THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
^NEILL, NEBRASKA
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Miss Jane Addnm9 mis Just completed
her course of lectures delivered
throughout the country In favor of
■woman suffrage. She based her argu
ment on the plea that the well being of
the working woman and her children Is
in the hands of the municipality. Ques
tions affecting the light, air, Are protec
tion and proper sewerage of their
homes are all In the hands of the city
authorities. Pure food, clean milk and
matters pertaining to health regula
tions come more forcibly to the house
keeper's attention than to that of the
man of the family. Pointing out that
legislation for the protection of children
has been pushed forward by women al
most to the exclusion of men. she
argues that they could do more for the
protection of their homes and for the
■welfare of the nation If they had the
ballot.
Salcey forest, near Northampton,
where some fine old oak trees have been
damaged by fire, Is the least known of
•11 the royal forests, though It former
ly extended across the border Into
Buckinghamshire and there are still
nearly 2,000 acres in the charge of the
commissioners of woods and forests.
It was settled In 1605, "without the
timber,” by Charles II upon Queen
Catherine as part of her Jointure. The
great glory of this forest has been the
Balcey oak, now a mere picturesque
•ylvan ruin, which Is 47 feet In cir
cumference and fabled to be 1,500 years
old. The famous tree was spared, not
for sentimental reasons, In the 18th cen
tury, when all the finest oaks were
felled for the navy by shipwrights from
Deptford dockyard, who "converted”
the wood on the spot to save the exces
sive cost of transport,_
After a warm debate between two
men, neither of whom would yield, this
note was sent to Senator Jeff Davis, of
Arkansas: "A question as old as ‘Who
•truck the late William Patterson?’ or,
•Can storied urn or animated bust?' has
been referred to you for decision. It Is
this: ‘How should the word Arkansas
be pronounced—Arkarusns or Arkan
■aw?‘ An answer will greatly oblige a.
number of good fellows who will drink
your health at the expense of the
'wrong' man.” Senator Davis respond
ed promptly: "The word Arkansas
Should be pronounced Arkansaw; the
authority for this pronunciation Is cov
ered by a special act of the general as
sembly of 1881. Am sorry I can’t be
with you to drink at the expense of the
loser.”
The llon-mnn Is u freak now attract
ing some attention In Europe, where,
like all the freaks who have gone before
knd who follow, he Is being “received
by the crowned heads." A Vienna news
Item says: “Lionel 1» really only a boy
16 years old. He speaks three languages
end has traveled much. There Is noth
ing of the lion about him but the head
And mane, but that Is enough. The face
and head are covered with a thick mat
ef blond hair, and the human face can
only be suspected. He seems to bo
proud of his head and thinks himself
rather superior than unnatural because
of It. He Is perfectly happy because
his abnormality brings him money and
Admiration."
The Rev. Dr. Schulman of New York,
referring to the contention recently
made by the Rev. Dr. Mngnes that Yid
dish was the national lauguage of tho
Jews, told his parishioners that this
Was not true. He said. “Hebrew, tho
•acred language of the Bible, Is tho
Jewish language, not the Jargon of
German-Russlan-Pollsh, with an ad
mixture of Hebrew words. What It
many millions speak any lnnguuge in
correctly? Docs that make It the ac
septed tongue? Yiddish must be tol
erated as a medium for communication,
but not vaunted as the literary or tho
national language of the Jews as a
people.”
An organization has recently been ef
fected with the object of conducting a
complete scientific investigation and ex
ploration of the Pacific ocean and its
Islands. While the chief energies of tha
institution will be devoted to ethnology,
the geology and configuration of the
region will also be investigated, and
■tudles In zoology and botany will be
carried out, as also of winds and ocean
currents, with a view to throwing light
an the distribution of animals, plants,
to be dispatched In a specially equipped
to be dispatched In a specially-equipped
vessel, and It Is expected that 15 years
may be needed for the work.
So great have been the ravages
rauaed by the dodder—a leafless, twin
ing, parlsttlc plant—that a decree has
been Issued by the French president
prohibiting Its importation Into the
country. It Is a veritable agricultural
•scourge, attacking and destroying hops,
vines, clover, peas, tomatoes and
tmany other kinds of agricultural pro
duce. Once having found Its way Into
nny district, It Is most difficult to gel
lid of, aiul constitutes a permanent
eource of anxiety to the farmer. Cut
ting down, burning and poison have
all been tried with unsatisfactory re
sults.
The regular army saw Its Birth on
June 14. 1775, when congress authorized
the raising of 10 companies of riflemen,
to be enlisted for one year. This was a
vast Improvement over the militia, bul
the term of enlistment was too short.
The enthusiasm at this time was great,
and recruiting was easy. If congress
hod voted 50.000 for three years, or tc
the end of the war, the response would
doubtless have been Immediate, and
the revolution. Instead of dragging on
for eight years and costing J.170,000.000.
would probably have lasted eight
months and cost one-tenth of that
amount.
Twenty years ago In San Francisco
the term *'ttn horn gambler" was at
-i; trlbuted to the Hon. James Orndorff,
who was dealing In a gambling place
on the Comstock lode. It Is said that
he remarked to a player who was play
ing small: "you're cheaper than a tin
horn.” When the question was re
ferred to Orndorff for settlement he
replied, ”’Pears to me I did say some
thing like that, anyhow that’s what he
was, he was nothing but a tin horn,”
M. Tourna.v. a Belgium engineer, has
been commissioned by the committee
for the International exhibition at
Brussels in 1910 to erect a tower at
Ixeiles. which will be much higher than
the Tltrtel tower. The cost Is estimated
•t *240,000.
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' The Viena Academy of Sciences has
•pent nearly *9,000 In working ten tons
•f uranium ore for radium. The yield
wan three gruins of pure radium, the
largest amount ever secured at once,
the value bring *320.000.
An ancient font, removed years ago
from St. Janies’ parish church. Louth.
Ireland, has been discovered In use as
p a flower pot and replaced in the
church.
The mean height of all lhe land now
above the sen is referred to by Lyell as
being 1.000 feet. The mean depth of
a*e ocean Is at least 12.000 feet.
OFFICERS FIND
$4,500 HIDDEN
IN HER BOSOM
Woman Arrested on Charge of
Attempting to Loot $40,000
Estate at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb., June 16.—Acting on the
theory that she was engaged In an at
tempt to loot the estate of the dead wo
man, the heirs of Mrs. Helen A. Horn
yesterday afternoon secured the arrest
of Mrs. Alpha M. Shevaller, the chief
legatee under Mrs. Horn’s will. This
will the sisters of the deceased have
been trying to break, and the trial be
fore a Jury Is now on In district court.
Mrs. Horn died lust September In the
home of Mrs. Shevaller, who was a
comparative stranger. Mrs. Shevaller
said she did not know the contents of
the will, which gave her about $40,000
worth of real estate, but said Mrs. Horn
had told her that her sisters cared
nothing for her and were all wealthy,
anyway.
The warrant charged Mrs, Shevaller
with the larceny as bailee of $6,154 In
cash, a lot of diamonds, Jewelry and
other valuables. Although she stoutly
denied having any of the money, when
searched at the station, $4,600 In bills
of large denomination were found rolled
up in a little bag made of bed ticking
and pinned to her underwear on her
bosom. Five officers went down ahd
searched her house, and found some
Jewelry which she says Is here. She
took her arrest coolly. Meanwhile the
case In district court came to a stand
still.
EMPLOYE FINDS CUT
IN WAGES UNWARRANTED
Wayne, Neb., June 16.—As the rail
road has been laying off many of Its
men and cutting the wages of others,
alleging lack of business and hard
times, an employe here, who had been
cut $10 a month, went through the rec
ords of the local office and found that
the receipts were about the same as
last year when the 3-cent passenger
rate was In effect.
WINS $7,500 AT PANAMA
ON CHURCH LOTTERY
Lincoln, Neb., June 16.—Word has
been received that John E. Whitmore,
formerly cashier of the Missouri Pa
cific freight office, has won a prize of
$7,500 In a church lottery at Panama,
where he Is now employed In the gov
ernment service. Every month the
Catholic church of the Isthmus con
ducts a lottery and Americans have
caught the fever and are accustomed
to take a flyer along with the natives.
Whitmore could never be Induced to
try his luck before and It was only to
enact the role of a good fellow and
help complete a purse made up at the
office where he worked that he was
persuaded to expend $2.50 for a ticket.
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4 “MESCAL” RELIGION 4
4 MAKES GOOD INDIANS 4
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4 Winnebago, Neb., June 16.— 4
4 The "Mescal” religion which a 4
4 year ago started with five mem- 4
4 bers with Albert Hensley, an 4
4 educated Winnebago and former 4
4 county commissioner, as leader, 4
4 now has a membership of 250. 4
4 It Is the ambition of the leaders 4
4 to eventually get all the Wlnne- 4
4 bagoes and Omahas into the 4
4 fold. Next fall a church will be 4
4 erected. Previous to accepting 4
4 the faith, the live originators 4
4 were considered the worst In the 4
4 tribe but now they are looked 4
4 upon as models of goodness. 4
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GIRL INJURED *
WHILE SCUFFLING
Norfolk, Neb., June 16.—A peculiar
accident Is reported from Newman
Grove. While scuffling, Miss Emma Ol
r.on caught her ring on a nail in the
side of the wall and It was pulled off
over the knuckle of the finger, taking
all the flesh with It. The finger will
probably have to be amputated.
$8,000 MORE TO
CONSCIENCE FUND
Washington, D. C„ June 16.—Some
person mailed an envelope In Jersey
City which brought Just 68,000 to the
government's conscience fund today.
A clerk in the public moneys division
of the treasury department opened an
envelope In the “due course of mall”
and nearly fainted when he unrolled a
wad of bills that reminded him of the
day he once Bpent In the suburbs of
Washington when race tracks flour
ished.
There was a choice collection of Un
cle Sam's engraved stationery In a
great many denominations from the
$1,000 Kina down to tne paltry ous. A
written communication came along
with the money. It bore no name, but
said that the writer had supplied the
conscience fund on previous occasions
with money amounting to $12,000, $8,000
In one consignment and $4,000 In an
other.
"This makes four fold of the amount
I took originally," said the anonymous
letter.
MICHIGAN WOMAN
KILLS HER HUSBAND
AND FIVE CHILDREN
Cadillac, Mich., June 16.—Mrs. Daniel
Cooper, last night shot and killed her
husband and five of her six children
herself. In their home here. The sixth
child was fatally wounded. The wom
an has been subject to spells of demen
tia.
When Mrs. Kealy, Mrs. Cooper's
mother, went Into the Cooper home tills
morning she found the bodies of her
daughter and Cooper lying on the floor.
A revolver lay bestde Mrs. Cooper. Mrs.
Kealy rushed into an adjoining room
and there found the five children lying
dead In a i ool of blood with the sixth
child, fatally wounded, close by.
The wounded child died tills after
noon.
ALLEGED GRAFTERS
“NOT GUILTY ”
I Harrisburg, Pa., June 16.—After be
I Ing out 22 hours, the jury in the case
of live men charged with conspiracy to
( defraud the state by rendering a false
1 bill for the metallic furniture for the 1
new capital, today brought In a verdict
of “not guilty."
Nearly $100,0110 Is spent In Mexico
City every week on lottery tickets, and
In the same period only about $70,000 is
paid back In premiums.
'undertakers take
ISSUE OVER LIENS
ON CEMETERY LOTS
Resolutions Passed Discounte
nancing Sunday Funerals
and Open Caskets.
Lincoln. Nob., June 15.—Sunday fu
nerals in Nebraska will be a thing of
the past If the state funeral directors’
association has anything to say about
the dates for interment. Following a
presentation by overworked ministers
of a protest against them, this resolu
tion was adopted:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
association that Sunday funerals should
be discouraged as much as possible;
also the opening of caskets at church
funerals.”
Then the undertakers got into a big
row over a resolution protesting
against the practice of permitting as
sessments to be levied against lots In
cemeteries. The opponents of the idea
insisted that the result would be, where
these assessments were not paid, to
pile up a Hen against a grave that the
cemetery owners might foreclose, and
then sell the lot to somebody else
wherein to bury their dead. After a lot
of oratory, it was decided to wait till
the law authorized such a lien, It being
contended that such an assessment
can no more be recorded and foreclosed
than one on a farm.
MAIDEN AWOKE FROM
LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
Lincoln, Neb., June 15.—Miss Mary
Butler loved Clifford L. Bohannon. She
was the daughter of the village livery
man at University Place. He was a
student at Wesleyan university. Her
father was displeased with incidents of
Bohannon’s career as a student, and
forbade him the house. They eloped
and were married at St. Peter, Minn., a
year ago, with the sheriff and her
father but a few hours behind. Yes
terday the young woman, who is but
18, appeared in divorce court. She said
Bohannon paid her board Just one
month, abused her and sent her home
to her father. She got a decree.
RYAN MUST FACE
vis TRUSTFUL VICTIMS
O’Neill, N“K, June 15.—Governor Shel
don has Issued requisition papers for the
return of TV. J. Ryan here from Fall
River, S. D. Ryan pasBed worthless
checks among O’Neill Knights of Colum
bus after making a showing that he was
a member of the order.
WINSIDE SALOON CASES
APPEALED BY “DRYS.”
Wlnslde, Neb., June 15.—Attorney Guile,
of Lincoln, arrived In Wlnslde yesterday
and In behalf of the ’’drys" officially ap
pealed the Wlnslde saloon cases to the
district court.
500.000 MEN WITNESS
PAGEANT IN HONOR
OF FRANCIS JOSEPH
Vienna, June 15.—A great pageant
five miles in length was the central
feature of the festivities marking the
jubilee of the reign of Emperor Fran
cis Joseph today, and proved to be a
picturesque popular festival. More than
20.000 representatives of different
races comprising the population of
Austro-Hungary, garbed to repre
sent different historic periods, since the
foundation of the Hapsburg dynasty,
either rode or walked in the proces
sion. The route was lined with stands
capable of seating 120,000 persons.
Opposite the entrance of the Hof
burg, Emperor Francis Joseph and nu
merous arch dukes and arch duchesses
occupied the Imperial stand. It is esti
mated that half a million people wit
nessed the pageant.
MAN OF 72 REJOICES IN
PAIR OF FINE TWINS
Waterbury, Conn., June 15.—Charles
E. Yanak, tall, straight, active, is 72
years old, with a handsome wife of 40.
He Invited a few friends to drink his
health at his farm hous6 near Hills
town.
’’The doctor's upstairs with my wife,"
Yanak told them. "He says we must
be very quiet because”— and he smiled
significantly.
A guest had Just told Yanak that he
was just as young as ever, when the
doctor, leaning over the second story
banister, called him Into the hall.
The doctor held up two lingers, like
a man ordering zxvel bier.
"What?” gasped Yanak.
"Twins,” said the doctor.
TRUANTS HIDE IN
TRUNK; MEET DEATH
FROM SUFFOCATION
Fall River, Mass, June 15.—After a |
tong search the bodies of Joseph and i
Andre Beaudry, 8 and 5 years old re
spectively, were found locked in a
trunk in which the children are sup
posed to have hidden themselves In
order to escape going to school. The
trunk has a spring lock.
The medical examiner decided that
thtir deaths were due to suffocation.
The Interior of the trunk and the cloth
ing and badies of the children gave
evidence of the struggles which the
little ones had made to escape before
death finally overtook them.
LUSITANIA SETS NEW
CROSS OCEAN RECORD
New York. June 15.—With three new
across Atlantic recoras safely stowed
away, the giant Cunard turbiner Lusi
tania dropped anchor off Sandy Hook
at 7 this morning. The time of her
passage from Hunt's Rock to the Sandy
Hook light ship, the official Atlantic
racing course, was four days, 20 hours,
8 minutes, which slips seven minutes
off the Record for the fastest trip across
the Atlantic by the long course. The
Lusitania also has the record for the
longest day's run. having on Sunday
made 541 miles. The Lusitania main
tained an average speed of 24.SS knots
per hour.
BANKS INVITED TO
JOIN UNDER NEW ACT
Washington, June 15.—Secretary Ccr
telyou today made public a treasury
department circular carrying into ef
fect the new currency act approved
May 30 last. •
The department will furnish blanks
to bank officers upon which they may
file application for joining the associa
tion and otherwise take necessary steps
| to comply with the law. Prompt ap
proval or disapproval Is promised by
the treasury department.
GARS COLLIDED
WITH STUDENTS
Seniors Pull Down Trolley and
Tear Up Track—Two
Injured.
Lincoln. Neb., June 13.—A procession
of 350 black gowned seniors, with
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews and
a score of Nebraska university digni
taries at their head was broken up this
morning by a street car while the
marchers were proceeding through the
streets from the university to the city
auditorium for the annual commence
ment exercises. The fender knocked
down two seniors. T. M. Menford and
T. F. Mueller, badly bruising both. The
angry classmates tore the trolley from
the wire and engaged in a fight with
Motorman C. R. Tout and Conductor
E. E. Humphrey, but the police inter
fered and took both car men to the
station and prevented any further dem
onstration of student wrath. Dean
Barbour of the university has filed a
criminal complaint against the street
car company.
Charles A. Towne, of New York, de-;
livered the commencement oration, af
ter which he was taken to Fairvlew to
be the persona' guest of W. J. Bryan,
who is also entertaining Henry Wat
terson.
MAMMA OBJECTED
AND COUPLE ELOPED
Wlnside, Neb., June 13.—Miss Maud,
Lound and Charles Long slipped away
and went to Wayne yesterday, where)
they were married. Objection on the!
part of the bride's parents to the mar-i
riage caused the elopement.
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4- MASONS DRINK OLD 4i
4- BOTTLE OF WINE 4
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4 Omaha, Neb., June 13.—At the 4j
4 opening of the meeting of the 4]
4 Masonic grand lodge at the Ma- 4
4 sonic temple yesterday, the his- 4
4 toric wine bottle, which was 4
4 sealed on the day the lodge was 4
4 organized in Nebraska, was 4
4 opened and the contents passed 4
4 to the members. 4
4 New wine was then procured 4
4 and the bottle .efllled and sealed 4
4 for another period of 25 years. 4
4 It will be opened at the 75th 4
4 anniversary of the Nebraska 4
4 grand lodge, to be celebrated in 4
4 June of 1932. 4
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GREEN RAINBOW AND
CHUMS VINDICATED
Omaha, Neb., June 13.— Charles
Green Rainbow, James Fisher and
Peter Decora, the three Indian police
men for whom habeas corpuses were
denied by Judge Trevor, of the federal
court in Omaha, two years ago, may
now retreat to the lofty vegetation of
the Winnebago reservation without
fear of molestation.
In the federal court of appeals at
St. Paul the decision of the district,
court at Omaha was reversed Tues
day and freedom granted.
The Indians have been in the cus
tody of Sheriff S. M. Young, of Thurs
ton county, for two years, because they
arrested Tom Sloan when he at
tempted to collect some bills on the
reservation on the day the Indians re
ceived some money from the govern
ment. This was contrary to govern
ment regulations. Sloan insisted that
he had been sent by the sheriff, but
the Indians put him in a wagon and
carried him to the border of the reser
vation. Sloan started action for as
sault and the Indians were taken into
custody, which, however, was purely
nominal.
LINEMAN KILLED
BY FALLING POLE
Omaha. Neb., June 13.—Christian D.
Gingerich, residing with his wife and
j child at 2920 Farnam st., was instantly
killed by being struck on the head by
I a falling telephone pole at Twentieth
street and Ames avenue at 10 o’clock
yesterday.
Qingerich was assisting other line
men of the Independent Telephone
company in removing an abandoned
pole from the ground when the guide
slipped and the pole got away from
them, one end of which crushed his
skull.
He is survived by his father, mother,
four brothers and three sisters. They
are Fred, John and Cleve, of Marcus,
la.; Albert, of Omaha, and Misses
Helen, Clara and Idel, of Marcus.
An inquest was held by Coroner
Davis at 3 o’clock Wednesday after
noon.
NBRASKA UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES CLASS OF 313
Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—Three hun
dred and thirteen young men and wo
men were graduated this morning from
the Nebraska state university, the larg
est number In the history of that In
stitution. Twenty-five years ago today
the graduating class numbered 13.
The commencement orator was Hon,
Charles A. Towne of New York.city,
who spoke on "Government by Par
ties.” The parade of the students In
caps and gowns escorted by the cadet
battalion preceding the exorcises at the
auditorium was an imposing event.
Chancellor Andrews conferred the de
grees in Latin.
WOMAN MAY DIE
OF WHOOPING COUGH
South Norwalk, Conn., June 13.—
"Whooping cough is a baby's disease.
I'm not afraid,” said Mrs. E. M. Ashe,
a prominent resident of Crunbury, last
week, as she kissed her little niece,
who was ill.
Mrs. Ashe is at the point of death
as the result of the baby's disease. She
contracted such a severe case that
In whooping she fractured one of her
ribs, one end of which penetrated her
right lung. Dr. Win. J. Tracey has
charge of the case and says that it
is the first of Its kind in medical
history.
Mrs. Ashe's condition is aggravated
by her almost oontimunus coughing.
NOVELIST JACK LONDON
BOUND FOR NEW GUINEA
San Francisco, June 13.—Jack London,
who started on a seven-year voyage
around the world in the Snark, is some- |
where between Samoa and New Guinea.
Passengers on the steamship Aeon, which
arrived yesterday from Apia, state that
the author arrived at Samoa on May 12
and was preparing to leave the day the
Aoon departed for San Francises, which
was 19 days ago. His next stopping place
wiU be New Guinea.
UNDERTAKERS ARE
ASKED TO DISCARD
SUNDAY FUNERALS
Custom of Opening Coffins ir
Public Places Is Atrocious,
Says Rev. Roach.
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Rev. I. J.
Roach, pastor of St. Paul Methodist
Episcopal church, told the Nebraska
funeral directors in his welcoming ad
dress to the state convention that he
hoped they would join with the min
isters in abolishing the Sunday funeral.
He gave them a polite rap on the prac
tice of embalming bodies especially for
Sabbath burial in consideration of an
extra fee. He declared his opposition
also to the "atrocious custom” of open
ing the coffin In church and elsewhere
after the friends and relatives of the
deceased have had an opportunity to
look upon the dead.
A cadaver upon which the art of em
balming with neatness and dispatch
has been provided for one feature of
the program, and a committee was ap
pointed to take special precautions to
avoid any such display of hilarity as
marked the presence of a corpse at
the Sioux City meeting recently of th«
Iowa undertakers.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
OVER NEBRASKA
Lincoln. Neb., June 12. — Weekljl
weather bulletin for week ending Jund
8, 1908:
The week was cloudy with about nor
normal temperature and an excess of
rain in most parts of the st^te.
The daily mean temperature was be
tween 64 and 70 degrees, which, at;
most places, was about one degree
above the normal. Thursday and Sat
urday were the warmest days, with
maximum temperatures quite generally
about 85 degrees, but in some places in
southwestern counties the temperature
was about 5 degrees higher.
In nearly all parts of the state the
rainfall was above normal. In most oil
the central and eastern counties it exj
ceeded two inches, while in considera
ble areas it ranged from four to eight
inches. Several severe local storms oc
curred, accompanied by high and de
structive wind. The total rainfall from
April 1 to date is decidedly above the
normal, except in the southwestern
counties, where it is but slightly be
low the normal.
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DEATH TRACED TO
SMALL CAUSES
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Mrs. Frank
Martin’s setting hen raised a fuss last
Tuesday evening because the rain had
mussed up her nest, and Mrs. Martin,
donning her carpet slippers, went out
to set things right. While so employed
she stepped on a small board and a
concealed nail was driven into the lit
tle toe of her left foot. It was neces
sary to use considerable force to re
move the nail, and a few days later te
tanus set in. For 39 hours she suffered
from lockjaw. Then death came to hei
relief.
YOUTHFUL ELOPERS
ARE REFUSED LICENSE
Council Bluffs, la., June 12.—Arthur
Feldt and Lida Lentz, both of Lincoln,
Neb., were taken into custody yester
day by the local police while standing
at the counter in the office of the clerk
of the district court waiting for a mar
riage license. The officers acted on a
renuests from the Lincoln police.
Investigation showed that complaint
had been made in that city by a wo
man, proprietor of a boarding house
where Feldt has been living. He was
released and the couple made a second
visit to the court house, but their ap
plication for a license was denied be
cause of doubt as to the age of the girl
WOODMEN SURPLOS
IS JEOPARDIZED
Head Consul Talbot Proposes
to Lock the Barn After
Money Is Gone.
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Because the
Modern Woodmen had $350,000 of Its
funds tied up by reason of the failure
of a bank at Charlton, la., last Novem
ber, Head Consul Talbot of this city
has decided to insist upon the head
camp at Peoria next week taking steps
to avoid any such complication as now
threatens the partial loss of that de
posit.
Collection of the money is being re
sisted by some of the men who appear
as sureties on the ground that their
names were attached to the bank’s
bonds without authority. Mr. Talbot
proposes that hereafter the bondsmen
of a depository bank must also pledge
their property for the return of Wood
men funds, bonds of approved char
acter will be demanded as collateral,
and no deposit will be made to exceed
50 per cent of a bank’s surplus and
capital combined. Being head banker
for the Woodmen has given that officer
control of a big sum of money, but
hereafter that control will be centered
entirely in the executive council.
ALL LINES RESUME
SCHEDULES IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Chief Clerk
Butler of the railway mail service're
ceived word yesterday that the line of
the Great Northern through Montana
has been repaired and that malls are
now going through east and west over
that line. The embargo on the North
ern Pacific still exists.
Local reports were today that the
Rulo-Atchison line is still closed and
may remain closed for several days.
The Union Pacific south of Beatrice is
still closed and the railway mail ser
vice has no information as to when it
will be opened. The line north of Lin
coln was opened to service, but it is
badly handicapped by soft track. The
Rock Island's Kansas lines are still in
trouble, but their main line east and
west Is in service and trains are making
nearly schedule time.
$100,000 WORTH OF
JEWELRY DESTROYED
IN A HOTEL FIRE
Bronxrille, N. Y., June 12 —Although
one wing of the Hotel Gramatan was
destroyed by fire last night, the guests
who occupied the other portions of the
building suffered no great Inconveni
ence today. The loss is estimated at
$200,000. Many guests have reported
heavy losses of jewelry and personal
effects. It is estimated the loes of Jew
elry alone will exceed $100,000,
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PRISON LABOR TO
CONSTRUCT PUBLIC
ROADS FOR STATE
Prison Contractors Have Not
Met the Demand of Higher.
Wage Schedule.
Lincoln, Neb.. June 11.—The state
board ot public buildings and Prison
Contractor Lee are in a deadlock over
how much he shall pay for convicts
to operate his broom factory at the
penitentiary. Lee won't pay more than
BO cents a day, while the board wants
75 cents. Each thinks the other is
bluffing, and neither will give way.
Meanwhile a proposition, is being for
mulated to present to the board to
take the men out on the roads and
work them there under guards, thus
taking them out of any competition
with private industries. This is being
backed by the labor unions, which ob
ject to competition with prison labor,
and also by the farmers, who want
better roads. The plan as broached
is to have each county where the con
victs are set to work on the roads pay
for the cost of transportation and of
the guards and whatever other ex
penses are necessary. The co-opera
tion of the federal government is fig
ured on confidently. The prison popu
lation today is 410, the largest in the
history of the institution, and there is
not woilc enough in the factory for all
of them even when it runs. The Lee
contract expires within a week.
4 4
4 WOMAN IS LONESOME; 4
4 NO HAIR TO PULL 4
♦ 4
4 Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—Alice 4
4 V. Cosey is husbandless, and all 4
4 because of an irresistible desire 4
4 on her part to pull the hair of 4
4 her husband, Henry M„ when- 4
4 ever she felt like it. The Coseys 4
4 were married in Chicago, and 4
4 the husband told Judge Stewart 4
4 yesterday, when he asked for a 4
4 divorce, that she was in the 4
4 habit of flying into a temper at 4
4 the slightest provocation. When 4
4 angry she generally reached for 4
4 his hair. If he resisted or elud- 4
4 ed her she would try to bite him 4
4 or hit him with her fists. 4
4 Cosey said he stood this for 4
4 about a year and a half, and 4
4 rather than lose his few re- 4
4 maining hairs, he had to leave 4
4 her. He has not seen or heard 4
4 of her since. 4
4 ^ t ..M M M
LEAVES THE STATE
RATHER THAN PAY
SHARE OF TAXES
Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—Because the.
Nebraska legislature does not deal aff
kindly with Nebraska money loaners as
with easterners, R. E. Moore, Lincoln's
richest citizen, has become a resident of
Stamford, Conn. It was told about a
few weeks ago that Moore had gone
east to live, but convincing proof is fur
nished by the tax list, whereon he is
down for but a paltry $4,000 instead of
the usual half million. This means a
loss in taxes yearly to the county and
city of $8,000.
Moore says that as a Nebraskan he
had to pay about 1H per cent on mort
gages as a tax, while eastern money
loaners were not taxed here and usu
ally were exempt at home. By becom
ing a resident of Connecticut he is put
on even terms with them. He had tried
to get the legislature to remove the tax
from mortgages or tax the foreigner,
but he failed. So he moved.
CHANCELLOR MACLEAN
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—At the annual
banquet of the Phi Beta Kappa of the
University of Nebraska Chancellor
George E. MacLean of the University
of Iowa, delivered the oration.
PIANIST TELLS CZAR
HE IS NOT A RUSSIAN
Vienna, June 11.—A curious incident
took place at St. Petersburg, when
Paderewski performed there recently
before a select audience, which com
prised the Russian royal family and
the leading court dignitaries. After
Paderewski’s recital, which created the
utmost enthusiasm amongst his audi
ence, the czar called him to where the
royal party was seated and said:
"Sir, you are the greatest pianist in
the world, and Russia is proud to num
ber you among her subjects.”
Paderewski drew himself up and,
looking straight into the czar's eyes, re
marked. stiffly:
"Pardon, sire. I am a Pole—not a:
Russian.”
On the following day the pianist was
escorted to the German frontier by the
police.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION
Albany, N. Y., June 11.—Governor
Hughes sent to the extraordinary ses
sion of the legislature last night a.
special message recommending for con
sideration, "The enactment of suitable
legislation for the prevention of race
track gambling.” He also recom
mends "the enactment of suitable leg
islation with regard to diseases of
cattle, especially tuberculosis.”
Forty-five senators more than a quo
rum, were in their seats when the roll
was called In the upper house, but Sen
ator Foelker was not present. His vote
is apparently of the utmost import
tanee to the fate of the anti-gambling:
legislation recommended by the gover
nor.
“The situation has been clearly ex
pressed,” says Governor Hughes.
‘ Whether the interests of those who
wish to maintain gambling at race
tracks shall be considered Paramount
to the legislation of the state. It is an
Issue which has been clearly defined
and Is fully appreciated by the people.
It cannot be obscured by a discussion
of the propensities of human nature.
Race track gambling exists not because
It is hidden or elusive, but as an organ
ized business shielded by legislative
discrimination. The law which pro
fesses to prohibit it In fact protects it
FLOOD CONDITIONS ARE
IMPROVING IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—Flood condi
tions are still bad in southwestern Ne
braska, but the worst Is believed to be
over. The Burlington's Atchison line is
tied up tin, account of washouts near
Rulo. and the branch line to Salem is
In bad shape. Trains are delayed on
the Union Pacific between Beatrice and
Manhattan. Kas. The small bridge
south of Falrbury on the Rock Island)
went out last night and trains were de
| layed several hours.
The St. Joseph & Grand Island hay
not been able to resume traffic yet, but
they hope to get trains through soott