The Valentine Democrat
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Valentine , Neb.
l. M. Rice. Publisher
TIEE IE KANSAS CITY
'BANK ' OF COMMERCE BUILDING
BADLY DAMAGED.
and Piano Warehouses Alati
Burned Total Jjoss M > be Over
Hair a Million $3OOOOOO in the
Bank Vault Is Sale.
ffhe entire downtown retail district ol
Kansas City , Mo. , Avas threatened Friday
night by a fire Avhich started in the rear
of the three-story brick building of the
'Columbus Buggy Company on Walnut
Stieet , near Tenth , destroying this build
idg and the adjoining building occupied
by the Kimball Piano Company and tho
iacttiuger Brotheis Manufacturing Com
pany oad badly damaging the National
Bank of Commerce building.
Later estimates of the loss even though
the Commerce building be saved place the
total loss at $380,000.
The vaults of the National Bank of
Commerce are uinjured.
. CThe fire started before 10 o'clock and
burnod fiercely for IAVO houis. The Co-
lumbis Buggy Company's building and
the building immediately south , occupied
by the Kimball Piano Company , were
. very inflammable and the firemen were
ipOAverless to check the flames in these
buildings. The stock of the Columbus
'Buggy Company , too , fed the flames , and
all of the aA'ailable firemen and fire appa-
, ratus in the city were busied in prevent-
'ing the spread of the fire to the large
buildings on each side , it was impossible ,
Lowever , to prevent the spread of the
flames to the Commerce building on the
south and the offices on the first , second
and third floors Avere badly damaged by
'fire ' and water.
The Commerce building is oue of the
finest office buildings in the city and the
loAver floor is occupied by the National
Bank of Commerce , the largest financial
concern in Kansas City.
The stock of the Hellinger Bros. ' Man
ufacturing Company , which occupied a
portion of the Kimball building , Avas en
tirely destroyed. This firm dealt in dental
supplies.
A representative of W. S. Woods , own-
cr of the buildings destroyed and dam
aged , and president of the National Bunk
of Commerce , said that the loss on the
buildings would be $150,000. The loss
of the Columbus Buggy Company , ac
cording to one of its managers , is $100-
000.
000.Te
Te entire loss is estimated at $350,000.
FOR BLOWING UP STATION.
Suspected Assa sin is Wanted for
lnd * p -I Outrage
Sheriff Edward Bell , of Teller County ,
Colo. , telegraphed the sheriff at Caldwell ,
Idaho , requesting him to hold the prisoner
identified as Harry Orchard on a Avar-
rant charging him with murder commit
ted in Cripple Creek , Colo. , should the
charge of assassination of former Gov.
Steuuenberg , of Idaho , not be pressed
against him.
Orchard is accused of having bloAvn up
the Independence station on June G , 1901 ,
fourteen non-union miners and
killing - se
riously injuring a number of others. It
is said that he fled from the Cripple
Crock district immediately after the ex
plosion and has since eluded the Colorado
authorities , though he has been traced
through that state to New Mexico , Old
leKico , British Columbia , Wisconsin ant ?
Idaho.
PUT TO DEATH.
Cuban "Witches" are Executed in
Havana Prison.
Domingo Lecourt , an old negro , and
Victor Molina , a mulatto , were garrot-
( ed at the prison at HaA-aua , Cuba , Fri
day. Both men were regarded as
"witches" by their associates. Their
. < yime Avas the hideous murder of a white
, baby for the purpose of procuring the
hpart of a white female child , which f >
"Avitches" prescribed as a cure for bar
renness. The child's body was found ,
SjOioked and salted , weeks after the crime
had been committed.
BOY CONFESSES TO CRIME.
Kills Another Youth and Puts Body
on Railroad Track.
William J. Moran , of Chicago , aged 11 ? ,
confessed Friday to the killing of Robert
Callicr , aged 17 , during a quarrel , after
.which Moran says he placed Collier's
body on the railroad track in the hope a
passing train Avould hide the evidences
of his crime. The accidental discovery
of the body before the train had passed
disclosed the fact that Collier had beoo
! killed by a pistol bullet.
Corbftr May Quit Diamond.
Joe Corbett , the once great pitcher , la
reported to be in bad shape at San Fran
cisco as the result of an attack of inflam-
jmatory rheumatism. Although yet a
; young man , it is unlikely that Corbett
ovill ever be seen on the diamond again.
Sioux City Stock Mnr'tot
i Friday's quotations on the Sioux CitF
/live / stock market follow : Butcher steers ,
j$4.10@4.SO. Top hogs , $5.22 % .
Explorer Franci * Mercior Doad.
Francis Mercier , Avho gained fame
nn Alaskan explorer , is dead at Mon
treal , Can. He was G8 years of age.
| When Alaska was ceded to the United
, ) States Mercier was connected with tlw
( preliminary aegotittroiis.
Indian Suhr ol I urns
The Indian industrial school at St.
Pauls , eight miles below Winnebago ,
; Man. , was burnad Thursday night. The
( loss is $35,000.411 of the pupils escaped
( .without injnry.
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MORE IN THE TOILS.
Wholesale Raid on Hazing Middies
at N vl Aoadctuy.
An Annapolis , Md. , special saya :
Thursday's proceedings before the court-
martiaj which is trying Midshipman
Worth W. Foster , of Now Albany , Ind , ,
fqr the alleged hazing of Midshipman
Chester S. Roberts were oi ! interest , as
not only were some new forms of haz
ing explained , but the number of wit
nesses who sought to be excused from
answering questions on tho ground that
they would incriminate themselves indi
cate how thoroughly the practice ol haz
ing has permeated the institution.
The court ruled that a midshipman did
not incriminate himself by stating that
be was present during a hazing if ho
did not actually take part in its him
self , but even after this explanation sev
eral midshipmen asked to be excused
from answering questions , saying that
they would incriminate themselves if
they ansAvercd.
The record of Wednesday's proceedings
in Decatur's case was verified and some
small changes Avere made in the record
of Midshipman Trenmor Coffin's trial.
T'he court then took up the case of Mid-
lipman Worth W. Foster , of New Al
bany , Ind. , who is charged with hazing
Midshipman Chester S. Roberts. It is
alleged that between the middle of Octo
ber and December Foster hazed Roberts
by compelling him to stand on his head ,
to hang from the clothes locker and eat
under the table.
Mr. Theall , Foster's counsel , objected
to the indefinite nature of the time al
leged for the commission of the acts. He
said that he Avas not able to properly
prepare a defense when the time was so
uncertain and asked that the judge ad
vocate be compelled to specify more ex
actly. The court Avas cleared to consid
er his request.
Foster pleaded not guilty to the charge
and all the specifications.
KISSES FOR PIANIST.
Rubenstein Played While Lia Tour-
aino Fought Waves.
The enthusiasm of one Avoman over Ar
thur Rubenstein , the young Russian
pianist , Avho arrived at NCAV York on the
French liner La Touraine , assumed such
proportions that Mr. Rubenstein was al
most carried from his feet , when a tall
and beautiful creature robed in ermine
from head to foot , who also had been a
passenger on La Touraine , rushed to him
just as he was leaATing the pier and ,
throAving her arms around his neck , kiss
ed him. Her example was followed by
several other women ou the pier. They
said it Avas just to show their apprecia
tion of the young musician's heroism in
sitting for an entire day at ths piano
Avhile La Touraino was buffeted about by
the high seas and Avinds , thus soothing the
frightened passengers.
Never Avas such a marvelous piano con
cert given. It was a striking sid incident
of the storm which La Touraine encoun
tered all the way from Havre to Sandy
Hook. The gale Avas the worst in the ex
perience of Capt. Fajolle , or any member
of his crew. The violence of the Aviud
Avas so great that six passengers Avere se-
injured.
SEIZE RIGA FACTORY.
Workmen' Soon Surrender and Je-
livor Up Leaders.
A dispatch from Copenhagen Thursday
says the workmen Avho seized the Pro-
vodnik rubber factory at Riga Tuesday
surrendered and delivered up their lead
ers to the commander of the troops. The
prisoners Avill be tried by courtmartial.
Riga advices state that about 5,000
armed workmen , before daylight Thurs
day morning , imraded and took possession
of the Provodnik rubber factory. The
revolutionists killed the policemen guard
ing the building and the detachment then
crept into an adjoining structure where
a patrol of pragoona was asleep , and mur
dered eight dragoons , six stablemen and
wounded eleven others.
EJECTED FROM WHITE HOUSE
'Woman i ails to Get Andiencc with
PreHidfnt and Crcatos a Scen
A Washington special says : A woman
giving her name as Mrs. Miner Morris ,
handsomely attired , aged about 50 , Avas
carried screaming from tho White House
executive offices Thursday afternoon by
two secret service officers.
hTe woman insisted on seaing the
president upon n matter with Avhich he
has nothing to do , and when informed
to that effect sho became demonstrative ,
and the officers were forced to eject her.
The woman was taken to the house of
Jctcntion , but no charges have been filed
igainst her.
Convicts Indicted for Mnrtlcr.
At Jefferson City , Mo. , a special grand
jury Wednesday returned indictments
charging murder against Convicts Ryan ,
Taughan and Raymond. The men are
the survivors of the attempted escape
from the penitentiary on NOT. 24 , Avhen
Guards Clay and Allison Av te killed and
the main gate dynamited.
Catholic Singers Barred.
Archbishop Moeller , of Cincinnati , O. ,
has played havoc with the plans of two
ZnucBville churches by ruling that Cath-
o. singers may serve only in their own
lurches and not for Protestants.
Woman and Cliiidn-n Burnrd.
The home of Benito Sanchez at Tremen-
tia , sixty-five miles from Las Vegas , N.
M. , was was burned Thursday morning
and Mrs. Sanchez and her 4-year-old
daughter and 2-year-old son perished.
Gr at Horror.
Vioe Consul Wallace , at Managua , has
cabled tho state department at Washing
ton under Wednesday's date , that a ter-
riblo earthquake has occurred in Nicaia-
gua , and it is reported to bun that Ma-
eaya has been ruined by the eruption of {
the rolcano San Diego.
Steamer Di abl"d.
A messago received at Sun
from Port Reyes toiys that the disabled
steamer Oltfr f Pueblo is being towed to
jjy two steamers.- i .
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TORNADO IN GEORGIA ,
Houses Wrecked and Several Per
sons ftillfd at Albany.
A tornado of terrific force passed over
Albany , Ga. , at 1:30 Wednesday after
noon , coming from a southwesterly direc
tion and spreading ruin and desolation
over portions of a dozen blocks. Several
persons are dead , others will die as the
result of injuries , and many are more
or less seriously hurt. The known dead
are Ben Jones , a negro machinist in the
employ of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi
cal Company ; Jake Johnson , a 9-year-old
colored boy.
Among those whose injuries probably
will prove fatal are Lula Gladden , Jessie
Davis , Annie Davis nud Josie Woodale.
The lust is still incomplete owing to
tho fact that much of the destruction
wrought was well beyond the city limits.
Reports from the tornado after it left
Albany have not been received. Hun
dreds of negroes in the city are homeless
and many have lost their household ef
fects.
The total property loss will reach $100-
000. Virginia-Carolina Ohemicnl
j Company is the principal sufferer , its de
stroyed buildings and machinery havinc
been worth $60,000. Very little of thi
destroyed property was protected by tor
nado insurance. The Southern Bell Tele
phone Company is among the heaviest
losers. Its lines are down.
A tornado passed over the western part
of Jacksonville , a small town in east
Texas , Wednesday night. The house of
William Walton , containing a family of
j five , was lifted from its foundation and
j carried into the street , seriously injuring
! all of tho occupants. Five other resi
dences also were destroyed , but the occu
pants were not hurt.
FIGHT ALL DAY.
The Troops Uniler President Mora
les Attack Pucrta Plata.
Advices received Wednesday from
Puerto Plata , Santo Domingo , say the
troops of fugitive President Morales un
der command of Gen. Rodriguez r.tra < I :
eu Puerto Plata at 10 o'clock T.io.sday
morning. The fighting , which was se
vere , lasted until 5 o'clock in the even
ing , when the besieging force re-Ire J. A
number of men were killed or wounded
eno ! rti sides.
The Rodriguez forces , which ' .vcre
massed outside of Puerto Plata , were ,
when these advices were forwarded , pre
paring for another attack on the place.
A portion of the population of Puerto
Plata has declared in favor of MoruU-s.
Street fighting has occurred , the support
ers of Morales shooting from the win *
dows of their houses at the troops.
READY TO AID THE JAPS.
llojestvensky Says British "Would
Hav < ; Attacked Fleer.
The remarkable allegation that the
British fleet was held in readiness to de
stroy the Russian fleet if the battle of
the Sea of Japan had gone in Russia's
favor is made by Admiral Rojestveusky
in a letter published at St. Petersburg
Wednesday , with the permission of the
minister of marine.
Referring to the absolute secrecy of
Admiral Togo in regard to the disposition
of his forces , Rojestvensky declaies that
"this was unknown even to the admiral
of the British fleet , allied with the Japan
ese , who concentrated his forces at Wei-
Hai-Wei , in expectation of receiving or
ders to annihilate the Russian fleet if it
was beyond the power of the Japanese. "
WANTS SENTENCE INCREASED
An Jowa Ex-Mayor Fears fie "Will
Injure Prosecutors.
At Billingham , Wash. , E. E. Ivelso ,
under eight monhs' sentence in the county
jail for obtaining money under false pre
tenses , asks that his sentence be changed
to five years because he fears that when i
he is released he will do violence to those
who prosecuted him. He say.s he is en
tirely the victim of misunderstood cir
cumstances. He is a graduate of the
University of Indiana , was reform mayor
of Bedford , la. , in 1SS4 , and was promi
nent in politics at Guthrie , Okla. , later.
He came to the northwest in search of
health and worked as a millwright. Al
though a lawyer he has not practiced for
some time.
Two Skaters are Drowned.
The finding of the bodies 4of John A.
Ritchie , aged 21 , of Stoneham , and Grace
Ilolden , aged 19 , of Wakefield , Mass. , In
Lake Quannapowitt disclosed a double
drowning which occurred during the
night. Ritchie and Miss Holden went to
the lake to skate. Their failure to return
during the night caused searching parties
to drag the lake.
Fifteen Hurt in Wreck.
Fifteen were injured , some fatally , in a
rear end collision between freight trains
on the St. Paul railroad at Kedzie Ave
nue , Chicago , Wednesday. The men were
asleep in the caboose of the first train
when in the darkness the locomotive
of the second train crashed into the ca
boose.
Fitz Will File Suit.
Leon Friedman , of New York , managei
and personal representative of Bob Fitz-
simmons , announced that the * pugilist
would begin a suit against Maj. Charles
J. S. Miller , of Franklin , Pa. , for $100-
000 damages on a charge of having alien
ated the affections of Mrs. Fitzsimmons
Slain by Assassin.
At Pabiance , Russian Poland , the pre
fect of police was assassinated Wednes
day.
Kiss Not Caress , but Assault.
A kiss is an assault. So decided City
Prosecutor Emile W. Helmes , of St
Paul , Minn. , Avho caused the arrest of C.
B. Muller on complaint of Miss Mary A.
Leauder , who says Muller stopped hei
on the street and caressed her. Mullei
pleaded guilty and signed a peace bond.
Costly Fire at Harrisburg , 111.
At Harrisburg , 111. , fire destroyed the
cast half of the public square and caused
a loss of $60,000. The postoffice building i
sad fixtures were badly . damaged 3 ?
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
.NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
More Lillac Case Letters New York
Man Writes "Nebraska Pete" Con
fessed to Committing Crime Al
leged Murderer Drunk at ihe Time
There is a good deal of speculation
among Lincoln citizens , who have been
interested in the case of Mrs. Lena Mar
garet Lillic , as to the origin of two let
ters which have purported to come from
persons who know that she is not guilty
of the crime. Friday one was received
by a Lincoln paper alleging that the writ
er had committed the crime and had
come forward to tell the truth about the
murder , while Sunday Gov. Mickey dis
closed another letter received nearly
two months ago by Mrs. A. D. Beemer ,
in which it is alleged that "Nebraska '
Pete , " a roomer in one of the cheap
Mills' hotels in New York had confessed ,
while drunk , that he had committed the
murder and tried to kill Mrs. Lillie. The
letters are in totally different handwrit
ing , although about equal in illiteracy.
The one printed Friday was written in a
large , round hand on note paper , while
that made public at the executive office
us written in a much smaller hand on a
piece of yellow wrapping paper. One
thing which attracted attention was the
shape of the letter K , which is similar to
that used as the "telegraphers' K. " The
letter was dated Nov. 5 and was en
closed in an ordinary newspaper wrapper
with a page from a Sunday paper with a
lurid account of Mrs. Lillie's industry in
making fashionable gowns for the society
women of Lincoln. The superscription is ,
"Mrs. Beemer , Lincoln , Neb. "
It is not believed tho letters could have
been written by the same individual , but
they are not wholly at variance. The
letter of Nov. 5 states that "Nebraska
Pete" said that he was going west and
the letter printed Friday was dropped
in a Lincolin mail box , so far as the
marks indicated. The writer alleges that
the man would kill him if he knew of the
letter writing.
The amount of money stolen at the
time of he mmdcr was slightly in ex
cess of $300. The statement of the let
ter that $1,800 was taken tends to cost
discredit on its authenticity.
Judge Hamer , the attoiney for Mrs.
Lillie , Gxpressed his surprise and suggest
ed that cranks may have written the let
ters , although he suggested significantly
that crazy people sometimes commit mur
der.
der.He
He reufsed to make any icply to a
query as to whether he contemplates fur-
efforts to secure a rehearing in the case.
It is generally believed , however , that
such an application will be made early in
the year.
DIPHTHERIA AT BEATRICE.
Father of Dead Child May be Pros
ecuted for Not Reporting Case.
Diphtheria Saturday caused the death
of a child in the family of John Herman ,
a Christian Scientist , at Beatrice. The
matter was reported to the health author
ities , who learned that two other mem
bers of the family have been 511 with the
disease for a week and that no quaran
tine had been established on the home.
Dr. Baker , one of the secretaries of the
state board of Health , immediately noti
fied Dr. Spaulding , of Omaha , state
health inspector , of the prevailing condi
tions , and he will make an investigation ,
with a view to prosecuting Herman for
his failure to report the cases.
Want Railroad Extension.
A well attended meeting of the busi
ness and professional men of Shelton was
held last week to discuss plans for secur
ing the extension of the Missouri Pacific-
Railway from its present terminus at
Prosser across the Platte River to Shel
ton and committees were appointed to use
their influence with the company with
this end in view. As Sheltou is the most
central point for another line it will be
a great benefit for both the farming com
munity and the company to furnish the
southern outlet.
Chasing a Panther in Nebraska.
Henry Mowrer Tuesday morning
brought word to Lyons that large pan
ther had been seen on his place three
miles west of there. A hunting party
was organized. The animal was soon lo
cated and led the hunters a hot chase to
the jungle on the Indian reservation ,
where the pursuit was halted to await
the arrival of reinforcements.
Railroad Fireman Fatally Htrt.
Fireman F. W. Kraft Avas run over in
the yards at Alliance Tuesday and had
both legs and his right arm so badly
crushed they had to be amputated. He j (
will not live. He Avas riding on the tauk - ,
of an engine bacKing to the round house ,
when , in some Avay , he fell and Avent un
der the AA'heels. Kraft is 21 years of age ,
single and lives at Howard Lake , Minn.
Norfolk a Health Resort. .
Norfolk is about to advertise as a
health resoit. Where else in a city of
5,000 people has the month of December
brought not one single death ? There Avere :
thirteen births , eight males and five fe
males. Doctors and undertakers say that
this has been the most phenomenal record
ever reported to them in America.
Educators Meet at Hastings.
The Central Nebraska Educational As
sociation and the Central Nebraska High
School Declamatory Association Avill hol'J
their next joint annual meetings in Hast
°
ings on April 4 , 5 and G. The time and
place were selected at a conference of the
officers of the tAvo associations.
Gage County Marnagn Record. !
The marriage rate in Gage County is )
on the increase as shoAvn by the records
in the county judge's office at Beatrice.
In 1904 225 marriage licenses were ib-
sued , while in 1905 there Avere 265.
No Developments in Slnrder Cacc
There are no new developments in tha
Saunders County murder case at Fre
mont , and the positive statement of Mrs.
Charles Pierce that the dead man is not
aer brother , Thad Browning , makes the
iffair a deeper mystery than ever.
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Failure at Osmond.
The general merchandise store of G. W.
Mitchell , of Osmond , has been closed. Mr.
Mitchell making a bill of sale to Sioux
3ity wholesalers for the benefit of cred-
tors. It is said' bis liabilities are from
G,000 to ? 7,000.
FIRE AT WcST POIN' : .
Rosidnncc of Ch rl > s Z-ns Burned ,
Causing a Loss 1,000.
Just before noon Sunday the dwelling
house of Charles Zeng. located in the
Third ward at West Point , caught fire
from a defective fine , and , together with
its contents , was totally destroyed. The
loss on the building is about $1,000 ; on
fmnituro , $500 ; no insurance. The prop
erty being beyond the reach of the city
water works , the destruction was com
plete.
The material improvements made dur
ing the last year throughout Cumins
County generally , and especially in the
city of West Point show a wonderful
growth and development of that portion
of Nebraska. Over fifteen large , modern
houses have been erected in town , and an
equal number are projected for the com
ing season , while in the country it is diffi
cult to count the number of new farm
houses of tho best class that have been
elected , besides innumerable fine barns
and other substantial farm improvements.
BULLET LOCATED BY X-RAY
College Student Accidentally Shot
Roscoe Hen-ell , a college student at
Wayne , sustained a serious Avound by an
accidental shot from a icvolver in the
hands of a companion the other evening
while at his room. He had just taken
the weapon from his satchel , laid it upon
the table and AA-as stooping over when his
companion , not knoAving the revolver was
loaded , accidentally discharged it. Tho
bullet struck Ilerrell just above the hip ,
yet it is not considered a fatal wound.
Dr. Williams Avas summoned , but was
unable to locate the bullet. The young
man Avas taken to Dr. Leisorring's. where
an examination by X-rays AA-as made , but
the bullet could not be located. A photo
graph was fiken in the hopes of discover
ing it. as tho doctor believed it had en-
teied a boneand Avould be found. After
the photograph was developed the bullet
Avas-visible in the hip bone.
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Body of Man iiiIJ d in Saundexs
County Not Identified.
The body of the man killed in Saun-
ders County Sunday morning was
biought to Bailor Jiro * . ' undertaking
looms in Fremont , and viewed by a large
number of people , seAeral of whom are
of the opinion that the man Avas in Fre
mont Fiiday or Satuids'y.
Chailts I'iercc. a brother-in-law of
Thad Bi-OAvninir. is quite positive that the
body is not that of Browning. Another
party. AVIO < V icputation , however , is not
the be-t. claims to h.tA-e "taken in the
tOAvn'5 AAith the muideied man Thursday
evenintr and says that both Avere drinki i
ing ho-iA'ilv. but claims to know nothing -
of him since. The officers have spent j
throe days tracing clues without haA'ing
anything to show for it.
Sale n > ' Physicians' Practice.
A phyf-ii-iaii Avho bells his practice to
another may not resume practice in the
same field a a competitor of the man to
whom he sold , if an understanding exists
between them that the ictiring physician
is to quit. This was determined in the
district court at Noifolf by Judge Boyd
in tho case of an injunction brought by
Dr. Raker , of Madison , against Dr.
Montgomery , of the same place. It was
alleged iu tlie petition that Dr. Mont
gomery had sold his practice to Dr. Ba
ker and had agreed to quit the field. Tho
injunction asked for Avas made perpet
ual.
Worthi' ? s Checks Show Up
Three checks , one of $100 , one of $5-
000 and one for $25.000 showed up at
the First National Bank at Fremont for
rnilfction from an outside correspondent ,
diawn on the bank and purporting to be
signed Ly F. II. Harbor. No person of
that name had a deposit there or was
linoAvn to the bank ollicinls. It is be
lieved that the party who drew them did
not realize anything on the two larger
checksthough he may have on the small
er one. T'IC ' blanks had evidently been
obtained fiom the bank at Fremont.
Eievntur Changes Hands.
A Hastings special says : It is announc
ed that negotiations have practically been
closed by which the llarroun grain cle-
A-ator at Ehvood. Kan. , probably the
largest woodon structure of its kind on
the Mit-souri River , Avill soon pass into
tlie control of W. H. Ferguson and Will
iam Nash , the latter of Chicago. The
elevator has a capacity of 500,000 bush
els and is now being refitted with mod'
ern machinery.
Prosperous Elevator Company.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Farm
ers' Elevator Company was held at Al
bion Tuesday in the county court room. :
The yearly report shows that a large j
husinc&s has been done and the company (
begins operation this year in splendid .
condition. Oflicers for the ensuing year j
were elected. 1
Killed Calf and Sold Hide.
J. F. Glngcy. Avho resides west of
Phittsmouth. ropoited that someone had
killed one of his calves and after remov
ing the iiide left the carcass near the ,
"oad. Later he learned that' tAVo boys i
iiad old the hide to a butcher in the city
ror $1.75. jhe [ boys claim that the aui-
nal Avas deud Avhcn they fouad it.
FIJI Is.
At Pawnee City the W. C. Kern jew- [
jlry store was Tuesday locked and the ,
eys turned over to Sheriff Martin. Mr. j
Kern has been in the jewelry business at .
Pawnee City for over twenty-five years (
ind was supposed to be in good financial {
standing. No ofilfjial report of the indebt
idness can be secured at present.
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The village o Bancroft has sold ? 20- t
00 woith of 5 per cent semi-annual t
oils to the Bankers' Reserve Insurance r
Company , of Omaha , at a premium of ' (
i700. These bonds were voted for the 3
mi-pose of erecting a HOAV brick school s
in Bancroft.
louse c )
Younir XVosnrsn Seriously Hart.
Miss Derby , aged IS. from Ottunrwa ,
I. D. , lies seriously injured in Norfolk
s the result of .stepping off a moving
rain through the mistaken idea that a >
ailrond crossing , where the train had a
topped for a moment , AVUS the railroad 7
tation. I !
Bound Over to TMstrict Court.
Ed Norris. a resident of Beemer , was >
rrested Monday at West Point on a j
eace warrant on the complaint of Julius 8 .
Uadjrowsky and WHR bound OA'or to thf i 7
'
Istiict court in ( Icr-aTzlt cf SCO bond. ' 't (
Saturday the Aetna Indemnity Coiu-
pauy filed suit in the district court at
Lincoln against City Detective Malow
and Chief of Police Cooper arid three f
llie men recently arrested for the Chap
man bank robbery for $1,214.12 tak -
from the persons of the suspects. TSsr
plaintiff charges that it had issued an in
demnity policy to the Chapman bank in
suring it against loss by burglary ami
that on Nov. 27 the bank was robbed of
$2,475 which the insurance company was.
obliged to pay. The petition alleges tK *
arrest of the men , , Nov. 20 , by Detevtivt-
Malone , who found the amount sued for
an the persons of the men. This money ,
t alleges , is now in the possession of tin-
chief of police and the city detective , and
't ' demands that the sum be turned over
to recoup the company for the amount
paid on the indemnity bond. The poluv
, officials h.ive been holding the money
pending some action by the court making
disposition of it , in order to secure their
claim of $000 reward offered for the cap
ture of the men , and the suit brought I *
regarded as an effort to defeat their
doim. .
* * *
Representative Joe Burns found a large-
gold uugcet in the crow of a Christmas
turkey sent him by John Wall , of * Ar-
cadia and he believes that his find
proves the existence of gold in the Valley
County hills. It is believed that the tur
key picked the metal on John Wall's-
Cann in the neighborhood of Arcadia. It
is suggested that the present find bears
out the story sent from St. Louis a few
mouths ago that chickens sent to the mar
ket from that section of Nebraska were-
found to have gold in their craws. Once
before that it was reported that gold had
been found in the sandy region which cut-
tluough the southwestern part of that
county , along the course of the MiddU *
Loup , which rises in Hooker County-
Geologists have maintained that gold ex
ists in the Platte River gravels in small
quantities , but that is accounted for l > >
the origin of the stream in the Roc-kj
Mountains , while such an explanation
does not fit into the valley county story ,
* * *
State officials who have talked to Su
perintendent Greens concerning the : u5 -
dent which resulted in the death of M r--
Julia Maly , of South Omaha , say tht
the officials of that institution were not to-
blame. The woman was lined up A\itk
the other inmates when a sudden im
pulse seized her and before the attendant- ,
could interfere she had climbed out < > u
the fire escape at the third story ami
jumped to the ground. Her death was dtu-
to paralysis induced by a fracture of tlu-
spine. The asylum authorities make an
effort to keep all of the windows closed to-
prevent any e Torts of patients to thr.iw
themselves out , but in this instance there-
happened to be one open within reach of
the woman. Land Commissioner Eatow
believes that the accident was wholly un
avoidable.
* * *
The attorneys for the plaintift in the
suit against the directois of the old Cap
ital National Bank for money lost in the
failure have filed motions in the supreme
court asking that the bills of exception-
on which the cases were taken to the su
preme court be quashed because of defec
tive authentication and failure to attack
the exhibits. The point raised in the-
case is the same as that on which the su-
preme court based its decision in the suit
of the state against the Bartley bonds
men. The bill of exceptions in the pend
ing suit was prepared in several volume *
and the proper certificates were not at
tached to each of them by way of au
thentication. It is now urged that the
failure to properly authenticate requires
that the entire bill be quashed.
* The announcement of the final result
in the recent corn growing and cooking.
contest shows that there are some boys in
the state who can cook. Charles Metz-
ger , the first on the list , of Pawnee dis
trict No. 20 , received a score of 90.2. Hiss-
chef d'ouvre was a fruit cake in an or
namental carton , woven of vari-colored
cornhusks. The cake was left in the
possession of Deputy State Superintend
ent Bishop and excited considerable fa
vorable comment from visitors to his of
fice. At the banquet given the visiting
school children at the time of the con
test , the cake occupied a place of honoc
in the centnof the banquet hall.
> * . *
Prominent educators of the state , led"
by State Superintendent McBrien , an *
making an effort to induce the board of
managers of the board of agriculture to
establish a regular educational exhibit
at the state fair in older to provide for
an adequate display of the results ob
tained throughout the state. It is believ
ed that the collection of exhibits bearing
On education will have the result of ex
tending proper methods of iustructixu
and give impetus to the general move
ment for pedagogic reform.
The heart of Adjt. Gen. Culver na < -
gladdened by the receipt of information
from Kearney that nearly enough money
had been received to build an armory for
the National Guard. He understands that
the structure is to cost about $40,000.
The plans for the new armories wcro
promised for Saturday , but the architecr
has encountered further delays in tho
preparation of his drawings. Gen. Culver
expects Lincoln to follow Omaha in con
tributing a site for a memorial armorv
* *
The Nebraska commission to the Leis
ind Clark exposition , at a recent meet
ing , passed a resolut" expressing its
Lhanks to the newspapers , the officials of
ie exposition , tho state university , the-
railroads , the commissioners of Dou"las
Bounty and Thomas H. Kimball , the
irchitect of the Nebraska
pavilion f
, < * r a -
sistauce rendered in making the exhibit
f the state at Portland a success
* *
President Mellor , of the state board of
igriculture , has been informed that the
late of the next state fair , as determined
y the International Association of Fairs
md Expositions at its recent meeting.
vill be from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7. That
9 about the same date aa la ; t year.
* * #
The clerk of the supreme court hasap -
ointed Miss Josephine Murphy or
? lattsmouth clerk in
record his office to
.ucceed Mr. Leroy , who' will1become
udge Letton's. stenographer w ea tic ! lat
er ascsuils tl.e