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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT VALEXTIXE , XEB. I. M. RICE , . . . . Publisher. BOMB NO. 28 THROWN BUILDING WRECKED IX CIHCAGG BY TERRIFIC EXPLOSION . Believed by Police Object of Attach Was Uip Coliseum , Where the Firsl Ward Ball Has Been a Source of Contention for Some Time. Two buildings are Avrecked , several people are believed to haA'e been kill ed and windows Avere shattered for blocks around by the terrific explosion of a bomb In an alley in Wabash aA'e- iiue , near Sixteenth street , Chicago , Sunday night. The Avrecked building adjoins the Coliseum , where the First ward ball , the annual reA'el to the holding of which there has been mucli opposition , was scheduled to be held Monday nighu The report of the explosion Avas heard for a mile. The congregations of Grace Episcopal and Wabash Meth- Oodist Episcopal churches and guests of nearby hotels rushed to the streets in a panic. A two-story frame build ing , at 513 Wabash avenue , Avhich ad joins the south Avail of the Coliseum annex , immediately collapsed and tool ? lire. The fire leaped across an area and spread to another frame building , also wrecked. Properties of the Coliseum stored in the IAVO buildings added fuel to the flames. CroAvds of excited people ple , believing that the Coliseum had been bloAvn up , rushed to the scene. It Avas at first belieA'ed that several persons Avere killed by the crash , as a number Avere in the vicinity at the time. Careful search of the debris by the police and firemen , however , failed to reveal any bodies. That the bomb Avas intended for the Coliseum the police express little doubt. An examination of the prem ises , the police say , slroAA's that from the top of one of the wrecked build ings the bomb might have been dropped through a skylight of the Coliseum. One theory is that the bomb Avas thrown as another chapter in the "gamblers' AA'ar. " which has been marked by the throAving of a se ries of bombs in the vicinity of al leged gambling resorts. The TAventy- seA'en explosion in that series occurred a feAv Aveeks ago. EXILES RETURX TO AU PRIXCE Gen. Firmin is AVclcoined at Palace by Simon. The steamship Virginia. AA'ith 116 exiles aboard , including Gen. Antenor Firmin , arrived at Port au Prince , Hayti , Sunday. Immediately upon ar riving. Gen. Firmin landed , and AVOS welcomed in the name of Gen. Pinion by Gen. Hyppolye and Minister of Finance Chapotiau at the office of the collector of that port. Gen. Simon had placed the presidential carriage at the disposal of Gen. Firmin. and the distinguished revolutionists and exile at once entered and AA'as driA'en to the palace. At the palace , President Simon welcomed Gen. Firmin. who at once declared that he had surrendered all ambition of political preferment. He had attempted to rid the country of the despotic tyranny exercised oA'er it by Nerd Alexis , he said , and had failed , and it was only natural that Gen. Si mon , who had succeeded in the same effort , should be reAA'arded. He urged all Haytians to rally to the support of the liberal government , and predicted that Gen. Simon Avould lift the coun try to prosperity and poAver by achievements of peace and labor. LABELS MUST BE CHAXGED. Pure Food and Drug Board Renders an Important Decision. Unscrupulous and otherAvise mis leading phrases in guarantee labels used by manufacturers are barred un der a decision promulgated recently by the pure food and drug board with the approval of Secretaries Cortelyou , Wilson and Straus. The decision con forms to the recent refusal of Commis sioner of Patents Moore to register trade marks Avhich include the phrase "guaranteed under the food and drugs net. June 30 , 1906 , " on the ground that it is misleading. i Effective January 1 next neAV guar antee labels must be changed so as to show plainly that the guarantee is that of the manufacturers and not of the government , because of the large sums invested in good faith in labels and plates. The old form of labels noAV in use representing guarantees already filed with the department Avill be re cognized for a term of t\vo years. Murders Wife ; Shoots Himself. Crazed Avith jealousy , James M. PSgg , aged 63 years , a real estate deal er of Deep Water , Mo. , shot and mor tally AA-ounded his Avife. He then lock ed himself In a room and fired a bullet Into his breast. It is believed PIgg will recover. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux ity live stock market folloAv : Top becA'es , $7.00. Top hogs , $5.55. . -J FAST WORK IX HOUSE. Breaks a Record in Passing an Appro priation Bill. A new record in the transaction o the public business was established b : the house of representatives Friday The legislative , executive and judicia appropriation bill , which usually ex cites considerable discussion lastinj several days , was passed with little de bate and practically in the shape ii which it came from the committee An unusual feature was that no mem ber asked for time to indulge in general oral talk. The facility with which th < bill of 165 pages was put through wai the subject of much comment on th < floor , and the members of the appro priations committee felicitated them selves on the outcome. The bill car ries an appropriation of $31,665,329. The house , immediately after con vening , unanimously and without de bate adopted a resolution providinj for the appointment of a committee o five to consider the reference to th < secret service in the president's mes sage and to suggest what action , i any , should be taken in the matter. In submitting the resolutions Mr Perkins said the statements by th < president could not be lightly disre garded , as they might impair the use fulness of congress ; that undue ob tuseness might argue a lack of propei self-respect. When the provisions for increasinj the salary of the commissioner general oral of immigration was reached Mr Macon , of Arkansas , made a point o order against it , and the increase wa : not allowed. Mr. Fitzgerald , of New York , criti cised the appointment of Daniel Keef < to be commissioner general , remark ing that he had no sympathy witl what , he said , was the "movement t < pay political debts in this manner. ' There was a lot of hypocrisy , he said "about the whole business. " Mr. Mann , of Illinois , defended Mr Keefe , and asserted that whatevei may have been the reasons for his appointment , he was well qualified am would perform his duties with fidelity HEGEMAX IS XOW FREE. Life Insurance Man is Discliarget from Custody. John R. Hegeman , president of th < Metropolitan Life Insurance company who was arrested last February on the charge of perjury in connection witl' the report of state insurance depart ment , was discharged from custodj Friday at Xew York. Hegeman wears his hair long anc his face resembles that of the tradi tional pictures of William Penn. Ir the insurance examinations , while Mr Hegeman was on the stand , a friend of Mr. Hughes leaned forward and said in a low tone to the counsel for the committee : "That is the face ol a saint. " Mr. Hughes replied softly. "But no saint was ever as holy as Mr. Hege man looks. " Mr. Hegeman's influence with New York bankers was great. It was shown in ths insurance trials that he could borrow money at 4 V per cent and re- receive a 3 per cent rebate. At times his personal account amounted to $500,000. IXSAXE MAX CAUSES PAXIC. His Wild Career is Ended When lie is Shot DOAVII. Shouting that he was "John the Baptist , come to save the world , " an aged insane man held the town in ter ror for nearly an hour Friday after noon at Edgewater , X. J. He rushed down the main street , waving a revolv er and shouting , held up half a dozen citizens , robbed the tills of three busi ness establishments , stole a team of horses and exchanged many shots with a hastily formed posse. His wild ca reer was checked when he was shot twice by the possie. It is believed he escaped from a sanitarium at Stam ford , Conn. FLEET TO SEIZE SHIPS. Will Be Real Blockade of Venezuelan Ports. The government of the Netherlands das no intention of being negligent in the matter of the blockade of the Venezuelan coast inaugurated by three of its warships recently. A bat tleship and cruiser left Willemstad Friday morning for Venezuelan wa- : ers , cleared for action. It is believed : hey will demonstrate off La Guaira and will probably begin seizing Vene zuelan merchant vessels , thus putting a stop to trade between Venezuelan ports. A clash between the warships and the coastal forts of Venezuela is liable to follow any radical action. Mack Denies the Story. Xorman E. Mack , chairman of the democratic national committee , Fri day emphatically denied there was any disagreement between himself and Secretary Woodson , of the committee , as has been reported. One Line of Work Only. The Minnesota supreme court has affirmed a decision of the district court holding it unlawful for a practicing physician to practice dentistry. Four Babies at One Time. Four daughters were born to the wife of Prof. Reuben F. Jones , head of the Puxico , Mo. , schools and a school commissioner of Stoddard county. One baby died , but the others are expected to live. $30,000,000 for Missions by John D. According to a professor of Chicago university , John D. Rockefeller will devote $50,000,000 to the promotion of education in the oriental nations. ABRAHAM RUEF CONVICTED. Former Frisco Political Boss Declared Guilty. Abraham Ruef , former political boss of San Francisco , was convicted Thurs day of bribery. The verdict was re turned exactly upon the stroke of 4 o'clock , when the deliberations of the jury had been prolonged throughout a period of twenty-four hours. The warnings of Judge William P. Lawler and the vigilance of the police checked all attempted demonstration , although the excitement in the court room was so intense that men were thrust down into their seats or held in the grasp of detectives as they rose to obtain a better view of the proceedings. t The trial , which has been in progress 106 days , ended with surprising ab ruptness. The day had almost passed without a sign of intimation from the curtained chamber on the upper floor of Carpenter's hall. The hope of Ruef and his attorneys had risen with every hour of delay , and the adherents of the prosecution were proportionately discouraged. With numbers and inter est undiminished , the hundreds of spectators who have clung about the court room during the closing days of the trial retained their seats in the chamber or stood patiently in a long line opposite the entrance with a strong detail of police watching vigi lantly for the first sign of disorder in side and patroled every approach to the hall. The jurors had scarcely tak en their seats in the box before the brief proceedings were at an end. The judge glanced at the verdict and handed it to Clerk Welch , who read it aloud. Attorneys , defendant , spectators , de tectives and police held their breath as the clerk slowly and deliberately , yet with apparent agitation , unfolded the paper , and then , as every eye in the court room was riveted upon him , read the fatal words : "We , the jury , find the defendant , Abraham Ruef , guilty as charged. COXGRESS RESEXTS BLOW. Part of Message Regarded as Offensive May Be Expunged. The leaders of the senate and house were in conference in Speaker Can non's room Thursday afternoon to consider what action , if any , shall be taken concerning that portion of Roosevelt's annual message which re lates to the secret service. Among those present were Senators Hale , Aldrich. Speaker Cannon , Rep resentatives Tawney and Perkins. The last named has prepared a resolution providing for the appointment of a select committee of the house to con sider that part of the president's mes sage regarded as offensive to the mem bers of congress. The question of ex punging from the Congressional Rec ord all the alleged offensive matter has been suggested. SXOW SAAES THE TRAIX. Jumps Track AVhile Going- Fifty Miles an Hour. The wreck of the westbound North ern Pacific limited at McKenzie. twen ty miles east of Bismarck , N. D. , Wed nesday night may be considered one of the lucky wrecks in the annals of railroading reading , according to the railroad men. The fact that almost the entire train , going at a rate of fifty miles an hour and containing more than 200 people , could turn over tlnd go down a ten- foot embankment without killing any body is marvelous. The train struck a broken rail. The packed snow saved the train from destruction. Eleven passengers were seriously injured , while many were cut by broken glasr and bruised by those on the upper sid falling on them. BIG REWARD FOR BAXDITS. Government and Great Northern Offer $6,000 for Their Capture. A reward of $6,000 in which the great Northern company and the United States government share equal responsibility is offered for the arrest and conviction of the three bandits who held up Great Northern passenger train No. 4 , near Hillyard , Wash. , Wednesday night. The men have been traced back to Spokane by the sher iff's officers and a dragnet has been laid all over that city and surround ing country. The bandits robbed only the registered mail sacks from Seat tle. It is said that $16.000 was secured , but postoffice authorities will not ver ify the report. Bloody Row in Saloon. After a brief argument with a crowd af negroes engaged in a game of bill iards in a soloon early Friday at Mem phis , Tenn. , William Latura. a white saloonkeeper of this city , shot and killed three negroes and wounded four others. One of the wounded is a woman. Fishing Schooner Lost ; Crew Saved News of the loss of the fishing schooner M. B. Stetson , of Bucksport , Me. , off the Newfoundland coast this week was received at Gloucester , Miss. , in a telegram from Capt. Mclsaac , of the schooner. The captain and crew were rescued. Five Sent to Prison. Edward Weed , Edward Wescott , Gustav Bayer , Harray Michaels and George Anderson pleaded guilty to the charge of counterfeiting Thursday at Chicago , and were sentenced to terms from four to ten years' imprisonment. The men circulated an immense quan tity of spurious $5 bills. Man Run Down by Train. W. H. Crowninshield , aged 40 , of Boston , was run down and killed by a railway train in Cleveland. O. NE ! * INTERESTS HAPPENINGS * From Day to Day Condensed STATE NEWS 1 FOR OUR BUSY READERS * DAVIS FOUXD XOT GUILTY. Defendant Released AVheu Verdict Is Read. "Not guilty" was the verdict of the jury in the case of Charles E. Davis , accused of the murder of Dr. Freder ick Rustin , a prominent Omaha physi cian , on September 2. The jury was out thirteen hours. The case , which was given to the jury at 5:15 o'clock Wednesday evening , had been on trial for ten days and had attracted wide spread attention. The verdict Avas delivered as soon as court convened Thursday morning. Four ballots were taken on the ques tion of first degree murder and four on the question of second degree murder , one or two men holding out f < lr conr viction in each case. When the ques tion of manslaughter came up the one juror was hard to convince and it was only on the eleventh ballot that he gave in. It is understood the absence of posi tive proof that Davis was in the neigh borhood of the Rustin home at the time of the tragedy is what prevented the jurors from convicting him. Davis spent the night in custody of a deputy sheriff at his own apartments in the Shatham. He slept well and after being advisedxthat the jury had agreed , ate-a hearty breakfast before appearing in the court room. He was released from custody as soon as the verdict was read , and within half an hour was at work at his desk in the woman's department of the First Na tional bank , showing not the sligthest concern. Throughout the trial Davis has re mained absolutely unmoved , never be traying the slightest sign of emotion and even seeming to be entirely dis interested in the evidence or the out come. "I should say not , " was the em phatic reply of County Attorney "Eng lish , who conducted the prosecution , when asked whether Mrs. Abbie Rice , the star witness for the state , would be charged with the murder of Dr. Rustin. "She will be released. The case which the state made against Da vis contemplated , if it did not establish the innocence of the woman as to the commission of the murder. I thought it was a case that demanded the most vigorous prosecution and I exhausted the resources at my command to give it that. Everything the state could do to subserve the ends of justice was done. " Mrs. Rice will be allowed to rejoin her husband. STOLE COAT ; GETS OXE YEAR. Lincoln Woman Shoplifter is Sent to Penitentiary. Pale and trembling , her slight form shaken by sobs , Mrs. Mildred Boles , a pretty woman of 21 years , heard Judge Frost pronounce her' sentence of one year in the penitentiary at Lincoln. Grand larceny was the charge , to which the prisoner pleaded guilty. The plaintiffs were the firm of Rudge & Guenzel , from whom the defendant about a month ago stole a mink fur coat valued at $325 and a pattern hat worth $28. She managed to smuggle the coat out of the store in a valise and wore the hat away , leaving the old one in its place. A few days after ward Mrs. Boles wore the hat to a local theater. An employe of the millinery department of Rudge & Guenzel recog nized the hat and had the Avoman fol lowed home by a policeman. This re sulted in Mrs. Boles' arrest and that of a friend , Mrs. McConnell , AA'ho is noAv serving a thirty-day sentence in the county jail , and the recoA'ery of a quantity of stolen goods. CRACKSMEN" ROB UXCLE SAM. Nearly $400 Worth of Stamps Are Taken. Using a large charge of nitroglycerin which completely Avrecked a mammoth safe in the general store of the Ed wards & Bradford Lumber company , safe blowers at an early hour Thurs day morning made a haul at Narcora. The safe bloAvers got aAvay Avith $90 in cash belonging to the lumber com pany , and $21 in cash and betAveen $350 and $400 in stamps belonging to the postoffice , which is in the same building. Although the explosion at tendant upon the bloAving of the safe must haA'e been a terrific one , the presence of the cracksmen Avas not discovered until they had made good their escape. GRIEF FOR SALOONKEEPER. Complaints Filed ol' Selling : Liquor to Indians. Thomas E. Brents , a secret serA'ice employe , has filed a complaint before County Judge Smith charging W. J. j Paasch , a liquor dealer of Pend ° r. with A'iolation of section 7159. under the Slocumb laAv of 1907. Avhich reads : "Every person so licensed who shall sell intoxicating liquors to any Indian , insane person or idiot or habitual j drunkard shall forfeit and pay for each offense the sum of $50. " Verdict Against Saloons. The district court at Kearney has giA'en a judgment of $2,500 against the saloons of the city in faA'or of Mrs. Lilly Potter , who says her husband was ruined by the use of liquor and does not support his family. Pioneer Minister is Dead. Rev. John Gray , who died Tuesday at his home at Naper. was one of the pioneer preachers of the nortliAvest country. He serA'ed as a missionary to the Indian tribes in Nebraska in the sarly 70s. Xew Light Plant. The wires for the electric lighting plant at Pender are being strung and the engine house is nearing comple tion. The plant Avill be in operation on or before the holidays. SWITCHING CHARGES RAISED. Railway Commission Permits Omahl Stock Yards to Increase Rate. After criticising the attitude of tlv railroads in the controversy Avith th Union Stock Yards company , of Oma ha. the state railway commission per mitted the stock yards men to increasi SAvitching charges 100 per cent. Thi advance , the commission asserts , mus be borne by the railroads. Switching rates Avere formerly 50 cents a car fo : empties and $1 for loaded cars. Tin neAA' schedule proA'ides for $1 for emp ties and $2 for loaded cars. Commissioner Clarke Avrotf. th < opinion. He characterized the uttitudi of the railroads as "enigmatical am a times amounting to lukeAvarm op position" to the proposed increase. The stock yards men filed a com plaint several months ago and de manded the rates be raised. SUPPOSED DEAD MAX ALIVE. Woman Identifies Body as That of Hei Son. As eA'erybocy thought the man wh < Avas murdered and found floating Ir the Niobrara river near Valentine hac been- identified as John Williams , th < son of Mrs. AVilliams , of south o : Ainsworth , Avho came to Valentine about a Aveek ago and identified hirr as her son after examining the bodj and preparations had already beer made to move the body. Sheriff Ros- seter recetA-es a letter from her saying that she had received a letter from hei son enclosing his photograph and stat ing that he Avas very much alive. Th < mystery as to Avho he is is as dens < as ever and bids fair to remain one foi aAvhile , as no clews as to Avho commit ted the murder has been found as yet NEBRASKA WIXXERS AT SHOW. Xumcrous Prizes Awarded at Chicagc Exhibition. Additional prizes aAvarded to Ne braska exhibitors for breeding stoch at the International LiA'e Stock expo sition , include , first for senior year ling Short-horn bull to HoAvell Reed , Pilger , Neb. ; third for senior yearling Aberdeen-Angus heifer to J. W. Mc- Clung & Son , Indianola ; to Straut Bros. . Avoca. first for bull 2 to 3 years , second on bull 1 to 2 years , second or senior yearling heifer , third on junioi yearling heifer , second on senior heifer calf , first on junior heifer calf , and senior champion COAV , first for exhib itors' herd , second for breeders' young herd , second for get of sire and third for produce of county. ILLEGAL SALES TO INDIANS. . Saloonkeepers and Bootleggers Arc Being Apprehended at Pender. Two special agents of the United States government arriA'ed in Pender Monday to investigate the alleged sale of liquor to the Indians by the local saloons. It is said at least a dozeq informations Avill be filed against sa loonkeepers and bootleggers before the im'cstigation ceases. Two booze A'en- clers haAe already been serA'ed wih no- aice to appear for trial Saturday , and there is considerable excitement and alarm among the liquor interests re garding Avhat is to come next. These cases are brought under the state Slo- cum laAV and not under federal juris diction. FAREWELL TO AXDREWS. Members of University Facidty Tend i Him a Banquet. A fareAvell banquet AA'as tendered Chancellor E. Benjamin AndreAA'S , of the UniA'ersity of Nebraska , by mem bers of the faculty club. Chancellor A.ndreAVS has resigned and Avill con clude his service at the conclusion of the university year. The function was attended by leading educators and rep- resentatiA'e men of the state. The Ne braska regents haA'e elected Dr. Sam uel AA'ery , of the uniA'ersity chair of shemistry , to be acting chancellor , his duties beginning Jan. 1. THREE YEARS IX PRISOX. Convicted of Passing a Forged died at Kearney. Clyde Coon , of Omaha , AA'ho was brought to Kearney to answer a charge of forgery for passing a bogus ; heck on W. L. Hand , pleaded guilty n the district court and Avas sentenced ; o three years in the penitentiary. Coon las a Avife and four children liA'ing n Omaha. When the forgery AA'as com- nitted he AA'as supposedly representing ailway construction company. Xo Banquet for Sheldon. There Avi'l be no banquet in honor ) f Gov. Sheldon on the night of Jan. > . The committee in charge of the af- 'air. after a consultation Avith the gov ernor , announced that the banquet lad been called off. Teac-hers Meet at Dunbar. The Otoe County Teachers' associa- ion met at Dunbar Saturday and held > nf of the most interesting meetings > A'er held in the county. Suit Over Hotel. Mrs. Marie Colby has begun action n Judge Walden's court at Beatrice or possession of the Paddock hotel low occupied by the Kentner Hotel : ompany. Suicide Was the Intent. Death from an overdose of mor- ) hine. taken Avith suicidal intent , was he A'erdict of Coroner Heafey's jury n the case of R. G. Harrington , the -oung man Avho AA-as found dying Fri- lay night in his room at the Mer- ihants hotel at Omaha. School for Deaf. C. E. White , superintendent of the nstitute for the deaf , in his biennial eport to GOA * . Sheldon , asks fcr an ippropriation of $50,000 for a new uilding. of the Lena E. Ward , superintendent Nebraska Industrial Home at Milforo. needed for estimates the appropriation - biennium the-coming this institution for follows. nium at $39,880. divided as General repairs. $11,000 ; maintenance , ' $ oOSO : sai- , employes' Avages $19,000 ; f matron ary of physician. $1,600 ; salary ° . tron , $1,200 ; salary of superintendent. for tne cost $2,000. The per capita biennium. based on maintenance , is $437.65. The number of adults In the home December 1 , 1906. was forty ; the number of adults and children in the home December 1 , 1908 , is fifty- admitted during the one ; the number returned to biennium , 66 ; number friends , 46 ; number married , 5 ; iurm ber of adults cared for each year 53 ; number of children in the home De cember 1 , 1906 , 23 ; at the present the bi- time , 23 ; number born during nium , 65 ; number died , 10. The tor nado that struck the girl's industrial that leads to a school caused damage recommendation for the appropriation of $15,000 for repairs and improve ments. This is included in the report of Miss McMahon , superintendent of the institution. She estimates that $53,720 AA-ill be needed in the next two years for improvements and mainte nance. There were 58 girls in the school at the time the report was made. The superintendent details the work of the home , where the girls are taught to do all kinds of housework and are prepared to enter homes as useful members. * * * The biennial report of Dr. G. A. Young , superintendent of the Norfolk insane asylum , AA'hich has been filed with Gov. Sheldon , shoAA-s that out of a total appropriation of $229,000 , made by the legislature tAVo years ago , there remains a balance of 087,067.36 to pay expenses until next April. There has been expended during the biennium $141,932.64. The estimated expendi tures for the coming biennium amount to $292,600. Of this amount $116.0-00 is for permanent improA'ements , in cluding $20,000 to complete neAV build ings in course of construction. The new permanent improA'ements are enumerated as folloAA's : NCAV building for men , $45,000 ; one 250-horse poAA'er AA-ater tube boiler , $4,000 ; one 75-horse power direct connected Corliss engine and generator , $5,000 ; nurses' and at tendants' home , $12,000 ; horse and cow barn , $7,500 ; neAV farm land , $16- 000 ; tunnels , $1.500 ; furnishing new buildings , $5,000. For officers' an employes' AA-ages , maintenance and r&i pairs and improvements an appropria tion of $176,000 is asked for. On No vember 30 , 1906 , the institution had a population of 262 patients , 43 being at home on parole ; patients received during the biennium , 227 ; returned from parole , 4 ; discharged new cases , SO ; discharged cases paroled previous to December , 1906 , 41 ; paroled , 34 ; r escaped , 2 ; died , 47 ; deported , 1 ; H * transferred to Lincoln , 2 ; remaining * in hospital November 30 , 1908 , 283 , of AA'hich 155 are males and 128 females , * * * , . The biennial report of E. B. Sher V man , superintendent of the industrial school for boys at Kearney , recites a hard luck story , which winds up with eA'erything happy and prosperous. On the day before Christmas , 1907 , a new recruit from South Omaha , broke out with the smallpox. The merry Christ mas day AA'as spent in vaccinating 130 boys , after which the entire school was placed under quarantine. Seven teen cases of smallpox followed that , AA'hich the South Omaha youngster de veloped. As the school emerged from the smallpox scourge diphtheria ap peared , but only tAvo cases wer se vere. The next calamity AA'as the In crease of the price of feed for stock. For ten months the institution has had trouble with its AA'ater supply. Fire destroyed the horse barn on November 23 , 1908 , and 24 horses AA'ere lost. And the population has steadily decreased. Mr. Sherman says it is due to theoper- ation of the juA-enile court authorities in Omaha and Lincoln. These cities , he says , are taking care of their juve nile delinquents better than ever be fore. Another reason for the decreasq in population is due to the unusual number of paroles. During the bien nium there has been received 202 boya and 268 left the institution. Notwith standing the calamitous hand which has been laid on this institution there AA-ill be no deficiency , the report says. Mr. Sherman asks for an appropriation of $108,000 for the next biennium * * * Lydia J. McMahon , superintendent of the girls' industrial school at Gene va , in her biennial report , says there were present November 30 , 1908 in the school 58. TAVO years ago there were 63 ; number received during the biennium , 42 ; returned from parole 7- total number cared for , 112 ; number paroled , 55 ; cost per capita , $292 4 * Miss McMahon estimates the appro" priation needed for the coming bier * , nium at $32,751.90. * * According to the seventeenth bien nial report of the Nebraska Institute for the blind , $44.700 is required for ita maintenance and equipment during the coming biennium. The institution has a balance on hand of $12 7i ' nut of an appropriation of $50,000" two years ago. There were 75 * enrolled during the biennium The per capita cost of the soldiers home at Grand i for the year 1907 was $198.66 , The population of the soldiers' at Milford December l , 1908 by the biennial report filed' with governor by Joseph Presson mandant , is 183. There weren'C ° m during the biennium 10 ? and died , 132. County Attorney J. p Hebron , has notified thf " ' sioner's office that Cramer Chester , against whom was brought for sellin * and short raflded weight corn have pleaded
