Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA
Country Clubs.
Golf would deserve well of the peo
ple of America if it had nothing more
to its credit than the influence it has
exercised toward the establishing oi
country clubs. No doubt it has much
more to its credit, but this is one ol
its greatest recommendations. The in
crease in the number of country clubs
is a wholesome and pleasing sign of a
saner enjoyment of life. There have
been plenty of town and village and
city clubs before now, many of them
serving as centers for an agreeabic
social life. The objection to them has
been that for the most part they were
either men's or women’s clubs, con
ducted primarily for the benefit and
pleasure of one or the other sex. More
over, the recreation which they offered
was comprised in reading, pool anc
billiards, cards and bowling, and occa
sional dances—all indoors. The coun
try club, on the other hand, offers all
these diversions to those who wist
them, and offers, in addition, the more
wholesome sports of golf, tennis, snow
shoeing, and sometimes curling, hockey
and skating, says the Youths’ Compan
ion. Moreover, the sexes stand more
on an equality here, and neither need
regard itself as the occasional guest of
the other. The family life, instead oi
being interrupted, is broadened and
enriched. The part that golf has
played in this development is due to
the large space which the game re
quires. Few individuals can secure the
necessary land, hence a community of
interests which leads eventually to the
establishment of a club. Althoi^h
many country clubs are expensive,
there is no need that an association of
this kind should he beyond the reach
of the family in ordinary circum
stances. The scale rests with those
who are most concerned. Not least in
the merits of the country club is its
happy solution of the way in which
persons of only moderate means can
enjoy the pleasures of a large estate
with beautiful grounds.
In these days of gastronomic sur
prises how about seaweed? The in
habitants of islands in the Pacific
ocean, as well as the Chinese and
Japanese, have eaten seaweed for
many centuries: why, asks the Boston
Herald, shouldn't the rest of civiliza
tion try to ward off starvation with
that excellent food? We are told that
the Orientals go out in boats and with
fong poles, to which stout hooks are
attached, tear the seaweed from sub
merged rocks. On shore the seaweed
is spread to dry, boiled in factories and
shredded for food, like Iceland moss. A
writer says if the gourmet did not re
gard the cheap food as the least desir
able he would insist on his dish of sea
weed. But rich and poor scorn the
cheap food, however much they growl
at the expense of living. As there is
nothing new under the sun, some one
will undoubtedly rise to say we are
even now eating prepared seaweed,
only under another name.
The Anti-suffrage association of New
York has asked Gov. Hughes to ap
point women on state boards, asserting
that women of intelligence and judg
ment can render good public service on
educational and reformatory boards.
The association asks that the appoint
ments be made as soon as possible,
naively adding that such appointments
might afford an outlet to the energies
of women and their present interest in
public matters which would obviate
the question of unrestricted suffrage.
As this seems to be the milk in the
cocoanut for this sudden demand for
the recognition of women in public
matters, says the Baltimore American,
the suffragists will doubtless repudi
ate with scorn such a palpable sop to
Cerberus.
New York woman suffragists advo
cate taking babies to the polls in that
emancipated age when women vote.
There is no reason why a checkroom
for babies couldn’t be provided the
same as in the department stores,
where the precious bunches of sweet
ness could be deposited while the
mothers were chewing up pencils in
efforts to make up their minds as to
how they should vote.
An exchange, commenting on the
fresh air fad, says it is not shared by
the bird that smothers itself under its
wing or by the bear that buries itself
in a cave for the winter. Nor, it might
be added, by the cat which sleeps by
the hour with it3 nose hidden in its
fur and the dog curled up into a ball.
And none of these creatures, so far as
known, ever suffers from tuberculosis.
First class in arithmetic, stand up!
The arinual report of the Newark free
public library shows that 851,009 vol
umes were drawn from that institution
last year. There are 142,193 volumes
in the library. Now, asks the lloston
Globe, how many volumes were there
in the library at the beginning of last
year?
A Chicago man wrote the best poem
favoring woman’s suffrage. This would
carry some weight were it not for the
fact that he is a bachelor.
John Hums, president of the local
government board of London, has al
ready granted funds up to $8,782,000,
and loaned $50,000,000 at a lev rate of
interest for use in starting public
works on 4,200 improvement schemes
in order to give employment to the un
employed.
A Connecticut man cla ms to have
succeeded in breeding a duck that has
no breastbone, which ought to entitle
him to the carvers’ vote any time he
cares to run for office.
i PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT
FURIOUS STORM MARS
INAUGURATION OF TAFT
New President Takes Oath and De
livers Address in Senate
Chamber.
Washington, Mar. 5.—William H.
Taft was inaugurated as president yes
terday amid the worst weather condi
tions that ever have marked the great
national event. So severe was the
snow and sleet storm that the. new
chief magistrate was forced to take
the oath and deliver his inaugural ad
dress in the senate chamber.
For more than 24 hours the storm
raged, and at noon there was about
eight inches of snow on the ground.
The wind thrashed many of the city's
prettiest decorations to threads. The
immense reviewing stands along the
line of march were made well nigh
uninhabitable by the swirling snow.
Street car and railroad traffic was im
peded to the extent of seriously delay
ing the arrival of thousands who had
planned to attend the inaugural cere
monies.
The nation's capital, for many hours,
was cut olT from all wire communica
tion with the rest of the world.
It was a day of strenuosity in Wash
ington and as if in sympathy with the
outgoing executive the weather made
a blizzardly appeal to the thousands
who were not deterred by the worst
that the weather man could turn on.
To add the final touch of strenuosity,
Mr. Roosevelt declined to ride to the
railroad station from which he de
parted to Oyster Hay. He walked
through the snow.
Ball and Parade Given.
Though the thousands of citizens
who had come here from all over the
country were denied the privilege of
witnessing the solemn ceremonies at
tending the administering of the oath
to the new president, the more spec
tacular features of the day were not
omitted. All who braved the storm
saw the great inaugural parade car
ried out substantially as it had been
planned; and in the evening the in
augural ball and1 the display of fire
works were given with their brilliancy
undimmed by the adverse weather
conditions.
The ball, given in the Pension build
ing, was magnificent, as it always is.
It was attended by a tremendous
throng. In the center of the great hall
which occupies the lower floor of the
structure, a space was roped off. The
visitors stood outside the open place
waiting the arrival of President and
Mrs. Taft and Vice-President and Mrs.
Sherman. They came finally and
stayed on the main floor for some
time, and then retired for the presi
dent's box in the gallery above, where
they watched the proceedings below.
Unusual success attended the efforts
of the committee that had charge of
decorating the ballroom, and it was
generally admitted that such wonder
fully beautiful effects had rarely, if
ever, before been accomplished.
A vaulted canopy of bunting reduced
"he great height of the hall by some
■10 feet. The color scheme of this can
opy was a deep cream tint and this
was also carried out behind the two
storied colonnades which encircled the
court, forming a background to the
elaborate floral decorations.
Novel Illumination Scheme.
The illumination of the great ball
room was carried out on radically dif
ferent lines from those followed hith
erto. Instead of embodying the lights
in the floral decoration, following the
structural lines of the cornices or
arches, the principal groups of lights
were placed with a view to securing
the best general illumination falling
equally upon the decorations and the
guests. This result was secured by
suspending from the vaulted celling
18 large fixtures composed of hexag
onal frames supporting clusters of
125 globular lamps of frosted glass,
each lamp hanging from a separate
wire, and the whole arranged in a
bowl-shaped mass. This mass of
drooping lights was suspended by six
gilded chains secured to a sturdy ring
and heavy chain above, suspending the
entire fixture from the vaujted ceiling.
Supplementing this provision for gen
eral illumination, half octagon brack
ets, each with a cluster of 20 small
lamps suspended from it, were placed
over each of the first story columns
of the arcade.
Grand Firework* Display.
For the benefit of the throngs who could,
not attend the bail, there was an illu
mination and fireworks display such as
Washington never before saw. His
toric Pennsylvania avenue was ablaze
with light from end to end. Not only
were all the business houses brilliant
ly illuminated, but across the street
were stretched numerous electric fes
toons. The Peace monument, for the
first time since its erection soon after
the civil war, was put to the use for
which it was originally intended—that
of a fountain—and powerful search
lights were turned on the great vol
ume of water that was thrown into the
air.
On the ellipse south of the White
House a display of aerial fireworks be
gan at 7:30 o’clock, and for hours was
Public Photograph Gallery.
The Royal Photographic Society of
England, has been annoyed by the re
fusal of the National portrait gallery
to exhibit photographs and has de
cided to establish a national gallery
of photographic portraiture. The
scheme has met with enthusiastic sup
port from all those interested in the
photographic art. A large number of
photographs has been received and
the gallery will be thrown open to the
public at certain periods in the near
future.
New York’s Enormous Debt.
The New York city department of
finance has made public a statement
of the funded indebtedness of the
municipality down to November 30,
1908. At that time there was a funded
debt outstanding of $794,106,189 and a
temporary debt of $92,378,200, making
a combined gross indebtedness of
$886,484,389.
Burden Wood Joists Will Bear.
A wood joist four inches deep sup
ports four times as much weight as a
Joist half that depth.
Mysterious Discoveries.
“What did Hamlet mean by telling
Horatio there were more things in
Heaven and earth than were dreamt
of in his philosophy?”
“I don’t know, unless Hamlet had
been doing business with the Danish
secret service.”
Gold Coinage Last Month.
There were 502,000 pieces of gold
coin struck at the United States mints
last month, having a value of $5,925.
000.
Forest Products of States.
There was a time when Ohio was
noted for its forest products; last year
it yielded only 500,000 feet of the 40,
256,154,000 feet of lumber cut in the
country. Pennsylvania, which used to
lead in this industry, now ranks as
eighth among the states; Washington
coming first and Louisiana second.
Not Trying to Please.
"The reason married life is some
times trying,” says Mr. Taukaway, “is
that the parties to it aren’t.”—Kansas
City Times.
A Lesson in Grammar.
“Come, come, Willie,” remonstrated
the teacher, “you must say ‘They are
not,' or, if you wish, ‘They aren’t,’
but never ’They ain’t.’”
“Why not?" demanded Willie.
"Because it ain’t right.”—Catholic
Standard and Times.
Government Money in Banks.
There are as many dollars of gov
ernment money deposited in national
banks as there are people in the Uni
ted States.
Varying Sugar Consumption.
The Australians eat an average of
129 pounds of sugar each, every year,
the United States 89 pounds, Germany
36 pounds, France 32 pounds and
Great Britain 81 pounds, but in the
latter country the ratio is going up.
To Mine Asbestos in Cyprus.
Asbestos is found in the Island of
Cyprus, and a company organized in
1906, obtaining a concession in the
island, began to open a mine early in
1907. Up to the end of that year 1,000
tons of asbestos were mined.
watched by a most delighted multitude.
The display began by the discharge
of 101 aerial guns, the national salute,
and was followed by the lighting of
250 prismatic fires which changed
color a number of times. The Illu
mination was superb and the effect
of the changing tints on the towering
marble shaft of the Washington mon
ument was extremely beautiful. Then
came the flight of 150 rocket bombs
fired from several positions so as to
blend their various colors, and then
in rapid succession the discharge of a
battery of magnesium balloons fol
lowed by a marvelous “sun cluster”
and batteries of fiery cobras, and the
burning of great quantities of ruby
fire, which gave its red tint to every
object within a radius of many
squares.
National Shield in Bombs.
“The Star Spangled Banner" excited
the admiration of the great throng of
spectators. It was produced by the
electrical discharge of many large
bombs picturing the national shield in
its true colors, suspended t.raong the
clouds. One of the great features of
the display was the wonderful “Pillar
of Light,” rising 100 feet into the air,
arranged in five tiers and lighting up
the whole southern section of the city.
Then came batteries of lightning can
dles emitting blinding flashes, close
ly resembling real lightning, and fol
lowed by peals of thunder. Another
new feature was the crescendo re
peating bombs. The first shell fired
broke with one explosion, the second
with two, and so on up to the twenty
first with twenty-one explosions.
Among the many other novelties
was an immense shell which was fired
into the air several hundred feet and
released a monster streamer in the
inspiring colors of "Old Glory.”
Battle in the Sky.
Nearly the last and the greatest
sensation of the whole exhibition was
a set piece: ‘‘The Battle in the Sky,”
showing a city with its spires and lofty
buildings, some of them 100 feet high,
and filling a space on the ground 500
feet long. An airship is seen passing
over it.-followed by others. These turn
and are met by an opposing aerial
fleet, when a battle ensues. One air
ship after another is set on fire, and
falls. In the meantime other airships
float over the city, dropping fiery
bombs, wrecking the buildings which
crumble and fall until all are utterly
destroyed. The action of the encoun
ter of the aeroplanes and the destruc
tion of the city were marvelously
realistic.
Parade in the Snow.
The paraders in the afternoon had a
hard time of it, but manfully pushed
their way through the snow and slush.
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell was the
grand marshal.
The military division had the right
of way after the president's escort.
At its head were the West Point ca
dets and the midshipmen from the
naval academy at Annapolis. The
cadets of both schools were cheered,
as they always have been cheered at
every inaugural parade in which they
have taken part. Immediately behind
the future officers of army and navy
came the regulars of the military serv
ice. In the lino were the 2,600 men
who had formed tht^ Cuban army of
pacification.
In the waters of Hampton roads for
ten days the fleet which had made Its
record-breaking journey around the
world had been assembled. The bat
tleships. the cruisers, the destroyers
and the torpedo boats were drawn
upon for ‘Jackies” to give the sea
service an adequate representation in
the inaugural ceremonies. There were
Vice-President Sherman.
3,000 sallor3 from the Connecticut, the
Illinois and the other ships of Sperry’a
fleet in the parade. The marines fol
lowed the sailors.
National Guardsmen There.
Next came the National Guards
men from various states of the union,
and their excellent marching and evo
lutions elicited enthusiastic applause.
In the rear of the military division
came the civic organizations. There
were in line more than 100 clubs and
political associations from all parts of
the country, nearly all of them wear
ing some unique and distinguishing
uniform.
THE GUARANTY BILL
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE.
FEATURES OF THE MEASURE
Railroad Legislation to Be Given Con
sideration, Now that the Banking
Bill is Out of the Way.
Substantially as it came from the
standing committee, the banking bill,
providing for a depositors’ guaranty,
was recommended for passage by the
house committee of the whole. An
effort will be made to get it en
grossed at the earliest possible dal8
and sent to the senate.
The first test vote which has been
secured on the proposition was taken
on the committee report. The demo
cratic majority lined up for the bill,
while the republican minority, with
the exception of Thiessen of Jeffer
son, went on record as opposed to
the bill. McColl of Gage voted aga.nst
his republican brethren, when the
test vote was taken, but he did so
with the explanation that “I am op
posed to this bill and opposed to any
kind of guaranty bill. Therefore I
vote ‘no’ now and shall vote ‘no’
again when the bill conies up for
passage.”
Some of the essential features, as
the bill now stands, are:
The business of banking and the
terms relating to it are defined and
the business of banking is prohibited
except by means of a corporation or
ganized under the laws of the state,
national banks which organize under
the federal laws being excepted.
The banking hoard is organized
with the governor, auditor and attor
ney general as members, the gover
nor being made chairman.
The board is given the power of
general supervision over the banks
of the state.
The governor is given authority to
appoint a secretary of the board at a
salary of $3,000, a clerk at $1,500 and
a sufficient number of bank examin
ers at $1,800 a year.
The secretary and examiners must
have had at least three years' prac
tical experience in banking.
The bank examiners may not exam
ine the affairs of any bank in which
they have a personal interest or with
which they have had any connection
for a year previous.
The secretary and examiners must
put up a $25,000 bond each.
In making examinations, examiners
are authorized to administer oaths
and enforce the attendance of wit
nesses.
Examinations must be made in the
presence of two directors.
At least once a year examination
from sources outside the banks must
be made of 10 per cent of deposits
and loans.
Now for Railroad Bills.
With the guaranty banking bill and
the bill restoring the right., of direct
election of precinct assessors prac
tically out of the way in the house
that body is preparing to tackle right
away some of the weighty railroad
bills.
Three of the most important, the
physical valuation bill, the reciprocal
demurrage bill and the oil rate bill,
were ordered advanced to the head
of the general file when they were
reported out of the railroad commit
tee.
The physical valuation and demur
rage bills have already passed the
senate and are therefore in a fair
way of becoming laws with the next
week or two. The oil rate bill is a
house bill, but was introduced late.
This latter bill applies principally to
crude oil to be used tor fuel pur
poses. It is declared that it will let
the Kansas operators into Nebraska
with their product and that the re
sult will be a cheapening of power
through the substitution of oil for
coal in a good many enterprises.
The bill provides a set of distance
tariffs on crude oil which are a con
siderable cut from the present rates.
The rates are said to be similar to
those in effect in Kansas.
Against Constitutional Convention.
A considerable sentiment has de
veloped in the house against the pro
posed bill for a constitutional con-’
vention. Since the unexpected pas
sage of the bill by the senate the
question has received considerable at
tention in the house and sentiment
a?alnst it has grown materially since
it has come to be regarded as a
matter which may possibly have to
be dealt with. The senate bill has
not reached the general file of the
house, and a bill introduced in the
house by Raines is far down the file.
Oregon Plan Now a Law.
Gov. Shallenberger has signed H.
R. 1, by Humphrey of Lancaster, en
acting into law the Oregon plan for
the selection of United States sena
tors.
Agree Upon $20,000.
At last the state of Nebraska is
going to erect a statue in memory of
Abraham Lincoln, and the city of
Lincoln may take its visitors to the
state house grounds and show what
has been done for the martyred pres
ident. The conference committee of
the house and senate reported back
that they had agreed upon an appro
priation of $20,000, and the report
was adopted in both nouses. The
bill passed the house carryin; an ap
propriation of $15,000. but it was not
sustained by the upper branch.
President Taft Congratulated.
The legislature on the 4th stopped
long enough in its rush of work to ex
tend to William H. Taft, president of
the United States, congratulations
from the people of the state and to
wish him a successful administration.
The action of the legislature was
conveyed to the new president
through a telegram signed by the
president pro tem of the senate. Geo.
W. Tibbetts, and Chief Clerk of the
House Trenmore Cone. Griffin of
Burt was the mover of the joint res
olution.
NOW FOR BUSINESS.
First Half of Legislative Session la
Completed.
With the close of the week ending
March 2 the flrat half of the legis
lative session has been completed.
From now on until adjournment the
legislature will be occupied with
completing what has been begun.
Rather more than half of the time of
the session has been passed, but it
has been passed in getting started on
their way toward final fulfillment the
measures which are to mark the work
of the legislature.
But few bills hcve yet reached the
governor, although the house and
senate acting separately have al
ready disposed of much legislation.
! The house has passed and sent to
the senate seventy-two of its own j
bills and has passed four senate bills. I
The senate has passed and sent to |
the house seventy-eight bills and has
passed sixteen house bills. A total,
therefore, of twenty bills has already
been passed, eleven of which have
reached the governor and received his
signature.
Five house bills have failed of
passing after reaching a third read
ing, and three senate bills have met
defeat in the same manner. Through
the route of indefinite postponement
the senate has disposed of seventy
two of its own bills and four house
bills. The house has indefinitely
postponed ninety-four of its own
bills.
Of the bills which have been passed
most important is undoubtedly that
providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people through the medium of the
Oregon primary plan, which permits
candidates for the legislature to def
initely pledge themselves to vote for
that candidate for United States sen
ator who has received the greatest
number of popular votes. It has
been passed by both houses, but has
not yet reached the governor.
Senate Passes Primary Law.
The bill of Senator Ollis and Sena
tor Ketchum, amending the direct pri
mary law passed by the last, legisla
ture, was passed by the senate.
The bill changes the date of the
primary election from the first Tues
day in September to the second Tues
day in August, largely on account of
so many farmers being In attendance
at the state fair on the other date.
It provides that the precinct com
mitteemen shall be elected at the pri
mary, that they shall meet at the
county seat on the second Saturday
following, organize and elect dele
gates to the state convention, which
shall consist of three delegates from
Douglas county, two from Lancaster
and one from every other county.
The state convention will meet at
Lincoln on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember, formulate a platform and
elect a state central committee of one
member from each senatorial district.
It provides for a rotary secret bal
lot, although tr.e man is compelled
to vote only for his own party candi
date, or at least vote for candidates
of one party only. Any voter may
write in the name of any candidate
for whom he wishes to vote if the
name is not on the ticket, and should
such person receive a majority of the I
votes "he shall be considered the can
didate, provided he files acceptance
of nomination within ten days.
Ninety-Nine-Inch Bed Sheets.
Representative Sink's bed-sheet hill
has been recommended for passage
in the senate, and there is no indica
tion of any further fight on the meas
ure. It was brought up in committee
of the whole and disposed of without
great difficulty. Senator Raymond of
Scott's Bluff proposed an amendment,
suggested by the hotel men of Lin
coln and Omaha, that individual tow
els be supplied to guests only on re
qtlest, but the senate, after listening
to Senators Tibbets and Randall,
voted this down, as they did other
amendments.
Security for Public Funds.
Randall of Madison obtained the
approval of the committee of the
whole for S. F. No. 122 and S. F. No.
117, the first relating to security to
be given by banks for county funds
on deposit, and the second to state
funds in depository bank-;. The bill
permits banks that are county or
state depositories to give a guaranty
bond as security or to deposit with
the state auditor first mortgages on
real estate, United States bonds,
bonds of this or other states, county,
municipal or school district bonds.
Woman Suffrage.
The house passed Jerry Howard’s
bill submitting an amendment provid
ing for woman suffrage, the vote
standing 62 to 34. This was two
more than enough to carry the propo
sition, a three-fifths majority being
necessary.
Assessment of Real Estate,
After a period of disagreement
lasting several weeks, the senate rec
ommended for passage a bill by Ful
ler of Seward county providing for
the assessment of real estate every
two years instead of each four years.
Demurrage Law.
A bill that has passed the senate
is a reform measure which has been
sought for many years by the ship
ping public. This is a reciprocal de
mur-age law. Two years ago such a
law was introduced and backed by a
democratic minority, but failed to be
uncovered, when a sifting committee
was appointed. E. B. Quackenbush of
Nemaha was author of the bill, and
was called home by illness in his
family just at the time when his per
sonal efTort was needed to push the
bill along.
New Law for Passing on Sanity.
Under the new law, H. R. 118,
signed by Gov. Shallenberger and be
coming effective immediately because
of emergency clause, if the attorneys
of R. Mead Shumway desire to inter
fere in his behalf an order will be
necessary from a judge of the First
judicial district, either Judge Raper
or Judge Pemberton, granting a hear
ing on the insanity charge. Under
the former law application could be
made in the district court of Lancas
ter county and a long and tedious
trial by jury
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural. Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
The members of the Methodist
church of Seward are raising funds to
build a parsonage creditable to their
splendid church building.
The people of the First German
Congregational church of Hastings
expect (o begin the erection of their
new church about May 1.
The Baldwin Manufacturing com
pany of Cincinnati has filed its arti
cles of incorporation with the secre
tary of state and will open headquar
ters at Omaha. The capital stock of
the company is $1,800,000, and the
company paid tne secretary of state
a fee cf $002 for filing the articles.
The shipment of hogs to Pacific
coast points from the vicinity of
Kearney is again under way, and
many carloads of Buffalo county pork
ers are in this way sent to the far
east. During the summer and fall
season as high as a trainload a week
is no uncommon shipment from that
point.
Theodore Leserve, who was found
unconscious in the yards at Alliance,
is a son cf W. A. Leserve, a well
known Grand Army man of Broken
Bow. Young Leserve left there Sun
day night, carrying on his person, so
his father states. $1,600. He was ac
companied by two companions, Roy
Gallington and Frank Davis. When
found, it is said, Leserve had only
$600 on him.
Mrs. Mary Hanks, a former resident
of Beatrice, and wife of Paul Hanks,
was killed in a railway accident at
Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs. Hanks, in
company with her little son, was driv
ing over a crossin; in the outskirts'
of Fort Worth, when the buggy was
struck by a passenger train. The ve
hicle was cut in two and Mrs. Hanks
received injuries from which she died
a few hours later. The boy was not
hurt.
Two of the leading churches of
Hastings, the First Methodist and
First Presbyterian, have installed the
telephone method of givln; indis
posed members an opportunity to
hear the sermon. The apparatus con
sists of a large transmitter placed
upon the pulpit, into which the pastor
talks as he delivers his sermon. Those
who are ill notify the pastor and he
connects their line with the transmit
ter.
Mrs. Jennie Grogor. the woman who
murdered Volley Mann, pleaded guilty
to murder in the second de;ree at
Ogallala. and Judge Grimes sentenced
her to thirty-nine years in the peni
tentiary at hard labor. He directed
that each anniversary of the crime.
Oct. 8. shall be spent in solitary con
finement. Dales, her accomplice, was
given a life sentence at hard labor in
the penitentiary, with solitary con
finement upon each and every anni
versary of the crime.
Lawrence Daily, teller in the Bank
of Commerce at Hastings, is suffering
from blood poisoning, supposed to
have been contracted in the handling
of infected money. For a time it was
feared that amputation would be nec
essary. but that danger is now passed.
The proposition for the issue of
bonds for the proposed new high
school building in Hastings, to cost
upward of $100,000, will probably be
submitted at a special election follow
ing the regular municipal election in
April.
Sylvester Cozad was accidentally
shot and killed at a ball game about
a mile north of Freedom in Frontier
county. As young Cozad was making
a run during the game a revolver fell
from his pocket, which was tmmie
diately picked up by a younger boy
named Bonar, a son of George N. Bo
nar. He called out to young Cozad.
“Slop or I will shoot you,” apparently
in fun, and then fired the revolver.
Cozad turned at the call and was shot
through the left breast, and died al
most instifntly.
All efTorts to save the life of R.
Mead Shumway. the murderer of Mrs.
Sarah Martin of Adams, failed, and he
was hanged in the penitentiary. Six
stays of execution had been granted
during the progress of the case. Shum
way walked to the scaffold supported
by two assistants, but ascended the
stairs unaided. “You are hanging an
innocent man,” he said, when asked
to make a final statement. Then he
added: “May God forgive all of you
who have had anythin? to do to me.”
Death did not come as swiftly as in
the three executions held before at
the penitentiary, for the rope was not
placed tightly enough about his neck,
and it was twenty-one minutes before
the heart ceased beating and twenty
seven and a hatf minutes before the
physicians pronounced Shumway
dead.
The high water of the Elkhorn and
ice caused sixty feet of the bridge
south of Stanton to wash away. Big
chunks of ice, some of which were
forty feet square, caused the trouble.
Sheriff Rosseter arrived in Valen
tine from LeGrande, Ore., where he
went he went to bring back Sam
Storey, the man who left Douglas
Wyo.. with Fred Smith the man who
was found in the river at Valentine
last October. It is known that Story
was in the city about that time, and *
his preliminary will be held soon to
find out just what he knows about the
case
At the city election which was held
in Auburn for the purpose of voting
on bonds for the establishment of
water works and a sewer system, both
questions carried.
Nebraska bankers, in session at
Omaha, elected the following officers
President, Geo. Wolz, Fremont- vice^
president. P. F. Peterson. Omaha
treasurer, R. W. Yager, Hastings- sec
retary, J. Burns, Omaha.
Governor Shallenberger and his en
tire staff will spend the Fourth of July
at Crawford, where the governor'will
deliver the address of the day at a
big celebration. a