Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-05-18

| no is convinced that Frank Barker the
/ Webster County murderer sentenced to-
| hang lime 16. is q confirmed imbecile.-
| He stated that he would not take any
action to secure q commission TO look into
| the mans condition in view Of the Sener-
! nj demand for his execution. lie saln
| that the man had received the news OF
/ the decision affirming the capital sen
| tence without any display of interest and
| does not show any concern IN his ap-
| preaching fate. Barker is still employed
| within the prison walls and the warden
| stated that he did not think that he would
! place him in solitary confinement. ac-
cordng to the usual practice The muir
| derer is kept in cell in the hospital
| building, but no death watch has been
| chosen.
The state board of equalization lndi--
| Gated Thursday that it favOrs the assess
ment of the leases of the Illinois Central,
! Milwaukee, Wabash and other lines
which use the terminals at Omaha. Aud
| itor Searle raised the question, asking
whether they had been assessed last
, year He was informed that last year
the board failed to take action Gov
Mickey stated he believed the leases could
be taxed. While nothing definite WAS.
done, the board took action TO secure da-
ia from which to complete the value of
the leases. 1t is suggested that the rail-
ways which own the lines be required to-.
furnish sworn statements indicating just
what is paid for the of the terminals.
Another plan that was discussed was the
use of statistics of the number and value
of cars used over the leased lines.
The ruling of the attorney general as
to the right of the state superintendent.
TO remove the junior normal from HOl-
drege at first threw wet blanket on the
summer school project. but Saturday the
members of the board Of education OF
state normal schools determined upon q
summer session to be held in the Kear-
hey high school building. Under the
plans made by the board, there will be
twelve principal and five subordinate de-
partments at the new school. for which
seventeen faculty members including the
principal. will be necessary. The board,
is deadlOcked on the selection of a prin-
cipal After taking 100 ballots the board!
adjourned to May %.
Attorney f. l.. Weaver. of Omaha,
representing L. c. Spinney, of the Bank
ers' Union of the World. stated Friday
that a mandamus suit would be institut-
ed against Auditor Searle to compel him
to issue Il license. Friday the auditor.
made Il formal ruling rejecting an amend
ed application by Spinncy's company Oh
the ground that it did not comply with
the requirements of the statute The
first application was rejected April 6 on
the same ground. One OF the principal
objections made by the auditor to the
tat itc fol
forth the membership and the financial
condition. Suit will probably be filed in
Lancaster County.
The supreme court denies q motion for
q rehearng in the case of SorenSen
against Sorensen, from Valley County.
involving the right of Il child of an al
legged common-law marriage to the largo
estate left by Il wealthy farmer of VAL
ley County. The court holds that there
is presumption of the existence of mar
riage which arises from cohabtation ana
holding each other out to the world as
husband and wife, and public policy VIII
not prevent child born of such relaI
tons from awaiting himself of such pre-
sumption in 4 contest as to his Iegti-
macy.
life sentence of George Washington Da--
Wis. the negro convicted of wrecking q
ROCK Island train near Lincoln in 1894.
The man will be released from the peni-
Tertiary at once. He was found guilty.
OF murder the wreck having resulted in
the death of eleven persons. The Cow
ernor stated there Were grave doubts as
to the guilt of the man and that Davis
conduct as 4 prisoner had been excep-
tionally good. In the minute of his action.
embodied in the official records the gov
ernor says that his action is taken for
the furtherance of justice
The Nebraska commission to the Port.
land exposition held Il meeting at Ere
mont Saturday to discuss plans Chair
man W. F. Warner, of the commission.
has returned from Portland. where he.
let the contracts for the Nebraska pavil,-
ion. Secretary Shedd of the commits
SION stated that the first shipment Of pro.
ducts Will be made this week About 500
bushels of corn have been collected for
the purpose already. The sheaf grain
shown at st. Louis will be sent to Fort.
land.
Gov. Mickey. at Lincoln Friday, toIdv
General Manager Webster of the Orna-
ha Bridge and Terminal Company. that
the board would obey the law AMI assess.
that corporation at its true value regard
less of the threat OF litigation made by
the Omaha man. when he had been in
formed by the governor that the assess
ment would probably be raised from
100000 to 100000. Webster declared
that any such increase was unjust and
would force the company to resort to the.
courts.
City Engineer Camper. as a result o4
The recent disclosures as to defective
paving, stated Saturday that he favored
ne construction of municipal plant,
akihg the ground that the city will nee,,
plant eventually to make repairs in ex-
sting paving. He estimates the cost of
plant large enough to do the rouDici-at