THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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A tailor whose firm has been con
tinuously In business In Philadelphia for
105 years has compiled from his books
of measurement some statistics that
discount the statements of pessimists.
IThese statistics show that the Amer
ican in the past century has grown
taller, stronger and slimmer—greater
In height and In chest girth, less In the
girth of waist and hips. The average
chest of 1795 was thirty-six Inches. It
Is thirty-eight Inches now. The aver
age height was five feet seven Inches.
It Is now five feet eight and one-half
Inches. The length of leg has increased
In the same proportion. The shoulders
and chest have greatly developed. The
■waist, on the other hand, has lost two
llnches.
“The way of the novelist must be
hard," said a librarian of an uptown
branch. “The other day an Immacu
lately gotten up Individual came Into
,the library and announced that he was
a writer with a specialty of dialect
stories. We got him several books that
he asked for and little by little he took
jne Into his confidence. ” ‘I want the
Scotch dialect for the stem father,' hi
explained; ‘then when I’ve got enough
of that I want some dialect for a sea
captain and then I want a duke—or
‘maybe you can tell me, would a duke
■drop his h’s’7"
The Prussian and Bavarian authori
ties are experimenting with a system
of wireless telegraph signals for rail
roads which Is said to promise good re
sults. An aerial transmitter wire is
carried on the telegraph poles at the
-side of the road, with transmitting sta
tions in the signal bell towers, and a
■wireless loop antena is placed on the
top of one of the cars of the train. By
(5-ls means signals to "stop,” “go
Utoead.” “go slow,” and so on, can be
transmitted to moving trains over a
■Slgtance of seven and a half miles.
It is estimated by careful observers
that 15,000 acres of new prairie will be
(broken tributary to Miller, 8. D., this
spring and sowed to (lax. The ques
tion of the scarcity of labor may reduce
the acreage some. There will be only
a little more wheat sown than lust
[year. There will be little macaroni
(wheat sown. It only yielded two or
(three bushels more last year than the
Icommon wheat, and the price was so
much less than the common variety
that It did not pay.
With an extraordinary outlay of
about 1150 In gold coin, Dell Scully cor
nered the Jewsharp market here yes
terday, buying the last 600 of those in
istruments known to be in existence.
These he distributed broadcast among
(the youngsters of the town and among
(the relic hunters of maturer age and
(the festive twang of the hideous things
was heard on all comers last night, to
(the discomfiture of all the cats and
dogs in Astoria Christendom.
1 At Port Florence, on the shore of
tho great lake Victoria, which is the
chief source of the Nile, there is a
dry dock cut out of solid rock by na
tives who had never before done much
serious work. The dock is 250 feet
long, 48 feet wide, and 14 feet deep.
It is 3,700 feet above tho level of the
sea, or nearly three times the altitude
of Lake Chautauqua.
"The Great Western Hallway com
pany," says the London Chronicle, "has
(demolished two quaint, old semi-de
tached houses and a number of ancient
cottages at Newbury, preparatory to
‘building a new station. Tho contractor
has sold some thousands of tho old tiles
for shipment to America, there to be
used In erecting 'old world’ houses."
Almost modem Is tho Persian story
of the man whose disagreeable voice
(In reciting his prayers In the mosque
(was annoying to every one. One day
some one asked hlnahow much he was
paid for reciting. "Paid!" ho replied,
("I am not paid. I recite for the sake
■of Allah!" “Then," replied the other,
“for Allah's sake don't.”
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The oldest Alpinist living Is M. C.
Ttussi, a schoolmaster of Andermatt,
who has Just celebrated his 101st birth
day. Last summer he, accompanied by
(several Alpinists, made his last climb,
(ascending the Gutsch mountain, nearly
(7,000 feet, without assistance.
i China Is producing about 90,000 tons
■of Iron ore a year at Shu Wet-Yao,
(Some eighty miles from Hankow, but in
shipping it all to Japan. The ore yields
,«0 to 65 per cent, of iron. Millions of
(tons of this rich ore in sight, besides
large quantities of limestone.
i A Parisian couple, M. Lebon and his
wife, who are being divorced and are
dividing their effects, have spent $15,000
on law in a wrangle over the possession
of a collection of postage stamps. An
expert Is to be engaged to divide the
colection equitably.
A cycle with only one wheel has been
Invented by Henry Tolcher, of Pretoria,
an employe of the Central South Afri
can railways, who claims that the ma
chine will cover between thirty and
'forty miles an hour on level ground.
The Interest in the aquarium in New
York is attested by the attendance,
■which has averaged 4.6S5 a day for the
last ten years. The average for last
year alone was much greater than this
figure, the number being 5,771 a day.
The Paris municipal council has made
an appropriation of $800 for a monu
ment to the iate Pierre Curie, the dis
coverer of radium. It is proposed to
erect the memorial In the school of
physics and industrial chemistry.
The most notable "literary event" of
London was the hanging at 'Tyburn, on
iFebruary 20, 1749, of two young Irish
poets, Usher Gahagan and Terence Con
ner, "for filing the coin of the realm,”
■then considered high treason.
The Tokio Nichl Nlchl remarks that
"one day’s pay for an American work
man in San Francisco represents a fair
monthly stipend for a Japanese.”
There are more able-bodied men to
the total population in the western
states of the United Stntes and Canada
ithan anywhere else in the world.
Seventy-two horse-racing clubs have
been organized In Japan. Most of them,
the Japan Mail says, were established
for gambling purposes only.
What is said to be the largest col
lection of coins Is In the public cabinet
of antiquities at Vienna, which con
.tains about 120,009 pieces.
Gold beaten out Into a leaf 1-200.000
of an Inch in thickness becomes trans
lucent, and the light rays penetrating
dt give it a greenish hue.
Glass mirrors were known in A. p. 21,
but the art of managing them was lost
,and not recovered until 1 ''09 In Venice.
In the celestial empire, where human
|life is held cheau, th«* genl :s or demon
(•ulci.le is represented as •> j step
JOURNEYS WEST ALONE TO
WED MOTHER’S PLA YMA TE
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i MR. AND MRS. JOHN E. BUOY.
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Brunswick, Neb., April 15—Miss Car
rie M. Ely, of Millmont, Pa., aged 21,
took her bridal trip before her wedding
and alone, when she traveled last week
from her Pennsylvania home to Sioux
City, la., where she met and married
John E. Buoy, of Brunswick.
When a young man in Mllltown,
Buoy had a schoolmate who later mar
ried and became the mother of the
young woman lie has just brought, to
his Nebraska farm as his bride.
Buoy came west and settled on a Ne
braska farm. He later married, but
for some years he has been a widower
before he returned to his old home in
Pennsylvania. He did not even know
that his former schoolmate had a
daughter, but when he met the latter,
a grown woman, a bond of sympathy
was mysteriously forged and before
the sturdy westerner returned home
he had her promise to marry him. Be
ing unable to lind a convenient time to
go after his bride, the latter accepted
hts Invitation to come west for the
wedding. So when she alighted from
the train In Sioux City her elderly
fiance was there to greet her.
Within an hour the marriage record
said he was 57 years of age and she
was 21. Another half hour and Rev.
Pr. Willis McFadden, of the First
Presbyterian church, pronounced Mr.
Buoy and Miss Rly man and wife,
They have arrived here after a brief
honeymoon. Though much younger the
bride Is the taller and stouter of the
twain, and but for the unmistakable
truth of the marriage record in the
cb rk’s office, might be taken for a
little over 21.
IF HIS SOHL IS LOST
Nebraska Man Swe.'.rs While
Being Examined'as a
Juror.
UTTERANCES EMPHATIC
Begins by Single Adjective in Stat
ing His Dislike for B. & M>, and
Gets More Vigorous Until
Court Interferes.
Omaha, Neb., April 15,-—J. S. Ridge -
way, who conies lroni a southern Ne
braska county, was being examined in
the federal court today as a juror i:i a
damage case against the Union Pacific
railroad, when lie came near being sent
to Jail for contempt because of ills pro
fanity in court. Ridgeway was asked
by the attorney for the defense If la
wns not prejudiced against railroads on
general principles, and replied:
“Oh, I don't know that I am, hut I
did have some trouble with the d—n B.
A- M. once about shipping some grain.”
Being quickly admonished rgilnst
using profane language in court, Ridge
way promptly replied:
“l beg a thousand pardons for that
fool slip of tlie tongue, but 1 must ad
mit that If I am ever sent to hell or the
penitentiary for profanity that g—d
d—n B. & M. railroad will be respon
sible for It.”
The court then took a hand, and had
the juror dismissed from the case, with
a further admonition against swearing,
and a threat of action for contempt if
the action was repeated.
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j R!GKT TO LICENSE SALE
OF LIQUOR 13 ATTACKED
i ;u ohi. N b., April 15.—Attorney*
-n ,i dins.ui, representing Duncan K.
c ’!■!• 11■ 1 >o11. Clayton M. Osborn and Rev.
- mine 1 Suno Batten, who are pre
!'-::;i a1 to represent the anti-saloon
long to, have filed in the district court
mi acpllcation for an injunction to pre
vi at i.;: e ise bin i d from issuing any
I license whatever tor the sale of liquor
1 r.i nay tini .
| Tills su‘t is in pursuance of a recent
Ly an Indiana judge denying
Die r got ( f tiie cor'-tdtuted authorities
to I.cense the sale of liquor.
; , In their application they deny that
C c legislature has ever had any con
stitutional authority to authorize the
Ice isiny of liquor selling because the
i trudb is, dangerous, is a menace to
I ;c: .1 o safety; that the saloonkeeper
tins no standing in the eyes of the law.
VERDICT FOR ASSAULT
IN THE ASYLUM CASE
| Norfolk. Neb., April 15.—The trial of
| Porn st Ellis, a former Norfolk Insane
hospital attendant, charged with as
sault with Intent to do bodily harm,
was wound up when a verdict of sim
ple assault, without intent to do bodily
harm was rendered. The defense made
a motion that sentence be suspended
! and an appeal be allowed. The bond
covering tills action, $400, was put up
J Dr. Aldcn, former superintendent, on
the stand, said Prosser's bruises
j showed they had been received before
lu' arrived at the hospital. Dr. Nichols,
former physician, testified they could
not have been received till after Pros
s r came. A letter from former At
; tendant Altschuler tec Dr. Aldcn and a
reply were introduced. Altschuler
i wrote to ask Dr. Aiden to correct a
newspaper report charging him with
cruelty. The report came from Gov
! ernor Mickey. In the letter Altschuler
said;
! "I have kept my promise to sav
nothing, but unless this is corrected
there will be some interesting news
i paper reading."
I Dr. Aldcn. responding, thanked. Alt
i schuler for his kindness. On the stand
i Pi'- Aiden said lie thanked Altschuler
for not joining Wolfe in an affidavit
against the hospital.
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4- SHOT BY JEALOUS LOVER 4
4- SHE WEDS MAN 4
4- WHO NURSED HER. 4
4- 4
4- Nebraska City. Neb.. April 15— 4
4- —Miss Pearl Crouse, who a few 4
4 months ago was shot by a jeal- 4
4- ous lover. w'..o a moment later 4
4 killed himself, was today mar- 4
4- ried to Daniel D. Farnham. a 4
4 prominent young business man 4
4- of this place. 4
4 The life of Miss Crouse was de- 4
4- spalred of for many weeks and 4
4 Farnham, one of her suitors, 4
4- faithfully cared for her during 4
4 her Illness. The dally routine of 4
4- this young man Included a visit 4
4 to the wounded girl, to whom he 4
4- carried a bouquet of flowers and 4
4 his best encouragement. Miss 4
4 Crouse finally began to Improve 4
4 and simply outlived the wound 4
4 from the assassin's bullet. 4
4- 4
WHOLE FAMILY ARE
COCAINE’S VICTIMS
Chicago. April 1 .—The most Impresslvt
lerson ever given by cocaine was done It
the suicide of Dr. Willard Doser, due t,
use of the drug, ami the susequent dis
covery that his whole family are slaves t<
the drug.
The suicide of Dr. Doser was the cHma:
of 5 ears of tragedy, In which was Involves
the curse of a habit passed from husbam
to wife, from parents to children, wreck
t tag their home and their lives.
POSTMASTER OF OAKLAND.
NEB., DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Oakland. Neb.. April 15—William W.
| Hopkins, postmaster at this place since
! 1888, died of pneumonia yesterday,
I being sick only a few days. Mr. Hopkins
leaves a wife, three sons and four
daughters, besides a brother. Charles
D. Hopkins, of Sioux City, who is a Chi
cago. St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha
railway conductor. No arrangements
' has been made for the funeral.
NEBRASKA RAILROADS SEND
SCHEDULES TO COMMISSION
Lincoln. Neb., April 15—So meek and
humble are the railroads of Nebraska
| that they have sent to the state com
mission without notice and without pro
test copies of their schedules, as pro
vided in the law creating that body.
TO FORM RUBBER TRUST.
New York. April 15.—Negotiations
are under way for the formation of a
world-wide rubber trust by a consolida
tion of the United States Rubber com
pany and the International Rubber
company which controls vast sources of
' raw product in Mexico and Congo.
: In the company there are to be rep
I resented such interests as King
Leopold, of Belgium; John D. Rocke
: | feller. jr„ Thomas F. Ryan, the Gug
II genheiin syndicate, the First National
I ' bank of New York, Senator Aldrich
■ ’ of Rhode Island, A. N. Brady and Col
1 onel Soxnuej P. Colt.
LUMBER MEN NOT
OUT OF THE WOODS
They Must Still Defend Them'
selves in the Nebraska
Courts.
GROWLING AT REFEREE
His Declaration That No “Trust” Ex'
ists in the State Is Not Gener
ally Accepted—Fight
to Go On.
Lincoln, Neb., April 17.—Muttering*
of discontent have broken out in Lin
coln over the apparent escape of the
lumber dealers supposed to be in the
alleged trust.
Prices, they claim, have steadily ad
vanced. An agreement was found and
the state proved an ostensible conspir
acy between the Barnett and \V. C.
Bullard companies of McCook. This
the referee admits In his report.
Local combinations have been proved
to exist in York, Seward and Cass
counties. It is asserted that the state
organization can go ahead under the
opinion of the referee.
"The lumber men were slapped on the
wrist, as were the grain trust people,”
said a contractor today. "The grain
men got a blanket injunction. In the
present political condition of the state
it will be impossible to do very much
with any of these organizations. The
Pullman company and the grain trust
were powerful even in the reform legis
lature. Bills to regulate each were
killed.”
Matter Not Dropped.
rne attorney general ana ms assist
ants considered the evidence against
the lumber men particularly strong.
“We will not drop this matter, by
any means,” Mr. Thompson declared.
"This is the first opportunity we have
had to lay the matter before the court
itself, and I shall do so by filing ex
ceptions to the referee’s findings. The
state is in hopes of being able to con
vince the court that the Nebraska
Dealers’ association is a trust and its
workings are a conspiracy in restraint
of trade.
“We contend that conclusive proof
was offered by the state to establish
the object and purpose of the associa
tion to be the prevention of sales by
lumber manufacturers and wholesalers
to consumers and contractors. That
constitutes unlawful combination and
discrimination, under the Gondring act,
which in the grain trust case, the su
preme court held was still in effect.”
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NEBRASKA CITY MEN
FIGHT WITH BROADAX
Nebraska City, Neb., April 17.—E. S.
Scown, a blacksmith, started to put
“Tip" Straw out of his shop because he
was intoxicated and was raising a dis
turbance, when Straw grabbed a sharp
broadax and tried to split Scown’s head
open. He struck him a glancing blow
on top of the head, cutting a long gash
that required a number of stitches to
close. After being struck Scown broke
away and grabbing the broadax threw
it at Straw, as he ran away from him,
and cut the side of his coat off.
SAVES MOTHER AND
NEW BORN BABE FROM FIRE
Nebraska City, Neb., April 17.—A be
lated traveler going home saw the
house of George Bennett, which is iso
lated In the southern part of the city,
on fire.
He broke in the door and found Mrs.
Bennett in bed and unable to move, she
having given birth to a child the day
before.
He carried the mother and baby out
and others who came to the rescue
saved some of the household goods.
Mrs. Bennett is prostrated. She wit
nessed the fire start and. being alone
in the tiouse, her husband being away
r.t work, watched the flames come
nearer and nearer and would have been
cremated, with her child, but for the
timely discovery by the man who was
going home at that early hour. There
was a little insurance on the house and
its contents.
JUDGE OFFERS BARES
AND FREE CEREMONY
TO 13 BACHELORS
First to Step Up and Be Mar»
ried Without Cost Will
Get the Infants.
Kansas City, Mo., April 17.—Judge
Van B. Prather, probate judge of
Wyandotte county, is in a quandry over
the hoodoo which remains so implacable
at the court.
Ever since Judge Prather has been
an incumbent of the office of the pro
bate judge, a hoodoo has hung over the
house of justice in the form of thirteen
bachelors. For several months the
judge has kept silent on this state of
affairs, thinking every day that pos
sibly some of the non-benedlcts would
enter into the field of matrimony and
the condition would be forever abol
ished.
Finally his honor tired of the mo
notony of the situation and resorted to
divers stratagems to break the conjury.
i His first proposition was an offer of a
license and his services of tying the
nuptial knot without charge. The judge
rested easy on this proposition for
awhile, thinking it would have the de
sired efTect, but there was nothing do
ing.
Becoming exasperated by incidents
easily traceable to the hoodoo by the
superstitious judge, he offered $31) in
money, a marriage license, ceremony
performed free of charge and two chil
dren for adoption to anyone who will
break the spell.
WOMAN S DEGENERACY
HELD DUE TO DRINK
London, April 17.—Father Vaughan,
discussing Justice Plowden’s state
| ment that woman's nature is undergo
1 ing a change that is not for the better,
declares one thing is certain, that
women are becoming not only less re
ligious but more irreligious.
Archdeacon Sinclair of London as
cribes the degeneracy of women chiefly
to drinking and especially to secret
, drinking.
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| RESTRICTIVE LA WS PASSED f
j BY NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE ji
Lincoln, Neb. — Briefly epitomized,
here is what the Nebraska legisla
ture did lr. the way of restrictive legisla
tion:
Compelled all railroad companies to sell
tickets between all points in the state at
2 cents a miie.
Passed bill requiring railroads to sell
thousand-mile books good in the hands of
the holder ar.d for as many fares at one
time as is desired to be paid at the rate
of $20 each.
Passed a law making a reduction of 15
per cent, in freight charges, from sched
ules in force January 1, 1907, on commodi
ties like lumber, grain, coal, live stock and
building material.
Empowered the state railway commis
sion with the right to initiate rates or to
order a reduction after hearing, such re
duced rate to be in force until, upon ap
peal, It shall have been shown to be non
compensatory. This commission has also
power to regulate rates of telegraph, tele
phone. sleeping car and express com
panies. all interurban and all city street
railroads. Companies must bring books
into court whenever commanded by com
mission. Commission has power to divide
all rates into classes and fix a reasonable
one for each. In appeal cases burden of
proof is upon railroads to show rat®
established by commission is unreasona
ble. Railroads must also file list of pass
holders with commission.
Age Limit on Employes.
Passed law prohibiting railroads from
employing as night operator or towerman
anyone under 21 years.
Passed law requiring railroads to main
tain track scales at division points for
weighing certain commodities and to fur
nish shipper with certificate of same. This
is intended as a basis for holding com
panies liable for shrinkage in weight of
coal and other shipments that often fade
away greatly between consignor and con
signee.
Passed law prohibiting compp.nies from
blocking crossings in smaller villages, a
source of vexation in the past.
Passed law removing the limit of $5,000
liability for death of persons killed in any
employment, leaving it a matter of proof
as to value of decedent’s services to fam
ily.
Passed law making railroad company
liable for damage for killing or injuring
of trainmen, regardless of whether such
result was occasioned by the negligence or
carelessness of fellow employes. Contrib
utory negligence on the part of the person
damaged is no longer a bar to recovery,
but question of how far such negligence
contributed to the injury is a question to
be submitted. Bill also practically puts
out of business the Insurance departments
maintained by some roads w’hereby dam
age claims are actually paid through en
forced contributions made monthly from
employes.
Passed memorial to congress that rail
roads be enjoined from taking tax disputes
into federal courts.
Passed law prohibiting agents of all cor
porations from accepting gifts without the
consent of their employers.
Anti-Pass Law.
Passed law' prohibiting railroads from
giving passes to anyone except bona fide
employes, members of such employes’
families, caretakers of live stock, poultry,
vegetables and fruits, with some excep
tions.
Passed a law prohibiting discrimination
between communities by commercial cor
porations.
Passed bill prohibiting lobbying by
agents, attorneys or employes or persons,
firms or corporations, save before ..com
mittees, in newspapers or by public ad
dresses, and requires registration of lobby
ists of this description, with report of their
I expenses. A fine of $100 a day is as
sessed.
! massed bill reducing express company
I charges 25 per cent, from schedules in
force January 1, 1907.
I Passed pure food bill more stringent)
1 than national law, and intended to punish
I and prohibit misbranding of drugs and’
* foods canned.
| Passed laws intended to put the yegg
: men (safe cracksmen) out of business by
making trainmen duly empowered officers
to make arrests and making the use of
explosives in burglarious acts punishable
by from twenty years to life Imprison
ment.
Passed a law prohibiting the bridge con
tractors from pooling and apportioning:
state between members of association.
Hits Insurance Companies.
Passed a law annulling the charters for,
a period of three years of any insurance!
company which, upon being sued in this
state, shall remove such case to the fed
eral court.
Passed a law prohibiting sales of stocks
of goods in bulk by merchants on eve of>
failure, and one making 10 per cent, of
a married man’s wages liable for execu
tion for debts.
Passed a law prohibiting any person.,
under 18 years from smoking cigarets In.
a public place.
Other laws passed were—
Putting bucket shops out of business.
Making all party nominations for office
by direct vote of the people on the same
date, and retaining the convention system.'
only for the purpose of making a stato
platform.
Prohibiting brewers from owning mors
than one place of sale of liquors, requir
ing manual delivery of all liquors sold, re
quiring branding of all packages contain
ing intoxicants and requiring express
companies to keep a record open to the
public of all persons in the town who re
ceive liquor by express.
Prohibiting the employment of children,
under 14 years at regular work during thei
time school is in session.
Making chicken stealing a penitentiary
offense.
Abolishing dower and courtesy In Ne
braska.
Providing that all pardons and commuta
tions must be granted only after a pub-'
lie hearing at which the state shall bo
represented by the attorney general.
A Most Important Law.
Probably the most important legislation!
of the session to people and railroads, con-!
sidered in the matter of dollars and cents,
was the law requiring the taxation ofj
railroad terminals for municipal purposes.
Under the old law the valuable terminals?
in Lincoln, Omaha, Fremont, Norfolk and1
elsewhere were distributed out along the
entire mileage of the roads, in country
districts very largely. The state board
of equalization wras compelled by law to*
make a valuation of the entire property
cf the road in the state, terminals, tracks,
stations, etc., and add to this the fran
chise value. The total was divided by
the number of miles of that system in the
state, the quotient being the value for
each mile of road. Every mile that lay
outside of municipal limits carried its pro
portion of the value of terminals, but only
those miles within those limits were sub
ject to municipal taxation. In conse
quence, as nine-tenths of a road’s mile
age is out in the country districts, ap
proximately nine-tenths of the value of
its terminals escaped municipal taxation.
The new law retains the old system only
so far as it relates to state, county and
school district taxation. When it comes
to assessing for city and village purposes,
this terminal value is gathered up again
and brought back into the city, where it
is all subjected to its share of local taxa
tion.
POLICE BOARD AND
MAYOR ARE AT OUTS
Sensational Times Are Expect
ed in Municipal Affairs in
Omaha, Neb.
CRUSADE HAS OPENED UP
Omaha, Neb., April 11—The new board
of fire and police met for the first time
last night and completed its organiza
tion. Several new things developed,
among them being the position taken
by Mayor Dahlman for city home rule
and pushing of the Civic federation of
Its fight on Chief of Police John J.
Donahue.
Mayor Dahlman believes Omaha
should govern Itself and to that end
should elect by popular vote the mem
bers of the board of fire and police, tak
ing from the governor the appointive
power. There is no doubt the policy
which will be pursued by the new board
will be quite the opposite of that of the
mayor and chief of police. The mayor
Is constrained to take a liberal view of
matters pertaining to city government,
while it is quite certain that the new
board will antagonize such a policy.
That charges will be preferred against
Chief Donahue there appears to be lit
tle doubt. The foundation for such
action has been laid by the filing of a
large number of complaints against
keepers of housas of questionable repu
tation. Should prosecutions result, the
next step will be to prefer charges
against Donahue, based on the evidence
given In these prosecutions. City
Prosecutor Daniels already has started
on a crusade against these places and
invited the citizens to assist him. Many
believe that several officials will be In
volved In the scrimmage. and their
resignations may be the result.
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MAN IN TRENCH
KILLED BY ESCAPING GAS
Fremont. Neb., April 11—While work
ing on a gas main here yesterday af
ternoon, Paul Lane, 20 years of age,
and married, was rendered unconscious
by the flow of gas, dying almost In
stantly. Two other workmen who were
in the trench at the time, noticing his
condition, lifted him from the ditch,
summoning medical assistance.
VICTIM OF TEKAMAH
SHOOTING AFFRAY, DIES
Tekamah, Neb., April 11.—H. E. Aus
tin, who was shot by Bruce Bundy last
Thursday during a quarrel is dead.
Bundy has been out on $10,000 bail
since the shooting and has been stay
ing with his father, who lives near
Lyons. He was notified of the death
of Austin and immediately started for
the place to give himself up, as the
charge will be changed from shooting
with intent to kill to murder.
GERMANY LETS IN
AMERICAN MEATS
Washington, April 11.—The first step
has been taken for the removal of the
long applied prohibition against the
admission of American meats into the
German empire.
As a result of the negotiations con
ducted by Secretary Root and Baron,
Speck von Sternberg, the German am-|
bassador, based upon the Joint report
of the American-German - tariff com
mission. the German government has
consented not only to give to Ameri
can products the benefit of the mini
mum tariff law of the empire, but to
authorize Ihe admission upon payment
of the usual duties, of American bacon
and dressed meat.
Germany has not thrown down the
bars completely by any means. There
are many meat products, including
those canned, besides cattle on the hoof
which will continue to be excluded
from her territory, but there is good
reason to believe that in further nego
tiations between the two governments
the restrictions will be fully removed.
PRECISION RULES ARE
TOO MUCH FOR WIFE
-4 Chicago, April 9.—Keer> your tem- T
4 per. Control yourselr. Half of the 4
4 troubles of life are imaginary. IJvo 4
■4 within your income. Wedding pr©9- 4"
4 ent9 given personally a bride be- +
4- long to her. Presents of checks, 4
4- etc., given to a groom belong to 4
4- him. If stepcbildreh are over age 4
4 the husband does not have to sup- 4
4- port them, neither does he have to 4
4- let them live in the house with him, >
4- use hi3 rooms, house, or board with- +
4- out his consent. The husband Is 4- 1
4- the one to decide how much he can 4
4- afford to spend weekly, monthly 4
4- and yearly. X
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These rules made for Mrs. Alico
Campe, by J. Edward Campe, her hus
band, were one of the principal ex
hibits produced when their suit for
separation came up today.
Campe is a shirt manufacturer on
Franklin street. Mrs. Campe is dark
haired and black eyed. The last straw
in the husband's precision came when,
Mrs. Campe alleges, on coming down
to breakfast one morning, and finding
on her plate a note., which contained
the following Indication of a soul keen
ly alive to color schemes:
"Don’t put a yellow spread on my
bed. Put on light blue, the latter be
ing more harmonious."
4 CHINAMAN PAYS $500, 4(
4 FOR WIFE; SATISFIED. 4;
4 Aberdeen, S. D., April 11.—The 4
4 first Chinese woman to lake up 4
4 her residence in Aberdeen ar- 4
4 rived here yesterday to become 4
4 tile wife of Ham Tom, part pro- 4
4 prietor of a laundry. Ham Tom 4
4 paid $500 for her, and she was 4
4 sent to him from Minneapolis 4
4 He appeared to be perfectly 4
4 satisfied with his bargain, and 4
4 the woman appeared to be satis- 4
4 lied with her new surroundings. 4