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* - The Valentine Democrat Valentine , Neb. I. M. Rice. Publisher BURNED TO DEATH TWO PRISONERS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN JAIL FIRE. Had Just Been Arrested at Lake City , la. Fire Started by One oi the Men "Who is Supposed to Havo Been Intoxicated. A Lake City , la. , special says : Geo. "W. Bptterick and William Jackson wore burned to death Sunday about 2 o'clock in the city jail by a fire started by But- lerick. These , with J. I. Hippie and Isaac Allen , Avere arrested about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon for disorderly conduct. They probably had been drink ing and were alleged to have been using loul language on the public square. Marshal Geo. W. Davis put Butterick -and Jackson in the east cell , leaving Hip pie and Allen in the corridor. He told them he would go home to get dinner and come back in an hour. Soon some boys around the jail heard Hippie and Allen yelling that Butterick was trying to set the jail on fire , but thought it a fake. In si few minutes , however , smoke issued from the cell. A boy ran to the home of Marshal Peter Miles to get the keys. He managed to open the outer door and let Hippie and Allen out. The other two -were dead when he got the door open. They were burned practically beyond recognition. ' Butterick had never been connected with crimes before. He leaves a wife and ve children. Jackson was arrested last year for stealing. He had a family. His wife 3ias been running through the streets threatening to burn Mayor Albright's res idence. She will probably be taken into custody , as it is alleged she is insane. Coroner Norton , with Sheriff Risely , ar rived from Rockwell City about 6 o'clock. He held an inquest , with J. M. Stewait , L. F. Danforth and M. A. Chapman as jurymen. He subpoenaed twelve wit nesses. Relatives of the dead men threaten prosecution on account of alleged crimi nal negligence of the officers , but it is not generally believed , as no responsibility at taches to any officials. \ BOYCOTT NOT SERIOUS. Col. Denby Makes Light of Anti- American Agitation in China. "The Chinese boycott on American goods certainly cannot be carried to the extreme of seriously affecting our com 1 merce in the orient , " declared Charles .Denby , the uW chief clerk of the state " department at Washington , who recently completed a twenty-year official residence in China , and who has arrived in Wash ington to assume his new office. : "When I left Pekiii last March there pvas no apparent dissatisfaction over the exclusion , and there was no talk of a boy cott. " Mr. Denby said he could not believe the Chinese government or any of the pro gressive interests of that country would encourage such a movement. i FIRE DESTROYS INFIRMARY. Only One Inmate Seriously Hurt in Disaster at Macon , Mo. Fire Sunday destroyed the Macon County infirmary , an institution for pan { pers and insane persons at Macon , Mo. ! Mrs. A. M. Decker , one of the patients , pvas frightfully burned about the face and armsbut probably will recover. The other patients were safely removed from the building under the direction of Mrs. William Patrickthe superintendent's wife. Patrick himself was ill. All the patients have been accounted for save one , who is supposed to have strayed away from the grounds during tlie excitement. Loss , $25,000. .LYNCHERS NOT IDENTIFIED. | Victims of Texas Mob Had Killed a AVhite Farmer. All has been quiet at Henderson , Ky. . ( since the lynching of the three negroes { Sunday morning. The bodies of the vie- ; tims were cut down shortly after the { hanging and have been claimed by rela- jtives. After the men were hung the mob jquietly dispersed. None of those who participated has been identified. The crime which the negroes were charged with having committed was the killing of Elias Howell , a white farmer , of the Pirtle neighborhood , about ten miles from Henderson. Snn Spot Worries Mexico. The remarkably hot weather lasting in to November attracts the attention of me teorologists at Mexico City , Mex. , some , of whom attribute it to an immense sun spot. Earthquakes continue to be re- Jported from various parts of the country , the shocks in some cases being severe. ' Sioux City Stock Market. i Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market follow : Butcher steers , 3.35@1.55. Hogs , $4.72&4.85. Fire on Steamer Dakota. Fire broke out suddenly on the Great ( Northern steamer Dakota at Kobe , Ja- jpan , Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and | ivas not extinguished until many hours' ; fight against the flames. It is said that pome matting caught fire. , Serious Riots in Spain. 1 Student riots in Madrid , Valencia and ( 'Barcelona ' , Spain , arc assuming serious dimensions. The police are guarding the jstudeut quarter at Valencia. The civil , /guard is bang concent rated. ' ' " J-I IT IT. II M y I. \ . STUDENTS' VERSION GIVEN. Midshipmen Tell of Fatal Fist Fight. A statement coming fromwithin , tlie naval academy at Annapolis , M < 1. , be lieved to represent the midshipmen's ver sion of the fight between Midshipmen Meriwether and Branch and the death of the latter , is as follows : "The fight between Midshipmen Branch and Meiiwethor was because of personal dislike and trouble between the two mid shipmen , which culminated in the latter personally insulting the former. Midship man Branch did not report Midshipman Meriwether for any violation of regula tions , and he did not incur this fight be cause of discharging his duty. Midship man Branch challenged Meriwether as the result of insulting remarks addressed to him by the latter , and it was decided that their differences be decided in the usual manly fashion. ' "In weight there was not a difference of over six pounds between the two. Both midshipmen were good physical speci mens of manhood , Branch having at one time held the academy lightweight wrest ling championship. Meriwether was not considered to be exceptionally well devel oped physically , as has been erroneously stated. This way of settling their person al differences may have been a mistaken one , but as far as can l e said about.an af fair of this description it was free from brutality and any unfairness , and the tragic ending is a most lamentable acci dent. "At the conclusion of the fight Midship man Branch was able to walk to his room and there conversed with his seconds for a time , afterward taking a shower bath and retiring. No fear of the result being tragic was felt. The next morning he was found to be unconscious. The code at the naval academy abso lutely prohibits fighting over a report. Midshipmen on duty frequently have to exercise their authority for the mainte nance of the state of discipline , and it would be just as serious an offense against their code for the midshipmen so reported to challenge one who made the report , as it would be for a University of Virginia student to offend against their code of honor by cheating at an examina tion/ ' tionA A Washington , D. C. , special says : The president has called upon Secretary Bona parte for a report on certain features of the case of Midshipman Branch , who died at the naval academy at Annapolis after a glove fight with another midship man. Secretary Bonaparte said Friday the practice of fighting at the academy was objectionable and would be discouraged. A MONUMENT OFSATAN. Police are Called out to Guard TVorlc of a Detroit Contractor. At Detroit , Mich. , two policemen late Thursday night assumed the unique duty of taking up their stations as guards at the site of the monument of Satan. The monument is fourteen feet in height from the foundation to the crown , the horned figure purporting to be Satan , beinng shown in a stooping posture behind a pul pit. pit.The The grotespue affair created a sensation ivhen unveiled in the front yard of Her man Meuse , a contracting stone mason. A-t night a mob of boys gathered around It and began a bombardment with stones and threatened its destruction , two police men finally dispersing the crowd and jtanding guard to prevent further attacks TO SHOW FRAUD. flearst Prepares Evidence for the Grand Jury. A New York special says : It was an nounced at Tammany hall Friday that the Tammany district captains have se cured evidence showing frauds committed by Hearst's supporters on election day. Several leaders said while the recount might lessen McOlellan's vote the counter charges of fraud which they intend to bring against the Hearst organization will likewise bring about a lessening of the Hearst vote and that in this way an equal reduction will be made in the vote , which will not affect the result. A Million for the Jews. Oscar S. Strauss , chairman of the com- oiittee appointed at a mass meeting in New York City to arrange for relief of the victims of the recent Jewish massa cres in Russia , announced that $95,000 so far had been raised in that city. Mr. Strauss said that he expected the total subscriptions from all parts of this coun- j try would amount to $1,000,000. Prisoner Burned to Death. At Newark , N. J. , Michael McDermott , who was serving a sentence for drunken ness , burned himself to death in a pad- jded cell in the jail. Smoke from the fire and the odor of burning flesh created a panic among the prisoners. Hague Pence Conference. A St. Petersburg dispatch says : The powers have now accepted the invitation of Emperor Nicholas to be represented at the second peace conference at The Hague. The date has been tentatively fixed for May next. Booth is Not a Trust. Federal Judge Taylor at Cleveland , O. , Friday'handed down a far reaching deci- , sion , holding , in effect , * that A. Booth & Co. is not a trust and that it does not control the price of fish and oysters , di rectly or indicectly. Arrested for Bigamy. B George R. Stewart was arrested at Wichita , Kan. , on a charge of bigamy , preferred by Mrs. Margaret Stewart , of Chicago. She was formerly Mrs. Mar garet O'Hara and says she married Stew art in Chicago , Oct. 19 , 1903. Jumps from Fifth Story. In the view of hundreds of shoppers In State Street , Chicago , Mrs. Fannie Baynts , of Detroit , jumped from the fifth story window of a department store Fri day. Sbc wr.s instr.rt'7 ' Hiicd. / A A * * * * \ CRONSTADT MUTINY. Sailors from the "Warships Try to Burn the City. St. Petersburg was in a furor of ex- 'citement all of Thursday and late into the night over the news of the mutiny at Cronstadt. Every one of the exagger ated reports of the affair received cre dence in many quaiters ; half the inhab itants of the capital believed that the mu tiny was successful ; that the troops sent from St. Petersburg would follow suit , and that the town of Cronstadt had been burned to the ground , together with the surrounding forts. The place was represented as being in the hands of S.OOO sailors who hail murdered their officers , seized the arsen al and bombarded the imperial palace at Peterhof across the bay. Butchery was said to have prevailed in the streets all during the day , and the rumors even went to the extent of saying that Fath er John of Cronstadt had left the bed on which he was supposed to be dying to lead the mutineers. Many of these sensational reports were , of course , entirely false , but suffi cient details have been received to prove that about 3,000 sailors and a battalion of artillerists from one of the forts indulged in a mutiny which was only put down by about 7,000 Cossacks and troops of the imperial guard hastily detached from St , Petersburg and from the garrisons at Peterhof. Before the arrival of the troops the sailors , many of whom were drunk , hav ing plundered the spirit shops , had set fire to the market and to several groups of houses. About 200 sailors were still holding out at midnight , and although these are expected to surrender , the au thorities became so alarmed that the Paul regiment of the guard was dispatch ed to Cronstadt at 1 o'clock in the morn ing. ing.The The government officers of Cronstadt telegraphed the general staff at midnight that the r itiny had been crushed ; that there was no likelihood of a renewal of the revolt ; that reports to the effect that the members of the guard had joined-the revolt were false , and that there was no truth in the report that the mutineers had seized the arsenal and forts. FOR WRECKING A TRAIN. Son oi' German Baron Pound Guil ty of Murder. A Des Moines , la. , { special says : Af ter an all night deliberation the jury re turned a verdict at noon declaring Ericli von Kutzleben , son of Baron von Kutzle- ben's family , of Germany , guilty of mur der in the first degree. The penalty is death or imprisonment for life. The bar oness , mother of the defendant , wha { .came all the way from Germany to see that her son was properly defended , fainted when the verdict was announced The specific act for which young Von Kutzleben was tried was the wrecking of a Rock Island passenger train at Homestead , la. , on March 21 last , and which resulted in the death of Engineer A. C. Hotchkiss. lie wrecked the trait "just to see what would happen. " --f ; * * WARSHIP SENT TO SCENE. j Government is Prepared to Meei Trouble in San Domingo. The navy department at Washington has been advised the cruiser Denver left Guantauamo Wednesday for San Pedrc Maroons , San Ddfningo , to which place Rear Admiral Bradford was ordered tc send u warship because of reported troii ble. Admiral Bradford sailed Wednesday with his flagship , the cruiser Olympia from Guantanamo for San Domingo city The war department received n tele gram from Col. Colton. dated at San Do mingo , Nov. S , which says , "Everything is perfectly quiet. " NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK. Passenger Train Crashes Into s Freight Near Missoula. A Missoula , Mont. , dispatch says : Northern Pacific passenger train , east bound , running at thirty miles an hour crashed into the rear of an eastbouno freight train two miles west of hen Thursday. A score of passengers and trainmen were injured. Two engineers will prob ably die. Surrendered by His Brother. Shelby Ball , indicted for the murder oi Lewis Collin at Pineville. Ky. , last Maj and the alleged leader of a gang of ruf fians , who have been terrorizing Middles boro , Ky. , and Cumberland Gap. Tenn. , for the past two weeks , was surrendered Thursday to Judge M. J. Moss , of thf court , by his brother. Dead Near Fiancee's Home. At. St. Louis Mo. , the body of Lucid. Eckhardt , aged 21 years , was found in ar alley early Wednesday near the home oi his fiancee , Miss Kate Burns. He had been shot and the evidence was that of suicide. Mutineers Give Tip. Rio Janeiro advices state : The garri son in the fortress of Santa Cruz , at the entrance of the bay , who mutiued Wed nesday , have surrendered to the authori ties. The city is perfectly quiet. Then- is no revolution , Militia Galled Out. Two companies of militia have been or dered to Whitewell , Tenn. . where a bat tle between strikers and non-union miners is reported. Typhoon Sweeps Guam. A severe typhoon , accompanied by a deluge of rain , took place at Guam Wed nesday. The extent of the damage done is unknow'n. The towns of Agana and Piti were inundated , but no lives were lost. Fire at Los Angeles. A fire which started in the engine room of the institution completely destroyed the Biuiin bath and sanitarium in the west end of Los Angeles , Gal. , entailing i less of $250,000. STATE OP NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- DENSED FORM. Lives Lost in Crash Laborers Buried Beneath Tons of Debris Accident Occurred on a New Building Being Erected ut Omaha Albert Lumpkin and James McNama- ra , laborers , working on the fireproofing at the new Hayden Bros , building on Douglas Street , between Sixteenth and Seventeenth , Omaha , were buried in nearly 100 tons of concrete and brick Monday morning , when a tie rod in one of the sections of the fireproofing broke on the fourth fioor , where the men were working , and were killed instantly. The section that gave way carried the next one below with it and each succeeding section gave way under the increasing weight until the sub-basement was reached. It took a large force of men an hour and a half to dig out the bodies. The men were found close to each other. At the time of the accident Lumpkin , McNamara and a man named J. Corbett were working on a section in the center of the building on the fourth floor. Cor bett escaped by clinging to a rod when the section gave way. lie was working near the edge of the section and had a chance to save himself. As he left tho building without reporting to the time keeper the first report was he had been killed. So far as can be determined the break ing of a tie rod weakened the section and caused it to drop. The whole thing hap pened quickly , the two men being in the sub-basement beneath the debris before anyone could realize what had happened. The mass of brick and concrete pierced each floor with a heavy thud. Foreman Gardner , of .the fireproofing work estimated that about 100 tons of the proofing fell , the distance from the top of the fourth floor to the floor of the sub-basement being seventy-five feet. The system of fireproofing being in stalled at the new store is known as the | Rapp system , this being the first of the system to be placed in Omaha. The sections which gave way were 16x21 feet. 'Each section consisted of an arch of hardened brick resting on steel girders and topped with a heavy concrete. A tie rod is drawn taut under each section. FOR RECKLESS SHOOTING. Ililey Garringer Fined for Careless Use of a. Gun. Ililey Garringer and Jim Owc-iv * . of Oconto , arrested at Dunning by Constable Ira Foster and brought to Broken Bow Sunday'charged with sending a rifle bul let through the windows of a car attach ed to train 44 of the Burlington last week , and missing within the fraction of an inch the head of a passengervere brought before Judge Armour for hear ing. Both parties seemed much aston ished at their arrest and were quite ve hement in declaring that no harm was intended in any way. Carringer. who fired the shot , is working for Owens , and the two were hauling a load of lumber at the time. He says he was aiming at a telegraph pole as the train was ap proaching , but the horses commenced prancing and he must have missed his aim , the shot passing through both win dows of tho coach. Judge Armour intimated that such carelessness could not be overlooked and accordingly fined the culprit $5 and costs. Owens was let off with a gentle repri mand and a hint to keep a more careful eye upon his employes in future. Judgment lor $ C,1O8.3O. Rev. Joseph Schell presented evidence in the district court at Ponder last week to show that C. J. O'Connor owes to the four Johnson children , Indian minors , the sum of $6u5S.30 , of which he had only accounted to the court for the sum of $450 , years ago , when he was discharged as having faithfully performed his duties. It now appears that he owes to the chil dren the sum of $0.108.30 , for which amount the court rendered judgment. Robbers Frightened Away. An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob Johnson's store at Kearney , but the robber or robbers , were fribhtened away by the manager of the store before any booty had been secured. This same store was broken into several months ago in the same manner that it was entered this time and considerable merchandise j was stolen. Fight Over Politics .at Elm Creek At Elm Creek Tuesday night Archie C. Miller assaulted Joseph Morris with a blunt instrument of some kind , slightly .fracturing . his skull. Miller came to \ .Kearney Wednesday morning and before Justice Reilly pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined $1 and costs. Miller and Morris had had some trouble over a political deal. Boy Loses Eye at Play. The school board of North Loup has been trying for some time to put a stop to the game of "shinny , " without success , but after a long list of minor accidents , including a dislocated arm , the climax was reached when Sammy Green , the 12- year old son of Jason D. Green , had an eye knocked out by a shinny club. Beatrice After New Railroad. Much is heard at Beatrice concerning the Missouri Pacific extension from Vir ginia and a meeting of the Commercial Club will be held to reach out after the line. In case the line is built it will take in the institution for the feeble minded youth in order to handle the shipments made to or from this place. First County to Report Nemaha County is the first county in the state to get its official election returns to the secretary of state. Death of Young Fanner. Charlie Gassier , single , aged about 3. years , was found dead in a corn field south of Shelby. Coroner Shaw and County Attorney Mills were called out to hold an inquest , but when they got there they failed to hold an inquest , as it was a plain case of suicide. Lincoln Aldcrmiin Killed. O. V. Eaton , council man at Lincoln , tvas run over and killed by a Burlington switch engine. Eaton was walking along the track to avoid a train and was struck by the svritch engine. DYNAMITERS AT WAKEFIELD Wreck a Saloon Building in an At tempted Burglary. Dynamiters enrly Monday blew up tho saloon of F. E. Matejke at Wakefleld. secured $30 in cash from the safe , lied from town and were later captured three miles east by a posse of armed citizens. The yeggmen were not taken without a battle , in which one of thorn was shot and wounded , though not seriously , in the arm. When he had been winged the pair capitulated. The parties arrested are Jack Lynch , alias "Yorkey , " and "Kid" Parker. The robbers were taken to Ponca , the county seat , for safe keeping. They re fused to giro their names. On their per sons were Jouud a quantity of nitrogly- cerin and a bundle of fuse , so that it is thought they may be members of an or ganized gang. It is thought there is an other member of the gang and the posse searched further , but failed to find him. Bloodhounds were taken to the scene from Norfolk , but so many people had tramped around the spot that the hounds could get no sceut. The explosion tore out the whole side of the saloon building. The crash from the explosion was enormous. It is the belief of the officers that the two prisoners are members of the gang which has been blowing safes in South Dakota this fall. It is believed they blew the safe at the Milwaukee and St. Paul freight depot of Sioux Falls , Sept 28. CR1PPEN WILL RECOVER. Plainview Marshal Not Fatally Hurt , as Was First Reported. A telephone message Monday from Plainview sa.ys that City Marshal D. H. Crippen , of that place , who was thought to have been fatally stobbed by Farmer Carl Leisner , will recover. Although the blade of a saber pierced the marshal's body for eight or nine inches , yet it has been found that no vital organs were run through , unless blood poisoning sets in the victim will get well. The knife just grazed his stomach. It is claimed at Plaiuview that Leis ner is not insane , as has been represent ed , but that he was merely ugly from intoxication. He had carried his saber since lust fall , looking for the German Lutheran minister , against whom he had PAT CROWE'S TRIAL SET. Alleged Cudahy Kidnaper Will First Fnce Charge of Shooting. The trial of Pat Crowe has been set for Monday , Dec. 4 , at Omaha. He will be first tried on the charge of assault with intent to kill Officer Jackson. Jack son icceived a serious wound in the thigh. Nearly 100 witnesses are named in the brief filed by the prosecution who are to be called in case Crowe is later brought to trial on the highway robbery chnrge in connection with the Cudahy kidnaping. Alleges Malpractice. Edward Hart , of Nebraska City , filed in the district court a $10,000 damage suit against Dr. W. T. Neal , also of that city. Hart was injured several months ago while in the employ of the Chicago , Burlington and Quincy Railway Com pany. He was taken to St. Mary's and placed under theare of Dr. Neal. Hart charges Dr. Neal with carelessness and negligence in reducing a fracture and in the subsequent treatment and claims that he was permanently deformed and that he is wholly unable to earn a livelihood for himself and family. Laborer Has Close Call. Shortly after the track laying machine on the Great Northern Railway's new Sioux City-Ashland line was started from Ashland Tuesday morning for the first time the vest of one of the work men , named Johnson , caught in the ma chinery , tearing his clothing all off and scratching his left arm and chest. He escaped death by stranulation only by the promptness of the engineer in throw ing off the power. Mouse Caused a Panic. One small mouse was the big feature of the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation banquet Monday night at Oma ha. Three hundred women were 'thrown into panic when the mouse scampered across the floor. Tables and chairs were ciowded for standing room. Some of the girls threw themselves on the banisters * and hung there breathless. Others climb ed on window sills. Every possible means of getting off the floor was resorted to in' a turmoil of screams and exclamations. Divorced Couple Remarry. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Parker , early set-i tiers in the north part of York County and highly respected , prosperous farmers , who were divorced at the last term of district court at York , have deemed they made a mistake. The term of court has not yet expired and the judge has been petitioned to set the decree aside , and now Mr. and Mrs. Parker are living to gether. Fremont Diuggisrs Organize. The druggists of Fremont held a meet ing and organized a retail association in connection with the national druggists' organization. The following officers were elected : President , Otto Pohl ; vice pres- id'ont. Dana Dodge : secretary , Franl Kos' : ; treasurer , W. Platt. The list of officers includes all the drag firms in tha city. Tie Vote in Sarpy County. The canvassing board appointed by tho county clerk to canvass the vote of Sar- py County found-the two candidates for county superintendent , George Millw , Democrat , and Mr. Collins , Republican , a tie , each having received 802 votes. Pawnee County 31an for Judge. Woid was received at Beatrice Thure- iay that Gov. Mickey had appointed John B. Raper , of Pawnee City , district judga to fill the vacancy caused by the death S Judge A. H. Babcock. Presbyterian Semi-Centennfal. On Wednesday evening the members of the First Presbyterian church of Nebras ka City celebrated the fiftieth anniver sary of the founding of the church in that : ity. The exercises were public and were iield in the church building. IVanrs Big Damages. O. C. Higbee has begun a suit in the listrict court of Sarpy County at Pa- ; ) illion against John H. Tick , of Gretna , 'or the sum of $10,000 damageswhich ie alleges has been caused by the alien- * : ioi of his wife's affections. That alfalfa is becoming one of the- ' greatest and most valuable crops in Ne braska is conclusively shown by a reporB issued Thursday by the state bureau of labor and statistics dealing witb the acreage , production and value of th'W- alfalfa crop of Nebraska for 1905. The report shows the total yield of the crop/ to be 1,301,700 tons , at a value of $11 , * 715,340. This great yield was raised up * * on an acreage of 315,711 acres , whids gave an average yield of 4.12 tons peiJ- acre. The increase in the production of this valuable hay is very noticeable when/ / the acreage and production for the lasly four years is considered. In 1902 tha- acreage of alfalfa in the state was 201- 556 acres , and the estimated yield wa * 044,979 tons ; in 1903 the total acreage- was 238,403 tons , and in 1904 , although , the acreage decreased about 2,000 acres , being 236,321 acres , yet the total produc tion was greater , owing to a larger aver age yield. The total yield for that year- was 886,203 tons. It will , therefore , be- seen that by far the greatest annual in crease has been made this year. Tho- increase in acreage over last year ha been 79,390 acres , and in total produc tion 415,760 tons. Dawson County ; ranks first in the production of alfalfar having produced 99,645 tons on an aver age of 21,662. Buffalo County enjoys second rank , with a production of 84- 116 tons from an acreage of 19,562. Oth er counties having acreages over 10,00J' ( are Custer , Furnas , Hall , Harlan , Nuck- olls and Webster. The value of $11- 715,840 placed upon the alfalfa crop this- year will rank it of greater importance than the potato crop and makes it three- times the value of the barley and rye- crops combined. This is quite surprising , , considering that the crop has only been.- grown in the state to any extent in the- last few years. Members of the self-appointed commit tee organized at Lincoln to compel Rev Heiner to give over to their management Tabitha Home , an institution valued at $40,000 , which he has built up during the last seventeen years , are fighting ; among themselves , and the committee is- about to become shipwrecked upon thd- rock of distrust. This cropped out at a. meeting held by the committee Fridayr night , at which time the committee ex pected to put the finish to the Rev. Hcin- er and take active charge of the home , , or get in a position to do so by secur ing a majority of the members of ther board of trustees. The fight came over- the spoils which the committee expectecfc to get after freezing Rev. Heiner out of the home. The meeting closed , how ever , with members of the committee tiis- trusting each other and with Rev. Hein er , serene and patient , holding the win ning hand with four members of tho- board to the three which he allowed the- committee to name. , * * * Attorney General Morris Brown haa- transmitted to the school board of Lin coln his official opinion regarding the le gality of the claim made by the board on > the state employes for tuition fees. Thd- attoruey general not only holds that the- children of the officers and others who live in Lincoln but who maintain a legal' residence elsewhere are entitled to free school privileges , but he denounces the ac tion of the board as an injustice and calls attention to the enormous amount of" money Lincoln has filched from the state by the enumeration of the children oC" state officers and by the enumeration or university students. Before asking for- tuition fees from state officers , Mr.1 Brown suggested to the board that tho- school district of Lincoln should pay to- the state this money received by reasons of illegal enumeration. * * - > That Attorney General Brown will in- stitute proceedings to recover from tha Lincoln school district the amount of" money that has been paid to it out of tho school apportionment by reason of the- enumeration of university students , thero- seems little doubt. Developments indi cate that it will be an easy matter for the state to make its case. That the law5 twas being violated and that Lincoln school district wasgetting money from tha- state which it was not entitled to , is evi-j denced in one instance by the fact that ! the census of school children on file in the county superintendent's office is not even sworn to. The census enumerator explained this by saying that he kne-nj the report was not correct and that there- fore he refused to swear to it. * * * i Joseph C. Cutter , who waa appointed some time ago by Secretary Dobson , o the state board of irrigation , to dravs : plans for bridges under the law enacted by the late legislature whenever plans were requested by counties , has resigned his place and gone to California. Mrl Cutter was appointed from Omaha. Ho- will spend the winter in California. I * , is probable that no one will be appointp ed in his place , as the demands of tho counties are so few and far between tha the general plans prepared by him wiU likely be sufficient to supply the demand. * * Gov. Mickey has not yet named a suc cessor to Judge Babcock. of Beatrice , the late judge of the district court of thS- Second district. A number of applica tions have been filed with the governor , , and it is likely that the manwill shortly be named. The Lincoln city council has again , re fused to canvass the vote on councilmen cast last spring und the old member * are still holding over in spite of the order af the supreme court that the vote ba- canvassed. The matter was brought u # ind action was postponed , for two weeksj * * * The 1905 rye crop in Nebraska is larg jr than that of 1904 by 438,710 bushel in to ths famiers is greater * ay $263,226. Tha total yield tin's year S ' 474'G12 bushds , as compared with ] > 2,03o,802 bushels in 1004. The value off ie crop is given by the bureau as $1- ' 184,707.20 " , as compared with $1,221,481.- 20 "for the crop of 1904. The averagei rield per acre for the state this year waj L7.53 bushels. In 1904 it was 16.C bush- [ ; ls. The leading counties in production ! ) f rye are Custer , Dawson , Frontier , Jolt , Howard , Red Willow and Sheri- lan.