The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
M. RICE , Publisher
STORM IN NEW YOB
CITY 13 CUT OFF FROM SOUTH
AMD WEST.
Snow Ileachca as Far South afl
South Carolina and for Hours
Washington ucd Baltimore Were
Cut Off irum tho World.
New York vas entirely out off from
the south and west Sunday night by a
liecco hurricane , accompanied by rain
and .snow , whieii is sweeping the Atlantic
roast.
Starting from Florida Saturday night ,
the storm of wind and rain has come up
Iho cuast at almost cyclonic speed. Ear
ly Sunday morning it was central off
Cape Ilatteran , although its ever gather
ing force was felt far to the northward.
Ilain began falling in New York at 5
: i. in. , and early iu the morning changed
into a wot siiovr. Tho wind , which had
been blowing moderately , veered to tho
southeast and shcrtly assumed hurricane
proportions. /
Wire service ont of New York was tied
.up more effectually than at any timo
since the Mizzaid of 1SSS. The Western
IJittou ami Postal Telegraph Companies
have no direct : communication with cities
further soutk ( hnn Baltimore , and all
western points are out off. The postal
has been cabling sonic of its most urgent ;
mofsagi-s to Kanso , N. S. , from which
point they are fonvarded to Montreal
and thoro forwarded to Chicago over the
Canadian Pacific wires.
Iate in the afternoon it was reported
that over 100 poles along the Erie Ilail-
roajil had gsnc down , putting the New
York-IJuffalo-Chicago wires by that route
completely out of Horvico. liccourse for
a short time was had to wires via Albany
and Syracuse. , but a few hours aftor-
Avanls the pressure of the ice on the
wires carried them , polos and all , to the
ground out side of Poughkecpsio. The
Western Union was able to Keep open
tho wires to Baltimore , Philadelphia and
mofit places iu Nw Jersey , but business
for other points save New York and Bos
ton over all lines was uninterrupted.
Tho telegraph oflieials are unable to state
Uip damage until they can communicate
with the territories affected.
CREW MAY BELOST.
Ttvo-3Iastfil Schooner Goes Ashore
ar T'trjfiiilin < * ovo. Mass.
A dispatcli from Woods Hole. Mass. .
says : The twuinsted schooner Escula-
pius , CapL Kasn , of Kockland. Mo. .
wont ashore in the severe oast gale short
ly bofoixdark Sunday night , throe-quar
ters of a mile wet of Tarpaulin Cove on
! ho Island of Naushou. At sunset the
jjeas woif breaking ov r the1 craft , mast
head high. No trace of the crew of four
moil has boon fonnd and lears are enter
tained for their safety. Tho vessel is in
a particularly exposed position , and tho
chances of her being saved are slight.
Noopor CaraeR , of the Tarpaulin Cove
light house , and a man named Robinson ,
one of tho keepers of the Forbes estate ,
saw the schooEer when slio struck.
It was just before dark and a terrific
gale was prevailing. Caison and Robin
son wore unable to vendor any assistance
10 the men OH keard the schooner.
FOURTEEN PERSONS HURT.
Wahash Passenger Train Wrecked
X ' : ir North Sr. Louis.
A northbound Wabash passenger train
was partially "wrrcked Sunday in the out
skirts of North St. Louis , Mo. , on a sharp
curve of the belt line trad.s of the Mer
chants' Tornwn.il Railway Association.
/car the west approach to the Merchants *
bridge over the Llississippi. injuring four
teen persons.
The accidsal was caused by the wheels
of the tender l iving tho rails on the
curve.
There were about 1,200 passengers
board the ti-flin.
Nearly all tho injured wen ; able to
proceed with their journey after havinji
received medical a 'iitiou and the unin
jured passengers wore brought back to
St. Louis and departed later.
RIOTING IN RiO JANEIRO.
Jleportotl that a Dozen Persons
Were ivilli-d and Sixty Hurt.
The oppositicu to the compulsory vac
cination law led to furious rioting at Rio
fie Janeiro , Brazil , Sunday. Troops re
peatedly charged the mob ; barricades
were erected , water azid gas mains were
cut , plunging the city into darkness , and
street cars were burned.
The demonstration had every character
istic of a revolution. Tho president's
palace was strongly guarded until mid
night.
It is reported that a dozen people were
killed and sixty injured. Au intermittent
fusillade continues.
Sioux i'ity retook ? . ! arlcot.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City stock market follow : Canners , kill
ing cows and heifers , § l.i. ( > ; .3.2.5. Top
hogs ,
Two Arrests for Murder.
John Noveaux , aged 1 ! ) years , and Mrs.
Hugh Murray , his aunt , are under ar
rest at Ashland , Wis. , to await an in
vestigation into tho killing of Hugh Mur-
* ray , the woman's husband , by the boy.
2sTeveaux claims Kclf-dofonso.
Snow in botith Corolina.
A Charleston , S. C. , dispatch says : Tho
first snow of the season was reported
Sunday from Anderson and Aiken , in the
western and southern ayclion of Souta
A MYSTERIOUS CRIME.
Four Members of a California Fam
ily slain.
It is uow known that Julhis Weber , his
wife , thtir 10-year-old daughter , Bertha ,
and their son , Paul , aged 14 years , were
murdered at Auburn , Gal. , Thursday
night by an unknown assassin who set
fire to tho home in an effort to cover his
crime. Before the fire had made any
groat headway tho bodies of the mur
dered woman and her two children were
rescued fiom the burning house.
An examination of the bodies showed
that Mrs. Weber and the children had
been murdered before the fire had been
started. The daughter had been killed
by a pistol wound , as had been Mrs. Web
er. On the boy's head were several deep
cuts. He had also , been shot.
An effort to reach Julius Weber , the
father , who was also thought to be in the
burning house , was abandoned until
Friday , when a search was made in the
burningembers and his body was found
in the bathroom of the dwelling. lie , too ,
had been shot down before being left to
be consumed by the flames.
The body of Mr. Weber was so badly
burned that it has been impossible to
ascertain how many times he was shot.
It has been ascertained beyond a doubt
that the women were killed In one room
and their clothing set on fire and that
they were then dragged into the apart
ment where their bodies wero discovered.
One very peculiar circumstances of tho
tragedy is that while the bodies of the
mother and daughter were burned to
some extent , the apartment in which they
were lying was not on fire Avhen the tire-
men broke in , which showed that they
had been killed in some other portion of
the house , partially burned and then
dragged into the room where they wore
found.
The physicians are holding an autopsy
over the badly charred remains of Julius
Weber.
Coroner Shcpard , SLeriff Kean and
District Attorney Robinson are making
a thorough investigation of the tragedy.
PRISON FOR BANKER.
Herman Haas , f hicago Embezzler ,
Gets M .Six-Ye- Sentence.
Herman Haas , charged with embez
zling funds from the Corn Exchange Na
tional Bank at Chicago , pleaded guilty
Friday and was sentenced to the peniten
tiary for six years.
Mr. Haas was auditor of the Corn Ex
change National Bank for four years , or
since it absorbed the National Bank of
America , with which institution ho had
icon a trusted employe. Haas disappear
ed from Chicago last May. At the time
of his disappearance sensational rumors
were in circulation that he h'ad become
infatuated with a music hall singer and
had at one performance thrown green
backs to her as she stood on the stage.
After he had left town his books were
examined and the shortage of about $20-
000 was discovered.
Haas went south and over the border
into Mexico , but evaded pursuit. When
he reached Panama he felt he was safe
on account of extradition laws. But the
surety company a Philadelphia con-
corn which had to make good his de
falcation was hot on his trail and brought"
aoout his apprehension in Colon.
FLYER IN THE OITCH.
A. Fast Traiu on tho "Italy" Iload
/ i < \ \ racked.
A northbound Missouri , Kansas and
Texas flyer , duo at Kansas Cit.y. Mo. , at
7:40 o'clock Friday morning , was wreck
ed Friday at Sounth Mound. Kan. ,
eight miles north of Parsons. Every sur-
goon at Parsons was hurried to the scene.
John Farrell , a fireman , was killed ,
and a negro porter pobably fatally in
jured. Ten others were hurt.
The train was running at the rate of
forty miles an hour when the wreck oc-
eurrod. The tender jumped the track ,
carrying with it the engine , baggage car ,
combination smoker and coach and two
regular coaches. All the coaches remainj
ed upright.
f ; r tlu ; X-ivy.
Throe battleships , five scout cruisers ,
six torpedo boat destroyers , six torpedo j
boats and two squadron colliers , an agj J j
srregatc maximum cost of $41,300,000 , is
the building programme which the gener
al board of the navy has recommended
iho secretary of the navy to urge con
gress to authorize at the next bcssi
Girl Ch-irjced with Murder.
A St. Louis , Mo. , dispatch says : In a
partial report to the grand jury fourteen
indictments were returned including an
indictment against Myrtle Eberly which
charges murder in the second degree. She
is charged with killing Thomas Lane , a
bartender at "Dreamland. " She alleged
he had betrayed her.
Three Perish in Incendiary Fire.
Blanche and Lillian Uhlan , .aged 15
nid IS , and their grandfather , Frederick
Webber , a helpless paralytic , were burn
ed to death , a half dozen others wore
Dvercomc by smoke , and more than thirty
persons were rescued from a burning
apartment house at New York. The fire
ivas of incendiary origin.
Drops Dead While Kentling.
At Southington , Conn. , Mrs. Charles
Whittlesly Pickott , wife of Col. CharkS i
W. Pickett , editor of the New Haven
Leader , dropped dead while reading a pa
per before the Hannah Woodruff chapter ,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Heart disease was the cause of her
deatn.
3irs. Cleveland : ts a Stono Mason
Mrs. G rover Cleveland Friday perform
ed the ceremony of laying the corner
stone of tlie Hebrew Technical School
for ( Jirls now being erected in Now York
City. Former President Cleveland acted
as presiding officer.
. l irm i < 'ails.
The Federal Stock and Grain Com
pany , a brokerage concern having sixty
offices in various cities of the country , as
signed Friday. The niaiu office of the
company is at Boston. ,
TRAGEDY IN WEST VIRGINIA
Three Men Are Shot and Killed at
H iiiitingtoit
Iluntington , W. Va. , advices state :
Fayette County was excited Thursday
night as never before over a double kill
ing which occurred following the killing
of Constable W. A. Jackson by Police
man Will Elliott , of Montgomery , Wed
nesday night. In a quarrel between the
two officers , Jackson was shot and in
stantly killed.
! Harvey Jackson , a brother of W. A.
Jackson , and two other brothers , are said
to have armed themselves and started to
"clean up" the entire police force of the
town , which is a small hamlet near Fay
ette.
ette.A
A telephone message was sent to Sher
iff Daniels , of Fayette County , to come
to Montgomery at once. Daniels reached
Montgomery at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning. Just as he stepped from the
train he saw Harvey Jackson lounging
around the station not more than fifty
feet away. Without drawing his rovolv-
. or the sheriff walked over to Jackson ,
and placing his hand on Jackson's shoul
der told him to leave the town under
penalty of being arrested. Jackson , with
out a word , firvd twice point blank at the
sheriff , each bullet taking effect. The
sheriff dropped to the ground , dying in-
stantly.
(
( John Rolf , a prominent citizen of this
town , was standing near by and had wit
nessed the talk between Daniels and
Jackson. Throwing up his hands he ad
vanced toward Jackson to remonstrate
witii him and to help Daniels. Jackson
turned and shot Rolf dead. Then , re
loading his revolver and pulling another
from his pocket he brandisiied them iu
the air and defied anyone in the town to
take him.
i
j The other Jackson boys came into tho
, town and met their brother immediately
Rafter the shooting. For half an hour the
j three men paraded the streets firing re-
1 volvers and defying the town. The peo
ple were iu a panic and crawled into cel
lars. The streets wore deserted.
In the meantime Detective Harrison
Ash , who lives near Montgomery , and is
reputed to be the garnest man in West
Virginia , was telephoned for. When he
was seen coining down the roadway from
Montgomery by the Jacksons they start
ed on a run for the mountain base , near
by and escaped to the woods. The citi
zens soon after swarmed into the streets ,
heavily armed. A posse of 200 men was
quickly organized , and under the leader
ship of Ash and other police they start
ed beating the woods for the Jacksons.
The search is being kept up , and more
people are joining in it every hour.
SPECIAL TRAIN WRECKED.
James Spoyer , New York Banker ,
lias a Narrow Escape.
Word has just reacncd Laredo , Tex. ,
that the special which just left over the
Mexican National Railroad , bearing Jas.
Speyer , of the banking firm of Spoyer
& Co. , of New York , while going at a
j high rate of speed was ditched between
Sanchez and La Jarita , about twenty
five miles south of Laredo.
A special train later reached Laredo ,
bearing the members of the party whu
started out with Mr. Speyer early in tin
evening.
Mr. Speyor is uninjured. One of the
paity , J. Davis , of New York , received
painful cuts about the face , but otherwise
is uninjured.
The wreck , it is stated , was the result
of the condition of the roadbed and th-
speed seventy-five miles an hour the
train was going at tho time , it ha vim :
i been the intention of the railroad officials-
:
to endeavor to establish a new record
FIRE AT SIOUX FALLS ,
i lilaze in liusincss D strict Causes ; i
j lj ( S ill' $4OOOO
| ! A fire early Thursday morning gui"d
j the two-story building occupied by tin
j j Anthony Candy Company , at Sioux Fa > - = .
| S. D. , destroyed the entire stock of the
j I company and seriously damaged the Phil
lips block , adjoining. Tho Phillips blocl ;
belongs to ox-Senator Pettigrew.
Tho fire started in the basement of the
building of the Anthony Candy Company ,
laud the fire department was required to
fight hard for several Lours before the
flames were controlled. The Anthony
Candy Company had a tf.SO,000 stock. Tin
total damage to this and the two build
ings will reach fully ? 40.000. The loss
is practically all covered by insurance.
BRIBERY IN KANSAS CITY.
Maj. Neff Say He Will Insist on an
I n vest i gat ion.
Mayor Neff , of Kansas City , Mo. , an
nounced Thursday that ho would require
the newly elected prosecutor to insist on
ja grand jury to investigate the records
of the county officers regarding the let
ting of country road contracts and ccr
tain matters at the city hall.
"Bribes have been offered to certain al
dermen , " said Mayor Neff. "There also
is need of an investigation of the affairs
of the county. "
The mayor refused to make any specific
charges.
31. K. Missionary Society.
The annual meeting of the General
Missionary Society of the Methodis !
Episcopal church has opened in Boston ,
and it is expected to last a week or more.
The report of the treasurer , Rev. Homei
1'Jaton , showed that the cash receipts
for the year ending Oct. 21 wore $ l,5oO-
( : i(5. an increase of ever $54,000 from
last year. During the year $1,514,000
was expended.
i'atal Collision.
One man was killed and three persons
injured as the result of a collision be
tweeii a Missouri Pacific passenger trail
from Joplin , Me. , and a light workinr
engine near Kansas City. John Robb , a
railroad foreman , was killed.
Throe Burned to Dejith.
Rosalie Montmassou is dead at Rome.
She was the reputoi wife of the late Pro
mier Crispi , with whom he spent his most
stirring daj' . She participated in hit
STATE OF NEBEASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Free Ride for Savins : a Train Train-
inen Also Contribute Small Sniii in
Cash to Tramp Hero Other In
teresting State News.
Charitably disposed persons in Hast
ings raised a small collection for a man
who , according to his story , had saved
the fust Chicago-Denver passenger train
on the Burlington from a bad wreck and
had been rewarded by the railroad com
pany with a free ride for a few miles.
The man was in destitute circum
stances and was on his way from Sutton
to Grand Island , where he hoped to en
ter a charitable institution. As he was
walking along the Burlington tracks two
miles east of Saronville he saw a brok
en rail. The fast Chicago-Deliver pass-
t'ligor was overdue and the man conjec
tured that should the train run over the
broken rail a wreck would be probable.
Lie retraced his steps eastward and flag
ged and halted the train a few rods from
the defective rail.
Section men were sent for. who re
paired the breach and the train proceed
ed , lie was taken aboard and brought
: o Hastings and provided with transpor
tation to Grand Island. He showed the
transportation to many people at Ilast-
* ngs in confirmation of his story , am ;
was loud in protesting .that a collection
: aken aboard the train had amounted to
July Jjn.riO. given by the trainmen. Some
believed his tale and another collection
was taken up which netted him $15.40
and sent him on his way rejoicing.
GETS NEW TRIAL.
Stevo XVhitteear's Plea Proves Sue-
ccsst'ii ! in Diiknta County.
.Judge Graves in the district court at
Dakota City Friday afternoon granted
a new trail to Steve Whittecar , recently
convicted upon the charge of rape upon
the person of his own daughter , Georgia
Whittecar. 15 years of age. The decision
was made upon a motion for a new trial
submitted and argued by Sullivan &
Gritlin , Sioux City.
Whittecar is confined in the county
jail and Judge Graves fixed his bond at
$1,000 , which his attorneys declare he
will be able to furnish. The case cannot
be tried now until next February.
In the motion the attorneys mantained
that two of the members of the jury. Ar
thur Dermitt and P. Farrell , had been
guilty of visiting the saloons and drink
ing during the intermissions of the court ,
constituting misconduct in the eyes of
the law. It was also claimed that an
other juror , L. E. Priest , had expressed
an opinion upon the case before his ex
amination in the jury box , which fact he
concealed from the attorneys. i
MICKEY'S PLURALITY.
Complete Jtetiirns Indicate it will
OP Nor. Less Than J > , ( ) OO.
Practically complete returns for Ne
braska place Roosevelt's plurality at ' . ) ( . -
000. Gov. Mickey's plurality is not less
than ! ) ,000.
In the legislature on joint ballot tho
Republicans will have 12. { to ' . ) for the
opposition , with one senatorial district
in doubt. Should the Republican candi
date win in this district the state scnat"
will be solidly Republican.
The state constitution cannot be chanir-
cd , declare the politicians. The consti
tutional amendment convention piovisioii
has lost out by a heavy majority , every j
I
votor who failed to vote being counted1
against it. |
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Fa in mm Ca < ; of Fred Han ? . [
Fred M. Hans was given a preliminary !
hearing before Judge Ramsey at Ains-
worth Friday on the charge of murder
in the first degree and the court found
the evidence not sufficient to hold tin
man for murder in the first decree , ami
bound the accused over to the next term
of the district court for murder in the
second degree. This loavesthe notable
Hans case in the same form as previouv-
ly docketed.
Busy llnskiiif ; Corn.
York farmers are busy corn husking
and complain they arc unable to secure
help. The corn crop this u-ar is one of
the largest in the history of the many
bumper crops. Farmers are trying to
get their corn out before cold weather '
sets in , and unless they can secure more j
help York County farmersill be shuck- |
ing corn long after .Ian. 1.
Apple Trees in Full Bloom.
The apple trees in a number of or-
ihards near Nebraska City are in full
oloom. Most of the trees yielded a large
crop of apples this season. Lilac bushes
are leafing out for the second time this
year. Fruit growers say that this is the
latest they have ever known friut trees
fo bloom. j
Infections and Marriages.
License Clerk Harrv Abhott , at Lin
coln , has been digging into the marriage
records of former presidential years and
has found that there is a falling off of 25 I
per cent in the number taken out com- j
pared to years when the stakes of the i
voters are not the president of the L'liit- {
cd States. ;
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Boy JLiikely to Die. |
Claud House , a 15-yoar-oM bell boy. j
employed at the Oxnard Hoi el. at Nor
folk shot his .
, accidentally 8-year-old
brother Donald with a revolver. The butj j
let entered the breast near the heart , j
ind but sliirht hopes are ciiivrtained for ' .
the lad's recovery.
Attempt at Jail J > roij , Fails. i
At Nebraska City Frank Todd. one > f
the men confined in the coiuuy jail o ; a
charge of attempting to rob iho bank at
Palmyra , made an unsuccessful attempt
to escape Thursday.
Watorvvo"k * forfJiltrmr.
'
A Springfield firm has just succeeded in
securing the contract for a system of wi- ! -
tor works at Giltner. their hit } being but i f
10 lower than a firm in Indiana. The- !
vater plant will be of the compressed
air kind , costing $12.000. Mi
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Thief S-ntenecd at Xorlblk. '
Harry Turner , alias IlondU-y. was arj j
rested at Norfolk charged with stealing j
i fur coat and lap robe from the farm
.vagon of August Marquardt. He plead
ed guilty and was gives thiriy days in
the county jail.
MOTHER RECOVERS CHILDREN
Little Ones Kidnaped by Their Fath
er Found hy Oflic rs from Kansas.
Two children of Mrs. Jas. Lindsay , a
jirl of 10 and a boy of ( > , who had been
abducted from their home at Woodruff ,
Kan. , by their father , who had placed
them in the care of his sister , were locat
ed at Beatiice by officers and turned over
to Mrs. Lindsay and her father , L. A.
Severance.
Lindsay and his wife-separated recently
and one week ago he secured possession
of the children. After bringing them to
Beatrice he returned to Woodruff and at
tempted to burn his house and murder
his wife , lie is in jail there. Mrs. Lind
say has returned home with her chil
dren.
LAND FOR HOMESTEADERS.
Tract , in * orth Platte District Which
Was Withdrawn to he Offered.
All the land in the tract which was
withdrawn from entry within the juris
diction of the North Platto United
States land oilice , except a narrow strip
ilong the North Platte River , has been
thrown open to entry under the Kinkaid
act 'providing for one section homesteads.
The date fixed for tiiis land to be thrown
open to settlers is Feb. 14 , 1905.
This tract was originally withdrawn
under the clause in the Kinkaid act ,
which provides for the withdrawal from
entry of lands which are irrigable. Hun
dreds of homesteaders doubtless take
advantage of this opportunity to secure
land.
TIM CAHR GETS HIS SENTENCE
Man Who Killed Charles Best Get-
Six Years in Prison.
District court reconvened at Papillion
with Judge Sutton on the bench. Ther
being no cases ready for trial , the judire
excused the jury until later. The court
then prof > "did to sentence Dan v-oun ,
convicted of horse stealing. Colin re-
ceiv ( d Jive joais in tin * penitentiary.
Tim Carr , who was convL-ted of man
slaughter for killing Charles Best at Sar-
py Mills July 4 , received six years in the
penitentiary. Ilis parents , when sen
tence was pronounced , broke down entire
ly , hisister saying , "Oh , my God , mj
only brother. ' '
FATAL CAR ACCIDENT.
Ajfccl Man Claimed Jo Have Been
Struck by Street C : r.
C. C. Schierstoin died Tuefday evening
at his home in Omaha from the effects of
injuries sustained in a street car accident
Sunday evening in thatity. .
Mr. Sehirr.-tein was 70 years of age. It
is said he was crossing the car tracks and
did not notice a car coming from tin.1
Apposite direction to the one from which
he had just aliirhted. Ilis condition at
the time was regarded as serious , owing
both to the nature of the accident anil
hi * advic"d ago.
Hitors Accidentally Shot.
Oscar Persons and William Lindley. o. "
Central City wore out hunting Sunday
and while getting into their buggy one
of their shotguns was accidentally dis
charged , inflicting a slight flesh wound in
the arm of Mr. Lindley and emptying the
full cont < nts of the charge in the Ton
arm of Mr. IV rsoiis , inflicting a verj
serious wound , which may necessitat
amputation. They are both young men
Mr. Lindley being a high school student
and Mr. POI-MHIS being an employe of the
Nebraska Telephone Company.
Coart iou ( > for Sevrard.
The court house proposition , which w : *
the leading is.uo in ( lie county campaign
in Seward County , carried b yover 150 , ( !
majority. The proposition is to erect a
> tIU.itO ( ( ) court house. The Moffett es-
fate give * N.0 ! , < KJO if the court house in
built. When it was known the court
house proposition carried huge bonfires
were light * d aiound the nublic square in
Seward and every burnable thing in th °
town added fuel to the flames. Fife and
drum corps paraded and general rejoicing
obtained.
University Student Injured.
William Kecles. of Bearice , who lias
been at tending the state university , was
'tadly injimd three miles northeast of
that city , lie was en routo to Lincoln
on his bicycle and was riding at a merry
dip. when tLe front wheel broke and he
fell hedloig : on the hard road. He sus
tained several ugly cuts about the face
nid head and his tongue was almost sev
ered.
jjMl Former Otitrhr.
Peter Kuhn , wanted at Beatrice on n
charge of forgery , was arrested at Kan
< as City. SiieriiT Tri'de left for that
dace after his man. Kuhn camo to Be
atrice recently from Denver and after
passing a number of forged checks on the.
business men of Beatrice , he disappeared.
The officer have been hot on his trail
ever since his departure.
J \v lrv Store Kohbod.
Uunrlars broke in a window in the
front of the Wray jewelry store at Liu-
: -olii the other night and stole jewelry
to tho amount of'$75 and loft no trace of
their identity. A small hole was smash
ed iu the window with a hammer and
then enlarged sufficiently to allow the
'aking out of a couple of cases of ring ?
ind watch fobs.
Barn and liorn-s Rurned.
Three head of horses wore burned to
loath in a fintl'at ' consumed a barn on
he farm of E. M. Smith , a few miles
lortheast of Sutherland. Several tons
sf hay and four s-ts of harness wore also
lostroyod. and the damage will reach
ovoral bundled dollars. There was nr
insurance.
Turner < Jot Thirty Days.
Harry Turner , alias Handloy. pleaded
guilty to stealing an overcoat and a lap
lobe at Norfol ! : . Ho was given thirty
lays and sen ; to MadNon. The police i
tolievo ihey anon the track of a bunch
viiieii I'a * ' Leon creating consternation
n.rag the fanners by their petty thiev
ery , i
a
A. 11. Mrr. of Lincoln , a brakcman on tl
tlei
ho Burlington , was so badly crushed by a ei
"reight tr.in near Louisville that he died
j'ortly j.ltei-.vai'I. The d"ad man leaves
widow and child. Marr
one was hang- n :
Hg on the nut-Hid.1 ; of the car and was k
aught between that and the overhanging kfi :
Kink. Hilivid for a couple of hours. fi
fidi
Invented 31cCormick Harvester. di
diol
James Marr , the inventor of the Mc- ol f
Hormick harvester , died at the home of old
J. A. Stephens , in Lincoln , Monday re
uoruiug. His age was 84 vears.
\
It is not improbable that strenuous ef
forts will be made to induce the stat *
printing board to rescind its action in th"
matter of knocking out the biennial re
port of the state board of irrigation. Just
at this time this report is more import
ant than heretofore because of the im
mense amount of money that the f < dorol
government intends to spend in this5
state in irrigation projects. In stuuo of
the states the government has rcqMosted
that irrigation boards be appointedvhert
they are not known , in order to assist
with the work. Considerable mon. / ban
been spent in securing the data f r the
report and unless tho printing l.oi'rd re
scinds its action this data will find a rest
ing place in the pigeon holes of tio ! flier.
Should the board remain obdurate , how
will be c-illed
ever , the next legislature
upon to take some action , for thv n-port
means much to the western tou'i'ios of
the state. The report would mtk - about
200 pages. In the meantime the labor
bureau will publish a bulletin and . - = soon
as that is off the press it will prMI-h a
biennial report containing much of the
same matter and much informal : " : : that
could be secured in tho report of tli" aud
itor. But it is the fault of the la .v gov
erning the printing of reports ivt.-io than
it is the fault of the state printing hoard.
* * *
A little "dark rod bull calf to the value
of $10' ' is causing Jacob Crockfo. . ! . of
McPherson County , lots of trouble. Ac
cording to the decision of a jury in tho
McPherson district court Crockford. with
Freddie Coggcr , appropriated this "lit'le
dark red bull calf" to their own u < r with
out the aid or consent of the owner. F
H. Fov/los. When Fowlos found
about it he had them both ar.v
Crockford asked for a separate trial
he was tried on two charges , one for
grand larceny and the other for receiving
stolen property. On tho first chargehe
was sentenced to tiie penitentiary fnr ont *
year , though on the second chargec }
was found not guilty. His attorney *
claim tho judge was in error wli'-n lit
allowed the second indictment lo > taad
and be submitted to tho jury , as thort-
wns no evidence to substantiate it. ami
for that reason they have asked thu su
preme court to give Jacob a SPCOII' rnr
for his money.
* * *
The establishment of a school af tho
state penitentiary seems now to bo as
sured and before many months have
parsed the convicts will have liw-n ou-
rolJcd as students. Secretary John Drt-
vis.of . the state board of clmritMs and
corrections , who has been working up
sentiment for the school , stated recently
_ rhat a meeting of the interested partie ?
wo-ild be held Nov. 22 and plans for the'
school finally adopted. The colls will be
lighted with electric lights and tho con
victs will be allowed to study at night.
The convicts who are capable of teaching1' '
wilbe / pressed into service as instruct
ors The penitentiary already has a li
brary of 1,200 volumes urn ! the number
will be increased along with the starting
ofhe school.
* * *
1 he gas company at Lincoln ha < =
amuck with public sentiment onco u. .i.
by violating the agreement entered into
some months ago that it would cut i * &
rate for gas to $1.20 per 1,000 cubic feet ?
The agreement was to take effect Oct. 1.
and the bills have begun to come around
to gas users , who find to their astonish
ment that they will be required to pay
the old rate of $1.50 unless they send iii
their money before Iho Gth of the month.
The result has boon that a popular upria- ,
ing among the several thousand userof
iras is threatened , and citizens are al
ready threatening to order thrir meters
out.
* * *
At the close of business Nov. 2 the
money in the permanent school fund re
maining uninvested was just $15,00(1 ( loss
that it was the previous day. WIOL !
Treasurer Mortonsen made his month. ] ?
statement. At that time thorc v.tS10. . -
1S7.4G in the fund. Nov. 2 ! l > oi.h *
15.000 worth of Saundors County hond < .
which leaves the money of this t-.uul . .
most ns it was at tho first of the in-
when it contained not a cent invest *
# 3 ?
The report of State Treasurer Morten-
sen , filed with Auditor Weston Tuesday
evening , shows that ho lias on hand in ali
funds $327,72G.G1 , of which amount
S205.949.93 belongs to the temporary
-chool fund and only $1G.1S7.4G belongs
to the permanent school fund. At the
beginning of the month he had on hand
in all funds $2' > * ! .01.f ! 2 ; received during
the month , $223S1G.43 ; paid out , $129-
109.34.
* * *
Miss Alice Mae Houston , of Lincoln ,
wat * appointed assistant state librarian
by the supreme court. Miss Houston
was employed as a stenographer by the
last legislature. The list of applicants
was large. The position pays $ ! > 00 a
year salary.
* * *
The water collections for October , just
now turned into the city treasury ,
amounted to $11.770.12. "the largest
amount ever collected in any one inontht
More than $11,000 of this was for wate-
rentals. During the last month a spe
cial effort was made to collect back
rentals and this has accounted for tlu
iarge increase over previous months
* * *
State Treasurer Mortonson has issi
call for $ GO.OOO worth of wai
mmbored from 104'54j : to 1050-1G.
" *
varrants are to be delivered Nov. 17"
* * *
The Nebraska football team Nov. l
ipon its return from Minnesota , received
he welcome of victors. Students
throng-
d the Burlington station long before the
rain arrived and when
the line of march
ras taken up to Memorial Hall business
aen lined the sidewalks cheering just as
ustily as were the hundreds of students
he members of the team were carried ,
rom the train to
a waiting carriage
and-
rere hauled to the university by the stu
ents , headed by the band and'members
the faculty. Memorial Hall was g-iilr
ecorated with university colors and corn
adder.