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The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
L M. RICE , Publisher
GOV. PEABODT IS OUT'
RESIGNS OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
IN FAVOR OF M'DONALD.
'Bargain 3Iade Before the General
Assembly is Fulfil led Lieut. Gov.
McDonald Reluctantly Takes Ex-
ccutiveChair Corn forth Promoted
Denver , Colo. : The bargain made by
leaders of the opposing Republican fac
tions of Colorado to take the governor's
chair from Alva Adams and to scat in it
Lieut. Gov. Jesse II. Pcabody to hold it
for one day , was carried to a conclusion
late Friday afternoon.
In fulfillment of the agreement which
he made before the general assembly de
cided the gubernatorial contest in his fa
vor , Gov. James IT. Pcabody resigned
the office into which he was inaugurated
late Thursday afternoon. His resigna
tion , of which W. S. Boynton. of Colo
rado Springs , had been custodian since
Wednesday , when it was written , was
filed in the oflicc of the secretary of
state at1:20 : p. m. Friday. James
Cowie , secretary of state , immediately
certified Gov. Peabody's resignation , and
Lieut. Gov. McDonald was then sworn
in rs governor by Chief Justice Gab-
bert. There was no further ceremony.
Gov. Peabody transacted practically
no business of state while in the office
of governor. Half a dozen members
of the national guard patrolled the corri
dors dbout the executive chamber during
the day as a guard for Gov. Penbody.
Lieut. Gov. McDonald reluctantly
takes the chair which Gov. Peabody ic-
sigued after forcing Gov. Adams out.-
Tlir lieutenant governor has taken no
part in the bitter fight over the governor- !
ship which has been waged ever since ,
the election on Nov. S. He absolutely ,
refused to aid his friends in the legisla-
ture to have him made governor , and
as presiding officer in the joint appembly
he made several rulings against the
movement in his behalf.
Senator Arthur Cornforth , president
pro tcmpore of the senate , becomes act
ing lieutenant-governor by the elevation
of Lieut. Gov. McDonald to the office of
chief executive.
MURDER IN ST. LOUIS.
Antonio Cimento Shoots Antonio a
Santoii Five Times.
St. Louis : Five bullets were fired into
the back of Antonio Sauton , who was i
connected with the world's fair Argenj j
tine commission , during an altercation on J.
Washington Street late Friday with An
tonio Cimento , and within an hour San- ,
ton was dead. j j
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Cimento was placed under arrest
charged with the shooting. After the
shooting a crowd quickly gathered aboutj
Cimento and threatened him , but a re
volver was suddenly seized from his
hand by Harry Meyers , a newsboy , who
stood off the crowd until the police ar
rived.
Santon was hurriedly taken to the city
hospital , but died within an hour.
CAPITAL OF SIX MILLIONS.
Publishers' Paper Company Incor to
porated in Maine. the
Augusta , Me. : Articles were filed Fri to
day with the secretary of state for the
f incorporation of the Publishers' Papci to
Company , with a capital stock of $6-
f 000,000. to
The purposes of the corporation are
varied. It is understood many members
of the American Newspaper Publishers' is
Association are interested in the new
company , and that ultimately the cor the
poration will furnish paper for the lead-
lug newspapers of the United States.
EXPERTS FAIL TO AGREE.
Another Statement Regarding the
Death of Mrs. Stanford.
Honolulu : Edmund Shorey , chemist of
' 'the ' United States agricultural station ,
'and Drs. Wood , Murray and Hum- !
Iphris , have signed a statement reply-1 off
iing to Prof. Jordan and Timothy Hop- ' the
kins , who recently announced their con and
clusions that the death of Mrs. Stanford' ' tical
( was due to natural causes. They char- '
actcrize the statement of these gentle- ' of
men as astonishing and reiterate their
finding that strychnine was the cause of1 have
death.
Omaha. Women injured. in
Omaha , Neb. : Three young women ,
Bell King , Emma Risen and Lily Davis ,
.while out driving met with an accident
by which all three were seriously injured ,
but it is believed they will recover.
Their horse became
frightened and ran
away , dashing through a large plate BIX
glass window.
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Father and Son Quarrel ; Caby Shot
New Haven , Conn. : During an alter
cation between Louis Cigaomi and hia
father the son fired at the father and thj
shot killed his baby sister. Father anu
son then fled and have not been cap
tured.
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Five Persons Hurt. Forks
Minerva , O. : Five persons were in guilty
jured , two probably fatally , as a result $100
of a collision between a Lake Shore half
freight train and
a Pennsylvania accom
modation at a crossing of the 'two lines main
near Minerva Friday.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Sioux City : Friday's quotations on
the Sioux City stock market follow : trial
Butcher steers , $3.G5@:4.90. : Top hogs
* $5.00.
Goes to Meet Fiance ; Kun Over.
Elgin , 111. : Before the eyes of Irving
Bentusen , her fiance , who had met her
at a train in Algonquin , Miss Carrie Lo- lated
man , 19 years old , residing near Lake the
Zurich , was thrown under the wheels of
the cars and probably fatally injured slashed
Thursday night.
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Robbers Get $7OOO. in
Petersburg , Tenn. : The vault in the
; Bank of Petersburg , , a state institution ,
was blown open Friday and $7,000 tak
en. Nitroglycerin was used. The rol > burned
bers escaped.
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KILL TWO AND TAKE TWO.
Successful Cattle of Mississippi OHiCai
cerswith Negroes.
Yicksburg , Miss. : A special to the
Herald from Greenville , Miss. , says :
Officers who went from here to arrest
the negroes who shot Deputies Duke and
Leonard at Dudley returned Thursday
night with two dead negroes and two
prisoners.
The officers were met at Dudley by a
posse and went to the house where the
negroes lived , intending to make the arof
rest as quietly as possible in order not
to stir up any excitement. Officer .Jones
went alone to the house for this purthe
pose. One of the negroes came out and
the officer told him quietly tiiat he had
a warrant for him and took out the pair
of handcuffs. The negro immediately
fired at the officer , but missed. Officer
Jones returned the fire and killed the
negro at the first shot. The posse ,
which was on the other side of the house ,
hearing the shots came up. Immediate-i
ly a storm of bullets were fired from the
windows of the house and from a cotton
pen close by. The posse returned the
fire , killing the negro who was shooting j
from the cotton pen. i
The posse then surrounded the house !
nnd captured two of the negroes , tho othi i
ers escaping into the woods.
DYING WORDS A CLEW.
Italian Boy Tries to Tell Who Killed
His Sister.
AVest Chester , Pa. : Dominick Deluca ,
the 10-year-old boy who was beaten and t
kicked into insensibility at the same time
that his 3-year-old sister Mary was as
saulted and killed in an old blacksmith
Bhop in llowcllville , Tuesday night , died
Thursday in the Chester County hos
pital.
For a few moments before he expired
the boy recovered consciousness nnd ,
being questioned by the hospital physi
cians , he said :
"Mother told me not to tell. She said
If I did I'd be killed. There was a
fight in the house. Mary ran out and
ran after her. A man followed us
At this point the boy stopped. He died
without throwing any more light on the
crime.
With the child's incoherent sentences
ns a clew , the authorities have begun a
new line of investigation.
OPIUM PLACED IN A CIGAR.
May Have Caused the Death of a.
Young Blan nt Flint , Mich.
Flint , Mich. : Developments Thursday
night in the mystery surrounding the
sudden death of William S. Goodspeed ,
the 19-year-old employe of the Flint
wagon works , who died in this city last
Monday night , point to murder. Prose
cuting Attorney Martin has discovered
clew that leads him to believe that
Goodspeed's death was caused "by opium
placed in a cigar given him by a young
woman with whom he had quarreled.
At the coroner's inquest Thursday Dr.
. C. McGregor , who assisted in the
post-mortem examination '
on Goodspeed's
bod } ' , testified that , in his opinion , death
was due to opium poisoning. Dr. Sam-
uel B. Given , into whose office Good-
speed was taken when stricken , said the
young man , before he died , said he be
lieved his condition was the result of
smoking a cigar.
SHOWS THE IRON HAND.
How a Spirit of Mutiny AVas Put
Down Among Polish Troops.
Warsaw : Reservists who were wait
ing in the barracks
at Wolkowsk , gov
ernment of Grodne , formed a conspiracy
foment organized disturbances among
troops in order to avoid being sent
Manchuria. The offenders were court-
martialed , five of them were condemned
death and executed on March 13 , and
four were sentenced to life and eight
twenty years of penal servitude.
The mobilization of the Fifteenth and
Nineteenth corps , stationed in Poland ,
expected shortly.
The attempt to call the reserves in
government of Siedlce , which is the
center of the present agitation , is cer
tain to meet with violent opposition.
CHANUTE FIELD ABANDONED.
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Standard Oil Company Deprives
Producers of n Market.
Humboldt , Kan. : An order was re
ceived Wednesday from the Prairie Oil
Company to take up all pipe line laterals
the Standard six-inch main west of
Santa Fe tracks between Humboldt
Chanute except one. This is a prac
abandonment of the field.
Chanute , Kan. : Acting on the order
the Prairie Oil Company , all pipe line ers
connections in the West Chanute field
been cut off. Avhich means the with
drawal of a market from the companies R.
the Chanute field whose oil tests 30
degrees. Less than
one-third of the com
panies can market oil. in
Six Years for Bank Bookkeeper.
Cleveland , O. : William E. Treese ,
formerly a bookkeeper in the First Na
tional Bank here , was sentenced to serve-
years in the penitentiary Thursday 01
stealing $10,000 of the bank's funds
several months ago. Treese had left the day.
United States before his shortage was
discovered , but returned and surren was
dered.
.Three Years for Defaulter.
Grand Forks , N. D. : Justen E. Lew-
the defaulting secretary of the Grand
Mercantile Company , pleaded .C1
here Thursday to the theft of , tion
, and was sentenced to three and a , ' .a's
years in the penitentiary. He em- tion.
bezzled $35,000 , and 211 charges still re- and
against him. en
Murderer Gets Life Sentence ,
Bluffton , Ind. : Judge Wntfcins Wed
nesday overruled the motion for a new lars
and sentenced William Cook to life were
imprisonment for the murder of ProMon
Sanderson. man
Woman's Clothes Point to Murder
Evansville , Ind. : A complete outfit of P
woman's clothing of fine texture , mutiters
and blood-stained , was found on thai
river bank , five miles from here , beei
Wednesday. The undergarments were Nicl
as if an attack had been made maud
a knife. The police are working
the theory of murder.
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Has $35,000 Fire Loss. Con
Danville , 111. : A large part of the circuit
business district of Sidney , near here , South
Thursday. The loss is estimated pany
$35,000. is a
V/ATERSPOUT . DROWNS TWO. :
Campers in Tcxns Caught Ciav/arrs
1-lnil Two Incho * J'eep
Austin , Tex. : A telei'houe message
received : here said that at f ? o'c e' ; Wedj j
nesday night there was a terrific water- ,
j j spout at Lufkin , Burnet County , forty
. miles above this city , causing the water
! to rise in the river and surrounding
i creeks at that point fourteen" feet in
live minutes , catching half a dozen camp
ers in tliebottoms and drowning two
of them i , four barely escaping with their
lives.
Considerable stock was swept away ,
the cattle having gathered for tie night
in the shelter of ravines. For thirty
minutes hail : s reported to have fallen
to the depth c one and a half inches
, with such force as to wreck many'fan : ;
houses in tiiat .section.
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FIRE ON A STEAMER.
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Cargo Worth tfi.OOO.OOO is
gerctl J-ioss $3OOOO.
Boston : A threatening fire which
broke out en the llausa line steamer |
Wildenfels , of Bremen , Wednesday
caused much damage to its cargo , estiUcc'
mated at Jf.30,000 , and for three hours
kept ] a large division of the fire depart- , 1
ment fhrowing water. In addition to i '
the damage to tlic cargo many of her
plates \ warped and her compartment
walls ! were damaged. The Wildenfels
carried a general cargo valued at $1,000.-
000 The fire was confined to a hold
which contained jute and burlaps.
The Wildenfels , which arrived Monday
from Calcutta , ran past the forts of
Port Arthur to Yokohama , escaping
from , two Russian warships. j
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MADDENED STEER STAMPEDE
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Alton , 11 ! . , Has Two Days of Biff
Excitement , j
Alton , 111. : For two days Alton has
been in the throes of a maddened steer
stampede through the business streets.
Harry Holiiday , a boy who endeavored
10 deliver the steers to a butcher , was
badly injured in tiic melee. A drove of
seven steers took fright Wednesday and
ran at large through the town. Four
were finally captured , but three con
tinued to roam through the streets , doing
damage to property. Pursuers only .
served to render them more terrorstricka
en. Several citizens have had narrow
escapes from injury. The steers fled to '
the outskirts later ii the day and men
with rifles were sent to shoot them down. ,
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MRS. STANFORD NOT POISONED
President Jordan Declares Unbelief
in Theories Advanced. I .
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Honolulu : That Mrs. Stanford died a
natural death probably will be the conjuaj
elusion of those who are now investigat
ing the case. President Jordan , of Stan
ford L7uiversity , declares Mrs. Stan
ford's death was not due to strychnine
poisoning.
He says that when he b-'ctimc familiar
with her symptoms and learned that the
amount of strychnine taken was not betun
yond a medical dose he bec-ui yure she
was not poisoned. j
Dr. Jordan has been assisting the doand
tectives during their ij.cuiries regarding
her symptoms and results of the autopsy.
"LOST" THEIR GUNS.
What. Russians Did ivith Artillery
They Couldn't Move.
Newchwang : Military men here adresi1
vance the theory that the diffeience in
the number of gnus the Japanese are re- jlc
ported to have captured and those KuroIma
patkin is reporred to fi.ivlost is owing *
to the Russians when routed having
dropped their guns Iiiti rivers through
the ice and abandoned others in ravines
and gullies. It is c.cpecred as soon as
the present rush at Mukden is over a
search for the lost artillcvy will be well
rewarded.
MRS. DUKE WANTS DIVORCE
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The Wife oT Tobacco King Alleges
Embezzlement. j
New York : Mrs. Alice Webb Duke , for
through her counsel , has brought suit in
the supreme court for a separation from
her husband , Brodie L. Duke , on the
ground of abandonment and non-support. (
Duke's marriage to Mrs. Webb a few
weeks since was followed by a series of - .
sensational incidents , including the conV1S
fiuement of the groom in a sanitarium
for a time on the allegation of his sou
that he was incompetent to manage hi * .
affairs. the
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Loan flloney Without
Security. rou
New York : That banks loan bunnigli
dreds of thousands of dollars to customup
without any other security than the
good credit of the broker desiring the fron
loan was the statement made by Henry load
. Carse , assistant cashier of the Hanbeei
over National Bank , Thursday in a .
hearing before a referee in bankruptcy j
the case of the bankrupt brokerage
firm of Jacob Berry & Co. ciliz
leasi
Oil Well Shot , with Prayer. Alb
Hartford City. Ind. : Preceding the ' is
shooting of an oil well sunk by the Colsncli
ed North American
Oil Company a hea1
prayer and song service was held Thursseen
. A colored minister prayed for a cour
good flow of oil. As soon as the well
shot a monster stream began to
flow.
New Geyser in Park. was
Bl . Paul. Minn. : Reports received at '
Northern . ] Pacific headquarters from ofcas.
ficials of the Yellowstone Park Associaagai
. ! indicate that the new geyser in the that .
basin is a permanent additional attrac- ties
' ' . It has been named "Skyrocket , " ° '
its coming , it is believed , has prov
the death of the "Constant"
geyser ,
located in the same basin. j
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Hermit Died Kich.
Weyauwcga , Wis. : Ten thousand dol- their
in money and certificates of deposit lflwf
found sewed up in the bedding gallons
which belonged to R. Schwol.vv , a Geiwas
who lived a hermit's lift. the
Knropwtkin Superseded.
Paris : The correspondent at St. Pe- -A.
tersburg for the Petit Parisiene says the
Gen. Kuropatkin's resignation has j'oung
accepted and that Grand Duke gerous
Nicholas Nicholavitch will take comhas
in Manchuria. the
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Suit for $247OOO Brgun.
Trenton , N. J. : The Barber Asphalt
Company began suit in the United States ' So
court here Tuesday against the made
American Aspnalt Paving Comuave
to recover $247.000. The amount tave
alleged to be due for paving material.tnan
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Girl Robbed hi Omaha Depot JiMl
Gone to that City to Seek Work
and Escape Unhappy Conditions
at Home ( Jther Happen ings.
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Of the multitude of young girls who
iiav gone to Omaha from the little
towns in Iowa , filled with-the desire to
see the sights of a great city , none was
t'vei moro cruelly treated than 17-year-
Did Elizabeth Ciiristeusou wiio , left her
parents' * liome at Audubon , la. , spent
two nights in the comfortless union sta
tiou and was then robbed of her little
all | j by a strangerwho knew her father.
The father in question is a hard work-
' ng blacksmith who joves his children.
Elizabeth l , however , explained to the po
Ucc' matron at Omaha that her home life
aad become intolerable to her because
her father was too exacting. Therefore
'ljc took her accumulated savings ,
amounting to $ U.oO and bought a ticket
to Omaha. Heie she was disappointed
in ' her | efforts to secure work , and being
ifraid . to go to a hotel which she thought
wight quickly use up all her funds , she
passed ! two sleepless nights a't tlie rail
n.s.lj station. She held her precious $ " >
Oil . ! tightly clutched in her hand. The
third morning she was crunching the few
dry crusts which remained of tlie lunch
which she had brought from home , and ,
thinking that her father had bread and
to spare , when she was accosted by the
remark . , "Are you hungry 'i"
. The speaker was a pale young man
with thin cheeks who sat on the bench
with her. He had watched her munching
the dry crusts and longed for a break
fast , himself. For twenty cents he told
her he could secure a nice fresh ham
sandwich | < for each of them. Slie learned
from _ him too , that he lived in a town j
I.10 , far from here , and that he knew hei '
father well. The man seemed a friend
to . the poor girl , who had found the-
world . . so cruel that she was willing to
talk , to anyone. :
. Longing for" the sandwiches and over
joyed . at having found a friend in her
iime < of need. Miss Cliristenson entrust
ed the young man with her ? . " > bill and
he went off for the ham and bread. i
An hour later she was found by an i
officer weeping. Next morning a ticket 1
from Omaha to Audubon was received
from John Christenson , the young wo
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man's father , and she departed , feeling
Ufte all her father was kinder to her
juaj the cruel world.
GRASPED A LIVE WIRE.
Madman at Omaha Receives a Se
vere Shock.
For over an hour Thursday a madman
turned things upside down in the new
stre
ing all the efforts made to catch him. to
and all but causing his own death by . ,
Ev'r/ a live wire.
The police were quickly notified , and
an exciting < chase was begun to capture
the maniac. He eluded the attempts of
the officers , however
, and , boarding a car r
whi
the main line. Much damage would have
resulted had not a number of men re- . ) ,
strained him. Returning to the car barn , 1-
ran wildly about in search of some1 * „
imaginary object , and finally climbed to
the . top of a car and grasped the live
wire < overhead. He received a severe . . .
shock , and it was thought that he was
dead. ( lie soon rallied , however , and
tnc officers took him in charge.
Lost on the Prairie.
George Brown , a farmer of Boyd W.
Count } ' , who was driving into northern
Hoi County with two little children. er
Fay Wilson and Guy Wilson , aged 8
and 10 , lost his way on the prairie in a
suoi storm , wandered aimlessly about rag.
half the night and finally , after
searching parties had started for him. it.
turned . up at the Coleman farm , three
Imlc from the starting point. The chil face
dren are those of William Wilson , of
Redbird. Neb , , and were , with Mr.
Brown , being driven into Holt County to
visit * their uncle , Beit Wilson. at
Farmer's Boy Disappeared. the
Frank ] Bomba has disappeared from eued
home of his father
, who lives on
Beaver Creek. The boy started to Chad- store
with a load of grain , stopped over of
nigli Avith a farmer acquaintance , got ily
early next morning and found that a
hors belonging to the farmer had died was
the effects of grain eaten from his
. He walked away and has not
seen since.
Wants the Kaiser's Help.
Hans Albert intend ? , as a German
citizen , to appeal to the kaiser for re
from the Nebraska , tisane asylum. at
Albert is an Omaha violi'iist. His mind and
not seriously affected , but he was in again
a nervous state from the taking of
heavy * doses of drugs and liquor that it suit.
seemed advisable to put him under a
course of treatment for a time.
New Bank at O'Xeill. heard
The Elkhorn Valley Bank buildin Platte
sold to E. E. Halstcd , of Ponca. at north.
O'Neill , the consideration being $ o , . " > 00 in flight
. and releasing a claim of $1,51)0 )
against the failed bank. It is rumored and
Mr. Ilalsted and other Ponca par but
, , are to soou open a new bank at The
O'Neill.
Violated Liquor Laws.
John P. O'Neil and Burch A. Bald-
were found guilty by a jury in the while
district court at Albion of having in er ,
possession , for the purpose of un was
lawfully selling the same , about ninelj I and
of intoxicating liquor. This case the
tried at the last term of court , but tween
jury failed to agree. hand
Diphtheria Near Gretnu.
case of dphtheria has developed in
Cace family , near Gretna. and a Anton
member of the family is in a dan nouball
condition. A rigid quarantine below
been established and it is thought ently
disease i will be checked with no fur It
spread. Society
_ SniaIlp x at Aibion.
far five cases of smallpox have
( their appearance at Albion. All Fritz
been very mild and the victims to
suffered little inconvenience , other hounds
being c wir ; : iiiiied. thieves
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HALF BREEDS EVICTED.
' Radical Action Taken on the Omaha
Keservation.
United States Indian Agent John II.
McKt-c , of the Omaha agency at 5OJi" '
received orders from Washington to
evic the half breeds from the Omaha
reservation. There . are twenty-three (
families of them , and the agent with hi * ;
police has removed all but two the . .wo .
Uaraday families. This will release
G.OC acres of the best cultivated lands
of the ' Omaha reservation , which will
revert back to the Omaha tribe , lao
half-breed attempted to remove the
houses and other improvements , but
wer < resisted by the agent.
werSc of those evicted are the fannPaA
lies of Frank Peters. John Kuhn , Leonthe .
ard Fratzard and Frank Monettci They .
have had the free use of these hinds for
fifteen yearsthe case having been pendWa
im : in the courts during all these yearin
It is i a severe blow to these , people. j
CHALLENGER CHALLENGED.
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Warm Dispute Over the Pass Propomer
sition in tic je : slat re. ! j ]
Once * more the lobby has been the
cause of confusion in the Nebraska legnier
islature at Lincoln. Ucprosentatiyc
Earnest has publicly charged the railhirS
roads with carrying on a campaign of
debauchery , pass distribution and'"night
orgies with women. " in order to defeat
legislation the people wanted. t
J. II. Ayer , the political representative
of the P.urlington Kailroad , has replied
in aii * open letter , demanding an investifl
gation. He declares the members have
animate and have been supplied liberally
with trip passes for friends , but he as- j i
sejts Unit Mr. Earnest has been liberally ij j ;
supplied along with the rest. '
An investigation probably will be or-
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SERIOUS 'I ROUBLE FEARED. I
: Icllin < r Srxnv Causes the iJonp
River 10 Ilise U-ipidly.
Reports from railroad ollices in Lincoln
on Thursday say tne Loup River is on ,
the rampage and serious trouble is feared
if the warm weather continues. The ice '
has begun to go out without melting per-
ceptibly , and a great gorge has formed |
at Ravenna , which threatens to causei
i Hood. I'leasanton and Pool Siding are !
both under water. One bridge * has gone °
out and lailroad men are looking for T
trouble. d
Gorges r.re forming in the Platte River
at Grand ( Island and Plattsmouth. The
fast melting snow is pouring a great volemc
1ume of water in the streams.
CADY BILL INDORSED.
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Provides 1'or a Railway Commission
of Three. I
A Lincoln special says : In a secret
caucus in the Lindell Hotel Wednesday
nigli the members of the senate decided
that a railway commission was the propures
er method to struggle with the corporastag
tioiiTl , and the Cady bill was indorsed. '
The Cady bill provides for a railroad
commission of three members. They are
be the secretary of state , the land
commissioner , the state treasurer and
throsecretaries. .
A Peculiar Accident. .
A peculiar accident was the explosion
Saturday , of a gun carried by David in
Hurt , who was hunting in company with of
Howard Linsacum along the Nemahi a
bottoms , near Humboldt. Roth took a
shot at a flock of ducks and their posibe
tions _ . ' caused the guns to cross , the charge the
from Linsacuufs striking the barrel of
Hint's gun about midway just as the
lllitl pulled the trigger. The damaged
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weapon exploded , scattering steel in all
directions , but fortunately neither of the
bwys was hurt ! i Wl11
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Boys Play with Powder. - '
Leander Murphy , a young son of A. it
. Murphy , of Fremont , had his face the
badly burned by powder. lie and anothscori
boy of about the same age found some bills
powder , which they poured out on the have
floor and tried to light with a burning ed
. It did not blaze , so Leander got gove
down on his hands and knees to blov ; ty-tT
It burned. The doctor says he will been
save the boy's eyes all light , but hiand
will be well powder-marked. pone
of
Burglary at Table Rock. of
The grocery store of F. Hagenmastei comi
Table Rock was robbed , access beins
gained by the cellar door at the rear of
store. Mr. Ilagenmaster was awak-
by the falling of a chair. RousiiiL- sjou
himself from his bed. in the rear of the tion
, he listqnld and heard the clicking nnn0 !
the money drawer. The intruder hast- ate nt'
made his exit before the alarm war-
warleilo
given. Some $10 or $ r2 was all tha' is ( leilo
secured. , ious
Trainmen Let On t. i state
Frank Strouple and Jim Devine , thirt
brakemen , and Billy Ilolliugshead , conprosf
dnctor , on the Burlington between KaP °
venna and Alliance , were discharged to
Tuesday by the company. After being the
constant work for thirty-seven hours , f
being tired and sleepy , the company ' Af
ordered them out on duty. They houses
refused and the dismissal order is the rei i rected
. ' \y \
Humors Reportucks Plentiful. Mick
did
The boom of the hunter's gun can be fOr
to echo along the Missouri and
Itivers. The ducks are moving ernor.
. The web-footed birds are in full sonaj ije
on their annual pilgrimage
to theii The
summer homes. Some
are Hying higb
Douj
out of reach of the hunter's gunshot
, officii
many will remain for weeks to come.
hunters report them to be more
Ind
plentiful this
season than in
years past day
The Deadly Corn Shelter. not
Thomas Williams was severely injured stitut
working on the farm of his broth- i must
nine miles northeast of Beatrice. He ° . 5
sorting seed corn near a cornsheller , tietn
caught his arm in the flywheel ot acted
shelter , which threw his * hand be them
the cogwheels of the machine. The ures
was badly lacerated. have
tj Up a Cannon ! > all. Re
While digging a well on the farm ol Dawes
Kovetsky , near Columbus , a cau- Wasl
was uncovered about two feet lowes
the surface. The ball was appar plyin
of cast iron and was much rusted. bulls
will be sent to the State HUtorical the
at Lincoln. magn
number
Hardware Store Robbed.
Robbers raided the.hardware store of Fox
Keesat Beatrice and secured goods
the value of nearly $150. Blood ! , Pi
were put on the track of the ered
, who escaped.
i
J
The Pawnee City military band may
plaj an engagement at the Portland ex
position. For several days the promo er *
ot the i exposition have been in commu
nication with the baud to secure its s
ices . It is very probable an ngrr
will be reached , because Lnited
Senator Fulton , of Oregon a former
Pawnee boy , is very much interested m
the movement , and his brother-b l/ .
Fulton , has been for many years director
of the band. Congressman Cushrnan , of
Washington , who isan active worker
in the exposition affairs , is also a former
Nebraskan. and is said to be anxious
thai the big musical organization be se
cured for a part of the period at least
The Pawnee band is composed ot uU
members , and is a most unusual orgam-
zation. It was organized in ISiU , and
som of the organizers are still active
members. From 1SS4 to the present tuna
it has 1 maintained the position as tho
largest in the west , and in a musical
waj it has made a wide reputation in
'
its _ 'handling of the best standard compo
sitions. 1C hasof ten been heard in con-
cert work in Lincoln and Omaha and
otlu parts of the state. In another
feature the organization is unique. Is'tS
a fraternal society in every sense of the
tern , neither member nor director draw
ing pay for their services.
'
* * *
representative Davis , of Buffalo
County , is in receipt of nt least twenty
letters from persons in different parts of
the state who urge larger appropriations
for the extinction of the Hessian Ily.
The house Enance , ways and means com
mittee < , of which Mr. Davis is a mem
ber ' has recommended ? 1.GO for this
purposes ' for the ensuing biennium. and
ihe demand over the state is for at least
i2.000 or $2.500. Prof. Bruner , of tho
state university is in harmony with this
demand. The damage wrought by this
pest last fall in certain portions of Ne
braska is being estimated in the millions
and there is a determination oil the part
of wheat growers and others interested
to overcome such disasters. lu order to
do this J they insist the legislator should
place at the disposal of the propert au
thorities sufficient funds to meet the
emergency. Mr. Davis says he under
stands the fly is not north of the Platte ,
but is doing great damage to wheat
south and that it is only a question of
time when he will migrate to the north.
* * *
Altogether ) in the house 241 bills hav
beei introduced and 3S3 in the senate.
These numbers are less than two years
ago , but many of the important meas
ures are yet practically in the eaibryoniq
stages of legislative routine. In tha
bom just 89 bills were in the hands of
committees at the time of adjournment
Friday afternoon and in the senate 54.
These bills , therefore , must first run
the gauntlet of committee consideration ,
which is generally a tedious and pro
longed course , and then , if passed by tha
committee , take their place on general
file , and undergo the uncertain ordeal
committee of the whole , the forum
debate where a measure may take up . , p.
whole day , as was the case Friday . '
with the big appropriation bill , or may"
disposed of in a twinkling. During
present session some measures have
even dragged along more than a day in
committee of the whole.
* *
_
. The , opinion is growing that the housa
override the will of the speaker or
that the speaker will recede from hia
stan against a sifting committee when
becomes apparent that something of
sort will be needed to lose a few
scores of those belated bills. Of the 421
introduced in the house just 20
passed both houses and been sign
by the governor. One remains in tha
governor's hands yet to be signed. Nine *
ty-two others have passed the house and
sent to the senate. One hundred
eleven have been indefinitely post
poned. In this connection it is worthy
note that an unusually large mnnbei
bills : has been killed by the respectiva
committees.
The senate showed
signs on one occa
of not possessing any serious inten
of imposing on the railroads when it
appointed a sifting committee. The sen
' however , had the support of other
interests in this matter. The action was
denominated a-s snap judgment and there
talk of trying to annul it , but no seri ,
belief that this will be done. Tha
statement found expression that but
thirteen members of the senate wera
present when this
committee was ap.
pointed. Investigation , however , fails
confirm this. It appears just 20 of
33 senators were present.
* * *
After having run the gauntlet of both
< , been defeated once and resur
, the county engineer bill has final
been declared invalid
and Gov ,
Mickey has refused to sign it. The bill
not contain a repealing clause and
that reason it was vetoed by the gov
, . However , he will make a per ,
request of the legislature to permit
introduction j of
a similar
measure.
bill makes the
county surveyors ot
Douglas and Lancaster Counties ex.
engineers to these two counties
* * *
Indications are unfavorable to a sixty ,
session of the legislature. If it does
extend a few days beyond
the con ,
stitutional ( salary ) limit greater
progress
be made in both houses than has
characterized
deliberations since the for
day. A deluge
of bills is yet to ba
on in house and
senate
, among
many of the most important
meas-
, including all the railroad bills that
survived the committee's axe
* * *
Representative ] Frank
Currie , of
< County has
, received word from
ashiugton
announcing that he was tho
bidder for a
contract for
sup
o,000 head
of heifers and " 00
to the Rosebud Indian
reservation
,
delivery to be made May 1. The
magnitude of the contract attracted
of big stockmen of the west a
* * *
the month of February the
re-
nth S-ate Oil ofiice amounted to
MG13.40. -
. Of this amount $
$880.50
cov-
expenses leavi"S the
4 clear : state