Nebraska Newspapers

    The Yalentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
'f . TY ! . KICK , - - - - Publisher
LOWLANDS YAST SEA.
< IiIVZ R IS TEX MILES WIDE NEAR
One Family Reuacs to i-icave Lowland
Home. Though Water is Steadily
Kising About It Gorge Reported to
Be Loosening Somewhat.
With the water knee deep in their
sitting room and steadily rising , John
'Peterson and his wife Sunday after-
jnoon repeatedly refused to leave their
* farm house , six miles east of VermillIon -
Ion , S. D. They declared they would
Jshare the fate of their live stock. A
( party of rescuers In charge of Louis
{ Larson was forced to leave them af
ter two futile trips in a rowboat Mr.
Peterson is 80 years of age. The rescuing -
cuing party left them a rowboat.
When the sun sank below the Net -
! t > raska bluffs Sunday evening Its rays
Jglistened on a sea of water covering
jail the lowlands for ten miles west of
rVermillion. A solid gorge of ice at
'the mouth of the Vermillion river has
jbacked up until it extends for over ten
; miles , blocking the channel as far as
( Hagen's bend , near Gayville.
' The water continues to rise rapidly
.over the bottoms near Meckling and
{ Gayville , covering high bottom land
that never before was submerged.
By Sunday night all the farmers on
r the lowlands west of town had moved
jback to the bluffs and are staying with
jtheir neighbors.
Lars Mortinsen , who reached Ver-
jnillion Sunday evening , lost thirty
jhogs in thirty minutes at noon when
jthe water suddenly reached his place ,
j The agent for the Milwaukee rail-
Jroad at Tankton notified all of the
.farmers he could reach by telephone
jon the lowlands west of Vermillion
jthat a special stock train would be
( run from Yankton at 2 o'clock and
.would . stop to pick up any live stock
that was in danger. Twenty-two carloads
-loads - left Meckling Sunday for the
-Sioux City and Chicago markets.
MANY LIVES IX PERIL.
Austrian Steamer Wrecked on a Hock
Off Crete Island.
The Austrian-Lloyd steamer Impe-
ratrix , while bound from Trieste to
M Bombay , ran onto a rock Saturday
evening near Cape Elaphonisi , on the
island of Crete , and sank soon after
wards. It is known that the disaster
-was accompanied by loss of life , but
in the absence of definite news the'
number of drowned is unknown. The
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passengers and crew on board numbered
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bered about 150. The Imperatrix sail
ed from Trieste on Feb. 19. ]
The Imperatrix was 390 feet long , ft
45 feet beam , 23 feet in depth and of fto
2,334 tons. She was built in 1888. ftW
A telegram has been received from W
the company's agent at Canea , which e
says : ir
"The following letter has been re
ceived from a lieutenant of the Impe
ratrix :
" 'Twelve persons and myself have
I' > ! ' been saved. The others are on board
the steamer , the position of which ia
extremely dangerous. ' " fl
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HUNGER STRIKE WIXS. cl
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Arrested Austrian Students Gain Liberty
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erty by Refusing to Eat.
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A large number of arrested univer-
p
jsity students , who were arrested recently
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cently at Lemberg and imprisoned for
COCO
refusing to take the oath in the Polish
language , adopted a hunger strike , re COw
fusing all food or drink , that the doctors
tr.
tors in attendance declined to accept tr.Tl
responsibility for their lives , and as a
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result the students were victorious ,
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and the authorities were compelled to
liberate all of them , numbering ninety.
Even then the students declined to
quit the prison , because five of their '
ringleaders were detained , and barri
caded themselves with beds and fur
niture to prevent their forcible objec pe
tion. In the meantime there was a tr :
.great Ruthenian demonstration outside - de
1 , side the prison , and finally the ring- Bj
Readers also were liberated on bail. he
Then all the students consented to th ;
leave the prison.
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h Engineers Get a Raise. ve
b The Louisville and Nashville railroad -
/road / Friday granted an increase in
jwages of 10 per cent to its engineers ,
{ effective March 1.
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America Loses Chess Match. he
America lost the international
cable tic
hess match with the British team.
/which / was finished Saturday. The
' . { score was 4 % to
Sioux City Live Stock
Market. Eta
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
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City live stock market follow : Top fei '
jbeeves , $5.20. Top hogs , 5C.90.
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Poisoned by Canned Tomatoes.
Mayor Charles Davis , of El Paso ,
Tex. , and Col. John W. Brady are dan
gerously ill , both suffering from pto-
nd
jmaine poisoning caused by eating can-
be
tned tomatoes while out hunting Sun >
day. his
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British Governor Dropped Dead.
Jabez Bunting Snowball , lieutenant
governor of New Brunswick , dropped
dead Sunday night in Frederickton
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B. , while on his way to attend service
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the cathedral.
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SEES "LEAN" YEAH COMING.
Barnes J Kill Has Small Hope
of 1008.
James J. Hill , president of the
Great Northern Railroad , company , j
who has returned from St. Paul , ex
pressed the conviction Thursday that
the tide of prosperity is turning and
that there are indications of a sig
nificant recession in business. As Mr.
Hill phrased it , "The sails of prosper
ity are being reefed. The year 19 OS
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may be a hard year and many * ou-
of i-v\ may.u ' 'ie cc 01'
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or retrenchment ,
are under way , " siid Mr. 11:11. "Less j |
money is to be spent on new works. ' i
The ellcct of this movement Is being j
felt at present in the falling off of ,
orders. The beginning of this movement -
ment Is very evident in Chicago.
"While I would scarcely call It a
cessation in business it Is more of a.
drawing in. The railroads in general
are curtailing their expenditures and
giving fewer orders. On our lines we
will finish the work we have undef
way and that is all.
"This movement toward economy is
scarcely perceptible , but it should be
sufficient to relieve the strain from
congested business. In a way it is a
good thing. It is better so , as the cur
tailment is gradual. Othedwise , there
might be a sudden slump with serious
results.
"The first tendency is toward the
curtailment of luxuries. Then there
will be a falling off in manufactured
articles. This will continue during
the coming months. But so far as
concerns the future the year 1908 may
be a hard one and then many men
may be out of employment. "
WARSHIP SINKS STEAMER.
American Ship Rammed oy Frencli
Cruiser at New Orleans.
In hazy weather the French cruiser
JKleber "Wednesday night rammed an *
sank the American fruit steamer Hu-
goma in the Mississippi river , just off
the center of the city of New Orleans.
Capt. Lewis , of the Hugoma , said
that seven coal passers and firemen of
his vessel , mostly Japanese , had been
drowned. The Kleber , just arriving
from Havana , was rounding a sharp
turn and the Hugoma , drifting witli
the six-mile eddying current , turned
directly into the cruiser's path. Capt.
Lewis , of the Hugoma , says that his
signal was mistaken by the warship.
The latter struck the fruit ship amid-
ships on the port side , nearly cutting
her in two , and in five minutes the
Hugoma plunged to the bottom in
more than 100 feet of water.
SHOT TO DEATH IN OFFICE.
Sensational Tragedy Occurs in Chi
cago.
Louis Fisher , of Chicago , one of the
proprietors of the Harrison Art com
pany , was shot to death in his office O
Thursday. A fashionably dressed wom T
an who entered Fisher's office and
quarreled with Fisher was found in Pi
the room after the shooting. She was ti
tia ticc
arrested , but refused to give her cc
name. tl
The woman was later identified a1 * tlw
Mrs. Flora McDonald , wife of Michael w
McDonald , a former prominent Dem qi
ocratic < politician and millionaire. ri
Shortly after the identification of tfc
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Mrs. McDonald , the man who was kill w
ed was identified as Webster S. Guer-
in. He also used the name of Fisher.
BIG MINING DEAL. L
The Calumet Company Absorbs Three
Other Concerns. hj
The announcement was made Thurs- lo
flay that the Calumet and Hecla Min ce
ing company of Boston , would take ni
charge of the management of the Os- ni
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ceola , Centennial and Allouez Mining Tl
companies. Acting under the Michi nc
gan mining laws , the Calumet com at
pany has purchased a majority of the St
stock of the Centennial and Allouez
companies and has secured practical th
control of the Osceola company , of ne
which : 20,000 shares were formally
transferred to the Calumet interests
Ihursday. This is in addition to a con
siderable amount of Osceola previously ce
field by the Calumet company. Su
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KILLED SISTER'S HUSBAND. sti
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'Unwritten Law" Will Be the Defense ba
of Two Virginians. ho
Philip and James Strothers , of Cul-
pepper , Va. , brothers , were placed on
rial ] Thursday charged with the mur-
ier of their brother-in-law , Wm. F. ofi >
Bywaters , Dec. 15 last , within a few Pe
lours after he had been- married to th
heir sister Viola. in
"Unwritten law" will be the de- thief
'ense : , and the trial promises to be of
ery sensational.
Asks Receiver for Missouri Plant.
The Missouri Lincoln Trust com bil
pany , of St. Louis , has petitioned the su
ircuit court to appoint a receiver for co :
Missouri Water , Light and Trac- by >
.ion company , which operates all of 24
Nevada's municipal plants.
Wife Defender Acquitted of Murder.
John Camp , of Havana , 111. , who
tabbed James Allen , a saloonkeeper , tie
tiomi
Bath , in September , 1905 , while de- mi
'ending his wife from an attack , was fO (
icquitted of murder Thursday.
Federal Judge Resigns.
Judge G. A. Finkelburg , of St.
joula , of the United States district he <
circuit court , who will leave the da
ench because of failing health , sent at
resignation to Washington Thurs- ed.
night , to take effect April 1. ar <
Prohibits Exclusive Contracts. ]
The Kansas house Thursday passed mite
bill already passed by the senate to
irohibltlng the making of exclusive bo :
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TRAIK FALLS FOKTY FEET.
Three Lives Lost' in Wreck Xcav
Dubuqac.
A combination coach and a loadinl
car of train No. 103 on the Chicago ,
Milwaukee and St. Paul narrow gauge
railroad between Bellevue and Cas
cade , la. , jumped the rails at a curve
on a trestle over a small stream near
Washington Mills and fell a distance
of forty feet Friday , the coal car land
ing on top of the coach , in which
xyo t ten passengers. The coach was
' - > mi > letely wrecked one n senger
v.k'Med ' .ind tv j Kfaly ! 'ino seven
serlousiinjured. .
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The- dead : .Mrs. John Rohan , Fillj j
more , la.
Fatally injured : Conductor Ted
I < i.irtin , F-\i ; ! : . In.Iii.s Mary Mc-
Jjaughlln. er > oit'"a. .
Seriously injured : James Fonda.
mail clerk , leg broken , badly cut and
bruised. H. E. Fairn , Dubuque , la. ,
badly cut and bruised. Mrs. Davis and
son , Cascade , la. , severely cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Rahan was crushed to death.
Conductor Martin's back is broken
and he is internally injured. Mis
McLaughlin's back is reported broken.
The cause of the derailment is no/ /
known.
BLIZZARD IN GERMANY.
Many Persons Reported to Have Been
Frozen to Death.
Reports of severe storms , snow , rain
and high water on the rivers are re
ceived from various points in Ger
many. There has been a heavy fall
of snow for several days past in South
Germany and in some parts of the
black forest the snow is six feet deep.
There has been a heavy fall of snow
on the Rhine and in the Thuringian
mountains. Several cases have been
reported of people losing their way
in the snow and being frozen to death.
Mountain villages are inaccessible.
The heavy snow extends into Alsace
where there is serious interruption to
traffic.
A hurricane-like storm , accompanied -
nied by snow , is reported in the Vis
tula region , where much damage ha ?
been done.
The Rhine was rising rapidly Fri
day and gained five feet at Cologne.
All tributary rivers are carrying
high water , and the valleys are part
ly flooded. Shipping on the . Rhine
has been endangered and barge traffic
on the Weser has been suspended.
The emperor has dictated Prince
Ratibor to proceed .to Emden and re
port on the damage sustained by the
government buildings and wharve ?
from the storm.
BATTLE ON THE ISTHMUS.
Nicaraguans Win After Six Hours' of
Hard Fighting.
The Nicaraguan forces on Feb. 20
captured without opposition the town
of ] El Triunfo , in Honduras , and
Thursday , after six hours of har < 3
fighting , the Nicaraguan army occu
pied San Bernardo , an excellent posi
tion , owing to the fact that it is in
communication by land and water with
the Nicaraguan base of operations.
Many Hondurans were killed and t
wounded , and the retreating army left r
quantities of ammunition and many
rifles on the field. The casualties on o
the Nicaraugan side were .a fe\v
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wounded.
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DARING TRIP IN BALLOON. ii
London < Woman Sails Across the Eng
lish Channel.
The Hon. Mrs. Harbord , of London ,
has made a daring and successful bal -
loon trip across the channel. The as
cent was made at Chelsea Thursday laS
night. Mrs. Harbord was accompa T
nied by C. F. Pollock , of the Aero club , tl
tlw
rhe balloon crossed the channel in the w
neighborhood of Calais and descended jtP
9:30 : o'cloclc Friday morning at P
Stavelot , Belgium , in the midst of a 5,1
violent snow storm. Mrs. Harbord is
the second woman to cross the chan-
R
lei in a balloon.
Best "Twin" Sullivan.
Harry Lewis , of Philadelphia , re- irE
eived the decision over Mike "Twin" E.
Sullivan , of Boston , , in a ten-round IK
jout in Denver , Colo. Lewis was f
ir
stronger and had much the better of
he early rounds , but Sullivan came ri
ack strong later , not sufficiently , , ribl
aowever , to gain him a draw. ri
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Will Fight 2-Ccnt Fare. w
It was officially announced a't the dc
fiice of President McCrea , of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company , that
Pennsylvania railroad would do all
its power to prevent the passage of
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2-cent fare bill by the legislature
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Pennsylvania. se
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Primary Law in Kansas. P
The Fitzpatrick primary election CO
ill , amended so as to prohibit the is- CODi
luance ; of free passes to delegates to Di
onventions : by railroads , was passpd
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the senate late Friday by a vote of
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to 16.
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Orders All Cows Inspected. lis
The city'board of health of Terre
laute , Ind. , has ordered the inspec-
ion of every cow contributing to the
nilk supply of the city , because the ap
oed inspector says tuberculosis is su
resent in dairies. gr
Dunne is Sure to Win.
According to the latest returns from
Democratic primatries held Thurs-
the renomination of Mayor Dunne an
the convention in Chicago is assur- be
Of the total of 987 delegates 557
pledged to Dunne.
She Gives Birth to Five.
Mrs. Zabrowski , wife of a Polish
liner at Fork Ridge , Ky. , gave birtli
five children , three girls and two tin
t I1H
oys , Friday. All the children are "
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HIS STORY IN LECTUHE.
JJer. Mr. Hunt , Co-Respondent In
vorce Suit , to Make Defense.
The court room was orowdefl
day when the BassQtt divorcn trial was
called in Omaha , it having become
kn-iv/n that Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt ,
of Brooklyn , co-respondent in the
Washington trial , was to testify.
Nothing of a sensational character
was brought out , however. Mr. Hunt
told of instances of Bassett's bad tem
per J and of his cursing his wife. He
corroborated Mrs ? Bassett's testimony
in many particulars.
Mrs. Bassett was under cross ex
amination for some time , and although
she maintained her self-control at one
time she asked to be allowed to rest ,
and had to be assisted into the judge's
private room. She soon recovered ,
however
Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt will tell his
side of the story in a lecture which he
will deliver Sunday afternoon at the
Lyric theater. Incidentally he hopes
to raise money to assist in defraying
the expenses of an appeal from the
Washington decision.
UPHOLDS RAILWAY BOAD.
State Supreme Court Sustains New
Law in Nebraska.
The Nebraska supreme court in an
opinion handed down declares valid
the amendment to the state constitu
tion adopted by the voters at the last
election providing for the creation of
a railway commission of three mem
bers. The opinion enables the com
mission to begin work immediately.
The three members of the commission
will have supervision over railway
affairs in Nebraska. The validity of
the amendment was attacked by the
attorney general and made a test case.
The . fate of a number of bills pending
in the legislature -was contingent on
the constitutionality of the railroad
commission.
WATERS RECEDE AT FREMONT.
FREMONT.a
families Return to Their Horaes 0:1
South Side a Second Time ? .
The ice is now out of the Platte
river and the water has gone out of
the south part of Fremont , leaving'
only a few pools in low places. Fam
ilies' have gone back to their homes
a second time and are again busy
cleaning up. The flood last week , ac
cording to old timers , almost -equalled
that of 1881. Measures will undoubt
edly be taken the coming summer to
ward preventing any further flooding
of the south side , either by erecting
a strong dike along the south bank
of the river or by diverting the chan
nel to the south of Murphy and Haw
thorne ; islands. t
THREE YOUNG MEN AND A GIRL.
Small Theatrical Company Taken o
Custody at Virginia.
The Hall-Booth-Rankin Theatrical
company played a brief engagement at
Virginia , because of the interference
of Sheriff Trude , who went there f-
ter ( Miss Pethoud , a girl who left Beat I
rice : with the company without her
parents' consent. All the members
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of the company , comprising three
young men and Miss Pethoud , were
brought to Beatrice by the officer. The 01S'
girl was sent to her home at Ohiowa S'qi
and the boys were released after pay qir
ing the costs in the case. r
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MRS. CLEVELAND SELLS OUT. Sf
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Last of Her Omaha Real Estate Holdings - ,
ings Disposed Of. eiK
Mrs. Grover Cleveland has sold the K
last of her Omaha property. She has Tw
sold her lot at the northwest corner of w
Twenty-second and Cuming streets to tli
the Expressmen's Delivery company , in
which has its offices and warehouses bi
just north , on Izard street. The com isK
pany ; will build an office and storage K
building , on its new purchase , facing scm
Cuming street. The sale was made m
through the Byron Reed company and
Robinson & Wolf.
Peculiar Accident. fe
Mrs. Frank Gatzmeyer , while clean etlCl
ing her shoes on the steps of thre J. Cl
. Wright place ; about five miles CO
northwest of Lyons , slipped and fell , a
striking the back of her neck on an hi
iron scraper and cutting a long , deep CO
gash in a large artery. She was car ar
ried into the house and the flow of it
blood was stopped until a doctor ar th :
rived on the scene , and but for the jOL1
immediate help Mrs. Gatzmeyer
would have bled to death before the
Sector arrived.
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People Want 'Phones to Coniu-ct. th
The Independent Telephone com ha
pany has a large force of men at
work < erecting poles , both in Sterling so
ind in the country , but as yet it has pa
secured but few subscribers. The people su ;
ple are anxious for a state law com
pelling the numerous companies to
connect with each other.
drunken Man Smashes Bank Window , j of >
Alex Babb , a laborer employed at
he stone crusher at Wymore , created ut
onsiderable excitement Thursday j ; et
light by crushing in a large plate j Of
jlass at the Wymore State bank with
: fist while intoxicated.
Welch Succeeds Goyd. Tu
A. A. Welch , of Wayne , has been be >
ippointed by Governor Shenrlon to Ly
iucceed Judge Boyd , elected to con otl
gress. fca1
Faithful Employe Promoted. _
E. E. Grimes , whose home is in
Beatrice and who has been employed to
vlth the Burlington road at Omaha to
ind Lincoln for several years , has to
een promoted from rate clerk in the tie !
ifflce of J. J. Cox to the position of Ho
raveling freight agent , with heau-
luarters at Lincoln.
No Conversion in Three for
Three weeks' revival meetings at am
First Christian church of Blue sal
, closed Sunday evening without a otr
ingle conversion having teen inal : ' j ;
BURGLAR ALARM SAVES BAXK.
Gongs Ring When Bobbers
Dial from Safe and They Ruii
An unsuccessful attepipt was &a.e >
to rob the Farmers State bank of Central - .
tral City at an eaf'lV hour Tuesday J
morning.
. .ibout 1:15 the night watchman
was held up by two masked men a
block distant from the bank. He was
told to come with them and make no
disturbance and they would not harm
him. Arriving at the bank , the door
of which had been previously opened
by other member of the gang , the
watchman was taken to the bank par
lor , blindfolded and securely bound ,
hands and feet , to a chair. The rob
bers then proceeded to gain .entrance
to the vault with a sledge hammer and
they knocked the dial off the door.
The bank is protected by an American -
ican bank protection burglar alarm.
When the dial was broken connection
was made and the alarms turned loose.
The burglars lost no time in getting
There were four in the party. They
stole a handcar and headed for Grand
Island. Near Chapman the car was
ditched.
The alarm aroused parties sleeping
near tb-5 bank , who got busy with the
telephone. When the bank officials ar
rived they found the night watchman
securely bound. The burglars' de
parture was so sudden that they left
their tools.
Evidently the burglars were not
aware of the fact that the bank was
provided with a burglar alarm or they
expected to cut the connections.
The Knights of Pythias were cele
brating their anniversary but three
doors away and had left their hall
less than thirty minutes before the at
tempted burglary. In fact , the cash
ier of the bank , who was on his way
home from the lodge rooms , met the
two men who held up the night
watchman on the corner but a few
minutes before the holdup.-
There Is no question but what the
alarm saved the bank.
CEMEXT FACTORY FOR PERU.
Prof. Duncojisou Thinks Prof. Bar
bour Has Estimated Correctly.
At his recent visit , Prof. E. H. Bar-
bour , of the state university , suggest
ed that the shale overlying the coal
vein at the Peru mine could be used
together with the limestone bed to the
westward for the purpose of making a
fine quality of cement. He said that
the coal would furnish all the fuel
needed. Following his suggestions a
company of local capitalists has been
temporarily organized to look into the
advisability of establishing such a fac
tory ( , and steps are being taken which
will insure the establshment of the
wfi
factory in case the materials at hand
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prove all that is reported by the state
geologist. Prof. Duncanson , who ac sib
companied Prof. Barbour , thinks Prof. b
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Barbour has been very conservative in IT
hisestimates of the local resources in is
the vicinity of the mine.
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HORSE'S ] LEG IN PLASTER CAST.
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Eustis Surgeon Attempts to Save Ani tih
mal Maimed in Runway. h
A team driven by Harry Schroeder , tiw
of near Eustis , became unmanageable w
Sunday night and after a run of a 01
01a
quarter of a mile crashed into the a
rear of a spring wagon in which there n
were four children and a barrel of
salt. Nobody was injured beyond a
shaking up. Pi
One of the horses sustained a broken er
erki
ei leg. The owner of the team , Clyde ki
Klingman , secured the services of Dr. bi
Weideranders , physician and surgeon , le
who reduced the fracture and encased th
thm
the leg in a plaster of paris cast. The m
injured leg is protected by an iron be
brace. The outcome of the opqration th
being watched with interest , as Mr. w
Klingman is the first person in this w
section to try to save a horse in thid th
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U. S. vs. James Clifton. ne
There is a case at Osceola on the
federal court docket entitled the Unit-
States against James Clifton. Mr. is
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Clifton lives in Platte precinct in Polk ev
2ounty , and it is alleged that he sent lo
postal card through the mail that ra
liad words written onto it that were fo
or.trary to law. Witnesses were ex- de
imined as to Slifton's character , and an
was shown so good that it is of
hought Uncle So.m can be knocked ve
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OI ( ] = ? t Practitioner Is Dead.
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Dr. W. P. Schildknecht , aged 70
ears , parsed away Thursday. He was
he oldest practitioner in this state ,
to
laving followed his profession since
se
iSGl. He was a member of the Ma-
wi
ionic lodge and the Methodist Episco-
or
al church. A wife and two children
urvive him.
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Much Corn Going to Waste. afl
Owing to lack of cribs in which to sui
tore rorn many thousands of bushels in
corn are going to waste around pr
Justis. Elevators are filled to their
itmcst : capacity and grain men cannot
car * to move the enormous output .
corn. .me
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Hack , from Mexico. .nd
N. P. Sorensen arrived in Lyons bu
Tuesday from Mexico , where he has
een for icur months assisting W. H.
-yon , of Lyons , who is interested with att
ther Lyons parties in erecting a large un
aw mill. ral
Y.'omrn Win in Nebraska.
The senate adopted a joint memorial be1
congress in favor of an amendment , soi
the constitution permitting women do-
vote. The vote on adoption was a hej
1C to 16 Lieutenant Governor tin
Lopewell deciding in its favor. at
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Big Prices for Fancy Hogs. the
Several hcg sales were held to dif-
irent parts of Clay county l.ast week
! large prices were paid. At one
.the
, a sow brought 31,500. At anther
a c
ther sale the prices averaged a little
lor 7-- . - * ' - a.c'-licr yTo. is
Except that it Is working more un *
the state capital
der cover , the lobby at
tal this winter is not different from
that which preyed upon members ot
--vim ? legislatures. A legislator
M : , , . -nted on the lobby al f- ' . -
Ii. ih * . ? Id days the unsuspecting -
latcr 'las been sv/ervcd from his p t
. -f duty liy a s-mplc process o > T ola : K-
mai ! . If'he could be iifl-3/sc-d * r
skirt on liquor these
the rustle of a
were readily furnished him. Directly ,
they were not from th ? 1 ilibyists. so
far as the legislator knew , but when
the member became too independent
in his voting he was soon informed
that the lobbyist knew wherein he had
erred. He was threatened with ex
posure. A mere threat was general
sufficient to scare the obstreperouJ
member into line to do tlv-i ing of
the lobby. It is very evident the samtf
schemes are being worked on thj
legislature , but it is doubtful if it will
be j ' successful in many instances , be"
cause the members of the legislature
are men who know the world , and 1J
any one of them has gone wrong and
is the clutches of one of these humarf
vultures , he knows or could ascertain
that the lobbyist is in tlie same boaf
and for the lobbyist to threaten him
with exposure is a case of blackmail
punishable by a term in tfie state pen
tentiary. Besides that , there are meg
in Lincoln , probably , who know tha
records of the lobbyists , which wljj
also serve as a check on them trying
to influence any member bj- holding
over his head a threat of exposure.
* * *
Now that the heat of the conflict
has died out and the member of tllf
legislature have begun to study tK j
2-cent flat rate bills passed by th |
senate and recommended for passagrtj
in the house , the real worth of the bid
is being looked into. The senate biy
porvides that any railroad violating
the provisions of the act shall "forfe
nd pay for each offense" so mucfe'
- oney into the public school fund qi
the county is which the forfeiture lj !
imposed. This is the same penalty
iie
exacted under the old law. It has nev
er been tested in the courts because
the railroads did not try to .evade it.
Should the railroads refuse to put the
law 1 into effect the question has been
raised how would the officers go about
making them do it. Attention has beer }
called to the fact that the section does
not even provide that a violation of
the ] provision Is a misdemeanor. Tha
question has been asked how the state
could arrest the corporation and make
it forfeit so much money underthe _ . .
itsi -ii
statute.
There are a number of women hang ,
ing around Lincoln , who have no rea
son , so far as the public knows , for be
ing there , and some of the "wise * *
members of the legislature are of the
opinion they make reports to thosa
members of the lobby who influencg
legislation by blackmail. That sucli
lek
lobbying will not bear fruit at this ses
sion seems certain , because the mem
bers have shown themselves to bq
more independent than the usual leg
islator , and the moral standing of the
individual members has been com
mented on very favorably by visitor
tc Lincoln. In the past , as now , the
lobby which practices this kind of vul
ture work is composed of those wh0
have ; in contemplation the introduc
tion of holdup bills or those who ara
willing to sell the vote of the members
on whom they have their clutches fo
stipulated price to some one whd
needs < it.
* * *
Incidentally the Burlington lobby
prevailed upon a large number of tha
employes of the road to sign a petitiojjl
knocking on the employers' liability
bill introduced by Gibson and McMul-
len. A friend of the bill went through
the shops and explained the bill to th |
men who signed it , and a great nunv *
ber offered their names stricken from
the petition. The petition showed up
with : a little check mark after thosd
who : wanted their names taken off , but
they are not scratched off as the men ,
desired. It is just an example of tha
way ! the Burlington lobby does busi
ness. ,
* * *
Burlington Lobbyist Frank Young
getting bolder in his1 old age , and h < J
iven had the audacity to come to the
lobby ; of the house and peer over the
railing for a moment. But it was only
"or a moment. He
saw one of his un-
lerstudies , whispered a word to him ,
md then departed. The appearanca
this obstructer of just legislation faj
-ery liable to result in the adoption of
very radical anti-lobby resolution oi
house , and some of the member !
beginning to discuss the practica
lity of such a move.
* * *
Mrs. Hoxie is not so sure she wants
have her old claim cut down about
,
ieven-eighths , and she is not going to
vithout giving these legislators a run
their money. Thursday the littla
voman , who has been content to sff
iround and watch Ed Sizer do the lob-
ying buckled on her armor and went
tfter the men worse than a womaij
uffrage advocate. She cornered them'
all parts of the chamber and it itf
robable < only the
lucky ones escaped.
* * '
The appropriation committee has
.bout decided there will not be enougS
noney to give Kearney the $100,00d
the addition to the noraml schooj
it may not get .
a. cent for new-
uildings.
* * *
The bill to
place the
powers of th
.ttorney of the railroad commlssiSS
inder the control of the
attorney g-
was defeated by a vote of 42 to
* * *
The claims
committee
took up tn
ewhlskered claim of Mrs. Hoxie for
omething over $3,000 and trimmed A
own to some $700. This is payin |
at the rate of $25 a month for thi
ime she is alleged to have worked'
the Kearney Industrial
William Coryell , who was not
claim for '
expenses
Incurred in
com
to Lincoln to
flghtjTor the place.