Nebraska Newspapers

    The Yalentine.Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
Bi. RICE , Publisher
ST. PIEEEE IS GUILTY
BUT ONLY OF MANSLAUGHTER
IN SECOND DEGREE.
Maximum Penalty is Pour Years in
Penitentiary Father of Challi'-'a
Roys is Incensed Over Verdict
and Speaks Plainly About It.
The jury in the St. Pierre murder case
atElk Point , S. D. , returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter in the second de
gree Sunday morning , after being out
about nineteen hours.
The jurors discussed the evidence and
balloted ; ill night long. Not one was for
minder , ami live were for acquittal at
lirst. These five at last were brought
around to consent to some punishment
and the matter of degree of manslaughter
linally became the only disagreement.
The penalty for the crime is not more
than four years , nor less than two years
in the penitentiary , or not more than one
year in the county jail or n Hue of ? 1,000
or by both a fine and imprisonment in
the county jail at the discretion of the
judge.
St. Pierre has not yot l > een sentenced.
John St. Pierre , the fiddler , who for
the past week has been on trial on the
Charge of murder , heard the verdict in
his cell at the county jail and was visi
bly affected. Leaning against the bars ,
I lie prisoner , who has faded from a man
of 1)0 ! ) pounds to a mere shadow of hi-
former self , said :
"I had expected a verdict of acquittal.
I sincerely believe the Chillieu boys came
to my house for the express purpose of
beating meI shot with the intention of
scaring them and was greatly grieved
when I learned I had killed Albert and
Cralence Chillieu , "boys with whom I was
long Intimately acquainted. At the
lime I came to Sioux City and gave my
self up to the police I did not know the
shots had taken fatal effect. I was told
this in the jail after I had been locked
up. And to think that I had killed the
boys broke my heart.
"The days and nights I have spent in
Jan since the shooting have been bitter'
ones to me. I have thought of the ma 113'
pleasant times when I have fiddled at
dances at which Albert and Clarence
Chillien were in attendance , and I have
thought of their mother , who has been
almost a mother to me. "
Toe Chillieu , fatiier of the boys who
\verc killed by John St. Pierre , was not
very lenient in his expressions.
* "IIe should have been him ! lie killed
my boys , " he said , "And' ne did the act
in cold blood. "
STRONG APPEAL FOR PEACE
Afanchurinn Tragedy is Indeed Ap
palling.
Tokio advices state that there is a
strong appeal for peace in the appalling
tragedy which is now under enactment in
.Manchuria. Both armies have fought fe
rociously for a week , and desperate fight
ing still continues. It is probable that
the death roll will be largely increased
before the final shot is fired.
The preliminary reports indicate that
jbout 00,000 men on both sides have been
' ithcr killed or wounded , the larger por
tion of them being Russians , since the
armies of the two belligerents closed in
: -ombat.
Even the Japanese , to whom the great
rictory is of paramount importance , seem
ro be shocked by the slaughter of their
enemies.
FOUR CONVICTS ESCAPE.
Prisoners in Michigan Jail Make a
Clever Getaway.
Robbiu Terry , James McGce , Mont.
Warding and Harry A. Gilbert , convicts
at the state penitentiary at .Jackson.
.Mich. , escaped from that institution Sun
day night. They , with two others , had
been detailed to paint a smokestack.
Choosing a moment when the guard was
uot looking they stole a ladder from a
: ool house and placed it against the north
wall and dropped down outside.
Twenty or thirty of the prison officials
ire pursuing the fugitives.
Device to Save Gun Crews.
A device to prevent accidents like that
aboard the battleship Missouri seveial
mouths ago , when several men of a gun
crew were killed by a "blow back , " is be
ing installed at New York on the battle
ship Kentucky. It is called a smoke
Ir ejector and is designed to force out t.11
, unburued gas and smoke.
Seven Miners Injured.
In an explosion in mine Xo. S of the
Union Pacific Coal Company at Rock
Springs , Wyo. , Saturday seven miners
were cut , bruised and burned. The ex
I plosion was caused by a miner carrying a
can of 50 pounds of powder coming in
contact with a live wire.
Sioux City Slock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux a
City stock market - - ow. Stockers and
feeders , . < ? 2.4j@2.90. Hogs , % o.
5.20.
Judge Henry M. Shepard Doad.
Judge Henry Marlyn Shepard , of tho
appellate court at Chicago , and for over
twenty years o member of the Cook
County judiciary , died Sunday of acute
meningitis. He had been ailing for sev :
eral mtnths. in
Dor.'i Mcok Expires.
At Ccntralia , 111. , Dora Meek , aged IS ,
who slept nearly six months in the win
ter of 1901 , died Sunday as a result of a
decline following a case of facnslcs last
3Iarcb ,
GIBBONS VERY INDIGNANT.
Cardinal Much Annoyed Over Father
Schell'8 Course.
A Washington , D. C. , special states
that Caidinal Gibbons is very indignant
that Father Schell should have cast ret
flections upon Indian Commissioner
Jones , and that Schell should have
brought Mother Drexel , of Philadelphia ,
into the affair.
Father Ketchum , in charge of the
Catholic Indian mission bureau , made a
special trip to Baltimore Friday morn-
ing to lay tic Schell matter before the
cardinal. The latter had seen tho story
in which Schell reflected on Commission
er Jones , and was extremely annoyed , as
nre other leading Catholics in the east ,
The cardinal expressed keen regret that
Schell should have so far overstepped the
bounds of propriety. The cardinal said
Schell had a perfect right to urge action ,
and in case he felt the officials were not
doing all that should be done , even to
take the matter up with the president , if
he felt so disposed , but that such an at
tack on a high government official was
indefensible.
Father Ketchum says Mother Drexcl
does contribute to support the AYinnebago
mission , but that this contribution is
made to the mission and does not consti-
tute authority or support to Schell ,
The sensational feature of the investi
gation being held at Homer , Neb. , by
Inspector Wright came Friday , when
Father Schell , instigator of the investiga-
lion , was charged by William Odell , of
the firm of Odell Bros. , butchers of HoM
mer , with attempting to intimidate him
in order to make him testify adversely to
Ashford Bros , and C. J. O'Connor , the
merchants who Father Schell says have
demoralized the Winuebago Indians.
This came after the inspector had
heard much testimony in regard to the
buying of heirship lauds. When the mat
ter of the Ashford and O'Connor charg
ing the Indians usurious interest was
taken up. It was claimed by Father
Schell that the Indians had to pay a usu
rious interest on money borrowed from
the banks of O'Connor and the Ashfords.
The testimony of the Ashford Bros. '
and O'Connor on this point was that the
interest charged the Indians for money
ranged from the legal rate on the best
loans to 100 per cent on small loans
where considerable risk was involved.
CHILD'S BODY DISMEMBERED
Horrible Development of Voodooism j
in St. Vincent.
Advices from Kingstown. Island of St. ,
Vincent , state that police investigation
into the matter of the murder of a littln
white boy. whose heart and dismember
ed hands were found in the house of an
old man ( negro sorcerer ) in the island of
St. Lucia , as related in a dispatch to
the Associated Press on Oct. 13 , has re
sulted in the arrest of a seemingly intel
ligent negro butcher and a disclosure of
barbarous superstition and diabolism
that survives to a startling extent in the
West Indies , the heritage of a sav.age
ancestry.
The child , it appears , was the victim of
the man now iu custody , and who had
been concerned in some litigation , to
"work a spell' ' upon the judge of the su
preme court who was to try the case. To
this end the negro decoyed the child to
the house on a deserted estate and there
the child was murdered and his corpse
dismembered.
TAINTED MEAT PROVES FATAL
Member of Hunting Party Dies from
Eating Pork Sausage.
Eating tainted meat caused the illness
of a Hunting party and one of the young
men , Charles Pearman , died : tt his rooms
in Deadwood. The party , consisting of
Charles Clifford , Charles Pearman and
William Tynan , were returning from a
hunting trip to the Moreau River and
reached Belle Fourche Friday morning. '
The boys went to a restaurant for their
breakfast and there ate heartily of pork
sausage. All three were taken ill after
leaving Belle Fourche , but Clifford and
Tynan soon recovered. Pearman , how
ever , had to be left at a wayside farm
house , his suffering being so severe that
he was unable to continue the journey.
In the morning he was brought to the
city in a dying condition.
Burns is Found Guilty.
At Waterloo , la. , Charles Burns was
found guilty of murder in the second de
gree by the jury at 0 o'clock Friday
morning. The jury had deliberated since
5:30 o'clock Thursday night. Burns shot
his father-in-law Bartlett Stone
, , on the
morning of Feb. 29. His plea was self-
defense.
Geisha Girls Want to Stay.
The case of the seventeen geisha girls
at St. Louis who refuse to be deported
to their own country by the Japanese
government has been referred to the au
thorities at Washington. A detailed re
port of the controversy has been sent to
the immigration officers.
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Sunday Rul - Costs $1OOO.OOO.
In a speech delivered before the Amer-
lean Street Railway Association at St. -
Louis President Francis declared that
a
the World's Fair had lost at least $1,000-
000 through being compelled to close on
Sunday.
Children in Kain ofFire. .
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A gasoline burner which caught fire in I
W
restaurant at San Francisco , Cal. , and ed
was thrown out fell into a group of chil-
dren and exploded , scattering fire about. t (
Nine children were severely burned.
Big Customs Fraud.
A seizure by customs officials at Nor
folk , Va. , of Turkish and Persian goods ri
valued at thousands of dollars , which
in
wore brought from Emopeby the naval
IK
ollier Hannibal , has created a sensation st
naval circles. The matter is now in I
Oj
the hands of the secretar yof the navy.
Was 111 Year * Old.
The funeral of Joseph King , of Milton ,
Vt.t 111 years old , was held at Burling
ton , Vt , from St. Joseph's Roman Cath
olic church.
I JAPANESE SUCCESSES.
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Seem to Have the Upper Hand in
the li cent lighting *
No appreciable progress has been made
in j the projected advance southward c
the Russian army under ( Jen. Kuropatkin
since the initial success of the movement
in i the capture of Bentziaputze. Fighting
of the most stubborn description contin
ues practically along the entire front.
Field Marshal Oyaina reports the cap
ture of thirty guns from the Russians ,
and claims distinct successes in forcing
the Russians to retire from some of their
advanced positions.
Gen. Kuropatkiu's report to Emperor
Nicholas ] is couched in guarded terms ,
and claims nothing in the way of accomj
plished j results.
Reports from the Russian military
maiider at Port Arthur shor. ' < t'iat th. '
Japanese have brought a shell fire to
bear 1 upon the inner forts. The arrison ,
however 1 , is reported to be hopeful of the
outcome of the siege.
St. Petersburg dispatches say that de s-
penile i fighting and heavy losses on both
sides , with varying success for tVc Rusi
sians , is the summing of the situation by
Gen. ( Kuropatkin in a telegram filed Oct.
] . * { . There is no sign of the battle slackI
ening. On the contrary , Gen. Kuropatkin
] telegraphs that he had ordered the army
[ to resume the fight with unabated vigor
Thursday. Gen. Kuropatkin himself is
in i the thickest of the lighting and Gen.
SakharofT. i his chief of staff , is personal-
j i ly 1 directing reconnoissances. The adt
i vauce guards at these points had to be re
peatedly reinforced owing to the great
i i pressure of the Japanese attacks. At
j nightfall on Oct. 12 the Russian right
was withdrawn from its main position ;
but one of the abandoned positions was
retaken at the point of the bayonet dur
ing tue night.
HUNDREDS FACE STARVATION
Flood Situation in the Southwest its
More Serious ,
Seventy dwellings in San Marcial , SO
miles south of Albuquerque , N. M. , have
been ' wrecked by the floods of the past
week , and there is great suffering and
destitution. The plight of the Mexican
people iu the surrounding valley is terri
ble , and hundreds must starve unless im
mediate help is furnished from the out- '
side. Not only their crops and stores , but
their lands , have been ruined.
Tiie Santa Fe announced that it will
require two weeks to restore ; train service
between Albuquerque and El Paso. The
road is still tied up north of Waterous , '
but the line between Las Vegas and Al-
,
buquerque has been opened. Trains are
compelled to run slowly on account of
the poor condition of the roadbed.
BLOW FOR DIVORCE.
Episcopal House of Deputies Against
Kemarriage.
The house of deputies of the Episcopal
general convention , as a committee of \
the whole , in session at Boston , Mass. .
Friday voted , 214 to 391. in favor of re- j
porting to the house a canon amendment '
forbidding the remarriage of any divorcI I
cd person. j
The proposition bearing on the ehantrt
ing of the name of the church came be-
fore the house of deputies Friday , when
the committee on prayer bonk reported it
considered it inexpedient to strike the
words ' 'Protestant Episcopal' ' from the
title page of the prayer book. The mat
ter will be discussed later.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
Invitations Sent Out for Big Show
at Portland.
Portland , Ore. : The Lewis and Clark
Exposition Company has sent invitations
to the nations of the world to participate
in the coming fair. The communications
were directed to representatives of thirty- ,
six nations now at St. Louis , and in- '
chide all the great powers of the world.
The invitation is accompanied by a mem
orandum detailing the place and scope of J
the exposition and the prominent part
which the United States government is
taking in the Pacific coast exposition.
Five Thousand Dollars Shortage.
Gov. Bailey , at Topeka. Kan. , has
turned the evidence collected by State
Accountant Roett , showing shortages in j
the state treasury , over to Attorney Gen- j '
oral Coleman and instructed him to take
such legal action as is necessary to re
cover the shortages. On the twelve counts
thus far examined the shortage aggregat
ed over $ o,000.
Witness is Assaulted.
George J. Essig , the complaining wit
ness in the extortion charge against Phil
lip Weinzeimer in the trial before Judge
Ncwberger , at New York , is protected
by a guard of count } ' detectives. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome had three detec
tives accompany him to his home , for
fear of an attack on the man.
Walks Off Train While Half Asleep
Rev. J. W. Perkins , 71 years old , was .
killed at Trinway , O. , on a train from
St. Louis. Wheu the porter of the sleep
er yelled "Trinway ! " Rev. Mr. Perkins
jumped from his berth , while half alseep ,
and walked out of the door and off the
platform.
Elopers Die Together.
Bessie bione and Robert Gill , who
eloped from Ashland , Wis. , Tuesday ,
were found dead , Avith their hands clasp
( , near a pond in that vicinity Thurs
day. A bullet hole in the head of each
told the story of a supposed double sui-
cide j or of murder and suicide. ,
Andre Monument Sold for Taxes.
The monument erected by the late Cy-
rus W. Field , at Tappan , N. Y. . to the
iu
memory of Maj. Andre , has been sold for iug'
g'
non-payment of taxes. The monument g'cl
stands over the spot where tho British tc
officer was buried after he was hanged. J tcUj
Rioting in Chicago.
Rioting occurred in connection with a
strike of the baggage wagon drivers em
ployed by the Frank E. Scott Transfer
company at Chicago. Attacks on wagons
were repulsed by a sguad of policemen. .
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STATE { Of NEKRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
So Bootlegging at Homer Selling
Liiquor to Indians Has Been Stop
ped Investigation Not Yet Begun
Other Nebraska' News.
The crusade and investigation set on
| foot j by Rev. Father Schell , of Homer ,
has j borne fruit , and bootlegging has
been j stopped at Homer. If the Winnc-
bago 1 Indians get whisky now and it is
alleged that they do they get it either at
Hubbard J or Sioux City.
Indian Inspector A. O. Wright , who
arrived recently , did not begin his inves
tigation . of affairs at the agency at once.
because of the absence of Father Schell.
It is understood the priest is in Omaha ,
conferring with Bishop Scaunell. When
he ] returns the charges he has brought
will be thoroughly investigated.
The new order , brought about on rec
ommendation of Father Schell , has
greatly incensed the Indians , Heretofore
they have received money for sale of
their lands iu a lump sum ; now , on rec-
ommendatiou of Father Schell , they re
ceive it in monthly installments. Thr- ! j
Indians j grumble greatly at thin , but
there is no doubt their money goes far
ther and does them more good than if
they got it all at once. I
Intense interest is taken at Homer in
the * coming investigation. Bootlegging
and ! other alleged irregularities have giv
en Homer an unenviable reputation , and
all good citizens will be glad to see the
recommendations for betterment of condi
tions carried out.
OVERREACHED HIMSELF.
Father Schell Likely to bo Removed
from Homer.
A Washington , D. C. , special of the
32th inst , says : Father Schell , the
Catholic < priest stationed at Winuebago
Indian agency , Homer , Neb. , is not likely
to remain long at his present mission.
Official cognizance has been taken of his
utterances relative to Indian Commis
sioner Jones , and he will undoubtedly be
removed.
Commissioner Jones said that he had
nothing to say beyond that Schell's asser
tious t were ridiculous. He says had .
Schell talked and acted with moderation
people 1 might have believed him , but he
has ; overreached himself in extravagant
and unwarranted statements.
A Homer special of the 12th says : Tes
timony t of Avitnesses before Indian In
spector Wright in the investigation
brought ] about by charges of Father
Schell ! , indicated that the Catholic mis
sionary , instead of being a help , has in
fact been a hindrance in the suppression
of bootlegging among the AVinnebago In
dians.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
Officers Elected at tho Annual SB'S- j j j
sion in Lincoln. I
Mrs. Dora V. Wheelock , of Superior.
was re-elected president of the Nebraska
Women's Christian Temperance Union
at Thursday's ssssion of its annual con-
veution. Mrs. M. IX Russell , of Lin- j i
coin , was elected vice president , Mrs. M.
E. * Patterson , of Omaha , corresponding
secretary , Mrs. C. W. Woodworth. of
David City , recording secretary , Mrs. j
Annettu Ncsbitt , of Pawnee City , treas
urer.
The convention not only indorsed the
Women's Christian Temperance union
project at Chicago , but over $12. > was
voted to the temple fund in spite of the I
antagonistic attitude of the national ortl j
ganization. j
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Nebraska Launched.
At Seattle , Wash. , in the presence of
n multitude of onlookers , christened by
Miss Mary M. Mickey , daughter of the
governor of the state for which she was i I
named. Uncle Sam's latest and largest I I d
battleship , the Nebraska , was launched | j
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Gov.
Mickey , and party participated in the
ceremonies. The occasion was made a
half holiday throughout the city.
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Stock Association 3Ieeting.
The Brown County Stock Association
held a largely attended session at Ains-
worth Monday and voted in favor of join
ing some other association so as to se
cure for its members inspection at the
market. The following officers were
elected : George Patterson , president ;
Charles Alberts , vice president : Lee j ,
Johnson , secretary ; George II. Reinert , j
treasurer.
Postoflice at Paul Robbed.
Burglars broke into the postoffice at to
Paul , a small village live miles south of |
Nebraska City , and secured $4 in stamps j
and small change. The stamps and
money stolen were in a drawer in the pi
postoffice desk and in the same drawer in
was a large package containing stamps j nc
that was overlooked bv the thieves. | fr'
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Hurt in Kunnway.
Mrs. T. C. McNamara , of Seattle , by
Wash. , was seriously injured in a run
away at Nebraska City. A team that be
ing driven by her mother became fright
ened at an automobile and Mrs. MeNa1n \
mara was thrown out of the buggy. Her j j\j
skull was fractured and her left shoulder ! ar
dislocated.
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Appointed Grand Keceiver. j nj'
Jacob S. Johnson , of Superior , has ; n
been appointed as grand receiver for the
Ancient Order of United Workmen to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Frank J. Morgan , of Plattsmouth. i day
Stockmen Will Hold .Meeting.
At , a meeting of the officers of the
Platte Valley Stock Growers' Associa-
tfbn at Sutherland Tuesday forenoon , ar-
rangements were made to hold a two cd
days' meeting in Sutherland Oct. 20-21. day
Bodine Will Recover.
Young Bodine , of Osceola , who wa <
injured last Saturday while placing a br
gun ' in a wagon , receiving the whole ha
charge in his right arm near the shoulder , gold
tearing the muscles and making a very mi
ugly looking wound , was brought to po
town , where Dr. Shaw dressed the ized
wound. lie will recover.
Court Adjourned. 1
The regular term of district court for las
Brown County , which was to convene at ment
Ainsworth on the 17th day of October , coi
b ep adjourned to Nov. 14 , 190-3. tend
u < A THAW.
Taylor Etvmg Mrel * Death Under
V. lie Is : it IJas ett
An east bound freight train on the
Northwestc-ru line ran over an old man
by the name of Taylor Ewing in the
yards at Bassett Monday morning a lit
tle after S o'clock , cut one of his legs off
below the knee and crushed the other
above the knee ,
Mr. Ewing was walking up town from
his home in the northeastern part of the
village and had passed the train which
struck him. On arrival of the physicians
it was found necessary to amputate both
legs above the knees. Mr. Ewing died
during the operation.
Mr. Ewing was somewhat deaf and
undoubtedly did not hear the approaching
train. lie stated .soon after the accident
happened that he'thought he was walk
ing far enough from the train. Mr.
Ewing was 5b years of age. He had I
served in the civil war and was a high
ly respected citizen. He had lived in
the county about seventeen years , and
moved to Bassett from his farm about
three years ago.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Mrs. Nannie Ilutchinson and Her
Son Must Answer for Crime.
A Nelson special says : The jury in
the Feasel murder case returned a ver
dict of guilty of murder in the second 1
degree against Mrs. Nannie Ilutchinson
and her son , Charles. The third defend
ant , Harley Feasel. was. upon request of
the prosecution , released , as the testimo
ny was not sufficiently strong to hold
him. Eli Feasel. an old man , disappear
ed from his home and the Ilutchinsons ,
who had lived with him , told coiflictiig
stories about where the old man had
gone. The fact that they were dispos
ing of his personal property also added
to the suspicions. They were arrested ,
but at the time sufficient evidence to war
rant ; holding them could not be procured.
A brother of Eli Feasel. who lives near
Ilumboldt , kept working on the case.
Some months later the body of Feasef
was found buried on the farm and the
Ilutchinsons and Harley Feasel , a
nephew , , were arrested.
DAKOTA CITY WILL. CELEBRATE
Expected Gasoline Cars Will be Run
ning in a Few Days.
Capt. R. A. Talbot. general manager
of the Sioux City. Homer and Southern
Railway Company , has received a tele
gram from Kansas City that the gaso
line propelled combination car for use on
, ,
the line from South Sioux City to Ho
mer would positively be shipped from
.
that point on Wednesday of this week.
Arrangements are now foot to have a
celebration in Dakota City on the advent
of the running of the car , which will
probably include a barbecue , speeches ,
and general good time , with free rides on
the road. The track between Dakota
City and Sioux City is now in condition
that cars can be run. Tracklaying i.s
still in progress.
Elope and Leave Children.
The fact developed that Frank .Tlan1-
coni and Mrs. Fred Ortman , who have
resided , near Beatrice for some time ,
eloped the other day. Before their de
parture llansconi sold a team of horses
which was mortgaged to William A.
Wolfe , a banker of Beatrice. llansconi
leaves a wife and four children and Mrs.
Ortman a husband and four children , the
youngest being a daughter 2 years old.
The officers will make an effort to locate
the unfaithful couple.
Columbus to Have Gas.
After two months of darkness the city
council of Columbus has solved the prob
lem , and the streets of that city will
soon be lighted. At a special meeting
an ; ordinance was passed granting a fran
chise ! to E. B. Pickhardt , of Chicago for j
the construction and operation of a gas '
lighting plant. By the terms of the ordi-
nance : the plant will cost ? . 50GOO. and
it must be in operation and one mile of
pipe land within ninety days.
Arrested for Wife Desertion.
William Patton. a barber in Louisville.
deserted < his wife and their 2-year-old
child July j-t. JJIO.'J. His wife com-
menced proceedings in the district court ,
charging her husband with the crime of
wife desertion. Patton was arrested in
Lincoln and brouirht to Plattsmouth by
Sheriff McBride and placed in jail. His
case will later be disposed of in district
court.
Forty-One Years in Cal ) .
Jack Sullivan , of Kearney , for several
years past engineer on the Black Hills
branch of the Union Pacific and for
some thirty years on the main line , quit
the ' service on Saturday evening. He
has been in the railway service continu-
ously for forty-one years. He steps
down from the cab on the advice of a
physician and will go on the retired list
Algona this week.
Fine K * nn * I of Bloodhounds.
Dr. J. B. Fulton , of Beatrice , owner of
probably th fine.-t kennel of bloodhonds
the west , has received a fine bloodc
hound from England. A pair of ( loirs
from ' tlie doctor's kennel last week aided
the officers in locating Karl Karrer , the
man who robbed the bank at Treynor , la. ,
following him to his home after an
exciting chase.
Accidents at Geneva.
The physicians at Geneva are kepto
busy ] setting broken bones. Charles t
Madison fell into a hole and broke hisy
arm. John Miller , 10 years old. fell ' lj
from a tree on the school rounds , broke g
' leg and heel. The latter is quite seg
nou < .
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Neligh Man Dies Suddenly. t
N. P. Lawson , a prominent citizen of b
Neliirh. was taken suddenly ill Wednes
night and died in a few hours. Ilia
wife and two children were visiting in . f.
Seward.
Woman Dies of Injuries
Mrs. James Colton , who was attack
and terribly mangled by a cow Sun
at Kearney , died of her injuries.
Awarded First Prize.
i ne Faultless Caster Company , of Ne- I \
braska ; City , has been notified that they ' $
have been awarded the first prize and H
! medal for their casters by the com- j n
mittee on awards at the St. Louis ExIT
position. ; - . e company has been organ- '
but a short time.
Hiimholdt to Enforce Truancy Imw
Ilumboldt's board of education at th
regular meeting instituted a move
toward the enforcement of the law
compelling children of school age to at
school at least a portion of the year.
The new cells at the state penitentiary
are filling a long felt want , for in his re
port for the mouth of September , War
den Beerner does not mention a single
infraction of the rules of the institution.
During the month there were received
into the prison 16 prisoners and 15 were
discharged , leaving 315 on hand at the *
end of the mouth. Of these 195 were em
ployed by the Lee Broom and Duster
Company. Only one convict wus parol
ed during the month , Michael Enright.
sent up from Douglas County for ten
years for robbery. Charles Boyd. of
D9uglas County , who escaped , has not
yet been apprehended. The adoption of
the new blue uniform for those convicts v
who make records for good behavior is
having a good effect and at this time two-
thirds of tho inmates have been able to
, lay aside the stripes. As fast as a eon-
1 vict demonstrates that he is going to be
good he gets the new uniform and ap
parently all of them are now working to
get rid of the old-time stripes.
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i
1 H. G. Learitt , of Omaha , has mr.de
application to the state board of irriga
tion for an appropriation of water from
the North Platte River for an immense-
canal project. The application filed is
supposed to he a part of an amendment
to the rights granted the Farmers' Canal
Company. In the construction of the ca
nal Mr. Leavitt stated in his application
that he expected to spend $1,548,000 and
to irrigate 126,000 acres of laud. The
headgatc will be constructed in Scott's.
Bluff County , near Mitchell , and tho
canal will be 150 miles in length , ending1
near Bayard , Cheyenne County , in Red
"Willow Creek. The canal will go >
'
through Scott's Bluff , Sioux and Cliey-
enne Counties and is to be completed by
1914. The new venture is to bear the
name of the Union Canal.
* * *
Lancaster County must pay the face-
of the Midland Pacific bonds , which worn
issued in 1873 to aid in the construction
of a line to connect Lincoln with the
Union Pacific. The supreme court at thin
sitting has handed down a decision to the
effect that regardless of all other facts
the county would be liable to pay t he-
bonds unless they were absolutely null
and void , because in the suit brought to-
test the validity in 1SS5 by Charles E.
Lewis the case was compromised by a
reduction of the interest rate from 10 to
5 ! per cent. Since that time until 10015.
when a suit was brought Vy a Lancaster
County taxpayer , Thomas Calburn. to
test their validity , the county rcgularly
paid the interest and redeemed two of
the bonds. This the court states is fur
ther reason why * he issue should no : be
held void.
* * *
Both the authorities of Richard.-on
County and the members of the Omaha
Real Estate Exchange , of Omaha , lost
out in their fight in the supreme court to-
compel a higher valuation of railroad
property located in their respective tax
ing districts as a basis for county and
municipal taxation. Thn supreme court
held in both cases that the law which
provided for the valuation of railroad
property being fixed by the state board
of equalization and distributed according-
to the mileage of the road was constitu
tional. The opinions hel also that a
depot , terminal facilities , bridges and
other structures that were a part of the Jf
railroad system were to be "onsidered iu
the valuation of the entire system , and
t"'t the local taxing authorities had no
right to assess them separately.
.
* * i
The case of Sorenson against Soreii-
swn , involving an alleged common law
marriage , remains where it was prior to-
the rehearing , the decision of the su
preme court being adverse to the young-
chfld of Ellen Ferguson , of Ord. for
whom the $20,000 estate of Hans Soren
son , who died at that piace in ISOC , was
claimed. < The first decision in the ease
wrs written by Commissioner Ragan in
1S98 , and it has been pending on rehear
ing 3 since that time. The court sustains
the 1 former decision that there was not
enough evidence of a common law mar
riage ] between the woman and Sorenson
to t establish the child's claim to the
property 1 against other relatives of thu
man.
.
* * - *
The Bankers' Union of the World is in
the supreme court again with a brief iu
which it asks the court to reverse the de
cision of the lower court , which com
manded it to pay to Brice F. Mixon
$1,000 ? , due on a benefit certificate held
by . William Riley Mixon. The deceased
in taking out his policy stated he had
not been vaccinated and agreed to waivo
any claim against the company if h/
should die or was disabled as a result of
smallpox. The brief stated that a num
ber of witnesses would swear that Mixon
died of smallpox , while other witnesses
would swear that he died of a complica
tion of diseases. The question at law is
whether the company had a right to allow
Mixon to waive any benefits.
* * *
Lincoln very appropriately celebrated
the launching of the battleship Nebraska
Friday afternoon. Promptly at 4:02
o'clock , the time the ship slid into the wa
ter the old cannon at the state house
was turned loose eight times , the Bur-
liugton whistles and all other whistles be
gan to shriek and general bedlam held
way. A direct wire connected with the
city of Lincoln with Seattle and just as
the ] message was flashed across , the noiso
began.
* * *
Edward Schreiber , who lost , out in a
suit . for damages against the Omaha
Street Railway , has brought his caso
to the supreme court. Scbreiber was driv
ing across Jackson and Tenth and was
run into by a motor car , which he claim
ed was running faster than the law al
lows.
secretary of the State Spiritualist
Association of Nebraska , announces that
the tenth annual convention of the asso
ciation will be held in Lincoln begin-
nliiff on the llth day of October , 1004.
The state board will on that day decide
whether It will have public lectures and
test meetings during the balance of the
ire k or not. This convention is au-
thorittd aud chartered by the state of
Nebraska nd Is a spiritualist association
Which will receive all spiritualists as
members , and protect them under the
laws of the state and association.