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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE , NEB.
. M. RICE , . . . . Publisher.
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Morning Church Service Huge
Bowlders from Towering Mountain
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, Swoop Down on Village.
Half of the little French hamlet of
Notre Dame de Salette , sixteen miles
from Buckingham , Ont. , on the Lievre
river , was buried Sunday night under
a sliding mountain , and at least thirty
of its small population are known to
( have perished. The hamlet has no
telephone e r telegraph , and it is not
! on a railroad.
Meager bits of news of the disaster
crfme in by messenger from the physi.
icians and other rescuers who were
( hurried there when the first calls for
aid came at early morning.
The Uevre river winds at the foot
< of the hamlet and a mountain towers
behind it. Spring rains for days past
' lliave been melting the snow and ice on
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the mountain , and streams have been
coursing down the river.
At f > .o'clock Sunday morning , just
as the little hamlet began to stir for
early mass , part of the mountain
.started to slide toward the river. It
tore a path of death and destruction
for all in its way , and those who were
not killed when their homes were en
gulfed were left buried under the mass
of rock and earth.
Camille LaPointe's house stood first
in the path of the avalanche. He and
his family of eleven are known to
have perished. Eight others whose
names have not been obtain are miss-
'ing. and in the panic the rescuers are
attempting to find definitely how many
more are missing. Mrs. , des Jardin's
cottage also was swept away , and she.
with her two children , a domestic and
a hired man , are known to be buried
in the landslide.
DYNAMITE FOR BIUDGIC.
Structure at Fall River , Masis
Badly Damaged.
The new Bristol county steel bridge
ivhich is to connect Fall River city and
the town of Somerset , Mass. . across
the Tauhton river , was badly damaged
"by a mysterious explosion of dyna
mite early Sunday. "The bridge 5 ? be
ing built for the county at a cost of
$7oO,000 and was to have been com
pleted in two months. It is estimated
that the loss to the contractors nil !
reach $15,000 by the explosion.
The police investigation showed
that a charge of at least fifty pounds
of dynamite was placed on the granite
pier nearest the Fall River shore and
was fired by the aid of a long fuse.
The entire northern section of the
city was shaken by the explosion and
window glass in nearly every house
was smashed.
The contractors , who began work on
the bridge a year or more ago. are
Jiolbrook , Cabot & Rollins , of Boston.
The same firm has suffered three pre
vious attempts to wreck bridge con
structed by them in Baltimore. Phila
delphia and the Bronx borough in Xe\v
York.
MAIL , POUCHES MISSIXG.
.London Hears of Loss in New York of
Papers Worth Sr 00 , < ) ( )0. )
The London postal authorities have
learned that two bags of mail from
that city , containing securities and
other valuables worth SfiOO.OOO. were
stolen in New York the latter part of
last month. According to reports re
ceived at London one of the bags was
destined for St. Louis and was shipped
by the Majestic , which arrived in New
York on March 26. The other , des-
Itined for Brooklyn , was shipped by the
uteamer Philadelphia , which arrived
at New York March 29. Both bags
disappeared. in transit between the
steamers and the postoflice. It is stat-
cd that they were handed over to the
mail boats and receipted for. "Efforts
Jiave been made to keep the theft a
secret while the investigation is going
on.
' Sets Self on Fire.
As a pennance for her imagined sins ,
Hose Sudder , of Newark , X. J. , a pretty -
ty woman woman of 2f , who , the po
lice say , was temporarily insane from
Jinuch brooding over religious matters ,
early Saturday evening lighted a can
dle in her home and set fire to her
clothing.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
Jjeeves , $6.85. Top hogs , $5.40.
Asks for Children Half Time.
Ernest T. Hargrove , of Boston , has
filed application for supersedeas hi the
.supreme court to get the custody of
'his children for six months each year.
A few days ago the court granted Mrs.
Amy T. Smith's petition that she have
the children by her divorced husband.
Lightning Kills Father and Son.
Hubbard Harrison and his 6-year-
jOld son Thomas were killed by light-
Ining at their home near Iluntington ,
l"W. Va.f Sunday.
WTXD WRECKS TOWNS.
Scores of .Southern Villages Demol
ished in Storm.
Reports up to midnight Friday in
dicates that 2fi5 persons were killed ,
end about 500 injured in storms of
trreat violence which passed over sec
tions of Louisana , Mississippi and Al
abama TYiday. Several towns were
aimost totally swept away and the
property damage will run Into large
Egures. Most of those killed were ne-
fcroes whose cabins were swept away
like so much paper.
Perhaps a dozen white persons were
: aught in falling buildings and either
fatally injured or so seriously dis-
ubled as to require medical attention.
Friday night it was difficult to esti
mate the loss of life or the extent of
the destruction of property , for there
' s little or no communication with the
points where the wind and rain did
the greatest damage.
In Louisiana it is estimated that a.
score of small towns were destroyed
or partially wrecked. They include
Amite City , Arcadia and Independ
ence. Belle Grove , Melton , Lorman ,
Pine Ridge , Quitman Landing , Fair-
child's Creek and Lumberton , Miss ,
are reported seriously damaged by the-
Storm. in Alabama , Dora was the
rhief sufferer ; this town is also known
is the Bergen. Four or more persons
were killed , among them the wife and
.laughter of Sectionmaster Moore.
Fifty persons , at the lowest estimate
were injured. Those most seriously
hti'-t were carried to hospitals in Bir
mingham , Ala. One woman , Mrs.
JucCully , died on the train.
At Bergen cars were blown from the
railroad tracks and considerable other
property destroyed.
HELIE HAPPY TO GREET AXXA.
Rumors that lioni Will Challenge Uis
Cousin Unfounded.
Mme. Anna Gould arrived at Xaples
Friday from Xew York. She was met
in the harbor by Prince. De Sagan ,
who arrived in England a few days
ago and hurried hither to welcome
Mme. Gould.
The steamer came into the harbor
at 6 o'clock Friday morning. The
prince was one of the first to go on
board. He rushed to Mme. Gould's
cabin and met her at the door , lifted
his hat and kissed her hand. The
prince refused to be interviewed.
After the party had had a light
breakfast Mme. Gould and the prince ,
accompanied by the proprietor of Ihe
hotel where rooms have been engaged
for Mme. Gould , went ashore in a spe
cial launch and took an automobile
Crom the dock to Bertolini Palace ho
tel.
It is reported that Count Boni de
Castellane has arrived at Xaples and
is about to challenge the prince to a
duel , but this is declared to be un-
"ounded.
THE ROBBERS LOSE NERVE.
Stop Train. But Make no Attempt to
( Jet IJooty.
Lack of nerve at a critical moment
yiused the failure of a desperate at
tempt Thursday evening to hold up a
westbound north coast limited at a
point twelve miles east of Butte ,
fJont. , on the line of the Northern
Pacific. Rudolph Kenk , Paul Silen-
< us and Al Teasdale were arrested for
somplicity. Wenk and Silenius , who
are Germans , admit having participat
ed in flagging the train , claiming
however , they had been forced to act
by two armed masked desperadoes ,
who , when the train had come to a
halt , lost their courage and made a
quick get-away They declare the
bandits had fifty sticks of dynamite
with them , and that it was planned by
the desperadoes to blow up a portion
Df the train to secure the money sup
posed to be aboard.
Wife Worth Ten Dollars.
One of the most novel pictures in
court at Columbia , Tenn. . Avas that of
W. J Riggins , a white man , who re-
Flevined his wife , formerly Ada Tem-
pleton , from her parents. Esquire Far-
iss required a bond twice the value
) i the property in question , and Rig-
placed a value of $10 on his wife.
Bandits Raid Phone Exchange.
Four masked robbers , after taking
possession of the Cumberland tele
phone exchange and beating the oper
ator into insensibility , compelled As
sistant Cashier B. II. Hans , of the Bal-
ard County bank , of Bandana , Ky. ,
tc open the safe for them late Thurs-
flay night. The robbers got $3,000.
Mistake McdieJue for Candy.
Bernard the of
, 2-year-old son
Bailey N. Xagle , of Erie , Pa. , president
of the Pennsylvania boiler works , and
prandson of T. M. Xagle , a multimill-
onaire , died late Thursday night as
the result of taking medicine prescrib
ed for his mother , believing itto be
candy.
Alleged Dynamiter Caught.
The first arrests in connection with
he dynamiting of former Supervisor
Gallagher's home at Oakland , Cal. ,
were made Friday night Avhen de-
ectlves placed in custody J. Kerr , a
> lacksmith , and another man whose
name has not been given out.
Vaccination Not Compulsory.
The Illinois supreme court in a de
cision rendered Friday holds that a
loard of education has no right to bar
a child from the public schools for
failure to comply with the dictations
f the board as regards vaccination.
Bootblack is Greek Tutor.
Thomas Kalends , a bootblack , ha-j
)0on appointed critic of the Greek
lass in Shurtleff college at Alton , 111.
'he boy is 18 and a graduate of the
Athens high school.
HAVOC IX TORNADOES.
s Storms Hit Iowa , Nebraska
and Dakota.
A tornado struck Valley Springs ,
S. D. . about twenty-fjve miles east of
Pioux Falls , Thursday evening and
demolished about thiity buildings. Be
fore the wires went down the central
telephone office at Sioux Falls was
Informed that a call had been sent out
to neighboring towns for physicians.
Persistent efforts to get into com
munication with Valley Springs Thurs
day night v.ere unavailing. Additional
information cannot be secured before
P'orning.
A dispatch from Fender , Xeb. , says
a terrific cyclone passed through that
neighboihood about 12:30 : o'clock
Thursday It first struck at Dick
Walker's , n-jout six mi'es ' southwest of
Tender , demolishing all his buildings
and injuring Mr. Walker's mother and
the hired man. The family had just
sat down to dinner when the house
was struck , but all except the two
mentioned escaped without injury. The
: : ext place was that of Emil Magnus-
senwhere the family consisted of Mr.
aid Mrs. Magnussen and Mr. Magnus-
sen's mother and three children , three
more chUdren being at school. The
bab.v , about 1 year old , was instantly
Killed and the elder Mrs. Magnussen
is not expected to Inc.
Two cyclones which started near
Westfield , la. , did considerable darn-
nje to property an 1 endangered the
lives of-many people. Both were seen
by many people , airl both occurred
at almost the same time.
The first storm began about one mile
east of McCook , S. D. , and traveled up
the i'.ig Sioux Vallej' . It was first seen
about 4:10 o'clock , and . lifted and
settled many times during its course.
It struck the farm of C. W. Campbell ,
s.bout a mile south of Westfield. A
large barn was completely destroyed.
WAR VETERAN IS 105) .
fives with Widow f One of His Ten
Sons , AH Dead.
Henry Dorman , of Liberty , Mo. , one
bi the oldest civil war veterans , has
, ust celebrated his 109th birtnday. He
: -.ys he used the weeel when a baby in
: \w " York state : , where h was "born.
f * eng ess his increased his pension
'nce he became 109 years old to $50
y month.
Mr. Dorman has been a resident of
M-ss < uri for more than tnirty years ,
a great part of that time being spent
in Lnmar , Mo. , where he owned a
small garden patch at the edge of
' .own He gave up the tobacco habit
u 1101 , when he began to show the
ejects of his extreme length of years.
He is cared for in his declining years
I y the widow of the youngest of his
ten sons , all of whom he has outlived.
Mr. Dorman enlisXed in the union
-rmy from Michigan in 1S6 : ; , when he
<
% \/as 61 years old , an age at which most
men are incapacitated for the duties of
n soldier in the field. He n ndered ef-
ficJent service and took part in the
rattleof Gettysburg and other impor
tant engagements , in one of which
he was wounded. He is well known inC
CA. . R. circles throughout the state.
ORGANS WERE REVERSED.
Autopsy Showed Unusual Conditions
in Body of St. Louis Judge.
Surgeons in Johns Hopkins hospi
tal in Baltimore , at an autopsy on the
body of Judge John 13. McKeighton.
of St. Louis , found that instead of the
usual setting of the organs , thosein
the body were scattered about in vari
ous ways. His heart was turned in a
position the reverse of normal , his
kidneys , were united by a ligament in
the shape of a horseshoe , and other
organs were reversed.
Juelge McKeighton was 66 years old.
HP. became critically ill in St. Louis in
February and his physicians were un
able to diagnose his case. He was
brought to the Johns Hopkins hospital
early in March , where an operation
\ \ as performed.
TORNADOES IN 1 HE SOUTH.
Much Damage Done in Mississippi
Several Reported Killed.
A tornado swept over Walls , Miss. ,
early Friday.
At the Memphis offices of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley road it was re-
rorteel several people were drownel
and several killed at Walls. Six or
seven stores and many residences were
entirely demolished.
At Mason , Tenn. , the Methodist.
Presbyterian and Episcopal churches
were practically destroyed and several
other houses blown down.
In Memphis the wind reached a ve-
iocity of sixty miles an hour , uprooting
.ices , blowing down telegraph and tel
ephone wires and forcing in ' plato
windows.
Big Brokerage Firm to Wall.
The suspension of T. A. Mclntyre
& Co. , of Xew York , brokers and
members of the stock
, cotton and pro
duce exchanges , was announced on the
stock exchange Friday. The firm did
a large business and had branches in
Chicago , Baltimore , Boston , Hartford ,
Binghamton , Syracuse , Rochester and
Hot Springs , Va.
Great Fly Wheel Bursts.
Two men were killed and two hurt
seriously , and several others slightly
bi'rned in the plant of the Xorth
Miore , 111. , Electric company at Waukegan -
kegan , 111 , by an immense fly wheel ,
nhich flew from its bearings.
Commander Xoel Dead.
Commander York Xoel , U. S. X. ,
elicd Thursday at Xew York. During
ihe Spanish war he was commander of
the cruiser Marblehead.
I * INTEREST N3 HAPPENINGS
From Day to Day Condensed
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HORSE 'i RAHKF.S SHOW FIGHT.
Become I : ! ' . < ' . " ' . : ! ( " ! 5ul Engage i"
i'tglit \\.th 'to\\u .Marshal.
As a result of an altercation with
.T. R. GosIIn. the village marshal of
On I't is , in Pawi'p county , one man
has paid a line of ? 10 and another has
a f.r.e of $50 arse ? ed against him.
' 1 uesday afternoon a horse trading
< utfit drove into the \illage and three
' f the parties being intoxicated the
marshal endeavored to induce them to
leave town quietly. One. becoming
enraged , drew a gun and fired at the
I'U'.rshal. but missed him. The mar
shal grappled with the shooter , who
| began pounding the marshal over the
head with his gun. the marshal also
g tting in his work on the person of
his assailant. Alter the row , the
strangers undertook tget away'but '
were pursued by a posse. One of the
1 osse being aimed with a long- range
Y/Snchester was ordered by the mai'-
shal to shoot to get one of the run
aways , lie fired , and. notwithstanding
the long shot , came so close to his
nan that their hands went up and all
surrendered. All are strangers in that
part of the country and unknown. It
is understood that further charges
\vill be brought against the parties.
Resisting and officer and carrying con
cealed weapons , which is a state of
fense.
IIKM ) TO BE A TIirST.
Supreme Courl Unit's Against Nebraska -
ka Lumbermen.
In a decision filed Thursday the su-
rreme court enjoined the Nebraska
State Lumber Dealers' association
from doing business in the state. The
i-upreme court holds that the associa
tion conspired to restrain trade.
.Senator Xorrte Brown , while attor
ney general , started the action , alleg
ing that the lumber dealers had violated
lated the anti-trust laws of the state ,
and Attorney General Thompson con
tinued the action. Referee Post took
the testimony and decided against the
state. This the 'decision of the su
preme court practically reverses.
The association was accused of try
ing to regulate prices between dealers
and attempting to prevent sales to per
sons other than regular dealers. Dealer
er- ? not belonging to the association
were called "poachers. " Wholesalers
who made shipments to poachers were
boycotted , it is alleged.
In the brief for the state the Wis
consin. Minnesota and Illinois state
associations are given as colleagues in
ihe work of disciplining "poachers. "
TIT < : PLATES LAID ox TISACK.
T\vo Roys from Ma con Accused of At
tempted Train Wrecking.
M : > nning and Harry Weber. two
brothers living near Mason , were ar
rested Tuesday night near Reno and
brought to Alliance Wednesday for
placing tie plates on the rails near the
latter place which would have wrecked
Ihe next train had the iron not been
discovered in time.
The boys claim they placed them enl
l- ! e rails to make a more comfortable
seat , but as they were beating their
v iy. it is presumed they were thrown
off some train and did this to get even.
They are now awaiting the arrival of
the sheriff from Sheridan county ,
where the act was committed and
vhere the trial will be held.
MAN AND SOX DIE IX FIRE.
.Stunned by Lightning. "Which Starts
Fatal Ula/.e.
Tuesday afternoon L. .T. York and
. - ( in Earl , of Osmond , wore burned to
death" in a fire caused by lightning.
They had been plowing in a field five
miles north of Osmond , and had led
their horses close to a strawstack and
then took shelter under them. A
holt of lightning killed five horses ,
vhich fell Vn York on nis sonT"e
stack was et on fire , and York and
his son were burned to death.
Before beVoming unconscious they
called for help , and neighbors half a
mile away responded , but were unable
to help them. 'The ' coroner was sent
for to take charge"of the corpses.
Steps on Rusty Nail.
Mr. f'harles IluJjk , a young farmer
living four miles north of Blair , while j
loading cattle on tlio cars last Monday - I
day , stepped upon a jj-usty nail , which
penetrated the ball o'f ' his foot about
three-fourths of an hnch. He sufferevl
severely from the wound , and as there
were symptoms of blood poisoning , he
was taken to an Omaha hospital Wed
nesday evening.
Train Dispatchers in Conference.
A. G. Smart , chief , train dispatcher
foi the Wymore division of the Bur-
Pngton , is in Lincoln in conference
with the officials ov < Jr contemplated
change in time cards. After finishing |
h-s work in Lincoln. Mr. Smart will go '
to points east of the river and inspect
: he system of dispafuhing trains by
telephone. {
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Child Drowns in ] Water Tank.
The little INyear-hld girl of Mrs. j
John Kerr. of St. aul. lost her life
Wednesday afternoon by drowning in
the water tank on tl'ie farm of William ,
Crow.-west of St. Paul , where Mrs. .
Kerr resides. The little one had
cl'mbed into the' tank and was dead
vvhen found.
Homesteaders Burned to Death.
Tuesday afternoon at Kilgore. 22
miles west of Valentine. Max Francke.
a man of about 55 years of age. living
in a claim shanty , was found burned
to death just a few rods from his
he use. The dead body was brought
to Valentine Wednesday.
Dniw Straw * for Oflicc.
The tie on alderman in the Second
ward of liandolph h'abeen ei cieied by
el rawingstraws. . C. E. Ckillagher , tlie
' dry" contestant , won the draw and
was declared elected for tvo years.
s-cpi'ri : > ox A M.vrcir.
Fire at Ponder C-ji-e > Forty 'I honsaiii !
Oi.llar Lc > f * > .
A lire in John K. House's general
meivhandlfo store caused a $40000
losr at P-nder Tu < sday aftern. . n ,
practical'/ destroying the entire stock
in the store , the largest in Pcnder ,
and aN' greatly damaging the build
ing. Hiuij-e had only $12 < 10' ) insur
ance on the stock. The building ,
which \\as knov.n a the Opera House
block , \\a < 5 owned fcy A. B. Warring-
ton , and his loss is said to be covered
ky 5r.s--ui.niep.
While a young woman clerk in the
store was wailing upon a customer the
heel of her shoe believed to have
ignite : ! a parlor nuU'-'h which ha 1 been
aecidonal'y dropped upon the floor.
The blaxe quickly spread to the in-
f'ammalije material on the counters
and to u large pile of cotton batting.
In a fe-v minute the whole h.torior
of the tfture uas a mass of flames The
lire deourlment responded pimptly
\vhe.s I'.ie alarm uas turned in , but
when the he.se was laid it was disio\-
eretl that some unknoun person had
cut four 'engths ' of hose with a knife.
This can-cd a delay of about five min
utes , during which the llames made
great luaduay.
The cutting of the hose is a mysteiy
which the authorities are now trying
to solve
known.
11 ! : ; : : MAX TAICRS POTSO.W.
Prominent Dentist Commit Suicide-- >
No Roar-on for the Act.
J. Ita.isom Waldon. a prominen\
dentist of Holdrege. committed sui
cide Monday afternoon. Hi father
found him on a couch in his of'ice
about 2 o'clock , dead , with his left
hand in his pants pocket and the right
hand thrown acres his stoir.aeh. and
on the floor beside the couch a com
mon table glass which had c mtained
a solution of Cyanide of potassium.
lOnough was left in the glass if dis
solved to have killed twenty-live men.
j The act v.as premeditated , as he left
j two letti-s to his wife telling how to
settle up his business and how' he com
mitted suicide
He w is prosperous and had a good
business , and everybody is wondering
what was the cause of the suicide. His
| domestic relations so far as known
J have been of the most pleasant. An
j inquest < vas held and the jury brought
in a verdict that he came to his death
by hi > wn hand by taking the dose
of cyanide.
LEAKV BOAT CAUSE OF DEATH" .
Voui ! - Fremont Fanners is DroTviieu
at Diers Lake.
Coroner Cvergaai d held an inquest
j Monday moming- the body of Geo.
j Johnson , the yumg farmer who was
! drowned in Diers lake Saturday after-
| Moon. It appeared that Johnson and
j another j-aity went out in an old leaky
I boat.VIien about fifty feet from the
shore ami in ten feet of water the stern
went down and Johnson fell into the
water , sinking immediately. His com
panion hung on to the boat. There
were a number of persons present , but
they were unable to get him out. John
son evident'y ' had cramps , and his
teeth were forced through his tongue.
He was a son of Christopher Johnson ,
an old resident of that county , and
leaves a wife and four small children.
He was a member of the Danish
Brotherhood , which organization had
charge of his funeral.
Snakes in "Douglas County.
Mrs. Thomas Arnold , living a few
miles south of Waterloo , stepped into
a bunch of snakes and was bitten sev
eral tim.-s about the ankle. She as
first thought the snakes were rattlers ,
but investigation showed thesr were not
venomous. A doctor was called and
| attended to the wounds and the wom
an is getting along all right.
Arrested at Osr-eola.
A. G. (5lover ( , of Arlington , is in jail
at Osceola for the reason he , it is al
leged , received money under false pre
tenses. Sixty-five dollars is involved
in the deal that caused his arrest. It
is claimed that he received much more
from the farmers of Hamilton county
and western Polk county through his
stock and food sales.
Drnuii Arrested for Selling Liquor.
Frank C. Alley , of Howe , a town six
miles south of Auburn , was arrested
on the charge of illegal sale of liquor.
He was bi ought to Auburn , pleaded
guilty ro the charge and was fined
$100 and costs , which \\as paid and
he was released. Mr. Alley is the pro
prietor of the only drug store at that
place.
I'tica Man Attempts Suicide.
Jame- Sage , aged about 22 years
who Itiif been employed as a drug
clerk in .Mien & Sons drug store in
Utica for nearly t\Vo months , attempt
ed to com.it suicide Sunday night by
cutting iiis throat vith a razor. Th.-
doctors do nut give-much hope for his
recovery.
Horold Discharged in Hearing' .
W. W. Coates. of Plattsmouth ,
caused the arrest of Henry Herold
on the charge of having embezzled
$17,000 from him while manager of
three stores for eleveif months. In
the preliminary examination today in
Toulon. PL , the court found Heroic"
not guilty.
Fire at Fremont.
Georse MTirrcH's barn , on the reai
of his lot at the corner of Eighth an3
Iv streets. Fremont , caught fire recent
ly , and on account of adjoining build
ings it ; > r : ved a dangerous fire. Loss
about $200. Fully injured.
Man Attempts Suicide.
In s. lit of despondency on ui'cuunt
of being out of work. W. A. Suiter , a
printer , tttemptod to commit suicide
.Monday inrrl ' . ty srtabbir > 3 hinie' ; *
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LINCOLN
The employes of the state board oC
regent are following out the rules laic
down by the new board , recently pub
lished , in the matter of the purchase or
supplies. This information is in the-
report of the university by ? tate Ac
countant Fairfield , who is still looking
ever the books of the institution. The-
il
Charl-s Anderson , .
rules were drawn by
George Coupland and Fred Abbott
and adopted by the board shortly after *
the first two named became members'-
of the board. In his special report the- -
ftate accountant says :
"Xo public institution and probably
but few private institutions , if any , m *
the state has such an elaborate system ?
of bookkeeping and accounting as the-
state university. It would be impossi
ble to keep out of chaos without ar * .
accurate system in an institutibra
spending the money for the inmunee
able purposes required by the univer
sity. It is not clear that ar.y lers elab
orate method tha < i that in vogue would
pioduce the results. It is not the in-
tintion of this report to try to pick :
any ( laws in the system , if indeed there-
aiv any ( laws. Competent bookkeepers :
thods are employed" , ,
o : up-to-date mt
piul a regular examinati ii of the ac
counts is made by an expert account
ant with a reputation well worth main
taining. Vouchers ai > - approved by
every official who could possibly be ex
pected to know of the dbt which it is *
to liquidate. Some of these O. Iv.'s-
ire necessarily perfunctory , as will ap
pear by the enumeration of the parties *
who allix their names to each docu
ment. "
* * *
Adjt. Gen. Feharz has sent the-fol
lowing information of the XationaX
Guard to Lieut. Col. E. M. Weaver- .
< -hief division of militia affairs , . Wash
ington. D. C. :
"In response to your inquiry oft"
March 28. have the honor to make reply
x
ply as follows :
"Average amount of time in hours-
of instruction during the last ? fs\vr
years , ! S.
"Percentage of this time iniiNTbon -
instiuction. fiti.
"Percentage of this time in fiel'd' in
struction , 44.
"Average term of service of commis
sioned officers. 1 year 7 months.
"Average term of service of enlisted !
men. 2 years 7 months.
"Percentage of vacancies among- of
ficers by resignation or discharge-year
ly. 04.
"Percentage of discharges aniongr
iited ! men. 4S.
"Percentage of discharges among " ,
enlisted men due to expiration ;
c f service , 50.
"Percentage due to sickne&K ; ,
slight.
"Percentage due to personal" desire-
i > | "H the service. IS.
pereentage" > 'due to non-resuk'ncei.
: > o , - - - - *
"Average total number commission
d officers during past live years.v.n4 _
"Average total number enlisted met *
luring- past five years. 1,140. "
- * * *
Attorney General Thompsonvas -
very much disappointed \\hen lie re
ceived news that the I'nited State su
preme court refused to b-sue the man
damus to compel tlv f.-deral judges :
to remand to the state court cases in
\olving- the anti-pass 'rr.v ; the 2Aeenf
fare law ; the Aldrich bill , and the-
lailway commission bill. Mr. Thomp
son filed suits in the state court to
compel a compliance \\ith tht-s-v ? aws = -
and the railroads secui.-d their trans
f r to the federal court. Mr. Tln-mp
son raised the point that the srare was-
he real party at interest , and. there
fore , the cases could not be nans
feried to the federal court. The ef-urf
assumed jurisdiction , however , and the-
attorney general then applied to the-
federal court for a mandamus n > com
pel the federal judges to rcr.iantf the-
suits. The I'nitfd States supivme-
court refused to pass upon tn > ques
tion of whether the state is a party of
interest until after the case has been *
tried out in the tower court and. ap
pealed.
The express companies doing1 bus--
ness in Nebraska , have filed v.itJithe -
state railway commission a new sched
ule of rates , differing- from the pres-
fnt rates in that they aregyn rally.r
lower. So far as Nebraska is concern--
r-il very little change is made fn rhe-
ratc , though the interstate shipments , , y
from here to Xe\v York , for instance , ,
is much reduced. The rates - wcr.filed"
for the approval of the commission ,
and until that approval is secured' theyr
e-annot become effective in this sate.
For the present at least the approval
of the commission will be withheld" , for
the reason if the commission permit ?
these- rates to go into effect it rm.-un.s- ;
they take the place of the rates fixed :
in the Sibley law. The commission
does not know whether the express *
companies sought to catch it asleep-
atu have these rates approved as- the *
official rates in the state , and thus de-
Jeat the object of the Sibley law.
AVilliam M. Cubbison. sentenced tc
the penitentiary from Platt county for
two years , is seeking relief through :
habeas corpus proceedings. It was
alleged by his attorneys that rhe in
formation filed against him was fileoS
when court was in
vacation , which om
previous occasions the court has held
sufficient grounds
kto nullify a cun-
\iction.
* * *
Oscar H. Allen , of Wabash , Cast
county , has filed a complaint with the
j.tate raflway commission against the
Western Union
Telegraph
company
and the Missouri Pacific railroad ,
charging they have closed the tele *
graph office at that place and it is
impossible to get telegraphic commu
nication with the outside world. Mr.
Allen said he is now compelled to
arive his catUe to another town for-
shipment by reason of the absence of
ihe telegraph office at "abash.