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THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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A green grocer's boy hailed a vessel
In dock at Cardiff. The surly mate re-,
■ponded and gruffly asked him what hej
?; rwanted. "I’ve got some vegetables fori
the ship,” was the reply. "AH right,,
you needn't come aboard; throw ’em up,
die at a time,” said the mate, as he
f! 'Stood In readiness to receive the ex
pected vegetables. "Ahoy, there—look,
■out!” shouted the lad, as he threw a.
6 single green pea toward the mate
■“I’ve got a sack of 'em for the cap
j., tain!” _ _
Niagara river. In its course from Lake,
Erie to Eake Ontario, falls a distance
of 627 feet. A survey by the United,
(States engineers, who measured the
J How of the river below the falls, shows
§ i that it discharges 230,000 cubic feet of
(water a second from the one lake to the
other. In Us descent of twenty-seven
Miles from Lake to lake Niagara river
develops the equivalent of about 9,000.
400 theoretical horsepower.
Harold Begble, author of "Master
.'Workers," writes of an interview with,
John Morley: "I asked him what hist
comfort was, how he supported the bur
den'of all this unintelligible world, how
he Justified unselfishness and righteous-,
ness in a purely material world. His,
> comfort is, that the world grows better,
8 that man is happier in doing good than
In doing evil, and that life—even as we
know it now—is good."
The budget for the Turkish sultan's,
^ harem amounts to $15,000,000 a year.
Every one of the women who leave the
harem every year to get married re-,
ceives a dowry of $37,000.. There are,
usually 300 inmates of the harem, each,
i of whom has ten maids, and a carriage!
■with four horses. The greatest ambl-i
tlon of courtiers and officials is to have:
> their daughters accepted for the harem.,
j: Dan Eono, the English comedian,!
who died not long ago, said: “When,
your face wants to slide a smile let it;,
when It doesn’t want to, make It. A
; Merry minded man Is a perpetual]
slab of sunshine and brightens up to
|| the workaday world a sight more than
| a circus procession or a cheek suit.
A sad eyed sinner is of no use to
any ono and a nuisance to himself.”
( A Parisian named Everard made al
handsome living by robbing the profes
i Slonal beggars of the city, who were|
Afraid, naturally, to complain. Ho fol
i lowed them to their rooms and took
What ho wanted. A man and a woman]
! resisted him, and he murdered them.i
]■ “They are the only two I ever killed,”
! he said, plaintively, when sentenced toi
penal servitude for life.
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One of the courts in Purls is occupied!
with case against a picture dealer
Who sold what he asserted was a gen-|
Ulne Raphael for $16,000. The buyer]
paid $2,000 down, then discovered that,1
j the dealer had bought the picture fori
twenty francs. He wants his $2,000,
I back. But three experts have pro
! Bounced the painting genuine.
A large centrifugal pump at a Brigh
ton (England) bath stopped working.
And an examination revealed the (ires-'
enco in a pipe of a pigeon’s nest with:
! two eggs. To reach its nest the bird
had to find Its way through a six-inch
diameter pipe—horizontal for six feet.
■ And bending sharply Into a six-feet
perpendicular.
A. J. Seaman, an eccentric bond
| buyer of Omaha, who lives on 9 cents
'A day. Is receiving hundreds of letters
from women who wish to marry him.
Seaman’s story was printed in the Sun
day papers. To those Inclosing a stamp
Seaman Is answering on a postal card,
Making 1 cent on each applicant.
Oil paints have a marked deterrent
Affect upon various bacilli of disease, as
tests made In Paris have shown. The
germs of .tuberculosis, especially, are
Much affected by paints. They do not
thrive or live on ° painted surface as
they do where tuere is no paint to
cover wood or metal.
| Five men have been arrested at Reno,
Nev., for a mall order fraud. Under,
]the title of "Cromwell Simon State
University of Reno, Nov,,’’ they put
(Advertisements in the papers offering
for 10 cents to furnish all Information
(necessary to obtain any degree In the
;glft of the university. I
Some low water alarms for boilers
|Are made dependent for operation upon
(the melting of a fusible alloy exposed
to the heat of the steam. When the
water falls and the temperature rises
the melting of the alloy releases a
weight actuated circuit closer and rings
a bell.
I, The great planet Jupiter is farther
north now than at any time for the last
seven or eight years and Is visible this
month throughout the night. The op
portunities for studying the largest of
the planets are better, therefore, than
they ever are, except at long inter
vals.
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j A little lad was asked the other day
iwhat he intended to do when he grew
Up. He pondered over it for a while,
r'l won’t be a shilor,” he said, “because
Z might be drowned. And I won't be
k soldier, because I might be shot. I
ithink I’ll be a skeleton in a museum.”
Several years ago in Cripple Creek.
T. W. Woodbridge, Incurred the dis
pleasure of the union miners. Re
jently he and his wife arrived in Gold
Beld. Nev. They were at once notified
fjy the miners to leave the town, and
left on the first train.
A pot hunter has confessed to selling
;o San Francisco restaurant keepers as
Juail a large number of ground (bur
rowing) owls, which were duly served
an toast, the epicures not noting any
lifference, or the restaurant man,
rither.
Oregon refuses to maintain United
States prisoners in her state prison for
ess than $8 a week. Uncle Sam re
uses to pay more than $4. So the
Jregonians have turned over the pris
oners—fourteen In number—to the
Jnlted States marshal.
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The greatest depth to which a sub
narlne boat is known to have de
cended, under full control and without
njury, is 138 feet. That record was
nade in experiments in Europe, by a
iesscl designed by the American in
jentor, Simon Rake.
j Out in Kansas “They Are Happy;
!?ow” is frequently used by the weekly)
apers as a heading over wedding an-,
ounce-nents. The Rindsbor News,
hieh is edited by a bachelor girl, has
Ranged it to “They Are Happy—Now."'
According to German scientists fish,
“stroy many annoying insects, es
“oinlly mosquitoes. In Germany the
>mmon carp, the crucian carp and the
■d eye are considered the best insect
■stroylng fish.
During the recent yellow fever epid
rlc in New Orleans not one case
ade Its appearance among the sol
ers of Jackson barracks, only 150.
from the nearest Infected point.
RIVER IS BORN IN
NEBRASKA PLAINS
Since Late Spring New Stream
Has Traveled 160
Miles.
IT SEEKS THE MISSOURI
Expected to Transform Short Grass
Grazing Land Into Fertile Farms
—Source Is Underground
Mountain Stream.
Valentine, Neb., Dec. 6.—A wonderful
geological event has recently taken place
in the sand hills of Nebraska; a great new
river of clear water, rivaling the Niobrara,
the Klkhorn and the Platte rivers, has sud
denly sprung into existence, and Is even
now working its way southeastward to the
Missouri river. Already the new river is
more than 150 .miles long, and Us waters
are slowly going forward to an outlet to
the gulf. Jn some places New River, as it
is called, Is half a mile wide, while in oth
ers it Is only a few rods; its depth varies
from a few feet to 50 feet.
The water by which the stream is fed
is Reposed to como from the great under
ground How of '♦rater from the Rocky
mountains eastward to- the Missouri. The
phenomenon has attracted a great deal of
fattention from scientific men in the state
and the University of Nebraska is pre
paring to make a thorough and exhaustive
search into the reasons which led the un
derground Stream to burst forth.
New River takes its rise in the eastern
[part of Cherry county and flows toward
[toward the southeast, passing through
Brown, Rock, Holt and portions of Wheeler
[and Antelope counties. At present it has
jroa-ched a point in northwestern Boone
county and is slowly creeping eastward
toward the Missouri river.
Very little rain falls in the sand hills
except during the spring, and the cattle
which roam over the hills must be driven
far to water unless there happens to be an
artesian well nearby. It is the great cattle
range of Nebraska. So, when James Wil
son, one of the great cattle kings of Cherry
county, made the discovery last summer
that the spring rains had almost filled a
deep depression on the range where his
eattle roamed, lie saw prospects of fresh
water all the summer and fall. The de
pression was deeper than any other on the
range.
But the next week, when Wilson again
rode onto the range, he noticed that there
was more water in the pool than had been
there the week previous. Then next he
saw the miniature lake It had Increased to
a large lake and had overflowed the orig
inal depression and In addition had filled
several others. This was about the middle
of September of this year.
And from that start the stream has
worked its way forward. It seemed that
the coming of the water had some mys
terious effect upon the underflow' men
tioned, for each additional depression, as
soon as the river reached it, was imme
diately fed by underground springs, and
the entire surface of the river is covered
with bubbles, which break as they reach
the surface. The water is clear and cool
and is not muddy like the Platte, the Klk
horn and the Missouri.
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KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
B. A. McCarthy at Wymore Acts ir.
Jealous Rage.
Wymore, Nob., Dec. 6.—A shocking trag
edy was enacted in which II. A. McCarthy!
fatally wounded his wife with an ax, and)
then shot himself.
McCarthy received word from some
source that his wife was intimate with a
young man of the town. The news threw
him into a transport of rage and he finally
fell In a faint. This performance was re
peated several times.
Later McCarthy had another fainting
spell in the house and his wife paid no at-,
tention to him. When he revived ho went
down town and procured a revolver and
went home to kill his wife, lie snapped
the revolver at her but the cartridge failed
to explode.
The crazed man then secured an ax andt
struck his wife just above the ear, cutting
a horrible gash and felling her to the floor.
Taking it for granted that she was dead
ho ran into a bedroom and placing the re
volver to his mouth, killed himself in
stantly.
Mrs. McCarthy was unconscious until)
3 o’clock, when she died.
NOT LOST IN TYPHOON.
Lieutenant Mapes and Wife Escaped
with Their Lives.
Norfolk, Nob.. Dec. 5.—Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Blakely, of this city, have received in
direct information regarding the welfare,
of their daughter, Mrs. W. S. Mapes, and,
her army husband, Captain Mapes, who, it,
had been feared, had perished in the ori
ental typoon which swept the Philippines.;
The information comes from St. Louis as*
a result of newspaper publicity.
Mrs. E. Schottsmueller, of St. Louis, read:
of the anxiety of the parents here, brought';
on by lack of a letter since September 4.!
and the news that rtve unidentified Amer
icans had been washed ashore after the!
storm. Mrs. Sehootsmueller has a sister,'
Mrs. Lieutenant Moelley, in the Philip-t
pines, whose home Is next door to that of!
Captain Mapes. Mrs. Schottsmueller re-!
reived a letter written by here sister;
October 4, in which tile sister tiays that
Captain and Mrs. Mapes survived the
storm, although their home, the best on'
the island, was badly damaged. She adds
that they were all too thankful to get outj
with their lives, to worry over a home loss.*
Mrs. Schottsmueller hastened to write;
(to the Norfolk parents, to whom the mes-*
sage brought relief. No letter has been)
received yet from Mrs. Mapes, but It is
thought the letter was shipwrecked.
NEBRASKA ELOPERS MARRIED.
Couple from FaLrbury Fail to Keep Se
cret from Friends in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 4—Carl C. Ayers and.
Miss Athea Stratton, elopers from Falr
bury, Neb., were married here. Both are 21
years of age. according to the affidavit
made to the marriage license clerk.
An effort was made to keep the clopmont
a secret, hut Cincinnati friends of t lie bride
thought the secret too good to keep.
BOYCOTT TAX-SHIRKING ROADS
Business Men Direct Their Shipments
to Those Which Pay.
York. Neb., Dec. 1.—The word is indus
triously and quietly being passed along the
lines of the Burlington at competing points
to order shipments over the Northwestern
and other roads which has paid taxes In
full. There is no regular boycott, but it is
being made plain that if the business men
continue to take the interest in having
goods ordered shipped over other lines it
means thousands of dollars of freight di
verted from railroads which refuse to pay
their laxta
WEDDING ILLEGAL
Mrs. Ed Cuc’ohy, et at.. Excommuni
cated for Attending Marriage of
Congressman Kennedy.
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 2—Rt. Rev. Bishop
Richard Scanned, of the Omahu dio
cese of the Catholic church, has de
clared excommunicated ipso facto all
members of the Catholic church who
participated in the wedding of Con
gressman Kennedy and Miss Margaret
Pritchett Monday. There were it num
ber of prominent Catholics present, in
cluding Mrs. Edward A. Cudahy, wife
of the packing house magnate. Miss
Mae Hamilton, whose individual for
tune is rated at over a million, was one
of the bridesmaids.
Congressman Kennedy has a divorced
wife living, and for that reason the
bishop issued last Sunday a pastoral
forbidding all Catholics to participate
In the ceremony. The bishop declared
excommunicated ail members of his
church who attended the wedding. The
ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr.'
E. H. Jenks, pastor of the First Presby
terian church, of which Congressman
Kennedy is n prominent member.
The bride of Congressman Kennedy,
who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Pritchett, prominent mem
bers of Omaha society, is a member of
the Episcopal church. None of the
members of either Mr. Kennedy's or
Miss Pritchett’s family is a Catholic.
Mr. Kennedy’s divorced wife is a Chris
tian Scientist.
Bishop Scannell today talked freely
of his action. He said that he would
take no steps in the matter, declaring
that the Catholics who participated in
the wedding ceremony and also those
who attended the reception following
were equally culpable, and said that
they had excommunicated themselves
by their action in the face of the warn
ing issued by himself last Sunday.
The pastoral of Bishop Scannell re
cited the laws of the Catholic church
in the matter, and closed with a para
graph. evidently directed at the forth
coming Pritchett-Kennedy wedding, at
which it had been announced that sev
eral prominent Catholics would be pres
ent and participate, which explained
the reason for the Issuance of the pas
toral. It recited that any co-operation
of Catholics in an act known to be un- I
lawful was an act of sin, and that any
attempt to question it on the grounds
of modern usage could not stand, be
cause the law of morals never becomes
antiquated, and that ’’the divine prohi
bition to put asunder whom God has’
joined together is as binding today as
it was twenty centuries ago.’’
GIVES NEBRASKA HOPE
Decision in Favor of Iowa’s Anti-In
surance Combine Law, May
Validate Another.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2.—Insurance
Deputy Pierce, of the state auditor’s
department, announced today that he
will appeal to Attorney General Brown
in an effort to secure action from the
United States supreme court validating
the Nebraska law against insurance
combinations and trusts. He hopes that
the statute which was held invalid by
Judge McPherson in 1901 on the same
grounds as the Iowa act will be held
valid by the supreme court, which has
just been decided in favor of the Iowa
enactment, which was also held invalid
by Judge McPherson.
The Nebraska statute forbids rate
combinations, agreements as to meth
ods of transacting business and regu
lates agents’ commissions. A suit
against the fire insurance combination
is foreshadowed by the insurance dep
uty’s announcement.
/JO THIRD TERM FOR MICKEY.
Nebraska Executive Will Not Accept
the Position Ayain.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 29.—Governor
Mickey will not be a candidate for a
third term, and talk to the contrary is
unauthorized. The governor is satis
fied with two terms as chief executive
of the state and will not accept a third
term nomination even if it is tendered
him.
When Governor Mickey has conclud
ed his present term of office he will
have rounded out a period of seventeen
years in public, life, sixteen as an elect
ive officer and one as an appointive of
ficial.
The reduction of the state debt of
more than $(100,000 during the adminis
tration of state affairs by Governor
Mickey is a foregone conclusion. If the
state wins the present tax suits brought
by tlie Burlington and Union Pacific
railroads the reduction will exceed $800,
000, or more than 50 per cent, of the out
standing obligations. Whether or not
the state wins the tax cases, the record
of the administration will be one never
before equaled or even closely ap
proached.
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♦ NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. ♦
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Los Angeles, Cal.—The death of Mrs.
Liore Thompson, an aged and eccentric I
woman, has revealed a ghastly secret in
her little cottage in Boyle Heights. In a
store room of the cottage, covered with
rubbish, was found a hermetically sealed
box containing the corpse of her daughter, |
who died twenty-seven years ago. The
body of the young woman had been dis
membered. The body had been shipped
here from the east.
Winnipeg, Man.—To take medicine and
supplies to ice-imprisoned American
whalers in the Arctic Sea, Sergeant Fitz
gerald and Constable Walker of the Royal
Northwest police will make a journey of
6,000 miles. They will leave Regina, Sas
katchewan, this week for Dawson City,
and will set out from there December 10,
when the long trip over the mountains in
the darkness of the arctic winter will be
commenced in dog sleighs.
New York—Just as Nan Patterson, with
her husband, Leon G. Martin, stepped
ashore from the steamship Once, on their
return here from San Juan, Porto Rico, .
yesterday, a man threw up his arms, cried
out and dropped dead before her startled
gaze. The utmost confusion took place, i
and Miss Patterson became hysterical and
had to be cared for.
Los Angeles, Cal.—T. K. Jefferson, a
wealthy Chicagoan, who, with his wife, is
occupying a cottage at Pasadena, must
pay $7,500 to the widow of Christian Shear- (
er, who was run down and killed by Jef
ferson's automobile a year ago. At the
time of the accident Mrs. Jefferson was
driving the machine, it is said, at a high
rate of speed.
San Francisco. Cal.—A slight but sharp
earthquake shock was felt in this city
early yesterday, followed a moment later
by another, apparently coming from an
opposite direction. This peculiar feature
is said by Chief McAdie of the weather bu
reau to be an apparent indication of reflex
action.
v, Frankfort, Ind.—The Frankfort Mlnsiter
ial association unanimously has passed
^resolutions against Sunday funerals and
will decline to officiate at such. They
claim there is no legitimate demand for
holding obsequies on the Sabbath, and
that they greatly inconvenience them in j
their pastoral duties.
MINISTER CHARGED
WITH COMPLICITY
Federal Grand Jury at Omaha
Indicts South Dakota
Rector.
FOR ILLEGAL FENCING
Charge of Securing 125,000 Acres ot
Land by Fraud—Two Others Ar
rested and Made Joint
Defendants.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1.—Rev. George
G. Ware, rector of the Episcopal church
of Lead, S. D., has been Indicted by the
federal grand jury, charged with com
plicity in defrauding the government
out of 125,000 acres of land in Hooker
and Thomas counties, Nebraska. Frank
Lambert and Harry Welch are made
joint defendants with Ware. Each of
the men is held to the federal court in
$5,000 bonds. Ware has qualified for
that amount and secured his release.
Cases are also pending against Rev.
Mr. Ware for alleged illegal fencing.
He is one of the wealthiest men in the
west, and has been general manager
of the I. B. U. ranch, which has several
thousand head of cattle on the range
of western Nebraska.
Lambert was returned to Nebraska
by the United States authorities from
Oregon, where he was employed in a
restaurant. It is said that Lambert
turned state’s evidence, and that it was
on his testimony that Ware and Welch
were indicted.
It is charged in the indictment that
the defendants defrauded the govern
ment by securing title to soldiers’ home
steads in an unlawful manner.
This, it is said, consisted of having
old soldiers file on land, proving up by
residence of employee of Ware, and giv
ing the I. B. U. ranch title to the iand
in consideration of sums ranging from
$50 to $250. Lambert and Welch are
charged with being parties to the al
\eged fraud.
LINCOLN MEN WITH LAWSON.
Number at Nebraska Capital Send in
Their Policies.
Lincoln, Nob., Dec. 1.—Believing that
Thomas W. Lawson is on the right
track and that much good will result in
his campaign against the New York
Life and the Mutual Life Insurance
companies, a number of local men have
sent in their policies to the great finan
cier, complying with his request for
them upon the announcement that he
can now control the next meetings of
the societies.
The policyholders who have re
sponded to the call of the “Frenzied
Finance” individual are not exactly
posted on the plans mapped out by
Mr. Lawson, but they have unbounded
faith in his ability to cope with the
situation and will result in a great good
to the great number of people inter
ested.
The state insurance department in
all cases declined to advise the sending
in of the proxies to Mr. Lawson.
CROWS SPREAD DISEASE.
Cholera Harasses the Farmers Neai
Louisville,
Louisville, Neb., Dec. 1.—The farm-,
ersf southeast of this place are fear-l
ing an epidemic of hog cholera. Sev-i
eral farmers say they have lost quite,
a number of hogs. They are doing
all in their power to check the dis-'
ease.
They also say their worst enemy is
the black crow. The crows visit their
hog yards, alight on hogs and in the
yard, and leave the germs of disease
that they have carried from afflicted
yards. Those, who lose their hogs by
this disease, are burning them so that'
the crows may not carry the germs to
their neighbors.
FOREIGNER IS JILTED.
Sheffield, Eng., Man Crosses Ocean te,
Find Sweetheart Wed.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1.—After crossing
the ocean to wed an Omaha woman,
Henry Dawson, of Sheffield, England,
found that his bride-to-be had jilted
him and married another man. He has
since disappeared and the police fear
that he has taken his own life.
Last Wednesday Dawson left a
steamer trunk at 923 South Thirteenth
street, declaring he would return for
it in a few hours.
After waiting, Mr. Neuman notified
the police of the presence of the trunk
in his store.
Neuman stated that Dawson, when he
entered his store, seemed very much
agitated and was evidently in a hurry
to leave.
After Neuman granted permission for
the trunk to be left in his place, Daw
son told him that he came all the way
from Sheffield to marry a young wom
an in Omaha whom he had been corre
sponding with for two years, but when
he called at the address given him he
found that she had, several months ago,
married another man and gone to Chi
cago to live.
At police headquarters the trunk was,
opened and found to contain several
suits of fine clothing, silk underwear
and a number of articles in fine cut
glass and silverware, the latter pre
sumably bridal presents.
SLASH NEBRASKA MAN.
He Suffers Seven Inch Cut While
Wrestling with Pittsburg Footpads.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 1.—In a desper
ate struggle, H. J. Cook, of Lincoln,
Neb., was severely wounded, receiving
a cut seven inches long on his right
arm, and was badly beaten about the
head and face.
Cook was walking along Hamilton
avenue, Pittsburg, when two men de
manded his money. Cook jumped Into
the street, but the men grappled an., a
fight ensued. He knocked one m«n
down, but the other attacked him with
a knife, cutting his arm.
Pedestrians heard Cook's cries and,
came to his assistance, the highway-1
men fleeing across the Pennsylvania,
tracks. The physician put six stitches!
in the wounded arm. Cook says he can
identify his assailants.
DEATH OF PIONEER.
H. D. Hathaway Helped to Found tne
State Journal.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1.—A dispatch'
this morning from Denver announced!
the death there last night of H. D.j
Hathaway, aged 70, a pioneer Nebraska!
citizen and a newspaper publisher. He)
was ,>ne of the founders of the Nebras-1
ka State Journal. Hathaway was a
native of Trumbull county, Ohio, eml- |
grating to Nebraska in 1858. }
ACT OF DRUNK OFFICER
Shoots Native Filipino Dead for Order
ing Him to Light Lamps on
His Vehicle.
Cebu. P. I., Dee. 6.—Lieutenant
Charles Pendleton, of the constabulary,
ordered four native soldiers into a
vehicle in which he was driving. A na
tive policeman stopped him, ordered
him to light the lamps on the vehicle,
whereupon Pendleton shot him dead.
He delivered the body to the police,
claiming he had found the man dead
on the road; Soldiers accompanying
him confirmed his story until today
when they broke down. Pendleton had
been drinking. Pendleton's family live
at Atlanta, Ga. He was formerly ser
geant in the Seventy-first regiment of
New' York. He has been held for mur
der. *
BIG FLURRY IN COTTON
Government Report, Showing Shortage,
Causes Cotton Prices to Advance
Quickly.
Washington, Dec. 6.—The cotton crop
bulletin issued today by the department
of agriculture estimates the total yield
at 10,167.818 bales.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 4.—The report of
the National Ginners’ association of
this year’s cotton, crop today gives
9,623,000 bales as the season’s yield.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 4.—Cotton
jumped up 35 to 41 points on reading
the government report.
New York, Dec. 4.—Upon announce
ment of the government cotton report
prices on the cotton exchange ad
vanced 76 points or % cents per pound,
amidst much excitement.
TO FIND BOTH GUILTY.
Lucien Young and Charles L. Wade
Will Be Reprimanded.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Judge Advocate
General Diehl of the navy has com
pleted his review of the courtmartial
of Commander Lucien Young and En
sign Charles L. Wade and submitted
the cases to the secretary of the navy
for final action. These officers were
tried at San Francisco on charges in
volving neglect of duty in connection
with the explosion on the gunboat Ben
nington at San Diego, Cal The finding
of the courtmartial in these cases has
not been officially announced, but it is
understood in naval circles that both
officers were found guilty on certain
counts not involving criminal negli
gence, and were sentenced to be repri
manded.
Owing to the importance of the cases,
Secretary Bonaparte will confer with
the president before deciding as to
what shall be done in thp matter. It is
expected that an official announcement
will be made next week after Secretary
Bonaparte has had opportunity to read
the records and reviews.
OFFICIALS TAKE ACTION
Will Break Up Practice of Throwing
Missiles at Trains—Investigation
in Progress. ‘
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6.—As the
result of the casting of a plum bob in
to President Roosevelt’s special train
Saturday night, the Pennsylvania road
officials and the Philadelphia police
authorities have united in a determined
effort to break up the practice of
throwing missiles at trains. A thor
ough investigation of the incident is
in progress.
“We haye been persistently annoyed,”
said a Pennsylvania railroad official
today, "by the throwing of stones and
bricks through car windows by mis
creants. They occur usually in outly
ing parts of the city. The only thing
that will break up the practice is a
heavy fine and imprisonment for the
offenders.”
RAILROADSWIN FIGHT.
Federal Judge at Kansas City Decides
He Hasn’t Jurisdiction in
Rebate Cases.
Kansas City. Dec. G.—Judge Phillips,
in the United States district court today
delivered an opinion holding his court
was without jurisdiction in cases
brought here by the federal government
charging the Missouri Pacific, Santa Pe
and other railways with giving rebates
on shipments of products in violation
of the Elkins act. The motion of rail
ways to quash the proceedings was
^ranted.
HER HEART FAILS HER.
Oassie Chadwick Fails to Make Goot
Her Promised Expose and Al
most Collapses.
Cleveland, Dec. 4.—Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick was taken into the federal
bankruptcy court today upon her own
request for the purpose of completing
her testimony as to some of her finan
cial dealings. Although she recently
stated she could reveal certain facts of
importance, nothing of that nature was
brought out. The hearing ended with
Mrs. Chadwick in a condition bordering
on collapse from heart trouble.
“FADS AND FANCIES.”
New York Judge Is Said to Own Most
of Stock in Town Topics.
New York, Dec. 6.—"Fads and Fan
cies.” the book of American social cele
brities, which came into prominence
several months ago through the an
nouncement that some of those who
figured in the book had paid many
thousand dollars for the privilege, was
owned by Justice Joseph M. Deul of
the court of special sessions of this
city, according to a letter read in the
police court today.
Other letters purporting to show that
Justice Deuel was interested in the suc
cess of "Fads and Fancies" were read
bv the attorney for the defense. Among
them was one alleged to have been
written by Justice Deuel and addressed
to Mr. Wooster, an agent for “Fads
and Fancies," who was at Palm Beach,
Fla. The letter expressed a hope that
Wooster would meet nice people in
Florida, and continued: “All of them
are like Davy Crockett's coon, so that
all you will have to do is to point your
gun and every high-toned citizen of
Palm Beach will instantly tumble into
your basket.”
HER FATHER SHOT FIRST
An Oklahoma Doctor's Alleged Plan to
Kill His Wife Failed.
Shawnee, Okla.. Dec. 4.—The coroner
and sheriff exonerated today P. O. Sul
livan, a money lender at Cloud, who
was charged with shooting his son-in
law, Dr. E. N. Hillman. Dr. Hillman
had separated from his wife. Thanks
giving day he went to her home with
the alleged intention of killing her. but
her father shot first. An autopsy
showed that Dr. Hillman had taken a
large dorc of poison before going to his
w ife's home.
MOODY NEEDS POWER
TO PROSECUTE THEM
Annual Report of Attorney Gen«
eral Shows Difficulty of En
forcing Elkins’ Act.
DAN’T PREVENT REBATES
Railroads and Shippers, Alike Guilty,
Hesitate to Betray Each Other—
Present Law Needs Im
Important Additions.
Washington, Dec. 6.—The report of
Attorney General Moody to congress,
was made public at noon today. Xxi|
part, it follows:
I have the honor to invite the atten-j
tion of the congress to the condition Jnj
which the department of justice finds*
Itself from the lack of adequate or)
even decent accommodations.
Six years ago the department build-!
ing on Pennsylvania avenue was con-,
demned as unsafe, and the attorney!
general and all of his subordinates were*
driven to the street to find refuge;
where they could. The department now.
Is occupying seven rented buildings, sit-'
uated in different parts of the city, ati
an annual rental of $25,800.
This condition is inconvenient, uneco-,
nomical and humiliating. Even if, soom
after the convening of the next con
gress, authority to secure a site for a)
building and to prepare plans for sub
mision to congress were given, several)
years would elapse before the remedy
would become effective.
The public interests urgently demand!
the appointment of another judge fori
the southern district of New York,!
which includes within its territory tbej
city of New York.
Misconduct in Office.
After experience in pending cases,
and notably the “cotton leak” case,
and after careful reflection, I am con
vinced that the federal statutory lawi
should make misconduct in office an
offense throughout the United States.1
Its present local meaning and applica
tion should be enlarged for purposes of
punishment substantively and for pur
poses of removal for trial in general
between all the districts of the United!
States. The scope of the crime under'
the common law should be reduced to
precise specification. It is true, as a
mere possibility, as the matter stands;
at present, that irregularities and mis
behavior, which are blamable but
trifling, may be Included in the defini
tion of the offense; but the most serious
and essentially criminal matters which
now escape definition and punishment
in the criminal code are also included.
Difficulty of Suppressing Discrimination*
Several cases, in which it is alleged!
there have been violations of the;
Elkins act, have been prepared, placed!
in the hands of the district attorneys*
In three different states, and will soon
be submitted to the grand juries for)
their action.
In all eases in which the evidence!
has been furnished to the department
of violations of the Elkins act appro
priate action has been taken. It is
impossible for the department to pro
ceed upon rumor or upon any basis ex
cept evidence. The department of jus
tice is not equipped with any force
whose duties are to obtain evidence of
violations of law, and relies to a con
siderable extent upon the information
obtained by the Interstate Commerce
commission. Rebates, discriminations,
and departures from published rates*
are secret crimes, usually known only!
to the shippers concerned and the offi-;
eials of the railroad, and ordinarily can)
be proved only by the confession of)
some one of the persons implicated in.
the wrongdoing.
Officials of railroads have in general)
terms assured me of their willingness
to aid the department in every way in
enforcing the provisions of the law
against rebates, discriminations, and
departures from published rates, but
have declined to render the only as
sistance that would be of the slightest;
value, namely, the furnishing of evi
dence proving the offense.
Will Not Turn State's Evidence.
To every case of this kind there are!
two guilty parties. The department has
been, and is, willing to accept the evi
dence either of the shipper or of the!
railroad official, giving him the Immun-i
ity from prosecution which would result;
from the use of the evidence, and to!
proceed by indictment against the other!
guilty party. But, for reasons which
will not be appreciated by all, men have*
shrunk from betraying their confeder
ates. The cases, therefore, in which
evidence has been or will be obtained;
are occasional and exceptional, and un
less we are content to allow the evil
of the discriminatory practice by com
mon carriers to continue, with now and;
then the punishment of a detected,
crime, some remedy which reaches
deeper than any law now upon the
statute book must be found.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion and the department of justice, by:
the exercise of the utmost diligence,)
can discover and prohibit or punish only;
a small percentage of the discrimina-j
tory practices which actually exist. It;
seems probable that the direct pay-,
ment of rebates in money has largely,
diminished. It is alleged to be true, and!
the evidence before this department, so
far as it goes, tends to support the al-)
legation, that, though clothed and dis-j
guised by verious devices, the practice)
of giving one shipper preferential treat
ment over another in like situation, in:
substance, still continues.
MANY VESSELS ASHORE.
Mist Over English Channel and North!
Sea Causes Great Damage.
London, Dec. 4.—There was a dense*
fog in the English channel and the|
North sea Saturday and Sunday. It is(
reported that many vessels have gone*,
ashore.
The Red Star line steamer Vaderland
from Antwerp and Dover for New
York was fourteen hours late in reach
ing Dover, being compelled to anchor
all last night off Flushing. The Ham
burg-American line steamer Pretoria,
from Hamburg for Dover, Cologne and
New York was unable to leave Cux
haven and will be twenty-four hours,
'ate in reaching Dover.
LANE SUCCEEDS FIFER.
Jan Francisco Man Named by Presi
dent for Place on Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Announcement
is made that the president will appoint
Franklin Lane, of San Francisco, to
the vacancy on the Interstate Com
merce commission, created by the resig
nation of Former (Governor Fifer, of
Illinois- whici. »“■—a effect January I.