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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1908)
WORRALL IS DEAD PROMINENT NEBRASKA GRAIN MAN COMM.TS SUICIDE. EXPOSED THE GRAIN TRUST Instrumental In the Downfall of the Combine, Having Furnished Much of the Evidence on Which It Was Prosecuted. Thomas 15. Worrall. n train merchant of Nebraska, commit- led suicide In hla ofllce In Lincoln by ilrliiktug carbolic acid. ile had been In ill health and it js i.ii..v..,i iiii.i ii m minimi, iiw torture of sciatica that, he drank the lendly poison. .Mr. Worm II was last seen probably by S. K. Hemau, watchman federal building. Mr. Worrall the federal building between 7:110 Friday evening, where be .ome letters. at the was at 7 and mailed In a letter written T. S. Allen, It was mind whs not cleat to his attorney, shown that his ft was written upon two sheets or paper, the llrsl luted .January 1,' 1003, and the second was dated January 2, IS107. in this letter instructions were given to the often that all of the property was to go to Mrs. Worrall, and In the event of her death It was to be divided be 4 went the two sons, Hymn and Mark will. Mr. Worrall was the son of one of Lancaster county's earliest settlors. Isaac Worrall, who nettled in West Oak precinct in 1SU7 after living two j ears In Otoe county. He was the oldest of twelve children. The details of ltis life lie was reti cent about divulging, disposing .of them as follows in the preface to bis book. "The Grain Trust Ex posed:" Mus where and when I was born. Denver's Newspaper Row. and what the name of the attending UenvPr. Col.-A warrant was sworn phjslelnn nn;l nf.rse arc matters of out ThMvsaav night for the arrest of little Interest to you. You are not Fr0ll G Uonm one of tho 1)ronrlelors concerned whether that important of thj? Denvt,r rost; The warrant was oen. lot-It plac? m a scM house, a log SWOrn to by ex-United States Senator bouse or a palatial mansion. Yor. Thomas M. Patterson ns the result of don't care whether J emi trace my u- :m enCounter between the two men at tistry back to the" Pilgrim Fathers oarly hour Thursday morning dur aiul the Mayflower or not. Perhaps I in5 which Senator Patterson was could If I tried. 1 never tiled. For I knocked down and painfully injured, don't care either. The encounter was the culmination of What you are hue: fg'td In Is the a newspaper light which hat? been co st. -ry I have to till It U for that you ins on for some years between the ae pn.ung yo.r noney. Hefoie you proprietors of the Post and Senator pay it you may want to tl;e story is, why 1 haw . ml why I nm competent That is what 1 purpose right here, and in the fewest words 'Reprimand for Capt. Kulp. possible. ' Pes Moines, la. The court martial Mv story is of a- band of broad trying Capt. Kulp of Company B, f.4th clothed 'respectables who have grown regiment, for alleged failure to stop a rich at. the expense- of the farmers, prizefight upon the orders of Adjutant Unlike the .Jnmcs gang this band has General Thrift on the night of Novem not ridden the prairies armed with her 21, returned a Verdict late Friday Winchesters.' taking their lives in holding that Capt. Kulp. while he may hand, to commit crimes in bold and not have intentionally disobeyed the: open violation of the law. Methods orders of Adjutant General Thrift, bad now are more u Ddern. A plan has done so, and the court recommended been envolved for obtaining the maxi- that he be reprimanded, mum of loot with the minimum ot risk." Mr. Worrall started the campaign against the trust which led to its dis ruption. WILL CALL EXTRA SESSION. Governor Sparks of Nevada to Sum- mon Legislature. A Mi-clal session of Hie Wv:u1:i legislature will be called by Governor unlon- John Sparks. The governor said Sunday that he. would issue the proc- Something New for Japan's Navy, tarnation and the date of convening Paris. The Echo de Paris an will be In about two weeks. The call ounces that the Maxims are con will be made at the request of Presl- structinp for Japan a new type of dent Hoosevelt, who has notified Ne- sh,n for ,lu transportation of small VMla's governor that such action must be taken or the troops now stationed at Goldfield will be re moved. Notification of the decision to as semble the legislature has been trans mitted, GoTOrnor Sparks says, to Washington. County Commissioner Rosenthal of Goldfield, whose resig nation haa been requested by Gover nor Sparkt, has refused to vacate his OftivV PHOTOGRAPHS BY WIRELESS. French Inventor Claims to Be Able to Produce Them. Pascal Berjonueau, a Paris Inven- tor. exhibited before the French post- offlcers anu men of the American bat. master seneral and a number of per- t,eshJn fleet al thls p(m eJ tQ sons Interested In scientific invest!- bc an onjovable om?. nright sunshine Ration, a telephotography apparatus favored the visitors and after everv which can be adapted to the wireless thln? was matle sui)Siiane on boaj sstem or to the ordinary telegraph the battleships' 2.000 men were per wire system. He transmitted the pic- mit(ed to come ashore. ture of the postmaster geueral with- out the aid of wires from one end Indians Make Raids. Of the hall to the other. The Inven- cu rtah.Col0rado Vie for claims that distance does not Inter-,ud,.uis are traveJin? in bands ln fere with the effectiveness of Jiis soutkern Utah, raiding sheep and cat- method. Photographs, he says, can tlemen according to a report received be sent by it between New York nd Frl(lav bv Gov John c Culier Pa j is-. VALUABLE RECORDS FOUND. Dr. Delta" Unearths In Mexico Docu ments Taken From Lieut. Pike In 1806. Mexico City. What Is con a I do red a very Important historical discovery hits resulted from the efforts of Dr. Herbert 10. Holleii, the American his torian, who Is here engaged In re search work under the auspices of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. The discovery consists In the unearth ing in this city of 18 or 20 docu ments taken front the person of Lieut, Zebulon Pike, of the United States army by Spanish soldiers In 180(5 when he was captured while making his . famous t iI i up the Arkansas and Mis souri rivers, visiting the Oaago and prominent Coinmanche Indians, at the Instnnce 't,n James iikinson, then gov- i'''ir of Louisiana. The whereabouts of the other three documents cannot be learned. So Important Is the dis- eovery considered in considered In the United Stntos that Secretary Hoot has sent Dr. Helton his congratulations. THE NEW STATE LEADS. Oklahoma Legislatur. Asks That Con- ventlon of States be Called to Amend Constitution. (iuthrle, Ok. Gov. Haskell, after a conference here, issued a statement to the effect that he would ask the 8al"turo to-pass resolutions calling on congress to assemble a convention of states, ns provided in article five V ",v ih.i,u.., of tUn f'l.tl.t.l C.. ..... ......... I. ... I .... LliL- IIUI Ul illllilllUIUK I lit' 1' tntlon so ns to provide for the elec tion of United States senators by popular vote. The resolution also provides for a commission which will carry on the fight for the Oklahoma plan in other states. This is the first time in the history of the nation that an endeavor has been made to secure changes in the constitution of the United States in this manner. The governor states 11 states stand ready to follow the lend of Oklahoma. know what Patterson, who is the prlncipnl stock written it. holder of tho News-Times Publishing to write it. company. -tolllng you Would Dissolve a Union. Goldfield. Nav To carry the 2ght into the federal court will be the next move of the Goldfield Mine Owners' association. Thursday a suit will be filed In the circuit court of the dis trict of Nevada, asking not only for an injunction against picketing and interfering with, but for the final dis solution of the Goldfield Miners' ? eeis io me scene oi Dai tie. The submarine will be stowed in a species of tunnels In tHe hold of the vessel whence they can emerge unperceived by means of locks. Strong Gales at Boulder, Col. Honlder, Col. For the past 24 hours the wind has blown from 30 to 60 miles an hour here. At times dis aster was threatened to the whole town. No less than six fire alarms were turned in while a forest fire Is raging two mile? up Boulder Canon. It Is expected the fire will burn Itself out without serious damage. Fleet At Trinidad. Pnrt of Sivnln Th first ,1-iv f .Ym WAITING TO SEE Kr NO DEPRESSION IN NEW YORK Bursting of the Bubble of Freuzied Finance Forgotten. Never Before Had the Good Things Been -Distributed So Lavish ly in Gotham. New York. There was no spirit of depression in this city this Christmas day. From the Bronx to the llattery and over into Brooklyn to the point where Coney Island points its nose into the sea, there was merry-making that must have satisfied the jolliest soul and those who had no cheer of their own were bountifully supplied by those who had enough and some to spare. Those In a position to know, say that never before has the good things been distributed with so lavish a hand or so many of the less fortunate made happy with gratuities. The Salvationists, Volunteers, Young Mens Christian association and 100 other public and' private humanitarian organizations vied with each other in supplying to all who would accept, bountiful repasts, surprise gifts of clothing and toys, with music and bright lights and well wishes thrown in. In fact the good cheer could not be dispended with in the traditional 24 hours, and beginning at noon Tues day, Christmas festivities were in full swing. Even at the stock exchange the scene of recent financial disaster for many; the walls were hung with holly and mistletoe and the brokers proved they were not broke, by mak ing a pool of $12,000 for the 360 ex change employe.-. Nearly every pub-. He school had Its Christmas pro gramme. The Dutch Cabinet Has Resigned. The Hague. The Dutch cabinet, or council of ministers, comprising nine members, by whom the executive au thority of the government Is admin istered. Wednesday presented its resignation. It is thought that the dissolution of the parliament is likely to follow. The resignation of the cabinet js due to the defeat of the army estimates in the second cham ber of parliament. The opposition in the discussion of these estimates con tended that the efficiency of the Dutch army was not proportionate to its cost. Need More Locomotives. Fargo. North Dakota, Twenty trains are tied up on the division of the Northern Pacific between James town and Mandan, N. D., for lack of motive power. Nine engines left here Christmas morning to relieve the con gestion. Every effort will be made to move the trains as soon as possible as a snow storm is now raging in North Dakota. A Great Maneuvering Field. St. Joseph, Mo Major D. H. Boigh ton. U. S. A., head of the war college at Fort Leavenworth, has plans for a great maneuvering field in Platte county, to be used jointly each year by the National guard of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. He has recommended to the war department that 12.000 acres of farm land be pur chased In Platte county, Mo., adjoin ing the reservation already owned bj the government in connection with Fort Leavenworth. Altogether the maneuver field would Include 19,00 acres of almost every conceivable typographical formation. Supreme Court Reporter Dead. Washington John Chandler Ban croft Davis, for the past 24 years re porter for the United States supreme court, and formerly United States minister to Germany, died here Friday. THE SHIPS GO BY. HE'S AGIN 'EM. Speaker Cannon Declares He Won't Even Wear a Silk Hat When He Becomes President. Washington. Uncle Joe Cannon has never worn a silk hat, and never will. "I won't even wear one when I become president," said he the other day. "1 am agin 'em." There is an unconfirmed rumor that once upon a time, far secluded in his chamber when the lights were burn ing low and the bands were playing funeral inarches in a soft key, he tried one on and looked at himself in tho mirror. Immediately, says the rumor, the lights went up and the noise of the bands was drowned by his expres sions of opinion concerning the appro priateness, appearance and beauty of silk hat. Ile is a sworn enemy of silk hats. He never has worn one. He never will. The persuasion 'of relatives, the arguments of friends and the calls of custom have faUed to put a silk hat above his beard. Mine Swindlers Sentenced. Denver. Col. Promoters, mining engineers and other persons convict ed of using the mails with Intent to defraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Lost Spnnish Bullion Mines company, were sentenced by Judge R. E-. Lewis in the United States district court here Thursday as follows: George S. Dubois,. Lee Dubois and C. L. Blackwell. 150 days in jai! and $l,o00 fine each; Win. H. Wilson, W. B. Cameron, A. K. Keables and Arthur Lawrence, 15 days' im prisonment and ?o00 fine each; Arthur Levan and E. W. Sebben, $100 fine and costs amounting to $200; R. C. Hunt and Danton Pinkus. $."i0 fine and $lo0 costs. A Special Session Probable. Topeka. Kan. Gov. Hocli Friday, in discussing the probability of a special session of the legislature, said: "Something must be done. If I knew the legislature would pass the right, kind of a guaranty deposit law and enact into law the other measures that are needed 1 would not hesitate to call a" special session." The gov ernor further declared he had not definitely made up his mind. Attor ney General Jackson declared there will be a special session "and soon" The Kansas Teachers. Topeka. Kan. The enrollment ol the teachers at the annual state as sociation is smaller this year than usual, less than 1.000 being present. The nominating committee Friday re ported the following officers for the ensuing year: For president, J. E. Boyer. Kingman; first vice-president. C. E. St. John. Marion: second vice president. M. G. Kirkpatrlck. Frank fort; third vice-president, H. H. Girar dy, Norton: auditing committee, W. S Reese, F. L. Plnet and E. G. Kellv. Accepted Jesse's Resignation. St. Louis, Mo. At a meeting horfi Friday of the board of curators of the University of Missouri, located at Columbia, the resignation of President R. H. Jesse was accepted. A commit tee headed by C. B. Farls, of Caruth ersvllle. was appointed to choose a successor to the presidency of the state university, it is stated that .President Jesse's resignation was tendered because of -ill health. A Test of Executive Power. Washington. War department of ficials are much interested in the re ported action of a firm of New York lawyers in bringing a test case in a federal court in New York to deter mine the right of the executive to discharge a battalion of the 2."th in fantry as an outcome of the rioting at Brownsville, Texas. BATTLE WITH BUNK ROBBERS The Citizens of Camden Point, Mo.f Called to Arms in the Night. fter Hot Chase Two of Three Men Engaged Were Captured Part of Money Found. St. Joseph, Mo. The Bank of Cam den Point at Camden Point, Mo., three miles southeast of here, was robbed by three men at .'5 o'clock Friday morning and ?2,T00 in currency was taken. A fierce battle between citi zens and tho robbers took place In which many shots were exchanged, but the robbers escaped. They were pursued by a posse. The robbers were discovered by Prof. Barhan, president of the Camden Point college, who saw u light in the bank and aroused the citizens. Three explosions occurred after the alarm was given and the safe and interior of the bank were wrecked. Mr. Perrin armed himself, called J. E. PulHns and M. S. Wilson to his aid and hurried to the bank. Two rob bers could be seen at work inside the Institution. Another was on guard at the door. Mr. Perrin and the officers concealed themselves on the college campus and opened (Ire in the bank shooting through the windows. In the meantime the night telephone operator had been busy arousing the town. Men were called from their beds and told to arm themselves and hurry to the bank. Quite a group ot residents had answered the call when the robbers, having secured all tho money in sight, about $2,700, emerged from the front door. Calling back an airy good-bye to the townspeople in distinctly to be seen in the darkness, the robbers started on a run to the northward. The telephone having done its work well a posse was quickly or ganized for the pursuit. About $1,000 of the money that the robbers secured was in silver, and the weight of the metal retarded them In their flight and enabled their pursuers to get within sight of them. Perceiv ing that they must part with the heavier part of their plunder if they could hope to escape, the robbers hid the silver in a haystack on the farm of John McCain near Edgerton Junc tion, where it was recovered later. The fleeing men had unburdened themselves too late, however. Their pursuers were upon them, and two of them gave themselves up. The other one escaped.' Great was the' surprise of the cap tors, when the two robbers had given themselves up. to discover that one of them was Clyde Reed, son of John Reed, owner of a farm near Edgerton Junction, and one of the most widely known men of this section of Platte county. Liquor Business Did Not Pay. Raleigh, N. C. By a majority of "4r Raleigh Thursday voted out its liquor dispensary and becomes a pro hibition city, the dispensary to close at "noon Friday. In the city there were !)2S votes for prohibition, SSI for dispensary and two for saloons. The dispensary lias been in operation here for four years. The sales have amounted to about $250,000 a year, with about - $7o,000 profit, this be ing placed to the credit of the school fund, the road fund and the city ex pense account. It reduced taxation but the voters here felt that its in fluence was not for the city's best interest. Missouri Teachers' Meeting. Joplin, Mo. The Missouri State Teachers' association met In 46th an nual session here Thursday. About ,500 teachers, representing all parts of the state, were In attendance and the three days' convocation promises to be of exceptional Interest, and profit to the pedagogues. The opening meeting at the high school auditorium Thursday was preceded by an Inform al social session during which the teachers proceeded to meet on a basis of friendly terms or equality which augurs well for the attainment of the entire meeting. Jury Must Decide. Boise, Ida. Judge Wood Thursday morning denied the motions filed by the defense In the Pettlbone trial that a verdict of ncuuittnl be advised by the court. In considering the motion to advise acquittal for want, of suf ficient corroborative evidence, Judge Wood reviewed the Independent testi mony on each of the crimes confessed by Orchard and stated that In his opinion there were tmttlclont corrobor ation of each of them to require tho submission thereof to the Jury, Attended Races at Port of Spain. Port of Spain, The captains of the American battleships and their staffs were entertained at luncheon Thurs day by Sir Henry Moore Jackson, the governor of Trinidad, and later wore the guests of the governor at. the races. The weather was Ideal and the race course was thronged with officers and men of the licet together with a holiday crowd from tlu olty.