THE VALENTINE
VA.LKNTIXE ,
J. 31. KICK. - - - - Publisher.
-SUIN IN BJr ( BLAZE.
I + 10KE THAX 18 BLOCKS
AT TA.MI'A. 1-MjA.
X'ully Half of Those lx > sin Jlomes
Arn rncmploycd. and Burninj-
J-'actories Will Add Hundreds Moru
lo Their Banks.
The enitrc northern section of Tani-
pa , Fla. , was destroyed by fire that
broke out in a boarding house early
Sunday and raged uninterruptedly for
three or four hours. The area burned
covered forty-five acres , or eighteen
and one-half blocks , and I'.OS build
ings wede destroyed , with a total loss
estimated at SGOO.OOO and one woman
is dead from excitemenL
The burned section included foil-
large and one smaller factory , and nu
merous restaurants , saloons and
boarding houses , and o\er 200 dwell
ings occupied by cigarmakers. The
factories burned were :
M. Stachelberg & Co. , loss $100.000 :
AI. Perez & Co. , loss $50,000 ; Gonzales -
zales , Fisher & Co. . loss $10,000 ; Est-
berg , Gunst & Co . branch of Stachel
berg , loss $40,000 ; Fernandez & Co. .
loss Sl'0.000.
All factories carried large stocks of
tobacco and cigars. The area swept
by fire emhiaeed al > that portion of ] j
the city between Twelfth and Michi
gan avenue and Sixteenth and Twentieth - I
eth streets. It originated in the board- I I
ing house of Antonio Diaz. 171 - [ I
Twelth avenue , and fanned by a
strong wind , spread fan shaped , defy !
ing the efforts of the sl e department.
which was crippled by a very weal :
water pressure. Occupants of over
200 dwelling houses , thrown into a
panic , rushed out , attempting to save
but little of their belongings. A Cuban -
ban woman dropped dead from the
shock.
Among the buildings other than fac-
aries destroyed were the hotels and ]
cafes of Perez & Castro and Moxirno \
Caras. six saloons , twelve restaurant * '
and ten boarding houses. j I
SHOOTS WIFE IX STBEIvT.
Vounir r ! iss < Mirian I' tils ir. Both At
tempted Murder and Suicide.
After visiting a .Springfield under
taking establishment and purchasing i '
Collins for his wife and himself and !
:
forcing the undertaker with a revolver
j
to write a farewell for him. Thomas j
S. Ray. of Springfield. Mo. , formerly j I
well to do , but now a laborer , met his
'
young wife Sunday in a crowded
,
.street downtown and fired several j
shots at her. The woman sank to the j !
sidewalk , shot in the face and through * J
the left arm. Two of the bullets Intended - i
tended for her went wild. Mrs. Ray '
-was seriously injured , but is expected | .
to recover.
,
Believing that he had killed h r. | i
Jiay turned the weapon toward his
own heart , but the remaining cartridge - j i
ridge failed to explode He ran to I
a livery stable a short distance away
and surrendered to the police. Jeal
ousy Is said to have prompted Kay
to commit the deed. After being lock
ed in the holdover ho attempted to
commit suicide with a pocket knife ,
but the attempt was frustrated. Rav
is being carefully guarded In his cell.
VANDALS CAITOII'I
,
"Three Missouri Bojs Arrested for
Desecration of Cemetery.
AVIIHam Leonard , IT. Mosley and '
Joseph Pison. three young farmers , !
were arrested at their homes near j '
Salem cemetery , seven miles southwest
of New London , Mo. , charged with j I
.having overturned more than 30-t '
gravestones in the cemetery and with
breaking into a nearby school hous" '
I
and burning the books. The desecra- '
tlon of the cemetery and destruction
of school property occurred Friday
i ight. They admitted they stopped
in the cemetery on their way home
from a dance Friday night , but they
deny having knocked down the grave j
stones. They were released on bond j
pending preliminary hearing March ' . j
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.
Severe Stoiin in Kn < > liml. :
Scotland and parts of England and
Wales Saturday and Sunday experi
enced two days of the most wintry
weather in many years. There have
been rain storms and snows arid bliz
zards and telegraphic traffic 5s inter
rupted in many places. In parts of
Scotland the snow is from 10 to If.
feet deep.
Priest is Threatened.
Rev. Prokapska Xeuzil , pastor of
St. Procopius Koman Catholic church
in Chicago , has turned over to the po
lice1 3. .letter written in the Slav lan
guage in which the writer demands
$1,000 , threatening death if he re.
fused.
Sioux City Live Stock .Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves.
, S4.75i ( ; > 5.50. Top hogs , $4.-15.
TRAP.
Jji'ttrr in Dcrncr Att''i'n's Cell Kx-
[ XJSCPlot. .
Chief of Police Michael Delaney ,
of Denver. Colo.aid Friday after
noon that a letter written by Ouiseppe
A Ho to his son. which was found in
the cell occupied by him while in jail
.
i at Colorado Springs , contained proof
-that men in six cities in the United
1 States were connected with him in
the killing of Father Leo.
Almost at the moment he made
this statement came news that six ar
rests had been made in eastern citie-
' of men suspected of being accomplices
i of the murderer.
j J. Vannie was arrested in New York
j Friday charged with being chief of
*
J ( the society , while in Pittsburg , Cre.s-
tos Sodi , Tomasso Calabreso. Orestos
; ; Vailavai and Malio Tolmei were locked
j up for being implicated as member ?
of the society. The police of New Yorlj
a'nd Pittsburg say they have evidence
I which connects these men with the
} ! killing of Father Leo.
j Arrests have been made in four other -
; : er cities , but because the police elI
j I those cities are shadowing other mer
no information is given out as to who
the arrested men are.
Chief Delaney said Friday that IK
was not sure whether Alio was merely
a tool of the anti-clerical society to
which he said all of those men belong
ed or whether he was a ringleader.
BOMBS THROWN" AT THE SHAH.
An Attempt Made to Kill the 1'ulei
of Persia.
An attempt was made in Teh era r ,
Persia , Friday afternoon to assassin
ate the shah of Persia by a bomb. l.Lis
majesty was not hurt. Three outrid
ers , who were accompanying him at
the time , were killed.
The shah owes his escape to the precautions -
cautions taken to protect him from
just such an attempt as was made
Friday afternoon. He was on his way
to a nearby town , where he intended
to pass a few days. The procession
had left the palace and was traversing
a. narrow street when two bombs werj
hurled down at it from the roof of a
house. One exploded in the air , but.
the other struck the ground near the
shah's automobile. This missile , in
exploding , killed three outriders ,
wounded the chauffeur and a score
of bystanders , and shattered the vehi
cle.
The shah , however , was not in his
automobile. He had taken the precaution -
caution to send the motor car ahead
and ride himself in a carriage farther
in the rear of the procession. The
motor car was a closed one , and it
was thought the sovereign was in 5de.
XK'HT RIDKBS BFRX HOMJS.
A Detail of Troops i Ordered to Hop-
kin ville. Ivy.
Xight riders early Thursday set fire
to the residence of I5rou sais Gregory.
a mile west of Hopkinsville , Ky. , and
fired guns into the bedroom in which
Gregory and his wife and daughter
were sleeping. The residence was
burned to the ground.
The detail of Middlesboro troops on
guard at Ilopkinsville has been or-
dered to the scene. The band left a
note accusing Gregory of violating his
pledge to the association.
A large tobacco warehouse at Switz-
erville , seven miles from Frankfort ,
Ky. , was burned early Thursday. It
contained about 100,00 pounds of tobacco -
bacco which was not in the equity so
ciety pool. The owners are independent
tobacco buyers , doing a large business
in the Burley district.
TO FHF.K A JKAX VAL-7KAX.
Convict , Who J-lseaiH'd and Was Tic-
captured.ViIl Be Pardoned.
John Allison , member of the notorious
rious Lake Shore gang and one of the
Richland bank robbers , who escaped
from prison in 1904 and was recap
tured after two years of freedom at
Rock Island , 111. , was conditionally
pardoned Friday. Ho was released
from Jackson. Mich. , prison March 1
and it is understood that he will no
back to Rock Island with hi family
and resume work in the plow works ,
where he was employed when an olfij j
cer recognized him in December , 1OC ! ) ,
as the escaped convict.
Allison's case has aroused sympa
thy and interest. He married a Rock
Island girl after his escape from prS <
on and had lived an exemplary life in
every way.
Hope to Extradite Roy.
Believing that Paul 13. Roy , husband
of Glacia Calla. can be brought from
France to answer to the charge of
murdering Mrs. Roy's brother , Geo.
A. Carkins. County Solicitor Batchel-
der and Attorney General Eastman
left Portsmouth , X. II. . Friday for
the state capital at Concord to apply
for extradition papers.
Turks Hold Disputed Territory.
The statements coming from Con
stantinople that the Turkish troops
have evacuated the disputed Persian
territory in the vicinity of Urumiah1
can be authoritatively denied. These
troops continue holding their positions.
Mine Horror in Mexico.
Information reaches Laredo through
federal telegraphic sources that an ex
plosion in the La Rosita mine at Sa-
binas , Mexico , Friday , resulted in a
'oss of forty to ninety lives.
Xei ro Murderer Handed.
Edward Wilson , colored , was hang
ed at the c".y jail in Baltimore Friday
for the murder of his wife. He met
his end calmly , singing a hymn just
before being taken to the. scaffold.
ROADS IN DIS'IRKSS.
"Jlany Western Lines Appeal to Com
merce c'oinnii.sxioii.
Operating ot'icials of railways from
all parts of the country Thursday
Avere in attendance upon the hearing
given by the interstate commerce com
mission in Washington of applications
for an extension of the time of t'v go
ing into effect of the "nine-hour lav. . "
In all thirty-seven applieati"1" ' wer--
received by the commission a-ki..g for
the extension. Two of t'n-m already
have been denied , those f the Geor
gia Southern and Florida railway and
the St. Joseph and Grand Island rail
way , because , in the opnion of thfJ
commission , the petitions did not show
what , in the terms of the act , would
constitute'"good cause" for granting
the relief requests.
The applications of the other thir
ty-five lines are being heard as one
case because the petitions are substan
tially identical. All of them assert
that they have found it impossible to
procure the services of competent , ef-
F2nt and dependable telegraph op
erators in such numbers as will en-
e.ble them to comply with the provi
sions of the law : and that , even if
they could obtain the necessary op
erators , the enforced employment of
so many additional men would be a
financial hardship which the carriers
ought not to be subjected to.
Xearly all of the petitions also indi
cate that , in the circumstances , if the
law is enforced the companies will be
obliged to close many small stations
on their lines , thus interfering with the
service , causing inconvenience and
possible loss to the traveling and ship
ping public and preventing the prompt
movement of trains.
TOO PROUD TO ASK AID.
Cleveland .Man Dies While Wife Seeks
Work.
Dead from lack of proper food , Rus
sell Page , a civil war veteran , who
was decorated by congress for valiant
services at Fort Donelson , was found
in bed at his home in Cleveland , O.
While Page was dying his aged wii'o
was vainly searching- work. Page ,
who was confined to his bed as the re
sult of a wound received in the war ,
was too proud to ask for aid , as was
his wife.
At Fort Donelson Page led an army
of sappers in the mining of ground
near the fortifications. While direct
ing the men Page saw Homer Stratton -
ton , a member of an Ohio regiment ,
lying on the ground badly wounded.
Page carried Stratton on his shoulders
from the battlefield , keeping his face
to the foe and shielding Stratton from
a heavy musket fire with his own body.
After three volleys the confederates
ceased firing and cheered him as he re
treated to safety.
SPLIT IX RUSSIAN LI2AGVE.
Financial Scandal Disrupts Reaction
ary Organization.
Dissensions which have existed iti
the League of Russian People for
some time past have broken out in the
last day or two into an open scandal.
The league is a reactionary organiza
tion and a most bitter foe to the par
liamentary system , and has been ac
cused qf responsibility for the anti-
Semitic outrages at Odessa and else
where.
The league is now holding a con
gress in St. Petersburg. During the
deliberations twelve prominent repre
sentatives , including several members
of the executive committee , submitted
a resolution criticising the administration -
} j tration of the league under its presi-
I dent , Mr. Dubrovin. Financial irreg
] ularities were intimated and an investigation -
! tigation of the large stipends drawn
' by the leaders was demanded. This
i was followed by a stormy session , at
, the end of which Dr. Dubrovin and
several other leaders were expelled.
ig Term for Kidnaping.
"William Jones , alias Birmingham ,
and wife , Irene Alzina Jones , of Chicago
cage , were Thursday sentenced to the
penitentiary by Judge Kersten for kid
naping Lillian Wulff. aged S , last De
cember. The man was given a thirty-
year term and the woman twenty-five
years.
Fire in Xc\v Haven ITospital.
The lives of 75 patients , some of
them in a serious state , were endan
gered late Friday when a lire broke
out on the top floor of the four-story
paf/.ents' ward at Grace hospital in
New Haven , Conn. The patients were
believed the loss will not exceed $30.-
000.
Shaick Taken to Prison.
Capt. William JL Van Shaick , of
Xew York , master of the ill fated
steamer General Slocum , in the burn
ing of which thousands of persons
lost their lives , Avas taken to Sing Sing
prison to serve his term of ten years
imprisonment at hard labor.
Xauiiliton Found Guilty.
Daniel E. Xaughton , assistant clerk
of the house of delegates at St. Louis ,
was found guilty as an accessory after
the fact to the alleged bribrey of Del
egates Priesmeyer and Warner.
Gotch Defeats Parr.
Frank Gotch. who holds the wrest
ling championship of America , defeat
ed James Parr , the English cham
pion , in two straight farfs at Waterbury -
bury , Conn. , in 19 and 11 minutes , re
spectively.
Sneak Thieves Visit Church.
Sneak thieves broke into the St.
James Catholic church at Aitkin Fri
day night. They cut out the glass from
a basement window and entered the
church through the vestry.
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iCHF ON TIJ5L FOK HIS LIFK.
Defence I'Icads that Kiilm Was iltme
So Prevent UobJu-ry.
A jury uas secured and Herman
Boche was for the second time in his
life placed on trial for murder in thr-
Madison county court house at Nor
folk Wednesday. Jit- shot and killed
Frank < Iarmer May 1. The state in
opening'said Roche attacked Jarmer
and shot him while the latter was
pleading- for mercy.
The defense said that the evidence
will show that Jarmer. who ran a sa Ri
loon , asked Boche for a loan with
which to pay saloon license. Boche
walked home to his farm , got $ SGO and
walked back to town that night with
the money. He carried a gun to pro
tect it. "Wo will prove that Jarmer
placed what thieves and thugs call
'knockout drops" in liquor ho gave
Hoche. " said Senator Allen , "and that
Jarmer planned to roh Boche of the
money. " He took Boche to tedria
Tngham's resort , where they spent th
night. In the morning when they
started to go they quarreled over gH-
ting into a hack. A struggle ensued ,
during which $ T0 ( ! was taken from
Boche.
KDITOUJ ; FINISH rpVOKK. .
Listen to Good Addrcsse- and IClert
Officers.
The meeting of the Nebraska Pre.- <
association came to a close at Lin-
coin Wednesday night with a reception
and ball given by the Lincoln Typographical - j
graphical union in honor of the editori i j
and its . ! j
own twenty-fifth anniversaiy.
The last day was the busiest of all and j i '
the jprogram was sprinkled vith bK
suns and the discussions were vigorous
and warm. .Being slow to recover from
the effects of the banquet , tin-
editors did not begin the morning ses
sion until most printers had already
done a day's work. This gave them
time only to elect oflicers and hear
Will Matipin read his annual report
as secretary and treasurer. '
The association elected the following
oilicers : L. V. Varner , of the Sterling
Sun , president ; X. J. Ludi. of the Wa-
hoe Democrat , vice president : ( ' . ( ' .
Johns , of the Wood River Sunbeam.
secretary and treasurer : Mrs. Keith-
ley , of Syracuse , corresponding seer- > - I
j
tary.
Grand Island was chosen as ( he next j :
meeting place. I
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ACQFITTF.D OF pKK. j
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Frank A. Taylor i < Cleared * of the *
diarse at T x-mi.-cii.
After being out about two hours the
jury in the castof the state against
Frank A. Taylor , charged with per
jury , brought in a verdict of acquittal
at TecuRiseh Wednesday afternoon.
The argument was finished shortly be
fore - o'clock , after which the judge
gave the charge to the jury. Mr. Tay
lor , who was vice president of the j
defunct Chamberhun banking house J
of Tecumseh. wa. ; charged with -hav- j
n j contradicted himself in testimony I
given in two cases \\hich grew out ef j
the bank fa Sure.
The case was tried "oefore Judge T.
M. Pemberton. of Beatrice , and 'w.us
begun Monday. A number of witnes = -
s were examined.
YTCTOKY FOHl PA Civ TC ! IS.
Xeed Xot ISram ! Xet Vt'c-iulil on tin
Package- ; , j
Judge Cornish in the district court |
.tt Lincoln instructed the juror * * ! > j j
bring in a verdict of not guilty in ( he | j
case of the state against Swift < fc Co.
The packing company has been charg
ed with failing to biand the net
weight on the packages of hams and
bacon.
Judge Cornish declared that the po
lice power of the state could not be
extended to the labeling of provisions
and he declared the net branding
clause of the state pure food law lin
e-institutional- .
The state will appeal the case to the
-upreme court.
Holdup Men at WorTc.
Shortly after S oVlock Wednesday
night , IT. C. Edwards , a student at
Boyles college , Omaha , was held up
by two highwaymen and robbed of
a watch and pocket knife. The hold
up occurred near Edwards' re.-t5rloiT"\
as he was returning home from down , j
town. Both holdup men were armed i
with revolvers and one of t'ner.i vn-- (
masked.
Lillie Held for Trial.
James Lillie was given his
rary hearing at Beatrice Wedi > -V.v
on the charge of robbing Thoma- *
Martin on the highw.iy of S7. > mor-
than a year ago. Judg Stafford bound .
him over to the district court and ir i :
default of $2.000 bonds he was j e- j
manded to .lie county jail.
Infantrymen t\i > ! loite to Mackenzie.
An All'ance ' special says : Four
companies of th - Nineteenth infantry
from the abandoned post at Fort R < -
no. Okla. . passed through here Wed
nesday in a special train for Fort
Mackenzie. Wyo.
Blacksmiths in Convention.
The state convention of the Nebras
ka Wheel rights * and Blacksmiths" as
sociation met at Fremont Wednesday.
The morning trains brought in a good
nany members. } ,
May Have "Electric ( rights.
A movement is on foot to establish
an electric lighting plant in Culhert-
? on in the near future. It is proposed
to dam the Frenchman at that place
and thereby secure the necessary pow-
r for operating the plant.
; IJreak Into Store.
John Gibson , aged 14 , and Harrv
Cranmeyer. 3-3. Tuesday night broke
into the Benn9tt J Freming store a :
Omaha and stole a watch. SI.54 pennies -
nies and a quantity of revolver carr-
ridges. ,
, Ki-id ; City rorj.Ie W : ( . ; .jisy I > : uu
rn I'as" ! Cic.
; A ITaMingsmeinl : > - : After
1 searching for revcral v.eck < through
1 . -etitra ! a id western N bra ka. Mrs
Tarr.es IIarinprtr i. of Ilns > id City. ' S
i ) . . has temporarily abandoned her ef
fort to find her fl-year-old daughte-
1 uho was kidnaped four y .irs ago.
' In th fo ir years since the child
I was stolen Mr. and Mrs. Ilarringtot
i have followed clues which have taker
j them from Maine to California am
j from Minnesota to Texas. Once Mr
! Harrington , who is a ranchman , made
a trip to the Hawaiian i. iarnis in pur
suit of a couple which was supposei
to have his child.
Friday a pypsy band was found a
Shelton and Sheriff MeCleery wen
there to see a child with the band tha
| v.as supposed to be Mrs. Harrington's
| After questioning the gypsies and the
j little one , Mr. McCleery concluded the
child was not the one he and Mrs
Harrington and the other sheriffs hac
been searching for.
.MAY KXI > FATALLY.
I lsmle | Over Com Mca > -iireiet t\\
IJroki-n Kou Cc idts in a Fight.
As a result of a qu irrel hetwe r
j Stewart Lanterman. F. 11. Hoffmai
Ji'.d his son. George. Sunday afternoon
the latter two are now in a serious con
dition and Lanterman is liable to i
he'd on a grave charge. It appear.-
that Stewart Lanterman uas shelling
corn at Hoffman's place , six mile ,
v.st of [ Jn.ken How. when a dispute
a re so over the number of bushels
t rom a dispute it developed into some
thing more serious , arid during the
melee LanterimMi got hold of a neck-
yoke and commenced uring it. Whei
Dr. Pennington arrived on the scene
ll" found Hoffman senior suffering
from a badly cut head. whil - George
his s.n. had been laid out with a frac-
lured skull. The charge against Lan-
ternian will largely depend upon tha
result of the injuries sustained by
llti- two Hoffmajis.
! ) ( ) ( . ' LKADS TO ItKSCL'E.
Iint.-r ! Falls Into Ic < - { ! Well and Ani
nial { ji'ail > Way to Scene.
While f > ut hunting one mile east of
Louisville Friday forenoon. Byron
MeXcily fell into an old well GO feet
deep , and was rescued at 2 p. rn. Satur-
i'ay. being in the well about .VJ hours ,
and aside from bruises and weakness
i ; in fair condition. Snow had drift
ed in the weeds and grass around the
well , entirely concealing the opening ,
and McXeily rlepped into it and went
to the bottom , leaving his gun across
the top. His dog stayed at the place
until evening. when she returned
home. A search was made Saturday
and. with the help of the dog. the
> ung man \vas found.
Police Step Poker Game.
Chief of Police Peterson interruptec
a poker game which was in progress
at Frenn.i.t Sunday night within a
stne's throw of the station. There
were six men in the room when the
oflicers entered. Three escaped
through a rear window and three
were tiken to the station , where they
ravi- bail for § 100 each for their ap-
nrnraMce. J. O. West , in whos" place
the game was in progre- . pleaded
"uilty and was lined by Police Judge
* u k ? 2 " > and costs.
Stelhj Wins High School Debate.
In the debate between th" Nebras
ka City high school and the Stella high
wchno ! . held in the opera house at
Stella Saturday night , th - question
was : "Resolved. That the young man
f today has greater opportunities for
winning deirable celebrity than the
young man of 100 years ago. " The
unanimous decision of the judges was
in favor of Stella on the atfirmative ,
vvit'.i Miss Alma Plasters given first
honors.
Itcligious Awakening at Cowlcs.
Cow Its is experiencing a religious
such as it has not experi
enced in years. Interest centers around
tru Congregational church , the larg-
r-n bu'lding ' in the town , which is !
crowded to its utmost capacity nightly
by the crowds that attend the union
p-vival meeting conducted by the Ens-
low brothers.
iiain V.'as Welcomed.
At Mil ford the farmers are jubilant
over the moisture that has fallen. The
ground is thoroughly soaked and is in
< jxeellent condition for spring crops.
The indications are that a greater va- \
rk-fy of crops , arid a largely increased
acreage , will be cultivated this year.
; Masquerade. a
The Blair volunteer fire department
h.'M tht-ir annual masquerade ball last a
il.rd'y : evening and their net re-
Spts xv-re $1 > . which they will add
t i their building fund for the purpose
f erecting a city hall in the near fu-
ure.
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Anti-Saloon "Lenmie Active. t
Th. > anti-saloon wave of public senti- (
mrnt h-s struck Clarks amidships.
Thomas Darnell , the most prominent *
. in Xebraska of the anti-saloon a
I- closed a series of meetings
Sunday night.
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Found Head in Bed. (
John Lange. living six miles southo
east of Cortland. was found dead in a
bed Monday morning. The coroner8
jury rendered a verdict that death
was due to heart trouble. Deceased
was TO years of age.
Ms Crowded.
The administration building and
rooming fiats for which appropriation it
was voted by the legislature will be
commenced early in March , at the sol
diers' and sailors' home at Milford.
Every available space in the home is
crowded and the additional room 19
very much needed.
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Hotel Under Quarantine.
At Papillion two cases of smallpox
developed at the Sarpy hotel Mr.
Harmon and his v.oi. The house has
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Tr52YSiw * - vU - r- / ' * MJ ( s-iU.
shot .ind
Ernest S. Kennlson. who
of M..U- .
kil ! < cl Sam Cox in the- town
tare Scott's Bluff county , and who
the penitential' for
was sentenced to
reversal > t.ie
-4 years , has obtained a
court i.e-
judgment in l.he supreme
instructions , i , ho
cause of erroneous
trial court. Judge Grimes , of the l . .vr
court , instructed that malice is pre
sumed from the use of deadly we ip-
court held this . -r-
ons The supreme
ror and that malice could not be t re
sumed The lower court gave an instruction
manslaughter whU-h in.
struction on
substance shifted the burden of pi oof
from the state to the defendant. The
error and thai th
court hojd this was
burden never shifted from tlu > state
The court holds an instruction v. hie )
Assumes the * crime to be murder it. th
second degree is erroneous , since it *
. determine from all t ? evidence
, .r th juiy to
, -vidence the intent with which fir
shooting was done , fox was f-.rn.tly
man : L n-
a well known newspaper
co'n. and at the time of his derth he
was the publisher of a new-spa--i it
Minatare. Kennison was a hote. 1. Pin -
rr. The two quarreled and f-iug'it
in the fight Cox was shot to death
* *
In the case of George MC i : r
. th - in-
against thf city of Lexington.
I-r-nir court ha. decided .hat tin
I < f..pM. , , f a billiard and pool Kill
may b - compelled to pay an occur -'ion.
H" > n-- . * * o
tax and also to take out a
omluct th" business. McCarter h.-.d
paid his oc'-upatton tax required ! ; art
i rdnance of 1004 prior to the piiero
of an ordinance in IJ'OC requirinthe -
o'xiters of pool halls and Imvvlii1 : , ! -
U > ? to app'y to the mayor and itv
council for a license t conduct the
business. } IcCarter ob'air.ed : P r-
petual inju.net.ion against the city 'f-
licers from prosecuting him for - n-
ducting his business without a li - use.
Th judgment of the lower court i. re
versed.
t a
The Kansas Co-Operative Oil and
Refining Co. . of Chanute. Kan. , has
isked the railway commission to Uvc *
it jobbing rules on oil oui of Sup ' "r.
The company said it desired to p. . ' in
a distributing station at Superior ' "he
Utter st-nt to the commission ' - ticl
that it cost 9 cents per hundred t > ret
the oil from Weber , in Kansas 'u-
perior. just across the line in Xob a -
ka , which Is much liiglier than the
Kansas or Xebraska local dateThe
commission hano jurisdiction. t it
w roUt'i the Sar-ta Fe. sugSesthr i -.it
unlessthe rate is reduced the > m-
inisstort would take the matter up Mi
the interstate eommre e minHI. ! .
* M a
The average monthly expend.r"
< -f the Soldiers' and Saii ; rU.M - f.
Clan * ! Inland mu t be c-nt do\vn 'L'1
: liionth in order to prevent a d , i- /
< y in the maintenance fund , "i ' i-
the report made by State ACCOM i ' f
E I * . Fail-Held to the state audit In
his report of hs investigation < > . il"
state penitentiary , which i.- . sup ; -i
t > be about seJf-sustainii.g. . Mr.i . .1-
1 ' ! d said th- average monthly ex p. ' -
lures for the next fourteen n , - i j-
must be reduced $1.0S2.2. > . t r t' r
will be a deficiency of S15.151.46.
* *
Max E. Vit-rti-l. of Crookston. h'--
i = ked the railway commission to < > rn-
p'-I the Xorthwestern railroad to ; : .i.
in agent in the depot at that ] ' - .
Ar. Viertei wrote that his people had
t. go to Va'entine to get their f" 'Uht
ir.d to ship from Cody. It i * thi -r.
miles closer to the Il sebud : t eiiin
South Dakota than it is to VIc m.ne
Mr. Viertei wrotr that the last a t
tlie old board of transportation wto
order the Xorthwestern to build * 'iai '
depot ! , but the board was knnckec. u
before the road put in an agent
* *
In defense of the charge of vi . , ; -r-
iig the net weight clause of thet"
pure food law. att rneys for Swiir , ' ;
C'ompany Wednesday introduced -
clenee in the district court at L ' ilu
to prove that packages .f hani 1:1.1 :
bacon , wrapped and unwrapped. < ! f--
-rr-a ed in weight with extreme r . ! -
ity. It was asserted that the r > ; "k.-i-
r -l'l iK-t afcu--t -y | brand any n < .r
package. The shrinkage -would i - - --r '
the company Fiabie on the chaii t
misbranding. it was argued.
B. D. Ilawyard. former superin : . i1-
ei.t of the Kearney industrial sell . '
with others , has purchased thi u
Western Xormal buildings three i'-i ; -
\\est of Lincoln , and they will t -
up a military school. The buil.l.i t- .
were erected at a cost of $165.00" ' ;
for a long time have been unoceu- ! '
Mr. llayward expects not only to .i - \
military .school , but his cours.- \ } \
als-o include a high schfMtl course ; .
business department.
William K. Hardy , president \ } , *
Lince-In Commercial club , welf !
the editors to Lincoln We.ln , - r -
mornrjjr. and not only gave the -ffi . M
pushers the keys to the city , but sh < .
ed them how to operate the sarr . .
C. Elliott , of West Point , asstm-1 " ! . <
Lincolnite on behalf of
tire edit ' r
that the town would be well l > . ; rn i
after for a few days.
Sheriff Bir.iley and Attorney
Foster , of Omaha , were down'Fi i ' : .y
afternoon and consulted with Att . t y
General Thompson regard ing thv a < POM
of the auditor in allowing only l ! > ei.t
day for board for state prisoners cent
fined in the Douglas
county jail. : t -r
conviction. Mr. Thompson did Mot
change his ruling.
The Fair-bury Iron Works and Wind
mill Company has fik-d a complaint
against the Rock Island , the St. Joseph-
Grand Island and the Burlington rail
roads , charging discrimination in the
matter of freight rates. The com
plaint was filed with the state railway-
commission. It is charged that Lin
coln , Beatrice and Fremont are favor
ed in rates from Chicago.
. St. Louis *
and other eastern points by 5 tt. 35.
per cent. The
complainant wait < = ths
commission to either
reduce the state-
rates or force the roads
to give Fair-
bury the same interstate rate.