The Valentine Democra
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. Rice. Publishe
JAPAN IS AROUSEJ
3IUCII EXCITEMENT OVER K7LI
l.VG OF SEALERS.
Officers of One of the Schooners Ei :
gaged Arc Instructed to Go to Toki
and Make Report to the Japanes
Authorities.
A dispatch from Victoria , B. C ,
Bays : The steamer Tartar , which ar
rived Thursday from Japan and Chi
na , brought news that the killiing o
five Japanese seal poachers in the rah
at the Pribyloff "islands had causei
great excitement in Japan and tin
press is devoting columns to the dis
cussion of the affair. One of thi
schooners engaged in the affair arriv
ed at Azushi , Hokkaido , shortly be
fore the Tartar sailed , and her officer ;
had been instructed to proceed to To
kio to inform the government regard
ing the occurrences.
Some of the vernacular press quote
an unnamed Japanese sealing author
ity as saying :
"In 1901 some Americans , prohibit
ed from sealing under their own flag
started the practice of poaching undei
the Japanese flag with the assistance
of Japanese sealers. Whether the
Japanese who were killed v or impris
oned were employed by Americans or
were acting independntly is still un
certain , according to information. Un
certainty on this point and as to other
circumstances , it is not clear whether
the killing of the Japanese sealers
was justifiable or not"
CHAXGE IX CAXAL PLAXS.
ilJocks to Be of Larger Dimensions
That First Proposed.
Locks for the Panama canal prob
ably will be built according to the
dimensions recommended by the ma
jority of the consulting board of en
gineers which favored the construction
of a sea level waterway Instead of the
smaller type as planned by the minor-
jity of the board. Under the plan of
; the minority the locks would be 100
feet wide with usable lengths of 1,000
'feet. ' The plans adopted by congress
provide for locks 95 feet wide with
usable lengths of 900 feet. With this
exception it is said the minority plans
will be followed.
If a change is made in the size of
the locks the isthmian canal commis
sion takes the position that it will be
tacting within the discretion authorized
by congress. As ships are now being
built which would test the capacity of
the 900-foot locks if offered for con
veyance through the canal , Chief En
gineer Stevens is of the opinion that
.it would be wise to increase the di-
tmesions.
EJUITABLE MUST DEFEXD.
/Suit to Compel Accounting for Mis
management is Sustained.
The Equitable Life Assurance so-
riety and its directors , according to a
decision by Justice BIschoff in the su
preme court of New York , must defend -
fend the suit brought against It by
'State Attorney General Mayer , of New
York City , to compel an accounting as
to the management and disposition of
the funds and property of the socie-
; ty. The suit also demands that the
directors be compelled to repay any
of the society's money which may
have been lost or wasted by a viola
tion of the duties of the directors.
The court upholds a demurrer in-
.terposed by the attorney for defend-
.ants that there was Improper joinder
of causes of action , but rules that the
directors must answer the complaint
of the attorney general except insofar
it effected the sustain-
: as may be by -
.ing the demurrer as to improper
joinder. Twenty days is allowed the
defendant in which to make answer.
In addition to demand an account-
; tng of funds , the attorney general's suit
also asks that any defendant now
a director or officer of the society
shall be removed upon proof of mis
conduct.
Cow May Cause Second Strike.
Milwaukee has a cow that caused
one strike and may cause another.
Sixteen young women who sewed in
the tailor shop of Frank Heft said a
few days ago if the animals in an ad
joining building were not moved they
would quit work , and when the time
limit expired and the cows remained
they struck. As a result the health
department compelled the owner to
remove the animals. He kept one ,
however , and the girls declare this is
still a nuisance , and If proper quar
ters are not provided in three days
they will strike again.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
'City ' livestock market follow : Beef
cattle , $2.30@2.SO. Top hogs , $5.95.
A Mining Company Fails.
The Taylor Park Mining Company ,
a Colorado coropration with head-
'quarters at Bos'ton , capitalized for $5-
000,000 , has been placed in the hands
, of a receiver. It Is alleged the com-
Ipany is hopelessly Insolvent.
An Antiseptic Kiss.
"Spray your lips with a carbolio
( atomizer before kissing to avert dan-
jger of death dealing microbes , " said
Dr. Rurick N. Roark.of Kentucky , in
jhis address at the teacers' institute.
RUSSIAX FAMIXE SPREADS.
People of Four More Provinces
Distress.
A dispatch from St. Petersbui
says that by the end of September tl
famine will have spread to the pro1
inces of Kazan , Simbiruk , Samara ar
Saratov. The zemstvo treasuries a ;
exhausted and the whole cost of fee <
ing the people devolves upon the cei
tral government.
The grain required in the four pro1
inces for food and sowing will co
approximately $21,500,000.
In spite of the earlier diagnosis <
the hopelessness of her case Preml <
Stolypin's daughter , who was badl
injured by the bomb explosion in he
father's apartments Aug. 25 , is sti
alive and there are hopes of her r <
covery. The others wounded are in
proving except the student , -Dulevitcl
and the carriage driver , Bernask ;
Both were suspects , but have no-
been cleared.
Among the unknown have bee
recognized Princess Eudoxla Canata
cuzene , Mme. Istomia , a member of
noble * family , and her 8-year-old soi
Five corpses have not been i'dentifiec
A commission sitting under th
presidency 'of the ministry of educa
tion has recommended the reopenin
of the universities , except the one a
Warsaw , and other high schools , unde
practically the same conditions tha
were vainly tried last autumn , name
ly , an autonomous government by ;
professional council , without the con
sent of which the police will not b
permitted to enter the universities
As a result of this method the univer
sities became the meeting place o
revolutionists of all classes during th
great October strike and Gen. Tre
poff finally closed them.
SMOOTH YAXKEE SWIXDLER.
Poses as Member of Harvard Crev
and Victimizes Britishers.
A well dressed young American , pos
Ing as a member of the Harvard crew
vlcltimized London tradesmen out o
several hundred pounds sterling dur
ing the past week. His plan was mos
simple. Registering at the large ho
tels under the name of one o ;
the members of the Harvarc
crew he would go to stores and ordei
clothes and other articles to be seni
to the hotel where he was stopping
asking that the bill be forwarded the
next day. When the collectors wenl
Cor the money they were informed
that the man had left soon after the
arrival of the parcel. Apparently
merely for bravado the man called or
the curate of a fashionable church and
promised to contribute $2,000 to vari-
3us charities. After waiting some days
for Ihemoney the curate called at the
American embassy to inquire for the
man , who had given the name of D. A.
bewail , No. 7 in the Harvard boat ,
ind found that he had been deceived.
SECRETARY WILSOX PLEASED.
? inds Packers Generally in Line with
the Xew Law.
Secretary Wilson has returned to
Washington , D. C. , from an extended
rip through the west and northwest ,
le inspected personally many meat
lacking plants in the various cities he
'Isited , making it a point always to
all at the plants of a given city with-
'ut ' previous notice.
In the majority of Instances the sec-
eatry found the plants in good sani-
ary condition. The packers every
where , he learned , were disposed to
leet the requirements of the law with-
ut quibble or protest and by the 1st
f October , when the inspection of do-
lestic products will take effect , the
scretary believes that the majority of
ic packing plants of the country will
ave completed their arrangements for
ill observance of the provisions of.
le new law.
Xude "Messiah" Gets a Jolt.
Stripped of every vestige of clothing
shn P. Mattley , of Rathdrum , Idaho ,
arted out to evangelize the whole
orld. He represented himself as a
Messiah. Mattley was entering the
ty limits when neighbors captured
m. Much against his will Mattley
as forced to don a horse blanket and
le authorities were notified. Sheriff
oust arrested the man , and his sani-
will be investigated.
Bryan Reaches Home.
Under gray skies , but in exuberant
irits and bronzed by the suns of
any lands during a year of travel
mpletely around the world , William
nnings Bryan , of Nebraska , steamed
t New York bay Wednesday after-
> on on the Prinzess Irene and re
ived an ovation from large welcom-
% parties which went down to quar-
tine to meet and cheer the incoming
ssel and its distinguished passenger.
Coin Goes as a Letter.
A man down in St. Marys , W. Va. ,
10 desired to contribute to the Re-
blican congressional campaign com-
ttee's dollar fund , stuck a postage
, mp on the face of a standard sliver
liar and addressed it with red ink
Congressman James Sherman , P. O.
x 2063 , New York. The silver dol-
went through the mail easily and
3 been received at the headquarters
the St. James building.
Deatli Beats Risk Company.
Dr. Shaw F. Neeley , of Kansas City ,
. , former United States marshal of
nsas and several times mayor of
ivenworth , died fifteen minutes bee -
e a policy of $45,000 on his life
ild have expired.
A Triple Kansas Tragedy.
LS the result of a quarrel over the
Jement of an estate at McCracken ,
n. , Omar Young shot and killed
xander Walker , "Jr. , and Grant
tyjihn and then shot himself.
MOB ATTACKS HIPPLE'S SON.
Police Rescue Heir of the Bar
Wrecker.
Hippie's son had a rough exper
ence Wednesday in Philadelphia (
he emerged from the bank buildln
A man in the crowd saw him ar
shouted : "There goes the son of
rogue who said he had no faith in me
who smoke cigars and chew tobai
co. " Immediately the mob took u
the cry and made a rush for Hippl
For a few moments it looked j
though he would be roughly handle *
but the police succeeded In beatin
the mob back and rescuing the frigh
ened man from its wrath. He WE
hustled into a carriage and take
away.
Receiver George H. Earle , Jr. , Wee
nesday took charge of the affairs c
the Real Estate Trust company , whic
Tuesday failed because of the heav
loans made by Frank K. Hippie , lat
president , to Adolph Segal , a promol
er , upon insufficient security. Unt
Mr. Earle completes his investigatio
the-exact condition of the company'
affairs cannot be told. The receive )
however , expressed the belief that th
trust funds are intact. John H. Con
verse , a director of the company , on
of the foremost Presbyterian layme
in the country , upon whose petitio
the receiver was appointed , said h
was satisfied that the securities of th
various Presbyterian church board
are safe.
The Presbyterian hospital , of whic ]
Mr. Hippie was treasurer , Wednesda ;
elected the Fidelity Trust company a
his successor , and through that con
cern learned that the institution's se
curlties , amounting to $1,500,000 , ar <
intact. '
While it is believed the securities o
the board of trustees of the genera
assembly are equally safe , it will b <
necessary to elect a new treasurer be
fore the fact can be determined.
It developed Wednesday that Mr
Hippie had on deposit for variou ;
Presbyterian organizations $150,000 ir
cash. Included in this was the surr
of $10,000 deposited by the Women's
Foreign Missionary society to be usec
for rebuilding the home for rescued
Chinese slave girls in San Francisco ,
destroyed by the earthquake.
FRISCO STRIKE UNSETTLED.
Street Railway Men Refuse to Return
to Work.
The carmen's union at San Francis
co Tuesday night Issued a lengthy
statement replying to President Cal-
houn's invitation to return to work. It
is a firm refusal and notification that
the company , in Its future negotia
tions , must deal with the union and
not with the men as individuals.
President Calhoun said Tuesday
night : "We will operate the cars , but
[ cannot say when. "
Another special train loaded with
strike breakers was started for San
Francisco from New York Tuesday
light by James Farley , who has been
employed to put an end to the big
street railroad strike in that city.
Dhree Fa'rley trains are now trying to
srosa the continent in four days , sav-
ng a day on the average passenger
ichedule. Another train Avill leave
fersey City Wednesday night , and stilj
mother may leave Thursday night.
BIG PACKERS ACCUSED.
iuit on Charge of Selling Short-
Weight Lard.
City Sealer Grein Wednesday direct-
d that suits be instituted against Ar-
aour & Co. , Nelson & Co. , Swift &
: o. and the Anglo-American Provision
ompany on the charge of selling
hort weight lard. The sealer declared
'uesday he and one of his inspectors
urchased five-pound pails of lard at
tie stock yards and found them to be
rom three to twelve ounces short in
-eight. Grein declared he had re-
aived numerous complaints regarding
nort-welght packages of lard and
lade the investigation in consequence.
Part Heir to Big Fortune.
James Grossman , formerly of Spo-
une , latterly of Nelson and Rossland ,
. C. , and now at Butte , Mont. , has
irnished satisfactory proof that he
one of the seventeen heirs in Amerl-
i entitled to a share of the fortune
' $7,500,000 left by Joseph Grossman ,
: Cornwall , Eng. , during his lifetime
aker of so-called iron-stone china.
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friends Believe She Was Poisoned. \
Miss Rena Jones , whom relatives
slieve was poisoned , died In Chicago
a. hospital August 15. The physi-
ans at the hospital declared that the
st-mortem examination showed that
: ath was due to heart failure and
at there were no evidences of poi-
n.
Defeat for Woman Suffrage. |
For the fourteenth time the execu-
'e council of Victoria Wednesday
jected the proposal to confer the
? ht of suffrage on women. :
cstern League Ball at Sioux City , la. '
Following is a. schedule of Western
ague games to be played at Sioux
: y during the Interstate fair : i
Sioux City vs. Des Moines , Tuesday , '
sdnesday and Thursday , Sept. 11 ' .
13. ;
Sanies will be called at 10 o'clock
; h day at Mizzou park so asto give
itors a chance to see the games and
attend the fair in the afternoon.
Russian Consul Shot. {
Russian Consul Laptew was shot in '
i stomach and dangerously wounded
Tientsin Wednesday by a Russian/
icession contractor named Levin- ;
The shooting occurred at the
ssSan consulate. '
Train Kills Four Laborers. (
Greek laborers were killed and ]
ther fatally injured . by being1 j
ick by a Burlington and Ohio " "
.thwestern train near Loveland , O. , 1
dnesday morning J
STATE OP NKBRASK.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IX A COi
DEXSED FOKM.
Workmen lias Close Cnll Caught
Shafting : at Canning Factory r.i
Sustains Severe ' Injuries \Y
' Probably Recover.
* "
i
> William Erassfield. an oiler at tl
factory of the Grand Island Cannir
company , had a miraculous escai
from death Sunday morning. The fa <
tory started up last week , but not ui
til that morning was a certain portic
of the canning- machinery starte <
While trying to place the belt ov <
certain pulleys his clothing caught i
the rapidly revolving wheels and V.
was lifted up to the shafting and vi (
lently whirled about and sent throug
a very narrow space between tti
shafting and the ceiling , making SCA
eral revolutions. The power was shi
off as quickly as possible and the ma
removed from his position. A phye.
cian was called and found that foil
of the ribs broken , but that ther
were , so far as evidenced , no intern ?
injuries. Mr. Brassfield was taken t
the hospital and it is believed will re
cover.
XEBRASKAX WAS EASY MARK.
Gees to Xcw York to Make a Gree
Goods Purchase.
The green goods fake still continue
to be a fruitful source of revenue t
the projectors of the scheme and ,
Randolph man is the latest victim. H
lost § 500. Christian Luberger is hi
name , and he is a shoemaker. Som
one had sent him a bunch of the al
luring circulars , showing him ho\
he could obtain several thousand dollars
lars of good stuff by investing S500 o
cold cash.
Through some means the easten
green goods men had secured Luber.
ger's address from a hotel register
where he had been visiting in the east
and sent him a bunch of the circular
with the usual admonitions and in
structions relative to telegraphing.
Luberger was susceptible and bit
So he gathered 5500 of his hard earn
ed savings and went to New York t (
close the deal.
He returned minus the cash , bui
with some experience.
RETJXIOX DRAAVS CROWD.
Addresses by E. Roscwatcr , Judge Es-
tellc and Congressman Kennedy.
The election of officers of the Doug
las County Veterans' association al
Waterloo Thursday resulted as fol
lows : S. E. Wilder , president ; D. M.
Haverley , secretary ; Chris Stiger ,
treasurer. E. Rosewater spoke at 2
p. m. to a large gathering and pleased
the people by a strong presentation
3f features of the war of the rebellion
ind the contrast with present day con-
31tions , reference being made to the
insidious work of corporations aiul
2orporate power to enslave the people ,
is were the negroes of former days.
Fudge Gordon made a few remarks ,
ind singing filled in the program.
Congressman Kennedy and Judge
3stelle both spoke to a large audience
it the pavilion in the evening.
TOO SLOW FOR "SCOTTY. "
tfincr Tries to Hire a Special Train at
Grand Island.
The Unirn Pacific railroad officials
it Grand Island refused to furnish a
ipecial to Walter Scott , or "Scotty"
if Death Valley , who made a record
ireaking run across the continent.
'Scotty" ' claims it is spite work on the
art of E. H. Harriman. who tried but
ailed to beat the record of the miner.
Vhen he arrived at Grand Island
'hursday Scotty declared that the Los
Angeles limited was too slow and he
efused to continue with it. demand-
ng a special. He wanted to start thir-
y minutes behind the limited and
oped to pass it at North Platte. 137
liles away. While in Grand Island
e gave away considerable money. He
; on his way to Death Valley.
Drowned in Water Tank.
A peculiar and fatal accident occur-
2d on the farm of Louis Suntych , two
liles west of Farwell , last Sunday ,
oseph , the 15-year-old son , was
nmd dead , head first in the water
ink. It is supposed that the boy
ent to drink out of the supply pipe
lading from the pump to the tank ,
nd that , while in this act , the heat
I'erpowered him , throwing him upon
Is head into the water , in which po
tion he would quickly drown.
Democratic Xominee Declines.
Thomas'Carroll has declined the
emocratic nomination for member of
ic legislature from Dodge county ,
hursday filed his declination with the
mnty clerk. He states that he Avill
; unable to make the campaign and
attend the sessions of the legislature
lould he be elected , on account of
s business.
Must Face the Music.
C. H. Walker , who is charged with
curing money for stock in his fake
nbrella factory at Omaha , transfer-
ng It to his wife in Sioux City and
en when the investor demanded the
turn of his money , turning him off
'
th a personal note which is not
jrth the paper it is written on , must
ind trial in the Omaha courts.
Gets Xcw Job.
Dr. A. N. Reber , a well known vet-
inary surgeon of Humboldt. has
en appointed to a position as gov-
nment inspector at the Kansas City
rds and leaves at once to assume
2 duties of the place.
Xew Catholic Church.
The contract for the building of the
tholic church in Albion has been
arded to Roberts & Parker , local
ntractors. Thei contract price is
DUt $34,000. and the church will be
e of the finest in that part of the
te.
Mail Carrier Commits Suicide.
Stanley Morrow , of Geneva , com-
tted suicide just before noon
ursday by taking carbolic acid. The
ly was found in a corn patch a few
[ s from his home about 1 o'clock.
POSTOFFICE ROBKER CAUGHT
Xotorlous Cracksman Landed Throuj
Efforts of Wayne Officers.
Through tlio effort.1 ; of two
Wayne's citizens Henry Steele , all ;
Jack White , a nr.ted postoflice robb
who has robbed a number of pesto
fices in Missouri and elsewhere , 01
of his last acts being the blowing ope
of a safe and the robbing of the pos
office at Barnard , Mo. , the postofll <
building being destroyed by the fi :
as a result of the explosion , was li
cated at the farm of E. T. Rennlc !
ten miles southeast of Wayne , whei
; he had been working for a number <
weeks. Steele had been in jail befor
but had broken out and escaped t
knocking the jailer senseless as th
latter was handing him his meal. Ai
thorities were notified and Saturda
morning United States Deputy Maj
shal Haskell and United States D <
tective Weaver arrived from St. Je
seph. Mo. , and before evening ha
effected the capture of Steele. who :
said to be a desperate character , an
who had sworn that he would neve
be taken alive. When ordered t
throw up his hands , being surprise
he did so and was at once taken int
custody. The officers left with the !
prisoner on the evening train.
A LIXCOLX CHURCH BURXS.
Catholic House of Worship Destroys
Fire May Have Been "Set. "
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed th
cathedral at Fourteenth and K street *
in. Lincoln , the property of the Catho
lie church. The blaze was discovers
at 7 o'clock and thirty minutes late
the structure was a mass of ruins.
Father Shine declared the buildinj
had been fired by some enemy of tlv
church.
Water pressure was low and thi
firemen were helpless. The loss ha
been estimated at $50,000.
Twelve firemen had a narrow escapi
from death , the roof collapsing with
out warning.
The building was purchased a yea ;
ago by Bishop Bonacum. who plannec
to remodel it and make a handsom <
cathedral. It was built by the Firs
Christian church.
BOY SEEKS REVEXGE.
Denied Leave to Draw Water , Lat
Tries to Wreck Train.
Towner Wachter , the 17-year-old
boy who placed a tie on the track ol
the Union Pacific road last Saturday
near Lomax and came near wrecking
a train , was brought to Broken Bow
Friday night from Oconto by Deputy
Sheriff Lowe and Detective Bowers of
Grand Island. Wachter was driving
a water wagon for the Brown thresher
and asked leave to fill the cart from
the railroad tank at Lomax , which
was refused. It is suposed he placed
.he tie on the track out of revenge.
Ihe boy admitted his guilt and after-
ivards denied it. Judge Humphrey
bound him over for a hearing next
month.
FALLS THROUGH GLASS FLOOR.
iToung AVoman Telephone Operator
Killed in Omaha.
Lena Jeffries , a telephone operator ,
J3 years of age , In the employ of the
Nebraska Telephone company , was
tilled in Omaha Wednesday by falling
rom the third story of the Douglas
itreet exchange building.
Miss Jeffries was in the rest and
: leak room , which is located on the
bird floor and which has a glass
loor. One of the sections of glass
vas cracked. The young woman
tepped on this defective portion and
vas precipitated to the basement ,
: illing her almost instantly.
Hooper Farmer Killed.
Ed Hayes , while pumping a band
ar between the towns of NIckerson
nd Uehling , on the new Sioux City
nd Western railroad , was struck by
backing freight train and instantly
: illed. Mr. Hayes , who is a farmer
: ho lived near Hooper , had been in
'remont with B. F. Warren and the
liter's son. The three came to town
n the handcar. They were riding
Msurely homeward when the train
truck them. It came up from the
ear and they did not see it. Mr.
Barren noticed the light when the
i-ain was ten feet away and with his
an in his arms rolled off the car to
rie side of the track and saved his
fe. Hayes was thrown thirty feet
nd instantly killed.
Burglars at Sutherland.
Sunday morning burglars entered
ic store of C. W. Burklund at Suth-
: land , and blew open the safe with
high explosive and took about $50.
he charge used was a heavy one ,
nd almost wrecked the safe , but fail-
1 to awaken any of the sleeping in-
ibitants of the towli. Nothing was
nown of the matter until Mr. Burk-
ind entered the store the next morn-
ig. Two strangers were noticed in
Uherland the day before , and one
: them entered the Burlund store and
id a bill changed. As yet no other
ue has been made of the parties who'
e guilty of the crime.
Train is Derailed.
Train No. 32 on the Omaha railroad
i its way from Newcastle to Sioux
ty , Wednesday afternoon had a mis-
ip at Coburn , resulting from a de-
ctive switch. One coach and two
rs of merchandise were derailed ,
le freigh't car was turned completely
er. The passengers received a good
aking up , but none was seriously
trt.
Would Stop Sunday Shooting.
An organization is being perfected
Center township , near Grand Island ,
exclusively country' precinct , to
ip all shooting on the Sabbath ,
my of the people of the township
'use to join in the effort , however ;
2ause they want to do a little hunt-
j themselves , occasionally , on Sun-
Boy Commits Suicide.
Fhe barn of John O'Connell , a. farm-
near Valparaiso , burned. In the
ns was found the body of t'-oy
2onnell , a son , aged 20. A ncte
itten by him said he had set then
-n on fire and his body would be
: nd inside. .
r
Team Sinks in the Sand.
Vhile Earton Cowles , of Valley , was
iling brush from near a sand pit his Vi
m became frightened in some way , ViC
i Into the sand pit and went down , C
of sight and never came up. a
"Nebraska made a good showing at
the Grand Army of the Republic en-
' campment. " said Gov. Mickey on his
return from the national meeting of
veterans at Minneapolis , "Nearly 400
, of our people were there , making one *
of the largest delegations in attend-
' ance. I was on Gen. J. R. Tenner's :
staff , tut was permitted to be with th&-
Nebraska section in the parade. Wo
marched behind the first banner of
Nebraska floating beside the state flag-
and the stars and stripes. " While at
Minneapolis. Gov. Mickey attendedt
the reunion of the Eighth Iowa caval
ry , which took place at the Hawkey *
state headquarters He also saw-
many of his comrades in Croxton's olcfe
brigade , with which he fought in the *
civil war , which included the Second
Michigan and the Eighth Iowa cav
alry.
A letter received by Gov. Mickey
from Mrs. McMahan , of the girls' In
dustrial school at Geneva , stated it
would cost probably $3,500 to repair
the damage done there by the recent
fire. The damage is in the roof an < 2
this will have to be replaced. Mrs.
McMahan saLd she was not sure hovr
the fire originated , but it was her opin
ion one of the girls started it. The *
girls were highly complimented for the ?
the work they did in carrying water-
and carrying out the contents of the
home.
E. I. Root , the socialist candidate-
for congress in the Lincoln district ,
has been making a living by guessing-
the weight of people on the streets of
Lincoln. He has lung trouble and re
cently built a wagon and started for „
Colorado , being provided with funds
by charitable people. He returned in
order to attend the socialist convention ,
and to his own-surprise was nominat
ed for congress. He is in poor health
and has been under the care of a phy
sician for some months.
Secretary Piper , of the state boards
of charities and corrections , has pre
pared a schedule blank which he will
send to every county in the state to
get accurate Information regarding ?
the number of feeble-minded , insane , .
crippled or dependent people a/.d people
ple afflicted with the dope habit. Mr.
Piper expects to have collected some-
valuable information for the use of
the next legislature.
* * *
Citizens of Lincoln will spend some.
noney this year for the first time on ,
street lighting during the state fair-
Lights will be strung along O street
) ut to Twenty-seventh from the post-
office and in several instances along"
he side streets. The reason of this is ?
: he homecoming reception to William
F. Bryan , which is set for Sept. 5. The-
ights , however , will be run every-
light during the state fair.
* * *
Lincoln city authorities are , liable to
nakeit hot for the lunch wagpns-
vhich adorn the principal streets or
he town. As St. Joseph has ordered"
he portable hasheries off the streets , .
incpln probably will follow suit. It
3 said the Lincoln corner lunch wag
ns are about the worst looking speci-
nens and smell the loudest of any im
he United States.
The Commercial club of Lincoln has.
uthorized Judge A. W. Field , of that
ity , to carry a complaint of Lincoln
hippers to the interstate commerce-
ommission , with a request that al-
Jged discriminating rates be changed
nd that Lincoln be granted a number
f concessions. It is alleged that
resent freight schedules discrimin
i favor of Omaha.
Mrs. C. F. Harpham , a. leading club-
oman of Lincoln , has been appointed-
special police woman to look after
lose people who mistreat their horses ,
[ rs. Harpman made application for
le appointment in order that she-
) uld bring to time this class of peo-
te. A special star will be furnished *
sr unlike the usual kind worn by
te policemen.
* * *
The Lincoln Commercial club is try-
g to land an Omaha shoe house ancP
id an effort is being made to raiser
10,000 for that purpose. It is said *
1 but $3,000 has been subscribed ,
le new company is to be located m
e building recently vacated by the-
ncoln Drug company. The name of
e Omaha company was not given.
* * *
Lincoln Is looking for the biggest
owd ever assembled there on the-
casion of the Bryan reception , as--
ousands of people from the stated -
d outside of the state have signified'
eir intention of coming. The rail-
ads are preparing to handle the im-
mse crowds by putting on extra
tins.
* *
L. L. Lindsey , custodian of the old
stofflce at Lincoln , has been appolnt-
custodian of the new building. Mr.
idsey has been exercising jurlsdic-
n of the new building for some-
ie , but it was not until Saturday-
it his formal commission reached.
! city.
5eorge Hendershott , aged 66 , a-
mer near Lincoln , was found dead'
a field inwhich he was mowing :
.ss. The man had evidently died
evening before. It was supposed
became overheated. No inquest
s held.
* * *
'he new government building which-
been in course of construction at
coin for some time will be corn-
led and turned over to the custodian *
iveen Sept. 15 and 20. There will
1 be some minor inside work to be-
3hed , but the building will be-
3y for the public on the date-
led.
* *
Incoln's new theater , the Lyrics
opened Aug. 27. The new theater
seated across the street from th&
er and will be known as the "The-
Beautiful. "