The Valentine Democrat
Valentine , Neb.
M. Rice. Publisher
IN CAR FAMINE
JBASTJ2KN ROADS SAID TO PKOF1T
AT WEST'S EXPENSE.
"Western Railroad aianngcrs Say This
Woohl Greatly Relieve the Situa
tion , Imt that Eastern Lines Stand
' in the Way.
At the conclusion of the inquiry into
.the question of the freight car short
age in the west before C. A. Prouty ,
interstate commerce commissioner ,
which began in St. Louis and ended
at Kansas City Friday night , the com
missioner , shippers and the representatives -
atives of the railroads agreed that all
parties concerned would be greatly
benefited and present conditions re
lieved if a free interchange of cars
among railroad companies could be
brought about. The solution was first
.suggested by shippers , was approved
by Commissioner Prouty and was indorsed -
dorsed by the railroad representatives
when they were given an opportunity
to state their side of the case.
It is understood that western rail
way lines generally favor a free inter
change of freight cars , but that eastern
roads have refused to enter into such
an arrangement. The reason for this
'difference ' , it is said , is that eastern
roads are profiting by present condi
tions and are using many thousand
.cars belonging to western roads , and
their own equipment as well , causing a
serious shortage to exist in the west
rand south. Western lines have been
forced to issue an order that such cars
as they have left are not to leave their
own respective tracks.
After the hearing had adjourned
Commissioner Prouty said :
"An interchange of cars by all the
railroads would do away with much of
'
; the shipping trouble. And , then , this
.country is a long way from New York. I
Owners of railways arc not thoroughly I
'familiar with conditions here. They
; are inclined to make money first and
.consider the public service later. "
LYNCHED BY A MOB.
gvo Outrages Taken from the Ann
apolis Jail.
Henry Davis , alias Henry Chambers ,
colored , who committed felonious as
sault on Mrs. John Reid , five miles
Jrom Annapolis , last Friday , and who
( confessed the crime , was taken from
tjaii at Annapolis Friday by a mob
of sixty masked men and lynched. He
was strung up and his body riddled
with bullets.
The jail is situated in the western
section of the city and is quite isolated.
The mob had no difficulty in securing1
the prisoner.
GREAT STRIKE IX AUSTRIA.
25,000 Men and Women Employed in
Postoflicc Quit Work.
A strike involving all the postoflices
of Austria and 25,000 employes , men
and women , began in Vienna Friday as
a , protest against conditions under
which employes are compelled to la
bor. The men have been agitating for
1 years with the object of securing an
increase of pay , which begins at 45
cents a day and rises to a maximum of
90 cents after forty or fifty years of
service.
Steel Workers Get , Higher Pay.
Announcement of an increase in
wages of 10 per cent was posted in
, mills of the Illinois Steel company at
South Chicago Friday. It is said that
a like advance will apply to employes
of the company at Joliet and Milwau
kee and that 13,000 men will be af
fected.
Second Life Sentence.
Curtis Jett was found guilty Friday
nt Louisville , Ky. , of the assassination
of James Cockrill , at Jackson , four
years ago , and sentenced to life im
prisonment. Jett is now serving a life
sentence for complicity In the murder
of Attorney Marcum
, several years
ago.
Gcorgo A. Mardcn Dead.
George A. Marden , for several years
assistant treasurer of the United
States , in charge of the subtreasury at
Boston , died recently at his home in
Lowell , Mass.
Telegraph Line to Wrangcl.
Wrangelj on the southeastern coast
.of Alaska , was placed in telegraphic at
communication with the outside world
for the first time Friday.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
beeves , $4.00. Top hogs , $6.12 % .
A Big Express Robbery.
A Wells-Fargo express box , said to
liave contained $30,000 , was stolen
from the company's office at Reno ,
Nov. , Friday after thc arrival of cles
Thursday night's train from Tonopah.
Edward Crofton , the messenger , con
tinued on his way to San Francisco.
Cuba Free of Yellow Fever.
For th0 first time since August Cuba
< fs free from yellow fever , the last case ,
The
which was in Havana , having been
LAND JURY CONVICTS.
Foui" Rich Nebraskans Held Guilty of
Fraud.
The trial in the federal district court
at Omaha of Bartlett Richards , presi
dent ; Will G. Comstock , vice presi
dent ; C. C. Jameson , secretary and
treasurer , and general manager of the
Nebraska Land and Feeding company ,
controlling the 400,000-acre "Spade"
ranch , and Aquilla Triplett , their
agent , ended Thursday afternoon by
the conviction of the four defendants
on thirty-six counts of an indictment
which charged conspiracy to defraud
the government of public lands and
subornation of perjury. The jury took
but two hours to consider the evi
dence.
This trial began Nov. 19 , and the
jury was completed two days later.
The entire time of the court since then
was devoted to hearing testimony for
the government and the arguments of
the attorneys , no witnesses being in
troduced for the defense.
The accusation against the officers
of the Nebraska Land and Feeding
company was that they attempted to
secure title to vast tracts of land with
in the "Spade" ranch enclosure in
Cherry , Sheridan and Box Butte
counties , Neb , , by means of fraudulent
homestead entries under the Kinkaid
law , which permitted the homestead
ers to take up a section of land in the
semi-arid districts. Scores of witness
es were introduced who swore that
they filed on the lands at the solicita
tion of agents of the principal defend
ants with the understanding that they
would be paid all the way from $300
to $1,000 for their claims when title
was secured and that all necessary im
provements should be made by the
company.
COUNTRY FACES ANARCHY.
A Civil War Threatened in Venezuela
When President Castro Expires.
The latest Caracas advices indicate
.President Castro is much worse and it
is even claimed he cannot live more
than a week longer. Should he die
First Vice President Gomez will im
mediately assume the presidency , and
be supported by a large section of the
army. A very large element of the
country , including Andinos , or mountaineer -
taineer supporters of Castro , however ,
will be opposed to Gomez. Castro has
been making strenuous efforts to com
pose the differences between the Go
mez party and the party had by Gen.
Alcantra , president of the state of Ara-
gua , but the endeavor has been a fail
ure. Alcantra has a large army and
considerable war material and is de
termined not to recognize Gomez , but.
raise a revolution for the purpose of
obtaining the presidency.
Meanwhile the rebel forces headed
by Gen. Rafel Montilla , which recently
captured Barquesmito , 120 miles from
Caracas , are daily increasing in
strength.
LIFE SAVERS DISMISSED. ,
Failed to Make Repeated Attempts to [
Save Drowning ; Men.
Secretary Shaw Thursday announced
the dismissal of Keeper Chauncey D.
Pool , a surfman , and Jacob O. Johnson - I
son from the life saving service , after '
reviewing the report of Inspector Bal-
linger , of the Twelfth district , of his
investigations of the drowning of four
men in the harbor of Holland , Mich. ,
Nov. 21. The secretary suspended a -
tioii with reference to the rest of the
life saving crew , whose efforts to save
the drowning men were unsuccessful.
The conclusion is reached that , whilb
it appears quite probable the men
could not have been saved , the fail
ure of the crew to make repeated at
tempts to rescue the drowning men is
regarded as "unpardonable. "
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MONSTER CAR ORDER.
Pennsylvania to Add
Five Thousanu io
Its Equipment.
The purchasing agent of the Penn
sylvania railroad has invited bids for
the construction of 5,000 box cars.
Their estimated cost is $0,000,000. It
is not expected the cars well be deliv
ered before the latter part of next
year. With the placing of this order
the company will have ordered within
the last two years nearly 60,000 addi
tional freight cars of various types.
Curtis Jett Admits Guilt.
Curtis Jett , of Cynthiana , Ky. ,
Thursday surprised the common
wealth by confessing that he alone
committed the murder of Town Mar
shal Cockrill , in Jackson , four years
ago , for which he is now on trial. Jett
had made a previous confession , im
plicating Judge Hargls and Sheriff Ed
Callahan.
Three Burned to Death. ,
Three persons were burned to death
and two were fatally burned in a fire
the Zenobia apartment house in
Buffalo , N. Y. , Wednesday night.
Kankakce Woman Dies Alone.
Mrs. . D. Noble , aged 87 years , a a
resident of Kankakee , 111. , for more m
than fifty years , was found dead in
an
her bed recently. She lived alone. G
Jeffries to Act as Rcrefce.
It has been decided that James. J.
Jeffries shall referee the Cans-Her
man fight at Tonopah , Nev. The arti of
of agreement gave the Casino Ath
letic club the right of selection if the
principals cannot agree.
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Big Woolen Merger.
A merger of the leading woolen
mills of the south , involving a capitali
zation of $1,250,000 , has been effected.
combine will be known as the his
American Textile Woolens company.- :
"DUMMY" WITHDRAWN.
Publicity Ends Usefulness of Republic
Company.
Testifying Wednesday in the suit
brought by the state of Missouri
against the Standard Oil company , the
Waters-Pierce Oil company and the
Republic Oil company to stop them
from doing business In Missouri C. L.
Nichols , president of the Republic Oil
company , declared that as a result of
the disclosures made in the proceed
ings the usefulness of the Republic
Oil company as a supposed competitor
of the Standard Oil company had end
ed. The entire business of the com
pany outside of Missouri , he said , had
been turned over to the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey. That portion
in Missouri would also have been turnP \
ed over , he added , had it not been for
injunctions which prevented such ac- I
'
tion.
Three witnesses' were examined
Wednesday at the continuation of the
hearing which was begun Tuesday. Be
sides Mr. Nichols , Walter C. Teagle ,
of the export department of the Stand
ard Oil company , who was on the
stand Tuesday , and William S. Heyer ,
of Baltimore , formerly manager at St.
Louis of the Republic Oil company ,
gave testimony.
SOME RIOTING IN FRANCE.
Troops Forced to Aid the Police at
Nantes.
Considerable rioting attended the ,
evacuation of the episcopal palace and i ,
seminary in Paris Wednesday. '
Crowds of Catholic manifostants overcame -
(
came the police , who Avere compelled
|
to draw revolvers to keep back the ,
mob until rescued by troops. Several
women were arrested for striking and .
biting soldiers.
Reports received in Paris Wednes
day by the minister of the interior
show thirty-four ecclesiastical resi
dences , occupied by archbishops or
bishops , thus far to have been evacu
ated under the provisions of the
church and state separation law.
BISHOP M'CABE PASSES AWAY.
Noted Methodist Divine Succumbs to j
Apoplexy. I
Bishop Chas. C. McCabe , of the
Methodist Episcopal church , died in a
New York hospital early Wednesday ,
Death was due to apoplexy , with
which the bishop was stricken several
days ago while passing through the
city on .his way to his home in Philaj j
delphia. Mrs. McCabe and the bishi i
op's niece were at his bedside when
the clergyman passed away.
Bishop McCabe was a. distinguished
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He was born at Athens , O. ,
Oct. 11 , 183G.
NEW AMERICAN PEERESS.
Daughter of Pittshurg Millionaire
Weds Lord Ellenborough.
The newest American peeress is I
Hermione , daughter of the late E. W.
H. Schenley , of Pittsburg , Pa. , who
was married in London Wednesday aft t
ternoon to Lord Ellenborough , a retir- j I
ed commodore of the royal navy. The J I
bride wore a robe of white velvet j
draped with gold lace and a white vel- i
,
vet toque. The bridegroom , who had i
long ( been regarded as a confirmed
bachelor , participated in naval opera
tions in the Baltic so long ago as the
Russian war of 1855.
Coal for Kansas. I
The operating officials of the Chicago -
cage , Rock Island and Pacific an
nounced in Topeka Wednesday that
the people along the line in the south- :
'
*
western part of the state would not
suffer on account of a coal famine , as
the road had prepared for the emer- j
gency. j
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Bank Robber Sentenced. j
Joseph S. Kerns , captured at Great | 1 ,
Bend , Kan. , recently after holding j I
up a local bank in daylight , was ar- j !
raigned Wednesday , pleaded guilty i .
i
and was sentenced to the state penij j j |
tentiary for a term of twenty-one
years.
Gold Find in Australia.
Several big gold nuggets were dis-
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covered recently near Tarnagulla , Australia - |
tralia , and two were found Wednesday - '
day weighing respectively 967 and 373 !
p
ounces , the largest seen in Australia
in forty years. r
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To Teach Journalism. b
At a meeting of the board of cura
tors of Missouri university it was voted
to establish a chair of journalism in
thc university. The chair will be filled |
jr
next September.
New Ilarrimun Express Company.
The Pacific Fruit Express , a cor
poration with a capitalization of $12-
000,000 , is to be formed by the Harriman -
riman lines for the purpose of hand
ling their refrigerator car business.
Two Firemen Killed at Fire.
ed
Two firemen were killed and Assistant -
ant ] Chief Munro , of the fire departV
ment , and another fireman injured by tl
, explosion at a fire at Savannah. Jc
Ga. , Thursday night.
Man Proves to Be a AVoman.
N. Dereylan , who came to Phoenix ,
Ariz. two ed
, months ago from Chicago
consumption. At the undertaking b !
parlors it was discovered the deceased
tal
was a woman. Rowe declares he had th
knowledge of this before. n
Famous Editor Dead.
John Armoy Knox , at one time
widely known as the editor and proprietor - i the
prietor of the Texas Sittings , , died at ! te
home in New Tork Wednesday of te
loarl disease. -Q
STATE OF NBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WUiHlv Df A CONDENSED -
DENSED FORM.
' ' Die 33-
'Farmer's Hogs Mysteriously -
S. Woodruff , near Galloway , Loses
150 Head Skunks Who Eat of thei
Carcasses Also Die.
E. S. Woodruff , one of the most sub-
atantial farmers and stockmen resid
ing southwest of Galloway , has had
the misfortune to lose about 150 head
of hogs the last few weeks from a
peculiar disease. A few weeks ago the
animals , commenced dying off , and al
though everything was done that
could be thought of to keep them
from dying , about 150 head of them
were hauled out and buried before the
disease was gotten under control. Dur
ing the cold snap of a few weeks ago
some of the dead animals were hauled
out and left lying on the prairie until
the weather moderated so that they
could be buried. After the weather
warmed up Mr. Woodruff went out to
bury the dead , and upon reaching the
place was surprised to find fifteen dead
skunks lying within a few feet from
where they had been eating the car
casses of the dead hogs , and the ques
tion now arises , what did the hogs die
with that the flesh should be so poi
sonous to the skunks ?
Mr. Woodruff states that he was
sure at all times that the hogs did not
die from the effects of cholera , but
that ' it had the appearance of being a
kind of lung trouble , and was pro
nounced by him as being lung fever.
Anyway , it seems strange that the
flesh of the dead animals should be so
poisonous as to kill a skunk so sud
denly that it would not be able to get
farther than a few feet after partak
ing of the flesh of the dead hog.
PAUPER INHERITS FORTUNE.
Patrick Mulligan , Inmate of Poorhouse -
house , Heir to Brother's Estate.
Patrick Mulligan , for four years an
Inmate of the Douglas county poorhouse -
house , has been found to be one of the
heirs to a large estate left him by the
death of his brother , Andrew Mulli-
gan , at San Francisco about a year
ago. Mulligan is nearly SO years of
age and refuses to believe in his good
fortune ( until tangible evidence is giv
en him , and in the meantime is satis
fied to remain a charge on the county.
An Omaha law firm succeeded in
finding Patrick Mulligan at the poorhouse -
house a few days ago. He had not
heard from his wealthy brother , or ,
In fact , any of his family , for years ,
and supposed they were all dead. The
news of his good fortune caused him
the greatest surprise , but he said he
would hold his job at the poor farm
until he saw the actual color of the
money to which he is supposed to bean
an heir.
SERIOUS COLLISION. -
Eleven Trainmen Hurt and Five Cars
Damaged at Sidney.
A i-ather serious collision occurred
in the Sidney yards a few days ago.
Eleven trainmen were more or less se
verely injured and five cabooses dam
aged. The cabooses were occupied by
the trainmen and were being switched
In the west end of the yard. The air
on train No. 9 refused to work and
the train ran past the depot and hit
. ,
the cabooses on the side , causing two
of them to turn over , and damaging
the others.
Those injured were Conductors Dick
Williams and Arch Howard and
Brakeman Le Dioyt , Morris , Nelson ,
Aldrich and Garrison. Williams and
Howard were the most severely injur- .
!
ed.
House Burned at Xorth Platte.
Will Swigart's house was burned at j i
North Platte. The fire was caused by
.
the explosion of a lamp , which Mr. i
Swigart had refilled , and after lighting
It , stepped into another room for a
pair of scissors v/ith which to trim the
pn
wick. Upon returning , he found the
oil in the lamp had caught fire and a
few seconds later exploded , setting fire
to the entire room. Mr. Swigart's wife
and children were still in bed and Mr.
;
Swigart had just time enough to get
.
them out of the house when the whole
interior was in a blaze and none of
their clothing or furniture could be
i
New Electric Line.
The report is that the electric rail
way from Omaha , to run in a south
westerly direction to Arborville , has
the right of way purchaser out and has
purchased considerable right of way.
n looks very much as if the electric
railway will be built. York , on the c
south ( , hopes to have the company
build to York.
Hit by President's. Order.
About forty people from Fremont
and vicinity are taking considerable
interest in thp coal land question in
Wyoming , for each of them gave $100
and a power of attorney to a very
smooth promoter by the name of Miler -
er to locate a quarter section of coal
or oil land in Carbon county.Vyo -
tning.
Date of Senatorial Election j
Contrary to the general impression i
the United States senator will be electfi j
Tuesday , Jan. 15. instead of Jan. j p
22. That is. the senate and house will la I
vote separately on that day and on j s
the day following in joint sesion the j i \
'
Journals of the two houses will be read s
the result formally declared.
Nine Horses Burn. i
The livery barn at Waterbury owni i
by James Brenlin burned Thurs- I lie
day. Nine head of horses wore
burned to death. The barn was a to a
los& and there was no insurance on
the property. The causp of the tire i In
mknown.
Omaha Murderer Appeals.
An appeal brief for Jay O'Hearn , ty
Omaha boy murderer under sen
tence of death for killing Xels Laus-
ten. has been filed in the suprrmo j
Qurt L'y.iiis iHw
MAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
Nebraskan Wandered Away from His
Home Willie Demented.
Scott Ferguson , a Scotchman , mar
ried about three years ago to a half-
breed Indian woman , was found In a
canon east of Chadron frozen to
death.
He had been acting queerly for
some time and Sheriff Mote had In
structed his brother-in-law to watch
' him. Friday night he took Ferguson
up to his home , saying he positively
refused to enter his home , saying that
he did not live there. He then started
j
to go east from Chadron. and his
I brother-in-law , unable to control him ,
had to let him go , and came back to
Chadron and reported it. A searching
party was organized at once. They
hunted all day for him Saturday but
could find no trace of him. Early Sun
day morning they found his hat in a
slaughter house and Monday after
noon they found the body in thc can
on , partly covered with snow.
LOGAN LAMBERT CONVICTED.
Former IJlegal Liquor Dealer Fount !
Guilty ol' Aassault.
Logan Lambert , the ex-Homer sa
loonkeeper and who only last summer
was released from the Sioux Falls i/sn-
itcntiary from serving a term therein
for introducing liquor on the Winne-
bagro Indian reservation , again has the
penitontiury staring him in the face ,
for the jury returned a verdict finding
him guilty of assault with Intent tr
commit great bodily injury upon the
person of Rev. Joseph Schell in Dakota
City in April , 1905. The penalty Is
from one to five years in the peniten
tiary.
The attorneys for Lambert have
filed a motion for a new trial , alleging
irregularity of trial and misconduct
of jurors and the attorneys for the
1
plaintiff.
PLATTE RIVER ON RAMPAGE.
Flail County Farmers Driven Out of
IJouso by High Water.
ThePlatte river was extraordinarily
high for the last few days at and near
Grand Island , and Tuesday morning
had reached such a stage that farmers
along the same are moving out of their
homos , the stream being out of its
banks. For several days they have
been diligently at work moving their
hay or stock. One of the farmers , ,
Julius Peters , who have lived on tht
Platte for thirty years , states that he
lias never seen the river as high and
cannot account for theunusualamount i
of water at this season of the year.
The high water is caused by a gorge
of ice near the Donner farm , several ,
miles down the river , which is backing
up the water and sending it out of Its
banks for Ions : stretches. I
ILL FATE FOLLOWS FAMILY. I
Young Nchraskaii Falls Into Trance
and Dies in Sleep.
Delbert Lockwood , the son of one
of the most prominent pioneer fami
lies in Dixon county , died Monday af
ter falling into a trance Sunday. The
young man , who was ] 7 years old ,
went to sleep Sunday night at 5
o'clock and did not recover conscious- i
ness before his death.
He was the fourth in the family to
meet either a strange or violent death.
An elder brother was killed in a .
threshing machine accident , another
died suddenly in Colorado and a third
disappeared suddenly some time ago
and has never been heard from. Two
other brothers have met with acci
dents which nearly proved fatal. There ? J
were thirteen children in the family. {
TI FREE TAKE JEWELS. J
Omaha Pawnbroker Robbed by Three
Men of $8.0(10 Worth of Gems.
Three men entered the pawn shop '
of Joseph Sonnenberg at Omaha ,
bound and gagged the proprietor ,
Mike Morrisey , his clerk , and a cus
tomer named Frank Swan , and filling
a suit case with diamonds and jewelry ,
escaped.
As they went out of the alley their
actions excited the suspicion of Sam
uel Cross , a fireman , who tried to
stop them , and an exchange of shots
followed. Later one of the robbers ,
giving his name as Ed Elliott , of Den
ver was captured by the police and
part of the plunder recovered. The
pawnbroker rports his loss at about
S3.000. I
Woman Killed by Motor.
Miss Frieda Spreen , aged 26 years , a
South Omaha packing house employe ,
was crushed under the wheels of the
trailer of a northbound South Omaha
car at Twenty-fourth and Vinton
streets a few minutes before 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening , dying a short time
1a
afterward. Her head was crushed ,
1S
She had fallen in alighting from the : s
back platform of the forward car | L
and was drawn inward between the ' c
cars , directly under the wheels of the !
trailer.
Homier lleturncd for Trial. J.cl
Shorift. Crper returned to Wilbei tl
t > m Wahpeton , N. D. . with ex-County tlw
Judge Hosmor PJ. Hendee. against } jr
whom has been made the charge of tt
embezzling S . S. belonging to the estate - w
tate of GeorRA Smith , deceased , under'w '
color of his uilice. Mr. Hendee readln '
ly gave a S2.000 bond , with half a doz-j
ei
en old t'rionds as sureties for his ap
pearance for preliminary examination.
Wife Sues Liquor Dealers.
? .irs. LeKx Wilson has instituted suit
for $1.500 damage ? against H. L. HarI I $
per. a druggist , and J. V. Shackelton , sa
saioonk opor of Featrice , for the si
sale of liquor to her husband , WilIIs.m ! tr
\Viison. Plaintiff alleges for that rea
son hp has failed to provide and prop '
erly care for his family.
Xv ( 'atholie Parsonage ,
Work has started on the new Catho- to
toO'
parsojiagc and club house at Beat O'
rice. The congregation will also erect life
new church the coming spring. The i in
contemplated improvements will cosf i M
the neighborhood of $40,000. | Ca
re
Hiinjr ! Much Hay. to
Baling machines all over York coun- , the
are busily engaged in bailing alwi
falfa , timothy and clover and prairie ! pe
. While the local market '
hay. _ is good , ca
M of tbi'J l av fc beFnar shipgo
The winter course of the school
agriculture , University of Nebraska ,
opens Jan. 2 , and continues unti )
March 1. The announcement Just is
sued by the faculty says the course of *
I fers an opportunity to obtain a
' tery of the principles of seed selection ;
a thorough knowledge of the < -ropa
which can be most profitably grown
in Nebraska ; an acquaintance with thw
methods of adding to and conservln |
the fertility of our farms ; a knowl
edge of how to deal .successfully
the problem of soil moisture , thqi
learning necessary to him who would
succeed in making the proper choica
of sires to head his herds , in the selec
tion of profitable feeders , and who dor
sires to know the principles of stoclc
feeding rnd stock breeding ; how to
prevent the oqtbreak of contasiouap
diseases among farm animals ; a train
ing in the principles of the economiar
production of milk , butter and cheese ; *
a knowledge of 'the best : methods of
growing vegetables , small fruits , or-i
chard products , and ornameritaa
shrubs and grasses ; a practical course
in the adjustment , use and care off
farm machinery ; instruction in the *
care and management of poultry
practice in grading small grain an
judging corn. A fee of $2 is
for the course.
The famous Nebraska railroad
coses which the railroads have heert
trying persistently to stave off will
_
argued before the United States n
preme court at Washington Tuesday !
Jan. 22. This date was agreed UIJOBJ
between Attorney General Norrigi
Brown , representing the state , andj
Chas. J. Greene , special attorney foi [
the Burlington , who was armed itlj ?
written credentials authorizing him !
to act for John N. Baldwin , for thef
T'tiion Pacific , as well. The day sf-t J
n. 22 is the date on which the leg- "
. lature will ballot for United Stutea
senator , an election in which Norrla
Brown , as the candidate indorse-1 byr
the Republicans for that office , will her
very much interested. Mr. Brown will )
be no longer attorney general at thatr
time , but it is all fixed for him to ar
gue the case in conjunction with At
torney General Thompson and carry * "
through as a volunteer the litigation-
he has begun as attorney general. ,
rather than give the railroads excusa-
for . another delay. Mr. Brown agreed !
to be in "Washington instead of at Lin
coln on January 22 , re'ying on ther
Republican members of the legislature-
to cast their votes for him in his ab
sence according to the Republican
nomination.
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Miss Cora Garber , of the state land-
commissioner's office is reported to b
a candidate for the position of privat
secretary to Gov.-elect Sheldon. 101
was asserted if at she is conducting
an active campaign to that end and
has written to several men in Webster
county asking for their indorsements.
Asked by a reporter whether or not
she is seeking to obtain the appoint
ment as private secretary to the new
governor , Miss Garber "
said : "I am.
not a candidate for anything. " No
governor of Nebraska within present
remembrance has given the private-
secretaryship post to a woman. It Is
thought that Gov.-elect Sheldon will
follow precedent in this regard. Ho
has been in the south for three weeks ,
and t no announcement of whom he has
in view for the place is forthcoming
as yet.
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Gov. Mickey's second term in office
resulted in a reduction of the average
per capita cost of maintaining Inmates
in the state institutions from $94.54
during his first term to $84.78 during-
his second term. An exhaustive re
port , just completed by Clerk C. C.
Husted , of the governor's office , shows
the cost of maintaining the 3,65. in
mates of the state institutions. The
total per capita cost of maintenance
at the penitentiary was $66.97 , but as
the convicts earned for the state
$50.99 each , the actual cost to the
tate at that institution was $15.98.
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"I am against fake charity arid in
favor of the real thing , " says Chancel
lor E. Benjamin Andrews , of the Uni
versity of Nebraska in an open letter
telling why he refuses to subscribe-
to recent public appeals made by the-
Salvation army officers in Lincoln f
money and provisions to give a Chris *
mas dinner to the pjoor. He says tlio
so-called charity work of the Arni3' in
Lincoln is vicious and pauperizing ,
calculated to make the work a plague.
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Gov. Mickey has written a letter to
. C. Stitt , of Norfolk , an architect , de
claring that he meant no injustice to
the architect and contractors on the
west wing of the new Nebraska state
insane hospital there. He said the
tunnels were crumbling and other
work was bad. but he admits that the
west wing was well built. The tun
nel was built several years ago TJV oth--
parties.
The receipts from oil inspection fees-
during the year , which ended Nov. 30 , '
according to Mr. Church's report , were
$21,991.30. Expenditures for tha
same period totaled $12,539.49. The
sum of § 8,899.42 was paid into the
treasury and $552.39 Is left oit hand.
November receipts were $2,530.40 and
'isbursements $1,095.73 , giving a
monthly balance of $1,434.57.
* * *
Gov. Mickey has definitely refused
commute the death sentence of Jay
O'Hearn ' , the Omaha boy murderer , to-
imprisonment. ' '
O'Hearn's mother ,
company with Dr. F. M. Sisson ,
Methodist clergyman from Omaha , "
called upon the executive to press ti ft
request for clemency , but Gov. MlckeS ?
told them that he would do nothing In
cose until the courts are through !
with it , as O'Hearn's appeal Is no r
pending1 in the .supreme court and !
cannot be reached before the present
governor's term expire *