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The Valentine Democrat Valentine , Neb. I. M. Rice. - - Publisher CEOWE IS ACQUITTED NOT GUILTY OF KIDNAPING , THE JURY SAYS. Prisoner is at Once Rearrested on the Charge of Robbery in Iowa 'and Taken to Jail to Await Another Trial. At Omaha , Neb. , Pat Crowe was found not guilty at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. The crowd cheered so loudly that the judge ordered the court room cleared. Crowe was accused of kidnaping the son of E. A. Cudahy , the millionaire packer. Eddie Cudahy was kidnaped on the night of Dec. 19 , 1900 , and a day or two later his father in response to a letter left in his front yard placed $25,000 in gold at a point near the Fremont road west of the city and the boy was returned to his hdme un harmed. The boy identified a picture of Crowe as that of one of the two men who kidnaped him and to stimulate the search for him Mr. Cudahy , Sr. , offered a reward of $50,000 for Crowe's arrest. Some time later James Calla- han was arrested and identified by Young Cudahy as one of his captors. He was tried , but as there was at that time no law making the kidnaping of a person over 10 years of age a crime , and as it could not be shown that Cal- lahan received any of. the money , he was acquitted. Last October Crowe was arrested at Butte , Mont. , on Feb. 7 , he was placed on trial charged with robbery. There was introduced as evidence for the prosecution a letter purporting to have been written by Crowe to Father Mur phy , of Vail , Ia. , in which the kidnap ing is admitted , and the writer says he 'has offered to return $21,000 to Mr. Cudahy if he would be merciful to him. The letter expresses the writer's desire to plead guilty and have sen tence suspended to permit him to make a new start in life. As soon as the verdict of acquittal was announced the authorities from Council Bluffs , with a requisition In dorsed by Gov. Mickey , rearrested the prisoner , and he was taken across the river to stand trial on a charge of street car robbery. DOUBLE CHICAGO HANGING. Two Men Who Had Murdered People Are Put to Death. John Mueller and Robert Newcomb ( colored ) who had each murdered three people , were hanged at Chicago Friday in the county jail. Muller wantonly killed his wife and two young children in January , 1905. Drink and an unhappy domestic life were ascribed as the causes for the murderMuller protested his inno cence , claiming the murder was com mitted by burglars. Crazed with liquor , Newcomb shot and killed his mistress and a colored man he found in her company. "While resisting arrest Newcomb shot and 'killed Police Seargeant Shine , for whose murder he paid the penalty. . PICK UP MILLIONS. Sensational Charges Against Cincinnati Financiers. Sensational charges were made in a suit filed in the federal court at Cin- , cinnati by attorneys for Rudolph Kley- , boldt , a Cincinnati banker , seeking an investigation of the Miami and Erie the "Electric Mule. " The charge is that financiers of Cleveland , whose names are mentioned as defendants , floated $2,000,000 in bonds and $3,000,000 in stock on the sole strength of $10,000 paid up capi tal stock in that company , that the stock and bonds being placed on tho jmarket were taken in good faith by hundreds of innocent investors In Gin- icinnati and elsewhere. Loubet Says Farewell to Cabinet. President Loubet Friday presided for the last time at the council of min isters at Paris. He showed emotion in 'thanking the cabinet for its support jand hoped the same ministers would 'continue their labors. First Bath in Fifty Years. Nicholas Hoffman , of Sheboygan , Wis. , who is C4 years old , bathed Fri- day for the first time in fifty years. He made a vow when he was 14 A Remarkable Suicide. With the greatest deliberation F. R. Avery , treasurer of the Avery Manu- facuring company of Peoria , 111. , com mitted suicide by breaking the ice on a small lake near Centerville , 111. , and holding his head under water. Fear More Seismic Shocks. Confirmation of reports of loss of life by a tidal wave following a submarine earthquake on January 31 has been brought to Panama by the captain of Jthe steamer Quito , which arrived from Guayaquil. Other seismic shocks aro teared. Sioux City Live StocI : Market. Friday's quotations on the Sioux 4 ( CIty live stock market follow : Butcher , steGrs , $4.00@5.00. Top hogs , A BANK IS WRECKED. Receiver Named for New Chicago Concern. The Bank of America at Chicago , Incorporated lastDecember with a cap ital of $250,000 , was placed In the hands of a receiver at 10 o'clock Thursday night by Judg Chytraus , of the superior court , on complaint of John E. Kavanaugh , one of the stock holders. The bill asking for the re ceivership holds former Judge Abner Smith , president , and three other offi cials of the bank responsible for the Insolvency of the institution. In the few weeks since the opening of the bank President Smith Is charged with having so manipulated securities , mortgages and notes and the stock of the bank that he has obtained amounts aggregating $146,000. The other three officials , who , In connection with Pres ident Smith , are held responsible for the alleged Insolvency of the bank , are G. F. Sorrow , vice president ; Jerome V. Pierce , cashier , and F. E. Creel- man , a stockholder and director. It Is charged against these officials that together with President Smith they had absolute control of the bank and its funds. The operations of Pres ident Smith and the other officials mentioned in the bill are said to have begun as soon as the bank opened for business , Smith is said to then have borrowed money and placed it in the treasury to deceive the state In to believing that the stock had been paid up. President Smith was one of the prime movers in the formation of the bank , having subscribed for $70- 000 of the stock. In order to prevent , if possible , a panic and a possible run on the bartk it was decided to file the bill for the appointment of a receiver late Thursday night. Judge Chytraus and the clerk of the superior court had been asked to be in their office , and agreed to do so. Shortly before 10 o'clock attorne representing Mr. Kavanaugh appeared with the petition for a receiver. No1- tice had been served previously on President Smith , but he did not appear either in person or by attorney. After reading the bill the court entered an order appointing Daniel J. Healy , a stockholder , receiver. Bonds of $150- 000 were furnished and Mr. Healy took charge of the bank. MANY SWALLOWED BY SEA. A Tidal Wave Caused by Earthquake Causes Heavy Loss of Life. Passengers from the province of Es- meraldas , in the extreme northwestern part of Ecuador , who arrived at Guay aquil , report that earthquake shocks were felt there Jan. 31 and that sev eral towns in the province of Esmeral- das and Manabi were seriously dam aged. At Esmaraldas City several houses collapsed , Including the gov ernment house. The village of Pinguagi , near the Colombian frontier , was inundated by a tidal wave and many inhabitants were drowned. Ninety bodies were washed asore at Tumaco. At Rio Verde several houses collapsed. During eight days twenty-five shocks were felt in Esmaraldas. The Colembian village of Guacada also was inundated by a tidal wave and 200 persons were drowned. The eruption of the Colom bian volcano of Cumbal caused the earthquakes. DOUGHERTY BONDSMEN FREE. Peoria School Board Takes Action Af ter Stormy Session. After an exceedingly stormy session , the school inspectors of Peoria , 111. , adopted a resolution , the clauses of which release from liability the forg ery and embezzlement of N. C. Dough erty , all the treasurers and the bonds men of the past eighteen years , the Peoria National Bank and all othpr banks which have handled school funds in eighteen years since Dougher ty became secretary of the school board. TRAIN HITS CHILDREN. Seven Severely Hurt in an Accident in Michigan. A Flint , Mich. , dispatch says : Sev en school children were severely in jured , three of them perhaps fatally , when a Pere Marquettc freight train crashed into a wagon in which thirteen children were being driven from the district school to Grand Blanc village Thursday. A high grade shuts off the view of the railroad tracks from the road at the crossing where the accident oc curred. Methodists for "Open Shop. " At the meeting of Methodist editors and publishing managers of the Unit ed States at Cincinnati , O. , it was de cided that every printing establish ment controlled by the Methodist Book Concern shall hereafter be run on the "open shop" plan. - Earthquake in Colombia. An earthquake of considerable mag nitude , which , however , did little seri ous damage , was reported at New York by the steamer Sarnia , which has arrived from Cartaena , a sea port of Colombia. The shock was felt on Jan. 31. Punch's Editor Resigns. Sir Francis Burnard has resigned the editorship of London Punch. Mr. Burnard has been"associated with that periodical for forty-four years and has edited it for a quarter of a cen tury. Cold fn Minnesota. A Winona , Minn. , special says : Street thermometers registered 24 to 30 degrees below zero-Thursday morn ing- . WARNING BY CONGER. Ex-Minister Predicts Big Uprising Iv China. Edwin H. Conger , for many years United States minister to China , and who Is staying at Pasadena , Cal. , for the winter , is quoted in an interview on the present anti-foreign agitation in China as follows : "The United States should warn China aainst a repetition of the terri ble riots of a few years ago. "A show of warships should bo made to impress upon the government of China that troubles must not be re peated and will not be tolerated. "I am satisfied that serious trouble will come , but do not expect that it , will be directed especially against the United States , but will be against tho reigning Manchu dynasty. "The Manchurians are insignificant . in numbers and the present uprising is ' for the purpose of establishing a new dynasty and not to oust foreigners , " j I continued Mr. Conger. I "The most violent disturbances will be in the southern provinces and will endanger all foreign interests. ( "Americans within the zone of the rebellion are liable to be hurt before they can get out and that is why the j i United States should let China know ' : that it will not tolerate or an instant anything inimical to the interests of its citizens. "If the Chinese can be impressed that we are on the alert and that we mean business our interests will be se cure. "If China is permitted to think that it can ignore our interests something terrible will happen. "The trouble now will be a great struggle within the empire a battle of popular majority against the dy nastic minority. It has been coming for many years and has now appar ently reached a climax. "I believe the boycott on American goods Is now beginning to operate against the Chinese themselves. Chi nese merchants long before this boy cott was instituted stocked their estab lishments with goods from the United States. When the boycott was declar ed these merchants could not or dared not sell their goods. "We learned a lesson in 1900 , and China learned one , too. Our experi ence should compel us to take every precaution. "In the future it would be the part of wisdom to have our warships and troops ready if only for the purpose of letting China know that we are watch ing her. " BURNED IN A WRECK. Two Perish in Accident on St. Louis and Frisco. A St. Louis and San Francisco pas senger train , north bound , was wreck ed at Columbus , Kan. , early Wednes day. Harry Roundtree , of Fort Scott , ex press messenger , and a newsboy , name unknown , were burned to death. An unknown passenger dropped dead while trying to rescue the train crew. A few passengers were slightly hurt. The engineer and fireman were in jured. The train ran Into a string of box cars that had broken loose from a freight train. The entire passenger train , except the sleeper , was burned. TROOPS AT HER DOOR. Government Plans to Rush Soldiers to China. A Washington dispatch says : Ac tive preparations are being carried on at the war department with a view to being fully prepared for any outbreak which may occur as a result of the anti-foreign agitation throughout the Chinese empire. Officers of the gov ernment , from President Roosevelt down , are much perturbed , and while some are so optimistic as to say that there is a "good chance that there will be no trouble , " all are actively inter ested in the work of preparation. Just now President Roosevelt and his advisers are contemplating sending another regiment of infantry to th j Philippines. Lake Barge to Be Raised. The barge Manila , which was re cently released on Encampment island , where she went ashore Nov. 28 last , , i and which sank in thirty feet of water , will be raised immediately and taken to the Superior shipyards , where she will receive the machinery of the wrecked steamer Lafayette and be come a steel trust steamer. cr One Killed and Seven Hurt. 1 One man was killed and seven in- \ jured at the plant of the Illinois Steel . Company , South Chicago , 111. , Wed nesday , when a workman struck with a shovel some dynamite left lying in trench in which the men were dig ging. Fowlcr Bill Indorsed. At "Washington the house committee on banking and currency agreed "Wed nesday to make a avorable report on the Fowler bill authorizing the issu ance of $5 and $10 gold certificates by the secretary of the treasury. $ Union Pacific Dividend. The directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company at New York "Wed nesday declared a semi-annual divi dend of 3 per cent on the company's common stock. Indinnian Killed by a Goose. ' At Kokomo , Ind. , former Council man Samuel Waggman , a poultry dealer , died Wednesday from blood poisoning caused by the bite of a , goose. , a STATE OP NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WKUK IN A CON DENSED FORM. Will Be an Inquiry Fire to Be Turned on Nebraska Insurance Attorney General to Conduct Investigation Under Junkin Act. A Lincoln special says : The alleged combination of Nebraska insurance companies will be investigated by At torney General Brown ! This investigation will be conducted under the provisions of the Junkin act , just declared constitutional by the supreme court. The alleged grain , coal and lumber combinations will also be investigated. Insurance Auditor Pierce , one of the five insurance commissioners to look Into the methods of insurance compa nies , stated that the report of the in vestigators would recommend radical changes in the methods of bookkeep ing of the New York Life and suggest a different policy for the foreign busi ness. He declared the companies knew what was in the report and would hasten to make some of the changes before it was made public. Secretary of State Galusha has an nounced that he would proceed against the big corporations that have not in corporated in Nebraska. He will first attack the Breatrice Creamery Com pany , incorporated at Des Moines , and the. Standard Oil Company. The attorney general will start suit to make them pay incorporation fees on the entire capital stock or they will be ejected from the state if possible. Mule's Kick Fatal. Adolph the Mr. , 5-year-old son of and Mrs. Jacob Koch , living near Se- vvard , was fatally kicked by a mule just above the eye on Monday. The mule was rolling on the ground and the | boy picked up a puppy which he threw on it , when the mule jumped up and delivered the kick. A doctor rendered all assistance possible > but the child died. Gifts for Mail Carriers : Rural mail carriers all over Nebras ka have received little stick pins , gifts from a big Chicago mail order house. Last year each carrier received a small outfit consisting of a pen , pencil and a notebook. The country merchants In several towns have taken steps to outdo the Chicago house in this form of advertising. New Town is Prospering. The new town of Uehling , on the Great Northern , will be quite a place when the first passenger train reaches it. Fifty lots have been sold already. Four stores are running , a saloon , one bank and another soon to begin busi ness. A number of dwellings are going up and an independent elevator is soon to be put in. Husband Gets Off Easy. The fact that Mrs. U. G. Hoon lived with her father in Sioux City for sev eral years saved her husband from punishment for wife desertion at Lin coln. Judge Holmes declared that Hoon was guilty , but instructed the jury to set him free because the wife lived in Iowa when the offense was committed. Car and Passengers Fumigated. Dr. McCabe at North Platte was called upon last Saturday to fumigate a car and the passengers in it on train No. 8. A case of smallpox developed on the tourist car and the patient was taken off at Ogden , and here the pre caution was taken to prevent others from taking the disease. An Honest Driver. A check for $3,259.52 , which had been lost by Henery FIshback , the poultry dealer , at Beatrice was found by Lester Lewis , driver of the Adams Express company's wagon , who promptly turned it over to Mr. Fish- back. The check was negotiable , hav ing been endorsed by Mr. Fishback. M Brakeman Instantly Killed. n Henry Hall , a brakeman on the Mis- a pouri Pacific Railway , living at Au a burn , was killed Saturday at Louis e ville. He was coupling the air brakes a when his foot was caught and he was f thrown I under the car and cut in two in the middle , and also one foot sev ered from the body. b Corn Shcllcr Mangles Hand. ir J. M. Lash , of Beatrice , while oper ating a corn sheller on the Funck farm , southeast of the city , had his right hand badly mangled by getting rr the member caught in the cog wheels of the machinery. The attending phy sician has hopes of saving the hand. Heavy Snow at Neligh. al Neligh had the heaviest fall of snow "flh of the season Tuesday night accompa h nied with a strong wind. The ice men ai have been favored lately with fine ti weather for their business and have le finished harvesting their crop. The Ice is of a fine quality and thickness. lett Riprap Work in Danger. tt Government riprap work costing rtal half a million dollars is threatened alH with destruction by the action of the H Missouri River at Rulo , which shows ei disposition to change its channel. th Burglars at Havelock. Burglars broke in the back door of William Ladd's saloon at Havelock , SIm broke open the cash register and took m the drawer and contents , amounting to th : $20 and several checks. cc Farm Hand Arrested. E. Piper , a farm hand from Madi son , and T. O. Bottecher , an ice chop er per from that place Avere arrested at at atWi Norfolk and sent back to Madison on Wi the charge of stealing $57.50 from srs Phillip Ivnapp , Pipper's employer. iy Iowa Postmasters. At Washington , D. C. , the senate in executive session Tuesday confirmed th the following postmasters : James Ha- thTl vey Johnson , Logan ; Joe Morton , Shel Tl [ don ; Charles J. Wonser , Tama th BEET GROWERS ORGANIZING. Have Many Grievances Agaiaet tho Standard Company. A North Platte dispatch says : The spirit manifest elsewhere for beet growers to organize has become rife ii > Lincoln County and Is being carried into careful plans of organization for the benefit of those who grow the veg etable. A meeting has been called at the court house of Lincoln County , In North Platte , for the purpose of organ izing a county association , of beet growers. In this county the agitation began at Sutherland and the condi tions areripe for a successful organ ization of all the beet growers In the county. The causes which have brought about this state of affairs are many grievances which the growers have had with the Standard Beet Sugar Company. BOY PREVENTS A WRECK. Stops Passenger Train Just Before Reaching Broken Rail. A dispatch from Grand Island says the 12-year-old son of Milton Hudson , residing near Elba , prevented a costly wreck on the Ord branch of the Union Pacific. He discovered that one of the rails near his home had been broken the night previous by a freight train , leaving a gap in the track of about 18 inches. In the blinding storm which was raging at the time , he succeeded in at tracting the attention of Engineer Rol lins , who was in the cab of the engine of the morning passenger trains , by waving a gunny sack. The train was stopped but a short distance in front of the broken rail. Ice Workers Strike. Clearwater , a village of 500 , had a full fledged strike the other day , the first in the history of Antelope County. The ice men were the strikers , and they took advantage of the shortness of the season and the ice famine that stares the town in the face for next summer to issue a demand for a raise in their wages. The raise was not granted and the workmen struck. Re cruits who were secured by the em- ployers were shouted down by the strikers , their wives and their chil- dren with cries of "scab , " and then they , too , dropped their tools and quit , so that there is nothing doing on tho ice. Settlers "Are Coming In. Last August found North Platte well filled with strangers who took Kinkaid homesteads. This month brings a goodly number to their lands and oth ers hunting for more lands. Every'f day a number , not large , but several , come to North Platte and from there ' go to the lands upon which they filed almost six months ago. Most of theml are in wagons with a supply of provi- f ' sions and some stock and are making"S preparations to build homes. Widow Gets Damages. The widow of W. R. Webb , of Plattsmouth , brought suit against the Burlington Company to collect the sum of $15,000 for damages caused by her husband falling from the Burling ton bridge at Plattsmouth , which caused his death. The case was set tled out of court and the company paid the widow , who has since been married : again , the sum of $3,000. . . Boy Accidentally Shot Himself. Willie Kurth , of Chadron , aged 12 years , bought a revolver , put it in hia pocket , touched it to see if he still had his treasure , when it went off , leaving a bullet in Willie's hip , which was left there two days before the hurt of ft forced Willie to own up. Now the bullet is extracted and Willie prom ises to do so no more. ] Trainmen Found Guilty. tia Engineer Glinn and Conductor Pet a erson of the train that killed Mrs. S Wacha last fall , were found guilty of exceeding the speed limit in the .dis trict court at Schuyler. The judge will si sentence the defendants In the next few days. The case will probably be appealed. u n Determined to Commit Suicide. N Richard Mankey , the man who fi walked into the office of County Attor fitl ney Koenistein at Norfolk last week tl5i and declared that he was insane , has 5i suicidal tendency and has tried sev 5iSi eral : times of late to take his own life. tl Mankey : has been a resident of Omaha ir for the past ten years. Will Build a Court House. I. B. Daggett , contractor of York , has Ir been awarded the contract for build Irat ing the county court house of Hayes th County , at Hayes Center. Mr. Dag fe gett will haul all the material from fr Palisade overland , a distance of twelve fras miles , as there is no railroad at Hayes asb Center. Coal Found Near Batrico. Prospectors near Beatrice found coal along the banks of Bear creek , on the Li Whittemore farm. It burns freely and of has ; every appearance of the genuine article. A more thorough investiga ai tal tion will be made as soon as the frost leaves the be ground. Greets Death with a laugh. After leaving a note saying , "I feel Giw that I am losing my mind and 1 wotild GiM rather be dead than crazy. To think M. ibout it makes me laugh. Ha , ha ! " AiF. Howard R. Chapman , a wealthy farm F.M. M. living near Pawnee shot himself in the head. Farm Hoilse Burned. atG A farm house' " belonging to Fred G < Shaffer , a bachelor living about six bo niles north of Humboldt , burned to an he ground , together with most of the go loritents. ag Brakeman Severely Injured. Samuel Roadruck , a Northwest- laj rn brakeman , fell under a freight car be > Leigh. His left arm and shoulder bu vere badly lacerated and both should- Pr were dislocated , besides being bad- jo ] bruised about the head. he iy. ' New School at Nebraska City. Arrangements are being made by St. Mary's Catholic church to open parochial school in Nebraska City , "he new school probably will occupy building now used as a rectory. CU Some state officers are mourning th expenditure of $25 each % vhich smooth press agent separated them1 from. The man told the officers that he was representing a press associatiom and wanted to write each a biographjj to be used in a volume to be issued ? together with the picture of the sub ject. It was also explained to tin marked men that whenever any new t paper wanted to know anything : o < them the newspaper would be fur nished with pictures and facts. Thosq of the state officers who did not take a shot at the , business were Secretary of StaU Galusha , Auditor Searle and Su perintendent McBrien. The others did and now they are mourning. One of those who Invested said he had $40 in the bank , all the money he had in the world. When he wrote his chock that left $15. Soon after making the In vestment one of his daughters tele phoned she wanted to go to the show. The poor father had to turn her down because of a lack of funds , but he was too much hurt to tell her why he did not have the money. * Auditor Searle has not yet decided whether he will register the $60,009 , bonds issued by the school district of Grand Island , after a most exciting election held In that city. The flrn which bought the bonds now claima the history of the Issuance Is not cor * rect and will refuse to take them un less they are voted again at a special election. The notice for the election did not contain the location of thai polling places and the company holds this invalidates the bonds. Repre sentative Ferrar , with a committee from Grand Island , appeared before the auditor to show him the" history of 'the bonds was correct and legal , but the matter is t till under advisement. ( The committee asserts Inasmuch a the bond election was held the same day as the general election and the county clerk has advertised the polling 'places for that election it was not necessary for the school board to do ( this. Those who favored the issuance of the bonds fear they would'not carry at another election. Warden Beemer received a bill from the warden of the Montana peniten- * tiary for $50 , claiming the amount ia .owe'd by the state of Nebraska be cause1 the warden out there turned over to Warden Beemer Fred Pearson upon 'the latter's release .from the Montana' institution. Pearson had escaped from Ithe Nebraska prison in 1901. The 'state offers a reward of $50 for every , escoped convict who is returned to the institution , but this is the first tim a warden of another prison has claim- ed the reward. * . * State Treasurer Mortonsen last week cancelled warrants to the amount oi $100,000 and thus reduced the debt against the state by that amount. These warrants have been drawing in r terest since Sept. 1 , 1904. Thus at this time the state treasurer is behind in .meeting the warrants about seventeen .months , while some time ago warrant * were running as long as twenty-sbn months. The warrant cancellation last week is due to the enormous amount of money being paid into the treasury during the last month. * * * Secretary of State Galusha and Dep uty Auditor Cook will visit the sta'ta institutions of Hastings and Grand Isl iia and during the next few days. While Mr. Galusha visits the state institu tions at frequent intervals , the deputy auditor tries to make a trip of in-j spection ] to each institution at leaa < once a year. During these trips M.r , Cook checks up the books of the in stitutions. * * * Prof. E. H. Barbour , of the stata university , has received notice of thq meeting of curators of museums at New York City May 15 , and has signi fied his intention of attending. This ia the first meeting and the organization will be perfected. There are now about 500 public museums In the United States at the present time and most oj them will be represented at the meet * ing. * * * The damage suit filed by Van B. Lady , agent of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company , of New York , against Auditor Searle for $5,000 and the suit filed by the company in the federal court to restrain the auditor from interfering with Lady In his worla agent of the company have both' been dismissed at the cost of tha , plaintiff. * * The T. F. Memmen Company is a Lincoln concern which filed its articles incorporation last week. The com pany will engage in the manufacture ind sale of merchandise , with a capi stock of $100,000. The other mem ber of the firm is C. F. McCain. * * * Eight Lincoln men will go to tha Srand Island whist tournament thia iveek. < They are : M. Ackerman , H. . Bushnell , S. WDurnham , M. J. .itkln , F. W. Hellwig , August Friend,1 FH. . Woods , O. W. Webster and F. . Spalding. * Gov. Mickey addressed the students itWesleyan Universitythe other day. . 5ov. Mickey is a member of the oard of trustees of this Institution , ' ind as 800 students are enrolled tha governor is well pleased with the man- igement of the institution. * * * Commandant Presson , of the sol- liers' home at Milford , was in Lincoln ast week conferring with the mem- , ers of the board of public lands and' uildings regarding the home. Mr. Jresson reported the soldiers to be en- ' oying good health and everything at home to be running along smooth * * * Representative Pollard has reoom-j nended P. A. Brundage , the present lostmaator , for reappointment at Tefc' umseh.