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.
