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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.
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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
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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