Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEQ.
1. M. HICK , PabllHhcr
IS BEKT IN TWAIN
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK ASSO
CIATION SPLITS.
Cattle Growers Form New Associa-
thjn , While Sheep Growers , Com
mission Men and Stock Vard In
terests Remain with the Old Jiody
The National Live Stock Association
\vus rent in twain at Denver , Colo. , Fri
day by the adoption of a new constitu
tion which admitted the packers to mem
bership and piovidcd an open door
through which the railroads of the coun
try may at any time become factors in
the control of the organization.
The cattle , horse and swine growers ,
together with representatives of some if
the alliliated industries , refused to a give
i
to the new constitution , withdrew when
they considered its adoption probable ,
and Friday afternoon formed a new or
ganization tinder the name of the Amer
ican Stock Growers' Association , whose
aim it wn be to wield a dominant influ
ence in the interest of the cattle grower.
Roughly speaking , the sheep growers ,
commission men and.the stock yards in
terests remained with the National Live
Stock Association , and the actual grow
ers of all other animals for the market
have gone with the new organization.
The cattlemen from the fir.st were .strong
ly opposed to the admission into their or
ganization of the packers , and especially
of the railroads. They claimed that
these two interests would ultimately dom
inate the cattle growing industry of the
country to the detriment of the individ
ual grower , and they refused to remain
in an organization which included their
representatives among the members of
its central body.
The cattlemen who had left the con
vention gathered at the Brown Palace
Hotel in the afternoon ami appointed a
committee of fifteen to present a plan
for a new organization. Its report , which
"was unanimously adopted , recommended
that a temporary president be appointed
to hold office until May 2 , when a gener
al convention for the purpose of a per
manent organization would be held in
Denver.
John W. Epringer , a former president
of the National Live Stock Association ,
was elected president.
In the new organization the represen
I tation is to be one of individual member
ship only , and it will not be an .amalga
mation of associations , as is the case
with the old organization.
FEAR A GREAT DISASTER.
The Brooklyn Suspension Bridge
Must be Rebuilt.
New York advices state that the strain
to which the Brooklyn bridge is being
subjected will weaken it to such an ex
tent that a great catastrophe might be
possible. The engineeers of the department
of bridges are reported to have deter-
ininul that the structure must be almost
completely rebuilt.
Todo this will require at least two
years , and meanwhile traffic between
New York and Brooklyn will have to be
diverted to the Williamsburg tunnel ,
now in course of construction.
Four or five yearsmay elapse before
this can be accomplished , as : i great traf
fic problem will have to be solved be
forehand.
TRIAL NEAR CLOSE.
Gebhardt Murder Case May Reach
Jury Tuesday.
A New Ulm dispatch says : The trial
of Dr. Geo. R. Koch for the murder of
Dr. Li. A. Gebhardt , a rival dentist , who
was slain in his office on the night of
Nov. 1 , 1904 , his skull being crushed by
tne blows of a hammer , is drawing to .1
close.
It is expected the taking of testimony
in behalf of the defense will be com
pleted Saturday evening and that the
closing arguments will be made Mon
day and Tuesday and that the case will
go to the jury on Tuesday night or We J-
uesday.
Former Lawyer a Convict.
A La Crosse , Wis. , special says : Fred
Kingsley , now serving a term of seven
years in the state penitentiary at Wau-
pun for safe blowing , who was arrested
here last summer with a gang of "yegg-
men , " is a member of a prominent Min-
Jnesota family. He was admitted to the
jbar in the state of Minnesota , and is a
graduate of a prominent Gopher state
college.
Cure far Cancer.
Scientists who since 1899 have been
studying cancer at the Gratwick patho
logical laboratory of the University of
Buffalo , N. Y. , are stated to be preparing
a report , which indicates they are near-
ing a solution of the great problem.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
stock market follow : Butcher steers ,
< $3.75@3.00. Top hogs , $4.65.
Wireless lor Trains.
The managements of the Lake Shore
and the New York Central railroads have
.decided to install a iwreless telegraph
system on their lines between Chicago
and New York. Experiments to deinon-
jstrate the efficiency and value of such an
apparatus have been under way for sev
eralmonths. .
Pension Commissioner.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Congressman Warner , of Illinois , to be
jcommissiouer of pensions.
RUN UH A I-- .
Exciting Scenes in Henrt 'of the
< IlV F'Ve Persons I , f r Ml.
Three policemen and ttro Hebrew wo
men were injured in a run on the State
Bank of Grand Street , iu the heart of
i the business section of the east side ,
New York , Wednesday. The run was
attended by some sensational incidents.
The 5,000 persons crowded about the
bank became so insistent that they broke
down an iron railing around a light well
in front of the building , and it was only
by desperate clubbing on the part of the
police that the excited and unruly mob
was prevented from forcing many of its
members into the well. The policemen
and women were hurt at that point. The
emergency police detail of the Delancey
Street station was finally called out a'ld
policemen were stationed at intervals if
five or six blocks on either side. The rru
was as extraordinary as the frenzied
character of the rush itself.
Tuesday there was a rush of the depos
itors to get their money into the bank iu
time to begin to draw interest at once ,
and the long line of waiting depositors
convinced the excitable Hebrews that
something was wrong with t'i. inslitu-
tion. Five hundred persons waited in
front of the building all n .t and their
number quickly swelled to . > , < ; 00 when
the bank opened Wednesday , though not
all of that number were depositors. The
bank , which has deposits of $1.500,000
and a cash reserve of $4,000,000 , and
which Cashier A. V. Voorhis said earn
ed 244 per cent profits last year , sent
down street for money early Wednesday
and 9250,000 was brought by the wagon
load , largely in specie.
At the sight of money those waiting
became only more impatient to get at it.
The bank officials paid depositors off : : s
fast as the operation could be conducted.
In all the bank paid out Wednesday
$55,000 and received in deposits $440,000.
Remarkable scenes attended the paying
off within the bank. The officers paid
off iu two-third specie and one-thud bills
and some of the depositors were fairly
overwhelmed by the amount of currency
thrust upon them when they passed in
their books. Immediately upon getting
their money into their hands and becom
ing convinced that the bank was able to
pay them , the frantic Hebrews
became equally anxious to get their
money into uie bank again and several
of them created scenes when the officers ,
refused to accept it. The depositors
were paid in specie to prevent a rede-
posit , as this is the sixth run the bank
has experienced from equally trivia )
causes.
DRUNKARD'S AWFUL CRIME.
Chicago Cook Tries to Annihilate
His Fnmily.
With a pistol and razor John Miller , a
: ook , killed his wife and infant daugh
ter Wednesday iu Chicago and fatally
wounded another daughter , 21years ; old ,
and then attempted to commit suicide.
The crime was committed while Miller
was in a drunken rage.
The unconscious forms of the Miller
family were found in their home by the
police , who were summoned by neigh
bors. The bodies were hurried to the
hospitals. Mrs. Miller died on the way.
Her younger child was dead before she
was removed by the police. The older
child survived only a short time after ar
riving at the hospital. Miller will prob
ably die.
Mrs. Miller appeared to have made a
terrific struggle for life. Her head was
almost severed from her body. There
was a cut four inches long in the back
of the head and a six-inch gash near the
heart. She also received a bullet through
the lungs.
TO BE CANNIBALS.
Wrecked Crew Had Drawn Lots
When Resciu-d.
The steamer Zeno arrived at Water-
ford , Ireland , Wednesday , with the cap
tain and twelve men of the American
steam diedger Texas , which foundered in
a storm off the Hebrides.
The crew entered small boats , but one
containing flic chief officer and twenty-
one men sank immediately , all the occu
pants being drowned. The survivora
drifted for several days before being
picked up.
The smvivors , who suffered terribly
from cold and hunger , say just prior to
sighting the Zeno ( hey had drawn lota
to decide which should be killed to pro
vide food for the rest.
Bloody R-ice Riot.
As the result of a fight between
gangs of Italians and Finnish laborers
employed in the construction of the Car-
tier , Ont. . station , during which knives ,
revolvers and tools were freely used ,
three men are dead and thirty seriously
injured , several fatally , Race animosi
ty was the cause of the trouble.
Defaulter is Forgiven.
Former Secretary William S. Graham ,
of the Chicago board of education , who
left Chicago for Central America five
years ago with a shortage of some $25-
000 in his accounts and is now under
indictment , has ben forgiven. The
board voted to cause a nolle prosequi to
be entered in his case.
Great Strike in Germany.
The coal strike includes
now forlysev-
en mines and over 70,000 men arc out at
Bechum , Germany. The leaders have
: ompletely lost control over their opera
tives.
Four German OflicerK Killed.
In a fight between the German troops
and insurgent Witheris in German South
west Africa Jan. 2 , 3 and 4 , Maj. Baron
von Naurdendorf and three other ofliccrs
and fifteen men were killed and four
officers and forty-five men wounded.
Auto Company Bankrupt.
The Chicago Motor Vehicle Companj ,
one of the largest manufacturers of auto- |
mobiles in the west , was declared bank
rupt by Judge Kohlsaat in tho federal
court Wednesday
WK. . r c. .
Fivn Persons Killed ! . .r Wi > _ ; oii
uoon'i , V. * ' .
Santa Fe passenger train No. 4 , the
California limited , collided head-on with
a freight train early Thursday thirty
miles south of Raton , N. M. Several
members of the train crew were killed ,
among them a fireman on the limited. A
barber was also killed. Mnny of the
passengers were badly bruised and cut.
The trains met in an unusually heavy
fog , and neither engine crew had any
warning of their danger before they came
together. The engine crews did not have
time to jump. Both engineers were in
jured.
A late report from Wagon Mound
states that five persons in all were killed.
A score are known to have been injured.
The wreck is one of the worst that has
ever occurred on the Las Vegas division
of the Santa Fe system , both in the way
of casualty's and pecuniary loss. Tho
trains meti : a hill in a dense fog. The
passenger train , which had the right of
way ovu.e : ' freight , was bowling along
at forty ; lies an hour. The freight was
descendir.-r the incline and also was mak
ing fast ti - > e in an effort to reach Tipton
before tin limited arrived.
The imi ict of the two trains was ter
rific , and wreckage from the two engines ,
baggage ad ; express cars and freight cars
was hurldl into the air in every direction.
Both engines are almost totally mined ,
and the track and right of way is piled
with debris.
The passenger train was heavily laden
and the occupants of the cars were hurl
ed from their seats and berths with great
violence. A majority of them sustained
bruises by being thrown against the sides
of the cars and the seats. Many of them
vi re cut also'it the heads and faces by
pieces of glass from the car windows ,
which were shattered into thousands of
fragments.
j The engine crew of the limited , owing
to the dense fog , could not see the freight
FIND STOLEN GEMS.
$2:5OOO : Wonh ol Jewels are Re-
Recovered.
Buried in a glass jar in West One Hun-
drtd and Fifty-fifth Street , between
Eighth and Central Avenues , New York
City , detectives on Thursday found more
than $23,000 worth of jewelry , tiie prop
erty of Mrs. Ambrose Clark , the daugh
ter-in-law of Mrs. Potter , the wife of
Bishop Henry C' . Potter , which was
stolen from Fernleigh. at Coopers-
town , the Clark home , on July 7 last.
Lodged in a cell at police headquar
ters to await the arrival of Coopers-
town officers is William Coleman , the
major portion of whose years have been
spent in penal institutions. Coleman
was arrested in New York July 20 last
for the theft and held by a .magistrate
at Cooperstown until November , when ,
the grand jury failing to indict him , he
was set at liberty.
From the moment of Coleman's release
in Cooperstown he was kept constantly !
under surveillance. On Monday night
last the detectives , guided by the myste
rious actions of Coleman , found at the
place named a glass fruit jar with a zinc
cover wrapped in a piece of rubber
cloth.
RUN IS KEPT UP.
Crush at New York Bank Not so !
Great Thursday.
Throughout a freezing rain Wednesday
night and a chilly fog early Thursday a
score of depositors waited at the doois
of the State Bank in New York City to
head the line when the run on the bank
was resumed. Apparently it is the wo
men who are keeping up the run , and
in the big crush Wednesday they predom
inated.
When the doors of the bank opened [
Thursday there was not nearly as great
a crush as the day before and the crowd
was orderly. About 400 people , mostly
women , were in line.
A truckload of 50,000 was brought to
the bank early. It was announced $200-
000 in gold would be brought tip from
the subtreasury and held in readiness if
needed.
HORDES OF MEN IN WANT.
Hundred Thousand are Idle in New
York City.
Commissioner General Sargent , of th <
bureau of immigration , has received a let
ter from a prominent New York philan
thropist , whose name he cannot disclose ,
in which a startling portrayal of the
poverty in the metropolis is given.
The latter says New York's proportion
of the unemployed is the largest in the
country ; that 100,000 idle men are in the
city now , or 40 per cent more than last
Ex-Mayor McCuo to Die.
The Virginia supreme court of appeals
Thursday refused a writ of error in the
acse of ex-Mayor MeCue , of Charlottes-
ville , convicted of wife murder and sen-
need to hang on the 20th.
Several Firemen Hurt.
Several firemen were more or less hurt
by smoke and a loss of $200,000 caused
bya fire which raged for more than
three hours in the center of Chelsea ,
Mass. , early Thursday.
Steamer Stuck on Bar.
While feeling her way through a dense
fog eaily Thursday in an effort to reach
port the sugar laden steamer Indus ,
from West Indian ports , struck Fire Isl-
bar and is now stuck hard and fast.
St. Louis Doodle Fund
Judge Ryan , hi the St. Louis circuit
court , ordered that the $00,000 fund al
leged to have been used in connection
with the suburban railroad boodle deal
and now in a safe deposit vault box be
used in payment of a note on which it
was borrowed by a former president of
the railroad company.
Submarines Tor Russians.
Four submarine boats have arrived at
Libnu from the United States. They
ivill be sent jx > Vladivostok bjr raiL |
STATu ;
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Claim Another Maybrick
Friends of Mrs. Lena Ijihie So In
sist Supreme Court Has Rulfd
Efforts to be Made for a I'nrdun
A David City special says : The final
decision of the Nebraska supremo court
in the murder case of Mrs. Lena Lillie ,
holding that she must go to the peniten
tiary for life , recalls the details of this ,
\vhich has been called the most remarka
ble case of conviction on purely cucuin-
stautial evidence ever known in the
country.
Harvey Lillie was a well to do grain
dealer. He and his wife , who is an at
tractive woman of 40 , lived happily. The
night of Oct. 24 , 11)02 , Lillie was shot
in the head in bed , Mrs. Lillie lying at
Ins side. He was instantly killed. Mrs.
Lillio roused others in the house , two
young ladies who were visiting there , and
told them what had happened.
The murderer. Mrs. Lillie said , shot at
her after killing her husband , missed ,
and escaped by the door. Her story was
not doubted. As soon as neighbors could
be summoned they started to search , go
ing to the stable for Lillie's two blood
hounds. They were found dead , poi
soned.
The first suspicion of Mrs. Lillie was
when it was noted , several days after the
killing , that she claimed the murderer ,
whom she described as a tall , dark man ,
stood on the west side of the bed. On
that side lay Mrs. Lillie. The murderer ,
according to her story , would have had
to lean over his victim , crook his arm
and fire the bullet b-ick toward himself ,
through Lillie's head. This seemed so
improbable that it caused investigation.
Other features developed. Mrs. Lillie ,
it was shown , had been speculating , in
her own behalf , on the board of trade ,
and had been pressed for money. Her
husband had objected to her speculations.
Pressed for more margins , it is alleged ,
she shot her husband in order to get his
property and life insurance , amounting
to 5,000.
Out of this foundation the prosecution
wove a case against the woman , and af
ter a long and sensational trial she was
convicted and punishment fixed at im
prisonment for life. The people of Da
vid City did not generally believe her
guilty , and do not now. She remained
in jail after the trial , and the supreme
court was appealed to. It refused to or
der a new trial. Application for rehear
ing was turned down , and the last chance
was gone.
An effort will be made to secure a par
don. The case is compared by Mrs.
Lillie's friends to that of Mrs. May-
brick , and they declare they will make it
known nationally as a monumental in
justice before they will cease their ef
forts in her behalf.
ACCUSED OF CRUELTY ,
.Xehama County Doys Charged with.
I III Trent ins a Horse.
A Humboldt special says : A story
conies from Nemaha County to the effect
that two young men. one from Ilum-
boldt and one from Auburn , are being
sought for by the humane element of Ju
lian , a small town in that county. , witn
a view to punishing them for leaving a
driving horse out in the storm which
prevailed the first of last week while
they sought shelter from the elements.
It is claimed the young men were driv
ing from Nebraska City to Auburn when
the storm became so fierce that they
were compelled to stop at Julian , and
their horse was so fatigued from the hard
drive that it became exhausted when
Hearing the village and was abandoned
to its fate. The next morning residents
of that neighborhood found the animal
hitched to the rig sheltered by a hedge.
The harness was loosened , but the animal
staggered and fell into a ditch near at
1 hand and died there.
HITS SALVATION ARMY.
Its Plan of Relieving I'onr Assailed
by Chancellor Andrews.
Chancellor E. B. Andrews , of the state
University at Lincoln , in a sermon at St.
Paul's church severely criticised the Sal
vation Army plan of relieving the poor.
He declared it was ; unsystematic , unreg
ulated , an imposition on the public and
baneful in its results. lie said the army
by dinner pot collections taught the im
provident to expect relief , lie advised
systematic giving to a charity organiza
tion , i
Hoy Uses Cartridges for Target.
Sunday afternoon Harry Anderson , the
13-year-old son of John Anderson , a
farmer living four miles north of Klair.
placed a No. 44 cartridge on a post and I
!
used it as a target for an air rifle. It I
exploded , badly injuring the boy's face ,
cutting away part of the lower eyelid
and into the eyeball , which will cause
the loss of sight in one eye. Dr. E. R. J
Stewart dressed the wound and he will ;
be taken to Omaha. i
Need of More Play Ground. I
The board of education of the West !
Point school district has purchased halt' i
a block of ground for the purpose of pro- j
viding an additional playground for the I
ever-increasing number of children in at- '
tendance at the public schools. This j
step has been under consideration for :
the last two years. I
Accidentally Shot.
A 36-year-old daughter , of Jones Gano.
living in Fairbury. was wounded by th
accidental discharge of a revolver held in j
her own hand. The ball took effect be-1
low the right knee and was cut out above >
the ankle , having passed around the bonr. |
it was another case of not knowing it |
was loaded. ;
i
McGreevy Rexvard is Paid. I
James Coyle , one of the depositors of j
the failed Elkhorn Valley Panic at !
O'Neill , acting as agent for Captain Hi
McDonald , of Phoenix. Ariz. , has collect
ed and forwarded to Captain McDonald
the $400 reward due him for apprehend
ing the ex-banker , Bernard McGreevy.
To Teach in the Philippines.
Miss Eva Cooper , of Humboldt , who
is a student at the state university , has
successfully passed the examination re
quired of teachers who enter service at
the PhiliDDines.
i Wu .oNo ;
TwoV .st'I * . : it V HitiiCommitted
' -rlioo' I
two lit I ' -
A West Point special says : Hi mer
Peterson , a youth ol 14 years , was com-
iritud to the state industrial school by
County Judge De-vad ! and was taken 10
Ktaruey by Mieriff KloI.e. Peterson , to
gether with a companion named Claude
Cady , were charged with holding up a
Chinese laundryirau iu this city and at
tempting to rob him. Upon a preliminary
examination the justice took a lenient
vi w of the offense and found the noys
guilty of merely an assault and battery.
Sentence of thirty days' imprisonment
was passed upon Cady , who is over 10
years of age and the principal offender.
The case of Peterson was certified to the
county court with the result as slated.
Both boys are the children of highly
respected parents. The downfall of the
boys was caused l > y their constantly read
ing pernicious literature of the Diamond
i Dick and Jesse James variety.
I
WOMAN TRAVELS IN BOX CAR
Disappears Before Trainmen Can
j 1 -ntJl'v l H-r.
' When the night freight from Lincoln
0:1 the Northwestern pulled into the Fre-
! n'ont yards early Friday morning a
! brakeman heard someone pounding on
j the closed door of a box car. lie went to
1 the door and a woman's voice asked ,
| "What place is this ? " On opening the
i car he was surprised to see by the light
j of his lantern a girl , probably about 20
i years old , standing in the doorway. "I
live in Fremont , " she said , "and I have
been in this cold box car since we left
Lincoln. " She jumped out of the car
i and disappeared in the yards before the
trainmen could find out anything more
about her. She was comfortaoly dressed
and did not have the tough appearance
of the female hobo. As the car was se
curely fastened from the outside some
one at Lincoln evidently kiew : of hr
being aboard.
MAY ESCAPE PUNISHMENT.
Officers of Defunct O'Xi-ill Bant
May Keep Out of Court.
An O'Neill special says : It appears
quite probable now that a definite and
friendly settlement will soon be made
between the depositors and officials of
the failed Elkhorn Valley Bank , along
the lines of the proposition submitted by
Mrs. Ilaggerty. which proposition Avas
published some time ago.
O. F. Biglin. the receiver of the bank ,
j says that all of the 183 depositorswith
i very few exceptions , have expressed not
I only a willingness but a wish to enter in-
i to a friendly settlement and keep the af-
! fairs of the bank out of court entirely ,
J if the officials of the bank will turn over
tht-ir private property to the depositors.
EX-TREASURER PAYS IN CASH
,
No One Appeared to Know lieYas
Short in His Account ! . j
Another sensation was sprung. Fri-
j day at O'Neill when a former treasurer
j of G rattan Township , who some two
i years ago moved out of the county , came
j forward of his own accord and turned
J over to the new city treasurer $ (522 in
, cash and warrants. Patrick Ilanley. the.
{ former treasurer in question , offered no
, explanation except that when he went
I out of office some three years ago ho
| neglected to make a settlement. Former
Mayor Gallagher strongly advocates that
I an expert accountant be employed to
j check up all kinds of public accounts at
! and near O'Neill in order that the tax
payers may know where they are for
mice at least.
j SNOW COVERS THE STATE.
t
i Soil Was Very Dry and" It is Wel-
j coined by the Farmers.
j A heavy snow has fallen very generally
! throughout northeastern Nebraska to an
! average depth of twelve inches. The
' downfall was steady and the snow lays
j where it fell , perfectly level , there being
i an entire absence of wind. This is the
i first snow of the winter which has com
pletely covered the ground.
It is very welcome , as the soil was re
markably dry , traveled roads being six
inches deep in fine dust , which blew in
clouds with the high winds which have
prevailed. Plenty of snow has fallen
now to insure moisture enough for spring
work.
31 ay Sue Former Treasurer.
The county commissioners at Nebraska
City have instructed the county attorney
to recover $1.000 from former County ]
Treasurer C. 1' . Lloyd or his bondsmen. '
When Lloyd's term of office expired he
withheld $1,000 in office fees to pay of
fice assistants , and it is to recover thia
amount that the order was issued. A suit
will be brought against Lloyd and his
bondsmen unless a satisfactory settle
ment can be made.
Violate the Quarantine.
As a number of new cases of s'mallpox
have been reported to the authorities in
I lea trice the last few days and the fact
has become evident that some persons
have been violating the quarantine regu
lations , the city council passed an ordi
nance declaring that failure to observe
these regulations is a misdemeanor and
that anyone convicted of violation of
them may be fined not less than $10 nor
more than $100.
Gov. Garber Dead.
Ex-Gov. Garber. of Tied Cloud , died
Wednesday. Gov. Mickey was informed
by telegraph and ordered the flag over
the state house to be placed at half mast ,
lie had bcvn j-ick for a long time and
his death was expected at any time as
Ion : : ago as last summer.
Commercial Club at O'Neill.
The O'Neill Commercial Club has been
organized iheie with Neiil Brennan. pres
ident : Thomas V. Golden , vice president :
O. U. Snydcr. tnasurer. and George A.
Milrsj. secretary.
C ; s < 4 County I2xp enses.
At the regular meeting of the Cass
County board of commissioners that body
decided that the sum of $98.700 would be
sufficient to pay the county's expenses for
this year , although last year's estimate
was $12.700 more than that amount.
Gets Alleged Cattle Thief.
Sheriff Schannan. of North Platte. ar
rested Del Titterington. who is held on a
charge of cattle stealing. It is said that
Titterington is the owner of a section of
laud in Nebraska , stocked with GOO head
of cattle and thirty horsey.
Mrs. Maigj-ret Lena Lillie must serve
n life sentence in the Nebraska peniten
tiary. The supreme court has overruled
n motion for a rehearing , which leaves
in force the judgment of the district
court of Butler County , where Mrs. Lil
lie was tried and convicted of the mur i
der of her husband. The judgment of
conviction wasaffirmed by the supreme
court several mouths ago , and since that
time Mrs. Lillie's attorneys have made
strenuous efforts to secure a rehearing ,
hoping to get a reversal. Since the trial
and conviction Mrs. Lillie has been iu
the jail at David City , the supreme court
having granted a stay of execution pend
ing action by the court. Harvey Lillie ,
husband of the convicted woman , was
shot and killed while asleep at his home
in October , 1902. It was several week *
before Mrs. Lillie was accused of the
crime and placed under arrest.
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No damages can bo collected by the
estate of Charles Hopper , declares the
supreme court , and the decision in the
case of the New Omaha Thompson-Hous
ton Electric Light Company againsr Ferd
Anderson , administrator , has been re
versed. In the lower court a verdict for
damages was secured. Hopper was a
member of a fire truck company. A lad
der was hoisted , its metallic corners came
in contact with a live wire and Hopper ,
who was assisting in the hoisting , was
killed. In deciding the case the supreme
court declared : "A member of a truck
company , who assists to hoist a ladder
with metallic coiners against an electric
light wire , cannot in the absence of the-
invitation or the expr ss permission of
the owner , complain that the wires were
not properly insulated and that he wa *
injured becauue of such a lack of insula
tion. "
* * *
When State Treasurer Mortensen clos
ed up his booka at the end of his first
term last week and opened them up to
begin on his second term he had on hand
just $502.30. He had on deposit , however ,
$233,464.23. From Jan. 2 to Jan. . " . he
had received into the general fund $36-
580.91 and paid out of this fund $2,900.-
12 ; there had been paid into the perma
nent school fund $17.4-14.90 , and paid'
out of this fund $3,281.93 ; into the tern-
porary school fund there had been paid
$10,963.81 and paid out of this fund
$5,541.53. Into the temporary univer
sity fund there has been paid out of thisa
sity fund there has been paid $7,5tM.O ( .
At this time there is in the permanent
school fund only $25,973.56 uninvested
llie temporary school fund contains $90-
723.99.
* * *
It is not improbable the first reform
to be instituted by the house of represent
atives will be the publication of the time
and place of meeting of all committees.
This has not heretofore been done ,
though the senate adopted such a rule
two years ago. The meetings of the
house committees have been announced jT
in the house , if at all , and those who , \
were not present knew nothing of the
time and place of meetings and conse
quently many people directly interested
in pending legislation , failed to get before
a committee. "With the place and time
of the meetings scheduled and published
it will be possible for those interested
to keep track of the committees.
* * *
John A. Ehrhardt. judge advocate gen
eral of the National Guard , has exoner
ated L.V. . Colby , former adjutant gener
al , of the charge of having in his posses
sion $126 , money appropriated to pay
the members of the company at Wilber.
Special Examiner II. S. Wiggins made
the charge against Colby in a report to-
Gov. Mickejafter an examination of
the books in the office of the adjutant
general.
The state banking board organized Fn-
jlay morning by the election of Auditor
Searle as president and E. C. Royse sec
retary. These appointments were made :
Bank examiners , C. II. Beaumont , of
Madrid ; J. F. Ililennan , of Euro-hard ;
E. E. Emmett , of Arapahoe ; Fred
Whitemore , of Long Pine ; Adilison Wait ,
chief clerk ; Maud Hogue , of Lincoln ,
stenographer.
* * o
Gov. Mickey has refused to issue a re
quisition for the return to Nebraska of
Harvey Springer , who is charged with-
stealing $15 and is believed by the Da
kota County authorities to be somewhere
in South Dakota. In view of the fact
that he has not yet been definitely locat
ed , and further that he is charged with
a misdemeanor , the governor refused thr
i
requisition.
* * *
All the state officers have filed official
bonds with Giv. Mickey. As fast as they
were approved by the governor they were
filed and recorded in the office of the sec
retary of state. The bond of the govern
or is approved by the chief justice of the
supreme court. With the exception of
the state treasurer's bond , which is iu the
sum of $1,000,000 , the bonds of state of
ficers are in the sum of $50,000. Deputy
state officers are required to give bonds
varying in amounts from $10,000 to $25-
000.
* * *
At a meeting of Lincoln zitizens Satur
day night $50,000 was subscribed toward
building a street railway. The company
will incorporate and intends to compete-
with the present company , which is man
aged by outsiders. The present service
floes not give satisfaction.
* * *
State Treasurer Mortenscn has issued
a call for warrants numbered from 10 < j.-
i49 to 10G.S49 to the amount of $00,000 ,
to be delivered Jan. 10.
* * *
William Washington , reported to be the-
5rst of the name to go wrong , Saturday
morning at Lincoln had executive clem-
sncy meted out him , and consequently
? vill not have to serve a year in the pen
itentiary for forgery. Instead he will
spend the time in the Douglas County
jail. Gov. Mickey commuted the sen-
tence of the man upon the recommenda-
tion of Judge Day , of Omaha.
* * *
State Treasurer Mortensen has filed a.
juaranty bond for $1,000,000 with Gov.
Mickey and it was approved and accept-