The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-25
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
OVER THE STATE.
A Complete Review Of the Past Weeks
Happenings In the Tree Planters state
-succinct summary Of the Most I'm.
portant News.

Charlie Ellis of Tckamah. who was
In charge of II. W. Monroe's place
when searched last week, had his pre-
liininary hearing in the county court
on the charge Of running u gambling
house. He wa bound over to the dis
trict court. his bonds being placed at
$500, which he secured.
The jury in the celebrated Columbus
Islander ease returned a sealed verdict,
which will be opened when the district
court convcnes. This is the ease
wherein william O~Callahan sued Den
mis- Raglan. ST.. for $4,000 for uttcring
and publishing alleged false and de.
tamatory remarks, coupled with vile
and abusive epithets of and regarding
the plaintiff, whereby he claims to
ma We sustained damages in the above
amount.
stephen 4. Hail Of Nebraska City
was standing at his desk in his office.
No. 500 Central cleaning a 3s-
calibrc revolver, when the weapon
was accidentally discharged and Mr..
Hail fell to the floor dead at the feet
OF f.. NJ. Chase, who was writing at an
adjoining desk. The ball entered the
neck two inches below the chin. rang
ing upward into the brain. and death
was instantaneous. Coroner Kar,tens
summoned a jury which returned n YER
dict in accordance with the above
facts.
Mrs. Mary Curtis. the mother OF
young Peter Curtis who was SO brutal
ly assaulted neal Union two months
ago, died of inflammation Of the bow
els. at her home twelve miles south of
Plattsinouth. Our readers will re-
member the details of the crime which
appeared in these columns at the time.
AS a result of the injuries sustained,
young Curtis was unconscious for over
Il week and decidedly out of his mind
for some time aftcrward. During his
illness his mother watched over him
day and night and while in a Temporal
ry fit of insanity he struck her in the
stomach with his clenched fist. Phy-
sicians say that the inflammation
which caused Mrs. Curtis death result
ed from this blow.
Hearing in the matter of a com
plant against telegraph rates is being
held before the secretaries of the board
of transportation. +. q. Fcltz of
Keith county. the complainant. i, not
present. Judge W. W. Morsman of
Omaha appeared for the Western Tn
ion Telegraph company and G.. VI.
Iambertson of Lincoln for the Postal
Cable Telegraph company. Mr.. Lam
bertson has taken no part, however.
having stipulated that any order issued
against the Western Union should APP
ply also to the Postal company. A. q.
Wolfenbarger of Lincoln appeared as
attorney for complainant who declares
in his petition that telegraph rates are
unjust and unreasonable to the cx-
tent of 33l6 per cent. The complaint
is the first one of its kind filed under
the act of the last Legislature giving
the board of transportation power to
regulate rates charged by telegraph
telephone and express companies.
William Ellsworth is to have a hear
ing before United States commissioner
William +. Wappich at Omaha on the
charge of having in his possession
stamped nickels not coined at a mint
of the United States. Deputy United
States Marshal Allen says that there
are many cOunterfcits circulating in
Omaha at the present time. Counter
felt nickels are especially numerous,
and many of these are made to use in
slot machines and are very poor imita-
tions. One slot machine in Platts-
mouth recently yielded l,5oO such
coins. If mere slugs with no attempt
at initiating United States coins were
used in these machines the offenders
could not be prosecuted on account of
the anti-gambling laws, but in most
cases an effort has beer made to imi-
tate and persons passing such coins
are accountable to the government au-
thorities.
The twcnty-ninth anniversary of the
chartering of the state university of
Nebraska was rs enjoyable as charter
day usually is. The exercises during
Tuesday. Feb. II. were varied, includ-
ing Phi Beta Kappa doings, basket
ball game, dress parade and review by
Governor llolcomb, department re-
captions and athletic contests. The
evening exercises included the charter
day grafton by President Draper of III
inois university and comforting first
degrees on ten students, masters de-
grces on two and IN honorary degree
on lsham Randolph of Chicago, lectur-
or before the electrical engineers. In
honor of her birthday the university
kept open house from +. o'clock until
q in the afternoon, and the buildings
and campus swarmcd with not only
loyal sons and daughters, but rela-
tio~ns-in-law and friends. Quite u
party from Omaha were entertained
by Omaha students. Soon after noon
groups of visitors came in through the
vide gates and before = o'clock the
groups had grown into a steady
stream, that poured in till there was