THE VALENTINE
VALENTINE , NEJ3.
J. M. ItlCE , - . . . Publisher.
KUMOB MAINS BAN'K
UIG iiMt coxn-i\
YCMIK IX D1STKKSS.
"Unable to Stem the Tide' . Director-
Hie National Bank of North Amer
ica. Capitalized at $2.000.000 , A-k
Coniptroller to Take Charge.
Comptroller of the Currency Wi'l-
iam JJ. Ridgely Sunday o-tiered Hie
National Bank of Xorth America , of
New York , closed for liquidation and
appointed W. llanna , national bunk
examiner , as receiver. Tlie afternuun
of the financial s'.orin of lust October
in its effect on the bank which Alois-
clay closed it doors has been in the
shape of heavy and persistent with
drawals , the result , according to Presi
dent W. P. Ha vein eyeiof rumors set
: iiloat respecting the bank's condi
tion.
Membership in the clearing hou.-e
( association enabled the hank to weather -
er the gale for a time , but the aid ex
tended by this association in the torin
of loan certificates finally became the
means of bringing about the decision
to go into liquidation when the ca'I
for their redemption was made to the
directors on Saturday last. The bank's
indebtedness to the clearing house as
sociation is $2.200.000.
President llavemeyer. in a state
ment given out Sunday night , laid the
blame for the trouble upon the per
sistent rumors he declared were the
cause of the withdrawals , which < % n
Saturday became so heavy that it v. is
"believed the bank would not be able
to meet the obligations on Monday.
Two meetings of the directors were
held Sunday , and at the conclusion of
the last the directors decided to with
draw from the clearing house associa
tion and ask the comptroller of the
currency to take charge of the liquida.
lion of the bank.
AYAHS 11 IP AS TA1IGKT.
Xavy Department to 3Iake Novel Ex
periment in Gun Practice.
Encouraged by the valuable results
"believed to have been obtained by the
British admiralty in the spectacular
sinking of the old battleship Hero by
modern gunfire lately. the United
States navy department has deter
mined upon a similar experiment ,
though not to be carried out to the
same point. The double turreted mon
itor Florida is to be made a target
for the big 12-inch rifles of a battle
ship and the experiment will take
place in th'e waters of Chesapeake b.ty
or the Potomac river. It is not the
purpose to destroy the monitor , Avhich
was built only about ten years age.
but the gunfire will be directed against
ione of her turrets. Much mechanism
is contained in the turret , and information
mation is desired as to the effect of
actual gunfire on this controlling ma
chinery.
JiAII ) ON MAIL WAGON.
Jobbers Hold Vp Ne\v Orleans Driver
and Get A\vay with Funds.
Daring thieves Sunday night held
tip and robbed a United States mail
wagon in Xew Orleans loaded with in
coming mail which had just arrivd
from Cincinnati and other nortlu-ri
points over the Queen and Crescent
route. The thieves were reported ti
have secured about $ , r > ,000 , but the
postoffice authorities refused to makf
any statement about the amount r > t
the robbery. The wagon , which was
heavily screened and on which rode &
driver and helper , was attacked neai
.some freight cars in the downtown
section of the city. The driver an-1
helper , neither of whom was hurt ,
were held by the police
* * " on suspicion
Ir krt At least two out of eleven mail sack ,
i ! were rifled. to
I5i - Fire at Portland. Me.
The wholesale dry goods establish "
ment of Milliken. Cousin & Co. . < : t
Portland , Me. , was burned Sunday
night. The adjoining store , oceujm-l
by A. F. Cox & Son. Wholesale sh. <
dealers , was damaged by water and
smoke. Jt is estimated that the ] < > - : - "
to the two firm.s and the buiding ! own
ers will be $500,000.
the
IJi - P eel ! > ! : ifk Privilege.
Joseph P. Day , of Xew York , ha- ?
/exited for the Hudson anrj Manr-at'-i >
Jtailroad company large space in < & < } - .
of the terminal buildings in Church.
Cortlandl and Fulton streets , to the
Hudson Terminal Bootblack compa--.v
for a long term of years at an agg-t
gate rental of § 124,000. of
New York City's Wealth.
The total assessable personal prop
erty in Xew York City for 100X. ; K- has
cording to the figures of the tax de
partment , made public recently.
amounts to $1.213,664,119 , a drcron : . ; this
of $233,447 from last year. These i--
mres are exclusive of the persona !
L [ property ol corporations.
Sioux City JAvi- Stock Market. in
Saturday's quotations fn the Si < .r- cr <
crm
City live " - nk - . - . . ] - * f.i' ' < , ' , , m <
5.25. Top an
ON THAU , OF SENATOR.
TfTeney Socks to Connect Fulton with
Land Frauds.
In the Hall-Mays conspiracy case at
Portland , Ore. , F. J. Heney , the prosecutor
cuter , endeavored Friday , through ex-
TJnited States Senator W. AY. Steiwer.
to connect United States Senator C. W.
Fulton with the case.
According to the contention of the
prosecution Fulton saw John Hall and
exacted a promise from Hall that civil
proceedings would be brought against
the Butte Creek Live Stock and Lum-
ber company , in eastern Oregon , in-
stead of a criminal'action against the
individual members of the corporation ,
The prosecution contends that Fulton
wrote to Steiwer telling of his arv
'rangement with Hall , but this alleged
letter is not in the possession of the
government.
Steiwer testified Friday that Fulton
had requested him to bring all the
correspondence between them to Portland -
land , and that while there Fulton selected -
lected this particular letter and either
destroyed it or still has it in his posfi
session.
MANY LIYFS IN DAXGKJI.
City Hall at Portland. Me. , Is DeH
siroyed.
The Portland , .Me. , city hall containing -
ing the municipal and county offices
and department of police building , in j
which were the supreme , judicial and
municipal courts , was completely j
ruined by fire early Friday , which endangered - |
dangered many lives and destroyed' j !
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valuable records , dating back over a |
century. ' i
The monetary loss is estimated at '
$1,000.000 , but this sum will not cover !
the loss of papers and documents , j i
destroyed in the registry of deeds. ;
where everything was lost. !
That there were no fatalities is re
markable. as there were more than j
700 persons , attending the western
Maine Knights of Pythias jubilee.
gathered in the auditorium when the '
lames were discovered.
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WAK IX MIXING TOWN. '
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OH leers from Marion. 111. . Are Called j t
to Quell Fisiu'bjnce.
With the announced intention of arresting - i i
!
resting the kalian rioters who Thurs-
day niglit fired 100 shots , following a
declaration of war between the Italian ; !
and American residents of the min'mir ,
;
town of Bush. 111. , officers from Mai i i
rian , 111. , were called to quell the dis- '
turbance. i
Reports from Bush are to the effect | i
that no one was hurt , but it is expected - ;
ed there will be serious trouble unless' !
the Italians leave town peaceably. The '
trouble arose over a quarrel between 1
the superintendent of the mine and
an Italian , the Italian residents .siding
;
with the miner , .and the other residents -
dents with the superintendent. J
HUNS I-NGINK INTO MOB.
iCngineer Kills Six and "Wounds Many j i -
More. i
Baku. Trans-Caucasia , advices stale j
that in consequence of the accidental i
killing of some laborers by a locomo- j
live there Friday a mob of comrades j
of the victim .surrounded the engine |
and attempted to lynch the engineer , j
To escape the fury of the excited work- J
er.s the engineer opened the throttle
of the locomotive and dashed through
the crowd killing six men and wound-
ink many other ? .
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j
r lias Close Call. I
I Ot
King Alfonso had a narrow escape
from death while hunting near Mad
rid Friday. A wild boar unexpectedly
appeared and rushed at the king , who
shot the animal. The king then
dropped his gun an.d walked up to
the body , but it suddenly bounded up
and flew at the king.
a
ieicls Take Town.
Revolutionists have taken posses
sion of the town of Port de Baix. thir |
ty-five miles west of Cape ITaytien.
Charles Miot. American consular ed
agent at St. Marie , has been removed
from office by the American legation
because of his complicity with the
rebels.
Collide in Dense Foiv. T.
The steamer Amsterdam , belonging
the Great Eastern Railway com
pany , and the British steamer Ax-
minster , from Xew York on Dec. 30 ,
collided Tuesday night near Xieuwe to
"Waterwesr. Both vessels were badly $
damaged.
Attorney IlnmiH Dead.
Samuel It. Hamill , of Terre 'llaute , . and
Ind. , one of the counsel for John R.
"Walsh , in the banker's recent trial ,
and at whom Mrs. Beatrice Metcalf
fired several shots as he was leaving tle
court room , died at Chicago Fri
day of pneumonia.
A Chicago Mystery.
The headless body of a v/oman. 111
which was found fioating in Lake 111wi
wi
Michigan at Chicago last Sunday af- itt.
ternoon , is still unclaimed and thefa |
lice have practically given up hope Til.
its being identified.
atl
Texas to "Work Convicts.
The penitentiary system of Texas
bought 20,000 acres of sugar land , ,
on
with all Implements , etc. . the total L
lure
price being $050,000. The purpose -l' ou
purchase lit to work the state conrm
must
VlCtS.
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Baltimore Cuts Wa es. such
Attributing the action to depression
business resulting in largely de- j (
creasing railroad earnings the Baltij j gave
more and Ohio RaMrrad company ha- ' , , ( i
annouiived a uductu n of lo per < - - i h'p
FINISH A HOT ONIv.
Navigation Congress V.'as Not AH Har
mony.
Midst scenes of confusion , precip'-
tated by a spectacular contest fo'tin -
presidency , and livened by a disore-1-
jj j itablo performance on the part of one
'
i I of the "distinguished guests , " ' ( 'lis-
jsouri | River Navigation congioe.ided
j its j first annual convention .it Si.iux
City. la. , at ( > o'clock Thursday even
ing j : .
j The fight for oflice was between
r Congressman Edgar C. Ellis , of Kan-
J sa City , and Geo. C. Call of Siou\
I ' City. The "notable" who misbehaved
j wa- Mayor James Dahlman. of Oma-
i ha ] , who was escorted from the con-
1 vention by Sheriff Dilley upon the in-
j sistpnt demand of the delegates.
| i Cnable to decide on a feasible way
i to proceed to a direct vote on the
! presidency in the convention , a d > m-
j mittee composed of a special repre-
, ser.tative from each state was select-
; ed. and it decided on the big Mi.--
s -ourian. and its choice later was ratified - '
( fied by the delegates.
| The selection of the Kansas City.
j congressman was made only after a
: strenuous session , and with the compromise -
, promise understanding that Mr. Cali
| F .should be strongly recommended t'i
the ; executive council for secret : * ry-
, treasurer. The executive council , com-
J ptised of the president and the vice
presidents from the seven states. : ; T u .
j meeting later in the evening at th.-
: Hotel West foimally gave the
City man the place. .
Vunkton. S. D. . captured the 1'
convention after the cleverest kind
a campaign. He-cause of its deals wifh \ J
'other delegations on matters pertain-j j
ing to tile organisation of the now '
body it was practically without oppo-
sition.
POUCH ItFADY FOR
'hicayo Chief Ja.e > His M en Down
Town.
\Vedne-Jday nftortioon a light occur-
re > l between the jxilice and a column
.of "unemployed" at State and Madison
.streets. , Chicago , in which several men
were beaten.
- \ portion of the crowd formed ai-
other column at ( 'lark street and Jackson -
son boulevard , and again wore clutrgec' .
by the police. Several men were c'ub-
bed j and the crowd scattered. Dr.
, ,
Reitman , who led the second detach-
mer.t. was placed under arrest aft"i
being someuhat roughly handled
When the crowds were scattered Ml
many ] ) oints people who \vero ignorant
of the real cause of the disturbanc ?
were hustled about and some of them
\ \ ere trampled upon.
Immediately following the brush's
with the crowd the chief of police co'i-
ed the reserves from nearby sa'ion. . ?
down | into the business section. Uut i3v
trouble was over before they arrived.
I ? YWIiITK\\PS.
Aliened Wil'eUrater Ordered to Leave
trie C < 5iilry.
Information received at 'Jronkfield. '
M is that DiW. . E. Carter , a voter-
(
inary surgeon of Meadvillo. was way
laid by whitecnps. strung up by th- >
thumbs and thrashed on the bu.-e
back ; until he was exhausted in an ef-
fort to wring from him a confession
to the charges of wifebeating and petty
theft.
.
lie was called eleven miles into the I
country , ostensibly to treat a sick uni-
mal. and was waylaid on the trip. A1'-
lor punishmenl the masked assailant-
commanded him to leave the country
within thirty days. Carter is conlir.od
lo his bed because of his injurie * . lie
denies the ehar.ces emi hatically and
expresses a determination not to leave
Died Phtiin - I'nderlijker.
fJiSi
Joseph Blatehford. < > f Salem. Mass. . Siot
veteran of the civil war , dropped ot
dead while making arrangements fm- InHi
the funeral of his wife , who had died
(
only a few minutes before. While t < - ! - : :
iepboniiig to an undertaker he stag" ' - to
and gasped for breath , then sudden
ly fell to the floor unconscious ,
died in a few minutes.
Carnegie ( o Aid Monnouti. !
Andrew Carnegie has advised Dr.
. P. McMichael. president of Mon-
mouth. 111. , college , that he will give
the last $17.000 necessary to constiuct a
is
Wallace hall and McMichael Science
hall , new buildings the college expects of
erect this . The .
year. co.st will by * \
$80.000. IH
fo
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Illinois Yet < * riisry 3Z < 'ii , 3 ei-t. | fk
The Illinois Yet rinarian Medical
Surgical association held its an
nual ] session at Decutur. IH. . recently
with fifty members -present. It was ; ' Jl
shown by t.he reports that there is lit
contagious diseases among live
stock at this time.
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Indictment fsr Physician. car
The grand jury of Fulton county.
. , has indicted two men charged
with a criminal assault on Mary Hew
. a -year-old inmate of the poor to
farm ] , and Dr. J. A. Logan , of Canton ,
. , with performing a criminal oper
ation on the girl.
Lid < ; n Columbia Picture Shows.
Mayor Bond , of Columbus , O. . has
ordered all 5 and 10 cent moving pi -
shows in Columbus closed on
Sundays , and announced that they ing
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close at midnight Saturday it
nights. There are about twenty-four
shows there.
Gov. Folk for Senator.
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Gov. Folk , of Wisconsin , Wednesday su
out an announcement < ! ' his can * "
! } ' y ' r t'v Unit -1 St .in c : alt r- y ,
ti rcc.eo ; : - ' r Mine. UTS
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OLSUX
leather of Lo-t Child lias Crown ! Jt
rjcrate. '
One mor the- case of Lilli Olson ,
i the lost girl of Rosalie , spring into
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prominence , this time through the intention -
tention of her father , Olnf Olson , to
consult a celebrated mind reader and
fortune teller at Anderson. Intl. . for
which place he starts on Saturday. H -
will be accompanied by n Mr. . .Husel. .
of Wisnor , who claims to be a nephew
of the fortune teller , and who was
brought to Rosalie by his-interest in
the case.
The Olson family is must disare.sse'l
and they ha\je decided to remove to
Wausa. where the two brothers of
Mr. Olson live. The sale of their
household goods ha ; * been advertised ,
A limit has boon placed on the time in
which the reward of $ . , OQ for the find
ing j , of the girl will be paid , lie says
that t anyone who brings the missing
tI
babe I to Rosalie before Feb. L'O will
receive the mon < \v , which is now in his , 1
rb
bank.
Advices received ; it Nelson Thursday
by ShciiiT Jones satisfies him that the
child held by the bandf syn i' '
there is not Lillie Olson , and ui-io-s
someone claims the little girl imm -
y hf will order the ivlea.se of
hand.
W.\VT SiMTTKEIIIf.IC. .
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15aJ ! Counly Medical Society Interest- [
c(3 in "Uttderii M"tfmd- . I
The Ilali Cc.unty Medical sociolv j
lias lakon up with ihc Giand Isl.-ir.il |
authorities the question of a purer and i
more healthful milk supply. The qttes- j
tion arose through the proposition ol
Mr. Ward to put in a modern dairy ,
wilh. cemented floors. uniformed
grooms , whitewashed walls , sterilized
pails ; ni ( ] t ubei culine-testod cows , if !
he were given : i ccrtilication by the i
society and the ! ) oai < 1 of hen 1th for !
Iho product. An informal mooring was.
had las't Wednesday evening : in the
iiloa gnnerally expns--od uis that such
; i mode of | ) rocedure was not as promising -
ising for permanent results as the
adoption of regulation- , even though
loss drastic , for go.noral application the
installation of a laboratory suilicjent
io l'"H milk , the adoption of a oci lain
. ' tandard of milk and the reqi'iienicnt
that all'mdk. whether from y lari ; < -
tijiirv. or a small one. came ui to such
3. test. The matter i still under a < l-
visemeni. but it is probable that a be- j j
ginning will be made at 'east with the i
inspection of all cows tiorn which
milk is sold.
Fraternal Life TransferISiisiiH' >
\YoMern Indetiiiii\ . .
Xegotirl ions ha\e piactically been j
closed for the merger of the Frater
nal Life association of Hastings and
the We.-torn Indemnity company r
f'hieago. The plan of meiger a- : ar
ranged by the officers of Ibe two com
panies lia - boon apfinned by the ' Male
insurance departmtMir. and its lajii'n- :
tion n w rests with the lil'iv circlt:1 * i.f
the J institution. These circles are all .
in Nebraska ytul include about 1. : . ' < > (
members.
If the merger i- ; cairieil through ,
which seems likely , all insured in th'-
Fraternal Life association will con
tinue to pay for their insutai ce at the
present rates Tor a period of one year ,
( fter which they will have the choice !
f two plans. f .
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TKKA3I3TS CJt \ ! \ ,3 M.'KJO'J' .
iriie Quantities of Curn Mein ; ; ii
cci-.ed at the Mle\aor- ! . ! j ;
Corn has boon maKir ; ; Tekana'.t a
gr < - : markel this fall and a ! ' o th - '
records < > f previous year- have ' > oen
broken. With gocd roads am2 tine
hiw
weather nothing has hindered the
farmer from bringing in hi coin. !
Some come : is far as thirtv milts from j
] m
ol" the reservation and arrive hen- j
long before daybreak , so as to bo inline
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line at the oponimr < f the elevators
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One ) day this week thoie were o\or j
iM ) wagon loads of rain bmuglit in J ill
{ the < lifferent ele\ators. which have
about an equal iratc. ! ( 'no elevator re
ceived over S.OOO bushels of shelled
corn in one day here this week , and
of the others received about the
. Ml
same amount.
n
line
Hound to Ua\e a Well.
At Nehawka. ( ' . L > . St. John began I
drilling a well some time since , and at j
depth of forty feet struck rock. He i
now over : ; 00 ftv > t. anrl all the way
through solid rock , \\5th the exception
two or throe thin seams of clay and
couple of flip . - : - . coal , ono 1
lK-ing about : ' "e t thick. He has on
found no water y. t and expects to
continue 1 driilii * ; f' r at least l.OOii
"
I for
foot.
> ' . by his attorney ,
' - . " ' ' filed in the
jn'-- ' V--on. has a suit
di1 : : c . /it . .t Nebraska Citj- against ton
the M-orlon-Giestsun Packing com
pany , asking for $ l. .OrtO damages for He
injuries received while working for
said company. In the unloading of a job
he was crushed.
Farm llonsi * ! ) amsjjcd by Fire.
Fire at YirRiiiia Wednesday dam
aged the farm house of William IJobbs
the extent uf $ . " 00. The blaze was
cause by placing .a lighted lamp too
near the drapery in a window. The
loss is covered by insurance.
Dinin ; ; Car ! > iirn.- .
The dining car of the Durlington
westbound flyer took fire shortly after
leaving Dorfhostor Wednesday even
and by the time the train reached
Friend , whore the car was uncoupled.
was practically consumed.
Old Pioneer Dead.
A Frpmont special says : Mrs. Au
gusta Sparks , a pioneer resident of
Xiekorson township , died at her home
"Wednesday e\enig ! : it the ago of 71 - ,
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\LLKGi : : > VLI-\V : TO OLSON GIITA
Story that Missing Child is -jj i
Can { > at Animus.
A special rron Angus , Nob. , says
that Lillie Olson.ho disa.ppos.red
j from her hornat U'isalie. ' a month
i < go. was found with a. gypsy band at
that jihKO.
j Shr rif ! Jones , of Nelson , who visited
j the gypsy camp at Angus , s-aid he wa.s
I uol sure the child Is LHUo Olson , but
i believes it is possible. The gypsies of-
1 fered no objection when he had the
1 little girl's picture taken. While none
i ' > f the band \\as arrested , the sheriff
I ! will see that they are not allowed to
i leave the county until the girl's identi-
| ( ly is definitely known.
LIIHo Olson disappeared from her
home near Rosalie , in the northern
' > art of the slate , more than a month
j
ago. A careful earch of the whole
j
country was made by posses , under
;
i the direction of law officers , but with-
! " ui success and the conclusion was
I M-achrnl that J.ho eirl dtr-d of exposure ,
| or had been murdered and the body
' hidden.
RATS LOSH CASK.
j
No Ground- For Contort for CoiJ.'ity
Asses-orshij ) at Pierce.
. \ftor many | flajs and postpone
ment - the contest ov"r th" office of
counfv assessor wont fo trlnl Ixrforo
County Judge Kellr-y nt Pero ! < \ Tlie
. tttorriev ; ff r Iho Democratic con-
j . .
! tfPtarnt speiit the \vh If day running
| : iroun l trying > find v ! ience to sup-
! ? , fiis claim of frAud. He obtained
j t ' -ririsent of the couiity judge to
j adjourn court until in th * evening so
he could go toPlainvi "v to hunt up
ce He nun * bak in the even
incr without any. When the contost-
.irits had rested their case. W. W.
,
( Jttivey. attorney for K. D. Pulsifer ,
the Ilepiioiiean notninop who was
, . . - . on the face < > f the returns ,
nii , \ M ] that the case be dismissed for
\vant ol evidence oi > the part of tlie
contestants , .ludgd lOlley ruled in hi/
favor ; ami dismisvpil the case.
: TISSJ : : GIKL'.S ASSAILANT.
< 'ali for r ! < : ( idioiid- ! to Aid TVt
rs'car Lincoln.
Lincoln policy .Monday night receiv
ed a loijuest from the town ofYeI -
Jleet ' for the Lincoln bloodhounds to
help run down a man who .Monday af-
tornno ' ! ; murderously assaulted a
voting girl and left , her i'or dead. Laf-
er advices from the scene are to the
eu'ec ; that a L"i-vorr- daughter of
George Sohirlvley. a farmer six miles
fr'-m VVeltSeet. while alone in the
home was visited ) > y ; MI unknown man.
who criminally jissaiilt"d her : ind then i
beat her over the hpad with a boor
bottle. She rog.tined consciousness
i mi was able to give a description of
j'l l ho num.
HALL WAS r\'C.TL\THFrL.
fussjthe Man \Vio ! Saved Hi.-
LilV * .
Hans Half was found lying asle-p
on ibti'uioii P.icific railroad traclw
nt Omaha Saturday morning by Sp < > -
- . - Wuffhnian Tigho. who awoke him
nlv .1 short time before the passing
of a train and sent f - > r the patrol wag
on. Hall was n t especially thankful
tit she tjian who probably saved l\
life , .is he stood and oiir--'d ! : im until
ibe pattol wagon arrived.
Hall was in polic-e station some time
.ig. on the charge of being drunk and
rccei\ci a thirty days * sentence.
i . v * , . ; cre > . \ > v i * A > > J i 7ir 1' * \ . O. L . \ \ * .
Temporary Injunction is Granted a
Li-or. ! .
Assorting th.it a technical misap-
pi'opriati . n of funds bad taken placo.
William Giay and other secured n
temporary iiijunciton against thi >
; rand lodge of the A. < ) . V. W.
Grav as'--cfts Jhat th . Texas grand
podge has assumed superiority without
incorporaf , ins : and all rmyments to the
alleged supreme body are illegal. The
asc will be argued .Jan. 27.
Yoiin - ! ' 'arner Comiits : Suicide.
Clevo Cope. : i yo-.jng farmer living
itwo miles nnitb of Humboldt. coju-
. siicul l -hooting himself in
the - < ide very near the heart. Death
resulted nearly t"ur hours later. The
act is supposed to he the result of
temporary insanity , suporinduced by
health.
neckett Pays and N iWc.
S.iturihiy evening < 'hi-f < > f Police
Vales , of NVl ia kn < 'ity. arrested n
man arivinj ? his name asY. . Beckett
mil win * ehiimcd ho was traveling for
< * onsolidated Whip company , of
Omaha , and who wa war'terl at SeTv-
ard for passing a forszeii chock. Berk-
eft paid the cherli rind was released.
Feed Ili Ii ami Scarce.
The open winter has lon very fr-
vorable for farmers and stock feeders
account of feed of all kinds being
high and scaice. Alfalfa is worth $1' : i '
per top in stack. Corn is now selling
> G > cents per bushel : hogs. $3.f > " .
per hundred. j
I \v
tc
Gets in C ni uk Fiiriy. k
. ! . \Y. Caker. of Decatur. hnr writ- . o
Gov. Sheldon applying for tlr
position of pilot on the Missouri river.
asserts that the n visjation con- -
soon met and he wishes thr jr
of piloting the Missouri river fleet. a
tr
Siiccc'-sfnl Wolf limit. rt
There are still some wolves in the ka
section of the country tributary to is
Republican City , and of late there
have been three well organized and
successful hunts. The results were '
thirteen wolves and 200 rabbits , be - .
sides much smaller game.
Xincty Oys for Murderous Assault.
Henry Puford. colored , of Omaha ,
charged with making a murderous as
sault on Kmma Torrill la t November ,
changed his plea in the district court
from not guilty to suilty Monday to
morning and was sentenced to ninety
dpys in jail.
Hoardin" 'Lome for 13id : IJoyp. to
A boarding house for boys who
can't get along in the homos of their
n-t i to 1-e vfri"d in Omaha. It -f
. f : i . " ' - ' \ ' ' ' h the
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f
9
One of the most interesting meet *
fngs of the entire week at Lincoln wasi
that of the dairymen's assiciation.In'
his report Secretary Bassett reviewed
the daiiy industry of the state an
the-
submitted statistics showing
growth of the business for a number
said it is practically
of years. Mr. Bassett
reliable .sta
cally impossible to gather
amount of butter sol
' tistics of the
and the number of milk cows , because- *
milk cows are kept on all of the 121- i\ \
100 farms in the state , to say nothing
of the amount of butter manufactured
by the various creameries. The most
reliable statistics , he said , are those *
gathered by the government on thlfe
number of milk cows for a period of
years beginning with 1880. whwi therb
were : 05- "
were 161. 1ST ; IS90 there
: > - } " : in 1900 there were r l , .Vll : in
1905 1 there were GGO.S.'M. and in H > OT
tn < - estimated number is S70.1 " . " - Tlur
amount of creamery butter manufac *
lured during the same years was fi5
772 pounds. 6.97G.735 pounds. 11.726 , *
100 pounds. 21.G4C.270 ponnd. " . and io
1007. " 0.000.000 uonds.
* *
Auditor Searle's bonding company
was the subject of an all morning ill * *
cushion of the board which paos ort
the bonds given by state depositories
Monday. This board is oi.'nposed of
the governor , treasurer a"l svretar
> f state. This company h" - paid
up capital of $50.000 and ihe b- ard 13
considering whether it is snfe prop *
osition for the state to permit ' om *
pany with such a small paid upnpita2
bt ing securrtv for v ly
lories. Another questioner
or it is legal to make a
a company in which a slat *
one of the principal stockholderThj
constitution prohibits a state office |
from having any interest n .n.y < * o . J
tract in which the sti-te Is . - > j.arty >
and it is a question with the
ry board whether it has a.y :
light to accept bonds issued i-y
company. So far. vo le 'i icn
been reached In themaitT. .
* * *
When the boats start u.i > : > nd
the Missouri there will b" plenty
pilots to steer them free of
ii.en .r Sheldon has already "ecoiV *
ed one- application for y job. The
letter reads as follows "Dec.itury
Hurt county. Mr. Gov. Sh. ! il .i. : A3
I am told you have mad" . .e.-et- ; : ! apj
pointments on the Missouri ; ier. . it
there is a chance for me. , ! . 'se givQ
me a chance. f am a -uai-T : , witli
the river pretty well. T liavr : i go\r4
erriment license as pilot : ! 'I engine
oor's license. You fan gi ; eferenc < J
at Docature of Mr. Ktl. I'e. k anqj
Charley Barlow. Jot- ' ? }
Wiite at Decatur farm to F. W.
* * f
On behalf of the secretary -f state.
Attorney General Th m ! . - n. has fileql
his answer in the sur : o-r > < r .urt tp
the petition filed by J. E. r.'bhr-y t
compel the secretary t > hi y"J
worth of the Cobbey statute-- . Th4
answer ets out that' the . - c.-J. ry of
state must buy "annotatet a lutes ,
and there is an annotated tlatue be-
nles the Cobbey statutes , a-id thes §
can be bought for S2.50 each , whilg
the Cobbey statutes e > st 59.
* * *
.T. II. Ruttor. of the Adams express ,
rame down from Omaha Tuesday to
explain to the state raiivw f-mmis-
-.ion why the recent iariiV sheets sent
out by the express compary provided
for a charge of one-half the : -vhan
disc rate for the return of el < > th cov
ered chicken coops , when hcvotofor
the coops were returned for > : > ! hmg.
? fr. Butler explained this \ va.t n
take and he would at ice nt tify
agents that the rate does not apply in
Nebraska.
* - *
The state railway commission Tues
day , by a vote f two to on - . refused
to order a reduction in fxpro s rates
of 2 t per cent of what is classified
as "general specials. " Commissioner
Williams made the motion : o order
the reduction , and justifie.l his action ,
by saying the Hst of article ct rnpris-
od in "general specials" is 6 > per cent
of the total business done by the coin-
n'es. and is not incIucJUrd in the re
duction covered by the Sibley law of
iT per cent.
*
An order was issued by the sstprems
court Tuesday afternoon directing Ij
C. Burr to appear before the court
February 2 and show cause why his
brief , filed in the case of Lucy A.
Colby against Mary .T. r..vorthy ,
should not be stricken from the files
for the "contemptuous , insolent and
scurrilous language contained there
in. "
* * *
A. C. Leflangr , of Lexington , has re
ported to the Nebraska railway com
mission that the Nebraska Telephone
Co. eharpred $1.25 to talk with Omaha ,
whi'e the sum of the two locals for
the same distance is only $1.2. % . Mo
wanted the commission tr eorn ; > e ; the
telephone company to use the pruning'
knife. The commission will talk it
ovf-r with the telephone company ,
a * *
. The state railway commission hag
'prepared a complaint to Hie with the
interstate , commerce commission
against the Missouri Pacific railroad ;
compel that line to .reduce its grain
rates from interior points in Nebras
; to St. Louis. The reduction askeci
about J cents per hundred.
s * *
The board of educational lands and
'nds on Tuesday bought bonds with
-.te permanent school fund to thd
amount of $218,900.
* *
Secretary of State Junkin is anxiou *
for the next legislature
to
pass a bill
requiring corporations other than
banks and
insurance
companies ,
or
ganized under the laws of the stater
pay an annual license fee to the
state. California has such
a law. Mr
Junkin said , and the revenue derived
from its operations last year amounted
more than $900,000. The way the
records are now it is impossible to tell
whether a corporation has gone out
business or whether it still does
ourme . a
rsmuch a *
nothing Ls hle.a
u-ctl.t tat a i _ - . .eof incari-oration.
