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.
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"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 , ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
