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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1907)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. VNEILL, NEBRASKA Xrr- ■■ --- "• — » Dr. Oertim, ot the nnsen institute, at Copenhagen, has Just carried out a, number of experiments on the effect of light on the blood. He has found that1 darkness reduces the total amount ofi blood by 3 to 3.3 per cent., while de creasing at the same time the amount of blood contained In the heart. Rod light has an effect like that of dark-i ness, while blue light Is apt to result In an excess of blood and an Increase In the amount contained by tha hoart. Light baths are likely to Increase the, amount of blood In the course of four: hours. Darkness will Increase, and Intensive light will reduce the blood pressure. Animals born In the dark or In red light have a greater weight, but only half the amount of blood at those born under normal conditions. A will dated 1746 and deposited Ini the bank of England, has Just been, l£ discovered In the establishment. Thej testator left his property—worth 325,-! 000—to a family named Windel. llv-j Ing In Fuerstenburg, a village neWi Baden. During all the years that the h) Will was forgotten the money has been Increasing at compound Interest and the sum Is now 37,260,000. People at Fuerstenburg bearing the name of Windel have heard of the matter and' have sent agents to London with pa pers that, they contend show their descent from the Windel family of th* will. ^ _ As a matter of fact the great wc-rt ness of Tommy Atkins, Is not for the mean music hall song, but for sentl j mental dltles bordering on the inaud-' | Un. Anyone who has attendod a sol j fliers' “sing song,” will know what w* mean, and we know It on the authority of a war correspondent who went through the Natal campaign that the most popular of all the camp songs was a dolorous song called "Mother." Tears and the tomb and blighted af fections form the staple of tho songs % Which appeal most effectively to the private. Germany has appropriated 60,009 marks, or about 312,000 to encourago cotton raising In her colonies, on tha Condition that her manufacturers shall false a larger sum. The colonies lit Which Gcrnuiny Is experimenting with t cotton are In South Afrleu and East Africa. On the Togo plantations Where the largest success lias been at tained, the second year's efforts lit 1902, produced a crop of 60,000 pounds* double the first year's yield. The sub sequent Increase has not been phenom enal. ■Wimbome (England) guardians re* | gently declined an application by the medical officer of the workhouse for an increase of his salary of $150 yearly, Inclusive, so he resigned. It was de cided to advertise the appointment ut ► salary of $125, the guardians to pro vide appliances and medicines, but the board has received no applications, the §f medical men of the town having agreed Hot to apply. i A cat, which has adopted the plant ■f the Sandusky Foundry and Machine Company as her home, undertook to jump through the flywheel oil the en gine. The cat got caught In the spokes, was whirled around 400 or 500 times •nd then through a window. With Bight Uvea still to her credit, she hoisted ber tall and started on a swift run %o find another home. Newcastle, N. 8. W., Is now a very i! Important port, with Its 80,out) people, ■I and situated 102 miles by rail or sixty lilies by sea from Sydney. The prin ciple shipments are coal. Last year 1,779 vessels entered and chared, hav ng a combined tonnage of 2,70S,401. Labor troubles are Its chief drawback. Large tracts of Persia are unln ►abltated. 'he totul population Is kbout 9,000,000, which Is only fourteen JO the squure mile. The nomads (Arabs, ■Curds, Leks, Turks, Lurs, Baluchis and I XJypBles) move from place to place, ac cording as their animals need pastur •ge or as their other Interests demand. An English physician, James Cant lie, ■peaks In strong terms of condemna tion of the growing custom of using it curants In bread and cake. The bak ing, he says, makes them wholly Im pervious to any digestive fluid, where fore they result In serious Intestinal disturbances, especially In children. Traders now pass freely between Calcuta and Thibet. The masses of Thibet are eager to trade with "the white people," says Consul-General Michael, of Calcutta. The Important products of Thibet are borax, niter, rock salt, Iron, silver, copper, gold, tur 4$uols, lapis-lazuli, musk, etc. James J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead. Mass., Is a rival of Andrew Carnegie In the giving away of libraries. Me has been doing this for years. Ills libraries •re smaller than Carnegie's gifts and •re given to small communities and to ministers and educators who cun not afford to purchase them. John F. Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, Is editor of the Republic, a weekly re ligious newspaper. He is a Harvard graduate, populur alike with working men and business men, as his suc cessive terms lu the Massachusetts senate and In Congress have given evi dence. An hour's automobile ride through the streets of any city will convince the most skeptical that the fault for acci dents does not always rest on the auto mobile driver, and that It Is little short of marvelous that more careless pedes trains are not run down every day. King Edward has sent $15 to a Devizes artist named Wiltshire, who painted a picture of his majesty wear ing his coronation robes and forwarded It to Buckingham palace. Wiltshire U a cripple and works holding the pen cil or brush between his toes. The Bank of England Is not In dan ger of a drought. An artesian-bored tube well, reaching to depht of 400 feet, has Just been completed there. Springs have been tapped yielding a minimum supply of 100.000 gallons a day. At the Norwich (England) rural council Councilor Watts reported a case of a boatman who willed and be queathed his son. Fred to another boat man, who paid a half-crown to make the transaction, as he Imagined, legal. Of the tuberculosis patients treated In Pennsylvania's "Camp Sanatorium " which was established with the aid of the state, 75 per cent, have either re covered or been greatly Improved. f It Is anounced that a Scotch com pany Is about to manufacture by a new process seamless Iron and steel tubes for boilers, which It Is said w id not corrode. Shipload after shipload of railway , Sleepers and cold storage products is arriving at Manila and other I-hili , j P*ae ports from various Australian’ .ijMjrts ■ NEBRASKA BANKS MAKE BEST RECORD Secretary Royce Issues Abstract Which Shows Their Ex cellent Condition. Lincoln, Neb., March -7. Fe< rotary Boyce of the state banking board hufl Just finished his abstract of the condi tion of the banks at the close of buai fness February 23 and the report shows [the best condition yet indicated by a ibanklng board report. The number of banks Is larger, the deposits are great er, and the reserve is away above the 'required mark and the general condi tion Is good. Following is the report: ' Abstract from the condition of the 595 Erinks under state supervision: loans and discounts .$52,534,379.40 {Overdrafts . 654,983.83 Bonds, securities, Judgments, ! claims, etc ..; 1,099,323.79 jDue from national, state and private banks and bankers.. 17,064,006.3.' Banking house, furniture and \ fixtures . 1,880,26^.69 Other real estate . 200,390.83 Current expenses and taxes paid . u47,2»G.e3 Premium on United States and other bonds and securities... , L;"1,? Other assets . .Si’SK't’iJ Cash . 3,333,263.o7 Total ..$77361,322.53 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In .I 9,698,140.00 Surplus fund . 2,033,604.>6 Undivided profits . . Dividends unpaid . 19,181.11 Deposits . 63,602,278.41 Notes and hills rediscounted... 04,618.4b Bills payable . 24o„,50.CO Total .$77,361,322.52 This report presents a very healthy condition of the banks under state su pervision. The deposits amount to $63,602,278.47, the high water murk In the history of the state, and Is an In crease of $10,760,347.75 since the report of a year ago, and an Increase of $6, 027,893.43 since the report of November last. Since a year ago loans h.nve increased $8,317,582.34, and since the report of No vember Inst the Increase In loans has been $3,662,813.11. The number of banks In active opera tion has Increased twenty-nine since a year ago. Average reserve at date of [his report was 32 per cent., being more than double the amount required by law. The amount of notes and bills redis counted and bills payable has dimin ished from $360,985.02 to $300,168.46 since the report of a year ago, a reduction of $60,816.56. WORK WITHOUT PAY TO REDEEM PLEDGES Llncc'n, Neb., March 27.—The Ne braska eglslaturo will probably luBt for ten days more. The house this morning authorized the appointment of a committee to confer with a like committee from the senate to fix a time to quit, but the sentiment In the senate is that there will be no halt till the whole reform program has been completed. The pay of house members stops Wednesday, that of senators Friday. Several hundred bills will die In the house In which they originated. The telephone lobby has proved to be the most effective, all of the various plans proposing forcing connections between the Independent und Bell lines have failed. Governor Sheldon said today that he would sign the railroad commis sion bill as soon as It reaches him. The commission will organize shortly, with H. J. Wlnnet, of Lincoln, as chairman. There are dozens of apll cants for the minor positions. Leo Spraten, one of the head circle of Burlington bosses, loses his Job as a member of the Omaha fire and po lice board tomorrow, his term expires then, and It was anonunced at the governor’s office that another man would be named. WHOLE CITY STIRRED UP OVER PROPOSED MARRIAGE COERCION Fort Dodge, la., March 27.—Dissen sion is rife in Fort Dodge today over the proposed ordinance which comes up for final vote at the regular session of the city council tonight. The opposi tion has been bringing every Influence to bear In a final effort to break the strength of the mayor In his deter mined stand for what he calls "a crying need," viz to compel the hundreds of bachelors and spinsters In Fort Dodge, which town he claims has more of their kind than any other in the west, to marry under penalty of a tine not less than $10 nor more than $100, The opposition has already won the support of Judge Husby, a member of the council heretofore In favor of the marriage ordinance. Spinsters and bachelors have combined their forces in battle array to support the opposi tion In Its tight for the defeat of the measure. Mayor Bennett on the other hand is equally determined that his Ideas on the subject shall become a law In Fort Dodge. With this condition of affairs In Fort Dodge the town Is wrought up from one end to the other to such an extent that communities, neighborhoods and families are at war with each other in support of their Views of the matter. SUICIDE TALES SAID TO CAUSE DEATH Cincinnati. O., March 27.—Pruftssor John Uri Lloyd, the author, says sug gestion plays an important part in swelling th.» list of suicides, murders and other violent crimes. He believes that In the police re ports and newspapers, particularly In those detailing suicides and murders where poisons are used, that the name of the poison should be eliminated. “The article should contain ne In formation for other would-be suicides,'’ j said Professor Lloyd. "I believe that j many persons have committed suicide ; when despondent merely because they had been taught how to take their own illves.” AGED 17, WEIGHT, 640 ^ DERRICK AT FUNERAL Appleton. Wis., March 27.—El men. Sheppard, a negro, said to be the heav | lest person In the United States, only 17 years of age, died today of ’fatty degeneration of the heart. He weighed . 640 pounds, and was gaining at tne [ rate of one pound a week. A rough box . had to be made to hold the body and a derrick will be used to lower the body In the grave. It took nine men to carry .the body from the house to the under- 1 j taker's wagon. j I A TRUE DISCIPLE OF DOCTOR OSLER Omaha, Neb., March 26.—J. K. Me Elhany, once a man of wealth and well educated, proved himself a true dis ciple of Dr. Osier by taking his own lif.- in a shed at Rivervlew park. Mc Elhany had just passed his sixtieth' birthday and in a letter of explanation,, which he left, stated that he had out lived his usefulness and did not think it wise to longer continue the conflicts of life. That the dead man had been a stu dent of Shakespeare is shown in the first paragraph of this letter, which says: "To be or not to be; that is the question,” and continues: “As for myself, my decision Is in the negative and after careful considera tion 1 have concluded tls better not to be. There was a time when I could successfully combat "tings and arrows of outrageous fortune, but now when I have passed the Osier mark, I find it a losing battle and deem it expedi-: ent to stop the conflict.” McElhany had lived in Omaha thirty two years and at one time was a prom inent contractor. His wealth was lost to him through real estate transac tions. ■ 4 MEANS CUT OF 25 PER CENT. IN EXPRESS RATES Dineoln, Neb., March 26.—The senate recommended for passage the Sibley measure, making the maximum.charges for express business 75 per cent of those in effect January 1, 1907. Mc Kesson sought to amend by making the reduction 15 per cent. Instead of 25, but did not succeed. < The house passed a bill appropriat ing $100,000 for the construction of two wings to the main building at the state normal school at Kearney. The claims of the various newspapers for publishing the notices of the pro posed constitutional amendment last fall, were cut squarely in two by the house. The notices were printed in from one to three papers In each coun ty in the state and the charge made was at the regular rate for legal ad vertising. —4— OMAHA PRESBYTERIANS GET “HAW THOUSANDS Omaha, Neb., March 26.— Twenty-five thousand dollars of the Thaw fortune Is being Invested In the Presbyterian Theological seminary, nearing comple tion In Omaha. This generous gift came from Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw. She owned a large business lot at the corner of Ninth and Howard streets, on which stood the old Cozzens hotel. This property she gave to the seminary, which at that time was struggling for existence. A large paper jobber purchased the cor ner, paying for It $25,000. The sale was made when the new seminary building was projected and the Institution Is now enjoying this liberal benefaction. JUDGE SEARS ASSAILS EX-TREASURER STEUFER Lincoln, Neb., March 25—Judge Sears, of Burt county, has deluged the legisla ture with circulars In which he attacks ex-State Treasurer Steufer, of Cuming county, asking that what he calls a whitewash of Steufer in the legislative proceedings of 1902 be expunged. The amended anti-pass bill was made ready for the conference committee to day. It allows Interchange of passes' among roads for officers and agents and bars anyone from a pass who does not devote the major portion of his time to the railroad service. A number of loopholes were plugged up and it is believed there will be no trouble .about an agreement. SHE ASKS $5,040 FOR BROKEN TROTH Girl Wants Man to Pay Dam ages—He Admits “Pretty Regular” Visits. St. Louis. JIo., March 26.—Trial of the breach of promise suit brought by Miss Gertrude Peppers, of Crescent, against George Gudermuth, Jr., of Eureka, was begun in the circuit court of St. Louis county. Miss Peppers asks for $5,000 as dam ages against Gudermuth, and $10 for al leged expenses incurred in preparing for the wedding. Twenty witnesses were present, a grout many of whom( are neighbors of tlie two families. Miss Peppers, who is a tall, slender girl, 20 years old, took the stand early in the morning- and remained there un til about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. She' was cool while testifying, but at times showed signs of embarrassment, espec-, tally when reciting the story of hen engagement to Gudermuth, and his breach of that engagement by failing to appear on the wedding day, Novem ber 1, 1905. • Miss Peppers filed suit against Guder math in December, 1905. She at that, time also filed a separate suit against George Gudermuth, sr., the father, al leging that he had advised his son not to marry her. The case was dismissed on demurrer some time ago. In August, 1905, she said, George pro posed to her a second time. She ac-j cepted him and the wedding day was set for November 1. On that day tlie minister chosen to perform the cere mony and all tif her nearest friends and relatives assembled at her home in an swer to an invitation to the wedding but the bridegroom failed to appear. Miss Peppers stated that she did not again hear of him until last spring when he was brought before Justice Preiss In a preliminary hearing to an swer another charge preferred by her Gudermuth, who has since married took the stand late in the afternoon He admitted that he went "piety reg ular" to the home of Miss Peppers, hut denied that he had at any time been engaged to marry her. He also ad mitted having made love to her, but said that he never intended to make her his wife. SIX OF FLOCK SLAIN IN WRECK DRIVES THE PASTOR MAD; DYING Des Moines, la., March 2G.—Rev. J. Sanded, pastor of the largest Swedish Lutheran church m Iowa, is dying with brain fever. The doctors say he cannot live out the day. Six members of his church were killed recently in u Northwestern wreck and the effect drove the minister Insane. CANNOT PUNISH HER EX-HUSBAND --— V* M rs. U. G. Hoon, Now of Sioux City Loses in Supreme Court. CHARGE WAS DESERTION But Law Under Which She Prosecuted Was “Too Fresh”—Nebraska Tri bunal Makes Tax Dodging Ruling. i Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—The su preme court holds that the state can ;not prosecute Ulysses G. Hoon, on the (charge of wife deBertlon, nor anyone ,else, unless It Is shown that both aban donment and failure to support occured islnce the taking effect of the statute [making that crime. 1 Mrs. Hoon Is now a resident of Sioux City, where her father, Rev. T. F. [Stauffer, has charge of Grace Reformed (church. The evidence in the case dis closed that Hoon left his wife and ■children. She appealed to her father, and the latter came down to remon (strate with Hoon. The latter said he had nothing against his wife, no (Charge to make, but that he simply ,dld not love her and would no longer live with her. On being urged he lagreed to pay a certain amount for [her support, and she went to Sioux City junder that arrangement. When Hoon [failed to keep it for long, she had him arrested. Law Not Old Enough. Hoon's attorney Insisted tnat he Icould not be convicted because both iabandonment and failure to support lhad not occured since the law was [passed. This holding the supreme [court says is correct, and that Hoon has committed no crime for which he ;may be punished. Hoon later sued for a divorce, but his wife appeared, land she secured a decree of separa tion from bed and board, with monthly alimony. 1 Because the district court judge pre siding in Pierce county used one word too many in his instructions in the suit brough by L. R. Brown against the village of Pierce—which Brown lost —the plaintiff is awarded a new trial by the supreme court. Brown broke ■a leer in a defective sidewalk. In tel Jling the jury what it ought to consider the Judge said that before recovery, (Brown must prove that the walk was iin "an unreasonably dangerous con idltlon.” The supreme court says that all he need prove was that the walk iwas In a dangerous condition, the word "unreasonably” making the Instruc tion so vicious •as to necessitate a new Itrlal. Ruling as to Paupers. The county of Rock Is held by the court to be entitled to reimbursement [for caring for a pauper resident of Holt county, who strayed over into Rock and died there. The supervisors of Holt county defended on'the ground that being under township organiza tion, having no levy for support of the poor, and being possessed of no poor house, the county could not pay, and that the proper one to sue was the township where the pauper resided. The court holds to the contrary. The Furnas County Live Stock as sociation, is ordered to pay taxes for 1'.)03 on the cattle then on its ranch. This Is a novel case of tax dodging. When the assessor came around that year the resident manager returned the the cattle as belonging to one Ryan, a nonresident, wljo, it was later dis closed did not own them at all, they being the property of the com pany. When the treasurer tried to col lect by levying on the cattle he found they had been sold. The company wouldn't pay, but the court says it must, that the law being that if a man contracts to sell his property in an assumed name he is equally bound as though lie had used his own. It would lie scandalous to hold that similar con sequences did not follow in dealings With the public. 20 YEARS; LUCKY HE WASN’T HUNG Tjinoolr., Neb., March 26.—George [Younger, convicted of criminally as saulting 15-year-old Myrtle Furlong, was sentenced to twenty years, the maximum, todav. The court told him he was fortunate that he hadn’t been lynched. Younger insists he is the victim of mistaken identity. Colored friends are raising [money to prosecute an appeal. SHE ONLY WORKED HIM FOR $400 AND A DIVORCE Niobrara, Neb., March 25.—After a honeymoon of eighteen days, Mrs. Em ma Wirth, nee Soukup, sued Joseph Wirth for divorce anci $7,000 alimony. She has just, accepted $400 and her di vorce petition will not be resisted. They were married January 1 last. —4— FENNEM IS APPOINTED COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT Pender. Neb.. March 25.—M. A. Fen nem, of Thurston, hus been appointed county superintendent, vice C. W. Hub bard, resigned. V444444444444444444444+ 4 44 4 TAKES 15 YEARS 4 4 FOR THIS WOOER TO 4 4 POP THE QUESTION. 4 4 4 4 Auburn, Ind., March 25—Frank- 4 4 lin Wise and Miss Susanna Rich- 4 4 ard, of this county, have been 4 4 married. 4 4 For eight years the bridegroom 4 4 “courted another woman in the 4 4 same township, but he never 4 4 asked the "leading question," as 4 4 he was unwilling to leave his fa- 4 4 ther and mother. 4 4 She married another man. 4 4 Then he paid attention to the 4 4 present bride, and after another 4 4 wait of seven years they were 4 4 married. 4 tiiiMiimmuimimi1 BAD AGAIN, DESPITE BRAIN OPERATIONS Toledo, O., March 25.—Harold Hurley of this city, the first brain surgery sub ject in the country, after one of the most remarkable experiences that ever befell a boy. has again returned to his bad habits and been taken to Lan caster to be reformed in the old way. The hypothesis that crime was caused by brain pressure was followed in Hur. ! ley's case by two operations, J TERMINAL TAXATION BILL PASSES HOUSE Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—Under whip and spur of the previous question, made necessary by the delaying tactics |>f the railroad crowd, the republicans redeemed another platform pledge this morning when they passed in the house by a vote of 56 to 40, the senate bill lio compel the railroads to pay their full share ot municipal taxes in the ptate known as terminal taxation. < The bill as passed amends the sen ate bill in several particulars, but no jtrouble is anticipated In getting it through the senate in its present form. •The railroads died hard. Their floor [leader, Hamer of Buffalo, bobbed up |when clerks moved that the bill be taken up on its third reading, with a long series of amendments. He said his amendments were intended to Insure to them the full value of the property In their limits. Hamer talked for half an hour, and Cone, the fusion leader, tried to prolong the debate, both with the intent to kill off the bill. [ The previous question was voted on fill amendments, the bill read a third [time and passed, thus ending the big iflght of the session by the railroads [against restrictive legislation. Cannot Find Non Voters. The senate this morning killed H. R. 525 which Imposed a $3 fine upon vot ers. to be remitted upon voting. It (passed fourteen bills, among them: [Permitting cities and villages to vote (to build soldiers' monuments; making fit a misdemeanor for Intoxicated per sons to get upon cars; compelling the .equipment of traction engines with jspark arresters; permitting counties to Vote to erect and maintain county high schools. , In committee of the whole the senate [killed S. F. 192, authorizing the build jing of municipal telephone plants, and [favorably considered a bill putting all [sheriffs on salaries. The house appropriated $180,000 for 'permanent improvements at the state farm. ANTI-PASS IS STILL AGITATING NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—The house ispent the entire afternoon yesterday ,ln consideration of senate file No. 2, the janti-pass bill. The house first passed a bill of this character, but the senate refused to take it up, but passed its (own measure. In its present form this oil! is not satisfactory to the house, the provision relating to bona fide employes ibeing the most objectionable, this be |lng construed to include surgeons and (attorneys, no matter how small their compensation might be. I The house does not favor allowing [these people to receive passes unless (they receive a salary of $500 per year, ;or devote the principal part of their (time to the service of the road. An amendment was adopted this afternoon [providing that they shall not be in cluded in the excepted classes unless ,they devote the principal part of their .time to the service of the company. Humorous other amendments were of fered and voted down, the committee (finally rising and asking leave to sit again. The senate recommended for passage a bill fixing the maximum rates for (standard sleeping car services within ithe state at $1.25 for an upper berth, ‘$1.50 for a lower berth and $2.50 for a section. The bill prohibiting bucket shops or the dealing in options was also [recommended for passage as was a bill [providing that all foreign corporations doing business in the state shall have la resident agent upon whom service 'may be had. The house has decided to remain in session all day Saturday and some evening sessions will also be held. The sixty day limit for which members may draw salary will expire next Wednes day and it is thought that final ad journment will take place Friday or Saturday. MRS. FISH DOES NOT EXPECT TO STARVE New York, March 25.—A rumor that ft coterie of members of the ''400’' hud (lost $20,000,000 in Wall street trying to (hold Union Pacific until it should rise [to 200 is denied by Mrs. Stuy jvesant Fish. She is about the (only person indicated as a member of the pool who is not in Europe. And this is what Mrs. Fish had to say last night about the report: “The story of my Wall street losses Is perfectly ridiculous. It is the absurd ru mor of someone evidently having no knowledge of my affairs, or of someone anxious to give the impression that he | has. . "And as for the Newport season go ing to be dull because of a shrinkage in Wall street stocks, well, just wait and see. I am quite sure we all could get credit on our last year’s prompt pay ments to our grocers, and florists, and butchers, and chauffeurs, and with plenty to eat and lots of decorations and automobiles—well, there will be good times a plenty,” laughed Mrs. Fish. "No, I do not think the 'croakers’ need have any fear of a dearth of the usual summer gayeties at Newport: if there is any it won’t be due to Wall street, at all events, and as for losing, well, I don’t take any stock in such reports or deal in shrunken stocks either,” added Mrs. Fish, with a laugh that didn't confirm the rumor that she was $150,000 loser in the recent Wall street shrinkage. INVOKES UNWRITTEN LAW, IS AN OUTCAST Corning, N. Y., March 25.—Hiram C. Powers is living a hermit on Derby hill, in the town of Rathbone, in the county of Steuben here, an outcast be cause he invoked the unwritten law. Powers shortly after his marriage with the belle of the town went to work for a bachelor farmer by the name of Shaw. He was working in the fields, and one day when he came home his young wife told him of an attack Shaw had made upon her. The hus band brained him. Powers made no attempt to escape. He was arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to death. His wife testified against him. Then his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, but after twenty-one years he was par doned. He had earned a small sum of money and bought a little place. There he lives without human friends—a cow, a cat and a dog his only companions— expiating his crime of forty years ago. And he is 75. SON OF MANSFIELD, AGED 8, WRITES PLAY New York, March 25.—Although his wish to see a performance of one of the many classical plays presented by his father has been steadily opposed by his parents, 8-year-old Gibbs Mans field, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mansfield, has written three acts of a five-act drama, entitled "The Ad ventures of Prince Marvel.” The play is laid in the chiva'ric pe riod when "knighthood was in flower.' ILLEGAL COMBINE AMONG LUMBERMEN Strong Evidence of One if Given in Nebraska Inquiry. A/IEET TO DIVIDE PROFITL Afhere Any Competition Breaks in anf ’rice Cutting Is Necessary the Reduction Is Borne by All in the “Trust." Lincoln, Neb., March 23.—Strong tes timony backing up the charge of the state that the Nebraska lumbermen's association is an illegal combinaton, |was Introduced yesterday afternoon at ,the hearing before Referee Post. It .tended to show that there was a pool ing of profits and a division of terri tory. | I. V. Reasoner, a former stenographer [for Secretary Critchfield, testified that he had been frequently called upon to ■write replies to complaints of members labout others poaching on their terri 'tory, and had also communicated with 'the Minnesota association about its members selling lumber in territory theretofore awarded to the Nebraska association. L. H. Linderman, formerly local man ager for a lumber firm at McCook, tes tified that a local pooling agreement ex isted among the McCook dealers by which the profit was divided according to the amount of business handled. This was done by comparing their freight bills. Meet to Divide Profits. J. R. Bemecker, of Seward, formerly represented the Rogers company at Seward, and he testified that six of the Seward county dealers were accus tomed to hold their meetings In Lin coln at intervals, divide profits accord ing to the business done and fix up price schedules. Other testimony was to the effect that each dealer bound himself to pay into a common fi d. which shall be equally divided, share and share alike, on the total amounts of weights of ma terial received during the previous month or since the last settlement, 2i cents per 100 on lumber, lath and shingles, 12 cents per 100 on lime, ce ment, plaster and posts and $3 per 100 on mill work. Each agreed to take care of his share of the bills which come in competition with outside “poachers,” which compelled a cut in prices in order to protect territory. Competitive bills were to be cared for in regulur turn, so that one man need not lose when compelled to meet out side competition. It was asserted that the intention and spirit of the arrange ment was to keep a friendly and profit able business at the place agreed upon, without taking undue advantage of the consuming public. WAITED WITH ROPE TO LYNCH PRISONER Lincoln, Neb., March 23.—If the jury which tried the negro, George Younger, for a criminal assault upon a 15-year old white girl, had not found him guil ty, there would have been a lynching bee at the court house. Investigation by the sheriff has dis closed the fact that all preparations had been made by the big crowd in attendance to take him away from the sheriff and string him up. Harry Huette, a cigarmaker, was the leader of the mob, and he brought with him to the court house a rope which was for use in the hanging. Word to that effect reached the sheriff, and in vestigation disclosed that Huette was guarding a suspicious looking package. He was decoyed away from it by a fake telephone call long enough for the sheriff to get it. In the center of the court house is a big light well, and it had been arranged to suspend him in this from a big beam in the tower. Three men went up to the tower just after the jury went out, but its long delay in reaching a verdict caused them to abandon their post. In fear that Younger may yet become a victim of the mob, despite the verdict of guilty, the man has been removed to the penitentiary. NEBRASKA SENATE PASSES MANY BILLS Lincoln, Neb., March 23.—Tile house this morning recommended for passage a bill regulating rates which the South Omaha stock yards may charge for ser vices and provender. It also provides that the companies must publish an nual statements. The bill was intro duced by Adams, of Daws, but so nu merously amended that Adams de clared on the floor that the committee was trying to palm off a nigger baby on him. The house decided to meet Saturday, when the special order will be a bill to regulate the charges of live ,stock commission men. Bills for constitutional amendments creating a bourd of pardons and in creasing the number of supreme judges to five were definitely postponed. A resolution was adopted ordering |the railroad commission to investigate the transportation of fruits with a view to alleviating complaints about rates and conditions governing ship ments. The senate passed nineteen bills this morning, among them the following: Putting public warehouses under control of the railroad commission; pro viding for publicity of prices paid for grain at various stations by requiring daily reports to the labor bureau by the dealers; making it necessary for six months to elapse before a decree of di vorce is valid, intended to prevent the hegira to Iowa to marry new partners right after divorce; providing for an operation for convicted rapists; making 10 per cent of a married man's wages subject to execution; the Aldrich max imum rate bill making notes given for Insurance non-negotlable. —4— tv ILL^THE*wl NnTng*TEAM* + 4 4 CHALLENGE RAILROADS? 4 ;4 Lincoln. Neb.. March 23.—The 4 4 house sent tc the senate a challenge 4 4 to play a game of baseball at the 4 4 end of the session. It was signed 4 4 by about fifty members and cm- 4 4 ployes and when ft was real a mo- 4 4 tion Was made to refer it to Senator 4 4 Aldrich, the champion tnlrl-r Lieu- 4 4 tenant Governor Hopewell demur- 4 4 red, however, stating that such ac- 4 4 tion would be an Interference with 4 4 his prerogatives. He stated that 4 4 he would look after the matter and 4 4 would select a team which would 4 4 reflect honor upon the senate 4 44444444414444444444444444