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VOLUME XXXJV.-NUMBER 41.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13. 1904.
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TRIAL SOON OVER
DIETRICH AND FISHER
NOT GUILTY.
FOUND
THE INDICTMENTS ARE QUASHED
Court Decides That the Senator Was
Not a Member of Congress When
Contracts Were Made He is There
fore Net Guilty as 'Charged.
OMAHA. The Dietrich trial in the ! same obstruction, a projecting plank
federal circuit court is a thing of the J placed for a lantern stand, that pre
past. The senator has been found not j vented its operation last Wednesday,
guilty of accepting a bribe, had the the fatal afternoon,
indictments of conspiracy against him J The curtain manager declares that
quashed because the court held he i he protested at that tim but. that
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same offense and was relieved from
defending himself in the charge of en
joying a lease with the government
upon the motion of the district attor
ney. - - -
Summers refused to make any state
ment after the trial was over. He
said- "I have no further statement
to make nothing more to say, I
think."
"I have nothing to say." said Sen
ator Dietrich, "beyond the fact that
r was willing to waive any technical
ity in order to secure a full trial. My
attorneys advised me and. I believe,
correctly, that the court would not al
low the case to go to the jury, for
the reason that Summers would not
and could not prove that I was a sen
ator when i he l-ase was made. The
lease was made before I was even
elected senator and while I was still
governor. Summers knew this and
knew that his case would not be al
lowed to go to the jury, hut he per
sisted in his effort solely to besmirch
my name"
At the same time in the court room
Senator Dietrich was surrounded by a
group of friends ?cxio'is to shake his
Vnl n M J j. ln m .m lstial T .- I
uauu auu l" a-v lllUL c,r uu"u l"
prosecution Jo?f out because it
bad
not been shaped in conformity to law.
Thy were satisfied that the senator
was guiltless literaily a well as tech
nically. His daughter. Miss Gertrude
Dietrich, was the center of a throng
of women, smiling and Talking freely
lor the first time since the trial be
an. Postmaster Jacob Fisher of
Hastings, who alto was freed of the
cnarges pending against him. was ex
pressing his satistaction and saying
that he did not care so much about
the indictment, but that it was "his
girls" that wpre the most concerned i
over the matter
A most notable assemblage of law
yers heard the delivering of Judge
Van Dvanter of the two decisions,
both of which settled points never be
tore raised in American jurisprudence,
the first as to whether a senator is a
member of congress when and after
he is elected or upon taking the oath
of office, and the second being on the
contention that a lease with the gov
ernment made by a member of con
gress before he becomes such an offi
cer does not operate to cause him to
fracture the law because its provis
ions are adhered to after the leasor
becomes a public officer.
The point as to the exact time a
person becomes a member of congress
was raised by General Cowin and
argued by both sides. It had been
anticipated as a vital feature cf the
bribery case and the judges had pre
pared for it. They were ready, there
fore, with the derision, although, as
Judge Devanter said, th reasoning
had not been reduced to the form in
which it will stand upon the court rec
ords. "From the conclusions." he said at
the end. "we must instruct the jury
to find this defendant not guilty.
"Gentlemen of the jury, it results
from that which has been just said
in your presence that, if all the evi
dence which the prosecution has in
hand and which was described were
cow introduced and before you, it
would aDpear that the defendant had
not attained that official relation with
the United States which was neces- !
sary he should have attained in order
to come within the inhibition of tVis
statute, and hence we must instruct
j-ou to find the defendant not guilty.
The evidence has been rendered nee-
cssary and it is your duty to find the
defendant not guilty."
PORTO R1CANS NOT ALIENS.
United States Supreme Court so De-' tiTe Burkett introduced a bill provid
cides in Old Gcnzales Case. j "? 'or tae payment of losses suf-
WASHINGTON. In an opinion by ' tained by union soldiers in having
Chief Justice Fuller the supreme court j their arms, accouterments and cloth
of the United States decided that the j ing taken from them by the rebels
citizens of Porto Rico are not aliens during the civil war. The bill placed
cf the United States and that they ara ' the amount of $300 as the limitation
entitled to enter tnis country withe;: to be paid in any one individual case,
obstruction. Representative McCarty recom-
The opinion was delivered in the mended Marion E. Richardson to be
ccse of the Porto Rican woman Gon- appointed postmaster at Clarks. Mer
zales who. in 1902. was refused admis- ' rick county. Nebraska,
sion to the port of New York on the Representative Martin introduced a
-. J r chu tivij HL-oItt rn hooTim, I hil! fr St anarT. a nnrfinn nf rrmrarn.
a public charge. The decision was j
based entirely on the immigration act to be used as a public park and in
of 1S91 and took the ground that the connection with the Soldiers' home at
Porto Ricans owe allegiance to the Hot Springs. S. D. This oirk is to
United States and to no other govern- j be known as the Battle Mountain San
nent. ' itarium park.
France Will net Interfere.
LONDON. Daeschner. first secre
tary of the French embassy, in an in
terview Friday said that the present
arrangement between France and
Great Britain were such that it would
be impossible to disturb them. The
secretary said that even if Korea and
China joined JaiJan they would not
be considered as powers within the
meaning of the Franco-Frussian treaty
and that, therefore, it wL- not be like-1
ly that France will be called en to
interfere.
Special Assistant Attorney.
WASHINGTON. D. C Colonel W.
H. Leaken. an attorney of Savannah.
Ga., was appointed special assistant
attorney general. Colonel Leaken will
have charge of important cases for
the government In the guif states.
Militia Arms and Equipment.
WASHINGTON. Secretary Shaw
transmitted to the house a request of
Secretary Root fcr an appropriation
cf $583;0O0 for new arms and eqcip
cent for crsTaizsa cilitia.
CURTAIN WAS BAD.
Said to Have Failed to Work at Pre-!
vious Fire.
CHICAGO. Evidence showing
grosser criminal negligence than any
previously developed was given under
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1 Cation of th lmnnni linirnr
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jusepa uaugnerty, wno naa cnarge
of the cirtain. swore that two weeks
ago during a matinee performance
there was a fire on th? stage and
that when he attempted to lower the
I asbestos curtain it was stopped by the
uu atienuon way paia to liis warn
ing. In his opinion, if the curtain
had been run down during the fatal
matinee, the lives of many, if not all
the victims of the disaster, might
have been saved; It-was only by the
merest chance that a panic was avert
ed as the result of the first fire. The
skylight at that time, he said, was se
curely closed.
After the interview with Daugherty
Attorney Fulkerson said the rumor of
a previous fire at the theater had
been investigated several days ago.
but as it had been denied by most of
the authorities, including Will J.
Davis, he had been compelled to be
lieve that the report had no proper
basis.
"So far as I can larn," said At
torney Fulkerson, "the fire two weeks
ago was in a pile of combustible ma
terial back of the stage and was ex
tinguished without alarming the audi
ence. The fire curtain failed to work.
and why this warning was disregard
ed is a matter that somebody wiil
have to explain."
Daugherty's statement was made
under oarh. Speaking of the skylight
on the day of the first fire, Daugherty
declared that the skylights above the
stage were closed, as were the ven
tilators between the skylights. The
latter were designed to create an up
ward draught in case of fire. The
ventilators were ooerated by a lever,
hur Daugherty declared no attempt
was made to open them during the
tragic fire which came a few days
later, me ventilators were in per- I
feet condition, he said, and had been
operated a number of times during the
engagement of the Blue Beard com
pany. He could give no explanation
as to why the vents were not opened
. when the lire broke out.
j Recurr'.ns to tho curtain. Dauglierty
' insisted that it was not a light on
the proscenium arch, bur the five-foot
plank which was used as a platform
to sustain his "spot" light which oi
structed the asbestos curtain.
CLASSIFICATION Or MAIL.
Bill Introduced Providing for Sweep
ing Changes.
WASHINGTON Representative
Dalzell of Pennsylvania introduced a
bill providing for the consolidation of
third and fourth class mail matter, to
be admitted at the rate of 1 cent for
each two ounces. The bill enumer
ates in detail each article to be ad
mitted in this class, included in
which is "queen bees, when properly
packed."
He also introduced a bill authoriz
ing the postmaster general to accept
all regularly issued publications for
transmission in the mails at a bulk
rat" of cents a pound, when not less
than 500 pounds arc presented at one
time, and that the publication shall
have no Iss than four issues a yiir.
and each copy shall weigh at least one
ami one-half ounces. Section 2 of
this bill states: "That regularly is
sued publications, as herein described
as second-class matter, shall hereaf
ter be designated fifth-class matter
with admission to the mails as herein
stated."
He also introduced a bill providing
that at least 2.000 identical pieces of
third and fourth class matter may be
accepted for transmission through th5
mails without postage stamps affixed,
provided the postage shall be paid in
j full thereon.
WESTERN MEASURES ARE UP.
;The Nebraska Reoresentatsves Are
Heard From.
! WASHINGTON. D. C Renresenra-
ment land in the Black Hills district
Free Admission of Ccal.
WASHINGTON Representative
Williams fMiss. introduced a bill
providing: "That from the time and
after the passage cf this act no duty
shall be levied or collected upon coal
of any fc-m or description imported
into the United States from foreign
countries." Also a bill requiring the
secretary of the treasury to make full
rebate of duties paid on all coal of
every description imported into the
United States from foreign countries
for the period of one year.
Ruth Cleveland is Dead.
PRINCETON. X. J. Ruth Cleve
land, eldest child of former President
Grover Cleveland, died of diphtheria . al of the torpedo beat, destroyers Pre
here Thursday. j ble and Paul Jone. under cover of
The immediate cause- of death was the gunboat Bennington, at Acapulco
a weakening of the heart action, ow-' on their way to Panama,
ing to a mild attack of diphtheria. I
Dr. Wickotf the sttendinz nnysi- Japan Buying Provisicns.
cian. said that Miss Cleveland had MANILA The Japanese govern
been ill with a mild form ot aiphtne- meat, through its local agent, has just
ria for four days and that the heart called for bids for an enormous ansa-
affection wa3 not anticipated, sae was '
15 years of age.
LOOKS LIKE WAR
OPINION PREVAILS THAT IT CAN
NOT BE AVERTED.
RUSSIA MAKES NEW DEMANDS
American Plans Subject of Interest
Diplomats Wonder What Course this
Country Will Pursue in Asia Japan
Pleased With Marines' Landing.
LONDON. The Daily Mail's Tokio
correspondent learns that Russia has
made new demands which it will be
impossible for Japan to entertain and
practically removes all hopes of pa
cific settlement. The correspondent
says that all the powers are landing
troops in Corea and that the British
blue jackets landed at Chemulpo are
expected to go to Seoul immediately.
Constant telegrams are passing be
tween M. Pavloff, the Russian sinister
to Corea, Baron De Roseib-tae Russian
minister to Japan, and Viceroy Al-
exieff.
PEKIN. General Yaun Shai Kai.
commander-in-chief of the Chinese
army and navy, sent his foreign ad
viser, Charles Denby. jr.. to Pekin to
investigate the report as to the proba
bility of war. Mr. Denby has reported
that according to the best opinions ob
tainable, based on diplomatic informa
tion, war cannot be averted.
PARIS. Official and diplomatic re
presentatives here claim to be with
out information regarding the contents
of the Russian reply to Japan, but the
tone is distinctly pessimistic and there
are but slight hopes of a peaceful exit
irom the position in which Russia and
Japan find themselves. The diplomats
are making inquiries as to the attitude
of the powera in case of war, that to
lie adopted by the United States being
regarded as particularly important. To
the Associated Press the Japanese
minister said:
"The attitude of the United States
-will mean much. It has negotiated a
treaty with China for the opening of
three ports in Manchuria to the com
merce of the world. These ports have
been occupied by Russia and thus the
treaty rights have been violated.
Japan is not guided by selfish mo
tives, but is acting in the interest of
all nations. I hope the United States
will clearly understand our petition
and will favor us with their support."
The correspondent asked the minis
ter if he had lost all hope of peace.
"I never lose that hope." he replied. I
The Chinese legation claims to be
"without :i:brmat.oii .a regard to the
attitude oi China in the event of war.
It was said that at the outset it was
certain that neutrality would be pro
claimed, but in cao of Japanese vic
tories it would not surprise the lega
tion if the Chinese should cast their
f lot with Japan. This would seriously
-embarrass Russia, not because of the
importance of the Chinese as a fight
ing force, but because of the danger of
the interruption of the Russian com-
i anumcations.
The action of the United States in
sending marines to Seoul. Corea. "is re
garded here as being a "significant in
dication of the trend of its sympathy."
and it is known to be gratifying to
Japn. because it establishes a prece
dent which the Japanese can follow if
necessary in debarking a strong force
on the peninsula.
LETTER FROM GENERAL WOOD.
One Received by Magazine Writer to
Be Used Against Its Author.
WASHINGTON The senate com-!
I mittee on military affairs has receiv
ed from Rav Stannard Baker, the
magazine writer, a copy of a letter
which General Wood wrote to hin:
just prior to the latter's appearance
as a witness in the Wood investiga
tfon. Mr. Baker told the committee
of the letter when he was on the
stand and was then asked to send for
a copy. The letter discusses the Run
cie incident and by inference sug
gests that Mr. Baker refresh his mind
along certain lines indicated by Gen
eral Wood. The letter has been or
dered printed as an addenda to the
proceedings before the committee.
The minority members of the com
mittee who have voted against the
nomination will argue to the senate
that the purpose of General Wood's
letter was to prejudice the witness.
Contested Election Cases.
WASHINGTON House elections
committee No. 3 fixed February 13
for hearing arguments in the contest
ed election case of Reynolds against
Butler, from the Twelfth district of
Missouri. Th committee took up the
Colorado case of Bonynge against
Shafroth. Chairman Olmstead ap
pointed Messrs. Miller. Currier and
Sullivan as a sub-committee to inves
tigate the ballots.
She is Victim Nc. 591.
CHICAGO The Iroquois theater fire
cairned another victim Tuesday, mak
ing the total number of death 5911
Mis3 Josephine Spence was one of
those severely burned at the fire. She
was found by relatives and taken to
her home, where she died Tuesday.
Acquits Customs Officers.
MANILA Ballantine and Miller,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the customs by furthering the illegal
entry of an exempt class of Chinese.
have both been acquitted in the cus-1
toms court of appeals before Judges
Crossfield and Rosas. W. D. Ballan
tine was an inspector of customs at
the time of his arrest for the issuance
of alleged fraudulent Chinese certifi
cates, and Johh T. Miller, implicated
with him. was a former inspector of
immigration.
More Ships Going to Panama.
WASHINGTON The nary depart-
meai us ueta miormea ot tne arriv-
tity of subsistence stores, all bids to
he in by Jaaaary 30
THE NEW CANAL TREATY.
President Sends ts Congress a Special
WASHINGTON. President Roose
velt sent to the senate and house on
Monday a special message in regard
to the new Panama canal treaty. He
treats the topic in every- respec at J
seat lensth.-eciting a history of the
isssithlan commerce in support of re-
support
cent action The Un:ed States, he
says, most control the canal. An ob
ligation rests upon this nation to se
cure unrestricted use of the same. He
details at much length our dealings
with Columbia, and says that the nego
tiations in which the United States
was just and generous were rejected
by the South American government
In the course of his message Pres
ident Roosevelt says the fact is
brought home that if a canal is built
to connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans the United States is the only
country that can build it. The act of
congress providing for the waterway.
he maintains, favors the Panama
route, with Niacaragua secondary, at
least, if not a last resort. He pre
sents a mass of documentary evidence
bearing on the revolution going to
prove that this government in no way
instigated ... but acted the part of
defender of life and property, and car
ried out its treaty pledge to the world
to preserve free transit across the
isthmus. Colombia, the president
says, brought about the rising by her
own bad faith toward the United
States, and disregard for the pleas of
the seceding people of Panama. Fi
nally, says the president to congress,
the question resolves itself into the
plain proposition: Shall the new
treaty with Panama be ratified; shall
the canal be built?
FAILURES OF LAST YEAR.
Bradstreet's Reports 9,56- with Lia
bilities of $154,277,093.
NEW YORK There were 9.568
failures reported to Bradstreet's in
the calendar year 1903. with liabili
ties of Slo4.277.093 and assets of $84,
060,475. This marked a decrease in
number of just 2 per cent from 1902
and of 8 per cent from 1601.
With the exception of 1899. the in
crease over which is 1.4 per cent, the
year 1d13 shows the smallest number
m iuiure casualties reported since
18S7. Liabilities, however, owing pri -
marily to the increase in suspensions
oi nnanciai institutions, out aiso oe-
i cause of the heavy number of manu-
facvrlng coacerus
UwpeiTtimg. WCrC
1902 and the heaviest in tact since
1897. There were 956 failures involv-
ing IS.328,362 of liabilities and $3,852.-
197 of assets in the Dominion of Can-'
ada in 1903 a decrease of 12 per cent
in number and a practically identical
total of liabilities.
WHERE DIFFERENCE ARISES.
Korea is the Bone of Contention in
the Far East.
PARIS. It developed Tuesday that
the greatest difference between Rus
sia and Japan arises from the prop
osition made by Russia that neutral
ity shall be established, extending
from Ping Yan in Korea on the south
to the Russian frontier on the north.
The Russian government has express
ed a willingness to recognize the pre
pondering influence of Japan in the
remainder of Korea, and the principle
of the integrity of China and of
Korea.
Japan, however, saw no reason why
the proposed neutral zone should be (
established, holding that the entire j
peninsula should be subject to her
preponderance of influence. The at- j
tiude of Russia is believed to be due
to the fact that if Japan controls
Korea she will thereby be able to
more easily menace Port Arthur as
well as Vladivostok
FRANCE IS NOW DIPPING IN.
Would
Prevent the Transfer of the
Canal Property.
' WASHINGTON A dispatch to Dr.
Hcrran. Colombian charge d'affaires,
received from Paris, said that a
French tribunal had been appealed to , .
by an agent of Colombia with a view
to preventing the transfer of the Pan-
ama Canal mnnnnrV .otto n.. t.n
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.u.uAuuo iw LUt .-HUCIH.4U UtCIUlUCUl I
without the consent of Colombia.
Counsel for the Colombian govern
ment arrni.flmv tn tha 4iumfrnh
snrerf th 97m h i,.i, ,h ' - !
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good ground for believing the effort
to prevent the transfer would be suc
cessful. The step, it is said, is with the
full cognizance of the Colombian au
thorities and was instituted by an
agent cf the government, wno lert
the United States after consultation
with General Reyes and Dr. Herran. J
The end sought to be attained is to
frustrate the sale of concessions,
franchises and property of the canal
company to the United States, prep
arations for which already have been
under way. the amount to be paid by
this government being $40,000,000.
Navy Estimates Reduced.
WASHINGTON. D. C Secretary
of the Navy Moody, with the view of
asking congress for such sums only
as are required for the navy for the
coming year for construction and ma
chinery by $4,000,000. and has elim
inated the $400,000 for equipment of
vessels under the same head. The ap
plication for construction and machin
ery is a continuing one and the
original estimates called for $23 -000,000.
House Holds Brief Session.
WASHINGTON The house was in
session but twelve minutes Thursday.
Mr. Hemenway. chairman ot tne com
mittee on appropriations, obtained
unanimous consent that one hour be
devoted at the opening ot rTiaays
session for consideration of a bill j
amesding the act appropriating 5300.-
wv iur me eraaicauon ot root and-
mouth disease smesg cattle so as to
make $250,000 of that amount avail-
fasla to
at the emergencj: caused by
the Mexicsa boll weeriL
NO SAFE DEVICES
MANAGERS-OF THE IROQUOIS
THEATER ARE EXAMINED.
MTHIKMrE TO PROTECT LIFE
j Tertim of company Officers
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Shows that Eleven Exits Were
Locked and Bolted When the Fire
Occurred.
CHICAGO By their own evidence
given before Monroe Fulkerson, who
is conducting the fire department in
vestigation into the Iroquois theater
horror, the proprietors of the theater
showed that a worse condition of af
fairs existed than had heretofore been
thought possible.
Will J. Davis. Harry Powera and
Thomas J. Noocan. active managers
of the Iroquois theater, were examin
ed by .Mr. Fulkerson Wednesday. AH
of them pleaded ignorance of any pre
cautions taken to prevent loss of life
by fire at their theater. They admit
ted failure to instruct employes in
fighting fire and failure even to pro
vide suitable appliances for use
against flames. Their statements
were corroborated by the testimony
of twenty employes of the theater,
none of whom had ever been told his
duty in case of fire.
Noonan. who is working manager
of the theater, under direction of Da
vis and Powers, admitted that eleven
of the theater exits were locked and
bolted. Two of these exits leading
to the front of the theater on the
ground floor were locked, three addi
tional exits on the north side were
bolted, three exits en the north side
of the theater in the first balcony
were bolted and three exits on the
north side of the second balcony were
bolted.
The greatest loss of life in the fire
was in the first and second balconies,
where hundreds of people were suf
focated through their inability to get
out. or were trampled to death while
trying to do so. Had these three exits
m each balcony been available, ac
cording to Mr. Fulkerson. the loss of
life must have been greatly dimin
ished. Noonan declared that no person had
been named by the theater manage-
menr to superintend the operation of
1 ventilators of the theater in cases
j of fire and that; m ccnsequence. the
flames had been permitted to sweep
he nil?, irstord of cicinic a lratu-
t p.l nntlar H.oi,t1. , .o r, rrmr
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I was said by Noonan that George
Dusenberry. the head usher: Archi
bald Bernard. rhif olpr-rrifian nnri
the theater engineer Unew how t0
a,Ta rua 0:i,,, r, , ,.
by the evidence of these men. how-
ever, that two of them never went
j upon the stage and that the other
had never been told to assume charge
of the ventilators in case of fire.
Dusenberry declared that his duty
as usher kept him in the front of the
house. The engineer was always be
low the stage attending to his engine,
and Bernard, the only one of the three
knowing how to operate the ventil
ators who was upon the stage during
the performance, testified that h.? had
never been told to assume charge of(
them. '
Mr. Noonan declared that the two
balconies, including seats and people
standing, held 8S9 people. The total
nuiber of fatalities in the fire is to
date 591. of whom three were killed
on the first floor. This would make,
according to Manager Noonan's state-
ment. 588 deaths out of S89 people in
the two balconies,
Will J. Davis testified that he had
given no orders to plac a fire alarm
box in the theater; that he had givpn
no direction to place a pump on the
stage beyond the fact that any appar-
atus the firemen wanted should be
provided as soon as possible. He de
clared he could not say as to whether
the building had been finally accept"
ed from the Fuller company or not.
HARRIMAN NOW THE HEAD.
Takes the Place of Burt as President
cf the Union Pacific.
NEW YORK Directors of the Un-
i ion PaciPc railway met Thursday, ac
cepted the resignation of Horace G.
Burt as president of the system, and
elected T. H. Harriman as his sue-
cessor.
The office of chairman of the board
of directors which Mr. Harriman has
he,fl for e Pst three years
was
abolished. Mr. Burt will continue to
serve as a director
There is a vacancy in the position
of general manager of the Union Pa
cific, which President Harriman is ex
pected to fill within the next few
days. No intimation has been given
a3 to who will be appointed. He will
hardly appoint himself.
Sustain Hammcnd Suspension.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. The action of the
California Methodist Episcopal confer
ence in suspending the Rev. J. D.
Hammond in San Francisco for one
year was, by a vote of ten to nine, ad-
, judged proper by the committee.
Depcrtz Miners' Leaders.
TELLURIDE. Colo. Twenty men
arrested here by the military author
ities, including former Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Engley. counsel for the
Telluride Miners' union: Guy E. Mil
ler, president of the union, and J. C.
Williams, vice piesident of the West
ern Federation of Miners, were placed
on board a northbound train and
taken beyond the boundaries of San
Miguel county under military guard.
They will not be allowed to return
while martial law is in effect.
Opposes Purchase cf Park.
WASHINGTON Secretary Roor
has made a reverse report on tne om
introduced recently by Senator 3Iar
tin, providing for the purcnase ot the
McLean property at Appomattox. Va
in commemoration of the surrender ot
the c-my of northern Virginia to oen-
eral Grant. -The necessary expendi
tures for the battlefield parsa aireaay
authorized." says Secretary Host,
"are and will ccntiT!t! m )m
great that I do not think tats am
i ougkt to peas."
NEBRASKA
NEWSY STATE BRIEFS.
All of the county officials of Hall
rounty are now in its new court house.
Seventy-five thousand plum trees
have been shipped to Iowa points by
ane nursery of Fremont during the
month of December.
While attempting to so between the
cars of a freight train, which was
blockading a crossing. Fred Bernstein
of Grand Island, was caught and three
'.oes were mashed.
A series of temperance meetings
were held In Tecumseh with Hon.
Thomas Darnell of Lincoln as the
speaker. Mr. Darnell is the attorney
for the State Anti-Saloon league.
Mayor Wolz of Fremont has issued
an edict against boys who throw mis
siles at passenger trains. Youths
caught in the act will be prosecuted
without regard to who they may be.
Steathily and cunningly. Joseph
Boucher of Keya Paha county and Os
car Smalley of Cherry county sawed
through the bars and escaped from the
asylum of Lincoln. Their escape was
not discovered until morning.
In a short time Miss Edna Bullock,
secretary of the state library commis
sion, will install ten new traveling li
braries in Nebraska. The citizens of
Gordon. Neb., have raised $40 and
will be alloted one of the libraries.
Dean, the four-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Buff urn of Tecumseh.
kindled a fire on the parlor floor at
the Buffum house, and before it was
discovered the carpet and some of the
furniture of the room was considerably
damaged.
Roy Mason of Long Pine has a
charge from a shotgun in his knee.
The gun went off outside the house
and the full load was lodged in the
lad's knee cap. Tearing a hole through
the door the load carried a portion of
the wood into the wound.
Peter Nelson and daughter of Osceo
la were out driving Sunday and on the
way home the team ran away. Both
Mr. Nelson and daughter were thrown
out and the result was that Miss Nel
son had her collar bone badly broken
and her father was badly bniised.
Robbers blew the safe in the post
office in Cheney but fortunately for
the postmaster, secured but litCe
booty. The postoffice is located in a
I store operated by A. L. Huston, who
t rlso rstnn-r . The safe was lit
erally wre-k"d by the force cf the ex
plosion, which is supposed to have
been effected with nitro-glycerme.
County Treasurer W. D. Wheeler of
Cast county had a close call from death
a fev- iuyj ago. He was riding a horse
along the road when the animal stum
bled, and in attempting to get up it
fell backward upon the rider. A short
time afterwards a mail carrier came
along and noticed Mr. Wheeler was
badly bruised and injured internally,
bi't no bones ware broken.
Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county
went to Omaha after John Smith, who
was arrested there with a quantity of
knives in his possession, which were
supposed to be a part of the goods stol
en from the Ames. .Mercantile com
pany's store at Leavitt Sunday night.
The total amount of goods stolen will
reach $30". The theives took a gen
eral assortment, including a little of
everything.
The village board of Sprinzfield
opened bids on the waterworks again.
There were eight bids, all lower than
at the first opening, and .1. P Connolly
was the successful bidder, his bid be
ine $t.757.85. or over $100 less than
any of the others. Thrc were four
bids less than 37.000. and the board has
taken the matter under advisement for
one week, after which the contract will
be awarded.
D. P. Ellis, an old man of Johnson
county, who ha. been mentally unbal
anced for some time, has been return
ed to the Lincoln asylum, from which
he was released some months ago. Dur
ing the past summer and fall Mr. Ellis
had been making his home with hi3
children in this county, but of late he
has ben laboring under strange hal
lucinations, being desireus of setting
buildings afire.
While Mr. and Mrs. 0;car Burns
worth, residing about nine miles south
west of Callaway, were returning home
after taking Christmas dinner with the
family of a neighbor, Mrs. Bumsworth
was suddenly seized with a fainting
spell. She was taken into the house of
Peter Pearce and a doctor summoned,
but when he arrived life had passed
out. She had been enjoying the best
of health, and had not complained of
feeling ill during the day.
Dakota City is being slowly swallow
ed up by the Missouri river, and al
ready over a third of the original town
site has disappeared into the rapacious
maw of the stream. This state of af
fairs is vividly shown by a map of that
section just completed by Harvey A.
Hart of this city. The map will be in
troduced at the next meeting of the
Missouri River Improvement associa
tion by Senator Warner, who is a mem
ber. An operation was performed on Cas
per Kessebaum of Fremont, whose
bowels were stopped np by a cancer
ous growth. Owing to the patient's
advanced age, the cancer could not be
removed, but an artificial opening and
passage were made and he is getting
along nicely.
Ollie Holbrook. the young girl of
Nebraska City who had her scalp
torn from her head on Christmas day
and who was placed in a hospital at
Omaha, is reported 33 getting along
nicely. Skin will be grafted on the
head to take the place of the scalp.
Dr. C. A. Lutgean. assisted by Dr.
Neville of Nebraska City, performed a
very delicate and critical operation on
Mrs. William Watson of Auburn. They
removed a sarcoma or canceerous
growth of the neck. It was necessary
to separate and the both the jugal
v-as and external corotid artery. The
operation was apparently successful,
and the patient is resting nicely.
Killpatrick Bros, are feeding- 2.0OO
head of cattle' on their ranch twelve
miles west of Beatrice. They buy most
if their corn for f eediag from fanasrs
a that section.
STATE NEWS
SORRY LOOKING WARRANTS.
Issued by SchMl Directors far Seeks
That Cams Net.
HARTINGTON. A stranger re
cently made the rounds of the school
directors in Cedar county pretending
to take orders for text hooks. He
gave a big discount for warrants la
advance. These he secured to the
amount of nearly $1,000 sad sold them
to local banks at a discount.
Not a book was delivered and the
banks are after the duped school of
ficers, the latter claiming the warrants
null and void on account of the non
delivery of the books, while the bank
ers claim the warrants valid heesase
regularly issued. Several lawssita. it
is thought, will ensue.
COZAD WATCHMAN IS SHOT.
Unidentified Enemy Peppers 1 swims!
Burfeas with Buckkahet.
COZAD. Samuel Burgess, night
man at the Pendee hotel, was shot
I while stannding in the office. The
shot was fired through the window by
someone unidentified. Tho wesson
used was evidently a shotgun loaded
with buckshot. The charge struck
Burgess in the face, four of the
heavy buckshot passing through the
lower part of the face. The wound
is serious, but not necessarily fatal.
There Is no clue as yet ss to the
identity of the would-be asssssia. The
wounded man has been rasrshsl snd
night watchman for the last six
weeks.
Store Robbed at Leavitt.
The store of ihe Ames Mercantile
company at Leavitt was robbed of be
tween $200 and $300 worth of goods.
When the clerk opened up in the
morning he found goods scattered
about the store and the back, door
broken open. Some shirts, under
wear, dress goods, shoes snd other
goods were taken. From the quantity
of goods missing the burglars evident
ly had a team. The high wind- had
blown away ail traces of tracks. The
same store was broken open and sev
eral hundred dollars worth of goods
taken about two months ago.
No Leprosy Cases There.
A report circulsted in Lincoln that
cases of leprosy had been discovered
in thi Russian colony cf the city is
de"Iared by the authorities to b
without foundation. Healrn Oficer
Rhode said that an investigation made
by the city physician and himself
disproved the report.
Estimate ef Lincoln Papulation.
In response to a request of Post
master Slier, who recently received
a communicstion from th census bu
reau asking for an estimate of the
population of Lincoln. City Cleric
Pratt sent to the postmaster an esti
mate which places the populstion at
46.S17.
Drops Oead While st Work.
HASTINGS. R. W. 9haw, an oM
resident of Hastings, a wstch repairer
by trade, dropped dead in front of his
residence. He had eaten a hearty din
ner and was repairing his front walk,
which obliged him to do some chop
ping to gt through the frost. The
physician pronounced is apoplexy.
Goes to Princeton.
PERU. Dr. W A. Clark has hen
called to Princeton. X. J., to take part
in a discussion at a meeting of the
American philosophical society of
which he is a member. Dr. Joslah
Royc of Harvard university is presi
dent of the society.
Amputates Both Legs.
FREMONT. rjr. HaIam amputat
ed both legs of Martin Enright. th
man who fell under the cars at the
west end of the Union Pacific yards,
one at the ankle and the other just
below the knee. Enright was also
hurt internally, but will recover.
Nebraska Man in Wreck.
NORFOLK. H. C. Sutter, who was
among the Injured in the Pennsylvan
ia limited wreck at Lsrwill. Ind.. is a
prominent implement desler snd pro
perty owner of Norfolk. He wss re
turning from a visit in Baltimore. Hia
injuries are not fatal.
Poultry Show for Papillien.
PAPILLION. An organization to be
known as the Sarpy County Poultry
Association was formed in Papilllon.
The first exhibit will be heid Febru
ary 4, 5 and 6.
Locate Missing Man.
FREMONT. George Vsscslds. the
man who has been missing from this
city since July last, has been located
at Carthage. S. D.. and professes- to
be much surprised thst his friends
should be alarmed at his disappearance-
Admits Being a Forger.
KEARNEY Jack Ottis was brought
here from Elm Creek charged with
forgery. He got two pay checks from
the Standard Bridge company for his
companions and endorsing their
names on them had them cashed. Lat
er he was arrested and gave up the
money. When arranged here he a!
mitted his guilt and will probably be
arranged in district court, when it is
said be will plead guilty. Ottis is a
young man and says drink is what
caused him to commit the crime.
Clerks Secure Esrly Closing.
NEBRASKA CITY. The local' mer
chants have signed on agreement and
from now on will close their places of
business st 6:30 p. m. Nearly all the
merchants save signed the agree
ment. Prison Association Branches Out.
LINCOLN. At a meeting; cX the Ne
braska. Prison, aascciatios here .the
constitution was cbssgsd to permit of
the election of a larger board ef directors.
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