THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publish*!-.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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Entertaining a children’s party at a
certain millionaire's house, in New
York. Miss Shediock, a professional
■teller of stories to juveniles happened
to employ the old proverb, “the early
bird catches the worm.’’ A little boy
questioned the proverb promptly. "Hut
wasn't the worm foolish?” he asked,
!“to (Tet up early and be caught?" "My
dear," said Miss Shediock, "that worm
■hadn't been to bed at all. He was Just
getting home."
Heiress apparent to $200,000,000 Sonora
Creel, wife of the new Mexican ambas
sador, is the richest woman of the
diplomatic set in Washington, where
many are rich. Enrique C. Creel, the
ambassador is far from poor, but his
$24,000,000 dwindles to paltry insignifi
cance when ranged beside his wife’s
)iuge fortune. She is the daughter of
Lulz Terrozaz, of Chihuahua, owner of
gold mines and broad acres.
Trinity building. Just north of the
old churchyard, in Broadway, pays re
turns on a valuation of $5,000,000. In
(1S57 the land with the building on It,
which stood until a few years ago, was
[bought for $200,000. Farther up Broad
'way, for the site on which the Astor
house stands with the original build
ing on It, John Jacob Astor paid $60,000.
The land alone Is now worth $3,000,000.
Chartreuse, tho liqueur of the Car
thusian monks, was tho invention of
an aged baker. On tho expuslon of
the Carthusian fathers from Franco
the Chartreuse reelpo was sold at auc
tion for $1,760,000. Tho French buy
ers undertook, however, a losing busi
ness, for the monks are now making
their liqueur in Spain and epicures
prefer it to that of the French firm.
A scheme Is on foot for creating a
Japanese agricultural colony in the
t. i u i it i...*■ t. _ m,l«.. 1
graph. Well to do Japanese farmers
Ms* to be taken out, according to the
project, and they Vlll turn their atten
tion to the raising of wheat and tho
cultivation of sugar beets and anything
(else that will thrive In the climate.
The schooner yacht, Livonia, which
Iraced for the America's cup In 1871,
and whose owner James Asbury, made
much trouble through disputes over
conditions has been wrecked at Mos
quito Point, Newfoundland, nnd will
probably be a total loss. Sho was
sold sometime after her race for a
cargo schooner.
Miss Birdie Robinson, Rumbaugh,
England, assisted In ringing a peal of
6,040 changes lasting two hours and
flfty-two minutes on the church bells
at that place a few days ago. This
la the first occasion on which a woman
has rung a peal In tho dioceso of Nor
wich.
Charles H. Lord, of Dunbarton, N.
H., recently cut a large pine tree on
his farm which, from the rings, was
200 years old. The tree was 134 feet
tall, measured five feet four Inches on
tho Btump, and at the hlght of sixty
feet measured three feet In diameter.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, D. D.,
author of "In His Steps," goes to Eng
land March 15 and will spend two
months or more, speaking six nights
each week In behalf of temperance un
der the auspices of the British Temper
ance union.
It is stated that J. Plerpont Morgan
has been able to purchase seven valu
able Van Dyck paintings from the fam
ily of the Marquis of Cattnneo, of Italy.
The other seven they possessed have
been bought by the Berlin museum.
"He’s an accountant," said a witness
on the stand In an English court the
other day. "I mean that he makes his
living by advising people as to getting
reductions In their Income tax." "Oh,”
sold the judge.
Lord Strathconu, now in England,
has been informed by a cable dispatch
that about 110,000 men will be required
by contractors for railway work In
western Canada during the coming
summer.
The Rev. W. Arthur Noble, of Korea,
has one of the largest districts In Meth
odism. Recently he walked 300 miles,
the churches In one section of his dis
trict being near enough for him to do
this.
Charles Manners, the famous opera,
singer, Is credited by a London expert
with being one of the finest amateur
milliners living, his work equaling some
of the French models.
The Chinese laborers In the Van
iRhu gold mines recently presented to
their white manager a handsome silver
tray to mark their feelings of affection,
“as deep as the sea.*'
The Japanese are Increasing their
[canning factories. The consumption
of foreign canned goods Is limited to
the foreign population, and a small per
centage of native.
New York city department of water,
gas and electricity Is one of the few
^departments that actually make money,
[receiving about $3,000,000 more a year
[than It expends.
Absinthe's secret once belonged to a
[French chemist. He sold it to a dls
jtlller for $75. The distiller sold it for
’$50,000. It Is now not worth its original
$76, having leaked out.
Richard Strauss, after long negotia
tions on the subject, has agreed to pro
iduce and direct his opera "Salome" at
[the Galete theater, Paris, In May.
New York city's milk supnly comes
ifrorn S6.000 farms, situated In six states,
varying In distance from the metropolis
|from ten to 400 miles.
: Mounted on bicycles twenty Chinese
bandits raided a tobacco shop near
'Pekin recently and made oft with the
^contents of the safe.
. The sultan of Morocco must choose
his four real wives from among his
• cousins, and the king of Slam, is forced
to marry his sisters.
Iceland ponies are a fad in England.
iThey are In great demand among the
British who can afford to Indulge their
[whims.
j In a six weeks' run at Drury Lane
theater 250.153 men, women and ehll
• dren saw the pantomime, "Sinbad the
1 Sailor.” _
, An enterprisnig Londoner advertises
ithat is prepared to teach journalism,
■ literature and public speaking “In five
[lessons.”
A nursemaid in Irkutsk-Siberla, pois
oned the child given In her care to get
•rid of the trouble of watching It.
The project of connecting France
•with Italy by tunneling Mont Blanc !•
(gaining ground steadily In Paris.
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RICHAROS-CQMSTOCK
TO JAIL ONE YEAR
Omaha Men Who Secured
Fraudulent Title to Land
Sentenced.
ARE FINED $1,600 EACH
Chas. C. Jameson and Aquilla Triple*
Are Given Eight Months in
Jail and Sentenced to Pay
$500 Each.
Omaha, Neb., March 20.—Judge Mun
|ger, of the United States district court,
this morning sentenced Bartlett Rich
ards and Will C. Comstock to pay a
fine of $1,500 and to Imprisonment of
tone year In the Douglas county Jail.
Charles C. Jameson and Aquillu
Triplett must each pay a fine of $500
nnd spend eight months In the Doug
las county Jail.
The four were convicted of securing
fraudulent title to government lands
In western Nebraska and had half a
million acres enclosed In a ranch.
Comstock made a personal appeal to
the court for leniency. The trial was
one of the hardest fought In federal
court here for years.
WAS A WEEK OF
NOTABLE PROGRESS
Nebraska Legislature Is Han«
dling Most Important Meas
ures With Dispatch.
Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—The past
week has witnessed notable progress
upon the part of Nebraska legislators.
Among the things done during the
past week are the following:
House—Passed the railway com
mission bill: refused to recommit the
direct primary bill for amendment;
partially considered a bill for municipal
taxation of railroad properties; con
sidered and recommended for passage
the salary appropriation bill; consid
ered and recommended for passage a
reciprocal demurrage bill; set a stock
yards regulation bill as a special order
for Tuesday morning; considered and
recommended for passage a series of
road bills, one of which has been
passed; pussed or recommended for
passage, a number of special appropri
ation bills.
Senate—Passid the King anti-pass
bill; indefinitely postponed the house
anti-lobby bill and upon receipt of a
special message from the governor re
called the measures from the house,
reconsidered the vote on postponement
and referred the bill to the judiciary
committee; considered the child labor
bill, put It on third reading and then
recommitted it for specific amendment;
killed the Judiciary committee bill im
posing an annual tax on all corpora
tions; passed the Gibson bill prohibit
ing brewers or distillers from owning
any interest in a saloon license or rent
ing any room or building to any per
son for saloon purposes; passed the
Sackett bill compelling railroads to pay
for coal confiscated In transit, and a
penalty of 20 per cent, to addition;
considered the pure food bill and or
dered it engressed for third reading;
passed the terminal taxation bill;
passed the Patrick bill providing that
there shall be no new trial In criminal
cases when from an examination of
the complete record it shall appear
that justice has been done.
1 Up to date, seventeen house meas
ures and nineteen senate bills have bo
! come laws. The house has passed
I ninety-nine of Its own measures and
! twenty-one senate files. It has killed
| .158 house bills and eiftht senate bills.
The senate has passed 123 of its own
! measures, and killed exactly the same
number, while it has passed twenty
four house bills and killed fifteen.
There are on third reading:, six billy
in the house and eight in th*
; senate.
MUST NOT CHARGE
OVER 2 CENTS A MILE
Lincoln, Neb.. March 20.—Any charge
by a railroad company In excess of 2
cents a mile for passenger fare between
points in Nebraska no matter whether
the intermediate line may he wholly;
within tho state or not is unlawful ac
cording to an opinion by Attorney Gen
eral Thompson.
Since the 2-cent passenger rate law
went Into effect Attorney General
Thompson received a complaint from
a Lexington. Neb., man who said the
Union Pacific agent refused to se'l him
a ticket to Sidney, Neb., for less than if
cents a mile because the road in going!
from Lexington to Sidney ran for a’
short distance In Colorado, making it
Interstate traffic. The attorney general
said he was advised the Burlington wasi
following the same policy between Ta
ble Rock and McCook, where the road
runs partly In Kansas. Attorney Gen
eral Thompson said he had precedent
for his ruling in a Pennsylvania case,
and added:
"1 am of the belief that anyone who
offers to pay 2 cents a mile between
points in Nebraska and is refused
: transportation at that rate will have a
valid cause of action against the rail
road company so refusing, regardless of
whether its lines are entirely within
this state or not. Anyone on board a
train who tenders fare at 2 cents a
mile and who Is put off will have good
grounds for a damage suit."
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ACCUSES BRAKEMAN IN
ANTE MORTEM STATEMENT
Blair, Neb., March 20.—Henry Cresse,
of Craig, Mo., aged 20 years, fell from
a freight train bound for Omaha and
' had both legs cut off. lie died five
; hours later, having retained conscious
ness to the last.
An Inquest was held and the jury
returned a verdict of accidental death;
After being told he could not live
the man made a statement to the'
^physicians lo tho effect that the brake
'mjn ordered hint off the train, but he
could not so\ whether the brake.uan
shoved him off or pet.
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TERMINAL TAXATION
WINS IN SENATE
Railroad Lobby Loses in Des
perate Fight Against
Bill.
IS A PLATFORM PLEDGE,
Expected to Go Through the House—
It Permits Cities and Villages to
Collect Municipal Tax
From Railroads.
Lincoln, Neb., March 19.—In spite ol'
the opposition of a powerful railroad
lobby which has for several days been
massing Its strength against the meas
ure, the senate yesterday afternoofy 23
to 6, passed the terminal taxation 1)111,
a measure permitting cities and vil
lages to assess and tax for municipal
purposes only, railway property sit
uated within their borders.
A bill of identical provisions is now
pending in the house, where it is be
ing bitterly fought by the railroad con
tingent and some well-meaning mem
bers who have been deceived bv rail
road arguments. The senate 1)111 had
been ordered engrossed for third read
ing. When an effort was made to re
commit it to the committee on revenue
for specific amendment. Sibley led
the movement and offered the proposed
Amendment, which friends of the bill
Insisted would have completely emas
culated it. It was further charged that
rne effort to recommit was not for the
purpose of amendment, but for the ef
fect which It would have on the house.
The fight was one of the most exciting
lost by a vote of 11 to 18. Sibley then1
moved that the bill be read for final
(passage and upon roll call the measure
received 23 votes to (i against.
Was Promised in Platform.
Terminal taxutlon was one of the
republican party measures and was
promised in the platform. Every sen-i
ator who voted against it had indi
vidually pledged himself to support
every plank in the platform. Those
who failed to do so were Glover, of
Custer; Gould, of Greeley; Hanna, of
Cherry; King, of Polk; Luce, of Har
lan, and Thorne, of Webster.
Upon motion of Epperson the sen
ate ordered the state chemist to pro
cure samples of all stock foods man
ufactured and sold in the state, ascer
tain the Ingredients and proportions
and report to the senate at the earliest
possible time, so that the information
can be published for the benefit of the
people. During the fight on the pure
food bill, stock food manufacturers
were extremely active In lobbying
against the measure and this move is
presumably In retaliation.
Railway Commission Bill Up.
A large portion of both sessions ot
the senate was occupied In committee
of the whole considering the railway
commission bill. Few amendments ol
Importance were made. One of these
places street ear companies under the
control of the commission and the other
raises the maximum tine for refusing
to testify front $500 to $5,000. An
amendment to empower the commission
to employ an attorney was defeated.
The house killed Renkle’s bill com
pelling railroads to move live stock
trains at a speed of sixteen miles an
hour. It developed during the debate
that the law now compels a speed of
eighteen miles per hour, so the neces
sity of tlie new bill was not apparent
to members.
Most of the time in the house was
devoted to the consideration of ap
propriation bills in committee of the
whole.
LOVE DRIVES HIM TO
THEFT AND DISGRACE
Lincoln, Neb., March 19.—Clifford L.
Uohanan, a senior tit the state univer
sity, who would have graduated in
three months with high class honors
was fined $100 and cost in police court 1
after confessing to having stolen two
overcoats and pawned them. The
boy’s heart-broken father, a physician
at Greenwood, Neb., took the boy
home.
Dunaiiii u ucuuiic iniiiiuuicu nun
young woman student at Wesleyan
university, and was engaged to marry
her. A desire to appear to the best
advantage in her eyes and to lavish
gifts of a diamond ring and a watch
upon her, are supposed to have led the
boy to thetvery. in bis effects were
found expensive ties, socks, gloves
and other articles taken from a cloth
ing store where he worked Saturday
afternoons.
INSANITY !MY BE~~
BRINK'S DEFENSE
Ponca, Neb., March 19.-—It is re
ported on very good authority that
when Frank Brink is brought to trial
hero next week for the murder of his
former sweetheart. Miss Bessie New
ton, on the eve of her marriage to an
other, that the defense will advance the
theory of insanity.
At the preliminary hearing Brink
pleaded not guilty, but was held for
the murder without ball. Today bo
spent some time walking on the streets
of Ponca in the custody of Sheriff Mas
ked. I-Ils health is steadily improving.
it is announced that Will McCarty,
who has been mentioned as being one
of the attorneys for the defense, is In
stead assisting County Attorney Pear
son in the prosecution.
TIES HER^TOCKING
ON BUT LOSES $45
St. Loui* March 19.—The police re
port n theft of $45 from Mrs. Philip
Maurer, shows that not even the stock
ing, long considered woman’s securest
treasure vault, is a safe place.
When Mrs. Maurer retired she did
not remove her stockings. Her reason
was that in one was $45 in bills.
To make sure the money would stay
there, Mrs. Maurer tied a red ribbon
about her knee. When she arose from
an uninterrupted night's sleep her
stocking was still on, the red ribbon
was still in its place hut the money was
gone.
FEARS LIQUOR LICENSE,
WIFE WANDERS, DIES
Scranton, Pa., March 19.—Grief
brought on by the thought that her
husband wou! 1 be granted a liquor
license and in becoming a saloonkeeper,
would place temptation in the way of
their children, led to the death by ex
posure of Mrs. Acem Domonzick. of
Simpson, a small mining town near
hei e.
Her body cold in death, was found i"
the woods this morning.
WIFE NEED NOT PAY
FOR SPOUSE'S "BACCY”
Nebraska Court Says Further
She Needn’t Support
Horse.
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—According
to a decree of Judge Holmes, of the
Lancaster district court, a wife cannot
I
ibe compelled to pay her husband’s to
bacco bills nor for the feed furnished
to the family horse, cow and poultry.
Under the Nebraska law all property
of a married woman not exempt by law
(from sale on execution or attachment
;is liable for the payment of all debts
'contracted for necessaries furnished the
[family of said married woman after
execution against the husband for such
(indebtedness has been returned unsatis
'fied for tvant of property whereon to
llevy to make the same.
' ,E. N. Johnson, a grocer, sued Dr. W.
\w. House, a veterinarian, for $147,
[Which included groceries, tobacco, cow,
‘horse and poultry feed. The lower court
held that us the live stock formed a
jpart of the family source of supplies
dt came within the definition of a neees
[sity. It was argued also that as to
ibacco was a necessity for one member
of the family it came within the legal
definition and that food given to a
milch cow and the chickens certainly
did so, because the cow furmsned milk
and butter for the house table and
chickens supplied eggs and finally ex
pired on the family food altar.
The court allowed only the $46.35 for
groceries furnished. The wife particu
larly protested against the horse feed,
saying that her husband refused to al
low her to use the buggy when she
wanted to.
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COEDS PUNISH BOYS WHO
SAW THEM IN BLOOMERS
Lincoln, Neb., March 15.—There was ex
citement a plenty at the state university
armory this afternoon when the coeds
who are giving their annual athletic en
tertainment discovered that two boys, at
tired in feminine garb, had got past the
guards and were taking in the sights* with
evident enjoyment.
Some boy had sent in word to the girls
that there were two disguised boys in the
gallery, but before they could pick them
out from the crowd, the boys got nervous
and tried to make their get-away. Before
they had got a dozen feet fifteen or twen
ty girls made for them. They tried to
run, but the skirts hampered them. Seiz
ing them the girls compelled them to raise
their veils and march about the hall, much
to their embarrassment, after which a
part of their attire was taken from them
and they were fqrced out of the building.
ANTI-PASS BILL GOES
THROUGH THE SENATE
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Anti-Lobby Measure May Be
Broadened to Protect
Governor.
Lincoln, Neb., March IS.—By unani
mous vote the senate yesterday after
noon passed the anti-pass bill, senate
file No. 2. Patrick and AA'iltse ex
plained their votes, stating that they
favored a more radical bill, but hoped
ithat as the house had already passed
[such a measure, it would amend this
bill so as to make it come nearer to
their views. They therefore voted in
the affirmative.
Members of the senate judiciary
committee to which was referred the
anti-lobby bill, which had been indefi
nitely postponed, but which was resur
rected upon receipt of a special mes
sage from Governor Sheldon, stated
today that it is not probable that
:the measure will be amended to any
great extent. It is apparent that many
members who voted against the bill
when it was up before are now for
it and that it will pass without much
difficulty.
Burns, of Lnncester, offered a pre
amble and resolutions reciting that i
it had been reported that certain lobby
ists were harrassing the governor and I
importuning him to sign or veto. He j
wanted it resolved, therefore, that the ,
governor as well as the legislature, be !
'included in the provisions of the anti
lobby bill. Burns has been one of the ;
oponents of the lobby bill, and upon I
I? f motfnx . f. ........ J
'to tho judiciary committee.
The child labor bill was set for pass- I
age this afternoon, but it appeared
that one of tho amendments had not
been properly engrossed, so it was re
committed.
The house sifting committee made
its first report today, placing at the
head of the file a number of appropri
ation bills which were Immediately
taken up in committee of the whole,
A bill was recommended for passage ,
[raising poll tuxes froil $2 to $2.60 and
making them payable in cash.
HEIRS, $20,000 EACH,
LAWYERS C\ET $60,000
Omaha, Neb., Marc.N IS.—The threat
ened contest over the will of Count
John A. Creighton, the philanthropist,
was late yesterday settled by the con
testing relatives of Count Creighton be
ing given $200,000 by those to whom
bequests were made. Of this amount
the five lawyers who were engaged to
make the contests will receive $60,000.
The contest was placed in the hands of
these lawyers last Monday, and they
will receive the $60,000 for three days’
work.
There were seven coritesting heirs,
till nieces and nephews of Count
Creighton. They will receive $20,000
each. The remainder of the $6,000,000
estate goes to other relatives and to
charitable institutions.
CRUSADE AGAINST INDUSTRIAL
' WORKERS CLOSE WHOLE TOWN
Goldfield, New, March 18.—The citi
zens of Goldfield last night organized to
light tlie industrial workers of the
world. Every mine and store will be
closed indefinitely at noon today. It is
agreed that no person in Goldfield shall
employ any worker who is a member
of the industrial workers.
it is determined to back up the Amer
ican Federation of Labor in its efforts j
to organize local trades.
Citizens have appointed 100 special ]
officers to patent the city.
GIRL LEAKS KrtUIVl WINDOW.
Cincinnati. O., March 12.—Leaping
head first, from a window ledge on the I
thirteenth floor of the Traction build- j
ing. Gertrude Hanisri, aged 20, a sten- |
ographer. committed suicide in sight of i
hundreds of persons.
The cause is unknown. I
WAGON PRICES TO SOAR.
Chicago, March IS.—The price ol :
buggies, wagons and general products \
of the wagon craft is to be advanced j
nearly 50 per cent, this spring unless
conditions regarding raw materials and
transportation take a beneficial change. *
i AO MONGERS FIX
JUDICIAL SCHEDULE
Nebraska Federal Judges Ar.
range for Division or
Work.
OUTSIDERS GET LEMON
That Is ti.e Feeling of the Lawyers
Through the State Who Have
Been "Drilling” to Oma
ha for Years.
Omaha, Neb., March 16.—An ar
rangement for procedure under the new
ludicial law, which provides for two
federal districts in Nebraska, was ar
rived at Wednesday at a conference of
United States’ District Judges T. C.
Munger and James W. Munger. Judge
T. C. Munger exercised his first ju
dicial act by appointing Henry Allen
as deputy United States district clerk ,
for the Grand Island division.
Under the arrangement all motions
or orders arising in Lincoln, Hastings,
Grand Island and McCook divisions
will be presented to and heard by Judge
T. C. Munger, at Lincoln, and those
arising in Omaha, Norfolk, Chadron,
and North Platte divisions will como
before Judge James W. Munger. This
rule will armlv at all times, excent
in case of sickness or absence from the.
bench, for other reasons of either of
the judges, when the other judge will
hear the motion.
Looks Like a Lemon.
Lincoln. Neb., March 14.—Lawyers
out in the state are beginning to sus
pect that they have been handed a
lemon in the matter of the new federal
judicial division bill of congress.
One of the complaints that has been
most frequent was that every lawyer
in the state, no matter where he re
sided, had to try all of his cases in
Omaha. There was nothing in the law
that compelled this, but the judge and
clerks and the marshal, all of whom
reside in Omaha, have evidenced such
disinclination to journeying elsewhere
to hold court that as a matter of dis
cretion the lawyers have always “con
sented” to trying their cases at Oma
ha, notwithstanding that the law pro
vided for terms at Lincoln, Hastings, !
and Norfolk. In recent years the set I
terms elsewhere than Omaha have be- I
come regular farces, court meeting only
to adjourn.
Build Hopes on Sar.d.
When the bill giving the state two
judges and a redistricting was passed,
the lawyers were gratified to know
that it provided that terms of court
should be held at eight different cities
in the state at which all the cases
originating in that district must be
tried and that a clerk to keep the
records must be appointed in each. But
they have already discovered that
their dreams are over.
Clerk Thummel, of the circuit court,
and Clerk Hoyt, of the district court,
have announced that they will appor- ■
tion a salary of but $10 a month to
each of these clerks, except at Lincoln
where they propose to put in a $60
man. These clerks will merely receivq
filings, rubber stamp them and for
ward them to Omaha. This is taken |
by the lawyers to mean that the clerks
don’t propose to do any more travel- \
ing than they must, and that the court !
term will be mere by-stations on the j
round trip to and from Omaha.
THIRTY STUDENTS SUSPENDED
FOR GOING TO A DANCE
Grand Island, Neb., March 16.—Thirty i
students of the Grand Island Business
and Normal college have been suspend- \
sd for one week for disregarding a ]
warning issued to them as to public
dances. Two of the students and an ex- :
student last week arranged to hold a
dance, admission to which was practic- '
ally open to all. Several years ago
’.here was an incident leading from
such an affair, and Professor A. M.
Hargis, the president and owner of the
college, addressed the student body
when he learned of the renewed effort
toward such an entertainment and
warned the students not to indulge in
them. He was not against dancing, but i
discountenanced the public dance, and j
urged that it was better at all events ;
for the student to concentrate his mind [
upon his studies. The two students \
withdrew. The ex-student, however,
‘pulled off” the affair and the next day
the college president suspended all who
attended.
OMAHA COAL DEALER
NOT GUILTY, SAYS JURV
Omaha, Neb., March 16.—The trial oi
1. A. Sunderland, president of the Sun
derland Brothers company, one of the
sixty Omaha coal dealers, members ol ;
the Omaha Coal exchange, indicted foi !
violation of the state anti-trust laws, i
ended last night in a verdict of not
guilty. It appeared from the evidence !
that the Sunderland Brothers company I
had withdrawn from the Omaha Coal i
exchange some time before the indict- |
ments were returned. This was the j
second of the "coal trust" trials, the
first resulting in the conviction of Pres
ident Howell of the exchange.
FIGHT FOR THE CREIGHTON
MILLIONS TO BE VIGOROUS
Omaha, Neb., March 16.—Aggressive
fighting plans are being made by those
nephews and nieces of the late Count
John A. Creighton, who were not men
tioned in Mr. Creighton’s will, and an
attempt will be made to break the in
strument. Seven of the most prom
inent attorneys in the city have been
retained I y the seven persons who were
cut off, and a fight will be made to
prevent the will being probated.
The amount left by Count Creighton
Is estimated at 67,500,000, one-fourth
being bequeathed to relatives and
three-fourths to charitable and educa
tional Institutions.
An attemnt had been made to settle
the matter out of the courts, but the j
plan failed.
The will Is to be probated Saturday
unless a contest is instituted.
HEAD CAUGHT IN CAR
DOOR AND NECK BROKEN
Guthrie. Okla.. March 16.—James j
Taylor, of Biller, Neb., son of Charles
Taylor, who had just purchased a farm
near Bliss. Okla., was instantly killed
at Bliss by the switching of an emi- ;
grant car in which he was riding. H<) 1
stuck his head out of the car door to
give some directions as to where it
was to be placed, when the car was
struck by a switch engine, throwing
the door shut in such a manner as to
break bis neck. Death was instantane
ous. A coroner’s jury holds the rail ,
ur.y responsible
1 NEBRASKA SOLONS [
1 Proceedings of the Week in Brief in >
Both Houses of the Legislature. &
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WEDNESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Amid cheers
|ft half dozen discomfited men who have
been in Lincoln lobbying against cer
tain sections of the pure food bill, with
[drew from the senate chamber this
;morning upon invitation of the lieuten
ant governor.
The cc^nmittee on commerce reported
an amendment which the senate yes
terday ordered made. Senator Aldrich
moved that the bill be referred to the
committee of the whole. Mr. McKesson
[moved that the amendments be
.adopted. This would restore the bill to
.third reading.
Patrick pointed out that there was at
."that moment upon the senate floor a
[number of lobbyists who had been for
two days importuning and arguing with
members. He named F. E. Sanborn
and E. T. Yates, of Omaha, and E.
W. Brown, of South Omaha, as some of
those present.
The lieutenant governor stated that
if these men were there lobbying they
must retire without the railing. The
men thereupon withdrew, amid jeers
and cheers.
The bill was made a special order for
this afternoon. The state passed a
house bill aimed at yeggmen; it makes
burglary by use of explesives punish
able by from twenty years to life im
prisonment.
The nouse spent the morning on the
salary appropriation bill, it cut out one
assistant to the labor commissioner,
raised the salary of the secretary of
the state board of equalization from
$1,600 to $2,000, refused to cut the sal
aries of railway commissioners and de
clined to make a number of raises. The
(house authorized the speaker to name
a sifting committee.
THURSDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln, Neb., March 14.—Excite
ment held the boards in the house this
morning when Representative Wilson,
of Custer, who has been generally
recognized as the spokesman of the
railroad faction, said that he had just
discovered that In debate yesterday
he had been insulted by Representa
tive Clarke, of Douglas, who had re
ferred to him as the right hand man
of Frank H. Young, the Burlington’s,
chief lobbyist at this session.
Wilson proceeded to read a paper in
which he referred to Clarke as "A
political pimp, the evident dirty rag
on the end of Omaha’s lobby stick of
monstrous greed.”
Speaker Nettleton rapped him down,
and told him he must observe the rules.
Wilson protested that he had a right
to be heard, but. Anally gave up as
against the rapping of the gavel.
The speaker appointed as the sifting
committee, Harrison of Otoe, Keifer
of Nuckolls, E. V/. Brown of Lancas
ter, Walsh of Douglas, Hart of York,
Hill of Chase, and VanHousen of Col
fax. The committee organized with
Harrison as chairman and Hart secre
tary. The general Ale now contain;;
over 200 bills.
Senate Ale 14S was passed. It pro
vides that insurance companies that
remove cases to the federal court shall
lose license to do business in the state
for three years.
The senate reconsidered its indeAnite
postponement of house role 18, the anti
lobby bill, after the governor had sent
in his special message asking that a
measure of that character be passed.
It was referred to the judiciary com
mittee.
Since the developments of the past
few days, when the lobby has been
most insistent and annoying, it is likely
that the bill will be made much strong
er than before.
In committee of the whole the fol
lowing bills were recommended to pass;
House role 110, the anti-hobo bill; house
role 61, prohibiting pooling by bridge
contractors: house role 43, authorizing
village boards to prohibit pool and bil
liard halls; house role 105, making $10,
000 capita! stock the minimum for
country banks: senate Ale 277, compell
ing private corporations to pay em
ployes twice a month.
Senate Ale 230, the Sunday baseball
bill, was killed.
FRIDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln. Neb., March 15.—The railroad
lobby, in emulation of a decapitated
chicken, is fluttering between house and
senate in its effort to defeat terminal
taxation. A large number of pass
holders and railroad politicians from
the home towns of members have been
imported to represent "what the people
at home think.” But the effort to stam
pede the house against the measure
has apparently resulted in nothing. The
friends of the measure say that it in
now only a question of getting the mat
ter to a vote in the senate.
Sibler, the railroad leader, is trying
to secure recommitment of the bill for
specific amendment and claims to have
enough to do this. The bill has already
passed the senate, hut Sibler wants it
lixed so that the city assessor must
take the state board's figure, which is
the law now and which enables the
roads to escape thousands in mu
nicipal taxes.
The senate passed a number of bills
this morning which it recommended
yesterday in committee of the whole,
nad then took up the railway commis
sion bill, debating for a long time
whether to make the attorney general
the board’s legal adviser or give It one
of its own. The house did not take up
the bill regulating stock yards charges
as agreed upon, but made it a special
order for Tuesday.
MEN TO WEArv SILK.
Chicago, March 18.—India silk for
summer wear is the dictum for Beau
Brummels this year, and It must be in
one of the many shades of gray.
Of course for the negligee shirt,
dressy browns have the call.
Coats must again be longer than Inst
year and absolutely must fit the form.
Such Is the announcement of George
E. Gibeault. chairman of the Merchant
Tailors' National Protective associa
tion, which opened its spring exhibit
here today.
LOUISVILLE CAR STrTkeRS
RETURN TO WORK
Louisville, Ivy.. March 18.—By a
unanimous vote the SOfl striking union
employes of the Louisville railroad com
pany decided to accept the terms
agreed on by their executive committee
and the officers of the company.
All of the strikers went back to work
and full service in the city on suburban
lines operated by the company was re
sumed today.
LEAVES BULK OF WEALTH
TO GIRL SECRETARY
St. Louis, March 1.8—For "kind ser
vices in sickness and health" rendered
to her late capitalist employer 'I' w
Moffett of tilts city, Miss Mary Gard
ner. his private secretary, is left a great
portion of his estate, including 'one
fourth of tlie profits of ills big P:5*ent
medicine business, his plantation and
his residence in Alabama. Miss Gard
ner is made executrix.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE,
Chicago, March 15.—New i’• ex
change par.