Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1901, Page 4

DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, F BRUARY 1901 26, ’TWENTY-SIX YEARS IN PRISON Witnesses Tall Against William Gard, for Xurder of Zahn, TESTIMONY DUPLICATE OF RHEA CASE | | Prisoner Expresses Alarm as the Vet | is Wonnd Abont HIm=WiN Offer ‘ Mis Defense, Beginning i Todny. | | | | FREMONT, Neb., Feb. 25.—(Special.) The trfal of Elward Gardner, charged, to gcther with Willlam Rhea and Willlam Dur rell. with the murder of Hermaa Zahn at Bnyder, is progressing rapidly. The testi mony is substantiaily the same as on Rhea's trial, excebt that Gardner's conaection with | the shooting is inquired into more fully The excitement of the trial is wearing heavily on the defendant and he shows plainly. Today his face was flushed. He #at leaning forward in his chair, his heavy under Jaw dropped. his open mouth disclosing a regular row tobacco @iscolored testh and his eyes searching the taces of witnesses, 8 they told of his move ments on the fateful night of January ! with an alarmed expression. He conceals his left hand with the two missing fingers by holding it in his right or under Bis light felt hat, which lies in his lap Nire wit have been on the stand The evidence shows that Gardner took an active part in the murder by holding the crowd off with his gun, while Rhea was at work hehind the bar and making the men in the saloon keep their hands well up. Her- man Woelters testified this morning that Gurdner shoved a gun at him and made him face the north wall and hold up his hands He saw him make another man kneel down by the pool table and put ap his hands, and another was placed in *he same position by the stove. The witness backed out of | tho. saloon, while Gardner and Rhea we still in there. He went to his hardware store and gol a gun. Coming buck heard acditional shots fired and met Gotlob Pellot. who exclaimed “I'm shet 100" Pel 1ot looked himself over and found the bullet had passed through his clothes witnout touching him On cross-examination he was not positive whether he testified in the Rhea trial that the men in the saloon did . not put their hands up until after Rhea was shot. He said he stood behind his brother and so could not tell whether they did or not, but the entrance of the two men was almost immedliately followed by the shooting. always wes Schichtenberger's Shooting. John Schichtenberger, barber, detalled (he sccount of his shooting at Rhea while he was in behind the bar and at Gardaer, back | of the saloon, and the pursuit of the two men toward the Elkhorn depot. On cros- examination he denfed trying to take Gard ner trom the sheriff at Crowel or ing the ciowd that was after the defendan there in any way. As on the Rhea trial Landlord Sto! berg gave a clear account of how Rhen and Gardner came into the saloon and the thooting which followed. Gardner, he said walked back and forth in front of the bar, moving his gun from side to side, while Rhea was working behind the bar. Rhea left when Gardner, going out of the back door with his gun in his left hand, called out, “Come on, Bill, now's your tim Fritz Woelter, who was not called in the Rhea case, testified that Darrell came to the saloon just after the shooting. Rhea stepped up to him and sald, “You hold up your hands.” Darrell sald, “You know I never done you no harm.” Rhea replied emphatically, “You hold up. your hands.' Darrell waiked around the saloonw with his hands 6ip and left when Rhea went out While Gardner was in the saloon he came back toward the stove where there was a number of men. He pointed his gun te- ward each in turn, counting as he did ®0. “‘one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,” ordering them fo sit down on the floor, with their bands up. They obeyed without any hesitation Albert Yunghaubel told about hearing a talk between Dariell and Zahn just before the three men came in everal other wit- nesses test'fied the same as upon ,Rhea's trial. of assist Man Who Found Rhen. W. H. Kerkow of Scribner, the man whe found Rhea, was the last witness for the state. He was up on the stack of hay and | straw at the Willlams place, when he stepped on something. Reaching down be- side the barn, he pulled up a bed quilt from under the straw and saw a man lying there with a gun in his hand He slid off the stack, calling to Sheriff Kreader, “The men ave In the stack.” At that instant Rhea jumped out and ran toward the river. Tho witness imediately firel, but as he | was down on his knees on the ground could not ‘take aim. Kreader then ordered the stack fired. Two minutes after the blaze began 1o cresp up toward its top, Gardner run out from near where Rhea had heen, threw out his hands and called out, “Don’t | shoot!" After the witness had left the | place and had gone some distance, he heard a loud nof and looking back to the place #aw a huge clond of smoke and ashes choot: ing up into the air. Two days after, in the debris on the site of the siack he found the wreck of A watch The state rested. 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Oxley It he hed anything to say why rheuld not be pronounced answered ing at all.’ The iudge said him that under evidence the jury not have brought n any other verdict but guilty and that it might have found a verdict for the death penalty. He felt the verdict was just and the jury had been lenient in finding him guilty only in the second degree he thought it had done right. as there was possibility that he might be innocent and he give him a chance to die outside of the penitentiary and would not give a life centence. He then sentenced him to twenty (Special con wentence Noth- 10 the could S8IX years at hard laber iv the penitentiary, | but none of his time to be in solitary con- finement The prisoner sald to the ecourt that he | was thirty-five years old the tenth of Feb. uary. The only time since wa first brought into court that he manifeste the least feeling in the matter was when the court asked him if he had anything to #ay why sentence should not be pronounced His voice trembled and slight emotion was noticeable when %e answered: ‘‘Nothing Oxley |atan Penn Smiles nt Leniency. Penn, on being asked by the court the result on his future course, replied it ‘hard to tell.” what would be The court sald he had been inclined to glve him a long sentenve, but With the hope that after serving a short sentence he would come out a better man and a useful citizen which he was capable of. He then sentenced him to three years in the penitentlary. assuring him that by &:04 brhavior he would be released in a - tle over two years. As the prisoner re- to his seat a broad smile played upen his face, showing that he was not displeased with the senten METHODS OF FAKE FACTORY| (Continued from First Page.) for his support, it to asceriain World-Herald, January “General John C. Cowin's presence in Washington has begun to arouse general interest among the politicians now at Lincoln, and tonight is & matter of widespread discussion and conjecture. It is generally believed that the hastening to the national capital of the Omaha lawyer was a direct result of over tures made to him by Edward Rosewater looking toward the Iatter's withdrawal in his favor as a candidate for United States senator World-Herald readers have already been informed, Mr. Rosewater, be fore making a similar proposition to John Webster, held a conference with Cowin and agreed to throw the Douglas county delegation to him, provided he would agree to certaln ferms which Rosewater de manded. Cowin, it was learned, refused to consider the matter unless he could be as- sured a reasonably clear fleld as a North Platte candidate. It is believed . tonight that after his failure with Webster, Rose- water again went after Cowin, and that the two of them weré agreed that it Melklejohn could be taken care of in some manner, so that he would be willing at the proper timo to withdraw and help make Cowlin, there would be no insuperablo obstruction In the way of the latter's election.” Other Inexcusable Fakes. Equally inexcusable have..been the fakes published from day to day concerning Rose- water's attitude on the republican caucus and his relations to other.candidates. A fair sample of this miay be found in the following extracts World-Herald, January 24: “Leading business men from Omaha are bearing down hard on the little editor either to consent 1o caucus or to get out of the way, prefer- ably the latter. Some of Thompson's lieu- tenants even entertain the hope that Rose- water will gracefully abdicate in favor of General John €. Cowin. That Mr. Rose- water Is in desperate straits and has lost He hes spent the last days In frantic appeals for support from the various candidates and members of the legislature. If they will only help swell his vore so that it will .ompare Meiklejohn's and Currle’s, he assures them, 1s, of course, impossible | he will place no obstacles in the way of a caucus. Coming to the Caue No pressure whatever brought upon Rosewater from leading business men.in industrial interests at Omaba in the matter of caucus and no con- troversy over the matter ever took place among the members of the Douglas dele- gation World-Herald, January “The Dovg- las county del gation has daily grown more insistent in their demands on Mr. Rose- water that they be permitted to sign the caucus call, to which are now attached the names of fifty-three republican members Mead and McCoy and Uhl and Wilcox in particular have labored with their chief, striving to impress on him the futility of holding out longer. Added to this, the great and industrial interests of has ever been bear on the little editor to get out of the v and not, by his obstinacy, beat the me- olis out of representation in the United States senate. This disaffection at home, it is argued. combined with the murky pros- pect without, as shown by the refusal of republican members to line up under his standard, has convinced Mr. Rosewater that he cannot himself be elected.” ersistent Perversion of The same persistent p : ts may be found in the following extracts World-Herald, February 7: “The situa- tion bas finally simmered down to a point where, of all the candidates for senator, Mr Rosewater stands alone and unsupported in resisting & caucus. The editor of The Omaha Bee occuples a solitary but position. Stormed at with shot and shell by all the other caudidates, by ffty-seven of the seventy-one republican members, by Governor Dietrich and the state committ for blockiug & caucus, he responds by load- : Ing up the columns of his paper daily with | ecclumns of demands that a caucus be held, he while he lambasts and berates five sevenths of tbe members and all the other candidates for their. willful perversity In refusing to accede to hi demands. It is the generally expressed senti- ment tonight that Mr. Rosewater has finally heen smoked out of his hol bas been compelled to demonstrate his determination to block a caucus, even be satisfactory to every- himself. It's mighty tough for but he is elap bang up against A great universal war of Indignation aesails his ears from the. four quarters of the beavens fonight, and he is belng de- nounce n many tongues and dialects for presuming to set himself up as greater and mere imporiant than his party,” . World-Herald, February 9 “The ‘abtis' have kindly consented 1o take the burden off Mr. Rosewater's shoulders .and it has ac- corlingly been shifted. Senator Johnsen, who left Rosewater for Currie on teday's ballot, went to the Omaha cahilidate ‘before roll call. notified him of his intention to cease voting for him., and informed him that he did so for the reasoh that he could ro louger support a candidate who persist- ently refused (o consent to @ republican caucus. Senator Johnson wound up. with body but stamps for cloth Louud volumne, Ad- the assertion that he was leaving Mr. Rose- on being asked | of a short sentence would have | | signea [ | herofe | | been working for J | years. | F the fact that four other members who had voting for him would serve a | stmilar notice tomorrow. This untoward | manifestation of belligerency filled the little | editor's soul with sorrow and alarm. It presaged a serious defection that would ex | pose the hopelesaness of his candidacy and | expose it so thoroughly that the wayfaring man, though a stranger, could not fail to understand | When the Cancas Was Calle ‘The most absurd and stupid fake of all is embodied in the story that Rosewater had been trapped through the instrumentality | ot Speaker Sears, when in fact all the ar rangements preceding the signing of caucus paper had been communicated to bim and he aware of every movement that brought the signing of th | paper. The truth is that while the enter prising World-Herald fakir was busy con- | coc ting fiction he was scooped on the facts and made good lack of vigilance fabricating a story which everybody on the inside knew to be false 1 World-Herald, February 12 Under this | caption appears in bold black letters in the | veracious Bryanite organ the following ‘®EARS PLAYS SHREWD TRICK of the house undermines all plans and gets caucus call signed He deftly horrows Rosewater’s copy of agreement hearing sev- eral Hastens to Thompson headquarters secures a considerable | number mora. At Currle’s and Meikle- {john's enough are obtained to make up | requisite sixtyv-seven republicans Then | from steps of Lindell he makes thunderous announcement which dazes Rosewater and the ‘antls. | “This call, with its tweniy-one signa tures, has for several days reposed peace- | tully in Mr. Rosewager's inside pocket When a friendly Indian asked for the docu- ment this afternoon, assuring him that he believed ho ‘could get a few more signatures to it Mr. Rosewater, gulleless himself, and nsuspicious of gufle in others, trustfull surrendered the procious document. It was at once carried to Speaker Sears. Imme- diately this point had been gained, Thomp son, Currie, Meiklejohn and Crounse each sent word personally to each of his sup- | porters to meet higy in his headquarters at ZI\H been abont his by signatures and 5 o'clock withcut “Such 15 the hi-tory of one of the neatest | coups ever accomplished in the history of | Nebraska politics: its success lay in the fact that no opportunity was given the Resewater men and the ‘antls’ who had to withdraw thelr names, and the all was made effective and formally an- nounced by the speaker before they had any intimation of what was happening Mr. Rosewater is In a most precarious and unenviable position. Not even his | friends believe he can be made one of the nominees of the caucus. Mr. Rosewater himself believes that he will be able to deadlock the caucus and prevent a nomina- tion, and for this reason affects to regard the ‘coup’ as of little consequence. But among those best informed grave doubts are entertained as to Mr. Rosewater's ability to do this." LINCOLN FIGHT FOR MAYOR Rival Republican Candidates Expre: Egunal « fidence on Eve of Nomination, LINCOLN, Feb, 25.—(Special Telegram.) —The fight for the republican mayoralty nomination, which is conceded to be equiv- alent to an election, ended tonight, with | the managers of the two competing candi- dates equally confident of success at the polls tomorrow afternoon. Mayor Winnet's strength is in the uptown wards and if he can get all the republican voters in this portion of the city out tomorrow he will undoubtedly be nominated. W. H. Woodard is stronger than his oppo- nent In the First and Second wards and possibly in the Third and it is in this dis- trict that the greatest effort in his behalf had been exerted. P. James Cosgrove, manager of Wood- ward's campalgn, said tonight: “I belleve Mr. Woodward will win. A great many people want a change of administration and are supporting Mr. Woodward on ac- count of his record as councilman from the Sixth ward." W. B, Comstock, manager for Mayor Win- nett, summarized the situation as follows ‘I do mot belleve the lawabiding citizens will allow Dr. Winnett to be beaten tomor- row. He has given the city an honest, cap- able administration and deserves a re- election.” Heckman Wins Insurauce Case. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Feb. 5.—(Spec- ial Telegram.)—The case of the United Mutual Hall Insurance company of Lin- coln against Ben Beckman has been de- cided in Justice Archer's court in favor of the defendant. This suit was brought to collect the amount of an assessment, also levied last vear against all other policy holders. The defendant in this case showed that be had sustained a loss by hail which | fully cqualed the amount of the sssess ment Three Deaths In Une Family, NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. (Special.)— | Miss Mae Weilles, daughter of Rev. J. C. §. Weilles, rector of Trinity church, died this morning. This is the third death in the family within ten days. On February 15 Mrs. Isbister, the mother of Mrs. Weilles died, and the following morning Mrs. Weilles was taken. Another daugnter, Mrs, Deuell, is reported as low, while Mr. Weilles and a son are just beginning to rally. The entire family had pneumonia. | Dakota City Court Decislons | DAKOTA CITY, Neb., Feb. 2. | —~District Judge Graves sentenced N. R I Rvan of Jackson, who was found guilty by | a jury of assault and battery upon Atlea | Hart of this place, to pay a fine of $10 and costs, in all about $125 James Flynu, convicted of selling liquor | fllegally, was fined $100 and costs and' to stand committed until the same is paid. | Business Changes nt Bancroft. BANCROFT, Neb., Feb. (Special G. H. Ward & Son, who have mercantile business here for have sold out to Martin | Telegram.) been in the eleven years, | Bros J. W. Watson & who have been in | the furniture business several years, have | s0ld out to William Beckenhauer of West Point Death of Pla PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., F Telegram.)—Jobn Kolasek, his home from pneumonia ber of the Cigarmal union and had Pepperberg for several es 4 wife and two children uth Clgarmaker. b. 25.—(Special age 26, died at He was & mem s Want ¥ TABLE ROCK, Neb., Feb. | —A pedition is again in circulation here asking the school board to call a special electton to vote on the issuance of bonds for $11,500 for building a new brick school house pry 0f Nebraska, | A% many inquiries are coming in con cerning the new history of Nebraska, which was updertaken some two or three years ago. to be published by Jacob North & Co., and of which H. L. Rucker is general man ager, and I Sterling Morton editor in | cbief, ana Dr. George L. Miller assoclate "I“lfll we heg to state that work is being pushed forward as rapidly as pras ticable and consistent with the scope and | extent of the enterprire. An able corps nf men are at work writing the history and | piocuring data for the same and our house | hope to have it In press by the 1st of | June The work has met with very great favor and already ample subseriptions bave been taken to secure the complete success of the history. JACOB NORTH & CO 10 the | Speaker | | an emergency | tlon for co: | nish (Special.) | State Proposss Radioal Chenge in Method of Gathering Faots, RELIABLE VITAL RECORD IS WANTED Intention In to Make Duty W Upon Assessors—More Room Deaired for Lib, LINCOLN, Feb (Special.)— A meas ure providing for a radical change in the manner of gathering and compiling indus trial and agricultural stat'stics, drawn up under the direction of the State Bureau of Statistics, and rich's official stamp of approval, will be introduced in both branches of the legls- lature tomorrow. The bill is designed to remedy the many evils in the existing law on the subject of statistics and efforts will be made by the officers of the state bureau 1o have it passed as soon as possible with | clause. The terms of the | bill are mandatory instead of simply di rectory as in the present law and provision Is made for a penalty in case of violation The duty of gathering the statistics will fall on the assessors of the various coun- tles. They will be required to gather the industriai and agricultural statistics and in addition to make a complete record of | all births and deaths in thelr territory Text of the BN Following is the text of the proposed law: At the assessment of property for taxa- ity and state purposes it shall | be the duty of the township and precinct ussesxors to procure such agricultural and | Industrial statistics and the. registration of | births and deaths which oceur within their | rexpective districts for the year ending | m 1, immediately preceding, as may be called for by the State Bureau of Labor, the same to be recorded on hooks or blanks to be prepared by the commissioner labor or his deputy Each assessor shall obtain said informa- tion from the most reliable sources, noting all particulars specified on the blanks fu d by the Stat of Labor momoranda =0 take 1 possible, shall be read to the person or persons furnishing | the facts. (o correct eFrors or &upply omis- sions, If any shall exist. 1t shall further be the duty of sald ussessors to compile the re- | #ult of such memorandn in their respective townships or precincts and make such r turns to the county clerk when he returns nt ssessor is empowered and required rsons who are required to The to place all p furnish inform this act under shall make fals be subfect to the pe the criminal law, as provided statutes of this state. And any person who shall refuse to furnish to the assessor said information under oath or afirmation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall b fined in a ®um not less than $0 nor more than $100. to be recovered under any court of competent jurisdiction. It is hereby made the duty of county boards to make provision for proper come pensation to asscssors and clerks for this work. Sald assessors shall not be allowe separate compensation for sich serv but they sha'l be pald for the time neces sarily occupied in’ performing said dutle in connection with their other duties as as- sessors Any refuse i any person answers knowingly sh tties of perjury under th a for in assessor or clerk who shall fail or to perform the duties hereln fm- posed upon him shall be deemed guflty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject o a fine of not less than $25, and it is further made the duty of county boards to pro- ceed against such officers upon complaint of any citize The assessors shall recelve no pay for their services as such assessors or other- wise, except on the certificate of the county clerk that said assessor has fully complied with the requirements of this pct. It shall be the duty of county clerks, on or before the 2th day of July of cach year, to compile and forwmard a summary of such township pr Dlerylju‘l reports of thelr respective counties to the State Bu- reau of Labor. The commissioner of labor or his deputy shall compile such reports and publish them in pamphlot form within sixty dasx from the recelyl thereof, and the deputy commissioner shill ambody’ them in his blennial report to the governor. All printing, binding, ete., of books and blanks necessary to curry info effect the provisions of this act shall be paid by the state and furnished to the Bureau of La- bor by the State Printing board, who shall a'so pay for forwarding of such blanks to the various county clerks. All 0 parts of acts inconsist ct are hereby repealed. W he n emergency exists this act shall be- come a law from and after {ts passage and approval “This bill is a long step in the right di- rection and will result in making the statis- tice of the department not only complete, but accurate,” said R. A. Hodge of the Bureau of Statistics, who assisted in draw- | fug up the measure. “The registration of births and deaths will be an important fea- ture. Kansas has had such a law on its statute books many vears, and a similar bill was passed by the legislature in Iowa." To Accommodate Library. In his report to the governor, made public , State Librarian Herdman calls atten- tion to the necessity for better accommoda- tions for the state library and supreme court and suggests a larger appropriation for the library force. The appendix to this report contains a list of accessions to the library and a condensed statement showing the number of volumes and pamphlets now on the shelves. In making purchases there has been no radical departure from the methods of his predecessors, but in keep- | ing with the general demand fewer books | of a general or miscellaneous character and more legal publications have been bought than in former years The growth of the llbrary in the following summary Volumes November 30, 1598 Volumes purchased Recelved by exchange and donation is reflected 14 118 Total November 3, 19% 13404 “The room in the capitol bullding occu- | pled by the library is not of sufficient ca- pacity for the purpose,” sald Mr. Herd- man. “The local bar, the bar of the state and over 100 students from the law de- | partment of the university of Nebraska make continuous use of the room, making it greatly overcrowded at all times. When we take into account the rights of the | supreme court and other judges, the ofcers | of the various executive departments of the | state, members of thne legislature, the rights of citizens and academic students, with courtesies due visitors, when we con- sider the increasing demands commensur ate with the growth of the state and fts iostitutions, this demand for more space seems an imperative one which it is sin- | cerely trusted will not be overlooked. The | shelf room is already overcrowded and if | the traveling library system, justly recom- mended by Mr. Campbell, were adopted it would hardly furnish the necessary relfef The specific remedy for these twin evils of small space and overcrowded shelves will be for determination by the bodies charged with such duties.” Teacher at Milford, On recommendation of the special ad- | visory board Governor Dietrich today ap- pointed Miss Mabel Blackstone of Tekamah & teacher at the Girls' Industrial Home at Miltord Voleano Mining Company, The Volcano Mining, Land and Improve- ment company was Incorporated here tod by P. L. Hall, C . MeNish, E. J. Gittens, J. R. Gilkeson, John B. Palsgrove and M B. Reese. The company is capitalized for 200,000, this amount representing the value of the Volcano and Peak View claims in El Paso county, Colorado, already owned and controled by the incorporators, New Cantle of HUMBOLDT, Neb. Special Dep R. J last night instituted Coles of Carnegie Lincoln castle of | Royal Highlanders in this city with twenty- Kl | follows charter members. The officers are as Past illustrious protector, F. W. Samuelson: illustrious protector, F. R. But terfield; chief counselor, Mrs. Daisy Linn; ENFORCE ~ STATISTICS bearing Governor Diet- | “The | tlon under the provisions of | who | | home Thursday night | The AFTER THE GRIP COMES CATARRH IKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip L bacillus has passed over our coun try, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, leaving behind it a dark cloud of an- guish and despair. Catarrh follows grip as effect cause. A multitude of catarrh victims will spring up 1a the trail of the awful epidemic of grip that has just passed over our falr country. The hope to these people is Peruna. Most people know this already. Everyone who has had the least touch of erip, should nmot fail to take a course of treatment with Peruna Peruna eradicates every vestige of the disease and leaves the system in a normal condition Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congressman from Illinols, writes from the National Ho- tel, Washington, D. C., as follows “After giving Peruna a fair trial 1 can cheerfully recommend your remedy to any- one suffering with coughs, colds, la grippe and all catarrhal complaints.”—J. B. Crow- ley. Hon. George H. White from North Carolina, writes: “I am more than satisfied with Peruna, follows Congressman and find it to be an excellent the grip and catarrh. 1 have used it in my tamily and they all join me in recommend Ing it as an excellent remedy.”’—George H. White Hon. J. P. Megrew Capital Police Force, of Washington says “Having suffered from the grip I was ad- vised by a friend to use your Peruna. I also used it for my catarrh, and 1 can now heerfully recommend your remedy to any- cne who Is suffering from the grip and ca- tarth."—J. P. Megrew Miss Anna ell, Past selor, Loyal Mystic Legion Building, St. Paul, Minn., writes For years 1 have unfortunately Superintendent U. S. D. C, Worthy Coun- Endiectt found «my system in a pecullarly receptive condi- when I was exposed in any way to inclement weather. At those times 1 would be severely affilcted with 1a grippe and its unpleasant consequences “Now for the past year and a half I have ueed Peruna in such cases and have found that it not only cured me quickly but ‘t also cleanpes my blood and ren- ders me less lable to catch cold. It fs the finest preventative of colds that I know of and a very superfor tonlc."Anna Russell tion for catarrh treasurer, F. F L. Wil- sentry, L. Wil- retary, Charles E. Beery; Butterfield; physical examiner, M son; warder, Mrs. Della Shirley: Rudolph Vertiska; herald, Mrs. M son: guide, Truman Dutter; first worthy censor, Mrs. Mae Butterfield; second worthy censor, Mrs, W.,E. Dungan; chief of spearsmen, H J. F. Wozal. Conl Convenes in Trenton. TRENTON, Neb., Feb. 23.—(Special Tele- gram.)—District court is in session with Judge Norris on the beuch. There are 163 cases, mostly equity and foreclosures. The criminal cases will be in the adjourned term on account of the quarantine at the state penitentiary A pumber of prominent at- torneys are present. Teachers Meet in Aurora. AURORA, Neb., Feb. 25.—(8peclal.)—The | first general meeting of the Hamiiton County | Teachers' assoclation for the year 1901 was in the court house Saturday. The main feature was a reading class from the Au- rora schools, which read before the asso- | clation. Stabbed by Docto CENTRAL CITY, Neb, Feb. 25 clal.)—After drinking heavily Sunday night. a horse doctor named Woods stabbed Charles Martin with a knife. The reason for the act was not apparent. Woods im- | mediately left town. The wound is re- garded as a dangerous one Home from the Philippines. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Feb. 2.—(Special.) | —Walter Wheaton, late of the Thirty-sec- ond regiment in the Philippines, arrived (Spe- New Flour Mills at Aurora. AURORA, Neb., Feb. 25.—(Special.)—The | Aurora mills will begin operations about | March 1. It is a $2,000 plar Former Sheriff of Merrick Connty: CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Feb. 25, —(Special.) G. G. Moore, ome of the first sheriffs of | this county, died Saturday ure two of Cen- Efforts are being made to se rural free mail delivery routes ou tral City. Nellgh is one of the Nebraska towns | which 14 complaining of u scarcity of dwell- | ing houses to accommodate the people. | The Catholics of Friend are making ar- rangements 4o erect a fine brick church this coming summer, to cost between $10,000 and | $15,000. The editor of the Burwell Tribune an- nounces that he has purchased a farm of | his own and hereafter cabbage and poultry | will not be taken on subscription ! The Pawnee Republican takes {ssue with the statement that the rural mail delivery routes are u detriment to the country | papers and to the stores of the smaller towns and cities. The big fee house of Swift and Company near Ashland will not be filled this vear. | season I8 0 far advanced that it is thought impossible to fill it before warp: | weather breaks up the ice, The vault in the office of the clerk of the | dtstrict court at McCook was broken Into and $170 in cash taken from a box which | was kept in the vault. Valuable papers | contained in the vault were not molested An Alltance pastor has employed a troupe colored jubllee singers to furnish the music for his revival services. They not | only attract a ¢ but their rendering of | revival hymns wakes up the sinners in an astonishing manner | Harry Boore, the superintendent of a Chi- cago packing house, who was recently con- victed of wtealing water from the city waterworks, was formerly a resident of Ne- braska City, where he was superintendent | of the pecking house J. . Brown, a stockman who live Stanton, “has ‘had several cattle shot cently and while none of them have the injuries have been serious. It is known positively who did the shooting it 1s thought to be spite work Farmers In the vieinity of Superior have tradition that if the wind is from the southwest on a certain day in February there will surely be a good crop on that year. The wind was favorable this year and the farmers are pinning their falth on a bountiful harvest of near | re- died not but P. Marble; chief of archers, | | | CONGER i nection with | phone DANGER SEEMS ALL PASSED Ohang Declares Chinese Noget: s Beyond All Interference. TRANSFERS THE Li Hung o Pei Ho's Sign tails of Former Ma: a Rush for Home—De- cre PEKIN, Feb. This morning Mr. Con- ger tirned over the affairs of the United States legation to Mr. W. W. Rockhlll, par- | ticularly to conduct the negotiations with the Chinese plenipotentiaries, and he will shortly return to the United States for a six months' vacation Americans here feel that ment is a confirmation of the report that everything is practically setiled, for Mr Conger felt it his duty to finish megotia tlons satisfactorily. The Pel Ho river will open next month and then the exodus will this arrang: | begin. Lt Hung Chang says he expects that the court will return to Pekin as soon as noti- fcation is given that the troops of the allies are evacuating the capital. He also asserts that no further difficulty in the ne- | Some old residents | gotiations is possible here think there may the ceremonial the ministers of the powers by the court but the ministers themselves do not anticl- pate any. ' The German and Russian barracks for the guards of their respective legations will be ready in a month. Mr. Rockhill to- be difficulty fn con- | day attended for the first time a meeting of in an independent ca- of importance wa the forelgn envos pacity. No business transacted Prin n Hiding. LONDON, Feb. 26.~The Reuter Tele gram company has recelved toe foflowing from Shanghai, dated February 26 Prince Tuan, Prince Chwang Lu and Gen- eral Tung Fu Hslang are still taking refuge at Ning Hal Fu, province of Kan Su Two native Christians from Kul Hua Cheng, in the northern part of the prov- ince of Shan B, report the massacre of twenty male and female missionaries and nine children, who have heen missing since October. TO HAVE TELEPHONE LINE| Atnsworth and Norden Soon te Be Connected by Wire of Local Corporation. AINSWORTH b, Feb. (Special Telegram.)—A public meeting was held at the Ainsworth hotel today to provide ways and means for constructing a tele- line from this point to Springview and Norden R. 8. Rising of the Alns- worth bank presided and H. 0. Paine acted as secretary. J. B. Finney, B. B. Mastick, Judge Potter, . A. Beaumont and H. O Paine elected a committee to sell shares and after two hours' canvassing re- ported $1500 subscribed, assuring more than enough to comstruct the line, and work will begirn L on Another meeting will be held Friday to adopt articles of fu- corporat!on elect officers and select a uperintendent of construction Brown county land is in demand amd seventeen homestead entries were made on land in this county so far this mouth were And Learn wlvyr 80 many Consci= | ative and Retire Linemen of the Western Union company went up to St. Edward and cut the electric light wires where they crowsed over the telegraph lines, The reason given wus that the electric wires carrying a heavy current were not Strung on poles suffici strong 1o support them and that were likely to fall and damage the erty of the telegraph company A party of swindlers is working a new | game In Nance count ne of them stops with & farmer and talks business for a time_and departs, leaving i se letter which 18 not addressed. 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