The Valentine Deinocrai
Valentine , Neb.
M. Rice. PubJIshe.
( ENTIRE WALK IS Hli
JsEGRO SOLDIER HURLS WHITJ
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WOMAN TO GUTTER.
( Member of Regiment Involved 11
Brownsville Affair Likely Wotilc
Have Been Lynched If Caught Vic
tim is Wife of El Reno Physician.
Race feeling is at white heat ant'
threats of lynching are heard on even
hand as a result of an assault commit
ted on Mrs. T. S. Clifford , wife of t
prominent physician of El Reno
Okla , , Thursday afternoon by a negrc
of the Twenty-fifth infantry.
, Mrs. Clifford and her sister , Mrs. S
H. Clarke , were attempting to pass the
soldier when he viciously grabbed Mrs
Clifford around the waist and threu
Iher into the street , exclaiming that the
jsidewalk belonged to him.
Mrs. Clifford screamed for assist-
| nnce , but the assailant escaped before
ihelp arrived.
News of the attack spread rapidly
iand the entire police department , re-
jlnforced by several hundred men and
iboys , searched the town and surrounding -
; ing country , but Thursday evening the
( chase was given up. The negro was
Jin uniform and must return to the post
lor become a deserter.
"Word was sent to'Fort Reno and all
iftbsentees noted. Both Mrs. Clifford
and her sister are positive they can
jldentify the man and will go to Fort
Reno and attempt to pick him from
the soldiers who were out of the post
when the assault occurred.
THOUSANDS MAY PERISH.
'Ten Million Chinese Arc Facing Star
vation.
A Victoria , B. C. , dispatch says :
'China has decided to appeal to Eu-
irope and America for $1,250,000 for
'the relief of the famine sufferers in
'central China , where 10,000,000 Chi-
jnese are faced with starvation this
winter , according to advices from the
orient. People , maddened by hunger ,
( are reported to be pillaging the ya-
mens of officials. A foreigner who has
( reached Shanghai from the famine
stricken district says men and women ,
naked excepting a few rags around
their loins , are seen by the roadsides
'starving , with naken children at their
'breasts.
The famine threatens to equal the
appalling one thirty years ago which
devastated and destroyed hundreds of
.thousands of people. From one point
the outlook is worse than then , as the
district is now more thickly populated.
TERRIER'S BITE FATAL.
A New York AVoman Dies of Hydro
phobia After Short Illness.
Mrs. Charles Weeks , aged 60 , of
New Rochelle. N. Y. , died at her home
from hydrophobia Thursday.
She was bitten three weeks ago by
, a small fox terrier that her husband
'found ' in the street. On the day It
jbit her she was playing with it. The
I dog exhibited no signs of rabies , and
I not of the family thought anything of
( the incident. A few days ago Mrs.
j Weeks wsa taken ill. and from the firsf
exhibited sysmptoms of rabies.
British 1011113 Snowbound.
A blizzard which commenced Christmas -
. mas night continued throughout Great
Britain Thursday. The country dis-
tricts in the most northern parts of
I the country are snowbound , trains are
( blocked , roads are Impassable and ru-
iral villages are temporarily cut oft
'from ' communication with each other.
{ A number of deaths have been report-
led in the bleak Scottish hills.
Declare Strike Broken.
The Southern Pacific officials at El
Paso , Tex. , Thursday declared the'fire
men's strike yirtually broken. They
say all trains are arriving practically
'on time , and freight is Delng accepted
'as usual. The firemen , through Joseph
iBedford , grievance chairman of that
'district , declare they will tie up the
Harriman and connecting systems
completely.
One Killed in Collision.
In a collision between a Big Four
engine and an interurban car at Dan
ville , 111. , Thursday , Charles Burnett ,
of Mattoon , was killed and Cond'uctor
( Carver , of the traction car , seriously
injured ; Robert Tingler , a St. Louis
passenger , received fatal injuries and
'Elijah ' Watkins , of Fithian , was pain-
if ully hurt.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
/City / live stock market follow : Top
i > eeves , $5.45. Top hogs , $6.20.
Bank Teller to Prison.
C. Anderson , former assist
ant paying teller in the First National
bank , of Kansas City , pleaded guilty b
.Thursday to the embezzlement of k
( J9.-000 of the bank's funds and was iip
( Sentenced to four years in the peniten- p
itfary- w
More Pay for Firemen.
Beginning Jan. 1 , the pay of all fire-
/inen on the Big Four system will be increased BCPi
Pi
creased on an average of 7.77 per
j cent. ct
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FROWNS FOR IRELAND.
Archbishop's Sermon in Disfavor i
Vatican.
The local press of Rome has pul
fished the summary which appeared :
the Paris Matin of the statement i
sued by Archbishop Island , of St. Paten
on the France-Vatican conflict. Th
summary has not found favor with tl
Vatican authorities , as it blames tl
Frnch clergy , who are praised by tl
pope. The Osservatore Romano sa :
this summary should be accepted wit
r' rve as coming from an infecte
source , and explains that the corr <
spondent of the Matin in New Yor
may have misunderstood the archbisl
op.
In spite of the denials of the Frenc
government that it has made any r (
ply regarding the Vatican's protest i
the powers on the subject of expulsio
from France of Mgr. Montagnini , ur
til recently secretary of the paps
nunciature at Paris , the Vatican hs
been positively informed that IV
Plchon , the minister of foreign af
for France , has made verbal s. .
ments in answer to this protest to se\
eral diplomatic representatives at Pai
is and that he telegraphed the mir
ister's communication to their respecl
ive governments.
According to the Vatican's authorit
M. Pichon said that Mgr. Montagnir
had no diplomatic standing ; that th
papers sequestrated at the nunciatur
were unimportant , the important doc
uments having been removed pre
vlously , and as the French governmen
had not allowed the papal nuncio t
correspond with the French bishops
much less could it permit Mgr. Mon
tagnini to do so.
The Vatican now declares with au
thority that the statement that docu
tnents were removed from the nunci
iture before that building was search
3d is unfounded and calculated to de
: eive , and avers that it did not ema
late from the Vatican , but from tbj
French government.
SUBWAY FOR SPOKANE.
franchise to Be Asked for Million Dollar
lar Project.
Spokane is to have a million dollai
; ubway , one mile in length , to connec
.he passenger and freight terminal :
) f the Spokane and Inland Empin
Railway company , for which a fran-
: hise will be asked at the next meet-
ng the city council. In making the
) fflcial announcement Jay P. Graves
> resident of the company , which ha
.50 miles of electric line in its sys-
em in eastern Washington and Ida-
10 , said it is proposed also to build a
Ine to Nine Mile Bridge , where wort
s progressing on a $900,000 power
touse , and another to the granite
[ uarries on the Little Spokane river ,
naking in all 200 miles of line. The
ubway will be 32 feet deep , 38 feet
iride , the crown being 4 feet below
he surface of the street , the company
sking the right of way to operate
Ither steam or electric trains over
ouble tracks. The last named clause
5 looked upon by prominent railroad
len to mean that traffic arrangements
rill be made with the Chicago , Mil-
raukee and St. Paul railway to give it
ntrance to Spokane for the latter's
lain line at Tekoa , Wash. Mr. Graves
nnounces also the subway , which is
> be in the heart of the business dis-
ict , will be in operation in two
ears , work beginning ten days after
ic granting of the franchise.
SHE MUST PAY FOR JEWELS.
inc. Gould Held Jointly Liable for
Gems Purchased.
Three remaining suits by Paris
editors , with the object of making
adame Gould ( formerly Countess
3ni de Castellane ) jointly responsible
ith the count for certain claims , were
tcided Wednesday.
The court found she was in no way
sponsible for the claims of M. Zeig-
r , one of the largest creditors , who
limed it had been the practice of
e Castellanes ever since the mar-
ige to appeal to him to extricate
em from financial difficulties ; but
Id her jointly liable for jewels val-
d at $24,000 , purchased from Mile ,
midoff , of Odessa , -who sold the jew-
! to the count through an interme-
iry jeweler.
rhe court also found Madame Gould
ntly responsible for the sum of
7,000 , the balance due to the Har-
rs for a jewelry bill amounting to
out $137,000 , provided the bill was
t paid. Three experts were appoint-
to appraise the value of the jew-
y.
Killed in Dough Mixer.
railing into a sponge mixer full of
igh , which he was feeding Wednes-
r , H. D. Vankirk , of Columbus , O. ,
irled round and round until every
le in his body was crushed before
machine was stopped and his body
5 extricated.
led to Wasliington for Conference.
Jnited States Attorney Robert T.
rlin , of San Francisco , has gone to
shington in response to a telegram
n Attorney General Bonaparte ,
> summoned him there for consul-
on , presumably in connection v
Japanese question.
Traveler Drops Bomb.
n unknown traveler dropped a
ib in the railway station at Khar-
, Russia , Wednesday upon alight-
from an incoming train. Two
sengers were killed an < 5 many
inded by the explosion.
Three Persons Asphyxiated.
imes Harris , his wife , 13-year-old
and 3-year-old daughter
were as-
slated by natural gas which es-
id from a. stove in their home in
rant Falls. Out , .
IX APPEAL TO ROOT.
Pierpont Morgan and Others Woul
Prod Leopold.
A letter signed by J. Pierpont Mor
gan , Dr. Lyman Abbott and othe
prominent citizens of New York wa
addressed to Secretary of State Elihi
Root Tuesday , directing his attentioi
to conditions in the Congo Free State
where , it is asserted , flagrant inhu
manity exists , " and urging him on be
half of the American people to use th <
"moral support" of the United State
government to correct the abuses th <
Congo natives are alleged to be suffer
ing from.
The communication is as follows :
"Over a year has passed since th <
repc/rt of the commissioners chosen b ]
the chief executive and virtual owne ;
of the Congo to investigate condition ;
in that state was published. In spit <
of their natural desire to give all pos
sible credit to their sovereign , th <
commissioners felt constrained to re
port the existence of measures am
> rac.tices of flagrant inhumanity
I Among these measures and practice :
are the following :
" 1. The exaction of a labor tax sc
oppressive that many natives on ivhoir
it falls have little , if any freedom.
" 2. Appropriation of land to sucl :
an extent that the natives are practi
cally pensioners within their own ter
ritory.
" 3. The employment , under author
ity of the government , as sentries of
cruel , brutish blacks , chosen from
hostile tribes , who murder , pillage and
rape the people for whose protection
the government is avowedly establish
ed.
" 4. The abuse of the natives by
white representatives of officially rec
ognized companies.
" 5. That the binding of little chil
dren to years of labor at uncertain
wages by contracts they do not un
derstand , and even more serious mal
treatment of children supposedly un
der the immediate care of the gov
ernment.
" 6. Great injustice in the adminis
tration of the courts , so that the na
tives dread the name. of Bema , the
place where the judicial system is cen
tralized.
" 7. The sending out of punitive ex
peditions , not for the purpose of estab
lishing peace and order , but for the
purpose of terrifying the natives into
paying a tax which , as administered ,
even the commissioners regard as in
human.
"It is to be remembered that these
are not charges brought against the
Congo government , but findings of the
commission which was appointed by
the chief executive of the government
to investigate and report on the facts. "
STRATTON CONTEST ENDS.
Millions Become Available for Use of
Charity.
The executors of the estate of Win-
Reid Scott Stratton at Colorado
Springs , Colo. , announce that a final
closing report will be made early in
Ir907 , when work will begin immedi-
itely on the $1,000,000 Myra Stratton
Home for the Poor.
Stratton died four years ago , but
settlement has been delayed by litiga-
; ion. The total involved in suits aggre
gated $52,000,000 , although the estate
s appraised by the court at $6,000-
)00. ) Nearly all these suits have been
lismissed qr disbarred excepting that
> f the state of Colorado for $358,000
nheritance tax. Contention is over
he interest only.
The executors are Dr. D. H. Rice
.nd Carl Chamberlain , of Colorado
Springs , and Tyson S. Dines , of Den-
er. They are also tiastees of the
lome. Buildings costing $1,000,000
fill be built , and the rest of the be-
uest , between $4,000,000 and $5,000-
00 , will become an endowment. The
ome will probably be erected in
tratton's Park , near Cheyenne can
on , in Colorado Springs' suburbs.
MACKLIN OUT OF DANGER.
'hysiciaii Says There is No Doubt of
Captain's Recovery.
Capt. Edgar Macklin , of Fort Reno ,
kla , continued to improve -Tuesday
id his physician stated positively that
ic patient would recover.
The search for te negro assailant
' . Macklin is being continuedbut with
3 apparent success. The murder they -
: y has been discarded and the officers
e now convinced that the intent was
ibbery. There was some excitement
irihg the day when it was reported
at a negro suspect had been arrest-
I , but it prov d that the man had
ien taken for stealing cotton.
vcd Seventy-Seven Years in Asylum.
Having cost the state over $10,000
icy Darby is dead at the asylum at
apkinsville , Ky. , aged 77. She was
> rn in the Lexington asylum , her
atlier being a patient , and lived
ere until she was transferred here
ere until she was transferred to Hop-
isville when 25 years old.
Col. "Watterson to Go to E ypt.
Henry Watterson and Mrs. Watter-
i , of Louisville. Ky. , have arrived
Barcelona , Spain , and will remain
that city a month , after which th
t ]
II go to Egypt.
Discharged from Russian Army.
Liieut. Gen. Subbotich , ex-governor
leral of Turkestan , has by an im- K
Kai
rial order been discharged from the ai
aiPi
ny in further punishment for all Pi
mnd laxness displayed by him as si
, rernor general of Turkestan , for
ich he was removed Oct. 29.
Inneapolis Man Commits Suicide. M
Despondent because of the death of
wife a year ago Beder Medjo , a caTI
TI
I to do contractor , of Minneapolis , TIki
fe.nggcl hjy 2glf - 81 ]
STATE OP SEBRASK
/NEWS OP THE WEEK IX CO :
DEXSED FORM.
Suburban Saloon Held Up 1'ropri
tor Beaten Over the Head When 1
Offered Some Resistance Roblx
Brakes His Escape.
Using a revolver to enforce his con
mands , a young man , alone and ui
masked , held up and robbed the pn
prietor and two others in Augu :
Wolf's saloon , about one mile west (
Dundee on the Dodge street road , nee
Omaha , early Friday evening. Wo
was badly beaten on the head with th
revolver when he failed to subm
properly , later becoming unconsciot
from the injuries , and Martin Tibk <
one of the other victims , was shot a
Avhen he tried to make a sly exi
When the lone highwayman had se
cured all the money and valuables i
sight , amounting to $62.65 in monej
a certified check for $9.50 and a watch
he made his escape and no trace o
him has been found.
The bold holdup occurred abou
6:30 o'clock. Wolf , the proprietoi
and Tibke , a farmer living not fa
away , and a third man , whose nam <
has not been learned , were in the sa
loon. Wolf lives in the building witl
his. wife and family , the saloon takinj
up one room of the residence. Th <
family was at home as usual , but n <
alarm was spread.
That the nerve of the robber , who i :
described as being 25 years old am
smooth faced , came near failing hirr
at the critical moment is apparent
from the fact that he entered the sa
loon shortly before 6 o'clock , ordered
a drink for himself and then wen !
out again. In a few minutes he reentered -
entered , ordered another drink , which
he took alone , and again passed out
the door. It was not until his third
entrance that he made any move to
commit a crime.
After the command to throw up
hands had been given the robber fired
i shot to check Tibke in an attempt to
jscape , but no one was struck. Later
A-hen Wolf offered resistance , the in
truder pounded him severely on thfe
lead , inflicting a number of severe
> ruises. The third man made no move
ind no attempt was made to injure
iim.
VAUDEVILLE IX CHURCH.
stunts Anger Mcmljers of Lincoln M.
E. Congregation.
Leading members of St. Paul's
Jethodist Episcopal church of Lin-
oln , angered at the vaudeville fea-
ures given by the state university glee
lub , declare that henceforth the
hurch will not be given for the gen-
ral session of the Nebraska State
'eachers' association.
At the session Wednesday night a
akeoff of a Methodist camp meeting
, -as given. The singers also did min-
trel stunts. These numbers the visit-
ig teachers applauded. The members
eclared that the teachers will be de-
ied admittance to the building next
ear.
Young 3Ian Shoots at Constable.
Charles Bolen , son of Reprcsenta-
ve J. M. Bolen , of Ulysses , was ar-
jsted at Ulysses Thursday evening for
looting at Constable Biglow , the shot
ist going through his coat. Sheriff
Test was at once notified and Friday
torning went down and brought Mr.
olen to David City to answer the
large of shooting with intent to kill ,
> which he pleaded not guilty. His
reliminary hearing was set for Fri-
ly , Dec. 28 , and he was placed un-
Jr $300 bonds to appear at that time ,
hich he furnished.
Hypnotist Sued.
Jessie Wiles , agent for the Pacific
spress company at Columbus , has
ed a petition in the district court
aiming damages from Oliver B. Grif-
h to the amount of $1,500. Mr. Grif-
h gave a hypnotic performance last
2ek and Wiles , at his request , went
i the stage and did almost every kind
torn-fool things while hypnotized by
-iffith. Wiles now says he received
irmanent injuries.
Stacked Hay Burns.
Twenty-two stacks of hay belonging
Al Tift , on land near North Platte ,
is burned Wednesday. The tonnage
stroyed was in the neighborhood of
0 , and the total loss will amount to
er $1,200. The exact origin of the
e is unknown , but it is presumed to
ve been started by two boys who
ire seen going in that direction for
5 purpose of hunting.
Woman Drops Dead.
Apparently in the best of health ,
s. Albin Lund , wife of a prosperous
1 prominent farmer east of Kear-
- . fell dead at her home. While hold-
; her9-month-old baby by the stove
: became dizzy and , handing the
Id to her daughter , fell down , but
s caught in her husband's arms. She
) ired immediately , the cause being
irt trouble.
Count Crolghton III. j r
'ount John A. Creighton , of Omaj j r
is confined to his room Avith a se- j *
e attack of pneumonia. While no
ious results are expected , much so-
tude is expressed over the count's
sent illness.
Must Go to School ,
'he ' names of 150 children who have !
attended school are in possession a
he chief of police at Columbus , and
law will be enforced.
' *
Lost Hiy Eye.
husking corn at his farm near |
bine , a German farmer named y
tz in stooping struck his right eye eia
inst a stalk , the end of which eiL
ced the eyeball. He will lose the L
t of the eye. a :
ol
Switchman Loses Leg.
vitchman Mose S. Jennings at the
look yard lost a leg in an acci-
: while switching cars. A freight b (
fell on the leg , mashing it badly , wy
member was amputated below the y
; . He will recover. Ul
INSANE MAX COMMITS SUICIDJIV
Fact Kept from Other Patients Ovc
Christmas.
The suicide of Frank Swoboda , ai
inmate of the Norfolk hospital for th
insane , whose home is In St. Paul , wa
kept a secret from Christmas eve
when the tragedy occurred , until thi
day after Christmas , in order not t <
mar the joyousness of the occasloi
for the 220 other inmates. Dr. Young
the superintendent , withheld informa
tion from all save the coroner unti
after the Christmas festivities wer <
over , because he knew that an an
nouncement of the self-murder by on *
of the patients would so unstring th <
nerves of the other scores at the insti
tution that the merry day planned foi
them would be turned into one ol
hysteria.
Swoboda took unusual steps to gel
at his own life. He picked the lock off
the door of the ward in which he was
kept while the attendant was busy
with another patient. Rushing out of
this he broke in the door of a clothes
closet , seized a razor from the shelf
and gashed his throat.
The patients enjoyed a dance that
evening , the first since the institution
has been rebuilt , and each received a
package of sweets and nuts Christmas
mqrning.
IX EXC1TIXG "ROUGH HOUSE. "
Lincoln Salvation Army Leader Hits
Leading ; Educator.
After an exciting "rough house" at
the Salvation army headquarters in
Lincoln Christmas morning both Sec
retary C. E. Prevey , of the charity or
ganization , and Capt. Kindler , of the
Salvation army , were arrested and re
leased on bail. Prevey got two black
eyes and a countenance badly disfig
ured. He called at the army headquar
ters with two friends to disprove an
assertion of Kindler and is said to
have opened the excitement by calling
the latter a liar. Prevey says Kindler
did the battering. However , the cap
tain alleges that an applicant for char
ity interfered and did the knocking.
The row is supposed to have result
ed from the scathing letter of Dr. An
drews , of the state university , who de
nounced the army as a fake. Prevey
is a member of the state university
[ acuity.
When the row started Kindler was
directing the giving away of the
Christmas baskets.
DIAMONDS IX THE WASH.
Fremont Woman Sends Clothes to
Laundry. Together ivith Jewels.
One of the girls in the employ of a
Fremont laundry was surprised while
roning a union suit to find a diamond
) rooch and three diamond rings at-
ached to it near the waist.
The suit had gone through the
vashing machine and the wringer and
Iryer without the gems being discov-
sred and the settings were but little
verse for wear on account of their
ough usage.
They belonged to the wife of a
wealthy business man of Fremont and
heir value is estimated at $1,500. The
i-oman had fastened them to her un-
erclothes for safe keeping and had
orgotten them until the proprietor of
he laundry told her that he had them.
ROAD MUST XOT SEIZE COAL.
iurlington is Restrained by Federal
Court.
The Burlington railroad is accused
f causing a famine in northwestern
Tebraska by confiscating all coal ship-
ed over its lines , in a petition for in-
inction filed in the federal court at
maha Monday morning.
The petition was filed by J. E.
oodward & Co. , coal miners , of
ietz , Wyo. , and an injunction was
3ked restraining the Burlington from
sizing coal destined to private par
es.
es.Judge
Judge Munger signed the order ,
hich was immediately served on the
urlington officials.
Gas War at Lincoln.
Hallack F. Rose , attorney for the
incoln Gas and Electric company ,
cured from the United States circuit
iurt an order temporarily restraining
e city of Lincoln from enforcing the
cently enacted ordinances reducing
e price of gas to $1 a thousand cubic
et and placing a special tax on the
come of the company.
Loses Legs ; Leads Dance.
Ralph Coolidge is one of the mosi
ucky fellows in Columbus , for it is
it more than six months ago when a
received the injury by an engine of t
e Union Pacific and had both legs 1t
iputated , and then said that he 1a
> uld lead the grand march at a ball a
Columbus about Christmas time. He b
s done it.
Schuylcr Student is Honored.
William Henry Nieman , ' 08 , of
iiuyler , received a Christmas pres-
t from the Harvard faculty in the
ipe of a Harvard college scholar- a
p. This is one of the highest aca- fit
t
fiP
nic honors awarded to students and
i second most important scholarship P
nor awarded outride of commence CJci
nt. ci
seth
Hanker Cut in a Fight.
r. L. Pothast. cashier of the Farm-
State bank of Pickrell , was as- m
Hed at Pickrell by Elvin and Har- th
Fnyder. In the fight Mr. Pathast thui
oi\ed a knife wound in the leg. El- ui
Snyder was arrested at Beatrice , otm
the officers have not yet succeeded m
locating his brother. th
L-'ire at Elm Creek.
'he engine room of the mill of Xeff fa
s. company at Elm Creek , was dis- at
ered on fire by a passerby. Prompt ne
on saved the mill and warehouse. th
' . engine house and contents were ca
fa-
- Boy T.iocat < : : ! .
Frederick , a boy about 19 Pr
rs old. who mysteriously disappear- Fi :
'rom his home near Beatrice sever- inj
nonths ago. has been located at int
: oln by his father. He is employed th {
Iriver for a transfer company and ing
rs no explanation for leaving home. .wo
Bu
Engineer Teal Drops Dead. of
ndrew Teal , one of the oldest and rea
known Northwestern engineers , Pri
had been in the service- for many wil
s , dropped dead irom heart fail- a n
at Norfolk
"William Campion , In jail at So\varffl
for child abandonment , who wis pur- *
doned recently by Gov. Mickey after *
conviction on a paternity charge.agl
again pardoned -Monday afternoon by ;
the governor and the pardon to hr-adJ
enough to cover two charges and any *
order to the contrary which nr uy bo *
issued by the judge of the li'strictl
court. The sheriff of the coui.ty refused - *
fused to recognize the right -f the *
governor to issue the pardon in
case and attorneys for Campion
ed a writ of habeas corpus from Judges
Letton returnable Jan. 2 , and th pria-
oner has been released under $1.000 *
bond. The woman in the case has
married since Campion was Kent tc/
jail. He strenuously denied hi.s re-j
sponsibillty. Campion has been in jail
for over thirteen months rather than !
give bond that he would pay u
ment of $1,000 secured against him
a. paternity charge. The matter was
finally taken before the governor , whc -
ifter reviewing the evidence , ordered
the man's release. The county author
ities doubted the right of the govornoi
: o pardon in a semi-criminal cuse and
ic was then arrested and convicted enL
L charge of abandoning the child. A
icaring was held on this Monday and
: he governor issued his second pardon !
.o the man.
The superintondeiitof theinstitute foe
'eeble minded youth , makes a shoW"4
ng in his report to the governor that }
s not only interesting , as to amount
if valuable crop production , but tlemi
nstrates what the possibilities are foj
naking even the unfortunates at the
nstitution self-supporting , as .ill oi'
he field crops wereraised by the in
nates with the assistance of one farm4
r. The report shows that < jf lielg
reps there were grown 332 bushels of
rheat , 11S bushels of rye , 940 nusheli
f oa-ts , 2,000 bushels of corn. 25 tons
f cane , 30 tons of alfalfa , 1,900 bush-j
Is of potatoes. 100 bushels of sweoi
otatoes , 700 bushels of sweet cornj
00 bushels of tomatoes and 300 bush ;
Is of onions. Besides these tnere was
rown a large lot of garden vegetables ,
icluding 400 bushels of turnips , 15" (
ushels of peas , 5,000 heads o * cab *
age , 200 heads of cauliflower , als
eppers , parsley , beans , cucumber
ittuce , egg plant , pumpkins , squashS
nd many of the smaller varieties oi'
irden vegetables , aggregating in the }
hole at market value $7,641.35.
The annual report of the treasurer
" the university athletic board showi
le total receipts for the year were
17,689.50 and the expenditures $15i
)6.27 ) , leaving a balance of $2,393.2 *
he largest single item of the- receipt
as Nebraska's share of the proceed }
: the Chicago football game , $3/
50.25. The largest item of expense
as that of guarantee and pert-r-ntageS
visiting teams , $3,695.88. The fol (
wing is a summary of the reports
eceipts from football , $14,255.70 ; ex- *
mditures , $10,713.16 ; balance , $3 , .
2.54 ; receipts from baseball , $2 , ,
9.50 ; expenditures , $1,830.63 ; bal-
ice , $248.87 ; basket ball receipts
26.25 ; expenditures , $771.81 ; deficit ,
5.56 ; track athletic receipts , $274.i
; expenditures , $497.04 ; deficit ;
22.49 ; cost of sending cross country
im to Chicago , $138.15.
* * *
Jesse T. Trennery , of Pawnee
mer president of the Xtbraskg
.nkers' association , was in Lincolr
busings and expressed himself .
rding legislation which he considers
auld be enacted this winter. "j §
v should be enacted whereby trus
upanies could be organized wittf
tver to administer estates , " said MrJ
snnery. "I would not favor a latfl
ich allowed these companies to drt
> anking business ; but every one has
ight to have a permanent body t < >
ninister an estate. When one man is
sointed administrator at his deatH
i estate is placed in jeopard , while if
i estate is administered by a com-
iy it is a perpetual body and largo
ns of money would be saved to rs-j
as which are now lost by the r-n-
cement of the present law. "
'he report of State .Superintendent
Brien show the total resources of-
the school districts in the state at
close of the school year July d'
6 , amounted to $6,485,464.70. vfhilq
expenditures for the school yea4
sunted to $5,452,289.05. The m
of school children in the state
en the ages of 5 and 21 vears
,829.
# * t
h
n effort will be made during
slaturc to get th : revenue . , .
mded so that the reserve fands of
ernal societies can be assessed and
id. Under the
present law the su
ne court has ruled that this funcl
be offset by the outstanding pr-it - }
which virtually wipes out the as- *
ment.
lie state house was closed
and all of the state officers anc |
r employes observed Christmas
i the true Christmas spirit. Treas- *
Mortensen was at Orel , but thd
r officers were in Lincoln , while/
t of the employes have gone to
homes.
* * *
> v. Mickey and his family , and hid
ly's family , had a Gbrfe/mas treat
ie executive mansion , and eat din-
together. Mrs. E. S. Mickty wa ?
only absent one , she having beerj
d home by the death of her Jrand4
e annual meeting of the Nebraska
> n association will be held at the
Christian church on Friday even-
Tan. 4. Dr. G. W. Martin , super
dent of the society , announce
the program would be an interest- *
> ne , with addresses on prison
by Judge M. B. Reese. Dr. M. A.
ick and Dr. B. M. Long. Reports L
s officers of the association will be. * "
and the general work discussed'
n workers from all over the state
> e present and the session will bd
eworthy one
