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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1906)
U " "The Valentine Democre Valentine , Neb. 4. M. Rice. Publish ! CLASH OYEE IJNJUJRJBJ WRECK VICTIMS SUFFER WHIL RIVAL SURGEONS QUARREL. o Persons Killed and Several Ser ously Injured in Crash of TV. Heavily Loaded Trolleys Polic Stop Dispute of Surgeons. Two persons are dead , three serlouj ly injured , five sustained minor injui ies and over a score received bruise and cuts in the collision of two heavll -loaded electric cars In San Francisc Sunday afternoon. Following the ac cident a clash of authority occurre between surgeons of the United rail xoad and the city emergency hospite corps as to which should render ai to the wounded and where the should be taken. The police finall took a hand in the matter and th Injured were taken to the Centra -emergency hospital. The dead are William Pierson , boo : cinder , and John Gelp , baker. The seriously injured are Alber Johnson , contractor , left foot crush - ed , compound fracture of right leg Arthur Johnson , right leg crushed George Sngisch , left hip fractured fracture of ribs and internal injuries The accident occurred at Turk ani Devlsadero streets , where an east bound Ellis street car became uncon trollable in descending the Devisa dero street hill and crashed Into i westbound Eddy street car as It wa turning from Turk Into Devlsader * street. The westbound car was pack ed with passengers on their way t < the beach. The Ellis street car strucl the other car a glancing blow and tor < off one side of it. The screams o -women and children mingled with th < crash of glass and timbers as tru street car struck the other a glancing "blow , ripping off one entire side. Pierson "was killed on the steps "where he was standing. Gelp was sc fearfully crushed that he died seer after arriving at the Central emergen cy hospital. These two , as well as practically all of the injured , were ir the Eddy street car , those on the oth er car escaping with bruises and cuts. BOY SLAIN BY GAMBLER. Goldfield Mining Camp Aroused tc Frenzy of Indignation. John Moriz , aged 19 , was shot to < leath by Jack Thompson , a gambler , at Goldfield , Neb. , Sunday morning. Moritz was a messenger for the tele phone company , and had occasion to go to a dance hall. There. It Is said , lie accidentally bumped into Thomp son , who was dancing. Thompson swore at him and threatened that he -would fix the boy later. About 3 o'clock in the morning Moritz was passing a saloon on his wheel , when . Thompson drew a pistol and fired , one -shot striking Moritz in the hip. He fell from his wheel and Thompson de liberately walked to the fallen boy. leaned over him and delivered anoth er fatal shot. Indignation is at a high pitch , and there is talk of lynching. KMoritz was well known. His home . -was in St Paul. FRANCE NABS COUNTERFEITER. Was Making Preparations for Raid on United States. The police Sunday discovered a band of expert coiners having interna tional connection , having fifty mem- JT > ers , and several members of it were ( arrested , including several Latin , 'quarter ' students , whose parents hold [ high official positions. The students are Implicated for having passed the money , most of which was in ten and 'twenty-franc pieces. The process used 'was an almost perfect one , the coins I being electroplated with gold dust. , It is estimated. that 200,000 francs of jthis money has been passed during jthe past six months. The band oper- jated also in England and Germany land was making preparations to open iusiness in Chicago and Buenos Ayres. Fatal Political Feud. Frank Jones was killed and I. C. Jones , his father , seriously wounded jby George Freeman at the Jones farm Jin Oklahoma , twenty-five miles south of Ashland. The cause of the trouble was the elder Jones' appointment as Democratic central , committeeman of his township , over Freeman , who for merly held the place. Freeman has fled. Strike on Oil Trust Fleet. The oilers , firemen and deck hands of some of the Standard Oil com pany's fleet of fourteen tugboats at New York struck Saturday for higher wages. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux , City live stock market follow : Butcher steers , $4.15. Top hogs , $6.05. Freight Wreck Burns. Sunday afternoon an International and Great Northern freight train from St Louis was derailed at Price's Switch , near Palestine Texas. One of the cars was half filled with matches , which became ignited , and the flames spread to fourteen of twenty-three of the derailed cars. Rob North Dakota Bo-nks. Four robbers blew the safes hi two at Underwood , N. D. The rob- escaped. STOHM IN NEBRASKA : Four Persons Killed In Vicinity Tecumseh. Two violent and seemingly distir Etorms vlsitod Johnston county , Ne Friday afternoon , resulting in t death of four persons , the fatal inju of two and the painful injury of fi others. The dead are O. A. Giel , aged 4 leaves wife and five children ; Augu Seeman. aged 45 ; leaves wife and thr children ; Roy Carmine , boy 17 ; G Koehler , school boy of 14. The first three were killed by ligh ning near the town of Elk Creek , party of threshers were at work < the farm of Henry Waltherswhen rain and electric storm came up. Foi of tlie men craw" under the thres. Ing machine , w' Th was shattered 1 a lightning bolt and three instant killed. Henry Walthers , Jr. , was bai ly shocked and burned , but will pro' ably recover. The second storm , a tornado in vt lence , swept over a country distri ten miles west of Tecumseh , Neb. , d , molishing a school house , killing tl Koohler boy , fatally injuring two otl er school children , names unknow and inflicting severe injuries on foi others in the school house. Mai barns and windmills were blown dow but there have been no further repor of deaths or injuries. There was a very heavy fall of ral all over the county. The fag end of the tornado strue the town of Nelson , killing some stoc ind doing considerable property dan ige , but injuring no one so far i known. The Rock Island roundhous was torn to pieces and heavy timbei Trom the wreckage blown against th tiome of Harry Follmer , demolishin > ne side of the house. The window ) n the south side of the high scho ( juilding were blown in , causing a par c among the school children. Barn Mithouses and windmills were levele ill over town. FOR UNIFORM ROAD RULES. Sffort to Have All Railways Adopt tli Some System. Discussing the probable method c ) roceeding under the new railroa ate law , Interstate Commerce Com nissioner Cockrell , . of Washingtor aid the first effort of the commissio : vould be to secure the adoption b ; he various railroads of a uniforr ystem of conducting their business "We are , " he said , "now giving moa > f our attention to securing the adop Ion of a general system , believing tha iy pursuing this course we will lightei ur own labors and render it possibl or the roads to materially aid us ii arrylng the law- Into effect. " BENDER IS ARRESTED. Accused of Swindling Hundreds witl Forged Checks. B. Q. Bender , said to be wanted h 'Ittsburg , Cleveland , Buffalo am lany other eastern cities on charge ; f forgery , was arrested by the citj olioe of Omaha , Neb. , Friday. Thfc ; said by the officers to be one of th < lost Important arrests made in a long me. Bender carried letters of introduc- on from many prominent easterr Ulroad men and Is said to have vic- mlzed hundreds of people by means E forged checks. ASSASSIN TREPOFF'S NIECE. irl Who Killed Aged Frenchman Plotted Against Uncle. A St Petersburg dispatch says : The entiflcation as Tapiana Leontieff o ie woman who. killed an aged renchman named Mueller at Inter- ken , Switzerland , Sept. 1 , in mistake r Durnovo , former Russian minis- r of the interior , opens up the final lapter of an interesting domance , as lie. Leontieff is one of the nieces of MX Trepoff , who was concerned in e unsuccessful attempt upon the lift her uncle In 1905. ) HIO'S TRIBUTE TO M'KINLEY. onze Statue Is Unveiled at Colum bus. People from all parts of the state ire present at the unveiling of the 0,000 bronze statue of the late Presi- nt McKinley. Mrs. Alice Longworth , daughter of z president , unveiled the statue. Justice "William R. Day , of the Unit- States supreme court , and United ites Senator Daniel , of Virginia , re the principal orators. No Red Hat for America. [ t Is asserted on good authority at j Vatican at Rome that the pope has jressed his intention to hold a con- tory in November , when he will ap- nt seyeral cardinals. Among these ! name of Archibshop Falconio , jstolic delegate at Washington , is ntioned. It Is not believed that T American or English are included the intended cardinals. Earthquakes in Chili. According to a dispatch to La Nan - n , of Buenos Ayres Friday from itiago , Chili , earthquake shocks re been experienced between Sane - ' , o and Maule. They are attributed : he Chilian volcano , which is in full ption. Etliel Roosevelt in 3Iishap. Fhile driving from Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay Friday , Miss Ethel jsevelt , daughter of the president , i thrown out of her buggy , her so becoming : frightened at an au- tobile. Miss Ethel was unhurt and vo home. Tragedy at Boat Races. wo men were drowned in the rao- boat races en the Hudson rivar lay. The * ivsre Harry Ferry and yberon. TO CELL BIG PASTURE. Half a Million Acres in Oklahoma Go to Highest Bidder. The sale of pasture in Oklahom in which * cattlemen of the westei country are Interested , Acting Seer tary of the Interior Ryan said wou prbably be consummated in Decembe This "pasture" so called is located ; Comanche county , Okla. , and include 480,000 acres. The land will be sol through the sealed bid system Instea of at public auction , under the rui < and regulations of the interior depar ment. Persons who purchase the : lands must have all the qualificatior of homestead entrymen and must , a : ter they have been successful In blc ding for the same , make entry of th land purchased by them , and therea ; ter they will be required to compl with all of the provisions of the home stead law before obtaining patents. A sales and entries will be subject t any existing lease for agricultural pui poses which may have been heretofor made , but entrymen whose lands ar covered by such lease will be entitle to all rent accruing after the sale ] made to them. None of said lands can be sold o less than $5 per acre , one-fifth of th purchase price to be paid at the tlm the bid is made and the remainder t be paid in four equal annual install ments , but in case any purchaser fail to make any annual payments whe : due his rights to the lands covered b his purchase and any payments there tofore made will be forfeited and hi entry will be cancelled. PACKING PLANT BURNS. Oudaliy Bros. Lose $400,000 ha th Blaze. The big packing plant of the Cuda riy Brothers Packing company , a 2udahy. Wis. , six miles south of Mil tvaukee , burned Friday evening. Patrick Cudahy estimates that thi .oss will reach about $400,000. Th < ? lant carries an insurance of abou 5600,000. One fireman was killed and severa Iremen are said to have been serious y injured. The big building In which the larc efinery , beef house , glue works anc tilling department are located Is t otal loss. The fire got Into the malr mildlng , but the flames were checked here and the structure was saved Che fire started In the lard depart- nen. The cause is still unknown. The lames spread with great rapidity anc vere not discovered for some time , as he workmen had gone to their homes , ? he entire town turned out to assist In Ighting the blaze. Long before the iremen could get water on the flames he fire had spread aver the entire 'Uilding ' , which is about 300 by 900 eet in dimensions and six stories high. ? he Milwaukee department sent sev- ral pieces of apparatus. The fire throws 500 men out of em- loymont , but the building will be ebuilt Immediately. The report that fireman had been killed proved er oneous. CITY OWNERSHIP DEFEATED. 'eople ' of Seattle Turn Down Proposi tion by Big Majority. Municipal ownership of street rail- ays , as represented in a proposal to end the city of Seattle in the sum of 4,272,000 , of which $1,172,000 was to e charged against the general funds E the city and the balance to be an idebtedness against 20 per cent of le gross receipts of the system when i operation , was defeated at a special ection held in that city Wednesday , ut of a total of approximately 13- )0 ) votes cast municipal ownership .eked 935 votes of a majority. Four recincts out of 96 have yet to be 2ard from , but the result will not be : aterially changed by the missing ) tes. Registration for the special election as 23,000 , of which a triue over hall as cast. The weather was inclement , it the working classes voted heavily. It was proposed to build a great unlcipal street railway system that Duld parallel and extend beyond the les of the Seattle Electric Railway mpany , owned by Boston capitalists. Flood in Oklahoma. The heaviest rain in the history of clahoma City fell Thursday. The ecipitation in two hours were 2.76 2hes. The Atchlson , Topeka and nta Fe railway track was washed t between Paul's Valley , and Pur- 11 , I. T. , and trains to Texas are be- ? detoured from here via Chicka- a , I. T. Wants to Fight an Editor. Gen. Llnres , who commanded the anlsh troops at Santiago , Cuba , dur- j the Hi-Spano-American war , irri- ed by the attacks of the editor of 3 Espana Nueva at Madrid , has re- ned the captain generalship of Cat- mia and sent his seconds to the ed- r , Senor Soriano. EVill from Train Instantly Fatal. Fred Egan , of Joliet , 111. , aged 28 , I from a Chicago and Alton train ir Dwight Thursday and was in- ntly killed. Advance in Sugar Prices. Ul soft grades of refined sugar have ; n advanced 15 cents and all hard .des 5 to 10 cents a hundred pounds. Jar Forty-Eight with Trachoma. Quarantine officers at San Francis- refused landing to forty-eight per- s on the steamer Siberia , which t arrived from the orient , who had nietakable evidence of trachoma , theaa twenty-aoven were Japanese. Firemen Aid Western Miner * . 'he Brotherhood of Locomotire m n of Milwaukee at Friday's ilon appropriated $1,600 for tha fit of the Western Federation of STATE OF NEBRASK NEWS OF THE WEEK IX A CO DENSED FORM. Shot in Saloon Row Charles Dugan Norfolk Gambler , Mortally Woun ed Another Man Killed Quarrel Over Gambling Other News. Ono man was instantly killed , a othqr probably fatally wounded aj another shot in the hip as the result a shooting scrape in a saloon at No folk Monday night Lee Bailey w killed instantly and Charles Dugan badly wounded that it is believed ] cannot recover. Earnest Clause , bystander , was hit in the hip by stray bullet. The men had been quarreling. BE ley had a gun and aimed it at Duga and is said to have declared he wou will Dugan. Dugan put his face the gun's nose and dared Bailey shoot. Later Dugan went for a gt and then both i-eturned to the saloc and firing began. Five shots were e : changed. Bailey was shot in the lur and fell dead. Dugan was shot in tl stomach and was taken to his roor where he war operated on. A fourth person was shot throug the sleeve , but not injured. Charles Dugan. theman who shi and killed Lee Bailey and who wj himself shot through the abdome ; died Wednesday. The coroner's jui found that Lee Bailey was killed t Dugah , without cause , and with mu : derous intent. LINCOLN MAN KILLED. rhought to Bo Suicide , the Result < Domestic Trouble. The body of a harvest hand , Jac Foster , formerly of Lincoln , was foun sn the Milwaukee track near Mellett * 3. D. , terribly mangled , three train laving passed over him before he wa liscovered. It is believed he threw himself i iront of one of the trains with suicide ntent , the result of domestic trouble ; : t is not known jus when he commit : ed the deed. About three months ago he separat ; d from his wife after a quarrel , th esult of long disagreement. Sine hen brooding seemed to drive him ou > f his head. City Held for Flood Damage. An Important damage suit was iy former City Engineer Ed McClur : gainst the city of Broken Bow In dis rict court. During the recent heav ; ains McClure's mill was seriousl : iamaged by the flood. He proved ti he jury's satisfaction that this couh lave been avoided had the city put ii iroper drainage when he previous ! ; /arned them. McClure was givei 1,100 damages. A New Tire Protector , 'he Sliama Tire Protector companj f Humboldt has turned out the firsi lachlne-made tire guard for automo- iles and had the same on exhibitior t Lincoln during the state fair. The ictory will soon be in active opera- ion and the guards will be turned oul s rapidly as possible. The demand remises to be quite heavy as the at- ichment seems quite practical and as stood very severe tests. An Overdose of Cocaine. Mrs. Clarkson , a negro woman , bout 30 years of age , who has been ving with her sister , Millie Hawkins , i the south part of Falls City , took an verdose of Cocaine late Saturday ight and died from the effects of the rug Sunday morning. She was an abitual user of cocaine , so it is lought she took it this time with the itention of committing suicide. Murdered by His Sons. Isaac Williams , a wealthy farmer ving eight miles north of Auburn , as Thursday shot and killed by his vo sons , Clarence and Charles , aged ( spectively 23 and 21 years. They id quarreled over money matters id the sons claim their father attack- l them with a pitchfork and they lot in self-defense. They are in jail. Woman Steps Off Moving Train. Mrs. Nancy Cozad , 68 years old , epped off the eastbound train as it is aprpoachlng Beaver City and the heels of the rear coach passed over > r right ankle , crushing "the bones id amputation was necessary. Mrs. > zad went to the platform when the nductor announced the station and 2pped off the car. Child Scalded to Death. The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wade , of Allen , was scalded to ath. The mother having filled the isher half full of boiling water , went ck into the house to look after the we. It is supposed the child in try- j to get upon the washer slipped d knocked the plug out , allowing s hot water to flow over him. Omaha Man Killed by the While trying to board a moving ssouri Pacific freight train at Stella , nmett Brisley , aged 25 years , was n over and died from the injuries. s legs were both cut off , one arm at j shoulder , and there were other see - e injuries. The young man's fath- llves in Omaha. David City Man Disappears. E. Carson , who came to David City ly in the spring , as a painter , and s a good one , and worked up a nice siness , keeping three or four men ? y most of the time , came up miss- ; last week , leaving no word where was going. Must Face the Music. 2. H. Walker , who is charged with uring money for stock in his fake brella factory at Omaha , transfer- g it to his wifp in Sioux City ancT n when the investor demanded the arn or his money , turning him ofr h a personal note which ia not rth the paper it ia written on , must ad trial in the Omaha courts. Slight Frost at Brohes Bow. L slight frost prevailed In th eoun- around Broken Bow Thursday tit. Little damage Tras doao NEW HOSPITAL FINISHED. State Board Accepts Building for Norfolk Asylum. The new cottage at the Nebra state insane hospital at Norfolk been complete * ! and accepted by state board of public lands and bui Ings , who were in Norfolk Thursd The board express themselves as v much pleased with the now build and say that it is the best cottage the ground. The capacity of the other three c atges of the hospital is 150 , but . ' are now being taken care of , show that added room is much need There are 69 rooms In the building new feature , unknown to any other sane hospital , is an out of doors per enclosed , for winter use. This poi is on all three floors and will give < ercise and air to the patients all w ter long. ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL FAE Officer Discovers Hole Dug Par Through the Wall. Another attempt to break Jail f been made by George Gage , who confined at Broken Bow on the chai of horse stealing. Owing to the lai cage of the jail being full of m awaiting trial Gage was placed in t lunatic cell. Jailer Lowsley on ent < ing noticed the bedding huddled s\ piciously in a corner. Pulling it asi a large hole was discovered drill half way through the brick wall. T work had been done with an old poc ot knife. Although Gage denied ha ing anything to do with it he was curely shackled and linked to the st ( bars of the cell. It Is alleged th Gage escaped from the reform scho where he was sentenced for a term. WRECK NEAR CRETE. rhrough Train Crashes Into O : Loaded with Grain. A flagman , mistaking orders , sent through freight Into the rear of ? rain freight at Crete Sunday afte loon. Several cars flJled with gra vere broken open and the conten strewn along the track. Traffic rw lelayed for several hours. The brakeman on the grain tra rvas slightly injured. The engine m < m the fast freight saved themselv ) y jumping. This is said to bo one he most expensive wrecks ever o : urring on this division of the Bu Ington. Serving Time a Habit. Tom Etherlngton , who says he hs erved so many sentences for petit la : eny that he < * annot remember the lumber , was Aven thirty days in it : ounty jail Wednesday for embe : ling $10 from Miss Major , of Fr < nont. He had not been in jail fc everai months and got a Job as a hac [ river. The woman handed him tli ill , but instead of handing her bac 9.75 in change , he jumped on h lack and skipped out to Omahi rhere he was arrested and brougJ ack to Fremont. As usual he pleac d guilty. Auction of Lots at Fremont. An auction sale of lots In the [ all & Lee's addition to Fremont wa eld on the premises near the nei ound house Tuesday afternoon. Ther 'as a good crowd out and on some o le most desirable lots the biddin as spirited. The streets in the addl on have been graded and over lile of four-foot cement walk laid o : ie principal streets. Many of the lot ere sold for building purposes , am 3 there is a good demand for house ear the round house quite a buildini oem Is expected down there this fall State Must Not Interfere. The state game and fish laws an at binding on military reservations hief Game Warden Carter has a let : r from Secretary of War Taft , stat ig that he must not interfere witl unting on the Fort Niobrara reserva on. Recently the warden's deputie ; ere escorted off the reservation by i [ uad of soldiers and the warden ap. jaled to the war department Burglars at Tekamah. The Merchants and Brooklngs ho ls at Tekamal were robbed at aboui o'clock Tuesday morning. A dia- end scarf pin valued at $1,000 , a few atches and about $50 was taker onipthe Merchants hotel. A fe w atches , about $40 in cash and small- articles were taken from the Brook- gs. There is no clew. Fall from Roof Is FataL Joseph Krumenacher , of Fremont , is killed by falling off a roof at the rn of Herman Lange , about four lies from Scribner , Monday after- > on. He was putting up lightning ds when he slipped , sliding down the of , and fell to the ground , striking avily on his head and shoulders. : ath was almost instant. Held for Robbing lowan. C. V. Storz , charged with robbing : arles Sheldon , of Stuart , la. , during B race meeting held at Beatrice in ly , furnished bond in the sum of ,000 , and was released until the first y of the fall term of the district urt. He has been in the county jail , ce his arrest. Safe Crackers Get Money. Tacob Klein , Twenty-sixth and N eets , South Omaha , was loser by out $550 in cash and checks Monday rht from the robbery of his safe , rglars entered his wholesale liquor use through the rear door , tipped ? r the safe and broke a hole through > bottom with chisels. David City's New Hospital. [ "he new hospital that is about to be : it at David City is to be built of ar- 2ial stone manufactured in that ' . The building is to be 30x46 , with htDen rooms in all. The operating m is on the second floor. New Opera House for McCook. .IcCook's $20,000 opera house is t approaching completion. It will t 1,200 people and will have stage ommodations equal to any ecier- cy the equal of the larger cities in t and equipment. It will rank wit * best and largest in the stats. Dr. Peabedy D ad. > r. James H. Peabody , one of the est and best known physicians In aha , Is dead as tha result of an ration. Dr. Paabodywas born Iv shlngton , D. C. , Jl&rch 7 , 1833. i An Inquiry is being made Into expenditures of the state unlversltyj. 1 evidently with a view to the introduc-- tlon of a bill In the next legislature , to reduce the 1 mill tax that es to- the support of the university. This- levy has been Increasing from year to- year owing to the increase in the as sessed valuation of all property of th state. In 1903 the assessed value of the state , on which the 1 mill levy wa * based , wag $188,458,379 ; in 1904 , . $294,779,244 ; in 1905 , 5304,000,000 ; in 1906 , $313,000,000. The levy produced - - duced in 1903 , $188,458 ; In 1904 ; . $294.779 ; in 1905. $304,000 : In 1906 it : will produce $313,000. At .the close of the blennlum. in November , 1904 , a. total of $600,000 had been expended by the university from a total of $874.500 appropriated by the legisla ture for the university for all pur poses. Including $231.491 spent foip salaries and nearly $100,000 for build ings. An appropriation of $35,000 forr a building was not expended owing to the failure of the regents to secure- plans and begin work in time. Tha * friends of the university will oppose a reduction of the 1 mill levy on ths- ground that all of the money appro priated by the legislature Is need and ; * that if the university is to retain its * place in the educational world it must be liberally supported. It is said that : during the last five years Missouri * . Iowa , Minnesota and Illinois univer sities have been taking some of Ne braska's best talent by paying higher- wages. The pay roll of Wisconsin irji 1904 was $323,527. of Michigan $421 , . 442 , of Nebraska , $193,937. * * * Because of his refusal on July 2B to draw a warrant for $78.50 on a $5,000 appropriation from the federal1 government to the University of Ne braska Agricultural college , State' Auditor E. M. Sarles has been made ? defendant in a mandamus suit before- the supreme court for the purpose ol" compelling him to do so. The action * is brought In the name of the Spencer- Lens company , a firm dealing In opti cal instruments , which holds a claim * for apparatus sold to the agricultural * school , but it Is in reality backed by the university board of regents , whicrr desires to have the 35,000 placed at its disposal for the current expenses ol" the branch institution. The university- people maintain that the act of con gress appropriating the money was & > lirect donation to the agricultural ex periment station and as such the unl /erslty authorities have a right to use ? t regardless of any action by the state- egislature. As the congressional act- provides that it must be paid out for- ixpenses Incurred prior to June 30 oi" : his year , they are extremely desirous > f getting the money now. * * Hattie E : Seagren , of Holdrege , aundry girl who charged Dr. D. - Palmer with criminal practices , has-1 lisappeared. She first testified against- he physician and later filed an affi- lavit denying the truth of her flrsjc tatement. The state board of healthr- vhich had recommended that Dr.- almer's license be revoked , still has- he case under consideration. An affi-- lavit filed by another person Inti-- nates that the girl in the case was-- mproperly influenced when she re- racted her accusation. John Wyatt- mployed in a laundry , who originally- estlfied in a way to corroborate tha harges against the physician , later- led an affidavit denying his state- lent. He has now filed an affidavit * lying that he was paid $10 by the de-- jnse to contradict his first statement- * * * Within three hours from th * > time , lat C. A. Davis , of Friend lost ? 4,20aa i cash and drafts at the state fair rounds , supposedly from the opera- ons of a pickpocket , all but $50 oi' mt sum was delivered back to him' irough the agency of the exposition * lanagement. The envelope which' > ntained the money was found on slate - > late in one of the exhibits at horti- iltural hall , where someone ha < J ( aced It under an apple to keep item - om blowing away. Fifty dollars In * reenbacks that the envelope had con- .Ined was missing , but the remaining" intents were Intact. The finder of IB envelope took it to headquarters here Davis had previously reported ; * s loss , and it was promptly returned" him. Auditor Searle has looked up the * w in regard to fees for county cor- lers and finds that they are entitled no more than $10 for acting in cases- accidental death , murder or suicidey. lich come before them. The coroner- Douglas county wrote to the aud- > r relative to this point , stating that * 5 was formerly allowed there In ev- y case , but that the county auditoi' .d cut it down this year to $10 The' iter of the letter thought that a , stake might have been made in- inting the law as it appears In the itute books governing the compen- Jon of coroners. Auditor Searle wever , has detected no error , and , . far as he can learn , $10 has always * en the legal fee applying to alj * anties of the state. * * * Examiner A. E. Ward , a member or 2 state examining committee fur * inty certificates , of the state super- endent's office , has handed Superin- dent McBrlen his resignation ' as a'- mber of the said committee to act - t the chairmanship of the congrcs- nal committee of the Third dfctric- ; duties on the state examining nmittee will be assumed by na Howland , who has served a of the committee. state board of educational lands * I funds bought $25,000 of Massa- isetts state bonds at a rate to net state 3.42 per cent interest The chase was not made in pursuance - ver a Httlo private purchase > d upon after State Treasurer m reported that the mone r was on hand. State Tre tensen. said he.consldered . th oed one and the majority of rd accepted it