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Fitzgerald Leader.
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
—PTJBLI8HBD BY-
It is said that the world’s wheat
harvest never ends, being in progress
somewhere at all times in the year.
Says the Chicago Chronicle: Uten-
tenant Peary insists on being allowed
five years in which to discover the
North Pole. There is really no occa¬
sion for all this hurry on his part. The
Pole is on ice and won’t spoil perhaps
for a century yet.
Military experts estimate that Spain
has lost 80,000 soldiers in Cuba since
the present war began. Weyler’s
cruel campaign appears to the New
York Mail and Express to have trans.
formed the island into a first-class
Spanish graveyard.
The Superintendent of the Pennsyl¬
vania greenhouses at Altoona has been
directed ,to prepare one hundred and
fifty thousand ivy and Virginia creeper
vines for use in ornamenting the rocky
cuts along the lines of the railway. Oui
railroads are becoming more lesthetic
every year, There are many rough
places in life which would be the bet¬
ter for a bit of clinging ivy to relieve
their ruggedness.
Since the immortal Weller, “vid-
ders” have come high. One was doubly
dear to John Gernand, of Danville, Ill.,
who wrote a check for $54,333.33, to
meet a jury’s requirements in a breach
of promise suit. What is puzzling the
rest of the world, maintains the New
York Press, is whether the thirty-three
cents stands for the widow’s affections,
while the rest of the sum represents
the value of a lost husband.
An English newspaper has collected
some amusing typographical errors,
Mr. Asquith ouce referred to the Gov¬
ernment’s “pique or temper;” the re¬
porter wrote “peacock temper.” A
speaker at Exeter Hall, replying to an
attack, said it was “a double lie in the
shape of half a truth,” which, by the
ingenuity of the reporter, appeared as
a “double eye in the shape of half a
tooth. ” Lord Bussell, the then Canon
of Windsor, had been trying, he said,
for forty years to cure drunkards by
making them drink in moderation;
the local newspaper had it that he had
been trying for forty years to drink in
moderation, but had never once suc¬
ceeded. Sir James Grant, in a speech
in the Canadian House of Commons,
once referred to a man’s thorax; when
in print it read “a man’s pickaxe;”
and on another occasion his reference
to “food for the gods,” appeared “food
for the cobs.” In setting up a speech
of Sir Henry Irving the composrtoi
made “many journeys in small boats’’
read “weary journeys in small boots.”
Complete returns ot fatalities on the
railways of the United States for the
yearj’ending June J 30, 1896, show a
very high death rate among railway
employes. One out of every twenty-
eight men employed on oar railroads
was injured, and one out of every 444
killed. The total number of railway
employes last year was 826,620. Of
this number about 30,000 were in¬
jured and 1900 were killed. There is
an immense discrepancy between the
number of passengers and the number
of employes who are victims of rail¬
way accidents. The number of pas¬
sengers injured last year was one out
of 178,132, while the number killed
was one out of every 2,827,474. The
frequent injury and death of railway
employes is due in large measure to
the failure of railways to take advan¬
tage of the best safety appliances.
Five years ago Congress passed an act
requiring that all cars, freight as wel
as passenger, used in interstate com¬
merce, should be equipped with air
brakes and automatie couplers. Few
of the railways appear to have taken
steps to comply with the requirements
of this law. The latest interstate
commerce report shows that only 379,-
000 out of 1,221,887 freight cars used
in interstate commerce have been
fitted to the requirements of the
statute. According to the terms of
the law all cars which cross State
lines must be equipped with safety ap¬
pliances by two years from the first of
January. The railroads have pre¬
pared iu five years only about one-
fourth of their cars as the lawrequires;
they have only a little more than two
years in which to prepare the other
three-fourths, and the number of in¬
terstate commerce cars is constantly
increasing. It seems probable that
when the time limit expires many rail¬
roads will be found unprepared to
comply with the law which is designed
to give better protection to the lives
and limbs of their employes. As very
heavy penalties are fixed for failure to
do so, it behooves the railroad author¬
ities to quicken their pace.
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PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE AND
SENATE SUMMARIZED.
IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED UPON
Many Bills of General and Local Interest
Receive the Attention of Our
Law-Makers.
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Wednesday'* Proceedings. |
The anti-barroom bill was reconsid¬
ered in the house Wednesday by a
vote of 61 to 60. Several members
who voted against it Tuesday were ab¬
sent and the motion to reconsider was
carried by a bare majority of one.
The bill to attach a penalty to the
failure of telegraph companies to
promptly transmit and deliver all
messages was a special order for the
day, but went over until Tuesday.
The majority report of the Brown in-
vestigating committee was presented
to the house. It is a strong endorse-
ment of administration of the state
university and in that way diametri-
cally opposed to the report submitted
by Hon. Pope Brown and two other
members of the committee.
The afternoon session was devoted
exclusively to the Jefferson county
election contest, which resulted in the
seating of James Stapleton and J. H.
Polhill. The populist members who
lose their seats are B. A. Slater and i
R. P. Wrenn, The fight was strong
while it lasted. A number of speeches
were made and a minority report in
favor of the populist contestants was
offered. The vote to unseat the popu¬
lists was 74 to 38.
A strong fight was made for adjourn¬
ment- over to Friday, but it was unsuc-
ccssful
The bill of Senator H. W. Hopkins,
providing for the election of superior
court judges and solicitors by the peo¬
ple, was the speeial order of the senate
Wednesday, and was taken up imme¬
diately after the reading of the journal.
The bill provides that at the first gen¬
eral election in January that the peo¬
ple will be called upon to vote on the
amendment of the constitution as pro¬
posed by it, giving the people the right
to elect the superior court judges and
solicitors. The bill had been referred
to the committee on general judiciary,
and was reported back with the reo-
ommendation that it should not pass.
Senator Hopkins defended his bill
in an able and decidedly pointed man-
ner.
Senator Kilpatrick spoke against the
passage of the bill and gave as his
main reason for opposing it that it
would lead judges into temptation.
Senator Hopkins, at the conclusion
of Senator Kilpatrick’s remarks, moved
that the bill be displaced and made
the special order for the next legisla¬
tive day. The motion was carried by
a vote of 25 to 15.
A bill to change the time lor hold¬
ing of sessions .of the superior court
of the Middle circuit was taken up by
unanimous consent and passed.
The house bilk changing the charter
of the town of Thomaston to the city
of Thomaston was passed.
On motion of Senator Starr the sen¬
ate adjourned nntil Friday at 10
o’clock.
No Quorum Present.
The lower house of the Georgia
legislature, after having repeatedly
and stubbornly refused to take Thanks¬
giving holiday, met Thursday morn¬
ing and adjourned. Deep disgust was
depicted on the countenances of the
few faithful members who remained
at their posts of duty, while the others
had returned to their homes to partake
of the fattened turkey and ’possum.
Every one of the 56 present at the roll
call felt that he had a personal griev¬
ance, and many expressions, unknown
to parliamentary usage, evidenced the
fact.
Friday’s Proceedings.
Messrs. Polhill and Stapleton, the
democrats who were successful in the
Jefferson county election contest, were
sworn in as members of the house
Friday morning.
Mr. Felder’s Australian ballot bill
was the special order for 10 o’clock,
but on motion of the author was car¬
ried over and set for Monday at the
same hour.
An interesting matter was then
brought before the house by Mr.
Branch, of Columbia, who moved to
disagree with the adverse report of
the committee on his bill to prevent
the making of gold contracts in this
state.
A number of Democratic members
voted for the measure and the result
w-as close. The motion to disagree
with the unfavorable report, however,
was lost, the vote being 49 to 45.
The object of the bill was not to
declare gold contracts void, but to
make them payable in any kind of
money other than gold.
The convict bill, which had for sev¬
eral days been crowded out by other
business, came up as the regular order
at 11 o’clock.
After a few speeches it was the con¬
sensus of opinion that no two mem¬
bers of the house are agreed on any
one point affecting a settlement of this
perplexing question. As a matter of
fact, there is one point upon which
there is unanimity and it is that the
house is hopelessly muddled.
A catechism was finally decided on.
Six questions have been prepared, and,
by beginning atthebottom.it is hoped
to arrive at some idea of the general
opinion. Those who have no opinions
are expected to receive impressions
from the answers of others. Tuesday at
11 o’clock was set for the time to ex¬
amine the legislative pupils. From
the results thns obtained a committee
of three will draft the measure which
will relieve the painful embarrassment
under which the honso now labors.
The following is the list of questions
presented: continua¬
“First—Do you favor the
tion of the present lease system as to
all felony convicts under state super¬
vision?
“Second—Do you favor the pur¬
chase of a farm and erection of build¬
ings to care for the juveniles, women
and aged and infirm convicts, and that
the able-bodied convicts be hired or
leased under state supervision in
terms of not longer than live years?
“Third—Do you favor a central peni-
tentiary for all the convicts, as recom-
mended by the principal keeper of the
penitentiary?
“Fourth—Do you favor state super¬
vision of the misdemeanor convicts, at
the same time leaving the direct con¬
trol to the county authorities?
“Fifth-Do you want a commission
elected or appointed?
“Sixth—Do you want a principal
keeper elected or appointed?”
During the session Speaker Jenkins
grew very wroth at the way members
left the hall during the transaction of
important business, and intimated
that he would use force to have a ma-
jority present if the occasion again
demanded it.
The senate had just enough of its
members in the chamber Friday morn-
ing when the roll was called to begin
business. The first thing in order was
the consideration of the bill of Senator
Hopkins providing for election of
judges and solicitors of the superior
court. This bill was discussed at
some length on Wednesday and was
then made the special order for Friday
morning. exceedingly light at¬
Owing to the
tendance Senator Hopkins moved to
displace the bill and make it the spe¬
cial order for Wednesday, December
1, Senator Battle objected, but the
motion was carried and the bill went
over.
Senator Gray introduced a joint reso¬
lution memoralizing congress to refund
the cotton tax collected during the
war. The resolution was adopted.
A few local bills were passed. These
bills received only 23 votes, which
was just a constitutional majority, and
had one vote been cast against them
out of the 23 they would have been
lost. When it became apparent that
there was but little business before the
senate and that it would be a hard
matter to obtain a quorum Saturday,
the senate adjourned until 12 o’clock
Saturday In tlie House.
At Saturday’s session of the house,
Representative Felder, of Fulton, came
forward with a solution of the convict
question of his own. Mr. Felder wants
to buy the Dade county coal mines
and operate them in the interest of the
state. He introduced a hill which pro¬
vides that county authorities may hire
the felony convicts for working the
public roads, but shall not pay less
than $36 per annum for each convict.
The bill carries with it the idea of a
reformatory for the boys. To carry
out the provisions of the act the sum
of $250,000 is appropriated. providing
A resolution was adopted
that leaves of absence should not he
granted except for providential causes
and for business that makes it imper¬
atively necessary for a member to
leave. The members will now be
forced to stay in their seats.
The manufacturing committee of the
house made a favorable report on the
bill by Mr. Awtry, of Cobb, which
provides that all convict-made goods
shipped into this state must be stamp¬ bill
ed as convict manufactured. The
does not effect goods manufactured by
convicts in this state.
Although not more than forty mem¬
bers were present, the house passed a
few unimportant local bills. The
clerk developed the faculty of seeing
double and managed to count from 95
to 100 members on every vote. After
remaining in session two hours the
house adjourned until Monday at 10
o’clock.
Monday’s Proceedings.
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, and Dr. J. D. Curry,
agent of the Peabody and Slater edu¬
cational funds, were the guests of the
legislature Monday. In joint session
the members of the general assembly
listened to addresses from these two
distinguished men.
Secretary Wilson spoke on the pur¬
suit of agriculture as a science, while
Dr. Curry appeared as the champion
■of intellectual development.
Secretary Wilson’s address lasted
■not more than 30 minutes, while that
iof Dr.Curry was almost twice as long.
The latter devoted the main strength
■of his argument to common schools,
but the tone of his address was favor¬
able ito the university.
At the beginning of Monday’s ses¬
sion of the house Mr. Hall of Coweta,
offered a resolution to prevent the dis¬
placement of the regular order of bus¬
iness during the subsequent days of
the session. The resolution was passed.
Mr. Felder of Fulton then offered
the following resolution: “Whereas,
the United Confederate Veterans’ as¬
sociation has honored the state of
Georgia by selecting its capital city
for the next annual reunion.
“Therefore be it resolved by the
house, the senate concurring, That as
the representatives of the people of
Georgia, we tender the heroes of
’60-’65, forming this association, a
most cordial welcome to our state;
that the capital of the state is hereby
tendered to them for convention pur¬
poses.”
The Confederate veterans’ pension
bill which went over from Friday’s
session as unfinished business, came
with up and it was increase passed. of This $40,000 bill carries the
an over
regular appropriation of $150,000.
There was no opposition to the meas¬
ure. ■
Owing to the fact that the senate
was listening to ttie addresses in the
house of representatives at the hour
of assembling Monday an adjournment Immedi¬
was taken until 1 o’clock.
ately alter the reading of the journal
the bill abolishing the county court of
Lowndes and establishing the city of
Valdosta was taken up.
A house bill by Mr. Armstrong of
Wilkes, providing that all moneys re¬
ceived from fines and forfeitures from
the county court of Wilkes be divided,
pro rata between the court officers of
that county, was passed. Ayes 26,
nays none.
A bill by Senotor Stewart of the
27th, to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors in the county
of Meriwether was passed. Ayes 26,
nays none.
On motion of Senator Battle the
senate adjourned until Tuesday morn¬
ing at 6 o’clock.
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NITROGLYCERIN CAUSES DISASTER
force of the Explosion Is Felt For Ten
Allies Around.
An explosion of nitroglycerin oc¬
curred half a mile west of Chester¬
field, Ind., at a late hour Thursday
night. lifted
Persons one mile away were
from their feet by the concussion, and
the jar was perceptibly felt for ten
miles. Fire followed the explosion,
but the flames were quickly extin¬
guished. nitroglycerin had
Sixty quarts of
been hauled there for the purpose of
shooting a gas well. The explosive
was placed in a large zinc tub, located
at the end of the steam exhaust pipe,
for the purpose of thawing out the
mixture. It is the theory that the tub
became heated. A hole ten feet long
and several in depth was torn in the
earth, and the engine was blown to
pieces. remarkable
Two drillers had a es¬
cape. They were standing within
thirty feet of the scene of the accident,
and were hurled twenty feet by the
force of the explosion, but with the
exception of a few bruises they escaped
unhurt.
MINERS RESUME WORK,
Twelve Thousand Diggers in Illinois En¬
ter the Pits Again.
The coal mining strike in the north¬
ern Illinois district ended Friday.
Twelve thousand men have gone back
to work in the Coal City, Braidwood,
Carbon Hill, Spring Valley, Bodia,
Seatonville, La Salle and Oglesby
fields.
One thousand men remain out at
Streator, the only point where miners
and operators have not agreed, A
settlement there is expected within a
short time.
The victory is with the miners,
although they have not won all they
asked for. t
The strike had been on since July
4th. It started as a part of the gen¬
eral strike ordered by the United Mine
Workers of America. The Pennsyl¬
vania and Ohio miners settled their
differences early in September. In
Indiana work was resumed about the
same time. The 30,000 miners of
Illinois refused to ratify the terms of
the agreement made at Columbus, O.,
and continued the strike.
TO GEORGIA FARMERS.
Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt Ad*
dresses a Timely Fetter.
After carefully summing up the sit¬
uation, Commissioner Nesbitt of Geor¬
gia has decided that the farmers of the
south must vary from the rule of old
and change their plans of farming so
far as the cotton crop is concerned.
Commissioner Nesbitt says the farm¬
ers cannot raise large quantities of
cotton at 5 eents and expect to pay
the expenses of the farm alone from
the sale of the cotton crop. He tells
the farmers they must plow deeper
and depend more upon nature’s boun¬
tiful hand and buy less fertilizers.
Instead of devoting all their acres to
cotton, they should sow other crops
which will sustain the stock as well as
bring in ready cash to the market.
He warns the farmers of the south
of the evil results of a burdensome
cotton crop, and advises them to plant
fewer acres in cotton and to plant
more corn, peas and similar rotating
crops.
WOMEN BARRED OUT.
Methodist Minister Did Not Approve of
Female Preaching.
A Chattanooga dispatch states that
a female revivalist, Mrs. Harris, has
concluded a revival at Hillsboro, Ala.,
a few miles east of Courtland, on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
Large congregations attended the ser¬
vices, including many of the adjacent
counties, going forty and fifty miles to
hear her.
The meeting was commenced in the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
by authority of the board of stewards,
but Rev. Anson West, presiding elder
of the Decatur district, learning of the
use of this church by a female revival¬
ist, went to Hillsboro and overruled
the action of the board, interrupted
the proceedings and caused a consid¬
erable flurry by officially closing the
doors of the church to women preach¬
ers.
The affair has created gi'eac con¬
sternation among the Methodists and
it will be taken to the district confer¬
ence.
Mrs. Harris is the widow of the late
Robert Lee Harris, a noted evangelist
of his time.
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posted on affairs in general.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
DECIDES AGAINST HER.
THE OLD WOMAN MUST HANG.
Her Only Hope Now Lies In Success of
Her Cause Before Governor
Atkinson.
A Washington special says: The
United States supreme court Monday
reviewed the decision of the Georgia
supreme court in the case of Mrs. No¬
bles, convicted of the murder of her
husband. She claimed the process of
law had been denied her. The decis¬
ion is that the old woman must hang.
There is no hope left unless her
cause may be successfully advanced
before Governor Atkinson.
The case has been argued in its
varied ramifications before all of the
courts from the superior court of the
county where the murder was com¬
mitted to the United States supreme
court. There is nothing left it is
thought by the attorneys but to take
the case before the governor, where it
has already been once before.
A Heinous Crime.
The crime for which Mrs. Nobles
must hang was committed nearly two
years ago, in June, 2895. The Nobles
place was about twelve miles below
Jeffersonville. Here the family, con¬
sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Nobles and
their two children Debbv aged 18, and
Jack, about 10, lived. They were typ¬
ical Georgia crackers, knowing and
caring nothing about the world out¬
side.
The family life may or may not have
been harmonious. Opinions on that
point are widely at variance, as Mrs.
Nobles claims that her husband cruelly
mistreated her, while the neighbors
maintain that exactly the reverse was
true.
Living on the place in the capacity
of farm hands were Gus Hambies, a
former Macon hackman, his wife,
Mary Fambles, and Dalton Joiner, all
negroes. in the
These were the participants
horrible tragedy of that June morning.
Mrs. Nobles was accustomed to labor
in the fields as a-common “hand.”
One day, while working by the side of
Gus Fambles, she began to complain
most bitterly of her husband’s ill
treatment, when Gus, with a brutal
frankness, asked why she didn’t get
rid of her trouble by putting the old
man out of the way. When Mrs. No¬
I bles answered him with her question
as to how it could be done the first
step towards the commission of the
crime was taken.
During the three weeks which fol¬
lowed, the plans for killing old man
Nobles were developed, and it is sur¬
mised that iu the making of those
plans Debby Nobles, Mary Fambles,
the wife of Gus, and Dalton Joiner
materially assisted the two chief con¬
spirators. which
At the trial of the case oc-
i curred a few weeks after the murder a
: verdict of “guilty” was brought in
without any recommendation to the
mercy of the court, and Mrs. Nobles
and Gus Fambles were sentenced to
be hanged August 16, 1895.
Just why suspicion should have
pointed from the very beginning to
Mrs. Nobles is not known, but she
was arrested, together with Gus Fam¬
bles and his wife, Mary, Dalton
Joiner and Debby Nobles.
The excitement was intense, the un¬
usual heinousuess of the crime, and
the unique character of the criminal
made it a remarkable case.
Dalton was successful in proving an
alibi, was acquitted and immediately
left the state. 'Debby Nobles was ac¬
quitted. Mary Fambles was sen¬
tenced to life imprisonment, and so
far she is the only one of the five im¬
plicated who has as she yet paid any pen¬
alty for the crime, having been at
work in the coal mines since her sen¬
tence.
Whether or not Mrs. Nobles will go
to the gallows is a matter of much
speculation. Her weird case is full of
interest to the general public, due not
only to the extraordinary story behind
it, but also to the repeated trials and
continued publicity it has been in¬
dulged.
BIG FIRM FAILS.
Ashland, Ky„ Improvement Company
Makes An Assignment.
A general deed of assignment was
made Monday by the Ashland Im¬
provement Company at Ashland,
Kentucky, to its general manager.
The assets are $119,583 in lands and
lots; $105,285 in stock and $6,250 in
notes and accounts, making a total of
$231,118. The liabilities in notes and
accounts are $140,702.
The old town site corporation known
as Kentucky Iron, Coal and Manufac¬
turing Company, and the Ashland and
Catlettsburg street railway, also thus
held, will not be embraced in the fail¬
ure.
LUETGERT’S SECOND TRIAL.
Chicago SauBagemaker Again Faces a
Jndge and Jury.
The second trial of Adolph L. Luet-
gert, for the murder of his wife was
called before Judge Gary, at Chicago,
Monday. The big sausage manufact¬
urer was represented by ex-Judge
Lawrence Harmon and Attorney Max
Riese, Attorney Phelan having with¬
drawn from the case after a heated in¬
terview with Luetgert and the new
lawyers.
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH.
A Number of New Industries Preported
as Established tlic Pant Week.
Correspondents at southern trade
send in encouraging reports as
the condition of business the past
The volume is satisfactory and
outlook for the new year very en-
There is no decrease in the produc¬
of iron, but the plants are mostly
on all orders and it is expected
the decrease in the demand will
the furnaces to accumulate
stock at an early date, in order
be ready for the heavy business ex¬
in the spring.
Textile manufacturers report a
steady demand for their product and
lifting of the quarantine regula¬
tions has given new life to the lumber
Among the new industries for the
are the following: Bottling
works to cost $14,000 at Birmingham,
Ala.; electric light plants at Tifton,
Ga., and Boerne.Tex.; a $20,000 grain
elevator and grist mill at Galveston,
Tex.; flouring mills at Lowryville,
and Leon, W. Va.; au ice fac¬
tory at Boerne, Tex.; a stove foundry
at Sheffield, Ala.; the Sanford Water
and Light Co., capital $25,000, San¬
ford, N. C., and novelty works at San
Antonio, Tex. An oil mill will be
erected at Denison, Tex.; the Harper’s
Ferry Oil Co., capital $250,000, has
been chartered at Wheeling, W. Va.; a
large tannery will be established at
Big Stone Gap, Ya.; the Charleston
(S. C.) Knitting Mills Co. has been
incorporated with a capital of $25,000.
and woodworking plants will be located
at Clinton, N. C., and Elizabetkton,
Tenn.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,Ten¬
nessee). *
HYPNOTIZES CONGREGATION.
Holiness Preacher a Great Success in
Passing: Around the Hat.
The most remarkable religious de¬
monstration ever witnessed in a civil¬
ized community during the nineteenth
century is now being enacted daily
near Brunswick, Ga., according to a
dispatch.
With the mysterious power of a hyp¬
notist the strange preacher of “holi¬
ness” in his tent at the six-mile cross¬
ing continues to work communicants
into frenzies of religious excitement.
For days wonderful stories of the
extraordinary scenes have reached
Brunswick, but the half has not been
told. To this strange religion now
being expounded is charged the death
of young William Hickman, who died
in a religious trance several days ago.
His main forte seems to lie in tak¬
ing up collections. Contributions of
all descriptions poured in, jewelry was
discarded and emptied into his hat,
pocketbooks were turned inside out,
eoats and vests were torn off and
thrown on the altar, while their for¬
mer owners, unmindful of the shiver¬
ing blasts of a northeast wind, stood
with swaying bodies laughing and
shouting “Glory to God.”
TO SAVE A FINE.
Train on Union Pacific Alakes 519 Miles
In 559 Alinutes.
The Union Pacific road made another
record for fast running on last Monday.
A mail train was rushed across the
country from Cheyenne to Council
Bluffs, 519 miles, in 559 minutes.
This is actually elapsed time, and in¬
cludes all stops. Engines were chang¬
ed twice and two engineers were re¬
lieved. All the regular stops were
made and one extra, when an air brake
hose burst and had to be repaired at
the expense of several minutes of time.
A burned out bridge near Medicine
Bow, Wyo., had delayed the mail five
hours and thirty minutes. The train
reached Cheyenne five hours late.
It was necessary to reach Council
Bluff's on time or pay a heavy fine to
the government. It was a most re¬
markable run against time. Chey¬ made
enne to Sydney, 102 miles, was
in 107 minutes. Engines were then
changed and the run from Sydney to
North Platte, 123 miles, was made in
118 minutes. On this run a stop was
made at Julesburg to get the Colorado
mail.
From North Platte to Grand Island,
138 miles, the time was made in 154
minutes, engineers being changed at
Lexington and other stops being neces-
sary. From Grand Island to Council
Bluffs, 156 miles, the time was 165
minutes, including a stop of over five
minutes to fix a bursted tank hose,
regular station stops, a delay by a
Missouri Pacific freight train entering
the Omaha yards and other annoy¬
ances.
EX-AUDITOR FOUND GUILTY.
Nebraska Official Will Be Sentenced For
Embezzlement.
Eugene Moore, ex-auditor of Ne¬
braska, charged with the embezzle¬
ment of $23,000, was declared guilty
at Lincoln, Monday afternoon, as
charged. Sentence was deferred.
Moore and his attorneys admitted
the shortage, but contended that it was
not embezzlement, inasmuch as the
money taken, consisting of insurance
fees, should have been paid, accord¬
ing to law, to the state treasurer in¬
stead of himself and that he was re¬
sponsible only to the insurance com¬
panies. Judge Cornish overruled this,
technical defense and committed him.
AIKEN WANTS REWARD.
Claims That He Knows Murderer of Hon*
John M. Clayton.
Governor Jones, of Arkansas, lias
received another letter from Luther
Aiken, of Pitts, Ga., the prisoner
guard, who claims to know who mur¬
dered Hon. John M. Clayton in Plum-
morsville, Ark., eight years ago. alleged!
Aiken incloses a copy of an
confession by a prisoner in which the
confessor murder. tells how he committed the]
