Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1903, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY it |SPECTATORS ~ BRING u‘x(ui Brownville | b | Arlington |lx~urut in Lille Trial Grows as it Nears | the Cloe T IN STATE Many sections |TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE NOT ALL IN| ontaine Considerable | | During | FEBRUARY 28, 1903. 3 EETT, |G s A BiG BLAZE 1878——February 28——1903 (Uticura “Man wants but liftle here below. Dut wants that little good-~ —(Special 7"“! k this even- | Spaasy e | ENTIRE BLOCK IN DANGER AT ONE TIME 24’;' 4 fiCOEOA ‘ —— | Finally Confined to Grocery 2 » ‘ lshment of C. M. Kipp and Lo & ings Business College- or of the d taken he store [ terent meetings Bave been weil attended I\ | Among the promiment speakers present |\ | were: D. P. Ashburn of Gibbon of Alma, G. M. Liewellyn of and George A. Marshall o1 SNOW STORM OU (LOVERNOR TO PUT 0 A SYB Called to Burlington, Iwa, to Attend the Fuzeral of an Uncle. EXPOSITION Letter Writte: A ‘ifmmrn Fight Against Disadvantage of Biorm and Weak Water Prescure ACCEPTS INVITATION | . Heavry by "“i,," o Her Mother Before Shoor ing of Broderson Given Ofcers. ~—Another bheavd orm through this section of the state. Snow be- gan falling at 7 o'clotk last night and ic st Boming down « this .moraing, ac¥em- | DAVID CITY. | pented by a brisk Dorthwest wind, d#t b ! _ Norwithat is raging | Loss s Heavy. (From a Staft Corr WINCOLN, Feb. 27— &nt Goversor McGilton governor of Nebraska tomo This afternoon Governor M: telegram that his uncle,. Burling*on, Ia. had died. ton of the goverser te Burlington o attemd” the Be bas Dot yet deeided. intelligesice 25 to when $ b held. Lieutemsnt ¥ will remain in Lincoin 25 YEARS OLD TO-DAY With the World’s Record Medicinal, Commercial and Financial. dent.) 1 )—Lieuten- bly will be w and Sunday ey received a L A. Barves of | { Neb., HASTINGS, Neb . egram. )—Shortly jlnvw Being very wet afd heavy is not drift- | snowsiorm was raging and sidewalks were ing fire broke ogt {ing mmuch. ' Jt will put the Belds in fn€|jgoc cleaned off. people were wending their v y Busin ' shape for spring Piowing and seeding. -l_uy«.,.n«- courthouse at an early ho the course of half an FULLERTON, Meb. Feb. 27.—(Special) Fiiug ing. many carrying their lunch the third floor a —A beavy snowstofm set in yesterday even- | pagkets, evidenily intending to spend the | Kipp, the largest r ing which contismed all night. There is /g4y |t was expected that the defense the city. The furnishings at least gine in o0 _the level and it is | ould rest last night and the state would cllege entirely stil' snowing hard, The temperature I8 35 | gguin occupy the attention of the court typrewriters degrees £bove zere, land jury, but in this they were disap. ces is es FREMGNT, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special)— | pointed Counsel for the state think that | The damp smow ahd rain of last Bight|gn. nait day will be sufficient time o rebut | == J brpke in the roof ofthe Blumenthal build- | 51} material testimony offered by the de- ing, cormer of Fifth and Main streets, and | gou o0 @id considerable damage to Gumberi's dry | prom appearances it is evident that the fGatory exercises of the Loulsiana chase | goods stock and to the clothing department. | 4.\ o cetting weary of its position and @xposition o be held in St. Lou:s fipril 30| Streams of water ran in throush several | Ll welcome the day when the case bas and May 1and 2. In view of the fhct that | places over the shelvis ani some dress|y .. oo submitted to them. the governor has not yet announbed the | goode were nearly ruined. The amount of | wyen court convened this morning the Hembers of his stall and will not until after | the damage cannot be ascertained. An inch | .. o examination of J. S. Hill was re- the legislature adjourns, it is not known [and & half of snow and perbaps balf an| .o oo” He gaid in part: T remember who, will take the junket. | inch of rain fell last might, and the roads Feb e 8 o' the third the inten tonight for ral. though received no Tuneral will r MeGilten tail groee:y the were consumed, | resc thare was & second and t which were It is dificalt to realize the mighty | growth of the business dope under this pame. From a smail beginning in the simplest form, against prejudice and opposition, azainst mosied hosts, countiess rivals, and trade jndifference, Caticara remedies have become the greatest curatives of their time, and, in fact, of all time, for nowhere in the history of medicine is to be found an- ir. vita- ded- wny.lo the farthermost parts of the earth. There seems to be something about Caticars remedies which lavites the cosfidence of mankind. Natiooal pecu- liarities, Koropeas, Easters, and Asi- atic teachings and traditions seem to have no adverse infloence mpon them. Hence they sre to be found in every part of the world, and the sight of dogs on a trail over at of | | Mr. Cook and they we: Evans) house and 1 the residence filled w your (Atierney y comsumed pulled them off. 1 were practically des gave them the scent at the south window at | Were owned by Mrs. Shedd and Mr. Cook's hous:. 1 gdve them the scent | valued at $15.000 eac The dam: the second time and they went in a differ- | STocery l& about $20.000 ent direction. The reason I took the doge | rance to Cook's house was because he s money had been stolen. I afterwards| tion for bimself and staff to attend xcitement prevatl when it seemed , - Inguest on Brodersor. An inquest was beld this morn! the femains of Fred Broderson, death by Jennle Thomas. and brought fn a verdict that dec Gome to his death from the eff gunshot wound infiicted by Jennie @fBomes Miss Thomas is improving at Eliza- beth’s hospital and the physiclandibelieve there is 1o doubt of ber recovery. Another clalmant has appeared in the person of | Thomas Holman. for the diamofd{ ring which Mies Thomas claimed Brodes given her and ihen offered to Miss to Jury bad | of a by Broderson. Miss Way stated t she was not engaged to marry and never had been. Broderson, l, Bad frequently called on her and asked her Q-.-'u-ry him, but she had never acceptd A letter written by Miss Thomas to her mother before the tragedy Bas been re- ceived by Mrs. Thomas and will be sent to the officers bere. The father of the girl re- fused to give out the contents of the let- ter until be had given it to officers. Chris Broderson, a brother ®f the dead man. has been appointed istrator of Bis estate. He said the isted of probably $500 in personal y and an unknown amount of real esta Philippine Veterans nize. Local camp No. 1, known as Camp John M. Stotzenburg. Philippine veterans, was organized at the Lindell botel Jast night with seventy-two members. The organiza- tion will immediately begin preparations to send a delegation to the encamp- | ment of Philippine vet: St Paul | next September. The f cers | were elected: President, vice president, | ana streets are in bad condition |the warm weather continue a rise in the over | Platte is feared, but as the bridges will | ing injury to them is expected. There is { fell tast n}m to the depth of one foot on | | snowing, CILTEER, Neb.. Feb., 27.—(Special.)— | Snow B talling here today. There is about | ing last night, the dampest snow we have | {that we removed the window sash cm Oc- { tober 31, that it was raining that day, do | { not remember the day of the week. { “I do not remember that I examined the | Bajearefully watched by rallresd employes | 4, 5500 1n the door but once. The reason - hai 1|1 am sure it was in the foresoon ot Oc- e e o 16 e gy | tober 24 is that Mr. Ren was lelling abou around the country and as the ground is | frozen 1t will 811 up all the small streams. | SAKI0E & chase for tke ball in the barm SUTTONSNeb., Peb. 37.—(Special.)—Sn0w | “.ppr "Ren and 1 only examined the key | {once to see whether or not any clamps or { nippers had made any marks on it. I do no: remember what was done with the key. 1 do not think Mr. Ren took it to give to the coroner. Should the level. 3 Today it s melting and still { vy, PRI Do, Wieh '”k'] “Derby and Ren came down to the house | Vi | GIBBON, Neb., Feb. 27.—(Special.)—From | : :f"‘f_ ;::';:-;I\:nlz::v's - :;‘; l‘ e eight to ten inches of snow fell here dur- {@y best rtcollecua‘n - l‘h‘l Pordhggted bad in years. It is hardly cold enough to | there- | freeze this morning. Shots Few Seconds Apart. SUPERIOR, Neb., Feb. 27.—(Special)— | Clara King said: “T live on the block €ix inches of snow covers the ground bere | east of the Lillie residence. On the morn- this morning. In places it is drifting badly. | ing of October 24 I arose at 5:30. Heard The snow is very wet and packs and de- | two shots In the direction of the Lillie | layed trains are almost certain. home. They were only a few seconds HARVARD, Neb. Feb. 27.—(Special)—A | apart.” | damp smow Legan falling yesterday at 3| - Cross-examination. “I heard the shots | p,m., and bas continued to this time, there | before I got up, I woke up ten minutes buing by measurement ten to twelve inches | before 5. I am not sure my clock is right. | en the ground at present. There is little | The resson I know it was ten minutes to & wind and the snow will bemefit winter |is the alarm went off. I did not get up | till breakfast was ready. When I got up | {the first thing I did was to put om my | | clothes. I went into the kitchen and looked | st the clock and it was half past 5. It | |was ten or fifteen minutes after I woke, X possibly more, when I heard the first shot. ALLIANCE, Neb., Feb. 27.—(Special Tele- | | told you I had no way of fixing the time. gram.)—This section is being swept by & |1 am sure that I did not go to sleep be- tween the time the alarm went off and the shots. Stacy Novak: “On October 24, 1902, I was living with Mrs. Clara King. 1 heard two shuts fired that morming. They were only a few seconds apart. Think I got up & few minutes after 5. Cross-examinatio ‘We had a clock in | the house. I do mot remember where the | clock was. 1 did mot hear the alarm that | morning. I had got up when 1 heard the | poisoned. | was. |fired at a distance of TALKS OF VALUE OF A MAN Harry C. Reddick, Richard C. | S | Rev. J. W, miey of Omaha Principal | Higginbotham, David McFry, Eugene E Speaker at Y. M. C. A. State Lindermann, Anthony F. Pacal, W. L. AR Tucker, T. W. Hawksworth, Wiison Lin- | coln, J. Wood Breretor, A. C. Smith, O. W. | Meler, Dexter T. Jewett, Leosard Sherman, | BEATRICE, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special)— Frack H. Johnson, W. W. Milligan, Walter | Last evening's session of the state com- | wvention of the Young Men's Christian asso- ! |ciation was opened with prayer by Dr. 9§ | Conley of Omaha Dr. G. W. Crafts of | this eity gave an address of welcome which | | was excacdingly earnest cordial. The | | response was given by W. J. Hill of Lin- | coin, president of the twenty-second an- | Dual convention, who was here mine years | | 380 at & similar convention. He spoke of | —— !the many changes during that time and | Stop Runaway Boys, | of bow the work had been hampered by | FREMONT, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special)— | unavoidable lack of state supervision uatil | Three small boys from Omaba, who gave |recent years, and mow they were in better &s Bd De Lor, aged 14, resi- | ghape, prepared to do greater work. The Eighteenth street; Harry | principal address of the eveming was de- North Seventeenth | livered by Rev. J. W. Comley, D. D., of | Meban, aged 13, 2015 Paul | Omaba on “The Value of a Man.” The| gethered in by the police last | sycaker gave some very solemn thoughts | in the city jail to await of- | of the fearfully and infinitely great incer- their parents. The boys Bad | eats and responsibilities or the buman life. i the city and had started | 1 is of supreme moment that we bave a for the west by way of the box-car route | proper estimate of our own value; we get | whed apprebended. They were willing 10 |, fair: jdea of this estimate by what man | has achieved already; what he longs to | achieve: his ideals and what infinite sac- | rifice God Himself made with infinite per- severance. Dr. Hemry Ostrom of Greem- castle, Ind., gave a short address, in which dance Farmers. WAVYNE, Neb, Feb 21—(Special Tele- gram.)—The Farmers' istifute, which has | been in session the last two days, bas beed | pe heartily indorsed the remarks of Dr. | & success in every particular. Though the | Conley. The audience was large and ap- weather has been very inclement the Qif- | prociative. The song service was led by | John P. Hillis of Greencastle, Ind. Among those who appear on the program during tbe session are: Dr. Fletcher L.| | Wharton, D. D.. Linecoln; George T. Cox- | bead. St. Louts; W. A. Clark, Pb. D., Peru; | E. M. Robinson, New York; Dr. Henmry Ostrom, Greepcastle, Ind.; E. E. Bemnett, | oln; George Wallace and State Secre- ry J. P. Bailey, Omahe Goversor J. H. Mickey will | meeting for men in the house Sunday at 3 p. m. and will also speak at the evening service in the Fin Presbyterian church, where the convemtion | is being held. The farewell address w be given Sunday evening by Siate Secretary Bailey. The convention met merning and ef- fecied a permaneat organization. Tae fol- lowing officers were elected: Presidest, G. G. Wallace, Omaha; vice presiden:, J. H Waterman, Lincols: secretary, Burdetie Lew University of ka. assistant secretary, C. W. Longman, Cotner usiver- #ity; reporter, E. J. Simonds, Wesleyan university. The reports of the local socleties wed an iperesss in the work over aay previous Fear, twen s-two new soclelles belng re ported sar and cnly eighteen last Th» repos > showed that bulding projects are on fooi that will cost about 75,000, | Th: speakers today were: Hemry Os- | trum, Greencastle, Izd.; George Gilmcre, | Omaba, end Georgs D. McDID, internations! \mn—u sccretary. Bach day during 1 i S e ol Weds address a| Paddock opera | Unlike Any Other ! The fullSavor, the deilcious qua- ity, the sbsoiute Purity, # Low- wey's Breakfas: Cocsa distinguish i from all others convention the delegates sre emtertain &t dinmer ard supper by the chureh socic ties of the city. Neaily 300 are ia stieni- ance. Fred L. Wiilis of Omaha addresse Mo “tUestment™ with elalke: we jon tonight ou “The Experiesce sdulterstion with flowr. stareh or Srovnd coces shells: nothing but the Butritive and digest™e profust of the cholcest Cocos Beana Ask Your Dealer for It. Arnies Saive, the great healer. “Twill wor woaders. Stop pais or we pay. Me. Fer sale by Kubs & Co | 1 bad with Mr. Lillie that day. Do not re- | | Lillie to the bospital | brother shots. Think the shots were fired about ten minutes atcer 5. I paid no attention to | the shots.” Mrs. Ads-Grast, sister of the murdered man, testified as to the affectionate refa- tions between Mr. and Mrs. Lillie. snd said: “1 saw Mrs. Lillle the day Harvey was murdered. She threw her arms around my peck and cried, ‘Oh sister, sister!’ She took hold of my mother's hand and cried She took hold of Edna Lillie and asked ber what she would do without her papa.” Kuew Wife Speculated. Milton Grant said in part: “I bad a con- | versation with Harvey Lillie and be said he did not deal on the Board of Trade, and I sald, ‘HWow is it then, you have got this, deal” and he sald, ‘My wife can deal’ Cross-examination: “When I had the con- | versation with Mr. Lillie about his dealing { on the Board of Trade I do not think there | was anyone else present. This conversa- tion was had two years or more ago, do not | remember the date; it was in the forenoen. Do not remember any other comversation | member that I transacted any other busi- mess. That, I think, was some time in the tall, poesibly August; possibly the year 1900 or later, I do not remember.” Fred A. Allen said in part: “On the morning of the murder I was at the Lillie residence. I drove the rig that took Mrs. She was broken down with grief. I heard ber call for Edna when she got in the buggy. She refused to g0 without Edna. On the way to the hos- pital she said she could not see why they @14 not take the momey and leave him, and she could pot see why they did not get Der too.’ Cross-examination elicited nothing more. Degs Fo w & Trall, W. R Heath was the first witness this afternoon. He said in pagt: “Mre Lillie is my cousin. Her father and my mother are d sister.” Witness here identified | the piece of wood found under the window | in the Lillie bedroom. “'I first saw this plece | ©of wood under the morth corner of the win- dow sash. I took the window out and took i {1t to Mr. Walling, the county attormey. 1 got & new sash and put in its place. When 1 went to take the dow out I first tried to raise it, but it was stuck. I got a| Batchet and took a strip out so I could raise the window to get it out. 1 took the yindow, sash and piece of wood to Mr. Wall- | Ing on October 31 and he told me to give | it to his clerk. 1 4id so. o | “1 had charge of Mr. Lillie’s bloodbounds. | Oz the morning Lillle was sbot I took the | bounds from the pen to the south kitchen | door. From the kitchen door they went around the north s'de of the house through the gate on the east side of the bouse across the sidewalk™ Witness here gave his ex- perience in bandling dogs and seeing them handled. The covr: held that this class of evideace was not admissable unless it was shown that some person had probabdly been 2t the point from which the doge started (the kitchen doer) “On the morning of the death of Mr. Lillie someone informed me ihat they wanted me to put the dogs on the trail of the party who shot Harvey Lillle. 1 took them up to the door and gave them the scemt. After they crossed the walk they ent scuth to where scme campers were | Leter I put ihem cn znother trail and they raa this sbout onme-Relf mile scuth of . In the afterncon.d gave them the scent from the dresser drawer snd the rockets of Mr. Lillie. They went the same rail as they did in the morming—to the :'ace where the campers were. In starting o dogs 1 beld their coses 1o the articles parties bad handled, then I followed — Cross-ezamination cuy “I came to David e years ago, worked cn the seciion a short time, quit and wea! to work t day lubor and since March. 1501, 1 have 1so hendied the bicodhounds. The fivst me | went with the hounds was to Morse Biuff; do not remember when ! went o any sther place with the hounds: could tell if i bad my book. I remember ibat I put the learned that the money was no: stolen, 00 one had broken into th: house that C. M. E had a len. 1 started the dcgs oo a They ran this for a few miles. 1 on another trail and the miles west of Bellwocd heard that the stack wards found in Polk county, abou weeks after this. Soon after Mr died 1 bought the hounds of Mrs 1 was to pay ber $100 for them. as the dogs earn it The morning of the shooting one of the dogs was sick. 1 thought it had been onsumed, which would aggregate 5,000, Besides x | damaged block contains the rail. | of the Legion. pu - : pbarmacy went about t ity e establishment, We found notbing. | large restau er was | store the the Lillie| The fire origina Lillie. | coal 1 pay this | is &i | block biowir by the explosion of a ge, which | extremity of the and spowstorm tion made the de- appear inevitable ssure was Saw Man Running. reams effec- | Mrs. A. H. Betzer said: “On the morn- | ¢ to the w t ¢ { ing of October 24, 102, | saw a man - hose upon iadders in ning south about one block from the Lillie | the stree smow the residence. He wae on the sidewalk.” | fremen kept g upon the Cross-examination: *I did not know who | lames until they were conquered. The fire the man was. I do not know what time it | department of Grand was called upon It was daylight. 1 heard about Mr. | 'O assist, but did ot reach here in time Lillle being killed about 7 o'clock. 1t I} had known the man I could bave recognized | DAKOTA SENATE IN A TANGLE him.” Mre. John Albright said: I live south | When of the Lillie house on the same street The morning Lillie was Killed I got up at 5 o'clock. I saw someome running past | our bouse. This was about twenty minutes after I got wp.” PIERRE. Cross-examination: At the time I saw | gram )—The this man it was daylight. out a lam, The bill of sale of the bloodhounds from Mrs. Lillie to W. R. Heath was ad- mitted in evilence and read to the jury. The bill of sale is dated October 31, 1902. Arthur Wasren said: “I was present at the time the tests were made on the lace it 8. | D., Feb. 27.—(Special Tele- sepate got tangled up this 1 dressed with- | afternoon and did not reach an adjourn- | ment until after 7 o'cl being held by | tke liquor lcense bill, in which a number | of efforts were made to amend. all of which | { were defeated, and the bill lcst by a vote | |of 27 to 14. Close spoke for the bill and | predicted that if it failed it would cost the | | republicans a number of members in the | One Year in Penitentiary. curtaln. - When some of the shots were | pext session. Schrader attempted to amend curtaln ‘caught fire and was put out. A yision and Lawson attempted to reduce man put it out with his hands. I saw|pepaities, while Dillon desired other Mr. Darby- there. I had & gun In mY ! changes, but none prevalled. After the bill it. He said he would not use that gun; it | for reconsideration tomorrow. i would burn a curtain up five feet awas.” The bill to grant the remaining state Cross-examination: “I am mot In the|japds to the Yankton Insane asylum came but did on this occaston. I bad cut the | ports, the majority againsi. Dillon moved ends-of the bullets so the would | {5 gubstitute the minority report, in which | revolve. Mr. Westoverisaid he would 1ot | he was supported by Saltmarsh who de- might do s0.” unappropriated it would be a’ bone of con- tention. Williamson, Abel and Lawson op- One Convicted and Ome Free. IM the motion for the minority report —Judge Guy T. Graves convened the regu- | ing the bill. lar spring term of court for Dakota county | The game bill, limiting a day's kill of in this place on Monday. The only two|game birds to twenty-five for any eme disposed of and equity cases are now being | to fifteen, and a motion of Perkins to ex- tried. The casé of the State of Nebraska | tend the length of the shooting season for against James Davis, accused.of murder, 'ducks, plover and curlew failed, after of court being held both days. The jury.| Other semate bills which passed the sen- after being out about two hours, returned |ate were: To provide for township high a verdict of guilty of murder in the second | schools, providing a uniform system of of Nebraska against Asa Jones, ch: State Board of Health, providing an ap- with horse stealing. resulted in the ac- | propriation of $1.000 aonually for fire quittal of the accused, the jury only taking | tournaments. The sepate passed bouse | {ulation in fixing salaries of county cffi- Thiet Pleads Insanity. {cers, and placed the anti-compact insur- FULLERTON, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special) |ance bill on its second reading. after | bere last Monday. The whole week bas |companies organized in the state. which been taken up by the judge and Jury in the | amendment was added against the protest | case of the State against Ungal Higbee. |0f Moody, supported by Dillon. Lawson, ing. The defemse is temporary ibsanity | ment. superinduced by use of liquor and mor-| In the house the appropriations commit- phine. { tee reported favorabdly om bills for appro- {the Deaf Mute school, School of Mines | BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 27.—(Special)— |and Agricultural college, after scaling most | A Dovel and interesting entertainment in of them down, and against bulldings at | the form of & war dapee was given by The appropriation of $70.000 for the state | Men, in its ball Wednesday night, ffteen guard was favorably reported. ; chiefs in full war costume taking part.| Several new house bills were presented, an oyster supper to tke lodge members | bill by Carroll and their friend The house concurred in the memate | | amendments to the revenue bill giving the 3 d an amendment to the med- BEATRICE, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special)— |Uations, an s jcal examiver bill to give the govermer Bill Blowers. a local tough of this place | 0 FREECL the pemitentiary by Judge Letton for horse | Stealing, was taken to Lincoln yesterday |OVeF the seaate oil inspection bill, which | | mot suit him, it was a better bill than that { erally as a vicious bill and ope which would | charge of the boards baving control of the | | Stegald had a heated discussion over the | two more shots at Bowman's prostrate body, | Stegald, who is a Kentucki: | islands, other approaching them in popularity Ilii. sale. every clime and with every people they have met with the same -4 on. The confines of the earth are the only limits to their growth. They have con- quered the world. By rail and sail, by carsvan, by saddle, and on the backs of human beings, they have made their | them in the bazaars and native shops of foreign Iands bas inspired the Ameri- can traveller with patriotic emotions second only to those prodaced by the contemplation of his country's flag. To the test of populsr jadgment all things mundane must finally come. The world has rendered its verdiot in favor of Cuticura. An exceedingly were in attendance from passed by a large majority after a faflure on the part of Bromlev to cut out'the gas- oline provisions and to reduce to cle in- spector instead of three and stating that the bill would not stand a court test. Gross declared it to be a bill which the Standard Oil company would never dare to go into court on: while some of its provisions did compliments on the same. large number Sturgt WORST SNOW STORM OF YEAR | Anticipated that Cattle on the Sowth Dakota Ranges Wil of any other state. Porter opposed it gen- Suffer. HURON, £ D.. Feb. 27.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Today's snowstorm Is the beaviest of the season and 1is general over the state. Stock on the open prairies will The principal house bills passed by the | guffer, as the snow is wet and heavy. It is house were: To require road overseers 1o | predicted that the temperature will drop fill abandoned wells, providing for organi- | twenty degrees before morning. ztion of the State Horticultural socicty | Telegraphle communication 1is and placing insurence money from dam-| pupted and railway trains delayed. aged or destroyed public bulldings in| ABERDEEN, S. D, Feb. 27.—(Special | Telegram.)—The snowstorm which set in last night has deveioped into sm old- fashioped blizzard and is growing worse | thie evening. The wind is from the morth- { weet and it Is growing colder. Trains are {late. Stock will suffer from exposure. o e | PIERRE, §. D. Feb. 27.—(Special Tele- GRAIN BUYER IS MURDERED | cram.)—About three inches of snow fell here this morning, with the temperature Fraak Beaman of S5 above freezing, and much of the snow melted as it fell. The predictions sre for falr weather following and no damage is Ikely to occur Pardon Dying Man. Dot carry out what was attempted. Huteh- inson of Beadle, Countryman and Price supported the measure, while Lawson saw | a grab in the (hree-inspector provision. inter- institutions. The free textbook measure was killed. No attempt was mmade to bring up the amendment to the rules, which is comsid- ered to be a test on capital sentiment. x Falls Shot and Instantly Killed by H.B. Stegald. o SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Feb. 21.—(Special Telegram.)—Frank Bowman, grain buyer a2d owner of the Benclaire townsite, was | PIERRE & D.. Feb. 7.—(fpecial Tele- shot and instantly killed today by H. B.|STam.)—Governor s :‘ T Stegald, agent of the Tilinois Central Rajl- | Fecommendation of the board of pardons, rolf ot 3 B T S LD The murder, it has developed, was the | 1®0 result of a dispute over demurrage charges | Charge of grand larceny. The prisomer fs on a car. Last evening Bowman rpd |Dear the point of death from consumption and on this ground the pardon was recom- matter and the former threatened to kill ! the agent, but left the railroad office with-{ out attempting to carry his threat into| executlon. This morning Bowman, accom.- | panied by his 12-year-old son, went to the | depot, where he again brought up the de- rmurrage matter. He had reached the door to leave the building, when Stegald called him back, stating that there was an ex- press package for him. Bowman returned to the ticket office window and was about to sign for the package, when steguia | BANKERS FIGHT ALDRICH BILL drew a 32-caliber revolver and shot him s} in the head. The weapon was so close | orest Cinnde. tn Mehig iR that a portion of Bowman's head was tora | Work Harm to Western away. Finance. Entering the waiting room Stegald fired Relief for imlanders. PIERRE, 8§ D, Feb. 27.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The state treasurer has begum to feceive county returns on the Minland famine relief fund, the total eo far being 274.60, the returns coming from Roberts, Grant, Campbell and Beadle counties. CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Unless the 1% per cent tax olause of the Aldrich bill is elim- bill wil one of these taking effect in the shoulder | of Bowman's son. Bowman was a robust man and bad the | Pated a stfong fght against ¢ reputation of being quite quarrelsome. | D¢ made by the Chicago bankers. had been at| This decision was arrived at today, after Benclaire only about five months, is of |® three Bours’ confirence. and imstruc- slight build and mpervous temperamen:. |10Ds were wired to representatives in His defense doubtless wiil be that because | Washington to that effect. The telegram Bowman threatened to kill him be be- | Was signed by every nationul bask in the lieved his life to be in danger. lcity and was addressed to Senators Mason Bowman leaves a widow and several |80¢ Cullom and the nine representatives children. He is said to have caused the | !B the lower house from Cook county. removal of scveral agents from Benclaire. | The following is the substance of the tel- egram Cavalry Ready to Move. The Aldrich bill. i passed as #t now stande, in our o lon, will cause an wm- STURGIS, S. D., Feb. 27.—(Special)—The | mediate repayment by the banks of a large Thind squsiron of the Thirteeath eavalry— | amount of government deposits which {hey Troops I, K, L and M, at Fort Meade—is | PO™ L fesuiting in_comntractipe of re- sources now in use and in a reduction in making arrangements for departure to the | (he market value of government bonds Philippines. As Dear as can be learned it | which will be withdrawn and sold. will Jeave about March 5. The troops of the Second squadron, now stationed at Fort Keogh, ‘are expected to arrive at Fort tional banks cannot now afford to carm as an investment, government or such other Meade in a shoft whilc, where they will “e- main until the Sixth cavalry, now in the bonds as the bill calls for, and there wouid arrives to relieve them, after be aftial Joss to them to do #o under the terms of the bill on government deposits &t 1% per cent Few, If any, western banks could or would, in our opinion. avail themselves of which they will Join their regiment.” Troop | the supposed provisions of the bill at that 1 gave a farewell ball at iis barracks Mon- day night. The affair was well attended and was a very enjoyable ome. The ball 1t ‘would hamper instead of help present fina: was most beautfully decorated by the boys | S5V conditions, uniess the interest clause is for the occasion and they received mamy | ftruck out rate of interest. There would be & loss to them, and no advantage to the public in doing. Ve urge you to oppose the bill, Thich three inches the | to strike out the county local option pro- | pocket, 32-rim fire, and wanted him 1o USe | was defeated Bottum gave notice of a move | habit of carrying firearms in my Pocket, |up on majority and minority committee re- shost- my gun, that some of the _OLhers | slared that so long &s the land remained DAKOTA CITY, Neb., Feb. 37.—(Special) | and the majority report was adopted, kill- criminal cases om the docket have been | hunter, was amended, on motion of Dillon, was on trial two days, evening sessions which the bill passed. degree. The other criminal ~zse, the State | banking, providing for meetings of the ome ballot. { bills to fx the poll list as a basis for pop- —Judge Grimison opemed district court | amending it to except mutual insurance | The defendant is charged with horse steal- | Northup snd Perkins supported the amend- | | priations for buiidings at (he penitentiary, Novel Entertainment at Beatrice. Spearfish Norma! and Madison Normal. | Otoe tribe No. 16, Improved Ordcr of Red The affair was closed by the serving of | ome being a mew legislative apyortionment state board power to largely increase val- who was recently sentenced to one year in The fight of the day in tde house was | to serve his time. - New Paper for Sflver Creek. SILVER CREEK, Neb, Feb. 27.—(Spe- cial. }—Tomorrow it is expected that Silver Creek will have a new paper, to be called the Sentinel. Its publisher will be Her- | bert Burress of Columbus, and Miss Raney will be in charge Beatrice Property Advances. BEATRICE, Neb, Feb The Major Williams projerty chased by Count Treasurer $3.000 sold yesterday for §3.54 W. Walker of Odell WILL REVIEW ELKINS ACT| Passenger Association Decides to D! coss Efficct om Railroad ean. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—A joint csll was is. sued today by the chairman of the Trans centinental. the Western and the South- | western Passenger associations for a mass meeting of all the westers roads on March | % to discuss the effect on passenger trafic of the Elkins bill and the steps necessary to secure a rigorous observance of the act Owing to this meecting the meeting of the Western Passenger association ealled for Hot Springs, Ark.. on that date will not be held FIRE RECORD. Restdence at Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb, Feb. 27.—(Special Tel- egram )—The residence of Joseph Schuck was destroyed by fire this afternoos, with a’l its comtents Loss. $1.000; insurance $500. A defective Sue 18 supposed 10 bave Lees Lbe cause. Are You Sore? 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