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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1903)
'f' ' r. ; - ' " n , I . - I - THE 8T A Tb CAPITAL - - - , 1embers of the Leglslatule Gather In Lincoln AIId Proceed to Organize the LegIslature , \ESSAGES \ OF G VERNORS I .An Interesting Rece tlon by the OUholng : and Incoming Chief executlves-The State ! Officers Sworn. i . ri I I " 'l'he st.1to Itglslature ! Is now tull } - ( -olganlzed and In wnrldng order. : N hlet-n I ne mem LJers uf the 110use at Heprescntatlves gathered In I lu- coin last week to perlOrm this dllt ) " uno member ha\1IIg died slnco elec- 1 tlor. ' 1'he thlrt-thrce sonaturs wele nil on hand In duc tlrue and ready for work. Many members reached Lln'oln \ Sunday and some carller than that , Jlld all were on haneJ LJefure lunrlllY night. 'L'he usual preliminary sklrm- , : Ishlng was done , though there \\'IIS I not us much p.xcltemont as usual. I Monday was the busy day with the , candidates and workers. as well as \ " with the army of busv seelers after ! uppoilitments to the numerous smull- { or positions aLJout the legIslature. r As early as Hunday evening tile re- pnbllcan members helel a eonfereuce und agreed upon 1I0n. W. II. lIar- II Iison , of Grand Island , fcr president ' ' , pro mcore or the senate. 'l'hat Imr- 'I' ty hi'lng a Illrgo majority In both houses It went without sayIng that , its nominees would LJe elected. Mon- ( lay ovenlng .Tuhn II. l\1oclCtt. .Tr. , ur t Lincoln , was nomluated hy the re- i , pUhlcans Cor speaker of the huu e and John Wall for cblef clerk. Wl1ell the two house can vened at noon 'l'lHJsday Uhlef Justice Sullh'un , was called In to administer the uath I. . to the membersaud the above named I were elected. A. n. 1 < : el 111 , or 11'all Oity \ ' as elected secrutary of the sen- I ate. 'fhese preliminaries being tin- ished the two branches of the leglsla- t ture were duly : or anlzed and ready tor bnslness. ' 1'hey then adjournld until Wednesday. 'i ' : A t eleven IJ'clock Wednesday both I 'branches eonvened. ' .rhe only bnsl-I I ! Dess transacted was the announcement - { ment of appointments ard canva sIng - Ing the vote , for state olllcP.fs. This ( clone , adjournment was In order. J 'l'hursday , Immediately acter assembling - sembling the honse and senate met In the house of represenlatlves In I i joint session and proceeded to Install I \ the state ol1lcerCl. Uhlef Just'e ! Sullivan. accJmpanleJ by associate , I , Justices Holcomb and Sed wlck ap- 1/ / : ' pened : at the I > peaker's desk and ad- I ministered the oaths of oOlce to t.he ' : state ol1lcers elect. Governor Savage , 1\ \ read his message as also did ( jever- nor Mickey , arter wh ! h the leg-Isla- " 'tuee tooe ] a recess nntll Tuesday at- T" " tnrnoon. i j In the evening- reception was , lleld In the senate chamber. which was attended as IIsnal by a throng of i ! oeople. It was a cala occasion and I oilssed 01T very smoothly. , I ! LITTLE SAVINGS Men are prone to forget the seDsl. tl veness ot a woman's d Isposl tlon. \ " Women scout nt the utility of I .1 " thlnlclng twice before spealdng once. \ , Men dislike to be cOllslrJered ] ael , , , lng In ability to size up a schelller. 1'1 ' One-half of the Imports Into thl ! . ; -countrr are of mat rlals for manufac- ture. ' Oanadlan trade , with Grr.at Britain ,1 , \ has Increased ever 6,000,000 the past d year. Men arc possessed uf the Idea that I I women are LJuund to tal\C tbelr ad- III \ vice. h \ WOlDen often Sl10W an obstlnancy , whIch Indicates want of mental LJal- \I \ unce. t. ! Women are dlsposecl to overdo the vlnences of gratltnde for favors ' 'Shown tLtOm. I I Men resent the Impntaton of seek- / lng assoelatlOn with whht Is cllled , r. swell society. Women usually make the most of ! I an occasion which seems to enhance , tlhllr social status. , I . . 1\Ien rreq nen t1y fa II tet enjoy pleas- ure because of a d Isposl tlon to demand I I more than a Calr share. j I Women often Inc1ul e In extra va- I ! gant expressions 1 [ ; a way to lead to \ unfurtunate clrcurnstanes. j Twenty-three thousand ahles CO\-- ) ered with hleroilyphlcs have been ! , brou ht from Nlppurln Mesopotamia , by Prof. II1lprceht. I , I 'rhe water. power available on the J Pacilic slope for prod ucl n electric I ener y Is equivalent to the coml.lus. tlon of 300,000,000 tons of coal a year. 'I'A 'I' ' reat many modish women are wearln the heavy , mercorlzed chov. I lots so much In evIdence last sum- I morbut whether cott nsllkor wool , I white Is the approved color. , In 1880 the value at Carm product of the south exceeded tlmt of manu. factured products LJy more than $200- 000,000 , while In WOO manuCaotures " exceeded furro products by muro than . $100,000,000 , thouJh ; : durln that perIod - Iod the number of persons en aJed : : 11J agrIculture IncrcDsed 36 per cent. n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TilE CRY IS COAL. East and West Alike Suffer From Lack or 11- SUIsly : Short Everywhere. St. Paul , Minn. , .Jan. 2.-A special to the l'Juneer-l'ress Crom Huron , S. D. . says : A nether severe wInd a snow storm Rtrnck this parL of the state Saturday - day illumIng. Hallway cuts ure a.taln ) . IIlIed with SIlOW , and reat ! clclrts ure seen everywhere. ' 1'he fltorlll cannot be otherwise than so. \'ore to stock. and the scarcIty of fllelmalces conditions III this looallty aalllllnl ] ! . lIecauso of the fnel short- ale thn mrlous churches dId not ou- Sl'r\'U the weel , of prayer In theIr houses or worship. but held meetlnJls , In pl'lvate homes. The strl test ecunomy Is practiced III Cue1. Topeka. 1\as , , .Tun. 2.-A heavy snow Is fallng here , wlLh the weather - er growing ohlCJr and the city Is out of coal. Nut'll ( Iealer 111 town has' a carload on hand and none In slgl1t. It Is expected that tllere will be suf- ferllll ! before the faml ue Is relieved. as many of the poor uro entirely out of coal. ' 1'ho Camlne In Kansas Is tal,1 ng on a more serious aspect. ' 1'110 state retorm school has onJy a two days' suppy left. In Ottumwa , Law renr-e IInd A tuhlson I lots have been narrowly averted durln the past threa diU's whelle\'er n car or coal would arrive. Mueh snlferlng exists among the poorer classes , LJecause they caullot ubtaln enough coal. Mllwaul\Ce , WIs. . Jlln , 12-Af tor the clt Izens' meetl n today considerIng - Ing the coal Camlne , thu followlUg message was sent to United States Senator .T oseph Quarles by Mayor Hose : " 'fhe people or our olty are con- Cronted by a coal Cal llne , and It Is working great harsdhlp9. Wo are endeavoring - deavoring to arrange to purchase coal In Canada. 1'110 tax Is ( j7 % cents per ton. Is It not possible to selure : the Immediate passage of a resolution through conlress at least suspending the collectlun of the duty on han1 coal A bill ell ht to be presented putting hard coal n the Cree list. If we can gut the resolution , It will wmk Immmedlate beneJt. ! I do not thInk that the true conditions arc realized. Great sulferlng Is resulting from the famine and we look to the future with alarm" Detroit , Mich. , .Tan. 12.-Tbe mu- lilclpal coal cumlsslon appointed by Mayor Maybury to manage tl10 coal business that city I emLJarkln In , met today and arranJed , ! a plan to LJe- gin Immedlatoly the purchasing of coal. J. fJ. Hudson , a prominent local rr.erchant , who Is chairman of the commIssion , announced that bo will loan the commlslson $10,000 with which to purc.hase coal pending the passage of an ( ! tIa bll ng aot by the legislature to legalize the use of $50- 000 of the city's iunds fur this pur- pnse. The comlsslon decided to use the yards oC the department of public - lic works and the water buard for cual yards. Chicago , Jan. 12-Nlne of the ton merolJers at the "get coal" commlt- toe appulnted at a meeting held in Detroit last fall to Investigate tbe shortage In the coal supply , lind , If poslsble , to IInd a means of remedyIng - Ing the evil , met hero today. A fter a careful analysis uf the coal situation throuJlhout , the conntry the Hev. S. A. White at Chlcagu olhred a resolution call1n upon the governors - nors of all the states and [ he mayors of the principal eltles to tal\O a Ulllt- I'd stand against the methods helng practiced with reference to the c\lal supply at the natIOn , and to set a time In the near Cuture when the. governlJrs and mayors shall go In aj body to \ \ ashlngton and demanrl ufl Attorney General Knox the enforcement - ment of the law so that the people will be able to , et coal at a ronson- able price. It was the generalopln- Ion of the commIttee that the laws already In existence are sul1lclent to meet the emergency. llnel It properly enforced there would ho no trouble In gettIng all the coal that was needed. [ i'lnal action on the resolution at Mr. White was dcrerrml until later In thu day. Mayor l\laybury ( If Dl'trolt will meet Mavor Harrison of Chicago and pr'vlde ) for a ma s meeting in hoth oitle. . . , the Incentive belu ! . : tllO gutting - ting Crom the people mural .1'Jthorlty to go to the capital city and ask fur aCHnlnlstratlon of justice. No Abatement of Pla ue. Mazatlan , 1\Jxlco , .Tan. 11'he plague continues wlthollt material abatument. . ' 11here are torty-threo pat lens at tbe Lazareto. and the disease - ease Is now attacl\lng people convalescing - lescing Cram pr vlous attacks. 'l'ho city has been dl\'ldld for sanitary purposes Into COllr selJtlons and each sectIon will LJe thorolllhly disinfected - ed under modlcal supervisIon. Young Girl Kills Herself , Ottumwa , la. , .Tan. -Reoause. . It Is said , her motller , refused to allow - low her to play with certain Ilrls , Lydia Dwyer , ten years olcI.comInlt- _ ted suicide by drlnklug aclu. Jumps From a High window. Now York , .Tan 12.-Crazed by tbe pain attendlllg his Illness ot typhoid fever. 'fhomas A. O'Donough , treasurer - urer of the 0' Donough ColTee company - pany , sprang Crom the window at his room on the seventh flnor of tbo Oralnde department house , landln on the sIde walk. ne died ten IDln- utes later. lIe was attended y a trained Durse. Mr. U'F > onougb was .thlrty years old aDd a wllilonalre. , , , . ' , USE CORN FOR FUEL DODGE COUNTY F.\tlM1RS ANE BEGINNING - NING TO USE IT. S'VATHED IN DEADLY FLUID WOMAN nURNED TO DEATII IN GAGE COUNTY-OUI ! TO GASOLINE. DISCOVERED UNCONCIOUS " r03cheel the Stove With It 53tur3ted = Gar- lI1ent-An OIll.1l1a Lawyer Pound Dead by the UOllelslde. Fremont , Neb. . .lun. IJ.-IIlstorS : HeIllS abont to relJeat Itself In Dudge , 'OUllty. Farmers are be\lnnlng \ . : to I'mrn COIll rur fuel ns they did III the arly ulnelles when It was selllnl ; for lell cellls a hushel and the crop wns IJ\'erwhelmlngly large. Now It Is IIlIt so much the fact that corn Is illw In IJIlCe Imt that fnells high ILnd In sume cases practlcal1y Impos. t,1 ble to et that aCiJnnts fur the use III' corn as a heat producer. Only lho poorest part of the crup Is bolng Ile\'oted tu that purpose. Part uf the corn IIlled Inte and \\'ns caughtLJy the irust and It Is this which Is beln utilized to supply the pluco of Cuol. Uoal Is very harc ] to get In Rro- mont. Cltlzlns ! are golug Crom one dealer tu another endeavorlllg to se. 'fre ' It LJut are met e\'erywhero with l.tO response that more orders nro al- I'eady on hat d than cnn be lIIied. l'he de ders have no coal 'In stock ami rely only on what they have ordered. ' 1'he situation Is as ncute as It could be wlthuut elltallllll ; gen- lral ! sulTerlng. A lucal resldun t tried In'nln toclay tu get sllmo nut soft' coal and tlnally bonght hnlf a ton of IltIlhraclte for $7.50. It Is nctually easier to get the : anthraclte product than the bitumInous artlclo at pres- ent. Poorer people ha ve been In great need of fllel of any kind during the zero weather. Chlldron have been seen going along- the railroad tracks plcl\lng up pieces of "oal or out In the tlmLJer across thu rl vcr gatherln branches to bring home. Some who 11Ie III good circumstances will have to resort to burning wood If the pres- \Jnt \ : conditions continuo 11Iuol.1longer. Lawyer Found Dead Omaha. Neh. , Jan. 13.-W. D. lleckett a'ell ' known lawyer was foun frozen dead Monday at noon. His boy was lying two miles west ot Benson near the Llttlo Paplo creek. Henry } lapp. a milkman , Cound It 'lDd ' reported to the coroner. As the milkman reported that the hody was unt I here when he passed ea rly I n the m 'ruIng lite had evidently not bp.en ! ! xtlnct many hours. 'fhe limbs were frozen stllf hu t the body was not yet rigid. Mr. Ucel\Ctt was CUI'tv-four years o ! a e. He leaves a wife and four children , Lwo of the children by a former wHe. lIe WdS a prominent attuIlley for many 'ears , bllt during the PlSt year has been drlnllng heavllv. Ills wife recently slled for II dlvoree. ' 1'he last time Becwtt ! was seoo as at 1 :30 : Sunday morning when his nephew. Mr. Woodruugh , tall\Cd to him. 'l'he nephew supposed he was then on his way to his room at the lIer Grand hotel Instead or goIng - Ing there he evlclcntly started Into ' , he country toward Bensou. Dnrlng his protesslonal oareer In Omah : ! lleckett was a member of several IIrms and had appeared as counsel In some of the moqt Important suits lIIed In the courtil. At one tIme he was the. law partner of Jllr1 e H. U. Read , \V01111n Burned to Dcafh. Wymore. Neb , . Jan. 1:1.-\lrs. : : .T 'W. HobArts , the wlte of a proml nen t farmer IIvtrlg south of town , died th Is mar nlm : from the erfects of a terrible hurn. 1\1Is , HoLJerts had been washing a waist In gasoline , Saturdav evenIng , and had one near the stove with It. The artlclo took fire and Iofore she could help thorself the flames enveloped her. Hhe thlew a carcet o\'er her head and ran out 'of doors , where she Cell In an unc n- : sclous condition. . and was In that 'state when the family returued frolU town late In the e\'enlnJ. ; . . No Extortion at Des nolnes. Des Moines , la. , .Tan. 1:1-Tho : sort coal oprratnrs' assoclatloll of the De Mulnes district held a meeLln thl atternlon and deolded to refuse tf ) sell coal to Des Iolnes retail deaJer and teamsters who have In the past or may In the future sell coal to can , SlllUers Cor more than $ :1 : a ton. th retail prlc ! : IIxed by the assoiJlatiou. DClubt Le allty of Will. OInclnnatl , 0. , .Tan. 13.-A pecu. liar cuntest LJegan hero In the probate cuurt toc1ay when the widow of tllo Intu mlillollalle , .John McCormlok GIbson of thls , city. who died al Asheville , N. 0. . a few months a o , presented ror probate a copy oC h" \,11I , made from steno raphlc note ! alleged to h'\ve heen preserved bJ 'Atornoy'olls ' , of Asnevllio. 'rho origInal wIll , It Is assorted , Ibas never bneu foulld SIDCO tbe deat ! ' ur Mr. Gibson. ' BREAK INTO VAULT. nurclars Make a GeeS ; nank lIaut at Louis- ville. r oulsvlile , eh. . .Jan. D.-(1hls ( olty wall the scene or n LJank rObhery nt an early hour 'l'hursrlny nwrnhil- : - that 1\'Cs ovldence or hn\'lng heon ( JOiu- mllted by expO ! ts. It ylclrled Its perpetrators the lIeat sum of $ ,1 oo hi Iold , sll\'er IInd currency , IIncl un less thohlluncls are elTeelll'o lutr\l'I\- : Ing thelll the robbers seelll 1I1\OIy tu l'sea pe. The robhery or.cuTlNI some LIllie lH'twcen 2 aud : ! o'dfll'l , thIs 1110rn- In . The BallI. ( If COllllllcree. which Is the propel ty of TOIII I'll rllllle or I'lat.tsllIouth. . pl'l'sldentlif thu Inde- pellllenttelepholle 01 II ngi1.llLlon of the ! .tale.ls loc ated next door to the IHlst- ol1lce. and cutral1lo : was alned to It lIy lIIeal\ln Into the postol\lce. \ drIll- 111 a hole lar u enllll h to pelmlt a llIan 10 crawl throu h the t\To-foot hrll'l , wall lute the haok vault. tlmq avoldln ! ! the burl.lar ! alarm. and dynamiting - namiting the " "fo withIn DUlIng 1 he early mornIng hours. peopo ] In tile \1l1lnlty were IIwal\Cned by a report - port , of the e"ploslon , hut nune seemed to hll(1 beer. IHOllllltlHl to deem It anythln unusual. Shortly afterwards 1I10n were heald wallllIg ( Iown thu street adjacent. but no one Hot up to observe the meaning of the nocturnal - nal visitation. 't'hls 1lI0rnlll when .Tesse McGrew callie to worl , In Iho minting ol1lco wh\lh \ aeljolns the banI , he peered In that Insll tutlon aud cllscovercc1 the \\"Iecl , of the vault , aUll In\'estlga- lion disclosed the mcalllng of the wreele. ' 1'here was u IH1r lar alarm on tile door 01 the vault 'Iml the safl ! \Vas ostenslhly bllf lar proof , and the cunning Illanner In which the bur - lars avoided detection or luterrup- tlUII prove ! ' thelll to be craolsmen. Quarantine Will e R.lJtld. I ' 1'uscon , Ariz. . , Tan. n.-Informa- i tlun frolll th ol1lce of the secretalY IIf state of Herlllosilio cor cernlng the plllg uo sl tlla tlon Is as follows : 'l'he strictest quarantlno Is lIIaln- talned at GUllyamasa IIgalnst Mazat- Ian. A cordon of soldiers has been established Crom the tldowater on the boundary line between the state ! ! of Sonora and Sinaloa , the soldiers tJelllg stationed within sl ht of cal h other alon the entire dlsllll1CO with I nstructlons to shoot anyoue endew- : OI'ln 10 pass the line. 'rho strIctest 1lndof patrol Is Iwpt alon ! . : the CUllst. No passports are Issned to shl ps to clear from Guavmas. and no ships ar allowed to enter Crom any poInt. Guaymas Is dependln entirely upon her own resources tor subslstance. 'l'ho most tlwroulh system of fumigatIOn - gatIOn and 'sanltalY regulatliJns hns heen adoptod. LIme and sulpher aru Issned dally to the poor people and tile streets and yards Ilre oleaned dally. Governor Isabel has LJeen pJace(1 In charge LJy the Cederal I-tov l'rnment. He branis the rf'ports or the last Cew days to the effect that Ihe pln ue hils secured a foothold In Guavmas or In any of the LJorcler towns LJetweon GUllymas and Inuloa as false Washlnlton. .Tan. O.-A dispatch has been leceJved at the pUhllc health and marino hrJsplt'lI se vjee Crom the board of trace ] at 'L'uscou. Arizona , I c'alling attention to the existence of hu bon 10 pln ue I n Mexico and re- ( ( uestlng- that necessary stops he talcn to pr'vcnt ! , It.s upreul : Into A rl- z na. 'l'he president of the superior buard of health of Mexico has ol1lclnl. ] yannonnced to tile authurltles In WashIngton that the Illague exists at Enslnada aud Mazatlan. Mexico , ancl has requested the public health IInd roarlne hospital servlee to notify the hureau of American repuLJlIcs that the South American countries th"on h them may be Informed. Dr. OrubLJs , a mecJlccal reprcsentuth'c or tllo ( whllc health alld marine hospital - pital service now at La , Angeles , whe , has beeu Investigating the situation 1'1 I nsanda , and ! Jr. AleJl'andur , the lIIedlCIl1 : representatlvo at Nnsanda , have ' , een directed by the surccc n eneral to talw necessary ! lotion In the mlltter. J\lnde Effort to Linch 11Im. fieno , Nov. . Jan. O.-A special to Ihe Gazette from Eurelm conllrms I he story of tlw tragrdy enacted at tlw Keystone mine yestcrday. whan uperlntendent ' 1'aylor was set upon hy twelve union miners. 'l'wo men ilre deacllwd another Is just all \'e ; , ,1iI1I another has bCl'n gl ven up hy I he doctors and a fifth Is not serJous , Iy hurt. There was Intense oxcltement among the mlncrsllncl It was thoulht that 'l'aylor wOllld ho lynched last night. 'l'he shorllf succeeded In splr l\.Ing \ 1'aylor ancl Assistant GasKill of Ely for un unknown destination. lJetalls al'O hard to obtain. liS Bly Is a remote CU1l10 Car from railroad 'Ir tel graph communication , LJelllg 150 miles southeast of l urekD. For ery Cause of Failure. Nllco doches , Tex" Jan. D.-It Is ( ' ! almed that the de'elopments In I he fallt.re : or the Wettormarlt hanl , 'It Naco doclH's and Hendorson show I II . t rorged notes and recel pts to a 11'I.e ! amount caused the suspel1slon , I t I. . also stated that Investigations ' 1'e : disclosed $110,000 In Craudulent p 'per ' , A lIIelllherot the flrmlt Is claimed Ila" dIsappeared and II warrant III\s ' ' ' 'IHI sworn uut cbJrglng him wltl > f'Hucrv. . , , ' . . . . ' , _ . _ ' , _ . . . , . . - BROKE INTO PE NI KE IIA IHS SCRVES TUU ! Fen ONF DAY. GOVERNOR'S LAST PARDONj COMf\\UTES YIAR'S ! SENnNCE TO ONI- DA V-MADE G IIAND I\U511. IS RECEIVED AS GUEST Tele hone anel Telc\r : , , 11 Wires Are Keet 1101 Durin ! : Ihe DI1)-M3e1e IIlIlse I\e ort. : Lincoln. Neb. . .Inn. II.-.Toseplt A. lIatrl , a lIalll\ur of } ) rolwn How sentellcl'cl to se1'\'e ono ycar In the penlt.entiary fur mal\lng II falsr' statement to the state ha. 'II ' ! : hrlald , was fa\'orecl with GOVlJllIOr Sa'a o's last act IIf clclllelllY. : 'l'lw govur , or cut llif all his sentence except - cept ono day. liar rl1i Immediately rushetl to the penItent lary to beL\l1I \ this IIno day's service. He vlrtnnllv hrol\O Into ttlu IH'lsoli for fear thllt If he clld m'L ' he ln service ' 1'hulsdas the O\'eruor's cCllllmutat Ion whlt'h , was dlrecl ed tll the warden. wOlild ho null today with a new UVOrl1l1r III I the OXl'cutl\'e OmCl' . II wns some. thing never hearcl of heroro In the hlstury of the state for a mall to seelt hl h alld low for the shmllf or hl Cfmllty to 11Il11ICl' that ol1her.eItalc : \ . him to the peliltelltinry. Mr. Harns I'allecl to Ilnd the sherltf alllt liS a last resort WOlit to the penitentiary. " 1 have heull sentenced to ono year III the pentllentlary , " ho snld when ushered Into the warden's ol1lre. Ilnd I ell'slre to olltl'r upun my ( tlltles. " Walden DavIs wus nmllzed. 11e 10I\Ocl , at Ule mall and usl\Cel If he had his eOlllmltment papers. II No , 1 have net , , bllt the shoI1Jt hils. " said the vlsllor. II It Is IllIposslble for l\1e \ to receIve you as a prisoner , " saiel the warde' ! . . unluss YUII have a cumnJltment , but I can rece h'o yon as a Ituest. , " This Iliterview toole place IIbout a o'clock Friday aftornol'n. It appeared - ed to cast a gloom o\'er thu1..1 . tor. For a time It looked as If hlJ efforts to ImprIson hllllself would filiI ater all. Ill' did not despllir. however , alld In Lhe mean tlmo hIs trlendsllnd Secretary Hose of the state banklnlt , hOIl rei. we re scou ring the sta te for Armstl'ung or Uuster ClIUllty , to come and place tile man In lc al cnstody uf the .vardon. The frlunds of Mr. HarrIs Intlmated , qulto pialny ] that the sherllT was not , doing hIs duty. that ho was an enemy of HarrIs and was trying to l\Oep him ouL uf Lhe penItentiary. It made some of them wrathy. ' 1'ullphollo IInd tele raphV Ires were lwpt hot durlllg the day. I.'lemlly . this resulted In Sherllf Armstrong tald , , a forenoon tralll at Brol\'n lIow. lle arrived III Lilicoin lit 5,10 : In the evenlnanel \ . mudo Harris happy - py by supph'lu him with commitment - ment papers. I ast ovenlng thu prisoner - oner Clepa rted f rum the prison a Crle nHltl. Warden Da\'ls said It was too late In the day to w ) through all the formalltws of reccl\'lnl ! II prisoner , but he registered Harris , nve him a suit IIf strlled ( clothllll. : alld locl\Ocl him In a cell. ' 1'IHIs far lIart"ls had escaped J.'JrIi ; ! ! to jail or to prls/'n. Sen tence was pronoullcecl I n the d Is- Lrlct court Novemher a , His aLtor- neys were In LIIIC1UIIi on the evclllng of that tlllY with II petltloll In error which . . as lIIedln the supreme euurt , tOj.ctJer . ! ! with II req uest for suspension of selltence. .luel e Hulcomb sl ned the urder suspelllhn sentullce as Is usual in snch cases when a proper bOlld Is plesented. ' 1'ho bond WIlS considered oocl as tu security but was faulty In form and Dcputy Clerk K W. Nelson III the abtence of Clrrk I..l'o . lIerdll1un of the supreme court relused to approved It. 'rho sus prllsillu wa'l flf nu effect wlthollt an approved bond , so the attorlleys hastCJned tCl bll'ure another I n proper form. 'I'h'y ! w're ! lIIuch wOlrleo for Cear SherllI Armstroug would pillcd lIarrls In jail ulltll the nolbOlld was furlllslleel , bLlt Iln order 01' the cllstr let Cllurt speclllC'ully sta tl ng thut the prisoner was to bo Iept I n custody - dy IJut nllt Illeareerateel was ohoyed by the sl1crllr. Nut uutll yesterday was lIarrls pla t'd hehlllIJ hHS , und thou unly at his Ullfllt'St sollcitatlull Harris was at the hacdlJf a ballk In Ilrpken Bow which fallen ahout one year II II. Len ! . : after the failure he was charLed with making a Calso repOl't tu the state hanklng LJoard. ' 1'he statntu makes this a fulony. but lIal rls' cOllvlctlon WIIS the IIrst on recOId under the law. The partlclI- lar Irum In his report complalllf'd of was that he saId hIs hallk had & 8,000 on deposIt with a certain Omaha bank. 'fhls statement proved to bo unl1ue. Have It Under Control. WashlnJton , D. C" Jan. 1O.-1n 1\ relJOrt recel \ ed toclay hy Hecretary Wllslln , Dr. Salmon , chief uf the hu- teall or anllllal I..dustry , who Is In doston dlrectln the call1paign a alilst the flint , and mouth epldom- Ic. fmys the cllseaso will be stamped out. tllIS , willter. unlcss It has heen cal rled to sOllie other part of the country where It Is ) 'et undiscovered. The experts hl1\'e only twu herds on hand , \ \ hlch welo repolted withIn the la t tWI ) or three days. . . ' - - _ 1 IoL. : : . . . ' . _ " , .7. : . 'oL . . . , ' , _ , _ u"j ' . , , _ , _ h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , , - _ _ d Ncbraslta Notes , MrA. MHi , JHIbbard of Utica , . . was fOllnd dead or , her klt.chen lIour. The all10u n t J n vcsted I n the Bi- ber Ian rail wa , Is $ , IOJ , 700,000. Pat Unrter , J8. ot Tabte Hock , had his hand turn ulf In u carll shredder. CharllJs 1IJlor Is In jail at Fremon' for stealing $ . \0 \ frum a saloon n' ScrIbner. IlhcJel : Ulnre , a cd 70 years , died 11t , hIs home In Cortland. A Camll } or sl , . . ohlldren 9111vl\'o hIm. : A t 1 lk Crl'ek Oeor o OIark had his hand callf.tht . In a pIIIIl'Y aud the Ilesh was tenn from twu ngers , I'hlJ cOllnly , recorder's statemen' mlllie shows that for the munth of IDecolrlbor ' , he mlllt llgn redllctiun tor ( Hoe cOlin ty was $10 , U2D. 50. ' 1'ho O. A. Iurphy Clrm : , located fOllr mlles north of Boatllco. was nold to Ii' . 11. Kltumerllng Cur BOOO cash , or $50 per acre. 'l'ho Water and LIJtht , company ot Nehraslm Ulty refusocl to continuo t.helr contrnct with the city Cor IIL\htln \ the streets , 111H1 as a canso. ' 1ullenco the streets I1ro In darkness. A I. l lm wood G. W. Swacl\Or's 14. \'ear old daulhter hlld the thumb 01 hel' left 11111111 cau ht III 1washln IIIllohlno hrellllng the bone nnd lacerating the Ilesh. " IIlIII er Can-er of the Nebrnskll . : Olty wllter company Is to bo succeed \ cI February 1 , by B. 1' . Egan ur : Jhlcalo , formerly of Lincoln nnd Ne. tJraslm UltV. .Tohn C. Beard , leslclent of Hum. h lclt. dropped dead nt his home of heart disease. ? ; Ir. Buard was an old ettlur and a I/lember ot the Grond Army. lIe leaves nVICo nnd two children. Bec.H1So ho lost his job as Cfel ht conduotor on the Uurllntgon thruoJth excesslvo clrlnl\ln , W. W. IIambell killed himself I.y : swallowIng carballo add. ' 1'he IIlIlcldo was commItted nli his homo In Wymore , his wlte and child lJeln away visIting In LIncoln. Charles II. McDanlols , ono ot Swift . " ' Co. . 's chIcken plckors , dIed at Beatrlco from the elTeots ot sIxty , ralns of morphlno talten the ni ht befort ) . \1tanlols : and hIs wlfo , who CIUllO to Beatrice from : lperlorNeb. , t\\'o mon thli ago , had quarreled and 3eparnted on account or 1\IcDanieis Ilrlnllng hoavlly. ' 1'ho deceased wns n years old and had $2,000 Insurnnco In the Knights and Ladles uf Seour- Ity. , Tohn 1'\'evllle ' \ , a Curtner llvln" rour miles north ot Wahoo , mot wIth ratalaccldent. Ho was hauling COrD ' 1nd altemjoted to drive across the railroad track ahead of the lIdlOrn I asson er train. ' 11ho traIn struck the waJon and demolished It nnd Mr. Neville was , thrown some distance. IIII htlng on his shoulders. lIe was picked up unlonsclouR : and brought lIack to Wahoo by the tmln and med Ical aid was surnmojed. 110 was nhout .j5 yeara uf agC' , married and had a la ) ' e fllh1l1y. 1\r. Novllle died In the depot waiting room. Several had I uses ot cattle bolng poIsoned hy oatlng hay which con talned er ot 11l1vo como to IIllhli IIrouncJ l rell1onc. One herd ur cuttlo northwest ot Jireillfmt Is In un especIally - pecIally LJad condItIon , nearly all or lhe 150 head showIng symptoms at ft. , \ nUCllber were ordered shot by tbo vetcrlnary. 'l'he disease aITccts the hind feet , which swells up and In mme cases actuallv rot and tull off before the animal dies. A conventIon of SUl.tar . beet growers nf that part or Nebmslm Is called to meet In McCoClk Saturday atfernoon , Januuy : , It Is proposed to have an exchange of Ideas and exporlences fn In pructlcl Jrowers : : at beets the past season Cur advantage d'lrln the uoxt season. An assoolatlon or su. gar beet g rowers will alsu he Cormed during the convention for tbo pur pose of promotln the sUjar ! Jeet ia clustry In southwestern NClJrasku. A full atteudanco of farmers Is ur ed , as the matter Is consIdered of first and largest Itn portan"e tu tl10m and to the locality. Anna Morrell , whoso husband was 1lIled In a r.olllslon at ' 1'able Rock. Nob. , December W , whllo actln In I ho capncl ty ot fireman , has begun s lit In the distrIct oourt in GaJo ; : county agaInst the Ohlcago , llurl1ng ton " ' Quincy railroad fur $50,000 dllllages. It Is alleged tbat sOlDe o' the lrow : were asleep on the train which crnshod Into the englno occa. pled ty l'lreman ! Monell. The sun Is brought on the grounds that the cOCllpany violated the law In competI- Ing It.s employeli to work without the required amount ot rest. It Is tl1d largest suit or the kInd over instl- tlltod In Gage county. George D. Follmercommlslsoner or public lunds and buildIngs , estImates - mates the o1Cpendltures In hIs department - partment at $ ( j . 780 Cor the next bIen nlu. . ) . lIe recommends that the Innl' ' or the penitentIary land Cund be elthor sold and the money appllod to penItentiary repairs , or Iso attached to the educational lands. In tty- olght countlos 165,711.60 acres or land huve heen leased. All lands bavo been leased ut a hlgbor valuation "milS formerlr. l ' ,