Nebraska Newspapers

    FIFTY YEARS OLD
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF
NEBRASKA.
THE STATE'S SEMI CENTENNIAL
The Committee in Charge Issues a
Public Statement—A Proper Ob
servance of the Signing of the Kan
sas-Nebraska Bill in 1854.
The committee of citizens charged |
with the work of arranging for the |
semi-centennial of Nebraska, May 31, j
have issued the following:
To the People of the State of Ne
braska: On May 30, 1S51, the presi
dent of the United States approved
what is known as the Kansas-Nebras
ka bill, the most important legislative
and executive action in the history of |
the country west of the Missouri river j
since the Louisiana purchase was
made under the direction of Thomas
Jefferson. The fifty years that have
since elapsed have been prolific in,
great events, but none are more wor-!
thy of note than the development that i
has come during the half century to
the Trans-Missouri section of the re
public, and especially to the states of
Kansas and Nebraska.
The undersigned, a committee of
citizens, have been charged with the
duty of arranging for a semi-centen
nial celebration of this event.
By both federal and state law the
30th day of May of each year is de
voted to memorial observances of the
gallant spirits who in their lives serv
ed their country during the great war
of 1861-65. That day being thus de-1
voted to holy purpose, it has been
thought best to hold the exercises i
properly incident to the semi-centen
nial on Tuesday, the 31st day of May.!
Thus will come a proper recognition
or Memorial day, and also of the im-;
portant fact that the state of Nebras-1
ka received after the great war a
larger proportion of ex-soidiers than ;
any other state in the wrest, and these J
soldier-citizens have added greatly to j
its development.
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DIE IN A WRECK.
, Rosebud Sioux Killed in a Railroad
Accident.
CHICAGO—Two passenger trains on
J the Chicago & Northwestern railway
! collided between iwelrose park and
I Maywood Thursday.
! According to reports received at the
general superintendent's office in Chi
: cago the wreck was caused by the
log. Trains Ncs. 0 and 10 were in
the wreck.
The trains which collided were the
Oregon express and the fast mail cn
, the Chicago & Northwestern railway.
The express* train was run into by
the mail train. Both trains were east
bound.
Physicians were promptly hurried to
the scene. As soon as possible the
injured were taken to Maywood and
i Chicago.
I All the victims of the wreck were |
Indians. The dead are:
Killed Head, skull crushed; Philip j
Irontail, Jr., body crushed; Thomas j
Come I>ast bodv crushed.
The injured are:
Big Chief Whitehorse, body crushed
and legs broken, will die; Luther
Standing Bear, crushed abcut body and
head, will die- Annie Gooseface, crush
ed aoout budv will die; Mrs. Thomas
Come Last, wife of one of the killed,
cut about head and shoulders; Tom
mie Come I.ast. G years old, son of
the dead, head bumped and believed '
to have been made temporarily insane i
from fright; Sammy Lone Bear, head 1
cut and body bruised; Abraham Good- i
crow cut about head; Blind Eagle,
cut about head by flying glass; Little ;
Elk, head cut and bruised: Charge the
Enemy, head cut and body bruised; !
Head Chief High Bear, at the head oi
the delegation of Sioux, severely
crushed about the body: William Sit
ting Bull, son of Chief Sitting Bull, 27
years old, seriously injured.
The coach containing toe Inc an?
was a light day car. It was com- '
pletely wrecked. The rear end of the j
coach ahead was also damaged. After
the collision the passengers in the
other coaches of the two trains hur- j
-Japanese Soldiers Ready to Start for the Front.
The Grand Army of the Republic,
which has had direction of the me
morial observances, has been* in the
habit for years of detailing members
of the organization to address the
scholars of all schools throughout the
state on the last school day prior to
the 30th day of May. and it has re
quested that on the Sunday preceding
that date, in all the churches of the
state, the clergy should make fitting
reference to the incidents of note
proper to the day and inculcate pat
riotism and fitting sacrifice for the
republic.
The committee suggests to the
Grand Army and to the clergy that it
would be most fitting, in the schools
and in the churches, to call attention
to the fifty years of growth and pros
perity that have come, not only to
the United States, but especially to
the part of it in which our lot has
been cast, and on Memorial day it
certainly will be appropriate that all
who address the people, while giving
fitting tribute to those who served the
country and have passed away, should
make like reference to the progress
that has been made during the half
century that will close upon that day.
On the 31st day of May, in the city
of Omaha, there will be proper ob
servance of the signing of the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill by the president of
the United States. The detail of the
exercises will shortly be published
and the city of Omaha invites all citi
zens of the state to join in this cele
bration by local ceremonial if they
wish, but preferab’y within the limits
of the metropolis of the state.
The committee takes pleasure in an
nouncing that a son of Nebraska, who
has achieved great distinction and
prominence by reason of his ability
and eoqisence—Hen. Henry D. Esta
brook, now of New York—will deliver
the oration of the day befitting the
occasion. It is expected that other
speakers of worth and prominence
will recount the interesting events of
the fifty years that have passed since
the birthday of the state of Nebraska.
* Military and civil parades will also
be an incident, and the latchstring of
Omaha will be out in hearty welcom
ing to all who wish to glorify the
event of May 30, 1854.
Guarantee Railroad Investments.
WASHINGTON—Senator Lodge re
ported favorably from the senate com
mittee on the Philippines the Lodge
Cooper bill to amend the Philippines
civil government act by allowing the
issuance of bonds for municipal im
provements and guaranteeing a 5 per
cent income on the cost of railroads.
Senate Confirms Baxter.
WASHINGTON—The senate on
Tuesday confirmed the nomination of
Irving F. Baxter as United States at
torney for the district of Nebraska.
Greeks Join Russian Forces.
ST. PETERSBURG—Many Greek
naval oflicers belonging to the aristoc
racy are applying for permission to
Join the Russian forces in the far east
and Greek physicians are also volun
teering for the same purpose.
"Ungrateful Yankees."
MOSCOW—The Gazette publishes
a historical review of the relations be
tween Russian, and America, conclud
ing: “Henceforth the Americans
| will be styled the ungrateful Yan
V gees.”
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ried to the rescue, and after a hard ,
rtruggle pulled them from beneath the j
wreckage.
Chief Whitehorse, in charge of tho
Indians on the train, was fatally in- :
jured. The bodies of the Indians who
had been kiHed outright were laid on
the prairie beside the track Chief
Whitehorse being carried with them.
He said he knew that death was near,
and requested that he be placed near ;
his dead companions. The chief was
propped up and sat stoically while
physicians worked over his injuries.
He smoked a pipe quietly and showed
no signs of the pain he must have
been suffering. One by one the other ;
injured Indians were slowly taken
from the splintered car an(J placed j
on the ground near their dying chief j
and dead comrades. The physicians
hurried from one to another of the
injured, administering to the wants of
all. while arangements were being !
made to take them to the nearest
hospital.
The Indians were from the reserva
tion near Rushvillc, Neb.. ai>d their
journey east was primarily for show
purposes in Europe.
Persons who were on the train said
that the collision unquestionably wras
the result of the dense fog which
stretched from Lake Michigan many
miles westward.
Egypt’s Word Pleases Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG—Russia has re
ceived satisfactory assurances from
the government of Egypt regarding
the passage of ships through the Suez
canal. The inquiries on the subject
were prompted by reports that the
Egyptian government contemplated
adopting measures, contrary to the in
ternational canal regulations, which
might embarrass Russia in sending
colliers and supply ships to the far
east, when the Baltic fleet sails for
the Pacific at the end of June.
More Beetr Than Ever.
GRAND ISLAND—The factory of
the American Beet Sugar company has
begun the work of extracting sugar
from the remaining syrups through
the Osmose process. About forty
men will be employed for thirty days
at this process.
Annual Mormon Conference.
SALT LAKE CITY—Thanksgiving
for the prosperity and growth of the
church marked the second day of the
annual conference of the Mormon
church in this city. “It must be dis
couraging to the enemies of this peo
ple,’’ declared Apostle A. O. Wood
ruff, 'where they look over the past
and see that ail they have done to
crush this church has only tended to
strengthen the church and increase
the faith of the saints. The clouds on
the horizon do not shake the faith of
the saints.”
Signing Contract for Canal.
PARIS—Alter a conference between
Ambassador Porter and W. A. Day
and Charles W. Russell, the assistant
attorney generals, who came from
Washington to assist in the transfer
of the Panama canal property, it has
been arranged that the signing of the
contract, whereby the United States
will acquire the ownership of the
Panama canal, shall take place at the
United States embassy, which is nom
inally American soil. The date of the
signing probably will be set for April
25.
AS TO CONGRESS
MAY BE READY TO ADJOURN BY
THE 23TH OF APRIL.
THE PROGRAM FROM NOW ON
Work on Appropriation Bills Well in
Hand—Four Days’ Discussion Look
ed for on the Postoffice Appropria
tion Measure.
WASHINGTON—April 28 has been
discussed in committee rooms and
among senators ana representatives as
not at all an improbable date for the
termination of the present session of
congress. The pension appropriation
j bill has been received from the house
i and reported from the senate commit
! tee with an amendment. Discussion
I of service pension legislation, it is be
; lieved, will be exhausted before the
bill is placed on its passage, and this
measure, therefore, is not considered a
barrier to early adjournment.
The army appropriation is agreed
upon except as to four amendments,
which are in conference, and it is
thought there amendments will not re
sult in much further discussion in
either body of congress. The confer
ence report of the agricultural bill has
been agreed to in the senate, but no
action has been taken by the house. A
: second conference has been ordered on
the fortification bill on the senate
amendments for the purchase of a sub
marine boat for instruction in coast
defense and making an appropriation
for the completion for a certain type
of disappearing gun cariage. Both the
naval and the district appropriation
bills are in conference. The confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
tion bill has been made and is likely
to cause debate for one or two days.
Four days’ additional discussion is
looked for on the postoffice appropria
tion bill. The amendments that have
been adopted are not of a character
that will tie the bill up in conference
for more than two or three days. It
it expected that the sundry civil bill
will be reported from the senate com
mittee on appropriations on Tuesday
and the military academy bill will be
ready by the time the sundry civil bill
is passed. It is expected that the gen
eral deficiency bill will be reported
to the house not later than Tuesday.
No call has yet been issued, but re
publicans leaders of the senate antici
pate holding a meeting of the steering
committee early next week to agree on
a general program for the remaining
day of the session.
PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION.
Unexpected Difficulties Tncountercd
in .>ome Localities.
WASHINGTON — The progress
made in the irrigation work of the
government is reviewed in a publica
tion issued by the geological survey,
which points out the necessity of
great caution and conservatism in
the extension of the reclamation
work.
It says that of the irrigation pro
jects favorably reported in 1903,
which include! those on the Truckee
river in Nevada, on the Salt river in
Arizona, on the Milk river in Mon
tana, on the Sweetwater river in Wy
oming and on the Gunnison river in
Colorado, the Nevada and Arizona
projects have been found feasible and
construction of the engineering works
along the Trucltee and Salt rivers
has progressed to a reasonable ex
tent.
The Montana project, however, has
presented unexpected engineering dif
ficulties as well as complications le
garding water rights so that prog
ress is slow. It has been found nec
essary to modify the first plans in or
der to achieve early results.
The Wyoming project, as at first
outlined, has been found impractica
ble. A better reservoir site than that
on the Sweetwater river, how'ever,
has been discovered on the North
Platte, so that a larger scheme of de
velopment may be worked out there
in the future.
Very great engineering difficulties
are encountered in the accomplish
ment of the Colorado project. The
amount of arid land thereby reclaim
able is loss, too, than was antici
pated.
Won’t Open Sunday Again.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Sunday was the
last Sunday at the World’s fair
grounds, as on April 15 the grounds
will be closed to all visitors until
the fair opens formally and there
after will be closed on Sunday. More
than 25,000 persons took advantage of
the fair weather and visited the
grounds Sunday. The private car of
E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pa
r tic road was switched into the fair
grounds and remained all night, being
occupied by President Harriman End
ms party.
Woman Enrolled as a Cossack.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The war min
istry has granted the petition of Mine.
Pousch. daughter of Colonel Maxiow
condorow, who desired to be enrolled
in a Cossack regiment. The minis
try has ordered her enrollment.
Beet Sugar Made in 1903.
, NEW YORK—The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the American
Beet Sugar company was held Tues
day in Jersey City. The old directors
were elected with the exception that
H. Rieman Duval was chosen to suc
ceed J. Archibald Murray. The re
port of President Henry to Oxnard
showed thac during the season of
1903-04 the company produced 81.053.- !
100 pounds of refined sugar. The
company owns factories in California.
Colorado and Nebraska, and is capi
talized at $20,000,000.
Under Suspended Rules.
WASHINGTON—In response to a
resolution the civil service commis
sion Tuesday transmitted to the house
a statement showing the number of
times the civil service rules have
been suspended and the changes in
the service resulting from March 4,
1885, to March 30, 1904. President
Harrison deferred the operation of the
civil service rules in the railway mail
service in 1889 under which 1,932
changes were made. Operation was
deferred at different times in other
departments.
ALL IN WATERY GRAVES.
Three Men Drowned While Returning
from a Hunting Trip.
OMAHA.—J. W. Pennell, W. M.
Haskins and Smiley Baxter, all of
Council Bluffs^ were drowned in Lake
Manawa Friday evening by the over
turning of the row boat in which they
had spent the afternoon hunting.
They were returning to the pavilion
when their boat' was caught in the
trough of the high waves, raised by
the terrific wind that swept across the
lake.
The drowning occurred a short dis
tance off the point of land opposite
the pavilion. Robert Brown, who
live3 at Manawa park and who saw'
the men in the water, put off with
a boat to their rescue. He found Pin
nell and Baxter clinging to their over
turned boat. Haskins had been swept
away by the waves. Brown found it
impossible to get either into the boat
without danger of swamping and be
gan towing Pinnell to shore, Pinnell
clinging to the stern of Brown’s boat.
About forty feet from the landing
Pinnell, chilled by the icy waters,
slipped from the boat and sank. He
did not rise, and after a short search
Browrn rowed back after Baxter. He,
too, had disappeared.
ON ACCOUNT OF COAL STRIKE.
Iowa Railroads Are Laying Off Train
men.
DES MOINES. Ia.—On account of
the coal strike the railways announc
ed Tuesday that at least 500 men will
be laid off at once. Seventeen switch
ing crews and nineteen full train
crews running out of Des Moines and
Valley Junction quit work Tuesday.
Similar action by railways centering
at Boone, Beele Plaine, Oskaloosa, Ot
tumwa and Albia will mean the loss
of work to about 1,000 men.
Churches here are closed on account
of the strike and the schools have
been closed for a week until cjpal can
be secured. Only one school room in
the city is open.
A call reconvening the joint confer
ence at Des Moines in ? few days, at
which a settlement is looked for, will
be issued.
LEADER OF YAQUIS IS KILLED.
Captured and Promptly Executed
When Identity is Discovered.
HERMOSILLO. Mex.—Manuel Gua
vesi, who has been tor five years at
the head o* the Yaqui rebels in So
nora. and who in that time has in
stigated many uprisings, first in one
section and then in another, is dead.
Guavesi was discovered among the
prisoners taken by Captain Barron in
an engagement with a band of sav
ages near Batamote and was immedi
ately taken out and shot as Captain
Barron was not prepared to take any
chances. His prisoners numbered al
most as manv men as those cf his
command.
Guavesi met death bravely. He had
expected to be executed when his
identity was discovered. It was Gua
vesi who was in command of the Ya
qui force which ambushed and almost
annihilated a whole company of the
Twentieth battalion near Zamroata in
the rebellion of two years ago. Both
Captain Ce so Gomez and Lieutenant
Jose Vallejo were killed in the am
bush.
Indicts Pueblo City Official*.
PUEBLO, COLO.—Eighteen indict
ments were returned by the grand
jury. Charles Walkder, alderman is
charged with bribery in one count,
John L. Kirkland, street commissioner,
is indicted on four counts, and ex
City Clerk W. L. Smith has thirteen
charges preferred against him. In the
charges against Kirtland larceny and
false pretenses are alleged, and
against Smith are charges of uttering
false instruments. All three men were
arested and furnished bond.
Panama Wants Recognition.
PANAMA.—It has been decreed by
the government that all the consular
representatives of nations who have
not formally recognized the republic
of Panama will be unable to continue
official relations with the government
until such recognition has taken place.
Tibetans Attack English.
LONDON.—A dispatch received at
the Indian office says that General
MacDonald’s infantry, while recon
noitering near Kaiapange. encounter
ed 300 Tibetans, who opened fire.
There were no casualties.
Appoints a Circassian General.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The army or
gan announces the appointment of
Major General Prince Oroeliani, a
prominent Circassian nobleman, to
the command of the Caucasian cav
alry brigade.
Seth Bullock Sees President.
WASHINGTON.—Captain Seth Bul
lock, superintendent of the Black
Hills forest reserve, called on the
president and later took luncheon with
him at the White house.
John C. S. Harriscn Dead.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—John Cleves
Short Harrison, for many years a well
known citizen of Indianapolis, strick
en with paralysis Monday. April 4,
died at Los Angeles. Cal. He was
born at Vincennes, Ind., May 7, 1829,
the only child of Benjamin and Louisa
Smith (Bonner) Harrison and grand
son of President William Henry Har
rison. He was made a government
director of the Union Pacific railroad
seven years under President Grant
and one year under President Hayes.
Provides Military Commission.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Represen
tative Parker of New Jersey on Tues
day introduced a bill to provide a na
tion military park commission. It
terminates the present Military Park
commissions July 1, 1906. The new
commission is to consist of five mem
bers, who are to be appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate,
the term of appointment to be for
five year. All of the commissioners
for the first five years of the opera
tion of the law shall be veterans of
the civil war. *
A FICHUT SEA
RUMORED ENGAGEMENT OF THE
RESPECTIVE SQUADRONS.
NOTHING OFFICIAL IS KNOWN
Believed Japanese Fleet is Covering
Arrangements for a New Landing—
British and American Newspaper
Correspondents Held Up.
PARIS—The St. Petersburg corre
spondent of The Echo de Paris says
that Admiral Makaroff went out from
Port Arthur Saturday morning, a Jap
anese squadron haviug been signalled
as in the offing. It is rumored, the
correspondent says, that a sea fight
took place, but nothing concerning it
is officially known.
Looking for New Landing.
LONDON—A correspondent of the
Times at Wei Hai Wei, cabling under
Friday’s date, says that the result of
a week’s cruise leads him to believe
that the Japanese fleet is engaged in
covering arrangements for a new land
ing of the troops recently mobilized.
A close blockade of Port Arthur is
not maintained, presumably because
of information regarding the state of
the channel. Certainly up to the pres
ent no Japanese transports have en
tered the gulf of Pe Chi Li.
Correspondents Held Up.
SEOUL—The steamer Suminoe
Maru called in at Chemulpo to take
on board 300 men belonging to the
First division. The newspaper corre
spondents on board the Suminoye
Maru were not permitted to land and
a correspondent who was here waiting
to go forward with the Japanese troops
was refused permission to embark on
the steamer.
A dispatch from Tokio, dated April
1, said the first party of correspond
ents, consisting of sixteen men. most- \
ly British and Americans, had left
Tcrkio that day for the front, and that
they would sail from Moji, Japan, on
April 6 for an unknown destination.
While the departure of these news
paper men from Moji has not been re
ported, possibly because of the Japan
ese censorship, it is possible that the
correspondents referred to in the
above dispatch are those who were
to have left" Moji last Wednesday.
Chemulpo Is about a two days’ run
from Moji.
It has been said also that corre
spondents who attempted to go for- ,
ward contrary to the wishes of the
Japanese authorities would not be af
forded the facilities given to writers
who waited until the authorities were
ready to have them move.
PROMISE JAPS WARM RECEPTION
Preparations to Circumvent Attempt
to Bottle Up Port Arthur.
PORT ARTHUR. — Preparations
have been made to give the Japanese j
a warm reception in case they again
attempt to block the harbor. Vice !
Admiral Togo was right in surmising i
that Vice Admiral Makaroff is respon- 1
sible for the change in Russian tac
tics and the inspiration of Russian
seamen.
A Signalman named Aronkonso,
who. during the bombardment of Vlad
ivostok, remained at a small signal
station on Askold island near the ene
ray’s ships and wired information of
the movements of the enemy to the
fortress has been decorated with the
cross of St. George.
BANDIT’S SWEETHEART DEAD.
Girl Who Refused the Hand of James
Younger Expires in Oklahoma.
ST. PAUL—Word has been receiv
ed in this city of the death in Okla
homa of Miss Alice J. Muller, a well
known newspaper writer and author.
Miss Muller was 29 years of age and
had suffered from consumption for
some time.
At the time of the suicide of James
Younger, the former bandit, it was
stated that one of the casuses leading
to the act was his inability to marry
Miss Muller. She at one time con
ducted a weekly paper In Los Ange
les and was later on the staff of a
Salt Lake City newspaper. She was
the author of several books.
President Fires Hawaiian Judge.
WASHINGTON—John W. Kalua.
United States judge of the Second cir
cuit of Honolulu, on Thursday was
removed from office by President
Roosevelt. Recently an intimation
was conveyed to Judge Kalua that on
the expiration of his term on July next
he would not be reappointed. A few
days ago the judge practically sus
pended the work of his court by au
journing all pending criminal cases
until June 6, the day after the ex
piration of his term of office.
Hanna Memorial in Ohio.
COLUMBUS. O.—The joint legisla
tive committee on the Hanna Memo
rial day exercises has announced April
20 as the date for holding the exer
cises. Senator Dick will deliver the
memorial oration.
Discussing Negro Education.
BALTIMORE, Md.—The association
of presidents of land grant colleges
and principals of normal and indus
trial schools met in this city on Tues
day and will continue in session for
three days. This association is com
posed of the presidents and principals
of various colored educational insti
tutions throughout the country. Tues
day’s proceedings were opened with
addresses by Prof. J. N. H. Waring
and several others. President R. R.
Wright of Georgia delivered his an
nual address.
Strike Becomes General.
LATROBE, Pa.—Headed by a brass
band, striking miners of tbe Loyal
Hanna Coal and Coke company
marched to tbe points about Latrobe
today and succeeded in making the
strike inaugurated on Monday gen
eral. It is estimated that 3,500 men
are out. All but three miners of the
Saxman interests are idle and the
working forces of the others have
been crippled. So aggressive have
the strikers become In their efforts
to induce me nto quit work that Sher
iff Trecher was appealed to.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
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LOOK TO GOOD INSURANCE.
Complaints Pouring in from Nebraska
Policy Holders.
LINCOLN—Complaints from Ne
braska policy holders have been pour
ing into the office of Deputy Auditor
Pierce at a lively rate during the last
few days and as a result he has de
clared war on wildcat concerns.
These are companies not authorized
to do business in the state. They
solicit policies by mail and their
tempting offers have led many farm
ers to "Dite.”
Mr. Pierce has notified the public
in a statement that the Mercantile
Fire Insurance company of Chicago,
which has been Hooding the state
with circulars, is not authorized to do
business in Nebraska. The American
Underwriters of Chicago is in the
same shape; also R. A. Potter & Co.
of Chicago, and the Union Fire of
Chicago. None of these companies
are authorized to solicit in Nebraska
or Illinois. The following other com
panies are not authorized to do busi
ness in this state: Security Fire of
Chicago and the Firemen's Fire of
Chicago.
Policies in “wildcat” companies are
void in Nebraska, but a policy in an
; unauthorized insurance company,
which has complied with the provi
sions of the insurance brokerage sec
tion of me laws, may be recovered on.
None of the companies named have
complied with either the insurance
or brokerage sections of the law. con
sequently their policies are void un
der the statute, which reads as fol
lows:
“All fire insurance policies issued
to residents of this state or upon
property situated in whole or in part
in this state by companies, corpora
tions, associations, partnerships or
persons who have not complied with
the laws of the state, unless procur
ed under and by the provisions of
this act, are hereby declared void.”
WIFE DESERTER SENTENCED.
Hunter Gets Six Months in the Peni
tentiary.
NEBRASKA CITY—John L. Hun
I ter, who was arrested and brought
! back here from Carbon, la., charged
! with wife desertion, was taken before
Judge Jessen and pleaded guilty. He
could not give bond for the support of
his wife and children, so he was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for six
months. This is ihe first conviction
in this county for this crime, although
j it is the second case that has been
in the courts here.
The county assessor has returned
nearly all of the schedules to his dep
uties in the country precincts to be
corrected and the value of live stock
raised.
Promised to Be Good.
DAKOTA CITY—Upon promise to
the court that he would provide for
his wife and family and be a good
and true husband, the case against
William Salishury in Judge Eimers’
court was continued for thirty days
and Salisbury was released from cus
tody on his own recognizance in the
sum of $200. Salisbury was arrested
and placed in jail on complaint of his
wife that he had failed to maintain
and support herself and their children
and that he had wilfully abandoned
i them.
Sustained the Demurrer.
LINCOLN—The district court has
sustained the demurrers of the state
in the Boyd county land cases. Th.?
attorneys for the settlers immediately
asked leave to file amended petitions,
and this was granted. Attorney Gen
eral Prout has returned from Boyd
| county. The cases now go over to the
next session.
THIEVES ON PASSENGER TRAIN.
Relieve Discharged Soldiers of Eighty
Dollars and Decamp.
NEBRASKA CITY—H. A. Jennings
was robbed of $80 near this city on
the Missouri Pacific passenger due
here at 12:40. Jennings and two oth
er men were in a game of cards and
when they drew near this city one
of the men covered Jennings with a
gun while the other relieved him of
$80. The man with the gun kept Jen
nings covered till the other was safely
of? the train and then he. too. took
to the woods. Jennings stopped off
and reported the matter to the author
ities. but so far the police have been
unable to find the robbers.
Bin Fire Crackers Barred.
GRAND ISLAND—At the meeting
of the ciL: council an ordinance pro
hibiting the sale of fire crackers of
greater dimensions than three inches
in length and half an inch in diameter
the sale of dynamite canes or other
dynamite exploding contrivances, and
of blank cartridge pistols, was passed
on its first reading.
Carl Markow Drowned.
LINCOLN—Word has been receiv
ed by the Lincoln relatives that Carl
Markow. second mate of a trans-Pa
cific ocean merchantman, was drown
ed in the harbor of San Francisco.
Few* details of the accident have as
yet been learned. Mr. Markow was
well known in Lincoln, having visited
in this city at several different times.
Two brothers and two sisters of the
drowned man are residents of this
place. Mr. Markow had expected to
visited his Lincoln relatives during
this spring.
Buried Like White Child.
RUSHVILLE—The little 10-months
old baby of Luther Standing Bear, the
interpreter, died here, and Rushville
witnessed an Indian funeral. The
little mite, who was born last year
in England, was arrayed in pink and
reposed in a beautiful white casket,
obtained from the local undertakers.
The remains were laid in the Fair
view cemetery. Rev. Niken of the
United Presbyterian church conduct
ing the service. The procession num
bered several conveyances and sixty
braves in uniform.
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Farmers about Waverly have decid
ed to build an elevator.
Fairfield changed from dry to wet
at the recent election.
If deputy assessors in Lancaster
county do not list property at full
cash value they will lose their jobs.
W. J. Willeford’s residence at To
bias was destroyed by fire. The loss
was about $1,200, partially covered
by insurance.
The contract has been let on the
new system of water works which
wiil be constructed in Spencer, and
work will begin immediately.
The State Board of Public Lands
and Buildings a few days ago awarded
the contract for the erection of the
hospital at Milford to H. T. Ward of
Tecumseh, for $18,GOO.
A two-headed sheep is the latest ac
quisition to the museum of freakish
animals in northern Nebraska. It
came to Norfolk from Emerick and is
being prepared for mounting.
Detail plans of the normal school
to be erected at Kearney are on exhi
bition at the office of State Superin
tendent Fowder. Bids for the erection
of the school wiil be opened April 26.
Mrs. Sarah L. Blair, sister of Ezra
Rogers cf Auburn, dropped dead at
the home of her nephewr, Alv?, Rog
ers. She was in her usual health,
having walked from the home of her
brother.
The town of Auburn is much
wrought up over the sudden disap
pearance of Robert Watson, who has
left a wife destitute. A saloon busi
ness* which he bad is in the hands
of creditors.
A prairie fire started in the eastern
part of McPherson county and driven
by a hard wind swept the country for
thirty miles, nearly to the North
Platte river. No casualties have yet
been reported.
Sunday evening saw the close of a
five weeks’ series of successful evan
gelistic meetings in Norfolk under the
leadership of Rev. Milford H. Lyon
of Chicago and his singer, Mr. Coul
ter. resulting in 450 converts.
Deputy county assessors in Lancas
ter must list property at full value.
So announced County Assessor Miller.
He called a meeting to investigate
the reports that the officials were
following the methods of last year.
William T. Turley, the Grand Is
land man who was sentenced to sev
enteen years in the penitentiary for
murder in the second degree, was
granted a stay of sentence pending a
hearing on his appeal from the lower
court.
Heroic efforts on the part of Ster
ling's fire brigade and a heavy rain
saved Sterling from what might have
1 been total destruction by fire. As it
was. four store buildings and most of
the contents wrere destroyed, entailing
a loss of nearly $15,000.
‘ A petition is being circulated by
the W. C. T. U. in Grand Island ask
ing the city authorities to have all
screens removed from saloons, to
close up promptly at 12 o’clock each
night and to remove offensive signs
from the windows and doorways.
The Burlington bridge, nearly a
mile long, spanning the Platte river
between Grand Island and Phillips
was found to be on fire. Section men
from Grand Island and Aurora were
sent and short before noon got the
fire under control, with the aid of
farmers.
Payson, youngest son of John T.
Marshall, was seriously injured on
the head with a baseball bat at the
school grounds in Panama. He was
carried to the office of Dr. Was. who
made an examination and found the
skull to be fractured. An operation
was performed on the head with good
results.
F. J. McGee of Fremont, Ralph Osh
ton of O’Neil and Milton N. Dodds of
Omaha have been appointed railway
mail clerks.
Jane Abbott, librarian at the Fre
mont library, has been elected libra
rian of the Public library at South
Omaha and will probably enter upon
her duties at that place soon. Miss
Abbott has made a specialty of library
work for many years and was at one
time acting librarian of the North
Carolina State library.
Edward A. Reimers died at the
Sioux Falls (S. D.) penitentiary last
week. The Reimers, father and son.
were sentenced to five years in the
Sioux Falls prison by the United
States court for wrecking the First
National bank of Neligh, Neb., the
elder Reimer. “C. A.,” being the pres
ident of the bank and the son the as
sistant cashier.
Alarmed by the numerous capitol
fires, Representative Sweezy of Webs
ter county will have a bill to present
to the next legislature to appropriate
$125,000 for a fire-proof wing to the
state house. This will be used as a
library and storage room for state rec
ords.
Lylle I,andre<I and Charles Mentzer
of Schuyler have been fined $5 and
costs each for failing eye-sight. They
killed a couple of quail under the im
pression that they were ducks, and
I were arrested by Deputy Game War
den Hunger. The trial was before
j Judge Allen of Schuyler.
The Grand Island Board of Educa
tion, following the intention of the
state law' that appliances outside of
exterior fire escapes and ladders be
provided, one to every twenty-five
persons occupying buildings of two
stories or more, has purchased six
fire escapes that will be put up.
A valuable team and carriage be
longing to R. A. Oltmans, a farmer
living three miles west of Pawnee
City, were stolen Sunday night near
the Catholic church. Mr. Oltman’s
son drove the team in and tied them
near the church, His overcoat and
two robes disappeared with the rig.
Prairie fires were started by loco
motives near Bassett and near Long
Pine. A high wind whipped them
along for fifteen miles and finally ran
them into a creek. At Bassett an
army of men went out to fight the
flames. No serious damage was dona