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Nebraska
TIIE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1f)nf.
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fALUMEf
DUNDY SURVEY MUST WAIT
Land Commissioner Seei a Chance to
Save Some Money.
GOVERNMENT MAY DO THE WORK
Bonding Cam sun Ira Go Into Court to
Restrain Operation of l,sn la
in the Fee. for that Class
of Insurance.
Division Fight
in Custer Warm
Opponent of Plan Insist it is Effort
to Boost Property in Various
Proposed County Seats.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Srpt. . Special.)
Cuater county la now In the mi'lst if one
of tha hottest division campaigns that the
people have ever experienced. It has settled
down Into a county seat flKht; tlie pros
pective county aeat towns of Anslcy, Cal
laway and Sargent being the strong "up-j
porters of dlvllon, while Broken How.
Verna, Anselmo, Oconto, Mason City and
Comstock are bitterly opposed to dividing
the county.
The people who own property In the towns
which would become county seats In case
division carries, are working hard to di
vide the county; they feel that the raise In
valuation of their properties will more than
offset the Increase In taxes when the
small county la established. Those who live
at a distance from the county seat are, as
a class, opposed to division. They realise
that It will make no material difference
In the valuation of properly, while It will
make a great difference in the taxes. If
the new counties had a lG-mtll levy, which
would, no doubt, be necessary in case of
division. It would coat the people of Cus
ter county 05,OOQ pur year more for county
expense than they are now paying. The
present county levy of Custer Is 7 mills.
back was made and the horse waa found
d'-ad east of Shelton. Dr. Boper at Shel
ton said he saw two boya Jump out of the
rig outside of Shelton. A reward of S50
Is offered by the county for their arrest
nnd the state offers $10 apiece for the boys
returned to the Industrial school. Their
names are Frank Davis, aged 19. and For
est McDonald, aged 14. Both of them were
sent up from Falls City.
Wil l, ASK STHKKT CAR FRANCHISE
Knstern Men Satisfied with On t look
at Hastings.
HASTINGS'. Neb., Sept. . (Special.)
The Dayton, O., Investors who came here
to look over the field with a view to es
tablishing a street car system, have an
nounced that they are satisfied with the
prospects and will build and operate a plant
provided they can get a satisfactory fran
chise. They will present a definite propo
sition to the city council at an early meet
ing, probably on October 11. They an
nounce that they will ask no financial
aid here, but will build the system entirely
with outside capital. Mayor Miles con
ducted tho men over the city and waa
informed by them that while they have
electric street car systems In four Kansas
and Oklahoma towns the field here seems
better than In the othcra. They say they
will begin building the line as soon as
possible after they secure the franchise.
About six miles of track will be laid.
CHILD ACCIK.TALl.V HAXiKl)
rail from Carriage anil Catches by
Neck of It Dress.
BUTTON, Neb., Sept. 29. (Special.) The
year and a half old son of John Moser,
living north of button, while at play In a
carriage, fell and caught by the neck of
his drees and when found he was dead.
Funeral services tomorrow.
Mrs. Truss Binds Husband.
MINDEN, Neb., Sept. 29. (Special. )-The
will of Elizabeth Truax has been filed in
county court and offered for probate. It
contains an unusual provision. Among
other bequests Is one to her nusband which
Is made "upon condition that If my said
husband t shay ., have 4ny deallnge. with
James Pulver or any of his family he shall
furfelt his right to any property herein
bequeathed to him and It shall revert to
my daughter." Jumes Pulver has been
running saloons In Kearney. Mlnden, tluld
rege and Wilcox and It Is thought that
this Is the reason for the peculiar pro
vision. '
. Boys Take Horse nnd Buggy.
KEARNEY, --Neb., Sept 29.-Special.)-The
sheriff of Buffalo county Is looking
for two boya who stole a horse after es
caping from the school Monday morning.
Tho horse belonged to Mr. Scott and was
tied In front of his residence at 8: last
night and at 8:45 It had disappeared. The
engineer of Union Pacific passenger train
No. I found a piece of a buggy on the front
of his engine when he pulled Into Gibbon,
but could not remember striking It. A trace
Mrs. Baker Young Woman.
LYONS. Neb., Sept. 29. (Sept. 29. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Hilda May Baker, who waa
murdered here Monday morning by her
husband, Al M. Baker, was named Murray
brfore her marriage and her native place
was Fall Kiver, Mass. She was only 27
years of age, while her husband was 52
years of age. Two clilldren, Grace, 7 yeara
old, and llaymond, nearly 6, resulted .from
this marriage, the children now being in
Chicago with a sister of their mother,
iier brother, Edward Murray, and wife
are here from Omaha to attend the funeral
today; Coroner Ollkerson from Tekamah
held no Inquest. He found that the woman
had received three shots, one In front and
two In the back, each belngi sufficient to
cause death Instantly, while the man lay
on the bed on .the other aide of the room
with one bullet In his brain and the re
volver still In his hand and his finger on
the trigger. Baker's father lives at Breck
enrldge, Mo., where his body was shipped
Tuesday. The woman will be burled In the
Lons cemetery.
. Cashier Accused of Shortage.
VALENTINE. Neb., Sept. 29.-(Speclal.)
Sheriff Rosseter went up to Verdigris,
Neb., and arrested William Dillon, cashier
of the Kllgore State bank and brought him
here to Jail. He Is charged with using the
hank's money. How much Is not known
yet, but It Is said It will amount to sev
eral thousand dollars. He had been mar
led only three days when arrested.
Omaha Halloon avt Syracuse.
SYRACUSE, Neb., Sept. . (Special.)
One of the balloons sent up by the United
States government from Fort Omaha on
Monday was seen to fall and was secured
by C. D. Strong, a farmer living three miles
south of Syracuse at 4:30 p. m. Monday.
It was sent to Omaha today.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 29 (Special.)
Notwithstanding a petition from Dundy
county landowners the state land com
missioner will not carry out the provisions
of the act of the last legislature for a
resurvey of a north and south line through
Dundy county until the government Is
given an opportunity to comply with an
act of congress Introduced by Congressman
Norrls. By a little more delay the county
or Dundy may get a more extensive re
survey from the general giTvernment and
the, state may be able to save the funds
appropriated by the legislature for a lesser
resurvey.
The act of congress call for a resurvey
of the disputed line and also a resurvey
of several townships In Dundy county.
Congressman Norrls thought he was doing
a favor to the people of Dundy county
when he got this act passed and he Is
much surprised now to find that many
residents of the townships Interested have
signed a petition to proceed with the pro
posed state resurvey of the north and south
line. He thinks the people Interested do
not fully understand the situation. or they
would not have signed the petition to pro
ceed with the proposed state resurvey of
only one line. The legislature appropriated
IMS to resurvey one line. This amount
will not be sufficient to pay for the work.
The act of congress contemplates a resur
vey of several townships and would be of
more benefit to the Interested parties. Con
gressman Norrls says Mr. Sweltzer, an ex
pert employed by the general land office
at Washington, Is now at work in another
part of Nebraska and as soon as he Is at
liberty he will make an Investigation of
the Dundy county situation and announce
what the government Is willing to do. He
asks that the state await this investiga
tion, which can be made this fall. If the
government resurveys several townships the
work cannot be done this fall, but the con
gressman Is certain the government work
will be more satisfactory than the state re
survey of one line.
Llnlnger Sentence Stands.
The two years' sentence of Leonard
Llnlnger of Pierce county for assault with
intent to do great bodily Injury has been
approved by the supreme court. The de
cision was withheld until Llnlnger, who
was at liberty on ball, had been taken Into
custody. One of the errors assigned by the
defendant was that the trial court refused
to sustain a motion for a new trial on
the ground of newly discovered evidence.
Judge Root wrote the opinion of the
court. Chief Justice Reese and Judge Faw
cett were absent and did not sit In the
case.
More Telephone Stock.
The State Railway commission haa given
permission for the Polk County Telephone
company to increase its capital stock
from 166.876 to $74,875 for the purpose of
paying an indebtedness inourred In the
building of a line and for extensions of
lines. The Howard County Telephone com
pany Is permitted to Increase Its capital
stock from $24,000 to $34,000 for the purpose
of rebuilding some lines and paying float
ing Indebtedness.
Bond Companies In Court.
Alleging that the Nebraska law empow
ering a state board to fix rates of bond
ing insurance Is class legislation and a
transgression of Its constitutional rights,
the American Surety company is asking
Judgi. T. C. Munger in United States court
for a restraining order against Governor
Shallenberger, Attorney General Thompson
and Auditor Barton. Its lawyers appeared
this forenoon to present their side of the
case, the state being represented by At
torney General Thompson and Assistant
Attorney General Martin. Tha hearing was
continued in the afternoon.
It was argued by the corporation coun
sel that the law could not be valid be
cause It singled out surety concerns from
all other Insurance... companies. This was
held to be special legislation prohibited
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by the federal constitution. The point was
also advanced that the act purports to
amend the old statute authorizing guar
anty companies to do business In Nebraska,
but Is in reality a complete enactment In
Itself.
The state has demurred to the petition
of the company on the ground that none
of the allegations therein contained tend
to show any Injury inflicted upon the com
plainant or likely to be suffered by it.
As a further ground for combatting the ap
plication. It Is set forth that no showing
has been made that the rates fixed by the
State Bond Board are unreasonable. The
question raised ia an academic one, and not
such as would call for any Judicial Inter
ference with the operation of the law.
The law under attack Is one passed by
the last legislature to meet a situation
created by the bonding companies and their
agents In forming a combine and attempt
ing to raise rates as much as 300 per cent.
In some Instances.
Vote to Bridge the Platte.
orfAND ISLAND, Sept. 2. (Special.)
At Its meeting yesterday the county board
decided the matter of. J.h location and
building of an additional bridge across the
Platte in Hall county, by granting the pe
tition for the bridge on the Den man line
and deciding, by a vote of 4 to 2, to build
the bridge directly by levy, Instead of
submitting the question to 'the people by
way of a bond proposition.' There were
three petitions, of which the Denman pe
tition was the middle one as between west
and east. It was feared that a wrangle
as to location having arisen, a bond propo
sition might not carry at the general elec
tion and the safer, surer way of getting the
Platte bridged here, was taken. Hall
county will, with the new bridge, have
four bridges across the Platte and a fifth
owned Jointly with Hamilton county. There
are four channels to cross on the Denman
line and It Is the purpose to put one In
each year, or more if the usual funds permit.
Koran Lilk Accidentally Shot.
CURTIS, Neb., Sept. 29 (Special.)
Korah Luth, a HJcoln county farmer liv
ing about fourteen miles north of Curtis,
fatally shot himself last Sunday morning
while out hunting. Ills gun slipped through
a hole In the bottom of the buggy and was
discharged, thJ charge entering his left
shoulder. The team became frightened and
ran and Luth, unable to control themwlth
one hand, was thrown from his aeat. He
then attempted to walk home, but became
ao faint that he waa obliged to lie down
In a ditch by the roadside, where he lay
from 9 o'clock In the morning until nearly
6 o'clock In the afternoon, when he was
discovered by Charles Brlttlngham, a
neighbor.
Luth died later In the evening from loss
of blood. He leavea parents, a wife and
three small children. Hla parents, now
living In Alma, were for many years resi
dents of this place.
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More Liberal Beet Contract.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Sept. 29.-(Spe-clal.)
The American Beet Sugar company
will offer farmers a much better contract
next year than has been the case In the
past. U will pay 15 per ton flat for beets,
regardleVs of the percentage of sugar In
the beet. The farmer thus runs no risk.
The books of the company are also thrown
open to contractors three months earlier,
this. It appears, being necessitated because
farmers have In recent years been allot
ting more of their better lands for win
ter wheat. It la expected that next year's
run at the factory will be for 100 days
Instead of the sixty days which will be re
quired to run the beets through this year.
Campaign for New Court Itouae.
LEXINGTON, Neb., Sept. 29. (Special
Telegram.) The campaign committee for
Dawson county's propose new court
house, under the management of the Lex
ington Civic Betterment club. Is putting
forth considerable effort. A bunch of
twenty-five automobilea filled with boost
ers and the Lexington band have been mak
ing the rounds of the different towns In
the county each evening. Speeches and
music by the band are the leading features.
The proposition Is meeting with great favor
all over the county and It is expected that
the bonds will have a good majority.
High Living for tattle.
PONCA. Neb.. Sept. (Special.) Clar
ence Curtis, living on A. B. Francis' farm,
lost three head of cattle from eating too
much alfalfa yesterday and today an
other cow is In a serious condition from
eating too many apples.
Broken Wheel Blocks Traek.
LEXINGTON, Neb., SepL (Special
TalagTam.) About 4 o'clock this morning
a oar wheel u a heavily loaded .xtra
freight train broke down near Joslyn, a sid
ing seven miles east of here. Considerable
damage was done to the track and several
passenger trains were laid up here for a
period of six hours or more.
Nebraska News Notes.
LYONS-J. C. McElhlnney. cx-member of
the state legislature, is on the road to re
covery. BEATRICE John William Barnes of this
city and Mrs. Mabel Bluekledge of Lincoln
weVe married here yesterday by Judge
Spdfford.
KEARNEY Judge Hallowell married
Willis B. Citngman of Hartwell and Miss
Elizabeth B. Houts of Kenesaw. Tuesday
afternoon.
PONCA George Collison and William
Harding loaded their goods on the cars and
left for Sturgls, S. D., where they expect to
make their homes.
PONCA Rev. Jospeh B. Cherry married
Mr. Elmer Devore and Miss Ella Williams
at the home of the bride's mother In Ponca
yesterday noon.
MINDEN The Presbyterian synod will
commence next week In Mlnden. Prepara
tions are being made to entertain all vis
itors and delegates who may come.
BEATRICE The remains of the late Mn.
Lena Hecht, a former resident of Plck
rell, who died at Rlardan, Wyo., were
brought here yesterday for Interment
GUIDE ROCK Mrs. H. D. Flshburn.
who has been III several months, died last
night at 11:40 o'clock. Her husband died
two weeks ago this morning of heart dis
ease. LYONS The Logan house closed today,
with breakfast as its last meal, perhaps
never again to shelter a guest, as a new
brick hotel Is now ready to be furnished
for the trade.
REPUBLICAN CITY-J. E. Hunt, a vet
eran of the civil war, G6 years old, died at
his home In Republican City yesterday
morning of Brlght's disease. The funeral
was held today In the Methodist Episcopal
church.
NEBRASKA CITY-George Bennett Is
confined In the county Jail, charged with
shooting Officer John Martlne. with Intent
to kill. The case will be heard In a few
days. Bennett has been In trouble before
and served a term in the penitentiary.
HASTINGS An ordinance for the crea
tion of a street paving district, to include
one business street, has passed Its first
reading In the council. Probably an elec
tion for the Issue of Intersection paving
bonds will be held In December of January.
LYON'S Another pioneer woman passed
away last nlirht in her home between here
and Decatur, viz.: Grandmother J. C. Con
neally, who leaves a host of descendants
to mourn her departure. She will be buried
In the Catholic graveyard northeast of
here.
PONCA The Methodist conference has
transferred Rev. H. .G. Langley from
Ponca to Laurel, Neb., and sent Rev. A.
W. Aherendt from WInslde, Neb., to
Ponra. Kev. Langley haa served the Ponca
ohurch for four years and goes with the
best wishes of everybody.
NEBRASKA CITY-WUltam Comstock.
the young man who was rescued from an
outraged father at Talmage by the sheriff
and brought to this city and placed" -In Jail
for aafekeeping, was yesterday released
from Jail when he married the young
woman, Miss Anna Meyers. They were
married by the county Judge and all mat
ters settled,
PERU D. S. Domer, principal of the
Salem schools, visited the Normal on spe
cial business, Saturday. Mr. Domer was
formerly mayor of Beaver City. He re
ports that he has completely reorganized
the Salem schools and that he Is giving
regular work on the university entrance re
quirement basis.
PERU The following members of the
Normal faculty will attend the meeting of
the Schoolmasters' club In Lincoln next
Saturday evening: President Crabtree, Sup
erintendent House. Prof. C. W. Weeks,
Prof. W. N. Delzell, Prof. Brownell, Prof.
J. W. Searson, Registrar Overholt and
Prof. C. F. Beck.
GRAND ISLAND A sneakthlef made a
good haul yesterday by securing the cash
box from the Falk clothing store and get
ting about S100 from It. A railroad man lost
a roll of $40 In a billiard parlor and an
effort was also made to rub one of the
rooms of the Palmer hotel. The perpetra
tors were not caught.
PERU Chancellor Alyesworth of Cottier
university visited Peru over Sunday. He
delivered two lectures at the Christian
church, and also spoke at the meeting of
the Young Men's Christian association in
the afternoon. He spoke In terms of very
high praise of the work being done by that
organization In the Normal.
NEBRASKA CITY Lewis C. Edwards,
county recorder of Richardson county, and
Miss Jessie E. Paxton, one of the leading
young women of Falls City, came to this
city last evening and were married. They
did this to escape a public wedding at
home, and will return to Falls City to make
their home after a trip to the Pacific coast.
PERU The Sunday schools of Peru are
co-operating with the Christian associa
tions of the school in endeavoring to offer
classes In Bible study so that every student
In the Normal can be a member of some
such class. About twenty different courses
In Bible study are thus being offered. Most
of these are being taught by members of
the Normal faculty.
KEARNEY District court convened
Tuesday morning and the first day of the
session was spent In getting rid of twenty
one cases. Judge B. O. Hosteller is doing
rapid work. -Several divorce cases were
dismissed and the plaintiff charged up
with the cost. Gene Palmer, the young
Elm Creek forger, was sent to the in
dustrial School at this place.
FA1RBURY There has been trouble In
Rock island labor circles at Plymouth this
week. A gang of Mexicans employed on
track work at Plymouth got In the bad
graces of the citizens and an attempt was
made one night to run the foreigners out
of town, according to the story that
reached Falrbury. Rock Island officials
went to the scene and quieted matters
down, probably averting a threatened riot,
and the Mexicans are still on the Job.
BURWELL Allen Mitchell, one of the old
residents and pioneers of the Loup valley,
was buried here today under the auspices
of the Masonic lodge. About two months
ago Mr. Mitchell, with hie family, went
to Utah and took a homestead and while
hauling lumber for his home laat week
the load tipped over and he was Instantly
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Tel.pnone Douglas BO.
killed. Hla 17-vear-old son waa with him
and had to remain all night alone on the
mountain and until 9 o clock next morning
bt fore help could be secured.
NEBRASKA CITY in the district court.
last evening, the case of Frank Williamson,
as administrator, against the Chicago, Bur
lington & tjuincy railway, was settled and
the company agreed to pay SMI0 and costs.
The claim was one wherein Mr. William
sou's father was thrown from a wagon at
the Burlington depot when the team be
came frightened at a locomotive which
passed.
FAlUBUllY Word received from Man
hattan. Kan., states that one of the twin
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ham
mond died from diphtheria and thai Mrs.
Hammond and another one of the children
are down with a severe attack of the dis
ease. The Hammond family Is well known
throughout southeastern Nebraska, Mr.
Hammond having been engaged In the
newspaper business at several points for
many yi-ars. They moved to Manhattan a
little less than a year ago, going from
Pawnee City.
GRAND ISLAND Leo Lung, whose
rooms were raided by the chief of police
some weeks ago, and who waa found to be
smoking opium and alleged to have been
Inducing others to smoke, waa found guilty
upon trial In police oourt and ftntd S5)
and the costs. The evidence ot One of th.
witnesses contained th. statement that
Lung has also been selling beer In his res
taurant after I o'clock and at any
other time to people he knew were to
be relied upon not to give him away.
KEARNEY C. W. Kibbler Of this olty
nearly wrecked his automobtls while trying
to keep from striking a ped.etrlan. Mr.
Kibbler and a party of m.n were returning
from Elm Creek and were In the act of
turning out for a man thud of th.m when
the man suddenly luroh.d In front of the
wheela. Mr. Kibbler turned hla lont wheels
so sharply that th. hind wh.eia snapped
off completely. The man waa saved with
out a acratch, but he was found to be sick
and walking home, and had fallen from ex
haustion. Mr. Kibbler and the three other
men had to walk four miles to town and
help the sick man all the way.
HASTINGS The application of Mrs.
Blanche Folson for a writ of habeas corpus
for her release from Ingleslde waa dla
mlssed after a brief hearing by Judge But
ton yesterday afternoon. It waa alleged
In the petition that while ahe was visiting
her parents In Lexington about a month
ago she was mistreated by them and com
mitted to the Insane asylum on "manu
factured evidence." Her husband lived hers
and wished her to be freed, but Superin
tendent Baxter declined to do so. It de
veloped that the ease had been Instituted
on misinformation and the attorney for
the petitioner acquiesced In the dismissal.
Mrs. Folson was sent back to the hospital.
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