Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-01-19
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Mrs. Margaret Lena Lille must serve
life sentence in the Nebraska penlten-
tiary. The supreme court has overruled
a motion for rehearing, which leaves
in force the Judgment of the district
court of Butler County, where Mrs. Lii
lie was tried and convicted of the muir
der Of her husband. The judgment OF
conviction was affirmed by the supreme
court several months ago, and since that
time Mrs. Lilies attorneys have made
strenuous efforts to secure rehearing,
hoping to get q reversal. Since the trial
and conviction Mrs. Lille has been ia
the jail at David City, the supreme court
having granted stay of execution pend
ing action by the court. Harvey Lille,
husband of the convicted woman, was
shot and killed while asleep at his home
in October 1902. 1t was several weeks
before Mrs. Lille was accused Of the
crime and placed under arrest.
No damages can be collected by the
estate of Charles Hopper. declares the
supreme court. and the decision III the
case of the New Omaha Thompson Hous-
ton Electric Light Company against Ferd
Anderson, administrator, mas been re-
verSed. In the lower court verdict for
damages was secured. Hopper was
member of Il fire truck company. a lad
der was hoisted, its metallic corners came
in contact with live wire and Hopper,
who was assisting in the hosting. was
killed. In deciding the case the supreme
court declared: "A member of a truck
company, who assists to hoist Il ladder
with metallic corners against an electric
light wire. cannot in the absence Of the
invitation or the express permission of
the owner, complain that the wires were
not properly insulated and that he was
injured because of such lack of inSula.
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When State Treasurer MOrtcnsen clos
ed up his books at the end of his first
term last week and opened them up to
begin ON his second term he had on hand
just S50230. He had on deposit, however,
$223333, AGA % From Jan. = to Jan. ;. he
had received into the general fund $780,
5S9.91 and paid out of this fund $4,000
u; there had been paid into the perma-
nent school fund $17,44490. and paid
out of this fund $:},2S1. 90; into the TEN.
pOrary school fund there had been paid
$5,541. 80. Into the temporary univer.
sity fund there has been paid out of thisa
sity fund there has been paid $7,5G406.
At this time there is i'll the permanent
school fund only $25.973.JG uninvested
The temporary school fund contains 500;
1889.
1t is not improbable the first reform
to be instituted by the house of represent.
ativeS will be the publication of the time
and place of meeting of all committees.
This has not heretofore been done,
though the senate adopted such a rule
two years ago. The meetings of the
house committees have been announced
in the house, if at all, and those who -
were not present knew nothing of the
time and place of meetings and cOnse-
quently many people directly interested
in pending legislation, failed to get before
a committee. With the place and time
of the meetings scheduled and published
it will be possible for those interested
to keep track of the committees.
John 4. Ehrhardt. judge advocate gen
eral of the National Guard. has exoner.
ated l.. W. Colby, former adjutant gener
al, of the charge of having in his posses
sion $126, money appropriated to pay
the members of the company at WILDER.
Special Examiner ii. s. Virgins made
the charge against Colby in q report TO
Gov. Mickey. after an examination OF
the books in the office Of the adjutant
general
The state banking board organized Fri
day morning by the election of Auditor
Searle as president and f. c. Royse sec
rotary. These appointments were made:
Bank examiners. G.. II. Beaumont. Of
Madrid; J. f. Hilerman, of Burchard;
E. E. Emmett, of ArapahOe; Fred
Whitemore, of Long Pine; Addison Wait,
chief clerk; Maud Hogue, of Lincoln,
Gov. Mickey has refused to issue re-
QUESTION for the return to Nebraska OF
Springer, who is charged with
stealing SO and is believed by the Da-
kota County authorities to be somewhere
in South Dakota. In view of the fact
that he has not yet been definitely locat-
ed, and further that he is charged with
a misdemeanor, the governor refused the
requisition.
All the state officers have filed offcia!
bonds with Civ. Mickey. As fast as they
were approved by the governor they were
filed and recorded in the office of the sec
rotary Of state. The bond of the govern
or is approved by the chief justice of the
supreme court. With the exception Of
the state treasurer'S bond, which is in the
sum of 81 100000, the bonds of state Of
fcers are in the sum of $4,000. Deputy
state officers are required to give bonds
varying i'll amounts from $4,000 to S25,-
900.
At meeting of Lincoln citizens Satur-
day night $4,000 was subscribed toward
building a street railway. The company
will incorporate and intends to compete
with the present company, which is man
aged by outsiders. The present service
does not give satisfaction.
State Treasurer MOrtensen has issued
n fn ar,tI, a