Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNEILU NEBRASKA
In northern Germany * familiar Itg-i
are of the rural districts is a quaint olaj
gentleman, whose hat is very much dec-i
orated with flowers and parti-colored'
ribbons, and who carries a staff, to the
top of which is tied a huge bunch of
real or artificial flowers knotted to it
by long streams of similar ribbons. Ac
cording to the district, his costum^ also
Is old fashioned and unusual in other
ways. He Is the 'hoehzeltbiter," or
person employed among the country
folk to go from house to house and in
vite guests to attend a wedding He
delivers himself of a set speech in an
old "Platt-deutsch" rhyme when he ar
rives at each place, accompanying it
with wagging of the head and stamp
ing of the staff, and Is generally in
rather a Jovial condition by the time
bis day's labors are ended.
The Rev. Dr. R. S. MacArthur, of
Calvary Baptist church. New York,
■aid at a dinner apropos of internation
al marriages: "Some of these marriages
are, from every point of view, desir
able. Some again are—but a dialogue
will illustrate my meaning. 'Oh, Hehen.’
c. ied a girl worffli $18,000,000, 'do you
think the duke is sincere?' 'Sincere?'
was the reply. 'Why of course he’s
aincere. He hasn't got a dollar to his
name.’ ” Dr. MacArthur paused. "Or
this." he added: “A young marquis
rushed upon Ills American fiancee
and shouted bitterly: ‘Cruel, heartless
girl! You swore you loved me, and
now I discover that your father is a
bankrupt.' ”
A hundred and thirty-two boys and
T2 girls In a Parisian school were in
vited to describe their preferences In
the way of toys. Among the former SI
voted for a railway train, 23 for tin sol
diers, 10 for steam engines, nine for
building bricks and eight each for toy
typewriters and mechanical horses.
Forty glrls--a solid majority—declared
without hesitation that a doll wag su
perior to any other Implement of recre
ation. The suporohlld seems happily
a long way off. And as diabolo had
only two hoy and six girl supporters,
the "Devil's Disciple” may still be
called an Infrequent object of the play
ground.
French engineers have lately made
auecessful tests of wireless telegraphy
between the lofty observatories on the
crown of Mont Blanc and the valley of
Chamonix. It had been feared that the
absence of moisture In the frozen sur
face might Interfere with the earth
connection, hut no such trouble was
experienced. The only difficulty arose
when the alternating current dynamos
cf the electric light system in Chamonix
were at work. At such times the wire
less messages could not be transmitted
nor received.
Investigating the effect of compressed
mlr on health two British engineers
have shown that a pressure of 92
pounds a square Inch—more than six
atmospheres—may be endured without
unpleasant results. The pressure must
be taken off at a uniform rate, how
ever. at least 20 minutes being allowed
for each 15 pounds of reduction, and
capillary circulation In the body must
be kept up by muscular exercise dur
ing compression. Slight temporary
neuralgic pain In the arms was the only
111 effect of the great pressure.
Before leaving Christ church for the
Antartlc regions, says the Westminster
Gazette, Captain Shackleton, the com
mander of the latest British south polar
expedition was duly sworn In as post
master of King Edward the Seventh
l<and. He has been authorized by the
postmaster generul of New Zealandl to
open an office In that most southerly
«f the king’s dominions, to Issue stamps
and transmit malls as opportunity of
fers. These south polar stamps will
doubtless be prized by philatelists and
•ther lovers of curios.
Speaking of gambling and high play
In the eighteenth century, T. P. O’Con
nor’s London Weekly says: Mr.
O’Byrne, an Irish gamester, had won
*100,000 of young Mr. Harvey, of Chig
well, just started Into an estate by his
•lder brother’s death. O'Byrne said:
You can never pay me." "I can," said
Harvey, "my estate will sell for the
debt." "No,” said O'Byrne, "I will win
£10,000, and you shall throw me for the
Odd £90,000." They threw for it and
Harvey won.
, New York city haR 238 pawnbrokers,
and such is the nuture of their busi
ness that the law requires that their
books shall be open to the mayor, crim
courts, magistrates and police.
The aluminium books for the blind
now being printed In Edinburgh are of
Wnn sheets embosfted in the usual wav
They are easier to read than paper
books, do not soil and are practically
Indestructible. Their expenslvcness Is
their drawback.
In view of the large number of deaths
caused annually In Burma by snake
bites It has been decided to distribute
oa widely as possible through the prov
Wce the lancets designed by Sir Lauder
lT.-00 for the treatment of snakebite
With permanganate of potash, the effi
cacy of which. If the treatment Is at
once applied. Is now established.
^Portugal contains 24.254 square miles.
Tnat Is 1,-10 square miles more than
Maine and 1.096 less than Indiana. Its
Population In 1900 was substantially the
oame as that of Illinois, Portugal hav
hag 5.016.267 to the 4,821,550 of Illinois.
The population of Illinois is now esti
mated to be 5,590.000.
,Y A- I-atyain, of Chicago, and
Miss Mary A. Booth, of Springfield,
Mass., are said to be the only expert
women photomlcrographers In this
country. Photomicrography, be It un
derstood Is the delicate art of taking
photographs through a microscope
. - *s Bald *h»t the method of nro
«uc ng anaesthesia by means of elec
tricity, discovered by Professor Le
ot„ Nantes, France, Is applicable
to the painless execution of criminals.
^»°.lK.erS h8Ve ^en po8lf,<5 in ‘he shops
l>MK.Henn’y,V,"lla railway system
prohibiting swearing among the men
while at work. The penalty will be
An enforced vocation.
The average eosi of supplying 1.000
•00 gallons of water, based on the re
port of 22 cities, Is *92. The sum In
cludes operating expenses and interest
on bonds.
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The growth of public spirit in Chinn
Is evidenced by the great number of
newspapers which have sprung Up
■tnce the close of the war with Japan.
The “Rolling Slones" of Australia
placed on a fairly smooth surface will
soon roll together In a group. They
contain a ’oigneiic ore.
Toads become torpid in w'nter and
hide themselves, taking no food for
live or six months.
Lead pencils w> re first mad? In the
United Statis In 1 SI 1 by Win. llomoc,
»t Concord, Mass
.
CORN COBS HAVE
NOT MADE ROOD
Combined With Straw, They
Produce Gas, But the Tar
Clogs tha Machinery.
Lincoln, Neb., April 21.—Gas men say
that the much-heralded discovery of
cheap Illuminating and fuel gas from
straw and corn cobs, an experimental
manufacturing plant having been In
operation In Beatrice for six months,
has proven a partial failure.
The Inventor was J. Burden Coutts,
a Cleveland, Ohio, chemist, and he had
enlisted John D. Rockefeller In financ
ing his enterprise. Beatrice was select
ed as an experimental point, being
dose to the point of best supply and
being In need of a gas plant. The
product has been selling at $1 a thou
sand. The straw and cobs exuded gas
all right, but the tar formed was so
thick that It clogged up the process ma- ,
chlnery.« Chemists have been trying to
overcome this obstacle, but have not
yet succeeded. Meanwhile the plant Is
using coal for gas-making purposes.
Another difficulty was encountered
In that the thrifty farmers in the neigh
borhood have been jacking up the price
of the cobs and the straw, which latter
they have usually burned In the field
to get rid of It.
DAN CUPID’S VICTIM
BEHIND PRISON BARS
Lincoln, Neb., April 21.—Papa Scar
pelllno changed his mind. Instead of
saying, "BleBS you, my children,” he
decided to give his would-be son inlaw,
Barber Masully. a dose of the law. He
filed a charge of child stealing against
him, basing It upon the fact that Marie
Scarpellliio, his Inamorata, is but 17
years old.
“It’s absurd, preposterous," says
Masully. "He will relent.”
"I want to know how papa found out
so quickly that we were running away,"
says the young woman. "I wore my
ordinary street dress down to where I
worked and changed there. Some hor
rid girl there told, I know.”
"I have no objections to Masully as a
sonlnlaw," says Papa Scarpelllno, "but
he needs a lesson. I told him distinctly
that he must wait until my daughter
Is old enough to be married. These
young people think they know every
thing and their fathers and mothers
nothing. Maybe so. I’ll just give him
a lesson.”
FOUR MEN AND TEAM
CAUGHT IN FIRE
Wayne, Neb., April 21.—I. W. Alter, of
Wuyne, nearly lost hls life in the recent
Holt county prairie fire. Alter, who
was visiting hls farm, ten miles south
of O’Neill, saw the fire coming, sweep
ing everything before it, and he and
three other men attempted to stop it
by going out and plowing a “break.’’
They were too late and all were caught
by the fire. The four men and the
team were badly burned, one of the
men fatally.
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
CAUSES INSANITY
Bloomfield. Neb., April 21. —• Some
years ago a bolt of lightning struck the
bed In which Mrs. August Suckerstoff,
of Bloomfield, was sleeping and she be
came Insane and was tuken to the asy
lum. Recovering in a short time, she
was allowed to return to her home, but
during a thunder storm last week she
became violently insane again and had
to be returned to the Norfolk usylum.
JUBGE GRAVES WILL
NOT TRY FOR CONGRESS
Pender, Neb., April 21.—Judge Guy T.
Graves has declared that he will not be
a candidate for the democratic nomin
ation for congress from the Third dis
trict this yeur. Judge Graves made
the race two years ago against Boyd,
being defeated by only 2»5 plurality.
INCREASE OF PAY
ASSURED FOR ARMY
Washington, April 21.—The army Is
practically assured of an increase in
pay. The conferees of the Senate and
House have reached an agreement on
this item of the army appropriation
bill substantially along the lines of the
Senate amendment, which gruded the
authorized increases according to the
vurlous branches of the service. No
agreement hus been arrived at on ap
propriations for barrack and quarters,
which was increased $1,472,580 by the
Senate, making the total $4,500,000. The
Senate struck out also a provision that
not more than $1,000,000 should be used
for new construction and not more
than $100,000 at any one post. The
House conferees took the position that
in the form In which this Appropria
tion has been left by the Senate it
would be possible to divert practically
the entire amount to one section of
the country and build up a great mil
itary post, such as has not been the
purpose of congress. So dissatisfied did
the House conferees become at the last
session that they voted to postpone con
sideration of the bill for a time.
Representative Hull, chairman of the
House conferees, has gone to Iowa, and
there will be no further consideration
of the measure until his return.
THREE JUDGES MUST
CONCUR IN INJUNCTION
Washington, April 21. — Injunction
against tne enforcement of state laws
cun only be issued by a majority of
three federal judges, who are to pass
on them, if a bill that passed the sen
ate becomes a law. The bill was
drafted in the judiciary committee from
u number of measures under considera
tion. It was reported by Senator Over
man, and its provisions were explained
by him to the senate. A substitute by
Senator Burkett was disagreed to. The
Overman bill was opposed by Senator
Heyburn on the ground that the great
distances between the federal courts In
the west would operate to delay the
granting of necessary injunctions. Sen
ator Knox favored the passage of the
bill hud opposed Mr. Heyburn's argu
ment.
MANY BURLN3TON
SHOPS ARE CLOSED
Lincoln. Neb.. April 21.—The Burling
ton shops at Kuvelock have closed, but
It is expected work will be resumed
Monday. Six hundred men are out of
employment. Lack of repair ‘ ork was
ihe reason assigned.
The shops were also closed at A111 -
l a nee, Platt.-mouth and elsewhere on U:e
system in Nebraska. Next week there
I will be another br ef shut doc -- —
policy will be followed os li
work is ko king.
NEBRASKA TESTS
A PROVISION OF
THE PRIMARY LAW
Status of Names Written in the
Primary Ballot Without
Petition Being Filed.
Lincoln, Neb,, April 20.—An appeal
filed In the supreme court today from
Dakota county raises the legal point as
to whether or not voters have the right
to nominate candidates at a primary
election by writing in the names of per
sons who have not filed nomination
papers. The attorney general ruled laat
fall that this could not be done, but the
district court 111 the Eighth district held
to the contrary. Now it Is up to the
supreme' court.
The case comes up In the form of a
mandamus. In which Thomas Sullivan
seeks to compel County Clerk Ross to
place the entire democratic ticket on
the bollot last fall. But two democrats
filed as candidates. These were for
sheriff and county superintendent.
Nineteen voters wrote on the primary
ballots the names of M, R. Boler for
county clerk, J. J. McAllister for county
Judge, Paul Plzey for clerk of the dis
trict court, and Charles Ostermeyer for
commissioner. Boler, McAllister and
Plzey withdrew, and the committee
filled the vacancies, but the clerk
wouldn’t put the nominations on the
ballot until action wvns taken.
HOG PUSHED JOHNSTON
OUT OF THE WAGON
Norfolk. Neb., April 20.—While driv
ing to Norfolk with a load or hogs,
Francis Johnston, a farm hand, was
pushed out of the wagon by one of the
hogs and had his collar bone broken
and his spine injured.
The hogs got to fighting and John
ston got In among them to quibt them.
One of the hogs backed up against him
and he lbst his balance and w’ent over
the side of the wagon, with the above
result.
HIMES WAS KILLED
IN CATTLE ROUNDUP
Tekamah, Neb., April 20.—While
rounding up cattle a few miles east
of this city, Charles Himes was thrown
from his horse and killed.
LINCOLN ASKS OTHER *
REDUCTIONS IN RATES
Lincoln, Neb., April 20.—Lincoln com
mercial Interests are feeling very
chesty over the decision of the Inter
state'Commerce commission putting
this city on the same rate level with
Omaha on shipments of various com
modities, except coal, cement and brick,
and are disposed to push the light still
farther.
Commissioner Guild, of the Omaha
Commercial club, has suggested to Sec
retary Whitten that the Lincolnites rest
contented with what they have secured,
and not seek to “further disturb the
rate situation." Mr. Whitten declares
that Lincoln won’t do anything of the
kind. What Omaha Is most afraid of
Is that there will be legislation on the
long and short haul proposition, which
Lincoln Is pushing, and Mr, Guild is
very anxious to have this dropped.
ELOPERS CAUGHT
AND TAKEN HOME
Omaha. Neb., April 20.—Cupid sat in
a Pullman car which brought J. V.
Masully and Miss Margaret Scarellin
from Lincoln yesterday, both happy be
cause they believed they had escaped
the watchful eye of the girl’s parents.
They planned to be married at noon,
but two detectives greeted them at the
station and they were soon guests at
Martin's department police station. Aft
er Easter elopements will be unlawful
In the eyes of the Catholic church and
they sought to take advantage of the
intervening time between now and Sun
day. The police hare been notified and
a Lincoln officer will be here to take
the couple back this afternoon.
JORDANS ARE HALED
TO COURT FOR ASSAULT
Dakota City, Neb., April 20.—Michael
Jordan, who lives on a farm near Na
cora, paid a fine of $25 and $20 addi
tional as costs for assault upon County
Attorney Berry, and Patrick Jordan
was placed under a bond of $1,000 to in
sure his appearance at the next term
of court to answer to the charge of
assault with Intent to do great bodily
Injury. Mr. Berry who represents a
group of creditors of the Jordans, was
In the act of giving notification to the
brothers In a case where the latter were
trespassers, when he was attacked first
by Patrick Jordan and then by Jordan’s
sister, who beat Mr. Berry over the
head with the butt end of a whip. By
the display of a revolver Mr. Berry
was able to subdue the activity of the
Jordan family and the arrests and fines
are the result.
MOTOR CRASHES INTO
FLOWER SHOP WINDOW
Chicago, April 20.—A large automo
bile, driven by C. L. Forrest, local man
ager of an insurance company, became
unmanageable last night and while
running at a high speed plunged into a
window into a flower store at Thirty
first street and Michigan avenue. Mrs.
Anna Lambkin, 40 years old. who was
In the track of the machine was
knocked down and badly hurt. Forrest
and F. Clifford, assistant manager of
the Insurance company, who was riding
in the automobile, was thrown into the
stove. Both were slightly injured. Af
ter the accident Forrest backed his ma
chine out of the broken window and
turned north In Michigan avenue. A
few minutes later he was arrested and
was later released on bonds.
Victoria. B. C\, April 20.—The Ameri
can car in the New York to Paris auto
mobile race which was compelled to
abandon the trip across Alaska arrived
here last night on the steamer Bertha
from Alaska.
SNOWSLIDE KILLS
JAPANESE LABORERS
Calgary, Alberta, April 20. — One of
the worst snowslides in the history of
the Canadian Pacific railroad occurred
this week near Alberta canyon, in the
Cascade mountains, sweeping away two
boarding cars tilled with Japanese la
borers and carrying thepi down the
mountain side. Tho number that per
ished is not knot’ll, as all telegraph
; wires Wvi-I cat t ied town with the slide.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
RESORT TO COURTS
Seek Injunction to Restrain En
forcement of Sibley Law by
State Officials.
Lincoln, Neb.. April 18. — While all
express companies operating In Ne
braska have obeyed the injunction re
cently issued by the state supreme
court and reduced rates 25 per cent on
all interstate business, as prescribed by
the Sibley law, which was passed at
the last session of the legislature, the
express officials are preparing to go
before the United States court at Oma
ha Saturday to ask the federal tribu
nal to enjoin the state commission and
all state officials from enforcing the
Sibley law.
Attorney General Thompson declared
this afternoon that if the express offi
cials violated any portion of the state
court injunction he would at once
take action to have them sent to jail
for contempt. The attorney general
does not anticipate that the federal
court will presume to interfere with
the jurisdiction of the state tribunal.
ROADS JUGGLING
WITH VALUATION
Lincoln, Neb., April 18.—Two Nebras
ka railroads doing business in Lincoln
have been caught red-handed. Tax
Commissioner Sheffield reports that the
Northwestern and the Union Pacific
have each placed valuations on their
terminal property and lands that are
about $15,000 higher than he thinks
they should be.
The mayor and Aldermen refused to
believe the report, and personally in
vestigated. They found it to be true.
Now they are undecided what to do,
as there is no precedent by which they
can guide their action.
To even things up, however, it has
been discovered that the Missouri Pa
cific, which is in hard lines financially,
has undervalued its property about
$20,000. This road has been closing its
telegraph stations along its eastern
Nebraska lines, and has so far refused
to tell the railway commission why it
has done so. It was reported to the
commission today that the road lost one
shipment of cattle from Murdock, one
of the stations affected, which was ta
ken over to the Rock Island, because
there was no operator at Murdock and
no way of finding out when the ship
per could get cars, the freight upon
which would have paid an operator’s
wages for a month.
BOARD MEMBERS’ TALK
OFFENDS THE TEACHERS
Wayne, Neb., April 18. — Complaint
has been made to County Superinten
dent Littell of a peculiar condition of
affairs in a rural school district in this
county. It is alleged that a member of
the school board uses such "offensive
anc foul language" to the teachers that
they refuse to teach, and as a result no
school is held in the district part of the
time.
THESE ARE SELECTED
FOR FEDERAL JURY
Norfolk, Neb.. April 18.—The follow
ing from north Nebraska hav.e been
drawn to appear at Omaha on the new
federal petit jury called for next Mon
day: Charles Boch, Henry Collins,
Charles Hendricks, John T. Marriott, G.
W. Packer, Wakefield; William Arm
strong, Fred J. Buck. Wisner; M. M.
Ream, Henry Fisher, Dakota City;
James R. Durrie, Laurel; Henry Gatz
tneyer, Bancroft; Isaac Gehris, West
Point; D. K. Hancock, Pender; John
Krause, Hartington; James O'Conner,
Ponca.
COURT GIVES"YOUNG
MAN POSSESSION OF
FAIR CHARMER
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♦ CUPID KEEPS BUSY. *
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♦ Naughty girl throws glances -f
+ down elevator shaft and hits ♦
-f young man who escapes injury ♦
♦ and captures his fair assailant ♦
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Omaha. Neb., April 18.—Through ha
beas corpus proceedings Maxwell
Hirsch has secured the liberty of Miss
Florence Tinsley, an inmate of the
Good Shepherd home, in order that he
may further investigate the attractive
powers of two eyes that he saw look
ing down at him through the elevator
shaft. If he was affected, so was she,
and while they could not speak, owing
to the stringent rules of the home, a
note soon came asking him to secure
her release. He replied in a message
sent in a bundle of hotel laundry which
it was her business to sort over. They
continued to correspond by signs w rit
ten on the walls, by the darning in his
socks, and by other means, until the
final arrangements were made for "de
livery.”
For seven months they had planned
and when Miss Tinsley finally dunned
her suit of boy’s clothing, and with a
pipe stuck between her lips, emerged
into the alley from the basement, their
dream seemed very real, but the moth
er superior had planned better than
they, and the first part of the romance
was nipped in the bud.
The young couple claim that they are
not married or even engaged, but they
have succeeded in "breaking the prison
doors” and are at liberty to do their
courting without signs or symbols in
the good old way.
McKinley home at
CANTON IS SOLD
Clinton. Ohio. April IS.—The home of
the late President McKinley has been
formally transferred to Mrs. Rose C.
Klorer. of Canton, the price being $21,
000. Personal effects of the late presi
dent. including many presents received
by him during the famous 1896 front
porch campaign, and later while in the
White House, are being divided among
the five heirs of the president and will
be widely scattered.
CLOSE CALL FOR
600 PASSENGERS
New York, April IS.—While outward
bound for Havana today the steamer
Monterey collided with the Scandinavian
.line steamer United States, outward bound
for Copenhagen. The Monterey is being
towed back to port by three big tugs.
The United States is said to have sus
tained such serious damage below the
water line that her commander was forced
'to run her aground to prevent her sink
ing. She lias about COO passengers on
board.
INHERITANCE TAX
ENRICHES STATE
TREASURY $4,500
Money Paid Under Pretest
While Supreme Court Deter
mines Rightful Heirs.
Lincoln. Neb., April 17.—Four thou
sand five hundred dollars was reluct
antly paid into the coffers of the
county by the heirs of Peter Dierks. as
the inheritance Bax upon the estate of
$400,000 left by that wealthy lumber
man. The constitutionality of the law
is before the supreme court, where the
Creighton heirs question its validity,
and the Dierks legatees paid over the
money under protest, so that they may
have a chance to get it back if the
supreme court decides against the law.
Dierks was one of four Germans who
amassed a large fortune in lumber in
the last 20 years. They began as lum
ber merchants out in western Nebras
ka, and gradually extended their opera
tions until now they have their princi
pal offices at Kansas City. Much of
their wealth came from their foresight
in buying Arkansas timber lands when
the price was low. Peter came to Lin
coln, built himself a big mansion on
Quality Hill, and within a few months
was dead.
MAN VOTED TOO OFTEN,
LAW WILL GET HIM
Hartington, Neb., April 17.--As the
result of his zealousness for the "wet”
cause, Henry Pruss, a saloon keeper,
will probably not be permitted to con
duct a drink emporium in Harting
ion the, coming year and will be bound
over to the district court on the charge
af violating a criminal statute.
Pruss voted in the first ward and
then walked down to the second ward
polling plare and voted again. Now
lie wishes that had not repeated.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
ADOPT LOWER RATE
Lincoln, Neb., April 17. — Three ex
press companies today reduced their
express charges 25 per cent in con
formity with the Sibley act, which
was made effective by a supreme court
decision last week.
burlington’road
PAYS INJURED CLERK
Lincoln, Neb., April 17.--Rather than
face the chance of being hit for a
judgment of $100,000 or less, the Bur
lington railroad, after a jury had been
empaneled in the federal court, offered
to pay Moses Starbuck, the plaintiff,
$6,000. Starbuck accepted.
The plaintiff was a mail clerk and
was injured in a wreck. The company
denied liability.
WORSHIPS WOODEN
WOMAN AS AN EM
BLEM OF PURITY
Springfield, O., April 17.—Former
Mayor Victor Johnson, of Enon, is a
worshiper of a wooden woman idol as
an emblem of purity, according to de
velopments in the trial of Rev. C. C.
Jones today.
On one occasion, it is said, Johnson
carried the wooden woman to the town
hall, wrapped the American flag about
her and gave a public lecture on “The
Rrighter Life,” using the folds of Old
Glory to illustrate the points brought
out in his address.
In addition to this Johnson has had
cards printed bearing several verses of
poetry which he composed himself and
dedicated to the idol.
Johnson was mayor of the village
until two weeks ago, when he resigned.
His private life was developed in his
testimony In the trial of Rev. Mr. Jones
of a charge of killing a robin as food
for a boy who was thought to be dy
ing with fever. Johnson is the prose
cuting witness.
ADMIT THAT’SARATOGA
WATER IS DOCTORED
Albany, N. Y., April 17.—Hundreds of
thousands of persons who quaff the
Saratoga Spring waters drink a medi
cine or beverage doctored with salt,
citric acid and other chemicals, and
carbonated with vitriol and marble
dust. This charge is made by Robert
C. Morris, counsel for the Carbonic Gas
company.
The defenders of the springs con
fessed that in some instances the
charge might prove well founded, but
excused the adulteration by saying that
the method was the only one that could
save the great national health resort
from ruin.
DEAD ON HER GRAVE;
ANSWERS WIFE’S CALL
Labadio, Mo., April 17.—David A
Reed, a farmer, was found dead on his
wife's grave In the family burying
grounds near here.
The fence about the plot needed re
pairing and about dusk Reed told the
other members of the family he was
going out to do the work. A neighbor
passing by saw him standing near the
tombstone apparently in deep medita
tion.
The passerby had only gone a short
distance when he heard Reed cry out in
a frightened voice the name of his dead
wife. Returning he found Reed clutch
ing at the tombstone, dead.
Neighbors say lights have frequently
been seen in the cemetery and that the
dead man could never explain their
cause. Since his wife's death he had
been melancholy, and when these lights
were seen he was heard to remark,
"She wants me/’
WICKED LACROSSE
IS GOOD CITY NOW
LaCroese, Wis., April 17.—-The “lid" or
3er went into effect today and at midnight
every house of ill repute was closed. The
gambling houses were closed two weeks
ago.
PRiNCE DE SAGAN
TO HELP KINSMAN
Omaha, Ni b., April 17.—Superintend
ent Stewart of the county hospital has
received from Prince Helie de Sagan,
suitor for the hand of Mine. Anna
Gould, a letter inquiring about the con
dition of Baron Henry Louis de Ginz
burg who recently was sent to the
charity ward of that institution. Prince
Helie declares that if his cousin is in
need arrangements will be made fur
his care and permanent relief
BODY OF LITTLE
LILLIE OLSON IS
FOUND AT LAST
She Di«d of Exposure in a Ditcfo
After Wandering About
in a Blizzard.
Rosalie, Neb:, April 10.—The mystery
surrounding the disappearance of liltlo
Lillie Olson last December has finally
been cleared up by the finding of the
body in a ravine lodated in a pasture
near the place where the Olson family,
lived at that time.
While two neighbor children, Williw
and Elsie Nissen, were crossing the
Busselman pasture on their way home
from school they came upon the body
lying in a ditch about five feet deep.
They immediately reported what they,
had seen and Postmaster J. L. Elkins,,
who led the search for the child at the m
time of her disappearance, at once
proceeded to the place and wrapped the
badly decomposed body in a blanket
and brought it to town where an in
quest will be held today.
The disappearance of the little girl
aroused intense excitement at the time
and many searching parties persistent
ly investigated every nook and corner
of the country for miles around, ands
neighboring streams were dredged, un
til finally the people of the community
were obliged is acknowledge that she
could not be found. Later on the fam
ily of the girl moved to another farm?
near Bloomfield and the incident be
came gfi unsolved mystery.
Lost in a Blizzard.
No Incident of local coloring, unless 1t
be the case of the Marvin child, who
formerly lived in Sioux City, has ever
attained the interest which attached to
the disappearance of the Olson child.
It will be recalled that she disappeared
during a blizzard which was raging one
Sunday evening in December last, when,
she is said to have gone with her
brothers to bring the cows Into the
barn. After they had gone but a short
distance the boys urged her to return
to the house and she started in that
direction, but that was the last that
was seen of her, though the family
searched all night, and on the following;
day the search was renewed by the
neighbors and continued day after day
without avail. No trace was found of
the little girl, and at last almost every
conceivable theory was advanced to ac
count for her disappearance, some even
going so far as to suspicion that her
father had knowledge of the manner of
her dropping out of sight, and. though
no motive could be assigned, he was
put through the “sweating” process
several times; but in the end there was.
no suspicion of foul play on his part.
Wandered Two Miles.
The fact that the body has lain in
the place where finally discovered
through all the investigation of search
ing parties from time to time may is*
accounted for by the fact that the ra
vine where the body was found is;
about two miles from the former home;
of the Olsons and in the direction
which the girl would not be expected to
take in the (ace ©f the storm. She must
have traveled this distance practically,
against the storm, and the theory nat
urally follows that she may have seen
a light in a house near by and was
trying to get to it when she fell into
the ravine or ditch and was so ex
hausted from exposure that she was
unable to rise. The position of the*
body when found is satd to indicate,
this, and practically disposes of the 4
former theory of foul play.
QUITE A STIR OYER
YOUNG LADIES’ HOSIERY
Lincoln, Neb., April 16. — There is
buzzing in plenty among the sorority
girls at the state university over the
fact that the society editor of one of
the Sunday newspapers called them
down for crossing their knees while
they are resting between dances. The
critic said that the best books* on eti
quet interdicted any position which
permitted any portion of the hosiery to
meet the gaze of the onlookers, but
that it was apparent that this was not
frowned upon by university authorities.
The girls insist that they are not to
blame, but that if any censure is to be
employed it should rest upon the man
ufacturers and vendors of the dancing
pumps and slippers. Thi3 year these
are of an ornate design, resplendent
with buckles and straps, and to dis
play them to advantage light colored
hose must be worn; and so that fluffy
skirts may not conceal them it is nec
essary to cross the—knees. This, in
turn, leads to the display of two or
three inches of hose—and that’s what
has raised all the trouble.
At the beginning of the school year
the dean of women at the institution
stated her desire that the co-eds
should refrain from wearing costumes
that were designed to attract attention
and that their headgear should bo mod
est in size. Now the girls nre wonder
ing if this publicity will lead to sinnc
expression regarding the color of hos- w-j
iery at dances and the interdiction of
knee-crossing.
RACED WITH AN AUTO.
NOW IN HOSPITAL
Lincoln, Neb., April 16. — Garrett A.
Hoxsey, trouble-shooter for the Lin
coln Telephone company, Is in a bad
way at tne hospital, with four rths
broken, ills right ear almost torn off,
his right hip dislocated, his pelvic hone
broken and his body sore all over, as
the result of a peculiar accident.
Hoxsey was on his way home to
lunch, riding a bicycle. On his way
out O street he passed the slow-run
ning electric automobile of Alderman
Woodward. He coasted past between
the street ear rails, and after he hail
reached a spot six or eight feet in
front attempted to turn Into the road
way in front of the auto. His wheel
caught on the street car rail, throwing
him sprawling in front of the auto.
Before the latter could be stopped ho
had been dragged 10 or 15 feet, etm rg
ing with the variety of injuries nar
rated. Tlie doctors say there is a
chance he may recover.
GOVERNOR SHELDON
REVISES THE CATTLE
QUARANTINE RULES
Lincoln. Neb., April 16. — Governor
Sheldon lasr evening Issued a new t at
tle Quarantine proclamation to conform
with the concessions recently granted
by the agricultural department at
Washington. It provides regulations
for the extermination of itch, mange
and scab in cattle in accordance with
federal rules, and exempts the eastern
half of the state from quarantine here
tofore in force.