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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1909)
next iisiai'c ' a.'sjiwsr4CTJsn 4S8'.iiii3 ! 9ME V- THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL GREGORY LANDS UP AUCTION Sale of 50,000 , Acres Begins in City oi Gregory. JUDGE WITTEN HAS CHARGE Many Prospective Purchasers Brought Money Orders on Gregory Postofflce and for a Time It Looked as If Office Would be Swamped. Gregory , S. IX. March 25. Special to The XOWH : . 'udgo ' .lames W. Wltten today began the auction sale of the unentered lands of this county and later will conduct the Illlng on the Trlpp county claims. lie found an unusual condition of affairs In that those who came to pur chase laud had many of them bought money orders on the Gregory postofllce which they brought here to bo cashed as the government will accept only cash or money orders. They were so many and In such large sums that the office was In a fair way to bo drained of currency many times over. The judge , ever re sourceful , Immediately got busy with the telegraph to headquarters for a relief measure which will he put Into effect , lie bad a drayload of mall which was delivered at the land office and which occupied him some time. He will sell the land at auction be ginning with lot No. 1. a hundred a ; day , till they are all sold. There are 120 lots. A certificate will he Issued to the pur chaser showing what ho bought and the price per acre. There are more than 50,000 acres to bo sold. The Judge Is a practiced auctioneer and will handle this part of the work him self. He will be assisted by Mr. Woods from the Chamberlain land of fice and by 10. M. Hood of the First National bank of this city. The city Is already full of strangers who are here looking over the land to be sold and It Is estimated that not less than 1,000 will attend this sale. There are also hundreds of home steaders already on the ground waiting for < ' " * ' turn-- " - - * - * - The city is dotted with tents. Every effort is being put forth by the citizens to care for the crowds and perfect order Is maintained. The Times will Issue a daily during the sale ami the Illlng. The Home steaders Aid , an organization of citi zens , is providing free ground for tent ing purposes , a bureau of Information , and in fact doing everything possible \ to make the new comers comfortable and welcome. OVER FIF1Y WITNESSES CALLED Kinnan Trial One of Longest in Recent Years In Antelope. Nellgh , Neb. . March 25. Special to The News : All the evidence and that of reuttal In the much tnlked-of Kin- nan case was concluded last'evening at S o'clock. H was the wish of the court to have the opening argument presented to the jury after this hour , but on account of minor details In summing up the evidence the state de sired to not make the attempt until this morning. The time given the attorneys was : made equal , the state has two hours and also the defense -argument he- fore the jury. The county attorney will make the opening remarks , with N. D. Jackson following , after which Judso Harrington will close for the : state and Senator Allen for the de fense. Clerk of the District Court Rice says that this has been one of the longest trials. In Antelope county In eight years. Over fifty witnesses were called , and the expense to the county is something enormous. SSMOLTEACHERW BY FATHER Miss Anna Mangano Killed In Prcs cnce of Pupils and Friends. Now YorK , March 25. Within sight of several of her school teaclier f rlemn and pupils on the way to sciioo. through a crowded street on the uppfi EiiFt side Miss Anna A. Mangano , u Uaihfr in the puuiie schuui , u t.u. One Hundred ana SetonJ sireet.u - shoi and instantly Ki.uM o > IUT uun , Muugauu , un mui'ur | m a auiun cuuii , liiid ouen loi.v. . . .iijj hid dr.u . .u ai.U tailing her to uuj. As she kcj , huiMui ; , o.i uu jinn , t/u lorwarii , dic\\ his ro\oivt'r nom u.s ovu-iuut puu > . - und tiu-i , uvo snoia ai uia MUUB..U. He then uirimi me rovuiver on I.HI. si-it , bat \\t.Ji ( uevc'iiie * , fro.n cuiji. ; . out ti.is iiu.pibt. u ) Ado. pa Sur.vari. a yuu.iK uiai. Wi. i aii.p ieu w.tji . , ; ii wi.ilt ti.e mi St\ijg.t.d ; , li.it > ) v.i Weiit wiiu. .ua Ui.w moi.e auay lio. . iu , bLt no oiertauon ami a , uy two Huri to Teach Cry Farming , Omaha , .March --ProfeS3Qi : E. \ . Hunt , : ormer ! > co.mci ltd w.th X braska unlvoi , lty , will take rhar jc lifti-i it dry faun experiments npar AI liance Trat Timber 01 farmc-is I. a FiTuIoyCvj ! ' .m t a - aintend , ) the w i of t < "tlng r tar " ; , as advUn ! t I/otato rat ng I 'frssor Hunt w drive fro-i -i t , f.rm anJ In-tr1 these omrlJ -I In the work T ( armors have & % ' : . OF ALLOTTING AGENT DEAD b/V , N p j.ohn , Scrlven Passes Away After a Week's Sickness. Dallas , S. I ) . , March 25. Mrs. Scrlven , wife of the Fpoclal allotting agent , John II. Scrlveu. employed by the government nt Rosebud , S. I ) . , died at S o'clock yesterday morning of pneumonia , after an Illness of over a week. The remains will he taken to her old home at Mitchell for burial. Woodman Rally at Alnsworth. AliiHWorth , Neb. , March 25. Special to The News : The Modern Woodman camp at this place held a big rally Wednesday night and a class of over thirty was adopted Into full fellow ship. GASTRO NOW TALKS OF REVOLUTION Says He Will Re-establish Pow er in Venezuela. Paris , March 25. Castro and his party went to Uordoaux today. At the railroad station Castro told a group of f Venezuelan adherents that he intended to re-establish Ills power in Venezuela , by revolution if necessary. 2-OENT FARE BILL IN MISSOURI House Is Pushing Measure to Require Roads to Sell Mileage Books. Jt-fferson City , Mo. , March 25. The house pushed the 2-cent mileage rate book bill to engrossment. The meas- uro requires railroads to sell mileage boohs good for 500 , 1,000 and 2,000 miles at a rate of 2 cents a mile. These books are to be on sale at all stations , made out to bearer and to be accepted for passage on all main Hue trains. The bill specifically states that it does not repeal the 2-cent lure law recently declared conllscatory by Judge Smith McPhcrson at Kansas City. The present outlook is for the passage of the bill by the house today. THREE CONVICIEU OF MURDER Two Sentenced to Die and Third Given Fifteen Years. Richmond , Vu. , Mai eh 25. At Powl' hattan Courthouse the jury In the Plp7vh : ! ! iv.ufdcr-ai.i ! arson case , alter forty minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict finding Joe and Isham Toy . lor guilty ol minder in' the first de gree and John Brown guilty ot murder in the second degree and fixing the [ hitter's punishment at lilteen years in [ the penitentiary. ' 1 he first degree mur der verdict tarries with it death In the electric chair , ' he meii are three of a number of negroes , charged with murdering Mrs , Mary E. Skipwith and \\alter G. John son , the manager of her estate , and atterwards setting fire to the historic home , "Southeast. " LAND'S ' DEATH ENDS HANGINGS New Jersey Will Now Use Electrocu tion for Inflicting Death Penalty. New Brunswick , N. J. , March 25. Executions by hanging came to end In the state of New Jersey will the imposition of the death penalty in that form upon Frederick Lang In the county Jail yard here. Lang was con victcd ot the murder of his niece : Katie Gordon , at lianhampton , a vl 11 ! lage near this city , April 20 , 190C , be cause she refused to marry him. II was sentenced to die by hanging before fore the law making electrocution the death penalty was passed. Given Five Years for Bootlegging. Charleston , 111. . March 25. A fine o 57,500 , and live years In the count ) jail was the sentence in the case o William II. Knight of Mattoon fo bootlegging by Judge Cruic. THREE SPEED RECORDS BROKEN Bruce Brown Lowers Time fo Ten Miles at Dytona. Daytona , Flu. , March 25. A fas course , largo attendance , a stiff south em breeze blowing up the course , an the shattering of world's record B in uu tomoblle , motor cycle and blcycl events characterized the second day' Daytona Beach tournament. Iu a five mile motor cycle record trlul Walte Goerko made the distance in 3:301-5 : establishing a new world's record. The first heut iu the invitation rue for five miles , In which Robertson , De Pa 1ma and Fitzyutrlck wore entered was won by the hugo O ur , driven u ; Robertson in 2:451-5 : , breaking th world's record for gasoline curs , hull by Luncla In a 100-hor e power Fia of 2:5431-5. : Bruce Brown , the lam tour , at the wheel of the Beuz car , am , Ralph Ue Palma driving tbu Flat , hai a thrilling race at ten miluu , Ben winning Iu the wonderful time o 5:14 : 2-5. The previous world's straight away ten-mile record waa 6:15 : , uiud by Arthur McDonlad. Slosson Outplays Cutler. Now York , March 25 , George Sloa son of this city outplayed A. G. Cutle of Boston In last night's ganio of th DECLINES TO j | I WEARJUROWN George , Crown Prince of Servia , Renounces It , ' ACCUSED OF A MURDER I Because of a Bitter Attack Upon Him by Newspapers of His Own Country , Accusing Him of Responsibility for' Death , He Gives Up. Belgrade , March 25. George , crown prince of Servia , today renounced the right to succession to the throne of Servia , because of a bitter newspaper campaign accusing him of rcsponslIr hlllty for the death of one of his servants. NATIONAL PAQXINS GO , SiJED Minority Stockholders Allege Collusion - sion With Beef Trust. New \ ork , March 25. The National 'licking company , th' . ' huid.ng concern 01 Hie so-callul "heel tniot , " and rodeilck .losi'ph the president of the New York Uiitdior.s Ijie.ssed Meat ompany , are named as defendants in in action brought in the supreme court y the officers of "the minority stock- lolders , ' association of the Now York- York IJutchers Dressed Meat com- mny , to iccovor $1,122.000 damages. The complainants allege that the .ompany , which was organized to com- iele with the allied interests , lias joon the victim of ( .ollusioit between Joseph and the trust that the prices it which it bays runl sells are r ll > dictated by these who are suppobtd to be rivals , with the result that New Vork city is in the grip ot a beef mo nopoly. FWELYE KILLED IN TEXAS STORM Eight Persons Burned to Death In One Farm House. Dallas , Tex. , March 25. Twelve known dead , propuity IMS ? reaching in to ' tne thousands ui dohais and a scorn injured is the result of a toruadc , wJuch awept-pver. the . northeastern part of Wise county Several smali towns suffered serious damage. 'me gi.in.ial comsu ot the tornadc ' seems lo have been trom the south cabi. The greatest loss ot Iho oc curred in the country districts. The i destruction of one larm house alone caused Use death ot eight persona Tins single tiageuy ot the storm oc cm led near Slidell. The t'aim house of Ira lUce was crushed In by the furious wind and the lamlly of ei iit members pinned beneath the wreck age. A light In the house at the lime of the disaster caused the ruins tc become ignited and , fanned by the strong wind , the flames snuffed 1Ut the lives of the helpless victims. The towns of ganger and Green wood were lilt and a number of houses were moveu from their foundations The Moonview school house , isa ; Sangcr , was blown down. In this vl cinity two farmers and two chllclrcr of a negro tenant were killed. erA Crafton every business house sav one was blown down. Small Tornado In Kansas. Topeka , Kan. , March 25. The storm of snow and sleut which swept across Colorado and western Kansas assumei the proportions of a tornado near edM son , Sherman county. Nine cars of a freight train on the Rock Island rou ; were blown from the track between Edson and Brewster , ten miles west Houses in botli towns were unroofed ; , but no fatalities occurred. FORGED TO TAKEJWSON DRAUGHT Carbolic Acid Poured Down Throat ol Vincennes Woman. Vlnccnnes , Ind. , March 25. Mrs. Jessie Overtoil Culbertson Is in u dying coin Uon as the result of hav ing carbouc acid forced down her throat. Alter the acid had been ad , ministered , the woman was securely > ! bound. She was lound In a shed at the rear of her home. Revived ior ata few seconds , she said : "A man and a woman dragged me Into the woodshed and poured some thing down my throat. " The police attribute the crime to jeoloiisy. They have held a letter pur porting to be from a Jealous woman since Monday. The loiter , placed un der Mrs ' ined Culbertson's doorstep , warned her to give up her husband on penalty of death. Fatality In Homestake Mine. Lead , S. D. , March 25. Isaac J. Smith was killed in the Homestake mine by an air motor train. He leaves a wife and four children. Two of Ms sons are located at Gordon , Neb. Wooster Divorce Case Dismissed. Central City. Neb. . March 25. Th celebrated Wooster divorce case Inu iu been finally dismissed without preju dice. * wlft Hall of Engineering Opened. Chicago. March 25with the open ing of the Swift Hall of Engineering a $100.000 K , . building given by Edward rd F. Swift and his rdF ( mother , Mrs fi F Swift , the Northwestern university at Evanston begins a new era. Engineer Lid on Dlount Tri.il , Amltc , La. , March 25. Judge Ellis Usued pcnmptory orders forbidding newspaper representatives from send ing out , cither verbatim or In sub stance , the testimony of witnesses In the trial of A very Hlount for the killIng - Ing of llenjamln Hreuland , his wife and stepdaughter. Carnegie Denounces Qlg Navies , New York. March 25. The growing tendency toward bigger and more for midable navies shown by the leading nations of Europe and now by the United States , was denounced by An drew Carnegie at the International I pcnre festival held at Carnegie bull ' ' MAY 1 CEOPEN , Insurrection in the House Re fuses to Be Subdued , LINING UP FOR STRUGGLE. . Democrats and " " Will "Insurgents" Op < pose Rule to Limit Amendments , Republicans Want to Secure Record Votes on Some Schedules. Washington , March 25. Like a South American revolution , the insur rection in the Republican ranks in the house refuses to be subdued. While there is no apparent Indication of any movement on tlie part of the "Insur gents" to reopen their tight , it is known that no rule to limit amendments - ments to the tariff bill lias been brought In because of the uncertainty of the intentions of Representative Murdoch ( Kan. ) and the other "insur gents. " It is understood that the rules committee is meiely awaiting a favor ably opportunity to bring in u rule which will limit the changes iu the Payne bill to committee amendments. This rule , which probably will be presented before next week , will not shut ort the reading of the tarlil bill under the five-minute rule , but is pro posed as a means of preventing unnec essary delay in bringing auout Its pas sage. As several Republican members have announced their int3iitlonot loic Ing record votes on cereuin proposed amendments , It may also be the pur pose of the rule to prevent such votes being taken. The proposed rule will be opposed by a large number of Republicans and Democrats alike , but as it would pre vent votes being taken for the purpose of putting memueis on record with l gard to certain schedules , it might l ceivo the support of those Rcpuollcans who desire to otfer amendments to the bill , Champ Clark and the minority mem hers of the ways and means commit tee have announced their intention of opposing any rule which will tend to limit the offering of amendments. The Democratic leaders would , in that case expect the 'insurgents" to stand bj them. The consideration of the rule also would require the Democratic "bolters" to go on record again. The "Insurgents" believe that all of the southern Democrats who voted for the Fitzgerald amendments would vou with their fellow Democrats Senate BUI VVill Be Ready. The larlff bill to be recommcndei by the senate committee on finance will be riady to be reported on the day the Payne bill passes the house according to present intentions of the Republican members o" the commit tee who are holding daily sessions Consideration of the schedules 01 earthenwai- : and pottery was conclud ed. Ideas presented by Senator Aid rich In favor of reducing public ex penditures so as to fit the'normal rev enues of the government-lather than expand the Income to growing extrav agances is receiving general supper among seratots It is now believed I will bo possible to avoid all forms especial special taxes Washburn ( Mass. ) and Adaliison ( Ga. ) discussed the Payne tariff bli In the house , the former attacking the inheritance tax provision of the bill while Adamson opposed the erection o a tariff wall so high as to prevent thr * people of the t'nlted States buying Ir all the markets of the world as wel as disposing of their surplus products AFRICAN SHOOTING SEASON ENDS Record for Four Months Shows Killing of 110 Lions. Mombasa , British East Africa , Marcl 25. The heavy rains have begun In the protectorate and there was a pre clpltatlon of over four Inches In three hours. The great fires which latel > destroyed the prairies and drove the game in close to the railroad line were extinguished 'by the downpour The popular shooting season Is at an end. The record for the four months shown the killing of 110 lions , includ Ing I two man-eaters , and 3,000 head of other game. During the season nine natives and four white men were mauled by lions. Drowns Children -and Herself ; Slmsbury , Conn. , March 25. The bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her two children were found' In the Farm Ington river. The children had been ' led together before drowning ensued and through a note left by Mrs , Mil ler the probabilities are strong tha KIDNAPE ENTIFIEO \Yil2ie \ Wiiitla Confronts Captors In Cluieland Police Station. PROVE TO BE'SHARON COUPLE , Says Man Is the One Who Took Him from School and Declares Woman U the One Who Cared for Him and Acted the Part of Nurse. Cleveland , March 25. Willie Whit a identified tlie man and woman held on'suspicion by the Cleveland police is the persons who kidnaped him irom t.ie school at Sharon , 1'a. , last week ami held him for the $10,000 ransom , which was paid by Ills father , Attorney James 1'Shltia , Monday. Willie said tne man , who gave the name ol James H. Boyle , was the one who took him from school and carried him through a tortuous route to Cleveland , then to Ashtabula , back to this city and placed him In the house In the east end , where ho was held until the money was paid. Willie also declared the woman \vus the one who cared for him at the house where he was detained and who acted the part of n nurse. Boyle said tile woman Is his wife. Boyle Is said to reside In Sharon and is a plumber by trade , lie Is said to have a wid1" owed mother , four brothers and a sis- ter. The woman , who is accredited with being tjjio wife of Boyle , declared soon alter hdr arrest that her identification would cause a sensation in Sharon. \ \ hen the Identification was comw plcted Mr. Whitla would say nothing regarding the woman. He said he knew Boyle slightly. Taken Before Grand Jury. Immediately after Willie Whitla hud seen the man and woman at the mill ui ponce biation they were taken to the country court house and there appeared before the grand jury. They were examined for the purpose of aid ing , the jury in its attempt to find an indictment against the two prisoners , The charge under Hie laws of Ohio against the man and woman , if an inai dictment was lound , will be blackmail. This Is based upon the payment ol the $10,00) ransom paid by Mr. Whitla As Boyle and his wilt are held by the police on suspicion only , an Indict- meiit will afford a means of placing ihem under arrest formally and then they can be held indefinitely. Imme-lately after leaving the grand jury room Jji1. and Mrs. Whitlailne and the janitor of the Sharon school , which Willie attended , left tor Sharon As the prisoners have not waived extradition they will be held here lor two or three days until the necessarj papers tor their removal to Sharon j can be ai ranged. A woman known as Mary Dlener , who , the police say , may have been } an associate of the kidnapeis or was implicated in the plot ; committed sul- tluo by drinking morphine. The wornj an drank the poison while standing f in front of a drug store in the east end , not lar from the house in which Willie Whitla was detained here. She died in an ambmance while being ' { | taken u > a hospital. j Lair of Kidnapers is Located. j The police lotaied the house in : which the Whitla boy was held while ' ) in Cleveland. It is the "Granger , " a downtown apartment house of the better - ter order. It Is a three-story building , containing several suites , most of which are occupied It is located on Prospect avenue , near East Twenty- " second"street. . The man and woman rented a suite on the second floor front. Willie said he spent consider able time at the front window and noticed - ticed the names on the street cars which passed. He also said he read a sign across the street , which he re membered , it was through the aid of the signs and the street car signs that the lair ot1 Hie lildnapcrs was located The building la in a populous district. The kidnapers ate at a restaurant nearby. BLACK HAND KILLING IN BROOKLYN Italian Killed by Saloon Keeper With Whom he Had Quarreled. Now York , March 25. Another killIng - Ing which the police declare should be added to the list of crimes of the Hlack Hand society was committed on the streets of Brooklyn when Joseph Genaro. a clgarmaker , and supposed to be the father of a vaudeville per former of that name , was shot down and killed In a fusillade of bullets that followed a meeting of Genaro and a crowd of seven Italians. The police made several arrests and Mrs. Genaro , who stood by and im plored her husband's enemies not to shoot him , declared that Antonio Cln- cotta , a saloon keeper , one of the pris oners , had killed he rhusband. DotocUvcB have had Clncotta under surveillance for some time , believing that he might know something of the movements of the Black Hand society. Kills Wife's Assailant. Kansas City. March 25. Leon H Brady , a mining engineer , shot and killed Joseph E Flanagan , a mining promoter.The shootlnfe took plaiie at 'the Brady home , In East Fifteenth treet. Brady was taken Into custody Ho told the police that Flanagan at CONDITION OF THF WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours , Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the wi-athei as record ed foi the twenty-four hours ending at S n. m. today. Maximum -10 Minimum 21 Average 110 Barometer 2D.7S Chicago , March 25. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Fair tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Sun sets ( ! : ii ; , rises 5moon : ! ! ) ; sots llOS : p. in. ; ( ! p. in. , planet Neptune ap parently stnl lonary. ANTHRACITE MINERS WILL CONTINUE WORK Want President Taft to Appoint Committee to Arbitrate. Scrantou , Pa. , March 25. A resolu tion to ask Piesldenl Tatt to appoint a committee to arbitiate dln'eruiieea was adopted by the miners' convention and referred to the executive board lt put it in effect lit their discretion. Itcnfllrmlng the demands already presented to the operators , the anthra cite miners voted to remain at work alter April 1 , allowing the district executive boards of the hard coal llelds ' of Pennsylvania to continue their efforts to get an agreement sat isfactory ' to the men. The miners were instructed by the convention to continue < at work until such time as they are otherwise notified by the of ficial representatives of the three an thracite districts and the executive boards < were instructed to negotiate an ; agreement upon such basis us the boards in their judgment believe the conditions warrant. Following the reading of the ro pe t there was silence In the hall , which was broken by President Lewis , who asked if there were any remarks on the report. A delegate moved Its adoption , which was quickly seconded. I-or a moment U looked as if the most important report of the convention would go to a vote without a debate , but a delegate arose ami asked what would happen If the operators would not let them go to work after April l. President Lewis replied : "If thu employers will not let the men con tinue to work , the lesponslbility for the suspension will rest upon the oper ators. " WESTERN ROADS TO FI3HT RULING Decide to Contest | . C. C. Order in i Kindel Case. | Chicago , March 25. Traffic officials of western roads who have determined to contest tne order ot the interstate commerce commission issued last week in , , the Kindel case , reducing the class lieight j rates from Chicago to Denver by amounts-ranging fiom 2U tojjj cents a bundled pounds oh the 'vuiious classes , were encouraged by the re- celpt of telegrams fiom Deirfer stat- j ; that they would receive the su'p- I ort of the Dejiyer commercial inter ests in & coufl fight. ri he eifci t of the Kindel decision , which h.to every road handling through business between Chicago and Denver , was discussed at a meetIng - Ing ot traffic officials here last Mon- day. No action was taken at that time , but the officials were ajl agreed that a contest should be made before the t order becomes effective on May 1. The final plans for tiio light will be perfected In a meeting ol traffic offi cials to be held here next week. DENVER HIT BY STOBM Colorado Metropolis Completely IJ Isolated From Outside World. Denver , March 25. Klght Inches ol wet , clinging snow , lollowlng several hours of steady rain , did damage in Denver estimated at from ? 20U,0.0 tc J300.0GO and cut off all communication with the outside -world. Kvery wire ol the Western Union and Postal Tele graph companies , every toll line of the telephone company was carrieu down by the heavy snow , along with hundreds of poles , the city's fire alarm system was almost destroyed. G.OOC telephone wires In the city were ren dered useless and hundreds of trees In the parks and along the boulevards were badly damaged. For several hours street car service was at a standstill and thousands of people plodded to work through the slush Suburban electric lines were put out of commission and trains on all rail roads were many hours late , as the train dispatchers were helpless. In the vicinity of Seventh and Larl a mer streets , poles are down for a dls t.anco of a mile and the great mass ol telephone , telegraph and electric wires In fulling curried with them part ol the Larimer street viaduct and com pletely blocked rallron TAYLOR HIT3 Onialia Man Gets Blow From Glister County Solon. RESENTS AN INSINUATION. Clash Followo Passing of Lie During Suffrage Debate House Kills Courv ty Option Proposition for Another Two Years , Lincoln , March 25. Reprosentntlva W. J. Tayor of York assaulted .ludgo Shoemaker ot Omaha , a brother legits later , on the floor of the house during a heated debate on the woman auff rage bill. Tayor has worked hard to secure passage of the measure , and Shoemaker opposed It In a warm spucch. During the course of his remarks - marks Shoemaker said that woman suffrage in Wyoming had not curbed gambling , to which Taylor remarked : "I should think that would cause you to favor the bill. " Shoemaker , livid with rage , shouted : "I deny that I favor gambling. The gentleman has been Insulting and la- decent all through this session. It la a dirty He to say I favor gambling. " Taylor was quickly on his feet and walking to where Shoemaker stood struck the judge a blow on the head with his list and was preparing to con tinue this treatment when a score of members rushed between the combat ants. The house was quickly In an uproar , and the speaker , who had been on the floor , rushed to the ghalr and with the aid of the sorgoant-at- arms secured quiet after some stren uous work. Taylor was the first to apologize to the house , which lie did by admitting that bis conduct was "disgraceful and inlpcls me to apologize , and regret that my temper should get the bettor of me. " He also stated that it would not occur again. Representative Shoemaker apolo gized , admitting , however , "that he had very little part in the trouble. " After a general discussion the bill was then recommended for passage by the eoniiniuce of th" whole. The hoiiso favorably recommended a bill by which the supreme court clerk in the future will receive $ IHOO salary. The deputy clerk will get $2- 500 and the assistant reporter $1,200. The house put an end to the county option proposition for another two years when It killed that bill in a clear cut fight by n vote of 52 to 39. Do- hate was limited to fifteen minutes on each side , but the time was well em ployed , Hoyrt of Hamilton , Introducer of the measure , leading those favorIng - Ing the bill and making n plea to "let the people rule. " Ho said that from 75 to 90 per cent of all the crime in the state was traceable to liquor. Graff of Cuining made th. > principal sppocli against the 1)111 ) and said Hint If the prohibition forces wanted to pass thtir measures they should put rilrkft in the field and elect it on a prohibition plattonn. In that manner , ho declared , "the pnopli- may rule. " Oldest Notary In Nebraska. Peru , Nob. , March 25. b" . C. Cole , the oldest notary In Nebraska , Is pre- puiing to retire fioni active duty. He Is i sixty-seven year's eld and has kept in loioi' continually since four years boiuie Nebraska became a state h.is commission as a notary public He rame to Peru when the town w.s founded and has resided here > - 'ur since. He has twice been a member of the state normal board. Broken Bow Merchant Disappears , broken Bow , Neb. , March 25. Cn-d- Itorb with claims aggregating $800 are anxious to Know lite wueieabouts of A T Allen , a young merchant who 1ms been conducting ajvelty and racket store In the posto.-co build ing. Alii n disappeared Satu'Iny a.id at the same time Miss ttruco usm.- . , an estimable young ludy witi , w. . m hu has beoji keeping company. kit the f Ity Hiidduily. " " _ _ * Six-Year Child Run Over and Killed. Mitchell , Nfij , March 25. Stella , the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrh C. U. nichlo of this place was run over and Instantly killed by a car fn the switch yards The little girl had evidently crawled under the car and was not seen In time lo stop the switching In progress Twenty Indicted for Gambling. Albion , Neb. , March 25. Twenty In dictments were the result of this grand jury , which has just adjourned , and the greater number are against al leged gamblers. The county nuthoi- Itles are bending every effort to break up gambling and punish violators of the anti-cigarette law. Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary. Ewlng , Neb. , March 25. Mr. and Mrs. David Urlon of Ewlng have just celebrated their sixtieth weddljig an niversary They wore married In Pennsylvania and 'came to Nebraska thirty years ago , having accumulated fortune here. Grand Island Woman Shoots Self. Grand Island , Neb , March 25 Mra. Peter Sanders , wife of a well known painter here committed suicide by shooting herself through llic mouth.
