THE VALEN1IE
VALENTINE , NEB.
M. RICE. . . . - Publisher.
SIX PERSONS BURNED
OTHERS HURT IX DISASTROUS
LENOX , MASS. , FIRE.
.Four Business Blocks and TAVO
Dwellings Destroyed in Blaze Which
Starts Among Oils and Dynamite in
Clifford Block Terrific Explosioi * .
Six persons lost their lives , three
-others were badly burned and a prop
erty loss of between $200,000 and
$300,000 was caused by the fire which
.started in the heart of the business
section of Lenox , Mass. , early Sun
day. Four business blocks and two
dwellings and two other structures
were destroyed in a section bounded
by Franklin , Main , Housatonic and
Church streets.
The fire is believed to have started
from spontaneous combustion.
The dead : Edward C. Venires ,
electrician ; Mrs. Edward C. Ventres ;
Miss Leslie Ventres , aged 12 years ;
Miss Alice French , bookkeeper ; Miss
Isabel Cook , bookkeeper ; Miss Mary
Sparks , school teacher. Miss Cath
erine Root and her two sons , George
and Arthur , were severely burned.
A fortunate shift of the wind saved
the public library and the fashionable
Curtis hotel. In the hotel there was
-several Easter parties from New York
and Boston. The loss of life occurred
in the Clifford building , where the
Tjlaze started , and resulted primarily
: from a series of explosions among the
-turpentine , paints , oils and dynamite
stored in the cellar.
The death of Miss French was one
of the pitiful tragedies of the fire.
-while the blaze in the Clifford block
Kvas at its height a Avoman was seen
? to climb out of a flame filled room
onto the veranda on the second story
Avith. her night clothing and her hair
ablaze. Staggering to the railing the
Avoman leaped to the sidewalk beneath
landing in a heap within five or six
feet of the blazing AA'alls. Some of the
horrified onlookers attempted to drag
her out , but the Intense heat drove
them back , and not until the flames
had practically died out was the body
recovered.
While none of the beautiful summer
residences that have made this Berk
shire tOAvn famous the country over
Avas threatened , many prominent New
York and Boston society people Avere
at the Curtis hotel , which Avas at one
* .tSme in danger.
MARATHON TO JAXSEX.
Victorious in Amateur EA-ciit at Long
Island City.
Harry Jansen , of the Pastime Ath-
4-Jetic club , Avon a Marathon race at
Celtic park , Long Island City , Satur
day , in Avhich seventeen amateurs
competed. -
Just before the race a riot was pre
cipitated among the 5,000 spectators
who threatened harm to Charles Haas ,
a special policeman Avho had shot and
dangerously injured Thomas B. Daly ,
XL 14-year-old boy , Avho tried to smug
gle his Avay into the grounds by climb ,
ing the fence.
TWO KILLED ; XIXE HURT.
Burlington Train Leaves Track on a
Curve Xear Bristol , Wash.
Two people were killed and nine
others injured in the wreck of Burling
ton train No. 16 , which left Tacoma ,
Wash. , Saturday afternoon on the
Northern Pacific. The train Avas de
railed one mile Avest of Bristol ? Wash. ,
between Clellum and Ellensburg. The
engineer and fireman Avere killed. A
-Among the injured is William BlaU
of Norfolk. Neb.
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BOOTH PIiAXS A TRIP. d
Salvation Army General to Again
Visit America and Canada.
At the celebration of the SOth anni d
versary of the birth of Gen. William h
Booth , Avhich began in NCAV York Sun S1
day , it Avas announced by Commis AV
sioner Thomas Estill , of Chicago , that ir
the founder of the Salvation army is
planning another trip throughout the
United States and Canada next fall
The corps al OAer the AA-orld helc
meetings Sunday to celebrate th' tc
general's birthday. tcp
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Saturday's quotations on the Sioux d
City live stock market follow : . Top.
hogs , $7.00. Top prime beeves for
-week , $6.60.
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Tobacco Warehouses Burn. iaS
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Fire of incendiary origin destroyed hi
four large tobacco Avarehouses at LI
Jtfayfield , Ky. , early Sunday. LIbi
Niagara's Voice Stilled.
The voice of the Niagara AA'as mute
Sunday for the second time in the w
memory of man. The river is frozen hi
solid from bank to bank. ri
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Taft at Easter Service.
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President Taft attended Easter ser
vices at St. John's Episcopal church ,
-of which Mrs. Taft is a member
.AfterAvards he AA'as compelled to hold ol
< an informal reception on the steps of rlA -
the church. A :
MRS. SA31PSON FBEB.
Jury Acquits Her of Murdering ITer
Husband.
Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson , AA'ho
has been on trial at Lyons , N. Y. , since
Monday on the charge that she had
shot and killed her husband , Harry
Sampson , AA'as acquitted shortly after
10 o'clock Friday night.
Mrs. Sampson AA'as trembling Avhen
the jury announced its verdict , but
she recovered her composure and
smilingly received the embraces of her
father and other relatives and the
congratulations of her friends. She
thanked and shook hands Avith the
jurors , her laAvyers and the reporters ,
but declined to make any statement
for publication.
Mr. Gilbert , though a cousin of Mrs.
Sampson , by marriage , prosecuted the
case vigorously but said he was satis-
led Avith the verdict.
The testimony of the dpfense Fri
day Avas brief and at G:30 o'clock
Judge Rich completed his charge to
the jury , and an hour later the jurors
retired to deliberate. At 10 o'clock
they reported having reached an
agreement , Avent to their places in
court , and in answer to the clerk's
formal question their foreman ansAver-
ed stoutly , "Not guilty. "
Mrs. Sampson is to all appearances
on the verge of a breakdoAvn from the
strain to Avhich she has been subjected
since the beginning on Monday of her
trial for the murder of her husband.
She did not sleep at all Thursday
night and Friday morning in turn de
manded and pleaded Avith her attor
neys for the priA'ilege of going on the
stand and explaining everything.- Her
adA'isers and friends had difficulty in
calming her. When she entered the
court room she Avas s'till pale and hag
gard and her attorneys feared she
might collapse.
The jury commenced deliberating at
7:30 o'clock and long before that hour
the court room , galleries and corridors
were thronged Avith people , women
predominating1 , aAvaiting- the verdict.
OIL EXPLODES IN A STILL.
f\vo len Lose Lives at Point Richmond
mend , California.
Two men Avere burned to death and
three others seriously injured , one fa
tally , as the result of an explosion in
one of the oil stills of the Standard
Oil company at Point Richmond , Cal. ,
Friday.
The dead are : John Granger , 70
years old ; Charles LaAA'rence , chief
clerk , 30 years old , of Santa Rosa.
The fire Avhich scattered over eight
acres of territory , AA'as fought for over
an hour by 1,500 men , and the damage
Avill reach $50,000.
The still Avhich exploded had a ca
pacity of 10,000 barrels , and as near
as can be learned the bottom fell out
of it , causing an explosion , which
ignited the oil and scattered it over .
eight acres , burning eA'erything AA'hich
it touched.
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PAYNE BILL PASSES.
Measure Has a Smooth Path Through
The House Friday.
After three AA-eeks of consideration
the Payne tariff bill Avas passed by the
house of representatives Friday night
by a vote of 217 to 161. One republi
can. Austin , of Tennessee , voted
against the measure , and four demo
crats , all from Louisiana , voted fo * >
it. An attempt by Champ Clark , the
minority leader , to recommit the bill
Avith instructions signally failed.
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began at
noon until the minute of adjournment.
The members Avere keyed up to the
highest pitch , and a practically full
membership remained on duty.
Negro Lynched in Florida.
John Smith , the negro AA'ho dragged
Miss Mary Steel Ewing from her
buggy , tAvo miles from Arcadia , Fla. ,
in an attempt at a criminal assault ,
was taken from the sheriff and hanged
to a tree Sunday.
Letter Carrier a Thief.
After forty years in the service of f
me , government as a letter carrier P'
Ben F. Holland , of New York , has tl
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been arrested on the charge of stealing p
money from letters giArcn to him for a-
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delivery. jt
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Goldman in NCAV York. n
Emma Goldman , the anarchist , ad
dressed a large audience of her fol-
leAvers at Lyric hall , in NBAV York ,
Sunday. Miss Goldman's remarks
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AA'ere entirely temperate and the meeting -
ing Avas orderly. ,
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Hearing Is Put Off.
The hearing of the injunction suit
against the eighteen Missouri railroads
prevent the threatened increase of
passenger ; rates , Avhich AA'as filed at
St. Louis by Circuit Attorney Jones at n
the request of Gov. Hadley , has been nc
deferred < for seA'eral days. ai
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Kansas Man Shoots. Four. th
Horace SchAvartz , of Hutchinson , thor
Kan. , shot his Avife , , her brother , Mar
ian Green , and a neighbor , Phineas
Spain , Sunday. He then tried to end
his OAA'n life by drinking carbolic acid. P
Mrs. SchAA-artz is in a critical condition or
but the men were not seriously hurt. ar
Artist Earle Disappears.
Ferdinand Pinney Earle , the artist ,
whose "affinity" AA-ife recently sued the
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him for an annulment of their mar W
riage , has left his home at Monroe , AA' (
. Y. . and his Avhereabouts are at an
present unknown. a
No Work Abroad.
Forty English immigrants unable , „
Dbtain employment in England ar PC
rived in NCAV York Sunday on the icr
American line steamship St. Paul. : he
XO STIUKE OEf MIXERS.
Conference Ends in fi Deadlock , But
- Old Scale Will Be Paid.
After conferences extending since
"Wednesday , the anthracite coal oper
ators and the officials of the United
Mine Workers of America , representing -
ing the miners , at which the question
of a wage agreement was discussed ,
the operators Friday rejected the
modified demands of the miners pre
sented Thursday and the conference
adjourned deadlocked.
There will be no strike inaugurated
by the mine workers , however , and
the only danger of a suspension of
mining In the near future , according
to the mine workers' officials , arise
from the possibility of the refusal of
the operators to permit the miners to
work without an agreement.
INTERVENTION THOUGHT OP
Zelaya's Course Is Annoying to State
Department.
Xicaraguan mutilation of official
dispatches to this government and con
tinued grave conditions in Central
America are under the earnest consid
eration of the Washington govern
ment. . Investigations have convinced
the officials at Washington that cipher
dispatches passing between John H.
Gregory , the American charge at Man
agua , Nicaragua , and the state depart
ment at Washington were purposely
mutilated during Nicaragua's unusual
military activity.
It would not be surprising in view
of the unsatisfactory conditions which
prevail if the American government
should at any time take active steps
to end the existing state of affairs in
Central America and notify Nicaragua
that henceforth peace must prevail at
all hazards. Moral suasion with Nic
aragua has failed to accomplish the
object sought , that of impressing her
with the desire , both of the United
States and Mexico , that there be a
cessation of conditions which keep
other Central American republics constantly -
stantly guessing as to what may hap
pen and that tend to the improvish-
ment of the people because of their
fears of the future. Intervention in
Central American affairs has been
talked of unofficially repeatedly.
American war vessels are still re
tained in Central American waters and
Thursday the cruiser North Dakota
sailed from Magdalena bay for Ama-
bala , Honduras , into the Gulf of Fon-
seca , in which some of the naval activity -
tivity maintained by Nicaragua ha ?
manifested itself.
DIVORCE COLONY HIT.
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Nevada Judge Rules Both Parties
Must Be Residents.
The divorce colony at Reno , Nev. , is
much distrubed over a ruling by Justice
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tice Orr Thursday that both parties to
a divorce action must be bona fide .
residents. The Sothern divorce suit
is said to be almost identical with the -
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case in question.
The decision was given in the case
of Howland vs. Howland , in which the
wife came to Reno and caused papers
to be served on her husband during
a brief business visit.
The court held such action to be
illegal. He declared the law did not
throw the courts of Nevada open to tl
the world , so that people might come 12
here , stay a day or so , the plaintiff
start the action , the defendant come in
and be served and thus confer jurisdic
tion on the court.
There are at least fifty men and VI
women in Reno to get divorces to rr
whom the decision will apply.
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SPANKING IS PREMISSIBLE.
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Detroit Father Deals Out Old Fash luh
ioned Kind and Is Upheld.
In the police court at Detroit , Mich
Thursday Justice Jegeries upheld di
the right of a father to ad difi
minister the old fashioned spanking in
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to 'his 17-year-old daughter , even if w
her diginity suffered.
Margaret Granzan , aged 17 , had her tr
father arrested for disturbing the
peace ' after a spanking. Granzan told i
the judge that the performances AA-as
part : of an effort to keep his daughter
away from cheap theatres , and the
justice decided that spanking young in ;
ladies of 17 was permissible in moder- et
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Fire Loss $73oOo. ai
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The manufacturing plant of the
Brown , Carson , Dillman company to
gether with two churches and six
dwellings were burned in a fire at
Franklin , O. , Friday , which caused a
total loss of $75,000.
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Democratic Monthly.
Norman E. Mack , chairman of the
national ; democratic committee , an
nounced Friday that he had completed so
arrangements' for the publication of toed :
monthly magazine to be known as ,
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the National Monthly , and devoted to
the interests of the * democratic party.
Sugar Trust Settles.
The American Sugar Refining com
pany has paid liquidated bills for duty vcNi
alleged short weights imports Ni
amounting to $871,806.
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Coal Mine Explodes.
By an explosion in a mine owned by
Berwin-White coal company , near AV
Windber , Pa. , Friday night , seven men )
ivere killed am1 four are still entombed n.c
ind probably dead. The setting off of .K
dynamite blast caused the explosion.
Noted Woman Succumbs.
Mme. Helena Modjeaka , the famous Wi
Polish tragedienne died Thursday at ce :
home near Los Angeles , Cal. , at to
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age of 65. j
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BANKERS TO TAKE A HAND.
Move Being- Made to Test Legality of
Daylight BUI.
The first decisive steps looking to a
legal test of the daylight saloon law
recently passed by the Nebraska legis
lature was taken by sixty members of
the Nebraska Bankers' association at
a meeting held in OmrJ.ia Thursday
night. The law was discussed from a
business I standpoint and it was decided
by t those present that it should be op
posed by the business interests of the
state.
C. F. McGrew , of the Omaha Na
tional bank , was made chairman of a
committee which is empowered to act
for the bankers , it was stated. The
committee will at once decide on a
line of action and counsel will be em
ployed to institute such proceedings as
appear advisable. The meeting was
called by the chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Nebraska Bank
ers' association , but it was stated that
any action taken would be by mem
bers as individuals and not on behalf
of the association.
BRYAN LAUDS SALOON BILL.
Peerless Leader Says It is Credit teState
State of Nebraska.
In the Commoner W. J. Bryan says :
"In the enactment of a law providing
that all saloons must close by 8 o'clock
in the evening and open no earlier
than 7 o'clock in the morning , Nebras
ka has taken the lead in conservative
temperance legislation. It is distinct
ly . to the credit of this great state that
it is the first to enact a law so in keep
ing with the calm , intelligent thought
of the country. It is distinctly to the
credit of a democratic legislature that
a daylight saloon law is among the
important i reforms brought about
through its deliberations , and Gov.
Shallenberger is to be congratulated
upon having given it his approval. It
may well be believed that the thor
ough enforcement of the daylight sa
loon law will result in such good to
society , to the state and to all the
cities thereof that even many who
now bitterly oppose it will be brought
o realize its excellence.
WAYNE CITIZENS HONORED.
Normal Committee Given Rousin
Welcome on Return Home.
Upon the arrival home Wednesday
from : Lincoln of Messrs. Henry Ley ,
John T. Bressler , , Phil H. Kohl anti
James Britton , the committee selected
to ( represent Wayne in the sale of the
Nebraska normal college of Wayne
to < the state of Nebraska for a state
normal during the state legislative
session , and who were never tiring in
their efforts to accomplish the splendid
results achieved , were met at the depot
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pot by members of the Wayne Com
mercial club , the Commercial club
band and citizens , and after three
hearty cheers were given for the
Wayne Normal college and congratula
tions extended the committee , they
were escorted up Main street amid
much enthusiasm.
Election at Pierce.
Quite a good deal of interest was
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taken in the election held at Pierce .
Tuesday. The candidates on the peo- ,
pie's ticket were mostly successful , al
though both the candidates on the cit-
izens' ticket for councilmen were
sleeted.
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Accused of Cruelty.
Mrs. Anna Brown has secured a di S
vorce from Rev. Marcus Brown , for- r
mely rector of St. Alban's Episcopal rn
church of Chicago , but now doing tl
mission work at Creighton , Neb. Mrs.
Brown charged cruelty. She related tl
several episodes which tended to il tlb
lustrate the tempestuous disposition of tl
her < husband.
Result at Ilartington.
A severe snow storm which raged all
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flay and the absence of any well de- j.
fined ] issue resulted in a light vote be-
ing cast at Hartington. The following It
were elected : George J. Beste , may- Itw
01 ; B. Ready , clerk ; R. G. Mason , it
treasurer ; H. D. Spork , alderman tA
First ward ; W. H. Krause , alderman tAh.
Second ( ward. h.cli
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"Dry" Ticket at Wakeficld.
Election passed off very quietly in
Wakefield , there being but one ticket m
the field , and that was a "dry" tick cc
et. There was quite a large vote cast ccai
lonsidering that the saloon men had tc
ticket. Wakefield business men 3
ire satisfied with conditions without tl
he saloon. reef
Williams at Lincoln , June 10.
John Sharp Williams , former minor-
ty leader in the lower house of congress
of
gress , has accepted the invitation to
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leliver the commencement address on
Fune 10 before the UniA'ersity of Ne- AVb
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Lodged in Jail at Stanton.
Frank Reihchow , a farmer living
southeast of Norfolk , is in jail at Stan- te :
on for shooting his neighbor , Otto at
Bernstrong. Bernstrong received two
shots in the fa'ce , though they did not ;
penetrate deeply. Reihchow does not
leny the shooting.
Result at Bancroft. st
At the election in Bancroft a small it
'ote was polled. G. C. Teich and F. C. cc
Nielsen were elected for the two-year he
erm and John Conlin for the one- or
ear term as councilmen. th :
"Wets" Win at Emerson.
H. J. Linderink and Ernest Enke
vere < elected members of the village
oard at. Emerson. Three members
lold over , but .the board favors high ple
icense. Emerson now has three sa- : e
eons paying $1,500 each.
"Drys" Win at Allen.
The feature of the election at Allen AV.
vas the question of license or no li- he
ense. The contest resulted in a vic- !
ory for the latter by almost two to z ;
me. The .citizens' board was elected. > y
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DIES AS HE CLOSES PLEA.
Ex-Gov. Poyntcr Suddenly Stricken
Stops the Saloon Debate.
W. A. Poynter , ex-governor of Ne
braska , just as he closed a speech in
the office of Gov. Shallenberger at the
daylight saloon bill hearing Monday
in favor the bill , was stricken with ap
oplexy and died within a few minutes.
The effect of Poynter's death was at
once apparent. The hearing was stop
ped. The liquor advocates and the
Omahans were silent , while the prohi
bitionists were silenced by the death
of their colleague.
At the hearing on the daylight sa
loon bill before Gov. Shallenberger
Mr. Poynter spoke with deliberation.
His address was impressive. He had
barely seated himself when he fell to
the floor. Physicians , two of whom
were present , rushed to his side , but
he was beyond human aid. Across the
hall to the adjutant general's office the
stricken man was carried. Three doc
tors were there and examined the
the man , working his arms back and
forth to induce respiration , but the
breath of life was gone and could not
be lured back. A hypodermic injec
tion of nitroglycerin was tried , but tone
no effect.
In his address Poynter said : "We
come to you not because we believe
you do not know your mind , but be
cause we wish to impress as we may
the need of this measure. It will bene
fit the morals of the state. Nor is the
measure a local one. About you are
men from different parts of the state.
The protest comes from the metropo
lis of the state , but this is not a local
matter. The daylight saloon bill is
merely an amendment to the Slocum
law. It is not presumed that any city
will conduct it's affairs without regard
to the laws of the state. I am hearti
ly in favor of a city managing its own
affairs. I favor municipal independ
ence , but this measure is state-wide
and is not an intrusion upon the rights
of any local government. "
Poynter was born in Eureka , 111. ,
in 1848. He served as populist gov
ernor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901
nad was defeated for re-election by
C. H. Dietrich. Since leaving the ex
ecutive office he has lived in Lincoln.
BAN ON CHAIN LETTERS.
Po tofficc Department Stops Growing
Mails in Nebraska.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has notified the Omaha post
master that so far as chain prayer
letters are concerned they are illegal
in Nebraska and are not entitled to
transmission through Uncle Sam's
mails.
These prayer .letters first started
down at Fairbury , where some indi
vidual wrote nine letters to nine per
sonal friends , requesting that each of
the nine write nine such letters to nine
friends , with the request that these
friends make the same request of
their friends.
In a few days letters commenced to
come into the Fairbury office by the
hundreds , and then they commenced
to ' swamp the Omaha office , with the
result ' that the postmaster called the
attention of the department at Wash
ington , to what was going on. Hence
the order.
The chain letters , all of which were
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similar , were peculiar in this respect ;
they requested the recipient to offer
prayer and to write the same prayer
to nine friends. The letters state that
in case the request is complied with
some ( great blessing will come to the
recipients < at a certain date , but if ig
nored a great calamity will befall
them in the near future.
Washington authorities hold that
the letters promise things that cannot
be accomplished by the writers and
that they tend toward fraud.
Scliuyler Furnishes Freak.
A peculiar speciment of animal life
was born recently at the farm of
James Booth , two miles east of Schuy-
ler. It was a calf having two heads.
Its two heads are joined together
where the two inside ears would be if
had four ears. However , it only has
two ears , one on the outside of each
head . , but it has four eyes , and two
distinct mounths and noses.
Preparing for Big Time.
The Hastings Knights of Pythias art
making elaborate preparations for the n
convention of the Knights of Pythias t
ind the Pythian sisterhood , which is v
be held there May 10 and 11. Some Si
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350 members are expected and prac P
tically every city in the state will be 1tl
represented. tl
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Land Brings High Price. P
It is reported that a quarter section sit
f land , eight miles from Minden was t
sold for $16,000. This is not very nn
ivell improved , so that the price of the nn
3are land would be about $100 per n
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Base Ball at Liberty. d
Liberty has organized a. baseball do du
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eam , with J. M. Cunningha'm as man- o
iger. The town is to have some good C
jxhibitions of the national game this t
eason.
Destructive Fire at Crofton. $
A fire Avhich broke out in a. livery fr
stable at Crofton Monday night de-
itroyed a livery stable , a saloon and- Sin
contents , a hardware store , the City n
lotel and the electric light plant. The o
jrigin of the destructive blaze is a
hought to be incendiary. $
Fire Destroys Coal. of
Two carloads of coal , carload 01
lay and the coal sheds of Fields &
slaughter at Dakota City , were com- to
Dletely destroyed by fire Sunday af-
Veteran Minister Killed.
Rev. E. W. Johnson , of Owens , whc f ]
vas killed in a runaway-at his farm Iig'
lome Tuesday was brought to Seward g'
g'a
or interment. The first church organ- a
zation in Seward county , was effected tl
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Rev. Mr. Johnson. It was the Unit- G
Brethren church. 0 ]
Tinlcerintr Itfc the Tariff.
would suit everyone
Still , a tariff that
freak.-Omaha
would be something of a
Bee.
Bee.The. ship of state will be pleased to
the tanft
hear that the new bill reduces
on anchors a half cent a pound. Milwau
kee Sentinel.
The holders of the larger part of the
' which is in tins
world's coffee supply ,
country to-day , did not get the present
duty of 4 cents a pound on which to unload
through the tana
load their holdings
bill , as expected. Rockford Register-L-a-
zette.
There is such a thing as doing injus
tice even to Serene E. Payne. Criticising
him for not interfering with Standard
Oil's benefits under the tariff is to take
the position that the tariff bill should
have been assured of defeat before it was
introduced. Louisville Times.
Lovers of coffee will not feel particu
larly sorry that the tariff on chicory root
and other substitutes for coffee is in-
ci eased by the Payne bill. Chicory is a
palatable salad , and it is valuable to.
rhyme with Terpsichore , but there its
utility ends. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Crime of Kidnaping-
A State bounty on the scalps of kidnap
ers might fill the bill. Pittsburg Chroni
cle-Telegraph.
It's a pretty cheap boy who hasn't
been kidnaped or threatened with it.
Washington Times.
One offense which will never be palliat
ed by unwritten law is that of kidnaping.
Atlanta Constitution.
Punishments that lit the crime of child-
stealing have gone out of fashion in civ
ilized countries. Cleveland Leader.
The Cleveland police are entitled to al !
happy compliments on their capture of
the Whitla kidnapers. Detroit News-
Tribune.
The complete failure of the Whitla
crime ought to discourage even the most
foolhardy who have thought of going into
the business. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Undoubtedly miscreants who thus play
with life and death and bring the furies
to the door of the parents of the stolen
child deserve no clemency. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Oir io Afrlcn.
It might be Avell to carry a
lypewiiiei" into Africa to aAoid scaring. Su
the jame. Springfield Republican.
However , the African tsetse fly can
hardly'be ' blamed if it is partial to biting
simplified spellers. Milwaukee Sentinel.
'a he fact that Mr. RooseA-elt has laid
in a cozen pairs of boots and shoes Tor
his African expedition does not imply an
intention to quit kicking. Galvestoa
News.
Winston Churchill says that an African.
lion Avill slink away at a stern Avord-
Mr. Roosevelt may discover that a lion
is not as nervy as a Congressman.
Omaha Bee.
Dr. Frederick Starr's anxiety concern
ing tlie danger that confronts Colonel
IlooseA'elt in Africa might as well resolve-
itpelf into a philosophical acceptance of
the inevitable. Cleveland Plain Dealer , /y
Trouble in the Balkan * .
Austria takes the pot ; SerA-ia could not
make good its artistic bluff. Washington !
Post.
Servia is Avilling to accept the advice-
of world powers , which is better than be
ing devoured. Atlanta Journal.
All quiet on the Danube , but Avith' Ser
via still not inviting to underwriters a *
a AA'ar risk. Cleveland Leader.
The frequent reports of inevitable \var
in the Balkans would not render a real
war less surprising. Washington Star.
But , after all , Avouldn't it be a uoo.'I
idea for Europe to stand aside just lone :
enough for Servia to receive one good
licking ? Newark News.
OLLE6ES
The Junior Citizen is
the
name of a
weekly newspaper which is attracting at
tention in educational circles
as a new
vocational method applicable to ppbliq
schools. It is printed and edited bv the
pupils of Public School Xo. ; ; at'Xew
York , the entire printing plant bein
the property of the school , the teachers
having paid for it on the installment
plan , on tne suggestion of Principal Cron-
son. The teachers contribute articles and
thus ] make the
paper a vehicle of com
munication with children
and
parents ,
while the privilege of doing literary or
mechanical work in connection with the
sheet is used as an incentive to good
work. The
boys assigned
_ to the printery
do their work '
after 3 o'clock and on Sat
urdays , so as not to interfere
with
the-
official : curriculum. Each terra
new re
cruits ) have to be inducted into
the mvs-
tenes of the business.
It Avas made
known Tuesdav th-it n.
$1,000,000 building , which hafbeen quiet
ly going up near the Carnegie Technical
"
Institute in Pittsburg and . .which"no o"e
seemed to know
the
purpose of is to be a
new School of
Applied
Sciences
the -ifr
of Andrew Carnegie' . A similar b Idln , ' *
$1,000,000 is nearing completion.
A bill introduced by G II Mitt
Roseau , in the Minnesota HouV iVn'
tended to strengthen the present
sory education law. It requires ehildreS
go to school the whole '
term unless'
their
parents are so poor that
not clothe them. they con-
To celebrate St. 1-atrick's
day
,
freshmen law class in the University'
of
' rBtr rt/
and : a half vaudeville perforaiarc" nml"
then succeeded in "Cttin T"/ " . ,
e-iune i
Ponrrro IT" " AT resident
T
iieorge Li. McLean
and Do-in . *
, . - * \Atj f * , + * x \ 11 f < ri0-
ory to make speeches to them.