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Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
. UIOE , Publisher
DEFENDS HIS WIPE
DR. CHADWICK CABLES FROM
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE.
( Says She is Greatly 'Wronged Mrs.
ChadAvick Remains in n Nervous
State Her Attorney Makes State
ment Creditors Should be Patient
A New York special says : Dr. Leroy
S. ChadAvick , 4he husband of Cassie L.
ChadAvick , Avhosc financial troubles lm * <
been undergoing the thrashing out pro
cess for the past week , has come out
with n brief .statement from Europe.
Sunday he cabled to Phillip Carpenter.
Mrs. Chndwick's counsel , from some
place abroad , the name of which Mr.
Carpenter wcnld not disclose , requesting
that gentleman to deny the published
statements reflecting on Mrs. ChadAvick's
life and character.
"They are absolutely false , " the cable
gram reads. "I wish to have it under
stood that I Miind by Mrs. ChadAvick in
every particular in her present troubles.
I feel fehu has been greatly wronged by
the publication , and I believe she is be
ing persecuted by some of her creditors. "
Dr. Chadxvick explained that he had
dispatched his cablegram just as soon
us he saw tbe report of his Avife's trou
bles.
bles.Mr.
Mr. Carpenter also made a statement
Sunday.
"Dr. Chafiwidc , " ho said , "is abroad
for his health , and the Newton suit was
not bi-ought nntil some three weeks after
he sailed.
"P.efovc seiBg away Dr. Chadwick
consulted ine i regard to the NcAVton
claim , and.with . him I met Mrs. NCAV-
ton and his Boston attorney. The mat
ter AVIS then arranged seemingly to th
satisfaction of all concerned , and the doc
tor sailed. "
Mr. Carpenter said further that all tho
creditors would be paid this Avcek , and
that to push the bankruptcy proceedings
would mean only to delay matters.
"All the members of the doctor's fami
ly arc alse standing by Mrs. Chadwick
loyally , and are in entire sympathy Avith
her.
her."I
"I know that Dr. ChadAvick would be
by his wife's side look out for her if
he Avero in this country. There is no
doubt that all the claims against Mrs.
ChadAvick will be paid if her smaller
creditors will only exercise a little pa-
tienje. Bankruptcy proceedings and at-
( chmoiit suits do their promoters no
goodSvhfitever , and creditors resorting to
these and other harassing methods Avill
certainly not hasten the settlement of
their claims.
"Mrs. Chadwick has acted in the most
honorable way in all her dealings that
have come t my knowledge. One very
good evidence f this is found in the un
shaken cenfidencc still reposed in her by
her largest creditors and those who IIIIOAV
her best. "
ONE VICTIM MAY DIE.
None of the Others Badly Hurt in
Missouri Pacific Wreck.
Only sixteen f the fifty or more per
sons injured in the Missouri Pacific wreck
near Holdcn , Me. , Saturday , are still in
hospitals in Kansas City. The others
haA-e cither gene to their homes , or con
tinued ilicir journeys westAvard.
Of those remaining at Kansas City the
condition ef Mrs. Mary Gillett , of Can
ton , N. Y. , is the most serious. She is
74 years of age , but her attending physi
cian "Relieves that she Avill recover. Mr ? .
Gilletl Avas in the rear Pullman , which i
Avas precipitated into a creek more than
twenty feet below the bridge Avherc the
wreck occurred , and she Avas rescued
from..4he Avreckage after holes had been
/ popped in the top of the car Avith axe' : .
None of the other injured is in a seri
ous condition , and most of them will , it
is expected , be able to leave for their
homes in a feAT days.
Gets Life
Joseph Wirwin , aged 20 , who was in
dicted at D-jtr it , Mich. , on the charge
of piracy n the high seas for the robbery
of Mrs. M. B. SAA-ecting , of Jackson ,
Mich. , on the steamer Western States ,
Sept. 10 , Saturday pleaded guilty and
was sentenced t life imprisonment in the
Detroit house f correction.
York's New Mystery.
Fashionably attired and wearing ex
pensive jewels , the body of a girl 15
years of age was found in a room at a
hotel at New Yerk Saturday night. Tied
.about the girl's neck was one end of a
'towel Avhich had been fastened carefully
ivith a safety pin. The other end Avas tied
to a bed post.
Saloonkeeper Killed.
Maurisc Abrams , a Chicago saloon
keeper , was shot and killed Saturday
; nlght by one of two men , who had en
tered the place to rob it.
Sioux City Stock Market. '
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City stock market folIoAv : P.uteher
steers , ? 3.00@4.00. Top hogs , $4.50.
Knjjtish Queen is Sixty.
Queen Alexandra celebrated her GOth
birthday Thursday at Saudringham , Eng.
The usual salutes were fired at the naval
and military stations at home and in the
colonies. The festiA'itics at Sandringham
.were of a simple character.
To Bury tins Dead.
Tokio adA'ices state that the first armis
tice between the combatants at Port Ar
thur was declared on Dec. 2 for the pur-
, pose of burying the dead. It lasted six
.SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE.
A Prisoner is Fatally Wounded nt
Sioux Falls.
While making an assault on Deputy
Warden Cooloy , of the Sioux Falls , S.
D. , jjciiitentiary , Friday afternoon , Rob
ert White , a prisoner , was fatally shot ,
dying in about half an hour.
White was the most unruly prisoner
in the penitentiary and the dungeon , sol-
itry confinement and other modes of
punishment failed to break his spirit. He
had frequently threatened the lives of the
prisoners and members of the prison
force.
For sonic time past he had been con
fined to his cell , where his meals were
served to him. White was unusually
ugly Friday and the deputy wardt-n
found it necessary to enter his cell , ac
companied by four guards , for the pur
pose of handcuffing him.
White had torn his table to pieces , and
armed with a club made from it and a
steel bar which he had secured in some
mysterious manner from the blacksmith
shop , he made a vicious spring for the
deputy warden , with the evident inten
tion if killing him.
Guard Frank Ilogan drew a revolver
and shot White in the thigh. The wound-
wounded man fought like a maniac , but
was finally overpowered. He steadily
grew weaker until his death , half an
hour after being shot. The bullet is sup
posed to have glanced upward and lodged
in the abdomen. The coroner will hold
an inquest.
White was serving ten years for a
murder committed in Yaukton County.
He was only about 2G years old.
BANK TO BE OPEN NIGHTS.
> ? ovel Institution to be Opened , in
New York.
Impressed by the need for an institu
tion where money may be obtained at
any hour , prominent New York financiers
and commercial men have organized the
first night and day bank and safe deposit
company.
The names of men prominent in the
business and social world appear in the
organization committee , and a capital
stock of $250,000 already has been sub
scribed.
The plight in which many travelers
of wealth often find themselves because
they are unable to draw cash in cases of
emergency suggested the organization of
the bank. It will be conducted on the
lines of a state bank and will be open
day and night. There will always be
on hand a large emergency fund.
PAPER FOK WOMEN.
NTcw Daily Will be Launcheti in
Chicago Next Week.
Chicago is to have a new daily news
paper and it will be conducted by DCS
Moines , la. , people. Mrs. Ella Hamil
ton Durley and her brother , John J.
Hamilton , formerly of the DCS Moines
Daily NCAVS , will start one for women.
It will b'e called the Chicago Daily Ke-
view , and the initial publication Avill be
upon the 10th inst.
Mrs. Durley will open temporary head
quarters in the Auditorium Hotei in a
few days and begin the campaign. The
advertising , circulation and editorial
forces will be largely drawn from the
ranks of the Des Moincs newspaper ? .
Mr. Hamilton recently sold his interests
in the Evening News , of Des Moines , to
a Kansas City syndicate.
HITS STAN DARD OIL.
Iowa Railroad Commission's New
Classification.
The Standard Oil Company received
a black eye at the hands of the Iowa
state railroad commission at Des Moiues ,
when a new freight rate classification for
oil was promulgated in the interests of
Email shippers. The change involves
shipments in barrels only.
Heretofore the Standard Oil Com
pany , which ships in tanks , constituting
carload lots , altogether , has been able
to enjoy a special rate , much lower than
the independent dealer , whoordinarily
ships in barrels. The new rate takes ef
fect , as a Christmas present , Dec. 25.
MORE SHOOTING AT ZEIGLER
No Cue Appears to Have Been Hurt
in Exchange of Shots.
An exchange of shots seemingly in con
nection with Joseph Leifer's attempt to
install non-union workmen in his coal
mine continues to be of nightly occur
rence at Zeigler , 111. There was more
firing Thursday night. As in previous
cases no person appeared to have been
wounded.
A Springfield , 111. , special says that
Gov. Yates made a statement to the As
sociated Press that he has not the slight
est intention of declaring martial law at
Zeigler.
No Apprehension of Calamity.
Michael Davitt , the Irish leader who
has been in the United States on private
business since Nov. 5. has sailed for his
home. Regarding reports that the peas
antry in Mayo and Galway Counties is on
the brink of starvation through failure of
the potato crop , he said the matter ap
peared to be exaggerated.
Sully Pays Creditors.
The creditors of D. J. Sully , of New
York , former cotton kingjj have with
drawn all their objectionsto claims and
have agreed to accept a 25 per cent divi
dend on lie .C3.000COO of assets now in
the hands of the receivers
Noted Actress Dead.
Mrs. G. H. Gilbert , the widely known
actress , was stricken with apoplexy at
Chicago Friday morning and passed
away at noon. Mrs. Gilbert was known
as , the "grand mother of the American
stage. " She was formerly Miss Anna
Hartley , and was born in England v
Cliauncey F. Black Dead.
Chaunccy F. Black , former lieutenant
governor of Pennsylvania , and a leader
of the Democratic party , died at his
home near York , Pav Friday ,
CLOSE OF THE WOKLLS'S FAIF.
End of the Greatest Exposition
ISvcr Known.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
St. Louis has eneded' The stupendous
and magnificent exposition , WJIOSG ten
drils have extended into every portion
of the civilized world and even into abo
riginal recesses , bringing within the gates
of St. Louis millions of visitors from
throughout the entire world , has run its ,
course and now passes into history as
probably having comprised the most rep-
resentativ , collection of resources , indus
tries , arts , peoples' and customs of the
world ever assembled.
From the inception of a project to hold
an exposition to fittingly commemorate
the one hundredth anniversary of the
purchase of the Louisiana territory , until
the portals were thrown open and the
world was invited to enter and enjoy the
completed exhibition of the world's life ,
occupied a period of seven years. The
duration of the exposition has been seven
months , and during that time nothing has
occurred to throw a dampening effect on
the interest or to detract from the expo
sition in any way. The best order has
been maintained throughout ; there have
boon a few fires , but all were of small
moment with the exception of the de
struction of the house of Hoo-Hoo and
the partial destruction of the Missouri
building recently. The former was im
mediately rebuilt. No loss of life has
occurred during the exposition from ac
cident.
St. Louis has proffered her most gra
cious hospitality to the world , and it has
been accepted. Throngs of visitors have
poured in to attend the exposition with
the expectation of being pleased and sat
isfied. They have departed amazed and
gratified. The opinion has been express
ed at all times on all sides , and without
reserve , that the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position has been a success. Congratula
tory messages were received in large
numbers from all parts of the country and
from abroad , conveying felicitations up
on the success of the exposition.
Gov. Dockevy and President Francis
each made a speech during the evening.
The latter was the recipient of a beauti
ful silver tea service from the exposi
tion management.
COSTS FOUR LIVES.
Texas Wedding is Followed by Two
Tragedies.
A sequel to the tragedy that cost the
fives of Steve MeKinuey , his father and
hired wan , near Alvarado , Tex. , Tuesday ,
came to light Thursday.
J. M. Williams , the triple murderer ,
narrieaded himself in his home and defied
the officers. He sent word to his daugh
ter , the widowed bride of the man he had
murdered , that if she did not come to him
fie would kill her. In fear and trem
bling she went to the house. There she
found her father armed with a Win
chester rifle and in a frenzy of rage. t
The officers were afraid to fire into the
house for fear of killing some member
if Williams' family. Finally Williams
fell asleep , and the daughter made her
escape. The officers then opened fire
upon the house and Williams.was killed
by a bullet through his brain.
The cause of the triple murder AVIS the
jlopement on Sunday of Steve McKia.
ncy with Williams' daughter.
MORE FIRING AT ZEIGLER.
Vo One Hurt During Night Attack
on the Town.
According to Sheriff Stein , an attack
.vas made on Zeigler , 111. , Wednesday
night. The firing began at flic pumping
station , two miles north of Zeigler , and
spread back to the mining town , where
Stein said at least GOO shots were fired.
.The machine guns responded promptly.
The Zeigler Coal Company has con-
? luded to rush into Zeigler as many men
as are necessary to work the plant to its
fullest capacity. Wednesday evening
thirty-five skilled miners were brought in
from St. Louis in two special coaches ,
\vhich were drawn directly inside the
stockade. The cars were half filled with
ileputy United States marshals and pri
vate guards furnished by the company.
MANY ARE STARVING.
T"
Fearful Conditions Reported in
Portions of Old Mexico.
A special from Mazatlan , Mex. , states
reports from the northern part of Old
Mexico are that fearful conditions exist
there. Deaths range from thirty-five
to forty per day , owing to starvation and
malaria. In many instances the dead are
not given burial , it is said , but are
thrown into open ditches and canals. The
authorities are unable to cope with the
situation. Provisions have been scarce in
northern Sinaloa for some time , owing
to the destruction of crops by torrential
rains.
The epidemic of malarial fever is due
to the rains.
Deer Hunting Casualties.
Twenty-nine dead and fifteen serious
ly injured is the record of the deer hunt
ing season , which began Nov. 11 and
closed Nov. 30 in Wisconsin. All the
deaths" and injuries are believed to havo
been accidental.
i'araguayan Rebels Gain.
It is reported at Buenos Ayres , Ar
gentina , that Paraguayan revolutionists
have captured the villa of Eucarnacion ,
the second largest city in the country.
If this is true the government is now in
possession of only Asuncion and vicinity.
Illinois Drought Serious.
The monthly government weather re
port for central Illinois , issued from
Uloomington , III. , Thursday , shows that
last month was the dryest November in
eleven years. Only .19 of an inch of rain
fell during the month. The drought is
becoming serious.
Earthquake in Nehraska.
A slight earthquake shock Avas felt at
West Point , Neb. , at 3 o'clock Thursday
morning. The shock was plainly per
ceptible , but no damage was dono
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
-Lssets'Are to be 'Found O'Neill
Bank Was Left Clean of Cash
Officers Accuse Bach Other Cash
ier's Statement Finally Made.
State Bank Examiner Whittcmore , of
Lincoln , who has been looking into the
records of the Elkhoru Valley Bank at
O'Neill , which failed a few days ng < > >
has reported to the state banking board
that he has found all the cash and $40-
000 in notes missing and that nothing
is left with Avhich to pay depositors ex
cept the bank building. There are depos
its of § 58.443.
The statement left by Cashier Hager-
fy with his Avife was given to the exam
iner Monday. It contains nothing that
throws any light on the missing assets.
Mr. Hagcrty charges his partner. Ber
nard McGreevy , with scuttling the bank ,
and says he ( Hagcrty ) did not have
the face to again meet the people of
O'Neill , who had implicitly trusted him.
in view of the failure. Mr. Hagerty is
over 70 years of age.
Mr. McGreevy's statement , which was
made public last week , charges Hagerty
with systematic appropriation of the
funds of the bank to his own use.
Warrants have been issued at O'Neill
for the arrest of both officers , Hagerty
beiug charged with receiving deposits
when he knew the bank to be in an in
solvent condition , and McGreevy with
embezzlement of city funds.
It is stated the bank was started with
$10,000 of borrowed capital , and that the
interest payments on this and the high
interest paid depositors had gradually
absorbed the depositors' principal.
An Omaha special says : The depos
itors of the defunct Elkhoru Valley
Bank , of O'Neill , include few business
men ; they are mostly widows or aged
persons , and there are many pitiful
scenes.
SHARP FIGHTS WITH BANDITS
Hank Robbers Blow Open a Safe
at AYannsli.
Aroused by the muffled sounds of an
explosion at 3 o'clock Sunday morning ,
citizens of Wabash tumbled from their
beds and engaged in a running fight with
two desperate bank robbers. The bandits
escaped from the citizens and disappear
ed in the brush near Weeping Water.
The robbers blew the outside door-from
the safe and partially wrecked the build
ing of the Bank of Wabash. A second
charge was laid to destroy the vaults
where the money was kept. However ,
the explosion brought the citizens in
such numbers that the robbers were
compelled to give battle in order to es
cape , without any booty.
It was thought that the bandits made
their way to Lincoln on an early morning
train. A systematic but useless scaivli
was made for them.
YOUNG WOMAN INJURED.
Miss Alta Foreshoe , of Dakotc.
County , Badly Hurt.
Miss Alta Foreshoe , daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Fore-shoe , pioneer resi
dents of Dakota City , met with an acci
dent Sunday evening which may cost her
her life.
With Bernard Boals , her betrothed ,
she was en route to the Salem Lutheran
church , to attend service Avhen a runaway
horse , which had been driven by Jesse
White , rhn into the vehicle they were in.
throwing out the occupants. The neck-
yoke of the runaway team struck Miss
Foreshoe in the face , knocking out a
number of teeth and cutting a large gash
in her face. She was rendered uncon
scious. She was conveyed to the St. Jo
seph's hospital. Sioux City , where she is
now lying in a precarious condition , at
last accounts not having regained con
sciousness.
Editor Wins Suit.
L. A. Wilson , editor of the Springview
Herald , has Avon his hnvsuit against W.
N. S. Skinner , president of the Citizens'
National Bank at that place and former
publisher of the Herald. The jury , af
ter being out for twenty hours straight ,
found a verdict against the banker. He-
had , it seems , agreed , when he sold the
paper to Wilson , not to re-enter the news
paper business in Keya Paha County
within ten years and had. a y * > ar ago.
established the Keya Paha County
News , under the name of his Avife. Pearl
Skinner. He had agreed to forfeit § 2.-
000 in case he did re-engage in the news
paper business and the jury gave Wil
son a judgment for that amount and the
costs , which amounted to $500.
"Wife Beater Bound Over.
The preliminary trial of Frank Ku-
cera , AA'ho has been in jail at Table Kock
since Tuesday last for an assault on his
Avife and breaking two of her ribs and
otherAvise injuring her on Sunday , Nov.
20 , came on for hearing Saturday before
Justice M. II. Marble , . .this being the
earliest time at Avhich Mrs. Kucera could
Ijave her room , and he was bound over
to appear at the next term of the district
court , his bond being placed at $500. He.
was taken to the county jail. Mrs. Ku
cera is still under the care of a physi
cian.
Made Gootl Waijes.
The small army of Russians AVIO
have been employed in the beet fields
about Sutherland during the season re
turned to Lincoln the first of the week.
They received good pay and returned to
their homes Avith a considerable amount
of money.
"West Point People Celebrate. '
The opening of the new passenger
station of the Northwestern line in
West Poi'-.t Avas the scene of the mt r
successful municipal celebration ever
held in that place.
Polk ( Sounty Woman Insane.
Wednesday there was brought before
the commissioners of insanity. Mr * . Em- .
ily Johnson , whose home is near Stroms-
burg. It was found by the board that
the treatment that Dr. Greene Avould
give her at the asylum AA-ould bo of beue-
tit and she AVUS sent to Lincoln.
Prairie Fire on Reservation.
Prairie fire on the Rosebud reservation ,
between St. Elmo and Bonesteel. fifteen
miles , burned a strip eight miles Avide , de
stroying many thousand tons of hay and
two housoj. Bonesteel Avas saved j
BLAKEMORE FOUND GUILTY
Minister Convicted on Every Charge
and Suspended from Church.
At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the
jury in the Blakcmore case returned a
verdict finding that Rev. F. P. Blake-
more , of the Methodist church , should be
suspended until the next conference , at
which time he Avill have another trial.
Mr. Blakcmore Avas tried on fiA'e
charges and ten specifications. The
chaages were falsifying , gross obscenity ,
adA-ances to-
profane language , improper
Avard certain women and solicitation of
a local physician for malpractice. On all
the charges and all but three of the speci
fications it is understood the minister
AVJIS found guilty , but what the specifica
tions Avere has not been given out.
While there is naturally some sympa
thy for "the man who is down" the ver
dict is a popular one in Tecumseh. The
guilt of the man Avas generally believed
in and the toAvn was practically unani
mous in awaiting the outcome , which ,
had it been different , would have caused
great surprise.
RCAMr. . Blakcmore still maintains he
is innocent.
"JACK THE PEEPER" AT YORK
3iysterJous Man Annoys Unprotect
ed Women and Girls.
"Jack the Peeper , " some mysterious
man Avho has a mania for prowling
around private homes and following and
scaring unprotected girls after dark ,
again attempted 'Sunday ' night to catch
three young Avomon at York , and fol
io wid them to the door of the residence
of Mr. Roach. From the description giA-
en he is the same man who attempted to
assault Miss Sedgwick. daughter of Col.
Tim Sedgwick , of the York Time-who
AVUS found lying unconscious near the
door of the residence of Mrs. E. Joe
Brown.
The mysterious man is described as be
ing of medium height and weight , wear
ing a long , gray overcoat and a slouch
hat. The ollicials of the city believe they
have a clue to the identity and are fol
lowing the same , hoping to learn beyond
a question of a doubt the guilt of the
party and an arrest will follow.
MESSENGER FIRES AT ROBBERS
Succeeds in Driving Them Off With
out Any Booty.
A battle Avith robbeis in which a num
ber of shots Avere exchanged , took place
Wednesday night at the American Ex
press otlict > on Norfolk Avenue. Noifolk.
Mt Denver F. I * . Valentino , Avho Avas
sleeping in the building at the time ,
heard the shuffling of feet and the mur
muring oi' the burglars. Raising on his
pillow he reached for a gun and opened
lire in the direction of the burglars. Fir
ing back. th. > robbers diA'ed through a
Avindow Through Avhich they had gained
an entrance. They carried aAvay all the
valuable packages that two men could
well carry as they leaped out of the
building : but tliey dropped the parcels ,
either from fright or enforced to do so
by their Avounds. in the rear alloy.
Every missing article Avas recovered.
There is no clow to the robbers.
MEW MINING COMPANY.
Corporation v/sth. Capital Stock of
$ IOOOOOO Organized.
The Alliance Mining Company , with a
capital of * 1.000.000. Avell paid up , Avas
organized at Alliance Saturday Avith the
following o'Ikvrs : Mayor L. W. BOAA--
man. piesident : J. B. Cray , vice presi
dent : T. J. O'Kocfe , secretary ; Sheriff
i Ira Heed , treasurer.
A majority of the stockholders are Al
liance people and include a good share
of the leading business men. The com
pany owns thirty claims near Mystic , S.
! > . . assays from Avhich have run abnor
mally high. AVhile some development
Avork has been done , active operations
Avill begin upon the arrival of the neAvly
elected otlicers. who left for the Hill ?
Sunday.
FOUR HOLDUPS AT OMAHA.
Police Believe Same Men Were En
gaged in AH.
Four holdup' ; netted tAVo higliAvaymen
who did the jbs about $100 in money
Sunday night at Omaha. Three men
held up a man at Sarpy Mills and secur
ed # 2. > and a watch. One of the trio Avas
later arrested , but the other two escaped.
Sunday night saloons Avere held up at
Forty-first and.O . and Twenty-seventh
and J Streets in South Omaha from
which $ " > AAMS secured. Tv.'o hours later
a street c r Avhile standing at the ter
minus of the Hanscom Park line , just
Avest oT the park. Avas held up and the
motorman and conductor and one passen j
ger Avere robbed , the bandits securing
$20. The police belioA-e the same men
committed all four of the robberies.
Treasurer Refuses Tax Tender.
0. H. Swingley , of Omaha , special
tax commissioner for the Union Pacific
road , called on County Treasurer Wright
at Beatrice and made a proposition simi
lar to that of II. D. Pollard , tax com-
mi < sioner for the Burlington , namely , to
pay the same amount of tax as last year
Avith 20 per cent added. The treasurer
refused Mr. SAvingley's tender. The re- j
suit is that the tax of none of the rail
roads entering Beatrice has been paid.
Stabbed a Policeman.
After once pleading guilty , withdraw
ing his plea and pleading not guilty.
Charles Ward , alias George Davis , had
another change of heart Saturday at
Fremont and admitted that he stabbed
Polff-eman Connor Avith intent to wound
in September last. Judge Hollenbeck
immediately sentenced him to tAA-o years
am ! six months in the penitentiary.
Charges Against r ank Robber.
County Attorney Latham filed an in-
foimiti'ii in the district court at Colum-
btis chsirginic William Ilolden Avith shoot-
in with intent to hill and murder. Hold
er i.the man wlm shut Cashier Schroe-
dt v L.sr Tti > sdiy in an attempt to rob
the I'l.-'tte County bank at Platte Cen
ter. ;
C < > I : : : jJum Woman AAvarded $3OOO
TIe : jry in the case of Mrs. Lillie Ed-
- ] against the Union Pacific Rail-
ioid : Company at Columbus , returned a
vercH. -.riving the plaintiff damages in
; h. sum of Jr'M.OOO. Mrs. Edmuudsou
asked for damages in the sum of $3,000
for tinlorrs of her husband.
f Yojrpr County Teachers Meet.
The Teachers' Association of Frontier
County hejr.in its semi-annual meeting at
Stockvi'le Friday and adjourned Satur
day evening. There was a good attend
ance. Avith n well tilled program.
us
' that it will
In estimating the money
and the
take to run the state government
state institutions during the next bien-
Weston lopped off some
uium , Auditor ,
thing like $83,000 from the estimates
made by the heads of the stitulu.ns.
Among these items not allowed bj the
his estimate to be
auditor in making up
presented to the legislature were these :
$50,000 asked for by the superintendent *
l at
of the institute for the feeble nj
' JO ,000 ask
Beatrice for a girl's cottage ; * ,
of the ueaf
superintendent
ed for by the
and dumb institute at Omaha for the
purchase of land and the erection of a
gymnasium and library ; $ J.OOO asknl to
pay for an addition to the west wing to-
the blind institute ; $7.000 addition to the
soldiers' and sailors' home at Grand Isl
and ; $2,500 for commandant's home at
the soldiers' and sailors' home at Milfoid :
the junior normal school estimate of Wlfe.-
000 was cut to twelve. The estimate oC
appropriations for permanent improve
ments was made up as follows : I or the
state university : Woman's buildinj : at
the state farm , $32,000 ; fireproof wing to
the museum , $50.000 ; new swine burns ,
cattle sheds , rebuilding veterinary clinic ,
laboratory , paving south , Avest and cast
in front of campus and brick walks for
. NCAV normal school at
farm , $55,470.
and wa
Kearney , ground improvements
ter and seAverage , $5,000 ; Peru normal
school , pumping plant and fixing heating-
*
plant , $5,000 ; Grand Island soldier *
home commandant's cottage and adfninis-
tratio'n building , $35,000 ; Milford indus
trial home , new engine house , $10,000.
* * *
The log school house in Nebraska is
gradually becoming a thing of the past.
AA-hile new school houses are gradually
being erected. The reports of county
superintendents being received by the
state superintendent show that during
the last year the sod school houses Avere
decreased from 334 to 273 , while there
Avas erected 1G3 new school houhcs ,
against 3 GO built last year. A coJijnari ;
son of the returns of last year and this
year shoAv this : Number of buildings :
Frame , this year , G,015 ; last year , 5.049 :
brick , this year , 330 ; last year. 324 ;
stone , this year , 35 ; last year , . .0 : log.
this year , 105 ; last year , 111 ; total num
ber of school houses this year , G,7G7 : last
year , G74S ; number of school houses AvelL
furnished with apparatus this year , 4.-
G08 ; last year , 4,432 : districts OAvnlnic
books , this year , G.OG4 ; last year. G.085 ;
number of days taught this year averace
992,209 ; last year , 029G94.
* * *
According to the latest report filrd by
Examiner Wiggins of his examination of
the books of former Adjt. Gen. Colby ,
the latter is just now $141 short on pre
miums on warrants that should have
gone to the state and $12G short on the-
Wilbur affair. The shortage in the first
place has not yet been reported to ( Ion. .
Colby. The warrants that Gen. Coiby
had drawn to pay out HOAV on file in the-
auditor's office that were sold to the per
manent school fund , Avere bought at : t
premium. The state has already received
$590 from the general government as part
payment of the amount due , as unearth
ed by Mr. Wiggins.
* * *
Judge Post , representing Dr. Walki-r
and Dr. Monk , whose certificates -
recently revoked by the state board of
health for unprofessional conduct. Avas-
iii Lincoln and announced that he intend
ed to appeal the case to the courts
Should the case be appealable the trissl
probably will occur in Lancaster County.
Some legal authorities say , howeveiv
that the courts have no jurisdiction in thr
matter , as a case of the same character
was tried once before and the supreme
court upheld the state board , ruling that
its power AV.IS supreme.
* *
The Nebraska photographers will meet
at Lincoln during the first week of Mar
in the art hall of the state university.
The executiA-e committee of the associa
tion met and decided on the time and
place , but the program has not yet been
arranged. The executive committee is-
composed of Alva C. Townsend , presi
dent ; J. W. Wilson , of PaAvnee , vice
president ; D. W. Wright , of Nelson , sec
ond A-ice president ; W. B. Fritz , of Fre
mont , treasurer ; CL J. Fennel , of Schuy-
ler , secretary.
* * *
Lincoln's Thanksgiving was in keej i. l r
Avith the many blessings enjoyed by UH.- * '
city during the last year. Through the
medium of a Avell organized charity as t.
sociation the poor Avere fed and the"sick
Avere A-isited and good cheer was scatter
ed everywhere. Union services were held
in many of the leading churches. Dur
ing the afternoon all the business house *
Avere closed and everybody in the citv
Avent to the football game.
* * *
The request of Secretary Royce , of the
banking board , that state banks get in
their statements recently called for at au
early date , has not been acted upon very t
generously. Up to last Wednesday morn
ing 350 had returned their statements
out of a total of 517. The returns have
not yet been tabulated or compared , and
it is not yet possible to tell what the 1
showing will be. '
* * *
M. A. Brown , who assisted President
Roosevelt in carrying ninety counties in
Nebraska by being one of his electors
spent just $50 for the honor that .was " U
I ' t
conferred upon him. He filed his state
ment with the secretary of state Wednes
day morning , being the first elector to i
file.-
* * *
Gov. Mickey issued a requisition on the
governor of NCAV York for the return to
Nebraska City of E. O'Brien , under ar
rest in NCAV York , and Avauted in the Ne
braska town for statutory assault
* * *
The United States government has
swooped down on the office of Secretary
Dobson , of the state board of irrigation
and entered into negotiations to cart
away Ray D. Hubbard , assistant state
engineer. This is the fourth assistant
that Mr. Dobson has trained and that
the government has taken from him Mr
Hubbard received a telegram offering
him the position of assistant engineer in
the geological survey to be stationed
either at Washington or San Francisco
He chose the latter place and will tea7-- '
for his post of duty Dec. 1. if /