress at Vladivostock rtporls that
an 8:-0 this rnornlng seven vessel
were sighted south nf Askold island.
At !):45 they were seen to be war
ships makirg lor Asko'd island.
About noon the enemy's squadron
was ml'iway between theciasl, and
Askold island, making fur Ussu'l
b i v. They weie out of reach of t he
shoro batteries. At I :'M the enemy
Opened tire. Two vessels in the
8-juadron were probatilj the first
class cruisers Idzura and Yakumo,
but, the nanus of the other vessels
atv u uaii
wa,"
Apo-tle In Anijer.
WASHINGTON. -Admissions drawn
from Josi ph F. i-mitb, president of
the Mormon church, respecting his
continued violations of the law for
bidding poljgamous cohabitation
aualn constituted the feature of the
prociedmgs today hefore the senate
committee on privileges and elcctP na
against Senator Ileed Suioot of Utai .
The witnesses, angered by the pnsis
tent efforts of some me mbeis of the
committee to obtain from him every
octail of his remission in obeying
ihe law, turned on congress, and
charged that bdy with interfering
without authority in his private do
mestic affairs and Usurping th
powers of the Utah ci urts which
ah ne, he said, possessed the tight to
bold him to account, for his conduct.
No Change In situation,
IDIANATOLIS. Trcsidrrit
Mitchell said tonight the situation
as bi.twepn the nili.eis and operators
of the central competitive district
had not changed suico the adjourn
ment of the joint conference je.ster
day. "The special committee," faid he,
"which was appointed yesterday by
the miners' organization to consider
ti e situation, met this morning and
appointed a sub-cornmitt e to frame
a formal statement of tl e position
whicn the united mine workers will
ipiw take. This subcommittee Is at
work and will tomorrow report to
the full committee which will sub
mit its report tu the miners In
national convention at 9 o'clock. H
wid thea be for the convention to
r tlfy or reject the ieport of the
jotumlttee."
Shoots Man For Assault.
ALLIANCE, Neb. -Mrs. I'redtlck
Mrauer today probably fatally snot
J. M. herttam, wb i she alileges nt
tempted to criminally assault her.
Mis Bratipr's husband was absent
and the woman says Hertram forced
the contents of b itt.lo of laudanum
down her throat during the struggle
She broKe away and securing a Win
chester rifle sent a bullet through
Hertram's, hody. He was brought to
' this city mPi hto wounds drap4.
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X NEBRASKA NOTES
3TES
Judge Paul Jessen opened tiU
March term of court at Plattsmouth
The Oxoard Hotel at Norfolk b4
Ijeen sold to B. F. Shot! by L, A. liar
tholvmew. (
Tlie Dote Floral company has becai
Ineoioporated at Ileatrice with 4
capital of 25,0o0. j
Mr. James Staoder of Louisville U
a dekgaie to World's Sunday Behoof
conventioD at Jerusalem. .
For stealing a meerschaum pipe al
Beatric, Claude Carpenter bas beca
sent to jail for thrrty days.
J. II. Sparks of St. Joseph his beM
awarded the contract for building
ihe bridges in Gae county.
Walker Smith has been appointed
p 'Sttuaster at Elwood, Gosper county"
vice Alfred M. Wblte resigned.
W. F Ellis, a lineman for the Ne
braska Telephone coiupauy, w&s bad
ly injured by a fall at Norfolk; Wed
nesday. Ji ho Clark of Sioux City is belntj
held in jail at Norfolk on a statutory
t-haige, brought by Hottele L. Rlch-
irou. ,
J. F. Swartz, for twelve years a!
resident of Beatrice, died at hi
tome of pneumonia. He was 76 years
If aye. '
Sovereign Lecturer G. H. Pchlek of
liie Woodman of the World lectured
it i.n open meeting last night at
tVnder.
T C. Hullis, charged with bank;
t ibbery at Lyons, was yesterday taken
I) that place from Lincoln for a pre
liminary liuaii'g. 1
lassie Webb, of I'littsmouth, loss'
jer suit against t heChleago, rlurlioi-)
on A Q iincy railroad for Jfirns-,
cs for the death of her lr.ns'iajd.
I). L Si henfeldt of I'etcrsourg has
Old Ids large stock of hardware to
l.ihn Urpelding. Mr. Shenfeldt will'
i cate in one of the southern states.1
Gray Yates of Omaha pleaded guilty
n the district court at l'latlsmuutO,
pi tit larceny and was sentenced tc
en days in the county jail by Judg
lcs.n. ,
David Quackeubush died at bit
ionic near Beatrice. He came to.
Seitrlee in WVS and was G8 years oi;
ine. lie leaves a wife and six cbil
Iren. i
A rural route will be established at.
Miimhus April 1, with one carrier,!
mhiadng an area of tbirty-two-:quare
mlies and containing a popu
alion of 4000. ;
One of the large refrigerator ice
muses of the Burlington at McCooki
was destroyed by tire last night. Loss
i' 500. More than 2,"0J tons of ice
were in ihe building.
The Rev. C. R Hamlin, pastor of
,he Plymouth Congrepational church
)f Lincoln, has resigned, to take ef
fect June 12. He bas not determined
in his plans fur the future. (
Richard Daniels wa" yesterday dls
ibarged ftom distiiet court at Blair,,
titr pleading guilty to assault and'
battery. While awtt:r.? triJ be wa
itrlcken with paralysis.
Real estate is ctive here thlat
iprlng, and is brirging good prices.!
Ihe Hotel Riley block at Plattsrnoulh
tvas transferred by Fike & Meyers of
Newport to J. "ay Doig of Kansu j
City for the sum of $C5.0'J0.
While engaged in a qua-rel at Wa
iciloo, William McCiintock drc a
revolver and attempted tu snoot .
David Sibett. Ihe.bullvt wentwlld.j
McCiintock was sent to Omaha for
irraignment. !
Miss Katherina M Shepherd ot
Lincoln has brought suit eg''st the
Lincoln Traction company for.0.000
personal damages, ullcged to have
i.een received by being thrown frum
a street car over a year ao.
A sheep shearing plant is In opera
te n at Fremont. The power is fur-
i isned by a gasoline engine. Opera
tors who can hindle the machine get,
ii a day and can shear a sheep lo"
ihiee minutes.
At a leap year pirty, at Notkoik,!
sixteeu maids (Siorted sixteen young-,
men to the scene of festivities and
took them home again. The pHae
was a cake with tbe names Of the)
-ixieen young wom-n aud a free,
nut Huge license.
The famous Miles' case from Falla
Cil y has again reached tue supreme
court, on an appeal by Samuel Miles,,
one of theheirs-at-law, who was dc
f a'ted 'n the illstiiet court, Tne ap-)
peal is based on the refusal of thai
lower court toadmit newly discoveredl
evidence. '
Attorneys for Pearl J. Fullen aj
Tekamah have hied with tbe stat
.auditor ohl'SctlotiB to Issuing llcenaaj
to the National Life Insurance Trusl,
l ompany and; the Sccu l y Life and
isavlugs lnsuiaoce company at DtJ
Moines. ,
,The state boara of edncatlon nil
appointed George A. Betllngnof Or
Beatrice as architect of tbe ne
state Normal School at Kearney. Hi
will retelfe for hit compensation
bat oant of the W,m a.iptopalaUow