FHE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publl.s.,. FNEILL, NEBKA6K * ^B,.,' . _— The harbor of Nagasaki. Japan Is «ne of the safest and most convenient tn the orient. It Is spacious and al most landlocked, and. having n mud bottom, affords excellent anchorage In depths varying from three and one-half to fifteen fathoms ut low water, spring tides A considerable urea of land has been reclaimed by tilling In ut the tipper end of the harbor, where land ing stages on pontoons are provided for small steamers to come alongside. Nearly all cargo is handled by means Of lighters. There arc no piers or wharves of suftli tent size to accom modate large vessels. Kiss P. Stella Mlchelson, a young attorney at law of Los Angeles, Cal., has decided to undertake the work of Mslstlng William H. George In estab lishing George Junior republics In ev sry part of the country, fiho Is said to be Independently wealthy. She will first go to Freevllle, N. J., to study the work and will then travel from state to state and assist In organizing the republics. Umt Edna Bertonelle, a seamstress In the Quartler Montmarte, Parts. Is held to be the youngest great grandmother tn the world. She was married at the *g* of 14, and her llrst child, a girl, married at the same early age. When Edna was 81 sho was a grandmother. Her grandson married ut 17 a young Woman a few days his Junior. < tn Iter 48th birthday Mme. Bertonelle was a great grandmother. Mrs. Madeline Lucette Hyley, the American playwright, presided at the meeting of the Actresses' Franchise league which was recently aeld In Lon don. In opening the meeting Mrs. Ky ley made a neat little speech In which she declared that actresses belonged to a favored profession, Inasmuch as they worked side by side with men and re ceived equal pay with men In their work. Over 1,00* miles of ratlronds were built In Argentina In 1908 and conces sions were granted for the construc tion of over 8,000 miles more. Though 1007 showed a marked Increase In rull road earnings over 190G, yet the record for 1808 exceeded 1907 by, 20 per cent. Out of $101391,000 earnings the profits were $40,02#,000, or about 6 per cent on ths $788,9*4,116 capital Invested. The tie-treating plant of the Mexican Central railroad has reached an output 9t 8,600 ties a day, making It one of t lie largest concerns of Its kind In the world. The plant is the first In the his tory of rallwuy operation to make n success of the treatment of ties by the Ebano oil process. It Is expected that ths treatment will prolong the life of each tie from eight to 12 years. At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences In Paris It wus established recently that ultra-violet rays passed through milk will completely sterilize the liquid and effectually rid ll of nil microbes. The fluid Is sterilized with out heating or tho use of chemicals end what Is most Important of all. without the less of any essential char acter of the milk. ; The smallest specimen of a baby whale ever caught by a British trawler was landed at Grimsby recently by the King James. It was brought up In the trawl net In the North sea, and was so small—18 Inches long and 3 pounds 8 ounces in weight—that the fishermen ceuld not, realize that It wus a whale until an expert certified the fact. Giving up Ills profession, a Paris beg- ' gar offers his "pitch" for sale. His ad vertisement reads: "For sale, present holder retiring to tho country; good •ltuatlon for one-legged man: neighbor hood of the litolle; hours of work, 2 p. m. to 7 p. m. Receipts $2.40 to $3.’l5. Regular pnssersby, children and strangers. Or any infirmity would suit." Sir Robert Boyce, F. R. S„ dean of the IJverpool School of Tropical Medi cine, la, on behalf of the colonial of fice, visiting the West indies for the purpose of looking Into tho present methods of deiillng with sickness and recommending what can be done to I promote the physical welfare of the people. The glass works at Baccarat, Franco, have produced glass chimneys of re cnarkuble properties for lamps used in coal mines containing much fire damp. Ten of these chimneys were placed in water, slowly heated to the boiling point and then plunged Into water of *9 degrees Fahrenheit. Not one of the chimneys was cracked. The French government's project to pension servants of the state railways has been completed, and presented to at parliamentary commission, ll pro vides for the retiring of firemen over 1 60 years of age who have been 25 years In the service on half-pay, and It gives pensions to disabled men who have had ID years of service. Concrete Itself Is very old. The con Crete stairs or Colchester and Roches ter castles still show the murks of the Incasing boards; the dome of Agrippa's Pantheon, which Is 142 feet In diameter, Is of concrete, and fragments of con crete buildings are found In Mexico and Peru. Friedrich Thell, a peasant of Rauda, ' In Saxony, whoso leisure hours have been devoted to the study of Greek Latin. Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic ami Gaelic, is if years old. He is beginning to ntudy the Fnglish language. Tlieil Is In correspondence with some of the leading phllogists of the day. Trudeau's classic experiment points I tie In the right direction. After lnuen- ! lating a number of rabbits with tu berculosis ho confined a number of them Indoors and turned the others outdoors. The hitter all recovered, while the former all died. The women school teachers through- ! cut the country are looking longingly toward Colorado, Wyoming and Utah wince the equal suffragists brought out the fact that In these states women teachers receive the same salaries as the men. There are 22 lepers—half of them whites—In the hospital In New South "Wales. From 1883, when the lazaret i w«\s established, to the end of lllOT, i 114 persons have been Isolated there. I British cocoa firms have decided not ■ to use any more, i ocoa from the Portu guese Islands of an Thome and Prin cipe because of tho 111 treatment of the natives laboring on the plantations. The University of Heidelberg has re ceived from a foivlgn benefactor In terested In the advancement of science ' !the sum of $30,000 toward the foundu- . tlon of a radiographic institute. Pennsylvania leads all the states in ' ■the amount of personal property within the state's borderu subject to taxation. SUPREME JUDGES NAMED BY SHELDON RETAIN POSITIONS Court Decides for Rose and Dean and Upholds Right of Canvassing Board. Lincoln, X» b., May U Tin decision of the supreme court late yesterday after noon seating Judges Kota* and Dean, and denying the light of Judge Sulli van and Judge Oldham to a place on the supreme bench, ends a very pretty little political squabble. After the amendment Increasing the number of Judges was carried last fall, Governor Sheldon, acting on a certifi cate from the state board of canvassers that it had received a legal majority, appointed three republicans and one democrat. The latter. Judge Sullivan, refused to accept, and J. It. Dean, a republican, was named In Ids stead, In addition to J. S. Fawcett, W. H. Rose and Jesse L. Root. Later Governor Shallenberger appointed Root, Fawcett, j Sullivan and Oldham, two republicans | and two democrats, after the demo cratic legislature had superficially can vassed the returns. The decision yesterday was expected by all of the lawyers. ' 4 4 ' • 4 4 PRISONER CRITIC 4 }4 LOSES “GOOD TIME” 4 4 4 ♦ Lincoln, Neb.. May 11. The* 4 4 frank statement of Convict Nel- 4 4 son at the penitentiary that he 4 4 would be blffaly blabboomed if 4 4 he couldn’t run the penitentiary 4 4 better himself, coupled with 4 4 other remarks, caused him to 4 4 lose six months’ good time al- 4 4 ready earned. The report of 4 4 Warden Smith shows that this 4 4 punishment was inflicted be- 4 4 cause Nelson “had criticised the 4 4 administration.” 4 ++++ ♦ BOMBS ARE THROWN IN ARGENTINE STRIKE Buenos Ayres, May 11.- -The explos- i ion of a bomb at the corner of Cor- j rlentes and Corritos strets injured 1 20 persons, four of them seriously, and caused great excitement for a time. The bomb was hidden in a bas ket of vegetables which was placed on the platform of a trumear presumably by some one In sympathy with the strike inaugurated on May day. Business Is at a standstill and com merce has Buffered enormously. A second bomb was exploded last night. At the moment a street car was passing through a prominent street, but no one was injured. FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE CHICAGO TO NEW YORK N«*w York, May 11- Tho first aerial inesstiKo ever tranmitteil between Uhi I'ligo ami New York was received late ' the other night at the station of tin* United Wireless Telegraph company, on top of the Waldorf-Astoria. The message was from <\ t\ Galbraith, | general manager of the company, to the home office. | The message came in “strong," in | the parlance of wireless operators, and was received by S. W. llnnee. night operator at the Waldorf-Astoria stu- i tlon. Ever since wireless telegraphy has been established on a commercial ba sis scientists have questioned the pos- , nihility of transmitting aerial mes- I sages over land for long distances. The transmission of this message and the conversation held between the | operators at each end of the "line" proves that the scientists have been wrong in their figuring. The Chicago station is on top of the Auditorium annex. HAT CATCHES ROBIN ; LIT TO PICK CHERRIES Pushing. 1.. I. May 11. A deluded robin came to grief because a pretty girl wore n peach basket hut trimmed with artificial cherries. The girl whs walking along Broad way, near the old court house, when thi- robin, on a lower limb of a tree, spied the hat and its trimmings. It hopped from Hs porch onto the hat 1 and started to pick at the cherries. The girl screamed and clutched at her hat. The robin's feet caught in the j trimmings and It was held a prisonei. A man went to the assistance of girl and robin. The robin escaped. BLACK HAND ASSASSINS SHOOT RICH CHICAGOAN Chicago, May 11. Another Black | Hand crime—merciless, cruel and in tangible has been given to the police here to solve. Mariana Zugone, 47 years old, a wealthy cigar manufacturer, who 1ms narrowly escaped death on three pre vious occasions through Ills refusal to comply with the demands of his mys terious enemies, was shot in the tem ple while sitting In a chair in his hrotherinlaw's saloon, and is reported to he dying at the Polytechnic hospital. When the police arrived they found j Kagone lying on the sidewalk In front of the saloon. INDICT RAIDERS OF WYOMING SHEEP CAMP Cheyenne, Wju, May 11.—The grand fury investigating the raid on the sheep camp of Allemand and Binge, near Spring ''reek, returned Indictments against George Sabin. M. A. Alexander, Thomas Dixon, William W. Disc and ' Charles Ferris, all well known cattle men. of Tenslcep, charging them with complicity In the murder of a herder named Lazier and Allemand and Binge, All of the men Indicted are now la Jail. tin the night of March - the camp of Allemand and Binge was attacked by is men. The sheepmen were shot and the bodies of two burnei]. The sheep men lmd been warned not to cross a certain line with their flocks. CHOIR SINGS, ONE DEAD, ONE HAS FIT Sharon, fa.. May 11.—Never again will tin- Inmates of the Men er county poor farm he entertained with the an thems rendered by a choir. One of Un loading choirs of the town was trans ported to the poor farm to sing at the religious services. During th» rendition of the first number one of the inmates fell to the floor and died within two minutes. During 111'- .HOiond number one of the liunat s had an i-plle; tic fit. PRISONER ESCAPES 7-YEAR SENTENCE WITH JAIL ALIBI Record Shows He Was Not at Liberty When Serious Crime Was Committed. Omaha. Nib.. May 10.—J. H. Davis, a Nebraska man. wltn prominent family t onneetloiis in Georgia, has saved him self the Inconvenience of spending seven years In the Georgia penitentiary because he was at one time under the delusion that he robbed the postofflco at Walthlll, Neb. Davis was sentenced to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta for seven years, last week, having been found "guilty” of forging a postofflco money order on December 22, 1908. After he got to prison he determines! to make himself known and told the authorities he was wanted in Ne braska for robbing the postofflco at Walthlll, and had been in Jail in Omaha from October 31, 1908, to January 1, 1909. He gave tils right name, Davis, though in Omaha while under arrest and In Georgia he gave an assumed name. Agents for the government made an investigation hi Omaha yesterday and found "Davis” under another name w as really In the Douglas county Jail with Homer Morris, the man finally held for the Walthlll robbery, at the time the money order was forged in Georgia.’ The authorities wired to release Davis from the penitentiary as there was no doubt he was In Jail when the forgery was committed. Davis was really not wanted for the Walthlll robbery, but he thought he was. He was arrested soon after the robbery by a postofflee inspector who suspected him of using the malls to defraud. Davis always thought he was held for the Walthlll robbery and though the delusion complicated Ills claim that lie was in jail December 22. 1908, it finally proved Ills salvation and saved him seven years. His family Is wealthy and has Influence enough to secure the Investigation. INCENDIARY FIRE DOES DAMAGE AT PLAINVIEW Norfolk. Neb., May 10.—An unknown person early today attempted to burn the entire town of Plainvlew, Neb., and succeeded in destroying the new JlCi.000 Methodist church, the Metho dist parsonage and an adjoining dwell ing. The Incendiary broke into the church, in the northwest part of town at midnight, saturated the basement Moor with gasoline and applied a match, Outside a 60-mtle gale from the north west raged and theatened to sweep the entire town with flames. Forty small tires started from flying embers. The Norfolk tire department and others from neighboring towns were sum moned, For four and a half hours the fire raged. Many men were prostrated and women fainted during the fire, which was conquered against seem ingly hopeless odds. Men who went to ring the fire bell found the bell rope cut and had to climb to the tup of the tower to give the alarm. A. STATE EXPENSES WILL EXCEED $5,000,000 Lincoln, Neb., May 10.—The state will spend $5,203,754.91 In the two years following April 1. 1909. This Is the sum of the appropria tions as discovered by Deputy Auditor Shahan In making out the report of the auditing department. This is a per capita expenditure for state government of something over $2.25. The exiienses of the last legislative session will lie practically what the legislature of 1907 spent, the expenses so far amounting to $91,788.35. (’htet t'lerk Cone, of the senate, will file sev eral bills yet, and until these are paid the exact expenses of the legislature will not be known. The republican legislature of 1907 spent a little more than $95,000 on salaries, wages and in cidentals. Judge Alberts, of Columbus, who was called on by the legislature to aid In the preparation of the bank guaranty bill, has been paid the $300 offered him for his service. Each house provided $150 of the sum. No money has been paid Speaker Pool for his services as speaker. The payment of this money Was the practice up to six years ago, and It was understood that the demo crats mean to resume the payment of extra money to the speaker. PRESIDENT STARTS ELECTRIC EXPOSITION Omaha. Neb.. May 10.—With a mes sage of felicitation. President Taft last night opened the Omaha Electrical ex position at the auditorium. The cere mony at which the president's mes sage was read, was under the auspices .of the exposition management and was attended by exhibitors from many parts of the country. The exposition will continue for 10 days. -f TWO YOUNG BOYS ARE BURNED TO DEATH Norfolk, Neb., May 10.—Ren and Joe Berrer, aged 2 1-2 and 3 1-2 years, re spectively, sons ol’ Anton Berrer, at St. Bernard, a little postoftlee in Boone county, were burned to death in a barn lyesterday. They are thought to have set fire to the barn. Their charred bodies were recovered. —*— TEN TOWNSHIPS ARE IN BURNED DISTRICT North Platte, Neb., May 10.—Fanned by a, 60-mile wind, a severe prairie fire raged over from six to 10 townships of land yesterday, and is still burning on the Garfield table in this county. The fir** started in the southern part of McPherson county. Several farm dwell ings and much live stock were de stroyed by the fire and many other buildings, in addition to stock. Tele phone lines were burned, so few reports h*fc\v been received. The territory burnd oWr Is generally sparsely settled, range country. It is estimated that the Canadian Northwestern coal field, between Mor rissey and Banff, contains about 45,« 000,000,000 tons of coal. THREE INJURED IN A BATTLE WITH POLICE Pittsburg. Pa., May 10—Three persona were injured curly today in a battle between Toney Trappoli. a street clean- j t:r, and a squad of policemen, who were • trying to arrest him on a charge of! stabbing W. H. Vaught. Trappoli's wife was shot in the back and her con- i dition is serous. Trappoli was shot in the hand and I Policeman Millerin was shot above the eye. PHYSICIAN MUST PLACE A LABEL ON HIS OWN COMPOUND Commissioner Makes Stringent Ruling Relating to Use of Inhibited Drugs. Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—A bottle of ■medicine or a package of pills put up by a physician on his own prescrip tion must be labeled if It contains any Inhibited drug. This is the law, says Food Commissioner Mains, and he is going to enforce It as best he may. The pure food law exempts such prescriptions if they are registered with a pharmacist. If a doet«r puts up his own prescription, however, he must label the compound made. The inhibited drugs are morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indiva, chloral hydrate, acetanilide, phenace tln. antipyrlne, any real tar product, belladonna or any derivative. The ruling is expected to cause a deal of trouble. The reasonableness of the law is based on a number of ob servations, among which was the in vestigation of a member of the house during the last legislature. This mem ber went into a number of drug stores in Lincoln and in a short time found a score of prescriptions in which there were enough proisonous drugs pre scribed so that one dose would have Caused death or would have been ex ceedingly dangerous. These were pre scriptions wherein physicians had made mistakes. The mistake in the quantity of inhibited drug was detec ted by the pharmacist and corrected. | This double check on the compondlng of medicine Is deemed highly neces sary and the enforcement of the law regarding prescriptions put up by the , physician himself is thought neces- j sary on that account. The druggists are much in favor of the stand taken by the food commissioner. NORFOLK SUFFERING FROM BJG THIRST Norfolk, Neb., May 8.—Norfolk is 1 “suffering" from a “dry” spell because | of a deadlock between Mayor Friday and the city council. The council re fuses to repeal an ordinance limiting the number of saloons to seven, and the mayor says there will be no sa loons until it is repealed, as he be lieves that there should be as many as there are licenses applied for or none at all. Roth sides are “stand- i ing pat,” and the town has been "dry” since Tuesday morning. THREE SALOONS ARE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS Pender, Neb., May 8.—Pender, for j the first time in her existence, is dry * today. The saloon keepers who have been put of business are R. C. Suhr, i William Paasch, Jamec Malloy and William Meyers. Paasch has made ap- : plication for a license at Thurston, live, j miles north of Pender, but an effort Is being made to not allow over one ! saloon at t..at place this year. BISHOPS ASSIGNED TO NEBRASKA CONFERENCE Wheeling, W. Va.. May 8.—At the session of the Methodist Episcopal bishops to the fall conference were | made. Among the assignments were j the following: Bishop Neulson, of Omaha: West Germany, August 25; Northwest Ger many, September 1; Western Swedish, i September 8; Nebraska, September 15; North Nebraska, September 29; Da kota, September 6. Bishop Warden, of Denver: Wyo ming mission. August 19; Black Hills mission, August 26; Northwest Nebras ka, September 24; Nebraska, September 9; West Nebraska, September 16. -- t - NEBRASKA DOCTORS APPROVE SIMMONS Omaha, Neb., May 8.—The Nebraska 1 State Medical association today took action in support of Dr. George H. Simmons, of Chicago, secretary of the i American Medical association, and ed- , itor of the Journal of the association, against whom charges have been made in the Chicago association for alleged professional irregularities. The house of delegates of the Nebraska associa tion, in session here today, adopted the following resolutions: "Resolved, That the Nebraska State j Medical association, through its house of delegates, desires to place itself on record In opposition to the attack now being made on Dr. George H. Simmons, i We believe that the various and ill-dls- i gutsed interests behind this attack 1 merit the severest criticism for the po sition they have assumed. "Dr. Simmons was for a number of years a member in good standing and for several years secretary of the Ne braska State Medical society. He was devoted to our interests and partieu- ! larly at the time of his election to the secretaryship of the American Medical ‘association and as editor of the Journal , he was held in tiigh esteem. "We believe that Dr. Simmons' rec ord, in our own society and in his pres ent ofliee, entitles him to encourage ment and support in this crisis from the Nebraska State Medical associa tion and from all fair minded persons and physicians everywhere.” MISSOURI RATE CASES ARE TO BE APPEALED -- I Kansas City, Mo.. May S.—"There j has been so much talk about the de- 1 oree of this court in the Missouri rail road rate cases that it seems strange to me that an appeal has not been i taken from that decree. Do you in- I tend to appeal?" "Yes, sir; a transcript is now being prepared for an appeal to the supreme court of the United States." Judge Smith McPherson, presiding, j asked the foregoing question and At- i torney General Major, testifying, gave i the answer at the hearing in the fed eral court to decide whether or not the temporary restraining order of the federal court enjoining the state from I Interfering in the rate cases was to be made permanent. RICH FARMER RINGS BELL FOR BROTHER, THEN KILLS HIMSELF St. Joseph, Mo., May 8.—Vernon Karris, a wealthy bachelor, 62 years old. who lived on a farm near Avenue City, Mo., went into his yard and rang a bell to attract the attention of his brother on a neighboring farm. He then returned to the house and fired j a bullet through his heart, dying in stantly. The dead man lived alone and was one of the richest men In Andrew ] county. He had been in bad health. ' MUST PAY FOB NORMAL SCHOOL NEVER SECURED Alleged Bribery and Corruption Among Officials Failed to Secure Plum. Omaha. Neb., May 7.—Dakota coun ty is not done with tne old normal school enterprise, which has cost that county considerable money because of the ambition to have a normal school and the corrupt connivance of public officials. Judge T. C. Hunger has just held in federal court that school district No, It, of Dakota county, must pay Edward • Ihepard, of New York city, $4,313, as interest on an old bond Issue for $22, 000. which was voted In 1887. though the school was never established. Judge Munger holds the district II legally bound to pay regardless of cir eumstances In the case tending to show the issuance of the bonds was secured through corrupt officials. J. N. Peyson, saloonkeeper of Dakota <’ity, testified In the suit Just decided that as treasurer of the school hoard at the time, he accepted a $2,000 bribe to assist in getting the bonds registered, and that he gave $750 to Eugene Moore, then state auditor, to get the bonds registered quickly. Moore denies the charge. Rome years ago the school district was compelled to pay $6,000 in cancel lation of Interest coupons. The part ot the $22,000 is still unpaid, and from Judge Munger's decision it is evident the district will have to pay that amount also. It was in the old boom days that the bonds were issued. Some of the taxpayers of the county protested and nn injunction was secured restraining the state auditor from registering them. Suddenly the. attorney for those who secured the injunction tiled a dis missal and the bonds were registered. It has always been the claim that the , attorney acted absolutely without au- , thority. ♦ 4 4 TEACHER REFUSED 4 4 TO “BOARD AROUND” 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Be- 4 4 cause Edward E. Young, a 4 4 wealthy farmer south of the 4 4 eity, didn't like the teacher of 4 4 the district school, and remarked 4 ! 4 that she was crazy, an unmerci- 4 4 ful liar and unlit to instruct the 4. j 4 young, he is the defendant in a 4 j 4 suit for $12,000 damages. prosc3- 4 4 cuted by Miss Jennie Fitzger- 4 4 aid. the teacher. 4 4 Miss Fitzgerald got into trou- 4 4 ble because she refused to board 4 4 around as had been the practice, 4 4 and there was a rumpus that 4 4 started about this and ended in 4 4 the Young faction on the board 4 4 having her dropped before her 4 4 year was out. She sought to on- 4 i 4 join them, but failed. After- 4 : 4 wards she sued and recovered 4 4 salary for the term for which 4 4 she was hired. Now she says 4 4 Mi'. Young must prove what he 4 4 said or pay her damages, since 4 4 she had been 17 years a teacher 4 4 and her reputation has been 4 4 damaged and her school lost be- 4 4 cause of his remarks. 4 4 4 : FARM BUILDINGS BURN; LOSS $1,700 Laurel, Neb.. May 7.—All the build ings on the Tolies farm, south of town, except the house, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Herman Knight and his parents occupy the place, arid their loss is some $600 or $700 in feed, machinery and stock, a number of hogs and a colt being burned. Mr. Tolies also lost 1,000 - bushels of corn, which he had just con- | tracted to sell at 59 cents. His loss was over $1,000. The supposition is | that the fire was started by a little ; grandson playing with matches in the i barn. The men folks were all in the field at work. The fire department ; went out with the hose cart, but they I did not have hose enough to reach it, | Herman Knight saved the W. A. Price buildings by plowing with a four-horso gang, keeping the horses on the run, ! the flames having caught in the stub ble, and were checked within a few rods of the Price barn. There was no | insurance. DAHLMAN RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF OMAHA! Omaha, Neb.. May 7.—Fifty-two of j the 54 precinct® in Omaha give Dahl-: , tnan. democrat, 9,481, and Breen, re- ! publican, G.014. a majority for Dahl- ! man of 3,417 as against his majority in 190G of 2,794. These two missing J precincts ure in the Twelfth ward and ! they may add a few to Breen’s total, : probably. The membership of the city council will be evenly divided, six democrats i and six republicans. This, however, ! concedes the First ward to the repub licans. The vote In that ward is very close. The four republican candidates; for the lire and police board who were' Indorsed by the personal liberty league, are elected. The proposition to issue $6,500,000 bonds for the purchase of the ! waterworks plant was Indorsed by a 2 to 1 vote. The republicans have elected the city engineer, while citjl clerk, city attorney, comptroller and building Inspector are democrats. CLOSE VOTE ON MAYOR IN LINCOLN ELECTION Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—The official count probably will be needed to de cide the Lincoln mayoralty contest. Don L. Love, republican, claims elec tion by a plurality of 46. while Robert Malone, democrat, says he has a lead of 23. More than 7,000 votes were cast in the election yesterday. A "dry” capital city for the next year was the verdict rendered in the municipal election yesterday. The proposition to abolish saloons carried by a majority placed at not less than 500, and possibly as high as 700, in a total vote of nearly 9,000. The vote of yesterday was a marked reversal of that of a year ago, when license carried by a majority of about 300. After next Tuesday, when the mu nicipal year expires, there will be no, more saloons In Lincoln. The result is surprising only in the size of the majority piled up by the temperance torces. The outcome throughout has been regarded as doubtful, with chances favoring the no license side, but it was everywhere expected the result would bo close. SZECHENY! FOR CABINET. New York. May 7.—Count Szechenyi. of Austria-Hungary, who married Miss i Gladys Vanderbilt, may be a member of the new cabinet of his country when | it Is formed, according to information received in Newport. BURLINGTON PUTS ! ALL EMPLOYES ON THE MERIT SYSTEM No More Suspension, but Dis. | charge or Promotion, Ac | cording to Service. 1 Omaha, May 6.—O. W. Holdredge, general manager of the Burlington railroad, has given notice thai here after the company will deal with its employes purely by tho merit system. Suspension as a corrective measure for I misconduct or neglect of duty is sus pended and gone on an everlasting va cation. A record will be kept of each man, and if the employe loses his place it will he because of a bad record. A n employe guilty of disloyalty, drunken ness, insubordination, will de dismissed from the service and will not be re-em ployed, and one whose record begins to look so bad that ho is considered un safe, will also be sent looking for a job. Promotions will be mude as in the past. Upon request an employe will be given at any time a copy of his sercive rec ord. Officers directly in charge of tin- , ployes affected by this order are re quested to report for entry all com mendable actions on the part of such employes as well as those which jus tlfy criticism. MAN, MONEY AND GIRL ARE MISSING Hastings, Neb., May G.—In the hope of finding J. H. McCarthy, of Lincoln, the missing administrator in the Helen A. Horn estate, the authorities urn seeking Miss Efflo Moline, a Hastings girl, who recently has been known ten have been ir. the company of McCar thy in Chicago. Miss Moline was ex pected nere from Lincoln Wednesday to Join ,,er brother anr sister, but for some unknown reason she changed her 3)lans and went through the city with out getting off the train. Entrusted in McCarthy’s care as ad ministrator of the Horn estate was a large sum of money, slightly more than !$10,000, and all of this is missing. Miss Moline was employed in the Bostwick hotel as a waitress about a year ago. She went to Lincoln from this city and there met Mr. McCarthy, from whom she Is said to have received numerous presents. -^ — BOY’S MURDERER IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL Beatrice, Neb., May 6.—Ferreno Ber tuca, charged with the murder of John Preuhs, an 11-vear old boy at Wymorr a week ago, was given his preliminary hearing in county court Saturday and held to thi district court without ball A large number ol Wymore residents ‘some of them witnesses, attended the hearing and the crowd was so larg. that Judge Spafforl fourd it necessar\ to adjourn to the district court room The boy’s dying statement that Bor tuca shot him and the testimony of a number of witnesses who found the body and assisted in Bertuca’s captun after a lively chase with a Burlington switch engine, was Introduced In evi dence. Beit.uca stoutly maintained his innocence. The crowd was orderly and Ithere wen no threats or attempts at violence on the p-lsoner during tin, hearing. DEDICATE STATUE TO THE POET LONGFELLOW Washington, D. C., May 6.—A mag nificent statue to the memory of Henrv Wadsworth Longfellow, America "s foremost poet, will he dedicated with imposing ceremonies in this city on May 7. The occasion will bo more not able because of the presence of Fresi dent Taft, members of the diplomatic corps, men distinguished in letters and by practically all of the living relatives of tile poet. Tlie statue, which is located In a small, triangular park at the interse, tlon of Connecticut avenue and M street, Is of heroic size, of pure white Parisian marble and the pedestal, in Striking contrast, is of reddish brown ■marble, imported from Scotland quai rles. William Couper, of New York, L the sculptor. WOMAN BREAKS MAN’S SKULL WITH SUGAR BOWL New York, May 6.—Two men were taken to the Gouveneur hospital ami 10 are under arrest today as a result of a fight artsng from the strike of the bakers on the East side. Schulem Rubenstein entered Michael Novak's restaurant and wine cellar to day, and when he found a loaf of bread without the union label he attacked the. proprietor. Novak’s wife threw a bowl of sugar at Rubenstein, fracturing his skull. An attack by nine men was made on a bakery kept by Nathan Fryer an,. Samuel Broklower. Both were badh injured, Broklower being taken to the hospital. The assailants were locked UP- _ _ STRIKE ON LAKES TIES UP U. S. STEEL SHIPS Chicago, May 5.— Two freighters, be longing to the United States Steel cor poration, scheduled to sail today, prob ably will not get away for another week. Victor A. Olander, secretary of the Lake Seamen's union, declares the non departure of the two boats Is due to their inability to ship crews, owing to the strike which began Saturday. "Our men are leaving their berths as fast as their ships come Into port," sain Mr. Olander. Police are on guard at South Chicago today, but no disturbances were re ported. DIES OF "SLEEPING SICKNESS.” St. Louis, Mo., May 6.—George j Owens Is dead at the city hospital her* of a malady diagnosed by physicians as the sleeping sickness. How the man contracted the dlseuse In St Louis n not known. He said he had never been in the tropics, to which the malady" Is peculiar, and the physicians can ac count for it only on the theory that he was bitten by some Insect ano Inoculated with the germ. * JAMES HAZEN HYDE JAILED IN PARIS FOR “JOY RIDING ACCIDENT Paris, May 6.—James Haven i|v