Nebraska Newspapers

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The Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GASK1LL , Editor.
VALENTINE. - . * NEBRASKA
A STATE OF
NO TANGIBLE HEAD OF THE CHINESE -
NESE GOVERNMENT IS
VISIBLE.
WAR FUNDS NEEDED BADLY
Yuan Shi Kai Refuses to Accept pre
miership Although Assured of Sup
port of Chinese Assembly More
Cities Are in Revolt.
* Peking. Juan Shi Kai still declines
" ( to accept the premiership , although as
fi sured of the support of the national as
sembly and Gen. Chang in command of
the Lanchu troops. Both the assem
bly ana Gen. Chang , however , insist
that when the parliament is elected'
that the premier shall be chosen by
that body.
In the meantime affairs here are in
a state of chaos. No tangible head of
the government is visible. The government
f-
U - ernment urgently needs funds and
hopes that the Franco-Belgian loan
will be forthcoming to enable the mil
itary operations and the administra
tion to be carried on. The interna
tional group refuses .to supply war
funds. The government is urging the
group to advance money to allay fears
that the noncirclation of money will
cause serious hardships to the coolies
and the lower classes , which possibly
might be lead to local distrubances.
To this the group is inclined to ac
cede , although foreign commercial in
terests at Peking are inconsiderable.
The question of tangible security ap
pears to be almost insurmountable ,
but the negotoations continue. The
group insists that the funds be used
for che purpose stated , and suggests ,
if completed , the loan be handed over
to the local Chinese chamber of com
merce , as was done at Shanghai in the
recent critical crisis.
GHASTLY FIND MADE.
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Emaciated Forms of Three Found in
Their Home.
Chicago. Details- a ghastly sui
cide compact involving a whole family ,
were brought out by the police follow
ing the discovery of the emaciated
forms of Herman Letsch , his wife , An
na , and their 12-year-old son. All had
been dead several days.
Followers of a religious creed , self
promulgated , the parents had forced
th'emselves and their son to do with
out food to "purge sinful souls of lust"
until starvation wiped out the whole
family. From physicians' examina
tions it was evident the boy had been
the first to die.
Aged Woman Choked.
Grand Rapids , Mich. Aroused by a
masked man who stood by her bedside
before daylight , Mrs. R. Foster was
choked by the burglar and then forced
to arise and give him diamonds valued
at $2,000. Mrs. Foster had two push
buttons at the head of her bed con
nected with a neighbor's house , but as
the burglar watched her closely she
was unable to give a warning. Mrs.
Poster is 72 years old and lives alone.
Suspect Is Held.
Vancouver , B. C. John Bozeyke , a
foreigner , was arrested here on suspi
cion of being implicated in the New
Westminister bank robbery. He had i
in his possession $4,000 in bills , some
of which were , according to the num sf
bers , included in the sum obtained f
September 15 , when the Bank of Mon 1.
treal was robbed of $258,000. 1.fl
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Pulitzer's Son President. i
New York. At a meeting of the
board of trustees of the Press Publish J
ing company , publishers of the New Jo
York World , held here , the following Jd \
officers were elected : Ralph Pulit t
zer , president ; J. Angus Shaw , treas
urer ; Joseph Pulitzer , Jr. , secretary. S
Acquitted of Murder.
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Muskegon , Mich. Mrs. Flora Valk
was acquitted of murdering her hus
band , Jacob Valk , August 21. The
jury was out 22 hours.
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Live Stock Market. d
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice n
corn fed steers , $6.50@S.OO ; medium 1
to good , $5.50@6.50 ; good to choice s
grass steers , $4.50@6.50 ; good to t
choice fat cows , and heifers , $5.00@ ta
6.60 ; grass cows , $3.25@4.50 ; canners at
and cutters. $2.50@3.25bulls. $3.00@ i
4.25 ; veals , $3.00@6.50. Hogs Prices b
ragged from $0.05(8)6.20 ( ) , with a bulk ii
iic
of the sales at $6.15@6.20. Sheep- c
Lambs , $4.50@5.50 ; yearlings , $3.50@ fcS
4.25 ; wethers. $2.85@5.50 ; ewes , $2.25 S (
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Gales in England.
ixndon. Cyclonic gales swept over
the British isles doing widespread W
damage. Shipping particularly suf d <
fered. Buildings were unroofed and m
vessels were driven from their moor a
ings. The coasts are strewn with aiw
wreckage. w
Robber Loots Bank.
" Great Falls , Mont. A lone -robber ci
relieved the bank of Hedgeville , Mont. , d ;
100 miles south of 'here , of nearly aid
01hi
1,000 and escaped. tils
IS HELD UP
FIVE BANDITS WRECK ROCK
ISLAND EXPRESS CAR WITH
DYNAMITE.
THREE SUSPECTS IN JAIL
Switch Engine Frightens Robbers
Away In Midst of Pillage They Es
cape With Sacks of Registered Mail
Value of Which Is Unknown.
Memphis , Tenn. Five masked men
held up a west-bound Rock Island pas
senger train midway between Memphis
and Hurlburt , Ark. , ransacked mall
pouches and fired seven nitroglycerln
caps into the "local" safe of the ex
press car , which wrecked the car. The
amount of their loot Is unknown.
Three suspects are being held in St.
Francis county Jail.
The men held gave their names as
Walter Orr of Montana , Everett Miller -
ler of Willowhill and Ben Bell of Ed-
mondson , Ark. Theesafe in the ex
press car , containing , it is said , gold
to the value of $36,000 , had been trans
ferred into the car ahead and the rob
bers failed to get the rich booty for
which they had carefully planned.
The robbers boarded the train when
it slowed down near Hurlburt , eleven
miles fronr Memphis. Intimidating the
engine crew by a display of weapons ,
the men forced the engineer to bajCk
the train several miles. Then the ex
press and mail cars were cut from the
coaches and hauled ahead a short dis
tance , where the robbery was exe
cuted. *
In the midst of their pillage the ban
dits were frightened away when a
switch engine approached.
STEPHENSON QUIZ IS HALTED
Congressional Committee Completes
Its Work at Milwaukee Will Re
sume Inquiry In Washington.
Milwaukee. The senatorial Investl
gating committee , which has been
probing the election of Senator Stephenson -
phenson has completed its work In
Milwaukee. The committee finished
the taking of testimony and adjourned
to meet in Washington at the call of
the chairman. ,
The last witness was Senator Stephenson -
phenson , as he had been the first. He
denied ever having any connection
with either Hines or Shields in regard
to his election , and denied ever hav
ing given Shields or anyone else a
blank check.
Senator Stephenson said that he had
made no promises and had paid no
money to any legislative candidate to
assist in his election , nor had he au
thorized anyone to do so' in his be
half.
half.Edward
Edward Hines of Chicago took the
stand again and denied that he had a
conversation with R. J. Shields. Hines
denied that he had ever had a talk
with Senator Stepiienson regarding
the election or in regard to money.
Senator Heyburn said , before an
nouncing the adjournment , that the
committee had examined 120 wit
nesses , and had taken 30 affidavits.
REV. RICHESON IS INDICTED
Boston Preacher Is Charged With
First Degree Murder , Penalty for
Which Is Death.
Boston. Rev. Clarence V. T. 'Riche-
son , pastor of the Baptist Emmanuel
church cf Cambridge , Mass. , was in
dicted for murder in the first degree
on the charge .that he poisoned Miss
Avis Linnell with cyanide of potas
sium.
The indictment contained five
counts. It was understood that the
indictment : was drawn in this manner
so that it might cover almost any
sc
contingency. The indictment was
found after the grand jury had been
.
In session four days. The penalty
for the crime for which Richeson , , was
indicted ; Is death In the electric chair
in ] this state.
Richeson was arraigned before
Judge Murray in the municipal court
on the charge of murder and his case
\fras continued. The clergyman was
taken back to jail.
SEEK MARZYEKJN , MYSTERY
Jcwa Woman Is Attacked With a Club
and Left for eDad Police Look *
for Ex-Convict. *
Mount Pleasant , la. Circumstances
similar to those in the recent ax mur t
ders in Colorado Springs , Colo. . Monmouth - ts
mouth , 111. , and Ellsworth , Kan. , have s
led the local police to believe that the
same ; person believed to have committed -
ted < these crimes was the assailant of
Mrs. J. B. Jordan , found unconscious
her home here.
Mrs. Jordan was attacked and
beaten about the head with a heavy
instrument. It Is said she cannot re
cover. < The police instituted a search
for Charles Marzyek , the ex-convict
sought in connection with the Show
man murders' at Ellsworth.
Fool Joker Kills Friend.
Hoboken , N. J. "Didn't know .It
was loaded" was responsible for the
death of George Snyder when Jere d
miah Wilson in a joking mood placed C
revolver against Snyder's temple b
and pulled the trigger. The men w
were close friends. SS
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Costs a Jeweler $350.
Kansas City , Mo. A jury in the
circuit court here has awarded $350
damages to Orel Munflen
, a five-year-
boy , because a local jeweler used n
picture in an advertisement 11
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THE LOUDEST SUIT HE'S EVER HAD
CHICAGO EVENING POST ,
IS UNEASY
MORE EDICTS BY CHINESE EM
PEROR MEAN END OF
MANCHU RULE.
PENSIONS TO BE STOPPED
General Situation Is Most Serious
Both Warring Factions Fear Mas
sacre Foreigners Leave Capital
and Legations Strengthen Guards.
Peking , China. The state of terror
which has taken possession of the en
tire imperial court was further shown
by a long list of edicts supplementing
the remarkable proclamation and of
fering further concessions of the most
radical character. The edicts indicate
that even though the dynasty survives ,
Manchu rule is at an end. The trans
fer of cabinet offices to native Chinese
is ordered.
The national assembly has voiced
its approval of the throne's action.
The revolutionists say "it is too late. "
A state of panic prevails in Peking ,
Shanghai , Hongkong and Canton , as
well as nearly every small place in the
empire , over the fear of massacre ,
the Chinese and Manchus regarding
each other with mutual distrust and
fear.
fear.The
The transfer of all cabinet offices to
native Chinese is one of the principal'
points in the e.dicts , and the throne
gives the promise that hereafter
"Manchus and Chinese shall be re
garded equally. " This means that the
system of pensions by which practi
cally every Manchu has been given
money for years has been abolished
and the Manchu will have to get out
and earn his living like any other Chi
naman. The edicts were a complete
capitulation to the demands of the
national assembly.
The general situation Is perhaps
more tense than at any time since the
revolution began. The Manchus fear
the invasion of the capital by the reb
els , while the Chinese are in dreadof ,
a possible massacre by the Manchus.
The foreign legations and missions are
besieged by persons clamoring for pro
tection , the streets are filled with
carts carrying the valuables and money
of the wealthy celestials to places of
safety , and the railroad trains are
crowded to capacity with Manchus
fleeing for safety mainly to the ex
treme north. The legations are taking
The most careful precautions against
any eventuality. The guards have
been greatly strengthened and there
has been some fortifying of legation
walls.
The Manchus , who , for the first time
in generations , are cut off from their
pensions , talk of massacre for re
venge. There are 600,000 Chinese and
100,000 Manchus In the city of Peking.
It is asserted among the native Chi
nese that Prince Tsai Tao , an uncle
of the infant emperor , Pi Yu , is will
ing to lead the Manchus in their mas
sacre.
Peking. The throne In a last effort
to appease the revolutionists Issued an
imperial edict redistributing offices in
the cabinet.
Yuan-Shl-Kai , the former exile , has
been appointed premier of China , and
he will organize a new cabinet as soon
as he assumes his post.
A telegram was received from
Yuan-Shi-Kai in which he
- - asked that
he be appointed acting premier , and
set forth his immediate plans for re
storing peace. He proposed , he said ,
to stop the aggressive movement of
the imperial troops and to open nego
tiations ' /ith the rebel leader. Gen
eral Li Yuen-Heng , forthwith.
The revolutionists have seized Nan
Chang , the capital of Kiangsl prov
ince , and have taken up the march
for Nanking.
Two Mistaken for Deer.
May's Landing , N. J. Mistaken for
Jeer in the gloom of the early dawn.
Constant Steelman and John Yost ,
business men of Pleasantville , N. J. ,
were killed and William Jarvis of the
a
same place was Injured when an un
identified hunter fired at them In the
woods near here.
Crazy Negro Shoots Many.
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New Orleans. An armed negro
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ran wild in Algiers and shot two policemen
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licemen and several citizens before
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was telly tilled-
TOBACCO PLAN HIT
INDEPENDENTS SAY IT WILL NOT
RESTORE COMPETITION.
Attorney General Suggests Restric
tions by Court to Prevent Pos
sible Reformation of Trust.
, New York. The plea for reorgani
zation of the tobacco trust submitted
by the American Tobacco company
and co-detendants to the government
anti-trust suit was both praised and
condemned before the circuit court
judges of the United States for the
southern district of New York.
After Attorney General Wickersham
had filed the government's answer to
the plan , Lewis Cass Ledyard , arguing
for the defendants , insisted that it
was an honest plan to comply with
the Supreme court's mandate for a
reorganization that will restore com
petition in compliande with the terms
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Independent manufacturers , dealers ,
and producers of tobacco unanimously
disapproved the plan on the ground
that it is a sharp proposal to divide
the properties , control of which still
would be retained by the group of in
dividuals now dominating the indus
try. Louis D. Brandeis of Boston
made the principal argument against
the proposal.
The answer of the attorney general
did not express general opposition to
the dissolution plan , but contained
for the guidance of the court many re
strictions deemed necessary to as
sure restoration of competition in the
tobacco industry.
ROADS ARE HIT BY COURT
Supreme Body's Decision Victory for
Commission Carriers Must
Comply With Law.
Washington. The United States Su
preme court , in an opinion by Justice
Van Devanter , gave broad powers to
the interstate commerce commission
in a sweeping interpretation of the fed
eral safety appliance law. It virtually
eliminates state railroad commissions
from control of roads within the state.
The court held that the law is violated
lated when a car , not properly
equipped under the act , is used on a
railway doing an interstate business ,
to carry shipments from one point in
a state to another point within the
same state. This takes cases of this
character out of the jurisdiction of
state railway commissioners and fore
shadows the complete control of the
railroads of the country by the Inter
state commerce commission.
The opinion of the court was given
in a case brought by the government
against the Southern Railway com
pany in which it was alleged that
couplers were out of repair on cars
carrying shipments which originated
in the state of Alabama .and which
were destined to points within the
state.
THANKSGIVING DAY IS SET
President Taft Issues Usual Procla
mation at Chicago and Designates
November 30 as Holiday.
Chicago. Chicago as temporary
capital of the nation during the fo'ur-
days' visit of the nation's chief execu
tive took on additional prestige when ,
for the first time in history , a Thanks
giving day proclamation was issued by
the president of the United States
while away from the White House.
President Taft , from his temporary
executive seat at the Blackstone ho
tel , made public the annual proclama
tion which will make Thanksgiving
this year fall on the fifth Thursday
of the month , November 30.
Find Two Dead In Launch.
Charlottetown , P. E. I. The bodies
of two young men from Glasgow , N.
S. , were found in a launch washed up ic
on the beach near the Cape Dear wire ica
less station. The two left Glasgow for
pleasure trip. Death was due to ex
posure. te
Children Die in Flames.
Schenectady , N. Y. While Mrs. Pul-
kow was out visiting fire destroyed
her home in this city and burned to Pi
death two of her three children while M
they were sleeping. _ _ &
RED HATSFOR 17
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POPE TO NAME THREE AMERI
CANS AS CARDINALS.
Farley of New York , O'Connell of Bo *
ton , Falconic of Washington to
Be Elevated.
Rome. On November 27 when the
consistory is held in the Vatican here
Pope Pius will create seventeen new
cardinals , and in this numher will be
Most Rev. John M. Parley , archbishop
of New York ; Most Rev. W. H. O'Con
nell , archbishop of Boston , and Mgr.
Diomede Falconio apostolic delegate
in the United States of Washington.
The last consistory was held In De
cember , 1907 , four cardinals being ap
pointed at that time. Since then
many vacancies have occurred in the
sacred college by death , and now
there are twenty-two seats of the sev
enty unfilled.
The proposed consistory in Novem
ber will be the fifth held by Pope
Pius X. On the deah of Pope Leo
XIII. , there were sixty-four cardinals.
During the last eight years Pius X.
has created seventeen new cardinals ,
of whom two have died.
TRIES TO WIPE OUT FAMILY
Man Kills-Wife's Parents , Shoots Her
and Commits Suicide De
stroys Home.
Parkersburg , W. Va. The home
of William A. Pritchard and his
wife at Pennsboro was converted into
a shambles when Carroll A. James bat
tered down the door and began firing
on members of the household , killing
Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard , seriously
wounding their daughter , who was
James * wife and had recently started
suit for divorce against him , and then
killing himself. James' four-year-old
daughter clung to him with her arms
about his neck as he ran outdoors , re
fusing to let go until he struck her a
vicious blow In the face , and then shot
himself. Mrs. James , who was wound
ed in the hip , will probably recover.
FIND CLUE TO 'KNABE DEATH
Police Search for Man Seen Near
Woman Doctor's Apartment Night
of Tragedy.
Indianapolis , Ind. A mysterious ,
well-dressed man is being sought by
the police as the possible slayer of Dr.
Helene Knabe , who was killed in her
apartment. He was seen by H. W.
Haskett , keeper of a cigar store in the
neighborhood , to emerge from a pas
sageway adjoining the first 'floor flat
occupied by Dr. Knabe.
Haskett was passing the place on
his way home at 11:10 o'clock when ,
the stranger came hurriedly out of the
entrance and passed HasketL He was
tall , well dressed and had a dark mus
tache.
MEXICAN FEDERALS IN TRAP
One Hundred Soldiers Are Surrounded
By Zapatists While Town of
Cholulu Burns.
Mexico City. Fighting for their
lives , 100 federals and Maderists ,
surrounded by 700 Zapatists , are hold
ing the top of the ancient "Pyramid of
Stars" at Cholulu , while the entive
town burns around them. Special
trains have brought practically all the
inhabitants of Cholulu into Puebla ,
fleeing from the second looting of the
city.
city.The
The refugees report every house
sacked and burning. The federals are
almost out of ammunition and anni
hilation seems certain.
Fifty Zapatists were killed In an
hour's battle and the band annihilated
at Yocapixtla.
FOLA LA FOLLETTE IS BRIDE
Wisconsin Senator's Daughter Be
comes Mrs. George Middleton at c
Father's Home. s
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Washington. The marriage of
Miss Fola La Follette , daughter of
Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La Fol
lette , and George Middleton of New o
York , took place in the La Follette
home in Wyoming avenue.
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce , pastor of All
Souls' Unitarian church , of which
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President Taft is a member , officiated. vs
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JOSEPH PULITZER IS DEAD c
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Owner of New York World and St. A
Louis Post-Dispatch Succumbs to S
Heart Failure.
New York. Joseph Pulitzer , proprietor d
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etor of the New York World and the d
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and for many n
years one of the most powerful jour nS
nalistic forces in America , died sud ti
denly aboard his yacht , "The Liber 31
ty , " off Charleston , S. C. ti
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Heart failure , following an illness of fi
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48 Lours , is given as the cause of hi
death. Mrs. Pulitzer and her young hiPI
est son , Herbert , were with Mr. Pu PIat
litzer when he died. atb ]
Find Body of Slain Man in Barrel.
Rochester , N. Y. With the head and- tc
legs hacked off , the body of an un tcd ;
identified man was found packed in
: old whisky barrel north of this city. w
The severing of the head and legs evi wk
dently had been done with a carpen te
ter's saw.
Kills Wife and Himself.
Kansas City , Mo. Hugo Brown , .
aged fort3r-six , agent for a barber supply - ,
ply company , shot and killed his wife ,
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Margaret , aged thirty-two , then shot ?
death"a :
himself to death- .
LINCOLN
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Wealth of Nebraska.
W. R. Mellor , secretary of the state
ooard of agriculture , presided at the
Nebraska day exercises at the Omaha
land show and among other things ,
said :
We do not .see any reason why a
citizen of Nebraska should be attract
ed to some other state to seek a homo
or make investments. Whdo you
know that the average corn produc
tion of Nebraska during the past ten
years has been 175,000,000 bushels per
annum ; that wheat has averaged 45- :
500,000 bushels , and oats 61,000,000 ?
Speaking of live stock he said : WG
have in Nebraska 3,000,000 cattle , 3-
000,000 hogs , 500,000 sheep , 1,000,00
horses 100,000 mules , and 23,000 auto
mobiles. Nor is this all of the won
derful showing of Nebraska. The last
bank statement shows that we have
more than $200,000,000 in bank depos
its. Nebraska has a million , two hun
dred thousand inhabitants , therefore
the per capita wealth of each man ,
woman and child for products named
shows for each individual 145 bushels ,
corn , 38 bushels wheat , 50 bushels
oats , 1 horse , mule or automobile , 3
cattle , 3 hogs , 1-2 sheep , and in addi
tion $166.00 in cash deposited in the
banks. The amount of cash for all
the people of the United States is-
given.out at about $36.00 per capita ,
while that in Nebraska is $166.00. In
the face of these conditions actually
existing , why should our citizens
search elsewhere for a home or in
vestment ?
To Amend Primary Laws.
Secretary of State Wait , after 'sev
eral months' experience with primary
election laws , will ask the commission.
on revision of statutes to recommend
the following relating to the nomina
tion of persons by the writing in of \
names on the ballot :
"N person not a candidate at a. \
primary election shall receive a noin-1
ination by having a name written on.
a ballot unless such person shall receive - [
ceive twenty-five or more votes andj
file within ten days after said vote is
canvassed , with the proper officer
acceptance and a receipt from the
county treasurer of the county in ,
which such person resides showingj
payment of the fee as required fromj
regular candidates filing for nomina
tion at primary elections. "
Assessed Valuation of Property.
Secretary Henry' Seymour of the
state board of assessment has com
pleted the abstract of the assessed'
valuation of all property in the state-
by classes. The grand total of thej
assessed valuation of property was }
made public several months ago , but
the valuation of each class of prop
erty has not been announced. The
total valuation of all property last
year was $412,138,607. This year it
was slightly increased , the total being )
$415,670,075. Each year , with the ex
ception of the present , since the adop
tion of the new revenue law in 1903,1
a substantial increase has been re
ported by county assessors in the as
sessed valuation of property.
Perkins Denies Political Rumor.
Secretary Clark Perkins denies that
ie intends to retire from the service-
of the railway commission for the ;
purpose of running next year or" the-
office of railway commission. He as
serts that he has bought' the Aurora :
Republican and that his return to the
newspaper field will be for business
reasons only.
Governor Pardons Consumptive.
Governor Aldrich has issued an un
conditional pardon to Raymond Hol-
strom , a young man eighteen years of
age who was serving an indeterminate
sentence of fr6m one to ten years for
burglary committee in Washington ,
county. Holstrom is said to be dying-
of consumption.
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the-
state university has gone for a two
weeks' speaking tour of the western
states. The central engagement of
the ] trip is an address" the semi
centennial exercises of the University
of Washington at Seattle. Chancellor
Avery is to be one of < the principal
speakers ] at this jubilee.
An effort is being made by leading-
democrats of the Fifth congressional
district : to get W. J. Furse , present
railway commissioner into the con
gressional race for the fusion nomina
tion. Letters have been written to
Mr. Furse irom all parts of the dis
trict and r veral of his close friends
from that > art of the state have-
brought the word that they hope to
prevail upon him to run. Mr. Furse
admits that much pressure Ins been ,
brought to bear.
John W. Shahan , deputy state audi
tor , is regarded as a probable candi
date for state auditor at the April-
primaries. Air. Shahan has not said
what he would do , although it Is
known that he has considered the mat- !
ter. His home is at Kearney.
The Farmers State bank of Kramar
Lancaster county , has filed articles of-
incorporation with the state banking
board and the same have been
ap
proved. The bank has a paid
up capi-
stock of $10,000. with $400 in ad-