The Valentine Democrat
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. Rice. Publisher
IEBNEW THE MUTINY
/COMMANDER / WOUXDED IX BAT
TLE WITH TROOPS.
Mutineers Include Both Sailors and
Artillerists and Have Possession of
a Battery The Loyal Force at Hand
Is Insufficient.
A St. Petersburg special states :
That there has been a renewal of the
mutiny at Vladivostok was confirmed
by a dispatch from that city , filed
Thursday , and received here late Fri
day night.
The dispatch indicates that the mu
tiny , which began last Monday , had
not been subdued and that the situa
tion was far more serious than during
the outbreak in November , as the mu
tineers include both sailors and artil
lerists , who are in possession of the
"Holy Innocence" battery and are
well armed with rifles and machine
B ms as well as having heavy fortress
guns.
Gen Mistchenko , who has been sent
to deal with the mutineers , the dis
patch adds , has no easy task , as the
Cossacks given him are ill suited for
.capturing a fortified position. It de
clares that the promises of immediate
transportation home for the men , with
which the government ended the for
mer revolt , are now scarcely effective.
The telegram , which bears evidences
of having been carefully edited , says
nothing about the numbers of the mu
tineers , nor of the attitude of the gar
rison as a whole.
The hasty dispatch of the nearest ,
available troops indicates that Gen.
Linevitch is distrustful.
The number of Cossacks in a fighti
on Tuesday when a column of sailors ,
in advancing on the commandant's
house , was scattered by machine guns ,
not stated in the dispatch , and there
s no mention in it of excesses or the
! destruction of property.
A report that Gen. Selllvanoff , the-
commander of the army corps at Vlad- ,
jivostok , has been wounded , is con-
Ifirmed.
The war department officials are
-unable to give particulars of the serf1
jousness of the mutiny , which Is due to
the reserve men who are thoroughly
'undisciplined ' and are clamoring for.
.their immediate transportation home,1
fthoygh the government has given !
ttUem precedence over the trans-Sibe-
rlan railroad in addition to charter- ;
Ing alf'the available steamers for this
Inurpose.
BIG DOCK TOWS WELI/ .
iewey Makes Good Progress Toward )
Phillippines.
The big dry dock Dewey is gettingl
( along well on her way to the Phillip-j
pines and the almost daily reports re
ceived at the navy department at
Washington by wireless telegraphy
have almost assured the officials of the
success of the venturesome experiment.
Two messages came from the naval
commandant at San Juan , Porto Rico.t
.transmitting news of the dock received ,
.through . the chain of scout ships ,
thrown out from Admiral Brownson's
jcruiser squadron. One message re-
ported the dock in latitude 2.44 and
longitude 41.23 , with weather fine
and the expedition making an
average of 100 miles per day.
FOUXD NOT GUILTY.
Jury In The Town Topics Case Re
turns Verdict.
At New York the jury in the Towi
Topics case returned a verdict that
Editor Norman Hapgood , of Collier's-
Weekly , is not guilty of criminal libel. ,
The jury was out about ten minutes. ,
Hapgood was charged with criminal
libel of Justice Joseph M. Deuel. The
complaint in the case was based on an.- ,
editorial in Collier's in August last )
bearing on Justice Deuel's connection
( With Town Topics.
"I will not attempt to disguise from
you the utter loathing and contempt
JI feel for some witnesses whom I my
self have introduced , " declared District
[ Attorney Jerome to the jury Friday in
his argument for the prosecution.
Grcen-Gnynor Trial.
Judge Speer decided'at Savannah , (
Ga. , Friday in the Green-Gaynor case-
ithat the telegrams and letters relating
ito the charges made by W. R. Surtls ,
an inspector in the employ of the gov
ernment under Capt. Carter , in 1888 , ,
that Greene and Gaynor had attempted )
to bribe him , were admissible.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux-
City live stock market follow : Butch-i
or steers , $3.50@4.25. Top hogs ,
$5.30.
France To Boycott
'A' Washington dispatch says : As !
a preliminary to a naval demonstra
tion France is n w considering a boy
cott of all Venezuelan products , of
which she is the largest foreign pur
chaser.
u" - To Boom Afle For Congress.
An Indianapolis special says *
r < " < George Ade Is to be boomed for con
press by his admirers In the Tenth
Jdlstrlct Ade's home is in Kentland.i
REFUSED TO SAVE HIMSELF.
Captain of the Valencia Clung to the
Wreck.
According to Seattle , Wash. , dis
patches survivors of the wreck of the
steamship Valencia , who were picked
up from a life raft by the steamer City
of Topeka , are of the opinion that
Capt O. M. Johnson , master of the
Valencia , made no effort to save his
own life , even when a chance present
ed. According to their story , Capt.
Johnson was heartbroken over the
great loss of life attending the loss of
the Valencia.
With tense , drawn face Capt. John
son , clinging to the rigging with the
passengers , thought only of those with
him , and time and again prayed for
assistance.
"My God , send relief to my passen
gers , " Capt. Johnson was heard to
say before the life rafts left the steam
er.
Passengers and crew during the
night prior to the departure of the life
rafts , according to those saved , beg
ged Capt Johnson to place a life belt
about his waist. This he persistently
refused to do. In spite of the fact that
those near him begged him to thinis
of his family and friends , Capt. John
son would not do a single thing to
help his condition.
According to these survivors , about
thirty persons left the wreck on Wed
nesday morning on the two life rafts
and one boat.
Capt Gibbs , who went from Seattle
to the scene of the wreck on the
steamer City of Topeka , returned Fri
day on the steamship Texan.
"We arrived at the scene of the
wreck about 0 o'clock Thursday morn
ing , " said Capt. Gibbs. "At that time
I had seen nothing of the Valencia. A
thick foT was hanging over the straits ,
and nothing but the white foam of the
breakers could be seen from our
decks.
"We spoke the steamer Queen and
were informed that about 9 o'clock
there were estimated to be about sixty
persons still clinging to the rigging
of the Valencia. The City of Topeka
then cruised about the entrance of the
straits in the hope of finding surviv
ors. At 12:30 we picked up the raft
The condition of the survivors was de
plorable.
"The survivors informed me that
the Valencia officers did all they could
to impress upon their minds the fact
that there would be little chance for
help after the last boats had gone.
Still the women refused to take to the
life rafts and as a consequence men
took their places. "
TO PUT TO DEATH.
Ohio Bill Provides for Killing of In
curables.
Painless death for sufferers who
have no chance for recovery , who de
sire to live no longer , will be possible
if a bill which has been introduced in
the general assembly of Ohio at Co
lumbus is passed. If the proposed
measure becomes a law , persons suf-
ring from incurable disease or from
injuries from which there is no hope
of recovery may be legally chloroform
ed to death or killed in any other pain
less way which physicians may de
sign.
sign.Under
Under the provisions of the bill a
person of sound mind who is sick unto
death and who is suffering unbearable
agony can ask a physicion to admin
ister an anaesthetic until the patient
loses consciousness and dies. The
physician must consult with three oth
er physicians before administering the
drug and also must admonish the pa-
'tient that certain death Is to follow.
ORDERED TO MURDER.
Sensational Charge Made l y Former
St. Louis Detective.
A St. Louis dispatch says : Former
Detective Andrew Gordon , colored ,
, who Wednesday called on Circuit At-
itorney Sager and related to him that
[ while a member of the police depart-
iment here he was ordered by a high
official to kill Oliver J. Beck , a judge
of election , and John W. Wheeler , a
.negro editor , called on Sager again
iThursday , and was conducted before
[ the grand jury.
l He told Attorney Sager he kept still
'about the matter until he found since
'his dismissal from the police depart-
fment his efforts , according to his state-
jment to secure work were being care
fully thwarted.
Would Honor Gen. Lee.
Speaking at the annual banquet of
the confederate veterans' camp , of
N5ew , York , Gen. Frederick D. Grant ,
commanding the department of the
east , U. S. A. , proposed an informal
resolution that steps be taken at once
to make Jan. 19 , 1907 , the one-hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Robcrt B. Lee , a national day of me
morial.
To Create Two New States.
By a vote of 194 ayes to 150 nays
the statehood bill passed the national
house at Washington Thursday after-
oioon. The bill grants statehood to
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
Oklahoma and Arizona and New Mex
ico as Arizona.
To Open Feb. 19.
Official notification was given at
London Wednesday that King Edward
said Queen Alexandra will formally
open parliament Feb. 19. The house
of commons will assemble Feb. 13 ,
when a speaker will be selected.
California Bank Falls.
At San Lula Obispo , Cal. , the bank
of San Luis Oblspo closed Its doors
Thursday morning by order of the
> bank commissioners.
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GO DOWX WITH SHIP.
ISO Persons Perish With Steamer Va
lencia. *
A Victoria , B. C. , special says : A
heavy fog deferred the rescue worl ;
at the scene of the wrecked steamei
Valencia. The/jte'eather / is very thick ,
with a tremendously heavy sea , though
the wind has died down.
Victoria , B. C. , dispatches state that
of the 154 people on the steamer Va
lencia when she struck near Kanaway
I'ock , five miles from Cape Beale , at
11:45 o'clock on Monday night and
met disaster , but fifteen were saved.
Seven were passengers and eight were
members of the crew. The dead num
ber 139 , the'greatest loss of life in the
north Pacific since the "Pacific" was
lost in 1875.
The Valencia , in whise rigging about
thirty people were clinging , frantical
ly waving for assistance which could
not be given when the steamer Queen
left the scene at 11:30 a. m. broke up
about 5 o'clock Wednesday , sweeping
to death those few who had survived
those terrible hours of privation , chill
ed and numb to the limit of human en
durance by clouds of spray which
swept over them.
The tug Lome , which Mayor Morley
sent at 11 o'clock Wednesday night
after the sad news was brought by the
Queen of men clinging to the rigging
of the partially submerged vessel , and
the bluejackets who went on her by
order of Capt. Parry , of H. M. S. Ege-
ria , with surf boats to endeavor to
reach the wreck , arrived too late , as
the sea claimed all before the Queen
reached Victoria.
BATTLE IX CHIXATOWX.
Fatal Collision Between Rival Socie
ties in Xew York.
A score of Chinamen engaged in a
revolver battle in the streets of China
town , New York City , Wednesday
which resulted in the death of two
Chinamen , Ching Yong and Lee Soon ,
the mortal wounding of a third and
the serious injury of a fourth of the
combatants. The battle was between
members of the two rival Chinese so
cieties , the Hip Sings and the On Le-
ongs.
Chinatown was full of visitors at the
time who were witnessing the celebra
tion of the Chinese New Year.
The fight began in Pell Street under
cover of the racket of firecrackers set
off intentionally by members of tho
rival societies.
BLACK HILLS MAX STARVES.
D. H. Hugh Would Eat Only Dough
nuts and Coffee.
Because he loved money better than
life , D. H. Hugh , a millionaire ol
Deadwood , S. D. , starved to death in
Albuquerque , N. M. His daughter , Mary
Moulton , is the wife of the govern
ment assayer in Deadwood , who is al
so wealthy.
Coffee and doughnuts were the only
food Hugh would buy , though he had
a monthly income of $2,500 from
rentals and interests. He owned thou
sands of dollars' worth of property
in the business district of Deadwood.
The body was shipped to Deadwood ,
OIL MAX DEFIANT.
Frank Rockefeller Ignores Summons
of Court.
Frank Rockefeller refused to appear
before Attorney General Hadley at
Cleveland , O. , and testify Thursday at
the hearing in connection with the ac
tion of the state of Missouri against
the Standard Oil Company.
A deputy sheriff served a subpoena
upon Rockefeller Wednesday evening.
Thursday morning the deputy report
ed Rockefeller said : "Won't appear ,
can't appear , and there is no use talk-
about it. They may send me to jail if
they want to. "
Fourteen Persons Hurt.
Fourteen persons were slightly in
jured in a collision at Glendora , Cal. ,
between a Santa Fe limited west
bound train and a local train. All the
injured were passengers on the local.
The limited train was running sixty-
five miles an hour when the collision
occurred.
Railroads Get Injunction.
At Lincoln , Neb. , Tax Commission
er Pollard , of the Burlington Railroad ,
Wednesday served papers on State
Treasurer Mortensen. This prevents
the treasurer fr.om collecting or receiv
ing the railroad taxes for 1905.
Xegro Students Boycott White Men.
At TalTadega , Ala. , over one hun
dred students left Talladega College
( colored ) Wednesday because a south
ern white man , L. O. Parks , was em
ployed as superintendent of the college
farm.
Made Governor of New Mexico.
Herbert J. Hegerman was inaugur
ated governor of New Mexico Monday
in the hall of representatives in the
presence of a great multitude.
Murderer Xot Caught.
An Aberdeen , S. D. , special says : All
trace has been lost of Henry Fulkin-
son , the murderer of Dr. Drake , a
dentist at Ashley , N. D.
Xew Record Made.
At Ormond , Fla. , a new world's rec
ord for the mile of 32 1-5 seconds was
made Tuesday by Marriott in a freak
racer in the first preliminary heat for
the Dewar trophy. Earp was second.
Mme. Calve Has New Protege.
A Seattle , Wash. , special says : Mme.
Calve has become impressed with the
possibilities of the voice of Lois Feurt ,
17 years old , and will adopt her and
g-ii--a her a musical education abroad.
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IX A COX-
DEXSED FORM.
Big Lead Field in Nebraska Illgli
Grade Ore Underlying 100 Squart
Miles Richardson County Alreadj
Talks of Abandoning Its Farms.
' Rich deposits of high grade leac
ore , underlying a territory of 101
square miles in Richardson County ,
are the discovery of the past few
weeks , and it begins to look as if Rich
ardson County farms will ere long b
abandoned for the greater wealth thai
HQS beneath them.
A couple of months ago three or
our four Falls City men associated
themselves with I. N. Laurence , of
Deadwood , S. D. , to prospect and drill
in the hills lying east of Falls City and
see of the surface indications of min
eral deposits were supported by what
they could find. They leased 900 acres
of land about three miles east of town
and started to work. The first pros
pect they put down was wet and they
were forced by the water to abandon
it. They moved a little south and far
ther down the hill and put down a
prospect hole there , and at the depth
of 100 feet they struck a six-foot vein
of lead ore that is as fine as any ore
produced by the Joplin district.
They have sunk a number of holes ,
and every one shows pay ore in big
bodies.
The territory that this opens up is a
monstrous big one , for the strip is
abDut four miles wide and extends
from the Kansas line north about
twenty-five miles. This is almost-all
proven territory and it is not known
how much larger the mineral body is.
The company that has developed tl te
field so far is at work preparing to
work the properties , and Falls City
expects soon to be an ore shipping
point of no small size. It is quite a
surprise to the people of Falls City and
Richardson County to discover that
there is something there besides what
grows on top of the ground , and if the
body of ore discovered is large enough
Richardson County will stop farming
and go to mining.
KILLED IX A RUNAWAY.
Fatal Runaway Accident Occurs Xear
Hartington.
Jacob Preston , a well known farmer ,
living five miles south of Hartington
was instantly killed in a runaway acr
cident near his home. In company
with his son he had hitched up a
broncho team and 'was going to drive
to a public sale. Shortly after leaving
the farm yard the team ran away , and
in turning a corner both men were
pitched out of the wagon. Preston
struck on his head , breaking his neck
and fracturing his skull. His son
William was terribly bruised about
the head'and it is feared he cannot re
cover. Preston was 60 years old and
his son is about 35.
Under Bonds to Keep Peace.
At the trial of William Matlock vs.
Fred Lantis , at Niobrara , some inter
esting testimony was given. Lantis
had Matlock arrested on a charge of
assault with intent to do great bodly
harm and prayed the court that Mat-
lock be placed under bond to keep the
peace. The trouble was caused by
gossip and a debt over a horse. Lan
tis claimed that in shooting he did it
only to frighten Matlock. Matlock
was placed under $100 bonds to keep
the peace.
Wireless Telegraph at Kearney.
A wireless telegraph station in
Kearney is one of the probabilities of
the near future. W. F. Conklin , a
representative of the DeForest Wire
less Telegraph company was in that
city for the purpose of arranging for
opening a station there which will be
worked in conjunction with a chain
of stations which extend across the
continent.
Fire at Elba.
A fire , supposed to be of incendiary
origin , destroyed the building and mer
chandise stock of Anderson & Co. , at
Elba , at an early hour Wednesday
morning. The building was valued at
$5,000 and the = 5tock art $13,000. The
insurance was $8,000. Elba is a short
distance from Grand Island.
McDonald Shot Himself.
Anthony McDonald , the man found
over in Saunders County with two bul
let wounds in his head and taken to
Leshera , has had a few conscious mo-
mentsat intervals and in one of them
said he shot himself because he did
not want to live.
Campaign Against Parcels Post.
A representative of J. W. Pilking-
ton , ofDes Moines , la. , has been at
Hastings two days collecting signa
tures of merchants to a petition pro
testing against the passage of the par
cels post bill. All of the larger towns
-f Nebraska will be canvassed.
Contract for Sugar Beets.
The American Beet Sugar company
of Grand Island is now making con
tracts with the farmers around Wood
River and vicinity for the raising of
beets in 1906. The price to be paid is
5 per ton.
Prospecting i'or Oil and Gas.
At a meeting of the Beatrice Com
mercial club steps were taken to pros
pect for oil and gas. A committee
was appointed to look after the matter
of leasing ground on which to begin
operations.
Railroads Get Injunction.
Tax Commissioner Pollard , of the
Burlington Railroad , Wednesday serv
ed injunction papers on State Treasur
er Mortensen at Lincoln. This pre
vents the treasurer from collecting or
receiving the railroad taxes for 1905.
To Connect with Nebraska Line.
The State Telephone Company , of
towa , nas filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state at Lincoln.
! The concern will connect with the Ne
braska independent systems.
RUINED BY INSANE DAUGHTER.
Once Wealthy Nebraska Farmei ?
Penniless.
Driven penniless by the insane ac
tions of his daughter , the notorious Ida
Irish , now an inmate of the Nebraska
insane hospital at Lincoln , John Irish ,
an aged character in Antelope County ,
is dead at Neligh. Through the lasl
days he suffered much. He was bur
ied at the city's expense. *
Irish was driven to poverty through
his daughter's weird actions. In the
early days the family lived at Tilden ,
where Ida Irish , then a good looking
young woman , fell in love with Dr.
Macomber. Dr. Macomber was said
to be engaged to a number of young
women in the vicinity and as the date
set for their wedding drew nearer he
became nervous. One morning his
lifeless body was found in bed and It
was said he had ended-his worries in
morphine.
The death of her lover drove Ida
Irish insane. She raved so much that
she was sent to the Norfolk insane hos
pital , where she remained until it
burned.
SYFE HELD FOR MURDER.
Rosebud Killing Said to Have Result
ed from Practical Joke.
A Norfolk special says : Isaac Syfe ,
the Syrian who was suspected of foul
play in the death of Peter Kaden , the
Rosebud tenderfoot from Hoskins ,
whose dead body was found in a well ,
and who , a letter on Kaden's table
made it appear , had committed suicide
because he was called a horsethief , has
been arrested here on the charge of
murder in the first degree.
Syfe entered a plea of not guilty and
the preliminary hearing was set for
Saturday , Jan. 26 , in Bonesteel , before
Justice J. M. Biggins.
The arrest was made on a complaint
filed by State's Attorney Bachus on an
order from the county commissioners
of Gregory County.
RICH STRIKE IX OLD TABLE.
When Cut Up for Kindling $1,200 In
Bills Is Found.
A Plattsmouth special says : Over
the river , where Charley Wightman
lives , a man named Jacobson went out
into the back yard recently and pro
ceeded to cut up into kindling wood an
old board that was at one time a part
of a table.
At the first blow a German almanac
fell from a cavity in the board , be
tween the leaves of which were found
the sum of $1,200 in $5 , $10 and $20
bills and one $50 bill. Now every old
suspicious looking board on the place
is being cut up into splinters , but Mr.
Wightman says that up to the present
time no further finds have been made.
FIERCE FIRE AT BEATRICE.
Match Dropped Xear Xaphtha Tank
Damages Dempster Factory.
The plant of the Dempster Mill
Manufacturing Company , one of the
largest of its kind in the world , nar
rowly escaped destruction by fire at
Beatrice. The fire originated in the
cultivator department and was caused
by one of the workmen dropping a
lighted match near a tank filled with
naphtha. The fire burned fiercely for
nearly two hours and by the hardest
kind of work the firemen succeeded in
preventing the flames from spreading
to the other departments of the fac
tory.
Forger Sent to Penitentiary.
John Stump , who was recently
brought to McCook from St. Louis for
forgery , was convicted and sentenced
in the district court and will serve
two and one half years in the peniten
tiary for forging three checks on John
F. Helm , a well-to-do farmer of Red
Willow. Stump worked for Helm dur
ing the past year , and after forging
the three checks made his escape as
far as St. Louis , where he was appre
hended.
Glanders in Gage County.
Several head of horses afflicted with
the glanders have been shot in the vi
cinity of Adams under orders from thg
state veterinarian. The disease is be
lieved to have orignated from a bunch
of bronchos brought to Gage county
three years ago , and it appears to have
not reached its last stage until recently.
Every effort will be made to eradicate
the disease before- spreads.
Farm House Burned.
Tho house on the farm of J. B.
Walker , a mile and a half north of
Edgar , was burned the other night
with all its contained. The house'was '
occupied by Gilbert La Bounty and
family , who were at a party at Albert
McLey's , and the fire was not discov-i
ered until it had gained such headway
that it was impossible to save t
hoi.se or any of the household goods.
Searching for Lost Brother.
William Eifert of Colorado Springs
is in McCook searching for his brother ,
Milton Eifert , who has disappeared
and of whom so far no trace has been
found. The Eiferts come from thfl
Beaver country , south of McCook ,
where they have been old resident *
Xiobrara.Is High.
The Niobrara river is on a rampage.
The thawing weather caused an ice
dam to form just above the wagon
bridge west of Niobrara. Old settlers
say the river is the highest known
for a number of years.
Farm Hand Arrested.
E. Piper , a farm hand from Madi
son , and T. O. Bottecher , an ice chop
per from that place were arrested at
Xorfolk and sent back to Madison on
the charge of stealing $57.50 from
Phillip Knapp , Pipper's employer ,
Parker Released from Prison.
Samuel Parker , of Pender , convicted
jf manslaughter and for some time an
inmate if the state penitentiary at
Liincoli. , was released from the prison
ruesday afternoon pending an appeal
: o the supreme court. His bond was
Ixed at $10,000 , which was given.
BrrJenians Body Goes to Indiana.
The remains of Brakeman F.
Smith , who was killed north of SIdn
: y falling from the cars , will be tak n
.j liia homo in Indiana for burial.
The state board of agriculture
maintain an\open office in Lincoln and
the secretary/ the board will reside
In that city.X This the board decided
Jan. 17 previous to the election of of
ficers. The state ; board of horticulture
went on record tfavoring the same
proposition , it having been the sense *
of a that association that to properly
look after the business of the associa-1
tion and Its work , it would be neces-j
InJ
sary to have a resident secretary
Lincoln to whom should be paid at
salary sufficient to enable , him to de
vote his entire time to the association
work. The fair will be held from
Aug. 30 to Sept 7 , inclusive. The en
tire report of the nominating commit
tee was then adopted by acclamation , ,
the following officers being elect ? ' '
Peter Youngers , of Geneva , presided ,
W. R. Mellor , of Loup City , secretary ;
Elijah Filley , of Reynolds , vice presi
dent ; Joseph Roberts , of Fremont , sec
ond vice president ; E. B. Russell , of
Blair , treasurer. >
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Epilepsy arising from a scare inflict \
ed by a dog twelve years ago was as
signed as the cause of the insanity ol
Miss Christine Kovar , of David City ,
22 years old and single. That was thfr
t
testimony offered before the commis
sioners of insanity Wednesday fore
noon by the father and brother of the-
demented girl , who is said to be in a-
private hospital in Lincoln. The testi
mony was that the young woman has-
manifested an ambition to run away
'rom home , and when she was oppos *
ed she would become violent and inti
mate her intention to destroy herself.
The only cause assigned was that she
was stricken with epilepsy twelve
years ago as a result of the shock oc
casioned when she was scared by st-
dog. The commissioners found her in
sane and a commitment to the insane-
hospital was made out
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The insurance department is getting
anxious for an opinion from the su
preme court in the case involving the
validity of the reciprocal tax law. Just
at this time the department is trying ;
to get the companies to pay up without
.waiting for a decision from the courts , ,
ibut , of course , none of the companies-
are responding , though several of them ,
.owe from $5,000 to $6,000. Auditor
Searle is afraid that if the state wins
the case these companies which owe-
so much will just drop out of the state
.and will refuse to pay their back tax
es. This will necessitate a suit which
'will have to be filed in the state wheret
the companies are organized , entailing :
much cost and trouble. The case has
(
been argued in all five times and is
still in the hands of the judges.
Because Attorney General Brown
held that the history of the Idaho-
state bonds , which the state had con
tracted to buy , was not properly au-
ithenticated the state will not close the-
( contract The board of educational
.lands and funds had agreed to take
the bonds to the amount of $50,000 T > H
and later the board expected to buy * < I
$200,000 more as the investment for U
the permanent school fund is consid
ered better than the Massachusetts !
bonds. If the officials of Idaho prop
erly authenticate the history of they
bonds , they will be bought , as the at
torney general and the board believer
they were legally issued.
* * *
No more will the state officers and !
the employes of state officers be per- ,
mltted to use an express frank. What
the state convention failed to accom
plish by condemning the passes and !
their users the heads of the expresa
companies did by issuing a little notice
that no more express would be frank
ed. The order was served on the state !
house people Jan. 17. Some of the
officers returned their express frankss-
when they returned their passes , buti
others did not , and a large number oC
employes a-d heads of departments- v
are affected by the order.
* * *
Nebraska dairymen elected officers !
for the ensuing year Jan. 17. Henry
P. Glissman , of Omaha , was namorr
as president ; H. C. Young , of Line * ,
as vice president ; S. C. Bassett , of Gib
son , secretary and treasurer. Papers *
were read by H. C. Young , of Lincoln , , i ,
and Prof. H. M. Reynolds , of the Uni
versity of Minnesota , he dairymen ,
report their organization in a highly
prosperous condition and the business-
of buttermaking growing each season-
by big jumps.
* * *
Lysle Abbott has appealed from the >
decision of the lower court in the mat
ter of the election of county commis
sioners , which held that the election ,
was valid and that the law providing :
for the extension of the terms of coun
ty commissioners was unconstitutional.
Mr. Abbott has until Feb. 1 to file his
brief.
* * *
* *
Adjt Gen. Culver has issued orders
for the annual school of instruction , if
of the National Guard to be held In
Lincoln Feb. 19 to 21. Prominent
men familiar with the details of the
soldier business will be on hand to
Jeliver addresses and to help make
the school a success.
* * s
In the suit entitled the State of Ne
braska against the Several Parcels of
Land , appealed from Douglas County
n which Annie Homer and others at-
: acked the validity of the scavenger
ax law , the supreme court affirmed
he decision of the lower court
* * *
In two decisions
filed the supreme
: ourt holds tkat there
was no ground ,
or the appointment of a receiver of
he Lincoln Traction Company , and -in
hat the compromise attempted by the.
ity council of Lincoln regarding the
layment of delinquent taxes by the
raction company shall be carried out
: he council was enjoined from
per-
ectlngr its coprWise by Dr. Ceorge
) . W. Farnham in
August 1899. The
raction company paid $59,580 in ac-
ordance with the terms of the com-
anthere is now due $5,500