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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1906)
The Valentine Democr ; Valentine , Neb. 1. M. Rice. Publish 'TPtAGEDY AT Pi ONI ELEVEN CRUSHED TO DEATH r DER TROLLEY CAR. Crowded Car at Providence , Rhc Island , Hurled from Track ns Strikes a Curve Speeding Down Steep Grade on Country Road. Eleven persons are dead and ecore seriously and many oth < slightly injured as the result of t overturning of a crowded electric c at Moore's corners , in East Providem R. . I. , early Sunday morning. Me than 100 young men and women , w had spent the evening at Cresce Park , six miles below Providence , we on a chartered car returning to tht homes In Providence , Olneyville a Thornton. It is believed that two " the injured will die. The motorman in charge of the a , W. J. Laucher , was unfamiliar wi ( the road over which he was travelir The car , an open one , was of hea 'build. ' Fog prevented a clear view the road ahead and the rnotorina unaware of the sharp curve belo allowed the car to coast rapidly dev the hill. Suddenly he felt the c ; swing into the curve and realizing tl iperil applied the brakes and revers < 'the ' power. The car , however , w : thrown into the road twenty feet fro the track. Eleven of the passengers were pii ioned beneath the car and instant killed. Those who were able bega 'the work of rescue. A large joist w : utilized as a lever , a pile of stem forming a fulcrum , and the car wj [ raised from the ground enough 1 permit the escape of the prisoner Two persons had succeeded in escai ing when the joit broke under th weight of the car and the heavy veh cle fell back , killing two of the injui ed. The rescuers again raised tli car from the ground and kept it i position while the dead and injure were removed. Two of those taken out , John Ga vin and George Ttcherson , both c whom had sustained fractured skulli died within an hour. YOUNG QUEEN AT BULL FIGHT. Queen Witnesses Spectacle Witlion Outward Show of Emotion. The royal bull fight at Madric : Spain , Saturday afternoon was the cli max of the spectacular magnificenc 'attendant upon the marriage of Kini Alfonso. For the time being Madrh forgot the horrors of the attempt 01 the lives of the royal couple amid th < brilliancy and excitement of this na tioftal pastime. It was feared tha the event would give another opportu nity for an outrage , but everything passed off auspiciously , King Alfons < and Queen Victoria being continuous ly the recipients of enthusiastic ova tions. From about noon crowds chok ed the Calle de Alcala , leading towarc the Plaza de Torres , and extraordi nary precautions were adopted to pre vent another attempt at assassination , PERILOUS BALLOON TRIP. An Austrian Sails Into Thunder Storm Over British Channel. The balloon of Baron Korwin , chief of the Austrian military balloon de partment , which left London Saturday night in an attempt to reach Vienna descended near Dieppe , France , at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Baron Korwin returned to London Sunday night. He relates a story of a perilous trip. Above the channel a terrific thunder storm was encountered and he was carried 200 miles out of his course. He was obliged to throw over everything , even his overcoat and shoes , in order to enable him to reach Dieppe. * Kidnaps Her Daughter. At Kansas City Mrs. Gertrude A. Robinson , of Chicago , divorced wife of Harry G. Robinson , a commercial traveler , kidnaped her 7-year-old daughter Gertrude from in front of the Chase school , driving off in a carriage. Sailor Threw a Bomb. The man who threw a bomb at Sebastopol - bastopol May 27 and killed three and wounded several persons has been identified as a sailor named Froloff , who participated in the mutiny in November' last on board the Russian cruiser Otchakoff. Shot Proves Fatal. At "Chicago John W. Lavine , state organizer of the Cigarmakers' union , who was shot Saturday night by John Tobin , died Sunday. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Butch er steers , $4.90@5.00. Top hogs , $6.20. Panama Liberals Arrive. Drs. I. A. Rosemena , A. Morales and B. Parres and Gen. Diez , of the liberal party in Panama , arrived at Xew Tork on the steamer Alliance from Colon. They came here to urge the mediation of the United States gov ernment in the approaching elections. Mukden's Door Opened. A Toklo dispatch says : Mukden was formally opened Saturday to .in ternational trade. The occasion was widely celebrated. MANY AMERICANS ARE SLAT Miners in 3Iexico Begin Desper Battle. Forty-five Americans were kil Friday at Cananea , Mex. , where is cated the great copper company Col. W. C. Greene. The Mexicans i reported to be using dynamite in bio Ing up the great smelters and m : owned by the Greene Company. The trouble arose at Cananea o tAQ demand of the Mexicans for an crease in wages from $3.50 to $5 i day. Parties who left there at 1 : o'clock Friday afternoon said th Col. Green was addressing practica the entire population of the camp an effort to pacify the excited Me : cans. However , between 4 and 5 o'clo Friday afternoon the Mexicans open fire on the Americans , and forty more were killed. Col. Greene wir at once to Bisbee for all the arm men that could be sent to protect t Americans and their property at Ca anea. The population of Cananea is 21 000 , of which 5,000 are Americai The family of Col. Greene arrived Naco , Ariz. , Friday afternoon , but t colonel remains with his proper ! Two trains loaded with refugees anew now enroute from Cananea and w go to Bisbee. There has been bad blood afCan nea for some time and only a menage ago the home of the superintendent the mine was dynamited by unknov parties. Thursday a policeman of tl city was killed by an American , wl claimed it was a personal grievance 1 had against the Mexican. Capt. Tom Rynning , of the Arizor rangers , arrived Friday night fro : Douglas with a posse of his men. A the arms obtainable in Bisbee , DOUJ las and Xaco are now in the hands < picked men , who are ready to go I Cananea. It is believed that the Me : ican officials are doing all they can 1 save life and property. There great excitement along the border. At 11:30 Friday night a train loa of refugees arrived from the scene < trouble and confirm the stories earlic in the evening. It is known that at least a doze Americans have been killed and full fifty Mexicans. TRAGEDY AT THE CAPITAL. Congressman Adams , of PennsylvahU Ends His Life. Washington special says : Con gressman Robert Adams , of Pennsyl vania , shot himself Friday mornini and died at 11:30 o'clock. The shooting occurred in a room a the Metropolitan club , where he wa stopping. He was found unconscious sitting upright in an armchair. Adam was taken to a hospital , where he died It was Adams who reported and con ducted through the house and ha ( charge of in the conference with thi senate the Cuban resolutions. H < drafted , introduced , reported an * passed through the house in one houi the declaration of war against Spain BOMB SPLINTER HIT ALFONSO. Che Young King Had a Very Miracu lous Escape. A dispatch from Madrid says Kin ? Ufonso had an even more miraculous ; scape than is generally known. A Iragment of the bomb struck his ) reast , but the force was broken by he chain of the king's Portuguese ) rder -Santiago , which he was vearing. The chain was broken , but t stopped the piece of steel which night otherwise have pieced his > reast. Gen Weyler was seriously wounded > y the bomb explosion. Five of the rounded are dying. The number of : illed is now given at twenty , and he wounded at sixty. New Pole Vaulting Record. A new world's record at pole vault- ig has been established by A. C. Gil- ert , of Yale , at the Decoration day rack and field games at the Irish- .merican Athletic Club at Celtic Park , iong Island City , X. Y. Gilbert clear- el the bar at 12 feet 3 inches , the est previous record being 12 feet 1 2-100 inches. Umpire Cane Mobbed. At Minneapolis , Minn. , Umpire teve Cane was chased by baseball en- lusiasts as he came from the Ameri- m Association baseball park , knock- l' down and rendered unconscious , is decisions in the game between inneapolis and her bitterest baseball val St. Paul did not meet the ap- oval of some of the crowd. McKInley Tomb Decorated. A Canton , O. , special says : Presi- : nt Roosevelt's Memorial day tribute the memory of William McKinley is a handsome wreath of white car- .tions and hydrangeas. The floral see was taken to the tomb of the irtyred president by Mrs. McKin- 'atterson Nominated for Governor. Malcolm R. Patterson , of Memphis , presentative in congress from the nth district , was Friday night nom- ited for governor by the state Dem- ratic convention , no other name be- ; presented for consideration. He Nominated Cleveland. Daniel H. Loekwood , a well known ? yer and former member of con- \as \ , died at Buffalo , X. Y. , Friday m diabetes and gangrene , aged 62. ikwood had the honor of nominat- Grover Cleveland for mayor of ffalo , governor of Xew York state I president of the United States. Italian Girl Cleared. it Xew York Josephine Terranova , 7-year-old Italian girl , was Friday uitted of the murder of her aunt. TRAGIC WEDDDTG DAY. Bomb Iiills Many in Alfonso's Nup Parade. The public rejoicings over the m riage of King Alfonso and Princ Victoria at Madrid had a terribly d matic sequel at 2:30 o'clock Thurs < afternoon , as a bomb thrown from upper window exploded with dea effect near the coach occupied by king and queen. Providentially King Alfonso i Queen Victoria escaped when an el trie wire deflected the bomb , but least sixteen persons , most of th belonging to the personal and militi escorts , were killed. Many others.w injured. Several of those killed were stai ing on the balcony of the house fn which the bomb was thrown. The explosion occurred just as 1 royal couple were about to enter 1 palace. The route of the cortege h been diverted from Arsenal Street Mayor Street , owing to the popu desires. The procession had just pa. ed through Mayor Street andn about to turn into the esplanade lea ing to the palace when an explosi shook the buildings in the vicini stunning a large number of people a throwing the cortege into inextrical confusion. The royal coach was brought to sudden stop by the shock , officers a soldiers of the escort falling to t ground about the equerry and hors that had been killed. The screams the terrified multitude mingled wi the groans of the dying. It was immediately seen that t : royal coach was intact except as it hi been damaged by flying splinters. Kii Alfonso immediately alighted and a sisted Queen Victoria out of the ca riage. They then entered anoth : each and were driven swiftly to tl palace. All this happened so quickly th oeople away from the immediate \ : inity were not aware of the traget ind continued to acclaim their sove Jigns. Soon , however , there appeared jmpty royal coach with two hors < nissing and the others spattered wit ) lood. The grooms and drivers look ieathly pale in their spangled un brms. Then came a boy shouting thj ' . bomb had been thrown at the kini The appearance of the king an lueen in a coach brought out a delli ous ovation. The bomb , which was concealed i , boquet , was of steel half a centime er thick. It was thrown from a thir : oor window. REBELS VERY ACTIVE. fore Serious Fighting is Expected i Guatemala. Dispatches received by the state de artment at Washington , D. C. , Thurs ay from Minister Combs indicate th avolutionists are still massing nea le Mexican border , preparing to con nue the movement against Presiden abrera. It is also stated a filibuster ig expedition has left a Mexican per eaded for a Guatemalan port. Xicaraguan Minister Corea called a ie state department Thursday to de ver a message from the president o : icaragua stating neither Xicaragut or any other Central American re- ublic is involved in the internal trou- ' .e in Guatemala. TRIAL IS TO BE DELAYED. iscs of Mine Leaders Are Likely tc Be Continued Until December. At Caldwell , Ida. , Judge Srnitli iursday granted -the motion 6f the unsel for Meyer , Haywood and Pet- sone , officers of the Western Federa- ) n of Miners , charged with the mur- sr of Gov. Steunenberg , for a con- luance of the cases until the supreme urt shall finally pass on the ques- ms before it relating to the defend- its. The present outlook is that the cused cannctf be brought to trial be- re December next. Big German Strike Averted. The threatened lockout of 60 per nt of the metal workers of Germany , lich had been fixed for June 2 , has en averted through the striking indry men of Dresden , Breslau , ankfort-on-the-Main and Hanover thdrawing their demand for a min < um wage scale. Assassins Are Caught. Ihe viceroy at Tiflis has received svs that the assassins of William lart , American vice consul at Ba- im , have been apprehended and i'e confessed that they were bribed commit the crime , giving the names the instigators , who were also ar- ted. Funeral of 3Ilchael Davitt. i"he funeral of Michael Davitt at blin has been fixed for June 2 and 1 be as private as possible , in ac- dance with the expressed wishes of dead patriot. ESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL. ednle of Games to Be Played at Sioux City. la. 'ollowing Is a schedule of Western gue games to be played at Sioux r in the immediate future : Moines June 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 coin June 24 , 25 , 26 bio - June 27 , 28 , 29 Missing Man. he Kenosha , Wis. , police have been jd to search for Hugo Sarstrom , Maple Street , who had been miss- since Monday evening. Sarstrom aid to have had a large sum ofi iey on his person when 'he left rthquake Shock in Washington. sattle , Wash. , felt a slight earth- ce shock shortly after 5 o'clock ay morning. Xo damage was done 'awpersonsknewanythinir STATE OF NEBKASK NEWS OP THE WEEK IX A CO DENSED FORM. Tornado Strikes Near Oakland Ct slderable Damage Done to Bui nigs One Man and a Boy Injui at New Town of Ueliling. A tornado of considerable dime Bions , accompanied by hail , struck t Logan bottom Friday afternoon , sa a special from Oakland. The torna passed Oakland about a half mile the west and everything in its pa was swept clean. At Uehling considerable dama was done to buildings and a man ai boy were slightly injured. South town along the creek the outbuildin and barns on the farms of John Pete son , C. A. Mogal and Alf Walbe were blown down and Walberg's hou was moved from the foundation. A heavy rain accompanied by ha some stones as big as hen's eggs , pr ceded the tornado. The wind did co siderable damage about town to tre and outbuildings. All telephone wir west and south of town are down. The cloud passed on up the botto north , but no damage has been r ported as yet. A Lyons special says : At about o'clock Friday afternoon , just after very heavy hail storm , a cyclone wj seen passing about one mile west < Lyons , destroying farm property ar tearing up the telephone lifies as swept over the country. It terminate about six miles northwest of Lyon No loss of life has yet been reportei A tornado passed over Uehliri about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Th only object in its path was a box ca which was demolished. Oscar Johr son and Earl Johnson , who were loat ing grain into the car , were struck b some of the pieces and considerabl bruised. Its path was from southwes to northeast and was very narrow. FATHER AND SON HELD. Widow Tells of Shooting of He Husband. The preliminary hearing of Charle Dennis and two small sons , John am Harvey , charged with killing Georg Morrison on May 18 , was held a Broken Bow Thursday. Mrs. Morrison , the widow , testifie < : hat on the afternoon of the traged ; ler husband was working on a bound iry fence separating the two proper : ies and nearly in front of the house ; hat Dennis approached with an arm > d boy on each side of him to withii i short distance , when John , aged 11 Irew up his rifle and fired the fata ihot. Coroner Morrow and Willian sefker also testified , the latter cor- oborating many of the widow's state nents. The 'defense advanced reasons foi he father's discharge , but the court efused to entertain them , binding the irisoners over to che district courl n the sum of $5,000. BROTHER GETS ANGRY. Jccause Sister Was Refused Diploma He Attacks Teacher. Owing to her time lost by illness , 'rof. Frank Power went to the home f Miss Etta Woolley at Shelby to tell er that she had not passed in one ot er studies and that she could not get er diploma at present , although her ame was on the graduation cards 'hich have been sent out. Her brother Albert , who had pre- snted her with a watch and her raduation dress , and Avho has one rm , the other having an iron hooK , rent after the principal and battered is face Quite badly. No Sports in Nebraska. Memorial day in Nebraska Wednes- ly was more quiet than Sunday. The 2w state law forbidding outdoor imes or races of any sort on the soi- ers' day was in effect Wednesday for te first time and there was a. strict iservance over the state. In cities id towns' the officers were on the ert and sport of any kind was not irmitted. Railroad Aid Bonds Defeated. The most intensely interesting cam- lign waged in Rock County since the iunty seat election in 1SS9 , closed onday night with a victory for the iople who opposed the proposition tend nd the county in the sum of $40,000 aid of the proposed Midland Cen- 3.1 Railroad. Child. 1-0 owns in Water Tank. The little 2-year-old daughter of mes Jacobson , a. farmer living six ties northwest of Tekamah , was owned in a water tank , the tank ntaining less than eleven inches of iter. The father , with his two sons , ire shelling corn within fifty feet of iere the little one was drowned. University Cadets in Camp. The state university cadet battalion mbering about 400 men , in charge Commandant Workizer , a regular ny officer , arrived in Beatrice Mon- y evening on a special train over J Burlington and will go into camp the chautauqua grounds for a week. Burglars Raid Saloons. rhe saloons of Henry Sas and Au- st Ratman at Blair , were robbed ursday morning about 2 o'clock and eral dollars taken from the cash Bister of the Sas saloon. Favors One City. tfayor Dahlman , of Omaha , intends use his efforts and influence as chief icutive to bring about a merger of taha and South Omaha under a le municipal government. Stock Train Goes Into Ditch. : he Kansas City and Omaha train 164 , was wrecked four miles east man Wednesday morning. Thirty- ee cars of stock and one of grain it into the ditch. No one was hurt. happened at Sand Creek bridge. 3t all of the hogs were killed. Cause : nown. Old Resident Dies. M. Williams died at his home near ley Friday at the age of 77 years. Williams , one of the oldest resi ts , was one of the most prominent TRIED TO CUT DAM. Trouble Over the Big Drainage Di Near Tekamah. A Tekamah special says : A 1 nights ago some persons tried tea a hole in the big dam at the south * end of the ditch where it will em into the river. It occurred while watchman were away from the d for only a few minutes , and it is si posed that the water was high on so person's land and that they were go ; to get it off , as there is about fift < miles of water held in the ditch , wh : is 35 to 60 feet deep. If the di should have been broken it woi have taken months to repair it. 1 guards have been doubled and a v < careful watch will be kept to see tl no persons tamper with it. If nothi happens the dam will be dynamll next week and the big canal will th be turned over to the county. Hundreds of people are planning going down to see the big waterw opened and hear the ceremony of t transferring of it to the county , has taken nearly a year and a half dig the main canal , the branches ha ing not yet been started. CONGRATULATE TECUMSEH ME Band Serenades Two Who Win Damage Suit. A Tecumseh special says : S. Jones and C. H. Dennis , of T cumseh , were made defendants in 520,000 damage suit for false impri onment , brought by A. Staples Cod 3f Midland , Mich. , and the case can up in the United States court in Om ; lia and Judge Mungertookitout of tl iiands of the jury and dismissed tl lefendants. It all grew out of tl 'ailure of the Chamberlain bankir nouse , of this city. After the bar 'ailed Cody came to Tecumseh ar lad in his possession papers whic vere supposed to be the property < .he failed institution. He was accuse vith trying to dispose of them , an ) ending a hearing here was placed i ail. The district court acquitted Cod ind as Jones and Dennis had cause lis arrest the damage suit followed. Wednesday afternoon a party c 100 friends of Messrs. Jones and Der iis , headed by the Tecumseh Militar Sand , called at the Dennis hem < i-here the gentlemen were serenadec WRECK NEAR FRANKLIN. Iribbing Burns Under Burlingto Track and Derails Three Cars. A small wreck on the Burlingtor ve miles east of Franklin Sunda ; fternoon caused some delay in traffi f trains. Three cars went into th itch , making it necessary for th recking car and outfit to clear th lain line. It occurred at a plac here the track was washed out Mon ay last. The track had been cribbei P with ties and this cribbing caugh re and burned out , leaving nothini ut the rails for thirty feet. The fin as still burning when the wrecl appened , and it was only by ban ork that the cars were saved fron urning. One of the wrecked cars wa : iaded with oil , but luckily the tanl as not broken. In some way the engine got over th < ace , but the first three cars behint ie engine broke through. The fire- an jumped and landed in water sb et deep and he had to swim out he track was repaired and trains ere running in a few hours. Confesses and is Sentenced. Charles E. Mead , the defaulting as- stant cashier of the Be mer State ink. who was out on bond of 51,500 : ndinff his trial in the district court Cuming County on a charge of em- szzling the sum of 38,300 , the prop- ty of the bank , surrendered to his indsmen and appeared before DIs- ict Judge Guy T. Graves and plead- guiity to the charges alleged in the mplaint. He was immediately sen- need to a term of three years in the nitentiary. Had Stolen Horses. In the district court at Fremont lursday morning Fay Baker pleaded ilty to having in his possession a im of horses which had been stolen > m G. W. Heine , of Hooper , and was itenced to eighteen months in the nitentiary. He protested that ho 1 not steal the horses , but that he i them of a man who did steal jm. ormer Lincolnite Commits Suicide. X'ews of the suicide of William Wil- i , formerly of Lincoln , has been re- ved from Grand Junction , Colo. He s the son of William Wilson , for-1 Tly of Lincoln. The young man was ' ireman on the Rio Grande Railroad 3 is supposed to have shot himself : ause he failed to pass an examina- n for engineer. He leaves a wife 1 child. Severe Storm. Ujout 5 o'clock Thursday evening ornado formed seven miles north- r.t of Gibbon , striking north and I through the hills. A dozen farms fered the loss of a house , barn , nary , windmills , etc. Some places buildings were entirely demollsh- A carpenter lost his tool chest I is unable to find a single tool. 3Ierclmnt Quits Business. August Kleine , one of the oldest and t known merchants of West Point closed out his business there. A ? ting of his creditors was half dnesday morning and matters were icably arranged without resort to il - . His entire assets e turned , over to his creditors in settlement of all claims. Five Years for Chamberlain. udge Raper refused C. M. Cham- ain a new trial in the Xemaha nty district court at Auburn and : enced him to five years in the [ tentiary on the embezzlement rge. Chamberlain will appeal to supreme court. Wants Big 3Ioney. elieving that his land is under- with mineral wealth George Star- a farmer living near Beatrice , has sed $150 per acre for his quarter ion. Pie has placed the price at i per acre. 3 Sunday Shaves in Hartington. iere are to be no barber shops i in Hartington Sundays. The city icil passed an ordinance prohibit- the opening cf barber shops on day , with a § 50 fin * as a penalty rioiatior The semi-annuVal school apportion ment certified to tnrc state superintend ent by State Treihfurer Mortensem amounts to S413.S51.03i. which is about : $24,000 more than th\j May appor tionment of a year ago\ The money was derived from thV following- sources : School tax , $92S6.63 ; n- nS terest on school saline $19 S , OS .05 ; interest on school lanWs leasi d. $97,413.01 ; interest on bond ? 275.17 ; interest on warrants , 634.06 ; gamejind fish licenses , I discount on bonds , $1,771.09. DougJ County , having the largest number' ' children of school age , comes ir JIor $44,924.58. Elaine County gets $212.8 ] the lowest amount of any of the couf ties. Each county gets $1.102579 each child of school age , there bei ! a total of $413,851.03 to distribute , the state there is a total of 375,34 5 children of school age. Stephen Bayles , of Red Cloud. was | released from the Lincoln hospital for\ the insane Saturday and taken to the- } soldiers' home at Milford. The atten tion of Secretary 6f State Galusha was attracted to Bayles. who was an old neighbor and friend in Red Cloud , by a letter from Bayles , asking the secre tary to ascertain if possible why he was being detained in the asylum. Mr. Galusha at once called up Superin tendent Greene and reported the re ceipt of the letter. Dr. Greene made- an examination of Bayles and pro nounced him sane and not a fit subject for the asylum. Mr. Galusha commu nicated with the county dork of "Web ster County and had the old man sent to the soldiers' home. It was reported' that 'family trouble caused the' aid man to be sent to the hospital. * * * In affirming the decision of the low jr court of Douglas County in the case ) f Bertha Getzschmann et al. against : : he county commissioners of Douglas bounty , the court holds that when ival newspapers set up a claim for : ounty printing and the commission ; rs , after a hearing in good faith , iward the same to one of the papers , L court of equity will not Interfere by njunction to restrain or control its ac- ion. The plaintiffs sought to secure- he printing of the delinquent tax list 'f ' the county and two rival papers se- ured the work after a hearing as to he ability of the papers to come up o the requirements of the law govern- tig such publications. The board or ommissioners was sustained. The state board of assessment hasr ompleted the assessment of railroad * roperty in Nebraska. The assessment as made after a consideration of the- Locks and bonds , net earnings and" ie physical property. The board as- sssed all the railroad property In ie state at a total of $47,699,848.35. his is an increase over last year of 404,872. Of this increase $96,142 is redited to the Union Pacific Railroad nd $308,730 is credited to the Ash- md cut-off of the Great Northern- , his latter road has not heretofore een assessed. With the exception of " Union Pacific , which was assessocp $100 a mile higher than last year , 1 the roads were returned the same- * * * Frank McCartney , a brother of W7 McCartney , who was murdered Iir te Lincoln insane hospital in Xovem- ir , 1904 , has written to the state > ard of public lands and buildings om Xebraska City joining in tha- quest for an investigation Into the ( ath of W. S. McCartney asked for r Superintendent Greene. Mr. Mc- irtney said he had noticed in some- the papers that upon him had been aced the responsibilty for concealing e murder of the unfortunate man am the public and he was anxious r an investigation , and was willing tear ar any blame which might attach him. The board has not yet name < 3 > elate for the investigation. * * * The Omaha Printing Company haa : ured the contract for printing tha preme court reports for 54 cents & < ge. The estimated number of pages * the entire job is 4,800 , divided in- seven volumes. This was the job which the State Journal Comp.- s the low bidder some time ago , u ; tsmuch as it was plain there had in a combine of the big printers to 1 up the price , the bids were re- ted. Its bid was 87 cents a page , readvertising the state saved $1,500 on this one job. * * * tVilliam Xeiter , sentenced to the litentiary from Rock County Oct. 1904. to serve three and a half * us , was pardoned by Gov. Mickey in the application of the brother of ; convict. J. A. Douglas appeared the imprisoned man and showefl tse why he should be pardoned. 2 county attorney , the father and ther of the girl and others asked * .t executive clemency be extended , ter will go to Keya Paha County I work on the ranch of his brother. * * * L patient of the Lincoln asylum , ned Walton , has been trying to get state officers interested in his case Iton is from Long Pine and he said" was sent to the asylum because at es he was considered an enthusiast' r certain matters. He question * legality of his sentence and wants ivestigated. * * * ommencement exercises and Me- ial day addresses will occupy much ? he time of those state officers who talk during the next few weeks. > rney General Brown will speak at" iton on that day. r. A. J. Turkle. secretary of the de ment of education of the Lutherair rch. was in Lincoln looking up 3- tion for a school to be run by his- rch. He visited Tabitha home ana- old normal- school and was \veir sed with both locations. * * * iss Winnifred Kaup , who has been- loyed In the office of State Super- ident Mc ? rien for some time , haste to Xehawka , where she will be- Evork as secretary to State Senatcr- ge Sheldon.