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English papers announce that the
fund for the purchase and preservation
of Glastonbury Abbey Is now com
plete. Glastonbury Abbey Is one of the
most interesting buildings In England.
According to the legend. Joseph, of
Arimathea. went thither, bearing the
Holy Grail, and founded the first Chris
tian church In Britain. The present
abbey was built by Henry de Bids in
1186. A quaint story Is told of the ab
bot's kitchen. Some of the old abbots
used to entertain so lavishly that an
English monarch threatened the de
struction of their wooden kitchen. So
the monks built a stone kitchen, with
■walls several feet thick, which they
thought would withstand assaults. The
kitchen exists now In a good state of
preservation. Four oxen could be
roasted In It at once.
The question of the Influence of the
stock on the graft and vice versa has
been much discussed. The experiments
recorded by M. L. Gulgnard In the
"Comptes Rendus” were made with a
view of discovering whether there Is
any migration of chemical substances
from the one to the other. Plants rich
In compounds of hydrocyanic acid were
Chosen as this Is easy to detect. It was
found that when a plant containing a
hydrocyanic glucoslde Is grafted on one
destitute of It, or Inversed, there Is no
fiassage of this substance from the one
o the other. The general conclusion
seems to be that grafting Is a sort of
artificial symbiosis in which each
species retains Its Individuality.
In successful operation at Red Wing,
Minn., Is the first municipal uncom
mercial theater In America, an endowed
Institution. Red Wing Is a town of
•nly 10,000 persons, 40 miles down the
Mississippi river from St. Paul, and to
It several years ago a citizen left $80,
•00 to found a municipal theater. A'
Citizens' committee, under the terms of
$he bequest manages the playhouse and
so well has it dons its work that for
the last three years a dividend on the
capital Invested has been paid to the
town. Professor Richard Burton pre
dicts that ‘‘in 10 years probably, and
In 2S years certainly, every considerable
city In the United States will have a
municipal theater.”
At a recent meeting of scientists In
Dublin, Professor G. Elliott Smith, the
Egyptologist, said that the earliest
known human remains found In the
Hlle valley, when compared with those
Of later times, demonstrated the fact
that at a very remote period Egypt and
Hubla were inhabited by the same race
which had existed in Egypt with little
or no change In physical characteristics
throughout the Intervening 6,000 years
until the present day. They had been,
*nd still were, a small people, the aver
age height of the men being about 6
feet 3 Inches at every period of their
bistory.
It is told of the youth of a young
German prince, many years ago, that
upon one occasion, his tutor having
been changed, the newcomer In exam
ining the young prince asked: "Can
your highness tell me how much Is
bine times 12?” "Seventy-two,” re
Slled the prince, with royal prompt
ess. The tutor paled, but soon recov
ered hla equanimity. “Permit me to
•tate to your highness that your high
ness’ former tutor, whom I had the
honor to succeed as an Instructor to
your royal highness, appears to have
been a person of rather limited capa
bilities,” he said.
On getting to his chambers In court
• Paris Judge received this note: "Mon
sieur the Judge—In the belief that a
Judge can form an accurate opinion
only of matters of which he has per
sonal experience, we think that It will
Interest you to be exactly acquainted
with the facts of a case similar to
many which are tried by you every
day. We accordingly have the honor
to Inform you that we have had much
pleasure In robbing your flat today."
•'This," said the learned judge, "Is
obviously a Joke." But he found that
It was not when he got home.
The highest paid worktngwomen In
France are said to be the cutters of
frecious stones. They receive about
1.80 a day. The lowest wage Is 80
cents a day and Is paid to dressmakers.
There are 14,000,000 women In France
•nd the majority earn their own living.
The movement on foot to secure for
them the ballot Is carried on with the
object of gaining for them a formal
recognition In Industry In the hope of
Increasing their wages and winning for
them equal pay for equal work with
the men.
A scientist has made a calculation
•bout the time it will take to nil the
world with all the people It will hold.
The present population of the globe is
•opposed to be about 1,467.000.000, and
be estimates that the maximum of the
Inhabitants that can be sustained on
the entire land surface of the earth Is
8,8*4.000,000, and this figure will be
reached A. D. 2072, or in about 180
pears, at the present ratio of Increase,
Which Is 8 per cent a decade.
Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, neurologist,
poet, essayist and novelist, has been
elected to a foreign fellowship in the
Royal Society of England. The elec
tion Is one of the choicest distinctions
to which a scientist can aspire, and It
has come to only three other Americans
ttow living. Alexander Agassiz, nat
uralist, and Oeo. W. Hill and Simon
Newcomb, astronomers.
Even blindness is not allowed to pre
vent the children of Parts from learn- I
tig natural history and knowing what
Irds and beasts are like. A class at
the Parisian school for the blind Is
taught by the use of a fine collection of
•luffed animals, which the pupils learn
to recognize by the touch.
Andreas Dippel, the tenor, was born I
In Cassel In 1866. He was originally
connected with a banking firm In Cas
•el, but studied music In Berlin. Milan
emd Vienna, and made his first appear
ance In 1887 In Bremen as the “Pilot”
In “The Flying Dutchman.”
A railroad section laborer In North
Carolina has patented a tle-tamplng
tnachtne, practical tests of which have
shown that on both old and new road
Beds It will do the work of 50 men.
The Igorrote provinces of the Philip
pines have been combined and will be
managed by one governor and sub
governors. Bontoc will be the capital.
The wife of the prime minister of
Bulgaria Is the president of the Bui
-garlan Woman Suffrage association,
Which has a membership of about 3,000.
The electrical equipment e* the Cun
•rd liner Mauretania Includes over 350
miles of cables and more than 6,000 15
candle power lamps.
Although the house fly lays eggs, the
Beali fly, better known as the "blue
hottle,” produces living larvae, aL tut
M at a time.
The Chinese government has decided
to Increase the duty on clgarets - a
gwpldly growing Import of that empire.
HOTEL PORTER STEALS
$40,000 IN DIAMONDS
Rechecked Case Containing the
Sparklers and Caught Be
fore He Claimed Them.
—
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 23.—Within five
hours yesterday Charres Leonard, bag
gageman at the New Henshaw hotel,
after checking a $40,000 trunk of dia
monds and Jewelry to himself at St.
Joseph, Mo., instead of to the owner
gt Council Bluffs, was Indicted by the
grand Jury, was arrested as he stepped
from the train at St. Joseph, and has
consented to return to Omaha, admit
ting that he committed the theft single
landed.
' The treasure trunk belonged to1
(Charles F. Hartshorn, salesman for
Kremnttz & Co., of Newark, N. J.
Searching baggage checks on the
trunk was the method Leonard adopt
ed to secure possession of It. In the
presence of Mr. Hartshorn In front of
the Henshaw. about 9 o’clock, he af
fixed a Union Pacific baggage ticket
to the cumbersome box of samples,
but as soon as the owner had left the
scene In the belief that his trunk,
along with steamer trunk In which
Jie kept his personal effects, had been
start*d on the way to the union sta
tion, Leonard quickly substituted Bur
lington baggage checks and ordered
the transfer driver to haul the trunks
to the Burlington depot. After so do
ing he donned his street clothes and
(eft the Henshaw without giving notice
or asking for his pay. When his ab
sence was discovered, Joe Keenan,
chief clerk, thought he had left dis
gruntled, as Mr. Keenan had repri
manded him earlier In the morning
for some minor misdeed.
Case Intercepted.
The first suspicion of the disap
pearance of the Jewelry arose when
Mr. Hartshorn attempted to claim It
fit the union station by preseaitlng the
.duplicate tag which Leonard had given
:hlm. Finding that the trunks were
hot there, Mr. Hartshorn Immediately
/elephoned to the other depot, thinking
(the baggageman had made a mistake.
At the Burlington station the baggage
man told him that the private steamer
trunk had been left there, but that a
man had checked the other to St. Jo
seph on the train that had Just left.
Only 10 minutes marked the time
between the departure of the train
and Mr. Hartshorn’s arrival at the
Burlington depot from the other sta
tion. However, a telephone message
jto Hamburg, la., effected the deten
tion of the valuable trunk. Then the
wires between Omaha and St. Joseph
were kept warm with descriptions and
(Instructions, and Leonard was placed
under arrest the moment he ullghted
from the train In that city.
A telegram to Kremnltz & To., Fri
day evening notified them of the tem
porary loss of the goods and of their
speedy recovery and the capture of
the thief.
Charles Leonard Is between 22 and
25 years of age and had been work
ing at the Henshaw as elevator con
ductor, porter and baggage clerk for
several months. It Is said at the Hen
shaw that he was considered quite
honest and trustworthy.
MANY ARE CONSIDERED
FOR ANDREW’S PLACE
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—A formidable
,11st of the men available lor the chan
cellorship has been placed before the
regents of the state university. Action
may be taken at Omaha, December 8.
Dr. fit-urge K. Howard, Dr. Oondrn
arid Dr. H. 1!. Ward ale men suggested
by a number of state university grad
uates to succeed Dr, Andrews. From
without the state the aspirants are
many. No applications have been for
warded. however, and in some cases
the educate’-* under discussion are not
aware that their names are under con
sideration.
Among the Eastern men talked of are
Professor Phelps, of Harvard; Presi
dent Swain, of Swavthruore; Professor
<1. E. Vincent, of Chicago, and Profes
sor Martin G. Brumbaugh, uf Phila
delphia,
Professor T. President Tlsdall. of
Wyoming university, and President
Maclean, of the University of Idaho,
are also being considered, It Is said.
Professor Woodbrldge, of Columbia
university, a'so has a number of ad
mirers In Nebraska.
EATON IS ACQUITTED
OF CATTLE THEFT
N'eligh. Neb., Nov. 21.—The district
court has been In session during the
week. In the casprpf the state vs. Wil
liam Eaton, for alleged stealing of
stock from Henry Bertram, the defend
ant was acquitted. Lora Wright was
given a divorce from Milo Wright, with
custody of children and alimony of
$500, and $10 per month for support of
the minor children: Louisa Ttelss from
John Reiss, with alimony of $.300 for
support of children; Daisy Keenan
from Charles P. Keenan, with custody
of children; Nettle George from Martin
L. George: Mary Hays from John
Huys, with custody of children and $25
per month for support of children:
Louise Alexander from Gilbert Alexan
der.
LODGE MEMBERSHIP
EXCEED8 POPULATION
Wiuslde. Neb., Nov. 23.—The total
membership of the 10 fraternal and
secret orders in Winside exceeds In
number the population of the town It
is Winside'!* boast that it is the great
est lodge town in the United States.
Undoubtedly no other city or town has
as large a lodge membership In pro
portion to population.
OFFICIAL PLURALITY
FOR BRYAN 4,179
Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. 24.—Secretary of
State Junkin today announced the of
ficial Nebraska vote:
Bryan received 130.787; Taft. 126.608.
Bryan's plurality, 4.179.
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OUTBREAK IN CHINA.
Washington. Nov. 24.—The first re
. port of an outbreak under the new
j regime In China came to the state de
partment today from American Consul
General M.rtin at Hankow, who re
lucted that a riot had occurred on the
1 Yangtse river In that vicinity. The
cause of the trouble is not stated.
POISON IN BEER;
1 FOREIGNERS ROBBED
St. Louis. Nov. 24.—One man Is dead
j and four others seriously ill from drink
ing poisoned beer given them last night
by a pseudo employment agent. The
int i, who were recent arrivals in the
, United States, were approached by tho
than, who offered them work in a fac
tory. He bought beer for them. When
they v,ere overcome by it lie robbed
them of 1227 and fled.
COMMISSION WILL
BAN SHORT WEIGHT
PRODUTS OF MILLS
Cereals Placed in Skimped
Packages Are Called in
Question by Officials.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—A campaign .
against the sale of short weight sacks '
of all kinds of cereal mill products has 1
been begun in Nebraska by the pure I
food commission. This matter has ]
been under investigation for a consld- .
crable time. The short weight runs I
as high as 7 per cent in many cases; j
and frequently cases have been noted |
In which the short weight in a carload ;
of flour would amount to 326 a car.
The food commissioners' office has
certified to J. P. Baldwin, county attor
ney of Thayer county, a case for prose
cution against E. E. Boyes, of Mebron,
for selling misbranded sacks of corn
meal put up by Bozart Bros. & Carter,
of Hebron. This corn meal is put up in:
sacks marked to contain 10 pounds, but!
the inspector reporting the case on
weighing the sacks found them to av
erage a shortage of 9>/4 ounces per sack
or nearly 6 per cent.
The same inspector found misbranded;
and short weight corn meal at the Btore
of Cramer Bros., Chester, Neb. This
corn meal Is put up by' J. H. Fair, of
Hardy, Neb. The short weight in these*
packages runs from 6 to 6 per cent.
This has also been certified to tha
county attorney for prosecution.
When confronted with this short
weight in mill stuffs the retailers are
Inclined to excuse themselves from
prosecution on the theory that they had
not weighed the packages; had simply!
handed them out to their customers*
without regard to whether or not they
were full weight, or that it was the.
business of the manufacturer to look
out for the correct weight and proper
branding of the packages.
The food commissioner takes the
ground that the local dealer partici
pated In the profit that is in this short;
weight, for the prices made by the,
manufacturer to the local dealer takes
this short, weight Into consideration)
The commissioner further holds that ltj
Is the business of the local dealer to.
know when he hands the food packages
out to his customers for good money
whether the packages are honest or not
as to the amount that they contain.
A. C. SHALLENBERGER
GETS ANKLE BROKEN
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—Ashton C.
Bhallenberger, Nebraska’s democratic
governor-elect. Is under the surgeon’s
care today, as the result of severe In
juries sustained last night during the
Shrlners’ Initiation.
Shallenberger was a member of a
class of 20 novitiates, and while cross
ing the "burning sands” with the
Shrlners' "goat" the governor-elect
was propelled down an inclined plane,
landing at the bottom with a severe
Injury of ankle that threatens a
month’s use of crutches.
At the time of the injury It was not
thonght *.’.’at anything more serious
than a sprained ankle or a dislocation’
had been sustained, but it developed
later, after a medical examination,
that It was a fracture.
Mr. 8hallenberger suffered great
pain, but he was game and did not
leave the scene of festivities for some
time afterwards. He even made a
speech from the banquet table, stand
ing on his feet to deliver It. He was
conveyed to his hotel In a carriage,
where a surgeon attended him. The
Injured leg was placed in a plaster cast
and the operation did much to relieve
the pain. Early this morning he re
ceived callers and many office seekers
and personal friends called to see him.
Mr. Shallenberger was billed to speak
at the ratification meeting of the Oma
ha democrats Friday evening, but will
not be able to attend.
UNION PACIFIC ENJOINED
FROM ISSUING MILEAGE
TO NEWSPAPER EDITORS
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—On the appli
cation of Attorney General Thompson,
the Nebraska supreme court last even
ing issued a temporary Injunction
against the Union Pacific Railroad
company, directing It to Issue no more
transportation In lieu of newspaper
advertising. The writ of Injunction is
made returnable at the sitting of the
court in January next. The attorney
general alleges the railroad company
is Issuing transportation to newspaper
proprietors and editors in violation of
the statutes.
BISHOPS JOURNEY TO
ROME TO SEE POPE
Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 23.—Rev. Rich
ard Scannell. bishop of the diocese of
Omaha, will sail next Thursday In com
pany with Archbishop Ireland, of St.
Paul, enroute to Rome, where they
both will express their felicitations to
the Pope over his 50t.i year in the
priesthood.
Bishop Scannell Is taking the trip
partly because of his health and in or
der to secure a brier vacation.
DEFEATED CANDIDATE
SUES NELIGH REGISTER
Neligh. Neb., Nov. 23.—O. .A. Wil
liams, defeated candidate for county at
torney, alleges that what the Neligh
Register Bald about him In its issue be
fore election was very libelous and that
It damaged his reputation and business,
so he has begun suit in the district
court for 33,000 damage. The Register
says that •‘Williams will get all that's
coming to him.”
TWO ARE DROWNED; SIX
SAVED; AUTO ACCIDENT
( hlcago, Nov. 23.—Joseph Meyer and
Margaret Atkins were drowned and six
other persons were rescued from the
water today when an automobile in
which they had been speeding toward
Chicago swerved from its course at the
approach to a bridge over the Calumet
river. The occupants of the machine
were four chauffeurs and four young
women living In Armour avenue.
FOR NATIONAL AUDITORIUM.
Washington, Nov. 23.—After numer
ous attempts In years past to provide
'in this city a mammoth structure
wherein could be held the inaugural
ball and large conventions, definite
| steps were taken today looking to the
construction of a national auditorium.
I Behind the project are some of the
I most prominent citizens of Washing
ton in official and business life, it is
proposed that the auditorium proper
shall have a seating capacity of 12,
000.
Blood will tell, especially the things we
don't want it to.
HUSBAND SHOOTS
WIFE WHILE OUT
ON HUNTING TRIP
Had Been Married Short Time
and Wife May Die from
Sad Accident.
Page, Neb., Nov. 21.—Mrs. Raymond
I Mc< 'abe, of Randolph, was accidentally
i shot by her husband near here yester
I day, and at this time It is not known
| whether she will survive or not. Mr.
i and Mrs. McCabe were visiting her
I parents here, and they were out hunt
ing when the accident occurred.
| The young bride was shot through
| the accidental discharge of a ham
inerless shotgun while hunting with
' her husband near Venus in the west
ern part of this county. The shot after
passing through her right arm en
tered the stomach, the terrible force
of the bullets carrying a coat button
and a piece of corset steel into the
body of the unfortunate woman.
The McCabes were married at Win
side last August, where Mr. McCabe's
mother resides.
SENTENCE IS PASSED
ON MRS. SHEVALIER
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 21.—Mrs. Alpha
M. Shevalier, who has been the central
figure in a number of startling and
dramatic situations during the last
year, maintained her superb nerve to
the end of the closing scenes of the
drama which brands her as a felon.
Without flinching Mrs. Shevalier, who
was found guilty of perjury In connec
tion with the noted Horn will contest
in the district court, listened to the
sentence of five years’ imprisonment
imposed on her by Judge Frost yester
day with the demeanor of a stoic. Peo
ple who filled the court room in an
ticipation that she' would break down
and give way to bitter tears, were dis
appointed. Mrs. Shevalier did not ut
ter a word before the penalty was im
posed, nor afterwards.
Turning from the Judge, she quickly
marched to the seat she had occupied
during the trial, and whispered a few
words to her attorneys. Then she took
up the small hand bag she carried and
quietly followed the sheriff out of the
court room to the county jail. An ap
peal to the supreme court will be taken
at once. While the appeal is pending,,
efforts will be made to secure bail for
Mrs. Shevalier. In the meantime, she
must remain in the bastlle in quarters
that have heretofore been assigned to
the lowest characters of the city.
_A._
SHALLENBERGER UNDER
WING OF COMMONER
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 21.—Governor
elect Shallenberger fully realizes that
the democratic party must make Its
platform promises good or It will have
no chance of success two years hence.
Friends of the successful candidate de
clare he has the business capacity,
physical powers and political tact to
make him a commanding figure and
dominate legislation. He will seek the
counsel of William J. Bryan, and it is
asserted that there is no question but
that the platform promises will be car
ried out. Bank guaranty is the Issue
that Shallenberger pushed to the front
In his campaign for governor and his
political associates say that this will
get his first attention. It is expected
that Dr. P. L. Hall, president of the
Central National bank, of Lincoln, for
mer vice chairman of the democratic
national committee, will have much to
do with the drawing of a bill, and
his advice will be frequently sought.
Dr. Hall has made an exhaustive study
of the bank guaranty plan.
"COWBOY MAYOR" MEETS
HI8 OLD TIME BOSS
Omaha, Nov. 21.—Mayor “Jim” Dahl
rnan met his former "boss” on the
streets of Omaha yesterday quite by
chance. Colonel E. E. Newman, of El
Paso, Is here on business connected
with his big ranch near that city, and
he walked up to the Omaha executive
as the latter was waiting for his car
to arrive at the city hall.
"It's 28 years since I punched steers
for you," said the mayor, after they
had exchanged greetings.
“And I never have had a man since
who was better with the lariat," replied
Colonel Newman.
Mayor Dahlman was born in Texas.
NEW TOWNSITE OF
GRANTHAM PLATTED
Hartlngton, Neb., Nov. 21.—A site for
a new town has been platted between
Maskell and Wynot. It will be called
Grantham.
A change of venue has been granted
to Anton Evers, who Is charged with
assaulting a little girl, and the case
will be tried at Ponca on November
30. It was feared that an Impartial
Jury could not be secured in Cedar
county.
STERN REPRIMAND FOR
LIEUTENANT F. EVANS
Washington, D. C., Nov. 21.—Lieu
tenant Frank T. Evans, U. S. N„ who
was reduced 150 numbers in rank tor.
conduct unbecoming an officer and
prejudicial to the service, was repri
manded by Acting Secretary New
berry in accordance with the findings
of the courtmartial In the following
language:
"The department, for reasons obvious
to' the service, regards this affair as
a peculiarly deplorable case, and in
•publishing its disapproval of the con
duct of Lieutenant Evans refrains from
expressing fully its condemnation of
the actions of this officer on the oc
casion in question. A casual reading,
however, of the charge and specifica
tions with the findings thereon will be
sufficient to enable the service to form
its own estimate of an officer who has
been found guilty of the acts alleged
in this case.”
The courtmartial found Lieutenant
Evans guilty of leaving his station be
fore being adequately relieved: of dis
respectful language to his superior of
ficer and of inviting two enlisted men
to have a bottle of beer in his room.
350,000 FOR MISSOURI.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 21.—General
Marshall, chief of engineers, in his an
nual report to the secretary of war.
recommends an oppropriation of J350,
000 for improvement of the upper Mis
souri river the coming year.
GASOLINE TO WASH
THE “KIDS;” DIVORCE
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 21—Because
gasoline was the only fluid she would
use to wash their two children, Cyrus
Sanford was granted a divorce today
front Minnie T. Sanford.
"My wife," he says, "drenched a rag
with gasoline and in two minutes had
given each of the children a bath.”
"It takes too much time and is too
much trouble to scrub these young
ones with water," she said. "Gasoline
is the quickest to clean them wiih and
the least trouble.”
DESIGNING WOMAN
MEETS CONVICTION
ON PERJURY CHARGE
Mrs. Shevalier Sought to Se
cure Fortune Through Fraud
and Faces Prison.
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Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20.—Mr^ Alphia
M. Shevaliers mad chase after wealth
has brought her face to face with the
doors of the penitentiary, through con
viction on a charge of perjury. Mrs.
Chevalier is a natty looking blonde
woman, wife of a street car conductor,
who got it into her head, when she saw
wealthy old Mrs. Helen A. Horn, living
apart from relatives and on the verge
of the grave, that she could get hej
money for her own use. Mrs. Horp
had been eccentric for years, she had
refused to viBit her sisters elsewhere
and had lived the life of a miserly re
cluse, hoarding her rent receipts and
hiding the money under the carpet, in
the upholstering of chairs and in othei
out of the wav places.
Mrs. Shevalier is a woman of thrifty
disposition. She had kept boarders and
in other ways added to the family in
come until she had some $5,000 or $6,000
saved. The sight of Mrs. Horn, a
neighbor, seems to have aroused her
cupidity. The fact that the woman
seemed estranged from her kin gave
Mrs. Shevalier the idea that by taking
in and caring for her she might earn
her gratitude and get her fortune. Shi
followed up her plan, a will giving most
of it to her was executed, and within a
short time after the death of Mrs. Horn
it was presented for probate. Sisters
of Mrs. Horn came to fight for the
estate; a long fight in the probate court
ended with the will being sustained.
While the case was in progress in the
district court, Mrs. Shevalier was ar
rested on the charge of taking $5,000
from the Horn estate. That sum was
found on her person, where her daugh
terlnlaw, on the point of separating
from Mrs. Shevalier's son, told the po
lice they would find it.
The arrest ended the will case,
but the county attorney had thu
woman indicted for embezzlement
and perjuring herself in the testi
mony she gave in the probate court to
sustain the will. A trial on the per.
jury case has Just resulted in her con
viction on 11 counts, each of w'hich car.
ries a punishment of from one to 11
years. Mrs. Shevalier is now in jail
awaiting sentence, but she is spending
all of her savings trying to keep out
of prison.
SHALLENBERGER GIVES
PLUM TO AN EDITOR
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 20.—Governor
elect Shallenberger has announced that
he will appoint Fred J. Pratt, who is
editor of the Humphrey Democrat, as
deputy state oil inspector for the Third
congressional district.
A LARGER FISH THAT
DIDN’T ESCAPE WALTONS
Ponca, Neb., Nov. 20.—Will and Joe
Pearson, the Ionia fisherman, who last
week caught three catfish weighing 158
pounds, beat their own record by catch-,
ing one this week that weighed 100
pounds.
YOUNG MAN CHARGED
WITH STEALING CATTLE
Neligh, Neb., Nov. 20.—The case of
the state against Eaton, wherein the
defendant is charged with stealing 20
head of cattle from his stepfather,
Henry Bertram, is on trial in the dis
trict court before Judge Welch and a
Jury. The case is an interesting one,
and it will be no doubt the latter part
of the week before the case is given to
the jury.
MONKEYS, SQUIRRELS
DENTISTS IN AFRICA
Chicago, Nov. 20.—Monkeys and the large
gray squirrels that overrun the jungles of
Africa are their own dentists. They fill
each other’s teeth with consummate skill
and often kill an aching nerve. At least'
this is what Dr. L. Frank Derby Pierce, of
West Roxbury. Mass., says, and he is go
ing to lecture before Chicago dentists on
the subject.
Dr. Pierce, who spent several years in
the jungle^ of Africa, says that monkeys
and squirrels have discovered a blue clay,
much the same in color as that which cov-,
ers the diamond fields, and in this clay is
a large percentage of creosote. When the
animals have the toothache they plaster,
this clay into the cavity as a remedy.
The creosote often kills the offending
nerve.
WIFE HAS A EIGHT TO
EMPTY HER HUSBAND’S
POCKET AS HE SLEEPS
Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—It is le
gal for a woman to take money from
her husband's pockets while he sleeps.
It has been decided by Judge Mullow
my, of the Washington police court.
"It shows the interest a woman has
in you,” he said today to George Ridge
way, who complained that his wife took
liberties with his pockets as he slept.
"It shows that she loves you. The
woman who does not go through the
pockets of her husband, does not love
him.
Ridgeway had been arrested on com
plaint of his wife, who declared she
was afraid her husband would do her
injury. He was put under bonds to
keep the peace.
ELOPEMENT ALLIES OLD
FAMILY OF SOUTH AND
PITTSBURG MILLIONS
Chicago, Nov. 20.—The son of a
Pittsburg millionaire and a girl not un
known In the south for her beauty,
eloped from the Pennsylvania city,
were married in Dixie land, and came
to Chicago yesterday to break the
news to the young man’s parents over
a long distance telephone.
After receiving the parental blessing,
the husband, William B. Scaif, heir
of C. C. Scaife. was told by his mother
to “bring Sallle home.” Sallie iB the
former Miss Sallie Hill, of Bolivar,
Tenn.
The marriage is an alliance of Pitts
burg millions with one of the “old”
families of the south, for Miss Hill is
the youngest daughter of Colonel Je
rome Hill, of Tennessee.
ALIMONY OF $25,000 A
YEAR F0R MRS- G0ULD
New York. Nov. 20.—Mrs. Howard
Gould was allowed {25,000 a year ali
mony by Justice Blschoff in the su
preme court today, pending the deci
sion of Mrs. Gould's suit for divorce.
AUTO RACER INJURED.
Savannah. Ga., Nov. 20.—Joe Grin
nan. while practicing for the small car
auto racer this afternoon, burst the tire
of the machine. He perhaps is fatally
lujuiod. - -
BIG PLOW HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE;
LOSS IS $85,OOP
Nebraska-Moline Plow Com.
pany Is Scorched by Early
Morning Fire.
Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 18.—Fire starting:
at 2:30 this morning gutted the ware
house of the Nebraska-Moline plow"
company, at Eighth and Leavenworth,
causing a loss estimated at from 360,000
to 385,000.
The flames first started in the north
west corner of the top floor of the
building and spread rapidly, eating
their way down through the center of
the five-story structure.
Hampered by electric light and tele
phone wires and by freight cars, the
firemen found difficulty in reaching the
flames until the wires were cut and the
cars moved away.
The warehouse was filled with plows,
wagons and other implements, which
burned like tinder.
The entire fire department was called
out and streams of water were played
on the flames from every possible di
rection.
Soon after the fire started it seemed
to be under control, but the flames
broke out again on the third story and
were still burning at 4 o'clock this
morning, but the fire was confined to
the one buildlnrr.
For a time the entire block, com
prising the Schlitz offices and stables,
the John Deere warehouse and the
Globe hotel, was in danger. The guests
of the hotel rushed out into the street
in their night clothes, but soon re
turned to dress. The Schlitz horses
were also taken away.
PEARSONS MAKE BIG
CATCH OF CATFISH
Ponca, Neb.. Nov. 18.—Will and Joe
Pierson, of Ionia, this county, caught
three catfish last week weighing 89,
73 and 72 pounds. The largest one
measured four feet seven inches.
MANY PROPOSALS MADE
TO WINNER IN DRAWING
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 18.—Miss Char
lotte Illgen, the pretty Norfolk girl,
who drew number 230 in the Tripp
county land drawing, has had more
proposals in less than 30 days than
most girls have in a life time. Old
men and young men, frbm the East
and from the West have written and
laid their hearts at the fair Nebraska
girl's feet. They saw her picture in
the newspapers, it being published in
a score of them throughout the coun
try.
But Miss Illgen is not disposed to
look with any favor upon any of her
suitors. She is going to take her claim
alone. For a while at least, she will
dispense with the luxury of a husband
and get along as best she can with a
hired man.
SWALLOWS TAFT BUTTON
BUT ESCAPES INJURY
Pierce. Neb.. Nov. 18.—Gould An
drew, who swallowed a Taft button a
few days ago, is suffering no pain or
inconvenience and it is thought now
that no serious results will occur.
In order to keep a couple of friend*
from getting the button off his coat
lapel, he put it in his mouth. Just as.
he did so, one of them threw him on
his back and the likeness of the next
president also went down.
HENEY PROBABLY
WILL RECOVER
San Francisco. Cal., Nov. 18.—Fran
cis J. Heney passed a very restful
night. It is reported from the hospital
that prospect of his recovery Is most
encouraging.
The bullet fired by Morris Haas at
Mr. Heney was successfully removed
this morning. Mr. Heney is showing
no ill effects from the operation.
HAAS KILLS HIMSELF
IN HIS PRISON CELL
San Francisco. Cal.. Nov. 18.—Morris
Haas, who attempted to assassinate
Francis J. Heney, committed suicide
Saturday night by shooting himself
through the middle of the forehead
with a pistol he had concealed on his
person. Haas went to bed at 8 o'clock
at the county jail and covered his face
with a blanket. At 8:40 o’clock a shot
■was heard from his cell and when the
guards entered he was found to have
rolled out of bed and was lying dead
on the floor with a bullet hole in his
forehead. A 42-caliber single shot pis
tol was grasped In his hand.
His left trouser leg was pulled up
and examination showed a mark on bis
leg where the weapon had latn con
cealed in his shoe. Haas wore gaiters
■with elastic sides, which made this pos
sible. After he shot Heney Haas was
searched by Police Captain Duke, De
tective Burns and police officers. After
he had been taken to the coroner's jury
he was searched again, but at neither
time were his shoes examined.
RUEF TRIAL RESUMED;
ASKS CHANGE OF VENUE
San Francisco, Nov. 18.—There km
an enormous crowd present today when
the bribery trial of Abraham Ruef be-r
gan, but, owing to a large force of po
lice on hand, there was little confu
sion. Attorney Dozier filed an affi
davit. signed by Ruef, asking for a
change of venue to some court in an
other part of the state, as he was con
vinced he could not obtain a fair trial
in this court. The court adjourned till
tomorrow, in order to give the prosecu
tion time to make counter affidavits.
“CASUAL WORKERS” WILL
HOLD CONVENTION TO
PREPARE FOR WINTER
St. Louis .Mo., Nov. 18.—James Eads
Howe, heir of millionaire James R.
Eads, who built the Eads bridge hero
and the Jetties at the mouth of the
Mississippi, on his return from the
east announced that the national con
vention of “Casual Workers and the
Unemployed” has been called to meet
here early in January to take steps to
provide ways and means to meet con
ditions of what promises to be a severe
winter.
“STUFF IS OFF.”—STEVE.
Chicago, Nov. 18.—Senator Stephen
B. Elkins makes the emphatic an
nouncement that no engagement exists
between his daughter. Miss Katherine
Elkins, and the Duke of the Abruzzi
of the Italian navy. The statement
was made with the knowledge and con
sent of Miss Elkins, who deBlred that
It should be given to the public which
has manifested so great an interest
In the matter.
“At some time in the life of every
man." ways the Atchison Globe, “he
has tried poetry und the chicken busi
ness. '
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