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D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
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An economical retainer lr which tej
•hip products such as cement, Him and,
plaster Is described in Popular Me-;
Ohanlcs. Its halves are separable ami
can be nested in a compast form for
the return Journey. The cost of the
barrel Is about yi, which Is a little more
than twice that of a wooden barrel, but
they are said to be good for at least
U round trips, and the room they oc
oupy when empty cuts down the ship
ping bill one-half.
In the early days of the British m.i
•eum a cantury or more ago the place
■waa open for only si* hours daily on
five days a week In the summer and
four hours dally during the rest of the
year. Nobody could remain In the
building for more than two consecu
tlve hours, and the number admissible
at one time was strictly limited to IS.
Bach batch of visitors was shepherded
by an attendant.
An author engaged a young woman
typewriter to take down his new novel
from dictation. At the passage, "Oh'
my adorable angel, accept the confes
sion from my Ups lhat I can not exist
Without you I Make me happy, come
and share my lot and he mine until
death do us parti" hts fair secretary
paused and Ingenuously Inquired "3s
that to go down with the rest?"
A chance seedling that grew u:| on
a farm near Lowell, Mass , ahoul 1740
Became the first Baldwin apple tree,
but it was not till 1784 that Colonel
Baldwin became Interested In the ap
pie, developed It and gave it hts name
The original tree lived till 1817, and
tho place where It grew Is now marked
by a monument. The Baldwin Is tho
wnly apple thus honored.
Dr. Whipple, long bishop of Minne
sota, waa about to hold religious ser
vices at an Indian village In one of the
weatem states and before going to the
place of meeting asked the chief, who
waa hie host, whether It was safe for
him to leave his effects In the lodge.
"Plenty safe," grunted tho red man.
"No white man In a hundred miles from
here."
Seated opposite the late Jamen Mc
Neill Whistler at dinner one evening
wai a patronizing young lord. During
g lull in the conversation he adjusted
Ills monocle and leaned forward toward
tha artist. "Aw, y’ know, Mr. Whist -
lar,” he drawled, “I pahssed your house
this mawnlng.” "Thank you," said
Whistler, quietly. "Thank you very
much.”
Unter den Under: Is the center of
Berlin end the hub of the German em
pire. This magnificent boulevard 1e 198
feet In width, and under the shade of
Its lime trees the Berliners have a.
meeting place which Is equal In archi
tectural beauty to any in Kurope. It Is
lined on either side with magnificent
hotels, restaurants and palace*.
Deposits of pitchblende have been
tlacovered In the old Cornish tin mines,
while a new and quicker way has been
bund to extract radium from the pitch
blende. The yield of radium from 200
bn# of pitchblende Is only a grain or
b. If the pulverized ore cat: he made
tyallable by science In curing disease,
be saving will be enormous.
In California one rarely sees a hank
•ote. The m*ney In circulation is all
fold and silver. It Is common to see a
mllector walking along the street with
t bag of gdld on his back. Curiously,
he very weight of the money—one per
mn can hardly carry more then *40,000
b gold—-often acts as a deterrent fea
ture In embezzlement.
Turner D. Bottome, of Harrison, N.
f., filed patents on tungsten electric
bmps as early as 1887, thus proving
that the credit for the discovery of the
Sew tungsten lamp, which has revolu
onlzed electric lighting, belongs to
America and not to Germany.
The west gullery, In the Chickasha
*pera house, sagged eight Inches In a
minstrel performance, but the show
Was so good that somebody ran out and
*«t a few fence rails, p-ropped up the
rallery, and the performance was con
tinued.
Sir Hubert von Herkomer savs he
»nce saw the reproduction of a pic
lure called "The Coming Storm” ad
rertised for sale In a shop window
And under the title there were the
words In large type: "Suitable for a
Wedding present.”
Congress now lias seven Smiths,
three In the Senate ami four In the
House. The states contributing the
#even Smiths are Michigan, which
rives two; Maryland Texas. Iowa, Cal
ifornia and South Carolina,
In one of his Hibbert lectures Max
Mueller said to the students: "Many
of you, I suspect, carry u ha'penny
with a hole In It for luck. I am not
•shamed to own that I have done so
myself for many years.”
In the last 11 years, according to of
ficially reported returns, the city of
lrf“eds. England, has earned a profit of
15 ,606,000 from Us municipally owned
tramways, waterworks, gasworks and
electric light plant.
The Michigan Central will electrify
Its terminals at. Detroit and the main
line as far as Ypsllahtl, 80 tulles west
of the city. Electricity will he obtained
from the water power of the Huron
river, at Chelsea, Mich.
Edison, who has not done much in
the way of Improving the telephone for
•ome time, Is now working on a new
transmitter, which is very sensitive,
and enables conversation to he carried
.on with greater ease and less liability
of error.
The first rotary converter In America
•a well as the largest, was built by the
General Electric company. These ma
chines are used to change alternating
(Current Into direct current for street
(railway service.
A French chemist has Invented a
! tablet which. If dissolved in a glass of
(water, will give oft as much oxygen to
•clarify the air In a room as though a
(window had been left open for an
wbour.
The new railroad between Girardot
' and Fueatatlva, Colombia, Is In opera
tion. It saves a three days’ Journey
across the mountains between the cap
ital and the sea.
One of the biggest car companies In
this country has decided to abandon the
use of steam In Its plant and Is now
putting In a mammoth electric plant.
France has five great mills and a
number of smaller ones at which artl
d flcial silk is made. There are three
kinds of It.
1 It Is said that slllclde and boride of
titanium, products of the ehctrlc fur
*»«, are as hard as the diamond.
At the present rate the excavations
At Pompeii will uot be completed until
the year 1870.
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST RACING
HORSES ALLEGED
Exhibition Horses Transported
Free, but Speeder Pays
Extra Fare.
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Mlicoln, Neb.. May l. A nice, qvies
tiori has been put up to the state rail
road commission for determination.
TSd Pyle, who owns a string of race
I horses, wants the commission to com*
I pel railroads to stop discrimination be
tween rates on race horses and those !
j on draft and show animals- He insists
that there ought to be a reduction on
[the rate »n race horses and stallions
used for lacing or for the same rate
for all liJve stock.
The. hearing developed the fact that
wane of the railroads mrry live stock
intended for exhibit him at fairs free
both ways, others charge for carriage
one way, but all make the race horse
man pay both ways and a higher rate.
Th* railroads allege that the dis
crimination was a proper one because
it is more necessary to encourage the
breeding of farm horses than race
bortes and this is best done at fairs.
•Mr. Pyle retorted by demanding to
know which drew the most people to
the fairs, draft horses or race horses,
and who would care to look at the
former if the latter were not 5n evi
dence.
HORRID LANDLORD
DEFEATED HEAD OF
DEGREE OF HONOR
Lincoln, Nob., May 4. Mrs. May me
<’leaver can Ik* grand chief of horror «of
the State Degree of Honor if ahe wants
to be and she does. Mrs. Mary A,
Latzky. who challenged her right be
cause several persons whom she did
not believe were entitled to vote at
the grand lodge session cast their bal
lots when Mrs. Oleaver beat Mrs.
Latzky by one vote for that office, has
dismissed her suit, brought iri the tonal
courts.
Mrs. Latzky had been head of the
order for several years, and desired to
continue. She had had some trouble
with Landlord Munson of the Royal
hotel because she hadn't included his
establishment In the list she recom
mended for delegates. Munson said he
had given her accommodations as an
advertisement for his place, and when
she give him the go-by he filed suit,
the day before the election, in which
he charged she owed him a hotel bill
and also a bar bill. The publication
of tin* filing of the suit led to Mrs.
Latzky’s defeat, she says, and she t>ow
has a suit for damages against Mun
son. claiming the statement that she
owed money for liquor was untrue and
was published for the purpose of de
feating her.
GALE SINKS SHIPS
ON LAKE MICHIGAN
Detroit, Mich., May 4- A special
from Houghton, Mich., says the tug
Heater haa been aunk In Lake .Superior
with all hands.
Port Huron, Midi.. May 4. The
freight steamer Russia owned by O.
Duncan, of this city, w‘us sunk in Lake
(Superior, 12 miles -off this port last
night. All of the crew were saved. The
Russia plied between Port Huron and
Duluth and was on her first trip of the
season. She was a wooden boat for
merly n passenger steamer of the An
chor line and of 1,500 ton* displace
ment.
Sault Ste.. Marie, Mieh.. May 4.('a]i
taln Robert C. Pringle, of the Corrigan
line steamer Auranla. arrived here to
day with all members of his crew and
told tho story of the sinking of his
vessel 111 Whttetlsh bay o,. the foot of
Parisian Island Thursday. All of the
crew escaped without Injury.
12,000 LAKE SEAMEN
GO OUT ON STRIKE
Chicago, May 4.—The strike of labor
onions on the great lakes against the
hake Carriers' association, or, more
correctly, their formal refusal to ship
on boats controlled by the association,
was put In full operation at all pons
today. It Is estimated that 12,000 sta
men of all classes are involved in the
great struggle. Almost 3,000 are now
said to be employed on boats controlled
liy the carriers and these were sched
uled to leave the vessels tills morning
at any port as soon as they came In
from sen.
Thousands are Idle today in Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo and other centers,
but as a matter of fact the situation
differs little from that which has ex
isted since the opening of navigation
until tin* marine engtners refused to
sign contracts in which the open shop
clause was inserted. The tleup today
is merely more complete.
The next move of the leaders will be
to request the general officers of the
International Seamen's union to come
to the lake district and indorse the
strike.
About 4(10 boats are controlled by the
hake Carriers' association, but It is
impossible to say just how many em
ployes will be affected, as many of the
vessels are not yet In communication.
Both sides are firm and there is no talk
of compromise.
UNCLE SAM AFTER
THE SUGAR TRUST
\Vw York, May 4.—Criminal prose
• uuon by the federal government will
ho begun as a result of the disclosures
in the reeent suit of the government
against the American Sugar Refining
company. 'Phis announcement was
made today by Henry Stimson. who is
acting as special attorney for the gov
ernment.
1K\ INK. KY.—Reach Hargis has
been refused a new trial, and Judge
Adams dt. acted that he be taken 10
th» penitentiary at once.
WRIGHT SELLS AEROPLANE
IN ITALY FOR $200,000
Hindi hi. Muy 4,—The Rome corre
spondent of the Globe says that Wil
bur Wright has sold the Italian rights
t.i his aeroplane for 1,000,000 lire (about
$200,000) to a syndicate, which will
at once begin the construction of mil
itary and other machines.
Aeroplanlng promises to become by
far the most popular erase in Italian
society.
WOMAN IS LONE
APPLICANT FOR
INSPECTORSHIP
Wants to Tell “Bonifaces” How j
to Run Kitchen and Make I
Up the Beds.
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Lincoln, Neb., May L—The first
application for the lucrative Job/of ho
tel inspector has been filed -with Gov
ernor Shallenberger and the applica
tion conics from a woman.
Kdyth Tanner, who, with her sister,
runs a hotel at Weeping Water, wants
tho Job.
Now, it happens that no provision
has been made for paying hotel In
spectors. The labor commissioner has
only $6,000 to use during the next bi
enniiim, and this is not more than
enough for ordinary purposes. Hotel
inspection was not included in tho
budget.
The job probably will be a money
less and thankless task, but the Weep
ing Water applicant stands as good
a chance as tho next one.
When the bill was up for discussion
it was suggested that Labor Commis
sioner Maupln appoint traveling men
to act as inspectors. Some traveling
men ussurod him that they would act
without pay. This looked like hand
ing a large bunch of power over to
irresponsible agents, however, and the
labor commissioner bit a 10-eont piece
oui of a 5-cent cigar, frowned and said
nothing.
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4 NEBRASKA NEXT SCENE 4
4 OF CONTEST OVER RATES 4
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4 Kansas City, Mo,, May 1.— 4
4 "As far ns wo are concerned, 4
4 the 2V4-cent fare In Missouri is 4
4 settled. The fight in Nebraska 4
4 is the next one we will have,” 4
4 said B. L. Winchell, president of 4
4 the Rock Island railway system 4
-*■ here last night. Mr. Winchell 4
4 was returning to Chicago after 4
4 an inspection trip. 4
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POYNTER’S PROPERTY
VALUED AT $30,000
Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—The will of
the late William A. Poynter, former
governor, who dropped dead in the of
fice of Governor Shallenberger while
arguing for the executive approval of
tile early closing bill, then in the hands
of the governor, has been admitted to
probate in Lancaster county. The
property is scheduled at $30,000, con
sisting mainly of land, which goes to
the widow.
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LOOSES HORSE; USES
HALTER FOR HANGING
Millard, Neb., May 1.—Having
reached the age of 70 years and having
been a resident of this place for 26
years, yesterday morning Peter Kon
tiageli ended his life by hanging. Go
ing into the barn in the rear of the
Maroda hotel, he took the rope halter
a horse that was there. Listened one
?nd about ids neck, climbed into the
loft and attached the other end of the
pipe to a rafter. Having accomplished
his, tie jumped down and evidently
strangled to death.
The body of Kennagell was not found
intil evening, when the hostler went
nto the loft of the barn to throw down
lay for the horses.
m GIRL ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING A MAN
Iffiss “Johnny" Davidson Shot
Her Sister’s Lover Follow
ing a Quarrel.
Neosho, Mo., May 1.—"Johnny"
Davidson, a wealthy young woman,
yho killed Roy Ilamsour hern on Juno
I, 1908, following a quarrel at the Dav
idson home, in which it is alleged Rarn
tour applied an epithet to the girl, Is
>n trial here. Miss Davidson's plea Is
ielf defense.
Rumsour was a suitor for the hand
)f Miss Grace Davidson, the defend
ers sister. A few days before the
nurdor the two had quarreled. Ram
sour used improper language toward
Miss "Johnny" Davidson, and when he
refused to retract she secured a re
volver and confronted him.
O. M. Williams, a neighbor of the
Davidsons, and who claims he saw the
tilling, was the first witness called.
"I saw the girl going toward Ram
tour. who was leaning with his back
■gainst a gate.
" ‘Take it back,' " she said, ‘or I'll kill
•ou.’
" ‘Weil, kill me then,’ he replied.
"With that site shot him ks lie stood
with his arms lying back on top of the
lallugs of the fence. Roy fell forward,
•etching Johnny' and throwing her to
.he sidewalk and beneath him. They
ay on the ground for a moment, and
hen she pushed the body over to the
walk."
The Davidsons are wealthy. The two
fills some time ago were left a fortune
jy an uncle in the East.
TOUNGEST OF FAMOUS
BEAUTIES IS MARRIED
New York, May 1.—Miss Nora
Langhorne lias just been married to
Raul Rhlpps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Wilton Rhipps, of London, in !8t.
James church, Madison avenue.
Tile bride is the youngest of the
daughters of Colonel Chisweil Dabney
Langhorne, of Albemarle county, Vir
ginia. all of whom have made notable
marriages. The best known is Mrs.
Mrs. Waldorf Astor. whose first hus
band was Robert Shaw, of Boston, and
w hose second is the eldest soil of Wil
liam Waldorf Astor. Another sister is
Waldorf Astor. whose first bus
artist and illustrator. Another Is Mrs.
Reginald Brooks, of this city, and an
other. Mrs. Moncure Perkins, of Rich
mond, Vu.
COAL AGREEMENT IS
SIGNED FOR THREE YEARS
Philadelphia, May 1.—The agree
ment between the mini rs and employ
ers insuring industrial peace in the
anthracite coal regions for another
period of three years was signed here
today by the representatives of the
employers and the men.
KENTON, OHIO—Miss Laura Cas
per, 20 years old, who had been
asleep for 100 hours, awoke today ap
parently in good health, although weak.
BOAT CAPSIZES;
TWO MEN DROWN
Accident Wittnessed by Parties
Who Cannot Effect a
Rescue. ,
Lyons, Nob., April 30.—Word h&8 Just
roach -d here that Fred Barker, former
ly of this place, was drowned Sunday
afternoon. He, in company with John
Scat and Stewart Levering, the latter
an Indian, had crossed the Missouri
river about seven miles above Decatur,
at a place known as Fain's Crossing,
and proceeded to Whiting. But on
their return the l>oat was capsized,
and their cries for help attracted a man
with a team, who arrived on the scene
in time to see them struggling in the
water but he was unable to render any
efficient help. The two white men were
drowned, but the Indian managed to
escape. Mr. Barker, who was about 24
years old, had on a very heavy fur
coat and doubtless the other was. too,
heavily clothed, which weighted them
down Just as soon as they became
water soaked, and thus prevented them
from saving themselves. The bodies
have not yet been recovered. Fred
Barker was the son ef Win. Barker, of
this place.
BROWN MAKES PLEA
FOR TAXING INCOMES
Wachington, April 30.—When the
discussion of the tariff was resumed
in the Senate today, Mr. Brown, of
Nebraska, spoke to his amendment re
cently introduced, providing for a con
stitutional amendment authorizing an
income tax. He argued that the peo
ple of the several states should have
the opportunity of voting on the ques
tion in order that the validity of such
a law never could he questioned.
"We owe this to the people,” he
said, "because there has long been an
earnest and determined demand for an
equitable income tax.” They had, he
declared, accepted the decree of the
court and had become resigned to the
fact that such a law waa unconstitu
tional. but he claimed congress owed it
to them to be given a chance to say
whether the constitution should be
made to sanction a system of taxa
tion approved by the majority of
American citizens and by the econ
omists of the entire civilized world.
“It seems to me,” he said, "that the
discussion of the last two days In this
body led by the able and eloquent sen
ator from Texas, brings home to every
senator the commanding and impera
tive necessity for the adoption of such
an amendment.”
ELGIN SUFFERS FIRE
LOSS OF $120,000
Norfolk. Neb., April 30.—Fire de
stroyed half of the business portion of
Elgin, about seven miles west of here,
today, the loss reaching $120,000. The
following firms, stocks and buildings
were totally destroyed:
Moefer & Mooney, general store: El
fus Brown, restaurant; VV. H. Krott,
lumber yards; W. R. Brooks, hardware;
Friesble & Fee, Implement store; B. H.
Payne, general merchandise: John
Lampman, pool hall: Gray, Band &
Tenny. general merchandise.
The Northwestern dejvot caught fire,
but was saved. There is no waterworks
In the town. The fire started from an
unknown cause in the restaurant.
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TEST NON-PARTISAN
JUDICIARY LAW
Lincoln, Neb., April 30.—At a meet
ing here last night of the republican,
state central committee a decision was
reached to test In the courts the con
stitutionality of the non-partisan ju
diciary lawj enacted by the recent leg
Islature. The committee decided to
hold a state convention in Lincoln, In
June before the new law takes effect
and endorse candidates for supreme
court Judges and regents of the state
university.
BIG HATS DAMAGED THE
SUFFRAGETTES’ CAUSE
Chicago, April 30.—The real reason
for tin* anti-big hat bill introduced in
the legislature by Representative
George C. Hilton 1ms come to light.
The informant is Mrs. Hilton herself,
her husband’s views.
•’I was down at Springfield.” she
says, “while the suffragist people were
there. Many of them wore such big
hats that it was impossible for the
members of the legislature to get
around. I think that those big hats
did more damage to the cause of wom
an suffrage than anything else that
happened there. The poor legislators
were always bumping their faceq
against big straw hats or scratching
themselves on feathers or long hat
pins.”
Legislators when interviewed ac
knowledged that the information was
correct.
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4 STRONG SWAIN BREAKS 4
4 GIRL’S RIB WITH HUG 4i
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4 1‘ungotcague. Va.. April 30. 4
4 The popularity of the hug as a 4
4 farewell caress between sweet- 4
4 hearts has taken a decided 4
4 slump in this market since El- 4
4 wooii Scott broke his watch and 4
4 a rib belonging to bis inamo- 4
4 rata in bidding her goodby at 4
4 the gate. 4
4 Miss Lola Westcott is one of 4
4 the best looking girls in the 4
4 neighborhood. and she lias 4
4 caused tlutterings in the breast 4
4 many a swain hereabouts. 4
4 But it apparently wasn’t until 4
4 Scott crossed her path that she 4
4 lost her heart and now she ai- 4
4 most wisb.es she hadn't. 4
4 Her little hand touched his 4
4 shoulder and all the pentup 4
4 longing within him found escape 4
4 in tlie ardor with which he 4
4 grasped ner about the waist. 4
4 The girl yelled and then fell In 4
j 4 a swoon. Scott ran for a doc- 4
4 tor. whose diagnosis showed a 4
4 compound fracture of the fifth 4
4 dorsal vertebra. 4
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BERLIN. A dispatch today reports
several severe earthshocks in i'amerun,
West Africa, that have continued since
Monday afternoon. The disturbances
have compelled the colonial govern
ment to vacate Buea. Buea lies on the
slope of the Camerun mountains, which
j are voi.anic.
INDEPENDENCE. KAN.—Dr. How
ard Weber, of Bartlesville. Okla., here
today sold the Oriental Oil company to
• the Prairie oil and Gas company for
• approximately three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars. The company has 38 wells
in Kansas, with 1,000 barrels per day
production.
NATIONAL BANKS
GET UNDER COVER
DEPOSITORY LAW
Organize Savings Banks to
Utilize Protection of In
surance of Deposits.
Dincoln, Ni-b., April 29.—Tile national
barikers of the state have discovered a
scheme by which they can still remain
national banks and yet have a finger
in the pie represented by the deposit
guaranty fund. They are now organiz
ing savings banks, which will be oper
ated in connection with their national
banks, and by this means become bene
ficiaries of whatever good thero may
be in the deposit guaranty law.
The First Trust and Savings bank,
of Crete, is the fourth that has been
filed in the last few weeks. It Is offi
cered by men managing the First Na
tional of that city. Before the law'
passed it was contended that as drawn
it would drive savings banks out of
business, and amendments favorable to
that class of institutions were inserted.
Only one state bank has so far be
come a national bank.
COUNCIL OF PIERCE
IS INOPERATIVE
Pierce, Neb., April 29.—'The city
council of Pierce, or what Is left of
it, is up against a hard proposition
that will take a real smart lawyer
to solve.
The council meets on May 3 to trans
act the most important business of
the year and also act upon applica
tions for saloon licenses. Three mem
bers constitute a quorum, but Council
man Cones is in Missouri receiving
medical treatment, and Councilman
Duff has to resign his office when lie
becomes mayor May 3. As there are
only four altogether, this leaves only
two, and they cannot even till the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Duff.
So, if no one can show a way out,
the municipal government will be
blocked and the town “dry” until
Cones comes back from Missouri, and
he may not be well enough to coma
for a time.
ITALIANS DRIVEN
FROM THEIR REFUGE
Wymore. Neb.. April 29.—Bast even
ing a number of men from this place,
assisted by farmers In the neighbor
hood of the town of Krider, attacked
the Italians driven from here Sunday
morning and routed them out of their
place of refuge. No one was injured,
but the foreigners were badly fright
ened. The railroad company has taken
them to Daweese, in Olay county.
Sheriff Trude is said to have advised
such action, believing their presence
in Gage county might provoke further
disorders. Wymore is now quiet and
the law wi)l be allowed to take its
course in the case of Bertrucei, the
slayer of the Price hoy. Notice hasbeen
given however, that no more Italians
•can come to Wymore. The inquest on
the body of the hoy will be held today
or Wednesday.
BOGUS CHECK MEN
ARRESTED BY POLICE
IN OPIUM JOINT
Omaha, Neb., April 29.—During a raid
on an opium den last night the police
arrested two men who gave the names
of Andy Potts and Charles Osborne and
are believed to be bunco men who beat
W. Dresslei out of $250, earlier in the
day at Fremont. They induced Dres
sier, who was enroutc to Dallas, S. D.,
to take up a homestead to advance
money on a bad check and then de
camped. They were wTell supplied with
money when taken into custody.
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4 AN UGLY TEACHER 4
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4 Fort Foiling, Folo., April 29—• 4
4 A mountain romance has been 4
4 brought to light through the fol- 4
4 lowing queer advertisement, in- 4
4 sorted in the local paper by a 4
4 member of the Virginia Dale 4
4 district school board: 4
4 "Wanted—For school district 4
4 No. 12, a teacher with a glass 4
4 e ye. gray headed, a wooden or 4
4 cork leg. so she can’t dance, and 4
4 is suie to take to the woods if 4
4 site sees a man coming." 4
4 Miss Myrtle Purdee taught 4
4 the Virginia Dale school. She 4
I 4 was pretty. She was deluged 4
4 with invitations to dances, and 4
I ♦ a dozen youths of the farming 4
t country laid their hearts at the 4
altar of her beauty. 4
< The grave heads of the school 4
4 board soon decided that a teach- 4
! 4 er who tipped tile light fantas- 4
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4 her head during the day. 4
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GRAND JURY PROBES
WHOLESALE LYNCHING OF
WHITES IN OKLAHOMA
Ada, Okla,. April 29.—A special grand
: jury ordered by Governor Haskell to
investigate tin- lynching here on April
19 of James Miller, Jesse West, Joseph
! Allen and W. T. Burrell, the cattlemen,
for the murder of A. A. Babbitt, a
United States deputy marshal, convened
hero today. Attorney General West
■ will conduct the examination of wit
I nesses. More than 200 witnesses have
been summoned and every effort will,
it is said, be made to secure indict
ments against the leaders of the mob
at least.
COOPERS DENIED NEW
TRIAL; APPEAL TAKEN
Nashville, Tenn.. April 29.—Judge
Hart toduy overruled the motion for a
! new trial in the Cooper murder case,
i and an appeal was taken to the Ten
nessee supreme court.
DEER JUMPS OVER A TRAIN.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 29.—A full grown
buck deer, closely pursued by dogs, leaped
over a Lehigh Valley railroad freight
train in the mountains near Hickory Run,
35 miles from here, and escaped by swim
ming across the Lehigh river. It dashed
down the steep mountain toward the river
and came upon the freight train in a deep
rock cut by the side of the river.
The deer took the leap without stopping
\ in its headlong flight and fell in a heap
i on the river bank. It was up quickly,
plunged into the river and swam away
while the dogs were stopped by the freight
train.
WYMORE BOY, SHOT
BY ITALIAN, DIES
OF HIS INJURIES
iturderer Spirited Away tc
Escape Vengeance of Mob^
—Cars Are Burned. ^
Beatrice, Neb., April 28.—Clyde Pri'o
stepson of Frank Welsner, the 11-year
old boy shot at Wymore Saturday by
Bertrucl, the Italian railroad laborer
died yesterday without regaining con
sciousness. Bertrucl, who was Iasi
night threatened by a mob, was rescind
by Sheriff Trude and brought to Boat
rice, where he Is now In the county jail
under guard. After he had been taken
away the angry crowd of 400 Wymore
men attacked the Italian railroad camp
and after a lively scrimmage drove the
foreigners out of the town, warning
them not to return. The crowd then
set Are to the bunk'cars occupied by the
laborers and they were burned with tin
belongings of the Italians. There was
talk of the mob following the sheriff
to Beatrice and wreaking vengeance on.
Bertrucl, but it was decided to wait
the result of young Price’s injuries, r
The riot spirit had subsided somewhat
before the boy died and It Is believed
the trouble is over if the Italians keep,
out of the town Sheriff Trude re
mained at the Jail throughout the day
prepared for emergencies. Corom-i
Reed, Deputy Sheriff Burke and County
Attorney McGlrr have gone to Wymore
to hold an inquest and learn the facts
about the shooting The Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy, which employed the
foreigners, has moved its construction
trains from Wymore to Kieder, a sta
tion some distance away, but it is
doubtful if the refugee Italians congre
gate there, at least until' the excite
ment subsides.
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4- “OLD DOBBIN” BURNED ♦
4 BY CURIOUS URCHIN 4
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4 Norfolk. Neb., April 28.—Four 4
4 year-old Myron Collamer. who in ♦
4 his childish activity wanted to ♦
4 see something doing, is respon ♦
4 sible for the burning of the fam ♦
4 Uy horse of Joseph Pliant. ♦
4 The curiosity of the urchin to A
4 see what a match would dc is re ♦
4 sponsible for the blaze which put ♦
4 "Old Dobbin” out of commission. ♦
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EDITOR HAS BED SPREAD
OVER CENTURY OLD
Norwfolk. Neb., April 28.—The Hum
boldt man who alleges that he has ;i
bed spread 80 years old and which has
been given much space In the newspu
pers will have to take a hack seat now
and yield the honor to W. H. Weeks,
of the Norfolk Press. The latter claims
to have one made by Ills great grand
mother 115 years ago.
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4 MAN NOT OBLIGED ♦
4 TO TAKE BATH *
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4 Belden. Neb., April 28.—Mrs ♦
4 Henry Helm, who attempted to ♦
4 get a divorce In the Omaha ♦
4 courts from her husband, who ♦
4- lives near Belden, on various ♦
4 complaints, among them being ♦
4 that he didn’t bathe often ♦
4 enough, has failed In the under ♦
4- taking and, according to Helm, ♦
4 the judge offered to give him a ♦
4 divorce If ho wanted It. ♦
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TWO YOUNG GIRLS
VICTIMS OF ASSAULT
Thought They Were Going on
Stage, but Both Are Abused
by Strange Men.
Lincoln. Neb., April 28,—A man gis
Ing the name of "Jack” Galloway, his
wife and another man whose name is
unknown, are In custody at Wilber
Saline county, charged with assault
and abuse of (wo young Lincoln girlr
Grace and Mina McKinzie, aged re
spectively 14 and IB years, daughters
of a widow living here. Thursday, in
answer to an advertisement requesting
applications for vaudeville performers,
the girls called on the Galloways ami
their services were accepted. Th, y
were taken to the town of Berks, near
Lincoln. Hero they say they wen
joined by another man, the stranger
and the Galloway woman with Mina
McKinzie going to Crete, leaving Gra,
with Galloway, who, Grace charges, as”
saulted her. Later she joined the others
at Crete, where, she says, she tvaa de
serted at the depot, the others pro
ceeding to Wilber. Complaint to the.
Saline county authorities resulted in
the arrest of the four on their arrival
there. The sheriff at Wilber says tie
elder sister tells of abuse at the hands
of the two men. The younger girl was
sent to her home here last night.
MAN'S DREAM SAVES
HIS TWO CHILDREN
West Orange, N. J., April 28.—A drear
that he was back In ids childhood day
which John McDonald, an aged caretaker
had on Tuesday night was the means ,,r
saving two children from death t»
asphyxiation. The children are Bdwin an.
Khulna Smith, 7 and 4 years old, son ami
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I’larry R Smitl
160 High st.
The dream awakened McDonald, who
found himself laugfftng merrily at the
boyhood scenes conjured up in his sleep
The aged man, who had been left alum
In the house with the children, the par
ents having gone out for the evening
smelled gas and found a jet open in in
room where the children were sleeping
and the room full of gas. The children
were unconscious.
A physician was called and he had thorn
removed to the open air on the por. l,
where they were kept the balance of th.
evening and all day yesterday. Last night
they were reported out of danger.
FIRE CAUSES $200,000
LOSS IN KANSAS CITY
Kansas City. April 28.—A Are whim
for a time threatened buildings in t'i
heart of Kansas City’s principal bu-i'
ness dittrict. early this mornin- re
suited in the toiai destruction of th
Ridge building, a four-story brick
stone business and office structure'*
Walnut street, near Ninth. The t
loss is estimated at $200,000.
Belgium's steam railways earn/ i-n
000.000 passengers a year. y °'*