ro APP \R
-SENATOR DETRICH HAS NOT
YET SHOWN UP IN COURT.
( Special to BUte Journal )
OMAHA , Dec. 8 United States
Senator Dietrich spent tbe day in
Omaha with his council , General
Cowin , arranging details of his de
fense in his forth coming trial in the
federal court on charges of conspiracy
and bribery in connection with tbe
Appointment of a postmaster at Has
tings , Neb. The senator has not ap-
ipered in court for arraignment , and
General Cowin stated that he pro
bably would not do so.
Tbe giand jury resumed its labors
yesterday afternoon. The pustoffice
cases still have the floor and tbe Wil-
-zunville and Fairbury cases are under
-consideration. Several of tbe wit
nesses are yet to arive , and in the
( Interim tbe rand jury is looking
.A.
ver ihe land iencing case again.
The grand jury also began the in
vestigation of matters in tbe
department of tbe adjutant general
of Nebraska , during the last state
administration , when Gen. VV. L.
Colby was at the head of the depart
ment and witnesses bave been sum
moned. The investigation is in con
nection witb tbe appropriation of
money to reimburse tbe government
for blankets supplied to tbe state pen
itentiary after the fire at that in-
dtitution two years ago.
Adjutant General Culver and Store
keeper Davis of tbe national guard
arrived in Omaha yesterday after
noon from Lincoln , bringing witb
them the records of the office cover
ing General Colby's incumbency.
General Uulver made this statement
to the press :
"According to my understandnie ,
the charges against General Colby
grow .out of tbe use of tbe national
rguard blankets at the penitentiary
subsequent to the fire in 1901. There
were seven hundred blankets issued
Irom our stores , on the eider of ActIng -
Ing Governor Savape , Governor Diet
rich being absent from the state.
These blankets , valued at S3.26 each ,
have since remained in the posssesion
of the penitentiary. The legislature ,
; as I understand it , appropriated some
2,000 for the purchase of blankets ,
and , as tbe militia blankets were
handy , they were used. The quest
ion , I think , is as to the disposiiion
of the money voted by the legislature.
" 1 hardly think it is charged that
General Colby appropriated this
money for bis own use. He may have
converted it for tbe use of the mili-
.tia for other purposes , and this
anight constitute a technical in
fringement of tbe regulations. This
3s a matter I know absolutely noth
ing about , having never investigated
the question. I do know that Mr.
Smith. General Colby's chief clerk ,
, -who is said to have preferred the
charges , had a claim for $000 or $700
for expert services in General Colby's
office , which the general refused to
allow , and which the legislative com
mittee turned down on his recorn-
meniation.
Twenty indictments are known to
Inave been voted by the federal grand
Jury and there Is not a little interet
, -Jto know apainst who they are directed
lit is expected they will be reported
the court within a shore time.
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$ Have Him Dead To Rights.
SIOUX CITY , Dec. 8. Just as
Andrew Lee asked for a package at
'the American Express company office
Jyesteidav morning Chief of Police
iDavenport tapped him on tbe siiould-
ler and Detective Harvey drew a re-
ivolver from bjs bip pocket. "Take
< me , you've got me dead to rights , ' *
"Lee exclaimed and made no resist-
ance. He confessed to the burglary
Johnson's harness shop at Pendtr ,
b. , last Friday night. He had
taken the goods worth $250 and ex
pressed them to Sioux City.
Dowie Proposes to Settle.
CHICAGO , Dec. 8. In a statement
which places his assets at more than
if our times as much as his liabilities ,
John Alexander Dowie at a meeting
Attended by a majority of his credi-
'jrjors submitted a proposal by wh-ch
it is l elieved that tbe financial < * uat-
le at Zinn City will be straightei < rf
tn a satisfactory manner.
Miners Become Temperate.
POTTSVILLE. Pa. , Dec .8. As a
result of the increase of temperance
sentiment among tbe anthrarita
miners , nearly one-third of the 1,100
jS'ilnnn keepers cf Schuykill county
'will ' go out of business next year.
bhis is shown by the decrease in tbe.
xiumber of applicants for license.
Fear Contagious Disease.
PITTSHUliG , Pa. , Dec. 8. The
.engineering and collegiate depart-
pients of the Western university of
Pennsylvania , in which there are
over two hundred students , were
closed yesterday for an indefinite
period owing to the presence of con
tagious disease in the family of the
Janitor occupying a portion of the
buildings. One or the family is
afflicted with diphtheria and two are
< jown witb scarlet fever.
OUTLINES HIS CASE
SENATOR DIETRICH EXPLAINS
PLAN OF DEFENSE.
HINGES ON OFFICE RENT
DEAL WITH FISHER MADE PRIOR
TO ELECTION.
Declares the Smaller Postofflce Pluxa *
Were not Ills affair , Hue that of
D. .E. Thompson and
His Supportwrs.
( Special to cUte Journal )
OMAHA , Neb. , Dec. 9. To a re ,
presentative of the Journal yesterday
Senator Dietrich outlined bis defense
In the coming trial. For the evidence
given so far he declares he has contra
dictory proof. Up to yesterday the
'senator has declined to be inter
viewed at length. In this he was
beting OL the advice of counsel. His
statement yesterday was a history
from his standpoint of the entir
case. The senator's attorney , Gen.
3. 0. Cowin , said yesterday that in
every probability the efforts to have
thd trial next week will succeed.
Senator Dietrich said :
"Tbe first point in my favor h
that Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith , when he visited Hast
ings in the fall of 1900 examined the
old postoffice building and without
'suggestion ' from others said the
quarters were too small. I promised
Jacob Fisher my recommendation for
bis appointment as postmaster at
Hastings wnen I w s governor , and
; had no idea whatever of becoming
Senator. As politicians knew , I was
U compromise candidate , the selectIon -
Ion bsing made in a few hours.
l Prior to the action of the caucus
when 1 was agreed on I had rented
to the government a floor in my
building to be used as a postofflce.
Immediately there were protests of
exorbitant rentals by property own-
krs in the other end of town. At
Hastings there exists between resl-
Uents of tbe two ends of the town
a feeling as bitter as that animating
a county seat fight. My building was
forty feet from the old postofflce.
Rather than have the postofflce go lethe
the other side of town I consented tea
a reduction in tbe rent from $1,800
to $1.300 a year , with the under-
i standing that the fixtures and jnni-
tor service which I had agreed to
furnish would be provided by the
postmaster.
Nebraska Court Reversed.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 9. In at
opinion by Justice White the sup
reme court of the United States re
versed the decision of the supreme
court of Nebraska , In the case of Sch-
uyler National bank of Schuyler ,
Neb. , vs. George Turush and others ,
j The case involved a question of the
exaction of usury by the bank.
Thrush and his wife were dehtors to
bbe president of the bank in the sim :
of rive thousand dollars , and they
pave a note for that amount , witb
interest at tbe rate of 12 per cent.
This rate of interest was usurious
under the Nebraska state law , and
'Thrush asked for a computation of
the interest , which showed that ,
counting tbe payment of interest ,
as the payment of principal , as pio-
Vided for by tbe state , tbe note had
been reduced to 8200. The state
fourt held this plan to be valid on
( tbe ground that the use was go vei
ned by the state and not by federal
law , inasmuch as the note was made
payable to an officer of the bank and
not to the bank itself. Justice
White's opinion reversed the findinp
and was favorable to tbe contention
of the bank that the case came
within the purview of the federal law ,
and that the interest payments could
not be computed as payments ol
principal.
Dowie Again Has Control.
CHICAGO , Dec. 9. John Alexander -
er Dowie is again in control of Zion
City and all its industries. 'Ibis
turn in tbe affairs of the head of th $
Christian Catholic church followed
a financial showing made whicli
satisfied all the creditors , who im
mediately made a formal motion be
fore Judge Kohlsaat to have the re-
ceiversbip , appointed by the United
States district court a week ago , dis
solved.
Girl Shot 'ilirough Window.
RISING SUN , Ind. , Dec. 9-Misj
El'zabetb ' Gillespie , prominent ic
local society , was assassinated lasl
night while sitticg in the front room
of her residpnce. The murderer shot
at her throuch a window , the entire
charge of shot taking effect in th (
side o ( her head.
On Side of Safety.
COLON , Dec. S. A company 01
marines from the United States auxil-
iaiy cruiser Dixie , under command
of Captain McCruary , were landed
here this morning and took a train
for Empire , a tovvn on the railroid
near Panama , where u camp was es.
tablished in the canal company1 !
builrtiniiS. Another company oi
marines , to the number of dity frorr
the Dixie , lefc on the afternoon tiain
for Empire , Tbe camp at Empire ii
' - thoroughly equipped.
CRUISER ATLANTA GUARDS
PATROLLING EASTERN END OF
SAN BLAS COAST.
Color. Dec. 10. The United States
cruiac-r Atlanta is patrolling tbe
eastern end of the San Bias coast and
Is keeping an outlook for any attempt
on the part of tbe Colombian gnv
eminent to lat d troops on the isth
mus. The Atlanta is endeavoring tn
ascertain if the Indians know any
thing uf tbe movements of troops
from the interior across tbe frontier
and is seeking information concern
ing the alleged concentration of Col
ombian troops at the mouth of tbe
Atrato river , tbe Gulf of DarJen.
The Atrato river , bting in Colom
bian territory , tbe Atlanta could not
interfere with any movements of
Colombian troops there.
The report brought to La Guaira ,
Venezuela , by the French steamer
Versailles from Savanilla , that Col
ombian steamers have landed 1.100
men near the mouth of the Atrato
river to open a way over tbe Darian
mountains to the isthmus , cannot be
confirmed.
The movements of the Atlanta are
entirely of a precautionary nature
and for the purpose of securing in
formation.
The United States gunboat Ban
croft , yesterday left to patrol the
western end of the San Bias coast in
co-operation with the Atlanta. It is
expected that tbe Bancroft will re
turn to Colon in a day or two.
Loses Her Claim.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 10. To null
ify attempts of cattle compinies and
ethers to obtain public lands in violation
lation of the law , tbe secretary of
the interior overruled former decis
ions of tbe department that wid ws
or minor urpbans of soldiers or sail
ors do not have to reside on tbe
land on which they make homestead
entry.
The decision which affects a large
number of cases and which has an
important bearing on tbe public land
frauds , is made in the case of Mrs.
Anna Bowes , who made an entry on
{ and in Broken Bow district in Neb
raska. Mrs. Bowes claimed the right
of entry as the widow of a sailor in
the civil war , under a section of the
revised statutes , which which al
lows such dependents to make home
stead entries with credit for the
time of the soldier's or sailor's mili
tary or naval service. It was admit
ted in this case there was made an
acreement with the Stanlird Cattle
company whereby Mrs. Bowes at the
time of tbe entry leased the land to
the company with a further agroe-f
ment that the company should have
the option of purchase of the land.
The department decides that Mis.
Bowes is required to maintain resi
dence on the land and that-her acree
ment with the company invalidated
the entry and requires its cancel-
'ation.
Some fnd'clmfnts are Due.
OMAHA , Neb. Dec. 10. Witness
es in the Colby case involving affairs
in the office of the adjutant general
of Nebraska were again before tbe
grand jury yesterday , the time of
that body being divided between that ,
matter and the post office bribery
cases. Elliott Lowe testified and
witnesses in the Wilsonville , Neb. ,
postofflce cases also pave evidence.
A report is anticipated from the
grand jury Friday. A number of ir-
dictments are expected. Some differ
ence of opinion exists about when the
trial of Senator Dietrich should oc
cur. General Cow in snys the senator
will insist on an early trial and will
ask the court to name a date closely
following the adjournment of the
grand jury.
Want Wastage Made Good.
SIOUX CITY , Iowa , Dec. 10.
A meeting of the coal d ahrs' associ
ation uf Iowa and Nebraska , includ
ing about 700 members , was held
here , called by Secretary E. R.-
Harris of Omaha to take s 'me action
to compel railroads to make coed the
wastage of cnal in transit.
The dealers say tbe loss amounts
to sis much as 15 per cent , and the
railroads will not , weigh the cars on
delivery. An assessment was made
to defray expenses of the campaign. .
The retailers will weigh the coal
and if Uss than tlie ami unt named in
the bill of lading is fmud the loa s
will be asked to p'oduce the full
aim unt. If they refuse action will
follow.
Assaulting Strikers Shot.
TRINDAD , Colo. , Dec 10. JTour
striking coal miners , Italians "and
Sicilians , were shot in a fight at the ,
Segundo coke ovens with the Colorado
rado Fuel and Iron company's
guards. One is dead , another is dy
ing , a third , shot in the groin , will
probably die and ths fourth , wuo
was shot in the wrist , is in jail.
Found With Throats Cut.
CINCINNATI , Dec 10 The dead
bodies of Pearl Stapleton and her
four-year old adopted daughter , both
color d , were found at their home in
East Front sireet heie last niuht
v\iih their throar.s cut fiom ear to
ear. John Shawl , with whom the
woman has been living , is under ar
rest but declares he is innocen t. He
claims that on going nnme last night ,
tie saw a negro natucd Bush escape
through a window , ush has not
been captured.
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SOME BIG MEN HIT
OMAHA GRAND JURY HANDb
DOWN TEN INDICTMENTS.
NAME EX-SENATOR CURRIE
BARTLETT RICHARDS AND OTH
ERS IN SAME BOAT.
wu Counts Against Former Kepresenta-
tatlve Lowe. Accused of Being
Go-IJetween In 1'ost-
offlco Grafts.
Special From State Journal.
OMAHA , Neb. , Dec. 11. The
Dnited S.t.Ues grand jury , which has
been in session for some time investi-
gaing postoffice bribery cases and tbe
alleged illegal fencing of government
lands in western Nebraska , yesterday
rnjde partial report to the court , re
turning twenty-two indictments.
One is against Former State Re-
presntative Elliott Lowe , charging
bribery in connection with the ap
pointment of a postoflice at Alma ,
Neb. ; ten are against ranchmen
charging illegal fencing and tbe
others were Indian cases , mostly of
a minor character. Those against
ranchmen include true bills against
Harriett Richards , president of the
Nebraska Land and Feeding company -
pany ; VV. G. Coinstock , vice presi
dent of the same company , and secre
tary Charles C. Jameson , all of
Ellsworth , , Neb. , and Former State
Senator Frank M. Currie , lar e in
dividual cattle owner of Broken
Bow , Neb. Tbe other seven indict
ments are against extensive ranch
men of Cherry and Custer counties.
The foreman of the grand jury
stated to the court that it would
Itter have a supplementary report
and it is stated this addition will in
clude several more indictments of
prominent ranchmen , and also one
against a former state official , who is
charged with disposing of a con
siderable amount of government
military supplies withuub making
a report cf the disposition of the
money.
Tte indictment against Formei
State Representative Lowe contain
ed two counts , and charges conspir
acy to violate section 1781 of the
revised statutes , by conspiring to
bribe Senator Charles H. Dietrich ,
by acting as intermediary in the
payment of $400 in consideration of
which J. B. Billings , who at the
time of the alleged transaction was
postmaster at Alma , Neb. , was to
receive the recommendation by the
senator for reappoiutmenc. One of
the ct.uuts charges the payment ol
$100 and the other of 300. The evi-
d nee on which Lowe was indicted
is said to have been given by J tt.
Billings , former postmaster at Alma.
One Vast Company.
CHICAGO , Dec. 31. Final ar
rangements were made yesterday for
the incorporation of tbe Interstate
'lelephone association into one com
pany. This means the amalai-
mation of over four thousand in-
dependant telephones companies in
Illinois , Wisconsin , Kentucky , Mis
souri , Iov\a , Indiana , Pennsylvania ,
Nebraska , Minnesota , Ohio and
Michigan , involving property valued
at more than § 200,000 000. This
action was taken at the closing ses
sion here of the association. A per
manent committee was appointed to
work upon plans of action for the
new company.
"One of the first things to be
done by ihe new cumpinv will be to
form a connection vsith the Illinois
Telephone and Telegraph company's
lines in Chicago , bringing our com
pany in direct competiti n with the
Bell lines in Chicago , " said Presi
dent Hull of the association. "The
Illinois Telegraph and Telephone
company , which is now operating
lines in the downtown districts in
Chicago , will connect iis wires with
the e cf our company at Hyde Park
early in the spring. The two com
panies will then build lines to the
Chicago city limits , where they will
he connected with those of the Inde
pendent Telephone company's. When
this work is completed we will have
accomplished what we have been en-
neavorinp to do fur many vears that
is. to connect Chicago with the inde
pendent companies throughout Illi
nois and adj ir.ing states. The re-
Mil t of this move on tbe part of the
indepedent companies will be far
reaching and as soon as our lines are
ready to compete with the present
system in Chicago there will be a de
cided reduction in the present tele
phone rates. "
Riot Outgrowth of Strike.
CHICAGO , 111. , Dec. 11. In a riot
yesterday , pawing out of the recent
strike on the i'i icago City railway a
car was wrecked bv a mob of union
sympathizers , who furiously attacked
the non-uninn conductor and motorman -
man , badlj injuring Doth. The crew
of the car escaped into a near by
building , * vhere they were guarded
hy lolice. The riot occurred on the
Sdlsteud street Hue , near. Archer
avinue. |
CUKE FUR VANITY.
De Broker "Say , old boyl Do me
a favor , will you ? "
Scribbler "Certainly. What is-
It ? "
"I am to be married shortly to
Miss De Style-ind she insists on a
fashionable wedding ; but I can't
stand that sort of nocsense , you
know. "
"Well ? "
"Just slip anund to her house and
ask her fur her photc-graph for your
paper. "
"I'll go at once. "
i "Thank you Then I'll call there
this evening and show her tbe mon
strosity your paper printed today of
Miss Highup. Guess she'll prefer a
private ceremony then. "
HOW CHEAP BAKING POWDEB
IS MADE.
A recent seizure of a lot of "cheap"
baking powders by tbe authorities of
a neighboring city has exposed the
character of the low priced brands of
baking powders which many manu
facturers are offering throughout tbe
country. The price of the powders
first attracted attention to them.
Samples were taken and analyzed.
The official report of the analysis
showed the stuff to be''alum pow
ders , " composed chiefly of alum , sul
phuric acid and pulverized rock.
The powders were declared dangerous
to health and several thousand
pounds were confiscated and destroy
ed.
Physicians have frequently cau-
toned consumers against mixing food
with so-called " - "
these - "che-ip" baking
powders. They are all found , when
analyzed , to contain large precent-
ages of alum and sulphuric acid to
which are added various sorts of fill
ing matter sometimes both injurious
and nasty.
The high class , cream of tartar
baking powders , are the most eco
nomical and wholesome and should
always be selected for use. They will
be found cheaper in the end , besides
making the food better and more
healthful.
Kans-is City will have as its cen
tral feature in its building at the
World's Fair a topographical relief
map of that city. The map will be
21 by 32 feet , on a scale cf 85 feet
to the inch.
Dr. Warren W. Florer , instiuctor
in Gorman in the University of
Michigan , has prepared a phamphlet
"Questions on Thomas's Grarnmir
and Essentials of Grammar In Ger
man. " The book is published by
George Wahr , Ann Arbor , Mich.
Fame iz the poorest wages enny
man ever worked for.
The fust naff ov most people's lives
iz spent knocking holes in their con-
stitusbun , and the second naff in
stopping tbe leaks.
TWICE WON.
Wife Fell In Love -with Hmband "AH
Over Aeain. "
The wife of a well-known attorney
it law of Seward , Neb. , telis tbe tale
worth reading : "My husband -was a
Soldier in the Civil War , and was , as
be called himself , 'an old coffee cooler'
and had always drank very strong
coffee.
"About a year ago he complained of
a feeling of fainrness every time after
climbing his office stairs , and was also
L-oubled by terrible headaches that al
most drove him wild.
"He gradually grew weaker and
weaker until his affliction culminated
In nervous collapse , and for weeks he
seemed to be fading away from us in
spite of all our efforts *
"The physicians pronounced him
strong and well , with no organic trou
ble whatever , and there seemed to be
nothing the matter except the com
plete giving out of his nervous system.
"The doctors decided that coffee was
at the bottom of all his trouble and
ordered Postum Cereal In its place. He
improved daily since he quit coffee an.l
began drinking Postum , and now say *
he feels better than he has felt for 20
years , headaches are gone , no more
fainting spels ! , and is gaining in fl sh
every day , and he seems so much
younger and heartier and happier thau
he has for years that I have fallen in
love with him over again.
"Now for my brother's case ; a fe-n
years ago he had a peculiar trouMc.
His tongue was swollen and sore at th *
roots and covered underneath with
festers.
"He thought his affliction was of a
cancerous nature and his doctor was of
the same opinion. He could scarcely
eat anything and became sopoor and
ran down he was simply a nervous
wreck. He consulted various physi
cians , but none were able to diagnose
his case or help him In the least
"At last a doctor to whom he ap
plied said he believed my brother was
coffee pois ned and advised him to quit
coffee and drink Postum. He gave him
no medicine , but told him to give
Postum fair trial and return to him in
6 weeks. My brother had used Postum
only about ten days when the festers
disappeared from his tongue , and at
the enl of two weeks the soreness and
swelling were gone and he began to
pick up In flesh and spirits.
"He has never touched coffee since ,
but drinks Postum all the time and
has never had the slightest return ol
the trouble.
' To look at my experience is It am
wonder I can write a heartfelt testl
menial for Postum ? " Name given bj
Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich-
Look in each package for a copy of
the famous little book , "The Road to
Wellvllle. "
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NEBRASKA NOTES |
H"M"I I 'I-I ! I11 * * 'Mt ' M"1"1"M' ' * *
W. H. Smith , an old settler of De SoX -
X Is dead. He was known every- ' ,
whereas "Corn King Smith. " }
The Eegister is the name of a new ]
newspaper just established at Eulo.
by Messrs. Hurlbutt & Haynes ,
W. 8. Martin , one of the oldest set
tlers In Bellevlew , Is dead at the ago
of 66. He belonged to the first Mason
ic lodge in tbe state.
Mrs. L. C. Richards will be succeeded - *
ed on the Lincoln library board fcjrf
Mrs. John S. Eeed , former city libra
rian.
rian.A
A number of Plattsmoutb. womea
attended the Ninth district convert *
lion of the Women's club * held In
Council Bluffs Wednesday.
Daniel Harpster , aged 67 years , and
for tbe past thirty years a resident
of the vtclnltj of Blue Sprlng& , > ; dle *
Saturday. He is survived by a wife
and one daughter.
Mr. Eobert Austin and Miss Flora
Cumminps were united in marriage
Sunday afternoon at tbe borne of Mr *
and Mrs. Thrum in West
Rev. Edger Price offlcating.
Eev. H. W. Burton will become
tor of the first Congregational churcb
at Wwhoo. He reigns tbe pastorate
ot the Havelock Congregational
church.
At a meeting at Lincoln of the 3T -
braska Prison association addresses
were delivered by Dr. George L. Ml'ler '
of Omaha. Mayor Adams of Lincoln
and Professor Davisson.
J. W. Splckler , supervisor of tin
Second district at Humboldfc , has fi'edl
a contest on the election returns ,
He wns defea'ed for re-election by four
votes by W. J. McCray.
At a mpetlnjr of the printers at Bea
trice , P. M. Jones of Omaha , organi
zer of th ° typographical union , was
present and enongh names were ob
tained to secure a charter.
Judge Kinkald rec mmendej atj
Washington the following postrnaaJ
ters : Jacob H. Walburn , McKlntrlck , ,
Cutter county ; Christina Chr'stensen
Hunter , Sioux county ; William F
Munt , Brocfrsburg , Keya Paha county.
The senate has just confirmed tfca
fol'owing appointments of postmas-r
ters for Nebraska : T. T. Varney , Ains-l
! < > y ; T. B. Walker , Atkinson ; T ) . L. Cre-j
lin , Plainvlew ; Edward McLernon , !
Sidney ; 8. W. W-lson , ' Wood Elver ?
Melathon Bcott. South Auburn ,
The wife of W. J. Van Leer dropp
ed dead while petting the afternoom
mall In tbe postofflce at Fullerton.
Mrs. Van Leer was a young wormn
and appe ed to be in perfect health.
Heart failure was the cause of tbe
young woman's death. /
Dakota City seems to have some per
sons in it t' at "work while other *
sleen. " Last night the clothes lines of
J. T. Spencer. E. B. Orr and Mrs. W.
I. Broyhill were robbed and Mrs , Eliz
abeth Minter reports the loss of
about twenty-five chickens.
The stuff had the appearance of hat *
Iner laid there for some time and was
no doubt put there by fellows who had
a hand in the Emerald bank robbery
last month. The stuff was taken in.
charg by the chief of police and wltt
deptroyed.
L. A. Higglns and Sheriff Smith of
niay county returned to Harvard witb
the man who Is alleged to have robbed1-
Hippins' store on the night of Novem
ber 13. He had $200 worth of the
goods when arrested He gave hlar
name as E. L , Ferguson of Seneca ,
Kansas. T
B. W. Tice came to Cass count *
from New York City with about one
dozen children from the Madison
Square Branch Orphanage. Tbe
little ones were all bright appearing
children and no trouble was exper
ienced in finding good homes for
them.
Word has just been received that
Hoidie Minick , the 20-year old ser >
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Minick , of
Auburn , died of typhoid fever atTus-
con , Ariz. Some two weeks ago him
parents received word that he was
verv low with tbe disease at the rail
road hospital. Hia mother at once-
repaired to his bedside , but was unable
to save him.
"W T. Grace and fiuph McLean , two
employes in the Burlington round
house , chased a rabbit under a pile of
ties in the yards. When they got ta
poking around this they found stuck :
away under the ties an eight-ounce
bottle of nitro-plycerine , two sticks of
dynamite , a coil or blasting fuse , about
a pound of beeswax , a dozen large per
cussion caps , several tallow candles
in short a regular safe cracker's outfit ; . .
The nev Lutheran church at Pierce
was deertcated Sunday. Services wem
held In the morning , afternoon and ia
the evening. The morning and after
noon services were deMvered in Gerrmn
ard the evening service in English. la
the afternoon the music was furnished
by The Lutheran choir frcra Norfolk.
Tbe two brick yards of Table Eocb
have closed down , .with a number of
orders yet unfilled. About 10.fWOOQi
brick bare been 'made and dieposcdi
of this season.