The Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GAS KILL , Editor.
VALENTINE. . - NEBRASKA.
MAJOR PORTION FALLS ON THE
MANY THOUSANDS OF TEX
TILE LABORERS.
NO LETUP IN STRIKE ACTIVITY
Industrial Workers of World Take a
Hand In Lawrence , Mass. , Trouble
and Urge Men to Stand Firm
Loom Fixers to Return to Mills.
Lawrence , Mass. Feb. 11 marked
the beginning of another month in the
strike of more than 20,000 mill opera
tives for an increase in wages , was one
of activity. The central labor union
officials drew up the demands which
are to be made upon agents of each
mill , while the Industrial Workers of
the World leaders spoke at a number
of meetings orging solidarity among
the strikers. It is estimated that the
financial loss due to the strike , a major
portion of which falls upon the strik
ers , already approaches the $1,000,000
mark. The mills are said to have pro
tected themselves against great finan.-
cial loss by having their work perform
ed at their factories elsewhere or on
subcontracts by which they receive a
share of the profits.
Some mill officials claim that 10,000
operatives are now at work , but the
military observers , who are still on
duty with their troops at the factory
gates , say only 700 or 800 hands go in ,
where 5,000 are employed.
Leaders of the Industrial Workers
of the World assert that this strike is
but the beginning of an industrial rev
olution.
That there will be some accessions
to the ranks of workers in the mills
is certain. Members of the loom fix
ers union employed in the Arlington
mills have voted to return to work ,
and their decision has been indorsed
by the entire loom fixers' union , which
is independent of both the Industrial
Workers of the World and the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
RIOTING IN FRENCH CAPITAL
Anarchists Attending Funeral of Aer-
noult Clash With Police.
Paris. Thousands of socialists , rev
olutionaries and anarchists attended
the incineration of the syndic , Aer-
noult , who was prominent during the
labor troubles here several years ago ,
and who died while serving in a dicip-
linary battalion in Africa. The cere
mony took place at Pere Lachaise
cemetery and the demonstration was
the biggest of the kind since the fu
neral of Louise Michel , the commu
nist and revolutionary agitator , who
died in 1905.
The anarchists , while returning
from the cemetery , attacked the police
with paving stones and serious riot
ing continued for more than an hour.
Finally a heavy rain proved more ef
fective than the police and the mobs
dispersed to seek shelter. A large
number of persons on both sides were
injured and tweney-five of the rioters
were arrested.
Fatal Assault on Prison Warden.
Lincoln , Neb. Just as the prison
chaplin was about to pronounce the
benediction at the close of the morning
chapel exercises at the state peniten
tiary. Albert Prince a negro under
sentence for assault with intent to kill , '
attacked and fatally stabbed Deputy
Warden E. D. Davis. The warden re
ceived six wounds , three of them
gashes in the abdomen. He died at
30:45 o'clock that same evening.
Baptized In Ice Cold Water.
Pittsburgh. With the thermometer
registering 4 degrees above zero twen
ty-seven colored men and women , re
cent converts to the Mt. Zion African
Methodist Episcopal church of
Brownsville , near here , were immersed
in the icy waters of the Monongahela
river. The immersions were witness
ed by several thousand persons , who
shivered on the bank of the river and
huddled close to fires built by small
boys.
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Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
corn fed steers , $7.00@S.OO ; medium to
good , $5.50@7.00 ; good to choice grass
Bteers , S4.50g ( > 6.50 ; good to choice fat
cows and heifers , ? 5.00@6.00 ; grass
cows , o.50@5.00 ; canners and cut
ters , ? 2.75 < g)3.50 ) ; bulls , $4.00@ > 5:50 ;
veals , $3.75@S.OO. Hogs Prices range
from $5.65@G.12 , with a bulk of the $
sales at $5.95@G.10. Sheep Lambs ,
? 4.25@6.00 ; yearlings , ? 4.50@5.25 ;
wethers , $3.50@4.25 ; ewes , ? 2.75@3.75.
New Kansas City Chruch.
Kansas City , Mo. With impressive
services the new Grand Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church , Kansas City's In
skyscraper house of worship , was ded er
icated. Bishop William F. Anderson , feat
of Chattanooga , Tenn. , and the Rev. at
Charles Bayard Mitchell , of Chicago , Pi
made the principal addresses. The
dedicatory ceremonies will continue
all week. The new edifice is a wing
of a twelve-story office building erect gr
ed by the congregation and bearing dr
the name of the Grand Avenue temple. ing
The auditorium will seat 1,500 nell
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INQUIRY INTO ELECTION OF ILLINOIS -
NOIS SENATOR , BEGUN LAST
JUNE , CLOSED.
DICTAGRAPH TEST IS MADE
Opinion Is Divided as to Sherldan'
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Ability as Stenographer Mines on
Witness Stand , Says Girl's Bribe
Tale Is False.
Washington. Hearing of testimony
in the senatorial investigation of Sen
ator Lorimer's election Is concluded.
Attorney Hanecy was given permis
sion to file a brief and also present a
plea of res adjudlca. Final action
by the senate is not expected before
June , although the preparation of its
report will be begun at once by the
committee.
The nature of the plea Is that Sen
ator Lorlmer'B seat was placed In
Jeopardy once before on the same
charge and that the senate decided
he was entitled to his toga. The de
fense will plead also that no add-1
tional evidence of material importance
was brought out at the second inves
tigation , and that the present com
mittee has no jurisdiction.
The Investigation just ended began
on June 20 , 1911. The committee has
been In session juB days and has ex
amined 180 witnesses. It Is estimated ,
that the cost of the inquiry so far as
the government Is concerned is $101.-
000.
Three things engaged the attention
of the committee on the last day of
its inquiry tests of the ability of
J. E. Sheridan , a stenographer em
ployed by the Burns Detective agency ,
to take down a conversation heard
through a dictagraph ; an apology
from Milton W. Blumenberg , who lost
his position when he denounced Sher
idan's notes as "manufactured , " and
Edward Hines' denial of the story told
by Miss Seevers that he had tried to
bribe her.
The dictagraph tests of Sheridan's
ability were made under conditions
approximating those encountered in
Toronto when he made notes of a con
versation between Charles McGowan ,
a HInes-Lorimer witness , and two de
tectives.
At the conclusion of the tests the
opinion was just as much divided as
before regarding Sheridan's ability to
take down a conversation heard
through a dictagraph.
Edward Hines said he started to
send a telegram to his company but
changed his mind.
"I went back to get the message I
had given Miss Severs , " said Hines ,
and while waiting to get her atten
tion I saw a message signed by Bailey.
The substance of the message was
that the hearing had been postponed.
She looked up and asked me if I was
interested in the message. I said I
was a little. With that she turned
the message over.
"She gave me my message , I tore it
up and walked away. I had no money
in my hand nor did I offer her any. "
U. S. AND HONDURAS CLASH
American Marineo Are Landed When
Congress Declares Valentine Syn
dicate Contracts Are Cancelled.
Puerto Cortez , Honduras. A clash
has occurred between United Staten
and Honduras authorities over en
forcement of a government decree di
recting representatives of W. S. Val
entine to surrender to the government
authorities the railroad , wharf and
other properties held under lease by
the Valentine syndicate.
Seventy-five marines from the Uni
ted States gunboat Petrel landed and
seized the wharf and railroad. Hon-
'duran troops then were ordered to rr
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stop all trains. The governor has filed r
a protest.
The congress of Honduras has de
clared that all contracts made with
Valentine are canceled. The congress
directs the president of the republic
to take possession of all the property
Immediately on behalf of the govern
ment
VOTES TO CUT DOWN ARMY d
House Adopts Amendment Dropping w
Five Regiments of Cavalry , or n
4,000 Enlisted Men.
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Washington. Five regiments of cav ei
alry were dropped from the army list st
when the house passed an amendment
the Hay military bill. di
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This means the mustering out of dim
nearly 4,000 enlisted men , the absorp m
tion of the officers into other efm
branches of the service , and an annual m
saving in pay and equipment of more n
than 14,500,000. to
As the bill now reads that section pa
which provides pay for the enlisted
men by an appropriation of more than ar
$15,000,000 makes the appropriation ga
conditional on the proviso that on AV >
July 1 , 1912 , there shall not be more in
than ten regiments of cavalry in the th ;
United States army. di
Big Fire in Montgomery.
Montgomery , Ala. Fire which raged
the heart of the business district ni
entailed a loss of nearly $100,000 to niDC
four firms. The flames originated In DC
upper story of the building occu tOO
pied by a furniture company. tr
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Man 86 DI-v at Funeral.
Cheboygan , Mich. Overcome with
grief , Michael O'Donnell , eighty-six ,
dropped dead in church while attend ne
the funeral of a friend. O'Don do !
was one of the wealthiest farmers 'P
this section. t
"OFF AGAIN ! ON AGAIN ! FINNEGAN ! "
A National Motto for Mexico.
WINSTON CHURCHILL DEFIES
BELFAST RIOTERS AND URGES
HOME RULE IN SPEECH.
QUITS BELFAST IN HASTE
Bad Feeling Develops But Meeting
Ends Without Violence Outlines
Scope of Government's Bill Provid
ing for Parliament in Ireland.
Belfast , Ireland. Winston Churchill
came here to the heart of the Orange
man's country made an address and
left 1 safely for home minus the broken
head which his opponents had predict
ed for him.
The first lord of the admiralty and
John E. Redmond , leader of the Irish
Nationalists , spoke from the same
platform on the home rule bill. Mr.
Churchill outlined the intentions of
the government with respect to self-
government for Ireland and declared
no greater boon could come to the
empire than the settlement of the
long and bitter quarrel between the
British government and the Irish pee
ple.
When Mr. Churchill , with his wife
arrived at the Central station his
party was given a somewhat mixed
reception. A number of Orangemen
who had gathered at the station greet
ed them with groans and boos , but
these were drowned in the hearty
cheers of the large crowd of Liberals
and Nationalists.
The presence in Belfast of the
largest military force ever gathered
iifi preserve peace among the Irish
factions and a drenching rain combined
fib
bined to check the bellicose ardor of
the anti-home rulers , whose hostility
was vented mainly by booing and
hooting.
The essential feature of the Liberal
government's home rule bill to he in
troduced Into the British parliament
were set forth by Mr. Churchill.
The bill Is to contain provisions for
a fair representation in the two
houses of the Irish parliament of all
classes of the Irish people and restrictions
c.tl
tions will be placed on the passing of
laws or the imposition of taxes which
might be unjust to any party , while
religious < freedom Is to be secured.
GRAND JURY INDICTS 33
True Bills Are Returned Against La
bor Men by Dynamite Probers
at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. Thirty-three indict
ments were returned before Judge An
derson < by the federal grand jury
which has been investigating the dy
namite ; outrages of the past six years.
Summonses are being prepared for
the arrest of forty or fifty labor leaders -
ers scattered throughout eighteen
states.
March 12 was set as arraignment
flay and clerks began the work of
making certified copies of the indict
ment and preparing summonses. An
effort will be made to arrest every
man named at the same hour and
aearly every defendant is now known
be under surveillance in different
parts of the country.
Many of the indictments center
iround the activities of Ortle McMani-
jal , confessed dynamiter , and those
vho ] went to Detroit in June , 1907 , and
nduced him to become a member of
he ravaging band have bene in-
licted.
Wrecked ; Row 300 Miles.
Victoria , B. C. The first mate and
line men of the crew of the Norwe Ii
gian ship Askoy , wiich was wrecked Iic
December 27 on Elisabeth reef , rowed tl
miles in an open boat to the Aus- tlM
rallan ; coast , according to news 1)
rought here by the steamer Marama.
Ban on Paris Handbills.
Paris. As a result of M. Lepine'B
lew regulations against the throwing ol
own of handbills in the street , the tf
earnnce of the city is cleaner than tfc ;
hcs been for years. tl
BANDITS LOOT TRAIN
FIVE MEN HOLD UP ROCK ISLAND
PASSENGER.
Mail and Express Cars Are Cut From
Coaches Near Hurlburt , Ky.f
and $75,000 Secured.
Memphis , Tenn. Five train robbers
looted the mail and express cars of
the Rock Island train No. 43 , near
Hurlburt , Ark. , and got away with
from $60,000 to $75,000 consigned tea
a bank in Oklahoma.
The money was taken from the
safe of the Wells-Fargo Express com
pany and the robbers escaped with
their booty long before an alarm was
spread.
The train left Memphis about mid
night. After it cleared the western
terminus of the Mississippi river
bridge it was boarded by two masked
men. They climbed over the tender ,
covered the engine crew with guns ,
then the train was halted. The engi
neer was bound and gagged , then
kicked off into a ditch. The fireman
ran the train on several miles until it
was signaled to a halt at a campflre
alongside the track , where three other
bandits waited.
The engine with the two cars mean
while proceeded to a point a mile east
of Hurlburt , Ark. Then the robbers
ransacked the postal car , blew open
the safe in the Wells-Fargo express
car , gathered their plunder and made
off in the darkness.
ARRANGE A NEW ARMISTICE
Chinese Empress Dowager Makes
Various Demands In Interest of
Imperial Family.
Peking. A complete armistice has
been arranged , but bargaining between
Premier Yuan Shi Kai and tL-e repub
lican leaders is likely to continue for
several weeks before the court finally
retires.
Chinese papers publish the terms
laid down by the empress dowager ,
which include the perpetuation of the
titles of the entire court , retention by
the imperial family o the paltcea in
Peking , continuation of the imperial
guard at the expense of the republic ,
and the right of the court to exact
regal homage from the nation. It is
believed that the republicans will not
accept some of these terms.
GEN. JAMES B. WEAVER DEAD
Former Congressman and Twice Nom
inee for President Succumbs to
Heart Failure at Des Moines.
Des Molnes , la. Gen. James B.
Weaver , veteran of the Civil war , for
mer member of congress , twice nomi
nee for the office of president of the
United States and pioneer of political
reform , is dead at the age of seventy-
nine years.
Death was due to heart failure fol
lowing an attack of acute Indigestion.
COURT RULES AGAINST LEWIS
Overrules Demurrer to Indictment of
Banker Accused of Misuse of
the Mails.
St Louis. Judge Amldon , in the
federal court , overruled a demurrer
to the indictment against E. G. Lew
is , accused of misuse of the malls in
connection with the People's United
States bank. Shepard Barclay , attorc
ney for Lewis , contended that the
grand jury which rstnrned the bill
was not properly constituted.
Gives Himself Up for Killing In 1904.
Albuquerque , N. M. Moses N. Gat-
liff of Mount Vernon , Ky. , asked the
chief ] of police to lock him up , saying
that he had killed Robert Rigsby of
Mount Vernon , Ky. , September 27 ,
1904. ) A telegram from Kentucky con
firmed the confession.
Earl Spencer Resigns Post.
London. Earl Spencer resigned his
office as lord chamberlain. His ac
tion Is attributed to the widespread
criticism recently of tils conduct of
the office of censor of plays.
SAYS TRUST IS CRUEL
INVESTIGATOR CHARGES STEEL
COMPANY FLOGS CONVICTS.
Declares Men Are Stripped and Un
mercifully Whipped When They
Fail of Their Tasks.
Washington. S. M. Harrison , a
magazine writer , caused a sensation
before the senate finance committee
at a hearing on steel tariff revision
here. He said the United States Steel
corporation was to blame for flogging
of convicts In labor camps In Ala
bama.
He said he had seen a prisoner
flogged with a three-ply leather strap
and had seen black and blue marks on
one convict's back. Failure to do the
required tasks was punishable by flog
ging , solitary confinement and by
other methods , he said.
He said convict laborers were
forced to He flat on their faces to be
flogged.
"Flogged with a thong as big as a
wagon trace or tug ? " suggested Mr.
Stanley.
"By a strap five feet long. "
"Ever see this instrument of tor
ture ? "
"Yes. "
"What's the usual punishment ? "
"Fifteen lashes. "
Representative Bartlett of Georgia ,
a member of the committee observed
that the whole system of convict labor
was wrong.
"I don't think there is any differ
ence in committee as to that , " added
Representative Gardner of Massachu
setts.
"No difference of opinion as to that
with us , " interjected Attorney Reed
for the Steel corporation , "and we
are getting out of it as soon as possi
ble. "
MEXICAN REVOLT IS FEARED
Loyalty of Gen. Orozco Is Questioned
United States Prepared to
Act In Emergency.
Washington. Another uprising in
Mexico is impending , according to of
ficial dispatches which cast grave
doubts on the loyalty of General Oroz
co to President Madero and Intimate
that Orozco is about to begin a new
rebellion and declare the Independence
of the state of Chihuahua. '
As Chihuahua borders on Texas , Its
separation from Mexico would be a
matter of deep concern to the United
States.
So complete are the military prep
arations that it is said nothing ye-
malns to be done but to send one mes
sage to every department army head
quarters in the country to insure the
prompt assemblage of a sufficient
number of troops on the Mexican
border to prepare the United States
for any emergency that might arise
there.
H. W. TAFrS WIFE CATHOLIC
President's Sister-in-Law Abandons
the Protestant Episcopal Faith ,
According to the Times.
New York. Mrs. Henry W. Taft ,
wife of the president's brother , has
become a convert to the Roman Cath
olic faith , says the Times. She re
nounced the Episcopal faith and was
received into the Catholic church last
Friday , in the chapel of St Ignatius
Loyola church. Father Vaughan , the
English Jesuit priest , who long has
been a friend of Mrs. Taft , received
her formal confession of faith.
From childhood Mrs. Taft was a de
voted member of the Protestant Epis $
copal church. Mr. Taft and his broth
er. President Taft , are Unitarians. .
GEM FORTUNE IS STOLEN
Thief Gets Away With Two Sample
Cases Containing $20,000 Worth i
of Jewels.
Chicago. Tired of carrying sample
cases' filled with gems for jewelry
salesmen , a young man , formerly
known as a "trusty carrier of jewel-
laden grips , " decided , it is alleged , to c
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start in business for himself , and
walked out of the display room of
Spaulding & Co. with more than ? 20-
000 worth of gems.
The jewels are the property of
Sloan & Co. , New York , and were
left in the Spaulding display room by
Clement A. H < 5ibrook , salesman. , in
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BILL TO PROTECT EMPLOYES in
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Measure Introduced In Congress Seeks re
to Prevent Coercion During ti
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Washington. A bill to prevent any ' sh
imployer of labor from intimidating
his employees In presidential elections
was Introduced in the house by Rep-
esentatlve Payser , an Iowa Democrat the
rhe bill makes it unlawful for any emn
p. ver to post notices or to distribute jn
cin i.jars threatening a reduction in
are
salary or the closing down of any in j
business in the event of the election
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of a certain presidential ticket ;
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German Socialists Lose.
Berlin , Germany. Dr. Peter Spahn ,
the leader of the Clerical center party , ta
was elected president of the relchstag , of
defeating August Bebel , the leader of
and
the Social Democratic party , by 196
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votes to 175.
Explosion KHIs Twelve Men.
Fort Francis. Got. A premature explosion
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plosion on Jopst-jne Carey's construction
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struction work or- the Canadian Northern
suit
ern railway , near here , killed twelve '
I'll
men and seriously injured eight oth
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ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
Quarrel Ends in a Killing.
Nance County. Joe Milcheaeck la
in custody for the killing of Sancho
Palmero. While the two were return
ing from a dance they got into a quar
rel , both being considerably under the
influence of liquor. Michesrck came 011
into town and Palmero followed him
threatening and calling him names.
When Milcheseck went into his home
Palmero tried to follow him and Mil
cheseck grabbed a shotgun and fired
through the door with fatal results.
Quicker work than was anticipated
is being done in tearing down and re
moving the old Merrick county court
house and clearing the site prepara
tory to commencing work 011 the nevr
$90,000 structure contracted for. After
the roof had been taken off and the
interior woodwork pretty well out tbe
walls were pulled down to the top of
the first story.
The residence and office of Hr. B. B.
Andrews of Nemaha was completely
destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire
was a defective flue.
The largest and most successful sale
of pure bred hogs ever held in Central
City occurred when 11. B. Baird offered
for sale forty-five head of Poland China
sows from his herd. The hogs averaged
S4G.71 per head , the highest price
being paid for a tried sow , Dave H in
kle of St. Edward paying $155 for the
animal. F. R. Riggis of Archer paid the
next highest price , $150 for a tried
sow.
Coal Find in Dodge County.
Dodge County. Property owners
along Logan creek in the northeastern
part of Dodge county , are of the opin
ion that the discovery of coal on Eph
Johnson's farm is going to be a big
thing for that section. In spite of the
cold weather and inadequate tools and
equipment , Mr. Johnson has continued
his prospecting in other places along
the creek with very satisfactory re
sults , and other farmers have turned
prospectors. The same formation ex
tends a distance of several miles.
Big Deal in Land.
Clay County. At the referee sale at
Clay Center , Thursday , January 31 ,
the land formerly belonging to Charles
Von Nordheim's estate was sold and
brought prices that show the value of
Clay county lands , as the sales were
for cash. The home farm , 280 acres ,
sold for $127.50 an acre and two differ
ent farms near Glenville brought
$18,000 cash and a lagoon of eighty
acres sold for $4,400. Two of the buy-
acres for $21,000 cash , making the
total selling for the day $121,000.
Doctor Committed Suicide.
Cuming County. Dr. M. K. Sclie-
mel , wiho committed suicide at Hos-
kins by drinking carbolic acid was
formerly a resident of West Point
where he practiced medicine ior some
years. The doctor was a highly cultured
yti
tured German physician and enjoyea
the respect and esteem , of the entire
tilCl
community.
Will Submit Bond Issue.
Adams County. The urgent need
of increased public school facilities
in order to keep pace with the rapier
growth of Hastings was so thoroughly
impressed upon the members of the
school board that it was unanimously
decided that a $65,000 bond issue
should be submitted to the public at
the- spring election.
Burlington Agent Robbed.
Johnson County. A. R. Allgeirer ,
night agent of the Burlington , at Tecumseh -
cumseh , was held up and robbed of
$8 in money and a gold watch and $18
of company money was taken from
the drawer. The rol > bers escaped.
Stephens Sends Word.
Dan Stephens of Fremon * , present
congressman from the Third district ,
made it known to the secretary of
state that he desired his name placed
on the primary ballot as a democratic
candidate for the place he now holds.
Bridge Construction.
Bids will Ire opened at tlie county
clerk's office in Bridgeport , February
, for the construction of two
bridges across the North Platte river ,
one at Bridgeport and the other at
Bayard , Cheyenne county.
Plans to Educate Voters.
Cuming County. Rev. L > an Rues-
ing of West Point , in conjunction with
Mrs. F. N. Cole of Omaha and J. E.
Miller of Lincoln is actively engaged
formulating plans to place before
the voters of the state the facts and
reasons why the proposed constitu
tional < amendment to establish a board
control of state institutions , to be
voted upon at the next state election , ,
should be supported.
Socialists Are Active.
Douglas foanty. The socialists cr
state , pursuant to their announcsa
,
plan to ve an en-ergetic campaign
this sta. < .e during the coming year ,
arranging for a series of meetings ,
Omaha previous to tiie state con
vention which is to be l. < ! . „ Yoix
February 29.
Want County Legislative League.
Nemaha County. Steps are being
taken to effect a county organization
members of the legislature past
present , who reside in Nemaha
couutf.
Farmer Captured Se/eral Wolves.
Gnge i County. J : > h : Grcnewald , a
larmer living near I-.ckivil. was in
Beatrice with nvo'olf pelrs. the re-
of captui s. The ' . \oivcs in the
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I'tckrell vicinity ar ? getting bolf ! and
carrying cif chickens aud occa
sionally a p "g cr two. \