Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
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his credit. The three state house per-
sons struck by his darts were Miss Anna
CaIbraith. of the land commissioner s.
Miss Mamie Canning, stenographer Id
the attorney generals Office, and MISS
/ Grace Walker. who recently resigned as
xtenographer in the governors Office
J Miss Galbraith was married to w. C.
Goheen at the home of her parents lib
! Hebron and will reside with her hus-
band at Atlanta. Ga. The second we'd
dino was solemnized at Plattsmouth-
when Miss Walker was married to Mr..
Frank Johnson. Mr.. Johnson is in the
employ of the Burlington railroad. They
w,u make their home in Lincoln. Miss
Mamie Canning married John Cyprian
Stevens at the home of Attorney Generab
and Mrs. Brown in Lincoln.
/ According to the report Of rainfall ID
: Nebraska for the month of May sent out
by the government and received by Sec
rotary Dobson, of the state board OF lrrl-
/, cation. there will be little need of his
office working overtime on the irrigation
| project this summer Rainfall in the
| eastern section of the state was ten inch
es, while in the western section, which
has heretofore been dry, the rainfall was
from four to six inches. Representative
e, Caldwell, of Clay County. said the rain
/. fall had been so heavy in his part of the
state that the growth Of corn had been
greatly retarded. Representative Haley,
of Webster County, said he had been
compelled to replant most of his corn
because it had been washed out.
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/ Because someone was in such hurry
to spread the news of the capture of
| Max Ploehn, who is charged with the
murder of ALMA Coos, the captors VIE
| be deprived Of the $500 reward which
! the state had intended to offer. A few
| days ago Gov. Mickey received an in-
Quiry as to whether the state would offer
reward in such case. The governor
replied that upon receipt of the proper
notification of the murder reward would
be offered. The data in the case was
received Thursday morning and while
. Secretary Allen was preparing the proc
lamation for the signature of the govern
or the news Of the capture was received
! Naturally the proclamation was not is
sued.
! Adjt Gen. Culver received word FRI
day Of the murder Of Capt. Thomas T..
. Hayson at Siassi, Philippine islands,
: Capt. Hayson, who is we'll known in Ne
braska, having joined the service in Kan
sas, was shot while asleep in his room
| by a traitorous sentinel. Gen. Culver
and Capt. Hayson served together in the
| Philippines, both being members of the
i Thirty-second infantry. At the time of
I his death Capt. Hayson was assistant SUI
perintendent Of the constabulary. He
leaves widow and daughter.
|
Registration of students who are to at
tend the summer school at the university
: began Friday morning and the prospects
! are that a large number will attend
Glasses will be heard every day except
! Saturdays and Sundays. Among the
: features will be a course in music and a
! course in superintendent. The faculty
! will consist of thirty-fve instructors of
the university and forty-three courses
will be offered. The school opened Mon
day.
An announcement has been made
| through a sign tackled on building tt the
corner of Tenth and D Streets that Lin
coin Park has been closed to the public,
and no one will be allowed to enter there.
this summer. This takes from Lincolm
its last hope of keeping cool. 1t is stated
that the owners Of the park came to this
conclusion after the street railway COM
pany had refused to cart the people OUT
there at half price or to make any con
tribution toward fixing up the park. !,
A contract was let Saturday afternoons
by Land Commissioner Eaton by permits
sion Of the state board of public lands
and buildings to the State Journal Com
pany to place steel fixtures in the vaultl
in the land commissioners office, the
price to be S2,S29.GO. This pays only for
the fixtures. The total cost before the
work is finished probably will be S3,10Oi
or more. There are three vaults in the,
Office, /
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The state board of assessment held ,,
meeting Saturday and consequently ac-
complshed nothing except that Cow
Mickey and Treasurer Mortensen have
about concluded to adopt some drastic
measures by which the mapority Of the
board will be compelled to attend the
meetings and vote OH the assessment of
the railroads.
At last Lincoln has concluded to clean
up its sidewalks and make it possible for!
"Ouitu VI tue lOWu 10 walk along
the streets without carrying home ten
million thousand microbes collected from
the expectoration on the walks. The
council has passed an Anticipating ordi--
nance and the police say it will be en-
forced.
Chief Clement, of the Lincoln fire de-
partment, who has been scouting aroundi
for some weeks to get good fire horse.L
returned Friday with an animal which,
be located near Emerald, paying $3.50 for
it. The horse is years old, dapplei
gray and is one of the finest specimens
the fire department ever owned
After many spasmodic spells of reforms
and alleged efforts to rid the blocks On
Lincoln Of disreputable characters and toj
raise the business section of the town m.
standard Of morality demanded of a
university town, the police have finallvl
brought to trial number of the ALLEGED
offenders.