Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. Rice. Publisher
STEAMER GOES DOWN
PROBABLY 100 LIVES LOST IN
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Caught in a Fierce Storm Vessel
Crushed on Reel' Off the Jarden
Light House Some of the Lost
Were Prominent People.
"A London special says : The South-
iwesteru Railway's cross channel steamer
Hilda was wrecked Sunday morning off
St. Malo , on the north coast of France ,
.and it is believed that 100 or more passen-
'gers ' and crew were drowned. The Hilda
'left Southampton Friday night for St.
iMalo with considerably more than 100
.souls on board. Her passage was greatly
delayed by fog in the channel , and when
( Hearing St. Malo she ran into a severe
snow storm , apparently missed her
! course , and foundered on the rocks off
'
.Tarden lighthouse , three miles from St.
'Malo. '
The company's steamer Ada , outward
'from St. Malo , rescued five passengers
land one of the crew. These are now on
; the way to Southampton.
There is an unconfirmed report that
seventy had been saved.
' The > crew numbered twenty-six , and
( there were about a hundred passengers ,
, all Frenchmen , the majority being onion
dealers from St. Braie and neighborhood.
A telegram from St. Servan , adjoining
Ihe town of St. Malo , gives the few de-
itails available.
The Hilda was near St. Malo Satur
day morning. She struck the rocks at 4
o'clock Sunday morning in the road
stead off the island of Ozambre. having
nnissed the tide owing to bad weather and
log. The majority of the crew and pas
sengers were asleep at the time. Two
.boats were lowered , one of which , con
taining five men , arrived at St. Servan.
The second boat was picked up empty at
: St. Cart , where thirteen bodies were
washed ashore. The top of the Hilda's
funnel and her mast are visible at low
lide. according to the telegram from St.
Servan.
The Hilda was built at Glasgow in
3SS2 and registered S48 tons. She was a
screw steamer of iron construction and
-was 233 feet in length.
'BODIES IN STEEL INGOT.
Unique Funeral of Victims of Mill
Accident.
A funeral without a parallel in Phila
delphia , Pa. , look place Sunday at the
iMidvale Steel works , where a forty-ton
ingot of steel , permeated with the flesh ,
blood and bones of two workmen , was
buried with the solemn rites of the Ro
man Catholic church.
The workmen who were so strangely
laid , a way were John Forkiu and Joseph
Gaxdu. two foreign speaking laborers ,
who met a horrible death a week ago.
They were in a pit near a cupola contain
ing many tons jof molten steel. A plug
gave way and 80,000 pounds of the fiery
fluid poured from the cupola and over
whelmed th'm. The men were complete
ly incinerated and not a trace of them
selves or their clothing was left.
LODGING HOUSE DISASTER.
EhirtyNine laves Lost in. a Glasgow
Death Trap.
The most terrible fire that has occurred
hi Glasgow. Scotland , for many years
broke out Sunday in a cheap lodging
bouse for men in Watson Street and re
sulted in the loss of thirty-nine lives an-.l
the severe injury of many others. The
flames were first noticed at 0 o'clock in
ihe xinoruing ou the fourth floor of the
building , which was occupied by 330
men. An alarm was raised and the fire
men responded quickly , but flames and
smoke were then issuing from most ol
the windows on the fourth floor.
An extraordinary scene was created , a
procession of almost naked men rushing
out of the entrance , and against their
frantic efforts to escape the firemen hai7
actually to fight for admission.
Electric Plant Destroyed.
The plant of the Steelton , Pa. , Electric
Light Company was destroyed by fire
( Saturday night , involving a loss of $ GO-
000 , on which there was no insurance.
.The town of Steelton and adjacent terri
tory which depended on the company fo ;
light is in darkness at night.
Hotel and Stores Bnrned.
The town of Estillville , across the Ken
tucky border in Virginia , was swept bj
a. disastrous fire Sunday. The Myrtle Ho
tel , a number of dry goods stores and sev
eral residences were burned. The loss
is estimated at § 73,000 ; insurance one-
third.
"Woman Slain by Jealous Lover.
At Hopkinsville , Ivy. . John Chanej
shot and killed-Mrs. Maud Ellis and dan-
[ gerously wounded Duncan Veach , a by-
[ fitandcr , Saturday. Jealousy is said to
'have been the cause.
j Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
[ City stock market follow : Stockcr.s and
jfeeders , ? o.T5. Top hogs , $4.75.
Vli < t ivostolc irt Ruins.
An eye witness of the recent riot at
i Vladivostok , who has arrived at Naga-
jsaki , reports thr.t nearly half of the city
lvas burned and that < 500 pf the garrison
jwere killed ; that the jail was thrown
, opcn , and thnt Ceu. Kappuk is missing ,
The damage is estimated at 925.000,000.
n ii ! : ! < -ai'it-r Convicted.
Former" Alderman Robert L. Rudolph.
'of Milwaukee , Wis. , was Saturday found
'guilty ' by n jury of soliciting a bribe while
tQ. member of tlin raminon council in 1000. 1
GRAIN SOCIETY QUITS.
Alleged Nebraska "Trust" Votes to
Dissolve.
An Omaha , Neb. , special says : At a
specially called meeting of the Nebraska
Grain Dealers' Association , held in the
rooms of the Omaha Commercial Club
Friday afternoon , it was decided to dis
band the organization.
The decision was announced by Secre
tary H. G. Miller , who said : "The asso
ciation met Friday afternoon , about fifty
members being present , and decided by an
almost unanimous vote to dissolve. "
N. S. Duff , president of the association ,
also made a similar statement , but all of
those present refused to give any further
information as to what had transpired be
hind the closed doors. Among those pres
ent were several of the members who
withdrew from the association in the sum
mer.
mer.F.
F. S. Howell , attorney for Tom Wor-
rall in his fight on the association , da-
blared that the prosecution of the alleged
trust would not be dropped as a result of
i the dissolution. Mr. Worrall said : "It
i
is n virtual confession of the charges we
j j Aave made. The members have simply
come to the conclusion that the further
existence of the organization was a mcr/1
ace to them and that they ought to dis
band. "
During the past few days it has become
known that steps were being taken to pre
sent evidence of the operations of the as
sociation before the federal grand jury
in an effort to secure indictments on
charges of violating the interstate com
merce law. A large number of subpoe-
naes have been sent out to this end.
COST TO HEARST.
.He Spent $65OOO in the New York
Campaign.
At Albany , N. Y. , Friday , William 11.
Hearst , candidate for mayor of New
York on the municipal ownership ticket ,
certified to the secretary of state that his
total campaign expenses were $05,843.
This breaks the record for such ex
penses. which were formerly held by Gov.
Higgins , who spent during the last state
campaign $22,000.
Hearst says he contributed all but $17-
4S8 of the $80,000 which was spent by
the finance committee of the Municipal
Ownership League for the benefit of all
the candidates on the ticket and cxpencl-
ed31l-25 personally for buttons and lith
ographs.
WELCOME TO NEW KING.
Norway Making Preparations to
Receive Prince Charles.
Christiania advices state that prepara
tions are in full swing for the arrival of
the new king and queen of Norway.
Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark.
whose formal election by the Norwegian
parliament is a foregone conclusion.
The state entry into Christiania will
take place Nov. 25. A vessel bearing
King Charles and consort , with his escort
of Norwegian , Danish , British and Ger
man warships , will be met by a large flo
tilla of steamers from all the coast towns.
and will be conveyed to a landing stage
here , where the first official and popular
welcome oj the new rulers will take plar-o.
IN HANDS OF THE JURY.
Death of Student Pierson is Bein -
Investigated.
It is possible that no witnesses will be
called before the grand jury to testify in
the Stuart L. Pierson case , the Kenyon
College student who was killed in Gam-
bier. O. The case was presented to the
jury Friday at Mt. Ternon.
Prosecutor Stilwell testified that the
testimony brought out at the coroner's
inquest , which consists of about 500 type
written pages , will be sufficient to show
that Pierson was tied to the track.
Got 91O br His V7ote.
Albert Farrar , accused of illegal voting
at New York's contested mayoralty elec
tion , Friday confessed in court he came
there to vote from L'tica. N. Y. He said
through his lawyer he was to vote the Re
publican ticket , and that the Republican
district leader introduced him in political
circles as his son. He received$10 for
his vote. He Avas remanded to prison for
sentence.
Attacked British Fla j.
An attempt to haul down the British
flag was made by longshoremen in New
York Friday at the Cunard line dock ,
where Prince Louis' flagship , the Drake ,
was anchored. The flag which was at
tacked was not on the Avarship , but float
ed over the dock in honor of the British
guest. The longshoremen were fought off
by a dozen policemen , who saved the em
blem fiom violence.
Panic at Labor Convention.
There was a slight panic among the
delegates attending the American Feder
ation of Labor convention at Piltsburg ,
Pa. , Thursday caused by the decorations
in the rear\pf the hall taking fire from
some unknoAVli cause. A rush was made
for the exits , but quiet was soon restored
by President Gompers rapping loudly for
order.
Disastrous Fire in Boston.
A large five-story brick building , used
for storage purpose by the Continental
Storage Warehouse Company , in Boston ,
was burned Friday. The loss Is $100,000.
Among other things stored in the ruined
number of A'nl-
building Averc a paintings -
ued at $10,000 and belonging to the estate
of Lawrence Barrett , the actor.
Indians "Want Pagan Religion.
A hundred representatives of the Six
Nation Indians Friday concluded a meet
ing at Onondago reservation , near Syra
cuse , N. Y. , Avhore an effort Avas made
to revive the pagan religion , make sacred
the marriage relation and stamp out in
temperance.
Bridgtt Works Burned.
The Riverside Bridge Works at Mar
tin's Ferry , 0. , was completely destroyed
by fire Friday. Loss , $300,000 ; no insnr- '
ancc. ,
EPITOR AYERS DEAD.
Marshalltown 31 an .Ends liis Own
Lifo.
A dispatch from Mim-lir.iltown , la. ,
says that a profound .sensation was
caused there Thursday afternoon by the
suicide of S. P. Ayies , editor of the Mar-
shalltown Herald , a promim-ut citizen and
well known in the state. His dead body
was discovered in an outhouse at his homy
shortly after noon by his son. A revolver
i at his side and a bullet Avonml in his head
told the cause of death. In hi" desk the
folIoAving note wasfound explaining the
icason for his ac' :
' 'I have suffered on and on since T was
hurt , hoping to fully recover , but see no
hope now , as paralysis and perhaps lo
of reason , is threatened. If 1 cannot be : i
help , I cannot become a burden.7
About a year ago Ay res was attacked
by burglars as he was passing a dark
alley in Marshalltown. He grappled with
his assailants , and AA\IS shot in tho back
of the head. The bullet made apparently
a slight wound , and the doctors said i !
was not serious. Ayr s said hinisdf he
never fully recovered. /
Ayres at one time was county attorney
of Clarke County , and haw published pa
pers at Atlantic and Knoxville.
PRAIRIE FIRE STILL BURNS.
lias Swept Over an Area Five Mile.1
Wide and Ten Long.
The big prairie fire which has been rag
ing five fiiles Avest of Gregory , S. D. , the
westernmost of the new toAvns of the
Rosebud , for several days past , is stili
burning Thursday. Settlers succeeded ii :
keeping it along the Tripp County line
on the present reservation. The damage
to homesteaders is slight , except to kay
in stack. The fire has burned OA'er ar
area five miles wide and ten miles Ion ; :
and is increasing.
The fire started Saturday nortlnvest oJ
Gregory and is burning south toward the
Nebraska line and the Key a Palm River.
The Avind is strong in the nortlnvest and
it may leap the river. Nebraska farmer *
are greatly Avorricd and are hard at Avorl
on big , broad guards.
THEY DIE WHILE AT PRAYER
Five Cremated in a New York
Tenement.
At least five persons Avere burned to
death in nn Italian six-story tenement
house fire in East ScA'cnty-third Street
New York , Thursday.
The sleeping tenanls on the five uppoi
floors Avere made prisoners by the flames.
Avth the ground floor a roaring furnaca
beneath them' Four of those Avho lost
their lives Avere kneeling in prayer Avhea
the lire reached them.
The bodies of three men and two Avom-
en Avere taken from the ruins.
The police belicre tie fire Avas started
by an incendiary.
BODIES ENTIRELY CONSUMED
Steel'Company Will Bury Metal out
of Respect to Itten Rilled. j
During the inquest held in Philadelphia
in the cases of John Forkin and Joseph
Garieia , laborers , who werekilled on
NOA10. . it Avns testified that thtwo men
h'd iMitored a pit : uii ] that 80.000 pounds
of hot metal poured fiom a leak and com
pletely absorbed them. Not a trace of the
bodies of the meir Avas discoA'cred. The
steel company has decided to take about
8,000 pounds of the steol from thn phuj
Avhwe the men Averc last seen and have
it buried out of respect for the dead men.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
of accidental death. *
Girl Killed by Robbers.
Josephine Oom was instantly killed and
her sister probably fatally wounded by
a highwayman Wednesday night a quar
ter of a mile outside of Grand Rapids.
Mich. While tiie tAvo girls , Avith their
father , Jacob Oom , Avere driving homes a
man stopped from the Avoods into the
road commanded them all to hold up
their hands. The father Avhipped up his
horses and the highwayman thereupon
fired lAvie-i' . the first shot killing Josephine
instantly and the second Avounding Jen
nie seriously. The highwayman er-cnpcd.
Hunt and Crawford Plead.
William L. Hunt and Louis W. CraAv-
ford , Avho Ave-re arrested in New York in
connection with the death of. Susanna
Geary , the chorus girl , pleaded not guilty
at Boston , Mass. , Friday , to an indict
ment charging them : : s accessories.
loAvaii Commits Suicide.
A. ( ' . Earle. of Elliston , In. , Avho had
just purchased a department store busi
ness at St. Joseph. Mo. , committed sui
cide l > y firing a bullet through his heart
Friday night. Sudden illness is thought
to luiA'c been the cause.
Too Many Shingles.
Tlio shingle manufacturers of north
west Washington , at a meeting in Bel-
lingham Friday , concluded arrangements
to join the close down of plants through
out the state for sixty days beginning
Dec. 1.
President's Mcssatje December 5.
A Washington dispatch says : It has
been decided that the president's forth
coming annual message to congress AA-ill
be submitted to the senate and the house
of representatives on Tuesday , Dec. . " > .
Bail Fire in Iowa Town.
Almost all of the business district and
a part of the residence portion of the towr
of Stanhope , Hamilton County , Iowa
was destroyed by file Friday. I ,
Killed by liunaway Car.
A mn.iAvny trolley car on the Shad ;
Avenue hill , just aboA-e Fifth Avenue ,
Pittsburg , Pa. , Thursday , Avas the canst
of the death of John S. Moore , a ; ; ranitf
contractor of tho east end , the probable
fatal injury of Peter Booher and the min
or injury of six others.
A (5reat Kire Is ilaging : .
A disastrous lire AVUS reported to be
raging in Columbus , Ca. . Thursday. It
is stated-more than fiOO > bales of cotton
havejieon destroyed.
T
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Big Rangers Plead Guilty Bartlett
Richards and W. G. Comstock Ad
mit Illegally Fencing Jjand Pined
$3OO Each and Cost of Case.
Bartlett Richards and W. G. Comstock ,
of Ellsworth' , extensive cattle owners of
Sheridan County , voluntarily withdrew ,
their pleas of not guilty of illegally fenc
ing public lands and entered a plea of
guilty , through their attorney , R. S.
Hall , of Omaha , and were fined $300
each and sentenced by Judge Munger , at
Omaha Monday , to remain in the custody
of the United States marshal for six
hours and each to pay one-half the costs
of the trial , which will closely approxi
mate sr oo.
Richards and Comstock were jointly
charged with illegally fencing 212,000
acres of public lands for ranch and cat
tle purposes in Sheridan County. An
indictment was returned against them by
the federal grand jury in November ,
11)04 ) , and an additional indictment at the
May'term of the federal grand jury in
1905. The first indictment charged them
with illegally fencing , maintaining and
controlling 200,000 acres of public land.
Those counts of the indictments charg
ing the defendants as being part owners
and agents of certain of the fences de
scribed as unlawful were quashed , but
were sustained as to such sections of the
fences of which they were owners , and al
so the counts which charged them with
wrongfully asserting ownership and ex
clusive occupancy of the illegally en
closed government lands. The counts to
which they pleaded guilty wore numbers
two and three of the first ; and numbers
two , three and live of the-second indict
ment.
BOOST FOR LINCOLN PRISON
Senator Burkett Wants Nebraska
.Federal Prisoners Sent There.
Senator Burkett made a plea Avith At
torney General Moody at Washington for
the assignment of United States prisoners
coiiA'icted in Nebraska to the Lincoln pen
itentiary instead of haA-iuer them sent
either to Sioux Falls or LcavenAvorth.
Senator Burkett called tiie attention or
the attorney general to the fact that Ne
braska has one of the most up-to-date
prisons in the country : that the health
statistics showed that Lancaster County
stood among the very first in low rale of
mortality , and he urged tho attorney gen
eral to authorize the sending at least of
United States prisoners convicted in Ne
braska to Lincoln.
Attorney General Moody Avas impress
ed Avirh Senator Burkett's presentation
and said he Avould send a sppcial officer to
the Nebraska penitentiary to report on
conditions.
TAYLOR BOUND OVER.
Tecumseh Man 3Iust Face Charge
of Perjury.
Frank A .Taylor AVP.S bound OAer for
trial in the district court it Tecumseh un
der bonds of $1,300 in th > hearing of the j
case ordered by .Judge B. F. Good in
the Chamberlain case at Auburn some
few weeks ago. Mr. Taylor Avas presumed
to be A'ice president and a director of'the
Chamberlain bank at the time of its fail
ure. Judge Good Avas of the opinion
that the evidence given in Johnson
County in cases bearing on the bank fail
ure and the case at Auburn did not corre
spond , and ordered proceedings on a per
jury charge against Mr. Taylor.
jj Man Fatally Injured.
At sad accident occurred at Stanton.
Some boys were inspecting the new Con
gregational church , which is Hearing com
pletion. Fred Glaser , a young man of
IS , was in the tower about thirty feet
from the lower floor , and fell to the floor
below. In his fall his head struck some
plank at the second story. From there
he fell to the lower floor , striking on his
shoulder. He was picked up and carried
home in an unconscious condition , and
the attending physicians say he will die.
Insane Man Recovers.
Anton Englemann , a former prominent
Business man of West Point , who was
adjudged insane some months ago and
whose condition was so serious that his
friends believed him incurable , has com
pletely recovered his reason and health
and is now in West Point on a visit to
his old neighbors and friends.
Child Drowned in Watering Tank
At the farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Luchsinger , residing seven miles
north of Columbus , their little daughter ,
18 months old , was drowned. While peer
ing into a large tank used for watering
stock the little girl fell in and Avas drown
ed , although the tank contained only
eight inches of water.
Iron and Oil at Lincoln.
J. W. Killinger , of Lewiston. Idaho ,
formerly of the iron district of Pennsyl
vania , declared samples of rich iron ore
had been found on the surface at the
Burnham brick yards at Lincoln. Ho al
so uncovered a surface seepage of oil.
Drilling will begin in a few days.
Japs for the B ct Fields.
A. S. Grigereit , the sugar beet farmer
northwest of Fremont , is employing the
first Japanese help in the county. H& i
sent out to the western part of the state
and hired fifteen Japanese to work on his
beet fields. They began work this week
and give good satsfaction.
Rusty Nail Causes Death.
Mrs. Edward Stewart , of Enicrson ,
died at a hospital of tetanus in Sioux
City , la. An injury to the foot as a result
of stepping on a rusty nail caused her
'death.
l ord Cso GOQS to Jury.
After a trial in the district court at
Beatrice lasting all day. the case of tiie \ -
State of Nebraska against Councilman
Harry Ford , charged Avith selling liquor
Avithout a license , Aveut to the jury Tues
day evening.
Parinoi'S Mnk.n--Jt Hot J'or Tramp *
TAVO tramps , shut up in a box ear , came
near being mobbed Monday a't Knox. an
elevator siding south of York on the Kan
sas City and Omaha linihoad. not bo-
cau.co they AVOI-O tramps , but on account
of refusal to accept work .shucking corn.
BORROW CHECKS TO
Scheme Operated by Two Crooks
at Nebraska City.
At Nebraska City last Saturday even
ing the cashier in Mandelson's depart
ment store cashed a check for $25.50 pur
ported to be signed by George W. Yiels ,
but which is said to be a forgery. A
stranger entered Mr. Yiel's store last
Saturday evening and asked for a blank
check , Mr. Yiels tore a check from the
back of his check book and handed it to
the man who turned to a companion ,
who was standing in the door , and said , I
will give you a check for what I owe
you.
you.Later in the evening the check for
$25.50 made payable to W. B Ebert , was
cashed at Meldeson's. The city directory
does not show such name as a resident at
Nebraska City. The forgery was not dis
covered until the check WHS presented for
payment at a bank Monday.
It has developed that the men visited
several stores and asked for blank checks
but did not use any that were given them
except the one they secured from Mr.
Yiels , which bore his name across the
end.
FIND COAL AND GAS.
Farmer Borins a Well Made Valu
able Discovery.
A Humboldt dispatch says : Quite a
little interest is being manifested in this
section over the prospect of finding coal
in the southwestern part of the county.
There is talk of a stock company being
formed to prospect the land of a farmer ,
Avho some time ago took from a well he
was boring a nice supply of coal at quite
a depth. The farmer in question kept the
matter quiet for a long time in the hope
of getting satisfactory options , on sur
rounding land , but failing in this he re
vealed the facts to a neighbor , and the
present agitation resulted.
It is claimed the indications point
strongly to gas and oil as well as coal ,
and the parties interested will stop at no
expense to determine the extent of tlie
find.
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"DENVER KID" LEADS BREAK
Pugilist ami Another Convict Fail
to Escape from Prison.
Fred Smith , better known as "Denver
Kidtlio pugilist , who i $ serving a term
in the Nebraska penitentiary for bur-
* glary , togetherwith William Jones , an
other convict , attached and overpowered
the cell house night keeper , a man named
Cooper. They bound and gagged Cooper ,
and using a saw secured from the boiler
h'ouse , began sawing at the bars in one
of the windows of the cell house. Cooper
managed to release one hand , removed
the gag and shouted for help. Smith
again attacked and might have killed him
had not assitance come. The convicts
made no fight and were put in the dung-
con. They had been regarded as trusties ,
and were given liberties in the enclosure
MUST NOT COMPROMISE.
Ruling for Nebraska Treasurers on
JK-.iilroatl Taxes.
A Lincoln special says : Nebraska
county ? treasurers must not accept a por
tion of the railroad taxes from represent
atives of the corporations. So declared
Attorney General Brown Monday , and he
sent notices to all the officials. The Un-
ion Pacific and the Burlington road are
fighting the assessment in the courts.
Attorney General Brown holds that the
treasurers may invalidate the assessment
by accepting a portion. Some of the
counties are hard up for school money
and the treasurers have accepted a part
of the taxes.
A Base'Deceiver.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Schoenfeldt , a widow
living at Scribner , is mourning the loss
of $400 which she loaned to J. .T. Lynch ,
a railroad man of that place. Lynch has
been courting the widow's daughter and
told his future mother-in-law that he had
bought out a restaurant and wanted to
borrow $400 of her to help make a pay
ment on it. As he expected to become a
member of the family very soon she let
him have it. As soon as the cash was in
his pocket he threw up his job on the
road and has not been seen since.
South Omaha Man in Trouble.
Cliff Grandstaff , of South Omaha , was
taken to Nebraska City to face a charge
of committing assault with intent to kill.
On July 10 Miller Gibson was attacked
by Grandstaff and was dangerously
wounded by the latter. Grandstaff left
the city the afternoon of the attempted
murder and nothing has been heard of
him until his capture in South Omaha
last Sunday. Gibson has not fully recov
ered from his injuries.
Fatal Accident to Grnder-
Irwin Moss met with a fatal accident
Tuesday morning while at work on the
Great Northern grade near Yutan. He
was working with a steam shovel gang
in a deep cut and was on the car operated
in connection with the shovel. In some
way he was thrown down and doubled up
by the chain , breaking his back.
Superintendent Norfolk : Schools.
E. J. Eodwell , present county superin
tendent of Douglas County , was Thurs
day unanimously elected superintendent
of the Norfolk city schools. Mr. Bod-
well accepted the position and it is ex
pected he will take up his work in about
two weeks.
Played with Matchf- .
While playing with matches Thursday
morning , during the absence of his moth
er and father. Lawrence Aiders , the 3-
year-od ! son of Nat Aldera , one of the
proprietors of the Hotel Boma , at Oma
ha , sustained burns from wLich he died
within a few hours.
' Frightfully Burned.
While rendering lard in the yard
Mrs. Edgiir Baker , residing two miles
west of Maynard , had her clothing catcli
fire and nearly burned off "before her fath-
cr-in-law. San Barker , extinguished the
ihimes. She is ? reported to be frightfully
burned "from her ankles to her arms.
Go H to'runnma
SiiCii2tf uI ? nt < X > . C. O'Connor , o :
Norfolk , v , ho has just been appointed su
perintend % nt of education in Patiani t bj
h resident Roosevelt , will leave Norfoli-
in about two weeks and will sail fro re
New Yuri : about the ihst of December
for iii > nev.field. .
J'wuid lle'r K-itiy Dead.
The 17-days-cid babe of Mr. and Mrs.
Corry Dingle , living on a farm south of
llumboldt. wasfound , dead in bed by its
youuir.mother ou Friday when 'she. wciit
to i-ol : : - .c : i .
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Lincoln Satur
The supreme court at
day held the Dodge primary election iavv ;
valid and capable of enforcement , though !
it declared unconstitutional three of ite
sections. The writ of mandamus asked
for by Clerk Adair , nominee of the so
cialist ticket , to have the socialist norni-i
nees placed on the ticket , though nomi i
. Ther
nated by a convention , Avas refused.
sections declared unconstitutional are
these : The one making the primary uay
the first day of registration ; that one , re
quiring 1 per cent of the salary of the
office to be paid as a filing fee by the
candidate and the one regulating tho
form of the ballot. The fact that theso
sections do not render the law as a .whole
incapable of enforcement does not in the
opinion of the court invalidate the entire
law , and it is consequently held to be
valid and constitutional. The opinion " *
written by Chief Justice Holcomb.u. .
he holds that the primary law does not
affect the general law or any other flec
tion laAv which does not conflict Avitli its
provisions , and except in the sections
pointed out it does not interfere Avith ex
isting election
A rumor is current in Lincoln that a
gigantic trust or corporation has been ,
formed which has for its object the con
trol of the brick yaids of the entire west. .
It is understood tlrnt large eastern inter
ests are in the movement , together Avith
the brick manufacturers of Omaha and
probably of Lincoln. It is known to be-
a fact that many brick yards in Nebraska
which are backed by small capital and
which have a small output have recently
been bought , and in some instances op
tions have been taken on the yards to-
hold good until the first of the year. One
brick yaid has closed doAvn , sold its out
put and is now Availing to be transferred
to the new company. Who is in the com
pany and Avho is financing it cannot be-
learned at this time , and neither can it be
learned AVIO is making the deals for the-
yards.
* * *
The Nebraska commissioners to the-
LcAvis and Clark exposition met at the-
Lindell Hotel at Lincoln Friday night
and listened to the report of G. C. Shell , .
Avho has just returned from Portland. A
number of bills Avere allowed and it is es
timated $1,000 Avill he-saved .out of the
appropriation of # 12,000. The exhibits-
haA'c arrived and Avill be distributed .as-
rapidly as possible. The board has turn
ed the pavilion OAer to the fair board and
recommended that it be put up at the
state fair grounds and exhibit the moA'-
ing pictures during the fair. Of tiie 12J-
Nebraska entries 03 drew gold .medalsr
oJ ( silver , 17 bronze and 10 honorable-
mention.
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Mrs. Lena Margaret LilHe Avill not b&
allowed a rehearing in the supreme court-
The court on adjournment Saturday
handed dOAvn an order denying the appli
cation recently made by Judge llameiv
counsel for the prisoner , for leave to file ?
an argument on a motion for. a rehearing.
This in effect permanently disposes of
the case and Mrs. Lillie , unless pardoned
by the governor , must serve a life sen
tence in the penitentiary for the murdeir
of her husband , Harvey Lillie at Davul
City in 1002.
* * *
The writ of mandamus appliedfor by-
William IJ. Mellor to compel the board
of equalization of Sherman County to-
A-acate an order reducing the assessed
valuation of real estate in three town
ships in Sherman County Avas denied by
the supreme court at Lincoln Saturday.
The board had arbitrarily reduced ther
valuation of the entire tOAvnship at the-
requesj : of land owners. Mellor applied ;
for a writ of mandamus to prevent the-
carrying into execution'of this reduction. ,
s * *
The Lincoln Traction Company was not
to blame because one of its passengers--
Avas injured July 4 , 1903 , by falling from
aUtreet car because startled by the ex
plosion of a torpedo placed on the track
by some person unknown to the company"
and without the consent or knoAvJedge or
the company or its servants. The su
preme court so holds in an opinion up
holding the decision of the Lancaster
County district court in a damage suit
instituted by Mrs. Hannah Bevard.
* * *
One of the most difficult problem ? that
has confronted the gOA'ernor's staff has !
just been solved by an order from the' '
Avar department. For years and years4
the colonels have Avorn aiguillettes. but !
in A-arious places on their uniform aiidi
the efforts of the adjutant general to get.
all to wear them alike have prOA'eu un-i
availing. Now , however , the Avar depart
ment has taken up the matter and Thurs
day an order Avas received telling just ex
actly hoAV these things should be worn.
* * *
With complete returns from GO of the-
90 counties in Nebraska , Letton's plural
ity is 20,719 , against a plurality fon
Barnes tAvo years ago in the same coun
ties of 9,74G , a net gain for Letton oft
11,461. These figures simply confirm |
- estimates that his "
prcA-ious plurality Avill"
be in excess of 20,000. The regents arej
not running quite so far behind the head
of the ticket in the later as in the earlier-
counties to report.
It is up to the supreme court now to-
sny whether the state has a cause of ac
tion against the State Journal at Lincoln :
which is charged Avith having sold some ]
worth of supreme court reports :
the copyright of which it was alleged be
longed to the state. The attorney gener4
al 'Hied the suib and the Journal Com- '
pany filed a demurrer. The matter1 ;
argued Friday morning.
* *
The state of Nebraska will not havo-
to pay to tiie Oxuard Beet Sugar Com
pany and the , Norfolk Boor Sugar Com
pany the money claimed by the compa
nies under the sugar bounty act passed'
I'-y the legislatuie'of ISO , " ) . The supreme-
court has again denied a motion for re- *
heariug tied by the companies , but in.
doing so holds it. ; former opinions Avrong-
aml ieji'c-ts the -
niotiu-i on the constitution
al provision tiis't the legislature cannot
appropri ite public money for private pur
poses. The legislature never made ap
propriation to pay the bountie