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The Valentine Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. L M. RICE , Pabltflher PITZHUGH LEE DEAD WAS SUDDENLY STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. Career of a Famous Soldier. Diplo mat and Statesman Had Three Horses Shot Under Him in One : Battle His Service in Spanish War Gen. Fitzhugh Lee , United States nrmy , retired , and one of Virginia's fore most sons , died at the Providence hos pital at Washington , D. C. , Friday night of nn attack of apoplexy which lie suffered early in the morning on a train while en route from Boston to Washing ton. After Gen. Lee had bceen removed Jo the hospital Friday morning it was evi dent to the physicians that his case was : i very serious one. but they hoped that his vitality and will power would assist materially in a partial recovery at least from the attack. His condition remained fair , considering the severity of the at tack , during the day , but shortly after 0 o'clock he began to grow weaker , his breathing became more rapid and his pulse slower , terminating in less than two hours in death. The end was peaceful and without pain , the general remaining conscious until within five minutes of the end. The end of ( Jen. Lee's illness was a shock to his numerous friends in Wash ington. This was evidenced by the nu merous inquiries made during the day and evening. His heait and soul have been in the work of the Jamestown ex- position. and he has labored zealously to make it a success. Gen. Lee has been a prominent figure in Washington , and he always was given a hearty recep tion wherever he went. Prior to the civil war. at the beginning of which he resigned his position in the United States army. Gen. Lee saw con siderable frontier service in the move ments against the Indians. He was an expert cavalry oflieer. and on one occa sion. June 3 ( , 38GO , he was engaged in a hand to hand encounter with Co- manche Indians near Camp Colorado , Tex. Tex.His His services in the confederate army as major general are well known , and during the interval between this war and his active work in the Spanish-American Avar Gen. Lee filled a number of impor tant positions , including the governorship of Virginia , the presidency of .the Pitts- burg and Virginia Kailway , the collec tor of internal revenue and the consul- generalship at Havana. Following his honorable discharge from the volunteer army on March 2 , 1001 , Gen. Lee was appointed to the regular army with the rank of brigadier general , and with this rank he was retired in March follow ing. HITS THE STRIKERS. Federal Court Grants Restraining Injunction. Federal .Tndge Kohlsaat at Chicago Friday granted an injunction to the Em ployers' Association restraining all per sons from interfering with the move ments of the association's wagons upon the streets or in any way obstructing the business of members of the associa tion. The injunction is returnable. May 10. It is specifically directed against the teamsters' joint council in Chicago. The injunction was issued on the zrounds that the Employers' Teaming Company is a corporation organized in West Virginia , and being a corporation of a foreign state has sought protection under the federal government. SIXTEEN MINERS KILLED. Fatal Explosion Occurs in a Shaft Xear Dubois , Pa. Sixteen men were killed and one will lie as the result of an explosion at the Eleanora shaft , near Big Kun , twelve miles south of Dubois , Pa. The explo sion occurred Thursday night and was not known at Dubois until Friday. The mine is owned and operated by : he Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company. The mine was thought to be free from dangerous gases. Three bodies have been recovered. Kansas Oil Kelinery Bonds. The state bonds for the Kansas oil re finery , says a Topeka dispatch , will not be sold direct to the people or to the highest bidder. Gov. Iloch announced he was in favor of turning them into the permanent school fund of the state. This fund at present has more than the 1210,000 required to take up the bonds. Fourteen Passengers Hurt. The Littlestown express on the Xorth- ? rn Central Railway ran into an open swith on the outskirts of York , Pa. Fourteen passengers were more or less hurt by flying glass. Sioux City Stock Market Friday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market follow : Butcher steers , SO. Hogs , . Kills Woman and Himself. At Saratoga , Tex. , Mrs. Stella Ham- bey , a young widow , was Friday night murdered by Sam AVatson , who imme diately blew out his brains. AVatson sought to compel Mrs. Hambey to re ceive his attentions and to dismiss an escort to a ball. v Paderewski is III. A Xiagara Falls special announces that Padcrewski , the pianist , is suffering from neutritis and has cancelled all en gagements- A . BIGELOW'S STEALINGS. Sums Wrongfully Diverted Hun Up to $ UOOOOOO. A Milwaukee. AVis. , special says : Frank G. Bigelow , the defaulting bank president , has confessed an indebtedness to banks , commercial institutions , and estates of which he had charge which will aggregate between 2,000.000 and $3,000,000 , and , based on his confession , a voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States district court , which contains the names of as many of Bigelow's creditor. * as he can remember , together with a list of assets , on which Bigelow's valuation is $1.419- 000. By his own admission his creditors extend all over the United States. Particularly noticeable on examination of the schedule of secured creditors is that nearlyicvery bank from which Bige low borrowed money exacted ample se curity before the loans were negotiated. The filing of the schedule revealed the fact that Bigelow , who has been looked upon as a model of business sagacity , pursued startlingly loose methods in the transaction of his private business. He was not positive of the names of several of his creditors , and had no memoranda with which to refresh his memory. Evi dently he had no system of keeping a rec ord of his financial transactions. Late Thursday Judge Lamlis appointed the AVisconsin Trust and Security Com pany receiver for the bankrupt estate of Frank G. Bigelow. This action was taken Thursday be cause one of the life insurance policy premiums upon the life of F. G. Bigelow became due on that day and had to be paid in order to prevent it from lapsing. CHICAGO STRIKE SPREADS. Trouble Now Appears to he More Serious Than Ever. Instead of being settled , as was pre dicted Tuesday nicht , the strike of the teamsters at the establishment of Mont gomery Ward & Co. , Chicago , has spread to other firms , and the indications are that before the controversy is finally ad justed a general strike of the union team sters employed throughout the city will ecalled. . The demand of the Chicago Employ ers' Association that all teamsters deliv er goods to Montgomery AVard fc Co. , under penalty of instant discharge , re sulted in the spread ofthe , strike to four other establishments. These are Carson , Pirie. Scott & Co. , Marshall Field & Co. , J. A * . Farwell & Co. and the Forbes Cartage Co. DECIDEDLY SERIOUS. The Teamsters' Strike in Chicago Grows Worse. AVith 3,000 teamsters on strike at Chi cago , with constant accessions being made to their number and with the ex pressed determination of the employers to take a firm stand for the open shop and fight the teamsters' union to a finish , CHcago to all appearances stands on the eve of one of the greatest industrial upheavals in her history. There was rioting in various parts of the city Thursday , dt'spite the strong guards of police and the numbers of pri vate detecties hired by the Employers' Association to protect their wagons. During the troubles three persons were seriously injured , two of whom proba bly will die. Robber Tries to Escape. AA'nu Holden , sentenced to fourteen years for shooting the cashier of the Platte County ( Xeb. ) bank in an attempt to loot the vault , hid in a pile of brooms Tuesday night in the prison yard at Lin coln and remained concealed until dis covered Thursday afternoon. Thhe au thorities of the prison had almost con cluded he had escaped when he was found. For Embezzling $25OOO. Adolph Fricken , a former employe of the Kensington Woolen Company , of Philadelphia , Pa. , who is charged with the embezzlement of $2. > ,000 from his employers several months ago , has been arrested at Chicago and will be taken back to Philadelphia. Explosion Wrecks Building. At Iluntington , W. Va. , three persons were probably fatally injured , three oth ers badly hurt , and at least two are bur ied under the ruins of the Mossman building , which was wrecked Thursday by a gas explosion which caused $100- 000 damage. "Woman Charged with Swindle. Charged with conducting a fraudulent concern Belle Wilson , head of the Wil son Sign Company , No. 5tiO. Walnut Street , Philadelphia , Pa. , Avas arraigned before United States Commissioner Bell Thursday and held for a further hear ing. For Lincoln Monument. The house at Springfield , 111. , Thurs day concurred in the senate joint reso lution to petition the national congress to appropriate'o,000,000 for the erection of a Lincoln monument at Washington. Xew Building Collapses. The east wing of the new building for the insane at Clarinda , la. , collapsed Thursday morning , slightly injuring sev en. None of tho men were seriously hurt. The pecuniary loss is $30,000. 15O Chinese May Have Perished Shanghai advices state that the Brit ish steamer Y'lien was totally destroyed by fire at Tung Shou. It is feared IfKJ Chinese lost their lives. "Wheat Closes Lower. Under renewed liquidation May wheat broice 4Vi cents a bushel Thursday at Chicago. It closed Wednesday night at 9114 cents , opened Thursday at SSVM 1)0 ) cents , sold down to 80 % cents and closed at SS cents. A Triple Hanging. Three negroes , Walter Obey , Charles Jackson and Charles Miles , were hanged at Pittsburg , Pa. , Thursday for the mur der of Ian Kluzor , at Leetsdale , Pa. , in May last while attempting to rob him. A LOUISIANA LYNCHING. I ! ob Fatally Shoots Dick Craiffhead at Homer. A Shreveport , La. , dispatch says : Af ter working throe hours with sledge ham mers and pickaxes , a mob of twenty-five men broke inlo the parish jail at Homer , La. , seventy-five miles northeast of Shrcveport , Wednesday and shot Dick Craighead. inflicting wounds which will probably prove fatal. Ci-aighead was charged with the mur der of Mrs. Ike McKcc. the wife of his half brother , and her little son. The authorities were unaware of th < > design upon the prisoner until it was too late to protect him. Railway , tele phone and telegraph wires out of Homer were cut , and the rifles of the Claiborm ; guards , the local militia company , were seized before the move was made on the jail. When Sheriff Kirkpatrick and citizens' of the town reached the jail they found Cmighead still alive. It is stated that he has told the sheriff the names of three of the lynchers. and that another prison er in the jail told him the name of an other man whom he recognized. The names have not been divulged. DASHED TO DEATH. Ten Pennsylvania Miners Drop Over TOO Feet Into Mine. While ten miners were being lowered into the Conynghan mine at Wilkes- barre , Pa. , AVedncsday , the rope broke and the carriage fell to the bottom , a distance of 750 feet. All the men were instantly killed. The bodies are buried under a mas = of wreckage , and it will be secral hours before they can bo recovered. This is the third accident of a similar nature that has occurred in the Wyo- ming region within six months. In each case the mpe attached to the carriage broke and the men on the vehicle were dashed to the bottom of the shaft and in stantly killed. TRUMP CARD FAILS. Prosecution Loses Important Point in Patterson Case. A New Cork special says : Pawnbrok er Stern was called in the Nan Patterson case Wednesday and failed to identify J. Morgan Smith as the man who had bought the revolver with which Young was killed. When the trial of Nan Patterson , charged with the murder of Caesar Young , began Wednesday it was the gen eral expectation the prosecution would play its trump card. Ever since Miss Patterson was arrest ed the prosecution has claimed the pres ence in court of J. Morgan Smith , the prisoner's brother-in-law , would convict the girl of murder. GEBHARDT'S DEATH STRUGGLE Witnesses Describe It in the Trial of Dr. Koch. The death .struggle of Dr. Louis A. Gebhardt , for Avhosc murder Dr. Geo. K. Koch is on trial at Mankato , Minn. , for a second time , was dramatically de- scnued Wednesday by Joseph Polta and two girlswith whom he passed the office while the tragedy was being enacted within. They told of the noise of the scuffle , and the loud groaning of the victim , which continued for several min utes , but none gave any clew to tho mur derer. William Behnke. a grocery man , who broke in the door and found the body in the disordered room , also told his story. CONGRESSMAN KILLED. John M. Pinckney , of Texas , and Two Others Slain at Hempstead. At a mass meeting at Hempstead , Tex. , Monday night , called for the pur pose of petitioning the governor to send rangers there to enforce the local option law , J. X. Brown , a leading lawyer and a staunch anti-prohibitionist , began shooting , which became general in an instant. Three men were killed , one man was fatally and two others serious ly injured. The dead are J. X. Brown. Congress man John M. Pinckney and Tom Pinck ney , brother of the congressman. Search for Bank Cashier. Excitement in banking circles at Mil waukee , Wis. , caused by the 1.00,000 defalcation of Frank G. Bigelow , late president of the First Xational Bank , has entirely subsided. Interest now cen ters in the capture of former Assistant Cashier Henry G. Goll , who is believed to have left the city. Posse Expects a Battle. Officers from Caliente , Kernville and Bakersfield , Cal. , with posses , are in pur suit of Newt Walker , who killed Dave Burton , a wealthy mine owner , and his companion , a man named Bagsb.v. at Havilah , forty miles from Bakersfield. The officers expect a battle. New York Firemen Killed. In a five alarm fire on the east side at Xew York Wednesday. Acting Battalion Chief Wieland was killed and one em ? of the block on Grand. Orchard and Al len Streets was gutted , causing a loss estimated at about $200,000. $ Collier Makes Fast Trip. The United States naval collier Bru tus , Capt. Ilendricks , lias arrived at the Norfolk , Va. . navy yard , only fifty-seven days out from Singapore , having made the quickest trip on record for an Ameri can collier. Great Y. M. C. A. Conference. A world's conference of the Y. M. C. A. , which is celebrating the semi-centen nial of the establishment of the Interna tional Alliance of Associations , was opened at Paris , France , AVednesday af ternoon in the Charity Bazaar building. Over 1,000 delegates , representing twen ty nations , arc present. Earthquake in Ecuador. Guayaquil , Ecuador , advices state that a long and heavy earthquake shock was experienced there Saturday night. STATE OF NEBEA.SKA i NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- TJENSED FORM. Scott Haddix Placed on Trial AVit- nesses for Defense Break Down , One Girl Becoming Hyoterical Hearing of Case Postponed. The preliminary hearing of Scott Ilad- dix. charged with killing Melvin Butler OH the evening of April 10 , was com menced at Broken Bow before County .Fudge Armour. Owing to the inade quate space in the county court room , Judge Hosteller , of the district court , who is just closing up the term , offered the use of his sanctuary , which was soon filled to overflowing with people of all classes ; and denominations , eager to hear the testimony. The case has awakened universal in terest throughout the county. Judge C. L. Gutterson , J. K. Dean and County Attorney Johnson represented the state , while Judge Sullivan , of Broken Bow , and Judge Wall , of Loup City , appeared for the defendant. Only three witnesses were examined ; they appearing for the state. The first .was Arthur Fuller , a boy of 18 years , 'working ' for Butler. Fuller was one of the eye-witnesses to the killing. He stated that Iladdix fired the first shot , but upon being cross-examined by Judge ( Sullivan , got considerably mixed in his testimony. The 14-year-old daughter of Butler was next called , and after substantiat- | ing some of the statements made by the preceding witness , fell into a violent state of hysterics and was obliged to be taken from the court room. Joseph I' . Gill , at whose farm the daughter and her friend Lena Krouse , were visiting the day of the tragedy , was .also jint upon the stand , and testified that he was away from home a big por tion of the day and only saw Butler af- ; ler he was dead that night. The attorneys for the defendant tried to get Lena Krouse on the stand , but the court ruled otherwise , and Judge Ar mour adjourned the hearing until Mon day morning at 10 o'clock. GRAIN MEN MEET. Election of Oflicers Principal Busi ness Before Convention. The Nebraska Grain Dealers' Associa tion at its annual meeting held Thursday in the Millard Hotel at Omaha , elected the following officers to serve for the en suing year : President. X. A. Duff of Ne braska City : vice president. J. T. Evans , of Lincoln : directors , G. J. Itailsback of Ashland. W. B. Banning of Union. A. II. Bewsher of Omaha. C. C. Crowell of Blair , and E. L. Mitchell of Lincoln. The secretary and treasurer , held jointly , will be elected by the board of directois at its 'first meeting. About IfiO members were present. There was no formal business before the meeting excepting the election of offi cers. Aside from this the members in terchanged opinions and information concerning the general conditions of the igrain trade. The perennial question of fair weights was talked of , but no new action was taken , as the present organi zation of the association provides a method of eariug for complaints made on this ground. NEW MILITIA COMPANY. \ Rnshville Has a Fine Appearing Lot of Guardsmen. The Rushville company of the Nebras ka Xational Guard , which was organized last week was inspected Tuesday night in the opera house by Gen. A. S. Dagget. U. S. A. , retired , and Adjt. Gen. Culver. Much interest was taken in the event. The company made a smart appear ance. The average height of the men is five feet nine. Considering the short time it has been organized the company acquitted itself in a most creditable manner. Gen. Dagget at the end of tho inspection , made an appropriate ami pa triotic address , which was well re ceived. Stolen Horse Returned. About two weeks ago a valuable horse disappeared from the premises of John Parker , residing southeast of Platts- mouth , and about the same time the young man wno had been employed on the place also took his departure. One morning la.M week Parker found his horse occupying its former stall , eating \ hay with a relish. j Saloon Robbed. W. E. Goolsby's saloon at Verdun was broken into and robbed. The burglars effected an entrance to the room from the rear door , through which two holes W'e cut. large enough to permit the bolt . being shot. The thieve secured a large quantity of liquor and cigars. This is the third time this saloon has been robbed. Teamster Seriously Hurt. A team being driven by Hugh Means , a teamster of Dakota City , ran off Mon day , throwing the driver into a barb wire fence. IIis nose was completely severed , as was also a portion of his ear , and his face was cut clear across by the barbed wire. One of the horses broke his leg and had to be killed. Going to Work in Beet Fields. Fourteen families , comprising sixty people , left Fremont for Lasalle and Or chard , Colo. , where they will work in the ! beet fields. They were joined by a carload of families , mostly Russians , from Lincoln , bound for the same place. Dropped Dead. While sitting in her chair sewing Tuesday afternoon. Mr < . John K. Clarke , of Ashland , fell over and died in a few minutes. She was aged f > 4 years and leaves a husband , son and daughter. She had resided at Ashland since 1870. Chicken Thieves at Ashland. Chicken thieves have been operating at Ashland again , S. S. Weddell and S. II. Martin lost a number of fowls , which were taken to Hoffman Bros. " store and sold. One of the supposed thieves.immediately left town and the fowls were recovered. "Weed Burner Company Organized The Lamb Weed Burner Company , of South Sioux City , has been incorporated. The capital stock is $40.000 and the in- corporators are W. W. Lamb , F. G. Cluett and E. IT. Stone. MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE. Charge Against Fred M. Ilnns , on Trial at Ainsworth. The Fred Hans' murder case , which was to b& heard at this term of district court at Ainsworth , took a new phase when , Monday afternoon , the state filed a complaint , charging Hans with mur der in the first degree. The evidence is being taken before W. II. Westover. dis trict judge , who sits as reviewing magis trate. The state got through late Mon day afternoon with the introduction of testimony , after which the court ad- joufiied to 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Attorneys Hamer and Scutterwood. for the defendant , say no definite plans for the defense of their client will be map ped out until the arrial of Gurley and Genting , the principal counsel in the case. Eight hours before he was scheduled to appear in court on a charge of mur dering D. O. Luse at Ainsworth , former Detective Fred M. Hans , who had been missing from the state all winter on a $5.000 bond , arrived at Aiusworth and was on hand Monday morning for the second trial for his life. THE WILL STANDS. Court Sustains Will of Man Who Committed Suicide. A locally celebrated case was termi nated in the district court at Schuyjer Thursday by the jury decision that Charles A. Sherman was sane and of sound testamentary capacity when he willed the bulk of his property to his brother-in-law. J. M. Simmons , a short time before he committed suicide , early "last fall. Sherman was night policeman and was trapped one morning after having felo niously entered the store of the Wells Grocery Company , together with Xight Watchman Croshaw , who was tried , convicted and served a term in the peni tentiary. The certainty of his conviction evidently unnerved Sherman , who , after he heard the trial through and spent the summer watching and working witli his sick wife , committed suicide by drown ing in the Platte River a few weeks be fore the death of Mrs. Sherman. BOY FIREBUGS. One Arrested at Norfolk Confesses , Implicating Two Others. Earl Fairbanks. IS years old. was ar rested Monday charged with setting fire to a South Xorfolk barn. He admitted he was in a gang of three , one of whom started the fire. The latter has left town. The youth alleged to have set the fire is said to have declared he wanted a "hot time"and that he would kill the other two if they told. This crowd is suspected of setting other tires recently , j and possibly the Stanton fire , which cost $40.000. Sunday morning. A search is being made for the other boys. Another saloon was set afire Sunday night , but the flames died out and no great damage was done. The fire was of incendiary origin. Fred Harder Avas the victim again , having been burned out a month ago. lie is now rebuilding his saloon. WAR ON WILD ANIMALS. To be Made When Nebraska Bounty Law Goes Into Effect. After July 1 a wholesale slaughter of coyotes , wildcats and wolves is likely to be carried on in Xebraska as a result of the new wild animal bounty law which was passed by the last session of the legislature. An appropriation of $10- 000 was made by the legislature to pay the state bounties on wolves , coyotes and wildcats. j Western stockmen claim that wild ani- . nials have greatly increased on the yrai-1 ries since the repeal of the old law in 1903. and that the appropriation will probably be exhausted 011 gray wolves alone. They estimate that at least $30.- 000 worth of bounty claims will be made in the next two yea. * ; . Seriously Injured by Cars. James Harris , the 10-year-old son of J. II. Harris , of the F. II. Gilcrest Lum ber Company at Kearney , met with a se rious and probably fatal accident at the , Union Pacific tracks Thursday after- I noon. Harris attempted to catch one of the car.s of the train. His feet were thrown under the wheels of the rapidly moving ear * and both were crushed. He was otherwise badly injured. To Aid Mrs. Lillie. f A Lincoln special says : Friends ot Mrs. Lena Margaret Lillie will appeal to the dub women of the United States to secure her release from prison. She , has been sentenced to life imprisonment | for the minder of her husband. Harvey ' Lillie. at David City , in ] ! )02. ) Her friends allege she1 was convicted on cir cumstantial evidence , and prejudice was bitter against her. . Horses Killed by Train. In a race against a fast passenger train , a driverless team of runaway ' horses was run down by the early morn1 ing Bonesteel-Xorfolk train on the | Xorthwestern line , between Foster and ' Pierce. One of the horses was killed , the other was dragged twenty feet and 1 the buggy was wrecked. The owner of the buggy could not be found. J i Holds State Record for Saloons. Andrew Sorenson & Co. have made - application to the city council for the < . establishment of another saloon in West Point. This makes the ninth liquor es tablishment in AVest Point for the comt ing year. In proportion to the popula- : tion of the town the number of saloons ' i in that community N in excess of those ' ' of any town in the state. t May Bar Insurance Company. t State Auditor Searle has refused a li- cen e to the Mutual Reserve Life Insur ance Company , of Xew York , unless the company submits to a thorough examina tion of its affair ? . The company refus- "d to do this in Iowa , and it is said that , the refusal of the auditor will debar the ; = company from Xebraska. Hessian Kly in Nebraska. The Hessian fly is busy in the central section of the state , according to reports * " of a number of grain men. Prof. Bru- ' " ner. of Lincoln , is givinsr the matter ' ' much attention. It is thought that tnc ' v heavy rain will destroy the pests. Sev n eral counties in central Xebraska report s a loss of 20 per cent of'the wheat crop. ' First Nebraska Convention. The Republican convention of the First congressional district has been \ called to meet at Falls C'itv June 1 at 7:30. There will be 203 delegates ' C V Francis E. Leupp , commissioner o > left Washington butiip Indian affairs , dav night for Chicago , where he will be engaged for several weeks supervising tin * annual opening of bids for miscel laneous supplies for his department. Af ter this duty is concluded Commissioner Leupp intends to make a tour of inspec tion of the Indian agencies and schools throughout the west and southwest. One case in particular in which Mr. Leupp is much interested , is to learn from per sonal observation the precise conditions which prevail upon the AYin neb a go res ervation in Xebraska. There have been so many charges that affairs upon thi reservation are deplorable , not only- growing out of the sale of whisky , bufi. that the Indians are totally in the.hands . of designing sharpers , that the commis sioner proposes to give the subject close investigation. Commissioner Leupp. dur ing his visit to tho various Indian agen cies and schools , will visit Omaha to look into affairs relative to the Indian , depot located at that point. Ever since- the Indian depot at Omaha was estab found it dilli- lished , business men have eult to secure what they considered , proper treatment in the opening of bids. . Omaha was simply made a buffer and primarily was created to give political ' workers'a job , but as manufacturers and sales agents have seen the possibilities of the Omaha Indian warehouse grow , they have insisted that it was an outrage to- compel them to ship their supplies to- Chicago or St. Louis when the govern ment was maintaining n depot for In dian supplies at Omaha , and when bids could be opened as easily at Omaha as Chicago. * * * The supreme court has decided that when a county sends out of the state for a witiurs in a case the county must pay the witness feees. The decision was handed down in the case of 11 of eld t against the state ex rel. Union Stock Yaids National Bank , the decision of the lower court being affirmed because no brief had been filed by the county. In a cattle stealing case some time ago a witness was summoned from Wyo ming. After testifying the Stock Yards Bank advanced him the witness fees , or bought his warrant , after which the county refused to make good with the/ bank. Suit was brought and the lower court decided against the county. * * * Perry Meyers , of Falls City , will noC have to come back to Xebraska andl stand trial on a charge of statutory as sault upon Henrietta Kuttler. upon com plaint of whom he is now under arrest in Los Angeles , Cal. Acting Governor McGilton listened to arguments on both' sides of the case , and inasmuch as the mother of the girl admitted that she had agreed to compromise the case and not prosecute if Meyers would pay her $2- 000 , the requisition was refused. * * * Soon there will be no excuse for Lin coln policemen not to look spick and ' span. At a meeting of the council it was decided that the city should buy the uniforms to be worn by the police offi cers. This was done upon tho recom mendation of Mayor Brown , who said the pay allowed policemen was not suffi cient and that the best thing Lincoln could do would be to buy their uniforms , as the officers were required to wear uni forms. * * * It is Acting Governor McGiltou now instead of Lieut. Gov. McGilton , and he is playing the part with dignity and srrace , filling every nook and corner of the chair made vacant by the absence of Gov. Mickey , who is in Texas for an eight-day trip. Acting Governor Mc Gilton has appointed two special deputy irame wardens , listened to an appeal for a pardon and made an engagement to listen to an application for a requisition. * * * D. B. Griffith is the county assessor Df Jefferson County , having won out in his contest to oust AV. F. Donawitx , the- present incumbent. The decision of the district court was afiirmed by the su preme court Wednesday , the opinion be ing by Commissioner Ames , and follow ing the same lines of la\v laid out in the Bingham-Broadwell contest. He holds that the entire election cannot be thrown. jut because of a few technical errors. * * * The supreme court has handed down in opinion refusing to appoint a receiver for the Paxton Hotel at Lincoln. Rome Miller , of Omaha , started the suit against James B. Kitchen. Miller com plaining of alleged mismanagement of : the Kitchen Hotel Company. The court ileclares that no receiver can be appoint ed when a. concern is conducting an ap parently profitable business. * * The Lancaster County commissioners sot an economical streak Friday and re fused to pay fees in two inquests which svere held at the same time over the re mains of Allen Ephiram and wife. The man killed his wife and then himself. Sheriff Kess and Detective Bentley filed , fees for two inquests and each was turn ed down. * * * Arbor day ( Saturday was observed by ihe employes of the state house taking- i vacation , though no trees were set out n the yard. Last year Addison "Wait organized the state officer into an Ar- jor day league and eight trees were set jut. one for each oflieer. but this year here is nothing doing. * * * The State Journal Company Wedues- lay filed a demurrer in the supreme ourt at Lincoln to the suit filed by the- late for the recovery of SS OO , alleged' o be due the state becouse the Journal ohl supreme court reports to th- tmount. * * * As anticipated , the state normal board- ailed to elect a principal for the Kear- ley normal school at its meeting held n Peru Saturday. The vote to proceed vith that order of business stood 3 to 3 tnd the board adjourned without blood- ihed or incident , to meet at Lincoln on he evening of May ) . it : The Security bank of Meadow Grove vas given permission Saturday to do- ' usiuess by the state banking bo'ard. The apital stock is $10,000- i *