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CHANGE THEIR MINDS
FUGITIVES WON'T RETURN TO
NEW YORK WILLINGLY.
Attorneys AA'ill Make Desperate Ef
forts to Keep the Brother-in-Law
and Sister of Nan Patterson Out
of the Toils of tho New York Jjaw
A Cincinnati special says : That J.
Morgan Smith and wife would resist ex
tradition to Xew York where they havo
been indicted for conspiracy with Xan
Patterson , Mrs. Smith's sister , wfs made
evident Friday afternoon. Attorney
Shay , representing the prisoners , secured
two writs of habeas corpus from Com
mon Picas Judge Smith , returnable on
Monday. One writ is for J. ? 1 organ
Smith and the other for his Avife. Julia
Patterson Smith.
It is alleged in the writs that the
Smiths are held without warrant ; that
no charge has been placed against them ,
and that there is no authority in law for
the detention of either husband or wife.
When arrested Thursday thetwo were
simply "on suspicion , ' ' but Friday , when
it was thought a writ of habeas corpus
would be sought , Chief of Detectives
Crawford filed in police court an affida
vit charging Smith with being a fugitive
from justice.
During the afternoon Detective Quinn ,
of Xew York , who arrested Xan Patter
son last May after the shooting oC
Young , and who is well acquainted with
the Smiths , called at the central police
station and formally identified tlm
Smiths as the persons named in the Xew
York indictments.
The writs are returnable before Judge
Spiegel in the common pleas court Mon
day.
Before securing the writs Attorney
Shay had called during the afternoon at
the police station and held a long con
ference with his clients , who met each
other for the first time since their arrest.
OHIO BANK LOOThD.
Employes of a .Lorain Bank Short
Ninety Thousand Dollars.
. The Citizens' Savings Bank , of Lorain ,
< O. . did not open for business Friday.
.The following notice was posted on the
door of the bank :
"This bank is closed for business. ' '
The affairs of the bank have been
placed in thy hands of T. F. Fancher as
assignee.
While the directors arc extremely reti-
ccnf. it is known the closing resulted
from the defalcations by three of its
employes and that the sum taken aggre
gates $00.000.
President Honecker stated Friday that
the defaulting employes had agreed to
turn over everything of value they pos
sessed to the bank.
Speculation iu stocks is given ; : s the
.cause of the shortage.
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BIG PRAIRIE FIRE.
Swept Over a .Large Portion of the
' , Rosebud Reservation.
Reports received at Omaha , Neb. ,
jfrom Bonesteel , S. D. , and other points
, on the Rosebud reservation tell of a se-
jrious prairie fire sv/eeping across the
| reservation.
1 Near Niobrara. Xeb. , many homes and
'thousands ' of dollars' worth of hay have
tbeen destroyed. In a home containing-
eight children one was fatally burned
and the entire family narrowly escaped
death. . , , . .
1 Bridegroom is Murdered.
' At Malone , X. Y. , Simmer Ilazen ,
.bridegroom of a week , and John Hall ,
| his wife's brother , are dead as the re
sult of an exchange of pistol shots at
Hall's home Thursday night. While
Hall learned Ilazen and his sister were
to be married he warned Hazcn he
would resort to violence , if necessary , to
prevent the ceremony. Nothing came
of the threat until Thursday night.
BulIetH Kill Tu-o.
At Collinsville , 111. , in a three-cor
nered shooting affray Mrs. John Berta
; : ind Barney Vosallo were killed and
John Berta , husband of the woman , was
slightly wounded , and was released from
custody on the verdict of justifiable hom
icide.
AVreck in North Dakota.
Pat Riley , a traveling man for Ar
mour & Co. ; Henry Doyt , of Bowling
Green , 0. , and David Simons , of Mon
tana , were killed , and another man ,
name unknown , injured in a stock train
wreck near Medora , N. D. , on the Xorth
ern Pacific road.
Old Grain Firm Suspends.
Everingham & Co. , one of the oldest
commission firms on the board of trade
at Chicago , ordered its trades closed out
Friday. The failure of customers to
meet obligations and poor business were
the reasons given for the suspension.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
stock market follow : Butcher steers ,
$4.25g5.50. ( Top hogs , $5.20.
Many Claimed by Death.
A Now York special says there were
eight deaths Thursday in Manhattan
from cercbro-spinal meningitis , against
six on Wednesday. Since noon Satur
day there have been 107 deaths from
this disease in the entire city.
Great Sebastopol Blaze.
The warehouses of the Russian
Steamship Company at Sebastopol burn
ed Friday. The conflagration , which
was of incendiary origin , did a great
Amount of damage.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Report in Paris that Russian Ruler
Shot Himself.
A Paris special snys : An unofficial ru
mor from St. Petersburg was published
here on Thursday to the effect that Em
peror Nicholas made an attempt to com
mit suicide and wounded himself in the
hand. The rumor further says that the
emperor's design was frustrated by the
intervention of his mother , the empress
dowager.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Petit Journal states that Chinese ban
dits have cut the Chinese eastern rail
way at .several places , preventing the
arrival of Russian reinforcements.
Officially the authorities at St. Peters
burg continue to deny that Russia has
made any proposals to Japan. This is
literally true , as Russia has only made
known the negative conditions , leaving
the intermediary to convey these condi
tions on its own rcsponsibilty to Japan.
Diplomats in St. Petersburg are con
vinced that something IB in progress ,
but none of those in a position to know
will acknowledge they are aware of
what is being done.
The Xovoe Vremya "Wednesday , for
the first time , admitted the possibility of
negotiations for peace , commenting on
the efforts of the British and French to
prove that peace is advisable both for
Russia and Japan. The Xovoe Vremya
declares that the payment of indemnity
by Russia is utterly out of the question ,
as it would be a question tending to
build up the strength of Japan , and that
Japan is not in a position to claim in
demnity. The paper asks whether dip
lomats , "who did nothing to prevent the
war , now will turn their attention to
bringing it to a close on terms advan
tageous to both combatants. "
TRIAL OF WIANAND.
Mother of 3Iirdered Woman Goi-s
on the Stand.
In the trial of Henry Wianand for
the murder of his wife at Denver , Colo. ,
Mrs. A. Ashley , mother of Mrs. Hen
ry Wianand , read to the jury letters sent
her by Wianand after the latter separat
ed from his wife. In them he says he
will "lead the game' ' and secure Clar
ence , the boy , or no one would get him.
lie also speaks of revenge. The letters
were written in Sioux City.
W. J. Ashley , Mrs. Wianand's broth
er , almost overcome with emotion , told
how he attacked Wianand after the fa
tal shots had been fired. Wianand dur
ing the struggle told the witness to kill
him.
him.Mrs.
Mrs. Ashley told the same story.
AGED WOMAN ASSAULTED.
Body "XVas Horribly Mutilated as
Ottawa , Kan.
Mrs. Caroline .lobes , aged 72 year ? ,
Df Wellsville , Kan. , was attacked at a
sanitarium at Ottawa during the night
by some unknown person and perhaps
fatally wounded. Her skull was frac
tured with an ax and her body was hor
ribly mutilated.
The mutilation of the body was simi
lar to that in the Xickum murder case
in Topcka last year , when Mrs. Xickum
who kept a boarding house , was myste
riously murdered and the body fearfully
Clashed , Xo motive for the attack on
Mrs. Jobes is known , and there is nc
clew to her assailant.
DOMINGO IS WELL PLEASED.
Action of United States Government
Has a Favorable Effect.
San Domingo advices state that ihf
news of the acceptance by the govern
ment at Washington of the proposition
of thc Dominican government that the
United States assume control of thf
finances of that republic , with the view
of setting aside a portion of the reve
nues for the payment of its debts , pend
ing definite action on the part of the
America a senate , has had a most favor
able effect.
The opinion is expressed that the ac-
lion taken by the authorities at Wash
ington will change the situation com
pletely.
No Ilailroad Pool.
The proposed pool of western rail
roads , says a Chicago dispatch , for the
division of convention business moving
between Chicago and the Pacific coast ,
has collapsed. All of the roads will act
separately , as they have done in the
past , in getting convention business , and
there will be no limit on the number of
free tickets given to delegates to secure
business.
Soldier's Trial for Murder.
The trial of Frank O'Connor , a young
soldier of the Thirteenth United States
infantry , on a charge of murder was
commenced Tuesday before a jury in
Superior Judge Cook's court at San
Francisco , Cal. O'Connor is charged
with killing Arthur Oliver , a former col
ored soldier.
Bankrupt Must Pay Alimony.
The supreme court of Ohio , in session
nt Columbus , holds that a discharge in
bankruptcy under the national law does
not release a divorcee from the payment
of alimony decreed previously by u state
court.
Coflin Nails Banished.
At Madison , Wis. , the Wisconsin sen
ate Wednesday passed an anti-cigarette
bill , which absolutely prohibits the sale
or manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette
paper. The bill now goes to the gov
ernor.
Double Illinois Trngedy.
At Marshall , 111. , William J. Cruse
killed Frank Livix , his brother-in-law ,
at the latter's home Wednesday , and
thcu committed suicide. Cruse claims
that Livix's family influenced his wife
to leave him.
Bandit Chief Invited.
The governor of Tangier , Morocco , has
dispatched an invitation to Raisuli , the
brigand chief , to come in with his priu-
cipal tribesmen to meet Emperor .Will
iam.
WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN
Train Striken a Rock in Boulder
Canyon.
A Great Xorthern passenger train
westbound from St. Paul was wrecked
just east of Basin , Mont. , Thursday af
ternoon , presumably by the engine strik
ing a rock that had slipped down the
mountain side. The train was running
along the canyon of the Boulder River
when the engine struck the obstruction.
The locomotive was thrown from the
track , landing in the nearby river , badly
wrecked. Engineer John Webber was
instantly killed and Fireman Davis had
an arm and a leg crushed. Only the en
gine and tender left the track , the pas
sengers escaping with a severe shaking
up. Traflic was delayed several hours.
A Winnipeg. Man. , special says : The
third section of a Canadian Pacific home-
seeker's excursion train is reported to
have been ditched.
A wrecking crew and doctors have left
Rat Portage for the scene of the wreck.
The last report says none of the pas- :
sengers was seriously injured.
The following is the official statement
of the Canadian Pacific Company :
"Thursday morning a colonist extra
train , westbound , consisting of twelve
coaches , was derailed near Dryden by a
broken rail. Eight coaches were derail
ed and several passengers cut and
bruised , none seriously. ' '
The locomotive of a freight train on
the Mexican Central exploded near Ciu-
dad Juarez. Mex. , killing Fireman Sim
Sanders , blowing him 200 feet away ,
and fearfully injuring Engineer Johr
Santano , all of Chihuahua.
MINERS TO STRI KE.
Sixty-Five Thousand to Quit in Penn
sylvania.
The operators and miners of the cen
tral bituminous district of Pennsylvania ,
after bung in confirenee in Altoona al
most continuou.-'ly since March KJ en
deavoring to agree upon a wage scale
to go into effect April 1 , adjourned final
ly without coming to an agreement.
The failure to agree means a suspen
sion of work by the GH.OOO organixcd
miners of the district at the end of the
'month. When the joint scale committee
met AVcdnesday the operators Mood up
on their proposition for a 10 per cent
reduction of the first half of the ap
proaching mining year , and the present
scale , based on (52 ( cents for pick min
ing for the second half of the year. Tin-
miners' ultimatum demanded a renewal
of the present scale for the full year. Xo
agreement boing possible , the scale com
mittee adjourned finally.
OWE FIVE MILLIONS.
The Liabilities of "Get Rich Quick"
Concerns arc Liar&c.
Senator Bradley , receiver of the ?
rey Cotton Company at Philadelphia ,
has secured an unexpected asset in the
, form of an $8,0 ! * 0 draft. The money came
from the "get rich quick" concern's Liv
erpool branch. The draft was mailed
before the Storey Company was forced
by the authorities to go out of business.
Postal inspectors said that there would
that the Sto
be no difficulty in proving
rey Company and the Provident Invest
ment Bureau were affiliated.
Compulsory Education in Russia.
One of the best signs of the times at
St. Petersburg is the announcement that
in a fortnight the ministry of public in
struction Avill undertake the elaboration
of a plan for a compulsory system of pri
mary education. Representatives of the
schools in the principal cities are invited
to participate ill the drawing up of the
plan.
Forest Fire in Ohio.
More than 500 acres north and west
of Coshocton , O. , arc being swept by
forest and prairie fires , which are still
raging. Men , women and children have
done nothing for twelve hours but light
the flames. Miles of fences and acres
of forests have been burned , but no
dwellings have been burned.
Wife Slays Husband.
Michael Xovackovich , an Austrian la
borer , at Pittsburg , Pa. , was murdered
while sleeping in bed Thursday morn
ing by his wife , Annie. The crime was
a brutal one , the woman using a hatchet.
The cause assigned for the crime wa *
revenge for ill treatment by the hus
band.
31ay be Trouble in Hayti.
The cruiser Brooklyn , due at Guantan-
aino Friday , will be ordered upon her
Inrrival there to proceed to Port an
Prince , Hayti , in response to the re
quest of the state department at Wash
ington after receiving a cablegram from
Minister Powell saying trouble was im
pending there.
Makes 23 Knots an Hour.
The new cruiser Rcstsbeck , the first
turbine propelled vessel of the German
[ navy , rau her trial trip from Kiel to
jSwinemunde , Germany , ISO sea miles , at
23 knots au hour. The naval commis
sion aboard accepted the vessel during
the run.
Negro Outratiers Caught.
Charged with holding up and assault
ing Mrs. Belle McNeil , a white woman ,
six negroes of Uniontown , Pa. , have
been arrested and held to await a trial
at court. The crime was one of the
.most daring ever committed in Union-
town.
Blows Himself to Pieces.
Joseph Hogist , aged 25 , committed
suicide at his home near Mahanoy City ,
Pa. , Wednesday night by blowing him
self to pieces with a stick of dynamite.
His body was blown to fragments. He
had been married six months.
Fire in Ohio University.
The science hall at Dennison Univer
sity , at Granville , O. , burned early
Thursday. The loss is nearly $100,000.
The most delicate measuring instru
ments known to science were destroyed.
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V
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
1 DENSED FORM.
Oimiha Street Car Crew Held Up
Take Nothing but Company Money
After Securing the Cash Men
Disappear , Leaving No Clue.
When the street car on the Dodge
Street line reached Thirtieth and Bris
tol Streets , Omaha , Sunday night at
12:30 two men , with masks and with
revolvers , surprised Conductor D. A.
Hood and demanded his money. With
uplifted hands Hood was compelled to
stand and let the men relieve him of all
the cash he had in his pockets and also a
revolver.
"Have you any money of your owuV"
usked one of the men.
"A little of it belongs to me , " he re
plied : " ? 2,7.V
" \Ve want only thecompany's money , "
the man said , and he handed the conduc
tor the amount he claimed as his own.
One of the masked men then exam
ined the revolver , and removing all the
cartridges , said :
" 1 guess that gun isn't very dangerqus
now , so you can keep it , too. "
Apparently no attention was paid to
the motorman. There were no passen
gers on the car.
Keeping the car men on the anxious
-eat by threats of what they would do
if any attempt was made to move until
told itould be all right , the mask
ed uelibe/ately backed off into the dark
ness and disappeared.
As speodily as possible the car was
inn back to the barn and word sent to
the police station with as good a descrip
tion of the robbers as the car men couiu
give. Thf whole affair occupied only a
few minirus and the conductor was M >
j busy doing what he was told to do that
j he was m.able to give anything but a
. very general description of the men.
j Their disguise and mask ? ; prevented an
accurate description , excepting that of
height and jcenera ! > 'ixe of the men.
Detective Pattullr. and OlHcer Dan
Baldwin pnmptly went to the scene of
the robbery and endeavored to get some
trace of the highwaymen , but no trace
of ihem coi.hi be found. They had a
good start and evidently had the whole
affair carofrlly planned.
MUST APPEAR FOR TRIAL.
Declaration of State's Attorney Re
garding Smcdle.y Case.
County AtJorney Caldwell declared
Monday at Lincoln that unless Mrs.
Scott Smedh'.v and her husband appear
ed for trial the next day he would start
an action to have the bond forfeited.
This is the latest phase of the alleged
bunkoing of f.-a-mer Joseph Wells by
Mrs. Smedley. lie had her arrested ,
filed a complaint charging her with
fraud and then signed her bond. Then
he wenr to Denver with her.
Smedley claims he thought his wife
was rich andVelis was the guardian
f > f her estate.
Ilailroad Men Have Cioso CaSl.
Yardmaster Lea. Switchman Black
sind Helper Lewis had a narrow escape
from beinir fatally burned at Ravenna
Wednesday. They were sitting in the
switchman's house when sparks fi om a
passing engine set fire to the place. They
were inside. Siime oil is kept there and
in an instant the inside of the building
was ablaze. Lea escaped with a slightly
injured face. Black had his hair badly
singed , the coat of Lewis caught lire , but
was thrown off and he escaped unhurt.
Passes a Confederate Bill.
A young man came into Huebner's
racket store at Pierce , bought t cents"
worth of goods and handed out what the
clerk thought was a$10 greenback. Imt
it proved to be a $10 confederate bill.
The young man who passed the confed
erate bill goes by the name of Henry
Cross , and lives near Center , Knox
County. Some think that youijj Cross
did not intentionally pass the bill. Cross
has not been arrested.
Fight Over Ball Game at Papillion
\Vhile playing ball a quarrel ensued
between some young boys at Papillion.
and George Boyer is suffering from a
large cut over the heart at the hands of
the young son of Louis Hutter. It is
not known what the quarrel was over ,
but young IIutter used a big butcher
knife on Boyer. Six stitches were re
quired to sew up Hover's wound and
now he is resting as easily as could be
expected.
Fooled with a Cigar Cutter.
A young colored woman named Sallic
Catrell. of Omaha , while in a drug store
became interested in a cigar cutter on
the show case , and to learn how the ma
chine worked , pressed one of her fingers
into one of the holes. She drcutho
finger out with an accompaniment of
Kerenms. The point of the finger was
cut off as neatly as if it had been a
cigar.
Vetoed by Mickey.
Gov. Mickey Wednesday evening sent
to the house his veto of the McMulIen
bill for the regulation of the practice of
medicine- the state , better known as
the anti-Christian Science bill. The gov
ernor says in his veto he believes tho
bill to be in violation of the constitution ,
which demands religious toleration and
freedom.
Ditch Changes Hands.
After negotiations covering nearly half
a year , the transfer of the Sutherland
ind Paxton irrigation ditch from the
Sutherland and Paxton Land and Irri
gation Company to the stockholders was
made Tuesday. A new company has
been formed and it is called the Keith
and Lincoln Counties Irrigation Com
pany , with a capital stock of $7o,000.
Fell Down Stairs.
Miss Mabel Grimes , employed with
the Bishop Millinery Company , at Beat
rice , stepped backward off an unprotect
ed stairway in the rear of the millinery
store and fell a distance of six feet ,
breaking her left collar bone. She also
sustained severe bruises about the body.
H. C. Mahanna Dead.
IT. C. Mahanna , for fifteen years su
perintendent of the South Platte lines
of the Northwestern Railroad , died at
his home in Fremont Monday , aged ( JO
years.
QUARREL ENDS IN KILLING.
Father Sees Son Stabbed to Deiatb ,
but Unable to Assist Him.
As the result of a quarrel in Butt *
Wednesday a fatal affray occurred three
miles west of Badger Thursday after
noon. Myron Irwin. Bob Rurusey anc
the Carins quarrelled Wednesday and
Irwin and Rnmsey are reported as suy-
ing they would fix Robert Carins whei
they caught him on the other side of tin
river. A prairie fire Thursday after
noon near Irwin's ranch brought togeth
er two crowds and Robert Carins , beinj
separated from his crowd , was held bj
Rumsey while Irwin stabbed him twice.
One thrust struck his heart , the othci
entered the abdomen. He died in thirtj
minutes.
Carins' father saw the affair from a
distance and when the'assailants finish
ed they jumped in a buggy and started
toward Dustin , with Carins , Sr. , in pur
suit , but he was called back to assist his
dying son.
The sheriff of Holt County has been
notified and a posse of friends of tin
dead boy is in hot chase. Should thoj
catch his slayer it is very likely a lynch
ing will follow.
THE KIRKMAN CASE.
Prosecution Rests After Submitting
Sensational Testimony.
When the courtmartial , which is try
ing ( 'apt. George W. Kirknian. met
Tuesday , wit nesses for the defense were
called. The prosecution rested its case
on Saturday evening , sensational evi
dence bearing on the relations between
the accused and Mrs. Chandler having
been given ! ; : ; . ; 'u > numberf \\\l \
nesses. While the proceedings are con
ducted in absolute secrecy and nothing is
permitted to leak out as to the details
of the evidence , it is known that a verj
strong case has been made against Kirk-
man. The captain , however , insists that
he is able to make a complete answer
io all the charges. lie will conduct his
own defense.
Members of Company I are not per
mitted to leave tinfort while the trial
! is in progress , orders having been given
| that every soldier shall hold himself
ready in the event that he should IK
called upon as a witness.
MRS. SMEDLEY AT SEWARD.
Under Name of IVillets She AY as
.Married to Present Husband.
Mr > . Edith Smedley , the woman who
was alleged to havreceived . KJ.OOC
from JosephVels. ! . of I'lysses. recently ,
was married to Smedley on Dec. IT.
11)0-1. ) by County Judge Leavens , at Sew-
ard. She was married under the name
of Willets.
A few days previous to the cerenionj
she opened her pocketbook on the street ,
during a high wind , and a large roll oi
bills was blown in every direction in
such ; i manner that most of them were
not recovered.
Seriously Kurt in llunaivay.
Mrs. .1. C. Bowen. wife of a loading
citizen and business man of Broken
Bow. was seriously injured in a run
away Thursday. The animal suddenly
took friirht and started to run , dashing
over every obstacle that came in its way.
The buggy finally came ; n contact with
a stack of millet several feet hiirh and
Mrs. Bowen was throwu out and drag
ged several yards. The injured woman
was taken to a residences wiiere it was
found she had sustained a compound
| fracture above the right ankle. It is al > c
feared s-he may be injured internally.
Automobilist Hurt.
At Fremont Jerome Porterfield wa ?
Thursday thrown out of un automobile
and quite badly injured. .A. good sized
dog rushed out in front of the machine
and was struck squarely amidship. In
some mysterious way the dog got tan
gled in the gear , the machine throwing
Porterfield .our. and as he was going
quite fast at the time he r.as badly
bruised.
Robberies at Nebraska City.
Sneak thieves stole a trunk from the
Missouri Pacific passenger station at
Xebraska City Saturday uisrht and car
ried it to a box car. where the trunk was
broken open and the content > j scattered
in the car. The police were notified and
while searching through the railroad
yards for the trunk found three box cars
that had been broken into and from one
car a number of pairs of patent leather
shoes had been stolen.
Beatrice AVoman Fatally Burned
Mrs. Lou Younkin. a widow was prob
ably fatally burned at Beatrice Wednes
day afternoon. She was burning rubbish
in the yard when her skirts caught fire
and her clothing was almost entirely
burned from her body before tho flames
were extinguished. She is past (50 ( years
of age and her recovery is doubtful.
Wagon Upset.
While Rownie Veal , a young farmer
living three miles southwest of Htella ,
was returning home with a load of wood
tho wagon upset and pinned him under
the load in such a manner as to bi ak
his collar bone.
Awarded $700 Damages.
In district court at Plattsmouth JIu-
gene A. Levi. of Xcbraska City , received
a judgment against the Rock Island
Railroad Company for a little more than
$700 for damages to two thoroughbred
horses cai/sed / by delay in shipment.
Sheriff After Elopers.
Jos. Skilinsk , a school teacher ,
eloped with Fanny Richardson , aged 15
years , a daughter of Thomas Richard
son , of Grand Rapids , Sunday night.
The sheriff is ii pursuit.
Severe Electrical Storm.
A severe electrical storm of about
an hour's duration passed over Broken
Bow Monday afternoon. Very little rain
fell. As near as can be ascertained no
damage was done.
Damaged by Fire.
Late Saturday night fire damaged the
Nebraska City steam laundry to the ex
tent of $ HOO. The fire started in tne
boiler room and was extinguished before
it could communicate to the main build
ing. The loss is fully covered by insur
ance.
Gets a Rhodes Scholarship.
Arthur II. Marsh , of Blair , has been
awarded a Cecil Rhodes scholarship for
Oxford university. Marsh is 21 years
old , a student in the University of Ne-
and expects to be a minister.
Tax Commissioner Fleming hns just
completed a tabulation to show liow ths
new revenue law has affected the differ
ent classes of real and personal property"
in the state during the first 3'eur of its ;
operation. 1904 , as compared with tho-
results achieved by the old law the year
previous. He has multiplied the assess
ments so .as to bring them to a full valu
ation and finds that the assessment on
"invisible" ' personal property in the
state has been increased from $ tj < ; . : ; i l.-
f 84 to $121.020.800 , or nearly doubled :
This classification includes bonds , stocks ,
warrants , money , credits , mortgages ,
franchises , annuities and royalties ,
shares of stocks and property of corpora-
tions , stock of banks , diamonds , jewelry ,
etc. Mortgages account for $22.5 . ' ( J.07.'j
of the advance and credits about as
much , money $5.000,000 , royalties and
annuities. $70,000 , and diamonds and
jewelry about doubled or raised to a to
tal of $453,950. Bonds , stocks and war
rants decreased about $100.o < jO. Tin
visible personal property , such as mer
chandSse. household goods , farm ma.
chinery and implements , live stock , and
the like , increased ( from $170.5.54.52U
to $217,940.195. Railroads , including
franchises , kept pace with tlie advance ,
the old figures being $ ll > ; .70i.7t. ! ! ;
against $2jO.S87,810 : in 1904. Land !
jumped in assessed value from $721.
114,488 to $887.195,815 , most of the ad
vance being on improved farm lands
which Avent from $428.000.000 to $011 , .
000,000. Unimproved country lands wen *
down from $5)4.000,000 to $07,000.000 ,
and city property , inr-luding both im
proved and unimproved lots , incra-fir
from $15)9.000.000 ) to $209.000.0:10. The
total figures show that on a full viiuu
lion basis all property in Nebraska was
assessed at $ L-157.050.0SO in 191)4 )
against $1.1:10,750,275 : in 19U.'J.
If nil the appropriation bills pendinj
before the governor and legislature art
enacted into law the total appropriatii.n.
for the twenty-ninth session. e\L-li'sin
of tho temporary school funds , wil-
amount TO $ . " , .858,978.74. and after depict
ing the aggregate of temporary unmi i-
ty and other special funds. 8770.712.0(1 (
and the estimated general fund receipts
.V'2.819,244.71. a net increase is showe
in the state debt of $209,021.97 , bringinj
the total state debt up approximate
to $2,500,000. The total appropriations
two years ago amounted to $3.740.2S ( >
Of the appropriations made this yeai
some , such as the $200.000 for the bind
er twine plant , and the live stock pavil
ion , advocates of the measures ; ; iiic
they should not be classed as liabilities
in the strict acceptation of the term ,
but Gov. Mickey takes the view that
they are nothing else. They go fc > s\\-f4i
the general total and figure ultimate ! ;
as nothing but obligations.
* * *
Having blighted all hopes thus far foi
anti-railroad legislation by killing of ]
every bill of that character which has
come up for action , the lawmakers arc
not inspiring any great expectations foi
the passage of any of the railroad com-
mission bills , one of which properly
drawn , the public had longed to have en-
| acted into law. CadyV principal bill
I has passed the senate , that is true , but
as its way through the house is more
devious and complex it manifestly is
fraught with - greater uncertainty. Sen
ator Cady is doing his utmost , with the
aid of a few other members , however ,
to secure the final passage of'this meas
ure , and has hopes of success. If he
does win , that will be the only law AU-
acted by this legislature even'bordering
on freight rate legislation.
The legiskiture snatched time from z
busy day Friday in
which the last vos-
tigo of a railroad rate bill was obliter
ated , to fix Thursday noon. March ; iO ,
as the lime for final adjournment. A
joint resolution to this effect was adopt
ed by the house and senate. This does
not. however , make it positively certain
"
that the twenty-ninth session ad
journ sine die at this hour , for as is tho
case with nearly all legislatures when
the time comes to quit , many measures
are likely to be on hand ami the tradi
tion of stopping the clock is liable agaim
to be brought into vogue. However , tho
members as a whole seem quite anxious
to get through just as soon as possible.
# *
The state is about ' $2,000 better off .i.s
a result of the discovery by Deputy.
State Auditor Anthes of some bookkeep
ing in the office of the auditor. Incident
ally , Custer County is to the bad just ?
this amount and an inquiry from tho-
county clerk of Custer County regard
ing the amount of money that county
had paid to the state for the support of
Albert Merschinger , insane , led to th&
discovery.
* * *
While Thursday , March P.O , has been
fixed as the time for final adjournment
of the legislature , conditions indicate-
and members believe the end will not
come before Saturday. This is because-
of the large volume of work yet to be-
done. However , aside from the various-
appropriation bills , few pending meas
ures are of more than passing moment
and as has been said on several occa
sions , the state would not suffer if the-
bulk of these remaining bills were al
lowed to perish for want of action.
* * *
The Christian Science bill in the sen
ate provoked a series of earnest speech
es , some of which became acrimonious at
times. The Christian Scientists , who
have given the bill their utmost attention
and been constant in their attendance-
at the capitol in their plan to defeat it ,
were largely iu evidence. The measure-
was recommended for passage by a vote
of 17 to 11.
Clarke , of Douglas , in the house Fri4
day opposed the senate amendments to ,
the McMulIen Christian Science bill ,
which exempts osteopaths from examina- .
tion iu materia medica , practice of medi
cine and therapeutics. He held these
amendments imposed on Christian Sci
entists the duties from which they ex
empted osteopaths and therefore made-
the bill class legislation. Anderson , of1
Douglas , also spoke against the amend
ments. The amendments were concurred/ /
in by a vote of 52 to 40. A sharp con
test ensued and excitement prevailed un
til the last vote was called.