The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
L M. RICE ,
NOT TO SEE SCHELL
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK SICK
AND TIRED OF THE MAN.
Private Secretary Scott Says Father
Schcll Has Poured Complaints
Into the Department for Years
Repudiated by High , Churchmen.
A Washington special says : Secretary
Hitchcock Avill not under any circum
stances see Father Schell. Scott Smith ,
private secretary , speaking for Hitch
cock , said : "Secretary Hitchcock is
through with Schell , and cares not what
he may Avrite , print , say or do. Indian af
faire Avill proceed Avithout reference to
Schell. Mr. RoseAvater saw Secretary
Hitchcock and urged him to hear Schell.
The secretary refused and in turn threw
some light iulo RoscAvater's mind con
cerning Schell and his methods. Mr.
Roscwakrr expressed great surprise when
acquainted Avitli the facts , and intimated
that had he known them he might have
changed his plans.
"Archbishop Ryan and Father Ketch-
am talked with the secretary and gave
him ta understand clearly that they re
pudiated Schell and his acts , and that he
had .no standing in the church. Mr. Roso-
Avater sougkt to bring about an interview
between Ketcham and Schell , but Ketch-
am dec-lined.
"We are tired and sick of Schell , who
is evidently not of sound mind. For years
he has poured in letters , telegrams and
complaints. Two years ago the secretary
took Schcll t Assistant Attorney General
, Van Devaater , no\v judge of the circuit
court , and asked him to listen to Schell
and do what he could to remedy the al
leged wrongs. Mr. Van Devauter was
much annoyed , but dropped important
business and laid the matter before
Judge Brent , of the department of jus
tice , who is a Catholic , with instructions
to do what could be done. Inspectors
were sent , investigations made and still
Schell dinged away.
"SciieH saAv the president because Mr.
Kosewater Arcnt in person and requested
it , and the president could not very well
xefuse. However , Secretary Hitchcock
Avill not see him , or pay any further at
tention to him. "
HITS TROLLEY CAR.
Passenger Train in a Collision in
Cleveland Suburb.
A fast Pennsylvania passenger train
collided with a southbound electric car
nn theNorthern Ohio Traction Raihvay
Friday with terrific force near Bedford ,
a suburb or Cleveland , O. ,
The electric car was cut in twain and
very one of the fifteen to tAventy passen
gers injured to a more or less extent.
Several were taken out iu a dying con
dition , i
Doctors were sent immediately to the
scene from Cleveland and other nearby
points.
The trolley car was struck by the pass
enger train while the latter was running
fully fifty miles an hour.
A freight train had just cleared from
the crossing and hid from view the pass
enger train.
The trolley conductor threw the de
railing switch , but too late to prevent a
collision.
SUICIDE OF AN IOWA GIRL.
Jessie Voit the Xame of the Young
Woman Who Killed Herself.
A young Avoman Avho turned out the
gas and killed herself at the Williams-
burg Hotel at New York Monday night
Avas Friday identified as Jessie Voit , Avho
before her death said she had come from
Iowa.
It is believed that , starving and desir-
tute , she chose death rather than live a
life of shame , having driven from her
presence a man with Avhom she went to
the hotel. She had been seeking work
in Brooklyn factories and this led to her
identification.
INJURED BY HAZERS.
A. Student's Body is Paralyzed from
Hips Downward.
The San Francisco Examiner Friday
tells a story of hazing practiced by stu
dents of the Hopkins Institute of Art
in that city , which in one case , it is
claimed , has resulted in serious injury to
a student named A. T. Derome.
It is said he AVSS strapped to a chair
with a metal scat in imitation of an in
strument for electrocution and an elec
tric current turned on the chair. As a
result Derome's body has been paralyzed
from the hips dowmvard. ed
the
Find Mummies in Cavern.
Miners have broken into a cavern con
taining tAVO dozen mummies near Silver
City , N. M. Buried with the mummies
Avere stone weapons and instruments
ehoAving that they belonged to a prehis
toric race. Ily
Sioux City Stock Market. his
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
stock market folloAv : Stockers and feed
ers , $2.0C@3.30. Hogs , $4.40@J.52& ag
The IJuriiHi'de Injured.
Gen. Greely has receiA-cd information
at Washington that the cableship Burn-
side has returned to Seattle for repairs
of damage done while passing through
Seymour narrows , under charge of an been
Alaskan pilot. This delaj-s the repair of go
the cable in Sitka harbor.
Jimmy Michaels Dead.
A wireless telegraph dispatch received
at Now York reported the death of Jim
my Michaels , a professional bicycle rid- two
PVl > oard .ti | ste sb pJDa Savoie. [
BIG SHIP S
Steamer Nortl America Has a Big
Hole in Her Side.
Ac New York special says : Fourten
hundred Italian steerage passengers re-
turning to Italy on La Velose steamer
Xoid America Avere thrown into exciten
ment Wednesday when the ship Avas ramf
med by the New York , NCAV Haven and
Hartford Railroad float No. G in the liarii
bor off Liberty island. The float struck
the steamer about forty feet from the
stern and two feet aboA-e the water line ,
tearing a hole twenty feet long and six
feet high in her plates , and making it im
possible for the A-essel to continue her
voyage without cxtensiA'e repairs.-
At the moment of the collision many
of the steerage passengers were on the
side of the ship toward the approaching
float. When the crash came and the
Nord America heeled over alarmingly ,
many of the passengers were greatly
frightened and the crew had much difli-
culty in reassuring them.
When the collision occurred the Nord
.Ymerica was going doAvn the upper bar
\vith a full head of steam. She had left
her pier at the foot of West Thirtys
fourth Street at 1:15 o'clock. As she was
passing the Statue of Liberty Capt. Raf-
fo saAv on his starboard boAv the heavy
steel float , with a dozen freight cars
aboard , coming directly toward him.
According to Capt. Raffo's statement
he thought the captain of the float would
pass under his stern and kept on his
course , but the float came on at full
speed and struck the steamship.
After the Nord America regained an
even keel and the passengers Avere qui
eted the vessel returned to her pier. The
float , which had apparently suffered but
littlo in the collision , continued on its
course. The Nord America will have to
be docked and repaired , and cannot re
sume her trip for some time.
The company is in a dilemma as to
what to do with her steerage passengers
thus left on their hands. The next steam
er of the company to sail , the Lonibar1
dia , due Friday , has every place on
her booked , and the Nord America's pass-
engcrs cannot be put aboard her.
KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Essie Darling Shot at Pierce-
vlllc , Ind.
With the words "Cliff Darling has kill
ed me , " Mrs. Essie Darling , 20 years
old , ruhsed from a room where she had
been in conAersation with her husband ,
Clifford Darling , and fell dead in the
hands of a Thanksgiving dinner guest
at the home of her father , Scott Knox ,
near PicrceA'ille , Ind.
Three shots AA'ere fired , only one of
Avhich took effect. The bullet entered
the right shoulder and pierced her heart.
Darling , after attempting suicide by
SAvalloAving morphine , ran from the house
and across country to Milan , Avhere he
Avas arrested by oflicers , who had been
instructed to take him into custody.
Physicians belieA'e that Darling Avill
live.
WRECK AT HIGH BRIDGE , KY.
One Man Killed and Three Othors
Injured.
One man Avas killed and three others
were injured in a freight wreck on the
' incinnati , New Orleans an.l To aPa -
cific Railroad at High Bridge , eighteen
miles from Lexington , Ky. , Thursday.
The train was a freight running as a
doubleheader. Four cars separated the
tAvo engines , and about * JOO yards from
the bridge , Avhich is over 200 feet high ,
an axle broke on the car folloAving the
first engine , derailing ten cars and the
second engine.
The injured men Avere taken to Lex
ington on a special train and are in St.
Joseph's hospital. ;
CROWD IN SALOON HELD UP ,
Robbers Raid Place in Suburbs of I
Minneapolis.
During a turkey raffle in a saloon at
Columbia Heights , a suburb of Minne
apolis , Minn. , three masked men entered
find ordered the fourteen men present
to hold up their hands. E. G. Mingo , the
bartender , reached for his revolver , Avhen
one of the robbers shot him in the face.
This started a general fusillade of shots ,
one of Avbich struck a young man , Al- 1C
frcd King , 20 years of age.
The robbers secured only $20 , and es
caped on horseback , going toward Minm
neapolis.
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Robbery at Skaguny. su
George Rosenberg , cashier of the Pa
cific Coast Company's office at Skaguay , uc
Alaska , was recently assaulted and robtei
bed of a sum of money placed at $4,500 to
when alone in the office. The robbers
ordered him to hand over the cash , and
upon his refusal they struck him on the
head Avith a sandbag and reaped. Ui
Bi ; ; Gifc for umi.vii.
Announcement has been made that a
en
man AA'hose name is AA'ithhcld has donat-
$200,000 towards the completion of
Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the
a
Divine at New York , Avith the provision jvf
that four others shall contribute a like
0
amount. "
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Killcd His Father-iii-Liaw. of
At Shawneetown , 111. , following a fainstc
quarrel , Charles Broeg , Jr. , shot and
instantly killed Capt. A. D. Roddick ,
father-in-law. Earlier in the day
Capt. Roddick had quarreled with his
vife , Mrs. Broeg , and a younger son tal- $
the part of the mother.
Ohio liaiik Closed.
Great exictement was occasioned at
Wooster , O. , Wednesday by a notice
cago
placed on the door of the Wooster Na-
ca.
tional Bank , saying : "This bank has Isl
closed by order of the directors to ris
into voluntary liquidation. " cor
Fatal Kxplosion of Boilers.
In the explosion of the boilers in D. R.
Middleton's cotton gin , in the town of Avert
Walters , a suburb of Vicksburg , Miss. , man
lives were lost and five persons in-
ured , two oj1 tUgm seriously - ,
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BANK CASHIER SHOT.
Futlfe Attempt at Robbery at Platte
Center , Neb.
Milliam Holden , a farm hand , during
i the noon hour Tuesday , entered the Platte
Valley Bank , at Platte Center , Neb. , de
(
' manded the bank's cash , and on the re
. fusal of Cashier Barney Schroeder to
surrender it , shot the latter in the breast ,
inflicting a serious but not fatal Avound.
He made his escape in a buggy AA'ithout
securing any money.
I Holden Avas pursued and later captur
ed by Sheriff Carrig , after the robber
had fired at his pursuers.
William Schelp , a clerk in the bank ,
was in the back room Avhen the robber
entered. As soon as he heard the shot
j i into a buggy which he had left in a con
venient place and made his escape. The
citizens formed a posse at once and start
ed in pursuit of the robber. The sheriff
j of Platte County at Columbus Avas also
I notified of the attempted roKbery and
j | shooting and started at once for Platte
Center.
A Columbus , Neb. , dispatch says :
Sheriff Carrig and a posse captured the
Platte Center Bank robber Tuesday even-
the IICAVS of the holdup ,
Howard Clarke , cashier of the State
Bank of this city , brought his automobileh
into action and with the sheriff and a
couple of doctors made a double quick
run : to the small A-illage , unloaded the
doctors and then joined in the man hunt.
The robber Avas pressed hard about nine
miles west of the city and finally over
hauled , but not until he had shot at hij
He took a close range shot at Charlea
C. Englehorn , Avhose horse shied and
throAV Englehoru in a barbed wire fence ,
where he received serious injuries.
The robber AAas taken back to Platte
Center and Sheriff Carrig had hard work
to save him from mob violence. lie waa
positiA'ely identified by Schroeder , even
though he had changed his clothing and
removed ( a glass eye that he Avas Avearing
AA'heu he did the shooting.
The bandit gives the name of "Billy5
Holdeu , and says he has been working
in the beet fields near Oconee for about
tAvo months. His home , he says , is in
Michigan. He is about 35 years of age.
Shroeder's Avound , which was at first
thought to be fatal , is now believed to
be not serious. The ball struck a button
on his vest and its course AAas deflected.
It has been removed , and he is progress
ing nicely.
The robber got no money. He is secura
in the cell and the jail is being guarded.
PANAMA COOLS OFF.
The Army Has Been Disbanded and
Quiet Prevails.
A Washington dispatch says : Ameri
can Minister Barrett cabled Tuesday
that quiet prevails throughout the isth
mus ; that Gen. Iluertas has left Pana
ma for his country home and that the
army had successfully disbanded with
the ] exception of twenty-five men wh
Avere retained to meet the statutory re-
quirements ' for a standing that
army ; or
q'V had been restored Avithout the inter
vention ( of American marines and that
the Panama government Avas grateful
for the advisory assistance rendered by
the American ollicials in quieting the
trouble.
MAY STRIKE AGAIN.
Cattle Butchers iu Chicago Threat
en to Quit.
The cattle butchers employed in all the
packing houses at the Union stock yards
at Chicago Avill hold a meeting to decide
Avhether to strike again in an effort to
tie up the meat industry in Chicago.
Twenty-five members of the union .
si ailed the moAe Monday by striking
at the plant of the Hammond Packing
Company. The men quit because of al h
leged discrimination against union em th
ployes. ' in
According to the union officials , the
same grievances exist in other plants.
BEATEN TO DEATH.
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Missourian Who Snot Woman Killed , ,
by Her Brothers.
pa
pawe
homas Spurs , Avho Tuesday shot and we
fatally Avounded Janie Burks in a quar- tj,1
rel over loaded dice at Mexico , Mo. , "
Avas killed by her brothers , Avho beat the
murderer's head into an unrecognizable
mass. T"
After the shooting , which occurred in
town , Spurs escaped to the Avoods , pur
sued by EdAvard and Josh Burks , broth
ers of the Avounded woman , and a num
ber of friends. They captured Spurs af
a short run , and Avith stones beat him
death.
TWO PLOTS ARE CHARGED.
Union ; Man Arrested for the Murder
of a "Scab. "
FolloAA'ing the arrest of Thomas Brack say
, ! a union founder , at Detroit Monday
night for the alleged murder at Cin
cinnati , O. , Oct. 7 , of Samuel Wcakley ,
non-union foundry workman , detect
ives Tuesday charge tAvo plots against pr
certain ] strikers , one for the murder of II1. !
Weakley and the other for the poisoning j.0J
a number of non-union men , Avho Avere he
stopping at a boarding house. AVC
Lawson is Sued.
Suit has been brought by Attorney
Paul Fuller , of New York City , against ing
Thomas W. Lawson , of Boston , for
$050,000. Fuller declined to state the ed
nature of the proceedings or its cause. rious
Was Murderer Caught ?
The murderer of William Bate , a Chi
chauffeur , is reported to have been west
captured at a small station on the Rock ished
Island road between Minooka and Mor ware
, , 111. The report has not yet been
confirmed. loss
Wanted for Embezzlement.
Information has been received at Vim-
, O. , of the arrest of J. M. Mhat- * e
His
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, ex-clerk of the courts of VanArert jj0l
County , in Oklahoma , on the charge of is i
embezzlemept and forgery ; jar
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
tiillie Murder Case Sequel Defend
ant Swears Out Warrant for Per
jury Against a State Witness At
torney and , Sherifl Fight Over Case
The Lillie murder case , which is now
pending iii the supreme court on a nio-
tion for a rehearing , is again the princi
pal topic of conversation on the streets ,
in the business houses and homes of Da
vid City. This was started the other
evening when Lena Margaret Lillie filed
a complaint before Police Judge Stowell ,
charging Charles W. Derby with com
mitting perjury in the trial of the case
in the district court in February , 1003.
The complaint alleges that Mr. Derby
testified on oath that on the morning of
Oct. 24 , 1902 , that being the morning that
Harvey Lillie Avas murdered , that he ,
former Sheriff L. C. lien and James S.
Hill , father of Mrs. Lillie , examined tlu >
key and keyhole in the outer door of the
kitchen in the Lillie home ; that they
showed marks that indicated that clamps
had been used , also that upon exaininaIi
tion ' of the keyhole that it was full of
dust and cobwebs , the inference of this
was to the effect that someone had made
the marks on the key to indicate that
clamps had been used , but the dust and
cobwebs in the keyhole exploded this
theory. The complaint further charges
that this testimony of Mr. Derby w.us
false , and that Mr. Derby committed
perjury in his evidence in this respect.
Mr. Derby was arraigned and pleaded
not guilty. He also filed n. motion and
affidavit for a change of venue , owing to
the ] bias and prejudice of Judge StoAvell.
This motion was at first overruled , but
later 1 ; in the evening it was sustained and
tlj case transferred to W. S. McCoy ,
justice of the peace. The time of trial
. has | not been set , but in all probability
it will be tried in a very few days.
Some very peculiar incidents are con
nected with this case. In the first place
it is claimed the complaint was prepared
several days ago , and it is further claim
ed that parties who have charge of the
prosecution waited until Sheriff AVest
was out of town , and they could get into
the jail. The sheriff went out of the
city the other afternoon , leaving his Avife
as jailer Avhen Police Judge Stowell.
accompanied by Matt Miller , succeeded
in getting in to see Mrs. Lillie , and she
signed the complaint. It Avill be remem
bered that Matt Miller was the principal
atttorney in the defense of Mrs. Lillie
in the district court. C. II. Aldrich , who
assisted Mr. Miller , it is claimed , posi
tively refuses to take 11115 * part in this
prosecution.
The county attorney , R. M. Harris ,
also positively refused to take any part
in the prosecution of Mr. Derby.
COMPLETE RETURNS.
President Roosevelt's Plurality in
Nebraska , Reaches 84,35:3. (
Unofficial , butVompIote returns for the
State of Nebraska show that the vote a
on president at the last election was in the
neighborhood of lil'o.OUO , or about 1UOOO
less than was cast four years ago. Of
tJC votes cast President Roosevelt re
ceived iV7.5i:5 : : ; Parker got 52G7S > : Wat ed
son 20..TJ2 ; Swallow , C. Oo ; Debs. T.2SO.
This gives Mr. Roosevelt a plurality of
S-l.n.jo ; ; ind a clear majority over all of
. " )0,02G. A little more than 01 per cent
of the vote of the state was given to the
Republican candidate for president.
On governor the vote was very nearly
the same in total as for president. ( Jov.
Mickey received 111,707 ; J Jorge 102.470 : th
Swander , fi.277 ; Vail , ; "T.OS7 ; Mickey's ' to
plurality. 9.237.
Finds Husband Dead. . "
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Upon her return from Crete Saturday
afternoon , Mrs. Charles C. Boetteherj
found her husband dead in a bedroom ! j.v
in their home , at Tenth and Wood j
Streets. Lincoln. A gas jet from Avhich i
the gas Avas escaping Avas turned abnuf
half : on. The man was dressed and
the body Avas lying across the bed. An tee
inquest < Avill be held.
tin
Throwers Pay for Dress. by
District court has adjourned at Teka- the
mail. In the case of Miss Fullington j . '
against Orrin Stanlield and Paul Stew- en
wj
art. charged Avith assault , the case Avas
the
settled out of court by the defendants
paying all costs and buying the young ha.
woman a new dress to replace the one
that ! they spoiled. This is known as the |
Craig egg throwing cape. j Del
Colored Hobo in Trouble- . I 'U. '
At Grand Island a colored man named , , , ,
" 1 i'lll
i
Hndges Avas arraigned on the charge of
tj
threatening a fireman on the Union Pa- ! , , .J.
cific with bodily injury. "The negro is a .
hobo , AA-ho was beating his way. lie had }
been put off the train by the fireman on Dm
seA-eral occasions and
finally leveled a
revolver at the fireman , He will In
bound .
over.
P
JCx-Trcasurer Steufcr III. with
Ex-State Treasurer William Steufer is Jan
lying dangerously sick at ;
at his home in
West Point. lie took a severe cold. of
which developed into an acute attack of hay. ;
pnemnoiiia. The attending physician * Hie
that the crisis is past and that , th- . ,
chances for recovery are favorable. I liis
Ho ; Cholera , in Nebraska. T
A Lincoln special says : Hog cholera pltl
prevails < in eastern and central Nebraska is
' the farmers haA'c been notified
by : , , bo
State Veterinarian Thomas to promptly ! icing
report the ravages of the disease. Man.v er. : !
head ; of horses died from pinworm in tin- t je
western part of the state last week.
Child Burned to Death. fl
Three children of Thomas Moran. liv er o
near Wayne , set lire to a barn in ? u * \
which they were at play. One was burn vhilc
to death and the other two are in a se be
condition. on :
Clerk Burns to Death.
At Danncsbrog. eight miles south Ti
of St. Paul , Neils Christensen per of
in a fire that destroyed the hard the
store of M. Madsen , for who beer
Christensen clerked. The total property has
was about $4,000. rioit
'ever.
jc Pine Ulan Missing.
P. R. Ingalls , a prominent Lone Pine
JGAveler , has mysteriously disappeared. The
wife died a few weeks ago and he gran :
bought a new razor Wednesday. Suicide ized
feared , as he tried it once. Searching lolph.
jartieq are working go the Batter " T _ _ . itv - * * {
BOY TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
Six-Year-Old Child Says His Dead
Father la Calling to Him.
Two attempts at suicide by a lad
scarcely old enough to talk and Avalk is
the record made by little DeAvey Newhill ,
aged G , at Tilden , during the past three
Aveeks. The child declares that he hears
the voice of his father , once n miner but
noAV dead , constantly calling him and
summoning the sou to join his parent iu
the departed Avorld.
Threatened , coaxed , pleaded Avith , the
little fellow still stubbornly insists that
he has a message that instructs him to
die and he still , at every opportunity , at-
tempts to end his life.
The first effort to leave the material
world was by means of a long , sharp
butcher knife. Aftenvard he tried to
beat out his brains Avith a small hamiii
mer.
His father had been a miner. The lad
has noAV been taken into the country
Avhere it is hoped the changed em-iron
ment Avill absorb his interest.
ROBBER WAIVES EXAMINATION
Bank Cashier "Whom He Shot Will
Likely Recover.
William Holden. Avho attempted to rob |
tii' ' Platte County Bank at Platte Cenp
U-i and Avho shot Cashier B. II. SchroeAV
dcr , Avas arraigned before County Judge
Ratterman Wednesday for his prelimiv.
nary hearing. lie was charged Avith
shooting Avith intent to kill and murder ,
He was Avithout counsel , but he seemed
to knoAv what to do and waived his exhi
animation and Avas held to the district
court in the sum of $1,500. His case Avill
be called probably next r/eek , as the
court is noAV inpession. |
Schroeder , Avho was shot , was brought
to Columbus and taken to St. Mary's
hospital. He is reported as making a
steady improvement , and it is thought
IIOAV if no complications arise he Avil' '
soon make complete recovery.
SHOOTER HITS WRONG MARK
Fires at a Do : and Dangerously
Wounds a Boy.
A serious shooting occurred about five
miles Avest of Central City Sunday.
Philip Ross , as it is claimed , in shooting
at a dog shot John Lehinger , a 14-year-
old boy , a 22-caliber ball taking effect
near the breast and passing entirely
through the body. Ross is lodged in the
county jail , but as yet no complaint has
been filed against him. The boy. Avhile ;
yet alive , is reported to be in a critical
condition.
It is uncertain as to the nature of the
crimethat Avill be charged , as the au
thorities have not yet fully imestigatcd
the affair , and it is desired to knoAv
whether death AA'ill result from the shoot
FATHER KILLS SON.
Boy Said He Was Shot Because He
Would Not Steal Chickens.
( Jus Stock , a naval engineer of Seat
tle. Wash. , Avas Wednesday killed at the
Just before he died he made the sen
sational statement that his father had
fhvd the shot in a fit of anirer because he ,
Jus , Avould not join in a raid on a neigh
bor's eliieken coop and assist in capturing
choice Thanksgiving foAvl.
The father alleges that the shooting
was accidental , and that the son Avas de
lirious Avhen he made the statement.
Stock Avas 2.5 years old and had return
from the coast to spend Thanksgiv
ing Avitli IIK parents.
HOUSE WRECKED BY BOMB.
Home of Attorney for Civic Feder
ation UloAvn Up at Omaha.
Kl
A telephone message Avas received at *
Omaha at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning
that the homo of Elmer E. Thomas , at
torney for the civic federation , had been
Avreckcd by a bomb exploded beneath it.
Mr. Thomas' family were asleep in the
building , but no one Avas injured.
"Sir. Thomas has been active in the
prosecution of violators of the Slocum
It
law. Avhich provides for midnight and
Sunday closing of saloons.
Cuttle Thieves Active. CO
Wednesday evening about dark four-
teen head of cattle Avere taken from the in
farm of II. J. Cra\vford. near Ansley.
going into the pasture and driving
cattle out of the gate. A little Avhile
Vj
later ' nineteen head of cattle Avere tak
from Christ .Jensen by cutting the
wire fence. Two men. supposed to be
thieves , were arrested at South Oma bei
.
friiiic in Omaha. un
William Johnson , Avhite. and Frank crj
Dc'hart. colored , were arrested at Oma It
charged with procuring , giving and ° . "
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furnishing liquor to Indians , The pris-
an
onoi"Avere turned over to the United
tates ! authorities. The two men Avere Sa1 ,
arraigned and pleaded not guilty. TheirC'X
; -s were continued. In default of "
bond they wereremanded to the
Douglas County jail.
Aiji'd Z-'armer Meets .Accident. . -
Paral.vxed on one side , unconscious and
I very slight prospect for recoA'ery ,
James W. Crawford , aged GS years , lies Th
his 1 home about two miles nortliAvedt luti
Kearney. I .Ur. Crawford Avas hauling wa
. and in driving beside a deep nn-ine cer
wairon overturned , throwing him to fui
thhard ground , where he alighted on mo
head. Ba
and
r : ink Puts in
New Safe. .be
Tho State Hank of Columbus has sents
placed a large new afo in the bank. It
made ! of manganese steel and weighs
bouLtwo ton1 ; . This is a sample of safes _ r
introduced by the Nebraska Bank- ties
' Association and they are said tc the
absolutely fire and burglar proof. Pn
Pai
Old Man is injured. riec
George Ilayward. aged SO years , fath- is
of Mrs. Charles Geddes. of Beatrice , cou
t-iiru'd severe bruises about the body thi
! It-ailing a cow to pasture. He will run
crufined to his home for some time
account i of the injuries. S
board
I fa us Hearing
Postponed. er
The case of Fred Hans for the killing buil
David ; Luce , remanded for trial by state
supreme court , which Avas to have report
called a Aveek ago at Ainsworth , of t
been postponed on account 01 the se- gro
: illness of the defendant with lung made
. . bus
8 o
Randolph's Xcw Bank. the
authorities at Washington have 350.40
ranted a charter to the recently
organ- ovei
Security National Bank at Ran- tlons
. This bank Avill succeed the Secur-
State , Bank , . i
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It is up to Secretary Dobson , of thr ir
rigation board , to decide whether an in
dividual has the right to use the water
from a spring located on his farm lor
irrigation purposes and as a result he i *
doing ' some tall thinking. A farmer lo
cated iu the western section of the s > tatc-
sought to use the Avatcr of n spring ris
ing on his place for the irrigation of bi
fields. Its water ran by a subterranean
channel ] into Pumpkinseed Creek , and his
neighbor below , Avho had appropriated
1 the waters of the stream for irrigation ,
complained. Then the query was put
tc the .state official. The secretary states
that there is no question as to the man * *
right to use all the water needed for do
mestic purposes , but beyond that Inis
at sea. A Colorado court has held that
the prior appropriator has a right to the-
Avater of a spring under similar condi
tions , after the owner of the spring has
used what he needs for domestic pur
poses. , The decision in the case Avill hiv
widespread effect , since future irrigation
developments Avill depend largely on the
use of underground waters . The indi
vidual owning a tract of land Avith a
spring which is connected Avitli the How
of any stream AA-ill be obliged to defer
his use of it until prior appropriators-
on the water course have used all they
iieed. < Should the courts decide that the
Colorado doctrine prevails in Nebraska.
irrigation by means of wells Avill be ren
dered < difficult , because of the rights of
persons depending on neighboring
streams for their water supply. -t
* * * . .
It has developed that the Northwest
ern and the Union Pacific Railways Avill
probably pay their taxes without de
mur , OAving to the activity of the Ne
braska representatives of the lines in
making representations to headquarters.
According to the statement of a state of
ficial , Ben White oil a recent trip to Chi
cago met Avith the management of the
Northwestern and came aAvay with the
assurance that the taxes Avotild be paid.
The same authority stated that the Un
ion Pacific would probably relinquish its
intention to contest the validity of the
assessment made by the state board
last summer. Tax Commissioner Pol
lard , of the Burlington , is still at work
out in the state making tenders of pay
ment of less sums than are actually due
mider the assessment. It is believed that
the Burlington will give up its intention
of testing the law in the courts when the
other roads refi < > fo co-operate with it.
* * *
State Veterinarian Thomas has just re
turned from Holt County , where lie has
been wrestling with a very obstreperous
disease that has caused the death of
more than 100 horses there during the-
last year. The animals are attacked Lu
their intestines by a small worm knoAvn
in English as the "pin worm. " Tho
first symptoms are a paleness of the mu
cous membranes , folIoAvcd by a weak
ness in the hind quarters and a loss of
flesh and emaciation. Dr. Thomas sai'l
the cause of the disease was the fact :
that the land upon which the horses arr-
allowed to graze has not been cultivated
and that the water they are allowed to >
drink stands stagnant in the pastures. .
To wipe out the disease he said it Avould
be necessary to cultivate the land , put
in tame grasses and wells from which thu
horses could secure water.
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These are days of rejoicing in the lit-
the Russian colony at Lincoln 2,000 Rus
sians . , heads of families and members of
.
families , have returned to their homes iit
thTl colony and there are more ci-ming.
The army has been at work iu the beet
fields of Michigan , Colorado , western
Nebraska < and other
places and theyin
coming back with a sufficient supply of
the wherewithal to keep them in good
pork and beans during the entire winter.
is estimated that the Russians have
brought with them from $80,000 to 100.-
000 , most of which Avill be spent in Lin
coln during the Avinter. It is claimed
there ( are from S,000 to 10.000 Russians
Lincoln , while a dozen years ago there-
Avere not more than fourteen or' fifteen
families.
* * *
There is some talk among state ofli-
cials to the effect that the 1-miJl ieA-y for
tin University of Nebraska Avill be'cut ,
because of the increased valuation of
tin state. Some of the friends of the-
university are fearful that the general
for economy Avill lead to such action.
is argued that the
l-mill leA-y was-
enough ! six years ago when the tofal
valuation of the state was $188,000,000.
and for that reason it is said that the-
same _ levy on a $291.000,000 valuation is
excessive. Two years ago the farmer
members of the legislature made an ef
fort to reduce the leA-y , but Avero finally
prevailed upon to allow it to stand be -
cause " of the uncertainty as to the result
u.-"er the neAv statute.
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The state is just $3.840.12 to the good.
This amount , of which there was abso
lutely no record in the treasurer's office , ,
paid to Treasurer Mortensen re
cently by Capt. Hill , receiver for a de
funct Lincoln Savings bank. The-
money had been deposited by Joseph
"
Bartley , at that time state treasurer"
no record of the transaction could
found by Mr. Mortensen. It repre
the dividends paid by the bank.
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Returns from all but six of the coun
have been received at the office of
secretary of state , and these give-
President Roosevelt 110,029 and Jud-e-
Parker 41,033. President Roosevelt *
car-
' -
every one of these counties and' fu ;
supposed that he has carried everri
county in the state. His
pluralityit
< time is 74,002. and Avill doubtl-
to bS.UOU.
* * *
Secretary Royce , of the state banking-
, has just received from the print
his report of the condition of
the-
building and loan associations of the
for the year ending June 30. The-
< indicates a prosperous condition
the associations and a very gratifvinsr
growth. At the time the report Vas
there were 60 associations dointr
business in the state , or an increase of
over last year. The total resources of
associations reporting are $6,217 -
. , being an increase of $873 9" > l ( i
the asseta of the fifty-five associa-
-
reporting last year.
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