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! Che Valentine Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. L M. RICE , . . . Pnbliabe * 'BOMBABDED ' ODESSA SLAV WARSHIP MUTINEERS FIRE ON THE TOWN. tern Measures Taken to Quell Dis order in Russian Port Czar ; Recognizes State of "War Exists in Odessa Drastic Orders Issued. / The London Daily Mail prints the fol lowing from its Odessa correspondent , Itimed 10:30 Thursday night : . "The Kniaz Potomkine opened fire on the city tonight. The first shell struck a "house in Nyesjinskaya Street , and the second fell on a brewery. In the walls of both buildings large holes six yards wide by three yards high were torn. So far there has been no more firing. " | Should the report that the Kniaz Po- temkiue is bombarding Odessa be con firmed the incident probably will precipi tate a critical international situation , and the foreign consuls there will almost surely demand the protection of warships If they have not already done so ; and , as the treaty of Paris bars any but Russian or Turkish men of war from entering the Black Sea , the Dardanelles question might as a result be revived in a novel and unexpected shape. A St. Petersburg special says : The emperor has issued the following address ed to the ruling senate : "In order to guarantee public safety at Odessa and neighboring localities we have found it necessary to declare a state of war in Odessa and district and to in vest the commander of the troops in the military district of Odessa with the rights of military authority and special rights of civil administration for the defense of jtrder and public tranquillity. " i A dispatch which arrived at St. Peters burg eaily Friday morning from Sebasto- pol announced that a squadron of battle- Bhips , the Tri-Sviatitelia , Sinope and Rostislaw , with a cruiser and several tor pedo boats , only started for Odessa at S o'clock Thursday evening. This explains the non-appearance of the squadron at Odessa , but it is difficult to conjecture the reason for delaying de parture two days at such a critical junc ture. j LYNCH EIGHT MEN. Fearful Work of Member of a Geor gia Mob. Specials say seven negroes and one white man were lynched near Watkins- ville , Ga. , Wednesday night. ! The negroes were in jail charged with assaulting Mrs. Woldon Doolsey , wife of a prosperous farmer , i A mob , supposed to have been com posed of citizens of Watkinsville and /vicinity / , formed about midnight , march ed to the jail and compelled the jailer to deliver the keys. I Four of the prisoners were also report ed to have been implicated in the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook several weeks ago. j The prisoners were shot to death. FLYER IS DITCHED. One Killed and Fifteen Hurt on | Pennsylvania. 1 The Pittsburg flyer on the Pennsyl vania road was derailed between At1 rtvater and Ravenna , 0. , Thursday. Fifteen persons were injured. They "were taken to Alliance , O. C. M. Marshall , commercial agent of the Cleveland , Akron and Columbus Railway , was killed. t When the accident occurred the train was running over a temporary tra < jj * j while the regular line was being repaired. Wreck in Kansas. A Avestbouud passenger train on 4l % < \ Union Pacific Railway , which left 1- . - sas City Wednesday night , crashed into n freighht train in the yards at Ellis , Kan. , early Thursday. J. II. Kinney , of Ellis , engineer of the passenger train , and two unknown men , believed to be tramps , were killed. I Execution of Mrs. Edwards. The state board of pardons at Harris- burg , Pa. , has finally disposed of tho case of Mrs. Kate EdAvards , the Berks County woman under sentence of death for the murder of her husband , by re fusing to grant her a commutation. Gov. Pennypacker AA'ill fix the date of her ex ecution later. Great Terre Ilauto Fire. The Merchants distillery at Terre Haute , Ind. , burned Thursday. The en tire fire department was called out to fight tho flames. The loss is estimated at $250,000. Killed in Kansas Storm. Six persons Avere killed and tAventy in jured , sixteen of the latter seriously , in a storm that struck Phillipsburg , Kan. , and vicinity Wednesday night. | Sioux City Stock Market. Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market folloAv : Butcher stcor . $4.00@4.G5. Top hogs , fr.lQ. Hundred Germans Killed. Confirmation has been received at Cape Town , South Africa , ol Chief Marengo's reported victory over t\e German's at Karasberg , Gorman Soutlnvost Africa , June 22. It is baid that 100 Germans were killed. ' Two Persons Killed. The Santa Fe Limited passenger train , eastbound , collided with a belt line rail way train two miles from the center of Kansas City , Mo. , Thursday. Two per t : sons were killed and three injured. MUTINY OF SAILORS. 'Crews of Two Russian Warshipi Murder Officers. A Washington special says : Ameri can Consul Heeuan , at Odessa , Wed nesday cabled the state department a : 'follows : ' 'The Russian warship Kniaz Potem kine and one torpedo boat , of tiie Blacl Sea fleet , arrived Tuesday evening. Al the officers were murdered at sea ant their bodies thrown overboard. The mei threaten to bombard the town if inter fered with. The situation is precarious The rest of the Black Sea fleet is ex pected Wednesday. " The Russian battleship Kniaz Potem kine is a heavily armored turret ship ol 12,480 tons , hviug a speed of 17 knots , She was completed in 11)02 and belongs to the Black Sea fleet. She carries u crew of G3G men. An Odessa dispatch says that the crew of a battleship in the roads have mutnied and murdered their officers. It is reported tho mutineers are threat ening to bombard the town. All work at the port has been stopped. Late advices received at St. Peters burg from Odessa announce the mutiny occurred on account of the summary shooting of a sailor who demanded bet ter food by order of the commander of the battleship. Dispatches from Odessa say the strik ers everywhere have been successful. They haAe stopped all traffic. Mobilization in St. Petersburg and Moscow began at midnight. The work men are grumbling and trouble is expect ed. The excitement arising from events at Lodz and Warsaw has spread to the cit ies in the Jewish pale in all the old Pol ish provinces along the western border of Russian Poland proper. BANK FORCED TO CLOSE. Cashier of a Terre "Haute Institution Short in His Accounts. The Yigo County National Bank , of Terre Haute , Ind. , on which there had been a run for two days , closed its doors Wednesday morning. The national bank examiner is investigating. According to the bank's statement June 1 the total resoruces wore $ l,5Gr > .000 ; in dividual deposits. ? 9S2UOO ; United States deposits. $191,000. It has been discovered the shortage of Cashier Conseman precipitated the run Avhich led to the bank's closing. The Indiana organization of Unitet Mine Workers has $90,000 deposited * i the bank. IOWA CASHIER MISSING. Amount tf Shortage of Graettinger Bank Oflicer Not Known. William Mueller , cashier of the Graet- tiuger , la. , SaAungs Bank , left there about a Aveek ago and his whereabouts are unknoAvn. Sheriff Conkley has secured an order to have the bank safe opened , and until then the amount of his shortage Avill not be knoAvn. Estimates run as high as $10,000. It is said the depositors are likely to ijet most of their money. A GREAT FAILURE. Chicago Crash Assumes Gigantic Proportions1. The failure of the brokerage firm of Knight , Donnelly & Co. , at Chicago , ivhich occurred several days ago , has as- ; umed gigantic proportions. Although Receiver Potter has not yet inished the examination of the concern mough Avas learned Wednesday to ap proximate liabilities not far from $3,000- K)0. ) The assets may reach $2,500,000. Indictments are Killed. Upon motion of District Attorney Beach at Washington , D. C. , the cases i gainst James T. Metcalf , Harry C. Hal- enbeck and Xorma R. Metcalf , indicted or conspiracy to defraud the government n connection with a conrtact for money irder blanks , Avas nolle proseqnied Wed- lesdny. Storm in New York City. Three men are believcod to have been : illed when the three upper stories of qn partment house in One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street , New York , Avere ilowii down in a terrific thunderstorm ute Monday. Taxation of Franchises. Judge Lawrence , at Cleveland , O. , olds that the auditor of Cuyahoga Coim- y cannot place a A'aluation upon the rauchises of several public corporations f Cleveland when rating the holdings o iiese corporations for taxation. Bomb for Police Chief. At Warsaw , Russia , a bomb Ava : irown Sunday night at a carriage occu ied by Chief of Police PaA-aloff , of the > wn of Czentstochowa , government of 'iotrkow. ' The chief and seven othei orsons Averc seriously Avouuded. Forest Fires on Yukon. A Seattle , Wash. , svecial says : For- it fires along the banks of the Yukon iver between the mouth of the Tanana iver and Eagle City have cut off all mmuuication with Nome and St. Mich- sis for the past four days. Known to be Dead. At Phillipsburg , Kan. , a violent storm d great damage and in the surrounding untry late Wednesday afternoon , eight . ; rsons being killed. Martial Law Still Prevails. Conditions at Lodz , Russian Poland , e unchanged , excepting most of the arkmeii have returned to Avork. Martial w still prevails. The universal condem- : tion of the strike movement has had e effect of quieting the situation. . Tension Has Disappeared. rhe Franco-Gorman complications have en so far overcome that a complete reement is considered only a matter rf ne. The nervous public sentiment at v iris has entirely disappeared. _ _ j ( TORNADO IN SOUTH DAKOT/ Three Lives Were Sacrificed Neai Plankinton. A Mitchell , S. D. , special says : A tor nado , small in area swept , but disastrou : in results , wrought haA'Oc near Plaukin ton on Saturday night. Walter John , his Avife and 1-ycar-olt child were the only A-ictims of the storm They lived fiA'e miles southeast of Plank inton. The Avind carried thehouse ofi the foundation , leaving the floor intact Mr. John was in the act of going to tin cellar with his baby in his arms Avher the wind struck the house , carrying il away. The floor was turned over an < ] fell on Mr. John's head , pinning him tc the ground. He lay there from 10 o'clocli at night until 8 o'clock Sunday morning , when he was found by the neighbors. lit was still alive and told of the incidents of the storm. The dead baby was found in his arms , and Mr. John died tAA-o hours after. Mrs. John's body was found thirty feet away. Xo damage was done in the tOAvu of Plankinton , the storm passing around ii. All the buildings of John Williams , with the exception of his farm house , were destroyed in the storm. An erroneous report Avas sent from Ar tesian that two men Avore killed. Four people were injured in the storm , but not seriously. OVER A SCORE DROWNED. Danish Cadet Ship is Rammed and Sunk by a British Steamer. Copenhagen adA'ices state that Sunday night , near there , the Danish cadet mer cantile training schooner , Georg Stage , Avas rammed and sunk by the British steamer Ancona. The Georg Stage sank in a minute and a half. TAventy-tAvo ca dets were drowned and fifty-seven res cued. The boys Avore all in their bunks at the time of the disaster. The Ancona Avas considerably damaged. Thus far only a single body has been recovered. First Officer Myhre , of the Georg Stag , attributes the accident to the An cona changing her course. He said the Ancona's bow crashed seven feet into the training schooner's side , bringing doAvn the latter's masts and rigging and pre venting many cadets from gaining the deck. BOYCOTTING IS LAWFUL. Important Decision of the Court of Appeals at Kansas City. The Kansas City court of appeals Mon day upheld the directors of the Kansas City LiA'e Stock Exchange in expelling from membership and boycotting J. .7. Gladdish for alleged ungentlemanly con duct with a member. A temporary in junction previously secured by Gladdish from the circuit court restraining the ox- change from boycotting him Avas Monday dismissed by the court of appeals , which held that the exchange is a laAA-ful organ ization ; that it is not a trust or pool formed in restraint of trade , and that it can lawfully boycott a member if he lias been guilty of Avrougdoing and ex pelled from the exchange. THE TIME IS FIXED. Peace Plenipotentiaries to Meet in August. The following statement regarding the meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries ivas made public at the White House at Yashington , D. C. , Monday : "The president has received from both : he Russian and Japanese gOAernmonts .he statement that the plenipotentiaries > f both countries will meet in the United States during the first ten days of An- just. The president has expressed to joth governments the wish that the meet- ng should take place , if possible , on the irst of August , and , if not on that date , han at the earliest date thereafter. The Koch Trial. Dr. Koch Avill again be tried at Manka- o , Minn. , July G , for the brutal inurdor Dr. George R. Koch Avill again be tried t Mankato July G , for the brutal murdei if Dr. L. A. Gebhardt. The attorneys , or the state Avill probably ask for a hange of venue at Mankato , as it Avill K > nigh impossible to secure a jury dthin a reasonable time. The case Avill hen probably go to St. James. To Protect the Flyer. To insure the New York Central and .ake Shore flyer against disaster from simpering with switches or signal lights , he officials of the Central and Lake Ihore have arranged for a special guard j ver every SAvitch along the entire length f track between XCAV York and Chica- o. French Army Reserves. A St. Petersburg special states that lie army reserve men liA'ing in Russia re reported to haA'e received notice to old themselves in readiness to join tho Dlors. Open" Print Shops in Philadelphia A nine-hour Avork day and "open shop" as instituted Monday in forty-five of the ading printing establishments in Phila- 2lphia employing , it is said , two-thirds " the local compositors. Fast Train Restored. The eighteen-hour running schedule for le TAveutieth Century Limited betweon ow York and Chicago , temporarily sus- ; nded folloAving the Avreck at Mentor , . , was restored Monday. Murderer Commits Suicide. EiAVOod Garman , the competed murder- of William Murray , Avas found dead i ' his cell at Mifflintown , Pa. , Monday. 1 o drank carbolic acid. To Enlarge Mexican Cabinet. A Mexico City special says : President iaz's cabinet Avill be enlarged July 1 the adoption of a minister for a do- ' rtment of public instruction. It is ! * obable that Justa Sierra a noted litterj j , our and an authority on education , Avill v the new cabinet member. I lion Pacific Round House Burns j it Evanston , Wyo. , the Union Pacific " indhouse containing five locomotives ' c. is destroyed by fire early Monday. Tho t > s will reach § 75,000. a STATE OP NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Tries Murder and Suicide Forme South Omaha Woman Kills Her self After Poisoning Child Do raestic Unpleasantness the Cans A Grand Island special says : Mr ; Voisila Kveseck , wife of James Kvesecl- a farmer of Cameron Township , Ha County , committed suicide Sunday aftei noon by taking carbolic acid and tried t administer u deadly potion of the sam drug to her it-year-old son. Corone Sutherland called Sunday afternoon , bu held no inquest , it being plainly a cas of suicide. Dr. Kedfield , of Wood River , was sum moried as soon as the husband of the we man discovered what had taken plac and the little boy , it is believed , will re cover. The woman was beyond aid. I is believed she took the poison first , tha the little boy , disliking to take mediciu of any kind , resisted , and the mother' pains became violent before she couli force the poison down the child's throat the burning being mostly on the exterio of the child. Mrs. Kveseck had undergone an opei ation about a year ago and has not beei in the best of health. Domestic uupleas antness , arising from their removal fron S6\ith Omaha to Hall County about ; year ago , is also .said to have been prob ably a contributory cause. Mr. Koloviolek , a relative of the wo man from South Omaha , arrived for i visit to the woman and the family , onl : to find her dead. BOARD COMPLETES ITS WORK Total Assessed Valuation of Kail- roads Placed at f47.289,970. The state board of assessment complet ed its work late Wednesday afternoon fixing the total assessed valuation of tin railroads of the state at $47.280,070 , ai increase over the valuation of last yeui of § 1,207,123. The bulk of this incieasi comes on property of the Union Pacific which was raised from $10,575,000 tc $11,530,358 , an increase of J'JG'i,749 ? , 01 § 1,000 on the mile. Roads entering Xe braska over leased lines which have nev er before been assessed contributed § 35 , 000 to the grand total. These wore the Milwaukee. Wabash and Illinois Central , the latter two contributing § 10,000 each and the first named § 15,000. The Bur lington road was not changed , though Galusha made an effort to get it reduced 5 per cent. It was assessed at a total of § 20,286,000.35. The Omaha Belt line was credited to the Weeping Water branch of the Missouri Pacific. BENT UPON A HANGING. People of Webster County Have Plan to Evade Barker's Reprieve. Webster County people have a plan to secure the hanging of Frank Barker before the expiration of his two years' reprieve. He was convicted and sen tenced for killing his brother. There yet remains the right to prosecute him for killing his brother's wife. The attorney general has given his sanction to such a procedure and if the governor will take such action as will permit of the trial , it will be had. Heating's Attorney's Absent. Notwithstanding the fact that arrange ments had been made to hold a hearing at Lincoln Saturday on the application pf Convict Frank Keating for a commu tation of a ten years' sentence for high way robbery , none of the attorneys put hi an appearance. The man robbed John Rose , a prominent farmer of Webster County. The announcement that the governor contemplated the issuance of a commutation stirred up great opposition at the scene of the crime. Keating's trial cost the county several thousand dollars. County Attorney A. M. Wal ters , of that county , claims that the man cannot have his sentence commuted be cause he has served several terms in prison. The man belongs to a wealthy family. Brakeman Arrested. A Fremont special says : T. .T. Kriss , ( i Union Pacific brakeman. charged with manslaughter by kicking William Mc- Mahou off a train , was arrested by Sher iff Bauman Saturday evening and taken : o the jail. " 1 am innocent of the charge pd can prove it , " he informed a newspa per man. Tie also said that he had been n the employ of the company for five rears , running between Omaha and STorth Platte. Burned to Death. Bill Cressman , a well known charac- er about Syracuse , was burned to death | it an early hour Friday morning in the mrn of Charles Bray , half a mile west > f that village. The barn was struck ind set on fire by lightning. Creesman vas sleeping in the barn and was unable o make his escape. Creesman has been t county charge for a number of years ; nd was about 70 years of age. To Erect Farmers' Elevator. The farmers near Stromer , six miles outheast of Hastings , are preparing to , rect a farmers'elevator. . A company as been formed among the prominent urmers of that section of the county for lutnal protection and this association rill soon erect an elevator close to the , iding of the Missouri Pacific Railway at ! itromer. Bridge Falls Into the River. The wairon bridge over the Elkhorn at r.-iterloo being moved and repaired , fell ito the river about 4 o'clock Friday af- jrnoon. It had been set on rollers at ic south cud and the north end was be- ig fixed preparatory to moving when the ridge became overbalanced and slid oil i tto the river with a great splash. Gibbon is Improving. There is more building being done in ibbon this season thun In any throe lo years. Small grain is looking fine.)1 ) rn is backward , owing to heavy rains j I May causing so much replanting. Gib-1 - > n will celebrate the Fourth in great i J iape this year. t Cigarettes Must Go. The days of the ciirarctte are number- in Nebraska if the law which be- mt's effective July 1 is enforced. After at day it will be an offense to sell , give ray or manufacture the "colnii nails. " PLEA FOR MRS. LILLIE. Motion Filed in Her Behalf by Hei Attorney at Lincoln. "Treat a woman as fairly as you do : man ! " exclaims Attorney I lamer in hi motion just filed in the supreme coar at Lincoln asking that ho be allowed t file a second motion for a rehearing in th case of Lena Margaret Lillie , who is nov serving a life sentence in the state peni teutiary for the alleged murder of he husband. The attorney refers to the Hans case in Which Fred Hans was rescued from i vicious mob , and being granted a nev trial after a life sentence lie was fount not guilty. Mr. Humor insists that Mrs Lillie was convicted because of the pre judices of the people of Butler Count * , against a woman who dealt on the boart of trade. Sam Lillie , the brother of the murderet man , has always vigorously asserted hi : belief in the innocence of his sistcin law. law.Mrs. Mrs. Lillio , who is an expert drossmak er. devotes most of her time to sewing in her prison room. BEEMER IS DISPLEASED. Lincoln ft Taking His Guard * for Policemen. Warden Beemer , of the state peniten tiary at Lincoln , is threatening venge ance on the excise board these days be cause the board has taken from him three of his best guards and placed them on the police force. Behind it all was an effort on the part of Warden Bcemei lo make it easier sailing for the convicts upon their release from the penitentiary. When the warden took charge of the state prison it was tho custom to mail to the chiefs of police in Omaha and Lin coln a description of all the convicts re leased. AVarden Boemor stopped this practice because he said the convicts would at once be placed under suspicion by the police , who would arrest them anil exhibit them to the police force , giving instructions to tho force to k et-p an eye on the ex-convicts. This custom Warden Beemer said made it hard for the convict to brace up and for that reason he stop ped the practice. TRAVELS OF A PIN. Child Swallowed It Four Years Ago , and Recently Parted with It. Four years ago the 10-year-old daugh ter of Henry Sulmnan , of West Point , accidentally swallowed a pin. Measures were taken to remove it from tho stom ach of the little girl at that time , but unsuccessfully. The child suffered no pain , and in course of time the accident was forgotten. Two weoks ago she became ill with acute indigestion , and upon her body be ing massaged by her mother a hard sub stance was discovered under the skin near the waist line , which proved to be tho pin swallowed four years ago. No ill effects have bron noted. ELECTION WILL BE VALID. Voters of First Nebraska District May Oast Their Ballots July 18. "The special election is legal and will be held , * ' said Gov. Mickey Monday when asked about the reports that his proclamation callling a special election to fill a vacancy in the First congression al district was without force and that ; f an election is held July 18 it will bo in valid. Attorney General Brown says there is no doubt about tho legality of the proposed election. In this he is support ed by ex-Congressman J. B. Strode , of Lincoln , who investigated the subject thoroughly. Railroad Men Picniu at Oakland. The workmen of the Northwetsern shops at Sioux City hold their annual picnic at Wells * park in Oakland Satur day. A special train of thirteen coaches arrived shortly after 0 o'clock , and it is estimated it carried 1,500 people. The park had been put in order for the occa sion and was turned over to the Sioux Cityans for the day. Max Ploehn is Arraigned. Max Ploehn , charged with the murder Df Alma Goos , pleaded not guilty before Justice M. Archer at Plattsmouth Mon day afternoon. lie was bound over * to Lhe district court. The prisoner will bo urraigned before Judge Jessen , of the i district court in a few days , at which [ iuie it is believed ho will change his plea and receive sentence. For Seminary at Seward. The triennial convention of the Evan gelical Lutheran synod of Missouri. Ohio ind other states in session at Detroit , Mich. , Monday voted the appropriation ) f the sum of $12(5,000 for a new hall and : lass rooms for the seminary at Seward , ind the course at Seward was increased o five years. Celebrated 1 Birthday. Mark Davis , an old icsident of Beat- ico , celebrated his ! )1st ) birthday in the > resence of a large number of relatives I ind friends. Mr. Davis wi * the recip- ent of many appropriate presents. A plendid dinner was served , one of the eatures of which was a birthday cake h i-hich were burning ninety-one candles. Wheat Harvest Begun. Farmers have commenced the wheat arvest in Gage County and much of tho rain will soon bo in the stack. The ield is much heavier than usual and sirmers are greatly encouraged over th ? utlook for a good wheat crop. # Firecracker Destroys Eye. About noon Thursday A. II. Phillips , n lerchant of Neligh. had the misfortune ) have a large firecracker explode In his and. A large part of the cracker penc- ated his right eye , totally destroying ic sight. Robbars All Capturod. Three tramps , wanted at Lonir Pine for bbing a man of $20 at the point of a in. wore captured at Ainsworth Thurs- iv. Other thieving is charged to them , Unidentifi-d Man Killed. A man was killed Monday afternoon ar Gannett. His body was badly angled and is unrocogniy.ublo. He was obably a tramp riding tho rods on train o. 2 and fell off. His head , arms and ; s wore cut off and his body almost pn- ely dismembered. Young Woman Kills Herself. Miss Marie Waytcke. an IS-year-old rl living with her parents , four miles ? st of Elgin , committed suicide Tues- J y by drinking strychnine. The cause the self-destruction is unknown. j In" its opinion in tlte case of Murphy ngainst Bonacum. hnuded down by the- supreme court Thursday morning anil recognized as one of tiie most sweeping and most important decisions of the court in many months , the conrt ruled that it would not pass on a controversy as to ownership or possession of property when the parties claiming tiie same derive their right from a church or church society. By right of his position as a bishop In. the Catholic church. Bishop Bonacum sought to oust Father William Murphy from possession of diurch property at ? Seward. The rase lias been in the courtj for a number of years and has several times been passed upon by the suprcnu court until now the c-uestion has dev > l oped into an interpretation of the can ons of the church aud the standing o : the two in the clmrcib. In the lowe court the bishop secured the injunction , but in the opinion the supreme court re verses all of its own former decisions reverses the opinion of the lower conn and tolls the principals to settle theit difficulties with the authorities of Rome and throws the case out of court. * if * The supreme court la an opinion writ * ten by Judge Barnes , decided that Philip Hubert , the negro preacher sentenced to six yeais in the penitentiary for a statu- tory crime against Lillian Hardy , the lo * year-old daughter of oie of his parish ioners , is entitled to a new trial on the ground that the information was defect ive , the admission of improper testimony to the prejudice of the defendant , and that the evidence in tue record is insulli- cient to establish the offense described in the second clause oL"section 12 of the code. It also appears , too , that the state was permitted to introduce evidence ol certain acts of the plaintiff such as the purchase of two cocktails for the officers who arrested him , aiul certain statements alleged to have been made by him to lhat ollicer , none of which corroborated or oven tended to corroborate the evidence of the prosociitrix or impeach or discredit * his testimony. The rot-oids of the state board of as sessment have boon signed by Gov , Mickey , Treasurer IWortensen , Auditoi Searle and La ml Commissioner Eaton. Secretary of State Galusha was absent and his name was not ailixed to the fin.'i : findings of tho board. Incidentally the big fight is yet to come between the three new mcmhois of the fwrnl , Searle , Eaton and Galiisha. The latter made a state ment that Searle and Caton had broker faith with him in ttiat the three hat agreed to prevent a final vote being tak on during the absence of eitfier of the throe. . Searlo and Eaton emphatieallj denied the statementawi said they would uive out a signed statement in regard t i the charge made by Galusha. Gov , Mickey and Treasurer Morteusen art disappointed that tho L'nion Pacific war not assessed at a higher valuation. * * * Lawyers , politicians and candidate ! nro still up in the air on the question oi the legality of the election prodamatioE issued by Gov. Mickey for the election o * a congressman in the First district Attorney General Xorris Brown stiJC maintains that the proclamation is valic for the reason that the governor derive : his right to issue the call from the feder nl constitution , numerous other attorneys both Republicans and Democrats , saj there is no question but what the call it invalid. E. M. Pollard , the Republicas nominee. ha boon requested to come t < s Lincoln and a conference AVI 11 be heldi The legality of the proclamation will b < discussed and a course of action will of decided upon. Gov. Mickey is now ready to receiv < sketches and prices for n silver servic < to be presented to the battleship Nebraf * ka. The legislature appropriated $3OOC for this purpose. During the past weeE a. number of designs have been submitted by manufacturing silversmiths of No braska , who desire to complete , and oth ? rs AA-ill do so in tho near future. Tin governor wishes to have sketches and es timates submitted within the next montfr by all parties who wisu to be considerec is competitors. The designs will be care- "ully considered , not only by the govern ! ) r , but also by others whom he will iui rite to act with hinT. The Union Pacific Railroad Company annot force Caroline Weatherford , an iged squatter off of land which it pun based from the city of Omaha , by forci * ) le entry proceedings , but will have to try iome other tack. The woman had been iviug on the land for a number of years- efore the railroad got possession of it ! she was served with notice to move and : efused to vacate , holding that the statj- ite of limitation had run out in forcibly- 'ntry ' proceedings , and that the railroad lad no more right than the city , which hould have ejected her. The court held ter contention Avas correct. * i * * l Attorneys for Mr = . Lena Margaret LiF- io , serving a life sentence in the penitea- Sary for the murder of her husband , Fri4- lay filed an elaborate brief in the su\- \ ireme court in support of a motion tor ; rehearing. Local prejudice at the time f trial is one of the main contentions i the application. One paragraph in tho riof says : "Mr * . Lillio was conA'ictei ocauso of The prejudice of a Butler 'oiwity jury against a womau who dealt : i the board of trade. " * s * The supremo court npou completing the * nsinoss of this session Saturday moru4 ig took a roce s until September , * lough the membersmay be called to- , ? ther during the summer on extraordiJ ; iry occasions. * * * Deputy Auditor Cook has taken tho ims to figure out that it would bq K-aper ' for the state to hpve a gas plant Us own than to p.-jy the Lincoln Gas ompany for lightiiii * : tli - state house r. Cook has figured out that the statq is paid this company during the last Kir , from June to June. $1(4T6.GO fon is. This does not include money which ] is been paid out for electric lights. , bout $700 of this aiaoaut was spenti uiug the legislature. Mr. Cook will ! commend to the state hoard of publiq nds and buiulhigs that it install a ga . ant
