Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publish*r.
PNEILL, NEBRASKA
Snake venom Is one of the strangest
as well as most costly articles of com
merce. There is a growing demand for
It In medicine and other branches of
science. A large part of the supply
comes from Australia, and a Sydney
quotation placed the market price re
cently at $5 to $6 a grain, or about
330,000 a pound troy. Tiger snake
venom comes first, as It is 16 times as
deadly as that of the black snake and
four times as powerful as that from
the brown snake or death adder. In
average yield a bite the death adder
supplies three times as much as the
tiger snake and 17 times as much as the
brown snake. So far. the snakes have
been mostly captured by hand to avoid
loss of the poison. They are made to
bite through a rubber hand, ejecting
upon a glass plate the venom from the
two poison fangs in the upper Jaw.
The oldest temple in the world has
been discovered by explorersexcavatlng
at Blsmya, in central Babylonia. The
walls of a tower were uncovered, the
summit was cleared, and the first In
scription discovered upon the surface
was a brick stamped with the name of
Dungi, of 2750 B. A little lower ap
peared a crumpled piece of gold with
the name of Naram Sin of 3750
B. Just below that level
were the large square bricks pe
culiar to Saigon of 3300 B. I!.. prob
ably the first of the Semitic kings of
Babylonia. A large platform was dis
covered two and a half yards below
the surface, constructed of the peculiar
convex bricks which were the building
material of 4500 It. C.
Vo r "Middlemareh" George Elliott
cot S40.000 and for “Romola” $35,000.
Emperor William’s horseback acci
dent Is by no means bis first experi
ence of the kind, though the greatest
care Is taken by the master of the
horse (oberstullmelstcr) to provide the
emperor with the safest mounts, which
arc trained lo be as easy and docile
us n circus steed. The reason Is that
the kaiser Inis no power whatever In
his left or bridle arm, and that when
he Is leading past a regiment with
drawn sword he has practically no
means of controlling tils charger. Ills
majesty looks as If he were holding the
reins with his left hand, but this Is
mere appearance.
At a recent meting of the corporation
of Harvard 11 was voted to establish
JG additional university scholarships,
with a stipend of $150 each. These
will be assigned each year lo seniors
In Harvard college and In other eol
, leges, who will study In the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences In the
coming year, regard being paid In the
assignment to the geographical distri
bution of the applicants. This addition
will make a total of 121 fellowships and
scholarships As the graduate school
has 100 students some sort of aid Is
now provided for nearly one-third of
the total number.
There Is at present on exhibition In
one of the rooms of the national House
at Washington n magnificent painting
of the Battle of Gettysburg, the work of
James Walker, who painted the Rattle
of Chapultepee. which Is hung on the
Senate side of the eupttol. The orig
inal sketches were made on the battle
field by the artist himself, and It re
quired eight years lo complete the
painting. Noticeable In the foreground
Is a figure ng General Bingham, of
Pennsylvania, the dean of the House of
Representatives.
“Engine" is a noteworthy Instance of
special Isa lion and also of verbal devel
opment. “Tngen" originally In Batin
meant only something "born In” a man,
but the derlatlve words from that have
diverged so widely that "Ingenious”
and “Ingenuous." one of which can he
*o easily misprinted for the other, now
rank almost as contradictories. And
from the "Ingenious" man lo the "en
gine" which he contrived, is a great
•tep. Moreover, the man who calls It
"Ingen" Is right!
Because Muggs. an English conch
dog. owned by J. N. D. Reeves, object
ed so persistently to the sale of a horse
by his master, the former owner repur
chased the horse, that It and the dog.
which have been Inseparable compan
ions for several years, might spend the
remainder of their lives ns chums.
When the horse was sold and I he new
purchaser attempted to load the animal
away, the dog held the halter with his
teeth, nor would he release it until
forced to do so bv IPs master.
There are few nlile bodied paupers In
Holland. A tract of public land, con
taining 5.000 acres. Is divided Into six
model farms, to one of which the pet
applying for nubile relief Is sent.
t*ere he Is taught agriculture and is
Subsequently permitted to rent a small
holding for himself. Holland also has
a forced lshor colony, to which vag
rants are sent to do farm and other
Work, whether they like It or not.
in an article mi the danger of Ions
hours !n drmrslst®* shop* Hynlenische
Z^ltBchrlft Bays that during the four
y**r* ending July. 1907. 13 dispensing
aRsistants In Gerirnn drug- stores com
mitted suicide and seven others at
tempted. but failed, to kill themselves.
These suicides were the consequence of
ph vsloal conditions induced by the tak
ing of drugs to resist the effects of
fatigue.
Professor Schofl. Id has returned to
Harvard university after spending the
flrst half of his nvad»niic vear lecturing
1n German universities. He says he al
ways found the most attentive audi
ences. and he thinks much good Is be
. incr accomplished through the exchange
of lecturers.
That earthworms well ns squirrels
mav old the forester is the novel sug
K«*«tlnn of an American naturalist. I)rv
rnnnle seeds are drawn into worm bur
rows, where thev «nrout. nuil it is
believed that some of them must sur
vive In favornhtv mist seasons.
One political club in New York city
has 387 members in t|H- fire d-pait
•ttrnt, 184 in the dock department, 287
in the street cb anlng department' anti
S3 affiliated younc women who are pub
lic school teacher*
Geor—» Ohn't r * - Ived Ito.nao for
Forge Master" ns a novel, and
JIR.OflO from it as a nlav ip the first
three month”. o->t of the play he made
more than tSIi.Onn.
. On Jnne 30. ions, the total Single
frecV rnllwrv ml’eage In the 1’nlpd
ft* ’(eS was 72t.303.17 miles or R.262 13
r-tVs more than at I he end of the pre
vious
Sr An English minister says that T.on
,»on°rs ar*. developing Into >• r.-e cf
dwarf* awing to rmokins and riding in
trellis.
More than ISO MO (ton wound*, of tallow
t~ meed every ve-r in Hie w’nuf-.uturc
ef candle” In the Hotted States.
7" 1« rstl-n-fed that South America
f-'r-'-h— sheut 03 Tier rent of the
trortdK supply r.f Jadla lubber.
BACHELOR DIES
WITHOUT HEIRS;
$7,000 IN ESTATE
Wayne Officials Waiting for Rel
ative to Claim Money—-Left
No Will.
Wayne, Neb., March 37.—Seven thou
sand dollars In cash is awaiting anyone
who can prove that they are a lawful
heir of Alexander Beattie, an eccentric
bachelor, who was found dead in bed
several years ago on his farm iri the
south part of the county.
No heirs appearing at the time, the
county authorities took charge of his
property and appointed J. M. (’berry
administrator. After settling up the
affairs oi the dead man, $7,000 re
mained.
The administrator lias made every
effort possible to find an heir, but with
out success. Beattie had a sweetheart
in Ireland to whom he had promised
to leave his property, but there was no
will to that effect and she cannot get
it. Parties In Canada claimed relation
ship, but had no conclusive proof.
Unless there are lawful heirs, the
estate goes to the state.
Luther Peterson, the young business
man of Wayne, who accidentally killed
himself Thursday, made a prophecy a
few days before his death that proved
to be ;• true one. He recently attended
a family reunion at Red Oak. Ia., and
a group picture was taken. When Pe
terson received one, he showed it t<:
Ids business partner with the remark:
"That is likeiy to be the last time we
wili all be together."
ROSE MAMEDAS
ATTORNEY FCR ;‘Q”
AT $7,500 SALARY
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.- Lincoln's
leading lawyer, Hallt-ek F. Hose, lias
been drafted by the Burlington legal
department, and will go to Omaha on
April 1 to take up the duties of assist
uni gencralv solicitor of the lines west
of tlie Missouri river. The position
pays *7,500 a year.
Host- will succeed J. TO. Kelby, who
was recently promoted to general solic
itor. When < ’. F. Munderson ended his
career In the United States Senate as
Nebraska's representative, lie stepped
Into the office of general solicitor. A
short time ago he resigned, and as the
death of .1. W. Devveese, a leading Bur
lington lawyer, occurred about the
same time. It became necessary to call
into service some attorney of proved
value. Hose was offered the place at
*6,000, but he declined. He has been at
torney for a number of local corpora
tions, and has appeared tor the state
in recent litigation in which the rail
roads and express companies were the
opposing parties.
SIX YOUNG GIRLS
IN SUICIDE PACT
New V.March 17.—A startling
story of how live young girls who came
to New York from St. Paul a- little
more than a year ago, have died, each
by her own hand, was told today by
17-year-old Helen Baxter, after she had
.na'de vain efforts to end her own life.
Helen said she was one of a party
of six girls, who came to New York
♦ o make their way in the world after
receiving a course of I raining In a busi
ness school In St. Paul. She turned on
the gtts in her room last night, but was
found this morning in time for her life
to be saved.
The girl refused to give the names
of any of her girl friends.
CHINA AND JAPAN
BURY THE HATCHET
Pekin, March. 17.—Negotiations look
ing to the settlement of the difficulty
between China and Japan growing out
of the seizure of the steamer Tatsu
Maru, are making favorable progress.
The Chinese foreign board today ap
proved the draft of the document in
which China accepts the proposals
made by Japan yesterday.
China will pay Japan $10,700 and re
tain the arms that form the cargo of
the Tatsu Maru. She will pay also
about $5,000 demurrage on the steam
er.
It is expected that the steamer will
be released Monday.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
ON SECRET SERVICE
Hong Kong, March 17.—Information
has been received here lrom Formosa
that the lirst Japanese naval squad
ron will sail today on secret service.
The cruisers Yauino, Akitsushima. As
ama and flotilla of smaller vessels have
been coaled ready to sail at any min
ute’s notice, since March 7. At the
Sasebo naval station everything is
exceedingly busy.
The Tatsu affair has caused a sen
sation in the navy, and some uction
in this department has been surmised.
A despatch from Tok4o March 9 an
nounced part of the lirst Japanese nav
al squadron was to leave that port
on March 14. Coaling and other prep
arations for departure were proceed
ing rapidly. At the office of the admir
alty In Tokio it was declared the
tquadron was about to begin a series
of maneuvers. It was pointed out
further that this fact was announced
two months ago and that therefore the
activity at .Sasebo should not neces
sai iiy be considered in connection wilt
difficulty v.ith Chirm arising from tho
Maru incident.
HEAVILY INVOLVED,
HE SnOOTb HiV*SELF
Akron. Ohio. March 17.—Attorney
George C. Kohler, son of former State
Attorney General Kohler, committed
: suicide early today by shooting. Kohler
is raid to have been heavily involved
j financially.
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COLLEGE GIRL KILLS 4
HiIRSELF FOR LOVE. 4
4
) 4 Hiawatha. Kan., March 17.— 4
4 Mbs T.eo. Eaird. 20 years of 4
4 age. committed suicide at her 4
( 4- room at Highland university by 4
I 4- drinking carbolic acid. The girl 4
I 4 was a daughter of Willis Baird, 4
4- a well known and highly re- 4
4 spected lesMent of Highland. A 4
; 4 love affair is paid to have made 4
' 4 Miss liuiid despondent. 4
• 4 4
1ST ■ CONVENTION OF
NE (SKA REPUBLICANS
Labor Delegates in Republican
Convention Opposed Taft
Instructions.
Platform Adopted Indorses Roosevelt
Policies and Follows Lines of That
Adopted by the Ohio
Convention.
Delegates at Large—Governor George L.
Sheldon, United States Senator Norris
Brown, Victor Rosewater, of Omaha,
Judge Allen W. Field, Lincoln.
Alternates at Large—A C. Rankin,
Fur mis county; I. G. Baright, Douglas
county; Lieutenant Governor M. R. Hope
well, Burt county; Paul H. Marlay, Cus
ter county.
District Delegates—
First District—United States senator J.
E. Burkett, Lincoln; J. A. Arends, Syra
cuse.
Second District—M. I.. Learned and A.
C. Smith, both of Omaha.
Third District—W. N. Huse, Norfolk;
E. P. Voter. Wayrie.
Fourth District — Samuel Rinnaker,
Beatrice; E. A. Williams, Aurora.
Fifth District—A. W. Stern, Grand
Island; J. C. Gammill, Stockwell.
Sixth District—O. O. Snyder, O'Neill; W.
A. George, Broken Bow.
Omaha, Neb., March 16.—William H.
Taft was indorsed for president of the
United States by the republican state
convention of Nebraska, in session here
yesterday. A solid delegation will go
to the Chicago convention Instructed to
vote for his nomination. Harmony pre
vailed throughout the meeting of the
convention, although some discussion
was apparent in the district gatherings
and over the matter of selecting a na
tional committeeman.
Labor Opposes Taft.
The Second and Sixth districts held
their conventions at the Rome hotel
during the forenoon and the representa
tives of organized labor made a dem
onstration on the lloor of the Second
district gathering. Toney Donahue, an
Omaha labor leader, who was a dele
gate to the district convention, made a
formal protest against the candidacy of
AVilliam H. Taft. He addressed the
convention briefly, saying that he rep
resented 6,000 voters in the Second dis
trict who were unalterably opposed to
Secretary Taft and asked that himself
and 15 other delegates be placed oh
record as opposed to sending a delega
tion to Chicago instructed for the war
secretary.
Donahue was heard respectfully, but
the convention took no action and the
matter was not brought to the atten
tion of the state body.
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PLATFORM ADOPTED BY
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS
The platform adopted by the state re
publican convention is as follows:
We, the republicans of Nebraska, in con
vention assembled, renew our faith in the
legislative wisdom and patriotic purposes
of our party. There can be no higher
proof of a party’s usefulness than its rec
ord of achievement, and by that test the
republican party commands the respect
and appeals for the support of the whole
people. It has met every emergency of
war and peace with a statesmanship that
has evoked the approval and applause of
mankind. At no time in its career of
half a century has it shown its fitness
to govern more than it has during the
recent years of its control of the affairs
of our country.
We unreservedly indorse the adminis
tration of President Roosevelt. He has
sought to curb the rapacity of predatory
wealth without Injury to the legitimate
industries of the country. He has de
manded equal treatment under the law
for rich and for poor. He has stood for
equality of citizenship, that the door of
opportunity may remain open to ali alike.
Through his inspiring integrity the polit
ical and moral life of the nation has been
lifted to a higher plane.
We declare ourselves Irrevocably In fa
vor of a continuation of the wise policies
inaugurated and carried forward by the
Roosevelt administration. We demarn* the
nomination of a successor to President
Roosevelt who is committed to a continu
ation of the Roosevelt republican policies.
While we realize that our party is rich
if» statesmanship, we neverthelss declare
our belief that the candidate who best
meets the demands of the hour is Hon.
William Howard Taft, of Ohio. Possess
ing personal, moral and intellectual en
dowments of a high order, to these he
adds a Judicial and administrative train
ing that pre-eminently fits him for the
world-wide duties that devolve upon our
executive. Therefore, be It
Resolved, That the delegates selected by
this convention to the national convention
be and are hereby instructed to vote for
William Howard Taft for president, and
to give him their support until he is nom
inated.
We are strongly in favor of a revision
of the tariff and believe that this should
be done by a special session of the next
congress along lines that will conserve
and maintain the true principle of pro
tection which is given expression in the
following declarations of the Ohio repu
lieans: “By imposing such customs duties
as will equal the difference between the
cost of production nt home and abroad,
together with a reasonable profit, to the
end that without excessive duties Ameri
can manufacturers, farmers, producers
and wage earners may have adequate pro
tection."
Wo indorse with pleasure the work of
our senators and representatives in con
gress. They have shown fidelity to na
tional Interests as well as to those which
are of importance to the people of Ne
braska. and we especially commend them
for their efforts in behalf of agriculture
in seeking to provide the different local
ities of the state with trained experts
whose duty it is to help the farmers to
secure better results from their labor.
Resolved. That we point with pride to
the splendid work of the last republican
legislature. Its pledges to the people were
redeemed to the letter, making its record
unique in the legislative annals of the
country.
Resolved. That we heartily indorse the
business like administration of Governor
Sheldon and his associates in the execu
tive departments of the state. Our public
institutions are being kept at a high
standard of efficiency and within the lim
its o legislative appropriations. The pub
lic debt is being rapidly extinguished and
will soon be discharged.
Believing that the interests of the state
imperatively demand an increase in the
number of judges of the supreme court of
Nebraska in order that the important busi
ness coming before that court may receive
the attention it demands, and that the
salnrh -• now paid to our supreme court
and district court judges are Inadequate,
we indorse the tironosed constitutional
amendment, submitted by the last legis
lature. :o amend sections 2, 4. 5. t> and
13 of article ft of the constitution of the
state of Nebraska, relating to judicial
powers.
MINT IS A BlEE
HIVE (^INDUSTRY
Philadelphia, March 16.—With the re
turning wave of prosperity, the United
States mint in this city again has be
come a golden bee hive of industry.
Throughout the week employes who
had been laid off have been receiving
notifications to resume their posts. To
day a full torce was at work, aggregal
• Inp about 550 persons.
it is stated at the mint that the re
newal is due to fresh orders from
W.J.lon for immediate coinage.
WEALTHY MERCHANT,
IN QUEST OF DUCKS,
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Luther Peterson, of Wayne.
Neb., Losses His Life on
Hunting Expedition.
Wayne, Neb., March It.—Luther E.
Peterson, a prominent and wealthy'
hardware merchant of this city, acci
dentally killed himself this morning
while hunting ducks on the. Reserva
tion lake, seven miles south of Wake
lield. News of the accident received
here states that his head was blown
off.
In company with C. M. Craven and
Harry Fischer, prominent residents of
the town. Peterson started out on a
hunting trip Tuesday night. They es
tablished two blinds on the lake, Peter
son being in one and ('raven and
Fischer occupying the other. This
morning there was a good flight of
ducks. Peterson fired once at a Hock
and his failure to take another shot
when the ducks were so thick, aroused
the suspicion of the two men in the
other blind. Investigation revealed his
death.
Peterson carried a new automatic
gun with him on the trip, but was
not familiar with its mechanism. It is
the supposition that in discharging it
the gun exploded, killing him. An in
quest will be held this evening.
TEACHER RESIGNS;
NO PLACE TO BOARD
Bloomfield, Neb., March 14.—Miss
Grace Johnson, a Knox county school
teacher, has won a victory over a rural
school board that sought t' nave her
certificate revoked. County Superin
tendent Murphy ruled in her favor and
has been upheld by the state superin
tendent.
Miss Johnson signed a contract to
teach and when school opened, she
found that no one in the district where
the environments were suitable would
board her. She resigned and the school
board sought to have her certificate re
voked with the above result.
RAILROAD TERMINAL AT
EMERSON IS VALUABLE
Emerson. Neb., March 14.—The Chi
cago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad has declared its terminal prop
erty In Emerson for taxation purposes
to be w>,rrh $104,000. With the excep
tion of Omaha, the railroad has more
terminal property here than at any
other point in the state.
HIDING FROMLAW,
WINS $500,000
Galveston, Tex., March 14.—The Santa
Fe railroad has been reimbursed for the
$100,tOO it paid out on fraudulent cotton
bills of lading a year ago, made out in the
name of Elmar Windstrom, formerly a
wealthy cotton buyer of Texas. Wind
strom was known to all the Santa Fe
agents, but reverses exhausted his for
tune and during the rush of the cotton
season he obtained bills of lading for 2,GOO
bales of cotton by telling the agents the
cotton had been delivered to the railroad
yards at Belton and Temple.
The bills of lading were cashed at a
bank, and when the railroad found it had
issued bills of lading, but had no cotton to
show for them, it was forced to pay the
$100,(XX). Meantime Windstrom left for
parts unknown and was never appre
hended. Indictments were found against
him in four counties. He finally recouped
his fortune by speculating in the cotton
and stocks and bond markets, and says
he realized $500,000 in nine months.
He returned the $100,000, with a liberal
bonus, and all prosecution against him
have been withdrawn. Windstrom says he
spent a month in Mexico, and then went
to Chicago and later to New York, where,
under an assumed name, he plunged heav
ily with the Ill-gotten funds and recovered
the fortune he had lost in the same man
ner.
Windstrom was worth $1,500,100 a few
years ago, and was one of the biggest cot
ton buyers in Texas. He declares he had
made the application for bills of lading in
good faith, as he had a deal pending for
the cotton. But the deal fell through, and,
with the bills of lading so easily negotiat
ed at any hank in his possession, he was
tempted to realize on them and speculate.
He felt confident that with a few thou
sand dollars to protect hi.*3 margin he
could make a fortune, and he fell into
the temptation.
REPORT MADE ON
QUEBEC’S BRIDGES
Ottawa, Ont., March 14.—The report of
the royal commission on the collapse of
the Quebec bridge, in which four score of
lives were lost, has just been presented
to parliament. The commission linds that
the collapse was clue to defect in design
and that the parts of the bridge which
first gave way were the lower cords in
the anchor arm near the main pier.
The design for the cords that failed was
made by P. I>. Szalapka, the designing en
gineer of the Phoenix Bridge company, of
Phoenixville, Pa. This design was exam
ined and officially approved by Theodore
Cooper of New York, consulting engineer
oi the Quebec Bridge & Railway Co.
The report then continues:
“These errors in judgment cannot he at
tributed either to lack of common profes
sional knowledge, to neglect of duty or tc
a desire to economize. The ability of the
two engineers was tried in one of the most
difficult problems of the day and proved
insufficient.
“A grave error was made in assuming
the dead load for the calculations at too
low a value, and not afterward revising
this assumption.”
MME. GOULD TRAVELS
UNDER ASSUMED NAME
Paris. March 14.—It became known
hire today that Mme. Anna Gould,
who sailed yesterday for New York
on the steamer Adriatic, booked her
passage on the vessel under the name ,
of Miles.
KNOCK OUT BLOW TO
HIGH SCHOOL “FRATS”
DEALT BY CHICAGO
.Chicago, March 14.—Members of frater
nities and sororities, commonly known u>
Greek Letter societies, will not be alloweo
to Attend high schools in Chicago aftei
the end of the present school year, ac
cording to a rule adopted by the Chlcagt
board of education. The vote *\#.> 16 to
a in favor of the rule.
Dainty Indian muslins are made front
.fibres of the banana tree.
OMAHA BANKER
THREATENED BY
AN ANARCHIST
Nitroglycerin ih Hand, Unknown
Man Proposes to Blow Up
Institution.
Omaha, Neb.. March 12.—This morn
ing an unknown anarchist entered the
Merchants National bank and demand
ed a large sum of money, at the same
time displaying a bottle believed to
contain nitro-glyeerine and threaten
ing to blow up the bank if the request
wire not complied with.
Later the man gave bis name as L.
L. Fee, and said he came from Rock
ford. 111., last October.
Soon after the doors were thrown
open the man came in and asked to
see Vice President Luther Drake In
his private office. Mr. Drake seated
himself opposite the man, who began
talking in a rambling manner about
having had $5,000 in the National Bank
of Commerce, Kansas City, when that
bank failed.
: "And since all you fellows are :
: In together, you had just better :
: hand me over my money or I :
: will blow you and this bank and :
: all of us to hell,” suddenly said :
: the fellow, producing a three :
: ounce bottle containing a thick, :
: yellow liquid. :
: 'Don't make a move. This is :
: filled with nitroglycerine, if you :
: move you are a dead man.” :
"You don't want to die yourself, do
you?” coolly asked Drake.
Ready to Die.
“Oh, yes. I came in here ready to
die.” responded the stranger, "but when
I die I will take everybody in this
building with me.” j
“Well, I will go and get the money.”
said Mr. Drake, rising from his chair.
“Sit down,” said the anarchist. “Tf
you get up again without my permis
sion I will just drop this bottle. You
know what will happen.”
Drake Sits Down.
Drake sat down. Drake then told the
man he would talk it over with him.
The stranger accepted, all the time
keeping the bottle in sight.
Noticing the man seemed thin and
pinched. Drake asked him if he was
not hungry.
“T have been studying over this mat
ter for several days and have not eaten
a thing for forty-eight hours,” an
swered the man.
“Well, let us have breakfast and talk i
this over.” proposed Drake.
“All right, but don't try any monkey
business or you are a dead man,” re
plied the anarchist.
, President to Rescue.
President Hamilton entered the next
room during the conversation and
heard enough of it to enable him to
know what was going on. As Drake
and the stranger loft the room togeth
er. Hamilton telephoned the police sta
tion for a detective to follow the two
men to a nearby restaurant.
Drake and the man were on opposite
sides of the table when three detec
tives, accompanied by Hamilton, en
tered the room. Slipping up behind the.
stranger the detectives pinioned his
arms and relieved him of his bottle.
He then was taken lo the police sta
tion. There he refused to talk.
The bottle was sent to a chemist for
analysis of its contents.
MURDERS WIFE
AND KILLS SELF
Omaha, Neb., March 12.—Crazed with
Jealousy and because his wife had
abandoned him, Glen Rathbun, whose
parents live at Sigourney, la., this
morning' shot his wife dead and then
took his own life.
The shooting occurred in the fash
ionable home of S. R. Hall, Knglish
consul and prominent attorney.
Mrs. Rathbun came here from Des
Moines a week ago and secured a po- |
sltion as domestic in the Hall family. I
Her husband followed on Monday and. I
following a quarrel lust night, he went I
to the home this morning arid com- !
mitted the bloody deed.
Letters found in his pocket indicate j
that the woman left him some time ;
ago. He was a printer by trade and
was employed once on the Clarion, la.,
Monitor.
In letters to the coroner, police and
hotel proprietor, he requested the
bodies be sent to Iris home at Sigour
ney. Ia.
OFFICIALS BALK
WIFE’S ATTEMPT TO
ARREST HUSBAND
Lincoln, Neb., March 12.—Mrs. Mary
Miller Kellogg, who was married at
Glenwood. la., on January 10 last, to
Edward U. Kellogg, a wealthy resident
of College View, two and a half times
her age, tried to secure his arrest
at Madison. S. D.. last week, but I he
South Dakota law not recognizing him
as a fugitive from justice the requis
ition to answer a charge of wife de
sertion was denied.
Kellogg's son is county superinten
dent of schools at Madison. When thf
officer returned without him yesterday
Mrs. Kellogg tiled suit for divorce.
She is 30 vears of age. and was a wid
ow when Kellogg wooed her. She says
that he promised to build her a fine
home if she would marry him. Instead
lie look her to his home, where ids
children rose up in anger and by
poisoning his mind against her induced
him lo leave her. Then they drove
her out of the house. She charges the
old man was spirited away to South
Dakota and that the children's enmity
towards her is occasioned by the fear
of losing a share of his property. She
rays the children have circulated scan
dalous stories about her. and she de
mands substantial alimony as well as
a divorce.
WIFE OF FORMER NEBRASKA
GOVERNOR DIES IN SOUTH
Atlanta, (la.. March 12.—Mrs. Frances
A. Dawes, wife of Major James W.
Dawes. U. S. A., and former governor
of Nebraska, died here yesterday. The
body will be taken to Milwaukee for
Interment.
PATENTS MACHINE TO
PASTE PAPER ON WALL
Norfolk, Neb., March 12—W. P. Evans
and J O. Carter, of Meadow Grove, this
county, have perfected a useful Invention
The machine Is a device to cut, trim r.mi
paste wallpaper on the wall.
SURGEON’S REPORT
TELLS OF DRUGS AT
the penitentiary:
Declares One-Third ofj the
Prisoners Are Victims of
Habit Acquired Thera.
Omaha, Neb.. March 11.—A special to
,the World-Herald from Lincoln, says:
Hopelessly enthralled by a relentless
master, scores of convicts wjll be pris
oners for life even after they jre re
leased from Nebraska’s prison.
That the Nebraska penitentiary i.«»
not a reformatory, but a huge ‘dope
shop;” that of the 412 prisoners at
present confined in the institution there
are between 100 and 150 addicted to tha
morphine habit; that morphine is be
ing regularly supplied to the prisoners
by outside persons, whose ldetity is un
known, and that he favors the estab
lishment of a strict quarantine of tha
prison as the only method of stamping
out the evil, are the statements made ^
in a report submitted by Dr. R. E,
Giffen, prison surgeon, to Governor
George L. Sheldon, two weeks ago, the
details of which, however, were not
made public until last night.
Dr. Giffen further alleges that the
insidious practice of selling morphine
to the prisoners has been in vogue
at the institution for several years and
ns a result scores of the prisoners have
acquired the habit since their incar
ceration.
In his report the doctor gives the
names, number and condition of 12
of the prisoners who are “morphine
fiends,” and it is with this data as it
nucleus that Governor Sheldon intends
to start his crusade against the evil
—a crusade which threatens the guilty
traffickers in the drug with a $1,000
fine and also with imprisonment.
Information as to its source cannot
be obtained from the victims of tho
habit, though they freely admit that
they obtained morphine.- They state
that should they divulge the source of
the supply their lives would not be
worth a penny, should they even be
suspected by their fellow "fiends” and
prisoners. In fact, though it has not
been announced in the local newspa
pers. there have been several cutting
affrays in the state penitentiary broom
factory, recently. The sufferers in
these affrays have been prisoners sus
pected of "peaching” to the authori
ties.
REPORTER WILL GET
$40,000 FOR SCOOP
Philadelphia. March 11.—Hot on the
trail of the Philadelphia fines and con
fiscations growing out of tiie notorious
battleship Oregon smuggling cases,
Frank Walker Winch, a San Francisco
newspaper man, was at the postofflce
building getting information from the
government officials here who have had
to do with these proceedings.
Winch stands to win $40,000 from the ^
government as a reward for keeping ^
his eyes open while out on an assign
ment for the San Francisco Post.
As the marine reporter for the paper
he went out in a launch to ask the offi
cers of the Oregon when the battleship
was to steam to Bremerton, to go opt of
commission. The Oregon at the time
was anchored in midstream in San
Francisco harbor, this being April 0,,
1906.
On the deck Winch found a notlcel
posted that the Oregon would start
next day, and at Bremerton the per-;
sonal effects of the officers and men
would be examined. The reportorial -
suspicion was aroused, as the Oregon f
had just arrived from a cruise to orient
al ports and had not yet been visited
by the customs inspectors stationed at
San Francisco.
Suspicion Arcused.
While on board Winch saw several
launches make fast to the Oregon, and
the men on the battleship began pass
ing boxes and bales of goods, which
were receipted to destination by an
express agent on the battleship for the
purpose.
Suspecting that wholesale smuggling
was going on. Winch hid behind coils-'
of rope and took down the names of
the senders of the packages, who were
officers and seamen on the Oregon, and
the names of the persons to whom
they were to be sent. In four hours
Winch got 1,468 names and addresses
It was Saturday afternoon and the
Post is an evening paper. Winch held
the story for a scoop on Monday, and \
then informed the government. Two
carloads of the dutiable goods were
seized in San Francisco and one car
load at Bakersfield. These cars stood
in the San Francisco yards through the
earthquake and fire of April is and
succeeding days arid were not burned
Before the government became alert
hundreds of the packages had been for
warded by the express company, some
to Philadelphia, and the rest broadcast
over the United States. All have been
traced and seized.
Winch is entitled to 25 per cent of
the sum realized by the government!
from the sale of the goods and the
fines imposed. Only one case is not as
yet disposed of, this at Empire city
Ore. It is estimated that the aggregate
sum will amount to $175,000, so that
Winch's share after paying his ex-i
penses in watching his interests ought] -
to be $40,000, fairly good pay for one
''detail," as a newspaper reporter's
daily task is called in San Francisco
In Washington Winch was told by
the assistant treasurer that his claim
was legal and just, and that the treas
ury department had much to thank
him for. But Winch still has Ids eyes
peeled, expecting the usual red tape
difficulties that in the government de
partment keep a man from his money
The inquiry into the smuggling case
developed that nearly every officer and
all the 768 men on the Oregon had -t
hand in the smuggling. While in Japan
the officers had sold their swords to buy
silks to fetch duty free into the United
States.
A most sensational disclosure was
that an admiral had sent over $•’ oon in
officers on the Oregon, the money to be
used in buying silks and articles of
virtu in China and Japan.
WORSE FLOOD IN OHIO.
Oallipolis, Ohio, March 11.—Heavy
rain fell again and started ail the
rivers in this section to rise, indi
cations today are for a disastrous
flood.
AGED COUPLE DIES
IN SUICIDE PACT
Chicago, March 11.—Theodore Engle
l-eck, age 70. and his wife Anna, aged
73, were found dead in a coom at the
home ol their daughter today. Death
was caused by asphyxiation by illumin
ating gas. The police are of the opinion
that the couple discouraged by the loss
o' li e r h >:ne by flu- last Saturday pn
'ered in ■ a suicidal pact with 'each.
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