HIE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
WEILL. NEBRASKA
The marquis of Northampton has
Been a widower since 1902. His two
Ei came Into huge fortunes on the
th of their grandmother, Louise
y Ashburton. The story of how
the Comptons acquired their great
London property Is a delightful one.
The first Earl Compton wooed the
(daughter of a rich lord mayor. Sir
John Spencer, who regarded the suit
with disfavor. The earl, therefore, got
himself u~ as a baker's apprentice, and;
Bore oft his lady In a basket. Sir John
Upped the "apprentice" with sixpence
jaa he was descending the stairs with
Ills load. His fury was great when ho
Beard of the elopement, but Queen
Elizabeth effected a reconciliation, and
Sin his death Sir John willed his son
nlaw the Clerkenwell property.
Everybody knows that the water of
the Great Salt lake Is very dense as
well as very salt', but many will be
surprised to learn that Its density var
ies to a remarkable degree from time
to time. For Instance, In 1886 the den
sity was 1.1226, and the percentage by
weight of solid constituents was
J6.716; In 1903 the density had In
creased to 1.2206, the greatest ever re
corded, and the percentage of solids to
*7.721; In 1907 the density had dimin
ished to 1.1810, and the percentage of
isolids to 22.920. Of the solids In 1907,
12.67 per cent was chlorln, 7.68 per
cent sodium, 1.63 per cent sulphate,
radical, .72 per cent potaslum, .45 per.
cent magnesium, and .04 per cent
(calcium.
A business corporation has been suc-|
eessfully established In Vienna by men,
who are totally blind. The company,
manufactures brushes and baskets and|
mil its employes are blind. In the eight,
months of its existence It has filled or
ders aggregating 23,000 kronen ($4,000),;
making a fair profit, and has enough*
orders on hand to Justify the enlarge
ment of Its workshop. Sixteen of thei
employes are skilled workmen and the1
oompany wishes It known that Its;
wares are sold on their "actual merit,"
that they are put upon the market "in,
fair competition with the products ofj
other concerns," and that the blind peo-.
jple want "business, not charity.”
Governor Hughes Is an aristocrat In,
Bis correspondence. When ho writes a
personal note from the executive cham
ber at Albany he uses the heaviest typq
iof stationery of a cream white color,
(double page, and 10x7 Inches, twice thei
aize the average man has for his per-'
■K>nal use. The seal of the state, em
bossed In gold, Is stamped at the head
of the paper with the words “State of
New York, Executive Chamber, Albany,
N. Y.,” In blue below, and when the
•recipient gets the letter it resembles
•ui Invitation to a fashionable wedding
'or a summons to a court function.
Financially and commercially the
city Is now very close to the normal
'basis, and It Is evident that population
land business are having a regular nor
Imal Increase. Doubtless our popula
tion Is less than It would have been at
'this time had we met with no disaster,
'but It Is certainly larger than ever be
fore, and if we take In the whole met
'ropolitan area which would be includ
jed In a “Greater San Francisco,” it is
{improbable that growth has been
checked In the least, says the San
'Francisco Chronicle.
There was a suburban woman whose
bouse, one summer, was overrun with
I moths. A tramp told her that. In re
s' turn for a square meal, he would give
her an Infallible moth cure. She set a
square meal before the tramp, he de
voured it, then he said: "All ye need
i to do, ma’am, Is to hang your moth
I filled clothes' and carpets and things
I on a line and beat ’em with a stick.
Goodby to yer moths then." "Will that
kill them?” asked the lady. "Yes, If ye
fait 'em,” said the tramp.
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The largest rock crusher In the world
1 was recently thrown Into operation In
I a cement mill at South Pittsburg,
S Tenn., and It crushes all the rock used
by a 4,000-barrel plant. The machine
i baa an hourly capacity of 800 tons and
S *0 per cent of the product Is In pieces
fj two Inches or less. The crusher Ik
1 1# feet In height and weighs 425,000.
pounds. The hopper Is 20 feet In dl
| ameter. The operation of this machine
requires 28 horsepower,_
In some parts of Europe corncobs are
used for building purposes. The cobs
» are collected and taken Into a factory,
where heavy compressers crush and
mold them Into blocks of various sizes
Just as bricks are variously moulded.
These blocks are bound with wire so as
to make them hold together. They are'
then soaked In tar to make them water-i
tight, and are ready to use after thlsj
treatment. Of course they are muchj
lighter than bricks, are always dry,
and make good houses. '
Last year Germany exported 662 large
«tae locomotives, 395 smaller ones up to
10 tons each, 71 locomotive tenders and
8,(04 tons of locomotive parts. The Vi
tal value of all was about 38,568,000.
Italy was the principal customer for
German locomotives, large shipments
being also made to France, Chile, Ar
gentine and Brazil. Other customers
were Spain, Turkey, Slam, Switzerland
and Roumanla.
A shortage of 1,200 school teachers
Is reported In Oklahoma. The cause
la said to be the small salaries of wom
en teachers. The club women declare
that If the salaries of the women teach
ers were made to equal those of the
men, the shortage would cease to exist.
In the meantime women out of employ
ment are looking to Oklahoma for
places during the coming school term.
"Woman’s place at the University of
jBerlln,” says the Tageblatt of that city,
"has already become an Important one,
.although her rights have not yet been
ifully recognized there. According to the
latest report. 449 women were entered
jat the largest high school last summer
and 753 attended the winter session.
Degrees were conferred on 12; 10 In
{medicine and two In philosophy.”
The railways of Great Britain have
96,800,277,963 paid up capital. Their net
earnings In 1907 amounted to 3218,379,
931 out of 8591,464,675 gross earnings.
The trackage is 23,101 miles, over which
were carried last year 407,710,000 tons
of minerals and 108,261,000 tons of mer
chandise. The passengers numbered
■1,260,117,000.
Six gates weighing 20,000 pounds
each will be used at the Roosevelt dam
tn connection with the Salt river pro
ject being erected by the United States
reclamation service. The gates will
■bear a total maximum pressure of
■99,000 pounds.
An unsuccessful attempt has been
mode to give the Indian city of Delhi
electric lighting and street car service.
In the matter or paper productions,
New York, Maine and Wisconsin rank
{first, second and third respectively.
The Clyde shipbuilding yards pro
duced 500 vessels during 1907. »3 com
pared with 372 the previous year.
i
LORD IDENTIFIES
DAVIS AS SUSPECT
Physician Says He Met Him
Near Rustin Home the
Night of Murder.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14.—"That looks
like the man I met coming from the
Rust in home on the night of the mur
der," said Or. J. P. Lord to the chief of
police when Charles E. Davis, under
arrest charged with the murder of Dr.
Frederick Rustin, was brought before
the court this morning for arraignment.
This was the first time Lord had
been confronted with Davis and his
identification of him as the man he saw
staggering down Farnam street, com
ing from the direction of the Rustin
home and only four blocks from that
point, within a quarter of an hour of
the time the shot was fired, is one of
the strongest links connecting Davis
with the murder.
In police court today Davis pleaded
“Not guilty,” when arraigned on a
charge of murder. Seven thousand dol
lars was fixed as the amount of bail.
It was immediately furnished by Davis’
brothers. The hearing war set for Sep
tember 24, after which Davis wag re
leased.
incidents of Hearing.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14.—With little
concern Chase Davis stood at the bar
In the police court this morning and
listened to the clerk read the charge
against him of first degree murder, In
which he was charged with killing Dr.
Frederick Rustin on the night of Sep
tember 1,
An immense crowd gathered at the
station to catch a glimpse of the pris
oner, but only part of them were able
to get Inside. The entire detective force
was In attendance. Davis did no talk
ing, that purt of the program being left
entirely to his attorneys. William F.
Gurley, when the arraignment had been
complete, stated that his client wished
to plead not guilty and to give bond.
County Attorney English stated to
the court that the Nebrasaa law per
mitted of accepting ball in first degree
murder cases where the first evidence
was not conclusive. It was thereupon
agreed that Davis should have his lib
erty on giving a $7,000 bond, which was
signed jointly by himself and his
brother, Frederick H. Davis.
Davis did not appear in the least Ir
rational this morning and talked to his
attorneys and relatives in the most un
interested manner. He stood while the
charge of murder was read to him and
showed no sign which would Indicate
he took the matter seriously.
In order to give the police time to
secure all possible evidence the prelim
inary hearing was set for September
24.
Dr. Lord, who yesterday stated that
he had seen a man fitting Davis' de
scription coming from the direction of
the Rustin home, will not give his tes
timony until that time.
The police are now exerting every ef
fort to run down the clues already pre
sented.
Mrs. Rice is still in the custody of the
police matron and will be held until the
preliminary hearing Is over.
REFORMED CHURCH
WILL FEDERATE WITH
THE PRESBYTERIANS
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 14.—The synod
of the Interior of the Reformed church
of the United States will vote some
time today on the question of feder
ating with the Presbyterians of the
country. The discussions so far in
dulged In point to a favorable vote on
the proposition.
The matter was first brought to the
attention of the synod last year, and
referred to the present one for action.
There will not be organic union, as the
Reformed church is opposed to sinking
Its identity with that of the larger or
ganization, but merely federation for
the purpose of better carrying on
Christian work. The Reformed church
lias the machinery for mission work in
the larger cities among foreign immi
grants, but not the money, while the
Presbyterians have the money and no
machinery. This will be but one of
the points, however, upon which or
ganized united effort will be made by
the two churches. It is not proposed
to obliterate any congregation where
It is deemed necessary to maintain It.
nor will any of the pastors be dis
pensed with.
GAME OF HIGH FIVE
LED TO MARRIAGE
AND WIFE DESERTION
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 14.—Earl B.
Sooey is destined to take a trip back
to Battle Creek, Mich., in the custody
of the sheriff. And he says that back
of it all is the fact that he and his
fatherlnlaw, Thomas Mains, had a
quarrel over a game of high five. The
game of cards was pulled off last win -
ter, while Sooey was down at Mains’
house courting his daughter Edith.
The courtship had progressed to the
point where the couple were engaged,
and one evening while they were play
ing cards, Sooey and the girl against
the old folks, Sooey proceeded to tell
the girl how to play her hand.
"Shut your face," declared the old
man in wrath. "That's not plaving
cards, that’s cheating. And I want to
tell you. young fellow, that you haven't
got my consent to marrying my girl
yet, and if ever you do and leave her
I'll have the law on you.”
Sooey did marry her later without
the father's consent, and also left her.
He says he came to Nebraska to make
a home for her, und that Mains is try
ing to alienate her affections. He says
thut letters to his wife were inter
cepted, and not until he registered
them did he ever get an answer from
her. The police have a telegram from
Michigan saying that the sheriff is
coming to get Sooey on a charge of
wife desertion. He says he is ready to
go without any requisition.
EXILE FOR SELLING MORPHINE.
Pekin, China, Sept. 14.—The Chinese
government has taken Its first action
under the new regulations in inflicting
punishment for the sale of opium. It
sentenced a morphine seller of Pekin
to banishment for 10 years for dealing
in the drug. The limit of three months
allowed for metropolitan officials to
record the fact that they had ceased
using opium had passed without a
single man signing the pledge.
I FRANKLIN’S FORMER
HOME TO BE SOLD
Paris. Sep. 14.—Michael J. Doyle, of
Philadelphia, has announced that he
nad si cured an option for an American
syndicate on the house In this city
I built and occupied by Benjamin Frank
I Sin, when he was cultivating friendly
I relations with France In the American
I revolution. The receptions given by Mr.
j Franklin in this house made it famous.
I Subsequently Napoleon 1 lived there for
! a time and after his divorce f:oni Jo
' seplilne he turned the property over io
her.
DAVIS SHADOWED AS
RUSTIN MURDERER;
Relief Physician Saw Man Who
Looked Like Davis Near
Scene of Crime.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 12.—The county
attorney did not produce Charles E.
Davis in police court for a hearing this
morning on a charge of murdering Dr.
Rustln.
The reason for this, it is stated, is
that important new evidence ha* been
secured which may. have a very im
portant bearing on the case. Dr. J. P.
Lord, who attended Dr. Rustln after
the doctor was shot, has told the po
lice that on his way to the Rustln
home he met a man of unsteady gait
coming from the direction of the Rus
tln house, two blocks from where the
shooting occurred.
His description of the man he met
fits in at almost every detail with that
of Charles E. Davis, now accused of
killing the dead surgeon.
Dr. Lord declares he was walking up
the middle of the street on his way to
Dr. Rustin’s home, and when within
two blocks of there met a man stag
gering along the south side of the
street. Dr. Lord walked within 30 feet
of him and was able to give a very ac
curate description of his general ap
pearance. The physician states that
the man was heavy set and short, with
a protruding abdomen and round face.
The man paid no heed to him, he says,
but kept on toward the central part of
the city.
□avis’ Movements Suspicious.
At the inquest Davis admitted hav
ing walked downtown at a late hour
Tuesday night on the south side of
Farnam street. He also stated he was
very ill from the effect of morphine
and liquor. His testimony and the in
formation furnished by Dr. Lord coin
cide in every detail, and indicate that
Davis might have been walking east on
Farnam street 10 to 15 minutes after
he shooting occurred.
No definite time has been set for thej
Davis hearing, the police and county;
attorney wishing to secure additional!
information before his case is heard in,
the police court. Davis’ condition is
considered bad by physicians who see
him daily. He is continually under
the care and guard of an attendant.
MUSTACHE CLIPPERS
HALED INTO COURT
Stanton. Neb., Sept. 12.4-Fred Buss,
Gus Martin, William Krause and Fred
Rathenberg, the "mustache shavers,”
were yesterday arraigned before Coun
ty Judge Cowan on the charge of rob
bery made by Rezk Dirgham, the
Syrian whose mustache they admit
clipping. The three men pleaded “not
guilty” and their cases were continued
until September 28.
Dirgham claims that the four men
visited his home in the northwest part
of Stanton county after dark and called
him out of the house, threw him down
and clipped his mustache, took $50 away
from him and maltreated him and a pig
which happened to be about.
It is understood that the men charged
with the robbery admit visiting the
Dirgham place but claim that what
they did was done as a Joke, that no
harm was intended and that no money
was taken.
FARMER STANDS TRIAL
FOR KILLING HACKMAN
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 12.—County At.
*orney Tyrrell refuses to accept the ver
dict of Justification of the coroner's
Jury, which found that W. A. Willey,
the Alma, Neb., visitor to Lincoln, who
shot and killed Joseph W'atkins, a hack
man, whom he had hired to cart him
down to the burnt district.
He says that under the law a man
who kills another with a revolver while
the other fellow is trying to wallop
him with his bare fists cannot escape
a trial for manslaughter, and that he
is really guilty of the latter crime.
The county attorney has, therefore,
ordered a complaint charging murder
filed against the man. He found that
the coroner had gone ahead and buried
the body without allowing a physician
to make a post mortem examination.
This leaves the state in the position of
being unable to prove that the man ac
tually died from the gunshot wound
inflicted by Willey. He has ordered
the body disinterred for the purpose of
procuring this evidence.
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THREE NEW RAILROADS
PLANNED FOR LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 12.—Lincoln hav
ing forced herself Into a position where
the railroads have recognized her com
mercial importance and standing
through a readjustment of rates, is now
going after three new lines of railroad.
The project as now being worked out
involves the building of a Union Pacific
line direct from Omaha to Lincoln, and
the leasing of this line for Joint oc
cupancy with the Illinois Central, Great
Western and Milwaukee railroads,
which are all anxious to get here and
secure a slice of the business and which
threaten to build independently if not
allowed to rent.
Involved with this proposition is one
for all of the roads to join in a union
depot proposition on the site of the
present Burlington depot. The plan
provides for the building of the struc
ture entirely by the Burlington, with
all approaches and yards, and the
rental of space to all of the other roads.
The Burlington now has the better oj
the other lines in the matter of loca
tion, and It Is to be solved by being
given the opportunity to make good re
turns on its investment by the rentals
received from other roads.
Judge Alun, of one of Havana’s cor
rectional courts, fined the management
of the Albisu theater $30 a few days ago
for violating the ordinance against the
playing of the Marcha de Cadiz (Cadiz
March). There is a peculiar but reason
able prejudice In Cuba against this Span
ish march. It was to that tune, In the
days when Spain ruled the island, that
the Cuban patriots marched to their exe
cution. So, when the Independent govern
ment was established, six years ago, a
ban was placed on the march and it has
I seldom been heard since then. Senor
| Valdes, manager of the Albisu theater,
l explained that the large Spanish element
I in the house demanded the playing of the
Cadiz march, and he complied to avoid
! trouble.
A Maine Whisky.
From the London Globe.
Sir Thomas Deear told an amusing
| story at tire opening of Dewar house
recently concerning a liquid which he
I sampled in the prohibition state of
] Maine. U. S. A. When he asked what
' It was made of, he was told that the
blender took a gallon of wood alcohol,
put a wineglassful of glycerine in it to
' mellow ii, then ground down some plug
I toi aeco, and strained it through a
■ cheese cloth to give it a llavor, and
i united the whole with a gallon of
j water. It was called "squirrel whis
ky,” because "those who drank it talked
nutty and climbed trees."
SENSATIONS SPRUNG
IN RUSTIN CASE
His Paramour and Bank Friend
Agreed to Kill Him and
Commit Suicide.
Omaha, Neb., Sept 11.—The police
have not produced satisfactory evi
dence as to what time Chas. Davis
reached his room at the Chatham hotel
Wednesday morning following the
shooting of Dr. Rustin," declared W. L.
Selby, one of the jurors in the inquest
on Frederick Ruslln's death. "It seems
to me satisfactory explanation has not
been made of how he reached his home
alter starting from the vicinity of Dr.
Kostin's home after the car stopped."
This sensational declaration caused
a stir In the little court room where
the inquest was being held and caused
the county attorney to call to the
stand the two defectives who searched
the rooms of Davis yesterday. They
said the proprietor of the Chatham did
not see him come In, but no further
explanation was offered.
Jury Out an Hour.
The testimony was completed at noon
end the Jury retired.
Most of the testimony introduced was
used to confirm the story told yester
day by Mrs. Abbie Rice.
Clara Gleason, who runs a rooming
house, testified that Rustin and Mrs.
Rice had occupied a room at her home
for four days prior to the shooting, and
that Mrs. Rice went home about mid
night on the night of the shooting. She
also said Mrs. Rice had called up the
Rustin home several times between
midnight and morning, apparently
without receiving any satisfaction as to
the whereabouts of the physician. Sev
eral other witnesses testified.
Detail of Inquest.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 9.—Two features
In the coroner’s inquest over the death
of Dr. Rustin, brought out in yester
day’s proceedings, have practically up
set all former theories as to the man
ner of his death.
The sensational testimony of Mrs.
Abbie Rice, who was so far as can be
learned the last person in his presence
before he was found shot at his own
home, told of a murder and suicide
pact whlcn nad existed between the
two for several weeks, the doctor pro
posing and the woman agreeing that
she should shoot him and then herself,
the details being planned so that there
should be no tangible connection be
tween his murder and the woman’s sui
cide In this way he sought to save for
his family the insurance money which
he claimed was the only thing that
stood between himself and the killing
of himself.
Mrs. Rice related that on three sep
arate occasions when the pact was to
have been carried out she weakened,
and that finally the doctor told her that
he had made arrangements with anoth
er party named Charles E. Davis to
shoot him and then commit suicide.
Asked if she could identify the man,
Davis, the woman said she thought she
could and glanced about the court room
until she caught sight of Davis, who is
a clerk in a local bank and well con
nected, and said. "There ho is.”
Davis was called to the stand and,
while denying that he had agreed to
the shooting of Dr. Rustin, admitted
that on three occasions the doctor had
given him sleeping potions, intended to
make him take the long sleep. Davis
admitted that he walked past Dr. Rus
tin's home at 2 or 3 o’clock on the
morning of the tragedy, but saw no
person In the vicinity of the doctor’s
home.
WIFE DISAPPEARED
WHILE COOKING SUPPER
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 11.—The police
and L. M. Barrett, a traveling shoe
salesman, are looking for the wife of
the latter, Mrs. Kittle Barrett, who dis
appeared very suddenly from the fam
ily home, 2117 D st., Friday. Mrs. Bar
rett and her husband had a little tiff
while she was preparing supper.
She left the house when he wasn’t
looking, spent the night at a neighbor's
and has since dropped from sight. Sat
urday morning she called up the Bar
rett home, but in the midst of a con
versation with her husband, he Eays
he heard the phone fall, and now he la
fearful that she Is captive in the hands
of dark, designing villains somewhere.
When Mrs. Barrett left the home of
the friend, where she spent Friday
night, she said she was going home.
Nobody has seen her since then, al
though the police are pursuing several
clues. The woman left behind her all
her clothing and two boys, aged 7 and
9 years.
MASHER BUTTS IN
AND IS KNOCKED OUT
Lincoln, Nob., Sept. 11.—Mrs. Walter
Bullus was jostled by a stranger in thq
lobby of a theater yesterday afternoon.
She was standing in a drug store door
a l’ew minutes later when a boy came
up with a note from the stranger ask
ing her to meet him on Twelfth street
at a certain hour. Mrs. Bullus hunted
i up her husband and showed him the
note.
A few minutes latet there was a pro
cession out Twelfth street. First there
was Mrs. Walter Bullus, and a dozen
steps behind was Mr. Walter Bullus,
who is quite husky. At the qorner des
ignated in the note the stranger was
awaiting her, and he immediately en
tered into conversation. A few min
utes later he got a thump behind the
ear that sent him sprawling. It was
repeated when he arose. A friend came
to his rescue and was sent against a
nearby wall. Parrish jumped on a car.
but about that time the police had ar
rived in an automobile and he was
pursued and captured. He not only got
a good beating, but is to have a trial on
the charge of disorderly conduct.
NEBRASKA CONGRESSMEN
ALL RENOMINATED
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 11.—Official re
turns from 75 out of 90 counties in Ne
biaska indicate that all of the present'
representatives In congress have been
nominated. The hardest fight occur
red in the Fourth district, where E. H.
Hinshaw was opposed by C. H. Aldrich.
Hinshaw won by more than 4,000.
INSANE MAN RUNS
AMUCK WITH AX;
RELATIVES ARE DYING
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 11.—Pearson
Talley, 60, while temporarily insane, at
tacked his wife In bed this morning,
splitting her skull with an ax: then he
attacked his niece, splitting her head
open, and also fractured the skull of
her husband, Andrew Johansen. Tlio
three victims are in a dying condition,
t Talley was arrested. i
DAYLIGHT SCHEDULE
RESPONIBSLE FOR A
DEBAUCHEE’S SUICIDE
Lincoln Forced to Take a New
Tack in Liquor Regulation
Governing Hotels.
I.inooln, Neb., Sept. 10.—If t(ie excise
board is of the same mind Friday as it
is now, a greater drouth than ever be
fore will prevail in Lincoln from 7 p.
m. to 7 a. m. Last spring prohibition
was defeated only by the announce
ment of the board that no saloons
would be allowed to sell liquor from 7
In the evening until 7 in the morning.
The board kept its promise, but the
hotel men, after scratching their heads
vigorously, evolved a scheme. They
posted in every room and conspicuous
ly about the lobbies that the bar closed
at 7 o'clock every evening and that no
liquor would be sold after that hour,
but that they would be glad to fill and
deliver at the room of the guest before
that hour any liquor he desired. The
hint was generally taken, and later the
boys about town dropped to the fact
that all they needed to enjoy an even
ing of the old kind was to hire a room
at a hotel during the day and have
the materials sent up there before 7,
o’clock.
Last Thursday two young men and
young women of respectable families
in Firth, a town in southern Lancas
ter, came to Lincoln, and for two days
they held bacchanalian revelry in a ho
tel room. The debauch ended with one;
of the young men committing suicide
and the exposure of what was going
on has ruined the reputations of the
two girls, who had hitherto been un
suspected. A storm of indignation
broke on the excise board, and it now
proposes to adopt the rule that a liquor
dealer can sell no liquor except to the
man who presents himself at the bar
and pays for it in person. This stops
all delivery of goods even after the
customer has bought 'and paid for them
In person. He must lug his own wet
goods upstairs and cache them, and
he can’t call the bellboy during the day
and send him down after a bottle. It
will also stop tippling by women in
hotels.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
PLEAD POVERTY CASE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 10.—The pitiable
condition of the express companies do
ing business in Nebraska was presented
yesterday afternoon before Referee
Sullivan, who is hearing the case
brought by the state to prevent the
express companies from violating the
S'.bley law reducing express rates 25
per cent in the state.
The companies contended that they
were making such a small margin un
der the old rates that if compelled to
permanently maintain the new ones,
ruin stared them in the face. The legal
ground of defense is that the law is
confiscatory, and the new rates there
fore void. The state argued that the
proof showed that under the new ex
press rates, on purely Intrastate busi
ness, exclusive of the revenue from the
money order business, the Adams,
which was the one selected for first
argument, made from $4,000 to $6,500 a
fear. Mr. Thompson, for the state, laid
Stress on the fact that there was no
evidence to show what money the conii
panies had invested in their business 1
in the state. Their chief defense was
based on the theory of personal service.
The defendant’s witnesses testified that
the services performed are peculiarly
personal, which are covered almost en
tirely by the operating expenses, and
that before any net revenue is shown
the railroad is paid 57% per cent of the
gross receipts.
ANARCHISTS GET GAY
AT GOTHAM MEETING
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4 Berkman, anarchist, will spend 4
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New York, Sept. 10.—An attempt was
made yesterday to turn a meeting of
unemployed workmen Into an anarch
ist. demonstration, and for half an hour
the big hall In Cooper Union, w’here
the meeting took place, was the scene
of wild excitement, during which red
flags were raised, the police denounced
and incendiary speeches made.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist
who some years ago shot Henry C.
Frick, a steel company official, during
the Homestead strike in Pennsylvania,
was dragged from the hall by the po
lice and locked up. A young woman
who gave her name as “Mary SnTlth,”
and who stood by Berkman, also was
arrested, and Emma Goldman, recog
nized leader of the “reds” In this
country, was made to leave the hall.
Only the stern measures adopted by
the police prevented the meeting from
being an out and out anarchistic af
fair, although the unemployed and
Brotherhood Welfare association, who
had planned the meeting, had no other
intention than to present its claim that
there are thousands of idle workmen
here.
SAVES BABY BUT
GIVES UP OWN LIFE
New Ycrk, Sept. 10.—Though badly I
burned John Tuck, a retired real es
tate dealer, returned to a burning
apartment in Brooklyn yesterday af
ternoon for a missing child ana saved
It. but at the expense of his own life.
He had already rescued the mother,
Mrs. William Clamplet, using his coat
to protect her as he carried her down
the stairs. She cried for her child
when the street was reached. Disre
garding his own injuries Tuck hurried
back and safely brought the infant out j
of the house. On his second trip he
was unable to prevent his own clothing .
from catching tire. When he laid the
child in its mother’s arms he collapsed
and died. Neither Mrs. Clamplet nor
her child received serious injuries.
BLACK HAND SUSPECT
HIDES IN A COAL MINE
Chicago, Sept. 10.—Joseph Sciurfca, i
wanted in Chicago for alleged Black'
Hand operations, is believed to be se
creted in the dark recesses of a coal
mine at Seottsbcrg, 111., a village four
miles from Mation, his home. The vi
cinity of the mine is guarded by a
posse, awaiting the hour when hunger
shall drive the fugitive from conceal
ment. News of the situation was
brought to Chicago today by Detective
Longobardt, tvho trailed Sciurba to liia
home.
WOMAN IN CASE
ADVANCES SUICIDE
THEORY FOR RUSTIN
Mrs. Rice Claims that Doctcj
Had Planned Self-Murder
to Settle Accounts.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 9.—Mrs. Abbie L».
Rice, who ha3 been detained at ih*
city Jail for three days in connection
with the mysterious shooting of Dr
Frederick Rustin last Wednesday
morning, late last night gave to Chief
of Police Dcnahue and County Attor
ney English a long statement in which
it is said she cleared up considerable
of the mystery surrounding the shoot
ing of the physician and makes it an
evident case of suicide.
The girl sent for these officials late
in the afternoon and the statement wat
taken down in shorthand.
After the stenographer had tran
scribed his notes, neither the chief nor
county attorney would make public the
contents of the signed statement, but
enough of its contents were learned to
confirm the suicide theory. In fact the
chief declared it had been made plain
that neither Mrs. Rice nor Mrs. Rustin
could possibly have any definite knowl
edge of how the doctor was shot.
The girl said she had known Rustin
since last December, but that it was
only four weeks ago that he told her
of his troubles. She said he told her
that he had lost everything, that he
was in debt to an extent which would
make it impossible for him to ever get
out. He had received notice to vacate
his office for nonpayment of rent, had
borrowed from his friends and had sev
eral checks at the bank with no funds
to cover them. This had driven him
to a deliberate plan to end his life.
The girl says she left him in a condi
tion of mental agony Tuesday and
could not sleep for fear something ter
rible would happen. She had tele
phoned the Rustin home three times,
and when she learned he had not
reached there she was sure that he
had carried out his declared intention
of taking his life. The statement also
intimates that the insurance carried,
amounting to about $50,000, had much
to do with his action, he wishing to
protect his family. Many of the poli
cies had lapsed for nonpayment of pre
miums and others were coming duer
every week or so.
POLICE FIND GUN
THAT SHOT RUSTIN*
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 9.—Chief Dona
hue declared this morning that he had
located the revolver with which Dr.
Frederick Rustin was killed and ex
pected to have it before evening.
He intimated that it was in posses
sion of the physicians who called at the
Rustin home shortly after the shooting
occurred and said he had notified the
doctors to produce it or they would be
placed under arrest. He expects this
will have the desired effect.
TREAT JEWS BETTER
ABROAD THAN HERE,
SAYS RABBI HIRSCH
Berlin, Sept. 9.—Dr. Emil G. Hlrsch*
of Sinai temple, Chicago, who will sail
for America next week, goes home with
earnest conviction that Europe, which
once was cradle of the world's anti
semitism, now contains far less an
tagonism to Jewish race than the Uni
ted States. He has made the discov
ery that thousnds of co-religionists
actually fled from America during last
summer and spent vacations abroad
because of prejudice against them at
practically every atractive resort on
their own side of the Atlantic.
Dr. Hlrsch today said: "1 don’t wish
to be understood as making complaint
when voicing these statements, but
simply registering the convincing and
lively impression everywhere. The
American Jew traveling abroad struck
with the comparative non-existence of
anti-semltic atmosphere. It assumed
to be democratic United States. He
finds no hotel stationery in Europe
emblazoned with the emblem: ‘Hebrew
patronage not solicited.' We have no
fashionable apartment houses in great
cities of England, France and Ger
many which are closed to Jewish ten
ants.”
LOSES HER SUIT
FOR STOCKINGFUL
OF HARD CASH
Court Decides Woman Cannot
Recover Sum Vanishing
When Something Broke.
New York, Sept. 9.—Mrs. M. Frances
Cavallon does not have to pay Miss,
Carolyn Burke $100, so there, now.
The celebrated case, which establish
es a precedent in the stocking bank
laws, was decided at Asbury Park yes
terday. That learned Judge, John A
Borden, decided in effect that if a bank
breaks the alleged creditors cannot b«
forced to pay their presumed indebted
ness. To paraphrase Judge Borden’s
decision:
"Such a supposition has no leg to
stand on.”
To understand the importance of this
decision the original event must be re
called.
Although the main support of Miss
Burke’s private bank was elastic, it
broke at the Davenport Inn, Asbury
Park, recently. Miss Burke lost $180
Very soon thereafter Mrs. Cavillon
found $82 in the inn’s hallway. Mr,
and Mrs. Cavillon were guests at the
inn.
Notice of Miss Burke’s bankruptcy
was posted on the inn’s bulletin board,
but Mrs. Cavallon hesitated to return
the $82 she found for the $180 Misi|
Burke lost. Finally she did so. After
ward Mr. Cavillon gave his check for
$100 more and then stopped payment'
of the check. Miss Burke demanded1
Mr. Cavillon's punishment.
FORMER IOWAN KILLED
AS HE FLASHES RAZOR
East St. Louis, 111., Sept. 9.—After
having terrorized the citizens of Edge
mont, Ont., for two days and nighta
Chub Otin. a miner, was shot and killed
today by Charles Berger. Otin begar,
drinking heavily Saturday and had
since stalked the streets, making
threats of trouble. Entering Berger'*
ice cream parlor he attempted to slasll
Berger with a razor and was shot dead
Otin came from Mystic, la., two year*
ago.