THE O’NEILL PRQfOiti
O. H. CP.ONIN. Publisher.
WEILL, NEBBASK/
There is at present an interesting ex
hibit in No. 6 tank at the Brighton
aquarium, cays the London Globe. It
la something like a dogfish, only much
larger, while in the matter of sheer
ugliness is stands unrivaled. Its tech
nical name is the toper shark. It is
six feet long and weighs from fcO to 90
pounds, while its mouth looks large
enough t© take an elephant single
handed. The shark came into the pos
session of the aquarium in rather a
curious manner. A man named Lane,
of Brighton, was fishing some two
miles ©f the Palace pier with a long
line, when he felt a vicious tug at ids
hook. H© quickly “hauled in his
alack,'* and then the toper came to
light. Mr. Lane at once hurried ashore
and placed the toper in his new home.
In the year 1714 one Daniel Gabriel
Officers of the Bikh regiment in India
were annoyed by some native hanging
about their camp, and ‘sniping’’ them
with a rifle. The colonel sent for his
orderly, a native soldier, and said he
wanted a squad to go over th<- moun
tain that night and catch the miscreant
who wits annoying them. The orderly
saluted and begged to be allowed to
act alone, assuring his colonel that he
would soon catch the culprit. The of
ficer, admiring his pluck, agreed, arid
the next morning the soldier walked in
with the head of the sniper. The offi
cers were loud in their praise of the
soldier’s valor, “Oh. sirs, I had no
difficulty,’’ he said. “You set . J knew
his ways. He was inv father.”
Sea water as a curative for certain
kinds of disorders of the skin is one of
the late methods of treatment that
have come to this country from Prance.
It is hoped that it may supplant the
use of arsenic as a remedy for such
disorders. “The water is taken at a
distance of 40 or Rfl miles at sea and is
from a depth of 3* or 40 feet below the
surface,** says the Boston Transcript.
“These precautions are taken to in
sure a supply free from contamination,
and the water Is further subjected to
Sterilization. It Is Injected Into the
tissues of the patient."
wnen ampins were emu in complete
armor from lop to too It was essential
that they should bear some sign by
which their followers could distinguish
them in battle, and this was the func
tion of their armorial bearings,
Knights wlx> omitted to wear their own
arms ran considerable risk, and it Is
related that at the battle of Bannock
burn ttio last of the lje Clares owed
his death to his omission to wear his
bearings. Ho was slain unrecognized,
whereas had he been known he would
have been held prisoner for the sake of
ransom or as a hostage.
The temperance wave which has been
spreading slowly through the south,
and now looks as If it were encroaching
on northern territory, has quietly cap
tured un Important department of Yale,
as is shown in the vote for the favorite
drink by the members of the senior
.class of the Sheffield scientific school.
Water is an easy winner with 7N votes,
and the only other drink which received
any votes at all Is milk, which was the
first choice ef 42 members of the class,
(according to the Journal-Courier of
• New Haven.
\ There is a. growing desire on the part
.of tho young of both sexes in China to
jChoose their own mates. Fathers and
mothers are therefore called upon by
'the Chinese to uphold the old rules.
;Children, says the Chinese board of
education, should have nothing to do
.with a choice in such matters. How
ever, a very grewsomc picture is
.sketched by u native editor of the
miseries that abound In Chinn on ac
count ef the way in which marriages
are arranged, and it is contended that
young people should have some choice.
Fahrenheit brought to the chancellor of
the University of Halle two thermome
ters which agreed so perfectly In reg
istering temperatures that they were
considered marvels. All scientists were
amazed. His method is now of the
three accepted standards. Fahrenheit
was by birth a Prussian, but after his
fifteenth year he lived a long life In
Amsterdam. His great skill in working
In glass enabled him to carry out his
ideas. He was an original thinker, hut
for commercial reasons kept secret his
methods <*f manufacture for 18 years.
A herd of six fine yaks Is to be Im
ported by the Canadian government,
and started in business on the experi
mental farm at Ottawa. The animal Is
about the size of common cattle, hut is
better fitted to endure the cold. It is
valuable for milk, beef, hide and hair
amt is easily nourished on sparse veg
etation.
Discussing the subject of radium and
the internal heat of the earth, Protes
tor Joly, of the University of Dublin
says that there are 20,000 tons of rad
ium dissolved In the waters of the seas
ami, "more than 1,000.000 tons of radium
contained in the sediments which are
deposited over the floors of the ocean."
"Squatter sovereignty” was the prin
ciple of leaving the slavery question to
the decision of the settlers, first applied
•on the admission to the union as terrt
'tories of the districts acquired from
Mexico in 1848. It was afterward ex
tended, in defiance of the Missouri
compromise, to Kansas and Nebraska
In ISM.
A committee has been formed in Den
mark to erect a memorial to Mylfus
Erichsen, who perished with his com
panions while engaged In explorations
in Greenland. It is expected that the
memorial will take the form of fight
house to be erected on the Danish
coast.
In prize fighting bantam weight Is lir.
pounds, ringside; feather weight 1""
ringside; light weight. 133. ringside'
welter weight, 142, ringside, middle
weight. 154. ringside; light heavy
weight. 165, ringside; heavy weight,
nil over 166.
About 75,000 fox skins a.e sold out of
Maine every year. Very few of the sly
animals are shot. Many are killed by
the use of poisoned bait, while hun
dreds of others are killed in drives.
During the last fishing season tlie Il
linois river contributed 4,650 tons to the
markets of tide country. Two-thirds id
the catch was carp.
Fond but Foolish Father.
From the New York Press.
Arthur Stringer, the novelist, was
talking at a dinner about tile poor salt
that modern verse lias.
"Yes," said Air. Stringer, "there Is
very little demand for poetry in tin
Twentieth century. I recall on this
head a conversation about a friend oi
mine.
"My friend is a minor poet. Two men
■were discussing him. The first said:
"'By the way, I understand that his
wife helped him to get out "Pale
Hands,” his volume in verse. I didn't
.know that she was literary, did you?'
‘‘‘She isn’t literary,' said the second
man. ‘What she did was to persuade
Jier father to stand the expense of pub
lication.’ ”
ANNUAL LICENSE
TAX TO BE LEVIED
ON CORPORATIONS
Will Provide $300,000 Rev
enue—Banks and Insurance
Companies Excepted.
U,i, . March 0. A measure
which ii is < stimated, will bring to the
state IP asurv fully *300.000 per annum,
v,;i rccomnr tided for passage by the
sennte et tin i ii It tee of the whole yester
day afternoon. It is the King bill,
senate file No. 10. Imposing an annual
iie.-ns. tax on all corporations doing
business In the state. corporations
with a capital stock of *10.000 or less
must pay *5 per year; *10,000 to *25.
1100 *10 *25,000 to *50,000, *20; *50,000
to *1011.000. *30; *100,000 to *250,000,
*50. $250,000 to *500,000. *75; *500,000
to *1,000,000, *100; *1,000,000 to $2,000,
000, *150; over *2,000,000, *200.
This tux Is to bo payable July 1 of
each year, and if It is not paid by Sep
tember 1, a penalty of *10 Is to he add
ed. On September 15 the governor will
Issue a proclamation stating what com
panies have failed to pay, and that
they have forfeited their right to do
business In the state. They will then
have until November 30 to pay the tax
and penalty. Hanks, insurance com
panies and building and loan associa
tions are exempted from the provisions
of the bill, for the reason that they
already pay a special tux.
The house passed the Thomas loan
shark bill. It provides that assign
inenst of salary must be signed by !
both husband and wife, and that the
emplnyt r of the assignor must be no
tified. . i
COMMERCIAL CLUBS
MEET AT NORFOLK
Norfolk, Neb., March 9.—The state
convention of Commercial clubs will bo
held In Norfolk, March 15 and IS. E.
K. Clark, Interstate commerce commis
sioner, Governor Shallenberger, Profes
sor E. W. Hunt, of the university of
Nebraska, and A. E. Mohler, general
manager of the Union Pacific, will be
be present and deliver addresses.
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FARMERS WILL SHIP
THEIR OWN GRAIN
Concord, Neb., March 9.—The farm
ers of this community have organized a.
company and will ship their own grain.
BRYAN TO JOIN IN
WHITE PLAGUE WAR
Notv York, March 9.—William ,T.
Bryan announced today he will join In
the tight against the spread of tubercu
losis. Bryan, who wus In this city on
Ills way to Newark, N. J., called on
Nathan Straus, and discussed Straus’
long tight for the prevention of tuber
culosis by pasteurization of milk.
MUTUAL OFFICERS
ARE PROTECTED
Lincoln, Neli., March 9.—The senate |
(his morning voted to kill a bill Intend
ed to break the control of mutual com
panies by coteries of officers who col
lect proxies and perpetuate themselves
In office at whatever salaries they may
flx.
The senate passed several bills, one ]
to provide for Inspection of paints and
oils and prohibit adulteration and mis
branding. Also to provide truant of- 1
fleers In villages, and providing for
county inspection of cattle and horses. ,
VOLUNTEERS PAINT
THE CAPITOL RED
Washington March 9.—After wreck
ing several lunch rooms anil threaten
ing the proprietors with bodily harm
If they Interfered, uml hurling bricks
through the windows of residences, sev
eral members of Company K, Fifth
Pennsylvania volunteers, scrambled
aboard a departing train last night. It
[ Is alleged, Just In time to escape ar
i rest.
The reserves of the Klxth precinct
I lmd been called out to stop the soldiers'
I fun." and they charged the fugitives
! Just before the train left. The pro
prietor of a grocery store said he had
! been badly beaten and driven from his
MAN, SEVENTY-FIVE,
SEEKS WIFE NO. 15
/Lobo, Kan., March 9. The careless
failure of an Emporia woman to get a
j legal separation from her husband has
Just cheated Owen Reeves, 75 years
old, out of his lfitb bride. Fourteen
weddings and 14 partings comprise the
: domestic achievements of Mr. Reeves,
i os "Speedy." as he is called in Lebo,
and, although several of his 14 unions
have ended Inglorlously, he -t i ll regards
marriage as a blissful success.
"When a man decides lie likes
a woman, he should pop the :
question right away," said
Reeves. "Never one did 1 spark
: any woman more than live times.
And as to sparking, It should
never be done in the dark and in
i : secrecy. He straightforward and
open. I have proposed several
) : times right In company. Yes,
marriage is a great thing. Every
man needs the companionship of ;
| . a good woman, and I'm going to :
: have another one as soon as I
\ : can get her.” :
i When questioned concerning his
marriages, old "Speedy" crossed his
Rgs reminiscently. He spoke ram
! blingly of Ids early years, and. while
I calling the roll of his many spouses,
he paused often in perplexity. It was
hard for him to place the 14 women In
[ their right sequence, and the name of
one Mrs. Reeves, an estimable (ionium
frau, wlui was a splendid housewife,
slipped his memory entirely.
PULITZER’S YACHT IN.
New York. Mureh 9.—The steam
yacht Liberty, on which Joseph
Pulitzer, publisher of the New York
World, has been cruising in southern
waters, arrived in New York today.
JUDGE HOLDS PASS
MAN IS IMMUNE
Memphis, Tenn., March 9.—Contend
ing that a newspaper man was not
' amenable to the law governing persons
plying their vocations, City Judge
Floyd dismissed three misdemeanor
charges against the press representa
tive of a local theater, arrested with
other attaches of the playhouse for vio
lation of the Sunday law when per
formances were given. The other en»
pluyes of the theater \yore line d.
PEARLS WORTH
$100,000 FOUND
BY THE POLICE
Greek Tries to Sell a Single
Gem and Is Caught V/ith
String of Jewels.
Omaha, March 8.—While trying to
sell to Albert Edholm, a local jeweler
a necklace worth at least $100,000, and
possibly much more, John D. Solavlni
tls, a Greek, who for the convenience
of Americans calls himself Savls, was
arrested yesterday by the Omaha po
lice. The necklace consists of a sin
gle strand of 63 pearls, carefully
matched and fastened with a clasp set
with a diamond of unusual size. Ac
cording to Mr. Edholm, whose opinion
Is corroborated by other experts, the
strand may be valued as high as $300,
000.
Savis entered the jewelry store yes
terday afternoon and presented a sin
gle pearl which he offered to sell. As
suring himself of its genuineness Mr
Edholm gave him a valuation of $50 or
$60, whereupon the Greek offered to
sell him a dozen at $40 each, but said
a friend had them, lly a ruse the jew
eler succeeded In notifying the police,
and two detectives were sent to the'
store, where the man was arrested.
On his person was found a huge 38
caliber revolver, but he mado no re
sistance. At the station a search re
vealed the entire necklace, which he
was carrying in his pocket. It was
found that the gem offered for sale
was the smallest of the 63. Its value
Mr. Edholm estimated at $200 to $300.
while the largest in the strand would
run Into the thousands.
Lost I (tree ivionina.
The police had received from the
New York police department the de
scription of the necklace, which la said
to have disappeared from tho Knick
erbocker hotel in that city November
26 last. This, however, did not reveal -
the name of the owner.
.Savis said he was employed by the
Knickerbocker hotel for 13 months In
a position known as sidewalk man.
The night he found tho necklace he
was sweeping refuse from the walk
into the gutter, and as he brushed it
over the curb he saw the necklace lying
in the gutter with some rubbish. He
picked up the string of jew els, held It
up to the light to examine It, and then
put it in his pocket. He says several
people witnessed his action.
After going to his room that night
he examined the pearl more closely
and discovered a valuable diamond set
in the small clasp. He kept the neck
lace In his trunk after that, little
dreaming, he said, Its real worth. He
examined show windows for similar
necklaces, hoping thereby to get an
Idea of the value of the jewels, but
found they ranged from 25 cents to
thousands ef dollars. He says it is
the custom in his country for the tind
er of valuables to receive one-third of
their worth and he thought the owner
would make known bis or her loss If
the necklace was valuable. Not learn
ing of any loss of valuable pearls, 'he
concluded the find was a comparative
ly small consequence.
Savis explains having a revolver by
saying he was advised to arm himself
when he went west. He secured em
ployment through Michael Mandanls,
"king of the Greeks," in South Oma
ha and this city, and who Is now act
ing for those Greeks who recently
were victims of the South Omaha riots.
He says Manadnis told him to pur
chase the revolver.
Besides the necklace the police
took from Savis a 38 Colt revolver
and holster, u valuable watch and
chain, two purses, a memorandum
book, a pronouncing dictionary and
$61.55 in money. Marks in the dic
tionary indicated he lived at 685 or 705
Sixth ave., New York. His English
Is considered good for a man being
In this country only 16 months.
Mrs. Heinze Lost It.
New York, March 5.—The police here
were notified last night of the arrest
In Omaha of a Greek, John Savis, who
went there from New York, having In
his possession a valuable pearl neck
lace, said tho Jewels were probably
those lost by Mrs. Otto tHeinze, in or
near the Hotel Knickerbocker, on the
night of November 26, last. The same
opinion prevailed at the Hotel Knicker
bocker. Savis. the man held in Oma
ha, said he was a street cleaner, and
that he found the jewels in a mass of
refuse which he had swept together
near the Knickerbocker hotel.
The necklace of Mrs. Heinze consisted
of 63 matched pearls, with a gold, dia
mond studded clasp. The value of tho
necklace has been variously put at
from $5,000 to $50,000. Mrs. Heinze
missed It after she and her husband
had spent some time in the grill room
of the Knickerbocker and bad left in
a carriage.
She thought she left it in the grill
room, but the hotel people could not
find it there. They thought she must
have lost it on the sidewalk when she
walked out of her carriage.
Mr. Heinze reported the loss on the
day following, according to the police
records. He said the necklace was
worth $5,000, but at the Knickerbocker
club it was paid last night that Mr.
Heinze told the hotel authorities in
reporting the loss first that the neck
lace was worth $12,000 and later that
its value was nearer $30,000. He first
offered $500 reward for its return and
then $1,000.
Later dispatches gave the name of
the Greek In Omaha John Sclavinitis,
and said he bad a book with the ad
dresses 685 and 705 Sixth ave, New York
city. These addresses are boarding
houses In which many Greeks live, but
no one at either place remembered the
man, so it was claimed. At the Hotel
Knickerbocker House Detective Blacks
denied that a man named Sclavinitis
i was employed there last December as
a sidewalk man.
MORE OIL INSPECTORS.
Lincoln. Neb.. March S.—The house
j this morning killed a bill to forfeit
i the license of saloon keepers who per
mit treating in their places.
It passed a bill increasing the num
ber of deputy state oil inspectors to
six, one that is intended to ijit the
surety bond companies combine by
permitting depository banks to de
posit securities to insure safety of
public money, and one appropriation
of $35,000 for a new normal school at
i Ainsworth.
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j 4- NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE t
4- CONGRATULATES TAFT ♦
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> 4 Lincoln, Neb., March 8.—The 4
| 4 Nebraska legislature, both 4
i 4 houses of which are democratic, 4
j 4 yesterday adopted a Joint reso- 4
| 4 lution congratulating President 4
1 4 Taft and wishing him a sue- 4
4 eessful administration. The res- 4
4 olution. signed by the speaker 4
4 of the house and the president 4
4 of the senate, was telegraphed 4
{ 4 to the. White House. ♦
SHUMWAY PAYS THE
PENALTY FOR GRIME
Last Effort Fails and Law
Claims a Life for a Life
When Trap Springs.
Lincoln. Neb., March 5.—At 2:43
o'clock this afternoon the trap was
sprung which launched R. Mead Shum
way, murderer of Mrs. Sarali Martin,
into eternity. Pending word from tin*
court of Judge Raper, preparations pro
ceeded for the last act in the sentence
of the condemned man and at about
2:20, when word came that refusal had
been made to consider a rehearing be
fore the court at Pawnee City, the;
march was taken up to the scaffold
in the warehouse in the prison yard.
Ttiere were about lOOpeople present to
witness tile hanging, among them seme
of the officers of tile court which found
the murderer guilty, and also the hus
band of the victim. There were few
preliminaries and there was no show
of feeling on the part of the condemned
man as he mounted the scaffold.
Protesting his innocence in tones
which could be heard only by those in
his immediate locality on the scaffold
he went to ids death stolidly and with
out evident fear.
Petitions Are Refused.
Application was made to the supreme
court this morning for permission to ,
file a petition in error to show the ac- I
tion of the district judges of Lancaster i
county in declining to take jurisdiction !
of the plea of insanity and aiso a mo-, I
tion for time to present the matter. I
Judge Barnes, speaking for the court.,!
said that this action of counsel had, i
been anticipated and that the court ,
had carefully examined the new law |
which he attacked and was satisfied
that it was perfectly constitutional and
properly passed. As to the affidavits
filed, these showed that Shumway
might be of unsound mind, but was not!
conclusive of his insanity. The court
thought no further good would be sub
served by any further extension of
time. Shumway's lawyer told the re
porter he did not know what else he
could do, hut grabbed his hat and left
the court room.
Anticipating the refusal of the su
preme court, however, two lawyers, a
minister and a delegation of women,
went down to Pawnee City this morn
ing to wait upon Judge Raper.
Following tlds an application was!
made to Governor Shallenberger for ai
20-day reprieve so that ids insanity
may be inquired into. It was refused.
The crime Shumway expiated was j
the murder of Mrs. Sarah Martin at
her farm six miles northwest of the
town of Adams, in Gage county. Shum
way was a farm hand in the employ of
Jacob Martin, husband of the victim.
On the 1st of September, 1907. Martin
went to town to vote at the state-wide
primary. When he returned he dis
covered his wife missing and blood
stains on the floor of the dining room.
These he traced up the stairway, find
ing the dead body of his wife, wrapped
in bed clothes and pushed back under a
bed. Her throat had been cut from
ear to ear.
Shumway could not be found. Two
hundred dollars in money, a shotgun
and a buggy were missing. Shumway
had been but four days in Martin’s
employ, and he had told him that he
hud come from northwest Missouri.
Two days later he was captured at
Seneca, Kan., but while the posse that
had him was alighting from the train,
he darted among a large crowd at the
depot and escaped in the darkness.
He hid in a cornfield, and later in the
night, started to walk to Superior, Mo.
There he took a train for Oregon, Mo
near which place he was captured on
September 26. He had gone back to
work among old neighbors on a farm,
and had taken no precaution against
capture, using his right name wherever
he went. His conviction followed trial,
and the supreme court refused a new
trial. He was later given a chance for
a rehearing, but this was denied twice
afterwards. Then came an appeal to
the governor for a reprieve.
Shumway was a young man of 31.
with apparently no friends and very
little means. He was a tall, raw-honed
youth of the rural.type of architecture
and demeanor. He said that he was
working all day in tin* fields at Mar
tin’s home, and that when ho returned
to the house in the afternoon he could
not find Mrs. Martin. In the dining
room he discovered the blood, and.
fearing he would he suspected, he took
the team and drove away as hard as
ho could. To every one he has inslst
d that lie never killed the woman.
SUFFRAGE RESOLUTIONS
APPROVED BY HOUSE
—
Lincoln, Neb.. March 8.—Howard’s1 !
joint resolution for a constitutional !
amendment providing tor woman suf- i
t'rage was passed by the house yester- .
day afternoon, receiving 62 votes, or
two more than were required. A sim- •
liar resolution has already been killed
by the senate. Such a. resolution must
receive a three-lifths vote in each house
and upon submission to the people must
receive a majority. There is no rea
son to believe that there will be any
i change in the senate vote.
The five clerks in the house bill room
who walked out when the chief clerk
i and another wre dismissed for refus
! rag to obey the order of the speaker
and chief clerk of the house, went back ,
I to work Thursday afternoon. They say i
t! at the trouble was due to a misunder- I
standing and that they are satisfied
with the rules which they art* to obey, i
The two men who were discharged will |
not be reinstated.
The senate passed the Lincoln charter j
bill, providing for a commission form
of government in this city. Tht entire
government will be in the hands of
a commission consisting of the mayor
| and four eouneilmen. The plan is
modelled alter that of Des Moines.
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LIFE TERM FOR ONE,
AND 39 YEARS FOR OTHER
Ogalalia, Neb., Mar. 8—Judge Grimes
yesterday sentenced LaPayette Dale to
imprisonment for life, and Mrs. Jennie
Geiger to the penitentiary for 39 years
for the murder of Volley Mann, in Oc
tober, of last year.
Mann, who was traveling through the
county with a team, fell in with Gale
and Mrs. Geiger, and the three trav
eled together. According t<> the story
of the woman, Mann was killed tor his
property. Later Dale and the woman
quarreled and she denounced him to
the Denver police.
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GOVERNOR APPROVES
THE OREGON PLAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 8.—H. U. 1. the
Humphrey bill for the Oregan plan of
electing senators, was signed by Governor
ShaUenberger yesterday.
The bill becomes a law 90 days after the
close of the present session, the bill being
one of the very few introduced at the pres
ent session which did not have the emer
, gency clause.
■ There are as many dollars of govern
ment money deposited in national
l ankr, as there are people in the United
hiatus.
SCIONS ORDER
OS-INCH SHEETS
IN HOTEL BEDS
Individual Towels the Thing—•
Bank Guaranty Bill in the
Clearing.
Lincoln. Nib., March The house,
in iiiiiiniitt.-i of the wlioie, yesterday
afternoon recommended for passagetAe
joint committee bank guarantee bill.
When I n report was made to the
house, the minority moved that it be
not concurred in. hut that the Myers
guarantee bill, which has been intro
ducetl in the senate, be substituted.
Tht motion failed, tlie vote being a
strict party one except that Thiessen
voted with the democrats. He ex
plained that ho hail promised his con
stituents to vote for a guarantee bill,
and he now proposed to vote for one
wide li would pass.
The daylight saloon bill was killed
for good in the house. When the com
mittee of the whole, Tuesday, reported
tlie bill for passage, a motion was
made that the report be not concurred
in hut that the bill be indefinitely post
poned. This carried.
The senate committee of the whole
recommended for passage the Sink ho
n i bill, which lias already passed the
house. It provides that the top sheets
of all beds shall he !>!» inches long; that
individual towels shall be supplied in
all public washrooms; that there shall
in water chisels in the house ill all
cities'and towns which have sewer and
water systems.
The senate passed the Howell bill,
limiting the number of employes of
that body. It also passed the Randall
bill, providing that where two or more
railroads maintain depots in a town,
they shall so schedule their trains as
to make daily connections, when di
rected so to do by the state railway
commission.
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PREACHES TO SICK
THROUGH TELEPHONE
Hastings, Neb., March 6.—Two of the
leading churches of Hastings, the First
Methodist and First Presbyterian, have
installed the telephone method of giv
ing indisposed members an opportunity
to hear the sermon. The apparatus
consists nf a large transmitter placed
upon the pulpit, into which the pastor
talks us he delivers his sermon. Those
who are ill notify tlie pastor and he
connects their line with the transmit
ter. The apparatus gives entire satis
faction.
COMMERCIAL CABLE
VIA NEW FOUNDLAND
St. Johns, N. F„ March 6.—Sir Rob
ert Bond, premier of New Foundland,
announces that his government has
agreed upon a contract with the Com
mercial Cable company, by which the
latter will extend one of its cables into
New Foundland and thence direct to
New York city. Clarence H. Mackay,
president of the Commercial Cable com
pany, said:
"We have agreed to cut one of our
trans-Atlantic cables at a point in the
Atlantic, known ns the Flemish Cap,
which is about 300 miles east of New
Foundland. and there attach to the Eu
ropean end of the cable an entirely
new cable which will extend from the
Flemish Cap into St. Johns, N. F., and
thence direct from St. Johns to New
York city.
That is the ideal route for a cable
between Europe and America, because
it divides into two sections more equal
ly than any other route, the entire dis
tance from Ireland to New York. This
will enable us to operate the cables
direct between New York city and Ire
land with much greater accuracy and
speed, the speed alone being increased
over 35 per cent.”
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4 Washington. March 6.—Wash- 4
4 ington is full of rumors and 4
4 speculation concerning Presi- 4
4 dent Roosevelt’s plans. Accord- 4
4 ing to one story, Mr. Roosevelt, 4
4 after hunting through Africa 4
4 and touring Europe, will proceed 4
4 around the world, studying the 4
4 oriental nations, and finally 4
4 swooping down on Japan. 4
4 Having accomplished this 4
4 mission, Mr. Roosevelt, It is pre- 4
4 dieted, will land in America at 4
4 some Pacific port and, proceed- 4
4 ing across country in one great 4
4 triumphal progress, will become 4
4 once more the chief figure in 4
4 the public eye. 4
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JEROME AND BRIGHAM
IN WAR OF WORDS
Now York, March k.—District Attor
ney Jerome made public today the cor
respondence between himself and Com
missioner Bingham growing out of
Mr. Jerome's verbal charges that In
spector McCaffery, in charge of tho
detective bureau, made remarks about
the district attorney which were preju
dicial to proper co-operation between
the police and district attorney’s of
fice.
Mr. Jerome made tho accusation
against McOafferty last Saturday. In
his last letter to Mr. Bingham ho
charges him with mendacity, which
tho commissioner is likely to resent in
no uncertain manner.
MeCafferty’s offense, at least the one
which evidently stirred Jerome the
most, was his reference to Jerome's
remarkable absorptive properties in tho
matter of “highballs” and “cocktails,”
and his power of consuming oigarets.
Jerome also criticised McOafferty for
saying, before the legislative commit
tee at Albany, that Hall Kelly, motor
man on the Ninth avenue "D," who
was sent to Bing Bing for causing a
collision in which lives were lost, was,
in his belief, innocent.
KING DELAYS DEPARTURE.
Ixmdon. March 6.—Owing to a gale
prevailing over the channel, King Ed
ward postponed his departure for Biar
ritz. Queen Alexandra, who recently
has been suffering from a cold is much
better today.
INDICT FOR PANAMA
LIBEL IN NEW YORK
—
New York. March 6.—The federal
grand Jury which Investigated tho
Panama libel case against the publish
ers and tho two editors of the New
York World and other cases, today
handed in several Indictments. The
names of the indicted men were with
held temporarily.
The custom of issuing passports iates
back to the first crusade.
CUT STRINGENT
PROVISIONS FROM
STATE PRIMARY'
Names Are Rotated and Voter
Need Not Proclaim His
Party Affiliation.
Lincoln, Neb., March 4.—The sor ate
yesterday afternoon passed the Oil is.
primary bill, all of the democrats and
most of the republicans voting for It.;
It amends the present law by providing
for the election of precinct committee
men at the primary. It also provides
that the tickets of all parties shall bo
printed on the same ballot and a voter
Is not required to tell the party with
which he affiliates when he g»es to
vote, as at present. The names on tho
tickets are to be rotated, so that. a.
man whose name begins with A or B
has no advantage over one whose name
begins with W or Y. •
The house committee on banking re-,
ported out the committee bank guar-fi*
antee bill with the reeommendatloiA"*,<5P
that it be placed at the head ef the;
calendar. The recommendation '.Vili
adopted and the bill was considered ir»j
committee of the whole. It had not
been disposed of when the committee
arose. The republicans offered a num
ber of amendments, which were
promptly voted down. The bill car
ries the emergency clause, and to passi
in this form must-rocc lve G7 votes in,
the house and 22 in the senate. It wilt;
receive a number of republican votes,
in the house, where there are Git demo
crats. It is not likely that It will re
ceive any republican votes In the sen
ate, however, where there are only 1504
democrats, or two less than enough to
take it through with the emergency
clause. In fact, it may not get all of
the democratic votes, so the chances of
its passage with the emergency arc not,
the brightest.
The Donohoe bill, providing that the
state shall pay the traveling expense*
of district Judges, was passed.
Lincoln, Neb., March 4.—The house*
passed a bill this morning providing;
for a sane Fourth of July, by barring
toy pistols and dynamite crackers.
The railroad committee recommend*
the passage of a bill compelling rail
road companies to settle or refuse to
settle all claims within 40 days, re
quiring railroads, express and tele
graph companies to provide adequate
telephone connections, and one requir
ing railroads to maintain stock pens at
all stations.
The senate passed two bills intended
to permit banks to substitute bonds
and real estate mortgages for sur.-tj
bonds for safety of state and county
money on deposit, and relieving tnern
of the grip of the surety bond com
bine.
In committee of the whole it rec
ommended a pure paint bill, the assess
ment of real estate every two years in
stead of every four, and a bill making
punishable by a line not to exceed $500
for any one to circulate a false rumor
about a bank’s solvency. The impris
onment section was cut out.
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LAYS DOWN ROD AFTER
TEACHING 35 YEARS
Pilger, Neb., March 4.—After having
taught school continuously for 35 years,
Mrs. L. M. Guttery has laid down the
rod and the rule. i
ROOSEVELT JR. LANDS
BIG CARPET CONTRACT
Hartford, Conn., March 4— Major Then*
dore Roosevelt, Jr., Is responsible in no
small degree for obtaining for his firm the
big contract of furnishing the La Salle ho
tel of Chicago with carpets. Because of
the regulations affecting employes the
Hartford Carpet company, of Thompson-,
vllle. Conn., will pay no commissions to.
the president’s son. Officials of the com-’
pany have assured him they will not for
get what he has done to get the contract,
and say It’s a mighty fine beginning for
the young man, who plans to become a
factory salesman some day, and later tha
executive In a big factory in the middle
west.
FAMILY TO SEND SHIP TO
MUSK OX HUNTERS AID
New Haven, Conn., March 4.—It i*
said relatives of Harry Whitney, wht>
accompanied Lieutenant Peary's ex
pedition as far as Ktah, North Green
land, will send a ship to bring him
hack.
Whitney quit Peary at Etah t» shoot
musk ox, the principal game at that
point. He was left supplies to last
him until Peary’s return from tho
polar search. Tho young man's rela
tives fear if Peary does not reach tho
pole this year he will not return as
planned, and in that event Whitney s
supplies would not be sufficient to tidty
him over.
PITTSBURG ALDERMEN
GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY
Pittsburg, Pa., March 4 —After the jury
had been out for nearly 53 hours a verdict
of guilty was returned against President »
of the Common Council William Brand
and t'ouncilmen John F. Klein and Joseph
Wasson, charged with conspiracy. Former
Bank President W. W. Klein and Joseph
C. Wasson, charged with them, was ac
quitted upon the order of the court and th«
request of the distrio.t attorney.
A compromise apparently was agreed
upon, with a verdict of guilty and u ree,
ommendation of mercy. Tho three men
weie convicted of having conspired for th«
cure the passage of an ordinance for th*
paving of certain streets with wooden
blocks upon the payment of certain sums
■of money by a detective, posing as a
wood block contractor, and his assistants.
Klein and Ramsey had already been con
victed of bribery In Individual cases
An appeal will be taken by the convened
men.
ROAD MUST SELL TROLLEYS.
Boston, MaBS . March 4 —By a decision
of the state supreme court today the x,,„
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
company was ordered to dispose of it*
trolley holdings In Massachusetts by Juid
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-4 SPRING BREAK-UP A,
-4 CAUSES DROWNING
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4 Fremont. Neb.. March 4.—Ow 4
4 lng to unusually warm weather 4
4 the Ice In the Platt river and Its 4
4 tributaries has begun to break 4
4 up and the big stream is rising 4
4 at the rate of S inches an hour 4
4 Mamie Plaintz, aged 18. was 4
| 4 drowned while attempting to 4
! -f cross a swollen creek near Fre 4
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