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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1906)
, " FOUR YEAR TERMS r HOUSE GIVES APPROVAL TO THE I NORRI SURE. I SENATORS B DIREOT VOTE i Report Says Continuous Urama Causes t , People to Lose Interest In polltlcc- Election of Conoressmen Every Two Year : : Encourages Political GraftlnD. WASlIINGTON.-A resolution pro\'ltl- Ing for the elt"rUon " of senators h ) ' tl1- rect "oto of the l1eol110 hns lJeon favor- nlJle nctod Ul10n h ) ' the hOllso committee - too on clectlon oC presIdent , vlce'llros- Idont and rellresentatlvcs In congress. "ho rosollltlon , whIch was Introduced by [ f. NorrIs of Nohmsl < n , 111nl\Os the terms oC momllors or the house fOUf ; years Instead oC two. Both IlrollOsl- t10ns are to ho accomllllllhed h ) ' nmend. I 1110nts to the constltutlOI\ , I HooHon8 wit ) ' the term oC momhers should he four 'ear nro stntod to ho lIecnuso no ! mrty cnn Innugurllto Its Iiollc } ' In two ) 'enrs. ' ' 'fho 11001110 are tired , " the rOllort 81\8 , "oC this contlnllolls drama and IU } a result nro Inclined to glvo no attention - tion to the l1rlmarll'f ! nud the convon- tlon-the vel' ) ' fourllintion of our IXlIIt- Icnl syslem-tlre forum wheroln the country's Interests cnn htdt ho b'111\rded ntul protected. Wllh nn elecllon every two 'elrs , the pollllcni grnClo.r who thrives on IlI\rllsnn slrlfe nnd on tlto 110rvous uucortalnly controlling cantU- ldntes for oll1co Is nhlo to lIve from ono electlou to anotlter b ) ' the hoodlo secured nt his unholy huslness. 'flto udolltlon of the Ilroposetl Il1nondment wouill rondeI' It less IOssllllo ) for this crealure to ply his trade. " Regardlg the election of sennlors by dlroct vole the report sn ) s : . "Tho proposition to provldo for the eloctlon of enalors hy direct vote oC Ul0 Ilooille hns heen hoCoro the house of rOllrosentatlves nndhns rC elved fnvor- ulJlo consilloration ullol several dlf- feront occasions. A proposItion to amend the constitution lll\vlng this olJjo t In view hns IJ ssod the house or ropreflentntlves at four dlfforont times and each tlmo lJy n practically Ullllnhnous voto. " TOO MANY ANAROHISTS OOMING AMONG US W ASHINGTON-Accoralng to om. clnl Information rocolved In the city Italian nnarchlsts are arrIving In the Unltetl Stntes In grent 1l\lmbors nt lIoth Pacific nnd Atlnntlc seallorts. The cUlllomatic represontntlvo.1 of the Itnl- Inn government hnvo posltlvo Informn- tlon to thIs effect , nnd have llrought the malleI' to the ntlontlon of the Unlod Slates. ' 1'hrough these ropre. sentatlves at Snn li'rnnclsco and Daltl- moro the hnmlgratlon ol1lclals luwo lIoon advised of the recent landing of n numhor of nrmrchlsts from Unly. The city of Daltlmore , It Is stated , Is. 1'npltlly becpmlng nn nnarchlstlc cen. tor. Itallnn consuls 11.1'0 engaged In Ilsslstlng the Immigration ol1lclnls wllh n view to loclltlng these men , IUlll It , vas snhl that very shortly there will lie plncod In the hands of the Immlgra. tlon nuthorlUos sull1clcnt dala upon whl h to mal\O 0. numher of arrests. ; IOWA CROP BULLETIN. Farm Work Is Ten to Fourteen Days BehInd Normal. DES IOINI S , Ia.-'he wIn tor or I lD05-1DOG WIlS Ilhellomonally mild , hut ! 1\Iarch \ was unusually cold and stormy , ; except lhe Inst wcele , with conditions unfahorable for farm operations In nIl Imrts of the stlllo. The first weele In. April wns nbove normnl In temllOra. turo , with Crequent showers nnd oxces. slvo ralnfnll except In portions of the northern section. The season for farm. ing olloralbns I' ! ten to fourteen tlays Inter than the average. The showers of the Inller Imrt of the past weele will cause still further dOlay In seodlng nnd spring plowing. In well drnlned Iwrtlons of the state u IIlUo seodlng of spring wheat nnd oats hM IJcon dOIlO , hut generally flehl worle lu been Impractlcnblo , except Illowlng grass Innds. All ropol'ls hull. cnto thnt fnll wheat nnd rye came through the wlntel' In good c01ulltlon. There are no reports of matorlal Injury - jury to fruIt buds. Ono of the most favorable Ceatures of the crop sltun. tlon Is thatlln unusunlly largo amount of p.lowlng was tlono Inst fall , prepar. utory for sprIng seetllng anll IJlantillg. Clark Must Hang , OMAHA-For the second tlmo with. In 0. month 0. crlmlnnl court jury hns decreed the severest Ilenalty Imown to Inw In passing upon Hnrrlflon Clnrle , ono of the trio of negro outlnws who toole the lIfo of Edward Flury , the slreet car conductor , 0. month ngo , the judgment of death. After havlnr ; been out but three hours , only 0. third of which time wns consumed In actual ollberntlon , the jury returnetl Its vel'- lct of guilty or munler In.tho first degree - gree with the sentl'nco l1xetl at hang- Ing. Bailey , the Showman , Dead. NEW YOnK-James A , nailer , tiled at his homo In Mount Vernon Wed- nesdn ) ' from erysipelas. Ho WIIS fiO 'ears of age. Mr. Ballo"a name Is familiar thronghont America IIntl Eul'Opo ns a showmnn , anti In. hIs later years he was mannglng dh ector of the nal'Jl1I1ll & Balh ! ) ' ahow. Pmctlc- allr his whole lIfo was sJlent In the circus business ns olUJllo 'e and llrol ) ' rlotor. Ito jolnod P. 'I' . Dllrnurn In 1881 and slnco that tlmo most of the hlg circuses of the countr } ' ha vo lJeen con. solldat.ed , with hIm I\.S dlroctor. RUSSELL A. ALGER OUT OF IT. , MichIgan Senator Is Not a Cnndidate 1 = ' 01' Re.Electlon , DE1'IWI'r , ! llIch. - AlltlOUncomcnl WIlS 1Illllie Into from Senlltor R. A. AI. ger's olllro In this clt } ' thllt ho will not he cnrulltlato to succe,1 hltnsl"lf In the senllto when the Icgllrlturl" l1Il"cts 011 ,1nnunr ) ' 1 , n'xl. 'I'h ( ' nnnOllnre' lIlent toole the I"orm of 11. letter whlcn It wns sUited wnll rot'clvcd todny from the sonntor. Ilsn ) ' " : "Owlnl ; to the conilltion or mr henlth I nm comllcIled to wlthrlraw 111) ' cnndl- dar ) ' to surcced 1Il'lolf In the United Stntes sonnte. Whllo It Is n greut anc- rlflce to sever 11. connection of mnn ) ' 'cnrs' stnndlng with the IlIlhllc nf. faIrs of m ) ' atate , that sncrillce naS become neccssnr ) ' . I tnlte lhls OIIIIr- tunllr to r.or1\'e ' to the frIends wlro ha " 0 so lo 'allr gl\'cn me tirolI' RIIJlIHJrt m ) ' IH'arlfolt t hllnlR IInll BonAe or last- In ohllgntlons nnd to express to the state lilY Ilcep gmtlludo for the honors It has seen fit to confer upon me. " THE PACKER'S FUNERAL IS LAnGEL Y ATTEtWED - - - - m vgllI.Y. llIss-'rhc funornl of J' dwln C. Swift. of the fil'm oC Swirl & Co" the Chlcllgo meat Ilaclers , who Illcd lit the Qlllnc ) ' hOllso In Doston frolll pncumonla , waa heM at Beverly Farllls. The honornrr lIall henrors were fift ) ' In numher , rOI > resentlng the \'I\rlous luelustrlca wltlt which Mr , SmIth wns counectell. whllo tlte IICt- Ing 1111.11 . henrel's were from St. .10hns' chllrch. 'rho bOlly wns tnl\On to li'or. est Hili cemetery nnd Illnced In are. colvlng vnull to awnlt the arrival oC Mrs. SwlCt from Em'olle. MORGAN ON RATE MEASURE.- Alnbamn Senator Saya PendlnD Bill Interferes with State RIDhts. W ASIIING'fON-l\II' . McLam'ln and Mr. Morgan nddressed the senate Mon. dny on the rallroa rate question , tbo former ndvocatlng loglslntlon and the Intter olllloslng. The 1\lIsslssll > pl senator - ator announced hIs Inton lion to SliP' port nn amendment pl'ovltllng for 0. court roylow oC the decisIons oC the Interstnte Commerce commission nnd also stnted his ndherence to the Dnlle ' amendment prohllJltlttJ ; the temJlorary susl > enslon oC the commlsslon'a or'ders hy the InCerlor courts , Ho crltlclsed whnt. ho charncterlzed as nn effort to Inject pollllcs Into the consldern.tlon of the hili. Mr. Morgan toole the posItion that the proposell leglslntlon wns an In. terferenco with the rights oC tlte states to control the corporations crented hy themselves nnd said that the best way to check exorlJltnnt railroad rntes wns to Iteop the wn terwnys In such condl. tlon ns to Insure cOlnpotltlon. THE BUBONIO PLAGUE REAOHES THIS OOUNTRY PHILADEI..PHIA , P. - Dr. Fairfax Irwin , nrgeon 0'1 ' : the IlIIlJIIc henlth and hospItal sorvlce , In chnrgo of the local quarnntltw stntlon , received n telegram from Assl tnnt Surgeoil JolUl Andel'sO)1 at Washington stntlng thnt the suspicious cases or slclmess on the steamer Durrsf1eld , from Domba ) ' , which Is In qnarantlno herq , are bu. honlc Jllnguo. Snrgeon Anderson In. a guInea pl wIth IIIIS tnlten fl'om the InCected mon , nnd the nnltnal tIled In less than twenty.four hours , showing nIl the S'mlltoms of bubonic Illague. 'l'hero nro now 1'our patients , nIl Lnscn\'s , In lho qnarantlno hospital at Heed ' Islantl. SUIT I = 'OR OVER A MILL.tON. New Action at New York Against the McCurdys. NEW YORK-Chnt'ges of conspl , racy In the npllolntment oC Robert H , 1\IcCurdr , as superlntelltlent ot the foreign delmrtment of the 1\lutual Lire Insll1'l\nco C01l\1mn ) ' were made In n now nctlon hl'Ought hy that comlmn ngalnst Rlchartl A. McCm'dr , formorl presillent oC the comlmny , nnd his son , Hobert. 'rho complaInt alleges thai the two McCllrdrs consl > lred to el1l'lcll HolJert II. McCul'tl ) ' by malntalnlnp' his compensation on a commlsslor Il11.sls nt nn oXOI'hltant rate. 'rho sull Is to rocovtJI. frolll the defendants $ i , . 002,8-11. A just comllen8ntlon for his servlcOf. whllo Huporlntendent of the forolgn de IlI\l'tmont Is Iloclaretl In the complalnl to lJe $10OUO a ) ' 011..1' . 11\101' to IS8D , $1 [ ; , 000 IL year np to UIOG , and $20OO ! thereafter until ho I'eslgnell. Will Move Jones' Body. ANNAP01.IS Id.-ho oll1clnls 0 the nnval ncademr ha\'o completet tholr pnrt of the 11I'ogra1l1 or the cere monies Incltlent to the transfer of tht remains oC .101m Paul Jones from tht temporal' ) ' tomh In the academJ grounds to Dancl'Ofl hall on April 2.1 HOMEHoFnther IAllls 1\Iat' tin , general or the ortlor or Jesuits whoso rIght nt'm was I\mlllltnttJd II IDOG for cance1' , Is In a serious COntll tlon and Is slnltlng fnst , 11. canceha , ' Ing nplleared In his brcast. Comes West Next Year. , W ASIIING'l'ON-Presltlent Reese I volt hn.s tnleonII ) the ( tuestlon of I I trip through tire west elm'lng the sprln ! or summer or 1D07. 110 expects to reacl I conclulon In the nutlter heforo I I g\'eat while. Ii , 'rACO\IA : , Wnsh. - Tlro Amol'tcl\1 SmellIng nnd Henning cot pan ) ' Is tl I build 125 mlles of 1'I\IIroad from Yalde , to Its lJonnmm COi' ' per mlno In Alasltl I at once. 'l'hls Iras been dccldQtI UIIOI I h ) " George G\lcenholm , Ilrcsldent or thl COmll1l1l ) ' . lONE VAST DESERT OLD VESUVIUS IS STILL : BELCHING - ING FORTH , 'SITUATION ' APPEARS IMPROVED Fnll of Volcnnlc Ash Is Finer and DI. mlnlshlng In Quantity-People of Naplen In it Panic , With Shops Closed I and Manufactories Deserted , I NAPI.gS-'J'h le or the Ves\l' I \'Ius dIstrict Itf ! fill' ns Naplo.s , Cn erlo. I and Cnstolluml1ro Is one vnst tIescrt. I Heports tonl ht from all sides atatc tlrat the fl1l1 of ashes Is not. so heavy I liS It IrI1S Iwel1 for tlro last few dnys and lhat tlro lI:1hes ! : are nutch finer , nntI I from thIs It Is arguell tlrat tlro pl'OS' Ilocts 111'0 murh hrlghter. 'rho hloclndo oC local tral1lc con , tlnues , hul scn'lco on the maIn lines oC m\l\\'n \ } ' hllH h'en t'eostahllshed. al. though grl'atl : , ' dlsal'l'anged hy the In- descrlhahle conCuslon In Ute stations , where f01'elgnora , not fully under. standing tlro situation , Inveigh agttlnst the tlolan ; nnll dlHcomforts to which they lIavo been ! ; llhjerll'd. It Is estl. mnted tltat riOHOO 11eoplo have been driven from tirolI' homes and property daamgod will exceed $20,000,000. 'rhls hllfl Iwon 0. IUsluletlng day In Naples. 'rho ) Jl'Ol1le , alarmed lJy whnt IIlls havpened , hnvc deserted theIr flholls and the mannfactorles are nearl : , ' all closed. 'rho crowds 11.1'0 In a tem. ' fOI' . It would . lIeI' nny excess. only re. lul1'o a Sll l'lt to start a . : onllarratlon , 'fho arrlvnl or King Victor Emman. uel nnd Queen Helena has rIono much to restore cnhn. 'rhey have b en received - ceived with great joy , espoclnlly when lIto sovOl'olgns leCt II. hospital after a visIt to the wounded there , One poor woman exclalrned : "I wouM consent to bo wOllnded fol' the wlm of being Itlssed by tllo qucen. " Others cannot find words In which to express their gratitude , lJoth the roynl palaces of Cn1 > l > odlmontl and San Fer. nando ho.vo IJOen given up to refugees. Reports of the estructlon of two townsSarno and San Genorro-tho fomor hnvlng 0. population of mora thnn 8,000 , have proved to ho without foundation. At Sarno 5,000 persons Cram nearby villages and farms hnvo found rofllge , Ollajano , where many lives were lost. on l\Iondar \ , Is now practically hurlel1. , Conditions tonight In the section af. fected hy the erullton ! of Mount Ve. suvlus lire grently nmellorated. The 1'11.11 of volcanic ash hn.q diminished , nntl scientists express thu opinion tllat the volcano has sl > ent Itself. All the pnpol's tonight advlso the public to bo cnhn , Ilolntlng out the Improved cOlulltion of affairs. The papers also eUloglzo DIt'ector l\Ialleuccl \ for his couraro In returning to the ruined 01J. servatory' on ! llount Vesuvius nnd sentllng from that Illaco mossnges of oncourngement and oxpresslons of con. fidence lIrnt Vesuvius will soon quiet down. MILLARD SEEKS RE.ELECTION. - - Reiterates Statement Made to Corre. spondent .Last Summer. O\IAIIA-"I told the Deo's WashIngton - Ington correspondent last summer thnt I would be II. candldato for reelection - election to the senate and I have not chnnged my mln since then , " said Senatol' .10seph H. l\Illlard \ nt the Mil- Inrd hotel , In relJly to 0. tllrect ques- tlOIJ on the subject. "I have not glvon the matter an ' grent nmount or thought , however , nnd hnvo done no work In thnt dIrection. ! It ) ' visit lo Omaha nt the present tlmo Is entlrel ) ' on personal business nntl has nothing whntever to do wltb m ) ' c.mdldncy . , I will not be mlsse from the flelll though , as there are plenty or cnndldatefl out for the sent. " TI1E PRESIDEnT STill AFTER THE PAOKERS t CHICAGO , III.-Tho Chronicle says : t PresIdent Hoosevell has once more . tnlon ; : a I > ersonnl hand 111 the prose- . cutlon of the paclwrs , and the result , Is appnrent In a 1'eSuml > tlon of nctlv- , It ) ' on the Imrt of the local federal of. clnls. It 1Iac ! been announced thnt I the effort to Inrnlflh the IlI\cleers as IndivIduals - divIduals Is to ho renewed wltb Il1'omptitude and vigor. " 'l'hls Is under dIrect Inslrnctlons to District Allol'ne ) ' 1\101'1'18011 from the presldel1 t nnd nttorno ) ' general. At. I tornoy Morrison hns been tllrerted to Ilmceed IIgalnst the pac1iers under lho Injnnrtlon oC JUtlgo Grosscup , of the . United Stntes circuit court , nnd also to soole new Indictments lJofore the next federal grand jur ) ' , General Debate In the House. , " ASlIING''ON - l or seYen hours ' 1'ues n ) ' the house hnd under consld. . eratlon the Iiostomco npproprlatlon bill , hut In only a few hstnnces were the 11\'ov1810n8 conshlerell. During de. bate on the special apl1roprlatlon for . I rallwn ' mall pay , blttor wor s were I oxchnnged hotweon 'rtpresentntlves ' . from North Carolina , Arlmnsns nnd , KentuclQ' , but nIl were withIn the 1 rules of the house. A humorous speech , . wns made lJy J. Atlnm Detlo and ' - Charlefl A , 'I'owno 8 ! > 0Im In behalf of the Jnntestown eXllosltion. I , - - Chinese Boycott Broken. SAN PHANCl CO. Cnl.-'l'ho lJulle. tin sn'fI thnt the hoycott on American gootls In the orll'nt \ : , III'actlcnll ) ' brolton. Heturnlng tOUrists. bllslness mon nnd Chlneso , who nnl\'ed OU the liner Amorlca , Aay that It Is enl ) ' a matter of tlmo . when the tllscrltnlna- tlon agnhlst. wares from thIs countr ) ' will have ontlrl"l ) ' dlflapllcnretl. A. S. Lnmhort has ostnhllHhCd 11. mint for the hnperlnl Chlneso gO\'O\'lltllent In 1I0nnn province , In the honrt of the oml > I1'e , ,110 sn's there Is no tllserlrn. J Inntlon asalnst Amorlcan goods. . HAS A DIG ' -IEART. - President Promptly Acts In the Shadow of Death , ' ' ' ' PresIdent WASJIlNG'l'ON - 'l'hnt Roosevelt showed himself a man of 1I10st generous Impulses Is the opinion of Hepresentntlyo Hlnshnw , lJut It' ! Cor UIO presltlent's secl'otary , 1\11' . Loeb , the congressman from the 1.'ourlh No. hrnslcn. district Is by no lI1eans as cer- taIn. Some weoles ago Itellr. . Ware wns convicted of frauds In connection with western Nebt'nslm Innds. Ho was tried In Omnhn and sentenced to the ponltentlary. Wnro had n numher or arents worl < lnr ; for him In procuring old soldiers to malte nllpllcatlon for homes tend enlrles. Among these ngonls were Harry Welch of Dnven- port , Neb. Welc11 pleaded gulIly and WIIS sentenced to six months' hnprls- olltnent In the Douglas county jail nrul flne $300. Welch hna now served three months of the sentence. Believing thnt Welch wns reall ) ' Ignorant - norant or the law a large petition has [ JOen signed h ) ' cltlzons oC Davenport in vicinity requesting the IJresldont to pardon Welch , which IloUtion Mr. Hin- shaw Jlresented to the presldont , l ut Mr. Roosevelt reCused to ncl. Last night MI' . Hlnshnw receIved 0. telegram from Welch stating that his wlfo was In a d'lng condItion In a has. Illtnl In St. Joscph , 1\10" luHl stntlng he had mndo nllpllcatlon to the dlslrlct nttorney to lJe pC1'mltted to go to St. JOSOllh untler gunrd to SOl' hIs wife. ' 1'he J > I'n'or or Welch's hnd been re. ferred to Attol'l1e ) ' General Ioo ) ' who refusOd tire nppllcatlon on the ground lhat there wns no Inw to o.uthorlze It. This mornlnr ; Congressman Hlnshnw received n telegram tram District. At. torne : , ' Goss saying thnt nt hIs Instnnco the pol1ce or St. JoselJh hadln\'estlgat- ed the case and hnd ascertained thnt Welch's wlfo was fatall ) ' III nnd that she was aSlclng In heartrending tones for her hl.sbnnd and thnt the octor In nttendance strongl ) ' advlset'l bls com. Ing. Ing.With With these two telegrasm In his pOSe session , 1\11' , Hinshaw was at the Whlto House at 8 o'clock to see the president - dent , hut Mr. Loeb said 1\11' . ' Hoose\'clt could not be seen before ! J : 3U , HI' ! told the presltlent's secrotar ) of the extreme - tremo Importnnce of the case , but 1\11' . LoelJ , saId It was Impossible to forego lho rule , At D : 15 the president entered and , posslhl ) ' ha\'lng an Inl\llllg of the con. tents oC the telegrams , : .iaw 1\11' . Hln. shaw nt once. Ho reatl tllt m and then , In his Impetuous manner , wrote ncross the last telegram to Attorney General Moody to have the request of Welch granted Immedlatel ) " , nnd Inside of thirty minutes from the time 1\11' . Hln- shnw snw the president the following telegram was spee lng from 1\11' . ! \Ioody to Mnrshall Warner. "Under nuthorlty of president you are directed to send prisoner Welch Immedlntel ) ' un er proper guard to St. .Tosel > h , lo. , to see hIs wife , now fnt. ally Ill. R. E. LEWIS TO BE . U. S. DlSTRIOT JUDGE W ASHING'fON - Judge Moses Hallett , of the UnIted Stntes district court of Colorado , has tendered his resignation to the president , and It has been accepted. After a spirited con. test , conducted principally before Judge Hallett's resIgnation was re. celved , but with n Imowledgo tbat It was coming , the president has ap- Ilolnted Robert E. Lewis , formerly a jUdge of the El Paso count ) ' court , Colorado , to succeo Judge IInllett , Several members of tile Coloratlo con. gresslonal delegation dIscussed the apl > olntment with the presl ent toda ) ' . PEACE BROODS OVER ZION. Controversy Between Dr. Dowie and Former Followers to Be Arbitrated. CHICAGO-At the conclusion ot 0. da ) ' of conferences hotween represen , tatlyes of the opposing Interests of the Chrlstlnn Catholic church , the state , ment was made nt midnight 'Vednes. dn ) ' thnt the whole cOlllrm'ers ) ' would prohnbly 1)0 ) sett1ed hy conciliation. Doth sides to the dlsl1llto , nccol'tllng to Atorne ) ' Emil C. Wotten , John Alex. andor's legal 1'01 > rf'sentatYe ! , 11.1'0 an. xlous for an amlcnble adjustment of the whole dIspute , 'rhls announce. ment was made hy Mr , Wetton after his relllrn to Chicago from Zion City , where he went nnd wns In conference with Geneml O\'erseer Vo 11'a. . Over' . fleer Sl1llchor Overseer PII > cr , Deacon Granger and Jlllige Barnes , the head ot ZIon Clt "s law department. Finds Good In America. nl RLIN-Judgc Adollih Hartmann of nel'lIn , who was the Gcnnan rel > l'e- I'eutntl\'e at the St. LOllIs congress of law'crs , anll who Silent fifteen monthfl tra'ellng In the Dnltell Stntes In ordOl' to stud ) ' COlIl't procecdlngs nnd Amer. Icnn legal Instltlltlons , hns just pub , t'shed ' an exhallstlve tr ntles on AlUerlcnn law with pl'I\ctlcal su ges' tlons for the reform In German court proceduro. whIch Is scheduled for the next decnde. lIe sa's he found mnn ) ' Innovntlons In the United Stntes to comllll'nd. Prominent Choctaw Dead. ARD\tOHE : , I. 'I'-.1efil'rson Gard. nor , -'go\'el'11t1r of Jl1lllnn territor' ) ' . and a high I ' rOSII'ctl'd mem.Jel' ! of the Choctaw trlhe of lll1l1nus , died of l111eumonln nt , IdnlH'1. 'rho eccasCtl' was sxt ! ) ' rears of nge. 1.1 NCOl"N-L , 1\1. Pemherton tll lIoatrlce , wns aplloilltotl h ) ' the SII' 11\'e1110 COUl't to bo r'oforeo to hear thl' teslIrIlOIl ) ' In the gl'l\ln enses. Sona. tor POl11h rton Is attendIng the l\rln' sas sllpremo rourt nt 'I'ol > elm nnll It ts not Imown ) 'ot whether ho will accellt. NEBRASKA NOTES STATE TREASURER MORTENSlN'S REPORT MADE PUBLIC. - A BALANOE IN ALL THE FUHDS A Movement on the pnrt of State Officials - cials to Save Nebraska Birds-Other Matters Here and There Over the State. r..INCOLN-Tho report of Stnto Treasurer 1\Iortense11 for Mnrch filed with the auditor shows It balance In nil funds of $376,8GliA2 , and there has 1J0en paltl out urlng the month the SUIll of $ G-I7,708. " " . The redomptlon Cund crented It ) ' the Shehlo11 11111 , levYIng - Ing 1 111111 to pa ' ofC the state debt has lJeen Incren.qed during the month by the receipt oC $21,2G7 , whllo out of this CURd there hns heen pnld the sum of $26,302. In the tempornry school funtl there Is a totnl of $ : ! ! J7GDO , wblcb means tile \ta ' Itl > portlonll1ent will be 0. good one. Of the permanent school Cund thel'o Is enl ) ' $30,7G2 uninvested. 'fho report In det.\l1 , logother with the bani ; : stntement , Is as follows : Balnnco Bnlance Mnrch 1. Murch 31. Genernl . . . . . . . . $ 13 , 8S.38 $ 2,661.17 Permnn't school . . . . , . . . 30,762,2:1 : 'l'empor' ) ' school 232.981.97 297,690.79 Permancnt lIIll32,2S5,59 . . . . . . . . 'l'el11pnrar n 1\ ' . 2,921.21 . . . . . . . . Penltentlar ) ' . . . 645,60 645.50 Hcdemptlon . . . . ,18:1.H : 1,149.21i I\cnrncy : Nor. It. l,623 , 2 613.46 Orthopedic hos'l 159.1i0 85fiO lIOR. tor InRllne. HO,83 14319 ! Stulo IIhrar ) ' . . , . ! HHI.02 6H.J7 ! ! \ ' " cush. 3 .13Ii,3r. 29,990.:3 : : : Normal I hrnr ) ' . . 2,643.66 ,6436 Nor. cndowmcnt. 2,3Sfi.1i9 . . . . . . . . NOl'lnnl Intorcst. & 96,15 1,116.63 Agriculture and mcchanlc arts. 11.8S . : I 7,047.78 U. S , Exp , stnlon ,894.17 326.39 Totals . . . . . . . . $ J42,10 .20 $3 6,866.42 TO SAVE SONG BIRDS. State Officials Make Move In a New Matter. LINCOLN-An effort Is to bo made b ) ' state 01l1clnls to save the lives of the song and Insectivorous birds of NelJraslm. Chief Game Warden. Carter - ter lns now In preparntlon a circular which Is to he dlstrllJuted by Stnte SuperIntendent l\lcDrlen In all of the schools of the state. The school chll. ' dren 11..1'0 . to tale ; : the appeals to their parents. 1\11' . Cnrter remarl\Od this morning that the farmel's and hortl. culturallsts should be especially Inter. .ested In Ute preservation of the blrtls , as Insects woultl become almost exterminated - terminated If the hlrds were et nlone. A single robin eats nt lenst sixteen ponds of Insects In n year. A picture of Nebrnslm song blr s will adorn the trent cover of the clr. cular , whIch wIll contaIn ten excellent reasons for not Idlllng blrtls. Extracts will lJe given from the Nebraslm Inws and penalties for bird slaughter , nn the last Imge will contain an approp. rlate poem , It Is hoped that the Hltle pamphlet wlll result In mucb good , not enl ) ' to the members of the feathered - ered tribe , but also to the farmers and fruit growers of the state , Barker Case Dismissed. Th In\3anlty charge l\6alnst Frn le 'Barlwr ' , the \Vebster count ' murderer , ' flIed to save him from the gallows , has II heen lsmlssed lIy Judge Holmes of the Lancnster district court for want of prosecution. A few ays before Darl\Or was to have been executed JUdge Hamer , his attorney , filed the charge an Judge Holmes refused Ul0 jury trial , claiming he had no jurisdiction - tion , The case was tnltOn to tbo sue prp.me court and that court held Judge Holems did have jurlstllctlon to give the man a trial by jury. At this junco turo Governor l\Ifcl.ey gave the man a reprieve for two years. ' 1'l1e cnso was cnlled the first part of the term and because no one appeared to prosecute JUdge Holmes entered an ortler of dls. missal. No New Clothes for Visitors. " 'hen old soldiers lenve tile Sol. dlors' Home to visit back In the places where they came from , they. . will wear the sal11e clothes the : , ' hnvo beeu wearing If they will hold to- gether. In other words , the Stnto Doard of Purchases nnd Supplies has decl e not to buy any new clothes for tbo , old soldiers when the ' deslro to leave the home on furlough. . Thd matter came up In a reluest from a number of Inmntes who wnnted now suits to go vlslllng In. The hoard then and there ma e a rule that no new clothes can bo Curnlshed. De.\ths nt Soldiers' Home. GRAND ISLAND-'rhree deaths at the Soldiers' homo within the space f twenty.four lours form an IncIdent emphasizing tlto great number of helpless veterans In the hospital can. nected with this Institution nnd the fnct thnt the members of the old guard 11..1'0 . rapidly nearing the end. Governor , Accepts Terms of Law. In tlto' nhsenco of a legislature , Gov. ernor 1\lIclO ) ' Issued a atatement givIng - Ing the nssent of the state to the pro. visions of tlro recent Inw enacted by congress IJrovldlng for the approprln.- tlon of money for experlmont stntlons. Widow With MlllI-ona. LINCOLN-Mrs , Ido. Macomber , nn fnmato of the Norfollt hospltnl for tlto Insnno hns been doIng 0. big lIuslness during the Inst few months hy secretly , ndvertlslnr ; thnt she Is 11. rich widow with $12,000.000 In nssots , She hns re. colvod Iriters from hun reels of dupes In nil Jlltrts of the country. She start"d the advertising whfle : ; ho was In the J.lncoln hospital. The nutllorltlcs sought to stop It nnd flnall ) ' secured an order to stnmp the mall "frautlu. lont" and rot urn It. OVER THE STATE. - J , D. Hennesse ) ' , fornlorly a hardware - ware merclrnnt at Grnfton , hns locatod. j , at Walla Walla , Wash. , t ACter a campaign of sbc months by' leadIng memlJers of the Yorle Commel'- ' clnl Chlb , York wlIl Im"o most of Its' princIpal strets. I. The Farmers' Grain and Stocle com- pnny of Kenesnw flIed a statement i with tlto secretnr ) ' of atate thnt ns soon ns It could wind UI ) 'Its lIusltless It ' " would cnncel Ia. . chnrtor. . John 1\Ilcle , son of George Mlcle , died at Schuyler , of consumption. Mr. ' ' ( 'wi' Mlcle had come homo Thursday nCter- noon , having been out west for his - , Vi henlth. Ill' wns an attorney. l\f. D. Thompson , president oC the Albion National banle of Albion , wllo was ftrlclten with Imrnlysls seyeral weolts ngo , Is 'et nllvo and his condition - dition has not mnterlall ) ' clraned ! 1'01' the vast two weeles. County ClerIc Conleo of Gage county - ty hns Issued twenty.four hunting licenses during the pnst few weeles. Sixteen of these have been to Deatrlco sportsmen , sIx to Wymoro nimrods an two to F11le ) ' sports. A lively fight for possessIon of the Fremont hospltnl termlnnted last weele . , In the , surrender of Mnnager Miss " . l\athoryn Fox and Misses Eollne Clarle , t' ' and Mary Ostrand , who bought the 1 building recently , have assume co troi. troi.The The olrlest woman In Cumlng county - ty , Mrs. Susan Miller of West PoInt , wnf ! . 94 years old last weele , A very I . Inrgely attended birthday pnrt.y waA gIven hy her friends nnd neighbors In her honor , and a han some reclinIng - Ing chair was presente to her. G. A. W11lclnson , a farmer living northenst of nentrlce , made a thorough Investigation of the peach buds on his place and reports that he was unable to l1nd 0. good bud In his orchard. He is of the opinion that there will ho no peaches In that section this year. R. E. Harris , secretnry of the conI lealers' association of Iown an Ne- b1'l1s1m , with headqunrters In Omo.ha , . has resigned nn Is succeeded by E. H. ' " Detts of Sioux City. The office re. 'I mains In Omaha. Mr. Harris goes Into I lho wholesale coal business at Ohl- cage , . There Is n strong probalJlIItr that n fnlr and driving park assoclntlon I J will be organized at Pierce In the near I future. Tbe enterprise Is being push. cd br n number of local horsemen. A meeting was held to talk over the proposition and was attended by n l . largo crowd , , Miss Anna Caldwell , plrector of kindergarten - dergarten work In the state normal scbool , has gone to Milwaukee ns n representntlve of the school and of tlte stnte of the Internntlonal Klndergar. ten union. The toole with her 11. . fine exhibit of tbe work one In the Iclntler- garten at the normal school. The fight for the rowartl offered by the state for the discovery of coal Is now on In enrnest. A. M. Dorst , the owner of the lantl on which the coni ' was discovered , near Peru , anti F. 1\1. Medley , who says he matle the ls- cover ) ' , hnve both flIed claims with Gov.ernor Mlcley ; : for the money. The Northwestern Healty company of Omaila flIed Its artlclo of Incorporation - tion with the secretar ) ' of state. The capltnl stock of the new company Is \ $100,000. The business of the corpora- . tlon Is to buy an sell real estnte , ! mortgnges , and act as trustees or ngents. 'l'he Incorporators are J , M. j Drunner , It'ranlelln r. Rober , Charles \V. Lyman and Wnllnce Lyman. The state boar ' of assessment met to pass upon the question of where cntlIe should be nssessed , In the coun. \ t : , ' In which they arc pnsture or wbero I the owner resides. The assessor of \ Dawson county nssessed cattle which , were lJelng pastured In Custer county \ nnd the assessor of the latter county also got them on his rolls. The hoard tleclde the cntlIe shoul bo nssessell where the ) ' nre pastul'etl. Solomon Yanson was killed \ by Dur- lIngton train No. 42 while ho wns tryIng - Ing to mall n lettel' on the train at the depot on Lincoln avenue. lIe ha writ. ten the lettcr to his wife , who was at Scotsbluff , nn went to the depot to ' mall It. When the mall cnr passed ' \vhre ) ho was standing , he en eavore' } { to put It In the car and It Is supposed the letter fell and thnt he stooped over to pick It up when ho was strucl ; : hy ono of the car steps nn was dragged under the wheels. His cbest was crushed and he died almost Inst.nntly , Thrown out of the second story , wln ow of the old court house at f Gran Island , now undergoing dlsmnn- ' tlement , there are the complete pnrts . of an old scaffold , hullt for an execu. : tlon In this county oyer twenty years ago , an execution which novoI' took , plnce , A policeman named Ho.rt lelll- } ed n saloon mnn. Ho was tried , con- , j vlcted nn sentenced t death. Defore \ the da ' of execution drew near he escaped - caped , Rc'nptured at Omahn , ho was heltl there unlll the day of bls oxpla. tlon shoul lie nenr , In the meantime a carpenter was set at work mnklng the gallows. Just before the time of execution his 6cntence wns commuted to lIfo Imprisonment. Later be wns ' " partloned. The Nehrnslm Institute tor the blind . has been placetl ' on the list of nccredlt. cd schools' the stnto university. A lefter to Superlntentlen ( ; 1\Iorey , rends ' as follows : " 'rho commltteo on ac- credited schools after nn hour's con- I sllieration of the question ( n new one distinctly ) unanimously voted nccred- Itment ; not on the rround that 'our 1 school would he 0. feeder to the unl. verslty , nor because ) 'Oltl. course of stu y harmonizes with our entran'o requlrements : hut because they wished - ed to express confidence In the loglU- f mate standnnl school worle ) 'OU nr ? tlo- _ I Ing , " ' . ( .