TITE OMAITA' DAILY DEE: FRIDAY. DECEMnEK 11. 1003.
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EES MAY ALL BE ILLEGAL
Eight of Treamwi to Take Toll from
, Bcbool Fund it Qntictid
SUPREET COURT PASSES ON QUESTION
State Trruirrr ! Call . for He
temptloa f Klae-tr Thoaaa DoU
Uri ( OKiUndiat Otitnl
.. 1 . .. ri Warraat.
(From a Staff Corespondent.)
LIKCOUN, Dec. JO. (Special.) While th
attorney general la preparing his opinion
In the matter of the, constitutionality of
the practice of county treasurer ito de
uet H,pr cent of the .proceed derived
from the aale and leas of achool land
and remitting the remainder to the atate
treasurer, the question haa come up by
what authority do , thoy deduct their 1
per cent ft thl work or secure 1 per cent
fee from any fund. Years ago It was
customary for the legislature to appropri
ate money to pay the tern of county
"treasure re and warrant' were drawn for
that purpose by the auditor. In recent
years the. appropriation were cut off,
since which time . the deduction began.
From a reading of the statute and opin
ions in uch rase U I argued that there
la no authority ' for the county treasurers
receiving the i per" cent. ' Section 20,
chapter xvill, says: ' , - -
' Each coumy treasurer hall receive for
bis services the following fees: On all
moneys coliect.nl by him and on poll tax
ana roaa receipts received Dy mm in lieu
of cash for each fiscal year, under M.I1U0.
10 per cent; fur all- sums over $6,000 and
unaer IIO.wu, per. Cent; on. all sums over
Hi'.oofl, 2 per cent. (In all sums collected
percentage shall be allowed but once, and
in computing the amount collected for
the purpose ,of charainK Dercentaae. all
umi, ttom whatever lund deriveu, shall
be Included together, except the school
fund. The treaxurcr shall be raid In the
name pro, .rata, from the-respective funds I
of the state collected by him, whether the
same no In money or state warrants. All
fees on Collections of county funds shall
De aeouciea rrom tne cot'.-.ty general lunu
On school moneys by him collected, he
shall receive a commission of but 1 per
cent and in nil cases wuere persons out
side of the tttate apply to the treasurer to
pay taxes, the treasurer Is authorized to
charge a fee of $1 for ' each tax receipt
sent to him by such persona.
In a case based on thla section (Taylor
Vs. Kearney Co., 35 Id., 81), It Is held
"Moneys collected by blm refer solely to
taxes collected."
No Mention of Fees.
(Section S, chapter lxxx. County Treasurer
'-Books Payments.)
The. Board of Educational Lands and
Funds shall furnish to the respective con nit y
treasurers su 'h books, records and Infor
mation- as are necossary to conduct the
school ' land buslneHS of their respective
counties. It shall be the duty of the
county- treasurer to thereafter enter In
said records the school land transactions
in his county, and to use due diligence to
collect all money by his books or the rec
ords of the commissioner of public lands
and buildings found to be due, and to re
ceive payments upon the educational lands
as herein provided, and deliver to the payor
his receipt therefore, -aim 10 me rominit
Inna, nf mihllo unAm And hullllinn a dU
plicate of said receipt, which, If found "cor
rect by said commissioner, shall be entered
upon hla records and file with the auditor
of publio accounts; and said auditor shall
charge such county treasurer with the
amount of money received as principal and
Interest, senaratelv. And all moneys so
received "hall be paid by th offlcera re
celvtnur . the. same to -the atate treasurer,
stweifvina i whether said money Is from
school, normal school, unl
u.nliv :.f narriciilturel oolleae lands, and
such money shall be held for the principal
of the funds derived from these lands, or
fmm tha itfinnonmr fund belonging
thereto, as the- case may be. Upon the
payment by said county treasurer or saia
money to the state treasurer, and presen
tation of the state treasurer's receipt to
the auditor of public aooounta, he shall
rmrilt said county -treasurer, with the
. Btnn vf thn Mama?' - "a.
It la geneVally1 understood that the county
treasurers claim their right to make the
deductions from the ' first section quoted,
but in the opinion cited the supreme court
holds different. The Question haa created
considerable' comment around , tha state
house and 'many - suggestions have been
made for a recovery of tha shortage to
the nermanent school fund, should tha
practice be held to be' unconstitutional.
One officer." suggested .-that sthe legislature
could authorise the auditor to draw a war
rant' for the amount on the general fund,
to be paid Into the permanent achool fund.
Just ilke It did when the Bartley matter
came, in which Auditor Moore drew the
warrant. Senator Millard's bank cashed It
and JBartlsy served' a term in tha pcnlten
tlary for appropriating tha proceed
, Calls im Warraat.
' Stat Treasurer Mortenaen baa Issued two
calls, for general fund, warrants for the
month . of .December. . One for MO.000 num
bered from 82.M0 to 13.188, maturing De
cember 16 and a second for 160,000 maturing
December U. In all probability) another
call will be made before' tha end of th
month.' . 1 - ' '
A large part of the receipt of money
during thla month la due to th new rev
nu law which make personal taxes pay
able on December I lnatead of February,
aa It was under tha old law. From th
returns received from the various eouuty
treasurers It la evident that th new law
la being observed generally notwlthstand
tilat Ita fat Is still In tha hands of th su
pram court.
At a meeting of th city Improvement so
ciety this morning a paper waa read eon-
dentnlar th - practice ef throwing ' hand
bill upon th streets, giving the town a
most untidy- appearance, . It was suggested
that a tan-Jin advertisement In a new
paper would do a merchant more good than
all of .'the hand bills that could be acat-
Of2555?3?
; Have a slice?
Want soma of the
choicest "cuts" we're cut
ting la price during thla
FU Stock Redrxlag 5a In
Backward, warm fall
haa inade some of our
choicest fabrics, bashful.
We're cuttlug out their
baahfulnesa by cutting off
a .targe hunk ot their
original prices thua:
30 Bulls aud Overcoats,
tailor uiado. fur $25.
, 15 and 28 Suits and
Overcoats, UiUor made,
for $20.
tl aud 7 Trousers,
tailor made, for $5.
12 Trousers, . t a 1 1 o r
made, for $!. .
MacCarthy
Tailoring Company,
J04-JO4 A lets. c
' Next door to
Wsbasa TJcatt Office.
boa 1104.
lered around. A report of the work of the
society during the last two year will toon
be printed and ready for distribution.
Oae feat Eactt for Rats.
Out at th State Industrial school at
Kearney they evidently bad a rat-kllllng
time thla month, according to the report of
Superintendent Hay ward just filed with
the secretary of atate. In the disburse
ment column there Is an Item allowing
Herbert Mills lid for killing 103 rata. Juat
how tha murders war committed th re
port doea not ray, but it waa evidently a
rapid process. Tha total enrollment at th
school during the month was Its, of which
136 were In attendance at the end of tha
month. Five boys were received at tha In
stitution and two were paroled since tha
last report.
Contractor Oete Pay.
Treasurer Mortenaen naa Anally with
drawn his objections to tha payment of a
bill for tl.777.TO to W. A. Bailey for work
done at the Grand Island Soldiers' horn
and tha claim haa been allowed by tha
Board of Public Lands and Buildings. At a
meeting of tha board tha day previous Mr.
Bailey waa released from a contract to do
some painting at the Mllford home. State
ments were filed to show Mr. Mortenaen
that the work had been well dona.
-Hall Aajalaat Reveaae Law.
Senator Hall, who helped to represent
Douglaa county In tha lata legislature and
who voted for the revenue law enacted by
that body, today filed a brief In tha supreme
court to assist In knocking out the law.
Mr. Hall holds that tha insurance sections
are bad because they discriminate.
. .. .
R. H. Fierier, a night watchman employed
to protect and watch tha property of others
ln a block In this city. Is now behind the
bara at the city jail, charged with petit
larceny. Fisher was caught In the act of
eteallng a morning newspaper from the
porch of one of tha houaea which he
watched. For some time the subscriber
hod been missing his paper and at last re
ported to the police. Officer Codle watched
the watchman and the house. He watched
the watchman watch the newsboy place the
paper on tha porch and then he watched
the watchman grab the paper and begin to
watch th house. Then Cod! arrested
him.
DEAN EDGREN DIES IN SWEDEN
University Professor, for Maay Tear
1st Lincoln, Goes to His
Boat. ,
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LINCOLN. Deo. 10. Word was received
In Lincoln today 'of the death of Dean A.
H. Edgren of the University of 8todkholm,
Sweden. For many years he was dean of
the graduate school of the University of
Nebraska and held s chair of languages.
He wns the author of several textbooks.
Prof. Edgren was on of th most dis
tinguished members of tha faculty that
ever served the university. He wss highly
regarded by hi associates for' his deep
learning and loved by th entire school
for hi manjr trllng qualities.
A man of great attainments, he had a
world-wide reputation aa a linguist and
aa a Sanscrit scholar. His work at th unl.
versity waa of th highest order, and he
has left th Impress of his personality on
tha students who graduated from the In
stitution, wb.il he occupied on of th
chairs, which will live many years.
A member of th faculty said today that
no eulogy of Prof. Edgren could be mad
too strong, for the. dead educator deserved
very word of commendation that might
be passed upon his standing as a man and
as a teacher. .
Bealdes being distinguished aa a linguist,
Prof. Edgren was th author of a number
of school works which1 have' had a wide
sal and have brought him fame beyond
his reputation as an educator. The best
Spanish and Italian grammar extant war
written by him and he ha written a numr
ber of scientific papers. He waa an ad
mirer of the poet Longfellow, and trans
lated his works into the Swedish language
for th benefit of his countrymen, consid
ering It a labor of love.
Two year ago, to the i great regret of
the chancellor and faeulty, w,ho wef loath
to lose hi great services, Prof. Edgren
resigned and accepted a position aa crltle
and Judge In the Nobel Institute at Stock
holm, Sweden. The offer waa a flattering
one. and th wife of tha professor, desiring
to live one more In that country, did much
to influence him to sever th relations of
years with th stat university.
The position was on of th greatest re
sponsibility, and it was a Tar tribute to
the ability of th . Nebraska man as
holar and critic. Th literary produc
tion of the world were to pas through
his hands, from th greatest pens In tha
universe, and to his judgment' and ntc
discernment was left th final decision.
Notable Mnaonlo Gathering.
OAKLAND, Neb., Dec 10. (Special.)
Th meeting last night of Oakland lodge
No. U, Ancient Ftoa and Accepted Masons,
marked on of tb moat notable occasion
of th Oakland lodtfe. Seldom will you
witness ' such a gs.therlng of' notable
Masons. Among those present were R. E.
French, grand custodian of Nebraska;
Judge Evans of Dakota City, past grand
master: Judge Hop well, grand senior war
den of Nebraska; Jess Gidley of Cedar
Bluffs, grand worthy patron of th Order
of th Eastern Star, and " many other
notable Mason from Pender, Lyons, Teka
mah, Wayne, Craig, etc. In all alxteen
lodge and three different atate were rep
resented, th. grand custodian Illustrated
th lecture with magnlfisent 'stereopticon
views. After the completion tof the work a
banquet was served. Th nw and finely
furnished lodge rooms of th Masonle order
appeared at their beat In th brilliant light
Each on present spoke with enthusiasm of
th splendid appointments and the elegant
furnishings and arrangement of the new
rooms. Th grand custodian, Mr. French,
will .hold a school for Instruction for the
next three days.
Time to Take n Rear.
DAVID CITT, Neb.. Dec, 10. (Special.)
Mr. and Mrs. Tennis Hookstra will oele-
brat their eighty-first birthday next week.
Mr. Hookstra'a. birthday comes Sunday,
December 13, and his wife's Wednesday,
December 14. Some tlmo ago they divided
up. (46,000 between their three children.
John and Henry Hookstra. and Mrs. John
Vandermeulen, so as not to be bothered
with th care of It, but retaining plenty
for their own use. After living In the old
horn for thirty-etghtyears. they moved
last week, so as to be nearer Henry, one
of th sons. Mr. and Mrs. Hookstra hav
lived a good. Industrious life and surely
have a right to enjoy th fruits of their
energy and thrift.
Roy May Lose an Ey.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Dec. 10.-(8peclal.)
The 4-year-old sun of Mr. and Mr. Eb
errole met with an accident while playing
with a pitchfork with several other boys.
On of th boy was striking the prongs
of th fork and th other were listening
to the sound thus made, when the fork
dropped and one ot the tines struck David's
eye. The boy was taken to Omaha and
placed under the oar of Dr. Clifford, but
It Is feared that the sight of the member
has been permanently Impaired.
Haas Asks Dlvoreo.
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb.. Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) E. R. Haas, former county clerk of
Otoe county and now a resident of Syra
cuse, today filed suit for divorce from his
wit. Eertha J. Hta.
ARRESf BLAIR'S HIRED MAN
Alle.e'd lit ii ths Cm Wh Eeall Ab
ducted Bnelah Thomas.
BLAIR WAS AT CHURCH THAT EVENING
Wonder Row la How Girl Could Have
' Boon Conconloel SO Long It th
Honao Wlthont Being
, Discovered.
YORK, Neb., Dec. 10.-(Speclal.) Lewie
Bice, a young man employed by John Blair
aa hired man, waa arreated thla morning
and placed In Jail. Offlcera with a .war
rant charging Blca with attempting to in
terfere with the administration of Justice
by hiding and secreting Beulah Thomas,
arrested We at the Blair home and brougnt
him to York, where County Judge Taylor
placed him under $600 bonds, which a ere
soon furnished by Bice's mother, who lives
In ArborvllI township and owns real es
tate there. i
The report Is that on Sunday night, No
vember 13, Lewis Bice drove near a bridge
or creamery near the Thomas home end
tied his team, walking to the Thomas
house, where h I said to have found Miss
Thomas a she stepped out of the house,
and she either Voluntarily accompanied him
to where the leam was, or he by force tcok
her to the team, and they then drove to
Blair's house, where Miss Thomas Is now
supposed to have been secreted all the
time up to last Monday night, when ccunty
officers arrested Blair on the same charge
and when searching the house found Miss
Thomas. '
The strangest part of all Is how Kiss
Thomas could have all this time' been at
Blair's house and no one discovered It, or
-any Information leaked out. Blair has three
daughters attending school who never told,
and a part of the. time Blalr'a house vas
watched, as the father of Miss Thomas ac
cused Blair of having abducted hla daugh
ter or being Instrumental In kidnaping her.
On the eventful Sunday night John Blair,
who Is said to not be a regular church at
tendant, was one of the first to enter the
church at Arborvllle, and aa tha abduction
of Miss Thomas occurred at church time
susnMon was not directed so strongly
against Blair, .who was known by a large
number to have been at church at th tlm
of the abduction.
' Those who censure snd condemn Blair
say that this was a scheme of Blair's to go
to church, so that he would not be sus
pected as having, a part In tha dlsappe.r-
anee of Mres Thomas, and it did have much
to do with quieting public opinion.
Bice' trial will take place In sixty days,
Blalr'a trial may commence this week.
SUPERVISORS? . FMISH . WORK
Committee to Have Bills Desired
Ready for Heat Session of th
Legislature.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 10.-(Spe-
clal.) Tha Commissioners and Supervisors
association" convened this morning at 10
o'clock and ' completed Its business before
noon.
Chairman Wetton of the legislative com
mute announced the appointment of the
following a the executibe committee: Wal
ton, Lancaster; Falter, Cass; Oreenwalt,
Custer; Gallagher, Hull; Crosier, Polk; Mo
Cord, Jefferson, and Winter of Madison.
It was ordered that this committee have
Its bill prepared by November 1 and tiiat a
copy b sent to th board of every county
n th stat and that th bills also be read
at th next annual meeting of the1 asso
ciation to be held at Lincoln, early during
th legislative session.
The following resolution was adopted by
a rising vote:
Resolved, That we, the members of the
Commissioner and Supervisors association
of the state of Nebraska, extend our most
hearty thanks to the people of Grand Island-
for their cordial welcome and their
courteous treatment during the entire con
vention and especially to the members of
the Hull county board of supervisors for
the royal entertainment given ua and their
Untiring efforts toward making this con
vention on of the most profitable and
pleasant yet held by this association.
The secretary was ordered to ' have 200
copies of th revised by law printed.
:t waa also ordered that an ordor of busi
ness be adopted for future conventions. On
motion the chairman appointed Newton of
Lancaster, Gallagher of Hall and Winter
of Madison as a committee to formulate a
program for the next convention. Th
convention hereupon adjourned.
Surveying I'alon Paelne Cnt-Off.
PAPILLION, Neb., Deo. 10. (Special. )-r
A gang of Union Pacific surveyors hav
been at work northwest of Papllllon making
a survey for. a cut-off which It is alleged
will shorten th road between Omaha and
Millard by about eight miles. At present
the, Union Pacific makes a long detour
through South Omaha and all the way to
Millard, but should the cut-off be built as
contemplated they will branch off from
their present line about a mile, from the
Union stattori at Omaha, take a direct
westerly" course and again Join the main
track at a point ona mile east or Ml Hard,
This will leave the towns of South Omaha,
Avery, Gllmor and Papllllon off th main
Una, but It Is stated that the company will
not abandon the line through these places
but will run local trains over the roste
now In vogue sufficient to take care of th
business from these points, it is asserted
by those In authority that the manage
ment of the Union Pacific haa not aa yet
fully decided to construct thla line, but
their Intention la to make a complete sur
vey' In order to arrive at an approximate
cost of reducing grades, bridging, filling In
and other necossary work.
Signal Corps 1 Interested.,
FREMONT, Neb., Dec W. (Special.)
Th signal corps bf ths Nebraska Na
ttonal Guard Is somewhat Interested in
th grand Jury Investigation of General
Colby's transaction In tha adjutant gen
eral's office on 'account of a ISO item for
armory rent which it never received. The
corps wa mustered Into service in March
.1903, snd was supposed to receive money
for armory rent from that time. In Feb
ruary, 19(0, It received from the adjutant
general's office ISO to apply on rent for
the present year and was' Informed by
General Culver that there was no money
on hand to pay bark rent. In spite of the
fact that the legislature of 1901 appropri
ated money for that purpose.
Janitor Ha n Clos Call.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
clal.) About I oVIock this morning Jsnt-
tor Bade, of the court house, who sleeps
In ths county treasurer's office, awoke
with that stuffy feeling. He didn't rea
Us at first whether there wa a fir or
what was th mailer. .He Is a light, sleeper
and having th Impression that something
was wrong. Immediately got up and began
to Investigate. - It was found that the
high wind that had come up during the
night was blowing down the chimney,
part of th amok pipe above the building
having bet-n broken off and the wind, blow
big from the roof down the pipe, tiling
the room with coal gas.
Presbvterlaa Have Prospered.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Ic. 10. (8pclal
Th annual congrecstlonal mealing of the
First Frsbytlan ehure-h raa hel4 last
nltht. Th report submitted show an ad.
vaaccmtnt Is all dpartmnla of U
church during the psst year, the Increase
In membership being seventy. Officers were
elected as follows: H. L. Warner, J. T.
Dickinson snd S. P. Letter, elders J. R.
Splcer. William A. Wolfe, J. A. MeCaUum,
O. W. Warner, trustees? Mesdames F. E.
Kimball, F. 1L Howey, F. N. Prophet,
music committee.
FORMER NEBRASKAN CONVICTED f-
W. W. Montgomery Gallty of Mis
slnnghter In Killing of an
Oklahoma Jailer.
GUTHRIE, OkL. Dec 10. (Special Tel,
gram.) The Jury in the trial of Charloa A.
Thorn alias W. W. Montgomery, accused of
the murder of J. L. Emerson, Jailer1 of the
Logan county Jail, here. May 14 last, re
turned a verdict today after being out
twelve hours, finding Thorn guilty of man
Slaughter In the first degree. Thorn waa ar
rested In Oklahoma City In April and
brought here, to answer to the charge of
bigamy. In a Jail break May It he escaped,
kjlllng the Jailer and was caught four days
later.
He formerly resided at Beatrice. Neb., at
which place he wa married. He Is also
said to have been married In Rlnux City,
la., Chicago, 111., and Seward, Okl. At the
preliminary heating here In July he was
defended by Attorney L. W. Colby of
Beatrice. Neb., and Judge A. II. Houston
of this city. His mother resides at Blu
Springs. Neb. . ' . . ,
MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED
Woman Dies from Injuries and Rn
Hope for Recovery of
.Child. ' -
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Dee. 10.-(Spe-clal
Telegram.) Mrs. Daisy Trulllnger was
fatally burned here today, dying from the
effects f the injuries received late this
afternoon. Mrs. Trulllnger was trying
to kindle a fire with kerosene and the can
exploded, throwing oil over the room and
setting fire to her garments. Her Infant
child was in the room and the woman was
suffocated with ' fire and smoke In trying
to carry It from the house. Oeorge In
gram first saw the fire and rescued the
woman and child from the, building. The
woman was frightfully burned, scarcely
any clothes remaining on her person, and
she died at a late hour today. It (is not
thought possible th child can live.
Fights Peddler Lteeaso.v
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.)
The police arrested a man who gave his
name as W. L. Laferty, residence Kan
sas City, onthe charge of peddling with
out a license. Laferty represents a Kan
sas City Instalment house and carries a
large quantity of rugs, clocks, etc. He
sent to Kansas City for an attorney to de
fend him and claim that tha house will
carry the case to tha. United Btatea su
preme court.
Rod Men Elect Officers.
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.)
Otoe tribe No. 18, Improved Order of Red
Men met last night and elected the follow
ing officers: Theodore Leech, prophet; L
H. Millen, sachem; A. C. Bradley, senior
sachem; J. H. Martin, Junior sachem;
Martin Schldlowskl, keeper of wampum;
R. B. Appleget, chief of records; Theodora
Leech, C. A. Osborne, Martin Schldlowskl,
trustees.
MeCook Boy a Hold 'for Robbery.
McCOOK, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.) Two
misguided young men, Harry Walters knd
John Hawkins of 'this 'city, now repose
In the county Jail aflndlanola for having
renevea i nomas nuirnner or Perry of 1170
a few days since.' They were apprehended
at Culbertson and bound over to the March
term of the district court Walters is held
under $800. bond as principal and Hawkins
under MOO as accessory.
, . Scarcity o( Coal..
HARVARD, Neb.. Dec. 10. (Special.)
Cold Weather and a scarcity of the best
grade of Colorado and Wyoming coal, Is
the condition Harvard finds Itself In. Corn
gathering Is still going on though many
have finished while others are hurrying
their gathering a fast as possible that
they may be through before heavy storms
coi n a
Otoo Cosstr Carriers Confer.
NEBRASKA CITT, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe-
clal.H-The Otoe county Rural Carriers' as.
soclatlon met at th government building
in this city. Several members from other
towns in the county wer present snd
two new carriers Joined the association,
The numerous bills before -congress con
cerning th carriers and the good roada
bJUs were discussed at the meeting. '
Visit th Fatherland. .
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.)
CarrBchuls, connected with the Beatrice
Brick works, departed today for Germany
to Join Robert Klose, president of the
concern, who has been visiting there for
the past few months. The two will travel
extensively through Europe and will not
return to this country until lata In th
spring,
I
Kalarhts Templar Banquet.
BEATRICE, Neb., Deo. 10. (Special. )
Mt, Hermon eommandery, Knlelits Temp
lar, held a largely attended meeting last
night, which was addressed by Orand
Commander Fred Vaughn. Initiatory serv
ices wcio held, after which a banquet was
given by the lr.-al lodge. Quite a number
ot visitor a were present from Wymor and
Blue Springs. .
Thirty Days for Theft.
BEATRICE. 'Neb., Dec. W.-(Speclal)
The young man who gave the nam of
Mark Bly and who was arrested on a
charge of stealing an overcoat from -J. B.
Fulton, was sentenced to thirty days in
th county Jail yesterday. He claimed
Kearney a his horns.
Roy Declared laaaae.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. Doc. 10.-(8peclal.)
The Cass county Board of Insanity has
examined a 17-year-old boy named Joseph
Hhoden st Greenwood and pronounced him
a fit subject for the asylum for Insane, to
which place Sheriff J. D. McBrlde accom
panied him. y
Take, cold easily? Throat tender? Lungs
weak? -Aiiy relatives have consumption?
Then a cough means a great deal to tyou.
Your doctor will tell you to take the medicine
that has been healing weak lungs for sixty
years. He knows. Do
U.... ft.M. auaracstow.
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RETURNS TWENTY-TWO BILLS
Fsdenl Grand Jury Indict Eartlett R ch
ords tud 0th if Big Cattleman.
ELLIOTT LOWE ALSJ FALL A PREY
Latter la Charced with Bribery In
Alma PostoSlce Deal and Pornser
with Mleanl Fenrlna- of
- Land.
Th federal grand Jury yesterday after
noon returned twenty-two Indictments,
some of the principal victims being Bart
lett Richards, president of the Nebraska
Land and Feeding company; W. J. Comstock
vice-president, Charles Jamison, secretary,
F. M. Curiie and other big stock men ot
Nebraska; Elliott Low of Alma.
" Th charges alleged against the cattle
men Is that of Illegally fencing government
lands and thos against Low are alleged
bribery for certain transactions In the
disposition of th postmastershlp at Alma.
Low was stat representative and repub
lican candidate for the nomination a con
gressman and had. It Is said, distribution
of this much patronage. His accusers
charge that he gave the postofflce to J. C.
Mitchell for a consideration of tfiOO, being
$100 In excess of th amount offered by J.
B. Billings, former postmaster and candi
date for reappointment The case was
worked up by District Attorney Summers,
through K. L. Keseler, an attorney at
Alma. -
Despite these rave charges and the fact
that both Lowe and Postmaster Mitchell
were subpoenaed as wffhesses and held In
Omaha throughout ths proceedings of the
grand Jury at the command of Summers,
8ummers has persistently refused to allow
either to go before the grand jury and tell
what he knew to be facts In this case.
Mitchell has repeatedly urged that he be
allowed this privilege, but each time has
been dm led It. This Is considered a fatally
weak point In Summer's prosecution.
Charaes Are Denied.
1 In the evidence worked up against Low
the statement is made that Mitchell bor
rowed 11,000 from the Harlan county bunk
at Alma on the day on which he was orig
inally charged with turning over tha fUOO
to Low. Mitchell admits getting this
amount from the bank on that day, but
declares that he did not appropriate a cent
of it for th purchase of the postofflc
appointment He says he spent H60 for
fixtures for the postofflc and (32S went to
redeem an overdraft at a bank. He and
hi friends of whom there are many, aa
well aa Lowe and his numerous I MendH,
deslar th charge contained In th in
dictment tote absolutely false.
In addition to these indictments It la
generally rumored that a bill, was returned
against former adjutant general L. W.
Colby of Beatrice for the alleged mlaap
appropriation of $3,000 appropriated to pay
for government supplies furnished at th
time of tha fir at th penitentiary, th
money to pay for th saane having been
appropriated by th legislature, .
Thla makes Just eighty-tare bflls re
turned by this grand Jury, and It still has
considerable business on hands. Tet It Is a
matter of great speculation aa to whether It
will not adjourn tomorrow night. The re
maining case to be Investigated are thos
charging lliclt selling of liquor to Indians.
It Is understood that some grave charges
have been preferred along this line, but
what has been or will be done toward ier
rettlng out those charges Is not known.
Naturally, the Indictment returned against
Senator Dietrich Is th one which haa at
tracted greatest Interest, and it has really
been tb pivot ot this grand Jury's opera
tions, it would seem.. Another bill of some
notoriety was the one returned against
Jerry Taylor of Fremont. ' (charged with
sending an obscene letter through the malls
to a Miss Many Taylor of Pratt, Kan.
Many of th recent Indictment are against
persons not yet arrested, who ' have thua
far evaded tha deputy marshals' who have
been, ostensibly at least, scouring th coun
try for them.
Woman Prove Insane.
The interest of the mysterious Fairbury
woman In the postofflc Investigations
seems after all to have no bearing on the
deliberations, but rather on the salvation
of Francis White, th foreman of the grand
Jury. . '
A young woman, rather pleasing In looks.
eppeared at the postofflce building yester
day morning and asked to be directed to
the grand. Jnry room. She was shown, and
approaching the door rapped and asked If
Francis White was there. Mr. White cour
teously, responded and the young woman
asked him if his name waa Francis White.
H said that It was.
"Is your life In danger?" shs asked.
"I don't know, but why?" asked White,
surprised.
She repeated the question, and White,
more mystified than ever, called the at
tention of District Attorney Summers to
the woman's actions, and as It was evident
.that she wss mentally unbalanced she was
gently given over to the care of th United
State marshal.
An Investigation of th case developed
that the young woman waa from Fairbury
snd that on Sunday last she hsd heard a
sermon preached , there by a Rev. Francis
White; that she wss much wrought up
over It and wss laboring under a strong
religious dementia. She conceived th Idea
that the minister's life was In grave dange.
and came to Omaha yesterday to warn
him. thinking Foreman White was tie man
of cloth. 8 he put up ot the Paxton and In
Inquiring for Francis White wa directed
t6 the foreman of th federal grand jury
According to her statement her home Is st
Fairbury, where she has a husband and
twin. children, a boy snd girl. The Fair
bury authorities have been notified srd an
effort will be made to restor her to her
friends.
She Is a woman of more than ordinary in
telligence, I stylishly dressed and aside
from her hallucination tKst Francis White
Is In danger of his life, she Is perfectly ra
tional on all subjects. She registered st the
Paxton as Mrs. H. W. Bsnner ef Fairbury.
In order that no more leakages may cc-
cur from the grand Jury room at the federal
building the most etrinrent mnndntes have
been Issued regarding witnesses snd others,
snd the seals of secrecy hsve been clcsed
with a time lock and the key hid.
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ry Sectoral for cough and
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Excursion
The Rock Island System will run another home
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Oklahoma City, O.T.f 16.25 Ft Worth, Tex. .... f 21.20
El Reno, O. T....;.?UB.25 Galveston, Tex.... .$30.10
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Enid, O. T 114.41 Vernon, Tex........ f 20.50
. Chickasha, I. T.. ...117.24- Brady, Tex.... .....f 26.92 ,
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ORCHARD, NEB., December 4, 190a
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