THE VALENTINE DEMOCRA1
VAUDXTIXE , NEB.
J. M. RICE , - - - - Publisher ,
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DKXVKK IMSIKST SHOT BY AN
ITA LI AX AXA HCI11ST.
Ostensibly Participating in Holy Com
munion. Anarchist. Kills Man Whom
lie Had Xever Seen Before , and
( lories in the Deed.
Father Leo Heinrichs was shot and
. killed when administering the sacra-
inent at early mass in St. .Elizabeth's
Catholic church , Eleventh and Curtis
streets' , Denver , Colo. , at G o'clock Sunday -
day morning.
Kneeling at the altar rail between
two women Guiseppi Ouaranccio
pressed the muzzle of a revolver-
against the body of the priest , after-
receiving from him the. consecrated
wafer , and shot the priest through the
heart. "Explaiming , "My God I My
God I" Father Leo fell prone in front
of the altar and died without uttering
another word.
With an inarticulate scream , the
assassin sprang into the aisle , and
waving the smoking weapon about his
bead , dashed to the church door. For
a , moment the hundred or more people
in the church were dazed. Then a
woman shrieked and the congrega
tion became panic stricken. Some
women fainted , and many became hys
terical.
Several men rushed to the aid of the
priest and others started in pursuit of
the murderer. Among the latter was
Patrolman Daniel Cronin. who over
took the lleeing Italian on the church
steps. Guiseppi attempted to shoot
the policeman and was foiled and
overpowered only after a desperate
light in which several men had come
to the assistance of the olllcer.
The murderer was hurriedly remov
ed to the city jail , and as threats of
summary justice were made by men in
the crowd , which quickly gathered in
front of the church. Chief of Police
Michael Dehiny called out the reserve
force of patrolmen , who were kept
on guard day and night.
Guiseppi Guaranaccio was placed in
solitary confinement at the city jail.
He admitted to a policeman who inter
viewed him that the priest whom he
had killed was a. stranger to him , and
in explanation of his crime made the
following statement :
"I just went over them because [
have a grudge against all priests in
general. They are all against the
Avorkingman. I went to the commun
ion rail because 1 could get a better
shot. T did not give u. damn whether
he was a German priest or any other
kind of a priest. They are all in the
same class. "
ACCUSED I1USBAXD OF MURDER.
Wife Tolls Police Her Brother Was
Slain in Pistol Fight.
As a result of an accusation mare
: > y Mrs. Paul L. Roy. known in operat
ic circles at Glacia Cella. that her
brother , George A. Carkins , was killed
by her husband at her home in New-
ington , N. II. , January 2. the county
officials decided to hold an autopsy
f Carkin's body.
When Corkins died the medical ex-
: i min or decided that his death was due
to suicide by shooting. After the
tragedy Mrs. Roy left for Xew York
with her husband , but last week re
turned to Portsmouth where she told
the authorities that following a family
dispute her husband and brother be-
name engaged in a pistol duel , during
which Carkins received a fatd wound
in the head. In order to protect her
husband she said nothing about the
matter at the time.
Since her statement officers have ex
amined the .kitchen where the shoot
ing occurred and have found several
bullet marks on the walls. In addi-
lion two bullet holes have been dis
covered on the back of the coat Car-
kins wore.
An officer who went to New York
to locate Roy learned that the man
had started for France about a weelf
ago.
* One Hundred in Peril.
A dastardly attempt was made to
r burn the Scales hotel at ' ATuskogee.
' ' Okla. , Saturday morning , whije about
f 300 delegates to the Democratic con
vention were asleep in the building
Oil was poured over the floor of two
vacant rooms and set on fire , but tht
/lames were extinguished before any
damage was done.
Liberal Orders for Steel.
Orders for -1,500 tons of structural
Bteel have been placed at Pittsburg
by the Chicago and Northwestern and
Baltimore and Ohio railroads and the
city of Cleveland.
Scolding Causes Tragedy.
Insane with rage because she ob
jected to him scolding one of their
children , H. U. Stoncburner , aged 41 ,
living near Hotchkiss , Colo. , .shot and
perhaps fatally wounded his wife , then
placed a revolver against his own
heart and committed suicide.
Sioux City Lii'e Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
iCity live stock market follow : Beeves ,
j$4.75@5.50. Top hogs.1.15. .
GRABBING THE UNEMPLOYED.
State of Louisiana Seeks Men to Till
the Soil.
A Pittsburg , Pa.- special syiys : Six
teen unemployed Pittsburgers having
families left here Friday night for
Munroe , La. , where they will be given
a farm , home , tools and seed and an
opportunity to buy the land they cul
tivate. These same inducements are
being offered to forty other families.
Their transportation is paid. All ar
rangements are under the direction of
J. L. Knoepfler , secretary of the Lou
isiana "tate board of immigration , who
is now in Pittsburg. Speaking of the
plan , Mr. Knoepller said Friday night :
"I am here to give men opportunity
to better their condition. I represent
the state , and no land company.Ve
have in Louisiana 27,000,000 acres of
land , and only 0,000,000 acres are be
ing cultivated.
"We want families to till the soil
and study our methods. The legisla
ture of Louisiana is promoting the
resent plan , and in order to enlarge
our scope of usefulness we must get
men who are willing to work. We
want men who are progressive and
planters with large tracts of land
stand ready and willing to aid every
man who is willing to help himself
and sell him small tracts on ten years *
credit.
"But in the meantime we are caus
ing immigration to our state by se
curing men who are willing to farm
on shares , and houses are provided for
families who go. We furnish each
family with a horse or mule , seed to
plant crops , ground and garden truckIng -
Ing implements. "
HELD FOR IXCITIXG IUOT.
The Leaders of the Philadelphia Mob
Are Arraigned in Court.
As a sequel to the remarkable scene
enacted in Broad street , Philadelphia ,
late Thursday , when several hundred
policemen gave battle to more than
1,000 unemployed foreigners who were
parching to the city hall for the pur
pose of making a demonstration , four
teen Italians were held in bail.
Four leaders were held on the
charge of assault and battery and inciting
citing- riot , and nine other members of
the crowd were held for inciting to
riot.
riot.A
A witness testified that at a mass
meeting which preceded the march a
woman speaker had incited the men
by declaring : "It is better to be in
jail where you get plenty to eat than
to be out of work and hungry. "
During -the march a number of red
flags were carried.
FOR POISOXIXG LJTTLE GIKL.
Another Arrest Made in the Kansas
Murder Case.
Mrs. Sarah Morasch , a sister-in-law
nf Charles Miller , father of Ruth Mil
ler , a 4-year-old child , who died in
Kansas City , Kan. , on Feb. 12 , from
the effects of eating poisoned candy
which was intended for her half sister.
Ella Van Meter , was placed under ar
rest at Harrisonville , Mo. , Thursday
night , charged with complicity in the
girl's death.
Mrs. Morasch's 17-year-old daugh
ter , Blanche , -was arrested Thursday
on the same charge.
Miss Van Meter , for whom the can
dy was intended , ate a portion of it
but recovered.
TROOPS HELD IX READIXESS.
Rome Authorities Ready to Quell
Rioters.
Rome advices state : The lively dis
cussion which has been going on in
the chamber of deputies regarding re
ligious teachings in the primary
schools is beginning to excite the people
ple , and it was found necessary Friday
to adopt measures against a possible
disturbance of the peace. The mem
bers of the extreme parties decided to
make a demonstration before the
chamber Friday urging the abolition of
all religious instructions. Troops are
held in readiness and the buildings
surrounding the chamber of deputies
are occupied by soldiers.
DUAL MAIXE TRAGEDY.
Man Kills Woman with Ax and Com
mits Suicide.
James A. Dcane broke into the home
r > f Charles McKay , at West Forks ,
23 miles north of Bingham , Me. , short
ly before midnight , and killed Mrs.
McKay with an ax , after chasing her
.o the yard of a neighboring house.-
md then committed suicide by cutting
iis throat. Deane , who was , ,0 years
> ld , was employed in a lumbering
: amp. Mrs. McKay was 20 years old
ind had been married three years.
It is believed Deane's act was
prompted by jealousy.
Three- Miners Are Killed.
While ten miners were being lo\v-
; red into the Stanton mine of the Le-
ligh and Wilkesbarre Coal company
it Wilkesbarre , Pa. , Friday , a large
> ody of ice in the shaft fell , striking
he hood of the cage , demolishing Jt.
? hree men were killed and three oth-
; rs will die of their injuries.
Lodge Ottieer to Prison.
At Dubuque , la. , Friday , Victor P.
lerny , record keeper of the local
laccabees , was sentenced to six
nonths in the Fort Madison peniten-
iary for embezzling $000 of the funds
f the order.
Emigration Takes Slump.
Emigration from Antwerp to the
Jnited States has practically ceased
ecause of the belief it is now very
ifficult to get employment there.
ARMED AS FOR WAR.
Mob of Foreigners Fight Police in
Philadelphia.
The marching of nearly 1,000 for
eigners upon city hall , where they said
they intended to make demands upon
Mayor Reyburn for work , precipitated
a riot in Broad street , Philadelphia ,
Thursday , in which twenty pirns
were injured before the police dis
persed the marchers and arrestci ! four
teen of them.
The men , most of whom were Ital
ians and Poles , marched from the for.
eign settlement in the lower section eJ
the city. The leaders and a score - > f
others carried red flags having a black
border. When they reached Broad
street , a few blocks below the city hall ,
several wagons attempted to pass
through the line. The drivers were
dragged from their seats by the
marchers and beaten.
Policemen ran to the rescue and a
riot call was sent in. The motor bi
cycle police were sent through the
center of the city and rounded up the *
entire mounted police squad , the big
reserve street squad and all patrolmen ,
who were hurried to the scene in wag
ons and automobiles. Private carriages
were even pressed into service. A
number of persons who were watching
the paraders got into the first disturb
ance , and when the big reserves hur
ried down upon the marchers a general
riot was in progress.
Some of the marchers drew revolv
ers and began firing at the police ,
and the mounted officers , riding into
the center of the fight , used their ba
tons right and left upon the heads of
the leaders.
MAY GET DEATH PEXALTY.
Gen. Stoessel is Found Guilty by Rus
sian Court.
St. Petersburg advices state that
Gen. Stoessel has been condemned u
death. Gen. Feck has been reprimand
ed and Gens. Smirnoff and Reiss ha\e
been acquitted.
The court recommends that the
death sentence upon Stoessel be com
muted to ten years' imprisonment in
a fortress v and that he be excluded
from the service.
Perhaps the only Russian reputa
tion which stood the test of the war
with the Japanese , in the estimation of
the outside world , is that of Gen.
Stoessel , the defender of Port Arthur.
The whole world acclaimed Gen.
Stoessel a hero during the seige of
Port Arthur , and believed that he
would be crowned with all the laurels
his country had to bestow , even after
he was compelled to surrender. It is
said that the general was not popular
in the Russian army.
AUTOS I5ATTLE IX SXOW.
Farmers Shovel Way 1'oV the American
Machine.
Montague Roberts , driving the
American cajin the New York to Par
is automobile race , drove into Kendall-
ville , Ind. , at 8:35 : Thursday morning ,
having spent the entire night battling
Avith snow drifts. He left Corunna at
7:30 Wednesday night and farmers
along the road practically shoveled the
way for him the entire distance of sev
en miles to Kendallville. Roberts
was greatly exhausted by his night'--
work and retired to bed in a hotel with
the intention of not resuming his jour
ney until 4 in the afternoon.
St. Chaffery , with the French car.
i.s stuck in the snowdrifts five miles
east of Kendallville.
Adedoin , in a French machine , ar
rived at 1 p. m.
"Woman in Brown" ' to Prison.
Miss Aimee Lloyd , aged U4 , the fa
mous "woman in brown" who is eharg-
? d with swindling business men of
Washington. Baltimore and other east-
? rn cities by means of forged checks ,
pleaded guilty at Rochester. Minn. ,
Thursday and was sentenced to the
state reformatory until released by the
Uate board of control.
Disaster in Powder Mill.
An explosion occurred in the nitro
glycerine mixing house of the Hercules
° owdor works at Pinola , Cal. . Thurs-
lay afternoon. The building was com-
iletely. destroyed and it is reported
hat between twenty-live and twenty-
ieven Chinamen and four white men
vere killed.
t
Both Will Die of P.urns.
.Mrs. E. L. Dodder , wife of a prom-
nent undertaker at Omaha , and her
ister , Mrs. Hamilton , were so serious--
y burned by an explosion of gasoline
t the Dodder home Thursday morning
hat both will die. The women were
leaning lace curtains and five gal-
ons of fluid exploded.
Xe\v York Has a Mystery.
A dismembered body of a man , be-
ieved to be an Italian , was discovered 1T
n a dump in the Flat Bush section of
irooklyn , N. Y. , Thursday. The trunk
ad been cut in two and portions of
lie arms and legs were missing , while I
lie face was so slashed as to make the a
eatures almost unrecognizable. d
Bryan Speaks at Indianapolis.
William J.
Bryan addressed more
tian 4,000 men at Indianapolis , Ind. , n
afternoon. His n
unday subject was
t !
The Prince of Peace. " His address
tl
'as given under the auspices of the t (
"oung Men's Christian association.
Banker Tisdell Surrenders.
A. C. Tisdell , the Chicago banker
vice arrested on the charge of receiv-
ig deposits after he knew his bank C
as insolvent , was Thursday surren- Ce <
ercd to the court by his bondsmen. '
I Nebraska
ewsi i
OX TKIAL FOR
| Ernest Frank Charged \\ith Being
sixmsiblc for Death of Wife.
District court i.s now in session at
Pawnee City , with Judge Kaper pre
siding' . The most important case to be
heard Is the Frjnk murder , in which
Ernest Frank is accused of the murder
of his wife. Edith. In April. 1907.
Ernest Frank , a young1 farmer living
near the extreme northeast corner of
the county on a farm , left his house t. )
go to the farm of his father.V. . A.
Frank , about a mile away , to assist
him in building some fence , and claims
he left his wife engaged with her
housework and that she was to follow
him soon and take dinner with him at
his father's. The mornong proving too
stormy for the work , Frank soon re
turned home aiu found his wife lying
on the floor dead , with a gun by her
hide and a shot wound in her temple.
The coroner's jury returned a ver
dict of suicide , which did not meet
with the approval of the family and
some of the neighbors of the dead
woman. A grand jury was called at
the May term and young Frank was
indicted for the murder of his wife
and held under bonds.
GIRLS SIMJKAI ) SMALLPOX.
Twenty-Four 3Ien Contaminated at a
North Bend Dance.
The popularity of two young- wom
en of North Bend is responsible , ac
cording to the state health inspecto-- .
for the prevalence of an epidemic > t"
smallpox in that vicinity. There are
now 24 cases , and each one of tlie "J4
is declared to have been contracted
at one of two dances which were re
cently held in that vicinity. And all
of the 24 vicitims are young men who
danced with the two girls.
The young women had been visiting
In Omaha , and when they returned
home they were attacked with what
the physician said was a skin trouble.
When they recovered in a few days ,
they went to two dances. Each had a
full card , and now. says Dr. Wilson ,
the smallpox has been spread in eleven
different directions.
STOKE AT LKXIXGTOX HUIJXS.
May Departmnet KMablbhmem is De
stroyed.
Fire was discovered about " > o'clock
Tuesday morning in the large dry
goods store of John L. May. A portion
of the building upstairs is occupied
by Clyde Mann as a pantorium. where
a large amount of gasoline is used , and
It is supposed the lire originated there
by a gasoline explosion. A high wind
was blowing at the time , but the lire
department managed to save the grent-
er portion of the building itself. From |
appearances the lire had been burning j
the greater part of the night. !
The loss to the stock is estimated
at Sl.nOOO and to the building S2.000. :
The insurance will not cover the loss. ;
This was one of the finest stores in
Dawson county and the lire will be a
serious loss to the city of Lexington.
Hard Fijiht to Control Fliver. i
The Burlington is making a hard .
'ight ' with the Platte river to turn the |
r.orthern current of that stream into |
the channel which the company is i
dredging and blasting for it near the
i-oiith end of its bridge at Fremont.
The fill at the north side has all been
finished except one strip. For the last
three days a big force of men has been j
it work day and night putting in carloads - j
loads of rock , brush and earth to fill j
Lho gap. On Sunday a big mat was
lowered into the place and for a time j
it held , but the water backed up and i
carried it out from below , deeping its
jhannel.
BOTH AVILL DTK OF BUKXS.
r\vo Omaha Women Fatally Injured
liy Explosion of Gasoline.
Mrs. E. L. Dodder , wife of a promi-
ient Omaha undertaker , and her sis-
er , Mrs. Hamilton , were so seriously |
> urned by an explosion of gasoline , in |
he Dodder home , Thursday morning j
hat both will die. I
Both women were found unconj j
cious. The women were cleaning lace
: urtains and five gallons of fluid ex-
> loded , wrecking the interior of the
iouse.
Xc\v Trial for Kennison.
The supreme court at Lincoln
'hursday evening reversed the sen-
ence of E. P. Xennison to the peniten-
iary for twenty-four years on con-
iction of murder , and ordered a new
rial. Kennison a year ago killed Sam
) . Cox at Minatare. Scotts Bluff conn-
y. The supreme court pays the trial i (
*
idge erred in his instructions to the j
nry.
Schoohna'Miii is si Pede trienie.
Wayne county has n pretty school-
la'am. Miss Ol < rn J > hnson , of Win-
de , who has established a record as a
ederstri < nne t'Vid deserves a Carnegie
icdal. For four years she has taught
i the rural schools and during that
me has walked to and from her
; hool. averaging two to four miles.
: egardless of weather she has hardly
ilssed a day in four years.
Nouro Alurderer Dies.
Bill Jones , the negro murderer of
etective Drum my , of Omaha , died
. the penitentiary at Lincoln Thurs-
ly afternoon.
also Quarantine at Industrial School.
The quarantine that was placed
gainst the industrial school at Kear-
? y for the last several weeks has been
ken off and all liberty allowed to
lose who have the privilege of coming
the city.
Funds for Norfolk Y. M. C. A.
W. P. ButteiTield & Son Thursday
mounced their willingness to contrib-
e $2.500 for a Norfolk Young Men's \v
iristian association building , provicl- vfi
1 it is located on the same lot as the ir
opected Carnegie library. irT
I SIIOVY is IleavSc's : in Twenty Years in
I Kustcrn Nebraska.
j Following a continuous fall "f snow
I lasting twenty hours , accompanied by
. a wind which heaped it into drifts and
almost tied up all kinds of street traf
fic the mercury began a downward
course at Omaha Tuesday evening. All
> railroad trains were late and in some
! instances the morning overland trains
I did not roach Omaha until evening.
I Nearly fourteen inches of snow fell ,
! the heaviest in twenty years. There
i was a hea\y run of live stock at the
yards Tuesday and much suffering
( from the utorm was the result. Sever-
j al stock trains which have been on
the road since Monday have not reach
ed the yards. Live stock is being
hastily unloaded as it arrives and
i
I rushed to feeding pens.
j A Lincoln special says : The storm
i which broke over southeastern Ne-
I braska early Tuesday morning and
! prevailed furiously during the day ,
( Continued Tuesday night with but
slightly decreased intensity. In Lin
coln snow fell to the depth of nine
inches , drifting badly in places and
ail but bringing street traffic to a
standstill.
Southeast of Lincoln as far as the
Missouri river the storm was worse.
At Beatrice and Nebraska City the
snowfall amounted to ten inches , and
the \vind blew a gale. Westward the
st rm was severe as far as Hastings ,
and northwest to Aurora. While
snow had been predicted , the high
wind and low temperature was unex
pected , and farmers were caught un
prepared.
The stock range country , however ,
is outside the storm area , and there
will be no losses of consequence.
HL.Ufl COXTKST IS 1.VTHIIKSTIXG.
j
I I'Sans Under \\isy to Have More Corn
Contestants Xct Year.
I
The Washington county farmers * in
stitute and boys' corn contest closed a
most succe.ful meeting at Blair Sat
urday. Superintendent Rhodes was
elected general manager to conduct
a local contest and prepare a county
exhibit for the National Corn Exhibi
tion. Mr. Rhodes expects to have 300
boys and men in his class. Herald
Tlu-rkelsen. who won first prize in the
Washington county boys' contest ,
brought back his prize corn to use as
seed for his exhibit at the National
Corn Exposition. The fact that the
first prize at Chicago netted the winner
over § 7,000 sounds well to the boys.
The election of officers resulted as
follows : Eph. Lippincott , president ;
John Broderson. C. c. Van Dusen and
Olan Athan. vice presidents. John
Rhodes , county superintendent , wa3
elected as manager of the corn exhibit
to be given at the next session of the
institute.
KANT-P.K-E5F.AT HOC. CH1CUIT.
Ilecords of Sales in Nebraska Broken
for Duroc-.Jerseys.
The "Kant-Be-Heat" circuit of Du-
roc-.Iersey bred sows , the last sale of
which was made at tioldregc Saturday ,
broke several records and is no doubt
the greatest circuit of the season. On
Wednesday Air. Gilbert Van Patten
sold at Sutton thirty bead at tine good
average of $14 .25. the top price being
$7 0. On Thursday George Briggs < fc
Son , at Clay Center broke all previous
world's records for bred sows , selling
thirty head at an average of $2:50.05
per head. The top price uas $1,508
for the great sweepstakes sow , Clay
Center Belle.
K. OF C. INITIATED.
Xc\v Council of Sc-vcnty Members Or.
anizetl in Ha > tin < rs.
Knights of Columbus from through-
nut Nebraska and a number from
Kansas City , Denver. Cheyenne and
Dther places outside of the state , as
sembled at Hastings Sunday for the
institution of the local council. The
gathering ' .vas probably the largest ev-
LM % held by the order in Nebraska ,
ijeing about 400 persons present.
There were over seventy candidates
"or initiation , and while a majority
ivere citizens of Hastings , there were a
lumber from Sutton. Harvard , Law-
: -ence. Blue Hill and other nearby
) laces.
Sudden Death at Seward.
John Harvey , a prominent citizen
> f Seward. died suddenly at his homo
> f heart trouble. Air. Harvey , who
vas formerly mayor of the city , had
> een traveling for several years for an
Jmaha rubber firm. He was an active
nember of the Commercial club and
he Alasonic fraternity. He was 5 ! )
ears old and leaves a widow and foui
ons.
t -iiis\\er * to Ur.cJo Sam.
Charles Barrett and William R.
lei-rick , of Kearney , against whom
omplaints were filed by the county
ttorney a few days ago , have now
he United States government to fight ,
s the internal revenue department
ias taken up the charges. They are
harmed with the selling of liquor
rithout a license and to minors.
Heal Kstafo te Fliirh.
High prices still continue for Saun-
ers county rral estate. At public auc-
! on this week the Jacob Olsun farm ,
eai Ashland , was purchased by Bar-
ey K. 1 nrry for $127 an acre. Anoth-
r : ? arm of120 acres , near the town
f Memphis , recently sold for $115 an
Lillie Ileturned for Trial.
James Lillie , wanted at Beatrice for
vaulting and robbing Thomas Alar-
n of $7n on the highway near Air.
lartin's home in Sherman township
i ore than a year ago. was brought
ick Tuesday from Seattle , Wash. , by n
neriff Trude. Lillie is regarded as a t
iugh citizen. S' '
Newport Saloon Keepers Leave. S't
Complaint was filed a few days ago
justice court in Newport , charging t <
dward Gardner and William Purdy ,
loonkeepers in Newport , with sell-
c
g liquor to minors. These men got ,
? ws of the intended prosecutions and
osed their saloons and left town in
e night.
Former Seward AIsn Killed.
At Los Angeles. Cal. , the Rev. Ed-
in Bodi. aged 78. a retired minister
om Seward. was struck and almost .
stantly killed by a car on the West JI
> mple ? treot .ine ° ; ; n-Tay.
Briefs have been filed in the supreme
rourt by the state and the attorneys-
for. the express companies , in the eases-
asked for
general
where the attorney
a mandamus to compel the \iirious
express companies to obey th : "iblejr
act and reduce their rates 25 r-fr fent.
The law , which was enacted by the re
cent legislature , was signed by tho-
governor April 5. but it did i > . ' > t carry
the emergency clause. It pnivideciv
should file'
companies
that the express
their schedules in accordance- with the-
law within thirty days after passage- -
and approval. The attorneys fur thcr
express companies held that .this gava-
them until AuguM G to file the- sched
ules , and therefore the suits filed by
the attorney general were i-reir.Jiturel }
filed. In their brief Attorney < 'has.
J. Greene and Ralph E-fn.-ckonridge-
for the express companion ini and
argue four points , as follows : T ? ie state
of Nebraska lias no power < > r authority-
under the constitution and laws < f the-
state to maintain thee sut- ! . They
hold that the constitution out how
the state may sue. and be sued. I nder
the constitution the supreme f " . : rt has
no jurisdiction to hear and deteriiiine-
these suits. The petitions do not Munv
uhether the defendants are 'persons. .
or associations , or corporation ; ' ; or
whether or not there are real parties
defendant ; the suits are prematurely
brought.
* * *
Patent targets for use in the arnories-
of thi- Nebraska National Guar.i have-
been sent to many companies , together
with other target supplies te.uible -
the guardsmen to practiceiirinjr i't a.
distance of fifty feet with a 22-caliber
rifle. With a windage and elevation *
chart that accompanies the target ,
and adjustable slips of paper contain
ing bull'seyes. the marksman is en
abled to shoot at a mark supposed tc-
be 1.000 yards away. lie may set his-
sights for any given distance and. al
lowing for wind of a certain speed andA
from a given direction , aim at a bull's-
eye at the bottom of the target , and , .
if his aim is correct , the bullet will hit
the proper mark above and either at
the right or left of the center. A wind !
gauge similar to the kind used on a.-
rifle range is a part of the equipment
for use in an armory. With these ap
pliances the guardsmen are supposed
to get all the training they would get
on a range , so far as sighting and fir
! ng is concerned.
Dr. James Woods , of Schuyler. is-
likely to be the first defendant n a :
suit brought under the anti-po' s law
on the charge of accepting a free pass-
from the Union Pacific railroad. Boun
ty Attorney B. F. Farrell. of Colfax
county visited thee state railroad com
mission Tuesday morning t > secure
evidence upon which to base hN case ,
in the shape of the Union Pacific-
statement of its passholdr-rs. The at
torney general sent out notices last
Saturday informing county attorneys
of their duties and he is likely soon to
receive in formation that additional'
suits will be filed. Numerous newspa
per men are sending word that if their
action in accepting mileage in return
for advertising is in violation of the-
law , they will give up the transporta
tion. This is likely to be accomplish
ed in many cases.
* *
All arrangements have been made-
for the thirty-fifth annual meeting of
the Nebraska Press association at Lin
coln on Feb. 24. 25 and 2C. Th * * espe
cially big features of the meeting are-
the lecture by Ed Howe , "The Atchison -
son Globe Man , " on Monday evening ,
the banquet by the Lincoln Commer
cial club on Tuesday evening and the-
address by William Jennings Bryan on.
Wednesday afternoon and the recep
tion by the Lincoln Typographical un
ion on Wednesday evening. At the-
Commercial club banquet W. E. liar-
ily , president of the club , will preside-
as toastmaster and short addresses-
will be made by Allen W. Field , Victor-
Rosewater , of the Bee , William R. .
VVatson , of the World-Herald , Presi
dent II. C. Richmond , of the Press as
< ociaton , and others.
* * *
The Missouri Pacific free pass- list ; .
.vhereby it permits twenty doctors and
seventeen lawyers jn Nebraska to ricle-
'ree in return for their services to the
oad has been withdrawn , and tVe at-
orney general will not prosecute either
he road or the pass holders. Notifi-
: ation was received through long dis-
ance telephone by the railroad com-
nission from P.
Bailey Waggoner , gen-
ral counsel for the road , that this.
ourse will be pursued. The rai'road-
ommissioners feel this is a virtual
cceptance of the provisions of tha-
nti-pass law. and will not push prose-
ution of the pass holders or thedo -
; ating road.
'
* * *
Auditor E. M. Searle. Jr. . has jrtp-
roved the consolidation of the'Pra-
? rnal Life association of Hastings
ith the Western Life Indemnity
" corn-
any of Chicago. Two-thirds "of the
[ astings company voted to reinsure
i the Chicago company , . the mimber-
ecessary to permit the consolidation.
nder the Nebraska law.
The regents of "the University of
[ qnday Member Anderson
con.suIteT
ith Secretary of State Junkin and'
is probable that the board will de-
de to meet oftener. and in the matter
r large contracts attend
to the m.-tter
self. The board
expects to adopt
-w methods and
generally overhaul
ie present financial system of
hool.
Governor Sheldon has. been
request-
i to name delegates- the national
'oinan's Christian
Temperance
Union
invention , which will be in session"
om June 14 to 30. at Saratoga ,
.rings. All those who desire too as
"
legates are requested to file "their-
ime with the govrnor.
* *
Deputy Oil Inspector Chamberlain-
is rejected ten barrels of oil at Weep-
Z Water that had been sent ir
ansiis
