locrat
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. RIc . Publisher
BLOWN TO PIECES
.ELEVEN KILLED AXD FIVE IX-
.1URED IX PENNSYLVANIA.
Dynamite Plant Explodes Every
Building But One Demolished and
Victims Literally Torn to Shreds
Cause of Explosion is Xot Known.
A Lancaster , Pa. , special says : Elev
en men were blown to pieces and five
others seriously injured by the explo
sion of a dynamite plant Saturday
near Pequea , along the Susquehanna
River. The dead are Benjamin Geb-
hardt , aged 22 ; Benjamin Rineer , 21 ;
George Rineer , 20 ; Fred Rice , 23 ;
Collins Parker , 18 ; Pharos Shoff , 18 :
'William Funk , 19 ; John Boatman , 17 ,
and three unidentified men.
The seriously injured are Walter
Brown , Martin Rineer , George Gray ,
Charles Cramer and Jacob Shoff.
The accident was one of the most
horrible in the history of Lancaster
County. The victims were literally
torn to pieces , hardly enough remain
ing of the bodies to make identifica
tion possible.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. Two of the unidentified vic
tims had just started to drive from
the place with a load of dynamite.
They had gone scarcely fifty feet when
the plant blew up with a detonation
that was plainly heard fifteen miles
away. A great cloud of smoke cov
ered the site of the factory and when
It cleared away there was not a ves
tige of the horses , wagon or men.
Fragments of human bodies were
found hanging to trees a hundred
yards away.
Persons living near the factory be
gan the work of rescue , but there
were few in the plant who had not
been blown to atoms. The remains
of these were gathered up and placed
in soap boxes , identity being Impossi
ble.
The injured , some of whom it is
thought will die , were taken to their
homes in the immediate vicinity.
George and Benjamin Rineer , who
were killed , were , sons of Martin Ri
neer , one of the injured. The plant
consisted of a dozen buildings. All
were blown to pieces except a remote
structure in which seven girls were
at work. The factory was owned by
'C. R.McAbee & Co. , of Pittsburg , and
manufactured explosives for use in
the Pennsylvania construction work.
ROW IX UNION LABOR CAMP.
St. Louis Building Trades Strike as
Result of Disagreement.
The Building Trades Council at St.
Louis Saturday declared a general
strike on all b'uildings on which mem
bers of the Bricklayers' and Stone
masons' International Union are em
ployed. The master builders as a re
sult of this action canceled the recent
ly signed agreement with the council.
The agreement provided that no un
ion affiliated with the council should
go on a strike without first submitting
.the matter in question to arbitration.
It Is stated the strike resulted from
a disagreement between the unions. It
is the general sentiment of the em
ployers to remain neutral unless they
are forced into the fight to protect
their own interests.
BOY HELD AS FIREBUG.
Accused of Having Set Fire to Min
ing Property.
At Trinidad , Colo. , Manual Martinez ,
aged 17 years , a Mexican coal mine
worker , was arrested Saturday charg
ed with having set fire to the big En- I
.gleville coal mine owned by the Colorado
rado Fuel and Iron Company. Mar 1
tinez was discharged from the mine
( three weeks ago and the next day the
( property began to burn. Hundreds
of miners were imperiled , many of
, them being saved with difficulty.
The fire is reported to be still burn-
, ingk fiercely , with a loss to the Colorado
rado Fuel and Iron Company already
estimated at over $100,000.
May Capture Assassin.
Four Italians were arrested at New
York Sunday and remanded to the
.coroner until the story told by one
of them , which tends to offer a solu
tion of the mysterious murder of Mrs.
( Alice Kinnan in the Bronx Friday
j night , can be more thoroughly inves-
tigated.
Christian Science Temple Dedicated.
At Boston one of the most remarka-
ible religious demonstrations ever witnessed -
( nessed in New Englnad occurred Sun-
jday when the new $2,000,000 Christian -
tian Science temple in the Back Bay
district was dedicated.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
i City live stock market follow : Butch-
jer steers , $3.75@5.00. Top hogs , $6.40.
Auto Wreck Xear Chicago.
Four persons were injured , two of
'them fatally , by the overturning of
'an ' automobile near Winnetke , twenty
f miles north of Chicago , Sunday. The
( accident was caused by the bursting of
'a ' tire.
Three Men Drowned.
Three men were drowned in New
, York bay Sunday when the yacht Lot
tie with a fishing party on board cap-
during a sudden storm.
SWEPT BY STCIOr.
Scores o [ Buildings Demolished by
Wind i Ontario.
A terrific wind and rain storm swept
Ontario Friday from one end of the.
southern peninsula to the other , de
molishing buildings , urooting trees
and leaving the telegraph and tele
phone lines in a tangled mass. Line
men who were sent out as far as Dun-
das , five miles west of Hamilton , Ont ,
report that miles of poles are down
and that it will take several days to
restore anything like normal condi
tions. Nothing like an accurate esti
mate of the damage can be given.
The storm struck Hamilton at 4:35
o'clock Friday evening and for twen
ty minutes the wind tore through the
streets at the rate of 85 miles an
hour. Immense oak and maple trees
were cut off at the base as cleanly as
though a saw had been used , build
ings were demolished and electrical
wires of all kinds prostrated. The
street car service was suspended for
four hours. Forty buildings were
blown down.
The roof of the warehouse of the
Deering Agricultural Implement Com
pany was blown off and some of the
smaller buildings of the plant were
wrecked. The roof was blown off the
Hamilton Vinegar Works and a wing
of the Hamilton Club was razed. The
steeple of St. Paul's church was bad
ly damaged. Reports from the rich
fruit farms in the valley east and
west of Hamilton state the damage to
fruit will reach thousands of dollars.
This was ladies' day at the race
track , and the grandstand was crowd
ed with women when the storm broke.
! The horses were parading past the
stand for the second race , but they
were sent back to the paddock. When
the wind reached such a velocity that
it threatened to wreck the stand a
panic seized the crowd. Many men
climbed over the fence into the infield
where they laid flat on the groun'd in
the drenching rain. The storm lasted
! less than half an hour.
Nothing has been heard from Paris ,
Woodstock and London , cities west of
Hamilton in direct path of the storm.
Several passenger steamers which
reached port Friday night reported
having trying experiences on Lake
Ontario.
A large number of people in Ham
ilton sustained slight injuries , but so
far as known no one1 has been killed.
EIGHT PERISH IX MINE.
Great Bravery is Shown by Rescue
Parties.
An Anaconda , Mont. , special says :
One of the most serious accidents in
the history of coal mining in Montana
I has occurred in the mines of the
! Northern Pacific at Rocky Ford , near
; Red Lodge. Eight men are dead , all
victims of the deadly white damp
that filled the corridors of the mine
after the fire was started Wednesday.
Their bodies have been recovered , but
he story of he work of rescue parties
is a tale of unexcelled bravery and he
roic self-sacrifice.
Of the dead two were members of
one of the parties that entered the
mine in the effort to reach the men
known to be there.
SAVED THE STATE CAPITOL.
Louisiana Lawmakers Fight Fire in
Their Night Clothes.
The saving of the state capitol
1 building from complete destruction by
fire Thursday night wns accomplish
ed ia a spectacular manner by Gov.
i Blancherd , assisted by many Louisiana -
| ana legislators , dressed in their night
I clothes , and by thousands of citizens
supplementing the fire department ,
j The fire started from defective wirIng -
' Ing near the roof of the senate'cham-
ber , destroying the capitol's eastern
wing above the first floor.
| The damage is about $75,000. The
, famous painting , "The Battle of New
Orleans , " valued at $40,000 , was
ruined.
Manila Police Force Reduced.
The police force of Manila , P. I. ,
is to be reduced to 500 men , of whom
200 shall be American and the re
mainder Filipinos. As a result 100
American policemen are slated for
dismissal. The change is to be made
within three months.
Eight Miners Shot.
The mining town of Ernest , Pa. , on
the Buffalo , Rochester and Pittsburg
Railroad , was -the scene early Friday
of a conflict between a detail of state
constabulary and striking coal min
ers , in which eight strikers were
wounded , three fatally.
Engineer is Killed.
Freight Engineer Frank Cunning
ham -was killed and Fireman T. J. Callahan -
lahan was fatally injured in a head-on
collision between a special and a
freight train on the Colorado Midland
Railroad at Boyer , Colo. Both men
were residents of Colorado City.
Grain Commission Firm Fails.
It was made known at St. Louis ,
Mo.f Thursday that the Schauble
Oakes Commission Company , stock
brokers , have permanently closed
their office there , a line of offices In
Illinois towns and one in Evansville ,
Ind.
To Be King of Liners.
At Glasgow the new Cunard line
steamer Lusitania , the world's largest ji
liner , was successfully launched at t <
Clyde bank Thursday. The Lusitania i
is 790 feet long , greatest .breadth 88. ]
depth 80 % , and displacement about
40,000 tons. She can carry 3,200 pee
ple.
Spanish Cabinet Resigns.
At Madrid Premier Moret Thursday
presented to the king the resignation
of the entire catlnet.
XEILL OX THE RACK.
Author of Beef Report Is Questioned
Severely.
At Washington , D. C.t the house
committee on agriculture- continued
its hearing on the Neill-Reynolds
meat Inspection report Thursday.
Thomas E. Wilson , manager for Nel
son Morris & Co. , and representing
the large Chicago packing houses ,
continued his remarks on the Bever-
idge amendment providing for meat
inspection.
Aside from the objections he had
pointed out Wednesday Mr. Wilson
said the only other serious objection
was the provision placing the cost of
inspection on the packers.
As to cost Mr. Wilson said the pack
ers had very serious objections to
having this expense placed on them.
"We are now under an expense ag
gregating $1,000,00.0 a year for con
demnation of animals , " he said.
"Neither the raisers nor producers
bear any of the loss on condemned
stock. It all falls on the packers , " as
serted Mr. Wilson.
Representative Scott , of Kansas ,
suggested that it was generally under
stood the packers so controlled the
meat market that they would be able
to recoup themselves for the cost of
inspection. .
"We could not , " replied Mr. Wilson.
"The large packers kill only 50 per
cent of the meat , especially in the
supply of the country , and do not con
trol the market. "
Mr. Neill denied the statement of
Mr. Wilson that the floors were scrub
bed daily. The dirt on some of the
rooms was caked on the floor and
had not been washed for weeks.
Chairman Wadsworth took up the
statement in the report. "We saw
meat shoveled from dirty floors into
rotten boxes and pushed from room to
room. "
"How do you know they were rot
ten. Did you test them ? "
"We felt them and. smelt them.
There are floors there , " he continued ,
"which all the seas could not wash
the dirt from. "
The slipping of a hog into a privy
was made the subject of a colloquy be
tween the witness and Representative
Brooks , of Colorado.
Mr. Neill said he saw the hog fall
and identified a picture of the privy.
The hog was put up on the rack and
he believed the hog was never cleaned.
CASE VEILED IX MYSTERY.
Unknown Boy is Left at a Station in
Missouri.
A Booneville , Mo. , dispatch says :
A conductor on a Missouri , Kansas
and Texas "flyer" left a 5-year-old
boy with the station agent here Wed
nesday , the boy having been placed in
the care of the conductor by a man
at San Antonio , Tex. , with instruc
tions to put him off at Booneville ,
where relatives would meet him.
The youngster gave his name aa
Willis Faris. No relatives have ap
peared. The boy is well dressed and
has a suit case with plenty of fine
clothing. He said his father's name
is William Carstead. He talks of liv
ing in New York with "Aunt Lizzie. "
He tells of servants and electric lights ,
and his prattle indicates he" lived in a
home of wealth.
The supposition here is that the
child was kidnaped in New York , and
when closely followed the little fellow
was sent to Booneville to get him out
of the way.
BOYER IS "FIRED. "
Pennsylvania Railroad Official is Dis
missed from Service.
A Philadelphia special says : Joseph
Boyer , the Pennsylvania Railroad em
ploye , who Wednesday testified before
the interstate commerce commission
to having received large sums ol
money and other gratuities from pro
ducers of coal on the Pennsylvania
Railroad , was Thursday dismissed
from the service of the company.
When the matter was brought tc
the attention of President Cassatt he
directed the immediate discharge ol
Boyer. |
Boyer , who was chief clerk in the
office of A. W. Gibbs , superintendent j
of motive power , testified Wednesday
that he had received over $46,000 IE
cash from five coal companies since
1903 in addition to other gifts of stocb
Girl Weds While Very III.
Buoyed up with the determination
that she should be married on the daj
set , Miss Bessie R. Swayne , of Phila
delphia , Pa. , was wedded to Hebei
M. Lamon , a prominent real estate
man of Philadelphia. Propped up
with pillows , the young woman , who
is dangerously ill with typhoid , slowly -
ly whispered the wedding vows.
Alcohol Bill a Law.
A Washington special says : Presi
dent Roosevelt Friday signed the de-
naturated alcohol bill.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL
Schedule of Games to Be Played ai
Sioux City , la.
Following is a schedule of Westen
League games to be played at Slow
City in the immediate future :
Des Moines June 17 , 18 , 19 , 2t
Lincoln- June 24 , 25 , 2 {
Pueblo June 27 , 28 , 2J
Four Thousand May Quit.
General managers of the twenty-
three railroads entering Chicago havi
decided that they will not grant an ]
increase fn wages to their freigh
handlers , and a strike of 4,000 mei
appears imminent
Gives 500 Suits to Women.
Raphael Weill , a millionaire cloth ,
ier at San Francisco , announces that '
he will give complete outfits of clothing - . c
ing to 500 women as a bachelor taj
against himself .
STATE 01 < ' NEBRASKA
XEWS OF TIIE WEEK IX A COX-
DEXSED FOKM.
Xebraska To\vn , Situated on a Big
Bluff , Slowly Slipping Into Missouri
River Already Residences Have
Been Forced Back.
Decatur , situated on a big bluff
overlooking ' the majestic Missouri
River , is slowly sipping into the river ,
and unless the" town is depopulated in
the .next five years it will meet with a
disaster which may cause the loss of
many lives.
Decatur is built high up on bluffs
along the west shore of the river. The
Missouri ten years ago undertook to
undermine the bluff , and has succeed
ed so well that every year large portions
tions of the incorporated city are
washed away toward the gulf of Mex
ico.
Already ten residences have been
moved back from the edge of the
stream , so threatening at times has
the aspect appeared. The town may
or has issued a proclamation con
demning a large area of land on the
edge of the river 700 feet back from
the river. This will not be used by
the residents , as it is in immediate
danger of being precipitated into the
surging yellow water of the "Big
Muddy" river and washed away.
The bluffs on which Decatur was
settled in the early days are over 100
feet high , and was d9emed a safe
place for a town , on account of the de
fenses in case of an attack by the In
dians.
Now that the Indians are no more
to be feared , and the town is growing ,
there is much derision at being com
pelled to be on the alert lest the no
torious stream carry them away when
unsuspecting the move.
People who have grown gray and
reared large families , own consider
able land in the vicinity of the dep
redations of the famous stream , but
they can carry no insurance on their
houses because there is nothing in
the contract of any insurance which
assures protection from the washing
away of soil by a river or by erosion.
There is no way to build protection
in the shape of dikes because of the
almost precipitous sides of the bluffs
on the west side of the Missouri Riv
er. The walls are almost perpendicu
lar , and of soft yielding clay , so much
worse than would be rock or sand
stone.
PHARMACISTS OUT IX FORCE.
Large Increase in Membership of the
Association.
Not only was the attendance at the
Pharmaceutical convention at Hast
ings as large if not larger than in any
former year , but the convention was
also marked by an increase of an
even hundred in the membership of
the association. The closing business
session was held at the court house
Thursday morning at which officers
were elected and the place for the next
meeting chosen.
Seward and Omaha were the on.ly
competitors for the next convention
and the former Avon out by a vote of
35 to 25.
The following officers worp elected :
President , E. H. Dort , Auburn : vice
president , Charles Simons , Beaver
Crossing : W. C. Brokaw , Cedar Bluffs ;
D. A. Adams , Nehawka , A. H Brooke ,
Hastings ; treasurer , E. E. Cathcart ,
Meadow Grove ; secretary , O. H. Bau-
man , Grand Island.
Death in Food Product.
Howard Athey , aged 26 , and a girl
nf 14 years named Swick , living in
the Middle Loup 'settlement , near
Broken Bow , died in convulsions Sun
day night after a few hours' illness.
Three doctors who were summoned
attribute the deaths to food poison
ing as a result of eating pickles. The
liquor in which the pickles
were preserved has been sent to Oma
ha for analysis.
Xe\v Y. M. C. A. Building.
Excavating for the new Young
Men's Christian Association building
at Fremont began Thursday , though
two of the buildings on the site have
not yet been removed. The building
Contract has not yet been let. though
the plans have been practically decided -
ed upon. The building will be three
stories high.
Bondsmen Settle Shortage.
The Falls City council met Wednes
day night and agreed to accept the
proposition for settlement made by the
bondsmen of E. O. Bode last Monday
night. They all settled with the ex
ception of P. H. .Tussen , who had not
signed the agreement , and so far as
they are concerned the affair is
Closed.
Cuts Off Brother's Finger.
At Utica Herman Robb , 3 years old.
had the misfortune to have the third
finger of his left hand cut off by his-
older brother Thursday. He was
playing near where the other was dig
ging post holes with an auger and got
his hand caught.
Hartington Masons Honored.
At the annual meeting of the Melu-
sha Masonic grand lodge held at
" > maha last weak two Hartington Ma
sons were highly honored. L. M
Paird was elected grand master of
the grand lodge and Rev. F. M. Dra
iner , grand chaplain.
Xebraska Banker Indicted.
The County grand jury at Omaha
returned an indictment against -
H. B. Waldron , a banker of Waterloo ,
charging him with forgery in alter. a
the name in a deed to real estate.
Xebraska State Shoot.
The thirtieth annual tournament of
the Nebraska Sportsmen's Association
began on the grounds of the Lincoln
Gun Club at Lincoln. In the free for
all , at 130 targets , the high guns were
Heer , of Concordia , Kan. , and Schroe-
Jer , of Columbus , Neb. , each with 128
Boy Hold for Assault.
.Roy Nichols , rf Lincoln , aged 18
'vas bound over t the district court
at Norfolk Wednesday , charged with
attempted statutny s sault upon a lit-
l.e lame dauchter of Louis Schenzel. a
j HEAVY FIIIR LC'R ; x OMAHA ,
Fifteen Men Gvor.-orc by Cn < 5 During
Depaitnu'iit & * orp BIn'/e.
A veiy insignificant lire was the in
direct cause of heavy damage to the
stock of the Kayclen Prrs. department
store at Sixteenth and Dodge Streets ,
Omaha , and the narrow escape from
death of fifteen firemen and a police
i surgeon Sunday afternoon. The fire ,
which was of unknown origin , started
in a furniture More room at the rear
of the building ; . It had not done more
than $100 damage when it started the
i automatic sprinkler which flooded the
i entire five floors of the building be
fore It was discovered.
The total value of the stock is given -
en at $650,000 and the damage at one-
half that amount , fully cove-red by in
surance. Th < > fire had evidently been
smouldering for some time before the
water was started , for the room was
so filled with carbonic acid gas that
the first firemen to enter the place
were overcome and those who went
to their assistance rapidly succumbed
until it was necessary to take fifteen
of them , including Chief Salter. ' As
sistant Chief Simpson , Captains Sulli
van. Coyle and Oleson and Lieuten
ants Ericson , Bowman and Peterson
to the hospital.
Police Surgeon Elmore was also
overcome while attending them at the
scene of the fire. Nearly all reported
for duty later and none is in a serious
condition.
CUT BOY'S THROAT.
Peculiar Accident to Boy Cow Push
ed Child Against Wire Fence.
What came near being a fatal acci
dent occurred Saturday afternoon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ed
wards , of Harvard , when their child , a
boy of 7 years , became seriously cut
on a barb wire fence. The father had
taken a young oalf away from its
mother , which had again got through
the fence where the cow was feed
ing , when this boy and a smaller one
also crawled through the fence to play
with the calf , when the mother cow
came after the larger boy , crowding
him against the fence , one strand , of
the wire being just high enough to
strike the boy across the throat. The
cow , still pressing the boy against the
fence , resulted In the barbs cutting
the child's throat from within about
two inches of one ear to about the
same distance from the other , except
for a short skip under the chin ; but
the result was the cutting of a vein I '
and the free flowing of the blood.
PUTS LOYALTY FIRST.
President Roosevelt Replies to Letter
on Behalf of His Wife.
A Dewpese dispatch * says : In re
sponse to a letter asking Mrs. Roosevelt
velt to contribute to a bazaar in aid
of a church on the historic Blue , near
the old Mormon trail , and where the
government formerly maintained
headquarters for its pony express ,
Mrs. Xewcomb. of this city , has re
ceived a personal letter from the
president , in which he says :
"What an interesting life you have
had , and how fortunate we Americans
are to have the chance to lead such
lives , and. my dear Mrs. Newcomb ,
it is of mighty small importance
whether we are Republicans or Demj j j
ocrnts. but it is of very real importance - '
tanco that we should be good Ameri
cans and do our duty in straight and
fashion. "
Newton Confesses to Robbery.
Arthur Newton , who was arrested at J
Omaha Saturday night charged with
robbing the two saloons in Blair last' '
Tuesday night and shooting several
times at Night Police Frank Brooks ,
was brought to Blair by Sheriff
Mincke. Newton confesses to being
a party to the burglary , but denies do- j
ing the shooting and the breaking into ,
the freight depot , where the revolver
with which the shooting was done wag
stolen.
Randolph Clashed Avith Railroad.
The city council of Randolph am ,
the Omaha railway are clashing about'
the removal of a portion of the com- j
pany's stock yards , alleged to be in a !
treot that * the city wishes to open. |
Superintendent Nicolls and Lyman j
Sholes , freight agent , came from Oma
ha and held a long session with the !
city council. For several years the !
stock yards have been a bone of con
tention between the city and railway
officials.
Circus Employes in Fight.
A fight between two negroes with
Campbell Bros. ' circus created a small
stir at Randolph. One negro assault
ed another with a tent stake and was
immediately chased through the
streets and alleys by circus employes
who threatened his life. Trembling
with fright he sought refuge in a
store and was taken care of by the
city marshal.
Bootleggers Fined.
At Eurchard , both J. C. Sedam and
Tom Smith , who were tried last week
for the illegal selling of whisky in
Burchard , were found guilty of boot
legging and fined $100 and costs. In
default of which they will be impris
oned in the county jail.
Man Dies on Train.
Mart Anderson , of Wyncote. Wyo
. -hie ! en route to the hospitaJx'
Irand Island under the charge of Dr.
* . L. McCreery. died suddenly on the
rain Thursday morning just before
reaching Broken Bow. Apoplexy was
the cause of death.
Leigh AV511 Celebrate.
Leigh is making arrangements to
celebrate the Fourth of July in good
ape. More rhan $350 has been
lised for the expenses. The commit
es have already secured some draw
ing attractions.
Tries to Ch'oroform Herself.
Miss Lillian Ptirdy attempted sui
cide at Madison Wednesday by bury
ing her face in a towel en which chlor
oform had been po.jrcd. She is prom-
nent in society. Her moans attract
ed attention and she mcy recover.
3Iat5pon to Bci'd City Hall.
Madison at o rpp. " ; J. election voted
U0.000 in bonds t- > * " -1 a city hall. Df
270 votes being f-i-i for to only 44 n
igainst. The pi .111 t ncl specifications
f the building were c rc.vrn seme t.ro *
ISO.
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The new federal building ; whc\i !
contractors pr6mised to have r com
pleted by June 1 , is still in a somewhat *
unfinished state , and It is figured outr
that the date for completion \vil be-
extended for two months yet. A pen
alty for each day over the time limitv
; will now be attached , which the Con
tractors must pay unless there I are-
cogent reasons why it should nei ben
' Itn-posed. It is understood. howeVcr ,
, that owing to the change insisted \on.
! by the government from the original
! plans adopted , which has necessariW
j delayed the work , the contractors ar\Q \
not likely to be held responsible
the delay of two months. While
penalty will be imposed each day. recommendations - \
ommendations will be made to Washington - '
ington to grant an extension of time _
\
that , if acted on favorably , means the
cutting out of the penalty. A look ;
through the splendid structure , built ;
at an expenditure of about $350.000 ,
indicates that it Is fast approaching
the finished state.
* 9 *
State Treasurer Morten en's report
for , the month of May shows that he
now has on hand $590,902 deposited in
state depository banks. As has been
his custom , he has announced the-
names of the depositories and the
amount of state money In"each. . Fromi
the total on hand will soon be deduct
ed $412,601 in the temporary school'
fund , which is in process of appor
tionment for the support of the public
schools. The first warrant on this fund'
was paid Thursday by the treasurer-
At the beginning of the month the *
treasurer had $379,524.82 on hand.
He received a total of $746.SS7.97r
paid out $526.596.41 , leaving a balance
of $599,816.38. During the month the
treasurer received $39,438 for the re
demption fund , a fund derived from a.
1-mill levy for the retirement of out
standing state warrants. He paid out"
of that fund S36.643.70 , leaving a balance -
ance of 92,806.43.
At the next session of the supreme
court the people of tho. state proba
bly will find out whether they are to
be paidsomeS4,000 which it is claim
ed the State Journal owes because of
the alleged illegal sale of that amount"
of supreme court reports. On the first
trial of the case the supreme court *
found for the State Journal and later
a rehearing was granted. The case
was again argued some weeks ago ann
a decision is looked for at the com
ing session of the court. The Journal"
had the contract to print the court re
ports , the state owning the copyright.
It is charged after filling the contract
for the state , the Journal went aheau
and sold reports to the amount of $84 , ,
000 , covering a period of years , and'
the state received nothing from thes <
sales.
After all , the bonds issued by th *
city of Red Cloud to pay for the con
struction of an electric light plant arc
invalid , though at one time recently
they stood the test of the supreme
court. The bonds were about to be
bought by the finance committee ol
the Ancient Order of United Workmen
lodge , when it was discovered thf " " -
tice of election to vote them had no |
been published the week prior to the
date of election. Attorneys who in
vestigated the matter hold the law is
clear , n'otice must appear the week'
prior to the election and that the re
quired number of days' notice , pub
lished longer than a week prior tc
election will not suffice. For the sam $
reason it is held the bonds voted by
the towns of Alma and McCook arc
also invalid.
* * *
Nebraska has accepted an invitation
to attend army maneuvers at Fort Riley -
ley , Kan. Adjt. Gen. J. H. Culver has
had considerable correspondence with
the war department and has askec
that the whole Nebraska Nationa ,
Guard be permitted to attend. Ths
secretary : of war has accepted the
proposition to the extent of one regi
ment. The attendance if the one regi
ment is said to depend upon the pass
age ' of the general appropriation bill
by congress , which contains an Item ol
S70G * )00 ) to defray the expense of the
"
National Guard in attending army
maneuvers , and the attendance of
whole puard depends upon the j
age of the bill carrying an additional
$1.000,000 appropriation for the sup
port of the National Guard.
* * -f
Max Cohn , a notary of Nebraska-
City , is to have a hearing before Gov.
Mickey to answer the charge that he
signed an acknowledgment of a legal
document when not in the presence of
the man whose signature he attested.
The complainant lives across the river
in Iowa and is connected with a bank.
He alleges that he was forced to sign'
a. legal document , but that he did not
go before Notary Cohn , who attested
the acknowledgment. As the governor
issues notarial commissions , he is be
lieved to have power to revoke them.
The complaint against Mr. Cohn may
be taken later before a grand jury.
* * *
Capital Beach , near Lincoln , is to be
thrown open July 4. and a large army
of workers is busy getting the finishing-
touches put on the place to have it In
first class condition by that time. The
water will be turned into the lake pre
vious to the opening- and plenty of
boats will be supplied the visitors. A
street car track will connect the-
with the present system.
Fifty-three applicants for a license-
to practice medicine are now before-
the state board of health , most of
them being graduates of Nebraska
medical college * .
* * *
Rev. W. M. Ealch. pastor of Trinity-
Methodist church , delivered the Me
morial Day address "Wednesday after
noon at the Auditorium before a large-
audience. Three hundred and forty-
three graves , were decorated in tho-
forenoon at the ernpterir- .
* * *
Walter Chnnner. a university stu
3ent who was arrested while in the act
paint'n a bigr d C on the sidewalkr
celebration or the victory of Com
sany C in the competitive drill cenT -
° < T " s discharged in police court atr
Lincoln.
