THE VALENTINE DENIOCRA *
VALENTINE , NEII.
J. 31. RICE , - Publisher
IVANS'FLEET AT RIC
BRAZILIAXS OUT IN FORCE Tt
.U'EIA'OME BATTLESHIPS. ,
Small VoseJs t'nablc to Keep L'pvil ! :
Ihe Ponderous > Iilhig ; Machine *
Meet Jfas Covered a Third of I he
Distance u San Francisco.
The American fleet of sixteen battle
ships entered the port of Rio Janeiro
ut . " o'clock Sunday afternoon after a
pas-sage from Port of Spain , Trinidad ,
more than 3,000 miles , unmarrcd by
frious : accident , replete with interest
ing incidents and ending with a royal
welcome from the citizens who had
gathered to greet the visitors.
The fleet weighed anchor at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of Dec. 29 at
"Port of Spain , and exactly at 4 o'clock
J-'unday the vessels were swinging at
their anchor in this beautiful harbor.
All the battleships are at Hio Janei
ro. Irjt the supply ships , Cu'goa and
Glacier , are still at sea. not having
1-ecn able t keep along with the oth-
cis.
The fie < u has now covered about
4.600 miles , about a third of the dis
tance of the voyage to San Francisco.
Word that the Heel had passed Ca : e
Frio , about forty-five miles out , was
received at S:30 : o'clock , and imme
diately scores of tugs and other small
oaft crowded with spectators set out
1o meet the visitors and accompai y
them 10 the anchorage. Outlined
ujrainst the horizon the great batt"--
bips. stretching out in one long lin .
came slowly through the passage into
1be bay.
As soon a the anchorage was made
the Brazilian minister of marine. Ad
miral Aieiicnr. the captain of the por- ;
1he American consul , G. E. Anderson ;
the commandants of naval. division- ;
iind civic authorities went on bonr-1
1he Connecticut and extended a hearty
welcome to Rear Admiral Evans. lm
officers and men.
WORST TERRORIST A BOY.
ikiis iaii Police Rejoice Over Capture
of IS-Year-Old Lad.
The St. Petersburg police are rejoic
ing , over their < uccess in arresting a-.i
IS-year-old youth named Parshen-
Joff. a desperate terrorist and many
times murderer , who was tak-m by
h se\eral officers Sunday night. A squad
of detectives hunted down Parshen-
Ivoff along the canal front on the out
skirts of the city. He made a desper-
: U- fight , wounding several of his pur
suers , and was not overpowered until
be had been felled by a heavy blow on
the head , which caused a serious
v und.
Parshenkoff was the leader in a
number of important encounters be-
tueen the police and the terrorist. : .
He is believed to be the man wna
Killed Col. Kalchak , of the police , in : i
flight that took place on Dec. IS last ,
and he headed a gang that killed four
police officers in the Okhta quarter -f
Ibis city on Jan. 11. 1907. Severn !
months ago he made a most daring
and brilliant escape from arrest at
Prazil island , killing a police captain
and four officers in his ( light.
WOMAN SHOOTS IN COURT.
Aenou ; Iy Wounds Man Whom She
Had Caused to Be Arrested.
Mrs. Maude Crews fired two shots
nt Athur Xichols in a crowded court
rc.om at Vraukogan , III. . Saturday ,
wounding him seriously and causing
the judge and spectators to take ref
uge in flight. She was arrested. Xich-
ol : ? was wounded in the left groin and
left hand. The shooting followed
Xichols' discharge by Judge Wress aft -
t ( i he had been arraigned in police
court on complaint of Mrs. Crews , who
alleges that he had tried to run her
down with his horse and had struck
at her with a whip. Xichols asserted
that the woman's act was the result
of "insane infatuation" for him.
In Duel to Death.
Pjotro Saroochi. an iron worker , and
wife Deina fought a duel to the death
at Oakland. Cal. He was armed with
: i large butcheknife and she with a
razor. After battling for fifteen or
\\enty minutes the husband finally
.slow his vifo and cut his own throat ,
expiring on her dead body.
Bryan Mnke < Denial.
William J. Bryan denied that his
daughter , Ruth , is estranged from her
husband. "Is there any foundation for
tbt ; story ? " Mr. Bryan was asked
"Xone whatever , " was the reply.
Sioux City Live Slock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
"beeves , $5.25. Top hogs , $4.20.
Pearl Harbor Bids Held Up.
The award of bids for material for
the fotification of Pearl harbor at .s
Honolulu has been held up for the .sc .sb
reason that it is believed the lowest b
lid is a "dummy" for some Japanese- f
contractors.
Exposition is "Unfair. "
The state Federation of Labor of d
ft ! "Washington has unanimously voted to v
gmt the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi ii
tion in Seattle en the unfair list
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VICTIMS OF FLAMES.
Many Firemen Full in Burning Goth
* am Skyscraper.
Four firemen in Xew York went t <
their deaths Friday night when the ;
responded to a fire that wrecked th <
Parker building , a twelve-story busi
ness structure occupying the block be
t\\een East Eighteenth and Xine
teenth streets on Fourth avenue
Fought by half the firemen of Man
hattan and apparatus that blocked th <
stieets , the flames were'never con
trolled and with difficulty they wen
confined to the building in which thej
originated. Floor after floor gave waj
and dropped to the basement and be
ueath these and crumbling walls n <
less than twenty firemen were caugh
a/d either killed outright or seriouslj
injured. When the fire had burnec
itself out and the firemen rolls wen
called three men of Engine companj
Xo. 72 , and one from Fire patrol Xo
: ' . failed to respond.
The dead : Thomas Phillips , Thom
as O'Connor. John Lynch , John Fal-
lon.
Tim Ilutchinson , of Patrol Xo. 3 ,
was removed dying to the hospital.
Capt. Weldon and Capt. Darvan , of
Engine companies Xo. 24 and Xo. 72 ,
\vere injured internally.
When the casualties began the Flor
ence hotel , which adjoined the burn
ing building in Eighteenth street ,
was made a temporary hospital where
fire department physicians gave imme
diate aid to the injured. The mone
tary loss was estimated at $5,000,000.
The fire was one of the most spec
tacular as well as disastrous in recent
years. From start to finish its course
was marked by heartrending scenes ,
nqrrow escapes and flushes of hero
ism.
HALF MILLION TO PRIEST.
t cv. Father Keari'ul. of St. Joseph , to
Use It in Charity.
The Rev. Father C. L. Kearful , of
St. Joseph , Mo. , an old and Avidely
nown Catholic priest , has been noti
fied by the department of state in
Washington that an inheritance val
ued at about $500,000 awaits him m
'
Sydney , Australia. The estate was
left the Rev. Father Kearful by his
grand uncle. Karl Kirfogel , a wool
merchant.
The Rev. Father Kearful said ho
had not yet decided whether he would
undertake the trip to Australia to
claim the estate. His father died in
Germany two years ago and the Rev.
Father Kearful went there. When
asked what he intended to do with the
meney the Rev. Father Kearful said :
"I intend to give it to charity. I
have no plans as yet made as to how 1
shall distribute it. I have heard much
ol' the idle fortunes that have lain in
England awaiting the proper persons.
When I get the money I will have
plenty of time to make the proper
disposition of it. f I do not anticipate
any difficulty in 'proving ' my claim to
the estate. My father made a mis
take in not having legal papers drawn
and putting them in the family arch
ives showing that he had changed his
name. "
WRECK OCCURS OX BRIDGE.
rrains Crash Through Trestle Into a
Ravine.
In a rear-end collision between a
vestbound passenger and extra freight i
> n the Alabama and Mississippi rail-
oad , ten miles from Vinegar Bend ,
\la. , Friday , seven persons were killed
ind a number injured.
The collision occurred on a bridge
spanning a ravine at a very sharp
: urve. The force of the collision
: aused both engines and part of the
lains to crash through the trestle to
ho bottom of a ravine twenty feet be- j
ow.
New Paris Pipe Dream.
The Echo De Paris Wednesday
irints an interview emanating , it sitys ,
rom "authorized Japanese source , " !
rith the object of showing Japan is !
o absorbed with the main land of '
, sia that war with America is impos- \
ible. i
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Trolley Cars Collide. j
Seventeen persons were injured , }
icne fatally , in a collision between two i
rolley cans on the Denver , Colo. , i
'ramwny company's line about mid-
ight Thursday. One of the cars j
hould have taken a siding , but failed l
o do so. I
Five Firemen Injured. j
Five firemen were injured , none sei i i
iously. at a fire which caused about j !
100,000 damage Friday at the Forest- j <
r & Cheney Knitting mills in De-
oit. Mich. The loss is probably coved -
ed by insurance.
Millions Tor Autos.
1
Xearly S,000,000 was spent in the t
nited States during 1007 for motor
rs. According to the estimates made
r the association of licensed auto-
obile manufacturers.
Anti-Foreign Riots in China.
Further reports of rioting 'at Kia
sing Fu , province of Che Kiang , Chi-
i , declare the movement there to be
iti-foreign.
Food Causes School Strike.
The entire senior class of the Mis-
jsippi Agricultural and Mechanical
illege walked out because one mem-
sr was expelled f.or objecting to the
'
od.
Hero of the Civil "War Dead.
Peter Ryan , of Terre Haute , Jnd. ,
ed Thursday , aged 63. A medal was
ted to him by congress for bravery
capturing fourteen confederate *
iSle handed in 1S 4.
AVOULD REORGANIZE
llale's Personnel Bill Introduced h
the Senate.
The introduction Thursday by Senator
tor Hale of the naval personnel bil
proved the occasion for a general dis
eussion of the navy and recent occur
rences in connection with that brane.
of the public service.
The Maine .senator entered upc . .
full explanation of the provisions u
the bill.
Senator Tillman , a member of th <
' naval committee , interrupted to asl
I whether the consideration of the bi !
j \\ould probably bring out the facts re
I lating to the controversy in the navj
department. Senator Tillman adder
that he had considered the advisa
bility of offering a resolution for sucl
j an investigation.
Senator Hale replied : "I have beer
asked a great many times in view o ]
the recent transactions in the navj
department whether I did not propose
introducing a resolution of investiga
tion. The subject is doubtless worthy
of the consideration of congress , but
after looking the matter over care
fully , as I have been able to do , 1
have selected this method of action ,
which involves the consideration by
the senate , instead of submitting the
department to an investigation. "
Senator Hale , proceeding , said the
first proposition of the bill was to see
that the business of the department
shall be conducted as it has been in
former times of great emergency and
great peril to the country by the bu-
rc-aus and officers of departments.
"Every accomplishment of the
navy. " he said , "has been by the ac
tion of these bureaus. It is only in
late years that boards have been or
ganized. Many of them are composed
< f officers whom we can respect , but
1 have thought that these boards have
created dissention in the bureaus
where the real work is done.
"I have provided in this bill that
unless boards are to carry out spe
cific law they shall not be continuvf
or appointed in the future. That I
believe is a wise thing to do in ord < > r
that jealousies and at times unjust in
sinuations and aspersions of bureau
officers of the navy should at least
have no rallying point in the depart
ment itself. "
VRY TO ROB POLICE31AX.
St. Louis Robbers" "Error Leads to
Their Arrest.
Two masked and armed men who
answer the description of the highway
men who terrorized St. Louis county
Tuesday night , killing Gus Boss , a bar
tender , robbing two saloons , and hold
ing up a street car. attempted to hold
up Special Officers Archy and Kennedy
in an alley at St. Louis late Wednesday
night , but were overpowered and ar
rested. They admitted that they were
lying in wait and intended robbing 'tho
fiist person that passed the : : ! ley. The
prisoners gave their names as Harry
Land , aged 1C. and Lee Cornell , aged
17 , and admitted being out Tuesday
night in search of a suitable spot to
hold up passersby. but denied impli
cation in other holdups.
The officers were searching for a
negro wanted for stabbing when they
Bi.tercd the alley in which the youth
ful footpads had stationed themselves ,
; ind had the highway men covered
and under arrest before they could u c
Lheir guns.
REUF XOW rx A CELL.
Frisco Political Uosc taken from Pri
vate Prison.
After being kept ten months in a
private prison in the custody of an
ilisor appointed by the court , with
M'ivate guard.-- , his own rook and his
> wn automobile , in which he was al-
rwed to go out for an airing or attend
o business matters. Abraham Reuf.
'ormer political boss and the central
igure in the San Francisco bribery-
rraft investigation and prosecution ,
\as taken Wednesday night from his
: omfortable quarters at Fillmore
treet and Pacific avenue and place J
n a cell at branch Xo. 2 of the county
ail at Engleside. The transfcrrnece
ook place when Sheriff Thomas J.
) 'Xeill , who was disqualified by Judge
) unne. went out of office and ShoriT-
lect Lawrence .7. Dolan was installed.
May Cull Out Militia.
The importation of men to take the
laces of the striking employes of the
tandard silk mill at Philiipsburg , X.
. . caused a lively disturbance Wed-
esday night , and if a similar out-
reak occurs the governor of Xew
ersey will be asked for military pro-
jetion.
.lumps From Hall Dome.
T'rbaii Angeny , of Lawrence , Kan. ,
god 2-1 , captain of last year's football
am of Kansas university , committed
.licide Thursday by jumping from
ic dome of Frazer hall at the univer-
ty grounds. He is believed to have
eon despondent.
Historic Building Burns.
The historic building at Xewborn ,
. C. , which was part of Gov. Tyron's
ilace before the revolutionary war ,
as destroyed by fire Thursday.
Jewish Playwright Dead.
Abraham P. Goldfaden , of Xew
ork , aged 57 , poet and playwright ,
ho was sometimes referred to as the
rather of Jewish Drama , " diet ]
lursday.
Aficd Couple Burned to Death.
Albert M. Moulton and his wife , of
nburn X. II. . each aged more than
: years , were burned to death in a
e that destroyed their h jme Thurs-
y.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN KILLED.
Skull of Workman Fra'-tured by Pal
from Ladder.
While fitting some < --torrn sash in th
residence of Dr. C. W. Downs in Orna-
h.-j. an unidentified man fpll from th-
top of a fifteen-foot ladder to tht
ground , alighting on his head and re
ceiving a frueti-.ro of the skull , from
thv effects of which ho died at th
Omaha geiu-rul hospital without i e-
gining consciousness.
The man applied to the residence ol
Dr. Downs about noon Saturday , ask
ing for employment and was immedi
ately set to work putting in the storm
sash. About f , o'clock the residents
hoazd a erash outside the house , and
upon going outside found the new
workman unconscious upon the
around , hnving fallen from the top of
the ladder with one of the storm sash.
Dr. J. S. Alexander and Police Sur-
S < on Fitasibbon were hastily sum
moned and the man was hurried to the
Omaha general hospital , where lie
die : ! a few hours Inter.
The only things found upon his per
son or in his clothes wore a few socinl-
iMie papers , and the initials "D. II. "
tattooed in red ink on his right fore
arm. A number of prominent loea !
socialists viewed the boc'y while at
the hospital , but could throw no light
upon his identity. The dead man was
between . " , and tS years of age. six
iVct in height , and about 170 pound-
in weight , light complexioned and had
a heavy light brown mustache , wore
overalls and a pepper and salt coat
and a dork cap.
Coroner Brailey took charge of the
body and will hold an inquest after
an effort is made to locate relatives
or friends.
RTER WORKS CJ1SAND ISLAND.
Ho tis Checks on Several Mer-
ehaiitt There.
Three experienced merchants ol
Grand Island have been fleeced by one
of the smoothest forgers that has over
worked that vicinity , and it is believed
that the man is working torrit' > iy
along the Union Pacific from west t. )
east. lie si-cured in some unknown
manner three of th , > bank checks of
the Fanners' IClcvator company at
Alda and on Saturday morning ar-
7an-vd for several purchases , saying
that jhe would sell some corn during
the day and have money later , wljen
In- would call , get the goods and pay
fiv them. He arranged for the pur-
rl .iso of some harness in this manner
eMiny $1-1. and in the evening prr-
Bontcd a check for SO'O. si curing the
baianco in cash. At another place no
picscnti-d a check for $80. was given
tlie meivhant's check for the change ,
cashing this in turn at a jewelry stoiv
after purchasing a ring. At anothf'
ho purchased a pair of child's shoe- ,
presenting a check for SIS. for 100 i
bushels of corn at so much per bush- i
el. and exhibiting an old piir of child's !
slices. One of the merchants discov- j
01 fd the forgeiy an hour after the i
same had been successfu'-'y worked ,
but the others did not realize their di
lemma until , on the following Monday ,
the banks refused to cash the checks.
The matter was kept a secret in the
IK po of catching the fellow , but there
) ing no clew , it has been given out
by che officers.
BAKER HELD UP BY A IIOBBEJI.
Had .Fust Finished Counting Day's Re
ceipt When Itobbi-i ! .
After finishing counting the day's re-
ccipts and putting the money in a
sack , preparatory to closing up his
bakery at 2UO : North Twenty-fourth
street , about S-10 : Wednesday night.
Charles Stutxncr. of Omaha , was held
up and robbed of the sack of money ,
amounting to12. . by a lone robber ,
who made his escape.
Stutznor furnished the police a good
description of the robber , vhom lie
said lie had noticed walking up and
down in front of the store while he
( Stutxr.oim counting the cash.
When the robber entered the store.
Stutznor thought he wa < a prospective
customer , but instead of purchasing
any cakes or cookies , the stranger lev
eled a revolver at Stunner's head and
nt the ; -ime lime demanded the mon
ey , which request Slutzncr hastily
complied \\-itli The robber then
backed out of the door and disap-
jiai ed.
Corn I Sucker a Succcj-s.
The corn harvester and busker pat-
- . l-v F. W Wolv ! > nsiek. of Beatrice ,
ind built by the Ucatrice Iron works.
u-as smnta iryout recent'y in the field
) Charles ( Ireen. south of the city ,
ind proved satisfactoiy. The machine
' built strong , yet light enough in
, voiht so that two hordes can pull it i
, \ith ease. H can gather from eight teen
en aci es of corn a day.
Head i. ; Run Over.
L. D. Kichey , an Omaha teamster ,
ell from his hay rack Wednesday : if-
crnoon and the wheels parsed over his
icad and body , inflicting painful and
iungerous wounds. The man was
aken to the police station and attend-
d by Police Surgeon Fitzgibbons and
hen . -f nt to his home.
Fanners Buy Elevator.
The Torpin elevator at Lindsay has 1
1T
icen sold to the Farmers Elevator T
ompany. a newly organized corpora- .i '
.iT
ion consisting of local business men T
nil farmers , for $7,750. li
Victim of Stabbing Dies.
Frank Kohanowski died at noon
Wednesday in the South Omaha hos-
ital after ten days of acute smufferiiig
rom being thrice stabbed by one W
like Tanjevich some time auo. Ko- tl
anowski was stabbed in the back and tlX
bdomen by his assailant. X
Crushed to Death.
John Erbach. a laborer at the Bur-
pgton freight house at Lincoln , was
rushM to dwUh by n freight car Tues-
ny. Ooir.u e made desperate eft i
PASSES FOR COMMISSIONERS.
Missouri Pacific Tenders Then in Vie
Union ol the State l.si\v.
Members of" the state railway com
misbion and ( Mark Perkins , the secre
tary. Thursday received annual passe :
over the Missouri Pacific railway , goot
in Xebraska. The passes were senl
in letters from P. . P. Waggener. gener
al attorney for the railroad ut Atchl-
son. Kan. As it is against the ln.w for
a road to offer or give passes in this
" - tale the commissioners inclosed th6
pasteboards in a letter addressed to
Attorney General Thompson and di
rected him to bring proceedings
against the responsible officials for the
violation of the law. The penalty is a
tMie of from SI00 to $1.000.
B. P. Waggener called in his cards
shortly after noon by telephone. Mr.
Waggener telephoned that the passea
were sent to Xebraska through mis-
tnke. by a clerk , during his absence.
The Kansas law , he said , required ?
lailrouds to give pusses ; to the rail-
rend commissioneis. and that the clerk
in nia > kinff m , th" pas lists. thinkinK
the Xebraska law the same , sent pass
es to the Xebraska commissioners.
I'nder the ci'-cumstances , Chairman
\\innott said , should Mr. Waggener
write the commission confirming th
te'ei.hone ' message. the commission
\\ould proceed no further with th ?
ro.socution of the railroad company.
Previous to receiving the message
fioni Mr. Waggener the commission
notified the attorney general to brii /
proper proceedings to penalize the
Missouri Pacific for violating the anU-
pass law.
BLAIR PEOPLE SUSPICIONS ,
foiifideuce Man Trie * ! Ii < * Game bm
Fails.
Real estate in Washington county
seems to be in great demand at the
present time , or else Blair has been put
l'-wn on the map as an "Easy Mark. "
M.Mowing the second attempt to work
'i S:0.i)00 : : ) hind deal there , in which
i man claiming to be St. ( Mair. of In-
iiana. turned out to be a fraud , on
Monday afternoon a man under ths'
rme of itodgors. visited the banks ol
"lair and displayed : i large roll of
genuine money and obfiininga deposK
-Hi- which he afterwards tilled out for
' ; 7.000. proceeded to the office of a
icul estate firm nnd was duly shown
> vor a larsre farm just south of town ,
vvith the usual expenses , carriage hire ,
-te. The fe'low w.is arrested by Sher
iff Mencke in the evening as a suspi-
Fous character and locked up over
'Jght. As only a small amount of
noney was found on his jierson it is
supposed he had a confederate to
v.hotn he gave the money. The depos-
t slip and tlie man's actions caused
* authorities to think heas up to
. me crooked deal and he was escort-
: t j the city limit ; and told to hit th
pike.
BYVINDLASS. .
I'-wo Men Struck in Face byVhirlin
D. C. Thompson and Xate Hall , two
M > hrsn county farmers , suffered a. se-
ious accident recently , while at work
it the home of Charles Harris , in
.vhat is known as the Bob Town dis-
: rict. in Spring Creek precinct. The
Tien were at work with a windlatb
x-hich had a crank at each end. The
iiachine wa < under great tension , and
be men caught the cylinder of the
vindlass with a rachet and stopped to
est. The ratclut either proke or
ilipped and let the cylinder go. The
tanks were whirled about with ter-
ific force and .one of them struck Mr
fh : mjjson square'y in the face and
he ( .tlu-r struck Mr. Hall on the face
> nd temple. Mr. Thompson's nose was
iriven right into his
face , his uppoi
: ; \v bone was badly broken , and the
heek bones were also broken. Mr.
Fall suffered the breaking of two
x.ne.s ef his face , but his face was not
ceratod as badly as was Mr. Thomp-
m's. Surgeons were called and ad-
iiiristeivd to the suffering men , and
h.ey are getting along as well as could
os.sibiy be expected.
iXTi-iii"sr i : ; i5iiNs AFFAIR.
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fereil to Iltyh Scu ; jl Pupils
Interest in the forthcoming Burns
nnivt'Sary celebration to be held Fri-
ay evening. Jan.21. . in the Edward
icis-'hton institute at Omaha , is beinq
teatly stimulated by the prize essay
< ntest confined to high school stu-
c-nts. The jury of award to which
ic final determination of the prize
; say win be given has been appointed
y the committee t.f arrangements
id the program of the entire proceod-
gs has been d finitoy ! fixed upon "
SP Mao Vreaver. M5.-s Martha Crym"
r.V. . II. Wilber and 'Mr. D. F. Son-
i are the singers , while .Miss A. I * .
adley will recite the' famous Scot-
-h ] ir-en "ruddle Dt.on. " The pipers
id eanccrs will be ( .n hand and the
ggest Euras celebration under the
ispices < f Clan Gordon is promised
Water Works About Completed.
The water works system at Lindsa\
nearing completion. All the mains
e laid and about thirty feet of the
0-foot : > tandpipe has been erected ,
ic pump is in working order , need-
g only a pump house to co'ver it.
10 power is supplied by the gaso-
ie engine of the electric light plant.
Mat Shews is Mi = . - > in - .
The sudden disappearance of Ear.
itthews , of Omaha , chief deputy
.itcd State = marshal. Friday evening ,
ion he left ostensibly to visit rela-
es in Sioux City for two days , is
using his family extreme anxiety.
it a word has been heard from him
ce he left Omaha.
Gi S : > iii'j Farm 2o Years.
After living rn the rame farm and
yir . Mrs. *
c
has
Deputy Auditor Cook thought the- v
limit had been reached when he re
ceived a voucher from the state uni
versity for a bill for $295 for gas for
one month , when the institution has a.
lighting plant , but when he received
the laundry bill for the month of Xo-
vember he was fiorred. One bill from
the Evans Laundry company against
the home economics department wafer * -
for $11.40. The items enumerated in
the bill were as follows : Spreads ,
sheets , slips , towels , bath towels , roller
towels , tablecloth , rags , napkins , side
towels , aprons , shirtwaists , corset cov
er ? , night dresses , hose , saques ,
sleeves , skirts , dress. There were six
corset covers , seven shirtwaists , five-
night dresses , three skirts , one dress ,
thirteen sleeves. This bill was for a
period from Oct. 31 to Xov. 27. A
second bill on the incidental fund ac
companying the same voucher was for
$51.20 for the month of Xovember.
This bill was for towels only. Of the
towels there were $5,218 bath towels ,
902 roller towels and 573 hand towels.
The deputy auditor has not yet figured
out why the state should pay for thfr
laundering1 of corset covers and hose
and night dresses , though ho can see
why the state might be responsible for
the balance of the bill. Incidentally ,
though the itemized bill as shown
above is filed with the voucher. C. J.
Ernst , president of the board of re
gents , and J. S. Dales , secretary , certi
fy on the certificate that tlie bill is for
"washing towels and table linen. " A
* * *
Another week has passed and the
city of Lincoln has neglected to offer
Gov. Sheldon a block of ground as-
valuable as Hay Market square , which ?
was the condition imposed by the leg
islature when it appropriated $25.000
for the beginning of a historical build
ing. Almost a year has passed now
and those who are interested in secur
ing this historical building seem as-
far from the goal as in the beginning.
Hay Market square is worth all the-
way from $30,000 to $50.000 , and the-
Historical society is having a hard time-
trying to get the city to let loose. Some-
of the people there know that it will
not be many years before a new capitol
building has to be erected and they-
believe the Historical society should
have it records keptin the new build
ing. For that reason they are not
so enthusiastic over the other project.
Hay Market square was deeded to the-
city by the state and the condition
of the recent appropriation was that
the city deed back this block to the
state or a block of equal value. Gov.
Sheldon to be the judge > f values for
the state.
* e : *
What is declared by members of the
state railway commission to be a viola
tion , at least , of the spirit of the in
junction granted several weeks ago by-
Judge Munger against the Burlington
and other railroads to jnent their
raising their reconsignm. nt charges-
appears in the schedule of the Bur
lington just filed with the state com-
r-iission. The injunction is referred to- I
in the schedule and the statement it \
further made that the nurlinffton re
fers only to the coal dealers from
Omaha and other Xebraska cities who
were complainants in the case. The
railroad holds that it is permitted to-
make the increased charges against all
other shippers , except those who ap
peared in the case. This is declared
by the commissioners to be an evasion
of the spirit of the law and if carried
out will make it necessary for every
shipper who objects to paying the in
creased charge , to go into court ami
secure an injunction.
? * *
Alexander Blair , one of the original
Boyd county settlers , whost litigation
with the state over education.il lands
has been on for several years appear
ed before he state board of educational
lands Wednesday morning and receiv
ed an offer from the board that if hr
would pay the value of the land ac
cording to the appraisement made two
rears ago , the state would give him
title to it. The same proposition will
lie made to the other settlers , and if
it is accepted it will wind up the case.
* * *
The total fees received in the office-
) f Secretary of State Junkin for thf
nonth of December amounted to $ ] . -
r03.6 : ; : for the year $27,092.56. For
he years 1903 and 1906 combined the
ota ! fees amounted to $2 .463.10. an
ncrease of5.629.46. . The increase is
lue to the changes in the laws relating
o fees to be paid and for the refiling-
> f automobile numbers and the rereg-
stration of cattle brands.
Charles Xelson. the convict who says
le is abused , will get no relief from
he head of the state. Prison Physi-
ian Gifiin has reported to Gov. Shel-
lon that the convict is shamming
.nd is physically able to work. The
eport , with other correspondence , has
icon forwarded by Gov. Sheldon to the
Norwegian consul , to whom Xelson re-
cntly appealed.
* * *
Attorney General Thompson has
tiled that the secretary of state has
he legal authority to pass on claims
gainst the state and filed with the
uditor. Some of the state officers--
bjected to the secretary passing upon
Iteir salary vouchers.
v * *
Auditor Searle has notified Adjt.
ion. Schwartz that he will issue a war-
ant for the payment of the premiums
n bonds to be issued for the captains
f the companies in the National
iuard out of one of the appropriations-
> r the guard.
* * *
State Oil Inspector Allen recently
jjected a car of oil shipped to the
Larshall Oil company from the Kan-
is Oil Refining company of Chanute.
he oil tested 107 degrees. The lav.-
rovides the test shall be 112 degrees.
he oil was rejected at Lincoln.
* * *
Judge Holmes , of the Lancaster dis- ,
ict court , named John A. RancIalU
Lincoln , for receiver of the Xebras-
3 Mercantile Mutual Insurance eoin-
uny of Lincoln. The liabilities of the- .
> mpany exceed the asset' by S1C.SS1. it