: rA L YNGHING PAR.TV
I DOUGLAS COU TVJAIL ASSAULT.
" ED BY A MOD.
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PRISOUERS FOUND TO BE Gor E
, Police nnd . Deputy Sheriffs E"slly
ill
of the Situation-Crowd
' 1 CaHers Down Door to Jail Out Is
' Driven D3ck.
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at tht OWS thnt
, : OMAHA-Inconsed ! l
Edwnrd 1 lur ' 'WRS . , Ielul. n crowd of
, nboul 1,000 11oo111e. wlUlout n lorulor ,
t ndo n Ilt'llIlllrr nltOmllt , Thllrsllnr
. ulght nt tnhlnJ ; from the count ) . jnll
' , j nnll I'nchln the tlmw nogroOS holll
! for the l11ul'\I < 'r of the ntreot cnr con.
I , t , ductor the nlghl of Wollnosda ) ' , Mnrch
' 1 , nt Lho AlbrIght end of the Walnut
, 1 JIIII Rtreet cnr IIno. 'rho mob wor < >
vongennco nl1o on the four 'ouths
: 'I Ilchl for the murllor of Nols T..nusten ,
the Cumlng atreot saloon Iwcpcr , Two
l t
or three hunl1rol1 mon mounte the jllll
k nnd courthouse terrace from Harnoy
street anl1 with the ahl of a polo
! , brolto 110wn two l100rs forcing its wny
) , Into the all on the el1st sldo.
' I Sherlfr McDonnhl Invltel1 a commit.
, , ; tee to enter mIll Inspect the jail to
{ rove hla word the prisoners wore not I
: ' there , The committee Wll.q headel1 by ;
, J03eph Flury , 3431 North 'l'hlrUeth
, IItreot , hrother of the murdered mnn.
I . , It wns in the jnll nbollt nn hOllr 111111
'Whon It emerged Flllry mndo a Sleech
to the crowl1 , declnrlng over ) ' cell hnd
been scarched In "nln ; the IJrlsoners
! ' were gone. Tlmt speech and the pres.
I 4)nco of thlrL-II\'o Iiollcemen had the
I
cfrcct of dlsporslng the crowd ,
. ' The night wns cold. The ground
1 ' . wns hldllon1111101' a deep coat of
( enow. The crowd was disorganized.
! ' It was quite npparent that had the 010-
I monts been mll or nnd UIO crowd
hendell by ono or two 110tormlnod
} lelldors there may have been different
! consequences , provldell , however , the
i covotell "ictlms were in UIO jal .
j SherIff ' MeDonnld doclnrod , they were
I'
I not and the committee failed to find
"
! them ,
} The strongest , at least UIO most
! , , realistic suggestion of summary Ills-
position of the prlmners ! , nsldo from
the presence of the 1towllng mob , wa1 !
a long grass eell rope , A big man
wlto hall nothing to sny carried It. Ho
stnyol1 well in the center of the nctlvo
crowd and , when the jllll door waS
brolten in wall on hnnd. ,
Clarence Gnthrlght , Cal Wnln or
Wnrren and lInrry qlnrlc. the three
negroes held for the Flllry murder ,
were , prImarily , the objects , of the
mob's wrath. Jay O'Hearn , on trial
for the Lnuston murder , amI his pals ,
Rn'monl1 Nelson , Leo Angus nnd Joe
Warren ; wore also wanted.
The excltoment attracted many to
the scene who came only ns specta-
tors. Among these were mnny women
with tholr escorts. It WIlS just about
12 o'clocle wIlen the crowl\ . mounted
the jail grounds from lIarn'by ' street ,
but it hnd been mobilizing slnco early
In the nlgbt. Ono crow.d wns gntherod
In Omllha , nnothor In South Omaha
and from 8 : 30 on mtlo groups of men
Itopt , gntherlng around the courthouse
square.
It wns statol1 that the men wnnted
wera removed from the jnll ns enrly
ns 8:20. Mr. rJeharty , nttornoy for
O'Hearn , confirmed this' stntement ,
Hp said four cnrrlagos were used for
the 'p ' rpose. Officlnls refused to say
whore they were tnlton. but saId It
was , out or the clly ntul was not to
Lincoln.
It was a thrillIng oXllerionco for tllO
ether prisoners in the jail , ospeclnllY
these who hnpponed to bo colorod.
They , were frIghtened and nervous
and could bo discerned through the
windows pacing bncle' and forth ,
clutching the steel bnrs nnd peering
through -tho wIndows out upon the
mob.
Funeral of Miss Anthony.
ROCHESTER - Funeral services
over the body of Susan D , Anthony
were held in the Central Presb'torlan
church 'l'hurslla ) ' . Hundreds or mon
111111 women were unnblo to gain ad.
mission to the church nnd stood out.
sldo durJng the services , These who
Jlo.rtlclpated In the Inst riles over the
bed ) ' of the dead lender included the
Rev , Dr. Chnrles C , Albortson , pnstor
of the Central church ; the Rev , Dr.
WlIllnm C , Gannett , pastor of the FIrst
Unltario.n church : WllUam 1.10yd Gnr.
risen of Ln wrence , Mnss.
Census of the Isle of Pines.
HAVANA-Dr.den Fulton , who was
appointed to tnltO the census of the
Isle of Pines , nnd who wns arro'3tod
by the Cuban nuthorltles becnuso ho
did not have their permission to do
60 , nrrh'ed here , Ho sn's the census
was practically completed before the
Cubans stopped the worle. He Bays
there are less thnn 2,000 inbabltants
on the islo.nd and estlmntes the num.
bor of CUbnns al 1,000 nnd actual
Americans at. about 700. Ho says that
o number of male Cubans or voUng
e is 200.
GET A NEW STATE.
Okl 1homn and Indian Territory Arc
Admitted.
WASIIlNG'fON-l."rhlay aL ( j:3i : [ p ,
m. the senllte IlIIssed IL bill for the
nl1l1lls5101\ 11 IIOW stnto to ho cnlloll
Okll1hollln nnd to ho ( 'olllposed oC the
territor ) ' of Oltla1 ollln nnd Indlnn ' } "or.
rltor ) ' . It. wns the hOllso jolnL stnte-
hood bill , with nU the provlslolls rolnt.
ing to ArloUnnd / Now Moxlco
strlcl\Cn Ollt. 'rho motion to 8trll(0
out wns IIInde b ) ' Mr. Durrows lIud it '
wus carrIed b ) ' the close vote of 37 I'
to :15 : , nctor Itn'ing been lost by the
still closer vote of 30 to 3 .
Immedlntol ) ' after the dlsposnl of
the stntohood bill the house rnilrollll ,
rate bill wn.s IUnl10 the \lIIl1ulsholl blls.
Inoss , hill liS lhe f'Ol1l1ln ndjourned
over Saturdny nnd SUlllln ) ' , tlto nctual
forlllal consilierntlon or the measllro
.
will not heglll Ulltli Monlln ) . ' 1'lto
yolo on statohooll cnmo ns the clhnax
or 1da ) ' de'otell'excluslvoly to thnt.
hill. 1\Iost \ of the Umo was glvell to
Lho discussion , bllt the yotlng 011 tbo
btll nnd amendments cOllimated an
hour nnd IL hnlf. 'rho spcech maldng
oxclted cOIl1JHu'nUvely IIttio Interest ,
bllt there wus Ilronounccd excitement
throughollt the yoUng periol1 nnd Il
cuhnlndted when the success of the
mellon to ellllllnllto Arlzonlnnd Now
Mexico wns nnnouncod after the sec.
end yoto on that IJroposltlon.
As nmenl1ell by the senate , the bill
provides for the crentlon of the stnto
of Oltiahollll\ out of Oltlahomn nnd In.
dian territorIes upon the adoption oC
n .consUlullon. The stnto is allowed
the usunl quotn of execIIUve , jUdiclnl
nnl1' leglslatlvo omcers , two United
Slnte senators nnd five members or
the nntlonal hOllso of ropresenlntlves.
A constltullonnl convention with 110
members , IIny-lIvo or whom nro to be
chosen by ench of the territories comprising -
prising the state , is provilled for , nnd
aU mnlo cltlzells or mnle 111IlIans 21
years of ngo are IIIndo ellglblo to memo
borshlp In It. 'rhero Is an especlnl
provision protecting the Indlnns In
their rIght nnd cOlltlnuing the prerog.
otlvo of the natlonnl government to
control their n.ffalrs , The snlo of in.
toxicatlng IIqllors in whnt is now
Imown as lndlnn torrltory is prbhlblt-
ed for twent.ono yenrs nnd longer ,
unl.oss the consptutlon is changod.
ALGECIRAS DELEGATES WAIT.
Men at Conference Are Unable to Set.
tic Questions Presented.
AI..GEOlHAS , Spaln-Moroccnn con.
forenco has reaclted n peculiar stnge.
It is completelY helpless to solve the
deadlocle which has arisen over the
romalnlng dotalls of tbo poUco and
banle questions. The sessions are tem.
IlOrarlly suspended without Imowing
wheI ) . they will resumo. 'rho l rench
and German delegntes nre bound hy
their Instructions nnd t.hereforo are
IInablo to mnltO any fnrther concessions -
sions and the conference 110t Imving
.1ndlclnl or loglslatlvo Ilower8 cmtnot
sollIo the dlCCerenco by a majority.
HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS
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OF THE FRENCH MINERS :
PARIS-IIundreds of funerals are
being he1l1 at the towns Sl1l'1'ol\lul1n
Courrlores , where the mlno dlsaitor :
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Snturday resllll'.Jd in th loss of 0"0-
1,000 lives. Sncw has fnlh''l llUt Une : : !
of mourn erR fill every road , many
of tbem carrying cl\tSke s where
hearses were not obtalntibll ) , At Dn.
ly-1\1ontlgllY , n rough nltnr wns ore ct. .
ed in the open nil' nnd funeral services -
vices were conducted over Ilxty :
bodies. Anothfr nnd slmllnr ceremony -
mony occurred t Merlcourt OV01' the
unldontlfied dead
CARRINGTON CASE AFFIRMED.
Major Will Appeal to United States
Court In C se Against Him.
MANIT..A.-'rho supreme court of
the Islands has confirmed the deelslon
of the lower court in the cnse of J.
F. Carrington , formerl ) ' ( \ mnjor in the
United Stntes nrm ) ' . Carrington will
now nPIJenl to the United StateR sue
premo court.
Cnrrlngton was convicted In 1.'ebru.
nry Inst of falsifying "nuchers of the
clvll govo\'l1ment. when nn officer in
th army nnd In chnrge or battalion
or Filipino scouts , to the nmounl of
$1',500 , and wns sentenced to a total
of slxt ) ' 'enrs nnd 1Ivo oays Imprison.
mont. 'Ho subsequently waa trlod by
.
colll.t-mnrtlni nnd dismIssed from the
army.
COUNTESS ASKS FOR DIVORCE.
PARIS-Countess Doni do Castel.
lane nccom11llnled by Edmund Kelly ,
her In w'or , appenred bof re JUdge
Dltt , preshlont of the civil trihunnl of
the Selno nml nslted for permission to
nmend the proceollings In her nppllca-
tlon for n soparntlon from her hus.
band so thnt the degree will give her
nbsoluto dlvor o. 'l'ho al1pllcatlon
nsltad for a separnto 110mlcllo aUlI
custody or the chlldron l'ondlng legnl
1lroceduro.
CHICAGO , III.-'he Centrnl Prelght
assoclntlon voted ngnlnst a rGltuction
In Iraln rates tram Chicago to Now
Yorle _ The fight wn.s between the Now
Yorle Central lines , which slood for
roductlons , nnd the PennsYlvnnln
lines , which were opposed to the
mensuro.
WASIIINGTON-S. H. Knnffman ,
proshlont. or the Evening Stnr News ,
paper company , president of the Cor.
cornn gnllory of nrt , a former presi.
dent of the Amorlcan Newspaper l'ub.
Usbers dlod boro.
ISTATEHOQO BILL
ACTION FEARED THAT MAY DE.
FEAT THE MEASURE.
THE BILL MAY BE REFERRED
Committee on Territories Likely to
Dea' ' With It-Rather Than Have
Senate Amendments , Will Not Re.
port the 0111.
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W ASlIlNO'1'dN-1'hero nro in lca-
tlons thnt thb stntehood bill mny be
referrel1 by SJlealter Cannon to the
I commltteo on torrltorlos. ' } 'hls nctlon ,
the CrlclHls for IlIIlInn Territory fear ,
will entlrol ) ' Ilofent the mensllro. The
committee can I'etaln the bill Indofi.
nltely nnd should It appenr thnt there
are "Inallrgent" votes enough to con.
cur with the Rennto the bill would
not , the ) ' say ; ho hrought in the house.
Under the rule..q or the house a sen.
nte nmondmcllt to the house bill which
chnnges the ch\\/o / all lito treasury
sent. tlto bill to commltteo I\utomat.
Ically. The amendment In question
Is. one gran tinlIeli / lal\tq ( to the
state for school I1rpOSCS In case soc.
Uons 13 a 1\(1 ( 33 resen'ell In each
townshl ) ) , prove to he mineral Innds.
Although the bill goes to commltteo
wlthont a motion In the honse , it Is
still on'tho spealwr's lnhle. Unless
some menther Insists that the , refer.
once ho mnde at once , the IJlan Is 'to
defer the reference until the return or
members who hnve gene south on a
river nnd hnrbor inspectloa tour. This
doleJatlon will return Satllrday. An
agreement wns mn e hefore they left
whereby nothing was to ho done with
the stntohooll bill until their return.
The news thnt the bill wns to go to
the committee , which lenlted out was
somowhnt disconcerting to the "insur-
gents , " who hl1vo been bending their
energies to strengthen their numbers
In the expectation of n dIrect "ote on
the moUon to concur in the senate
nmendments. If some way had not
been discovered to send the bUl to
commltteo this motion to concur would
have been in order amI would have
tnken precedence over n moUon to
lsagreo nnd go Into conference , Just
how the "Insurgents" are to meet the
now sltuntlon has not been decided
upon so far ns can bo ascertnlnod ,
MONEY APPROPRIATED
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FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE
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WASHINGTON-An npproprlation ;
bill carryIng $ HIl,358St8 for the postal
sen'lce wns Ilnnlly ngreed upon by tbo
house committee on Dostoffices and
post roads nnd wllI be reported to the
house in nllout ten dars. Two impor-
tnnt law provisions are carrIed in the
measure , one forbidding the government -
ment dellartments frnnldng nnything
through the malls which an il1llly1l1ual
cnnnot mnll at regulnr ! Jostage rates ,
and the other prevents committees ,
organizations or'assoclntlons of citizens -
zens from enjoying the franldn ; prIvl- I
legos , ,
Last year's npproprlntlon for the
postoffice department wns $181,022,0J3. !
It is esthnated that the nmount of
mall Increnses 10 per cent nnnually ,
and the Increase in appropriation
agl'eell Ullon is considered by the com- .
mltteo ns being as small ns will satisfactorily -
factorily meet the growth of the malls.
Horrible Execution.
MINSK , Russia-Tho execution of
Ivnn Kouldlolf. who attemlJted to as-
sasslnnte Gel\ernl Koudloff , wns n. hal'-
rlblo nffalr. Ho was hanged at the gate
of the prison In the presence of a gnp.
ing crowd , hut the noose wns so badly
adjusted that Kouldloff suffercd
agonies for ton minutes ,
THE LUMBER DEALERS
SEEltto PROSPEROUS DAYS
WASHINGTON-The fourteenth nn.
nunl meeting of the Natlonnl Whole-
snlo Lllmber Deaiel'S' associatlon- .
gan here. The sessions were occupIed
entlrel ) ' with repor R of officers and
committees. ,
Prc31dont Lewis Dill , in his nddress ,
Insisted that In the he'dny of their
pros peril ) ' wns the tlmo to fix the
stntus of the "poacher , " who dared to
sell wherever ho ! llcmed and to whom
ho pleased , nnd to fight to finish the
cl\r.stallO equipment difficulty which
exists between the nssoclntlon nnd the
railroad companies. The president
said the IlrosperlLy of the l1ealers had
been such ns to "startlo the partlci.
pants nnd nlarm the worlll. "
Many Soldiers Are Missing.
ST. PETBnSnURG-Tbo Inv Ud ,
orgnn of the mllltary , is still prlntlng
dnlly lists of the losses sustained duro
ing' the wnr. which , without including
Port Arthur , now total 151,000 Itllled ,
wounded nnd Ilisappeared , 'l'he lists
I covering the fighting at Multden are
I Just beJlnnlng to nppenr , A remnrk.
nble feature is the 110rcnta 0 of men
whoso fnto Is unlmown , hnvlng been
nbanl10ned on the field of battlo. The
stafr is receiving thousands of in.
qulrles from relntlves regarding tbo
fnto of soldiers missing.
Supreme Bench for T < tft.
W ASII1NG'1'ON-'fho Post Friday
snys : l'resillent Hoosovclt has decld-
od to appoInt WIlliam H. 'rbit of Ul1lo ,
now secretnr ) ' of Will' , to the next "n.
vancy In the United S ltos supreme
cOllrt. 'l'lmt "ncnnc ) ' Is to bo createcl
by the \'olllntnl' ) ' retlroment of Asso ,
clntQ Justlco Hcm'y D. Brown , who
wns nppolnted In 18UO b ) ' Presldont
Hnrrlson from the stnto of l\Uchlgnn ,
When Chief J ustlco FUller retires ,
provided It Is durIng the ndmlnlstra ,
tlon or President Roosevelt , 1\11' . Taft
I will bo prolUoted to the posltlon.
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MINER'S MEETING.
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Lively Times Anticipated In the Convention -
vention ,
INDIANAPOLIS - The predictions
DC n stormy convention of the UnltodJ ,
Mlno Workers of Amorlca , beginning
Thursday at 1110 Gorman house , bid
fair to bo vorlfled. Prom t.ho tnlle of
the doleglltes who kept strenmlng into
[ nl1lan(1)1olls ) . .11 the afternoon there
will III ! decilled opposition toward the
rOIJenllng of the "Jt'an resolution. "
This Is the most imporwnt malleI' to
como before the convontlon and there
is reason to bollove thnt a decision
either for or ngnlnsl It ivlIl not be
reaclloll for several darB. Llttlo will
bo done tomorrow heyol111 orgnnlzlng
of the convention , seating of the delo-
gntl's nnd the rending of the address
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of President Mltcholl.
Secrotnry W. D , H'l1n of Illinois ,
who nrrlved this nfternono , anld that
whllo in compnn ) ' wIth PresldenL
l\mcholl 11l1lt there Is no fou11lIntion for
the report Ihat a ) II an has heen ar.
rnnged for disloslng ) or his resolution.
'l'hls plan was said to include a r quest
by 1\11' . } t'nn of the permission to with.
draw the resolution. '
"If there Is any such nrrangement. I
hnve not heard of It , " snld Mr. Uran.
"I have not made any such premise to
any ono. I carmot say now what I will
er will not do nbout the mntter. I
hnvo not been considering it in that
light. "
Neither Mr. n'nn nor 1\11' . . l\l1lchell
would say whether ho thought It would
bo necessary to repenl the Byan reso-
Illtlon In order to ) lermlt the holding
of a joint conference by the miners
nnd bltuDllnous operators.
Another resolution which , U It is reported -
ported , will cause a stir In the convent
tlon Is said to be ono that w1l1 bo introduced -
troduced asking the delegates to malee
nn approprintlon to the nntlonal treas.
ury to bo devoted to Uh. ' defense of
President Meyer of the \'estern Fed.
eratlon of 1\l1ner3 nnd ether officials of
thnt organlzntIon who are charged with
the murder of Governor Steunberg of
ldnho.
Ponnsylvanla delegntos who arrived
in the afternoon said that ox-President
Patricle Dolan of District No , 5 , who
w1l1 bo in Indianapolis tomorrow or
Friday , wlll persist , In pl'esentlng his
claims to the delegates of the special
convention for reInstatement. Presl.
dent 1\Iltchell had hoped to IJre5ent to
the special convention or tbo nnthra.
cite miners his report ns to the ncg tl.
allons with the nnthraclte operators ,
but as all the members of the commit.
tee bnd not arrived no meeting was
beld , ' It Is possible that the report
w1l1 bo presented Lomorrow evening , 11 :
the members of the committee succeed
in reaching Indianapolis ,
NELSON MANUSCRIPT SOLD.
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Memorandum on Plan of Battle at
Trafalgar Brings $18,000.
LONDON-The original draft in
Lord Nelson's handwriting of the hIs-
torlcnl "general' memorandum" to llls
captains nt the battle of 'rrnfalgar
was sold nt aucllon at ChrIstie's today
for ' . > 18,000. The purchaser was a
boo1.seUer who was reported to be
acting in hehalf of an Americnn col.
lector , but. the booltseUer denied so
doing and said ho thought the document -
ment ollght to remaht in England , add-
Ing'that he was really to hand It over
to the Bl'ltish 111u5eum for $18,000.
VALENCIA INVESTIGATION
WILL , SOON BE READY
W ASIIINGTON.-L. 0 , Murray of
the steamboat inspection servIce has
returned from the Pacific coai > t.
where he wns sent by the government
with H , K. Smith of the sumo strvico
to Investigate tbo Valencin disaster.
Mr , Smith has not returned but when
ho reaches \Vashlngton n report will
be compile" covering the findings in
the premises , The report " ,111 110
made to the president and no Infor-
mntlon will be given out. relatlvo to I
the findings unUl It is made pUblic at ;
the White 1I0use.
RICH MAN JOINS THE ARMY.
Actor Gavin Harris Wants , to Get
Away from Temptation ,
COI..Ul\1UU , O-Uavln Ha rls , nn
actor at the Empire tbeater , son of
the Inte Congressmnn Hnrrls , and
worth $50,000 , joined the ThIrd company -
pany of the coast artlllory at the bar.
rncl.s , He said bo joined the army to
get a wny from gny companions nnd
lend a quieter life ,
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To Prevent Rebates.
W ASIIINGTON - Ropresentatlvo
Hearst of New York , Introduced a bill
prohibiting secret robntos , dlsorlmlnn.-
tlons and concessions , nnd providing
Imprlsonmont of from one to ten years
as a punishment. for givIng or recolv.
Ing such concessions or rebates.
WASHINGTON-'ho house commit.
tee on public lands Ilocided to report
fnvoro.bly on a resolution oxtendlng
from June l to August 15 , the tlmo
for opouing the Wind rIver nnd Shoo
shone reservation in Wyoming ,
No. Progress At Algeclras.
ALGECIRAS , Spnln-1'ho French
nnd GQl'1nan delogntes to the 1\Ioroc-
can conference are nwaltlng fllrthor
Instructions. In the tIIennthno 110 prog.
ress Is bolng mndo towl\rds nn ndjust.
mont of the details of the llollco and
banle questions.
Tons of Dynamite Explode.
DUI.llTII-ln nn explosion of ohht
, tons Qf dynll'111lto at the worlts of the
Gront Northern Powder Co. , at 'rhorn.
son , 1\1lnn" tontGht. ROVOI1 mon were In.
jured , none fatnlly.
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I NEBRAS A STATE NEWS I
JUDICIAL DISTRICT BILL
DISCUSSED BY LAWYERS
J.INCOLN.-At a mass meotlng of
i . about 10U lawyers called by.1'resldOnt
01l1ldns of the State Dnr a8. ; oclatlon to
discuss the Dllrltott federnl jul1iclal
district. bill and to endorse a cnndl. .
date for the 1I 'OSpl.ctiv place , motions -
tions were lIassed ondorslng the idea' '
pf dividing the stnto into two districts
and each tllstrlct Into three subdivisions -
ions , A resolution was adopted call.
ing Ullon the two Nebraslm senntors to
allow the bar association to recohl.
mend n can i nlo when the blll becomes -
comes a law.
A motion was carried to have tllO
Burkett b1l1 creating the now district
amended so the now district. would
compose the rollowlng territory :
I
Along the Platte river we3t to Hall
county , then north to Howard and
west to Howard , Vnlley. Loup , mnlno ,
Thurston , Grant and Box Dutto counties - ,
ties nnd to the Wyoming Une.
WOMAN AND CHILDREN FREEZE.
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Bodies of Three Found Ne 1r Harrison
After Dllzzard Last Week.
.HARRISON-The bodies of Mrs.
, Clinton l\Ietz and her , two children ,
who were froen to death in the recent
bllzztrd , have been found a hnlf mlle
Crom the Met ? ranch. Tbe children
b'ecnmo lost on the way bome from
school nnd the mother was lost , vhllo .
searching for them.
Company Must Pay For Delay.
Charles Nelson , by a decision of
the supreme court , will receive the
sum of $61.70 from the Union Pacific
Railroad company for do.mnges sus.
tnlned because the company dela'ed
a. car lend oC cattle which Nelson was
shipping from South Omaba to Cnlla.
wa ) ' , Nelson got his cnttle into Kearney -
ney on Sa.turday , after the train had
left for Callaway , so he had to Ieeep
them th re unUl Mondny , On that
day his cattle were ) oaded and the
conductor refused to bnul them out because -
cause Nelson did not have a shipping
blll.
THE CAMPAIGN FOR
SETTLERS IN NEBRASKA
The Durllngt m has prepared 'a
pampblet on free homestead in western -
ern Nebraska , prepared U1dor the dl.
rectlon of D , Clem Deaver , bead of
th3 new homeseeleers' Information bui i
reau. 'rho , folder shows the lands
avnll ble under the Kinlmld law ,
.
which gives every bona fide settler.
640 acres Instead or the usual 160
acres , It teUs who may talto a homestead -
stead , how to taltO ono to malte a
home , bow to reach Nebraslm , and
then .bow to reach the homesteads ,
\Vhen the law became effective in
June , 1UU4 , SS 6i70 ! acres were available -
able , but a large portion since hns
been talton up , In Deuel count ' . It Is
said , tbere Is still room for 739 fnmi.
lies , In SherIdan ! ! ! i , 'l'homns lSS ,
Hooker 316 , Grant 148 , Mgan 137 ,
Keith SU , Cherry ( south half ) SUO ,
C11eyenno 44i ! , cotts lHurr 172 and
Sioux 677.
Hlte Out of Penitentiary.
LINCOLN.-Go"ornor 1\Uc1ccy commuted -
muted the one-year sentence or P. Y.
Hlto , sent to prison from Omaha on
n charge or burglary. The young man
was nt once taltan In charge by Hev ,
E , Combie Smith nnd given transportation -
tation to West VIrginia , his old home ,
Hite is 20 years of age ,
Two Requisitions Honored.
James Furlong , under arrest at
Omaha , and wanted in Coolt county ,
Ill" on a. charge of wife deserUon , will
have to go bac1e to his old homo for
trial. Governor 1\l1cleoy honored the
requisition from the governor 'of Illi-
nois.
Working on a New RaiUoad.
HARTINGTON-Poterton & Lamor-
oaux , railroad contrnctors of Omaba ,
arrIved here nnd commenced preparations -
tions for building the extension o ( the
Chicago- . Pnul , l\lnneapolls ! &
Omahn railroad from here to Crofton ,
a dlstanco or fifteen nnd a hnIr ml1os.
Sixteen Horses Burn.
LEIGH-1'ho Inrgo barn on the
Nick HaIYnor farm four miles southwest -
west or this place In 1'lntto county ,
burned down. Sixteen horses were
burned to death. Louis Horsmnn , the
'tenant , who wns just moving on the
fnrm , wns the loser of ten head.
Over Five Hundred Normal Students.
KEARN Y-Tho number of mntrlc.
ulnnts nt the State Normnl school lIns
now passed the 500 marle and now stu.
dents are registering every dny. 1\Ian ) '
Inquiries nro received dnlly in regard
to the summer school nnd the indica.
tlons are that this will bo a record
brenlCr.
Invited to the Conference.
PI.ATTS1\I0UTH-Rov. J. . Houl.
gate of the 1\IoUlOdiRt church has re.
celved a general Invitation rOL.hlmsolf
and members of hla conregntifn ! tlllLt.
tenel the NollrnRlm nnd DOR Mol nOR I
conference rnl8slonary convontlon o ( r
thnt church to ho hold In 01l1nhll cm I
April : H , Ono of .tho chlof nttl'llctlOll8 I
nt thla ( 'ol1vontlon will ho the uxlell'
lIivo oducatlonal oxhlhlt. whIch 111111 I
hoon cnlnrl'et.l ! , ( ! Iallllillol ! anel fin there
oURhly rQVIHoll thaLlt Ilf the mOISt cnrn. :
ploto inftlrlHtlvo : nxhlhlt ovltr .1Int ho.
roro the 1111hllo by thnl Cllllrl.1I. '
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NEBRASKA BRIEFS
-
A successful union rovlvnl Borvlco i2
on at C 1Udron.
The wlntor lecture course at Clay
Con tor was highly successrut ,
Cupid is said to bo worldng over.
time in and about Humboldt.
Some cases of diphtherll\ are ra-
ported In the vicinity or Madison. ' ,
The Plattsmouth pUblic lIbrnry hae'
just added about one nunared now
'
volumes.
The now bridge over the muo nt
Darneston is completed nnd has been \
oponel1 for traffic.
Ice dealers in Nortb Platte are
short on supply and Its price is lIa.
blo to go slywnrd.
Harry Palmel' of Hastings got
tangled up in a runaway and had his
rIght leg badly broleen.
Over twenty cars or IIvo stoclt wore .
sblpped from Coole within two weeIcs , ,
besides mil1lY carloads of grain and
fiour.
Tbo Crnbtreo Forensic club has ar.
ranged for debates with the Crete high
scbool on April 27 and the Humboldt
high school on May 4.
The steel vorle or the Great Northern -
ern bridge at Fremont ha.s been com.
pleted. Ono man was Idlled and several -
eral Injured during Its con.structlon.
, At Humboldt Carl , the fourteen.year-
old son of Charles E , Williamson , lost
his left foot by fa111ng beneath the
wheels of an incoming freight train ,
Last week's issue of tbo loca ) paper - I
at Cambrldgo contained the names of
twenty.slx parties who ha\"e moved
from the east nnd loca.ted on farms in I
that section ,
Water containing an ally substance
has been found on several farms in
Rocl < land township , Gage county. 'l'ho
matter is to bo thoroughly Investigated
by residents of tbo.t locality.
At Plnttsmouth In the aso of Chns.
S , Johnson against the Danleers' Union
of tbo World , a fraternal insurnnce
company , County JUdge Travis gave
the plaintlIY a judgment for $825.
.
Hugh Williams , aUas Wlll1am Alton , '
who has just finished paying out a ( \
fine in the county jail at Yorlt for
assault , Is held on a charge or desertion - I
tion from the United states army. i
Roy Mey-ers of Stella went to bed , I
with his brother In apparently good " - \ ) .
health and when bis brother awolee in " \
"
the morning he found Roy a corpse
beside him , Henrt trouble was the .
caUiO ! of his death.
The members of the Womnn's
ChrIstian Temperance union have bad
printed and are circulating circulars
containing an exact copy of the petitions -
tions of the saloon 1ceepCi's and givIng - "
Ing the names of the signers.
Because Hans Slol1ey , a' Saunders I
county youth , induced Fred Schroeder
of Fremont to endorse a cbeck for
him , ho has been made defendant in
a crlminnl action that chnrges obtainIng -
Ing money under false pretenses. - ,
A letter has .been receIved at Hastings - ;
ings signed by Andrew Carnegie's SeC- "
" I
reta.ry , stating that 1\11' . Cnrneglo w1l1"
give $20,000 toward the $100,000 Hnst-
J
Jngs college bas 'been trying to raise , . "
provided the entire amount , is se- i
cured.
The mortgage indebtedness in Stanton - I
ton county for February Is : Farm ;
mortgages filed , thirty-four , $112,600 ; t
released , twenty , $35,626.16 , city , filed ,
three , $ l,7 7.95 ; released , ten , :
$7,942.75 ; chattel mortgages 1I1ed , $33- \ .J ;
631.8S ; released , $32,972.78. ' I
Since the organlatlon of the Hay- , , ,
ard Commercial club the business men ;
have injected new me and revived new
activIties that hnve lain dormant for
several ) 'ears. 'l'hrough the unltrlng ,
efforts of the elub many now settlers
have como in and more are on their
way. ,
In nnswer to numerous questions
raised nt the meeting of the county
assessors in Lincoln some thrie ago ,
Secret.ary Dennett of the State Donrd
of Assessment has , with the aid or
the legal depnrtment , prepared a lot-
teI' to bo sent out to the varIous ns- .
sessars. The letter first will bo presented -
sented to the board for Its consider.
atlon nnd endorsement before being
mailed.
After having been separated from
his son for thhty-three years-ever
slncc the son was a babe or three
months-and not Imowing whether
that child to whicb ho was a father
had over lived and grown to manhood
or , Instend , succumbed and gene to a
grnvo , D. H. Carver wns d rprlsed last
weele when that son , now a mlddlo-
aged Amorlcan citizen , stepped off t.he .
train nt Pierce for a visit wltb bi'3 un. ' 1. \.411
Imown paront. \ , .
At Hlo state oxperlmontal substation
south of North Platte a number ot
feedIng oxperhnentB nro now in proS' ,
ross the results of which , however , "
can ot 'et bo doterminod. Ineluded in J
these experiments are nbout soventy. . I
five head of ) 'oung stacIe nnd seventy
hogs. ' } 'ho cntllo nro divided in four ,
1I1S. These in one pen are fed alfalfa
anl1 cnno ; In nnother alfnlfa. nlono is ,
fed ; in 1\ third pralrlo hay and cane ,
nnd In t.ho fourth llralrio hny.
A largo nmount of renl estate has " } ; J
changed I1nl1118 In Saunders county
> > Inco Marl'll 1 , Ilrohnhly the greatest
In the history of the county. The
, hUIiI tilleR I'lln from $7j ( to100 nn .
.lIcro. Seventy decds recorded amount
10 $ ,1S0"iUI. : I
A COlll1cll InutTs ( In , ) dispatch , "
I IIIIY > > : W..J. B"OOllfoot " , who was mnr , " '
1
1'1011 at Amherst , Nob. , in October , '
t897 , hnH lIleli suit hero for dlyorco
rrom 1\111I'11111 Brondroot , his wlfo , The ,
COlllllo lIollllrntcd In SOlltomber , 1904 , I : ,
'I'ho Illnlrtlff aslts for the custody of I
111011 11I111 dnughter now with the , '
mol1lor " ,
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