Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. He CRONIN. Publisher.
XNEILU NEBRASKA
Ruyard Kipling undoubtedly got hl|
wit from his maternal grandfather, tht
Rev. George 1J. Macdonald, a Wesieyo:.
clergyman. In the days when youstg
Macdonald was courting the lady whon>
he afterward married, the father-in-law
to be an aged Methodist with ex
tremely strict notions in regard to tlia
proprieties—was injudicious enough on
one occasion to enter the parlor with
out giving any warning of his approach.
The consequences was that he found
the sweethearts occupying a single
chair. Deeply shocked by this spec
tacle. the old man solemnly said: "Mr.
Macdonald, when I courted Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side of the room and I
on the other.” Macdonald's reply was:
"That’s what I should have done if I
had been courting Mrs. Brown/’
Ransay island. In the Inner Hebrides,
which lies between the mainland of
Scotland and the Isle of Skye, has
failed to find a purchaser at the upset
price of $225,000 placed upon it. Its
name is the Scandinavian for "the place
of the roe deer,” and the shootings, with
the mansion house and grounds at the
southern end, constitute the chief value
of the island. Near the northern end
lire the ruins of Brochel castle, the resi
dence of its ancient lairds, the McLeods.
In Celtic lore Raasay has a place and In
English literature It is mentioned in
Samuel Johnson’s "Journey to the Wes
tern Island of Scotland.”
The board of education has under
consideration a scheme of compulsory
education off children, by which 100
primary schools wi!l be established in
each provincial capital, forty in each
prefect, department and district and
one in each village. The same board
Is of opinion that all children reaching
a certain age should be forced to enter
the schools, otherwise thoir parents are
to be punished. It is also proposed that
the provincial director of education
ShcJl attend the school once In e.very
two years and hold examinations says
the Shanghia Mercury.
"We fisherman.” sn!<l Havelock Mor
toh, California's famous tly caster, “art
Continually being accused of Intemper
ance. The accusation Is false. No ln
temperato mun could ever cast a fly
Vet a friend of mine had the effrontery
to declare thnt while out walking In
the country he had met un angler be
aide a brook and had said to the man:
IHow can you tell the/good places from
the bad when you come to a stream 7*
fBy the bottles, the man answered,
•Wherever the most empty bottles ur«
scattered Is the best place.’ ’’
Dr. Mary Stone, who is the head of
an American hospital In Kluklang, cen
tral China, lately returned to this coun*
try to be. operated upon for appendici
tis. She has recovered, Is now In New
Vork and will return to China In the
fall. She graduated from Ann Arboi
ten years ago and Is said to be (he only
educated physician in a province con
taining 5.000,000 people. Lust year she
personally treated more than 14,004
patients.
Tho late Maurice Grau, after the
work he did, should have retired with
a half-million—but he didn't. It Is (he
lame old story. GalllfSrd, who, after
twenty-one years’ service, will retire
from the grand opera at Paris In De
cember, Is also not In the list of Paris
millionaires and millionaires In Paris
count their millions in francs only
There Is more money, the Musics
Courier thinks, In running a vaudeville
theater.
The oldest living human hr big ol
authentic record Is Mrs. Mary Wood, o>
Hillsboro, Ore., a few miles west oi
Portland. Mrs. Wood Is 120 years old
fShe was bern In Knoxville. Tenn.. May
SO, 1787, which tlie records at Knox
ville still shew. When she was sixty
five years old she rode the entire diu
tanca across the continent from her ole
home In. Tennessee to her present horn#
In Oregon.
On recomendatlon of the eomrnls
•ary-general of tho army, the Held ra
tions of the troops serving In Alaskf
Will be 16 ounces of bacon, or, wher
desired, 16 ounces of salt pork or 2!
ounces of salt beef; 24 ounces of fresl
Vegetables, Instead of 16 Ounces; 3 2-1
ounces of desiccated vegetables, instead
of 2 2-5 ounces, and 8-25 ounce of can
dles, Instead of 6-26 ounce.
Staten Island dwellers whp have their
business in New York wish to do part
of their day’s work In the time they
•pend dally on the ferry, and to thl?
end the Richmond Borough Realty as'
•oclatlon has been considering tho plar
of having girl stenographers on thl
Blaten Island ferryboats.
Potato growers In North Wales are
warned by the board of agriculture and
fisheries to destroy at once any plant
Infected with the disease known a*
"black scab.” It Is a disease of re
cent introduction and passes In the
aprtng to the highly dangerous sum
mer stage.
Mme. Modjeska for twenty-five year?
was a household name among theater
goers, yet now that she Is writing hei
memoirs she says she finds It neces
sary to go back to her native Polish
and rely upon the services of a trans
lator to remake her book Into English
The other day a Korean gendarm?
went to the office where subscription?
toward the public debt are being re->
celved and having paid In his money,
cut his finger and with the blood wrote
an oath to support the movement to
the best of bis ability.
The device at the head of the Demo
cratic ticket for Cleveland city elec
tion is an old hen, and the Citizens'
ticket headed by a pair of shears. In
dicating that democratic and Indepen
dent voters should scratch and cut th<!
republican ticket.
M. Faroux, a French statlstican, esti
mates that about 650,000 motor cars
have been manufactured In the nine
years since the experiments of self,
propelled road vehicles first succeeded,
and these have sold for more than
£200,000,000.
A Georgia professor wrote an arith
metic that contained such tough pro
blems that nobody could solve them.
One teacher wrote, asking for a key.
The professor replied on a postal card:
“Dear Sir: It has no key. It's a stem
wlndei.."
Rabbi J. Leonard Terry, of the Ro
delp Shalom congregation, of the Pitts
burg Peace society, will go to Germany
next month to ask the toymakers to
cease manufacturing toys which instill
thoughts of war In the minds of chil
dren.
Til ere are forty-eight dlffeient kinds
of material entering into the construc
tion of a piano and they are gathered
from sixteen countries.
Tile United States has 150,000 school
buildings, in which -ICO.'-M1 t :i-there aie
at working Uacl:;r.g uer.ily 1S.600.000
children.
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ORDER ISSUES TO
COMPEL NEBRASKA
ROADS TO OBEY LAW
Attorney General Thompson
Steals March on Them
a la Hadley.
Lincoln, Neb., June 13—Railroad at
torneys are much chagrined over the
march stolen on them Saturday night
by Attorney General Thompson. Mr.
Thompson followed the example of
Hadley, of Missouri, und now has an
order of the supreme court restraining
the Burlington, the Union Pacific, the
Rocl: Island and the Missouri Paciflo
from disobeying the maximum freight
rate law, the 2 cent fare law and the
anti-pass law and defying the orders
of the state railroad commission. The
Northwestern, which announced some
weeks since, that It would comply with
the law, was not included.
Mr. Thompson Is quite certain that
the federal courts of Nebraska will not
Interfere and precipitate any such con
fllc-t of authority as Is presented in Mis
souri. Neither one of the federal judges
for Nebraska is of the ex-rollroad at
torney type as personified by Judge
Smith McPherson.
8tatc Courts in Control.
The attorney general believes that the
state courts having assumed full juris
diction of the subject matter will be
allowed to deal with It entirely, uti
lesj the railroad legal representatives
can devise some way of avoiding the
effect of this coup.
The commodity rate bill does not go
Into effect until July 5, but the others
have been In force for several months.
The commodities covered therein are
live sleek nntntnes. irrnin or crain nro
ducts, fruit, coal, lumber and building
material, and the rate as prescribed is
85 per cent, of that In force January 1
last. The order of the court Is in the
form of a prohibition that the railroads
musl not charge a greater rate than
2 cents a mile for passengers or more
than 85 per cent, of the rate In force on
the commodities named on January 1,
1907. The prayer of the petition Is that
the threatened acts being unlawful and
contrary to equity and good conscience,
It Is asked that the companies be en
joined, there being no remedy at law
and the people of the state being cer
tain to suffer Irreparable damage If the
wrongs are permitted to be perpetrated.
MOTHER SEES BABY
STRANGLED TO DEATH
Neligh, Neb.. June 19.—The 3-year
old son of C. R. Horax was strangled
to death at the home, of his parents
on the Willow, twelve miles northeast
of Neligh.
As near as reports can be obtained,
It appears that the little fellow was
leading a horse to water and had
thoughtlessly wrapped the rope around
his neck. When the mother went to
look for her son she saw him dragging
after the running horse. She Imme
diately gave chase and followed a short
distance, when the rope had untwisted
Itself from the child’s neck.
Word was nt once telephoned to
Plalnview for a doctor, who responded
as soon as possible, but the spark of
life had lied before the mother reached
Jier son.
WANTS LUMBER*TRUST
PROSECUTED EVERYWHERE
Lincoln, Neb., June 19.—Attorney
General Thompson, of Nebraska, will
ask Attorney General Bonaparte, of the
national government, to take action
looking toward the dissolution of the
alleged lumber trusts of America.
Whether the state of Nebraska wins
or loses In Its present contention
against the Nebraska Lumber Dealers’
association will make no difference to
Jllr Thompson.
Destroying the Nebraska association
will bo hut the hacking off of one
branch of the great tree that personi
fies the alleged lumber trust of this
pountry.
FISHERMAN HAS FIT
AND DROWNS IN RIVER
Kearney, June 19.—A special to the
Pally Hub from Watertown, says that
J. W. Stubbs, one and one-half miles
northwest of there, was accidentally
drowned in Wood river Thursday af
ternoon. Stubbs left ills home about 2
o'nl.o.lr llcVilnn 4 I.
his body was discovered in ihe river by
two of T. J. Quail’s boys, who gave the
alarm.
The body was recovered by T. J.
Quail and Sam Veal who reside near
there. Coroner Norcross, of Mialler,
was notified and arrived soon thereafter
and held an Inquest. The Jury return
'd a verdict of actdental death by
drowning. The dead man was subject
to epileptic llts and it is supposed that
be bad fallen into the water during
an epileptic attack or it may have been
purely accidental. This is the second
fishing accident occurring in the county
this week.
Nelson, Neb., June 19.—Lawrence
Archer, of this place, and I.yle Boyd,
of Hastings, were drowned while bath
ing in a lake recently built on the
Spuerk ranch a mile north of town.
Where the boys were last seen to go
down there was about twenty feet of
water, and all efforts to llnd the bodies
seemed futile. The dam was dynamited,
and after the water was lowered sev
eral feet, the bodies were found. Ar
cher was the 17-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Archer. Boyd was a drug
clerk in the employ of Knapp & Davies,
of Nelson. He leaves a widowed moth
er and two younger brothers as Hast
ings.
Valentine, Neb.. June 19.—Clyde
Black, an 18-year-old ooy. was drown
ed in the mill pond south of this city
Sunday. Together with a crowd of oth
er boys lie started to swim across the
pond, about a quarter of a mile. Being
a poor swimmer he became exhausted
when almost across. He had been un
der the water over three hours be
fore his body was found.
“NEWSBOYS' FRIEND”
FOUND DEAD IN BED
Omaha, Nob., June 19.—Colonel Alex- j
arulor Homeland, the “newsboys’ i
friend.” was found dead in bed in the j
Murray hotel this morning.
Hog land was chiefly known as the I
author* of the Curfew law, although his j
work among the newsboys has been
•carrl-d on for many year’s. W hile at
his home in Louisville. Ky., he spent
i sich time traveling around the coun
try in the inter, st t f the boy ..
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BODY WRIT ISSUES
FOR CHILD-WIFE OF
E. HYATT! PA IS MAD
When Young Man Returned
With Bride His Father-in
Law Beat Him Up.
Kearney, Neb., June 17.—Elmer R.
Hyatt, a youth of 19 years, has asked
'the district court to restore to him
Ihls child-wife, who Is but 1C, who ho
alleges Is held prisoner In the home
'of her parents against her wishes.
The suit Is brought in the name of
Hyatt’s father, as next friend of the
young man, and is directed against C.
M. Sheely and his wife, who are the
parents of the young woman. Hyatt
and Miss Sheely eloped to Lexington
recently where they were married. On
their return Sheely met the couple at
the station in anything but a forgiv
ing mood. He administered a good
thrashing to the unfortunate young
man and took his daughter home with
him, where he has detained her ever
since. It Is said that he Is about to
send her to a convent In Chicago. The
court Issued an order for the parents
to produce the body of Maude Sheely
Hyatt in court, where the case will be
heard on Its merits. Both the Hyatt
and Sheely families are prominent
members of Kearney society and the
proceedings have caused a sensaUon.
MORMONS TO ERECT A
SHAFT FOR MISSING 15
Niobrara, Neb., June 17.—A party of
Mormons of Provo, Utah, have been
here for two days locating the old fort
and graves of fifteen of their members
who died while in winter quarters near
the mouth of the Niobrara river in
lR4«-7
The party consisted of Messrs. Jesse
and Samuel Knight, Prof. G. H. Burn
hall, of the Mormon university, J. W,
and Mrs. Townsend, of Crete, Neb,
and the Misses Jennie B. Knight and
Inas K. Allen. The location of the old
fort was easily found, but the graves
were not located. It was decided to
place a monument on the site of the old
ford and a half acre of the land was
purchased for the purpose, Jesso
Knight, whose father was one of the
number to succumb to pneumonia in
the winter of 1846, is to erect the mon
ument at a cost of at least $1,000. Mr.
Knight Is a wealthy miner and cap*
ltallst, having the majority stock in a
$1,000,000 sugar factory in Alberta and
265,000 acres of land there.
PUTS STATE CONTROL
AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL
Niobrara, Neb., June 17—A special td
the Star from Palmyrla, Neb, says:
"Railway Commissioner J. A. Will
iams today attacked the policy of Pres
ident Roosevelt in regard to the na
tional regulation of railroads. In an
address at the Old Settlers’ reunion at
Palmyria, expressing the opinion of the
majority of the members of the Ne*
braska commission, he declared in fa
vor of state control against national
regulation. Commissioner H. T. Clarke
agrees with Mr. Williams, but Chair*
man Winnett, of the Nebraska come
mission agrees with the president.
CUPID GETS NEBRASKA
JUDGES INTO BAD FIX
Omaha, Neb, June 17—Suit has beer
brought in the district court by Doug*
lass county against D. M. Vlnsonhaler,
county judge for three terms, for the
return of $13,000 collected by him'as
marriage ceremony fees. The case has
attracted widespread attention because
of its nature.
Never before has the right of a coun
ty judge to retain these fees beer)
Questioned, It is the first of a serieu
against county judges to be brought
for the recovery of many thousands of
dollars received for this service. The
case will probably be carried through
the supreme court, without regard to
what shall be the decision of the lower*
judiciary. Special counsel has been re*
tained to prosecute the suit for the
county while Judge Vtnsoirhaler is de*
fended by a prominent array of coun*
sel. The petition does not stop at cash
fees, but insists that where credit is)
extended by the judge he is responsi*
ble for the payment and must account
for the money. Waiver is made, how*
.ever, in cases of adoption and others*
Svhere parties are poor or unable to
pay. These are classed as charity
cases.
MAN’S ASHES MIXED
WITH CEMENT, MADE
INTO BRICK FORM
Jewish Drummer Killed Himsel'
— Secret Society Friends
Seek to Inter “Remains.”
Boston, Juno 17—For the first time
,n the history of the world the atfhcs
of a man who had been cremated, has
been mixed with cement and made into
brick.
The ashes are those of Herman Un
ger, a traveling man of Pittsburg, who
committed suicide in a Boston hotel.
May 30.
Unger was a Jew, and the brick
which now contains all that was left
of his mortal remains after passing
through crematory, will be buried in a
Jewish cemetery, if Ungers secret so
ciety friends can find one which will
accept the brick.
So far the authorities of the Jewish
cemeteries about Boston show a dis
inclination to receive the human brick.
Unger had much trouble and became
despondent.
Ho is said to have entertained a be
lief that after death a man who is
buried in the ground In the regular
way turns into a tree.
MINER PAINTS TOWN
RED; 34,000, ONE WEEK
Alton. 111., June 17.—Allen Cook, a
Nevada miner, who has been spending
a week In Alton, has disposed of $4,000
just to show he Is a spender. He says
it is a mere tiilie, as lie has a million.
Cook came here to visit his cousin. C.
A. Van Prater, and left a big wad of
greenbacks with Van Prater. He would
call at the store inch day and got n
handful of bills to spend.
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WIFE SPENT HIS
SAVINGS; HE DIES
BY TURNING ON GAS
leorge Shafer Found Dead b'
Son—-Mrs. Rooney Believed
to Be Suicide.
Lincoln, Neb., June 15.—Greoge Sha
fer, a laborer, turned four gas Jets on
at his residence last night and this
morning he was found dead in bed by
a son.
Shafer has been the storm center
of considerable domestic troubles. The
oause of which arose, according to his
story, from his wife taking all of his
earnings of $1,100, and leaving town
for a while.
Mrs. John Rooney died this morning
from a cut in her throat made Mon
day night. Her family contend she
fell against a window, but the officers
think she Inflicted the wound her
qelf. She has been, despondent from
111 health.
NEBRASKA TO DEMAND 3
PER CENT. FOR STATE BANKS
Lincoln, Neb., June 15.—State Treas
urer Brian has decided to boost the
rate of interest on state deposits in
the banks after July 1 from 2 to 3 per
Cent.
Notices to this effect are now being
mailed to all depository institutions
with a request that they reply stating
whether they will be willing to re
tain the money that they now have and
pay the higher interest upon it.
The action of the treasurer is prompt
ed by the strong demand throughout
Nebraska for deposits from the public
treasury. He anticipates that some o£
the banks may protest over the in
creased rate of interest, but he has
faith that there will bo little if nnv
difficulty in keeping every dollar of
the state cash out at 3 per cerR. All
banks pay 3 to 4 per cent, on time de
posits and some on running deposits.
Seventy-six banks in Nebraska have
on deposit slate funds in the sum of
$822,000. It is declared that if the state
had twice this amount of money to
deposit it would not be able to sup
ply the requests lhat have been made
for It.
The aggregate interest received by
the state on its bank deposits for the
last biennium was $16,700. Had 3 per
cent, been collected Instead of 2, the
amount would have reached $90,000
more.
JAPANESE LABORERS
HAVE BLOODY BRAWL
Grand Island, Neb., June 15.—P. Fu
ruya was slightly cut, K. Kuskard ser
iously stabbed and Y. Matsunaga prob
ably fatally wounded by a knife in the
hands of P. Oikwa in their bunk here.
The men are Jap laborers on the Union
Pacific and had been drinking and Oik
wa became crazed. The bunk has the
appearance of a slaughter house. Oik
wa is held awaiting developments.
X BUGGY BURNS, BUT *
♦ HORSES STAND STILL. 4
4 4
4- Albion, Neb., June U'—A fishing 4
4 party given by Dr. and Mrs. I,. E. 4
4- Scouten in honor of Miss Vera Al- 4
4 len of Omaha, driven by the pangs 4
4 of hunger to their base of supplies, 4
4 found the feast in ashes asr were 4
4 also their carriage wraps and bon- 4
4 nets. The faithful horses still 4
4 stood hitched to the buggy tongue 4
4 with their tails slightly scorched, 4
4 but otherwise no worse for the fate 4
4 that had overtaken the feast, the 4
4 wraps and the carriage 4
4 The doctor Is unable to offer any 4
4 explanation as to the origin of the 4*
4 tire and as the Incident is so ab- 4
4 solutely remarkable he has simply 4
4 concluded that subsequently he will 4
4 take -out a fire insurance policy upon 4
4 the next livery he hires. 4
f RULE
two Packing Firms Rafuse to
Grant Conceisions Asked
by the Unions.
Chicago, June 15.—Two packing
firms have refused to make the con
cessions to the teamsters’ union. They
are the Anglo-American Provision
company and Swift & Co. Meanwhile
preparations continue quietly by the
packers in anticipation of a strike. Re
IHU die iiuuucu im UfUVtTieB
of meat will be assured after next Sat
urday.
Tne packing firms announced that
they have made plans in the event of a
strike to ship a meat train through the
branch houses and compel dealers to
haul the supplies themselves. It is said
a strike would mean the abolishment of
the free delivery system by the pack
ing concerns.
JAPENESE OFFICIALS
SILENCE TOKIO PAPERS
Tokio, June 15.—Newspapermen of
this cty were summoned to appear be
fore the home department, today offi
cially ordered to abstain from the pub
dication of any matter of an inflamma
tory or agitating nature upon the
American question.
Komura Reassures.
London, June 15.—Japanese Ambassa
dor Komura today issued a statement
I to the press reciting the facts regard
ing the attack on the Japanese restau
rants in San Francisco and the nego
tiations which followed between Wash
ington and Tokio, including the follow
ing:
“The whole matter Is pursuing its
normal course and there is absolutely
nothing to justify alarmist rumors
• emanating from irresponsible sources.”
RUSSIA FEARS CHINA
IN THE FAR EAST
Harbin, June 15.—Russia's plan nf re
construction in the far east appears
based ori fear of China. Notwit.-istar.il- 1
Ing lack of money, Russia is endeavor
ing to greatly strengthen the Siberian,
borders.
METCALF RETURNS SAFELY. '
Washington. June 15.—Dispatch boat
Dolphin, with Secretary .MeterIf and
party on board, arrived sat.ly at u:e
navy yards today. !
SMALL BOY MURDERS
HIS MOTHER BECAUSE
Terrible Act of I I-Year-Old
Son of Mrs. Thomas McCoy
--Admits Crime.
feassett, Neb., June 14.—The cold
blooded murder of a mother by hei
11-year-old son was developed by the
coroner’s Inquest at Bassett over the
body of Mrs. Thomas McCoy. What
was at first supposed to have been an
accidental death was found to he a
frightful tragedy. The mother-murder
was committed by her little son be
cause she had punished him the day be
fore. In custody of Sheriff Marsh at
Bassett, the little murderer is just be
ginning to realize something of the se
riousness of the situation resulting
from his crime.
When Mrs. McCoy whipped her 11
year-old, he told her that he would
"fix her.” The next day he secured a
revolver from the house, unbeknown tc
anyone, and stole out Into the field
where his mother, a widow, was en
gaged with other children in planting
seeds. Stealing up behind his mother,
this youthful murderer fired a 38-cal
iber bullet Into her brain from a dis
tance of six feet. The ball of lead
plowed through her head and lodged In
the forehead.
Not content with the one murderous
bullet, the little fellow aimed again,
pulled the trigger a second time and
9ent a second bullet into his dying
mother. The ball entered her thigh.
u. lie urst Dunet was ratal.
First Called an Accident.
At first the shooting was given out
as an accident. On being brought be
fore the jury the boy admitted that
he murdered bis mother. He said that
his mother had punished him severely
on several occasions, and that he vowed
to get even. On the day in question he
said he had gone to the cupboard and
obtained a revolver. It was partially
loaded, and he filled the vacant cham
bers with cartridges. He and his moth
er and two brothers went to a field to
plant beans and while his mother was
sitting down he had come up behind
her within five or six feet and ?hot her
through the head, killing her Instantly.
To be sure that he had done the
work well he fired a second shot into
the leg and body of his prostrate moth
er. The boy told his story to the Jury
without much hesitation. He described
how his mother sat and where and how
he fired the fatal shots. He said tha
act was his own and no one else had
knowledge of his purpose until after
the deed was committed.
The authorities have taken the boy
in custody, but it is not known what
action will be taken. He seems as
bright and intelligent as the average
chile of his age, but has had few ad
vantages.
NEBRASKA WEATHER COOL,
CLOUOY AND HEAVY SHOWERS
Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—The official
Nebraska weather and crop report for
the week ending June 10, follows:
The week was cool and cloudy, with
heavy showers.
The daily mean temperature aver
aged about five degrees below the nor
mal. The maximum temperatures
were between seventy and seventy-five
degrees nearly the whole week at most
stations. At some southwestern sta
tions temperatures above eighty de
grees occurred the latter part of the
week. The minimum temperatures were
below forty degrees in the northern
counties "Wednesday morning.
Showers occurred very generally in
the eastern counties on four of five
days. Thursday, however, was the day
with the heaviest showers and the
greatest rainfall. The weekly precipi
tation was above the normal, except
in the southwestern counties, where it
was slightly below the normal. The
rainfall ranged from one to slightly
more than three inches in the eastern
counties, whdle it was about three
quarters of an inch in the southwest
ern. The total rainfall from April 1st
to date is about three-fourths of the
normal in most of the state.
WITH $1,000 IN POCKET
WANDERING IN SWAMP
Grand Island, Neb., June 14.—Joseph
Sweitzer, a wealthy Brooklyn man, was
found wandering in a swamp near here
in a demented condition with $1,000 in
his pocket and a ticket to San Fran
cisco.
NEBRASKA PRIMARY
ELANKS ABOUT READY
Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—The new
primary law blanks will be mailed to
the county clerks of Nebraska before
July 1, to be placed in the hands of
candidates or their friends for mak
ing application to have their names
printed on the primary ballot. One of
the blanks will be an application form
for the candidates themselves, who are
willing to say that they want a nom
ination. Another will be furnished to
fit the case where a candidate lets his
xi itruus iiu ux tnu misuing.
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GAME WARDEN TAKES FISH
FROM THu .../ TEL TABLE
Oakland, Neb., June 14.—M. W. John
son a local hotel keeper, was fined $5
and costs for serving fish to his pa
trons. Deputy Warden Smith, who
made the arrest, took as evidence of
the violation of the law, a freshly
cooked fish from a table in the dining
room before any one had a chance to
eat it.
YOUNG TOWN FLOURISHING;
REGULAR BUILDING BOOM
Walthill, Neb., June 14.—Twenty-one
thousand dollars worth of business
blocks are now in process of construc
tion here. _ _
FORCES DAUGHTER TO
DRINK ACID, KILLS
Indianapolis. Ind.. June 14.—Robert
Jolly, aged 43, killed his daughter
Gladys by forcing carbolic acid down
her throat. Jolly escaped. He had
been drinking.
SLAYER OF 4 KILLED
BY NERVOUS COLLAPSE
Bloomington, 111., June 14.—Thomas
Baldwin, slayer of four persons, died
in the county jail here today from ner
vous collapse, aged 58.
February 28. in Arrowsmith, he shot
Mr«. Sint Edseman and daughter Cora,
and Thomas Kennedy and wife.
He was then out on bail charged with
criminal assault on the Edseman girl.
He killed the girl and those who were
witnesses against him.
POLICE CHIEF SAYS
HE HAS A LIFE JOB
BUT MAY BE FOOLED
Donahue of Omaha Under Civif
Service, But the Board Is
Preparing Charges.
Omaha, Neb., June 13.—Has Chlet
of Police John J. Donahue got a Uf4
lease on his office is the question that
Is agitating the members of the Omat
ha board of Are and police. The?
have been trying to decide it in thel*
own minds for some time. The chief in»
sists that he is a member of the po»
lice force, and if that is true it will1
be necessary to make speclAe charges
against him and prove them before hs
con be removed. At least two members
of the board are in favor of having a
new chief of police and the third mem
ber is not opposed to the movement.
The matter of. removing Donahue ii
conceded by the members to be a deli«,
cate one and it was said today that
deliberate action would be nece3saryi
Evidence is being gathered by th<
members and will probably be present.
e<l to the next meeting’ of the board.
Evils in Badlands.
The board took it upon themsolvei
recently to go through the badlands
on a little trip of inspection. The?
had previously questioned the chief
shout what was going on at a numbei
of places, and it is said they received
assurance that certain nuisances had
been cleaned up. They investigated
these places themselves and found tw«
gambling joints running and Liquor be<
ing sold illegally in several others.
Chief Donahue had little to say. Hfr
declares, however, that the town is at
well policed as any city of its size if
the country, and that there is no pro'
I’rpl’fbH vipp
CORPORATIONS SWELL
FEES OF SEC’Y OF STATE
Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—Nearly IOC
per cent, increase is shown in the semi
annual report of fees collected by tha
secretary of state's office up to May
31 this year, as compared with tha
showing for the period ending on tha
same date in 1906. Practically tha
whole of this increase is due to tha
new law which requires corporations
to pay larger fees than before or.
filing their organic articles or amend
ments. About five-sixths of all tha
revenue collected by the office in tha
. past six months was derived from that
source. Below are the figures contain
ed in the secretary of state's report to
the governor:
For affixing great seal and for
warding notarial commis
sion .$ 508.0(1
For filing articles of incor
poration, etc . 10,804.4li
For making transcripts and
certificates . 429.4()
For labels and trade marks .. 4.5G
For issuing brands and
marks . 199.5*)
For motor vehicle licenses _ 366.00
For filing certificates of
agents . 61.1u
From all other sources . .7^
Total .*12,373.74
For the same period of time ona
year ago the receipts of the office were
*0,315.52, showing a net increase of
*6,058.20 for the half of 1907.
PRISON 18 MONTHS FOR
KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR
Teknrmh, Neb., June 13.—Judge Red
dick yesterday afternoon handed down
his decision in the motion for a new
trial in the case of Bruce Bundy, whom
a jury had found guilty of manslaughter
for the killing of Herbert Austin April
4, 1907. The court denied the motion
for a new trial and sentenced Bundy to
eighteen months in the state peniten
tiary.
BARKER’S UFESAVED
F0RTSME AT LEAST
Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—The execu
tion of Frank Barker, fixed for next
Friday at the Nebraska penitentiary
for a double murder, was this morning
suspended upon order of District Judge
Holmes, who will consider an applica
tion for an inquiry into Barker’s sanity(
The condemned man’s attorneys al
convicted nearly throe years ago fot
the murder of his brother and the lat
ter's wife near Inavele, Neb. Tha
bodies of his victims were found buried
in a cow stable. Barker afterwards
confessed, saying that he coveted his
brother’s farm in order that he mighf
marry and have a home for his bride,
He was sentenced to hang, but a re
prieve for two years was granted by
Governor Sheldon's predecessor. The
present governor refused to Interfere
with the sentence or execution.
ms ratheiTthan
FACE AWFUL CHARGE
Stanton, Neb., June 11.—Henry Oil
man, charged with incest with his 15
year-old daughter, committed suicide :
in his cellar last night. He fastened
hts belt around his neck and the win
dow bars and strangled himself to
death.
His trial was to have been begun
this morning. The judge discharged
the jury.
X ROADS WILL t
4 FIGHT MISSOURI 4
4 2-CENT FARES. 4
4 Kansas City, June 13.—The rail- 4
4 roads of Missouri will fight the 2- 4
4 cent fare law In the federal courts 4
4 Frank llagerman. of Kansas Cltv, 4
4 representing eighteen railroads, 4
4 served notice on Herbert S. Hadley, 4
4 attorney general, that at 10 o'clock 4
4 Friday morning he will ask the fed- 4
4 eral court to enjoin the enforce- 4
4 ment of the 2-cent fare law. 4.
HEW YORK RECOUNT
BILL AGAIN PASSES
Albany, N. Y.,* June 13.—The senate
today passed the New York city re
count bill over the veto of acting May
or McGowan. The bill now goes to the
governor. The senate also passed a
supplementary bill permitting McClel
lan to secure ar ecount hi district*
cot asked for by HearsL