THE VALENTINE DEMOCRA *
VAUENTINE , NEB.
jr. 31. RICE , - - Puulishei
TOKJO'S BRISTLES HI j
OPKNIA" PREPARING FOR POSSI
BLE WAR \VlTil CHINA.
1'ckin Government Charges ( hat In
surgents in the Interior Arc Being
-Furnished Arms Through Japanese
Sources , and Defends Si/ure.
At Tokio there were no develop
ments throughout Sunday or Monday
in connection with the Tatsu affair.
Jn the meanwhile Japan is undoubted
ly preparing for eventualities. The
entire decision in the matter rc-sr.s
with Premier Saionji and Foreign
Minister Hayashi. There has been
no indication of the period of time
that Japan would await China's reply.
The Associated Press is informed at
the Japanese foreign office that it is
presumed that the Chinese foreign
board will require three or perhaps
four days consultation with the vice
roy of Canton in the consideration of
the entire matter , consequently no de
cision may be reached before March
30 or 11. *
What action Japan will take in the
event she decides immediately to take
"independent action" is a matter of
speculation in diplomatic circles in
Tokio. It is believed that it is en
tirely improbable that Japan will
make any effort to retake the Tatsu
or send warships to Canton waters.
While war is considered most improb
able , the naval base at Sasebo is ex
tremely active. It is announced that
a part of the first squadron will leave
port March 14. The armored cruiser
Chicavoda suddenly left port Sunday
night.
.Coaling is proceeding rapidly , a
number of torpedoboat destroyers
having already coaled. Enormous
supplies in storage at Sasebo are be
ing hurried aboard the vessels.
At the office of the admiralty it is
pointed out that the first squadron
expected to start on training maneu
vers this week , a fact announced two
months ago , therefore the activity at
Sasebo should not necessarily be con
sidered in connection with the Tatsu
incident
FIERCE BATTLE IN PRISON.
Deputy \Vardcn in Montana Killed bj
Convicts.
Warden Frank Conley. of the Mon-
tant state penitentiary at Deer Lodge ,
Mont. , was dangerously wounded
Sunday morning , and his first assist
ant warden , John Robinson , wad kill
ed , when three life convicts , George
! Rock , W. H. Hayes and another
whose name is not given , made a dash
for liberty. Robinson's throat was
cut from ear to ear and vthe jugular
A-ein was serered. Conley's throat
was gashed , and he was stabbed sev
eral times in the shoulder and groin
before he was able to draw his revolver
ver and shoot two of the assailant ?
down. Convicts Hayes and Rock
were both shot down by Conley after
the Tatter had been wounded. It is
believed that the warden will re
cover.
The attack on the prison authorities
and the attempted escape , according
to the prison authorities , had been
long planned by Rock and Hayes ,
who were cellmates. Both were arm
ed with penknives , the blades o !
which were sharpened like razors.
MONEY ORDER FRAUD.
Stolen Blanks Filled Out and Passed
on Indiana Merchants.
One thousand blank money orders
stolen from station No. 129 , Chicago ,
and filled in in amounts varying from
$25 to ? 50 , are being passed on mer
chants in various towns in northern
Indiana , southern Michigan and east
ern Illinois. The persons who are
said to be operating the swindle are
u. man and a woman , who sinake small '
purchases at jewelry , grocery , clothing - i
ing and furniture stores , for which the
'
money orders arc paid. In all caset ,
the amount of the purchases are
7nnch smaller than the amounts called
for by the orders.
Three Yoiinjc Women Drown.
While boating on the Appalache mill j
pond near Grcers , S. C. , Sunday , a
skiff carrying ten persons capsized and
three young women were drowned , j
There were but two men in the party
and it was only through their efforts
that the other five women were res-
cued.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux j
-City live stock market follow : Top \
beeves , $5.25. Top hogs , $4.50.
Artist P. W. Freer Dead.
Frederick Warren Freer , a painter
> f international reputation , died at his
home JU Chicago Saturday night of *
heart disease. He was 59 years old !
and a native of Chicago.
Jockey Vandn/.cn Dead. '
Charles Jackson Vanduzen , the once
famous jockey , died at Dallas. Tex. ,
Monday afternoon. For many years
he had been a jockey and in his time
had ridden many famous mounts. > .
HIGHER PAY IN ARMY.
Senate Provides 40 Per Cent Raise fo
Enlisted Men.
The army pay bill was passed by th
United States senate Friday. The bil
provides for army officers a graded in
crease of pay ranging from 5 per cen
for lieutenant general to 25 per cen
for junior officers.
It also provides that the "averag
pay of enlisted men of the army anew
now established be increased 40 pe
cent. "
This amendment , suggested by Sen
ator Culberson , of Texas , takes awa :
the discretion of the president In fix
ing the pay of soldiers.
Senator Scott read a letter from ;
banker who stated army officers pa :
3 per cent interest per month to havi
their salaries discounted because thei
incomes are so small.
An amendment was offered by Sen
ator Bacon and adopted giving si :
months' pay to families of officers am
enlisted men upon their death.
The navy pay bill equalizing th <
pay of officers of the navy and marin <
corps with the pay of officers of th <
army was ordered reported favorablj
to the house by the committee on na
val affairs. That committee alst
agreed to report favorablj- bill ex
tending to rear admirals who were
retired by the passage of the navj
personal act in 1899 the benefits ol
that act , whereby the benefit of theii
retired pay would be increased.
Agreement will be reached by th <
committee to report favorably the na
val bill introduced by Chairman Foss
which gives the navy department con
trol over the naval militia.
STEAMER WRECKS BRIDGE.
Boat Breaks from Moorings anil
Crashes Into Toledo Structure.
Friday afternoon the big steamer
Yuma was torn front her moorings by
the rush of ice and water in the Mau-
mee river and crashed into the bridge
connecting the two sections of To
ledo , O. , tearing out a span and carry
ing it into the river. The harbor mas
ter , Page , was on the span and was
thrown into the river. He was finally
rescued.
The Yuma was a freighter and is
laden with 15.000 bushels of flax. She
was held by nineteen hawsers and her
cable chain , but the movement of the
ice snapped them like pipestems.
The bridge was the main artery
connecting the east and west sides of
the city and was used by street cars
as well as vehicles and foot passengers.
The river is now falling in front of
the city , but the streets along the
docks are flooded.
A DETROIT TRAGEDY.
Elhvood T. Ha nee , Former Postmaster ,
Shoots Himself.
Ell wood T. Hance , aged 56 , first vice
president of the Union Trust company
and former postmaster of Detroit ,
Mich. , shot and killed himself early
Friday. Friends say worry over finan
cial affairs and ill health caused the
deed.
Officials of the Union Trust company
deny emphatically that the affairs of
the Union Trust company are in any
way involved by any of Hance's finan
cial difficulties. They also deny the
affairs of the failed City Savings bank ,
for which the Union Trust company
is receiver , are entangled because of
Hance's management.
FIRE DRILL WORKS
1,200 Children March Out of Xcw York
School During Fire.
A special call was sent in to fire
ieadquarters from a flve-story public
school on One Hundred and Ninth
itreet , between Amsterdam avenue and
3roadway , New York , Friday morning.
All the children marched from the
: chool without panic or disorder. They
issembled in the yard and were sent
lome.
Parents who rushed to the building
vere prevented by the police from
'logging ' the exits and sent away.
The fire was on the top floor of the
uilding.
ACCUSED OF BIG JEWEL THEFT.
York Society Woman is Arrested
by Police.
Charged with a theft of jewels val-
ed at $20,000 from one of her wealthy
riends , Mrs. Jeanette Newman , who
ves at the Stratford house. New York ,
as locked up at police headquarters
'rid ay.
The police say Mrs. Newman has
lade a full confession and told them
lie was actuated by her desire to keep
er young son in a private school and
> maintain her own social position.
The Jewels were owned by Mrs. Even -
n Bell , who lives in Central park
est.
Tooth Pulled : Death Followed.
Dr. J. L. Whinery , a prominent
antist of Marshalltown , Ia.f who de-
sloped severe cerebral trouble imme-
iately following a clinic at the na-
onal dental convention at Minneapo-
s , Minn. , last summer , as the result
r the extraction of a molar , died
riday morning.
Great Fire in Japan.
A serious fire took place Friday
orning at Noda Soy , a brewing town
: ar Tokio , Japan. Four hundred
it of 1,000 houses 5n the town were
stroyed. The damage is estimated
$2,500,000.
Wabash Out of Banks.
Nearly 1,000 men have been render-
Idle at Peru. Ind. , and 75 homes
.maged by high waters in the Wa-
.sh river , which is out of its banks.
FIRE INQUIRY BEGUN.
Witnesses Insist Collimvood School
Door Was Locked.
Twenty-four hours after the disas
ter that swept into eternity approxi
mately one-third of the school child
ren of North Collimvood , O. , the death
roll numbered 164. Of these 137 had
been identified at the Lake View
morgue , Avhile 27 bodies remain there
in a condition of mutilation probably
forever beyond the chances of being
recognized.
In an effort to fix the cause and
responsibility for the holocaust vari
ous investigations were set under
way. Coroner Burke issued subpoe
nas for the seven surviving teachers
of the Lake View school. The inquest
was begun Thursday morning , Avhen
a number of witnesses -were examin
ed , without , however , developing any
testimony that was beyond mere opin
ion.
An investigation conducted by the
Collimvood school board , which lasted
far into the night , at which a number
of survivors of the horror told their
stories , brought forth these facts :
That one of the inner doors at the
west entrance of the school was closed
and fastened while children were pil
ing up against it in the passage , and
that wing partitions in the vestibule
narrowed the exif "by w.t least three
feet. The flames came first from a
closet below the stairway at the east
entrance ; the closet contained lime
and sawdust. There was but one fire
escape , and that its use was nevar
taught a.s a part of the fire drill.
Survivors among the teachers esti
mate that only two or three minutes
passed between the time of the alarm
until all escape was cut off. The
building was a fair sample of the kind
of school construction in use in small
towns. The halls and stairways were
inclosed between interior brick walls
forming a huge flue through which
the flames shot up with great rapid
ity.
On the question , much discussed ,
whether the doors opened inward or
outward , Fire Marshals Brocket and
Feighenbaum examined the doorways
and stated that they were convinced
that they opened outward. Whether
they were locked they have not been
able to determine. They have testi
mony on both sides. Janitor Herter
still insists that the doors were open ,
FATALLY SHOT.
Mystery in Ca. o oi' Society Man of
Dillon , Mont.
A sensation was caused at Dillon ,
Mont , Thursday when it was disclosed
that Emery Pulver , a well known so
ciety man of that city , had been shot
and fatally wounded1 early that morn
ing. Dr. Bond was awakened and
found Pulver prostrate at his door ,
where he had been carried by friends ,
The police are investigating what
connection , of any. Pulver's condition
has with the holdup of Henry Cahill , .
a , saloon man , early Thursday. Cahill
was going home when he was accosted
by two men and dragged into an alley.
CJahill shot one of the men through
: he stomach. The other robber felled
Cahill and robbed him after bcatinqr
lim into insensibility.
PANIC IS AVERTED.
Fire Drill Proves Effective When an
Alarm is Sounded.
Thursday flre broke out in the la-
> oratory of the Central high school
it Grand Rapids. Mich. , while 1,200
mpils were in the midst of their morn-
ng work. The signal for the fire drill
vas given , and the children marched
> ut in perfect order , the building bo
ng emptied in two and a half min-
ites.
ites.The
The school is over-crowded , stair-
rays are inadequate and fears of a
lossible panic long had been felt , but
he fire drill proved effective. The
re did comparatively little damago.
FRAUD IN FAILED BANK.
rery Sensational Charges Are Made in
Examiners' Report.
Misconduct in the affairs of the Ori-
ntal bank , of New York , which is in
tic hands of receivers , is charged in a
sport written by the examiners em-
loyed by the receivers and made pub-
c Thursday. The report says :
"The bank has been conducted in a
lost slipshod , loose and unbusiness-
ke manner and has been permeated
ith irregularities , frauds and crime. "
Killed by Robbers.
Dell Ellis , night watchman nt
righton , eighteen miles north of Den-
jr , on the Union Pacific railroad , was
lot and killed early Friday by three
ibbcrs whom ho surprised while at-
mptiiig to filter the Farmers' State
ink and postofllce. The robbers es-
Lped on a freight train.
Big Loan Is Extended.
It was announced at New York Fri-
iy that the Chicago. Rock Island and
icific Railway company has ar- 1
.nged with Speyer & Co. for an ex- \
nsion for one year of the $6,000,000 T
cured in gold noto.s maturing April
next , at 6 per cent per annum.
Many Bodies Unclaimed.
Firemen and voluntary assistants
e still probing among the sm ulder-
g- ruins of the Collimvood school at
eveland O.
Arrangements for a
eat public funeral are being perfect-
Many bodies are still unidentl-
d.
Kin-r Edward Takes Holiday. . \
A London special says : King Ed- ca
ird left London Thursday for Bar- a
z for a month's holiday.
P
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NOT GRAVE OF LOST GIRL.
Latest Theory in Rosalie Myster
Soon Exploded.
Having successfully passed througl
a sprond "sweating" process in regan
to the disappearance of his 4-year-oIi
daughter , Olaf Olson , who for twenty
four hours had been "in custody" o
Sheriff Dorsey. was released lat
Thursday afternoon and returned t <
his home near Bloomfield , whither h
recently moved from the farm in th <
vicinity of Rosalie.
Accompanied by Sheriff Dorsey ant
Miss Anna Miller , of Sioux City. Ol
son Thursday morning went to thi
Rosalie farm. The woman , who hat
declared she could locate the body oi
the missing child , led the two men U
a spot about two rods from the house
and there beneath a small tree point
ed to what appeared to be a grave
announcing at the same time that th (
body would be found within.
Olson readily admitted that it Ava.
in fact a grave , but said it contained
the body of a child that had beer
born dead last summer.
The grave was thereupon opened
and examination confirmed Olson' :
statements.
The fact of the burial of the child
under the circumstances described by
Olson was generally known in the Ro
salie neighborhood , the location oi
the grave also being- matter of com
mon knowledge.
After examination of the grave
Sheriff Dorsey and Miss Miller return
ed to Fender , while Olson went to
Bancroft. The sheriff is not hopeful
of results upon the present line of
investigation , but says he is not yet
willing to drop the matter. What
further action he contemplates is not
Icnown.
INDIAN SCHOOL TO QUIT.
Hereafter Schools for Winneba t > es to
Bo Just Like White Man's.
In accordance with the policy of the
oresent commissioner of Indian af-
'airs. the Winnebago Indian boarding
school will not be continued after
July 1. A day school will be estab-
ished in that portion of the reserva-
.ion where the Indians have their per-
nanent homes. An endeavor will be
nade to induce them to send their
: hildren daily from their homes rath-
; r than have them housed , clothed
ind fed at the expense of the govern-
nent.
The Winnebagoes as well as many
> ther tribes , are having more respon
sibility thrust upon them. The old
ustom of supplying their every need
or transaction of their business is to
> e replaced by a new system in which
very one who is at all competent will
iave to manage his own afCairs and
e responsible for consequences. This
) olicy , it is believed , will result in
nuch good to future generations , even
hough it may prove disastrous to
hose who are now enjoying the pro-
eeds from their real estate interests.
WANTS TO VOID MARRIAGE.
. W. Lampman Commences Suit in
Behalf of Minor Daughter.
Suit to annul the secret marriage of
label W. Lampman and Edward P.
'inan , which took place in Council
.luffs Feb. 10 , was started in district
ourt in Omaha Thursday afternoon
y John W. Lampman , the girl's fath-
r. The wedding was the result of a
outhful love affair and an elopement ,
'inan was only 18 years old and Miss
.ampman . only 17. Mr. Lampman says
i the petition he did not give his con-
? nt and was opposed to the match ,
ence he holds the marriage was ille-
al.
Immediately after the marriage ,
le petition says , the young couple
sparated and have not lived together
nee. Finan. owing to the opposition
) the match , left the city about a
eek after the marriage and is now
lid to be in Chicago.
FIGHT AT RANDOLPH.
ilooii Question is Issue in the Muni
cipal Campaign.
Thursday night marked the opening-
the city campaign on the saloon
icstion , the dividing issue in Han-
jlph , when the conservative or "wet"
irty held its caucus and nominate !
full ticket , as follows : O. O. Reed ,
ayer ; L. E. Holtz , councilman First
ird ; W. A. Hammond , councilman
icond ward ; J. M. Bowles , police
dge ; E. G. Maillard , city clerk ;
lias. Krause. treasurer. The city
nipaign gives promise of being
lot. " Both sides are confident of
ccess.
Poisoned by Moth Balls.
The 3-year-old child of Mr. and
rs. William Gray , of Plattsmouth.
isoned herself by eating moth balls ,
lich she found in a drawer. The
ild was taken to the otlice of Dr.
vingfiton and given an emetic , and ,
hough very sick , is considered to be
t of danger.
They Get Transportation.
The railway commission Thursday
pertained that twenty-five contracts
tween the Union Pacific and the ed-
rs of southeastern Nebraska were
existence and had never been re-
rted to the state officials. Attorney
iggener claims the contracts were
ued on a dollar for dollar basis.
\T Trial for Banker Chamberlain.
? . M. Chamberlain , sentenced to
ve five years in prison on a charge
embezzling the funds of the Cham-
lain Banking company , of Tecum-
i , was Thursday granted a new trial
the supreme court.
For County High School.
rhe citizens and business men of
isworth met in the court house to
isider ways and means by which
ountry high school can be erected
re. A campaign committee was ap-
nted.
ESCAPING PRISONERS CAUGHT.
j Already Serving Time us Result < :
! Previous Attempt.
Charley Ford and John Kuhl , serv
I ing ninety days each in the count
jail at Beatrice for resisting an office ]
escaped Saturday evening from Depu
ty Sheriff Burke while they were j
work in the yard. The otticets firei
three shots at the lleeing prisoner *
but they did not take etfect. Kuhl wa
captured about three blocks from th
jail and Ford was rounded up b ;
the officers in Glenover soon after hi
escape.
Last fall Ford was sentenced b ;
Judge Kcilignr to sixty days in jai
for assaulting a young man with :
revolver , and Kuhl was later sent u ]
? or thirty days for assisting in thi
theft of laprobes and whips from sev
eral farmers in Sicily township. Short
ly before their terms had expire ;
both men escaped from jail and wen
captured by Officer Spahan after :
brutal fight. They were given ninety
days each for resisting an officer am
have thirty days yet to serve.
MOVE TO MAKE LINCOLN DRV.
License Issue Will Be Submitted tt
Vote of the People.
The first definite move looking tc
prohibition in Lincoln was taken Tuesday -
day evening when the I'idled Civic
league presented to the excise board
a petition bearing 2,000 signatures tc
amend its rules so that no liquor li
censes shall be granted. The petition
required but 1.200 signatures to make
it effective. The question will be put
to a vote , and with it a rule pro
posed by the excise board , making
the limit of saloons twenty-five and
permitting them to remain open only
between the hous of 7 a. in and 7. p.
ni. , with the minimum license , $1,500.
BOCIIE IS CONVICTED.
The Jury at Norfolk Finds Him Gniltj
of Manslaughter.
Herman Boche , accused of the mur
der of Frank Jarmer , was found guilty
of manslaughter at Norfolk Tuesday
afternoon. The.jury was out sixteen
hours. The penalty for the crime is
one to ten years in , the penitentiary.
A motion for a new trial was made.
Boche shot and killed Jarmer on
the night of May 1 , 1907. The killing
followed quarrel after a night spent
in drinking in a Norfolk resort. The
men had been fast friends and lodge
bi-others.
Ed mist on AVill Return.
Attorneys for J. H. Edmiston , who
railed to appear in the federal court
Omaha to ansewr to the charge of
perjury and complicity in land frauds ,
leclare that their client will return
lext week. They assert that Edmiston
.vent south on business and is now suf-
"ering a severe attack of nervous pros-
.ration.
Pass Holders Are- Bound Over.
At Columbus Dr. C. D. Evans and
3r. D. T. Martyn are held under bonds
'or their appearance in district court
o answer to the charge of violating'
he anti-pass law by accepting passes
rom the Union Pacific. County At-
orney Hensley is pushing the cases
igainst the physicians , and the cases
vill be a test of the anti-pass law.
Anti-Saloon Fight in Hastings.
A campaign to drive saloons from
lastiners was started Sunday at a
nass meeting under the auspices of
he evangrelistic union of seven church-
s. The political parties will be asked
0 make no nominations for the coun-
il next spring so that the saloon ques-
ion may be settled in a square contest
n license and no license tickets.
Find for "Licking" the Mayor.
Bert Leddy , of Elm Creek , against
'horn a warrant was sworn out several
eeks ago for assault on Mayor Gasa ,
f that town , and who left that vicin-
y for parts unknown , returned to'
Zearney and gave himself up to Sher- '
f Sammons , who took him before' '
udffe Hoffe , where he was fined § 5
nd costs , amounting to $12.75.
Consolation for Small Boy.
Consolation for the small boy was
) und in juvenile court at Omaha'
[ onday morning , when it was an-
ounced the administration of the
uancy law would have to be suspend-
1 temporarily becouse of the order' '
squiring- the vaccination of school
lildren. Several cases carp 3 up , but !
; none of the truants had been vac-
nated the judge could not order them j
i go back to school.
Nicholas Scheidcgger Dead.
Nicholas Scheidegger. one of the
irliest settlers of southeastern Xe-
aska , died at the family home , sev-
al miles southwest of Humboldt , as
e result of an attack of paresis ,
om which he has been suffering for
onths. Deceased was a native of
vitzerland , having been born at :
n-ne , and was in his 79th year. He
me to this country in 1S54.
Thirty Carloads of Fence Posts.
Richard C. Jordan , superintendent
the United States Indian warehouse
Omaha , placed an order Monday
th the Chicago Lumber company for
irty carloads of fence postto be
ipped to the Rosebud Indian agency.
iese posts , secured by competitive j
Is. will be used in fencing Indian
ids on the reservation.
No Silicon Issue at Kearney.
The city council at Kearney tied on
. ote on the petition presented by th- !
; ti-Saloon league for permission to
Dmit the question nf licevj or no li-
ise. The mayor cast the deciding
te against the league.
fJaneroft Woman Ends Her Life.
Mrs. C. E. Robinson , an old resident \
Bancroft , committed suicide Mon-
. - , taking carbolic acid She had
> n living with her dauglner , Mrs.
F. Presser , and while the latter was |
, vn town shopping/ , she drank the
d. Mrs. Robinson leaves two daugh-
s and one son.
Nov.- Telephone Line.
fhe Burlington has completed a j '
jphone line from Lincoln to Wy- i ]
' ]
re , for company use. The- last con-
tions were made Saturday. 1
Commandant Hoyt. of the soldiers
-mm * ' ; it 'Ji.ir.d Island , was in Lincoln
Monday and : lied at tin- state house
to sec the uu-rnbcrs of the state board
of public lands and building.1Mr. .
lloyt said there would be no deficiency
in the maintenance fund of hs insti
tution or in other funds except thv
burial fund. During the last few
months the-e has been a largo num
ber of d-oihp 42 since Sept-mber.
and in mrny instances the sUtie has
had to pay the expenses of the burial.
In th" mr.t'or of the report of the . ta-te
accountant that unless expenses \\ere
cut down the institution would have
a deficiency. Mr.Hoyt said his ex
penses for th < - next two months would
bo muc-h lighter than for the winter
inoMl'iiy . : ud that h" had on hand suf
ficient ° 'tl. groceries and clothing !
las-t until tn" end of the quarter. ; : iu !
therefore the expenses for March
would be very light. While the report
of the accountant > ; true , he said ,
insofar''as the figures went , the report
did m > t go far enough and show that
the expanses made in January covered
supplies for the quarter. The ex
penses of the six months , he yaid.
( ould not be taken as a criterion of
what the expenses would b" in the
lu-xt six months. In the rnattur of per
mits mentioned in the report Mr. H i\r
said his appropriation was such that
he had to get permits to buy : .id fre
quently the stale was saved money.
* * *
Superintendent Hay. of the insane
hospital at Lincoln , receives $ L'.f i > i
annually , his living expenses for hiiu-
t-'elf and family and $ Sf 0 for acting as
postmaster of the institution , so the
report of the state accountant say < .
This institution has a balance in i -
maintenance fund of $6n,70' ) . ! > : i. and
during the last six months its averag *
expenditures have been $4.92 ! ) month
ly. At this rate it will run short : n
the end of the biennium $3,2H ! > . in : '
dition to its unpaid bills. Steuu i
Gilmore said Monday , however , there
would be no shortage and by April I
the institution would be even in all
funds. An average of $1.000 a month
cash receipts will eliminate any d-fi-
ciency. said the report of the accoui.t-
ant.
* * *
Col. John J. Ryder , deputy labor
commissioner , is going to pull up some
of the property owners in Lincoln uith
a short jerk in the next few days be
cause they have not supplied tlu ; ;
buildings with fire escapeIn i
round of the town he discovered - > t
least twenty-live buildings wbioh. .1.-
der the law. should have been equip
ped with fire escapes , but which \\t-n
not. One proprietor said he h.u'I bii. i.
notified some- two or threeyeurs as. "
to erect a fire escpe , but had j-aiii n-
attention to the notice. Mr. i\ii-
expects to have the courts do iss , \ > ik
for him.
* * *
The Mason City and Fort Dod- -
Railroad company is the first to fii ! :
report of taxable property under i ! '
terminal tax law. under which i--ul-
> ad property is assessed for city [ : -
poses , for the first time in Nebra i
this year. This report was filed Frid ; ' }
with Secretary George D. Bernu-tt. t"
the state board of assessment. The
law provides also that a desenption i-t
railroad property located in cities an.f
villages be filed with the local : t se < - > -
r > r. The law reouires tVat the re
ports be filed with the state board ! "
tweon Feb. 1 and March 1. Some . .f
the roads which have a greaJ dosj ; > f
property in the state assert they ct : -
lot get their reports ready by thfinl
jf the month.
* * A
Brown county is the first county ii
he state to notify the state treasurer
hat it is going to vote on the proposi-
.ion of erecting a county high school
milding. The county clerk xvrote N
Treasurer Brian to see whether th >
'tate ' could buy the bonds , the nne - - -
ion being whether the bonds were
chool bonds or county. Mr. Brian held"
nasmuch as the bonds will be signed
> y the county clerk and the chairman
if the board of county
' bonds are certainly an
. the county and can be bought ov
he state. He notified the county ' lei k
o have the bonds pay f per cent. T---
iroposition to be voted on is to be ; ' .
; sue of from $15.000 to $20,000.
o * *
The railway commission has bee. ,
sked to see whether the Burlington
ailroad and the Ensign Transfer com-
any are in a combine to prevent otln
ansfer companies from getting bus'r"
ess at the station at Lincoln. A
aekman came to the state hou - -
uesday morning and complained f
le commission that the Ensign people
ere given the best of everything at
le depot.
= > t
The receipts of the office of the sectary -
> tary of state for the month of Feb-
aray were as follows : For filln.sr arti-
es of incorporation. § 2.222.90 ; notary
> mmissions , § 7.0 : motor vehicles
17.10 ; brands. $ r 4.50 ; certificates and
anscripts. S8G.50 : labels and trade
arks. $4 : all other sources , $21.S ;
ital. 52,373.80.
* * *
The state board of purchase ard
tpplies met" formally Tuesday after-
ion and passed upon the estimates
T the various state institutions for
e next quarter , beginning- April ' . .
rie estimates were al ! tabulated by
e state accountant and will bo rer.dv
the bidders as soon as theya .
\ mailed out.
*
Among the bills filed by the board
regents of the University of Xebra _
L for January with the state auditor
is one for $150.28 for butter fit
Id by the Beatrice Creamery com-
.ny at 31 cents a pound. The but-
r fat was sold to the dairy depart-
ent at the state farm. Owing to t'i < -
rge number of students at the fan.i
e dairy herd does not supply stli-
nt milk for demonstrations , anrl it *
ccssnry tcj buy milk. The In : t tor
ide from the niilk is sold and the
sney .sroes into the cash fund of the
ilversity.