The lemoofat
VALGN4i * , NEB.
L M. RUSE ,
BURIED WONG BODY
WEIRD MISTAKE OF FUNERAL
PARTY AT HULL , IA.
Jtemains of J. "W. IJogess Were to
hi ; Taken from Sheldon by Train ,
but the Wrong Casket Was Taken
from the Sheldon Station.
Hull , In. : The intensely cold wc.ither
and delayed trains were partly responsi
ble for a v/eirdly strange error at Hull
Friday.
The bod-y of a woman , a stranger , and
whose natnc is not known "here , was bur
ied in the grave and with the ceremonies
intended for J. W. Bogess , an old sol
dier. Wlinn the Tatter's comrades , after
separating at the grave , learned of tho
mistake which had been made , they were
shocked , and haste was made to correct
the strange error.
J. W. Bogess , ihe old soldier , who was
an aged man and the father of Mrs.
Charles Ballard , of Sheldon , la. , died at
( hat place on Wednesday. Arrangements
were made for Ihc interment at Hull
: ind it had been expected to send the
body U > the latter place by train , but on
account of the cold and snow the train
was eight hours late , and it was finally
decided to send the corpse to Hull by
sleigh. The driver went to the station
to get iho casket , and by mistake got
hold of ihe wrong corpse , took it to Hull ,
and it was tfuly interred.
Then , a telephone message from Shel
don announced the discovery of the mis
take , saying the body of Mr. Bogess was
still in the station at Sheldon. The body
which had been buried at Hull was that
of a woman on route from Missouri to
White Lake , S. I ) .
The body was disinterred at the Hull
cemetery and sent to Sheldon on the first
train. The. body of Mr. Bogess also
reached Hull by train later and was duly
interred.
The strange and distressing error cre
ated considerable excitement.
MANY ARE HURT.
.Rear-End Collision on Elevateu
Road in New Vork.
New York : Nineteen persons were se
riously injured in a rear end collision be
tween two frains on the Third Avenue
Elevated Railroad at One Hundred and
Forty-ninth Street station in the Bronx
Friday night.
One of the injured will probably die
and another's recovery is doubtful.
At the time of the accident the travel
on the road was at its heaviest and seven
car trains running at two-minute head
way were crowded.
The rear car of the first train was lift
ed up ten feet and the motor car of the
second train was thrown on top of it.
Three care were entirely wrecked.
Motorman Daniel McMahon , who was
running the rear train , was arrested on
a charge of criminal negligence. He
insisted that there were no lights on the
rear of the first train and that he did not
see tho train until within fifteen feet
of it.
SETH BULLOCK'S COWBO YS
About Thirty Choice Spirits
Accompany Him to Washington.
Washington , D. 0. : Congressman Mar
tin has received a letter from Capt. Seth
Bullock , of Deadwood , in reference to
his plans in connection with the com
pany of cowboys that will , it is expected ,
constitute the star attraction in the in
augural parade.
Capt. Bullock says there will be at
least thirty in the party , really repre
sentative cattlemen and riders typical
of the best cowboy. The party will come
by special car , their mounts preceding
them. The day after the inaugural it is
proposed to sell the horses in the east
for polo use. Congressman Martin will
undertake to look after local arrange
ments in advance.
SPECIAL TRAIN HIT.
Chicago and Alton Officials in Dan
ger Xo One Hurt.
Kansas City : A special Chicago and
Alton train , which brought C. A. Good-
now , the general manager , and other
Alton officials into Kansas City , was
crashed into by a freight train in front
of the Union depot Friday night.
The general manager was thrown
against a table in his car. but was not
hurt. The rear vestibule was broken
from his car and the interior decorations
knocked from their fastenings. No one
was injured.
Fatal Collision in Ohio.
"Dayton , O. : As the result of a colll-
Kion between an incoming Dayton ,
Springfield and Urbana passenger car
and a stock car on the Dayton. Coving-
ton and I'iqua line , several miles east of
this city , Thursday night. Leonard D.
Parker , of I'iqua , a furniture dealer , sus
tained a fractured skull and died an
hour afterward.
IVlillor is I'ardonod.
Albany , N. Y. : Gov. Iliggins Friday
commuted the sentence of Win. F. Mil
ler , of Brooklyn , convicted of grand lar
ceny in connection with the 'T 20 per
cent Franklin syndicatelie will be re
leased Monday. Miller was sentenced
in April , 1000 , to serve ten years.
Siouv City Stock Market
Sioux City : Friday's quotations on
the Sioux City stock market follow : ,
liuteher steers , $ : > .23ff/-Ly. > . Top hogs ,
$4.ST .
Automobile Hits a Stage.
Havana : E. It. Thomas' chauffeur ,
Ed Ilawley. was .seriously injured and
Mr. Thomas was slightly hurt as the re
sult of a collision Friday afternoon be
tween Mr. Thomas' ninety-horse power
racing automobile and a country stage.
Cobbled Strikes Train.
New Brighton. Pa. : A man and two
boys were killed ; two boys are dying and
three more were slightly injured as the
result of a bobsled dashing into a train
Friday night. Eight other boys on the
sled cscauoii
FATAL WRECK.
Milwaukee Engine and Train Goes
Through a Trestle.
Melbourne , la. : One man was killed ,
twenty-live persons more or less seriously
injured and eight coaches demolished in
a wreck of the Chicago , Milwaukee and
St. Paul's Overland Limited passenger
train two and one-half miles west of
Melbourne , la. , early Thursday morning.
Three of the injured arc in a danger
ous condition and may die.
Only the rarest kind of good fortune
prevented a much greater loss of life.
The Overland Limited , known as No.
1 , the finest train on the Milwaukee sys
tem ) was hurrying westward , drawn L
two huge engines. It was behind time
and was attempting to make up time and
was on its way to Perry. A break in a
ra'J , caused probably by the intense cold ,
checked its career and piled it a mass of
debris in a slough.
The broken rail which caused the
wreck was just to the east of a 200-foot
trustle which carried the track across a
dry run. The first engine passed over
it all right , but the second engine was
derailed.
MAY SAVE NEGRO'S NECK.
Airs. Edwards , Murderess Exoner
ates Samuel ( treason.
Reading , Pa. : Mrs. Kate Edwards ,
who is under sentence to be hanged with
Samuel Greasou on Thursday next for
the murder of her husband , made a state
ment to her counsel Thursday in which
it is said she exonerates ( treason from
complicity in the murder. The state
ment will not be given to the public un
til it is presented to the board of par
dons , but the inference is left that she
has admitted that she alone committed
the crime.
Mrs. Edwards and Greason , who is a
folored man , were convicted of the mur
der of Edwards , and since the death sen
tence has been pronounced extraordinary
efforts have been made to save them
from the gallows. The board of pardons
has heretofore refused to interfere , and
the state supreme court has confirmed
the lower court's decision.
Mrs. Edwards' confession , it is
thought , will place the case in an entirely
new aspect before the board of pardons.
The board will meet at Harrisburg Feb.
15 , the day before the date fixed for
the double execution.
SHAKEUP IN PHILADELPHIA.
Scores of Police Otticers Transferred
to New Districts.
Philadelphia : In an effort to repress
if not wipe out the social evil in Phila
delphia. Mayor Weaver on Thursday is
sued orders to Director of Public Safe
ty Smyth , the head of the police , calling
for the greatest shakeup in the history
of that department. The mayor's order
directs the head of the department to
"transfer all the ollicers , from lieuten
ant down , from such police districts in
which disorderly houses are supposed to
exist to some other district where there
are none , and bring in the police force
from that district to the one thus va
unted. "
Continuing , the orders say :
'Let the same orders go out that have
heretofore been given that the officer will
be immediately dismissed who is in any
way , directly or indirectly , interested in
any social evil , or who countenances or
encourages it in any way. Old otlicers
are to remain in their new district and
not to return to or become active in the
old. "
HOCH ARRIVES IN CHICAGO.
Prisoner Disappointed Because His
"Wives "Were Not at the Depot.
Chicago : Johann Iloch. indicted for
bigamy , suspected of murder and a man
of many aliases , arrived in Chicago
Thursday night and for several hours
after reaching here was interrogated by
the police with little satisfaction.
A large crowd had gathered to see the
famous prisoner , but none of his alleged
wives was among the number.
Hoch had evidently expected a number
of his wives to meet him at the station ,
and he was plainly disappointed that
they did not come.
During the evening five women , who
claimed to be wives of Hoch , called at
the police station.
Later the five women were , one at a
time , admitted into the office of the in
spector and all of them identified Iloch
as the man to whom they were married.
Mrs. Ellen Iloppe at first declared that
she had married Iloch. but later said she
was not sure about it.
MUST GIVE UP PROPERTY.
Hannah Elias Directed by the Court ,
to Turn Over ; G3oOOO Wortii.
New York : Justice Loventritt in the
supreme court. Manhattan , gave a deci
sion Thursday in the Platt-Elias suit , in
which John II. Platt seeks to impress a
trust on realty valued at $ ; S. > .o6o pur
chased out of money given by him to
Hannah Elias and others to turn over
the woman's property in their possession
to Gilbert IF. Montague , the receiver ap
pointed by the court to take charge of
the property in the hands of the woman ,
within ten days.
Should this order n' > t be obeyed appli
cation may be made to have the various
persons and corporations punished for
contempt.
Ilyari is Acquitted.
St. Louis : Sustaining the demurrer of
/he / defense. Judge Foster ordered a ver
dict of acquittal in the case of .John .1.
Ryan. charged with embezzlement , grand
larceny and obtaining money under false
pretenses in an alleged "get rich quick"
investment concern. Nolle proscquics in
other indictments airainst Ryan wore
also entered.
Trial of Mrs. Chad wick.
Cleveland , O. : The trial of Mrs. Cas-
' > ic L. Chadwick in the federal court has
been set for March ( > . Slio will lie tried
before Judge R. W. Taylor.
Acquitted of Murder in 1O Minuter
Meuomiuee. Mich. : After being out
only ten minutes the jury biought in a
veidict Thursday freeing Charles Erick-
son of the charge of murdering his broth
er-in-law. Gust Adams , -XaJian. . Sept.
Gets a IAiS
Logan. W. Va. : Flo.vd Stilliims was
Thursday sentenced " to life imprison
ment for the brutal killing of Rose White
near Chapmansville last December.
Lloyd's brother.Billiard . S Killings , and
wife will now be tried as accomplice's ,
NEW REGULATIONS GOOD.
Physical Examination for Unskilled
Laborers Works V/ell.
Washington : The civil service com
mission is conducting examinations in a
number of the large cities for the un
skilled laboring positions in the govern
ment service , particularly in postollices
and custom houses , and has found that
the new regulations by which candidates
for these places are examined are re
sulting in a marked difference in the class
of persons appointed.
The commission expects that the regu
lations which provide for these examina
tions which involve no educational test ,
but determine the relative standing of
the applicants by their physical condi
tion and adaptability for laboring work ,
will prevent any further evasions of the
civil service rules by irregular assign
ments of persons not qualified for labor
ing work.
DISASTER IN MICHIGAN MINE
Ten Thousand Pounds or Dynamite
Ivvplodc.
Calumet , Mich. : Ten thousand pounds
of dynamite stowed under ground in a
magazine at the eighth level of No. o
shaft of the North Kearsarge branch of
the Osceola Consolidated mine exploded
Wednesday , killing .several men. three of
whom have been accounted for. and in
juring many others. The force of the
explosion was felt for miles around , and
men working in other portions of the
mine some distance from the scene of
the explosion were knocked down by tin ;
concession.
The cause of the disaster is shrouded
in mystery and may never be discover
ed , as William Pollitt. Jr. , the man who
was in charge of the powder , was prob
ably blown into thousands of pieces , no
trace of him having been found.
FINE MUST BE REFUNDED.
Court of Claims Decides a Porto
Itican Customs Case.
Washington : The United States court
of claims has derided the Porto Hican
customs case of Narciso Basso against
the United Slates , holding that the fine
of $1.500 collected from Basso for smug
gling goods into Porto Rico was illegal
ly collected and must be refunded.
In July , 1S)0. ! ) Basso was arrested ,
tried and convicted of bringing goods into
Porto Rico without payment of duty ,
and was fined $ lf ( K ) and sentenced TO
one mouth's imprisonment. The line was
paid under protest , and action was begun
in the United States court of claims to
recover the amount. The court in effect
holds that the law under which Basso
was convicted was not extended to Porto
Rico until May 1. T.JOO.
"STUFFED" A BALLOT BOX
Denver City Detective W. H. Green
Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced.
Denver. Colo. : City Detective Will
iam II. Green pleaded guilty in the crim
inal court Wednesday to ihe charge of
"slutting" ballot box at the election of
Nov. 5. 1904. It was alleged that Green ,
with others , cast 587 fraudulent ballots
in the precinct commonly known as
Green County. ' '
Green was sentenced to jail for ninety
days. Other informations against Green
were nolled. Edward Sweeney pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to make'a false
count as judge at the late election and
was sentenced to ninety days in jail.
THE SHERIFF FOLLOWED.
Prisoner Jumps from 3Ioving Train ,
but is Ilecaptured.
St. Louis : A special to the ( J lobe-Dem
ocrat from Fulton , Mo. , says :
Harvey F. Fait , a school teacher in
custody of Sheriff C'ole. of Calloway
County , attempted to escape Wednesday
by jumping through the car window
from a moving passenger train near
Gutiirio. ten miles southwest of Fulton.
Fait had scarcely reached the ground ,
however , before the sheriff had pulled the
bell cord , but without waiting for tho
train to stop he also leaped from the
train , and after a chase of about 200
yards succeeded in halting Fait at the
point of his pistol. Neither of the meu
was injured in jumping from the train.
IMPORTANT WHEAT RULING.
Frosted Grain from Canada Must
Pay Regular Tariff.
St. Paul : A case of importance to
farmers of western wheaJgrowing states
was decided when United States Die rict
Judge Loehron handed down an order
reversing the decision of the board of
appraisers at Minneapolis and declaring
that frosted wheat imported from Can
ada must pay rhe regular tariff rate of
LT > cents per bushel. It had been claim
ed by the importers that frosted wheat
was good neither for milling nor for
seed , and therefore it should be rated as
"unclassified" and made subject to a
ad valorem duty of 10 per cent.
Train Leaves the Track.
Little Falls. N. Y. : The westbound
Southwestern limited on the New York
Central , leaving New York at 1 p. m. ,
jumped the track at St. .lolmsville at ( J
o'clock Wednesday night. The train
was running at a hi h rate of speed ,
when every car loft the track , running
some distance. No one was seriously in
jured.
Aimc.d at Standard Oil.
Topeka. Kan. : The senate Wednesday
passed a bill to pmhihit discrimination of
freight rates between different sections ,
coii'.auiiiitScs. etc. , and providing penal
ties therefor. The bill was designed to
strike at the Standard Oil Company and
to protect oil producers and consumers ,
but it is far reaching and affects all in
dustries.
German Strike
Essen : A convention of strikers of the
entire Rhenish Westpiialian coal region
adopted a resolution Thursday to return
tovork. .
Rank Hlovrn and Kobbi'd.
Lebanon. Ore. : The Bank of Lebanon
was blown open and relieved of almost
$8. < KIO in coin and currency. One hun
dred bales of cascara bark from a nearby
warehouse were used to deaden the
s-mnd of the explosion.
St. IJOUIM M-rchant KmN Life.
St. Louis : .James N. Richardson , aged
r > ( ) years , president of the McLean Drug
Company , committed suicide at his home
Wednesday by shooting. Financial dilli-
culties was the reason assigned for tho
need.
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Some Papers Would Fail If Bill In
troduced in Nebraska Legislature
Should Pass It AVoiild Prevent
Kcprinting of News for 4S Hours
A bill to prevent the theft of the
news was introduced in the lower house
of the legislature at Lincoln Saturday
by Representative Fitfe. of Donsrlas
County. It is designed to irivc the pub
lisher of a daily newspaper property in
the news printed in his columns. It pro
vides that an injunction may be issued
to restrain the use of any such matter
by another paper within forty-eight
hours of the original publication.
The text of the bill is as follows :
"Any person or corporation who by
labor or expense shall acquire , irather or
compile for publication in this state any
information concerning recent events
commonly known as news for the benefit
of his or its subscribers or patrons shall
have the right of property in the infor
mation or news so acquired , which shall
not be lost or affected by the publication
thereof.
"It shall be unlawful for any person
or corporation to appropriate the prop
erty in such news or information so ac
quired or to use the same for ropublica-
tion without the consent of the owner ,
and for any such unlawful appropriation
or use of such property the owner .shall
be entitled to recover damages in any
action at law in the same way and to
the same extent as for the appropriation
of other property. Such owner .shall al
so be entitled to upon application to any
judge in the district of such publication
or application to equitable relief by writ
of injunction restraining such appropria
tion or use for republicution within forty-
eight hours , except with the pin-mission
of the owner of such property , and on
complaint of the owner of such property ,
and on complaint for violation of such
writ of injunction it shall be sullicient
to show republication within the time
prohibited and to allege failure to secure
permission for such republication. "
The bill will be read a second time
and referred to a committee. It is said
to have the support of leading publish
ers of the state.
DEADWOOD TRAIN DITCHED.
All the Cars Leave the Rails , but
No One is Seriously Hurt.
A wreck on tile 'Chicago and North
western Railroad Wednesday morning
of the Deadwood passenger train , caused
by spreading rails , resulted in all the
cars being thrown from the track , the
baggage and express cars being laid on
their sides : the smoker and cliair car
tipped about half way over. One end
of the sleeper went down an embankment
and Superintendent F. A. Harmon's car
was off the tracks. The Hot Springs-
train came down and took the passengers j [
north , while the wreckers had to work
In a blinding storm to clear the track. !
No one was hurt except Expressman i
Dick Jones , who was somewhat bruised.I I
The wreck was within the yard limits. !
being about two miles west of ( '
Epidemic of Diphtheria. |
An epidemic of diphtheria is prevalent j
in the Union Creek valley , six miles east I
of Madison , in Stanton County. A little !
girl of J. II. Crites died Tuesday and
was buried in Stanton. Another girl is
down with the disease and is in a critiI I
cal condition. Also an older daughter
and her child are afflicted with it , all in
the same house. The house is small and
the family are in poor circumstances. The I
neighbors have been administering aid. \
School in the district has been closed. j
Kan OH" a Turntable.
While engine No. 80 was being turned
on the turning table in the Chicago. St.
Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha yards at
Oakland , it somehow started and ran
off the turning table when only half way
round and went down tho embankment
some twelve feet or fifteen feel , and tho
company has had to send to St. James.
Minn. , for a wrecker to tret it back on
the track.
Bound Over to Grand Jury.
William Dalbow waived examination
when arraigned before Judge Archer at
Plattsmouth on the charge of horse steal
ing and was bound over to the district i
court , his bond being surrender- !
ed , he was taken back to jail !
having driven away from tho street in !
Greenwood upon New Year's evo a horse
and buggy belonging to S. W. Connally.
Double IVeddinjj.
A double wedding took place at the
home of Ludwig Kipper , seven miles
southwest of Dakota City. in which
Misses Iluttie and Fannie Kipper were
the brides and Garret Mason and Giles
Plooy were grooms. The ceremonies ,
were performed by Rev. S. M. Lcuhcr. \
j
Found Dfad in Jiod. j
Mrs. JeanneltcBenson , one of < > : na-j
ha's pioneer business women.i ifound j
dead in bed Thursday at her home. She j
had been sick several days with grip , but j
had not called a physician and her death
was entirely unlookcd for. ;
Farm House Uurnccl. I
The Bennett Criswisser farm home , oc-j
cttpied by his son , Charles , mid family , j
southwest of Plattsmouth. was consumed j
by fire Thursday night.The loss is esti- j
mated at $2,51)0 ) : only partially covered
with insurance. j
Nebraska Rnlk Sales Hill. j
With but one dissciiiimr-voto. the sen- '
ato committee at Lincoln recommended ,
the bulk sales law for passage. The 1
measure provides for five days' notice to '
the county clerk before a retailer may i
dispose of his stuck. I
Smallpox at lieatrice.
Several cases of smallpox havedevel
oped in Beatrice the last few days and
the authorities arc wondering when they j
are going to succeed in stamping our the ;
disease. One or two cases of pneu
'
monia are reported.
Residence Burned.
At Nebraska City Sunday night lire
destroyed the home of William , Hoskins ,
corner Fourteenth Street and Twelfth
Avenue. The tlames were not discov
ered until the interior of the house was
all ablaze and nothing was saved.1 ' i <
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BLIZZAKD IN NEBRASKA.
Wind Blowing Galt ; ! U1(1 the 'VI' ' "
ctiry Falling-
V. . ' -
Specials to Omaha newspapers
tho weather I : : -
nesday and reports to
reau Vrom northwest Nebraska tcii ol
tho worst blizzard of tho year , wait ; . ! -
.said to be moving southwest. r ron
! Chadron it is stated that a gale prevails.
accompanied by an intense snow storn.
I Norfolk also reports a storm. I'rmii
I Long Pine it is stated that an intense
! blizzard is raying , with tho mercury fall-
i ing. Already a foot of snow covers ilio
*
j greater part of Nebraska , and it is pn b-
able that a bad blizzard > n the ranges
I at this time will result in erreat snu'oring
and loss of cattle and sheep.
Advices from Hastings and Aurora say
tho worst blizzard of the winter is rar- i
j ing at those places. Heavy snow is fji- ! !
i ing. the wind is high and the tompora-
i ture falling. The storm is moving c.- -l-
1 waul.
'RESIDENTS ' GET PREFERENCE
j Homesteaders in North I'latte Uis-
trict Will Have Fir.-t Chant : * ' .
! A letter just received at the I'nitrl
j States laud ollico at North Platte from
' the commissioner of the general land
j otlice at Washington. D. ( ' . . and ap-
j proved by Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock , declares that all homestead
ers in the tract to be thrown open on
j Feb. 14 who owned and occupied the
, land as homesteads on and prior to April
2S. ] 1)1)4. ) shall have a preferential right
to take contiguous land to their home
stead entries for thirty days after Fob.
14. 1JU. ) ) . This decision protects former
homesteaders from losing the land ad
joining their old homesteads , and fir-.i'-v
they are given tins preferential riirht.
NEBRASKA HORSEMEN.
Meeting at Norfolk to Arrange a
Trotting Circuit.
Noil hern Nebraska horsemen met in
Norfolk Wednesday for the purpose of
organizing a trotting circuit which will
so arrange the dates of the coming coun
ty fairs next fall that there will bo no
chance of conflict in tho various dates.
Tho towns represented at the meeting
were Nolijrh. Creighton. Albion. Stanton.
Ilattlo Clock and Madison.
Tho horsemen state that with a circuit
bettor and faster events can be sched-
\ uled than with the independent date * . ,
j The county fairs in Antelope. Kno.v.
I Stanton. Madison. Ifo'one and Wayne
j Counties next season are to be. the man-
j agers declare , tho best ever held ia tlia.
section.
AGAIN BEHIND THE BARS.
Ilernard IMcGreevcy lie-Arrested in
O'Neill.
After enjoying his freedom one week ,
Bernaid McGroovy. defaulting president
of the lOIkhorn Valley Bank , is behind
prison bars at O'Neill. He was rear-
rested Monday afternoon upon two com
plaints sworn out against him. charged
with having received deposits as an of
ficer of the bank when he knew the same
to be insolvent. The complaintva
sworn to by Marirarot Bussey. whoal-
leges he received $ . " > 0 from her March 2 < ) .
1904. The other is sworn to by J. A.
Coppertiiwaito. who alleged he received '
$ < ; 12.2.'S from him on Nov. 15 , ton day.t t
before the bank closed. |
MoGrcevy will probably bo arraigned
upon the counts this week.
FILINGS UNDER KINKAID ACT
Cver Nineteen Thousand Acre *
Taken at Sidney.
The land which AV.-IS withdrawn midor
tho Kinkaid act on account of its sup
posed irrigable nature last June and
since found 10 be otherwise , was opened
Monday for entry. Nineteen thousand
two hundred acres were filed upon Mon
day at the government land ollico at
Sidney , and more would have been taken !
but on account of the heavy snows the
people could not come in to file.
This act entitles the settler to f 4lJ
acres of land. The land comprises rax
ing and farm lands and there are stil/
over 4UO.OIHJ acres to be taken.
Stock Losses Small.
An Alliance special says : For the first
time in more than a week the thermom
eter Tuesday registered a good margin
on the bt st side of zero. This closes the
longest spell of continued bitter weather
that has been experienced here in seven
teen years. Theie is no great amount of' '
stock suffering reported. This is account- !
ed for by ihe better shed protection that
exists throughout the stock country. The
prospects Tuesday night were that , the
cold snap is at an end. and that better
weather wili prevail.
Xot the Final Testament.
The Nebraska supreme court Thursday
reversed the lower court and remanded
for a new trial the Miles will contest. .
involviiu : property valut-d at $ ] , : " ) IJO,000. j
By the will of Stephen B. Miles , a . j
wealthy pioneer , the bulk of his property
was left to his son Joseph. Another son I
contested on the ground that the will pro- '
bated \ \ as not the final testament of his .
father. The supreme court sustains thiv I .
contention. I
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Sudden
Mrs. Jo eph GatKineypr. wife of
of the best known tanners of Bancroft
Township , s : \ - ; a West point special ,
died vciy suddenly on Saturday night at
th" family homo. The deceased appear
ed to l.o in her usual health up to and
after rime , when
supper without : t mo
ment's warning slic fell down and ex
pired.
Trsinp-Jed on by Horse.
While working in his barn Scott Ituli-
inson. tlso well known Papillion horse
man. wa.quite severely injured. Slip-
pin ; ; down , h" fell under the feet of one
of his horses and was badly kicked and
trampled upon. He will recover.
\Vardi-n Heemor Keappointed.
Gov. Mickey has r < appointed A. I ) .
Moi'inoranlen of the penitentiary. The
commission dates from Feb. . ' { .
Allowed Corn Thief Field.
Sin-riff Smiley wont to McCook Satur
day aird bioiiu'lit back tho man Sariront.
who is alleged to liav > stolen 100 bush
els of corn from a farmer near Utica
recently. Ho was employed by the farm
er to haul the corn to Seward. and after
disposim ; of it he pocketed the monev
, md absconded.
Farm House. Destroyed by Fire.
The house of Theodore Schmidt , who
lives five miles west of Table Rock , look
lire and burned to the giound about 1
j'clocl ; p. in. Sunday. J S
1
The printed report of the Nebraska
tate commission to the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition , compiled by tho M-ere-
tary , H. G. Shcdd. has been issued from
the press , making a volume o" 110 n.'j.es
in paper cover. Some interesting infor
mation not heretofore made public , how
ever , is contained in the financial rx-
hibit , wliich shows that the commis- :
" ' " " ' " ' "
had at its disposal the sum of
of whicii only § . ' { .1.000 came as thesi
appropriation , and of this $15,190.'U
turned back into the state treasury. The
outside income came cliielly froM tht
railroads , two of whom gave .s ( > ,000
apiece and a. tliird $7,000 , the restbeing
donated by three creamery companies ,
or received from tho sale of exhibits and
installation. Tho most expensive item
among the disbursements is that of $ S-
814.93 for the agricultural moving pic
tures , which cost $703.01. The .Nebras
ka pavilion in the agricultural building
cost $0,0-19.80. The members of the
commission drew all told $801.0. . forho- _
tel and traveling expenses and $ 25.55
went for "entertainment. "
! f " ?
While the special joint committeeciit
to the Kansas penitentiary to report on
the state binder twine plant , favors and
Avill recommend the establishment oC
such a plant at the Nebraska peniten
tiary , already a movement has been
launched to block such an enterprise.
Warden Beemer himself is opposed to
the establishment of the plant. The bill
introduced in the house providing for
such a plan proposes to appropriate $10-
000 to establish and $45,000 to operate
the plant. The warden seems to think
there Ls not the necessary ground space
at the penitentiary and has other ob
jections. It is said such a plant would
receive a three-mile runway. But op
posed to Warden Beemer is the groat
number of farmers of Nebraska and their
representatives in the legislature.
* * *
The first of a series of races of the wo
men's state roller skating championship
was skated Friday nrght at the Lincoln
auditorium between Mrs. Roberti ( * -
cadden , of Omaha , and Miss Dora Heil-
inaii , of Lincoln. The racewas for a
mile , but Miss Heilman had lapped bee
adversary before the distance Avas half
negotiated. Mrs. Cuscadden and Miss
Heilman Avill skate a second race at the
OmaJm auditorium on Friday night. Feb.
vl7. In case the second race is won by
Mrs. Cuscaddeu the phce ; for the. third
and deciding contest Avill be decided by.
lot. A great crowd saw the race Friday
night and a large delegation of Lincoln
.roller skating enthusiasts Avill accoin.
'puny Miss Heilman to Oinulm for the
race on Feb. 17.
* * *
, An agreement has been reached be
tween the states of Missouri and Nebras- ?
ka in regard to tthe boundary line be-
'tAveen AtcuLson County , Mo. , and Ne-
'maha ' County , Neb. Herbert S. Hartley
attorney general of Missouri , appeared
in the United States supreme court and
asked that a decree be entered confirming
the agreement. He also asked that
committee of tAVO be appointed to run t
boundary line as agreed upon and set
monuments. In view of the participation
of Alfred Haslett , of Nebraska , and
John W. Halliburton , of Missouri , as ar
bitrators in running the boundary lino
between the tAvo states , he further asked
that these gentlemen be appointed to
conduct the survey and establish the mon
uments.
* * *
Casebeer's anti-cigarette bill passed tha
house Friday morning without a dis
senting vote. Seventy-two votes were
cast for it. This bill makes it a misde *
meauor to manufacture or sell cigarettes
or any material entering into their com
position. It is not a strange bill in Ne
braska legislatures. A similar bill was
up t\vo years ago , but did not get
through. The general impression is this
one AA'ill go through the senate Avith as
much facility as it did through the house
and become a law.
* * *
Capt. .T. Pershing and his bride. AVIO
arrived in Lincoln Saturday evening
from the cast to visit relatives , were
tendered an elaborate reception at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Whc-
don. Four hundred invitations were is
sued. Capt. and Mrs. Pershing left Surv-
day evening for Cheyrnne , the forme *
home of Mrs. Per.-hin ; . ' . Thence they
will go to San Francisco , sailing on the
14th for Tokio , Japan , where Capt. Per
shing is to be stationed as United States
military attache.
S : * *
Among the very first things which Sen-
itor-elect Burkett w'Jl take up after he
becomes a full fleJged senator Avill be the
division of Nebraska into tAvo federal
indicia ! districts. It is expected the
Platte RiA-er Avill be used as a dividing
ine betAveen the two districts. While
ic anticipates opposition to the i.tas-
jre , Mr. Burkett stated Friday the dni-
; iou was absolutely necessary.
* * *
L. J. Dunn , of Lincoln , has been r.p-
lointcd receiver for the Lincoln Trac-
ion Company by the district court there ,
fhe receivership grows out of long stand-
ng tax cases against the company. The
company OAVIIS all the street car lines in
Lincoln.
* *
MeadoAv Grove is to have a new bank
uiOAvn as the MeadoAv Grove Farmer
md Merchants bank. Avith a capital of
510,000. The incorporators are W. H.
stocker , J. II. Saxton , A. J. Dunh-AV
md J. W. Warrick.
* *
The Tarnov State Bank of Tarnov ! . : .s
iled its articles of incorporation iM-
he banking board. The capital sto. ' „ t i
his proposed bank is $10.000 , and 'In
ncorporators are D. L. Gallagher ai.d
J. Little.
* * *
The statement of State Treasurer Mor-
enseu , filed with the auditor Feb. 1. of
he condition of the treasury for tho
nonth of January shows he has in * asu
n hand $4,355.70 and on deposit S21-
75,82. In the permanent school l md
here is $19,120.95 and in the temporary
chool fund there is $117,134.20. .Mr.
lortenseu has his eye on a $13,000 iu-
estment for the permanent school fund
nd this investment will be made short-
? . There was received in all funds dur-
ag the mouth $395,521.50 ; expended ,
410,352.81 ; balance on hand , $219- -
35.28.