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The Valentine Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. M. RICE , Publisher DEATH IN A. TUNNEL ' i BIXGRAND TRUNK EMPLOYES ' , ARE SUFFOCATED. % Train Broke in Two Three Train Meii , Perish While with the Stalled Train , and the Others Met Death V/hile Trying to Get Them Out. 1 Six employes of the Grand Trunk Rail- ivny Avore suffocated to death by coal gas cirl.v Sunday in the St. Clair tunnel which runs under the St. Clair RiA-or from Port Huron , Mich. , to Sarnia , Out. A coal train broke in tAvo while passing through the tunnel and three of the crew were suffocated while part of the train lay stalled in the tunnel. The engineer endeavored to push the stalled cars back to safety , and tAvo other rescuers perished in vain attempts to penetrate the gas- oous atmosphere of the great tube. The train , which entered from the American side of the tunnel , Avas made up of seventeen cars. When it broke Engineer Coleman realized that the acci dent had happened , and with the three cars attached to the engine steamed out of the tnuuel into the Sarnia yards. He hastily detached his engine and Avent hack into the tube for the stalled cars. When his engine reached them he at tempted to push them back through the tunnel and out of the American portal. The grade proA'ed too stoop , however , and the attempt Avas a failure. The engine si ml cars rolled back into the gas lad"ii tunnel and Engineer Coleman AA-as suf- , focated at his post in the engine cab. His ] fireman , Fred Forester , Avith presence ; of mind jumped into the partly filled wa. tor tank of the engine , where there Avas enough"air to preserve his life , although he is in a serious condition. When the UCAVS of the broken train * reached the American side of the tunnel .Superintendent Begg , accompanied by tAvo other employes , started in on foot , hoping that the train AAS near enough to the entrance so that they might rescue : ind carry out some of the CTCAAThey had gone but a short distance Avhen the gas became stifling and Bogg succumbed. Other rescuers succeeded in craAvling to the portal of the tunnel on their hands and knees. Meanwhile preparations AA-ere being made at the Sarnia end of the tunnel to rescue the imprisoned train creAA' . An ongine with a party of rescuers entered the tube and had proceeded but a short distance Avlien John Haley , a track Avalk- t-r , Avas found lying unconscious on the track. He Avas taken.out and again the engine plunged into the gaseous atmos phere. The rescuers Avere overcome , hoAvever , by the gas before the train AA-as reached , and Brakeman McGrath died. SAA'itchman Blake. Avho Avas a member of the party , after a time made another attempt to penetrate the gas and this lime succeeded in reaching the stalled en gine , coupled it to the cars , and ran the train into the daylight. Simpson , Tinsky and Gillis Avere found dead in the caboose. Fireman Forester Avas in the Avater tank of the engine near ly tAvo hours before he was rescued , and his escape is little short of miraculous. FOURTEEN PERSONS INJURED Omaha Express on iMissouri Pacific Jumps the Track. The Omaha express on. tho Missouri Pacific Raihvay ran into an open SAvitch as it AA-as leaving the yards at Kansas City. Mo. , ( Sunday and collided Avith a freight train. Fourteen persons were in- jnred , tAvo seriously. Mrs. J. M. Partello , wife of Maj. Par- tollo , commanding officer at Fort Reno , Oklahoma , sustained an injury to hoi- back , her wrist was broken and she Avas badly cut about the face , while her daughter , Miss Florence Partello , was bruised and suffered from a nervous ihock. Mrs. Partello's condition is said to be critical. The injuries of the others tt-ore slight and they continued their jour * ney. Among them was Maj. Partello , ! who escaped Avith a sprained leg. HAS NO DEFENSE. Myrtle Eberly Shot Man Who Failed to Marry Her. "I shot him because he refused to keep his promise to marry me. , I have no de fense , Avas no laAvyer , and Avill ask no person to help me , " said Myrtle Eberly , in the holdover at the Four courts at St. Louis , MoM Saturday , speaking of the killing of EuAvard Leonard the previous night. The AA-eapon AA-ith Avhich she took Leon ard's life , Miss Eberly says , Avas pur chased for her by him on his adA-ice for piotcction during her long Avalks at night to the street cars. Leonard AA-as a a bartender in a garden near the World's Fair , where Miss Eberly Avas a Avaitress. Sioux City Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market foIloAv : Best fleshy fitccrs , ? 2.00@2.50. Hogs , ? 5.50fg5.G5. Refuses to Tell Why He Shot. , Hugh N. Swaine , an attorney of Hous ton , Tex. , Sunday , shot and killed C. W. Jones , secretary of the Houston Fire and Marine Insurance Company , of Avhich W. N. SAvaine , fjjther of the for mer , is president. SAvalnc AVJIS arrested hut refuses to give any information. Flood in Mine Drowns Eighteen. A sudden inrush of water and mud in a coal mine at Gerlebock , district of Koe- ' f'hen , Germany , imprisoned eighteen min ers , all of whom , it is said , perished- [ . { S ] XTHREE PERSONS KILLED.T Six Others Injured in Automobile , Accident in New York. While speeding along in the Bronx at New York early Friday morning an au tomobile containing nine persons went over an embankment , and one man and two women were killed. The machine fell onto the New York Central Railroad tracks and the wreckage was struck by a southbound train. Irf" the automobile when the accident occurred were five women and four men. The automobile was in charge of Allen Noyes. When the big machine plunged down ward it struck near the southbound track and the nine persons and the automobile were caught by an incoming train known as the Croton' local. Beside the man and two women killed , all the others in the automobile were injured. BELL BOY THIEVES. Syndicate is Uncovered by the New York Police. The New York police have unearthed what they believe to be a syndicate of bell boy thieves existing among the big hotels of New York , Philadelphia , Chi cago and St. Louis in the arrest of Ar thur Frazer , an employe of the Metro politan. Frazer was arrested on suspi cion of having a hand in the many rob beries of jewelry and clothing that have occurred at the hotel in the last month. A detective captured him after living for three days at the hotel in the guise of a man with plenty of money. \ In Frazer's pockets were found letters from bell boys in Philadelphia , Chicago and St. Louis. From these letters the police think the gang worked together , sending their loot to each other to dispose of. MURDERER PUT TO DEATH. Dutch" Fisher is Electrocuted in ' the Ohio Penitentiary. I "Dutch" Fisher , alias Albert Miller , was electrocuted in the annex at the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus a feAV minutes after midnight Thursday night for the murder of William Marshall , a bartender , at Toledo , O. , January last. The elec tric shock Avas administered at 12:05 , and at 12:12 he AA-as pronounced dead. His last statement Avas a reiteration of his confession that Walter Crosby , sen tenced to life imprisonment for complici ty in the crime , is innocent. HORDES IN WANT. Poor in English Cities on the Verge of Starvation. At a meeting of the Manchester , Eng. , city council it Avas announced that oAA'ing to the hard times and depression in the cotton industry betAveen 40,000 and 50- UOO people in the poorer parts of the city Avere practically on the verge of starva tion. Similar conditions prcA-ail in London and other large cities of the United King dom , Avhere the winter is expected to be one of the hardest in many years for the poorer classes. LIFE FOR HOLDUP MEN. Chicago Officials Waging Crusade Against Street Bandits. Four more holdup men have been sen tenced at Chicago to the state peniten tiary for life. This makes eight such con- ( A-ictions and sentences of thrs class of criminals in Chicago AA'ithin a Aveek. The state's attorney has begun a de termined crusade against all street ban dits and in the future life sentences Avill be given these crimLnals when their cases come to trial. Senator Hoar's Will. The will of Senator George G. Hoar has been filed at Worcester , Mass. It makes no public bequests * diA-iding his property betAveen his son and daughter , RockAvood Hoar and Miss Mary Hoar , and giA'ing his Asnebumskit estate in Paxton to his granddaughter. The will is dated Jan. 8 , 1904. Garment Makers' Strike Off. Cutters and other members of the United Garment Workers' union'in Chi cago , Avho eight Aveeks ago Avent on strike because of announced ' 'open shop" poli cy by the Chicago clothing makers , have giA-en up the struggle and the strike has boon declared off. Six hundred men are affected. Runs Into Open Switch. The Wheeling express on the Panhan dle road ran into an open SAA'itch and Avas wrecked Friday at Hamlin station , just beyond BurgettstOAvn , Pa. Superin- l tendent McCarty says the fireman Avas killed and several passengers slightly in- jured. Burglars Make Big Haul. Burglars entered the residence of John A. StoAvart , at 14 West Chestnut Street. Asheville , S. C. , and secured $10,000 ( worth of diamonds. There is np cleAV to 11 11f the robbers. 11L Tombs Not Violated. , Gen Kuropfliatkin , in a dispatch to the Russian emperor , vigorously denies the charge made by the Chinese government that the sanctity of the imperial tombs and graves near Mukden had been A'io- lated by the Russian troops. 3 Alaskan Telegraph Lines. According to a Seattle , Wash. , special , telegraphic communication is IIOAV being $ reached between Seattle and all parts of Alaska. , For Looting the Mails. T. J. Marshall , a raihvay mail clerk , was arrested at Lincoln , Neb. , Friday on .1 the charge of Inspector Sinclair , Avho at accused him of robbing the mails. Mar- shall is 38 years of age , and 1ms many * friends. lie sturdily denies his guilt. . Negro Appointed Postmaster. George Washington Murray , colored , former representative of a South Caro lina district , has been appointed fourth sisi classt postmaster at Hugller , a village in sia : Berkeley County , S. C. w \ T BOLD BANK HOLDUP. Hobber Secures $1,70O at Treynor lown , and Escapes. Arobber _ walked into the savings bank at Treyuor , a small town fifteen miles east of Council Bluffs , la. , Thursday af ternoon , and at the point of a revolver compelled the assistant cashier , Miss Frances Flood , to take $1,700 from the cash drawer and vault and put the money in his bag. Then the robber drove the young woman , who was alone in the bank , into the big vault , and locked her in. Customers coming into the bank half an hour later heard the girl's screams for help and released her from the vault. Slip at once told of the holdup , and an armed posse started after the robber. The police and sheriff's office at Coun cil Bluffs were also notified and startt-u armed men into the country to intercept the robber , but np to midnight he had not been apprehended. Rural telephones were also set into ac tivity and the robber was traced toward Council Bluffs. Officers believe that they are on the robber's trail near Underwood , where he stopped to remove the shoes of his horse. No one in Treynor was aware of the presence of the robber until after the woman cashier was released from the vault , so quietl ? and quickly was the holdup executed. The robber was seen by Treynor citizens to quietly walk out of the bank and get into a buggy in which a companion had been waiting for him , and then drove deliberately away. Miss Flood's father , Thomas Flood , is cashier of the bank. For several days he has left his daughter in charge at the hour when the robbery occurred , and the robber is believed to have known of this fact. TRAILED BY BLOODHOUNDS. Karl KarrerSaloonkeeper , Arrest ed for Treynor Bank liobbery. Trailed to his home in Treynor , la. , by bloodhounds , Karl otarrert a saloon keeper , was found in bed and arrested by officers at midnight Friday night. He denies all knowledge of the bank robbery , and made no resistance. No money was found on him nor in the house. Karrer Avas taken to Council Bluffs by the officers. The dogs , which were from Beatrice , Neb. , took the trail ten miles north of Treynor , and followed it through corn fields and Avoods to the Treynor road , in to town and up to Karrer's home , almost directly across the street from the bank. Karrer had not been seen since the rob bery , until located by the doirs. The horses and buggy left by the sup posed robber at the farm of Michael Fox , three miles nortlnvest of Treynor , have been identified as belonging to the Nevin livery barn , of Council Bluffs , and Avere hired by an unknown woman Thursday morning. The officers have been giA-cn a description of the AA'oman , but have not been able to locate her. The man who rented the rig went to Treynor and SJIAV the Avrl'e of Karrer , but Avas positive that she Avas not the AA'oiuan who hired the rig. A recount of the funds shows that the robbermadeoff Avith close to $1,700. Miss Flood managed to save $1,000 by hiding it from the robber. GRIEF KILLS HER. Iowa Woman Who Shot Husband Soon Expires Grief , because she shot her husband , Avas the cause of the death of Mrs. Peter Lewis , near Leon , la. , on Thursday. Her husband one evening recently on coming home entered the chicken yard Avith a A'ieAV of taking the necessary pre caution to protect his roost from chicken thieves. Mrs. LCAVI'S , on hearing the cackling , grabbed a shotgun and made , her Avay to the yard. Upon seeing tho , form of a man she fired the gun. It prov ed to be Mr. LCAVI'S , and he died the next day. day.Mrs. Mrs. Lewis was so overcome by griof that she refused to take nourishment of any kind. HUNDRED DIE EACH DAY. Veterans of the Civil War Passing Rapidly Away. Veterans of the civil Avar are HOAV dy ing at the rate of 100 each day , according to a statement made public by Commis sioner Ware , of the pension bureau. $ The mortality among soldier pensioner1 ; of all wars and classes last year Avas 31,728 deaths , of which 30,071 were vol unteers in the civil Avar. Commissioner Ware estimates that the rate among pensioners of all classes at the close of the present year Avill ap proximate 47,000. Paris Frowns Upon Dowie. Booth Clibborn and his wife , Avho re cently announced that they intended shortly to open a branch of Bowie's Christian Catholic church in Paris , aie IIOAV met with the statement of the pre fect of police that n DOAVIC temple can be opened unless it is agreed that "diA-inc healing" Avill be entirely omitted. Four Die in Hotel Fire. The Tracey Hotel , a frame structure in South St. Joseph , Mo. , burned Friday morning , four persons losing their lives. The fire started in the kitchen. $1OOOOO Brooklyn Fire. A fire which caused a loss of about $100,000 broke out in W. B. Warden's J coal yard in South Brooklyn , N. Y. , Fri- ! day. Cracksmen in Lincoln. Burglars Wednesday night blew open the-safe in the Rock Island freight office Lincoln , Neb. , wrecked the safe , de molished one end of the building and se cured $488. They escaped on t. freight train. Girl Wa < * Not Murdered. Instead of being murdered , as at first supposed , it Avas learned Thursday that suicide was the cause of the death of Minnie Harmeniug , of Palentine , III. , , is whose dead body wafoun.d _ in a barn. STATE OP NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- DENSED FORM. Mother's Heroic Act Jumped Into Missouri River to Save Her Son , Who Had Accidentally Fallen in Both Were Rescued. A 7-year-old son of Mrs. George Ross , of Nebraska City , Avho resides on the east side of the Missouri River , was playing on the river banks , above the government dikes. In some way the boy fell into the Avater , and the mother , being near , plunged into the SAvift current to save the boy's life. The current carried both mother and son doAvn the river some distance and around the dike. As the mother Avas borne past the dike she managed to grab one of the pilings and held on. She clung to the boy Avith the other hand and kept his head above the water. Some men on the Avest bank of the river heard the woman's feeble cries for help. Securing a boat they went to her rescue and managed to reach her before her strength , gave out. Both mother and son were taken ashore. It required some time to bring them back to life. The mother could not SAvim , but gave no thought to that when she jumped into the river after her boy. VALUABLE HORSES BURNED Animals From Omaha Horse Show Perish in a Car at Blair. Three valuable horses , Mr. Pickwick , King Lee and Cabin Boy , valued at $12- 000 , and several carriages , traps and other vehicles , the property of W. G. Barling , of St. Paul , Minn. , who has been an exhibitor at the Omaha horse show , Avere destroyed by fire. The car in which the property was being shipped was found to be on fire when the train reached the railroad yards in Blair. An attempt was made to rescue the horses and put out the flames , but the car and its contents were destroyed. The total loss is about $2o,000. REVENUE LAW IS INTACT. Supreme Court Dismisses Church Howe's Appeal. A Lincoln special says : The Nebras ka revenue laAV is intact. The supreme court Wednesday night dismissed the ap peal of Church HOAVC on behalf of the taxpayers of Neniaha County and re versed the decision of the lower court which condemned the action of the state- board in increasing the valuation in Ne- maha 5 per cent. SeA'eral other cases haA-e been filed , seeking to restrain the state board from increasing the valuations in the different counties , and they AA-ill be dismissed. Farmer Seriously Hurt. George Zurnski , a farmer liA'ing six miles east of Columbus , met Avith a pe culiar and painful accident Thursday evening. He AA-as starting for home and had just climbed into his wagon when his team started quickly , he lost his bal ance and fell out , striking his head heaA- ily , first on the hub o * the Avheel and again on the ground. It Avas found that his nose Avas badly broken , his scalp cut and his front teeth badly loosened. Nebraska Launched. At Seattle , Wash. , in the presence of i multitude of onlookers , christened by Miss Mary M. Mickey , daughter of the gOA'ernor of the state for Avhich she Avas named. Uncle Sam's latest and largest battleship , the Nebraska , Avas launched at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. GOA- . Mickey , and party participated in tho ceremonies. The occasion Avas made a half holiday throughout the city. Fake Doctor Gets Cash. A. stranger giving the name of Dr. P. G. Busch A'isited the home of Wilke Jurgens , a prominent German farmer , who resides near Beatrice , and succeeded in fleecing him out of $50 cash. Jur gens has a crippled son and the stranger offered to cure him for $150. Ho told Jurgens that he must have $50 before taking the case and the unsuspecting farmer paid it. Strike in York Foundry. There is a strike on at the DoAvney- Wright Manufacturing Company of York , in the foundry department. The company notified its Avorkmen that any of the old Avorkmen Avho desire to return and stand good for defectiA'e castings Avill be taken back , and that a IICAV force of men Avill be put to Avork whether the old employes come back or not. Suicide at Orchard. Charles Colleth , a restaurant keeper ftt Orchard , committed suicide. He Avent to bed at his home , took a reA-olver , and shot himself. The bullet entered his head over the right ear. Beath Avas instan taneous , lie had had rheumatic trouble for some time and Avas despondent over it. Federal Building Completed. The neAV United States postoffice and court house building is completed in Norfolk It was built at a cost of $100.- 000 and has been in process of construe-1 ii tion since a year ago last May. It is a u perfect copy of the building at Annapolis. Md. Killed at Itnilroad Crossing. William Hawley , a pioneer of Madison County and a wealthy farmer , droA'e to his death in front of a Nortlnvestern s' stock train at Norfolk. He was trying s's s'i to beat the train across. He was 70 ( years old. s < Small Fire at Wayne. Fire originated in the confectionery e - tablishment of L. F. Vaughn at Waym > . Ii about 8:30 : o'clock Tuesday night , but in iifi was soon extinguished. fi Freight Trains Collide. Two freight trains collided at nave- lock Monday afternoon and four cars C were badly Avrecked. Westbound passen ger train No. 3 , which Avas already SCA-- eral hours late , was further delayed tAvo lo hours before the track could be cleared. AV AVa a < Poisoned by Meat , Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dolan , of Beat rice , were poisoned sev ? al evenings ago from eating meat , and for aAA-hile their of recovery was thought doubtful. Thy ofD are improving slowly , and their recovery ai onlr a matter of a few days. J Ol BURGLARS BUSY AT LINCOLN Railroad Safe Robbed and Attempt Made to Rob Lumber Office. The safe at the Rock Island freight de pot in Lincoln was blown Wednesday night and $104.88 taken by tAvo uniden tified men. An attempt AA-as also made to rob tlie safe in the office of the Lincoln "Lumber Company at Sixteenth and O Streets , but this proved-unsuccessful , as the men Avere frightened siway before they could complete the job. The robbery at the Rock Island depot 'occurred shortly after 1 o'clock Thurs day morning , as the clock on the Avail stopped at 1:17 , Avhich Avas probably the time at AA-hich the explosion took place. A fCAV burglars' tools Avere found in the room next morning , together with the rubber tube used in pouring the explo sive into the drilled holes , but aside from that there is no clue to the iden tity of the men Avho did the work. Noth ing was knoAvn of the robbery until about G o'clock Thursday morning Avhen the freight agent went down to open the ollice. PLEADS GUILTY AND PAYS FINE Farmer Charged With Violation of .Liquor Law Makes No Fight. Upon the complaint of Fred Mcllnay , a farmer living a feAV miles Avest of Crete , Joseph Ivulhanek , a neighbor of Mcllnay's A\as : arrested , charged with selling liquor on Sunday. He Avas brought before Justice Fay , Avhere he un expectedly pleaded guilty and Avas fined $100 and costs , amounting to $5.75. He paid the fine and Avas released at once. Frequently during the summer Kulha- nek has heldjjig Bohemian picnics on his premises on Sunday. Liquors of all sorts were always easily obtained on these occasions and it became CA'ident that Kulhanek was doing the selling. This being illegal on Sunday , Avhether he possessed a government license or not , Mcllnay decided to stop it. BAPTISTS ADJOURN. Closing Session is Largely Devoted to Education. The closing session of the Nebraska State Baptist convention Avas held at Fremont Thursday. The general topic of education , both collegiate and theo logical , Avas the subject of the addresses and discussions. The executive board of the convention met Thursday morning , appointed the various standing commit tees for the year and made its final de cisions on the amount of aid to be grant ed the AA'eaker churches. Rev. C. W. Brinstead Avas appointed missionary at large and his salary Avas fixed at $1,400 and expenses. The appropriations for tho missionary churches aggregate $0,000. BADLY SCALDED. Girl Falls Into Pail of Boil ing Water. Margaret , the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Upton , of Pierce , Avas terribly scalded Sunday afternoon. Mr. JeAvett , the grandfather , went out in the yard to kill a chicken and took Avith him a pail of boiling Avater. He Avas followed by the little girl , Avho became frightened and backed and fell into the water. The attending physician states there is no hope of recovery. Placed Under Bonds. George Schoenberg has sAvorn out a Aval-rant in Judge Inman's court at Beat rice to compel Otto Hoffman to keep the peace. Hoffman Avas released on bond of $100 to appear in court Saturday next for trial. Schoenberg alleges that Hoffman met him in the road Avith an open knife and threatened to kill him. The principals in the affair are prominent German farmers , Avho reside near Pick- rell. Barn Burned. George Bloom , a farmer residing AA-est of Plattsinouth. Avas aAvakened by a re- A-oIver shot early Wed lies-day morning and discovered his large , ne\v barn in ilames. Half dressed , he rushed to the I barn and succeeded in rescuing his I horses. All of his Avheat , oats , hay and farming implements Avere consumed. The loss is estimated at $2,500 , with only $000 insurance. Appeals Abandonment Cn.sc. Monday afternoon the case of Burt Goddard against the state AA-as filed in the office of the clerk of the .supreme court at Lincoln , and a stay of sentence granted. The plaintiff in error , who re sides in Chase County. Avas coimcted of \vife abandonment under the statute en acted by the last legislature. A stay of sentence Avas granted by the court. Discover Alleged Robber. II. L. Stone , a young man Avho is trav eling in connection with a ' 'beauty siioAAexhibiting during the carnival in Huinbohlt , Avas placed under arrest by Marshal Todd upon information to the effect that he was Avanted by the au thorities of Sioux Falls , S. D. , upon the charge of robbing a jeAvelry store , j Lor.d of Wheat is Stolen. I A load of Avheat Avas stolen from the farm of George M. Schuster , Avest of Ashland , Tuesday night. Tracks of the wagon AA-oro plainly seen in the field whore the thief drove. There is no cleAV. Fruit Crop in York. Nearly every year more fruit is raised in York Countand this year hundreds upon hundredof bushels of peaches have been marketed by farmers and fruit rai ers , and IIOAV they are shipping ap- ples. A' TJain Stops Prairie Fire. A'c Rain quenched a prairie fire which was sweeping Rosebud .mserA-ation. destroy ing hay and fall pasture in Tripp and Gregory i Counties. The fire had raged several days and coA-ored many miles. Randolph Fair Closes. Wednesday Avas tho last day of the Randolph fair , and there Avas a big croAvd town. The fair has been a success f ( from every standpoint. Engine Falls Through Bridge. A large traction engine belonging to Charles Matya fell through the Loup c : lliA-er Avagon bridge near Columbus. The so ( ngine hung a feAV feet from the water , cin lodged on heavy iron trusses. The bridge n ivas closed to traflie on account of the tlsi iccident. si 1 ! Toy Smothered in Grain. 31 31ai James Burke , a lad of 15 or 10 years aih age , was killed in the eleA-ator at h ( Doniphan by getting into a pit of grain C ( ind smothering before he could be res- m Hied. 11 Superstitious people are marveling at the seeming defiance of the powers of ovil manifested in the preparations for the launching of the battleship Nebraska at Seattle next month. Elaborately printed invitations have been receiA-ed by s-tute- officers. They are printed from an en graving upon heavy Avhite cardboard , half of AA-hich. is taken up by a picturo of a battleship steaming along Pttget Sound just under Mount Ranier. In the upper corners of the card are engraA-ings of the seals of the state of Nebraska and Wash ington. Underneath is the invitation and the announcement that it Avili be christened by Miss Mary Nain Mickey. The fearsome part of the announooinent is that the ceremony is set to occur oit Friday , Oct. 7 , at 2:13 p. m. Con idont- ble speculation has been indulged in as to Avhy Moran Bros. , builders of the ves elr have selected both Friday-and 2:13 p. in. for the auspicious event , Deputy Lrhor Commissioner Bush explains tho hist point of speculation by declaring that it is customary to launch .battleships at i odd minutes in the hourly calendar. * * * Charles H. Gere , editor of the State Journal , died Friday night of neuralgia of the heart after a short illness. lie leaA-es a AA'idoAV and three daughters. Mr. Qere Avas one of the best knoAvn ni'-n m Nebraska , haA-ing been a prominent citi zen for many years. For thirty-throe years he had been editor of the State Journal and at the time of his death A\as also president of the Journal Company. Mr. Gere came to Lincoln in 1SOS and started the Weekly CommoiiAvealtIi > which he changed in a short time to tha Sta'te Journal. He served a term as a representative in the legislature and was a member of the state senate for five terms. For t\velve years Mr. Goro AVJIS- a member of the board of logouts of the state university and was also a member of the constitutional convention. Ho was postmaster at Lincoln during Harri son's term. He has been identified with many of Lincoln's enterprises. * * * County Attorney Caldwell filed a brief in the supreme court in whioh hu wakes the novel contention that tho coun ty is not obliged to pay the premium oi > (1 ( the treasurer's guaranty bond. Ho con tends that the statute is simply permis sive , allowing the county board to require etich a bond when it is considered nooo - sary to insure the safety of the funds. Under such circumstances the board may- pay the premium out of the public funds. The case inAhich the brief is filed is that of County Treasurer Ben Knight against Lancaster County , the suit being tool - lect $885 which the official aliego' he paid in premiums on his bond. If the supreme court , before which the ca > e is IIOAV pending , sustains the contentions of the county attorney , it will effect a radical change in seA'eral counties of the state where the county boards have been in the habit of alloAA'ing county treasur ers to be reimbursed for the premiums on- their guaranty bonds. * * * The list of persons who will attend the launching of the battleship . .ebrnska is probably the following : GOAJ. . H. Mickey and daughter , Miss Mary Naiu Mickey ; Secretary of State George W. Marsh and Mrs. Marsh ; State Auditor Charles Weston and Mrs. Weston ; State Treasurer Peter Mortensen ; State Super intendent W. 1C. FoAvler : Attorney Gen- .cral F. N. Prout and daughter , Miss V era J. Prout ; Gen. and Mrs. J. II. Cul-3 ver ; Col. and Mrs. George J. JcnkiiA T * * Fairbury ; Miss Emily Jenkins. Fairbury ; Col. and Mrs. J. A. Eberhardt , Stanton ; Col. and Mrs. C. D. EA-ans , Columbus ? ; , Col. J. S. Dew , Tecumseh ; Col. and1 Mrs. H. P. Shuimvay , Wakefield ; Col. Charles W. Kaley and sister. Red Cloud ; Col. S. M. Melick , Lincoln. Col. and Mrs. L. W. Garoutte , Lincoln. & & & Nebraska has been a prosperous field for the groAvtii of fraternal organizations , , as will be seen from the figures com piled by the state department of labor , , which Avill be incorporated in the forth coming report of that department. These statistics show that there are forty-three fraternal organizations which have firm ly established themselves in this state. The total number of local lodges of all' organizations is 3,311 , with a total fra ternal membership of 200,434. The Modern Woodmen of America ranks first in membership , having a total of 004 lodges Avith a. membership of ! 37,815 ; the Degree of Honor , Ancient Order of Unit ed Workmen , holds third place , with a. membership of 1G.OG1 , diA-ided betAveen 182 lodges ; the Royal Highlanders , one- of the youngest organizations in the state and a Nebraska institution , ranks sixth , Avith 200 lodges and 12,831 members. * * * State Veterinarian Thomas said re cently that he had received reports of more glanders within the past few weeks , than he had ever known before in the history of the state. He attributes the increase in the number of horses affected AA-ith the disease to carelessness of horse owners in not exercising closer scrutiny- as to the health of newly purchased ani mals which they introduce into their sta bles. * * * Three specific grievances of $10.000 each constitute charges in a $30,000 slan der suit filed Wednesday afternoon' against the State Journal Company by Siegbert Kahn , of Omaha , one of the tAvo il men arrest d in fair Aveek AA-itfi $ ! .0 < JO Avorth of diamonds and jewelry in their , clothes. Kahn resents the stories print ed by the State Journal and Evening News regarding the affair. * * * Mrs. W. J. Bryan couGrmed the an nouncement of the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Leavitt , formerly Miss Bryan. A telegram to the grandmother stated "tin/ : the mother and child Avere doing fc'vj * The Leavitts have been keeping housU for several months in NCAV Orleans Avhere Mr. Leavitt maintains a studio ' * * * Nebraska's advancement and tue in creasing wealth of the state , now beingi much talked about , can best be-appre4 eiated by a survey of the surplus com modities and a comparison thereof during the last ten years. The statistics of rhe state department of labor show that in 1890 the shipment of cattle amounted 1o- 380,100 head and in 1903 the shipments iggregated 555,263. The shipments of iogs in 1890 totalled 1,431,540 head , as compared with. 2,101,551 in 1903. The- aumber of sheep shipped in 1890 was' 195,680 head and in 1903 680,751 ,