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'The ' Valentine Democrat Valentin ® , Neb. . M. Rice. Publisher PULLMAN GAE BURKS FLAMING PALACE IN TRAIN RUN NING AT IHGII SPEED. Trainmen Rush Through Burning Car , Arouse Passengers and Carry Them Out In Their Night Robes One Man Fails to Awaken ; Is Killed. Not in the history of the entire Chicago cage and Northwestern railway sys tem , in the opinion of trainmen of the Sioux City division , was there ever a case until Sunday of a sleeping car catching fire between stations and uurning up before a water supply could be reached. The unusual case of Sunday happen ed just off the Sioux City division at a point three miles west of Missouri Val ley near the little town of Loveland , la. The dead : Louis Delario , Washing ton , D. C. , clerk In the house commit tee on irrigation. The injured : O. H. Johnson , of Salt Lake , slight burns on neck and head ; Henry Cabrow , of Salt Lake City , right wrist cut by glass ; Mrs. B. Hig- Sins , Carondale , Pa. , suffered from ex posure. Ten of the sections in the car were occupied. The fire started in the first berth back of the drawing room , -which was on the head end of the car. The berth was occupied by a woman who had a baby. She was heating some milk by the flame from a small alcohol lamp. The flames swept down the line of curtains and immediately the whole interior of the car was en veloped in a sheet of fire. Trainmen , who were the only ones dressed , rushed down the aisle of the car through flames and smoke and carried out men and women in pa jamas and night robes/ The curtains , Tied clothing and inflammable plush and packing of the upholstery were shooting their flames up to the roof of the car , and even that was on fire. Some of the passengers had not awak ened. One of these was Louis De- Lario , clerk of the house committee on irrigation , Washington , D. C. , whose home was at Larimie , Wyo. Mr. De- Lario had slept through the noise and excitement , an < { l when he was pulled out of his berth he was choking from suffocation and died in a few min utes. The body of Mr. DeLario was slightly burned , although there seemed no question that he died of suffocation rather than from the burns. Mr. De- Lario's Washington address was 1101 JC street , northwest. PURDY IS CONFIDENT. er Satisfied with Results of In vestigation at Brownsville. Milton Purdy , assistant to the Unit ed State attorney general , completed his labors at San Antonio , Tex. , in con nection with his investigation of the Brownsville raid Sunday and left for Houston , where he will continue the examination of witnesses. Mr. Purdy was engaged Sunday in pursuing the testimony of Lieut. Col. Frank Gaker and Capts. D. J. Baker and Hanson Ely , and comparing it to the more or less cumulative mass of evidence that had been given him dur ing his stay there. Mr. Purdy expressed satisfaction with the investigation and adds : "Regarding my work from the standpoint of the evidence that I have secured through the testimony of per sons more or le.ss familiar with the Brownsville occurrence , I can say that my efforts here already have been re < warded. " SEEKS NEW TREATY. Canada Demands Something in Return for Lake Michigan Water. The international waterways com mission , reporting on its recent meeting i ! i ing in Toronto , recommends that in return for 10,000 cubic feet of water taken from Lake Michigan every second end for the drainage canal the United States should negotiate with Canada a treaty providing for free navigation between both countries on the great lakes. Canada now enjoys the naviga tion as a privilege and not as a right. The committee also suggests that a public commission be appointed to de termine and mark the boundary line on Lake Erie and eliminate the dis putes which arise from the fishermen being charged with poaching. Wanted in Iowa for Murder. James Price , a negro , was arrest ed at Higbee , Mo. , Sunday on a charge of having killed Thomas Albright , a mine operator at Frazier , la. , in. 1902. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Butcher steers , $4.70@5.15. Top hogs , $6.35. Tragedy in Refugee Camp. Emil Radley , of San Francisco , Sun day night shot and killed Mrs. Martha ( Kruger , wife of Herman Kruger , a , bartender , and her sister , Elizabeth 'Kelly ' , aged 16 years. Severe Weather in California. Unusually cold weather is prevailng .over northern California , and for the first time since 1895 snow was visible Sunday on the hills surrounding San Francisco. \ GIVE FINAL WARNING. Stockmen Must Remove Illegal Range Fences. By direction of the president , Sec retary Hitchcock Friday issued * an or der to Commissioner Richards , of the general land office , at-once to notify all special agents and receivers and registers of local land offices that the act of Feb. 25 , 1888 , for the summary destruction of illegal enclosures and obstructions existing on public lands will be rigidly enforced after April 1 , 1907. This order means that all fences en closing public lands in violation of law must be removed before April 1. 'it ' they are not taken down by that time they will be torn down by repre sentatives of the government. Secretary Hitchcock's order has the .approval of President Roosevelt. Strong pressure has been brought to permit the fences to remain on public lands , even in the face of complaints. After the president and Secretary Hitchcock had conferred regarding the order the former sent a letter to Mr. Hitchcock in which he said in part : "In response to your letter and in carrying out what , after our conversa tion together , seems to be that the best course , I approve the circular you in- Itend to issue , with the modification of ! having it apply to all cases and of taking effect peremtorily April 1 next. I trust that the senators and repre sentatives from the great grazing states will realize that this means that if , and I believe there should be , there is to be a modification of the law by which it would be possible to allow by lease the temporary enclosure of portions of the public domain for graz ing purposes on such conditions as the government finds compatible with the best Interests of the actual settlers , of the small homesteaders , the homemakers - makers then , that this change of the law must be made at this session. SUFFERING AT CLEVELAND , O. Natural Gas Supply of the City is Cut Off. As the result of the explosion in a big 18-inch main carrying natural gas from "West Virginia to Cleveland , O. , Friday that city was entirely cut off from its natural gas supply. Thou sands of residence and business places were suddenly deprived of fuel and light , causing much suffering. Man ufacturing plants depending on natur al gas for fuel were in many instances closed down. Three lengths of the big pipe sub merged under water , about thirty-five miles southwest of Cleveland , explod ed with terrific force. Mud and water were thrown sixty feet in the air. the concussion breaking windows in near by houses. No one was Injured. It will probably be many hours be fore repairs can be effected by the East Ohio Gas companies. LESS HOPE FOR MRS. MYERS. Fate Now Lies with the Governor of Missouri. Judge Phillips , in the United States district court at Kansas City Friday , denied the application of the attornej's for Mrs. Agnes Myers for a writ of ha beas corpus. This means Mrs. Myers , under sen tence of death for the murder of her husband , and Frank I-Iottman , in jail at Kansas City for complicity in the crime , will be executed Jan. 10 unless Gov. Folk inerferes. As a last resort the attorneys for Mrs. Myers and Hottman will now ap peal to Gov. Folk to commute the sen tences of the prisoners to life impris onment. NEGRO IS LYNCHED. Confesses Criminal Assault After Cap ture by Posse. A negro , whose name cannot be { earned , was lynched at Midway , Ala. , Friday for attempted assault. A posse swung him up to a tree and rid dled his body with bullets. The negro "Wednesday night entered the room of Miss Merrill King , daughter of a prominent banker at Midway. Her screams attracted the family and the negro escaped. A posse captured him Thursday. When 'brought to Midway ho made a full confession and the lynching followed. More of Rnisuli's Men Desert. Many former friends and supporters of Raisuli , who is at Zinat , have , it is stated at Tangier , deserted the ban dit chief. Raisuli has discarded all signs of his former position , includ ing the robes of a Moorish official , and again donned his mountaineer's cos tume. Great Strike in Mexico. It is estimated that 20,000 opera tives in the clothing factories in the republic of Mexico are now on strike. The trouble has extended over a long period , the men going out in small companies at widely separated places. Their grievances will be arbitrated. Too Fierce for Paris. The Paris chief of police has stop ped the performance of a "Dream of Egypt , " which was given at the Mou lin Rouge Thursday night , with the Marquise de Morny in the principal role. To Protect the Japanese. It is believed at Honolulu that the federal government is preparing to , take steps to prevent the passage by , the territorial legislature of any meas ures tending to discriminate against the Japanese. Many Frozen to Death. Snow storms and blizzards of exceptional - , tional severity are prevailing through out south and southwestern Russia. Traffic on railroads is interrupted and great loss of life is reported. RIOT IN PARISIAN THEATER Emperor's Niece on Stage Anders I > o- napartlsts. There was a remarkable scene In Paris Thursday night at the notorious Moulin Rouge when the Marquise do ' 'Morny and a niece of Napoleon III. . i made her deput In an act called "A Dream of Egypt , " written by hersel * , in collaboration with Mme. Gauthier- Vlllers , the author of "Claudine" and other novels. ! The marquise , who is the divorced * - * " > of the Marquis de Belbeuf. has fiT.1y ! achieved a reputation , and hjr h valded appearance on the str.ge [ brouglit out a svorm of criticism. To this the marqiuse replied In n. letter published denying that her per formance was intended to be suggest ive and insisting that she meant to give an artistic reproduction of the manners of ancient Egypt. In defend ing her appearance on the stage the J marquise says : I " This does not constitute a disgrace - ' grace to the French aristocracy. A ' distinguished scion of this aristocracy , j the Prince de Brolgie , has been earn- I ing his living for some time past by conducting an orchestra in New ' York. " In spite of this statement , a num ber of clubmen and Bonapartists got together and went to the Moulin i Rouge , where they conducted a dem onstration the like of which seldom has been witnessed in Paris. For ten minutes the curtain could not be rais ed on the new act , owing to the pan demonium. "When it finally went up. disclosing the marquise working ou * a crypto gram of the charm of lif-i , after the fashion of Galatea , and a beautiful Egyptian mummy in the person of Mme. "Willy , the din was redoubled. This was followed by a rain of mis siles of every description , the audi ence even throwing hassocks and boxes at the women. In spite of this the two women completed their act , which is as dis gustingly indecent as anything ever seen on the Parisian stage. BANKER IS MISSING. Savings Depositors in Cincinnati Near Point of Roiting. The private bank of Coleman Denko of Cleveland , O. , was taken in charge Thursday by constables , and the po lice are making a search of the city for Denko , who has not been seen since Sunday. The bank was patron ized by Hungarians and other foreign ers , Denko himself being a Hungar ian. It is said the deposits represent ed a large 'amount of their savings. A crowd of several hundred foreign depositors in the institution collected about the place , and the screams of women and children , together with the threats of roiting by the men , re sulted in an extra detail of police be- j ing called out. le is understood the deposits of th bank amount to $12,000. None of Denko's acquaintances could give an explanation of his absence from the bank for the last few days. ACID ON NONUNION BREAD. Serious Charge Against Striking Bak ers in Chicago. Four men in Chicago , said to be members of the bakers' union , have been arrested on the charge of putting acid on hundreds of loaves of bread distributed among the Jewish resi dents of the west side. A strike is in progress at the local bakery , and it is claimed that strike sympathizers threw the acid and also iodoform on wagon-loads of bread and rolls after they had left the bakery. The police have confiscated many baskets of poisoned bread and are holding them for evidence. In the pockets of the four men arrested were found bottles of carbolic acid and packages of pow dered iodoform. NOT TO ARREST JAP EDITOR. Washington Seas No Cause of Action Against Frisco ? .Ian. A request was received at Washing ton "Wednesday from Immigration Commissioner North , of S.inFrancisco. by the officials of the department of commerce and labor for a warrant for the arrest of T. Takeuchi , the publish er of the paper known as the Revolu tion , on the allegation that he is an anarchist and a dangerous person. The matter was considered by the department officials in the light of the evidence before the department , and Commissioner North was notified by telegraph that the case as it stands before the department at presenl would not warrant an arrest. TrollejAVrcclc in Cleveland. Eight persons were injured , two perhaps fatally , in a street car acci dent at Cleveland , O. , Friday. A car jumped the track and swung into an iron trolley pole. John Canfied and Edward Leach werg the most serious ly injured. St. Joseph Bank Closed. The Bank of Commerce , capital $10,000 , located in South St. Joseph , Mo. , has been taken charge of by the state bank examiner. No statement of its condition has been made. Attorney McCammon Dead. Joseph K. McCammon , formerly of Philadelphia , once assistant attorney general of the United States , United States commissioner of railroads dur ing President Hayes' administration , died at his home in Washington Wed nesday night of heart trouble. Bell for Major General. The president sent to the senate on Thursday the nomination of Brig. Gen. Franklin Bell to be major gen- aral. _ . STATE Of NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CONDENSED - DENSED FORM. Insane Over Unrequited Love Chas. Martin , < a Farm Hand. Near. Brad- shaw , Creates a SensnUon Finally Landed in the Insane Asylum. Charlie Martin , who for some time has been In the employ of M. E. Plank , living near Bradshaw , and a young man who is well known in that local ity , became infatuated with Miss Nan cy Plank , whom he wished to marry. The young woman and the members of the family would not consent to the marriage , and Sunday Martin went to the Plank residence , entered the house without knocking and walked into Miss Plank's room , where he shut and lock ed the door and climbed into the bed and pretended to go to sleep. At the house there were no one but Mrs. Plank and Miss Plank , who at once called Mr. Plank and a brother- in-law in and told them what Mr. Mar tin had done. They tried to get in the door , which was locked , and were obliged to break the door in. They found Martin in bed with the covers pulled around his chin pretending to be asleep , but with his eyes wide open. He was taken downstairs and enter tained until Sheriff Afferbaugh came and took him to York , where he was placed in the county jail , and in a short time he tore the plumbing and water pipes loose , causing water to fiood the jail and nearly frightened C. Dwinger. an inmate , to death. Sheriff Afferbaugh and Jailer Elgmfritz , with the assistance of William Afferbaugh , had considerable trouble in tying Mar tin down so that he could do no more damage. Monday morning Martin was taken before the insanity board and Sheriff Afferbough took him to Lincoln , where he was placed in the asylum. BANK FOR THE RED MEN. Winnebagoes So Prosperous They Need a Depository. Because the Winnebago Indians have become such industrious farm ers that they have money to save C. K. Hesse , of Council Bluffs , is about to establish the first bank in Winnebago , the new town on the Burlington road in the eastern part of the reservation. The bank , which is to be a state in stitution , will do business almost ex clusively with the Indians , who make up by far the largest per cent of the population in that section. It is said they are now in a more prosperous condition than ever before. The bank will be established in the old trader's store building , which was moved over to Winnebago from the agency head quarters. NORFOLK PACKING PLANT. Company Has Been Formed to Oper ate in Sugar Factory. A company has been formed for the purpose of operating a packing plant in the old sugar factory building at Norfolk. The capital stock will be $300,000 , of which $126,000 has been subscribed. E. H. Luikart , president of a Tilden bank , has been active in organizing the new company , to which other business men of northern Ne braska will belong. All that remains before the machin ery shall be ordered is for the sugar factory to be turned over , in accord ance with the policy announced by the Industrial company , which owns it. Bayard People Take Coal. A blizzard raged from 4:30 : p. m. N"ew Year's day till 5:30 : a. m. the next day , with the mercury from 10 to 2 degrees below zero and no coal in Bay ard , the people burning out-buildings and extra fence posts. Citizens board ed a westbound freight train Wednes day and unloaded ten tons of company coal. Conductor Spencer telegraphed to headquarters and the car was set out and turned over to the agent to distribute. There was no violence. Gas at Table Rock Lake. The lake two miles north of Table Rock has been the center of attraction for several days for skating parties , who have been attracted there by the mysteries about the lake. On the sur face are hundreds of air holes , cover ed by thin coatings of ice , and on tak ing a penknife and cutting through these places and applying a lighted match a fire is started from the escap ing gas , the flames leaping up some times as high as a man's head. Abscondcr Retnms. Albert Taylor , one of the young men who , a few weeks ago , skipped out in the night leaving the bus team stand ing at the depot at Humboldt. while they took along some $25 or $30 be longing to their employer , A. D. Snow , of the livery stables , returned to that city Wednesday evening and was im mediately arrested upon complaint of Mr. Snow , who charged him with theft. Taylor pleaded guilty and was fined. Fanner Killed in Runaway. Jasper Kipling , a farmer residing about nine miles southwest of Auburn , met a tragic death on his way home Saturday night. He fell from his wag on , loaded with lumber , and the wag on wheel passed across his neck and1 head , breaking the neck and killing him almost instantly. Kipling had been in town all day and was bad > y under the influence of liquor when he left town. Legislator May Decline Place. Clarence Mackey , of Ansley , one of the representatives of Custer county elected by the Democratic party and a member of the house two years ago , is seriously considering resigning his po sition and not acting through this ses sion. Newspaper for Sale. John B. Day published a notice in the Bradshaw Republican announcing : that he wishes to retire from the news : paper field and he offers the Brad : shaw plant and good will for sale. OPERATOR FIGHTS ROBBERS. Saves the Majority of Company's Cash , but Loses Ills O\vn. Sunday evening about 11:30 o'clock just after the helper left the Burling ton depot at York , two men wearing masks stepped into the waiting room , extinguished the lights and walked into the office of the depot through the door left unlocked by the helper , and before the night operator was aware that anyone else was in the room be side himself he looked into the barrels of two guns pointed at him. The men made a demand for the keys of the safe. The operator inform ed them that he did not have the keys , as they were in the possession of the helper who had just left. The smaller of the two robbers , hearing a noise , glanced around behind him , and the operator , seeing that he had a good opportunity to hit him. picked up a heavy coal shovel and hit him on the head , knocking him down and out for the time being. The other robber , the taller of the two , jumped on the oper ator , attempting to secure from him the shovel , and while holding- him he took from him what money he had and a watch. The amount of money secured from the operator was $23.80 , and also he had previously secured $8 from the cashier's drawer. Owing to excitement the operator could not give a very go d description of the burglars , who escaped in the darkness. Judging from the hands of one , he is inclined to believe that one of them is a negro , or that both were hard customers and had not washed their hands for some time. One of the men was about medium height and weighed about 150 pounds , the other was about six feet tall and weighed about 1S5 pounds. STABBING AFFRAY. Young Farmer Assaults Bartender at Bottle Creek. A stabbing affray took place in the Kerbe saloon at Battle Creek Satur day. Christ Hundt , a young German farmer , while drunk , stabbed Herman Aucher , the bartender , twice in the face for refusing him more liquor. The first blow struck the jaw bone , break ing the knife blade , part of which re mained in the wound , which is serious , but not dangerous. The second blow did not make a severe cut. Hundt was arrested and fined for being drunk and disorderly. Later he was rearreste for stabbing , prosecuted by the county attorney and bound over to the district court and is now in jail in default of $500 ball. PLATTE RIVER OVERFLOWS. Lower Part of Fremont is Flooded and Familes Abandon Homes. The Platte overflow had reached its height in Fremont Thursday night. It flowed in streams resembling small rivers through Jensen and South streets and backed up to the Burling ton road track from Main street Avest to the city limits. Cellars have been flooded through South Fremont , and in a few instances the water has reached up over the floors of dwell ings. Families who had taken up their carpets and piled up their fur niture on chairs sought refuge with neighbors. There may be some loss of live stock and poultry below the rail road tracks and the bridge. COLLIDE IN SNOW STORM. Two Passenger Trains in Wreck on the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific overland limited and the Los Angeles limited train , both bound for Omaha , had a collision Wednesday night at Brule statfon , twenty miles west of North Platte. There was a blinding snow storm and high wind at the time. Twenty-five or thirty passengers were in the obser vation car. E. W. Hastings , an actor , of New York , was instantly killed. Mail Clerk Gilbert Worley , of Omaha , sustained a fractured skull , and a passenger nam ed Jennings was scalded. Passed Forged Checks. Two bogus check artists at Nebraska City succeeded in floating : some forged checks and got away with the money. Two men , strangers , dressed as farm hands , passed a bogus check for $12.60 on Bader Bros. , one for $9.80 on Schultzer Bros. Both purported to bear the signature of Martin Wick- horst. At Art Kromer's place checks for $9.75 and $15.60 were floated un der Peter WIckhorst's Lame. No ar rests have been made. Utica Man Accidentally Shot. Charles Berenter , a blacksmith and machinist in Utica , was accidentally shot in the right leg on the train while on his way to Beatrice. He had been asleep and when the train pulled Into Lincoln a man by the name of Watson , whose home is at Crawford , accident ally let a revolver fall out of his over coat pocket on the floor , discharging it and the ball entering Mr. Berenter's leg , making a severe flesh wound. Law to Be Enforced. The inheritance tax law is hereaftei to be strictly enforced in Dodge Coun ty. The appraisers appointed on the estates of H. C. Mahanna and V. B. Stoddard have submitted their reports. Dodge county will receive from them about $ SOO for the permanent road fund and Nance and Howard counties will receive in the aggregate about $3,000. May Be a Suicide. The body of J. W. Ashba , a tenant on the farm of Richard Meredith , near Nebraska City , was found reclining against a hay stack on the premises. No marks of violence was found on the body and a. coroner's Jury return ed a verdict of death from causes un known. Neighbors freely express the opinion that Ashba had taken som drug with suicidal intent. Mrs. Lillie Pardoned. After a contest for freedom lasting five years , Mrs. Lena Margaret Lillie was Thursday pardoned by Gov. Mickey , a few minutes before his term Df office expired. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of Harvey Lillie , her husband. Pierce Lighting Plant Restored. After a little over two weeks of teal - al darkness the electric lights were urned on at Pierce. The darkness was aused by the breaking of. the big /5- nch shaft of the electric light engine. The beautiful Christmas in Lincolnf was marred by a fight between the secretary - retary of the City Charity association , ! C. E. Prevey , and the captain of thef Salvation army , E. Kindler , and the * arrest of both men. It all came abouti over Prevey accusing Kindler of ray ing Prevey said somethingThf two1 mighty gladiators met in the office oft the Salvation army , where Prevey had ) gone with two witnesses to ar usoi- Kindler of circulating the report aboutt him , which was to the * * " " - ' that Pre vey had said the two t ! " ' : n of somw woman had boasted that they would ) spend their own money for Christmas beer and get their dinner from thgf Salvation army for nothing. Prevey asked Kindler if he said Prevey said it and Kindler replied that Prevey had' ' said it. "You're a liar , " shouted the ! secretary of the charity association ! and promptly he made a lunge at tho- head of the Salvation army. No\r what happened at this juncture the men do not agree on , but it is a fact that Prevey came out of the fray with ! two beautiful black eyes and a swollen and disfigured face. Prevey says when | he told Kindler he was a liar the latter struck him ; one of the men who was with him left the room and the othen was too old and too weak to be of inyr assistance. Kindler , he eafd , called for help and Mrs. Kindler rushed lnd the room , waving a big knife. Prevey * said he managed to get away and cal ? the police. Pie admitted , however , ho lost his glasses during the fracas and ! couldn't see very well. Kindler said when Prevey called him a liar he fol lowed it up by striking him , while * Prevey's two companions rushed him , , threw him down and beat him good after rolling his head up in some be < clothing. Just at the critical moment a stranger who had some In to get his basket full of Christmas things , souseq into Prevey , so Kindler said , and knocked him down and sat on him. The two companions of Prevey , he said , quit business then and he man aged to get up. The stranger aftefl giving Prevey a beating left without ; registering and Kindler doesn't know him , but as he didn't get his basket filled it is presumed he was satisfied" with what he got. Both Prevey and" Kindler were arrested and later re-r .leased under bonds. The report oveiJ 'which ' the men fought reached the , ears of the moth'er of the boys anc { when she heard it came from Prrvey" she jumped him and when he dr-nied saying it she told him to face Captain Kindler with his denial. He did # * * The government Ownership League of Nebraska , embodying the principle of government ownership of railroad and intended to be the nucleus of a movement which shall spread over Ne braska and in a short time over the entire United States , was organized in Omaha last week. About eighty men were there from several counties , men of various political parties and of opt posite views on tariff and finance , but all together on the question of the right and duty of the government to own and operate the railroads. The following officers were chosen : Pres ident , M. F. Harrington , O'Xeill ; vice president , H. C. Brome , Omaha ; -vre tary , Edgar Howard , Columbus ; treas urer , W. H. Green , Creighton. It 13 proposed to push the organization of the league In every county in the Ftotet and it is expected to have delegates from every county when the first Con vention is called , which will bf in- about six months. After this convr n- , tion it is proposed to begin the Fpr'ad of the movement by helping to or < in- ize other states. ' After frenzied oratory and sh political maneuvering Daniel Nettle ton , of Clay county was elected speak er of the house at the caucus of the- Republican members Monday night on the third ballot. The field combined against McMullen , of Gage county , and defeated him. Senator Saunders , of Omaha , was jchosen president pro tern , of the sent jOte. This combination was suppor'e jby Norris Brown , candidate for United. .States senator. Clyde Barnard was made chief clerlr the house. Blessing , of Ord , wad first assistant. B. H. Goululng , i of Kearney , was elected secretary o $ the senate , and Reeder , o& York , was [ made first assistant. Dr. G. W. Martin , of Lincoln , will be chaplain of the senate , while Revj Mr. Croswalte , of University Placej. will be chaplain of the house. The nominating committee of State Teachers' association selectod- the following officers for the ensuing year : A. H. Waterhouse , of Omaha , ' ' 'president ; E. E. Magee , of Ashland , . vice president ; Katherine Wood * . oi Peru , secretary ; R. D. Overholt , o | Minden , treasurer ; E. B. Snerman. member of the executive commits to take the place of W. H. Gar'lnen whose term expires. * * State Treasurer Mortpnsen has started a conscience fund and at thi $ time it contains $25 , received from a man who once upon a time broke 3 Nebraska law , since which time his conscience has never ceased to trouble him. With the $25 which was rec'iv * ed came the following letter datM ai La-Tune , Colo. : "Nebraska Stata Treasury Department : Having broken the laws of the state of Nebraska t will endeavor to make it right by enclosing - closing $25 , which please accept as si conscience fund. " The letter was not signed. Attorney General Xorris Brown ha * gone to Kearney to prepare to mova his family back to that place as sooa as his term < .f office expires. Mrl Brown lived at Kearney before bein appointed deputy attorney general sU years ago. * * * Nicholas J. Gentleman , convicted ot murder in the second degree and sen tenced to nineteen years In the pan tentiary , has received executive clem * ency. Gov. Mickey commuted his serf * tance to ten years.