NEBRASKA NEWS
ANTI-PASS SUIT IS STARTED
AGAINST AN EDITOR.
FIRST SUIT IS TO BE TRIED
A Swgeon Also to Be Proceeded
Against Under the Nebraska
Anti-Pass .Law Other News
of the State.
County Attorney 10. A. Cook of Lex
ington 1ms Informed Attorney (Sen
em! Thompson tout, he had pro
ceeded iifiulnflt Henry C. Brooker, edl
toi of the Gothenburg Independent,
u it (1 Dr. Frank .1. Rosenberg, of Lex
ington, a surguon of the Union Pacific
under the anti-pass law, This Is the
first kuI L Kli)Ht. a newspaper man
foi accepting mileage In return for a
contract, for advertising space. Moth
men were bound over to the district
court mid the county attorney will file
ait Information bued on the complaint
March 2.
Attorney General Thompson held a
ronferonco with Judge J. .1. Sullivan
of Columbus and County Attorney Tyr
rel for the purpose of planning a
course of procedure In the anti-pass
units filed.
MYSTERY IN DEATH CASE.
Man With Head Crushed Found Dy
ing Beside Track.
Mrs. Peter Miller, wire of a former
Fremont, butcher, received a telegram
announcing the death or her husband
a darks, Neb. Information obtained
through Union I'acllic railroad source
is that Miller was found dying beside
the railroad track with Ills head
crushed In, as though It liad been
struck with a blunt Instrument. It Is
supposed that he met foul play. The
family moved from Fremont to Grand
Island seven months ago and had
Just returned to Fremont. Miller re
mained behind to drive the team of
horses, which lie said lie would sell
If he could on the way. It Is pre
sumed that ho Hold the horses and
that ho may have been killed and
robbed for his money.
TO MOVE ARGO PLANT.
Nebraska City Starch Factory to Be
Taken to Illinois.
The machinery from the Argo
March plant at Nebraska City is to
be taken to a new town to be named
Argo, in Illinois, which is being laid
out by the Corn Product company.
The town Is to be erected In Marshall
county, Illinois, and $5,000,000 ex-l-cnded
in a plant and In laying out
n town, similar to the one erected
by the Bessemer Steel company. All
of the avallnble part of the machinery
und plant are to be moved there anil
used In the new one.
Shoot Woman in Her Home.
William Jobson of Council Muffs,
a Union Pacific fireman, shot and
dangerously wounded Mrs. Lizzie
UurnB, of 108 North Fifty-fifth avenue,
Omaha, and slightly wounded her
hi other, James Donnelly. The cause
of the tragedy is not definitely known,
but seems to have been jealousy.
Mrs. Burns was formerly employed
a.: a nurse by .Tobson's mother, but
has recently been keeping house for
her brother. She was shot, twice, the
r.t bullot passing through the right
arm and entering her chest.
Sample of Gun Arrives.
A sample of the new army macazliu
Run has beon received at the adjutant
general's office. The delivery of tho
guns for the use of the Nebraska iin
tioual guard has beon delayed but the
riries are expected within a few
weeks.. The gun resembles tho old
rifle, but the barrel Is six Inches
shorter and Is encased on the top as
wen as the bottom of the barrel with
wood.
Huy your life insurance this year
fiom the Midwest. Life of Lincoln,
This Is an old line company, writing
up-to-date policies at lowest safe
rates possible. No estimates but
clean protection for Nebraska homes
This company is backed by Nebraska
capital and business inon. and the
premiums paid to It remain in this
fctale. Write the company for In
formation.
Campaign for Schools.
A large and enthusiastic mass meet
lug of tho citizens of Brown county
was hold in the court Iioubo at Alns
worth In the Interebt of the proposed
county high school which Is bolmr
1 ushed iiero by a large number of
people. Several committees wero an
pointed, to carry on tho. work of i
campaign for the new school.
IDENTIFIED AS KIRSCHNER.
Body Found at Guernsey Is That
of Student.
A telegram was received In Bo
atiice from II. Kirschner, announcing
tnnt he had Iduntlefld the body taken
from the North Plutte river at. Guern
sey, Wyo., as that of ills son, Carl
Kirschner, who was drowned June 21,
I!i07, while crossing the North Platte
river.
Kirschner and Melvln A. Deffer,
with a number of other men, had un
loaded a boat of tools mid rowed out.
Into the middle of the stream to get
their pictures taken. The current was
swift and the boat capsized. All of
the men escaped except Kirschner and
Deffer. The body of the latter was
recovered, but after weeks of search
ing 'the search for Khuchner was
given up.
Both young in. mi were students at
the state university. Deffer living nt
Tali-bury mid Klrsrhiier at Liberty.
MEETS WITH PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Workman at Cairo Loses Two of
His Fingers.
Willie helping put up ice at (lie
c .Turnery at Cairo, diaries Stolten
berg met with a very painful accident,
vhicli will lay him up Tor some time.
Mi. Stoltenberg was working in the
ice house and while waiting for more
Ice to come up the chute he uncon
sciously rested one haiid on the rope
which pulled up the Ice, and neai a
pulley through which the rope ran.
When ready to start, the driver, as
ut-uai, made it known by calling out,
bill Mr. Stoltenberg did not hear, with
the result that the fingers were
caught between the rope and the
pulley, and two lingers cut com.
plotely olT at the first joint.
$5,000 FIRE AT AYR.
Large Grain Elevator of J. H. Pope
Burns to Ground.
A grain elevator of about 18.000
bushels capacity, located at Ayr, the
property or J. II, Pope or Hastings,
(.might fire and burned to the ground,
entailing a loss of probably $5,000.
Tiio building was leased and occu
pied by Header &. Son. who i re the
owners and operators of another grain
elevator In the same town.
The building contained about a car
load of oats and a small amount or
heat, which was consumed with the
building.
The fire, which was of unknown
oiigin. but which is believed to have
started in the room occupied by v
gasoline engine.
OPTICIANS COME TOGETHER.
State Society Holds Session In
Lincoln, Nebraska.
At. the meeting of the state optical
society, held in Lincoln, officers for
the ensuing year were elected, stund-
jng committees were' chosen and a
movement looking toward the estab
lishment of a permanent circulating
ibiary for opticians was adopted.
Vjtz Hoofer of Aurora was chosen
president; F. A. I Iannis or York, first
ico president; Preston or Oxford.
second dee piesldent; John Holts of
Omaha, treasurer, and J. 11. Utiklll of
Lincoln, secretary.
Will Observe Law Literally.
It was announced by the Union Pa
cific, Northwestern and Burlington
railroads following a meeting of op
erating and traffic officials of those
lines, that, they would observe lit
eially the nine-hour law, which be
comes effective March 4. These
three roads will employ about. 200 ad
ditional telegraphers on lines west of
the Missouri river. Train service is
to be curtailed where it Is found nos
slble to do so. The branches will be
particularly affected, although main
line service will be cut where pos
sible. Factory at Seward.
Thomas J. Hatfield, F. N. Wullen
wnber, and D, J. Hnrtrum have or
ganized a company with a capital
stock of $50,000 to start a factory
in Seward for tho manufacture of
sied and grain separators, It will be
owned and operated by Seward men
The old creamery building In the west
part of Seward la being fitted up for
the now fnctory.
Prosecutions Ordered.
Food Commesslonor Johnson has
oidored prosecutions In Platte county
against Steffes Bros, on a charge of
selling unbranded package butter und
against J. C. Sharer on a charge of
testing cream for commercial pur
poses without, a license and using
unlawful testing apparatus. All these
parties are located at Humphrey.
Canning Factory at Peru.
The H. W. Lowe canning factory
of Peru has closed contracts for tho
cultivation of 200 acres of tomatoes
for tho coming season. Mr. Lowo Is
arranging to can tomatoes, pumpkin,
fruits and berrios of nil kinds. He is
also preparing an exhibit to be made
at tho national canners' convention
I in Chicago next year
"OPEN
THEY ELECTED BRADLEY
l'be Kentucky Deadlock Broken by
Election of a Republican.
Four Democrats Deserted the Party
Primary Nominee Thus Permit
ting Their Opponents ti Win.
Frankfort, Ky. Amid scenes or wild
est excitement on the floor of tho
house of representatives, Former Gov
ernor William O'Connell Bradley, Re
publican candidate, was Friday elect
ed to succeed James B. McCreary In
the United States senate for a term
of six years, beginning March 1, 1909.
He received 04 votes, barely enough to
win. He was enabled to gain victory
through the assistance of four antl
Beckham Democrats. Senators H. S.
McNutt and Albert Charlton, and Rep
resentatives Chris Mueller of Louis
ville, and 10. V. Lilian! or Boyle coun
ty. Until Friday they have voted for
Democrats for senator and their sud
den rally to Bradley took Beckham
men completely by surprise, although
the latter claim to have information
that a deal was effected by which tho
liquor forces were to elect Bradley In
return for the defeat or the county
Unit bill in the senate.
The completion of the first roll call
showed Bradley (54, Beckham (.0, Black
burn 1 and James 1.
Before the speaker could announce
the result the Democrats obtained a
recapitulation, and attempted to break
the quorum by leaving the hall, but
came back accompanied by Beckham,
who authorized the withdrawal of his
name and released the Democrats from
the primary nomination pledge to him
in hope that some other Democrat
would be named who could defeat
Bradley. t
The four Bolting- Democrats wero
surrounded by life-long party friends
and urged to withdraw their support
from Bradley and elect James Mc
Creary or any Democrnt they might
name, but they remained obdurate, de
claring that the proposition came too
late.
A Gould Line Receiver Named.
Fort Worth, Tex. On petition of
the Mercantile Trust company of New
York, trustee for a largo number of
bond holdors, United State Circuit
Judge A. P. McCormick of tho North
ern district of Texas, Wednesday af
ternoon appointed Judge T. J. Free
man, of Dallas, receiver for tho Inter
national & Great Northern Railroad
company, and fixed his bonds at $50,
000. The petitioners allege that the
railroad has defaulted In tho paymont
of the Interest to the extent of $494,
G20 on bonds; that It is insolvent and
unable to meet its operating oxponses
and obligations and to defray tho costs
of Improvements now under way.
Alio Had Accomplices.
Uonvor. Col. Chief of Police Mitch
ael Dolancy said Friday afternoon that
a letter wrltton by Giuseppe Alio to
his son, which was found In tho cell
occupied by him whllo In jail at Colo
rado Springs, contained proof that men
In six cities In tho United States wore
connected with him In the killing of
Father Leo. Almost at the moment ho
made this statemont came nows that
six arrests had beon made in eastorn
cities of men suspected of being ac
complices of the murder.
UP!"
CLEANING A KANSAS TOWN.
Liquor and Saloon Fixtures Destroyed
at Girard and 125 Convictions
Have Been Secured.
Pittsburg. Kan. Whiuky and beer,
valued at $1,000, which had been taken
on search seizure warrants from the
various joints in the county towns dur
ing the anti-liquor crusade, was de
stroyed in the public square at Girard,
Kan., Wednesday in the presence of a
large crowd. The fact that the liquor
would be poured out on the street had
been given great publicity and people
came from all over the county to wit
'ness tho event. Bottles, tumblers and
other glassware used in the liquor
business were broken and hauled out
side the city limits. The county at
torney hns secured 125 convictions for
violations of the prohibitory law dur
ing the present term of the district
court. The school fund was Increased
several thousand dollars by the fines
paid by the jointlsts. In addition to
the goods the sheriff destroyed Wed
nesday there are $5,000 worth of fix
tures in Girard which will be destroyed
later In the week. Goods belonging
to jointlsts who have not yet been
tried will be destroyed after their
trials are held.
Local Option in Ohio.
Columbus. Ohio. After more than
two hours debate the house Wednes
day passed the Rose county option bill.
The vote in passage of the bill was
79 to UG. The measure will now go
to the governor and It is generally ex
pected that he will sign it. The hill,
as It will become a law, provided that
elections may be held In any county
to vote on the question of banishing
snloons upon petition of 35 per cent
of the qualified voters. A majority o
tho votes cast shall determine the
policy of the county, hut In event of a
county voting "wet" no township or
residence district which has voted
"dry" shall be affected thereby.
Oklahoma Suit Postponed.
Guthrie, Ok. Asking that no action
be taken without first giving his com
pany an opportunity to discuss the
situation before the governor and at
torney general, B. L. Winchell, presi
dent of tho Rock Island system, Wed
nesday telegraphed Gov. C. H. Has
kell hero concerning the published re
port of tho state's Intention to file
suit to dissolve the alleged merger of
tho Rock Island and St. Louis & San
Francisco railways In Oklahoma. Gov
ernor Haskell, after a conference with
Attorney Genoral West, wired Mr.
Winchell that they would meet him or
his representatives here next Wed.
nosday for a conference.
An Ingenious Bank Swindle.
Paris. Tho Paris police are Investi
gating a most ingenious hank swindle.
An individual in Now York obtained a
letter of credit from a large banking
house thoro and made excellent dupli
cates by means of photographs which
ho forwarded to accomplices in Lon
don, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles,
Genoa, Hamburg and Munich, who
cashed them simultaneously, netting
$100,000.
More Pay for Enlisted Men.
Washington, D. C Tho house of
representatives Friday adopted a spe
cial rule restoring to tho army appro
priation bill tho provision for an in
crease of pay for enlisted mou and
non-commissioned officers In tho army.
BIG NEW YORK FIRE
TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS
WENT UP IN SMOKE!
STREET GAR BARNS BURNED
More Than Seven Hundred Cars
Destroyed Burning of Paint
Factory Was Spec
tacular. A New York, March 1, dispatch
says: Two fires that brought out all
the fire apparatus in the upper section
of the city -and raged In lively fashion
from midnight until dawn today,
burned down the car barns of the
Now York City Railway company on
Second avenue in Harlem and the
paint factory of George W. Grote &
Co., only a few blocks distant. There
were 740 surface cars burned in tho
destruction of the barns and a loss to
the company estimated at $2,500,000.
The loss of the paint fnctory is
given as $125,000. Tt was the railway
people's second fire, a blaze having
destroyed the Madison avenue car
barns a year ago.
The car barns took up the block
bounded by First and Second- avenues
and Ninety-sixth and Eighty-seventh
streets, and though torrents of water
were" poured on the blazing building
the fire did not subside until it had
leveled the three floors to the ground.
The fire started In a paint shot) on
the second floor. During the progress
of the fire the police ordered scores
of families living opposite the barns
to leave the tenements. While the
apparatus was at the barn fire,
two alarms were turned In for a
spectacular fire In the paint factory
of George W. Grote & Co., occupying
a four-story building on 102nd street.
The paints and oils blazed furiously
and within a short time the building
was in ruins.
WILL USE THE TELEPHONES.
Nine-Hour Law Likely to Hasten
Their Utilization.
Tho nine-hour law for railroad tele
graph operators, which became ef
fective March 4, Is hastening the use
of the telephone in the operation of
trains, according to A. S. Ingalls, as
sistant genoral superintendent on the
Lake Shore road, in an interview.
"I believe," said Mr. Ingalls, "that
the new law regulating working hours
will bring about In one year what It
would have taken ten years to ac
complish In the direction of new use
of the telephone on railroads. Since
.October tests have proved so success
ful that railroads In many parts of tho
country have bestirred themselves."
Superintendent Ingalls some time
ago Induced the Lake Shore to make
a thorough test on the Lake Brie,
Alliance & Wheeling. After being
tried for four months, during a period
when freight traffic was heavy, reports
have been made that, the system
proved satisfactory and that the New
York Central directed the Installation
of the telephone between Albany and
Fonda, N. Y., a distance of sixty miles.
Reports received from that experiment
are said .to be equally as gratifying as
from that carried on In Ohio.
The. Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy
railroad followed. Between Chicago
and Galesburg, 160 miles, It Is now
operating all of its trains by the tele
phone. ON LONGEST LAP OF VOYAGE.
Battleship Fleet Leaves Callao for
Magdalena.
The fleet of American baltloships
under Rear Admiral Evans weighed
anchor at. Callao February 29, and are
on the longest lap of the voyage. The
visitors were given a rousing sendoff
by the people. Several large steamers
hud beon chartered to take out spec
tators to witness the departure. Tho
lleet was reviewed outside the har
bor by President Pardo.
Tho next stopping pace of the fleet
is Magdalena, whore, according to the
schedule the vessels will arrive March
I I. The distance from Callao to Mag
dalena bay Is 15,012 nautical miles.
The dates for the departure from Mag
dalena bay and the arrival at San
Francisco havo not been definitely de
termined, as they depend upon tho
completion of tho target practice at
Magdalena bay, which will probably
occupy thirty days.
Memorial for St. Gaudens.
Mayor McClellan, Will H. Low, tho
artist, and other persons of prom
inence spoke In Mondolssohn hall,
New York, at tho exorcises arranged
in memory of Augustus St. Gaudens,
the sculptor, who died recently. This
weok an exhibition of the works of
St. Gaudens will open In tho Metro
politan museum of art and will con
tinue for six weeks