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HIE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: JTTXE 0, 1007. t 9 7 PRECINCT BONDS PURCHASED State Treaiurer Makei a Departure in Investment of School Fund. INSISTS INVESTMENT IS LEGAL Attorney tor Rarkrf Will Make aa Appeal for Rer!vw Gtrrrnof Hopewell P' tor Coast r Atorya. (From a Staff Correspondent.) .. LINCOt-N. June ft. (Special.) . State Treasurer L O. Brian today returned from Scott's Bluff countr, where ha en tered Into a financial deal on the part of the etate unknown to the state treasury. He bought precinct bonds worth 19,000 In the. face of the constitutional provlaton that atate funda Bhall not be Invested except In United Btatca bonds, state securi ties and county bonda. Not since the days of Oovernof Crounse lias auch a dopartura been made. Treasurer Brian, acting on the authority of the. Board of Educational Land and Funds, ' purchased tho precinct bonds. He holds Lhut the precinct bonds are backed by the county In a measure and that they are In fact the same aa county bonds. He believes that . the fact that the county clerk and the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners signs the precinct bonds and that the county board levlea tho tax on the prop , erty . of the precincts and the treasurer . collects the . tax, the precinct bonds are In fact county bonds under the terms of the constitution.. The bonds were Issued by the preclncta of Ford and Kiowa for the con struction of a bridge across the Platte river. The bonds bear per cent Interest, . while 4 per cent Is more than the usual rate of Interest of securities bought by the state with educational funds. The bonds are due 11.000 each In January of 1928, 1324, 1P25. 1326 and 1M7. Recently tho state bought state bonds of Idaho, the rae of Interest being 4 per cent, the1 hlgh est that has been secured In many months. Compared with the Idaho bonds, for the same amount, the precinct bonds win bring In 19,570 as compared with $6.a0, a differ ence of li.190 In favor of the precinct bonds. Unless some taxpayer Interferes the deal of the state will be closed. Requisition for Holme. Acting Oovernor Hopewell today laaued a requisition for the return of William H. Holmes to Omaha from Ogden, Utah, on the charge of embeaillng I77 while acting aa attorney for . Joseph Bchwenck, for whom he agreed to collect a legacy of 11,000 left to the complainant by Ftancea Kempt, formerly a resident of Bloux Falls, 8. D. It la charged that on February 27 Holmea received the money and that he fled. The complainant alleges that he has a receipt showing - that Holmea received the money. Jamea Beebee of Scott's Bluff county wll be brought back from Wisconsin on the charge of having Induced Miss Pansy Shoemaker, aged 13, . from her home for Immoral purposes. Land Commissioner H. M. . Eaton has filed a motion for a new trial In the au . preme court In the caae of Delllla Rutledge, alleging that the court erred In attempting to transfer school lands of the statei Loophole for Barker. If a legal technicality la to govern. Mur derer Frank Barker still haa a chance to escape hanging on June 15, the date fixed , f r hie execution, whether or not the . dis trict court of Lancaster county granta him t a Jury trial to establish his sanity or In sanity. The peculiar wording of the new Nebraska statute relative to reprieve, par dons and commutations contains a peg pn which' Barker's attorney range the hope. that he can,prewent the death sentence be- lng carried out.' At any rate. It Is expected " that F. O. Hamer, the lawyer who Is fight ing for Barker's life, will not give up un til the last legal resource kaa been exhausted. When Oovernor Sheldon ten days ago heard and denied the application for a six montha reprieve, It was supposed that thla ended all attempts to obtain executive elemenoy. Recent developments Indicate that Attorney Hamer la considering an ap- peal to Acting Governor Hopewell, who holds the reins while Oovernor Sheldon Is out of the state. There Is nothing hi the law to prevent an attorney asking a re prleve twice, thrice or a dosen times If he can get the ' executive - ear for ao many hearings. Even should the acting governor decline to Issue an order postponing the execution. Barker' attorney would still have the priv ilege of going into court and seeking an order directing the penitentiary warden not to carry out the death sentence until hearing haa been had on the expected ap plication for clemency. This proceeding might be undertaken either In the supreme court or In the district court of Lancaster . or some other county. There Is a possibility that Oovernor Shel don may return from his western trip a day' before the date set for Barker's hang ing and Acting Oovernor Hopewell may not do anything In the Interim. However, in order that the acting governor shall be fully informed when the time cornea, Pli- ' vate Secretary Dimery has called on the attorney general'a office to Interpret the meaning of the reprieve and pardon act as applying to the. prospective contingency of another move In Barker's interest. Coaaty Attoraere Mold Faaoea. Chief Counsel J.' E. Kelby of the Bur ' Ilngtoa railroad haa written a letter to the siuie railway commission taking all the ' blame tot the mistake by which the name of J. II. Groavenor. an Aurora lawyer and populist leader, now serving as county at - lorney of Hamilton county, was Included . In the Hat of paasholders reported by the , Burlihgton a week or more ago. Orosvenor recently wrote in denying that he had a pass, and Kelby now confirms hla state '" nient, ' declaring It Is all the fault' of the railroad's legal department. "The mistake arose," says the Burlington bead counsel. 'In this wise: About January ... 1 of the present year this company solicited , Mr.. Orosvenor because of bla legal attain Haunts, skill and high professional standing to .become Its local attorney In Hamilton County, Assuming that he would accept employment this office made requisition '. upon' General Manager Holdredge for a pamt for Mr. Orosvenor, Intending to trans mit It to the latter on his signifying an In tention to accept employment aa auch local attorney; and pending receipt of auch an nouncement the pass waa held, and has - aluee been held. In this office, and although . Mr. Orosvenor has refused to accept aald appointment this office has neglected to surrender the transportation to the general manager for cancellation. '."Thla office, which la wholly blameful for the error la question, expresses Its regrets that the pass was erroneously listed." . At least six other county attorneys In Nebraska are listed with the Burlington paasholders. They are: C L. Qutteraon, Cweter; C. A. Ready, Hayes; J. J. Halll gan. Logan; L. H. Blackledge, Webster; B P- Brown, Saline; J. A. Williams. Fvo.v - tier. Halllgaa Uvea- at North Platte, but la employed by the county board of Logsn county to perform." the duties of publlo adviser and prosecutor. Other railroads, too, have county ,at tor sade on their passholdtng staffs, acoord Ing to the reports they have made. The Northwester names County Attorney A. R. Oleaea of Cuming and the Missouri Pacific reports County Attorney H. IX. Travis of Caaa us two of Utele lawyers. while the Rock Island has County Attor ney Frank A. Barton of Pawnee on Its list. All theee county attorneys, according to the terms Of ths anti-pans law, must de vote the major portion of their time to the service of the railroad company In order to hold their passes'. If they do not meet this condition, both they and the railroads are violating the law which the county attorneys have sworn to enforce. On ths other hand. If the county attor neys are devoting the greater part of their time to looking sfter railroad busl ness, ths people who elected them will be Interested to know ths fact. The Union Paclflo has not yet reported ths names of lawyers and doctors holding passes over Its lines In Nebraska. It Is expected that when the list comes In sev eral more county attorneys will be added to the present number of possessors. J. H. Evans, county surveyor of Thoma. Is named," In the Burlington report as having a pass. It Is suppose therefore, that he devotes the greater part of his time to the railroad service. The St. Joseph Grand Island Is ths first railroad to make a report on freo transportation Issued In May. It claims to have issued only eleven passes during that month, and none of these were to lawyers or doctors. Under the railway commission's order, all railroads must re port by the lOtb of each month. KILLED BY FAST MAIL TRAIN Barret Hanwere Meets Death i Trnek- Near- Waterloo. WATERLOO, Neb., June a 8pec1al Tel egram.) Burret Hannera, aged about 66, was struck by a fast mall and Instantly killed. He was struck while getting coal from the right-of-way Just west of the Elk horn bridge and east of Waterloo. The en gineer aald the man was apparently walk ing towards the train and waa struck on the forehead by the pilot and thrown some feet from the track. A deep gash waa cut and his skull waa crushed. The body waa brought to town on a handcar and cared for by cltlsens. A sister In Plattsmouth was notified. He had a brother In Wyo ming and other relatives In this state. Teachers' lastltate at York. YORK, Neb., June 8. (Special.) One of the largest teachers' Institutes that haa ever been held here came to a close today. There has been an enrollment of 160 teachers, an excess of some thirty over ths actual number employed In the county. The sessions have been under the management of County Superintendent Charles O. Stewart, assisted by Miss Edith Martin of Omaha, primary In structor: J. A. Parks, In' charge of music; Prof. 3. W. Searson of Peru, Superin tendent W. W. Stoner, Miss Elizabeth Gilbert at the piano, and by Miss Lula Detiick and Charles Blood as secretaries. The teachers saw fit at their annual business meeting on Friday to give ex pression to their feelings in a set of res olutions of thanks and commendation. Tuesday evening E. E. Blackman of the State Historical society gave an Interest ing lecture on the early history of Ne braska, Illustrated with stereoptloon. Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cobb Invited the teachers to view their museum of antiques and curios from all over -the world. Wednesday night Miss Juanlta Boynton, the dramatlo reader, assisted by Miss Edith Martin and J. A. Parka, gave a recital. Thurs day afternoon occurred the eighth grade graduation exercises. Two hundred atvi fifty-eight boys and girls were presented certificates of promotion to high 'school. Prof. J. W. Searson made the class ad dress at this time. Friday afternoon, from t until t, the faculty gave a re ception In the Commercial club rooms. Friday1 night Charles Christy and Carroll Beach of Lincoln delighted a large au dience with a recital for piano and violin. PASSENGER TRAIN IN DITCH Six Can Derailed, Two Landing Bottom Side Up Beside Track. OCCUPANTS NOT SEEJ0USLY HTTRT Hot Boa oa Esflae Trader Caaaea Joaraal to Burs Off, Derailing the Cars Behlad Trala Slightly Delayed. FREMONT, Neb., June a (Special Tele gram.) Train No. 4 on the Union Paclflo, consisting of two mall cars, one , baggage, two roaches and two Pullmans, went Into the ditch about three and a half miles west of Fremont about S.30 this afternoon. Two mall cars and baggage and express cars turned over on their sides and two coaches were derailed, one turning over. William Short, the baggageman, waa badly bruised and cut about the left hip. The mall crew and passengers were considerably shaken up, but not hurt badly enough to require medical attention. The accident was caused by a hot box on the rear truck of the tender. The axle burned squarely off, letting the tender drop and derailing the following cars. The en gine kept the track, and the tender was pulled along the ratla for a distance of 300 yards. The ninety-pound steel rails were twisted into all manner of shape. The front three cars were In the ditch almost bottom up, and It Is a wonder that the men In them were not killed. There was no one In the first mall car. The first report was that three men, the mall clerks and baggagemen, were killed and many passengers Injured, and the Union Pacific started all the available doc tors for the scene of the wreck, but learn ing of the facta when they reached the semaphore they brought them back. The Pullmens were taken back to Ames by' No. 14, which was following. Trains were run over the Northwestern to Ames, ' conse quently traffic was but little delayed. The track was torn up for (00 yards. Llsrh HaST Bonda Iasaflleleat. TECUMSEH. Neb., June g. (Special. ) The mayor and city council of Tecumeeh have taken a new stand In the electric lighting! proposition. Several weeks ago an election was held at which time bonds In the sum of $11,760 were voted for the purpose of Improving the present plant, which la the property of the city. The bonds were made optional after ten years, to run twenty yeara, and the rate of In terest was fixed at 4U per cent. They did not seem to be desirable on the money markets, and no bid . at par was received, and a par btd must be had to make a legal sale. Since ths Issuance of tho bonds the city has been visited by a great many electrical engineers, and they all agree that with the present high prices of ma terial and labor an adequate plant could not be put In for the amount of the bonda voted. The officers have secured the services of J. E. Marts of Seward, who Is to go over the ground and outline about what Is wanted In the way of a plant, lo cating all arc and Incandescent lights, and vivln nrlcea : to consumers, eto. When Mr. Marts makes his report, which will be soon, a second election will be eaHed and bonda In a sufficient sum' for a good plant voted upon. , Beatrice Commencement. BEATRICE, Neb.. June g. (Special.) With Impressive ceremony the members of the high school class of 1S07 were given their diplomas last night at the Presby terian church. The salutatory was de livered by Robert Werner, who spoke on "The Strides of Modern Times." Benator E. J. Burkett delivered the address before the graduating elaaa, his subject being The New Woman and Young Man." The new woman haa supplanted man In many fields of activity. In the schools, the pro fessions ths young man Is brought more and more Into competition with women. College education for women originated In America and haa developed slnoe 1824. In the last century women have made greater strides In the world than men. The sena tor's address waa listened to with pleasure. Principal Garrett presented collegiate scholarships to Robert Warner and Clara Holmea, after which President Begole of the Board of Education gave the members of th class their diplomas. Ths class numbers thirty-one. EVIDENTLY VICTIM OF MURDER Railroad Laborers Find Body la Straw Stack. ALDA, Neb, June . (Special.) A gang of Greeks working for the Union Paclflo railroad two miles west of Alda found a dead man In a straw stack a few rods from the tracks. All indications and the coroner's verdict show the man to have been murdered last fall and hid den at this plaoe. When ths body waa found this afternoon It was In an ad vanced state of decomposition, but the skull, which waa well preserved, plainly showed where the victim had . boon slugged, and a large bolt, supposed to have been the weapon used, waa found a few feet from the body. A notebook found In the dead man's clothes waa the only means of identifica tion, and the address of Jules Hoffmann, Chapman, ' Kan., waa given. The body has been taken to Grand Island to await de velopments and a thorough Investigation will be made. . Other addresses found In the book on ths dead man, and It Is supposed thoy were put there by the deceased through some desire to refer to them again, are: W. J. Stone, Oretna; Richard Schultse, Hampton, box 22; Frank Herman, Dealt- ler, and Mr. Scbermerhorn, Union Pa cific." It Is believed that tho man had worked for or under these or been di rected to them. Not a penny was found on his person. Whether or not the crime was committed here and what the motive there Is so far no clue. That It was com mitted some months ago, probably aa long ago as last September, - Is the opinion of the coroner from the condition of . the body. An Inquest will be held over the remains Monday. The body was ordered gathered together, put into a casket and brought to the morgue In Grand Island. The man waa evidently 40 years old. A metal pledge of a temperance society was found on his person. FLOURING MILL IS WRECKED Explosion Shatters One of Largest Plants la Western Nebraska. BEAVER CITY, Neb.. June a (Speolal Telegram.) The flouring mill at Wilson- villa, one of the largest in western Ne braska, was completely wrecked this morn. lng by a terrific explosion. Lewis Foley, engineer, was Instantly .killed and Frank Armstrong, head miller, was severely bruised. Fojey was literally blown to pieces. He waa about 19 years of ags. The acci dent occurred at about o'clock and the machlpery at the mill was running smoothly so far as known. William Turley, conductor ton Burlington train No. 17B, witnessed the explosion as his train waa pulling out from Wllsonvllle sta tion. Hs stated to a reporter at Beaver City that It looked to him aa though the mill was lifted Into the air as by a dynamite explosion and he could see ths mill operators thrown to the air. The mill Is the property of George Zualauf of Stam ford, who hurried to the scene of the dis aster. Passing through Beaver City on the morning train, thirty minutes after the explosion, he ststes that the machinery of the mill had been thoroughly overhauled and can give no th jory for the accident. Orchard & Wilhelm qm-lb-18 SOUTH SIXTEENTH CHRPETS AND RUGS A Progressive Department in Our Store. Fall patterns 1007 already being shown in great quantities and at prices that can be made only by the largest of buyers. 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Mayor Wols won out la his contest with th city oounsoi over ths city en gineer matter. Last evening he submitted the name of J. W. Andrews a second time, and he waa confirmed by a vote of 7 to L Chairman Mora of the board of publlo works came before the council and made a strong plea for Mr. Andrews retention on account of his having done a great deal of work on the paving and light and water plants. L. D. Richards resigned as member of the public works board, but agreed to hpld over until the next meeting, when hla successor will probably be appointed. Tha committee to present a plan of settling the matter of closing Platte avenue reported that It had been agreed to narrow tha street to thirty-two feet and cloaa Ninth street la front of and between tha college buildings. They bad since learned that ow ing to an act of the legislature the street could not be narrowed below alxty-els feet, and consequently the whole matter waa np In tha air again. They will report later. LABORER KILLED BY A TRAIN Engineer Doea Hot See Him Until Body Waa In Air. MILLARD. Neb., June 1 (Special Tele gram.) Martin Peterson waa struck anl Instantly killed here by Union Pacific train No. 10. Ills leg waa broken, head crushed and the body otherwise bruised. The accident happened at the street crossing west of the depot, Engineer Tucker says he did not see the man until the body waa In the air after being struck. It ' was hurled fully sixty feet. Peterson waa a blacksmith helper employed In the grading camp of Lamereaux 4 Peterson. Barltett Gnardeel on Politics. BEATRICE. Neb.. June 8. (Special.) While In the city yesterday Hon. E. J. Burkett. Vnlted 8tatea senator from Ne braska, discussed politics briefly. He stated that In ths event that Theodore Roosevelt could not be Induced to make the race for president for tha third term Taft would undoubtedly have a big following In Ne braska. In his visits to many towns In tha state during tha last few weeks Mr. Burk ett stated that he had found a great many Ohio people who admired Foraker, but the sentiment among them waa not very strong tor him aa a presidential candidate. Sena tor Burkett left Saturday for Beaver Croas lng. Neb., where he addressed the graduat ing class Saturday evening. H was ac companied by hla private stenographer, George El Tobey. Illinois Central Railroad Chicago, 111 Minneapolis, Minn.. Milwaukee, Wis. . . Detroit, Mich Buffalo, N. Y Madison, Wis. . Mackinac Island. . . . $20.00 12.50 20.00 31.00 80.50 18.75 28.83 Pittsburg, Pa $36.00 Toronto, Ont., (30 day)... 27.15 Montreal, P. Q., (30 day).. 82.73 Quebec, Que., (30 day) .... 86.73 Duluth, Minn 18.60 Okoboji Lake, la... 9.93 Waterloo, la, 11.83 Rates to many other points in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Canada and New York. Fifteen-day, sixty-day and season tickets on sale dally to Norfolk, Va., account Jamestown Exposition, diverse routes and stop-overs at certain points permitted. Routes, rates and detailed Information gladly, furnished upon ap plication at City Ticket Office. 1402 Farnara St., or write, Samuel North. District Passenger Agent. Omaha Neb Gets Fifteen Venn tor Inewst. BUTTE. Neb.. June (.-(Special Tele tram.) After being out eighteen hours a Jury rendered a verdict her of guilty In tha oaae of M. P. Smothers, charged with Incest.'' Judge Westover aentenced tha de frndant to fifteen yeara In ths penitentiary at bard laboc M Ball ler Back. NORFOLK. Neb.. Juno fe-8pectal Tele gram.) Herman Boche mast stay In Jail unto ha la tried next fall for the murder of Frank Jarmer, according to a decision rendered by Judge Welch at Madlaon to day. Bocha's counsel may appeal to tha supreme court, seeking to get Boche ad mitted to balL Newa ot Nikrtaka. M COOK A terra of Vnlted States circuit court will open In McCook Monday, June 10. MTOOK According to the city dlrertory of McCook, Just gone to press, the popula tion of this city Is ltd NEBRASKA 1'ITY-Th. lam barn at the nil wUw MUvUt ' Br lul BOaht aod was partially destroyed. The fireman had a hard time to prevent It from spreading. SEWARD The members of the Soldiers' home will celebrate Flag day, June 14, with a patriotic procram. flag drill, etc. PLATT8MOI TH John F. Carper and Mine Helena E. lilllman were united In marriage, Father J. F. Hennessy offlcl atlng. BKATRICK The Haskell Indians, one of the strongent hall teams In the west, will play the lilue Springs tram at lilue Springs June 16. SEWARD On Thursday Mr. Jacob Bi-d-lr and Miss Lavina Jlershberger of Mil ford were united In marriage by Ulshop St-hlegel. P1.A TTSMOLTH The peaches on the trvea are about the size of a huxelnut and there will be morn than an average yU'ld In this vicinity. EWA HD-Comrade Bruce, a member of the Mllford Soldiers' home, died in Reno. Nev. Hh wus a member of the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry. PLATTSMOUTH J. E. Moyor and Miss Nellie Bobb, both from Gretna, were united In marriage In this city this afternoon. Judge M. Archer officiating. PLATTSMOl'TH The Plattsmouth fresh man class conalated of 1UU student; there were sixty Juniors, but only thirty-two members of the class graduated. NEBRASKA CITY H. H. Bart ling left this evening for St. Loula, where he will be united in marriage tomorrow to Mrs. Uromtteld. a well known woman of tnut city. SEWARD At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Noff, weev of Mllford, occurred the wedding of their dajgl'.ter. Pearl, to Bert E. Brown, Rev. Ueorge Wash of Waco uftlciallng. WEST POINT-Mlchael Hickey. tha al leged attempted train wrecker, was gtvuti his preliminary hearing before the county Judge and waa held to the district court In !.'' be'l. HAST1KOS John Macher, a switchman In li. o ;li.t..o oi me iiui i.lialun. waa ae- OMAHA AND COUNCIL OLUFFG STREET RAILWAY COMPANY SIGHT S GAR n I n n Leaves 13th and Farnam Sts., at 9:30 a. m. and 2. p. m. (week days only). Three hours pleasant ride, with com petent lecturer on board point ing out and giving entertain, ing and instructive talk on places of interest. FARE, 50c; : : CHILDREN (?.i::2 ), 25c BBEESBSESf two freight cars in the yards today. Sev eral ribs and his left collar bona were broken. PKATTSMOrTH The high water In the MiBbourl river washed out about 100 yards of rtprapplng on the east side of the stream. It is ehtn.-ated that it will cost MQ to repair the damage. NEBRASKA. CITY The district meeting of the Daughters of Rebekah, which has been in sesalun, closed last evening, with a literary program and banquet. There waa a good attendance. M. COOK McCook and the McCook Driv ing Park association have Joined forcea In a great Fuurth of July celebration. Races on the td and 4th will be features. Purses aggregating l,2Jj are offered. M'CoOK Four fraternal lodges of thla city, the Ancient Order of United Work men, Modern Woodmen of America, De gree of Honor and Royal Neighbors, will Jointly observe decoration day, June 23. FKEMONT Fred Bader and family left today for a trip to Mr. Bader a former home near Baden, Uermauy. They expect to be gone several weeks. This Is first trip to his old homo since lie came to this country, aimoat twenty years ago. PI-ATI'S M 0 1. 'i' H A bou t three Inches of rain (ell In this vicinity during the last few uays ana niglus. Reports from the country Indicate that a number of bridges were washed out and that some damage waa done to the gr rwlhg crops. BEATRICE John Scheve. a prominent German farmer living northwest of Be atrice, reports that the rainfall Thursday at his place amounted to l:ia Inches. Some corn In tils neighborhood was washed out. which will neueaaitale replanting. NEBRASKA CITY A society for tho pre vention of cruelty to animals waa organised In thla city last evening. Dr. Oeorge 1. Mil ler of Omaha made a characteristic ad dress, claiming that the ho rue waa tha nobles animal God had made, and praised the dog. He denounced the move In Omaha to niuzzle the dog. aaying that It waa ci rluuely Injured by being caught btweeu (Continued on Fifth Pegs) Miss Effa Ellis Will Demonstrate Her Illustrated Music Course in South Omaha at the CENTRAL SCHOOL Thursday Morning. 10 O'clock Parents, children and music lovers are invited. HERE ARE SOME Whlc!) Will Help Soma! 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