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The Valentine Democrat Valentine , Neb. I. M. Rice. - - Publisher AIDS STORM VICTIMS MISSISSIPPI ASSEMBLY APPRO. PJUATES $5,000. Convicts Used for .Rescue Work Nineteen Persons Are Known to Have Been Killed and Many in tin Negro Quarter "Unaccounted For. g | A Meridian , Miss. , special says ineteen people are known to hav < killed as a result of a tornadc which swept over a section of this citj sljortly after 6 o'clock Friday even- Ing. Twenty-four persons Avere in jured and property Avith an estimated value of $1,000,000 Avas destroyed TwelA'e blocks in the very center ol the business section Avere swept aAvay , and not one house of any consequence along Front Street Avas left standing. In the terror and confusion folloAV- Jng the storm reports of an appalling loss of life Avere current , but after a careful cam-ass of the situation Satur day night the list of nineteen dead ap pears tb be complete. The sixteen clerks in the Queen and Crescent office , AA-HO Avere report ed killed , haA'e all been accounted for. A mass meeting of citizens of Merid ian Avas called Saturday and $8,000 ivas immediately subscribed to aid the destitute and1 injured. The Mississip pi legislature , in session at Jackson , appropriated $3,000 to the relief fund. GoAr. Arardaman at noon Saturday secured a special train and , loading it with convicts from the Rabkin Coun ty farm , dispatched it at once to Me- j-idian. The city IIOAA' enjoys the unique spectacle of state coiwicts aid ing in the rescue Avork. Business is practically suspended and eArery citizen is giving his best effort towards alleA'iating the suffering. The tornado appeared in the south west at 6:27 o'clock Friday evening. A IOAA' , funnel-shaped cloud was seen to form near the city. A heaAV rain 3iad been falling , Avhen suddenly the humidity became intense. AVith a roar that could be heard a great distance the storm descended upon the city. The greatest loss of life is reported from the east end , in Avhat is known as the cotton mill settlement. The large mill Avas partially Avreck- ed and probably four hundred small houses Avere demolished or bad ly damaged. The tornado swept Front Street and Avrought great damage there. The electric light plant Avas partially Avrecked and the city AA'as thrown into total darkness. CEX. SCHOFIELD DEAD. Famous Civil AVar Veteran Passes Away Suddenly. St. Augustine , Fla. : Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield , United States- army , died at 8:20 o'clock Sunday Tiight. He Avas attacked Sunday morn ing with cerebral hemorrhage. His wife and young daughter Avere with Jiim. He Avas among the last surviv ors of the great generals on the union side in the ciA-il Avar. The body Avill be taken to Washing ton for interment. Gen. John M. Schofield was secre tary of Avar during 1S6S-G9 , and his < ireer Avas marked by a continuous service in the army from the time he entered West Point in 1849 tintil he retired Sept. 29 , 1893. Avith the rank of lieutenant general , the highest mili tary honor then permitted by laAV of congress. COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT. .East St. Louis Police Raid Den of Three Brothers. At East St. Louis , 111. , detectiA'es I Sunday arrested J. A. Sapp , 31 years j of age , and his brother , Jesse , IS years j old , on the charge of counterfeiting. I It is stated that when the detectiA'es I entered the room James held a ladle of molten metal in his hand ready to pour it into a plaster mold. The police state that James has con fessed that he and his two brothers had engaged in making counterfeit dollars. The Sapp brothers formerly liA-ed in Xcnia , O. Floyd , a third brother , suspected of being a "look out , " Avas also taken into custody. Monster Prairie Fire. A Roswell , X. M. , special says : Over 1,000,000 acres of fine pasture lands in the Avestern part of the Panhandle , just east of Portales. X. M. , has been burned in a prairie fire that has been sweeping east and south for tAvo days and is still beyond control. It is stated the loss already reaches $1,000,000. , Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City liA'e stock market follow : Butch er steers , $4.43@5.25. Top hogs , $6.03. Killed His Wife and Himself. Dr. Henry L. AVhitbeck , a physi cian and dentist of Buffalo , X. Y. , killed his Avife Avith a hammer Sunday and then blew his brains out with a rifle. AVhitbeck recently had been a patient in a sanitarium. Offers ift to Llndsborg College. Col. C. A. Smith , a lumberman of Minneapolis , Minn. , Las offered to give $100,000 to Bethany College , Linds- borg , Kan. , on condition that the col lege raiss a like sum. * M6S WH STORM KILLS SCORES. Many Victims of Tornado at Meridian , 3Iiss. / A Mobile , Ala. , special says : Infor mation has reached Mobile by tele- ' phone that a destructive tornado vis ited Meridian , Miss. , at 6:30 o'clock Friday eA'cning , killing twenty-one . Avhite persons and over 100 colored people and damaging property to the extent of $1,500,000. There Avere also scores seriously in jured by beinp caught in Avreckage of houses. The tornado caught the city on the southAvest and traveled to the northeast , expending itself in tAvo sub urbs Avhere many negroes Avere killed and injured , a Avhole tenement district being Aviped out. Two large Avholesale stores , one smaller one , the principal hotel , the electric lighting plant and all the smaller property betAveen the Mobile and Ohio Railroad depot and the busi ness part of the city are badly dam aged. TA\renty-one men Avere caught in a restaurant and seA'eral Avere killed. Two stories of the Y. M. C. A. building Avere Avrecked and the upper stories of other buildings suffered. The negro tenement district in the north part of the city Avas demolished and the debris caught fire and threat ened a neAA' danger , but the local de partment , Avith the help of hundreds of citizens , triumphed over this after a hard fight. They were assisted by the torrential rain folloAving the tor nado. The path of the storm AA'as about 600 feet Avide and one mile in length. The tornado struck Meridian , Miss. , from a northeasterly direction near the Xew Orleans and Xortheastsrn de pot. The passenger and freight de pots Avere completely destroyed. Sixteen employes of the Queen and Crescent Railroad were buried in the ruins and as far as could be learned none of them haA'e been rescued. A number of bodies have already been found , but as the tornado passed through a densely populated section and the houses caught fire immediate ly it Avill take days to learn the exact total number of the killed. The operator at Toomsuba , Miss. , four miles north of Meridian , Avho had just come from the scene of the disas ter , says that upAA-ards of 100 persons Avere killed and that the property loss Avas enormous. LIKE A MURDER. DCS Mo i ncs River Furnishes Another Mystery. The Des Moines River has tossed up another mystery , one suggesting crime , and which it is believed Avill be shortly solA'ed. Bridge builders in the city of Har- A-ey , la. , discovered a floating body in the river. It AA-as that of a man about 40 years old , of large build , and is be lieved to be either J. C. Baker , of In- dianola , la. , or o George Chapman , AA'ho has been missing from Emmets- burg , la. , since last December. That the man Avas murdered there is not a particle of doubt , as the skull is crushed as from a heaA-y bloAv. One ear is torn off , and the examination made by physicians from Pleasantville and HarA-ey disclosed the fact that there Avas no AAater on the lungs. HOPE FOR PATRICK. Convicted Murderer Gets a XCAV Lease On Life. The hearing for a new trial of the case of Albert T. Patrick , convicted of the murder of AVilliam March Rice , the aged millionaire , Avas adjourned at Xew York Friday till April 3. This Avill make necessary a further reprieve by GOA' . Higgins , as Patrick is noAAr under sentence to be electro cuted March 19. District Attorney Jerome will join Avith Patrick's Attorney in the applica tion for a reprieve : .FREXCHMEX 31 AY FIGHT DUEL. . Challenge is Result of Stormy Scene in Chamber of Deputies. In the chamber of deputies at Paris , France , Friday during the course of the discussion of a resolution request ing the Avar minister to allOAV officers to bring actions in civil courts , the de bate became most A'iolent. M. Auffray , nationalist , and M. Jaures , socialist , exchanged abuse , and the sitting Avas suspended. Later Jaures sent his seconds to meet the seconds , of Auffray to make arrange ments for a duel. Urges Aid for the Blind. A letter from Miss Helen Keller , supporting a bill for the appointment of a state commission for the blind , Avas read at a hearing on the meas ure at the state house at Boston , Mass. Miss Keller had expected to be present at the hearing , but her recent prostration from ovenvork prevented it. Falls from Bridge to Death. LeA'i Xclson , a prominent farmer , fell off a bridge near IOAATI Falls , la. , early Friday morning and Avas drown ed. He Avas returning home from the. Avedding of his son Avith the family , and Avhile searching for a bridge in the dark , so as to direct the driA-er , made a misstep and fell off the bridge. Angry OACIPardon. . Much indignation is felt at Hedrick , la. , over the action of Gov. Cummins in granting a pardon to Rev. I. B. Tay lor , the young Methodist preacher convicted of bigamy in that county and sentenced to the penitentiary some time ago. Gift from Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie has given ! J10,000 to the Weslcyan university at Lincoln , Neb. , to assist in building a memorial hall. FOR SOLDIER DEAD. House Passes Bill to Mark Confeder ate Gnvres. At Washington , D. C. , the house Thursday passed the army appropria tion , bill , also the Foraker bill provid ing for the marking of the graves of confederate dead buried in the north. The discussion developed an unani mous sentiment in favor of marking confederate graves , and as the bill had during the last session of the military committee received faA'orable action it was brought in by Mr. Prince and passed unanimously amid applause on both sides of the house. Points of order made to the provi sions for a cableship for the Atlantic coast and to a shop for mine planting on the Pacific coast eliminated those provisions from the appropriation bill. The alleged poAvder trust came in for a scoring in debate and Democratic endeavor to haA'e the government be gin the manufacture of its OAvn powder consumed some time but met defeat both on points of order and finally by direct ATote. The army bill as passed carries something more than $60,000,000.7 Mr. UnderAvood , of Alabama , nmde a plea for the creation of a conf pft-- ate memorial commission of tee members to iiiA'estigate and report the proper steps to mark the graA'es of the confederate dead and offered an amendment to that end. Mr. Hull stated that his commit tee had just reported the Foraker bill , Avhich practically accomplished the end sought , but Mr. Underwood re plied that this applied only to confed erate dead in the north. A letter Avas read by Mr. Harwick , of Georgia , expressing the satisfac tion of the women of the south Avith the Foraker bill and concluded Avith the hope that Mr. Underwood Avould not press his amendment. The amendment Avas defeated by a point of order by Mr. Kahn , of Cali fornia. The army bill Avas then passed. Immediately Mr. Prince , of Illinois , asked and secured unanimous consent for immediate consideration of the Foraker bill for the marking of con federate graves in the north. The bill proA'ides for the erection of white marble headstones over the graves and the fencing of the same. A commission is authorized to locate the graves. After a brief disccussipn the bill was then passed amid general applause. LAID IX HIS GRAVE. Funeral of Henderson Held Thurs day Afternoon. A Dubuque , la. , dispatch says : The funeral of former Speaker DaA'id B. Henderson Avas held here Thursday afternoon. A remarkable tribute Avas paid to his memory. Business Avas suspended during the hours of the fu neral and for fiA'e minutes following the commencement of the services the bells in eArery church Avere tolled. During the morning the body Avas taken under an escort to St. Johns Episcopal church , Avhere it lay in state. The fioAversvere magnificent There were six AA-agonloads. $75,000 FOR PRESIDENT. Gallingcr's Bill Provides for Raise in Salaries. A Washinton special says : Senator Gallinger has introduced a bill to re adjust the salaries" of the general offi cers of the government , to take effect March 4 , 1909. The bill proposes the following sal aries : President , $75,000 : A'ice presi dent , $15,000 ; speaker of the house , $12,000 ; members of the cabinet , $15- 000 ; senators and representatiA'es , $7,500. RIOTERS FIXED. Militia. Seems to Be in Control at Springfield. A Springfield , O. , special says : Guarded by tAvo companies of militia , Prisoners Edward Dean and Preston Ladd Avere brought here from Dayton Thursday and taken to the city hos pital to be identified by Martin Da- A'is , the Avouncled brakeman. There was no disturbance. Twenty-five rioters Avere arraigned in court Thursday morning and filed from $50 to $200. Hoch's Body Disinterred. The body of John Hoch Avas Thurs day disinterred from the potters' field at Chicago and remoAred to ElniAVood cemetery , the authorities of Avhich had been preA'ailed upon by the tAvo clerygymen who Avere Avith Hoch at his execution to alloAV the body to be interred there. AVill of John A. McCall. The Avill of the late John A. McCall , former president of the Ne v York Life Insurance Company , Avas filed for pro bate at NCAV York Friday. According to the petition the estate is valued at over $20,000. It is left entirely to his Avife. Big British Fleet. An Algeciras dispatch says : A di vision of British cruisers is due at Gibraltar , and tAvo divisions of battle ships Avill soon arrive. This formid- ible assemblage embraces thirty Avar- ship and 25,000 men. Students Driven Out by Fire. North College , the oldest dormitory , 3f Wesleyan University at MiddletoAvn , Jonn. , containing 160 rooms , Avas de stroyed by fire Thursday. All the stu dents escaped safely , but lost their effects. Brakeman Killed at Clinton. Simon A. Fitz. a Northwestern irakeman , Avhose home is in Chicago , 'ell under an engine in the yards at Clinton , la. , Thursday. His legs Avere imputated , and he died soon after STATE OF NEBRASKA KE\VS OF THE WEEK IN A CON- DESTSED FORM. i uvlc or Omalia Police Street Mur der is Veiled in Mystery Victim Had Life Insurance Authorities Believe that This Furnished Motive. The Omaha police are still entirely at Bea in their search for the murderer of Frank E. Wheeler , a fireman in the Millard Hotel , Avho was found dead in the street between the hotel and his home Friday night. Wheeler left $4,000 insurance in favor of his wife , and in the absence of a more definite clew the police are working on th < theory that Wheeler was murdered for the insurance money. James Diggs , a colored man , is known to have been associated with the Wheeler woman , then Mrs. Rey nolds , about five yeais ago. Diggs. who is an ex-convict , Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler's brother , Cal. AVine- inger , are being held pending fur ther investigation. Lying with his head down the steep incline between the sidewalk and the gutter , the face upward , the body of Wheeler was discovered at 7:4. > o'clock Friday night by Charles Welsh , across the street from tho office of the Fred Busch Transfer Company at Fourteenth and Mason Streets. Xo one in the neighborhood could be found who heard any outciy or saw any persons acting in an unusual manner. Welsh was returning to Avork at the Busch barns after supper , andas about to step off the Avalk to take a short cut to the office , Avhen his foot touched the inanimate body. As ur- ling himself that it Avas not a drunken ( man , as he at first supposed , the in- jtense darkness rendering it impossi ble to see the object plainly , he hur ried across the street and notified the police. Officers were immediately sent to the scene in the patrol wagon , ac companied by Police Surgeon Wills. Avho found the body still warm , but life departed. I The dead man's Avife Avas much ! grieved at the sudden news and so much oA'ercome that she Avas not ques tioned closely at the time for possible light on the mysteryIt was learned that her husband Avorked as fireman at the Murray Hotel and had been home to supper. leaA-ing home to re turn to the hotel at 0:45 o'clock. He had proceeded but two blocks , get ting Avithin 100 feet of Mason Street , when he Avas set upon. LIVED OX ROOF A WKF.K. Missing Insane Man Found at Lin coln After Loiij ; Search. P. J. O'Gara , a University of Xe braska student. Avho Avas sent to the state asylum for the insane at Lincoln , disappeared a Aveek ago. Xo trace of him could be found and it was feared he had died from exposure. Thursday he Avas found on the roof of one of the hospital buildings , where he had remained all the time. He took Avater and blankets when lie dis appeared and suffered little apparent ly. He told Superintendent Greene , to j Avhom he had promised not to leave the asylum , that he had kept his pledge. Burglars at Havelock. Burglars entered the saloon of John Brothers at Havelock some time Wed nesday night , pried open the money draAver , but found it empty , as Broth ers had taken all the cash homevith him. The only things missing are two gallons of Avhisky and some ci gars. Local parties are suspected. This makes the sixth burglaiy in than tAVo Aveeks. B. Y. P. U. Convention. The Baptist Young People's Union of America has accepted the invitalio- of the Omaha Commercial Club and j ( the Baptist churches of that city to j imeet in Omaha in biennial convention iJuly 12 to 15 , inclusive. The oonven- 'tion ' Avill be attended , it is estimated , by about 5.000 delegates , the number in recent years having run from 3,000 to lO.l'OO. Horse Thief Has'Xerve. One of the nerviest tricks ever turn ed by a horsethief resulted from ti ! < - stealing of the one-eyed team at Madi son from Farmer Zumbrum. The team Avas driven to Xeligh. fifty miles aAvay , and there , at a public auction sale , placed under tho hammer anfi sold for $1711.30. The man then bought a ticket to O'Xeill and has < V\s- j appeared. Loses Wager Through Wiid. : To decide a wager. AVilliam Pape Saturday attempted to coA'er the dU- \ tance of nine miles between Pickrell j and Beatrice afoot , in one hour. lie { Jefi Pickrell at 2 o'clpck and arrived j at Beatrice at H-04. four minutes beI I hind time. Pape made the trip on the ! Union Pacific road and would haA-e j Avon had it not been that he wa obliged to run against a strong wind. Attorney Admits Forgery. Attorney Hillyard , of Do\vs. plead ed guilty to the charge of f-n o < > i Avill receiA'e his sentence from Judge j ( ISvans in the district court iMiut-K j at Clarion. It is thought by : 'ome | that his mind is unbalanced. ! ' "Pauls' Xew Order OrirnnircvJ. At AVaterloo th Homesteader , IV new order of the Piul . lm\e orgit i- ized Avith an entJiusiastic lodge of 73 member.- * . j Xew Bridges for Col fax Cr.ruty. ' A Schuyler special .says : F < r ' " > ? past few days bridge material for s-c i now bridges to be built throughout f Colfax County has been coming in n" ' > ; being distributed. These bridge : ; Avere { contracted for last fall , but owing tj i the scarcity of bridge material the- ) construction Avas delayed. Snow in Xelrasn. A Lncoln special says : An i ch r > f Bnow has fallen in eastern and north ern Xebraska. The 11:01 oary chopped to 2 > degrees. above. FAVORS SUNDAY SALOONS. Rev. T. J. Mackay , of Omalia , Causes Consternation. A sensation has been caused at Omaha by the pronounced attitude of tha Rev. T. J. Mackay , rector of All Saints' Episcopal church , on the Sun day saloon question. At a secret meetingof the executive committee of the Civic'Federation Dr. Mackay appeared before the commit tee and petitioned for the Sunday opening of saloons in Omaha. He said that he did not think it fair or just to close the clubs of the poor man. for the saloon is to the poor man what the rich man's club is to him. many of the former having no other place in which to spend an hour in conversa tion or amusement. "Even the Young Men's Christian Association prohibits games of all kinds on Sundays , and even on week days offers no place for a poor man to play a game of cards or to smoke. " said the reverend gen tleman. Mr. Mackay protested against the discrimination between classes in the matter of Sunday closing and contend ed that as long as clubs are permittee * to sell liquor saloons should be allow ed to do the same , that is. quietly , with only the side or rear entrances open. open.His His remarks created a profound sen sation among the members of the Civ ic Federation who heard them. BREAK FROM OMAHA JAIL. Four * Men Held for Burglary Escape , and One is Recaptured. An Omaha dispatch .says : John Berry. Mike Ford. James A. Burkby and Pat O'Rrien. all awaiting trial on charges of burglary , robbery and sim ilar crimo.s , broke jail Thursday even ing by knocking a hole in the brick wall of the building with the top of a steam radiator which they used as a battering ram. Before they were clear of the jail grounds they were discovered by the engineer of the eounty building , but they drove h'im off with brickbats. Ford in.imed his foot in getting out of the building and had to secure a cab. ' fie was recognized and before he had gone far was overtaken by the officers , who had been warned of the jail break by the engineer. The oth ers made good their escape. It is be lieved , however , that they will be re taken within a short time , as they are well known to the police of Omaha and adjacent cities. SEEK NEW TRIAL FOR WARE. Arguments Heard in Behalf of Con victed Minister. The motion for a new trial for Rev. George G. Ware , of Lead , S D. . who was recently convicted in the United States district court at Omaha of con spiracy to defraud the government by illegal homestead , was argued before Judge Munger Saturday. Three grounds were given for asking a new trial. Two of these were overruled , but the third , that the court should have given the jury instructions re garding the statute of limitations , was taken under advisement. ROUM > TIOUSE BURNS. nkoi' Also Loses an Engine in Fire at Wayne. At Wayne fire , the origin of which is unknown , destroyed the roundhouse of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Sunday evening ; also an engine in the building , causing a loss of about X11.000. The fire had made such progress before disco\ered and the distance to it from the nearest hydrant was so far it was impossible for the fire de partment to accomplish much , but a laiiroad bridge near was sav d through their efforts. Prospecting for Coal at Superior. At a public meeting held in the op era house at Superior Tuesday nigTit are articles of incorporation and plan of action of the Interstate Develop ment Company were discussed and ex plained to the people and about $2- 300 was subscribed to the stock of $10,000 in cash proposed to be raised at once. This company's design is to prospect for and develop gas , oil , coal or other valuable resources in the earth within a radius of fifteen milef of Superior. Track Laying on the Cutoff. The tracklaying on the Ashland cut off .started north from Oakland Wed nesday morning after completing the yards at Oakland. There has been "onfciderable delay in getting material , but track connection was made with the Chicago. St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha Tuesday and track material i now coming over that line. Uniforms for Burlington Employes. A Platt ? month special says : The Ifitei-t edict from the. Burlington pas- svngr department in Chicago is that -ill Burlmglon passenger trainmen num wear frock coats trimmed with gold iace and brass buttons. Xew cons are also included with the uni- f'-rm. y.ith curved brims instead of flat op.es. "vva ki lulkois Meet. Abotft 200 members of the Xebraska "clitoii : : ! Association assembled at Tviij'ilr } - - > = t week and listened to an ir.ter.-rtlrg program of subjects pertain ing tu I'.e craft. Banquets and theater parties were among the attractions en- ; y ' . ry fio country editors and their \vlvej. /-ct for Lord Scullly. * * - < * * " crs. of Beatrice , who was I-T. < - < f I ; tV cars in an Illinois town , Vi ' > etn f r years the agent for Lord tJcu'/y. ft Tre'and. who owns a large , , . , . rf , onfl | n jj , , state Through hibrfei'fi'S connection with Scully and in r > -'Tit enterpriseRpgers had iceumu'c.io.1 a considerable fortune. Kil7 rl Iv CoIjp > e of Coal Chute. T iaVno" 7 c Ferguson , of Mc- Dool : . waa Hllcd at Akron. Colo. , ear- ] -Tu-sday morning by the coal chute 'jrcaMnc ' 'I-nvn while a string of coal ar < ; vi < * 1 * ' ' * " % pushed up onto the el- ivntei ! track at the chute. Farm JFntJcl Arrcstcfl. n. Fiper. a farm hand from Madi son. and T. O. JSottecber , an ice chop per from that place wpro arrested at Korfoll : 'and FCit back to Madison on ; le TITP < > f .stealinT 557.50 from riill-Ip lLr.c p , Pipper's employer , Capt. Murfin , Avhoassited In looklnf after the interests of the state in th < Boyd County land cases over the pro- tests of Attorney General Prout , and5 Avhose claim , which Avas allowed by' the legislature , Avas vetoed by Gov.j Mickey , has received his money. The1 board of educational lands and funds , , during the absence of Gov. Mickey , held a meeting and voted Mr. Murfln $500 as attorney's fee. The voucher on file in the office of the auditor reads : "For professional services in. the matter of appeal of G. W. Mc- Cright and E. J. Emmons to secretary of interior at Washington. D. C. , in volving school indemnity land , in fult for all services in Boyd County land cases. " Capt. Murfin and Robert Ryan were employed by former Land Commissioner Follrner to look after the state's interest in the case and the- two attorneys Avere barred from tho proceedings in the loAA-er court upoa the application of General Prout and' GOAMickey , the latter holding the legal department of the state should' look after the interests of the state. Follmer objected to the proceedings- AVhich Prout desired to file and thus , took the matter into his own hands. Though Murfin and Ryan Avere thrown- out in the loAver court. Murfin held on ; aivl finally Avent to Washington , and. the interior department upheld the. position taken by Mr. Follmer. Then * Murfin Avanted his money. The legis lature appropriated it and GOA * Mickey A'etoed it because the boards had not authorized his employment. Murfin during the absence of the gov ernor got his bill through the board1 and the money Avas paid out of the ap propriation for school land notices and expenses. Because Architect Berlinghof refue- , ed to recommend to the state normal board acceptance of the IIBAV nor-j mal school at Kearney the board toofc ? no action in the matter at its meeting held last Aveek. Some time ago Mr.j Berlinghof made an examination of the building and found it did not ; come up to the specifications and ha ' ordered a number of changes. These , it seems , have not been made to suit him , and especially is he displease < 5i Avith the stone put into the structure. . Xot that the mixture is not strongj enough , but it is not finished as called for in the specifications. There is yet due the contractors something like , $6,200 and this AA-ill not be paid until ! the architect recommends to the boara the acceptance of the building. The next meeting Avill be held at Peru , March 8. E. C. Calkins , member of the board of regents of the state university , who was appointed a committee to look in to the legality of the library and inci dental fee charged by the university ; to students , and to make a report on ; the advisability of selling text books at cost to the students , has made his ! report. Mr. Calkins holds it is legaJ to charge the fee and he objects stren- iiously to the regents going into the book business , and he believes it Avould not result in a saA-ing to the students. He says the buying of books should be referred to the state legislature , and if it is found to be a good idea the legislature should make an appropriation to pay for the books. * * * The folloAving changes in the faculty of the medical school have been an nounced by the regents. Dr. Ewing BroAvn , of Omaha , has resigned his position and will take up his practice again. Dr. Palmer Finley Avas ap pointed instructor in didactics and ! clinical gynecology. Dr. Francis Lee Avas made professor of materia med- ica. Dr. Mattie Laughlin Arthur be comes instructor in obstetrics. Henry Bassett Lemere Avas made clinical as sistant. Dr. Pollard was adA'anced to the position of adjunct professor oC obstetrics. Ernest Clifford Page Avas elected lecturer on medical jurispru dence , succeeding Dr. Francis Brogan James McDowell Patton Avas elected clinical assistant in otology. Dr. Geo. BroAvn Dandy has resigned. Miss Marie Mickey , daughter or Gov. Mickey , is. threatened Avith an at tack of appendicitis , and her family ; fear she Avill haA'e to undergo an op eration. Miss Mickey spent the great er part of the Avinter in DenA'er , hav ing gone there for her health , and during her absence she Avas stricken Avith Avhat the doctor said AA'as appen dicitis. She was in bed for seA'eral days and finally returned home much improA'ed. During the last few days she has again been troubled but Fri day GOAMickey announced she Avas. much better and it was thought she might escape Avithout an operation. * * GOA * . Mickey came out in a new role Friday afternoon. He shoA'eled the snow from the steps leading to tho capitol grounds on the H Street sido of the state house. This duty the gov ernor took upon himself because of the illness of Janitor Beeson , Avho is supposed to look after this part of tho- grounds. The other janitors Avere busy ] with" their OAvn Avork and so the gov ernor acted in place of Mr. Deeson and did the work in approA'od man ner. * * * Warden Becmer has found the hos pital at the state penitentiary more- of a luxury than a necessity. During : the last fifteen months he has not had i man in the hospital for any length af time and at this time there is not a. person in there , and neither is there i case of sickness in the penitentiary. The state is getting ready to look ifter the men to Avhom it leased school and claimed by the Boyd County set ters. The settlers have acknowledged ! : he state oAA-ns the land , but while the suit to get title was pendfhg the board ) f educational lands and funds leased. : he land to other parties. Novthe settlers refuse to give up the land. Thei : ase Avill come utf at the next term oC : he supreme court and Land Comials- lioner Eaton and Attorney General- 3rown Avill .loci : after the interests of he lessees.
