The Valentine Democrat
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. Rice. Publisher
, AN AWFUL SITUATION
/RUSSIA'S FOURTH DAY OF CON-
TINUED TERROR.
Kumber Slain is Unknown , but Un
doubtedly Will Run into Thou
sands Slaughter of Jews Keeps
Up No Improvement in Sight.
Dispatches from Russia are very mea
ger with regard to the disturbed condi
tion. The situation in St. Petersburg ,
1where order is maintained by a show of
jarmed force , remains critical , although
'improvement ' is shown in the resumption
of operations by the electric lighting
( plants. Communication by rail with the
frontier has not yet been re-established.
From many of the interior cities come
ircports of conflicts , in which the Jews ap
pear to be the principal sufferers. In
[ Kieff the loss of life and property has
; been great. In Theodessia and Saratofl
( the disorders have been serious. There
is an unconfirmed report that Kishiuefl
has been totally destroyed by fire.
. London papers' St. Petersburg corre
spondents estimate that in the leading
fifty provincial towns of Russia 1,000
persons have been killed and 10.000 seri
ously wounded in the last twenty-foui
Lours.
The revolutionary movement in Fin
land is unchecked , the Finnish national
guard opposing the advance of Russian
troops and compelling them to retire.
At St. Petersburg all is quiet. There
Is no attempt at business , and Cossack
patrols are everywhere. Shops have
been barricaded , and communication with
the frontier has not been restored by rail
way.
way.The
The newspapers are again being issued ,
ind the electric lighting plant has been
put in operation.
Friday Count Witte and Prince Obo-
lensky received the leaders of the pro
gressive constitutionalist partincluding
prominent members of the municipality.
WHALES KILLED IN FIGHT.
Score of Dead Bodies is Evidence
of Great Battle.
The bodies of over twenty dead whales ,
* nown as "killers , " are lloating in the
channel off Santa Cruz island , thirty
'miles ' from Santa Barbara , Cal.
The gigantic corpses measure from 20
to 40 feet in length and bear evidence of
a fierce battle between the monsters.
This warfare has been going on between
two varieties of whales and swordfish
for several weeks , and it is probable in
the extermination of so many of this va
riety of whale a signal victory has been
won by some of the leviathans.
MRS. TODD WAS SLAIN.
Ttich Woman Was Not Killed by a
liailroad Train.
Coroner Scholer , following the autopsy
on the body of Mrs. Margaretta Todd , a
rich woman who was found dead on the
Reading railroad tracks near Philadel
phia a week ago Friday , said the wom
an could not possibly have been struck
, by a train. He said she could easily
( have been killed by some heavy weight
falling on her while she was inert , or by
pressure of the knee.
The autopsy showed her ribs had been
fractured , together with her breastbone.
ROBBERS IN HARD LUCK.
Unable to Secure Six Thousand Dol
lars After Blowing Open Safe.
A Washington , Ind. , special says : Four
.cracksmen visited the Odon Bank , fifteen
pules east of Sanborn , Ind. , Thursday
night , and were only frustrated in secur
ing $0,000 in cash by the nitroglycerin
( blowing loose the bottom of the safe ,
making it impossible to get the money *
Jacob Hodge , who was passing the
bank at the time , was seized , bound hand
, and foot , gagged and guarded until the
robbers fled.
China Closing Her Gates.
The London Daily Telegraph's Shang
hai correspondent sends the following :
"The Chinese government is encouragec7
by the Japanese success and is adopting
a stonewall policy against foreign en
terprise , flatly refusing new mining and
, railway concessions , and canceling old
concessions by purchase or otherwise. "
Demonstration Against Sultan.
A Paris dispatch says : The exchanges
of communications between the powers
'has ' reached a stage where a joint naval
demonstration against Turkey is practi
cally assured , unless the sultan prompt-
, ly accepts the plan of the powers for
( financial reforms in Macedonia.
< Murder of Missionaries.
Bishop Mercel , of the Catholic church
lat Hong Kong , China , has received a let-
Iter confirming the news of the massacre
of American missionaries at Lianchow
fand giving particulars of the massacre.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
stock market follow : Grass steers , $3.50
; @ 4.00. Top hogs , $4.00.
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| "Want Political Prisoners Released
, An immense meeting of workmen , stu-
| dents and professional men at Tiilis de-
'manded the release of political prisoners
and the abolition of the state of siege , to
which the viceroy promised to accede if
the strike ceased.
Death is Being Probed.
The investigation of the death of Stu
art Pierson , a college student , is still in
progress. Among the witnesses heard
were the crew of the train which killed
, young
TROOPS HOLD ODESSA.
Martial Law Declared at the Big
Seaport.
A dispatch to a London news agency
from Odessa , says that martial law was
declared there Thursday afternoon. The
whole garrison has turned out and now
occupies the city. All citizens are for
bidden to leave their houses aftci 9
o'clock in the ovcii.ng , at which hour all
lights must be ot. . Maxim guns have
been placed on positions commanding 100
streets. Under these'conditions , the dis
patch says , a repetition of the fearful
scenes is practically impossible. The
peace loving people are overjoyed at the
prospect of witnessing the restoration of
order , and the comparative security of
life and property. The military has now
adopted drastic measures to force the
disorderly mobs to return to their homes.
The London Standard's correspondent
at Odessa says :
"Within three hours of the declaration
of martial law , which came to the un
speakable relief of peaceable citizens , no
fewer than 5,000 ruffianly loyalists have
been disarmed by the students and the
military. How some.50,000 artisan fow-
dies became possessed of revolvers and
an abundance of cartridges is a ques
tion requiring solution. The rigorous cur
few laws are welcomed as a deliverance
from the terrors of the last two days.
Anyone in the streets after nightfall is
liable to arrest ; anyone appearing at open
windows or on balconies risks being shot
without warning.
"Gen. Kaulbars , " says the correspond
ent , "told me Thursday that he had done
his best with the inadequate forces at
his disposal. He was unable to guard
the safety of individuals and foreigners ,
and he especially advised them to keep
within , doors. "
FIND MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME
Murder in New York May be Solved
Tips May JHavj Been the Cause.
Light on the recent mysterious mur
der of Jacob H. Thompson , exchange ed
itor of the New York Times , has bqen ob
tained by the police at New York. When
Mamie Gibson , the negress who knew
the colo-ed bellboy , Richard Hannibal ,
who dieu while under suspicion of com
mitting the murder , was arraigned in
i-ourt , she said that Hannibal told her
that if she was ever questioned about the
murder she must say that Hannibal
spent the night of Thompson's death at
her home. He was not there that night ,
the girl testified. She said that the bell-
uoy told her that he did not murder
Thompson , but that he ought to have
been murdered because of the small tips
le gave.
The colored girl was arraigned in con
nection with Hannibal's death , as the
bellboy was found with his throat cut
lifter he had quarreled with her and
wounded her recently.
TIED TO TRACK.
College Student AVas Victim of an
Initiation.
Buried beneath a culvert , 200 feet from
the spot at Mt. Venion , O. , where Stu
art Pierson , a 17-year-old Kenyon Col
lege student , was killed by a train , the
authorities hare found three lengths of
blood-stained rope and a wad of absorb
ent cotton , also saturated with blood.
County Prosecutor Stillwell expresses
a firm belief that the boy was chloroform
ed , the eotton saturated and bound
across his face , and that then he was tied
across the track as part of his initiation
into the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
The authorities believe the cotton was
removed later and the boy left stupefied.
On these grounds the prosecutor will car
ry the case to the grand jury on Nov. lo.
Husband Too Loving.
Alleging that her husband is "too lov
ing too live with , " Jessie M. Huffman
has sued Edgar Huffman for divorce at
Loganport , Ind. They were married
three years ago , and the wife alleges that
he still hugs her so frequently and vio
lently as to make her scream. She fears
he will injure her permanently.
Thinks Creditors Will be Paid.
Receiver I. T. Bradley , of the defunct
First National Bank of Topeka , Kan. ,
said Thursday : "I believe that the cred
itors of this bank will be paid in full.
The death of C. J. Devlin leaves $077-
000 life insurance as good as cash in the
bank's possession. "
New Philadelphia Graft.
According to a report made to Mayor
Weaver by W. Bleddin Powell , the city
architect , the city of Philadelphia , Pa. ,
has been swindled out of thousands of
dollars in the construction of six pavil
ions for consumptives on the grounds of
the Philadelphia hospital.
One Killed in Missouri Wreck.
A string of runaway box cars crashed <
into the rear end of the second section of I i
the Wabash fast mail at Kansas City
Thursday. John Vipers , of Slater , Mo. ,
a switchman , was killed. David Shaffer ,
yardmaster , was fatally hurt. None of
the passengers was hurt.
Monument to Sheridan.
Thousands of people from Perry and
adjacent cities were at Somerset , O. ,
Thursday to witness the unveiling of a
monument to Phil Sheridan. i
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Fire in St. Louis.
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The Columbia box factory at Cf . Louis ,
Mo. , was completely destroyed by fire
early Thursday. The loss is $140,000. j
Cut to Pieces by Cars.
Roy Shaffner , a young man of Sanboru ,
[ a. , who was a brakemaii on train No.
74 on the Milwaukee road. Thursday fell j i
between the cars while switching in the
yards at Canton , S. D. , and was instant-
y killed.
New Swimming Record.
Oscar St. Cyr made a now world's rec-
> rd for swimming forty yards in the tank
) f the Chicago Athletic Association at
Uhicago , covering the distance in :21.
Hie record . ; i ; : .i-.do I : : cq jpetitio 4 \
FIVE AMERICANS SLAIN.
Missionaries Brutally Murdered at
Jfjienchow , China.
Five American missionaries have , it is
believed , been murderedat Lienchow ,
China.
Dr. Eleanor Chestnut , Mrs. L. C. Ma-
chic and child and Mr. and Mrs. Peale
are the victims of the disturbances of
the Lienchow mission.
Lienchow is a town of 32,000 people ,
situated in the western portion of the
province of Kwang-tung , at the head of
the gulf of Tons-king , not far from the
treaty port of Pakhoi.
A New York dispatch says : Mrs. Ma-
chic was the wife of Dr. Charles E. Ma-
chie , of Ohio. She was Miss Ella M.
Wood , of Philadelphia. They had a
daughter , Elsie , 15 years of age. Dr.
and Mrs. Machic have been stationed
at Lienchow since 3889.
Dr. Eleanor C. Chestnut was appoint
ed a missionary in 1S03.
Dr. John Rogers Peale was a new mis
sionary , who sailed from this country
last August. lie was born at New
Bloomfield , Pa. , in 3 870. lie was edu
cated at the Lafayette College and tiio
Princeton Theological Seminary. He
married Miss Gillespie , of Port Deposit ,
Md. , last summer before going to China
in August.
In addition to four church buildings
the Lienchow mission , which has 207
native Christians on its roll , has three
Sunday schools and three establishments
for secular education , one of which is a
boarding school with nineteen pupils. It
also supports a hospital and a dispen
sary.
sary.Dr.
Dr. Chestnut is a well known physi
cian in Chicago , having been sent out as
a missionary by the western branch of
the board of foreign missions of the
Presbyterian church , which has head
quarters there. She received both her med
ical education and her bible training in
Chicago , and spent most of her time
when on a furlough there. Dr. Chestnut
received her appointment as head of the
woman's hospital at Lienchow in 1894.
She also had supervision of medical work
at Sam Kong , Kang Han , Lam Mo and
Kai Who in the province of Canton.
Dr. Eleanor Chestnut , one of the mur
dered missionaries , was well known in
Omaha , Neb. , where a number of her
former classmates reside. Dr. Chestnut
lived in Iowa until she entered Park Col
lege at Parkville , Mo. She entered col
lege without funds , depending on her own
resources to secure an education. She
had completed a period of her work ,
which would have entitled her to a year's
furlough in the near future , and several
members of the Park College alumni liv
ing in Omaha had arranged for her home
coming. She had no specific home , but
had several personal friends in Chicago ,
and expected to spend much of her fur
lough in that city.
COMMISSION BEGINS INQUIRY
Refrigerator Car Men Under Fire
in AVashington.
An inquiry into the operation of the
private refrigerator cars on the transcon
tinental railways was begun Wednesday
at Washington by the interstate com
merce commission.
The caes in which the hearings are
being held are drected against the Ateh-
ison and Santa Fe and the Southern Pa-
cifis Railways and the Armour car lines.
the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch and
the American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany.
The principal witness on Wednesday
was , T. S. Leads , general manager of the
Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch , who
gave startling testimony concerning re
bates , and declared his inability to break
up the practice. He said his company
operates 4,550 cars and obtains addi
tional equipment by interchanging with
the American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany and the Michigan Central Railway.
COLLISION IN PANAMA.
One American Killed and Several
Others Badly Hurt.
Colon advices states that a collision oc
curred between canal work trains near
Bas Obispo , in which many cars were
n-recked ; Conductor Dunlap , an Ameri
can , was killed , and the engineer , a fire
man and several others were badly in
jured. The collision took place ou the
nain line of the Panama railroad.
W. E. Dutchey , who acted as chief en
gineer after the resignation of John F.
Wallace , arrived at Colon Wednesday
norniug from New York on the steam-
? r Havana. The Havana also brought
: hree refrigerator cars , which will sup-
) ly the hotels along the line of the canal.
rhe cold storage plant is n caring com
pletion.
Ends Life Before Children.
At Marshalltown , la. , Gus Grant , aged
> 2 years , a laborer , sent for his two chil-
Iren. whose mother is dead , to come to
lis boarding place Wednesday night.
kVlicn they arrived he took a drink of
vhisky and then reaching in his pocket
mlled out a revolver and shot himself
h rough the head , dying after a few
lours of agony. He gave no warning of
iis intention to suicide.
Charged with Wifd Murder.
George A. Durkes was arrested at
south Bend , Ind. , charged with murder-
ng his former wife , who died last April ,
he complaint being sworn to by his
aughter. He married again within two
nonths after the alleged crime and dis-
ppeared , having been discovered recent-
> in South Bend.
Two Killed by Explosion.
A Washington special says : Wednes-
ay afternoon an explosion in the powei
ouse of the Potomac Electric Company
lew two employes through the roof. One
rns killed instantly and the other is dy-
ig. The other employes were injured.
Fears Expose ; Suicides.
Edward C. Bearden , money order clerk
i the postoffice at Augusta , Ga. , commit-
: d suicide after being asked by an in-
icctor to turn over his cash drawer and
Daks for exaniuition.
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEV/S OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Fatncr of Arbor Day Statue of J.
Sterling Morton Unveiled at Ne
braska City Gov. Mickey and Ex-
President Cleveland Speak.
A dispatch from Nebraska City gives
the following account of the unveiling of
the statue of J. Sterling Morton last Sat
urday :
"Just the attitude in Avhich I have seen
him stand many and many a time. It is
natural , indeed. "
These were the words of Grover Cleve
land , twice president of the United
Slates , as he stood and studiously gazed
at the magnificent bronze statue of J.
Sterling Morton , one of the distinguished
members of his last cabinet , which was
unveiled in Morton Park within a quar
ter of a inilo of Arbor Lodge , the Ne
braska City home of the founder of Ar
bor day.
The statue shows Nebraska's great man
standing , leaning slightly on a large ,
coarse cane , in his left hand , his hat
.swinging carelessly from his side in his
right hand.
Marred only by an unusually cool and
penetrating atmosphere and a murk } ' sky ,
this , the culmination of the Arbor Day
Memorial Association's purpose and plan
was fraught with eminent success. Dig
nified by the presence of a former chief
executive of the nation andsome of the
men who aided him at the helm , it be
came an event of national significance
and certainly the crowning achievement
in the annals of Otoe's capital.
Fully 10.000 people , it was estimated ,
endured the rigor of the elements for
three hours and more while this last
laurel leaf was placed ou the honored
brow of Morton's memory. The beautU
ful park which the late statesman do
nated to his home city , magnificent with
the handiwork of nature and beautiful
from the touch he gave it in the planting
of trees , hedges , mapping out driveways ,
parking terraces , was filled with people
from various parts of the state , as well
as those from other states. It was said
to be the most representative body of Ne-
braskans ever assembled on one occasion.
To receive and entertain their fellow
statesmen and the noted men of the na
tion , Nebraska City simply outdid what
any city of its size might be supposed to
do. Every person in the town seemed 10
be bent on making the occasion a happy
and memorable one.
On the platform were these men and
women :
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs.
Stevenson. David R. Francis. Hilary A.
Herbert , Gov. and Mrs. Mickey , Former
Senator and Mrs. Mauderson. Senator
Millard. Former Senator Dietrich. For
mer Gov. Crounse , E. P. Ripley. Ii' . and
Mrs. George L. Miller. Edward Rosewa-
ter. J. M. Woolworth , George P. . Harm ,
( Jen. John C. Cowin. Paul. Joy , Mark
Morton , the three sons and the grandson :
Sterling Morton and Miss Emma Morton.
Near the stand were seated Chancellor
Andrews , of the university : Former
Comptroller Eckles , Former Gov. Boyd.
Henry W. Yates , Senator Burkett and
other prominent men.
Telephone Company Pays Damages
The case of Mace E. Atwood against
flie Falls City Telephone Company at
Ilumboldt was settled out of court , the
company paying the plaintiff § 1.500 and
settling costs of action. This case grew
out of a severe accidental injury sustain
ed by Mrs. Atwood. wife of a Ilumboldt
farmer , in January. 1)02. ! ) The team
took fright at a dog and started to run.
smashing into a telephone pole before
Mr. Atwood could get them under con
trol. It is claimed the poles had been
set too far into the roadway and suit wa
brought first against th - county , but later
this was dismissed aiul action begun
against the telephone company , with the
above results. The case has been con
tinued for several years.
Troubles Seem Never to End.
Fate will not allow the life of Mrs.
Herman Wippern , the young woman re
cently restored to her parents in Boyd
County , after having been kidnaped
eighteen years before , to continue long
without its incident of 'mystery. At 10
a. m. Mrs. Wippern went down town at
Butte to shop. She left her 1-year-old
baby in its trundle bed at home , sound
asleep and apparently in the best of
health. When she returned a half-hour
later she found her bay unconscious from
an unknown cause. A physician was
summoned , but the child died at once.
Creamery Plant Burned.
Fire did between $8.000 and $10,000
damage to the plant of the Cream City
Creamery Company at Beatrice Wednes- .
day night. The lire started in the sec
ond floor among the egg cases and gave
the firemen a hard fight for two hours.
The damage was largely confined to this
floor. The plant is valued at $50,000
and carries $40,000 insurance.
Pumping Station Burned.
Fire destroyed the pumping plant of the
Burlington railroad at Fairmont Sunday
night. The fire company confined the fire
to the pumping building. It was a close
call for the coal sheds on the south side
of the track , but plenty of water saved
them. Spontaneous combustion of the
coal caused the fire.
Forger Brought Back.
Carl Sanford , who is wanted at Fre-
mont for forging several checks on par
ties near Leavitt , was brought back from
! iis home at Chapman , W. Ya. His fam-
ly are people of wealth and prominence
ind his arrest caused much comment.
Broken Bow to Have Electric Lights
Broken Bow will soon have electric
ights. The city council has appointed a
xmmrittee to investigate the matter , and
t is said the plant will surely be built.
Register Harris Resigns.
R. C. Harris , register of the United
jtates land oillce at Sidney , has resigned
tis oifice. Failing health is given as his
eason. his eyesight being so bad that he
: an no longer attend to the duties of the
iftice. His successor is not suggested.
Memorial Service Held.
At Beatrice Wednesday the Gage
bounty bar held memorial services in the
istrict court room for the late Judge
Jabcock and also passed appropriate res-
lutious deploring his loss , both as a citi-
en and a judge. t
CAR SHORTAGE CONTINUES.
Nebraska Roads Have Difficulty in
Securing Rolling Stock.
A general shortage of curs is confront
ing about all of the western roads. All
freight business is enormous and the
roads are having more than they can
handle. While corn has not started to
the markets , wheat is still on the move
and there is also a shortage of refriger
ator cars as well as live stuck. Ship
pers in the northwest are all anxious to
ship about this season of the year , as
there is a good feeder market and the
railroads are taxed to their utmost to
handle the business.
Sh ippeis in Colorado are calling for
cars , which they cannot get , and the
northwest line of the Burlington is prac
tically congested. Between Sheridan and
Grand Island are ( JOO or 700 freight cars ,
with a shoitage of power to handle them.
The engines liave been pooled and in this
way permitted to run down so that now
that the ruh has come there is a short
age of power to handle the business. Ev
ery possible engine ib being pressed in
to seivicc in the hope of relieving the sit
uation , but present piospeets are not very
bright.
The Northwestern reports no blockade ,
but ofiicials say that they are having
absolutely all that they can do to keep
the lines open and to keep shippers sup
plied with cars.
The Rock island officials i.v that their
worst trouble is in securing sutlicient re
frigerator cars.
LANDOFFICE INSPECTORS BUSY
Two Score of Them at Work in the
Valentine Ijand District.
Twenty-seven special agents of the
United States land oilicc have been at
Valentine the past few days , making
plats , etc. , from the records of the local
office theie , and getting detailed informa
tion touching the homestead entries under
the Kinkaid homestead law. and gaining
such information as is available regard
ing illegal fencing.
They started out Wednesday with
camp equipment and surveyors to run
down any violations of the laws. They
are not ci eating any special anxiety
among the homesteaders and ranchers ,
since the new homesteaders will be for
the most part found at home and cattle
men who have had fences have antici
pated this movement and removed the
same.
YOUNG BOY A HERO.
Risks Ijife to Save L/ittle Erothers
from Burning Home.
An Aurora special says : At the risk
of his own life. 14-year-old Adolph Ja-
cobsou forced his way through a solid
wall of .ihune. and. with a sheet taken
floin their bed. lowered his two younger
biothers to safety from a fire , in which
his mother and baby sister perished , and
which destroyed their home.
Simon Jacobson. the husband and fath
er , was severely burned in futile efforts
to save his wife. To reach and rescue
his brothers. Adolph had to make his
way up one iiiglit of stairs when the
house was a mass of flames. An attempt
to start the kitchen stove with kerosene
started the fire.
Rush to Pay Taxes.
An O'Neill special says : During the
past few dty : * and at the present time
the county treasurer of this county is
overb'.rdeiu-d with people wanting an op
portunity to pay tli M r taxes. The sale
under the scavenger tax law was started 10'I
Thursday and as soon as two sales were
made the sale was adjourned until the
ollice force would have time to work up
the mail. Seveial parties are said to be
here with large sums of money to invest
in tax sale certificates , but the rush is so
great that but few have any opportunity
to let looso of their money.
Fire at Hastings
A fire at Hastings Thursday morning
caused damage of about $100.000. The
blaze was discovered in Stein Bros. ' de
partment store and wiped out this block ,
the largest in the city , and damaged busi
ness houses in the immediate vicinity.
The Stein block belonged to ex-United
States Senator Dietrich. It was valued
at $ : JO.OOO.with . insurance at $12.000.
Jacob Fisher , the Masons , J. H. Scott
and about twenty business men lost from
J-5UO to $10,000.
Barn Burned Near Stella.
The barn on the II. D. Weller farm , a
half a mile southeast of Stella , was dis
covered on fire. There was no one at
liome. The fire is supposed to have orig
inated in the hay which was stored in the
loft. Mr. Marts lost six tons of tame
liay , a set of harness and some tools
kvhicli were stored in the barn. He also
lost three younir colts on which he had
insurance in the State Mutual.
Many Are Ineligible.
One third of the county superintendent ; }
) f the state are ineligible to the office to
.vhich they aspire. So declared State
Superintendent McBrien at Lincoln Mon-
lay. The first law requires count } * su-
) erintendents to hold first grade certifi
cates , this provision being made last win-
er. An examination will be held Nov.
J and 4 , and those who fail will be re-
Iiiested to get off the ticket.
AVreck. Delays Traffic.
Traffic on the main line of the North-
vestern railroad was delayed for niua
tours by the wrecking of three cars oi
oal in a westbound extra freight traia
t Newport , 100 miles west of Norfolk.
Superintendent Reynolds went to the
cene of the accident by special train.
Jttle damage was done other than injur-
: ig the cars.
rov. Mickey at Church Dedication
Gov. Mickey spent Sunday in Omaha
nd made the chief address at the cor-
er stone laying of the new Tenth Street
lethodist church. The ceremony at the
'enth Street church was quite an elab- f
rate affair and was under the auspices A
f the Masonic fraternity.
Street Railway Locating Line.
Parties representing the Omaha Street
' .ailway Company have been surveying I
i and around Bellevue. They are trying c
> establish a line on the east side of the e
ill , making the road more beneficial to 10'f
ic village. This line will probably bo e
jtablished ou the east side of the college d
impus. t :
Shot nn Eagle. T
Fred Klein , of Button , shot an Ameri-
m eagle. It measured seven feet tea li
id a half inches from tip to tip of its i t
ings and weighed ten pounds. ' 10'
I Rev. D. R. Ileiner. superintendent ot
I the Tabitha Home for Children and Old
( People , will not transfer his property to-
! a self-appointed committee of Lincoln
people who recently visited the home ID
great force and gave him the ultimatum
of either getting out or going under. In
stead he will continue at the head of the
institution and he will have the support
and the backing of some of the rnobt re- >
sponsible people in Lincoln , including J
Gov. Mickey , and everything possible will "
be done to encourage him and help him
in his work. The committee which has
been hammering Dr. Ileiner for a cor.ple
of years and which as a climax took
about twenty-five persons to the home on
a tour of investigation to "create senti
ment" against Dr. Ileiner , finally prevail
ed upon Gov. Mickey to make a trip to
the home. As a result of the visit Gov.
Mickey found the reports about Dr.
Heiner's conduct of the home had been
greatly exaggerated. Upon leaving ha
wished Dr. Heiner success and asked him
to call on him at any time for assistance
and encouragement.
* * *
The bureau of labor and statistics has
completed its estimate of the corn crop
of lOOo and of the compilation Chief
Clerk Despain said : "With the aid of
1,700 assessors with whom this ollice la
bored industriously for four months t
the end that every acre of corn in the
state would be enumerated , and with the
'further ' co-operation of 000 crop corre
spondents ( ten in each county ) , who have
reported crop yields in their communities
according to their best , conservative judg
ment , the bureau finds the corn crop of
Nebraska to be 24.'i,713,244 bushels , at a
value of $07,485,207.00. This produc
tion is an increase of 10,754,030 bushels
over 1904. The bureau's enumeration this
year has been made with the most thor
ough and complete organization of crop
correspondents in this or any other state ,
and the figures are issued with the great
est confidence as to their accuracy. It is
the largest corn crop in the state's his
tory , and Nebraska will retain its rank
of third place in the corn calendar. "
State officers , who though residing in
Lincoln retain their citizenship in the
counties from which they were elected ,
and who have children in the public
schools at Lincoln , must pay the tuition
of such children at the same rate as-
charged non-resident pupils , or furnish
the school board with a satisfactory rea
son for not doing so. The rate of tuition
is $4 a mouth for the high school and $2
for the graded school. At these rates ,
owing to Gov. Mickey's numerous pro
geny , he will be stuck for about $72 for
tuition , while Norris Brown will get of
with $40 or $50 , while four of the em
ployes of Land Commissioner Eaton's of
fice would come in for smaller amounts , '
as would nearly all of the other state offl- .
cers and deputies. It is said the total *
amount of money that would be taken
out of the state house would be in the
neighborhood of $400.
* * *
T
Members of the board of , public lands t.A
and buildings are wanting a Sherlock ,
Holmes to tell them what has become of
some sample napkins , comb and brush,4
and shoes which were used by the board' '
in buying goods and then supposedly sent
to the different institutions to be kept
by the superintendent for the purpose of
comparison. Letters were received Fri
day by the board that these articles have
not arrived , though long overdue. The
goods are submitted to the board by the
merchant , then if they are bought they
are sent to the institution and kept there
to see if the goods bought are up to the
standard of the sample. They then be
come the property of the state ami are
paid for. The board does not know
whether the goods were lost en route or
were put en route. The goods are tak
en care of by a janitor while in the state
house.
As a result of the attempt on the part
of the school board of Lincoln to compel-
state officers who vote in school districts
other than this one , to pay tuition for
their children who are attending the pub
lic schools of Lincoln , a test may be-
made of the school law which requires
non-resident pupils to pay tuition. At' '
this time a movement is on foot to hav- >
sne of the state emploj-es bring nut
lamus proceedings against the ' school
soard should it refuse admittance to those-
children whose parents refuse to pay tui-
: ion , to compel the board to do so. Ill
; his way the supreme court would have
in opportunity to pass upon the law
.vhich . requires a student to pay when he
s attending school in a district other
ban the one in which he lives.
* * *
It is up to Attorney General Norris
3rown to decide whether the asset * and
he guarantee of a mutual fire insurance ,
: ompany constitutes a capital stock. Tho
tuestion has been put to him by Insur-
mce Deputy Pierce. Under the old in- 1,1
lurance laws of Nebraska an insurance
: ompany must have a capital if it doeS
iiisiness in the state. A mutual com-
> any has no capital under that name. Mr.
: > ierce has in mind a mutual company
rith a guarantee of $200,000 which wants
0 do business in Nebraska and he wants
he opinion of the legal department
i-hether to admit it.
* * *
The Lincoln fire department will use
leds to haul hose on this winter in going
[ > fires when there is snow on the ground
3ach fire house is now having a sled
oustructed for this purpose. Chief
Ilements is of the opinion that much
aster time can be made with the sleds
; hen there is snow on the ground than
: ith the wagons , and he recommended
le sleds.
* * *
Attorney General Norris Brown haa
een besieged with inquiries from county
lerks regarding the validity of the law.
aaeted by the last legislature providing
lat county commissioners should not be-
ected this fall. Mr. Brown refused to
eclare the law unconstitutional and as
ic case has not yet come up to the su-
reme court , though it is now in the-
ouglas County court , the matter is up.
> the county clerks. However , it is be-
eved that it would be safe for the coun-
- clerkn to put the names of candidates.
1 the ticket.
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