THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
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General SmlthofT writes of General
Stoessel’s conduct during the siege of
Port Arthur; 'The timidity of Stoessel
was such that he never appeared In the
fighting lines, but he abused the popu
lation as 'poltroons' and ‘rascals.- When
in September, several shells fell near
our lodgings, Stoessel moved to the
house of General Volkoff, in another
part of the town. Vis flowers and part
of his household tl.Vgs had been mov
ed when a shell struck Volkoffs house.
The things were then taken bark to
the old place. Toward the end of No
vember the enemy began shelling us
from 11-lnch mortars, and Stoessel
again removed, this time to the vicin
ity of the barracks of the tenth regi
ment, which was out of range. There
he lived In perfect Hafety until the en
emy was able to shell this quarter also.
Thereupon he hastened to surrender?’
It Is only about ten years since the
gasoline motor was first installed, as an
auxiliary on small sailing boats. Now
pleasure sloops, yawls and catboats are
being especially designed and built
with this In view. There are also some
of the bigger boats equipped with aux
iliary power, such as the three-masted
schooner Atlantic, winner of the Kais
er’s cup, wmch has a steam plant on
board. The piotor Is also being adopt
ed for commercial uses, for nearly ev
ery small fisherman has a "kicker" In
his boat of this type that Capt. Mark
Casto took off the passengers of the
Cherokee, aground at Atlantic City, a
year and a half ago. Unaided by the
‘■kicker” he never would have reached
her.
The highest fall of water ever used
for power seems to bo that of Lake
Bruslo, ill Switzerland, where Is lo
cated the most powerful electricity
generating station in Europe. The
water of the Poshiavono, In the Pos
chiavo valley, is led through a great
conduit three miles long to the reser
voir, from which five sets of enormous
pipes conduct It to the power station
at a level 1,280 feet lower. Electric
energy of 86,000 horsepower Is distrib
uted from the generators to polntt
along the shores of Luke Como and
Magglore, and os far as the great plain
of Milan.
The British vice consul at Caracas,
Venezuela, reports that a contract has
been concluded between the Venezue
lan government and Senor J. O. Manco
by which the latter undertakes to es
tablish and keep up continuous navl
Sitlon between Puerto Cabello and
uanta In Venezuela and ports In Cuba
and Panama with five steamers, each
capable of carrying not less than 1,000
bead pf cattle. The line Is to enjoy a
monopoly for one year, capable of ex
tension for an additional year. The
contract Is not transferable to any for
eign government, company or person.
H. J. Heinz, who has made a for
tune of $20,000,000, started on the rood
to wealth by peddling tomato catsup.
When he was a boy his widowed moth
er used to make catsup and he took It
around to sell to the neighbors. Finally
their time was completely taken up In
making catsup ami jelly. The kitchen
was converted Into a work shop, which
rapidly grew, and now there uro mam
moth factories. Mr. Heinz lives as
modestly now as he did when he wns
poor. He Is especially Interested In
Sunday school work and thut he calls
his recreation.
Dr. 8. A. Knapp, who Is directing the
work of the general education board In
the south, Is the father of agricultural
education In the United States, While
he was president of the Iowa Agricul
tural college he drafted the Hatch bill,
which brought the agricultural colleges
under the wings of the national gov
ernment. He introduced rice culture in
the south and revolutionized the rice
business In South Carolina. Ho found
a solution of the boll weevil problem
by pushing the cotton crop "xhead so
that It matured before the boll weevil.
Government tests of flre-kllled tim
ber have demonstrated the fact that
this wood is good and should bo con
sidered as thoroughly seasoned timber,
ns far as Its use Is concerned. F'lre
killed timber checks badly when left
standing for any length of time, and
this is an obstacle’ In tho way of Its
use for some purposes. Timber which
hes been killed by Are should be gen
erally used within one year after It
has been killed, but satisfactory rail
road tics have been made from timber
killed fifty years before.
The highest tree In the world, so far
as has been ascertained, la an Austra
lian gum tree of the species of eucalyp
tus regnans, which stands In the Capo
Otwav range. It Is no less than 416
feet high. Gum trees grow very fast
There Is one In Florida which shot up
forty feet In four years, and another
In Guatemala which grew 120 feet In
twelve years. This corresponds to a
rise of ten feet In a year, or nearly one
foot a month.
Among the graduates from the gram
mar schools In Boston In June was a
16-year-old Jewish boy, Saul Hornstetn
who has been in this country less than
twelve months. He was born In Klshl
ne, Russia, and eould not speak a
word of English when ho began school
last year. But he tackled the new lan
guage with such determination that he
was soon promoted from one school to
another, and will enter the high school
In the fall.
The clip of wool on the Nevada
ranges this season Is the greatest that
the state has ever known. More than
*,600.000 pounds have been clipped and
•hipped and a very good price has been
received for all of It. One prominent
•heep man stated yesterday that count
ing the sheep ranges tributary to Ne
vada there would be more than 13,000,
000 pounds of wool shipped from the
■tate this year.
“Alkopthlne," the new motor gas. Is
a mixture of air, alcohol, vapor and
acetylene, resulting from the spraying
of diluted alcohol over calcium carbide.
It proves to be a cheaper fuel than
gasoline, and the necessary apparatus
for producing It can be adapted to any
high speed gasoline motor.
Though the whippoorwill's two cream
•peckled white eggs are laid with seem
ing carelessness on the ground she Is
rot careless with her young, picking
tbem up as a cat does a kitten If dan
ger threatens.
It has been announced by the director
of naval construction of the German
navy that In future It will be the policy
of ’he navy to make extended use of
at'am turbines for the propulsion of
Jliips-__
Of th" «levei new s ars found by
asfrnrcuv r,s the world over during the
last tv nty y arn says 'Woman, eight
v-: ^ '!-'C"\- re<* by Mrs. Wllltamfcm
Paton Ft lrlniT. of tne Harvard observ
atory.
Two vi h i oeeuny the mourning
dove'-i '» o e .vtib’lj stmt’s for the poor
♦Ot P"' 't.tttewlrio.t
WILL FORGE LINCOLN
MEDICAL COLLEGE TO
GRANT HER DIPLOMA
Denied “Sheepskin”, Woman
Says Doctors Are in Con
spiracy Against Her.
I.lnlroln, Neb., July 31—The supreme
tourt 1b puzzling over a case with
some unusual angles. Kllu Mae Nelson,
Js asking It for an order to compel
the officers of the Lincoln Medical
college to Ifbuo her a diploma, which
the lutter refuse to do because she.
failed In her examination to pass a,
half dozen studies.
Mrs. Nelson has an invalid husband'
and a family of small children. One of
■whom was born while she was at
tending medical college as a student,,
and as a result of which she lost a
year. In her anxiety to get through
find secure a diploma she crammed and
worked hard, but her domestic bur
dens proved too much for her. The
doctors say she failed to pass in sur
gery, physiology, bacteriology, histol
ogy. pharmacy, myojogy, obstetrics
and materia medlca, while she insists
that three of the faculty had it In for
her and refused to give her the marks
f,n her papers that she was entitled
(to. 1
Papers Can’t Be Found. i
She has presented her papers on
some of [hose subjects to other doc
tors and they have glvi n testimony
that they should be rated at a figure
that would pass her. Others of her
papers she can't secure, the examining
doctor saying he has mislaid them,
and this, she thinks, is proof of the
conspiracy to keep her from practic
ing medicine. The dean of the college
Is one of the doctors who thinks she
Should have been given a diploma.
The district court found In favor of
Mrs. Nelson, and ordered a diploma
Issued to her. She Is now practic
ing in this city.
SIOUX CITY PACKER
TO ENGAGE IN HIS
OWN BUSINESS
Charles Williams, of Cudahy
Company to Begin Work at
Havelock, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb., July 31.—Charles Wil
liams, for many years occupying a re-,
sporislble position with the Cudahjj
Packing company at Sioux City, is
shortly to blossom out as a packer
Jtlmself. Havelock, a suburb of Lin
coln, five miles east of the postoffice.
Is to be the scene of operations.
Mr. Williams has been here the
greater part of the week and has made
selection of his site. He has gone back
home to complete necessary arrange
ments. He declined to talk about the
project further than to state that hei
proposed to erect a modern establish
ment for the slaughter of cattle and
hogs. Rates and railroad service are
such that he feels he can do a profit
able business here. West Lincoln, an
other suburb, was once a flourishing
packing center, with two big houses
and a mammoth stock yards, but the
railroads put It out of business in or
der to build up the packing establish
ments at South Omaha.
Mr. Williams Is understood to have
the backing of independent packers,
und It is proposed to make the plant a
large one. Work will be begun short
ly, and slaughtering will begin early
In the fall.
FARMERS AT CREIGHTON
IN BROKERAGE BUSINESS
Creighton, Neb.. July 31.—Consider
able excitement prevails here over the
fact that a number of farmers who
have noted the ,fact that the Inter
national Harvester company does not
enforce any of Its collections have gone
to buying harvesters whether they
need them or not and then trading them
off to their neighbors or to othe'{
agents.
The representatives of the harvester
companies are very much distressed
as they hardly know to whom to de
liver the machines. The general agency'
at Sioux City has advised Its agents
to use all kinds of caution and not to
let any machines go out without being
settled for, but the farmers say that
will not avail anything as they will
pot pay the notes.
OMAHANS HELD AS
FLEECERS IN A FAKE
KENTUCKY FIGHT
Omaha, Neb., July 31.—Because of a
fake prize light Henry Hazelbaum, ot
Louisville, was fleeced out of $1,000, and
H. L, Thlelman, of St. Cloud, Minn., a
brother of Pitcher Thlelman, of the
Cleveland Americans, and E. A. A1-*
stead, known to the police as a “con”
man ure under arrest.
Alstead is said to have started the
game In Louisville and Hazelbaum was
Induced to come west and bet $1,000
on a "sure thing," Casey.
The fake fight was pulled off in a
Council Bluffs hotel and Casey lost.
When the smoke cleared, Hazelbaum
was left to hold the sack. A Louisville
detective Is in Omaha to take Thlel
man and Alstead back to Kentucky.
A flashroll of $18,000 counterfeit
money is said to have had a part in
the deal.
LEAPS INTO FIRE,
SAVES THE TRAIN,
Fort Williams, Ont., July 31.—The
coolness and bravery of Engineer Mc
Adams. of the Canadian Pacific, avert
ed a satastrophe at Rideout river. He
was pulling a Chinese special, bound,
for New York, ani when approaching,
the river saw the bridge burning. He
applied the emergency brake and with
the fireman jumped, but the momen
tum of the train -vr.r, so great that
it ran into the flames. The eoglneen
ran ahead, climbed into the cab, and,
ran the train across the bridge. Tima
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L .i..»«i0 U C S i U ty I
I7;vf’' r'r-.rfnr.T*:
l»h«k - wt< i
FfrR P^'pJOd
Janes C 0 a 111 m a n Who rlcd
Nc/cr Been Defeated in Po
I Leal Pace.
Omaha, Neb., July 29. -James C.
Danhi.an, oa ana's cowboy mayo,', e.v
p.cis t.i :.t t!„; i.e;-;t democratic c&ndi-,
Ra.e (or governor of Neuraska, While/
lie admits that his candidacy is par
tial. y tentative to the coarse of events
in tne i-.rynn propaganda, lie knows'
nothing at this time to prevent his be-/
co.ni. g a candidate, it is high!.' prob-,
able that he nay hate the nomination,
for the asking, as he hart for many
years been democratic national commit-i
tecrr.em for Nebraska, and his recent,
overthrow of tne republican forces in
Omaha has made Mm the most pop
ular democrat within the state, Mr.>
Bryar exi e*>te<\ Having- the full con
fldence of the peerless one will add to
his ability to control parly councils
within the state.
Dohlman has always been a winner.
1-Ie has never been defeated for any of
fice for which he was striving. *
PLACES ON PRIMARY
BALLOTS BEING SOUGHT
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—Applications
for places on the primary election bal-!
lot are pouring into the secretary of1
state's office. Yesterday’s record eom
,prised these: !
S. M. Wallace, Olay Center, railway
commissioner, republican. .
Leo I Lamb, Niobrara, university re
gent, socialist.
John O. Yeiser. Omaha, and A. L.
[Button, Soutti Omaha, district Judge,
Fourth district, republicans. i
James R. Hanna, Greeley Center,
Judge Eleventh district, republican.
C. H. Whitney, Hartlngton, Judge
Eighth district, democrat.
Gus Norberg. Holdredge, Judge Tenth
district, republican.
DEPUTY GAME WARDEN
GIVES UP HIS PLACE
Lincoln. Neb., July 29.—Deputy Game
Warden D. E. Smith has resigned his
position to take elTect August 1. He
will look after his two farms in Polk
county and his Saline county farm and
may take a pleasure trip to California.
Chief Game Warden George L. Carter
stated today that he had endeavored
to keep Mr. Smith in his department
but could not. Mr. Hyers, of Rock
county, will taka the place vacated by
Mr. Smith.
NEWSPAPERS CONSOLIDATE
UNDER SIGNIFICANT NAME
I Oakland, Neb., July 29.—Charles EL
Brooks has sold the Oakland Repub
lican to Eric Morell, editor and pub
lisher of the Oakland Independent. Mr.
Morell will consolidate the papers un
der the name of the Oakland Independ
ent-Republican. Mr. Brooks will move
to South Dakota and engage In farm
ing.
MISSOURI PACIFIC
RAISES NOVEL POINT
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—The Missouri
Pacific claims that because Its road,
operates in other states than Nebraska
Its grain hauls constitute interstate
traffic, and that therefore the state
railway commission cannot compel It
to make joint rates with the Burling
ton and Northwestern on grain from.
central and northern Nebraska. ^
The commission has been asked to'
make such an order so as to divert the*
grain that now goes to Kansas City
and Omaha. The other two roads are,
willing as they would get grain at
Hastings and Superior. The Missouri,
Pacific refuses to make joint rates on'
the ground that it reaches Omaha by'
an indirect route itself and that such'
rates are not just, because it would!
deprive it of a haul that it can make,
itself. At the same time, however, it ‘
refuses to put in a rate to Omaha that*
will move the grain over its own road j
to that point, claiming the action de-v
manded is for the special benefit, con
venience and gain of certain grain ship
pers in Omaha and South Omaha, so'
that they can accomplish certain deliv
eries of grain to their advantage, re-'
gardless of injury or wrong that may
be done to this defendant.”
FACE DISFIGURED, HE
IS JILTED BY FIANCEE
Belle Calls Off Wedding at
Sight of Battered
Countenance.
Allentown, Pa., July 29.—Kather than
marry a man with a disfigured face,
Miss Ella Sheslz, the belle of Emerald,
a slate town several miles from Slat
ington, jilted him an hour before the
time set for the wedding and an
nounced her purpose to marry another
man.
Miss Sheslz declares that she loves
both men and Is holding her final de
cision under advisement. From among
her large circle of admirers she picked
Joseph Vella, of Parryvllle, as her
choice, and the wedding was Used for
last evening. Unhappily, Vella was so
eager to reach his Intended bride’s
side that Instead of waiting for a pas
senger train to carry him from Parry
vllle to Emerald, he boarded a coal
train.
In jumping off at Slatington he
lost Ills footing and plowed a deep
furrow In the ballast with his head.
Although his face was lacerated and
bleeding and his wedding suit torn,
Vella hastened to Miss Sheslz’ home
only to hear the disappointing news
that she would not marry a man with
a disfigured face, but that she would
become the bride of Andrew Dudee as
soon as the marriage license could be
procured.
The disheartened Vella left the house
but lay In wait for Ills rival and heat
him so badly that Ills face resembled
Vella’s. Then the jilted bridegroom
carried the news to Miss Sheslz and is
awaiting her decision as to which of
the battered faces she will accept. Du
dee has had Vella arrested.
“BROKE,” THEY BEAT WAY.
Cleveland. July 29.—E. R. Buckley, a
hotel clerk, and George Elliott, an
actor, were taken from the top of the
twentieth century limited train when it
arrived in Cleveland today, unconscious
from fright and the exposure of their
trip.
They say they climbed to the top of
the sleeper as the train was pulling
out of Huff-tlo, not realizing the terrific
exposure and the perilous nature of the
trip.
The men said they were broke and
trying to boat their way to Chicago.
FIVE GENERATIONS OF
ELDEST DA UGTHERS
Mrs. Garnet Page, Age lG. .ars. rAta xNapier,
Mrs. Ellen Harkness. Age 50. Mrs. Kate Kilbourn, Age 70.
Baby Lorene Page, Age 14 Months.
The above photograph of five genera
tions was taken at Decatur, Neb., June
4, by C. O. f’eabody, the Lyons photog
rapher, while he was at his studio here.
Arrangements had been made several
times before to get the group together,
but without any success until this
time.
Mrs. Kate Kilbourn, the elderly wom
an on the right of the picture, was born
in Annsvllle. N. Y., and was 79 years
of age the 10th day of lust March. She
is active for her age and is more like
a woman of forty or fifty summers.
She lives with her son, Jules Kilbourn,
at his farm home near Whiting, la.
Mrs. Ellen Harkness was born at
Taborg, N. Y., and was 59 years of
age the 7th day of last August. Her
home is In Waiting, where she has re
sided for upwards of twenty years.
Mrs. Etta Napier was born at Winne
bago, 111., and was 39 years of age the
31st day of last May. Her home is in
Decatur, Neb., where she has resided
upwards of eleven years.
Mrs. Garnet Page was born in Whit
ing, la., and was 20 years of age the
22d day of last November.
Miss Lorene Page, aged 14 months,
was born in Decatur, the 15th day of
March, last year.
Another noticeable feature about this
group is the fact that each of the five
is the eldest daughter in their respec
tive families.
CATFISH PULLS YOUTH
INTO RIVER; NEARLY
DROWNS ANGLER
Had Line Wound Around Waist
When Captive
Got Mad.
Fremont, Neb., July 30—Hyrum Van
Cleve, 19 years old, narrowly escaped
drowning Thursday when he attempted
to pull a ninety-seven-pound catfish
from the Platte river just east of the
Burlington bridge. Van Cleve had a
set line in all night and on the first \
pull up in the morning found his fish.
When near the bank the monster
pulled Van Cleve, who had the small
rope wrapped around his wrist, into the*
stream, carrying him out into the cur
rent. Being unable to release his hold,
the young man was carried down
stream over 200 yards, and calling to
a ranchman on the river bank was
pulled out. The two men then succ
eeded in landing Van Cleve’s catch,
which measured a trifle over six feet.
The fisherman was so full of gratitude
to the rancher who pulled him out that
he presented him with the big fish.
This is the biggest catfish reported !
caught in this vicinity. Very few of j
that size have ever been caught from !
the Platte here. Most of the catches |
being reported from the Elkhorn. The !
only other catch of any importance re- j
ported this season was a monster eel, |
three feet five inches long, taken a week j
ago from the waters of the Elkhorn
by Frank PleifTer, who caught the eel
with regulation jointed rod and line.
BROWNSVILLE SHOT UP
BY BURNT CORK MEN
Washington, July 30.—Direct evi
dence that Brownsville, Tex., was not
shot up by three companies of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry will be given by
several new witnesses who will appear
before the senate committee on mili
tary affairs when it resumes Its Inves
tigation of the riot In November.
Further than this, these witnesses
will testify that the town of Browns
ville was shot up by an organized band
of desperate men attired In army uni
forms and blackened as negroes with |
burnt cork, who have since the time
been terrorizing tne people there and
who nre now willing to tell the whole
story.
This sensational evidence has been
obtained after two parties of detectives
had been driven out of Brownsville by
the same organized band that shot up
the town.
According to the new evidence now
in possession of representatives of the
constitutional league the purpose of in- j
citing the riot was to force the gov- !
ernment to remove the negro soldiers
from Brownsville.
NINE ARE BURNED TO
DEATH ON STEAMER
Auburn, N. Y.. Juf> 80. -The steamer
Frontenac. plying betwc.-.i Ithaca and
Cuyuga, on Cuyuga lake, burned today, j
and nine persons perished.
SCOUT CRUISER
SALEM LAUNCHED
Quincy, Mass., July 30.—A new type
of war vessel, expected to add greatly
to the efficiency of the navy in time
of war, was launched here today. The
vessel is the scout cruiser Salem,
whoefc duty it will be In time of war
to look for and report the movements
of the enemy. The Salem is to have a
speed of twenty-four knots. This is
greater than that of any cruiser in
i the navy.
MRS. FISH AND LEHR
AT BREAKFAST GIVEN
TO A GHIMPANZEF
Monkey Enjoyc Himself lm»
mensely on Champagne, With
Belmont as Host.
Newport, July 30.—Newport had an
unexpected event today but It was none
the less interesting because of its un
expectedness. It was the social debut
of a famous chimpanzee and his entree
Into the most exclusive precincts of
Oliver H. P. Belmont’s residence.
The debutante was introduced by
Elisha Dyer, jr„ and entertained by
Mr. Belmont, being the object of
curiosity and admiration of half a
hundred of the most prominent folks
at Newport.
Breakfast was set for 12 o’clock and
there was music by an orchestra. The
table was set In a bungalow overlook
ing the inner court of the Belmont res
idence. The chimpanzee appeared in
full morning costume, Including frock
coat and white vest. The meal Included
bouillion, roast chicken and sirloin,
steak, with side dishes, tea, champagne
and coffee.
The chimpanzee thoroughly enjoyed
the meal, showing a great desire for
the champagne.
Among those who were present were
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Harry Lehr.
BRYAN IN AUTOMOBILE
COLLISION. AIDS WOMAN
Storm Lake, la., July 30.—In spite of
Mr. Bryan’s wish that the fact be kept,
secret that he was In an automobile
collision and assisted a woman back'
Into her machine after she was pitched'
out, the story Is being told.
After the Nebraskan had lectured
at the Chautauqua grounds he was be
ing brought to town in an auto in.
which Mrs. H. W. Deal, of this city,:
occupied a rear seat. An automobile
driven by Mrs. E- B. Stillman, of Cor
rectlonvllle, collided with the other ma
chine and Mrs. Deal was thrown to]
the ground. Mr. Bryan quickly sprang*
out and picked up the injured woman,
and she was taken home. She is not
much hurt.
“I’M NOT DEAD, DON’T
PAY THE INSURANCE
Atlantic City, July 30.—Insurance ad
justers, about to pay over $1,000 insur
ance on the life of Frank Goldie, identi
fied as the man killed on the third rail'
at Woodbury, received a visit from the
real Goldie, who slopped at the Atlantic"
City office of the Prudential and told
the agent to stop handing over the
money.
"I see, according to the papers, that
I have been dead and buried since last;
Friday,’’ said Goldie, ‘‘but I want to*
state that if that money is paid over
you rA 11 uve a live man to deal with."
Officials at tine cr/mpary say that the
Identification of tbs supposed dead
Goldie was made by a man r anted Mil-'
ler, of Camden, with whom Goldie had
boarded for years. Miller was so sure
that the company was satisfied until
the ar.ival of the live Goldie.
MINN ESOTA~STRIKE
LEADER TO BE HELD
Duluth. July 30.—Fearing the present,
quiet is the calm before the storm, a
warrant was sworn out for the arrest
of Teofllo Petriella, the Italian, engi
neering the present gigantic strike of
the iron ore miners on the ranges north
of here.
BELLEROPHON IS LAUNCHED.
Portsmouth, July 30.—The battleship
Bellerophon, another of the Dread
nought. class, was launched here this
afternoon by Princess Henry of Bat
tenbera
TELLS OF ALLEGED
“ PLAN TO STOCK JOB
THE UNCOLN PUBLIC
When Street Car Men Fall Out
Railway Commission
Hears Things.
Lincoln, Neb., July 27—When Manag
ing Director Sharp, of the CiUzens’
Street Railway company, went on the
jptand the other day in a hearing be
fore the state railway commission in
an action to make the Lincoln Traction
company reduce fares to six for a quar
ter and swore that President Seudder,
of the latter company, demanded $400
a share for his $100 stock when Sharp
wanted to buy, be started something.
Seudder retaliated by going upon the
stand today and swearing that nothing
of the kind ever occurred, but that Mr.
Sharp had come to him with a proposi
tion to use the traction company as the
center of a big stock and bond scheme.
Unload It on Public.
Sharp’s proposal was to buy th&
traction company, unload the purchase
price of $2,000,000 on the Lincoln invest
ing public in the shape uf bonis and
keep all of the $3,000,000 stock issue
£or the underwriting syndicate that it
was unnecessary to use in floating the
scheme.
The testimony has especial point ia
view of the fact that the citizens’ com
pany has been "nsing before the pub
lic as a purely philanthropic enterprise
intended only to give low fares and
good service to all sections without any
idea of exorbitant returns to stockhold
ers—and in fact is asserted to be the
starting point of a municipal ownership
proposition.
IOWA YOUTH HELD
FOR KILLING CHINAMAN
WEEPS WITH FATHER
Omaha, Neb., July 27.—W. H. Al
mack, of Melrose, la., father of Willis
Almack, charged with complicity in
the killing of Han Pak, a Chinese res
taurant keeper, two weeks ago, visited
his son in the county jail this morning.
The meeting was affectionate and
pathetic. The father stood with tears
in his eyes for several minutes before
he could speak. The young son com
pletely broke down and clung to the
bars of his cell for support. For half
an hour they talked of the crime and
of their home affairs. Almack said he
could not understand how his boy could
have strayed into such a path. The boy
had a good farm home and mother, six
sisters and a brother, all of whom are
heartbroken. The father has secured
an attorney and will give his son the
best possible defense.
RETAILERS ARE^WARNED
ABOUT FOOD PACKAGES
Lincoln, Neb., July 27.—Retailers of
Nebraska will not be safe from arrest
for selling food packages containing
presents or containing short weights
as the new food law' expressly prohibits
these practices. Many letters have
reached Commissioner Johnson in the
last month calling his attention to
the fact that the outside firms are
trying to sell their goods as before
the law* was passed wdthout living up
to its requirements. The companies
have been within their rights, but this
will not protect the retailers under
the law as he must have the guarantee
of a jobber residing in the state to
have immunity.
NEBRASKA SNAKE 4i
♦ ARTISTS HAVE THE 4j
4- PALM TO DATE. 4}
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4 Omaha, July 25.—The biggest -*■
4 snake story of the season reached 4
4 Omaha yesterday from Valley, Neb., 4
4 where a forty-foot water python a 4
4 foot In diameter and with a head 4
4 like a bushel basket, has so terri- 4
4 fled the farmers around Agees lake, 4
4 near Valley, that none dares leave 4
4 home after dark. 4
Yesterday, while Joseph Anderson 4
4- and William Nightengale, well-to- 4
4 do farmers, were walking in high 4
grass near the lake, Anderson went 4
4 to step over a huge log which was 4
4 in his path. While astride the log 4
4 it suddenly took life and, with a 4
4 hiss like a locomotive, lifted a head 4
4- which the two men describe as be- 4
4 ing as large as a bushel basket, and 4
4 with a blow’ sent Andersor. flying 4
4 twenty feet, breaking one of his 4
4 ribs. 4
4 Then the. big snake started at high 4
4 speed for the water, with Us head 4
4 six feet in the air. As it rushed 4
t through the underbrush, the men 4
say it broke off branches four 4
4- inches thick which were in its way. 4
4 The farmers have organized a big 4
4 snake-hunt to take place next week. 4
4 Every farmer in the county will 4
4- take part. 4
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PACKERS WILL NOT APPEAL
FROM FRANCHISE TAX
Lincoln, Neb., July 27.—Armour,
Cudahy and Swift, with local packing
plants in Lincoln, have decided not to
appeal from assessments In the dis
trict court.
County Assessor Miller assessed
them $2,000 each on their franchise
for doing business in the county and
they appealed to the county board of
equalization The latter sustained the
assessor, and the matter was taken
to the district court on appeal.
The district court declared that the
appellants were under the law com
pelled to pay a franchise tax for doing
business here. Then an appeal was
taken to the supreme tribunal.
It was the contention of the plain
tiffs that they ought not pay anything
fsr doing business because a franchise
carried with it no exclusive privileges,
any one being permitted to engage in
the Jobbing of meatstuffs. The state
declared that the new revenue law ex
pressly asserted that foreign corpora
tions doing business should be subject
to the payment of a franchise tax.
Several other foreign corporations
have appealed to the district court
against the payment of a franchise
tax and one has appealed to the su
preme court. No decision has been
handed down yet.
NO FREE TELEPHONES
UNDER NEBRASKA LAW
Tecumseh, Neb., July 27.—Several
months ago a telephone company put
telephones in the various county offi
ces at the court house here, to be used
without expense to anyone. This was
before the recent legislature passed the
anti-pass bill, which makes the extend
ing of courtesies by a corporation to
an individual unlawful, as well as the
receiving of such courtesies by the In
dividual. In consequence the local
manager of the telephone company has
notified the officers they will either
have to pay for the phones or they
will be taken out. -