The Valentine STATE OP NEBEASK.The Valentine Democrc Valentine, Neb. 2. M. Rice. Publish *...
Transcript of The Valentine STATE OP NEBEASK.The Valentine Democrc Valentine, Neb. 2. M. Rice. Publish *...
The Valentine Democrc
Valentine , Neb.
2. M. Rice. Publish *
IRRORBEIflGSDEATl
OPERATOR BLUNDERS AND PA !
SENGERS PERISH.-
JRoasted
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Alive In Wreck Twenty 1
TliiPtyFive Persons Die in Colored
Disaster Trains Crash in a Storm-Engine Men Die at Their Posts.-
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wreck accompanied with horroiexceeded only by the Eden dlsastewhich occurred on Aug. 7 , 1904 , othe line of the same railroad , resultefrom a head-on collision of two pas-
senger trains on the Denver and RiGrande Railroad four miles east c
Florence , Colo. , at an early hour Fri-day morning.
The trains were the Utah-Californiexpress No. 3 , westbound from Der-ver, and the Colorado-New Mexico ex-
press No. 16 , eastbound from Leadvllle and Grand Junction. They me-
on a sharp curve and were less tha200 yards apart when the engineerdiscovered that a collision -was imml-nent. .
It is known that the engineer o-
.the. westbound train put forth ever ;
possible effort to bring his train to ;
stop before his efforts were fruitlessand although he succeeded in check
, Jng the speed of his train the eras ]
that followed was beyond his powe-to prevent , and he went to his deat ]
with his hand on the throttle , faith-ful to his charge.
This much is vouched for by his fire-man , who , seeing the uselessness oremaining in the face of sure deathjumped and saved himself.-
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the conduct of the engine crev-of the eastbound train it can only bisaid that they died at their posts , foi-jno one lives to tell the story of thei :
.heroism.The disaster was made more horri-
hie-
by the manner of the death o :
jmany of the passengers , variously es-
tlmated-
; at from twenty to thirtyfive-jFire swept the wreck , engulfing"thtVictims in a caldron of flames and ieav-dng only charred and blackened bonet-ito'tell the tale of slaughter.-i
.i A list of the injured given out bjj-
Officials, comprises twenty-two names[None of the injured is dangerouslyhurt and it is believed alTwill recover ,
Conservative estimates on the totalHess of life place the number of deadlat thirty-five. Rio Grande officials in-
sist¬
that the exact number of personson the two trains cannot be ascer ¬
tained.i S. F. Lively, night operator atSwallows , whose alleged failure to de-liver
-( orders to train No. 16 is supposedito have been the cause for the wreck ,
jhas been in the employ of the road forjmany years. He was relieved fromduty immediately and will be sus-
jpended-
until the matter is thoroughlyinvestigated by the officials-
.ROOSEV3ILT
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IN NO HURRY.-
Will
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/ Take Further Time to Decide1 Successor of Justice Brown.
President Roosevelt Friday authorj-izp.d
-the issuance of the following
(statement regarding the successorshlp-jof Justice Brown in the supremeJcourt :
"As Justice Brown will not retireuntil June , when the supreme courtivill take a vacation until October ;
and no public inconvenience can arisejfrom a vacancy continuing throughthe, vacation , the president -will take
.[ further time to decide the question of-
jBrown's successor. Several names ,
| Including that of Secretary Taft , havejbeen under consideration , but no de-iclsion
-Is likely to be reached in tho"
(near future. "
FEARS FOR PROSPECTORS
"Xiores May Have Perished in Colora-do
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Many Snowslides.I-A.
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. Denver , Colo. , special of the 16th-Inst.. says : Ouray , Durango , Silverton ,
Leadville. Aspen and other smallermining camps In Colorado have beenvisited with snowslides during- the pasttwo days.
Hairbreadth escapes from the slidesare reported from every mining campand grave fears are entertained for
( scores of daring prospectors and min-jers
-cut off from the outside world in
their lonely cabins far up in the hills.
Nigeria Rebels Crushed-.u
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udispatch from Zungera , northern
(Nigeria , to the London Dally MailJFriday reports that the British puni-jtive
-expedition has crushed the Soko-
ito revolt after heavy fighting in which|the rebels twice charged the Britshsquare and were almost annihilated.
Sioux City Live Stock Mariet., Friday's quotations on the Sioux''City live stock market follow : Butcher;steers, 4.00 @ 540. Top hogs, $ G15.
For Sale of Dakota Indian Lands.The house committee on Indian af-
ifairs-
at Washington , Friday , decidedjto report favorably on a bill author-jizing
-the sale of 56,000 acres on the
Lower Brule reservation In SouthDakota.-
Mrae.
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. Sembricirs Husband Hurt.-Prof.
.. Guillaume Stengel , the hus-
"band-
, of Mme. Sembrich , the primajdonna , is in a serious condition at the.Hotel Savoy , at Nev Tork as a result
an automobile accident
IN OCEAN STORM-
.TwentySvcii
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Men Go Down Wi1
Their Ship.Suffering , mental and physical , ar
numerous acts of heroism in savirlife rarely equaled in the recordstragedies of the sea , attended the loof the Phoenix line steamer BritisKing , which on Sunday last , in a raj-ing Atlantic storm , foundered aboi150 miles south of Sable island , ancarried to death twenty-seven menbers of the crew. Thirteen men weirescued from the sinking ship by thLeyland line steamer Bostonlan , bounfrom Manchester to Boston , and ele-
en\
by the German tank steamer Manr-heim , from Rotterdam for New Yorl
Five others who had been drawn i
the vortex in which the British Kinwas engulfed were picked up by thBostonian from a frail bit of wrecliage which they had grasped afterdesperate struggle for life In th-
whirlpool. . The Bostonian arrived a
Boston Wednesday afternoon and thdetails of the disaster became knowr-
Capt. . James O'Hagan , of the Brit-ish King , died on board the Bostoniafrom the effects of terrible injuriesustained 5n trying to save his shijThe rescued brought to BostoWednesday , include James Flanagarthe second officer ; J. D. Crawford , thchief engineer ; Adolphus Beck , thfourth engineer , and William J. Cur-ry , the steward. The others were coapassers and sailors , mostly Belgiansand one stowaway , Henry Parketcli-of New York.
Two lifeboats from the Bostonia !
were crushed to fragments and thvolunteer crews which manned thenwere thrown into the high runniniseas while engaged in the work o
rescue , but all were safely landed 01
the steamer.For three days her captain and crev
had tried to prevent or at least post-pone their ship's destruction. On Fri-day , in the height of the tempest , th-
deckload of oil barrels of the BritislKing and all her fittings were carriet-overboard. . The barrels and'wreckageforming into a powerful ram wendriven down upon her sides witlcrushing force , opening up the vessel' ;
plate and allowing the water to pouiinto her hold.
The British King sailed from NewYork last Wednesday , bound for Ant-werp with a miscellaneous cargo anc150 head of cattle.
THEY SEE A STRHCE.
Mine Workers of Country Gather in-
Indianapolis. .
A series of meetings , conventionsand conferences in which an effort is-
to be made to dael with the labor cri-
sis¬
in the coal industry and endeavorto prevent a strike was opened at In-
diapolis-
, Ind. , Wednesday by the ses-
sion¬
of the international executiveboai-d of the United Mine Workers.
All the delegates that have arrivedin the city thUs far seem to be con-vinced
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a grave situation confront.-them.
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. A majority of them believethere will be a strike April 1.
Delegates from the anthracite dis-
tricts¬
are following the example oftheir leaders and are not talking.
The convention of miners was calledin response to the request of Presi-dent
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Roosevelt to make efforts to avertthe threatened labor Avar.
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Blaze in Express Ollicc Causes aHeavy Loss.-
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fire which originated in the base-ment
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of the five-story brick building ,
15 to 19 East Fourth Street , NewYork , completely destroyed that build-ing
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and spread to the adjoining five-story building , Nos. 11 and 13 EastFourth Street. Six firms occupied thefirst building and five the last. Themain floor of the former was tenantedby the American and Westcott Ex-press
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Companies.The amount of freight stored there-
by the express companies was large ,
as this was one of their main ship-ping
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points in the city-.It
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is believed the loss -will reach300000.
Robbed Indiana Treasury.-An
.Indianapolis , Ind. , special says
David E. Sherrick , former auditor ofstate, was Thursday found guilty of-smbezzlement. . Sherrick was tried 0-1ndictments charging him with thenisuse of $127,000 belonging to thestate.
Tobacco Trust's Earnings.Net earnings of $25,212,000 for the
' ear 1905 , an increase as comparedvlth the previous year , are shown in-
he annual report of the Americanrobacco Company , made public at'-
few' York Wednesday.
Actor Morgan Dies. .New York : Edward J. Morgan , the
.ctor , was found dead in his bed at thelotel Bellclaire here Saturday fromn attacked of heart disease. Mr-.lorgan
.created the part of John
term in "The Christian. "
Patching Up Cabinet.-A
.
Paris special says : President Fal-eres
-consulted Jean Sarrien , former
linister of justice , Friday afternoonnd offered him the task of forming a-
ibinet. .
Open All Nnght" Bank for Chicago.Chicago is to have an "open all
ight" bank, where people may depos-er
-draw out their money any hour ,
i the twenty-four. A permit has2en issued by the state auditor to or-
inize-
the Jennings Real Estate Loanid Trust Company.
Gasoline Is Now Advanced.-A
.Cleveland , O. , special says that
e Standard Oil Company Wednes-ly
- !
advanced the price of gasoline a-ilf cent per
MOB QUICKLY ROUTED.
Jail Stormed in Attempt to-
Prlsonci s-
.An.
Omaha , Neb. , special says :
very weak attempt was made at-
o'clock Friday morning to securenumber of men charged with murdtwho were believed to be confinedthe county jail , for the purposelynching them. Twelve men are noawaiting trial on murder chargemost of them committed in connecticwith holdups.
Thursday evening Edward Flury,
street car conductor , who was shiwhen his car was held up a few da ;
ago , died and the newspapers ai-
nounced that three negroes , Claren-Gathright. . Calvin Wain and HanClark , had confessed the holdup arshooting-
.It.
began to be stated quite open :
that a mob , headed by street car en-
ployes, would assault the jail durirthe night , and that every man chargewith murder would be lynched.
Sheriff McDonald gave out thstatement that none of the allegemurderers were in the jail , but at micnight a crowd began to gather at tl.jail and by L2:30 probably 2,000 peisons surrounded the place. It weevident that most of them were mere-ly spectators , as not more than Uv-
or three hundred approached tli-
building. . A demand was made fcthe prisoners and when the sherirefused to admit the mob , a telephonpole was brought and used for a baltoring ram. The outer door soon gavway , but at this moment a squad c
about forty policemen came upon thscene and the mob was quickly du-persed. .
The police used their clubs rathefreely , but none of the mob was seri-ously hurt and no arrests were madThere was no display of firearms bthe mob.-
MISS
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ANTHONY AT REST.
Great Crowd- Pays Last Tribute t-
No dctAVoman.The funeral services over the bed
of Susan B. Anthony were held in thCentral Presbyterian church at Roch-ester , X. Y. , Thursday afternoon. Hun-dreds of men and women were unabl-to gain admittance to the church amstood outside the edifice during th-
service. .
During the last rites over the bed ;
of the dead leader words of eulog ;
were spoken by William Lloyd Garrlson , Mrs. II. J. Jeffrey , a woman othe race for which Miss Anthony ans-
Garrison's father labored more thaiforty years ago ; by Carrie Chapmai-Catt , and by Rev. Anna Shaw.vhispoke of Miss Anthony as her deares-friend. . The interment was at Mt. Hopicemetery. -
FACE LABOR CRISIS.
Coal 3 incrs Meet to Decide Moment-ous Question. '
An Indianapolis , Ind. , special saysThe national convention of the UnitetMine Workers of America opened10 o'clock Thursday with over l.OOCdelegates present.
The convention was called by Presi-dent Mitchell to consider action Avhiclimay result in un agreement with tht-2oal operators that will prevent a gen-eral
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strike on April 1 that would bring150,000 men from the mines.-
A.
conference with the operatorsivill begin Monday.
Killing of Women.-Mr.
.
. Jones , of Virginia , said in thelouse at Washington , D. C. , Thursday.hat notwithstanding those relationsjetween the president and Gen. Wood ,
le could not understand how the pres-dent coul.t indorse the killing of wom-jii
-and children in the fight on the isl-
md-
of Jolo in the Philippines. Theiffair was a blot on this country.-
Varley
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is Found Guilty.-At
.Cripple Creek , Colo. , the jury
las returned a verdict finding JohnParley , alias Crowley , guilty of con-piracy to defraud the Northwesternlutual Life Insurance Company outf $3,000 by blowing up a body in a-
unnel and collecting money upon a-
olicy issued to his partner , McEach-rn.
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A Dual Tragedy in New York.-At
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New York Louis Nosser , a racerack man , locked his wife in the bathoem Thursday , and shot and killedtella Reynolds , of Xew Orleans , an-ctress , who was a visitor at theirome , and then killed himself. MissReynolds , it is said , was formerly an-
itimate friend of Nosser.
Dropped Dead on Campus.-At
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Notre Dame , Ind. , Rev. Francis[alloy, rector of St. Joseph's hall and-ean of the school of'languages at Ne-
e-
Dame , died suddenly on the col-
ige-
campus Thursday from a stroke[ apoplexy. The deceased was a not1 linguist. He was born in Kingsounty , Ireland , in 1842.
Brings Eleven Survivors.The steamer Mannheim , which res-
led part of the crew of the steamerritish King , which sank near Sableland last. Sunday , arrived at Nework Thursday with eleven survivorsom the sunken steamer.
Conspiracy at Annapolis.The midshipmen at Annapolis , Md. ,
ive been conspiring to prevent a highindard of scholarship , according tostatement of Secretary Bonapartefore the house committee on navaliairs at Washington , D. C. , Thurs-y.
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President Ainidor Xot to Resign.-A.
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. Panama dispatch says : Presi-nt
-Amidor authorizes the Associated
ess to deny the report that he in-ids resigning.
STATE OP NEBEASK.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CO:
DEXSED FORM.
Sheriff Handy With a Gun Kills L-
gaii Blissard , a Youthful Despcr ;
do , Who Prefers a Fight to Surrei-
dcrlng Other Xews.
Logan Blissard , a 19-year-old de-
perado , was shot and killed near Kirball Monday by Sheriff Owens , <
Weston County , Wyoming.-Blissard
.
, while being taken to tlWyoming penitentiary , jumped frothe car near Dix , Neb. , and despite tlfact that the train was traveling forlmiles an hour when he jumped Blisard escaped injury. By a darirbluff he held, up two ranchmen artook from them a rifle and horse ,
terrific storm was in progress ar-Blissard was compelled to seek sheter at the Fetterman ranch , tlmmiles southeast of Kimball.
Assisted by Sheriff Barlholome-of
\Kimball , Sheriff Owens locate
Blissard at the ranch and commanc-ed him to surrender. Instead Blissaropened fire on the officers and washot dead by Owens , whose skill wita six-shooter is proverbial in WestoCounty-
.Blissard.
was arrested in CrooCounty six weeks ago for horse stealing. Before he was taken he engagein a running fight with two officeiand was shot in the foot. After re-
ceiving the wounas he held up threranchmen and secured a new horsHe was later captured by ranchme-at whose place the wound in his foehad compelled him to seek shelter. Hwas taken to Newcastle , pleadeguilty and was senteced to five yearin the penitentiary.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS FRIEND.-
Mrs.
.
. EfTie telly Shoots Mrs. Jotter aFort Xiobrara.
Miss Effie Randall and Andrew Jellwere married Saturday and returneiSunday to the post at Fort Niobrara-A few friends went to charivari themone of the party being Mrs. Jotter. A9 o'clock Mrs. Jelly took a rttvolvefrom under the pillow of the bed o-
Mr. . Randall , her father , and pullethe trigger. Tht gun snapped threitimes and on the fourth time the shelexploded , passing into the back antthrough the heart of Mrs. Jotter , amthen through the coat of Mr. Randall
Mrs. Jotter died immediately , ex-claiming "I'm shot ! " The womeihave been close friends. The revolveformerly belonged to Mrs. Jotter' :
husband , who took carbolic acid bjaccident in 1903. At the inquest Wed-nesday a verdict of accidental shoot-ing was returned. Mrs. Jelly is prostrated.
HAS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Woman Sits in Chicken House AllXight with Dead Husband's Body.-A
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Norfolk dispatch says : Too wealwith her feminine arms to carry thedead body of her husband from thechicken house into their home andunable to go and seek assistance , Mrs ,
W. A. Willoughby. who had gone outinto the yard in search of her hus-band
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and had stumbled upon his life-less
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form where ho had fallen deadwith heart disease , knelt down in hergrief and remained at the side of hermate all through the bitter night dur-ing
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the recent storm that swept theRosebud country , and was still therelate the next morning when Ed Ellis ,
a neighboring settler , came by thehouse , heard the calls for help andlent aid in carrying the corpse intothe house.-
Mr..
. and Mrs. Willoughby lived nearIBonesleel.
One Insurance Company Pays.The St. Paul Fire and Marine In-
surance¬
Company has sent to the in-
urance-
? department at Lincoln a checkfor 6474.28 in payment of its taxeslue the state under the terms of the-eciprocal tax law. This company has.he contract to insure the outbuildingsit Hastings asylum , which contractlas been held up pending the settle-nent
-of the taxes.
Coal is Discovered Near Peru.The chief topic of conversation in-
3eru at present is coal. Frank Medleyind Steve Ge.orge a short time ago dis-overed
-: out croppings of coal near the> ank of Honey Creek , on A. M-
.Boists'.
farm. Further developmentslave proved it to be a thirty-six inchFein of a good quality of coal.
Nebraska Pioneer is Gone.Benjamin F. Chambers is dead at-
Ciobrara. . aged 74 years , of heart faili-re.
-. The deceased located in Dakota
bounty in 1854 , where he held the of-ice of state senator , coming to Nio-rara
-in 187G as register of the TJnit-
d-
States land office , which he heldhree successive terms.
Alleged Prevo Was Drunk.Phoebe Bliss was granted a verdict
f $2,000 damages in court at Nelighrom Perse Beck/Tom Perrin and theletropolitan Mutual Bond and Secur-y
-Company, of Omaha , for injuries
aceived in a runaway accident whichas alleged to have resulted from therunken condition of Jo Prevo.
Highlanders Held for the Tax.Judge Evans held a short session of-
3urt at Aurora and decided the caseE the Royal Highlanders againstfamilton county. The opinion sus-tined ihe contention of the countv-immissioners in the right to tax fra -rnal societies. An appeal was takenf the Highlanders.
Farm Hand Arrested.-E.
.. Piper , a farm hand from Madi-
n , and T. O. Bottecher, an ice chop-sr from that placn WPT- arrested at-Drfolk and sent back to Madison on-e charge of stealing 57.50 fromlillip Knapp , Pipper's employer.
Pierce Is Now a City.The citizens of Pierce are feelingiod over the fact that they now livea city of the second class. At a-
eeting of the village board A. L-
.ande.
presented an affidavit , showE-
T
-that thcr* were
_1,000 inhabitants ,
OMAHA MOB QUICKLY ROUTED
Jail Stormed in Attempt to LyncPrisoners
A very weak attempt was made i
1 o'clock Friday morning to securenumber of men chared with murdewho wore believed to be confined 1
the county jail at Omaha , for the puipose of lynching them. Twelve meare now awaiting trial on murd (
charges , most of them committed 1
connection with holdups.Friday evening Edward Flury ,
street car conductor , who was sh <
when his car was held up a few dajago , died and the newspapers ar-
nounced that three negroes , Ciarenc-Gathright , Calvin Wain and HarrClark , had confessed the holdup an-shooting. .
Sheriff McDonald gave out the stateman that none of the alleged murdeiers were in the jail , but at midnightcrowd began to gather at the jail an.-
by 12:30 probably 2,000 persons sur-rounded the place. A demand wamade for the prisoners and when thsheriff refused to admit the mob ,
telephone pole was brought and useifor a battering ram. The outer doesoon gave way , but at this momen-a squad of about forty policemeicame upon the scene and the mob waquickly dispersed
The police used their clubs rathefreely , but none of the mob was ser-iously hurt anjl no arrests were madeThere was no display of firearms b :
the mob-
COFFIN MADE FROM SOAP BOX
Casket for Infant Made by XorfollWorking Woman.-
A.
Norfolk special says : Their heart :
touched with pity for the family o :
V. F. Thayer , of this city , whose littlbaby boy lay dead in their home , buunburied for want of the rudest typeof a ' casket , a quartette of working-women of Norfolk stopped off alwashing other people's clothes longenough to go into the Thayer homeand build a little coffin in which thechild could be and was lowered intchis grave.
The family came here from Wiscon-sin
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expecting to find work in the su-gar
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factory , not knowing that the In-
stitution¬
had been closed down for a-
year. . Poverty stared them in theface and then death came to theirbaby boy. They were heart-brokenover the fact that they owned notenough pennies to buy the little fellowa casket , and the relief that came tothem in the shape of a number ofworking women of the neighborhood ,
too poor to buy the casket but strongenough to build it , was a pathetic pic-ture.
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The funeral was conducted by Rev.-Mr.
.
. Root , of the Presbyterian churchof this city-
.DISASTROUS
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BLAZE AT LIBERTY.
Town Without Fire Protection LosesFour Stores by FJaines.
The most destructive fire in thehistory of Liberty visited that placeat an early hour Tuesday morning ,
wiping out four of the leading busi-ness
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houses of the town and entailinga loss estimated at between $30,000and 35.000
The entire block was destroyed be-fore
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the flames were subdued and thecitizens of the town had the hardestkind of work to prevent the fire fromspreading to other parts of the busi-ness
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district. The losses are estimatedis follows : Corbin , $10,000 ; Moore.54,000 : Goldberg. 8.000 : Bawhay ,
511000. About half the loss is cov-jred
-by insurance.-
PRATE1IXAL
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TAX CASE-
.Dntaha
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Assessor Aroused of Neglect-ing
¬- to Collect It.-
A.
Lincoln dispatch says : Threenembers of the state board of equali-ation
-: stated that Assessor Reed , of-
maha.) . would be investigated for hisiction in the fraternal tax cases.
Land Commissioner Eaton , Statetreasurer Mortensen and Secretary of-Jtate Galusha believe that Reed didn't.ssess the fraternal societies. Theylaim that the records of the board.nd of the supreme court will bear-ut
-the assertion. The penalty for
ailing to carry out the order of thetate board is removal from office-
.lriiion
.
Pacific Straightening Line.The Union Pacific is making plans
o straighten its line in several placesetween Beatrice and Manhattan:an. , this spring. The necessary ma-hinery
-and equipment for carrying
n the work is being received at Beat-ice , and when the work is finishedtie mileage between Manhattan andteatrice will be reduced about tenliles.
Loses Wager Through Wind.-To
.decide a wager , William Pape-
aturday attempted to cover the dis-tnce
-of nine miles between Pickrell-
id Beatrice afoot , in one hour. He; / Pickrell at 2 o'clock and arrived: Beatrice at 3:04. four minutes be-Ind
-time. Pape made the trip on the
nion Pacific road and would haveon had it not been that he wasJliged to run against a strong wind.
Boy Cruelly Treated.Little Robert Ricken , who was re-
mtly-
removed from the home of Mr.-id Mrs. Heckathorne , of Beatrice !
r County Judge Spafford because of-utal treatment on the part of thester parents , was Wednesday placedthe custody of Mr. and Mrs. Geo-
.eingart. -
, of Beatrice , who made ap-ication
-a few weeks ago to adopt the
.ild.
Lyons Man Under Knife.-C.
.. E. McMomes , a prominent Lyona-
erchant. . underwent a serious opera-m
-Friday. He is in a. very serious
ndition.
Clark Tried to Break Jail.Clark , one of the negroes who wasId in Lincoln for several days to-ep a mob from South Omaha fromtting him , made a desperate effortescape from jail Monday night.
irk was in the women's ward and -
d dug out almost enough brick to-ow the passage of his body, whenj plan was discovered.
Fire at Orleans.\ dispatch from Orleans says a fire3
. destroyed five of the principaltidings of the town. I
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The announcement that the Towqsenate had passed the anti-pass bill,which prohibits state officials from re-ceiving railroad passes or courtesiesfrom telephone , telegraph or expresscompanies , met -with the approval of-
Gov. . Mickey. "The fact that the blUlwas passed without a dissenting votespeaks well for the Iowa senate. " saidGov. Mickey, "but why didn't the billgo further and prohibit everybodyfrom riding on passes ? I should thlnki-a law which would put everybody ja|
the same level would be the betterlaw. I believe the Nebraska legisla-ture
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will do better than the Iowa sen-ate.
-,
. Wait until the Nebraska legis-
lature¬
passes a law cutting downjfreight and passenger rates and themmaking everybody that rides pay fare.jThen something will have been accom-plished. . " In view of his statement ,
Saturday it is believed Gov. Mickey-will make a recommendation to tho'next legislature for a 2-cent rate on,
railroads, as well as a recommendation )
for an anti-pass bill which will proJ-hibit everybody , including state offl JJ-
cers and politicians , from riding on!
passes.* * *
The supreme court has reversed th&decision of the Boone County districtcourt , which was that John P. O'Neilland B. A. Baldwin , druggists , be fined$200 for having liquor In their posses-sion
¬for the purpose of selling thai
same unlawfully. The evidence , the1court said , showed that a couple $barrels of wine had been shipped to !
them. The drayman at Albion had''taken the liquor and put it in thewarehouse owned by the two men andithe next day had taken a bill to th*druggists. The latter objected to pay1-ing the same and the liquor was takenback to the railroad company. After
'
it had been turned back to the com-pany
-the complaints were filed-againstl
the men and the liquor was seized. Un-der
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the circumstances the court holds !
the presumption could not be thaftthe men had bought the liquor to sell !
unlawfully.
Attorney General Norris Brown haa-flled
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in the supreme court a brief In!
the case wherein the Van Dorn Iron!
Works is seeking to compel Auditor-Searle
!-
to issue a warrant for $3,328 ,|alleged to be due on a contract to con4-struct 'steel cells at the state peniten-tiary.
-. The legislature appropriate
580,000 for the construction of cellsjWhen all had been completed with )
the exception of connecting six of themiwith the sewers , the board of publicrlands and buildings accepted the Jofcfand ordered the warrant drawn. The!contract called for the connectionswith the sewer and therefore the aud4-itor refused to allow the bill until thetcontract was complied with. In. the*
lower court the contractors won outand the state appealed the cases.
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Rev. Mr. Heiner and Mrs. Heinerwho founded the Tabitha Home atjLincoln eighteen years ago and who.managed it until last November , when *
a. self-appointed reform committeeausted them and took charge of the af-fairs
-of the home , are shortly again lo>
some into their own. After foun-months' experience in managing the !
lome the commitete has come to theconclusion that its members have not::he ability to carry the load under.vhich Mr. and Mrs. Heiner struggled ?
'or eighteen years and one by ono.hey are getting from under.
* * *Attorneys for Vf. L. New y, whom
he district court of Saline County dis-mrred
-from practicing because it wast-
tlleged Newby had forged a deed inj. legal controversy , are in the supremeourt to have the matter reversed andhe charges quashed. Attorneys forr-Cewby assert the district court had !
10 right to disbar Newby from prac-icing in all the courts of the state , bubhat they have a remedy in criminalroceedings if they desire to prosecutehe attorney.
* * *
The contract entered into "by Chris-spher
-B. E. Stroemer and Josiah AJ-
'an Orsdel whereby the latter agreec3 secure a reduction in the price or-inds in the old Otoe Indian reserva-on
-which had been bought from the?
overnment by Stroemer has for af-jcond time been held to be valid by" s-
le supreme court.* * *
State Treasurer Mortensew Saturday *
ok in $60,000 without having madiy effort at collections. The moneyr-as sent in by the various county!
easurers. Mr. Mortensen then , withle consent of the state board of edu-itlonal
-lands and funds , bought $41-
))0 of Massachusetts state bonds ,"
hich will net the state 3.31 per cent.* > *
The arrest of the president and twoce presidents of the New Tork Mu-al
-Reserve Life Insurance Com-
my-
, of New York , will call for no|lion on the part of the Nebraska in-rance
-department , for the reasoix-
is company has made no application !
r a. license to do business in Nebras-L this year.
* * * .Charles Nelson , by virtue of a de-1; ion rendered by the supreme court ,
.turday , will receive the sum of1.70 from the Union Pacific Rail-ad
-Company for damages sustainecC
cause the company delayed a car-id
-
of cattle which Nelson was ship-ig
-over its lines from South Oman ?
Callaway.* *
Rev. H. Wirz has been appointed :
stmaster at Sawyer, Fillmore Coun-vice R. H. Lewder , resigned.
State Treasurer Peter Mortenseii11 issue a statement to the public]nouncing his withdrawal from thel-e: for the Republican nomination !
governor. The attorneys employ-by
-Mr. Mortensen filed an opinion
:h him Friday that It was impossl-for him. to get before the court
:h a suit to test his eligibility to hoia-ss office of governor. This determin-Mr.
-. Mortensen to withdraw from
s race , and after a consultation withjnds he will make formal an-incement
- -
of his intentions. j