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The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
1. M. RICE , Publisher
MAY BE FILIBUSTERS
PARTY AGAINST GUATEMALA IS
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SAID TO BE FORMING.
'Complaint is Made to the Secretary
V of Stnte , AVlio Has Called the At
tention of the Department of Jus
tice to the Alleged Movement.
The secretary of state at Washington
has called to the attention of * ho depart
ment of justice certain movements of
( bodies of men in Mobile. Ala. , who are
said to be engaged in a filibustering ex
pedition against Guatemala.
1 This action has been taken at the sug
gestion of the Guatemalan govern-
' ( incnt , which represented that an Ameri-
fcan port was being used as a base of
'hostile ' operations against a friendly na-
[ tion , and that the men who were reprc-
jcentcd to be merely laborers going to de
velop a railroad concession , were really
part of a force recruited in the United-
Stales to initiate a revolutionary move
ment in Guatemala.
The state department has asked the
'department ' of justice to make an inquiry ]
; and if need be to take the necessary steps. .
| lo thwart the movement. !
The relations between Guatemala and
Mexico have threatened to become seri-
t
l
( Otisly si rained , the former government be- ,
ing disposed lo connect the revolutionary ]
movement with Mexican activities. Mcxj
ican troops placed on the boundary be
tween the two countriesostensibly lo
maintain neutrality and to prevent the
organization of filibus'tering expeditions
directed against Guatemala , are under
suspicion of being intended to invade the
smaller republic , and a rapid exchange
of diplomatic notes is in progress be
tween Guatemala City and the City of
Mexico.
Meanwhile , following the precedent es
tablished during the existence of lhe last
clash between the two countries over the
boundary line several years ago , the
state department has instructed its
agents in both countries lo use their good
offices to prevent the growth of ill feel
ing between Ihe two countries , and is do
ing all that it can properly in the same
direction.
PIERCES THE ALPS.
Tunnel is Bored Through the Moun
tain IJitriire.
Gondo , Switzerland , advices stale that
the piercing of the Simplon tunnel
through the Alps was completed at 7:20
o'clock Friday morning. This is regard
ed as being one of the greatest engineer
ing achievements of the age. Many dif
ficulties were encountered and overcome.
, ' The length of the tunnel , from Briga ,
in Switzerland , to Iselle. on the Italian
. idp of the mountain , is about twelve
in i I C1.
Y The work was begun over seven years
ago , and according to the contract the
tunnel must be ready for traffic on May
3T > next.
The Swiss and Italian governments
jointly financed the
undertaking , at a
i cost of $15,000,000.
SCORES ARE SLAIN.
Many Persons Are Killed in the
Riots at Baku.
A Paris dispatch says : After the riots
at Baku 300 corpses were counted in the
streets. The dead were largely Armen
ians.
ians.The
The latest
private advices re
ceived from the Caucasus say trouble has
broken out at Balakhany , near Baku.
The military force of the whole region is
declared to be inadequate to suppress the
disorder. The spreading of the racial
contest is generally anticipated. Poti
cannot be reached by telegraph. Thou
sands of Armenians are said to bo leav
ing Baku and Batoum. The Armenians
' 'and Mussulmans are practically in a
state of open war.
Whipping ; Post for Times.
Copenhagen advices say that the Avhip-
-ping post for thugs appears destined to
"b'ecome an institution in Denmark in the
.near future. The minister of justice has
'reintroduced in the rigsdag the bill
which was defeated at the last session
providing for the establishment of the
whipping post.
Attorney Younff Pardoned.
Ira Young , a St. Louis attorney and
{ formerly a member of the staff of Gov.
( Dockery , who was sentenced to eighteen
mouths in the penitentiary on being con
victed of using tho mails in a scheme
to defraud , has been pardoned by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
A Mullah on the Warpath.
The Somali mullah is again on the
.warpath . , says a special from Aden , Ara- CJSI
jbia. He is reported to be a day's march SIei
; from Obbia and to have seized and killed eia
a number of the sultan of Obbia's follow
ers.
Sioux City Stock Market.
' . Friday's quotations on the Sioux City
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stock market follow : Butcher steers , clu
$3.20 ( 4.45. Top hogs , $4.75.
GOPH Insane in Chicago.
Leslie Fuller , an assistant attorney in k
the department of justice in Washington , T
is detained at a police station in Chica- cl. : .
'go ' and will be sent to the detention hos- cl.a !
, - jpital for the insane until his friends are si
able to make arrangements for his care. siv
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_ _ Milwaukee Fireman Killed.
, Lieut. Win. Morman was killed and
, fivc other firemen hurt at a fire at M51-
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'wauKee , Wis. , Friday which damaged pi
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'the plant of the International Wood-
. .works Company to the extent of $40,000.
ACTUAL REVOLUTION.
Russia's Troubles Are Constantly
Multiplying.
The military authorities at Baku. Cau
casus , on Wednesday authorized energet
ic measures to suppress disturbances.
This was not accomplished without
bloodshed. All the official and private
offices are closed. Many dead bodies are
lying in the streets.
The labor situation in St. Petersburg
has assumed a phase most irritating lo
employers , lhe men working one day and
quitting the next and showing no perma
nent disposition to either work or strike.
At present most of the factories are
working , but there is no telling when or
to what extent the strike may next break
out.
According lo mail reports received
from Batoum disorders in the Caucasus
have developed iirto actual revolution in
lhe cities of Batoum , Pali and Kutais.
at the eastern end of the Black Sea , un
der the lead of Armenians , who have set
up a form of provisional government.
Telegraphic communication has been cut
off for several days , and it is impossible
to secure direct confirmation of the e re
ports. But , according to one letter , the
Armenian faction a few day * ago suc
ceeded in making prisoners of most of
the officials and shutting up the offices :
and some of the troops in the barracks ,
and aided to some extent by roversists ,
in taking lhe reins of government into
their own hands. It is known that the
semi-weekly steamer service betwen Ba
toum and Odessa has been interrupted ,
and until telegraphic communication is
restored information is only obtainable
by way of Constantinople.
BA3Y BURNED IN A FURNACE
Horrible Crime Alleged to Have
Been Commited in Rochester.
G. W. McCaffery. engineeer in charge
of a boiler used to heat several business-
places at Kochesler , X. Y. . has informed
the police that about - o'clock Tnexlay
morning two men and a woman entered
lhe boiler room. While one of the men
covered him with a brace of revolvers
the other throw a package into the lire-
box. The woman uttered a shriek as he
did so , and one of ( he men threatened hei
life.
McCaffery says he heard the scream
of a baby as the package struck the. fire.
The men waited several minutes , then
oepued the furnace door again and raked
the bundle about on the coals.
Before leaving the men thieatoned to
kill McCaffery if he ever revealed a
word of the matter. All three members
of the party were so disguised he could
not give a description of thorn.
MORE PEACE SIGNS.
So Overtures Yet Made by the Mus\-
Kian Ruler.
Although the party which is advocating
peace as the only egress from the pres
ent situation at St. Petersburg continues ?
lo gain strength , nothing has actually
been decided and no move has yet been
made.
It is ofiicially maintained Russia's at
titude is unchanged at the foreign office
and not the slightest encouragement is
given lo the peace talk. It is affirmed as
strongly as ever that Japan must propose
the terms.
OVER 30 BODIES RECOVERED
Score of Funerals of Mine Victims
Held Thursday.
At Ala. bod
Birmington , , eighty-three
ies of victims of Monday's explosion
have been taken from the Virginia mine.
Seven more are in sight. After they are
removed the active work of rescue will
cease and the task of pumping out the
mine will be begun , as it is impossible to
rescue other bodies on account of the wa
ter.
ter.The
The funerals of a score of victims tool-
place Thursday.
Platt looses in Court.
The suit of John R. Plait , the octoge
narian millionaire , of Xew York , to com
pel Hannah Elias , a negress , to return
to him $ G8r ,000 which he alleges he gave
to her during a period extending over ii-
years , was dismissed by Justice O'Gor-
man in the supreme court Wednesday ,
because of lack of evidence.
Six Persons are Injured.
Early Wednesday a Pittsburg special ,
westbound , over the Pennsylvania Rail
road , was wrecked near Altoona , Pa. ,
by running into a switching engine. Two
passengers , two engineers and two fire
men were injured.
Donohue to be Hanged.
At Crown Point. Ind. , Edward Dona
hue , the murderer of Arminter Xortii-
rup , at Benton Harbor , Mich. , last Oclo-
ber , was Wednesday sentenced to be
hanged.
Arrested for Bank Robbery.
Joseph Menard , who the police claim is
under indictment for bank robbery at
Eldon , la. , was arrested at Chicago Wed
nesday with his wife. It is alleged Men
ard secured $12.000.
Big Auto Fnctory Burns.
The Long Acre Center motor car and
carriage industry , of London , was the
scene of a disastrous fire The loss is
estimated at $1,250,000. Hundreds 1 of '
automobiles were destroyed.
Held for Embezzlement.
At Everett , Wash. , former City Treas
urer George Ilolcomb is under arrest ,
L'liarged with embezzlement while treas
urer of $11,500.
Mother Shields Boy's Slayer.
John Gordon , aged 12 , was shot and
killed Tuesday night at Xorth Fork , W.
Va. , but the boy's mother kept the mur-
ler a secret until Wednesday , thereby .
idlowing Will Powell , who , it is alleged ,
shot the boy , to escape. Powell and tho
woman are said to have been lovers.
Replacing Strikers.
At Lodz , Russia , the factories have
commenced taking on new hands to re
place strikers. The situation is extreme
uncertain.
TRIES TO PLACATE BOTH.
North Sea Decision Not Considered
Radical.
The international commission appoint
ed to inquire into theNorth Son incident
practically concluded it.s work at Paris
Thursday night by finally agreeing to the
report which will be publicly announced
at the closing session.
Concerning the general nature of the
ropoit , the following statement was made
in a most authoritative quarter to the
Associated Press :
"When the text of the decision be
comes known it will be far more accept
able to the British public than they have
j been led to believe. The semi-ollicial
summaries appealing , while more or less
accurate , lend strongly to show Russian
success , but as a matter of fact the ad
mirals have sought a middle ground , and
the decision is not a pronounced victory
for either side. It is of such a character
as to preserve Russia's self-respect , and
at the same time give the P iitish public
much ground for satisfaction. If any
thing , the decision is rather more favor
able to ( Ireat Britain than to Russia. " '
On the other hand , the I lavas agency
confirms its semi-ollicial statement of
Wednesday night. It says :
"The conclusions as a whole are quite
favorable to Russia , recognizing that Ad
miral Rojestvensky could legitimately
consider himself in danger and act as he
did. However , the. report contains res
ervations calculated to satisfy British sus.
ceptibilitie. ' , the Most important being
that the commission esteems that the
Russian fire lasted too long , and also
that Rojestvensky should have speedily
notified the British maritime authorities
of the deplorable incident. Upon the
question of the presence of torpedo boats ;
the commission frees all navies from the-
imputation.
"The commission rejected a motion of
Admiral Beaumont ( Groat Britain ) blain-
ing the Russian crews. The conclusion.-
are said lo be in tJi" form of questions
whereto the commissioners state theii
answers , either unanimously or as a ma
jority. "
BODY ON DISSECTING TABLE
Father Finds Son's Remains ii
Medical College.
The body of Harry G. Thompson ,
aged , about 28 year.who left the
home of his father. George I ! . Thompson ,
at Atlanta , Ga. . last .May. was through
the father's efforts found on the dissect
ing table in a medical college at St.
Louis , Mo. Thompson died at the city
hospital several days ago. and his un
claimed body was tinned over to the col
lege.
lege.His
His father was heartbroken at the dis
covery. The body will be taken to At-
hint a for burial.
HITS FILIPINO LOVERS.
A Bill is Introduced in the Indiana
Senate.
An Indianapolis special says : Senator
Davis introduced a bill in ihe senate
Thursday to prevent whites from mar
rying persons having more than one-
eighth Filipino blood. The bill grew out
of the situation at RIoomington. Ind. ,
where Filipino students attending ( In
state university are flirting with white
girls.
The parents of tiie.se girls are fearful
of marriages and have requestedthe
passage of the bill.
NO DEMAND BY TRAINMEN.
Todd Doubts if They Would Join
Firemen in a Strike.
A New Haven , Conn. , dispatch says
A denial of the report that the Brother-
hood of Trainmen had been refused a cer
tain request , and in consequence Avere
ready to assist the Brotherhood of Fire
men on the New York , New Haven and
Hartford Railroad even to the extent of
a strike was made by First Vice Presi
dent Tood Thursday , who further said
that no demand of any kind had been
presented by the firemen and he knew of
no reason for a demand.
MAY BE FOUL CRIME.
Wealthy New Jersey Woman Cre
mated in Her Own Home.
Mrs. Hannah R. Ross was burned ui
death , her coachman is missing and five
houses were destroyed in a lire in High
Street , Moutclair , X. J. , Thursday.
The police are making an investigation ,
fearing the fire was incendiary and that
a muider was committed.
No trace of the coachman's body was
found in the ruins. The police have be
gun a search for him. Mrs. Ross was a
wealthy octogenarian and resided alone.
Glass PJater Ends Liife.
George Bailey , known over the count rj
as a glass eater , committed suicide at St.
.Joseph , Mo. , by drinking carbolic acid.
He was 28 years old and was born and
reared in St. Louis. Disappointment in
a love affair is said to have been respon
sible for his suicide.
Fire at Beaver Fails , Pa.
At Beaver Falls , Pa. , a fire which
started in a large building occupied by
the Ilartsolf Furniture Company , early
Thursday , destroyed $200,0(10 worth of
property , and for a time threatened the
vntire business section of the town.
Separate Schools for Blacks.
Gov. IToch , at Topeka , Kan. , has sign
ed the bill providing for separate high
schools as the result of the stabbing of a j
white pupil by a negro boy.
Judge Ross' Injuries Fatal.
John Ross , former chief justice of the 1
suite supreme court of Vermont , and for
mer United States senator , died at i > t.
.Tonhsbury , Vt. , Thursday of injuries re
ceived last Tuesday , when his sleigh was
struck by a train and Mrs. Ross killed.
Mr . Daly Convicted.
The jury Thursday returned a verdict
flf manslaughter in the case of .lennie
Daly. She was the widow of Charles ,
Daly , for whose murder AVilliam Henry J .
Hicks Bond was convicted last week , i .
STATE OP NEBBASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Much Land Has Been Taken Over
Two Hundred Thousand Acres
Entered by Homesteaders at North
Placte Best Land Still Unentered
The land office rush for the one sec
tion homestead is practically over , ac
cording to a special from North Platte.
and as a result something over 200,00' ' )
acres of grazing land , heretofore con-
trolled by the cattle kings without
| charge , is now homesteadcd by settlers
j from Nebraska , Iowa , Missouri , Kansa < .
the Dakotas and other states. Nearly
; { ( MJ entries were made and most of them
were made by citizens of Nebraska from
the Missouri River to the Colorado and
\Vyoming lines.
The extreme cold which prevailed pre
vented many from coming to see the
land , and not caring to take anyone's
word for the character of the land , Avent
home. There yet remain about 250 sec
tions which are subject to one section
entry , and. strange as it may seem , the
land which is now vacant is better as a j
whole than that which was taken. The
reason is this : The Union Pacific Rail
road follows the South Platte River and
immediately to the north of the North
Platte I liver , which flows from one to
dozen miles above the Union Pacific
Railroad , there is a range of river bluff's
which gradually reduce in size as one
goes farther north , until the laud be- I
conies of a rolling nature and of a table
character. The land nearest the railroad
is rougher and contains more sand , but
the settlers all seemed to be desirous of
getting land as near the railroad as possi
ble , and hence chose the second class land ,
j i But those who are accustomed to west- j (
i ern Nebraska do not mind the distant c !
so much and to them twenty-five to l
thirty miles is a short space and these , i !
though few. chose the better land along '
and in the southern half of McPhcrson j j
County. This land that yet remains un-j
taken is mainly best suited for grazing j
and hay making , and to those purposes (
the cattle and stock men. who have j !
reigned supreme in this region and have j
almost prevented others from coining !
into the country , have for a good many i
years past used the land. There are. j [
however , in various parts of it home
steaders of 1(50 ( acres who have raised
corn , potatoes and various other crops ,
besides stock. Most all of the sections
have good valleys , which may be put to
cultivation or saved for ihe hay which I
naturally grows upon the land. The i
snow covers the ground , but the weather j i
is now such that all will be gone in a j
couple of days. |
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FINE CATTLE SHOW. {
Farmers' " Institute at Cambridge j
ol" Much Interest. j
The Farmers' Institute and Stock j
.show was held at Cambridge Thursday , j
There was a good attendance. In the1 ;
stock show Mousel Bros , had out their j
prize winning Ilerefords. Thomas An-1
drews & Son their Shorthorns , 10. N. >
and A. L. Allen Ilerefords and J. l\ '
Thuman hogs and cattle. Col. .John j
Proud had a line steer on exhibition , as '
well as others. It was a line s..ow of j
line stock. Prof. 11. H. Smith selected I
Ihe profitable types : C. P. Pinninn gave
an address on the dairy herd ; T. G. Fer
guson on soil tillage and potato growing.
C. M. Brow gave a very interesting ad
dress in the evening.
Wife Beater Found Guilty.
The case of the Stale of Nebraska j
against Frank Kucera was tried at PawI I
nee City. The charge was for assault
with intent to commit great bodily in
jury. This is the Bohemian who at
tacked his wife and broke two of her
ribs in November last. Tho jury
brought in a verdict of assault and bat-
Bad Roiids Cause Trouble.
While en route to Bearice with a wag
on load of chickens from Odell II. R.
Joy experienced no end of trouble in
making the trip on account of the condi
tion of tho roads. It required four
horsas to pull the wagon , which was over
turned at one point along the route , re
sulting in the death of forty fowls.
Farmer Loses Hand.
P. Xeels. who is employed on the farm '
nf Simon Patton. west of Nebraska City , [
lost a portion of his right hand in a corn !
sheller. IIis hand was caught in lhe cog
wheels of tho sheller and the first linger !
and a portion of his hand was torn off
before the machine could be stopped. (
Meets Horrible Death. i t
The 4-yoar-old son of County Clerk
Rudens , of Knox County , was killed in a
horrible way by having his head crushed
Hat in a corn grinder near Bloomlield.
While looking into the gearing the sweep
pinned his head against a pillar and
crushed it to a jelly. ji j
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Hotel Burns at Table Rock. j
The Hotel Murphy caught fire at Table j
Rock. The firemen were greatly hnndi-j
capped by the muddy condition of the I s
roads , the hotel being near the depot , a Sl
mile from tho public square. ?
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Nebraska Horses for Missouri. I < -
Shinstock Bros. , shippers and breeders I
of horses , are now in St. Joseph. Mo.v
disposing of several carloads of Xebras- ,
ka draft horses , all raised in CumSng j
County. !
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Good Prices lor Stock.
At a public sale held on tho farm of
II. II. Smith , four miles south of Beat
rice , horses sold as high as $175. cows
$44 and other property in the same pro
portion. More than 200 persons attended
the sale.
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Recovers Damages. j
In tho district court at Fremont II. L. |
Beebe recovered a judgment against j °
Dodge County for $700 damages for con- ; a
struetion of a road through his farm. 1 \
The amount fixed by the county board ! -
was $ liH ( ) . Tho plaintiff claimed $1.500. | ( -
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Farmers Want County Fair. j
The farmers of Adams County are
talking of organizing for the purpose of
holding a big county fair next fall. A 2
meeting will soon bo called when officers *
Avill be elected and all necessary arrangel ;
inents made for the affair. Jj1
DRUG STORE WRECKED.
Proprietor Probably Fatally and
Clerk Serioujjly Burned.
The fine drug store of O. S. Kinney. of
Lexington , is a total wreck caused by a
gasoline explosion Wednesday night.
During the day Mr. Kinney and his clerk
detected an odor as of gasoline. At the
time mentioned they investigated ami
discovered some liquid on the floor of
their room. Mr. McFarland. the clerk ,
suggested that they wipe some of it up
with paper and take it to the front of
the store and ascertain what it wasThey
closed tho door to the roar room , wont
to the front and lit a match. Instantly
there was an explosion.
Tho entire plate glass front was blown
out and MsFarland with it. Ho was
cut , bruised and his clothing was on
fir > . With groat presence of mind he
rolled in a pool of water and put out the
fire. He was then carried to tho office
j of Dr. liancroft. whore he now lies in a
critical condition. Mr. Kinney was also
badly burned , but not seriously. The
stock and fixtures are valued ut $15-
OOD ; fully insured.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Home of Its Parents Also Destroyed
by Flames.
Three-year-old Amy Gardner , says a
Norfolk special , was burned to death in
the home of her parents in Holt County
and the house was later burned to tho
ground while the parents. Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Gardner , were at Spencer. There
were several other children about the
place , the entire family of them having
been left at home during the absence
of their parents.
The manner in which tho child
became enveloped in tho flames is a mysr
tory. When discovered by her brothers
and sisters her clothing was ablaze. This
was extinguished , however , before death
came and the child was carried to the
home of a neighbor for treatment. NVhile
tho children were gone tho smouldering
clothing of lhe baby is thought to have
started a new blaze in tho house nntl it
had burned U > the ground when tho faint
ily returned. The people lost everything
excepting the eii.thing they wore.
SERIOUS 1 ROU3LE FEARED.
Melting Snow Ciiuss tfie Loup
River to HIRV It inidly.
Reports from railroad offices in Lincoln
on Thursdayay the Loup River is on
The rampage and serious trouble is feared
if the waini weather continues. Tho ice
has begun to go on : without molting pert
coptilily. and a great gorge has formed
at Ravenna , which threatens to cause
a Hood. Pleasanton and Pool Siding aio
lioih under water. One bridge has gone
out and railroad men are looking for
trouble.
Gorges aio forming in tho Plalto River
at Grand Island and Plattsmouth. The c
fast melting snow is pouring a great volt
nine of water in tho < treams.
Hayfork Pi'-rces Boy's Leg. ' j
Henry Oclko , 12-year-old son of Fritz l
Oeiko. died at Nebraska City Saturday
evening ' from the effects of having the ]
prong ' of a fork impaled eight inches
through his right leg. The boy lived an t
hour ' after being discovered by two farm j
hands ' on top of a load of hay. It is slat-
ed { the boy was standing on top of the
] load and balancing himself with a hay v
fork ' , the prongs of which were pointed (
toward ' him.Yhen the horses gavej i
lunge he foil over against the fork. j
Fear a Flood. :
In spite of tho three days * continuous
thaw the big snow drifts in the country
roads near West Point have not been '
materially lessened. Drifts of ten and i
fifteen I feet are common. Water is stand
ing in tho bottom sections of that town
to J a depth of two feet , causing great in-
f
convenience and fears of flood. More
snow is on the ground now than at any
period since 1881. *
Sentence Commuted.
Gov. Mickey commuted the sentence 1'
of Edwin T. Croshow. sentenced to two a
years in the penitentiary from Col fax b
County ( on a charge of burglary. The si
man is said to have a weak mind and it ' '
is i tho opinion of physicians and otherss
that he was not entirely responsible. '
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Secured a Stay of Execution. ll
James Young , who shot and killed "
Sam Winters during the stale fair at h
Lincoln last August , and who was sen- h
fenced to fifteen years in the peniten-
tiary. secured a stay of execution from
the supreme court and was released from b
custody under $ S,000 bond. j b
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Confiscated the Game.
Game Warden Carter Saturday distribh ;
u tod J)4 ) prairie chickens and 8 ! ) quail i
among the state institutions that were j
confiscated . by a local deputy at Horace. ! n
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Greeley County. Tho birds were in " , ,
two barrel * and wore consigned to Pink-
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ett Bros. , Denver , from C. II. Johnson. ' "
Killed by the Cars.
A. Mansfield , of Arlington , stepped in ;
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front of an oastbound ( rain on the. !
Xorth western near the Arlington bridge i . ' _
and Avas instantly killed , lie was 781ss
years , old and lived with a son in Ar- ' ! i
lington. ' Jw
Free Distribution of Rabbits >
The Salvation Army received two con-
signments of rabbits from Red ( 'loud j bi
and Palmer. They weigh in tlie aggro- i IK
gate 1.200 pounds , or over half a ton. c
These rabbits were distributed free o '
charge to all poor persons. 01
Fire at West Point.
Fire broke out in the residence of Jas. OJ
Larson at West Point and burned it to
the ground. The
loss is estimated at w
$1,5UO.
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Nebraska Team Defeated.
The Ripon College basketball team , tho
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champion college team of Wisconsin , de SJof
of
feated lhe [ "niversity of Nebraska team
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by a score of . ' 52 to 28 in a hard fought -
u-
game.
For a N w Building.
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Stevens Bro . . of Lincoln , were grant faC
C
ed the contract for the erection of the ;
administrative building at the state uni- m
von-ity. The bid was lightly more than th
S'-tt.OOO. ami work must start at once. : IJ
Omaha and DOS Moines firms were com
peting bidders ? .
Corn Festival. at
Durinc the farmers' institute of March os
and 'i at Geneva , the Equal Suffrage tn
Club will servo a corn festival , at which nr
all the edibles will be composed of corn w
some delectable shap" , sc
rt
1
ok
and representatives
H O Leavitt
contested before the states
Mio ( government
for the right in con
board ] of irrigation
struct large irrigation ditches in the-
western ; part of the state. Associated
withMr. . Leavilt were Duffie and Kale-
bv j attorneys of Omaha , and the govern
ment ] wa < represented by Mr. Carpenter-
and John E. Field. The point of d.lfer- .
J ei.oe . was who filed the first application
lor ( a permit for the water. Tlie govern
ment f hail filed the first application , but
this ( was not accompanied by a de < cnp-
licm ( of the lands sought to be irrigated.
The application was returned to tingov
ernment representatives and their atten
tion { was culled to this fact. P.ef-iv the-
supplemental maps wore filed I.cavitt
j filed his application , together with maps
and descriptions covering practically the
same land. I'ield argued that because
ji he j had made the first application ami lat
er followed with supplemental mapslife
application should be dated upon the day
the first application was filed. I.eavitt
held J that until the maps wore filed with
UIP board ihe application of. the govern
ment wa < of no effect , and the date of
application should bo when the sup
plemental } maps were filed. After listen
ing to arguments the state board of irri
gation decided in favor of the gov-ru-
ment and turned down the application of
Mr. Leavitc.
* * *
Adjt. Gen. Culver has issued generaB
order No. . ' { , directing the various com-
panits j of the National Guard lo assem
ble I for inspection , commencing March
10. This is the annual inspection re
quired under the Dick law , and is of
great importance to the guard. Gen. .
Daggett is directed by the commanding :
ollicer f > f tio ! northern division. U. S. A-
( Maj. G n. P.atest , to make tuN inspec
tion t and upon his report depends large
ly 1 thelanding of the Nebraska National !
Guaid at the war department , anil th
aid that may be extended t > it in the-
future. ( Jen. Culver irives the guards
men much credit for their patriotic en
deavors- ] sustain their organization , tax
ing j ihonist Ires to pay armory rent , that
they may be prepared and qualified to
respond to their countiy's call. Thi&
financial 1 ; sacrifice is necessitated because.
of the meager appropriation made for
their t support. This is somewhat discour
aging in the face of the fact that other
states of equal or less wealth appropriate-
t\\o or three times the amount fur the-
support of the guard that this state does.
South Dakota appropriates twice as ?
much : , Iowa three times the amount , and
even lit lie Rhode Island , about the size-
c f Cherry County , appropriates double
the amount.
* * *
The Norfolk asylum investigating com
mittee , held its first meeting at the state
liou-e , Sat unlay afternoon. It heard'
statements as to the
expenditure of the-
last ; legislature's $100,000 appropriation
for the rebuilding of the old wing from
three members of the board of public
lands ; and buildings , State Treasurei
Mort \ onsen , former Attorney General.
Prout 1 and Secretary of State Marsh and
State ; Architect Tyler. Former Land
Commissioner Folmer , who was a mem
ber , of this board , with the others , will , r
meet , the committee at future sittings-
and the committee is making no disclos
ures of the investigation now. It is ex
ecutive. The committee consists of Rei > -
somatives , Jones , Howe , and McAllister. .
Jones wants to visit the Norfolk asylum
before concluding affairs and inspect the
three cottages. The main question-
which the committee wants to set
tle ] is. did the state board have the
right to build the cottages when the law
specified the rebuilding of the old wiiigl-
* * *
Secretary Royse , of the state banking.
board ' , has filed with the governor the
annual statement of the condition of the
banks of the state during the last year *
showing a most prosperous condition.
The report shows that the banks of thc-
state have enjoyed great prosperity dur
ing the year 1)04 ! ) , with the smallest per
centage of failures in the country. AV
Hie close of business Xov. 10 there"were
515 banks under the control of lhe-
board. During the year 34 new banks
have been chartered with an aggregate
paid in capital of $390,000 , 32 of which-
wt-re incorporated and two were private
banks. At the date of the report the
banks of the state were carrying an av-
1-rate of 28.C.7 per cent reserve. During :
the year the total number of depositor *
had increased 12,100 to 12S,59.X
* * *
At least five individuals in Lincoln
nave managed to get themselves in a very
unfavorable light before certain legisla
tors who make it a rule to keep their
"weather eye" out for the kind of work
those men are said to be pursuing ,
The "holdup" lobbyist is
said to be a-
ommon thing with all legislatures , and
liooauso ' of these men this legislature is
aid to be no exception to this rule. There-
may : be more than five of this class of
lobbyists J , who , as recognized lobbyists-
who come as the official representative *
f some corporation of public identity , .
ire despised , but five at any rate have
ieen at Lincoln so constantly and have-
i.een watched so closely that by commou
-onsent they have come to be classed as >
'he leaders of this variety of of coach *
Frank and Harry .Tunod. who were-
a oh sentenced to the penitentiary for
ive years on a charge of stealing S4C
vorth of wire fence out in Cherry Conn-
y. will only have to serve two and one-
lalf years each. The supreme court
cnoeked off half the sentence. The deci-
Jon < was handed down at the last sitting-
f the court , but was withheld from
Miblir pending the arrest of the
vho were out under bond.
* * #
For a time at least the binding twins-
'actory project is asleep. Sheldon , of
'ass. Friday morning in the senate-
noved to not consider the bill passed by
he house until after it had acted on. the-
tppropriation bills.
The motion was
idopted without a dissenting vote.
* * V
A bill has been introduced in the sen-
ite which , if it becomes a law. will allow ;
istoopathists to secure a certificate from
he state medical board to practice their-
irofession in this state when tho.y fil&
vith the board a diploma from < ouib
chool of osteopathy. .