Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
L M. RICE , - - - Publisher
NO P-ROG-RESS MADE
CHICAGO STRIKE APPEARS FAR
FROM SETTLEMENT.
Further 'Efforts to be Put Forth
Neither Side , However , la Hopeful
of Ucaults Mayor Dunne Refuse ? ,
to Discuss the Charge of Bribf ry
A Chicago special pays : Aftes a day
nwi a large part of the uighl spent in
conferences with , hoik sides in the Mont
gomery "Ward & CN ) . strike Mayor Dunne
late Friday night announced that h < v
Iiad made no progress toward a settle
ment of the trouble and he did not seem
hopeful that an adjustment will com
in the near future. Further conferences
will be held , but it is not thought by
r.ither the employers or the strikers that
any arrangement will be reached. The
great obstacle to the settlement is that
the. tfamsters insist that the strike of
the garment workers , now four months
old , bo arbitrated before the teamsters
return to work , and the employers insist
7 hat the teamsters return to work before
anthifig is done concerning the garment
workers.
Mayor Dunne endeavored Friday night
to bring about a joint conference , but
neither side would consent to meet the
other.
The firm of Montgomery Ward & Co.
succeeded in sending more goods to th <
freight depots Friday than at any time
since the commencement of the strike.
A.11 of the wagons were under police pro-
trction. hut there w.is less violence than
on any of the preceding days.
Mayor Dunne declined to discuss t he-
charge brought to his attention that a
bribe had been offered for the .settlement
of the strike.
"My informant is well intentioned. " he
said , "but I do not know whether his in
formation is well founded. I cannot give
the details of the charges until 1 have
investigated the matter and have fount.
it based upon fact. A man's character
cannot be assailed upon mere informa
tion. I'ntil J have traced the matter I
can say nothing. ' '
KILLED THE GIRL.
, Ir. Crofibrtl Convicted of Murder
of Maud Stone.
: Dr. Crofl'ord. of the Lamoni. la. , san-
, was Friday found guilty of the
nnurder of Maud Stone , who died in
Vrofford's hospital after a criminal oper-
( aton four years ago. This was his sec
ond trial.
At his first trial in 100. ; Dr. Crofford
was found guilty and sentenced to prison
for twenty years , but secured a new trial
from the supreme court.
Crofford has been out on bail and en
gaged in practice , though the state board
of medical examiners had refused to re
store his certificate , revoked on his con
viction. The case has attracted much
attention because the defendant , is
wealthy and put up a hard fight , and his
sanitarium had become well known all
over the southern part of the state.
RUDOLPH MUST HANG.
So Hope for tfie Murderer of Je
tective Schumacher.
At Jefferson City. Mo. , at a conference
between Gov. Folk ami the attorneys of
Bill Kudolph , .sentenced to be hanged
April 37 at Tnion. Mo. , for the murder
of Detective Schumacher , the governor
announced that he will not commute Ru
dolph's sentence to life imprisonment as
requested in a petition signed by liOO
persons in St. Louis , which was present
ed to the governor Thursday by Jtu-
dolph's mother. "
The news that Gov. Folk had declined
to interfere with the sentence of the
court ordering him to be hanged was
brought to Bill Rudolph by his sister ,
Nellie. The girl broke down and wept ,
but Rudolph took the news stoically.
Good Ronclfl in New York.
The proposed constitutional amend-
, ment authorizing a state bond issue of
$ nO.OOOCOO for
, building good roads un
der the slate aid law passed the assem
bly at Albany , N. Y. . Friday. Having
passed the legislature last year the prop
osition will be Mibmitted to popular vote.
Paul Jones' Body Found.
The remarkable search which Ambas
sador Torlcr has conducted for the body
of Paul Jones at Paris has been crowned
with success by the discovery of the
body and its identification Friday by the
highest French medical experts as un $
questionably that of the famous admiral.
Gorky IVill Not be Tried.
On account of the condition of his
'health ' , and the fact that the evidence
against him is not strong , it is under
stood the government at St. Petersburg
has abandoned its intention of bringing
Maxirn Gorky to trial.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City at
stock market follow : Butcher steers , fo
90. Top hogs , < j-50. ; '
Many Narrow Kscapes.
Five persons were badly hurt , fifty oth
ers narrowly escaped death or injury , up
'and hundreds driven in
were from adjoin
ing tenements in a fire at New York
Friday which enlirely destroyed a seven-
story sweatshop building in Hester
Street and damaged .several other near
by buildings.
Gold Standard in Mexico.
land
A Mexico City dispatch says : The gold
Standard will go into effect without post-
lnoQeincDt _ on May : 1. (
NAN PATTERSON CASE.
The State Secures a Farther Post
ponement.
Nan Patterson was brought into the
court of general sessions at New York | i
j Thursday bv her own consent to plead
to a charge of conspiracy to get m "
from Caesar Young , the bookmaker
is accused of having conspired
Morgan Smith and his wife. " <
tcrson's sister , to extort
dead bookmaker.
She was not allowr
charge , however , Assistant District
Attorney Rand . - 4 J , , , ! Foster that
she I L "Ot ari'xtpMrtl , holding that it was
Miss J atterson's counsel requested per-
to examine the minutes of the
jury which indicted her. This was
'opposed by Mr. Rand , who asked for u
delay of one day in order that Miss Pat
terson night be arraigned in company
with J. Morgan Smith and Mrs. Smith ,
Although Miss Patterson's counsel vigor
ously objecfed to the delay the court or
dered that her plea to the charge be put
over until Friday. She will be placed on
trial again next Monday on the charge
of having murdered Young.
Counsel for J. Morgan Smith and his
wife asked the court to order the dis
trict attorney to return the letters con
fiscated from the Smiths in Cincinnati.
The lawyer declared that Mr. Kami had
no right to them. Before deciding the
question the court decided that
formal notice be given fo the district
attorney. After the court proceedings
Mr. Rand asked the Smiths' counsel to
allow them to come to the district at-
lorney's office and be questioned. The
lawyer reserved his answer.
It is said Mr. Rand is endeavoring to
learn who , if anyone , assisted the Smith's
in their flight from New York after the
death of "Caesar" Young lal .June.
ST. PAUL MAN SHOOTS TWO
One of His Victims is Dead and the
Other Will Die.
Early ThursdayVilliam Williams , a
St. Paul. Minn. , steamtitter , entered ihe
flat of Frederick S. Keller and shot John
Keller , aged 1(5 ( years , as he lay in bed ,
and then turned the revolver on the boy's
mother. Both victims were fatally hurt.
The reason for the crime is unknown.
Young Keller died from his wounds
later in the day. .Mrs. Keller's recovery
is doubtful.
Williams told the police he had a lik
ing for the boy and went to the flat for
the purpose of getting the lad to go away
with him. Mrs. Keller ordered him out
of the house. He claims he does not re
member shooting anyone.
STRIKE STILL ON.
Peace Conference in Chicago is
Without Results.
A Chicago conference bit ween repre-
( seutatives of the Chicago Employers' As
sociation and the labor leaders Thursday
morning , looking to a settlement of the
-Montgomery Wan ! & Co. strike was
barren of results.
The union men declared they were
ready to end the trouble if Ward & Co.
would reinstate nineteen garment work
ers who struck. The firm took tiie stand
that the places of the striking garment
Avorkers had been filled and the strikers
cannot be reinstated.
While the conference was in session
the scenes of disorder which have pre
vailed on the streets during the week
were being re-enacted.
Slain in a Saloon lira\vl.
Roy Joyce , a bartender , killed two
men and received severe injuries early
Thursday in a saloon brawl at f > 1 West
Thirty-first Street. New York. A party
of eight men and one woman became
disorderly and were ordered to leave' .
One man drew a knife and began cut
ting right and left , and Joyce received
injuries which proved fatal.
Groxvth of the K. of P.
Charles E. Shive'ley. of Richmond. I nil. ,
supreme chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias , has received from It. L. C.
White , of Nashville. Tenii. . supreme
keeper of records and seals , the official
count of the members of the order. The
report shows that the total membership
is G22-f.Tl. a net gain during the last
year of T.oS. ; .
Ends r/ife in a Bath Tub. ' '
The body of Mr- ? , ( .trace Loomis. who
claimed to be the wife of Charles Loom-
is , tiie millionaire , was found in a half
filled bath tub in a fashionable boarding
house in Michigan Avenue. Chicago.
Thursday. Frequent threats made by
Mrs. Loomis that she intended to kill
herself leave no doubt that it is a case '
of suicide.
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A New Combination.
The Central Leather Company , with
an authorized capital of $80.000.000. was
incorporated at Trenton , N. J. . Thursday.
The company is to manufacture and deal
in leather. The stock is divided into
$40,000,000 preferred , paying 7 per cent
in cumulative dividends , and $40.000,000 .
the
common stock.
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Bank Oflicer Ends I jiff * . ing
At Rochester , N. Y. . Arthur Lufch-
ford , secretary and treasurer of the Me
chanics Savings Bank , committed sui
cide Wednesday by shooting.
Slain by a Mob. in
A mob of masked men entered the jail
Sfifiatobin , Miss. , earl } ' Wednesday rp
release a prisoner , and in an encounter
'vith Sheriff Hoage shot that officer dead. $
Holdup Men Captured.
E. Howard and Frank Williams , hold-
men , were captured and placed in jail
South Omaha , Neb. , Wednesday by
night after a running fight with two po
licemen , during wuich a number of shots
were exchanged.
AVommi Shoots Woman.
At Cripple Creek. Colo. . Mrs. S. W.
VidJcr , wife of a newspaper man , sin/
killed Mrs. H. C. Douglas , of Colo-
rado Springs , in the National Hotel
Thursday. _ Jealousj ; Js thecauso. _ j .
Many I
raons Reported to Have
xCen Killed and injured.
* . < my persons arc reported to have
'
_ ' ' killed and injured in a wreck on the
and Mississippi Valley Railroad
fourteen miles noith of Yicksburg , Mis- . ,
Wednesday night. The northbound fast
passenger train and the .southbound pas
senger train .are reported to have collid
ed. AH physicians of the city have been
called to the scene of the Avreck.
A Vicksburg. Mis. ; . , special says : Ya-
xoo and Mississippi Valley passenger
train No. ] . " > , southbound. Avas ditched
near Hardee station , sixteen miles north
of hero , at 3 : 'JO o'clock Thursday morn
ing. Reports state that sixty-seven pas
sengers wore injured. A special train
carrying physicians has gone to the
scene of the Avreck. It is reported the.
entire passenger train Avent down an
embankment.
Train No.K5 . , belAvecn Cleveland and
St. Louis , one of the fastest trains on
the Cleveland. Cincinnati , Chicago and
St. Louis road , Avas AVrecked at Belle-
font aine. O. . Wednesday night , and sev
en persons Avere more or less seriously
hurt.
--vs the train Avas pulling into Bellet
fontaine the brakes failed to work and
the heavy train plowed into the netted
switches al the crossing of the Sandus-
ky division of the Cleveland , Cincinnati ,
Chicago and St. Louis'and the Ohio Cen-j
tral tracks , tearing the tracks up so that'
fraflic cannot be resumed on the three
lines for some hour ? .
.T. A. Burnett , the colored porter in
jured in the Santa Fe wreck at Kings-
t ley. Kan. . Monday night , is dead at the
Santa Fe hospital at Topeka , Kan.
Fireman Frank .T. Breeve and Ray
Zimmerman , the others injured in the
wreck , are in the hospital there serious
ly injured , but will probably recover.
FATAL GRAND RAPIDS FIRE.
One Loses Life and Several Other ? I
Are Seriously Hurt.
May IJerrick , aged 8. is dead : Mrs.
( 'has. N. Ilerrick fatally injured : Chas.
N. Herrick. a 12-year-old child of Mrs.
Herrick : Thos. Norn's. Ada Norris. Cha < .
Anderson. .lack Ward are more or less
seriously hurt as the result of a fire at j
( Irand Rapids , Mich. , early Wednesday
in a saloon and boarding house at tln
corner of Broadway and Elixabeth
St reet.
Thomas Norris jumped from a second
story window and broke an arm. but not
withstanding the injury re-entered the
burning house several times and carried
out inmates overcome by smoke , lie.
however , was unable to rescue May Iler
rick. owing to the rapid-spreading of
the flames.
Strikers Adopt Novel Plan to Block
the Streets.
A novel expedient was resorted to by
strike sympathizers at Chicago to delay
traffic Wednesdav. At Clinton and
Washington Streets several teamsters
tied the Avheels of their Avagons ( rgether .
with chains. Avhich it took nearly twenty j I
minutes to break , resulting in a block
ade obstructing Montgomery Ward
Co.'s freight.
Henry Levingberg. a brush manufac-
Hirer , was hauled from the seat of a
wagon and beaten by the mob. after hav
ing delivered a load of goods to Ward
A : Co. The Avagonwas overturned and
wrecked. Levinberg was rescued by the
police.
MURDERED BY A BARBER.
Italian Police Have Evidence in the
McCready Tragedy.
At Caserta. italy , the police have se- :
cured what is apparently conclusive evi
dence that Miss Catherine McCready. of
New York , who was found dead from
strangulation in her villa near Caserta
on Feb. - . " > , Avas murdered by a barber.
Androainnico , husband of Catherine Es-
posito. Miss McCrcady's servant , who
was arrested soon after the finding of the.
body. Others are incriminated , and
more arrests are expected to follow.
" Get Rich Quick" Victims.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
.
rest of Henry Brueninger. president of
the American Mercantile Company , a
'get rich quick"concern , Avhich col
lapsed at St. Joseph. Mo. L. II. Mills ,
secretary , and M. N. Nordean , field man
ager , have disappeared and 2.000 people
lose $ : JO,000 by the failure.
Banker Hunt Pleads Giiiltj' .
W. IJ. Hunt , former president of the
defunct Pan-American Bank at Chicago , j1
Wednesday changed his plea of not guilty. ,
guilty. Hunt is under indictment for
cmbexzlement. The change of plea
places the case in the hands of thu
court. ai
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Archbishop is Jlt'Itcvod. lie
According to news received at Ha AY
vana Mgr. Chapelle , archbishop of New dc
Orleans , has been definitely relieved from * <
office of apostolic delegate in Cuba , th
thus putting an end fo the troubles aris 111
from accusations of a personal char
acter against the archbishop.
Mail Pouch Hided.
The northbound midnight mail pouch
from Bedford , Ind. , was found Thursday
the north part of the city cut to
pieces and a part of the contents gone. on
The sack is said to have contained a
large number of drafts , oue calling for
$40,000.
Race War is Threatened.
A race war is threatened at Coffey-
ville , Ivun. , as the result of an assaultg <
a negro upon Mrs. John ( Griffith : '
Avhite. Negroes of the Avorst class haA-e , \J
been ordered to leave toAvn at once. In
ha.
anticipation of trouble the mayor has
ordered all citizens to disarm and has
sworn in many special officers.
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Fire Sweeps Michigan Town. who
A fire early Wednesday destroyed ing
much of the business portion of Sunfield ,
Mich. The lojssjs § 4Q.OOO. to
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEBRASKAr
NEWS.OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Militiamen Are Facing Trouble
Members of Norfolk Company
Have Been Careless with Property
Indictments 31 ay Follow.
A Norfolk special says : Indictments
by a federal grand jury on the charge of
appropriating government property is the
serious situation Avith which a large
number of men in Norfolk are just now
threatened and. according to Adjt. < Ien.
Culver , a situation which they cannot
scape. The trouble has arisen from
Hie deplorable condition in Avhich the
property of Company L , Second regi
ment. Nebraska National ( Juard. was
; found ' by ( .Jen. Haggett. representing the
federal government on an inspection
tour. So Avidely scattered are the guns ,
tents and other belongings of the com
pany that Adjt. ( Jen.Culver . Avas at once
called to account and an order immedi
ately , followed from his ollice ordering
the t company mustered out.
Detectives have been sent lo Norfolk
k > search out the missing property and
, every person in Avhose possession a sin
gle article is found must , according to
the general , be indicted , as no one has a
right to hold any federal property of this
; class. It is feared that more serious
trouble may follow for officers directly
accountable for the property.
The West Point company has boon al
so ordered mustered out. Gen. Daggett
and Adjt. ( Jen. Culver were in Norfolk
again Saturday night fo list , what , prop
erty has already been accounted for.
GASOLINE MOTOR CAR.
Successful Trial of New Device 3Iado
at Omaha.
The final tots have been given to a
gasoline motor car designed at tiie Oma-
ha \ } shops of the I'nion Pacific Kailroad
for use in suburban and branch service.
The car has made a number of trial
runs , the final test being given Thurs
day , followed by an exhibition of the
cur at the union station at Omaha.
The car. which has been in course of
construction . for several months , is the
invention of Superintendent of Motive
Power W. It. McKoen. of the Tnion Pa-i j
cilic. Mr. Melvccn explains that )
difficulty met with in all former attempts j
was to build a motor car that could be j I
operated Avithoiit A'ibration. This obsta-
do has been overcome in the McKeen
motor by the lise of a low gear. Should
,
the new car prove a success considerable
new equipment of the same nature will
be placed in service on the I'nion Pacific
branches. The car is designed for both
freight and passenger service.
PETITION FOR REMOVAL.
O'Neill Woman Claims Bank Exam- j
iner Was Negligent. j
An O'Neill dispatch says : A petition j
has been filed by .Mrs. P. C. Carrigan. a j
depositor in the failed Elkhorn Valley ] j
National ; . Bank , for the removal of Bank.1 j )
Examiner Frederick Whitteniorc. .Mrs.
;
Carrigan alleges that Whittemore was
negligent in the duties of examining th
bank's affairs and declares that this al-
leged negligence resulted in loss to the j
depositors of the bank. | | .
The FJkhorn Valley Hank failed sev-
eral months ago and its president and
cashier were later captured and returned
to this city , where they await trial.
Boys Arrested for Burglary.
Sheriff C. E. Shrader returned from
"Pacific Junction , la. , in charge of ( Jny
Applegate and William Roberts , who are
wanted at Nebraska City for robbing the
store of L. Kropp at Wyoming Station.
Applegate's parents reside in I'nion.
and Koberts claims his home is in Mon
tana. The * boys are about ID years of
age and Applegate says he escaped from
the reform school at Kearney about two
weeks ago.
Sidney Has Klectric Lights ,
Amid imposing' ceremonies Saturday
evening the current was turned on for
the new electric lighting system in Sidac
ney. Mrs. Callahan. one of the direc
tors , made a pretty speech and then
broke a bottle of wine on the power
house. Subsequently she turned the big w
wheel and pushed the button connecting w
the dynamo. All liirhts were turned on in
simultaneously. The plant cost about P.
? S00 ( ) . of
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Caught on a Shaft.
Robert Pressey. head buttermaker for
the Queen City Creamery Company at
ifcatrice. had a miraculous escape from
death. In working about , the machin
ery in the butter room his cil
blouse caught on a burr and
the garment was Avouml around tin-
fast revolving shaft. Pressey was thrown
against ; the timbers above aid saved is
himself by holding to a steam pipe over
head until the machinery was stopped.
Nebraska Commission to Pair.
. The Nebraska commission to the Lewis Ava
and Clark exposition , recently appointed , in
held its rst meeting Monday in the of
fice of CJov. Mickey. Ex-State Senator for
William P. Warner was elected presi
dent of the commission : IT. ( .1. Shedd.
secretary , and ( Jeorge L. Loomis. the
third member , vice president and treas
urer. The commission has $ li.OUO ( with
which to make a showing of Nebraska's
resources.
Lodged in Jail.
Sheriff I fall succeeded in landing Will sum
iam Hall in the Holt County jail at
O'Neill. Ball i < accused by Maninlieus
Libe. who resides near Whiting's bridge ,
the Niobrara River , of entering his a
house and taking * SO from a trunk. Hall No.
declines to say whether lie Js guilty or
not.
Requisition for Lee.
( i jov. Mickey issued a requisition on the
governor of Iowa , for the return to Ne
braska . of Harry l.ce. who is charged
with walking away with a diamond ring
belonging to Martin J. Cannon , of Oma
. folk
Saloons 31 list Obejthe Law.
The Plattsniouth city council decided 1
cancel the license of any saloonkeeper Long
in the future is found guilty of sell rici
liquor to a minor or to any person the
after having received a writen request wh
refrain from so doiinr. while
POLICE JUDGE REMOVED.
Replies to Embez/Jement
with Demand for Salary.
ruder instructions from the city coun
cil at Nebraska City. Attorney D. V\ .
Livingston filed articles of impeachment
in the district court airainst Police Judge
C. P. Logan. It is alleged that he has
failetl to turn into the city treasury $ L-
Ofi'J.SO of tiie fines and costs collected
by him during February and March.
Friday morning the council held a spe
cial session and made a formal demand
on the police judge to turn over to the
city all lines and costs he is Avithhohling.
xie refused to make any reply to the
demands and filed a claim for salary
against the city amounting to $ J . ( ! > ! .
although he lias been allowed and has
accepted the salary fixed by ordinance.
The council held an executive session
later in the day and decided to remove
the police judge from ollice and took
j
the preliminary steps toward tiling
charges of embezzlement against him.
WORK OF A FIREBUG.
Four Fires in Seven Hours Report
ed at ivorfolk.
Four fires in seven hour. ; is the record
for Norfolk during Sunday afternoon
and evening. None of them was serious ,
and it is the opinion of Fire Chief Kern
and others that the blazes Avere the work
of a firebug. One fire burned behind the
Trocadero saloon , lint Avas extinguished.
Another destroyed the barn of M. Sinm-
baum. The barn of Frank Dederman.
in a distant part of the town. Avas burn
ed , and during this tire the new home of
C. F. Shaw started to burn. Firemen
were kept dizzy getting about.
An extra detail of fire fighteis was sta
tioned at the First ward hose house for
other emergencies. Councilman Parish
and others have suggested buying an ex
tra fire team and equipping the city
building Avith rooms , that firemen may
be ready.
TICKLED TO DEATH.
Omaha 3Ian Dies While Laughing
at May Yokes.
While attending a vaudeville perform
ance ' at the Orpheum theater , at Oma
ha | | , accompanied bly his wife , Ulysses
S. Sykf-s , manager of the loan depart
ment of a prominent real ( state firm , col
lapsed and died a few moments later of
heart ' trouble.
Sykes was laughing heartily at a spe
cialty being given by May Vokes Avhen
. suddenly lie gave a gasp and fell back
in his chair. lie was removed to an an-
te-room. but died before medical assist-
ance reached him. The affair caused
considerable commotion for a few min
utes , but the performance continued
without interruption.
Mrs. Sykes was taken to her home
nearly overcome by the shock.
FATHER SCHELL ASSAULTED
Catholic Priest Receives a Terrible
Beating : at Dakota City.
Father .Joseph Schell is at St. Joseph's
hospital ' in Sioux City Avith his jaw brok-
en I in two places , both eyes blackened
and swollen , and numerous other bruis-
es on his body , as a result of a murdcr-
ous and dastardly assault Thursday af-
. ternoon by Logan Lambert , of Homer ,
in 1 a livery barn at Dakota City.
The attack is the result of the bitter
war which Father Schell has AA'aged
against the selling of liquor to the In
dians . at the Winnebago agency , Lambert
being one of tiie saloonkeepers affected
by the action of Father Schell.
Newspaper Change.
J. A. Lister , of Onawa. la. , and at one
time the owner and publisher of the On
awa Sentinel , has purchased the Harting-
ton Herald plant of ( Jeorge L. Nelson.
He takes possession ai once. Mr. Nelson
has had charge of the Herald for the last
eight years , during which time the Her
ald has been recognized as one of the
represent at ive nexvspapers of northeast
Nebraska.
Question father's Sanity. (
The children of II. .
C. Stutheit. who re V
side a few miles northeast of Table Hock in
in the corner of Nemaha County , have
begun action in the county court of that
county to have a guardian appointed
for him. alleging that he is of un.vonnd
mind and therefore incompetent to trans
act his own business.
Bound Over to District Court.
Fred Patterson , a resident of Bancroft. jo-
was : brought before County Judge DC-
wald ; Saturday under tin-
tincharge of per
mitting : gambling upon his premises in to
Bancroft ; and various other violations
the law. The prisoner waived exam
ination and was bound over to the dis
trict court.
To Extend Kural Service.
Postotlice Itural IJoute Inspector L. A.
Thompson is at West Point from Coun
mi
BlufTs for the purpose of making a fin
thorough examination of Cuming County Ur
with a view to the installation of a com Mi
plete rural delivery service. If the report Hi
favorable the complete service will bo \ \
installed at
boi
Thrown from Wagon. l"y'
Frederick Erbs. aired about t > 0 years.
a ci
* almost instantly killed at Columbus as
n rather unusual manner. Fie Avas
returning from town with a load of malt
lujg feed. The
wagon wheel dropped
* ilKI
into a rut and Erbs fell off and
oiH ; inn
Avheel passed over his head , crushing it nil
badly. He lived only a few minutes. oral
Bryan Enlarges Farm. the
W. J. Bryan has purchased a tract of will
twenty acres which he has added to his arj
Fairview farm. The land is favorably from
located , and for ii Mr. Bryan paid the ofme
of 5.000 in cash. me
: hty.
Fire Horse Dropn Dead.
While the fire department AVIS making J
run at Omaha , a horse on hose wagon been
. 1 dropped dead in the harness at and
Sixteenth and Douglas Streets. He was 'tor
dragged about fifty feet by his mate.
Not Up to Contract- 7
Poor finish in tiie ceilings caused the ten
Nebraska state board of public lands and state
buildings to decline to accept the Norfolk rants
hospital for the in > une from the con for
tractor , though tiie board met at Nor the
for that purpose sands
been
Eoy Shoots Himself. Mu
Earl Long , the l.-year-old son of Jas. od
, living eight miles south of Beat state
, was probably fatally injured by fee
accidental discharge of a shotgun , reg
which he was dragging from behind sufl
, enroute to a pond to shoot ducks. ttite
t& &
flov. Mickey has issued the following : >
Arbor day proclamation : Nebraska !
iio profited much by the institution andl
observance of Arbor day. The prodigal
planting of trees by the pioneers and
by those who came after them has not
only changed the aspect of the plains as *
inherited from nature , but has wrought !
iia important change in climatic condi
tions as well. .Many parts of the statd
now present the appearance of a well
wooded country , while other portions ara
responding to the inspiration of example
and are making rapid strides in the sama
good cause. Through a wise enactment
of the legislature a day has been perma
nently set apart for the purpose of con
serving ( the interests of forestry and per *
neliuitinc the " precept ajid example of thj
early tree "planters. In harmony wittt
the statute referred to I , John H. Mick-
ev , governor of the state of Nebraska *
do hereby designate Saturday. April 122 ,
H)0r ) . as Arbor day , and do euriipstlg
enjoin its proper observance upon all
citizens of the commonwealth. Let the
day be given over to the setting of treefi
pla'nts and shrubs , to the end that pri
vate and public grounds may have intel
ligent ornamentation and that present
as well as future generations may r < *
ceive the benefit of our toil.
The Rock Island Railroad was thg
Grst this year to file a report of the valujf
of its property in Nebraska with thai
'
! tate auditor for the nse of the stat
board of assessment in placing a valuq
upon this road. The report goes into da ; ]
tail about the number of ties in everjj
mile of its road and the kind of ballast
and weight of steel used , but it remain
silent upon those essential points upon
which the board should have informaj
tion. The tax commissioner under oatlj
says the value of the stock , either trud
value or market value , is unknown. He
also refrains from mentioning the earuf
ings of the road in Nebraska during the
laj-t year , though the report gives the
gross earnings of the entire system , toj
gether with the cost of operating and
the net earnings. It leaves tne board
to guess what business is being done in
Nebraska. The report alb. > separates
the main line from the St. Joseph an < 3
Nelson branch , and locomotives of lessi
value are used on those branches than
tire used on the main line.
* * *
CJov. Mickey Friday morning grabbed
hold of the plum tree and .shook it hard
enough to dislodge a number of goodj
juicy plums , and incidentally the shaka
hiei had the effect of ending to a consid"
erable extent that melancholy feeling
which has overspread tlie state housij
since j the first of the year. The appoint ]
jE announced officially include these ]
Dr. Charles MvKim , of Norfolk , to b
state veterinarian ; Edward A. Church )
chief oil inspector ; D. W. Hoyt. o <
clC , W. ii. Templeton , of Omaha.
C. Burns , of Scrilmer , S. J. Johnson , o
Mindon. and IT. J. Hull of Kearney. t
be deputy oil inspectors ; George Carter ,
game warden ; "W. J. O'Brien , fish com ?
missioner ; E. Hunger and D. E. Sinitnj
deputies ; John Davis , secretary to thj
sfste board of charities and correction
Mayor-elect Brown , who was sworn in
nt chief executive of Lincoln Monday
night , has notified Chief Clements of tt j
tire department that he was to remain1
in his present position , select his owd
assistants and be responsible for the d J
partment. Mr. Brown stated that he in |
tended to stop the drug stores from sell ?
ind. liquor and that the blocks would bd
cleaned . of immoral characters. In goiua
after this class of people , hov/ever. Mn
Brown : stated that he would go after tha
owners of the blocks instead of arresting
lV ! inmates , as has bo'n the customi
Very few , if any , changes will be mad
inmi the personnel of the police depart' '
ment. For a while at lease Chief Rom >
zaha will remain at the head.
* * if
Upon invitation of Attorney General
Brown , a number of county attorney }
met at the state house at Lincoln Fri
day afternoon and discussed the railroad
tax injunction suit now pending in th4
federal ' court. The testimony was gon
over and the attorneys were instructed
have witnesses ready upon the call oi
he attorney general. The reply of tha
railroad attorneys is expected to be filed
within a few days , after which Judg
Munger will set a time for the taking oi
testimony.
* *
The board of public lands and build
ings is advertising for five cylindrical
escapes to be installed , two at th
Grand Island soldiers' home , one at th4
Milford soldiers' homo and two at th < (
Hastings asylum. The board is alsq
wanting bids for one engine and two
boilers to be installed at the Uastingi
fisylnin. The board closed a deal where *
tiie state becomes the owner of eightj
acres of land for the use of The Hastings
asylum : , for which it paid So.SOO.
The supreme court at its last sitting
inaugurated a new rule , which will save
much time to attorneys. The rule is thai
attorneys Avho expect to make aa
argument before the court must fila
their intentions with the clerk and the ?
! be notified of the time fet for tha
argument. ; This will save the attorneys'
coining to Lincoln on the first da ?
the sitting , when probably the argu
ment would not be heard until the last
.
* : * *
All of the state institutions
ha v no *
supplied with their superintendents
assistants except the Industrie }
lome at Milford. At present Mrs. Shoa <
in i temporary charge.
* * *
The offons of State Treasurer M"orH
tensen to stop the praetic. * of heads of
institutions registering stnte wa
rantshich he desires as an iuvestnv
the permanent school fund ,
thereby saving to the state many
of dollars annually , which
thwarted by the action of
Mickey in vetoing II. R. : ; ! > ! . has l {
up a block of ice between thestj
officials. The bill provided tl'
should be paid into thetreasur
registering warrants and this fee
sufllciently large to make the buyi ;
warrants a poor investment. ,
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