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VAIiENTINE , NEB.
t. M. RICE , - - - - Publishci
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CHICAGO RIVER.
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SJridge at .Jackson Boulevard , Chicago ,
Drawn to AlJoxv Vessel to Pass - Cai
Approached , Hit Abutment and
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_ Turned Over Into Stream.
Au automobile containing several
persons , , believed to have been four ,
whose identity had not been learned ,
plunged into the Chicago river Sun-
day night at Jackson boulevard. The
- occupants of the automobile were
2 -drowned. No bodies have been recov-
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ered. A witness reported that the
bridge at Jackson boulevard had been
opened for a steamer to pass through
and that the automobile , which had
-approached toward the bridge at a
rapid rate , struck the .abutment , turn-
ed over and fell into the river with all
its occupants. A moment later he saw
.a. man and woman struggling in the
nvater , the woman clinging to the man.
j She screamed for help and a bridge
tender threw out life preservers as
both victims sank. 1 :
Dr. Adolph E. ! Bertling. who had
stopped in his automobile at the abut-
, ment of the bridge when he heard the
signal for the bridge to open , saw the
accidenL
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Bertling , "I saw a boat pass. Just at
that moment I looked about and saw a
big touring car approaching. I saw a
man in the front scat , but could not
tell how many occupants were in the
car. The driver failed to slow up and
I called to him to stop. Either he
Tailed to hear me or he could not
stop the car for a second later I saw
the machine topple over the edge of
the abutment. Then I heard ' screams. : '
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Members of the police and fire de
partments kept at work in an effort
to rorover the automobile and the
todics. but up to a late hour Sunday
night no trace that might lead to iden I
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tification : or the number of victims had
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FOUND SLAIN ON ROOF.
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4500 ? Mining i from Body of Oklahoma
City Man.
Roy it. Gannon a real estate dealer
who came to Oklahoma City , Okla. .
"from Lexington , Ky. , was found mur-
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dered on the roof of a ten-story office
'building Sunday and oOO. . which be
drew from a local bank Saturday , is"
-missing.
Evident disorder in Gannon's office
.on the fourth floor of the building in- .
-dica-tes that he was attacked there and
'his body dragged to the roof by a rope
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-which was found around his neck.
The body bore a number of cuts and
' bruises , and some of the dead man's
. friends declared he was murdered as
' a result of a jealous quarrel. Gannon
was 28 years old and has relatives in
Kentucky.
BUIIIED TWO DAYS.
: Ent.on lJl'd Kc.adninC'l' ' : , Taken Out
Alive and Well.
Charles Moody and Harry Anderson ,
'the Carlin. Nev. . miners who were
"buri-d ! under tons of rock and timbers
"in a cavern in the Copper King mino
. . Friday , were rescued alive at 1 o'clock.
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Moody and Anderson are both well
the latter declaring his intention of
going to work Monday "to make th"
.shaft safe. "
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Carrie Nation Jailed.
After entc'ringthe cafe of the Hotol
'Knickerbocker and shouting that th < '
men drinking were "going straight to ,
hell. " Carrie Nation , the redoubtable
"Kansas ' saloon smasher was followed I
. down Broadway New York City , by a
"hooting crowd Sunday night until < 11'-
rested and taken to the tenderloin pn-
, Hice station charged with disorderly
conduct.
Women Vote in Norway.
In the general election that took
place Saturday throughout Norway :
women for the first timu . , ' ( ' 1' "
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granted : the right of suffrage. . The : :
-voted heavily in the towns , but sli ht-
4 : ly in the country districts. The radica'
c government is defeated.
Tivo Robbers Arc Killed. : /
Two men were killed at a Pennsyl
. vaiia railroad camp near Centerville
- Ind. . Sunday it being said the mov
were shot to death while they were
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followers.
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Sioux City Live Stock : Market.
: Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
nogs , $7.75. Top feeders , $6.00.
Lambs , $6.60.
Hunbard to the Orient.
Rear Admiral John Hubbard , naval
aid to the assistant secretary of the
navy , was Sunday ordered to command
the Third squadron of the Pacific fleet.
now stationed in the orient.
To Come to the States.
H. J. Stiler , general manager of the
Panama railroad , has resigned. It was
understood that he will take charge of
the management of an important rail-
read In the United States.
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$25,000,000,000 Left to Education , Re
ligion and Charity.
I John Steward Kennedy , octogena-
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rich men , who died of whooping cough !
in his New York residence October
31st , left bequests of more than $25-
000,000 to religious , charitable and ed-
ucational institutions in his will , filed
for probate Friday. The gift is the
largest single contribution of its . kim
ever made , and the beneficiaries in-
clude educational and church institu-
this country and one abroad , sixty in
tlhs country and one abroad , sixty : in
all.
Nearly half of the $25,000,000 goes
to institutions connected with the
Presbyterian church , of which Mr.
Kennedy had been an active member
for many years. Other large bcncti
ciarles include the American Bible so-
ciety , the Metropolitan Museum of Art ,
the New York public library , the Unit-
ed Charities of New York , Columbia
university and Robert college , Constan-
tinople.
Aside from these gifts , Mr. Kenned :
left approximately S35.000.000 'to his
wife , his relatives and a great number
of friends and employes. The wid
ow's share will be about $16.000,000
All of the testator's employes receivc
gifts from $500 to $2,000 each.
STRUCK FELLOW ATTORNEY.
former Judge II. S. Priest is Disburrcc
Until He 3fakcs an Apology. ,
H. S. Priest , former judge of the
United States district court , was fined
$500 in St. Louis , Mo. , Friday , for as-
saulting a fellow attorney during a
session of Judge Muench's division of
the St. Louis circuit court. The of-
fending attorney was further disbarred
from practicing in the division in
which the row occurred until a formal !
apology Is consummated.
Judge Priest is widely 'known ] as ' :
counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil
company , the United Railways of St.
Louis , andk other large interests. He '
was arguing a case for the United
Railways before Judge Muench when
John A. Gilliam , an attorney for cer-
tain claim holders , challenged , the ac-
curacy of one of Judge Priests state-
ments. Infuriated at the interrup
tion , Judge Priest rushed at Gilliam
I and struck the latter as he was rising ' .
from a chair. Gilliam fell with such .
force that the chair was broken and :
he has been under the care of a ph 'si-
cian since.
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Heavy Loss Caused in Several Sec-
tions of Maryland.
Extensive forest fires were burning !
In several sections of Maryland Friday ,
some of them almost within the city
limits of Baltimore. Several fine coun-
try seats in the Green Spring valley
were only saved through energetic
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work on the part of the residents.
In Howard county , near the home
of ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll , an his-
toric old Dougoreagan manor , more
than ten square miles have been de-
vastated. This fire , which originated
in a pile of sawdust , is believed to be
under control.
At Catonsville the flames swooped ]
over a tract of 750 acres of woodland
before they were checked. :
The western part of the state has
suffered severely , the fire extending
into West Virginia.
Guests Have Close Call.
The Three-Miles house , a widely
known hostelry located at Shillington
Pa. , was burned to the ground early
Friday. The guests and servants were
aroused by the smoke and had difficul-
ty : in making their escape. The belief
is strong that the fire was of incendiary
origin. The loss is $50,000.
Girl Steals 'incr ' .
An uncontrollable love for finery
caused Tillie Shoemaker , a beautiful
IS-year-old girl of Davenport. to take
a suitcase and $18 in cash and a large
assortment of "glad rags" belonging to
Mrs. A. E. Fields , a prominent society
woman. She was arrested.
Business Man Missing.
33. Goshorn , a business man of
Charleston , W. Va. , disappeared from
his home two weeks ago with $30,000
in his possession , according infor-
nation accompanying a request re-
ceived in Chicago Friday that the local
lolicc join in the search for him.
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Copper Ore Found.
Another discovery of copper ore
; , ' as made Friday in Nash county ,
rorth Carolina. The former discovery
nearthed an ore that is rich in gold
as well. In sinking a boa rod well at
rashville , a rich vein of copper and
gold was found at 75 ) feet.
British ! Merchant " Sla Iii.
Albert Koch , a merchant , was shot
a.nd instantly killed in his store at
Bernstadt , England , Thursday. Koch
is ; understood to have drawn $5,000
from a London bank , and robbery Is
supposed to have been the motive for
the crime.
An Old Editor Expires.
Devitt C. Finch , an associate of
Lorace Greely on the New York Tri-
bune in 1866 , and later editor of the
ewis County Democrat for many
Years , died at his home in Lowville
N. Y. , Frltlay. He was 82 years old.
Great Fire in England.
The great leather works of E. T. .
Jolden & Son , at Walsall , near Bir-
dngham , England , were gutted by.
fire Friday. The loss is 500000.
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WRECK IN DAKOTA
Train Loaded with Teachers Leave
the Track.
For the second time in a week deat
struck down a delegate to the South
Dakota. Educational association's an-
nual convention which closed at Lea
Wednesday. Returning home Thurs-
day evening with 250 others at Spear.
fish Miss Ethel Logan , aged 19 ! , of
Pukwana , S. D. , was instantly killed
and her cousin and aunt , Edna and
Edith Sedgwick , the former of Puk-
wana and the latter of Chamberlain ,
S. D : , were injured in a wreck on the
Burlington five miles south of Dead-
wood. The excursion train , heavily ;
leaded , was nearing Deadwood , when
the rear trucks of the baggage car in
which the women were riding left th' '
rails. Before the train could be stop-
ped the car struck an empty on a sid-
ing and lurched over into the creek.
: \ Miss Logan was thrown through thE <
open door , striking on her head and
breaking her neck. The other two
were pinioned under the car. The in-
jured were brought to Deadwood.
The two injured women are suffering ?
from contusions and slight fractures :
and are not seriously injured. Miss Lo-
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gan. whose home was in Racine , Wis. ,
was a school teacher at Pukwana ,
where she was engaged to be married
to John Simons , a Northwestern rail
road operator at that point
STRUCK : DOWN BY ROBBERS.
Niagara Falls Express Company Cash
ier Relieved of Sl-1.146.
William Dobson , cashier of the Can-
adian Express company at Niagara
Falls , Out. , was struck down Thursday
afternoon in the company's office at
the Grand Trunk station in Bridge
street and a package containing $14-
156 was taken from him by two un
known men. The robbery was com-
mitted in broad daylight with a score :
of station employes within twenty feet
of the office. Dbson'as alone at the
time. The two men entered the of-
fice and one asked : if a trunk had ar
rived for him.s Dobson stooped ,
over to get his " (10 hand" book , oiu1
of the men reached over the countei
and hit him behind the ear with a
sandbag or a piece of gas pipe. ; Five
minutes later Dobson was found un
conscious.
DAT1IXG ROBBERY.
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Raid Made on Ship at Pier in Ne\\
York.
; Robbers boarded the Hamburg-
American line ; steamer : Prince Joach-
im , lying at her pier in . New York
Thursday , forced open the safe . in the
purser's office and got away with $7-
000 in gold. The news of the robbery
became public Thursday afternoon.
The robbers operated when more
than 100 members of the officers and
crew of the ship were on board and a
dozen of them were sleeping within
fifty feet of where the safe was- ! :
opened.
The gold was consigned to the Ja
maica correspondent of the Bank of
Nova Scotia and was to have been
taken by the liner on her trip to the
West Indies , starting Saturday.
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Child Horse Thief.
Cyral St. Armand of Thur : ; o , Cana-
da , 10 years old , was Thursday sen-
tenced to six years for horse stealing.
When 8 years old ho was convicted of
an attempt to wreck a Canadian Pa-
cific railway train. His youth enabled
him to escape sentence : : for this and
a number of burglaries which fol
lowed. .
Ccn Dodge Elected President. !
Before adjourning the convention
at Columbus. 0. . Thursday the So-
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee
elected officers for the ensuing year.
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of Council
Bluffs , Ia. , was re-elected president
and Mrs. L. D.
Montgomery Coun
cil Bluffs : , , was named as a vice presi
dent. .
Attempt Made to Burn Pool Room
An attempt to destroy ] by fire the
Dearborn Park pool room and its
surrounding stockade , at Clarke sta-
tion : , Ind. , was made early Thursday. ,
Men living in the neighborhood form-
ed a bucket brigade and prevented the
milding being burned.
Wants Western IJeaguc Franchise.
At a meeting of St. Joseph , Mo. ,
business men Thursday it was decided
to send a delegation ) to Chicago No-
ember 9 to the Western league meet-
ing to try and secure a franchise for
St. Joseph next season.
Ball Player ; IC i1lccl.
Charles Dexter , first baseman for
the Now Orleans Southern league
team , accidentally shot himself while
hunting , near his parents' home at
M. . Holly , 0. . nn < ! died Thursday
night.
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Late election returns show that the
Des Moine charter plan of city gov-
ernment by commission was adopted
in Buffalo , N. Y.
English Statesman Dead.
Sir Edmund John Monson , formerly
British ambassador to France , died in
London Friday.
Alleged to Be S27OOO Short.
Charged with being short in his ac-
counts to the amount of $29,000 , Hen-
IT T. Hart , a collector employed by
the Illinois Central railroad- at Now
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Orleans > , was arrested there Thursday
New Philippine Governor.
W. Cameron Forbes , vice governor
eneral of the Philippines , has been
named by President Taft as governor
general , to succeed the present gov-
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SPURNED IHS LOVE. ,
Rejected Suitor Ends His Life Nea
Spring Ranch.
. Henry Rankin , a young man 25
years old , killed himself on a rented
farm five miles southwest of Spring
Ranch. Two months ago he was re-
jected by a young lady on the day they ;
had set apart to be married , and it is i
thought this preyed on his mind and
led to self destruction. He had fur-
nished a newly prepared home and
made every preparation for a happy ;
wedding day , and after he had donned <
his wedding suit and repaired to the <
home of the young lady she informed
him that she had changed he. r mind
and decided not to marry him.
The parents of the young man live
three miles southeast of Pauline and
are highly respected.
HALLOWE'EN RAIDER SUFFERS
Young Broken Bow Man Gets Eight
Shot in His Back.
Ralph Bishop , a young man 17
years of age , a resident of Broken
Bow was shot and dangerously wound-
ed during the night while skirmishing
with a gang of Hallowe'en rustlers.
A doctor located over eighty shot
in young Bishop's neck and back. .
Roy Parker , charged with using a ;
shot gun with intent to do great bod- ;
ily harm on 17-year-old Ralph Bishop , I
was placed under a bond of $1,000 to
appear in county court November 10.
CUSTER DIVISION IS DEFEATED.
Dcuel County , However. Votes to Di-
vide . Decisive : \ '
by Decisi'eIajOlit .
It is now estimated that county di -
vision in Custer county is defeated by
it least 1,500 majority , with strong .
indications it will reach several hun-
dred more. The regular tickets are
shot to pieces and it will take some
time to secure definite figures.
Nebraska will have a new county ,
division having carried in Deuel coun-
ty by a big majority.
Freaks : of Lightning.
During the storm Monday , lightning
- \ ruck the home of Martin Saalf , two
miles northeast of Julian and wrought
sreat havoc. The fluid passed in from
the roof into a room where two small
boys ! were sleeping and struck the iron
bed. It then went into another room
below , striking a gasoline stove and
thence into the cellar. Both rooms
were badly wrecked and all of the
rooms were badly wrecked and all of
the occupants wore badly shocked , but
not seriously injured.
'Arrested for Cattle Stealing.
Lee M. Johnson and Charles \ \ ' : \ -
Mngford , of Walker precinct , in Lin-
county , have been arrested upon three
complaints , charging' them with steal-
ing some twenty head of cattle. It is
charged that these parties have been
making a very extensive business along
that line and that a number of other
complaints will be filed in the near
future.
Anti-Saloon League n'm'ani .c .
A meeting of the Tecumsfh Ant- !
Saloon league was held and the asso ;
ciation was reorganized. The attend
ance was good. It is the intent of the
anti-saloon workers : of the county to
organize leagues in each of the several
towns and to later merge all into a
county society.
Free-for-AIl at Xe\\"C'HstI
Monday night a free-for-all fi ; : : ; h.t
took place in the saloon at Newcastle
in which about twenty men had a part.
When the city marshal entered the : a- j
loon to arrest Burt Weatherby. Frank
Conrad , the saloonkeeper knocked the
marshal town. . .
Steal a Barber Shop.
Thieves entered the barber shop nf
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a barber chair , several razors and
scissors. The goods were hauled away
in a wagon. There is no clue to the
thieves.
Girl Burns to Death.
Marie : , the 4-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Lucy Robinson was burned to
death at Blair while burning leaves.
The mother was working in a restau-
rant only a block away , but when she
reached the little one the girl was un-
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conscious.
Frost for Mis ! WiI < .on.
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Miss : : ; Flora Wilson daughter of Fee-
retary of Agriculture Wilson. was
booked for the Overland theater in
N'ebraska City but beeause of the fact
that less than a dozen seats were sold
she declined to appear.
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Wayne County Official Vote.
The official count of Wayne county
gives Barnes , 804 ; Fawcett. 794 ; Sedg
wick 7SS ; Dean , 599 ; Good , 597 ; Sul-
livan , 580.
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Peru Students Publish ! Paper.
The first issue of the Normalite at
Peru was put into the hands of Its
readers. Manager D. H. Weber re
ports that the subscription list is ap-
proaching the 500 mark.
Brakeman Loses His Foot.
Justice Scudder , a brakeman on the
Jnion"Pacific railroad lost his left foot
at Kearney. He slipped and fell be-
tween : the cars and his foot laid across
. he ; rail. ! Physicians were summoned
BOY HUNTER SHOOTS m rSELF.
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But May Recover.
Henry Russell , of Fullerton , aged 17
years , while hunting met with a serious
accident. The young ; man had shot
a muskrat and reversed his gun to fish
it out of the river. The hammer caught
on something , the gun was discharged ,
the load struck the boy in the left side
just above the hip , tearing a great hole
in the side. He was alone and when
he regained consciousness he managed
/ to crawl to his horse and buggy , and
I made his way home.
His physicians hope for his recovery ,
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as they think the intestines are not in.
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i PAPILL1ON MAN TROUBLE. .
Ray Noel Bound Over to District Cour
on Kidnaping Charge.
The preliminary hearing of Ray ;
Noel , of Papillion , charged with ab
ducting 15-year-old Lizzie Broveak , of
Columbus , was held , and he was
bound over to the district court , h15
bond being fixed at $1,000.
Noel has been unable to securi
bondsmen and is in the county jail
i awaiting trial at the next term of dis
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trict court. Noel has a wife and fam-
I ily at Papillion , but has been in Colum-
bus this summer selling fruit trees. It
seems that he gave the BroVeak girl to
understand he was single. The charge
against him is kidnaping , but as , ac
cording to the story of the girl , a dif -
ferent one may be preferred later.
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NO DECItEE IN GOINGS CASE.
Judge Dungan Refuse's to Releas
Parties to Marriage Contract.
The most important case tried dur-
ing the recent session of the district
court at Minden was the divorce suit
of Ida Goings against Joseph G. Go-
ings. It was bitterly fought on both
sides , something like thirty witnesses
being evxamined. It was the most
sensational case of its kind , probably , ,
ever tried in Nebraska and took three
and one-half days for trial. Judge
Dungan decided neither of the parties
were entitled to a decree.
Boy Suffers for Father.
Taylor Johnson , the son of Charles
R. Johnson , the negro who was run
out of Fremont last week , came back
to the city for the purpose of packing
up the goods left in the demolished
shop. It now appears that the ; shop
belonged to the young man. The own
er of the building has agreed to put it
in good shapi again and the friends of
the boy have ' persuaded him to re
main.
Tied Cross Stamps.
Flvr " hundred thousand Christmas
stamps , selling at 1 cent each , will be
oiaced upon sale in Nebraska by the
S'-uional Red Cross society , the re-
ceipts to be used in waging the cru-
-ade ' against the white plague. If all
the stamps are sold 4.000 will be ap-
propriated for the 'state of Nebraska
in its campaign against tuberculosis ,
he remaining $1.000 going to the na-
tional society.
Hit by Flying fetn ] .
The bfiilerhcad of the large engine :
at the brick yard at Table Rock blew
out. damaging the machine so serious-
l ly that it has been sent to Kansas
L'ity for repairs. The engineer , John
Xfutheuson , was ! struck on the thigh
oy a piece of flying metal , but was
not fcfi-iously injured.
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3cur.oiitf : Hospital.
TIH' : , It'nnonitesare planning to buila
: L S40.0CO ( hospital at Beatrice. A lo-
cal committee attended the annual
( ) . - 'rce of the church held at Pret-
ty Prairie , Kan. , last week and was
riven permission : to proceed with tho
> u tiding as soon : as possible.
Uncle Sam Accuses Farmer.
Henry Ahren . a farmer of the east-
ern part of Buffalo county , was ar-
raigned b < . fore United States Com-
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nis-Fioner Cleary on the charge of de-
stroying a rural mail box , and was
) ound over to the federal district court
under ; bond , to appear at the next
tf'rm.
Conference ' Held at Arlington.
The northoast Nebrarka conference
' f the Lutheran .Missouri synod con-
. Juded " its sessions at Arlington and
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j he twenty ministers who were pres-
, nt departed for their homes. Several
papers were read and addresses de-
ivered by the ministers in ! atttnd- :
nce.
Salem Toomey , a Syrian , was ar-
rested at Arapahoe on a charge of big-
amy. The information was filed be-
fore Justice , Lewis. Itl is ; alleged that
Toomey has a wife and four children
in the old country.
Fire Burns Corn Crop.
Leander Wilson , a farmer residing
ten miles northeast of Beatrice start-
ed a fire in his potato patch to burn
off the trash and before the flames
were subdued they burned forty-five
acres of corn averaging twenty-five
bushels to the acre.
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C. R. Johnson , the colored barber
who admitted he wrote suggestive let-
ters : to little Lizzie Miller , a 15-year- .
old girl , was driven out of Fremont by
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The appointment by Gov. ShaH on-
berger of Rev. James Huff ! as the
chaplain of the Nebraska state peni-
tentiary has caused a stir In Nebraska
religious circles. The rumor that the
newly appointed chaplain is a Mormon
elder has been sufficient to set by the
ears most of the congregations of the
state. The Methodists and the Bap
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tists , at their recent * state convention ,
passed resoluions against him but
the aged chaplain firmly refuses to
make any comment whatever in regard :
to his detractors or their actions. He
insists that he Is not a Mormon but Is
a member of the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day
Saints.
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One of the brilliant entertainments
given in honor of the teachers was the
reception by Gov. and Mrs. Shallenber-
ger at the executive mansion Friday
afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock. The
mansion was decorated with chrysan-
themums and other flowers , following
the color scheme of the five , rooms
used. The receiving line consisted of
the following : President and Mrs. A.
L. Caviness , of the Stato Teachers' as-
sociation. Gov. and " Mrs. Shallenberger ,
Mayor and Mrs. Don Love , President
and Mrs. Sellick , of the Commercial
club , Chancellor and Mrs. Avery. State
Superintendent and Mrs. Bishop , City
Superintendent and Mrs. Stephens.
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Through Project Engineer Weiss ,
the government has called for and re-
ceivel an extension of time for the con-
struction of what . is known as the
North Platte project , for five years and
also five years extension of the time
the water shall be turned on the lands.
The government informed the state
engineer that $8,000,000 is being spent
annually In the reclamation service
and there is available for expenditure
in Nebraska next year , 300000. Al-
ready 8,370,000 has been spent in Wy
oming on this project and this expendi-
ture is essential to the success of the
Nebraska project.
* * *
At the state teachers' convention
held In Lincoln the entire work of the
public school was shown , including the
industrial department , the making of
furniture , implements and useful arti-
cles. The university had a model farm ,
showing the farm house built so that
the sun would strike every room at
some period1 of the day. In the exhibi-
tion of the university is a wagon which
was . made at the univorsity farm , even
: to the iron work on it. This is the first
. time any industrial exhibit of such
magnitude was ever undertaken at a
teachers' meeting In Nebraska.
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L. J. Gutzmer , bookkeeper at the
Norfolk insane asylum will in all prob-
aiblity be transferred to the Lincoln
asylum to fill the place made vacant *
by the discharge of Felix Newton , who
was removed. Mr. Gutzmer was call-
ed to Lincoln and inspected the work
at the Lincoln institution and there is
little doubt but what he will be trans-
ferred. It is also not an impossibility
that Felix Newton may be sent to Nor-
folk. !
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_ _ L. E. Wettling and U. G. Powell
have gone to Chicago to investigate
the records of railroad companies.
They represent Attorney General
[ Thompson , who is in quest of evidence
to defend the 2-cent fare la.wtho *
commodity : rate bill and other regula-
tory laws passed by the legislature of
1907 , which have been attacked in
federal court by all of the larger rail-
roads doing business in Nebraska.
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* * *
The report of State Treasurer Brian
of the business done by his office for
the month of October shows that he
has on hand in cash and cash items
501944. He has collected during the
month $226,514 and paid out $ 05,614.
The balances at the end of the month
amounted to $57,304 : against a bal-
ance of $552,404 at the first of the
nonth.
. .
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The following persons employed at
the Lincoln asylum have either been
discharged [ or have voluntarily quit the
service of the state during the month
of October : Max Storkan , Lou Brown ,
Lucille Reynolds , George Reynolds
lary I. Goetz , W. J. Hicks , Celia
Block , Alice McGaw , W. A. Philpot E.
B. Storey , E. E. Kell , Ida Kell.
, .
* * *
Torfolk hospital for the insane , called
at the state house last week. The
failure of the contractor to push the
work of building new buildings at the
hospital caused the state board to
take over the work. It Is believed a
building for male inmates will be fin-
ished by January 1.
* * .
Daniel Chester French , the sculptor
who has been chosen to model a statue
o fAbraham Lincoln on the state house
grounds , has not yet appeared to con-
fer with the commission that is to - sign
a contract to pay him $40,000.
Dr. Percival , superintendent of the
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It is up to the Pacific Express corn-
. .
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pany and the American Express com- v "
pany to install a Norfolklong distance
telephone in their joint office at Nor-
folk. Such Is the order of the state
railway commission issued following
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several hearings on the case.
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Gov. Shallenberger has approved the
re-election of Captain Iver S. Johnson
and Second Lieutenant William N.
Torris of Company ; B , First regiment ,
Tebraska National Guard of Stanton.
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