The Valentine Bemotasrt
VALENTINE , NEB.
L M. RICE , BabMxker
FIBEIN INDIANAPOLIS
MOST SPECTACULAR BLAZE IN
CITY'S HISTORY
Estimated at Over One Mill-
, ion Dollars , with the Usual Pro-
1 portion ol' insurance General
News ol' Interest.
, For four hours Sunday night the whole
sale district , bounded by Georgia and
Meridian Streets , Jackson place and the
union depot sheds at Indianapolis , Ind. ,
was menaced by a fire which started in
the wholesale warcrooms of the Fahnley
& McCrea Millinery Company. At O.vJO
o'clock three general alarms brought into
.action every department in the city and
.suburbs. When the fire was brought
under control eight buildings , among
-which were three , hotels , had been com
pletely destroyed , causing n loss estimat
ed at nearly $1.500.000. One of the fire
men was hurt by falling walls.
Fire brands fell in a perfect storm
over the business portion of the city , and
on every building were stationed compa
nies of men equipped with fire apparatus ,
and their united efforts succeeded in pre
venting a general conflagration. In the
A. Kiefer '
Drug Company's warerooms ,
fcwherc many barrels of oils and explo
sives wen ; stored , and in the Delmet.sch
Company's wholesale house , where a sea-
'son's stock of fireworks was located , sev-
eral serious explosions occurred. The.
west wall of the Fahnley & McCrea mil
linery house , which faces on Jackson
place , across from the union station , fell
-within thirty minutes after the lira
.started.
1 One fireman sustained a broken leg.
and in the rush to escape from their peril
ous position near the falling walls hun
dreds of spectators who thronged tho
space in front of the union station nar
rowly escaped death or serious injury.
Within a few minutes the east wal
i fell across Meridian Street , completely
blocking the street , but no one was in
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jured.
The flames , which spread across Lou
isiana Street , were communicated to the
roof of the union station train sheds ,
and for several minutes the efforts of
the firemen were centered in that direc
tion.
tion.The
The fire , which was one of the most
spectacular in the history of the city ,
was under full headway before an alarm
was sounded.
A spark from the fire in the wholesale
district several blocks away set fire to
the roof of the Grand Hotel. An alarm
again summoned all available depart
ments. All of the guests were aroused ,
am ) on account of the damage by water
were compelled to seek other lodgings.
The total loss is estimated at $1.100-
000.
STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED.
Trouble or ; Xe\v Haven and Hart
ford Road May Be Settled.
A New Haven. Conn. , dispatch says
that no strike of the firemen on the New
JIaveu and Hartford Railroad will be
declared except as the weapon of last
resort. This in effect was the statement
made by Second Vice Grand Master
Timothy Shea Sunday night at the close
of what was practically an all day ses
sion of the adjustment committee of the
Brotherhood. The committee was called
to discuss the situation and count the
ballots recently cast on the question of
giving the committee full power to act.
1 _ According to Mr. Shea the ballot was
the larft'esL over east ofi any question ny
the Brotherhood of this system , and it
is overwhelmingly in favor of giving the
'committee full authority to act as it sees
ifJt. The figures are not given out.
' Mr. Shea in an interview snid it was
a determined fact that there would be no
strike this week.
CHICAGO BUILDING FALLS.
One Person Killed and Two Others
Injured.
At Chicago one person was killed , two
others were injured and several narrow
ly escaped as Ihe result of the collapse
of a ruined building at . " ! ' . ) West Four
teenth Street Sunday afternoon. The
structure , which was wrecked by fire two
years ago. fell while some boys were
searching in it for wood for fuel. One
of the youngsters had chopped through
one of the main supports when the wall
suddenly collapsed.
Harry Goldberg , a zed 17. was caught
l > y a falling timber and probably instant
ly killed. Ilis body was pulled out by
firemen.
Poison Story False.
The story in circulation to the effect
that an attempt was recently made to
( poison Mrs. Jane Stanford in San Fran
cisco is characterized by .Mrs. Stanford's
'friends as sensational and without foun
dation.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
iCif.v slock market follows : Butcher
steers. $ : j.2r.ff4.00. Top hogs , ? -l.7.'i.
Bishop 31tjireii J > cud.
The III. Rev. William E. McLaren ,
JVoteslant Episcopal bishop of Chicago ,
died at New York Sunday night. Death
was due to heart failure. The bishop
had been ill for something more than a
month.
British Steamer Captured.
, The navy department at Tokio an
nounces the seizure of the British steam
er Silviana. bound for Vladivostok with
Cardiff coal. The place where the seiz
ure was made is not stated.
GRAND DUKE SERGIUS KILLED
The "Evil Genius" of Russia Slain
by n Ilomh in Moscow.
Moscow advices state that the Grand
Duke Sergius , uncle and brother-in-law of
the czar , was assassinated Friday.
While the duke was driving from the
Nicholas palace through the senate quar
ter his carriage was followed by two
cabs. At the law courts a sleigh in
which were two men , one dressed as a
workman , went quickly ahead of the
duke's carriage. The sleigh then slowed
up to allow the carriage to pass , and at
that moment a bomb was thrown be
neath the carriage.
The force of the explosion broke all
rhe windows of the law courts. The re
port was heard outside the city. The
carriage was blown to pieces. The
horses were not hurt.
The duke was instantly killed. His
head was blown off and actually separat
ed from his. body , which was frightfully
mangled.
The coachman ws also killed.
On arrest , of the murderers , neither
jf whom was known to the police , one
of them coolly said :
"I don't care. I have done my job. "
An immense crowd gathered at the spot
nid made a demonstration against a
number of students who commenced scat
tering revolutionary proclamations.
Within a few minutes after the explo
sion people might have been seen gather
ing up pieces of wood and clothing as
mementos of the tragedy.
Sergius was a brother-in-law as well as
311 uncle of the emperor and had exer
cised an immense influence at court. As
governor general of .Moscow he was in-
iensely unpopular.
POISON IN HER STOMACH.
Mrs. Marie Hoch V/as Killed AVith
Arsenic Murder Theory Kijjht.
Chicago physicians and chemists , who
nave been analyzing the stomach and liv
er of Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch. an al
leged victim of Johann Hoch. the accused
bigamist and murderer , declared definite
ly Friday that the woman's death was
due to arsenical poisoninir.
Dr. Lewke. coroner's physician , said :
' 'With the evidence of four analyses be
fore us there is no doubt left that Mrs.
Welcker died as the result of work
which would have done credit to a Bor
gia. ' '
CZAR TALKS PEACE.
Ending of the War is Considered
in St. J'etershur"- .
A St. Petersburg special says : The
Associated Press learns on unexception
able authority that the question of peace
was formally considered by the empe
ror and his ministers at a conference held
at Tsarskoe Seo ! Thursday.
No particulars are obtainable , as be
fore the discussion began the emperor
exacted from each one present a soloniu
promise not to divuUe the slightest hint
as to what transpired.
NEW VENEZUELAN CRISIS.
Asphalt How Reaches a Xery Criti
cal StJi ; e.
The state department at Washington ,
D. C. , Thursday received a cablegram
from Minister Bowen stating that the
Venezuelan supreme court had confirmed
its former decree sequestrating the prop
erty in Venezuela of the American As
phalt Company.
The action of the court brings the as
phalt dispute to a critical point , for it is
now incumbent upon the government at
Washington to make the next move.
To Operate on Dr. Harper.
Dr. William R. Harper , president of
the University of Chicago , will undergo
another operation within a week. Ilis
case has been studied by Drs. Senn. Se
van , .Koktoen and Le Count , and it has
been decided that it is necessary for Dr.
Harper to arrange his affairs with a
view to nu absence from his post for
some lime.
Cold in California.
Californiaus are complaining of cold
weather. For several days past the ther
mometer in San Francisco has fallen as
low as 42 degrees above zero early in the
morning and some frost has been seen.
There has been neither rain nor snow ,
and in the afternoon , witli the mercury
above 00. overcoats are unnecessary and
silk waists are worn hi the shopping dis
tricts.
Duchess in Great Peril.
At a fancy dress ball given in Dublin
by Lord Grenville thoNluehess of Marl-
borough narrowly ocaped a perilous ac
cident. A burning cigarette which had
been dropped upon the floor came in con
tact with the duchess' Huffy skirt and in
a moment her clothing was in flames.
Nan Patterson's Case.
District Attorney Jerome Friday sent
a notification to the counsel for Nan Pat
terson , accused of the murder of Hook-
maker Caesar Voting at New York , that
a new trial of her case would be begun
March 0.
Plague in Australia.
Mail advices have been received from
Australia by the steamer ? iloana of the
outbreak of bubonic plague in Sydney
and Graflon. In consequence a war on
rates is being waged in Australian cities.
Kqual SuflVaue 15ill Killed.
At Helena , Mont. , the woman suffrage
1)511 defeated i-i the house of
) , was - repre
sentatives YVcdiwlay . * ! 0 to . ' 58.
Nejfro SI > ot to Death.
At Smithville. Tex. , a negro charged
with criminally assaulting Mrs. Powell
Tiffany was captured late Thursday
night and shot to pieces by a mob. He
made a confes/ implicating three oth
ers.
All HopAbandoned. .
A Wallace. Idaho , dispatch says : All
fiope of finding Walter Salusberry , who
was lout in the Couer d'Alene Moun
tains , has been buried in snowdrifts on
the Idaho-Montana divide.
THE NATION'S DUTY.
President Roosevelt's Message on
the Dominican Situation.
President Roosevelt's message trans
mitting to the senate the new Dominican
protocol of an agreement providing for
the collection and disbursement by the
United States of the customs revenues of
San Domingo for the adjustment of all
the obligations of that government was
Thursday made public by order of the
senate in executive session.
The document includes the new agree
ment , as well as the original protocol and
j award of the commission of arbitration ,
for the settlement of the claims of the
San Domingo Improvement Company ,
under which agents of the United States
are already collecting the revenues at cer
tain of the ports of the Dominican gov
ernment.
Few documents that have come to the
senate in relation to many of the South
or Central American or West India re
publics have attracted so much attention.
Because of the controversy that has aris
en as to the right of the executive to en
ter into treaty arrangement with any for
eign government without advice and con
sent of the senate , extraordinary interest
has been aroused.
The message of the president out-iucd
the policy of the administration in rela-
tion to the Monroe doctrine , holding that
it demanded this government take charge
of the customs of American states whet
' it is manifest they are unable to maintain
their own integrity.
In addition to the president's discussion
of the Monroe dictrine in the case of
San Domingo the protocol itself makes
a specitic declaration of its application
and in that respect is unusual in treaty
making. The declaration occurs in the
second paragraph , which recites that
the government of the United States
views "any attempt on the part of gov
ernments outside of this hemisphere to
oppress the destiny of the Dominican re
public as a manifestation of the unfriend
ly disposition towards the United
States.
WAR OF MILLIONS.
Financial Giants Hngngcd in Great
The crucial point in a contest involving
the control of $400,000.000 will
soon be reached , as the direc
tors of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society met Thursday to consider the
question of changing the association
from a stock to a mutual company.
The tight in the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society , the greatest single financial
power in the United States , exceeds in
bitterness any struggle that has ever
developed among kings of finance in this
country. The demand made by James
W. Alexander , president of the society ,
that James II. Hyde , its vice president
and owner of a majority of the capital
stock , shall consent lo a change in tin-
voting plan by which the 500.000 policy-
holders of the company shall have a
voico in the election of its directors is
only a small part of the real struggle.
The company has assets of $418.000,000
and outstanding policies for . ? 1.00,000-
000. !
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
A Minneapolis Physician is Held Up ,
and His Coachman Shot.
A Minneapolis special says : Three
masked highwaymen lying in wait upon
the front veranda of the residence of Dr.
Philip Mueller leveled revolvers at the
returning physician and his coachman ,
Emil Roggatz , fatally shot the latter
through the abdomen , robbed the doctor
and coachman of $50.
The robbers then ransacked the house ,
and after securing booty jumped into the
doctor's cutter and drove away.
Death on Iron Spike. i
At Duluth , Minn. . Claude S. Snively ,
young attorney , aged 21 years , eyiploj'-
ed in the office \Vashburn , Bailey &
Mitchell , fell from the fifth story ot
the Lansdale building in the main busi
ness district of Duluth Thursday and
was instantly killed.Ilis head struck a
iron railing covered with spikes.
Train is Stalled.
Passengers on a westbound Illinois
Central train were compelled to walk
nearly two miles into Farmington , 111. ,
Wednesday evening to escape spending
the night in a cold passenger coach at
tached to a "dead" train. Owing to the
excessive cold the engine refused tt
steam.
A Royal Betrothal.
The betrothal is announced at Colnirg
of the duke of Saxe-CoJnirg and Gotha
to Princess Victoria , driest daughter of
Duke Frederick of Schlcswig-ILolstein-
Samlerhurg-Glucksburg. The princess is
a niece of the German empress , and the
bridegroom-fleet is a nephew of the king
of England.
Osteopaths Liable.
The Missouri supreme court at Jeffer
son City lia.s rendered an opinion in
which it holds that while osteopaths are
not phyiscians and surgeons under the
laws of the state , they are liable for
damages resulting from injuries .sustain
ed by persons whom they treat.
One Woman Perishes in Fire.
One woman was burned to death and
fifteen men and women narrowly escaped
in a lire which damaged the Hotel Win-
ton , corner of One Hundredth and Tenth
Street and Park Avenue , New York. Fri
day.
Drunken Indian Kills Four.
A drunken Indian Thursday went on
the warpath thirty miles south of Tono-
pah. Nev. He killed three squaws and
a fellow Indian anfl then fled to the '
mountains. He is still at large , though !
(
a posse of Indians is now chasing him. ' ;
Reduction on Grain.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road has announced a reduction on grain
from Iowa points to Chicago. The former
rates ran between 10 and T2 cents and
the new rate is 0 cents. ' 1
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM.
State Suffers from the Most Severe
Storm in Yenrs Stiff Winds Drift
the Snow Live Stock Suffers and
Railroad TralHc Demoralized.
No storm in twenty-five years has re-
Mil ted more disastrously to railroad traf
fic and business in general than that
which raged over Nebraska , eastern Wy
oming , western Iowa. South Dakota and
up the Missouri valley. With nearly two
feet of snow covering this entire terri
tory an additional four to six inches fell
Saturday , and was accompanied in yiany
instances by a high wind which caused
much drifting. Sunday night the ther
mometer registered from 10 to 20 de
grees below zero over the foregoing men
tioned territory.
Railroads have suffered severely.
Freight traflic was nearly at a standstill
and passenger trains moved with the
I greatest dilliculty , and many were en
i tirely abandoned.
j In Omaha the streets were well nigh j
impassable , except in the down town dis
trict , where a large force is employed re
moving the drifts. Street sweepers were
kept busy almost night and day clear
ing street car tracks.
At Lincoln , zero temperature and a
heavy fall of snow formed a weather
combination Saturday night in southeast I
Nebraska , probably the worst experi
enced this winter. At no time was the j
temperature above zero. and.at . times the
storm had the proportions of a blizzard.
Street car schedules were abandoned and
cars run with difficulty.
WIFE PASSES AS BROTHER.
H'oman Assists Husband in Driving
AVn * oii and Shoveling Coal.
The case of a young woman masquer
ading as a young man and assisting her
husband in shoveling coal and doing a
teamster's work has been unearthed by
the police at Grand Island. The hus
band. .Jacob Hansen. frankly admitted
that his wife had disguised herself in the
manner rumored , lie showed his mar
riage certificate and said that when he
was compelled to leave Iowa to come to
Nebraska for his health lie desired to
leave his wife in that state. She re
fused and preferred to accompany him
dressed as a man. Together they came
to Nebraska and worked several months
among the beet fields at Ames without
being discovered.
Mr. Hansen convinced the police that
there were no seriously wrong motives in
his wife's action. No action will be
brought against the couple.
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FATAL RAILROAD WRECK.
Missouri Pacific Fireman Caught
Under Engine as It Turns Over.
A wreck on the Missouri Pacific Rail
road Thursday morning resulted in the
instantaneous death of Fireman Rowe
and slight injury to Engineer "Daisy"
Dean and Brakeman Charles Campbell.
The only passenger seriously injured was ,
Miss Nellie Johnson , of Syracuse , but j
others were seriously shaken. The in- ;
j tired trainmen all live at Auburn. ;
The train was the regular passenger j
from Auburn to Omaha. It struck a |
broken rail and left the track one and one-
half miles south of Avoca. The engine
turned over twice and three cars fell
on their sides. The fireman was caught
under the engine. It was his first trip
over the road , he taking the place of
the regular fireman , who was ill.
Mrs. Mary Warner Hurt.
Mrs. Mary Warner , who for a number
of years resided in Dakota City at the
home of her son-in-law , John Robertson , ,
and who was known by all as "Grandma I
Jay , " but who lately has resided at Lin
coln with her son. Will S. Jay , recently
met with an accident on her S7th birth
day which will likely result in her
death. She had arose in the night for
some purpose and accidentally fell , break
ing her hij ) bone. She has been confined
to her bed since , with but little hopes of
her recovery.
Find Valuable 31inerals.
Great excitement prevails around
Ainsworth , it having been reported that
Lee Johnson , residing on the river , eigh
teen miles north of that town , has struck j
valuable minerals at considerable depth. t
Mr. Johnson had been of the belief for
some time that mineral deposits existed
in his vicinity , but before going to the
expense of prospecting engaged Mr. 1
Howard , of Omaha , a geologist , to come j 1
and inspect the land , who reported favori { i
ably , with results as stated. I t
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Cruel Father Hound Over. |
In the case of the state of Nebraska ! 1
against Joseph Michal. tried at Table { (
Rock Thursday before Justice M. II i (
Marble , the prisoner was linedS0 and j
costs of $ . ' ! S.7. ) . making a total of $5S.7. , j
which he paid. Peace proceedings were {
also had against him and he was held to
the district court under bond of $100.
This is the Bohemian who drove his fam
ily out in the cold Saturday night.
"Com Special" Train. 1
A "corn special" train will be in Da-j
kota City on the morning of the U5rh j
inst. , at which time a free lecture on j
pure seed corn will be given by members j
of the state university. Free transpor-j
tation will be furnished farmers from
Vista Jackson and Cobtirn Junction.
liVmiinn Identifies Picture. j ,
Mrs. Day , the proprietor of the North j (
Mend Hotel. Wednesday positively iden- j
I i tied the picture of the man found dead j
near the Ames depot last month as the j
man who left two grips at her hotel two j j.
days before the body was found and who ) I
irave his name as J. E. Albee. i i
Child Drinks Acid. j
At Grand Island , theyearold son oft
W. S. Everhardt in some manner came j a
in possession of a bottle of carbolic acid ' t
and drank therefrom. Theccident at , : i
once came to the attention of the moth- < ]
er and physicians were promptly on i
hand. It is hoped that the little life can
be saved , but the child is in a very se
rious condition.
Much Sickness at Beatrice.
Probably no less than 100 residents of
Beatrice are confined to their homes by
the prevailing disease , the grippe.
THE BOESE TRIAL ,
Father on Trial at Nebraska City
tor Killing His Son.
John B. Boese was put on trial in the
district court at Nebraska City Wednes
day morning for the murder of. his son ,
John P. . Boese. Jr. . in that city last fall.
Boese and his son had a quarrel at their
home , which ended in the shooting of
the son by his father. The defense will
try to prove that 'the father shot in self-
defense.
The case of the state against Stein-
kuhler was commenced in court Tuesday ,
but after securing a jury aiid hearing
part of the evidence the jury was dis
missed without prejudice to the filing of
another information against the defend-
ant. The information under which the
defendant was being tried , charging him
with the illegal sale of intoxicating ii-
quors. was defective and he was bound
over to appear at the next term of court.
John D. Boese , on trial at Nebraska
City for the killing of his son. was ac
quitted Thursday by the jury. The kill
ing was the culmination of a family
quarrel and the father pleaded self-de
fense.
CULVER REAPPOINTED.
Names of Other Members of Gov
ernor's Stair Given Out.
Gov. Mickey has rcappointcd J. II.
Culver adjutant general and to the per
sons directly interested he has announced
the names of the members of Iiis official
stalV. The order issued by him as com
mander in chief of the National Guard
naming his staff is dated Jan. < > . but was ?
not given out til ! Thursday. It follows :
Having been re-elected and inaugurat
ed as governor , I resume command of the
militia of the state as commander in
chief and announce the following staff
appointments :
P.riir. ( Jen. J. II. Culver , adjutant gen
eral : Col. George E. Jenkins , quarter
master and commissary general : Col.
Charles J. Bills , inspector general : Col.
Carroll D. Evans , surgeon general : Col.
J. A. E.irhaidt , judne advocate general.
Aides-de-camp : Col. Clarendon E. Ad
ams. Col : Clarence J. Miles. Col. Jacob
S. Dew.Col. . . Samuel M. Melick.Col , Jo
seph W . Thomas. Col. Herbert i' . Slmin.
way. Col. Charles W. Kaley , Col. T. W
McCnllougi. :
SERVED HIS TIME.
Frank 3J. Dorsey , Former Pouca
Han leer. Released I'rnm Prison.
Frank M. Dorsey. former president of
the First National flank of Ponca. Neb. ,
has just linislied his six years' term in
the federal penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
S. I ) . , for improper conduct of the Ponca
bank , resulting in its failure , and was
released.
There was much effort at the peniten
tiary to prevent publicity of the fact that
Dorsey had been released , and for a time
it was denied. Later it was learned ,
however , that he had been released , and
had left town by the Milwaukee trail/
for the south.
FIRE AT PAWNEE CITY.
Firemen Fiirht a Ijosinj ; linttle in
Coldest Weather of the Year.
Hindered by the biting cold the fire
company at Pawnee City Monday was
defeated by a raging fire in the Bugle
block , and the loss is estimated at.7. . -
000.
000.The
The fire seemed to have started in flic-
basement of the P.ugle building , owned
by Masonic lodire. The'property of tlie j
order was a total loss , valued at $15.000. !
Bugle Bros. " loss is a stock of goods
valued at 'Jl.'i.OOO.
Jas. Laughton lost 7.000 in property
in the store rooms , with no insurance.
Stabbinif Affray at Hartin-jton.
At Hartinirton. Howard Osborne , fa
miliarly known as "Toots" Osborne , in
a rage stabbed Jim Stanton in the upper
back part of the leg near the hip joint
with a jack-knife , inflicting an ugly
wound. The stabbing occurred in the
bowling alley chop house , where Osborne
was cook , and was the result of a quari
rel between the boys over the pay men/
for Stanton's supper.
May Be Case or Bunco.
About thirty Fremont business men
are wondering whether they have been
buncoed or not by a couple of young !
men who were there last week. They .
had literature from the P.ooklovers'and
Tabard Inn libraries , but solicited sub
scribers at $1.5U each. Later they went
around and collected from a part of these !
and left town without having completed '
their arrangements.
Grip at West Point. I
A large number of cases of grip , or f
Russian influenza. are reported in West ' l
Point and surrounding districts , in some !
instances whole families being down at j '
the same time. Physicians ascribe the
cause to the present severe weather.
La rire numbers of children are affected.
but up to this time no fatalities have
occurred. The disease has become almost I
epidemic. t
Fire is Stubborn. r
At Pawnee City lire is still smoulder (
ing in tlie ruins of the O'Laughlin build- t
in ir. whicli was destroyed Monday morn (
ing. Wi'dnc.-day afternoon it was again
necessary to get the hose out and USD
considerable water to keep the fiame.-
from bectimim : too high. Several of the
insurance companies have already ad
justed the claims for loss.
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Corn Slid lor Victim. f
Another M-rious corn shcllcr accident iiti
is reported from We.-t Point. A 20- tir
year-old son of August Gardels. a prom r
inent farmer , had his hand badly mutilat 5
ed by being drawn into a machine. Tin.- . .
ntire hand will have to be amputated.
Fatal Shooting at Whitman. j
As the result of a quarrel-over a card
game ( I. P. . Phillips shot and instantly
killed J. Roehiiie in the depot at Whit
man.
Smallpox at Beatrice.
Several cases of smallpox have devel
oped in Beatrice the last few days and t ;
the authorities are wondering when they ' D
are going to succeed in stamping out the [
disease. One or two cases of piieuu
monia are reported.
Hen Fruit is fiiirh.
Eggs are selling for H5 and . ' * ( cents
per dozen at Beatrice and butter is scarce i.
nt any price. On account of the severe
t (
storm , which has blockaded the wagon '
roads , farmers find it 'impossible to come
to town witli their irv.Ii.c.
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Attorney General Brown and his dep
uty , AV. T. Thompson , demand that tho
sentence of hanging imposed on Frank
Barber , the Red Cloud murderer , be car
j ried out. The answering brief of the
state in the appeal of the man from tho
judgment of the Webster County district
court was filed in the supreme court Sat
| urday. Barker , who had been sentenced
to hang in September , was granted a
stay by the supreme court until a final
decision can be rendered in the case. Au
argument in the effort to save the lifo
of Barker was that the evidence did not
warrant a verdict of murder in the first
degree , taking the view that there i
nothing in the evidence to shovy malice ,
lint only a purpose to kill , which it id
claimed would warrant a verdict of mur
der in the second degree. Inference i *
made to the section of tho code which
provides that the court shall render such
judgment in the case as the evidence
warrants.
# * *
The house finance ways and means
committee has completed the salaries ap
propriation bill , which carries a total of
$ l,0)5.nO. ! ) ) as compared with $ iK : ; .54 < >
of SlOli.r.-lO
two years ago. The incivvsc
is accounted for by Chairman Wilson , of
Pawnee , in this way : Tin. university
gets nn increase of $50.000 ; the Peru nor
mal about $10.000. and the first appro
priation is made for the new normal at
Kearney. This is approximately $ o8.000.
This school at Kearney is not yet com
pleted but will be very soon. The com
mittee finds a greater increase in at
tendance at the Peru normal than ever
before and feels that in view of thisjind
the entirely new appropriation for Kear
ney the total is as low as could consist
ent Iv be made.
* * *
Notwithstanding Gov. Mickey has re-
appointed R. E. Stewart superintendent
of the institution for the deaf and dumb
at Omaha , after the board of trustees
had exonerated Stewart from the charges
made by J. W. Robinson , a former eni-
nloye of the institution. Mr. Robinson .
does not want the matter dropped. In
stead Mr. Robinson is clamoring for a
legislative ? investigation and has so in
formed Gov. Mickey. Mr. Robinson was
formerly bookkeeper and clerk at the in
stitution. and according to the report of
the trustees. John W. Steinhart and
Charles Nownes. the charges were filed
in an effort on the part of Robinson to
get even for imagined grievances.
s * *
The visit insr committee of the State
Prison Association met at Lincoln Sat
urday and discussed work for the ensu
ing year. Eleven cases of prisoners dis
charged from the penitentiary who are-
now in destitute circumstances were re
ported and six of them were supplied
with warm clothing. A communication
was sent to the Omaha membership of
the Prison Association to keep a sharp
lookout for the men discharged from the
jails to see that they did not wantfor
overcoats. By doing this it is the opin
ion of the committee that much of the-
petty thieving going on would be stopped.
The appointment of Judge Tucker , of
Humboldt , Richardson County , as asso-
viate justice of the supreme court of Ari-
* nna came as a surprise Saturday. He
Mas been an applicant for the place for
some time and has had the indorsement
of the Nebraska delegation. The unex
pected resignation of an associate jus
tice of the court gave the president nit
opportunity to favor the Nebraska dele
gation. Mr. Tucker is a well known law
yer in the First district and a member
of. the present legislature.
* * *
The supreme court Friday morning
granted a supersedeas to the Lincoln
Traction Company and issued an order
that | the property now held in construct
ive i possession by the receiver , L. .f.
Dunn , be turned back into the hands ot"
in j rie second floor issued throughout the
days of a $100.000 bond , conditioned that
the corporation will abide by the final de
cision of the court should it uphold the
decision of the district court calling for
the payment of the city's third lien foi
40,000 taxes.
* * *
Gilligan. of Holt County , wants school
neld in his county whether the school
trustees vote a levy to pay the expenses-
> ! not. Forthat - rwison he has intro-
luced a bill which provides that when n <
levy has been voted it shall be the duty
of the county superintendent to make an-
estimate of expenses for a term of school
and file the same with the county clerk
by the first Monday in August. It then
becomes the duty of the county clerk to-
levy the tax on the district affected.
* * *
Elmer Gibson , of Thomas County , who
Tor eleven years has been an inmate of
the state penitentiary satisfyingtlie de
mands of justice for a murder committed
in Thomas County , is now a free man.
Gov. Mickey Saturday signed his pardon , ,
taking from his sentence thirteen years.
Gibson will at once go to Iowa , where he-
lias been promised employment. Gibson
killed Oflicer William Deaii. who wa ;
trying to arrest him.
State Treasurer Mortensen has been
Joing business these days , having can
celled $200,000 worth of warrants. He
has two more calls out , one for the 20th
ml one for the 2. > th. The tirst call will
retire 00.000 worth of warrants and the-
second probsrbly § 00.000 or more. At this
time the treasurer has in the trust funds
isS4,000. and in the general fund $110.-
fXJO. This money is coming from the an-
jual settlement of county treasurers.
* * *
The University of Nebraska is asking
the legislature for appropriations for the
Ijiennium aggregating $842,470.
* * *
The executive mansion was the scene
Friday night of a brilliant social func
tion. Gov. and Mrs. Mickey gave a for
mal reception to the members of the leg
islature , many of whom were accompa
nied by their wives. The beautiful home
was handsomely decorated with palms
and flowers and strains of music from an
jrchestra concealed behind a floral bower
sthers asked for a new trial , alleging
liouse. The reception was largely at
tended and characterized by a spirit of
genuine felicity. Grave matters of state
ivere for the time being forgotten and
pleasure reigned.
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