Nebraska Newspapers

    iflEPLY NOT FRAMED
HUSSIA TAKING HER TIME IN
ANSWERING JAPAN'S NOTE.
PRIDE IS SHOWING ITSELF
- STRONG MEN OF NATION OB
JECT TO HUMBLE ATTITUDE-
Attack the United State * Policy
of Japan Kxplairu-d by minister.
Diplomat * Differ B to
Outcome.
ST. PETERSBURG , Jan. 21. The
foreign oflice does not offer any indi
cation of when the Russian reply to
Japan will be ready.
Some of the strongest men in the
mpire are working to secure a suc
cessful termination of the difficulty ,
tne main-feature being a breakdown
of the neogtiations. but they are
meeting with opposition on the
.ground that the propositions which
are acceptable to Japan do not pre-
aerve .Russian pride.
Tbe Listok says it expects the
crisis to end in an understanding in
the form ol a Meaty supplementary
to the Russo-Japanese convention
regarding Korea.
Tbe papers are still disposed to
seek pretexts to attack the action u !
the United States. considers Mr ;
ammunition being wasted on the a
Jeged decision to send the American
Asiatic squadron to Yongarupho on
the Yalu river. Thf-so papers , now-
ever , learned today through ti > . \ .
Associated ljr"ss that tbe squadrou's (
destination is Olongap in Subig bay.
M. Kurino , Japanese minister , be-
Jleves that the unfortunte tone - f
the foreign dispatches including soma
'from New York to Loudou , tend to
'Create irritation. He deprecates t.'io
attempt of the Russian press to ' 'Ay
the Hag of yehow peril , " and says :
"The whole history of Japan sii.-v
vthe restoration shov.s her aim asv *
i
purpose to take her place on.L \ \
* p3ane of European civilization amx
'become u world oJ power , politi-jallr
and commercially. "
Japan is not so narrow as to advo-
pue "Asia lor tbe Asiatic. "
The war minister's order to convert -
1
* vert twenty-seven reserve battalion *
jinto regular troops is robbed of sigui-
ficance so lar as thepiesent situation
.is concerned , the order having i-suedt
.last February. ' I
LONDON , Jan. 21. The U
minster Gazette voices oih'cial an < ?
general opiuion on the far east ni
crisis , saying :
! "We believe the chances of peace
are at this moment more favorble
than they bave been for some weeks
.past. "
- The associated press learns that
'even Lord Lansdowne , who has been
consistently pessimistic , yesteiday
took a hopelul view of the situation ,
and expressed tbe belief that war
would be averted. His opinion was
based ou tbe conditions outlined iu ;
these dispatches yesterday , nanrely
ihat Russia is willing to concda
. practically all Japan's demands , but
; that she cannot see her way clear to
.znake a treaty with Japan recogniz \
Ing in black and white China's sov
ereignty over Manchuria.
Discussing this , however , Baron
Uayashi , the Japanese minister to
Great Britain , maintains a pessl-
.mistic view. He declared emphati
cally that Japan would rather bgbi
itnan forego , an actual treaty and
'the admission by Russia of China's
sovereignty over Manchuria.
Tbe diplomats here though differ-
Jng in views as to the outcome ,
ngree that the dispute is not likely
-to be settled without another de
pressing period , which is expeaed
to occur when tbe war party in (
-Japan raises its inevitable objections
after tbe receipt of the pending
Russian reply , against any settle-
jnent except by recourse to arms.
J ST. PETERSUURG , Jan. 21. A
tdisptch from Vladivosiock says :
' "The news received here from Japau
jhas dispelled the fears of war. Peace , -
Apparently , is assured for a long time
to come. "
WASHINGTON , Jan. 22-Acting
Secretary of State Liiomis has receiv
ed cable advices fiom United Sta teg
embassies at two of the foreign capi
tals , both stating substance that '
tbe situation as to tbe far east is It
more reassuring and the chances foi .
war between Russia and Japan havg |
diminished The forth coming Rus ,
.isian not will , it is believed , nold out
considerable concessions , but it is
( scarcely expected that a complete
'settlement ' of the great issue between
Russia and Japan will be at once
reached , and much further corres
pondence is looked for.
An Agent of the Crooks.
1
CHICAGO , Jan. 22 A prosperous
.ticket broker in a fashionable hotel
by day , aud a general receiver cl
stolen property by night , is tbe
Character given by the police tQ
( Charles F. Stuufc , who has conducted
ja fashionable ticket office in the
Eaisernof hotel. Stout has been ar
rested ou che confession or a burglar
\vbo declarps that he s Id his stolen 'he
property to him. ihe broker was
In bonds of $5,000.
HE HAS DONE HIS DUTY
GOV. PEABODY COMMENDED
BY FEDERAL COURT-
to Interfere , and Says Stat *
is to Be Congratulated on Hav
ing Executive AVho En
forces the Ltiw.
DENVER , Col. . Jan. 21 Judge
M -ses Hallett in tbe United StateJ
district court yesterday , after c n-
sideration if the Sherman Parker
habeas e-orpus case against tbe mili
tary autboriths of Colorado , an
nounced that bis court was without
jurisdiction in the case. Parker is a
uuion miner of Cripnle Creek who ia
held in the military prison without a
warrant. In his opinion Judge Ilal
lett says :
"In times of turbulence and when
there is a probability of violence ,
discretion may be exercised on tbe
part of tbe authorities in Holding
prisoners without bail , and to hold
them in custody until reasonable in
vestigation has I ecu made.
"The governor , as executive of the
state , is authorized and required to
enfurco the Jaw , and if in doing sod
he finds it necessary to call out the
militia and use the power of the
state be should do so. The matter
if how the .state should enforce the
law is not for the federal government ;
to state. 1 he supreme court of tba
United States has decided that when
the authorities of the state are en-
d in the execution ' of he laws
of the state the courts of the United
States have no authority to set them
aside. "
Judge Ilallett cited a number
of cases in which this rtle was set
forth.
In concluding Judge Ilallett says :
"Ihe people of tbe state are to oe
congratulated tin having a governor
who will not interfere with him in
the execution "f Ins duties. "
Refuses To Budge
LONDON , Jan. 21. The Peking
correspondent of the Times declares
in a dispatch that Japan's latest
note is sirongei in toucs than the
proceeding one and that she will
neither > ield her moderate stanci-
point nor accept the mediation of
third power. Kor. ouly to the Japan
ese but to the American and British
ministers , tbe conesyondeut coutin-
ues , has China given satisfactory as-
'suianceaof her intention lo maintain
stiict i.eutrality in accordance with
Lord Landsdowrrs advice.
The German newspapers this morn
ing appear to be paving the way to
explain the Russian tract in the
negotiations with Japan , ana in all
the capitals of Europe opinion now
inclines to a pea'ceful issue in the far
east.
In a dispatch from Tokio the cor
respondent there of the Daily Mail
reports that a lengthy conference uf
Che Japanese cabinet was held Tues-
day. The correspondent says be has
learned that Mr. Kurioo , Japanese
minister at St. Petersburg , has sent
in a contidential report in which he
says that at a recent secret meeting
\i ibe Russian grand dukes and
ministers War Minister Kuropatkin
aud some of bis colleagues declared
In favor of peace.
The Port Arthur correspondent of
tbe Daily Mail dedans that eleven
Russian batailiuns ol infantry , lo-
geoher with cavalry and artillery ,
have been dispatched to tbe Yaiu
river. He rneiiuns also an uncon-
iinied icport that Japan has landed
troups in southern Korea.
d
To Vleet on May 18.
J
LINCOLN , Neb , . Jan. 21 Nebras o
ka republicans will hold one state
convention this jear. The date wis
listid by tbe stale central committee
18. at Linioln. As additional 6
woik for the convention , tne com
mittee authorized to nominate
candidate lor United States senator
and recommended that in all county
conventions held previously to the
-tate convention the ubj ct of tbe
state seuatorship be fair
given c-m-
IsideiMtion when selecting delegates
iaud that tbe nominees of such con
tentions for leg-slative otlices be
pledged to stand by tbe action of
jktne state convention. A resolution
indorsing President Roosevelt for re-
origination and at the same time a
.declaring in favor of John L. Wenster
0f Omaha for vice president was un-
"
New Ordinance Fatal.
CHICAGO. Jan. 21 The city
coum-il took actiou that will , in ail
prooabilitr , result in the closing of
nearly ail of the theaters in Chicago
fur the rem-tinder of tbe present
theatrical season.
Sent To Prison For Life.
LA JUNTA , Colo. , Jan. 21 John
Devine was coi.victed > n the district
court of wrecking the Santa ITe pis-
seuger train near Fowler last sum
mer , when Engineer John Walker
was fatally injured. Devine was sen
tenced to lne imprisonment. tie
Lwasatramp and was found witbin
150 yaidsor .vherethe wreck occurred ,
apparently asleep aud declared .that
bad bee sleeping there for some of
time , not being disturbed by the.
noise of the wreck. I fi "
TIRED OF HIS JOB
KING PETER OF SERVIA WILL
ING TO ABDICATE.
COUNTRY IN AN UPROAR
HEADY TO ADMIT POSITION
HAS BECOME UNTENABLE.
Conspirators Sinking Threats
Further Hlluclii Rlulngr 1
Southwest Africa Colonies
Alarms Germany.
VIENNA , Jan. 19 , . King Peter
of Servia aecordiug to a report fuirn
Cetinje Montenegro publisbedby the
Neues Weiner Journal , is prepaied
to , voluntarily renounce tbe tbroue
and allow tbe powers to nominate
bia successor.
Tbe prince of Montenegro is said
to bave received a mandate from
Russia to clear up tlie precarious situ
ation in Servia and King Peter is al
leged to bave recoynixed tbe unten-
ability ot bis position and to be will
ing to abdicate. His successor , it is
adfled , will only be permitted to as
cend tbe tbrone conditionally , on bis
agreeing to punisb the leaders of
tbe conspiracy which resulted in tbe
assassination of King Alexander and
Queen Draga removing all those who
were directly or indirectly concerned
in the regicides.
Tbe statement published by tbe
Neues Weiner Journal is not iutirmed
but all reports indicate , ttiat affairs
in Servia are steadily growing worse
and that they are causing tbe great
est anxiety in Russia and Austria.
The Servia conspirators are said to
be openly threatening to take revenge
on Europe by joining in tbe expect-d
Macedonian outbreak in tbe spring.
Tbe inteinal condition of Servia is
alarming. Outside the towns life
and property are insecure. The
roads are infested witb brigands.
BERLIN. Jan. 19. Dr. Sreub ? !
director of the colonial department
of the foreign office in the reichsag
made a full f > xp' sure of the govern
ment's information abouo the Flcre-
rns rising. He s-iid the risirm of the
Bimdezwarts tribesmen had unques
tionably been ended hetween tbe 6tb
and 10th of January , but at the same
time came the first news of the move-
meat in central southwest Africa. A
telegram arrived January 11 from
Windhoek saying tbatOkabanilja hid
been occupied by natives and that
telegraphic connections wilh Wind
hoek and Swakopmund was cut off.
The government immediately dis
patched a relief column by railroad
from Swakopmund , but it is not
known bow far it cot. The relief of
Otyimbingue , a mission station south
of Windhoek , which was also occu
pied by natives , was attempted from
Karl bib , and forces been sent to pro
tect the railroad station at Karitiib ,
which has been placed in a defensive
position. Due German post in the
northern portion of the Ilereros terri
tory was also beseiged. The rativ s
had secured tropical uniforms from a
shop at Johann Albrecbtshohe , which \V
the * had plundered. fit
Can Do No More.
in
WASHINGTON , Jan. 20. Presith
dent Roosevelt transmitted to tne he
senate yesterday additional corres di
pondence touching tbe relations of IiTl
otl Tl
States witb Columbia
the United Pi
tlai
and Jf'inama ' , covering the period Pibt
aifi btw
from December 23 , 1903 , tu January w
, last.
A statement of prievances on the
part of Colombia was presented 10 a
the state department by General
Reyes December 23 Reyes says tbjit
the co..rse of the United St-ites had
worked a deep injury to Col jnbia
and be cited the treaty of 1846 as
showing that the independence and
sovereignly of Colombia was to be
roai tained intact between the two
th
governments.
Reyes deals minutely with the var
ious phases of the questions at issue ,
d discussing the rejection of tbe
Hay-Herran treaty by C lombia , he 0J
expressed the conviction that the
treaty would have been approved in.
'
"with amendments that would prob
ably have been acceptable to tbe
United States bad nut the American
minister at Bogota repeatedly declar
ed in tbe most positive manner that
his government would reject any la
-d
amendments that might be offered. "
Smoot Files His Reply.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 20 Senator
Smoot has filed with the committees
nn privileges and elections his second
reply to tne presentation mde by
Attorney Tayler The reply follows
day
the lines of argument made by the at :
torneys for Mr. Smoot in the hearing in
before the committee Saturday last
and places on record detailed denials
assertions made by Mr. Tayler. tlie
Senator Smoot will without a doubc "
fight to end.
AMAZES THE JURY.
Facts Brought Out at Irotinofe Inquest
Are Astoundin&r.
Chicago correspondence :
Prom the install t when it was known
that men. women and children were
dying inside the Iroquois Theater , which
had been widely ad
vertised as being
absolutely fireproof ,
people began to ask
who was to blame
and the Mayor ap
pointed an investi
gating committee al
most before the fire
was extinguished. A
thorough examina
tion of the building
was made and crim-
i n a 1 carelessness
seemed apparent at
almost every turn.
The fire escape ex
its were hidden with
hangings , there was
no means of opening
" " "
THE FATAL LIGHT.
were no ladders
that could be used when the escapes
\vere once reached , the persons respon-
Mble for the care of the scenery during
the play were absent from their posts ,
ihe asbestos curtain was made of exceed
ingly flimsy material so flimsy , in fact ,
that it would probably have been little
protection had it been entirely lowered ,
there were no sprinklers , there was no
due over the stage to create a draft away
from the auditorium should a fire start ,
the skylights were nailed down , the
building ordinances had been repeatedly
violated in placing chairs and in narrow
ing the aisles far under the limit , and
there were many other things of like
nature.
On the first floor , the exits to be used
In case of emergency were not only shut
but bolted , and evidence of neglect and
evasion were visible in all parts of the
theater. And this in a playhouse which
has been called the very best in the coun
try. As soon as it'seemed probable that
the horror could have been averted but
for a neglect of duty , twenty men were
arrested on the charge of manslaughter.
They included stage hands , stage man
ager , electrician , carpenters and several
actors , the last named being connected
in a criminal way because of things they
did while the fire was in progress. Sub
sequently Will J. Davis and Harry J.
Powers , resident managers of the Iroquois -
quois , were taken into custody on the
same charge , and released under $10,000
bonds.
Members of the coroner's jury aud
the officials of the Iroquois inquest have
been astounded by the evidence of utterLy
incompetence , criminal neglect and proof
of violation of existing laws for the pro
tection of human life brought out during
tl'e examination of witnesses. Robert E.
Xrurray , engineer of the theater building ,
in effect told the jury that the possibil-
Ly of lire or panic in the new playhouse
had never been considered by the man
agement so far as the taking of precau
tions was concerned.
No arrangements had been made and
no instructions given for the protection
of patrons of the theater. The evidence
sh that there were four standpipes
in the building , but only a single fifty-
fo piece of hose : there were exits , but
they were not marked ; there was no fire
alarm : box on the premises and venti
lators were in working order , but nobody
operated ) them. Murray did not know
whose business it was to operate safe
guards of human life with which the
theater was equipped. Knowledge of how
to work the fastenings was necessary ,
he swore , to open the exits.
The witness told one long story of
pitiful neglect. At a dozen points in his
testimony those who heard it were struck
teiwi
with the fact that one man with a thor
ou ough understanding of his business in
ch of the employes of the theater ,
including < the engineer , would have made
th playhouse a safe place for public
at . His testimony was the first
expert testimony concerning the inner
workings of the theater force that had
Seen submitted.
Gates of Death.
George Dusenberry , superintendent of
the auditorium of the Iroquois Theater ,
admitted on the witness stand there was
utter lack of discipline at the theater ,
and he divulged that at least one exit
was ! locked , that two iron gates across
stairways ! were closed and that there was
uc way for people to distinguish exits.
A double set of iron gates at the turn
the gr r marble staircase , near where
the dead were found piled a dozen deep ,
held back the fleeing audience and reA
dured by half the avenues of escape
Heavy padlocks kept the gates in place. (
These gates are not provided for in the
plans of the structure filed with the <
building department and were put up
without a permit from the authorities.
They do not appear in any of the re
ports. 15
Superintendent Dusenberry was under
fire of questions for two hours. He
acknowledged that he kept in his pos
Cession the only keys to certain balcouv
doors aud gates. Before he left the wit
ness stand his information had tended
greatly to clear away the situation that
existed in the theater previous to the fire.
On his testimony that city building inspectors
specters regularly visited the theater , and
that Inspector William Currau was in
the auditorium , supposedly in his offi
cial capacity , a few minutes before the
fire , a subpoena was issued for Curran.
Currau is the building inspector who
visited the Iroquois Tbeater just before
the fire and pronounced everything in
order * He told the coroner he had no
real business there and had just dropped
. In fact , the most rigid examination
'ailed to discover exactly where the inspector
specter did have business.
He showed ignorance of the most ordi-
lary duties of his office. He was equally
uncertain in regard to the responsibili
ties of other employes of the department.
the face of his testimony he confess-
to having been on the pay roll sixteen
of the last eighteen years.
GOES TO ST. LOU'S. '
Democratic Nnt'onal Convention Will
Meet on July 6.
The next Democratic national conven
tion -will meet in St. Louis on Wednes
, July G. The world's fair city won
he prize , when the national committee ,
session at. Washington , on the second
ballot , by a vote of 28 to 21 , decided
against Chicago. On this ballot all of
New York votes but one went to St.
"louis , thus deciding the contest in
aver of the lat * " r city.
Building Commissioner Williams , Dep
uty Commissioner Stanhope mid liispec
tor William Curraii indicted the building
department for gross ineiliciency , negli
gence and ignorance in their frank ad
missions before the coroner's jury. The
lack of knowledge on the part of Com
missioner Williams regarding the con
struction of the building and its equip
ment was only equaled by his frank ad
missions of ignorance regarding the stip
illations of the building ordinance. He
even asserted he had not been familiar
with the theater laws until he had made
a study of them after the fire. TheI
records of the building commissioner's
office , by his admissions , consist not even
of adequate notes.
Mr. Williams acknowledged that ho
had never received an official detailed re
port of the inspection of the Iroquois
Theater and never had made an inspec
tion of the completed theater himself. Al
though the entire theater had been erect
ed , with the exception of driving the
piles , since Mr. Williams' appointment
by Mayor Harrison he admitted he had
never examined the plans of the build
ing.
According to his own testimony , the
head of the building department did not
ask a single question in regard to the
structure or its equipment or appliances
for the safety of the public.
It was brought out that the eighteen
inspectors reported to no one in particu
lar aud that they were not instructed as
to their duties. They were assigned to
certain territories , it seemed , and were
allowed to do much as they pleased.
No inspections of theaters as to over
crowding and the handling of the crowds
according to the ordinances , or as to fire
equipment or provisions for exits , were
made In a regular way. It was said by
the ; witnesses that any inspection of the
theaters was voluntary with the inspec
tors , and the inference from the testi
mony was that the inspectors went more
to see the show than for any other rea
son.
Here are some of the striking facts de
veloped by the testimony of Commis
sioner Williams , Assistant Commissioner
Leon B. Stanhope and Inspector William
Curran :
The reports made by Inspector Laugh-
lin during the building of the Iroquois
Theater consisted in brief memoranda
of the progress of the work which the
inspector wrote in a book and which
Commissioner Williams never looked at.
The final report on the building , made
the day before it opened , consisted in a
verbal statement made by Laughliu to
Williams that "the Iroquois is 0. K. "
Although Williams became head of the
building department when the foundation
piles of the building were being driven ,
he ' never saw the plans of the building
and knew nothing of whether the build-
ing conformed to those plans , except in
one instance.
In this instance Laughlin reported that
the plans of the s.tage floor were being
changed , and after inspection of 't/'iat
particular piece of work Williams allowed -
ed the floor to be laid on the changed
plans.
Williams accepted Laughlin's verbal
report or " 0. K. " without questioning
the inspector about fire appliances , exits
or any other portion of the building or
its equipment.
After the building was opened there
was no further inspection of it by any
one assigned to that work.
An examination of the building after
the fire showed that one aisle on the
main floor had been filled with .seats.
When Assistant Stanhope asked Laugh-
lin about it the inspector said that the
aisle was there when the theater opened.
There is no systematic inspection of
the downtown theaters. Certain of the
inspectors and other attaches of the office
visited the theaters on their own time ,
but never made any reports of what they
found as regards crowding except in rare
instances.
Spasmodic attempts to inspect the the
aters were made by Williams and in a
few instances managers were compelled
to find seats for crowds standing in the
aisles.
Williams did not know until after the
fire ; that the Iroquois Theater was violating -
ing nearly every one of the ordinances
made for the safeguarding of patrons.
Williams had not read the building
ordinances as they concern theaters un
til after the Iroquois fire.
The commissioner made a report to
Mayor Harrison that nearly every thea-
ter in Chicago was violating the ordi
nances ; , but no action towards closing the
buildings was taken until after the Iroquois
quois , disaster.
Cross-examined by Assistant State's
Attorney Barnes , Williams admitted that
he had failed to perform nearly every
duty required of him by the ordinance ,
He pleaded too much work and not
enough money to employ assistants.
Mayor Called ns Witness.
Mayor Harrison and Alderman Wilj (
Ham Mavor , chairman of the Council
finance committee , were called as wit
nesses at the Iroquois fire inquest. The
Mayor was asked why , after receiving
from Building Inspector George Wil-
Hams a report that practically every the- ,
aler in Chicago was unsafe , he did not
revoke their amusement licenses and com
pel them to make the changes required
by the ordinances. He was asked , fur
ther , why , knowing that other theaters
had evaded the building ordinances , he
did not require a report of conditions at
the Iroquois before the permit allowing it
to open was issued.
Chairman Mavor was asked why a
sufficient amount of money had not been
found for the building department to al
low for enough inspectors to inspect the
aters frequently , and prevent such violations
lations of the ordinances as made the
tragedy at the Iroquois possible.
The request for these witnesses was
made after the jury had heard Building
Commissioner Williams and two of his '
subordinates give testimony that showed
the inadequacy of the inspection depart
ment of that office , and the inefficient
handling of the few men there. The story
amazed the jurors.
Humorous Ne\vs Items. .
Panama sleeps as soundly as a man
with a big dog in his yard.
Russia should take off its skates and
stop sliding down the map.
Eggs cannot be classed as mere lux
uries now. They are tantalizing dreams.
'
Hereafter , Jt is believed , the fireproof
drop curtains in Chicago will be fireproof
and wHl drop. '
Whatever Weylrr's reasons were for
not invading the United States , they
good one1.
t NEBRASKA NOTES
Charles Wilson , of Nebraska City. Is !
Jead at the age of 26 of typhoid fever.
Jesse Lemon and Miss Ui.da * Tall-
5'rora have been mairied at Nebraska.1
City. J
George D Arnelt and Miss Martb * .
,
llicke , of Fremont were married *
Thursday.
The funeral 6f Fred Patch , of Bas-
setr , tootc p ace yesterday. He was a
5on of Lounty Treasurer C. H. Patch.
The citizens of Holdrege have Voted
19,000 boudt. for the purpose of improv-
lug their water system , and putting
Jown new wel.s.
Burlington oillcials are at Nebraska.
Uity | laying plans for protecting the
bridge ay a nst possible high water
tins spring.
orace Barnes , tbe 15-year-old dau
ghter of Henry barues , of Sterling *
uus been sent to the reform school for
iirls at geneva.
\\aherS.Crow , an Adams county
pioneer farmer died of blood po.son ,
resulting irom a wound from a hay
icuiie , age. 6 > .
Sheiiif Hatcher , of Norton county , )
Kan , arrested Geo. Callaway of Wii-
sonvilie lor the murder o. J. YV. Shew-
make on January 1'2.
Mrs J hn Terhune , of Beatrice , is.
3eud , aged 26 , after two week's of ill-
oefcb from blood poisoning She leaves
1 husband aud live children.
Jusuce Archer , of Plattsmouth ,
tiutd J. Forrest Marston $50 for illegal
ly soliciting life insurance. Is'oD bav-J
ing the price he will board it out in' '
jail. '
Harms Huls , a German farmer
hear Beatrice , was thrown Irom-
buggy iu a runaway yesterday and !
severely cut about the head , il.s con-j
tfition is ser.ous
There were lifcy-two accessions to
Christian church during .lie revival
meetings ) under the direction or LU
Austin at Humboldo. Thei
meetings ] have clos d.
George L. Farley and M ss May
Uaird were married at Plattsrnuuih ?
I ueisday evening. The groom u > tbe
pruprieior arid publisher ot the I'latts-i
mouth Evening JNews.
In the presence of ouly relatives
jf the coutraoLing parties Werner
riubupoach and AUss iiattie Baker *
were married at the home ot the bride )
ao Columbua Tuesday evening.
A large attendance is anticipated at ,
the meeting ot the co-oporatlve uraiaj
iud 1.1 ve Stocii association at Liricomj
H. H. Carr , of Chicago ,
will be tue orator of the occasioa.
Several car loads of iron and steel
iave been received at Ord for the
new bridge across che North Loup.
An eastern contractor has ihe con-
and work wnl begin about Feb
ruary 1.
A movement has been started bfi
foroitrChef McAvoy of t e Liudell !
Lotel at Lincoln , winch contemplates ,
the leasing ol thai hosl eiry a.j-2 "con
ducting ii > upon the co-operative plD
for students.
The funeral of the late Frank Dick-
was held at Piattsmoutii yesterday !
conducted by tbe Rev. J. T. Uaira of ,
lne Firso jVresbyter.au church. 16
was largely attended. He Uaves at
wife aud four sous.
Deputy assessors in Sarpy conntj.
have been appointed as loiiows : Fa-
IiP
piiiion , Emii Grotue ; Springlie d , Joba
Kisb.mg ; I.iicuiand , John. Muusier ;
Bellevue , Edward Gow ; Fair view , A _
. . Reis ; Forrest City , James Fox ; La
Platte , E. N. Upjohn.
'Ibe A. H. uiimore & Sons deparb-
ment store at Auburn has been moved
into Lte new Gi. more-Armstrong
building ana will be coubolidaied wiLh
Lhe Armstrong stock aud a cor
poration organized to be known as tbe
tnirnore-Armbirung company.
Tbe Commercial club of Auburn ba3
taken up me matter uf a ne v depoB
with tbeotliceis of tne Mi-souri Paci
fic , and nas ieceived as urance thai a
building commensurate witb tbe busi
ness doue arid ttie progress of tbe city
wi.l in all probability soon be erected.
Dr. Hugo E NeLon and Ceiia M.
Schotiel i were married at tbe home
of the bride in lilden. Tbe groom
served as captain in tbe Third Nebras
ka during tbe Spanish-American war
and afterwards completed a course at
be Creighton medical college in
Omaha.
County Superintendent Dill has an
nounced that the Johnson county in
stitute wii. be held at Tecumseb , be
ginning June 6. Among the instruc
tors will be Dr. G. E. Condi of the
state university , Professor C. N. An
derson of Tecumseh and Mi s Lizzie
Haas ] a prominent educator in Iowa.
Franz Krueger , a farm hand of some
.what unsound mentality committed
suicide at. Hooper , by taking strych
nine. While at tbe Northwestera
railroad sta ion be fell to tbe floor in
nvulsions and expired in a few
imoments , notwithstanding the at *
tendance of a physician wbo made an
'injection with tbe object of saving
tbe man's iife.
The Fireman's Convention was
given to Columbus by a vote of IW tc
116 over Grand Island.