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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1905)
The Democrat VALENTCNC , NEB. L M. RICE , Publisher MOEE TALK OF PEACE BELIEF IN WASHINGTON THAT IT IS POSSIBLE. It is Said Parisian Financiers Will Furnish the Money Required on Condition that tho War Shall he Brought to a Speedy End. While keenly interested in the inter pretation placed by Paris on the signifi cance of the resumption of the negotia tions of the Russian loan , European dip lomats at Washington , D. C. , Friday night confessed that they Avere inclined to regard this step as a further confirma tion of official news which has reached the United States Avithin the last twen ty-four hours that the emperor is abso lutely determined to continue the Avar for the present. If Paris financiers , as reported , have declined to take up the loans save on condition that the proceeds shall not go .toward the Avar fund , officials in Wash ington Avith the exception of the Russian embassy , believe that this important fact marks the beginning of peace negotia- yons. The several European ambassa dors directly interested are anxiously awaiting UCAVS from their foreign offices on this point. Count Cassini , Russian ambassador , I cxpiesped the belief Friday night that no inference that peace Avas in sight could be draAvn from the reopening of the negotiations. lie learned several days since that the loan would be suc cessfully iloatcd , and Avhile he is aware of the desire among some French finan ciers that the Avar come to an early end ing , he scouts the idea that such a con dition has been attached to the loan. Most Washington diplomats , Avho arc in a position to follow the inside Avork- ings of the European chancellories , be lieve that peace i.s now possible. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Death Struggle in a Jtooni in a coln Block. A Lincoln , Neb. , special says : Murder and suicide Avere the crimes of the city Friday morning. Allen Eppriam , a ne gro , Avhose home Avas in Omaha , search ed out his recreant Avife in the Ilutchins block. 1951 O Street , charged her Avith infidelity , drove J. Stevenson out of her bed and.grappled Avith the Avoman. She cut his throat , he cut hers , and then he j-hot her and himself. When Stevenson leaped from the bed he dashed into a closet , thinking it Avas an outer door. In there he screamed at the top of his A-oice Avhile the death struggle ensued. Stevenson , Avho is a Avaiter at the Lin- dell Hotel , is under arrest suspected of knowing more about the cutting than he Avill tell , as the jugular Aoins of both the man and Avoman Avere severed. He Avill be held pending the inquest. The Avoman went under the name of Allie Crews. ; DEATH ENDS SL-EEP. "Women Die After Ueing in a Trance Fifteen Days. One of the most remarkable cases in the experience of the doctors at the Pres byterian hospital in NCAV York City end ed Friday in the death of Miss Luella Huestis , Avho , with her mother , Mrs. James U. Hucstis , had been in a trance for fifteen dajs prior to her death. More than t\vo Aveeks ago the Avomen were found unconscious at the home of Henry W. Heifer , a laAA-yer of New York City , and Avere supposed to haA-e been asphyxiated by gas. Neither has since recoA'ered consciousness. Miss Huestis Avas an attractive young woman aged 22. A lack of nourishment Avas the principal cause of her death , as it had been impossible to give her food except in liquid form and through a tube. Stimulants and oxygen were administered without effect. Woman is a Deputy Sheriff. Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard , one of the most prominent AVOIHCII of Colorado \ Springs , Colo. , has been appointed a deputy sheriff of El Paso Couutj' . She is the only woman occupying this office in the state. While the appointment Avas made in order to affiliate her work in the protection of mistreated animals , she has the full poAvers of the office of deputy sheriff. Shot by Duck Hunters. Two duck hunters , Isaac Powers and John Marel , of Kansas City , Mo. , fired shotguns into an electric car on the Leavenworth-Kansas City line , mortally .Avounding John TJlman , Sixteenth bat tery , Fort Lcavenworth , and H. P. Raycroft , of Kansas City , Kan. The hunters were arrested and are in jail at Leavenworth. i Sioux City Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market folIoAv : Butcher steers , $3.75@4.85. Top hogs , $5.15. f Prize Fighter Fatally Hurt. John Hill , a negro , is in a dying con- dition as the result of a six-round bout at Philadelphia , Pa. , Thursday night Avith "Kid" Dorsey , also colored. In the sixth round Hill was knocked uncon scious. | Machinists Wnnt a Raise. A Toronto , Ont. , dispatch says that the machinists on the entire system of the Grand Trunk Railroad have asked for an increase of 25 per cent in wages. The men are well organized. / SIX MINERS KILLED. I Four Others Are Injured in on Ex plosion in an Indiana Mine. Six miners dead and four injured , two probably fatally , is the result of an ex plosion in Vie mine of the Princeton Coal and Mining Company at Princeton , Ind. , Wednesday afternoon. Of the dead all but one wore dead when found in the mine. Their bodies were rescued two hours after the explo sion , the delay being caused by the in ability of the rescuers to coinbut the afterdamp. The five injured were brought to the surface thirty minutes after the explo sion. The cause of the disaster is not known save that it'resulted from a pow der explosion. The miners wore making their blasts previous to leaving the mine and the greater part of the miners had ascend ed. The news reached the city about 4 o'clock and within a short time fifty rel atives of the miners surrounded the mouth of the shaft and anxiously await ed each ascension of the cage. The miners worked heroically and a number of them were overcome by the foul air which fiJled the mine. The explosion wrecked a jiortion of the mine and the supporting : timbers were hurled in every direction. The sup ports gone , the slate roof gave way in many places and the icscuers were in constant danger from this source. The first intimation that an explosion had oc curred was the laxation of the cage ropo , Avuich was ascending. The engineer noted a relaxing of the hoisting rope , in dicating a force from below. This is the second disaster to this mine , operated and owned by the Prince ton Coal and Mining Company. Nine years ago an explosion in the mine killed nine. The mine was then the property of the Manic Coal Company. WANTED FIVE MEN SHOT. Sensational Tale of Effort to Get Kentuckiun to Commit Murders. At Lexington , Ky. , Dr. Cox , Jim Cockril , Mark Coekril , Attorney Vaughan and J. B. Marcum were to be shot by Anderson while in the court house during the trial of Tom Cockril for killing Ben Ilargis , in obedience to orders by James IIargi , according to a sensational story told Wednesday by White in the hearing of a motion for bail for Hargis , Callalian and Anderson. White is a brother of Tom White , who is under death sentence for the murder of J. B. Marcum. White said that pri or to the killing James Ilargis took him to the Ilargis store , gave him -Jo-cali ber pistol and told him he wanted him to return to the court house Avhere the trial of Cockril for the killing of lien Ilargis was in progress and be ready to do as .Tames Ilargis told him. lie declared Ilargis wanted him to shoot five men , White being ordered to shoot in case any trouble started. ' 'Kill all or any damned one of them , " is what White said Ilargis told him to do. He said he declined to do this and returned the pistol. MOTHER SLAIN BY HER SON. Gun Accidentally Discharged While Lad is Handling AVcapon. Information reached Sioux Falls , S. D. , Wednesday noon of a deplorable ac cident on the farm of B. F. Billings , liv ing two miles south of the village of Rowciia. While an 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Billings was handling a weapon it tvas accidentally discharged. The full charge struck Mrs. Billings , killing her instantly. The lad is well nigh frenzied with grief. Mr. Billings was not at home , being an inmate of a Sioux City hospital. Gift to Northwestern. It was announced Thursday that a gift of $2501,000 has been made the North western university at Chicago by Milton II. Wilson , a resident of Evanston and one of the trustees of that institution. It is said this is the first of a series of gifts to the university to be announced soon , which will aggregate $1,000,000. Fourtd Wounded in His Room. Charles Erd , a prominent St. Louis lawyer , was found in his apartments at the Hotel Imperial , at New York , Wed nesday , suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the left temple. lie probably will recover. To the police Erd declared the shooting was acci dental. Held for Embezzlement. B. IE. McDuffy , a supposed broker of New York , who is vice president of tho defunct Bank oC Lawton , Okla. , was arrested at Lawton on the charge of having embezzled $12,000 of the funds of that institution , and was held on a $2,500 bond. Six Men Are Drowned. At Charleroi , Pa. , six men were drowned Thursday while attempting to cross the Monongahcla River. The fer ryman lost control of his skiff in mid stream and the boat was carried over a dam and capsized. Wounded by Assassin. At Dvinsky , Russia , an attempt was made to assassinate Assistant Commis sioner of Police Degereff. Ilis assail ant , who escaped , fired several shots at Degereff and wounded him in tho head. Brockton Fire Victims. City Marshal Boyden , of Brockton , Mass. , after examining the pay roll of the Grover shoe factory , Wednesday es timated the number of killed by Mon day's explosion between sixty and sev enty-five. Noted Frenchman Suicides. Antonin Proust' , minister of fine arts in the Gambetta cabinet , died Wednes day at Paris , France , as the result of two shots in the head , self-inflicted. He had long been a _ vitim of melancholia. STRANGE RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Keven Persons Arc Irjured at Bellaire , Ohio. A Wheeling , W. Va. , dispatch says : Two will probably die and five othqrs are severely injured as the result of a j runaway accident at Bellaire , O. , about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon : The injured are Mrs. Shane Bell , wife of the lieutenant of police of Kenwood , throat cut by glass ; will hardly survive ; Mrs. John Morris , Benwood , internally injured ; will die ; Mrs. John Robey , Mc- j Mechen , shoulder blade broken ; Miss Al- ta King , McMechen , badly cut and bruised ; Mrs. Charles 0. Kenney , Mc- Mechen , cut by glass about the face ; Mrs. John Carpenter , wife of Benwood councilman , broken 'limb ; Mrs. William Tarr and Mrs. Marquis , Benwood , cut and bruised. The worst injured were in a carriage driven by Jacob Duke , reluming from a funeral. The horses became frightened at a train and dashed into a carriage containing the other injured driven by Robert Brown. The wheels caught and Duke's carriage was thrown over a 30- foot embankment. The injured were re moved to the Bellaire hospital. DOUBLE PITTSBURG HANGING Two Men Are Put to Death on the Scaffold. Two men were hanged at Pittsburg , Pa. , Thursday. Reno Dardaia went to the scaffold first. His nsck was broken. William J. Byers followed him , an.l when the trap Avas sprung the loop noose pulled away , precipitating him to the ground. For a minute he staggered around under the scaffold and then the sheriff caught him and carried him into the jail. lie was not badly hurt. The rope was again adjusted , and Byers. palo and trembling , was again placed on tho scaffold. Tho trap was sprung , death resulting from strangulation. BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK. Nine-Story Oflico Structure Burned No Loss of Life .Reported. The Empire State building , nine sto : rics , at the corner of Broadway and Bleecker Street , New York , burned Wednesday. The three upper iloois , where the fire started , were soon in flames. A large number of girls were em ! ployed in the building , but all escaped. The ilames spread with startling ra pidity. RUSH TO AMERICA. Thousands of Foreigners Pour Into Port of New York- Tho spring rush of immigration has al most swamped government officials at Ellis island , New York. In the last three days 10,000 immigrants have reached port. Reports .received from abroad indicate the rush wall continue to increase in April and May. Since March 1 18,000 Italians and 7,000 Russian He brews have arrived at Ellis island. Tho percentage of Hungarian immigration , shows a remarkable increase. BAD WRECK AT LINCOLN. Over Thirty People Hurt in Smash- up on the Burlington. A Lincoln , Neb. , special says : A Bur lington train from Grand Island was wrecked in West Lincoln Thursday. Thirty persons were injured , none fatal ly. The smoking car and the rear coach turned completely over. C. E. Sterburg , of Washington. D. C. . and Charles S. Gaskill , of Alma , Neb. , were perhaps fatally injured. Frozen to Death. According to a special from West dill' . Colo. , the body of Mrs. Henry Fall was found Thursday twenty miles from J tin- kin Park. She had been frozen to death. A 13-year-old son was lying beside her , frozen stiff , but still alive. It is be lieved that lie , too , will die. Mother and son left Junkin Park to walk to West Cliff , and were overtaken by a blizzard Train Itobbcr West Pardoned. Gov. Folk , of Missouri , has pardoned James L. West , convicted of holding up a train on tho Missouri Pacific Railway near Sedalia and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary beginning June 20 , 1890. The pardon Avas issued on a re quest signed by the presiding judge at the trial and others. Bomb Thrown in "Warsaw. A bomb thrown from the window of a house in Volsk Street , Warsaw , Po land , exploded in the midst of a pass ing patrol composed of police and in fantry. Six soldiers and two policemen were dangerously wounded. They were removed to the military hispital. The assassin escaped. Man with a Bomb Arrested. A St. Petersburg dispatch says the police guarding the palace of Grand Duke Alexis have arrested a suspicious looking loiterer who was found to be carrying a bomb. The grand' duke is staled to have gone abroad incognito s fortnight ago. Two Children Perish. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. George Hysell have been burned to death in their home at Alanson , Mich. , where the father is a mill employe. The mother , when she discovered the flames , rushed out for help. The roof fell in just as she eturned , and the children perished. Forty Funerals in Brockton. Public funeral services were held at Brockton , Mass. , Thursday for more than forty persons who lost their lives [ last Monday in the explosion and fire. Business , as far as possible , was sus pended. Deadlock Lie ft Unbroken. Tne Delaware legislature adjourned sine die at Dover Thursday without electing a senator. Tho last ballot stood : Addicks , 15 ; H. A. Dupont , 14 ; Sauls- bury , 13 , Hughes , 8Jeunewell ; ; 2- STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- DENSED FORM. CaHhed Check for Stranger En gineer Stops Confidence Game Through Timely Warning Farmer Kecover.s His Money. J. T. Lloyd , a Burlington engineer , re- f-iding in Plattsmouth , does not pretend to earn his liting by doing detective Avork. but prevented a very smooth game of graft ill Lincoln the other day Avhich Avas being Avorked upon AVilliam Page , a Avealthy farmer from Norton , Kan. , for ? l > 0 in gold. Burlington train No. 2 from the Black Hills stops there several minutes. I Soon after taking a seat he noticed a heavy-set man go to a seat near him und inquire of Page "if that seat Avas taken. " Being informed in the negatiA-e the stranger Avas soon seated by his side and they were engaged in conversa tion. He asked 1'age if he knew a cer tain man , giring his name , Avho lived 1 in Norton County. Mr. Page told him that he Avag Avell acquainted Avith him. j "He is a cousin of mine , " said the Btranger , and they shook hands. 'Hie stranger then informed Mr. Page that he Avas In tiouble and needed $ ( > 0 to pay freight and if he Avould let him haA-e it he would give him his check and ap preciate his kindness very much. About this time stranger No. 2 put in an appearance and informed the first one that "the bill must be paid at once. " Mr. Page drew from his pocket two $20 < nd two $10 in gold and gave to the first Ftranger und received his check. The first stranger then gave the money to the second one and both took their departure from the car. Mr. Lloyd at once Avent to the old man and asked if he knew the strangers. Ilis answer Avas "No , but 1 know a wealthy j man Avho one of them said was his cons-j 1 in. " Mr. Lloyd informed him if he did j not get his money at once he Avould IICA- ' ? r see it again or the stranger either. The old man rushed out on the platform I and grabbing the man by the shoulder i informed him that if he did not return | the money at once lie Avould have him ar j rested. He got his money and giAe back the Avorthless check. Mr. Page formerly resided near Hills- dale , la. , and was on his Avay to Mon- treal. Canada , but it is safe to say that he will not cash any more checks foi st rangers. ' LINCOLN COUPLE ARRESTED. Charged with Swindling a Farmer Out of $17OOO. Tpon the charge of obtaining $17,000 fioni Joseph AYells , of Lincoln , Mrs. Editii L Smedley Avas arrested Avhile at the Antlers Hotel at Colorado Springs. Colo. . Thursday. Simultaneously her husband , Joseph Smedley , in Denver. Avas taken into custody upon the same ! charge. j Mrs. Smrdley is a pretty Avoman about j 28 years old. She denied her guilt and j Avhen told that.Aells Avas the complajn- ant refused to credit the story , as she said he Avas the dearest friend she had. Smedley Avas formerly employed in May or Bros. ' haberdashery at Lincoln. Mrs. Smedley at a church social made the ac quaintance of AVells , Avho is a farmer 4J ( i ' years of age. BOY AND N.OUNG GIRL ELOPE Hired Man Elopeswith His Employ er's Daughter. j Milanda , the 14-year-old daughter of j Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Smith , residing two miles east of Grand Island , left the city j Tuesday and Thomas Green , a young man AVIO has made his home Avitli tho Smiths for three years , a runaway at ! that time from the industrial school at j Kearney , is also missing. It is presumed ! the young people haA-e eloped. The girl Avas seen to board a train Tuesday morn ing for the east. Ten minutes later Avord ' Avas received from the girl's parents. Tel egraphic instructions Avere sent to the police at Fremont and Columbus. Green Avas but 19 years of age. Hard BloAV for Veteran. Ilarlan Newton , an old soldier and farmer living nine miles northeast of Shelton. last month advertised his farm stock and all he had at public sale and a feAV days before the auction took place he was kicked on the arm by a horse and it was broken , but the sale took place and preparations Avere made to move to Georgia this spring. Last Monday Mrs. Newton and a sou of 12 years old left for Sioux City. la. , to haA-e a short A'isit with a married daughter before they left for their southern home , and a message from the daughter's husband Thursday \ morning brought the sad news that by the explosion of a gasoline stove Mrs. NeAA'lon and the son had both been burn ed to death. Two Go to the Fen. Sheriff Lee and Deputy AVashburn left Sidney Thursday evening Avitli Kirk Dun can and Herbert Anderson , Avho Avill serve a three-year term in the peniten tiary for cattle stealing , they having been competed at the last term of the j : district court. Boy Burglars Released. The three boys AVIO confessed to bur glarizing three stores in Beatrice the past week Avill not be prosecuted , as their parents settled for the goods not returned and adjusted matters satisfactorily Avith the merchants whose stores Avere robbed. Reduces Saloon Tax. At the last meeting of the village ( board of Gretna an ordinance Avas pass ed which reduces the occupation tax on jsaloons from $100 to $50. Gretna sa loonkeepers AA-ill hereafter have to pay < but $550 per year. i Charity is Cut Out. The state senate , in its desire to make a record for economy in the closing days of the session , has pared expenses until even charity work in the state is to be dispensed Avith for tAvo years. The state board of charities was cut off Avithout au appropriation and the board of pris on visitors has no funds. Game Warden Found the Ducks. At Grand Island fifty-four ducks Avere found by a deputy game Avarden on the place of J. C. Gerspacher. Mrs. Gers- pacher Avas fined § 25 and KIRKMAN HEARING SECRET. Public Not Allowed to Hear Any of the Testimony. The trial of Capt. Geo. W. Kirkman at Fort Niobrara will probably last for several days longer. The courtmartial sits for from three to four hours eacli afternoon , and absolute secrecy is being maintained as to the character of the evidence that is being submitted. About a dozen wf ? = cxi have been examined so far. Kirkman is accused of conduct uncc- coming an oflicfr in taking a woman to his quarters at the post and also with breach of arrest. Kirkman has pleaded not guilty to both charges and will at tempt to shavv iu answer to the first al legation that the woms'.u was sick and he took her to his quarters for medical treatment. TRAIN WRECK. Cars Leave Track jmtl Mail Clerk is Injured. The evening train was partly wrecked two and one-half miles northwest of Coleridge about 8 o'clock Friday night. The passenger coaches and two freight cars left the track , one car of coal roll ing down a high embankment. George Hinks , mail clerk , was hurt in the back by the front trucks of the combination car breaking through the iloor. The passengers and Mail Clerk Ilinks were placed in a box car which stayed on the track and taken to Hart- ington and later in the evening the bag gage , mail and express cars were taken to Harrington. The wrecking train was immediately dispatched to the scene of the accident. The wreck is supposed to have been caused by a broken truck. A SUCCESSFUL GRAFTER. k Poses as a Land Buyer and Gains Confidence- Bank Cashier. A fellow representing himself as a land buyer dropped into tho IJnnk of Bridgeport tho other day and presented a letter purpoiting t < > sliow negotiations in which ho was interested. He pio- duced a.draft for $1.100 to Mark Spano- glf. ex-county attorney and cashier of the bank , and had it cabbed. He got $ o. iO in cash and a bank draft for the balance. Shortly afterwards Mr. Spanogle found out tlio draft was not good , but the man had Mown , leaving no trace of his whereabouts. Every effort is being made by the oHicers to apprehend him. NORFOLK GIRLS JOIN SHOW , Five Members of iho Lidies' Band Go oil the ll : > ad. A quartette of Norfolk girls left home Satin day nitcht with the Chase-Lister ! Repertoire Company , to be featured as a | ladies' band at $ " per week each. They are Misses Nora Dixon. Gertrude Austin , Tessie Dixon , Daisy Mayhew and Lydia Wheeler. Other girls were prevented from going by their mothers. The Norfolk ladies' band , to which they belonged , is disor ganized. DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEET. State Democratic Ktlitorial Associa tion Meets in Lincoln. The Nebraska Democratic Editorial Association began its fourth annual meeting at the Lindell Hotel at Lincoln AVednesday evening with about thirty members in attendance. The ollicers elected were : AA' . .T. Bry an , president : II. W. Ridley , of Fre mont , vice president : J. M. Harnhart. of Auburn , secretary-treasurer : R. O. Ad ams and C. D. Casper , members of the executive committee : AVill Maupin , chair man of the excursion committee. A Peculiar Accident. A peculiar accident was the explosion Saturday of a gun carried by David Hurt , who was hunting in company with Howard Linsacum along the Nemaha bottoms , near Ilumboldt. Both took a shot at a Hock of ducks and their posi tions caused the guns to cross , the charge from Linsacum's striking the barrel of Hurt's gun about midway just as the latter pulled the trigger. The damaged weapon exploded , scattering steel in all directions , but fortunately neither of the boys was hurt. Colored Alan Loses His Foot. AVcdnesday morning about 7:30 o'clock Robert Moore , a colored man from Ilumboldt. was at the Missouri Pa cific depot in Falls City on his way to Hiawatha , and as the freight started south ho tried to jump onto the rear end of the caboose. In some manner his foot slipped and ho was thrown under the wheels of the car and his right foot was cut off about half way between the toe and heel. Presents President's Photograph AVcdne.Mlay former Senator Dietrich presented to the Hastings Carnegie li brary a handsome photograph of Presi dent Roosevelt , which had been present ed to the senator by the president to commemorate the dedication of the libra ry. The photograph is 'M by 30 inches and bears the significance of the gift iu the president's handwriting. Bonded Indebtedness Reduced. The AVest Point precinct bonded in debtedness of $30.000 , which iias been a bugbear and a burden to the taxpayers for nearly thirty years , will now bo re duced in amount , the county board hav ing vot6d $12.000 to be paid toward wiping out the debt. Eats Poisonous Pills. The . ' { -year-old daughter of J. W. El liott , of Plattsmouth secured a box of sugar-coated pills containing strychnine and took about a dozen , and after in tense suffering for three hours , she pass ed away. Man Killed at Oakdale. The accidental discharge of a gun kill ed Frank Overs-haw , aged 23 , at Oak- dale. Rounding Cp the Truants. The West Point school board has de cided to enforce the provisions of tht complsory attendance law in West Point. City Marshal Drahos has been appointed truant officer and is now en gaged in rounding up the absentees. Weather Station for Beatrice. P. Connor , of Kansas City , arrived in Beatrice recently for the purpose of es tablishing a meteorological station there He also intends to establish a gpvernl incut rain gauge iu connection with the station. ' - * The senate finance committee lias com. pMed its report on thehouse salary bill ard returned It to the senate on th IGth. The committee slashed the deputy state officers to conform to the statutes , reduced the Pern normal school salary list from $35,700 to $32,500. the Kearney school from $23,750 to $17,500. cut tlie- siiperfntondent of the institution for fee ble minded youth from $2,900 to $2.000' a vear and added a chaplain at the sol diers' home at Grand Island at a salary Df $500 annually. The university ap- oropriation was not changed. 1 he de tailed changes from the house bill toilows L'hief clerk to the adjutant general re- Juced from SI .200 to $1,000 , storekesp- r from $1,000 to $ SOO , deputy secretary Df state from $1SOO to $1,500 , deputy land commissioner from $1,800 to $ l.iOO Zraughtsman in land commissioners of fice increased from $1,300 to $1,500 , two bookkeepers in land commissioner's office- reduced from $1,500 to $1.200 , bank ex- iminers office reduced from $1,800 to pi,500 each , Peru normal school reduced h-om $35.700 to $32,500. Kearney nor mal school reduced from $23,750 to $17- 500. pathologist at Lincoln asylum from fl.500 to $1,200 , superintendent iustitu- : ion for feeble minded youth reduced from $2,500 to $2,000. soldiers * home at 3rand Island surgeon raised from $ l,00ft : o $1.200. and a chaplain added at a sal- try of $500'a year. ' * * * Chairman Gilligan , of the committee- . eform schools , has made the following report to the senate on the condition of : he industrial school at KearneyVe - found the institution at Kearney in mnell better condition than Ave had expected , i A Avrong impression has gone abroad ast ' regards this institution. Many think this i is a second prison for boys , the majority j of Avhom are considered criminals. It is. in fact , a first class industrial school , , and every boy that is sient to this insti tution Avho has any desire to improve his condition can do so , and when he leaves the school , either by dismissal or parole , can do so Avitli a sufficient education and enough knoAvledge of some trade to earn for himself a good living for the- balance of bis life. AVe talked with some of the boys at this institution and. Avith one who left the same day Ave did on parole , and they all stated thnt they Avere glad they had been sent there , a& they were compelled to acquire a knowl edge of some trade and c.ould gain an. j education , the grades of which Avere as- high as the ninth grade in our public schools. " * * * The prohibitionists of Lincoln havo undertaken a novel campaign on behalf of their nominees for mayor and ex cisemen. They have had 3.500 cards printed. Each contains a pledge that the signer Avill cast his ballot at the elec tion for the excise board , which includes tho mayor. Avhich Avill grant no licenses atill in Lincoln this year. This means the prohibtion nominees. If 2,500 such pledges can be secured the managers , be lieve this Avill insure no license , fj t quite certain that if 2.500 men doOte for this ticket it Avill be elected. There are 7,500 A-otcs in Lincoln at presiden tial elections , and about 5,500 at county und state contests. City fights are 11 ally so one-sided that about 4,500 votes is the average. If 2,500 vote for no li cense it Avill carry , since the remainder of the vote Avould be divided betweea the Republican and Democratic tickets. A vigorous effort Avill be made to enlist the public in the plan. Mass meetings will be held and literature distributed. After all. the claims committee of the legislature decided to allow all but $1,250 of the claim of state Architect James Tyler , Avhich amounted , according to his statement , to $9G3G.S2. A comprehen sive investigation of the entire situation was made by the committee through it * sub-committee , consisting of four mem. bers of the house , and the committee thinks that the best thing than can b done under the circumstances is to al- IOAV this portion of the claim. Many dis crepancies and inconsistencies were dis covered , but the committee found som © question as to the legality of throAving ? out the entire claim. Two of the sub committee Avere for the claim and t\v opposed , so that under these conditions the sub-committee submitted no formal j report. Of the amount cut out , $500 is for salary for Tyler and the rest for twc extra draughtsman he employed. * * * Notwithstanding their customary skil' of concealing their schemes , the alliec railroads have at last failed to hide their hands in the matter of legislation vitally affecting their interests. That they hav'p decreed the defeat of the rate regulatin ? bills an dthe passage of the Cady rai' road commission bill is now zenerall admitted. The Cady bill passed the sei ate last Friday and every effort will I made by the corporations to facilitat its course through the house and secui its ultimate passage. Agitation of th measure is to be kept up in an effo to diA-crt attention from the rate bil and create the impression that the Car. bill contemplates all the relief wbi < the producers and consumers in Nebra ka Avaut and need. The committee on arrangements a pointed to plan for the annual cougrt11 of the National Prison Association , - convene in Lincoln Oct. 10 to 20 , ! ! ) < : elected Hon. M. B. IJeese chairman s. John Davis secretary of the local exo- live committee. J. E. Miller was elri ed chairman and AATarden A. D. Beer' vice chairman of the committee on ' ' ception and entertainment. Other ccl mittees will be named later. * * * The Harsh elevator bill , which recommended for passage Wedn-j did not carry AA-ith it an amend- ' compel railroads to run a sidet $ elevators erected off the * right ofv This amendment was moved , but lost. The bill as it now stands cdm- ; railroads to grant a site on the right3 way for the erection of elevators to h : a capacity of 15,000 bushels and to c pel the railroad to furnish cars to ii pendent shippers just the same as to larger elevator interests. This is * main object of the bill , to stop discr nation between shippers
